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prize,” he said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11993349\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003ca href=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/07/240708-WILLIEMAYSCELEBRATION-129-BL-KQED.jpg\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-11993349\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/07/240708-WILLIEMAYSCELEBRATION-129-BL-KQED.jpg\" alt=\"A video board at a baseball stadium showing a Black man in a suit talking.\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/07/240708-WILLIEMAYSCELEBRATION-129-BL-KQED.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/07/240708-WILLIEMAYSCELEBRATION-129-BL-KQED-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/07/240708-WILLIEMAYSCELEBRATION-129-BL-KQED-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/07/240708-WILLIEMAYSCELEBRATION-129-BL-KQED-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/07/240708-WILLIEMAYSCELEBRATION-129-BL-KQED-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/07/240708-WILLIEMAYSCELEBRATION-129-BL-KQED-1920x1280.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Former US president Barack Obama speaks during a prerecorded video. \u003ccite>(Beth LaBerge/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Former President Barack Obama, who presented Mays with the Medal of Freedom at the White House in 2015, recorded a message that played on the video board celebrating Mays’ life and contributions to the sport.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11993335\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003ca href=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/07/240708-WILLIEMAYSCELEBRATION-017-BL-KQED.jpg\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-11993335\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/07/240708-WILLIEMAYSCELEBRATION-017-BL-KQED.jpg\" alt=\"People walk through a corridor with two TV screens showing an image of three baseball players.\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/07/240708-WILLIEMAYSCELEBRATION-017-BL-KQED.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/07/240708-WILLIEMAYSCELEBRATION-017-BL-KQED-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/07/240708-WILLIEMAYSCELEBRATION-017-BL-KQED-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/07/240708-WILLIEMAYSCELEBRATION-017-BL-KQED-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/07/240708-WILLIEMAYSCELEBRATION-017-BL-KQED-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/07/240708-WILLIEMAYSCELEBRATION-017-BL-KQED-1920x1280.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Fans enter the stadium during a Celebration of Life for Willie Mays. \u003ccite>(Beth LaBerge/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11993341\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003ca href=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/07/240708-WILLIEMAYSCELEBRATION-065-BL-KQED.jpg\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-11993341\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/07/240708-WILLIEMAYSCELEBRATION-065-BL-KQED.jpg\" alt=\"A white man wearing a hat and sun glasses salutes while others in the crowd stand with hats on their chests.\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/07/240708-WILLIEMAYSCELEBRATION-065-BL-KQED.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/07/240708-WILLIEMAYSCELEBRATION-065-BL-KQED-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/07/240708-WILLIEMAYSCELEBRATION-065-BL-KQED-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/07/240708-WILLIEMAYSCELEBRATION-065-BL-KQED-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/07/240708-WILLIEMAYSCELEBRATION-065-BL-KQED-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/07/240708-WILLIEMAYSCELEBRATION-065-BL-KQED-1920x1280.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Veterans salute during military honors for Willie Mays’ time served in the US Army and a presentation of an American flag to his son Michael Mays. \u003ccite>(Beth LaBerge/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>From noon to 4 p.m., members of the public were also invited to see an exhibit of rarely seen photographs, artifacts and video chronicling Mays’ life. Several fans sported Giants No. 24 jerseys at the gathering while veterans in the crowd saluted Mays when military officials honored his service in the Korean War, as “Taps” played.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11993353\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 1920px\">\u003ca href=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/07/240708-WillieMaysCelebration-121-BL.jpg\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-11993353\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/07/240708-WillieMaysCelebration-121-BL.jpg\" alt=\"A white man wearing a black baseball cap and woman wearing a white hat clap in their seats.\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1280\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/07/240708-WillieMaysCelebration-121-BL.jpg 1920w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/07/240708-WillieMaysCelebration-121-BL-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/07/240708-WillieMaysCelebration-121-BL-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/07/240708-WillieMaysCelebration-121-BL-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/07/240708-WillieMaysCelebration-121-BL-1536x1024.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1920px) 100vw, 1920px\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Clark Hancock, 73, claps during a Celebration of Life for Willie Mays. Hancock traveled from Las Vegas for the celebration. \u003ccite>(Beth LaBerge/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Mays awed his fans with his showmanship and trailblazing talent. Among them was Clark Hancock, who traveled from Nevada to San Francisco for Monday’s event.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“He’s just an amazing guy,” said Hancock. “When he started out, there was segregation, he was from Alabama … but he went through a lot.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11993350\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003ca href=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/07/240708-WILLIEMAYSCELEBRATION-143-BL-KQED.jpg\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-11993350\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/07/240708-WILLIEMAYSCELEBRATION-143-BL-KQED.jpg\" alt=\"A Black man wearing a business suit speaks at a podium.\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/07/240708-WILLIEMAYSCELEBRATION-143-BL-KQED.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/07/240708-WILLIEMAYSCELEBRATION-143-BL-KQED-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/07/240708-WILLIEMAYSCELEBRATION-143-BL-KQED-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/07/240708-WILLIEMAYSCELEBRATION-143-BL-KQED-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/07/240708-WILLIEMAYSCELEBRATION-143-BL-KQED-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/07/240708-WILLIEMAYSCELEBRATION-143-BL-KQED-1920x1280.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Michael Mays, son of Willie Mays, speaks to fans and guests at Oracle Park. \u003ccite>(Beth LaBerge/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>The San Francisco Giants baseball legend known as the “Say Hey Kid” is regarded by many as the greatest all-around baseball player ever. But he may be remembered most for his magic playing center field, iconized most famously in the play known as “The Catch.” Mays, playing in the 1954 World Series for the New York Giants, chased down a fly ball, and caught it over his shoulder with his back to the diamond.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11993344\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003ca href=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/07/240708-WILLIEMAYSCELEBRATION-085-BL-KQED.jpg\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-11993344\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/07/240708-WILLIEMAYSCELEBRATION-085-BL-KQED.jpg\" alt=\"A white woman wearing a hat and a baseball jersey sits among a crowd of people.\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/07/240708-WILLIEMAYSCELEBRATION-085-BL-KQED.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/07/240708-WILLIEMAYSCELEBRATION-085-BL-KQED-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/07/240708-WILLIEMAYSCELEBRATION-085-BL-KQED-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/07/240708-WILLIEMAYSCELEBRATION-085-BL-KQED-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/07/240708-WILLIEMAYSCELEBRATION-085-BL-KQED-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/07/240708-WILLIEMAYSCELEBRATION-085-BL-KQED-1920x1280.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Fans listen to former San Francisco Mayor Willie Brown speak. \u003ccite>(Beth LaBerge/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>[aside postID=\"news_11991060\" label=\"Related Story\"]Born Willie Howard Mays, Jr. in 1931 in Westfield, Alabama, he played for the Birmingham Black Barons in the old Negro Leagues before joining the New York Giants in 1951, four years after Jackie Robinson broke baseball’s color barrier. When the Giants and Dodgers moved from New York to California in 1958, Mays was a face of Major League Baseball’s westward expansion.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11993340\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003ca href=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/07/240708-WILLIEMAYSCELEBRATION-057-BL-KQED.jpg\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-11993340\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/07/240708-WILLIEMAYSCELEBRATION-057-BL-KQED.jpg\" alt=\"A Black man bows his head while seated in a crowd.\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/07/240708-WILLIEMAYSCELEBRATION-057-BL-KQED.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/07/240708-WILLIEMAYSCELEBRATION-057-BL-KQED-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/07/240708-WILLIEMAYSCELEBRATION-057-BL-KQED-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/07/240708-WILLIEMAYSCELEBRATION-057-BL-KQED-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/07/240708-WILLIEMAYSCELEBRATION-057-BL-KQED-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/07/240708-WILLIEMAYSCELEBRATION-057-BL-KQED-1920x1280.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Tariq Jackson bows his head during a recorded prayer by Rev. Bill Greason. \u003ccite>(Beth LaBerge/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11993346\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003ca href=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/07/240708-WILLIEMAYSCELEBRATION-100-BL-KQED.jpg\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-11993346\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/07/240708-WILLIEMAYSCELEBRATION-100-BL-KQED.jpg\" alt='A man wearing a white shirt with an illustration of a baseball player and the name \"Willie Mays\" on the back.' width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/07/240708-WILLIEMAYSCELEBRATION-100-BL-KQED.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/07/240708-WILLIEMAYSCELEBRATION-100-BL-KQED-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/07/240708-WILLIEMAYSCELEBRATION-100-BL-KQED-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/07/240708-WILLIEMAYSCELEBRATION-100-BL-KQED-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/07/240708-WILLIEMAYSCELEBRATION-100-BL-KQED-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/07/240708-WILLIEMAYSCELEBRATION-100-BL-KQED-1920x1280.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">A fan wears a Mays shirt during a Celebration of Life for the San Francisco Giants Hall of Famer. \u003ccite>(Beth LaBerge/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Mays was known for playing hard and all the time. He rarely missed games. A few times, he collapsed from exhaustion. He is also remembered for making peace in the clubhouse, keeping the focus on the baseball and making everyone feel welcome.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11993345\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003ca href=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/07/240708-WILLIEMAYSCELEBRATION-086-BL-KQED.jpg\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-11993345\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/07/240708-WILLIEMAYSCELEBRATION-086-BL-KQED.jpg\" alt=\"Two hands hold a picture of a Black baseball player.\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/07/240708-WILLIEMAYSCELEBRATION-086-BL-KQED.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/07/240708-WILLIEMAYSCELEBRATION-086-BL-KQED-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/07/240708-WILLIEMAYSCELEBRATION-086-BL-KQED-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/07/240708-WILLIEMAYSCELEBRATION-086-BL-KQED-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/07/240708-WILLIEMAYSCELEBRATION-086-BL-KQED-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/07/240708-WILLIEMAYSCELEBRATION-086-BL-KQED-1920x1280.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">A fan holds a memorial card for Willie Mays. \u003ccite>(Beth LaBerge/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>In a statement after May’s passing, San Francisco Mayor London Breed said, “To a native San Franciscan, some things just go without question: it’s foggy in the summer, cable cars go halfway to the stars, and Willie Mays is the best there ever was.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cem>KQED’s María Fernanda Bernal contributed reporting to this story.\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\n",
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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003cp>A public memorial to celebrate the life of San Francisco Giants legend and Hall of Famer Willie Mays was held Monday at Oracle Park with over 4,500 people in attendance, including former President Bill Clinton.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11993348\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003ca href=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/07/240708-WILLIEMAYSCELEBRATION-122-BL-KQED.jpg\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-11993348\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/07/240708-WILLIEMAYSCELEBRATION-122-BL-KQED.jpg\" alt=\"Several men dressed in suits stand on a stage next to a podium with a large bouquet of orange flowers on the left side.\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/07/240708-WILLIEMAYSCELEBRATION-122-BL-KQED.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/07/240708-WILLIEMAYSCELEBRATION-122-BL-KQED-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/07/240708-WILLIEMAYSCELEBRATION-122-BL-KQED-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/07/240708-WILLIEMAYSCELEBRATION-122-BL-KQED-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/07/240708-WILLIEMAYSCELEBRATION-122-BL-KQED-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/07/240708-WILLIEMAYSCELEBRATION-122-BL-KQED-1920x1280.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">(From left) Dusty Baker, Felipe Alou, Joe Amalfitano, Juan Marichal and Jon Miller stand on stage during a Celebration of Life for Willie Mays, the San Francisco Giants Hall of Famer, at Oracle Park in San Francisco on July 8, 2024. \u003ccite>(Beth LaBerge/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Hall of Famers Reggie Jackson and Dennis Eckersley, former San Francisco Giants players Buster Posey and Johnnie B. “Dusty” Baker Jr. as well as four San Francisco mayors, including Mayor London Breed, showed up to the celebration.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Mays, who played 21 seasons with the Giants and racked up 660 home runs and 338 stolen bases, died June 18 at the age of 93. He was a two-time MVP, a 24-time All-Star, won 12 Gold Glove Awards in Center Field, and was inducted in the Hall of Fame in 1979.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11993352\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003ca href=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/07/240708-WILLIEMAYSCELEBRATION-166-BL-KQED.jpg\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-11993352\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/07/240708-WILLIEMAYSCELEBRATION-166-BL-KQED.jpg\" alt=\"A white man wearing a business suit shakes the hand of a man wearing a baseball uniform in a crowd of people at a baseball stadium.\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/07/240708-WILLIEMAYSCELEBRATION-166-BL-KQED.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/07/240708-WILLIEMAYSCELEBRATION-166-BL-KQED-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/07/240708-WILLIEMAYSCELEBRATION-166-BL-KQED-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/07/240708-WILLIEMAYSCELEBRATION-166-BL-KQED-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/07/240708-WILLIEMAYSCELEBRATION-166-BL-KQED-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/07/240708-WILLIEMAYSCELEBRATION-166-BL-KQED-1920x1280.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Former US President Bill Clinton shakes hands with fans after a Celebration of Life for Willie Mays. \u003ccite>(Beth LaBerge/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>In his speech to the crowd, Clinton said Mays made him realize “what real greatness is.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“It’s a curious combination of intelligence, dedication, the will to win and a fundamental humility to believe that the effort is the prize,” he said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11993349\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003ca href=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/07/240708-WILLIEMAYSCELEBRATION-129-BL-KQED.jpg\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-11993349\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/07/240708-WILLIEMAYSCELEBRATION-129-BL-KQED.jpg\" alt=\"A video board at a baseball stadium showing a Black man in a suit talking.\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/07/240708-WILLIEMAYSCELEBRATION-129-BL-KQED.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/07/240708-WILLIEMAYSCELEBRATION-129-BL-KQED-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/07/240708-WILLIEMAYSCELEBRATION-129-BL-KQED-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/07/240708-WILLIEMAYSCELEBRATION-129-BL-KQED-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/07/240708-WILLIEMAYSCELEBRATION-129-BL-KQED-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/07/240708-WILLIEMAYSCELEBRATION-129-BL-KQED-1920x1280.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Former US president Barack Obama speaks during a prerecorded video. \u003ccite>(Beth LaBerge/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Former President Barack Obama, who presented Mays with the Medal of Freedom at the White House in 2015, recorded a message that played on the video board celebrating Mays’ life and contributions to the sport.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11993335\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003ca href=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/07/240708-WILLIEMAYSCELEBRATION-017-BL-KQED.jpg\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-11993335\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/07/240708-WILLIEMAYSCELEBRATION-017-BL-KQED.jpg\" alt=\"People walk through a corridor with two TV screens showing an image of three baseball players.\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/07/240708-WILLIEMAYSCELEBRATION-017-BL-KQED.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/07/240708-WILLIEMAYSCELEBRATION-017-BL-KQED-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/07/240708-WILLIEMAYSCELEBRATION-017-BL-KQED-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/07/240708-WILLIEMAYSCELEBRATION-017-BL-KQED-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/07/240708-WILLIEMAYSCELEBRATION-017-BL-KQED-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/07/240708-WILLIEMAYSCELEBRATION-017-BL-KQED-1920x1280.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Fans enter the stadium during a Celebration of Life for Willie Mays. \u003ccite>(Beth LaBerge/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11993341\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003ca href=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/07/240708-WILLIEMAYSCELEBRATION-065-BL-KQED.jpg\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-11993341\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/07/240708-WILLIEMAYSCELEBRATION-065-BL-KQED.jpg\" alt=\"A white man wearing a hat and sun glasses salutes while others in the crowd stand with hats on their chests.\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/07/240708-WILLIEMAYSCELEBRATION-065-BL-KQED.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/07/240708-WILLIEMAYSCELEBRATION-065-BL-KQED-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/07/240708-WILLIEMAYSCELEBRATION-065-BL-KQED-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/07/240708-WILLIEMAYSCELEBRATION-065-BL-KQED-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/07/240708-WILLIEMAYSCELEBRATION-065-BL-KQED-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/07/240708-WILLIEMAYSCELEBRATION-065-BL-KQED-1920x1280.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Veterans salute during military honors for Willie Mays’ time served in the US Army and a presentation of an American flag to his son Michael Mays. \u003ccite>(Beth LaBerge/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>From noon to 4 p.m., members of the public were also invited to see an exhibit of rarely seen photographs, artifacts and video chronicling Mays’ life. Several fans sported Giants No. 24 jerseys at the gathering while veterans in the crowd saluted Mays when military officials honored his service in the Korean War, as “Taps” played.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11993353\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 1920px\">\u003ca href=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/07/240708-WillieMaysCelebration-121-BL.jpg\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-11993353\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/07/240708-WillieMaysCelebration-121-BL.jpg\" alt=\"A white man wearing a black baseball cap and woman wearing a white hat clap in their seats.\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1280\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/07/240708-WillieMaysCelebration-121-BL.jpg 1920w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/07/240708-WillieMaysCelebration-121-BL-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/07/240708-WillieMaysCelebration-121-BL-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/07/240708-WillieMaysCelebration-121-BL-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/07/240708-WillieMaysCelebration-121-BL-1536x1024.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1920px) 100vw, 1920px\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Clark Hancock, 73, claps during a Celebration of Life for Willie Mays. Hancock traveled from Las Vegas for the celebration. \u003ccite>(Beth LaBerge/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Mays awed his fans with his showmanship and trailblazing talent. Among them was Clark Hancock, who traveled from Nevada to San Francisco for Monday’s event.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003c/div>",
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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“He’s just an amazing guy,” said Hancock. “When he started out, there was segregation, he was from Alabama … but he went through a lot.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11993350\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003ca href=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/07/240708-WILLIEMAYSCELEBRATION-143-BL-KQED.jpg\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-11993350\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/07/240708-WILLIEMAYSCELEBRATION-143-BL-KQED.jpg\" alt=\"A Black man wearing a business suit speaks at a podium.\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/07/240708-WILLIEMAYSCELEBRATION-143-BL-KQED.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/07/240708-WILLIEMAYSCELEBRATION-143-BL-KQED-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/07/240708-WILLIEMAYSCELEBRATION-143-BL-KQED-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/07/240708-WILLIEMAYSCELEBRATION-143-BL-KQED-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/07/240708-WILLIEMAYSCELEBRATION-143-BL-KQED-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/07/240708-WILLIEMAYSCELEBRATION-143-BL-KQED-1920x1280.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Michael Mays, son of Willie Mays, speaks to fans and guests at Oracle Park. \u003ccite>(Beth LaBerge/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>The San Francisco Giants baseball legend known as the “Say Hey Kid” is regarded by many as the greatest all-around baseball player ever. But he may be remembered most for his magic playing center field, iconized most famously in the play known as “The Catch.” Mays, playing in the 1954 World Series for the New York Giants, chased down a fly ball, and caught it over his shoulder with his back to the diamond.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11993344\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003ca href=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/07/240708-WILLIEMAYSCELEBRATION-085-BL-KQED.jpg\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-11993344\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/07/240708-WILLIEMAYSCELEBRATION-085-BL-KQED.jpg\" alt=\"A white woman wearing a hat and a baseball jersey sits among a crowd of people.\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/07/240708-WILLIEMAYSCELEBRATION-085-BL-KQED.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/07/240708-WILLIEMAYSCELEBRATION-085-BL-KQED-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/07/240708-WILLIEMAYSCELEBRATION-085-BL-KQED-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/07/240708-WILLIEMAYSCELEBRATION-085-BL-KQED-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/07/240708-WILLIEMAYSCELEBRATION-085-BL-KQED-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/07/240708-WILLIEMAYSCELEBRATION-085-BL-KQED-1920x1280.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Fans listen to former San Francisco Mayor Willie Brown speak. \u003ccite>(Beth LaBerge/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003c/div>",
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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>Born Willie Howard Mays, Jr. in 1931 in Westfield, Alabama, he played for the Birmingham Black Barons in the old Negro Leagues before joining the New York Giants in 1951, four years after Jackie Robinson broke baseball’s color barrier. When the Giants and Dodgers moved from New York to California in 1958, Mays was a face of Major League Baseball’s westward expansion.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11993340\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003ca href=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/07/240708-WILLIEMAYSCELEBRATION-057-BL-KQED.jpg\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-11993340\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/07/240708-WILLIEMAYSCELEBRATION-057-BL-KQED.jpg\" alt=\"A Black man bows his head while seated in a crowd.\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/07/240708-WILLIEMAYSCELEBRATION-057-BL-KQED.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/07/240708-WILLIEMAYSCELEBRATION-057-BL-KQED-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/07/240708-WILLIEMAYSCELEBRATION-057-BL-KQED-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/07/240708-WILLIEMAYSCELEBRATION-057-BL-KQED-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/07/240708-WILLIEMAYSCELEBRATION-057-BL-KQED-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/07/240708-WILLIEMAYSCELEBRATION-057-BL-KQED-1920x1280.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Tariq Jackson bows his head during a recorded prayer by Rev. Bill Greason. \u003ccite>(Beth LaBerge/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11993346\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003ca href=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/07/240708-WILLIEMAYSCELEBRATION-100-BL-KQED.jpg\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-11993346\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/07/240708-WILLIEMAYSCELEBRATION-100-BL-KQED.jpg\" alt='A man wearing a white shirt with an illustration of a baseball player and the name \"Willie Mays\" on the back.' width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/07/240708-WILLIEMAYSCELEBRATION-100-BL-KQED.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/07/240708-WILLIEMAYSCELEBRATION-100-BL-KQED-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/07/240708-WILLIEMAYSCELEBRATION-100-BL-KQED-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/07/240708-WILLIEMAYSCELEBRATION-100-BL-KQED-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/07/240708-WILLIEMAYSCELEBRATION-100-BL-KQED-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/07/240708-WILLIEMAYSCELEBRATION-100-BL-KQED-1920x1280.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">A fan wears a Mays shirt during a Celebration of Life for the San Francisco Giants Hall of Famer. \u003ccite>(Beth LaBerge/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Mays was known for playing hard and all the time. He rarely missed games. A few times, he collapsed from exhaustion. He is also remembered for making peace in the clubhouse, keeping the focus on the baseball and making everyone feel welcome.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11993345\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003ca href=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/07/240708-WILLIEMAYSCELEBRATION-086-BL-KQED.jpg\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-11993345\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/07/240708-WILLIEMAYSCELEBRATION-086-BL-KQED.jpg\" alt=\"Two hands hold a picture of a Black baseball player.\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/07/240708-WILLIEMAYSCELEBRATION-086-BL-KQED.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/07/240708-WILLIEMAYSCELEBRATION-086-BL-KQED-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/07/240708-WILLIEMAYSCELEBRATION-086-BL-KQED-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/07/240708-WILLIEMAYSCELEBRATION-086-BL-KQED-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/07/240708-WILLIEMAYSCELEBRATION-086-BL-KQED-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/07/240708-WILLIEMAYSCELEBRATION-086-BL-KQED-1920x1280.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">A fan holds a memorial card for Willie Mays. \u003ccite>(Beth LaBerge/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>In a statement after May’s passing, San Francisco Mayor London Breed said, “To a native San Franciscan, some things just go without question: it’s foggy in the summer, cable cars go halfway to the stars, and Willie Mays is the best there ever was.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cem>KQED’s María Fernanda Bernal contributed reporting to this story.\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\n\u003c/div>\u003c/p>",
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"title": "Police Close Off Dolores Street, Skaters 'Bomb' Church Street Instead",
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"content": "\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Update: 10 p.m. Saturday\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>San Francisco officials succeeded Saturday night in stopping large numbers of skaters from riding down Dolores Street by setting up scores of barricades and stationing dozens of law enforcement officers in the planned path of the “Dolores Hill Bomb.” But skaters weren’t too disappointed, they just shifted their antics to Church Street on the opposite side of Dolores Park.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Skater Mark Urbieta said moving to Church was always part of the plan given that police interference on Dolores was expected, even though Church is, in his words, “gnarlier and narrower” than Dolores.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“You can never stop a skater’s pride, bro, this s*** is never going to stop,” Urbieta said while resting after a nasty fall. “Every single day. We’re going to do it regardless. We’re going to do it from Twin Peaks all the way to Downtown.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Aside from using one police vehicle to stop traffic from crossing 18th Street at the bottom of Church Street, police made no effort to interfere.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Urbieta added that if the police had moved to block off Church Street, attendees would have just found another hill to bomb.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11993149\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-11993149\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/07/20240706_DoloresHillBomb-21_qed.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1274\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/07/20240706_DoloresHillBomb-21_qed.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/07/20240706_DoloresHillBomb-21_qed-800x510.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/07/20240706_DoloresHillBomb-21_qed-1020x650.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/07/20240706_DoloresHillBomb-21_qed-160x102.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/07/20240706_DoloresHillBomb-21_qed-1536x978.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/07/20240706_DoloresHillBomb-21_qed-1920x1223.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">An individual skates down Church Street during the annual Dolores Hill Bomb on July 6, 2024. \u003ccite>(Gina Castro/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Gigi Basilio successfully rode to the bottom of the hill on her second attempt after a fall on her first try. She embraced her friend as the crowd cheered her on.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“People were dapping me up, saying ‘You got this! You got this!’ and deep down inside, I felt like I had it, and I did it! And I’m so proud of myself because that’s the scariest thing I’ve ever experienced,” Basilio said, clearly emotional.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Basilio said she felt the large police presence was unnecessary.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11993150\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-11993150\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/07/20240706_DoloresHillBomb-19_qed.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1327\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/07/20240706_DoloresHillBomb-19_qed.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/07/20240706_DoloresHillBomb-19_qed-800x531.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/07/20240706_DoloresHillBomb-19_qed-1020x677.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/07/20240706_DoloresHillBomb-19_qed-160x106.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/07/20240706_DoloresHillBomb-19_qed-1536x1019.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/07/20240706_DoloresHillBomb-19_qed-1920x1274.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Skaters walk back up Church Street during the annual Dolores Hill Bomb on July 6, 2024. \u003ccite>(Gina Castro/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>“We’re not doing nothing wrong. We’re just trying to skate, trying to bomb, have fun, make memories, be with friends, family, with each other. Why are they trying to ruin our day?” Basilio said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>At least one person was taken away by paramedics after falling at the bottom of the hill. On-site volunteer medics attended to others who suffered minor scrapes.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Original story, 6 p.m. Saturday: \u003c/strong>San Francisco’s Mission Dolores Park was filled Saturday afternoon with crowds reveling in the summer heat wave. But among the revelers were police setting up metal barricades, blocking Dolores Street. The big question in the neighborhood: Will the “Dolores Hill Bomb” happen this year?\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11993148\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-11993148\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/07/20240706_DoloresHillBomb-27_qed.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/07/20240706_DoloresHillBomb-27_qed.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/07/20240706_DoloresHillBomb-27_qed-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/07/20240706_DoloresHillBomb-27_qed-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/07/20240706_DoloresHillBomb-27_qed-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/07/20240706_DoloresHillBomb-27_qed-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/07/20240706_DoloresHillBomb-27_qed-1920x1280.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Skaters ride down Church Street during the annual Dolores Hill Bomb on July 6, 2024. \u003ccite>(Gina Castro/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>The “hill bomb” is an annual, informal event organized by the Bay Area skateboard community where hundreds of skaters ride down a steep section of Dolores Street adjacent to the city’s Dolores Park.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>An \u003ca href=\"https://www.instagram.com/p/C82r59Hy9R3/\">Instagram post\u003c/a> by user vellskiiii set the time for 7 p.m. Saturday, but following messaging by the San Francisco Police Department strongly discouraging people from taking part, vellskiii posted that the event was canceled. “Event CANCELED!!! Police will be waiting at Dolores!!!” But it is unclear how many will receive that message — or heed it.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11993134\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-11993134\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/07/20240706_DOLORESHILLBOMB-22-KQED.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1231\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/07/20240706_DOLORESHILLBOMB-22-KQED.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/07/20240706_DOLORESHILLBOMB-22-KQED-800x492.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/07/20240706_DOLORESHILLBOMB-22-KQED-1020x628.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/07/20240706_DOLORESHILLBOMB-22-KQED-160x98.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/07/20240706_DOLORESHILLBOMB-22-KQED-1536x945.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/07/20240706_DOLORESHILLBOMB-22-KQED-1920x1182.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">A skater rides down Church Street seated on a skateboard during the Dolores Hill Bomb on July 6, 2024 \u003ccite>(Gina Castro/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>This year’s hill bomb comes almost exactly one year since last year’s, which ended in San Francisco police mass-arresting 113 people, most of them minors.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Parents of those arrested have since criticized the police response, detailing how their children were detained in the cold for hours without access to food, water or restrooms. Some of the parents have since sued the city and police on behalf of their children for alleged civil rights violations.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But despite the condemnations from parents and other community members, along with the looming specter of a costly class action lawsuit against the city, the San Francisco Police Department appears poised to use a similar approach this year.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11993136\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-11993136\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/07/20240706_DOLORESHILLBOMB-33-KQED.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/07/20240706_DOLORESHILLBOMB-33-KQED.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/07/20240706_DOLORESHILLBOMB-33-KQED-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/07/20240706_DOLORESHILLBOMB-33-KQED-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/07/20240706_DOLORESHILLBOMB-33-KQED-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/07/20240706_DOLORESHILLBOMB-33-KQED-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/07/20240706_DOLORESHILLBOMB-33-KQED-1920x1280.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">SFPD stationed nearby during the Dolores Hill Bomb on July 6, 2024. \u003ccite>(Gina Castro/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>“The plan is almost the same ask as last year’s event,” wrote Mission Station Sgt. Jeff Aloise in a late June email to a Department of Public Works employee. “Dolores St will need to have enough barricades starting at 21st St stretching from building to building in an East/West direction, all the way down to 18th St/Dolores.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11993132\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-11993132\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/07/20240706_DOLORESHILLBOMB-15-KQED.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/07/20240706_DOLORESHILLBOMB-15-KQED.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/07/20240706_DOLORESHILLBOMB-15-KQED-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/07/20240706_DOLORESHILLBOMB-15-KQED-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/07/20240706_DOLORESHILLBOMB-15-KQED-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/07/20240706_DOLORESHILLBOMB-15-KQED-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/07/20240706_DOLORESHILLBOMB-15-KQED-1920x1280.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">18th and Dolores streets in San Francisco were closed on July 6, 2024, in an attempt to prevent the annual Dolores Hill Bomb. \u003ccite>(Gina Castro/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Those emails were uncovered in a \u003ca href=\"https://x.com/dizz_h/status/1808705494623596549\">public records request\u003c/a> and shared with KQED.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The event draws large crowds of people who come to watch the skaters ride down the hill at high speeds. Not everyone makes it. Many skaters sustained injuries and one died in 2020.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11993133\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-11993133\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/07/20240706_DOLORESHILLBOMB-18-KQED.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1410\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/07/20240706_DOLORESHILLBOMB-18-KQED.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/07/20240706_DOLORESHILLBOMB-18-KQED-800x564.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/07/20240706_DOLORESHILLBOMB-18-KQED-1020x719.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/07/20240706_DOLORESHILLBOMB-18-KQED-160x113.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/07/20240706_DOLORESHILLBOMB-18-KQED-1536x1083.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/07/20240706_DOLORESHILLBOMB-18-KQED-1920x1354.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">A skater rides down Church Street during the Dolores Hill Bomb on July 6, 2024. \u003ccite>(Gina Castro/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Some have criticized the event for being unsafe for both skaters and neighbors alike. Residents of the area say participants vandalize both public and private property during and after the event. Police said last year’s arrests began in response to attendees assaulting officers and vandalizing a MUNI light rail train.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But the hill bomb is an organic gathering and, with no designated sponsors or organizers, canceling the event is not as simple as making an announcement.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>That hasn’t stopped city officials from attempting to discourage attendance.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11993129\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-11993129\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/07/20240706_DOLORESHILLBOMB-3-KQED.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/07/20240706_DOLORESHILLBOMB-3-KQED.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/07/20240706_DOLORESHILLBOMB-3-KQED-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/07/20240706_DOLORESHILLBOMB-3-KQED-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/07/20240706_DOLORESHILLBOMB-3-KQED-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/07/20240706_DOLORESHILLBOMB-3-KQED-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/07/20240706_DOLORESHILLBOMB-3-KQED-1920x1280.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Omar Arroyo crashes while riding down Church Street as part of the annual Dolores Hill Bomb on July 6, 2024. \u003ccite>(Gina Castro/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>“We’re here to say officially, we do not intend to allow a hill bomb tomorrow,” Police Chief Bill Scott said during a Friday news conference. “We’re going to do everything we can to keep our community safe, to prevent that from happening. And as far as we’re concerned, there is no hill bomb tomorrow.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>City Supervisor Rafael Mandelman, who represents the area, has echoed similar feelings.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>When asked in late June what he had to say to those planning to attend, he responded, “I would encourage them not to this year. I think this event has been unsafe for a number of years. I am eager and willing to partner with folks in the community who want to try to do a safe and fun hill bomb in 2025. But I think in 2024, the infrastructure is not there.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11993130\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-11993130\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/07/20240706_DOLORESHILLBOMB-6-KQED.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/07/20240706_DOLORESHILLBOMB-6-KQED.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/07/20240706_DOLORESHILLBOMB-6-KQED-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/07/20240706_DOLORESHILLBOMB-6-KQED-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/07/20240706_DOLORESHILLBOMB-6-KQED-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/07/20240706_DOLORESHILLBOMB-6-KQED-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/07/20240706_DOLORESHILLBOMB-6-KQED-1920x1280.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Omar Arroyo shows his injury after skating down Church Street during the Dolores Hill Bomb on July 6, 2024. \u003ccite>(Gina Castro/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Mandelman and Scott also led a community meeting on Monday, inviting community members to share their thoughts and recommendations for the event.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Several attendees who identified themselves as members of the skateboarding community said the city leaders should have begun outreach months ago, not days before the anticipated event, and they should have been proactive instead of waiting for an organizer to step up.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Aaron Breetwor, a downhill skater, said he applied for a city grant to host similar downhill skating events, only for the grant program to be canceled.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11993143\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-11993143\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/07/20240706_DoloresHillBomb-31_qed-3.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/07/20240706_DoloresHillBomb-31_qed-3.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/07/20240706_DoloresHillBomb-31_qed-3-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/07/20240706_DoloresHillBomb-31_qed-3-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/07/20240706_DoloresHillBomb-31_qed-3-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/07/20240706_DoloresHillBomb-31_qed-3-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/07/20240706_DoloresHillBomb-31_qed-3-1920x1280.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">A spectator shows support during the annual Dolores Hill Bomb on July 6, 2024. \u003ccite>(Gina Castro/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>“There were people who were prepared to put together the community engagement necessary to do things like this safely,” Breetwor said. “There is no lack of city interest in this event. There’s a lack of goodwill and good intent.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[aside label=\"Related Stories\" postID=\"news_11956110,news_11955479,news_11955465\"]Naomi Lopez, a Dolores Street resident and a parent of a then-15-year-old spectator who was arrested at last year’s Hill Bomb, is among those suing the city and police department for last year’s mass arrests. She called the situation a missed opportunity “to turn an event that has become ugly and has become us-against-them into a community event that could show teenagers, especially Black and brown ones, who are not represented in this room, that they belong.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Other attendees pushed back, expressing skepticism that any organization would agree to take on the liability of holding such an injury-prone event with a reputation for lawlessness.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Unfortunately, the hill bomb has attracted bad actors who do not have a peaceful intent,” said Carolyn Kenady, chair of the Dolores Heights Improvement Club.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11993144\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-11993144\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/07/20240706_DoloresHillBomb-28_qed.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/07/20240706_DoloresHillBomb-28_qed.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/07/20240706_DoloresHillBomb-28_qed-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/07/20240706_DoloresHillBomb-28_qed-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/07/20240706_DoloresHillBomb-28_qed-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/07/20240706_DoloresHillBomb-28_qed-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/07/20240706_DoloresHillBomb-28_qed-1920x1280.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">An individual skates down Church Street during the annual Dolores Hill Bomb on July 6, 2024. \u003ccite>(Gina Castro/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Even detractors of the hill bomb criticized city leaders for not being more decisive and proactive in efforts to stop the event from occurring.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>One person said that they had to push through the crowd with their toddler to reach their home and that their calls to 911 after hearing gunshots went unanswered. Another expressed disbelief at seeing children directing traffic. Another questioned why the city has stood by while the event proceeds in similar fashion year after year.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11993131\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-11993131\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/07/20240706_DOLORESHILLBOMB-13-KQED.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/07/20240706_DOLORESHILLBOMB-13-KQED.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/07/20240706_DOLORESHILLBOMB-13-KQED-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/07/20240706_DOLORESHILLBOMB-13-KQED-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/07/20240706_DOLORESHILLBOMB-13-KQED-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/07/20240706_DOLORESHILLBOMB-13-KQED-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/07/20240706_DOLORESHILLBOMB-13-KQED-1920x1280.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Paramedics assist a skater after a fall during the Dolores Hill Bomb on July 6, 2024. \u003ccite>(Gina Castro/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>“When dealing with this or any event that poses challenges, the City must change its approach to one that truly protects our community and keeps it safe,” said Rachel Lederman, senior counsel with the Partnership for Civil Justice Fund, the firm representing the arrested teens in a lawsuit. “That will not happen through increasingly aggressive and militarized policing. Civilian agencies should be managing this event collaboratively with the skateboard community and engage in de-escalation.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Lederman said legal observers will be there on Saturday and her organization is prepared to take legal action if any further civil rights violations occur.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad floatright]\u003c/p>\n",
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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“You can never stop a skater’s pride, bro, this s*** is never going to stop,” Urbieta said while resting after a nasty fall. “Every single day. We’re going to do it regardless. We’re going to do it from Twin Peaks all the way to Downtown.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Aside from using one police vehicle to stop traffic from crossing 18th Street at the bottom of Church Street, police made no effort to interfere.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Urbieta added that if the police had moved to block off Church Street, attendees would have just found another hill to bomb.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11993149\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-11993149\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/07/20240706_DoloresHillBomb-21_qed.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1274\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/07/20240706_DoloresHillBomb-21_qed.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/07/20240706_DoloresHillBomb-21_qed-800x510.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/07/20240706_DoloresHillBomb-21_qed-1020x650.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/07/20240706_DoloresHillBomb-21_qed-160x102.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/07/20240706_DoloresHillBomb-21_qed-1536x978.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/07/20240706_DoloresHillBomb-21_qed-1920x1223.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">An individual skates down Church Street during the annual Dolores Hill Bomb on July 6, 2024. \u003ccite>(Gina Castro/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Gigi Basilio successfully rode to the bottom of the hill on her second attempt after a fall on her first try. She embraced her friend as the crowd cheered her on.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“People were dapping me up, saying ‘You got this! You got this!’ and deep down inside, I felt like I had it, and I did it! And I’m so proud of myself because that’s the scariest thing I’ve ever experienced,” Basilio said, clearly emotional.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Basilio said she felt the large police presence was unnecessary.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11993150\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-11993150\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/07/20240706_DoloresHillBomb-19_qed.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1327\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/07/20240706_DoloresHillBomb-19_qed.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/07/20240706_DoloresHillBomb-19_qed-800x531.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/07/20240706_DoloresHillBomb-19_qed-1020x677.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/07/20240706_DoloresHillBomb-19_qed-160x106.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/07/20240706_DoloresHillBomb-19_qed-1536x1019.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/07/20240706_DoloresHillBomb-19_qed-1920x1274.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Skaters walk back up Church Street during the annual Dolores Hill Bomb on July 6, 2024. \u003ccite>(Gina Castro/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>“We’re not doing nothing wrong. We’re just trying to skate, trying to bomb, have fun, make memories, be with friends, family, with each other. Why are they trying to ruin our day?” Basilio said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>At least one person was taken away by paramedics after falling at the bottom of the hill. On-site volunteer medics attended to others who suffered minor scrapes.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Original story, 6 p.m. Saturday: \u003c/strong>San Francisco’s Mission Dolores Park was filled Saturday afternoon with crowds reveling in the summer heat wave. But among the revelers were police setting up metal barricades, blocking Dolores Street. The big question in the neighborhood: Will the “Dolores Hill Bomb” happen this year?\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11993148\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-11993148\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/07/20240706_DoloresHillBomb-27_qed.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/07/20240706_DoloresHillBomb-27_qed.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/07/20240706_DoloresHillBomb-27_qed-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/07/20240706_DoloresHillBomb-27_qed-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/07/20240706_DoloresHillBomb-27_qed-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/07/20240706_DoloresHillBomb-27_qed-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/07/20240706_DoloresHillBomb-27_qed-1920x1280.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Skaters ride down Church Street during the annual Dolores Hill Bomb on July 6, 2024. \u003ccite>(Gina Castro/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>The “hill bomb” is an annual, informal event organized by the Bay Area skateboard community where hundreds of skaters ride down a steep section of Dolores Street adjacent to the city’s Dolores Park.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>An \u003ca href=\"https://www.instagram.com/p/C82r59Hy9R3/\">Instagram post\u003c/a> by user vellskiiii set the time for 7 p.m. Saturday, but following messaging by the San Francisco Police Department strongly discouraging people from taking part, vellskiii posted that the event was canceled. “Event CANCELED!!! Police will be waiting at Dolores!!!” But it is unclear how many will receive that message — or heed it.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11993134\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-11993134\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/07/20240706_DOLORESHILLBOMB-22-KQED.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1231\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/07/20240706_DOLORESHILLBOMB-22-KQED.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/07/20240706_DOLORESHILLBOMB-22-KQED-800x492.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/07/20240706_DOLORESHILLBOMB-22-KQED-1020x628.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/07/20240706_DOLORESHILLBOMB-22-KQED-160x98.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/07/20240706_DOLORESHILLBOMB-22-KQED-1536x945.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/07/20240706_DOLORESHILLBOMB-22-KQED-1920x1182.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">A skater rides down Church Street seated on a skateboard during the Dolores Hill Bomb on July 6, 2024 \u003ccite>(Gina Castro/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>This year’s hill bomb comes almost exactly one year since last year’s, which ended in San Francisco police mass-arresting 113 people, most of them minors.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Parents of those arrested have since criticized the police response, detailing how their children were detained in the cold for hours without access to food, water or restrooms. Some of the parents have since sued the city and police on behalf of their children for alleged civil rights violations.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But despite the condemnations from parents and other community members, along with the looming specter of a costly class action lawsuit against the city, the San Francisco Police Department appears poised to use a similar approach this year.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11993136\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-11993136\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/07/20240706_DOLORESHILLBOMB-33-KQED.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/07/20240706_DOLORESHILLBOMB-33-KQED.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/07/20240706_DOLORESHILLBOMB-33-KQED-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/07/20240706_DOLORESHILLBOMB-33-KQED-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/07/20240706_DOLORESHILLBOMB-33-KQED-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/07/20240706_DOLORESHILLBOMB-33-KQED-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/07/20240706_DOLORESHILLBOMB-33-KQED-1920x1280.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">SFPD stationed nearby during the Dolores Hill Bomb on July 6, 2024. \u003ccite>(Gina Castro/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>“The plan is almost the same ask as last year’s event,” wrote Mission Station Sgt. Jeff Aloise in a late June email to a Department of Public Works employee. “Dolores St will need to have enough barricades starting at 21st St stretching from building to building in an East/West direction, all the way down to 18th St/Dolores.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11993132\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-11993132\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/07/20240706_DOLORESHILLBOMB-15-KQED.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/07/20240706_DOLORESHILLBOMB-15-KQED.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/07/20240706_DOLORESHILLBOMB-15-KQED-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/07/20240706_DOLORESHILLBOMB-15-KQED-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/07/20240706_DOLORESHILLBOMB-15-KQED-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/07/20240706_DOLORESHILLBOMB-15-KQED-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/07/20240706_DOLORESHILLBOMB-15-KQED-1920x1280.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">18th and Dolores streets in San Francisco were closed on July 6, 2024, in an attempt to prevent the annual Dolores Hill Bomb. \u003ccite>(Gina Castro/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Those emails were uncovered in a \u003ca href=\"https://x.com/dizz_h/status/1808705494623596549\">public records request\u003c/a> and shared with KQED.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The event draws large crowds of people who come to watch the skaters ride down the hill at high speeds. Not everyone makes it. Many skaters sustained injuries and one died in 2020.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11993133\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-11993133\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/07/20240706_DOLORESHILLBOMB-18-KQED.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1410\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/07/20240706_DOLORESHILLBOMB-18-KQED.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/07/20240706_DOLORESHILLBOMB-18-KQED-800x564.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/07/20240706_DOLORESHILLBOMB-18-KQED-1020x719.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/07/20240706_DOLORESHILLBOMB-18-KQED-160x113.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/07/20240706_DOLORESHILLBOMB-18-KQED-1536x1083.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/07/20240706_DOLORESHILLBOMB-18-KQED-1920x1354.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">A skater rides down Church Street during the Dolores Hill Bomb on July 6, 2024. \u003ccite>(Gina Castro/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Some have criticized the event for being unsafe for both skaters and neighbors alike. Residents of the area say participants vandalize both public and private property during and after the event. Police said last year’s arrests began in response to attendees assaulting officers and vandalizing a MUNI light rail train.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But the hill bomb is an organic gathering and, with no designated sponsors or organizers, canceling the event is not as simple as making an announcement.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>That hasn’t stopped city officials from attempting to discourage attendance.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11993129\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-11993129\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/07/20240706_DOLORESHILLBOMB-3-KQED.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/07/20240706_DOLORESHILLBOMB-3-KQED.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/07/20240706_DOLORESHILLBOMB-3-KQED-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/07/20240706_DOLORESHILLBOMB-3-KQED-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/07/20240706_DOLORESHILLBOMB-3-KQED-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/07/20240706_DOLORESHILLBOMB-3-KQED-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/07/20240706_DOLORESHILLBOMB-3-KQED-1920x1280.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Omar Arroyo crashes while riding down Church Street as part of the annual Dolores Hill Bomb on July 6, 2024. \u003ccite>(Gina Castro/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>“We’re here to say officially, we do not intend to allow a hill bomb tomorrow,” Police Chief Bill Scott said during a Friday news conference. “We’re going to do everything we can to keep our community safe, to prevent that from happening. And as far as we’re concerned, there is no hill bomb tomorrow.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>City Supervisor Rafael Mandelman, who represents the area, has echoed similar feelings.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>When asked in late June what he had to say to those planning to attend, he responded, “I would encourage them not to this year. I think this event has been unsafe for a number of years. I am eager and willing to partner with folks in the community who want to try to do a safe and fun hill bomb in 2025. But I think in 2024, the infrastructure is not there.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11993130\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-11993130\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/07/20240706_DOLORESHILLBOMB-6-KQED.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/07/20240706_DOLORESHILLBOMB-6-KQED.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/07/20240706_DOLORESHILLBOMB-6-KQED-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/07/20240706_DOLORESHILLBOMB-6-KQED-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/07/20240706_DOLORESHILLBOMB-6-KQED-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/07/20240706_DOLORESHILLBOMB-6-KQED-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/07/20240706_DOLORESHILLBOMB-6-KQED-1920x1280.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Omar Arroyo shows his injury after skating down Church Street during the Dolores Hill Bomb on July 6, 2024. \u003ccite>(Gina Castro/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Mandelman and Scott also led a community meeting on Monday, inviting community members to share their thoughts and recommendations for the event.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Several attendees who identified themselves as members of the skateboarding community said the city leaders should have begun outreach months ago, not days before the anticipated event, and they should have been proactive instead of waiting for an organizer to step up.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Aaron Breetwor, a downhill skater, said he applied for a city grant to host similar downhill skating events, only for the grant program to be canceled.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11993143\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-11993143\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/07/20240706_DoloresHillBomb-31_qed-3.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/07/20240706_DoloresHillBomb-31_qed-3.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/07/20240706_DoloresHillBomb-31_qed-3-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/07/20240706_DoloresHillBomb-31_qed-3-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/07/20240706_DoloresHillBomb-31_qed-3-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/07/20240706_DoloresHillBomb-31_qed-3-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/07/20240706_DoloresHillBomb-31_qed-3-1920x1280.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">A spectator shows support during the annual Dolores Hill Bomb on July 6, 2024. \u003ccite>(Gina Castro/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>“There were people who were prepared to put together the community engagement necessary to do things like this safely,” Breetwor said. “There is no lack of city interest in this event. There’s a lack of goodwill and good intent.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003c/div>",
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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>Naomi Lopez, a Dolores Street resident and a parent of a then-15-year-old spectator who was arrested at last year’s Hill Bomb, is among those suing the city and police department for last year’s mass arrests. She called the situation a missed opportunity “to turn an event that has become ugly and has become us-against-them into a community event that could show teenagers, especially Black and brown ones, who are not represented in this room, that they belong.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Other attendees pushed back, expressing skepticism that any organization would agree to take on the liability of holding such an injury-prone event with a reputation for lawlessness.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Unfortunately, the hill bomb has attracted bad actors who do not have a peaceful intent,” said Carolyn Kenady, chair of the Dolores Heights Improvement Club.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11993144\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-11993144\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/07/20240706_DoloresHillBomb-28_qed.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/07/20240706_DoloresHillBomb-28_qed.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/07/20240706_DoloresHillBomb-28_qed-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/07/20240706_DoloresHillBomb-28_qed-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/07/20240706_DoloresHillBomb-28_qed-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/07/20240706_DoloresHillBomb-28_qed-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/07/20240706_DoloresHillBomb-28_qed-1920x1280.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">An individual skates down Church Street during the annual Dolores Hill Bomb on July 6, 2024. \u003ccite>(Gina Castro/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Even detractors of the hill bomb criticized city leaders for not being more decisive and proactive in efforts to stop the event from occurring.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>One person said that they had to push through the crowd with their toddler to reach their home and that their calls to 911 after hearing gunshots went unanswered. Another expressed disbelief at seeing children directing traffic. Another questioned why the city has stood by while the event proceeds in similar fashion year after year.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11993131\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-11993131\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/07/20240706_DOLORESHILLBOMB-13-KQED.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/07/20240706_DOLORESHILLBOMB-13-KQED.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/07/20240706_DOLORESHILLBOMB-13-KQED-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/07/20240706_DOLORESHILLBOMB-13-KQED-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/07/20240706_DOLORESHILLBOMB-13-KQED-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/07/20240706_DOLORESHILLBOMB-13-KQED-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/07/20240706_DOLORESHILLBOMB-13-KQED-1920x1280.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Paramedics assist a skater after a fall during the Dolores Hill Bomb on July 6, 2024. \u003ccite>(Gina Castro/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>“When dealing with this or any event that poses challenges, the City must change its approach to one that truly protects our community and keeps it safe,” said Rachel Lederman, senior counsel with the Partnership for Civil Justice Fund, the firm representing the arrested teens in a lawsuit. “That will not happen through increasingly aggressive and militarized policing. Civilian agencies should be managing this event collaboratively with the skateboard community and engage in de-escalation.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Lederman said legal observers will be there on Saturday and her organization is prepared to take legal action if any further civil rights violations occur.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003c/div>",
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"content": "\u003cp>In a nail-biter of a game, the Brazilian national men’s soccer team tied with Colombia 1-1 at Levi’s Stadium in Santa Clara on Tuesday afternoon. The two South American giants faced off to decide the top spot in their group before both advanced to the quarterfinals of Copa América, a quadrennial soccer tournament hosted this year in the United States that features national teams from all over the Western Hemisphere.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>On the field, the Brazilian and Colombian squads were evenly matched. Both teams scored in the first half and struggled to get ahead of their rival after halftime. On the stands, however, one team’s fan base brought overwhelming energy: Colombia. Minutes before the match began, the outside of Levi’s Stadium was a sea of yellow, red and blue under a blazing, hot sun. Flags, horns, \u003ca href=\"https://colombiaone.com/2023/12/17/sombrero-vueltiao-colombian-traditional-had/\">sombreros vueltiaos\u003c/a> — Santa Clara was immersed in the joy and excitement of tens of thousands of Colombians, \u003ca href=\"https://www.univision.com/local/san-francisco-kdtv/crece-la-comunidad-colombiana-en-san-jose-vienen-de-villavicencio-video\">a community that, in the past few years, has quickly grown all over the Bay Area\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11992971\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-11992971\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/07/20240702_BrazilvColombia-11_qed-800x533.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"800\" height=\"533\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/07/20240702_BrazilvColombia-11_qed-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/07/20240702_BrazilvColombia-11_qed-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/07/20240702_BrazilvColombia-11_qed-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/07/20240702_BrazilvColombia-11_qed-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/07/20240702_BrazilvColombia-11_qed-1920x1280.jpg 1920w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/07/20240702_BrazilvColombia-11_qed.jpg 2000w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">From left, Deivy Avila, Paola Avila, Karen Martinez and Damaris Martinez, pose for a group photo outside of Levi’s Stadium in Santa Clara on July 2, 2024. Brazil and Colombia fans came out for the Copa America Group D soccer match, ending with a 1-1 draw against Brazil. \u003ccite>(Gina Castro/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11992972\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-11992972\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/07/20240702_BrazilvColombia-10_qed-800x603.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"800\" height=\"603\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/07/20240702_BrazilvColombia-10_qed-800x603.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/07/20240702_BrazilvColombia-10_qed-1020x769.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/07/20240702_BrazilvColombia-10_qed-160x121.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/07/20240702_BrazilvColombia-10_qed-1536x1158.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/07/20240702_BrazilvColombia-10_qed.jpg 1768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Colombia fan Cristian Campos blows a vuvuzela, a plastic horn, outside of Levi’s Stadium in Santa Clara on July 2, 2024. \u003ccite>(Gina Castro/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>“I honestly had no idea that there were so many Colombians in the Bay Area,” Laura Cabrera says. She lives in San Francisco but grew up in Los Angeles with a Colombian father and Mexican mother. Living in Southern California, Cabrera says, she was surrounded by Mexican soccer culture. But in her house, her dad made sure to share with her his love for Colombian soccer.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I’m really excited about meeting so many Colombian fans,” she says. Next to her is her friend, Libby Teffera, from the East Bay, who is rooting for Brazil. Teffera is not Brazilian, but she deeply appreciates Brazilian culture and music.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11992975\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-11992975\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/07/20240702_BrazilvColombia-20_qed-800x533.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"800\" height=\"533\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/07/20240702_BrazilvColombia-20_qed-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/07/20240702_BrazilvColombia-20_qed-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/07/20240702_BrazilvColombia-20_qed-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/07/20240702_BrazilvColombia-20_qed-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/07/20240702_BrazilvColombia-20_qed-1920x1280.jpg 1920w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/07/20240702_BrazilvColombia-20_qed.jpg 2000w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">From left, best friends Laura Cabrera and Libby Teffera pose for a photo outside of Levi’s Stadium in Santa Clara on July 2, 2024. Laura, a Colombia fan and Libby, a Brazil fan, came out for the Copa America Group D Brazil vs. Colombia soccer match. \u003ccite>(Gina Castro/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>“\u003c/strong>Growing up, I’d watch soccer when I’d go to my uncle’s house, and I actually hated it,” she says. But over the years, she started to watch more international soccer and was really drawn in by the Brazilian soccer team. Watching soccer brings back memories of spending time with her family, she says. “I really want to take my uncle to watch a World Cup match together.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Not all fans were able to get tickets. Multiple stadium sections had sold out days before the game and remaining tickets were going for hundreds of dollars. But that didn’t stop some fans from coming to Levi’s Stadium to take in all the energy and watch the game outside on their phones.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11992977\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-11992977\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/07/20240702_BrazilvColombia-12_qed-800x514.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"800\" height=\"514\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/07/20240702_BrazilvColombia-12_qed-800x514.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/07/20240702_BrazilvColombia-12_qed-1020x655.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/07/20240702_BrazilvColombia-12_qed-160x103.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/07/20240702_BrazilvColombia-12_qed-1536x986.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/07/20240702_BrazilvColombia-12_qed-1920x1233.jpg 1920w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/07/20240702_BrazilvColombia-12_qed.jpg 2000w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">From left, Noah, Dulce, Melissa Charris and Jersón Pérez pose for a photo outside of Levi’s Stadium in Santa Clara on July 2, 2024. The family was watching the Copa America Group D Brazil vs. Colombia soccer match from their phones. \u003ccite>(Gina Castro/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>“Wherever in the world that the Colombian national team plays, we have shown up — we’re like locals,” says Jersón Pérez, who came from Richmond with his wife, Melissa, and their two kids. Outside Levi’s Stadium, the temperature still exceeded 90 degrees — \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11992779/extreme-california-heat-wave-poses-danger-even-in-normally-cool-san-francisco\">unusually warm temperatures brought to the Bay Area by an ongoing heat wave\u003c/a>. The family came prepared with plenty of water and found a shady spot outside the stadium to keep up with the game.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“It doesn’t surprise me that so many Colombians showed up today,” he says in Spanish. “Any Colombian loves the colors of their country, loves their flag and loves their team, no matter the conditions.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The Brazil vs. Colombia match is the last Copa América game that the Bay Area will host this year. The rest of the tournament will be played in the Southwest and East Coast, with the final scheduled for July 14 at the Hard Rock Stadium in Miami Gardens, Florida, where the best national men’s soccer team in the Americas will be crowned.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11992978\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-11992978\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/07/20240702_BrazilvColombia-9_qed-800x958.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"800\" height=\"958\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/07/20240702_BrazilvColombia-9_qed-800x958.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/07/20240702_BrazilvColombia-9_qed-1020x1222.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/07/20240702_BrazilvColombia-9_qed-160x192.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/07/20240702_BrazilvColombia-9_qed.jpg 1113w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Brazil fans Natalie and Logan Davis pose for a photo outside of Levi’s Stadium in Santa Clara on July 2, 2024. \u003ccite>(Gina Castro/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Levi’s Stadium staff told KQED that hosting Copa América matches helps the venue prepare for what’s coming up next: the 2026 Men’s World Cup. The U.S. will be one of the three host countries — along with Mexico and Canada — and several matches will be played at Levi’s Stadium.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>You could feel a little bit of that World Cup buzz in Santa Clara on Tuesday, with the sound of vuvuzela horns filling the air above and flags from all over Latin America flying through Tasman Drive as fans walked to the game. Along the way, they passed by dozens of informal vendors who were ready to supply fans with jerseys and cold drinks.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>One item offered this time around that you may not see at other games: Colombia’s iconic sombrero vueltiao. Carefully woven together with strips of tall grass and usually painted with elaborate patterns, the sombrero vueltiao has become a national symbol.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11992979\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-11992979\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/07/20240702_BrazilvColombia-2_qed-800x533.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"800\" height=\"533\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/07/20240702_BrazilvColombia-2_qed-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/07/20240702_BrazilvColombia-2_qed-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/07/20240702_BrazilvColombia-2_qed-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/07/20240702_BrazilvColombia-2_qed-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/07/20240702_BrazilvColombia-2_qed-1920x1280.jpg 1920w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/07/20240702_BrazilvColombia-2_qed.jpg 2000w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">A family traveling from Los Angeles sells Colombia merch outside of Levi’s Stadium in Santa Clara on July 2, 2024. \u003ccite>(Gina Castro/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>“You can get your sombrero vueltiao now for $25 — if Colombia wins, it goes up to $50!” shouts Ginna Olivera in Spanish to potential customers walking by. She and her family traveled all the way from Los Angeles to cheer for Colombia and promote their business as well.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“We really believe in promoting Colombian craftsmanship and culture,” she says and points to the elaborate weaving that makes up each sombrero. She holds one up that has been decorated with red, blue and yellow. Thousands of miles away from Colombia, it makes her happy seeing someone wearing a sombrero vueltiao.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“We’re kind, hardworking and joyful people,” she says. “And now here in California, we’re very happy because we’re surrounded by other kind people, and we have the opportunity to work and give our kids a possibility of a better future.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11992980\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-11992980\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/07/20240702_BrazilvColombia-1_qed-800x533.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"800\" height=\"533\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/07/20240702_BrazilvColombia-1_qed-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/07/20240702_BrazilvColombia-1_qed-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/07/20240702_BrazilvColombia-1_qed-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/07/20240702_BrazilvColombia-1_qed-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/07/20240702_BrazilvColombia-1_qed-1920x1280.jpg 1920w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/07/20240702_BrazilvColombia-1_qed.jpg 2000w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Colombia fans walk towards Levi’s Stadium for the Copa America Group D soccer match in Santa Clara on July 2, 2024. \u003ccite>(Gina Castro/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11992981\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-11992981\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/07/20240702_BrazilvColombia-8_qed-800x533.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"800\" height=\"533\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/07/20240702_BrazilvColombia-8_qed-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/07/20240702_BrazilvColombia-8_qed-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/07/20240702_BrazilvColombia-8_qed-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/07/20240702_BrazilvColombia-8_qed-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/07/20240702_BrazilvColombia-8_qed-1920x1280.jpg 1920w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/07/20240702_BrazilvColombia-8_qed.jpg 2000w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Brazil fans walk towards Levi’s Stadium for the Copa America Group D soccer match in Santa Clara on July 2, 2024. \u003ccite>(Gina Castro/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>[ad floatright]\u003c/p>\n",
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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003cp>In a nail-biter of a game, the Brazilian national men’s soccer team tied with Colombia 1-1 at Levi’s Stadium in Santa Clara on Tuesday afternoon. The two South American giants faced off to decide the top spot in their group before both advanced to the quarterfinals of Copa América, a quadrennial soccer tournament hosted this year in the United States that features national teams from all over the Western Hemisphere.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>On the field, the Brazilian and Colombian squads were evenly matched. Both teams scored in the first half and struggled to get ahead of their rival after halftime. On the stands, however, one team’s fan base brought overwhelming energy: Colombia. Minutes before the match began, the outside of Levi’s Stadium was a sea of yellow, red and blue under a blazing, hot sun. Flags, horns, \u003ca href=\"https://colombiaone.com/2023/12/17/sombrero-vueltiao-colombian-traditional-had/\">sombreros vueltiaos\u003c/a> — Santa Clara was immersed in the joy and excitement of tens of thousands of Colombians, \u003ca href=\"https://www.univision.com/local/san-francisco-kdtv/crece-la-comunidad-colombiana-en-san-jose-vienen-de-villavicencio-video\">a community that, in the past few years, has quickly grown all over the Bay Area\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11992971\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-11992971\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/07/20240702_BrazilvColombia-11_qed-800x533.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"800\" height=\"533\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/07/20240702_BrazilvColombia-11_qed-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/07/20240702_BrazilvColombia-11_qed-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/07/20240702_BrazilvColombia-11_qed-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/07/20240702_BrazilvColombia-11_qed-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/07/20240702_BrazilvColombia-11_qed-1920x1280.jpg 1920w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/07/20240702_BrazilvColombia-11_qed.jpg 2000w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">From left, Deivy Avila, Paola Avila, Karen Martinez and Damaris Martinez, pose for a group photo outside of Levi’s Stadium in Santa Clara on July 2, 2024. Brazil and Colombia fans came out for the Copa America Group D soccer match, ending with a 1-1 draw against Brazil. \u003ccite>(Gina Castro/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11992972\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-11992972\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/07/20240702_BrazilvColombia-10_qed-800x603.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"800\" height=\"603\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/07/20240702_BrazilvColombia-10_qed-800x603.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/07/20240702_BrazilvColombia-10_qed-1020x769.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/07/20240702_BrazilvColombia-10_qed-160x121.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/07/20240702_BrazilvColombia-10_qed-1536x1158.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/07/20240702_BrazilvColombia-10_qed.jpg 1768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Colombia fan Cristian Campos blows a vuvuzela, a plastic horn, outside of Levi’s Stadium in Santa Clara on July 2, 2024. \u003ccite>(Gina Castro/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>“I honestly had no idea that there were so many Colombians in the Bay Area,” Laura Cabrera says. She lives in San Francisco but grew up in Los Angeles with a Colombian father and Mexican mother. Living in Southern California, Cabrera says, she was surrounded by Mexican soccer culture. But in her house, her dad made sure to share with her his love for Colombian soccer.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I’m really excited about meeting so many Colombian fans,” she says. Next to her is her friend, Libby Teffera, from the East Bay, who is rooting for Brazil. Teffera is not Brazilian, but she deeply appreciates Brazilian culture and music.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11992975\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-11992975\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/07/20240702_BrazilvColombia-20_qed-800x533.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"800\" height=\"533\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/07/20240702_BrazilvColombia-20_qed-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/07/20240702_BrazilvColombia-20_qed-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/07/20240702_BrazilvColombia-20_qed-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/07/20240702_BrazilvColombia-20_qed-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/07/20240702_BrazilvColombia-20_qed-1920x1280.jpg 1920w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/07/20240702_BrazilvColombia-20_qed.jpg 2000w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">From left, best friends Laura Cabrera and Libby Teffera pose for a photo outside of Levi’s Stadium in Santa Clara on July 2, 2024. Laura, a Colombia fan and Libby, a Brazil fan, came out for the Copa America Group D Brazil vs. Colombia soccer match. \u003ccite>(Gina Castro/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>“\u003c/strong>Growing up, I’d watch soccer when I’d go to my uncle’s house, and I actually hated it,” she says. But over the years, she started to watch more international soccer and was really drawn in by the Brazilian soccer team. Watching soccer brings back memories of spending time with her family, she says. “I really want to take my uncle to watch a World Cup match together.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Not all fans were able to get tickets. Multiple stadium sections had sold out days before the game and remaining tickets were going for hundreds of dollars. But that didn’t stop some fans from coming to Levi’s Stadium to take in all the energy and watch the game outside on their phones.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11992977\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-11992977\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/07/20240702_BrazilvColombia-12_qed-800x514.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"800\" height=\"514\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/07/20240702_BrazilvColombia-12_qed-800x514.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/07/20240702_BrazilvColombia-12_qed-1020x655.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/07/20240702_BrazilvColombia-12_qed-160x103.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/07/20240702_BrazilvColombia-12_qed-1536x986.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/07/20240702_BrazilvColombia-12_qed-1920x1233.jpg 1920w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/07/20240702_BrazilvColombia-12_qed.jpg 2000w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">From left, Noah, Dulce, Melissa Charris and Jersón Pérez pose for a photo outside of Levi’s Stadium in Santa Clara on July 2, 2024. The family was watching the Copa America Group D Brazil vs. Colombia soccer match from their phones. \u003ccite>(Gina Castro/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>“Wherever in the world that the Colombian national team plays, we have shown up — we’re like locals,” says Jersón Pérez, who came from Richmond with his wife, Melissa, and their two kids. Outside Levi’s Stadium, the temperature still exceeded 90 degrees — \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11992779/extreme-california-heat-wave-poses-danger-even-in-normally-cool-san-francisco\">unusually warm temperatures brought to the Bay Area by an ongoing heat wave\u003c/a>. The family came prepared with plenty of water and found a shady spot outside the stadium to keep up with the game.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“It doesn’t surprise me that so many Colombians showed up today,” he says in Spanish. “Any Colombian loves the colors of their country, loves their flag and loves their team, no matter the conditions.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003c/div>",
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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The Brazil vs. Colombia match is the last Copa América game that the Bay Area will host this year. The rest of the tournament will be played in the Southwest and East Coast, with the final scheduled for July 14 at the Hard Rock Stadium in Miami Gardens, Florida, where the best national men’s soccer team in the Americas will be crowned.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11992978\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-11992978\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/07/20240702_BrazilvColombia-9_qed-800x958.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"800\" height=\"958\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/07/20240702_BrazilvColombia-9_qed-800x958.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/07/20240702_BrazilvColombia-9_qed-1020x1222.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/07/20240702_BrazilvColombia-9_qed-160x192.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/07/20240702_BrazilvColombia-9_qed.jpg 1113w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Brazil fans Natalie and Logan Davis pose for a photo outside of Levi’s Stadium in Santa Clara on July 2, 2024. \u003ccite>(Gina Castro/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Levi’s Stadium staff told KQED that hosting Copa América matches helps the venue prepare for what’s coming up next: the 2026 Men’s World Cup. The U.S. will be one of the three host countries — along with Mexico and Canada — and several matches will be played at Levi’s Stadium.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>You could feel a little bit of that World Cup buzz in Santa Clara on Tuesday, with the sound of vuvuzela horns filling the air above and flags from all over Latin America flying through Tasman Drive as fans walked to the game. Along the way, they passed by dozens of informal vendors who were ready to supply fans with jerseys and cold drinks.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>One item offered this time around that you may not see at other games: Colombia’s iconic sombrero vueltiao. Carefully woven together with strips of tall grass and usually painted with elaborate patterns, the sombrero vueltiao has become a national symbol.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11992979\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-11992979\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/07/20240702_BrazilvColombia-2_qed-800x533.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"800\" height=\"533\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/07/20240702_BrazilvColombia-2_qed-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/07/20240702_BrazilvColombia-2_qed-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/07/20240702_BrazilvColombia-2_qed-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/07/20240702_BrazilvColombia-2_qed-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/07/20240702_BrazilvColombia-2_qed-1920x1280.jpg 1920w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/07/20240702_BrazilvColombia-2_qed.jpg 2000w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">A family traveling from Los Angeles sells Colombia merch outside of Levi’s Stadium in Santa Clara on July 2, 2024. \u003ccite>(Gina Castro/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>“You can get your sombrero vueltiao now for $25 — if Colombia wins, it goes up to $50!” shouts Ginna Olivera in Spanish to potential customers walking by. She and her family traveled all the way from Los Angeles to cheer for Colombia and promote their business as well.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“We really believe in promoting Colombian craftsmanship and culture,” she says and points to the elaborate weaving that makes up each sombrero. She holds one up that has been decorated with red, blue and yellow. 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And the Warriors say they’re going to retire it to commemorate his time with them.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Thompson is moving on from the Warriors, with the four-time league champion agreeing to join the Western Conference champion Dallas Mavericks and change franchises for the first time in his 13-year NBA career, two people with knowledge of the decision said Monday.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>ESPN and The Athletic first reported the multi-team deal, which, as currently constructed, will be executed as the sign-and-trade of a three-year, $50 million contract involving the Warriors, Mavericks and Charlotte Hornets, said the people, who spoke to The Associated Press on condition of anonymity because the agreement has not been announced.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Without mentioning Dallas — by league rule, they technically cannot acknowledge any part of the trade yet — the Warriors released a statement in tribute to Thompson on Monday night, saying they “can’t overstate Klay Thompson’s incredible and legendary contributions” to the team and that “the amount of joy and happiness that Klay provided Warriors fans … cannot be minimized.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“His penchant for delivering in pressurized situations on the biggest stage, including many Game 6 heroics, has helped define a career,” the Warriors said. “Klay’s legacy will live on forever, and we look forward to the day we can retire his #11 jersey at Chase Center, where he will join a host of Warriors immortals, including those who helped shape this recent dynasty — himself included.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Thompson is sixth on the NBA’s all-time 3-pointers made list with 2,481, behind Reggie Miller (2,560), Damian Lillard (2,607), James Harden (2,940), Ray Allen (2,973) and Thompson’s now-former “Splash Brother” with the Warriors, Stephen Curry, and his 3,747 career makes from beyond the arc.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>There were indications last season that Thompson and the Warriors might be headed toward a breakup.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Thompson came off the bench 14 times — not much in the grand scheme of things considering he played 77 games, but those were his first appearances as a reserve since his rookie season of 2011–12. He shot 38.7% from 3-point range, the second-worst of his career. He averaged 17.9 points, the third-lowest of his career. He wasn’t always in the finishing lineup and the season — and his Warriors career — ended with a \u003ca href=\"https://apnews.com/article/klay-thompson-warriors-154109a89c65414860dd0c9800a96a86\">0-for-10 shooting performance\u003c/a> against Sacramento in a play-in tournament loss.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Thompson — a five-time All-Star and two-time All-NBA selection who missed two entire seasons with injuries — took a long look around the court after that game, soaking in the scene just in case it would be his final time playing with the Warriors. Turns out, it was. 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He was 86.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The San Francisco Giants and his family announced the death Friday night, and a moment of silence was held as his photo showed on the scoreboard at Oracle Park midway through a game against the Los Angeles Dodgers.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Our beloved Orlando passed away peacefully at home this evening, listening to his favorite music and surrounded by his loved ones,” his wife, Nydia, said in a statement released through the team. “We take comfort that he is at peace.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>It’s been a heartbreaking month for the Giants given Cepeda’s death followed that of Hall of Famer \u003ca href=\"https://apnews.com/article/willie-mays-dies-at-93-baseball-33b31cc2d6382676ed54517d20ea36a3\">Willie Mays, who died 10 days earlier on June 18\u003c/a> at age 93.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Man, what another gut punch,” said Giants manager Bob Melvin, who grew up in the Bay Area cheering for the team. “Another just incredible personality and just beloved here. Statue out front. The numbers he put up, there are a lot of legends here and he’s certainly right in the middle of that. To have it so close in proximity to Willie, it’s kind of staggering.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Cepeda was a regular at Giants home games through the 2017 season until he dealt with some health challenges. He was hospitalized in the Bay Area in February 2018 following a cardiac event.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>One of the first Puerto Rican stars in the majors but limited by knee issues, he became Boston’s first designated hitter and credits his time as a DH for getting him enshrined into the Hall of Fame in 1999 as selected by the Veterans Committee.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Orlando Cepeda’s unabashed love for the game of baseball sparkled during his extraordinary playing career, and later as one of the game’s enduring ambassadors,” Hall of Fame Chairman Jane Forbes Clark said. “We will miss his wonderful smile at Hall of Fame Weekend in Cooperstown, where his spirit will shine forever, and we extend our deepest sympathies to the Cepeda family.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>When the Red Sox called Cepeda in December 1972 to inquire whether he’d like to be their first designated hitter, the unemployed player accepted on the spot.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Boston called and asked me if I was interested in being the DH, and I said yes,” Cepeda recalled in a 2013 interview with The Associated Press in the 40th year of the DH. “The DH got me to the Hall of Fame. 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The A’s had released Cepeda only months after acquiring him from Atlanta on June 29, 1972.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11992594\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-11992594\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/06/GettyImages-1149159429-800x551.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"800\" height=\"551\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/06/GettyImages-1149159429-800x551.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/06/GettyImages-1149159429-1020x702.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/06/GettyImages-1149159429-160x110.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/06/GettyImages-1149159429.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Orlando Cepeda of the San Francisco Giants swings at the pitch during an MLB game against the Los Angeles Dodgers on May 20, 1961 at Candlestick Park in San Francisco. \u003ccite>(Hy Peskin/Getty Images)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Cepeda was celebrated at Fenway Park on May 8, 2013, for a ceremony celebrating his role as designated hitter. The Red Sox had invited him for their first home series of the season but his former Giants franchise was honoring the reigning World Series champions at the same time.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“It means a lot,” Cepeda said then. “Amazing. When you think everything’s finished, it’s only the beginning.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>He said then-A’s owner Charlie Finley sent him a telegram to call him within a 24-hour period or he’d be released. Cepeda didn’t meet the deadline and was let go in December 1972. He played in only three games for Oakland after the A’s acquired him for pitcher Denny McLain. Cepeda was placed on the disabled list with a left knee injury. He had 10 knee operations in all, sidelining him four different years.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Cepeda had been a first baseman and outfielder before joining the first class of baseball’s designated hitters under the new American League rule.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“They were talking about only doing it for three years,” he said. “And people still don’t like the idea of the DH. They said it wouldn’t last.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The addition of the DH opened new opportunities for players such as Cepeda and others from his era who could still produce at the plate late in their careers but no longer played the field with the spot-on defense of their primes.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Cepeda was thrilled to have another chance.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>He hit .289 with 20 home runs and 86 RBIs in 1973, starting off strongly with a .333 average and five homers in April. He drove in 23 runs in August on the way to DH of the Year honors. On Aug. 8 at Kansas City, Cepeda hit four doubles.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“That was one of the best years,” Cepeda recalled, “because I was playing on one leg and I hit .289. And I hit four doubles in one game. Both my knees were hurting, and I was designated hitter of the year.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Cepeda topped Baltimore’s Tommy Davis (.306, seven homers, 89 RBIs) and Minnesota’s Tony Oliva (.291, 16 HRs, 92 RBIs) for top DH honors.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“It wasn’t easy for me to win the award,” Cepeda said. “They had some great years.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Cepeda knew little English when he arrived in the minor leagues in the mid-1950s, putting him among the first wave of Spanish-speaking players thrown into a different culture to play professional baseball, build new lives and send money back home.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>It was an opportunity to succeed in a sport he loved, as long as daunting challenges off the field could be overcome.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Early on, Cepeda was told by a manager to go home to Puerto Rico and learn English before coming back to his career in the U.S.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Coming here my first year, everything was a novelty to me, a surprise,” Cepeda recalled in a 2014 interview with the AP. “When I came to Virginia, I was there for one month and my father died. My dad said, ‘I want to see my son play pro ball,’ and he died the day before I played my first game in Virginia.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[aside label=\"Related Stories\" postID=\"news_11991319,news_11991060,arts_13959567\"]“From there I went to Puerto Rico and when I came back here, I had to come back because we didn’t have no money and my mother said, ‘You’ve got to go back and send me money, we don’t have money to eat,’” he said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Cepeda had continued to be encouraged watching so many young players from Latin America arriving in the United States with better English skills, thanks in large part to all 30 major league organizations putting more emphasis into such training through academies in the Dominican Republic and Venezuela.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>There also are English classes offered to young players during spring training and into extended spring, plus through the various levels of the minor leagues.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Orlando overcame challenges throughout his life to build a Hall of Fame career,” MLB Commissioner Rob Manfred said in a statement. “This beloved figure from Puerto Rico was one of the many players of his era who helped turn baseball into a multicultural game.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>He had his troubles, too.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Cepeda was arrested in May 2007 after being pulled him over for speeding when officers discovered drugs in the car.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The California Highway Patrol officer arrested Cepeda after finding a “usable” amount of a white-powder substance that likely was methamphetamine or cocaine, while marijuana and a syringe were also discovered.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11992592\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-11992592\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/06/GettyImages-113920010-800x534.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"800\" height=\"534\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/06/GettyImages-113920010-800x534.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/06/GettyImages-113920010-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/06/GettyImages-113920010-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/06/GettyImages-113920010.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Orlando Cepeda waves to the crowd during a ceremony for Willie Mays’ 80th birthday before a San Francisco Giants game against the Colorado Rockies at AT&T Park on May 6, 2011 in San Francisco. \u003ccite>(Ezra Shaw/Getty Images)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>After his playing career ended, Cepeda was convicted in 1976 in San Juan, Puerto Rico, of smuggling marijuana and sentenced to five years in prison.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>That conviction was probably one reason he was not elected to the Hall of Fame by the Baseball Writers’ Association of America. Cepeda eventually was elected by the Veterans Committee in 1999.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Cepeda played first base during his 17 seasons in the majors, beginning with the Giants. He also spent time with St. Louis, Atlanta, Oakland, Boston and Kansas City. In the spring of 1969, Cepeda was traded by the Cardinals to the Braves for Joe Torre.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>A seven-time All-Star who played in three World Series, Cepeda was the 1958 NL Rookie of the Year with San Francisco and NL MVP in 1967 with St. Louis, a city sad to see him go in that trade that brought Torre to town. In 1961, Cepeda led the NL with 46 homers and 142 RBIs. 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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>It’s been a heartbreaking month for the Giants given Cepeda’s death followed that of Hall of Famer \u003ca href=\"https://apnews.com/article/willie-mays-dies-at-93-baseball-33b31cc2d6382676ed54517d20ea36a3\">Willie Mays, who died 10 days earlier on June 18\u003c/a> at age 93.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Man, what another gut punch,” said Giants manager Bob Melvin, who grew up in the Bay Area cheering for the team. “Another just incredible personality and just beloved here. Statue out front. The numbers he put up, there are a lot of legends here and he’s certainly right in the middle of that. To have it so close in proximity to Willie, it’s kind of staggering.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Cepeda was a regular at Giants home games through the 2017 season until he dealt with some health challenges. He was hospitalized in the Bay Area in February 2018 following a cardiac event.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>One of the first Puerto Rican stars in the majors but limited by knee issues, he became Boston’s first designated hitter and credits his time as a DH for getting him enshrined into the Hall of Fame in 1999 as selected by the Veterans Committee.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Orlando Cepeda’s unabashed love for the game of baseball sparkled during his extraordinary playing career, and later as one of the game’s enduring ambassadors,” Hall of Fame Chairman Jane Forbes Clark said. “We will miss his wonderful smile at Hall of Fame Weekend in Cooperstown, where his spirit will shine forever, and we extend our deepest sympathies to the Cepeda family.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>When the Red Sox called Cepeda in December 1972 to inquire whether he’d like to be their first designated hitter, the unemployed player accepted on the spot.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Boston called and asked me if I was interested in being the DH, and I said yes,” Cepeda recalled in a 2013 interview with The Associated Press in the 40th year of the DH. “The DH got me to the Hall of Fame. 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The Red Sox had invited him for their first home series of the season but his former Giants franchise was honoring the reigning World Series champions at the same time.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“It means a lot,” Cepeda said then. “Amazing. When you think everything’s finished, it’s only the beginning.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>He said then-A’s owner Charlie Finley sent him a telegram to call him within a 24-hour period or he’d be released. Cepeda didn’t meet the deadline and was let go in December 1972. He played in only three games for Oakland after the A’s acquired him for pitcher Denny McLain. Cepeda was placed on the disabled list with a left knee injury. He had 10 knee operations in all, sidelining him four different years.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Cepeda had been a first baseman and outfielder before joining the first class of baseball’s designated hitters under the new American League rule.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“They were talking about only doing it for three years,” he said. “And people still don’t like the idea of the DH. They said it wouldn’t last.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The addition of the DH opened new opportunities for players such as Cepeda and others from his era who could still produce at the plate late in their careers but no longer played the field with the spot-on defense of their primes.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Cepeda was thrilled to have another chance.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>He hit .289 with 20 home runs and 86 RBIs in 1973, starting off strongly with a .333 average and five homers in April. He drove in 23 runs in August on the way to DH of the Year honors. 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"content": "\u003cp>Willie Mays, the San Francisco Giants’ baseball legend known as the ‘Say Hey Kid,’ died on Tuesday, \u003ca href=\"https://x.com/SFGiants/status/1803229363770478912\">the team announced\u003c/a>. He was 93.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Mays, regarded by many as the greatest all-around baseball player ever, may be remembered most for his magic playing center field, iconized most famously in the play known as ‘The Catch.’ Mays, playing in the 1954 World Series for the New York Giants, chased down a fly ball, and caught it over his shoulder with his back to the diamond.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“The use of the basket catch. The hat flying off his head,” biographer James Hirsch wrote of Mays, in the book \u003cem>Willie Mays: The Life, The Legend\u003c/em>. “He did it with a certain flair and charisma that he knew was irresistible to watch.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7bLt2xKaNH0\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“He was the first ‘five-tool’ player,” Hirsch said. “That term did not exist until Willie Mays came around. He could hit for power. He could hit for average. He could run. He could throw and he could field. And in that sense, he became the template for all other players who wanted to be a complete ballplayer.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Willie Howard Mays, Jr. was born in 1931 in Westfield, Alabama. He played for the Birmingham Black Barons in the old Negro Leagues before joining the New York Giants, in 1951, four years after Jackie Robinson broke baseball’s infamous color barrier.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>When the Giants and Dodgers moved from New York to California in 1958, Mays was a face of Major League Baseball’s westward expansion. The fact that his face was Black made it a tough transition for Mays, but Mays later expressed how uncomfortable he was confronting racism forthrightly, which other players were unhappy with.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“It definitely hurt [Mays] for Jackie Robinson and others to be critical of him,” biographer Hirsch said. “But importantly, Willie believed that in his own way, he did advance the Civil Rights Movement as a role model for the rest of America.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11991084\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 1920px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-11991084\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/06/GettyImages-1156588938_qut.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1280\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/06/GettyImages-1156588938_qut.jpg 1920w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/06/GettyImages-1156588938_qut-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/06/GettyImages-1156588938_qut-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/06/GettyImages-1156588938_qut-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/06/GettyImages-1156588938_qut-1536x1024.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1920px) 100vw, 1920px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">A photo of Willie Mays hangs in the Mays Suite at AT&T Park in San Francisco. \u003ccite>(Jerry Holt/Star Tribune via Getty Images)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>“I remember hearing about the struggles that he endured because he was Black, and what he overcame to become an icon on the field,” San Francisco Mayor London Breed said in a statement Tuesday. “He was from a generation who faced segregation and racism, a generation that paved the way so that many of us could have the freedom to thrive.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“To a native San Franciscan, some things just go without question: it’s foggy in the summer, cable cars go halfway to the stars, and Willie Mays is the best there ever was.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Mays was known for playing hard and all the time. He rarely missed games. A few times, he collapsed from exhaustion. He is also remembered for making peace in the clubhouse, keeping the focus on the baseball and making everyone feel welcome.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“If you were a member of the baseball team, he’s gonna take care of you,” said former teammate Nate Oliver, who was traded to the Giants in 1968 after playing against the team the season before, for the Los Angeles Dodgers. “He treated every single person in the clubhouse with dignity and respect… because if you’re here, you belong here. And if we’re going to win, it takes all of us.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11991072\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 1920px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-11991072\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/06/GettyImages-515535914_qut.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1291\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/06/GettyImages-515535914_qut.jpg 1920w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/06/GettyImages-515535914_qut-800x538.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/06/GettyImages-515535914_qut-1020x686.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/06/GettyImages-515535914_qut-160x108.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/06/GettyImages-515535914_qut-1536x1033.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1920px) 100vw, 1920px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Willie Mays hits his 511th home run at the Astrodome in Houston in April, 1966, tying Mel Ott’s record for most National League career home runs. Mays would break the tie nine days later against the Dodgers at Candlestick Park. He hit 660 home runs in his career. \u003ccite>(Getty Images)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>On his 90th birthday in 2021, the Giants Community Fund launched a scholarship program for Black students in his name.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“He’s always said that people took such good care of him, when he was young and coming up in baseball that, he wants to give it back,” said Renel Brooks-Moon, former San Francisco Giants’ public address announcer.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>She said even in his later years, Mays delighted in coming to the Giants clubhouse to talk baseball.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Nothing gives him more pleasure than teaching the game,” she said. “And nothing gives him more pleasure than helping children.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11991074\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 1920px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-11991074\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/06/GettyImages-1156588964_qut.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1280\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/06/GettyImages-1156588964_qut.jpg 1920w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/06/GettyImages-1156588964_qut-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/06/GettyImages-1156588964_qut-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/06/GettyImages-1156588964_qut-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/06/GettyImages-1156588964_qut-1536x1024.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1920px) 100vw, 1920px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Willie Mays, photographed in 2014 in San Francisco. \u003ccite>(Jerry Holt/Star Tribune via Getty Images)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Mays played 21 seasons with the Giants. In his career, Mays hit 660 home runs and stole 338 bases. And he will be long remembered for that one catch.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“When the Ball went up, I knew exactly what to do before the ball ever came down,” Mays remembered of the play in a 2010 interview on NPR’s All Things Considered. “I gotta catch the ball. I gotta stop. I gotta make a 360. And I might have had the ball all the way but the key for me was the throw, getting it back into the infield so nobody could advance.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cem>This story has been updated.\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\n",
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The fact that his face was Black made it a tough transition for Mays, but Mays later expressed how uncomfortable he was confronting racism forthrightly, which other players were unhappy with.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“It definitely hurt [Mays] for Jackie Robinson and others to be critical of him,” biographer Hirsch said. “But importantly, Willie believed that in his own way, he did advance the Civil Rights Movement as a role model for the rest of America.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11991084\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 1920px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-11991084\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/06/GettyImages-1156588938_qut.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1280\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/06/GettyImages-1156588938_qut.jpg 1920w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/06/GettyImages-1156588938_qut-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/06/GettyImages-1156588938_qut-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/06/GettyImages-1156588938_qut-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/06/GettyImages-1156588938_qut-1536x1024.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1920px) 100vw, 1920px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">A photo of Willie Mays hangs in the Mays Suite at AT&T Park in San Francisco. \u003ccite>(Jerry Holt/Star Tribune via Getty Images)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>“I remember hearing about the struggles that he endured because he was Black, and what he overcame to become an icon on the field,” San Francisco Mayor London Breed said in a statement Tuesday. “He was from a generation who faced segregation and racism, a generation that paved the way so that many of us could have the freedom to thrive.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“To a native San Franciscan, some things just go without question: it’s foggy in the summer, cable cars go halfway to the stars, and Willie Mays is the best there ever was.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Mays was known for playing hard and all the time. He rarely missed games. A few times, he collapsed from exhaustion. He is also remembered for making peace in the clubhouse, keeping the focus on the baseball and making everyone feel welcome.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“If you were a member of the baseball team, he’s gonna take care of you,” said former teammate Nate Oliver, who was traded to the Giants in 1968 after playing against the team the season before, for the Los Angeles Dodgers. “He treated every single person in the clubhouse with dignity and respect… because if you’re here, you belong here. And if we’re going to win, it takes all of us.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11991072\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 1920px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-11991072\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/06/GettyImages-515535914_qut.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1291\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/06/GettyImages-515535914_qut.jpg 1920w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/06/GettyImages-515535914_qut-800x538.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/06/GettyImages-515535914_qut-1020x686.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/06/GettyImages-515535914_qut-160x108.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/06/GettyImages-515535914_qut-1536x1033.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1920px) 100vw, 1920px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Willie Mays hits his 511th home run at the Astrodome in Houston in April, 1966, tying Mel Ott’s record for most National League career home runs. Mays would break the tie nine days later against the Dodgers at Candlestick Park. He hit 660 home runs in his career. \u003ccite>(Getty Images)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>On his 90th birthday in 2021, the Giants Community Fund launched a scholarship program for Black students in his name.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“He’s always said that people took such good care of him, when he was young and coming up in baseball that, he wants to give it back,” said Renel Brooks-Moon, former San Francisco Giants’ public address announcer.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>She said even in his later years, Mays delighted in coming to the Giants clubhouse to talk baseball.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Nothing gives him more pleasure than teaching the game,” she said. “And nothing gives him more pleasure than helping children.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11991074\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 1920px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-11991074\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/06/GettyImages-1156588964_qut.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1280\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/06/GettyImages-1156588964_qut.jpg 1920w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/06/GettyImages-1156588964_qut-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/06/GettyImages-1156588964_qut-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/06/GettyImages-1156588964_qut-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/06/GettyImages-1156588964_qut-1536x1024.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1920px) 100vw, 1920px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Willie Mays, photographed in 2014 in San Francisco. \u003ccite>(Jerry Holt/Star Tribune via Getty Images)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Mays played 21 seasons with the Giants. In his career, Mays hit 660 home runs and stole 338 bases. And he will be long remembered for that one catch.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“When the Ball went up, I knew exactly what to do before the ball ever came down,” Mays remembered of the play in a 2010 interview on NPR’s All Things Considered. “I gotta catch the ball. I gotta stop. I gotta make a 360. And I might have had the ball all the way but the key for me was the throw, getting it back into the infield so nobody could advance.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cem>This story has been updated.\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\n\u003c/div>\u003c/p>",
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"content": "\u003cp>Jerry West, who was selected to the Basketball Hall of Fame three times in a storied career as a player and executive and whose silhouette is considered the basis of the NBA logo, died Wednesday morning, the Los Angeles Clippers announced.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>He was 86.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>West, nicknamed “Mr. Clutch” for his late-game exploits as a player, was an NBA champion who went into the Hall of Fame as a player in 1980 and again as a member of the gold medal-winning 1960 U.S. Olympic Team in 2010. He will be enshrined for a third time later this year as a contributor, and NBA Commissioner Adam Silver called West “one of the greatest executives in sports history.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[aside postID=\"arts_13958719,arts_13958423\" label=\"Related Stories\"]“He helped build eight championship teams during his tenure in the NBA — a legacy of achievement that mirrors his on-court excellence,” Silver said. “And he will be enshrined this October into the Naismith Basketball Hall of Fame as a contributor, becoming the first person ever inducted as both a player and a contributor. I valued my friendship with Jerry and the knowledge he shared with me over many years about basketball and life.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>West was “the personification of basketball excellence and a friend to all who knew him,” the Clippers said in announcing his death. West’s wife, Karen, was by his side when he died, the Clippers said. West worked for the Clippers as a consultant for the last seven years.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>He was an All-Star in all 14 of his NBA seasons, a 12-time All-NBA selection, part of the 1972 Los Angeles Lakers team that won a championship, an NBA Finals MVP when the Lakers lost to the Boston Celtics in 1969 — the first year that award was given out, and still the only time it went to a player on the losing team — and was selected as part of the NBA’s 75th anniversary team.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>West was general manager of championship teams with the Lakers, helping build the “Showtime” dynasty. He also worked in the front offices of the Memphis Grizzlies, the Golden State Warriors and the Clippers. Among his many highlights as an executive with the Lakers: he drafted Magic Johnson and James Worthy, then brought in Kobe Bryant and eventually Shaquille O’Neal to play alongside Bryant. Warriors Co-Executive Chairman and CEO Joe Jacob expressed his condolences to West’s family and his admiration for West as his idol, as well as for his contributions to the sport.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Jerry West was an incredible and unique individual, having accomplished immeasurable heights in the game of basketball,” said Jacob. “He reached the absolute pinnacle of the sport as both a player and executive, something few can claim in the profession…He was bigger than life. He was an icon.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>His basketball life bridged generations: West played with Elgin Baylor, whom he called “the most supportive and the greatest player of that era,” and Wilt Chamberlain. As a coach and executive, he worked with a who’s who of NBA stars from the last 40 years: Kareem Abdul-Jabbar, Johnson, Worthy, O’Neal, Bryant, Stephen Curry, Klay Thompson, Kevin Durant, Kawhi Leonard and Paul George among them.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I marvel at them, at the joy they brought basketball fans all over the world,” West said in 2019.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Even in the final years of his life, West was considered basketball royalty. He routinely sat courtside at Summer League games in Las Vegas, often watching many games in a day while greeting long lines of players — LeBron James among them — who would approach to shake his hand.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“The game transcends many things,” West said while attending Summer League last year. “The players change, the style of play may change, but the respect that you learn in this game never changes.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>James, \u003ca href=\"https://twitter.com/KingJames/status/1800898659330171024\">on social media\u003c/a>, offered his condolences: “Will truly miss our convos my dear friend! My thoughts and prayers goes out to your wonderful family! Forever love Jerry! Rest in Paradise my guy!” the NBA’s all-time scoring leader wrote Wednesday.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11989914\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2560px\">\u003ca href=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/06/AP24164510666254-scaled.jpg\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-11989914\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/06/AP24164510666254-scaled.jpg\" alt=\"A logo of a blue, white and red silhouette with a man dribbling a basketball.\" width=\"2560\" height=\"1707\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/06/AP24164510666254-scaled.jpg 2560w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/06/AP24164510666254-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/06/AP24164510666254-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/06/AP24164510666254-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/06/AP24164510666254-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/06/AP24164510666254-2048x1365.jpg 2048w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/06/AP24164510666254-1920x1280.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 2560px) 100vw, 2560px\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">The NBA logo is shown on a basketball court in Lake Buena Vista, Florida, on Friday, Aug. 28, 2020. Jerry West’s silhouette is considered to be the basis of the NBA logo. \u003ccite>(Ashley Landis/The Associated Press)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>West is 25th on the NBA’s all-time scoring list, and while the league has never confirmed that West was, in fact, the model for its logo — a player dribbling a ball, set against a red-and-blue background — the league has never said otherwise, either.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“While it’s never been officially declared that the logo is Jerry West,” Silver said in 2021, “it sure looks a lot like him.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>West is still the NBA Finals’ all-time leader in total points, field goals made and attempted, as well as free throws made and attempted. He played in the title series nine times with the Lakers; his teams went 1-2 against the New York Knicks and 0-6 against the Celtics.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Those damn Celtics,” he often said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>West also hit one of the most famed shots in finals history, \u003ca href=\"https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fzWGnA4Ll-0\">a 60-footer at the buzzer\u003c/a> of Game 3 of the 1970 series between the Knicks and Lakers to force overtime.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Tributes from across the sports world quickly poured in on Wednesday morning. The Los Angeles Dodgers released a statement calling West “an indelible figure on the Los Angeles sports landscape for more than 60 years,” and the NBA was planning a pregame tribute to West before Game 3 of the NBA Finals between the Celtics and Dallas Mavericks on Wednesday night.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Jerry West is one of my favorite people that I had the honor to get to know in the NBA,” Miami Heat managing general partner Micky Arison said Wednesday. “He welcomed me to the league, offered advice from the first day, and asked nothing in return. He will be missed.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Michael Jordan said he considered West “a friend and mentor — like an older brother to me.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I valued his friendship and knowledge,” Jordan said. “I always wished I could have played against him as a competitor, but the more I came to know him, I wish I had been his teammate. I admired his basketball insights and he and I shared many similarities to how we approached the game.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>A native of Chelyan, West Virginia, West was known as a tenacious player who was rarely satisfied with his performance. He grew up shooting at a basket nailed to the side of a shed and often shot until his fingers bled. He became the first high school player in state history to score more than 900 points in a season, averaging 32.2 points in leading East Bank High to a state title.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Basketball, he would later reveal, was his therapy.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In his memoir, “West by West: My Charmed, Tormented Life,” West chronicled a lifelong battle with depression. He wrote that his childhood was devoid of love and filled with anger as a result of an abusive father. He often felt worthless, and to combat that, he said he put his energy into playing the game.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>West led West Virginia University — where he is still the all-time leader in scoring average — to the NCAA final in 1959 when the Mountaineers lost by one point to California.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>A year after winning Olympic gold in Rome, West joined the Lakers, where he spent his entire pro playing career. In 1996, he was honored as one of the league’s 50 greatest players, and when the league expanded the polling to 75 players to commemorate its 75th anniversary in 2021, West was selected again.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“You know, it never ceases to amaze me the places you can go in this world chasing a bouncing ball,” West said in 2019 when he was awarded the Presidential Medal of Freedom — the nation’s highest civilian honor — by then-President Donald Trump. “My chase began in Chelyan, West Virginia, where I strung a wire basket with no net to the side of a bridge. 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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>“He helped build eight championship teams during his tenure in the NBA — a legacy of achievement that mirrors his on-court excellence,” Silver said. “And he will be enshrined this October into the Naismith Basketball Hall of Fame as a contributor, becoming the first person ever inducted as both a player and a contributor. I valued my friendship with Jerry and the knowledge he shared with me over many years about basketball and life.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>West was “the personification of basketball excellence and a friend to all who knew him,” the Clippers said in announcing his death. West’s wife, Karen, was by his side when he died, the Clippers said. West worked for the Clippers as a consultant for the last seven years.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003c/div>",
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Warriors Co-Executive Chairman and CEO Joe Jacob expressed his condolences to West’s family and his admiration for West as his idol, as well as for his contributions to the sport.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Jerry West was an incredible and unique individual, having accomplished immeasurable heights in the game of basketball,” said Jacob. “He reached the absolute pinnacle of the sport as both a player and executive, something few can claim in the profession…He was bigger than life. He was an icon.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>His basketball life bridged generations: West played with Elgin Baylor, whom he called “the most supportive and the greatest player of that era,” and Wilt Chamberlain. As a coach and executive, he worked with a who’s who of NBA stars from the last 40 years: Kareem Abdul-Jabbar, Johnson, Worthy, O’Neal, Bryant, Stephen Curry, Klay Thompson, Kevin Durant, Kawhi Leonard and Paul George among them.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I marvel at them, at the joy they brought basketball fans all over the world,” West said in 2019.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Even in the final years of his life, West was considered basketball royalty. He routinely sat courtside at Summer League games in Las Vegas, often watching many games in a day while greeting long lines of players — LeBron James among them — who would approach to shake his hand.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“The game transcends many things,” West said while attending Summer League last year. “The players change, the style of play may change, but the respect that you learn in this game never changes.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>James, \u003ca href=\"https://twitter.com/KingJames/status/1800898659330171024\">on social media\u003c/a>, offered his condolences: “Will truly miss our convos my dear friend! My thoughts and prayers goes out to your wonderful family! Forever love Jerry! Rest in Paradise my guy!” the NBA’s all-time scoring leader wrote Wednesday.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11989914\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2560px\">\u003ca href=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/06/AP24164510666254-scaled.jpg\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-11989914\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/06/AP24164510666254-scaled.jpg\" alt=\"A logo of a blue, white and red silhouette with a man dribbling a basketball.\" width=\"2560\" height=\"1707\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/06/AP24164510666254-scaled.jpg 2560w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/06/AP24164510666254-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/06/AP24164510666254-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/06/AP24164510666254-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/06/AP24164510666254-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/06/AP24164510666254-2048x1365.jpg 2048w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/06/AP24164510666254-1920x1280.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 2560px) 100vw, 2560px\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">The NBA logo is shown on a basketball court in Lake Buena Vista, Florida, on Friday, Aug. 28, 2020. Jerry West’s silhouette is considered to be the basis of the NBA logo. \u003ccite>(Ashley Landis/The Associated Press)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>West is 25th on the NBA’s all-time scoring list, and while the league has never confirmed that West was, in fact, the model for its logo — a player dribbling a ball, set against a red-and-blue background — the league has never said otherwise, either.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“While it’s never been officially declared that the logo is Jerry West,” Silver said in 2021, “it sure looks a lot like him.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>West is still the NBA Finals’ all-time leader in total points, field goals made and attempted, as well as free throws made and attempted. He played in the title series nine times with the Lakers; his teams went 1-2 against the New York Knicks and 0-6 against the Celtics.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Those damn Celtics,” he often said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>West also hit one of the most famed shots in finals history, \u003ca href=\"https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fzWGnA4Ll-0\">a 60-footer at the buzzer\u003c/a> of Game 3 of the 1970 series between the Knicks and Lakers to force overtime.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Tributes from across the sports world quickly poured in on Wednesday morning. The Los Angeles Dodgers released a statement calling West “an indelible figure on the Los Angeles sports landscape for more than 60 years,” and the NBA was planning a pregame tribute to West before Game 3 of the NBA Finals between the Celtics and Dallas Mavericks on Wednesday night.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Jerry West is one of my favorite people that I had the honor to get to know in the NBA,” Miami Heat managing general partner Micky Arison said Wednesday. “He welcomed me to the league, offered advice from the first day, and asked nothing in return. He will be missed.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Michael Jordan said he considered West “a friend and mentor — like an older brother to me.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I valued his friendship and knowledge,” Jordan said. “I always wished I could have played against him as a competitor, but the more I came to know him, I wish I had been his teammate. 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"content": "\u003cp>Ever since Hawaiian princes first brought surfing to Santa Cruz in 1885, the city has been on the cutting edge of a lot of surfing technology. It’s where surfers first began using wetsuits in the 1950s and a decade later, where builders first used CNC machines to automatically shape surfboards. Now, a new local company is contributing to that history of innovation while also making the sport more environmentally friendly: It’s using a 3D printer to craft surfboards out of recycled hospital trays.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In a Santa Cruz garage, a huge homemade metal machine lays a clear plastic filament down, row by row. This 3D printer uses a digital file to create a three-dimensional object. Over the next couple of days, the rows will form a surfboard.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“This was the first board that kind of sparked the drive for everything else,” said Patricio Guerrero, pulling a finished board out of a rack next to the printer.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The surfboard is hollow and translucent, with a diamond-shaped lattice pattern running through it. It almost looks like frosted glass, but it’s not much heavier than a normal surfboard.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>\u003cstrong>Beginnings\u003c/strong>\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>Guerrero started printing surfboards in his garage in the fall of 2022 and tested the first one at Steamer Lane, one of the most famous surf spots in Santa Cruz. People have been surfing there since the 1930s, and Steamer Lane has seen plenty of homemade boards. But this was the first made from a 3D printer.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I was super nervous,” Guerrero recalled. “Man, maybe I’ll just jump in the water, and the whole thing will just break right under me.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But the board worked, and Guerrero ended up surfing for two hours. From there, he started printing more surfboards. He began using recycled materials and founded a startup, which he called \u003ca href=\"https://swellcyclesurfboards.com/\">Swellcycle\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11989359\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"max-width: 2381px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-11989359\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/06/DCS_8998.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2381\" height=\"1920\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/06/DCS_8998.jpg 2381w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/06/DCS_8998-800x645.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/06/DCS_8998-1020x823.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/06/DCS_8998-160x129.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/06/DCS_8998-1536x1239.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/06/DCS_8998-2048x1651.jpg 2048w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/06/DCS_8998-1920x1548.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 2381px) 100vw, 2381px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Patricio Guerrero holds an early version of a Swellcycle 3D printed board in his garage in October 2023. \u003ccite>(Erin Malsbury/KAZU)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003ch2>\u003cstrong>A wasteful industry\u003c/strong>\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>Surfboards are an estimated $13 billion global industry. It’s hard to say exactly how many boards are made each year. They’re made by big manufacturers but also by hobbyists in their garages. The best estimate is somewhere in the tens of millions.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The majority of those millions of boards are not environmentally friendly. Most surfboards start as a plastic foam block — called a blank — with a thin piece of wood running down the middle. They’re then sanded down to a desired shape and covered in fiberglass and plastic resin.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The foam cores in most surfboards can’t easily be recycled, and they don’t biodegrade. Old or broken surfboards usually end up in landfills, where they crumble into smaller and smaller pieces that can pollute water and soil.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But 3D-printed boards don’t need foam. They’re mostly hollow, and they can be made from recycled plastic.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“You can basically melt it down and create a filament that then you feed into your printer,” Guerrero said. For Swellcycle, he started ordering filament made from recycled hospital trays.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Soon, Guerrero recruited a business partner to design the boards and started sending them to local surfboard shapers for the final fiberglassing.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Santa Cruz surfboard shaper Vince Broglio was the first to work with one of Guerrero’s boards. Throughout his nearly 40-year career, he has mostly worked with typical foam boards.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“You’ll have two different types of blanks, ones of polyurethane and ones EPS, expandable foam,” he said. “Hand-shaping a blank that will take me about two hours.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Broglio’s shaping room is a two-room shack with an ocean view. The walls are lined with photos of waves, and shelves are packed with materials like fiberglass, carbon fiber and plastic resins.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In one room, Broglio uses a planar to shape a foam blank, which he then sands by hand. The other room is for putting fiberglass and resin coatings on boards. It smells strongly of plastic resin.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11989436\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"max-width: 1710px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-11989436\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/06/DCS_1741-scaled-e1717785056555.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1710\" height=\"1237\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/06/DCS_1741-scaled-e1717785056555.jpg 1710w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/06/DCS_1741-scaled-e1717785056555-800x579.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/06/DCS_1741-scaled-e1717785056555-1020x738.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/06/DCS_1741-scaled-e1717785056555-160x116.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/06/DCS_1741-scaled-e1717785056555-1536x1111.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1710px) 100vw, 1710px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">A nearly finished foam surfboard is ready for fiberglassing and the final resin coating in Vince Broglio’s shaping room in October 2023. \u003ccite>(Erin Malsbury/KAZU)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>“When you’re laminating a board or ‘glassing,’ you’re putting the fiberglass and resin on the board and putting out a finished product,” Broglio said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>He said glassing one of the 3D-printed boards wasn’t very different than working with a normal surfboard.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“It looked really cool when it was done, you know, see-through board and all that.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Broglio said it could be hard for surf culture to accept new things, but that 3D printing is just another tool.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I know there’s going to be guys [who say], ‘Oh my God, the soul of it’s gone,’ but, you know, you got to have somebody that knows surfing that’s been shaping and all that to design the board in the first place.”\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>\u003cstrong>Introducing something new\u003c/strong>\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>Swellcycle prototyped more boards and kept working with local shapers. Eventually, big wave surfer Tyler Fox tried one out.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“The sustainability element — that these boards are using recycled plastics and they can also get recycled at the end of their life cycle — was something that really excited me,” he said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Fox said the boards also catch people’s eye in the water.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Midday, where the sun’s shining right through it on a green wave, it just glows. It’s like you’re on a glowing hovercraft, and it’s pretty neat to see how excited people get,” he said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11989437\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"max-width: 1706px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-11989437\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/06/DSC04397-scaled-e1717785275208.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1706\" height=\"1292\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/06/DSC04397-scaled-e1717785275208.jpg 1706w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/06/DSC04397-scaled-e1717785275208-800x606.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/06/DSC04397-scaled-e1717785275208-1020x772.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/06/DSC04397-scaled-e1717785275208-160x121.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/06/DSC04397-scaled-e1717785275208-1536x1163.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1706px) 100vw, 1706px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">The Swellcycle team experiments with a variety of board shapes and plans to eventually sell several different models in October 2023. \u003ccite>(Erin Malsbury/KAZU)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>On a sunny morning on the cliff above the surf spot Steamer Lane, people gathered around the printed surfboards.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Dude, it’s trippy how it’s kind of see-through,” said one surfer who stopped to ask the Swellcycle team questions.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“It feels great,” said surfer Antonio Ramirez, who had just finished trying one out in the water. “I love it. It was smooth, fast and loose.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The 3D-printed boards have also earned the approval of local legend Bob Pearson, who founded Pearson-Arrow surfboards in the 1960s. He now ships boards to pro surfers around the world.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>At the massive Pearson Arrow Factory in Santa Cruz, he points out boards destined for Japan and Hawaii. There are potato chip-thin 6-foot-long shortboards and thick, sharply-pointed 10-foot boards for big waves.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“We make six boards a day,” Pearson said. “We’ve been doing that for years. We’ve made well over 100,000 boards.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>He said the current process has room for improvement.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“We do them out of polyurethane and EPS — expanded polystyrene, and there’s a lot of waste. That waste goes to landfill. That’s not a good thing.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>When the Swellcycle team first approached him, Pearson was skeptical.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“A lot of people bring things in that are really funky,” he said. “They showed it to me, and I was impressed. Very impressed.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[aside label=\"Related Stories\" postID=\"news_11772146,news_11139627,arts_13937866\"]Pearson compares the 3D printing technology to when he started using a CNC machine — which automatically sands a board to match a shape designed on a computer. He remembers how people criticized him for not doing everything by hand.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I was one of the first guys to have these in the world, and I got all kinds of crap for having a CNC machine because people didn’t know what the hell it was,” Pearson said. “[They said] it takes a soul out of it, and everyone was badmouthing it. And it’s amazing how many people who were badmouthing it now are utilizing them.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>A few of the Swellcycle boards have been finished at this factory, and Pearson thinks there’s a place in the market for them.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I was stoked, stoked from day one,” he said. “Great idea. 3D printing a surfboard. Unreal.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The Swellcycle team recently moved out of Guerrero’s garage into a solar-powered warehouse in Santa Cruz. And they just unveiled a 10-foot longboard, opening up their market to newer surfers and people who prefer bigger boards.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Now, they’re looking for surfers to try out the boards and provide long-term feedback. It’ll be the first real test of whether the surfing community is ready for something new.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad floatright]\u003c/p>\n",
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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>\u003cstrong>Beginnings\u003c/strong>\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>Guerrero started printing surfboards in his garage in the fall of 2022 and tested the first one at Steamer Lane, one of the most famous surf spots in Santa Cruz. People have been surfing there since the 1930s, and Steamer Lane has seen plenty of homemade boards. But this was the first made from a 3D printer.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I was super nervous,” Guerrero recalled. “Man, maybe I’ll just jump in the water, and the whole thing will just break right under me.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But the board worked, and Guerrero ended up surfing for two hours. From there, he started printing more surfboards. He began using recycled materials and founded a startup, which he called \u003ca href=\"https://swellcyclesurfboards.com/\">Swellcycle\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11989359\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"max-width: 2381px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-11989359\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/06/DCS_8998.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2381\" height=\"1920\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/06/DCS_8998.jpg 2381w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/06/DCS_8998-800x645.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/06/DCS_8998-1020x823.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/06/DCS_8998-160x129.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/06/DCS_8998-1536x1239.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/06/DCS_8998-2048x1651.jpg 2048w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/06/DCS_8998-1920x1548.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 2381px) 100vw, 2381px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Patricio Guerrero holds an early version of a Swellcycle 3D printed board in his garage in October 2023. \u003ccite>(Erin Malsbury/KAZU)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003ch2>\u003cstrong>A wasteful industry\u003c/strong>\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>Surfboards are an estimated $13 billion global industry. It’s hard to say exactly how many boards are made each year. They’re made by big manufacturers but also by hobbyists in their garages. The best estimate is somewhere in the tens of millions.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The majority of those millions of boards are not environmentally friendly. Most surfboards start as a plastic foam block — called a blank — with a thin piece of wood running down the middle. They’re then sanded down to a desired shape and covered in fiberglass and plastic resin.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The foam cores in most surfboards can’t easily be recycled, and they don’t biodegrade. Old or broken surfboards usually end up in landfills, where they crumble into smaller and smaller pieces that can pollute water and soil.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But 3D-printed boards don’t need foam. They’re mostly hollow, and they can be made from recycled plastic.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“You can basically melt it down and create a filament that then you feed into your printer,” Guerrero said. For Swellcycle, he started ordering filament made from recycled hospital trays.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Soon, Guerrero recruited a business partner to design the boards and started sending them to local surfboard shapers for the final fiberglassing.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Santa Cruz surfboard shaper Vince Broglio was the first to work with one of Guerrero’s boards. Throughout his nearly 40-year career, he has mostly worked with typical foam boards.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“You’ll have two different types of blanks, ones of polyurethane and ones EPS, expandable foam,” he said. “Hand-shaping a blank that will take me about two hours.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Broglio’s shaping room is a two-room shack with an ocean view. The walls are lined with photos of waves, and shelves are packed with materials like fiberglass, carbon fiber and plastic resins.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In one room, Broglio uses a planar to shape a foam blank, which he then sands by hand. The other room is for putting fiberglass and resin coatings on boards. It smells strongly of plastic resin.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11989436\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"max-width: 1710px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-11989436\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/06/DCS_1741-scaled-e1717785056555.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1710\" height=\"1237\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/06/DCS_1741-scaled-e1717785056555.jpg 1710w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/06/DCS_1741-scaled-e1717785056555-800x579.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/06/DCS_1741-scaled-e1717785056555-1020x738.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/06/DCS_1741-scaled-e1717785056555-160x116.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/06/DCS_1741-scaled-e1717785056555-1536x1111.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1710px) 100vw, 1710px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">A nearly finished foam surfboard is ready for fiberglassing and the final resin coating in Vince Broglio’s shaping room in October 2023. \u003ccite>(Erin Malsbury/KAZU)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>“When you’re laminating a board or ‘glassing,’ you’re putting the fiberglass and resin on the board and putting out a finished product,” Broglio said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>He said glassing one of the 3D-printed boards wasn’t very different than working with a normal surfboard.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“It looked really cool when it was done, you know, see-through board and all that.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Broglio said it could be hard for surf culture to accept new things, but that 3D printing is just another tool.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I know there’s going to be guys [who say], ‘Oh my God, the soul of it’s gone,’ but, you know, you got to have somebody that knows surfing that’s been shaping and all that to design the board in the first place.”\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>\u003cstrong>Introducing something new\u003c/strong>\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>Swellcycle prototyped more boards and kept working with local shapers. Eventually, big wave surfer Tyler Fox tried one out.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“The sustainability element — that these boards are using recycled plastics and they can also get recycled at the end of their life cycle — was something that really excited me,” he said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Fox said the boards also catch people’s eye in the water.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Midday, where the sun’s shining right through it on a green wave, it just glows. It’s like you’re on a glowing hovercraft, and it’s pretty neat to see how excited people get,” he said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11989437\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"max-width: 1706px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-11989437\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/06/DSC04397-scaled-e1717785275208.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1706\" height=\"1292\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/06/DSC04397-scaled-e1717785275208.jpg 1706w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/06/DSC04397-scaled-e1717785275208-800x606.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/06/DSC04397-scaled-e1717785275208-1020x772.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/06/DSC04397-scaled-e1717785275208-160x121.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/06/DSC04397-scaled-e1717785275208-1536x1163.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1706px) 100vw, 1706px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">The Swellcycle team experiments with a variety of board shapes and plans to eventually sell several different models in October 2023. \u003ccite>(Erin Malsbury/KAZU)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>On a sunny morning on the cliff above the surf spot Steamer Lane, people gathered around the printed surfboards.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Dude, it’s trippy how it’s kind of see-through,” said one surfer who stopped to ask the Swellcycle team questions.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“It feels great,” said surfer Antonio Ramirez, who had just finished trying one out in the water. “I love it. It was smooth, fast and loose.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The 3D-printed boards have also earned the approval of local legend Bob Pearson, who founded Pearson-Arrow surfboards in the 1960s. He now ships boards to pro surfers around the world.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>At the massive Pearson Arrow Factory in Santa Cruz, he points out boards destined for Japan and Hawaii. There are potato chip-thin 6-foot-long shortboards and thick, sharply-pointed 10-foot boards for big waves.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“We make six boards a day,” Pearson said. “We’ve been doing that for years. We’ve made well over 100,000 boards.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>He said the current process has room for improvement.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“We do them out of polyurethane and EPS — expanded polystyrene, and there’s a lot of waste. That waste goes to landfill. 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While we cannot comment on the details, this violation occurred prior to Michael joining the A’s organization and we fully support MLB’s sports betting policy and the need to adhere to all provisions of Rule 21,” the Oakland Athletics said in a statement to KQED. “We will continue to educate all members of our organization regarding their obligations under the policy.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>MLB said Marcano placed 387 baseball bets totaling more than $150,000 in October 2022 and from last July through November with a legal sportsbook. He became the first active player in a century to be banned for life because of gambling.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Oakland A’s pitcher Michael Kelly was suspended for one year for betting on baseball while in the minor leagues and three minor leaguers also were banned for one year for betting on big league games: pitchers Jay Groome of San Diego and Andrew Saalfrank of Arizona, and infielder José Rodríguez of Philadelphia. Each of those four players wagered under $1,000. Saalfrank and Rodríguez played previously in the majors.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“The strict enforcement of Major League Baseball’s rules and policies governing gambling conduct is a critical component of upholding our most important priority: protecting the integrity of our games for the fans,” baseball Commissioner Rob Manfred said in a statement. “The longstanding prohibition against betting on Major League Baseball games by those in the sport has been a bedrock principle for over a century. We have been clear that the privilege of playing in baseball comes with a responsibility to refrain from engaging in certain types of behavior that are legal for other people.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Marcano is the first active major leaguer banned for life under the sport’s gambling provision since New York Giants outfielder Jimmy O’Connell in 1924. Pete Rose, baseball’s career hits leader, agreed to a lifetime ban in 1989 after an investigation concluded he bet on\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Cincinnati Reds games while managing the team.[aside postID=news_11988883 hero='https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/06/Kelsie-Whitmore-KQED-1020x680.jpg']Major League Rule 21, posted in every clubhouse, states betting on any baseball game in which a player, umpire, league official or team employee has no duty to perform results in a one-year suspension. 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Now 24, Marcano has not played since tearing his right ACL last July 24 and was receiving medical treatment at PNC Park last year.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Marcano bet almost exclusively on the outcomes of games and lost all of his parlay bets involving the Pirates, winning just 4.3% of his MLB-related bets.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Marcano made his major league debut on April 1, 2021, and has a .217 average with five homers, 34 RBIs and seven stolen bases in\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>149 games. 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I’m just going to use it as fuel to my fire,” Whitmore says.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Organizations like the Ballers can be more supportive, though. That’s according to \u003ca href=\"https://www.instagram.com/justinesiegal/\">Justine Siegal\u003c/a>, founder of \u003ca href=\"https://baseballforall.com/\">Baseball for All\u003c/a>, a national nonprofit building gender equity in baseball.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I think that minor league baseball is more open to women playing, at least at the independent level,” Siegal says.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Siegal, who was the first woman to coach pro baseball as part of the Oakland A’s staff in 2015, says that the battle for opportunities to play starts early. From ages 7 and 8, girls get told they need to switch from baseball to softball to pursue a softball scholarship. 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She says people often attempted to “correct her” more often when she’d say she plays baseball.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“They’ll go, ‘you mean softball’ — like, every time,” Whitmore says. “And I’ve noticed over the years, like now when I say it, they’re like, ‘Oh, cool, what position do you play?’”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>If the next question is, “What are your hopes for your baseball career?” Whitmore has a clear answer.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I’m trying to get to the big leagues,” Whitmore says. “I’m trying to get as far as I can. That’s been the dream.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>For a long time, she says she kept that dream private between her and her father after sharing it with someone else who shot it down.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“But now it’s like, nah, screw that. Like, I don’t care what people think,” Whitmore says. “Whatever my biggest dreams are, I’m going to do what I want to do. And if they happen, they happen. If they don’t, they don’t. I want to know I did everything I could to make it happen.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In the short term, her goal is to help the B’s get a championship ring this year for the Oakland fans, who she says are more energized than any other fanbase she’s experienced.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I didn’t realize how invested they were out here in Oakland and how much baseball meant to them,” Whitmore says. “I don’t think I’ve ever been so excited for a home opener.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n",
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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>Whitmore says she’s had to train her mind over the years to handle being a woman in baseball, where she faces her fair share of negativity from naysayers.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“At first, I let it eat me up — but then I switched it because I was so tired of letting it affect me. I was like, you know what? I’m just going to use it as fuel to my fire,” Whitmore says.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Organizations like the Ballers can be more supportive, though. That’s according to \u003ca href=\"https://www.instagram.com/justinesiegal/\">Justine Siegal\u003c/a>, founder of \u003ca href=\"https://baseballforall.com/\">Baseball for All\u003c/a>, a national nonprofit building gender equity in baseball.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I think that minor league baseball is more open to women playing, at least at the independent level,” Siegal says.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Siegal, who was the first woman to coach pro baseball as part of the Oakland A’s staff in 2015, says that the battle for opportunities to play starts early. From ages 7 and 8, girls get told they need to switch from baseball to softball to pursue a softball scholarship. Whitmore was funneled into softball when she attended Cal State Fullerton for college.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Siegal says that the Ballers being one of the hottest new teams and signing Whitmore sends a great signal.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“It shows that they take players who can compete. And that’s what women want,” Siegal says. “They’re not looking for special exceptions, but rather the chance to show what they can do.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>While the surge in support for pro women’s sports like soccer, basketball and hockey has yet to hit baseball, Siegal has noticed \u003ca href=\"https://www.mlb.com/news/baseball-options-for-girls-and-women-after-little-league-expanding\">a shift happening\u003c/a>. “When I started Baseball for All, I used to have to explain to people why girls playing baseball matters. And now the conversation has turned more to ‘how can I help?’”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Whitmore has noticed the shift in attitudes, too. She says people often attempted to “correct her” more often when she’d say she plays baseball.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“They’ll go, ‘you mean softball’ — like, every time,” Whitmore says. “And I’ve noticed over the years, like now when I say it, they’re like, ‘Oh, cool, what position do you play?’”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>If the next question is, “What are your hopes for your baseball career?” Whitmore has a clear answer.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I’m trying to get to the big leagues,” Whitmore says. “I’m trying to get as far as I can. That’s been the dream.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>For a long time, she says she kept that dream private between her and her father after sharing it with someone else who shot it down.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“But now it’s like, nah, screw that. Like, I don’t care what people think,” Whitmore says. “Whatever my biggest dreams are, I’m going to do what I want to do. And if they happen, they happen. If they don’t, they don’t. I want to know I did everything I could to make it happen.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In the short term, her goal is to help the B’s get a championship ring this year for the Oakland fans, who she says are more energized than any other fanbase she’s experienced.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I didn’t realize how invested they were out here in Oakland and how much baseball meant to them,” Whitmore says. “I don’t think I’ve ever been so excited for a home opener.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003c/div>\u003c/p>",
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"content": "\u003cp>The last few weeks have seen astonishing changes at West Oakland’s Raimondi Park.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The Oakland Ballers have turned the park’s historic baseball field, which city officials described just two months ago as “unplayable” due to years of neglect, into an instant stadium that will welcome a sellout crowd of 4,000 for the \u003ca href=\"https://www.pioneerleague.com/landing/index\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Pioneer League\u003c/a> team’s first home game.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Among the facilities the team says will be ready for those fans are three parking lots adjacent to the field.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“There’s about a thousand parking spaces in total,” says Paul Freedman, co-founder of the Oakland Ballers.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11988460\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 1920px\">\u003ca href=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/05/240528-BallersTranspo-54-BL_qut.jpg\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-11988460\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/05/240528-BallersTranspo-54-BL_qut.jpg\" alt=\"A smiling man wearing a black hoodie, holding a green helmet with a baseball diamond behind him, along with a green warehouse in the distance painted with a white 'B's'\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1280\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/05/240528-BallersTranspo-54-BL_qut.jpg 1920w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/05/240528-BallersTranspo-54-BL_qut-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/05/240528-BallersTranspo-54-BL_qut-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/05/240528-BallersTranspo-54-BL_qut-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/05/240528-BallersTranspo-54-BL_qut-1536x1024.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1920px) 100vw, 1920px\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Oakland Ballers co-founder Paul Freedman talks with members of the Oakland Department of Transportation after a bicycle ride from City Hall to Raimondi Field, the new home of the Oakland Ballers baseball team, in West Oakland on May 28. The purpose of the ride was to observe and discuss improvements made to infrastructure in the area ahead of the Ballers Opening Day. \u003ccite>(Beth LaBerge/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>But while the team is providing parking at prices ranging from $8 to $20, Freedman says he hopes many fans leave their cars at home and find other ways to the ballpark. This season, the team says its goal is to have 25% of fans get to the ballpark without driving.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Freedman says the team’s transit goals are both climate-conscious and practical.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“We’ve been told by people who do parking and transportation management for the city that if we didn’t do anything, as many as 80 to 90% of people would drive,” Freedman says.[aside postID=\"news_11986294,arts_13956931,news_11968536\" label=\"Related Stories\"]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Preventing traffic jams has been an important part of planning for the ballpark. Freedman says he’s met with neighborhood groups about that.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“We heard tremendous excitement about the idea of activating this park with baseball, and then, concerns about parking, transportation and traffic,” Freedman says. “And the best way to solve those problems is to encourage people to use other methods.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>On game days, the Ballers are running a \u003ca href=\"https://www.oaklandballers.com/information/transportation-and-parking\">free shuttle\u003c/a> to Raimondi Park from West Oakland BART. They’re providing a free bike and scooter valet for those who want to roll to the stadium and encouraging people to use AC Transit.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>For its part, the city of Oakland has repaved pothole-ridden streets, repaired sidewalks, removed derelict train tracks, and added high-visibility crosswalks in the immediate vicinity of the ballpark.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11988459\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 1920px\">\u003ca href=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/05/240528-BallersTranspo-47-BL_qut.jpg\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-11988459\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/05/240528-BallersTranspo-47-BL_qut.jpg\" alt=\"A group of smiling people riding bicycles along a tree-lined street approaches the camera\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1280\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/05/240528-BallersTranspo-47-BL_qut.jpg 1920w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/05/240528-BallersTranspo-47-BL_qut-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/05/240528-BallersTranspo-47-BL_qut-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/05/240528-BallersTranspo-47-BL_qut-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/05/240528-BallersTranspo-47-BL_qut-1536x1024.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1920px) 100vw, 1920px\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Members of the Oakland Department of Transportation lead a bicycle ride from City Hall to Raimondi Field, the new home of the Oakland Ballers baseball team, in Oakland on May 28. \u003ccite>(Beth LaBerge/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Oakland resident Tripper Ortman told KQED he plans to organize a “\u003ca href=\"https://www.instagram.com/ballersbiketotheballpark/\">Bike to the Ballpark\u003c/a>” group bicycle ride from Rockridge BART on weekend game days. He’s had success with this sort of thing before, as an organizer of “\u003ca href=\"https://www.instagram.com/rootsmarchtothematch/\">March to the Match\u003c/a>”, a 3.8-mile walk from Rockridge to Laney College to see Oakland Roots games.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I think there’s a lot of bad press around biking in Oakland,” Ortman says. “I don’t know that I feel totally safe at night riding around, but in a big caravan during the day on the weekends, it feels like something safe you can do. And it’s fun.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>For Brian Culbertson, a member of the traffic safety advocacy group Traffic Violence Rapid Response who lives near Raimondi Park, people’s decisions on walking or biking to the game will be based on safety.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Oakland has a traffic violence crisis where a lot of people who are walking or biking are being hit by cars,” Culbertson says, “It is a difficult decision to say, ‘I’m going to take my family and bike across Oakland and put myself in threat by the cars.’”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>According to a \u003ca href=\"https://cao-94612.s3.us-west-2.amazonaws.com/documents/CityofOakland_CrashAnalysis_Infographic_08.29.18.pdf\">citywide crash analysis \u003c/a>from the city, people who walk, bike or take public transit make up fewer than 30% of commute trips in the city but experience nearly 50% of severe and fatal injuries.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Culbertson points to “multilane arterial streets,” of which there are more than one in the area around Raimondi, as the main problem areas.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11988461\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 1920px\">\u003ca href=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/05/240528-BallersTranspo-59-BL_qut.jpg\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-11988461\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/05/240528-BallersTranspo-59-BL_qut.jpg\" alt=\"A group of people stand at a railing with the green grass of a baseball diamond behind them\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1280\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/05/240528-BallersTranspo-59-BL_qut.jpg 1920w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/05/240528-BallersTranspo-59-BL_qut-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/05/240528-BallersTranspo-59-BL_qut-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/05/240528-BallersTranspo-59-BL_qut-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/05/240528-BallersTranspo-59-BL_qut-1536x1024.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1920px) 100vw, 1920px\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Members of the Oakland Department of Transportation look at Raimondi Field, the new home of the Oakland Ballers baseball team, in West Oakland on May 28, after a bicycle ride from City Hall to observe and discuss improvements made to infrastructure in the area ahead of the Ballers Opening Day. \u003ccite>(Beth LaBerge/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>“If you have a lot of people on game day driving here, then you have a lot more people with cars interacting with people walking and biking,” Culbertson says. “So then a street like 18th, which is only really safe because hardly anyone uses it, will suddenly become a place for people to speed down and will become more dangerous.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Culbertson says Oakland needs to install traffic-calming infrastructure, such as speed bumps, roundabouts, and concrete curbs, to slow drivers down not just in West Oakland but throughout the city.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“It’s not just up to the Ballers. It’s also up to the city of Oakland to plan that network of safe ways to get around Oakland to get here,” Culbertson says.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Traffic safety advocates hope improvements made to nearby \u003ca href=\"https://www.oaklandca.gov/projects/8th-st-project\">8th Street\u003c/a>, where a soon-to-be-completed project has installed a number of traffic calming elements on a 1.1-mile stretch between Market and Pine streets, can become a template for future street redesigns in the city.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>A few blocks away from Raimondi is Kilovolt Coffee. Andrea Mallea is the manager, and she takes the bus to work. 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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003cp>The last few weeks have seen astonishing changes at West Oakland’s Raimondi Park.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The Oakland Ballers have turned the park’s historic baseball field, which city officials described just two months ago as “unplayable” due to years of neglect, into an instant stadium that will welcome a sellout crowd of 4,000 for the \u003ca href=\"https://www.pioneerleague.com/landing/index\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Pioneer League\u003c/a> team’s first home game.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Among the facilities the team says will be ready for those fans are three parking lots adjacent to the field.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“There’s about a thousand parking spaces in total,” says Paul Freedman, co-founder of the Oakland Ballers.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11988460\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 1920px\">\u003ca href=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/05/240528-BallersTranspo-54-BL_qut.jpg\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-11988460\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/05/240528-BallersTranspo-54-BL_qut.jpg\" alt=\"A smiling man wearing a black hoodie, holding a green helmet with a baseball diamond behind him, along with a green warehouse in the distance painted with a white 'B's'\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1280\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/05/240528-BallersTranspo-54-BL_qut.jpg 1920w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/05/240528-BallersTranspo-54-BL_qut-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/05/240528-BallersTranspo-54-BL_qut-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/05/240528-BallersTranspo-54-BL_qut-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/05/240528-BallersTranspo-54-BL_qut-1536x1024.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1920px) 100vw, 1920px\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Oakland Ballers co-founder Paul Freedman talks with members of the Oakland Department of Transportation after a bicycle ride from City Hall to Raimondi Field, the new home of the Oakland Ballers baseball team, in West Oakland on May 28. The purpose of the ride was to observe and discuss improvements made to infrastructure in the area ahead of the Ballers Opening Day. \u003ccite>(Beth LaBerge/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>But while the team is providing parking at prices ranging from $8 to $20, Freedman says he hopes many fans leave their cars at home and find other ways to the ballpark. This season, the team says its goal is to have 25% of fans get to the ballpark without driving.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003c/div>",
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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Preventing traffic jams has been an important part of planning for the ballpark. Freedman says he’s met with neighborhood groups about that.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“We heard tremendous excitement about the idea of activating this park with baseball, and then, concerns about parking, transportation and traffic,” Freedman says. “And the best way to solve those problems is to encourage people to use other methods.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>On game days, the Ballers are running a \u003ca href=\"https://www.oaklandballers.com/information/transportation-and-parking\">free shuttle\u003c/a> to Raimondi Park from West Oakland BART. They’re providing a free bike and scooter valet for those who want to roll to the stadium and encouraging people to use AC Transit.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>For its part, the city of Oakland has repaved pothole-ridden streets, repaired sidewalks, removed derelict train tracks, and added high-visibility crosswalks in the immediate vicinity of the ballpark.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11988459\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 1920px\">\u003ca href=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/05/240528-BallersTranspo-47-BL_qut.jpg\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-11988459\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/05/240528-BallersTranspo-47-BL_qut.jpg\" alt=\"A group of smiling people riding bicycles along a tree-lined street approaches the camera\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1280\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/05/240528-BallersTranspo-47-BL_qut.jpg 1920w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/05/240528-BallersTranspo-47-BL_qut-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/05/240528-BallersTranspo-47-BL_qut-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/05/240528-BallersTranspo-47-BL_qut-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/05/240528-BallersTranspo-47-BL_qut-1536x1024.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1920px) 100vw, 1920px\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Members of the Oakland Department of Transportation lead a bicycle ride from City Hall to Raimondi Field, the new home of the Oakland Ballers baseball team, in Oakland on May 28. \u003ccite>(Beth LaBerge/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Oakland resident Tripper Ortman told KQED he plans to organize a “\u003ca href=\"https://www.instagram.com/ballersbiketotheballpark/\">Bike to the Ballpark\u003c/a>” group bicycle ride from Rockridge BART on weekend game days. He’s had success with this sort of thing before, as an organizer of “\u003ca href=\"https://www.instagram.com/rootsmarchtothematch/\">March to the Match\u003c/a>”, a 3.8-mile walk from Rockridge to Laney College to see Oakland Roots games.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I think there’s a lot of bad press around biking in Oakland,” Ortman says. “I don’t know that I feel totally safe at night riding around, but in a big caravan during the day on the weekends, it feels like something safe you can do. And it’s fun.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>For Brian Culbertson, a member of the traffic safety advocacy group Traffic Violence Rapid Response who lives near Raimondi Park, people’s decisions on walking or biking to the game will be based on safety.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Oakland has a traffic violence crisis where a lot of people who are walking or biking are being hit by cars,” Culbertson says, “It is a difficult decision to say, ‘I’m going to take my family and bike across Oakland and put myself in threat by the cars.’”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>According to a \u003ca href=\"https://cao-94612.s3.us-west-2.amazonaws.com/documents/CityofOakland_CrashAnalysis_Infographic_08.29.18.pdf\">citywide crash analysis \u003c/a>from the city, people who walk, bike or take public transit make up fewer than 30% of commute trips in the city but experience nearly 50% of severe and fatal injuries.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Culbertson points to “multilane arterial streets,” of which there are more than one in the area around Raimondi, as the main problem areas.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11988461\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 1920px\">\u003ca href=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/05/240528-BallersTranspo-59-BL_qut.jpg\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-11988461\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/05/240528-BallersTranspo-59-BL_qut.jpg\" alt=\"A group of people stand at a railing with the green grass of a baseball diamond behind them\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1280\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/05/240528-BallersTranspo-59-BL_qut.jpg 1920w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/05/240528-BallersTranspo-59-BL_qut-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/05/240528-BallersTranspo-59-BL_qut-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/05/240528-BallersTranspo-59-BL_qut-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/05/240528-BallersTranspo-59-BL_qut-1536x1024.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1920px) 100vw, 1920px\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Members of the Oakland Department of Transportation look at Raimondi Field, the new home of the Oakland Ballers baseball team, in West Oakland on May 28, after a bicycle ride from City Hall to observe and discuss improvements made to infrastructure in the area ahead of the Ballers Opening Day. \u003ccite>(Beth LaBerge/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>“If you have a lot of people on game day driving here, then you have a lot more people with cars interacting with people walking and biking,” Culbertson says. “So then a street like 18th, which is only really safe because hardly anyone uses it, will suddenly become a place for people to speed down and will become more dangerous.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Culbertson says Oakland needs to install traffic-calming infrastructure, such as speed bumps, roundabouts, and concrete curbs, to slow drivers down not just in West Oakland but throughout the city.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“It’s not just up to the Ballers. It’s also up to the city of Oakland to plan that network of safe ways to get around Oakland to get here,” Culbertson says.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Traffic safety advocates hope improvements made to nearby \u003ca href=\"https://www.oaklandca.gov/projects/8th-st-project\">8th Street\u003c/a>, where a soon-to-be-completed project has installed a number of traffic calming elements on a 1.1-mile stretch between Market and Pine streets, can become a template for future street redesigns in the city.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>A few blocks away from Raimondi is Kilovolt Coffee. Andrea Mallea is the manager, and she takes the bus to work. Her advice for Ballers fans who want to take AC Transit to a game?\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11988457\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 1920px\">\u003ca href=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/05/240528-BallersTranspo-28-BL_qut.jpg\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-11988457\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/05/240528-BallersTranspo-28-BL_qut.jpg\" alt=\"A group of people ride bicycles around a roundabout in a residential neighborhood\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1280\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/05/240528-BallersTranspo-28-BL_qut.jpg 1920w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/05/240528-BallersTranspo-28-BL_qut-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/05/240528-BallersTranspo-28-BL_qut-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/05/240528-BallersTranspo-28-BL_qut-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/05/240528-BallersTranspo-28-BL_qut-1536x1024.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1920px) 100vw, 1920px\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Members of the Oakland Department of Transportation lead a bicycle ride from City Hall to Raimondi Field, the new home of the Oakland Ballers baseball team, in Oakland on May 28. \u003ccite>(Beth LaBerge/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>“I’d say plan your time wisely because sometimes things get kind of dicey as far as buses even arriving on schedule,” Mallea says.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Four AC Transit routes, running every 15 to 30 minutes, depending on the day, will get you within walking distance of the ballpark.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I really think that there just needs to be an increase in routes and service if people are going to find that option to even be viable or appealing,” Mallea says.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>For now, it remains to be seen just how Ballers fans decide to get to the ballpark and how the neighborhood accommodates the new crowds.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The Ballers plan to use parking data to track how many people drive to the opening game.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003c/div>",
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