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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\n\u003cp>Educators from across the South Bay and Peninsula are opposing construction of a controversial new \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12083600/santa-clara-county-leaders-say-theyll-fight-planned-ice-facility-in-gilroy\">immigration detention facility\u003c/a> in Gilroy, California, warning it will disrupt K-12 education in their districts.\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>On Wednesday afternoon at Santa Clara County’s offices in San José, representatives from 27 Bay Area school districts voiced their concerns about how increased Immigration and Customs Enforcement presence in the community could harm student and parent engagement.\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>Carmen García, the superintendent for Morgan Hill Unified School District, said her district is located only 10 miles away from the project site at 7240 Holsclaw Rd., and most of the students in her district live in mixed-status families. \u003c/p>\n\n\n\u003cdiv class=\"wp-block-image\">\n\u003cfigure class=\"aligncenter size-full\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/09/260902-SJ-ICE-01.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-12098233\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/09/260902-SJ-ICE-01.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/09/260902-SJ-ICE-01-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/09/260902-SJ-ICE-01-1536x1024.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\" />\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">A press conference attendee holds a flyer, reaffirming that school districts across the South Bay and Peninsula do not want ICE near campuses, at the Santa Clara County Government Center on Sept. 2, 2026. (Alina Ta/KQED)\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003c/div>\n\n\n\u003cfigure class=\"wp-block-gallery has-nested-images columns-default is-cropped wp-block-gallery-3 is-layout-flex wp-block-gallery-is-layout-flex\">\n\u003cfigure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" data-id=\"12098235\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/09/260902-SJ-ICE-03.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-12098235\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/09/260902-SJ-ICE-03.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/09/260902-SJ-ICE-03-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/09/260902-SJ-ICE-03-1536x1024.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\" />\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Morgan Hill Unified School District Superintendent Carmen Garcia speaks at a press conference, opposing the construction of an immigration detention facility near her school district, at the Santa Clara County Government Center on Sept. 2, 2026. (Alina Ta/KQED)\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\n\n\n\u003cfigure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1999\" height=\"1333\" data-id=\"12098234\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/09/260902-SJ-ICE-02.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-12098234\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/09/260902-SJ-ICE-02.jpg 1999w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/09/260902-SJ-ICE-02-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/09/260902-SJ-ICE-02-1536x1024.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1999px) 100vw, 1999px\" />\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Gilroy Unified School District Board President Tuyen Fiack speaks during a press conference, opposing the construction of an immigration detention facility, at the Santa Clara County Government Center on Sept. 2, 2026. (Alina Ta/KQED)\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003c/figure>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>“When basic needs are not met, when students do not feel safe, they’re chronically stuck at the stress level, and there is an effective filter that literally covers their brain that prevents them from learning,” García said.\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>Earlier this summer, the federal government \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12090807/ice-will-pause-construction-on-controversial-south-bay-detention-facility\">agreed to pause construction\u003c/a> on the Gilroy facility until Sept. 9, one day after a federal judge is set to hear arguments from both the county and the Department of Homeland Security to decide if the project will continue. \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>The court will decide in October if construction can resume, according to \u003ca href=\"https://www.docketbird.com/court-documents/County-of-Santa-Clara-et-al-v-United-States-Immigration-Customs-Enforcement-et-al/ORDER-Granting-AS-MODIFIED-40-Stipulation-Regarding-Briefing-Schedule-for-Preliminary-Injunction-Motion-Signed-by-Judge-Eumi-K-Lee-Main-Document-41-replaced-on-7-13-2026/cand-5:2026-cv-05604-00041\">court\u003c/a> records.\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\u003cp>In 2023, over 300,000 residents living in Santa Clara County were undocumented or lived with an undocumented family, according to the \u003ca href=\"https://www.immigrantdataca.org/indicators/mixed-status-families?geo=04000000000006085\">California Immigrant Data Portal\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>Tuyen Fiack, president of the Gilroy Unified School District, said increased ICE activity also decreases parent engagement. \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>“When parents are afraid to attend a school meeting, participate in a conference, access services or engage with their child’s school, that affects the entire educational community,” Fiack said.\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>She said this facility impacts students and parents in her community, as well as those in neighboring cities and counties.\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>“Our students do not live their lives according to district boundaries,” Fiack said. “Families live in Gilroy and work in San José. They have grandparents in Morgan Hill, cousins in East San José, friends in Mountain View, and relatives throughout this county. Our communities are interconnected.”\u003c/p>\n\u003c/div>\u003c/p>",
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"content": "\n\u003cp>Growing up in New Jersey, Christina Ellerby was fixated on watching ice \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/tag/hockey\">hockey\u003c/a> from a young age. Naturally, she wanted to start playing herself. \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>She started with roller blades, recalling how her dad would “throw me around on the pavement until I eventually just stood up.” \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>“I eventually got to play in a roller hockey league when I was like 11, 12, 13 — but I was the only woman in the entire league,” she said. \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\u003cp>But the ice hockey hopes were dashed. \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>“My mom was basically like, ‘You aren’t playing ice hockey. You’re going to get hurt,’” Ellerby said, explaining that the games in the league would include \u003ca href=\"https://www.usahockey.com/news_article/show/1048048\">competitive contact\u003c/a>, like bodychecking, with boys. “She refused to sign the waiver.”\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>But years later, the chance to get on the ice came back. When Ellerby moved to San Francisco, someone posted a flyer for \u003ca href=\"https://ncwhl.com/give-hockey-a-try-day/\">“Give Hockey a Try Day,”\u003c/a> a biannual event hosted by the Northern California Women’s Hockey League that allows anyone — including first-time skaters — to play low-key, controlled plays on the rink.\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>“I had not skated in 15 years, and I was like, ‘I’m still going to do this,’” she said.\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>The NCWHL notes that many players go on to become league regulars after starting with the “Give Hockey a Try Day,” a distinction that now belongs to Ellerby, who has returned for three seasons.\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>Around the same time Ellerby joined the NCWHL, the Professional Women’s Hockey League officially launched in 2023.\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003ch3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Jump straight to where in the Bay Area to support:\u003c/h3>\n\n\n\n\u003cul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n\u003cli>\u003cstrong>\u003ca href=\"#hockey\">Women’s hockey\u003c/a>\u003c/strong>\u003c/li>\n\n\n\n\u003cli>\u003cstrong>\u003ca href=\"#soccer\">Women’s soccer\u003c/a>\u003c/strong>\u003c/li>\n\n\n\n\u003cli>\u003cstrong>\u003ca href=\"#rugby\">Women’s rugby\u003c/a>\u003c/strong>\u003c/li>\n\u003c/ul>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>Ellerby was enthralled. “I had pretty much just incessantly started watching it,” she said. \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>And this season, the pro league will be heading to the Bay Area, with a new team establishing itself at San José’s SAP Center.\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>The PWHL expansion is coming at a time when the Bay Area is \u003ca href=\"https://www.nytimes.com/athletic/6815888/2025/11/19/top-womens-sports-cities-list-bay-area/\">getting national recognition\u003c/a> for being a hot spot for women’s sports teams. Along with ice hockey, the Bay Area this year also became home to a professional baseball and volleyball team. \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cfigure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/09/HockeyGetty3.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-12098190\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/09/HockeyGetty3.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/09/HockeyGetty3-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/09/HockeyGetty3-1536x1024.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\" />\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Young ice hockey fans display a sign that says, “Bring PWHL to the West,” as the Canadian national anthem is sung before the Toronto Sceptres face Ottawa in the PWHL Takeover Tour at Rogers Place Arena in Edmonton, Alberta, Canada, on Feb. 16, 2025. (Artur Widak/NurPhoto via Getty Images)\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>“We’re witnessing the crazy history right now,” said San Francisco’s Ozzy Palacio, sports reporter and managing editor of the San Francisco State student paper \u003ca href=\"https://goldengatexpress.org/\">\u003cem>Golden Gate Xpress\u003c/em>\u003c/a>. “It’s super awesome to be at the epicenter of it here in the Bay Area.”\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>As a companion to \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12096884/in-the-midst-of-basketball-and-baseball-season-how-to-join-womens-sports-fandom-in-the-bay-area\">our previous guide to supporting women’s basketball and baseball in the Bay Area\u003c/a>, we’ve now got a rundown of the region’s noncollege women’s teams in hockey, soccer and rugby — and how you can get involved with their enthusiastic fandoms locally, by supporting the teams \u003cem>and \u003c/em>even trying the sports yourself. \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003ch2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"hockey\">Supporting women’s hockey in the Bay Area\u003c/h2>\n\n\n\n\u003ch3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">What should I know about the professional sports team?\u003cstrong> \u003c/strong>\u003c/h3>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>The Professional Women’s Hockey League has \u003ca href=\"https://www.instagram.com/p/DYhe29mjpUj/?igsh=NTc4MTIwNjQ2YQ%3D%3D\">announced that it will be expanding\u003c/a> to San José in May — and the team’s name has not been revealed yet. (The jury’s out whether it’ll be an equivalent of the San José Sharks, the men’s ice hockey team.) \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>But excitement has been mounting for the roster, which includes \u003ca href=\"https://www.thepwhl.com/en/teams/san-jose/news/2026/june/17/pwhl-san-jose-selects-laila-edwards-in-the-first-round-of-the-2026-pwhl-draft\">Olympians like Laila Edwards\u003c/a>, \u003ca href=\"https://medium.com/@talkinwithtrudeau/interviewing-uconn-huksies-team-china-netminder-tia-chan-8f9102850937\">Tia Chan\u003c/a> and \u003ca href=\"https://teamusa.usahockey.com/2026olympics-roryguilday\">Rory Guilday\u003c/a>. The new San José team will debut in late November during the \u003ca href=\"https://www.thepwhl.com/en/stats/schedule/all-teams/8/all-months\">2026 PWHL season\u003c/a>, playing at SAP Center.\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>All PWHL games have historically also been streamed on the \u003ca href=\"https://www.youtube.com/@thepwhlofficial\">league’s YouTube channel\u003c/a>. The PWHL has \u003ca href=\"https://www.thepwhl.com/en/where-to-watch\">a guide on its website\u003c/a> on how to catch games for specific teams.\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>Tip for newcomers attending any games: Bring a jacket, because ice skating rinks are genuinely cold.\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cfigure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/09/HockeyGetty2.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-12098173\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/09/HockeyGetty2.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/09/HockeyGetty2-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/09/HockeyGetty2-1536x1024.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\" />\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Dominique Petrie of the Minnesota Frost of the Professional Women’s Hockey League is on the ice for the ceremonial first puck before a NHL game between the Los Angeles Kings and the San José Sharks on Oct. 28, 2025, at SAP Center in San José, California. (Matthew Huang/Icon Sportswire via Getty Images)\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\n\n\n\u003ch3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Where does the community hang out? \u003c/h3>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>The place for hockey fans to really meet: rec leagues. The \u003ca href=\"https://ncwhl.com/\">Northern California Women’s Hockey League\u003c/a> has four divisions for different skill levels. The league also holds a “\u003ca href=\"https://ncwhl.com/give-hockey-a-try-feb-7-2026/\">Give Hockey a Try\u003c/a>” day twice a year, which Ellerby says is an affordable and accessible entry point for newbies. \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>The day costs $25, includes rented gear and requires no previous experience. Plus, if you decide to stick with it, used gear is then offered by the NCWHL at a deep discount.\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>There is also a beginner’s course for adults on ice hockey at \u003ca href=\"https://www.trivalleyminorhockey.com/lady\">a rink in Walnut Creek\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cfigure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/09/HockeyGetty4.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-12098200\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/09/HockeyGetty4.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/09/HockeyGetty4-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/09/HockeyGetty4-1536x1024.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\" />\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Fans of the Professional Women’s Hockey League sing along during the third period of the Minnesota Frost and New York Sirens game at Little Caesars Arena in Detroit on March 16, 2024. (Dave Reginek/Getty Images)\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>“There is a very supportive community,” Ellerby said. “It’s very much a community that realizes that the opportunities might not have been there for everybody. There’s people who start the season who can’t skate, and they do everything to train you so that you can.”\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>(One more incentive to get in with the NCWHL: Sometimes the PWHL will reach out to host events where you can skate with key players.) \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>The Sharks franchise manages the \u003ca href=\"https://www.sharksiceatsanjose.com/adult-hockey/siahl-womens-league\">San José Adult Women’s League\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>In addition, there’s the \u003ca href=\"https://sfquakes.org/\">San Francisco Earthquakes\u003c/a>, an LGBTQ ice hockey team founded in 1998 that plays at Yerba Buena Ice in San Francisco. For those who prefer asphalt to ice, there’s \u003ca href=\"https://www.bayareastreethockey.com/about\">Bay Area Street Hockey\u003c/a>, too.\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003ch3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">What are some publications or podcasts I can follow to learn more about women’s hockey?\u003cstrong> \u003c/strong>\u003c/h3>\n\n\n\n\u003cul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n\u003cli>\u003ca href=\"https://www.thegistsports.com/\">The Gist\u003c/a>\u003c/li>\n\n\n\n\u003cli>\u003ca href=\"https://snatchmagazine.com/\">Snatch Magazine\u003c/a>\u003c/li>\n\n\n\n\u003cli>\u003ca href=\"https://www.instagram.com/365_hockeygirl?igsh=NTc4MTIwNjQ2YQ%3D%3D\">365 Hockey Girl\u003c/a>\u003c/li>\n\n\n\n\u003cli>\u003ca href=\"https://www.instagram.com/sportsgirlsclub?igsh=NTc4MTIwNjQ2YQ%3D%3D\">Sports Girls Club\u003c/a>\u003c/li>\n\n\n\n\u003cli>\u003ca href=\"https://toomanymenpod.com/\">Too Many Men\u003c/a>\u003c/li>\n\n\n\n\u003cli>\u003ca href=\"https://www.thepwhl.com/en/media/jocks-in-jills-podcast\">Jocks in Jills\u003c/a>\u003c/li>\n\n\n\n\u003cli>\u003ca href=\"https://www.instagram.com/pwhltosanjose?igsh=NTc4MTIwNjQ2YQ%3D%3D\">PWHL to San José\u003c/a>\u003c/li>\n\n\n\n\u003cli>\u003ca href=\"https://www.instagram.com/womenofhockeysj/\">Women of Hockey San José\u003c/a>\u003c/li>\n\u003c/ul>\n\n\n\n\u003ch2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"soccer\">Supporting women’s soccer in the Bay Area\u003c/h2>\n\n\n\n\u003ch3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">What should I know about the professional sports team?\u003cstrong> \u003c/strong>\u003c/h3>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>The Bay Area’s professional women’s soccer team is Bay FC, playing at PayPal Park in San José. \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>Bay FC’s \u003ca href=\"https://bayfc.com/schedule/\">regular season\u003c/a> runs until Nov. 1. The team’s official website lists the ways you can stream \u003ca href=\"https://bayfc.com/schedule/\">each game\u003c/a>, which include platforms like \u003ca href=\"https://www.cbssportsnetwork.com/\">CBS Sports Network\u003c/a> and \u003ca href=\"https://www.espn.com/watch/\">ESPN 2\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>Also good to keep in mind: Next year will bring the Women’s FIFA World Cup, hosted by Brazil. The U.S. team includes Claire Hutton, a player from Bay FC.\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cfigure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/03/20250322_Roots_8209.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-12032644\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/03/20250322_Roots_8209.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/03/20250322_Roots_8209-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/03/20250322_Roots_8209-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/03/20250322_Roots_8209-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/03/20250322_Roots_8209-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/03/20250322_Roots_8209-1920x1280.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\" />\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">More than 26,000 fans packed the Oakland Roots home opener at the Oakland Coliseum in Oakland, California, on March 22, 2025. This was the first Roots game played in the storied stadium. (David M. 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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\n\u003cp>Growing up in New Jersey, Christina Ellerby was fixated on watching ice \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/tag/hockey\">hockey\u003c/a> from a young age. Naturally, she wanted to start playing herself. \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>She started with roller blades, recalling how her dad would “throw me around on the pavement until I eventually just stood up.” \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>“I eventually got to play in a roller hockey league when I was like 11, 12, 13 — but I was the only woman in the entire league,” she said. \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\u003cp>But the ice hockey hopes were dashed. \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>“My mom was basically like, ‘You aren’t playing ice hockey. You’re going to get hurt,’” Ellerby said, explaining that the games in the league would include \u003ca href=\"https://www.usahockey.com/news_article/show/1048048\">competitive contact\u003c/a>, like bodychecking, with boys. “She refused to sign the waiver.”\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>But years later, the chance to get on the ice came back. When Ellerby moved to San Francisco, someone posted a flyer for \u003ca href=\"https://ncwhl.com/give-hockey-a-try-day/\">“Give Hockey a Try Day,”\u003c/a> a biannual event hosted by the Northern California Women’s Hockey League that allows anyone — including first-time skaters — to play low-key, controlled plays on the rink.\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>“I had not skated in 15 years, and I was like, ‘I’m still going to do this,’” she said.\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>The NCWHL notes that many players go on to become league regulars after starting with the “Give Hockey a Try Day,” a distinction that now belongs to Ellerby, who has returned for three seasons.\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>Around the same time Ellerby joined the NCWHL, the Professional Women’s Hockey League officially launched in 2023.\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003ch3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Jump straight to where in the Bay Area to support:\u003c/h3>\n\n\n\n\u003cul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n\u003cli>\u003cstrong>\u003ca href=\"#hockey\">Women’s hockey\u003c/a>\u003c/strong>\u003c/li>\n\n\n\n\u003cli>\u003cstrong>\u003ca href=\"#soccer\">Women’s soccer\u003c/a>\u003c/strong>\u003c/li>\n\n\n\n\u003cli>\u003cstrong>\u003ca href=\"#rugby\">Women’s rugby\u003c/a>\u003c/strong>\u003c/li>\n\u003c/ul>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>Ellerby was enthralled. “I had pretty much just incessantly started watching it,” she said. \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>And this season, the pro league will be heading to the Bay Area, with a new team establishing itself at San José’s SAP Center.\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>The PWHL expansion is coming at a time when the Bay Area is \u003ca href=\"https://www.nytimes.com/athletic/6815888/2025/11/19/top-womens-sports-cities-list-bay-area/\">getting national recognition\u003c/a> for being a hot spot for women’s sports teams. Along with ice hockey, the Bay Area this year also became home to a professional baseball and volleyball team. \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cfigure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/09/HockeyGetty3.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-12098190\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/09/HockeyGetty3.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/09/HockeyGetty3-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/09/HockeyGetty3-1536x1024.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\" />\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Young ice hockey fans display a sign that says, “Bring PWHL to the West,” as the Canadian national anthem is sung before the Toronto Sceptres face Ottawa in the PWHL Takeover Tour at Rogers Place Arena in Edmonton, Alberta, Canada, on Feb. 16, 2025. (Artur Widak/NurPhoto via Getty Images)\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>“We’re witnessing the crazy history right now,” said San Francisco’s Ozzy Palacio, sports reporter and managing editor of the San Francisco State student paper \u003ca href=\"https://goldengatexpress.org/\">\u003cem>Golden Gate Xpress\u003c/em>\u003c/a>. “It’s super awesome to be at the epicenter of it here in the Bay Area.”\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>As a companion to \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12096884/in-the-midst-of-basketball-and-baseball-season-how-to-join-womens-sports-fandom-in-the-bay-area\">our previous guide to supporting women’s basketball and baseball in the Bay Area\u003c/a>, we’ve now got a rundown of the region’s noncollege women’s teams in hockey, soccer and rugby — and how you can get involved with their enthusiastic fandoms locally, by supporting the teams \u003cem>and \u003c/em>even trying the sports yourself. \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003ch2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"hockey\">Supporting women’s hockey in the Bay Area\u003c/h2>\n\n\n\n\u003ch3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">What should I know about the professional sports team?\u003cstrong> \u003c/strong>\u003c/h3>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>The Professional Women’s Hockey League has \u003ca href=\"https://www.instagram.com/p/DYhe29mjpUj/?igsh=NTc4MTIwNjQ2YQ%3D%3D\">announced that it will be expanding\u003c/a> to San José in May — and the team’s name has not been revealed yet. (The jury’s out whether it’ll be an equivalent of the San José Sharks, the men’s ice hockey team.) \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>But excitement has been mounting for the roster, which includes \u003ca href=\"https://www.thepwhl.com/en/teams/san-jose/news/2026/june/17/pwhl-san-jose-selects-laila-edwards-in-the-first-round-of-the-2026-pwhl-draft\">Olympians like Laila Edwards\u003c/a>, \u003ca href=\"https://medium.com/@talkinwithtrudeau/interviewing-uconn-huksies-team-china-netminder-tia-chan-8f9102850937\">Tia Chan\u003c/a> and \u003ca href=\"https://teamusa.usahockey.com/2026olympics-roryguilday\">Rory Guilday\u003c/a>. The new San José team will debut in late November during the \u003ca href=\"https://www.thepwhl.com/en/stats/schedule/all-teams/8/all-months\">2026 PWHL season\u003c/a>, playing at SAP Center.\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>All PWHL games have historically also been streamed on the \u003ca href=\"https://www.youtube.com/@thepwhlofficial\">league’s YouTube channel\u003c/a>. The PWHL has \u003ca href=\"https://www.thepwhl.com/en/where-to-watch\">a guide on its website\u003c/a> on how to catch games for specific teams.\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>Tip for newcomers attending any games: Bring a jacket, because ice skating rinks are genuinely cold.\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cfigure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/09/HockeyGetty2.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-12098173\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/09/HockeyGetty2.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/09/HockeyGetty2-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/09/HockeyGetty2-1536x1024.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\" />\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Dominique Petrie of the Minnesota Frost of the Professional Women’s Hockey League is on the ice for the ceremonial first puck before a NHL game between the Los Angeles Kings and the San José Sharks on Oct. 28, 2025, at SAP Center in San José, California. (Matthew Huang/Icon Sportswire via Getty Images)\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\n\n\n\u003ch3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Where does the community hang out? \u003c/h3>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>The place for hockey fans to really meet: rec leagues. The \u003ca href=\"https://ncwhl.com/\">Northern California Women’s Hockey League\u003c/a> has four divisions for different skill levels. The league also holds a “\u003ca href=\"https://ncwhl.com/give-hockey-a-try-feb-7-2026/\">Give Hockey a Try\u003c/a>” day twice a year, which Ellerby says is an affordable and accessible entry point for newbies. \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>The day costs $25, includes rented gear and requires no previous experience. Plus, if you decide to stick with it, used gear is then offered by the NCWHL at a deep discount.\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>There is also a beginner’s course for adults on ice hockey at \u003ca href=\"https://www.trivalleyminorhockey.com/lady\">a rink in Walnut Creek\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cfigure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/09/HockeyGetty4.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-12098200\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/09/HockeyGetty4.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/09/HockeyGetty4-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/09/HockeyGetty4-1536x1024.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\" />\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Fans of the Professional Women’s Hockey League sing along during the third period of the Minnesota Frost and New York Sirens game at Little Caesars Arena in Detroit on March 16, 2024. (Dave Reginek/Getty Images)\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>“There is a very supportive community,” Ellerby said. “It’s very much a community that realizes that the opportunities might not have been there for everybody. There’s people who start the season who can’t skate, and they do everything to train you so that you can.”\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>(One more incentive to get in with the NCWHL: Sometimes the PWHL will reach out to host events where you can skate with key players.) \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>The Sharks franchise manages the \u003ca href=\"https://www.sharksiceatsanjose.com/adult-hockey/siahl-womens-league\">San José Adult Women’s League\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>In addition, there’s the \u003ca href=\"https://sfquakes.org/\">San Francisco Earthquakes\u003c/a>, an LGBTQ ice hockey team founded in 1998 that plays at Yerba Buena Ice in San Francisco. For those who prefer asphalt to ice, there’s \u003ca href=\"https://www.bayareastreethockey.com/about\">Bay Area Street Hockey\u003c/a>, too.\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003ch3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">What are some publications or podcasts I can follow to learn more about women’s hockey?\u003cstrong> \u003c/strong>\u003c/h3>\n\n\n\n\u003cul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n\u003cli>\u003ca href=\"https://www.thegistsports.com/\">The Gist\u003c/a>\u003c/li>\n\n\n\n\u003cli>\u003ca href=\"https://snatchmagazine.com/\">Snatch Magazine\u003c/a>\u003c/li>\n\n\n\n\u003cli>\u003ca href=\"https://www.instagram.com/365_hockeygirl?igsh=NTc4MTIwNjQ2YQ%3D%3D\">365 Hockey Girl\u003c/a>\u003c/li>\n\n\n\n\u003cli>\u003ca href=\"https://www.instagram.com/sportsgirlsclub?igsh=NTc4MTIwNjQ2YQ%3D%3D\">Sports Girls Club\u003c/a>\u003c/li>\n\n\n\n\u003cli>\u003ca href=\"https://toomanymenpod.com/\">Too Many Men\u003c/a>\u003c/li>\n\n\n\n\u003cli>\u003ca href=\"https://www.thepwhl.com/en/media/jocks-in-jills-podcast\">Jocks in Jills\u003c/a>\u003c/li>\n\n\n\n\u003cli>\u003ca href=\"https://www.instagram.com/pwhltosanjose?igsh=NTc4MTIwNjQ2YQ%3D%3D\">PWHL to San José\u003c/a>\u003c/li>\n\n\n\n\u003cli>\u003ca href=\"https://www.instagram.com/womenofhockeysj/\">Women of Hockey San José\u003c/a>\u003c/li>\n\u003c/ul>\n\n\n\n\u003ch2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"soccer\">Supporting women’s soccer in the Bay Area\u003c/h2>\n\n\n\n\u003ch3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">What should I know about the professional sports team?\u003cstrong> \u003c/strong>\u003c/h3>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>The Bay Area’s professional women’s soccer team is Bay FC, playing at PayPal Park in San José. \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>Bay FC’s \u003ca href=\"https://bayfc.com/schedule/\">regular season\u003c/a> runs until Nov. 1. The team’s official website lists the ways you can stream \u003ca href=\"https://bayfc.com/schedule/\">each game\u003c/a>, which include platforms like \u003ca href=\"https://www.cbssportsnetwork.com/\">CBS Sports Network\u003c/a> and \u003ca href=\"https://www.espn.com/watch/\">ESPN 2\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>Also good to keep in mind: Next year will bring the Women’s FIFA World Cup, hosted by Brazil. 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Christen Press and Tobin Heath.\u003c/li>\n\u003c/ul>\n\n\n\n\u003ch2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"rugby\">Supporting women’s rugby in the Bay Area\u003c/h2>\n\n\n\n\u003ch3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">What should I know about the professional sports team? \u003c/h3>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>Founded last year, the \u003ca href=\"https://www.baybreakers.us/\">Bay Breakers\u003c/a> are the local semi-professional women’s rugby team, though the team plays in Lodi, about two hours from the Bay Area. \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>They compete in the \u003ca href=\"https://www.womenseliterugby.us/\">Women’s Elite Rugby League\u003c/a> and made it to the 2026 Legacy Cup final on Aug. 8 — but lost 24-17 to the Denver Onyx.\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>When games pick up again next year, you can stream the games through the \u003ca href=\"https://www.womenseliterugby.us/how-to-watch\">Women’s Sports Network\u003c/a> on platforms like Roku, Tubi and Fubo.\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003ch3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Are there other Bay Area teams I can support?\u003c/h3>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>The Bay Area hosts many women’s and inclusive LGBTQ rugby clubs. The best-known is the \u003ca href=\"https://www.allbluesrugby.com/\">Berkeley All Blues\u003c/a>, which has fostered several Olympians and more than 50 national team players, according to its website.\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>Others include \u003ca href=\"https://www.siliconvalleyrugby.org/\">Silicon Valley Women’s Rugby Club\u003c/a>, the \u003ca href=\"https://www.sanjoserugby.com/\">San José Seahawks\u003c/a> and \u003ca href=\"https://www.fogrugby.com/\">SF Fog Rugby FC\u003c/a>. \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003ch3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Where does the community hang out?\u003c/h3>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>Many of rugby’s nonprofessional clubs in the Bay Area are open to beginners. For example, the All Blues field four teams that cater to all levels of experience, including one for high school students. \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>Also an LGBTQ club, The Fog’s highest-skill team plays with the \u003ca href=\"https://www.ncrfu.org/\">Northern California Rugby Union\u003c/a>, a men’s league. 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"content": "\n\u003cp>The \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/forum/2010101914652/the-challenges-and-dangers-security-guards-face\">security workers\u003c/a> who guard tech companies and other offices across San Francisco took a step toward a walkout Wednesday. \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>Amid months of negotiations with massive contractors like Allied Universal and Securitas, members of the Service Employees International Union-United Service Workers West, the union that represents some security workers, voted to authorize a strike in response to unfair labor practices.\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>As drums pounded and workers chanted at the Mechanic Monument Plaza in downtown San Francisco on Wednesday, David Huerta, president of SEIU-USWW, called for improved benefits and a $30 minimum wage. This is more than what the private companies are offering in negotiations, he said. \u003c/p>\n\n\n\u003cdiv class=\"wp-block-image\">\n\u003cfigure class=\"aligncenter size-full\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/09/260902-SecurityStrike-NG-8_qed.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-12098185\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/09/260902-SecurityStrike-NG-8_qed.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/09/260902-SecurityStrike-NG-8_qed-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/09/260902-SecurityStrike-NG-8_qed-1536x1024.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\" />\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">SEIU-USWW President David Huerta speaks at a press conference announcing that union security officers from across San Francisco and Silicon Valley voted in favor of an Unfair Labor Practice (ULP) strike authorization at Mechanics Monument Plaza in San Francisco’s Financial District on Sept. 2, 2026. 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The union representing union security officers from across San Francisco and Silicon Valley voted in favor of an Unfair Labor Practice (ULP) strike authorization.\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\n\n\n\u003cfigure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" data-id=\"12098183\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/09/260902-SecurityStrike-NG-12_qed.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-12098183\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/09/260902-SecurityStrike-NG-12_qed.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/09/260902-SecurityStrike-NG-12_qed-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/09/260902-SecurityStrike-NG-12_qed-1536x1024.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\" />\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">An advocate holds a sign during a Sept. 2, 2026, press conference at Mechanics Monument Plaza in San Francisco’s Financial District. Security officers represented by the union from across San Francisco and Silicon Valley voted in favor of an Unfair Labor Practice strike authorization. (Nina Glick/KQED)\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003c/figure>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>“Who can survive with $22 an hour in San Francisco?” Huerta asked as members of the crowd shouted, “Shame.” \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>Allied Universal declined to comment on ongoing labor negotiations. \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>Tejinder Singh, a security officer at Google and bargaining committee member, said that the union and the security giants have their last round of negotiations Wednesday, and that officers are ready to strike if the companies do not agree to their demands. \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\u003cp>A union press release states that their roughly 14,000 members asked for raises, employer-paid family health care, retirement benefits and job security, and were offered “a mere 25-cent raise over the next four years, including no raise at all in three of those years.”\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>Singh said that he did not know how he and his colleagues would survive without a pay increase, given how much prices have skyrocketed across the Bay Area. \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>“Everything has increased, gas costs, food costs, rent, medical costs … everything,” Singh said. \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>The union announcement came days after artificial intelligence giant \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12097028/bay-area-security-workers-threaten-action-after-anthropic-office-closure\">Anthropic shuttered\u003c/a> the doors to its San Francisco office and told employees to work from home after its security contractor, Allied Universal, warned of a possible strike. \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>Speaking directly to companies like Anthropic, Salesforce, Nvidia, OpenAI, Google, Cisco and others, which rely on guards, Assemblymember Matt Haney (D-San Francisco) reminded the lucrative industry how essential security workers are to keep their employees and operations safe. \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>“None of this wealth would be possible if it wasn’t for [the guards],” Haney said. “They need to support you like you support them. 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"content": "\n\u003cp>California \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/science/1914632/algae-poisoned-sea-lions-inundate-marine-mammal-center\">sea lions\u003c/a> are in trouble. A toxic algal bloom has caused a rash of poisonings, leaving the mammals confused, lethargic and, in some cases, dead along the California coast.\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>Dozens of sea lions have been sickened by \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/science/1931779/scientists-uncover-genetic-basis-for-toxic-algal-blooms\">domoic acid\u003c/a> poisoning, caused by a toxin in algae that can cause seizures and even heart failure. Signs of exposure in sea lions include lethargy, disorientation, tremors, twitching and seizures. The animals ingest the naturally occurring neurotoxin by eating fish or shellfish. \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"https://www.marinemammalcenter.org/\">The Marine Mammal Center\u003c/a> in Sausalito said it has treated more than 100 sea lions — above the yearly average of 75 to 90 — with the majority of these cases occurring since the start of July. Officials with the center worry that already higher-than-normal sea surface temperatures and additional warming from \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/science/2001688/strong-el-nino-may-bring-record-sea-level-and-coastal-flooding-to-bay-area\">the climate pattern El Niño\u003c/a> could exponentially increase the number of infected mammals. \u003c/p>\n\n\n\u003cdiv class=\"wp-block-image\">\n\u003cfigure class=\"aligncenter size-full\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1500\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/09/SeaLionsPoisoned-KQED_1.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-12098090\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/09/SeaLionsPoisoned-KQED_1.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/09/SeaLionsPoisoned-KQED_1-160x120.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/09/SeaLionsPoisoned-KQED_1-1536x1152.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\" />\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Two California sea lions suffering from domoic acid toxicosis are admitted to The Marine Mammal Center’s hospital and visitor center in Sausalito, California. Domoic acid is produced during certain harmful algal bloom events and accumulates in small fish, like sardines and anchovies. These small fish are a major food source for marine mammals like sea lions, which is how they can become poisoned by this toxin. (Courtesy of Giancarlo Rulli/The Marine Mammal Center)\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003c/div>\n\n\n\u003cp>Giancarlo Rulli, spokesperson for the center, said dispatchers are receiving up to 600 calls a day reporting sick sea lions. Over the past week, the center rescued around 30 sea lions. \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>“We’ve seen a major flare-up in Monterey and Santa Cruz counties,” Rulli said. “This is highly emotional, and it can be very disturbing to see an animal that’s not in control of itself out on the beach.”\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>Additional rescues have taken place in San Mateo, San Francisco, Marin and Sonoma counties. The center has also treated a handful of northern fur seals. Treating a single mammal can require up to six trained responders and may involve repeated doses of antiseizure medication. \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cfigure class=\"wp-block-gallery has-nested-images columns-default is-cropped wp-block-gallery-3 is-layout-flex wp-block-gallery-is-layout-flex\">\n\u003cfigure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" data-id=\"12098095\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/09/SeaLionsPoisoned-KQED.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-12098095\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/09/SeaLionsPoisoned-KQED.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/09/SeaLionsPoisoned-KQED-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/09/SeaLionsPoisoned-KQED-1536x1024.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\" />\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">A lethargic California sea lion with domoic acid toxicosis is transported by The Marine Mammal Center’s Morro Bay response team to be treated at the Center’s hospital and visitor center in Sausalito, California. (Courtesy of Giancarlo Rulli/The Marine Mammal Center)\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\n\n\n\u003cfigure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1331\" data-id=\"12098094\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/09/SeaLionsPoisoned-KQED_4.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-12098094\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/09/SeaLionsPoisoned-KQED_4.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/09/SeaLionsPoisoned-KQED_4-160x106.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/09/SeaLionsPoisoned-KQED_4-1536x1022.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\" />\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">At the Marine Mammal Center’s hospital and visitor center in Sausalito, California, the veterinary team shows a side-by-side comparison of two California sea lion brains. 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It was more of a seasonal disease, and now mammals show signs of year-round exposure. \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>“It can thrive both in cold water conditions during La Niña years with strong marine upwelling and strong offshore winds, as well as during more heated environments like this current heat wave in El Niño that’s forming in the Pacific,” Rulli said.\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>A massive heatwave, \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/science/1123047/the-blob-is-back-what-warm-ocean-mass-means-for-weather-wildlife\">known as The Blob,\u003c/a> wreaked havoc on the California coastline from 2013 to 2016, and an El Niño followed. 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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\n\u003cp>California \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/science/1914632/algae-poisoned-sea-lions-inundate-marine-mammal-center\">sea lions\u003c/a> are in trouble. A toxic algal bloom has caused a rash of poisonings, leaving the mammals confused, lethargic and, in some cases, dead along the California coast.\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>Dozens of sea lions have been sickened by \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/science/1931779/scientists-uncover-genetic-basis-for-toxic-algal-blooms\">domoic acid\u003c/a> poisoning, caused by a toxin in algae that can cause seizures and even heart failure. Signs of exposure in sea lions include lethargy, disorientation, tremors, twitching and seizures. The animals ingest the naturally occurring neurotoxin by eating fish or shellfish. \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"https://www.marinemammalcenter.org/\">The Marine Mammal Center\u003c/a> in Sausalito said it has treated more than 100 sea lions — above the yearly average of 75 to 90 — with the majority of these cases occurring since the start of July. Officials with the center worry that already higher-than-normal sea surface temperatures and additional warming from \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/science/2001688/strong-el-nino-may-bring-record-sea-level-and-coastal-flooding-to-bay-area\">the climate pattern El Niño\u003c/a> could exponentially increase the number of infected mammals. \u003c/p>\n\n\n\u003cdiv class=\"wp-block-image\">\n\u003cfigure class=\"aligncenter size-full\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1500\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/09/SeaLionsPoisoned-KQED_1.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-12098090\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/09/SeaLionsPoisoned-KQED_1.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/09/SeaLionsPoisoned-KQED_1-160x120.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/09/SeaLionsPoisoned-KQED_1-1536x1152.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\" />\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Two California sea lions suffering from domoic acid toxicosis are admitted to The Marine Mammal Center’s hospital and visitor center in Sausalito, California. Domoic acid is produced during certain harmful algal bloom events and accumulates in small fish, like sardines and anchovies. These small fish are a major food source for marine mammals like sea lions, which is how they can become poisoned by this toxin. (Courtesy of Giancarlo Rulli/The Marine Mammal Center)\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003c/div>\n\n\n\u003cp>Giancarlo Rulli, spokesperson for the center, said dispatchers are receiving up to 600 calls a day reporting sick sea lions. Over the past week, the center rescued around 30 sea lions. \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>“We’ve seen a major flare-up in Monterey and Santa Cruz counties,” Rulli said. “This is highly emotional, and it can be very disturbing to see an animal that’s not in control of itself out on the beach.”\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>Additional rescues have taken place in San Mateo, San Francisco, Marin and Sonoma counties. The center has also treated a handful of northern fur seals. Treating a single mammal can require up to six trained responders and may involve repeated doses of antiseizure medication. \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cfigure class=\"wp-block-gallery has-nested-images columns-default is-cropped wp-block-gallery-3 is-layout-flex wp-block-gallery-is-layout-flex\">\n\u003cfigure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" data-id=\"12098095\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/09/SeaLionsPoisoned-KQED.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-12098095\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/09/SeaLionsPoisoned-KQED.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/09/SeaLionsPoisoned-KQED-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/09/SeaLionsPoisoned-KQED-1536x1024.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\" />\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">A lethargic California sea lion with domoic acid toxicosis is transported by The Marine Mammal Center’s Morro Bay response team to be treated at the Center’s hospital and visitor center in Sausalito, California. (Courtesy of Giancarlo Rulli/The Marine Mammal Center)\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\n\n\n\u003cfigure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1331\" data-id=\"12098094\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/09/SeaLionsPoisoned-KQED_4.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-12098094\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/09/SeaLionsPoisoned-KQED_4.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/09/SeaLionsPoisoned-KQED_4-160x106.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/09/SeaLionsPoisoned-KQED_4-1536x1022.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\" />\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">At the Marine Mammal Center’s hospital and visitor center in Sausalito, California, the veterinary team shows a side-by-side comparison of two California sea lion brains. The left brain shows a normal California sea lion brain section. The right brain depicts a California sea lion brain that has been affected by domoic acid exposure, where there is a noticeably shrunken hippocampus in the center of the brain section. (Courtesy of The Marine Mammal Center)\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003c/figure>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>“It’s brutal on the animals,” Rulli said. “We are seeing animals die out on the beaches. There are a fair amount of carcasses out there. 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It was more of a seasonal disease, and now mammals show signs of year-round exposure. \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>“It can thrive both in cold water conditions during La Niña years with strong marine upwelling and strong offshore winds, as well as during more heated environments like this current heat wave in El Niño that’s forming in the Pacific,” Rulli said.\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>A massive heatwave, \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/science/1123047/the-blob-is-back-what-warm-ocean-mass-means-for-weather-wildlife\">known as The Blob,\u003c/a> wreaked havoc on the California coastline from 2013 to 2016, and an El Niño followed. 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"content": "\n\u003cp>Authorities have identified 36-year-old Casey Flynn Melia of San Francisco, and 37-year-old Alexander Ferguson of Pacifica as the pair of people who died while canoeing in \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/tag/tomales-bay\">Tomales Bay\u003c/a> over the weekend. Ferguson was a member of the Pacifica Planning Commission, serving since October 2020.\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>The Marin County Fire Department said Melia and Ferguson launched canoes from their campsite at White Gulch Beach just before midnight to see \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/science/1983841/where-to-see-bioluminescence-bay-area-kayak-tours\">bioluminescence\u003c/a>, a blue glow emitted by plankton that draws visitors to the bay at night.\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>When they didn’t return by the next morning, the Marin County Sheriff’s Office said, their camping party alerted emergency services.\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>First responders located the two canoeists in the water. According to the county fire department, both people were pronounced dead before their bodies were recovered. Melia was found near Hog Island, the sheriff’s office said. It did not specify where Ferguson’s body was located.\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>Both of them were wearing life jackets, authorities said.\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>Pacifica City Manager Sean Charpentier called Ferguson “active, compassionate and thoughtful.”\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>“Alex played a leadership role in the City’s planning policies that will have a lasting positive impact on Pacifica for many years to come,” he wrote in an email to KQED. “His passing is a great loss to the Pacifica community.”\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003ch2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Bay deaths ‘traumatic’ for guiding community\u003c/h2>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>John Granatir and Pamalah MacNeily, co-owners of guiding company Blue Waters Kayak Adventures, said a group of their guides, alongside other guiding companies, was at Miller Boat Launch on Sunday morning when they encountered the camping party returning from their trip. \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>The campers, the couple said, asked the group of guides if they had seen their missing friends, but they had not. That’s when a guide from Point Reyes Adventure Co., Dallas Smith, urged the campers to alert authorities that they were missing, Granatir and MacNeily recounted. \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>“It just breaks our hearts when this stuff happens in our bay,” MacNeily said. “It makes us sad for them, their families and the boating community. It’s traumatic for us.”\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003ch2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Guides say bay is ‘dynamic,’ and not canoe-friendly\u003c/h2>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>According to Granatir and MacNeily, Tomales Bay is not a particularly canoe-friendly body of water, so guiding companies like theirs don’t bring them out there. According to Granatir, the past four fatalities on Tomales Bay were all people in canoes. \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>“We do not like canoes on Tomales Bay,” MacNeily said.\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>In general, the pair said, due to its strong winds, currents and waves, paddling on Tomales Bay requires a sturdy boat — and typical recreational kayaks or inflatable kayaks just won’t cut it.\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cfigure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1500\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/06/Kayak-photo-for-body-of-lede.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-12086604\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/06/Kayak-photo-for-body-of-lede.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/06/Kayak-photo-for-body-of-lede-160x120.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/06/Kayak-photo-for-body-of-lede-1536x1152.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\" />\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Kayakers at an event as part of California State Parks Week in 2024. (Courtesy of California State Parks Week)\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>For their tours, Granatir said, their company uses a closed-deck kayak because they are the most stable and has a low client-to-guide ratio, to make sure they can get people out of the water quickly if they do flip over.\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>Galen Licht, CEO of SeaTrek, which also runs guided trips on the bay, said people often assume incorrectly that Tomales Bay is more protected than other waters in the Bay Area.\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>“Tomales Bay is a very dynamic environment,” he said. \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>His group, too, is extremely cautious when guiding trips on the bay, and said they prioritize redundancy in their systems — like extra paddles, lights, communications systems and navigation — to keep their guides and clients safe. And they will simply cancel trips in unsafe weather, especially due to high winds, he said.\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>“Any time there’s a forecast over 20 knots, without a doubt, we will just cancel the trip,” he said.\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\u003cp>Granatir said the bay’s waves, which can get very high, aren’t usually visible from shore.\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>“It takes a skilled person to recover a canoe midwater in Tomales Bay,” Granatir said. “You have to be trained for that, and people usually aren’t aware of that fact.”\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>Plus, the water is paralyzingly cold: “You have about five minutes to effect a meaningful recovery action before your limbs start losing the ability to save yourself,” he said.\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>And at night, all of these factors are exacerbated, Licht said.\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>“The conditions out there on the bay can change fast and at times, the visibility can go down to just a few feet when the fog comes in — and then the only way to navigate is by compass,” he said.\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>Still, Granatir and MacNeily said they were surprised to hear of the incident, given that there wasn’t much wind late in the night. The moon was nearly full and out all night — a bright moon, they said, makes seeing bioluminescence more difficult. \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>On Saturday, their company had insisted that any renters get off the water by 1 p.m., but data from \u003ca href=\"https://www.wunderground.com/history/daily/us/ca/marshall/KDVO/date/2026-8-30\">Weather Underground\u003c/a> shows the wind had died down by the evening and around midnight was almost nonexistent.\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>“There wasn’t much wind that night,” MacNeily said. “That’s the thing that’s really curious.”\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003ch2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">What to know and bring if you’re going out on Tomales Bay at night\u003c/h2>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>“The area of Tomales Bay is one of the most dangerous waterways imaginable on the coastlines,” Licht said. “If you’re coming out, you need to do your homework.”\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>MacNeily said that in the past few years, the bay has become “a circus” of visitors heading out in unsafe boats, drinking, and with very little water safety experience and equipment. 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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\n\u003cp>Authorities have identified 36-year-old Casey Flynn Melia of San Francisco, and 37-year-old Alexander Ferguson of Pacifica as the pair of people who died while canoeing in \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/tag/tomales-bay\">Tomales Bay\u003c/a> over the weekend. Ferguson was a member of the Pacifica Planning Commission, serving since October 2020.\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>The Marin County Fire Department said Melia and Ferguson launched canoes from their campsite at White Gulch Beach just before midnight to see \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/science/1983841/where-to-see-bioluminescence-bay-area-kayak-tours\">bioluminescence\u003c/a>, a blue glow emitted by plankton that draws visitors to the bay at night.\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>When they didn’t return by the next morning, the Marin County Sheriff’s Office said, their camping party alerted emergency services.\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>First responders located the two canoeists in the water. According to the county fire department, both people were pronounced dead before their bodies were recovered. Melia was found near Hog Island, the sheriff’s office said. It did not specify where Ferguson’s body was located.\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>Both of them were wearing life jackets, authorities said.\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>Pacifica City Manager Sean Charpentier called Ferguson “active, compassionate and thoughtful.”\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>“Alex played a leadership role in the City’s planning policies that will have a lasting positive impact on Pacifica for many years to come,” he wrote in an email to KQED. “His passing is a great loss to the Pacifica community.”\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003ch2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Bay deaths ‘traumatic’ for guiding community\u003c/h2>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>John Granatir and Pamalah MacNeily, co-owners of guiding company Blue Waters Kayak Adventures, said a group of their guides, alongside other guiding companies, was at Miller Boat Launch on Sunday morning when they encountered the camping party returning from their trip. \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>The campers, the couple said, asked the group of guides if they had seen their missing friends, but they had not. That’s when a guide from Point Reyes Adventure Co., Dallas Smith, urged the campers to alert authorities that they were missing, Granatir and MacNeily recounted. \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>“It just breaks our hearts when this stuff happens in our bay,” MacNeily said. “It makes us sad for them, their families and the boating community. It’s traumatic for us.”\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003ch2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Guides say bay is ‘dynamic,’ and not canoe-friendly\u003c/h2>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>According to Granatir and MacNeily, Tomales Bay is not a particularly canoe-friendly body of water, so guiding companies like theirs don’t bring them out there. According to Granatir, the past four fatalities on Tomales Bay were all people in canoes. \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>“We do not like canoes on Tomales Bay,” MacNeily said.\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>In general, the pair said, due to its strong winds, currents and waves, paddling on Tomales Bay requires a sturdy boat — and typical recreational kayaks or inflatable kayaks just won’t cut it.\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cfigure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1500\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/06/Kayak-photo-for-body-of-lede.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-12086604\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/06/Kayak-photo-for-body-of-lede.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/06/Kayak-photo-for-body-of-lede-160x120.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/06/Kayak-photo-for-body-of-lede-1536x1152.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\" />\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Kayakers at an event as part of California State Parks Week in 2024. (Courtesy of California State Parks Week)\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>For their tours, Granatir said, their company uses a closed-deck kayak because they are the most stable and has a low client-to-guide ratio, to make sure they can get people out of the water quickly if they do flip over.\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>Galen Licht, CEO of SeaTrek, which also runs guided trips on the bay, said people often assume incorrectly that Tomales Bay is more protected than other waters in the Bay Area.\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>“Tomales Bay is a very dynamic environment,” he said. \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>His group, too, is extremely cautious when guiding trips on the bay, and said they prioritize redundancy in their systems — like extra paddles, lights, communications systems and navigation — to keep their guides and clients safe. And they will simply cancel trips in unsafe weather, especially due to high winds, he said.\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>“Any time there’s a forecast over 20 knots, without a doubt, we will just cancel the trip,” he said.\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\u003cp>Granatir said the bay’s waves, which can get very high, aren’t usually visible from shore.\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>“It takes a skilled person to recover a canoe midwater in Tomales Bay,” Granatir said. “You have to be trained for that, and people usually aren’t aware of that fact.”\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>Plus, the water is paralyzingly cold: “You have about five minutes to effect a meaningful recovery action before your limbs start losing the ability to save yourself,” he said.\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>And at night, all of these factors are exacerbated, Licht said.\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>“The conditions out there on the bay can change fast and at times, the visibility can go down to just a few feet when the fog comes in — and then the only way to navigate is by compass,” he said.\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>Still, Granatir and MacNeily said they were surprised to hear of the incident, given that there wasn’t much wind late in the night. The moon was nearly full and out all night — a bright moon, they said, makes seeing bioluminescence more difficult. \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>On Saturday, their company had insisted that any renters get off the water by 1 p.m., but data from \u003ca href=\"https://www.wunderground.com/history/daily/us/ca/marshall/KDVO/date/2026-8-30\">Weather Underground\u003c/a> shows the wind had died down by the evening and around midnight was almost nonexistent.\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>“There wasn’t much wind that night,” MacNeily said. “That’s the thing that’s really curious.”\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003ch2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">What to know and bring if you’re going out on Tomales Bay at night\u003c/h2>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>“The area of Tomales Bay is one of the most dangerous waterways imaginable on the coastlines,” Licht said. “If you’re coming out, you need to do your homework.”\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>MacNeily said that in the past few years, the bay has become “a circus” of visitors heading out in unsafe boats, drinking, and with very little water safety experience and equipment. She said she often gets calls from people asking about water conditions who don’t have the proper equipment, and “I will advise against it.”\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>“It’s far too many people who are just thinking that this is a Disneyland ride,” she said.\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cfigure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1800\" height=\"1350\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2022/02/tomales_big.jpg\" alt=\"A woman in a red long sleeved shirt and blue life vest sits in the fron tof a kayak paddling towards a cliff in the distance.\" class=\"wp-image-11903623\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2022/02/tomales_big.jpg 1800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2022/02/tomales_big-800x600.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2022/02/tomales_big-1020x765.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2022/02/tomales_big-160x120.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2022/02/tomales_big-1536x1152.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1800px) 100vw, 1800px\" />\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Olivia Allen-Price kayaking in Tomales Bay. 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Gavin Newsom’s. \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>The funding will come from \u003ca href=\"https://calmatters.org/politics/elections/2024/11/california-election-news-proposition-4-environment/\">Proposition 4\u003c/a>, the voter-approved $10 billion bond for climate projects such as drinking water, wildfire prevention and land conservation, despite concerns from environmental advocates and lawmakers that diverting the money would drain limited resources from those other priorities. \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>Golden Gate Fields, owned by Canadian company The Stronach Group, closed in 2024 after an 83-year run as \u003ca href=\"https://www.latimes.com/sports/story/2024-06-09/golden-gate-fields-closes-california-racing-struggles\">interest in horse racing dwindled\u003c/a>. 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Gavin Newsom’s. \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>The funding will come from \u003ca href=\"https://calmatters.org/politics/elections/2024/11/california-election-news-proposition-4-environment/\">Proposition 4\u003c/a>, the voter-approved $10 billion bond for climate projects such as drinking water, wildfire prevention and land conservation, despite concerns from environmental advocates and lawmakers that diverting the money would drain limited resources from those other priorities. \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>Golden Gate Fields, owned by Canadian company The Stronach Group, closed in 2024 after an 83-year run as \u003ca href=\"https://www.latimes.com/sports/story/2024-06-09/golden-gate-fields-closes-california-racing-struggles\">interest in horse racing dwindled\u003c/a>. In March, Trust for Public Land, a national nonprofit advocating for park access, \u003ca href=\"https://www.tpl.org/media-room/trust-for-public-land-secures-option-on-former-golden-gate-fields-site-launching-effort-in-partnership-with-east-bay-regional-park-district-to-transform-161-acre-waterfront-into-future-east\">announced its intention\u003c/a> to raise $175 million to buy the land, transfer the deed to the East Bay Regional Park District and transform it into a publicly accessible waterfront park. \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>The plan drew support from local officials and state lawmakers representing the area, who deemed it a valuable opportunity to restore the coastline, expand access to public amenities and revitalize surrounding disadvantaged communities.\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cfigure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/04/260401-GOLDENGATEFIELDSPARK-06-BL-KQED.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-12078408\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/04/260401-GOLDENGATEFIELDSPARK-06-BL-KQED.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/04/260401-GOLDENGATEFIELDSPARK-06-BL-KQED-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/04/260401-GOLDENGATEFIELDSPARK-06-BL-KQED-1536x1024.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\" />\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Golden Gate Fields, a former horse racing track along the Berkeley shoreline, on April 1, 2026. 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The park district pledged $20 million and the nonprofit is expected to raise $30 million to make up the rest. \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>“This acquisition is a once-in-a-century opportunity to repurpose a former horse racing track into an iconic shoreline park and recreational hub, which will restore nature and expand open space and Bayshore access for millions of Bay Area residents,” Newsom’s May budget proposal reads.\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\u003cp>Newsom’s proposal is now included in \u003ca href=\"https://calmatters.digitaldemocracy.org/bills/ca_202520260ab113\">Assembly Bill/Senate Bill 113\u003c/a>, which lawmakers are poised to adopt by Tuesday. Under the legislation, if the nonprofit and the park district raise more than $50 million by the end of the year, the state could pay less than $125 million. \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>But Sen. \u003ca href=\"https://calmatters.digitaldemocracy.org/legislators/eloise-gomez-reyes-165418\">Eloise Gomez-Reyes\u003c/a>, a San Bernardino Democrat who chairs the Senate budget subcommittee on resources, said she’s concerned the sizable investment would delay other funding priorities. \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>“The problem is, $125 million out of Prop. 4 is a lot of money,” she told CalMatters earlier this month. “Trying to find the best way to take care of the needs of Californians is not always the easiest thing.”\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>Annie Burke, executive director of conservationist coalition TOGETHER Bay Area, \u003ca href=\"https://www.berkeleyside.org/2026/06/05/golden-gate-fields-gavin-newsom-berkeley-prop-4\">told lawmakers\u003c/a> earlier this year that the “transformative” investment could “take funding away from the competitive grant-making program that those funds were originally allocated to.”\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>“It’s critical that we invest in smaller projects which are capably led by Native American Tribes, Native-led organizations, community-based organizations, and many others,” she wrote in a letter to lawmakers.\u003c/p>\n\u003c/div>\u003c/p>",
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"content": "\n\u003cp>A \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/tag/california-highway-patrol\">California Highway Patrol\u003c/a> officer and sergeant must pay $5 million to a Sonoma County man for violating his constitutional rights in an unlawful arrest, an \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12097290/oakland-jury-to-decide-if-california-highway-patrol-officers-committed-unlawful-arrest\">Oakland federal jury \u003c/a>decided Monday. \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>The jury found that CHP Officer Jayce Ray and Sgt. John Snider acted with “malice, recklessness, oppression or a conscious or reckless disregard” for the rights of Nicholas La Motte when they arrested him without probable cause in April 2023 for driving under the influence.\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>La Motte testified last week that around 1:30 a.m. on April 25, 2023, he was driving home from visiting his grandmother in San Francisco. While driving northbound on U.S. 101, he noticed he was being followed by a car — it was Ray in his cruiser. \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>Ray pulled him over, and La Motte began filming the encounter, footage that proved to key in his case against CHP. \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>Ray impounded La Motte’s Mercedes and arrested him, claiming he showed signs of intoxication, including red eyes. He then took La Motte to a nearby hospital to have his blood drawn. La Motte argued in his lawsuit that this violated his constitutional rights against unnecessary search and seizure because Ray lacked probable cause for the arrest.\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cfigure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"2329\" height=\"1308\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/09/CHPVerdict_horizontal-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-12097803\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/09/CHPVerdict_horizontal-1.jpg 2329w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/09/CHPVerdict_horizontal-1-2000x1123.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/09/CHPVerdict_horizontal-1-160x90.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/09/CHPVerdict_horizontal-1-1536x863.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/09/CHPVerdict_horizontal-1-2048x1150.jpg 2048w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/09/CHPVerdict_horizontal-1-1200x675.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2329px) 100vw, 2329px\" />\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Sonoma County resident Nicholas La Motte (left) poses for a photo with his attorney, Izaak Schwaiger. A jury found LaMotte’s Fourth Amendment rights were violated during a 2023 unlawful arrest by two California Highway Patrol officers. (Courtesy of Nicholas La Motte)\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>CHP further justified La Motte’s arrest with a set of field sobriety tests that Snider administered at the Santa Rosa station. \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>Six months later, the Sonoma County District Attorney’s Office formally dropped charges against La Motte.\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>The jury’s verdict is significant because law enforcement and other government officials are generally protected from liability while on the job, under a legal framework known as qualified immunity. They lose that protection, however, if they violate someone’s rights while performing their duties. \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>That’s what the jury found happened here. \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>Izaak Schwaiger, La Motte’s attorney, said that, had his client not recorded the incident, there wouldn’t have been any evidence to combat the police’s version of events because CHP doesn’t require its officers to wear body cameras. \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\u003cp>“I would say this is probably the 20th case that we received calls about, the CHP in and around the Sonoma County area making false arrests, but there was never any evidence,” Schwaiger said. “And what can you do when it’s the word of the individual against the word of the cops?”\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>Schwaiger said he took La Motte’s case because he was “waiting for the right one to come, where somebody had done something to preserve some kind of evidence, so that we could prove that this was going on, because it happens a lot.” \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>“But without proof,” the lawyer continued, “what can you do? Nick had that video, and the video showed that these cops were lying, and that’s what carried the case.” \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>Schwaiger said La Motte’s case was unique because it was simply about a wrongful arrest. \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>“The DA rejected this case because there wasn’t enough evidence that he had committed a crime,” Schwaiger said, adding that La Motte wasn’t prosecuted, nor held in jail for a significant time, nor physically beaten by the officers. “None of those things.” \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>“It was super important to Nick what happened. It profoundly affected his life, and he did a really good job of explaining that to the jury, such that when it came time to ask the jury for a verdict, we just said, ‘Do what you feel is right,’” Schwaiger said.\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>The jury’s verdict awarded La Motte $3 million in punitive damages — an amount for which Snider and Ray will not likely be personally liable, Schwaiger said — and $2 million in compensatory damages.\u003c/p>\n\n\n\u003cdiv class=\"wp-block-image\">\n\u003cfigure class=\"alignleft size-full\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1380\" height=\"2000\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/09/CHPVerdict_2-KQED.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-12097799\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/09/CHPVerdict_2-KQED.jpg 1380w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/09/CHPVerdict_2-KQED-160x232.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/09/CHPVerdict_2-KQED-1060x1536.jpg 1060w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1380px) 100vw, 1380px\" />\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Sonoma County resident Nicholas La Motte (right) poses for a photo with his daughter. 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And the police unions are quite powerful.”\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>CHP and the California Department of Justice did not respond to a request for comment. \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"https://law.stanford.edu/robert-weisberg/\">Robert Weisberg\u003c/a>, a Stanford law professor, said a case like La Motte’s doesn’t usually unfold with a jury award because an unlawful arrest is usually challenged in the middle of criminal proceedings, not in a civil case. \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>“It’s rare that people have the legal resources or the incentive to challenge an arrest in a civil suit like this, and they are very hard to win,” Weisberg said. “Because the most obvious fact is an arrest isn’t illegal simply because it turns out that, in retrospect, there wasn’t probable cause.\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>“The plaintiff has to prove that, in effect, no reasonable officer in that situation could have surmised that there was probable cause,” Weisberg continued. “And that’s a hard standard to meet.” \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>In defending the officers, the state called Capt. 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But when questioned by Schwaiger, Glenn admitted he wasn’t an expert in DUI or drug recognition.\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>“I find it just bizarre that they put on a so-called expert witness who acknowledged that he wasn’t an expert,” Weisberg said. “It’s not that hard to find experts who will testify for the government in this regard.\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\u003cp>“The government lawyering in this case was less than impressive, let’s put it that way,” he added.\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>Weisberg said the case was unusual because the government’s evidence supporting the arrest was weak, La Motte recorded his arrest, and the police weren’t afforded qualified immunity. \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>“This is like the perfect case for a plaintiff,” he said. \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>Earlier this year, the California Justice Department, in defense of Ray and Snider, moved to have the case thrown out on the basis of qualified immunity. 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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\n\u003cp>A \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/tag/california-highway-patrol\">California Highway Patrol\u003c/a> officer and sergeant must pay $5 million to a Sonoma County man for violating his constitutional rights in an unlawful arrest, an \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12097290/oakland-jury-to-decide-if-california-highway-patrol-officers-committed-unlawful-arrest\">Oakland federal jury \u003c/a>decided Monday. \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>The jury found that CHP Officer Jayce Ray and Sgt. John Snider acted with “malice, recklessness, oppression or a conscious or reckless disregard” for the rights of Nicholas La Motte when they arrested him without probable cause in April 2023 for driving under the influence.\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>La Motte testified last week that around 1:30 a.m. on April 25, 2023, he was driving home from visiting his grandmother in San Francisco. While driving northbound on U.S. 101, he noticed he was being followed by a car — it was Ray in his cruiser. \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>Ray pulled him over, and La Motte began filming the encounter, footage that proved to key in his case against CHP. \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>Ray impounded La Motte’s Mercedes and arrested him, claiming he showed signs of intoxication, including red eyes. He then took La Motte to a nearby hospital to have his blood drawn. La Motte argued in his lawsuit that this violated his constitutional rights against unnecessary search and seizure because Ray lacked probable cause for the arrest.\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cfigure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"2329\" height=\"1308\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/09/CHPVerdict_horizontal-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-12097803\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/09/CHPVerdict_horizontal-1.jpg 2329w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/09/CHPVerdict_horizontal-1-2000x1123.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/09/CHPVerdict_horizontal-1-160x90.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/09/CHPVerdict_horizontal-1-1536x863.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/09/CHPVerdict_horizontal-1-2048x1150.jpg 2048w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/09/CHPVerdict_horizontal-1-1200x675.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2329px) 100vw, 2329px\" />\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Sonoma County resident Nicholas La Motte (left) poses for a photo with his attorney, Izaak Schwaiger. A jury found LaMotte’s Fourth Amendment rights were violated during a 2023 unlawful arrest by two California Highway Patrol officers. (Courtesy of Nicholas La Motte)\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>CHP further justified La Motte’s arrest with a set of field sobriety tests that Snider administered at the Santa Rosa station. \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>Six months later, the Sonoma County District Attorney’s Office formally dropped charges against La Motte.\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>The jury’s verdict is significant because law enforcement and other government officials are generally protected from liability while on the job, under a legal framework known as qualified immunity. They lose that protection, however, if they violate someone’s rights while performing their duties. \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>That’s what the jury found happened here. \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>Izaak Schwaiger, La Motte’s attorney, said that, had his client not recorded the incident, there wouldn’t have been any evidence to combat the police’s version of events because CHP doesn’t require its officers to wear body cameras. \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\u003cp>“I would say this is probably the 20th case that we received calls about, the CHP in and around the Sonoma County area making false arrests, but there was never any evidence,” Schwaiger said. “And what can you do when it’s the word of the individual against the word of the cops?”\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>Schwaiger said he took La Motte’s case because he was “waiting for the right one to come, where somebody had done something to preserve some kind of evidence, so that we could prove that this was going on, because it happens a lot.” \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>“But without proof,” the lawyer continued, “what can you do? Nick had that video, and the video showed that these cops were lying, and that’s what carried the case.” \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>Schwaiger said La Motte’s case was unique because it was simply about a wrongful arrest. \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>“The DA rejected this case because there wasn’t enough evidence that he had committed a crime,” Schwaiger said, adding that La Motte wasn’t prosecuted, nor held in jail for a significant time, nor physically beaten by the officers. “None of those things.” \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>“It was super important to Nick what happened. It profoundly affected his life, and he did a really good job of explaining that to the jury, such that when it came time to ask the jury for a verdict, we just said, ‘Do what you feel is right,’” Schwaiger said.\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>The jury’s verdict awarded La Motte $3 million in punitive damages — an amount for which Snider and Ray will not likely be personally liable, Schwaiger said — and $2 million in compensatory damages.\u003c/p>\n\n\n\u003cdiv class=\"wp-block-image\">\n\u003cfigure class=\"alignleft size-full\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1380\" height=\"2000\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/09/CHPVerdict_2-KQED.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-12097799\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/09/CHPVerdict_2-KQED.jpg 1380w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/09/CHPVerdict_2-KQED-160x232.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/09/CHPVerdict_2-KQED-1060x1536.jpg 1060w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1380px) 100vw, 1380px\" />\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Sonoma County resident Nicholas La Motte (right) poses for a photo with his daughter. 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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\n\u003cp>Nurses at nearly two dozen \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/tag/kaiser\">Kaiser\u003c/a> facilities across California are picketing to protest their concerns about inadequate staffing and potentially questionable AI practices in the company’s future patient care technology. \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>The scarlet-clad nurses gathered outside Kaiser Permanente Oakland Medical Center on Tuesday, holding signs and chanting for “safe staffing” levels. \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>The Kaiser workers’ latest action is a sign that ongoing contract negotiations between the hospital and its union, the California Nurses Association, are already hitting a snag since their existing deal expired Aug. 31.\u003c/p>\n\n\n\u003cdiv class=\"wp-block-image\">\n\u003cfigure class=\"aligncenter size-full\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1600\" height=\"1067\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/09/Kaiser-Labor-5-KQED.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-12097886\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/09/Kaiser-Labor-5-KQED.jpg 1600w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/09/Kaiser-Labor-5-KQED-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/09/Kaiser-Labor-5-KQED-1536x1024.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1600px) 100vw, 1600px\" />\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Dozens of nurses staged what they called an “informational picket” outside Kaiser Permanente Oakland Medical Center on Tuesday to demand better staffing levels and limits on AI. (Courtesy of California Nurses Association)\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003c/div>\n\n\n\u003cfigure class=\"wp-block-gallery has-nested-images columns-default is-cropped wp-block-gallery-3 is-layout-flex wp-block-gallery-is-layout-flex\">\n\u003cfigure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1600\" height=\"1067\" data-id=\"12097892\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/09/Kaiser-Labor-1-KQED-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-12097892\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/09/Kaiser-Labor-1-KQED-1.jpg 1600w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/09/Kaiser-Labor-1-KQED-1-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/09/Kaiser-Labor-1-KQED-1-1536x1024.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1600px) 100vw, 1600px\" />\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Dozens of nurses gathered outside Kaiser Permanente Oakland Medical Center on Sept. 1, 2026. (Courtesy of California Nurses Association)\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\n\n\n\u003cfigure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1600\" height=\"1067\" data-id=\"12097883\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/09/Kaiser-Labor-2-KQED.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-12097883\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/09/Kaiser-Labor-2-KQED.jpg 1600w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/09/Kaiser-Labor-2-KQED-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/09/Kaiser-Labor-2-KQED-1536x1024.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1600px) 100vw, 1600px\" />\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Workers also voiced their concerns about the steadily increasing use of AI in health care systems, which they believe could adversely impact staffing decisions and patient care. (Courtesy of California Nurses Association)\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003c/figure>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>Outside the center on Broadway, veteran pediatric nurse Craig Cedotal said that, in nearly a dozen bargaining sessions so far, management has failed to properly address his concerns.\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>Cedotal said he believes Kaiser’s short staffing is evidenced by the Assignment Despite Objection forms that procedure nurses use to signal concerns on a shift. “We’re talking about 5,000 of them altogether,” he said, regarding the volume of forms submitted.\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>“We know what the problems are — they disagree with what we say — but that’s not uncommon for management to disagree,” he added.\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>In a statement, Kaiser said it staffs at state-mandated ratios using a system that the company co-developed alongside the California Nurses Association.\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\u003cp>Workers accused management of manipulating that system to their advantage, with avoidable consequences.\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>“Mixing infectious patients with noninfectious patients … that happens. Now, we do have PPE that we can put on,” Cedotal said, using shorthand for personal protective equipment. “But if you can staff to a point where you don’t even have to risk the exposure, why would you?”\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>The protest also marked \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12097097/bay-area-nurses-protest-use-of-palantirs-ai-tech-at-hospitals\">yet another opportunity\u003c/a> for workers to voice their objections to the increasing use of artificial intelligence in the health care system, which they said could inappropriately influence staffing decisions and care.\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>“Nursing, we need to speak to our patients. We’re compassionate because we’re humans, right?” said patient care coordinator and bargaining team member Robin Carson. “AI does not have compassion.” \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>Kaiser said its deal with CNA already ensures that technology supports its nurses to care for patients and apply their clinical expertise, not to replace them. \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>Union leaders said the two sides have not yet discussed wages. Talks are expected to resume Wednesday.\u003c/p>\n\u003c/div>\u003c/p>",
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"content": "\n\u003cp>When she moved to the Bay Area a few years ago, Rindala Alajaji swiftly became a \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/tag/giants\">San Francisco Giants\u003c/a> fan. She loved going to Oracle Park to see the team — and was especially appreciative of how inclusive and queer-friendly the games felt to her. \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>But that changed for Alajaji this year when, at \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12089008/as-sf-giants-pride-night-fallout-continues-fans-recall-historic-1994-aids-benefit\">a June Pride Night celebration\u003c/a>, three Giants players protested the theme by \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/forum/2010101914206/sf-giants-pride-night-fallout-amplifies\">decorating their hats with Bible verses\u003c/a> often cited by anti-gay conservative Christians. One player refused to wear the rainbow-branded hat altogether. \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>“I didn’t really think it would impact me as much as it did because it was kind of silly,” she said. “I’ve lived in Florida, where there’s a lot of bigots and homophobes that like to throw Bible verses at you, but I think, it being in San Francisco … It just felt like a slap in the face.”\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003ch3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Jump straight to what to know about:\u003c/h3>\n\n\n\n\u003cul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n\u003cli>\u003cstrong>\u003ca href=\"#basketball\">Supporting women’s basketball in the Bay Area\u003c/a>\u003c/strong>\u003c/li>\n\n\n\n\u003cli>\u003cstrong>\u003ca href=\"#baseball\">Getting into women’s baseball in the region\u003c/a>\u003c/strong>\u003c/li>\n\u003c/ul>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>Alajaji added that she also felt let down by \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/forum/2010101914206/sf-giants-pride-night-fallout-amplifies\">the lukewarm reaction\u003c/a> to the controversy from the team’s management. She hadn’t watched a baseball game since. \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>Then came \u003ca href=\"https://www.womensprobaseballleague.com/2026/07/30/womens-pro-baseball-league-announces-star-studded-team-manager-lineup-for-historic-inaugural-season-set-to-start-august-1st/\">the Aug. 1 debut\u003c/a> of the Women’s Pro Baseball League — \u003ca href=\"https://www.npr.org/sections/the-picture-show/2026/08/08/nx-s1-5923371/womens-professional-baseball-league-debut\">the first such league in 70 years\u003c/a> — with the San Francisco Firebells as one of their founding teams. And then Alajaji fell in love with baseball again. \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\u003cp>“The captain is a queer woman, and there’s a lot of queer players and fans. And it’s a beautiful contrast,” she said.\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>For people like Alajaji, it’s a great time to be a women’s sports fan in the Bay Area. Women’s professional teams have been dominating the local scene in the past few years — the Bay Area was even \u003ca href=\"https://www.nytimes.com/athletic/6815888/2025/11/19/top-womens-sports-cities-list-bay-area/\">deemed\u003c/a> the “No. 1 women’s sports city in the U.S.” by \u003cem>The New York Times —\u003c/em> and even more leagues are \u003ca href=\"https://www.sportsbusinessjournal.com/Articles/2026/05/20/bay-areas-womens-sports-boom-continues-with-pwhl-expansion/\">establishing franchises\u003c/a> in the region. \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>“We’re witnessing the crazy history right now,” said San Francisco’s Ozzy Palacio, sports reporter and managing editor of the San Francisco State University student paper \u003ca href=\"https://goldengatexpress.org/\">\u003cem>Golden Gate Xpress\u003c/em>\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>And as a longtime women’s soccer fan, “it’s super awesome to be at the epicenter of it here in the Bay Area,” Palacio said. \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003ch2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">‘That passion for community’\u003c/h2>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>In addition to the \u003ca href=\"https://www.instagram.com/wpbl_firebells/\">Firebells\u003c/a>, the Professional Women’s Hockey League \u003ca href=\"https://www.instagram.com/p/DYhe29mjpUj/?igsh=NTc4MTIwNjQ2YQ%3D%3D\">announced\u003c/a> in May that it will be expanding to San José’s SAP Center. In July, a new pro volleyball team \u003ca href=\"https://www.instagram.com/p/DaibHt7nHiG/?igsh=NTc4MTIwNjQ2YQ%3D%3D\">unveiled\u003c/a> its name — the San Francisco Signal — and logo.\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>And for many people in the Bay Area, the Golden State \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/arts/13984639/valkyries-wnba-2025-in-review\">Valkyries’ inaugural season\u003c/a> last year has been their gateway to sports in general. The Valkyries boasted consistent sold-out home games with an electric crowd, fan favorites and \u003ca href=\"https://valkyries.wnba.com/news/nakase-named-2025-coach-of-the-year-20250917\">a Coach of the Year win for Natalie Nakase\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>“It’s drawing this interest from thousands and thousands — dare I say, hundreds of thousands of people — that never felt like they were able to be interested or involved in the sports world before,” said Palacio. “And that’s because they never had a way to see themselves through it.” \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cfigure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/09/WomensSportsGetty2.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-12097805\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/09/WomensSportsGetty2.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/09/WomensSportsGetty2-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/09/WomensSportsGetty2-1536x1024.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\" />\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Kelsie Whitmore #3 and Joely Leguizamon #13 of the San Francisco Firebells celebrate during the third inning against the Boston Hunters at Robin Roberts Stadium on Aug. 2, 2026, in Springfield, Illinois. (Zoe Davis/Getty Images)\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>“Like, the Valkyries games are queer as fuck,” Palacio continued. “It’s awesome.”\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>And it’s not just basketball. Soccer secured new fans thanks to the hype from local games of \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/tag/fifa\">the 2026 FIFA Men’s World Cup\u003c/a> this summer. \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>“People are, like, ‘Guys, can we keep hanging out on weekdays once the World Cup is over?’” recalled Palacio, who is primarily an \u003ca href=\"https://www.sfnighthawks.com/\">SF Nighthawks supporter\u003c/a>. “There’s that passion for community through sports.” \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003ch2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Finding connection — and a voice\u003c/h2>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>Local businesses are also betting big on the women’s sports community. \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/arts/13977457/rikkis-first-womens-sports-bar-bay-area-open-castro-sf-valkyries\">The Bay Area’s first women’s sports bar\u003c/a>, Rikki’s, opened in the Castro District last year and already has a reputation for being a major place for fans to gather. \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>Two other women’s sports bars are also slated to open in the future — \u003ca href=\"https://www.instagram.com/thetwelfthmarin/\">one in Marin\u003c/a> later this year and \u003ca href=\"https://www.hysteriasportsbar.com/\">another in Oakland\u003c/a> in 2027.\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>The fact that several of these women’s teams \u003cem>are \u003c/em>in their exciting early stages also gives them more of a voice, Palacio argued. They said that many major women’s sports teams are run by people who ultimately “want to make money off of you.” But because these newer teams are so “fresh,” they continued, “they still need to listen to their fans.” \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cfigure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/07/250712-valkyries101_00420_TV_qed.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-12047881\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/07/250712-valkyries101_00420_TV_qed.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/07/250712-valkyries101_00420_TV_qed-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/07/250712-valkyries101_00420_TV_qed-1536x1024.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\" />\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Fans cheer for the Valkyries at a watch party at White Horse Bar in Oakland, California, on July 12, 2025. The fan group ValQueeries hosted the watch party. (Tâm Vũ/KQED)\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>“I don’t think a lot of people coming to sports through these major women’s sports teams are realizing that they have a lot of agency and a lot of choice in what the team does,” as opposed to men’s sports teams, Palacio said. “Their input is still very important at this stage.”\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>That kind of voice has been apparent among Valkyries fans, who have \u003ca href=\"https://www.sfchronicle.com/sports/annkillion/article/valkyries-lynx-showdown-wnba-s-real-story-22395694.php\">rallied\u003c/a> at a basketball game to show appreciation for coach Nakase and player Gabby Williams’ \u003ca href=\"https://www.kalw.org/bay-area-news/2026-08-13/every-kind-of-person-is-here-fans-celebrate-the-valkyries-stance-on-inclusion\">expression\u003c/a> of support for transgender women in the Women’s National Basketball Association, as the league has become a \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12096193/the-wnba-has-a-politics-problem\">target\u003c/a> of conservatives. \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>“In the world and sports right now, there is just too much hate, too much hate speech. I would highly suggest that people continue to lead with love,” Nakase said, as \u003ca href=\"https://www.ebar.com/story/169495\">quoted\u003c/a> by \u003cem>The Bay Area Reporter\u003c/em>.\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003ch2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Want to get involved in basketball and baseball fandom in the Bay Area?\u003c/h2>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>In the spirit of \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/arts/13992300/finding-your-people-meetups-hobbies-making-friends-bay-area\">finding community\u003c/a> and \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/forum/2010101914897/where-do-you-go-to-find-your-people\">connection in real life\u003c/a>, keep reading for a primer on how to support women’s basketball and baseball teams in the Bay Area — and where you can gather with other fans locally. Or you can also view our other\u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12098165/the-quick-guide-to-the-bay-areas-professional-womens-sports-teams\"> guide to women’s hockey, soccer and rugby team fandoms \u003c/a>in the region. \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>Can’t find a space for your favorite team? Palacio recommended you \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12074872/tips-for-hosting-parties-san-francisco-bay-area-making-friends-party-food-decorations-music\">organize one\u003c/a> yourself — and try to connect even beyond the season.\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cfigure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/09/WomensSportsGetty.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-12097787\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/09/WomensSportsGetty.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/09/WomensSportsGetty-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/09/WomensSportsGetty-1536x1024.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\" />\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Kelsie Whitmore #3 of the San Francisco Firebells, Ashton Lansdell #1 of the Los Angeles Queens, Alli Schroder #16 of the Boston Hunters, and Denae Benites #2 of the New York Heights pose for a photo before the Women’s Pro Baseball League Opening Day game between New York Heights and the Los Angeles Queens at Robin Roberts Stadium in Springfield, Illinois, on Aug. 1, 2026. (Jessie Alcheh/Getty Images)\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>“If you asked \u003ca href=\"https://www.elriosf.com/\">El Rio\u003c/a>, ‘Hey, can we do a fucking women’s basketball comedy night?’ I’m sure they would say yes,” they said, referring to the legendary venue in the Mission District.\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>Remember: In addition to the booming professional sports scene, the Bay Area is home to several top-notch college sports programs. Those games are an excellent place to show ride-or-die support of women’s sports and watch young players as they become future stars.\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003ch2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"basketball\">Supporting women’s basketball in the Bay Area\u003cstrong> \u003c/strong>\u003c/h2>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>What should I know about the professional sports team? \u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>The Golden State Valkyries are a WNBA team that debuted just last year. They usually play at Chase Center — aka Ballhalla — in San Francisco. \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>If you do buy tickets to a game, be sure to get there a bit early to secure any freebies the venue hands out. 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Sports journalist Maya Goldberg-Safir, who writes about \u003ca href=\"https://wnbaroughnotes.substack.com/\">the WNBA in Rough Notes\u003c/a>, published a very thorough map of \u003ca href=\"https://www.google.com/maps/d/u/0/viewer?mid=1yIDpg_Y8ULIO2-IdC2H3wmR9nZeXbl4&ll=38.06201922218028%2C-121.05610149375002&z=8\">Valkyries fandom spots\u003c/a> throughout the Bay Area, including reliable bars that air women’s sports, parties, women’s/queer pickup basketball, and local groups like the \u003ca href=\"https://www.instagram.com/valqueeries/\">ValQueeries\u003c/a> and the \u003ca href=\"https://www.instagram.com/thepeopleswatchparty/\">People’s Watch Party\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\n\n\u003cp>\u003c!-- iframe plugin v.4.3 wordpress.org/plugins/iframe/ -->\u003cbr />\n\u003ciframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https://www.google.com/maps/d/embed?mid=1yIDpg_Y8ULIO2-IdC2H3wmR9nZeXbl4&ehbc=2E312F\" width=\"640\" height=\"480\" scrolling=\"yes\" class=\"iframe-class\" frameborder=\"0\">\u003c/iframe>\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003ch3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">What are some publications or podcasts I can follow to learn more about women’s basketball?\u003cstrong> \u003c/strong>\u003c/h3>\n\n\n\n\u003cul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n\u003cli>\u003ca href=\"https://www.kalw.org/bounce-the-valkyries-first-season-in-the-bay\">Bounce from KALW\u003c/a>\u003c/li>\n\n\n\n\u003cli>\u003ca href=\"https://www.flagrantmag.com/\">Flagrant Magazine\u003c/a>\u003c/li>\n\n\n\n\u003cli>\u003ca href=\"https://www.instagram.com/stud.budz\">StudBudz\u003c/a>, which features two Minnesota Lynx players\u003c/li>\n\n\n\n\u003cli>\u003ca href=\"https://www.nytimes.com/athletic/podcast/287-the-athletic-womens-basketball-show/\">No Offseason: The Athletic Women’s Basketball Show\u003c/a>\u003c/li>\n\n\n\n\u003cli>\u003ca href=\"https://www.instagram.com/wnba_gay\">WNBA Gay\u003c/a>\u003c/li>\n\n\n\n\u003cli>\u003ca href=\"https://www.instagram.com/wnbadata\">WNBA Data\u003c/a>\u003c/li>\n\n\n\n\u003cli>\u003ca href=\"https://www.youtube.com/@SueBird\">Bird’s Eye View\u003c/a>, hosted by WNBA legend Sue Bird\u003c/li>\n\n\n\n\u003cli>\u003ca href=\"https://defector.com/category/sports/womens-basketball/wnba\">Defector\u003c/a>\u003c/li>\n\n\n\n\u003cli>If you really want to get into WNBA fandom: \u003ca href=\"https://wnbaroughnotes.substack.com/p/rough-notes-lesbians-volume-3-overdue\">the Lesbians Google Doc\u003c/a>\u003c/li>\n\u003c/ul>\n\n\n\n\u003ch2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"baseball\">Supporting women’s baseball in the Bay Area\u003c/h2>\n\n\n\n\u003ch3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">What should I know about the professional sports team? \u003c/h3>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>First off, it’s a great time to get into women’s baseball: The first women’s professional baseball league in 70 years \u003ca href=\"https://www.npr.org/sections/the-picture-show/2026/08/08/nx-s1-5923371/womens-professional-baseball-league-debut\">debuted\u003c/a> in August.\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>The San Francisco Firebells are one of the first four teams making up the Women’s Pro Baseball League, along with Los Angeles, Boston and New York. The team is named after Lillie “Firebelle Lil” Hitchcock Coit, who, according to the team’s \u003ca href=\"https://www.womensprobaseballleague.com/2026/07/08/introducing-the-first-four-inspired-by-legends/\">self-description\u003c/a>, “famously leapt into action to help San Francisco volunteer firefighters battle a blaze on Telegraph Hill.” (And yes, \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12092325/time-travel-to-san-franciscos-past-at-these-local-haunts\">Coit Tower\u003c/a> was \u003ca href=\"https://sfrecpark.org/facilities/facility/details/Coit-Tower-290\">named\u003c/a> after her.)\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\u003cp>“It has been so, so cool to be able to watch women play a sport that I love so much,” said Firebells fan Gil Lait of San Francisco.\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>The six-week season will \u003ca href=\"https://www.womensprobaseballleague.com/schedule/\">run until early September\u003c/a>. 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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\n\u003cp>When she moved to the Bay Area a few years ago, Rindala Alajaji swiftly became a \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/tag/giants\">San Francisco Giants\u003c/a> fan. She loved going to Oracle Park to see the team — and was especially appreciative of how inclusive and queer-friendly the games felt to her. \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>But that changed for Alajaji this year when, at \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12089008/as-sf-giants-pride-night-fallout-continues-fans-recall-historic-1994-aids-benefit\">a June Pride Night celebration\u003c/a>, three Giants players protested the theme by \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/forum/2010101914206/sf-giants-pride-night-fallout-amplifies\">decorating their hats with Bible verses\u003c/a> often cited by anti-gay conservative Christians. One player refused to wear the rainbow-branded hat altogether. \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>“I didn’t really think it would impact me as much as it did because it was kind of silly,” she said. “I’ve lived in Florida, where there’s a lot of bigots and homophobes that like to throw Bible verses at you, but I think, it being in San Francisco … It just felt like a slap in the face.”\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003ch3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Jump straight to what to know about:\u003c/h3>\n\n\n\n\u003cul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n\u003cli>\u003cstrong>\u003ca href=\"#basketball\">Supporting women’s basketball in the Bay Area\u003c/a>\u003c/strong>\u003c/li>\n\n\n\n\u003cli>\u003cstrong>\u003ca href=\"#baseball\">Getting into women’s baseball in the region\u003c/a>\u003c/strong>\u003c/li>\n\u003c/ul>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>Alajaji added that she also felt let down by \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/forum/2010101914206/sf-giants-pride-night-fallout-amplifies\">the lukewarm reaction\u003c/a> to the controversy from the team’s management. She hadn’t watched a baseball game since. \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>Then came \u003ca href=\"https://www.womensprobaseballleague.com/2026/07/30/womens-pro-baseball-league-announces-star-studded-team-manager-lineup-for-historic-inaugural-season-set-to-start-august-1st/\">the Aug. 1 debut\u003c/a> of the Women’s Pro Baseball League — \u003ca href=\"https://www.npr.org/sections/the-picture-show/2026/08/08/nx-s1-5923371/womens-professional-baseball-league-debut\">the first such league in 70 years\u003c/a> — with the San Francisco Firebells as one of their founding teams. And then Alajaji fell in love with baseball again. \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\u003cp>“The captain is a queer woman, and there’s a lot of queer players and fans. And it’s a beautiful contrast,” she said.\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>For people like Alajaji, it’s a great time to be a women’s sports fan in the Bay Area. Women’s professional teams have been dominating the local scene in the past few years — the Bay Area was even \u003ca href=\"https://www.nytimes.com/athletic/6815888/2025/11/19/top-womens-sports-cities-list-bay-area/\">deemed\u003c/a> the “No. 1 women’s sports city in the U.S.” by \u003cem>The New York Times —\u003c/em> and even more leagues are \u003ca href=\"https://www.sportsbusinessjournal.com/Articles/2026/05/20/bay-areas-womens-sports-boom-continues-with-pwhl-expansion/\">establishing franchises\u003c/a> in the region. \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>“We’re witnessing the crazy history right now,” said San Francisco’s Ozzy Palacio, sports reporter and managing editor of the San Francisco State University student paper \u003ca href=\"https://goldengatexpress.org/\">\u003cem>Golden Gate Xpress\u003c/em>\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>And as a longtime women’s soccer fan, “it’s super awesome to be at the epicenter of it here in the Bay Area,” Palacio said. \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003ch2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">‘That passion for community’\u003c/h2>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>In addition to the \u003ca href=\"https://www.instagram.com/wpbl_firebells/\">Firebells\u003c/a>, the Professional Women’s Hockey League \u003ca href=\"https://www.instagram.com/p/DYhe29mjpUj/?igsh=NTc4MTIwNjQ2YQ%3D%3D\">announced\u003c/a> in May that it will be expanding to San José’s SAP Center. In July, a new pro volleyball team \u003ca href=\"https://www.instagram.com/p/DaibHt7nHiG/?igsh=NTc4MTIwNjQ2YQ%3D%3D\">unveiled\u003c/a> its name — the San Francisco Signal — and logo.\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>And for many people in the Bay Area, the Golden State \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/arts/13984639/valkyries-wnba-2025-in-review\">Valkyries’ inaugural season\u003c/a> last year has been their gateway to sports in general. The Valkyries boasted consistent sold-out home games with an electric crowd, fan favorites and \u003ca href=\"https://valkyries.wnba.com/news/nakase-named-2025-coach-of-the-year-20250917\">a Coach of the Year win for Natalie Nakase\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>“It’s drawing this interest from thousands and thousands — dare I say, hundreds of thousands of people — that never felt like they were able to be interested or involved in the sports world before,” said Palacio. “And that’s because they never had a way to see themselves through it.” \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cfigure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/09/WomensSportsGetty2.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-12097805\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/09/WomensSportsGetty2.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/09/WomensSportsGetty2-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/09/WomensSportsGetty2-1536x1024.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\" />\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Kelsie Whitmore #3 and Joely Leguizamon #13 of the San Francisco Firebells celebrate during the third inning against the Boston Hunters at Robin Roberts Stadium on Aug. 2, 2026, in Springfield, Illinois. (Zoe Davis/Getty Images)\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>“Like, the Valkyries games are queer as fuck,” Palacio continued. “It’s awesome.”\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>And it’s not just basketball. Soccer secured new fans thanks to the hype from local games of \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/tag/fifa\">the 2026 FIFA Men’s World Cup\u003c/a> this summer. \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>“People are, like, ‘Guys, can we keep hanging out on weekdays once the World Cup is over?’” recalled Palacio, who is primarily an \u003ca href=\"https://www.sfnighthawks.com/\">SF Nighthawks supporter\u003c/a>. “There’s that passion for community through sports.” \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003ch2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Finding connection — and a voice\u003c/h2>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>Local businesses are also betting big on the women’s sports community. \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/arts/13977457/rikkis-first-womens-sports-bar-bay-area-open-castro-sf-valkyries\">The Bay Area’s first women’s sports bar\u003c/a>, Rikki’s, opened in the Castro District last year and already has a reputation for being a major place for fans to gather. \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>Two other women’s sports bars are also slated to open in the future — \u003ca href=\"https://www.instagram.com/thetwelfthmarin/\">one in Marin\u003c/a> later this year and \u003ca href=\"https://www.hysteriasportsbar.com/\">another in Oakland\u003c/a> in 2027.\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>The fact that several of these women’s teams \u003cem>are \u003c/em>in their exciting early stages also gives them more of a voice, Palacio argued. They said that many major women’s sports teams are run by people who ultimately “want to make money off of you.” But because these newer teams are so “fresh,” they continued, “they still need to listen to their fans.” \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cfigure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/07/250712-valkyries101_00420_TV_qed.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-12047881\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/07/250712-valkyries101_00420_TV_qed.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/07/250712-valkyries101_00420_TV_qed-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/07/250712-valkyries101_00420_TV_qed-1536x1024.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\" />\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Fans cheer for the Valkyries at a watch party at White Horse Bar in Oakland, California, on July 12, 2025. The fan group ValQueeries hosted the watch party. (Tâm Vũ/KQED)\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>“I don’t think a lot of people coming to sports through these major women’s sports teams are realizing that they have a lot of agency and a lot of choice in what the team does,” as opposed to men’s sports teams, Palacio said. “Their input is still very important at this stage.”\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>That kind of voice has been apparent among Valkyries fans, who have \u003ca href=\"https://www.sfchronicle.com/sports/annkillion/article/valkyries-lynx-showdown-wnba-s-real-story-22395694.php\">rallied\u003c/a> at a basketball game to show appreciation for coach Nakase and player Gabby Williams’ \u003ca href=\"https://www.kalw.org/bay-area-news/2026-08-13/every-kind-of-person-is-here-fans-celebrate-the-valkyries-stance-on-inclusion\">expression\u003c/a> of support for transgender women in the Women’s National Basketball Association, as the league has become a \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12096193/the-wnba-has-a-politics-problem\">target\u003c/a> of conservatives. \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>“In the world and sports right now, there is just too much hate, too much hate speech. I would highly suggest that people continue to lead with love,” Nakase said, as \u003ca href=\"https://www.ebar.com/story/169495\">quoted\u003c/a> by \u003cem>The Bay Area Reporter\u003c/em>.\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003ch2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Want to get involved in basketball and baseball fandom in the Bay Area?\u003c/h2>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>In the spirit of \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/arts/13992300/finding-your-people-meetups-hobbies-making-friends-bay-area\">finding community\u003c/a> and \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/forum/2010101914897/where-do-you-go-to-find-your-people\">connection in real life\u003c/a>, keep reading for a primer on how to support women’s basketball and baseball teams in the Bay Area — and where you can gather with other fans locally. Or you can also view our other\u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12098165/the-quick-guide-to-the-bay-areas-professional-womens-sports-teams\"> guide to women’s hockey, soccer and rugby team fandoms \u003c/a>in the region. \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>Can’t find a space for your favorite team? Palacio recommended you \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12074872/tips-for-hosting-parties-san-francisco-bay-area-making-friends-party-food-decorations-music\">organize one\u003c/a> yourself — and try to connect even beyond the season.\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cfigure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/09/WomensSportsGetty.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-12097787\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/09/WomensSportsGetty.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/09/WomensSportsGetty-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/09/WomensSportsGetty-1536x1024.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\" />\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Kelsie Whitmore #3 of the San Francisco Firebells, Ashton Lansdell #1 of the Los Angeles Queens, Alli Schroder #16 of the Boston Hunters, and Denae Benites #2 of the New York Heights pose for a photo before the Women’s Pro Baseball League Opening Day game between New York Heights and the Los Angeles Queens at Robin Roberts Stadium in Springfield, Illinois, on Aug. 1, 2026. (Jessie Alcheh/Getty Images)\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>“If you asked \u003ca href=\"https://www.elriosf.com/\">El Rio\u003c/a>, ‘Hey, can we do a fucking women’s basketball comedy night?’ I’m sure they would say yes,” they said, referring to the legendary venue in the Mission District.\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>Remember: In addition to the booming professional sports scene, the Bay Area is home to several top-notch college sports programs. Those games are an excellent place to show ride-or-die support of women’s sports and watch young players as they become future stars.\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003ch2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"basketball\">Supporting women’s basketball in the Bay Area\u003cstrong> \u003c/strong>\u003c/h2>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>What should I know about the professional sports team? \u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>The Golden State Valkyries are a WNBA team that debuted just last year. They usually play at Chase Center — aka Ballhalla — in San Francisco. \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>If you do buy tickets to a game, be sure to get there a bit early to secure any freebies the venue hands out. For more tips, KQED has \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12080384/golden-state-valkyries-wnba-2026-ballhalla-chase-center-san-francisco-tickets-parking-bag-policy-merch\">a thorough guide on navigating the Chase Center\u003c/a> during basketball games.\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>The Valkyries’ schedule lists different ways to \u003ca href=\"https://valkyries.wnba.com/schedule?season=2026&month=all&location=all&opponent=all\">stream each game\u003c/a>, but you can usually watch live on KPIX 5 or on platforms like \u003ca href=\"https://www.peacocktv.com/sports/wnba\">Peacock\u003c/a>, \u003ca href=\"https://www.primevideo.com/tournament/amzn1.dv.icid.9128d05b-2c57-491d-89da-c49d779c5db4\">Amazon Prime Video\u003c/a> or \u003ca href=\"https://www.wnba.com/leaguepass?plan=annual\">WNBA League Pass\u003c/a>. \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cfigure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/05/260510-VALKYRIESHOMEOPENER-29-BL-KQED.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-12083065\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/05/260510-VALKYRIESHOMEOPENER-29-BL-KQED.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/05/260510-VALKYRIESHOMEOPENER-29-BL-KQED-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/05/260510-VALKYRIESHOMEOPENER-29-BL-KQED-1536x1024.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\" />\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Ashley Richardson cheers during the Golden State Valkyries’ home opener against the Phoenix Mercury at Chase Center in San Francisco on May 10, 2026. (Beth LaBerge/KQED)\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>The WNBA regular season runs from the end of April to the end of September. The Valkyries \u003ca href=\"https://www.sfchronicle.com/sports/article/golden-state-valkyries-beat-dallas-clinch-wnba-22392328.php\">recently secured a spot\u003c/a> in the playoffs that follow. \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>And if you need yet another reason to get into the league? September will bring the FIBA Women’s Basketball World Cup in Berlin, with \u003ca href=\"https://valkyries.wnba.com/news/natalie-nakase-fiba-womens-world-cup-assistant-coach-20260806\">Nakase serving\u003c/a> as the U.S. team’s assistant coach. And next summer, San Francisco will \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12095766/san-francisco-to-host-2027-wnba-all-star-game-at-chase-center\">host the WNBA All-Star Game\u003c/a> at Chase Center, featuring top players in the game.\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>Other major highlights: Violet, \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/arts/13980000/violet-valkyries-wnba-cute-mascot-purple-raven-glasses-reaction\">the Valkyries’ mascot\u003c/a> with adorable glasses and an amazingly snatched waist. \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>What other Bay Area women’s basketball teams can I support?\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>The Women’s Premier Basketball Association has a host of \u003ca href=\"https://www.womenspba.com/stats#/2693/teams?division_id=49639\">Bay Area-based teams\u003c/a> so localized that you have a good chance of finding a team from your actual place of residence. \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>The teams include:\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n\u003cli>\u003ca href=\"https://basketball.usbasket.com/team/San-Francisco-Riptide/61932?Women=1\">San Francisco Riptide\u003c/a>\u003c/li>\n\n\n\n\u003cli>\u003ca href=\"https://basketball.usbasket.com/team/Oakland-Swish/61934/Roster/2025?Women=1\">Oakland Swish\u003c/a>\u003c/li>\n\n\n\n\u003cli>\u003ca href=\"https://basketball.usbasket.com/team/Hayward-Reign/61931?Women=1\">Hayward Reign\u003c/a>\u003c/li>\n\n\n\n\u003cli>\u003ca href=\"https://basketball.usbasket.com/team/Bay-City-Blaze/62028?Women=1\">Bay City Blaze\u003c/a>\u003c/li>\n\n\n\n\u003cli>\u003ca href=\"https://basketball.usbasket.com/team/Berkeley-Royals/61933?Women=1\">Berkeley Royals\u003c/a>\u003c/li>\n\n\n\n\u003cli>\u003ca href=\"https://basketball.usbasket.com/team/Bay-Area-Phoenix/68881?Women=1\">Bay Area Phoenix\u003c/a>\u003c/li>\n\n\n\n\u003cli>\u003ca href=\"https://basketball.usbasket.com/team/Alameda-Wolves/61930?Women=1\">Alameda Wolves\u003c/a>\u003c/li>\n\n\n\n\u003cli>\u003ca href=\"https://basketball.usbasket.com/team/Tech-City-Titans/68882?Women=1\">Tech City Titans\u003c/a>\u003c/li>\n\u003c/ul>\n\n\n\n\u003ch3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Where does the women’s basketball community hang out? \u003c/h3>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>The WNBA already has a pretty passionate base, and it’s only gotten bigger since the Valkyries’ inaugural year. KQED has published \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12047885/golden-state-valkyries-wnba-schedule-fandom-chase-center-san-francisco-ballhalla\">a comprehensive guide on navigating WNBA fandom\u003c/a> for super-new basketball fans.\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>And more good news: The fandom is pretty easy to participate in IRL. Sports journalist Maya Goldberg-Safir, who writes about \u003ca href=\"https://wnbaroughnotes.substack.com/\">the WNBA in Rough Notes\u003c/a>, published a very thorough map of \u003ca href=\"https://www.google.com/maps/d/u/0/viewer?mid=1yIDpg_Y8ULIO2-IdC2H3wmR9nZeXbl4&ll=38.06201922218028%2C-121.05610149375002&z=8\">Valkyries fandom spots\u003c/a> throughout the Bay Area, including reliable bars that air women’s sports, parties, women’s/queer pickup basketball, and local groups like the \u003ca href=\"https://www.instagram.com/valqueeries/\">ValQueeries\u003c/a> and the \u003ca href=\"https://www.instagram.com/thepeopleswatchparty/\">People’s Watch Party\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\n\n\u003cp>\u003c!-- iframe plugin v.4.3 wordpress.org/plugins/iframe/ -->\u003cbr />\n\u003ciframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https://www.google.com/maps/d/embed?mid=1yIDpg_Y8ULIO2-IdC2H3wmR9nZeXbl4&ehbc=2E312F\" width=\"640\" height=\"480\" scrolling=\"yes\" class=\"iframe-class\" frameborder=\"0\">\u003c/iframe>\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003ch3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">What are some publications or podcasts I can follow to learn more about women’s basketball?\u003cstrong> \u003c/strong>\u003c/h3>\n\n\n\n\u003cul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n\u003cli>\u003ca href=\"https://www.kalw.org/bounce-the-valkyries-first-season-in-the-bay\">Bounce from KALW\u003c/a>\u003c/li>\n\n\n\n\u003cli>\u003ca href=\"https://www.flagrantmag.com/\">Flagrant Magazine\u003c/a>\u003c/li>\n\n\n\n\u003cli>\u003ca href=\"https://www.instagram.com/stud.budz\">StudBudz\u003c/a>, which features two Minnesota Lynx players\u003c/li>\n\n\n\n\u003cli>\u003ca href=\"https://www.nytimes.com/athletic/podcast/287-the-athletic-womens-basketball-show/\">No Offseason: The Athletic Women’s Basketball Show\u003c/a>\u003c/li>\n\n\n\n\u003cli>\u003ca href=\"https://www.instagram.com/wnba_gay\">WNBA Gay\u003c/a>\u003c/li>\n\n\n\n\u003cli>\u003ca href=\"https://www.instagram.com/wnbadata\">WNBA Data\u003c/a>\u003c/li>\n\n\n\n\u003cli>\u003ca href=\"https://www.youtube.com/@SueBird\">Bird’s Eye View\u003c/a>, hosted by WNBA legend Sue Bird\u003c/li>\n\n\n\n\u003cli>\u003ca href=\"https://defector.com/category/sports/womens-basketball/wnba\">Defector\u003c/a>\u003c/li>\n\n\n\n\u003cli>If you really want to get into WNBA fandom: \u003ca href=\"https://wnbaroughnotes.substack.com/p/rough-notes-lesbians-volume-3-overdue\">the Lesbians Google Doc\u003c/a>\u003c/li>\n\u003c/ul>\n\n\n\n\u003ch2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"baseball\">Supporting women’s baseball in the Bay Area\u003c/h2>\n\n\n\n\u003ch3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">What should I know about the professional sports team? \u003c/h3>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>First off, it’s a great time to get into women’s baseball: The first women’s professional baseball league in 70 years \u003ca href=\"https://www.npr.org/sections/the-picture-show/2026/08/08/nx-s1-5923371/womens-professional-baseball-league-debut\">debuted\u003c/a> in August.\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>The San Francisco Firebells are one of the first four teams making up the Women’s Pro Baseball League, along with Los Angeles, Boston and New York. 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"content": "\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/tag/san-francisco\">San Francisco\u003c/a> supervisors are voting Tuesday on a proposal to change the city’s street tree rules, despite months of advocacy from environmentalists who say the ordinance would allow developers to pay their way out of tree planting requirements.\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>Despite its green reputation, San Francisco has the \u003ca href=\"https://sfplanning.org/urban-forest-plan\">smallest urban tree canopy\u003c/a> of any large U.S. city — and one that is actively declining. \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>“We have net lost hundreds of trees since our last census in 2017. The city is not doing it,” said Joshua Klipp, a planting leader with Friends of the Urban Forest and former member of the Urban Forestry Council.\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>In an effort to grow the tree canopy, the city’s longstanding urban forest and climate action plans call for tens of thousands of street trees to be planted over two decades. \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cfigure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/08/260831-SFTrees-NG-19-KQED.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-12097711\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/08/260831-SFTrees-NG-19-KQED.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/08/260831-SFTrees-NG-19-KQED-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/08/260831-SFTrees-NG-19-KQED-1536x1024.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\" />\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">A tree outside of a building in the Civic Center neighborhood in San Francisco on Aug. 31, 2026. (Nina Glick/KQED)\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>Aiding efforts to meet that lofty goal, city code requires developers to plant trees every 20 feet on the street in front of their lot, unless physically unfeasible. \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>The slate of amendments up for a vote on Tuesday, sponsored by Sunset Supervisor Alan Wong and Mayor Daniel Lurie, as part of a broader push to streamline permits, would also limit how residents can appeal city-initiated tree removals. \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>“Our goal is to balance expanding our urban canopy with streamlining public safety and permitting,” Ian Schneider, the government affairs manager for the Department of Public Works, said during a hearing in July. \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\u003cp>Under the proposed legislation, developers of projects under a certain size and scope could opt to pay $2,590 per tree that their lot would require in lieu of planting one. That money would go directly to San Francisco’s “Adopt-A-Tree” Fund, which pays for city planting and watering efforts. \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>But Klipp said that alternative doesn’t address the city’s existing problem: not planting enough street trees. \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>“We have lost hundreds of trees since our last census,” he said. “If we were crushing it, if that fund was empty and we were keeping pace with the Urban Forest Plan and Climate Action Plan, I honestly wouldn’t oppose it.”\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>Instead, the city’s street tree count is \u003ca href=\"https://www.sfenvironment.org/media/15152\">largely stagnant\u003c/a>, despite the Urban Forest Plan’s goal to grow the population by 50,000 over 20 years. \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>“We don’t just want to see our supervisors overlook our own rights in the city charter to have trees put in, and [give] developers a pass,” said Melinda Dart, who lives what she described as the “concrete-covered” Outer Mission.\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>Holding a sign that read “Lurie vs. Lorax?,” Dart joined Klipp and a small group of other activists outside City Hall on Monday to knock on supervisors’ doors and urge them to vote against the proposal.\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cfigure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/08/260831-SFTrees-NG-6-KQED.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-12097709\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/08/260831-SFTrees-NG-6-KQED.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/08/260831-SFTrees-NG-6-KQED-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/08/260831-SFTrees-NG-6-KQED-1536x1024.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\" />\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Karen Star (right) sings at a call to action against File No. 251211, a new bill which would allow developers to pay their way out of tree planting, outside San Francisco City Hall in San Francisco on Aug. 31, 2026. (Nina Glick/KQED)\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>The other changes in the ordinance would ease restrictions on tree removals — which have mostly \u003ca href=\"https://www.sfenvironment.org/media/15152\">kept pace\u003c/a> with plantings since 2015.\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>The amendment has also ruffled feathers among the city’s Board of Appeals, a body which provides final review on city determinations. Last week, the Board sent a letter to supervisors urging them to strike out language which stripped it of its ability to hear appeals for hazardous trees, and shortened the process for non-hazardous trees.\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>Initially, the proposal would have eliminated all appeals to city-initiated hazardous tree removals, but it was amended by the Land Use and Transportation Committee to allow appeals from the Public Works director.\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>Executive director Julie Lamarre said the process already doesn’t apply to removals in emergency situations.\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cfigure class=\"wp-block-gallery has-nested-images columns-default is-cropped wp-block-gallery-1 is-layout-flex wp-block-gallery-is-layout-flex\">\n\u003cfigure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" data-id=\"12097710\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/08/260831-SFTrees-NG-16-KQED.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-12097710\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/08/260831-SFTrees-NG-16-KQED.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/08/260831-SFTrees-NG-16-KQED-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/08/260831-SFTrees-NG-16-KQED-1536x1024.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\" />\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Trees outside of the Hiram W. 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The city is not doing it,” said Joshua Klipp, a planting leader with Friends of the Urban Forest and former member of the Urban Forestry Council.\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>In an effort to grow the tree canopy, the city’s longstanding urban forest and climate action plans call for tens of thousands of street trees to be planted over two decades. \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cfigure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/08/260831-SFTrees-NG-19-KQED.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-12097711\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/08/260831-SFTrees-NG-19-KQED.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/08/260831-SFTrees-NG-19-KQED-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/08/260831-SFTrees-NG-19-KQED-1536x1024.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\" />\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">A tree outside of a building in the Civic Center neighborhood in San Francisco on Aug. 31, 2026. (Nina Glick/KQED)\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>Aiding efforts to meet that lofty goal, city code requires developers to plant trees every 20 feet on the street in front of their lot, unless physically unfeasible. \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>The slate of amendments up for a vote on Tuesday, sponsored by Sunset Supervisor Alan Wong and Mayor Daniel Lurie, as part of a broader push to streamline permits, would also limit how residents can appeal city-initiated tree removals. \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>“Our goal is to balance expanding our urban canopy with streamlining public safety and permitting,” Ian Schneider, the government affairs manager for the Department of Public Works, said during a hearing in July. \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\u003cp>Under the proposed legislation, developers of projects under a certain size and scope could opt to pay $2,590 per tree that their lot would require in lieu of planting one. That money would go directly to San Francisco’s “Adopt-A-Tree” Fund, which pays for city planting and watering efforts. \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>But Klipp said that alternative doesn’t address the city’s existing problem: not planting enough street trees. \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>“We have lost hundreds of trees since our last census,” he said. “If we were crushing it, if that fund was empty and we were keeping pace with the Urban Forest Plan and Climate Action Plan, I honestly wouldn’t oppose it.”\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>Instead, the city’s street tree count is \u003ca href=\"https://www.sfenvironment.org/media/15152\">largely stagnant\u003c/a>, despite the Urban Forest Plan’s goal to grow the population by 50,000 over 20 years. \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>“We don’t just want to see our supervisors overlook our own rights in the city charter to have trees put in, and [give] developers a pass,” said Melinda Dart, who lives what she described as the “concrete-covered” Outer Mission.\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>Holding a sign that read “Lurie vs. Lorax?,” Dart joined Klipp and a small group of other activists outside City Hall on Monday to knock on supervisors’ doors and urge them to vote against the proposal.\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cfigure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/08/260831-SFTrees-NG-6-KQED.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-12097709\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/08/260831-SFTrees-NG-6-KQED.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/08/260831-SFTrees-NG-6-KQED-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/08/260831-SFTrees-NG-6-KQED-1536x1024.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\" />\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Karen Star (right) sings at a call to action against File No. 251211, a new bill which would allow developers to pay their way out of tree planting, outside San Francisco City Hall in San Francisco on Aug. 31, 2026. (Nina Glick/KQED)\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>The other changes in the ordinance would ease restrictions on tree removals — which have mostly \u003ca href=\"https://www.sfenvironment.org/media/15152\">kept pace\u003c/a> with plantings since 2015.\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>The amendment has also ruffled feathers among the city’s Board of Appeals, a body which provides final review on city determinations. 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