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The move angered many students who were hoping for an opportunity to speak with the administrators face-to-face.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Instead, students, faculty members, coaches and groups supporting many of the departments slated to be cut swarmed around a large outdoor screen to watch the meeting.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Boos erupted from the crowd as Cutrer and other administrators appeared on screen at 1:30 p.m. Students yelled for the interim president to “go back to Texas” and called her a “liar” as she answered questions. They cheered along with others on screen who called for accountability and expressed \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12023790/sonoma-state-is-reeling-after-huge-cuts-where-does-the-school-go-from-here\">frustration over the rollout of the cuts\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Natalie Santoyo Martinez, a second-year liberal studies student, said the administration could have chosen to move the town hall to the Green Music Center, or even the courtyard students and staff were gathered in.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I think they did that only because they’re scared,” she told KQED. “They’re scared of what we have to say, and they’re scared to see our faces, and they’re scared of us crying and pleading with them.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The cuts \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12023598/sonoma-state-is-eliminating-athletics-slashing-several-degree-programs-to-cut-budget\">were announced Jan. 22\u003c/a> in an email from Cutrer. 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Departments facing closure have mounted their own resistance.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Owen Anfinson, an associate geology professor who’s been at Sonoma State for a decade, was in Arizona with two of his research students when he was notified that his department would be closed.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12024917\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\" style=\"max-width: 1600px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12024917\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/20250130_SSUTownHall_GC-3.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1600\" height=\"2000\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/20250130_SSUTownHall_GC-3.jpg 1600w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/20250130_SSUTownHall_GC-3-800x1000.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/20250130_SSUTownHall_GC-3-1020x1275.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/20250130_SSUTownHall_GC-3-160x200.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/20250130_SSUTownHall_GC-3-1229x1536.jpg 1229w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1600px) 100vw, 1600px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Associate geology professor Owen Anfinson, who was one of the 46 faculty members to receive a layoff notice, poses for a photo at Sonoma State University in Rohnert Park, California, on Thursday, Jan. 30, 2025. \u003ccite>(Gina Castro/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>“We were in the lab, and I get an email that says ‘Budget Deficit Update,’ and I kind of joked with the faculty at the University of Arizona and my colleague from Macalester College that these emails are never good,” he told KQED before the town hall. “Then, reading through paragraph maybe four, all of a sudden, I see that a geology program is terminated, and I look at my colleagues, and I was like, ‘I think I just got laid off.’”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>He knew that there were budget cuts coming, and geology had already been slated to consolidate into the physical sciences, losing its department chair and cutting administrative costs. 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We don’t know where our paychecks are coming from in August.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Some students have already signed year-long leases in the area, and others who will want to transfer say the timeline for getting into another California State University campus before next fall has already passed.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Marcus Ziemer, the men’s soccer coach, said the vast majority of the school’s 227 student-athletes have already entered the NCAA transfer portal, but coaches and players with spring seasons are now scrambling to balance continuing to compete while helping players take other campus visits and navigate recruitment negotiations.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[aside postID=news_12024572 hero='https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/20250123_SonomaStateFile_GC-11-1020x680.jpg']\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Emiria Salzmann, the women’s soccer coach, \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12023999/sonoma-state-players-coaches-blindsided-by-elimination-of-ncaa-athletics\">told KQED last week\u003c/a> that most schools looking for a new coach for a fall sport like soccer have already wrapped up their hiring process for the upcoming season.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Sonoma State alumni, students and staff dominated the CSU Board of Trustees meeting’s public comment this week, where the school was required to present a balanced budget that was ultimately accepted by the board.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Lianna Hartmour, a 2007 alum of the Women and Gender Studies Department, one of six being shut down, told the trustees that she owed her career to the degree program at Sonoma State.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“WGS [Women and Gender Studies] is a vital career-based major, which is a stated priority for the CSU system,” she said during public comment on Tuesday. “Like many WGS graduates, I got my first job out of college, where I had my WGS internship. 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"content": "\u003cp>Olivia Wilson and her roommates all ran into their living room at the same time Wednesday morning. Nobody spoke a word as they stared down at their phones.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“We were all in disbelief,” she said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The roommates — all members of the Sonoma State University women’s soccer team — had just received a campus-wide email titled “\u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12023790/sonoma-state-is-reeling-after-huge-cuts-where-does-the-school-go-from-here\">budget deficit update\u003c/a>.” It detailed a list of reductions the university would make at the end of the year because of a \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12023598/sonoma-state-is-eliminating-athletics-slashing-several-degree-programs-to-cut-budget\">projected shortfall close to $24 million\u003c/a>: cutting more than 20 degree programs, laying off some departments’ faculty members, and eliminating all NCAA Division II sports.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I was so confused. I honestly thought this was a big joke — I even made a joke,” said Wilson, who grew up in Chico dreaming of playing at a school like Sonoma State. “I was like, ‘It’s not April Fools?’”\u003cbr>\n[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>She called her parents, half crying and half laughing before she could truly process the news.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I felt very lost,” she said. “The email gave us no information; we just got told that there’s going to be no athletics, and I probably reread it so many times to see if I was actually hearing it right. It’s really traumatic and heartbreaking. That’s how I describe how I’ve been feeling with it.”\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>Little transparency\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>Wilson and her teammates got few additional details Wednesday, even after administrators hosted an informational meeting for student-athletes and another with the coaches of Sonoma State’s 11 NCAA teams.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Athletes had hoped the school’s leaders would answer the questions already circulating among them: What would happen in the semester that still lay ahead? Would they play their spring seasons? How would scholarships be affected?\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Honestly, all the athletes that asked questions, the questions went unanswered,” said Taylor Hodges, a sophomore also on the women’s soccer team.[aside postID=news_12023790 hero='https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/20250123_SonomaStateCutsFolo_GC-3.jpg']Coaches who met with Sonoma State’s interim President Emily Cutrer and other administrators were left similarly in the dark.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I was a little insulted that they would make this decision and yet not really be ready to address us and to help us understand what really happened,” said Emiria Salzmann, who has coached women’s soccer for 14 years.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>She found out her team had been cut in a text message from one of her players while she was driving to campus.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“The lack of ability to answer questions and have clarity and transparency, it adds insult to injury, in my opinion,” she continued.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In a message to the campus community, Cutrer said student-athletes who remain at Sonoma State would remain eligible for their scholarships, and added that the school would support those who want to transfer.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12024032\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003ca href=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/20250123_SonomaStateFile_GC-43.jpg\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12024032\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/20250123_SonomaStateFile_GC-43.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/20250123_SonomaStateFile_GC-43.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/20250123_SonomaStateFile_GC-43-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/20250123_SonomaStateFile_GC-43-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/20250123_SonomaStateFile_GC-43-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/20250123_SonomaStateFile_GC-43-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/20250123_SonomaStateFile_GC-43-1920x1280.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Championship banners, awarded to Sonoma State’s sports teams, are displayed on the walls of Sonoma State’s basketball courts in Rohnert Park on Jan. 23, 2025. Sonoma State is cutting their entire Athletic Department to address a budget deficit. \u003ccite>(Gina Castro/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Coaches were told in their meeting that they would continue their spring seasons, since games had already been scheduled, and their contracts would be extended through the end of June. After that, they’d all be let go.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>‘What am I going to do now?’\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>That timing poses an additional challenge for finding a new job, Salzmann said, since hiring for many coaching positions in soccer and other fall sports — already few and far between — usually occurs over the winter. If a school is going to let go of a soccer coach, they usually do it after the main season, which ends in the fall, and try to hire a replacement before training for the shorter spring exhibition season starts.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“There aren’t that many schools that are going to go into their spring seasons without already hiring a new coach,” she told KQED.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>For Salzmann, her opportunities are even more limited because she’s tied to the Bay Area. She has a 10-year-old son, and she and her ex-husband both live in Santa Rosa.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12024033\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003ca href=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/20250123_SonomaStateFile_GC-44.jpg\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12024033\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/20250123_SonomaStateFile_GC-44.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/20250123_SonomaStateFile_GC-44.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/20250123_SonomaStateFile_GC-44-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/20250123_SonomaStateFile_GC-44-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/20250123_SonomaStateFile_GC-44-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/20250123_SonomaStateFile_GC-44-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/20250123_SonomaStateFile_GC-44-1920x1280.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Abbey Healy (left) and Carson Warfield practice soccer at the soccer fields at Sonoma State University in Rohnert Park on Jan. 23, 2025. Warfield, a junior, and Healy, a freshman, just transferred this semester to the university. Sonoma State is cutting their entire Athletic Department, eliminating majors and laying off faculty to address a budget deficit. \u003ccite>(Gina Castro/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Marcus Ziemer, who has been part of Sonoma State’s soccer program for 39 years, also doesn’t know where he’ll find work after this.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I’m 62 years old. I want to coach another three to five years and then retire on my terms,” he said. “Now what am I going to do? Who’s going to hire me?”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>He played soccer at the university in the mid-’80s and has been the men’s coach since 1989. His team won the program’s only national championship in 2002.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“They could have given a heads up. One of our coaches bought a house a month ago locally. We had one of our coaches [get] recruited by another university and turned that job down,” Ziemer said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>He believes the university waited to announce the cuts until after the semester started so that the student-athletes who choose to transfer would have already paid for the semester’s housing and tuition.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12024028\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003ca href=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/20250123_SonomaStateFile_GC-33.jpg\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12024028\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/20250123_SonomaStateFile_GC-33.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/20250123_SonomaStateFile_GC-33.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/20250123_SonomaStateFile_GC-33-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/20250123_SonomaStateFile_GC-33-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/20250123_SonomaStateFile_GC-33-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/20250123_SonomaStateFile_GC-33-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/20250123_SonomaStateFile_GC-33-1920x1280.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">A student walks on campus at Sonoma State University in Rohnert Park on Jan. 23, 2025. \u003ccite>(Gina Castro/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>A spokesperson for the university did not respond to a request for comment Friday. In her message to the campus community, Cutrer said she was “keenly aware of [the] human impact” of the cuts, and added that “no amount of explanation or necessity makes any of us feel better.”\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>Campus culture\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>Ziemer believes almost all of the university’s 227 NCAA student-athletes will likely leave before the next academic year, and he said the decision to cut athletics will hurt the school’s already struggling enrollment. Sonoma State’s student body is 38% smaller than its peak in 2015, according to the email detailing the cuts.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“We’re a big part of the school’s marketing,” he said. “We go on the road, we play universities all up and down the California and the Western United States. Our logos, our social media posts, we bring a lot of awareness about the university.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Athletics programs are also a big part of school spirit.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12024029\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003ca href=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/20250123_SonomaStateFile_GC-40.jpg\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12024029\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/20250123_SonomaStateFile_GC-40.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/20250123_SonomaStateFile_GC-40.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/20250123_SonomaStateFile_GC-40-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/20250123_SonomaStateFile_GC-40-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/20250123_SonomaStateFile_GC-40-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/20250123_SonomaStateFile_GC-40-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/20250123_SonomaStateFile_GC-40-1920x1280.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">The basketball courts, a.k.a. the Wolves Den, inside of Sonoma State’s gymnasium in Rohnert Park on Jan. 23, 2025. \u003ccite>(Gina Castro/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>“Sports bring a certain energy and a certain pride to the university,” Salzmann said. “I always say, ‘I bleed blue.’ That will be missing.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Human beings are creatures of community,” she continued. “And that’s what sports is.”\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>Looking ahead\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>Wilson and Hodges have both already entered the NCAA transfer portal, the database that helps facilitate athletes’ transfers from one university to another.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“My goal as a college student is I always wanted to be a student-athlete,” Hodges told KQED. “Soccer is pretty much [what] gets me through my day.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Coaches and players will spend the months ahead reaching out to other teams and finding programs where the athletes fit. Wilson thinks that even before their five-game spring season starts, some on the team will likely have already gone on to their new programs.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12024024\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003ca href=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/20250123_SonomaStateFile_GC-18.jpg\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12024024\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/20250123_SonomaStateFile_GC-18.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/20250123_SonomaStateFile_GC-18.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/20250123_SonomaStateFile_GC-18-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/20250123_SonomaStateFile_GC-18-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/20250123_SonomaStateFile_GC-18-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/20250123_SonomaStateFile_GC-18-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/20250123_SonomaStateFile_GC-18-1920x1280.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">The Sonoma State baseball team practices at Sonoma State University in Rohnert Park on Jan. 23, 2025. \u003ccite>(Gina Castro/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>“I don’t think we’ll have a full team by the time our spring games come,” Wilson said. “I was telling my teammate that I wish we were in season right now finding this out so we could at least know that this [was] our last time and season together.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>She said that the packed schedule of training, team building, and tournament travel every fall gets tiring and busy, but it’s also fun.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“We’ll be in the team room before the coaches come in and we’re all just getting ready, putting our stuff on and we’re just blasting music and getting into the zone,” she said. “It breaks my heart that this choice of getting to play here got ripped from us.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad floatright]\u003c/p>\n",
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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>Coaches who met with Sonoma State’s interim President Emily Cutrer and other administrators were left similarly in the dark.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I was a little insulted that they would make this decision and yet not really be ready to address us and to help us understand what really happened,” said Emiria Salzmann, who has coached women’s soccer for 14 years.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>She found out her team had been cut in a text message from one of her players while she was driving to campus.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“The lack of ability to answer questions and have clarity and transparency, it adds insult to injury, in my opinion,” she continued.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In a message to the campus community, Cutrer said student-athletes who remain at Sonoma State would remain eligible for their scholarships, and added that the school would support those who want to transfer.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12024032\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003ca href=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/20250123_SonomaStateFile_GC-43.jpg\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12024032\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/20250123_SonomaStateFile_GC-43.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/20250123_SonomaStateFile_GC-43.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/20250123_SonomaStateFile_GC-43-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/20250123_SonomaStateFile_GC-43-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/20250123_SonomaStateFile_GC-43-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/20250123_SonomaStateFile_GC-43-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/20250123_SonomaStateFile_GC-43-1920x1280.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Championship banners, awarded to Sonoma State’s sports teams, are displayed on the walls of Sonoma State’s basketball courts in Rohnert Park on Jan. 23, 2025. Sonoma State is cutting their entire Athletic Department to address a budget deficit. \u003ccite>(Gina Castro/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Coaches were told in their meeting that they would continue their spring seasons, since games had already been scheduled, and their contracts would be extended through the end of June. After that, they’d all be let go.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>‘What am I going to do now?’\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>That timing poses an additional challenge for finding a new job, Salzmann said, since hiring for many coaching positions in soccer and other fall sports — already few and far between — usually occurs over the winter. If a school is going to let go of a soccer coach, they usually do it after the main season, which ends in the fall, and try to hire a replacement before training for the shorter spring exhibition season starts.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“There aren’t that many schools that are going to go into their spring seasons without already hiring a new coach,” she told KQED.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>For Salzmann, her opportunities are even more limited because she’s tied to the Bay Area. She has a 10-year-old son, and she and her ex-husband both live in Santa Rosa.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12024033\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003ca href=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/20250123_SonomaStateFile_GC-44.jpg\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12024033\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/20250123_SonomaStateFile_GC-44.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/20250123_SonomaStateFile_GC-44.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/20250123_SonomaStateFile_GC-44-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/20250123_SonomaStateFile_GC-44-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/20250123_SonomaStateFile_GC-44-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/20250123_SonomaStateFile_GC-44-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/20250123_SonomaStateFile_GC-44-1920x1280.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Abbey Healy (left) and Carson Warfield practice soccer at the soccer fields at Sonoma State University in Rohnert Park on Jan. 23, 2025. Warfield, a junior, and Healy, a freshman, just transferred this semester to the university. Sonoma State is cutting their entire Athletic Department, eliminating majors and laying off faculty to address a budget deficit. \u003ccite>(Gina Castro/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Marcus Ziemer, who has been part of Sonoma State’s soccer program for 39 years, also doesn’t know where he’ll find work after this.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I’m 62 years old. I want to coach another three to five years and then retire on my terms,” he said. “Now what am I going to do? Who’s going to hire me?”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>He played soccer at the university in the mid-’80s and has been the men’s coach since 1989. His team won the program’s only national championship in 2002.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“They could have given a heads up. One of our coaches bought a house a month ago locally. 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In her message to the campus community, Cutrer said she was “keenly aware of [the] human impact” of the cuts, and added that “no amount of explanation or necessity makes any of us feel better.”\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>Campus culture\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>Ziemer believes almost all of the university’s 227 NCAA student-athletes will likely leave before the next academic year, and he said the decision to cut athletics will hurt the school’s already struggling enrollment. Sonoma State’s student body is 38% smaller than its peak in 2015, according to the email detailing the cuts.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“We’re a big part of the school’s marketing,” he said. “We go on the road, we play universities all up and down the California and the Western United States. Our logos, our social media posts, we bring a lot of awareness about the university.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Athletics programs are also a big part of school spirit.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12024029\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003ca href=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/20250123_SonomaStateFile_GC-40.jpg\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12024029\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/20250123_SonomaStateFile_GC-40.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/20250123_SonomaStateFile_GC-40.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/20250123_SonomaStateFile_GC-40-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/20250123_SonomaStateFile_GC-40-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/20250123_SonomaStateFile_GC-40-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/20250123_SonomaStateFile_GC-40-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/20250123_SonomaStateFile_GC-40-1920x1280.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">The basketball courts, a.k.a. the Wolves Den, inside of Sonoma State’s gymnasium in Rohnert Park on Jan. 23, 2025. \u003ccite>(Gina Castro/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>“Sports bring a certain energy and a certain pride to the university,” Salzmann said. “I always say, ‘I bleed blue.’ That will be missing.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Human beings are creatures of community,” she continued. “And that’s what sports is.”\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>Looking ahead\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>Wilson and Hodges have both already entered the NCAA transfer portal, the database that helps facilitate athletes’ transfers from one university to another.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“My goal as a college student is I always wanted to be a student-athlete,” Hodges told KQED. “Soccer is pretty much [what] gets me through my day.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Coaches and players will spend the months ahead reaching out to other teams and finding programs where the athletes fit. Wilson thinks that even before their five-game spring season starts, some on the team will likely have already gone on to their new programs.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12024024\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003ca href=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/20250123_SonomaStateFile_GC-18.jpg\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12024024\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/20250123_SonomaStateFile_GC-18.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/20250123_SonomaStateFile_GC-18.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/20250123_SonomaStateFile_GC-18-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/20250123_SonomaStateFile_GC-18-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/20250123_SonomaStateFile_GC-18-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/20250123_SonomaStateFile_GC-18-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/20250123_SonomaStateFile_GC-18-1920x1280.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">The Sonoma State baseball team practices at Sonoma State University in Rohnert Park on Jan. 23, 2025. \u003ccite>(Gina Castro/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>“I don’t think we’ll have a full team by the time our spring games come,” Wilson said. “I was telling my teammate that I wish we were in season right now finding this out so we could at least know that this [was] our last time and season together.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>She said that the packed schedule of training, team building, and tournament travel every fall gets tiring and busy, but it’s also fun.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“We’ll be in the team room before the coaches come in and we’re all just getting ready, putting our stuff on and we’re just blasting music and getting into the zone,” she said. “It breaks my heart that this choice of getting to play here got ripped from us.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003c/div>",
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"content": "\u003cp>Charlene Tung, a women and gender studies professor at Sonoma State University for more than two decades, was devastated when she received an email on Wednesday informing her the university would \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12023598/sonoma-state-is-eliminating-athletics-slashing-several-degree-programs-to-cut-budget\">eliminate several degree programs and academic departments\u003c/a> — with hers among them.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Tung is one of the dozens of faculty members who will be dismissed after the spring semester because of the school’s significant budget shortfall. She told KQED that the university’s cost-cutting will negatively affect the entire campus community, not just students whose majors are being slashed.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>According to Tung, students and faculty are reeling after the announcement, with many feeling unsure of the school’s future in the face of the budget deficit and declining enrollment.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“We will guide our students as we always do, but they are, with reason, anxious and worried and disappointed at the university,” she said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Professors in the women’s and gender studies department teach students about the intersections of gender, race, class and nation status. At a time when discriminatory policies are threatening marginalized communities, Tung said the education she and her colleagues provide is critical.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>She added that universities need to support educators as they prepare students to intellectually and compassionately engage with complex social issues instead of making them feel “expendable.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“It’s devastating for the morale of the students that are here and for the faculty that are here as well,” Tung said. “Aside from those of us who’ve been targeted to be cut, what it does to the morale of those remaining is pretty grim.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Sonoma State is facing a projected budget shortfall of $23.9 million, while the California State University system may be \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11998761/california-state-university-stares-down-a-1-billion-budget-gap-as-campuses-cut-costs\">dealing with a deficit of nearly $1 billion\u003c/a> in the next school year. Enrollment rates have gone down by nearly 40% since 2015, and funding avenues have dwindled while costs continue to rise, interim President Emily Cutrer said in a \u003ca href=\"https://budget.sonoma.edu/sites/budget/files/2025-01/Message%20from%20the%20President%201_22%20FINAL%20%281%29.pdf\">statement\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[aside postID=news_12023461 hero='https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/12/20241211-OUSDMergerVote-JY-033-1020x679.jpg']\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The university will cut 46 faculty positions, four management positions and 12 staff positions over the course of the next few months. More than 20 majors, such as art history, environmental science and philosophy, were also cut or merged into other departments, and the school’s entire athletics department is also closing.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Scott Horstein, a theatre studies professor and a union leader in the California Faculty Association, said he’s been in a state of shock since he received his layoff notice.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Many of Horstein’s students in the theatre arts and dance department, which is scheduled to be cut at the end of the semester, are angry and scared. Horstein said they feel as if the university betrayed them, especially because the deadline for students to transfer to many schools has passed.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“We don’t just teach people how to look nice on stage. We’re deeply involved with our community,” Horstein said about his department. “I don’t understand why the university doesn’t think that’s worth supporting and doesn’t think that the North Bay and the state of California deserves that.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>University officials are advising students who are more than 60 units away from graduating to switch majors, Horstein said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12023937\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12023937\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/20250123_SonomaStateCutsFolo_GC-25.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/20250123_SonomaStateCutsFolo_GC-25.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/20250123_SonomaStateCutsFolo_GC-25-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/20250123_SonomaStateCutsFolo_GC-25-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/20250123_SonomaStateCutsFolo_GC-25-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/20250123_SonomaStateCutsFolo_GC-25-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/20250123_SonomaStateCutsFolo_GC-25-1920x1280.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Sydnie Crumrine, left, and Estrella Gonzalez Poblano rehearse during a drama ensemble workshop at Sonoma State University in Rohnert Park on Jan. 23, 2025. Theatre arts is one of the majors that will no longer be offered at Sonoma State in response to a budget deficit. \u003ccite>(Gina Castro/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Sarah Sherod, a first-year student studying technical theatre, said the feelings of shock, confusion and sadness still haven’t faded. Sherod, who is employed as a lighting technician, said she has no intention of staying at Sonoma State. She does not want to study anything else.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I will stay in theatre, and I will not be changed because of someone else’s poor budgeting,” Sherod said. “I think that transfer and dropout rates will skyrocket after this.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Tung is also committed to forging on. She said she is still dedicated to her students and to her role as a teacher and that she will continue to teach women’s and gender studies.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“You’re losing your job, and then your department that you’ve poured your heart and soul into for more than 20 years is also going to be eliminated,” Tung said. “But I feel like some of the deeper pain is that future students are not going to get what we have to offer and what we’ve been offering. That’s the part that’s such a painful recognition.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cem>Jan. 27: This article was updated to reflect that the transfer deadline has passed for many schools, but not all, and that students may change majors at any time, not just after the school year.\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n",
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And 25 years later, this tradition of online event listings is going strong.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Jump straight to:\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cul>\n\u003cli>\u003cstrong>\u003ca href=\"#things-to-do-in-the-bay-area\">The Bay Area’s classic listings sites\u003c/a>\u003c/strong>\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>\u003cstrong>\u003ca href=\"#live-music-bay-area\">Live music in the Bay Area\u003c/a>\u003c/strong>\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>\u003cstrong>\u003ca href=\"#things-to-do-for-families-bay-area\">Events for families in the Bay Area\u003c/a>\u003c/strong>\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>\u003cstrong>\u003ca href=\"#art-shows-bay-area\">Arts and culture events in the Bay Area\u003c/a>\u003c/strong>\u003c/li>\n\u003c/ul>\n\u003cp>Keep reading for our collection of Bay Area social calendars for you to browse and consult for your next day (or night) out — with a focus on those with newsletters so you can keep up with all the happenings in your inbox.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12022557\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12022557\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/015_SanFrancisco_AquariumoftheBay_03042021_qed.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/015_SanFrancisco_AquariumoftheBay_03042021_qed.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/015_SanFrancisco_AquariumoftheBay_03042021_qed-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/015_SanFrancisco_AquariumoftheBay_03042021_qed-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/015_SanFrancisco_AquariumoftheBay_03042021_qed-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/015_SanFrancisco_AquariumoftheBay_03042021_qed-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/015_SanFrancisco_AquariumoftheBay_03042021_qed-1920x1280.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Helen Yool and Jacky Romano at the Under the Bay gallery at the Aquarium of the Bay in San Francisco on March 4, 2021. \u003ccite>(Beth LaBerge/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003ch2>\u003cstrong>\u003ca id=\"things-to-do-in-the-bay-area\">\u003c/a>The Bay Area’s classic event listing sites\u003c/strong>\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>You know the scene: It’s your day off, you head over to the park to chill, and as soon as you get there, a huge event is taking place … that you had no idea about. If you’ve been left thinking, ‘How did all these people know this was happening and not me?’ you’re not alone. Folks organize very quickly in the Bay Area, but there are several places online that always have details about the biggest free events in the region:\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"https://sf.funcheap.com/free-events/\">\u003cstrong>FunCheapSF\u003c/strong>\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Now in its 22nd year, FunCheapSF is one of the most reliable places to find free museum days, cheap concert tickets and event-free ticket giveaways. Despite the name, FunCheapSF has info about events all over the Bay.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cem>Newsletter: Find the FunCheapSF newsletter sign-up link on the right side of the page.\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12063214\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-12063214 size-full\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/08/20240802_OliviaRodrigo_GC-22_qed.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/08/20240802_OliviaRodrigo_GC-22_qed.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/08/20240802_OliviaRodrigo_GC-22_qed-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/08/20240802_OliviaRodrigo_GC-22_qed-1536x1024.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Olivia Rodrigo performs during her “Guts” World Tour at the Chase Center in San Francisco on August 2, 2024. \u003ccite>(Gina Castro/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"https://www.indybay.org/calendar/?page_id=12\">\u003cstrong>IndyBay\u003c/strong>\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>A place with deep connections to the region’s organizing spaces, IndyBay also has a very detailed calendar of free workshops, teach-ins and family-friendly activities with a social focus.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cem>Newsletter: Yes, although \u003c/em>\u003ca href=\"https://lists.riseup.net/www/subscribe/indybay-news\">\u003cem>an additional sign-up to riseup.net is required\u003c/em>\u003c/a>\u003cem>.\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"http://sf-events.brokeassstuart.com/\">\u003cstrong>Broke-Ass Stuart\u003c/strong>\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[aside postID=news_11979339 hero='https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/03/GettyImages-1244474782_qut-1038x576.jpg']\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>What began in the 2000s as a zine from Stuart Schuffman, alias Broke-Ass Stuart, is now one of the best places online to find concerts and nightlife events in the Bay Area.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cem>Newsletter: \u003c/em>\u003ca href=\"https://brokeassstuart.com/stuart-2/\">\u003cem>Sign up for the Broke-Ass Stuart newsletter\u003c/em>\u003c/a>\u003cem> on his site.\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12034579\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"max-width: 1920px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12034579\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/Free-Things-to-Do-1920x1280-Resize.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1280\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/Free-Things-to-Do-1920x1280-Resize.jpg 1920w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/Free-Things-to-Do-1920x1280-Resize-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/Free-Things-to-Do-1920x1280-Resize-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/Free-Things-to-Do-1920x1280-Resize-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/Free-Things-to-Do-1920x1280-Resize-1536x1024.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1920px) 100vw, 1920px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">The Conservatory of Flowers in San Francisco’s Golden Gate Park. \u003ccite>(Lisa Aliferis/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"https://bartable.bart.gov/\">\u003cstrong>BARTable\u003c/strong>\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>A collection of both events and year-round activities that — you guessed it — are all reachable by BART. Everything included is either free or low-cost.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cem>Newsletter: \u003c/em>\u003ca href=\"https://bartable.bart.gov/\">\u003cem>Sign up for the BARTable This Week newsletter\u003c/em>\u003c/a>\u003cem>.\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"https://oaklandside.org/events/\">\u003cstrong>Oaklandside\u003c/strong>\u003c/a>\u003cstrong> and \u003c/strong>\u003ca href=\"https://richmondside.org/events/\">\u003cstrong>Richmondside\u003c/strong>\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>These two local news publications are always updating their events calendar, which includes both journalism-focused events but also fun activities for both families, seniors and young people.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cem>Newsletter: You can sign up for \u003c/em>\u003ca href=\"https://oaklandside.org/newsletters/\">\u003cem>Oaklandside’s newsletter\u003c/em>\u003c/a>\u003cem> or \u003c/em>\u003ca href=\"https://richmondside.org/newsletters/\">\u003cem>Richmond’s newsletter\u003c/em>\u003c/a>\u003cem> (or both.)\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12022560\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12022560\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/022_KQED_SanFrancisco_Playgrounds_12102020_qed.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/022_KQED_SanFrancisco_Playgrounds_12102020_qed.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/022_KQED_SanFrancisco_Playgrounds_12102020_qed-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/022_KQED_SanFrancisco_Playgrounds_12102020_qed-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/022_KQED_SanFrancisco_Playgrounds_12102020_qed-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/022_KQED_SanFrancisco_Playgrounds_12102020_qed-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/022_KQED_SanFrancisco_Playgrounds_12102020_qed-1920x1280.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Children go down a concrete slide at Youngblood Colman Community Learning Hub in San Francisco on Dec. 10, 2020. \u003ccite>(Beth LaBerge/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/events\">\u003cstrong>KQED Live\u003c/strong>\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Of course, we have to highlight the work done by the KQED Live Events team. Free and low-cost events, many of them featuring KQED journalists, are held throughout the year at both KQED headquarters in San Francisco and throughout the Bay Area.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cem>Newsletter: \u003c/em>\u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/newsletters\">\u003cem>Sign up for the KQED Live newsletter\u003c/em>\u003c/a>\u003cem> to receive advance notice of events.\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>\u003cstrong>\u003ca id=\"live-music-bay-area\">\u003c/a>More live music, please\u003c/strong>\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>The Bay Area does \u003cem>not \u003c/em>lack a live music scene, and you may even find your new favorite band performing at a small bar somewhere in Solano County or a plaza in the middle of San José. Since everything is happening everywhere — all at once — keep yourself organized with these sites and listings.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12022561\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12022561\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/240501-DannyLux-JY-019_qed.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/240501-DannyLux-JY-019_qed.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/240501-DannyLux-JY-019_qed-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/240501-DannyLux-JY-019_qed-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/240501-DannyLux-JY-019_qed-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/240501-DannyLux-JY-019_qed-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/240501-DannyLux-JY-019_qed-1920x1280.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Melanie Arias, 12, sings along with Mexican American singer-songwriter DannyLux as he performs during his ‘Tour of Lux’ at the Regency Ballroom in San Francisco on Wednesday, May 1, 2024. \u003ccite>(Juliana Yamada for KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"https://www.sfstation.com/calendar/bay-area/free-events\">\u003cstrong>SF Station\u003c/strong>\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>What began as a site to promote local artists in 1996 keeps going strong. These listings contain free concerts, details on how to enter contests for free tickets and other cool stuff too, like community service events, wine dinners and workshops.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"http://www.foopee.com/punk/the-list/\">\u003cstrong>The List\u003c/strong>\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In almost 30 years, this website’s format has been updated only a handful of times. But don’t be fooled by its lo-fi look: The List is incredibly thorough, curated by Steve Koepke with details for punk and rock concerts for almost every venue and bar in the Bay Area and Santa Cruz area. It’s also helpful for keeping up with emerging local musicians. You can also \u003ca href=\"https://stevelist.com/\">subscribe to Koepke’s List via email. \u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12022562\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12022562\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/20241127_CyndiLauper_GC-21_qed.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/20241127_CyndiLauper_GC-21_qed.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/20241127_CyndiLauper_GC-21_qed-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/20241127_CyndiLauper_GC-21_qed-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/20241127_CyndiLauper_GC-21_qed-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/20241127_CyndiLauper_GC-21_qed-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/20241127_CyndiLauper_GC-21_qed-1920x1280.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">An attendee of the Cyndi Lauper concert looks up at the crowd during the Girls Just Wanna Have Fun Farewell Tour at the Chase Center in San Francisco on Nov. 27, 2024. \u003ccite>(Gina Castro for KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"https://latinbayarea.com/\">\u003cstrong>LatinBayArea\u003c/strong>\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>A site that mostly highlights concerts featuring both established and rising stars in Latin music and also includes \u003ca href=\"https://latinbayarea.com/events/category/free/\">a free events section\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"https://dothebay.com/\">\u003cstrong>DoTheBay\u003c/strong>\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Mostly focused on nightlife and parties, DoTheBay also has \u003ca href=\"https://dothebay.com/free\">a free events section\u003c/a>, along with plenty of promotions for free or discounted tickets to big concerts.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/thedolist\">\u003cstrong>KQED Arts: The To-Do List\u003c/strong>\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The Arts team interviews Bay Area artists as they tour the region or release new music. Around-the-year concert and festival coverage complemented by great journalism.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cem>Newsletter: \u003c/em>\u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/newsletters\">\u003cem>Sign up for the KQED Arts & Culture newsletter.\u003c/em>\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12022565\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12022565\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/240524_BottleRock_EG_77_qed.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/240524_BottleRock_EG_77_qed.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/240524_BottleRock_EG_77_qed-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/240524_BottleRock_EG_77_qed-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/240524_BottleRock_EG_77_qed-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/240524_BottleRock_EG_77_qed-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/240524_BottleRock_EG_77_qed-1920x1280.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Ariel Thomas (left) and her 5-year-old daughter Aurora Duarte soak in The Offspring’s performance from the front row of the Verizon Stage at BottleRock Napa Valley festival on Sunday, May 26, 2024. \u003ccite>(Estefany Gonzalez for KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003ch2>\u003cstrong>\u003ca id=\"things-to-do-for-families-bay-area\">\u003c/a>Events for Bay Area families\u003c/strong>\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>Sometimes, the newsletter with details about the latest club or rave just isn’t going to work with the 7-year-old. But no worries: there are sites keeping track of events for infants, older kids and teens. And even KQED \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/newsletters/kid-friendly-kqed\">has its own monthly newsletter full of programming for families: Kid Friendly\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"https://bayareaparent.com/event-calendar/#/\">\u003cstrong>Bay Area Parent\u003c/strong>\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Created, read and shared by parents across the nine-county Bay Area, BAP is a great resource for planning your family’s week — and comes with great family-focused reporting as well.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Newsletter: You can sign up \u003ca href=\"https://www.bayareaparent.com/subscribe/\">for several subscriptions Bay Area Parent has\u003c/a>, including newsletters for Editors’ top picks, promotions and special offers.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12022566\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 1988px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12022566\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/20240524_MobileHeadStart-14_qed.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1988\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/20240524_MobileHeadStart-14_qed.jpg 1988w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/20240524_MobileHeadStart-14_qed-800x536.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/20240524_MobileHeadStart-14_qed-1020x684.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/20240524_MobileHeadStart-14_qed-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/20240524_MobileHeadStart-14_qed-1536x1030.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/20240524_MobileHeadStart-14_qed-1920x1287.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1988px) 100vw, 1988px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Children play under a giant parachute at Lincoln Square Park in Oakland on Friday, May 24, 2024. Last year, the city of Oakland introduced their ‘Ready, Set, Go’ vehicle, an RV converted into a Head Start classroom, which travels to homeless shelters, providing educational and social services to families experiencing housing instability. \u003ccite>(Gina Castro/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"https://www.bayareakidfun.com/family-friendly-events-in-the-bay-area/\">\u003cstrong>Bay Area Kid Fun\u003c/strong>\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Storytime, soccer, family-friendly marches and more can be found on this listings site, which particularly boasts a lot of events for folks in the South Bay and on the Peninsula.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"https://www.510families.com/calendar/\">\u003cstrong>510families\u003c/strong>\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Are you an Alameda or Contra Costa County family? Keep this website close. 510families’ listings are especially helpful for families with younger kids.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>\u003cstrong>\u003ca id=\"art-shows-bay-area\">\u003c/a>Arts and culture event listings in the Bay Area\u003c/strong>\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>Missed \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11943906/how-to-find-free-museum-tickets-in-the-bay-area\">a free museum day\u003c/a>? Want to learn more about photography but don’t know where to start?\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Not only is the Bay full of creative talent, it’s also full of people working hard to make sure you check out their work — and below are just of few of these arts and culture listings in the Bay:\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12022567\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12022567\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/046_KQED_SanFrancisco_ElectionDayVoting_11032020_qed.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/046_KQED_SanFrancisco_ElectionDayVoting_11032020_qed.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/046_KQED_SanFrancisco_ElectionDayVoting_11032020_qed-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/046_KQED_SanFrancisco_ElectionDayVoting_11032020_qed-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/046_KQED_SanFrancisco_ElectionDayVoting_11032020_qed-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/046_KQED_SanFrancisco_ElectionDayVoting_11032020_qed-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/046_KQED_SanFrancisco_ElectionDayVoting_11032020_qed-1920x1280.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Southern Exposure art gallery polling place in San Francisco on Nov. 3, 2020. \u003ccite>(Beth LaBerge/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"https://www.bayartagenda.com/\">\u003cstrong>Bay Art Agenda\u003c/strong>\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Bookmark this one just in time for San Francisco Art Week (which \u003ca href=\"https://www.eventbrite.com/e/sf-art-week-kickoff-party-at-ica-sf-tickets-1127100210069?aff=ehometext\">kicks off on Jan. 18\u003c/a>). The Bay Area Art Agenda includes gallery openings, free showings and plenty of community activities.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"https://docs.google.com/document/d/1EPuQY0pmQEolKP1764UwgB1sXGJw6oG72_rZL4D9nhk/edit?tab=t.0\">\u003cstrong>Bay Area Art Happenings\u003c/strong>\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/author/shotchkiss\">KQED Arts’ very own Sarah Hotchkiss\u003c/a> maintains an annual list of gallery openings and closings, with opportunities to meet artists and see in person what the Arts team reports on — which you can keep up with by bookmarking KQED Arts’ \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/thedolist\">\u003cstrong>The Do List\u003c/strong>\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"https://www.sfarts.org/calendar/?experiences=Free\">\u003cstrong>SF/Arts Free Calendar\u003c/strong>\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>A must-have listing resource from SF/Arts magazine, full of film screenings, author talks and performances.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cem>Newsletter: You can sign up at the bottom of the \u003c/em>\u003ca href=\"https://www.sfarts.org/calendar\">\u003cem>calendar page\u003c/em>\u003c/a>\u003cem>.\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12022568\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 1999px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12022568\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/009_SanFrancisco_SkyStarWheel_03042021_qed.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1999\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/009_SanFrancisco_SkyStarWheel_03042021_qed.jpg 1999w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/009_SanFrancisco_SkyStarWheel_03042021_qed-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/009_SanFrancisco_SkyStarWheel_03042021_qed-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/009_SanFrancisco_SkyStarWheel_03042021_qed-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/009_SanFrancisco_SkyStarWheel_03042021_qed-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/009_SanFrancisco_SkyStarWheel_03042021_qed-1920x1280.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1999px) 100vw, 1999px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">View from the SkyStar Observation Wheel of the de Young Museum in Golden Gate Park on March 4, 2021. \u003ccite>(Beth LaBerge/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"https://eltecolote.org/content/en/newsletter/\">\u003cstrong>Acción Latina and El Tecolote\u003c/strong>\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>El Tecolote is one of the oldest bilingual newspapers in the country and its Calendario section has been keeping up with some of the biggest events targeted to the Latino community for decades, including rallies, teach-ins and family cultural events.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cem>Newsletter: You can sign up \u003c/em>\u003ca href=\"https://eltecolote.org/content/en/newsletter/\">\u003cem>for the newsletter from El Tecolote’s parent organization, Acción Latina\u003c/em>\u003c/a>\u003cem>.\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>SFGate’s \u003c/strong>\u003ca href=\"https://www.sfgate.com/sf-culture/article/sf-underrated-venue-closes-10-20025871.php\">\u003cstrong>Fogcutter\u003c/strong>\u003c/a>\u003cstrong> column\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>SFGate began \u003ca href=\"https://www.sfgate.com/sf-culture/article/sf-underrated-venue-closes-10-20025871.php\">Fogcutter\u003c/a> as a weekly column “tracking the coolest events in the Bay Area,” from concerts and restaurants to hikes, bars and comedy.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12022569\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 1999px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12022569\" 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You’ll also likely find events listed on posters on your library’s lobby pinboard.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12022571\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2500px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12022571\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/Copy-of-KQED-side-by-side-downpage-image-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2500\" height=\"833\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/Copy-of-KQED-side-by-side-downpage-image-1.jpg 2500w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/Copy-of-KQED-side-by-side-downpage-image-1-800x267.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/Copy-of-KQED-side-by-side-downpage-image-1-1020x340.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/Copy-of-KQED-side-by-side-downpage-image-1-160x53.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/Copy-of-KQED-side-by-side-downpage-image-1-1536x512.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/Copy-of-KQED-side-by-side-downpage-image-1-2048x682.jpg 2048w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/Copy-of-KQED-side-by-side-downpage-image-1-1920x640.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2500px) 100vw, 2500px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Left: Mychal Threets works organizing and displaying books in the children’s section of the Fairfield Civic Center Library in Fairfield on Oct. 19, 2023. 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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>What began in the 2000s as a zine from Stuart Schuffman, alias Broke-Ass Stuart, is now one of the best places online to find concerts and nightlife events in the Bay Area.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cem>Newsletter: \u003c/em>\u003ca href=\"https://brokeassstuart.com/stuart-2/\">\u003cem>Sign up for the Broke-Ass Stuart newsletter\u003c/em>\u003c/a>\u003cem> on his site.\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12034579\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"max-width: 1920px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12034579\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/Free-Things-to-Do-1920x1280-Resize.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1280\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/Free-Things-to-Do-1920x1280-Resize.jpg 1920w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/Free-Things-to-Do-1920x1280-Resize-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/Free-Things-to-Do-1920x1280-Resize-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/Free-Things-to-Do-1920x1280-Resize-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/Free-Things-to-Do-1920x1280-Resize-1536x1024.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1920px) 100vw, 1920px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">The Conservatory of Flowers in San Francisco’s Golden Gate Park. \u003ccite>(Lisa Aliferis/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"https://bartable.bart.gov/\">\u003cstrong>BARTable\u003c/strong>\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>A collection of both events and year-round activities that — you guessed it — are all reachable by BART. Everything included is either free or low-cost.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cem>Newsletter: \u003c/em>\u003ca href=\"https://bartable.bart.gov/\">\u003cem>Sign up for the BARTable This Week newsletter\u003c/em>\u003c/a>\u003cem>.\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"https://oaklandside.org/events/\">\u003cstrong>Oaklandside\u003c/strong>\u003c/a>\u003cstrong> and \u003c/strong>\u003ca href=\"https://richmondside.org/events/\">\u003cstrong>Richmondside\u003c/strong>\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>These two local news publications are always updating their events calendar, which includes both journalism-focused events but also fun activities for both families, seniors and young people.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cem>Newsletter: You can sign up for \u003c/em>\u003ca href=\"https://oaklandside.org/newsletters/\">\u003cem>Oaklandside’s newsletter\u003c/em>\u003c/a>\u003cem> or \u003c/em>\u003ca href=\"https://richmondside.org/newsletters/\">\u003cem>Richmond’s newsletter\u003c/em>\u003c/a>\u003cem> (or both.)\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12022560\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12022560\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/022_KQED_SanFrancisco_Playgrounds_12102020_qed.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/022_KQED_SanFrancisco_Playgrounds_12102020_qed.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/022_KQED_SanFrancisco_Playgrounds_12102020_qed-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/022_KQED_SanFrancisco_Playgrounds_12102020_qed-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/022_KQED_SanFrancisco_Playgrounds_12102020_qed-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/022_KQED_SanFrancisco_Playgrounds_12102020_qed-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/022_KQED_SanFrancisco_Playgrounds_12102020_qed-1920x1280.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Children go down a concrete slide at Youngblood Colman Community Learning Hub in San Francisco on Dec. 10, 2020. \u003ccite>(Beth LaBerge/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/events\">\u003cstrong>KQED Live\u003c/strong>\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Of course, we have to highlight the work done by the KQED Live Events team. Free and low-cost events, many of them featuring KQED journalists, are held throughout the year at both KQED headquarters in San Francisco and throughout the Bay Area.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cem>Newsletter: \u003c/em>\u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/newsletters\">\u003cem>Sign up for the KQED Live newsletter\u003c/em>\u003c/a>\u003cem> to receive advance notice of events.\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>\u003cstrong>\u003ca id=\"live-music-bay-area\">\u003c/a>More live music, please\u003c/strong>\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>The Bay Area does \u003cem>not \u003c/em>lack a live music scene, and you may even find your new favorite band performing at a small bar somewhere in Solano County or a plaza in the middle of San José. Since everything is happening everywhere — all at once — keep yourself organized with these sites and listings.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12022561\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12022561\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/240501-DannyLux-JY-019_qed.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/240501-DannyLux-JY-019_qed.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/240501-DannyLux-JY-019_qed-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/240501-DannyLux-JY-019_qed-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/240501-DannyLux-JY-019_qed-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/240501-DannyLux-JY-019_qed-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/240501-DannyLux-JY-019_qed-1920x1280.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Melanie Arias, 12, sings along with Mexican American singer-songwriter DannyLux as he performs during his ‘Tour of Lux’ at the Regency Ballroom in San Francisco on Wednesday, May 1, 2024. \u003ccite>(Juliana Yamada for KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"https://www.sfstation.com/calendar/bay-area/free-events\">\u003cstrong>SF Station\u003c/strong>\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>What began as a site to promote local artists in 1996 keeps going strong. These listings contain free concerts, details on how to enter contests for free tickets and other cool stuff too, like community service events, wine dinners and workshops.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"http://www.foopee.com/punk/the-list/\">\u003cstrong>The List\u003c/strong>\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In almost 30 years, this website’s format has been updated only a handful of times. But don’t be fooled by its lo-fi look: The List is incredibly thorough, curated by Steve Koepke with details for punk and rock concerts for almost every venue and bar in the Bay Area and Santa Cruz area. It’s also helpful for keeping up with emerging local musicians. You can also \u003ca href=\"https://stevelist.com/\">subscribe to Koepke’s List via email. \u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12022562\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12022562\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/20241127_CyndiLauper_GC-21_qed.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/20241127_CyndiLauper_GC-21_qed.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/20241127_CyndiLauper_GC-21_qed-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/20241127_CyndiLauper_GC-21_qed-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/20241127_CyndiLauper_GC-21_qed-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/20241127_CyndiLauper_GC-21_qed-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/20241127_CyndiLauper_GC-21_qed-1920x1280.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">An attendee of the Cyndi Lauper concert looks up at the crowd during the Girls Just Wanna Have Fun Farewell Tour at the Chase Center in San Francisco on Nov. 27, 2024. \u003ccite>(Gina Castro for KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"https://latinbayarea.com/\">\u003cstrong>LatinBayArea\u003c/strong>\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>A site that mostly highlights concerts featuring both established and rising stars in Latin music and also includes \u003ca href=\"https://latinbayarea.com/events/category/free/\">a free events section\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"https://dothebay.com/\">\u003cstrong>DoTheBay\u003c/strong>\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Mostly focused on nightlife and parties, DoTheBay also has \u003ca href=\"https://dothebay.com/free\">a free events section\u003c/a>, along with plenty of promotions for free or discounted tickets to big concerts.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/thedolist\">\u003cstrong>KQED Arts: The To-Do List\u003c/strong>\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The Arts team interviews Bay Area artists as they tour the region or release new music. Around-the-year concert and festival coverage complemented by great journalism.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cem>Newsletter: \u003c/em>\u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/newsletters\">\u003cem>Sign up for the KQED Arts & Culture newsletter.\u003c/em>\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12022565\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12022565\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/240524_BottleRock_EG_77_qed.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/240524_BottleRock_EG_77_qed.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/240524_BottleRock_EG_77_qed-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/240524_BottleRock_EG_77_qed-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/240524_BottleRock_EG_77_qed-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/240524_BottleRock_EG_77_qed-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/240524_BottleRock_EG_77_qed-1920x1280.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Ariel Thomas (left) and her 5-year-old daughter Aurora Duarte soak in The Offspring’s performance from the front row of the Verizon Stage at BottleRock Napa Valley festival on Sunday, May 26, 2024. \u003ccite>(Estefany Gonzalez for KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003ch2>\u003cstrong>\u003ca id=\"things-to-do-for-families-bay-area\">\u003c/a>Events for Bay Area families\u003c/strong>\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>Sometimes, the newsletter with details about the latest club or rave just isn’t going to work with the 7-year-old. But no worries: there are sites keeping track of events for infants, older kids and teens. And even KQED \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/newsletters/kid-friendly-kqed\">has its own monthly newsletter full of programming for families: Kid Friendly\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"https://bayareaparent.com/event-calendar/#/\">\u003cstrong>Bay Area Parent\u003c/strong>\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Created, read and shared by parents across the nine-county Bay Area, BAP is a great resource for planning your family’s week — and comes with great family-focused reporting as well.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Newsletter: You can sign up \u003ca href=\"https://www.bayareaparent.com/subscribe/\">for several subscriptions Bay Area Parent has\u003c/a>, including newsletters for Editors’ top picks, promotions and special offers.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12022566\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 1988px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12022566\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/20240524_MobileHeadStart-14_qed.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1988\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/20240524_MobileHeadStart-14_qed.jpg 1988w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/20240524_MobileHeadStart-14_qed-800x536.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/20240524_MobileHeadStart-14_qed-1020x684.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/20240524_MobileHeadStart-14_qed-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/20240524_MobileHeadStart-14_qed-1536x1030.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/20240524_MobileHeadStart-14_qed-1920x1287.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1988px) 100vw, 1988px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Children play under a giant parachute at Lincoln Square Park in Oakland on Friday, May 24, 2024. Last year, the city of Oakland introduced their ‘Ready, Set, Go’ vehicle, an RV converted into a Head Start classroom, which travels to homeless shelters, providing educational and social services to families experiencing housing instability. \u003ccite>(Gina Castro/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"https://www.bayareakidfun.com/family-friendly-events-in-the-bay-area/\">\u003cstrong>Bay Area Kid Fun\u003c/strong>\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Storytime, soccer, family-friendly marches and more can be found on this listings site, which particularly boasts a lot of events for folks in the South Bay and on the Peninsula.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"https://www.510families.com/calendar/\">\u003cstrong>510families\u003c/strong>\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Are you an Alameda or Contra Costa County family? Keep this website close. 510families’ listings are especially helpful for families with younger kids.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>\u003cstrong>\u003ca id=\"art-shows-bay-area\">\u003c/a>Arts and culture event listings in the Bay Area\u003c/strong>\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>Missed \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11943906/how-to-find-free-museum-tickets-in-the-bay-area\">a free museum day\u003c/a>? Want to learn more about photography but don’t know where to start?\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Not only is the Bay full of creative talent, it’s also full of people working hard to make sure you check out their work — and below are just of few of these arts and culture listings in the Bay:\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12022567\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12022567\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/046_KQED_SanFrancisco_ElectionDayVoting_11032020_qed.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/046_KQED_SanFrancisco_ElectionDayVoting_11032020_qed.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/046_KQED_SanFrancisco_ElectionDayVoting_11032020_qed-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/046_KQED_SanFrancisco_ElectionDayVoting_11032020_qed-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/046_KQED_SanFrancisco_ElectionDayVoting_11032020_qed-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/046_KQED_SanFrancisco_ElectionDayVoting_11032020_qed-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/046_KQED_SanFrancisco_ElectionDayVoting_11032020_qed-1920x1280.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Southern Exposure art gallery polling place in San Francisco on Nov. 3, 2020. \u003ccite>(Beth LaBerge/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"https://www.bayartagenda.com/\">\u003cstrong>Bay Art Agenda\u003c/strong>\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Bookmark this one just in time for San Francisco Art Week (which \u003ca href=\"https://www.eventbrite.com/e/sf-art-week-kickoff-party-at-ica-sf-tickets-1127100210069?aff=ehometext\">kicks off on Jan. 18\u003c/a>). The Bay Area Art Agenda includes gallery openings, free showings and plenty of community activities.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"https://docs.google.com/document/d/1EPuQY0pmQEolKP1764UwgB1sXGJw6oG72_rZL4D9nhk/edit?tab=t.0\">\u003cstrong>Bay Area Art Happenings\u003c/strong>\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/author/shotchkiss\">KQED Arts’ very own Sarah Hotchkiss\u003c/a> maintains an annual list of gallery openings and closings, with opportunities to meet artists and see in person what the Arts team reports on — which you can keep up with by bookmarking KQED Arts’ \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/thedolist\">\u003cstrong>The Do List\u003c/strong>\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"https://www.sfarts.org/calendar/?experiences=Free\">\u003cstrong>SF/Arts Free Calendar\u003c/strong>\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>A must-have listing resource from SF/Arts magazine, full of film screenings, author talks and performances.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cem>Newsletter: You can sign up at the bottom of the \u003c/em>\u003ca href=\"https://www.sfarts.org/calendar\">\u003cem>calendar page\u003c/em>\u003c/a>\u003cem>.\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12022568\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 1999px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12022568\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/009_SanFrancisco_SkyStarWheel_03042021_qed.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1999\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/009_SanFrancisco_SkyStarWheel_03042021_qed.jpg 1999w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/009_SanFrancisco_SkyStarWheel_03042021_qed-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/009_SanFrancisco_SkyStarWheel_03042021_qed-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/009_SanFrancisco_SkyStarWheel_03042021_qed-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/009_SanFrancisco_SkyStarWheel_03042021_qed-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/009_SanFrancisco_SkyStarWheel_03042021_qed-1920x1280.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1999px) 100vw, 1999px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">View from the SkyStar Observation Wheel of the de Young Museum in Golden Gate Park on March 4, 2021. \u003ccite>(Beth LaBerge/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"https://eltecolote.org/content/en/newsletter/\">\u003cstrong>Acción Latina and El Tecolote\u003c/strong>\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>El Tecolote is one of the oldest bilingual newspapers in the country and its Calendario section has been keeping up with some of the biggest events targeted to the Latino community for decades, including rallies, teach-ins and family cultural events.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cem>Newsletter: You can sign up \u003c/em>\u003ca href=\"https://eltecolote.org/content/en/newsletter/\">\u003cem>for the newsletter from El Tecolote’s parent organization, Acción Latina\u003c/em>\u003c/a>\u003cem>.\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>SFGate’s \u003c/strong>\u003ca href=\"https://www.sfgate.com/sf-culture/article/sf-underrated-venue-closes-10-20025871.php\">\u003cstrong>Fogcutter\u003c/strong>\u003c/a>\u003cstrong> column\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>SFGate began \u003ca href=\"https://www.sfgate.com/sf-culture/article/sf-underrated-venue-closes-10-20025871.php\">Fogcutter\u003c/a> as a weekly column “tracking the coolest events in the Bay Area,” from concerts and restaurants to hikes, bars and comedy.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12022569\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 1999px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12022569\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/240723-DIYMuseum-17-BL_qed.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1999\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/240723-DIYMuseum-17-BL_qed.jpg 1999w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/240723-DIYMuseum-17-BL_qed-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/240723-DIYMuseum-17-BL_qed-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/240723-DIYMuseum-17-BL_qed-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/240723-DIYMuseum-17-BL_qed-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/240723-DIYMuseum-17-BL_qed-1920x1280.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1999px) 100vw, 1999px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Members of the DIY Museum meet at the Crisis Club Gallery in Oakland on July 23, 2024. \u003ccite>(Beth 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"content": "\u003cp>Colorful sneakers are lined up at booths, tables and tarps as sneaker heads milled through the Santa Clara Convention Center for the 15th anniversary of Sneaker Con.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Shoe lovers from all over the Bay Area, and beyond, came out to buy, sell and get their sneakers autographed at “The Greatest Sneaker Show on Earth.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“It’s a big family,” said Juan Ruedas, 36, who traveled seven hours by bus with his son for the convention. “Everybody supports everybody.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Ruedas said he likes looking for sneakers as a hobby, because it’s something he can do with his son. 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Attendees can buy, sell, and trade with collectors from around the country. \u003ccite>(Beth LaBerge/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Anthony Perez, from Fremont, says he got started in the sneaker community at a young age through thrifting and selling. “We didn’t have a lot growing up,” he said. “Having nice, expensive shoes wasn’t really feasible.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>He joined a Facebook group with other sneakerheads and said he would thrift and trade to get better ones — riding up and down BART in the East Bay.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Perez echoes Ruedas saying Bay Area sneaker fans are a real community. He likes being among others in the sneaker community who are able to talk about different aspects of sneaker history.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Picking up a red shoe, Perez explained that it’s a $300 shoe from 2018, adding “sneakerheads know that.” Perez brought 250 pairs of shoes, but his company has closer to 2000, he said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12019552\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12019552\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/12/241221-SneakerCon-05-BL.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/12/241221-SneakerCon-05-BL.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/12/241221-SneakerCon-05-BL-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/12/241221-SneakerCon-05-BL-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/12/241221-SneakerCon-05-BL-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/12/241221-SneakerCon-05-BL-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/12/241221-SneakerCon-05-BL-1920x1280.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Jose Angeles poses for a portrait at Sneaker Con Bay Area at the Santa Clara Convention Center on Dec. 21, 2024. Attendees can buy, sell, and trade with collectors from around the country. \u003ccite>(Beth LaBerge/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12019557\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12019557\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/12/241221-SneakerCon-20-BL.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/12/241221-SneakerCon-20-BL.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/12/241221-SneakerCon-20-BL-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/12/241221-SneakerCon-20-BL-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/12/241221-SneakerCon-20-BL-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/12/241221-SneakerCon-20-BL-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/12/241221-SneakerCon-20-BL-1920x1280.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Bobby Jackson holds a shoe called Lovers and Friends from the Black Love collection during Sneaker Con Bay Area at the Santa Clara Convention Center on Dec. 21, 2024. Jackson said the shoe celebrates the extra love during Black History Month and people coming together. \u003ccite>(Beth LaBerge/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>At a nearby booth, \u003ca href=\"https://www.instagram.com/twojskicks/?hl=en\">Jaysse Lopez\u003c/a>, from Las Vegas, is being asked to pose for photos. Lopez said his foray into sneakers changed his life. He went from “showering in fountains at Caesars Palace” and working there, to owning a store, he said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12019558\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 1920px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12019558\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/12/241221-SneakerCon-Diptych.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1280\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/12/241221-SneakerCon-Diptych.jpg 1920w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/12/241221-SneakerCon-Diptych-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/12/241221-SneakerCon-Diptych-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/12/241221-SneakerCon-Diptych-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/12/241221-SneakerCon-Diptych-1536x1024.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1920px) 100vw, 1920px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Left: Anthony Vargas, from San Francisco, poses for a photo with former professional baseball player Jose Conseco during Sneaker Con Bay Area at the Santa Clara Convention Center on Dec. 21, 2024. Right: Vargas holds a baseball card signed by Conseco. \u003ccite>(Beth LaBerge/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12019562\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12019562\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/12/241221-SneakerCon-26-BL.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/12/241221-SneakerCon-26-BL.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/12/241221-SneakerCon-26-BL-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/12/241221-SneakerCon-26-BL-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/12/241221-SneakerCon-26-BL-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/12/241221-SneakerCon-26-BL-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/12/241221-SneakerCon-26-BL-1920x1280.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Sang Yu holds a Nike Grateful Dead Dunk at his booth, One Punch Panda, during Sneaker Con Bay Area at the Santa Clara Convention Center on Dec. 21, 2024. Yu also works with the non-profit Aaron & Marvin’s House of Sneakers to give away shoes to youth in the Bay Area. \u003ccite>(Beth LaBerge/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>He’s the founder of \u003ca href=\"https://urbannecessities.com/\">Urban Necessities\u003c/a> and though he no longer owns a store, he now travels around with Sneaker Con. “I’ve done almost 200 shows,” he said. He’s also the subject of a documentary called \u003ca href=\"https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qfWHhIAdnw4\">\u003cem>Sole Survivor\u003c/em>\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>At his booth he has several pairs of sneakers in clear boxes, including the Paris Dunk. Lopez says it came out nearly 20 years ago. “This is a promo sample,” he said. “This is a six figure shoe.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12019553\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12019553\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/12/241221-SneakerCon-09-BL.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/12/241221-SneakerCon-09-BL.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/12/241221-SneakerCon-09-BL-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/12/241221-SneakerCon-09-BL-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/12/241221-SneakerCon-09-BL-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/12/241221-SneakerCon-09-BL-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/12/241221-SneakerCon-09-BL-1920x1280.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Haley Carson washes an Air Jordan 10 Retro ‘Tinker’ sneaker with Kika Cleaner, a shoe cleaner, at Sneaker Con Bay Area at the Santa Clara Convention Center on Dec. 21, 2024. \u003ccite>(Beth LaBerge/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12019551\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12019551\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/12/241221-SneakerCon-02-BL.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/12/241221-SneakerCon-02-BL.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/12/241221-SneakerCon-02-BL-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/12/241221-SneakerCon-02-BL-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/12/241221-SneakerCon-02-BL-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/12/241221-SneakerCon-02-BL-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/12/241221-SneakerCon-02-BL-1920x1280.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Brady Barraclough works at a booth for Fire Kicks Bay Area during Sneaker Con Bay Area at the Santa Clara Convention Center on Dec. 21, 2024. Attendees can buy, sell, and trade with collectors from around the country. \u003ccite>(Beth LaBerge/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>\u003cem>KQED’s Maria Fernanda Bernal contributed to this report.\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n",
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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003cp>Colorful sneakers are lined up at booths, tables and tarps as sneaker heads milled through the Santa Clara Convention Center for the 15th anniversary of Sneaker Con.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Shoe lovers from all over the Bay Area, and beyond, came out to buy, sell and get their sneakers autographed at “The Greatest Sneaker Show on Earth.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“It’s a big family,” said Juan Ruedas, 36, who traveled seven hours by bus with his son for the convention. “Everybody supports everybody.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Ruedas said he likes looking for sneakers as a hobby, because it’s something he can do with his son. They left the rest of the family at home in the San Gabriel Valley this weekend to explore the convention.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12019563\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12019563\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/12/241221-SneakerCon-27-BL.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/12/241221-SneakerCon-27-BL.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/12/241221-SneakerCon-27-BL-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/12/241221-SneakerCon-27-BL-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/12/241221-SneakerCon-27-BL-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/12/241221-SneakerCon-27-BL-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/12/241221-SneakerCon-27-BL-1920x1280.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Aaron Chen (left) and Calvin Wu carry boxes of shoes during Sneaker Con Bay Area at the Santa Clara Convention Center on Dec. 21, 2024. \u003ccite>(Beth LaBerge/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12019559\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12019559\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/12/241221-SneakerCon-22-BL.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/12/241221-SneakerCon-22-BL.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/12/241221-SneakerCon-22-BL-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/12/241221-SneakerCon-22-BL-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/12/241221-SneakerCon-22-BL-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/12/241221-SneakerCon-22-BL-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/12/241221-SneakerCon-22-BL-1920x1280.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Attendees buy, sell, and trade sneakers with collectors from around the country at Sneaker Con Bay Area at the Santa Clara Convention Center on Dec. 21, 2024. \u003ccite>(Beth LaBerge/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12019554\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12019554\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/12/241221-SneakerCon-11-BL.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/12/241221-SneakerCon-11-BL.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/12/241221-SneakerCon-11-BL-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/12/241221-SneakerCon-11-BL-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/12/241221-SneakerCon-11-BL-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/12/241221-SneakerCon-11-BL-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/12/241221-SneakerCon-11-BL-1920x1280.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Atiyah Brinson talks with a shopper at the booth All Star Finds during Sneaker Con Bay Area at the Santa Clara Convention Center on Dec. 21, 2024. Attendees can buy, sell, and trade with collectors from around the country. \u003ccite>(Beth LaBerge/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Anthony Perez, from Fremont, says he got started in the sneaker community at a young age through thrifting and selling. “We didn’t have a lot growing up,” he said. “Having nice, expensive shoes wasn’t really feasible.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>He joined a Facebook group with other sneakerheads and said he would thrift and trade to get better ones — riding up and down BART in the East Bay.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Perez echoes Ruedas saying Bay Area sneaker fans are a real community. He likes being among others in the sneaker community who are able to talk about different aspects of sneaker history.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Picking up a red shoe, Perez explained that it’s a $300 shoe from 2018, adding “sneakerheads know that.” Perez brought 250 pairs of shoes, but his company has closer to 2000, he said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12019552\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12019552\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/12/241221-SneakerCon-05-BL.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/12/241221-SneakerCon-05-BL.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/12/241221-SneakerCon-05-BL-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/12/241221-SneakerCon-05-BL-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/12/241221-SneakerCon-05-BL-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/12/241221-SneakerCon-05-BL-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/12/241221-SneakerCon-05-BL-1920x1280.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Jose Angeles poses for a portrait at Sneaker Con Bay Area at the Santa Clara Convention Center on Dec. 21, 2024. Attendees can buy, sell, and trade with collectors from around the country. \u003ccite>(Beth LaBerge/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12019557\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12019557\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/12/241221-SneakerCon-20-BL.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/12/241221-SneakerCon-20-BL.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/12/241221-SneakerCon-20-BL-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/12/241221-SneakerCon-20-BL-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/12/241221-SneakerCon-20-BL-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/12/241221-SneakerCon-20-BL-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/12/241221-SneakerCon-20-BL-1920x1280.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Bobby Jackson holds a shoe called Lovers and Friends from the Black Love collection during Sneaker Con Bay Area at the Santa Clara Convention Center on Dec. 21, 2024. Jackson said the shoe celebrates the extra love during Black History Month and people coming together. \u003ccite>(Beth LaBerge/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>At a nearby booth, \u003ca href=\"https://www.instagram.com/twojskicks/?hl=en\">Jaysse Lopez\u003c/a>, from Las Vegas, is being asked to pose for photos. Lopez said his foray into sneakers changed his life. He went from “showering in fountains at Caesars Palace” and working there, to owning a store, he said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12019558\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 1920px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12019558\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/12/241221-SneakerCon-Diptych.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1280\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/12/241221-SneakerCon-Diptych.jpg 1920w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/12/241221-SneakerCon-Diptych-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/12/241221-SneakerCon-Diptych-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/12/241221-SneakerCon-Diptych-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/12/241221-SneakerCon-Diptych-1536x1024.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1920px) 100vw, 1920px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Left: Anthony Vargas, from San Francisco, poses for a photo with former professional baseball player Jose Conseco during Sneaker Con Bay Area at the Santa Clara Convention Center on Dec. 21, 2024. 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Thank you.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Henderson was inducted into the National Baseball Hall of Fame in 2009.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>A player known for his flash and style, Henderson could frequently be seen making snap catches in the outfield, or starting a swaggerful, wide trot to first base after hitting a home run.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Howard Bryant, a prominent sports journalist who wrote the 2022 book that dove into Henderson’s life titled \u003cem>Rickey: The Life and Legend of an American Original\u003c/em>, said Henderson was “one of the greatest of all time,” and the greatest leadoff hitter of all time. Henderson also set and holds the record for most leadoff home runs.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“The style in which he played, the confidence, just the fearlessness with which he played baseball … he was just such a unique player who could do anything he wanted on a baseball field and you couldn’t keep your eyes off him,” Bryant said \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12006231/how-oakland-style-empowered-as-great-rickey-henderson-and-other-athletes\">during an interview\u003c/a> with KQED’s Brian Watt earlier this year.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Across a 25-season career, Henderson played for nine different clubs, including 14 seasons in Oakland over four different stints, as well as several seasons with the New York Yankees.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>https://youtu.be/ivV8uc0-tkk?si=3KSB6jGUMPexQExt\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>He won two World Series titles, including one in Oakland in 1989 over the San Francisco Giants. The series was a four game sweep for Oakland, but was interrupted by the deadly Loma Prieta earthquake, which occurred during game three of the series. He won a second title in 1993 with the Toronto Blue Jays.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In a statement Saturday, the A’s said “[Henderson] was undoubtedly the most legendary player in Oakland history and made an indelible mark on generations of A’s fans over his 14 seasons wearing the Green and Gold.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Born in Chicago, Henderson spent most of his childhood in Oakland, after he moved to The Town with his mother.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>A great athlete from a young age, Henderson grew up wanting to be a running back for the Oakland Raiders. 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The Spartans were 14–6.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The controversy didn’t end during the Mountain West tournament.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Boise State, which twice boycotted regular-season matches with San José State, \u003ca href=\"https://apnews.com/article/san-jose-state-boise-state-mountain-west-volleyball-e568628c57805bb26f1be1fdf8f1e7a7?utm_source=copy&utm_medium=share\">pulled out of the conference tournament\u003c/a> on Wednesday night, hours after it defeated Utah State to secure a spot against the Spartans in Friday’s semifinals.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>While the Broncos didn’t announce explicitly why they withdrew, a \u003ca href=\"https://apnews.com/article/san-jose-state-colorado-state-volleyball-title-ix-9f5e4f5642c2fe2a07cf3ff048bc9730\">lawsuit was recently filed\u003c/a> in Colorado by players from various schools against the conference and San José State officials calling for a Spartans player to be blocked from participating in the tournament. They cited unspecified reports asserting there was a transgender player on the San José State volleyball team, even naming her.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>U.S. Magistrate Judge S. 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Nevada’s players said they “refuse to participate in any match that advances injustice against female athletes,” without providing further details.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>While some media have reported those and other details, San José State has not confirmed the school has a trans women’s volleyball player. The Associated Press is withholding the player’s name because she has not publicly commented on her gender identity and through school officials has declined an interview request.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Participation of transgender women in women’s sports became a hot political topic ahead of the recent election.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Though there were two protestors outside of Cox Pavilion on Friday, none were there Saturday. There also were no noticeable signs of hostility directed from the crowd of about 100 in the championship match.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Original story, 8:18 a.m. Saturday:\u003c/strong> Colorado State coach Emily Kohan said her team will take the floor rather than become the latest team to forfeit against San José State after the top-seeded Rams advanced to the Mountain West volleyball tournament final on Friday.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>An automatic bid to the 64-team NCAA Tournament is on the line in Saturday’s final.[aside tag=\"transgender, sports\" label=\"More Related Stories\"]Colorado State made the final by beating fifth-seeded San Diego State 20–25, 25–23, 25–21, 25–23.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Boise State, which twice boycotted regular-season matches with San José State, \u003ca href=\"https://apnews.com/article/san-jose-state-boise-state-mountain-west-volleyball-e568628c57805bb26f1be1fdf8f1e7a7\">pulled out of the conference tournament\u003c/a> on Wednesday night, hours after it defeated Utah State to secure a spot against the Spartans in Friday’s semifinals.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>While the Broncos didn’t announce explicitly why they withdrew, a \u003ca href=\"https://apnews.com/article/san-jose-state-colorado-state-volleyball-title-ix-9f5e4f5642c2fe2a07cf3ff048bc9730\">lawsuit was recently filed\u003c/a> in Colorado by players from various schools against the conference and San José State officials calling for a Spartans player to be blocked from participating in the tournament. 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I also think regardless of your opinion on it, there’s some room here to acknowledge that there’s been a lot of young people showing courage all season long.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“This can stop with us. We’re not going to pass these difficult conversations on to the NCAA committee or any other team to have those crying conversations in the hotel.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>San José State, which received six forfeit victories \u003ca href=\"https://apnews.com/article/san-jose-state-volleyball-transgender-forfeit-3481bc5bfd68ad9aecef9cff7f497465\">because of boycotts\u003c/a> from opponents during the regular season, is seeded second in the conference tournament and received a first-round bye.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Boise State was the latest school to forfeit. 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The Associated Press is withholding the player’s name because she has not publicly commented on her gender identity and through school officials has declined an interview request.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Participation of transgender women in women’s sports became a hot political topic ahead of the recent election.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Two protestors from Davis, California, stood outside Cox Pavilion before and during the Colorado State-San Diego State semifinal match on Friday. They supported those teams that forfeited matches against San José State, arguing the Spartans had an unfair athletic advantage.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n",
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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003cp>Boise State, which twice boycotted regular-season matches with San José State, pulled out of the Mountain West women’s volleyball tournament Wednesday night even after securing a spot in the semifinals against the Spartans.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>San José State, which received six forfeit victories \u003ca href=\"https://apnews.com/article/san-jose-state-volleyball-transgender-forfeit-3481bc5bfd68ad9aecef9cff7f497465\">because of boycotts\u003c/a> from Mountain West opponents, is seeded second in the conference tournament and received a first-round bye. Now the Spartans will advance all the way to Saturday’s championship match rather than take the court Friday.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Boise State released a statement that read: “The decision to not continue to play in the 2024 Mountain West Volleyball Championship tournament was not an easy one. Our team overcame forfeitures to earn a spot in the tournament field and fought for the win over Utah State in the first round on Wednesday. They should not have to forgo this opportunity while waiting for a more thoughtful and better system that serves all athletes.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>San José State issued a statement to KQED news that read: “In this time of Thanksgiving, we are especially thankful for those who continue to engage in civil and respectful discourse. We celebrate and support all of our students, including our student-athletes as they compete for our community on this holiday weekend. While we are disappointed in Boise State’s decision, our women’s volleyball team is preparing for Saturday’s match and looks forward to competing for a championship.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Boise State’s announcement came hours after the Broncos defeated Utah State 25–19, 18–25, 25–20, 25–23 in the quarterfinals.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003c/div>",
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"content": "\u003cp>\u003cem>Updated 11:40 a.m. Tuesday\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>A federal appeals court on Tuesday upheld a judge’s decision not to ban a \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/tag/san-jose-state-university\">San José State\u003c/a> volleyball player from this week’s Mountain West Conference tournament, the latest turn in a case that has thrust the university into a nationwide debate over transgender athletes in women’s sports.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The suit filed by Spartans co-captain Brooke Slusser, among others, targeted a player on the team who plaintiffs say is transgender. They argued that letting her play would be sex discrimination, but U.S. District Judge S. Kato Crews on Monday denied their request for an injunction, citing a 2020 Supreme Court ruling noting that federal laws against sex discrimination bar discrimination based on gender identity.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Crews also said the plaintiffs should have filed earlier and did not show that they would suffer irreparable harm from the SJSU athlete playing in the Mountain West tournament, which begins Wednesday.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Slusser and the other plaintiffs immediately filed an emergency appeal, but one day later, the 10th Circuit Court of Appeals agreed with Crews.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Plaintiffs’ claims appear to present a substantial question and may have merit,” the appeals court said in its ruling. “But plaintiffs have not established clear entitlement to relief, and however potentially meritorious, their showing does not rise to the level of clear entitlement under the appropriate standards.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12015196\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12015196\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/11/241120-TransgenderAthletes-01.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/11/241120-TransgenderAthletes-01.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/11/241120-TransgenderAthletes-01-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/11/241120-TransgenderAthletes-01-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/11/241120-TransgenderAthletes-01-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/11/241120-TransgenderAthletes-01-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/11/241120-TransgenderAthletes-01-1920x1280.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">The San José State Spartans volleyball team prepares for the serve from their opponents, the University of New Mexico Lobos, at their home game on Nov. 2, 2024. \u003ccite>(Natalia Navarro/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Civil rights experts had said keeping the player out of the tournament would violate the federal law, Title IX, which \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11936552/how-new-title-ix-rules-could-affect-californias-transgender-and-nonbinary-students\">prohibits sex-based discrimination\u003c/a> and sexual harassment in educational settings.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Trans students have protections under Title IX, and they have protections under the Constitution’s equal protection guarantee,” said Shiwali Patel, senior director of safe and inclusive schools at the National Women’s Law Center. “It’s just kind of one tactic that we’ve seen extremists apply in trying to exclude trans people from civil rights protections.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Because the SJSU player being targeted in this lawsuit has never spoken publicly about her gender identity, KQED is not identifying her.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In a statement on Monday, the university said it “will continue to support its student-athletes and reject discrimination in all forms.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“All San José State University student-athletes are eligible to participate in their sports under NCAA and Mountain West Conference rules,” the statement said. “We are gratified that the Court rejected an eleventh-hour attempt to change those rules.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12015197\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12015197\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/11/241120-TransgenderAthletes-02.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/11/241120-TransgenderAthletes-02.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/11/241120-TransgenderAthletes-02-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/11/241120-TransgenderAthletes-02-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/11/241120-TransgenderAthletes-02-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/11/241120-TransgenderAthletes-02-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/11/241120-TransgenderAthletes-02-1920x1280.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">San José State University students (from left) Javier Ruiz, Ollie Harter and Louie McDonough hold handmade signs supporting the Spartans Volleyball team at their game in San Jose on Nov. 2, 2024. \u003ccite>(Natalia Navarro/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>This lawsuit is just the latest legal action involving the SJSU volleyball team. Slusser is also a plaintiff in another suit challenging a NCAA policy that allows trans women to play under some circumstances.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Since Slusser joined that suit led by former University of Kentucky swimmer and anti-trans activist Riley Gaines, four teams have \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12007485/san-jose-state-volleyball-faces-wave-of-forfeits-in-apparent-protest-over-transgender-athlete\">refused to play the Spartans\u003c/a> in apparent solidarity with Slusser.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The anti-trans advocacy group ICONS funds both lawsuits and claims that trans women have an unfair advantage that puts other players in danger of injury.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>There’s no evidence that transgender women who medically transition have any universal athletic advantages over their cisgender counterparts.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The lawsuits and forfeits have drawn the attention of conservative media outlets, in particular, and have fired up Republicans, including President-elect Donald Trump. Speaking on Fox News in October, he said he plans to ban all transgender women from competing in women’s sports.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12015199\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12015199\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/11/241120-TransgenderAthletes-03.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/11/241120-TransgenderAthletes-03.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/11/241120-TransgenderAthletes-03-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/11/241120-TransgenderAthletes-03-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/11/241120-TransgenderAthletes-03-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/11/241120-TransgenderAthletes-03-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/11/241120-TransgenderAthletes-03-1920x1280.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">The San José State Spartans volleyball team greets their opponents, the University of New Mexico Lobos, before playing their home game on Nov. 2, 2024. \u003ccite>(Natalia Navarro/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>The controversy is being mirrored in secondary school athletics. Stone Ridge Christian High School in Merced could face sanctions from California’s high school sports governing body after it forfeited a playoff girls’ volleyball game on Saturday against San Francisco Waldorf.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Everything we do at Stone Ridge Christian Academy reflects Biblical truth,” Julie Fagundes, campus administrator at Stone Ridge Christian Academy, said in an emailed statement. “Girls must compete against girls in sports because that is how God created us and SRC will not be complicit in a false message about sex.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Fagundes sent a letter to parents claiming Waldorf has “a male athlete playing for their team.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“It is really, really hurtful, I think, to take such a tiny little minority community and target them cruelly and attempting to ban them from accessing things that not just that they enjoy, but that actually help them develop into better people,” said Honey Mahogany, director of San Francisco’s Office of Transgender Initiatives.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The California Interscholastic Federation has a policy stating all students are permitted to participate in gender-separated sports.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[aside postID=news_12007485 hero='https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/10/SanJoseStateUniversityGetty1-1020x573.jpg']\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>San Francisco Waldorf has not responded to requests for comment.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Advocates for civil rights and trans inclusion say there is an essential flaw in arguments that excluding trans athletes protects the rights and safety of women and girls.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“You can actually go to Riley Gaines’ Twitter, and she’ll specifically say that it was never about [competitive] advantages,” said independent journalist Erin Reed, who covers anti-trans legislation nationwide. “And that’s why you see bans in things like chess and darts and fishing. It’s not because of any sort of hypothetical advantage that a trans person might have. It’s because it’s all about exclusion, period.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Patel is concerned that the bans sought by these lawsuits and politicians like Trump will actually put cisgender women and girls more at risk.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“That really contradicts Title IX’s broad purpose and does nothing to protect gender equity in sports, and instead subjects women and girls to more harm, to gender policing, to scrutiny as to whether or not they are a ‘real woman or girl,’” Patel said. “And we’ve seen, especially from professional sports, the impact on Black and brown women and girls.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>For example, this summer, a Utah high school athletics association \u003ca href=\"https://apnews.com/article/sports-education-utah-school-athletics-government-and-politics-dc6451adde255f47e31229f502f773ad\">secretly investigated a female athlete\u003c/a> — without notifying her or her parents — over questions about whether she was transgender.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Meanwhile, more than 20 states have laws banning transgender students from participating in sports consistent with their gender identity.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad floatright]\u003c/p>\n",
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