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On the roads, they would have these rumble strips before the stop signs, and my dad would experiment with trying to play music by going different speeds over the rumble strips. We would talk about how fast we needed to go to make different kinds of musical scales. 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"content": "\u003cp>When you step inside the \u003ca href=\"https://www.mannequinmadness.com/\">Mannequin Madness\u003c/a> warehouse in Oakland, you’re greeted by a mind-boggling assortment of mannequins for rent or sale.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“They’re not always just mannequins with a head,” smiled founder Judi Henderson. “There’s legs, there’s feet, there’s butts. One of these boxes here is just full of heads.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>There’s even a life-sized mannequin of former President Barack Obama next to a plastic chest tied up in Shibari rope. A little something for every taste at Mannequin Madness.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11971898\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-11971898\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/01/231212-MANNEQUIN-MADNESS-MD-08-KQED.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/01/231212-MANNEQUIN-MADNESS-MD-08-KQED.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/01/231212-MANNEQUIN-MADNESS-MD-08-KQED-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/01/231212-MANNEQUIN-MADNESS-MD-08-KQED-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/01/231212-MANNEQUIN-MADNESS-MD-08-KQED-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/01/231212-MANNEQUIN-MADNESS-MD-08-KQED-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/01/231212-MANNEQUIN-MADNESS-MD-08-KQED-1920x1280.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Participants make decorative headdresses during a headdress workshop at Mannequin Madness in Oakland on Jan. 7, 2024. \u003ccite>(Martin do Nascimento/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>“I’ve seen every cross-section of society coming through here,” Henderson said. “Every age group, every nationality, every sex and sexual orientation.” But Henderson said the biggest holidays for mannequin shopping are Halloween and Burning Man. “Burning Man is like my Christmas,” she said.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>Blame it on Tina!\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>Henderson is a stylish 66-year-old Black entrepreneur who’s built a mannequin empire inside a warehouse near Oakland’s Jack London Square that once housed a \u003ca href=\"https://localwiki.org/oakland/California_Cotton_Mills\">historic cotton mill.\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11971900\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-11971900\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/01/231212-MANNEQUIN-MADNESS-MD-11-KQED.jpg\" alt=\"A man helps a woman put on a headdress.\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/01/231212-MANNEQUIN-MADNESS-MD-11-KQED.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/01/231212-MANNEQUIN-MADNESS-MD-11-KQED-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/01/231212-MANNEQUIN-MADNESS-MD-11-KQED-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/01/231212-MANNEQUIN-MADNESS-MD-11-KQED-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/01/231212-MANNEQUIN-MADNESS-MD-11-KQED-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/01/231212-MANNEQUIN-MADNESS-MD-11-KQED-1920x1280.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Hector Villacorta (left) helps Julia Gunn try on a headdress at Mannequin Madness during a headdress workshop in Oakland on Jan. 7, 2024. \u003ccite>(Martin do Nascimento/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>“I blame it all on Tina,” said Henderson, who was searching for Tina Turner concert tickets one night when she came across a listing for a mannequin for sale on Craigslist. Her impulsive buy would set the course for the rest of her life.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[pullquote align=\"right\" size=\"medium\" citation=\"Judi Henderson, founder and president, Mannequin Madness\"]‘Secondhand or used does not necessarily mean that it’s in disrepair or it’s in poor condition. I like to feel we’re giving a new youth for something old, kind of like myself.’[/pullquote]“[The seller] just casually told me that he ran the only mannequin rental business in town,” Henderson said, “and now that he was leaving the Bay Area, there wouldn’t be a place to rent a mannequin in the area anymore.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Henderson pondered for a moment.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I was already looking for a side hustle,” she said, “but most people don’t know a good opportunity when they see it.” Henderson figured this might be her long-awaited shot at becoming an entrepreneur.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I was working at a dot-com in the early days of the internet,” said Henderson, who worked in sales.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“This was before ‘girl boss’ became part of the culture,” she said. So she had to sit back and watch while many of her white male colleagues saw their careers skyrocket.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11971899\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-11971899\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/01/231212-MANNEQUIN-MADNESS-MD-09-KQED.jpg\" alt=\"People around a table during a workshop with colorful headdresses and materials strewn around. \" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/01/231212-MANNEQUIN-MADNESS-MD-09-KQED.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/01/231212-MANNEQUIN-MADNESS-MD-09-KQED-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/01/231212-MANNEQUIN-MADNESS-MD-09-KQED-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/01/231212-MANNEQUIN-MADNESS-MD-09-KQED-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/01/231212-MANNEQUIN-MADNESS-MD-09-KQED-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/01/231212-MANNEQUIN-MADNESS-MD-09-KQED-1920x1280.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Instructor Hector Villacorta (center) leads a headdress workshop at Mannequin Madness in Oakland on Jan. 7, 2024. \u003ccite>(Martin do Nascimento/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>“They weren’t any smarter than I was,” Henderson said, “but they were confident and resilient and had resources.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Once she met the mannequin seller on Craigslist, Henderson realized she was staring at her opportunity. “So I bought all 50 of his mannequins,” Henderson said, “and I started Mannequin Madness Rental Company out of my house.”\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>Keeping mannequins out of the landfill\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>“I found out that department stores would throw mannequins in the trash,” Henderson said. She did some research and was alarmed to learn just how much waste was present in the mannequin business. If a store needed to update their mannequins as styles changed, they would just toss the old ones in the trash.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Mannequins are made out of materials that don’t biodegrade. Things like fiberglass and styrofoam,” she said, gesturing toward a collection of different types of mannequins. ”I knew these didn’t belong in a landfill.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>So Henderson came up with a plan to help the environment and expand her business.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11971897\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-11971897\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/01/231212-MANNEQUIN-MADNESS-MD-05-KQED.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/01/231212-MANNEQUIN-MADNESS-MD-05-KQED.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/01/231212-MANNEQUIN-MADNESS-MD-05-KQED-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/01/231212-MANNEQUIN-MADNESS-MD-05-KQED-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/01/231212-MANNEQUIN-MADNESS-MD-05-KQED-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/01/231212-MANNEQUIN-MADNESS-MD-05-KQED-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/01/231212-MANNEQUIN-MADNESS-MD-05-KQED-1920x1280.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Mannequins in the Mannequin Madness warehouse on Dec. 13, 2023. \u003ccite>(Martin do Nascimento/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>“I started making retailers an offer they couldn’t refuse,” Henderson said with pride. “I would recycle their mannequins for free, saving them on waste disposal fees.” Henderson would send a truck to pick up the old mannequins at no cost to the retailer.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“That gave me inventory, and I went from 50 to 500 mannequins within a six-month period of time,” she said, “which gave me enough to not just rent but to sell.”\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>\u003cstrong>Consumed by Mannequin Madness\u003c/strong>\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>In 2001, in the wake of the 9/11 terrorist attacks in New York and Washington, D.C., Henderson suddenly found herself unemployed. The dot-com folded, and suddenly, she found herself without an income and with a house full of mannequins.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11971896\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-11971896\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/01/231212-MANNEQUIN-MADNESS-MD-02-KQED.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/01/231212-MANNEQUIN-MADNESS-MD-02-KQED.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/01/231212-MANNEQUIN-MADNESS-MD-02-KQED-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/01/231212-MANNEQUIN-MADNESS-MD-02-KQED-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/01/231212-MANNEQUIN-MADNESS-MD-02-KQED-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/01/231212-MANNEQUIN-MADNESS-MD-02-KQED-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/01/231212-MANNEQUIN-MADNESS-MD-02-KQED-1920x1280.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Judi Henderson, the president at Mannequin Madness, inspects a child-sized sewing format in the Mannequin Madness warehouse on Dec. 13, 2023. \u003ccite>(Martin do Nascimento/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>“So I decided to make Mannequin Madness my full-time venture,” Henderson said. 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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003cp>When you step inside the \u003ca href=\"https://www.mannequinmadness.com/\">Mannequin Madness\u003c/a> warehouse in Oakland, you’re greeted by a mind-boggling assortment of mannequins for rent or sale.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“They’re not always just mannequins with a head,” smiled founder Judi Henderson. “There’s legs, there’s feet, there’s butts. One of these boxes here is just full of heads.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>There’s even a life-sized mannequin of former President Barack Obama next to a plastic chest tied up in Shibari rope. A little something for every taste at Mannequin Madness.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11971898\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-11971898\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/01/231212-MANNEQUIN-MADNESS-MD-08-KQED.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/01/231212-MANNEQUIN-MADNESS-MD-08-KQED.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/01/231212-MANNEQUIN-MADNESS-MD-08-KQED-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/01/231212-MANNEQUIN-MADNESS-MD-08-KQED-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/01/231212-MANNEQUIN-MADNESS-MD-08-KQED-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/01/231212-MANNEQUIN-MADNESS-MD-08-KQED-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/01/231212-MANNEQUIN-MADNESS-MD-08-KQED-1920x1280.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Participants make decorative headdresses during a headdress workshop at Mannequin Madness in Oakland on Jan. 7, 2024. \u003ccite>(Martin do Nascimento/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>“I’ve seen every cross-section of society coming through here,” Henderson said. “Every age group, every nationality, every sex and sexual orientation.” But Henderson said the biggest holidays for mannequin shopping are Halloween and Burning Man. “Burning Man is like my Christmas,” she said.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>Blame it on Tina!\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>Henderson is a stylish 66-year-old Black entrepreneur who’s built a mannequin empire inside a warehouse near Oakland’s Jack London Square that once housed a \u003ca href=\"https://localwiki.org/oakland/California_Cotton_Mills\">historic cotton mill.\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11971900\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-11971900\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/01/231212-MANNEQUIN-MADNESS-MD-11-KQED.jpg\" alt=\"A man helps a woman put on a headdress.\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/01/231212-MANNEQUIN-MADNESS-MD-11-KQED.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/01/231212-MANNEQUIN-MADNESS-MD-11-KQED-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/01/231212-MANNEQUIN-MADNESS-MD-11-KQED-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/01/231212-MANNEQUIN-MADNESS-MD-11-KQED-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/01/231212-MANNEQUIN-MADNESS-MD-11-KQED-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/01/231212-MANNEQUIN-MADNESS-MD-11-KQED-1920x1280.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Hector Villacorta (left) helps Julia Gunn try on a headdress at Mannequin Madness during a headdress workshop in Oakland on Jan. 7, 2024. \u003ccite>(Martin do Nascimento/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>“I blame it all on Tina,” said Henderson, who was searching for Tina Turner concert tickets one night when she came across a listing for a mannequin for sale on Craigslist. Her impulsive buy would set the course for the rest of her life.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003c/div>",
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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>“[The seller] just casually told me that he ran the only mannequin rental business in town,” Henderson said, “and now that he was leaving the Bay Area, there wouldn’t be a place to rent a mannequin in the area anymore.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Henderson pondered for a moment.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I was already looking for a side hustle,” she said, “but most people don’t know a good opportunity when they see it.” Henderson figured this might be her long-awaited shot at becoming an entrepreneur.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I was working at a dot-com in the early days of the internet,” said Henderson, who worked in sales.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“This was before ‘girl boss’ became part of the culture,” she said. 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She did some research and was alarmed to learn just how much waste was present in the mannequin business. If a store needed to update their mannequins as styles changed, they would just toss the old ones in the trash.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Mannequins are made out of materials that don’t biodegrade. Things like fiberglass and styrofoam,” she said, gesturing toward a collection of different types of mannequins. ”I knew these didn’t belong in a landfill.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>So Henderson came up with a plan to help the environment and expand her business.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11971897\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-11971897\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/01/231212-MANNEQUIN-MADNESS-MD-05-KQED.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/01/231212-MANNEQUIN-MADNESS-MD-05-KQED.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/01/231212-MANNEQUIN-MADNESS-MD-05-KQED-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/01/231212-MANNEQUIN-MADNESS-MD-05-KQED-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/01/231212-MANNEQUIN-MADNESS-MD-05-KQED-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/01/231212-MANNEQUIN-MADNESS-MD-05-KQED-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/01/231212-MANNEQUIN-MADNESS-MD-05-KQED-1920x1280.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Mannequins in the Mannequin Madness warehouse on Dec. 13, 2023. \u003ccite>(Martin do Nascimento/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>“I started making retailers an offer they couldn’t refuse,” Henderson said with pride. “I would recycle their mannequins for free, saving them on waste disposal fees.” Henderson would send a truck to pick up the old mannequins at no cost to the retailer.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“That gave me inventory, and I went from 50 to 500 mannequins within a six-month period of time,” she said, “which gave me enough to not just rent but to sell.”\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>\u003cstrong>Consumed by Mannequin Madness\u003c/strong>\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>In 2001, in the wake of the 9/11 terrorist attacks in New York and Washington, D.C., Henderson suddenly found herself unemployed. 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He also installed antennas in people’s homes.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“He was the guy that brought TV to the North Coast,” McKeating said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Through that work, he got curious about radio waves and electromagnetism. As a boy, he’d been fascinated by radios, \u003ca href=\"http://larryspringmuseum.org/larryspring\">tinkering with oatmeal boxes, wire coils and galena crystals to pick up radio stations from San Francisco\u003c/a>. Later, he was a pilot during WWII, specializing in radio wave transmission. He loved to experiment, observe and make improvements, but he had no formal training in science. Once he got access to larger TV antennas, his hobby felt more meaningful. 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He attached solar panels to different models that then spin an object or play music using magnetic propulsion.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“He wanted to know how the world worked,” McKeating said. “And these are the ways in which he decided were a good way for him to learn. I think they’re wonderful. They’re like little kinetic sculptures to me, and he’s clearly taken time to make them aesthetically pleasing.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The little woods creatures are also delightful, but Spring didn’t think of them as sculptures. For him, they are an extension of his keen powers of observation — he’d notice sticks in the woods that resembled a beaver or a dancing person and then enhance those features until they looked even more like what he’d observed.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11974810\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-11974810\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/02/LARRYMOTOR-KQED-800x1067.jpg\" alt=\"Black and white photo of Larry Spring with motor.\" width=\"800\" height=\"1067\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/02/LARRYMOTOR-KQED-800x1067.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/02/LARRYMOTOR-KQED-1020x1360.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/02/LARRYMOTOR-KQED-160x213.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/02/LARRYMOTOR-KQED-1152x1536.jpg 1152w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/02/LARRYMOTOR-KQED.jpg 1500w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Larry Spring with his Mendocino Brushless Levitating Solar Motor. \u003ccite>(Courtesy Larry Spring Museum)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>“But he didn’t identify as an artist,” McKeating said. “He identified as an experimenter. 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Spring was a regular guy, curious about the world around him and creating models out of the materials he had available to him — pop tops, music boxes, tinfoil. That makes it a challenge to maintain the items on display, some of which are already deteriorating.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I don’t think it’s a bad thing to show the passage of time with these kinds of artifacts,” McKeating said. “In a sense, I look at it as curated decay. 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For him, they are an extension of his keen powers of observation — he’d notice sticks in the woods that resembled a beaver or a dancing person and then enhance those features until they looked even more like what he’d observed.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11974810\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-11974810\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/02/LARRYMOTOR-KQED-800x1067.jpg\" alt=\"Black and white photo of Larry Spring with motor.\" width=\"800\" height=\"1067\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/02/LARRYMOTOR-KQED-800x1067.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/02/LARRYMOTOR-KQED-1020x1360.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/02/LARRYMOTOR-KQED-160x213.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/02/LARRYMOTOR-KQED-1152x1536.jpg 1152w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/02/LARRYMOTOR-KQED.jpg 1500w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Larry Spring with his Mendocino Brushless Levitating Solar Motor. \u003ccite>(Courtesy Larry Spring Museum)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>“But he didn’t identify as an artist,” McKeating said. “He identified as an experimenter. 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Spring was a regular guy, curious about the world around him and creating models out of the materials he had available to him — pop tops, music boxes, tinfoil. That makes it a challenge to maintain the items on display, some of which are already deteriorating.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I don’t think it’s a bad thing to show the passage of time with these kinds of artifacts,” McKeating said. “In a sense, I look at it as curated decay. 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"content": "\u003cp>High in the San Bernardino Mountains sits the small city of Big Bear Lake. It’s a vacation destination for families all over Southern California — in the winter for snow, and the summer for recreation by the area’s namesake body of water. There are many companies that offer tours on Big Bear Lake’s calm waters, but for those looking for a more unique ride, there’s a boat called the Time Bandit.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The boat is a replica of a Spanish galleon but much smaller at one-third the size. It’s been decked out as a miniature pirate ship: painted black, with red and white accents, fake skeletons tied to the \u003ca href=\"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shroud_(sailing)\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">shrouds\u003c/a>, and a flag that says “Time Flies When Having Rum.” The captain of the ship is dressed in pirate gear, and sea shanties play over the speakers on the ship as it leaves from the dock.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The 90-minute tour takes passengers around the western half of the lake, with beautiful views of the surrounding forested mountainsides. The captain discusses the history and ecology of the area, as well as pointing out places of interest. There are cheesy pirate jokes aplenty, and while the ship doesn’t have a real cannon, a handheld version provides enough explosive power to make you feel like you’re really swashbuckling. Kids are even invited up to try steering the ship and take a photo with the captain.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11920182\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003ca href=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2022/07/IMG_2635-scaled.jpg\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-11920182\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2022/07/IMG_2635-800x600.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"800\" height=\"600\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2022/07/IMG_2635-800x600.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2022/07/IMG_2635-1020x765.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2022/07/IMG_2635-160x120.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2022/07/IMG_2635-1536x1152.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2022/07/IMG_2635-2048x1536.jpg 2048w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2022/07/IMG_2635-1920x1440.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">A passenger looks out over Big Bear Lake from the bow of the Time Bandit. \u003ccite>(Amanda Font/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>The ship lived a full and varied life before it arrived on the lake. It was hand built by a father and son in San Diego more than 50 years ago. The father, who was the would-be captain, began construction in his backyard in 1955, but didn’t complete the vessel until 1969. His original intent was to sail the ship to the Sea of Cortez, near Baja, California, and live on it. However, in the time it took him to build the boat, he lost interest in the idea.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In 1981 the ship ended up in the movie “\u003ca href=\"https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vioocIR0gHQ&ab_channel=HDRetroTrailers\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Time Bandits\u003c/a>.” The film, written and directed by Terry Gilliam, is about a little boy with an interest in history, who gets taken on a wild adventure by a group of people who are able to travel through time. The travelers sail aboard a ship to their destinations, and the one used in the movie is the very same one that’s floating on the lake today.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Following its stint on the silver screen, the ship was used as a tour boat in Newport Beach and LA Harbor. It even served its original purpose as a floating residence for a while. Eventually the ship was purchased by new owners, and slowly moved up the mountain — a trip that took two and a half days from its prior location in Dana Point. There, they refurbished it as a pirate ship, and the Time Bandit has been sailing the calm water of Big Bear Lake for the last 25 years.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Tours on the Time Bandit leave from \u003ca href=\"https://www.bigbearhollowaysmarina.com/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Holloway’s Marina\u003c/a> every day of the week from April 1 through November 1.\u003c/p>\n\n",
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"content": "\u003cp>The ubiquity of boba drink shops in the Bay Area did not discourage Willy and Chelsea Tatola from pursuing their dream of opening one. Instead, it challenged the husband-and-wife team to offer something new and different.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“We tried to come up with a unique name that, once you came to our shop, you would never forget,” Willy Tatola says.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The result is Kiss My Boba, which launched as a food truck more than four years ago and opened a storefront in October 2021. It’s located on the busy El Camino Real in San Bruno, just 10 minutes from San Francisco International Airport. Chelsea Tatola says that nearly every day, she serves customers who have just flown in and happen upon the shop. But there’s also a steady flow of repeat customers from the area around SFO.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“A bunch of my husband’s family works for United,” she says, “which is just like six minutes from here.” It’s not only the convenient-to-SFO location that attracts customers, though — Kiss My Boba offers something that’s hard to find.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Our most popular drink is a Tongan mango otai,” Willy Tatola says, “and it’s a specialty beverage that we’d have at our Tongan family functions.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>A Tongan mango otai includes shredded coconut and mango. Willy Tatola is Tongan American — he was born and raised in the East Bay, and his family hails from the southern Pacific archipelago.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11919064\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 1920px\">\u003cimg class=\"size-full wp-image-11919064\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2022/07/RS57154_001_KQED_KissMyBoba_07072022-qut.jpg\" alt=\"smiling husband and wife holding young boy post in front of a sign inside their shop reading 'kiss my boba'\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1280\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2022/07/RS57154_001_KQED_KissMyBoba_07072022-qut.jpg 1920w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2022/07/RS57154_001_KQED_KissMyBoba_07072022-qut-800x533.jpg 800w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2022/07/RS57154_001_KQED_KissMyBoba_07072022-qut-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2022/07/RS57154_001_KQED_KissMyBoba_07072022-qut-160x107.jpg 160w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2022/07/RS57154_001_KQED_KissMyBoba_07072022-qut-1536x1024.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1920px) 100vw, 1920px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Kiss My Boba owners Chelsea and Willy Tatola and their son Viliami pose for a portrait at the shop in San Bruno on July 7, 2022. \u003ccite>(Beth LaBerge/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Back when Kiss My Boba was a food truck, the Tatolas used to stop by cultural festivals around the Bay Area. One time, Willy’s mom mixed up a big batch of the special-occasion drink and brought it to the Kiss My Boba truck.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“She brought two buckets to us and it sold out immediately,” Willy says. “After that, it clicked in my head that we should sell this drink.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>They use his mother’s recipe, and while they still prep the drinks by hand, they have upgraded from small cheese graters to commercial-size shredders to speed up the process (and reduce strain on hands). It’s so popular that some days they’ll have a special order for 100 drinks. Combined with shop and truck sales, Chelsea Tatola says that can mean making up to eight 5-gallon buckets. They’ve also introduced a watermelon otai, but Chelsea Tatola says that’s not yet on the regular menu because it’s hard to bring in as much fresh watermelon as they would need.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11919066\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 1920px\">\u003cimg class=\"size-full wp-image-11919066\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2022/07/RS57161_011_KQED_KissMyBoba_07072022-qut.jpg\" alt=\"detail photo of two hands holding large plastic cups, one filled with a brownish reddish drink, the other a white and orange drink with boba at the bottom\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1280\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2022/07/RS57161_011_KQED_KissMyBoba_07072022-qut.jpg 1920w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2022/07/RS57161_011_KQED_KissMyBoba_07072022-qut-800x533.jpg 800w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2022/07/RS57161_011_KQED_KissMyBoba_07072022-qut-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2022/07/RS57161_011_KQED_KissMyBoba_07072022-qut-160x107.jpg 160w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2022/07/RS57161_011_KQED_KissMyBoba_07072022-qut-1536x1024.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1920px) 100vw, 1920px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">A customer at Kiss My Boba holds their drink orders at the shop in San Bruno on July 7, 2022. \u003ccite>(Beth LaBerge/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Boba is made from tapioca, which comes from cassava. Though widely available now across the United States, the boba tea origin story leads back to Taiwan. But Willy Tatola says tapioca is also a staple in the Tongan diet. It might be served as a starchy side, he says, or in a dessert called faikakai.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“[Faikakai] has a tapioca base that we use. And it’s a similar texture to boba but just a little bigger,” he says, adding it’s served with a coconut cream and burnt sugar sauce. “Oh! That’s a good idea for a drink!”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Before becoming a boba drink developer, Willy Tatola worked as a particle scientist at Bayer. He enjoys how each new idea that sends him into the kitchen puts his science skills back to work.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Iteration is key to getting the perfect recipe,” he says.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11919123\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 1920px\">\u003cimg class=\"size-full wp-image-11919123\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2022/07/RS57160_007_KQED_KissMyBoba_07072022-qut.jpg\" alt=\"four plastic cups filled with bright orange, pink, orange-yellow and brown boba drinks with 'kiss my boba' sign in background\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1280\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2022/07/RS57160_007_KQED_KissMyBoba_07072022-qut.jpg 1920w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2022/07/RS57160_007_KQED_KissMyBoba_07072022-qut-800x533.jpg 800w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2022/07/RS57160_007_KQED_KissMyBoba_07072022-qut-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2022/07/RS57160_007_KQED_KissMyBoba_07072022-qut-160x107.jpg 160w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2022/07/RS57160_007_KQED_KissMyBoba_07072022-qut-1536x1024.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1920px) 100vw, 1920px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">A variety of boba drinks sit on the counter at Kiss My Boba in San Bruno. \u003ccite>(Beth LaBerge/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Chelsea Tatola says she grew up in a restaurant family. She imagined she would someday find her way into the food arena, though she doubted her skills as a chef. She pursued a career in law enforcement and worked as a police detective, which she was still doing when the Kiss My Boba food truck started to take off.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“We always had so much more fun working our boba food truck after work and on the weekends, that we’re like, 'We love this, why aren’t we doing this every day, all day?'”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[aside label='More From the Hidden Gems Series' tag='hidden-gems']Empty storefronts during the pandemic offered an opportunity. They jumped to secure their current storefront space on the corner of a building with a small parking lot, where the food truck also can often be spotted loading up for an event.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>On busy days, the line of customers can snake out the front door and along the front of the building, as happened on a spring afternoon when Kiss My Boba offered some of its profits to the local Capuchino High School music boosters. Inside, customers order from kiosks or speak with a real person and can choose from boba shop staples like milk tea and unique spins the Tatolas have developed. Customer Christian Medina says it’s become his favorite boba shop.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“The Grandma’s strawberry milk is to die for. It’s so good with black boba,” he says. “And the otai ... oh my, can never miss, you know?”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Denisse Ramirez says she lives close by and comes in often.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I ordered the strawberry lychee green tea. I order 100% sweetness with lychee jelly,” she says, which is her favorite combination. “I really like that and also the mangonada,” which is a mango smoothie with chamoy and tajin to give it some spice.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11919068\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 1920px\">\u003cimg class=\"size-full wp-image-11919068\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2022/07/RS57167_018_KQED_KissMyBoba_07072022-qut.jpg\" alt=\"woman smiling behind counter with menu visible in background points while listening to a customer\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1280\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2022/07/RS57167_018_KQED_KissMyBoba_07072022-qut.jpg 1920w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2022/07/RS57167_018_KQED_KissMyBoba_07072022-qut-800x533.jpg 800w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2022/07/RS57167_018_KQED_KissMyBoba_07072022-qut-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2022/07/RS57167_018_KQED_KissMyBoba_07072022-qut-160x107.jpg 160w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2022/07/RS57167_018_KQED_KissMyBoba_07072022-qut-1536x1024.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1920px) 100vw, 1920px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Kiss My Boba owner Chelsea Tatola helps customers at the shop in San Bruno. \u003ccite>(Beth LaBerge/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>The Tatolas enjoy playing with fusion — of flavors, cultures and colors — and nostalgia also features heavily on the menu. One specialty is a brightly colored presentation of pineapple, green tea, green apple jelly and a splash of cranberry juice.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"That drink is our 'Cool Runnings,'\" Chelsea Tatola says. \"That's one of our favorite Disney movies, 'Cool Runnings.'\" It’s about the unlikely Jamaican Olympic bobsled team — and the drink’s dark green and yellow layers give a nod to the green, yellow and black of the Jamaican flag.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>They’re also working on a horchata coffee, which will give a nod both to Mexican flavor and coffee culture.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“We’ve been learning and working on coffee drinks, too, for more of the day crowd that wants coffee,” she says. “Or maybe people come in for their kids, or someone else, for boba but they like coffee.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>With the boba truck booked solid this summer and walk-in business thriving at the shop, Willy and Chelsea Tatola are busy. And they hope they’ve given people a reason to remember Kiss My Boba.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad floatright]\u003c/p>\n",
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One time, Willy’s mom mixed up a big batch of the special-occasion drink and brought it to the Kiss My Boba truck.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“She brought two buckets to us and it sold out immediately,” Willy says. “After that, it clicked in my head that we should sell this drink.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>They use his mother’s recipe, and while they still prep the drinks by hand, they have upgraded from small cheese graters to commercial-size shredders to speed up the process (and reduce strain on hands). It’s so popular that some days they’ll have a special order for 100 drinks. Combined with shop and truck sales, Chelsea Tatola says that can mean making up to eight 5-gallon buckets. They’ve also introduced a watermelon otai, but Chelsea Tatola says that’s not yet on the regular menu because it’s hard to bring in as much fresh watermelon as they would need.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11919066\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 1920px\">\u003cimg class=\"size-full wp-image-11919066\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2022/07/RS57161_011_KQED_KissMyBoba_07072022-qut.jpg\" alt=\"detail photo of two hands holding large plastic cups, one filled with a brownish reddish drink, the other a white and orange drink with boba at the bottom\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1280\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2022/07/RS57161_011_KQED_KissMyBoba_07072022-qut.jpg 1920w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2022/07/RS57161_011_KQED_KissMyBoba_07072022-qut-800x533.jpg 800w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2022/07/RS57161_011_KQED_KissMyBoba_07072022-qut-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2022/07/RS57161_011_KQED_KissMyBoba_07072022-qut-160x107.jpg 160w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2022/07/RS57161_011_KQED_KissMyBoba_07072022-qut-1536x1024.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1920px) 100vw, 1920px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">A customer at Kiss My Boba holds their drink orders at the shop in San Bruno on July 7, 2022. \u003ccite>(Beth LaBerge/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Boba is made from tapioca, which comes from cassava. Though widely available now across the United States, the boba tea origin story leads back to Taiwan. But Willy Tatola says tapioca is also a staple in the Tongan diet. It might be served as a starchy side, he says, or in a dessert called faikakai.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“[Faikakai] has a tapioca base that we use. And it’s a similar texture to boba but just a little bigger,” he says, adding it’s served with a coconut cream and burnt sugar sauce. “Oh! That’s a good idea for a drink!”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Before becoming a boba drink developer, Willy Tatola worked as a particle scientist at Bayer. 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She still wears the nametag she got when she started. \u003ccite>(Lisa Morehouse/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Madame Ganna Walska, an eccentric Polish opera diva, planted lush gardens near Santa Barbara where you can still walk among plants that predate the dinosaurs. \u003ca href=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/2017/06/23/33-years-after-her-death-eccentric-opera-singers-garden-still-grows/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">\u003cstrong>She called it Lotusland\u003c/strong>\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11524458\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 660px\">\u003ca href=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/2017/06/23/33-years-after-her-death-eccentric-opera-singers-garden-still-grows/\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-11524458 size-full\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2017/06/RS25748_MGW-in-Garden-kneeling-qut.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"660\" height=\"444\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2017/06/RS25748_MGW-in-Garden-kneeling-qut.jpg 660w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2017/06/RS25748_MGW-in-Garden-kneeling-qut-160x108.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2017/06/RS25748_MGW-in-Garden-kneeling-qut-240x161.jpg 240w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2017/06/RS25748_MGW-in-Garden-kneeling-qut-375x252.jpg 375w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2017/06/RS25748_MGW-in-Garden-kneeling-qut-520x350.jpg 520w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 660px) 100vw, 660px\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Madame Ganna Walska poses for a photographer in the garden. \u003ccite>(Courtesy of Lotusland)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Want to get giant, fresh and legendary strawberry doughnuts near Los Angeles in the middle of the night? \u003ca href=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/2017/06/23/are-these-the-best-donuts-in-southern-california/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">\u003cstrong>Meet the Donut Man\u003c/strong>\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11528631\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003ca href=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/2017/06/23/are-these-the-best-donuts-in-southern-california/\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-11528631\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2017/06/StrawberryDonuts-800x685-1-800x685.jpg\" alt=\"Katelyn Johnson displays The Donut Man's calling card: the strawberry donut.\" width=\"800\" height=\"685\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2017/06/StrawberryDonuts-800x685-1.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2017/06/StrawberryDonuts-800x685-1-160x137.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2017/06/StrawberryDonuts-800x685-1-240x206.jpg 240w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2017/06/StrawberryDonuts-800x685-1-375x321.jpg 375w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2017/06/StrawberryDonuts-800x685-1-520x445.jpg 520w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Katelyn Johnson displays the Donut Man’s calling card: the strawberry doughnut. \u003ccite>(Peter Gilstrap/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Nestled among the vineyards of Napa County, there’s a place dating back to when California was part of Mexico. At 36 feet tall, \u003ca href=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/2017/06/23/when-in-napa-skip-the-wine-and-head-for-the-mill/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">\u003cstrong>the Bale Grist Mill’s\u003c/strong>\u003c/a> waterwheel is one of the tallest in North America.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11528633\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003ca href=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/2017/06/23/when-in-napa-skip-the-wine-and-head-for-the-mill/\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-11528633 size-medium\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2017/06/RS25733_WHEEL-qut-1-1920x1272-1-800x530.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"800\" height=\"530\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2017/06/RS25733_WHEEL-qut-1-1920x1272-1-800x530.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2017/06/RS25733_WHEEL-qut-1-1920x1272-1-160x106.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2017/06/RS25733_WHEEL-qut-1-1920x1272-1-1020x676.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2017/06/RS25733_WHEEL-qut-1-1920x1272-1.jpg 1920w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2017/06/RS25733_WHEEL-qut-1-1920x1272-1-1180x782.jpg 1180w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2017/06/RS25733_WHEEL-qut-1-1920x1272-1-960x636.jpg 960w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2017/06/RS25733_WHEEL-qut-1-1920x1272-1-240x159.jpg 240w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2017/06/RS25733_WHEEL-qut-1-1920x1272-1-375x248.jpg 375w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2017/06/RS25733_WHEEL-qut-1-1920x1272-1-520x345.jpg 520w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">The Bale Grist Mill. (Ryan Levi/KQED) \u003ccite>(Ryan Levi/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Layers of sandstone form buttes and towering cliffs. Joshua Trees stand guard on the desert floor, and there are way more lizards than people. It’s no wonder this place has been the backdrop for a lot of Westerns. Not far from Hollywood, \u003ca href=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/2017/06/26/not-far-from-hollywood-this-state-park-is-a-scene-stealer/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">\u003cstrong>Red Rock Canyon State Park is a scene-stealer\u003c/strong>\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11533693\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-11533693\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2017/06/RedRockMain-800x506.jpg\" alt=\"Red Rock Canyon looks a little like Utah, except for all the Joshua Trees.\" width=\"800\" height=\"506\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2017/06/RedRockMain-800x506.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2017/06/RedRockMain-160x101.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2017/06/RedRockMain-1020x645.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2017/06/RedRockMain.jpg 1920w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2017/06/RedRockMain-1180x746.jpg 1180w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2017/06/RedRockMain-960x607.jpg 960w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2017/06/RedRockMain-240x152.jpg 240w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2017/06/RedRockMain-375x237.jpg 375w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2017/06/RedRockMain-520x329.jpg 520w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Red Rock Canyon looks a little like Utah, except for all the Joshua Trees. \u003ccite>(Alice Daniel/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\n",
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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>At \u003ca href=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/2017/06/23/nancys-airport-cafe-where-regulars-fly-in-for-pie/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">\u003cstrong>Nancy’s Airport Cafe\u003c/strong>\u003c/a>, steps from the tarmac in rural Glenn County, the pie is so good that small-plane pilots fly in just for the food.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11524197\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003ca href=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/2017/06/23/nancys-airport-cafe-where-regulars-fly-in-for-pie/\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-11524197 size-medium\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2017/06/RS25545_IMG_6759-qut-800x600.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"800\" height=\"600\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2017/06/RS25545_IMG_6759-qut-800x600.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2017/06/RS25545_IMG_6759-qut-160x120.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2017/06/RS25545_IMG_6759-qut-1020x765.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2017/06/RS25545_IMG_6759-qut.jpg 1920w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2017/06/RS25545_IMG_6759-qut-1180x885.jpg 1180w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2017/06/RS25545_IMG_6759-qut-960x720.jpg 960w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2017/06/RS25545_IMG_6759-qut-240x180.jpg 240w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2017/06/RS25545_IMG_6759-qut-375x281.jpg 375w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2017/06/RS25545_IMG_6759-qut-520x390.jpg 520w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Tricia Lawson has worked as a server at Nancy’s for 26 years. She still wears the nametag she got when she started. \u003ccite>(Lisa Morehouse/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Madame Ganna Walska, an eccentric Polish opera diva, planted lush gardens near Santa Barbara where you can still walk among plants that predate the dinosaurs. \u003ca href=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/2017/06/23/33-years-after-her-death-eccentric-opera-singers-garden-still-grows/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">\u003cstrong>She called it Lotusland\u003c/strong>\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11524458\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 660px\">\u003ca href=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/2017/06/23/33-years-after-her-death-eccentric-opera-singers-garden-still-grows/\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-11524458 size-full\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2017/06/RS25748_MGW-in-Garden-kneeling-qut.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"660\" height=\"444\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2017/06/RS25748_MGW-in-Garden-kneeling-qut.jpg 660w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2017/06/RS25748_MGW-in-Garden-kneeling-qut-160x108.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2017/06/RS25748_MGW-in-Garden-kneeling-qut-240x161.jpg 240w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2017/06/RS25748_MGW-in-Garden-kneeling-qut-375x252.jpg 375w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2017/06/RS25748_MGW-in-Garden-kneeling-qut-520x350.jpg 520w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 660px) 100vw, 660px\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Madame Ganna Walska poses for a photographer in the garden. \u003ccite>(Courtesy of Lotusland)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Want to get giant, fresh and legendary strawberry doughnuts near Los Angeles in the middle of the night? \u003ca href=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/2017/06/23/are-these-the-best-donuts-in-southern-california/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">\u003cstrong>Meet the Donut Man\u003c/strong>\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11528631\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003ca href=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/2017/06/23/are-these-the-best-donuts-in-southern-california/\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-11528631\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2017/06/StrawberryDonuts-800x685-1-800x685.jpg\" alt=\"Katelyn Johnson displays The Donut Man's calling card: the strawberry donut.\" width=\"800\" height=\"685\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2017/06/StrawberryDonuts-800x685-1.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2017/06/StrawberryDonuts-800x685-1-160x137.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2017/06/StrawberryDonuts-800x685-1-240x206.jpg 240w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2017/06/StrawberryDonuts-800x685-1-375x321.jpg 375w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2017/06/StrawberryDonuts-800x685-1-520x445.jpg 520w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Katelyn Johnson displays the Donut Man’s calling card: the strawberry doughnut. \u003ccite>(Peter Gilstrap/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Nestled among the vineyards of Napa County, there’s a place dating back to when California was part of Mexico. At 36 feet tall, \u003ca href=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/2017/06/23/when-in-napa-skip-the-wine-and-head-for-the-mill/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">\u003cstrong>the Bale Grist Mill’s\u003c/strong>\u003c/a> waterwheel is one of the tallest in North America.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11528633\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003ca href=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/2017/06/23/when-in-napa-skip-the-wine-and-head-for-the-mill/\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-11528633 size-medium\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2017/06/RS25733_WHEEL-qut-1-1920x1272-1-800x530.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"800\" height=\"530\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2017/06/RS25733_WHEEL-qut-1-1920x1272-1-800x530.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2017/06/RS25733_WHEEL-qut-1-1920x1272-1-160x106.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2017/06/RS25733_WHEEL-qut-1-1920x1272-1-1020x676.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2017/06/RS25733_WHEEL-qut-1-1920x1272-1.jpg 1920w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2017/06/RS25733_WHEEL-qut-1-1920x1272-1-1180x782.jpg 1180w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2017/06/RS25733_WHEEL-qut-1-1920x1272-1-960x636.jpg 960w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2017/06/RS25733_WHEEL-qut-1-1920x1272-1-240x159.jpg 240w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2017/06/RS25733_WHEEL-qut-1-1920x1272-1-375x248.jpg 375w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2017/06/RS25733_WHEEL-qut-1-1920x1272-1-520x345.jpg 520w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">The Bale Grist Mill. (Ryan Levi/KQED) \u003ccite>(Ryan Levi/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Layers of sandstone form buttes and towering cliffs. Joshua Trees stand guard on the desert floor, and there are way more lizards than people. It’s no wonder this place has been the backdrop for a lot of Westerns. Not far from Hollywood, \u003ca href=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/2017/06/26/not-far-from-hollywood-this-state-park-is-a-scene-stealer/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">\u003cstrong>Red Rock Canyon State Park is a scene-stealer\u003c/strong>\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11533693\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-11533693\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2017/06/RedRockMain-800x506.jpg\" alt=\"Red Rock Canyon looks a little like Utah, except for all the Joshua Trees.\" width=\"800\" height=\"506\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2017/06/RedRockMain-800x506.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2017/06/RedRockMain-160x101.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2017/06/RedRockMain-1020x645.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2017/06/RedRockMain.jpg 1920w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2017/06/RedRockMain-1180x746.jpg 1180w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2017/06/RedRockMain-960x607.jpg 960w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2017/06/RedRockMain-240x152.jpg 240w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2017/06/RedRockMain-375x237.jpg 375w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2017/06/RedRockMain-520x329.jpg 520w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Red Rock Canyon looks a little like Utah, except for all the Joshua Trees. \u003ccite>(Alice Daniel/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\n\u003c/div>\u003c/p>",
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"disqusTitle": "'It's Like You're on a Different Planet': In Search of Whales (and Other Creatures) at the Mysterious Farallon Islands",
"title": "'It's Like You're on a Different Planet': In Search of Whales (and Other Creatures) at the Mysterious Farallon Islands",
"headTitle": "Hidden Gems | The California Report Magazine | KQED News",
"content": "\u003cp>If you look out west from San Francisco, when the fog clears and the light is just right, you might be able to see a cluster of islands jutting out of the ocean, like sharp, misshapen teeth.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The Farallon Islands, 27 miles west of San Francisco, get their name from the Spanish word farallón, meaning “sea cliff.” The islands are a national wildlife refuge, and home to the largest seabird breeding colony in the contiguous United States.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11916649\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"max-width: 1920px\">\u003cimg class=\"wp-image-11916649 size-full\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2022/06/RS56587_IMG_8754-qut.jpg\" alt=\"Multiple types of seals and sea lions lie on wet rocks.\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1281\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2022/06/RS56587_IMG_8754-qut.jpg 1920w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2022/06/RS56587_IMG_8754-qut-800x534.jpg 800w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2022/06/RS56587_IMG_8754-qut-1020x681.jpg 1020w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2022/06/RS56587_IMG_8754-qut-160x107.jpg 160w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2022/06/RS56587_IMG_8754-qut-1536x1025.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1920px) 100vw, 1920px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">There are five types of seals and sea lions that live on the Farallones: harbor seals, California sea lions, Steller's sea lions, northern fur seals and elephant seals. \u003ccite>(Rhys Watkin/Oceanic Society)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Aside from the hundreds of thousands of birds, the islands — and the waters around them — are brimming with a variety of wildlife, including thousands of seals and sea lions, gray and humpback whales, sharks and even orcas.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“It's completely wild and crazy out there,” said Chris Biertuempfel, the California program manager for the Oceanic Society, a nonprofit founded in 1969 by a group of sailors and scientists dedicated to ocean conservation. “It's like you're on a different planet.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11916887\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"max-width: 1366px\">\u003ca href=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2022/06/RS56590_IMG_8950-qut.jpeg\">\u003cimg class=\"wp-image-11916887 size-full\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2022/06/RS56590_IMG_8950-qut.jpeg\" alt=\"A small cluster of buildings on a rocky island.\" width=\"1366\" height=\"1132\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2022/06/RS56590_IMG_8950-qut.jpeg 1366w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2022/06/RS56590_IMG_8950-qut-800x663.jpeg 800w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2022/06/RS56590_IMG_8950-qut-1020x845.jpeg 1020w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2022/06/RS56590_IMG_8950-qut-160x133.jpeg 160w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1366px) 100vw, 1366px\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">The Farallon Islands are off-limits to the public, but conservation scientists are allowed to stay at the field research station on Southeast Farallon Island. \u003ccite>(Rhys Watkin/Oceanic Society)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>In addition to taking political action, the organization sought to increase the public's awareness of marine environmental issues, and began leading oceanic expeditions around the world that combined tourism and conservation work. And in 1972, the group started leading \u003ca href=\"https://www.oceanicsociety.org/expedition/farallon-islands-wildlife-expedition/\">whale-watching expeditions\u003c/a> to Southeast Farallon Island.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>On a recent Sunday, I joined one of their all-day tours around the island.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11916647\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003ca href=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2022/06/RS56585_IMG_8707-qut.jpg\">\u003cimg class=\"size-medium wp-image-11916647\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2022/06/RS56585_IMG_8707-qut-800x1200.jpg\" alt=\"Thousands of birds packed together on a rocky cliff.\" width=\"800\" height=\"1200\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2022/06/RS56585_IMG_8707-qut-800x1200.jpg 800w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2022/06/RS56585_IMG_8707-qut-1020x1530.jpg 1020w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2022/06/RS56585_IMG_8707-qut-160x240.jpg 160w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2022/06/RS56585_IMG_8707-qut-1024x1536.jpg 1024w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2022/06/RS56585_IMG_8707-qut.jpg 1365w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">These common murres are sometimes referred to as 'flying penguins' because of their tuxedoed feathers. During peak breeding season in 2021, there were about 250,000 common murres on Southeast Farallon Island. \u003ccite>(Rhys Watkin/Oceanic Society)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>At 70 acres, Southeast Farallon Island is the largest of the Farallones, and the only one inhabited by humans. Conservation scientists, mostly from the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, have a field research station there, where they stay for months at a time.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But it's strictly off-limits to everyone else — including us.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>We cruise into Fisherman’s Bay, and see hundreds of thousands of breeding seabirds coating the face of the island.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>It’s not long before you notice the smell.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“It's definitely very pungent,” said Michael Pierson, an Oceanic Society naturalist. “It has a high level of ammonia for obvious reasons, right? It's a lot of guano … kind of like a cat box that hasn't been changed for a while that maybe has some rotten fish in it as well.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The slender, black-and-white birds are called common murres, Pierson said, and during peak breeding season last year, there were about 250,000 of them, according to the island's researchers, who conduct daily counts.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“They nest in the same exact location every single year,” Pierson said. “So out of 250,000 neighbors, you're going to find the exact same two neighbors to lay your egg [next to] and raise your chick for the season.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>And, because the birds lay them on the rocky cliffs, the eggs are shaped like teardrops, “which is helpful for the birds because it causes the egg to just kind of roll in a circle instead of rolling off the cliff,” Pierson said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>From Fisherman’s Bay, the boat circumnavigates the island. Along the way, we’re treated to a close-up look of a tufted puffin, and I spot a group of seals chasing after our boat.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“There’s two different kinds of sounds we’re hearing. One of them is the bark and then another one is more of a roar, kind of a belchy roar,” Pierson said. “The belchy roar is coming from the Steller's sea lion, where the barking is coming from the California sea lion.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11916655\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"max-width: 1920px\">\u003cimg class=\"wp-image-11916655 size-full\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2022/06/RS56593_IMG_9779-qut.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1281\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2022/06/RS56593_IMG_9779-qut.jpg 1920w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2022/06/RS56593_IMG_9779-qut-800x534.jpg 800w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2022/06/RS56593_IMG_9779-qut-1020x681.jpg 1020w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2022/06/RS56593_IMG_9779-qut-160x107.jpg 160w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2022/06/RS56593_IMG_9779-qut-1536x1025.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1920px) 100vw, 1920px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">A gray or humpback whale lifts its tail fin out of the water — known as fluking — near the Farallon Islands. \u003ccite>(Rhys Watkin/Oceanic Society)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Our tour group then heads back toward San Francisco, stopping to check gray whales and a mother humpback whale with her calf.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Pierson tells me his favorite part of bringing people out to the Farallones is getting to see them experience it for the first time.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11916874\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"max-width: 1364px\">\u003ca href=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2022/06/RS56582_IMG_2935-qut.jpeg\">\u003cimg class=\"wp-image-11916874 size-full\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2022/06/RS56582_IMG_2935-qut.jpeg\" alt=\"A group of orca whales in the water.\" width=\"1364\" height=\"886\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2022/06/RS56582_IMG_2935-qut.jpeg 1364w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2022/06/RS56582_IMG_2935-qut-800x520.jpeg 800w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2022/06/RS56582_IMG_2935-qut-1020x663.jpeg 1020w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2022/06/RS56582_IMG_2935-qut-160x104.jpeg 160w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1364px) 100vw, 1364px\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Passengers on the Oceanic Society’s tour to the Farallones spotted a group of female orcas, and also got a rare sighting of a male orca. \u003ccite>(Rhys Watkin/Oceanic Society)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>“It’s this mysterious place that they’ve heard of but never been to,” he said. “So when they first get out here and they get to experience it for the first time, it’s always kind of magical just to see the sheer number of birds that are packed in on a hillside, or seals and sea lions that are coating the rocks around the outside. And then you get those really rare sightings where, if you see a great white shark or something like that, then everybody completely loses their minds.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>For a chance to see puffins, whales or even sharks for yourself, \u003ca href=\"https://www.oceanicsociety.org/expedition/farallon-islands-wildlife-expedition/#book-now\">the Oceanic Society leads tours\u003c/a> around the island every weekend from April to November, weather permitting.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11916876\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"max-width: 905px\">\u003ca href=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2022/06/RS56580_IMG_2956-qut.jpeg\">\u003cimg class=\"wp-image-11916876 size-full\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2022/06/RS56580_IMG_2956-qut.jpeg\" alt=\"An orca whale facing the camera.\" width=\"905\" height=\"929\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2022/06/RS56580_IMG_2956-qut.jpeg 905w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2022/06/RS56580_IMG_2956-qut-800x821.jpeg 800w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2022/06/RS56580_IMG_2956-qut-160x164.jpeg 160w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 905px) 100vw, 905px\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">An orca spotted off Southeast Farallon Island. \u003ccite>(Rhys Watkin/Oceanic Society)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\n",
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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003cp>If you look out west from San Francisco, when the fog clears and the light is just right, you might be able to see a cluster of islands jutting out of the ocean, like sharp, misshapen teeth.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The Farallon Islands, 27 miles west of San Francisco, get their name from the Spanish word farallón, meaning “sea cliff.” The islands are a national wildlife refuge, and home to the largest seabird breeding colony in the contiguous United States.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11916649\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"max-width: 1920px\">\u003cimg class=\"wp-image-11916649 size-full\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2022/06/RS56587_IMG_8754-qut.jpg\" alt=\"Multiple types of seals and sea lions lie on wet rocks.\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1281\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2022/06/RS56587_IMG_8754-qut.jpg 1920w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2022/06/RS56587_IMG_8754-qut-800x534.jpg 800w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2022/06/RS56587_IMG_8754-qut-1020x681.jpg 1020w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2022/06/RS56587_IMG_8754-qut-160x107.jpg 160w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2022/06/RS56587_IMG_8754-qut-1536x1025.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1920px) 100vw, 1920px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">There are five types of seals and sea lions that live on the Farallones: harbor seals, California sea lions, Steller's sea lions, northern fur seals and elephant seals. \u003ccite>(Rhys Watkin/Oceanic Society)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Aside from the hundreds of thousands of birds, the islands — and the waters around them — are brimming with a variety of wildlife, including thousands of seals and sea lions, gray and humpback whales, sharks and even orcas.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“It's completely wild and crazy out there,” said Chris Biertuempfel, the California program manager for the Oceanic Society, a nonprofit founded in 1969 by a group of sailors and scientists dedicated to ocean conservation. “It's like you're on a different planet.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11916887\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"max-width: 1366px\">\u003ca href=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2022/06/RS56590_IMG_8950-qut.jpeg\">\u003cimg class=\"wp-image-11916887 size-full\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2022/06/RS56590_IMG_8950-qut.jpeg\" alt=\"A small cluster of buildings on a rocky island.\" width=\"1366\" height=\"1132\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2022/06/RS56590_IMG_8950-qut.jpeg 1366w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2022/06/RS56590_IMG_8950-qut-800x663.jpeg 800w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2022/06/RS56590_IMG_8950-qut-1020x845.jpeg 1020w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2022/06/RS56590_IMG_8950-qut-160x133.jpeg 160w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1366px) 100vw, 1366px\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">The Farallon Islands are off-limits to the public, but conservation scientists are allowed to stay at the field research station on Southeast Farallon Island. \u003ccite>(Rhys Watkin/Oceanic Society)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>In addition to taking political action, the organization sought to increase the public's awareness of marine environmental issues, and began leading oceanic expeditions around the world that combined tourism and conservation work. And in 1972, the group started leading \u003ca href=\"https://www.oceanicsociety.org/expedition/farallon-islands-wildlife-expedition/\">whale-watching expeditions\u003c/a> to Southeast Farallon Island.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003c/div>",
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During peak breeding season in 2021, there were about 250,000 common murres on Southeast Farallon Island. \u003ccite>(Rhys Watkin/Oceanic Society)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>At 70 acres, Southeast Farallon Island is the largest of the Farallones, and the only one inhabited by humans. Conservation scientists, mostly from the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, have a field research station there, where they stay for months at a time.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But it's strictly off-limits to everyone else — including us.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>We cruise into Fisherman’s Bay, and see hundreds of thousands of breeding seabirds coating the face of the island.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>It’s not long before you notice the smell.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“It's definitely very pungent,” said Michael Pierson, an Oceanic Society naturalist. “It has a high level of ammonia for obvious reasons, right? It's a lot of guano … kind of like a cat box that hasn't been changed for a while that maybe has some rotten fish in it as well.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The slender, black-and-white birds are called common murres, Pierson said, and during peak breeding season last year, there were about 250,000 of them, according to the island's researchers, who conduct daily counts.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“They nest in the same exact location every single year,” Pierson said. “So out of 250,000 neighbors, you're going to find the exact same two neighbors to lay your egg [next to] and raise your chick for the season.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>And, because the birds lay them on the rocky cliffs, the eggs are shaped like teardrops, “which is helpful for the birds because it causes the egg to just kind of roll in a circle instead of rolling off the cliff,” Pierson said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>From Fisherman’s Bay, the boat circumnavigates the island. Along the way, we’re treated to a close-up look of a tufted puffin, and I spot a group of seals chasing after our boat.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“There’s two different kinds of sounds we’re hearing. One of them is the bark and then another one is more of a roar, kind of a belchy roar,” Pierson said. “The belchy roar is coming from the Steller's sea lion, where the barking is coming from the California sea lion.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11916655\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"max-width: 1920px\">\u003cimg class=\"wp-image-11916655 size-full\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2022/06/RS56593_IMG_9779-qut.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1281\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2022/06/RS56593_IMG_9779-qut.jpg 1920w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2022/06/RS56593_IMG_9779-qut-800x534.jpg 800w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2022/06/RS56593_IMG_9779-qut-1020x681.jpg 1020w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2022/06/RS56593_IMG_9779-qut-160x107.jpg 160w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2022/06/RS56593_IMG_9779-qut-1536x1025.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1920px) 100vw, 1920px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">A gray or humpback whale lifts its tail fin out of the water — known as fluking — near the Farallon Islands. \u003ccite>(Rhys Watkin/Oceanic Society)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Our tour group then heads back toward San Francisco, stopping to check gray whales and a mother humpback whale with her calf.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Pierson tells me his favorite part of bringing people out to the Farallones is getting to see them experience it for the first time.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11916874\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"max-width: 1364px\">\u003ca href=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2022/06/RS56582_IMG_2935-qut.jpeg\">\u003cimg class=\"wp-image-11916874 size-full\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2022/06/RS56582_IMG_2935-qut.jpeg\" alt=\"A group of orca whales in the water.\" width=\"1364\" height=\"886\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2022/06/RS56582_IMG_2935-qut.jpeg 1364w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2022/06/RS56582_IMG_2935-qut-800x520.jpeg 800w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2022/06/RS56582_IMG_2935-qut-1020x663.jpeg 1020w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2022/06/RS56582_IMG_2935-qut-160x104.jpeg 160w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1364px) 100vw, 1364px\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Passengers on the Oceanic Society’s tour to the Farallones spotted a group of female orcas, and also got a rare sighting of a male orca. \u003ccite>(Rhys Watkin/Oceanic Society)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>“It’s this mysterious place that they’ve heard of but never been to,” he said. “So when they first get out here and they get to experience it for the first time, it’s always kind of magical just to see the sheer number of birds that are packed in on a hillside, or seals and sea lions that are coating the rocks around the outside. And then you get those really rare sightings where, if you see a great white shark or something like that, then everybody completely loses their minds.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>For a chance to see puffins, whales or even sharks for yourself, \u003ca href=\"https://www.oceanicsociety.org/expedition/farallon-islands-wildlife-expedition/#book-now\">the Oceanic Society leads tours\u003c/a> around the island every weekend from April to November, weather permitting.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11916876\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"max-width: 905px\">\u003ca href=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2022/06/RS56580_IMG_2956-qut.jpeg\">\u003cimg class=\"wp-image-11916876 size-full\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2022/06/RS56580_IMG_2956-qut.jpeg\" alt=\"An orca whale facing the camera.\" width=\"905\" height=\"929\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2022/06/RS56580_IMG_2956-qut.jpeg 905w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2022/06/RS56580_IMG_2956-qut-800x821.jpeg 800w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2022/06/RS56580_IMG_2956-qut-160x164.jpeg 160w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 905px) 100vw, 905px\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">An orca spotted off Southeast Farallon Island. \u003ccite>(Rhys Watkin/Oceanic Society)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\n\u003c/div>\u003c/p>",
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"content": "\u003cul>\n\u003cli>\u003cstrong>\u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/tag/hidden-gems\">\u003cem>Read more from The California Report Magazine’s ‘Hidden Gems’ series.\u003c/em>\u003c/a>\u003c/strong>\u003c/li>\n\u003c/ul>\n\u003cp>It’s a narrow, bumpy drive through the trees to get to \u003ca href=\"https://www.nps.gov/thingstodo/ferncanyon.htm\">Fern Canyon in Prairie Creek Redwoods State Park\u003c/a>, about 50 miles north of Eureka in Humboldt County. 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Once you’re in the canyon, though, it’s hard to believe you’re anywhere near a beach.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The sound of the waves gives way to ephemeral waterfalls trickling down the mossy walls. 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