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In all, 48 cars are licensed to test on public roads.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The fact that neither the companies nor the state have revealed the accidents troubles some who say the public should have information to monitor the rollout of technology that its own developers acknowledge is imperfect.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>John Simpson, a longtime critic of Google as privacy project director of the nonprofit Consumer Watchdog, pointed out that the company's ultimate goal is a car without a steering wheel or pedals. That would mean a person has no power to intervene if a car lost control, making it \"even more important that the details of any accidents be made public — so people know what the heck's going on.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>A chief selling point for self-driving cars is safety. Their cameras, radar and laser sensors give them a far more detailed understanding of their surroundings than humans have. Their reaction times also should be faster. Cars could be programmed to adjust if they sense a crash coming — move a few feet, tighten the seat belts, honk the horn or flash the lights in hope of alerting a distracted driver.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>A higher priority so far is teaching them to avoid causing a serious accident that could set public and political acceptance of the technology back years, said Raj Rajkumar, a pioneer of the technology with Carnegie Mellon University.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In the October accident involving Delphi, the front of its 2014 Audi SQ5 was moderately damaged when, as it waited to make a left turn, another car broadsided it, according to an accident report the company shared with AP. The car was not in self-driving mode, Delphi spokeswoman Kristen Kinley said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Google, which has 23 Lexus SUVs, would not discuss its three accidents in detail.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The accidents are not Google's first: In a briefing with reporters a year ago, the leader of Google's self-driving car program acknowledged three others between when the company first sent cars onto public roads six years ago — without the state's official permission — and May 2014.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In a written statement, Google said that since September, cars driving on streets near its headquarters in Mountain View had \"a handful of minor fender-benders, light damage, no injuries, so far caused by human error and inattention.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Google said that while safety is paramount, some accidents can be expected, given that its cars have gone \"the equivalent of over 15 years of typical human driving\" since fall. That would be approximately 140,000 miles. Google said its cars have gone over 700,000 miles in self-driving mode since they first hit the road in 2009.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The national rate for reported \"property-damage-only crashes\" is about 0.3 per 100,000 miles driven, according to data from the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In that context, Google's three in about 140,000 miles may seem high. As the company pointed out, however, perhaps 5 million minor accidents are not reported to authorities each year, so it is hard to gauge how typical Google's experience is.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Three other states have passed laws welcoming self-driving cars onto their roads. Regulators in Nevada, Michigan and Florida said they were not aware of any accidents.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>As self-driving cars proliferate, other issues will arise that human drivers have dealt with for decades, notably who's liable for an accident. Each test car is required to have $5 million insurance.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Interest in accidents will remain high, especially if the self-driving car is at fault, said Bryant Walker Smith, a law professor at the University of South Carolina who has written extensively on the technology.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"For a lot of reasons,\" Smith said, \"more might be expected of these test vehicles and of the companies that are deploying them and the drivers that are supervising them than we might expect of a 17-year-old driver in a 10-year-old car.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cem>Contact Justin Pritchard at \u003ca href=\"http://twitter.com/lalanewsman\" target=\"_blank\">http://twitter.com/lalanewsman\u003c/a>.\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\n",
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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cem>Original story:\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>LOS ANGELES — Four of the nearly 50 self-driving cars now rolling around California have gotten into accidents since September, when the state began issuing permits for companies to test them on public roads.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Two accidents happened while the cars were in control; in the other two, the person who still must be behind the wheel was driving, a person familiar with the accident reports told The Associated Press.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Three involved Lexus SUVs that Google Inc. outfitted with sensors and computing power in its aggressive effort to develop \"autonomous driving,\" a goal the tech giant shares with traditional automakers. Parts supplier Delphi Automotive had the other accident with one of its two test vehicles.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Google and Delphi said their cars were not at fault in any accidents, which the companies said were minor.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Since September, any accident must be reported to the state Department of Motor Vehicles. The agency said there have been four, but would not comment about fault or anything else, citing California law that collision reports are confidential.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The person familiar with the accident reports said the cars were in self-driving mode in two of the four accidents, all of which involved speeds of less than 10 mph. The person spoke on condition of anonymity because they were not authorized to discuss the reports publicly.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Five other companies have testing permits. In response to questions from the AP, all said they had no accidents. In all, 48 cars are licensed to test on public roads.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The fact that neither the companies nor the state have revealed the accidents troubles some who say the public should have information to monitor the rollout of technology that its own developers acknowledge is imperfect.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>John Simpson, a longtime critic of Google as privacy project director of the nonprofit Consumer Watchdog, pointed out that the company's ultimate goal is a car without a steering wheel or pedals. That would mean a person has no power to intervene if a car lost control, making it \"even more important that the details of any accidents be made public — so people know what the heck's going on.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>A chief selling point for self-driving cars is safety. Their cameras, radar and laser sensors give them a far more detailed understanding of their surroundings than humans have. Their reaction times also should be faster. Cars could be programmed to adjust if they sense a crash coming — move a few feet, tighten the seat belts, honk the horn or flash the lights in hope of alerting a distracted driver.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>A higher priority so far is teaching them to avoid causing a serious accident that could set public and political acceptance of the technology back years, said Raj Rajkumar, a pioneer of the technology with Carnegie Mellon University.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In the October accident involving Delphi, the front of its 2014 Audi SQ5 was moderately damaged when, as it waited to make a left turn, another car broadsided it, according to an accident report the company shared with AP. 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Google said its cars have gone over 700,000 miles in self-driving mode since they first hit the road in 2009.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The national rate for reported \"property-damage-only crashes\" is about 0.3 per 100,000 miles driven, according to data from the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In that context, Google's three in about 140,000 miles may seem high. As the company pointed out, however, perhaps 5 million minor accidents are not reported to authorities each year, so it is hard to gauge how typical Google's experience is.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Three other states have passed laws welcoming self-driving cars onto their roads. Regulators in Nevada, Michigan and Florida said they were not aware of any accidents.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>As self-driving cars proliferate, other issues will arise that human drivers have dealt with for decades, notably who's liable for an accident. 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They began their quest at a Fresno water forum, where they learned that the city actually tracks customers’ daily water usage, even though customers see that only once a month on their bill.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>That’s when the lightbulb went on.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“And we’re like, well, we can use that data and create an app from it that shows the users actually how much they’re using, so it’s not just sitting in the City of Fresno database,” says team captain Jeffrey Forbes.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[soundcloud url=\"https://api.soundcloud.com/tracks/204021606\" params=\"color=ff5500&auto_play=false&hide_related=false&show_comments=true&show_user=true&show_reposts=false\" width=\"100%\" height=\"166\" iframe=\"true\" /]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>They also learned about the city's \u003ca>20-gallon challenge\u003c/a> to its residents: Reduce water use by 20 gallons a day.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Basically, all our lakes are going dry, so we wanted to help that cause by making an app so people can actually save water and preserve water,” says Evan Murai. His father, Kevin Murai, coached the team.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The kids talked to water and technology experts. They went to the city’s water division and interviewed Michael Treas, a systems administrator. Treas figured they were just doing a typical classroom project and would have a few questions.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Little did I know they actually had other intentions,” he says. “They actually wanted this idea to come to fruition.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>He was so impressed he met with them on several occasions to explain how the city's computers access data from water meters.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I think the boys had a really good idea, and the way they presented themselves told me that they put a lot of thought into it,” says Treas. “I’m really happy that kids that young can come up with an idea that solves real-world problems.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The kids created charts to show how information is transmitted from individual water meters to city computers. And they presented their design for an app that tracks a consumer’s daily household water use to City Hall.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In fact, says Evan Murai, they shared their idea with everyone, including their peers at Riverview Elementary.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“We presented to our fifth- and fourth-grade classes, and one of the kids, Jack Wade, he’s like, ‘Are you guys gonna go on \"Shark Tank?' \" Murai says, referring to the popular reality TV show on which entrepreneurs pitch ideas to venture capitalists.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_10514175\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2015/05/boy.jpg\">\u003cimg class=\"size-medium wp-image-10514175\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2015/05/boy-800x600.jpg\" alt=\"The kids take a root beer float break with their coach Kevin Murai. \" width=\"800\" height=\"600\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2015/05/boy-800x600.jpg 800w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2015/05/boy-400x300.jpg 400w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2015/05/boy-1440x1080.jpg 1440w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2015/05/boy-1180x885.jpg 1180w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2015/05/boy-960x720.jpg 960w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">The kids take a root beer float break with their coach, Kevin Murai. \u003ccite>(Alice Daniel/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>There are a couple similar apps on the market, but the fifth-graders say this one is kid-friendly. It’s like a game. If you save water, you get a prize -- virtual golden coins.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“We wanted to make this app kid-friendly, so we added coins,” Noah Arsitio says. “For every gallon you save for the 20-gallon challenge, you earn one coin, until you meet the 20-gallon challenge. After that you earn 10 coins.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Teammate Corben Beaty says they did research on how people take in information.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“The best ways to get someone to learn something is humor, catchy songs, written facts and visuals,” he says.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Teammate Daniel Shin designed the app’s project display. He says Coach Murai taught him how to use Microsoft Publisher.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The app uses lots of visuals and humor -- links to funny water-saving videos like the one where a man in a toilet costume gets tackled on a football field. The message: Don’t let your toilet run.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_10514280\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\" style=\"max-width: 400px\">\u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2015/05/A-big-reward-for-all-the-hard-work.jpg\">\u003cimg class=\"size-thumbnail wp-image-10514280\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2015/05/A-big-reward-for-all-the-hard-work-400x300.jpg\" alt=\"A big reward for all the hard work!\" width=\"400\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2015/05/A-big-reward-for-all-the-hard-work-400x300.jpg 400w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2015/05/A-big-reward-for-all-the-hard-work-800x600.jpg 800w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2015/05/A-big-reward-for-all-the-hard-work-1440x1080.jpg 1440w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2015/05/A-big-reward-for-all-the-hard-work-1180x885.jpg 1180w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2015/05/A-big-reward-for-all-the-hard-work-960x720.jpg 960w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 400px) 100vw, 400px\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">A big reward for all the hard work! \u003ccite>(Alice Daniel/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>“You’ve got cute kids, you’ve got the biggest problem facing the valley, if not the world, and you’ve got exciting technology,” says Jake Soberal, CEO of a local tech company, \u003ca href=\"http://bitwiseindustries.com/\">Bitwise Industries\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“They pushed water responsibility down to the individual level,” says Soberal. “If we’re going to talk about water and municipal water use, at some point that means taking a shower or brushing your teeth.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>He says it will cost about $100,000 to develop and market the app, which ideally will be free to users. 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Treas figured they were just doing a typical classroom project and would have a few questions.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Little did I know they actually had other intentions,” he says. “They actually wanted this idea to come to fruition.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>He was so impressed he met with them on several occasions to explain how the city's computers access data from water meters.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I think the boys had a really good idea, and the way they presented themselves told me that they put a lot of thought into it,” says Treas. “I’m really happy that kids that young can come up with an idea that solves real-world problems.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The kids created charts to show how information is transmitted from individual water meters to city computers. And they presented their design for an app that tracks a consumer’s daily household water use to City Hall.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In fact, says Evan Murai, they shared their idea with everyone, including their peers at Riverview Elementary.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“We presented to our fifth- and fourth-grade classes, and one of the kids, Jack Wade, he’s like, ‘Are you guys gonna go on \"Shark Tank?' \" Murai says, referring to the popular reality TV show on which entrepreneurs pitch ideas to venture capitalists.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_10514175\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2015/05/boy.jpg\">\u003cimg class=\"size-medium wp-image-10514175\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2015/05/boy-800x600.jpg\" alt=\"The kids take a root beer float break with their coach Kevin Murai. \" width=\"800\" height=\"600\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2015/05/boy-800x600.jpg 800w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2015/05/boy-400x300.jpg 400w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2015/05/boy-1440x1080.jpg 1440w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2015/05/boy-1180x885.jpg 1180w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2015/05/boy-960x720.jpg 960w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">The kids take a root beer float break with their coach, Kevin Murai. \u003ccite>(Alice Daniel/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>There are a couple similar apps on the market, but the fifth-graders say this one is kid-friendly. It’s like a game. If you save water, you get a prize -- virtual golden coins.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“We wanted to make this app kid-friendly, so we added coins,” Noah Arsitio says. “For every gallon you save for the 20-gallon challenge, you earn one coin, until you meet the 20-gallon challenge. After that you earn 10 coins.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Teammate Corben Beaty says they did research on how people take in information.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“The best ways to get someone to learn something is humor, catchy songs, written facts and visuals,” he says.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Teammate Daniel Shin designed the app’s project display. He says Coach Murai taught him how to use Microsoft Publisher.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The app uses lots of visuals and humor -- links to funny water-saving videos like the one where a man in a toilet costume gets tackled on a football field. The message: Don’t let your toilet run.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_10514280\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\" style=\"max-width: 400px\">\u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2015/05/A-big-reward-for-all-the-hard-work.jpg\">\u003cimg class=\"size-thumbnail wp-image-10514280\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2015/05/A-big-reward-for-all-the-hard-work-400x300.jpg\" alt=\"A big reward for all the hard work!\" width=\"400\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2015/05/A-big-reward-for-all-the-hard-work-400x300.jpg 400w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2015/05/A-big-reward-for-all-the-hard-work-800x600.jpg 800w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2015/05/A-big-reward-for-all-the-hard-work-1440x1080.jpg 1440w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2015/05/A-big-reward-for-all-the-hard-work-1180x885.jpg 1180w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2015/05/A-big-reward-for-all-the-hard-work-960x720.jpg 960w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 400px) 100vw, 400px\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">A big reward for all the hard work! \u003ccite>(Alice Daniel/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>“You’ve got cute kids, you’ve got the biggest problem facing the valley, if not the world, and you’ve got exciting technology,” says Jake Soberal, CEO of a local tech company, \u003ca href=\"http://bitwiseindustries.com/\">Bitwise Industries\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“They pushed water responsibility down to the individual level,” says Soberal. “If we’re going to talk about water and municipal water use, at some point that means taking a shower or brushing your teeth.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>He says it will cost about $100,000 to develop and market the app, which ideally will be free to users. 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"content": "\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Update, 7:50 a.m. Tuesday:\u003c/strong> Family and friends of David Goldberg are gathering Tuesday at Stanford University for a private memorial as tributes to the online music pioneer and SurveyMonkey CEO continue.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_10513924\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\" style=\"max-width: 400px\">\u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2015/05/Screenshot-2015-05-05-07.28.42.png\">\u003cimg class=\"size-thumbnail wp-image-10513924\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2015/05/Screenshot-2015-05-05-07.28.42-400x352.png\" alt=\"Screenshot of President Obama's tribute to David Goldberg, the Silicon Valley executive who died in a gym accident while visiting Mexico. \" width=\"400\" height=\"352\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2015/05/Screenshot-2015-05-05-07.28.42-400x352.png 400w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2015/05/Screenshot-2015-05-05-07.28.42.png 505w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 400px) 100vw, 400px\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Screen shot of President Obama's tribute to David Goldberg, the Silicon Valley executive who died in an apparent gym accident while visiting Mexico.\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>President Obama is one of those expressing sorrow at Goldberg's passing -- he died Friday evening during a visit with his family to a resort near Puerta Vallarta, Mexico. Obama said in a Facebook post from The White House account that he was \"heartbroken\" at the news of Goldberg's death, calling him \"generous and kind with everybody\" and focused on \"making sure that the people he worked with and loved succeeded in whatever they did.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The New York Times reports that Goldberg's family has made a couple special requests of those invited to Tuesday's gathering at Stanford Memorial Auditorium:\u003c/p>\n\u003cblockquote>\u003cp>Men planning to attend were urged not to wear ties “in keeping with Dave’s lifelong hatred of ties,” according to an emailed invitation sent to friends of the couple. The invitation added, “Out of respect for the family, please do not take pictures or post to social media” from the event.\u003c/p>\u003c/blockquote>\n\u003cp>The Times has also changed its account of exactly where Goldberg was injured, now saying he was staying with his family \"at a private beach-front villa near the Four Seasons Resort in Punta Mita.\" The Associated Press and the Times had both reported that Goldberg was staying at the Four Seasons. The general manager of that property has denied the incident occurred there.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Update: 4:30 p.m.\u003c/strong>: News reports Monday afternoon say SurveyMonkey CEO David Goldberg died of a severe head injury suffered after he fell while using a treadmill.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>From the\u003ca href=\"http://www.nytimes.com/2015/05/05/technology/dave-goldberg-cause-of-death.html?_r=0\" target=\"_blank\"> New York Times\u003c/a>:\u003c/p>\n\u003cblockquote>\u003cp>Mr. Goldberg, 47, was on vacation with family and friends at the Four Seasons Resort near Punta Mita, close to Puerto Vallarta in southwest Mexico, according to a spokesman for the prosecutor’s office in Nayarit State. Mr. Goldberg left his room around 4 p.m. on Friday, collapsed while exercising and died of head trauma and blood loss, said the spokesman. His brother, Robert Goldberg, found him on the floor of the gym at the resort at around 7 p.m., with blood around him. The spokesman said it appears “he fell off the treadmill and cracked his head open.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Mr. Goldberg was transported to Hospital San Javier in Nuevo Vallarta, with weak vital signs, and died there, said the spokesman, who added that the incident appeared to be an accident.\u003c/p>\u003c/blockquote>\n\u003cp>The Associated Press, quoting an anonymous \"Mexican state official\" on Monday, offered an account nearly identical to what the Times reported. But later this afternoon, USA Today published \u003ca href=\"http://www.usatoday.com/story/tech/2015/05/04/goldberg-death-already-causing-ripple-effect/26875183/\" target=\"_blank\">a story \u003c/a>that contradicts one key detail. The paper quotes John O'Sullivan, general manager of the Four Seasons resort in Punta Mita, as denying that Goldberg and his family were staying there.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Robert Goldberg announced his brother's death over the weekend in \u003ca href=\"https://www.facebook.com/robert.h.goldberg/posts/10153303390627269\">a Facebook post\u003c/a> that did not mention a cause or location of death.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>As noted by Fortune columnist \u003ca href=\"https://fortune.com/2015/05/04/how-dave-goldberg-died/\">Adam Lashinsky\u003c/a> and others, the absence of details led to speculation about how Goldberg, 47, had died.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Original post:\u003c/strong> David Goldberg, the SurveyMonkey CEO and husband of Facebook Chief Operating Officer Sheryl Sandberg, collapsed and died Friday while exercising at a private resort in Mexico, sources have told several news organizations.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Goldberg's brother, Robert Goldberg, reported the death of the popular Silicon Valley executive over the weekend in \u003ca href=\"https://www.facebook.com/robert.h.goldberg/posts/10153303390627269\">a Facebook post\u003c/a> that did not mention a cause or location of death.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>As noted by Fortune columnist \u003ca href=\"https://fortune.com/2015/05/04/how-dave-goldberg-died/\">Adam Lashinsky\u003c/a> and others, the absence of details led to speculation about how Goldberg, 47, had died:\u003c/p>\n\u003cblockquote>\u003cp>The reason for the delay, say sources close to Goldberg’s family, including his wife, Sheryl Sandberg, is that they don’t yet know.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Dave Goldberg was on vacation with family and friends in Mexico,” these sources said in a statement Monday morning. “He collapsed while exercising in the gym. Efforts to revive him at the gym and at a local hospital were unsuccessful.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>A source close to the family says it plans to release more information when it is available. The source didn’t say where in Mexico Goldberg died.\u003c/p>\u003c/blockquote>\n\u003cp>The New York Times, Wall Street Journal, Associated Press and other outlets all published similar, and similarly sourced, reports.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Goldberg, who by all accounts was an extremely popular, able and innovative company leader, married Sandberg in 2004.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Sandberg's 2011 book, \"\u003ca href=\"http://www.amazon.com/Lean-In-Women-Work-Will/dp/0385349947\" target=\"_blank\">Lean In: Women, Work and the Will to Lead\u003c/a>,\" highlighted the challenges and stresses of women striving to attain the highest levels of responsibility in private enterprise. The book repeatedly returns to descriptions of the adjustments she and Goldberg made in the course of raising their two children:\u003c/p>\n\u003cblockquote>\u003cp>Our division of household chores is actually pretty traditional. Dave pays bills, handles our finances, provides tech support. I schedule the kids' activities, make sure there is food in the fridge, plan the birthday parties. Sometimes I'm bothered by this classic gender divsion of labor. Am I perpetuating stereotypes by falling into these patterns? But I would rather plan a Dora the Explorer party than pay an insurance bill, and since Dave feels the exact opposite, this arrangement works for us. It takes continual communication, honesty, and a lot of forgiveness to maintain a rickety balance. We are never at fifty-fifty at any given moment -- perfect equality is hard to define or sustain -- but we allow the pendulum to swing back and forth between us.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In the coming years, our balancing act may get harder. Our children are still young and go to sleep early, which gives me plenty of time ot work at night and even to watch what Dave considers to be truly bad TV. As the kids get older, we will have to adjust. Many of my friends have told me that teenage children require more time from their parents. Every stage of life has its challenges. Fortunately, I have Dave to figure it out with me. He's the best partner I could imagine -- even though he's wrong about my TV shows being bad.\u003c/p>\u003c/blockquote>\n\u003cp>In an article Sunday, the \u003ca href=\"http://www.nytimes.com/2015/05/04/technology/david-goldbergs-lifetime-of-advocating-for-women.html?ref=technology&_r=0\" target=\"_blank\">New York Times described Goldberg\u003c/a> as a lifelong advocate for women and \"perhaps the signature male feminist of his era\":\u003c/p>\n\u003cblockquote>\u003cp>Even as a high school student, Dave Goldberg was urging female classmates to speak up. As a young dot-com executive, he had one girlfriend after another, but fell hard for a driven friend named Sheryl Sandberg, pining after her for years. After they wed, Mr. Goldberg pushed her to negotiate hard for high compensation and arranged his schedule so that he could be home with their children when she was traveling for work.\u003c/p>\u003c/blockquote>\n\u003cp>In a recent interview with Business Insider, \u003ca href=\"http://www.businessinsider.com/the-incredible-life-of-david-goldberg-2015-5\" target=\"_blank\">Goldberg recounted\u003c/a> his path from Harvard, where he majored in history and government, to Hollywood, where he founded pioneering online music site Launch Music, to Yahoo! and finally to SurveyMonkey.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>A key juncture in his career, he recalled, came just before he was to continue his formal education:\u003c/p>\n\u003cblockquote>\u003cp>... Two weeks before he was set to start law school, \"I came to the realization that I didn’t really want to be a lawyer,\" he said. \"Sometimes the things you decide not to do are actually the biggest things to do in your career.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>He had no idea what to do. He thought about going into the tech business.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"I looked at Microsoft but it was really hard to imagine moving to Seattle and the rain when you were used to living in San Francisco and Sydney. When you are 24, that does make a difference,\" he says.\u003c/p>\u003c/blockquote>\n\u003cp>[ad floatright]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In another recent interview, \u003ca href=\"http://articles.latimes.com/2013/may/04/business/la-fi-tn-dave-goldberg-surveymonkey-facebook-sandberg-20130502\" target=\"_blank\">with the Los Angeles Times\u003c/a>, Goldberg talked about the dynamics of a household in which both parents are top-level technology executives:\u003c/p>\n\u003cblockquote>\u003cp>“On the day–to-day stuff we both ask each other for advice. But it is great having one of the smartest people in business as your partner. I don’t have to make an appointment to ask what you think about this or whatever, it’s good with my team. I always say, 'Well Sheryl said.' \"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In a competitive work environment in which many judge work ethic by the number of hours spent in the office, Goldberg encourages a work-life balance. 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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>From the\u003ca href=\"http://www.nytimes.com/2015/05/05/technology/dave-goldberg-cause-of-death.html?_r=0\" target=\"_blank\"> New York Times\u003c/a>:\u003c/p>\n\u003cblockquote>\u003cp>Mr. Goldberg, 47, was on vacation with family and friends at the Four Seasons Resort near Punta Mita, close to Puerto Vallarta in southwest Mexico, according to a spokesman for the prosecutor’s office in Nayarit State. Mr. Goldberg left his room around 4 p.m. on Friday, collapsed while exercising and died of head trauma and blood loss, said the spokesman. His brother, Robert Goldberg, found him on the floor of the gym at the resort at around 7 p.m., with blood around him. The spokesman said it appears “he fell off the treadmill and cracked his head open.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Mr. Goldberg was transported to Hospital San Javier in Nuevo Vallarta, with weak vital signs, and died there, said the spokesman, who added that the incident appeared to be an accident.\u003c/p>\u003c/blockquote>\n\u003cp>The Associated Press, quoting an anonymous \"Mexican state official\" on Monday, offered an account nearly identical to what the Times reported. But later this afternoon, USA Today published \u003ca href=\"http://www.usatoday.com/story/tech/2015/05/04/goldberg-death-already-causing-ripple-effect/26875183/\" target=\"_blank\">a story \u003c/a>that contradicts one key detail. The paper quotes John O'Sullivan, general manager of the Four Seasons resort in Punta Mita, as denying that Goldberg and his family were staying there.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Robert Goldberg announced his brother's death over the weekend in \u003ca href=\"https://www.facebook.com/robert.h.goldberg/posts/10153303390627269\">a Facebook post\u003c/a> that did not mention a cause or location of death.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>As noted by Fortune columnist \u003ca href=\"https://fortune.com/2015/05/04/how-dave-goldberg-died/\">Adam Lashinsky\u003c/a> and others, the absence of details led to speculation about how Goldberg, 47, had died.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Original post:\u003c/strong> David Goldberg, the SurveyMonkey CEO and husband of Facebook Chief Operating Officer Sheryl Sandberg, collapsed and died Friday while exercising at a private resort in Mexico, sources have told several news organizations.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Goldberg's brother, Robert Goldberg, reported the death of the popular Silicon Valley executive over the weekend in \u003ca href=\"https://www.facebook.com/robert.h.goldberg/posts/10153303390627269\">a Facebook post\u003c/a> that did not mention a cause or location of death.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>As noted by Fortune columnist \u003ca href=\"https://fortune.com/2015/05/04/how-dave-goldberg-died/\">Adam Lashinsky\u003c/a> and others, the absence of details led to speculation about how Goldberg, 47, had died:\u003c/p>\n\u003cblockquote>\u003cp>The reason for the delay, say sources close to Goldberg’s family, including his wife, Sheryl Sandberg, is that they don’t yet know.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Dave Goldberg was on vacation with family and friends in Mexico,” these sources said in a statement Monday morning. “He collapsed while exercising in the gym. Efforts to revive him at the gym and at a local hospital were unsuccessful.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>A source close to the family says it plans to release more information when it is available. The source didn’t say where in Mexico Goldberg died.\u003c/p>\u003c/blockquote>\n\u003cp>The New York Times, Wall Street Journal, Associated Press and other outlets all published similar, and similarly sourced, reports.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Goldberg, who by all accounts was an extremely popular, able and innovative company leader, married Sandberg in 2004.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Sandberg's 2011 book, \"\u003ca href=\"http://www.amazon.com/Lean-In-Women-Work-Will/dp/0385349947\" target=\"_blank\">Lean In: Women, Work and the Will to Lead\u003c/a>,\" highlighted the challenges and stresses of women striving to attain the highest levels of responsibility in private enterprise. The book repeatedly returns to descriptions of the adjustments she and Goldberg made in the course of raising their two children:\u003c/p>\n\u003cblockquote>\u003cp>Our division of household chores is actually pretty traditional. Dave pays bills, handles our finances, provides tech support. I schedule the kids' activities, make sure there is food in the fridge, plan the birthday parties. Sometimes I'm bothered by this classic gender divsion of labor. Am I perpetuating stereotypes by falling into these patterns? But I would rather plan a Dora the Explorer party than pay an insurance bill, and since Dave feels the exact opposite, this arrangement works for us. It takes continual communication, honesty, and a lot of forgiveness to maintain a rickety balance. We are never at fifty-fifty at any given moment -- perfect equality is hard to define or sustain -- but we allow the pendulum to swing back and forth between us.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In the coming years, our balancing act may get harder. Our children are still young and go to sleep early, which gives me plenty of time ot work at night and even to watch what Dave considers to be truly bad TV. As the kids get older, we will have to adjust. Many of my friends have told me that teenage children require more time from their parents. Every stage of life has its challenges. Fortunately, I have Dave to figure it out with me. He's the best partner I could imagine -- even though he's wrong about my TV shows being bad.\u003c/p>\u003c/blockquote>\n\u003cp>In an article Sunday, the \u003ca href=\"http://www.nytimes.com/2015/05/04/technology/david-goldbergs-lifetime-of-advocating-for-women.html?ref=technology&_r=0\" target=\"_blank\">New York Times described Goldberg\u003c/a> as a lifelong advocate for women and \"perhaps the signature male feminist of his era\":\u003c/p>\n\u003cblockquote>\u003cp>Even as a high school student, Dave Goldberg was urging female classmates to speak up. As a young dot-com executive, he had one girlfriend after another, but fell hard for a driven friend named Sheryl Sandberg, pining after her for years. After they wed, Mr. Goldberg pushed her to negotiate hard for high compensation and arranged his schedule so that he could be home with their children when she was traveling for work.\u003c/p>\u003c/blockquote>\n\u003cp>In a recent interview with Business Insider, \u003ca href=\"http://www.businessinsider.com/the-incredible-life-of-david-goldberg-2015-5\" target=\"_blank\">Goldberg recounted\u003c/a> his path from Harvard, where he majored in history and government, to Hollywood, where he founded pioneering online music site Launch Music, to Yahoo! and finally to SurveyMonkey.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>A key juncture in his career, he recalled, came just before he was to continue his formal education:\u003c/p>\n\u003cblockquote>\u003cp>... Two weeks before he was set to start law school, \"I came to the realization that I didn’t really want to be a lawyer,\" he said. \"Sometimes the things you decide not to do are actually the biggest things to do in your career.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>He had no idea what to do. He thought about going into the tech business.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"I looked at Microsoft but it was really hard to imagine moving to Seattle and the rain when you were used to living in San Francisco and Sydney. When you are 24, that does make a difference,\" he says.\u003c/p>\u003c/blockquote>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003c/div>",
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"content": "\u003cp>Richard Brunelle says he feels trapped. He says he has to drive for Uber.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The San Leandro man needs to make money for car payments. His 48-month loan is costing him $1,000 a month and has a 22.75 percent interest rate. He says he got into this mess through a vehicle financing program Uber created for drivers with poor or nonexistent credit.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>https://www.kqed.org/.stream/anon/radio/RDnews/2019/01/HarnettUberAutoLoan42415.mp3\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Since November 2013, Uber has been \u003ca href=\"https://blog.uber.com/financing100000entrepreneurs\">signing up drivers\u003c/a> without cars or the credit to get one. The ride-service company connects drivers with car dealerships and a variety of lenders, some of which specialize in subprime auto loans. It promises to get them a car in less than a week.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The promotional video for the program says: “Everyone deserves to have a success story. Let Uber be part of yours.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Uber says it created the financing program after hearing from potential drivers that they couldn't get cars. It has not released data on exactly how many drivers have used the program, but Uber says thousands have signed up.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Here's Uber's pitch for why banks should give loans to people with no credit: Its drivers are a safe bet regardless of their credit scores because they have a steady source of income -- the money they make driving. Economist William Black says that's faulty logic.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Black is a former bank regulator who researches and writes on subprime auto loans. He says it's risky to give these loans to people with poor credit. In the case of Uber drivers, Black says, all kinds of things could go wrong and prevent them from making the high-interest car payments.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>For instance, driver income could change overnight if Uber decides to cut its rates, which it has done repeatedly. Drivers could get sick or injured. If they don't have savings, which many people with poor credit do not, drivers won't be able to make the payments and the car could get repossessed.\u003c/p>\n\u003caside class=\"pullquote alignright\">'The bottom line is, you need to underwrite these individuals.'\u003ccite>Economist William Black\u003c/cite>\u003c/aside>\n\u003cp>The “bottom line is, you need to underwrite these individuals,” Black says. In other words, the drivers should have co-signers for the loans. And they don't.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Instead, Uber is working with lenders such as Santander Consumer USA, the American consumer finance unit of a Spanish banking group. The subsidiary has a \u003ca href=\"http://dealbook.nytimes.com/2014/08/07/santander-consumer-gets-subpoena-in-subprime-inquiry/?_r=0\">history of regulatory problems\u003c/a>. These lenders make subprime auto loans, charging high interest rates to people with no credit or bad credit.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Brunelle, 58, started driving for Uber last August. He thought it would be a nice retirement job after working in the Navy, in a prison, in construction and as a truck driver. But Brunelle didn't have a car -- he rode a motorcycle -- and he says he had no credit because he'd always avoided credit cards. His wife told him about Uber's financing program and he decided to give it a try.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Uber connected Brunelle to a dealership and lender. Things did not go smoothly from there.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Brunelle says the dealer sold him a car that didn't qualify for the discount Uber promises as part of the financial package. He says the dealer also quoted him a different rate verbally than the rate on the paperwork he signed.\u003c/p>\n\u003caside class=\"pullquote alignleft\">'This loan is like a ball and chain.'\u003ccite>Driver Richard Brunelle\u003c/cite>\u003c/aside>\n\u003cp>When Brunelle got home, he realized he had signed a loan with a 22.75 percent interest rate. That means he will end up paying around $49,000 on a Kia Optima that normally retails for about $25,000.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I tried to refinance this car last week and there's just too much overhead on the car right now that I can't get a re-fi on it,\" Brunelle says.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The dealer won't take the car back and Uber won't help him try to sort this out, says Brunelle. Now the loan is “like a ball and chain,\" he says.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>He says the financing program is just a scheme to get more drivers on the road so that Uber can make more profits. He says, “I feel like Uber not only tossed us to these wolves, but they intentionally did it and they are making bank on it.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_10499114\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\" style=\"max-width: 371px\">\u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2015/04/RS14894_IMG_2862.JPG-qut-e1429730381768.jpg\">\u003cimg class=\"wp-image-10499114\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2015/04/RS14894_IMG_2862.JPG-qut-e1429730381768-800x1067.jpg\" alt=\"Richard Brunelle says he has to work most of the week just to cover his 22.75 percent interest car loan and driving expenses.\" width=\"371\" height=\"495\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2015/04/RS14894_IMG_2862.JPG-qut-e1429730381768-800x1067.jpg 800w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2015/04/RS14894_IMG_2862.JPG-qut-e1429730381768-400x533.jpg 400w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2015/04/RS14894_IMG_2862.JPG-qut-e1429730381768.jpg 1440w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2015/04/RS14894_IMG_2862.JPG-qut-e1429730381768-1180x1573.jpg 1180w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2015/04/RS14894_IMG_2862.JPG-qut-e1429730381768-960x1280.jpg 960w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 371px) 100vw, 371px\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Richard Brunelle says he has to work most of the week just to cover his 22.75 percent interest car loan and driving expenses. \u003ccite>(Sam Harnett/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>In a written statement, Uber says it is proud of the program, and that it helps people get cars who normally couldn't.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Uber adds “that the agreement is between the driver and the lender -- rates are determined by the lender and the purchaser must agree to the rates.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In other words, drivers are on their own when it comes to finalizing the financial deal.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>As far as Brunelle's specific situation, Uber says: \"We provide drivers with a list of specific cars where an Uber discount applies, and the Kia Optima is \u003cspan style=\"text-decoration: underline\">not\u003c/span> on the list. However, drivers are free to choose whatever car they’d like.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The company says drivers should be able to make the loan payments for these cars by working 10 hours a week. But Brunelle says that math doesn't work out.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>After Uber cut drivers' rates again last fall, Brunelle says he's working most of the week just to cover his loan payments and driving expenses. He's working just to break even.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Now he is posting on forums, warning other drivers not to take the financing. Otherwise, he says, they could end up trapped like him.\u003c/p>\n\n",
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The subsidiary has a \u003ca href=\"http://dealbook.nytimes.com/2014/08/07/santander-consumer-gets-subpoena-in-subprime-inquiry/?_r=0\">history of regulatory problems\u003c/a>. These lenders make subprime auto loans, charging high interest rates to people with no credit or bad credit.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Brunelle, 58, started driving for Uber last August. He thought it would be a nice retirement job after working in the Navy, in a prison, in construction and as a truck driver. But Brunelle didn't have a car -- he rode a motorcycle -- and he says he had no credit because he'd always avoided credit cards. His wife told him about Uber's financing program and he decided to give it a try.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Uber connected Brunelle to a dealership and lender. Things did not go smoothly from there.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Brunelle says the dealer sold him a car that didn't qualify for the discount Uber promises as part of the financial package. He says the dealer also quoted him a different rate verbally than the rate on the paperwork he signed.\u003c/p>\n\u003caside class=\"pullquote alignleft\">'This loan is like a ball and chain.'\u003ccite>Driver Richard Brunelle\u003c/cite>\u003c/aside>\n\u003cp>When Brunelle got home, he realized he had signed a loan with a 22.75 percent interest rate. That means he will end up paying around $49,000 on a Kia Optima that normally retails for about $25,000.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I tried to refinance this car last week and there's just too much overhead on the car right now that I can't get a re-fi on it,\" Brunelle says.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The dealer won't take the car back and Uber won't help him try to sort this out, says Brunelle. Now the loan is “like a ball and chain,\" he says.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>He says the financing program is just a scheme to get more drivers on the road so that Uber can make more profits. He says, “I feel like Uber not only tossed us to these wolves, but they intentionally did it and they are making bank on it.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_10499114\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\" style=\"max-width: 371px\">\u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2015/04/RS14894_IMG_2862.JPG-qut-e1429730381768.jpg\">\u003cimg class=\"wp-image-10499114\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2015/04/RS14894_IMG_2862.JPG-qut-e1429730381768-800x1067.jpg\" alt=\"Richard Brunelle says he has to work most of the week just to cover his 22.75 percent interest car loan and driving expenses.\" width=\"371\" height=\"495\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2015/04/RS14894_IMG_2862.JPG-qut-e1429730381768-800x1067.jpg 800w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2015/04/RS14894_IMG_2862.JPG-qut-e1429730381768-400x533.jpg 400w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2015/04/RS14894_IMG_2862.JPG-qut-e1429730381768.jpg 1440w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2015/04/RS14894_IMG_2862.JPG-qut-e1429730381768-1180x1573.jpg 1180w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2015/04/RS14894_IMG_2862.JPG-qut-e1429730381768-960x1280.jpg 960w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 371px) 100vw, 371px\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Richard Brunelle says he has to work most of the week just to cover his 22.75 percent interest car loan and driving expenses. \u003ccite>(Sam Harnett/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>In a written statement, Uber says it is proud of the program, and that it helps people get cars who normally couldn't.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Uber adds “that the agreement is between the driver and the lender -- rates are determined by the lender and the purchaser must agree to the rates.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In other words, drivers are on their own when it comes to finalizing the financial deal.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>As far as Brunelle's specific situation, Uber says: \"We provide drivers with a list of specific cars where an Uber discount applies, and the Kia Optima is \u003cspan style=\"text-decoration: underline\">not\u003c/span> on the list. However, drivers are free to choose whatever car they’d like.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The company says drivers should be able to make the loan payments for these cars by working 10 hours a week. But Brunelle says that math doesn't work out.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>After Uber cut drivers' rates again last fall, Brunelle says he's working most of the week just to cover his loan payments and driving expenses. He's working just to break even.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Now he is posting on forums, warning other drivers not to take the financing. Otherwise, he says, they could end up trapped like him.\u003c/p>\n\n\u003c/div>\u003c/p>",
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"content": "\u003cp>This year marks the 125th anniversary of Japantown in San Jose. To celebrate, the neighborhood will host a festival called \u003ca href=\"http://www.nikkeimatsuri.org/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Nikkei Matsuri\u003c/a> this coming Sunday.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>San Jose is one of only three historic Japantowns still thriving in the United States, and the only one rooted in the history of California agriculture. In a time before semiconductor chips and suburban housing, the region in and around San Jose was largely farmland, much of it farmed by Japanese-American families.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The city’s Japantown was the heart of the community, and that’s where you’ll find the \u003ca href=\"http://www.jamsj.org/japanese-american-history-museum-san-jose/resources\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Japanese American Museum of San Jose\u003c/a>. Jimi Yamaichi, 92, is one of the curators of the museum’s exhibition on Japanese farming. But more than that, he himself used to work the fields northeast of San Jose.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_10459646\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2015/03/RS14529_JimiToday.JPG-qut.jpg\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-10459646 size-medium\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2015/03/RS14529_JimiToday.JPG-qut-800x600.jpg\" alt='At 92, Jimi Yamaichi remembers row crop farming in Berryessa before World War II. \"It was hard living.\"' width=\"800\" height=\"600\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2015/03/RS14529_JimiToday.JPG-qut-800x600.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2015/03/RS14529_JimiToday.JPG-qut-400x300.jpg 400w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2015/03/RS14529_JimiToday.JPG-qut-1440x1080.jpg 1440w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2015/03/RS14529_JimiToday.JPG-qut-1180x885.jpg 1180w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2015/03/RS14529_JimiToday.JPG-qut-768x576.jpg 768w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2015/03/RS14529_JimiToday.JPG-qut-320x240.jpg 320w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2015/03/RS14529_JimiToday.JPG-qut.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">At 92, Jimi Yamaichi remembers row crop farming in Berryessa before World War II. ‘It was hard living.’ \u003ccite>(Rachael Myrow/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Yamaichi vividly remembers what it was like to grow up on his dad’s row crop farm in Berryessa during the Great Depression.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Beans, cucumbers and squash and other bell peppers, and tomatoes, and other things. But the beans and cucumber, that’s what he was known for,” Yamaichi says.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In addition to supplying local markets, the Yamaichis sent 200 boxes to Los Angeles on Tuesdays, and another 200 on Saturdays. They shipped produce as far as Denver and Seattle.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Jimi was the fourth child out of 10. It was a working childhood.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“We’d get up early in the morning, at 6 o’clock, and we’d cut lettuce for about two hours,” he recalls. “Around 8:30, my dad says, ‘Well, go and clean up.’ ” You can listen to him tell his story \u003ca href=\"https://soundcloud.com/rmyrow/japaneseag\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">here\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>His dad drove them to elementary school in time for the 9 o’clock bell, then picked them up when school was out at 3 to return to the fields.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“We’re not the only ones doing it,” Yamaichi says. “Everybody else was doing it.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Well, not everyone. The non-Japanese farmers, he admits, didn’t work quite so hard, and they didn’t necessarily take kindly to the Japanese-Americans who did.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_10459648\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2015/03/RS14528_ProduceCrate-qut.jpg\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-10459648 size-medium\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2015/03/RS14528_ProduceCrate-qut-800x600.jpg\" alt=\"A produce crate from the exhibit 'Yesterday’s Farmer: Planting an American Dream,' at the Japanese American Museum of San Jose.\" width=\"800\" height=\"600\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2015/03/RS14528_ProduceCrate-qut-800x600.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2015/03/RS14528_ProduceCrate-qut-400x300.jpg 400w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2015/03/RS14528_ProduceCrate-qut-1440x1080.jpg 1440w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2015/03/RS14528_ProduceCrate-qut-1180x885.jpg 1180w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2015/03/RS14528_ProduceCrate-qut-768x576.jpg 768w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2015/03/RS14528_ProduceCrate-qut-320x240.jpg 320w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2015/03/RS14528_ProduceCrate-qut.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">A produce crate from the exhibition ‘Yesterday’s Farmer: Planting an American Dream,’ at the Japanese American Museum of San Jose.\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Today, there are just a handful of Japanese-owned farms and nurseries in the region. But at one time, before World War II, the area around San Jose was dotted with hundreds of Japanese farms growing vegetables for local and regional markets. The story of why they were here, and how they were here, is one of sorrow and suffering, but also success against the odds and the weight of fierce prejudice.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Sometime around 1890, Japanese laborers escaping the grim plantation work of Hawaii began to settle around San Jose. Especially after the \u003ca href=\"ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-admin/post.php?post=10459596&action=edit&message=10\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Chinese Exclusion Act of 1882\u003c/a>, white farmers were eager for alternative sources of cheap labor to pick crops. Some Japanese immigrants saved enough money to buy their own farmland, but California changed the law, several times, to make it close to impossible.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Columbia University Professor \u003ca href=\"https://sipa.columbia.edu/faculty/gary-okihiro\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"> Gary Okihiro\u003c/a> co-wrote a history of Japanese farming in the Santa Clara Valley.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“The land laws were called \u003ca href=\"http://encyclopedia.densho.org/Alien_land_laws/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">alien land laws\u003c/a>,” he says, “because they were directed at aliens ineligible for citizenship, which meant only Asian people.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Many Japanese had no choice but to work as sharecroppers. Others set up land trusts, or began to have American-born children in the hopes that the first to reach maturity would be able to own the farm for the family.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Many of the farmers were farming on land that did not belong to them, in fact, but to some other person, a white landowner,” Okihiro says.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In 1929, Jimi Yamaichi’s father, Kaneichi Yamaichi, found a way around California law: a white man willing to own 21 acres for him — in exchange for a “royalty,” which today would amount to more than $27,000 a year, staked on nothing more than a handshake.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>At the start of World War II, \u003ca href=\"https://www.sonoma.edu/asc/projects/sanjose/Part_of_San_Jose_History.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">roughly 4,000\u003c/a> Japanese lived in the Santa Clara Valley. They were just beginning to bounce back from the Great Depression when the federal government forced them into internment camps away from the West Coast.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[youtube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yVyIa11ZtAE]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>This short film from the United States Office Of War Information — produced as part of the government effort to justify uprooting 120,000 people of Japanese descent — puts a somewhat sunny spin on \u003ca href=\"http://www.archives.gov/historical-docs/todays-doc/?dod-date=219\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Executive Order 9066\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But Japanese sent to camps in 1942 had to liquidate everything they couldn’t carry with them, and at fire-sale prices: farms, homes, cars, businesses. Japanese-Americans left $22 million of crops in the ground across California. The government saw to it that those crops were harvested, but not that the farmers were compensated.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>When the war was over, many of them returned home destitute and demoralized. They converted buildings in San Jose’s Japantown into makeshift barracks while they figured out what to do next. KTEH broadcast a compelling documentary about that period in history, called “Return to the Valley.” Jimi Yamaichi is one of the people featured.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[youtube http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=muvqPCy1j_0]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Yamaichi’s family spent the war years in the internment camps at \u003ca href=\"http://www.heartmountain.org/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Heart Mountain\u003c/a> in Wyoming and \u003ca href=\"http://www.nps.gov/tule/index.htm\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Tule Lake\u003c/a> in California. Jimi’s dad was better off than most. A sympathetic insurance agent he’d worked with offered to guard his farm. But that doesn’t mean it was easy to start all over again when the war was over.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“ ’Course, he was quite a heavy drinker,” Yamaichi says. “They were all drinkers, you know. Got to the point where it pickled him to death, I think!”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Like many in the Japan-born generation known as \u003cem>issei\u003c/em>, Kaneichi Yamaichi kept a lot of feelings about his life bottled up inside.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Sake was his drink of choice, and when the war broke out, couldn’t get no more,” Jimi Yamaichi says. “He turned to whiskey. One fifth a day. That’s a lot of whiskey to drink, hunh?”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Even before the war, American farming was growing increasingly mechanized, moving from horses to tractors, requiring bigger farms to turn a profit.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Many of the American-born \u003cem>nisei,\u003c/em> like Jimi Yamaichi, wanted out of farming. But younger children followed their parents onto new fields, raising labor-intensive crops they could produce on small plots of land.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_10459653\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2015/03/RS14527_JapaneseFarmMap.JPG-qut.jpg\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-10459653 size-medium\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2015/03/RS14527_JapaneseFarmMap.JPG-qut-800x600.jpg\" alt=\"Today, there's almost no evidence how prevalent Japanese farms once were in and around San Jose. A map from the exhibit 'Yesterday’s Farmer: Planting an American Dream,' at the Japanese American Museum of San Jose highlights Japanese American farms in the area around 1958.\" width=\"800\" height=\"600\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2015/03/RS14527_JapaneseFarmMap.JPG-qut-800x600.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2015/03/RS14527_JapaneseFarmMap.JPG-qut-400x300.jpg 400w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2015/03/RS14527_JapaneseFarmMap.JPG-qut-1440x1080.jpg 1440w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2015/03/RS14527_JapaneseFarmMap.JPG-qut-1180x885.jpg 1180w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2015/03/RS14527_JapaneseFarmMap.JPG-qut-768x576.jpg 768w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2015/03/RS14527_JapaneseFarmMap.JPG-qut-320x240.jpg 320w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2015/03/RS14527_JapaneseFarmMap.JPG-qut.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">A map from the exhibition ‘Yesterday’s Farmer: Planting an American Dream,’ at the Japanese American Museum of San Jose highlights Japanese-American farms in the area around 1958.\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Leon Kimura was one of those children, back in the 1950s. “I picked 10 crates of strawberries to get money to buy my first Timex watch,” he says.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>And where did Kimura go to get the watch?\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I came to here to Japantown to Jackson Jewelers [now defunct],” Kimura says. “There always was a feeling that this was home for the JA community.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Eventually, as the rise of Silicon Valley made land more expensive, the strawberry industry moved south to Watsonville and Salinas. The flower business \u003ca href=\"http://www.gpnmag.com/california-cut-flower-industry-still-decline\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">moved overseas\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>With each passing generation, it became easier for Japanese-Americans to find work outside of agriculture — and to buy homes in neighborhoods previously closed to them. More and more of the community in the Santa Clara Valley dispersed across the Bay Area, California and beyond.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Japantown San Jose is still a cultural center, with churches, restaurants, shops and, of course, the museum. But it doesn’t have quite the vibrancy that Kimura remembers from his childhood. “Maybe it’s a function of, if you will, at becoming too successful integrating into mainstream America.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad floatright]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>That said, the love cuts both ways now. Japantown San Jose has become a fond focal point for the whole city, one locals proudly point to as part of their collective heritage.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_10460214\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2015/03/RS14530_125th-koi-front001-qut.jpg\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-10460214 size-medium\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2015/03/RS14530_125th-koi-front001-qut-800x581.jpg\" alt=\"On April 26th, Japantown San Jose hosts a festival called Nikkei Matsuri, to celebrate its 125th anniversary\" width=\"800\" height=\"581\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2015/03/RS14530_125th-koi-front001-qut-800x581.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2015/03/RS14530_125th-koi-front001-qut-400x290.jpg 400w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2015/03/RS14530_125th-koi-front001-qut-1440x1046.jpg 1440w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2015/03/RS14530_125th-koi-front001-qut-1180x857.jpg 1180w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2015/03/RS14530_125th-koi-front001-qut-768x558.jpg 768w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2015/03/RS14530_125th-koi-front001-qut-320x232.jpg 320w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2015/03/RS14530_125th-koi-front001-qut.jpg 1902w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">On April 26, Japantown San Jose hosts a festival called Nikkei Matsuri, to celebrate its 125th anniversary \u003ccite>(Takahiro Kitamura)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\n",
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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003cp>This year marks the 125th anniversary of Japantown in San Jose. To celebrate, the neighborhood will host a festival called \u003ca href=\"http://www.nikkeimatsuri.org/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Nikkei Matsuri\u003c/a> this coming Sunday.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>San Jose is one of only three historic Japantowns still thriving in the United States, and the only one rooted in the history of California agriculture. In a time before semiconductor chips and suburban housing, the region in and around San Jose was largely farmland, much of it farmed by Japanese-American families.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The city’s Japantown was the heart of the community, and that’s where you’ll find the \u003ca href=\"http://www.jamsj.org/japanese-american-history-museum-san-jose/resources\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Japanese American Museum of San Jose\u003c/a>. Jimi Yamaichi, 92, is one of the curators of the museum’s exhibition on Japanese farming. But more than that, he himself used to work the fields northeast of San Jose.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_10459646\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2015/03/RS14529_JimiToday.JPG-qut.jpg\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-10459646 size-medium\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2015/03/RS14529_JimiToday.JPG-qut-800x600.jpg\" alt='At 92, Jimi Yamaichi remembers row crop farming in Berryessa before World War II. \"It was hard living.\"' width=\"800\" height=\"600\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2015/03/RS14529_JimiToday.JPG-qut-800x600.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2015/03/RS14529_JimiToday.JPG-qut-400x300.jpg 400w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2015/03/RS14529_JimiToday.JPG-qut-1440x1080.jpg 1440w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2015/03/RS14529_JimiToday.JPG-qut-1180x885.jpg 1180w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2015/03/RS14529_JimiToday.JPG-qut-768x576.jpg 768w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2015/03/RS14529_JimiToday.JPG-qut-320x240.jpg 320w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2015/03/RS14529_JimiToday.JPG-qut.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">At 92, Jimi Yamaichi remembers row crop farming in Berryessa before World War II. ‘It was hard living.’ \u003ccite>(Rachael Myrow/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Yamaichi vividly remembers what it was like to grow up on his dad’s row crop farm in Berryessa during the Great Depression.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Beans, cucumbers and squash and other bell peppers, and tomatoes, and other things. But the beans and cucumber, that’s what he was known for,” Yamaichi says.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003c/div>",
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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In addition to supplying local markets, the Yamaichis sent 200 boxes to Los Angeles on Tuesdays, and another 200 on Saturdays. They shipped produce as far as Denver and Seattle.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Jimi was the fourth child out of 10. It was a working childhood.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“We’d get up early in the morning, at 6 o’clock, and we’d cut lettuce for about two hours,” he recalls. “Around 8:30, my dad says, ‘Well, go and clean up.’ ” You can listen to him tell his story \u003ca href=\"https://soundcloud.com/rmyrow/japaneseag\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">here\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>His dad drove them to elementary school in time for the 9 o’clock bell, then picked them up when school was out at 3 to return to the fields.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“We’re not the only ones doing it,” Yamaichi says. “Everybody else was doing it.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Well, not everyone. The non-Japanese farmers, he admits, didn’t work quite so hard, and they didn’t necessarily take kindly to the Japanese-Americans who did.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_10459648\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2015/03/RS14528_ProduceCrate-qut.jpg\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-10459648 size-medium\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2015/03/RS14528_ProduceCrate-qut-800x600.jpg\" alt=\"A produce crate from the exhibit 'Yesterday’s Farmer: Planting an American Dream,' at the Japanese American Museum of San Jose.\" width=\"800\" height=\"600\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2015/03/RS14528_ProduceCrate-qut-800x600.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2015/03/RS14528_ProduceCrate-qut-400x300.jpg 400w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2015/03/RS14528_ProduceCrate-qut-1440x1080.jpg 1440w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2015/03/RS14528_ProduceCrate-qut-1180x885.jpg 1180w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2015/03/RS14528_ProduceCrate-qut-768x576.jpg 768w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2015/03/RS14528_ProduceCrate-qut-320x240.jpg 320w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2015/03/RS14528_ProduceCrate-qut.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">A produce crate from the exhibition ‘Yesterday’s Farmer: Planting an American Dream,’ at the Japanese American Museum of San Jose.\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Today, there are just a handful of Japanese-owned farms and nurseries in the region. But at one time, before World War II, the area around San Jose was dotted with hundreds of Japanese farms growing vegetables for local and regional markets. The story of why they were here, and how they were here, is one of sorrow and suffering, but also success against the odds and the weight of fierce prejudice.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Sometime around 1890, Japanese laborers escaping the grim plantation work of Hawaii began to settle around San Jose. Especially after the \u003ca href=\"ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-admin/post.php?post=10459596&action=edit&message=10\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Chinese Exclusion Act of 1882\u003c/a>, white farmers were eager for alternative sources of cheap labor to pick crops. Some Japanese immigrants saved enough money to buy their own farmland, but California changed the law, several times, to make it close to impossible.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Columbia University Professor \u003ca href=\"https://sipa.columbia.edu/faculty/gary-okihiro\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"> Gary Okihiro\u003c/a> co-wrote a history of Japanese farming in the Santa Clara Valley.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“The land laws were called \u003ca href=\"http://encyclopedia.densho.org/Alien_land_laws/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">alien land laws\u003c/a>,” he says, “because they were directed at aliens ineligible for citizenship, which meant only Asian people.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Many Japanese had no choice but to work as sharecroppers. Others set up land trusts, or began to have American-born children in the hopes that the first to reach maturity would be able to own the farm for the family.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Many of the farmers were farming on land that did not belong to them, in fact, but to some other person, a white landowner,” Okihiro says.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In 1929, Jimi Yamaichi’s father, Kaneichi Yamaichi, found a way around California law: a white man willing to own 21 acres for him — in exchange for a “royalty,” which today would amount to more than $27,000 a year, staked on nothing more than a handshake.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>At the start of World War II, \u003ca href=\"https://www.sonoma.edu/asc/projects/sanjose/Part_of_San_Jose_History.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">roughly 4,000\u003c/a> Japanese lived in the Santa Clara Valley. They were just beginning to bounce back from the Great Depression when the federal government forced them into internment camps away from the West Coast.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003cp>\u003cspan class='utils-parseShortcode-shortcodes-__youtubeShortcode__embedYoutube'>\n \u003cspan class='utils-parseShortcode-shortcodes-__youtubeShortcode__embedYoutubeInside'>\n \u003ciframe\n loading='lazy'\n class='utils-parseShortcode-shortcodes-__youtubeShortcode__youtubePlayer'\n type='text/html'\n src='//www.youtube.com/embed/yVyIa11ZtAE'\n title='//www.youtube.com/embed/yVyIa11ZtAE'\n allowfullscreen='true'\n style='border:0;'>\u003c/iframe>\n \u003c/span>\n \u003c/span>\u003c/p>\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>This short film from the United States Office Of War Information — produced as part of the government effort to justify uprooting 120,000 people of Japanese descent — puts a somewhat sunny spin on \u003ca href=\"http://www.archives.gov/historical-docs/todays-doc/?dod-date=219\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Executive Order 9066\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But Japanese sent to camps in 1942 had to liquidate everything they couldn’t carry with them, and at fire-sale prices: farms, homes, cars, businesses. Japanese-Americans left $22 million of crops in the ground across California. The government saw to it that those crops were harvested, but not that the farmers were compensated.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>When the war was over, many of them returned home destitute and demoralized. They converted buildings in San Jose’s Japantown into makeshift barracks while they figured out what to do next. KTEH broadcast a compelling documentary about that period in history, called “Return to the Valley.” Jimi Yamaichi is one of the people featured.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003cp>\u003cspan class='utils-parseShortcode-shortcodes-__youtubeShortcode__embedYoutube'>\n \u003cspan class='utils-parseShortcode-shortcodes-__youtubeShortcode__embedYoutubeInside'>\n \u003ciframe\n loading='lazy'\n class='utils-parseShortcode-shortcodes-__youtubeShortcode__youtubePlayer'\n type='text/html'\n src='//www.youtube.com/embed/muvqPCy1j_0'\n title='//www.youtube.com/embed/muvqPCy1j_0'\n allowfullscreen='true'\n style='border:0;'>\u003c/iframe>\n \u003c/span>\n \u003c/span>\u003c/p>\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Yamaichi’s family spent the war years in the internment camps at \u003ca href=\"http://www.heartmountain.org/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Heart Mountain\u003c/a> in Wyoming and \u003ca href=\"http://www.nps.gov/tule/index.htm\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Tule Lake\u003c/a> in California. Jimi’s dad was better off than most. A sympathetic insurance agent he’d worked with offered to guard his farm. But that doesn’t mean it was easy to start all over again when the war was over.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“ ’Course, he was quite a heavy drinker,” Yamaichi says. “They were all drinkers, you know. Got to the point where it pickled him to death, I think!”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Like many in the Japan-born generation known as \u003cem>issei\u003c/em>, Kaneichi Yamaichi kept a lot of feelings about his life bottled up inside.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Sake was his drink of choice, and when the war broke out, couldn’t get no more,” Jimi Yamaichi says. “He turned to whiskey. One fifth a day. That’s a lot of whiskey to drink, hunh?”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Even before the war, American farming was growing increasingly mechanized, moving from horses to tractors, requiring bigger farms to turn a profit.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Many of the American-born \u003cem>nisei,\u003c/em> like Jimi Yamaichi, wanted out of farming. But younger children followed their parents onto new fields, raising labor-intensive crops they could produce on small plots of land.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_10459653\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2015/03/RS14527_JapaneseFarmMap.JPG-qut.jpg\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-10459653 size-medium\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2015/03/RS14527_JapaneseFarmMap.JPG-qut-800x600.jpg\" alt=\"Today, there's almost no evidence how prevalent Japanese farms once were in and around San Jose. A map from the exhibit 'Yesterday’s Farmer: Planting an American Dream,' at the Japanese American Museum of San Jose highlights Japanese American farms in the area around 1958.\" width=\"800\" height=\"600\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2015/03/RS14527_JapaneseFarmMap.JPG-qut-800x600.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2015/03/RS14527_JapaneseFarmMap.JPG-qut-400x300.jpg 400w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2015/03/RS14527_JapaneseFarmMap.JPG-qut-1440x1080.jpg 1440w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2015/03/RS14527_JapaneseFarmMap.JPG-qut-1180x885.jpg 1180w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2015/03/RS14527_JapaneseFarmMap.JPG-qut-768x576.jpg 768w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2015/03/RS14527_JapaneseFarmMap.JPG-qut-320x240.jpg 320w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2015/03/RS14527_JapaneseFarmMap.JPG-qut.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">A map from the exhibition ‘Yesterday’s Farmer: Planting an American Dream,’ at the Japanese American Museum of San Jose highlights Japanese-American farms in the area around 1958.\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Leon Kimura was one of those children, back in the 1950s. “I picked 10 crates of strawberries to get money to buy my first Timex watch,” he says.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>And where did Kimura go to get the watch?\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I came to here to Japantown to Jackson Jewelers [now defunct],” Kimura says. “There always was a feeling that this was home for the JA community.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Eventually, as the rise of Silicon Valley made land more expensive, the strawberry industry moved south to Watsonville and Salinas. The flower business \u003ca href=\"http://www.gpnmag.com/california-cut-flower-industry-still-decline\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">moved overseas\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>With each passing generation, it became easier for Japanese-Americans to find work outside of agriculture — and to buy homes in neighborhoods previously closed to them. More and more of the community in the Santa Clara Valley dispersed across the Bay Area, California and beyond.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Japantown San Jose is still a cultural center, with churches, restaurants, shops and, of course, the museum. But it doesn’t have quite the vibrancy that Kimura remembers from his childhood. “Maybe it’s a function of, if you will, at becoming too successful integrating into mainstream America.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003c/div>",
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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>That said, the love cuts both ways now. Japantown San Jose has become a fond focal point for the whole city, one locals proudly point to as part of their collective heritage.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_10460214\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2015/03/RS14530_125th-koi-front001-qut.jpg\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-10460214 size-medium\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2015/03/RS14530_125th-koi-front001-qut-800x581.jpg\" alt=\"On April 26th, Japantown San Jose hosts a festival called Nikkei Matsuri, to celebrate its 125th anniversary\" width=\"800\" height=\"581\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2015/03/RS14530_125th-koi-front001-qut-800x581.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2015/03/RS14530_125th-koi-front001-qut-400x290.jpg 400w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2015/03/RS14530_125th-koi-front001-qut-1440x1046.jpg 1440w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2015/03/RS14530_125th-koi-front001-qut-1180x857.jpg 1180w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2015/03/RS14530_125th-koi-front001-qut-768x558.jpg 768w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2015/03/RS14530_125th-koi-front001-qut-320x232.jpg 320w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2015/03/RS14530_125th-koi-front001-qut.jpg 1902w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">On April 26, Japantown San Jose hosts a festival called Nikkei Matsuri, to celebrate its 125th anniversary \u003ccite>(Takahiro Kitamura)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\n\u003c/div>\u003c/p>",
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"content": "\u003cp>In Silicon Valley, the archetypical startup founder is brilliant, young, hyper-ambitious to a fault, and rarely shows weakness.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But in reality, many founders are struggling.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Entrepreneurs often shout from the rooftops about their personal and company milestones, whether it's a new investor or technical hire. But under all that bravado and outward confidence, many entrepreneur will face a lot of anxiety, stress and pressure to succeed.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_1799\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\" style=\"max-width: 2880px\">\u003cimg class=\"size-full wp-image-1799\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/futureofyou/wp-content/uploads/sites/13/2015/04/7cupsoftea-team.jpg\" alt=\"The 7 Cups of Tea team on a company outing \" width=\"2880\" height=\"1835\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/13/2015/04/7cupsoftea-team.jpg 2880w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/13/2015/04/7cupsoftea-team-400x255.jpg 400w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/13/2015/04/7cupsoftea-team-800x510.jpg 800w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/13/2015/04/7cupsoftea-team-1180x752.jpg 1180w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/13/2015/04/7cupsoftea-team-768x489.jpg 768w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/13/2015/04/7cupsoftea-team-320x204.jpg 320w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 2880px) 100vw, 2880px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">The 7 Cups of Tea team on a company outing \u003ccite>(7 Cups of Tea )\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>\"I've been through two startups and it's rough,\" said Glen Moriarty, a trained psychologist and the founder of \u003ca href=\"http://www.7cupsoftea.com/\">7 Cups of Tea\u003c/a>, a website and app that connects entrepreneurs with peers, who act as confidential listeners.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"Founder life is incredibly challenging, but we rarely talk about it.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>That's why 7 Cups of Tea launched a \u003ca href=\"http://www.7cupsoftea.com/startups/\">program\u003c/a> to support the emotional health of founders of other startups. 7 Cups of Tea's team is deeply embedded in the startup network. 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Or alternatively, sign up for a group chat session with a featured expert.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>I logged in one evening to a public 7 Cups of Tea session, where Charlie Hoehn, author of \u003ca href=\"http://www.amazon.com/Play-It-Away-Workaholics-Anxiety/dp/0615918174\">Play It Away: A Workaholic’s Cure for Anxiety\u003c/a>, responded to concerns raised by startup founders, many of whom were anonymous. The experience is similar to a Reddit \"Ask Me Anything\" (AMA).\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Some founders shared tips (\"In my experience, leaving the environment I am in really helps. 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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003cp>In Silicon Valley, the archetypical startup founder is brilliant, young, hyper-ambitious to a fault, and rarely shows weakness.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But in reality, many founders are struggling.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Entrepreneurs often shout from the rooftops about their personal and company milestones, whether it's a new investor or technical hire. But under all that bravado and outward confidence, many entrepreneur will face a lot of anxiety, stress and pressure to succeed.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_1799\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\" style=\"max-width: 2880px\">\u003cimg class=\"size-full wp-image-1799\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/futureofyou/wp-content/uploads/sites/13/2015/04/7cupsoftea-team.jpg\" alt=\"The 7 Cups of Tea team on a company outing \" width=\"2880\" height=\"1835\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/13/2015/04/7cupsoftea-team.jpg 2880w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/13/2015/04/7cupsoftea-team-400x255.jpg 400w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/13/2015/04/7cupsoftea-team-800x510.jpg 800w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/13/2015/04/7cupsoftea-team-1180x752.jpg 1180w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/13/2015/04/7cupsoftea-team-768x489.jpg 768w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/13/2015/04/7cupsoftea-team-320x204.jpg 320w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 2880px) 100vw, 2880px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">The 7 Cups of Tea team on a company outing \u003ccite>(7 Cups of Tea )\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>\"I've been through two startups and it's rough,\" said Glen Moriarty, a trained psychologist and the founder of \u003ca href=\"http://www.7cupsoftea.com/\">7 Cups of Tea\u003c/a>, a website and app that connects entrepreneurs with peers, who act as confidential listeners.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"Founder life is incredibly challenging, but we rarely talk about it.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003c/div>",
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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>That's why 7 Cups of Tea launched a \u003ca href=\"http://www.7cupsoftea.com/startups/\">program\u003c/a> to support the emotional health of founders of other startups. 7 Cups of Tea's team is deeply embedded in the startup network. It was among the first health companies to graduate from \u003ca href=\"https://www.ycombinator.com/\">Y Combinator\u003c/a>, the accelerator program based in Mountain View, Calif.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>It takes advantage of a growing trend for digital services that connect people with online health support. 7 Cups of Tea specializes in matching people with trained listeners who\u003ca href=\"http://www.7cupsoftea.com/listener/becomeListener.php\"> complete its online course\u003c/a>. Other apps like \u003ca href=\"http://www.doctorondemand.com/\">Doctor on Demand\u003c/a> and \u003ca href=\"http://mdlive.com\">MDLive\u003c/a> offer on-demand access to doctors and therapists -- all that's required is an Internet connection.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Here's how it works: Register via the 7 Cups of Tea website or app, and connect to one of thousands of confidential listeners, who communicate with you via text message. Or alternatively, sign up for a group chat session with a featured expert.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>I logged in one evening to a public 7 Cups of Tea session, where Charlie Hoehn, author of \u003ca href=\"http://www.amazon.com/Play-It-Away-Workaholics-Anxiety/dp/0615918174\">Play It Away: A Workaholic’s Cure for Anxiety\u003c/a>, responded to concerns raised by startup founders, many of whom were anonymous. The experience is similar to a Reddit \"Ask Me Anything\" (AMA).\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Some founders shared tips (\"In my experience, leaving the environment I am in really helps. So I leave office and go to a coffee shop or a library\"); others asked Hoehn questions (\"If the focus on my startup is what is causing all the anxiety, how can I balance it with focusing on other things like family or hobbies?\").\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>After an hour or so of monitoring the discussion, it seemed clear that startup founders didn't have many alternative spaces to discuss such topics as work-life balance, and dealing with both anxiety and depression.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Popular Q&A site \u003ca href=\"http://quora.com\">Quora\u003c/a> is one of the few alternative online destinations for founders to share their real feelings and connect with peers. \u003ca href=\"http://www.quora.com/What-is-it-like-to-be-a-start-up-founder\">When a user posed the question,\u003c/a> \"What's it like to be a startup founder,\" over two-dozen people responded. The answers were surprisingly frank: One founder likened it to the experience of raising a child; calling his startup an act of \"creation.\"\u003ca href=\"We%20rarely%20hear%20about%20it%20in%20the%20press,%20or%20in%20pitch%20meetings.%C2%A0\"> \u003c/a>Another admitted that he thought about his startup an unhealthy amount: Every waking moment, including while spending time with his family or in the shower.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_1856\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\" style=\"max-width: 462px\">\u003cimg class=\" wp-image-1856\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/futureofyou/wp-content/uploads/sites/13/2015/04/Screen-Shot-2015-04-17-at-11.26.11-AM.png\" alt=\"A response to a question on Quora about the realities of startup life\" width=\"462\" height=\"197\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/13/2015/04/Screen-Shot-2015-04-17-at-11.26.11-AM.png 788w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/13/2015/04/Screen-Shot-2015-04-17-at-11.26.11-AM-400x170.png 400w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/13/2015/04/Screen-Shot-2015-04-17-at-11.26.11-AM-768x326.png 768w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/13/2015/04/Screen-Shot-2015-04-17-at-11.26.11-AM-320x136.png 320w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 462px) 100vw, 462px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">A response to a question on Quora about the realities of startup life\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Chatting with a therapist face-to-face is advisable for stressed-out founders. But the virtual approach offers a few benefits of its own, and may work best in concert with traditional therapy. For one thing, entrepreneurs can chat anonymously with peers in the startup world, who share similar experiences.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But will the majority of Silicon Valley entrepreneurs flock to a service like 7 Cups of Tea? At present, it has only reached a small percentage of the startup community. And will the key influencers embrace a culture of vulnerability and openness, rather than perpetuate long-standing myths about the dogged startup founder?\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>\"This shouldn't be a taboo subject\" \u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Brad Feld is one of the few venture capitalists who has \u003ca href=\"http://feld.com/archives/2014/10/founder-suicides.html\">spoken out about his personal struggle\u003c/a> with clinical depression.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In the wake of a \u003ca href=\"http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2781211/Mystery-three-suicides-tech-start-planning-bring-happiness-las-vegas.html\">series of suicides\u003c/a> that rocked the startup community, Feld called for more honest discussion about how intense it can be to start a company.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Colorado-based Feld is now one of the biggest advocates for \u003ca href=\"http://www.7cupsoftea.com/\">7 Cups Of Tea\u003c/a>'s startup program.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"This shouldn't be a taboo subject,\" said Feld.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"Founders are buried by the myth that leaders must be strong... and that emotional and mental health issues will negatively impact their ability to be effective, so they must suppress them if they want to succeed as an entrepreneur,\" he added.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>For his part, Moriarty believes it can help to match up people who share a visceral understanding of the day-to-day stresses of running a company.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Aside from reaching out to entrepreneurs to sign up or act as counselors, Moriarty also hopes to convince venture capitalists to recommend 7 Cups of Tea to founders.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"Not a lot of people understand that a startup isn't like grad school or a job, where hard work is often sufficient. 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"content": "\u003cp>Bitcoin has been around for six years now, but most of us are still unclear on just \u003cem>what\u003c/em> it is, let alone why it matters. The digital currency has been flying under the radar, appealing to a group of die-hard fans, like libertarians who want freedom from government control, and illegal drug traders — who also want freedom from government control. But that Wild West world is giving way.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[soundcloud url=”https://api.soundcloud.com/tracks/201248386″ params=”color=ff5500&auto_play=false&hide_related=false&show_comments=true&show_user=true&show_reposts=false” width=”100%” height=”166″ iframe=”true” /]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>If you work in Silicon Valley, as Ryan Singer does, you can appreciate what it feels like to be excited about something much of the rest of the world has never heard of. Singer’s startup, \u003ca href=\"http://domustower.com/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Domus Tower\u003c/a>, is developing Bitcoin technology that will speed up stock trades.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>He understands that Bitcoin sounds new and strange and possibly scary, and ticks off some frequently heard concerns: “Are your identities safe on it? Are children safe on it? Is it a method for spreading pornography? That was basically all anyone said about the Internet until suddenly it became normal.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_10492904\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2015/04/RS14865_RyanSinger.JPG-qut.jpg\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-10492904 size-medium\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2015/04/RS14865_RyanSinger.JPG-qut-800x600.jpg\" alt=\"Ryan Singer is a Bitcoin believer. Not only does he run a Bitcoin startup called Domus Tower, but he also pays his rent in Bitcoin at 20Mission, a live/work space designed to draw in tech entrepreneurs like himself.\" width=\"800\" height=\"600\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2015/04/RS14865_RyanSinger.JPG-qut-800x600.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2015/04/RS14865_RyanSinger.JPG-qut-400x300.jpg 400w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2015/04/RS14865_RyanSinger.JPG-qut-1440x1080.jpg 1440w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2015/04/RS14865_RyanSinger.JPG-qut-1180x885.jpg 1180w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2015/04/RS14865_RyanSinger.JPG-qut-768x576.jpg 768w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2015/04/RS14865_RyanSinger.JPG-qut-320x240.jpg 320w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2015/04/RS14865_RyanSinger.JPG-qut.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Ryan Singer is a Bitcoin believer. Not only does he run a Bitcoin startup called Domus Tower, but he also pays his rent in Bitcoin at 20Mission, a live/work space designed to draw in tech entrepreneurs like himself. \u003ccite>(Rachael Myrow/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Bitcoin is hardly “normal” – yet. Lots of people have reasons to distrust it, thanks to a string of high-profile scandals.\u003c/p>\n\u003cul>\n\u003cli>\u003ca href=\"http://www.wired.com/2015/02/silk-road-ross-ulbricht-verdict/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Silk Road Mastermind Ross Ulbricht Convicted of All 7 Charges\u003c/a>\u003c/li>\n\u003cli class=\"content__headline js-score\">\u003ca href=\"http://www.theguardian.com/technology/2014/mar/18/mtgox-bitcoin-exchange-reopens-so-users-can-stare-listlessly-at-their-loss\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">MtGox bitcoin exchange reopens so users can stare listlessly at their loss\u003c/a>\u003c/li>\n\u003cli class=\"content__headline js-score\">\u003ca href=\"http://gu.com/p/46mjb/stw%20\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Bitcoin ‘exit scam’: deep-web market operators disappear with $12 million\u003c/a>\u003c/li>\n\u003c/ul>\n\u003cp>As a result, Bitcoin’s value has careened wildly from north of $1,200 at the top (in 2013) to less than $230 now.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Scams and scandals aside, people are curious. Bitcoin was the No. 4 Google search question last year in San Francisco and Oakland. As in, “What is Bitcoin?”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>So: What \u003cem>is\u003c/em> Bitcoin?\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>It’s money, tradable like dollars or gold, but there’s no central bank, no controlling institution. A distributed network of computers keeps track of who owns what and where. And these days, you can buy a lot more than illegal drugs with Bitcoin, like a \u003ca href=\"http://www.wired.com/2013/12/tesla-bitcoin/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Tesla Model S\u003c/a> or a new couch at \u003ca href=\"http://www.overstock.com/bitcoin?keywords=bitcoin&searchtype=Header\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Overstock.com\u003c/a>. The more Bitcoin catches on, the more it attracts the attention of people who want to see just how far it can go. Namely, venture capitalists.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_10492901\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2015/04/RS14866_TimDraper-qut.jpg\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-10492901 size-medium\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2015/04/RS14866_TimDraper-qut-800x600.jpg\" alt=\"Venture Capitalist Tim Draper is a big Bitcoin booster.\" width=\"800\" height=\"600\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2015/04/RS14866_TimDraper-qut-800x600.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2015/04/RS14866_TimDraper-qut-400x300.jpg 400w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2015/04/RS14866_TimDraper-qut-1440x1080.jpg 1440w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2015/04/RS14866_TimDraper-qut-1180x885.jpg 1180w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2015/04/RS14866_TimDraper-qut-768x576.jpg 768w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2015/04/RS14866_TimDraper-qut-320x240.jpg 320w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2015/04/RS14866_TimDraper-qut.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Venture Capitalist Tim Draper is a big Bitcoin booster. ‘Bitcoin really transforms banking,’ he says, ‘and bankers are nervous.’ \u003ccite>(Rachael Myrow/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"http://dfj.com/content/timothy-draper\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Tim Draper\u003c/a> has invested in 35 Bitcoin startups to date, and he’s just one VC. A couple others include the famous \u003ca href=\"http://money.cnn.com/2015/01/27/investing/bitcoin-winklevoss-twins-gold/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Winklevoss twins\u003c/a>, Tyler and Cameron. Draper says it’s not just Bitcoin the currency that has lots of possibilities. It’s also the way that a distributed network without middle men makes all kinds of financial transactions cheaper and faster.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Bankers are nervous,” Draper says. “Every time you buy something at the store with a credit card, the bank’s taking 2½ to 4 percent. The bank takes somewhere between 8 and 16 percent when you’re sending money to another country. Those businesses are going to be flattened by Bitcoin.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Or banks and the like will get in on the game, too. Already, regulators at the state and federal level are crafting laws. \u003ca href=\"http://www.americanbanker.com/news/bank-technology/california-considers-bill-setting-virtual-currency-guidelines-1073083-1.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">One bill\u003c/a> in the California Assembly would establish the first guidelines for people and companies keen to use virtual currency here. 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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003cp>Bitcoin has been around for six years now, but most of us are still unclear on just \u003cem>what\u003c/em> it is, let alone why it matters. The digital currency has been flying under the radar, appealing to a group of die-hard fans, like libertarians who want freedom from government control, and illegal drug traders — who also want freedom from government control. But that Wild West world is giving way.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003cp>\u003cdiv class='utils-parseShortcode-shortcodes-__shortcodes__shortcodeWrapper'>\n \u003ciframe width='”100%”' height='”166″'\n scrolling='no' frameborder='no'\n src='https://w.soundcloud.com/player/?url=”https://api.soundcloud.com/tracks/201248386″&visual=true&”color=ff5500&auto_play=false&hide_related=false&show_comments=true&show_user=true&show_reposts=false”'\n title='”https://api.soundcloud.com/tracks/201248386″'>\n \u003c/iframe>\n \u003c/div>\u003c/p>\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>If you work in Silicon Valley, as Ryan Singer does, you can appreciate what it feels like to be excited about something much of the rest of the world has never heard of. Singer’s startup, \u003ca href=\"http://domustower.com/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Domus Tower\u003c/a>, is developing Bitcoin technology that will speed up stock trades.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>He understands that Bitcoin sounds new and strange and possibly scary, and ticks off some frequently heard concerns: “Are your identities safe on it? Are children safe on it? Is it a method for spreading pornography? That was basically all anyone said about the Internet until suddenly it became normal.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_10492904\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2015/04/RS14865_RyanSinger.JPG-qut.jpg\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-10492904 size-medium\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2015/04/RS14865_RyanSinger.JPG-qut-800x600.jpg\" alt=\"Ryan Singer is a Bitcoin believer. Not only does he run a Bitcoin startup called Domus Tower, but he also pays his rent in Bitcoin at 20Mission, a live/work space designed to draw in tech entrepreneurs like himself.\" width=\"800\" height=\"600\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2015/04/RS14865_RyanSinger.JPG-qut-800x600.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2015/04/RS14865_RyanSinger.JPG-qut-400x300.jpg 400w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2015/04/RS14865_RyanSinger.JPG-qut-1440x1080.jpg 1440w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2015/04/RS14865_RyanSinger.JPG-qut-1180x885.jpg 1180w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2015/04/RS14865_RyanSinger.JPG-qut-768x576.jpg 768w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2015/04/RS14865_RyanSinger.JPG-qut-320x240.jpg 320w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2015/04/RS14865_RyanSinger.JPG-qut.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Ryan Singer is a Bitcoin believer. Not only does he run a Bitcoin startup called Domus Tower, but he also pays his rent in Bitcoin at 20Mission, a live/work space designed to draw in tech entrepreneurs like himself. \u003ccite>(Rachael Myrow/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Bitcoin is hardly “normal” – yet. Lots of people have reasons to distrust it, thanks to a string of high-profile scandals.\u003c/p>\n\u003cul>\n\u003cli>\u003ca href=\"http://www.wired.com/2015/02/silk-road-ross-ulbricht-verdict/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Silk Road Mastermind Ross Ulbricht Convicted of All 7 Charges\u003c/a>\u003c/li>\n\u003cli class=\"content__headline js-score\">\u003ca href=\"http://www.theguardian.com/technology/2014/mar/18/mtgox-bitcoin-exchange-reopens-so-users-can-stare-listlessly-at-their-loss\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">MtGox bitcoin exchange reopens so users can stare listlessly at their loss\u003c/a>\u003c/li>\n\u003cli class=\"content__headline js-score\">\u003ca href=\"http://gu.com/p/46mjb/stw%20\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Bitcoin ‘exit scam’: deep-web market operators disappear with $12 million\u003c/a>\u003c/li>\n\u003c/ul>\n\u003cp>As a result, Bitcoin’s value has careened wildly from north of $1,200 at the top (in 2013) to less than $230 now.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003c/div>",
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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Scams and scandals aside, people are curious. Bitcoin was the No. 4 Google search question last year in San Francisco and Oakland. As in, “What is Bitcoin?”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>So: What \u003cem>is\u003c/em> Bitcoin?\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>It’s money, tradable like dollars or gold, but there’s no central bank, no controlling institution. A distributed network of computers keeps track of who owns what and where. And these days, you can buy a lot more than illegal drugs with Bitcoin, like a \u003ca href=\"http://www.wired.com/2013/12/tesla-bitcoin/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Tesla Model S\u003c/a> or a new couch at \u003ca href=\"http://www.overstock.com/bitcoin?keywords=bitcoin&searchtype=Header\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Overstock.com\u003c/a>. The more Bitcoin catches on, the more it attracts the attention of people who want to see just how far it can go. Namely, venture capitalists.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_10492901\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2015/04/RS14866_TimDraper-qut.jpg\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-10492901 size-medium\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2015/04/RS14866_TimDraper-qut-800x600.jpg\" alt=\"Venture Capitalist Tim Draper is a big Bitcoin booster.\" width=\"800\" height=\"600\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2015/04/RS14866_TimDraper-qut-800x600.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2015/04/RS14866_TimDraper-qut-400x300.jpg 400w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2015/04/RS14866_TimDraper-qut-1440x1080.jpg 1440w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2015/04/RS14866_TimDraper-qut-1180x885.jpg 1180w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2015/04/RS14866_TimDraper-qut-768x576.jpg 768w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2015/04/RS14866_TimDraper-qut-320x240.jpg 320w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2015/04/RS14866_TimDraper-qut.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Venture Capitalist Tim Draper is a big Bitcoin booster. ‘Bitcoin really transforms banking,’ he says, ‘and bankers are nervous.’ \u003ccite>(Rachael Myrow/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"http://dfj.com/content/timothy-draper\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Tim Draper\u003c/a> has invested in 35 Bitcoin startups to date, and he’s just one VC. A couple others include the famous \u003ca href=\"http://money.cnn.com/2015/01/27/investing/bitcoin-winklevoss-twins-gold/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Winklevoss twins\u003c/a>, Tyler and Cameron. Draper says it’s not just Bitcoin the currency that has lots of possibilities. It’s also the way that a distributed network without middle men makes all kinds of financial transactions cheaper and faster.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Bankers are nervous,” Draper says. “Every time you buy something at the store with a credit card, the bank’s taking 2½ to 4 percent. The bank takes somewhere between 8 and 16 percent when you’re sending money to another country. Those businesses are going to be flattened by Bitcoin.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Or banks and the like will get in on the game, too. Already, regulators at the state and federal level are crafting laws. \u003ca href=\"http://www.americanbanker.com/news/bank-technology/california-considers-bill-setting-virtual-currency-guidelines-1073083-1.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">One bill\u003c/a> in the California Assembly would establish the first guidelines for people and companies keen to use virtual currency here. New York’s moving \u003ca href=\"http://www.dfs.ny.gov/about/press2014/pr1407171-vc.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">even faster\u003c/a>, because Wall Street is \u003ca href=\"http://blogs.wsj.com/moneybeat/2015/03/29/interest-in-bitcoin-grows-on-wall-street/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">already getting in\u003c/a> on the Bitcoin boom.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Jerry Brito runs \u003ca href=\"https://coincenter.org/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Coin Center\u003c/a>, a Bitcoin research outfit in Washington, D.C., which reported last month that 6.2 percent of U.S. survey respondents say they’ve used Bitcoin.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“For example, there are now Bitcoin derivatives and Bitcoin \u003ca href=\"http://www.coindesk.com/former-goldman-director-launches-bitcoin-derivatives-exchange/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">derivative exchanges\u003c/a> (approved by the Commodity Futures Trading Commission) where you can trade Bitcoin options of different kinds. 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"content": "\u003cp>Erin McElroy runs the \u003ca href=\"http://www.antievictionmappingproject.net/\">anti-eviction mapping project\u003c/a> in San Francisco, and she has a problem.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>McElroy would like to collaborate more with tech employees on issues like evictions, income inequality and the industry’s lack of diversity. But she says tech workers are disconnected and hard to reach.\u003c/p>\n\u003caside class=\"pullquote alignright\">‘It’s really hard to disaggregate and even understand who works in tech when we can’t hear from them.’ \u003ccite>Erin McElroy, Anti-eviction Mapping Project\u003c/cite>\u003c/aside>\n\u003cp>That’s not so much because of the workers, she says, but their companies.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>McElroy says tech firms have erected walls around their employees, both physically, with private shuttles and remote campuses, and logistically, with corporate policies that discourage communication with the press.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The situation reinforces the image of tech employees as disconnected and homogeneous, McElroy says. “It’s really hard to disaggregate and even understand who works in tech when we can’t hear from them.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>So, who are tech workers, and are their companies really that reluctant to let them talk?\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>I spoke with some software engineers, and they said any interviews had to go through their company’s press office. This is pretty standard corporate policy. So, I started contacting big and well-known firms.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>I asked to interview employees, particularly programmers. I said I wanted to hear their individual stories — where they come from and why they got into tech. I also wanted to talk about issues like gentrification, the shuttle buses and the label of “tech worker.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>I reached out to 12 companies: Google, Facebook, Twitter, Apple, Dropbox, Uber, eBay, Square, Yahoo, Oracle, Cisco and Adobe. All but one declined or did not respond.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>One company pressured an employee to recant an interview we had already done. The PR team told me that story could be “weaponized” against the company, which was “under a microscope.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_10476875\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2015/04/RS14737_IMG_2504.JPG-qut.jpg\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-10476875 size-medium\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2015/04/RS14737_IMG_2504.JPG-qut-800x600.jpg\" alt=\"Anti-gentrification signs in the city target tech workers.\" width=\"800\" height=\"600\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2015/04/RS14737_IMG_2504.JPG-qut-800x600.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2015/04/RS14737_IMG_2504.JPG-qut-400x300.jpg 400w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2015/04/RS14737_IMG_2504.JPG-qut-1440x1080.jpg 1440w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2015/04/RS14737_IMG_2504.JPG-qut-1180x885.jpg 1180w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2015/04/RS14737_IMG_2504.JPG-qut-768x576.jpg 768w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2015/04/RS14737_IMG_2504.JPG-qut-320x240.jpg 320w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2015/04/RS14737_IMG_2504.JPG-qut.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Anti-gentrification signs in the city target tech workers. \u003ccite>(Sam Harnett/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>There has been a well-covered backlash against tech, particularly in regard to gentrification and the growing class divide. Tech workers are getting blamed as tensions intensify. Thus, software engineer Luca Pellicoro says, the mentality at large tech companies is to keep a tight lid on employees when it comes to the press.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Pellicoro worked at several big firms before switching to a small startup. Part of the reason was he wanted more freedom.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Tech workers do not live their lives as free and clear as one might assume, Pellicoro says. At larger companies, high wages and perks abound, but you also have long commutes, long hours and have to watch what you say.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Pellicoro says, “If you are younger and just starting out, you don’t see those restrictions. Maybe you are more excited about the free food and the pingpong table.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Pellicoro is originally from France and just became a U.S. citizen. Now he considers San Francisco his home.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Programming is his passion, but he doesn’t like to be called a tech worker. He says it feels derogatory, like an accusation. In San Francisco’s Mission neighborhood, where he lives, there are signs and graffiti targeting tech workers. So even though his company does not prevent him, he does not always volunteer his occupation.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_10476881\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2015/04/RS14738_22614-001.JPG-qut-e1428108100457.jpg\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-10476881 size-medium\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2015/04/RS14738_22614-001.JPG-qut-e1428108100457-800x557.jpg\" alt=\"Graffiti in The Mission District targeting tech workers.\" width=\"800\" height=\"557\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2015/04/RS14738_22614-001.JPG-qut-e1428108100457-800x557.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2015/04/RS14738_22614-001.JPG-qut-e1428108100457-400x279.jpg 400w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2015/04/RS14738_22614-001.JPG-qut-e1428108100457-1440x1003.jpg 1440w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2015/04/RS14738_22614-001.JPG-qut-e1428108100457-1180x822.jpg 1180w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2015/04/RS14738_22614-001.JPG-qut-e1428108100457-768x535.jpg 768w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2015/04/RS14738_22614-001.JPG-qut-e1428108100457-320x223.jpg 320w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2015/04/RS14738_22614-001.JPG-qut-e1428108100457.jpg 1867w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Graffiti in the Mission District targeting tech workers. \u003ccite>(Sam Harnett/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>“Depending on what social circle I am in, I will almost hide it and not be proud of it. I will just under my breath say what I do and feel ashamed.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>We do have statistics that paint a general picture of tech workers. In San Francisco, they \u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/2014/05/28/the-good-news-about-working-in-the-bay-area-for-some-wages-are-very-high\">earn on average\u003c/a> a little over a hundred grand a year—which, by the way, is not considered \u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/2015/03/09/you-need-to-earn-142000-dollars-to-buy-a-home-in-san-francisco\">enough to buy a median-priced\u003c/a> house in the city.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"http://www.slate.com/blogs/moneybox/2014/06/27/tech_diversity_data_facebook_follows_google_yahoo_in_releasing_the_stats.html\">Demographics released by companies\u003c/a> show that programmers are mostly white males. But in terms of age, San Francisco Business Times found \u003ca href=\"http://www.bizjournals.com/sanfrancisco/blog/techflash/2015/03/largest-sf-tech-employers-jobs-salesforce-twitter.html\">the average worker\u003c/a> at the city’s biggest tech companies is about 31, not 20-something, as the stereotype might suggest.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Even with all these stats, you could miss a tech worker right in front of you, like programmer Dave Brown.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“It’s not tattooed on my forehead or in any of my clothing that I am a techie or a programmer,” Brown says, “so it doesn’t really come up in my daily interactions with the community.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Brown works at Cisco. It’s the only one of the 12 companies I contacted that allowed interviews.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Before we start talking, he forewarns me that his story is not that sensational. “I consider myself ordinary,” he says, “I might stop just short of boring.”\u003c/p>\n\u003caside class=\"pullquote alignright\">‘I consider myself ordinary. I might stop just short of boring.’ \u003ccite>Dave Brown, Software Engineer\u003c/cite>\u003c/aside>\n\u003cp>Brown says he is not one of the young startup entrepreneurs trying to make millions with the next big app. He consider himself a worker, albeit a relatively highly paid one.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Brown is 43 and came to San Francisco almost 20 years ago. He and his wife have two kids and plan to stay here.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“This is my home,” Brown says, “I intend to die here many decades from now.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Brown is not ashamed of his career, even if it means being called a “tech worker.” He is happy to tell his story and give his opinions, as long as the bosses say it’s OK.\u003c/p>\n\n",
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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>So, who are tech workers, and are their companies really that reluctant to let them talk?\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>I spoke with some software engineers, and they said any interviews had to go through their company’s press office. This is pretty standard corporate policy. So, I started contacting big and well-known firms.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>I asked to interview employees, particularly programmers. I said I wanted to hear their individual stories — where they come from and why they got into tech. I also wanted to talk about issues like gentrification, the shuttle buses and the label of “tech worker.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>I reached out to 12 companies: Google, Facebook, Twitter, Apple, Dropbox, Uber, eBay, Square, Yahoo, Oracle, Cisco and Adobe. All but one declined or did not respond.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>One company pressured an employee to recant an interview we had already done. The PR team told me that story could be “weaponized” against the company, which was “under a microscope.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_10476875\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2015/04/RS14737_IMG_2504.JPG-qut.jpg\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-10476875 size-medium\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2015/04/RS14737_IMG_2504.JPG-qut-800x600.jpg\" alt=\"Anti-gentrification signs in the city target tech workers.\" width=\"800\" height=\"600\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2015/04/RS14737_IMG_2504.JPG-qut-800x600.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2015/04/RS14737_IMG_2504.JPG-qut-400x300.jpg 400w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2015/04/RS14737_IMG_2504.JPG-qut-1440x1080.jpg 1440w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2015/04/RS14737_IMG_2504.JPG-qut-1180x885.jpg 1180w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2015/04/RS14737_IMG_2504.JPG-qut-768x576.jpg 768w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2015/04/RS14737_IMG_2504.JPG-qut-320x240.jpg 320w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2015/04/RS14737_IMG_2504.JPG-qut.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Anti-gentrification signs in the city target tech workers. \u003ccite>(Sam Harnett/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>There has been a well-covered backlash against tech, particularly in regard to gentrification and the growing class divide. Tech workers are getting blamed as tensions intensify. Thus, software engineer Luca Pellicoro says, the mentality at large tech companies is to keep a tight lid on employees when it comes to the press.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Pellicoro worked at several big firms before switching to a small startup. Part of the reason was he wanted more freedom.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Tech workers do not live their lives as free and clear as one might assume, Pellicoro says. At larger companies, high wages and perks abound, but you also have long commutes, long hours and have to watch what you say.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Pellicoro says, “If you are younger and just starting out, you don’t see those restrictions. Maybe you are more excited about the free food and the pingpong table.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Pellicoro is originally from France and just became a U.S. citizen. Now he considers San Francisco his home.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Programming is his passion, but he doesn’t like to be called a tech worker. He says it feels derogatory, like an accusation. In San Francisco’s Mission neighborhood, where he lives, there are signs and graffiti targeting tech workers. So even though his company does not prevent him, he does not always volunteer his occupation.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_10476881\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2015/04/RS14738_22614-001.JPG-qut-e1428108100457.jpg\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-10476881 size-medium\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2015/04/RS14738_22614-001.JPG-qut-e1428108100457-800x557.jpg\" alt=\"Graffiti in The Mission District targeting tech workers.\" width=\"800\" height=\"557\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2015/04/RS14738_22614-001.JPG-qut-e1428108100457-800x557.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2015/04/RS14738_22614-001.JPG-qut-e1428108100457-400x279.jpg 400w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2015/04/RS14738_22614-001.JPG-qut-e1428108100457-1440x1003.jpg 1440w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2015/04/RS14738_22614-001.JPG-qut-e1428108100457-1180x822.jpg 1180w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2015/04/RS14738_22614-001.JPG-qut-e1428108100457-768x535.jpg 768w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2015/04/RS14738_22614-001.JPG-qut-e1428108100457-320x223.jpg 320w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2015/04/RS14738_22614-001.JPG-qut-e1428108100457.jpg 1867w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Graffiti in the Mission District targeting tech workers. \u003ccite>(Sam Harnett/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>“Depending on what social circle I am in, I will almost hide it and not be proud of it. I will just under my breath say what I do and feel ashamed.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>We do have statistics that paint a general picture of tech workers. In San Francisco, they \u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/2014/05/28/the-good-news-about-working-in-the-bay-area-for-some-wages-are-very-high\">earn on average\u003c/a> a little over a hundred grand a year—which, by the way, is not considered \u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/2015/03/09/you-need-to-earn-142000-dollars-to-buy-a-home-in-san-francisco\">enough to buy a median-priced\u003c/a> house in the city.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"http://www.slate.com/blogs/moneybox/2014/06/27/tech_diversity_data_facebook_follows_google_yahoo_in_releasing_the_stats.html\">Demographics released by companies\u003c/a> show that programmers are mostly white males. But in terms of age, San Francisco Business Times found \u003ca href=\"http://www.bizjournals.com/sanfrancisco/blog/techflash/2015/03/largest-sf-tech-employers-jobs-salesforce-twitter.html\">the average worker\u003c/a> at the city’s biggest tech companies is about 31, not 20-something, as the stereotype might suggest.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Even with all these stats, you could miss a tech worker right in front of you, like programmer Dave Brown.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“It’s not tattooed on my forehead or in any of my clothing that I am a techie or a programmer,” Brown says, “so it doesn’t really come up in my daily interactions with the community.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Brown works at Cisco. It’s the only one of the 12 companies I contacted that allowed interviews.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Before we start talking, he forewarns me that his story is not that sensational. “I consider myself ordinary,” he says, “I might stop just short of boring.”\u003c/p>\n\u003caside class=\"pullquote alignright\">‘I consider myself ordinary. I might stop just short of boring.’ \u003ccite>Dave Brown, Software Engineer\u003c/cite>\u003c/aside>\n\u003cp>Brown says he is not one of the young startup entrepreneurs trying to make millions with the next big app. He consider himself a worker, albeit a relatively highly paid one.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Brown is 43 and came to San Francisco almost 20 years ago. He and his wife have two kids and plan to stay here.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“This is my home,” Brown says, “I intend to die here many decades from now.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Brown is not ashamed of his career, even if it means being called a “tech worker.” He is happy to tell his story and give his opinions, as long as the bosses say it’s OK.\u003c/p>\n\n\u003c/div>\u003c/p>",
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Or at least that’s the hypothesis of the neuroscientists who designed the game.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The brain network that controls multitasking connects with networks that control memory and attention span. So by playing the game, some \u003ca href=\"http://blogs.kqed.org/science/2014/03/06/new-ucsf-lab-studies-how-video-games-affect-our-brains/\">scientists believe\u003c/a> you can improve cognitive skills, and by extension, relieve a range of symptoms associated with attention deficit disorder, and other conditions.\u003c/p>\n\u003caside class=\"pullquote alignleft\">“There will definitely come a time when games are part of the overall treatment plan,” \u003ccite>Willis Gee, Cigna \u003c/cite>\u003c/aside>\n\u003cp>“We’ve been through eight or nine completed clinical trials, in all cognitive disorders: ADHD, autism, depression,” says Matt Omernick, the executive creative director at Akili, the start-up in Larkspur that is developing the game.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>As consumers download \u003ca href=\"http://gamesforhealth.org/\">mobile health games\u003c/a> at booming rates, Omernick and his team are taking a very different approach to their Silicon Valley counterparts in bringing their game to market.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>While most start-ups have opted to market and sell their mobile weight loss games and diabetes trackers directly to consumers, Akili has decided to pursue the long, expensive, risky path of clinical trials through the Food and Drug Administration. If successful, their game would be the first to be approved for medical use by the FDA.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“The first time those three letters were uttered in a group setting everyone’s like, ‘Oooh, that’s scary, do we want to do that?’” recalls Omernick.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>If start-ups sidestep the FDA and sell directly to consumers, they can bring a game to market in six months. For Akili, it will take four years to get their game, Project Evo, through the agency.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But the start-up believes that will pay off. If the FDA gives its stamp of approval, doctors could prescribe the game. And that opens the door for insurance companies to pay for it.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_1263\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/futureofyou/wp-content/uploads/sites/13/2015/04/Health-games_1.png\">\u003cimg class=\"wp-image-1263 size-medium\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/futureofyou/wp-content/uploads/sites/13/2015/04/Health-games_1-800x600.png\" alt=\"Screen shot from the frozen world of Project: Evo. The game could be the first to be approved for medical use by the FDA. 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(Courtesy Akili) \u003ccite>(Akili )\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>“There will definitely come a time when games are part of the overall treatment plan,” says Willis Gee, Director of IT Strategy and Innovation at Cigna.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Health reform and the technology revolution have changed the competitive landscape for health insurance companies. Gee says they have to be more responsive to consumers.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“They tell us what they want,” he says, “and if we can’t satisfy that, they’ll go somewhere else.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>And what consumers want are games.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Gee says Cigna believes the explosive popularity in games could be harnessed to educate patients about medical issues and motive them to be more proactive about their health.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“If you think of an individual’s willingness to play Candy Crush or Angry Birds, they’re willing to do that,” he says. “It’s a very different approach, but it’s one that integrates into the lifestyle of individuals.”\u003c/p>\n\u003caside class=\"pullquote alignleft\">“We had to look at ourselves and ask, okay are we really going to try to change medicine?”\u003ccite> Matt Omernick, Akili \u003c/cite>\u003c/aside>\n\u003cp>Omernick and his team believe the clinical results of Project Evo could have a profound effect on the health care system. They’re hoping the trials show that the game is so effective at improving attention span and other cognitive skills, that it may reduce, or even replace, the pills that kids need to take for ADHD.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“We had to look at ourselves and ask, okay are we really going to try to change medicine, yes or no. And the answer was yes,” Omernick says. “And so you have to be as serious as you can about FDA approval and regulation across the board.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Pharmaceutical companies are also keeping a close eye on the process. Pfizer is partnering with Akili on one of its clinical trials looking at Alzheimers diagnosis. Though the FDA approval process is grueling by gaming industry standards, it's a cakewalk compared to the time biotech companies invest in drug development. It takes most drugs ten years to get through the FDA process and could cost half a billion dollars.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“And it could fail at the last step,” says Adam Gazzaley, a neuroscientist at the University of California-San Francisco and the creator of the prototype that became Project Evo.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Gazzaley says he is cautiously optimistic about how Project Evo will fare in FDA clinical trials. \u003ca href=\"http://www.apa.org/monitor/2014/02/video-game.aspx\">Research on other video games\u003c/a> for health has yielded mixed results – and inspired much internal debate among scientists. Some say the only thing these games make you better at is the game itself.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Gazzaley’s research is seen as an exception in scientific communities. He tested his prototype of Project Evo on older adults and found that they showed measurable improvement on standard cognitive tests for working memory and focus – and the effects lasted six months after they stopped playing the game. That research was published in \u003ca href=\"http://gazzaleylab.ucsf.edu/wp-content/uploads/2014/09/Anguera_Nature_2013-Video-game-training-enhances-cognitive-control-in-older-adults.pdf\">Nature in 2013\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The clinical trials that Project Evo has undertaken to support its FDA application will determine if those results can be replicated for different age groups and to treat specific cognitive conditions.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The trials will also investigate if there are negative side effects of the game. It’s another concern raised by critics, that people sometimes get so hooked on games, they can’t stop playing them.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“It’s true,” Gazzaley says. “We built these games to be highly engaging and immersive and some people respond to that type of interactivity with an addictive response.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Gazzaley says the scientists working on Project Evo are looking at ways to manage such negative side effects.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“The game locks out after a certain period of time. You play it for 20 minutes, and you can’t play it for another 24 hours,” he says.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad floatright]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Gazzaley is watching closely to see what happens with the clinical trials for Project Evo. If it is approved by the FDA, he has another four games in development that he hopes will be next.\u003c/p>\n\n",
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So by playing the game, some \u003ca href=\"http://blogs.kqed.org/science/2014/03/06/new-ucsf-lab-studies-how-video-games-affect-our-brains/\">scientists believe\u003c/a> you can improve cognitive skills, and by extension, relieve a range of symptoms associated with attention deficit disorder, and other conditions.\u003c/p>\n\u003caside class=\"pullquote alignleft\">“There will definitely come a time when games are part of the overall treatment plan,” \u003ccite>Willis Gee, Cigna \u003c/cite>\u003c/aside>\n\u003cp>“We’ve been through eight or nine completed clinical trials, in all cognitive disorders: ADHD, autism, depression,” says Matt Omernick, the executive creative director at Akili, the start-up in Larkspur that is developing the game.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>As consumers download \u003ca href=\"http://gamesforhealth.org/\">mobile health games\u003c/a> at booming rates, Omernick and his team are taking a very different approach to their Silicon Valley counterparts in bringing their game to market.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>While most start-ups have opted to market and sell their mobile weight loss games and diabetes trackers directly to consumers, Akili has decided to pursue the long, expensive, risky path of clinical trials through the Food and Drug Administration. 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But from 2011-2013, companies with women at the helm only received three percent of total venture capital dollars invested.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Nevertheless, the entrepreneurs at Maier’s party said women operating in Silicon Valley’s business environment have developed a strategy for getting ahead: building up networks of women investors and entrepreneurs.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[contextly_sidebar id=”b69FhU65pvCeUtnnqtZjIXh5QdbYn1xT”]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Anna and I have been entrepreneurs … for 20-something years,” Maier explained. “Things haven’t changed a whole lot, except that now I think there’s more support for these women. I mean, we all mentor younger women. 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