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"content": "\u003cp>[dropcap]W[/dropcap]hen I first moved to San Francisco in the summer of 2016, I was blown away by the Castro.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>As a queer guy who grew up in the Midwest, I had never seen anything like it. Rainbow flags. Rainbow crosswalks. Gay couples everywhere holding hands.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>I had never seen a gayer place.[baycuriouspodcastinfo]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But our question asker Bob Girard had a different experience the last time he was in the Castro. He lives in Ventura County with his partner and has visited the Castro a lot over the years.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“The last time we were there it just really seemed to have changed a lot,” Girard said. “Doesn’t seem to be quite the same old Castro as in years past.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>So what has changed?\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Well, it just didn’t seem to be as gay as it used to be,” he said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Which raises the question: \u003cstrong>Is the Castro getting less gay?\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>While the Castro might look as gay as ever, the rainbow explosion on the streets covers up a changing neighborhood that’s home to fewer and fewer gay people.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11634607\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-11634607\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2017/12/RS28194_Castro-2-qut-800x530.jpg\" alt=\"San Francisco's Castro District on Oct. 27, 2017. Many of the neighborhood's gay residents have been priced out in recent years.\" width=\"800\" height=\"530\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/12/RS28194_Castro-2-qut-800x530.jpg 800w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/12/RS28194_Castro-2-qut-160x106.jpg 160w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/12/RS28194_Castro-2-qut-1020x676.jpg 1020w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/12/RS28194_Castro-2-qut.jpg 1920w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/12/RS28194_Castro-2-qut-1180x782.jpg 1180w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/12/RS28194_Castro-2-qut-960x636.jpg 960w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/12/RS28194_Castro-2-qut-240x159.jpg 240w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/12/RS28194_Castro-2-qut-375x248.jpg 375w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/12/RS28194_Castro-2-qut-520x345.jpg 520w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">San Francisco’s Castro District on Oct. 27, 2017. Many of the neighborhood’s gay residents have been priced out in recent years. \u003ccite>(Ryan Levi/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>“It’s gone from being a gay village to being a tourist destination for people around the world who want to come here and experience a little bit of the gay,” says Don Romesburg, an LGBTQ historian who moved to the Castro in the 1990s after college.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>San Francisco has long had neighborhoods where LGBTQ people concentrated — North Beach, the Tenderloin, the Polk. But Romesburg says the rise of the Castro in the 1970s was different.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The Castro and the gay liberation movement gained speed together, creating a more fully realized neighborhood than any of its predecessors. There weren’t just gay bars and bathhouses in the Castro. There were gay barbers and gay doctors and opportunities to do gay activism with gay nonprofits.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“To have a place in San Francisco, in the world, where gay people can come together as a community and feel like they truly belong and that there’s no real sense of stigma, that’s what made the Castro very special for me as a young guy in my 20s,” Romesburg says.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But in a country where gay marriage is legal and acceptance of LGBTQ people is greater than ever, some argue that “gayborhoods” aren’t necessary anymore.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11634604\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003ca href=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2017/12/RS28193_Romesburg-1-qut-e1512340502669.jpg\">\u003cimg decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-11634604\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2017/12/RS28193_Romesburg-1-qut-e1512340502669-800x1057.jpg\" alt='LGBTQ historian Don Romesburg stands in front of the Castro apartment building he was priced out of in 2011. \"There was absolutely no way we could afford anywhere else remotely close to the Castro,\" Romesburg said.' width=\"800\" height=\"1057\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/12/RS28193_Romesburg-1-qut-e1512340502669-800x1057.jpg 800w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/12/RS28193_Romesburg-1-qut-e1512340502669-160x211.jpg 160w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/12/RS28193_Romesburg-1-qut-e1512340502669-1020x1347.jpg 1020w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/12/RS28193_Romesburg-1-qut-e1512340502669-1180x1558.jpg 1180w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/12/RS28193_Romesburg-1-qut-e1512340502669-960x1268.jpg 960w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/12/RS28193_Romesburg-1-qut-e1512340502669-240x317.jpg 240w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/12/RS28193_Romesburg-1-qut-e1512340502669-375x495.jpg 375w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/12/RS28193_Romesburg-1-qut-e1512340502669-520x687.jpg 520w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/12/RS28193_Romesburg-1-qut-e1512340502669.jpg 1272w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">LGBTQ historian Don Romesburg stands in front of the Castro apartment building he was priced out of in 2011. “There was absolutely no way we could afford anywhere else remotely close to the Castro,” Romesburg said. \u003ccite>(Ryan Levi/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Romesburg agrees that this “post-gay thesis” is part of the reason why there are fewer gay people living in the Castro today.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But it’s not the whole story.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I think that’s a little too optimistic,” he says. “I think it’s too shiny and progress-y.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Instead, Romesburg points the finger at a more familiar culprit: gentrification.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>According to Romesburg, the mostly gay white men who moved into the Castro in the 1970s transformed the working-class neighborhood. They rebuilt old Victorian homes that lined the streets and opened popular restaurants and shops.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>By the mid-to-late 1990s, the Castro had become an attractive place to live for queer and straight people alike. Romesburg says this led to a second wave of gentrification that pushed older LGBTQ people — including many older gay men with HIV and AIDS — out of the neighborhood. It also raised costs to the point where young LGBTQ people couldn’t afford to move in.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>It costs more than $3,800 a month \u003ca href=\"https://www.rentjungle.com/average-rent-in-san-francisco-rent-trends/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">on average to rent\u003c/a> an apartment in the Castro, according to one company that tracks rents. The \u003ca href=\"http://sfar.stats.10kresearch.com/infoserv/s-v1/bGWu-SAz\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">median price of a house\u003c/a> in the neighborhood is close to $3 million.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Romesburg was renting an apartment in the Castro with his partner and their young daughter when they were forced out a few years ago and couldn’t afford to rent anywhere else in the neighborhood. They stayed in San Francisco, moving to the city’s west side, but Romesburg knows of men who have left the Bay Area, moving to Southern California and even out of state after being priced out of the Castro.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“A community is woven together like a tapestry, and as you pull out the threads of it, the community becomes much more frayed,” Romesburg says. “I think of the Castro in that way. I feel like, as it becomes more of a global tourist destination and less of a community, it loses some of its heart and some of its soul.”\u003c/p>\n\u003ch3>So where is everyone moving?\u003c/h3>\n\u003cp>If fewer LGBTQ people are living in the Castro, where are they living?\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Bob Girard and his partner are looking at moving to the Bay Area, but they don’t want to live in San Francisco. They do, however, want to make sure they end up somewhere where they’re not the only gay couple around.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“It’s not necessary that it needs to be a high percentage,” Girard says of where they’d like to move. “I’d just like to see other gay people out in public once in a while and to have more social opportunities than exist where we live now.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Real estate agents say they’ve seen an exodus of LGBTQ people out of San Francisco and into Oakland. Taylor Sublett, an agent who works with a lot of gay clients, says they’re moving to Oakland for the same reason that everyone else is moving to Oakland: affordability, proximity to San Francisco and more space.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But unlike the Castro, there’s no one neighborhood in Oakland where gay people are concentrating.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“It’s the same places you see people concentrating from San Francisco period,” Sublett says. “They want to be able to walk to a coffee or be somewhere with that neighborhood-y feel that they’ve been priced out of in San Francisco.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Myles Downes is one of those people. He’s a therapist who has been trying to get out of San Francisco for years.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11634602\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003ca href=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2017/12/RS28196_Myles-qut.jpg\">\u003cimg decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-11634602\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2017/12/RS28196_Myles-qut-800x530.jpg\" alt=\"Myles Downes looks at houses in Oakland on October 27, 2017. Downes, who is gay, has been living in San Francisco for years and is looking to move somewhere more affordable.\" width=\"800\" height=\"530\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/12/RS28196_Myles-qut-800x530.jpg 800w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/12/RS28196_Myles-qut-160x106.jpg 160w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/12/RS28196_Myles-qut-1020x676.jpg 1020w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/12/RS28196_Myles-qut.jpg 1920w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/12/RS28196_Myles-qut-1180x782.jpg 1180w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/12/RS28196_Myles-qut-960x636.jpg 960w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/12/RS28196_Myles-qut-240x159.jpg 240w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/12/RS28196_Myles-qut-375x248.jpg 375w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/12/RS28196_Myles-qut-520x345.jpg 520w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Myles Downes looks at houses in Oakland on Oct. 27, 2017. Downes, who is gay, has been living in San Francisco for years and is looking to move somewhere more affordable. \u003ccite>(Ryan Levi/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>He says many of his gay friends have moved out of the city, and it’s become harder to maintain those relationships. He’d love to find a place in Oakland where he’s surrounded by other gay people, but like a lot of people making that move, it’s not his top priority.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“There was a time when we needed ghettoization because it was safer,” Downes says. “Now we don’t really need that as much. We can go and live in the middle of a predominantly straight community, and people are pretty cool with it and it’s no big deal.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But other places in the Bay Area with growing queer communities are trying to be a little more purposeful.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Sonoma and Alameda counties have the highest proportion of same-sex couples in the Bay Area (and in the state, along with Riverside and Santa Cruz) after San Francisco, according to the \u003ca href=\"https://factfinder.census.gov/faces/tableservices/jsf/pages/productview.xhtml?pid=ACS_16_5YR_S1101&prodType=table\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">2016 American Community Survey\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[baycuriousbug]“Sonoma County is so spread out. I think if we all got together in one place, it would really show how many folks are here,” says Alisse Cottle.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>When the Supreme Court ruled gay marriage was legal in 2015, Cottle and her partner, Jess Borrayo, put a rainbow flag outside Brew Coffee and Beer House, the cafe they run in downtown Santa Rosa.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>They opened the restaurant at the beginning of the year without any political agenda. 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Brew's owners put the flag out after the Supreme Court ruled gay marriage legal across the country, and the cafe has since become a hub for Santa Rosa's growing queer community.\" width=\"800\" height=\"530\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/12/RS28198_Brew-1-qut-800x530.jpg 800w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/12/RS28198_Brew-1-qut-160x106.jpg 160w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/12/RS28198_Brew-1-qut-1020x676.jpg 1020w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/12/RS28198_Brew-1-qut.jpg 1920w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/12/RS28198_Brew-1-qut-1180x782.jpg 1180w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/12/RS28198_Brew-1-qut-960x636.jpg 960w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/12/RS28198_Brew-1-qut-240x159.jpg 240w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/12/RS28198_Brew-1-qut-375x248.jpg 375w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/12/RS28198_Brew-1-qut-520x345.jpg 520w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">A rainbow gay pride flag hangs outside Brew in Santa Rosa. 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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>So what has changed?\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Well, it just didn’t seem to be as gay as it used to be,” he said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Which raises the question: \u003cstrong>Is the Castro getting less gay?\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>While the Castro might look as gay as ever, the rainbow explosion on the streets covers up a changing neighborhood that’s home to fewer and fewer gay people.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11634607\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-11634607\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2017/12/RS28194_Castro-2-qut-800x530.jpg\" alt=\"San Francisco's Castro District on Oct. 27, 2017. Many of the neighborhood's gay residents have been priced out in recent years.\" width=\"800\" height=\"530\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/12/RS28194_Castro-2-qut-800x530.jpg 800w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/12/RS28194_Castro-2-qut-160x106.jpg 160w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/12/RS28194_Castro-2-qut-1020x676.jpg 1020w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/12/RS28194_Castro-2-qut.jpg 1920w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/12/RS28194_Castro-2-qut-1180x782.jpg 1180w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/12/RS28194_Castro-2-qut-960x636.jpg 960w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/12/RS28194_Castro-2-qut-240x159.jpg 240w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/12/RS28194_Castro-2-qut-375x248.jpg 375w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/12/RS28194_Castro-2-qut-520x345.jpg 520w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">San Francisco’s Castro District on Oct. 27, 2017. Many of the neighborhood’s gay residents have been priced out in recent years. \u003ccite>(Ryan Levi/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>“It’s gone from being a gay village to being a tourist destination for people around the world who want to come here and experience a little bit of the gay,” says Don Romesburg, an LGBTQ historian who moved to the Castro in the 1990s after college.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>San Francisco has long had neighborhoods where LGBTQ people concentrated — North Beach, the Tenderloin, the Polk. But Romesburg says the rise of the Castro in the 1970s was different.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The Castro and the gay liberation movement gained speed together, creating a more fully realized neighborhood than any of its predecessors. There weren’t just gay bars and bathhouses in the Castro. There were gay barbers and gay doctors and opportunities to do gay activism with gay nonprofits.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“To have a place in San Francisco, in the world, where gay people can come together as a community and feel like they truly belong and that there’s no real sense of stigma, that’s what made the Castro very special for me as a young guy in my 20s,” Romesburg says.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But in a country where gay marriage is legal and acceptance of LGBTQ people is greater than ever, some argue that “gayborhoods” aren’t necessary anymore.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11634604\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003ca href=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2017/12/RS28193_Romesburg-1-qut-e1512340502669.jpg\">\u003cimg decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-11634604\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2017/12/RS28193_Romesburg-1-qut-e1512340502669-800x1057.jpg\" alt='LGBTQ historian Don Romesburg stands in front of the Castro apartment building he was priced out of in 2011. \"There was absolutely no way we could afford anywhere else remotely close to the Castro,\" Romesburg said.' width=\"800\" height=\"1057\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/12/RS28193_Romesburg-1-qut-e1512340502669-800x1057.jpg 800w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/12/RS28193_Romesburg-1-qut-e1512340502669-160x211.jpg 160w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/12/RS28193_Romesburg-1-qut-e1512340502669-1020x1347.jpg 1020w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/12/RS28193_Romesburg-1-qut-e1512340502669-1180x1558.jpg 1180w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/12/RS28193_Romesburg-1-qut-e1512340502669-960x1268.jpg 960w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/12/RS28193_Romesburg-1-qut-e1512340502669-240x317.jpg 240w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/12/RS28193_Romesburg-1-qut-e1512340502669-375x495.jpg 375w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/12/RS28193_Romesburg-1-qut-e1512340502669-520x687.jpg 520w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/12/RS28193_Romesburg-1-qut-e1512340502669.jpg 1272w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">LGBTQ historian Don Romesburg stands in front of the Castro apartment building he was priced out of in 2011. “There was absolutely no way we could afford anywhere else remotely close to the Castro,” Romesburg said. \u003ccite>(Ryan Levi/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Romesburg agrees that this “post-gay thesis” is part of the reason why there are fewer gay people living in the Castro today.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But it’s not the whole story.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I think that’s a little too optimistic,” he says. “I think it’s too shiny and progress-y.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Instead, Romesburg points the finger at a more familiar culprit: gentrification.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>According to Romesburg, the mostly gay white men who moved into the Castro in the 1970s transformed the working-class neighborhood. They rebuilt old Victorian homes that lined the streets and opened popular restaurants and shops.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>By the mid-to-late 1990s, the Castro had become an attractive place to live for queer and straight people alike. Romesburg says this led to a second wave of gentrification that pushed older LGBTQ people — including many older gay men with HIV and AIDS — out of the neighborhood. It also raised costs to the point where young LGBTQ people couldn’t afford to move in.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>It costs more than $3,800 a month \u003ca href=\"https://www.rentjungle.com/average-rent-in-san-francisco-rent-trends/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">on average to rent\u003c/a> an apartment in the Castro, according to one company that tracks rents. The \u003ca href=\"http://sfar.stats.10kresearch.com/infoserv/s-v1/bGWu-SAz\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">median price of a house\u003c/a> in the neighborhood is close to $3 million.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Romesburg was renting an apartment in the Castro with his partner and their young daughter when they were forced out a few years ago and couldn’t afford to rent anywhere else in the neighborhood. They stayed in San Francisco, moving to the city’s west side, but Romesburg knows of men who have left the Bay Area, moving to Southern California and even out of state after being priced out of the Castro.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“A community is woven together like a tapestry, and as you pull out the threads of it, the community becomes much more frayed,” Romesburg says. “I think of the Castro in that way. I feel like, as it becomes more of a global tourist destination and less of a community, it loses some of its heart and some of its soul.”\u003c/p>\n\u003ch3>So where is everyone moving?\u003c/h3>\n\u003cp>If fewer LGBTQ people are living in the Castro, where are they living?\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Bob Girard and his partner are looking at moving to the Bay Area, but they don’t want to live in San Francisco. They do, however, want to make sure they end up somewhere where they’re not the only gay couple around.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“It’s not necessary that it needs to be a high percentage,” Girard says of where they’d like to move. “I’d just like to see other gay people out in public once in a while and to have more social opportunities than exist where we live now.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Real estate agents say they’ve seen an exodus of LGBTQ people out of San Francisco and into Oakland. Taylor Sublett, an agent who works with a lot of gay clients, says they’re moving to Oakland for the same reason that everyone else is moving to Oakland: affordability, proximity to San Francisco and more space.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But unlike the Castro, there’s no one neighborhood in Oakland where gay people are concentrating.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“It’s the same places you see people concentrating from San Francisco period,” Sublett says. “They want to be able to walk to a coffee or be somewhere with that neighborhood-y feel that they’ve been priced out of in San Francisco.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Myles Downes is one of those people. He’s a therapist who has been trying to get out of San Francisco for years.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11634602\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003ca href=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2017/12/RS28196_Myles-qut.jpg\">\u003cimg decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-11634602\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2017/12/RS28196_Myles-qut-800x530.jpg\" alt=\"Myles Downes looks at houses in Oakland on October 27, 2017. Downes, who is gay, has been living in San Francisco for years and is looking to move somewhere more affordable.\" width=\"800\" height=\"530\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/12/RS28196_Myles-qut-800x530.jpg 800w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/12/RS28196_Myles-qut-160x106.jpg 160w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/12/RS28196_Myles-qut-1020x676.jpg 1020w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/12/RS28196_Myles-qut.jpg 1920w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/12/RS28196_Myles-qut-1180x782.jpg 1180w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/12/RS28196_Myles-qut-960x636.jpg 960w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/12/RS28196_Myles-qut-240x159.jpg 240w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/12/RS28196_Myles-qut-375x248.jpg 375w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/12/RS28196_Myles-qut-520x345.jpg 520w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Myles Downes looks at houses in Oakland on Oct. 27, 2017. Downes, who is gay, has been living in San Francisco for years and is looking to move somewhere more affordable. \u003ccite>(Ryan Levi/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>He says many of his gay friends have moved out of the city, and it’s become harder to maintain those relationships. He’d love to find a place in Oakland where he’s surrounded by other gay people, but like a lot of people making that move, it’s not his top priority.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“There was a time when we needed ghettoization because it was safer,” Downes says. “Now we don’t really need that as much. We can go and live in the middle of a predominantly straight community, and people are pretty cool with it and it’s no big deal.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But other places in the Bay Area with growing queer communities are trying to be a little more purposeful.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Sonoma and Alameda counties have the highest proportion of same-sex couples in the Bay Area (and in the state, along with Riverside and Santa Cruz) after San Francisco, according to the \u003ca href=\"https://factfinder.census.gov/faces/tableservices/jsf/pages/productview.xhtml?pid=ACS_16_5YR_S1101&prodType=table\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">2016 American Community Survey\u003c/a>.\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>“Sonoma County is so spread out. I think if we all got together in one place, it would really show how many folks are here,” says Alisse Cottle.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>When the Supreme Court ruled gay marriage was legal in 2015, Cottle and her partner, Jess Borrayo, put a rainbow flag outside Brew Coffee and Beer House, the cafe they run in downtown Santa Rosa.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>They opened the restaurant at the beginning of the year without any political agenda. 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Brew's owners put the flag out after the Supreme Court ruled gay marriage legal across the country, and the cafe has since become a hub for Santa Rosa's growing queer community.\" width=\"800\" height=\"530\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/12/RS28198_Brew-1-qut-800x530.jpg 800w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/12/RS28198_Brew-1-qut-160x106.jpg 160w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/12/RS28198_Brew-1-qut-1020x676.jpg 1020w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/12/RS28198_Brew-1-qut.jpg 1920w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/12/RS28198_Brew-1-qut-1180x782.jpg 1180w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/12/RS28198_Brew-1-qut-960x636.jpg 960w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/12/RS28198_Brew-1-qut-240x159.jpg 240w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/12/RS28198_Brew-1-qut-375x248.jpg 375w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/12/RS28198_Brew-1-qut-520x345.jpg 520w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">A rainbow gay pride flag hangs outside Brew in Santa Rosa. Brew’s owners put the flag out after the Supreme Court ruled gay marriage legal across the country, and the cafe has since become a hub for Santa Rosa’s growing queer community. \u003ccite>(Ryan Levi/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>“It just started fitting a need that clearly people wanted it,” Cottle said. “And we didn’t really have to do much of anything but just be open to it and be willing.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"http://letterpeople.io/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Letter People\u003c/a>, Sonoma County’s queer professionals group, started holding its meetings at Brew. \u003ca href=\"http://posimages.org/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Positive Images\u003c/a>, the county’s LGBTQ youth group, started doing the same.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Transgender people are a big part of Santa Rosa’s LGBTQ community. The city hosts an annual transgender conference, and Brew hosted a party for a group of transgender kids in October.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Cordelia Southworth, a trans woman, has been living in Santa Rosa for more than 20 years. She has been looking to move to San Francisco recently to be a part of a more active queer community.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“But I’m really enjoying seeing what’s happening up here now that it’s starting to come together and be more visible,” she says. “So I don’t know. It might liven up around here.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cem>This post has been updated with the newest data from the American Community Survey.\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003c/div>",
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"content": "\u003cp>It’s been just over a year since Mary Vega last saw her son, Alex. \u003ca href=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/arts/2016/12/14/alex-vega-artist-and-hip-hop-promoter-with-so-much-more-to-share/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Alex Vega\u003c/a>, 22, and his girlfriend, \u003ca href=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/arts/2016/12/13/michela-angelina-gregory/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Michela Gregory\u003c/a>, 20, were among the 36 people who died on Dec. 2, 2016, when fire engulfed the Ghost Ship warehouse in Oakland.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“It just feels like it happened yesterday,” Mary Vega said Monday outside an Oakland courtroom. “And then at the same time it’s been an eternity.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11634790\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-11634790\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2017/12/MaryVega-800x600.jpg\" alt=\"Mary Vega speaks to reporters outside a courtroom in Oakland. 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She says she wants justice for her son, Alex, who died a year ago in the Ghost Ship fire. \u003ccite>(Sukey Lewis/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>This week, Vega is planning to be in court along with other family members of the deceased to hear evidence against two men facing criminal charges for the Ghost Ship fire.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The Alameda County district attorney has charged Derick Almena, the master tenant for the Fruitvale warehouse, and Max Harris, who helped manage the space, with 36 counts of involuntary manslaughter. A preliminary hearing — where a judge will decide if the evidence merits the case proceeding to trial — is set to begin Wednesday and take approximately five days.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Prosecutors are expected to interview witnesses and present evidence in support of their charge that Almena and Harris acted with gross negligence and disregard for human life. Prosecutors argue that by allowing people to live in the warehouse, holding events there and conducting unpermitted work in the building, the two men created a high risk of death.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[audio src=\"https://www.kqed.org/.stream/anon/radio/RDnews/2017/12/LewisGhostShipPrelimHearing.mp3\" Image=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2017/12/IMG_1095-1180x885.jpg\" Title=\"Prosecutors Seek to Prove 36 Counts of Manslaughter for Each Ghost Ship Fire Defendant\" program=\"KQED News\"]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Witnesses are expected to include law enforcement, firefighters, former Ghost Ship residents and survivors of the fire.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Tony Serra, the San Francisco attorney who is representing Derick Almena, said he does not plan to call any defense witnesses, which is typical in a preliminary hearing.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“This is an opportunity for us to have what we call ‘discovery’ of their major percipient witnesses,” Serra said, “to explore their weaknesses, to explore their credibility, to explore their consistency to previous statements given.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Serra said he does plan to lay the groundwork for a defense that seeks to shift blame from Almena and Harris to other responsible parties.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Countless times, law enforcement, the sheriff, the Oakland Police Department, the Fire Department, Child Protective Services, the inspectors of building — they visited and they OK’d it by implication and by expression,” Serra said. “This was going to be an exception to the rule. So we have to show that in the prelim that there is some responsibility with respect to law enforcement and other agencies.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11634784\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-11634784\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2017/12/RS28263_IMG-9269-qut-800x600.jpg\" alt=\"Tony Serra outside a courtroom in Oakland. Serra is defending Derick Almena, who is charged with 36 counts of involuntary manslaughter.\" width=\"800\" height=\"600\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2017/12/RS28263_IMG-9269-qut-800x600.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2017/12/RS28263_IMG-9269-qut-160x120.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2017/12/RS28263_IMG-9269-qut-1020x765.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2017/12/RS28263_IMG-9269-qut.jpg 1920w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2017/12/RS28263_IMG-9269-qut-1180x885.jpg 1180w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2017/12/RS28263_IMG-9269-qut-960x720.jpg 960w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2017/12/RS28263_IMG-9269-qut-240x180.jpg 240w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2017/12/RS28263_IMG-9269-qut-375x281.jpg 375w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2017/12/RS28263_IMG-9269-qut-520x390.jpg 520w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Tony Serra outside a courtroom in Oakland. Serra is defending Derick Almena, who is charged with 36 counts of involuntary manslaughter. \u003ccite>(Sukey Lewis/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Serra said he also plans to go after the building owner, Chor Ng. Serra said Ng and her agents had an obligation to keep the building up to code and they should be the ones facing criminal charges.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>An \u003ca href=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/2017/06/20/report-details-death-panic-in-oakland-ghost-ship-fire/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">investigation\u003c/a> completed in June by the Oakland Fire Department, the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives, and the Alameda County Arson Task Force failed to find the direct cause of the fire that killed 36 people. Curtis Briggs, Max Harris’s attorney, said that’s a weakness in the prosecution’s case.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“It’s almost like trying a murder case without finding the body,” Briggs said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The Alameda County District Attorney’s Office declined to comment.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11634782\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-11634782 size-medium\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2017/12/RS28262_IMG-9272-qut-800x600.jpg\" alt=\"Alberto Vega and his aunt Esperanza Vega. Alberto lost his brother Alex in the Ghost Ship fire. He said he wants to make sure the right people are held responsible for his brother's death.\" width=\"800\" height=\"600\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2017/12/RS28262_IMG-9272-qut-800x600.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2017/12/RS28262_IMG-9272-qut-160x120.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2017/12/RS28262_IMG-9272-qut-1020x765.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2017/12/RS28262_IMG-9272-qut.jpg 1920w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2017/12/RS28262_IMG-9272-qut-1180x885.jpg 1180w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2017/12/RS28262_IMG-9272-qut-960x720.jpg 960w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2017/12/RS28262_IMG-9272-qut-240x180.jpg 240w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2017/12/RS28262_IMG-9272-qut-375x281.jpg 375w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2017/12/RS28262_IMG-9272-qut-520x390.jpg 520w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Alberto Vega and his aunt, Esperanza Vega. 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So we have to show that in the prelim that there is some responsibility with respect to law enforcement and other agencies.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11634784\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-11634784\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2017/12/RS28263_IMG-9269-qut-800x600.jpg\" alt=\"Tony Serra outside a courtroom in Oakland. Serra is defending Derick Almena, who is charged with 36 counts of involuntary manslaughter.\" width=\"800\" height=\"600\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2017/12/RS28263_IMG-9269-qut-800x600.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2017/12/RS28263_IMG-9269-qut-160x120.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2017/12/RS28263_IMG-9269-qut-1020x765.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2017/12/RS28263_IMG-9269-qut.jpg 1920w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2017/12/RS28263_IMG-9269-qut-1180x885.jpg 1180w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2017/12/RS28263_IMG-9269-qut-960x720.jpg 960w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2017/12/RS28263_IMG-9269-qut-240x180.jpg 240w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2017/12/RS28263_IMG-9269-qut-375x281.jpg 375w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2017/12/RS28263_IMG-9269-qut-520x390.jpg 520w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Tony Serra outside a courtroom in Oakland. Serra is defending Derick Almena, who is charged with 36 counts of involuntary manslaughter. \u003ccite>(Sukey Lewis/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Serra said he also plans to go after the building owner, Chor Ng. Serra said Ng and her agents had an obligation to keep the building up to code and they should be the ones facing criminal charges.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>An \u003ca href=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/2017/06/20/report-details-death-panic-in-oakland-ghost-ship-fire/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">investigation\u003c/a> completed in June by the Oakland Fire Department, the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives, and the Alameda County Arson Task Force failed to find the direct cause of the fire that killed 36 people. 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"content": "\u003cp>Leave it to a San Francisco restaurant to serve up egg dishes with eggs that aren't, well, eggs.\u003c/p>\n\u003caside class=\"pullquote alignright\">Hampton Creek tries to recover from a spate of bad news with its new artificial egg product.\u003c/aside>\n\u003cp>At the cozy Flore cafe in the Castro district, the thick, yellow liquid chef Ben Roche pours into a sizzling pan looks just like eggs. But nope -- it’s actually a mixture of mung beans, canola oil and salt.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“We have a little bit of spinach, some mushrooms, and we are going to finish it with some goat cheese,\" Roche says, divulging his not-so-secret recipe.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Fluffy yellow curds form rapidly. I'm more than game. Roche scoops a savory-looking scramble onto my plate. A couple of bites later:\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I can honestly say I would not know the difference,\" I proclaim. \"It tastes like scrambled eggs.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Flore's $14 concoction makes the eatery the first in the Bay Area to put the imitation eggs, which are called Just Scramble, on the menu. The egg substitute is made by San Francisco food company Hampton Creek, which has been itself scrambling, trying to recover from a series of missteps and adverse events. In September the company\u003ca href=\"https://techcrunch.com/2017/09/14/hampton-creek-rises-again-with-new-directors-and-patents-for-a-new-direction/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"> replenished\u003c/a> its board of directors, several months after a mass exodus.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The company’s CEO, Josh Tetrick, says it tried a multitude of plants before getting Just Scramble right.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Kidney beans, black beans, and navy beans, sorghum and yellow peas,\" he said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Hampton Creek's \u003ca href=\"https://www.eatjust.com/en-us/stories/mission\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">mission statement\u003c/a> says the company is trying to change a \"mindset\" that \"does not believe it’s possible to have healthier, sustainable food that is also affordable and delicious.\" To that end, the company also offers Just Mayo, Just Cookies and Just Dressing. Hampton Creek \u003ca href=\"https://www.dropbox.com/s/r0lsd4hw4xzltg8/HC_Sustainability_Indicator_Methods_FINAL_11-2017.pdf?dl=0\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">says\u003c/a> making mung beans into artificial eggs requires a lot less water and has a lighter carbon footprint than producing the real thing.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Breaking a Few Eggs\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>To make an omelette, you have to break a few eggs, and the company has certainly done that in recent years. In 2016, Bloomberg \u003ca href=\"https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2016-08-04/food-startup-ran-undercover-project-to-buy-up-its-own-products\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">reported\u003c/a> that Hampton Creek bought back hundreds of jars of Just Mayo from supermarkets across the U.S. The purpose of the program was to \"make sales look better to potential investors,\" according to former employees who spoke with Bloomberg.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In addition, \"contractors were told to call store managers pretending they were customers and ask about Just Mayo,\" Bloomberg said. The company claimed this was a quality control effort, though e-mails, receipts and expense reports reviewed by the news organization seemed to suggest otherwise. Hampton Creek spokesperson Andrew Noyes says federal inquiries and an audit by a \"Big Four accounting firm\" found no evidence of wrongdoing.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But in June this year, four of the company's board members topped off a year of infighting by\u003ca href=\"https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2017-07-17/hampton-creek-s-entire-board-is-said-to-leave-except-for-ceo\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"> quitting\u003c/a>, leaving co-founder Tetrick as the sole survivor. Also that month, Target removed Hampton Creek products from its shelves after receiving unconfirmed allegations they were unsafe. The FDA \u003ca href=\"http://www.foodsafetynews.com/2017/08/fda-ends-hampton-creek-query-gives-gras-status-to-protein/#.WiXS4ITysxF\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">cleared the company\u003c/a> of any concerns, but Target stuck with its decision nonetheless.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The company, however, is forging ahead, with plant-based meat, butter and ice cream all in the works.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cem>This post has been updated with Hampton Creek's response to Bloomberg's reporting.\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\n",
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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Flore's $14 concoction makes the eatery the first in the Bay Area to put the imitation eggs, which are called Just Scramble, on the menu. The egg substitute is made by San Francisco food company Hampton Creek, which has been itself scrambling, trying to recover from a series of missteps and adverse events. In September the company\u003ca href=\"https://techcrunch.com/2017/09/14/hampton-creek-rises-again-with-new-directors-and-patents-for-a-new-direction/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"> replenished\u003c/a> its board of directors, several months after a mass exodus.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The company’s CEO, Josh Tetrick, says it tried a multitude of plants before getting Just Scramble right.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Kidney beans, black beans, and navy beans, sorghum and yellow peas,\" he said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Hampton Creek's \u003ca href=\"https://www.eatjust.com/en-us/stories/mission\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">mission statement\u003c/a> says the company is trying to change a \"mindset\" that \"does not believe it’s possible to have healthier, sustainable food that is also affordable and delicious.\" To that end, the company also offers Just Mayo, Just Cookies and Just Dressing. Hampton Creek \u003ca href=\"https://www.dropbox.com/s/r0lsd4hw4xzltg8/HC_Sustainability_Indicator_Methods_FINAL_11-2017.pdf?dl=0\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">says\u003c/a> making mung beans into artificial eggs requires a lot less water and has a lighter carbon footprint than producing the real thing.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Breaking a Few Eggs\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>To make an omelette, you have to break a few eggs, and the company has certainly done that in recent years. In 2016, Bloomberg \u003ca href=\"https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2016-08-04/food-startup-ran-undercover-project-to-buy-up-its-own-products\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">reported\u003c/a> that Hampton Creek bought back hundreds of jars of Just Mayo from supermarkets across the U.S. The purpose of the program was to \"make sales look better to potential investors,\" according to former employees who spoke with Bloomberg.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In addition, \"contractors were told to call store managers pretending they were customers and ask about Just Mayo,\" Bloomberg said. The company claimed this was a quality control effort, though e-mails, receipts and expense reports reviewed by the news organization seemed to suggest otherwise. Hampton Creek spokesperson Andrew Noyes says federal inquiries and an audit by a \"Big Four accounting firm\" found no evidence of wrongdoing.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But in June this year, four of the company's board members topped off a year of infighting by\u003ca href=\"https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2017-07-17/hampton-creek-s-entire-board-is-said-to-leave-except-for-ceo\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"> quitting\u003c/a>, leaving co-founder Tetrick as the sole survivor. Also that month, Target removed Hampton Creek products from its shelves after receiving unconfirmed allegations they were unsafe. The FDA \u003ca href=\"http://www.foodsafetynews.com/2017/08/fda-ends-hampton-creek-query-gives-gras-status-to-protein/#.WiXS4ITysxF\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">cleared the company\u003c/a> of any concerns, but Target stuck with its decision nonetheless.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The company, however, is forging ahead, with plant-based meat, butter and ice cream all in the works.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cem>This post has been updated with Hampton Creek's response to Bloomberg's reporting.\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\n\u003c/div>\u003c/p>",
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"content": "\u003cp>On Sunday, the Bay Area was treated to a \"\u003ca href=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/science/2017/11/29/dance-by-the-light-of-the-2017-supermoon-the-how-and-when/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">supermoon\u003c/a>,\" which occurs when the moon's close distance to Earth makes it appear brighter and larger than usual. The last supermoon was in November 2016, and it was the closest the moon will get to Earth until 2034.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Even though this month's supermoon wasn't as big and bright as last year's, it's still unique as our first and only supermoon of the year.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Given the popularity of the lunar delight, we asked our viewers and listeners to send us their best photos from the Dec. 3 supermoon, and got these snaps from the Bay Area ... and beyond.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Castro Valley\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11634732\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg class=\"wp-image-11634732 size-medium\" title=\"Elliot Lowe/Pointnshoot\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2017/12/RS28276_24302234_10156860401966258_864389401095549552_o-qut-800x534.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"800\" height=\"534\" 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https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/12/RS28278_24300946_10214048485473547_8900370197770175550_n-qut-160x120.jpg 160w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/12/RS28278_24300946_10214048485473547_8900370197770175550_n-qut.jpg 960w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/12/RS28278_24300946_10214048485473547_8900370197770175550_n-qut-240x180.jpg 240w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/12/RS28278_24300946_10214048485473547_8900370197770175550_n-qut-375x281.jpg 375w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/12/RS28278_24300946_10214048485473547_8900370197770175550_n-qut-520x390.jpg 520w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Taken from an apartment in San Francisco. \u003ccite>(Michele Garcia Charles Nakashima)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Pleasanton\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11634733\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg class=\"size-medium wp-image-11634733\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2017/12/RS28277_24785008_10155670295515991_1964704161836844492_o-1-qut-800x533.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"800\" height=\"533\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/12/RS28277_24785008_10155670295515991_1964704161836844492_o-1-qut-800x533.jpg 800w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/12/RS28277_24785008_10155670295515991_1964704161836844492_o-1-qut-160x107.jpg 160w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/12/RS28277_24785008_10155670295515991_1964704161836844492_o-1-qut-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/12/RS28277_24785008_10155670295515991_1964704161836844492_o-1-qut.jpg 1920w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/12/RS28277_24785008_10155670295515991_1964704161836844492_o-1-qut-1180x787.jpg 1180w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/12/RS28277_24785008_10155670295515991_1964704161836844492_o-1-qut-960x640.jpg 960w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/12/RS28277_24785008_10155670295515991_1964704161836844492_o-1-qut-240x160.jpg 240w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/12/RS28277_24785008_10155670295515991_1964704161836844492_o-1-qut-375x250.jpg 375w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/12/RS28277_24785008_10155670295515991_1964704161836844492_o-1-qut-520x347.jpg 520w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Just after the moonrise. 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https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/12/RS28275_24294415_10211232388549661_6958481300916018625_n-qut-50x50.jpg 50w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/12/RS28275_24294415_10211232388549661_6958481300916018625_n-qut-64x64.jpg 64w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/12/RS28275_24294415_10211232388549661_6958481300916018625_n-qut-96x96.jpg 96w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/12/RS28275_24294415_10211232388549661_6958481300916018625_n-qut-128x128.jpg 128w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/12/RS28275_24294415_10211232388549661_6958481300916018625_n-qut-150x150.jpg 150w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Taken from Maui while a cloud partially obscured the moon. \u003ccite>(Charles Nakashima)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Half Moon Bay\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11634724\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg class=\"size-medium wp-image-11634724\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2017/12/RS28265_24313041_10208474922909002_5005464644513676935_o-qut-800x530.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"800\" height=\"530\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/12/RS28265_24313041_10208474922909002_5005464644513676935_o-qut-800x530.jpg 800w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/12/RS28265_24313041_10208474922909002_5005464644513676935_o-qut-160x106.jpg 160w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/12/RS28265_24313041_10208474922909002_5005464644513676935_o-qut-1020x675.jpg 1020w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/12/RS28265_24313041_10208474922909002_5005464644513676935_o-qut.jpg 1920w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/12/RS28265_24313041_10208474922909002_5005464644513676935_o-qut-1180x781.jpg 1180w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/12/RS28265_24313041_10208474922909002_5005464644513676935_o-qut-960x636.jpg 960w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/12/RS28265_24313041_10208474922909002_5005464644513676935_o-qut-240x159.jpg 240w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/12/RS28265_24313041_10208474922909002_5005464644513676935_o-qut-375x248.jpg 375w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/12/RS28265_24313041_10208474922909002_5005464644513676935_o-qut-520x344.jpg 520w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Moon rising over Pillar Point Harbor, Half Moon Bay \u003ccite>(T. Scott Pyne)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Santa Clara\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11634725\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg class=\"size-medium wp-image-11634725\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2017/12/RS28266_24294001_10100989358140222_3812040958554680539_n-qut-800x800.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"800\" height=\"800\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/12/RS28266_24294001_10100989358140222_3812040958554680539_n-qut-800x800.jpg 800w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/12/RS28266_24294001_10100989358140222_3812040958554680539_n-qut-160x160.jpg 160w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/12/RS28266_24294001_10100989358140222_3812040958554680539_n-qut.jpg 960w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/12/RS28266_24294001_10100989358140222_3812040958554680539_n-qut-240x240.jpg 240w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/12/RS28266_24294001_10100989358140222_3812040958554680539_n-qut-375x375.jpg 375w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/12/RS28266_24294001_10100989358140222_3812040958554680539_n-qut-520x520.jpg 520w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/12/RS28266_24294001_10100989358140222_3812040958554680539_n-qut-32x32.jpg 32w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/12/RS28266_24294001_10100989358140222_3812040958554680539_n-qut-50x50.jpg 50w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/12/RS28266_24294001_10100989358140222_3812040958554680539_n-qut-64x64.jpg 64w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/12/RS28266_24294001_10100989358140222_3812040958554680539_n-qut-96x96.jpg 96w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/12/RS28266_24294001_10100989358140222_3812040958554680539_n-qut-128x128.jpg 128w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/12/RS28266_24294001_10100989358140222_3812040958554680539_n-qut-150x150.jpg 150w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Photo taken in front of Vicki Tran's home in Santa Clara. \u003ccite>(Vicki Tran)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Oakland\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11634727\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg class=\"size-medium wp-image-11634727\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2017/12/RS28269_24177127_10214688604518179_8234874530089933156_n-qut-800x502.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"800\" height=\"502\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/12/RS28269_24177127_10214688604518179_8234874530089933156_n-qut-800x502.jpg 800w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/12/RS28269_24177127_10214688604518179_8234874530089933156_n-qut-160x100.jpg 160w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/12/RS28269_24177127_10214688604518179_8234874530089933156_n-qut.jpg 960w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/12/RS28269_24177127_10214688604518179_8234874530089933156_n-qut-240x151.jpg 240w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/12/RS28269_24177127_10214688604518179_8234874530089933156_n-qut-375x235.jpg 375w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/12/RS28269_24177127_10214688604518179_8234874530089933156_n-qut-520x326.jpg 520w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Supermoon from Oakland. \u003ccite>(Janice Quackenbush)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11634712\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg class=\"size-medium wp-image-11634712\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2017/12/RS28272_alt_652-800x525.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"800\" height=\"525\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/12/RS28272_alt_652-800x525.jpg 800w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/12/RS28272_alt_652-160x105.jpg 160w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/12/RS28272_alt_652-1020x669.jpg 1020w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/12/RS28272_alt_652-1180x774.jpg 1180w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/12/RS28272_alt_652-960x630.jpg 960w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/12/RS28272_alt_652-240x157.jpg 240w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/12/RS28272_alt_652-375x246.jpg 375w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/12/RS28272_alt_652-520x341.jpg 520w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/12/RS28272_alt_652.jpg 1270w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">The supermoon as seen from Quintin Chisolm's North Oakland backyard. \u003ccite>(Quintin Chisolm)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Redwood City\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11634730\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg class=\"wp-image-11634730 size-medium\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2017/12/RS28273_24294057_10213194875039781_2433394024995171225_n-qut-800x600.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"800\" height=\"600\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/12/RS28273_24294057_10213194875039781_2433394024995171225_n-qut-800x600.jpg 800w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/12/RS28273_24294057_10213194875039781_2433394024995171225_n-qut-160x120.jpg 160w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/12/RS28273_24294057_10213194875039781_2433394024995171225_n-qut.jpg 960w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/12/RS28273_24294057_10213194875039781_2433394024995171225_n-qut-240x180.jpg 240w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/12/RS28273_24294057_10213194875039781_2433394024995171225_n-qut-375x281.jpg 375w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/12/RS28273_24294057_10213194875039781_2433394024995171225_n-qut-520x390.jpg 520w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Taken from a lookout in Emerald Hills of Redwood City. \u003ccite>(Alayna Maria)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Niles\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11634726\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 720px\">\u003cimg class=\"size-full wp-image-11634726\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2017/12/RS28267_24231982_843483815813867_2268584327502719133_n-qut.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"720\" height=\"960\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/12/RS28267_24231982_843483815813867_2268584327502719133_n-qut.jpg 720w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/12/RS28267_24231982_843483815813867_2268584327502719133_n-qut-160x213.jpg 160w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/12/RS28267_24231982_843483815813867_2268584327502719133_n-qut-240x320.jpg 240w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/12/RS28267_24231982_843483815813867_2268584327502719133_n-qut-375x500.jpg 375w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/12/RS28267_24231982_843483815813867_2268584327502719133_n-qut-520x693.jpg 520w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 720px) 100vw, 720px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Lora Douglas took this photo in the backyard of her Niles home. \u003ccite>(Lora Douglas)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Sebastopol\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11634729\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg class=\"size-medium wp-image-11634729\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2017/12/RS28271_24312919_10214874986171966_8881236720761754463_n-qut-800x555.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"800\" height=\"555\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/12/RS28271_24312919_10214874986171966_8881236720761754463_n-qut-800x555.jpg 800w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/12/RS28271_24312919_10214874986171966_8881236720761754463_n-qut-160x111.jpg 160w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/12/RS28271_24312919_10214874986171966_8881236720761754463_n-qut.jpg 960w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/12/RS28271_24312919_10214874986171966_8881236720761754463_n-qut-240x167.jpg 240w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/12/RS28271_24312919_10214874986171966_8881236720761754463_n-qut-375x260.jpg 375w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/12/RS28271_24312919_10214874986171966_8881236720761754463_n-qut-520x361.jpg 520w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003cp>On Sunday, the Bay Area was treated to a \"\u003ca href=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/science/2017/11/29/dance-by-the-light-of-the-2017-supermoon-the-how-and-when/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">supermoon\u003c/a>,\" which occurs when the moon's close distance to Earth makes it appear brighter and larger than usual. The last supermoon was in November 2016, and it was the closest the moon will get to Earth until 2034.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Even though this month's supermoon wasn't as big and bright as last year's, it's still unique as our first and only supermoon of the year.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Given the popularity of the lunar delight, we asked our viewers and listeners to send us their best photos from the Dec. 3 supermoon, and got these snaps from the Bay Area ... and beyond.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Castro Valley\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11634732\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg class=\"wp-image-11634732 size-medium\" title=\"Elliot Lowe/Pointnshoot\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2017/12/RS28276_24302234_10156860401966258_864389401095549552_o-qut-800x534.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"800\" height=\"534\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/12/RS28276_24302234_10156860401966258_864389401095549552_o-qut-800x534.jpg 800w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/12/RS28276_24302234_10156860401966258_864389401095549552_o-qut-160x107.jpg 160w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/12/RS28276_24302234_10156860401966258_864389401095549552_o-qut-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/12/RS28276_24302234_10156860401966258_864389401095549552_o-qut-960x640.jpg 960w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/12/RS28276_24302234_10156860401966258_864389401095549552_o-qut-240x160.jpg 240w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/12/RS28276_24302234_10156860401966258_864389401095549552_o-qut-375x250.jpg 375w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/12/RS28276_24302234_10156860401966258_864389401095549552_o-qut-520x347.jpg 520w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/12/RS28276_24302234_10156860401966258_864389401095549552_o-qut.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Taken in Castro Valley by Elliot Lowe at 6:23 p.m. using a Canon EOS 1Dx with a 600mm lens and a 2x converter ISO 400 1/200 sec f/16. \u003ccite>(Elliot Lowe/Pointnshoot)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>San Francisco\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11634764\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg class=\"size-medium wp-image-11634764\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2017/12/RS28278_24300946_10214048485473547_8900370197770175550_n-qut-800x600.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"800\" height=\"600\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/12/RS28278_24300946_10214048485473547_8900370197770175550_n-qut-800x600.jpg 800w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/12/RS28278_24300946_10214048485473547_8900370197770175550_n-qut-160x120.jpg 160w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/12/RS28278_24300946_10214048485473547_8900370197770175550_n-qut.jpg 960w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/12/RS28278_24300946_10214048485473547_8900370197770175550_n-qut-240x180.jpg 240w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/12/RS28278_24300946_10214048485473547_8900370197770175550_n-qut-375x281.jpg 375w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/12/RS28278_24300946_10214048485473547_8900370197770175550_n-qut-520x390.jpg 520w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Taken from an apartment in San Francisco. \u003ccite>(Michele Garcia Charles Nakashima)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Pleasanton\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11634733\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg class=\"size-medium wp-image-11634733\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2017/12/RS28277_24785008_10155670295515991_1964704161836844492_o-1-qut-800x533.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"800\" height=\"533\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/12/RS28277_24785008_10155670295515991_1964704161836844492_o-1-qut-800x533.jpg 800w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/12/RS28277_24785008_10155670295515991_1964704161836844492_o-1-qut-160x107.jpg 160w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/12/RS28277_24785008_10155670295515991_1964704161836844492_o-1-qut-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/12/RS28277_24785008_10155670295515991_1964704161836844492_o-1-qut.jpg 1920w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/12/RS28277_24785008_10155670295515991_1964704161836844492_o-1-qut-1180x787.jpg 1180w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/12/RS28277_24785008_10155670295515991_1964704161836844492_o-1-qut-960x640.jpg 960w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/12/RS28277_24785008_10155670295515991_1964704161836844492_o-1-qut-240x160.jpg 240w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/12/RS28277_24785008_10155670295515991_1964704161836844492_o-1-qut-375x250.jpg 375w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/12/RS28277_24785008_10155670295515991_1964704161836844492_o-1-qut-520x347.jpg 520w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Just after the moonrise. Supermoon and its reflection in Pleasanton by T3i- 300mm lens. \u003ccite>(Chi Panchal)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>San Francisco\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11634728\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 720px\">\u003cimg class=\"size-full wp-image-11634728\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2017/12/RS28270_24232970_10213310269785543_8017824363221594367_n-qut.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"720\" height=\"960\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/12/RS28270_24232970_10213310269785543_8017824363221594367_n-qut.jpg 720w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/12/RS28270_24232970_10213310269785543_8017824363221594367_n-qut-160x213.jpg 160w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/12/RS28270_24232970_10213310269785543_8017824363221594367_n-qut-240x320.jpg 240w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/12/RS28270_24232970_10213310269785543_8017824363221594367_n-qut-375x500.jpg 375w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/12/RS28270_24232970_10213310269785543_8017824363221594367_n-qut-520x693.jpg 520w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 720px) 100vw, 720px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Supermoon above the Union Square ice rink in downtown San Francisco. \u003ccite>(Sharon Castellanos)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Maui\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11634768\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg class=\"size-medium wp-image-11634768\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2017/12/RS28275_24294415_10211232388549661_6958481300916018625_n-qut-800x800.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"800\" height=\"800\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/12/RS28275_24294415_10211232388549661_6958481300916018625_n-qut-800x800.jpg 800w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/12/RS28275_24294415_10211232388549661_6958481300916018625_n-qut-160x160.jpg 160w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/12/RS28275_24294415_10211232388549661_6958481300916018625_n-qut.jpg 960w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/12/RS28275_24294415_10211232388549661_6958481300916018625_n-qut-240x240.jpg 240w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/12/RS28275_24294415_10211232388549661_6958481300916018625_n-qut-375x375.jpg 375w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/12/RS28275_24294415_10211232388549661_6958481300916018625_n-qut-520x520.jpg 520w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/12/RS28275_24294415_10211232388549661_6958481300916018625_n-qut-32x32.jpg 32w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/12/RS28275_24294415_10211232388549661_6958481300916018625_n-qut-50x50.jpg 50w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/12/RS28275_24294415_10211232388549661_6958481300916018625_n-qut-64x64.jpg 64w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/12/RS28275_24294415_10211232388549661_6958481300916018625_n-qut-96x96.jpg 96w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/12/RS28275_24294415_10211232388549661_6958481300916018625_n-qut-128x128.jpg 128w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/12/RS28275_24294415_10211232388549661_6958481300916018625_n-qut-150x150.jpg 150w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Taken from Maui while a cloud partially obscured the moon. \u003ccite>(Charles Nakashima)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Half Moon Bay\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11634724\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg class=\"size-medium wp-image-11634724\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2017/12/RS28265_24313041_10208474922909002_5005464644513676935_o-qut-800x530.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"800\" height=\"530\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/12/RS28265_24313041_10208474922909002_5005464644513676935_o-qut-800x530.jpg 800w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/12/RS28265_24313041_10208474922909002_5005464644513676935_o-qut-160x106.jpg 160w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/12/RS28265_24313041_10208474922909002_5005464644513676935_o-qut-1020x675.jpg 1020w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/12/RS28265_24313041_10208474922909002_5005464644513676935_o-qut.jpg 1920w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/12/RS28265_24313041_10208474922909002_5005464644513676935_o-qut-1180x781.jpg 1180w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/12/RS28265_24313041_10208474922909002_5005464644513676935_o-qut-960x636.jpg 960w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/12/RS28265_24313041_10208474922909002_5005464644513676935_o-qut-240x159.jpg 240w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/12/RS28265_24313041_10208474922909002_5005464644513676935_o-qut-375x248.jpg 375w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/12/RS28265_24313041_10208474922909002_5005464644513676935_o-qut-520x344.jpg 520w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Moon rising over Pillar Point Harbor, Half Moon Bay \u003ccite>(T. 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https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/12/RS28266_24294001_10100989358140222_3812040958554680539_n-qut-375x375.jpg 375w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/12/RS28266_24294001_10100989358140222_3812040958554680539_n-qut-520x520.jpg 520w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/12/RS28266_24294001_10100989358140222_3812040958554680539_n-qut-32x32.jpg 32w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/12/RS28266_24294001_10100989358140222_3812040958554680539_n-qut-50x50.jpg 50w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/12/RS28266_24294001_10100989358140222_3812040958554680539_n-qut-64x64.jpg 64w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/12/RS28266_24294001_10100989358140222_3812040958554680539_n-qut-96x96.jpg 96w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/12/RS28266_24294001_10100989358140222_3812040958554680539_n-qut-128x128.jpg 128w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/12/RS28266_24294001_10100989358140222_3812040958554680539_n-qut-150x150.jpg 150w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Photo taken in front of Vicki Tran's home in Santa Clara. \u003ccite>(Vicki Tran)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Oakland\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11634727\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg class=\"size-medium wp-image-11634727\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2017/12/RS28269_24177127_10214688604518179_8234874530089933156_n-qut-800x502.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"800\" height=\"502\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/12/RS28269_24177127_10214688604518179_8234874530089933156_n-qut-800x502.jpg 800w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/12/RS28269_24177127_10214688604518179_8234874530089933156_n-qut-160x100.jpg 160w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/12/RS28269_24177127_10214688604518179_8234874530089933156_n-qut.jpg 960w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/12/RS28269_24177127_10214688604518179_8234874530089933156_n-qut-240x151.jpg 240w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/12/RS28269_24177127_10214688604518179_8234874530089933156_n-qut-375x235.jpg 375w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/12/RS28269_24177127_10214688604518179_8234874530089933156_n-qut-520x326.jpg 520w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Supermoon from Oakland. \u003ccite>(Janice Quackenbush)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11634712\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg class=\"size-medium wp-image-11634712\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2017/12/RS28272_alt_652-800x525.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"800\" height=\"525\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/12/RS28272_alt_652-800x525.jpg 800w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/12/RS28272_alt_652-160x105.jpg 160w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/12/RS28272_alt_652-1020x669.jpg 1020w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/12/RS28272_alt_652-1180x774.jpg 1180w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/12/RS28272_alt_652-960x630.jpg 960w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/12/RS28272_alt_652-240x157.jpg 240w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/12/RS28272_alt_652-375x246.jpg 375w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/12/RS28272_alt_652-520x341.jpg 520w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/12/RS28272_alt_652.jpg 1270w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">The supermoon as seen from Quintin Chisolm's North Oakland backyard. \u003ccite>(Quintin Chisolm)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Redwood City\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11634730\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg class=\"wp-image-11634730 size-medium\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2017/12/RS28273_24294057_10213194875039781_2433394024995171225_n-qut-800x600.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"800\" height=\"600\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/12/RS28273_24294057_10213194875039781_2433394024995171225_n-qut-800x600.jpg 800w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/12/RS28273_24294057_10213194875039781_2433394024995171225_n-qut-160x120.jpg 160w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/12/RS28273_24294057_10213194875039781_2433394024995171225_n-qut.jpg 960w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/12/RS28273_24294057_10213194875039781_2433394024995171225_n-qut-240x180.jpg 240w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/12/RS28273_24294057_10213194875039781_2433394024995171225_n-qut-375x281.jpg 375w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/12/RS28273_24294057_10213194875039781_2433394024995171225_n-qut-520x390.jpg 520w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Taken from a lookout in Emerald Hills of Redwood City. \u003ccite>(Alayna Maria)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Niles\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11634726\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 720px\">\u003cimg class=\"size-full wp-image-11634726\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2017/12/RS28267_24231982_843483815813867_2268584327502719133_n-qut.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"720\" height=\"960\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/12/RS28267_24231982_843483815813867_2268584327502719133_n-qut.jpg 720w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/12/RS28267_24231982_843483815813867_2268584327502719133_n-qut-160x213.jpg 160w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/12/RS28267_24231982_843483815813867_2268584327502719133_n-qut-240x320.jpg 240w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/12/RS28267_24231982_843483815813867_2268584327502719133_n-qut-375x500.jpg 375w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/12/RS28267_24231982_843483815813867_2268584327502719133_n-qut-520x693.jpg 520w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 720px) 100vw, 720px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Lora Douglas took this photo in the backyard of her Niles home. \u003ccite>(Lora Douglas)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Sebastopol\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11634729\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg class=\"size-medium wp-image-11634729\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2017/12/RS28271_24312919_10214874986171966_8881236720761754463_n-qut-800x555.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"800\" height=\"555\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/12/RS28271_24312919_10214874986171966_8881236720761754463_n-qut-800x555.jpg 800w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/12/RS28271_24312919_10214874986171966_8881236720761754463_n-qut-160x111.jpg 160w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/12/RS28271_24312919_10214874986171966_8881236720761754463_n-qut.jpg 960w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/12/RS28271_24312919_10214874986171966_8881236720761754463_n-qut-240x167.jpg 240w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/12/RS28271_24312919_10214874986171966_8881236720761754463_n-qut-375x260.jpg 375w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/12/RS28271_24312919_10214874986171966_8881236720761754463_n-qut-520x361.jpg 520w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 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"content": "\u003cp>\u003cem>Updated 2 p.m. Wednesday:\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>San Joaquin County’s chief forensic pathologist resigned Tuesday, one day after the release of memos alleging Sheriff-Coroner Steve Moore interfered with death investigations to protect law enforcement officers.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Dr. Bennet Omalu, and his colleague Dr. Susan Parson, who perform autopsies for the county, have accused Moore of trying to influence their medical findings, especially in cases where officers were involved in a person’s death.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Omalu, a Nigerian-born neuropathologist, rose to national prominence in 2005 after he published his discovery in football players of a degenerative brain disease called chronic traumatic encephalopathy or CTE. His discovery was documented in the 2015 film “\u003ca href=\"http://www.concussion-movie.com/\">Concussion\u003c/a>,” starring Will Smith.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In his resignation letter Tuesday, Omalu wrote that Moore was thwarting his efforts to raise the standards of death investigations and overriding his authority as a physician.\u003c/p>\n\u003cblockquote>\u003cp>Sheriff Steve Moore has always made calculated attempts to control me as a physician and influence my professional judgement.\u003c/p>\u003c/blockquote>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11634854\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\" style=\"max-width: 300px\">\u003cimg class=\"wp-image-11634854 \" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2017/12/RS28180_Omalu.png\" alt=\"Dr. Bennet Omalu\" width=\"300\" height=\"591\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Dr. Bennet Omalu \u003ccite>(Courtesy of Bennet Omalu)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Moore did not respond to KQED’s requests for comment. But in a statement he posted Wednesday on the San Joaquin County Sheriff’s Office Facebook page, he said he was sad to learn of Omalu’s resignation and had enjoyed working with him.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“There have been questions recently about whether I have interfered with forensic investigations. That has never happened. I would never try to control, influence, or change the opinions of Dr. Omalu or any pathologist working on a case, but I still have the responsibility of making the final determination,” Moore said in the statement.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Dr. Parson \u003ca href=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/2017/11/27/autopsy-doctor-quits-alleges-sheriff-interfered-in-death-probes/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">resigned \u003c/a>last week. Both forensic pathologists gave the required 90 days notice.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Following her resignation last week, Parson sent copies of emails, notes and other correspondence to the San Joaquin County district attorney and the board of supervisors to support both doctors' claims.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The documents, obtained by KQED, included memos written by Omalu that raised serious questions about the integrity of investigations of people who died in the custody of law enforcement officers who used Tasers or other types of force.\u003c/p>\n\u003cblockquote>\u003cp>The sheriff was using his political office as the coroner to protect police officers whenever someone died while in custody or during arrest. ... I had thought that this was initially an anomaly, but now, especially beginning in 2016, it has become routine practice.\u003c/p>\u003c/blockquote>\n\u003cp>Omalu wrote that the sheriff’s interference in death investigations had “gotten even worse\" over the last two years.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[audio src=\"https://www.kqed.org/.stream/anon/radio/tcr/2017/12/SmallSanJoaquinCounty.mp3\" Image=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2017/12/coroner_1920-1180x632.jpg\" Title=\" Autopsy Doctors Say Sheriff Overrode Death Findings to Protect Law Enforcement\" program=\"The California Report\"]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>San Joaquin County hired Omalu in 2007 to raise the standards of death investigations. But in a memo Omalu wrote on Aug. 22, 2017, he indicated it was a losing prospect.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I have always believed that the longer I spent in the office, the better the office would become,\" Omalu wrote. “I was wrong.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In March 2017, Omalu and Parson began documenting incidents they believe show wrongdoing by Sheriff Moore. The two doctors allege the sheriff labeled certain deaths as “accidents” rather than “homicides” to shield from prosecution law enforcement officers who were involved.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In the Aug. 22, 2017, memo, one of several he drafted over the past nine months to document his concerns, Omalu wrote: “The Sheriff does whatever he feels like doing as the coroner, in total disregard of bioethics, standards of practice of medicine and the generally accepted principles of medicine.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The forensic pathologists raised other concerns, including months-long delays in getting written reports from sheriff’s investigators that the pathologists needed to complete their cases. And, in several instances, they say they discovered that a sheriff’s deputy who oversees coroner operations ordered technicians to cut the hands off bodies, without the knowledge, consent or supervision of the physicians.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11633434\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg class=\"size-medium wp-image-11633434\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2017/11/RS28170_IMG_6103-qut-800x600.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"800\" height=\"600\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/11/RS28170_IMG_6103-qut-800x600.jpg 800w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/11/RS28170_IMG_6103-qut-160x120.jpg 160w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/11/RS28170_IMG_6103-qut-1020x765.jpg 1020w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/11/RS28170_IMG_6103-qut.jpg 1920w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/11/RS28170_IMG_6103-qut-1180x885.jpg 1180w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/11/RS28170_IMG_6103-qut-960x720.jpg 960w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/11/RS28170_IMG_6103-qut-240x180.jpg 240w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/11/RS28170_IMG_6103-qut-375x281.jpg 375w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/11/RS28170_IMG_6103-qut-520x390.jpg 520w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">San Joaquin County Sheriff-Coroner's Office \u003ccite>(Julie Small/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Sheriff Calls Allegations False\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In a telephone interview with KQED Monday, Sheriff Moore denied allegations that he had meddled in forensic autopsy investigations.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“That is untrue,\" Moore said. \"As coroner I have not interfered. I’ve never changed any cause of death.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Determining \u003cem>cause\u003c/em> of death -- what killed a person -- is the purview of the forensic pathologist, he said, but he has the final say on determining the \u003cem>manner\u003c/em>: whether a person's death is an accident, a homicide, a suicide, a result of natural causes or undetermined.\u003c/p>\n\u003caside class=\"pullquote alignright\">'As coroner I have not interfered. I have never changed any cause of death.'\u003ccite>Steve Moore,\u003cbr>\nSan Joaquin County Sheriff-Coroner\u003c/cite>\u003c/aside>\n\u003cp>“I’m charged with the responsibility to establish the manner of death and I do that based on the totality of the circumstances, up to and including the autopsy report provided by the doctor and the investigative report done by the coroner’s investigators.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Moore said that if he has questions about the autopsy report he'll discuss them with the doctors, but he was not required to explain his decision to them.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>As to surgically removing hands from corpses, Moore said it’s true that when a body is too decomposed for his office to identify, coroner's staffers send the hands to a special crime lab at the California Department of Justice for identification.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I would much rather make sure that the decedent I identify \u003cem>is\u003c/em> that person, versus make an error and say it’s somebody else,” he said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>An Aug. 20, 2017, memo to Sgt. Mike Reynolds indicates that the doctors expressed concerns to the sheriff through the proper chain of command. The physicians wrote that they felt “extremely intimidated, harassed, threatened and controlled by some of the practices, cultures and traditions of the Sheriff’s office.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The doctors’ most serious accusation by far is that the sheriff interfered in cases where law enforcement was involved in a person’s death.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Evidence of a Homicide Withheld\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Omalu cited the case of \u003ca href=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/2017/12/11/the-officer-tased-him-31-times-the-sheriff-called-his-death-an-accident/\">Daniel Humphreys\u003c/a>, a father of two who died on a Stockton freeway median in 2008 after crashing his motorcycle as he fled arrest.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In a deposition for a lawsuit brought by Humphreys' family, Omalu said he was told by investigators that a California Highway Patrol officer had used a Taser on Humphreys once or twice. But when Omalu asked to see a computer record that the weapon automatically generates when fired, he was told there was no report to see. In his autopsy report, Omalu attributed Humphreys' death to a head injury from the accident.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11633433\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg class=\"size-medium wp-image-11633433\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2017/11/RS28077_IMG_6081-qut-1-800x600.jpg\" alt=\"Daniel Lee Humphreys with his daughter before his death in 2008.\" width=\"800\" height=\"600\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/11/RS28077_IMG_6081-qut-1-800x600.jpg 800w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/11/RS28077_IMG_6081-qut-1-160x120.jpg 160w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/11/RS28077_IMG_6081-qut-1-1020x765.jpg 1020w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/11/RS28077_IMG_6081-qut-1.jpg 1920w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/11/RS28077_IMG_6081-qut-1-1180x885.jpg 1180w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/11/RS28077_IMG_6081-qut-1-960x720.jpg 960w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/11/RS28077_IMG_6081-qut-1-240x180.jpg 240w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/11/RS28077_IMG_6081-qut-1-375x281.jpg 375w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/11/RS28077_IMG_6081-qut-1-520x390.jpg 520w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Daniel Lee Humphreys with his daughter before his death in 2008. \u003ccite>(Courtesy Humprheys family)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Two years later, a deputy district attorney shared the Taser report with Omalu. It showed that the CHP officer in fact fired the Taser at Humphreys 31 times. A source close to the sheriff’s office said that the sheriff had access to the Taser report since the day after Humphreys’ death.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Information was withheld from me, allegedly to mislead me from determining the case to be a homicide,” Omalu wrote in a memo attached to a Oct. 1, 2017 letter to Dr. Sheela Kapre, the medical director of San Joaquin General Hospital.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Omalu subsequently amended his autopsy report to indicate that the death was a homicide by electrocution.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“The sheriff was using his political office as the coroner to protect police officers whenever someone died while in custody or during arrest,” Omalu wrote in an earlier memo documenting the case. “I had thought that this was initially an anomaly, but now, especially beginning in 2016, it has become routine practice.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Omalu says the sheriff asked him to change the manner of death on an internal worksheet that accompanies each autopsy report in several cases where people died after law enforcement officers used Tasers, chokeholds or other types of force.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11634855\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\" style=\"max-width: 300px\">\u003cimg class=\"wp-image-11634855\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2017/12/RS28181_Parson.png\" alt=\"Dr. Susan Parson\" width=\"300\" height=\"454\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Dr. Susan Parson\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>In 2016, Omalu’s notes indicate, this occurred in all three cases of people who died during arrest in San Joaquin county that year.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>One case involved Abelino Cordova-Cuevas, 28, who died in a March 7, 2016, confrontation with Stockton police.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Police told The Stockton Record that officers used a stun gun to subdue Cordova-Cuevas. An attorney representing the family alleged the officers used an illegal chokehold.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Omalu found that the man had died from asphyxiation and blunt force trauma and that his death was a homicide; the sheriff certified the manner of death an accident.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The family sued the city of Stockton and its police department for civil rights violations. The case was removed to the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of California, in Sacramento, and is scheduled to be heard in 2019.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In another case, Filiberto Valencia, 26, died after Stockton police officers beat him, sat on him and stunned him with a Taser, according to the Valencia family’s attorney, Walter Walker, who reviewed interviews with the officers involved. The confrontation occurred Jan. 19, 2016, after Valencia suffered a schizophrenic episode and broke into a group home and boarded himself into a bathroom with a girl and three women.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In his Aug. 22, 2017, memo, Omalu asserted that the sheriff “told me that he wanted to make it an accident since officers were involved.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In the end, the sheriff categorized it as a homicide -- but, according to Omalu, only after learning that Valencia had also been beaten by civilians.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Omalu wrote that the sheriff wanted that included in the autopsy report to clear the police. “He said that I should amend my report and state that he died from the civilians and not the police.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The Valencia family is suing the city of Stockton and Stockton police for federal civil rights violations.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>According to Walker, the family’s attorney, officers beat Valencia after they gained access to the bathroom where he had barricaded himself. One admitted to hitting him over the head with a gun, while another officer struck him repeatedly with a baton, Walker said.\u003c/p>\n\u003caside class=\"pullquote alignright\">'This is simply daylight corruption and nothing else. ... He is using his office and powers to protect police officers.'\u003ccite>Dr. Bennet Omalu,\u003cbr>\nSan Joaquin County Chief Forensic Pathologist\u003c/cite>\u003c/aside>\n\u003cp>“We have pictures of blood all around the bathroom,” Walker said in an interview with KQED. “Quite clearly he had been beaten to death. And this is evidenced by the coroner's and autopsy reports.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Walker added that he had to subpoena the sheriff four times to get those reports.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>As recently as Aug. 21, 2017, Omalu documented, the sheriff wanted to change the manner of death of a case that had been closed in 2016.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The autopsy of Samuel Augustine Jr. concluded that he died June 7, 2016, of a traumatic brain injury and a spinal cord injury during arrest by Stockton police -- and that the manner of death was homicide. Omalu wrote that the sheriff told him that his findings were wrong and should be changed.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“This is simply daylight corruption and nothing else,” Omalu wrote in a memo dated the day after he alleges the sheriff approached him. “He is using his office and powers to protect police officers.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Omalu came to the conclusion that Sheriff Moore “seems to believe that every officer-involved death should be ruled an accident because the police did not mean to kill anyone.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The National Association of Medical Examiners defines homicide as “death at the hands of another.” In the field of forensic pathology the term does not ascribe motive or guilt.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The sheriff also certified the 2008 death of Daniel Humphreys as an accident -- even after evidence showed that the arresting officer had discharged an electrical shock at Humphreys repeatedly.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Omalu blames that outcome in part on the county’s reliance on the sheriff-coroner system, in which death investigations are conducted under the purview of a law enforcement agency.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>California’s Sheriff-Coroners Have Last Word on Deaths\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In 50 of 58 California counties, the elected sheriff also serves as coroner and oversees the medical investigations of sudden, suspicious or violent deaths, and all in-custody deaths. A forensic pathologist who works for the sheriff conducts a physical exam or autopsy to determine the cause of a death. The pathologist can also suggest the manner by which the person died. But the sheriff-coroner ultimately decides and certifies the manner of death.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In California’s remaining eight counties, including San Francisco, Santa Clara and San Diego, the medical examiner is independent of the sheriff or any law enforcement agency.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Randy Hanzlick, a retired forensic pathologist in Atlanta, Georgia, has studied the sheriff-coroner system, and finds problems with the arrangement.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I think the downside basically is either a perceived or real conflict in the goals of the two entities,” said Hanzlick. He says the inherent conflict of interest becomes most problematic in cases where law enforcement officers are involved in a person’s death.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Hanzlick says it’s not uncommon for sheriff-coroners to weigh an officer’s intent when deciding whether to certify a death as an accident or a homicide.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Did they intend to use the device? Well, probably so. Did they intend to cause the death? Well, maybe not. But did the person die as a result of the action of the officer using the device?” Hanzlick asked. “That's where you get into the argument.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The position of the National Association of Medical Examiners is that the objectivity of forensic pathologists depends on their freedom from political influence and the threat of litigation. A 2011 survey of the group’s members found that 43 percent of those who worked in a coroner system reported that the coroner had changed the cause on a death certificate in a way that conflicted with the autopsy findings.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>New Law on Autopsies Untested\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Last year, California lawmakers increased the independence of the forensic pathologists working for a sheriff-coroner by defining autopsies as a medical procedure that may be performed only by a licensed physician and surgeon.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>A key provision of Sen. Richard Pan’s bill, SB 1189, would have given forensic pathologists the authority to determine both cause and manner of death. However, it was opposed by the California State Sheriffs' Association and the California State Coroners Association, and taken out. The final version of the bill, which took effect Jan. 1, 2017, upheld the sheriff-coroner’s authority to decide the manner in which people died, but added a requirement to do so “in consultation with” the forensic pathologist who performs the autopsy.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The new law also requires law enforcement officials to provide any evidence or reports the forensic pathologist requests before the autopsy report is complete.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In what could become the first test of the new law, Drs. Omalu and Parson allege that Sheriff Moore violated the law’s provisions multiple times this year.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Delayed, Incomplete, Investigatory Reports \u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Dr. Parson raised another serious allegation in a Nov. 2, 2017, email to sheriff’s Sgt. Reynolds. She listed 16 cases that had been pending for months because deputies had not provided the investigatory reports she needed to complete autopsy reports.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In a memo documenting this accusation, Parson explained, “It is standard practice to have access to the related investigating agency report, which details how the body was found, what the investigation reveals at that moment in terms of how and when the victim was injured, the weapon used, what evidence was found at the crime scene.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>She wrote that the information is necessary to be able to determine what tests to run, what evidence to collect, “and ultimately what the cause of death is.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Hanzlick, who is a professor at Emory University's medical school, concurs.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“You have to have that information to guide how you approach the case and how much effort you're going to spend in one area of the case as opposed to another,” he said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Removal of Hands\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Both doctors also documented five instances in which the sheriff ordered technicians to cut the hands off bodies for fingerprinting to identify the remains.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In the Oct. 1, 2017, correspondence to Dr. Kapre, the county hospital medical director, Parson and Omalu called it \"a form of body mutilation which we should not be doing.\" They added that such a procedure is not a standard autopsy protocol and should be performed only in special cases.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Omalu wrote in his memo to Dr. Kapre that Sgt. Reynolds had ordered the hands cut off \"without consulting me.\" He said he learned about it from a deputy coroner.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In a separate memo, Omalu wrote that he advised the morgue technicians that they should refuse to do it. He said when Sgt. Reynolds later ordered him to do the procedure, he refused and he was reprimanded by the sheriff.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Forensic pathology experts consulted for this story said the decision to cut off the hands for fingerprinting fell outside the established practice of medicine. They felt that, at a minimum, the pathologist should have been consulted.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In his four-page \u003ca href=\"#OmaluLetter\">resignation letter,\u003c/a> Omalu expresses regret in resigning his post and professes his ongoing commitment to San Joaquin county.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I fell in love with it,” Omalu wrote, “and gave my utmost best to elevate the standards and quality of practice of forensic pathology and death investigation in the County, which had fallen apart. Today, we have collectively done a wonderful job in turning the trajectory of the Coroner’s Office and providing the best standards of autopsy, pathology and medico-legal services to the good people of the County.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Omalu wrote that he had planned to continue to serve the county until his retirement, but decided to resign in order to avoid the risk that he could lose his medical license for “aiding and abetting” the sheriff’s actions.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The San Joaquin district attorney said Monday in a statement posted on Facebook that the office was aware of the allegations.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"This office is in the process of gathering information concerning homicide cases, including deaths relating to law enforcement officer involvement,\" the statement said, adding that the district attorney's office conducts independent investigations and does not rely on coroner's reports alone.\u003cbr>\n\u003ca name=\"OmaluLetter\">\u003c/a>\u003cbr>\nLast week Sheriff Moore told KCRA, a Sacramento television station, that he welcomes an investigation because he has nothing to hide. He is up for re-election in 2018.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad floatright]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[documentcloud url=\"https://www.documentcloud.org/documents/4322057-Letter-of-Resignation-Bennet-Omalu-MD-2017-12-05\"]\u003c/p>\n\n",
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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>San Joaquin County hired Omalu in 2007 to raise the standards of death investigations. But in a memo Omalu wrote on Aug. 22, 2017, he indicated it was a losing prospect.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I have always believed that the longer I spent in the office, the better the office would become,\" Omalu wrote. “I was wrong.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In March 2017, Omalu and Parson began documenting incidents they believe show wrongdoing by Sheriff Moore. The two doctors allege the sheriff labeled certain deaths as “accidents” rather than “homicides” to shield from prosecution law enforcement officers who were involved.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In the Aug. 22, 2017, memo, one of several he drafted over the past nine months to document his concerns, Omalu wrote: “The Sheriff does whatever he feels like doing as the coroner, in total disregard of bioethics, standards of practice of medicine and the generally accepted principles of medicine.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The forensic pathologists raised other concerns, including months-long delays in getting written reports from sheriff’s investigators that the pathologists needed to complete their cases. And, in several instances, they say they discovered that a sheriff’s deputy who oversees coroner operations ordered technicians to cut the hands off bodies, without the knowledge, consent or supervision of the physicians.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11633434\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg class=\"size-medium wp-image-11633434\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2017/11/RS28170_IMG_6103-qut-800x600.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"800\" height=\"600\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/11/RS28170_IMG_6103-qut-800x600.jpg 800w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/11/RS28170_IMG_6103-qut-160x120.jpg 160w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/11/RS28170_IMG_6103-qut-1020x765.jpg 1020w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/11/RS28170_IMG_6103-qut.jpg 1920w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/11/RS28170_IMG_6103-qut-1180x885.jpg 1180w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/11/RS28170_IMG_6103-qut-960x720.jpg 960w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/11/RS28170_IMG_6103-qut-240x180.jpg 240w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/11/RS28170_IMG_6103-qut-375x281.jpg 375w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/11/RS28170_IMG_6103-qut-520x390.jpg 520w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">San Joaquin County Sheriff-Coroner's Office \u003ccite>(Julie Small/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Sheriff Calls Allegations False\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In a telephone interview with KQED Monday, Sheriff Moore denied allegations that he had meddled in forensic autopsy investigations.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“That is untrue,\" Moore said. \"As coroner I have not interfered. I’ve never changed any cause of death.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Determining \u003cem>cause\u003c/em> of death -- what killed a person -- is the purview of the forensic pathologist, he said, but he has the final say on determining the \u003cem>manner\u003c/em>: whether a person's death is an accident, a homicide, a suicide, a result of natural causes or undetermined.\u003c/p>\n\u003caside class=\"pullquote alignright\">'As coroner I have not interfered. I have never changed any cause of death.'\u003ccite>Steve Moore,\u003cbr>\nSan Joaquin County Sheriff-Coroner\u003c/cite>\u003c/aside>\n\u003cp>“I’m charged with the responsibility to establish the manner of death and I do that based on the totality of the circumstances, up to and including the autopsy report provided by the doctor and the investigative report done by the coroner’s investigators.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Moore said that if he has questions about the autopsy report he'll discuss them with the doctors, but he was not required to explain his decision to them.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>As to surgically removing hands from corpses, Moore said it’s true that when a body is too decomposed for his office to identify, coroner's staffers send the hands to a special crime lab at the California Department of Justice for identification.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I would much rather make sure that the decedent I identify \u003cem>is\u003c/em> that person, versus make an error and say it’s somebody else,” he said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>An Aug. 20, 2017, memo to Sgt. Mike Reynolds indicates that the doctors expressed concerns to the sheriff through the proper chain of command. The physicians wrote that they felt “extremely intimidated, harassed, threatened and controlled by some of the practices, cultures and traditions of the Sheriff’s office.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The doctors’ most serious accusation by far is that the sheriff interfered in cases where law enforcement was involved in a person’s death.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Evidence of a Homicide Withheld\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Omalu cited the case of \u003ca href=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/2017/12/11/the-officer-tased-him-31-times-the-sheriff-called-his-death-an-accident/\">Daniel Humphreys\u003c/a>, a father of two who died on a Stockton freeway median in 2008 after crashing his motorcycle as he fled arrest.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In a deposition for a lawsuit brought by Humphreys' family, Omalu said he was told by investigators that a California Highway Patrol officer had used a Taser on Humphreys once or twice. But when Omalu asked to see a computer record that the weapon automatically generates when fired, he was told there was no report to see. In his autopsy report, Omalu attributed Humphreys' death to a head injury from the accident.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11633433\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg class=\"size-medium wp-image-11633433\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2017/11/RS28077_IMG_6081-qut-1-800x600.jpg\" alt=\"Daniel Lee Humphreys with his daughter before his death in 2008.\" width=\"800\" height=\"600\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/11/RS28077_IMG_6081-qut-1-800x600.jpg 800w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/11/RS28077_IMG_6081-qut-1-160x120.jpg 160w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/11/RS28077_IMG_6081-qut-1-1020x765.jpg 1020w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/11/RS28077_IMG_6081-qut-1.jpg 1920w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/11/RS28077_IMG_6081-qut-1-1180x885.jpg 1180w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/11/RS28077_IMG_6081-qut-1-960x720.jpg 960w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/11/RS28077_IMG_6081-qut-1-240x180.jpg 240w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/11/RS28077_IMG_6081-qut-1-375x281.jpg 375w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/11/RS28077_IMG_6081-qut-1-520x390.jpg 520w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Daniel Lee Humphreys with his daughter before his death in 2008. \u003ccite>(Courtesy Humprheys family)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Two years later, a deputy district attorney shared the Taser report with Omalu. It showed that the CHP officer in fact fired the Taser at Humphreys 31 times. A source close to the sheriff’s office said that the sheriff had access to the Taser report since the day after Humphreys’ death.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Information was withheld from me, allegedly to mislead me from determining the case to be a homicide,” Omalu wrote in a memo attached to a Oct. 1, 2017 letter to Dr. Sheela Kapre, the medical director of San Joaquin General Hospital.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Omalu subsequently amended his autopsy report to indicate that the death was a homicide by electrocution.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“The sheriff was using his political office as the coroner to protect police officers whenever someone died while in custody or during arrest,” Omalu wrote in an earlier memo documenting the case. “I had thought that this was initially an anomaly, but now, especially beginning in 2016, it has become routine practice.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Omalu says the sheriff asked him to change the manner of death on an internal worksheet that accompanies each autopsy report in several cases where people died after law enforcement officers used Tasers, chokeholds or other types of force.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11634855\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\" style=\"max-width: 300px\">\u003cimg class=\"wp-image-11634855\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2017/12/RS28181_Parson.png\" alt=\"Dr. Susan Parson\" width=\"300\" height=\"454\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Dr. Susan Parson\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>In 2016, Omalu’s notes indicate, this occurred in all three cases of people who died during arrest in San Joaquin county that year.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>One case involved Abelino Cordova-Cuevas, 28, who died in a March 7, 2016, confrontation with Stockton police.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Police told The Stockton Record that officers used a stun gun to subdue Cordova-Cuevas. An attorney representing the family alleged the officers used an illegal chokehold.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Omalu found that the man had died from asphyxiation and blunt force trauma and that his death was a homicide; the sheriff certified the manner of death an accident.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The family sued the city of Stockton and its police department for civil rights violations. The case was removed to the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of California, in Sacramento, and is scheduled to be heard in 2019.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In another case, Filiberto Valencia, 26, died after Stockton police officers beat him, sat on him and stunned him with a Taser, according to the Valencia family’s attorney, Walter Walker, who reviewed interviews with the officers involved. The confrontation occurred Jan. 19, 2016, after Valencia suffered a schizophrenic episode and broke into a group home and boarded himself into a bathroom with a girl and three women.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In his Aug. 22, 2017, memo, Omalu asserted that the sheriff “told me that he wanted to make it an accident since officers were involved.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In the end, the sheriff categorized it as a homicide -- but, according to Omalu, only after learning that Valencia had also been beaten by civilians.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Omalu wrote that the sheriff wanted that included in the autopsy report to clear the police. “He said that I should amend my report and state that he died from the civilians and not the police.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The Valencia family is suing the city of Stockton and Stockton police for federal civil rights violations.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>According to Walker, the family’s attorney, officers beat Valencia after they gained access to the bathroom where he had barricaded himself. One admitted to hitting him over the head with a gun, while another officer struck him repeatedly with a baton, Walker said.\u003c/p>\n\u003caside class=\"pullquote alignright\">'This is simply daylight corruption and nothing else. ... He is using his office and powers to protect police officers.'\u003ccite>Dr. Bennet Omalu,\u003cbr>\nSan Joaquin County Chief Forensic Pathologist\u003c/cite>\u003c/aside>\n\u003cp>“We have pictures of blood all around the bathroom,” Walker said in an interview with KQED. “Quite clearly he had been beaten to death. And this is evidenced by the coroner's and autopsy reports.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Walker added that he had to subpoena the sheriff four times to get those reports.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>As recently as Aug. 21, 2017, Omalu documented, the sheriff wanted to change the manner of death of a case that had been closed in 2016.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The autopsy of Samuel Augustine Jr. concluded that he died June 7, 2016, of a traumatic brain injury and a spinal cord injury during arrest by Stockton police -- and that the manner of death was homicide. Omalu wrote that the sheriff told him that his findings were wrong and should be changed.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“This is simply daylight corruption and nothing else,” Omalu wrote in a memo dated the day after he alleges the sheriff approached him. “He is using his office and powers to protect police officers.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Omalu came to the conclusion that Sheriff Moore “seems to believe that every officer-involved death should be ruled an accident because the police did not mean to kill anyone.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The National Association of Medical Examiners defines homicide as “death at the hands of another.” In the field of forensic pathology the term does not ascribe motive or guilt.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The sheriff also certified the 2008 death of Daniel Humphreys as an accident -- even after evidence showed that the arresting officer had discharged an electrical shock at Humphreys repeatedly.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Omalu blames that outcome in part on the county’s reliance on the sheriff-coroner system, in which death investigations are conducted under the purview of a law enforcement agency.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>California’s Sheriff-Coroners Have Last Word on Deaths\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In 50 of 58 California counties, the elected sheriff also serves as coroner and oversees the medical investigations of sudden, suspicious or violent deaths, and all in-custody deaths. A forensic pathologist who works for the sheriff conducts a physical exam or autopsy to determine the cause of a death. The pathologist can also suggest the manner by which the person died. But the sheriff-coroner ultimately decides and certifies the manner of death.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In California’s remaining eight counties, including San Francisco, Santa Clara and San Diego, the medical examiner is independent of the sheriff or any law enforcement agency.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Randy Hanzlick, a retired forensic pathologist in Atlanta, Georgia, has studied the sheriff-coroner system, and finds problems with the arrangement.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I think the downside basically is either a perceived or real conflict in the goals of the two entities,” said Hanzlick. He says the inherent conflict of interest becomes most problematic in cases where law enforcement officers are involved in a person’s death.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Hanzlick says it’s not uncommon for sheriff-coroners to weigh an officer’s intent when deciding whether to certify a death as an accident or a homicide.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Did they intend to use the device? Well, probably so. Did they intend to cause the death? Well, maybe not. But did the person die as a result of the action of the officer using the device?” Hanzlick asked. “That's where you get into the argument.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The position of the National Association of Medical Examiners is that the objectivity of forensic pathologists depends on their freedom from political influence and the threat of litigation. A 2011 survey of the group’s members found that 43 percent of those who worked in a coroner system reported that the coroner had changed the cause on a death certificate in a way that conflicted with the autopsy findings.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>New Law on Autopsies Untested\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Last year, California lawmakers increased the independence of the forensic pathologists working for a sheriff-coroner by defining autopsies as a medical procedure that may be performed only by a licensed physician and surgeon.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>A key provision of Sen. Richard Pan’s bill, SB 1189, would have given forensic pathologists the authority to determine both cause and manner of death. However, it was opposed by the California State Sheriffs' Association and the California State Coroners Association, and taken out. The final version of the bill, which took effect Jan. 1, 2017, upheld the sheriff-coroner’s authority to decide the manner in which people died, but added a requirement to do so “in consultation with” the forensic pathologist who performs the autopsy.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The new law also requires law enforcement officials to provide any evidence or reports the forensic pathologist requests before the autopsy report is complete.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In what could become the first test of the new law, Drs. Omalu and Parson allege that Sheriff Moore violated the law’s provisions multiple times this year.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Delayed, Incomplete, Investigatory Reports \u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Dr. Parson raised another serious allegation in a Nov. 2, 2017, email to sheriff’s Sgt. Reynolds. She listed 16 cases that had been pending for months because deputies had not provided the investigatory reports she needed to complete autopsy reports.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In a memo documenting this accusation, Parson explained, “It is standard practice to have access to the related investigating agency report, which details how the body was found, what the investigation reveals at that moment in terms of how and when the victim was injured, the weapon used, what evidence was found at the crime scene.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>She wrote that the information is necessary to be able to determine what tests to run, what evidence to collect, “and ultimately what the cause of death is.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Hanzlick, who is a professor at Emory University's medical school, concurs.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“You have to have that information to guide how you approach the case and how much effort you're going to spend in one area of the case as opposed to another,” he said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Removal of Hands\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Both doctors also documented five instances in which the sheriff ordered technicians to cut the hands off bodies for fingerprinting to identify the remains.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In the Oct. 1, 2017, correspondence to Dr. Kapre, the county hospital medical director, Parson and Omalu called it \"a form of body mutilation which we should not be doing.\" They added that such a procedure is not a standard autopsy protocol and should be performed only in special cases.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Omalu wrote in his memo to Dr. Kapre that Sgt. 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They felt that, at a minimum, the pathologist should have been consulted.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In his four-page \u003ca href=\"#OmaluLetter\">resignation letter,\u003c/a> Omalu expresses regret in resigning his post and professes his ongoing commitment to San Joaquin county.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I fell in love with it,” Omalu wrote, “and gave my utmost best to elevate the standards and quality of practice of forensic pathology and death investigation in the County, which had fallen apart. Today, we have collectively done a wonderful job in turning the trajectory of the Coroner’s Office and providing the best standards of autopsy, pathology and medico-legal services to the good people of the County.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Omalu wrote that he had planned to continue to serve the county until his retirement, but decided to resign in order to avoid the risk that he could lose his medical license for “aiding and abetting” the sheriff’s actions.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The San Joaquin district attorney said Monday in a statement posted on Facebook that the office was aware of the allegations.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"This office is in the process of gathering information concerning homicide cases, including deaths relating to law enforcement officer involvement,\" the statement said, adding that the district attorney's office conducts independent investigations and does not rely on coroner's reports alone.\u003cbr>\n\u003ca name=\"OmaluLetter\">\u003c/a>\u003cbr>\nLast week Sheriff Moore told KCRA, a Sacramento television station, that he welcomes an investigation because he has nothing to hide. 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She was also afraid that revealing the episode took place in Las Vegas would reveal Dababneh's identity before she was ready.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>At a press conference in the office of her Sacramento lobbying firm, Lopez said she believes she is not the only woman assaulted or harassed by Dababneh.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"I can't have it on my conscience that this may happen again,\" she said. \"I've heard from enough women that I am fearful and I am worried that this will happen to others.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[audio src=\"https://www.kqed.org/.stream/anon/radio/tcr/2017/12/SexualHarassLegislatorOrr.mp3\" Image=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2017/12/dababneh-1180x663.png\" Title=\"Lobbyist Says L.A. Assemblyman Masturbated in Front of Her\" program=\"The California Report\"]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Jessica Yas Barker confirmed that Lopez is not alone. She said Dababneh sexually harassed her while working at a congressional office in 2008. His behavior ranged from making fun of her clothes to making overtly sexual comments, she said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"On more than one occasion I had to listen to him regale me with stories of his sexual prowess,\" she said. \"At events or fundraisers he would eye up women in the room and talk about his conquests, who he'd slept with, who wanted to sleep with him.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Yas Barker said she left her job after a year and a half because of Dababneh's behavior.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Lopez has \u003ca href=\"http://levyvinick.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/12/lopez-report-to-assembly-rules-committee.pdf\">sent a letter\u003c/a> to the Assembly Rules Committee outlining her accusations against Dababneh. In a statement, Rules Committee chair Ken Cooley said he was grateful Lopez came forward.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"Pursuant to the Assembly’s Policy Against Sexual Harassment, an outside investigator will be hired to investigate this allegation,\" he said. \"Since the allegation is criminal in nature, Ms. Lopez is encouraged to contact law enforcement as well.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[contextly_sidebar id=\"7czmK7eJmz0dJLBeFfyXoBgH0GTICrFM\"]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Lopez said she does not plan to file a police report at this time. She has not filed a lawsuit either, although her attorney said that remains a possibility. Lopez's attorney said Dababneh's lawyer sent her a \u003ca href=\"https://www.documentcloud.org/documents/4321168-2017-12-01-Glaser-Lopz-Claims-Against-Matt.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">cease and desist letter\u003c/a> last Friday in an effort to stop her complaint. The response from Lopez's attorney is\u003ca href=\"https://www.documentcloud.org/documents/4321323-Lopez-Claims-Against-Matt-Dubabneh.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"> here\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In a written statement Dababneh denied the allegation and said he was \"saddened by this lobbyist's effort to create this falsehood and make these inflammatory statements.\" His office referred KQED to his attorney, Stephen Kaufman, who was not immediately available.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Assembly Speaker Anthony Rendon says Dababneh is temporarily stepping down as chair of the Assembly Banking and Finance Committee while the incident is investigated.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"While it is not my place to prejudge any investigation, as I stated when Ms. Lopez first shared her story, if it is found that Assemblymember Dababneh committed this assault I will ask for his immediate resignation and move for his expulsion if he refuses to resign,\" Rendon said in a statement. \"While the investigation moves forward, I am also asking Assembly Human Resources to reach out to Assemblymember Dababneh’s staff to ensure they feel safe in their work environment.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Dababneh was first elected to the state Assembly in 2013 after serving as chief of staff to Los Angeles congressman Brad Sherman.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In 2014 Dababneh was appointed as an assistant majority whip for the Democratic Caucus, and in January 2015 he began serving as the chairman of the Banking and Finance Committee.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[contextly_sidebar id=\"BtFf13n7akkv3vU58Y7HxfujqtizRTrh\"]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Dababneh is the latest in a series of California lawmakers caught up in the sexual harassment scandal sweeping Sacramento. 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"content": "\u003cp>Brock Turner, the former Stanford student whose six-month sentence for sexually assaulting a drunken and unconscious woman \u003ca href=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/2016/06/07/sentence-in-stanford-sexual-assault-case-sparks-outrage/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">provoked widespread protests\u003c/a> over what critics called an overly lenient sentence, is headed back to court -- this time to set aside the guilty verdict on grounds that he was denied a fair trial.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Mill Valley attorney \u003ca href=\"http://www.ericmulthaup.com/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Eric Multhaup\u003c/a>, a veteran litigator and appeals specialist, filed \u003ca href=\"https://assets.documentcloud.org/documents/4320973/Brock-Turner-Appeal.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">a 172-page brief\u003c/a> on Friday with California's 6th District Court of Appeal.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Turner was arrested in January 2015 after witnesses found him \"thrusting aggressively\" atop a partially clothed woman near a Dumpster on the Stanford campus.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Turner was found guilty in March 2016 on three counts of sexual assault. Less than three months later, the case gained a national profile when Santa Clara County Superior Court Judge Aaron Persky sentenced Turner to six months in county jail and three years probation -- a sentence condemned both by the victim in \u003ca href=\"https://www.buzzfeed.com/katiejmbaker/heres-the-powerful-letter-the-stanford-victim-read-to-her-ra?utm_term=.ttqoMylDy#.ksnxz3qw3\">a courtroom statement\u003c/a> and by anti-rape activists across the country.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>After \u003ca href=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/2016/09/02/brock-turner-released-from-jail-after-three-months/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">serving his sentence\u003c/a>, Turner returned to his home state, Ohio, and was required to register as a sex offender.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Multhaup's appeal brief includes a detailed examination of the testimony surrounding how drunk the victim, known as Emily Doe, was at the time of the crime. He concludes that it's \"highly debatable\" that Doe was too incapacitated, as she had testified, to consent to a sexual encounter.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The evidence he cites includes Turner's uncorroborated testimony that Doe willingly left a sorority party with him and walked 116 feet -- the figure the brief repeatedly cites as the distance between the sorority house and the scene of what the brief calls \"the sexual conduct.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Multhaup cites several instances in which he says Turner's defense was placed at an unfair disadvantage:\u003c/p>\n\u003cul>\n\u003cli>Judge Persky limited Turner's character witnesses to testify only about his \"high moral character as it relates to sexual\u003cbr>\nassaultive behavior.\"\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>The jury was deprived of the opportunity to consider alternative lesser offenses than those charged by the prosecution.\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>The prosecution had prejudicially focused on the crime's surroundings, specifically through repeated use of the phrase \"behind the Dumpster.\"\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>Persky failed to provide \"an accurate and appropriate response\" to jury questions during trial deliberations.\u003c/li>\n\u003c/ul>\n\u003cp>Twenty pages of Multhaup's brief focuses on the prosecution's allegedly prejudicial references to the Dumpster at the crime scene. The attorney writes that the focus on the garbage receptacle -- which was 20 to 30 feet from where Turner was seen on top of the half-naked Doe -- amounted to \"propaganda\" meant to sway the jury and faulted Turner's trial counsel for failing to object to it.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The brief says the references implied Turner was trying to hide what he was doing and were meant to suggest \"moral depravity, callousness, and culpability ... because of the inherent connotations of filth, garbage, detritus and criminal activity frequently generally associated with Dumpsters. \"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In fact, Multhaup wrote, the scene was actually \"a clean, well-maintained area shaded by pine trees, typical of the sylvan Stanford campus.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Reaction to Turner's appeal?\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Jeff Rosen, Santa Clara County district attorney, said in a statement, \"Brock Turner received a fair trial and was justly convicted. His conviction will be upheld. 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"content": "\u003cp>An administrative hearing officer has rejected an attempt to reverse penalties imposed against the firm that employed the only firefighter killed in Northern California’s October wildfires.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Last month, state workplace regulators \u003ca href=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/2017/11/14/state-cites-employer-of-truck-driver-killed-helping-battle-north-bay-wildfires/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">fined\u003c/a> Red Bluff-based Tehama Transport and ordered it to stop working after \u003ca href=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/2017/10/20/state-investigating-employer-of-driver-killed-fighting-north-bay-wildfires/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">determining\u003c/a> the company failed to carry workers’ compensation insurance.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The firm had employed Garrett Paiz, 38, who died Oct. 16 when his \u003ca href=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/2017/10/31/chp-gave-safety-clearance-to-water-truck-involved-in-firefighters-fatal-crash/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">water tanker overturned\u003c/a> in Napa County as he helped battle the Nuns Fire.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Tehama Transport appealed, arguing that its operators were not employees. Its workers, the company said, were independent contractors — and thus not subject to rules requiring workers’ compensation coverage.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The company’s lawyer also warned that requiring small firms like Tehama to treat its workers as full-time employees with benefits could put many of them out of business and deprive firefighting agencies of resources \u003ca href=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/2017/04/17/casualties-in-big-sur-blaze-point-to-hazards-of-wildfire-gig-economy/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">that are essential\u003c/a> to combating big wildland blazes in the state.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The hearing officer rejected those arguments and upheld the sanctions imposed by the state Labor Commissioner’s Office.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Veena Dubal, a UC Hastings College of the Law professor specializing in employment law, said the decision sends a strong message to companies that contract with Cal Fire.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"http://www.dir.ca.gov/dwc/wcfaqiw.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Worker’ compensation insurance\u003c/a> is designed to protect those hurt on the job, providing coverage for immediate medical care, permanent disability and death benefits.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“This is a dangerous job,” Dubal said in an interview. “Your workers are likely to be injured and if they are injured, you need to be carrying workers’ compensation insurance.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Tehama Transport’s lawyer, Scott Rubright, said he is considering appealing the administrative law judge’s decision to a Superior Court but would not comment further.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Rubright had argued in his earlier appeal that companies that provide heavy equipment and operators to help Cal Fire and the U.S. Forest Service battle wildfires can’t afford to retain their tanker drivers and bulldozer operators as full-time workers with benefits.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Due to the wildly uncertain nature of the emergency firefighting component of Tehama Transport’s business, it is impossible for Tehama Transport to maintain actual firefighting employees on an employee payroll,” Rubright wrote.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>If Tehama and companies like it treated the operators as employees, they wouldn’t be able to keep supplying aid to California’s annual battle against wildfires, Rubright argued.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“If that were to occur, it frankly would be a disaster,” he added. “Many other emergency service and equipment providers are in the same position as Tehama Transport on this issue and the state of California would lose the benefit of having a large pool of firefighting equipment.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Patti Huber, the administrative hearing officer for the California Labor Commissioner’s Office, agreed that Tehama was in violation of state regulations requiring the firm to provide workers’ compensation insurance to its employees.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Tehama’s workers qualify as employees because the firm could fire operators at will, Huber said, and there’s no evidence the company’s workers believed they were independent contractors.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Tehama’s owner, Heather Morway, told state workplace regulators that it was common for other companies in the industry to classify their operators as independent contractors and to not provide workers’ compensation insurance.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Paiz is the third contractor in 16 months to be killed or seriously injured helping battle a large California wildfire whose employer failed to obtain workers’ comp.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Huber’s ruling adds to the argument that the state should take more responsibility in providing a \u003ca href=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/2017/11/08/a-1960s-law-blocks-firefighting-contractors-from-suing-state/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">safety net\u003c/a> for the contracted heavy equipment operators it relies on to help battle wildfires, according to Dubal.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“This is an industry of small businesses that do not have deep pockets,” Dubal said. “I think this area is ripe for legislation.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cem>Clarification: Patti Huber was previously and incorrectly referred to as an administrative law judge. 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"content": "\u003cp>We know it can be hard to keep up with everything that’s going on in the world, the country and your community. So here are five stories from the past week that you may have missed but really shouldn’t.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>\u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/2017/11/27/feds-ask-state-to-explain-cracks-in-new-concrete-on-oroville-spillway/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">1. How did those cracks get there? 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Beyond politics: understanding why the jury got to 'not guilty'\u003c/a>\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11629419\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003ca href=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2017/11/RS27583_alt_648.jpg\">\u003cimg class=\"size-medium wp-image-11629419\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2017/11/RS27583_alt_648-800x543.jpg\" alt=\"Jose Ines Garcia Zarate, who is also known as Juan Francisco Lopez Sanchez, enters court for an arraignment on July 7, 2015 in San Francisco.\" width=\"800\" height=\"543\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/11/RS27583_alt_648-800x543.jpg 800w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/11/RS27583_alt_648-160x109.jpg 160w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/11/RS27583_alt_648-1020x692.jpg 1020w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/11/RS27583_alt_648.jpg 1920w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/11/RS27583_alt_648-1180x800.jpg 1180w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/11/RS27583_alt_648-960x651.jpg 960w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/11/RS27583_alt_648-240x163.jpg 240w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/11/RS27583_alt_648-375x254.jpg 375w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/11/RS27583_alt_648-520x353.jpg 520w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Defendant Jose Ines Garcia Zarate, who is also known as Juan Francisco Lopez Sanchez, enters court for an arraignment on July 7, 2015, in San Francisco. \u003ccite>(Michael Macor-Pool/Getty Images)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>A San Francisco jury has acquitted Jose Ines Garcia Zarate on murder and manslaughter charges in the 2015 death of Kathryn Steinle. Many people around the country -- including President Donald Trump and Attorney General Jeff Sessions -- have put a spotlight on the defendant's undocumented status and San Francisco's status as a so-called sanctuary city. But there was a lot \u003ca href=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/2017/11/30/steinle-trial-verdict/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">more to this case\u003c/a>:\u003c/p>\n\u003cul>\n\u003cli>The bullet that killed Steinle ricocheted off the ground before traveling 78 feet and hitting Stenile, suggesting an \u003ca href=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/2017/11/08/steinle-trial-defense-expert-says-facts-of-shooting-suggest-accidental-discharge/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">accidental discharge\u003c/a>.\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>The prosecution was unable to present a motive for why Garcia Zarate would intentionally kill Steinle.\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>The gun used in the killing was \u003ca href=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/2017/07/07/court-filing-ids-fed-whose-stolen-gun-was-used-in-kate-steinle-killing/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">stolen from the car\u003c/a> of a U.S. Bureau of Land Management ranger four days earlier. The ranger was \u003ca href=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/2017/10/20/federal-agency-promoted-ranger-just-months-after-his-gun-was-stolen-and-used-in-steinle-killing/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">later promoted\u003c/a>.\u003c/li>\n\u003c/ul>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>\u003ca href=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/2017/11/29/risk-of-shark-attacks-in-california-has-plummeted-researchers-say/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">3. Sharks don't find you \u003cem>that\u003c/em> tasty ... seals are yummier!\u003c/a>\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11633959\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003ca href=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2017/11/iStock-503516024-e1512002719505.jpg\">\u003cimg class=\"size-medium wp-image-11633959\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2017/11/iStock-503516024-800x415.jpg\" alt=\"White Shark breaching in an attack.\" width=\"800\" height=\"415\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">White Shark breaching in an attack. \u003ccite>(USO/iStockphoto)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Good news! The risk of being attacked by a shark on the California coast has \u003ca href=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/2017/11/29/risk-of-shark-attacks-in-california-has-plummeted-researchers-say/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">dropped by more than 91 percent\u003c/a> since 1950, according to Stanford researchers. Their best guess for the change is the resurgence of seals, sea lions and elephant seals, which provide sharks an attractive menu far from the California coastline.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>\u003ca href=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/2017/11/28/october-fires-44th-victim-a-creative-globetrotting-engineer-with-the-kindest-heart/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">4. Northern California fires claim 44th Victim\u003c/a>\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11633811\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\" style=\"max-width: 576px\">\u003ca href=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2017/11/michelazarian.jpg\">\u003cimg class=\"size-full wp-image-11633811\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2017/11/michelazarian.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"576\" height=\"669\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/11/michelazarian.jpg 576w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/11/michelazarian-160x186.jpg 160w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/11/michelazarian-240x279.jpg 240w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/11/michelazarian-375x436.jpg 375w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/11/michelazarian-520x604.jpg 520w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 576px) 100vw, 576px\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Michel Azarian, photographed during a recent trip. Azarian lived outside Santa Rosa and died Nov. 26 as the result of burns suffered during the Tubbs Fire in October. \u003ccite>(Courtesy of Khachik Papanyan)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Michel Azarian, 41, died last Sunday at UC Davis Medical Center from extensive burns he suffered when the Tubbs Fire trapped him outside his home on the outskirts of Santa Rosa. He is \u003ca href=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/2017/11/28/october-fires-44th-victim-a-creative-globetrotting-engineer-with-the-kindest-heart/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">the 44th person\u003c/a> to have died as a result of the October wildfires that devastated huge swaths of the North Bay and other Northern California communities.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“For those of you who had the pleasure of knowing Michel, he had the kindest heart and an incredible lust for life,” wrote Mihran Aroian, parish counsel chairman for the Armenian Church of Austin, in an announcement of Azarian’s death. “He was also an active globetrotter and a brilliant photographer. He had a robust appreciation both for the quiet beauty in nature along with fun adventures and laughter with friends.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>\u003ca href=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/2017/12/01/going-to-bumpass-hell-better-watch-your-step/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">5. Caution: Ground is hot\u003c/a>\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11633666\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 640px\">\u003ca href=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2017/11/RS28182_HydroTherm-Warning-Sign-Bumpass-Hell_NPS-Photo-qut.jpg\">\u003cimg class=\"size-full wp-image-11633666\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2017/11/RS28182_HydroTherm-Warning-Sign-Bumpass-Hell_NPS-Photo-qut.jpg\" alt=\"A sign on the boardwalk at Bumpass Hell warns visitors to stay on the path.\" width=\"640\" height=\"480\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/11/RS28182_HydroTherm-Warning-Sign-Bumpass-Hell_NPS-Photo-qut.jpg 640w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/11/RS28182_HydroTherm-Warning-Sign-Bumpass-Hell_NPS-Photo-qut-160x120.jpg 160w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/11/RS28182_HydroTherm-Warning-Sign-Bumpass-Hell_NPS-Photo-qut-240x180.jpg 240w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/11/RS28182_HydroTherm-Warning-Sign-Bumpass-Hell_NPS-Photo-qut-375x281.jpg 375w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/11/RS28182_HydroTherm-Warning-Sign-Bumpass-Hell_NPS-Photo-qut-520x390.jpg 520w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">A sign on the boardwalk at Bumpass Hell warns visitors to stay on the path. \u003ccite>(Karen Haner)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>In 1865, Kendall Bumpass was leading a tour around the hot pools in what we know today as Lassen Volcanic National Park.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Kendall was warning everyone to be careful of where they put their feet and stepped because he knew how crumbly the ground could be,” says Karen Haner, the chief of interpretation and education at Lassen. “Unfortunately, he took a misstep, and his leg plunged into the boiling, acidic water. It burned him very severely.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>And so, \u003ca href=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/2017/12/01/going-to-bumpass-hell-better-watch-your-step/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Bumpass Hell\u003c/a> was born.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch1>\u003ca href=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/arts/programs/oakland-warehouse-memorial/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Before you go...\u003c/a>\u003c/h1>\n\u003cp>This weekend marks \u003ca href=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/arts/programs/oakland-warehouse-memorial/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">one year\u003c/a> since the Ghost Ship fire that killed 36 Bay Area artists at an Oakland warehouse.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xPTMdO_15MQ\u003c/p>\n\n",
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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003cp>We know it can be hard to keep up with everything that’s going on in the world, the country and your community. So here are five stories from the past week that you may have missed but really shouldn’t.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>\u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/2017/11/27/feds-ask-state-to-explain-cracks-in-new-concrete-on-oroville-spillway/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">1. How did those cracks get there? Didn't you just build this thing?\u003c/a>\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11633512\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003ca href=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2017/11/KJ_oroville_1926_10_19_17-e1511829691789.jpg\">\u003cimg class=\"size-medium wp-image-11633512\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2017/11/KJ_oroville_1926_10_19_17-800x591.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"800\" height=\"591\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">The California Department of Water Resources says extensive steel reinforcement and other measures intended to make Oroville Dam's rebuilt spillway stronger have resulted in cracking of the spillway concrete. DWR says the small cracks should not affect the spillway's integrity. \u003ccite>(Ken James/ California Department of Water Resources)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>The most popular story on our site this week chronicled the latest chapter in the effort to rebuild the Oroville Dam spillway, which failed last February and led to mass evacuations. Federal regulators asked state water officials to explain \u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/2017/11/27/feds-ask-state-to-explain-cracks-in-new-concrete-on-oroville-spillway/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">small cracks\u003c/a> that were found in some of the spillway's newly built concrete slabs.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>A spokeswoman for the state Department of Water Resources said the cracks were the result of efforts to make the spillway stronger and were to be expected in concrete slabs of that size. But Robert Bea, a veteran analyst of structure failures, isn't quite convinced:\u003c/p>\n\u003cblockquote>\u003cp>“Cracking in high-strength reinforced concrete structures is never ‘to be expected,’ ” Bea said in an email. Even small cracks could increase stresses in the concrete when it is under “service loading” — for instance, when large volumes of water hurtle down the structure at speeds approaching 90 mph.\u003c/p>\u003c/blockquote>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>\u003ca href=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/2017/11/30/steinle-trial-verdict/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">2. Beyond politics: understanding why the jury got to 'not guilty'\u003c/a>\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11629419\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003ca href=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2017/11/RS27583_alt_648.jpg\">\u003cimg class=\"size-medium wp-image-11629419\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2017/11/RS27583_alt_648-800x543.jpg\" alt=\"Jose Ines Garcia Zarate, who is also known as Juan Francisco Lopez Sanchez, enters court for an arraignment on July 7, 2015 in San Francisco.\" width=\"800\" height=\"543\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/11/RS27583_alt_648-800x543.jpg 800w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/11/RS27583_alt_648-160x109.jpg 160w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/11/RS27583_alt_648-1020x692.jpg 1020w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/11/RS27583_alt_648.jpg 1920w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/11/RS27583_alt_648-1180x800.jpg 1180w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/11/RS27583_alt_648-960x651.jpg 960w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/11/RS27583_alt_648-240x163.jpg 240w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/11/RS27583_alt_648-375x254.jpg 375w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/11/RS27583_alt_648-520x353.jpg 520w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Defendant Jose Ines Garcia Zarate, who is also known as Juan Francisco Lopez Sanchez, enters court for an arraignment on July 7, 2015, in San Francisco. \u003ccite>(Michael Macor-Pool/Getty Images)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>A San Francisco jury has acquitted Jose Ines Garcia Zarate on murder and manslaughter charges in the 2015 death of Kathryn Steinle. Many people around the country -- including President Donald Trump and Attorney General Jeff Sessions -- have put a spotlight on the defendant's undocumented status and San Francisco's status as a so-called sanctuary city. But there was a lot \u003ca href=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/2017/11/30/steinle-trial-verdict/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">more to this case\u003c/a>:\u003c/p>\n\u003cul>\n\u003cli>The bullet that killed Steinle ricocheted off the ground before traveling 78 feet and hitting Stenile, suggesting an \u003ca href=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/2017/11/08/steinle-trial-defense-expert-says-facts-of-shooting-suggest-accidental-discharge/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">accidental discharge\u003c/a>.\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>The prosecution was unable to present a motive for why Garcia Zarate would intentionally kill Steinle.\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>The gun used in the killing was \u003ca href=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/2017/07/07/court-filing-ids-fed-whose-stolen-gun-was-used-in-kate-steinle-killing/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">stolen from the car\u003c/a> of a U.S. Bureau of Land Management ranger four days earlier. The ranger was \u003ca href=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/2017/10/20/federal-agency-promoted-ranger-just-months-after-his-gun-was-stolen-and-used-in-steinle-killing/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">later promoted\u003c/a>.\u003c/li>\n\u003c/ul>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>\u003ca href=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/2017/11/29/risk-of-shark-attacks-in-california-has-plummeted-researchers-say/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">3. 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The risk of being attacked by a shark on the California coast has \u003ca href=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/2017/11/29/risk-of-shark-attacks-in-california-has-plummeted-researchers-say/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">dropped by more than 91 percent\u003c/a> since 1950, according to Stanford researchers. Their best guess for the change is the resurgence of seals, sea lions and elephant seals, which provide sharks an attractive menu far from the California coastline.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003c/div>",
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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>\u003ca href=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/2017/11/28/october-fires-44th-victim-a-creative-globetrotting-engineer-with-the-kindest-heart/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">4. Northern California fires claim 44th Victim\u003c/a>\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11633811\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\" style=\"max-width: 576px\">\u003ca href=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2017/11/michelazarian.jpg\">\u003cimg class=\"size-full wp-image-11633811\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2017/11/michelazarian.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"576\" height=\"669\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/11/michelazarian.jpg 576w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/11/michelazarian-160x186.jpg 160w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/11/michelazarian-240x279.jpg 240w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/11/michelazarian-375x436.jpg 375w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/11/michelazarian-520x604.jpg 520w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 576px) 100vw, 576px\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Michel Azarian, photographed during a recent trip. Azarian lived outside Santa Rosa and died Nov. 26 as the result of burns suffered during the Tubbs Fire in October. \u003ccite>(Courtesy of Khachik Papanyan)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Michel Azarian, 41, died last Sunday at UC Davis Medical Center from extensive burns he suffered when the Tubbs Fire trapped him outside his home on the outskirts of Santa Rosa. He is \u003ca href=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/2017/11/28/october-fires-44th-victim-a-creative-globetrotting-engineer-with-the-kindest-heart/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">the 44th person\u003c/a> to have died as a result of the October wildfires that devastated huge swaths of the North Bay and other Northern California communities.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“For those of you who had the pleasure of knowing Michel, he had the kindest heart and an incredible lust for life,” wrote Mihran Aroian, parish counsel chairman for the Armenian Church of Austin, in an announcement of Azarian’s death. “He was also an active globetrotter and a brilliant photographer. He had a robust appreciation both for the quiet beauty in nature along with fun adventures and laughter with friends.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>\u003ca href=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/2017/12/01/going-to-bumpass-hell-better-watch-your-step/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">5. 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