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With a tiny brush, she used shades of orange to create petals just a few millimeters wide that looked like they were fluttering in a breeze.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>A lifelong artist, Cazares’ favorite medium may seem unusual: fingernails.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“It’s a little canvas where you can put whatever you want, and it’s wearable art, which I think is really cool,” the 29-year-old said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Cazares, raised in Manteca and now based in San Francisco, is among a growing number of high-end nail artists elevating traditional manicures into works of art amid the booming multibillion-dollar beauty industry. She has built a following for her three-dimensional, airbrushed and hand-painted nail designs that incorporate fashion, her Mexican heritage and meticulous artistry.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>On a recent morning, her right hand featured metallic charcoal gray adorned with polka dots, which she said are trending. 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Cazares, a Hayward native, is known for her detailed, three-dimensional nail art. \u003ccite>(Gustavo Hernandez/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Cazares, who goes by the moniker \u003ca href=\"https://www.instagram.com/nailbruja/\">Nail Bruja\u003c/a> — “nail witch” in Spanglish — uses a variety of gels to layer on clients’ nails, create longer nails and sculpt 3D objects from scratch. She then applies paints and polishes to create intricate designs and effects like a cat-eye shimmer or reflective shine.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>For one client, she created a tiny cat that looked like it was poking out from behind a nail. For another, she shaped long, pointy nails to resemble plant leaves dotted with 3D ladybugs and raindrops.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“It’s almost like clay, so you can just mold it and then you paint it and you can do whatever,” she said. “That wasn’t a thing 10 years ago until recently, so it’s really cool to be able to make whatever you want on your nail.”[aside postID=arts_13981143 hero='https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/09/240916_ElGrito_EG_007-1020x680.jpg']Her love affair with nails started early. She remembers waking up early — and sometimes being late — because she painted her nails in the morning to match her outfit. She credits her older sister for introducing her to painting, ceramics and other crafts.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>After high school, Cazares decided against college but wanted a career in art. She didn’t see a clear path until her sister suggested she become a licensed nail technician, which she did in 2015.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Her parents were skeptical at first, questioning how she could earn a living wage doing manicures and pedicures. Nail technicians \u003ca href=\"https://www.bls.gov/ooh/personal-care-and-service/manicurists-and-pedicurists.htm\">made an average\u003c/a> of $16.66 per hour or about $34,660 a year in 2024, according to the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics. The industry has a \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11275303/nail-salon-workers-allege-wage-theft-indicate-larger-exploitation\">history of labor exploitation\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I have immigrant parents, they’re from Mexico, and my mom, one of her favorite sayings, ‘I didn’t cross a country for you to not be successful,’” Cazeres said. That made her more determined to pursue nail art in a way that would be lucrative.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Six years ago, she immersed herself in nail art while working at a Fremont salon specializing in designs with long acrylic tips, which were popular at the time.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I had a full clientele and it just clicked like, ‘Oh, I really could actually live off of this and have it be my career full time,” she said. “Sometimes I’m like, ‘Oh, maybe going to school would have been cool, too.’ But I love nails and I love art. So being a nail artist just works. I get to combine both.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In 2022, she moved to Miami, which also has a robust nail industry. She returned to California last December and now works at Sparkle SF, a salon in San Francisco’s Mission District.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12055050\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12055050\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/09/250904_K-ONDA-SEPTEMBER-NAIL-ARTIST-_GH-5-KQED.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/09/250904_K-ONDA-SEPTEMBER-NAIL-ARTIST-_GH-5-KQED.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/09/250904_K-ONDA-SEPTEMBER-NAIL-ARTIST-_GH-5-KQED-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/09/250904_K-ONDA-SEPTEMBER-NAIL-ARTIST-_GH-5-KQED-1536x1024.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Polaroids of staff and visitors decorate a wall inside Sparkle SF in San Francisco on Sept. 4, 2025. The studio doubles as both a workplace and a creative hub for nail art. \u003ccite>(Gustavo Hernandez/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>“San Francisco is just such a fun, quirky, unique place where even the older generations are into nail art,” she said. “Younger people will do all the crazy stuff, and they’re not scared to get 3D. They’re not scared to like chrome or airbrush or anything. They’re down to try it all.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Sparke SF is strictly for nail art and doesn’t offer pedicures, massages or facials, said owner Mia Rubie, who started the salon more than a decade ago and has watched nail art continuously evolve.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Now, there’s so many possibilities with nail art,” thanks in part to social media, she said. Clients “are making it a very personalized experience, like something tailored to their own interests or something that they’re into or dedicating nails to somebody else or things like that. People are discovering that you can use it as a valid expression of art.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“The history of nails is very multicultural,” said Jillian Hernandez, a professor of women’s studies at the University of Florida who leads the Full Set Project, a team of scholars researching the nail industry. The intricate nail designs innovated by Vietnamese nail techs caught on with Black and Latina women, who helped turn long, brightly decorated nails into bold fashion statements.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Her team plans to release a documentary, \u003ca href=\"https://historymiami.org/event/film-screening-panel-discussion-full-set-a-celebration-of-miami-nail-artistry/\">\u003cem>Nail Tech: Portrait of an Artist\u003c/em>\u003c/a>, in December, chronicling the career of Miami-based nail artist Kro Vargas.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12055053\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12055053\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/09/250904_K-ONDA-SEPTEMBER-NAIL-ARTIST-_GH-21-KQED.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/09/250904_K-ONDA-SEPTEMBER-NAIL-ARTIST-_GH-21-KQED.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/09/250904_K-ONDA-SEPTEMBER-NAIL-ARTIST-_GH-21-KQED-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/09/250904_K-ONDA-SEPTEMBER-NAIL-ARTIST-_GH-21-KQED-1536x1024.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">An assortment of intricate nail designs displayed at Sparkle SF in San Francisco on Sept. 4, 2025. The salon is known for showcasing bold, colorful and three-dimensional nail artistry. \u003ccite>(Gustavo Hernandez/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>“Over the last decade, particularly the last five years since COVID, there was increasing interest in self-care practices, but also famous women of color like Cardi B, for example, entered the mainstream and also entered spaces of fashion and brought their own aesthetics to these spaces,” Hernandez said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The shift from seeing nails as simple grooming to fashionable art is slowly changing how workers in the industry are viewed, Hernandez said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“It gets to this fundamental question of how do we value workers? We tend to undervalue care work because it’s associated with women and people of color,” she said. “All nail techs are artists, and they should be respected for their labor, whether they’re in the corner salon or whether they’re in these highly specialized studios doing nails for celebrities. That’s extremely important.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The cost of nail art is also rising as designs require more expertise and time. At Sparkle, prices start around $60 for a basic manicure, but intricate designs can cost a few hundred dollars and take several hours. Cazares said her designs typically last about a month.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12055052\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12055052\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/09/250904_K-ONDA-SEPTEMBER-NAIL-ARTIST-_GH-19-KQED.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/09/250904_K-ONDA-SEPTEMBER-NAIL-ARTIST-_GH-19-KQED.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/09/250904_K-ONDA-SEPTEMBER-NAIL-ARTIST-_GH-19-KQED-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/09/250904_K-ONDA-SEPTEMBER-NAIL-ARTIST-_GH-19-KQED-1536x1024.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Nail artist Laysa Cazares works at her station inside Sparkle SF in San Francisco on Sept. 4, 2025. \u003ccite>(Gustavo Hernandez/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>The most expensive set she has ever done took eight hours, covered both hands with Swarovski crystals and cost $1,400.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Nails aren’t a necessity; they are a luxury,” Cazares said. “I love the feeling of feeling put together, and for a lot of people, this does that for them. For women who work corporate tech jobs, their jobs are so demanding; this is a form of self-expression.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>That resonates with San Mateo resident Cristina Medina, 30, who had her first manicure in middle school.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“My mom always had her nails done for as long as I can remember, so I think I got it from her, the habit of getting my nails done,” she said. “I’ve always correlated getting my nails done as a way of self-pampering, of taking care of myself. 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Her designs range from a simple French tip to more seasonal creations.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I like to spice it up during the holidays,” she said. “For example, Halloween and Dia de los Muertos are coming up, so I might mess with orange, brown colors or even pumpkin. It really gives me that creative freedom and gives me a way to express myself throughout the year.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Cazares is hosting an event this month called \u003ca href=\"http://www.nomicreativestudios.com\">Hexed by Nail Bruja & Friends\u003c/a> to showcase nail art the way an art gallery exhibits paintings. The Friday event will also feature vendors, tarot card readings and cocktails, and will run from 6–9 p.m. at a retro pinball arcade at 1767 Waller St. in San Francisco. 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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Cazares, raised in Manteca and now based in San Francisco, is among a growing number of high-end nail artists elevating traditional manicures into works of art amid the booming multibillion-dollar beauty industry. She has built a following for her three-dimensional, airbrushed and hand-painted nail designs that incorporate fashion, her Mexican heritage and meticulous artistry.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>On a recent morning, her right hand featured metallic charcoal gray adorned with polka dots, which she said are trending. Her left hand showed a light blue-hued design with three-dimensional spheres inspired by a bubble bath.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12055054\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12055054\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/09/250904_K-ONDA-SEPTEMBER-NAIL-ARTIST-_GH-KQED.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/09/250904_K-ONDA-SEPTEMBER-NAIL-ARTIST-_GH-KQED.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/09/250904_K-ONDA-SEPTEMBER-NAIL-ARTIST-_GH-KQED-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/09/250904_K-ONDA-SEPTEMBER-NAIL-ARTIST-_GH-KQED-1536x1024.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Laysa Cazares pulls gel from a container during a nail-sculpting class at Sparkle SF in San Francisco on Sept. 4, 2025. Cazares, a Hayward native, is known for her detailed, three-dimensional nail art. \u003ccite>(Gustavo Hernandez/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Cazares, who goes by the moniker \u003ca href=\"https://www.instagram.com/nailbruja/\">Nail Bruja\u003c/a> — “nail witch” in Spanglish — uses a variety of gels to layer on clients’ nails, create longer nails and sculpt 3D objects from scratch. She then applies paints and polishes to create intricate designs and effects like a cat-eye shimmer or reflective shine.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>For one client, she created a tiny cat that looked like it was poking out from behind a nail. For another, she shaped long, pointy nails to resemble plant leaves dotted with 3D ladybugs and raindrops.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“It’s almost like clay, so you can just mold it and then you paint it and you can do whatever,” she said. “That wasn’t a thing 10 years ago until recently, so it’s really cool to be able to make whatever you want on your nail.”\u003c/p>\u003c/div>",
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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>Her love affair with nails started early. She remembers waking up early — and sometimes being late — because she painted her nails in the morning to match her outfit. She credits her older sister for introducing her to painting, ceramics and other crafts.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>After high school, Cazares decided against college but wanted a career in art. She didn’t see a clear path until her sister suggested she become a licensed nail technician, which she did in 2015.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Her parents were skeptical at first, questioning how she could earn a living wage doing manicures and pedicures. Nail technicians \u003ca href=\"https://www.bls.gov/ooh/personal-care-and-service/manicurists-and-pedicurists.htm\">made an average\u003c/a> of $16.66 per hour or about $34,660 a year in 2024, according to the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics. The industry has a \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11275303/nail-salon-workers-allege-wage-theft-indicate-larger-exploitation\">history of labor exploitation\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I have immigrant parents, they’re from Mexico, and my mom, one of her favorite sayings, ‘I didn’t cross a country for you to not be successful,’” Cazeres said. That made her more determined to pursue nail art in a way that would be lucrative.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Six years ago, she immersed herself in nail art while working at a Fremont salon specializing in designs with long acrylic tips, which were popular at the time.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I had a full clientele and it just clicked like, ‘Oh, I really could actually live off of this and have it be my career full time,” she said. “Sometimes I’m like, ‘Oh, maybe going to school would have been cool, too.’ But I love nails and I love art. So being a nail artist just works. I get to combine both.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In 2022, she moved to Miami, which also has a robust nail industry. She returned to California last December and now works at Sparkle SF, a salon in San Francisco’s Mission District.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12055050\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12055050\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/09/250904_K-ONDA-SEPTEMBER-NAIL-ARTIST-_GH-5-KQED.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/09/250904_K-ONDA-SEPTEMBER-NAIL-ARTIST-_GH-5-KQED.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/09/250904_K-ONDA-SEPTEMBER-NAIL-ARTIST-_GH-5-KQED-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/09/250904_K-ONDA-SEPTEMBER-NAIL-ARTIST-_GH-5-KQED-1536x1024.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Polaroids of staff and visitors decorate a wall inside Sparkle SF in San Francisco on Sept. 4, 2025. The studio doubles as both a workplace and a creative hub for nail art. \u003ccite>(Gustavo Hernandez/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>“San Francisco is just such a fun, quirky, unique place where even the older generations are into nail art,” she said. “Younger people will do all the crazy stuff, and they’re not scared to get 3D. They’re not scared to like chrome or airbrush or anything. They’re down to try it all.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Sparke SF is strictly for nail art and doesn’t offer pedicures, massages or facials, said owner Mia Rubie, who started the salon more than a decade ago and has watched nail art continuously evolve.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Now, there’s so many possibilities with nail art,” thanks in part to social media, she said. Clients “are making it a very personalized experience, like something tailored to their own interests or something that they’re into or dedicating nails to somebody else or things like that. People are discovering that you can use it as a valid expression of art.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“The history of nails is very multicultural,” said Jillian Hernandez, a professor of women’s studies at the University of Florida who leads the Full Set Project, a team of scholars researching the nail industry. The intricate nail designs innovated by Vietnamese nail techs caught on with Black and Latina women, who helped turn long, brightly decorated nails into bold fashion statements.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Her team plans to release a documentary, \u003ca href=\"https://historymiami.org/event/film-screening-panel-discussion-full-set-a-celebration-of-miami-nail-artistry/\">\u003cem>Nail Tech: Portrait of an Artist\u003c/em>\u003c/a>, in December, chronicling the career of Miami-based nail artist Kro Vargas.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12055053\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12055053\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/09/250904_K-ONDA-SEPTEMBER-NAIL-ARTIST-_GH-21-KQED.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/09/250904_K-ONDA-SEPTEMBER-NAIL-ARTIST-_GH-21-KQED.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/09/250904_K-ONDA-SEPTEMBER-NAIL-ARTIST-_GH-21-KQED-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/09/250904_K-ONDA-SEPTEMBER-NAIL-ARTIST-_GH-21-KQED-1536x1024.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">An assortment of intricate nail designs displayed at Sparkle SF in San Francisco on Sept. 4, 2025. The salon is known for showcasing bold, colorful and three-dimensional nail artistry. \u003ccite>(Gustavo Hernandez/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>“Over the last decade, particularly the last five years since COVID, there was increasing interest in self-care practices, but also famous women of color like Cardi B, for example, entered the mainstream and also entered spaces of fashion and brought their own aesthetics to these spaces,” Hernandez said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The shift from seeing nails as simple grooming to fashionable art is slowly changing how workers in the industry are viewed, Hernandez said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“It gets to this fundamental question of how do we value workers? We tend to undervalue care work because it’s associated with women and people of color,” she said. “All nail techs are artists, and they should be respected for their labor, whether they’re in the corner salon or whether they’re in these highly specialized studios doing nails for celebrities. That’s extremely important.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The cost of nail art is also rising as designs require more expertise and time. At Sparkle, prices start around $60 for a basic manicure, but intricate designs can cost a few hundred dollars and take several hours. Cazares said her designs typically last about a month.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12055052\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12055052\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/09/250904_K-ONDA-SEPTEMBER-NAIL-ARTIST-_GH-19-KQED.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/09/250904_K-ONDA-SEPTEMBER-NAIL-ARTIST-_GH-19-KQED.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/09/250904_K-ONDA-SEPTEMBER-NAIL-ARTIST-_GH-19-KQED-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/09/250904_K-ONDA-SEPTEMBER-NAIL-ARTIST-_GH-19-KQED-1536x1024.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Nail artist Laysa Cazares works at her station inside Sparkle SF in San Francisco on Sept. 4, 2025. \u003ccite>(Gustavo Hernandez/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>The most expensive set she has ever done took eight hours, covered both hands with Swarovski crystals and cost $1,400.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Nails aren’t a necessity; they are a luxury,” Cazares said. “I love the feeling of feeling put together, and for a lot of people, this does that for them. For women who work corporate tech jobs, their jobs are so demanding; this is a form of self-expression.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>That resonates with San Mateo resident Cristina Medina, 30, who had her first manicure in middle school.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“My mom always had her nails done for as long as I can remember, so I think I got it from her, the habit of getting my nails done,” she said. “I’ve always correlated getting my nails done as a way of self-pampering, of taking care of myself. It helps me feel more put together.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12057050\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12057050\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/09/250919-K-ONDA-NAIL-ARTIST-DIPTYCH-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1129\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/09/250919-K-ONDA-NAIL-ARTIST-DIPTYCH-1.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/09/250919-K-ONDA-NAIL-ARTIST-DIPTYCH-1-160x90.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/09/250919-K-ONDA-NAIL-ARTIST-DIPTYCH-1-1536x867.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Specialty designs by San Francisco nail artist Laysa Cazares. \u003ccite>(Courtesy of Laysa Cazares)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Medina has a standing appointment every three weeks. Her designs range from a simple French tip to more seasonal creations.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I like to spice it up during the holidays,” she said. “For example, Halloween and Dia de los Muertos are coming up, so I might mess with orange, brown colors or even pumpkin. It really gives me that creative freedom and gives me a way to express myself throughout the year.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Cazares is hosting an event this month called \u003ca href=\"http://www.nomicreativestudios.com\">Hexed by Nail Bruja & Friends\u003c/a> to showcase nail art the way an art gallery exhibits paintings. The Friday event will also feature vendors, tarot card readings and cocktails, and will run from 6–9 p.m. at a retro pinball arcade at 1767 Waller St. in San Francisco. 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"content": "\u003cp>More than five years after the brutal beating of \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11961693/californias-anti-asian-hate-crimes-decline-but-long-term-pattern-persists\">Yik Oi Huang\u003c/a> shook many in San Francisco’s Asian American community, the trial for a suspect charged with the attack — and a string of other violent crimes against Asian Americans — began Monday.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Keonte Gathron, 25, has been in custody since late January 2019, when he was charged in connection with seven attacks, including Huang’s beating, multiple armed robberies, a kidnapping and two carjackings.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>He’s facing more than two dozen counts ranging from elder abuse and felony robbery to murder, upgraded from attempted murder after Huang died a year after her attack. If convicted, he could face life in prison.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>None of the alleged criminal encounters have been officially called a hate crime, and during his opening statement, Assistant District Attorney Nathan Quigley did not allege that Asian Americans were directly targeted.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But six of Gathron’s seven alleged victims were of Asian descent. Asian Justice Movement organizer Charles Jung said even without that distinction, the pattern speaks for itself.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>And the effect on the community, he said, has been the same.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11960636\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-11960636\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/09/20230907-YikOiHuang-11-JY-KQED.jpg\" alt=\"Five people congregate around park benches in front of a jungle gym in an outdoor park.\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/09/20230907-YikOiHuang-11-JY-KQED.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/09/20230907-YikOiHuang-11-JY-KQED-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/09/20230907-YikOiHuang-11-JY-KQED-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/09/20230907-YikOiHuang-11-JY-KQED-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/09/20230907-YikOiHuang-11-JY-KQED-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/09/20230907-YikOiHuang-11-JY-KQED-1920x1280.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Seniors spend time together at Yik Oi Huang Peace and Friendship Park in San Francisco on Thursday, Sept. 7, 2023. Formerly Visitacion Valley Park, it was renamed in May 2022 in memory of Yik Oi Huang, a senior who was brutally beaten at the park and a year later, died from her injuries. \u003ccite>(Juliana Yamada/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>“When someone allegedly victimizes multiple people of the same ethnicity in rapid succession, as is alleged, the impact is the same, I would say,” he told KQED. “It has the impact of terrorizing a community and making people feel unsafe because of who they are.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Quigley laid out the harrowing series of Gathron’s attacks to the jury in great detail, first illustrating how he knocked over Dhung My Chung from behind, stealing his keys and driving off in his car on Jan. 3, 2019.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The next day, Quigley alleged that Gathron robbed Guifeng Yu on the street at gunpoint, grabbing his phone and cash before demanding Yu lead him back to his home.[aside postID=news_11961693 hero='https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2023/09/20230907-YikOiHuang-03-JY-KQED-1020x680.jpg']Yu, who lives alone, instead led Gathron to a family member’s home nearby, hoping they would be there to help.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Instead, the house was empty when they arrived. As Gathron ransacked the place, Yu ran to hide in a locked room. Among the items he allegedly stole was a gold necklace that closely resembled one Gathron is seen wearing in surveillance footage captured at the scenes of his later crimes.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Gathron was also accused of stealing the car of a man dropping his wife off at a bus stop on Vicente Avenue in the Sunset, days later, pointing a pistol at him and demanding the keys to his Jeep. He then allegedly stole phones from two minors at gunpoint. Quigley said he let a third teenager — his only non-Asian victim — go with her phone after she told him she needed it for school.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The most high-profile of the attacks occurred in the middle of his alleged spree, on Jan. 8. Gathron is accused of attacking 88-year-old Yik Oi Huang, who was known affectionately by many in the Visitation Valley neighborhood as “Grandma Huang,” while she was practicing her usual qigong, a traditional Chinese exercise that combines movement, breathing and meditation, at a local park.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Before sunrise, Huang had walked to the Leland Avenue park across the street from her home. According to Quigley, Gathron allegedly approached her there, beat her and stole her keys. He left her lying in the sand under a slide, bloodied and hidden from street view by a recycling bin.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11960634\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-11960634\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/09/20230907-YikOiHuang-01-JY-KQED.jpg\" alt=\"A play structure in a grassy park.\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/09/20230907-YikOiHuang-01-JY-KQED.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/09/20230907-YikOiHuang-01-JY-KQED-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/09/20230907-YikOiHuang-01-JY-KQED-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/09/20230907-YikOiHuang-01-JY-KQED-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/09/20230907-YikOiHuang-01-JY-KQED-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/09/20230907-YikOiHuang-01-JY-KQED-1920x1280.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">The playground at Yik Oi Huang Peace and Friendship Park is seen in San Francisco on Thursday, Sept. 7, 2023. \u003ccite>(Juliana Yamada/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>The suspect then went to Huang’s home, where a neighbor saw him and called the police. After they arrived and found her home empty, Huang’s son-in-law retraced her steps, finding her at the playground.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Her shirt had been pulled up, her pants pulled down and she had sustained severe head injuries. Huang was taken to the hospital and eventually placed in long-term care until she died almost a year later, on Jan. 3, 2020.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“She suffered through the massive pain and had been clinging for her life courageously,” her family wrote on a \u003ca href=\"https://www.gofundme.com/f/in-loving-memories-of-grandma-huang\">GoFundMe \u003c/a>page set up to help pay for her funeral expenses after her death.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Today it was very hard to watch the timeline being put together,” Jung said following the city’s opening statement. “Seeing the pictures and the video, that brought me to tears.”[aside postID=news_12033789 hero='https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/03/250324-WongKimArk-02-BL_qed-1020x680.jpg']Gathron, who is defending himself, will deliver his remarks on Tuesday.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The attack sent shockwaves through Visitation Valley, where Huang had lived for nearly two decades. She immigrated from Toi San, China, in 1986, moving into an SRO in Chinatown while she worked as a seamstress and nanny, \u003ca href=\"https://www.rememberyikoihuang.com/who-is-yik-oi\">according to her memorial website\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Eventually, when all of her children were able to immigrate to the U.S., the family pooled together enough to move into their Visitacion Valley home.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Over nearly 20 years, Huang’s family said she became a community presence — often walking with friends around the park or leading the Visitacion Valley Friendship Club, an advocacy and senior group serving her Chinese immigrant neighbors.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>After her death, the community renamed the park in her honor. The “Yik Oi Peace & Friendship Park” was dedicated last June.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“The renaming effort is unifying us with the goals of ending cycles of violence and healing long-simmering cultural and racial divisions,” said Anne Seeman, cofounder of Visitacion Valley Greenway.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>While the attack and the other crimes Gathron allegedly committed occurred more than a year before anti-Asian hate and rhetoric exploded in response to the spread of COVID-19, Jung believes the violence was symptomatic of a problem that predates the coronavirus pandemic.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“What stood out to me … was that [six] of the victims were of Asian-American descent. That, in my perspective, is disturbing and I think kind of confirms the community’s fears about this particular wave [of anti-Asian hate],” he said. “I think you could describe it as a harbinger of the visibility and the anti-Asian violence that we saw during the pandemic.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“That [violence], we already knew was plaguing the community.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cem>KQED’s \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/author/kmonahan\">Katherine Monahan\u003c/a> contributed to this report. \u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cem>Sept. 23: A previous version of this story misspelled the last name of Asian Justice Movement organizer Charles Jung as Juang. It has been updated.\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad floatright]\u003c/p>\n",
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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>None of the alleged criminal encounters have been officially called a hate crime, and during his opening statement, Assistant District Attorney Nathan Quigley did not allege that Asian Americans were directly targeted.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But six of Gathron’s seven alleged victims were of Asian descent. Asian Justice Movement organizer Charles Jung said even without that distinction, the pattern speaks for itself.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>And the effect on the community, he said, has been the same.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11960636\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-11960636\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/09/20230907-YikOiHuang-11-JY-KQED.jpg\" alt=\"Five people congregate around park benches in front of a jungle gym in an outdoor park.\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/09/20230907-YikOiHuang-11-JY-KQED.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/09/20230907-YikOiHuang-11-JY-KQED-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/09/20230907-YikOiHuang-11-JY-KQED-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/09/20230907-YikOiHuang-11-JY-KQED-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/09/20230907-YikOiHuang-11-JY-KQED-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/09/20230907-YikOiHuang-11-JY-KQED-1920x1280.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Seniors spend time together at Yik Oi Huang Peace and Friendship Park in San Francisco on Thursday, Sept. 7, 2023. Formerly Visitacion Valley Park, it was renamed in May 2022 in memory of Yik Oi Huang, a senior who was brutally beaten at the park and a year later, died from her injuries. \u003ccite>(Juliana Yamada/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>“When someone allegedly victimizes multiple people of the same ethnicity in rapid succession, as is alleged, the impact is the same, I would say,” he told KQED. “It has the impact of terrorizing a community and making people feel unsafe because of who they are.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Quigley laid out the harrowing series of Gathron’s attacks to the jury in great detail, first illustrating how he knocked over Dhung My Chung from behind, stealing his keys and driving off in his car on Jan. 3, 2019.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The next day, Quigley alleged that Gathron robbed Guifeng Yu on the street at gunpoint, grabbing his phone and cash before demanding Yu lead him back to his home.\u003c/p>\u003c/div>",
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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>Yu, who lives alone, instead led Gathron to a family member’s home nearby, hoping they would be there to help.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Instead, the house was empty when they arrived. As Gathron ransacked the place, Yu ran to hide in a locked room. Among the items he allegedly stole was a gold necklace that closely resembled one Gathron is seen wearing in surveillance footage captured at the scenes of his later crimes.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Gathron was also accused of stealing the car of a man dropping his wife off at a bus stop on Vicente Avenue in the Sunset, days later, pointing a pistol at him and demanding the keys to his Jeep. He then allegedly stole phones from two minors at gunpoint. Quigley said he let a third teenager — his only non-Asian victim — go with her phone after she told him she needed it for school.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The most high-profile of the attacks occurred in the middle of his alleged spree, on Jan. 8. Gathron is accused of attacking 88-year-old Yik Oi Huang, who was known affectionately by many in the Visitation Valley neighborhood as “Grandma Huang,” while she was practicing her usual qigong, a traditional Chinese exercise that combines movement, breathing and meditation, at a local park.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Before sunrise, Huang had walked to the Leland Avenue park across the street from her home. According to Quigley, Gathron allegedly approached her there, beat her and stole her keys. He left her lying in the sand under a slide, bloodied and hidden from street view by a recycling bin.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11960634\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-11960634\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/09/20230907-YikOiHuang-01-JY-KQED.jpg\" alt=\"A play structure in a grassy park.\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/09/20230907-YikOiHuang-01-JY-KQED.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/09/20230907-YikOiHuang-01-JY-KQED-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/09/20230907-YikOiHuang-01-JY-KQED-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/09/20230907-YikOiHuang-01-JY-KQED-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/09/20230907-YikOiHuang-01-JY-KQED-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/09/20230907-YikOiHuang-01-JY-KQED-1920x1280.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">The playground at Yik Oi Huang Peace and Friendship Park is seen in San Francisco on Thursday, Sept. 7, 2023. \u003ccite>(Juliana Yamada/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>The suspect then went to Huang’s home, where a neighbor saw him and called the police. After they arrived and found her home empty, Huang’s son-in-law retraced her steps, finding her at the playground.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Her shirt had been pulled up, her pants pulled down and she had sustained severe head injuries. Huang was taken to the hospital and eventually placed in long-term care until she died almost a year later, on Jan. 3, 2020.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“She suffered through the massive pain and had been clinging for her life courageously,” her family wrote on a \u003ca href=\"https://www.gofundme.com/f/in-loving-memories-of-grandma-huang\">GoFundMe \u003c/a>page set up to help pay for her funeral expenses after her death.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Today it was very hard to watch the timeline being put together,” Jung said following the city’s opening statement. “Seeing the pictures and the video, that brought me to tears.”\u003c/p>\u003c/div>",
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"content": "\u003cp>The Oakland branch of the NAACP announced Monday that it is partnering with the city and \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/tag/oakland-police-department\">police department\u003c/a> to recruit new officers.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>At a press conference alongside Councilmember Charlene Wang and representatives from Mayor Barbara Lee’s office, local NAACP leaders said volunteers will visit churches and community events to encourage residents to apply to join the force, which is still struggling to emerge from more than 20 years of federal \u003ca href=\"https://www.oaklandca.gov/files/assets/city/v/1/police/documents/opd-policies-and-resources/police-conduct-report-and-reforms-2003/background-fact-sheet-on-negotiated-settlement-agreement.pdf\">oversight\u003c/a>. The department was placed \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/forum/2010101891855/oakland-police-departments-brutality-corruption-and-cover-up-and-long-road-toward-reform\">under consent decree in 2003\u003c/a> after more than 100 Oakland citizens alleged sadistic beatings, evidence tampering and other abuses by a group of OPD officers known as the Riders.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Now, I know there are many people out there wondering why in the world is the NAACP partnering with OPD, given some of the negative and bad history of OPD in this community,” said retired Alameda County Superior Court Judge Brenda Harbin-Forte, a member of the NAACP executive committee.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Harbin-Forte explained that most of the victims she saw while on the criminal court bench were African Americans and other people of color.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“We are partnering because our community needs the help, and the NAACP is a community organization.\u003cem>”\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>According to OPD, the department currently has 644 sworn officers, including 511 available for full-duty, far below the 877, a recent city-commissioned \u003ca href=\"https://www.oaklandca.gov/files/assets/city/v/1/inspector-general/documents/published-reports/pfm-opd-staffing-study.pdf\">study\u003c/a> said are needed. Last week, OPD \u003ca href=\"https://www.oaklandca.gov/News-Releases/Police/OPD-Reassigns-Traffic-Officers-to-Strengthen-Patrol-Coverage?\">announced\u003c/a> it would reassign half a dozen traffic cops to patrol duty due to ongoing staffing challenges.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12027694\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12027694\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/02/20250218_Oak-Mayoral_DMB_00029.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/02/20250218_Oak-Mayoral_DMB_00029.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/02/20250218_Oak-Mayoral_DMB_00029-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/02/20250218_Oak-Mayoral_DMB_00029-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/02/20250218_Oak-Mayoral_DMB_00029-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/02/20250218_Oak-Mayoral_DMB_00029-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/02/20250218_Oak-Mayoral_DMB_00029-1920x1280.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">(Left to right) Kara Murray-Badal, Charlene Wang and Kanitha Matoury discuss issues facing voters as they run for a vacant City Council seat at a public forum hosted by Greenbelt Alliance, Housing Action Coalition and East Bay for Everyone, in downtown Oakland, California, on Feb. 18, 2025. \u003ccite>(David M. Barreda/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Wang, who chairs the city’s Public Safety Committee, said those challenges feel personal.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I still think about the three police officers that came to me in 2018 and saved my life,” she said, describing how she survived an incident of domestic violence. “We need hometown heroes … If you act with integrity, if you want to help us solve this crime, please sign up.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Lee’s office said the recruitment push will draw from existing budget allocations, including funds for five police academies and marketing to fill them.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Mayor Lee is committed to getting to 700 officers as approved by voters under the NN Measure,” said Rev. Damita Davis-Howard, Lee’s public safety director.[aside postID=news_12053148 hero='https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/08/250821-OAK-CHINATOWN-ROBBERIES-MD-01-KQED.jpg']Oakland’s NAACP is not completely alone in its decision to help lead a police recruiting campaign — a Baltimore County chapter made a similar \u003ca href=\"https://www.baltimorecountymd.gov/departments/police/news/baltimore-county-police-department-and-randallstown-naacp-launch-innovative\">commitment\u003c/a> in December. But the Bay Area group’s recent positions on public safety have drawn heat from other Black leaders in Oakland who have \u003ca href=\"https://oaklandside.org/2023/09/20/oakland-naacp-hijacked-conservative-black-community-leaders/\">criticized \u003c/a>the NAACP for aligning with conservative political voices, spreading \u003ca href=\"https://www.npr.org/2024/06/24/nx-s1-5018077/black-activists-in-oakland-blame-the-local-naacp-branch-for-misinformation-on-crime\">misinformation \u003c/a>and deviating from the national NAACP’s traditional role as a police watchdog and advocate for reform.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In 2023, the group \u003ca href=\"https://www.berkeleyscanner.com/content/files/2023/07/oakland-naacp-op-ed-crime-7272023.pdf?\">called\u003c/a> for a “state of emergency” over rising crime, which members blamed on antipolice rhetoric and progressive politics. Harbin-Forte also led the recall effort against \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12009524/two-big-recall-elections-in-the-east-bay\">former Oakland Mayor Sheng Thao\u003c/a>, until she stepped down to run for Oakland city attorney.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Councilmember Carroll Fife is critical of Oakland’s NAACP leadership but said that she believes Lee “is doing exactly what she was elected to do” in bringing people together, even those with disparate voices.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Oakland NAACP President Cynthia Adams agreed.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“We are a nonpartisan organization,” she said. “We’re here to make sure that our city is safe for everyone. No more division in Oakland. It’s over as of this day.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The next police academy class begins Nov. 8, and city officials said they hope to fill all 40 seats.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cem>Sept. 26: A previous version of this story incorrectly said Harbin-Forte led the recall effort against former Alameda County District Attorney Pamela Price. She led the recall campaign against former Oakland Mayor Sheng Thao, which was backed by the Oakland NAACP. The story has been edited to correct the inaccuracy.\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n",
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But it has no permanent ice cream shop.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>An ice cream social on Thursday in \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/tag/san-francisco\">San Francisco’s\u003c/a> Tenderloin was a community-led effort to serve frozen treats — and to change the narrative of a neighborhood home to 3,500 children.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>This one-time pop-up, held on a stretch of Golden Gate Avenue, was a key moment for organizers working to create safe public spaces for the neighborhood’s youngest residents.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“The vision is: how do we create the conditions necessary to make the Tenderloin truly into a place where the children can walk outside and enjoy the basic luxuries that everyone, every other child in the city, gets to enjoy,” said Supervisor Bilal Mahmood, who represents the neighborhood, and who helped hand out ice cream cones.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The event was the first in a series planned by Mahmood’s office and the Golden Gate Greenway Coalition, a group of local nonprofits led by St. Anthony’s. 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Their hope for the Greenway is to create a vibrant “campus” where neighbors can access critical services and community organizations can meet them where they are, according to Haims.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I think it’s needed, especially for the kids and the community,” said Monique Collins, who attended the event with her 12-year-old son, Khryee Crowder. “A lot of kids and community people in general that don’t live down here are afraid to come down here. 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The coalition plans to host more positive community gatherings like this ice cream social — including the foundation’s 75th Anniversary Block Party on Oct. 4.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>According to Haims, the hope is that by hosting more of these events, the community can begin to “crowd out” some of the challenges that have long plagued the area.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Long-term, the coalition said they aim to add a large, kid-themed mural, additional trees and enhanced street lighting to the Greenway by spring of 2026, though this timeline is dependent on securing funding.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The 50-block neighborhood, with a population that speaks over 112 languages, is incredibly diverse, Mahmood pointed out. He said the city needs to focus on the people who live there, especially the children of immigrants and refugees, to give them the same basic luxuries as other kids in the city. 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"content": "\u003cp>\u003cem>Updated 12:30 p.m., Saturday\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/tag/oakland-unified-school-district\">Oakland Unified School District\u003c/a> only just regained local control this summer after a state bailout two decades ago, and already top officials are warning that it is spending past its means and quickly falling back into perilous financial territory.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In a letter to the Oakland school board last week, Alameda County Superintendent of Schools Alysse Castro warned that it will need to propose major budget revisions in the next month to \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12043062/as-ousd-gets-closer-to-controlling-its-finances-new-budget-challenges-loom\">avoid running out of funds\u003c/a> during this academic year, risking insolvency for the second time in recent memory.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Oakland Unified School District enters Fiscal Year 2025–26 under full local control for the first time in a generation; however, the same fiscal and decision-making issues that have plagued the district for many years remain,” Castro wrote in her annual report of the district’s finances.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The letter detailed a series of moves by the school board over the last year that have pushed the district toward disarray: first failing to take action on \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12017719/oaklands-school-merger-plan-stalled-districts-huge-deficit-remains\">a plan to merge schools\u003c/a> in December to save about $3 million annually, and later continuing to renege on its own service and personnel cuts meant to close a $95 million budget deficit for the 2025–26 school year.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Last week, district budget chief Lisa Grant-Dawson wrote in a \u003ca href=\"https://www.ousd.org/communications-public-affairs/newsroom/news/~board/ousd-news/post/the-closing-of-the-books-for-the-2024-25-budget-continues-the-sobering-financial-news-for-the-district\">separate letter to families\u003c/a> that OUSD’s expenses have been outpacing revenue by about $4 million a month for nearly a year. The district’s budget reserve has shrunk by 53% in the last year, dwindling from $118 million to just $55.8 million, according to newly updated financial information.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12056737\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12056737\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/09/20250423_OUSDSupe_GC-2_qed-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/09/20250423_OUSDSupe_GC-2_qed-1.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/09/20250423_OUSDSupe_GC-2_qed-1-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/09/20250423_OUSDSupe_GC-2_qed-1-1536x1024.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Oakland Unified School District parents, students and community leaders rally in support of improved schools, ahead of an OUSD board meeting at Metwest High School in Oakland on April 23, 2025. \u003ccite>(Gina Castro/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Grant-Dawson said that reserve will shrink further this year.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The spending plan passed in June already violated OUSD’s policy to maintain reserves of at least 3% of its budget for unexpected expenses. Based on the updated numbers, Grant-Dawson said the district will not only spend the small $374,000 cushion it did preserve but also dip below the state’s lower 2% reserve requirement, risking financial insolvency.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Like districts across the state, Oakland is struggling with declining enrollment, rising costs for services and employees, and federal and state funding cuts. That has made it difficult for OUSD to regain its financial footing after taking a $100 million loan from the state in 2003 in exchange for control over its operations, but it was on the right track, said school board member Mike Hutchinson, who chairs the district’s finance committee.[aside postID=news_12042255 hero='https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/04/250428-OUSD-OFFICE-FILE-MD-01-KQED-1020x680.jpg']Now, he believes new board leadership is driving the district back into financial jeopardy.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“It’s just been a series of actions and inactions that have led us to this point,” Hutchinson said. “We were always trying to thread the needle, and with this series of actions, it’s taken all of that leeway away.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Hutchinson, who was among the board members opposed to merging schools in December, pointed to a series of 4–3 votes over the last nine months. He places much of the blame for the board’s shortcomings on President Jennifer Brouhard and Vice President Valarie Bachelor, who were elected board leaders in a 4–3 vote in January.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Since then, that same voting bloc — which is backed by the teachers union, has been aligned on several votes that have gone against district staff and affected OUSD’s financial situation.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In March, they made changes to the district’s budget balancing plan that ended up \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12040189/ousd-after-school-programs-could-be-cut-by-at-least-50\">causing upheaval to after-school programs\u003c/a> and could have cut about a third of the district’s spending on third-party services and contracts. Those union-backed “alternative budget balancing solutions,” which Brouhard said aimed to restore classroom personnel cuts, were \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12041279/ousd-cancels-controversial-after-school-cuts-but-deep-divisions-within-school-board-remain\">ultimately rescinded\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The same four board members in April approved a \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12037315/oakland-school-board-votes-remove-superintendent-sparking-worries-instability\">separation agreement with Superintendent Kyla Johnson-Trammell\u003c/a>, who was contracted to remain with OUSD until 2027.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12038081\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12038081\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/04/021_KQED_OUSDTeacherStrike_05112023_qed.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/04/021_KQED_OUSDTeacherStrike_05112023_qed.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/04/021_KQED_OUSDTeacherStrike_05112023_qed-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/04/021_KQED_OUSDTeacherStrike_05112023_qed-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/04/021_KQED_OUSDTeacherStrike_05112023_qed-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/04/021_KQED_OUSDTeacherStrike_05112023_qed-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/04/021_KQED_OUSDTeacherStrike_05112023_qed-1920x1280.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Oakland Unified School District teachers, parents and students rally outside of Glenview Elementary in Oakland on May 11, 2023, during a teacher strike in the district. \u003ccite>(Beth LaBerge/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>The longtime leader had been credited with much of the district’s financial recovery since taking over in 2017, but often sparred with the teachers union. Her early departure led to questions about whether the board \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12035005/oakland-school-board-may-replace-superintendent-despite-contract-extension\">pushed her out.\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In May, the union-backed board majority approved a $2.5 million agreement to restore teaching roles that were initially proposed to be cut this fall, \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12038078/oakland-teachers-set-strike-this-week-union-tells-school-district\">narrowly avoiding a labor strike\u003c/a>. At the time, it did not make any additional cuts to offset the expense.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Brouhard, Bachelor and board members Rachel Latta and VanCedric Williams, who approved those moves, did not respond to requests for comment.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In a separate letter last week, conditionally approving OUSD’s 2025–26 budget, Castro gave the board a deadline of Oct. 8 to direct district staff on how to make mid-year budget reductions to rebalance spending.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12056738\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12056738\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/09/007_KQED_OUSDSolidaritySchool_05112023_qed.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/09/007_KQED_OUSDSolidaritySchool_05112023_qed.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/09/007_KQED_OUSDSolidaritySchool_05112023_qed-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/09/007_KQED_OUSDSolidaritySchool_05112023_qed-1536x1024.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Oakland Unified students and parents make signs to support teachers at a ‘solidarity school’ in Diamond Park, Oakland, on May 11, 2023, as the Oakland Unified School District teacher strike continues. Parents, teachers, and middle and high school students volunteer to watch students, providing lunch and activities. \u003ccite>(Beth LaBerge/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Hutchinson believes the necessary cuts will be at least $10 million for this year.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>They would have to further cut currently planned expenses, though, to fulfill new wage demands from the Oakland Education Association.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The teachers union, whose contract expired in June, sent the district a compensation proposal in August requesting a 9% retroactive raise from July, and an additional 5% increase next year, among other costly demands.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Until our district prioritizes stability, every year our schools will lose incredible educators to other districts with better pay and benefits,” said OEA president Kampala Taiz-Rancifer. “We know that districts that invest in their classroom staff see successful and supported students as a result, and we need to see OUSD do the same.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Hutchinson said the district hasn’t set aside any money for increased wages and will have to make dollar-for-dollar cuts to raise them.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“If our teachers union wants a $20 million package for this year, we will have to make $20 million in spending cuts for this year in order to do that,” he told KQED.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Hutchinson said board leadership has yet to schedule a meeting to discuss the necessary cuts. If they fail to act, he said, it might be best for the county to step back in.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cem>KQED’s \u003c/em>\u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/author/shossaini\">\u003cem>Sara Hossaini\u003c/em>\u003c/a>\u003cem> contributed to this report.\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cem>Sept. 20: A previous version of this story misattributed a statement to Jessica Beard, communications organizer for the California Teachers Association. It has been corrected to attribute the statement to Kampala Taiz-Rancifer, president of the Oakland Education Association, a workforce services specialist. \u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad floatright]\u003c/p>\n",
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He places much of the blame for the board’s shortcomings on President Jennifer Brouhard and Vice President Valarie Bachelor, who were elected board leaders in a 4–3 vote in January.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Since then, that same voting bloc — which is backed by the teachers union, has been aligned on several votes that have gone against district staff and affected OUSD’s financial situation.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In March, they made changes to the district’s budget balancing plan that ended up \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12040189/ousd-after-school-programs-could-be-cut-by-at-least-50\">causing upheaval to after-school programs\u003c/a> and could have cut about a third of the district’s spending on third-party services and contracts. Those union-backed “alternative budget balancing solutions,” which Brouhard said aimed to restore classroom personnel cuts, were \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12041279/ousd-cancels-controversial-after-school-cuts-but-deep-divisions-within-school-board-remain\">ultimately rescinded\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The same four board members in April approved a \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12037315/oakland-school-board-votes-remove-superintendent-sparking-worries-instability\">separation agreement with Superintendent Kyla Johnson-Trammell\u003c/a>, who was contracted to remain with OUSD until 2027.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12038081\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12038081\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/04/021_KQED_OUSDTeacherStrike_05112023_qed.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/04/021_KQED_OUSDTeacherStrike_05112023_qed.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/04/021_KQED_OUSDTeacherStrike_05112023_qed-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/04/021_KQED_OUSDTeacherStrike_05112023_qed-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/04/021_KQED_OUSDTeacherStrike_05112023_qed-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/04/021_KQED_OUSDTeacherStrike_05112023_qed-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/04/021_KQED_OUSDTeacherStrike_05112023_qed-1920x1280.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Oakland Unified School District teachers, parents and students rally outside of Glenview Elementary in Oakland on May 11, 2023, during a teacher strike in the district. \u003ccite>(Beth LaBerge/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>The longtime leader had been credited with much of the district’s financial recovery since taking over in 2017, but often sparred with the teachers union. Her early departure led to questions about whether the board \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12035005/oakland-school-board-may-replace-superintendent-despite-contract-extension\">pushed her out.\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In May, the union-backed board majority approved a $2.5 million agreement to restore teaching roles that were initially proposed to be cut this fall, \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12038078/oakland-teachers-set-strike-this-week-union-tells-school-district\">narrowly avoiding a labor strike\u003c/a>. At the time, it did not make any additional cuts to offset the expense.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Brouhard, Bachelor and board members Rachel Latta and VanCedric Williams, who approved those moves, did not respond to requests for comment.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In a separate letter last week, conditionally approving OUSD’s 2025–26 budget, Castro gave the board a deadline of Oct. 8 to direct district staff on how to make mid-year budget reductions to rebalance spending.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12056738\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12056738\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/09/007_KQED_OUSDSolidaritySchool_05112023_qed.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/09/007_KQED_OUSDSolidaritySchool_05112023_qed.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/09/007_KQED_OUSDSolidaritySchool_05112023_qed-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/09/007_KQED_OUSDSolidaritySchool_05112023_qed-1536x1024.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Oakland Unified students and parents make signs to support teachers at a ‘solidarity school’ in Diamond Park, Oakland, on May 11, 2023, as the Oakland Unified School District teacher strike continues. Parents, teachers, and middle and high school students volunteer to watch students, providing lunch and activities. \u003ccite>(Beth LaBerge/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Hutchinson believes the necessary cuts will be at least $10 million for this year.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>They would have to further cut currently planned expenses, though, to fulfill new wage demands from the Oakland Education Association.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The teachers union, whose contract expired in June, sent the district a compensation proposal in August requesting a 9% retroactive raise from July, and an additional 5% increase next year, among other costly demands.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Until our district prioritizes stability, every year our schools will lose incredible educators to other districts with better pay and benefits,” said OEA president Kampala Taiz-Rancifer. “We know that districts that invest in their classroom staff see successful and supported students as a result, and we need to see OUSD do the same.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Hutchinson said the district hasn’t set aside any money for increased wages and will have to make dollar-for-dollar cuts to raise them.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“If our teachers union wants a $20 million package for this year, we will have to make $20 million in spending cuts for this year in order to do that,” he told KQED.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Hutchinson said board leadership has yet to schedule a meeting to discuss the necessary cuts. 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The shipments appear to include parts for the F-35 fighter jets and almost all shipments were destined for Israel’s Nevatim Air Base, where the country stations its F-35s.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Dozens of other organizations have joined in demanding an end to the shipments since the report’s release, the coalition said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“We were shocked to learn that our very own airport here in Oakland has been serving as a major hub in the supply chain of military cargo being shipped straight to Israel, military cargo that has been directly used in massacring Palestinians,” said Mohamed Shehk, with the Arab Resource and Organizing Center Action. “This is unconscionable and unacceptable.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12056704\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12056704\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/09/250918-Oakland-Arms-Folo-JCL-02-KQED.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/09/250918-Oakland-Arms-Folo-JCL-02-KQED.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/09/250918-Oakland-Arms-Folo-JCL-02-KQED-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/09/250918-Oakland-Arms-Folo-JCL-02-KQED-1536x1024.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Mohamed Shehk, with the Arab Resource and Organizing Center Action, leads rally attendees in chants of “Free, Free Palestine” on Sept. 18, 2025. AROC Action is one of the organizations leading the Oakland People’s Arms Embargo Coalition, which calls for an end to military cargo shipments through Oakland’s airport. \u003ccite>(Juan Carlos Lara/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Organized labor has also joined a coalition, led by the Palestinian Youth Movement and AROC Action, to pressure city leaders to block the shipments.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>United Auto Workers member Renee Coe announced that the union’s region 6, which represents some 120,000 workers in various fields including manufacturing and higher education across the West Coast, Alaska and Hawaii endorsed the coalition’s efforts.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Our members join our union because they want a dignified life. They want dignified jobs,” Coe said. “Working people need free healthcare, safe schools, lower rents and healthy communities with strong public infrastructure. We don’t want our taxes to pay or our public infrastructure to be used for murdering children in imperialist wars.”[aside postID=news_12053637 hero='https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/08/240412-OAKAirport-004-BL_qed.jpg']“People of Oakland, across faiths and religions, have steadily raised calls for the end to Israel’s violence against Gaza, and have been advocating for elected officials across California to do their part to stop arming Israel,” said Rev. Jeanelle Ablola, with the California-Nevada Philippine Solidarity Task Force.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“It is the call of our faith to love our neighbor, to support those targeted and oppressed by dominant powers and to do what we can to make peace based on justice rather than a false peace based on military domination and subjugation,” Ablola said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>A few members at Thursday’s protest unfurled a large banner which read “KILLER CARGO OUT OF OAK. ARMS EMBARGO NOW.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Kaley Skantz, the airport’s public information officer, told KQED in a statement that OAK is “legally required to accommodate federally authorized air traffic, including air cargo arranged by the U.S. government and/or private air cargo providers, including FedEx.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“FedEx has a long-term ground lease with the Port of Oakland and is the largest air cargo carrier operating at the airport,” Skantz added. “All of FedEx’s flight and loading operations are carried out by FedEx employees directly in areas that FedEx exclusively controls.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12056705\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12056705\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/09/250918-Oakland-Arms-Folo-JCL-03-KQED.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/09/250918-Oakland-Arms-Folo-JCL-03-KQED.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/09/250918-Oakland-Arms-Folo-JCL-03-KQED-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/09/250918-Oakland-Arms-Folo-JCL-03-KQED-1536x1024.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Rev. Jeanelle Ablola with the California-Nevada Philippine Solidarity Task Force speaks to the crowd about increasing militarization in the United States and the Philippines on Sept. 18, 2025. Ablola joined other organizers in calling for Oakland officials to issue an arms embargo against Israel. \u003ccite>(Juan Carlos Lara/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>The calls for action come as Israel’s military has begun a new offensive in Gaza City. Bombings have destroyed several high-rise buildings and killed dozens, \u003ca href=\"https://www.npr.org/2025/09/16/nx-s1-5543151/israel-begins-large-offensive-in-gaza-city-as-airstrikes-kill-scores#:~:text=The%20military%20says%20it's%20begun,families%20are%20trapped%20under%20rubble.\">NPR reported. \u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>A report released this week by the UN Independent International Commission of Inquiry on the Occupied Palestinian Territory has also accused Israel of committing genocide in the Gaza Strip. 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He told KQED that he was committed to working with the county administrator to leave the organization prepared for the 2026 election season.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The decision, which Dupuis shared with county officials at the beginning of the month, comes after years of growing strife over missteps during recent election cycles.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In 2020, the office failed to post non-English language sample ballots at polling locations and delayed the setup of nearly half of its vote-by-mail drop boxes, which were relied upon heavily during that year’s presidential election at the height of the COVID-19 pandemic. In 2022, the office used an incorrect method to tally votes that resulted in inaccurate results of a school board election.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12056671\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-12056671 size-full\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/09/007_KQED_Oakland_RegistrarofVoters_10272020_qed.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/09/007_KQED_Oakland_RegistrarofVoters_10272020_qed.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/09/007_KQED_Oakland_RegistrarofVoters_10272020_qed-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/09/007_KQED_Oakland_RegistrarofVoters_10272020_qed-1536x1024.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Bei Kao holds her “I Voted” sticker after voting in Oakland on Oct. 27, 2020. (Beth LaBerge/KQED)\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11851601/voting-issues-in-alameda-county-raise-questions-about-election-management\">Voting rights advocates\u003c/a> have since called for the county to separate Dupuis’ two roles, saying that the workload isn’t tenable and that the office has failed to ensure fair and equitable voting access in recent years. Only one other California county combines the two jobs.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“This dual role raises real questions about independence and responsiveness,” California Common Cause and the state’s League of Women Voters chapter wrote in a joint letter to Dupuis and the Elections Commission on Wednesday. “The track record bears this out: late voter guides, language access failures, and slow implementation of accessibility committees. These are systemic, not isolated.”[aside postID=news_12013684 hero='https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/11/ShengThaoPamelaPrice-1020x680.jpg']Aside from San Francisco, Alameda County is also the only California district that runs complicated ranked choice voting across multiple cities. Last year, the county became the first to allow \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12028120/election-first-how-oakland-berkeley-youth-turned-out\">16- and 17-year-olds to vote\u003c/a> in some elections.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Since Dupuis became the registrar, the county has held 25 special elections — and averaged three elections a year, according to the County Elections Commission’s analysis.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Expecting one individual to perform two obviously extremely demanding roles, in this large and complex county, at a time when there is a perpetual demand for local or state election administration, is not producing an acceptable level of public service to Alameda County voters and taxpayers,” the report said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Last week, Alameda County’s Board of Supervisors formally requested a review of the registrar’s office by the third-party organization \u003ca href=\"https://electioncenter.org/\">Election Center\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>A second \u003ca href=\"https://grandjury.acgov.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/06/2024.2025-Alameda-County-Grand-Jury-Final-Report.pdf\">report\u003c/a> from the county’s Grand Jury earlier this year also found that while the 2024 election, “an enormous enterprise,” ran relatively smoothly, jury members struggled to observe vote tabulation due to technological glitches and a lack of information about the counting process.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The report also said posting of election results was “delayed, incomplete, and at least with respect to the calling of precincts, misleading.” Many residents and even former Supervisor Keith Carson expressed dismay over the county’s \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12013684/why-alameda-countys-vote-count-slow-official-blasts-sluggish-pace\">sluggish pace\u003c/a> tallying results.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11971824\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-11971824 size-full\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/01/IMG_2325-scaled-e1758231690372.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1500\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Alameda County Supervisor Lena Tam spoke during a vigil for Oakland Police Officer Tuan Le on Jan. 5, 2024. Tam requested the Election Center’s review of the registrar’s office. \u003ccite>(Marnette Federis/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Supervisor Lena Tam, who requested the Election Center’s review of the registrar’s office, said she hoped it would help the office improve its transparency and accountability, and inform supervisors’ strategy for recruiting a new person, or two, to fill Dupuis’ roles.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Supervisor Nate Miley said at last week’s meeting that he expected the review to confirm a need to decouple the positions.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I want to thank Mr. Dupuis for his service in navigating the [Registrar of Voters] and [Information Technology Department] through some tumultuous times with varying ranked choice voting methodologies among four cities, youth voting, two recall elections and keeping the county safe from hackers,” Tam said. “I wish him the best as he focuses on his health and in his future endeavors.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Dupuis said via email that he plans to run the Nov. 4 special election, where California voters will decide on Gov. 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"content": "\u003cp>“I need a cigarette,” Gerri Bordash said as she flung open one of the many doors \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12055992/valkyries-fans-fly-south-for-historic-make-or-break-playoff-game\">at San José’s SAP Center\u003c/a> on Wednesday and walked out into the warm night air.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Like many other \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12047885/how-to-be-a-valkyries-fan-a-beginners-guide-to-bay-area-wnba-fandom\">fans of the Golden State Valkyries\u003c/a>, Bordash had some processing to do. Her team had just been eliminated from the first round of the WNBA playoffs, losing by a solitary point to the Minnesota Lynx, the top-seeded team in the league. On the other hand, this was the Valkyries’ inaugural season, and Bordash found a lot to be proud of.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“ They were graceful. They fought like the valiant warriors that they are. Everyone can’t win, right? But for a first-time team, they did tremendously well and we’re very proud of them,“ Bordash said. She said she had tears in her eyes when the final buzzer sounded.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The Valkyries’ 75–74 loss ended a phenomenal first season, in which they christened San Francisco’s Chase Center as “\u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/arts/13980855/golden-state-valkyries-wnba-bay-area-djs-ladyryan-shellheart-chase-center\">Ballhalla\u003c/a>,” proceeded to sell out every home game and became the first WNBA expansion team to make it to the postseason in their debut season. For fans, it was a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to welcome a WNBA team of their own to the Bay Area.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Still inside the arena after the game, Rita Garcia stood alone with her back against a column, staring blankly as others lined up to buy Valkyries jerseys at 40% off.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12056524\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12056524\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/09/250917-VALKYRIESPLAYOFFS-08-BL_QED-KQED.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/09/250917-VALKYRIESPLAYOFFS-08-BL_QED-KQED.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/09/250917-VALKYRIESPLAYOFFS-08-BL_QED-KQED-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/09/250917-VALKYRIESPLAYOFFS-08-BL_QED-KQED-1536x1024.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Golden State Valkyries fans cheer during Game 2 of the Valkyries vs. Minnesota Lynx WNBA playoff game at the SAP Center in San José on Sept. 17, 2025. \u003ccite>(Beth LaBerge/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>“One basket. We could have won by just one basket,” said Garcia, her voice faltering. “Those last couple of minutes were so heartbreaking.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Wearing a Valkyries letterman jacket, she said she was feeling “a lot of emotions.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“ I just feel a deep connection with the team, with the essence of Ballhalla, the other fans, the community. The community is really welcoming to everyone,” Garcia said.[aside postID=news_12055670 hero='https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/07/250712-valkyries101_00420_TV_qed.jpg']Even longtime fans of the WNBA are surprised by how quickly — and how fiercely — the Bay Area embraced the Valkyries.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“ I’ve been waiting years for this and it’s been better than I ever dreamed it would be,” said Carissa Perkins of Oakland, who has followed the WNBA for six years.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In just one 44-game season, the Valkyries have built a diehard following. Deafening cheers rattled SAP Center on Wednesday night as a sell-out crowd of 18,543 — some wearing lavender-sequin jackets, others in Valkyries-themed helmets — roared during the team’s first-ever home playoff game.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“This is what it’s supposed to be like to love sports,” Perkins said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Although a scheduling conflict prevented the team from hosting the Lynx at Chase Center, fans were determined to make SAP Center feel like theirs.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Ballhalla is a mentality,” read one sign in the crowd.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Outside, DJs worked the block party while 11-year-old Eloise Annerau shot hoops on a temporary court.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12056525\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-12056525 size-full\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/09/250917-VALKYRIESPLAYOFFS-11-BL_QED-KQED.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/09/250917-VALKYRIESPLAYOFFS-11-BL_QED-KQED.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/09/250917-VALKYRIESPLAYOFFS-11-BL_QED-KQED-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/09/250917-VALKYRIESPLAYOFFS-11-BL_QED-KQED-1536x1024.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Game 2 of the Golden State Valkyries vs. Minnesota Lynx WNBA playoff game begins at the SAP Center in San José on Sept. 17, 2025. \u003ccite>(Beth LaBerge/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>“It’s gotten me more into basketball,” Eloise said of the team’s success. “ I started last year and I’ve gotten so much better. They’re really inspiring to me.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Her mother, Kristen Hutchins, leaned against a barricade and watched.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Since she started coming to Valkyries games, I’ve seen her play with more confidence and have more confidence in school and with friends,” Hutchins said. “ So sports is doing everything that I wanted it to do for her, which is to give her self-confidence and learn to be a leader.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Ahead of the game, Caltrain rolled out a Valkyries-themed train. Purple tassels decorated the cars as staff passed out rally towels and hosted Valkyries trivia. Jason Schafer rode the train with his 8-year-old son.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12056629\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 1999px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-12056629 size-full\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/09/250917-ValkyriesPlayoffs-01-BL_qed.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1999\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/09/250917-ValkyriesPlayoffs-01-BL_qed.jpg 1999w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/09/250917-ValkyriesPlayoffs-01-BL_qed-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/09/250917-ValkyriesPlayoffs-01-BL_qed-1536x1024.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1999px) 100vw, 1999px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Caltrain employee Emely Anne Balingit gives away swag to Golden State Valkyries fans as they ride Caltrain to the SAP Center in San José on Sept. 17, 2025, for Game 2 of the Valkyries vs. Minnesota Lynx WNBA playoff. \u003ccite>(Beth LaBerge/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>“Valkyries games have every kind of person, families, food and music,” Schafer said. “It’s just the most Bay Area thing ever.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>While Valkyries fans are rabid about the team, frustration with the WNBA surfaced in the stands.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Some wore shirts reading, “Pay them what you owe them,” referring to players’ push for a larger share of league revenue in negotiations for a new collective bargaining agreement to replace the one that expires Oct. 31.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“This is a huge moment,” said E Gilliam, who held up a sign that read, “Pay the players.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12056533\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-12056533 size-full\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/09/250917-VALKYRIESPLAYOFFS-38-BL_QED-KQED.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/09/250917-VALKYRIESPLAYOFFS-38-BL_QED-KQED.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/09/250917-VALKYRIESPLAYOFFS-38-BL_QED-KQED-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/09/250917-VALKYRIESPLAYOFFS-38-BL_QED-KQED-1536x1024.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Veronica Burton (left) and the Golden State Valkyries play the Minnesota Lynx during Game 2 of the WNBA playoffs at the SAP Center in San José on Sept. 17, 2025. \u003ccite>(Beth LaBerge/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>“There’s been a surge in viewership. There’s been a massive surge in attendance, and the players are not seeing a bump in wages,” Gilliam said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The Valkyries broke multiple league attendance records this year and sold out all 22 home games. In just their first year, they have become the first women’s sports team to be valued at $500 million, according to \u003ca href=\"https://www.sportico.com/valuations/teams/2025/wnba-team-values-2025-golden-state-valkyries-1234857652/\">an analysis\u003c/a> by the sports industry publication Sportico.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Yet most players on the Valkyries roster, like many across the WNBA, are on contracts that pay them \u003ca href=\"https://www.spotrac.com/wnba/contracts/_/team/gs\">less than $80,000 a year\u003c/a> on average. The team’s highest-paid player is 13-year veteran Tiffany Hayes, who signed a one-year, $200,000 contract in February.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>At the game’s end, it was difficult to tell that the Valkyries had lost amid the thunderous cheers.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12056529\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12056529\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/09/250917-VALKYRIESPLAYOFFS-18-BL_QED-KQED.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/09/250917-VALKYRIESPLAYOFFS-18-BL_QED-KQED.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/09/250917-VALKYRIESPLAYOFFS-18-BL_QED-KQED-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/09/250917-VALKYRIESPLAYOFFS-18-BL_QED-KQED-1536x1024.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Golden State Valkyries fans cheer during Game 2 of the Valkyries vs. Minnesota Lynx WNBA playoff game at the SAP Center in San José on Sept. 17, 2025. \u003ccite>(Beth LaBerge/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Chinaka Hodge, a member of the Valkyries’ “founding guard” of inaugural season ticket holders, said the night was “incredible” as she walked down the back stairs out of the arena with her mother.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“ I remember when the WNBA came out and people said, ‘No one will ever come see women’s basketball,’” Hodge said. “ To see young boys cheering for these young women — to see people of all different sexual orientations, creeds, nationalities, races cheering for these women — was a dream of mine.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12056538\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12056538\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/09/250917-VALKYRIESPLAYOFFS-66-BL_QED-KQED.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/09/250917-VALKYRIESPLAYOFFS-66-BL_QED-KQED.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/09/250917-VALKYRIESPLAYOFFS-66-BL_QED-KQED-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/09/250917-VALKYRIESPLAYOFFS-66-BL_QED-KQED-1536x1024.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Golden State Valkyries team member Monique Billings looks out to the crowd after losing to the Minnesota Lynx during the WNBA Playoffs at SAP Center in San José on Sept. 17, 2025. \u003ccite>(Beth LaBerge/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Across the street from SAP Center, it was hard to find a seat on the 9:53 p.m. train headed toward San Francisco. Its cars were packed with fans chatting about the game, but the vibe was anything but downtrodden.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Lily Brown hung on to a rail as the train rocked its way down the tracks, with her seven-months-pregnant wife sitting nearby. The San Francisco couple were season ticket holders this year. Next year, they’re planning on investing in a good pair of earmuffs so they can bring their newborn.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad floatright]\u003c/p>\n",
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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003cp>“I need a cigarette,” Gerri Bordash said as she flung open one of the many doors \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12055992/valkyries-fans-fly-south-for-historic-make-or-break-playoff-game\">at San José’s SAP Center\u003c/a> on Wednesday and walked out into the warm night air.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Like many other \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12047885/how-to-be-a-valkyries-fan-a-beginners-guide-to-bay-area-wnba-fandom\">fans of the Golden State Valkyries\u003c/a>, Bordash had some processing to do. Her team had just been eliminated from the first round of the WNBA playoffs, losing by a solitary point to the Minnesota Lynx, the top-seeded team in the league. On the other hand, this was the Valkyries’ inaugural season, and Bordash found a lot to be proud of.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“ They were graceful. They fought like the valiant warriors that they are. Everyone can’t win, right? But for a first-time team, they did tremendously well and we’re very proud of them,“ Bordash said. She said she had tears in her eyes when the final buzzer sounded.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003c/div>",
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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The Valkyries’ 75–74 loss ended a phenomenal first season, in which they christened San Francisco’s Chase Center as “\u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/arts/13980855/golden-state-valkyries-wnba-bay-area-djs-ladyryan-shellheart-chase-center\">Ballhalla\u003c/a>,” proceeded to sell out every home game and became the first WNBA expansion team to make it to the postseason in their debut season. For fans, it was a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to welcome a WNBA team of their own to the Bay Area.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Still inside the arena after the game, Rita Garcia stood alone with her back against a column, staring blankly as others lined up to buy Valkyries jerseys at 40% off.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12056524\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12056524\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/09/250917-VALKYRIESPLAYOFFS-08-BL_QED-KQED.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/09/250917-VALKYRIESPLAYOFFS-08-BL_QED-KQED.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/09/250917-VALKYRIESPLAYOFFS-08-BL_QED-KQED-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/09/250917-VALKYRIESPLAYOFFS-08-BL_QED-KQED-1536x1024.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Golden State Valkyries fans cheer during Game 2 of the Valkyries vs. Minnesota Lynx WNBA playoff game at the SAP Center in San José on Sept. 17, 2025. \u003ccite>(Beth LaBerge/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>“One basket. We could have won by just one basket,” said Garcia, her voice faltering. “Those last couple of minutes were so heartbreaking.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Wearing a Valkyries letterman jacket, she said she was feeling “a lot of emotions.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“ I just feel a deep connection with the team, with the essence of Ballhalla, the other fans, the community. The community is really welcoming to everyone,” Garcia said.\u003c/p>\u003c/div>",
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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>Even longtime fans of the WNBA are surprised by how quickly — and how fiercely — the Bay Area embraced the Valkyries.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“ I’ve been waiting years for this and it’s been better than I ever dreamed it would be,” said Carissa Perkins of Oakland, who has followed the WNBA for six years.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In just one 44-game season, the Valkyries have built a diehard following. Deafening cheers rattled SAP Center on Wednesday night as a sell-out crowd of 18,543 — some wearing lavender-sequin jackets, others in Valkyries-themed helmets — roared during the team’s first-ever home playoff game.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“This is what it’s supposed to be like to love sports,” Perkins said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Although a scheduling conflict prevented the team from hosting the Lynx at Chase Center, fans were determined to make SAP Center feel like theirs.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Ballhalla is a mentality,” read one sign in the crowd.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Outside, DJs worked the block party while 11-year-old Eloise Annerau shot hoops on a temporary court.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12056525\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-12056525 size-full\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/09/250917-VALKYRIESPLAYOFFS-11-BL_QED-KQED.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/09/250917-VALKYRIESPLAYOFFS-11-BL_QED-KQED.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/09/250917-VALKYRIESPLAYOFFS-11-BL_QED-KQED-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/09/250917-VALKYRIESPLAYOFFS-11-BL_QED-KQED-1536x1024.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Game 2 of the Golden State Valkyries vs. Minnesota Lynx WNBA playoff game begins at the SAP Center in San José on Sept. 17, 2025. \u003ccite>(Beth LaBerge/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>“It’s gotten me more into basketball,” Eloise said of the team’s success. “ I started last year and I’ve gotten so much better. They’re really inspiring to me.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Her mother, Kristen Hutchins, leaned against a barricade and watched.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Since she started coming to Valkyries games, I’ve seen her play with more confidence and have more confidence in school and with friends,” Hutchins said. “ So sports is doing everything that I wanted it to do for her, which is to give her self-confidence and learn to be a leader.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Ahead of the game, Caltrain rolled out a Valkyries-themed train. Purple tassels decorated the cars as staff passed out rally towels and hosted Valkyries trivia. Jason Schafer rode the train with his 8-year-old son.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12056629\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 1999px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-12056629 size-full\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/09/250917-ValkyriesPlayoffs-01-BL_qed.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1999\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/09/250917-ValkyriesPlayoffs-01-BL_qed.jpg 1999w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/09/250917-ValkyriesPlayoffs-01-BL_qed-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/09/250917-ValkyriesPlayoffs-01-BL_qed-1536x1024.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1999px) 100vw, 1999px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Caltrain employee Emely Anne Balingit gives away swag to Golden State Valkyries fans as they ride Caltrain to the SAP Center in San José on Sept. 17, 2025, for Game 2 of the Valkyries vs. Minnesota Lynx WNBA playoff. \u003ccite>(Beth LaBerge/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>“Valkyries games have every kind of person, families, food and music,” Schafer said. “It’s just the most Bay Area thing ever.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>While Valkyries fans are rabid about the team, frustration with the WNBA surfaced in the stands.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Some wore shirts reading, “Pay them what you owe them,” referring to players’ push for a larger share of league revenue in negotiations for a new collective bargaining agreement to replace the one that expires Oct. 31.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“This is a huge moment,” said E Gilliam, who held up a sign that read, “Pay the players.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12056533\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-12056533 size-full\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/09/250917-VALKYRIESPLAYOFFS-38-BL_QED-KQED.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/09/250917-VALKYRIESPLAYOFFS-38-BL_QED-KQED.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/09/250917-VALKYRIESPLAYOFFS-38-BL_QED-KQED-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/09/250917-VALKYRIESPLAYOFFS-38-BL_QED-KQED-1536x1024.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Veronica Burton (left) and the Golden State Valkyries play the Minnesota Lynx during Game 2 of the WNBA playoffs at the SAP Center in San José on Sept. 17, 2025. \u003ccite>(Beth LaBerge/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>“There’s been a surge in viewership. There’s been a massive surge in attendance, and the players are not seeing a bump in wages,” Gilliam said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The Valkyries broke multiple league attendance records this year and sold out all 22 home games. In just their first year, they have become the first women’s sports team to be valued at $500 million, according to \u003ca href=\"https://www.sportico.com/valuations/teams/2025/wnba-team-values-2025-golden-state-valkyries-1234857652/\">an analysis\u003c/a> by the sports industry publication Sportico.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Yet most players on the Valkyries roster, like many across the WNBA, are on contracts that pay them \u003ca href=\"https://www.spotrac.com/wnba/contracts/_/team/gs\">less than $80,000 a year\u003c/a> on average. The team’s highest-paid player is 13-year veteran Tiffany Hayes, who signed a one-year, $200,000 contract in February.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>At the game’s end, it was difficult to tell that the Valkyries had lost amid the thunderous cheers.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12056529\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12056529\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/09/250917-VALKYRIESPLAYOFFS-18-BL_QED-KQED.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/09/250917-VALKYRIESPLAYOFFS-18-BL_QED-KQED.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/09/250917-VALKYRIESPLAYOFFS-18-BL_QED-KQED-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/09/250917-VALKYRIESPLAYOFFS-18-BL_QED-KQED-1536x1024.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Golden State Valkyries fans cheer during Game 2 of the Valkyries vs. Minnesota Lynx WNBA playoff game at the SAP Center in San José on Sept. 17, 2025. \u003ccite>(Beth LaBerge/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Chinaka Hodge, a member of the Valkyries’ “founding guard” of inaugural season ticket holders, said the night was “incredible” as she walked down the back stairs out of the arena with her mother.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“ I remember when the WNBA came out and people said, ‘No one will ever come see women’s basketball,’” Hodge said. “ To see young boys cheering for these young women — to see people of all different sexual orientations, creeds, nationalities, races cheering for these women — was a dream of mine.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12056538\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12056538\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/09/250917-VALKYRIESPLAYOFFS-66-BL_QED-KQED.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/09/250917-VALKYRIESPLAYOFFS-66-BL_QED-KQED.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/09/250917-VALKYRIESPLAYOFFS-66-BL_QED-KQED-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/09/250917-VALKYRIESPLAYOFFS-66-BL_QED-KQED-1536x1024.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Golden State Valkyries team member Monique Billings looks out to the crowd after losing to the Minnesota Lynx during the WNBA Playoffs at SAP Center in San José on Sept. 17, 2025. \u003ccite>(Beth LaBerge/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Across the street from SAP Center, it was hard to find a seat on the 9:53 p.m. train headed toward San Francisco. 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"content": "\u003cp>Jeremy Walsh walked into the raucous Casements Bar in \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/tag/san-francisco\">San Francisco\u003c/a> on a recent Thursday night and promptly put on a name tag.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>He came to the Mission’s neighborhood Irish pub to attend a “speed-roommating” event, where participants share the same goal: finding someone to live with. Walsh had moved from San Diego a few weeks ago for a job managing an RV and camper van site and has been living in cheap hotels ever since.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>To keep up with the city’s high rents, he knows he needs to find an apartment he can afford — and that means finding a roommate.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I’m glad this event is going on because I would really like to stop living out of a suitcase,” he said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Walsh donned a white nametag reading, “I Need A Room.” As he entered the bar’s crowded outdoor patio, he kept an eye out for blue tags that said, “I Have A Room.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>“\u003c/strong>I do feel like I’m speed dating,” he said as he surveyed the crowd.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12056574\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12056574\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/09/250911_SpareRoom_GH-8_qed.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/09/250911_SpareRoom_GH-8_qed.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/09/250911_SpareRoom_GH-8_qed-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/09/250911_SpareRoom_GH-8_qed-1536x1024.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Jeremy Walsh (right), who recently moved from San Diego after accepting a job in the Bay Area, during the SpareRoom event at Casements Bar in the Mission District on Sept. 11, 2025. Walsh hopes to find housing near Millbrae and is staying in a hotel until then. \u003ccite>(Gustavo Hernandez/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>SpareRoom, the company hosting the event, is an online platform for finding roommates based out of the United Kingdom. The company modeled the event after speed-dating, but without a bell, time limit and rotating chairs. Instead, renters congregate at a public place — usually a bar — and put on name tags stating their name, budget and where they want to live.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Spokesperson Matt Hutchinson said the events draw participants that mirror the larger housing market — and increasingly, reflect its growing unaffordability for an ever-broadening range of renters.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“They’re the housing crisis in a room,” Hutchinson said. “[The events are] a visible indicator of what is going on outside that room.”[aside postID=news_12051854 hero='https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/240109-CAWindStorm-075_qed-1020x680.jpg']With one-bedroom apartments averaging \u003ca href=\"https://www.zillow.com/rental-manager/market-trends/san-francisco-ca/?propertyTypes=apartment-condo&bedrooms=1\">nearly $2,700 in monthly rent\u003c/a> in San Francisco, according to the real estate website Zillow, single people looking for a steal can potentially save big if they find a roommate. But even then, those savings don’t go far: Rent for a two-bedroom apartment in the city is 140% higher than the national average — more than $3,600 compared to around $1,500.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>That’s what brought John Nevis out. The bartender moved from the East Bay to an apartment in the city sight-unseen. But within a week of staying there, he learned the apartment was not as advertised and moved out. He’s been living in a hotel ever since, and it’s getting expensive.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“The hotel — they have limits as well, you can’t live there forever,” he said. “When you don’t know where you’re gonna be at the end of the night, it puts a lot of stress on you.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>SpareRoom held its first event in San Francisco in late May, where more than 40 people participated, according to a local SpareRoom event organizer. This month’s event saw half that number, but one feature remained constant: More people were looking for a room than had one to offer.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Levi Butler, 26, was one of the few who did. Noting the disparity, he felt he should take his time to meet as many candidates as possible to fill his two-bedroom Ingleside apartment.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12056580\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12056580\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/09/250911_SpareRoom_GH-15_qed.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/09/250911_SpareRoom_GH-15_qed.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/09/250911_SpareRoom_GH-15_qed-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/09/250911_SpareRoom_GH-15_qed-1536x1024.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">A group of attendees gather for SpareRoom’s speed-roommating event at Casements Bar in the Mission District on Sept. 11, 2025. \u003ccite>(Gustavo Hernandez/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>“I wouldn’t say I have chemistry with anyone here,” he said. “I feel, with male roommates, the goal is that you pretend the other person doesn’t exist, and each just lives in their own world. So as long as I feel I can do that, then I’m fine.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Hutchinson said, usually, the people who show up to speed-roommating events are around Butler’s age, in their 20s or 30s, but recently, the demographics of SpareRoom users have broadened, with many new users being older.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“It’s not necessarily that people in their 50s and 60s are the biggest group of [people looking for] roommates, but they’re definitely the fastest growing,” he said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>That mirrors rental market trends. According to a recently published study by \u003ca href=\"https://www.point2homes.com/news/research/senior-age-group-up-over-2-million-renters-in-a-decade.html\">rental market research group Point2Homes\u003c/a>, people aged 55- to 64-years-old are more likely to rent than they were a decade ago. In California, the trend is even more grim: older adults, 50 years and older, are the \u003ca href=\"https://justiceinaging.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/03/CA-Older-Renters-Policy-Brief.pdf\">fastest-growing cohort of people experiencing homelessness\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12055940\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12055940\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/09/250911_SPAREROOM_GH-6-KQED-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/09/250911_SPAREROOM_GH-6-KQED-1.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/09/250911_SPAREROOM_GH-6-KQED-1-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/09/250911_SPAREROOM_GH-6-KQED-1-1536x1024.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Participants mingle during SpareRoom’s speed-roommating event at Casements Bar in the Mission District on Sept. 11, 2025. \u003ccite>(Gustavo Hernandez/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>At this month’s speed-roommating event, Walsh felt like one of the older attendees.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>He had approached Butler and connected with him over a shared love of movies. But Walsh is 49. And, he worried the age gap could ruin his chances of getting the room.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I feel like Levi was just kind of like, ‘Whatever dude, I’ll talk to this guy, I’ve got what everybody wants,’” Walsh said. “I got the feeling I was just a placeholder.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>While Hutchinson said the company doesn’t track how many of the attendees end up as roommates, he said they provide a needed alternative to the online world by moving house-hunting conversations into the real world.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12055939\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12055939\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/09/250911_SPAREROOM_GH-3-KQED-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/09/250911_SPAREROOM_GH-3-KQED-1.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/09/250911_SPAREROOM_GH-3-KQED-1-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/09/250911_SPAREROOM_GH-3-KQED-1-1536x1024.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Hester Michael fills out a name tag during a SpareRoom speed-roommating event at Casements Bar in the Mission District on Sept. 11, 2025. \u003ccite>(Gustavo Hernandez/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>“If you’re [sitting] at a bar or talking to somebody to see if you might live together, you behave differently than if you’re just going through a list and swiping this and dismissing that,” he said. “It can make a difference.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Becca Freeman was ready to try something new.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The 30-year-old moved to the city from Boston in January and has been renting a two-bedroom apartment in Russian Hill. But starting Oct. 1, Freeman said her uncles, who own the building and have kept her rent low, will increase it.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>She had placed ads for a roommate on SpareRoom, Meta’s Marketplace, Craigslist, and other online forums, and even though people have toured the apartment, she hasn’t gotten any bites. The room is priced at $1,950 a month.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>At the speed-roommating event, the dynamic was much different, she said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12055944\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12055944\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/09/250911_SPAREROOM_GH-12-KQED-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/09/250911_SPAREROOM_GH-12-KQED-1.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/09/250911_SPAREROOM_GH-12-KQED-1-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/09/250911_SPAREROOM_GH-12-KQED-1-1536x1024.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Steven S., a San Francisco guitar shop owner and 40-year resident, pauses during the SpareRoom speed-roommating event at Casements Bar in the Mission District on Sept. 11, 2025. \u003ccite>(Gustavo Hernandez/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>“It feels better because, honestly, I wasn’t getting a lot [of interest] on the internet,” Freeman said. “These people are actually looking for a room, and they’re not a bot.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>By the end of the night, Freeman said she met three people who seemed like good candidates. The most desirable was a guy who told Freeman that he was looking for a one-year lease before he moved to Europe. Most importantly, he isn’t allergic to cats, which is a plus for Freeman, who has a cat named Oliver.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Walsh left with a few possible matches, but nothing concrete. Same for Butler.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Nevis left without any. He felt he was competing with too many others who were also looking for a room.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“[The house hunt] hasn’t been great, but I know it’s going to get better, he said. “The right thing is going to come about.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad floatright]\u003c/p>\n",
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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>With one-bedroom apartments averaging \u003ca href=\"https://www.zillow.com/rental-manager/market-trends/san-francisco-ca/?propertyTypes=apartment-condo&bedrooms=1\">nearly $2,700 in monthly rent\u003c/a> in San Francisco, according to the real estate website Zillow, single people looking for a steal can potentially save big if they find a roommate. But even then, those savings don’t go far: Rent for a two-bedroom apartment in the city is 140% higher than the national average — more than $3,600 compared to around $1,500.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>That’s what brought John Nevis out. The bartender moved from the East Bay to an apartment in the city sight-unseen. But within a week of staying there, he learned the apartment was not as advertised and moved out. He’s been living in a hotel ever since, and it’s getting expensive.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“The hotel — they have limits as well, you can’t live there forever,” he said. “When you don’t know where you’re gonna be at the end of the night, it puts a lot of stress on you.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>SpareRoom held its first event in San Francisco in late May, where more than 40 people participated, according to a local SpareRoom event organizer. This month’s event saw half that number, but one feature remained constant: More people were looking for a room than had one to offer.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Levi Butler, 26, was one of the few who did. Noting the disparity, he felt he should take his time to meet as many candidates as possible to fill his two-bedroom Ingleside apartment.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12056580\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12056580\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/09/250911_SpareRoom_GH-15_qed.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/09/250911_SpareRoom_GH-15_qed.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/09/250911_SpareRoom_GH-15_qed-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/09/250911_SpareRoom_GH-15_qed-1536x1024.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">A group of attendees gather for SpareRoom’s speed-roommating event at Casements Bar in the Mission District on Sept. 11, 2025. \u003ccite>(Gustavo Hernandez/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>“I wouldn’t say I have chemistry with anyone here,” he said. “I feel, with male roommates, the goal is that you pretend the other person doesn’t exist, and each just lives in their own world. 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In California, the trend is even more grim: older adults, 50 years and older, are the \u003ca href=\"https://justiceinaging.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/03/CA-Older-Renters-Policy-Brief.pdf\">fastest-growing cohort of people experiencing homelessness\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12055940\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12055940\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/09/250911_SPAREROOM_GH-6-KQED-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/09/250911_SPAREROOM_GH-6-KQED-1.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/09/250911_SPAREROOM_GH-6-KQED-1-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/09/250911_SPAREROOM_GH-6-KQED-1-1536x1024.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Participants mingle during SpareRoom’s speed-roommating event at Casements Bar in the Mission District on Sept. 11, 2025. \u003ccite>(Gustavo Hernandez/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>At this month’s speed-roommating event, Walsh felt like one of the older attendees.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>He had approached Butler and connected with him over a shared love of movies. But Walsh is 49. And, he worried the age gap could ruin his chances of getting the room.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I feel like Levi was just kind of like, ‘Whatever dude, I’ll talk to this guy, I’ve got what everybody wants,’” Walsh said. “I got the feeling I was just a placeholder.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>While Hutchinson said the company doesn’t track how many of the attendees end up as roommates, he said they provide a needed alternative to the online world by moving house-hunting conversations into the real world.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12055939\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12055939\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/09/250911_SPAREROOM_GH-3-KQED-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/09/250911_SPAREROOM_GH-3-KQED-1.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/09/250911_SPAREROOM_GH-3-KQED-1-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/09/250911_SPAREROOM_GH-3-KQED-1-1536x1024.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Hester Michael fills out a name tag during a SpareRoom speed-roommating event at Casements Bar in the Mission District on Sept. 11, 2025. \u003ccite>(Gustavo Hernandez/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>“If you’re [sitting] at a bar or talking to somebody to see if you might live together, you behave differently than if you’re just going through a list and swiping this and dismissing that,” he said. “It can make a difference.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Becca Freeman was ready to try something new.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The 30-year-old moved to the city from Boston in January and has been renting a two-bedroom apartment in Russian Hill. But starting Oct. 1, Freeman said her uncles, who own the building and have kept her rent low, will increase it.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>She had placed ads for a roommate on SpareRoom, Meta’s Marketplace, Craigslist, and other online forums, and even though people have toured the apartment, she hasn’t gotten any bites. The room is priced at $1,950 a month.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>At the speed-roommating event, the dynamic was much different, she said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12055944\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12055944\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/09/250911_SPAREROOM_GH-12-KQED-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/09/250911_SPAREROOM_GH-12-KQED-1.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/09/250911_SPAREROOM_GH-12-KQED-1-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/09/250911_SPAREROOM_GH-12-KQED-1-1536x1024.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Steven S., a San Francisco guitar shop owner and 40-year resident, pauses during the SpareRoom speed-roommating event at Casements Bar in the Mission District on Sept. 11, 2025. \u003ccite>(Gustavo Hernandez/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>“It feels better because, honestly, I wasn’t getting a lot [of interest] on the internet,” Freeman said. “These people are actually looking for a room, and they’re not a bot.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>By the end of the night, Freeman said she met three people who seemed like good candidates. 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