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Every year, the cap lowers, helping the state meet its ambitious goal to reduce greenhouse gas emissions by \u003ca href=\"https://www.gov.ca.gov/2022/11/16/california-releases-worlds-first-plan-to-achieve-net-zero-carbon-pollution/\">40% below 1990 levels by 2030 and 85% below 1990 levels\u003c/a> by 2045.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Regulators issue credits, or allowances, to companies for every ton of greenhouse gases they emit. Allowances are then sold to companies at auctions held four times a year.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The revenue generated from those auctions goes into California’s Greenhouse Gas Reduction Fund (GGRF), which has collected more than $31 billion since its first auction in 2013.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In January, CARB proposed dramatically lowering the number of allowances so the state could stay on track to meet its climate goals by 2030. 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They also worry that this new program could lower the value of allowances at auction, potentially resulting in less money for GGRF programs.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>While the state’s high-speed rail program is the largest recipient of the current GGRF funds, 20% goes towards the Affordable Housing and Sustainable Communities (AHSC) program, which provides grants and loans for affordable housing projects near public transit.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>During Thursday’s public comment period, which lasted eight hours, Natalie Spivak, an advocate with nonprofit Housing California, pointed out that the program is the state’s largest ongoing source of funding for affordable housing.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“AHSC has an incredible track record of producing over \u003ca href=\"https://sgc.ca.gov/newsroom/press-releases/2025/06-13/\">22,000 affordable homes\u003c/a>, creating jobs, and reducing greenhouse gas emissions,” she said. “Increasing allowances to oil and gas companies without any guarantee that consumer prices will fall is not the way to create affordability.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Transit agencies voiced concerns, too. Fifteen percent of the GGRF goes towards a variety of public transit programs and agencies. According to officials from the San Francisco Municipal Transit Agency, it has received more than $600 million in cap-and-invest funding since 2015. That has gone into replacing light rail vehicles and improving transit service.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Beverly Greene, chief government affairs officer for the Santa Clara Valley Transportation Authority, said the change could eliminate funding to support construction of the \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12053738/bart-slams-vta-for-cost-cutting-secrecy-in-12-7b-silicon-valley-extension\">BART Silicon Valley extension project\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“We respectfully urge you to oppose the proposed program changes and instead protect the Greenhouse Gas Reduction Fund programs,” she said at the meeting.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But regulators pushed back, arguing that the new decarbonization program might not dramatically lower funds for the GGRF. 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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003cp>In a controversial move, state regulators on Friday approved major changes to California’s cap-and-invest program at a lengthy board meeting that transpired over the course of two days.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The California Air Resources Board (CARB) voted to create a $4 billion fund for big polluters to invest in \u003ca href=\"https://ww2.arb.ca.gov/sites/default/files/2026-04/nc-MDIF%20FAQ_April%202026.pdf\">decarbonization projects\u003c/a>. Climate, affordable housing and transit advocates, however, worry the move might mean significantly less money for their programs.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Gov. Gavin Newsom lauded the effort, saying it advances affordability while keeping the state on track to meet its climate targets.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003c/div>",
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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“California’s nation-leading cap-and-invest program has proven that we can cut pollution, create jobs, and invest in a cleaner future at the same time,” he wrote. “These are real results that Californians can see and feel.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Regulators said they were doing their best to strike a balance that also keeps oil and gas companies viable.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>“\u003c/strong>There is no direction to us, as an agency, to maximize one trade-off versus another,” said Rajinder Sahota, deputy executive officer for climate change and research at CARB. “What we’re trying to do is balance all of the pieces that we’re getting.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12053871\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 1999px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12053871\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/08/250808-CAP-AND-TRADE-ENVIRO-JUSTICE-MD-03_qed.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1999\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/08/250808-CAP-AND-TRADE-ENVIRO-JUSTICE-MD-03_qed.jpg 1999w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/08/250808-CAP-AND-TRADE-ENVIRO-JUSTICE-MD-03_qed-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/08/250808-CAP-AND-TRADE-ENVIRO-JUSTICE-MD-03_qed-1536x1024.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1999px) 100vw, 1999px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">A sign for a petroleum pipeline in Richmond on Aug. 8, 2025. \u003ccite>(Martin do Nascimento/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>The vote comes months after the board faced pressure from the oil and gas industry, which warned that compliance with current rules would drive them out of California and increase energy prices. The war in Iran has sent gas prices soaring to \u003ca href=\"https://gasprices.aaa.com/?state=CA\">over $6 a gallon\u003c/a> in California, and in the past six months, two \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/science/2000877/californias-fuel-fears-threaten-benicias-just-transition-to-green-economy\">refineries\u003c/a> have closed.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Meanwhile, climate, housing and transit advocates argued they also face an uncertain future with cuts from the \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12073333/trump-scraps-a-cornerstone-climate-finding-as-california-prepares-for-court\">federal government\u003c/a> and \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12069177/newsoms-final-budget-disappoints-housing-homeless-advocates\">tightening state budgets\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Adam Smith, with Southern California Edison, told regulators the proposal was the “most direct and substantial affordability action for electric customers this year and likely for years to come.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“We think the overall proposal strikes the right balance between affordability and stringency to keep us on track for our shared climate goals,” he said.\u003c/p>\u003c/div>",
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Fewer allowances would have theoretically resulted in higher prices at auctions and potentially more money for the GGRF.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But leaders from the oil and gas industry pushed back on that proposal, warning that cutting too much, too quickly would lead to higher prices for consumers, especially at a time of market volatility.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12032370\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 1440px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12032370\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/03/475966196_17941090172958161_4612211217959910985_n-e1738464480621.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1440\" height=\"996\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/03/475966196_17941090172958161_4612211217959910985_n-e1738464480621.jpg 1440w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/03/475966196_17941090172958161_4612211217959910985_n-e1738464480621-800x553.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/03/475966196_17941090172958161_4612211217959910985_n-e1738464480621-1020x706.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/03/475966196_17941090172958161_4612211217959910985_n-e1738464480621-160x111.jpg 160w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1440px) 100vw, 1440px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Contra Costa County Fire Department firefighters outside the Martinez Refining Company as smoke billows from the refinery on Feb. 2, 2025, in Martinez. \u003ccite>(Courtesy of Contra Costa County Fire Department)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>In April, regulators returned with a new proposal to create a first-of-its-kind program called the \u003ca href=\"https://ww2.arb.ca.gov/sites/default/files/2026-04/nc-MDIF%20FAQ_April%202026.pdf\">Manufacturing Decarbonization Incentive \u003c/a>(MDI), which would offer back those allowances if the polluting companies invest in decarbonization projects, such as replacing fossil-fuel-powered equipment with clean alternatives, working on carbon sequestration, methane reduction, and other projects.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But climate, affordable housing and transit advocates are skeptical as to whether those projects will truly materialize. They also worry that this new program could lower the value of allowances at auction, potentially resulting in less money for GGRF programs.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>While the state’s high-speed rail program is the largest recipient of the current GGRF funds, 20% goes towards the Affordable Housing and Sustainable Communities (AHSC) program, which provides grants and loans for affordable housing projects near public transit.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>During Thursday’s public comment period, which lasted eight hours, Natalie Spivak, an advocate with nonprofit Housing California, pointed out that the program is the state’s largest ongoing source of funding for affordable housing.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“AHSC has an incredible track record of producing over \u003ca href=\"https://sgc.ca.gov/newsroom/press-releases/2025/06-13/\">22,000 affordable homes\u003c/a>, creating jobs, and reducing greenhouse gas emissions,” she said. “Increasing allowances to oil and gas companies without any guarantee that consumer prices will fall is not the way to create affordability.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Transit agencies voiced concerns, too. Fifteen percent of the GGRF goes towards a variety of public transit programs and agencies. According to officials from the San Francisco Municipal Transit Agency, it has received more than $600 million in cap-and-invest funding since 2015. That has gone into replacing light rail vehicles and improving transit service.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Beverly Greene, chief government affairs officer for the Santa Clara Valley Transportation Authority, said the change could eliminate funding to support construction of the \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12053738/bart-slams-vta-for-cost-cutting-secrecy-in-12-7b-silicon-valley-extension\">BART Silicon Valley extension project\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“We respectfully urge you to oppose the proposed program changes and instead protect the Greenhouse Gas Reduction Fund programs,” she said at the meeting.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But regulators pushed back, arguing that the new decarbonization program might not dramatically lower funds for the GGRF. 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"content": "\u003cp>Pro-Palestinian protesters who \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12084403/golden-gate-bridge-protest-trial-opens-in-san-francisco\">halted traffic across the Golden Gate Bridge\u003c/a> in 2024 say they believed their actions were necessary to save lives amid Israel’s military strikes on Gaza.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Activists facing more than a decade in prison told a San Francisco court on Friday that they felt they had exhausted other options to oppose the U.S.’s involvement in the war.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I believed that it was an emergency; we needed to act very quickly,” said Conrad de Jesus, one of the seven defendants charged in connection with an April 15, 2024, protest that shut down travel across the Golden Gate Bridge.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The defendants face felony conspiracy and several misdemeanors, including unlawful assembly, willful restriction of free movement and multiple counts of false imprisonment.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>De Jesus’ testimony marked the first time he has spoken publicly about his involvement in the protest more than two years ago.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The San Francisco District Attorney’s Office argues that the defendants’ actions “clearly” broke the law: they planned to block traffic and trapped commuters when they chained themselves to parked vehicles and each other across the southbound lanes of the bridge.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12085595\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12085595\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/05/260529-GGBTRIALTESTIMONY00445_TV-KQED.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/05/260529-GGBTRIALTESTIMONY00445_TV-KQED.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/05/260529-GGBTRIALTESTIMONY00445_TV-KQED-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/05/260529-GGBTRIALTESTIMONY00445_TV-KQED-1536x1024.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">The San Francisco Superior Courthouse in San Francisco on May 29, 2026. \u003ccite>(Tâm Vũ/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>The demonstration was part of a multi-city effort to disrupt local and global economies and put pressure on the U.S. government to halt support for Israel’s war in Gaza. Protesters \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11982940/protesters-shut-down-880-freeway-in-oakland-as-part-of-economic-blockade-for-gaza\">shut down traffic on Interstate 880 in Oakland\u003c/a> and staged similar actions in San Diego, Seattle, Philadelphia, San Antonio, Chicago and Tallahassee, Florida.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Witnesses who took the stand earlier this week said that they were stalled in traffic trying to cross the Golden Gate Bridge, they missed shifts at work and went hours without access to bathrooms and water.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Regina Schneider said she was taking U.S. Interstate 101 from Marin into San Francisco for a doctor’s appointment. Sitting in her car, she was anxious and short of breath, she said.[aside postID=news_12084628 hero='https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/05/GlobalSumudFlotillaGetty-scaled.jpg']But attorneys for the protesters are trying to prove that their clients believed their actions were justified under a necessity defense.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>They’ll need to show that the activists believed they were facing a real, specific and imminent threat to themselves or others; had no reasonable alternative to the action they took; did not create a greater danger than the danger they avoided; and did not contribute to or cause the threat.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>De Jesus said that, at the time of the protest, he’d already been involved with pro-Palestinian activism and had “exhausted” other means of trying to get the attention of political forces, including attending marches and writing to his local U.S. representative.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>He said at the time Israel was weighing whether to invade Rafah, a city along Gaza’s southern border where 1 million displaced Palestinians were seeking refuge.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“We knew there were talks in the Israeli government to attack Rafah, and we knew it was a good time to take action,” he said on the stand on Friday.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>He said he understands people’s anger and that the protest was inconvenient, but believed his actions were justified “because it was to prevent a greater evil.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12085589\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12085589\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/05/260529-GGBTRIALTESTIMONY00210_TV-KQED.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/05/260529-GGBTRIALTESTIMONY00210_TV-KQED.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/05/260529-GGBTRIALTESTIMONY00210_TV-KQED-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/05/260529-GGBTRIALTESTIMONY00210_TV-KQED-1536x1024.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Manan Kocher, one of dozens of people who blocked the Golden Gate Bridge for a pro-Palestinian protest, poses for a portrait at the San Francisco Superior Courthouse in San Francisco on May 29, 2026. \u003ccite>(Tâm Vũ/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>“I believed that, in doing so, we would be saving lives,” he testified.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Sara Cantor, who faces the steepest sentence of the protesters for her role as their “police liaison,” testified that she believed her actions “would save at least one life, for at least one day.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>She said she believed the coordinated day of action had the possibility to be more impactful than any individual protest, and that she saw herself as a “lightning rod” in the operation.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“It felt important for me to try to keep people safe, and I knew as a white woman, I am typically treated with respect by the police,” she said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The prosecution focused much of its cross-examination of the protesters, trying to clarify the timeline of events that led up to the protest on April 15, angling to develop a record of conspiracy by the defendants.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Assistant District Attorney Angela Roze asked de Jesus about a call he’d gotten from a friend the day prior to the protest, telling him where to meet in the morning. She asked if de Jesus knew where he would be going and what the action was going to be.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>He testified that he didn’t recall and said the first time he knew he was going to the Golden Gate Bridge was that day, at the meeting location.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Cantor testified that protesters decided to target the bridge during a planning meeting in West Berkeley the night before the demonstration, attended by roughly 50 people, including all of the other defendants except de Jesus, where participants volunteered for specific roles.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12085592\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12085592\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/05/260529-GGBTRIALTESTIMONY00301_TV-KQED.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/05/260529-GGBTRIALTESTIMONY00301_TV-KQED.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/05/260529-GGBTRIALTESTIMONY00301_TV-KQED-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/05/260529-GGBTRIALTESTIMONY00301_TV-KQED-1536x1024.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">People wait at the San Francisco Superior Courthouse in San Francisco on May 29, 2026. \u003ccite>(Tâm Vũ/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>The \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12011165/felony-charges-against-golden-gate-bridge-protesters-can-go-to-trial-judge-rules\">felony conspiracy\u003c/a> carries the longest sentence and is one of the harshest brought against activists involved in similar actions in the past. 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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The defendants face felony conspiracy and several misdemeanors, including unlawful assembly, willful restriction of free movement and multiple counts of false imprisonment.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>De Jesus’ testimony marked the first time he has spoken publicly about his involvement in the protest more than two years ago.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The San Francisco District Attorney’s Office argues that the defendants’ actions “clearly” broke the law: they planned to block traffic and trapped commuters when they chained themselves to parked vehicles and each other across the southbound lanes of the bridge.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12085595\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12085595\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/05/260529-GGBTRIALTESTIMONY00445_TV-KQED.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/05/260529-GGBTRIALTESTIMONY00445_TV-KQED.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/05/260529-GGBTRIALTESTIMONY00445_TV-KQED-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/05/260529-GGBTRIALTESTIMONY00445_TV-KQED-1536x1024.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">The San Francisco Superior Courthouse in San Francisco on May 29, 2026. \u003ccite>(Tâm Vũ/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>The demonstration was part of a multi-city effort to disrupt local and global economies and put pressure on the U.S. government to halt support for Israel’s war in Gaza. Protesters \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11982940/protesters-shut-down-880-freeway-in-oakland-as-part-of-economic-blockade-for-gaza\">shut down traffic on Interstate 880 in Oakland\u003c/a> and staged similar actions in San Diego, Seattle, Philadelphia, San Antonio, Chicago and Tallahassee, Florida.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Witnesses who took the stand earlier this week said that they were stalled in traffic trying to cross the Golden Gate Bridge, they missed shifts at work and went hours without access to bathrooms and water.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Regina Schneider said she was taking U.S. Interstate 101 from Marin into San Francisco for a doctor’s appointment. Sitting in her car, she was anxious and short of breath, she said.\u003c/p>\u003c/div>",
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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>But attorneys for the protesters are trying to prove that their clients believed their actions were justified under a necessity defense.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>They’ll need to show that the activists believed they were facing a real, specific and imminent threat to themselves or others; had no reasonable alternative to the action they took; did not create a greater danger than the danger they avoided; and did not contribute to or cause the threat.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>De Jesus said that, at the time of the protest, he’d already been involved with pro-Palestinian activism and had “exhausted” other means of trying to get the attention of political forces, including attending marches and writing to his local U.S. representative.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>He said at the time Israel was weighing whether to invade Rafah, a city along Gaza’s southern border where 1 million displaced Palestinians were seeking refuge.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“We knew there were talks in the Israeli government to attack Rafah, and we knew it was a good time to take action,” he said on the stand on Friday.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>He said he understands people’s anger and that the protest was inconvenient, but believed his actions were justified “because it was to prevent a greater evil.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12085589\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12085589\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/05/260529-GGBTRIALTESTIMONY00210_TV-KQED.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/05/260529-GGBTRIALTESTIMONY00210_TV-KQED.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/05/260529-GGBTRIALTESTIMONY00210_TV-KQED-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/05/260529-GGBTRIALTESTIMONY00210_TV-KQED-1536x1024.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Manan Kocher, one of dozens of people who blocked the Golden Gate Bridge for a pro-Palestinian protest, poses for a portrait at the San Francisco Superior Courthouse in San Francisco on May 29, 2026. \u003ccite>(Tâm Vũ/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>“I believed that, in doing so, we would be saving lives,” he testified.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Sara Cantor, who faces the steepest sentence of the protesters for her role as their “police liaison,” testified that she believed her actions “would save at least one life, for at least one day.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>She said she believed the coordinated day of action had the possibility to be more impactful than any individual protest, and that she saw herself as a “lightning rod” in the operation.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“It felt important for me to try to keep people safe, and I knew as a white woman, I am typically treated with respect by the police,” she said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The prosecution focused much of its cross-examination of the protesters, trying to clarify the timeline of events that led up to the protest on April 15, angling to develop a record of conspiracy by the defendants.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Assistant District Attorney Angela Roze asked de Jesus about a call he’d gotten from a friend the day prior to the protest, telling him where to meet in the morning. 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A poll \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12085276/becerra-hilton-lead-in-california-governors-race-poll-ahead-of-june-primary\">released Wednesday night by the Public Policy Institute of California\u003c/a>, for example, had Steyer trailing Hilton by 5 points and Becerra by 8 — though the PPIC polled from May 14–18, while the Berkeley IGS surveyed voters from May 19–24.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12084203\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12084203\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/05/260518-ChadBiancoTownHall-11-BL.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/05/260518-ChadBiancoTownHall-11-BL.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/05/260518-ChadBiancoTownHall-11-BL-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/05/260518-ChadBiancoTownHall-11-BL-1536x1024.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Gubernatorial candidate Chad Bianco speaks with KQED politics reporter Marisa Lagos during a town hall at KQED in San Francisco on May 18, 2026. \u003ccite>(Beth LaBerge/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Meanwhile, support for Riverside County Sheriff \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/tag/chad-bianco\">Chad Bianco\u003c/a>, a Republican, (11%) and former Rep. \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/tag/katie-porter\">Katie Porter\u003c/a>, a Democrat, (7%) declined from previous Berkeley IGS surveys.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“It’s hard to bounce back once your numbers start going down, especially this late in the campaign,” DiCamillo said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The unsettled race to succeed Gov. 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But those fears have largely dissipated after Trump’s endorsement drove GOP voters toward Hilton and as Democrats began to consolidate behind Becerra and Steyer.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In the latest survey, 37% of likely GOP voters told the IGS pollsters that the Trump endorsement made them more likely to back Hilton, compared with just 6% who said it made their support of Hilton less likely.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>While Becerra and Steyer have solidified themselves as the Democratic frontrunners, Democrats have \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12084978/california-democrats-anxious-about-wasted-votes-are-clinging-to-their-ballots\">returned ballots at lower rates\u003c/a> than in the state’s last midterm election in 2022, possibly reflecting an uncertainty over the options at the top of the ticket.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>According to data from Political Data Inc., 44% of the ballots returned through Wednesday have come from registered Democrats, compared with 53% at the same point in 2022. Republicans have accounted for 35% of ballots returned, up from their 26% share four years ago.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The Berkeley IGS poll reflected those turnout dynamics, finding that among voters who had already cast their ballot, Hilton received 29% support, followed by Becerra at 20% and Steyer at 17%.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The survey found 7% of voters remain undecided. But a further consolidation of voter preferences could boost Hilton in the election’s closing days.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Asked for their second choice in the governor’s race, 7 in 10 Bianco supporters named Hilton. 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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>This spring, Democratic leaders publicly worried that a splintered field could allow both Hilton and Bianco to \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12083839/what-is-californias-jungle-primary-and-why-does-it-matter-so-much-for-the-governors-race\">advance to the general election\u003c/a>. But those fears have largely dissipated after Trump’s endorsement drove GOP voters toward Hilton and as Democrats began to consolidate behind Becerra and Steyer.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In the latest survey, 37% of likely GOP voters told the IGS pollsters that the Trump endorsement made them more likely to back Hilton, compared with just 6% who said it made their support of Hilton less likely.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>While Becerra and Steyer have solidified themselves as the Democratic frontrunners, Democrats have \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12084978/california-democrats-anxious-about-wasted-votes-are-clinging-to-their-ballots\">returned ballots at lower rates\u003c/a> than in the state’s last midterm election in 2022, possibly reflecting an uncertainty over the options at the top of the ticket.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>According to data from Political Data Inc., 44% of the ballots returned through Wednesday have come from registered Democrats, compared with 53% at the same point in 2022. Republicans have accounted for 35% of ballots returned, up from their 26% share four years ago.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The Berkeley IGS poll reflected those turnout dynamics, finding that among voters who had already cast their ballot, Hilton received 29% support, followed by Becerra at 20% and Steyer at 17%.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The survey found 7% of voters remain undecided. But a further consolidation of voter preferences could boost Hilton in the election’s closing days.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Asked for their second choice in the governor’s race, 7 in 10 Bianco supporters named Hilton. On the Democratic side, Porter supporters were more evenly split between backing Becerra (37%) and Steyer (31%).\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Bianco’s supporters clearly choose Hilton as their second choice … so that’s a pretty good benefit for Hilton as the final week approaches,” DiCamillo said. “It’s not a clear picture of what might happen if [Porter] supporters should decide to leave her candidacy.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003c/div>\u003c/p>",
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"content": "\u003cp>With just days left to vote in \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/voterguide\">California’s primary election\u003c/a>, more Democrats are hanging on to their ballots longer than usual as they stress over a governor’s race with no runaway leader.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>As of Thursday, 11% of registered Democrats had returned their ballots, down from 14% at the same time in the 2022 primary, according to \u003ca href=\"https://tracker.politicaldata.com/?type=statewide&tab=3\">a ballot tracker\u003c/a> from Political Data Inc.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Republican turnout, meanwhile, was up 2 percentage points, meaning that at this point in the race, the ballots that have been returned are skewing more Republican than they did four years ago.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In a governor’s race that has seen tidal shifts in momentum, from the scandalous \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12079800/eric-swalwell-allegations-resign-congress-california-governor-race-who-is-running-primary\">exit of former East Bay Rep. Eric Swalwell\u003c/a> to President Donald Trump’s \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12078793/trump-endorses-steve-hilton-for-california-governor-giving-gop-a-front-runner\">endorsement of Republican frontrunner Steve Hilton\u003c/a>, some Democratic voters have expressed concern that a last-minute revelation or incorrect polling could lead them to feel like their vote was wasted on a candidate who doesn’t advance out of the primary.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“It’s like a horse race where you see a horse at the back of the pack, and then it moves up to the front, and then back again,” said Neil Tsutsui, president of the El Cerrito Democratic Club.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Even more concerning for some is the idea that the two Republican candidates could come out on top of the crowded field and lock out Democrats from the general election, despite \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12085276/becerra-hilton-lead-in-california-governors-race-poll-ahead-of-june-primary\">polling \u003c/a>suggesting that’s highly unlikely.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12081939\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12081939\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/04/VotingCM.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/04/VotingCM.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/04/VotingCM-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/04/VotingCM-1536x1024.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">A voter fills their ballot at a voting center at Powers-Ginsburg Elementary School in Fresno on March 5, 2024. Residents all over California are participating in the primary elections throughout the state. \u003ccite>(Larry Valenzuela/CalMatters via CatchLight Local)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>“Times now just feel so uncertain, and the stakes are so high that voters like me who normally would be early voting wait much later than we normally would,” Tsutsui said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>With a crowded Democratic field and \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12083839/what-is-californias-jungle-primary-and-why-does-it-matter-so-much-for-the-governors-race\">California’s “jungle primary” system\u003c/a> that sends the top two finishers to the November runoff regardless of party affiliation, Democratic voters have been feeling the pressure to cast their ballot for a legitimate contender.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The overarching theme of this election has been strategic voting, according to Paul Mitchell, the vice president of Political Data Inc.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“More than ever, voting has really been focused on this question of ‘Who do I vote for in order to make sure my vote counts?’” Mitchell said. “Not only voting for somebody on policy, but that my vote contributes to my party being able to get a candidate into the runoff.”[aside label=\"2026 California Voter Guide\" link1='https://www.kqed.org/voterguide,Learn everything you need to cast an informed ballot for the 2026 primary election' hero=https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/80/2026/04/Aside-California-Voter-Guide-2026-Primary-Election-1200x1200@2x.png]But while Democrats wring their hands over their best choice in a crowded field, Republicans have just two leading candidates to choose from, which could partially explain the higher turnout so far among GOP voters, according to Mitchell.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">Two new polls released this week showed Democrat Xavier Becerra and Republican Steve Hilton leading the race, with Democrat Tom Steyer within striking distance in the latest surveys from the \u003c/span>\u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12085276/becerra-hilton-lead-in-california-governors-race-poll-ahead-of-june-primary\">\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">Public Policy Institute of California\u003c/span>\u003c/a>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\"> and the \u003c/span>\u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12085443/new-california-governor-poll-shows-a-slim-but-growing-chance-of-2-democrats-advancing\">\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">UC Berkeley Institute of Governmental Studies\u003c/span>\u003c/a>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">. The polls show Democratic support coalescing behind either Becerra or Steyer, and Hilton pulling away with the Republican vote, making a runoff between a Democrat and a Republican the most likely outcome, although an all-Democrat primary is still a possibility. \u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Not wanting to “waste” her vote was the main reason Lauren Schwartz of San Francisco decided to hang on to her ballot longer than ever.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I think everyone has PTSD from Eric Swalwell,” Schwartz said, referring to the sexual assault allegations that tanked the onetime frontrunner’s campaign.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>”The first concern was about having two Republicans, and now the concern is about wasted votes on Democrats who won’t make it to the top,” Schwartz said. She said confusion was high at a recent proposition party she hosted, where friends gathered to discuss candidates and measures.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Everyone I know is holding on to their ballots until the bitter end,” Schwartz said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Although Democrats have lagged in early voting in this year’s primary, Mitchell said they can be relatively confident that turnout will improve in the coming days, as the voters who have not turned in their ballots so far are largely higher propensity, older voters.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12085438\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 1980px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12085438\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/05/GettyImages-2277856381.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1980\" height=\"1320\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/05/GettyImages-2277856381.jpg 1980w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/05/GettyImages-2277856381-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/05/GettyImages-2277856381-1536x1024.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1980px) 100vw, 1980px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Election workers sort ballots at Contra Costa County’s election operations facility on May 27, 2026, in Martinez, California. June 2 is the last day to vote in person or return a ballot ahead of California’s statewide primary election. \u003ccite>(Benjamin Fanjoy/Getty Images)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>But he cautioned that waiting too long to vote could backfire.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Ballots postmarked by Election Day must be counted, but a 2025 rule \u003ca href=\"https://fairelectionscenter.org/postal-service-changes-and-mail-voting/\">change \u003c/a>by the United States Postal Service means that mail might not receive a postmark on the same day the Postal Service takes possession of it. That means that if a voter drops a ballot in a mailbox late on Election Day, \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12085378/usps-changes-ballot-drop-box-near-me-deadline-california-primary-vote-for-governor\">there’s a chance it won’t be counted\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The \u003cem>Los Angeles Times\u003c/em> \u003ca href=\"https://www.latimes.com/california/story/2026-04-04/california-election-experts-sound-alarm-as-rejected-ballots-quadruple\">reported \u003c/a>in April that this rule change led to a fourfold increase in ballots not being counted in the November 2025 special election, with rural counties seeing the biggest increases.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>If voters mail their ballot on Election Day, California’s secretary of state \u003ca href=\"https://www.sos.ca.gov/elections\">recommends\u003c/a> getting a hand-stamped postmark from an employee inside the post office. Bay Area counties also operate \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12082074/california-primary-2026-dropbox-near-me-san-francisco-bay-area-find-my-polling-place-election-day-voter-guide\">official \u003c/a>drop boxes.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“ I always say the easiest way to vote is to vote the minute you get the ballot in your hands and to not wait,” Mitchell said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n",
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The polls show Democratic support coalescing behind either Becerra or Steyer, and Hilton pulling away with the Republican vote, making a runoff between a Democrat and a Republican the most likely outcome, although an all-Democrat primary is still a possibility. \u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Not wanting to “waste” her vote was the main reason Lauren Schwartz of San Francisco decided to hang on to her ballot longer than ever.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I think everyone has PTSD from Eric Swalwell,” Schwartz said, referring to the sexual assault allegations that tanked the onetime frontrunner’s campaign.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>”The first concern was about having two Republicans, and now the concern is about wasted votes on Democrats who won’t make it to the top,” Schwartz said. She said confusion was high at a recent proposition party she hosted, where friends gathered to discuss candidates and measures.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Everyone I know is holding on to their ballots until the bitter end,” Schwartz said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Although Democrats have lagged in early voting in this year’s primary, Mitchell said they can be relatively confident that turnout will improve in the coming days, as the voters who have not turned in their ballots so far are largely higher propensity, older voters.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12085438\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 1980px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12085438\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/05/GettyImages-2277856381.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1980\" height=\"1320\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/05/GettyImages-2277856381.jpg 1980w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/05/GettyImages-2277856381-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/05/GettyImages-2277856381-1536x1024.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1980px) 100vw, 1980px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Election workers sort ballots at Contra Costa County’s election operations facility on May 27, 2026, in Martinez, California. June 2 is the last day to vote in person or return a ballot ahead of California’s statewide primary election. \u003ccite>(Benjamin Fanjoy/Getty Images)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>But he cautioned that waiting too long to vote could backfire.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Ballots postmarked by Election Day must be counted, but a 2025 rule \u003ca href=\"https://fairelectionscenter.org/postal-service-changes-and-mail-voting/\">change \u003c/a>by the United States Postal Service means that mail might not receive a postmark on the same day the Postal Service takes possession of it. That means that if a voter drops a ballot in a mailbox late on Election Day, \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12085378/usps-changes-ballot-drop-box-near-me-deadline-california-primary-vote-for-governor\">there’s a chance it won’t be counted\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The \u003cem>Los Angeles Times\u003c/em> \u003ca href=\"https://www.latimes.com/california/story/2026-04-04/california-election-experts-sound-alarm-as-rejected-ballots-quadruple\">reported \u003c/a>in April that this rule change led to a fourfold increase in ballots not being counted in the November 2025 special election, with rural counties seeing the biggest increases.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>If voters mail their ballot on Election Day, California’s secretary of state \u003ca href=\"https://www.sos.ca.gov/elections\">recommends\u003c/a> getting a hand-stamped postmark from an employee inside the post office. Bay Area counties also operate \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12082074/california-primary-2026-dropbox-near-me-san-francisco-bay-area-find-my-polling-place-election-day-voter-guide\">official \u003c/a>drop boxes.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“ I always say the easiest way to vote is to vote the minute you get the ballot in your hands and to not wait,” Mitchell said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003c/div>\u003c/p>",
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"content": "\u003cp>Amid an investigation into a \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12084725/bay-area-dogs-found-dead-at-humboldt-county-no-kill-rescue\">Humboldt County animal rescue\u003c/a> accused of faking adoptions and killing dogs, people across the state are scrambling to track down the animals that they entrusted to its care.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Spread across 50 acres of rural farmland in Fortuna, Miranda’s Rescue touts itself on its website as a “no-kill” safe haven for animals. In 2007, the state Assembly named it “Best Sanctuary for Abused Animals in Northern California.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But on May 1, the Humboldt County Sheriff announced that it launched an investigation into the rescue for “credible allegations of animal abuse, animal cruelty, fraud, and conspiracy.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The investigation was triggered after two Fortuna residents, Jennifer Raymond and Jenna Moore, presented the sheriff with evidence they’d independently collected, showing that owner Shannon Miranda had killed eight dogs and buried them in a mass grave on his property. Raymond and Moore captured footage of Miranda dumping the bodies on a trail camera set up on Raymond’s property, which sits next to the rescue.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Raymond and Moore said that authorities didn’t act after they sent the footage, so the two women entered Miranda’s property at night and dug up the dogs’ bodies. They believe that there are many more buried on the land. They allege that Miranda — who charges $500 on average to take in a dog — killed the animals to make space for more.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Moore said that after news of the investigation began to spread, she was inundated with messages from people who wanted to locate dogs they’d brought to the rescue — and who weren’t hearing back from Miranda.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12085367\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12085367\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/05/260528-Dog-Search-03-KQED.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1334\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/05/260528-Dog-Search-03-KQED.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/05/260528-Dog-Search-03-KQED-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/05/260528-Dog-Search-03-KQED-1536x1025.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Lara McCaskill, foster coordinator at Love’s Legacy Rescue in Mill Valley, said Miranda’s Rescue notified her team in March that Blu had been adopted. McCaskill is searching for the Siberian husky after Humboldt County authorities began investigating allegations that Miranda’s Rescue improperly killed dogs in its care. \u003ccite>(Courtesy of Lara McCaskill)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>“I’m a doer, I’m a fixer,” Moore said. “And so I thought, you know what? If we can’t get the truth out of Miranda himself and his staff, let’s let the community help.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>She started the\u003ca href=\"https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=61589532659768\"> Facebook page\u003c/a> “Where are the Dogs Sent to Miranda’s Rescue in Fortuna CA?” and invited shelters to send photos and information about the dogs that had been transferred to the rescue. She soon began accepting requests from individuals as well. Since May 9, Moore has posted about over 600 dogs, and said her inbox contains messages describing hundreds more.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Many of the people messaging Moore said Miranda told them that the dogs they brought to the rescue had been adopted. But the allegations against Miranda have caused some to question his claims.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>One of the eight dogs recovered from Miranda’s property was traced by microchip back to Oakland Animal Services. Director Joe DeVries said that Miranda had contacted him days before to say that the dog had been adopted. DeVries said that when he confronted Miranda about this in a phone call, Miranda admitted that he “put down” five dogs that had recently been transferred to the rescue. “And four of those five, he had told us… he had already adopted out,” DeVries said. “So we really caught him in the worst lie.”[aside postID=news_12084968 hero='https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/05/260522-JAILSEARCHSUIT-10-BL-KQED.jpg']Moore said that she’s received messages from people who say Miranda asked them to pose in the adoption photos featured on the Facebook page. On May 24, Moore posted two separate adoption photos that Miranda’s Rescue shared on its own page, which appear to feature the same dog, a white husky with gray markings on its head. Some commenters pointed out that huskies are high-energy dogs, and wondered if the dog was returned and then later re-adopted. Others see it as proof that Miranda was faking adoptions.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Lara McCaskill, the foster coordinator at Love’s Legacy Rescue in Mill Valley, said that in March, Miranda notified her team that a dog named Blu, who was transferred to his rescue in December, had been adopted. He sent a video of himself walking Blu, an all-white husky, around his property. “Just letting you guys know he’s off to his new forever home,” Miranda said in the video. “Plenty of room to run around.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>McCaskill said that Love’s Legacy had decided to send Blu to Miranda’s Rescue because “it had been sold as a sanctuary for dogs where they continue their training and rehabilitation and ultimately get them adopted.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“It’s very remote up there,” McCaskill said, “it’s very rural.” She said that it seemed like “a safer place for a dog that has…tendencies to escape, which is the challenge with [Blu].”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>According to McCaskill, Miranda told her that Blu’s adopters didn’t have social media and didn’t want to be contacted. She said he promised frequent updates—but those never came. After learning of the allegations against Miranda, “we’re really concerned about where this dog may have gone,” McCaskill said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12084788\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12084788\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/05/260521-Dogs-Euthanized-02-KQED.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/05/260521-Dogs-Euthanized-02-KQED.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/05/260521-Dogs-Euthanized-02-KQED-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/05/260521-Dogs-Euthanized-02-KQED-1536x1024.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">A dog sheltered at Miranda’s Rescue is seen struggling to get through the fence. \u003ccite>(Courtesy of Jennifer Raymond)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>McCaskill and Love’s Legacy founder Amanda Davis drove up to Fortuna on May 23 to look for Blu themselves. When they arrived, they were greeted by a volunteer and Miranda himself.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“We said, ‘We wanna come look at the dogs, is that okay?’” McCaskill said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“And he was like, ‘Sure, come on in,’ she said. “It felt like he wanted to show it off, actually. Like, ‘Look, see how great everything is?’”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Inside the rescue, McCaskill and Davis counted around 60 dogs, and none of them were Blu. When they asked Miranda about the dog, he echoed the claim that Blu had been adopted, but said he wasn’t able to provide proof or get in touch with the adopters because the sheriff had taken his records.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“He kept saying as soon as he gets it back, he’ll reach out to the adopter,” McCaskill said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Before heading back to Mill Valley, McCaskill and Davis stopped in the nearby town of Rio Dell to put up flyers for Blu. “We just want to know that Blu is safe,” McCaskill said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Though they didn’t find Blu, they did identify a Staffordshire bull terrier named Third, who’d been brought to Miranda’s Rescue by Terry Gruwell and her partner on April 20. Gruwell’s partner had connected with McCaskill and Davis on Jenna Moore’s page.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Gruwell, who lives in a small town in the Mojave Desert in eastern Kern County, said she rescued Third from an abusive situation and rehabilitated him at her home. Gruwell calls Third “the friendliest dog ever,” but said he started jumping her fence when she brought home some other rescue dogs. Her local shelter was at capacity, so they suggested Gruwell bring Third to Miranda’s Rescue. They offered to help raise funds for the $500 intake fee if Gruwell would also bring another dog to the rescue.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>When Gruwell had to reschedule the trip up to Humboldt County because of a personal emergency, she said that Miranda reached out through the local shelter to inform her that there would be no refund for the $1000 he’d already received for both dogs.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Gruwell said she was also asked to provide proof of sterilization and full vaccinations. Sabrina Woods, an animal-shelter volunteer in Solano County who assisted Raymond and Moore in identifying the eight dogs found on Miranda’s property, told KQED that it’s unusual for a rescue to charge a fee, other than to cover these procedures.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12084787\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12084787\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/05/260521-Dogs-Euthanized-01-KQED.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/05/260521-Dogs-Euthanized-01-KQED.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/05/260521-Dogs-Euthanized-01-KQED-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/05/260521-Dogs-Euthanized-01-KQED-1536x1024.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">The front entrance to Miranda’s Rescue in Fortuna, California. Oakland and Berkeley animal shelters have severed ties with the Humboldt County rescue amid an investigation into allegations that dogs transferred there were improperly killed. \u003ccite>(Sukey Lewis/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>On April 20, Gruwell and her partner drove the ten hours to Fortuna to drop off Third. When they got there, she said Miranda seemed friendly and talkative. “And you know, the property looked really nice,” Gruwell said. “In my mind, there was no real red flags.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But a week later, she learned about the investigation into Miranda’s Rescue. Gruwell feared the worst. “I felt sick,” she said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Learning from Davis and McCaskill that Third was still alive at the rescue brought Gruwell enormous relief—but not closure. “Trying to find him a safe out as we speak,” she said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Jenna Moore continues to update her Facebook page with information about dogs who were sent to Miranda’s Rescue. In order for an adoption to be confirmed on her page, she requires a current photo or video of the dog in its new home. So far, she’s only been able to confirm seven real adoptions.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>She said that along with Jennifer Raymond, she’ll keep working to uncover what happened to other dogs brought to the rescue. “We are not stopping until this place is shut down and [Miranda] is behind bars.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad floatright]\u003c/p>\n",
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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>Moore said that she’s received messages from people who say Miranda asked them to pose in the adoption photos featured on the Facebook page. On May 24, Moore posted two separate adoption photos that Miranda’s Rescue shared on its own page, which appear to feature the same dog, a white husky with gray markings on its head. Some commenters pointed out that huskies are high-energy dogs, and wondered if the dog was returned and then later re-adopted. Others see it as proof that Miranda was faking adoptions.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Lara McCaskill, the foster coordinator at Love’s Legacy Rescue in Mill Valley, said that in March, Miranda notified her team that a dog named Blu, who was transferred to his rescue in December, had been adopted. He sent a video of himself walking Blu, an all-white husky, around his property. “Just letting you guys know he’s off to his new forever home,” Miranda said in the video. “Plenty of room to run around.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>McCaskill said that Love’s Legacy had decided to send Blu to Miranda’s Rescue because “it had been sold as a sanctuary for dogs where they continue their training and rehabilitation and ultimately get them adopted.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“It’s very remote up there,” McCaskill said, “it’s very rural.” She said that it seemed like “a safer place for a dog that has…tendencies to escape, which is the challenge with [Blu].”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>According to McCaskill, Miranda told her that Blu’s adopters didn’t have social media and didn’t want to be contacted. She said he promised frequent updates—but those never came. After learning of the allegations against Miranda, “we’re really concerned about where this dog may have gone,” McCaskill said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12084788\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12084788\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/05/260521-Dogs-Euthanized-02-KQED.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/05/260521-Dogs-Euthanized-02-KQED.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/05/260521-Dogs-Euthanized-02-KQED-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/05/260521-Dogs-Euthanized-02-KQED-1536x1024.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">A dog sheltered at Miranda’s Rescue is seen struggling to get through the fence. \u003ccite>(Courtesy of Jennifer Raymond)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>McCaskill and Love’s Legacy founder Amanda Davis drove up to Fortuna on May 23 to look for Blu themselves. When they arrived, they were greeted by a volunteer and Miranda himself.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“We said, ‘We wanna come look at the dogs, is that okay?’” McCaskill said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“And he was like, ‘Sure, come on in,’ she said. “It felt like he wanted to show it off, actually. Like, ‘Look, see how great everything is?’”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Inside the rescue, McCaskill and Davis counted around 60 dogs, and none of them were Blu. When they asked Miranda about the dog, he echoed the claim that Blu had been adopted, but said he wasn’t able to provide proof or get in touch with the adopters because the sheriff had taken his records.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“He kept saying as soon as he gets it back, he’ll reach out to the adopter,” McCaskill said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Before heading back to Mill Valley, McCaskill and Davis stopped in the nearby town of Rio Dell to put up flyers for Blu. “We just want to know that Blu is safe,” McCaskill said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Though they didn’t find Blu, they did identify a Staffordshire bull terrier named Third, who’d been brought to Miranda’s Rescue by Terry Gruwell and her partner on April 20. Gruwell’s partner had connected with McCaskill and Davis on Jenna Moore’s page.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Gruwell, who lives in a small town in the Mojave Desert in eastern Kern County, said she rescued Third from an abusive situation and rehabilitated him at her home. Gruwell calls Third “the friendliest dog ever,” but said he started jumping her fence when she brought home some other rescue dogs. Her local shelter was at capacity, so they suggested Gruwell bring Third to Miranda’s Rescue. They offered to help raise funds for the $500 intake fee if Gruwell would also bring another dog to the rescue.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>When Gruwell had to reschedule the trip up to Humboldt County because of a personal emergency, she said that Miranda reached out through the local shelter to inform her that there would be no refund for the $1000 he’d already received for both dogs.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Gruwell said she was also asked to provide proof of sterilization and full vaccinations. Sabrina Woods, an animal-shelter volunteer in Solano County who assisted Raymond and Moore in identifying the eight dogs found on Miranda’s property, told KQED that it’s unusual for a rescue to charge a fee, other than to cover these procedures.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12084787\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12084787\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/05/260521-Dogs-Euthanized-01-KQED.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/05/260521-Dogs-Euthanized-01-KQED.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/05/260521-Dogs-Euthanized-01-KQED-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/05/260521-Dogs-Euthanized-01-KQED-1536x1024.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">The front entrance to Miranda’s Rescue in Fortuna, California. Oakland and Berkeley animal shelters have severed ties with the Humboldt County rescue amid an investigation into allegations that dogs transferred there were improperly killed. \u003ccite>(Sukey Lewis/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>On April 20, Gruwell and her partner drove the ten hours to Fortuna to drop off Third. When they got there, she said Miranda seemed friendly and talkative. “And you know, the property looked really nice,” Gruwell said. “In my mind, there was no real red flags.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But a week later, she learned about the investigation into Miranda’s Rescue. Gruwell feared the worst. “I felt sick,” she said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Learning from Davis and McCaskill that Third was still alive at the rescue brought Gruwell enormous relief—but not closure. “Trying to find him a safe out as we speak,” she said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Jenna Moore continues to update her Facebook page with information about dogs who were sent to Miranda’s Rescue. In order for an adoption to be confirmed on her page, she requires a current photo or video of the dog in its new home. So far, she’s only been able to confirm seven real adoptions.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>She said that along with Jennifer Raymond, she’ll keep working to uncover what happened to other dogs brought to the rescue. “We are not stopping until this place is shut down and [Miranda] is behind bars.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003c/div>",
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"content": "\u003cp>If you’ve been out on a hike near the Bay Area recently, especially somewhere that’s shady or dense with vegetation, you or your pets might have accidentally carried home an unwanted traveler: \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11880475/ticks-suck-heres-a-guide-to-identifying-them-and-avoiding-bites\">a tick\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>These tiny bugs — some as minuscule as a poppy seed in their young 1-year-old “nymph” stage — are out in full force during springtime, \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/science/1982376/after-bountiful-rains-ticks-are-out-in-force-heres-how-to-protect-yourself-bay-area\">when the weather is wet\u003c/a>. And unfortunately, they’re looking for a warm host for a “blood meal,” which is key to their survival.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But the diseases they can also carry, including \u003ca href=\"https://www.cdc.gov/lyme/index.html\">Lyme disease\u003c/a>, mean you \u003cem>really\u003c/em> don’t want to get bitten by a tick.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Even after a relatively mild and somewhat dry winter, \u003ca href=\"https://www.reddit.com/r/bayarea/comments/1snva21/out_on_the_trails_yesterday/\">Bay Area hikers have reported ticks\u003c/a> all over local trails this spring. And \u003ca href=\"https://www.ebparks.org/about-us/whats-new/news/tick-season-advisory\">local parks districts are advising\u003c/a> hikers to cover up their skin and be extra vigilant.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The Bay Area Lyme Foundation has seen a recent increase among people reaching out “about the explosion in ticks that they’re seeing this season,” according to David Walsey, the executive director of the organization, which funds research around diagnosing and treating Lyme disease nationwide.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Measuring the tick population of a place like the Bay Area can be complicated. Despite all the attention on ticks right now, the San Mateo County Mosquito and Vector Control District is currently reporting “normal-ish levels” of the creatures locally, communications director Rachel Curtis-Robles said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12085362\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12085362\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/05/2-Portola-Valley-Tick-Sweep-2.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1290\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/05/2-Portola-Valley-Tick-Sweep-2.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/05/2-Portola-Valley-Tick-Sweep-2-160x103.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/05/2-Portola-Valley-Tick-Sweep-2-1536x991.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">A number of ticks caught during the Bay Area Lyme Foundation 2025 tick sweep in Portola Valley. \u003ccite>(Courtesy of the Bay Area Lyme Foundation)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>But while neither her office nor the Bay Area Lyme Foundation collects actual population information about ticks here in the Bay Area, “ticks are around all year in our area,” warned Walsey. “There is really not a ‘tick season.'”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention estimates that Lyme disease \u003ca href=\"https://www.cdc.gov/lyme/data-research/facts-stats/index.html\">affects 500,000\u003c/a> people across the country each year. In the Western United States, the CDC is \u003ca href=\"https://www.cdc.gov/ticks/data-research/facts-stats/tick-bite-data-tracker.html\">reporting the highest number of emergency department visits for tick bites\u003c/a> this year in almost a decade. And while Lyme is generally regarded as \u003ca href=\"https://www.ucihealth.org/blog/2023/06/tick-safety\">a bigger threat on the East Coast\u003c/a> than it is to Californians, the disease \u003ca href=\"https://www.bayarealyme.org/about-lyme/lyme-disease-facts-statistics/\">is still present in nearly every county in our state\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>All of this means it’s important to protect yourself from ticks and tick bites, wherever you live. Read on to find out more about avoiding ticks, removing ticks from your body and how to keep your pets safe — plus suggestions on the Bay Area hikes where your chances of ticks might be lower.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Jump straight to:\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cul>\n\u003cli>\u003cstrong>\u003ca href=\"#HowcanIavoidticksandtickbites\"> How can I avoid ticks and tick bites?\u003c/a>\u003c/strong>\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>\u003cstrong>\u003ca href=\"#WhatshouldIdoifIgetatickbite\"> What should I do if I get a tick bite?\u003c/a>\u003c/strong>\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>\u003cstrong>\u003ca href=\"#WherecanIhikeintheBayAreatoavoidticks\"> Where can I hike in the Bay Area to avoid ticks?\u003c/a>\u003c/strong>\u003c/li>\n\u003c/ul>\n\u003ch2>What to know about Bay Area ticks\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>Several types of ticks call the Bay Area home.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The American dog tick and the Pacific Coast tick are larger and don’t typically infect humans with Lyme disease (although they\u003ca href=\"http://cdph.ca.gov/Programs/CID/DCDC/CDPH%20Document%20Library/SpottedFeverRickettsiaFactSheet.pdf\"> can carry other pathogens that lead to illnesses,\u003c/a> like fevers and rashes. But the Western blacklegged tick \u003cem>does \u003c/em>pose a Lyme risk — and right now, during springtime, is when they’re the smallest and most easily missed, Curtis-Robles said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12085368\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12085368\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/05/3-Portola-Valley-Tick-sweep.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1505\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/05/3-Portola-Valley-Tick-sweep.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/05/3-Portola-Valley-Tick-sweep-160x120.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/05/3-Portola-Valley-Tick-sweep-1536x1156.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">The Bay Area Lyme Foundation’s 2025 tick sweep in Portola Valley. \u003ccite>(Courtesy of the Bay Area Lyme Foundation)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>“The danger is … they’re only the size of a poppy seed,” she said. “So those can be really hard for a person to notice if it’s on them.” (Western blacklegged ticks are different to Eastern blacklegged ticks, which are also known as deer ticks and are found outside of the western U.S.)\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Western blacklegged ticks tend to live in tall grasses and wooded areas, where scrubs and bushes are plentiful. And when they’re young, in the nymph stage and harder to find on your body, \u003ca href=\"https://www.smcmvcd.org/lizards-ticks-and-lyme-disease\">is when they’re most likely to transmit Lyme disease.\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The vector control district in San Mateo County takes samples along public trails to get a better picture of when and where ticks live in the Bay Area, Curtis-Robles said. They also test the ticks they collect for pathogens, including the bacteria that can cause Lyme disease.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Some reassuring news: Less than 5% of the ticks tested in San Mateo County are carrying the bacteria that can cause Lyme disease, she said.[aside postID=news_12084907 hero='https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/05/LEDE-2014-02-24_PD_NU_ScenerySkiers_0001.jpg']That’s in contrast to the East Coast and Midwest, \u003ca href=\"https://www.binghamton.edu/news/story/6267/ticks-are-spreading-like-wildfire-and-more-of-them-are-carrying-lyme\">where 50%-60% of ticks have been found to carry the bacteria that cause Lyme disease\u003c/a> — and some studies even suggest that number is up to 80%, according to Curtis-Robles.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>That’s in part due to a secret weapon we have here in California: \u003ca href=\"https://yubariver.org/posts/ticks-lizards-and-lyme-disease/\">the Western fence lizard.\u003c/a> These iridescent lizards are common hosts for ticks in their adolescent stage — and are even preferred by teenage ticks over other hosts like rodents, deer or dogs — but the \u003ca href=\"https://www.smcmvcd.org/lizards-ticks-and-lyme-disease\">lizard’s blood contains a protein\u003c/a> that kills the Lyme-causing bacteria.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The science, however, is complex, \u003ca href=\"https://www.smcmvcd.org/lizards-ticks-and-lyme-disease\">asserts a page from the vector control district\u003c/a>: \u003ca href=\"https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/mec.16413\">One study\u003c/a> concluded that ticks that feed on these lizards, when feeding again, are \u003cem>more \u003c/em>likely to transmit the bacteria. \u003ca href=\"https://royalsocietypublishing.org/rspb/article-abstract/278/1720/2970/73732/Impact-of-the-experimental-removal-of-lizards-on?redirectedFrom=fulltext\">Another suggests \u003c/a>that the prevalence of lizards in California is what’s driving up mature tick populations to begin with.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In any case, it means that “the risk in California is much lower, but it’s not zero,” Curtis-Robles said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In fact, Bay Area Lyme Foundation was founded in 2012 because few people believed Lyme disease even exists in the Bay Area and California, Walsey said, where “it was historically perceived as a Northeast and somewhat of a Midwest problem.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“But in fact, we now know that ticks that carry Lyme has been found in all 50 states, including almost every county in California,” he said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The group began by funding studies to detect the bacteria that cause Lyme in ticks, and now has expanded to support research to advance diagnostics and therapeutics for patients with Lyme.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>\u003ca id=\"HowcanIavoidticksandtickbites\">\u003c/a>How to avoid ticks and tick bites in the Bay Area\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Watch where you walk\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Stay on trail — in the middle is best — and out of tall grasses. Ticks don’t tend to be in manicured lawn areas like soccer fields, but they can be found on trails near beaches at similar rates to woodland areas, Walsey said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Cover up your skin (the right way)\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Wear light-colored long pants and sleeves. Also, tuck \u003cem>in \u003c/em>your clothes: This helps keep ticks off of your skin so you can catch them before they bite.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Consider using chemical tick repellent\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">If you’re really worried about tick bites, you can use a repellent on the skin you’re not able to cover up, Curtis-Robles said.\u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>There are several \u003ca href=\"https://www.epa.gov/insect-repellents/find-repellent-right-you\">insect or tick repellent\u003c/a>s that are registered with the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, including DEET or \u003ca href=\"https://www.insectshield.com/blogs/blog/how-to-use-permethrin-on-clothing-safely\">Permethrin\u003c/a>. Be aware that DEET can erode plastic, so be careful not to use it on polyester clothing or opt for \u003ca href=\"https://www.llbean.com/llb/shop/516182?page=insect-repellent-clothing-and-gear&qs=3126198&GOOGLE&Matchtype=e&gclsrc=aw.ds&gad_source=1&gad_campaignid=665202954&gbraid=0AAAAADoqq1IMzalsVeGarMPNz3Xd1h5Tk&gclid=CjwKCAjwrNrQBhBjEiwAoR4VOzF9SZS-x6coHLH0mIxxiYx6A2YCXX6uLc3leF2k2xR025-5lFN2jRoCM9wQAvD_BwE\">Permethrin-treated clothing\u003c/a> instead.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“That will help deter the ticks,” she said. “If they get on you, they’re going to very quickly want to get off of you, even sort of just letting go and falling off, because it’s very uncomfortable for them to even touch the repellents.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Protect your pet\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Talk to your vet, Curtis-Robles said, and ask for a medication that repels fleas and ticks, to give them an even better chance of avoiding tick bites.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Watch your head \u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Ticks are commonly found on peoples’ and pets’ heads, Curtis-Robles said, and some people assume that’s because they drop from trees above.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But that’s not necessarily the case, she said — rather, they are doing something called “questing.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12085369\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12085369\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/05/tick_size_Western_Eastern_color-REV-FINAL.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1227\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/05/tick_size_Western_Eastern_color-REV-FINAL.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/05/tick_size_Western_Eastern_color-REV-FINAL-160x98.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/05/tick_size_Western_Eastern_color-REV-FINAL-1536x942.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">A guide to spotting the Western blacklegged tick, which can pose a threat of Lyme disease in California. \u003ccite>(Courtesy of the Bay Area Lyme Foundation)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>“They crawl to the top of the tall grass and they stick out their legs and they just hope that somebody wanders by that they can grab onto,” she said. “It just happens that when they’re questing and looking, they’re going to crawl up a person until they find a cozy spot where they feel like they’re not going to get groomed off easily.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“But by the time they get to the top of the person, they run out of options,” she said. “And so quite frequently, people will find them on their heads and their hair.”\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>How to do a proper tick check\u003c/h2>\n\u003cul>\n\u003cli>When you get home, remove the clothes you wore outside as soon as you can. If you’re not immediately planning to wash them, at least put them in the dryer, which should kill the ticks.\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>Run your hands on your entire body and through your hair, checking for any ticks. They don’t bite instantly, so double check the “cozy spots,” as Curtis-Robles calls them, like your groin area, between your toes, belly button, behind your ears and in your armpits — anywhere a tick might seek warmth.\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>Remember that ticks can be as small as a sesame or poppy seed\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>For children: Check during bathtime when you can see their whole body\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>For dogs: Run your fingers through their fur to detect little bumps — this is easier than parting their hair. Don’t forget to check their face, in and around their ears, and under their back legs, “really running your hands over their entire body — especially with dogs that have that thicker undercoat,” Curtis-Robles said.\u003c/li>\n\u003c/ul>\n\u003cp>You can even request \u003ca href=\"https://www.smcmvcd.org/tick-bite-prevention-kit\">a free tick bite prevention kit\u003c/a> from your local vector control district, which includes information about repelling ticks and tools to remove them.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>\u003ca id=\"WhatshouldIdoifIgetatickbite\">\u003c/a>What to do if you get a tick bite\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>Don’t panic – not every tick has Lyme, and even those that do may not transmit it to your body immediately.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Safely remove the tick as soon as you can. Use tweezers to get as close to the skin as possible to remove the entire tic — but do it slowly and steadily. Do not jerk, squeeze, twist or pull off the tick. And don’t believe the various at-home remedies you may have learned from relatives: \u003ca href=\"https://osf-blog.live.imagescape.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2018/09/ticks3.png\">Do \u003cem>not \u003c/em>try to smother it with Vaseline or nail polish or burn it off.\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Immediately after you’ve removed the tick:\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Dispose of the tick by flushing it down the toilet or putting it in alcohol. Do not crush the tick with your fingers. Wash your hands and the bite area with soap and water. You can apply antiseptic gel and a Band-Aid to the bite.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>For longer-term care:\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Keep track of when and where you may have been bitten to report to your doctor if needed. For the next 30 days, monitor for any symptoms of what could be a tick-borne disease like Lyme. Symptoms include:\u003c/p>\n\u003cul>\n\u003cli>Fever, headache and other flu symptoms\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>Rash (which sometimes, but not always, resembles a bullseye)\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>Fatigue, aches and pains\u003c/li>\n\u003c/ul>\n\u003cp>Your doctor may want you to take antibiotics.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>It’s important to remember that ticks don’t just carry Lyme, so be sure to keep an eye out for any symptoms of illness, Walsey said. Other diseases \u003ca href=\"https://www.ccjm.org/content/84/7/555\">could include Rocky Mountain Spotted Fever,\u003c/a> plus other infections and rashes whose symptoms may present similarly to Lyme.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Getting ticks tested for Lyme disease:\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>If you want to, you can even \u003ca href=\"https://publichealth.santaclaracounty.gov/programs-and-services/public-health-laboratory/test-ticks-lyme-disease\">save the tick and send it in for testing\u003c/a> to your local vector control district.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Just be aware: \u003ca href=\"https://www.cdc.gov/ticks/after-a-tick-bite/index.html\">The CDC does not recommend testing ticks\u003c/a> that have bitten humans. This is because results can be unreliable, positive results don’t guarantee the tick passed the disease to you and negative results from one tick can lead to false assurance if another may have bitten you. Delayed results can also delay treatment if you do have symptoms.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12085370\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2026px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12085370\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/05/GettyImages-1316528023.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2026\" height=\"1335\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/05/GettyImages-1316528023.jpg 2026w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/05/GettyImages-1316528023-2000x1318.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/05/GettyImages-1316528023-160x105.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/05/GettyImages-1316528023-1536x1012.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2026px) 100vw, 2026px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">The black-legged or deer tick, which carries Lyme disease, appears to be expanding its territory. \u003ccite>(Bill Davis/Newsday via Getty Images)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>If you do contract Lyme disease, catching it early is key, Walsey said. If you don’t catch it early, it can get more serious and harder to treat.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“People that treat it early and treat it with the proper antibiotics, generally 80 to 90% of people will clear Lyme disease,” he said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Some areas, like San Mateo County, offer free services like rodent, mosquito and tick inspections to help residents reduce the number of pests in their yards.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>\u003ca id=\"WherecanIhikeintheBayAreatoavoidticks\">\u003c/a>Where to hike in the Bay Area to reduce your chances of meeting a tick\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>While ticks sure feel like they’re everywhere in the Bay Area right now, there are some areas where it’s easier to avoid them in the spring:\u003c/p>\n\u003cul>\n\u003cli>Redwood forests like \u003ca href=\"https://www.ebparks.org/parks/reinhardt-redwood\">Reinhardt Redwood Regional Park\u003c/a> in Oakland can be a good bet: The hiking trails here tend to be wide and cleared of brush underfoot.\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>Wetland and tidal flat areas like \u003ca href=\"https://parks.marincounty.gov/parkspreserves/parks/rush-creek-preserve\">Rush Creek Preserve\u003c/a> in Marin County often have elevated gravel trails.\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>Trails to mountaintops like \u003ca href=\"https://www.parks.ca.gov/?page_id=471\">Mt. Tamalpais\u003c/a>, \u003ca href=\"https://www.parks.ca.gov/?page_id=517\">Mt. Diablo\u003c/a>, \u003ca href=\"https://www.redwoodhikes.com/Skyline/Montara.html\">Montara Mountain\u003c/a> and \u003ca href=\"https://www.ebparks.org/parks/mission-peak\">Mission Peak\u003c/a> are often wide enough for fire access, so sticking to the middle of the trail may help avoid ticks.\u003c/li>\n\u003c/ul>\n\u003cp>Remember: A place being less \u003cem>likely \u003c/em>to harbor ticks doesn’t mean you won’t still find one, but the trails above will at least be wider, making it easier to avoid coming in contact with ticks. Wherever you hike in spring, you should still do a tick check.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cem>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">This article was corrected to reflect the location of most Lyme-carrying ticks and how to properly use repellant.\u003c/span>\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad floatright]\u003c/p>\n",
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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003cp>If you’ve been out on a hike near the Bay Area recently, especially somewhere that’s shady or dense with vegetation, you or your pets might have accidentally carried home an unwanted traveler: \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11880475/ticks-suck-heres-a-guide-to-identifying-them-and-avoiding-bites\">a tick\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>These tiny bugs — some as minuscule as a poppy seed in their young 1-year-old “nymph” stage — are out in full force during springtime, \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/science/1982376/after-bountiful-rains-ticks-are-out-in-force-heres-how-to-protect-yourself-bay-area\">when the weather is wet\u003c/a>. And unfortunately, they’re looking for a warm host for a “blood meal,” which is key to their survival.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But the diseases they can also carry, including \u003ca href=\"https://www.cdc.gov/lyme/index.html\">Lyme disease\u003c/a>, mean you \u003cem>really\u003c/em> don’t want to get bitten by a tick.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003c/div>",
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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Even after a relatively mild and somewhat dry winter, \u003ca href=\"https://www.reddit.com/r/bayarea/comments/1snva21/out_on_the_trails_yesterday/\">Bay Area hikers have reported ticks\u003c/a> all over local trails this spring. And \u003ca href=\"https://www.ebparks.org/about-us/whats-new/news/tick-season-advisory\">local parks districts are advising\u003c/a> hikers to cover up their skin and be extra vigilant.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The Bay Area Lyme Foundation has seen a recent increase among people reaching out “about the explosion in ticks that they’re seeing this season,” according to David Walsey, the executive director of the organization, which funds research around diagnosing and treating Lyme disease nationwide.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Measuring the tick population of a place like the Bay Area can be complicated. Despite all the attention on ticks right now, the San Mateo County Mosquito and Vector Control District is currently reporting “normal-ish levels” of the creatures locally, communications director Rachel Curtis-Robles said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12085362\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12085362\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/05/2-Portola-Valley-Tick-Sweep-2.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1290\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/05/2-Portola-Valley-Tick-Sweep-2.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/05/2-Portola-Valley-Tick-Sweep-2-160x103.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/05/2-Portola-Valley-Tick-Sweep-2-1536x991.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">A number of ticks caught during the Bay Area Lyme Foundation 2025 tick sweep in Portola Valley. \u003ccite>(Courtesy of the Bay Area Lyme Foundation)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>But while neither her office nor the Bay Area Lyme Foundation collects actual population information about ticks here in the Bay Area, “ticks are around all year in our area,” warned Walsey. “There is really not a ‘tick season.'”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention estimates that Lyme disease \u003ca href=\"https://www.cdc.gov/lyme/data-research/facts-stats/index.html\">affects 500,000\u003c/a> people across the country each year. In the Western United States, the CDC is \u003ca href=\"https://www.cdc.gov/ticks/data-research/facts-stats/tick-bite-data-tracker.html\">reporting the highest number of emergency department visits for tick bites\u003c/a> this year in almost a decade. And while Lyme is generally regarded as \u003ca href=\"https://www.ucihealth.org/blog/2023/06/tick-safety\">a bigger threat on the East Coast\u003c/a> than it is to Californians, the disease \u003ca href=\"https://www.bayarealyme.org/about-lyme/lyme-disease-facts-statistics/\">is still present in nearly every county in our state\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>All of this means it’s important to protect yourself from ticks and tick bites, wherever you live. Read on to find out more about avoiding ticks, removing ticks from your body and how to keep your pets safe — plus suggestions on the Bay Area hikes where your chances of ticks might be lower.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Jump straight to:\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cul>\n\u003cli>\u003cstrong>\u003ca href=\"#HowcanIavoidticksandtickbites\"> How can I avoid ticks and tick bites?\u003c/a>\u003c/strong>\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>\u003cstrong>\u003ca href=\"#WhatshouldIdoifIgetatickbite\"> What should I do if I get a tick bite?\u003c/a>\u003c/strong>\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>\u003cstrong>\u003ca href=\"#WherecanIhikeintheBayAreatoavoidticks\"> Where can I hike in the Bay Area to avoid ticks?\u003c/a>\u003c/strong>\u003c/li>\n\u003c/ul>\n\u003ch2>What to know about Bay Area ticks\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>Several types of ticks call the Bay Area home.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The American dog tick and the Pacific Coast tick are larger and don’t typically infect humans with Lyme disease (although they\u003ca href=\"http://cdph.ca.gov/Programs/CID/DCDC/CDPH%20Document%20Library/SpottedFeverRickettsiaFactSheet.pdf\"> can carry other pathogens that lead to illnesses,\u003c/a> like fevers and rashes. But the Western blacklegged tick \u003cem>does \u003c/em>pose a Lyme risk — and right now, during springtime, is when they’re the smallest and most easily missed, Curtis-Robles said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12085368\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12085368\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/05/3-Portola-Valley-Tick-sweep.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1505\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/05/3-Portola-Valley-Tick-sweep.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/05/3-Portola-Valley-Tick-sweep-160x120.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/05/3-Portola-Valley-Tick-sweep-1536x1156.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">The Bay Area Lyme Foundation’s 2025 tick sweep in Portola Valley. \u003ccite>(Courtesy of the Bay Area Lyme Foundation)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>“The danger is … they’re only the size of a poppy seed,” she said. “So those can be really hard for a person to notice if it’s on them.” (Western blacklegged ticks are different to Eastern blacklegged ticks, which are also known as deer ticks and are found outside of the western U.S.)\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Western blacklegged ticks tend to live in tall grasses and wooded areas, where scrubs and bushes are plentiful. And when they’re young, in the nymph stage and harder to find on your body, \u003ca href=\"https://www.smcmvcd.org/lizards-ticks-and-lyme-disease\">is when they’re most likely to transmit Lyme disease.\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The vector control district in San Mateo County takes samples along public trails to get a better picture of when and where ticks live in the Bay Area, Curtis-Robles said. They also test the ticks they collect for pathogens, including the bacteria that can cause Lyme disease.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Some reassuring news: Less than 5% of the ticks tested in San Mateo County are carrying the bacteria that can cause Lyme disease, she said.\u003c/p>\u003c/div>",
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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>That’s in contrast to the East Coast and Midwest, \u003ca href=\"https://www.binghamton.edu/news/story/6267/ticks-are-spreading-like-wildfire-and-more-of-them-are-carrying-lyme\">where 50%-60% of ticks have been found to carry the bacteria that cause Lyme disease\u003c/a> — and some studies even suggest that number is up to 80%, according to Curtis-Robles.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>That’s in part due to a secret weapon we have here in California: \u003ca href=\"https://yubariver.org/posts/ticks-lizards-and-lyme-disease/\">the Western fence lizard.\u003c/a> These iridescent lizards are common hosts for ticks in their adolescent stage — and are even preferred by teenage ticks over other hosts like rodents, deer or dogs — but the \u003ca href=\"https://www.smcmvcd.org/lizards-ticks-and-lyme-disease\">lizard’s blood contains a protein\u003c/a> that kills the Lyme-causing bacteria.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The science, however, is complex, \u003ca href=\"https://www.smcmvcd.org/lizards-ticks-and-lyme-disease\">asserts a page from the vector control district\u003c/a>: \u003ca href=\"https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/mec.16413\">One study\u003c/a> concluded that ticks that feed on these lizards, when feeding again, are \u003cem>more \u003c/em>likely to transmit the bacteria. \u003ca href=\"https://royalsocietypublishing.org/rspb/article-abstract/278/1720/2970/73732/Impact-of-the-experimental-removal-of-lizards-on?redirectedFrom=fulltext\">Another suggests \u003c/a>that the prevalence of lizards in California is what’s driving up mature tick populations to begin with.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In any case, it means that “the risk in California is much lower, but it’s not zero,” Curtis-Robles said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In fact, Bay Area Lyme Foundation was founded in 2012 because few people believed Lyme disease even exists in the Bay Area and California, Walsey said, where “it was historically perceived as a Northeast and somewhat of a Midwest problem.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“But in fact, we now know that ticks that carry Lyme has been found in all 50 states, including almost every county in California,” he said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The group began by funding studies to detect the bacteria that cause Lyme in ticks, and now has expanded to support research to advance diagnostics and therapeutics for patients with Lyme.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>\u003ca id=\"HowcanIavoidticksandtickbites\">\u003c/a>How to avoid ticks and tick bites in the Bay Area\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Watch where you walk\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Stay on trail — in the middle is best — and out of tall grasses. Ticks don’t tend to be in manicured lawn areas like soccer fields, but they can be found on trails near beaches at similar rates to woodland areas, Walsey said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Cover up your skin (the right way)\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Wear light-colored long pants and sleeves. Also, tuck \u003cem>in \u003c/em>your clothes: This helps keep ticks off of your skin so you can catch them before they bite.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Consider using chemical tick repellent\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">If you’re really worried about tick bites, you can use a repellent on the skin you’re not able to cover up, Curtis-Robles said.\u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>There are several \u003ca href=\"https://www.epa.gov/insect-repellents/find-repellent-right-you\">insect or tick repellent\u003c/a>s that are registered with the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, including DEET or \u003ca href=\"https://www.insectshield.com/blogs/blog/how-to-use-permethrin-on-clothing-safely\">Permethrin\u003c/a>. Be aware that DEET can erode plastic, so be careful not to use it on polyester clothing or opt for \u003ca href=\"https://www.llbean.com/llb/shop/516182?page=insect-repellent-clothing-and-gear&qs=3126198&GOOGLE&Matchtype=e&gclsrc=aw.ds&gad_source=1&gad_campaignid=665202954&gbraid=0AAAAADoqq1IMzalsVeGarMPNz3Xd1h5Tk&gclid=CjwKCAjwrNrQBhBjEiwAoR4VOzF9SZS-x6coHLH0mIxxiYx6A2YCXX6uLc3leF2k2xR025-5lFN2jRoCM9wQAvD_BwE\">Permethrin-treated clothing\u003c/a> instead.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“That will help deter the ticks,” she said. “If they get on you, they’re going to very quickly want to get off of you, even sort of just letting go and falling off, because it’s very uncomfortable for them to even touch the repellents.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Protect your pet\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Talk to your vet, Curtis-Robles said, and ask for a medication that repels fleas and ticks, to give them an even better chance of avoiding tick bites.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Watch your head \u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Ticks are commonly found on peoples’ and pets’ heads, Curtis-Robles said, and some people assume that’s because they drop from trees above.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But that’s not necessarily the case, she said — rather, they are doing something called “questing.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12085369\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12085369\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/05/tick_size_Western_Eastern_color-REV-FINAL.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1227\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/05/tick_size_Western_Eastern_color-REV-FINAL.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/05/tick_size_Western_Eastern_color-REV-FINAL-160x98.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/05/tick_size_Western_Eastern_color-REV-FINAL-1536x942.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">A guide to spotting the Western blacklegged tick, which can pose a threat of Lyme disease in California. \u003ccite>(Courtesy of the Bay Area Lyme Foundation)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>“They crawl to the top of the tall grass and they stick out their legs and they just hope that somebody wanders by that they can grab onto,” she said. “It just happens that when they’re questing and looking, they’re going to crawl up a person until they find a cozy spot where they feel like they’re not going to get groomed off easily.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“But by the time they get to the top of the person, they run out of options,” she said. “And so quite frequently, people will find them on their heads and their hair.”\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>How to do a proper tick check\u003c/h2>\n\u003cul>\n\u003cli>When you get home, remove the clothes you wore outside as soon as you can. If you’re not immediately planning to wash them, at least put them in the dryer, which should kill the ticks.\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>Run your hands on your entire body and through your hair, checking for any ticks. They don’t bite instantly, so double check the “cozy spots,” as Curtis-Robles calls them, like your groin area, between your toes, belly button, behind your ears and in your armpits — anywhere a tick might seek warmth.\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>Remember that ticks can be as small as a sesame or poppy seed\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>For children: Check during bathtime when you can see their whole body\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>For dogs: Run your fingers through their fur to detect little bumps — this is easier than parting their hair. Don’t forget to check their face, in and around their ears, and under their back legs, “really running your hands over their entire body — especially with dogs that have that thicker undercoat,” Curtis-Robles said.\u003c/li>\n\u003c/ul>\n\u003cp>You can even request \u003ca href=\"https://www.smcmvcd.org/tick-bite-prevention-kit\">a free tick bite prevention kit\u003c/a> from your local vector control district, which includes information about repelling ticks and tools to remove them.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>\u003ca id=\"WhatshouldIdoifIgetatickbite\">\u003c/a>What to do if you get a tick bite\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>Don’t panic – not every tick has Lyme, and even those that do may not transmit it to your body immediately.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Safely remove the tick as soon as you can. Use tweezers to get as close to the skin as possible to remove the entire tic — but do it slowly and steadily. Do not jerk, squeeze, twist or pull off the tick. And don’t believe the various at-home remedies you may have learned from relatives: \u003ca href=\"https://osf-blog.live.imagescape.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2018/09/ticks3.png\">Do \u003cem>not \u003c/em>try to smother it with Vaseline or nail polish or burn it off.\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Immediately after you’ve removed the tick:\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Dispose of the tick by flushing it down the toilet or putting it in alcohol. Do not crush the tick with your fingers. Wash your hands and the bite area with soap and water. You can apply antiseptic gel and a Band-Aid to the bite.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>For longer-term care:\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Keep track of when and where you may have been bitten to report to your doctor if needed. For the next 30 days, monitor for any symptoms of what could be a tick-borne disease like Lyme. Symptoms include:\u003c/p>\n\u003cul>\n\u003cli>Fever, headache and other flu symptoms\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>Rash (which sometimes, but not always, resembles a bullseye)\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>Fatigue, aches and pains\u003c/li>\n\u003c/ul>\n\u003cp>Your doctor may want you to take antibiotics.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>It’s important to remember that ticks don’t just carry Lyme, so be sure to keep an eye out for any symptoms of illness, Walsey said. Other diseases \u003ca href=\"https://www.ccjm.org/content/84/7/555\">could include Rocky Mountain Spotted Fever,\u003c/a> plus other infections and rashes whose symptoms may present similarly to Lyme.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Getting ticks tested for Lyme disease:\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>If you want to, you can even \u003ca href=\"https://publichealth.santaclaracounty.gov/programs-and-services/public-health-laboratory/test-ticks-lyme-disease\">save the tick and send it in for testing\u003c/a> to your local vector control district.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Just be aware: \u003ca href=\"https://www.cdc.gov/ticks/after-a-tick-bite/index.html\">The CDC does not recommend testing ticks\u003c/a> that have bitten humans. This is because results can be unreliable, positive results don’t guarantee the tick passed the disease to you and negative results from one tick can lead to false assurance if another may have bitten you. Delayed results can also delay treatment if you do have symptoms.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12085370\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2026px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12085370\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/05/GettyImages-1316528023.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2026\" height=\"1335\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/05/GettyImages-1316528023.jpg 2026w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/05/GettyImages-1316528023-2000x1318.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/05/GettyImages-1316528023-160x105.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/05/GettyImages-1316528023-1536x1012.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2026px) 100vw, 2026px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">The black-legged or deer tick, which carries Lyme disease, appears to be expanding its territory. \u003ccite>(Bill Davis/Newsday via Getty Images)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>If you do contract Lyme disease, catching it early is key, Walsey said. If you don’t catch it early, it can get more serious and harder to treat.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“People that treat it early and treat it with the proper antibiotics, generally 80 to 90% of people will clear Lyme disease,” he said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Some areas, like San Mateo County, offer free services like rodent, mosquito and tick inspections to help residents reduce the number of pests in their yards.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>\u003ca id=\"WherecanIhikeintheBayAreatoavoidticks\">\u003c/a>Where to hike in the Bay Area to reduce your chances of meeting a tick\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>While ticks sure feel like they’re everywhere in the Bay Area right now, there are some areas where it’s easier to avoid them in the spring:\u003c/p>\n\u003cul>\n\u003cli>Redwood forests like \u003ca href=\"https://www.ebparks.org/parks/reinhardt-redwood\">Reinhardt Redwood Regional Park\u003c/a> in Oakland can be a good bet: The hiking trails here tend to be wide and cleared of brush underfoot.\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>Wetland and tidal flat areas like \u003ca href=\"https://parks.marincounty.gov/parkspreserves/parks/rush-creek-preserve\">Rush Creek Preserve\u003c/a> in Marin County often have elevated gravel trails.\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>Trails to mountaintops like \u003ca href=\"https://www.parks.ca.gov/?page_id=471\">Mt. Tamalpais\u003c/a>, \u003ca href=\"https://www.parks.ca.gov/?page_id=517\">Mt. Diablo\u003c/a>, \u003ca href=\"https://www.redwoodhikes.com/Skyline/Montara.html\">Montara Mountain\u003c/a> and \u003ca href=\"https://www.ebparks.org/parks/mission-peak\">Mission Peak\u003c/a> are often wide enough for fire access, so sticking to the middle of the trail may help avoid ticks.\u003c/li>\n\u003c/ul>\n\u003cp>Remember: A place being less \u003cem>likely \u003c/em>to harbor ticks doesn’t mean you won’t still find one, but the trails above will at least be wider, making it easier to avoid coming in contact with ticks. Wherever you hike in spring, you should still do a tick check.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cem>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">This article was corrected to reflect the location of most Lyme-carrying ticks and how to properly use repellant.\u003c/span>\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003c/div>",
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"content": "\u003cp>Democrat \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/tag/xavier-becerra\">Xavier Becerra\u003c/a> and Republican \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/tag/steve-hilton\">Steve Hilton\u003c/a> are leading the crowded field for \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/voterguide/california/governor\">California governor\u003c/a> in a new poll, which finds Democrat \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/tag/tom-steyer\">Tom Steyer\u003c/a> trailing the top two candidates with less than a week remaining to vote in the primary election.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The \u003ca href=\"https://www.ppic.org/publication/ppic-statewide-survey-californians-and-their-government-may-2026/\">survey released Wednesday night\u003c/a> by the Public Policy Institute of California is the latest poll to indicate that it’s highly unlikely the state will end up with two Republicans advancing to a November runoff, something Democrats had feared this spring when party support was fractured among an unsettled, crowded field of candidates.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>It also shows Becerra \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12084358/hilton-becerra-lead-democrats-final-poll-for-california-governor\">continuing his surge to the front\u003c/a>, despite being the target of debate attacks and critical ads, as well as Steyer’s historic self-funding wave.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Becerra, former U.S. Health and Human Services secretary under President Joe Biden, leads the poll with 23% support among likely voters, followed by Hilton, a former Fox News commentator and businessman, at 20%.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Steyer, a billionaire former hedge fund manager turned progressive activist, garnered 15% support, while Republican Riverside County Sheriff \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/tag/chad-bianco\">Chad Bianco\u003c/a> and former Orange County Rep. \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/tag/katie-porter\">Katie Porter\u003c/a>, a Democrat, rounded out the top five at 13% and 12% respectively.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“This is the first poll that we’ve done that showed with some clarity that we have two candidates with more than 20% of the vote — one a Democrat, one a Republican,” PPIC survey director Mark Baldassare said. “There’s always the possibility that we end up with two Democrats [in the November runoff], but it’s much more likely at this point that we have a Democrat and a Republican.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12082916\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12082916\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/05/GettyImages-2274719112-scaled-e1778887506369.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1316\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">California gubernatorial candidates former U.S. Rep. Katie Porter, businessman Tom Steyer, businessman Steve Hilton, Riverside County Sheriff Chad Bianco, former U.S. Secretary of Health and Human Services Xavier Becerra, San José Mayor Matt Mahan look on during a CNN California Governor Primary Debate at East Los Angeles College on May 5, 2026, in Monterey Park, California. \u003ccite>(Justin Sullivan/Getty Images)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Democrats have largely rallied around Becerra, who was stuck in the single digits in the PPIC poll as recently as early April, after East Bay Rep. Eric Swalwell \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12079583/eric-swalwell-ends-california-governor-campaign-after-sexual-assault-allegations\">dropped out of the race\u003c/a> amid allegations of sexual assault and harassment against him.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Swalwell’s exit and the circumstances surrounding it led to support for Becerra — who has experience in Sacramento, unlike really any other of the major candidates, and spoke to Democrats about something that really mattered to them, which was that he had experience taking on Donald Trump,” Baldassare said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Hilton likewise surged further ahead of Bianco among Republican voters after President Donald Trump \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12078793/trump-endorses-steve-hilton-for-california-governor-giving-gop-a-front-runner\">endorsed him\u003c/a> in early April. That’s despite the latest PPIC poll also finding a sharp drop in the number of Republicans saying the U.S. is going in the right direction — down to 50%, from 64% in PPIC’s \u003ca href=\"https://www.ppic.org/publication/ppic-statewide-survey-californians-and-their-government-february-2026/\">February survey\u003c/a>.[aside label=\"From the 2026 Voter Guide\" link1='https://www.kqed.org/voterguide/california/governor,Learn about the California Governor Election' hero=https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/80/2026/04/Aside-California-Governor-2026-Primary-Election-1200x1200@2x.png]Despite that shift, Baldassare said, Trump looms large among Republicans, earning a 75% approval rating from GOP voters in California.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Endorsements by President Trump, we’ve seen again and again, in primaries makes a big difference,” he said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The poll indicates that Steyer, who has far surpassed California’s self-funding record by spending more than $213 million of his own fortune on his candidacy, seems to have hit a ceiling in the mid-teens, Baldassare said. He didn’t count Steyer completely out, though — and Steyer’s significant war chest means he’ll have no problem funding wall-to-wall ads in the campaign’s final days.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“We haven’t seen much change in support for Tom Steyer since he entered the race,” Baldassare said. “But Tom Steyer is still a contender, and we’ll watch and see what happens.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The poll also found that the \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/affordability\">cost of living and affordability\u003c/a> remain Californians’ top concerns within the state, and nearly one-third of respondents see political extremism or threats to democracy as the most important problems facing the U.S. An additional quarter of Californians told PPIC the economy was their top concern nationally.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The poll has a sampling error of plus or minus 3.2%. It was conducted May 14-18.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n",
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Orrick said before a San Francisco federal courtroom on Wednesday, “was to direct OPD to the path of constitutional policing.”\u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\">“This is the first time in 23 years that OPD has achieved each of the 51 tasks in the [settlement agreement],” he said. “No one can say, ‘mission accomplished.’ But I do congratulate the city and OPD for getting this far.”\u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\">As part of that agreement, the city and OPD agreed to pay nearly $11 million and comply with the court’s reforms. The tasks relate to the use of force, discipline, supervision, training and internal affairs investigations, among other requirements.\u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\">As long as the department remains in compliance by the next court date, which is scheduled for Sept. 29, Orrick said he would close the case at that time. \u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12063527\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12063527\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/11/251023-MAYOR-LEE-PRESSER-MD-02_qed.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/11/251023-MAYOR-LEE-PRESSER-MD-02_qed.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/11/251023-MAYOR-LEE-PRESSER-MD-02_qed-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/11/251023-MAYOR-LEE-PRESSER-MD-02_qed-1536x1024.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Oakland Mayor Barbara Lee speaks at a press conference at Oakland City Hall on Oct. 23, 2025. \u003ccite>(Martin do Nascimento/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Much of the city’s leadership was in attendance at the hearing, including Oakland Mayor Barbara Lee, who told Orrick she intends to ensure the department complies with his requirements. \u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\">“Because I said before the court, over and over again, I’d like to be completed and exit this court oversight under my watch,” Lee said. “However, compliance with and no backsliding is also my requirements.”\u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\">In a phone interview with KQED following the hearing, Lee called the news monumental, but said there’s more to do. \u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\">“It’s just been focus and direction and sustained commitment to constitutional policing that I believe is happening now,” Lee said. “The monitor and the judge, at least through their comments and their evaluation — and believe you me, this is not easy, it’s very difficult — have said that the 51 tasks to date have been accomplished.”[aside postID=news_12084725 hero='https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/05/260521-Dogs-Euthanized-01-KQED.jpg']\u003c/span>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Jim Chanin, one of two attorneys representing plaintiffs in the case, congratulated OPD but expressed concern about what he described as a failure to consider whether there is a double standard in how officers of different races are disciplined. \u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\">“I believe that the leadership of OPD really believes in the principles of the [settlement agreement],” Chanin told the court, “that they no longer want to attain compliance because they have to, but because they want to. Hope I’m right about that.”\u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Most recently, the court has been focused on three tasks that deal with the timeliness of internal affairs investigations, complaint procedures and the fairness and consistency of officer discipline. \u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\">“At this point, these tasks appear to have been accomplished. Some work remains,” Orrick said. \u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Orrick directed the federal court monitor overseeing the reforms, Robert S. Warshaw, to continue to evaluate the department’s compliance with those tasks over the coming months. He also asked the city to evaluate the other 48 tasks to determine if they, too, have been met and asked the parties to reflect on lessons they’ve learned from the case.\u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The plaintiffs’ attorney, John Burris, said he supported the city reviewing the other tasks. \u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\">“What we’ve done here is not just for today, even though it has taken 20-something years to do, it is for the next 25 years,” Burris said. “And that’s why I want to make sure that we have put in place — and the court has sanctioned what has been in place — that will endure beyond today and beyond next September when this hopefully ends.”\u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12070671\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12070671\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/01/IMG_0506-scaled-e1769036203331.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1500\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Oakland police officers and twin brothers Isaac and Isaiah Harris stand alongside Police Chief James Beere at a news conference at Oakland City Hall on Jan. 21, 2026, to announce a nearly $1 million fund to restore OPD’s cadet program. \u003ccite>(Daisy Nguyen/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The department has worked to meet those requirements even as new scandals have emerged and as the department has experienced repeated leadership turnover. \u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Still, Chanin said, much has changed within the department in the intervening years. \u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\">“When I started out doing police misconduct work in Oakland, people would beat people up, and then they would get cheered in the locker room,” he said. “That doesn’t happen anymore. 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"content": "\u003cp>With \u003ca href=\"https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JsUnsCcvqIA\">the era of Glinda the Good\u003c/a> wrapped up, pop star Ariana Grande is embarking on her Eternal Sunshine Tour — and she’s kicking it off right here in the Bay Area.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The tour, which comes to Oakland Arena over three nights on June 6, 9 and 10, will focus on the 2024 album Eternal Sunshine, featuring songs like “we can’t be friends (wait for your love)” and “yes, and?”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Since this will mark Grande’s first tour since 2019, anticipation from Arianators is high. If you’re planning on attending the Eternal Sunshine Tour in Oakland, you may be looking for a game plan for parking at the venue — or just getting in and out of the crowded, hectic stadium as painlessly as possible.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Keep reading for our at-a-glance information on parking options, bag policy, public transit and more for Ariana Grande’s Oakland dates.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>(And if this is your first show at Oakland Arena, be sure not to confuse it with the Oakland-Alameda County Coliseum next door — the big difference being that the \u003cem>arena \u003c/em>is indoors while the coliseum is outdoors.)\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Jump straight to:\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cul>\n\u003cli>\u003cstrong>\u003ca href=\"#WhatsthebagpolicyatOaklandArena\"> What’s the bag policy at Oakland Arena?\u003c/a>\u003c/strong>\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>\u003cstrong>\u003ca href=\"#IsthereparkingatOaklandArenafortheArianaGrandeshows\"> Is there parking at Oakland Arena for the Ariana Grande shows?\u003c/a>\u003c/strong>\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>\u003cstrong>\u003ca href=\"#CanIstillgetticketsfortheEternalSunshinetourinOakland\"> Can I still get tickets for the Eternal Sunshine tour in Oakland?\u003c/a>\u003c/strong>\u003c/li>\n\u003c/ul>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12085299\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 1980px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12085299\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/05/GettyImages-2208208140.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1980\" height=\"1414\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/05/GettyImages-2208208140.jpg 1980w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/05/GettyImages-2208208140-160x114.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/05/GettyImages-2208208140-1536x1097.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1980px) 100vw, 1980px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Ariana Grande, left, and Cynthia Erivo promote the upcoming film “Wicked: For Good” at the Universal Pictures and Focus Features presentation during CinemaCon, the official convention of Cinema United, at The Colosseum at Caesars Palace on April 2, 2025, in Las Vegas, Nevada. \u003ccite>(Ethan Miller/Getty Images)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003ch2>What time are the Ariana Grande shows at Oakland Arena?\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>On Saturday, June 6, Tuesday, June 9 and Wednesday, June 10, the Eternal Sunshine show will start at 8 p.m. each night.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>According to Oakland Arena, for \u003ca href=\"https://www.theoaklandarena.com/oakland-a-z\">“most shows,”\u003c/a> their doors open one hour prior to the scheduled performance time.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Since this will be the first stop of the Eternal Sunshine Tour, no confirmed setlists are yet available online. (See it as a great opportunity for Bay Area Arianators to break the news!)\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>\u003ca id=\"WhatsthebagpolicyatOaklandArena\">\u003c/a>What’s the Oakland Arena bag policy for the Ariana Grande shows?\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>A big thing to know: Bag check is not available at Oakland Arena, so you should plan accordingly.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">For the Ariana Grande shows, there will be a clear bag policy. That means “this tour will operate under a clear-bag-only policy for all ticketed attendees,” according to \u003c/span>\u003ca href=\"https://www.theoaklandarena.com/oakland-a-z\">\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">Oakland Arena’s website\u003c/span>\u003c/a>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">. Bags – even ones under 14″ x 14″ x 6″ that are \u003c/span>\u003ci>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">usually\u003c/span>\u003c/i>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\"> allowed inside – should be left at home.\u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">“Guests are strongly encouraged to arrive with only essential items,” the website reads under the Bagpacks, Bags and Purses section. “Approved bags must be clear plastic, vinyl, or PVC and must be easily searchable upon entry. Small clutches or wallets may be permitted, subject to venue policy and security screening.”\u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">Medical bags and child-care bags may be permitted after a security check.\u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Other items \u003ca href=\"https://www.theoaklandarena.com/prohibited-items\">you cannot bring into the Eternal Sunshine show\u003c/a> — so you shouldn’t bring them to the arena — include:\u003c/p>\n\u003cul>\n\u003cli>Outside food or beverage (as well as hard-sided containers like a thermos)\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>Coolers\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>Any type of backpack\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>Weapons or sharp objects\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>Bats and clubs\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>Selfie sticks and tripods\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>Strollers\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>Portable chairs\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>Seat cushions\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>Large banners or flags\u003c/li>\n\u003c/ul>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11959799/how-to-avoid-a-car-break-in-bay-area\">Be careful if you’re choosing to stash anything in your vehicle\u003c/a> during the show, as break-ins are unfortunately common around the Bay Area. Don’t leave anything on display in your car, especially electronics like laptops — even if you think they’re hidden from view.[aside postID=news_12080384 hero='https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/05/260510-VALKYRIESHOMEOPENER-29-BL-KQED.jpg']\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Items that are permitted into Oakland Arena but still may be subjected to a search:\u003c/p>\n\u003cul>\n\u003cli>Empty soft plastic bottles\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>Binoculars and their cases\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>Still cameras with lenses shorter than 3 inches.\u003c/li>\n\u003c/ul>\n\u003ch2>\u003ca id=\"IsthereparkingatOaklandArenafortheArianaGrandeshows\">\u003c/a>What should I know about parking at and near Oakland Arena?\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>As of publication, you can still buy tickets to parking spots at Oakland Arena on Ticketmaster for \u003ca href=\"https://www.ticketmaster.com/prepaid-parking-pass-only-ariana-grande-oakland-california-06-06-2026/event/1C0063250C3C89B9\">June 6\u003c/a>, \u003ca href=\"https://www.ticketmaster.com/prepaid-parking-pass-only-ariana-grande-oakland-california-06-09-2026/event/1C0063250C3F89BD\">9\u003c/a> and \u003ca href=\"https://www.ticketmaster.com/event/1C0063250CC989F0\">10\u003c/a>. Prices range from around $48 to $170+.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>You may be able to find a more affordable parking space on \u003ca href=\"https://spothero.com/search?kind=event&id=1188274&view=dl\">a website like Spot Hero,\u003c/a> which locates available spaces near the venue.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>(If you end up using this option, be sure to map out your route and make sure you aren’t \u003cem>too\u003c/em> far away from the venue – and wear comfy footwear!)\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>How to take public transportation to the Eternal Sunshine concert\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>Public transit schedules can always be subject to change. Check the timings for your route on the day of the show itself, and be sure of your very last service home.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The Oakland Arena is located near \u003ca href=\"https://www.bart.gov/\">BART\u003c/a>, the \u003ca href=\"https://www.amtrak.com/stations/okj\">Capitol Corridor Amtrak train\u003c/a>, and \u003ca href=\"http://www.actransit.org/\">AC Transit\u003c/a>. If you are taking the BART or Amtrak, you’ll get off at \u003ca href=\"https://www.theoaklandarena.com/public-transportation\">Coliseum Station and cross the ramp to the arena\u003c/a> — \u003ca href=\"https://www.capitolcorridor.org/stations/oakland-coliseum/\">around a six-minute walk\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11425097\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 1920px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-11425097\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2017/04/BartColiseum.jpg\" alt=\"A BART train at Oakland's Coliseum station, where 40 to 60 youths took over a train car and robbed and beat passengers.\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1224\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2017/04/BartColiseum.jpg 1920w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2017/04/BartColiseum-160x102.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2017/04/BartColiseum-800x510.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2017/04/BartColiseum-1020x650.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2017/04/BartColiseum-1180x752.jpg 1180w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2017/04/BartColiseum-960x612.jpg 960w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2017/04/BartColiseum-240x153.jpg 240w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2017/04/BartColiseum-375x239.jpg 375w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2017/04/BartColiseum-520x332.jpg 520w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1920px) 100vw, 1920px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">A BART train at Oakland’s Coliseum station, where 40 to 60 youths took over a train car and robbed and beat passengers. \u003ccite>(Paul Sullivan/Flickr)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>For some of these transportation options, you can use \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12052690/bart-fares-2025-credit-card-clipper-tap-and-ride-contactless\">a Clipper Card, a credit or debit card or Apple/Google Pay to tap on and off these services\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>If you are taking \u003ca href=\"https://www.theoaklandarena.com/plan/getting-here\">an Uber or Lyft\u003c/a> to or from the event, you will need to be \u003ca href=\"https://www.theoaklandarena.com/plan/getting-here\">picked up at Baldwin Gate\u003c/a>. Baldwin Gate opens two hours before the event starts. Be aware that there will likely be a surge charge around this time due to the crowds.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>What should I know about accessibility at Oakland Arena?\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>Oakland Arena has \u003ca href=\"https://www.theoaklandarena.com/accessibility\">an online guide to its accessibility services\u003c/a>. You can call 510-569-2121 or email customerservice@coliseum.com for information or requests.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Highlights are:\u003c/p>\n\u003cul>\n\u003cli>Assisted Listening Devices are available in the First Aid Section 106\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>Elevators are available at the west side, near Section 114, and the east side, near Section 101\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>Escalators are available at the west side, near Section 115, and the east side, near Section 128\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>ADA parking is available, \u003ca href=\"https://www.theoaklandarena.com/accessibility\">located at the front of the parking lots closest to Oakland Arena.\u003c/a>\u003c/li>\n\u003c/ul>\n\u003ch2>How do I know if I’ve got a good seat at the Eternal Sunshine show?\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>If you are anxious about anything obscuring your sight of the stage or how you want to get to your seat fast, you can check it out on \u003ca href=\"https://www.theoaklandarena.com/seating-charts\">Oakland Arena’s website\u003c/a> or \u003ca href=\"https://aviewfrommyseat.com/venue/Oakland+Arena/\">A View From My Seat\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>\u003ca id=\"CanIstillgetticketsfortheEternalSunshinetourinOakland\">\u003c/a>Can I still get a ticket for the Eternal Sunshine tour at Oakland Arena?\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>As of publication, tickets to Ariana Grande’s shows on June \u003ca href=\"https://www.ticketmaster.com/ariana-grande-the-eternal-sunshine-tour-oakland-california-06-06-2026/event/1C00631913D14AD8\">6\u003c/a>, \u003ca href=\"https://www.ticketmaster.com/ariana-grande-the-eternal-sunshine-tour-oakland-california-06-09-2026/event/1C00631A8FC31891\">9\u003c/a> and \u003ca href=\"https://www.ticketmaster.com/ariana-grande-the-eternal-sunshine-tour-oakland-california-06-10-2026/event/1C00632490B77E47\">10\u003c/a> in Oakland are still available on Ticketmaster.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But be warned: prices are at the higher end. The cost of one ticket for the Saturday night show ranges from \u003ca href=\"https://www.ticketmaster.com/ariana-grande-the-eternal-sunshine-tour-oakland-california-06-06-2026/event/1C00631913D14AD8\">around $600 to over $2,284\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Many of these tickets are \u003ca href=\"https://legal.ticketmaster.com/resale-purchase-policy/\">Verified Resale Tickets \u003c/a>– meaning tickets being resold by others through the Ticketmaster website.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12085301\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 1980px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12085301\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/05/GettyImages-2264385459.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1980\" height=\"1320\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/05/GettyImages-2264385459.jpg 1980w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/05/GettyImages-2264385459-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/05/GettyImages-2264385459-1536x1024.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1980px) 100vw, 1980px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">The Ticketmaster logo is displayed on a smartphone screen in this photo illustration in Brussels, Belgium, on March 5, 2026. \u003ccite>(Jonathan Raa/NurPhoto via Getty Images)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>You could try \u003cem>other\u003c/em> \u003ca href=\"https://www.stubhub.com/ariana-grande-oakland-tickets-6-10-2026/event/159362861?quantity=2\">resale vendors like StubHub\u003c/a>, but stay cautious about online resales, especially with social media ticket trades. The \u003ca href=\"https://abc7news.com/taylor-swift-scams-concert-tickets-better-business-bureau/13474055/\">Better Business Bureau issued a warning\u003c/a> about resale scams during Taylor Swift’s 2023 Eras Tour, with many people discovering after sending the money through apps like Venmo or Zelle that these “tickets” never existed.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Check out the person’s profile and their past posting history to see if it seems real. And if you do choose to buy a resale, \u003ca href=\"https://web.archive.org/web/20230728200939/https:/www.bbb.org/article/scams/28902-bbb-scam-alert-spot-the-scam-before-paying-big-bucks-for-taylor-swift-tickets\">use your credit card\u003c/a>, the BBB says. This at least provides some protection for you if the deal was fake.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>If you are getting a resale from a friend, \u003ca href=\"https://web.archive.org/web/20230728200939/https:/www.bbb.org/article/scams/28902-bbb-scam-alert-spot-the-scam-before-paying-big-bucks-for-taylor-swift-tickets\">make sure you call\u003c/a> them directly — to make sure someone isn’t impersonating them online.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad floatright]\u003c/p>\n",
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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Keep reading for our at-a-glance information on parking options, bag policy, public transit and more for Ariana Grande’s Oakland dates.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>(And if this is your first show at Oakland Arena, be sure not to confuse it with the Oakland-Alameda County Coliseum next door — the big difference being that the \u003cem>arena \u003c/em>is indoors while the coliseum is outdoors.)\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Jump straight to:\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cul>\n\u003cli>\u003cstrong>\u003ca href=\"#WhatsthebagpolicyatOaklandArena\"> What’s the bag policy at Oakland Arena?\u003c/a>\u003c/strong>\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>\u003cstrong>\u003ca href=\"#IsthereparkingatOaklandArenafortheArianaGrandeshows\"> Is there parking at Oakland Arena for the Ariana Grande shows?\u003c/a>\u003c/strong>\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>\u003cstrong>\u003ca href=\"#CanIstillgetticketsfortheEternalSunshinetourinOakland\"> Can I still get tickets for the Eternal Sunshine tour in Oakland?\u003c/a>\u003c/strong>\u003c/li>\n\u003c/ul>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12085299\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 1980px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12085299\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/05/GettyImages-2208208140.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1980\" height=\"1414\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/05/GettyImages-2208208140.jpg 1980w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/05/GettyImages-2208208140-160x114.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/05/GettyImages-2208208140-1536x1097.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1980px) 100vw, 1980px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Ariana Grande, left, and Cynthia Erivo promote the upcoming film “Wicked: For Good” at the Universal Pictures and Focus Features presentation during CinemaCon, the official convention of Cinema United, at The Colosseum at Caesars Palace on April 2, 2025, in Las Vegas, Nevada. \u003ccite>(Ethan Miller/Getty Images)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003ch2>What time are the Ariana Grande shows at Oakland Arena?\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>On Saturday, June 6, Tuesday, June 9 and Wednesday, June 10, the Eternal Sunshine show will start at 8 p.m. each night.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>According to Oakland Arena, for \u003ca href=\"https://www.theoaklandarena.com/oakland-a-z\">“most shows,”\u003c/a> their doors open one hour prior to the scheduled performance time.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Since this will be the first stop of the Eternal Sunshine Tour, no confirmed setlists are yet available online. (See it as a great opportunity for Bay Area Arianators to break the news!)\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>\u003ca id=\"WhatsthebagpolicyatOaklandArena\">\u003c/a>What’s the Oakland Arena bag policy for the Ariana Grande shows?\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>A big thing to know: Bag check is not available at Oakland Arena, so you should plan accordingly.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">For the Ariana Grande shows, there will be a clear bag policy. That means “this tour will operate under a clear-bag-only policy for all ticketed attendees,” according to \u003c/span>\u003ca href=\"https://www.theoaklandarena.com/oakland-a-z\">\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">Oakland Arena’s website\u003c/span>\u003c/a>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">. Bags – even ones under 14″ x 14″ x 6″ that are \u003c/span>\u003ci>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">usually\u003c/span>\u003c/i>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\"> allowed inside – should be left at home.\u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">“Guests are strongly encouraged to arrive with only essential items,” the website reads under the Bagpacks, Bags and Purses section. “Approved bags must be clear plastic, vinyl, or PVC and must be easily searchable upon entry. Small clutches or wallets may be permitted, subject to venue policy and security screening.”\u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">Medical bags and child-care bags may be permitted after a security check.\u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Other items \u003ca href=\"https://www.theoaklandarena.com/prohibited-items\">you cannot bring into the Eternal Sunshine show\u003c/a> — so you shouldn’t bring them to the arena — include:\u003c/p>\n\u003cul>\n\u003cli>Outside food or beverage (as well as hard-sided containers like a thermos)\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>Coolers\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>Any type of backpack\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>Weapons or sharp objects\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>Bats and clubs\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>Selfie sticks and tripods\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>Strollers\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>Portable chairs\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>Seat cushions\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>Large banners or flags\u003c/li>\n\u003c/ul>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11959799/how-to-avoid-a-car-break-in-bay-area\">Be careful if you’re choosing to stash anything in your vehicle\u003c/a> during the show, as break-ins are unfortunately common around the Bay Area. Don’t leave anything on display in your car, especially electronics like laptops — even if you think they’re hidden from view.\u003c/p>\u003c/div>",
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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Items that are permitted into Oakland Arena but still may be subjected to a search:\u003c/p>\n\u003cul>\n\u003cli>Empty soft plastic bottles\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>Binoculars and their cases\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>Still cameras with lenses shorter than 3 inches.\u003c/li>\n\u003c/ul>\n\u003ch2>\u003ca id=\"IsthereparkingatOaklandArenafortheArianaGrandeshows\">\u003c/a>What should I know about parking at and near Oakland Arena?\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>As of publication, you can still buy tickets to parking spots at Oakland Arena on Ticketmaster for \u003ca href=\"https://www.ticketmaster.com/prepaid-parking-pass-only-ariana-grande-oakland-california-06-06-2026/event/1C0063250C3C89B9\">June 6\u003c/a>, \u003ca href=\"https://www.ticketmaster.com/prepaid-parking-pass-only-ariana-grande-oakland-california-06-09-2026/event/1C0063250C3F89BD\">9\u003c/a> and \u003ca href=\"https://www.ticketmaster.com/event/1C0063250CC989F0\">10\u003c/a>. Prices range from around $48 to $170+.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>You may be able to find a more affordable parking space on \u003ca href=\"https://spothero.com/search?kind=event&id=1188274&view=dl\">a website like Spot Hero,\u003c/a> which locates available spaces near the venue.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>(If you end up using this option, be sure to map out your route and make sure you aren’t \u003cem>too\u003c/em> far away from the venue – and wear comfy footwear!)\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>How to take public transportation to the Eternal Sunshine concert\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>Public transit schedules can always be subject to change. Check the timings for your route on the day of the show itself, and be sure of your very last service home.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The Oakland Arena is located near \u003ca href=\"https://www.bart.gov/\">BART\u003c/a>, the \u003ca href=\"https://www.amtrak.com/stations/okj\">Capitol Corridor Amtrak train\u003c/a>, and \u003ca href=\"http://www.actransit.org/\">AC Transit\u003c/a>. If you are taking the BART or Amtrak, you’ll get off at \u003ca href=\"https://www.theoaklandarena.com/public-transportation\">Coliseum Station and cross the ramp to the arena\u003c/a> — \u003ca href=\"https://www.capitolcorridor.org/stations/oakland-coliseum/\">around a six-minute walk\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11425097\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 1920px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-11425097\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2017/04/BartColiseum.jpg\" alt=\"A BART train at Oakland's Coliseum station, where 40 to 60 youths took over a train car and robbed and beat passengers.\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1224\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2017/04/BartColiseum.jpg 1920w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2017/04/BartColiseum-160x102.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2017/04/BartColiseum-800x510.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2017/04/BartColiseum-1020x650.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2017/04/BartColiseum-1180x752.jpg 1180w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2017/04/BartColiseum-960x612.jpg 960w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2017/04/BartColiseum-240x153.jpg 240w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2017/04/BartColiseum-375x239.jpg 375w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2017/04/BartColiseum-520x332.jpg 520w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1920px) 100vw, 1920px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">A BART train at Oakland’s Coliseum station, where 40 to 60 youths took over a train car and robbed and beat passengers. \u003ccite>(Paul Sullivan/Flickr)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>For some of these transportation options, you can use \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12052690/bart-fares-2025-credit-card-clipper-tap-and-ride-contactless\">a Clipper Card, a credit or debit card or Apple/Google Pay to tap on and off these services\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>If you are taking \u003ca href=\"https://www.theoaklandarena.com/plan/getting-here\">an Uber or Lyft\u003c/a> to or from the event, you will need to be \u003ca href=\"https://www.theoaklandarena.com/plan/getting-here\">picked up at Baldwin Gate\u003c/a>. Baldwin Gate opens two hours before the event starts. Be aware that there will likely be a surge charge around this time due to the crowds.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>What should I know about accessibility at Oakland Arena?\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>Oakland Arena has \u003ca href=\"https://www.theoaklandarena.com/accessibility\">an online guide to its accessibility services\u003c/a>. You can call 510-569-2121 or email customerservice@coliseum.com for information or requests.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Highlights are:\u003c/p>\n\u003cul>\n\u003cli>Assisted Listening Devices are available in the First Aid Section 106\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>Elevators are available at the west side, near Section 114, and the east side, near Section 101\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>Escalators are available at the west side, near Section 115, and the east side, near Section 128\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>ADA parking is available, \u003ca href=\"https://www.theoaklandarena.com/accessibility\">located at the front of the parking lots closest to Oakland Arena.\u003c/a>\u003c/li>\n\u003c/ul>\n\u003ch2>How do I know if I’ve got a good seat at the Eternal Sunshine show?\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>If you are anxious about anything obscuring your sight of the stage or how you want to get to your seat fast, you can check it out on \u003ca href=\"https://www.theoaklandarena.com/seating-charts\">Oakland Arena’s website\u003c/a> or \u003ca href=\"https://aviewfrommyseat.com/venue/Oakland+Arena/\">A View From My Seat\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>\u003ca id=\"CanIstillgetticketsfortheEternalSunshinetourinOakland\">\u003c/a>Can I still get a ticket for the Eternal Sunshine tour at Oakland Arena?\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>As of publication, tickets to Ariana Grande’s shows on June \u003ca href=\"https://www.ticketmaster.com/ariana-grande-the-eternal-sunshine-tour-oakland-california-06-06-2026/event/1C00631913D14AD8\">6\u003c/a>, \u003ca href=\"https://www.ticketmaster.com/ariana-grande-the-eternal-sunshine-tour-oakland-california-06-09-2026/event/1C00631A8FC31891\">9\u003c/a> and \u003ca href=\"https://www.ticketmaster.com/ariana-grande-the-eternal-sunshine-tour-oakland-california-06-10-2026/event/1C00632490B77E47\">10\u003c/a> in Oakland are still available on Ticketmaster.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But be warned: prices are at the higher end. The cost of one ticket for the Saturday night show ranges from \u003ca href=\"https://www.ticketmaster.com/ariana-grande-the-eternal-sunshine-tour-oakland-california-06-06-2026/event/1C00631913D14AD8\">around $600 to over $2,284\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Many of these tickets are \u003ca href=\"https://legal.ticketmaster.com/resale-purchase-policy/\">Verified Resale Tickets \u003c/a>– meaning tickets being resold by others through the Ticketmaster website.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12085301\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 1980px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12085301\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/05/GettyImages-2264385459.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1980\" height=\"1320\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/05/GettyImages-2264385459.jpg 1980w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/05/GettyImages-2264385459-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/05/GettyImages-2264385459-1536x1024.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1980px) 100vw, 1980px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">The Ticketmaster logo is displayed on a smartphone screen in this photo illustration in Brussels, Belgium, on March 5, 2026. \u003ccite>(Jonathan Raa/NurPhoto via Getty Images)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>You could try \u003cem>other\u003c/em> \u003ca href=\"https://www.stubhub.com/ariana-grande-oakland-tickets-6-10-2026/event/159362861?quantity=2\">resale vendors like StubHub\u003c/a>, but stay cautious about online resales, especially with social media ticket trades. The \u003ca href=\"https://abc7news.com/taylor-swift-scams-concert-tickets-better-business-bureau/13474055/\">Better Business Bureau issued a warning\u003c/a> about resale scams during Taylor Swift’s 2023 Eras Tour, with many people discovering after sending the money through apps like Venmo or Zelle that these “tickets” never existed.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Check out the person’s profile and their past posting history to see if it seems real. And if you do choose to buy a resale, \u003ca href=\"https://web.archive.org/web/20230728200939/https:/www.bbb.org/article/scams/28902-bbb-scam-alert-spot-the-scam-before-paying-big-bucks-for-taylor-swift-tickets\">use your credit card\u003c/a>, the BBB says. 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"content": "\u003cp>San Francisco’s county office of education will open a new special education program for students with extensive needs, hoping to cut down on the school district’s reliance on \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12044978/sfusd-pays-millions-for-special-ed-this-change-could-save-money-and-help-families\">expensive and inconvenient non-public school partners\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/tag/san-francisco-unified-school-district\">San Francisco Unified School District\u003c/a> said Wednesday that the school will serve students with autism and intellectual disabilities who require “complex” academic, behavioral and social-emotional support.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“This new program will help us better serve students with extensive support needs here in San Francisco while strengthening partnerships with families and reducing the need for students to travel long distances for services,” Superintendent Maria Su said in a statement.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The new program through San Francisco’s County Office of Education will be the first option within city limits for the student population, and aims to address a longstanding complaint from families, the teachers’ union and board commissioners that SFUSD spends millions to contract out services it could provide itself.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The county will open two classrooms to serve 16 students between fifth and 12th grades with extensive needs in October, and double its size the following year, according to Jennifer Jimenez-Payne, SFUSD’s head of special education.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The program will have an assistant principal, two extensive support needs teachers and a number of specialized staff, including five paraeducators, a speech pathologist and an occupational therapist. Jimenez-Payne said the district began hiring this month and has selected two qualified teachers internally.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12052404\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12052404\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/08/241023-SFUSDSuperintendent-37-BL_qed.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/08/241023-SFUSDSuperintendent-37-BL_qed.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/08/241023-SFUSDSuperintendent-37-BL_qed-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/08/241023-SFUSDSuperintendent-37-BL_qed-1536x1024.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">SFUSD Superintendent Maria Su speaks with students at Yick Wo Alternative Elementary School in San Francisco on Oct. 23, 2024. \u003ccite>(Beth LaBerge/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>According to Su, the new program will reduce the district’s reliance on non-public schools and cut down on how far students have to travel to get educational services.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">SFUSD is federally mandated to be responsible for all students’ special education within its geographical region, or SELPA, but the district alone cannot provide all services. Currently, SFUSD pays to send about 160 students with individualized learning plans, or IEPs, that it cannot meet internally to non-public schools.\u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>School board member Jaime Huling said the district pays upwards of $200,000 a year per student enrolled in an NPS program. The district estimated in 2025 that it would spend a total of $42 million on those services and other independent agencies and consultants that provide special education support.[aside postID=news_12082156 hero='https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/02/241023-SFUSDSuperintendent-05-BL_qed.jpg']A large portion of that cost goes toward transportation, since many of the programs require students to travel three to four hours round-trip. Parents say long travel times affect their kids’ attendance and increase isolation.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Jimenez-Payne said about 80 students fit the qualifications of the new extensive needs program, and 26 are in the pipeline for the 16 spots opening next fall. The county will use a rolling enrollment model, and more students will become eligible as the program expands.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Huling asked if the district will have the capacity to meet all of its eligible students’ needs, and potentially expand to offer seats to students in other local school districts who also travel hours away for services.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>She said the program, which will be located at the former site of the Edwin and Anita Lee Newcomer School in Chinatown, has space for up to 11 classrooms, which could serve about 88 students.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Su said that there could be opportunities to repurpose classrooms or wings of other school sites for more special education classrooms in the future.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“We have to go slow to go far,” she said during Tuesday night’s board meeting. “This is the first time we’re doing this, so we want to do it right.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n",
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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The new program through San Francisco’s County Office of Education will be the first option within city limits for the student population, and aims to address a longstanding complaint from families, the teachers’ union and board commissioners that SFUSD spends millions to contract out services it could provide itself.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The county will open two classrooms to serve 16 students between fifth and 12th grades with extensive needs in October, and double its size the following year, according to Jennifer Jimenez-Payne, SFUSD’s head of special education.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The program will have an assistant principal, two extensive support needs teachers and a number of specialized staff, including five paraeducators, a speech pathologist and an occupational therapist. Jimenez-Payne said the district began hiring this month and has selected two qualified teachers internally.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12052404\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12052404\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/08/241023-SFUSDSuperintendent-37-BL_qed.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/08/241023-SFUSDSuperintendent-37-BL_qed.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/08/241023-SFUSDSuperintendent-37-BL_qed-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/08/241023-SFUSDSuperintendent-37-BL_qed-1536x1024.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">SFUSD Superintendent Maria Su speaks with students at Yick Wo Alternative Elementary School in San Francisco on Oct. 23, 2024. \u003ccite>(Beth LaBerge/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>According to Su, the new program will reduce the district’s reliance on non-public schools and cut down on how far students have to travel to get educational services.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">SFUSD is federally mandated to be responsible for all students’ special education within its geographical region, or SELPA, but the district alone cannot provide all services. Currently, SFUSD pays to send about 160 students with individualized learning plans, or IEPs, that it cannot meet internally to non-public schools.\u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>School board member Jaime Huling said the district pays upwards of $200,000 a year per student enrolled in an NPS program. The district estimated in 2025 that it would spend a total of $42 million on those services and other independent agencies and consultants that provide special education support.\u003c/p>\u003c/div>",
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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>A large portion of that cost goes toward transportation, since many of the programs require students to travel three to four hours round-trip. Parents say long travel times affect their kids’ attendance and increase isolation.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Jimenez-Payne said about 80 students fit the qualifications of the new extensive needs program, and 26 are in the pipeline for the 16 spots opening next fall. The county will use a rolling enrollment model, and more students will become eligible as the program expands.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Huling asked if the district will have the capacity to meet all of its eligible students’ needs, and potentially expand to offer seats to students in other local school districts who also travel hours away for services.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>She said the program, which will be located at the former site of the Edwin and Anita Lee Newcomer School in Chinatown, has space for up to 11 classrooms, which could serve about 88 students.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Su said that there could be opportunities to repurpose classrooms or wings of other school sites for more special education classrooms in the future.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“We have to go slow to go far,” she said during Tuesday night’s board meeting. “This is the first time we’re doing this, so we want to do it right.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003c/div>\u003c/p>",
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Between volunteer and paid signature gatherers, representatives from the Connect Bay Area campaign said they had collected more than 300,000.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The Connect Bay Area Act would create a half-cent sales tax in Alameda, Contra Costa, San Mateo and Santa Clara counties, and a one-cent sales tax in San Francisco County for 14 years, which is expected to generate around $1 billion annually for BART, Muni, AC Transit and Caltrain, among others Bay Area agencies, which are facing steep budget deficits due to pandemic-related drops in ridership and revenue.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Campaign officials said they planned to submit the signatures to county elections departments on Tuesday, which will verify whether the signatures are valid.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>”This is the culmination of what is the largest grassroots transit advocate organizing effort I’ve ever seen in the region,” said Jeff Cretan, a spokesperson for Connect Bay Area.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Over 1,000 volunteers collected some 77,000 signatures, more than double the goal for the volunteer side of the campaign, according to Cyrus Hall, manager for volunteer signature gatherers.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12084850\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12084850\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/05/260123-signaturekickoff00066_TV_qed.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/05/260123-signaturekickoff00066_TV_qed.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/05/260123-signaturekickoff00066_TV_qed-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/05/260123-signaturekickoff00066_TV_qed-1536x1024.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">City officials and supporters of public transit attend a press conference about California Senate Bill 63 at Embarcadero Plaza in San Francisco on Jan. 23, 2026. \u003ccite>(Tâm Vũ/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>“ What was really magical about this was the energy and the number of people who volunteered to be a part of this,” Cretan said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Organized labor and business groups support the campaign and have so far seen no formal opposition.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>”The business community has invested significant resources to ensure that this campaign is successful because they know our economy depends on our ability to get people to and from work,” said Emily Loper, the Senior Vice President of Public Policy at the Bay Area Council, which represents some of the largest employers in the region.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The top funders of the campaign include Salesforce, Ripple co-founder Chris Larsen and the Service Employees International Union Local 1021. 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That theme resonated with many in attendance, several of whom wore soccer jerseys and pointed out soccer-related parade participants to their kids.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Teresa Almaguer, who joined in the parade, said that she comes out every year because “we want to set intentions for peace, for love, for security for our families and for our culture to stay in this neighborhood.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12085112\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-12085112 size-full\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/05/20260524_Carnaval2026-GC-23_qed.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/05/20260524_Carnaval2026-GC-23_qed.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/05/20260524_Carnaval2026-GC-23_qed-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/05/20260524_Carnaval2026-GC-23_qed-1536x1024.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Dancers with Samba de Terra, right, engage with the crowd during the 2026 Carnaval parade on May 24, 2026. \u003ccite>(Gina Castro/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12085113\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 1838px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12085113\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/05/20260524_Carnaval2026-GC-12_qed.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1838\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/05/20260524_Carnaval2026-GC-12_qed.jpg 1838w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/05/20260524_Carnaval2026-GC-12_qed-160x116.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/05/20260524_Carnaval2026-GC-12_qed-1536x1114.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1838px) 100vw, 1838px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Daniel Flores, 2, second to right, bangs a drum during the 2026 Carnaval parade on May 24, 2026. \u003ccite>(Gina Castro/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>“It’s really important to love and honor all the places that the immigrant communities in this community come from because we built this neighborhood,” she said. “We need to honor and celebrate all that diversity, all that culture, all that richness, all that joy.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12085115\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12085115\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/05/20260524_Carnaval2026-GC-24_qed.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/05/20260524_Carnaval2026-GC-24_qed.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/05/20260524_Carnaval2026-GC-24_qed-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/05/20260524_Carnaval2026-GC-24_qed-1536x1024.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Spectators cheer during the 2026 Carnaval parade on May 24, 2026. \u003ccite>(Gina Castro/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12085116\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12085116\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/05/20260524_Carnaval2026-GC-18_qed.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/05/20260524_Carnaval2026-GC-18_qed.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/05/20260524_Carnaval2026-GC-18_qed-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/05/20260524_Carnaval2026-GC-18_qed-1536x1024.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Dancers with Cumbiamba Colombiana dance during the 2026 Carnaval parade on May 24, 2026. \u003ccite>(Gina Castro/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Almaguer added that it was important to also “continue to be strong in this neighborhood.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12085117\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12085117\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/05/20260524_Carnaval2026-GC-1_qed.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/05/20260524_Carnaval2026-GC-1_qed.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/05/20260524_Carnaval2026-GC-1_qed-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/05/20260524_Carnaval2026-GC-1_qed-1536x1024.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">An individual in a lowrider holds a “Mission” sign during the 2026 Carnaval parade on May 24, 2026. \u003ccite>(Gina Castro/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12085118\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12085118\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/05/20260524_Carnaval2026-GC-15_qed.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/05/20260524_Carnaval2026-GC-15_qed.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/05/20260524_Carnaval2026-GC-15_qed-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/05/20260524_Carnaval2026-GC-15_qed-1536x1024.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Dancers with Cumbiamba Colombiana dance during the 2026 Carnaval parade on May 24, 2026. \u003ccite>(Gina Castro/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>“We all know there’s been a lot of displacement, a lot of gentrification,” Almaguer said. “We have to continue working to make sure the people who built this neighborhood can stay here.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12085120\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12085120\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/05/20260524_Carnaval2026-GC-5_qed.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1326\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/05/20260524_Carnaval2026-GC-5_qed.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/05/20260524_Carnaval2026-GC-5_qed-160x106.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/05/20260524_Carnaval2026-GC-5_qed-1536x1018.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">A dancer with Tambores & Samba smiles during the 2026 Carnaval parade on May 24, 2026. \u003ccite>(Gina Castro/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12085121\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12085121\" 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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Teresa Almaguer, who joined in the parade, said that she comes out every year because “we want to set intentions for peace, for love, for security for our families and for our culture to stay in this neighborhood.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12085112\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-12085112 size-full\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/05/20260524_Carnaval2026-GC-23_qed.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/05/20260524_Carnaval2026-GC-23_qed.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/05/20260524_Carnaval2026-GC-23_qed-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/05/20260524_Carnaval2026-GC-23_qed-1536x1024.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Dancers with Samba de Terra, right, engage with the crowd during the 2026 Carnaval parade on May 24, 2026. \u003ccite>(Gina Castro/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12085113\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 1838px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12085113\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/05/20260524_Carnaval2026-GC-12_qed.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1838\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/05/20260524_Carnaval2026-GC-12_qed.jpg 1838w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/05/20260524_Carnaval2026-GC-12_qed-160x116.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/05/20260524_Carnaval2026-GC-12_qed-1536x1114.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1838px) 100vw, 1838px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Daniel Flores, 2, 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https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/05/20260524_Carnaval2026-GC-24_qed-1536x1024.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Spectators cheer during the 2026 Carnaval parade on May 24, 2026. \u003ccite>(Gina Castro/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12085116\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12085116\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/05/20260524_Carnaval2026-GC-18_qed.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/05/20260524_Carnaval2026-GC-18_qed.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/05/20260524_Carnaval2026-GC-18_qed-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/05/20260524_Carnaval2026-GC-18_qed-1536x1024.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Dancers with Cumbiamba Colombiana dance during the 2026 Carnaval parade on May 24, 2026. \u003ccite>(Gina Castro/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Almaguer added that it was important to also “continue to be strong in this neighborhood.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12085117\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12085117\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/05/20260524_Carnaval2026-GC-1_qed.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/05/20260524_Carnaval2026-GC-1_qed.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/05/20260524_Carnaval2026-GC-1_qed-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/05/20260524_Carnaval2026-GC-1_qed-1536x1024.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">An individual in a lowrider holds a “Mission” sign during the 2026 Carnaval parade on May 24, 2026. \u003ccite>(Gina Castro/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12085118\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12085118\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/05/20260524_Carnaval2026-GC-15_qed.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/05/20260524_Carnaval2026-GC-15_qed.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/05/20260524_Carnaval2026-GC-15_qed-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/05/20260524_Carnaval2026-GC-15_qed-1536x1024.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Dancers with Cumbiamba Colombiana dance during the 2026 Carnaval parade on May 24, 2026. \u003ccite>(Gina Castro/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>“We all know there’s been a lot of displacement, a lot of gentrification,” Almaguer said. “We have to continue working to make sure the people who built this neighborhood can stay here.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12085120\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12085120\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/05/20260524_Carnaval2026-GC-5_qed.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1326\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/05/20260524_Carnaval2026-GC-5_qed.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/05/20260524_Carnaval2026-GC-5_qed-160x106.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/05/20260524_Carnaval2026-GC-5_qed-1536x1018.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">A dancer with Tambores & Samba smiles during the 2026 Carnaval parade on May 24, 2026. \u003ccite>(Gina Castro/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12085121\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12085121\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/05/20260524_Carnaval2026-GC-27_qed.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/05/20260524_Carnaval2026-GC-27_qed.jpg 2000w, 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