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"content": "\u003cp>To see a show put on by Bill Graham at San Francisco’s Fillmore Auditorium in the late 1960s was to see a new kind of concert experience.\u003cbr>\n[baycuriouspodcastinfo]\u003cbr>\nIt started with the musicians. Graham cultivated many of the rock and roll acts that created a new kind of music, and provided the soundtrack for the counterculture revolution. Acts like the Grateful Dead, Janis Joplin, Jimi Hendrix and Santana were regulars at the Fillmore.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“He used to book very unusual opening acts,” said Bonnie Simmons, executive director of the Bill Graham Memorial Foundation. “You might be coming to see the Jefferson Airplane, but the opening act would be Andrei Voznesensky, the Russian poet.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11731738\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-11731738\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2019/03/RS35731_alt_835-800x1067.jpg\" alt=\"The apples are such an iconic part of the Fillmore that the theater's marquee includes one.\" width=\"800\" height=\"1067\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2019/03/RS35731_alt_835-800x1067.jpg 800w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2019/03/RS35731_alt_835-160x213.jpg 160w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2019/03/RS35731_alt_835-1020x1360.jpg 1020w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2019/03/RS35731_alt_835-900x1200.jpg 900w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2019/03/RS35731_alt_835-1920x2560.jpg 1920w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2019/03/RS35731_alt_835.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">The apples are such an iconic part of the Fillmore that the theater’s marquee includes one. \u003ccite>(Ryan Levi/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>But maybe the oddest aspect of Graham’s Fillmore shows had nothing to do with the performances at all. At every show, concertgoers were greeted by a barrel of Red Delicious apples, free for the taking.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Simmons remembers seeing the apples when she went to concerts at the Fillmore in the 1960s. When the venue in the city’s Western Addition reopened under new management in the mid-1990s, the apple tradition continued.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Of all the shows that I’ve been to and all the different venues, it’s the only place that hands out fruit,” said Sandra Julien, who’s been going to shows at the Fillmore since she moved to the Bay Area eight years ago.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Julien wanted to know more, and asked \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/series/baycurious\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Bay Curious\u003c/a>: \u003cstrong>Why does the Fillmore hand out free apples?\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Graham, who was killed in a helicopter crash in 1991, never explained his reasoning behind the apples, leaving others to guess at his motivation.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Some say that he wanted to give the broke hippies who came to his shows something nutritious to eat. Many believe that it was an extension of his famous hospitality, which he learned working as a waiter in the Catskills.\u003cbr>\n[ad fullwidth]\u003cbr>\n“To my mind the barrel of apples was Bill’s attempt to welcome people to his house,” said Bob Greenfield, who co-wrote Graham’s autobiography.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But about a decade ago, Bonnie Simmons stumbled on another possible explanation that dates back to Graham’s experience fleeing Nazi Germany as a child.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch3>Fleeing the Holocaust\u003c/h3>\n\u003cp>Graham was born Wolfgang Grajonca to a Jewish family in Berlin in 1931. 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It was the beginning of an arduous journey through Europe and Africa that would kill his sister and eventually ended with young Graham in 1939 getting on a boat bound for the United States, where he was adopted by a family in New York.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Also on that journey was a boy named Ralph Moratz, who became friends with Graham when they met at the German orphanage.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11732886\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\" style=\"max-width: 450px\">\u003cimg decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2019/03/RS35805_Bill_Graham-qut.jpg\" alt=\"Bill Graham, circa 1990.\" width=\"450\" height=\"309\" class=\"size-full wp-image-11732886\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2019/03/RS35805_Bill_Graham-qut.jpg 450w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2019/03/RS35805_Bill_Graham-qut-160x110.jpg 160w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 450px) 100vw, 450px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Bill Graham, circa 1990. \u003ccite>(Photo by Mark Sarfati via Wikimedia Commons)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>“We became best friends sharing, for the next few years, the hardships imposed by the German invasion of its surrounding countries,” Moratz wrote in his \u003ca href=\"https://ralphm1935.wordpress.com/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">chronicles\u003c/a> of their friendship and journey.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>One of the kids’ early stops was a chateau in Quincy-sous-Sénart in northern France. The neighborhood was filled with German soldiers, and the kids were stuck inside with little to eat.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“For breakfast we got a cup of watery porridge and a thin stale slice of bread. No lunch. Dinner consisted of half a cup of rice from the one bag still stored in the cellar,” Moratz wrote. “We spent most of our time trying to sleep. Only with sleep could we get some relief from the constant hunger pangs.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"https://ralphm1935.wordpress.com/2014/12/02/chapter-6-bill-graham-presents-and-the-famous-apple-barrel/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">According to Moratz\u003c/a>, a few of the older boys decided to organize the kids into groups to sneak out and forage for apples from the many orchards in town. Groups of four boys would be lowered out a window in the chateau 6 feet down to the ground. They carried empty rice bags, which could fit 15 to 20 apples.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Younger boys, like Moratz and Graham, were sent out most often, under the assumption that they would attract less attention from German patrols. The older boys liked to vary who went out to try to avoid detection, but Moratz said Graham found a way to be a part of the raiding party more often than not.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Would it surprise you to find out that Wolfgang [Graham] volunteered to go out and forage every day?” Moratz wrote.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch3>No Way to Know for Sure\u003c/h3>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11731763\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-11731763\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2019/03/RS35733_Filmore-Apples-qut-800x600.jpg\" alt=\"Since Bill Graham first started putting on shows at the Fillmore Auditorium in the late 1960s, the venue has put out a barrel of free apples for guests.\" width=\"800\" height=\"600\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2019/03/RS35733_Filmore-Apples-qut-800x600.jpg 800w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2019/03/RS35733_Filmore-Apples-qut-160x120.jpg 160w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2019/03/RS35733_Filmore-Apples-qut-1020x765.jpg 1020w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2019/03/RS35733_Filmore-Apples-qut-1200x900.jpg 1200w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2019/03/RS35733_Filmore-Apples-qut.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Since Bill Graham first started putting on shows at the Fillmore Auditorium in the late 1960s, the venue has put out a barrel of free apples for guests. \u003ccite>(Ryan Levi/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Graham never spoke publicly about this experience, and he rarely talked about his time during the Holocaust at all, telling people that he remembered very little of his life before making it to the United States. But that hasn’t stopped people from latching onto Moratz’s story.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Many of us now believe [giving away apples] was some kind of hidden impulse to share the life preserving fruit, which saved us from certain starvation, with the public as a form of thanksgiving,” Moratz wrote.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Bob Greenfield, Graham’s biographer, is not convinced.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“He’s making a link that I don’t think Bill ever made even unconsciously,” he said of Moratz, who died in 2016. “Bill always lived in the moment. He wasn’t someone who was possessed by or living in the past.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>With Graham gone, we will never know for sure why the apples became a Fillmore staple. 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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003cp>To see a show put on by Bill Graham at San Francisco’s Fillmore Auditorium in the late 1960s was to see a new kind of concert experience.\u003cbr>\n\u003c/p>\u003cp>\u003caside class=\"alignleft utils-parseShortcode-shortcodes-__bayCuriousPodcastShortcode__bayCurious\">\u003cimg src=https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/02/bayCuriousLogo.png alt=\"Bay Curious Podcast\" loading=\"lazy\" />\n \u003ca href=\"/news/series/baycurious\">Bay Curious\u003c/a> is a podcast that answers your questions about the Bay Area.\n Subscribe on \u003ca href=\"https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/bay-curious/id1172473406\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Apple Podcasts\u003c/a>,\n \u003ca href=\"http://www.npr.org/podcasts/500557090/bay-curious\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">NPR One\u003c/a> or your favorite podcast platform.\u003c/aside>\u003c/p>\u003cp>\u003cbr>\nIt started with the musicians. Graham cultivated many of the rock and roll acts that created a new kind of music, and provided the soundtrack for the counterculture revolution. Acts like the Grateful Dead, Janis Joplin, Jimi Hendrix and Santana were regulars at the Fillmore.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“He used to book very unusual opening acts,” said Bonnie Simmons, executive director of the Bill Graham Memorial Foundation. “You might be coming to see the Jefferson Airplane, but the opening act would be Andrei Voznesensky, the Russian poet.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11731738\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-11731738\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2019/03/RS35731_alt_835-800x1067.jpg\" alt=\"The apples are such an iconic part of the Fillmore that the theater's marquee includes one.\" width=\"800\" height=\"1067\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2019/03/RS35731_alt_835-800x1067.jpg 800w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2019/03/RS35731_alt_835-160x213.jpg 160w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2019/03/RS35731_alt_835-1020x1360.jpg 1020w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2019/03/RS35731_alt_835-900x1200.jpg 900w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2019/03/RS35731_alt_835-1920x2560.jpg 1920w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2019/03/RS35731_alt_835.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">The apples are such an iconic part of the Fillmore that the theater’s marquee includes one. \u003ccite>(Ryan Levi/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>But maybe the oddest aspect of Graham’s Fillmore shows had nothing to do with the performances at all. At every show, concertgoers were greeted by a barrel of Red Delicious apples, free for the taking.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Simmons remembers seeing the apples when she went to concerts at the Fillmore in the 1960s. When the venue in the city’s Western Addition reopened under new management in the mid-1990s, the apple tradition continued.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Of all the shows that I’ve been to and all the different venues, it’s the only place that hands out fruit,” said Sandra Julien, who’s been going to shows at the Fillmore since she moved to the Bay Area eight years ago.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Julien wanted to know more, and asked \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/series/baycurious\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Bay Curious\u003c/a>: \u003cstrong>Why does the Fillmore hand out free apples?\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Graham, who was killed in a helicopter crash in 1991, never explained his reasoning behind the apples, leaving others to guess at his motivation.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Some say that he wanted to give the broke hippies who came to his shows something nutritious to eat. Many believe that it was an extension of his famous hospitality, which he learned working as a waiter in the Catskills.\u003cbr>\n\u003c/p>\u003c/div>",
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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003cbr>\n“To my mind the barrel of apples was Bill’s attempt to welcome people to his house,” said Bob Greenfield, who co-wrote Graham’s autobiography.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But about a decade ago, Bonnie Simmons stumbled on another possible explanation that dates back to Graham’s experience fleeing Nazi Germany as a child.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch3>Fleeing the Holocaust\u003c/h3>\n\u003cp>Graham was born Wolfgang Grajonca to a Jewish family in Berlin in 1931. After Nazis brutally attacked Jewish synagogues, homes and businesses in a 1938 event that came to be known as \u003ca href=\"https://www.history.com/topics/holocaust/kristallnacht\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Kristallnacht\u003c/a>, or the Night of Broken Glass, Graham’s single mother put him and one of his sisters in a German orphanage to protect them from the government.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The following year, they were sent to an orphanage in France. It was the beginning of an arduous journey through Europe and Africa that would kill his sister and eventually ended with young Graham in 1939 getting on a boat bound for the United States, where he was adopted by a family in New York.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Also on that journey was a boy named Ralph Moratz, who became friends with Graham when they met at the German orphanage.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11732886\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\" style=\"max-width: 450px\">\u003cimg decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2019/03/RS35805_Bill_Graham-qut.jpg\" alt=\"Bill Graham, circa 1990.\" width=\"450\" height=\"309\" class=\"size-full wp-image-11732886\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2019/03/RS35805_Bill_Graham-qut.jpg 450w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2019/03/RS35805_Bill_Graham-qut-160x110.jpg 160w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 450px) 100vw, 450px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Bill Graham, circa 1990. \u003ccite>(Photo by Mark Sarfati via Wikimedia Commons)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>“We became best friends sharing, for the next few years, the hardships imposed by the German invasion of its surrounding countries,” Moratz wrote in his \u003ca href=\"https://ralphm1935.wordpress.com/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">chronicles\u003c/a> of their friendship and journey.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>One of the kids’ early stops was a chateau in Quincy-sous-Sénart in northern France. The neighborhood was filled with German soldiers, and the kids were stuck inside with little to eat.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“For breakfast we got a cup of watery porridge and a thin stale slice of bread. No lunch. Dinner consisted of half a cup of rice from the one bag still stored in the cellar,” Moratz wrote. “We spent most of our time trying to sleep. Only with sleep could we get some relief from the constant hunger pangs.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"https://ralphm1935.wordpress.com/2014/12/02/chapter-6-bill-graham-presents-and-the-famous-apple-barrel/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">According to Moratz\u003c/a>, a few of the older boys decided to organize the kids into groups to sneak out and forage for apples from the many orchards in town. Groups of four boys would be lowered out a window in the chateau 6 feet down to the ground. They carried empty rice bags, which could fit 15 to 20 apples.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Younger boys, like Moratz and Graham, were sent out most often, under the assumption that they would attract less attention from German patrols. The older boys liked to vary who went out to try to avoid detection, but Moratz said Graham found a way to be a part of the raiding party more often than not.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Would it surprise you to find out that Wolfgang [Graham] volunteered to go out and forage every day?” Moratz wrote.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch3>No Way to Know for Sure\u003c/h3>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11731763\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-11731763\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2019/03/RS35733_Filmore-Apples-qut-800x600.jpg\" alt=\"Since Bill Graham first started putting on shows at the Fillmore Auditorium in the late 1960s, the venue has put out a barrel of free apples for guests.\" width=\"800\" height=\"600\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2019/03/RS35733_Filmore-Apples-qut-800x600.jpg 800w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2019/03/RS35733_Filmore-Apples-qut-160x120.jpg 160w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2019/03/RS35733_Filmore-Apples-qut-1020x765.jpg 1020w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2019/03/RS35733_Filmore-Apples-qut-1200x900.jpg 1200w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2019/03/RS35733_Filmore-Apples-qut.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Since Bill Graham first started putting on shows at the Fillmore Auditorium in the late 1960s, the venue has put out a barrel of free apples for guests. \u003ccite>(Ryan Levi/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Graham never spoke publicly about this experience, and he rarely talked about his time during the Holocaust at all, telling people that he remembered very little of his life before making it to the United States. But that hasn’t stopped people from latching onto Moratz’s story.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Many of us now believe [giving away apples] was some kind of hidden impulse to share the life preserving fruit, which saved us from certain starvation, with the public as a form of thanksgiving,” Moratz wrote.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Bob Greenfield, Graham’s biographer, is not convinced.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“He’s making a link that I don’t think Bill ever made even unconsciously,” he said of Moratz, who died in 2016. “Bill always lived in the moment. He wasn’t someone who was possessed by or living in the past.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>With Graham gone, we will never know for sure why the apples became a Fillmore staple. But question asker Sandra Julien said hearing about Graham’s escape from Europe makes the Fillmore even more meaningful to her.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Now when I go to the Fillmore, I’m always going to think of this,” she said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11732715\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"wp-image-11732715 size-medium\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2019/03/RS35334__DSC6258-qut-800x534.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"800\" height=\"534\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2019/03/RS35334__DSC6258-qut-800x534.jpg 800w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2019/03/RS35334__DSC6258-qut-160x107.jpg 160w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2019/03/RS35334__DSC6258-qut-1020x681.jpg 1020w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2019/03/RS35334__DSC6258-qut-1200x801.jpg 1200w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2019/03/RS35334__DSC6258-qut.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">A concertgoer who identified himself only as Sean enjoys his first Fillmore apple while he waits for a concert to begin. \u003ccite>(Stephanie Lister/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003c/div>",
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"content": "\u003cp>Even though the Bay Area is surrounded by water, a lot of people don’t know much about the nautical vessels that roam our waters, and many of you have asked Bay Curious about them.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>So we turned to the experts — the Coast Guard’s \u003ca href=\"https://www.navcen.uscg.gov/?pageName=vtsMain\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Vessel Traffic Services\u003c/a> (VTS) — to help us find the answers to your many questions.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch3>What’s the difference between the various vessels on the bay?\u003c/h3>\n\u003cp>Most of the large boats on the bay are either \u003cstrong>barges\u003c/strong> or \u003cstrong>cargo ships\u003c/strong>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11731084\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-11731084 size-medium\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2019/03/BARGE_6-800x509.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"800\" height=\"509\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2019/03/BARGE_6-800x509.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2019/03/BARGE_6-160x102.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2019/03/BARGE_6-1020x650.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2019/03/BARGE_6-1200x764.jpg 1200w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2019/03/BARGE_6-1920x1223.jpg 1920w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2019/03/BARGE_6.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">A construction barge next to the Bay Bridge took part in the last of the demolition work on the old bridge span. \u003ccite>(Samantha Shanahan/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>A \u003cstrong>barge\u003c/strong> is a floating platform. It doesn’t have a motor, like the trailer part of a tractor-trailer.\u003cbr>\n[baycuriouspodcastinfo]\u003cbr>\nThere are many kinds of barges. Spud barges, for example, use a big steel shaft or spud that goes down to the bay floor to stay anchored in place.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Other barges are used for dredging and construction, which is constantly happening to keep certain channels in the bay deep enough for big vessels to get in and out of the ports.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11731086\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2048px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-11731086 size-full\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2019/03/BARGE_7.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2048\" height=\"1365\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2019/03/BARGE_7.jpg 2048w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2019/03/BARGE_7-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2019/03/BARGE_7-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2019/03/BARGE_7-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2019/03/BARGE_7-1200x800.jpg 1200w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2019/03/BARGE_7-1920x1280.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 2048px) 100vw, 2048px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">The Treasure Island East Moorings. \u003ccite>(Samantha Shanahan/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Many of these dredging barges are anchored at the Treasure Island East Moorings, east of Treasure Island and north of the Bay Bridge. Empty barges are tied there to floating mooring balls, which are anchored to the bay floor.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>When silt and rocks are dredged from the bay floor, they’re piled onto a barge. Once that barge is full, it’s towed away to be dumped, and then one of the empty barges parked at the mooring group is brought in.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“It’s like a big parking lot is what it is,” said Michael Roja, who leads VTS for the Coast Guard. “This is the biggest mooring group in the bay.”\u003cbr>\n[ad fullwidth]\u003cbr>\n\u003cstrong>Cargo ships\u003c/strong> have an engine and are designed to go long distances. They’re often designed to carry specific cargo — cars, fuel — but in theory they can carry anything. \u003cstrong>Container ships\u003c/strong> are a type of cargo ship designed to carry shipping containers.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11731081\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 1100px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-11731081 size-full\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2019/03/BayCuriousBarges-328.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1100\" height=\"777\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2019/03/BayCuriousBarges-328.jpg 1100w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2019/03/BayCuriousBarges-328-160x113.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2019/03/BayCuriousBarges-328-800x565.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2019/03/BayCuriousBarges-328-1020x720.jpg 1020w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1100px) 100vw, 1100px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">A container ship. \u003ccite>(Samantha Shanahan/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>In the Bay Area, there are a lot of container ships that come in from Asia and head to various ports (often the Port of Oakland), filled with all the stuff we buy from overseas. But before these ships can enter the bay, they have to go through a lengthy approval process:\u003c/p>\n\u003col>\n\u003cli>Ship operators have to submit a notice of arrival with the Coast Guard and request pilotage.\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>Ships are assigned a pilot and a spot in the bay — either a berth at a port or a spot at an anchorage. (An anchorage is a set place in the bay for ships to drop anchor and wait. There are anchorages all over. Anchorage 9, off Hunters Point, is the largest in the bay and the only place fueling is allowed. Anchorage 23, up by Benicia, is for ships to wait out the fog.)\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>The pilot boards the ship out at the pilot station — about 11 miles into the ocean from the Golden Gate Bridge — and then brings the ship into the bay.\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>The ship goes straight to the port it’s been assigned to unload or load (each port is designed for specific types of cargo) OR the ship goes to an anchorage to wait for a spot at port.\u003c/li>\n\u003c/ol>\n\u003cp>VTS oversees all boat traffic within 38 nautical miles from the top of Mount Tamalpais, so after a big ship enters that circle, they have to notify Roja’s people — and they stay in constant communication about conditions and any obstacles.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch3>It looks like some boats stay anchored in the bay for days at a time. Why?\u003c/h3>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11731184\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 1100px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-11731184 size-full\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2019/03/BayCuriousBarges-444.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1100\" height=\"733\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2019/03/BayCuriousBarges-444.jpg 1100w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2019/03/BayCuriousBarges-444-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2019/03/BayCuriousBarges-444-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2019/03/BayCuriousBarges-444-1020x680.jpg 1020w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1100px) 100vw, 1100px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">A container ship being unloaded at the Port of Oakland. \u003ccite>(Samantha Shanahan/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Most of the time big ships are unloaded and reloaded all in a few days, sometimes even just in one day. But it can be a little complicated to line up everything — the staff to unload, and then the next shipment for a company to load up and take to the next port.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>There are 25 berths in Oakland, but it really can handle only about nine container ships at once, and that doesn’t count \u003ca href=\"https://www.sfgate.com/bayarea/article/Biggest-cargo-ship-to-ever-grace-S-F-Bay-is-here-6730044.php\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">the ultralarge container ships, which can be over 1,300 feet long\u003c/a>. So when things back up, it slows down the whole process, like in 2016 when a \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/10912162/labor-dispute-shuts-down-port-of-oaklands-largest-terminal\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">labor dispute\u003c/a> at the Port of Oakland caused major slowdowns.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Most of the time, though, if a boat sits around for more than a couple of days, it’s because the shipping company hasn’t given it new orders yet.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“It’s going to be based on their agent setting up their mooring inside the port,” Roja said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Sometimes if a boat is anchored for an especially long time, the Coast Guard has to check in to make sure the crew has enough supplies and is being taken care of.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch3>What are the roles of the different ports?\u003c/h3>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11731087\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 1100px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-11731087 size-full\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2019/03/BayCuriousBarges-075.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1100\" height=\"729\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2019/03/BayCuriousBarges-075.jpg 1100w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2019/03/BayCuriousBarges-075-160x106.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2019/03/BayCuriousBarges-075-800x530.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2019/03/BayCuriousBarges-075-1020x676.jpg 1020w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1100px) 100vw, 1100px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Sam Lord, our question asker, and Michael Roja, our question answerer. \u003ccite>(Samantha Shanahan/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Not only does each port have a specific role, but so do the docks at those different ports. For example:\u003c/p>\n\u003cul>\n\u003cli>\u003cstrong>The Port of Oakland\u003c/strong> is designed to unload containers with those big \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11629563/bay-curious-lightning-round-inspiration-for-at-ats-the-tenderloin-and-popeyes-voice\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Star Wars-esque cranes\u003c/a>.\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>The ports in\u003cstrong> Richmond, Benicia and Martinez\u003c/strong> all have fuel docks, meaning they can load and unload oil and petroleum; Richmond also has a car dock and an aggregate dock.\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>\u003cstrong>San Francisco\u003c/strong> has a car dock, designed to drive cars right off the boats. There are also two piers in San Francisco for cruise ships.\u003c/li>\n\u003c/ul>\n\u003cp>Which port and dock a ship is assigned to depends on what it’s carrying and what the requirements are. If you’re a little confused about where all this stuff is, here’s a map:\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11731194\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-11731194 size-medium\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2019/03/bayarea_ships_final01-800x592.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"800\" height=\"592\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2019/03/bayarea_ships_final01-800x592.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2019/03/bayarea_ships_final01-160x118.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2019/03/bayarea_ships_final01-1020x754.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2019/03/bayarea_ships_final01-1200x888.jpg 1200w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2019/03/bayarea_ships_final01.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">(Mark Fiore/KQED)\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003ch3>What happens to the sewage on the boats?\u003c/h3>\n\u003cp>It’s collected, treated and processed, and then either pumped out when the ship is at dock or dumped as treated wastewater (not raw sewage) out at sea.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch3>How do the crews get on and off the boats that are anchored in the bay?\u003c/h3>\n\u003cp>With a ladder! Smaller boats bring mail and supplies out to the big ships at the anchorages, and even ferry crew members on and off.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>And now here is a bonus photo of sea lions playing on the hull of a container ship.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2019/03/BayCuriousBarges-289-800x533.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"800\" height=\"533\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-11731098\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2019/03/BayCuriousBarges-289-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2019/03/BayCuriousBarges-289-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2019/03/BayCuriousBarges-289-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2019/03/BayCuriousBarges-289.jpg 1100w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[baycuriousquestion]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad floatright]\u003c/p>\n",
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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003cp>Even though the Bay Area is surrounded by water, a lot of people don’t know much about the nautical vessels that roam our waters, and many of you have asked Bay Curious about them.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>So we turned to the experts — the Coast Guard’s \u003ca href=\"https://www.navcen.uscg.gov/?pageName=vtsMain\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Vessel Traffic Services\u003c/a> (VTS) — to help us find the answers to your many questions.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch3>What’s the difference between the various vessels on the bay?\u003c/h3>\n\u003cp>Most of the large boats on the bay are either \u003cstrong>barges\u003c/strong> or \u003cstrong>cargo ships\u003c/strong>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11731084\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-11731084 size-medium\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2019/03/BARGE_6-800x509.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"800\" height=\"509\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2019/03/BARGE_6-800x509.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2019/03/BARGE_6-160x102.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2019/03/BARGE_6-1020x650.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2019/03/BARGE_6-1200x764.jpg 1200w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2019/03/BARGE_6-1920x1223.jpg 1920w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2019/03/BARGE_6.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">A construction barge next to the Bay Bridge took part in the last of the demolition work on the old bridge span. \u003ccite>(Samantha Shanahan/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>A \u003cstrong>barge\u003c/strong> is a floating platform. It doesn’t have a motor, like the trailer part of a tractor-trailer.\u003cbr>\n\u003c/p>\u003cp>\u003caside class=\"alignleft utils-parseShortcode-shortcodes-__bayCuriousPodcastShortcode__bayCurious\">\u003cimg src=https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/02/bayCuriousLogo.png alt=\"Bay Curious Podcast\" loading=\"lazy\" />\n \u003ca href=\"/news/series/baycurious\">Bay Curious\u003c/a> is a podcast that answers your questions about the Bay Area.\n Subscribe on \u003ca href=\"https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/bay-curious/id1172473406\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Apple Podcasts\u003c/a>,\n \u003ca href=\"http://www.npr.org/podcasts/500557090/bay-curious\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">NPR One\u003c/a> or your favorite podcast platform.\u003c/aside>\u003c/p>\u003cp>\u003cbr>\nThere are many kinds of barges. Spud barges, for example, use a big steel shaft or spud that goes down to the bay floor to stay anchored in place.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Other barges are used for dredging and construction, which is constantly happening to keep certain channels in the bay deep enough for big vessels to get in and out of the ports.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11731086\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2048px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-11731086 size-full\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2019/03/BARGE_7.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2048\" height=\"1365\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2019/03/BARGE_7.jpg 2048w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2019/03/BARGE_7-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2019/03/BARGE_7-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2019/03/BARGE_7-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2019/03/BARGE_7-1200x800.jpg 1200w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2019/03/BARGE_7-1920x1280.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 2048px) 100vw, 2048px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">The Treasure Island East Moorings. \u003ccite>(Samantha Shanahan/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Many of these dredging barges are anchored at the Treasure Island East Moorings, east of Treasure Island and north of the Bay Bridge. Empty barges are tied there to floating mooring balls, which are anchored to the bay floor.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>When silt and rocks are dredged from the bay floor, they’re piled onto a barge. Once that barge is full, it’s towed away to be dumped, and then one of the empty barges parked at the mooring group is brought in.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“It’s like a big parking lot is what it is,” said Michael Roja, who leads VTS for the Coast Guard. “This is the biggest mooring group in the bay.”\u003cbr>\n\u003c/p>\u003c/div>",
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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003cbr>\n\u003cstrong>Cargo ships\u003c/strong> have an engine and are designed to go long distances. They’re often designed to carry specific cargo — cars, fuel — but in theory they can carry anything. \u003cstrong>Container ships\u003c/strong> are a type of cargo ship designed to carry shipping containers.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11731081\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 1100px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-11731081 size-full\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2019/03/BayCuriousBarges-328.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1100\" height=\"777\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2019/03/BayCuriousBarges-328.jpg 1100w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2019/03/BayCuriousBarges-328-160x113.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2019/03/BayCuriousBarges-328-800x565.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2019/03/BayCuriousBarges-328-1020x720.jpg 1020w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1100px) 100vw, 1100px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">A container ship. \u003ccite>(Samantha Shanahan/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>In the Bay Area, there are a lot of container ships that come in from Asia and head to various ports (often the Port of Oakland), filled with all the stuff we buy from overseas. But before these ships can enter the bay, they have to go through a lengthy approval process:\u003c/p>\n\u003col>\n\u003cli>Ship operators have to submit a notice of arrival with the Coast Guard and request pilotage.\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>Ships are assigned a pilot and a spot in the bay — either a berth at a port or a spot at an anchorage. (An anchorage is a set place in the bay for ships to drop anchor and wait. There are anchorages all over. Anchorage 9, off Hunters Point, is the largest in the bay and the only place fueling is allowed. Anchorage 23, up by Benicia, is for ships to wait out the fog.)\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>The pilot boards the ship out at the pilot station — about 11 miles into the ocean from the Golden Gate Bridge — and then brings the ship into the bay.\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>The ship goes straight to the port it’s been assigned to unload or load (each port is designed for specific types of cargo) OR the ship goes to an anchorage to wait for a spot at port.\u003c/li>\n\u003c/ol>\n\u003cp>VTS oversees all boat traffic within 38 nautical miles from the top of Mount Tamalpais, so after a big ship enters that circle, they have to notify Roja’s people — and they stay in constant communication about conditions and any obstacles.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch3>It looks like some boats stay anchored in the bay for days at a time. Why?\u003c/h3>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11731184\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 1100px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-11731184 size-full\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2019/03/BayCuriousBarges-444.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1100\" height=\"733\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2019/03/BayCuriousBarges-444.jpg 1100w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2019/03/BayCuriousBarges-444-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2019/03/BayCuriousBarges-444-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2019/03/BayCuriousBarges-444-1020x680.jpg 1020w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1100px) 100vw, 1100px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">A container ship being unloaded at the Port of Oakland. \u003ccite>(Samantha Shanahan/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Most of the time big ships are unloaded and reloaded all in a few days, sometimes even just in one day. But it can be a little complicated to line up everything — the staff to unload, and then the next shipment for a company to load up and take to the next port.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>There are 25 berths in Oakland, but it really can handle only about nine container ships at once, and that doesn’t count \u003ca href=\"https://www.sfgate.com/bayarea/article/Biggest-cargo-ship-to-ever-grace-S-F-Bay-is-here-6730044.php\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">the ultralarge container ships, which can be over 1,300 feet long\u003c/a>. So when things back up, it slows down the whole process, like in 2016 when a \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/10912162/labor-dispute-shuts-down-port-of-oaklands-largest-terminal\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">labor dispute\u003c/a> at the Port of Oakland caused major slowdowns.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Most of the time, though, if a boat sits around for more than a couple of days, it’s because the shipping company hasn’t given it new orders yet.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“It’s going to be based on their agent setting up their mooring inside the port,” Roja said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Sometimes if a boat is anchored for an especially long time, the Coast Guard has to check in to make sure the crew has enough supplies and is being taken care of.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch3>What are the roles of the different ports?\u003c/h3>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11731087\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 1100px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-11731087 size-full\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2019/03/BayCuriousBarges-075.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1100\" height=\"729\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2019/03/BayCuriousBarges-075.jpg 1100w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2019/03/BayCuriousBarges-075-160x106.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2019/03/BayCuriousBarges-075-800x530.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2019/03/BayCuriousBarges-075-1020x676.jpg 1020w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1100px) 100vw, 1100px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Sam Lord, our question asker, and Michael Roja, our question answerer. \u003ccite>(Samantha Shanahan/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Not only does each port have a specific role, but so do the docks at those different ports. For example:\u003c/p>\n\u003cul>\n\u003cli>\u003cstrong>The Port of Oakland\u003c/strong> is designed to unload containers with those big \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11629563/bay-curious-lightning-round-inspiration-for-at-ats-the-tenderloin-and-popeyes-voice\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Star Wars-esque cranes\u003c/a>.\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>The ports in\u003cstrong> Richmond, Benicia and Martinez\u003c/strong> all have fuel docks, meaning they can load and unload oil and petroleum; Richmond also has a car dock and an aggregate dock.\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>\u003cstrong>San Francisco\u003c/strong> has a car dock, designed to drive cars right off the boats. There are also two piers in San Francisco for cruise ships.\u003c/li>\n\u003c/ul>\n\u003cp>Which port and dock a ship is assigned to depends on what it’s carrying and what the requirements are. If you’re a little confused about where all this stuff is, here’s a map:\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11731194\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-11731194 size-medium\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2019/03/bayarea_ships_final01-800x592.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"800\" height=\"592\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2019/03/bayarea_ships_final01-800x592.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2019/03/bayarea_ships_final01-160x118.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2019/03/bayarea_ships_final01-1020x754.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2019/03/bayarea_ships_final01-1200x888.jpg 1200w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2019/03/bayarea_ships_final01.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">(Mark Fiore/KQED)\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003ch3>What happens to the sewage on the boats?\u003c/h3>\n\u003cp>It’s collected, treated and processed, and then either pumped out when the ship is at dock or dumped as treated wastewater (not raw sewage) out at sea.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch3>How do the crews get on and off the boats that are anchored in the bay?\u003c/h3>\n\u003cp>With a ladder! 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Could we use that empty space inside the Campanile to store the fossils?’ ” says Holroyd.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11727685\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"wp-image-11727685 size-medium\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2019/02/IMG_4342-800x600.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"800\" height=\"600\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2019/02/IMG_4342-800x600.jpg 800w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2019/02/IMG_4342-160x120.jpg 160w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2019/02/IMG_4342-1020x765.jpg 1020w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2019/02/IMG_4342-1200x900.jpg 1200w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2019/02/IMG_4342-1920x1440.jpg 1920w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2019/02/IMG_4342.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Professor Leslea Hlusko cradles the skull of a dire wolf—an extinct predator that once roamed California. \u003ccite>(Daniel Potter/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>It turned out to be an ideal arrangement.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“There’s not a lot else that could be housed there without significant renovations to the Campanile itself,” she says.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Indeed — the middle floors of the bell tower feel like an old garage, with low industrial lighting, concrete floors, exposed girders and the distinct smell of old bones that were once covered in tar, and later cleaned using kerosene.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“It’s kind of a spooky space,” Hlusko says. “You wouldn’t want your office in there. But fossils don’t care.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Groschner, this week’s question asker, didn’t complain either. “Is that a femur?” she asked at one point, amazed. “It’s the size of my body.” (Holroyd believes the giant bone belonged to a Columbian mammoth — a distinct variety separate from woolly mammoths — but said she’d need to take measurements to be certain it wasn’t a mastodon.)\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>The dearth of the dinosaurs\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>The bell tower doesn’t have much in the way of dinosaur bones, Holroyd says, because “dinosaurs weren’t being found and excavated at the time that we first started putting fossils into the Campanile.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In fact, the state’s first dinosaur wasn’t discovered until some two decades later, in the 1930s.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11727686\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"wp-image-11727686 size-medium\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2019/02/IMG_4367-800x600.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"800\" height=\"600\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2019/02/IMG_4367-800x600.jpg 800w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2019/02/IMG_4367-160x120.jpg 160w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2019/02/IMG_4367-1020x765.jpg 1020w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2019/02/IMG_4367-1200x900.jpg 1200w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2019/02/IMG_4367-1920x1440.jpg 1920w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2019/02/IMG_4367.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Dr. Pat Holroyd shows off a fossil camel skull to Bay Curious question asker Kate Groschner. 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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003cp>\u003cspan class=\"utils-parseShortcode-shortcodes-__dropcapShortcode__dropcap\">A\u003c/span>\u003c/p>\u003cp>t over 300 feet tall, the bell tower at UC Berkeley is hard to miss. On a clear day, it’s even visible from across San Francisco Bay.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Kate Groschner, a Cal materials science doctoral candidate, asked Bay Curious to look into a rumor she’s heard about the tower: that it’s a massive storehouse for dinosaur bones.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003cp>\u003caside class=\"alignleft utils-parseShortcode-shortcodes-__bayCuriousPodcastShortcode__bayCurious\">\u003cimg src=https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/02/bayCuriousLogo.png alt=\"Bay Curious Podcast\" loading=\"lazy\" />\n \u003ca href=\"/news/series/baycurious\">Bay Curious\u003c/a> is a podcast that answers your questions about the Bay Area.\n Subscribe on \u003ca href=\"https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/bay-curious/id1172473406\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Apple Podcasts\u003c/a>,\n \u003ca href=\"http://www.npr.org/podcasts/500557090/bay-curious\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">NPR One\u003c/a> or your favorite podcast platform.\u003c/aside>\u003c/p>\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“It’s \u003cem>always\u003c/em> dinosaur bones,” says Pat Holroyd, feigning exasperation. She handles Vertebrate Collections for the UC Museum of Paleontology. Leslea Hlusko, a professor in the department of integrative biology, interjects: “But it’s actually better … dire wolves!”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In case “Game of Thrones” led you to believe otherwise, dire wolves were real. An upsized relative of modern gray wolves, they roamed the Americas, including California, before going extinct around 10,000 years ago — which makes them old, but nowhere close to the age of dinosaurs.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>What’s known as Sather Tower — or the \u003ca href=\"https://www.sfchronicle.com/bayarea/article/A-tintinnabulation-of-bells-in-UC-Campanile-3281272.php\">Campanile\u003c/a>, an Italian word for bell tower — boasts several floors packed with not just dire wolf skulls but also tiny shells, bird bones, pieces of whales and prehistoric buffalo. There’s even part of an ancient, toothy swimming reptile called hydrotherosaurus. (Sorry, fossil fans: While the observation deck at the top of the Campanile is open to the public, the floors housing old bones are not.)\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11727532\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"wp-image-11727532 size-medium\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2019/02/IMG_4324-800x600.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"800\" height=\"600\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2019/02/IMG_4324-800x600.jpg 800w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2019/02/IMG_4324-160x120.jpg 160w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2019/02/IMG_4324-1020x765.jpg 1020w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2019/02/IMG_4324-1200x900.jpg 1200w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2019/02/IMG_4324-1920x1440.jpg 1920w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2019/02/IMG_4324.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">From mammoth bones to prehistoric skulls, fossils and casts sit on open wooden shelves, or are packed away in boxes. The whole space has a Raiders of the Lost Ark vibe. \u003ccite>(Daniel Potter/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>So how did so many old bones end up in the university’s bell tower?\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“The fossils that are here in the Campanile are primarily from the La Brea Tar Pits [in Los Angeles],” Holroyd explains. At that site, underground tar bubbled to the surface over thousands of years, sometimes trapping and preserving wildlife. (\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">If you’ve ever visited the \u003c/span>\u003ca href=\"https://tarpits.org/\">\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">museum\u003c/span>\u003c/a>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\"> in Los Angeles full of mammoths and saber-toothed cats, you’re familiar with this.)\u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In the early 1900s, not long before the Campanile was built, Berkeley paleontologists like \u003ca href=\"https://ucmp.berkeley.edu/about-ucmp/history-of-ucmp/a-program-develops/\">John C. Merriam\u003c/a> excavated the tar pits, and began hauling back curious bones from the likes of extinct horses and ground sloths. Researchers needed to store them somewhere. But around this time, Holroyd says, the paleontology department was moved to a smaller building.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“They said, ‘What are we going to do with all our fossils? We need to have them here; they’re active study. Could we use that empty space inside the Campanile to store the fossils?’ ” says Holroyd.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11727685\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"wp-image-11727685 size-medium\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2019/02/IMG_4342-800x600.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"800\" height=\"600\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2019/02/IMG_4342-800x600.jpg 800w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2019/02/IMG_4342-160x120.jpg 160w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2019/02/IMG_4342-1020x765.jpg 1020w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2019/02/IMG_4342-1200x900.jpg 1200w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2019/02/IMG_4342-1920x1440.jpg 1920w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2019/02/IMG_4342.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Professor Leslea Hlusko cradles the skull of a dire wolf—an extinct predator that once roamed California. \u003ccite>(Daniel Potter/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>It turned out to be an ideal arrangement.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“There’s not a lot else that could be housed there without significant renovations to the Campanile itself,” she says.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Indeed — the middle floors of the bell tower feel like an old garage, with low industrial lighting, concrete floors, exposed girders and the distinct smell of old bones that were once covered in tar, and later cleaned using kerosene.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003c/div>",
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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“It’s kind of a spooky space,” Hlusko says. “You wouldn’t want your office in there. But fossils don’t care.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Groschner, this week’s question asker, didn’t complain either. “Is that a femur?” she asked at one point, amazed. “It’s the size of my body.” (Holroyd believes the giant bone belonged to a Columbian mammoth — a distinct variety separate from woolly mammoths — but said she’d need to take measurements to be certain it wasn’t a mastodon.)\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>The dearth of the dinosaurs\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>The bell tower doesn’t have much in the way of dinosaur bones, Holroyd says, because “dinosaurs weren’t being found and excavated at the time that we first started putting fossils into the Campanile.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In fact, the state’s first dinosaur wasn’t discovered until some two decades later, in the 1930s.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11727686\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"wp-image-11727686 size-medium\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2019/02/IMG_4367-800x600.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"800\" height=\"600\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2019/02/IMG_4367-800x600.jpg 800w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2019/02/IMG_4367-160x120.jpg 160w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2019/02/IMG_4367-1020x765.jpg 1020w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2019/02/IMG_4367-1200x900.jpg 1200w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2019/02/IMG_4367-1920x1440.jpg 1920w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2019/02/IMG_4367.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Dr. Pat Holroyd shows off a fossil camel skull to Bay Curious question asker Kate Groschner. California was home to camels starting around 40 million years ago; some were even pet-sized. \u003ccite>(Daniel Potter/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>It’s also worth noting that dinosaur fossils are rare in California because much of the state was underwater when they walked the Earth. (For more on this, check out our Bay Curious episode\u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11487363/what-dinosaurs-roamed-the-bay-area\"> on the area’s dino-era denizens\u003c/a>.)\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Still, Groschner was not disappointed. “Dinosaurs are great, but all mammals are cool, too,” she said. She gave dire wolves a shoutout, but there was another unexpected find in the Campanile that also impressed her: the skull of a prehistoric camel.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Yes, California had camels.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>While llama-like camels have turned up in the La Brea Tar Pits, their lineage goes back some 40 million years, Holroyd explains, to a tiny ur-camel whose fossils have been found in Southern California.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“The skull of one of the first camels would be about the size of your hand, so it was a tiny animal, but with very, very long legs. It would maybe come halfway up your leg, so maybe its head would be near your hip — but just a very delicate, tiny animal.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>It was enough to prompt Groschner to daydream aloud about a pet tiny camel. Squee.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003c/div>\u003c/p>",
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"content": "\u003cp>Last summer, Oakland artist Katie Chin was listening to podcasts while painting in her art studio, when a story\u003ca href=\"https://www.npr.org/sections/money/2018/07/20/630949390/the-market-for-air\"> on The Indicator from Planet Money caught her attention.\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>It was about a famous 130-year-old deli in New York City called Katz’s Delicatessen. The Lower East Side neighborhood around the deli had gotten fancier — and property taxes and overhead had gotten expensive. The deli was on the brink of shutting its doors, but the owner learned he was sitting \u003ci>under \u003c/i>a whole lot of money.\u003c/p>\n\u003caside class=\"alignleft\">\n\u003ch3>Podcast Trivia Answer\u003c/h3>\n\u003cp>In our this episode, we asked the trivia question: \u003cstrong>The song “Little Boxes” by Malvina Reynolds was written about what Bay Area city?\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Answer: Daly City\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Click \u003ca href=\"https://www.eventbrite.com/e/kqeds-bay-curious-trivia-night-hosted-by-mannys-tickets-55662802942\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">here\u003c/a> for tickets and details for Bay Curious Trivia Night on March 14.\u003c/p>\n\u003c/aside>\n\u003cp>In New York City, you can buy and sell the air above or around your building so that a real estate developer somewhere else can build taller. The deli was able to stay open after the windfall the owner made selling the air rights. That got Katie in Oakland wondering if air could save some of the places she cares about.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Chin asked Bay Curious: “As we see more and more gentrification, are there any similar mechanisms that different nonprofits or arts organizations could take advantage of, like selling the air space above where they operate?”\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>Building Sky High\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>Salesforce Tower is San Francisco’s largest skyscraper and the \u003ca href=\"https://www.cnbc.com/2017/11/06/salesforce-tower-dreamforce-tour-tallest-building-west-coast.html\">tallest office building \u003c/a>on the West Coast. But the tower would be 100 feet shorter — 51 stories instead of 61 — if it didn’t take advantage of a program called the transfer of development rights, or TDR for short.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The \u003ca href=\"http://commissions.sfplanning.org/hpcpackets/HPC_TDR_Packet_2013_07_11.pdf\">TDR program\u003c/a> is San Francisco’s version of New York City’s air market.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In San Francisco, how high you can build is limited by two things.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The first is the location of your building. In some neighborhoods, like the Sunset, buildings can be only about \u003ca href=\"http://library.amlegal.com/nxt/gateway.dll/California/zoningmaps/zoningmaps?f=templates%24fn=default.htm%243.0%24vid=amlegal:sanfrancisco_ca%24anc=JD_ZoningMaps\">40 feet high\u003c/a> — about four stories. But downtown, the city allows buildings as tall as \u003ca href=\"http://library.amlegal.com/nxt/gateway.dll/California/zoningmaps/zoningmaps?f=templates%24fn=default.htm%243.0%24vid=amlegal:sanfrancisco_ca%24anc=JD_ZoningMaps\">1,000 feet high.\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The second thing that determines how high you can build is the amount of land you build on. Larger lots usually mean taller buildings.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But if you use TDR, you can go beyond those two limiting factors and build higher.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11721245\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-11721245\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2019/01/Salesforce-1-800x533.jpg\" alt=\"A view of the Salesforce Tower from below.\" width=\"800\" height=\"533\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">A view of Salesforce Tower from below. \u003ccite>(Sarah Craig/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>To understand how it works, picture an imaginary cube.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“On paper, for every property, we have this theoretical cube where development can occur,” says Corey Teague, zoning administrator of San Francisco’s Planning Department.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But the theoretical cube of space that the developer of the Salesforce Tower, Boston Properties, had to build on wasn’t as big as they wanted.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Through the TDR program, they found a building by the waterfront — \u003ca href=\"http://sfplanninggis.org/docs/landmarks_and_districts/LM107.pdf\">the Rincon Annex Post Office\u003c/a> — that had a cube of air for sale exactly the size they were looking for.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11721243\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-11721243\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2019/01/Salesforce-2-800x533.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"800\" height=\"533\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Salesforce Tower is the largest office building on the West Coast. \u003ccite>(Sarah Craig/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>“And so in the easiest sense,” says Teague, “it’s literally transferring that cube of space and adding it on top of their cube, to give them an even bigger cube to build within.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Although lots of cities have air markets, San Francisco’s is fairly unusual. The city designed the program with an important limitation for an important purpose: You can buy extra cube space only from \u003cem>historical\u003c/em> buildings.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>(The cities of San Jose and Oakland don’t have their own version of an air market, but in Oakland, many in the historic preservation community are calling for the city to create one similar to San Francisco’s as part of the Downtown Oakland Specific Plan.)\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>San Francisco’s program provides an incentive to preserve historical buildings because many \u003ca href=\"https://sf-planning.org/historic-preservation-faqs#raise\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">can’t actually use\u003c/a> their cube space because, well, they are historical, and there are limits to the renovations they can make.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>So, the TDR program makes their unused air rights valuable.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>After the air rights are sold, the owner of that building is required to use some of those funds to maintain the actual structure — such as making it earthquake-proof or repairing the facade.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>San Francisco’s TDR program was created in 1985, just after the city saw a huge development boom where a lot of high-rise office buildings were built. People worried that historical buildings would be demolished and lost forever.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“There was a term that was thrown around by some folks called Manhattanization,” says Teague.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>To date, the program has saved \u003ca href=\"http://commissions.sfplanning.org/hpcpackets/HPC_TDR_Packet_2013_07_11.pdf\"> over 100\u003c/a> historical buildings downtown.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“The development rights that were there aren’t just going unused. They’re going for additional development somewhere else in the city that can accommodate it and where we do need that development,” he says. “And so it’s really a win-win.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11721240\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-11721240\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2019/01/LuggageStoreGallery-1-800x533.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"800\" height=\"533\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2019/01/LuggageStoreGallery-1-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2019/01/LuggageStoreGallery-1-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2019/01/LuggageStoreGallery-1-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2019/01/LuggageStoreGallery-1-1200x800.jpg 1200w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2019/01/LuggageStoreGallery-1-1920x1280.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Laurie Lazer, co-founder of the Luggage Store Gallery, shows off one of the masks that was made during a children’s art workshop. \u003ccite>(Sarah Craig/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003ch2>The TDR Program and the Arts\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>When it comes to helping out struggling arts organizations in the Bay Area, like our question asker Katie Chin asked about, this program doesn’t do much.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>I talked to the planning department, the mayor’s office, arts organizations and a TDR broker, but in all of San Francisco, I managed to find only one arts space that has used the program: \u003ca href=\"http://www.luggagestoregallery.org/\">the Luggage Store Gallery.\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Co-founder Laurie Lazer says the gallery serves between 20,000 and 25,000 people every year through events such as art workshops, exhibitions and an experimental music series.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11721242\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\" style=\"max-width: 400px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-11721242\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2019/01/LuggageStoreGallery-5-800x1166.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"400\" height=\"583\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">The Luggage Store Gallery showed the work of Ferris Plock and Kelly Tunstall in a show titled “Preservation.” The theme of the show was loss, based on the artists’ experiences moving from home to home three or four times because of high housing costs. \u003ccite>(Sarah Craig/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>“A lot of artists left the city and a lot of spaces just went ‘kaput,’ ” Lazer says. “They blossomed and then they fell.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But the story of the Luggage Store is a bit different. It starts in the late 80’s when Lazer first saw the \u003ca href=\"http://propertymap.sfplanning.org/\">building.\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“One day I was riding my bike down Market Street,” says Lazer, “and I’m always looking and I saw these windows. And at that time there were these light fixtures, and it just looked like really glorious.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The building had a large “For Rent” sign out front, and before long Lazer was renting the space. When the owner died a few years later, the building went up for sale.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Lazer and her co-founder didn’t want to leave, so they managed to find enough wealthy investors to buy the property and lease it back to them.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But in 2013, when the real estate market was doing very well, those investors came back to Lazer with bad news.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“So basically a couple of partners said, ‘You know what? We want to sell,’ ” she says.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11721239\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-11721239 size-medium\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2019/01/LuggageStoreGallery-2-800x533.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"800\" height=\"533\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Laurie Lazer (right) with her assistant, Hana Sun Lee (left), and Moy Eng (center), director of the Community Arts Stabilization Trust (CAST), a nonprofit that helps art organizations stay afloat in the Bay Area. \u003ccite>(Sarah Craig/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>In order to stay in the building, Lazer and Smith had to buy it from the investors. That’s when they teamed up with a local nonprofit, the Northern California Community Loan Fund, and figured out they could use a combination of low-interest financing, grants from arts foundations and the TDR program.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Lazer and Smith sold their air rights for more than $200,000.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“It helped us significantly because raising $200,000 for us is a lot of work,” she says.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Lazer and her co-founder are still slowly paying off their investors. They have until 2022 to raise $1.7 million.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“We need culture and we need art,” she says. “Come on, we need it! 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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In San Francisco, how high you can build is limited by two things.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The first is the location of your building. In some neighborhoods, like the Sunset, buildings can be only about \u003ca href=\"http://library.amlegal.com/nxt/gateway.dll/California/zoningmaps/zoningmaps?f=templates%24fn=default.htm%243.0%24vid=amlegal:sanfrancisco_ca%24anc=JD_ZoningMaps\">40 feet high\u003c/a> — about four stories. But downtown, the city allows buildings as tall as \u003ca href=\"http://library.amlegal.com/nxt/gateway.dll/California/zoningmaps/zoningmaps?f=templates%24fn=default.htm%243.0%24vid=amlegal:sanfrancisco_ca%24anc=JD_ZoningMaps\">1,000 feet high.\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The second thing that determines how high you can build is the amount of land you build on. 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It starts in the late 80’s when Lazer first saw the \u003ca href=\"http://propertymap.sfplanning.org/\">building.\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“One day I was riding my bike down Market Street,” says Lazer, “and I’m always looking and I saw these windows. And at that time there were these light fixtures, and it just looked like really glorious.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The building had a large “For Rent” sign out front, and before long Lazer was renting the space. When the owner died a few years later, the building went up for sale.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Lazer and her co-founder didn’t want to leave, so they managed to find enough wealthy investors to buy the property and lease it back to them.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But in 2013, when the real estate market was doing very well, those investors came back to Lazer with bad news.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“So basically a couple of partners said, ‘You know what? 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And instead of sitting on a coastline, it sits on top of a rock in the water on the southwest side of the Golden Gate Bridge, not far from Lands End in San Francisco.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Bay Curious listener Jeremy Johnstone didn’t pay much attention to this helipad until he saw something peculiar there one day around 30 years ago.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I was with friends below the Legion of Honor walking on the golf course, and we noticed a Coast Guard helicopter hovering over the Mile Rocks Lighthouse,” he said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Johnstone thought it was strange that the helicopter wasn’t trying to land on the helipad, so he kept on watching.\u003cbr>\n[baycuriouspodcastinfo]\u003cbr>\n“I remember like a hatchway opening and maybe a little tight type of platform or a ramp that somebody walked out on, and the helicopter communicated with that person by lowering a bucket or container,” he said. “The person on the ramp took something out of the bucket. The bucket got hoisted up and then they went back inside [the lighthouse].”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Johnstone thought the site was defunct, but he’d just witnessed what looked like some sort of “Mission: Impossible” operation. It made him wonder about the history of the site and if there were any lighthouse keepers still working there.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>Building the Beacon\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>The waters around Mile Rocks are some of the most dangerous in the bay. “[It] was an area in which there were many, many shipwrecks, dozens of shipwrecks,” says maritime historian Ralph Shanks.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>He says the 1901 crash of the Rio de Janeiro passenger ship was the wreck that provided a somber wake-up call. The pilot and captain got confused trying to navigate through heavy fog in the bay, struck an underwater ledge and sank in about 8 minutes.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11719187\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003ca href=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2019/01/The_San_Francisco_Call_Thu__Feb_28__1901_.jpg\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-11719187 size-medium\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2019/01/The_San_Francisco_Call_Thu__Feb_28__1901_-800x1065.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"800\" height=\"1065\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2019/01/The_San_Francisco_Call_Thu__Feb_28__1901_-800x1065.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2019/01/The_San_Francisco_Call_Thu__Feb_28__1901_-160x213.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2019/01/The_San_Francisco_Call_Thu__Feb_28__1901_-1020x1358.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2019/01/The_San_Francisco_Call_Thu__Feb_28__1901_-901x1200.jpg 901w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2019/01/The_San_Francisco_Call_Thu__Feb_28__1901_-1920x2557.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">A full page spread in the Feb. 28, 1901 edition of the San Francisco Call on the aftermath of the crash of the Rio de Janeiro. \u003ccite>(Newspapers.com)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>More than 100 lives were lost, and soon after the wreck, Congress approved funding for a lighthouse on Mile Rocks. But building on the site wasn’t easy.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“The rocks out there could be wave swept,” Shanks said. “It was easy to get washed off. It’s treacherous out there.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The first construction crew hired by contractor James McMahon took one look at the site and refused to work. They didn’t think it was worth risking their own lives to build the lighthouse.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>So McMahon went to San Francisco’s wharf and hired sailors who were used to working on the ocean.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“They weren’t afraid of being washed off,” Shanks said of the sailors. “If some of them got washed off, which did happen, they would rescue them and bring them back on to the light, and they’d kid and joke about it, but they still kept on going.”\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>A Remote Life for the Keepers\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>The final structure ended up being 85 feet tall with three tiers in decreasing sizes, topped by a lantern room. Lighthouse keepers who staffed it had to keep the lantern lens clean, run the foghorn and report the weather.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11719191\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-11719191\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2019/01/RS34681_Mile_Rocks_Lighthouse_1962-qut-1-800x1000.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"800\" height=\"1000\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2019/01/RS34681_Mile_Rocks_Lighthouse_1962-qut-1-800x1000.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2019/01/RS34681_Mile_Rocks_Lighthouse_1962-qut-1-160x200.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2019/01/RS34681_Mile_Rocks_Lighthouse_1962-qut-1-1020x1276.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2019/01/RS34681_Mile_Rocks_Lighthouse_1962-qut-1-960x1200.jpg 960w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2019/01/RS34681_Mile_Rocks_Lighthouse_1962-qut-1.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Mile Rocks Lighthouse in 1962, just a few years before its top two tiers would be removed and a helipad installed. \u003ccite>(Wikimedia Commons)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>There wasn’t a lot of space inside, and because it was so remote, the United States Lighthouse Board made it a “stag” station, meaning only men could work there.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“That was hard for the families because most of the keepers were married, and so their families had to live ashore. Some lived close by in San Francisco. Some would live quite a ways away,” Shanks said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>He says a typical shift was two weeks on and one week off. To adjust, lighthouse keepers found creative ways to stay in touch with their loved ones.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“One couple, the wife would walk out to Lands End in San Francisco, and she would walk her dog and carry a light, and each time in the evening, she would go out and flash her light, and he would flash a light on the lighthouse and they would signal each other to say ‘Good night,’ ” Shanks said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In addition to the lighthouse being remote, it was scary to work there, too.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“When the waves built up, one of the things that could happen at Mile Rocks was they would pound the building and the whole lighthouse could shake,” Shanks said. “So keepers kind of wondered if they’d still be there the next morning after terrible storms like that.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11719186\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-11719186\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2019/01/RS34676_wave-swept-Mile-rocks-Courtesy-US-Coast-Guard-qut-e1547794325603-800x638.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"800\" height=\"638\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2019/01/RS34676_wave-swept-Mile-rocks-Courtesy-US-Coast-Guard-qut-e1547794325603-800x638.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2019/01/RS34676_wave-swept-Mile-rocks-Courtesy-US-Coast-Guard-qut-e1547794325603-160x128.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2019/01/RS34676_wave-swept-Mile-rocks-Courtesy-US-Coast-Guard-qut-e1547794325603-1020x813.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2019/01/RS34676_wave-swept-Mile-rocks-Courtesy-US-Coast-Guard-qut-e1547794325603-1200x956.jpg 1200w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2019/01/RS34676_wave-swept-Mile-rocks-Courtesy-US-Coast-Guard-qut-e1547794325603-1920x1530.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Waves crash into the Mile Rocks Lighthouse. \u003ccite>(United States Coast Guard)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003ch2>A Move Toward Automation … and Decapitation\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>Eventually the Coast Guard decided it was too dangerous and too expensive to have people working at Mile Rocks. So in the 1960s, it developed plans to automate the lighthouse.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But the plans included more than just eliminating the lighthouse keeper.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“The Coast Guard had people in the service who wanted to convert Mile Rocks from being a beautiful lighthouse to being a flat platform in which helicopters could be landed on it,” Shanks said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11719194\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-11719194\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2019/01/The_San_Francisco_Examiner_Mon__Aug_16__1965_-800x1302.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"800\" height=\"1302\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2019/01/The_San_Francisco_Examiner_Mon__Aug_16__1965_-800x1302.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2019/01/The_San_Francisco_Examiner_Mon__Aug_16__1965_-160x260.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2019/01/The_San_Francisco_Examiner_Mon__Aug_16__1965_-1020x1661.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2019/01/The_San_Francisco_Examiner_Mon__Aug_16__1965_-737x1200.jpg 737w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2019/01/The_San_Francisco_Examiner_Mon__Aug_16__1965_-1920x3126.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">An article in the Aug. 16, 1965, edition of the San Francisco Examiner describes the effort to save Mile Rocks Lighthouse. \u003ccite>(Newspapers.com)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>The Coast Guard wanted to remove the upper two tiers and the lantern room of the lighthouse and then create a helipad on the lowest tier.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The cost-saving plan sparked massive public protest. San Francisco Supervisor William Blake, who had a maritime background, and the Conference of California Historical Societies led the effort to prevent the transformation.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“All these different people tried to stop that conversion because this was the most spectacular lighthouse, really, in San Francisco Bay,” Shanks said. “But the Coast Guard was committed to its plan, and they cut the top portion of the lighthouse off, destroying the structure as far as beauty goes.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The last lighthouse keepers left Mile Rocks in the summer of 1965. It was closed for a few months while the Coast Guard took off the top tiers and installed the helipad.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The lighthouse soon reopened as a fully automated station. Since then, many of the things a lighthouse keeper would’ve done have been done by machines.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The Coast Guard still makes regular maintenance trips there by helicopter, and that’s probably what Johnstone saw 30 years ago — not some cool Tom Cruise caper.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad floatright]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But strong winds at the site still make those maintenance trips quite dangerous, and keeping ships safe despite the danger is very cool.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11719183\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-11719183\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2019/01/RS34667_Bay-curious-Listener-Jeremy-Johnstone-Chris-Hambrick-1-qut-800x450.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"800\" height=\"450\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2019/01/RS34667_Bay-curious-Listener-Jeremy-Johnstone-Chris-Hambrick-1-qut-800x450.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2019/01/RS34667_Bay-curious-Listener-Jeremy-Johnstone-Chris-Hambrick-1-qut-160x90.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2019/01/RS34667_Bay-curious-Listener-Jeremy-Johnstone-Chris-Hambrick-1-qut-1020x574.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2019/01/RS34667_Bay-curious-Listener-Jeremy-Johnstone-Chris-Hambrick-1-qut-1200x675.jpg 1200w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2019/01/RS34667_Bay-curious-Listener-Jeremy-Johnstone-Chris-Hambrick-1-qut.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Jeremy Johnstone pinches Mile Rocks Lighthouse between his fingers while standing at Lands End in San Francisco. \u003ccite>(Chris Hambrick/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\n",
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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Johnstone thought the site was defunct, but he’d just witnessed what looked like some sort of “Mission: Impossible” operation. It made him wonder about the history of the site and if there were any lighthouse keepers still working there.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>Building the Beacon\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>The waters around Mile Rocks are some of the most dangerous in the bay. “[It] was an area in which there were many, many shipwrecks, dozens of shipwrecks,” says maritime historian Ralph Shanks.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>He says the 1901 crash of the Rio de Janeiro passenger ship was the wreck that provided a somber wake-up call. The pilot and captain got confused trying to navigate through heavy fog in the bay, struck an underwater ledge and sank in about 8 minutes.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11719187\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003ca href=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2019/01/The_San_Francisco_Call_Thu__Feb_28__1901_.jpg\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-11719187 size-medium\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2019/01/The_San_Francisco_Call_Thu__Feb_28__1901_-800x1065.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"800\" height=\"1065\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2019/01/The_San_Francisco_Call_Thu__Feb_28__1901_-800x1065.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2019/01/The_San_Francisco_Call_Thu__Feb_28__1901_-160x213.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2019/01/The_San_Francisco_Call_Thu__Feb_28__1901_-1020x1358.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2019/01/The_San_Francisco_Call_Thu__Feb_28__1901_-901x1200.jpg 901w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2019/01/The_San_Francisco_Call_Thu__Feb_28__1901_-1920x2557.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">A full page spread in the Feb. 28, 1901 edition of the San Francisco Call on the aftermath of the crash of the Rio de Janeiro. \u003ccite>(Newspapers.com)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>More than 100 lives were lost, and soon after the wreck, Congress approved funding for a lighthouse on Mile Rocks. But building on the site wasn’t easy.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“The rocks out there could be wave swept,” Shanks said. “It was easy to get washed off. It’s treacherous out there.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The first construction crew hired by contractor James McMahon took one look at the site and refused to work. They didn’t think it was worth risking their own lives to build the lighthouse.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>So McMahon went to San Francisco’s wharf and hired sailors who were used to working on the ocean.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“They weren’t afraid of being washed off,” Shanks said of the sailors. “If some of them got washed off, which did happen, they would rescue them and bring them back on to the light, and they’d kid and joke about it, but they still kept on going.”\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>A Remote Life for the Keepers\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>The final structure ended up being 85 feet tall with three tiers in decreasing sizes, topped by a lantern room. Lighthouse keepers who staffed it had to keep the lantern lens clean, run the foghorn and report the weather.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11719191\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-11719191\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2019/01/RS34681_Mile_Rocks_Lighthouse_1962-qut-1-800x1000.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"800\" height=\"1000\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2019/01/RS34681_Mile_Rocks_Lighthouse_1962-qut-1-800x1000.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2019/01/RS34681_Mile_Rocks_Lighthouse_1962-qut-1-160x200.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2019/01/RS34681_Mile_Rocks_Lighthouse_1962-qut-1-1020x1276.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2019/01/RS34681_Mile_Rocks_Lighthouse_1962-qut-1-960x1200.jpg 960w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2019/01/RS34681_Mile_Rocks_Lighthouse_1962-qut-1.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Mile Rocks Lighthouse in 1962, just a few years before its top two tiers would be removed and a helipad installed. \u003ccite>(Wikimedia Commons)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>There wasn’t a lot of space inside, and because it was so remote, the United States Lighthouse Board made it a “stag” station, meaning only men could work there.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“That was hard for the families because most of the keepers were married, and so their families had to live ashore. Some lived close by in San Francisco. Some would live quite a ways away,” Shanks said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>He says a typical shift was two weeks on and one week off. To adjust, lighthouse keepers found creative ways to stay in touch with their loved ones.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“One couple, the wife would walk out to Lands End in San Francisco, and she would walk her dog and carry a light, and each time in the evening, she would go out and flash her light, and he would flash a light on the lighthouse and they would signal each other to say ‘Good night,’ ” Shanks said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In addition to the lighthouse being remote, it was scary to work there, too.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“When the waves built up, one of the things that could happen at Mile Rocks was they would pound the building and the whole lighthouse could shake,” Shanks said. “So keepers kind of wondered if they’d still be there the next morning after terrible storms like that.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11719186\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-11719186\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2019/01/RS34676_wave-swept-Mile-rocks-Courtesy-US-Coast-Guard-qut-e1547794325603-800x638.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"800\" height=\"638\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2019/01/RS34676_wave-swept-Mile-rocks-Courtesy-US-Coast-Guard-qut-e1547794325603-800x638.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2019/01/RS34676_wave-swept-Mile-rocks-Courtesy-US-Coast-Guard-qut-e1547794325603-160x128.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2019/01/RS34676_wave-swept-Mile-rocks-Courtesy-US-Coast-Guard-qut-e1547794325603-1020x813.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2019/01/RS34676_wave-swept-Mile-rocks-Courtesy-US-Coast-Guard-qut-e1547794325603-1200x956.jpg 1200w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2019/01/RS34676_wave-swept-Mile-rocks-Courtesy-US-Coast-Guard-qut-e1547794325603-1920x1530.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Waves crash into the Mile Rocks Lighthouse. \u003ccite>(United States Coast Guard)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003ch2>A Move Toward Automation … and Decapitation\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>Eventually the Coast Guard decided it was too dangerous and too expensive to have people working at Mile Rocks. So in the 1960s, it developed plans to automate the lighthouse.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But the plans included more than just eliminating the lighthouse keeper.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“The Coast Guard had people in the service who wanted to convert Mile Rocks from being a beautiful lighthouse to being a flat platform in which helicopters could be landed on it,” Shanks said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11719194\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-11719194\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2019/01/The_San_Francisco_Examiner_Mon__Aug_16__1965_-800x1302.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"800\" height=\"1302\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2019/01/The_San_Francisco_Examiner_Mon__Aug_16__1965_-800x1302.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2019/01/The_San_Francisco_Examiner_Mon__Aug_16__1965_-160x260.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2019/01/The_San_Francisco_Examiner_Mon__Aug_16__1965_-1020x1661.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2019/01/The_San_Francisco_Examiner_Mon__Aug_16__1965_-737x1200.jpg 737w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2019/01/The_San_Francisco_Examiner_Mon__Aug_16__1965_-1920x3126.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">An article in the Aug. 16, 1965, edition of the San Francisco Examiner describes the effort to save Mile Rocks Lighthouse. \u003ccite>(Newspapers.com)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>The Coast Guard wanted to remove the upper two tiers and the lantern room of the lighthouse and then create a helipad on the lowest tier.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The cost-saving plan sparked massive public protest. San Francisco Supervisor William Blake, who had a maritime background, and the Conference of California Historical Societies led the effort to prevent the transformation.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“All these different people tried to stop that conversion because this was the most spectacular lighthouse, really, in San Francisco Bay,” Shanks said. “But the Coast Guard was committed to its plan, and they cut the top portion of the lighthouse off, destroying the structure as far as beauty goes.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The last lighthouse keepers left Mile Rocks in the summer of 1965. It was closed for a few months while the Coast Guard took off the top tiers and installed the helipad.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The lighthouse soon reopened as a fully automated station. Since then, many of the things a lighthouse keeper would’ve done have been done by machines.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The Coast Guard still makes regular maintenance trips there by helicopter, and that’s probably what Johnstone saw 30 years ago — not some cool Tom Cruise caper.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003c/div>",
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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But strong winds at the site still make those maintenance trips quite dangerous, and keeping ships safe despite the danger is very cool.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11719183\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-11719183\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2019/01/RS34667_Bay-curious-Listener-Jeremy-Johnstone-Chris-Hambrick-1-qut-800x450.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"800\" height=\"450\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2019/01/RS34667_Bay-curious-Listener-Jeremy-Johnstone-Chris-Hambrick-1-qut-800x450.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2019/01/RS34667_Bay-curious-Listener-Jeremy-Johnstone-Chris-Hambrick-1-qut-160x90.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2019/01/RS34667_Bay-curious-Listener-Jeremy-Johnstone-Chris-Hambrick-1-qut-1020x574.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2019/01/RS34667_Bay-curious-Listener-Jeremy-Johnstone-Chris-Hambrick-1-qut-1200x675.jpg 1200w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2019/01/RS34667_Bay-curious-Listener-Jeremy-Johnstone-Chris-Hambrick-1-qut.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Jeremy Johnstone pinches Mile Rocks Lighthouse between his fingers while standing at Lands End in San Francisco. \u003ccite>(Chris Hambrick/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\n\u003c/div>\u003c/p>",
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"content": "\u003cp>Commuting on Bay Area roads is a pretty awful experience. Personal finance site \u003ca href=\"https://wallethub.com/edu/best-worst-cities-to-drive-in/13964/\">WalletHub recently ranked it\u003c/a> as the second worst place to drive in the country. \u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Many have turned to using GPS-powered apps like Google Maps or Waze to prepare for slowdowns or find detours.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11718902/the-people-behind-the-voices-of-kqeds-traffic-reports\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">tracking the roadways\u003c/a> wasn’t always this easy.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>The Early Days of Traffic Reporting\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>After World War II, the Bay Area became a much more sprawling place as rural areas were transformed into suburbs. A network of freeways sprouted up, and by the 1950s, a lot more people were driving cars to get around. \u003c/p>\n\u003cp>A new demand arose for traffic information, and the easiest way to keep watch on the roadways was from the sky.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Helicopter pilots were coming back from their time in the military, whether they were serving here in the States, or in Korea, or later Vietnam,” says John Goodwin, a public information officer with the Metropolitan Transportation Commission. “Traffic helicopters would fly over the freeways and report back to the ground. The drivers would receive this information via their in-dash radio.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>News stations also hired traffic reporters to do a more grueling job: actually sit in traffic.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>https://youtu.be/oL9PNDGvhj0\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Various stations would have a fleet, or sometimes a single car, that was radio-equipped,” says Goodwin. “They would have a reporter travel a prescribed loop and report back how long it took.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Most news stations could afford their own helicopter and traffic reporters, but those days were numbered.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>During the 1970s energy crisis, it became too expensive for news stations to operate a fleet of helicopters to monitor the freeway.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“That led to a sharing of information,” Goodwin says. “Rather than each individual station having its own helicopter, you could have a traffic service, and that would provide information to multiple radio or television stations.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11718849\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-11718849\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2019/01/Screen-Shot-2019-01-16-at-7.22.08-PM-800x581.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"800\" height=\"581\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2019/01/Screen-Shot-2019-01-16-at-7.22.08-PM-800x581.png 800w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2019/01/Screen-Shot-2019-01-16-at-7.22.08-PM-160x116.png 160w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2019/01/Screen-Shot-2019-01-16-at-7.22.08-PM-1020x740.png 1020w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2019/01/Screen-Shot-2019-01-16-at-7.22.08-PM-1200x871.png 1200w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2019/01/Screen-Shot-2019-01-16-at-7.22.08-PM-1920x1393.png 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Traffic reporters once used white boards to track the commute. \u003ccite>(KRON)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003ch2>FasTrak Changes the Game\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>Between 1999 and 2000, traffic data made a quantum leap.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“The FasTrak system introduced first at the Golden Gate Bridge, and then ultimately on the rest of the bridges, became a way to gather information,” Goodwin says.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>As part of its deployment of the 511 traffic information system, the MTC set up over-the-road antennae around the Bay Area that could track how long it took a car with a FasTrak transponder to get from Point A to Point B. They’d then aggregate and anonymize the data, and provide precise point-to-point travel times throughout the region.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qUx5B7S6Vic\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“That became more effective, and more efficient, and consequently the number of traffic helicopters declined,” Goodwin says.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The system had a flaw, though. Because it depended on cars having FasTrak tags, it worked better where more residents had FasTrak — usually in the communities closest to the toll bridges. \u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Travel times were least accurate in places like eastern Contra Costa County, eastern Alameda County or in the South Bay, Goodwin says.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The FasTrak method of traffic monitoring would stick around only for a short time. By 2007, cellphones started to become increasingly outfitted with GPS capability.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>The Problems Navigation Apps Cause\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>These days, GPS data powers most of the sources that commuters and traffic reporters use.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Any app that you have turned on that has some form of geolocation — whether it’s a navigation app, whether it’s an app such as a social network, whether it’s a game — it has the ability to collect GPS data and potentially to send it to a third party,” says Alex Bayen, a UC Berkeley professor and the director of its Institute of Transportation Studies.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Your wireless service provider could be sharing your location data or even the company that makes your car. Chances are good if you’ve got a phone in the car, you are a data point — perhaps many times over — simultaneously a provider and consumer of traffic data.\u003c/p>\n\u003caside class=\"alignright\">\n\u003ch3>How Do KQED’s Traffic Reporters Get Their Information?\u003c/h3>\n\u003cp>Ever wonder how traffic reporters like \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11718902/the-people-behind-the-voices-of-kqeds-traffic-reports\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Joe McConnell and Julie Deppish\u003c/a> have so much traffic information at their fingertips? These sources are their go-tos:\u003c/p>\n\u003cul>\n\u003cli>\u003ca href=\"https://cad.chp.ca.gov/Traffic.aspx\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">California Highway Patrol Traffic Incident Website\u003c/a>\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>\u003ca href=\"https://www.sigalert.com/map.asp?lat=37.65294&lon=-122.45233&z=1\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">SigAlert\u003c/a>\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>\u003ca href=\"http://quickmap.dot.ca.gov/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Caltrans QuickMap\u003c/a>\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>\u003ca href=\"http://www.dot.ca.gov/video/index.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Live Traffic Cameras\u003c/a>\u003c/li>\n\u003c/ul>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>\u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11718902/the-people-behind-the-voices-of-kqeds-traffic-reports\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">WATCH\u003c/a>\u003c/strong>: Go behind the mic with McConnell and Deppish to see how their jobs have changed over the years.\u003cbr>\n\u003cbr>\n\u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11718902/the-people-behind-the-voices-of-kqeds-traffic-reports\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">\u003cimg decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2019/01/featured_image-800x450.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"800\" height=\"450\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-11718963\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2019/01/featured_image-800x450.jpg 800w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2019/01/featured_image-160x90.jpg 160w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2019/01/featured_image-1020x574.jpg 1020w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2019/01/featured_image-1200x675.jpg 1200w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2019/01/featured_image.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003c/a>\u003cbr>\n\u003c/p>\u003c/aside>\n\u003cp>The move to GPS data has vastly improved the quality of traffic data. But studies show there is a downside.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“The number one problem it has created is the emergence of new traffic jams in residential areas that didn’t used to be there before,” says Berkeley’s Alex Bayen. “That’s a big problem in California and all around the world.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>You know the scenario. There’s a wreck up ahead, and the app says you can save seven minutes by taking a detour through some small town. You exit the highway … along with a lot of other drivers.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Suddenly there’s a new traffic jam on a street not equipped to handle such a high volume of cars.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>These apps’ lack of predictive routing is the source of the problem. They don’t think ahead to the traffic jam they’ll create by sending 200 cars down a residential street.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Some cities have started to fight back by taking steps to make their town a less appealing detour. They’ve intentionally slowed traffic by adding stop signs or changing the timing of traffic lights.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“We’re at the beginning of a war between cities and these apps,” Bayen says.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>He’d like to see cities and app developers come together to solve some of these problems.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I think the only way it can [get] better is if we have the proper institutional framework for these apps and services to work in coordination with public agencies,” he says.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>One idea? Specify how many cars that apps can route along certain roads.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OTYHrozkazg\u003c/p>\n\n",
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The drivers would receive this information via their in-dash radio.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>News stations also hired traffic reporters to do a more grueling job: actually sit in traffic.\u003c/p>\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/oL9PNDGvhj0'\n title='//www.youtube.com/embed/oL9PNDGvhj0'\n allowfullscreen='true'\n style='border:0;'>\u003c/iframe>\n \u003c/span>\n \u003c/span>\u003c/p>\u003cp>\u003cp>“Various stations would have a fleet, or sometimes a single car, that was radio-equipped,” says Goodwin. “They would have a reporter travel a prescribed loop and report back how long it took.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Most news stations could afford their own helicopter and traffic reporters, but those days were numbered.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>During the 1970s energy crisis, it became too expensive for news stations to operate a fleet of helicopters to monitor the freeway.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“That led to a sharing of information,” Goodwin says. “Rather than each individual station having its own helicopter, you could have a traffic service, and that would provide information to multiple radio or television stations.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11718849\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-11718849\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2019/01/Screen-Shot-2019-01-16-at-7.22.08-PM-800x581.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"800\" height=\"581\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2019/01/Screen-Shot-2019-01-16-at-7.22.08-PM-800x581.png 800w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2019/01/Screen-Shot-2019-01-16-at-7.22.08-PM-160x116.png 160w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2019/01/Screen-Shot-2019-01-16-at-7.22.08-PM-1020x740.png 1020w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2019/01/Screen-Shot-2019-01-16-at-7.22.08-PM-1200x871.png 1200w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2019/01/Screen-Shot-2019-01-16-at-7.22.08-PM-1920x1393.png 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Traffic reporters once used white boards to track the commute. \u003ccite>(KRON)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003ch2>FasTrak Changes the Game\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>Between 1999 and 2000, traffic data made a quantum leap.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“The FasTrak system introduced first at the Golden Gate Bridge, and then ultimately on the rest of the bridges, became a way to gather information,” Goodwin says.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>As part of its deployment of the 511 traffic information system, the MTC set up over-the-road antennae around the Bay Area that could track how long it took a car with a FasTrak transponder to get from Point A to Point B. They’d then aggregate and anonymize the data, and provide precise point-to-point travel times throughout the region.\u003c/p>\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/qUx5B7S6Vic'\n title='//www.youtube.com/embed/qUx5B7S6Vic'\n allowfullscreen='true'\n style='border:0;'>\u003c/iframe>\n \u003c/span>\n \u003c/span>\u003c/p>\u003cp>\u003cp>“That became more effective, and more efficient, and consequently the number of traffic helicopters declined,” Goodwin says.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The system had a flaw, though. Because it depended on cars having FasTrak tags, it worked better where more residents had FasTrak — usually in the communities closest to the toll bridges. \u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Travel times were least accurate in places like eastern Contra Costa County, eastern Alameda County or in the South Bay, Goodwin says.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The FasTrak method of traffic monitoring would stick around only for a short time. By 2007, cellphones started to become increasingly outfitted with GPS capability.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>The Problems Navigation Apps Cause\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>These days, GPS data powers most of the sources that commuters and traffic reporters use.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Any app that you have turned on that has some form of geolocation — whether it’s a navigation app, whether it’s an app such as a social network, whether it’s a game — it has the ability to collect GPS data and potentially to send it to a third party,” says Alex Bayen, a UC Berkeley professor and the director of its Institute of Transportation Studies.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Your wireless service provider could be sharing your location data or even the company that makes your car. Chances are good if you’ve got a phone in the car, you are a data point — perhaps many times over — simultaneously a provider and consumer of traffic data.\u003c/p>\n\u003caside class=\"alignright\">\n\u003ch3>How Do KQED’s Traffic Reporters Get Their Information?\u003c/h3>\n\u003cp>Ever wonder how traffic reporters like \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11718902/the-people-behind-the-voices-of-kqeds-traffic-reports\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Joe McConnell and Julie Deppish\u003c/a> have so much traffic information at their fingertips? These sources are their go-tos:\u003c/p>\n\u003cul>\n\u003cli>\u003ca href=\"https://cad.chp.ca.gov/Traffic.aspx\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">California Highway Patrol Traffic Incident Website\u003c/a>\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>\u003ca href=\"https://www.sigalert.com/map.asp?lat=37.65294&lon=-122.45233&z=1\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">SigAlert\u003c/a>\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>\u003ca href=\"http://quickmap.dot.ca.gov/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Caltrans QuickMap\u003c/a>\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>\u003ca href=\"http://www.dot.ca.gov/video/index.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Live Traffic Cameras\u003c/a>\u003c/li>\n\u003c/ul>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>\u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11718902/the-people-behind-the-voices-of-kqeds-traffic-reports\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">WATCH\u003c/a>\u003c/strong>: Go behind the mic with McConnell and Deppish to see how their jobs have changed over the years.\u003cbr>\n\u003cbr>\n\u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11718902/the-people-behind-the-voices-of-kqeds-traffic-reports\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">\u003cimg decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2019/01/featured_image-800x450.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"800\" height=\"450\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-11718963\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2019/01/featured_image-800x450.jpg 800w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2019/01/featured_image-160x90.jpg 160w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2019/01/featured_image-1020x574.jpg 1020w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2019/01/featured_image-1200x675.jpg 1200w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2019/01/featured_image.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003c/a>\u003cbr>\n\u003c/p>\u003c/aside>\n\u003cp>The move to GPS data has vastly improved the quality of traffic data. But studies show there is a downside.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“The number one problem it has created is the emergence of new traffic jams in residential areas that didn’t used to be there before,” says Berkeley’s Alex Bayen. “That’s a big problem in California and all around the world.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>You know the scenario. There’s a wreck up ahead, and the app says you can save seven minutes by taking a detour through some small town. You exit the highway … along with a lot of other drivers.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Suddenly there’s a new traffic jam on a street not equipped to handle such a high volume of cars.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>These apps’ lack of predictive routing is the source of the problem. They don’t think ahead to the traffic jam they’ll create by sending 200 cars down a residential street.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Some cities have started to fight back by taking steps to make their town a less appealing detour. 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"content": "\u003cp>How many times have you looked at the top of a soda can or the side of a bottle, and seen a 5- or 10-cent CRV stamp? Chances are you barely considered it.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[baycuriouspodcastinfo]\u003cbr>\nBut for people who gather aluminum cans and plastic bottles, that CRV inscription means \u003cem>money\u003c/em>. Enough money that \u003ca href=\"https://knpr.org/knpr/2018-09/recycling-fraud-ongoing-issue-california-states-deposit-laws\">smugglers\u003c/a> have been caught trying to bring in more than $80,000 worth of empty beverage containers from Arizona and Nevada.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The value of recyclables piqued the interest of this week’s question asker, Boyd Arnold of San Francisco.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I was curious to learn more about people who collect cans. They are very public in their work, but are very invisible otherwise,” says Arnold. “I’m also curious about the actual economics of recycling.”\u003c/p>\n\u003caside class=\"alignright\">In 2017, more than 18 billion aluminum, glass, PET and HDPE containers were recycled in California.\u003c/aside>\n\u003ch3>Who Recycles\u003c/h3>\n\u003cp>Every day, starting at 7:30 a.m., people line up at Our Planet Recycling on the edge of the Bayview district in San Francisco, pushing bins brimming with plastic bottles and aluminum cans. Many walk here on foot carrying what they can. One customer filled a beat-up RV from floor to ceiling with plastic. Others arrive with recyclables spilling out of sedans.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11714229\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-11714229 size-medium\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/12/BA21ABBA-73B7-4228-8B58-55793C474F69-800x600.jpg\" alt=\"Customers line up with their bins of recyclables at Our Planet Recycling SF.\" width=\"800\" height=\"600\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/12/BA21ABBA-73B7-4228-8B58-55793C474F69-800x600.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/12/BA21ABBA-73B7-4228-8B58-55793C474F69-160x120.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/12/BA21ABBA-73B7-4228-8B58-55793C474F69-1020x765.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/12/BA21ABBA-73B7-4228-8B58-55793C474F69-1200x900.jpg 1200w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/12/BA21ABBA-73B7-4228-8B58-55793C474F69-1920x1440.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Customers line up with their bins of recyclables at Our Planet Recycling SF. \u003ccite>(Jessica Placzek/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>When customers get to the front of the line, their recyclables are weighed. A pound of plastic bottles gets you around $1.20. Aluminum is worth as much as $2 a pound.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>That might not sound like a lot, but it’s enough for a handful of customers to make this their full-time job.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“This [has been] my work for a long time, more than 20 years,” says Darwin Laren.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Laren has one of those pickup trucks that’s been rigged with plywood or metal grating so he can haul more recyclables. Each day he visits about 10 different bars and restaurants around the city to pick up bottles and cans. Monday through Friday he earns about $150 to $160, and shares it with people who help him.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>A number of other customers are daily regulars, too. Willie Cobb comes to Our Planet Recycling every day, making about $10 each trip. He says it’s a helpful addition to his Supplemental Security Income checks.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I go into neighborhoods and look in the dumpster,” says Cobb.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11714232\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-11714232 size-medium\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/12/IMG_3562-e1545352753296-800x1067.jpg\" alt=\"Tony Tang with his receipt for just over 44 dollars worth of recycling.\" width=\"800\" height=\"1067\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/12/IMG_3562-e1545352753296-800x1067.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/12/IMG_3562-e1545352753296-160x213.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/12/IMG_3562-e1545352753296-1020x1360.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/12/IMG_3562-e1545352753296-900x1200.jpg 900w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/12/IMG_3562-e1545352753296-1920x2560.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Tony Tang with his receipt for just over 44 dollars worth of recycling. \u003ccite>(Jessica Placzek/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>People come to this center because, let’s face it, San Francisco is one of the most expensive cities in the U.S. and every cent can count. A handful of people I talked to have other jobs, like Tony Tang, who works for Kaiser Permanente.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Tony saves his used containers and is always on the lookout for more — even collecting empties from his friends and family. After three months, he collected seven bins the size of large garbage cans. This earns him about $44.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>All kinds of people gather recyclables. Workers here talk about people dropping off recyclables in nice cars and letting somebody else cash them in. There are janitors who bring in recyclables in bulk, and people who prowl the streets day and night looking for empties. While a few say they value recycling, or they see it as throwing money away if they don’t redeem the containers, most people come here because the extra cash makes a difference.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=55yXRsIX30A\u003c/p>\n\u003ch3>The Economics of Recycling\u003c/h3>\n\u003cp>Here’s a quick primer on how \u003ca href=\"https://www.calrecycle.ca.gov/bevcontainer/programinfo/faq\">California Refund Value\u003c/a>, or CRV, works.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Let’s say you buy a can of soda at the store. You pay an extra 5 or 10 cents on top of the price of the soda that goes to the California Beverage Container Recycling Fund. It’s basically a pot of money from all the beverage distributors in the whole state. When you’re done with the soda, you can take that can to a recycling center and get your 5 or 10 cents back.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>If you put your soda can in the blue bin, whoever picks up your curbside recycling gets to keep that 5 or 10 cents.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>If that can never gets recycled, your money stays in the recycling fund and is used to subsidize the program.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Centers like Our Planet Recycling make money by selling materials in bulk for their scrap value.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Let’s take a closer look at those values.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>Aluminum\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>“The average cost to recycle a ton of aluminum [in 2017] was about $550 a ton. The scrap value for that aluminum was around $1,200 per ton. That means a recycling center could make around $650 per ton,” says Mark Murray, executive director of Californians Against Waste.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Murray says companies making aluminum cans realized it’s much cheaper to recycle aluminum than mine and process the raw material, bauxite. This leads to a higher recycling rate.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11714235\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-11714235 size-medium\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/12/IMG_3564-1-800x600.jpg\" alt=\"Aluminum is baled at Our Planet Recycling SF.\" width=\"800\" height=\"600\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/12/IMG_3564-1-800x600.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/12/IMG_3564-1-160x120.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/12/IMG_3564-1-1020x765.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/12/IMG_3564-1-1200x900.jpg 1200w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/12/IMG_3564-1-1920x1440.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Aluminum is baled at Our Planet Recycling SF. \u003ccite>(Jessica Placzek/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003ch2>Glass\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>The recycling process for glass takes a lot of energy.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Glass has what we call a negative scrap value,” says Murray. “The average scrap value of a ton of glass in 2017 was \u003cem>negative\u003c/em> $4.55.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>While it cost only around $100 to process glass at centers like Our Planet Recycling, they would still lose money on glass if it weren’t for subsidies from the state.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The subsidies are funded by unclaimed money out of the California Beverage Container Recycling Fund. But because of the ways these subsidies are calculated, the state has been paying out less money in recent years.\u003c/p>\n\u003caside class=\"alignright\">Most products \u003cem>can\u003c/em> be recycled, but municipalities often lack the infrastructure to deal with certain items, like paper products coated in plastic, Styrofoam and other kinds of plastic. These “recyclables” often end up in landfill.\u003c/aside>\n\u003ch2>Plastic\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>There are a lot of different types of plastic, but we’re going to look at PET, or polyethylene terephthalate, which is often marked with a recycle symbol surrounding the number 1. In 2017, PET made up around half of the recyclable beverage containers sold in California.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Plastic like PET can be sold for reuse. Buyers will bring it to a factory where it’s cleaned, chopped, melted, turned into pellets and then made into something new.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“[In 2017] the cost of recycling PET was around $485 a ton. The scrap value was about $190 per ton,” says Murray. “The scrap value for PET plastic covers less than half of the cost of recycling.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The recycling of plastic is also subsidized by the state.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Additionally, when the price of oil plummets, like it did starting at the end of 2014, it becomes cheaper to make virgin plastic than to recycle, leading to declining scrap values of PET.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11716801\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-11716801\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2019/01/91A43FA8-4B99-40D4-A034-0994E630D67D-800x600.jpg\" alt=\"Orz Csaszar owner of Our Planet Recycling.\" width=\"800\" height=\"600\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Ors Csaszar owner of Our Planet Recycling. \u003ccite>(Jessica Placzek/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003ch3>Recycling Centers Dwindle\u003c/h3>\n\u003cp>Profit margins are not huge for recycling centers, which factored into the closing of hundreds of recycling centers in California in the last five years.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In 1990 San Francisco had 35 recycling centers, “And other guys went out the business. Now I believe we have probably three, four or five left,” says Ors Csaszar, the CEO of Our Planet Recycling.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Tight margins are exacerbated by the rising costs of the city.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“This is a volume business. You have to have land. And you know how much rent is,” says Csaszar.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>It’s not easy to find a welcoming location either. Recently Csaszar had to move his business, and was concerned about finding a suitable site. Ultimately he found a lot under Highway 101 on Bayshore Boulevard.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“San Francisco doesn’t have too many recycling centers because everybody is open-minded about recycling as long as it’s not close to their house,” says Csaszar.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Murray says recycling center closures have contributed to a decrease in California’s recycling rates. For beverage containers, CalReycycle reported it dropped from \u003ca href=\"https://www.calrecycle.ca.gov/docs/cr/bevcontainer/rates/biannualrpt/julydecrpt.pdf\">85 percent in 2013\u003c/a> to a 75 percent recycle rate in 2017. Others, though, have attributed declining rates of recycling to a strong economy.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad floatright]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[baycuriousquestion]\u003c/p>\n\n",
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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003cp>How many times have you looked at the top of a soda can or the side of a bottle, and seen a 5- or 10-cent CRV stamp? Chances are you barely considered it.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003cp>\u003caside class=\"alignleft utils-parseShortcode-shortcodes-__bayCuriousPodcastShortcode__bayCurious\">\u003cimg src=https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/02/bayCuriousLogo.png alt=\"Bay Curious Podcast\" loading=\"lazy\" />\n \u003ca href=\"/news/series/baycurious\">Bay Curious\u003c/a> is a podcast that answers your questions about the Bay Area.\n Subscribe on \u003ca href=\"https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/bay-curious/id1172473406\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Apple Podcasts\u003c/a>,\n \u003ca href=\"http://www.npr.org/podcasts/500557090/bay-curious\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">NPR One\u003c/a> or your favorite podcast platform.\u003c/aside>\u003c/p>\u003cp>\u003cbr>\nBut for people who gather aluminum cans and plastic bottles, that CRV inscription means \u003cem>money\u003c/em>. Enough money that \u003ca href=\"https://knpr.org/knpr/2018-09/recycling-fraud-ongoing-issue-california-states-deposit-laws\">smugglers\u003c/a> have been caught trying to bring in more than $80,000 worth of empty beverage containers from Arizona and Nevada.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The value of recyclables piqued the interest of this week’s question asker, Boyd Arnold of San Francisco.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I was curious to learn more about people who collect cans. They are very public in their work, but are very invisible otherwise,” says Arnold. “I’m also curious about the actual economics of recycling.”\u003c/p>\n\u003caside class=\"alignright\">In 2017, more than 18 billion aluminum, glass, PET and HDPE containers were recycled in California.\u003c/aside>\n\u003ch3>Who Recycles\u003c/h3>\n\u003cp>Every day, starting at 7:30 a.m., people line up at Our Planet Recycling on the edge of the Bayview district in San Francisco, pushing bins brimming with plastic bottles and aluminum cans. Many walk here on foot carrying what they can. One customer filled a beat-up RV from floor to ceiling with plastic. Others arrive with recyclables spilling out of sedans.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11714229\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-11714229 size-medium\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/12/BA21ABBA-73B7-4228-8B58-55793C474F69-800x600.jpg\" alt=\"Customers line up with their bins of recyclables at Our Planet Recycling SF.\" width=\"800\" height=\"600\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/12/BA21ABBA-73B7-4228-8B58-55793C474F69-800x600.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/12/BA21ABBA-73B7-4228-8B58-55793C474F69-160x120.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/12/BA21ABBA-73B7-4228-8B58-55793C474F69-1020x765.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/12/BA21ABBA-73B7-4228-8B58-55793C474F69-1200x900.jpg 1200w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/12/BA21ABBA-73B7-4228-8B58-55793C474F69-1920x1440.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Customers line up with their bins of recyclables at Our Planet Recycling SF. \u003ccite>(Jessica Placzek/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>When customers get to the front of the line, their recyclables are weighed. A pound of plastic bottles gets you around $1.20. Aluminum is worth as much as $2 a pound.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003c/div>",
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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>That might not sound like a lot, but it’s enough for a handful of customers to make this their full-time job.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“This [has been] my work for a long time, more than 20 years,” says Darwin Laren.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Laren has one of those pickup trucks that’s been rigged with plywood or metal grating so he can haul more recyclables. Each day he visits about 10 different bars and restaurants around the city to pick up bottles and cans. Monday through Friday he earns about $150 to $160, and shares it with people who help him.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>A number of other customers are daily regulars, too. Willie Cobb comes to Our Planet Recycling every day, making about $10 each trip. 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A handful of people I talked to have other jobs, like Tony Tang, who works for Kaiser Permanente.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Tony saves his used containers and is always on the lookout for more — even collecting empties from his friends and family. After three months, he collected seven bins the size of large garbage cans. This earns him about $44.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>All kinds of people gather recyclables. Workers here talk about people dropping off recyclables in nice cars and letting somebody else cash them in. There are janitors who bring in recyclables in bulk, and people who prowl the streets day and night looking for empties. 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"content": "\u003cp>Every December, about 17,000 people gather on the streets of San Francisco for what has become one of the city’s preeminent drinking holidays: SantaCon.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“You’ll see people wearing some version of the Santa costume, and they’ll just be going from bar to bar in big groups of Santas,” says Alyssa Poe of Berkeley.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[baycuriouspodcastinfo]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>She first stumbled upon SantaCon on a Saturday in December a few years ago, while visiting San Francisco with a friend. Ever since, she’s wondered where the event came from, and how it became a phenomenon that’s now celebrated in cities like London, Melbourne and Tokyo.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Though New York City can lay claim to having the biggest SantaCon these days, it got its start in San Francisco. This year, the event takes place on Dec. 8.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Bay Curious takes a look back to when it first began with this timeline from reporter Sonia Paul, who first wrote about \u003ca href=\"https://harpers.org/blog/2017/12/searching-for-santacon/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">SantaCon for Harper’s Magazine\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>Santacon/Santarchy Timeline\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>\u003cb>1977\u003c/b>: \u003ca href=\"http://www.suicideclub.com/\">The Suicide Club\u003c/a>, a secret society focused on creating experiences for people to face their fears, is founded in San Francisco. The group’s events include both daredevil urban adventures and infiltration into groups like the California Nazi Party.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11708167\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 640px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-large wp-image-11708167\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/11/6169505292_29575350b6_b-1020x680.jpg\" alt=\"In 1977 the Suicide Club cut up refrigerator boxes and slid down the letters above South San Francisco.\" width=\"640\" height=\"427\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/11/6169505292_29575350b6_b-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/11/6169505292_29575350b6_b-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/11/6169505292_29575350b6_b-800x534.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/11/6169505292_29575350b6_b.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">In 1977 the Suicide Club cut up refrigerator boxes and slid down the letters above South San Francisco. \u003ccite>(Thomas Hawk/flickr)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>\u003cb>Late 1977\u003c/b>: One of the Suicide Club’s founders, Gary Warne, comes across a \u003ca href=\"https://books.google.com/books?id=reYDAAAAMBAJ&pg=PA68&lpg=PA68&dq=solvognen+danish+christmas&source=bl&ots=wVj2kmXBwW&sig=dseDyDZMB5yJAYEzafASHTOmQkI&hl=en&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwixtrao5vLeAhUJi1QKHcLbDyUQ6AEwEnoECAsQAQ#v=onepage&q&f=false\">Mother Jones article\u003c/a> about \u003ci>Solvognen\u003c/i>, a Danish anarchist theatre group that demonstrated in 1974 against the greed and consumerism associated with Christmas. Warne suggests a Suicide Club event where members would dress up as Santa, but no one acts on it, and the idea is forgotten.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11708168\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\" style=\"max-width: 300px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-11708168\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/11/IMG_9769-1020x1360.jpg\" alt=\"John Law stands behind a book about the Cacophony Society.\" width=\"300\" height=\"400\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/11/IMG_9769-1020x1360.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/11/IMG_9769-160x213.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/11/IMG_9769-800x1067.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/11/IMG_9769-900x1200.jpg 900w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/11/IMG_9769-1920x2560.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">John Law stands behind a book about the Cacophony Society. \u003ccite>(Sonia Paul/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>\u003cb>1986\u003c/b>: The Cacophony Society is born as a more expansive and less intense version of the Suicide Club. It calls itself “a randomly gathered network of individuals united in the pursuit of experiences beyond the pale of mainstream society.” Cacophony Society gatherings revolve around subversive pranks and bizarre events, like throwing a formal party in the laundromat.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cb>1987\u003c/b>: Rob Schmitt, the founder of SantaCon, moves to the Bay Area from Minnesota. He soon becomes involved with the Cacophony Society.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cb>Fall 1994\u003c/b>: While making costumes for a Cacophony event at his friend’s house, Rob Schmitt sees a postcard of people dressed as Santa playing pool in a gay bar. The sender of the postcard participated in the first themed camp at Burning Man, Christmas Camp. Rob gets an idea: What if the Cacophony Society threw an event where people could dress up as Santa and go around the streets of San Francisco? He is not aware of \u003ci>Solvognen\u003c/i> or Gary Warne’s idea.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>He takes his idea to a Cacophony Society meeting, where some people dismiss it, but a few are interested. They hold a planning meeting at Specs’ Twelve Adler Museum Cafe. They figure out where they can buy Santa suits and decide to rent a bus to shuttle the Santas around the city. Rob secures free passes to ride the cable car and informs workers at Emporium-Capwell, a now-defunct department store, that he’ll be bringing a bunch of Santas over on a Tuesday night in late December.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cb>Dec. 20, 1994:\u003c/b> The first SantaCon — or Cheap Suit Santas as it was called — is held in San Francisco. Thirty-eight participants dressed in Santa suits meet at the Embarcadero, where a skating rink is set up for the holidays. They get into a snowball fight with ice shavings before marching into a local hotel shouting “ho, ho, ho.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11708187\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-11708187 size-medium\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/11/Screen-Shot-2018-11-26-at-12.12.47-PM-e1543263397708-800x579.png\" alt=\"Rob Schmitt rented a bus for the Cheap Suit Santas to roam the streets of San Francisco.\" width=\"800\" height=\"579\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/11/Screen-Shot-2018-11-26-at-12.12.47-PM-e1543263397708-800x579.png 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/11/Screen-Shot-2018-11-26-at-12.12.47-PM-e1543263397708-160x116.png 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/11/Screen-Shot-2018-11-26-at-12.12.47-PM-e1543263397708-1020x739.png 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/11/Screen-Shot-2018-11-26-at-12.12.47-PM-e1543263397708-1200x869.png 1200w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/11/Screen-Shot-2018-11-26-at-12.12.47-PM-e1543263397708.png 1428w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">A bus of Cheap Suit Santas ready to hit the streets of San Francisco at the second SantaCon in 1995. \u003ccite>(Peter Field)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>A bus takes the Santas around the city, where they crash company Christmas parties, but the more memorable stops are a kiddie carnival located at the top of Emporium-Capwell, a debutante ball and a unionized strip club called the Lusty Lady.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11708194\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-11708194 size-medium\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/11/Screen-Shot-2018-11-26-at-12.21.12-PM-e1543263872823-800x579.png\" alt=\"Santas headed into the Lusty Lady, a unionized strip club.\" width=\"800\" height=\"579\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/11/Screen-Shot-2018-11-26-at-12.21.12-PM-e1543263872823-800x579.png 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/11/Screen-Shot-2018-11-26-at-12.21.12-PM-e1543263872823-160x116.png 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/11/Screen-Shot-2018-11-26-at-12.21.12-PM-e1543263872823-1020x738.png 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/11/Screen-Shot-2018-11-26-at-12.21.12-PM-e1543263872823-1200x868.png 1200w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/11/Screen-Shot-2018-11-26-at-12.21.12-PM-e1543263872823.png 1426w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Santas headed into the Lusty Lady, a unionized strip club. \u003ccite>(Peter Field)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Late that night, John Law, one of the co-founders of Burning Man who was also a member of the Cacophony Society, has his friends pretend to hang him from steel scaffolding in the middle of the street (he is wearing a body harness underneath his Santa suit that enables this).\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>He says his premise for participating in the event is more along the lines of \u003ci>Solvognen’s\u003c/i> sentiment about Christmas — he feels modern-day Christmas has become an example of what he calls “middle-class hypocrisy,” and this hanging is meant to be a street-theater protest against that.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11708189\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-11708189 size-medium\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/11/Screen-Shot-2018-11-26-at-12.11.57-PM-800x1097.png\" alt=\"John Law hangs from a light wearing a harness underneath his suit.\" width=\"800\" height=\"1097\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/11/Screen-Shot-2018-11-26-at-12.11.57-PM-800x1097.png 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/11/Screen-Shot-2018-11-26-at-12.11.57-PM-160x219.png 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/11/Screen-Shot-2018-11-26-at-12.11.57-PM-1020x1399.png 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/11/Screen-Shot-2018-11-26-at-12.11.57-PM-875x1200.png 875w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/11/Screen-Shot-2018-11-26-at-12.11.57-PM.png 1038w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">John Law hangs from a light wearing a harness underneath his suit. \u003ccite>(Peter Field)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>\u003cb>December 1995: \u003c/b>SantaCon returns, and more than 100 people take part in this year’s event. With more people, more alcohol and more boldness among participants, it takes on a more rambunctious tone. At the end of the night, John Law has his friends hang him from a street lamp for another street-theater protest.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11708195\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-11708195 size-medium\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/11/Screen-Shot-2018-11-26-at-12.12.32-PM-1-800x1105.png\" alt=\"Santas at the second Cacophony Society Cheap Suit Santas event.\" width=\"800\" height=\"1105\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/11/Screen-Shot-2018-11-26-at-12.12.32-PM-1-800x1105.png 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/11/Screen-Shot-2018-11-26-at-12.12.32-PM-1-160x221.png 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/11/Screen-Shot-2018-11-26-at-12.12.32-PM-1-1020x1409.png 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/11/Screen-Shot-2018-11-26-at-12.12.32-PM-1-868x1200.png 868w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/11/Screen-Shot-2018-11-26-at-12.12.32-PM-1.png 1032w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Santas at the second Cacophony Society Cheap Suit Santas event. \u003ccite>(Peter Field)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>\u003cb>December 1996:\u003c/b> The Portland chapter of the Cacophony Society brings SantaCon up north for its own version of the event. A website, Santarchy.com (a fusion of “Santa” and “anarchy”) helps advertise the event. With the rise of the internet, more people find out about SantaCon and bring it to their city.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cb>1997 onward\u003c/b>: SantaCon grows into an annual tradition in different cities around the world and becomes known as a pub crawl. New York, London, Los Angeles and Tokyo are just a few of the cities where SantaCon now takes place.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11708197\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-11708197 size-medium\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/11/GettyImages-158391987-800x556.jpg\" alt=\"Revellers in Santa costumes gather around Nelson's Column during a 'Santacon' in Trafalgar Square in central London.\" width=\"800\" height=\"556\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/11/GettyImages-158391987-800x556.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/11/GettyImages-158391987-160x111.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/11/GettyImages-158391987-1020x709.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/11/GettyImages-158391987-1200x834.jpg 1200w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/11/GettyImages-158391987-1920x1334.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Revelers in Santa costumes gather around Nelson’s Column during a SantaCon in Trafalgar Square in central London. \u003ccite>(LEON NEAL/AFP/Getty Images)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\n",
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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003cp>Every December, about 17,000 people gather on the streets of San Francisco for what has become one of the city’s preeminent drinking holidays: SantaCon.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“You’ll see people wearing some version of the Santa costume, and they’ll just be going from bar to bar in big groups of Santas,” says Alyssa Poe of Berkeley.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003cp>\u003caside class=\"alignleft utils-parseShortcode-shortcodes-__bayCuriousPodcastShortcode__bayCurious\">\u003cimg src=https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/02/bayCuriousLogo.png alt=\"Bay Curious Podcast\" loading=\"lazy\" />\n \u003ca href=\"/news/series/baycurious\">Bay Curious\u003c/a> is a podcast that answers your questions about the Bay Area.\n Subscribe on \u003ca href=\"https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/bay-curious/id1172473406\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Apple Podcasts\u003c/a>,\n \u003ca href=\"http://www.npr.org/podcasts/500557090/bay-curious\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">NPR One\u003c/a> or your favorite podcast platform.\u003c/aside>\u003c/p>\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>She first stumbled upon SantaCon on a Saturday in December a few years ago, while visiting San Francisco with a friend. Ever since, she’s wondered where the event came from, and how it became a phenomenon that’s now celebrated in cities like London, Melbourne and Tokyo.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Though New York City can lay claim to having the biggest SantaCon these days, it got its start in San Francisco. This year, the event takes place on Dec. 8.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003c/div>",
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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Bay Curious takes a look back to when it first began with this timeline from reporter Sonia Paul, who first wrote about \u003ca href=\"https://harpers.org/blog/2017/12/searching-for-santacon/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">SantaCon for Harper’s Magazine\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>Santacon/Santarchy Timeline\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>\u003cb>1977\u003c/b>: \u003ca href=\"http://www.suicideclub.com/\">The Suicide Club\u003c/a>, a secret society focused on creating experiences for people to face their fears, is founded in San Francisco. The group’s events include both daredevil urban adventures and infiltration into groups like the California Nazi Party.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11708167\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 640px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-large wp-image-11708167\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/11/6169505292_29575350b6_b-1020x680.jpg\" alt=\"In 1977 the Suicide Club cut up refrigerator boxes and slid down the letters above South San Francisco.\" width=\"640\" height=\"427\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/11/6169505292_29575350b6_b-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/11/6169505292_29575350b6_b-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/11/6169505292_29575350b6_b-800x534.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/11/6169505292_29575350b6_b.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">In 1977 the Suicide Club cut up refrigerator boxes and slid down the letters above South San Francisco. \u003ccite>(Thomas Hawk/flickr)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>\u003cb>Late 1977\u003c/b>: One of the Suicide Club’s founders, Gary Warne, comes across a \u003ca href=\"https://books.google.com/books?id=reYDAAAAMBAJ&pg=PA68&lpg=PA68&dq=solvognen+danish+christmas&source=bl&ots=wVj2kmXBwW&sig=dseDyDZMB5yJAYEzafASHTOmQkI&hl=en&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwixtrao5vLeAhUJi1QKHcLbDyUQ6AEwEnoECAsQAQ#v=onepage&q&f=false\">Mother Jones article\u003c/a> about \u003ci>Solvognen\u003c/i>, a Danish anarchist theatre group that demonstrated in 1974 against the greed and consumerism associated with Christmas. Warne suggests a Suicide Club event where members would dress up as Santa, but no one acts on it, and the idea is forgotten.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11708168\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\" style=\"max-width: 300px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-11708168\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/11/IMG_9769-1020x1360.jpg\" alt=\"John Law stands behind a book about the Cacophony Society.\" width=\"300\" height=\"400\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/11/IMG_9769-1020x1360.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/11/IMG_9769-160x213.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/11/IMG_9769-800x1067.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/11/IMG_9769-900x1200.jpg 900w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/11/IMG_9769-1920x2560.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">John Law stands behind a book about the Cacophony Society. \u003ccite>(Sonia Paul/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>\u003cb>1986\u003c/b>: The Cacophony Society is born as a more expansive and less intense version of the Suicide Club. It calls itself “a randomly gathered network of individuals united in the pursuit of experiences beyond the pale of mainstream society.” Cacophony Society gatherings revolve around subversive pranks and bizarre events, like throwing a formal party in the laundromat.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cb>1987\u003c/b>: Rob Schmitt, the founder of SantaCon, moves to the Bay Area from Minnesota. He soon becomes involved with the Cacophony Society.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cb>Fall 1994\u003c/b>: While making costumes for a Cacophony event at his friend’s house, Rob Schmitt sees a postcard of people dressed as Santa playing pool in a gay bar. The sender of the postcard participated in the first themed camp at Burning Man, Christmas Camp. Rob gets an idea: What if the Cacophony Society threw an event where people could dress up as Santa and go around the streets of San Francisco? He is not aware of \u003ci>Solvognen\u003c/i> or Gary Warne’s idea.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>He takes his idea to a Cacophony Society meeting, where some people dismiss it, but a few are interested. They hold a planning meeting at Specs’ Twelve Adler Museum Cafe. They figure out where they can buy Santa suits and decide to rent a bus to shuttle the Santas around the city. Rob secures free passes to ride the cable car and informs workers at Emporium-Capwell, a now-defunct department store, that he’ll be bringing a bunch of Santas over on a Tuesday night in late December.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cb>Dec. 20, 1994:\u003c/b> The first SantaCon — or Cheap Suit Santas as it was called — is held in San Francisco. Thirty-eight participants dressed in Santa suits meet at the Embarcadero, where a skating rink is set up for the holidays. They get into a snowball fight with ice shavings before marching into a local hotel shouting “ho, ho, ho.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11708187\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-11708187 size-medium\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/11/Screen-Shot-2018-11-26-at-12.12.47-PM-e1543263397708-800x579.png\" alt=\"Rob Schmitt rented a bus for the Cheap Suit Santas to roam the streets of San Francisco.\" width=\"800\" height=\"579\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/11/Screen-Shot-2018-11-26-at-12.12.47-PM-e1543263397708-800x579.png 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/11/Screen-Shot-2018-11-26-at-12.12.47-PM-e1543263397708-160x116.png 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/11/Screen-Shot-2018-11-26-at-12.12.47-PM-e1543263397708-1020x739.png 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/11/Screen-Shot-2018-11-26-at-12.12.47-PM-e1543263397708-1200x869.png 1200w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/11/Screen-Shot-2018-11-26-at-12.12.47-PM-e1543263397708.png 1428w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">A bus of Cheap Suit Santas ready to hit the streets of San Francisco at the second SantaCon in 1995. \u003ccite>(Peter Field)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>A bus takes the Santas around the city, where they crash company Christmas parties, but the more memorable stops are a kiddie carnival located at the top of Emporium-Capwell, a debutante ball and a unionized strip club called the Lusty Lady.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11708194\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-11708194 size-medium\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/11/Screen-Shot-2018-11-26-at-12.21.12-PM-e1543263872823-800x579.png\" alt=\"Santas headed into the Lusty Lady, a unionized strip club.\" width=\"800\" height=\"579\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/11/Screen-Shot-2018-11-26-at-12.21.12-PM-e1543263872823-800x579.png 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/11/Screen-Shot-2018-11-26-at-12.21.12-PM-e1543263872823-160x116.png 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/11/Screen-Shot-2018-11-26-at-12.21.12-PM-e1543263872823-1020x738.png 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/11/Screen-Shot-2018-11-26-at-12.21.12-PM-e1543263872823-1200x868.png 1200w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/11/Screen-Shot-2018-11-26-at-12.21.12-PM-e1543263872823.png 1426w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Santas headed into the Lusty Lady, a unionized strip club. \u003ccite>(Peter Field)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Late that night, John Law, one of the co-founders of Burning Man who was also a member of the Cacophony Society, has his friends pretend to hang him from steel scaffolding in the middle of the street (he is wearing a body harness underneath his Santa suit that enables this).\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>He says his premise for participating in the event is more along the lines of \u003ci>Solvognen’s\u003c/i> sentiment about Christmas — he feels modern-day Christmas has become an example of what he calls “middle-class hypocrisy,” and this hanging is meant to be a street-theater protest against that.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11708189\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-11708189 size-medium\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/11/Screen-Shot-2018-11-26-at-12.11.57-PM-800x1097.png\" alt=\"John Law hangs from a light wearing a harness underneath his suit.\" width=\"800\" height=\"1097\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/11/Screen-Shot-2018-11-26-at-12.11.57-PM-800x1097.png 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/11/Screen-Shot-2018-11-26-at-12.11.57-PM-160x219.png 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/11/Screen-Shot-2018-11-26-at-12.11.57-PM-1020x1399.png 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/11/Screen-Shot-2018-11-26-at-12.11.57-PM-875x1200.png 875w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/11/Screen-Shot-2018-11-26-at-12.11.57-PM.png 1038w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">John Law hangs from a light wearing a harness underneath his suit. \u003ccite>(Peter Field)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>\u003cb>December 1995: \u003c/b>SantaCon returns, and more than 100 people take part in this year’s event. With more people, more alcohol and more boldness among participants, it takes on a more rambunctious tone. At the end of the night, John Law has his friends hang him from a street lamp for another street-theater protest.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11708195\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-11708195 size-medium\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/11/Screen-Shot-2018-11-26-at-12.12.32-PM-1-800x1105.png\" alt=\"Santas at the second Cacophony Society Cheap Suit Santas event.\" width=\"800\" height=\"1105\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/11/Screen-Shot-2018-11-26-at-12.12.32-PM-1-800x1105.png 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/11/Screen-Shot-2018-11-26-at-12.12.32-PM-1-160x221.png 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/11/Screen-Shot-2018-11-26-at-12.12.32-PM-1-1020x1409.png 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/11/Screen-Shot-2018-11-26-at-12.12.32-PM-1-868x1200.png 868w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/11/Screen-Shot-2018-11-26-at-12.12.32-PM-1.png 1032w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Santas at the second Cacophony Society Cheap Suit Santas event. \u003ccite>(Peter Field)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>\u003cb>December 1996:\u003c/b> The Portland chapter of the Cacophony Society brings SantaCon up north for its own version of the event. A website, Santarchy.com (a fusion of “Santa” and “anarchy”) helps advertise the event. With the rise of the internet, more people find out about SantaCon and bring it to their city.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cb>1997 onward\u003c/b>: SantaCon grows into an annual tradition in different cities around the world and becomes known as a pub crawl. 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"content": "\u003cp>You don’t have to be a cyclist in the Bay Area to appreciate that bike theft is rampant. Walking around, you might notice broken U-locks next to bike racks where someone’s ride vanished. Or skeletal bike frames that are still locked up, but the wheels, seat, and anything else that wasn’t welded in place have all been picked clean.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>An \u003ca href=\"https://sfbos.org/sites/default/files/FileCenter/Documents/46121-BLA.BikeTheft.052413.pdf\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">analysis\u003c/a> estimated that in 2012 there were more than 4,000 actual, attempted or unreported bike thefts in San Francisco, with some $4.6 million worth of bikes taken.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[baycuriouspodcastinfo]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In this episode of Bay Curious (listen using the play button above), we unpack two questions — what the San Francisco Police Department is doing about bike theft, and what happens after bikes or bicycle parts are stolen.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Along the way, reporter Daniel Potter learned several surprising facts. Here are his top 10:\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>1. Some bike thieves are handy with power tools.\u003c/strong>\u003cbr>\nMaybe you already knew a cheap cable lock is no match for a sturdy pair of bolt cutters. Or that metal U-locks can sometimes be defeated using car jacks. But in the arms race between thieves and deterrents, a power tool called a cordless angle grinder is hard to beat. In a spray of sparks, this handheld electric saw can slice through metal — meaning even a decent U-lock might not be enough. Alas, there’s a tool for everything.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>2. Organized crime is a factor.\u003c/strong>\u003cbr>\nBike thieves operate on different levels. Some are low-level opportunists — they’ll grab a saddle or an unsecured wheel to make a quick buck. Others are much more sophisticated. They have not only power tools but also trucks, and places to store bikes that may end up for sale online — or in other cities. It’s not unheard of for bikes stolen in the Bay Area to turn up in Los Angeles or Portland.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Box Dog Bikes, in San Francisco’s Mission District, \u003ca href=\"https://hoodline.com/2018/08/burglars-swipe-most-of-box-dog-bikes-bicycle-inventory-wednesday-night\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">knows this kind of crime firsthand\u003c/a>. In August, burglars broke into the store overnight and hauled away 21 bikes valued at more than $40,000.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11708773\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/11/bikes-800x450.jpg\" alt=\"Box Dog Bikes in San Francisco was burglarized in August 2017, and dozens of bicycles were taken.\" width=\"800\" height=\"450\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-11708773\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/11/bikes-800x450.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/11/bikes-160x90.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/11/bikes-1020x574.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/11/bikes-960x540.jpg 960w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/11/bikes-240x135.jpg 240w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/11/bikes-375x211.jpg 375w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/11/bikes-520x293.jpg 520w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/11/bikes.jpg 1080w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Box Dog Bikes in San Francisco was burglarized in August 2017, and dozens of bicycles were taken. \u003ccite>(Courtesy of Box Dog Bikes)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>3. Even so, bike thefts in S.F. are trending down.\u003c/strong>\u003cbr>\nComparing the first nine months of 2018 to the same period last year, San Francisco police say bike thefts dropped 23 percent, from 572 to 441.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>That could be thanks partly to outside factors, like the proliferation of bike-rental kiosks and scooters that enable people to risk their own bikes less. But police chalk it up to expanded foot patrols warding off some would-be thieves, along with newly centralized investigations aimed at stopping higher-level theft rings.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>4. Stolen bikes are often swapped, then swapped again.\u003c/strong>\u003cbr>\nIn some circles, bikes aren’t just a practical mode of transportation, but also a kind of currency. An intact bike is like a large bill that can be broken up into smaller denominations in the form of parts, and later reconstituted as a different ride.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>This means stolen bikes and parts tend to change hands early and often — potentially complicating police work.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>5. Hot bikes go for pennies on the dollar.\u003c/strong>\u003cbr>\nA bike that would retail for over $1,000 often goes for a lot less when it’s stolen. That’s partly because bike thieves may be eager to offload hot property for quick cash (see #4 above) and also because the bikes are often reconfigured in order to sell parts separately — or to hastily disguise a stolen frame, say, with a new paint job.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>When athlete Canaan Vallejos’ stolen bike turned up on Craigslist, he managed to get it back — minus the racks and expensive saddle, which had been replaced with a seat so cheap he told me “they wouldn’t put that thing on a Huffy.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>6. Websites like \u003ca href=\"https://bikeindex.org/\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Bike Index\u003c/a> help people recover their stolen bikes.\u003c/strong>\u003cbr>\nThousands of bikes have been returned to their proper owners thanks to people volunteering their time and keeping an eye out for bikes reported stolen in their area. With help from a tipster using Bike Index, Robin Lee, one of this week’s question-askers, managed to track down a customized mountain bike that was stolen out of her garage. (The police helped get it back, and SFPD recommends calling 911 if you have eyes on someone with your stolen bike.)\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[baycuriousbug]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>7. SFPD has a warehouse full of stolen bikes whose original owners can’t be found.\u003c/strong>\u003cbr>\nAn analysis found that in 2012, SFPD recovered 864 stolen bikes, but only 142 went home with their owners — about 16 percent. Asked if she could ballpark the current number of recovered bikes in storage, Public Information Officer Giselle Linnane told me “hundreds, yeah — at least.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>She says police often simply don’t have contact information for owners or a way to track them down — and that filing a police report improves your chances of getting your bike back. 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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003cp>You don’t have to be a cyclist in the Bay Area to appreciate that bike theft is rampant. Walking around, you might notice broken U-locks next to bike racks where someone’s ride vanished. Or skeletal bike frames that are still locked up, but the wheels, seat, and anything else that wasn’t welded in place have all been picked clean.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>An \u003ca href=\"https://sfbos.org/sites/default/files/FileCenter/Documents/46121-BLA.BikeTheft.052413.pdf\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">analysis\u003c/a> estimated that in 2012 there were more than 4,000 actual, attempted or unreported bike thefts in San Francisco, with some $4.6 million worth of bikes taken.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003cp>\u003caside class=\"alignleft utils-parseShortcode-shortcodes-__bayCuriousPodcastShortcode__bayCurious\">\u003cimg src=https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/02/bayCuriousLogo.png alt=\"Bay Curious Podcast\" loading=\"lazy\" />\n \u003ca href=\"/news/series/baycurious\">Bay Curious\u003c/a> is a podcast that answers your questions about the Bay Area.\n Subscribe on \u003ca href=\"https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/bay-curious/id1172473406\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Apple Podcasts\u003c/a>,\n \u003ca href=\"http://www.npr.org/podcasts/500557090/bay-curious\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">NPR One\u003c/a> or your favorite podcast platform.\u003c/aside>\u003c/p>\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In this episode of Bay Curious (listen using the play button above), we unpack two questions — what the San Francisco Police Department is doing about bike theft, and what happens after bikes or bicycle parts are stolen.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Along the way, reporter Daniel Potter learned several surprising facts. Here are his top 10:\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003c/div>",
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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>1. Some bike thieves are handy with power tools.\u003c/strong>\u003cbr>\nMaybe you already knew a cheap cable lock is no match for a sturdy pair of bolt cutters. Or that metal U-locks can sometimes be defeated using car jacks. But in the arms race between thieves and deterrents, a power tool called a cordless angle grinder is hard to beat. In a spray of sparks, this handheld electric saw can slice through metal — meaning even a decent U-lock might not be enough. Alas, there’s a tool for everything.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>2. Organized crime is a factor.\u003c/strong>\u003cbr>\nBike thieves operate on different levels. Some are low-level opportunists — they’ll grab a saddle or an unsecured wheel to make a quick buck. Others are much more sophisticated. They have not only power tools but also trucks, and places to store bikes that may end up for sale online — or in other cities. It’s not unheard of for bikes stolen in the Bay Area to turn up in Los Angeles or Portland.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Box Dog Bikes, in San Francisco’s Mission District, \u003ca href=\"https://hoodline.com/2018/08/burglars-swipe-most-of-box-dog-bikes-bicycle-inventory-wednesday-night\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">knows this kind of crime firsthand\u003c/a>. In August, burglars broke into the store overnight and hauled away 21 bikes valued at more than $40,000.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11708773\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/11/bikes-800x450.jpg\" alt=\"Box Dog Bikes in San Francisco was burglarized in August 2017, and dozens of bicycles were taken.\" width=\"800\" height=\"450\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-11708773\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/11/bikes-800x450.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/11/bikes-160x90.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/11/bikes-1020x574.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/11/bikes-960x540.jpg 960w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/11/bikes-240x135.jpg 240w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/11/bikes-375x211.jpg 375w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/11/bikes-520x293.jpg 520w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/11/bikes.jpg 1080w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Box Dog Bikes in San Francisco was burglarized in August 2017, and dozens of bicycles were taken. \u003ccite>(Courtesy of Box Dog Bikes)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>3. Even so, bike thefts in S.F. are trending down.\u003c/strong>\u003cbr>\nComparing the first nine months of 2018 to the same period last year, San Francisco police say bike thefts dropped 23 percent, from 572 to 441.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>That could be thanks partly to outside factors, like the proliferation of bike-rental kiosks and scooters that enable people to risk their own bikes less. But police chalk it up to expanded foot patrols warding off some would-be thieves, along with newly centralized investigations aimed at stopping higher-level theft rings.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>4. Stolen bikes are often swapped, then swapped again.\u003c/strong>\u003cbr>\nIn some circles, bikes aren’t just a practical mode of transportation, but also a kind of currency. An intact bike is like a large bill that can be broken up into smaller denominations in the form of parts, and later reconstituted as a different ride.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>This means stolen bikes and parts tend to change hands early and often — potentially complicating police work.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>5. Hot bikes go for pennies on the dollar.\u003c/strong>\u003cbr>\nA bike that would retail for over $1,000 often goes for a lot less when it’s stolen. That’s partly because bike thieves may be eager to offload hot property for quick cash (see #4 above) and also because the bikes are often reconfigured in order to sell parts separately — or to hastily disguise a stolen frame, say, with a new paint job.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>When athlete Canaan Vallejos’ stolen bike turned up on Craigslist, he managed to get it back — minus the racks and expensive saddle, which had been replaced with a seat so cheap he told me “they wouldn’t put that thing on a Huffy.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>6. Websites like \u003ca href=\"https://bikeindex.org/\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Bike Index\u003c/a> help people recover their stolen bikes.\u003c/strong>\u003cbr>\nThousands of bikes have been returned to their proper owners thanks to people volunteering their time and keeping an eye out for bikes reported stolen in their area. With help from a tipster using Bike Index, Robin Lee, one of this week’s question-askers, managed to track down a customized mountain bike that was stolen out of her garage. (The police helped get it back, and SFPD recommends calling 911 if you have eyes on someone with your stolen bike.)\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003cp>\u003caside class=\"alignleft utils-parseShortcode-shortcodes-__bayCuriousPodcastShortcode__bayCurious\">\u003cimg src=https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/02/bayCuriousLogo.png alt=\"Bay Curious Podcast\" loading=\"lazy\" />\n What do you wonder about the Bay Area, its culture or people that you want KQED to investigate?\n \u003ca href=\"/news/series/baycurious\">Ask Bay Curious.\u003c/a>\u003c/aside>\u003c/p>\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>7. SFPD has a warehouse full of stolen bikes whose original owners can’t be found.\u003c/strong>\u003cbr>\nAn analysis found that in 2012, SFPD recovered 864 stolen bikes, but only 142 went home with their owners — about 16 percent. Asked if she could ballpark the current number of recovered bikes in storage, Public Information Officer Giselle Linnane told me “hundreds, yeah — at least.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>She says police often simply don’t have contact information for owners or a way to track them down — and that filing a police report improves your chances of getting your bike back. Bikes that can’t be returned are eventually given to charity.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>8. There are many ways to help protect your bike …\u003c/strong>\u003cbr>\nSome perfectly reasonable bike commuters use not one but two U-locks, and safeguard their wheels using cables or locking skewers. There are also companies that sell heavy chains, tracking devices and even a lock that \u003ca href=\"https://www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/2016/oct/21/bike-lock-developed-that-makes-thieves-immediately-vomit\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">sprays noxious fumes\u003c/a> if it’s cut.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>One person I met for this story moved all the furniture out of her bedroom except the bed so her bike could sleep behind the same door she does. Another locks up her bikes in her garage with a camera pointing at them, so she can look in on them when she wakes up worried.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11708782\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/11/bike-frame2-800x600.jpg\" alt=\"Lonely frame\" width=\"800\" height=\"600\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-11708782\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/11/bike-frame2-800x600.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/11/bike-frame2-160x120.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/11/bike-frame2-1020x765.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/11/bike-frame2-1200x900.jpg 1200w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/11/bike-frame2-1920x1440.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">The frame is locked, but every part that once made this a bike is now gone—the wheels, seat, chain, handlebars, and pedals have all been stripped away. 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"content": "\u003cp>If you like to bake \u003ca href=\"https://www.davidlebovitz.com/salted-chocolate-chip-tahini-cookies-cookie-recipe/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">cookies\u003c/a>, like me, there’s a good chance you’ve picked up a bag of semi-sweet or extra dark Guittard chocolate chips at the market.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Ooooh, this must be French,” I’ve thought, failing to look closely at the fine print on the packaging. (Guess who quite recently acquired her first pair of reading glasses?)\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In fact, Guittard may be the biggest local chocolate-maker some of us had no clue was local—even though they’ve been making chocolate here since the Gold Rush.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The original Guittard was Etienne, who came to San Francisco in 1860 \u003cem>from France\u003c/em> (i.e. I wasn’t entirely off the mark). He realized eventually the big money lay in satisfying the San Franciscan sweet tooth. Flash forward to 1868, when E. Guittard Co. opened its doors, about 16 years after Domingo Ghirardelli.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11707906\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-11707906 size-medium\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/11/Vintage_Guittard_Building-800x595.jpg\" alt=\"The old Guittard factory in San Francisco, before the company moved operations to Burlingame, and now Fairfield, too.\" width=\"800\" height=\"595\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/11/Vintage_Guittard_Building-800x595.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/11/Vintage_Guittard_Building-160x119.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/11/Vintage_Guittard_Building-1020x758.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/11/Vintage_Guittard_Building-1200x892.jpg 1200w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/11/Vintage_Guittard_Building-1920x1427.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">The old Guittard factory in San Francisco, before the company moved operations to Burlingame, and now Fairfield, too.\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Presumably, there was room for both of them in this chocolate-loving city, because they were both thriving when the 1906 earthquake hit. Guittard’s factory moved briefly to Commercial Street and then to Main Street, where it sat until 1955. Redevelopment then forced the operation to relocate to Burlingame, where it’s stayed ever since, at 10 Guittard Road.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>This is why people living in or traveling through Burlingame and Millbrae often report a sudden need to consume chocolate.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>What It’s Like Inside\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>It’s like the engine room of an old battle ship, if an old battle ship smelled like warm chocolate. The machinery for roasting, grinding, refining is massive and much of it is more than 60 years old, shipped in from Switzerland and Germany.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The company is even older, celebrating its 150th year—still manufacturing in the Bay Area, still privately owned. These days, that’s the business equivalent of a miracle. \u003ca href=\"https://www.ghirardelli.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Ghirardelli Chocolate Company\u003c/a> is now owned by the U.S. division of Swiss confectioner Lindt & Sprüngli. \u003ca href=\"https://www.sees.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">See’s Candies\u003c/a>, headquartered in San Francisco, is owned by Berkshire Hathaway.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Guittard sits in an economic sweet spot between big companies and little ones, supplying chocolate for everyone from See’s, \u003ca href=\"https://www.williams-sonoma.com/products/guittard-150th-anniversary-chocolate-bar/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Williams-Sonoma\u003c/a> and \u003ca href=\"https://www.shakeshack.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Shake Shack\u003c/a> to \u003ca href=\"https://www.recchiuti.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Recchiuti Confections\u003c/a> and \u003ca href=\"https://www.charleschocolates.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Charles Chocolates\u003c/a>. “Everybody’s had [Guittard chocolate], and they don’t realize it,” says CEO Gary Guittard.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11707854\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-11707854\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/11/RS34039_largebar-800x621.jpg\" alt=\"Each Guittard client has a special recipe -- or recipes -- involving particular cocoa beans and a particular mix of chocolate liquor, cocoa butter, sugar and possibly milk. In a similar vein, Guittard's own brand products don't taste the same as what you find distributed by other companies that use Guittard chocolate.\" width=\"800\" height=\"621\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/11/RS34039_largebar-800x621.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/11/RS34039_largebar-160x124.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/11/RS34039_largebar.jpg 1000w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Each Guittard client has a special recipe — or recipes — involving particular cocoa beans and a particular mix of chocolate liquor, cocoa butter, sugar and possibly milk. In a similar vein, Guittard’s own brand products don’t taste the same as what you find distributed by other companies that use Guittard chocolate. \u003ccite>(Courtesy of Guittard Chocolate Company)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>The company has expanded to a new facility in Fairfield, but much of the processing of the chocolate still happens in Burlingame.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Gary’s daughter, Amy Guittard, says there’s a mind-bending range of variation in chocolate, depending on what variables you play with and how. The nib, for instance, is more or less 50 percent fat and 50 percent solid. Once those two elements have been separated from each other in a hydraulic press, you can adjust those percentages, depending on your intended application. “That wide array of percentages is important if you’re a pastry chef or even a home baker,” she said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Gary Guittard also loves to nerd out on the specifics. He can tell you where cocoa pods grow best, which would be “10 to 15 degrees on either side of the equator.” Also, you might be interested to know how children in cocoa-growing regions like to eat their chocolate: in fruit form. “They’ll take a pod and pop a seed in their mouth and suck the mucilage off it, because it’s like a fruit,” he said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The company gets the cocoa beans after they’ve been fermented and dried by farmers. “We work with them in regards to their post-harvest practices. We might want [beans] a little under-fermented, depending on the bean type, or a little over-fermented. Or we might want them dried quickly or more slowly. 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Guittard Co., \"practical manufacturers of plain and fancy chocolates and cocoa of every description.\"' width=\"800\" height=\"601\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/11/RS34038_Drummer-Boy-qut-800x601.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/11/RS34038_Drummer-Boy-qut-160x120.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/11/RS34038_Drummer-Boy-qut-1020x766.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/11/RS34038_Drummer-Boy-qut-1200x901.jpg 1200w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/11/RS34038_Drummer-Boy-qut.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">An early advertisement for E. Guittard Co., “practical manufacturers of plain and fancy chocolates and cocoa of every description.” \u003ccite>(Courtesy of Guittard Chocolate Company)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Amy notes consumer enthusiasm for bean-to-bar chocolate swings back and forth between “extreme” flavors and more traditional blends. “There’s beauty in the extreme, but also in the balance. We’ve got flavor labs in Java, Ghana and Ivory Coast that are focused on preserving those heirloom flavor profiles,” she said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Guittard helped to found a nonprofit organization called the \u003ca href=\"https://hcpcacao.org\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Heirloom Cacao Preservation Fund\u003c/a>. From the group’s website: “Our goal is to not only protect and propagate fine flavor cacao for future generations, but to also improve the livelihoods for cacao-growing families. 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These days, that’s the business equivalent of a miracle. \u003ca href=\"https://www.ghirardelli.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Ghirardelli Chocolate Company\u003c/a> is now owned by the U.S. division of Swiss confectioner Lindt & Sprüngli. \u003ca href=\"https://www.sees.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">See’s Candies\u003c/a>, headquartered in San Francisco, is owned by Berkshire Hathaway.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Guittard sits in an economic sweet spot between big companies and little ones, supplying chocolate for everyone from See’s, \u003ca href=\"https://www.williams-sonoma.com/products/guittard-150th-anniversary-chocolate-bar/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Williams-Sonoma\u003c/a> and \u003ca href=\"https://www.shakeshack.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Shake Shack\u003c/a> to \u003ca href=\"https://www.recchiuti.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Recchiuti Confections\u003c/a> and \u003ca href=\"https://www.charleschocolates.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Charles Chocolates\u003c/a>. “Everybody’s had [Guittard chocolate], and they don’t realize it,” says CEO Gary Guittard.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11707854\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-11707854\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/11/RS34039_largebar-800x621.jpg\" alt=\"Each Guittard client has a special recipe -- or recipes -- involving particular cocoa beans and a particular mix of chocolate liquor, cocoa butter, sugar and possibly milk. In a similar vein, Guittard's own brand products don't taste the same as what you find distributed by other companies that use Guittard chocolate.\" width=\"800\" height=\"621\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/11/RS34039_largebar-800x621.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/11/RS34039_largebar-160x124.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/11/RS34039_largebar.jpg 1000w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Each Guittard client has a special recipe — or recipes — involving particular cocoa beans and a particular mix of chocolate liquor, cocoa butter, sugar and possibly milk. In a similar vein, Guittard’s own brand products don’t taste the same as what you find distributed by other companies that use Guittard chocolate. \u003ccite>(Courtesy of Guittard Chocolate Company)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>The company has expanded to a new facility in Fairfield, but much of the processing of the chocolate still happens in Burlingame.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Gary’s daughter, Amy Guittard, says there’s a mind-bending range of variation in chocolate, depending on what variables you play with and how. The nib, for instance, is more or less 50 percent fat and 50 percent solid. Once those two elements have been separated from each other in a hydraulic press, you can adjust those percentages, depending on your intended application. “That wide array of percentages is important if you’re a pastry chef or even a home baker,” she said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Gary Guittard also loves to nerd out on the specifics. He can tell you where cocoa pods grow best, which would be “10 to 15 degrees on either side of the equator.” Also, you might be interested to know how children in cocoa-growing regions like to eat their chocolate: in fruit form. “They’ll take a pod and pop a seed in their mouth and suck the mucilage off it, because it’s like a fruit,” he said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The company gets the cocoa beans after they’ve been fermented and dried by farmers. “We work with them in regards to their post-harvest practices. We might want [beans] a little under-fermented, depending on the bean type, or a little over-fermented. Or we might want them dried quickly or more slowly. All of those things affect the flavor,” says Gary.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11707853\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-11707853\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/11/RS34038_Drummer-Boy-qut-800x601.jpg\" alt='An early advertisement for E. 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