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"content": "\u003cp>Thirty-two years ago, Lynn Struiksma attended a momentous \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/tag/giants\">San Francisco Giants\u003c/a> game.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>A devoted San Diego Padres fan, Struiksma, then a student at San Francisco State University, decided to give Bay Area baseball a chance by buying a ticket for the July 31, 1994, afternoon game against the Colorado Rockies.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Only while listening to the radio in the days beforehand did he learn that the game would be observing “Until There’s a Cure Day” — an event founded by a \u003ca href=\"https://www.until.org/about-us.html\">Bay Area-based\u003c/a> national organization that promotes HIV and AIDS awareness.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The game, which marked the first time a major professional sports organization hosted a benefit for \u003ca href=\"https://www.mlb.com/giants/history/timeline-1990s\">HIV\u003c/a> \u003ca href=\"https://www.mlb.com/giants/history/timeline-1990s\">and AIDS\u003c/a>, has resurfaced in collective memory over the past few weeks, as the fallout continues from a protest by four pitchers during the \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12087912/after-sf-giants-pride-night-culture-clash-scott-wiener-claps-back-at-republicans\">team’s Pride Month celebration\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>As lawmakers, Major League Baseball, and fans have entered the fray, KQED looked back on the sports history episode to understand how it got started — and how much has changed.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>‘A swell of connection’\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>There were a couple of key figures behind the 1994 “Until There’s a Cure Day.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>According to \u003ca href=\"https://www.outsports.com/2020/12/1/21754607/san-francisco-giants-mlb-aids-hiv-awareness-until-theres-a-cure-day/\">OutSports\u003c/a>, one reason is that new owner Peter Magowan wanted to ask the city for a new stadium. In campaigning for the new structure, Magowan made moves to connect with people across the Bay Area through community outreach — and San Francisco was deep in HIV/AIDS advocacy.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>At the time, \u003ca href=\"https://www.pbs.org/newshour/health/remembering-a-tough-time\">San Franciscans\u003c/a> were reeling from the devastation of the AIDS epidemic, with \u003ca href=\"https://www.pbs.org/newshour/health/remembering-a-tough-time\">around 20,000 city residents dying\u003c/a> during the crisis. Because so many were gay men or part of the LGBTQ+ community, bias and homophobia allowed their suffering to go \u003ca href=\"https://www.aclu.org/podcast/how-act-up-changed-the-face-of-aids-and-activism\">unacknowledged \u003c/a>by governments and medical authorities for years.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12089147\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 1443px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-12089147 size-full\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/06/GettyImages-1322405139.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1443\" height=\"931\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/06/GettyImages-1322405139.jpg 1443w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/06/GettyImages-1322405139-160x103.jpg 160w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1443px) 100vw, 1443px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">From left: Giants President Peter Magowan, Mary Fisher, AIDS activist and keynote speaker, along with her sons, Zachary, 6, and Max, 8, and Giants’ Rod Beck. Max Fisher, 6, slips out the back of his chair during “Until There’s A Cure” pregame ceremonies on July 28, 1996. \u003ccite>(Lea Suzuki/The San Francisco Chronicle via Getty Images)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>“This special day will give our fans an opportunity to learn more about the disease, which affects all of us,” Magowan said at the time, according to the \u003cem>Bay Area Reporter. \u003c/em>“This is not a baseball event, it’s a humanitarian event.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>According to the Giants’ promotional flyer for the 1994 event, the team vowed to donate $1 from every ticket sold to AIDS research and education. Players would also wear a red ribbon on their uniforms, “which I thought was very cool,” Struiksma said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“It did feel like, ‘Hmm, this is something a little different,’” recalled Struiksma, who now lives in Los Angeles, where he works in the film industry. “‘Something we’re not used to.’”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Another major reason was \u003ca href=\"https://www.sfchronicle.com/totalsf/article/giants-rod-beck-aids-19594162.php\">a supportive manager, Dusty Baker\u003c/a>, and the fact that HIV/AIDS advocacy was already being pursued by star Giants player Rod Beck, after being deeply moved by a 1993 documentary about \u003ca href=\"https://www.sfchronicle.com/totalsf/article/giants-rod-beck-aids-19594162.php\">Ryan White\u003c/a>, a young boy living with AIDS.[aside postID=news_12087912 hero='https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/06/SFGiantsLandenRouppGetty.jpg']But the lead-up to the event wasn’t without some protest and pushback, according to \u003ca href=\"https://www.washingtonpost.com/archive/sports/1994/08/01/giants-join-fight-vs-aids/ac59ce23-7910-4241-a976-0410c3f094b2/?_pml=1\">the \u003cem>Washington Post\u003c/em>\u003c/a>. Giants vice president for business operations Pat Gallagher noted “some negative phone calls.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The ongoing stigma around HIV and AIDs was apparent. Calling it “a controversial cause,” Magowan told \u003ca href=\"https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1994-08-01-sp-22364-story.html\">the \u003cem>LA Times\u003c/em>\u003c/a> in 1994 that “A lot of people associate it with a certain lifestyle — I think incorrectly … AIDS can affect anybody, whatever lifestyle, whatever sex, whatever age.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I’ve worked here for 18 years, and nothing else we’ve ever done has been universally accepted by everyone in the organization,” Gallagher said\u003cem>. \u003c/em>“Because we live in San Francisco, everyone’s been touched in some way by HIV and AIDS.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I don’t care how you get it,” said \u003ca href=\"https://www.washingtonpost.com/archive/sports/1994/08/01/giants-join-fight-vs-aids/ac59ce23-7910-4241-a976-0410c3f094b2/?_pml=1\">another player, Todd Benzinger\u003c/a>. “No one deserves it.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But once the game started, the commemoration felt like a natural fit, Struiksma said, “maybe because it’s San Francisco.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Among thousands of fans decked in orange and black, Struiksma sat high up in the stands of Candlestick Park, \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/10583120/watch-the-slow-demolition-of-candlestick-park\">the Giants’ previous home before Oracle Park\u003c/a>. From his vantage point, he got a perfect view of the field where Giants players organized themselves into the shape of a giant ribbon.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Then, members of the opposing team that day, the Rockies, were brought onto the field where they, too, joined the formation. Outlets at the time \u003ca href=\"https://www.sfgate.com/news/article/MARK-SIMON-Atlanta-Braves-Join-Giants-AIDS-2972390.php\">reported\u003c/a> that Giants star player Barry Bonds had waved to the Rockies to bring them in.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12089146\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 1925px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12089146\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/06/GettyImages-1195131082.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1925\" height=\"1699\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/06/GettyImages-1195131082.jpg 1925w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/06/GettyImages-1195131082-160x141.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/06/GettyImages-1195131082-1536x1356.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1925px) 100vw, 1925px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">San Francisco Giants left fielder Barry Bonds greets volunteers during a pregame benefit for Until There’s a Cure Day, the sixth annual Aids benefit program sponsored by the Giants Aug. 15, 1999. The Giants played the New York Mets after the benefit. \u003ccite>(Monica Davey/AFP via Getty Images)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>“You felt a swell of connection to the team. A connection to community,” Struiksma said. “It really was just one of those games where it’s like, ‘This is amazing, what’s happening right now.’” And over three decades later, “I’m almost getting choked up talking about it now,” he said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>At the event, Beck listed the names of children who died of AIDS. Quilts — a longtime way of \u003ca href=\"https://www.aidsmemorial.org/quilt\">memorializing \u003c/a>those lost to AIDS — were \u003ca href=\"https://www.sfchronicle.com/totalsf/article/giants-rod-beck-aids-19594162.php\">laid out \u003c/a>on the field.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“This might be the single most significant day since we’ve all heard of this disease,” Beck told the \u003cem>Washington Post \u003c/em>after the event in 1994, which ultimately raised over $100,000.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Of course, it was business as usual during the actual game. Struiksma said that he remembered a fight that broke out on the field. “There was a real, like, dichotomy of emotions during the game,” he said.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>‘A slap in the face’\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>Many SF Giants fans have referenced the historic nature of 1994’s “Until There’s a Cure Day” event in recent weeks, after \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12087912/after-sf-giants-pride-night-culture-clash-scott-wiener-claps-back-at-republicans\">four SF Giants players\u003c/a> staged an apparent protest against the team’s Pride Night on June 12.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Three players wrote controversial Bible verses often cited by anti-gay conservative Christians on the team’s rainbow-themed Pride Month caps. The team was \u003ca href=\"https://www.nbcbayarea.com/news/sports/mlb-commissioner-giants-pride-night/4103023/\">not required \u003c/a>to wear them, according to NBC Bay Area. One player opted to wear the standard black-and-orange cap instead.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The reaction was swift and strong, with LGBTQ+ \u003ca href=\"https://sfstandard.com/2026/06/24/sf-giants-pride-night-maga-backlash/\">fans and allies \u003c/a>alike protesting the team with Pride and trans flags at Oracle Park.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12089153\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12089153\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/06/SFGiantsProtestPrideGetty.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/06/SFGiantsProtestPrideGetty.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/06/SFGiantsProtestPrideGetty-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/06/SFGiantsProtestPrideGetty-1536x1024.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">From left: Jim Soos, Noah Wallace, Matt Foley and a person who gave their initials as J.P., protest outside Oracle Park ahead of the San Francisco Giants’ MLB game against the Athletics at Oracle Park in San Francisco, on Tuesday, June 23, 2026. A demonstration was held against four Giants pitchers who wrote Bible verses on their caps and opted out of wearing the team’s Pride-themed gear during the Giants’ Pride Night celebration on June 12. \u003ccite>(Santiago Mejia/San Francisco Chronicle via Getty Images)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>“I didn’t see them attempting to come out with this pro-Bible rhetoric any other night of the week, so it did feel like a very specific slap in the face for their queer-coded fans,” said Sarah, a one queer Giants fan who called into \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/forum/2010101914206/sf-giants-pride-night-fallout-amplifies\">KQED Forum earlier this week\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Across the board, just think it was a giant ‘L’ for the Giants, who don’t need any more help with ‘L’s,’ because their record is doing that for them,” the caller said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Ann Killion, a \u003cem>San Francisco Chronicle \u003c/em>sports columnist, \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/forum/2010101914206/sf-giants-pride-night-fallout-amplifies\">told Forum\u003c/a> that Giants fans “feel like on a night that was meant to celebrate the joy of inclusiveness, that these players kind of co-opted the whole event and hijacked it — and turned around and basically flipped the metaphorical bird to them.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Killian said fans also felt let down by the response from the Giants’ management, who issued a “kind of both-sides-ing type of statement, full of platitudes, ‘We’re sorry if you’re hurt,’ and then went radio silent,” she said. “They kind of let this thing build and build and build.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12089144\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 1707px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12089144\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/06/SF-giants-poster-2000-RESIZED-scaled.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1707\" height=\"2560\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/06/SF-giants-poster-2000-RESIZED-scaled.jpg 1707w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/06/SF-giants-poster-2000-RESIZED-160x240.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/06/SF-giants-poster-2000-RESIZED-1024x1536.jpg 1024w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/06/SF-giants-poster-2000-RESIZED-1366x2048.jpg 1366w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1707px) 100vw, 1707px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">A flyer from 1994 promoting the SF Giants’ AIDS awareness night, “Until There’s a Cure Day.” \u003ccite>(Courtesy of the San Francisco GLBT Historical Society)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Major League Baseball issued a warning to the players for writing on their uniforms, which is against uniform regulations. However, the situation quickly escalated, with the Department of Justice under President Donald Trump announcing its intent to launch \u003ca href=\"https://www.kron4.com/sports/doj-to-investigate-mlb-over-giants-pride-night-protest/\">an investigation into the MLB\u003c/a>’s response to the Pride Night protest.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Baseball is “probably the most conservative of the big professional team sports in America,” with many players coming from suburbs and smaller towns, Killion said. But a protest like this in San Francisco stung extra hard.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“This is where the Giants are honestly hurt by their own good work in the past, because they have been so upfront,” SFGate sports editor Alex Simon said on Forum.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>An HIV and AIDS awareness night has been a tradition for the Giants since that first event in 1994, and while the Los Angeles Dodgers hosted the first \u003ca href=\"https://www.espn.com/mlb/story?id=9670811&src=desktop\">Pride Night\u003c/a> in 2013, the Giants were the very first team to bring the \u003ca href=\"https://www.greensportsalliance.org/media/giants-to-become-first-mlb-team-to-incorporate-pride-colors-into-on-field-uniforms-in-honor-of-the-lgbtq-community-and-pride-celebrations\">Pride flag \u003c/a>onto the field in 2021. In 2023, when the league adopted \u003ca href=\"https://www.nbcbayarea.com/news/sports/mlb-commissioner-giants-pride-night/4103023/\">a policy\u003c/a> that would stop teams from wearing special uniforms on celebration days, with some exceptions, the Giants and the Dodgers requested to be exempted for Pride.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“The fan base is very much more upset at the team and the organization, really beyond what the players themselves have done,” Simon said.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>Remembering how far we’ve come\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>Tiffany Babb, a Southern California writer who runs \u003ca href=\"https://www.thefanfiles.com/\">The Fan Files\u003c/a>, is a queer baseball fan who has been following the SF Giants case closely. Babb has felt a decline in enthusiasm for Pride Nights in sports teams in recent years — something she attributes to the U.S. becoming more conservative in many ways.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I remember like three, four years ago, they kept those [Pride] logos up all month,” she said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12089154\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12089154\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/06/SFGiantsPrideLogoGetty.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/06/SFGiantsPrideLogoGetty.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/06/SFGiantsPrideLogoGetty-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/06/SFGiantsPrideLogoGetty-1536x1024.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">The San Francisco Giants’ pride logo in right field during a MLB game between the Athletics and the San Francisco Giants on June 23, 2026, at Oracle Park in San Francisco, California. \u003ccite>(Trinity Machan/Icon Sportswire via Getty Images)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>And the SF Giants debacle has presented an opportunity for the Trump administration to jump on board with the pushback. On X, Vice President J.D. Vance \u003ca href=\"https://x.com/JDVance/status/2066922921046544396\">wrote:\u003c/a> “Trump won, we don’t have to do this anymore.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Whether or not the players intended to do this, it is a very popular narrative that ‘Christians are under attack in the United States,’” Babb said. “And it is a very useful narrative for the president.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>It’s why, she said, remembering the 1994 “Until There’s A Cure Day” is still important for fans 32 years later.[aside postID=news_12086888 hero='https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/06/250629-SFPrideParade-30-BL.jpg']“Not just because of San Francisco’s long history with the queer community, but also because a lot of people like to treat activism in baseball as a brand new thing that was just invented in 2012,” she said. “There’s a long history of this — pretty much since the beginning of baseball.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The Giants’ first event in 1994 “was such a good, earlier example of this kind of conversation, but in a positive way.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>For Babbs, it’s about reminding people what — and who — has come before. For example, \u003ca href=\"https://www.espn.com/mlb/story/_/id/48979319/dodgers-honor-gay-trailblazers-burke-bean-stadium-display\">Dodgers icon Glenn Burke, \u003c/a>who died at age 42 in 1995, was among the first major league players to come out as gay.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Glenn Burke — if he hadn’t died of AIDS — he would still be around,” she said. “That generation was not that long ago.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“It’s important for us to keep their memories alive … Because once you start to forget about history, people can twist it into whatever they want.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cem>KQED’s \u003c/em>\u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/author/kdebenedetti\">\u003cem>Katie DeBenedetti\u003c/em>\u003c/a>\u003cem> and \u003c/em>\u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/author/amadrigal\">\u003cem>Alexis Madrigal\u003c/em>\u003c/a>\u003cem> contributed to this report.\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad floatright]\u003c/p>\n",
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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The game, which marked the first time a major professional sports organization hosted a benefit for \u003ca href=\"https://www.mlb.com/giants/history/timeline-1990s\">HIV\u003c/a> \u003ca href=\"https://www.mlb.com/giants/history/timeline-1990s\">and AIDS\u003c/a>, has resurfaced in collective memory over the past few weeks, as the fallout continues from a protest by four pitchers during the \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12087912/after-sf-giants-pride-night-culture-clash-scott-wiener-claps-back-at-republicans\">team’s Pride Month celebration\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>As lawmakers, Major League Baseball, and fans have entered the fray, KQED looked back on the sports history episode to understand how it got started — and how much has changed.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>‘A swell of connection’\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>There were a couple of key figures behind the 1994 “Until There’s a Cure Day.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>According to \u003ca href=\"https://www.outsports.com/2020/12/1/21754607/san-francisco-giants-mlb-aids-hiv-awareness-until-theres-a-cure-day/\">OutSports\u003c/a>, one reason is that new owner Peter Magowan wanted to ask the city for a new stadium. In campaigning for the new structure, Magowan made moves to connect with people across the Bay Area through community outreach — and San Francisco was deep in HIV/AIDS advocacy.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>At the time, \u003ca href=\"https://www.pbs.org/newshour/health/remembering-a-tough-time\">San Franciscans\u003c/a> were reeling from the devastation of the AIDS epidemic, with \u003ca href=\"https://www.pbs.org/newshour/health/remembering-a-tough-time\">around 20,000 city residents dying\u003c/a> during the crisis. Because so many were gay men or part of the LGBTQ+ community, bias and homophobia allowed their suffering to go \u003ca href=\"https://www.aclu.org/podcast/how-act-up-changed-the-face-of-aids-and-activism\">unacknowledged \u003c/a>by governments and medical authorities for years.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12089147\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 1443px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-12089147 size-full\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/06/GettyImages-1322405139.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1443\" height=\"931\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/06/GettyImages-1322405139.jpg 1443w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/06/GettyImages-1322405139-160x103.jpg 160w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1443px) 100vw, 1443px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">From left: Giants President Peter Magowan, Mary Fisher, AIDS activist and keynote speaker, along with her sons, Zachary, 6, and Max, 8, and Giants’ Rod Beck. Max Fisher, 6, slips out the back of his chair during “Until There’s A Cure” pregame ceremonies on July 28, 1996. \u003ccite>(Lea Suzuki/The San Francisco Chronicle via Getty Images)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>“This special day will give our fans an opportunity to learn more about the disease, which affects all of us,” Magowan said at the time, according to the \u003cem>Bay Area Reporter. \u003c/em>“This is not a baseball event, it’s a humanitarian event.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>According to the Giants’ promotional flyer for the 1994 event, the team vowed to donate $1 from every ticket sold to AIDS research and education. Players would also wear a red ribbon on their uniforms, “which I thought was very cool,” Struiksma said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“It did feel like, ‘Hmm, this is something a little different,’” recalled Struiksma, who now lives in Los Angeles, where he works in the film industry. “‘Something we’re not used to.’”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Another major reason was \u003ca href=\"https://www.sfchronicle.com/totalsf/article/giants-rod-beck-aids-19594162.php\">a supportive manager, Dusty Baker\u003c/a>, and the fact that HIV/AIDS advocacy was already being pursued by star Giants player Rod Beck, after being deeply moved by a 1993 documentary about \u003ca href=\"https://www.sfchronicle.com/totalsf/article/giants-rod-beck-aids-19594162.php\">Ryan White\u003c/a>, a young boy living with AIDS.\u003c/p>\u003c/div>",
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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>But the lead-up to the event wasn’t without some protest and pushback, according to \u003ca href=\"https://www.washingtonpost.com/archive/sports/1994/08/01/giants-join-fight-vs-aids/ac59ce23-7910-4241-a976-0410c3f094b2/?_pml=1\">the \u003cem>Washington Post\u003c/em>\u003c/a>. Giants vice president for business operations Pat Gallagher noted “some negative phone calls.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The ongoing stigma around HIV and AIDs was apparent. Calling it “a controversial cause,” Magowan told \u003ca href=\"https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1994-08-01-sp-22364-story.html\">the \u003cem>LA Times\u003c/em>\u003c/a> in 1994 that “A lot of people associate it with a certain lifestyle — I think incorrectly … AIDS can affect anybody, whatever lifestyle, whatever sex, whatever age.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I’ve worked here for 18 years, and nothing else we’ve ever done has been universally accepted by everyone in the organization,” Gallagher said\u003cem>. \u003c/em>“Because we live in San Francisco, everyone’s been touched in some way by HIV and AIDS.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I don’t care how you get it,” said \u003ca href=\"https://www.washingtonpost.com/archive/sports/1994/08/01/giants-join-fight-vs-aids/ac59ce23-7910-4241-a976-0410c3f094b2/?_pml=1\">another player, Todd Benzinger\u003c/a>. “No one deserves it.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But once the game started, the commemoration felt like a natural fit, Struiksma said, “maybe because it’s San Francisco.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Among thousands of fans decked in orange and black, Struiksma sat high up in the stands of Candlestick Park, \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/10583120/watch-the-slow-demolition-of-candlestick-park\">the Giants’ previous home before Oracle Park\u003c/a>. From his vantage point, he got a perfect view of the field where Giants players organized themselves into the shape of a giant ribbon.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Then, members of the opposing team that day, the Rockies, were brought onto the field where they, too, joined the formation. Outlets at the time \u003ca href=\"https://www.sfgate.com/news/article/MARK-SIMON-Atlanta-Braves-Join-Giants-AIDS-2972390.php\">reported\u003c/a> that Giants star player Barry Bonds had waved to the Rockies to bring them in.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12089146\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 1925px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12089146\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/06/GettyImages-1195131082.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1925\" height=\"1699\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/06/GettyImages-1195131082.jpg 1925w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/06/GettyImages-1195131082-160x141.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/06/GettyImages-1195131082-1536x1356.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1925px) 100vw, 1925px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">San Francisco Giants left fielder Barry Bonds greets volunteers during a pregame benefit for Until There’s a Cure Day, the sixth annual Aids benefit program sponsored by the Giants Aug. 15, 1999. The Giants played the New York Mets after the benefit. \u003ccite>(Monica Davey/AFP via Getty Images)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>“You felt a swell of connection to the team. A connection to community,” Struiksma said. “It really was just one of those games where it’s like, ‘This is amazing, what’s happening right now.’” And over three decades later, “I’m almost getting choked up talking about it now,” he said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>At the event, Beck listed the names of children who died of AIDS. Quilts — a longtime way of \u003ca href=\"https://www.aidsmemorial.org/quilt\">memorializing \u003c/a>those lost to AIDS — were \u003ca href=\"https://www.sfchronicle.com/totalsf/article/giants-rod-beck-aids-19594162.php\">laid out \u003c/a>on the field.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“This might be the single most significant day since we’ve all heard of this disease,” Beck told the \u003cem>Washington Post \u003c/em>after the event in 1994, which ultimately raised over $100,000.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Of course, it was business as usual during the actual game. Struiksma said that he remembered a fight that broke out on the field. “There was a real, like, dichotomy of emotions during the game,” he said.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>‘A slap in the face’\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>Many SF Giants fans have referenced the historic nature of 1994’s “Until There’s a Cure Day” event in recent weeks, after \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12087912/after-sf-giants-pride-night-culture-clash-scott-wiener-claps-back-at-republicans\">four SF Giants players\u003c/a> staged an apparent protest against the team’s Pride Night on June 12.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Three players wrote controversial Bible verses often cited by anti-gay conservative Christians on the team’s rainbow-themed Pride Month caps. The team was \u003ca href=\"https://www.nbcbayarea.com/news/sports/mlb-commissioner-giants-pride-night/4103023/\">not required \u003c/a>to wear them, according to NBC Bay Area. One player opted to wear the standard black-and-orange cap instead.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The reaction was swift and strong, with LGBTQ+ \u003ca href=\"https://sfstandard.com/2026/06/24/sf-giants-pride-night-maga-backlash/\">fans and allies \u003c/a>alike protesting the team with Pride and trans flags at Oracle Park.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12089153\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12089153\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/06/SFGiantsProtestPrideGetty.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/06/SFGiantsProtestPrideGetty.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/06/SFGiantsProtestPrideGetty-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/06/SFGiantsProtestPrideGetty-1536x1024.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">From left: Jim Soos, Noah Wallace, Matt Foley and a person who gave their initials as J.P., protest outside Oracle Park ahead of the San Francisco Giants’ MLB game against the Athletics at Oracle Park in San Francisco, on Tuesday, June 23, 2026. A demonstration was held against four Giants pitchers who wrote Bible verses on their caps and opted out of wearing the team’s Pride-themed gear during the Giants’ Pride Night celebration on June 12. \u003ccite>(Santiago Mejia/San Francisco Chronicle via Getty Images)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>“I didn’t see them attempting to come out with this pro-Bible rhetoric any other night of the week, so it did feel like a very specific slap in the face for their queer-coded fans,” said Sarah, a one queer Giants fan who called into \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/forum/2010101914206/sf-giants-pride-night-fallout-amplifies\">KQED Forum earlier this week\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Across the board, just think it was a giant ‘L’ for the Giants, who don’t need any more help with ‘L’s,’ because their record is doing that for them,” the caller said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Ann Killion, a \u003cem>San Francisco Chronicle \u003c/em>sports columnist, \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/forum/2010101914206/sf-giants-pride-night-fallout-amplifies\">told Forum\u003c/a> that Giants fans “feel like on a night that was meant to celebrate the joy of inclusiveness, that these players kind of co-opted the whole event and hijacked it — and turned around and basically flipped the metaphorical bird to them.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Killian said fans also felt let down by the response from the Giants’ management, who issued a “kind of both-sides-ing type of statement, full of platitudes, ‘We’re sorry if you’re hurt,’ and then went radio silent,” she said. “They kind of let this thing build and build and build.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12089144\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 1707px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12089144\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/06/SF-giants-poster-2000-RESIZED-scaled.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1707\" height=\"2560\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/06/SF-giants-poster-2000-RESIZED-scaled.jpg 1707w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/06/SF-giants-poster-2000-RESIZED-160x240.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/06/SF-giants-poster-2000-RESIZED-1024x1536.jpg 1024w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/06/SF-giants-poster-2000-RESIZED-1366x2048.jpg 1366w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1707px) 100vw, 1707px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">A flyer from 1994 promoting the SF Giants’ AIDS awareness night, “Until There’s a Cure Day.” \u003ccite>(Courtesy of the San Francisco GLBT Historical Society)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Major League Baseball issued a warning to the players for writing on their uniforms, which is against uniform regulations. However, the situation quickly escalated, with the Department of Justice under President Donald Trump announcing its intent to launch \u003ca href=\"https://www.kron4.com/sports/doj-to-investigate-mlb-over-giants-pride-night-protest/\">an investigation into the MLB\u003c/a>’s response to the Pride Night protest.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Baseball is “probably the most conservative of the big professional team sports in America,” with many players coming from suburbs and smaller towns, Killion said. But a protest like this in San Francisco stung extra hard.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“This is where the Giants are honestly hurt by their own good work in the past, because they have been so upfront,” SFGate sports editor Alex Simon said on Forum.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>An HIV and AIDS awareness night has been a tradition for the Giants since that first event in 1994, and while the Los Angeles Dodgers hosted the first \u003ca href=\"https://www.espn.com/mlb/story?id=9670811&src=desktop\">Pride Night\u003c/a> in 2013, the Giants were the very first team to bring the \u003ca href=\"https://www.greensportsalliance.org/media/giants-to-become-first-mlb-team-to-incorporate-pride-colors-into-on-field-uniforms-in-honor-of-the-lgbtq-community-and-pride-celebrations\">Pride flag \u003c/a>onto the field in 2021. In 2023, when the league adopted \u003ca href=\"https://www.nbcbayarea.com/news/sports/mlb-commissioner-giants-pride-night/4103023/\">a policy\u003c/a> that would stop teams from wearing special uniforms on celebration days, with some exceptions, the Giants and the Dodgers requested to be exempted for Pride.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“The fan base is very much more upset at the team and the organization, really beyond what the players themselves have done,” Simon said.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>Remembering how far we’ve come\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>Tiffany Babb, a Southern California writer who runs \u003ca href=\"https://www.thefanfiles.com/\">The Fan Files\u003c/a>, is a queer baseball fan who has been following the SF Giants case closely. Babb has felt a decline in enthusiasm for Pride Nights in sports teams in recent years — something she attributes to the U.S. becoming more conservative in many ways.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I remember like three, four years ago, they kept those [Pride] logos up all month,” she said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12089154\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12089154\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/06/SFGiantsPrideLogoGetty.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/06/SFGiantsPrideLogoGetty.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/06/SFGiantsPrideLogoGetty-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/06/SFGiantsPrideLogoGetty-1536x1024.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">The San Francisco Giants’ pride logo in right field during a MLB game between the Athletics and the San Francisco Giants on June 23, 2026, at Oracle Park in San Francisco, California. \u003ccite>(Trinity Machan/Icon Sportswire via Getty Images)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>And the SF Giants debacle has presented an opportunity for the Trump administration to jump on board with the pushback. On X, Vice President J.D. Vance \u003ca href=\"https://x.com/JDVance/status/2066922921046544396\">wrote:\u003c/a> “Trump won, we don’t have to do this anymore.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Whether or not the players intended to do this, it is a very popular narrative that ‘Christians are under attack in the United States,’” Babb said. “And it is a very useful narrative for the president.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>It’s why, she said, remembering the 1994 “Until There’s A Cure Day” is still important for fans 32 years later.\u003c/p>\u003c/div>",
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"content": "\u003cp>The search — and \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12088544/hundreds-of-dogs-remain-missing-as-search-resumes-at-mirandas-rescue\">excavation of dead animals\u003c/a> — at a “no-kill” rescue at the center of a multi-agency investigation in Fortuna wrapped up Thursday evening.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Investigators from the Humboldt County Sheriff’s Office, the FBI, the USDA and the California Department of Justice have been at Miranda’s Rescue since Tuesday searching for evidence of potential fraud and animal abuse.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>A \u003ca href=\"https://humboldtgov.org/m/newsflash/Home/Detail/6261\">press release issued Friday\u003c/a> said investigators recovered “117 intact canine remains from two dig sites.” According to the sheriff’s office, 70 of the deceased dogs were X-rayed on-site, and many had gunshot wounds or bullet fragments. “An additional 21 canine skulls, hundreds of bones, and six loose microchips” were also found.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“ This investigation is far from over,” Sheriff William Honsal said in a statement to KQED. “It is now just beginning.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The sprawling investigation was prompted by two local animal advocates, Jennifer Raymond and Jenna Moore, who entered the rescue property at night and exhumed the bodies of eight dogs, including one they were able to \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12084725/bay-area-dogs-found-dead-at-humboldt-county-no-kill-rescue\">trace back to an Oakland shelter\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Oakland Animal Services Director Joe DeVries said Shannon Miranda told the shelter that the dog had been adopted. In May, the sheriff served a search warrant and seized firearms and ammunition, as well as a laptop, a phone, a hard drive and physical files from the property.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12088666\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12088666\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/06/DOG.EXHUMING.MIRADNDAS.RESCUE.DSC_8854-KQED.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1334\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/06/DOG.EXHUMING.MIRADNDAS.RESCUE.DSC_8854-KQED.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/06/DOG.EXHUMING.MIRADNDAS.RESCUE.DSC_8854-KQED-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/06/DOG.EXHUMING.MIRADNDAS.RESCUE.DSC_8854-KQED-1536x1025.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Patty Campbell uses binoculars to watch the search for animal remains at Miranda’s Rescue in Fortuna on June 23, 2026. \u003ccite>(Mark McKenna for KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>More than 900 dogs have been transferred to the nonprofit Miranda’s Rescue from shelters around the state since January 2025, according to the sheriff.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Miranda, the rescue’s owner, collected fees ranging from $400 to several thousand dollars per animal, but Honsal said his office has only been able to confirm that 116 of those dogs were adopted.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>On Thursday, the mobile command center and heavy equipment brought in to excavate the site were driven off the premises, and the white tent used for animal necropsies was dismantled. Investigators also recovered “a lot of skeletal remains,” according to the sheriff, which were reviewed on-site by a forensic veterinarian.[aside postID=news_12088544 hero='https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/06/DOG.EXHUMING.MIRADNDAS.RESCUE.DSC_9055-KQED.jpg']Most of the dogs were microchipped, the sheriff said, which will allow investigators to track where the animals came from. “ We’ll be reaching out to those people that have provided us chip data to try and match up animals with previous owners,” he said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Moore runs a \u003ca href=\"https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=61590444531273\">Facebook page\u003c/a> for people seeking information about animals they surrendered to the rescue. While she hopes the recent search will provide answers for some, she said there are still “over a thousand dogs missing and over a thousand people wanting an answer.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In the northern part of the field, investigators found the remains of additional dogs, according to Friday’s press release. They began excavating, but “due to the advanced stage of decomposition, investigators on scene, in consultation with the prosecution team, determined that the evidentiary value of removing the animals from the ground was not justified.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The investigators documented the location and reburied the remains, “leaving the animals in their final resting place,” the press release said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Two officers from Sacramento County Animal Services were also at Miranda’s Rescue on Thursday.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12088664\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12088664\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/06/DOG.EXHUMING.MIRADNDAS.RESCUE.DSC_8001-KQED.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/06/DOG.EXHUMING.MIRADNDAS.RESCUE.DSC_8001-KQED.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/06/DOG.EXHUMING.MIRADNDAS.RESCUE.DSC_8001-KQED-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/06/DOG.EXHUMING.MIRADNDAS.RESCUE.DSC_8001-KQED-1536x1024.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">A Humboldt County Sheriff’s Deputy inspects dogs in a kennel at Miranda’s Rescue in Fortuna on June 23, 2026. \u003ccite>(Mark McKenna for KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>They had driven nearly five hours to serve legal demands for the return of animals “wrongfully transferred from Bradshaw Animal Shelter to Miranda’s Rescue, the preservation of evidence, and notice of intended legal action,” according to an email from the agency’s public information officer Brittani Peterson.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>A \u003ca href=\"https://animalcare.saccounty.gov/us/en/addition-resources/bradshaw-animal-shelter---miranda-s-rescue-faq.html#gsc.tab=0\">statement on the shelter’s website\u003c/a> said it severed ties with Miranda’s Rescue in March 2025. But since then, three dogs “were transferred through third-party rescue organizations without our knowledge or authorization,” according to Peterson. Peterson declined to identify the third-party organizations.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>One dog has been successfully recovered, and Peterson wrote that the agency will “continue to pursue every available avenue to recover” the other two dogs.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Moore, along with other local animal advocates, plans to hold a second public vigil on Saturday in front of the courthouse in Eureka.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“We will not stop,” Moore said. “ If anything, we’re just gonna get more fierce.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n",
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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>Most of the dogs were microchipped, the sheriff said, which will allow investigators to track where the animals came from. “ We’ll be reaching out to those people that have provided us chip data to try and match up animals with previous owners,” he said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Moore runs a \u003ca href=\"https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=61590444531273\">Facebook page\u003c/a> for people seeking information about animals they surrendered to the rescue. While she hopes the recent search will provide answers for some, she said there are still “over a thousand dogs missing and over a thousand people wanting an answer.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In the northern part of the field, investigators found the remains of additional dogs, according to Friday’s press release. They began excavating, but “due to the advanced stage of decomposition, investigators on scene, in consultation with the prosecution team, determined that the evidentiary value of removing the animals from the ground was not justified.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The investigators documented the location and reburied the remains, “leaving the animals in their final resting place,” the press release said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Two officers from Sacramento County Animal Services were also at Miranda’s Rescue on Thursday.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12088664\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12088664\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/06/DOG.EXHUMING.MIRADNDAS.RESCUE.DSC_8001-KQED.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/06/DOG.EXHUMING.MIRADNDAS.RESCUE.DSC_8001-KQED.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/06/DOG.EXHUMING.MIRADNDAS.RESCUE.DSC_8001-KQED-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/06/DOG.EXHUMING.MIRADNDAS.RESCUE.DSC_8001-KQED-1536x1024.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">A Humboldt County Sheriff’s Deputy inspects dogs in a kennel at Miranda’s Rescue in Fortuna on June 23, 2026. \u003ccite>(Mark McKenna for KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>They had driven nearly five hours to serve legal demands for the return of animals “wrongfully transferred from Bradshaw Animal Shelter to Miranda’s Rescue, the preservation of evidence, and notice of intended legal action,” according to an email from the agency’s public information officer Brittani Peterson.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>A \u003ca href=\"https://animalcare.saccounty.gov/us/en/addition-resources/bradshaw-animal-shelter---miranda-s-rescue-faq.html#gsc.tab=0\">statement on the shelter’s website\u003c/a> said it severed ties with Miranda’s Rescue in March 2025. But since then, three dogs “were transferred through third-party rescue organizations without our knowledge or authorization,” according to Peterson. Peterson declined to identify the third-party organizations.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>One dog has been successfully recovered, and Peterson wrote that the agency will “continue to pursue every available avenue to recover” the other two dogs.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Moore, along with other local animal advocates, plans to hold a second public vigil on Saturday in front of the courthouse in Eureka.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“We will not stop,” Moore said. “ If anything, we’re just gonna get more fierce.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003c/div>\u003c/p>",
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Earlier this year, 127 workers received pink slips, and others were notified about changes to their positions.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In the final add-back, the mayor and supervisors agreed to reverse layoffs for workers at the 311 call center, Laguna Honda Hospital, and the Human Services Agency, according to the office of Supervisor Connie Chan, who chairs the budget committee.[aside postID=news_12088662 hero='https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/06/260624-ShipyardCleanupRally-10-BL-KQED.jpg']“This budget represents a remarkable victory for every single San Francisco resident,” said Anya Worley-Ziegmann, coordinator for the San Francisco People’s Budget Coalition, a group representing unions, social services advocates and other community groups protesting the proposed cuts. “It shows that public pressure works. Showing up works.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The plan is set to go before the full Board of Supervisors on July 21. Few changes are expected for the final budget vote next month following Thursday’s agreement.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Over the past 4 fiscal years, my work as budget chair has been centered on reducing wasteful spending, creating guardrails against corruption, saving for the future by putting reasonable dollars on reserve, reversing cuts for the most vulnerable San Franciscans and saving essential city jobs and services,” Chan, who has served as budget chair since 2023, said in a statement. 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"content": "\u003cp>Tucked in a side street near Fisherman’s Wharf, soccer fans like Nesrine Williams have gathered at a local Algerian restaurant, KAYMA, to watch their team compete in this year’s FIFA \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/tag/world-cup\">World Cup\u003c/a> tournament.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“It’s a really big deal, and I feel so proud to be Algerian,” said Williams, who brought her family here to watch the Algeria versus Argentina match. “A lot of people don’t know about Algeria, and oftentimes, the best players for teams like France are actually Algerian.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Plus, she said, “It’s so nice to share this experience with my daughter.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>From watch parties like that at KAYMA to protests outside stadiums, diaspora communities across the Bay Area are coming together \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12088838/2026-world-cup-is-putting-fifas-rules-on-political-neutrality-to-the-test\">around the World Cup\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>This year’s tournament is bigger than ever before, with 48 national teams — up from 32 in the 2022 tournament — and 104 games spread out across the U.S., Canada and Mexico.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12089043\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-12089043 size-full\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/06/260617-WORLDCUPDIASPORA01140_TV-KQED.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/06/260617-WORLDCUPDIASPORA01140_TV-KQED.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/06/260617-WORLDCUPDIASPORA01140_TV-KQED-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/06/260617-WORLDCUPDIASPORA01140_TV-KQED-1536x1024.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Fans watch the Argentina vs. Algeria World Cup game at KAYMA Algerian Eatery in San Francisco on June 17, 2026. \u003ccite>(Tâm Vũ/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>While ticket sales and hotel bookings have fallen short of expectations for \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12086953/the-world-cup-has-arrived-in-the-san-francisco-bay-area-is-anyone-else-coming\">international travelers\u003c/a> coming for the games, it’s been a moment of celebration for many people from immigrant backgrounds watching their favorite teams play so close to their homes in the Bay Area.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“My whole family is in Algeria on my dad’s side. Their players are always more raw and talented than you expect,” said Ben Imadali, who was also watching the game over a bowl of lentil soup at KAYMA. “I’m just stoked for my family; they’re all sitting out there watching this game. I’m not even the biggest soccer fan, but for me it’s a familial connection, you know?”\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>‘Just be fans and just belong’\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>For others who were forced to leave their home countries, like \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12088756/in-a-rainbow-trimmed-robe-at-the-world-cup-a-gay-qatari-doctor-advocates-for-equal-rights\">physician Nasser Mohamed\u003c/a>, the World Cup has also renewed concerns and tensions over global politics and safety.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>At 24, Mohamed fled Qatar, where it is illegal to be openly gay, and landed in San Francisco. With the World Cup putting Qatar on the national stage, Mohamed, one of the very few Qatari people who is publicly out, is using the moment to draw attention to LGBTQ+ rights in his home country, but this comes with real risks.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12087523\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12087523\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/06/20260613_WorldCup_EG_046.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/06/20260613_WorldCup_EG_046.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/06/20260613_WorldCup_EG_046-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/06/20260613_WorldCup_EG_046-1536x1024.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Hundreds of people exit Levi’s Stadium in Santa Clara during the Qatar versus Switzerland World Cup match on Saturday, June 13, 2026. \u003ccite>(Estefany Gonzalez for KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Mohamed attended the World Cup match between Qatar and Switzerland at Levi’s Stadium, dressed in a ceremonial Arab cloak with rainbows. Even with security and a seat next to Sen. Scott Wiener, Mohamed said the attention felt dangerous.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I was numb. I felt like I had to leave my body to stand there and be visible, because I know they want to hurt me. I have death threats against me right now,” Mohamed told KQED. “A lot of us in the United States have fled political persecution, and now they are all coming to us here where we have sought refuge.”[aside postID=news_12088198 hero='https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/06/260622-WCJORALG-KQED-05-KQED.jpg']The head-turning at the soccer stadium hasn’t slowed him down. Mohamed has been organizing Pride events around the World Cup all month to help more residents feel safe and supported around the tournament and beyond.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Some people react violently to the fact that we just sit in the stands,” he said. “And that’s where we need some advocacy, to just be fans and just belong.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Experts say ongoing international issues like the U.S. war in Iran and President Donald Trump’s aggressive \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12086777/a-warm-world-cup-welcome-us-immigration-policies-have-chilling-effect\">immigration enforcement campaign\u003c/a> have contributed to the lower-than-expected World Cup turnout from international travelers.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Ticket prices, inflation fears and the so-called ‘Trump slump’ are putting fans off, with hotel rates down by a third in host cities from Atlanta to San Francisco,” a \u003ca href=\"https://www.weforum.org/stories/2026/04/fifa-world-cup-sports-economy-growth/\">post\u003c/a> from the World Economic Forum read.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>While travel from abroad has dipped, the matches have nonetheless drawn local demonstrators out to protest the political backdrop to the World Cup.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12087615/protests-and-celebrations-iranians-in-los-angeles-have-mixed-feelings-on-world-cup\">Hundreds of Iranian Americans demonstrated\u003c/a> outside the first Iran match in Los Angeles earlier this month. While thousands of fans cheered inside SoFi Stadium, those on the outside challenged the team for supporting the Iranian government in Tehran.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12089050\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12089050\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/06/260625-WORLDCUPDIASPORA-07-BL-KQED.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/06/260625-WORLDCUPDIASPORA-07-BL-KQED.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/06/260625-WORLDCUPDIASPORA-07-BL-KQED-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/06/260625-WORLDCUPDIASPORA-07-BL-KQED-1536x1024.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Fans react to a goal during a FIFA World Cup match between the United States and Turkey at Mad Dog in the Fog in San Francisco on June 25, 2026. \u003ccite>(Beth LaBerge/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>But inside the homes, bars and restaurants where fans are gathering to watch the tournament, they’re also contending with their mixed feelings of celebration and conflict.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Milka Pineda is of Mexican descent and hopes the team will win this year. She attended a watch party at Mad Dog in the Fog, a bar in San Francisco’s Haight-Ashbury neighborhood, on a recent Thursday night to watch Australia versus Paraguay.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“It’s cool, but it would be nicer if, you know, there weren’t all of these political issues going on,” she said.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>‘This beautiful moment’\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>Down the bar at Mad Dog in the Fog, Guatemala-born Kevin Ocha kept an eye on Paraguay, whose team had knocked out Guatemala to qualify for the World Cup.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“My country has never made it into the World Cup. This year they came very close,” he said — and if his team were to make it in the future, he said he would be thrilled. “Soccer originated out of the Mayan culture, and Guatemala is Mayan, so it’s a very big deal for us.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12089040\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12089040\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/06/260617-WORLDCUPDIASPORA-TV-00451-KQED.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/06/260617-WORLDCUPDIASPORA-TV-00451-KQED.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/06/260617-WORLDCUPDIASPORA-TV-00451-KQED-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/06/260617-WORLDCUPDIASPORA-TV-00451-KQED-1536x1024.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Fans cheer for Mexico as they watch the team score a goal at a Mexico vs. Korea World Cup game at a watch party at Mad Dog in the Fog in San Francisco on June 18, 2026. \u003ccite>(Tâm Vũ/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Back at KAYMA, the restaurant’s owner and head chef, Wafa Bahloul, said that the World Cup has been a chance to showcase the Algerian food and culture she loves with anyone who wants a place to sit and watch some soccer.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Even if they ultimately watched Algeria lose 3-0 to Argentina that night.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12089045\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-12089045 size-full\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/06/260617-WORLDCUPDIASPORA01364_TV-KQED.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/06/260617-WORLDCUPDIASPORA01364_TV-KQED.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/06/260617-WORLDCUPDIASPORA01364_TV-KQED-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/06/260617-WORLDCUPDIASPORA01364_TV-KQED-1536x1024.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Mounir Bahloul (left) and Wafa Bahloul (right) pose for a portrait at a watch party for the Argentina vs. Algeria World Cup game at KAYMA Algerian Eatery in San Francisco on June 17, 2026. \u003ccite>(Tâm Vũ/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>“This is so special for us. It reminds me of the kind of events we do in Algeria; we gather all together around the food, laughing and telling stories,” Bahloul said in between rushing out plates to customers.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“This is really a unique thing and doesn’t happen every day,” she said. “We really want to take advantage, as much as we can, of this beautiful moment.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad floatright]\u003c/p>\n",
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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>From watch parties like that at KAYMA to protests outside stadiums, diaspora communities across the Bay Area are coming together \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12088838/2026-world-cup-is-putting-fifas-rules-on-political-neutrality-to-the-test\">around the World Cup\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>This year’s tournament is bigger than ever before, with 48 national teams — up from 32 in the 2022 tournament — and 104 games spread out across the U.S., Canada and Mexico.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12089043\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-12089043 size-full\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/06/260617-WORLDCUPDIASPORA01140_TV-KQED.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/06/260617-WORLDCUPDIASPORA01140_TV-KQED.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/06/260617-WORLDCUPDIASPORA01140_TV-KQED-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/06/260617-WORLDCUPDIASPORA01140_TV-KQED-1536x1024.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Fans watch the Argentina vs. Algeria World Cup game at KAYMA Algerian Eatery in San Francisco on June 17, 2026. \u003ccite>(Tâm Vũ/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>While ticket sales and hotel bookings have fallen short of expectations for \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12086953/the-world-cup-has-arrived-in-the-san-francisco-bay-area-is-anyone-else-coming\">international travelers\u003c/a> coming for the games, it’s been a moment of celebration for many people from immigrant backgrounds watching their favorite teams play so close to their homes in the Bay Area.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“My whole family is in Algeria on my dad’s side. Their players are always more raw and talented than you expect,” said Ben Imadali, who was also watching the game over a bowl of lentil soup at KAYMA. “I’m just stoked for my family; they’re all sitting out there watching this game. I’m not even the biggest soccer fan, but for me it’s a familial connection, you know?”\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>‘Just be fans and just belong’\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>For others who were forced to leave their home countries, like \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12088756/in-a-rainbow-trimmed-robe-at-the-world-cup-a-gay-qatari-doctor-advocates-for-equal-rights\">physician Nasser Mohamed\u003c/a>, the World Cup has also renewed concerns and tensions over global politics and safety.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>At 24, Mohamed fled Qatar, where it is illegal to be openly gay, and landed in San Francisco. With the World Cup putting Qatar on the national stage, Mohamed, one of the very few Qatari people who is publicly out, is using the moment to draw attention to LGBTQ+ rights in his home country, but this comes with real risks.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12087523\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12087523\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/06/20260613_WorldCup_EG_046.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/06/20260613_WorldCup_EG_046.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/06/20260613_WorldCup_EG_046-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/06/20260613_WorldCup_EG_046-1536x1024.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Hundreds of people exit Levi’s Stadium in Santa Clara during the Qatar versus Switzerland World Cup match on Saturday, June 13, 2026. \u003ccite>(Estefany Gonzalez for KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Mohamed attended the World Cup match between Qatar and Switzerland at Levi’s Stadium, dressed in a ceremonial Arab cloak with rainbows. Even with security and a seat next to Sen. Scott Wiener, Mohamed said the attention felt dangerous.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I was numb. I felt like I had to leave my body to stand there and be visible, because I know they want to hurt me. I have death threats against me right now,” Mohamed told KQED. “A lot of us in the United States have fled political persecution, and now they are all coming to us here where we have sought refuge.”\u003c/p>\u003c/div>",
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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>The head-turning at the soccer stadium hasn’t slowed him down. Mohamed has been organizing Pride events around the World Cup all month to help more residents feel safe and supported around the tournament and beyond.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Some people react violently to the fact that we just sit in the stands,” he said. “And that’s where we need some advocacy, to just be fans and just belong.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Experts say ongoing international issues like the U.S. war in Iran and President Donald Trump’s aggressive \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12086777/a-warm-world-cup-welcome-us-immigration-policies-have-chilling-effect\">immigration enforcement campaign\u003c/a> have contributed to the lower-than-expected World Cup turnout from international travelers.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Ticket prices, inflation fears and the so-called ‘Trump slump’ are putting fans off, with hotel rates down by a third in host cities from Atlanta to San Francisco,” a \u003ca href=\"https://www.weforum.org/stories/2026/04/fifa-world-cup-sports-economy-growth/\">post\u003c/a> from the World Economic Forum read.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>While travel from abroad has dipped, the matches have nonetheless drawn local demonstrators out to protest the political backdrop to the World Cup.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12087615/protests-and-celebrations-iranians-in-los-angeles-have-mixed-feelings-on-world-cup\">Hundreds of Iranian Americans demonstrated\u003c/a> outside the first Iran match in Los Angeles earlier this month. While thousands of fans cheered inside SoFi Stadium, those on the outside challenged the team for supporting the Iranian government in Tehran.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12089050\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12089050\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/06/260625-WORLDCUPDIASPORA-07-BL-KQED.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/06/260625-WORLDCUPDIASPORA-07-BL-KQED.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/06/260625-WORLDCUPDIASPORA-07-BL-KQED-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/06/260625-WORLDCUPDIASPORA-07-BL-KQED-1536x1024.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Fans react to a goal during a FIFA World Cup match between the United States and Turkey at Mad Dog in the Fog in San Francisco on June 25, 2026. \u003ccite>(Beth LaBerge/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>But inside the homes, bars and restaurants where fans are gathering to watch the tournament, they’re also contending with their mixed feelings of celebration and conflict.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Milka Pineda is of Mexican descent and hopes the team will win this year. She attended a watch party at Mad Dog in the Fog, a bar in San Francisco’s Haight-Ashbury neighborhood, on a recent Thursday night to watch Australia versus Paraguay.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“It’s cool, but it would be nicer if, you know, there weren’t all of these political issues going on,” she said.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>‘This beautiful moment’\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>Down the bar at Mad Dog in the Fog, Guatemala-born Kevin Ocha kept an eye on Paraguay, whose team had knocked out Guatemala to qualify for the World Cup.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“My country has never made it into the World Cup. This year they came very close,” he said — and if his team were to make it in the future, he said he would be thrilled. “Soccer originated out of the Mayan culture, and Guatemala is Mayan, so it’s a very big deal for us.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12089040\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12089040\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/06/260617-WORLDCUPDIASPORA-TV-00451-KQED.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/06/260617-WORLDCUPDIASPORA-TV-00451-KQED.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/06/260617-WORLDCUPDIASPORA-TV-00451-KQED-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/06/260617-WORLDCUPDIASPORA-TV-00451-KQED-1536x1024.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Fans cheer for Mexico as they watch the team score a goal at a Mexico vs. Korea World Cup game at a watch party at Mad Dog in the Fog in San Francisco on June 18, 2026. \u003ccite>(Tâm Vũ/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Back at KAYMA, the restaurant’s owner and head chef, Wafa Bahloul, said that the World Cup has been a chance to showcase the Algerian food and culture she loves with anyone who wants a place to sit and watch some soccer.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Even if they ultimately watched Algeria lose 3-0 to Argentina that night.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12089045\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-12089045 size-full\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/06/260617-WORLDCUPDIASPORA01364_TV-KQED.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/06/260617-WORLDCUPDIASPORA01364_TV-KQED.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/06/260617-WORLDCUPDIASPORA01364_TV-KQED-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/06/260617-WORLDCUPDIASPORA01364_TV-KQED-1536x1024.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Mounir Bahloul (left) and Wafa Bahloul (right) pose for a portrait at a watch party for the Argentina vs. Algeria World Cup game at KAYMA Algerian Eatery in San Francisco on June 17, 2026. \u003ccite>(Tâm Vũ/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>“This is so special for us. 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"content": "\u003cp>If you hadn’t already heard, the U.S. men’s national soccer team is coming to the \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/tag/bay-area\">Bay Area\u003c/a> — to play its first World Cup knockout stage match at Levi’s Stadium on Wednesday.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Although the team suffered its \u003ca href=\"https://www.npr.org/2026/06/25/nx-s1-5869807/2026-world-cup-fifa-usmnt-turkey\">first loss\u003c/a> in the tournament last week with a 3-2 loss against Turkey — in a true nail-biter of a match that went to overtime — the team has nonetheless advanced to the next phase of the competition after pulling off a pretty historic run in the group stage matches.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In the 2022 World Cup, the Americans only scored three goals in the \u003cem>whole tournament\u003c/em>. This year, they’ve already more than doubled that. And even two consecutive wins — first against Paraguay, then Australia — are something the men’s soccer team hasn’t achieved since 1930.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Now, the most dominant USMNT of a generation is coming to Santa Clara for the July 1 knockout stage match to play against Bosnia and Herzegovina.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>And if the fútbol hype is getting to you and you’re tempted to try to see superstar striker Folarin Balogun score — or Christian Pulisic play after finally recovering from his calf injury — you’re not the only one.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12089024\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-12089024 size-full\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/06/USAWorldCupGetty2.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1335\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/06/USAWorldCupGetty2.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/06/USAWorldCupGetty2-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/06/USAWorldCupGetty2-1536x1025.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Sebastian Berhalter #14 of the United States celebrates scoring his team’s second goal during the FIFA World Cup 2026 Group D match between Türkiye and USA at Los Angeles Stadium on June 25, 2026, in Inglewood, California. \u003ccite>(Jamie Squire/Getty Images)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Demand for World Cup games has only grown since the tournament kicked off, with many of the more “affordable” seats for the upcoming USMNT match listed online still going for thousands of dollars — although prices for some of these spots have dropped sharply in the immediate run-up to the game.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Keep reading for what to know if you’re hoping to see the USMNT play their World Cup knockout match in Santa Clara on Wednesday — how much tickets are going for and how to avoid falling prey to a ticket scam.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>Can I still get a ticket to see the United States men’s national soccer team’s Bay Area World Cup match?\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>FIFA is no longer offering tickets or hospitality packages for the upcoming USMNT match on its \u003ca href=\"https://www.fifa.com/en/tournaments/mens/worldcup/canadamexicousa2026/tickets\">official website\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>This means your remaining option is to check out available resale tickets on verified resale sites like Ticketmaster, StubHub, SeatGeek and TickPick.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12087136\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12087136\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/06/260610-BayAreaStadiumTour-02-BL_KQED.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/06/260610-BayAreaStadiumTour-02-BL_KQED.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/06/260610-BayAreaStadiumTour-02-BL_KQED-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/06/260610-BayAreaStadiumTour-02-BL_KQED-1536x1024.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">A team locker room at the San Francisco Bay Area Stadium, temporarily renamed from Levi’s Stadium for the 2026 FIFA World Cup, in Santa Clara on June 10, 2026, where six tournament matches will be played. \u003ccite>(Beth LaBerge/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>If you end up buying tickets on a resale site, you will choose the seat you want and make your payment on that site, but you will then have to confirm that these tickets are now yours on either the official FIFA World Cup 2026 App or the FIFA Resale Marketplace website.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>As for the actual tickets, they will only be available on FIFA’s FWC2026 Mobile Tickets app — available in both the \u003ca href=\"https://apps.apple.com/us/app/fwc2026-mobile-tickets/id6532603739\">Apple\u003c/a> and \u003ca href=\"https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=io.tixngo.app.fifatickets&hl=en_US\">Play\u003c/a> stores.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>A resale vendor can only transfer the tickets via the FIFA Resale Marketplace — they can’t promise to email or text you your tickets.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>How much are tickets for the USMNT’s July 1 World Cup match?\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>What’s a fair price for tickets? Because FIFA is no longer offering tickets for this match, it’s difficult to say with accuracy. Last week, seats furthest from the field were going for between $2,000 and $4,000, while those closest to the action were surpassing $5,000.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>However, a day before the match, prices for seats in the 100 section have dropped significantly on StubHub, SeatGeek and TickPick, with some now going for less than $2,500. A few seats in the 400 section — the farthest from the field — were being offered for less than $2,000 on Monday morning. TicketMaster is no longer offering tickets for this match.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>Even on verified resale sites, stay alert\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>A few weeks before the Australia vs. Paraguay match at Levi’s Stadium on June 25, Marin County soccer fan Lei Cai bought two tickets to the game on StubHub. She soon received an email from StubHub telling her that her tickets were ready.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But when she logged into the FIFA portal, “that’s when I found out there’s no tickets to claim,” Cai said. And after calling StubHub multiple times for several weeks, trying to get an answer, she was eventually informed by the company that the person who listed the seats online never actually made the tickets available for her.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12087142\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-12087142 size-full\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/06/260610-BayAreaStadiumTour-51-BL_KQED.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/06/260610-BayAreaStadiumTour-51-BL_KQED.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/06/260610-BayAreaStadiumTour-51-BL_KQED-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/06/260610-BayAreaStadiumTour-51-BL_KQED-1536x1024.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">The San Francisco Bay Area Stadium, temporarily renamed from Levi’s Stadium for the 2026 FIFA World Cup, in Santa Clara, on June 10, 2026, where six tournament matches will be played. \u003ccite>(Beth LaBerge/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Cai said StubHub originally offered only a refund for her tickets after learning of the situation. “You should not be able to sell something that doesn’t exist,” Cai said after accepting she wouldn’t be going to the game. “You’re scamming families.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>However, after KQED contacted the company requesting comment on Cai’s situation, StubHub reached out to her directly to offer two new, free tickets to the same match — in a seating section much closer to the field.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Similar ticket transfer problems have plagued soccer fans \u003ca href=\"https://apnews.com/article/world-cup-ticket-problems-stubhub-fifa-21c31f5cc33012e7f4619d4bff3b44a1\">nationwide\u003c/a>. At Spain’s World Cup match against Cape Verde in Atlanta on June 15, an Associated Press journalist \u003ca href=\"https://apnews.com/article/world-cup-ticket-problems-stubhub-fifa-21c31f5cc33012e7f4619d4bff3b44a1\">encountered\u003c/a> more than a dozen fans who reported being in similar situations, stuck outside the stadium without access to the tickets they thought they’d bought.[aside postID=arts_13990640 hero='https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2026/06/20260528-WORLDCUPBARS-JY-02-KQED.jpg']StubHub told KQED that FIFA’s ticketing app has seen performance issues affecting ticket transfers across all resale platforms, leading to situations where the transfer process couldn’t be completed in time for the match.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Every order is backed by our FanProtect Guarantee and getting fans to their matches remains our top priority for the rest of this tournament,” a company spokesperson said, adding that fans who are still having ticket problems should contact customer services directly and ask for “World Cup specialist support.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In an emailed statement, FIFA told KQED that it “can guarantee the validity and delivery of tickets purchased through its official platforms.” However, the problems that Cai and other fans have experienced on third-party sites have arisen when they can no longer \u003cem>buy \u003c/em>tickets on FIFA’s website.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"https://help.ticketmaster.com/hc/en-us/articles/9781090147985-Third-Party-Resale-Tickets-Everything-You-Need-to-Know#2026_world_cup\">Ticketmaster\u003c/a>, \u003ca href=\"https://seatgeek.ca/buyer-guarantee\">SeatGeek\u003c/a> and \u003ca href=\"https://www.tickpick.com/buyertrust-guarantee/\">TickPick\u003c/a> also have consumer guarantees listed on their website that promise buyers will receive their tickets on time ahead of the event. If you’ve already bought a ticket, confirm — as soon as possible — that you actually have access to it on the FIFA Resale Marketplace and FWC2026 Mobile Tickets app.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>And if you don’t see your tickets? Contact the resale site as soon as possible. Have your order number ready, along with any other information you had to share when you made your purchase. In past cases, these sites have usually offered affected customers a full refund, and in some instances, folks got different seats to the same game.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>Don’t fall for a scam\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>Vendor problems on resale sites may encourage some soccer fans to look \u003cem>elsewhere\u003c/em> for a better deal. But talking to strangers on sites that are not verified — like Facebook Marketplace — increases the risk of getting ripped off, Santa Clara County Assistant District Attorney James Gibbons-Shapiro said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“The criminal is simply looking for someone desperate enough to go to the World Cup that they’re willing to send a lot of money right away to a total stranger,” he said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12088839\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12088839\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/06/GettyImages-2282393383-scaled-e1782497582317.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Weston McKennie of the United States runs with the ball during the FIFA World Cup 2026 Group D match between USA and Australia at Seattle Stadium on June 19, 2026, in Seattle, Washington. \u003ccite>(Emilee Chinn/Getty Images)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>If you find seats you like on a verified site like Ticketmaster or SeatGeek, make sure you make the actual payment on this same website — and never on another platform. Scammers often promise you “a better deal” if you make the payment using instant payment sites like Zelle, Venmo and Cash App.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But fraudsters aren’t trying to save you money with this suggestion: They’re trying to make it easier for themselves to keep your money.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>If you paid for seats that are listed on Ticketmaster, for example, but paid the “vendor” on Venmo, you can’t claim Ticketmaster’s buyer protections, as you didn’t actually use the resale site to make a purchase.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>No, don’t try to buy a ticket outside Levi’s Stadium on July 1\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>While some scammers are able to print tickets that look very “realistic,” there are, in fact, no physical tickets being issued during this World Cup. FIFA has adopted a fully electronic model for fans to store and display their tickets on their phones using the FWC2026 Mobile Tickets app.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>So if someone approaches you outside Levi’s Stadium and offers you a physical ticket, that’s a fake. “Don’t go to the stadium to try to buy a ticket there,” Gibbons-Shapiro said. “You’re not gonna be able to get in, and you’re going to lose all your money.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12087462\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12087462\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/06/061226_WORLDCUPFANS_2163-KQED-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/06/061226_WORLDCUPFANS_2163-KQED-1.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/06/061226_WORLDCUPFANS_2163-KQED-1-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/06/061226_WORLDCUPFANS_2163-KQED-1-1536x1024.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Fans gather ahead of the USA vs Paraguay World Cup game in Los Angeles on June 12, 2026. \u003ccite>(Lauren Justice for KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Scalpers are actually not permitted on stadium grounds — and reselling tickets near the stadium is a misdemeanor crime in California.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Additionally, ticket rules require fans to claim their tickets on FIFA’s platforms at least 1 hour before the match starts; otherwise, they won’t be able to enter the stadium.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>If someone shows you they have a virtual ticket available on the FIFA Resale Marketplace website — but the game begins in 20 minutes — it’s likely you won’t be able to claim the ticket once the seller has transferred it to you.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>I just got scammed buying a fake World Cup ticket. What can I do?\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>If this were an individual you met online, make sure to document all your communication with them — including screenshots of any messages in case they attempt to delete anything from their end of the conversation.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>If you were scammed online or over the phone:\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>You can then report the situation to your local police department, as the city where you live is defined as where the crime took place.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>If you bought the fake ticket in person from a scalper:\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Contact the police department of the city where the transaction took place. “If that happened right outside the stadium, that would be Santa Clara Police Department,” Gibbons-Shapiro said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12085866\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12085866\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/06/FIFAWorldCupLevisStadiumGetty.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1235\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/06/FIFAWorldCupLevisStadiumGetty.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/06/FIFAWorldCupLevisStadiumGetty-160x99.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/06/FIFAWorldCupLevisStadiumGetty-1536x948.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">San Francisco Bay Area Stadium (temporarily renamed from Levi’s Stadium for the 2026 FIFA World Cup) in Santa Clara, California, on May 19, 2026. Levi’s Stadium will host six matches during the 2026 FIFA World Cup, including five group stage matches throughout June 2026. \u003ccite>(Josh Edelson/AFP via Getty Images)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>You can also file a complaint with the \u003ca href=\"https://oag.ca.gov/contact/consumer-complaint-against-business-or-company\">California Attorney General’s office\u003c/a> or the \u003ca href=\"https://www.bbb.org/file-a-complaint\">Better Business Bureau\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Gibbons-Shapiro said his office is ready to prosecute anyone who tricks others into buying fake World Cup tickets, adding that he would consider that to be a felony.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“We have robust teams for consumer protection and theft enforcement,” he said. “We’re going to prosecute the scammers.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>If you think you were scammed while using a verified resale site, contact the platform’s customer service team immediately. While it’s not certain that they can get you the seat you initially bought, they can usually help you get your money back — something that’s not guaranteed at all if you contact a stranger making offers on social media.\u003c/p>\n\u003cul>\n\u003cli>\u003cstrong>Ticketmaster:\u003c/strong> Call their customer service line directly at 800-653-8000, available Monday to Friday 6 a.m. to 8:30 p.m. PST, Saturdays 6 a.m. to 7 p.m. PST, and Sundays 6 a.m. to 6 p.m. PST.\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>\u003cstrong>StubHub:\u003c/strong> You can message the customer service team \u003ca href=\"https://my.stubhub.com/contactus\">online\u003c/a> or call 888-720-9452.\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>\u003cstrong>SeatGeek:\u003c/strong> You can message the customer service team \u003ca href=\"https://seatgeek.com/help/articles/8985475094931-Help-with-an-order\">online\u003c/a>, email \u003ca href=\"mailto:hi@seatgeek.com\">hi@seatgeek.com\u003c/a> or call 888-506-4101.\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>\u003cstrong>TickPick:\u003c/strong> You can fill out an \u003ca href=\"https://support.tickpick.com/hc/en-us/requests/new\">online form\u003c/a> or call 845-538-4567.\u003c/li>\n\u003c/ul>\n\u003cp>\u003cem>This story includes reporting from The Associated Press.\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad floatright]\u003c/p>\n",
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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Now, the most dominant USMNT of a generation is coming to Santa Clara for the July 1 knockout stage match to play against Bosnia and Herzegovina.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>And if the fútbol hype is getting to you and you’re tempted to try to see superstar striker Folarin Balogun score — or Christian Pulisic play after finally recovering from his calf injury — you’re not the only one.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12089024\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-12089024 size-full\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/06/USAWorldCupGetty2.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1335\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/06/USAWorldCupGetty2.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/06/USAWorldCupGetty2-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/06/USAWorldCupGetty2-1536x1025.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Sebastian Berhalter #14 of the United States celebrates scoring his team’s second goal during the FIFA World Cup 2026 Group D match between Türkiye and USA at Los Angeles Stadium on June 25, 2026, in Inglewood, California. \u003ccite>(Jamie Squire/Getty Images)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Demand for World Cup games has only grown since the tournament kicked off, with many of the more “affordable” seats for the upcoming USMNT match listed online still going for thousands of dollars — although prices for some of these spots have dropped sharply in the immediate run-up to the game.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Keep reading for what to know if you’re hoping to see the USMNT play their World Cup knockout match in Santa Clara on Wednesday — how much tickets are going for and how to avoid falling prey to a ticket scam.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>Can I still get a ticket to see the United States men’s national soccer team’s Bay Area World Cup match?\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>FIFA is no longer offering tickets or hospitality packages for the upcoming USMNT match on its \u003ca href=\"https://www.fifa.com/en/tournaments/mens/worldcup/canadamexicousa2026/tickets\">official website\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>This means your remaining option is to check out available resale tickets on verified resale sites like Ticketmaster, StubHub, SeatGeek and TickPick.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12087136\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12087136\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/06/260610-BayAreaStadiumTour-02-BL_KQED.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/06/260610-BayAreaStadiumTour-02-BL_KQED.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/06/260610-BayAreaStadiumTour-02-BL_KQED-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/06/260610-BayAreaStadiumTour-02-BL_KQED-1536x1024.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">A team locker room at the San Francisco Bay Area Stadium, temporarily renamed from Levi’s Stadium for the 2026 FIFA World Cup, in Santa Clara on June 10, 2026, where six tournament matches will be played. \u003ccite>(Beth LaBerge/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>If you end up buying tickets on a resale site, you will choose the seat you want and make your payment on that site, but you will then have to confirm that these tickets are now yours on either the official FIFA World Cup 2026 App or the FIFA Resale Marketplace website.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>As for the actual tickets, they will only be available on FIFA’s FWC2026 Mobile Tickets app — available in both the \u003ca href=\"https://apps.apple.com/us/app/fwc2026-mobile-tickets/id6532603739\">Apple\u003c/a> and \u003ca href=\"https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=io.tixngo.app.fifatickets&hl=en_US\">Play\u003c/a> stores.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>A resale vendor can only transfer the tickets via the FIFA Resale Marketplace — they can’t promise to email or text you your tickets.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>How much are tickets for the USMNT’s July 1 World Cup match?\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>What’s a fair price for tickets? Because FIFA is no longer offering tickets for this match, it’s difficult to say with accuracy. Last week, seats furthest from the field were going for between $2,000 and $4,000, while those closest to the action were surpassing $5,000.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>However, a day before the match, prices for seats in the 100 section have dropped significantly on StubHub, SeatGeek and TickPick, with some now going for less than $2,500. A few seats in the 400 section — the farthest from the field — were being offered for less than $2,000 on Monday morning. TicketMaster is no longer offering tickets for this match.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>Even on verified resale sites, stay alert\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>A few weeks before the Australia vs. Paraguay match at Levi’s Stadium on June 25, Marin County soccer fan Lei Cai bought two tickets to the game on StubHub. She soon received an email from StubHub telling her that her tickets were ready.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But when she logged into the FIFA portal, “that’s when I found out there’s no tickets to claim,” Cai said. And after calling StubHub multiple times for several weeks, trying to get an answer, she was eventually informed by the company that the person who listed the seats online never actually made the tickets available for her.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12087142\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-12087142 size-full\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/06/260610-BayAreaStadiumTour-51-BL_KQED.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/06/260610-BayAreaStadiumTour-51-BL_KQED.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/06/260610-BayAreaStadiumTour-51-BL_KQED-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/06/260610-BayAreaStadiumTour-51-BL_KQED-1536x1024.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">The San Francisco Bay Area Stadium, temporarily renamed from Levi’s Stadium for the 2026 FIFA World Cup, in Santa Clara, on June 10, 2026, where six tournament matches will be played. \u003ccite>(Beth LaBerge/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Cai said StubHub originally offered only a refund for her tickets after learning of the situation. “You should not be able to sell something that doesn’t exist,” Cai said after accepting she wouldn’t be going to the game. “You’re scamming families.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>However, after KQED contacted the company requesting comment on Cai’s situation, StubHub reached out to her directly to offer two new, free tickets to the same match — in a seating section much closer to the field.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Similar ticket transfer problems have plagued soccer fans \u003ca href=\"https://apnews.com/article/world-cup-ticket-problems-stubhub-fifa-21c31f5cc33012e7f4619d4bff3b44a1\">nationwide\u003c/a>. 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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>StubHub told KQED that FIFA’s ticketing app has seen performance issues affecting ticket transfers across all resale platforms, leading to situations where the transfer process couldn’t be completed in time for the match.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Every order is backed by our FanProtect Guarantee and getting fans to their matches remains our top priority for the rest of this tournament,” a company spokesperson said, adding that fans who are still having ticket problems should contact customer services directly and ask for “World Cup specialist support.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In an emailed statement, FIFA told KQED that it “can guarantee the validity and delivery of tickets purchased through its official platforms.” However, the problems that Cai and other fans have experienced on third-party sites have arisen when they can no longer \u003cem>buy \u003c/em>tickets on FIFA’s website.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"https://help.ticketmaster.com/hc/en-us/articles/9781090147985-Third-Party-Resale-Tickets-Everything-You-Need-to-Know#2026_world_cup\">Ticketmaster\u003c/a>, \u003ca href=\"https://seatgeek.ca/buyer-guarantee\">SeatGeek\u003c/a> and \u003ca href=\"https://www.tickpick.com/buyertrust-guarantee/\">TickPick\u003c/a> also have consumer guarantees listed on their website that promise buyers will receive their tickets on time ahead of the event. If you’ve already bought a ticket, confirm — as soon as possible — that you actually have access to it on the FIFA Resale Marketplace and FWC2026 Mobile Tickets app.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>And if you don’t see your tickets? Contact the resale site as soon as possible. Have your order number ready, along with any other information you had to share when you made your purchase. In past cases, these sites have usually offered affected customers a full refund, and in some instances, folks got different seats to the same game.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>Don’t fall for a scam\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>Vendor problems on resale sites may encourage some soccer fans to look \u003cem>elsewhere\u003c/em> for a better deal. But talking to strangers on sites that are not verified — like Facebook Marketplace — increases the risk of getting ripped off, Santa Clara County Assistant District Attorney James Gibbons-Shapiro said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“The criminal is simply looking for someone desperate enough to go to the World Cup that they’re willing to send a lot of money right away to a total stranger,” he said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12088839\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12088839\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/06/GettyImages-2282393383-scaled-e1782497582317.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Weston McKennie of the United States runs with the ball during the FIFA World Cup 2026 Group D match between USA and Australia at Seattle Stadium on June 19, 2026, in Seattle, Washington. \u003ccite>(Emilee Chinn/Getty Images)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>If you find seats you like on a verified site like Ticketmaster or SeatGeek, make sure you make the actual payment on this same website — and never on another platform. Scammers often promise you “a better deal” if you make the payment using instant payment sites like Zelle, Venmo and Cash App.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But fraudsters aren’t trying to save you money with this suggestion: They’re trying to make it easier for themselves to keep your money.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>If you paid for seats that are listed on Ticketmaster, for example, but paid the “vendor” on Venmo, you can’t claim Ticketmaster’s buyer protections, as you didn’t actually use the resale site to make a purchase.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>No, don’t try to buy a ticket outside Levi’s Stadium on July 1\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>While some scammers are able to print tickets that look very “realistic,” there are, in fact, no physical tickets being issued during this World Cup. FIFA has adopted a fully electronic model for fans to store and display their tickets on their phones using the FWC2026 Mobile Tickets app.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>So if someone approaches you outside Levi’s Stadium and offers you a physical ticket, that’s a fake. “Don’t go to the stadium to try to buy a ticket there,” Gibbons-Shapiro said. “You’re not gonna be able to get in, and you’re going to lose all your money.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12087462\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12087462\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/06/061226_WORLDCUPFANS_2163-KQED-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/06/061226_WORLDCUPFANS_2163-KQED-1.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/06/061226_WORLDCUPFANS_2163-KQED-1-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/06/061226_WORLDCUPFANS_2163-KQED-1-1536x1024.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Fans gather ahead of the USA vs Paraguay World Cup game in Los Angeles on June 12, 2026. \u003ccite>(Lauren Justice for KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Scalpers are actually not permitted on stadium grounds — and reselling tickets near the stadium is a misdemeanor crime in California.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Additionally, ticket rules require fans to claim their tickets on FIFA’s platforms at least 1 hour before the match starts; otherwise, they won’t be able to enter the stadium.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>If someone shows you they have a virtual ticket available on the FIFA Resale Marketplace website — but the game begins in 20 minutes — it’s likely you won’t be able to claim the ticket once the seller has transferred it to you.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>I just got scammed buying a fake World Cup ticket. What can I do?\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>If this were an individual you met online, make sure to document all your communication with them — including screenshots of any messages in case they attempt to delete anything from their end of the conversation.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>If you were scammed online or over the phone:\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>You can then report the situation to your local police department, as the city where you live is defined as where the crime took place.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>If you bought the fake ticket in person from a scalper:\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Contact the police department of the city where the transaction took place. “If that happened right outside the stadium, that would be Santa Clara Police Department,” Gibbons-Shapiro said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12085866\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12085866\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/06/FIFAWorldCupLevisStadiumGetty.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1235\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/06/FIFAWorldCupLevisStadiumGetty.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/06/FIFAWorldCupLevisStadiumGetty-160x99.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/06/FIFAWorldCupLevisStadiumGetty-1536x948.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">San Francisco Bay Area Stadium (temporarily renamed from Levi’s Stadium for the 2026 FIFA World Cup) in Santa Clara, California, on May 19, 2026. Levi’s Stadium will host six matches during the 2026 FIFA World Cup, including five group stage matches throughout June 2026. \u003ccite>(Josh Edelson/AFP via Getty Images)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>You can also file a complaint with the \u003ca href=\"https://oag.ca.gov/contact/consumer-complaint-against-business-or-company\">California Attorney General’s office\u003c/a> or the \u003ca href=\"https://www.bbb.org/file-a-complaint\">Better Business Bureau\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Gibbons-Shapiro said his office is ready to prosecute anyone who tricks others into buying fake World Cup tickets, adding that he would consider that to be a felony.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“We have robust teams for consumer protection and theft enforcement,” he said. “We’re going to prosecute the scammers.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>If you think you were scammed while using a verified resale site, contact the platform’s customer service team immediately. 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Their rise has transformed the local coffee landscape and created new gathering spaces.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>They may be new, but the story behind them stretches back decades in time and thousands of miles away.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>The story starts with Yemeni migration\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>The growth of Yemeni coffee shops is closely tied to the growth of the Yemeni-American community itself in the San Francisco Bay Area.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>While Yemen’s \u003ca href=\"https://www.britannica.com/event/Yemeni-Civil-War\">ongoing civil war\u003c/a> has driven recent migration, Yemeni immigration to the United States stretches back to the 1970s. Many of the first Yemeni immigrants settled in places like Dearborn, Michigan, where factory jobs were abundant.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12084985\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12084985\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/05/260521-YEMENICOFFEE-04-BL-KQED.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/05/260521-YEMENICOFFEE-04-BL-KQED.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/05/260521-YEMENICOFFEE-04-BL-KQED-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/05/260521-YEMENICOFFEE-04-BL-KQED-1536x1024.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">A piece of Khaliat al Nahl, or honeycomb bread, made of soft, cheese-filled rolls, sits at Mohka House, a Yemeni coffee shop in Oakland, on May 21, 2026. \u003ccite>(Beth LaBerge/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>“My father first migrated to Michigan back in the ’70s,” said Hamza Ghalib, co-owner of Mohka House. “He worked at Ford, but he did not like it there, so he moved to Southern California.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>California attracted many Yemenis for a different reason than Michigan. Beginning in the 1960s and ’70s, thousands of Yemeni immigrants arrived to work in the state’s agricultural industry, particularly in the Central Valley’s vineyards and fields.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Many of those early Yemeni farmworkers \u003ca href=\"https://oaklandlibrary.org/blogs/post/from-the-middle-east-to-the-bay-area-a-history-of-arab-immigration-to-san-francisco-and-oakland/\">worked alongside Cesar Chavez and those active in the United Farm Workers movement \u003c/a>in California’s Central Valley.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12084987\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12084987\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/05/260521-YEMENICOFFEE-10-BL-KQED.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/05/260521-YEMENICOFFEE-10-BL-KQED.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/05/260521-YEMENICOFFEE-10-BL-KQED-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/05/260521-YEMENICOFFEE-10-BL-KQED-1536x1024.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Mohka House, a Yemeni coffee shop, in Oakland on May 21, 2026. \u003ccite>(Beth LaBerge/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Over time, family and community networks helped establish Yemeni communities in places like Oakland and the Bay Area. Ghalib eventually joined his father in the United States as a teenager and moved to the Bay Area for college.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“It just kind of feels like home,” he said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Today, the Bay Area is home to one of the largest populations of Yemeni communities in the country, third only to Michigan and New York.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>Yemen’s rich coffee history\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>The popularity of Yemeni coffee shops isn’t just about migration; it’s also about history.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>There’s a longstanding debate over the origin of coffee. While coffee plants are native to Ethiopia, Yemen was the \u003ca href=\"https://www.bbc.com/future/bespoke/made-on-earth/how-the-world-came-to-run-on-coffee/#:~:text=The%20Oromo%20people%20from%20this,believers%20in%20its%20medicinal%20properties.\">first place\u003c/a> where coffee was cultivated, traded and consumed as a beverage.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12084986\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12084986\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/05/260521-YEMENICOFFEE-07-BL-KQED.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/05/260521-YEMENICOFFEE-07-BL-KQED.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/05/260521-YEMENICOFFEE-07-BL-KQED-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/05/260521-YEMENICOFFEE-07-BL-KQED-1536x1024.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Yaser Ghalib strains a stovetop coffee drink at Mohka House, a Yemeni coffee shop in Oakland, on May 21, 2026. \u003ccite>(Beth LaBerge/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>For centuries, the Port of Mokha served as one of the world’s most important coffee-trading centers. The word “mocha” traces its roots to the Yemeni port, which became synonymous with high-quality coffee exported throughout the world.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Inside Mohka House, photographs of the Port of Mokha hang on the walls.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“What distinguishes Yemeni coffee is the aromatic aftertaste,” Ghalib said. “The chocolatey flavor, earthy, and it’s all natural.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12084984\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12084984\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/05/260521-YEMENICOFFEE-01-BL-KQED.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/05/260521-YEMENICOFFEE-01-BL-KQED.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/05/260521-YEMENICOFFEE-01-BL-KQED-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/05/260521-YEMENICOFFEE-01-BL-KQED-1536x1024.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Hamza Ghalib (left), owner of Mohka House, and his brother Yaser Ghalib work at the Yemeni coffee shop in Oakland on May 21, 2026. \u003ccite>(Beth LaBerge/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Some customers said they found Yemeni cafes while looking for local alternatives to corporate chains. And Ghalib believes the cafes’ staying power comes from something bigger than just the drinks and unique atmosphere.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“People want a change,” Ghalib said. “Everybody knows what a Starbucks is, but they don’t know what a good quality cup of coffee can be, waiting for them right around the corner.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Ghalib said many customers arrived out of curiosity or while looking for an alternative, and stayed because the cafes offered something different.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“People started exploring,” he said.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>More than coffee shops\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>Part of what makes Yemeni cafes distinctive is that they’re designed for lingering. In Yemen and across much of the Arab world, cafes serve as social spaces as much as businesses. They’re where people gather after dinner to drink coffee and tea, and spend hours catching up with friends. Many Bay Area Yemeni cafes have carried the spirit of that tradition with them.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>At \u003ca href=\"https://www.qamariacoffee.com/\">Qamaria\u003c/a> in Fremont on a recent Friday night, groups of friends filled nearly every table. Customers describe the cafes as welcoming, diverse and one of the few places open late, other than bars and clubs, where people can simply spend time together.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“It’s one of the only places to do that,” Shivanka Sharma said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12084989\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12084989\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/05/260521-YEMENICOFFEE-18-BL-KQED.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/05/260521-YEMENICOFFEE-18-BL-KQED.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/05/260521-YEMENICOFFEE-18-BL-KQED-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/05/260521-YEMENICOFFEE-18-BL-KQED-1536x1024.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Mohka House, a Yemeni coffeehouse, in Oakland on May 21, 2026. \u003ccite>(Beth LaBerge/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Others described it as a place where they could feel at home.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“It’s just really nice to see there’s a place where we can go, and people aren’t looking at us in our cultural clothes in a weird way,” Mahum Fatima said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>As these cafes have become the go-to gathering places, they’ve naturally taken on another role too. In some Bay Area Arab, Desi, and Muslim circles, there’s a running joke that Yemeni coffee shops have become the unofficial matchmaking hotspots.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>And it turns out, there’s some truth to the running joke. While reporting this story at Qamaria in Fremont, I met a customer who told me he met his wife at a Yemeni coffee shop. Stories like this one speak to how deeply these cafes have become woven into community life in the Bay Area. They’re not just places to grab coffee, but places where real friendships, relationships and connections are formed.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>A culture that’s very much alive\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>For Ghalib, the success of Yemeni cafes represents something larger than coffee. For years, Yemen has often appeared in American news coverage, mainly in the context of war and humanitarian crisis.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>These cafes tell a different story. They’re places where culture is shared, traditions are preserved and new communities are built.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“People showcasing their talents in so many different ways,” Ghalib said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>And judging by the crowds filling Yemeni cafes across the Bay Area, the movement is only getting started.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[baycuriousquestion]\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>\u003ca id=\"Viewthefullepisodetranscript\">\u003c/a>Episode transcript\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Olivia Allen-Price: \u003c/strong>Move over third-wave coffee shops. … the Bay Area has a new coffee trend – Yemeni coffee shops. They’re popping up all over from Marin…to San Francisco, Oakland, Fremont and Redwood City. Today I’m visiting one of them with KQED’s podcast engagement producer, Maha Sanad, to see what I’ve been missing …\u003cstrong>\u003cbr>\n\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Olivia Allen-Price in scene:\u003c/strong> All right. Show us the way in.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Maha Sanad:\u003c/strong> Yes. Let’s go.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Oh, man, right away the scent in here is so, like, cinnamon. I know, right? We definitely want the Mocha House latte. Definitely. With cinnamon, ginger, and cardamom. Oh, man.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Maha Sanad:\u003c/strong> Cardamom and nutmeg is, that’s like a reoccurring theme in a lot of Yemeni drinks.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Olivia Allen-Price: \u003c/strong>Maybe just see if the waiter recommends one.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Maha Sanad:\u003c/strong> Okay, cool. Yeah.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Olivia Allen-Price:\u003c/strong> Hey. Hey. Mubarak. Mubarak. This is Olivia.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Olivia Allen-Price:\u003c/strong> Hi. How are you? Nice to meet you. Yes. Are you one of the owners? Yes. So nice to meet you.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Maha Sanad:\u003c/strong> What do you recommend? We think we’re gonna do the Mocha House latte.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Olivia Allen-Price:\u003c/strong> Is there another favorite that you’re like, “Definitely get this”?\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Yasser:\u003c/strong> Chai is really good. In Arabic it’s…\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cem>Sounds of coffee making\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Maha Sanad:\u003c/strong> 10 out of 10 latte art.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Yasser:\u003c/strong> Oh, I’m trying, you know?\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Olivia Allen-Price:\u003c/strong> Should we sit at a table, or do you wanna try to get a spot on the couch?\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Maha Sanad:\u003c/strong> Yeah, we could sit over there.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Olivia Allen-Price: \u003c/strong>Okay, so first off, where have you brought me?\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Maha Sanad:\u003c/strong> Well, right now we’re in Mocha House. It is a Yemeni coffee shop in Oakland.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Maha Sanad:\u003c/strong> I brought you here because Mocha House is one of the very many Yemeni coffee shops that I’m sure you’ve been seeing popping up across the Bay. It’s one of my favorite spots. I, I love coming here and doing work.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Olivia Allen-Price:\u003c/strong> What’s special about Yemeni cafes?\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Maha Sanad:\u003c/strong> Just being around my people, my culture, hearing the Arabic music playing.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Maha Sanad:\u003c/strong> It really does transport me. It makes me feel like I have a little piece of home in the Bay Area.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Olivia Allen-Price:\u003c/strong> And this place has a sort of unique soundtrack today. What are we hearing?\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Maha Sanad:\u003c/strong> Right now, they are playing the Quran, which is the holy book in Islam. Usually, they do have some pretty good Arabic music playing, but since we are here during Ramadan, which is the month that Muslims [00:02:00] fast, it’s more traditional to abstain from music if you can, and then usually people are listening to the Quran for the month, or trying to at least.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Maha Sanad: \u003c/strong>If you wanna see a very bustling space with a bunch of, you know, young Muslim people, hit up the Yemeni coffee spots after nightly prayers during Ramadan.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Olivia Allen-Price:\u003c/strong> That’s a hot tip, ’cause I feel like the Bay Area is often maligned because we don’t have as much of, like, a late-night bar culture as other big cities. Yeah. So I love that as a hot tip.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Olivia Allen-Price:\u003c/strong> Is this the only Yemeni coffee house in the Bay Area?\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Maha Sanad:\u003c/strong> Oh, definitely not. In San Francisco, Oakland, even San Jose, they are literally [00:03:00] popping up everywhere.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Olivia Allen-Price:\u003c/strong> All right, well, today on Bay Curious, we are looking into why here with all these Yemeni cafes, and why now. But while you go tell us that story, I’m gonna take a sip of this delicious latte and just sit and let you teach me some stuff.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cem>Music beings\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Maha Sanad: \u003c/strong>To understand why so many Yemeni coffee shops have come on the scene, we have to go back to Yemen. The war there has been in the news recently, but Yemeni migration to the U.S actually started long before. Going back to the 1970s, there was a lot of political instability and not a lot of work.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Maha Sanad: \u003c/strong>So, many men left their families in Yemen to find work abroad.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Maha Sanad: \u003c/strong>Cities like Dearborn, Michigan offered steady factory jobs, especially in the auto industry.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Maha Sanad: \u003c/strong>Those first Yemeni migrants formed \u003cem>networks. \u003c/em>Relatives helped relatives. Friends followed friends. And Michigan soon became home to the largest concentration of Yemeni Americans in the United States.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Hamza Ghalib:\u003c/strong> My father first migrated to Michigan back in the 70s.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Maha Sanad: \u003c/strong>This is Hamza Ghalib, one of the brothers who owns Mohka House. His father was part of that first wave of migration, leaving Hamza and the rest of the family in Yemen while he searched for work.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Hamza Ghalib: \u003c/strong>He worked at Ford, but he did not like it there, so he moved to Southern California. As for me and my brothers, most of us were born in Yemen. I came here when I was 17 and a half.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Maha Sanad: \u003c/strong>Hamza joined his father in the States, but went north to the Bay Area for college, where he found a vibrant Yemeni community.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Hamza Ghalib: \u003c/strong>… it just kind of feels like it’s home …\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Maha Sanad: \u003c/strong>The Bay Area now has the 3rd largest Yemeni community in the U.S., and it’s been steadily growing, especially since the most recent civil war started in 2015.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Hamza Ghalib:\u003c/strong> The increasing presence of the Yemeni community here is helping and attracting more Yemeni immigrants.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Maha Sanad: \u003c/strong>The civil war in Yemen, which is still ongoing, pushed many families to leave in search of safety. But leaving didn’t mean letting go of home. Hamza says coffee transports him back to the cafes of his childhood and the flocks of pigeons that would hover nearby.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Hamza Ghalib: \u003c/strong>… every sip kind of takes me back to Yemen … drinking it in the middle of the day or early in the morning … watching my pigeons humming around.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Maha Sanad: \u003c/strong>There’s a long-running debate about the true origins of coffee: Yemen or Ethiopia. Coffee plants \u003cem>are\u003c/em> native to the western highlands of Ethiopia, but \u003cem>Yemen\u003c/em> was the first to cultivate, trade, and brew coffee as a drink hundreds of years ago.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Maha Sanad: \u003c/strong>For centuries, the Port of Mokha in Yemen was the center of the global coffee trade. And yes, THAT Mokha, as in where the word for the chocolatey coffee drink comes from.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Maha Sanad: \u003c/strong>So when Hamza serves a cup of coffee here, it’s not just caffeine, it’s a piece of that history.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Hamza Ghalib: \u003c/strong>“What distinguishes the Yemeni coffees, especially the coffee that we sell, is the aromatic aftertaste flavor and the chocolatey flavor, earthy, and it’s all natural.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Maha Sanad: \u003c/strong>Before opening a cafe, Hamza’s original plan was to import coffee directly from Yemen.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Hamza Ghalib: \u003c/strong>“One of my friends is from Haraz, that’s the origin place of coffee, debatably in the entire world. I was talking to him about importing coffee from Yemen, but with the ports shut down. And we kind of just settled.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Maha Sanad: \u003c/strong>So instead of trying to pull coffee out of a country at war, Hamza decided to bring the Yemeni coffee experience \u003cem>here\u003c/em>. Delah Coffee in San Francisco was the \u003ca href=\"https://sfstandard.com/2022/12/29/sfs-first-yemeni-style-coffee-house-expands-to-the-east-bay/\">first\u003c/a> Yemeni coffee shop to open in the Bay Area in 2022. Mohka House was the second, just a year later.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Taj James: \u003c/strong>“Mohka House is family …”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Maha Sanad: \u003c/strong>Taj James is a regular at Mohka House.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Taj James: \u003c/strong>We’ve got these two brothers who are here every day. And when you come in here, they make everyone here feel like family …\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Maha Sanad: \u003c/strong>You’ll see things behind the counter that you don’t really find at your typical corner cafe. Honeycomb bread and other traditional sweets. Spices like cardamom and cloves. Drinks built around those unique flavors.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Taj James: \u003c/strong>And there’s events that happen, and book nights, and music, and so it’s just a real vibrant community space…I think Mohka House reflects the best of what Oakland is.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cem>Fade in scene sound\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Olivia Allen-Price in scene\u003c/strong>: Okay let’s try the Mohka …\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Maha Sanad in scene: \u003c/strong>The Mohka House Latte.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Olivia Allen-Price in scene\u003c/strong>: The Mohka House Latte.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cem>Olivia drinking sounds\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Olivia Allen-Price in scene\u003c/strong>: Oh yum. That is really like cardamom, hello, we are present. Very just like, comforting. A little spicy. It’s like a warm hug, just like rich and creamy. I’m definitely going to order this again.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cem>Scene fades out\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Olivia Allen-Price: \u003c/strong>We need to take a quick break, but when we come back we’ll learn how these cafes evolved into hotspots for young muslim people in the Bay Area. And hey, while you have a moment, why not give to KQED. Just visithttp://\u003ca href=\"http://donate.kqed.org/podcasts\">donate.kqed.org/podcasts\u003c/a> . It takes just a few minutes. And we really need you to help us with our $8 million budget gap now that federal funding has been cut. Again, that’s \u003ca href=\"http://donate.kqed.org/podcasts\">http://donate.kqed.org/podcasts\u003c/a> .\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cem>Music and sponsor message\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Olivia Allen-Price: \u003c/strong>Before 2022, the Bay Area didn’t have a single Yemeni cafe. Today, they’re hard to miss. And these cafes are offering more than just coffee. They’re ushering in a whole new way of gathering … Maha Sanad tells us more.\u003cstrong>\u003cbr>\n\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Maha Sanad: \u003c/strong>In Yemen and across much of the Arab world, cafes are places to linger, socialize, and unwind. They often stay open late into the night. That’s true here in the Bay Area, too. And not just in Oakland. There are Yemeni cafes opening across the Bay Area.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Maha Sanad in scene:\u003c/strong> I’m at Qamaria in Fremont right now. It’s about 9:30 PM on a Friday night. A lot of groups of friends hanging out, a lot of young people. It’s a really good vibe in here.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Maha Sanad: \u003c/strong>The lighting is warm and inviting. Friends pull chairs together up to crowded tables. And the sound of chatter and laughter is ringing in the air. It’s a little like a bar, but there’s no alcohol.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Maha Sanad: \u003c/strong>To understand the appeal, I asked customers why they keep coming back.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Patron 1:\u003c/strong> This is, like, the only thing that’s open kind of late. Everything else closes pretty early, so, like, after work we’ll just chill here. It’s, like, very diverse when you come here.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Patron 2:\u003c/strong> I’m Pakistani, and so we see a lot of Pakistani and Indian people. And it’s just really nice to see there’s a place where we can go and people aren’t looking at us in our cultural clothes in, like, a weird [00:06:00] way.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Patron 3:\u003c/strong> I’d say it’s a more homey feel, I would say. I feel more at home.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Patron 4: \u003c/strong>It offers cultured chai and coffee spot that allows people to gather together, and that’s something that’s kind of lacking in the United States, especially late at night. This is one of the only places to do that.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Maha Sanad:\u003c/strong> That was Amara Ahmed, Mahum Fatima, Shivanka Sharma, and Rumzi.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Maha Sanad: \u003c/strong>Some customers also told me it’s political. They said consumer boycotts related to Gaza led them to be more \u003cem>intentional\u003c/em> about where they spend their money.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Rumzi: \u003c/strong>That’s what started it. That’s what ignited it, and then the vibes here is what kept people around, I would say.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Maha Sanad: \u003c/strong>And because these cafes are late-night hangouts, they’ve taken on another role too…\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Nasser: “It’s a great place to meet other folks that are your age as well.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Maha Sanad:\u003c/strong> In the Bay’s Arab, Desi, and Muslim communities, there’s kind of a running joke that if you’re single, this is where you go. Not just for coffee, but to see and be seen.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Nasser:\u003c/strong> “Yeah, I think that’s what kind of makes it attractive for young people.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Maha Sanad: \u003c/strong>And it didn’t take long before I found someone with firsthand experience. Rumzi introduced me to his friend Nasser.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Rumzi: \u003c/strong>This guy literally met his wife at Qamaria.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Nasser: \u003c/strong>Yeah I did meet my wife\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Maha Sanad: \u003c/strong>You met your wife at a Yemeni coffee shop? No way!\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Nasser: \u003c/strong>Yup!\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Maha Sanad: \u003c/strong>Back at Mohka House, Hamza says cafes are just the beginning of what Yemeni people have to offer the Bay Area.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Hamza Ghalib: \u003c/strong>A complete takeover in a good way. People showcasing their talents in so many different ways. I just hope that we can all co-exist with one another, live in peace…That’s how we coexist and that’s what Oakland, specifically, and the Bay Area generally, is well known for, coexistence.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Maha Sanad: \u003c/strong>For Hamza and for many others, these cafes are more than just business. They are proof that Yemen is not just a place in crisis, but a \u003cem>culture\u003c/em> that is very much alive in the Bay Area.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>CREDITS:\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Olivia Allen-Price\u003c/strong>: That was KQED podcast engagement producer Maha Sanad.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Bay Curious is made in San Francisco at member supported KQED. Our show is made by Katrina Schwartz, Christopher Beale and me, Olivia Allen-Price.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>With extra support from Katie Sprenger, Jen Chien, Maha Sanad, Ethan Toven-Lindsey and everyone on team KQED.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Some members of the KQED podcast team are represented by The Screen Actors Guild, American Federation of Television and Radio Artists, San Francisco Northern California Local.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>I’m Olivia Allen-Price, have a great week.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad floatright]\u003c/p>\n",
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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Today, more than 20 Yemeni coffee shops can be found across the region, from Oakland to San Jose, San Francisco to Fremont, and beyond. Their rise has transformed the local coffee landscape and created new gathering spaces.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>They may be new, but the story behind them stretches back decades in time and thousands of miles away.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>The story starts with Yemeni migration\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>The growth of Yemeni coffee shops is closely tied to the growth of the Yemeni-American community itself in the San Francisco Bay Area.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>While Yemen’s \u003ca href=\"https://www.britannica.com/event/Yemeni-Civil-War\">ongoing civil war\u003c/a> has driven recent migration, Yemeni immigration to the United States stretches back to the 1970s. Many of the first Yemeni immigrants settled in places like Dearborn, Michigan, where factory jobs were abundant.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12084985\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12084985\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/05/260521-YEMENICOFFEE-04-BL-KQED.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/05/260521-YEMENICOFFEE-04-BL-KQED.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/05/260521-YEMENICOFFEE-04-BL-KQED-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/05/260521-YEMENICOFFEE-04-BL-KQED-1536x1024.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">A piece of Khaliat al Nahl, or honeycomb bread, made of soft, cheese-filled rolls, sits at Mohka House, a Yemeni coffee shop in Oakland, on May 21, 2026. \u003ccite>(Beth LaBerge/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>“My father first migrated to Michigan back in the ’70s,” said Hamza Ghalib, co-owner of Mohka House. “He worked at Ford, but he did not like it there, so he moved to Southern California.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>California attracted many Yemenis for a different reason than Michigan. Beginning in the 1960s and ’70s, thousands of Yemeni immigrants arrived to work in the state’s agricultural industry, particularly in the Central Valley’s vineyards and fields.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Many of those early Yemeni farmworkers \u003ca href=\"https://oaklandlibrary.org/blogs/post/from-the-middle-east-to-the-bay-area-a-history-of-arab-immigration-to-san-francisco-and-oakland/\">worked alongside Cesar Chavez and those active in the United Farm Workers movement \u003c/a>in California’s Central Valley.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12084987\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12084987\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/05/260521-YEMENICOFFEE-10-BL-KQED.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/05/260521-YEMENICOFFEE-10-BL-KQED.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/05/260521-YEMENICOFFEE-10-BL-KQED-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/05/260521-YEMENICOFFEE-10-BL-KQED-1536x1024.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Mohka House, a Yemeni coffee shop, in Oakland on May 21, 2026. \u003ccite>(Beth LaBerge/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Over time, family and community networks helped establish Yemeni communities in places like Oakland and the Bay Area. Ghalib eventually joined his father in the United States as a teenager and moved to the Bay Area for college.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“It just kind of feels like home,” he said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Today, the Bay Area is home to one of the largest populations of Yemeni communities in the country, third only to Michigan and New York.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>Yemen’s rich coffee history\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>The popularity of Yemeni coffee shops isn’t just about migration; it’s also about history.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>There’s a longstanding debate over the origin of coffee. While coffee plants are native to Ethiopia, Yemen was the \u003ca href=\"https://www.bbc.com/future/bespoke/made-on-earth/how-the-world-came-to-run-on-coffee/#:~:text=The%20Oromo%20people%20from%20this,believers%20in%20its%20medicinal%20properties.\">first place\u003c/a> where coffee was cultivated, traded and consumed as a beverage.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12084986\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12084986\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/05/260521-YEMENICOFFEE-07-BL-KQED.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/05/260521-YEMENICOFFEE-07-BL-KQED.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/05/260521-YEMENICOFFEE-07-BL-KQED-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/05/260521-YEMENICOFFEE-07-BL-KQED-1536x1024.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Yaser Ghalib strains a stovetop coffee drink at Mohka House, a Yemeni coffee shop in Oakland, on May 21, 2026. \u003ccite>(Beth LaBerge/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>For centuries, the Port of Mokha served as one of the world’s most important coffee-trading centers. The word “mocha” traces its roots to the Yemeni port, which became synonymous with high-quality coffee exported throughout the world.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Inside Mohka House, photographs of the Port of Mokha hang on the walls.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“What distinguishes Yemeni coffee is the aromatic aftertaste,” Ghalib said. “The chocolatey flavor, earthy, and it’s all natural.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12084984\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12084984\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/05/260521-YEMENICOFFEE-01-BL-KQED.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/05/260521-YEMENICOFFEE-01-BL-KQED.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/05/260521-YEMENICOFFEE-01-BL-KQED-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/05/260521-YEMENICOFFEE-01-BL-KQED-1536x1024.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Hamza Ghalib (left), owner of Mohka House, and his brother Yaser Ghalib work at the Yemeni coffee shop in Oakland on May 21, 2026. \u003ccite>(Beth LaBerge/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Some customers said they found Yemeni cafes while looking for local alternatives to corporate chains. And Ghalib believes the cafes’ staying power comes from something bigger than just the drinks and unique atmosphere.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“People want a change,” Ghalib said. “Everybody knows what a Starbucks is, but they don’t know what a good quality cup of coffee can be, waiting for them right around the corner.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Ghalib said many customers arrived out of curiosity or while looking for an alternative, and stayed because the cafes offered something different.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“People started exploring,” he said.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>More than coffee shops\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>Part of what makes Yemeni cafes distinctive is that they’re designed for lingering. In Yemen and across much of the Arab world, cafes serve as social spaces as much as businesses. They’re where people gather after dinner to drink coffee and tea, and spend hours catching up with friends. Many Bay Area Yemeni cafes have carried the spirit of that tradition with them.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>At \u003ca href=\"https://www.qamariacoffee.com/\">Qamaria\u003c/a> in Fremont on a recent Friday night, groups of friends filled nearly every table. Customers describe the cafes as welcoming, diverse and one of the few places open late, other than bars and clubs, where people can simply spend time together.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“It’s one of the only places to do that,” Shivanka Sharma said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12084989\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12084989\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/05/260521-YEMENICOFFEE-18-BL-KQED.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/05/260521-YEMENICOFFEE-18-BL-KQED.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/05/260521-YEMENICOFFEE-18-BL-KQED-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/05/260521-YEMENICOFFEE-18-BL-KQED-1536x1024.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Mohka House, a Yemeni coffeehouse, in Oakland on May 21, 2026. \u003ccite>(Beth LaBerge/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Others described it as a place where they could feel at home.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“It’s just really nice to see there’s a place where we can go, and people aren’t looking at us in our cultural clothes in a weird way,” Mahum Fatima said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>As these cafes have become the go-to gathering places, they’ve naturally taken on another role too. 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Oh, man.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Maha Sanad:\u003c/strong> Cardamom and nutmeg is, that’s like a reoccurring theme in a lot of Yemeni drinks.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Olivia Allen-Price: \u003c/strong>Maybe just see if the waiter recommends one.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Maha Sanad:\u003c/strong> Okay, cool. Yeah.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Olivia Allen-Price:\u003c/strong> Hey. Hey. Mubarak. Mubarak. This is Olivia.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Olivia Allen-Price:\u003c/strong> Hi. How are you? Nice to meet you. Yes. Are you one of the owners? Yes. So nice to meet you.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Maha Sanad:\u003c/strong> What do you recommend? We think we’re gonna do the Mocha House latte.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Olivia Allen-Price:\u003c/strong> Is there another favorite that you’re like, “Definitely get this”?\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Yasser:\u003c/strong> Chai is really good. In Arabic it’s…\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cem>Sounds of coffee making\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Maha Sanad:\u003c/strong> 10 out of 10 latte art.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Yasser:\u003c/strong> Oh, I’m trying, you know?\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Olivia Allen-Price:\u003c/strong> Should we sit at a table, or do you wanna try to get a spot on the couch?\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Maha Sanad:\u003c/strong> Yeah, we could sit over there.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Olivia Allen-Price: \u003c/strong>Okay, so first off, where have you brought me?\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Maha Sanad:\u003c/strong> Well, right now we’re in Mocha House. It is a Yemeni coffee shop in Oakland.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Maha Sanad:\u003c/strong> I brought you here because Mocha House is one of the very many Yemeni coffee shops that I’m sure you’ve been seeing popping up across the Bay. It’s one of my favorite spots. I, I love coming here and doing work.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Olivia Allen-Price:\u003c/strong> What’s special about Yemeni cafes?\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Maha Sanad:\u003c/strong> Just being around my people, my culture, hearing the Arabic music playing.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Maha Sanad:\u003c/strong> It really does transport me. It makes me feel like I have a little piece of home in the Bay Area.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Olivia Allen-Price:\u003c/strong> And this place has a sort of unique soundtrack today. What are we hearing?\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Maha Sanad:\u003c/strong> Right now, they are playing the Quran, which is the holy book in Islam. Usually, they do have some pretty good Arabic music playing, but since we are here during Ramadan, which is the month that Muslims [00:02:00] fast, it’s more traditional to abstain from music if you can, and then usually people are listening to the Quran for the month, or trying to at least.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Maha Sanad: \u003c/strong>If you wanna see a very bustling space with a bunch of, you know, young Muslim people, hit up the Yemeni coffee spots after nightly prayers during Ramadan.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Olivia Allen-Price:\u003c/strong> That’s a hot tip, ’cause I feel like the Bay Area is often maligned because we don’t have as much of, like, a late-night bar culture as other big cities. Yeah. So I love that as a hot tip.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Olivia Allen-Price:\u003c/strong> Is this the only Yemeni coffee house in the Bay Area?\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Maha Sanad:\u003c/strong> Oh, definitely not. In San Francisco, Oakland, even San Jose, they are literally [00:03:00] popping up everywhere.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Olivia Allen-Price:\u003c/strong> All right, well, today on Bay Curious, we are looking into why here with all these Yemeni cafes, and why now. But while you go tell us that story, I’m gonna take a sip of this delicious latte and just sit and let you teach me some stuff.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cem>Music beings\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Maha Sanad: \u003c/strong>To understand why so many Yemeni coffee shops have come on the scene, we have to go back to Yemen. The war there has been in the news recently, but Yemeni migration to the U.S actually started long before. Going back to the 1970s, there was a lot of political instability and not a lot of work.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Maha Sanad: \u003c/strong>So, many men left their families in Yemen to find work abroad.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Maha Sanad: \u003c/strong>Cities like Dearborn, Michigan offered steady factory jobs, especially in the auto industry.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Maha Sanad: \u003c/strong>Those first Yemeni migrants formed \u003cem>networks. \u003c/em>Relatives helped relatives. Friends followed friends. And Michigan soon became home to the largest concentration of Yemeni Americans in the United States.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Hamza Ghalib:\u003c/strong> My father first migrated to Michigan back in the 70s.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Maha Sanad: \u003c/strong>This is Hamza Ghalib, one of the brothers who owns Mohka House. His father was part of that first wave of migration, leaving Hamza and the rest of the family in Yemen while he searched for work.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Hamza Ghalib: \u003c/strong>He worked at Ford, but he did not like it there, so he moved to Southern California. As for me and my brothers, most of us were born in Yemen. I came here when I was 17 and a half.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Maha Sanad: \u003c/strong>Hamza joined his father in the States, but went north to the Bay Area for college, where he found a vibrant Yemeni community.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Hamza Ghalib: \u003c/strong>… it just kind of feels like it’s home …\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Maha Sanad: \u003c/strong>The Bay Area now has the 3rd largest Yemeni community in the U.S., and it’s been steadily growing, especially since the most recent civil war started in 2015.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Hamza Ghalib:\u003c/strong> The increasing presence of the Yemeni community here is helping and attracting more Yemeni immigrants.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Maha Sanad: \u003c/strong>The civil war in Yemen, which is still ongoing, pushed many families to leave in search of safety. But leaving didn’t mean letting go of home. Hamza says coffee transports him back to the cafes of his childhood and the flocks of pigeons that would hover nearby.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Hamza Ghalib: \u003c/strong>… every sip kind of takes me back to Yemen … drinking it in the middle of the day or early in the morning … watching my pigeons humming around.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Maha Sanad: \u003c/strong>There’s a long-running debate about the true origins of coffee: Yemen or Ethiopia. Coffee plants \u003cem>are\u003c/em> native to the western highlands of Ethiopia, but \u003cem>Yemen\u003c/em> was the first to cultivate, trade, and brew coffee as a drink hundreds of years ago.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Maha Sanad: \u003c/strong>For centuries, the Port of Mokha in Yemen was the center of the global coffee trade. And yes, THAT Mokha, as in where the word for the chocolatey coffee drink comes from.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Maha Sanad: \u003c/strong>So when Hamza serves a cup of coffee here, it’s not just caffeine, it’s a piece of that history.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Hamza Ghalib: \u003c/strong>“What distinguishes the Yemeni coffees, especially the coffee that we sell, is the aromatic aftertaste flavor and the chocolatey flavor, earthy, and it’s all natural.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Maha Sanad: \u003c/strong>Before opening a cafe, Hamza’s original plan was to import coffee directly from Yemen.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Hamza Ghalib: \u003c/strong>“One of my friends is from Haraz, that’s the origin place of coffee, debatably in the entire world. I was talking to him about importing coffee from Yemen, but with the ports shut down. And we kind of just settled.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Maha Sanad: \u003c/strong>So instead of trying to pull coffee out of a country at war, Hamza decided to bring the Yemeni coffee experience \u003cem>here\u003c/em>. Delah Coffee in San Francisco was the \u003ca href=\"https://sfstandard.com/2022/12/29/sfs-first-yemeni-style-coffee-house-expands-to-the-east-bay/\">first\u003c/a> Yemeni coffee shop to open in the Bay Area in 2022. Mohka House was the second, just a year later.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Taj James: \u003c/strong>“Mohka House is family …”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Maha Sanad: \u003c/strong>Taj James is a regular at Mohka House.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Taj James: \u003c/strong>We’ve got these two brothers who are here every day. And when you come in here, they make everyone here feel like family …\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Maha Sanad: \u003c/strong>You’ll see things behind the counter that you don’t really find at your typical corner cafe. Honeycomb bread and other traditional sweets. Spices like cardamom and cloves. Drinks built around those unique flavors.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Taj James: \u003c/strong>And there’s events that happen, and book nights, and music, and so it’s just a real vibrant community space…I think Mohka House reflects the best of what Oakland is.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cem>Fade in scene sound\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Olivia Allen-Price in scene\u003c/strong>: Okay let’s try the Mohka …\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Maha Sanad in scene: \u003c/strong>The Mohka House Latte.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Olivia Allen-Price in scene\u003c/strong>: The Mohka House Latte.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cem>Olivia drinking sounds\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Olivia Allen-Price in scene\u003c/strong>: Oh yum. That is really like cardamom, hello, we are present. Very just like, comforting. A little spicy. It’s like a warm hug, just like rich and creamy. I’m definitely going to order this again.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cem>Scene fades out\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Olivia Allen-Price: \u003c/strong>We need to take a quick break, but when we come back we’ll learn how these cafes evolved into hotspots for young muslim people in the Bay Area. And hey, while you have a moment, why not give to KQED. Just visithttp://\u003ca href=\"http://donate.kqed.org/podcasts\">donate.kqed.org/podcasts\u003c/a> . It takes just a few minutes. And we really need you to help us with our $8 million budget gap now that federal funding has been cut. Again, that’s \u003ca href=\"http://donate.kqed.org/podcasts\">http://donate.kqed.org/podcasts\u003c/a> .\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cem>Music and sponsor message\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Olivia Allen-Price: \u003c/strong>Before 2022, the Bay Area didn’t have a single Yemeni cafe. Today, they’re hard to miss. And these cafes are offering more than just coffee. They’re ushering in a whole new way of gathering … Maha Sanad tells us more.\u003cstrong>\u003cbr>\n\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Maha Sanad: \u003c/strong>In Yemen and across much of the Arab world, cafes are places to linger, socialize, and unwind. They often stay open late into the night. That’s true here in the Bay Area, too. And not just in Oakland. There are Yemeni cafes opening across the Bay Area.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Maha Sanad in scene:\u003c/strong> I’m at Qamaria in Fremont right now. It’s about 9:30 PM on a Friday night. A lot of groups of friends hanging out, a lot of young people. It’s a really good vibe in here.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Maha Sanad: \u003c/strong>The lighting is warm and inviting. Friends pull chairs together up to crowded tables. And the sound of chatter and laughter is ringing in the air. It’s a little like a bar, but there’s no alcohol.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Maha Sanad: \u003c/strong>To understand the appeal, I asked customers why they keep coming back.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Patron 1:\u003c/strong> This is, like, the only thing that’s open kind of late. Everything else closes pretty early, so, like, after work we’ll just chill here. It’s, like, very diverse when you come here.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Patron 2:\u003c/strong> I’m Pakistani, and so we see a lot of Pakistani and Indian people. And it’s just really nice to see there’s a place where we can go and people aren’t looking at us in our cultural clothes in, like, a weird [00:06:00] way.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Patron 3:\u003c/strong> I’d say it’s a more homey feel, I would say. I feel more at home.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Patron 4: \u003c/strong>It offers cultured chai and coffee spot that allows people to gather together, and that’s something that’s kind of lacking in the United States, especially late at night. This is one of the only places to do that.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Maha Sanad:\u003c/strong> That was Amara Ahmed, Mahum Fatima, Shivanka Sharma, and Rumzi.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Maha Sanad: \u003c/strong>Some customers also told me it’s political. They said consumer boycotts related to Gaza led them to be more \u003cem>intentional\u003c/em> about where they spend their money.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Rumzi: \u003c/strong>That’s what started it. That’s what ignited it, and then the vibes here is what kept people around, I would say.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Maha Sanad: \u003c/strong>And because these cafes are late-night hangouts, they’ve taken on another role too…\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Nasser: “It’s a great place to meet other folks that are your age as well.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Maha Sanad:\u003c/strong> In the Bay’s Arab, Desi, and Muslim communities, there’s kind of a running joke that if you’re single, this is where you go. Not just for coffee, but to see and be seen.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Nasser:\u003c/strong> “Yeah, I think that’s what kind of makes it attractive for young people.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Maha Sanad: \u003c/strong>And it didn’t take long before I found someone with firsthand experience. Rumzi introduced me to his friend Nasser.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Rumzi: \u003c/strong>This guy literally met his wife at Qamaria.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Nasser: \u003c/strong>Yeah I did meet my wife\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Maha Sanad: \u003c/strong>You met your wife at a Yemeni coffee shop? No way!\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Nasser: \u003c/strong>Yup!\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Maha Sanad: \u003c/strong>Back at Mohka House, Hamza says cafes are just the beginning of what Yemeni people have to offer the Bay Area.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Hamza Ghalib: \u003c/strong>A complete takeover in a good way. People showcasing their talents in so many different ways. I just hope that we can all co-exist with one another, live in peace…That’s how we coexist and that’s what Oakland, specifically, and the Bay Area generally, is well known for, coexistence.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Maha Sanad: \u003c/strong>For Hamza and for many others, these cafes are more than just business. They are proof that Yemen is not just a place in crisis, but a \u003cem>culture\u003c/em> that is very much alive in the Bay Area.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>CREDITS:\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Olivia Allen-Price\u003c/strong>: That was KQED podcast engagement producer Maha Sanad.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Bay Curious is made in San Francisco at member supported KQED. Our show is made by Katrina Schwartz, Christopher Beale and me, Olivia Allen-Price.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>With extra support from Katie Sprenger, Jen Chien, Maha Sanad, Ethan Toven-Lindsey and everyone on team KQED.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Some members of the KQED podcast team are represented by The Screen Actors Guild, American Federation of Television and Radio Artists, San Francisco Northern California Local.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>I’m Olivia Allen-Price, have a great week.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003c/div>",
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"content": "\u003cp>Environmental activists and community members rallied on the steps of San Francisco City Hall on Wednesday, calling for city leaders to push for a full cleanup of radioactive contamination at the \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/science/1999631/navy-apologizes-for-11-month-delay-in-reporting-radioactive-material-at-hunters-point\">Hunters Point Naval Shipyard\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Holding signs like “No homes on toxic land,” more than 100 members of 28 local organizations demanded a comprehensive retesting of the site, full cleanup of all contamination, greater community oversight and health reparations for residents.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The rally comes after the U.S. Navy \u003ca href=\"https://content.govdelivery.com/accounts/USNAVFAC/bulletins/4174021\">disclosed\u003c/a> this spring that radiological material was found in a cabinet at the former naval shipyard in April during the long-running cleanup operation. It’s the latest in a long line of discoveries of dangerous substances at the infamous superfund site, which could soon be developed into thousands of homes.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>At a \u003ca href=\"https://hpscac.net/061526er/\">community advisory meeting\u003c/a> last week, the Navy revealed it discovered about \u003ca href=\"https://hpscac.net/061526er/\">200 radiological items\u003c/a>, including samples of uranium, and dozens of jars of other substances. The items were found in a 4,000-square-foot annex called Building 400A. Navy officials said in a \u003ca href=\"https://content.govdelivery.com/accounts/USNAVFAC/bulletins/4174021\">statement\u003c/a> that the items were “unrelated to project work being done at any time over the course of the cleanup.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The materials were likely placed in the building by a former subcontractor, officials with the Navy said. They also said the subcontractor was not authorized to store the material on site and that there are “no public or contractor health and safety issues related to this incident.” The exact materials found were not disclosed.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12088811\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12088811\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/06/260624-ShipyardCleanupRally-42-BL-KQED.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/06/260624-ShipyardCleanupRally-42-BL-KQED.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/06/260624-ShipyardCleanupRally-42-BL-KQED-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/06/260624-ShipyardCleanupRally-42-BL-KQED-1536x1024.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Dr. Ahimsa Sumchai speaks during a rally on the steps of San Francisco City Hall on June 24, 2026, organized by Bayview-Hunters Point community groups concerned about radioactive and toxic contamination at the Hunters Point Naval Shipyard Superfund site and its impact on surrounding communities. \u003ccite>(Beth LaBerge/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Michael Pound, the Navy’s environmental coordinator for the area, said the Navy and its contractors will evaluate the materials, develop a plan to dispose of them and create a summary report. He adds that the Naval Criminal Investigative Service and the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency are also developing evaluations.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I’m not in a position to declare something illegal,” Pound said. “I can just say that they did not have authorization to have those materials in that building.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Though he was invited, San Francisco Mayor Daniel Lurie didn’t turn up at the rally. Instead, the city sent Lila Hussain, senior project manager for the shipyard with the Office of Community Investment and Infrastructure, who said she came to “listen to all the voices” there and to work with agencies and the public. She said her department will review the reports on the contamination and share them with the community.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12088807\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-12088807 size-full\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/06/260624-ShipyardCleanupRally-15-BL-KQED.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/06/260624-ShipyardCleanupRally-15-BL-KQED.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/06/260624-ShipyardCleanupRally-15-BL-KQED-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/06/260624-ShipyardCleanupRally-15-BL-KQED-1536x1024.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Arieann Harrison speaks during a rally on the steps of San Francisco City Hall on June 24, 2026. \u003ccite>(Beth LaBerge/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Arieann Harrison, executive director of the Marie Harrison Community Foundation, said she was skeptical of the Navy’s claim that a subcontractor brought in the material.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I don’t believe that,” Harrison said. “We’ve been here before, and this is like history repeating itself. Because this fight has been going on generationally, we need to take another look and another approach at what’s actually been transpiring amongst long-term residents in District 10.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Theo Ellington grew up in the area and is running for the District 10 supervisor’s seat. He said the community deserves transparency from the Navy and the city.[aside postID=news_12085617 hero='https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/05/260530-bayviewswim01259_TV_qed.jpg']“We’ve lived with contamination, pollution, broken promises and unanswered questions,” Ellington said. “Every time we think we’re getting closer, we learn that there is still more work to do. And so today, we are demanding that our government do right by the people it serves.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>During the Cold War, the soil and groundwater of the 866-acre Hunters Point site — as well as surface water and sediment in the San Francisco Bay — were contaminated with radioactive chemicals, heavy metals and petroleum fuels from ships brought to the yard after atomic bomb tests. The base was declared one of the nation’s most contaminated sites in 1989.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Thursday’s announcement is just the latest in a decades-long effort to clean up the site. Last year, San Francisco officials and advocates raised alarms that the Navy had failed to alert the public to high levels of \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/science/1999023/navy-took-11-months-to-alert-sf-to-airborne-plutonium-at-hunters-point-shipyard-site\">airborne radioactive material \u003c/a>detected at the site almost a year earlier.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In 2023, the Navy \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/science/1985646/radioactive-object-found-at-san-franciscos-hunters-point-naval-shipyard-raises-new-concerns\">unearthed two radioactive objects\u003c/a> there. Early last year, the Navy, for the first time, acknowledged what Bay Area climate scientists and residents had asked the agency to investigate for years: In just over a decade, potentially \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/science/1991758/u-s-navy-acknowledges-rising-toxic-groundwater-threat-at-sf-superfund-site\">toxic groundwater\u003c/a> could surface there, partly due to human-caused climate change.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Back in 2022, the San Francisco Civil Grand Jury issued a report \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/science/1980324/sf-supervisors-unhappy-with-citys-lack-of-action-to-protect-bayview-hunters-point-residents-from-toxic-sea-level-rise\">alerting the public\u003c/a> that groundwater rise — a result of sea levels rising in response to global emissions melting ice caps and expanding oceans — could have significant effects on the site in the coming decades.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12088805\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12088805\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/06/260624-ShipyardCleanupRally-09-BL-KQED.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/06/260624-ShipyardCleanupRally-09-BL-KQED.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/06/260624-ShipyardCleanupRally-09-BL-KQED-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/06/260624-ShipyardCleanupRally-09-BL-KQED-1536x1024.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Demonstrators gather on the steps of San Francisco City Hall on June 24, 2026, during a rally organized by Bayview-Hunters Point community groups raising concerns about radioactive and toxic contamination at the Hunters Point Naval Shipyard Superfund site. \u003ccite>(https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/06/260624-ShipyardCleanupRally-10-BL-KQED.jpg)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>The latest findings raise fresh questions about the city’s plans to build thousands of homes amid an exceedingly complex and ongoing cleanup effort. When finished, the 693-acre Candlestick Point-Hunters Point Shipyard project — which the Superfund site is part of — could have more than 10,000 housing units.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The development would include two new waterfront neighborhoods with housing and retail, along with over 340 acres of parks and open space.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Harrison said building housing on top of any lingering radioactive contamination is unacceptable.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“This is not a call against development,” organizers wrote in a press release. “This is a call for truth. This is a call for science. This is a call for transparency. And above all, this is a call for environmental justice.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n",
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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003cp>Environmental activists and community members rallied on the steps of San Francisco City Hall on Wednesday, calling for city leaders to push for a full cleanup of radioactive contamination at the \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/science/1999631/navy-apologizes-for-11-month-delay-in-reporting-radioactive-material-at-hunters-point\">Hunters Point Naval Shipyard\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Holding signs like “No homes on toxic land,” more than 100 members of 28 local organizations demanded a comprehensive retesting of the site, full cleanup of all contamination, greater community oversight and health reparations for residents.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The rally comes after the U.S. Navy \u003ca href=\"https://content.govdelivery.com/accounts/USNAVFAC/bulletins/4174021\">disclosed\u003c/a> this spring that radiological material was found in a cabinet at the former naval shipyard in April during the long-running cleanup operation. It’s the latest in a long line of discoveries of dangerous substances at the infamous superfund site, which could soon be developed into thousands of homes.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003c/div>",
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"content": "\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/tag/san-jose\">San José\u003c/a> has postponed its plan to double parking meter rates and extend paid hours in the heart of downtown, after small business owners and service workers said the city never consulted them.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The council voted unanimously on Tuesday to defer the proposal until August, giving the city time to do community outreach that several officials acknowledged should have happened months ago.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The plan would raise the hourly meter rate from $2 to $4 for roughly 900 parking spaces located within two blocks of a city parking garage, and extend paid parking hours in the urban core from 6 p.m. to 9 p.m. at about 1,600 parking spaces. According to a city memo, the changes were expected to generate roughly $1.2 million in annual revenue, plus an estimated $70,000 in additional citation revenue.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The increase had already been built into the 2026-2027 budget adopted earlier this year, which is part of why it arrived for what was supposed to be routine approval on the consent calendar, rather than as a standalone item with dedicated public input.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I had a number of small businesses, ground-floor retail businesses, reach out and express their concern over the lack of public engagement on this item,” said Councilmember George Casey, who made the motion to defer. “Somewhere along the line, the ball got dropped.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The plan to capitalize on increased nightlife downtown, most recently due to a surge of traffic from the \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12088198/what-it-was-like-inside-levis-for-the-algeria-vs-jordan-world-cup-match\">FIFA World Cup\u003c/a>, ran afoul of downtown restaurant and bar owners, workers and residents, who said during the meeting the increase would hit the service industry hardest and at exactly the wrong hours.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12088567\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12088567\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/06/260623-SJParking-05-BL-KQED.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/06/260623-SJParking-05-BL-KQED.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/06/260623-SJParking-05-BL-KQED-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/06/260623-SJParking-05-BL-KQED-1536x1024.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">A parking compliance vehicle in San José on June 23, 2026. \u003ccite>(Beth LaBerge/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>George Lahlouh, an owner of M.O. Hospitality, which operates five bars and restaurants downtown and employs 200 people, told the council the timing of the extended hours was the main issue.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Extending paid meter hours until 9 p.m. and raising key downtown meters to $4 an hour affects the exact hours when restaurants, bars, cafes, venues and events are working to bring people back to downtown,” Lahlouh said. He noted that 90 minutes of free garage parking “does not always cover dinner, drinks, shows, or a full downtown experience. For employees, it does not cover a normal shift by far.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In response to questions from KQED, the city’s Department of Transportation defended the increase as long overdue. Spokesperson Colin Heyne said meter rates had not been raised since 2014, and that the operating hours for most meters had gone unchanged for more than two decades.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>He said San José’s $2 rate sits below peer cities — Oakland charges up to $4 an hour, Sacramento up to $6, and San Francisco up to $13 — and that even after the increase, San José would remain tied for the lowest meter rates in the region while continuing to offer free parking on Sundays.[aside postID=news_12088143 hero='https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/12/251208-BART-SILICON-VALLEY-TOUR-MD-09-KQED.jpg']Low rates and free on-street parking after 6 p.m. appear to allow some cars to park for long stretches, limiting availability for other customers, Heyne said. San José operates \u003ca href=\"https://parksj.org/\">seven\u003c/a> public garages with more than 6,000 spaces, including roughly 3,600 downtown spaces that offer 90 minutes of free parking, with monthly passes starting at $100. The city also offers a discounted \u003ca href=\"https://parksj.org/info-for-businesses/\">permit\u003c/a> for downtown employees earning less than 30% above minimum wage, though there is no special meter rate for workers, students or commuters.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Jason Greer, a longtime restaurant manager who said he spoke on behalf of his back-of-house staff, said the rate hike would eat into already-thin wages.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Most of the employees are not making over $20 an hour,” Greer said. “Taking $4 is taking a huge portion of their pay, and it’s inappropriate.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>David Faria, a small business owner and chair of the SoFA District Committee, a group advocating for downtown businesses, argued the plan assumed the city could pull $1.2 million out of the local economy without changing how people behave — that customers and workers would simply absorb the higher cost rather than spend less or stay away.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“That money has to come from somewhere, and it ultimately comes from the pockets of working people and customers who are already stretched,” Faria said. “If we want a stronger downtown, we should be reducing friction, not adding to it.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Heather Hoshii, deputy director of the Department of Transportation, told the council most outreach had been done internally, through the budget study sessions, and that an email to the Downtown Association in early May offering a meeting had been missed. The department’s full communications push — reaching businesses, updating websites — wasn’t scheduled until July, the month before the change would take effect.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Vice Mayor Pam Foley called that sequence backward.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12088566\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12088566\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/06/260623-SJParking-04-BL-KQED.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/06/260623-SJParking-04-BL-KQED.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/06/260623-SJParking-04-BL-KQED-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/06/260623-SJParking-04-BL-KQED-1536x1024.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Parking meters in San José on June 23, 2026. \u003ccite>(Beth LaBerge/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>“It’s clear the community at large did not know about this increase,” Foley said. “Whether the downtown business association knew or not or attended the meetings, that’s really irrelevant. 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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>Low rates and free on-street parking after 6 p.m. appear to allow some cars to park for long stretches, limiting availability for other customers, Heyne said. San José operates \u003ca href=\"https://parksj.org/\">seven\u003c/a> public garages with more than 6,000 spaces, including roughly 3,600 downtown spaces that offer 90 minutes of free parking, with monthly passes starting at $100. The city also offers a discounted \u003ca href=\"https://parksj.org/info-for-businesses/\">permit\u003c/a> for downtown employees earning less than 30% above minimum wage, though there is no special meter rate for workers, students or commuters.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Jason Greer, a longtime restaurant manager who said he spoke on behalf of his back-of-house staff, said the rate hike would eat into already-thin wages.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Most of the employees are not making over $20 an hour,” Greer said. “Taking $4 is taking a huge portion of their pay, and it’s inappropriate.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>David Faria, a small business owner and chair of the SoFA District Committee, a group advocating for downtown businesses, argued the plan assumed the city could pull $1.2 million out of the local economy without changing how people behave — that customers and workers would simply absorb the higher cost rather than spend less or stay away.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“That money has to come from somewhere, and it ultimately comes from the pockets of working people and customers who are already stretched,” Faria said. “If we want a stronger downtown, we should be reducing friction, not adding to it.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Heather Hoshii, deputy director of the Department of Transportation, told the council most outreach had been done internally, through the budget study sessions, and that an email to the Downtown Association in early May offering a meeting had been missed. The department’s full communications push — reaching businesses, updating websites — wasn’t scheduled until July, the month before the change would take effect.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Vice Mayor Pam Foley called that sequence backward.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12088566\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12088566\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/06/260623-SJParking-04-BL-KQED.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/06/260623-SJParking-04-BL-KQED.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/06/260623-SJParking-04-BL-KQED-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/06/260623-SJParking-04-BL-KQED-1536x1024.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Parking meters in San José on June 23, 2026. \u003ccite>(Beth LaBerge/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>“It’s clear the community at large did not know about this increase,” Foley said. “Whether the downtown business association knew or not or attended the meetings, that’s really irrelevant. What is relevant is that the small business owners here didn’t know about it. And really, I think we need to take ownership of that outreach.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Because the revenue was already counted in the budget, the deferral carries a cost. Budget Director Jim Shannon said the delay would reduce revenue by roughly $150,000 to $200,000. But he said he did not expect any impact on city services.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Councilmember Anthony Tordillos, who represents downtown, floated the idea of spreading a smaller increase across the whole city rather than doubling the cost for the downtown spaces. Foley raised concerns that a citywide change would require far broader outreach than could be done by August. The council also asked staff to study possible parking discounts or set-asides for downtown employees.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Nate LeBlanc, economic development director at the San José Downtown Association, had asked for the deferral on similar grounds and noted the proposal skipped a key step by never going before the city’s downtown parking board. He said it’s “probably inevitable that some new revenue needs to be raised,” but argued the city could find a way “without negatively impacting our service industry and our visitors.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003c/div>",
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