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Nate Rich, the Potter Valley Tribe’s environmental program manager, invited a few interested foragers on a crash course on mushroom hunting.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>For him, Rich told the group, the best moments on the hunt are the serendipitous ones, like finding a cluster of highly prized golden chanterelles.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But his approach is also a meditative one. For the most success, Rich said he tries to dispel any notion of going in for “the kill” when it comes to spotting mushrooms — and instead, he’ll “lay on the ground for like 10 minutes and not do anything and calm down.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12071170\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003ca href=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/01/20251122_POTTERVALLEYPOMO_GC-20-KQED-1.jpg\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12071170\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/01/20251122_POTTERVALLEYPOMO_GC-20-KQED-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/01/20251122_POTTERVALLEYPOMO_GC-20-KQED-1.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/01/20251122_POTTERVALLEYPOMO_GC-20-KQED-1-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/01/20251122_POTTERVALLEYPOMO_GC-20-KQED-1-1536x1024.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">From left, Zhao Qiu, Allison Deng and MingXia Bai pick mushrooms during a mushroom foraging event, hosted by Potter Valley Tribe, at the Pomo Community Forest, a 48-acre coastal forest, in Fort Bragg on Nov. 22, 2025. \u003ccite>(Gina Castro for KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>“And then usually, I’ll turn my head, and it’ll be right there,” he said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Rich told his mushroom-hunters-in-training how he likes to look up through the forest canopy for spots where the sun might warm up the ground, allowing certain light-seeking fungi to grow And how he’ll look down to see where water flows, fueling the mushrooms’ growth — or watch out for where “duff,” that thick, decaying vegetation that layers the forest floor, has built up on the ground.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“When my feet start to squish, I’m like, ‘Oh, I’m in an area where there might be some mushrooms,’” he said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>With so much potential for wandering, Potter Valley chairman Rosales said, always make sure someone knows their rough whereabouts while foraging, in case they get lost. And “don’t be afraid to \u003ca href=\"https://www.latimes.com/california/story/2025-12-10/these-wild-mushrooms-have-sickened-californians-heres-how-to-forage-safely\">touch mushrooms\u003c/a>,” he said. “As long as you don’t ingest them.”\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>\u003cstrong>Recovering the tribe’s land\u003c/strong>\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>The Potter Valley Tribe is the first tribe in California to be awarded this grant to create a community forest by the U.S. Department of Agriculture. But for Rosales, the road here — to actually owning this 48-acre property that the mushroom hunters are exploring — has been a long one.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>This land has been \u003ca href=\"https://pinoleville-nsn.gov/heritage/our-history/\">home to Pomo people\u003c/a> for thousands of years. When colonizers started arriving in the early 1800s, they began to chip away at it, killing, removing and enslaving the Pomo people — decimating their population numbers and relegating them to reservations to make way for European homesteads.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12071166\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\" style=\"max-width: 1333px\">\u003ca href=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/01/20251122_POTTERVALLEYPOMO_GC-37-KQED.jpg\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12071166\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/01/20251122_POTTERVALLEYPOMO_GC-37-KQED.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1333\" height=\"2000\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/01/20251122_POTTERVALLEYPOMO_GC-37-KQED.jpg 1333w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/01/20251122_POTTERVALLEYPOMO_GC-37-KQED-160x240.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/01/20251122_POTTERVALLEYPOMO_GC-37-KQED-1024x1536.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1333px) 100vw, 1333px\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Salvador Rosales, Chairman of Potter Valley Tribe, poses for a photo at the Pomo Community Forest, a 48-acre coastal forest, in Fort Bragg on Nov. 22, 2025. \u003ccite>(Gina Castro for KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>In 1958, \u003ca href=\"https://nahc.ca.gov/native-americans/california-indian-history/\">Congress passed a series of laws and practices ending the federal government’s recognition\u003c/a> of tribal sovereignty and lands. The move dismantled Pomo reservations, like the Potter Valley Rancheria, revoked their federal status and left these tribes landless.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>That was, until the 1980s, when \u003ca href=\"https://www.narf.org/nill/bulletins/federal/documents/hardwick.html\">Tillie Hardwick,\u003c/a> a Pomo Indian woman, sued the federal government in a class action lawsuit and won, immediately restoring 17 California tribes’ federal status and creating precedent for more in the future.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The Potter Valley Tribe — and many others included in the suit — would nonetheless remain mostly landless until the early 2000s. But when Rosales became chairman in 2003, he said he saw it as his mission to slowly but surely buy back the tribe’s ancestral lands.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The quest began with a federal grant to buy a 4-acre parcel in Redwood Valley for housing for tribe members. And since then, via grants, land donations and money earned from the gaming industry, the tribe has purchased a checkerboard totaling more than 1,000 acres — the majority of it undeveloped forest — across Mendocino County.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“It’s unbelievable,” Rosales said, of the tribe’s progress in reacquiring their land. When family and friends ask him about the tribal council’s continual investments in land, he said he tells them that there’s “never been an opportunity like this” in previous years.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Rosales and the tribe worked with the nonprofit \u003ca href=\"https://www.tpl.org/our-work/community-forests\">Trust for Public Land\u003c/a>, which has now helped establish 45 community forests nationwide, protecting 43,000 acres through this grant alone.[aside postID=science_1999301 hero='https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2025/11/KQED_PRESCRIBED-BURN_AT_257_QED-KQED.jpg'] The trust’s North Coast Project Manager Jeff Conti said the agency’s primary role is to help tribes navigate the sometimes long and convoluted processes to get land back in the hands of those working to conserve it.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“However we can plug in, whether it’s providing technical assistance, whether it’s helping fundraise, or just doing the whole transaction, we can help,” he said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Even after the tribe won the grant, it took six years before they found themselves in the right place and time with this particular property — and for this forest to be returned to its ancestral caretakers.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“In the end,” Rosales said, “it paid off to be patient.”\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>\u003cstrong>Keeping history and tradition alive\u003c/strong>\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>Being effectively landless has affected the Pomo people in deep, lasting ways, Rosales said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Most of his ancestors were farm ranch hands, chasing seasonal work throughout the Potter and Ukiah valleys to make ends meet, he said. But as there’s been very little written or shared from elders, Rosales doesn’t know a lot beyond that — as he said, it became especially apparent when he was invited to speak to students in Potter Valley about the tribe’s history.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12071155\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003ca href=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/01/20251122_POTTERVALLEYPOMO_GC-5-KQED.jpg\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12071155\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/01/20251122_POTTERVALLEYPOMO_GC-5-KQED.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1363\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/01/20251122_POTTERVALLEYPOMO_GC-5-KQED.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/01/20251122_POTTERVALLEYPOMO_GC-5-KQED-160x109.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/01/20251122_POTTERVALLEYPOMO_GC-5-KQED-1536x1047.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">An Amanita Muscaria mushroom grows at the Pomo Community Forest, a 48-acre coastal forest, in Fort Bragg on Nov. 22, 2025. \u003ccite>(Gina Castro for KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>And without land to gather on, they have even fewer traditions to uphold.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Ceremony — any kind of gatherings, we don’t really have a history of that simply because of the past history of settlers and indigenous people,” he said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>As part of the community forest grant, the tribe is developing a land management and public access plan, which tribal leaders said will focus on environmental education, from foraging to reintroducing traditional ecological practices like \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11887536/getting-good-fire-on-the-ground-the-karuk-tribe-pushes-to-restore-native-burn-management-to-protect-forests\">forest thinning\u003c/a>, to promote the resilience of the forest.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Rich, the tribe’s environmental program manager, said he’s excited to have a space where practicing — and sharing — these traditions is the focus.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I think we’re at the beginning,” he said. “Now the tribe has a resource to work with the community on.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“We need these spaces together,” he said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12071169\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\" style=\"max-width: 1333px\">\u003ca href=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/01/20251122_POTTERVALLEYPOMO_GC-45-KQED.jpg\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12071169\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/01/20251122_POTTERVALLEYPOMO_GC-45-KQED.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1333\" height=\"2000\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/01/20251122_POTTERVALLEYPOMO_GC-45-KQED.jpg 1333w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/01/20251122_POTTERVALLEYPOMO_GC-45-KQED-160x240.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/01/20251122_POTTERVALLEYPOMO_GC-45-KQED-1024x1536.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1333px) 100vw, 1333px\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Nathan Rich, Tribal Environmental Manager of Potter Valley Tribe, poses for a photo at the Pomo Community Forest, a 48-acre coastal forest, in Fort Bragg on Nov. 22, 2025. \u003ccite>(Gina Castro for KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>For her part, Pearce said she plans to help teach foraging here during the tribe’s annual environmental youth campout and other events — and she can already see how they could harvest wild onions growing here and use elder trees to make musical instruments.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>This is work that can only be done when the tribe owns the land to do it on, she said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“There are \u003ca href=\"https://www.hcn.org/issues/51-17/tribal-affairs-an-indigenous-way-of-life-for-these-california-tribes-breaks-state-laws/\">laws\u003c/a> in place that stop indigenous people from caretaking on their own tribal land,” she said. “So the only answer is private land because private landowners have more rights than indigenous people.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But with so many tribes in the area still without land, not everyone has the same opportunity to learn what has been lost.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“In California, only half the tribes were reinstated after the Tillie Hardwick case,” she said. “So there are tribes that aren’t even recognized that have no access to anything.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Pearce teaches her students that food sovereignty is important to everyone, not just native people on native lands.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“When someone has control of your food, and you can’t feed yourself, that is their power,” she said. “That’s their power move, to take your food away, and you have to do what they say.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“But if you can feed yourself for free where you live, then that’s food sovereignty,” Pearce said.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>\u003cstrong>The next generation\u003c/strong>\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>Pearce said she’s particularly encouraged by the willingness of her Gen Z students and community members to “look at hard things and call them by the right name.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“And all we can do is give them the education and support to do that, and that’s what we’re doing,” she said.[aside postID=news_11874585 hero='https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2021/05/UpperLake_BloodyIslandSunriseCeremony-1020x633.jpg'] High school student Elizabeth Dodge, from Willits, attended the mushroom hunting event thanks to an invite from Pearce herself — to whom Dodge reached out for help identifying mushrooms she’d spotted in her family’s backyard.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>While Dodge isn’t a big fan of eating mushrooms, she’s really into identifying birds — a skill she learned from her grandmother. She said she now planned to make a presentation to her class on everything she found.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I’ve seen at least 17 kinds or something like that, so I’m really excited,” Dodge said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Back at the entrance to the property, a table was blanketed in mushrooms of every size, shape and color, gathered by the day’s participants in Pearce’s handwoven baskets. People milled about, munching on freshly caught and cooked salmon.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Meanwhile, a massive pan of foraged mushrooms — identified by the expert foragers present as safe to eat — sizzled next to a vat of alfredo sauce, as fettuccine vigorously boiled on the stovetop.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>For Chairman Rosales, a noted expert on fungi, this event was ultimately a true family affair. That morning, Rosales’ son Boo had made donuts with glaze from candy cap mushrooms while his daughter Mariah was manning the stove.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“We’re just gonna season them a little bit,” Mariah said. “You don’t really have to because mushrooms have their own seasoning, but just to be a little extra.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12071167\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003ca href=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/01/20251122_POTTERVALLEYPOMO_GC-41-KQED.jpg\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12071167\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/01/20251122_POTTERVALLEYPOMO_GC-41-KQED.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/01/20251122_POTTERVALLEYPOMO_GC-41-KQED.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/01/20251122_POTTERVALLEYPOMO_GC-41-KQED-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/01/20251122_POTTERVALLEYPOMO_GC-41-KQED-1536x1024.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">From left, Mariah Rosales, Allison Deng and MingXia Bai cook mushroom Alfredo fettuccine for attendees of Potter Valley Tribe’s mushroom foraging event, at the Pomo Community Forest, a 48-acre coastal forest, in Fort Bragg on Nov. 22, 2025. \u003ccite>(Gina Castro/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Once the mushrooms were cooked, Mariah took command of the final steps of the process: pouring the sauce carefully onto the noodles, layering the delicate mushrooms on top and finishing with a sprinkling of herbs and plenty of parmesan cheese.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>With the tantalizing smell of the mushrooms filling the air, a line started to form, as everyone wanted a plate, and Mariah proudly served them.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Let the elders get their plate first,” she said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>For Chairman Rosales, who stood watching the group with a beaming smile, this event was exactly the type of new story — a new piece of history — he can now tell, when younger people ask about his tribe.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“That sense of freedom,” he said, “is a powerful, positive energy for us.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad floatright]\u003c/p>\n",
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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>And today, the assembled group — made up of adults, children and members of neighboring tribes and allies — was here to hunt for mushrooms.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>\u003cstrong>A bountiful forest\u003c/strong>\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>As dedicated foragers know, safety when foraging for mushrooms is a serious business. Before Corine Pearce, a member of the nearby Redwood Valley Tribe, kicked off the event with a blessing and song, organizers reminded attendees not to eat anything they might gather before they’d brought it back to consult with the experts.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>(In December 2025, after this story was reported, the California Department of Public Health issued \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12066441/california-mushroom-poisoning-symptoms-death-cap-identification-toxic-foraging\">advice\u003c/a> to state residents to avoid eating foraged wild mushrooms during what they called a “high-risk season” — after a number of deaths and severe illnesses caused by people mistakenly ingesting toxic “death cap” mushrooms. On April 1, the agency confirmed that their alert is still in effect.)\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12071163\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003ca href=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/01/20251122_POTTERVALLEYPOMO_GC-25-KQED.jpg\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12071163\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/01/20251122_POTTERVALLEYPOMO_GC-25-KQED.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/01/20251122_POTTERVALLEYPOMO_GC-25-KQED.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/01/20251122_POTTERVALLEYPOMO_GC-25-KQED-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/01/20251122_POTTERVALLEYPOMO_GC-25-KQED-1536x1024.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Mushrooms picked by individuals who attended Potter Valley Tribe’s mushroom foraging event are displayed on a table at the Pomo Community Forest, a 48-acre coastal forest, in Fort Bragg on Nov. 22, 2025. \u003ccite>(Gina Castro for KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Pearce, who works with kids from all over Mendocino as a native studies education coordinator, said that after a lifetime of avoiding foraging mushrooms for fear of illness, she realized the time had come after she moved to an area whose traditional name means “mushroom mountain.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I was like, ‘Okay, well if they’re literally growing outside in my backyard, I should probably learn them and not ignore them anymore,’” she said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Pearce is also a community basket weaver, and it’s her baskets that were handed out to participants as they set off.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The group dispersed out of the clearing and into the dense, cool forest. Nate Rich, the Potter Valley Tribe’s environmental program manager, invited a few interested foragers on a crash course on mushroom hunting.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>For him, Rich told the group, the best moments on the hunt are the serendipitous ones, like finding a cluster of highly prized golden chanterelles.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But his approach is also a meditative one. For the most success, Rich said he tries to dispel any notion of going in for “the kill” when it comes to spotting mushrooms — and instead, he’ll “lay on the ground for like 10 minutes and not do anything and calm down.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12071170\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003ca href=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/01/20251122_POTTERVALLEYPOMO_GC-20-KQED-1.jpg\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12071170\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/01/20251122_POTTERVALLEYPOMO_GC-20-KQED-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/01/20251122_POTTERVALLEYPOMO_GC-20-KQED-1.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/01/20251122_POTTERVALLEYPOMO_GC-20-KQED-1-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/01/20251122_POTTERVALLEYPOMO_GC-20-KQED-1-1536x1024.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">From left, Zhao Qiu, Allison Deng and MingXia Bai pick mushrooms during a mushroom foraging event, hosted by Potter Valley Tribe, at the Pomo Community Forest, a 48-acre coastal forest, in Fort Bragg on Nov. 22, 2025. \u003ccite>(Gina Castro for KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>“And then usually, I’ll turn my head, and it’ll be right there,” he said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Rich told his mushroom-hunters-in-training how he likes to look up through the forest canopy for spots where the sun might warm up the ground, allowing certain light-seeking fungi to grow And how he’ll look down to see where water flows, fueling the mushrooms’ growth — or watch out for where “duff,” that thick, decaying vegetation that layers the forest floor, has built up on the ground.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“When my feet start to squish, I’m like, ‘Oh, I’m in an area where there might be some mushrooms,’” he said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>With so much potential for wandering, Potter Valley chairman Rosales said, always make sure someone knows their rough whereabouts while foraging, in case they get lost. And “don’t be afraid to \u003ca href=\"https://www.latimes.com/california/story/2025-12-10/these-wild-mushrooms-have-sickened-californians-heres-how-to-forage-safely\">touch mushrooms\u003c/a>,” he said. “As long as you don’t ingest them.”\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>\u003cstrong>Recovering the tribe’s land\u003c/strong>\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>The Potter Valley Tribe is the first tribe in California to be awarded this grant to create a community forest by the U.S. Department of Agriculture. But for Rosales, the road here — to actually owning this 48-acre property that the mushroom hunters are exploring — has been a long one.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>This land has been \u003ca href=\"https://pinoleville-nsn.gov/heritage/our-history/\">home to Pomo people\u003c/a> for thousands of years. When colonizers started arriving in the early 1800s, they began to chip away at it, killing, removing and enslaving the Pomo people — decimating their population numbers and relegating them to reservations to make way for European homesteads.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12071166\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\" style=\"max-width: 1333px\">\u003ca href=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/01/20251122_POTTERVALLEYPOMO_GC-37-KQED.jpg\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12071166\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/01/20251122_POTTERVALLEYPOMO_GC-37-KQED.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1333\" height=\"2000\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/01/20251122_POTTERVALLEYPOMO_GC-37-KQED.jpg 1333w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/01/20251122_POTTERVALLEYPOMO_GC-37-KQED-160x240.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/01/20251122_POTTERVALLEYPOMO_GC-37-KQED-1024x1536.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1333px) 100vw, 1333px\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Salvador Rosales, Chairman of Potter Valley Tribe, poses for a photo at the Pomo Community Forest, a 48-acre coastal forest, in Fort Bragg on Nov. 22, 2025. \u003ccite>(Gina Castro for KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>In 1958, \u003ca href=\"https://nahc.ca.gov/native-americans/california-indian-history/\">Congress passed a series of laws and practices ending the federal government’s recognition\u003c/a> of tribal sovereignty and lands. The move dismantled Pomo reservations, like the Potter Valley Rancheria, revoked their federal status and left these tribes landless.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>That was, until the 1980s, when \u003ca href=\"https://www.narf.org/nill/bulletins/federal/documents/hardwick.html\">Tillie Hardwick,\u003c/a> a Pomo Indian woman, sued the federal government in a class action lawsuit and won, immediately restoring 17 California tribes’ federal status and creating precedent for more in the future.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The Potter Valley Tribe — and many others included in the suit — would nonetheless remain mostly landless until the early 2000s. But when Rosales became chairman in 2003, he said he saw it as his mission to slowly but surely buy back the tribe’s ancestral lands.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The quest began with a federal grant to buy a 4-acre parcel in Redwood Valley for housing for tribe members. And since then, via grants, land donations and money earned from the gaming industry, the tribe has purchased a checkerboard totaling more than 1,000 acres — the majority of it undeveloped forest — across Mendocino County.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“It’s unbelievable,” Rosales said, of the tribe’s progress in reacquiring their land. When family and friends ask him about the tribal council’s continual investments in land, he said he tells them that there’s “never been an opportunity like this” in previous years.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Rosales and the tribe worked with the nonprofit \u003ca href=\"https://www.tpl.org/our-work/community-forests\">Trust for Public Land\u003c/a>, which has now helped establish 45 community forests nationwide, protecting 43,000 acres through this grant alone.\u003c/p>\u003c/div>",
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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp> The trust’s North Coast Project Manager Jeff Conti said the agency’s primary role is to help tribes navigate the sometimes long and convoluted processes to get land back in the hands of those working to conserve it.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“However we can plug in, whether it’s providing technical assistance, whether it’s helping fundraise, or just doing the whole transaction, we can help,” he said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Even after the tribe won the grant, it took six years before they found themselves in the right place and time with this particular property — and for this forest to be returned to its ancestral caretakers.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“In the end,” Rosales said, “it paid off to be patient.”\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>\u003cstrong>Keeping history and tradition alive\u003c/strong>\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>Being effectively landless has affected the Pomo people in deep, lasting ways, Rosales said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Most of his ancestors were farm ranch hands, chasing seasonal work throughout the Potter and Ukiah valleys to make ends meet, he said. But as there’s been very little written or shared from elders, Rosales doesn’t know a lot beyond that — as he said, it became especially apparent when he was invited to speak to students in Potter Valley about the tribe’s history.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12071155\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003ca href=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/01/20251122_POTTERVALLEYPOMO_GC-5-KQED.jpg\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12071155\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/01/20251122_POTTERVALLEYPOMO_GC-5-KQED.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1363\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/01/20251122_POTTERVALLEYPOMO_GC-5-KQED.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/01/20251122_POTTERVALLEYPOMO_GC-5-KQED-160x109.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/01/20251122_POTTERVALLEYPOMO_GC-5-KQED-1536x1047.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">An Amanita Muscaria mushroom grows at the Pomo Community Forest, a 48-acre coastal forest, in Fort Bragg on Nov. 22, 2025. \u003ccite>(Gina Castro for KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>And without land to gather on, they have even fewer traditions to uphold.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Ceremony — any kind of gatherings, we don’t really have a history of that simply because of the past history of settlers and indigenous people,” he said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>As part of the community forest grant, the tribe is developing a land management and public access plan, which tribal leaders said will focus on environmental education, from foraging to reintroducing traditional ecological practices like \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11887536/getting-good-fire-on-the-ground-the-karuk-tribe-pushes-to-restore-native-burn-management-to-protect-forests\">forest thinning\u003c/a>, to promote the resilience of the forest.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Rich, the tribe’s environmental program manager, said he’s excited to have a space where practicing — and sharing — these traditions is the focus.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I think we’re at the beginning,” he said. “Now the tribe has a resource to work with the community on.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“We need these spaces together,” he said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12071169\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\" style=\"max-width: 1333px\">\u003ca href=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/01/20251122_POTTERVALLEYPOMO_GC-45-KQED.jpg\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12071169\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/01/20251122_POTTERVALLEYPOMO_GC-45-KQED.jpg\" alt=\"\" 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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp> High school student Elizabeth Dodge, from Willits, attended the mushroom hunting event thanks to an invite from Pearce herself — to whom Dodge reached out for help identifying mushrooms she’d spotted in her family’s backyard.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>While Dodge isn’t a big fan of eating mushrooms, she’s really into identifying birds — a skill she learned from her grandmother. She said she now planned to make a presentation to her class on everything she found.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I’ve seen at least 17 kinds or something like that, so I’m really excited,” Dodge said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Back at the entrance to the property, a table was blanketed in mushrooms of every size, shape and color, gathered by the day’s participants in Pearce’s handwoven baskets. People milled about, munching on freshly caught and cooked salmon.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Meanwhile, a massive pan of foraged mushrooms — identified by the expert foragers present as safe to eat — sizzled next to a vat of alfredo sauce, as fettuccine vigorously boiled on the stovetop.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>For Chairman Rosales, a noted expert on fungi, this event was ultimately a true family affair. That morning, Rosales’ son Boo had made donuts with glaze from candy cap mushrooms while his daughter Mariah was manning the stove.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“We’re just gonna season them a little bit,” Mariah said. “You don’t really have to because mushrooms have their own seasoning, but just to be a little extra.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12071167\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003ca href=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/01/20251122_POTTERVALLEYPOMO_GC-41-KQED.jpg\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12071167\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/01/20251122_POTTERVALLEYPOMO_GC-41-KQED.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/01/20251122_POTTERVALLEYPOMO_GC-41-KQED.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/01/20251122_POTTERVALLEYPOMO_GC-41-KQED-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/01/20251122_POTTERVALLEYPOMO_GC-41-KQED-1536x1024.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">From left, Mariah Rosales, Allison Deng and MingXia Bai cook mushroom Alfredo fettuccine for attendees of Potter Valley Tribe’s mushroom foraging event, at the Pomo Community Forest, a 48-acre coastal forest, in Fort Bragg on Nov. 22, 2025. \u003ccite>(Gina Castro/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Once the mushrooms were cooked, Mariah took command of the final steps of the process: pouring the sauce carefully onto the noodles, layering the delicate mushrooms on top and finishing with a sprinkling of herbs and plenty of parmesan cheese.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>With the tantalizing smell of the mushrooms filling the air, a line started to form, as everyone wanted a plate, and Mariah proudly served them.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Let the elders get their plate first,” she said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>For Chairman Rosales, who stood watching the group with a beaming smile, this event was exactly the type of new story — a new piece of history — he can now tell, when younger people ask about his tribe.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“That sense of freedom,” he said, “is a powerful, positive energy for us.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003c/div>",
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A floodlight illuminated puffs of breath as they tangled with their opponents on a chilly February night.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Razzle Dazzle, the ’80s-themed duo on stage, is a hometown favorite at these World Wrestling Entertainment-style monthly events in the heart of the \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/tag/central-valley\">Central Valley’s\u003c/a> \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/tag/san-joaquin-county\">San Joaquin County\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>That night, they sparred with another tag-team duo called Monstars, Inc. One half of the duo, Moizilla, wearing a black lizard tail and piercing white contact lenses, lifted one of the hometown heroes in the air and triumphantly threw him onto his back.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>This is the \u003ca href=\"https://www.instagram.com/209dragonsden/\">209 Dragon’s Den\u003c/a>, a breeding ground for wrestling talent just east of Lodi. Wedged between a private home, a plant nursery and a barn, this backyard venue is one of the humbler sites of hundreds nationwide in the independent wrestling circuit.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Independent wrestling is typically focused more on uplifting the sport than making money. The Dragon’s Den, for example, charges around $20 per adult ticket and $5 for kids. Some of that money goes back to the wrestlers who perform. 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Soon after, he set up a wrestling ring in his backyard and started a training group that became the 209 Dragon’s Den. In the past year, it has since burgeoned into a more official promotion, hosting shows that have attracted audiences and opponents from throughout the state.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Freeman said he has a soft spot for the sport’s underdogs: the scrawny, nerdy or older wrestlers.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I really get excited for those people that people thought would’ve never been able to do it,” he said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But to become top-caliber wrestlers, they must first learn how to develop a convincing character.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>Hector Madrigal, aka “Razzle” or “Dazzle”\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>Just as in the top tiers of professional wrestling, the outcomes of these matches are scripted. But just because the result is planned, it doesn’t mean the holds, throws — or spirit — are fake.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Like method actors, the wrestlers tap into real parts of themselves to make their performances believable.[aside postID=arts_13981646 hero='https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2025/09/250904_FULLQUEER_GH-33-KQED.jpg'] “A lot of times, when we’re in the ring, we just get in our heads. We need to get out of our heads, get in our hearts to really get to that next level,” said Hector Madrigal, one half of Razzle Dazzle.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>When he’s not competing, he’s a secretary at a Lodi elementary school, a job where he’s a lot calmer than his wrestling character.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I’m just always behind … the computer, ordering stuff, doing a bunch of paperwork. But I do interact with the children,” he said. “Maybe a little of my Razzle Dazzle side comes out when I’m interacting with the kids.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But in the ring, he’s much more “bombastic.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“[I] emphasize everything that’s in my heart,” he said. “I try to put it out so the crowd can see what I’ve been holding inside.”\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>Paras Singh, aka “Punjabi Papi” or “The All-American”\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>Toward the end of the night, an announcer bellowed into the microphone as the crowd waited eagerly for one of their favorite wrestlers.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“He is the only king that stands in this ring. He is every lady’s habibi: The Punjabi Papi!”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Lodi local Paras Singh strutted through billowing curtains and along the front row of the crowd to high-five cheering fans.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12076567\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003ca href=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/03/031226_DRAGONDEN-_GH_006-KQED.jpg\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12076567\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/03/031226_DRAGONDEN-_GH_006-KQED.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/03/031226_DRAGONDEN-_GH_006-KQED.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/03/031226_DRAGONDEN-_GH_006-KQED-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/03/031226_DRAGONDEN-_GH_006-KQED-1536x1024.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Paras Singh tapes his wrist before training at the 209 Dragon’s Den gym on March 12, 2026, in Lodi. \u003ccite>(Gustavo Hernandez/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>He climbed atop the ropes onstage, gesturing for the crowd to get loud.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But before Singh could do too much preemptive celebrating, he was face-to-face with Reno-based wrestler David Luster, who’s nearly twice Singh’s size and age.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The match was full of plot twists.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Singh started strong, landing his signature drop kick to Luster’s face. But Luster retaliated, knocking Singh down again and again. Just when it seemed that Luster would earn an easy win, he kicked the referee. That move got him disqualified, and Singh won by default.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>When the crowd booed that outcome, the pair set up for a rematch. Luster knocked Singh down to his back, where he remained motionless for several minutes. Then, hometown villain group “The 209 Kliq” stormed the stage and stole Singh’s championship belts.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In the end, it was unclear who had prevailed. What was clear was the crowd’s enthusiasm — heckling and cheering from the edges of their plastic folding chairs.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Connecting with the audience through compelling characters and storylines is the point, the wrestlers at 209 Dragon’s Den said.[aside postID=news_12077101 hero='https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/03/260310-UnhousedMail-02-BL_qed.jpg'] Singh has been performing recently as “Punjabi Papi,” playing off his Indian heritage. But he started as “The All-American.” With that character, he wanted to show off his background as an Army soldier. It worked for a while, he said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“People loved … a hero that’s all good,” he said. “But you become one-dimensional in that.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>With his new character, he gets to show off more of his personality. Singh said it’s who he wanted to be when he was younger. Someone who’s admired for their ethnic identity, instead of bullied for it. Someone with confidence and swagger.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I don’t have to be an all-good hero. I could have layers now,” he said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Growing up, Singh always wanted to be a wrestler. When he came home to Lodi at age 23 after serving active duty in the Army, he found the Dragon’s Den and thought, “Why not just go for it?”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Three years later, he’s headlining shows.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I’m just a kid with a dream,” he said. “A little brown boy from Lodi, California.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Like many of his fellow indie wrestlers, Singh has aspirations of making wrestling a full-time gig. To reach that goal, he spends most weeknights training under Dragon’s Den head coach, Michael Hayashi.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>\u003cstrong>Michael Hayashi, aka “The Angry Dragon”\u003c/strong>\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>Nicknamed “The Angry Dragon,” Hayashi has performed for over two decades. His character was inspired by martial arts stars like Bruce Lee — and the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I lean on the things I loved when I was a kid,” he said. “Basically, Michelangelo from Ninja Turtles. Or Raphael, depending on the situation. Hardly ever, Donatello. Though sometimes Leonardo.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cdiv class=\"mceTemp\">\u003c/div>\n\u003cp>He said he was initially drawn to wrestling as an outlet for his teenage angst.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12076573\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003ca href=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/03/031226_DRAGONDEN-_GH_027-KQED.jpg\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12076573\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/03/031226_DRAGONDEN-_GH_027-KQED.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/03/031226_DRAGONDEN-_GH_027-KQED.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/03/031226_DRAGONDEN-_GH_027-KQED-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/03/031226_DRAGONDEN-_GH_027-KQED-1536x1024.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Wrestlers train inside the ring at the 209 Dragon’s Den on March 12, 2026, in Lodi. \u003ccite>(Gustavo Hernandez/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>“I used to have a chip on my shoulder,” Hayashi said. “Maybe I was even a little crazy, like trying to hurt myself almost, and prove that I could even belong in the ring.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But his relationship with his wrestling persona is different these days, now that he’s almost 40.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Instead of trying to fake a character that I used to play, now I’m just showing you more of my true self,” he said. “To be honest, I’m not really an angry person anymore … And at this point now, I’m just kind of at the twilight of my career.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Hayashi’s coaching emphasizes both intense physical skills and doing deep internal work. The aim, he said, is that wrestling becomes an outlet for projecting your true self.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“We try to, at the very least, find people’s strengths, turn them up to 11, and then, if they can kind of balance out after that, then they can become the wrestler that they want to be,” he said.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>\u003cstrong>Wrestlers by night\u003c/strong>\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>On weeknights, Hayashi drives across town to the Dragon’s Den, where he trains the next generation.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Next to where the outdoor shows happen, there’s a wooden barn with a lofty ceiling. On a recent Wednesday night, a floodlight illuminated the practice ring inside. A dozen wrestlers stretched on mats or jabbed at a punching bag.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Given the theatrics of the sport, audiences often think wrestling doesn’t really hurt and that there’s little skill involved. But the wrestlers here, many fresh off a weightlifting session or nursing injuries, said that couldn’t be further from the truth.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12076570\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003ca href=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/03/031226_DRAGONDEN-_GH_022-KQED.jpg\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12076570\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/03/031226_DRAGONDEN-_GH_022-KQED.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/03/031226_DRAGONDEN-_GH_022-KQED.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/03/031226_DRAGONDEN-_GH_022-KQED-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/03/031226_DRAGONDEN-_GH_022-KQED-1536x1024.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Razzle Dazzle duo Hector Madrigal, left, and Christopher Pontilo pose on a ladder outside the 209 Dragon’s Den on March 12, 2026, in Lodi. \u003ccite>(Gustavo Hernandez/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>As they warmed up, Hayashi took the opportunity to talk about the concept of trust.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“We’re always going to assume that our opponents are not trying to put us in the hospital, that we’re trying to have a good time,” he said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>For the next two hours, the wrestlers hopped into the ring one by one. Hayashi led them in drills to practice falls, or “bumps,” in wrestler-speak.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>As each wrestler cycled in for their turn in the ring, Hayashi pushed them to commit further — to bring the same intensity to practice that they would in a match. The students waiting on a couch by the ring got into the spirit, heckling their fellow wrestlers just like their ideal audience would.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In the ring that night, they were Razzle Dazzle, Punjabi Papi, and the Angry Dragon. The next day, they’ll go back to being Hector Madrigal, Paras Singh and Michael Hayashi. 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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp> Singh has been performing recently as “Punjabi Papi,” playing off his Indian heritage. But he started as “The All-American.” With that character, he wanted to show off his background as an Army soldier. It worked for a while, he said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“People loved … a hero that’s all good,” he said. “But you become one-dimensional in that.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>With his new character, he gets to show off more of his personality. Singh said it’s who he wanted to be when he was younger. Someone who’s admired for their ethnic identity, instead of bullied for it. Someone with confidence and swagger.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I don’t have to be an all-good hero. I could have layers now,” he said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Growing up, Singh always wanted to be a wrestler. When he came home to Lodi at age 23 after serving active duty in the Army, he found the Dragon’s Den and thought, “Why not just go for it?”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Three years later, he’s headlining shows.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I’m just a kid with a dream,” he said. “A little brown boy from Lodi, California.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Like many of his fellow indie wrestlers, Singh has aspirations of making wrestling a full-time gig. To reach that goal, he spends most weeknights training under Dragon’s Den head coach, Michael Hayashi.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>\u003cstrong>Michael Hayashi, aka “The Angry Dragon”\u003c/strong>\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>Nicknamed “The Angry Dragon,” Hayashi has performed for over two decades. His character was inspired by martial arts stars like Bruce Lee — and the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I lean on the things I loved when I was a kid,” he said. “Basically, Michelangelo from Ninja Turtles. Or Raphael, depending on the situation. Hardly ever, Donatello. Though sometimes Leonardo.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cdiv class=\"mceTemp\">\u003c/div>\n\u003cp>He said he was initially drawn to wrestling as an outlet for his teenage angst.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12076573\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003ca href=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/03/031226_DRAGONDEN-_GH_027-KQED.jpg\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12076573\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/03/031226_DRAGONDEN-_GH_027-KQED.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/03/031226_DRAGONDEN-_GH_027-KQED.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/03/031226_DRAGONDEN-_GH_027-KQED-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/03/031226_DRAGONDEN-_GH_027-KQED-1536x1024.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Wrestlers train inside the ring at the 209 Dragon’s Den on March 12, 2026, in Lodi. \u003ccite>(Gustavo Hernandez/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>“I used to have a chip on my shoulder,” Hayashi said. “Maybe I was even a little crazy, like trying to hurt myself almost, and prove that I could even belong in the ring.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But his relationship with his wrestling persona is different these days, now that he’s almost 40.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Instead of trying to fake a character that I used to play, now I’m just showing you more of my true self,” he said. “To be honest, I’m not really an angry person anymore … And at this point now, I’m just kind of at the twilight of my career.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Hayashi’s coaching emphasizes both intense physical skills and doing deep internal work. The aim, he said, is that wrestling becomes an outlet for projecting your true self.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“We try to, at the very least, find people’s strengths, turn them up to 11, and then, if they can kind of balance out after that, then they can become the wrestler that they want to be,” he said.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>\u003cstrong>Wrestlers by night\u003c/strong>\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>On weeknights, Hayashi drives across town to the Dragon’s Den, where he trains the next generation.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Next to where the outdoor shows happen, there’s a wooden barn with a lofty ceiling. On a recent Wednesday night, a floodlight illuminated the practice ring inside. A dozen wrestlers stretched on mats or jabbed at a punching bag.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Given the theatrics of the sport, audiences often think wrestling doesn’t really hurt and that there’s little skill involved. But the wrestlers here, many fresh off a weightlifting session or nursing injuries, said that couldn’t be further from the truth.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12076570\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003ca href=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/03/031226_DRAGONDEN-_GH_022-KQED.jpg\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12076570\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/03/031226_DRAGONDEN-_GH_022-KQED.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/03/031226_DRAGONDEN-_GH_022-KQED.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/03/031226_DRAGONDEN-_GH_022-KQED-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/03/031226_DRAGONDEN-_GH_022-KQED-1536x1024.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Razzle Dazzle duo Hector Madrigal, left, and Christopher Pontilo pose on a ladder outside the 209 Dragon’s Den on March 12, 2026, in Lodi. \u003ccite>(Gustavo Hernandez/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>As they warmed up, Hayashi took the opportunity to talk about the concept of trust.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“We’re always going to assume that our opponents are not trying to put us in the hospital, that we’re trying to have a good time,” he said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>For the next two hours, the wrestlers hopped into the ring one by one. Hayashi led them in drills to practice falls, or “bumps,” in wrestler-speak.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>As each wrestler cycled in for their turn in the ring, Hayashi pushed them to commit further — to bring the same intensity to practice that they would in a match. The students waiting on a couch by the ring got into the spirit, heckling their fellow wrestlers just like their ideal audience would.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In the ring that night, they were Razzle Dazzle, Punjabi Papi, and the Angry Dragon. The next day, they’ll go back to being Hector Madrigal, Paras Singh and Michael Hayashi. But they’ll keep coming back to the 209 Dragon’s Den, training for their next match and hoping for a shot at the main stage.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cem>Hannah Weaver writes for the Lodi News-Sentinel as a cohort member of the California Local News Fellowship program, a multi-year, state-funded initiative to support and strengthen local news reporting in California.\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003c/div>",
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"content": "\u003cp>In just three months, the 2026 FIFA Men’s World Cup will hold its \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/forum/2010101913251/the-world-cup-heads-to-california\">first match in the Bay Area\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>California officials say they \u003ca href=\"http://gov.ca.gov/2026/02/02/california-hosts-super-bowl-lx-and-other-upcoming-events-setting-gold-standard-for-sports-and-bringing-18-billion-in-economic-benefits/\">expect\u003c/a> the six total games scheduled at Levi’s Stadium to bring 260,000 visitors — and an estimated economic impact of $555 million — to the Bay. But while the tournament may promise to put the region at the center of global soccer, many residents know: the sport already thrives here year-round.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>And it’s not just at the pro level. While the region’s two top division teams, San José Earthquakes and Bay FC, fill up PayPal Park with tens of thousands of fans, fields across the region are packed on any given weekend with local teams and their devoted fans, reflecting a soccer culture that long predates the World Cup’s arrival.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>So if you won’t be making it to the big matches, soccer fans — or anyone curious about the sport and the community around it — can still find plenty of Bay Area teams to root for. Keep reading to learn more about just some of these soccer teams that proudly represent our region.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>Oakland Roots\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>Where else could you see E-40 perform at a soccer halftime show than in Oakland? The Bay Area hip-hop legend played some of his biggest hits to thousands of fans at Saturday’s home opener for the \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/arts/13987541/the-\">Oakland Roots\u003c/a> at the Coliseum.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The club — playing since 2019 and currently competing in the men’s USL Championship league — clinched its second victory of the season with a 2-1 win against New Mexico United.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12032644\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-12032644 size-full\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/03/20250322_Roots_8209.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/03/20250322_Roots_8209.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/03/20250322_Roots_8209-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/03/20250322_Roots_8209-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/03/20250322_Roots_8209-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/03/20250322_Roots_8209-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/03/20250322_Roots_8209-1920x1280.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">More than 26,000 fans packed the Oakland Roots home opener at the Oakland Coliseum on March 22, 2025, in Oakland, California. This was the first Roots game played in the storied stadium. \u003ccite>(David M. Barreda/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>And fans savored the victory, with the excitement from the crowd walking to BART from the Coliseum reminiscent of what it felt like after a Raiders or A’s game.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“It’s good for us to have some sports here again,” Oakland resident Tatiana Wells said before the game. While she did not play soccer growing up, she said that the sport finally caught her attention when the Roots proudly claimed the Town.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Her recommendation to other Oaklanders? “Start following soccer and follow our local club!”\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>Oakland Soul\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>In 2023, the Roots launched Oakland Soul, currently competing in the women’s \u003ca href=\"https://www.uslwleague.com/league-teams\">USL W League\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The team finished second in its division last year — just shy of making it to the playoffs — and will play its season opener against Marin FC Sirens at Merritt College on May 10 (that’s right, on \u003ca href=\"https://oaklandside.org/2025/05/09/510-day-is-celebrating-10-years-of-resistance/\">510 Day\u003c/a>).\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12076747\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12076747\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/03/OaklandSoulGetty.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/03/OaklandSoulGetty.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/03/OaklandSoulGetty-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/03/OaklandSoulGetty-1536x1024.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Aaliyah Schinaman #5 of the Oakland Soul SC fights for a loose ball with Jessie Halladay #3 of the San Francisco Glens during a USL W League playoff game between Oakland Soul SC and San Francisco Glens at Skyline College on July 7, 2023, in San Bruno, California. \u003ccite>(Doug Zimmerman/ISI Photos/Getty Images)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>“At an Oakland Soul game, you see so many families coming out because they want to enjoy the sunshine on a Sunday afternoon,” said Tommy Hodul, vice president of public relations for the Roots and Soul. “And it’s a beautiful experience.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Thanks to USL W league rules, Soul can build their roster with student athletes from the Bay Area’s universities.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>That gives local players a big opportunity to develop their talent before going pro. Santa Clara-raised Shae Murison became Soul’s top scorer last season and is now set to join the Utah Royals FC in the National Women’s Soccer League.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>San Francisco City FC\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>Have you seen folks walking around with a soccer jersey that boldly features the \u003ca href=\"https://themunistore.com/blogs/news/theworm?srsltid=AfmBOorFEiLSbPQVlazXmofpz_-yrf5wYzA6CQ_j08Gn5GUtbBHmF-DB\">Muni logo\u003c/a>?\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>That’s the jersey for San Francisco City FC, which plays in the semi-professional men’s USL League Two. Most players are students at nearby universities — cheered on by an extensive network of supporters that resembles what you’d see in Latin American and European clubs.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12076735\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12076735\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/03/RollFog_Still.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1125\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/03/RollFog_Still.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/03/RollFog_Still-160x90.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/03/RollFog_Still-1536x864.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/03/RollFog_Still-1200x675.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Fans cheer for San Francisco City FC during a home match on July 9, 2025, against Project 51O. The team’s three different supporter groups are now rallying together under the name “La Bahía de Frisco.” \u003ccite>(Courtesy of Daniel Díaz)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Filmmaker Daniel Díaz moved to San Francisco from London five years ago and wanted to find a club that he could build a relationship with, like what he already has with his favorite British team, Tottenham Hotspur. Back in London, Díaz and other Tottenham fans fill up the stadium singing, “When the Spurs go marching in,” to the tune of “When the Saints Go Marching In.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I think the moment that really tugged on my heartstrings was hearing San Francisco City fans singing their song, ‘When the fog comes rolling in,’” Díaz said. “That was the moment I knew that this is my club, that I’m in the right place.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Outside the field, San Francisco City fans are particularly creative in building community. Their jerseys each year feature San Francisco landmarks beloved by locals: Sutro Tower, the Japantown Peace Pagoda and the \u003ca href=\"https://www.instagram.com/p/C4-7sQ0La2C/\">parrots of Telegraph Hill\u003c/a>. The club has even organized several \u003ca href=\"https://www.sfmta.com/hop-muni-beer-crawl\">pub crawls\u003c/a> with the city’s Municipal Transportation Agency.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12076739\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12076739\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/03/SFCityFC_MUNDIAL-13.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1325\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/03/SFCityFC_MUNDIAL-13.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/03/SFCityFC_MUNDIAL-13-160x106.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/03/SFCityFC_MUNDIAL-13-1536x1018.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">A crowd of San Francisco City FC supporters fills up Kezar Stadium on June 22, 2025, for a game against Davis Legacy. \u003ccite>(Courtesy of Daniel Díaz)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>This season, Díaz and other fans are producing a film that looks at the team’s fight for Kezar Stadium as city officials plan to give a new team \u003ca href=\"https://sfstandard.com/2025/05/16/san-francisco-nonprofit-daniel-lurie-tipping-point-ethics/\">almost exclusive rights\u003c/a> to that field. You can watch a preview of the film at \u003ca href=\"https://www.instagram.com/p/DVy9lUhkk1W/\">FÚTBOL ON FILM\u003c/a> at San Francisco’s Roxie Theater on March 29.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“We’re encouraging people to bring banners, flags and scarves, and also wear their football shirts with their favorite teams,” Díaz said. “We want people to feel that energy that you feel in the stadium inside the Roxie Theater.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp> \u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>Afghan Premier FC\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>For more than 30 years, Afghan Premier Football Club has developed soccer talent in Fremont — home to one of the \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12053196/how-fremont-became-a-hub-for-afghan-americans\">largest Afghan communities\u003c/a> in the nation.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Fremont was the hub for Afghan refugees in the late ’80s and early ’90s,” said Afghan Premier FC coach Musa Mojaddedi, who first joined the team as a player more than two decades ago. “There were even parts of Fremont known as ‘Little Kabul.’”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Among the Afghan families settling down in the East Bay, there were also young men who loved soccer and wanted to keep playing in their new home.[aside postID=forum_2010101913251 hero='https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/43/2026/03/GettyImages-2265031419-2000x1288.jpg']That’s how Afghan Premier FC — then known as Afghan Soccer Club — was born in 1991. The team travelled extensively around the world playing against other clubs in the Afghan diaspora, but it wouldn’t be until 2024 that Afghan Premier FC joined a semi-professional league in California.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“The team is not just open to Afghan players,” Mojaddedi said. “It’s open to diversity, no matter your race, culture, background, or religion.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Last year, the team joined the \u003ca href=\"https://www.theleaguefc.com/our-clubs-west\">League for Clubs\u003c/a> — and while Mojaddedi is excited about playing against teams from all over the state, he points out that the team relies heavily on their community to survive. “We try to raise funds from local sponsors as much as we can, from donations, from friends, family,” he said, “because most players are college students.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Afghan Premier’s home field is at Fremont’s Ohlone College and while their league’s season has begun, the team has postponed their games till the first week of April to accommodate the players observing the \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12073604/2026-ramadan-mubarak-where-to-find-iftar-suhoor-san-francisco-bay-area\">holy month of Ramadan\u003c/a>. The date of this year’s first home game will be announced \u003ca href=\"https://www.instagram.com/afghanpremierfc/\">on their social media\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>El Farolito SC\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>If this team’s name sounds familiar to you, that’s because, yes: it’s named after the longstanding San Francisco-based taquería chain El Farolito.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The restaurant’s founder, Salvador López, started the team back in 1985, and players sport a bright yellow and blue soccer kit — the same color palette you’ll see in any of the El Farolito taquerías. The team competes in the semi-professional National Premier Soccer League and features many players with previous experience at the professional level in Latin America.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12076742\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12076742\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/03/ElFarolitoSoccerGetty.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1334\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/03/ElFarolitoSoccerGetty.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/03/ElFarolitoSoccerGetty-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/03/ElFarolitoSoccerGetty-1536x1025.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Ramón Córdoba, #4 of El Farolito, huddles with his teammates in the locker room before a 2025 U.S. Open Cup Third Round game against Sacramento Republic at Heart Health Park on April 16, 2025, in Sacramento, California. \u003ccite>(Doug Zimmerman/ISI Photos/USSF/Getty Images for USSF)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>“The people who are behind the taquerías and everybody who’s part of the soccer team, we’re a big family,” said Santiago López, who now leads the team after his father’s passing in 2021. “We have a big responsibility representing this name and the Mission District.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>El Farolito made it all the way to the NPSL National Championship final last year but lost 3-2 to Hickory FC from North Carolina. But López is confident in his team, which has also won its conference title four years in a row.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“We’re not a club that just wants to sit in the same spot and just compete locally,” he said. “Fans might see a new local talent that eventually turns pro.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cem>This story has been updated to reflect that San Francisco City FC’s season opener against San Juan SC will be played at San Francisco State University’s Cox Stadium.\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad floatright]\u003c/p>\n",
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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003cp>In just three months, the 2026 FIFA Men’s World Cup will hold its \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/forum/2010101913251/the-world-cup-heads-to-california\">first match in the Bay Area\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>California officials say they \u003ca href=\"http://gov.ca.gov/2026/02/02/california-hosts-super-bowl-lx-and-other-upcoming-events-setting-gold-standard-for-sports-and-bringing-18-billion-in-economic-benefits/\">expect\u003c/a> the six total games scheduled at Levi’s Stadium to bring 260,000 visitors — and an estimated economic impact of $555 million — to the Bay. But while the tournament may promise to put the region at the center of global soccer, many residents know: the sport already thrives here year-round.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>And it’s not just at the pro level. While the region’s two top division teams, San José Earthquakes and Bay FC, fill up PayPal Park with tens of thousands of fans, fields across the region are packed on any given weekend with local teams and their devoted fans, reflecting a soccer culture that long predates the World Cup’s arrival.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>So if you won’t be making it to the big matches, soccer fans — or anyone curious about the sport and the community around it — can still find plenty of Bay Area teams to root for. Keep reading to learn more about just some of these soccer teams that proudly represent our region.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003c/div>",
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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>Oakland Roots\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>Where else could you see E-40 perform at a soccer halftime show than in Oakland? The Bay Area hip-hop legend played some of his biggest hits to thousands of fans at Saturday’s home opener for the \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/arts/13987541/the-\">Oakland Roots\u003c/a> at the Coliseum.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The club — playing since 2019 and currently competing in the men’s USL Championship league — clinched its second victory of the season with a 2-1 win against New Mexico United.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12032644\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-12032644 size-full\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/03/20250322_Roots_8209.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/03/20250322_Roots_8209.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/03/20250322_Roots_8209-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/03/20250322_Roots_8209-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/03/20250322_Roots_8209-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/03/20250322_Roots_8209-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/03/20250322_Roots_8209-1920x1280.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">More than 26,000 fans packed the Oakland Roots home opener at the Oakland Coliseum on March 22, 2025, in Oakland, California. This was the first Roots game played in the storied stadium. \u003ccite>(David M. Barreda/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>And fans savored the victory, with the excitement from the crowd walking to BART from the Coliseum reminiscent of what it felt like after a Raiders or A’s game.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“It’s good for us to have some sports here again,” Oakland resident Tatiana Wells said before the game. While she did not play soccer growing up, she said that the sport finally caught her attention when the Roots proudly claimed the Town.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Her recommendation to other Oaklanders? “Start following soccer and follow our local club!”\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>Oakland Soul\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>In 2023, the Roots launched Oakland Soul, currently competing in the women’s \u003ca href=\"https://www.uslwleague.com/league-teams\">USL W League\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The team finished second in its division last year — just shy of making it to the playoffs — and will play its season opener against Marin FC Sirens at Merritt College on May 10 (that’s right, on \u003ca href=\"https://oaklandside.org/2025/05/09/510-day-is-celebrating-10-years-of-resistance/\">510 Day\u003c/a>).\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12076747\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12076747\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/03/OaklandSoulGetty.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/03/OaklandSoulGetty.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/03/OaklandSoulGetty-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/03/OaklandSoulGetty-1536x1024.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Aaliyah Schinaman #5 of the Oakland Soul SC fights for a loose ball with Jessie Halladay #3 of the San Francisco Glens during a USL W League playoff game between Oakland Soul SC and San Francisco Glens at Skyline College on July 7, 2023, in San Bruno, California. \u003ccite>(Doug Zimmerman/ISI Photos/Getty Images)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>“At an Oakland Soul game, you see so many families coming out because they want to enjoy the sunshine on a Sunday afternoon,” said Tommy Hodul, vice president of public relations for the Roots and Soul. “And it’s a beautiful experience.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Thanks to USL W league rules, Soul can build their roster with student athletes from the Bay Area’s universities.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>That gives local players a big opportunity to develop their talent before going pro. Santa Clara-raised Shae Murison became Soul’s top scorer last season and is now set to join the Utah Royals FC in the National Women’s Soccer League.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>San Francisco City FC\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>Have you seen folks walking around with a soccer jersey that boldly features the \u003ca href=\"https://themunistore.com/blogs/news/theworm?srsltid=AfmBOorFEiLSbPQVlazXmofpz_-yrf5wYzA6CQ_j08Gn5GUtbBHmF-DB\">Muni logo\u003c/a>?\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>That’s the jersey for San Francisco City FC, which plays in the semi-professional men’s USL League Two. Most players are students at nearby universities — cheered on by an extensive network of supporters that resembles what you’d see in Latin American and European clubs.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12076735\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12076735\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/03/RollFog_Still.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1125\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/03/RollFog_Still.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/03/RollFog_Still-160x90.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/03/RollFog_Still-1536x864.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/03/RollFog_Still-1200x675.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Fans cheer for San Francisco City FC during a home match on July 9, 2025, against Project 51O. The team’s three different supporter groups are now rallying together under the name “La Bahía de Frisco.” \u003ccite>(Courtesy of Daniel Díaz)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Filmmaker Daniel Díaz moved to San Francisco from London five years ago and wanted to find a club that he could build a relationship with, like what he already has with his favorite British team, Tottenham Hotspur. Back in London, Díaz and other Tottenham fans fill up the stadium singing, “When the Spurs go marching in,” to the tune of “When the Saints Go Marching In.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I think the moment that really tugged on my heartstrings was hearing San Francisco City fans singing their song, ‘When the fog comes rolling in,’” Díaz said. “That was the moment I knew that this is my club, that I’m in the right place.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Outside the field, San Francisco City fans are particularly creative in building community. Their jerseys each year feature San Francisco landmarks beloved by locals: Sutro Tower, the Japantown Peace Pagoda and the \u003ca href=\"https://www.instagram.com/p/C4-7sQ0La2C/\">parrots of Telegraph Hill\u003c/a>. The club has even organized several \u003ca href=\"https://www.sfmta.com/hop-muni-beer-crawl\">pub crawls\u003c/a> with the city’s Municipal Transportation Agency.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12076739\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12076739\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/03/SFCityFC_MUNDIAL-13.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1325\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/03/SFCityFC_MUNDIAL-13.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/03/SFCityFC_MUNDIAL-13-160x106.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/03/SFCityFC_MUNDIAL-13-1536x1018.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">A crowd of San Francisco City FC supporters fills up Kezar Stadium on June 22, 2025, for a game against Davis Legacy. \u003ccite>(Courtesy of Daniel Díaz)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>This season, Díaz and other fans are producing a film that looks at the team’s fight for Kezar Stadium as city officials plan to give a new team \u003ca href=\"https://sfstandard.com/2025/05/16/san-francisco-nonprofit-daniel-lurie-tipping-point-ethics/\">almost exclusive rights\u003c/a> to that field. You can watch a preview of the film at \u003ca href=\"https://www.instagram.com/p/DVy9lUhkk1W/\">FÚTBOL ON FILM\u003c/a> at San Francisco’s Roxie Theater on March 29.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“We’re encouraging people to bring banners, flags and scarves, and also wear their football shirts with their favorite teams,” Díaz said. “We want people to feel that energy that you feel in the stadium inside the Roxie Theater.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp> \u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>Afghan Premier FC\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>For more than 30 years, Afghan Premier Football Club has developed soccer talent in Fremont — home to one of the \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12053196/how-fremont-became-a-hub-for-afghan-americans\">largest Afghan communities\u003c/a> in the nation.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Fremont was the hub for Afghan refugees in the late ’80s and early ’90s,” said Afghan Premier FC coach Musa Mojaddedi, who first joined the team as a player more than two decades ago. “There were even parts of Fremont known as ‘Little Kabul.’”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Among the Afghan families settling down in the East Bay, there were also young men who loved soccer and wanted to keep playing in their new home.\u003c/p>\u003c/div>",
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"content": "\u003cp>Kellan Hirschler is standing in a large room in \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/tag/san-francisco\">San Francisco\u003c/a> — learning how to snowboard.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Hirschler, a 30-year-old nurse who lives in the Castro District, is a student at Adventurous Sports, an indoor ski school in the city’s Hayes Valley area. Here, aspiring skiers and snowboarders like her can get some turns in — snow and ice not included.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Hirschler said her partner being an avid skier made her want to be able to keep up on the mountain. “So I was like, ‘You know what? It’s time,’” she said. “I need to get a little serious.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"https://adventurous.com/\">Adventurous Sports\u003c/a> has been in business for around two decades. But in January of 2024, the ski school moved from its Potrero Hill location to Hayes Valley with upgraded “ski decks” — carpeted treadmills that attempt to simulate skiing on a real hill — and plans to build out an area for boot fitting as well.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Adventurous offers lessons for new and experienced ski and snowboarders alike, with an emphasis on perfecting the technique of carving: the smooth arc of the ski or snowboard that’s accomplished by slowly rolling the ankles and knees onto one edge, then the other.\u003c/p>\n\u003cul>\n\u003cli>\u003cstrong>Jump straight to: \u003ca href=\"#FacilitiesintheBayAreathatofferdrylandskitraining\">Facilities in the Bay Area that offer dry land ski training\u003c/a>\u003c/strong>\u003c/li>\n\u003c/ul>\n\u003cp>Owner Sarah Cooper said training indoors is not meant to fully replace learning and progressing on a real ski hill, but rather to accelerate muscle memory and confidence once a person hits the actual slopes.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The setup of the facility — where teachers are positioned below the incline of the treadmill, eye to eye with their students’ hips and legs — allows them to watch and critique students’ every move, said Cooper, even at high speeds.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12076273\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12076273\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/03/Adventurous.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1500\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/03/Adventurous.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/03/Adventurous-160x120.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/03/Adventurous-1536x1152.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">An Adventurous client works on ski drills on one of the company’s indoor decks. \u003ccite>(Courtesy of Adventurous )\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>“We can see everything on every single person’s body,” she said. “Every movement, their timing, their confidence, their comfort.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Joad Stein, an instructor at Adventurous who is also an expert outdoor skier, had just returned from a ski trip to Tahoe. Getting on the deck to demonstrate, he said he found skiing on the simulator to be the much more demanding option.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I have to remind myself to be more patient with my movements, which makes it harder,” he said. “If I want to have nice, graceful turns, I really have to take my sweet time.”\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>Movement matters\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>But does all this indoor work on carving actually produce results on the slopes?\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>There has been very little scientific research on these types of ski decks. A \u003ca href=\"https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC3761755/\">2013 study \u003c/a>found the benefits of training on ski simulators to be minimal, but it only tested two types of ski simulators — neither of which was particularly similar to the type of deck used at Adventurous.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Cooper said many Adventurous clients have reported positive impacts of their indoor training, and that Olympic athletes, including Mikaela Shiffrin, have spoken about their experiences of using indoor decks as part of their training.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>And on-hill ski instructors say any type of dry land training, especially the kind that works the same core and leg muscles as skiing and snowboarding, is going to help performance on the mountain.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12076274\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12076274\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/03/Adventurous-2.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1500\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/03/Adventurous-2.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/03/Adventurous-2-160x120.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/03/Adventurous-2-1536x1152.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">An Adventurous client works on a “power roll” drill on one of the company’s indoor decks. \u003ccite>(Courtesy of Adventurous )\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>“That fitness \u003cem>will \u003c/em>translate,” said Jon Tekulve, director of ski services at Diamond Peak Ski Resort in Tahoe. “The movements are still there, and learning those can be helpful.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Around 80% of the adults taught at Diamond Peak have never been on snow before. But Tekulve warned that beginners who start indoors may be taken aback by the role that being outside plays in skiing, because the carpet and indoor environment are so consistent.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Being out in the elements is different,” he said. “Sun and shade spots on the mountain can be the difference between going really fast and really slow.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Plus, he said, who would want to miss out on the mountain views?\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Cooper acknowledges there is one major factor about skiing for real that she cannot prepare her students for on the Adventurous simulator: “The snow is just gonna ‘feel slippery’ — that’s what everyone says,” she said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Hirschler said she’s proud of the progress she’s made so far with her indoor lessons. She’s even able to ride on the indoor carpet without keeping her hands on the safety bar, and is working on visualizing being on a mountain instead of inside.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“But is it gonna transition well to the mountain? I don’t know,” she mused.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I’ll be starting with the bunny hill for sure.”\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>\u003ca id=\"FacilitiesintheBayAreathatofferdrylandskitraining\">\u003c/a>Where to learn how to ski indoors in the Bay Area\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"https://adventurous.com/\">\u003cstrong>Adventurous Sports\u003c/strong>\u003c/a>\u003cstrong>, San Francisco\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Located in Hayes Valley, this indoor ski school emphasizes carving and requires all first-timers to complete an hourlong intro class to get familiar with skiing on their carpeted treadmill.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Cost: \u003c/strong>The intro lesson costs $185 in the winter and $145 in the summer. You can then purchase packages of multiple lessons, and more experienced skiers and riders can also book cheaper conditioning sessions.[aside postID=news_12066608 hero='https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/12/251209-SNOWY-TAHOE-CS-KQED.jpg']\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"https://freeslope.com/\">\u003cstrong>Freeslope,\u003c/strong>\u003c/a>\u003cstrong> Fremont\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Want to practice your skills on mats and dry slopes before heading to the park? The East Bay’s Freeslope offers beginner lessons and workshops most days of the week, plus drop-in sessions to practice what you’ve learned.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Cost: Intro lessons cost $120, and workshops range from $40-$80. 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A \u003ca href=\"https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC3761755/\">2013 study \u003c/a>found the benefits of training on ski simulators to be minimal, but it only tested two types of ski simulators — neither of which was particularly similar to the type of deck used at Adventurous.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Cooper said many Adventurous clients have reported positive impacts of their indoor training, and that Olympic athletes, including Mikaela Shiffrin, have spoken about their experiences of using indoor decks as part of their training.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>And on-hill ski instructors say any type of dry land training, especially the kind that works the same core and leg muscles as skiing and snowboarding, is going to help performance on the mountain.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12076274\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12076274\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/03/Adventurous-2.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1500\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/03/Adventurous-2.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/03/Adventurous-2-160x120.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/03/Adventurous-2-1536x1152.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">An Adventurous client works on a “power roll” drill on one of the company’s indoor decks. \u003ccite>(Courtesy of Adventurous )\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>“That fitness \u003cem>will \u003c/em>translate,” said Jon Tekulve, director of ski services at Diamond Peak Ski Resort in Tahoe. “The movements are still there, and learning those can be helpful.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Around 80% of the adults taught at Diamond Peak have never been on snow before. 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She feels like she just wants to show her art, and it comes across in a different way than the other athletes that we have in our sport.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>What is it about her style? She’s called the queen of the triple axels, but what else is she doing?\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Because she’s taken ownership of her sport, of her performances, of her training, it just comes from inside of her. It’s not about the coaches and not the training facility. It’s only about Alysa trying to do the best that she can, and all of our whole team supporting her.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Take us back to the Winter Olympics in Milan. What moment stands out to you?\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Alyssa in this crazy gold sequined dress that looks like she just walked out of Studio 54 in 1978. 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It has been the Olympic star’s home rink and main training ground since she first enrolled in its “Learn to Skate” group lessons more than 15 years ago.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Pace also started taking group lessons through the same program and was quickly hooked.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“When I get on the ice, I feel like all my problems are gone for the day and I just am out there in my own world,” she told KQED.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12076107\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12076107\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/03/031026_ALYSA-LIU-OAKLAND-ICE-_GH_018-KQED.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/03/031026_ALYSA-LIU-OAKLAND-ICE-_GH_018-KQED.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/03/031026_ALYSA-LIU-OAKLAND-ICE-_GH_018-KQED-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/03/031026_ALYSA-LIU-OAKLAND-ICE-_GH_018-KQED-1536x1024.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Memorabilia celebrating Olympic champion Alysa Liu hangs inside the Oakland Ice Center on March 10, 2026, in Oakland. \u003ccite>(Gustavo Hernandez/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Just inside the rink’s front doors in downtown Oakland, columns leading to the front desk and skate rental booths are plastered with Liu’s photo.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Larger-than-life printouts of her face pop out from porthole windows around the lobby, and a series of banners highlighting milestones of her career are draped from the ceiling above the ice.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>On Thursday, Oakland is preparing to celebrate Liu’s homecoming from the Olympics, where she rose to global fame after earning the first gold in individual women’s skating for the U.S. since 2002, with a citywide rally expecting a turnout of 7,000 people. For the young skaters at Oakland Ice Center, though, she’s been a hometown hero for years.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Alysa really inspires me,” said Haya Hayes, who has been taking lessons since she was four-and-a-half.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12076106\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12076106\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/03/031026_ALYSA-LIU-OAKLAND-ICE-_GH_011-KQED.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/03/031026_ALYSA-LIU-OAKLAND-ICE-_GH_011-KQED.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/03/031026_ALYSA-LIU-OAKLAND-ICE-_GH_011-KQED-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/03/031026_ALYSA-LIU-OAKLAND-ICE-_GH_011-KQED-1536x1024.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Coach Phillip DiGuglielmo watches Haya Marie Hayes practice on March 10, 2026, at the Oakland Ice Center in Oakland. \u003ccite>(Gustavo Hernandez/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Hayes trains with Liu’s coaches, Phillip DiGuglielmo and Massimo Scali, through St. Moritz Ice Skating Club, which has been in the East Bay for almost a century, and has been based at Oakland Ice Center since 2006. Olympic and world champion Kristi Yamaguchi also rose through the club’s ranks.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Hayes said she wanted to start skating after her mom showed her videos of Liu, including her favorite: “Her program when she was eight years old,” she told KQED.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Last spring, when she was also eight, Hayes said she got first place in her own competition, performing to \u003cem>Fix You \u003c/em>by Coldplay.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Since Liu skyrocketed to stardom in Milan earlier this year, making headlines with her bubbly demeanor, unique style and fun music choices, her influence has had ripples in the Bay Area’s ice skating community.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12076103\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12076103\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/03/031026_ALYSA-LIU-OAKLAND-ICE-_GH_002-KQED.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/03/031026_ALYSA-LIU-OAKLAND-ICE-_GH_002-KQED.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/03/031026_ALYSA-LIU-OAKLAND-ICE-_GH_002-KQED-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/03/031026_ALYSA-LIU-OAKLAND-ICE-_GH_002-KQED-1536x1024.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Glenn Martin, general manager of the Oakland Ice Center, sits in his office on March 10, 2026, in Oakland. Martin oversees the rink where Olympic champion Alysa Liu trained as a child and continues to practice today. \u003ccite>(Gustavo Hernandez/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Pace said more people have been coming to skate at Oakland Ice Center, and the rink’s general manager, Glenn Martin, told KQED that there have been lots of fresh faces around, hoping to learn to skate or just catch a glimpse of Liu.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“It’s just been fully excitement,” he said from his office, where the windowsill is lined with more blown-up printouts of Liu’s face, along with framed photos of her as a young skater and other memorabilia from her career.[aside postID=news_12074589 hero='https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/02/AlysaLiuGetty3.jpg']The enthusiasm isn’t unusual, he said. Every Olympic cycle, the center sees a boost of a couple of hundred people enrolling in its programs, from hockey and curling to ice skating.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">“We did watch parties while she was there, and we had a room full of people watching it live on TV. It was a great time and that energy has just carried right on through,” he said. \u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Just after 5 p.m., the center geared up for its first Learn to Skate classes of the evening. The rink transformed from a quiet bustle of regulars taking private lessons and free skating to a lively flood of young athletes crowded around the lobby’s benches and floors, lacing up bright white skates and pulling on ear muffs and gloves.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Kids hobbled around on thin blades, greeting friends and impatiently clutching the walls of the rink, watching the Zamboni machine smooth over the ice.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Figure skating definitely grows after the Olympics, because I feel that there’s people that get inspired after watching,” said Laura Lipetsky, who has been coaching group and private lessons at Oakland Ice Center since 1995. She taught Liu’s first group lessons in 2010 and worked with her in private lessons for a decade.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12076105\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12076105\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/03/031026_ALYSA-LIU-OAKLAND-ICE-_GH_010-KQED.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/03/031026_ALYSA-LIU-OAKLAND-ICE-_GH_010-KQED.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/03/031026_ALYSA-LIU-OAKLAND-ICE-_GH_010-KQED-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/03/031026_ALYSA-LIU-OAKLAND-ICE-_GH_010-KQED-1536x1024.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Banners celebrating Olympic champion Alysa Liu hang above the rink on March 10, 2026, at the Oakland Ice Center in Oakland. \u003ccite>(Gustavo Hernandez/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Liu, she said, “has been inspiring a lot of kids [to think] ‘Wow, it’s possible, and it’s someone that came from the Bay Area, the Oakland Ice Center.’” She said she’s had young students come to her and say, “I want to be a champion, too.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Joyce Elangovan, 8, began skating two years ago in the same group lessons. Her mom had been a skater growing up in Minnesota, but said she had tried to keep that under wraps until Joyce started watching the sport on TV, and begged to take classes.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I just figured I’d let her give it a shot and see if she liked it. And she has,” Kristen \u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">Odegaard\u003c/span> told KQED. “She’s really driven it herself. Like, despite my love for it, she really loves it herself.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12076102\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12076102\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/03/031026_ALYSA-LIU-OAKLAND-ICE-_GH_001-KQED.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/03/031026_ALYSA-LIU-OAKLAND-ICE-_GH_001-KQED.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/03/031026_ALYSA-LIU-OAKLAND-ICE-_GH_001-KQED-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/03/031026_ALYSA-LIU-OAKLAND-ICE-_GH_001-KQED-1536x1024.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">The exterior of the Oakland Ice Center on March 10, 2026, in Oakland. The rink is where Olympic gold medalist Alysa Liu trained for years as a young skater. \u003ccite>(Gustavo Hernandez/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Now, \u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">Elangovan\u003c/span> also takes private lessons with Liu’s coach, DiGuglielmo, and has caught the competitive bug. Joyce grinned, remembering her last competition, when she ended her routine with a two-foot spin.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“It felt really good,” she said, to see her coaches and family excited for her.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">Elangovan\u003c/span> also loves getting to watch other skaters practicing at the rink — especially Liu.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Most skaters aren’t as positive as her on the ice,” she said. “She’s always so fun and happy, and she is never hiding herself. It feels really fun to watch.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad floatright]\u003c/p>\n",
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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Pace said she wanted to take lessons at Oakland Ice Center because of Liu. It has been the Olympic star’s home rink and main training ground since she first enrolled in its “Learn to Skate” group lessons more than 15 years ago.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Pace also started taking group lessons through the same program and was quickly hooked.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“When I get on the ice, I feel like all my problems are gone for the day and I just am out there in my own world,” she told KQED.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12076107\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12076107\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/03/031026_ALYSA-LIU-OAKLAND-ICE-_GH_018-KQED.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/03/031026_ALYSA-LIU-OAKLAND-ICE-_GH_018-KQED.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/03/031026_ALYSA-LIU-OAKLAND-ICE-_GH_018-KQED-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/03/031026_ALYSA-LIU-OAKLAND-ICE-_GH_018-KQED-1536x1024.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Memorabilia celebrating Olympic champion Alysa Liu hangs inside the Oakland Ice Center on March 10, 2026, in Oakland. \u003ccite>(Gustavo Hernandez/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Just inside the rink’s front doors in downtown Oakland, columns leading to the front desk and skate rental booths are plastered with Liu’s photo.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Larger-than-life printouts of her face pop out from porthole windows around the lobby, and a series of banners highlighting milestones of her career are draped from the ceiling above the ice.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>On Thursday, Oakland is preparing to celebrate Liu’s homecoming from the Olympics, where she rose to global fame after earning the first gold in individual women’s skating for the U.S. since 2002, with a citywide rally expecting a turnout of 7,000 people. For the young skaters at Oakland Ice Center, though, she’s been a hometown hero for years.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Alysa really inspires me,” said Haya Hayes, who has been taking lessons since she was four-and-a-half.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12076106\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12076106\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/03/031026_ALYSA-LIU-OAKLAND-ICE-_GH_011-KQED.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/03/031026_ALYSA-LIU-OAKLAND-ICE-_GH_011-KQED.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/03/031026_ALYSA-LIU-OAKLAND-ICE-_GH_011-KQED-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/03/031026_ALYSA-LIU-OAKLAND-ICE-_GH_011-KQED-1536x1024.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Coach Phillip DiGuglielmo watches Haya Marie Hayes practice on March 10, 2026, at the Oakland Ice Center in Oakland. \u003ccite>(Gustavo Hernandez/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Hayes trains with Liu’s coaches, Phillip DiGuglielmo and Massimo Scali, through St. Moritz Ice Skating Club, which has been in the East Bay for almost a century, and has been based at Oakland Ice Center since 2006. Olympic and world champion Kristi Yamaguchi also rose through the club’s ranks.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Hayes said she wanted to start skating after her mom showed her videos of Liu, including her favorite: “Her program when she was eight years old,” she told KQED.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Last spring, when she was also eight, Hayes said she got first place in her own competition, performing to \u003cem>Fix You \u003c/em>by Coldplay.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Since Liu skyrocketed to stardom in Milan earlier this year, making headlines with her bubbly demeanor, unique style and fun music choices, her influence has had ripples in the Bay Area’s ice skating community.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12076103\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12076103\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/03/031026_ALYSA-LIU-OAKLAND-ICE-_GH_002-KQED.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/03/031026_ALYSA-LIU-OAKLAND-ICE-_GH_002-KQED.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/03/031026_ALYSA-LIU-OAKLAND-ICE-_GH_002-KQED-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/03/031026_ALYSA-LIU-OAKLAND-ICE-_GH_002-KQED-1536x1024.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Glenn Martin, general manager of the Oakland Ice Center, sits in his office on March 10, 2026, in Oakland. Martin oversees the rink where Olympic champion Alysa Liu trained as a child and continues to practice today. \u003ccite>(Gustavo Hernandez/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Pace said more people have been coming to skate at Oakland Ice Center, and the rink’s general manager, Glenn Martin, told KQED that there have been lots of fresh faces around, hoping to learn to skate or just catch a glimpse of Liu.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“It’s just been fully excitement,” he said from his office, where the windowsill is lined with more blown-up printouts of Liu’s face, along with framed photos of her as a young skater and other memorabilia from her career.\u003c/p>\u003c/div>",
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"content": "\u003cp>San José State University is challenging the Trump administration’s \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12071407/trump-officials-say-san-jose-state-broke-civil-rights-law-by-letting-trans-athlete-play\">threats to withhold funding\u003c/a> over policies supporting transgender student-athletes.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The lawsuit filed in federal court last week by the California State University system comes after the U.S. Department of Education presented San José State with an ultimatum in January, saying that if the school does not make a set of sweeping policy changes and public statements barring transgender students from athletic programs, it could risk losing hundreds of millions of dollars in federal financial aid and research funding.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“That is no choice at all,” the lawsuit reads. “SJSU has filed this action to defend the rule of law and protect itself and its community against such lawless acts by the federal government.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The school made national headlines when a series of opponents forfeited games against its women’s volleyball team, which had a transgender player, in 2024. Shortly after, the department’s Office for Civil Rights opened an investigation into San José State University in February 2025, alleging the school violated federal Title IX law.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The same month, President Donald Trump issued an executive order barring transgender athletes from participating in women’s sports, and the NCAA said it would change its policies in line with the directive.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12074482\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12074482\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/02/GettyImages-2262729717-scaled-e1773182284895.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1413\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">President Donald Trump speaks during a press briefing at the White House on Feb. 20, 2026, in Washington, D.C. \u003ccite>(Chen Mengtong/China News Service/VCG via Getty Images)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>The moves followed a \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12015114/anti-trans-lawsuit-seeks-ban-san-jose-state-volleyball-player-tournament\">lawsuit filed during the 2024 season\u003c/a> by San José State’s co-captain, Brooke Slusser and a slew of players on teams that had forfeited attempting to bar the transgender athlete from playing on San José State’s team, alleging that the school and the Big Mountain West athletic conference violated the rights of women by allowing transgender players to compete. At the time, the university had not acknowledged publicly whether a transgender athlete played on the team, and the player had not yet publicly \u003ca href=\"https://www.nytimes.com/2025/04/20/magazine/trans-athletes-women-college-sports.html\">come out\u003c/a> as trans.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In January, the federal government threatened to withhold federal funding if it didn’t make changes to school policies that state that there are only two sexes and that “the sex of a human — female or male — is unchangeable,” issue public and personal apologies to women who forfeited games against the volleyball team and bar transgender women from women’s sports teams and gendered facilities.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The school receives nearly $200 million in research funding from the federal government. About two-thirds of its students also rely on a total of about $130 million in federal financial aid, according to the lawsuit. Without the funding, the lawsuit states, those students, many of whom are the first in their families to go to college, could lose necessary financial support and may not be able to afford tuition.[aside postID=news_12071407 hero='https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/11/241120-TransgenderAthletes-01-1020x680.jpg']Still, the CSU rejected the proposed resolution agreement from the Department of Education last week.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Attorneys for the school said that its policies allowing transgender players to participate on the team between 2022 and 2024 were in line with federal law, and the DOE’s own interpretation of Title IX at the time. The 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals also issued rulings in 2023 and 2024 upholding the rights of transgender athletes.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Our position is simple: We have followed the law and cannot be punished for doing so,” SJSU President Cynthia Teniente-Matson said in a statement.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Attorneys for the CSU added that any future change cannot be applied retroactively.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“The President does not have the authority to override judicial decisions interpreting the Constitution or federal statutes — much less to go back in time and change the rules that applied before he took office,” the suit reads.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In a statement on its website, the CSU said its policies supporting transgender students and prohibiting gender identity discrimination remain in place, and “remains unwavering in its commitment to fostering an inclusive, respectful, and safe environment for all students, faculty, and staff — including LGBTQ+ community members.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Still, the question of whether transgender athletes could be barred from competing in women’s sports more broadly in the future remains unclear.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12016237\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 1999px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12016237\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/11/AP24306173842056_qed.jpg\" alt=\"Inside a gym with players in yellow uniforms.\" width=\"1999\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/11/AP24306173842056_qed.jpg 1999w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/11/AP24306173842056_qed-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/11/AP24306173842056_qed-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/11/AP24306173842056_qed-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/11/AP24306173842056_qed-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/11/AP24306173842056_qed-1920x1280.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1999px) 100vw, 1999px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">The San José State Spartans play the Air Force Falcons during the first set of an NCAA college volleyball match on Thursday, Oct. 31, 2024, in San José, California. \u003ccite>(Eakin Howard/AP Photo)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Trump’s executive order restricting transgender athletes’ participation is currently being challenged in multiple lawsuits — both alleging that its enforcement violates Title IX precedent, like the CSU case, and that the administration’s process for rescinding federal funding is unlawful.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Shiwali Patel, a senior director of education justice at the National Women’s Law Center and a Title IX attorney, said that federal law limits the 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"content": "\u003cp>After his first practice with the \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/tag/san-jose-sharks\">San José Sharks\u003c/a> since the Winter Olympics ended, 19-year-old Macklin Celebrini seemed taken aback by the number of cameras there to watch him play.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“This is the most media we have ever had. Ever,” he said Wednesday afternoon with a slight smile and a cut on his cheek from the international games still apparent. “It’s starting to feel like a Canadian market.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The teenage hockey player has become a breakout star for his impressive run in Milan, and his performance has made the Bay Area hyped for his return to the Sharks.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>According to the team’s chief marketing officer, Doug Bentz, individual game ticket sales for the Sharks are up 56% over last year, and Celebrini’s Team Canada jerseys sold out in less than an hour. Four of the six home games after the Olympics are almost or already sold out.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I would tell people, ‘If you want to come see Macklin live, get tickets as soon as possible,’” Bentz said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>https://twitter.com/real_max_miller/status/2027218208667914508?s=46&t=7BBzFwo6eYLzJIVfAlumEQ\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Along with being one of the youngest players in men’s ice hockey on the global stage, Celebrini led \u003ca href=\"https://www.nhl.com/news/macklin-celebrini-back-with-san-jose-sharks-learned-a-lot-at-olympics-in-milan\">the Olympic tournament with five goals in six games\u003c/a> and \u003ca href=\"https://x.com/Jackie_Redmond/status/2024951958952370547\">a surprisingly large amount of playing time\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Celebrini even had American fans rooting for him.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“He was amazing. He was playing like crazy out there,” said J’lah Johnson of Modesto, a fan of both men’s and women’s ice hockey. “I’m Canadian at heart for Celebrini!”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>https://twitter.com/leavetowns/status/2027222292061999414?s=46&t=7BBzFwo6eYLzJIVfAlumEQ\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>While the Sharks lost their first game after the Olympics on Thursday night, the excitement around Celebrini has fans starting to rank him among the Bay’s notable stars like the Warriors’ Stephen Curry and fellow Olympians \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12074589/olympic-star-alysa-liu-is-back-in-the-bay-and-oakland-is-ready-to-celebrate\">Alysa Liu\u003c/a> and \u003ca href=\"https://time.com/7355691/eileen-gu-interview-2026-olympics/\">Eileen Gu\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I hope that energy [from Milan] still translates for us back home,” Johnson said. “Prior to the Olympics, none of my friends could name a player. But a few of them have asked me — since they know I’m really into it — ‘Oh, do you know Celebrini?’ I’m like, ‘Oh, here we go.’”\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>New attention\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>According to Bentz, Celebrini has “exploded both locally and outside of the market.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“If you look over basically one year, the average daily mentions for Macklin versus his average during the Olympics” saw about a 420% increase in articles and social media posts, Bentz said. 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The United States defeated Canada 2-1 in overtime. \u003ccite>(Bruce Bennett/Getty Images)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Devoted Sharks fans seemed shocked by the newfound attention and by the fact that Sharks in-jokes have \u003ca href=\"https://x.com/dewties/status/2026104664668639461?s=46&t=7BBzFwo6eYLzJIVfAlumEQ\">“breached containment.”\u003c/a> A major example: A team-sponsored fundraiser where fellow player Will Smith \u003ca href=\"https://www.instagram.com/reel/DVJ_Xj7EhJ9/\">seemingly volunteered Celebrini\u003c/a> for an \u003ca href=\"https://x.com/Frost_Cupcake/status/2026354390924407265?s=20\">“elevated cupcake experience”\u003c/a> at a San José bakery right after Canada’s loss to the U.S. in the gold medal game has become a meme-worthy moment, with posts about it attracting over \u003ca href=\"https://www.tiktok.com/@butterflybridgers/video/7609885938067574029\">259,000 likes on TikTok\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>New fans\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>Hockey has seen an uptick of interest among the American mainstream audience, especially after the success of \u003ca href=\"https://www.npr.org/transcripts/nx-s1-5637480\">the television series \u003cem>Heated Rivalry\u003c/em>\u003c/a>, the Olympics and gold from both U.S. men’s and women’s teams.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>However, the American men’s ice hockey team is also facing some backlash after players celebrated their win \u003ca href=\"https://www.npr.org/2026/02/25/nx-s1-5724942/fbi-directors-leadership-questioned-after-partying-with-the-us-mens-hockey-team\">with FBI Director Kash Patel \u003c/a>and laughed at a comment made by President Donald Trump that \u003ca href=\"https://www.cnn.com/2026/02/25/sport/hilary-knight-president-trump-distasteful-joke\">slighted the women’s team\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12074937\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12074937\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/02/Macklin-Celebrini-Getty-3.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/02/Macklin-Celebrini-Getty-3.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/02/Macklin-Celebrini-Getty-3-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/02/Macklin-Celebrini-Getty-3-1536x1024.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">(Left to right) Silver medalists Bo Horvat #14, Macklin Celebrini #17 and Thomas Harley #20 of Team Canada react during the medal ceremony following the Men’s Gold Medal match between Canada and the United States on day 16 of the Milano Cortina 2026 Winter Olympic Games at Milano Santagiulia Ice Hockey Arena on Feb. 22, 2026, in Milan, Italy. \u003ccite>(Bruce Bennett/Getty Images)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>When thinking about new fans who are just getting into hockey, Johnson said that “this is still one of the most conservative sports and has not always been super open.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>She recommended that fans “find your community within the community,” and noted that there is a growing number of LGBTQ+ fans and fans of color, “so our voices are a little bit more heard, whether it’s on social media or in person.”[aside postID=news_12074589 hero='https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/02/AlysaLiuGetty3.jpg']Old and new fans alike are waiting to see if the Sharks, with their talented young roster, have what it takes to make it to the playoffs this year — something \u003ca href=\"https://sanjosehockeynow.com/san-jose-sharks-celebrini-askarov-nedeljkovic-playoffs/\">they haven’t done since 2019.\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The anticipation has also added pressure on the teen player, which made some fans worried for him.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>For his part, Celebrini said on Wednesday he is “excited to start playing again” with the Sharks and bring the mindset he’s learned from some of the best players at the Olympics to San José.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>He’ll be hoping for a turnaround after Canada’s silver-medal finish, a feeling that he said will stick with him forever.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“A lot of those guys I looked up to my whole childhood, and it was an honor to play with them and be around them every single day,” the Vancouver-born athlete said. “But it sucks. It’s a little sour that you look back at it and just didn’t get the job done.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n",
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With the wins, she’s also secured a third title: “Oakland’s hometown hero,” the city crowned her in an Instagram post on Tuesday.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Alysa represents the heart, grit, resilience, and joy of Oakland,” the post said, which promised that the city is coordinating with Liu’s team to set a date for the celebration. “Her achievement has filled our city with pride.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Last week, Oakland Mayor Barbara Lee told KQED that Liu is an inspiration to the city’s youth.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“We’re so excited about this historic win and excited for her,” Lee said. “She is a wonderful young lady who has a very promising future. And once again, she is an example of Oakland and our town and what we do.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12040970\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-12040970 size-full\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/05/250520-BARBARA-LEE-SWORN-IN-MD-03-KQED-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/05/250520-BARBARA-LEE-SWORN-IN-MD-03-KQED-1.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/05/250520-BARBARA-LEE-SWORN-IN-MD-03-KQED-1-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/05/250520-BARBARA-LEE-SWORN-IN-MD-03-KQED-1-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/05/250520-BARBARA-LEE-SWORN-IN-MD-03-KQED-1-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/05/250520-BARBARA-LEE-SWORN-IN-MD-03-KQED-1-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/05/250520-BARBARA-LEE-SWORN-IN-MD-03-KQED-1-1920x1280.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Barbara Lee speaks to supporters after being sworn in as Mayor of Oakland at Oakland City Hall on May 20, 2025. \u003ccite>(Martin do Nascimento/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>While details on the upcoming celebration are sparse, praise for the young star — whose\u003ca href=\"https://www.instyle.com/alysa-liu-figure-skating-gen-z-olympics-style-hair-11911041\"> Gen Z style\u003c/a>, \u003ca href=\"https://pitchfork.com/news/alysa-liu-skates-to-pinkpantheress-at-olympic-gala/\">untraditional music choices\u003c/a> and \u003ca href=\"https://www.instagram.com/reels/DU9Jl_1kmCn/\">unfiltered post-skate celebration\u003c/a> have captured attention across the country — is not.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Oakland-based Fentons Creamery said Liu will enjoy ice cream for life following her free skate performance to Donna Summer’s disco cover of “MacArthur Park Suite” last week, and offered to host a homecoming party when she returned to the Bay.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“The sundaes are on standby,” the shop, which has operated in Oakland for more than 130 years, \u003ca href=\"https://www.instagram.com/p/DU91b36jhzF/\">wrote on Instagram\u003c/a>. “Oakland shows up for its own.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Liu was 5 when she was first introduced to skating at the Oakland Ice Center, and continued to train at the club throughout much of her professional career, until announcing her retirement in 2022.[aside postID=news_12072038 hero='https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/02/WinterOlympics2026Getty1.jpg']After she placed sixth at the Beijing Olympic Games that year, she said in a now-deleted social media post that she was “finally done with her goals” in the sport after more than a decade full of “a lot of good and a lot of bad.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>She \u003ca href=\"https://oaklandside.org/2026/02/02/alysa-liu-oakland-ice-center-figure-skating/#:~:text=Liu%2C%20who%20was%20raised%20in%20the%20East,2025%2C%20and%20the%20skater%20is%20fresh%20off\">told the \u003cem>Oaklandside\u003c/em>\u003c/a> that she was burned out and no longer found joy in skating when she quit. But in 2024, she told the publication, she was reminded of her love for the sport after a skiing trip and decided to return to the ice — and the Oakland Ice Center, where she’s \u003ca href=\"https://www.nytimes.com/athletic/7058855/2026/02/19/alysa-liu-olympics-oakland-watch-party-figure-skating/\">again trained\u003c/a> over the last two years.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>While she was in Milan, the rink hosted \u003ca href=\"https://www.instagram.com/p/DU9DgWIEnrF/?hl=en&img_index=1\">viewing parties\u003c/a> for her events and praised her winnings on social media.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“We are so proud to share the ice with you,” a social media post said last week from the Oakland Ice Center and Oakland Skates Ice Hockey, a semi-pro team that uses the rink.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>BART also gave her a shoutout after that performance, congratulating the “BART rider and Oakland legend.” The post clips a news article about Liu, which said she often took the public transit system to get from the East Bay to San Francisco for training.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"https://bsky.app/profile/bart.gov/post/3mfamwo5ljk2l\">Commenters on Bluesky\u003c/a> were quick to point out her connection, too, to San Francisco’s public transit system: When Muni’s L-Taraval train relaunched after five years of renovations in September 2024, Liu recorded a bilingual message in Mandarin and English for returning riders.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12074616\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-12074616 size-full\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/02/AlysaLiuGetty2.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/02/AlysaLiuGetty2.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/02/AlysaLiuGetty2-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/02/AlysaLiuGetty2-1536x1024.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Alysa Liu performs her routine, which won the gold medal, during the Women’s Singles Skating competition at the Milano Cortina Winter Olympic Games 2026 on Feb. 19, 2026, in Milan, Italy. \u003ccite>(Tim Clayton/Getty Images)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>“From welcoming riders on the L-Taraval to standing atop the Olympic podium … Huge congratulations to the Bay Area’s own Alysa Liu,” the San Francisco Municipal Transit Agency \u003ca href=\"https://www.instagram.com/reels/DU_eb0cASf8/\">wrote\u003c/a>, joining the bandwagon.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Oakland-raised football star Marshawn Lynch also sent encouragement to Liu.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Go out there and win some gold, bring that sh-t back to the Town man,” Lynch, who played multiple seasons with the Oakland Raiders, said in a video posted to social media. “Town business, show them what you’re talking about.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Last Thursday, after her free skate performance launched her to the top of the singles competition leaderboard, Liu returned the love.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Oakland shoutout,” she said as she skated toward the cameras, beaming.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n",
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