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"content": "\n\u003cp class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">For the next two weeks, \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12105352/alcatraz-island-closed-oct-26-when-reopen-tickets-alternatives\">public entry to Alcatraz Island is closed.\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">But standing on San Francisco’s Pier 33 on Wednesday, where boats usually depart multiple times a day to take visitors across the bay and inside the former federal prison, you’d have no way of knowing this iconic landmark was even closed. \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The usual blue signage encouraging tourists to buy tickets to the island was still plastered everywhere. Not a single sign mentioned the closure.\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">A group of tourists, including Julian Vrialenk and Kevin Hamilton visiting from the Netherlands, lined up to get on a boat. But because of scheduled maintenance to the island’s ferry dock, vessels were only going \u003cem>around\u003c/em> the world-famous tourist destination and not allowing anyone to disembark.\u003c/p>\n\n\n\u003cdiv class=\"wp-block-image\">\n\u003cfigure class=\"aligncenter size-full\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/07/127967603_qed.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-12048382\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/07/127967603_qed.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/07/127967603_qed-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/07/127967603_qed-1536x1024.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\" />\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">A National Park Service ranger walks down “Broadway” in the main cell block on Alcatraz Island on June 14, 2007, in San Francisco Bay. (Robyn Beck/AFP via Getty Images)\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003c/div>\n\n\n\u003cp class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Their reaction to the closure? “A bit mad,” said Hamilton.\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The pair had hoped to take the famed night tour of the island. Frustratingly, their three-week visit coincided precisely with the closure, “exactly when we came here.”\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n\u003cli>\u003cstrong>\u003ca href=\"#alcatraz-alternatives\">Jump straight to: Three alternatives to Alcatraz Island for visitors \u003c/a>\u003c/strong>\u003c/li>\n\u003c/ul>\n\n\n\n\u003cp class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">For many tourists to San Francisco — 1.5 million of them each year — Alcatraz is the pinnacle of their trip. No other landmark is quite as famous, said Martha Winning, visiting from Germany with her twin sister Frida.\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">“It’s one-of-a-kind,” she said. “It’s basically \u003cem>the\u003c/em> attraction.” \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The National Park Service \u003ca href=\"https://www.nps.gov/goga/learn/news/alcatraz-island-to-temporarily-close-for-dock-repairs-this-fall.htm\">announced the scheduled three-week closure in late September\u003c/a>, saying the repairs are critical to safely and reliably bringing visitors to the island.\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Alcatraz City Cruises, the company that runs the ferry to and from the island, offered those who booked tours in advance refunds — or the option to cruise around the island instead. While the company is targeting Nov. 18 to reopen, it said bad weather or other factors could extend the closure.\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\u003cp class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">For Katie and Kenneth Durham, educators from Sacramento, touring the island is a chance to learn about some of the more nuanced parts of local history. They planned to bring 15 German exchange students to the city for the day for a hands-on opportunity to learn about the island’s history both as a prison and a protest site. \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Instead, they accepted the tour company’s offer to switch their tickets to a bay cruise instead, and their students had to see the island from afar.\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">“It’s great when kids can experience things beyond just a movie or a book or classroom,” Durham said. “I remember the first time that we went over to Alcatraz just seeing how teeny-tiny the cells are. It’s like, ‘whoa.’”\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">For some local businesses, the closure has slowed business to a halt. The cafe closest to Pier 33, Queen’s Louisiana Po-Boy Cafe, had a sign on its door saying it would be closed for three weeks. \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Down at Pier 39, at the black-and-white striped Alcatraz Gift Shop, employee Cindy Yu was working behind the counter. Business was slow, she said — even for a weekday in October.\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">“There’s like more than 5,000 people that go out there [to Alcatraz Island] each day,” Yu said. “So when they’re closed,” she gestured around to the empty store, “it does affect.”\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Lucky for tourists, there is plenty else in the city to do instead. Hamilton and Vrialenk had just come from watching the sunrise over the Golden Gate Bridge. Winning and her sister, too, said they’d make other plans.\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">“We’re huge foodies,” Winning said. “So I think we’re going to spend that money on restaurants.” \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003ch2 id=\"alcatraz-alternatives\" class=\"wp-block-heading\">Three Alcatraz alternatives for visitors to the Bay Area\u003c/h2>\n\n\n\n\u003cp class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">If you’re hosting family ahead of the holidays or planning some exploring of your own, \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12064296/san-francisco-bay-area-holiday-hikes-things-to-do-thanksgiving-where-take-guests-holidays\">Alcatraz Island is a popular choice for a reason\u003c/a> — the views from the ferry and the facility’s famous, thoughtful audio tour have kept it on the list of classic San Francisco excursions for decades. \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">But if your tour got canceled or you want to skip the headache of worrying about reopening dates entirely, we’re here to help. Here are three ideas to salvage your day trip plans:\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003ch3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">1. Take a different tour of San Francisco Bay\u003c/h3>\n\n\n\n\u003cp class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">If your plans are somewhat set in stone (and you were hoping to go to Alcatraz the first week of the closure), you can easily pivot to another tour that’s also run by Alcatraz City Cruises, called the \u003ca href=\"https://alcatrazcitycruises.com/tickets/bay-discovery-cruise\">Bay Discovery Cruise\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">While it doesn’t dock at Alcatraz Island, so you can’t explore the buildings, this 90-minute tour will get you up close to see the island and — weather permitting — will even sail under the Golden Gate Bridge.\u003c/p>\n\n\n\u003cdiv class=\"wp-block-image\">\n\u003cfigure class=\"aligncenter size-full\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"2560\" height=\"1829\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/10/GettyImages-2291684525-2a86a801-scaled.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-12107438\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/10/GettyImages-2291684525-2a86a801-scaled.jpg 2560w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/10/GettyImages-2291684525-2a86a801-2000x1429.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/10/GettyImages-2291684525-2a86a801-160x114.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/10/GettyImages-2291684525-2a86a801-1536x1097.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/10/GettyImages-2291684525-2a86a801-2048x1463.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2560px) 100vw, 2560px\" />\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">A view of Marshall’s Beach and Golden Gate Bridge during warm weather in San Francisco on Aug. 26, 2026. (Coskun/Anadolu via Getty Images)\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003c/div>\n\n\n\u003cp class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">You’ll also get to see nearby landmarks like Angel Island, Sausalito, and, of course, views of downtown San Francisco and the city’s waterfront. Tours start at $44 per person and are subject to availability. \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">If that doesn’t suit your needs, there are many other tour companies offering tours of San Francisco Bay all year long, including \u003ca href=\"https://www.adventurecat.com/\">Adventure Cat\u003c/a>, which offers daytime and sunset sailing in the bay, \u003ca href=\"https://www.redandwhite.com/\">Red and White Fleet\u003c/a>, which also offers whale tours (plus occasional “\u003ca href=\"https://www.redandwhite.com/floating-features\">floating features\u003c/a>” in partnership with the Roxie Theater, where you can catch a movie while you sail!), and the Blue and Gold Fleet, whose “\u003ca href=\"https://www.blueandgoldfleet.com/escape-from-the-rock/\">Escape from the Rock\u003c/a>” tour circles Alcatraz Island while recounting the tales of its famed escapees.\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">There are also several wildlife-specific boat tours, like the \u003ca href=\"https://sanfranciscowhaletours.com/whale-watching/golden-gate-whale-watch/\">Golden Gate Whale Watch\u003c/a> tour, that can get you and your guests out on the bay for an adventure.\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003ch3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">2. Explore Angel Island instead\u003c/h3>\n\n\n\n\u003cp class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Still hankering for a boat trip with some history on the side? A visit to \u003ca href=\"https://www.parks.ca.gov/?page_id=468\">Angel Island State Park\u003c/a> could be a perfect match. \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Ferries to the Bay Area’s largest island depart from the San Francisco Ferry Building four times per day, leaving enough time to explore the island on foot or — if you’re hoping to cover more ground — by bike.\u003c/p>\n\n\n\u003cdiv class=\"wp-block-image\">\n\u003cfigure class=\"aligncenter size-full\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/10/GettyImages-174565512-9414474b-scaled-e1793120172447.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-12106588\"/>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">The San Francisco Ferry Building is a terminal for ferries that travel across the San Francisco Bay, a marketplace on The Embarcadero in San Francisco. (John S Lander/LightRocket via Getty Images)\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003c/div>\n\n\n\u003cp class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Once there, you’ll have your pick of beaches, \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/arts/13976437/best-swimming-spots-public-pools-rivers-lakes-beaches-holes-bay-area\">several of them ideal for swimming\u003c/a>, or you can attempt a hike up to Mt. Livermore, the highest point on the island. \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">End your circumnavigation at the \u003ca href=\"https://www.parks.ca.gov/?page_id=1309\">U.S. Immigration Station\u003c/a>, often called “the Ellis Island of the West,” where you can learn the painful history of the 175,000 Chinese immigrants who were detained and interrogated there while attempting to immigrate to the United States between 1910 and 1940. 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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\n\u003cp class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">For the next two weeks, \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12105352/alcatraz-island-closed-oct-26-when-reopen-tickets-alternatives\">public entry to Alcatraz Island is closed.\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">But standing on San Francisco’s Pier 33 on Wednesday, where boats usually depart multiple times a day to take visitors across the bay and inside the former federal prison, you’d have no way of knowing this iconic landmark was even closed. \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The usual blue signage encouraging tourists to buy tickets to the island was still plastered everywhere. Not a single sign mentioned the closure.\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">A group of tourists, including Julian Vrialenk and Kevin Hamilton visiting from the Netherlands, lined up to get on a boat. But because of scheduled maintenance to the island’s ferry dock, vessels were only going \u003cem>around\u003c/em> the world-famous tourist destination and not allowing anyone to disembark.\u003c/p>\n\n\n\u003cdiv class=\"wp-block-image\">\n\u003cfigure class=\"aligncenter size-full\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/07/127967603_qed.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-12048382\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/07/127967603_qed.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/07/127967603_qed-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/07/127967603_qed-1536x1024.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\" />\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">A National Park Service ranger walks down “Broadway” in the main cell block on Alcatraz Island on June 14, 2007, in San Francisco Bay. (Robyn Beck/AFP via Getty Images)\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003c/div>\n\n\n\u003cp class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Their reaction to the closure? “A bit mad,” said Hamilton.\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The pair had hoped to take the famed night tour of the island. Frustratingly, their three-week visit coincided precisely with the closure, “exactly when we came here.”\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n\u003cli>\u003cstrong>\u003ca href=\"#alcatraz-alternatives\">Jump straight to: Three alternatives to Alcatraz Island for visitors \u003c/a>\u003c/strong>\u003c/li>\n\u003c/ul>\n\n\n\n\u003cp class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">For many tourists to San Francisco — 1.5 million of them each year — Alcatraz is the pinnacle of their trip. No other landmark is quite as famous, said Martha Winning, visiting from Germany with her twin sister Frida.\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">“It’s one-of-a-kind,” she said. “It’s basically \u003cem>the\u003c/em> attraction.” \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The National Park Service \u003ca href=\"https://www.nps.gov/goga/learn/news/alcatraz-island-to-temporarily-close-for-dock-repairs-this-fall.htm\">announced the scheduled three-week closure in late September\u003c/a>, saying the repairs are critical to safely and reliably bringing visitors to the island.\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Alcatraz City Cruises, the company that runs the ferry to and from the island, offered those who booked tours in advance refunds — or the option to cruise around the island instead. While the company is targeting Nov. 18 to reopen, it said bad weather or other factors could extend the closure.\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\u003cp class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">For Katie and Kenneth Durham, educators from Sacramento, touring the island is a chance to learn about some of the more nuanced parts of local history. They planned to bring 15 German exchange students to the city for the day for a hands-on opportunity to learn about the island’s history both as a prison and a protest site. \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Instead, they accepted the tour company’s offer to switch their tickets to a bay cruise instead, and their students had to see the island from afar.\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">“It’s great when kids can experience things beyond just a movie or a book or classroom,” Durham said. “I remember the first time that we went over to Alcatraz just seeing how teeny-tiny the cells are. It’s like, ‘whoa.’”\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">For some local businesses, the closure has slowed business to a halt. The cafe closest to Pier 33, Queen’s Louisiana Po-Boy Cafe, had a sign on its door saying it would be closed for three weeks. \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Down at Pier 39, at the black-and-white striped Alcatraz Gift Shop, employee Cindy Yu was working behind the counter. Business was slow, she said — even for a weekday in October.\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">“There’s like more than 5,000 people that go out there [to Alcatraz Island] each day,” Yu said. “So when they’re closed,” she gestured around to the empty store, “it does affect.”\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Lucky for tourists, there is plenty else in the city to do instead. Hamilton and Vrialenk had just come from watching the sunrise over the Golden Gate Bridge. Winning and her sister, too, said they’d make other plans.\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">“We’re huge foodies,” Winning said. “So I think we’re going to spend that money on restaurants.” \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003ch2 id=\"alcatraz-alternatives\" class=\"wp-block-heading\">Three Alcatraz alternatives for visitors to the Bay Area\u003c/h2>\n\n\n\n\u003cp class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">If you’re hosting family ahead of the holidays or planning some exploring of your own, \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12064296/san-francisco-bay-area-holiday-hikes-things-to-do-thanksgiving-where-take-guests-holidays\">Alcatraz Island is a popular choice for a reason\u003c/a> — the views from the ferry and the facility’s famous, thoughtful audio tour have kept it on the list of classic San Francisco excursions for decades. \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">But if your tour got canceled or you want to skip the headache of worrying about reopening dates entirely, we’re here to help. Here are three ideas to salvage your day trip plans:\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003ch3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">1. Take a different tour of San Francisco Bay\u003c/h3>\n\n\n\n\u003cp class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">If your plans are somewhat set in stone (and you were hoping to go to Alcatraz the first week of the closure), you can easily pivot to another tour that’s also run by Alcatraz City Cruises, called the \u003ca href=\"https://alcatrazcitycruises.com/tickets/bay-discovery-cruise\">Bay Discovery Cruise\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">While it doesn’t dock at Alcatraz Island, so you can’t explore the buildings, this 90-minute tour will get you up close to see the island and — weather permitting — will even sail under the Golden Gate Bridge.\u003c/p>\n\n\n\u003cdiv class=\"wp-block-image\">\n\u003cfigure class=\"aligncenter size-full\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"2560\" height=\"1829\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/10/GettyImages-2291684525-2a86a801-scaled.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-12107438\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/10/GettyImages-2291684525-2a86a801-scaled.jpg 2560w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/10/GettyImages-2291684525-2a86a801-2000x1429.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/10/GettyImages-2291684525-2a86a801-160x114.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/10/GettyImages-2291684525-2a86a801-1536x1097.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/10/GettyImages-2291684525-2a86a801-2048x1463.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2560px) 100vw, 2560px\" />\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">A view of Marshall’s Beach and Golden Gate Bridge during warm weather in San Francisco on Aug. 26, 2026. (Coskun/Anadolu via Getty Images)\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003c/div>\n\n\n\u003cp class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">You’ll also get to see nearby landmarks like Angel Island, Sausalito, and, of course, views of downtown San Francisco and the city’s waterfront. Tours start at $44 per person and are subject to availability. \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">If that doesn’t suit your needs, there are many other tour companies offering tours of San Francisco Bay all year long, including \u003ca href=\"https://www.adventurecat.com/\">Adventure Cat\u003c/a>, which offers daytime and sunset sailing in the bay, \u003ca href=\"https://www.redandwhite.com/\">Red and White Fleet\u003c/a>, which also offers whale tours (plus occasional “\u003ca href=\"https://www.redandwhite.com/floating-features\">floating features\u003c/a>” in partnership with the Roxie Theater, where you can catch a movie while you sail!), and the Blue and Gold Fleet, whose “\u003ca href=\"https://www.blueandgoldfleet.com/escape-from-the-rock/\">Escape from the Rock\u003c/a>” tour circles Alcatraz Island while recounting the tales of its famed escapees.\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">There are also several wildlife-specific boat tours, like the \u003ca href=\"https://sanfranciscowhaletours.com/whale-watching/golden-gate-whale-watch/\">Golden Gate Whale Watch\u003c/a> tour, that can get you and your guests out on the bay for an adventure.\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003ch3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">2. Explore Angel Island instead\u003c/h3>\n\n\n\n\u003cp class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Still hankering for a boat trip with some history on the side? A visit to \u003ca href=\"https://www.parks.ca.gov/?page_id=468\">Angel Island State Park\u003c/a> could be a perfect match. \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Ferries to the Bay Area’s largest island depart from the San Francisco Ferry Building four times per day, leaving enough time to explore the island on foot or — if you’re hoping to cover more ground — by bike.\u003c/p>\n\n\n\u003cdiv class=\"wp-block-image\">\n\u003cfigure class=\"aligncenter size-full\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/10/GettyImages-174565512-9414474b-scaled-e1793120172447.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-12106588\"/>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">The San Francisco Ferry Building is a terminal for ferries that travel across the San Francisco Bay, a marketplace on The Embarcadero in San Francisco. 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You can \u003ca href=\"https://learning.parks.ca.gov/recreation-safety/activities/k12-field-trips/in-person-field-trips-to-angel-island-immigration-station/\">reserve a guided tour\u003c/a> or peruse the museum at your own pace.\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003ch3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">3. Rent kayaks or take a paddling tour of San Francisco Bay\u003c/h3>\n\n\n\u003cdiv class=\"wp-block-image\">\n\u003cfigure class=\"aligncenter size-full\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/05/250506-MCCOVEY-COVE-KAYAK-SW-02-KQED.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-12038889\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/05/250506-MCCOVEY-COVE-KAYAK-SW-02-KQED.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/05/250506-MCCOVEY-COVE-KAYAK-SW-02-KQED-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/05/250506-MCCOVEY-COVE-KAYAK-SW-02-KQED-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/05/250506-MCCOVEY-COVE-KAYAK-SW-02-KQED-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/05/250506-MCCOVEY-COVE-KAYAK-SW-02-KQED-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/05/250506-MCCOVEY-COVE-KAYAK-SW-02-KQED-1920x1280.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\" />\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Kayakers paddle on McCovey Cove as the San Francisco Giants face off against the Los Angeles Dodgers on June 30, 2024. 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"content": "\n\u003cp>If you’re planning on hosting family or doing some of your own sightseeing in the coming month, you should know: \u003ca href=\"https://www.nps.gov/goga/learn/news/alcatraz-island-to-temporarily-close-for-dock-repairs-this-fall.htm\">Alcatraz Island is closing temporarily\u003c/a> for repairs around its ferry dock starting Oct. 26 — for three weeks. \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>“Completing the repair work this fall will help ensure safe and reliable public access to Alcatraz Island for years to come,” the National Park Service wrote in a statement to KQED.\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"https://www.parksconservancy.org/parks/alcatraz-fact-sheet\">Over 1.4 million people\u003c/a> visit Alcatraz by ferry — the only way the public can reach the island and visit its long-closed federal prison — every year. \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>Here’s what we know about the timing of the Alcatraz closure, what ticket holders should do and where else you could go while Alcatraz Island is closed to the public.\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cfigure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1278\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2020/11/RS45901_ALCA_20181008_ATB_464-qut.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-11847115\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2020/11/RS45901_ALCA_20181008_ATB_464-qut.jpg 1920w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2020/11/RS45901_ALCA_20181008_ATB_464-qut-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2020/11/RS45901_ALCA_20181008_ATB_464-qut-1020x679.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2020/11/RS45901_ALCA_20181008_ATB_464-qut-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2020/11/RS45901_ALCA_20181008_ATB_464-qut-1536x1022.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1920px) 100vw, 1920px\" />\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">The Bardou Job rose was rediscovered by a group of Bay Area heritage rose experts while exploring Alcatraz in 1990. (Alison Taggart-Barone / Parks Conservancy)\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\n\n\n\u003cul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n\u003cli>\u003cstrong>Jump straight to: \u003ca href=\"#alcatraz-alternatives\">Three Alcatraz alternatives for exploring San Francisco Bay during the island’s closure\u003c/a>\u003c/strong>\u003c/li>\n\u003c/ul>\n\n\n\n\u003ch2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Why is Alcatraz closing?\u003c/h2>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>According to the Golden Gate National Recreation Area, which manages the island, crews will be replacing pilings — the giant vertical posts that are drilled into the bay’s floor, securing the ferry dock to the island. \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>This will be a continuation of work and short-term closures that began in January 2026, when one of the pilings failed, meaning it was no longer strong enough to support the weight of the dock. \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>That incident has already prompted Alcatraz City Cruises, the tour company that provides ferry service to the island, to temporarily close the island twice already this year to inspect and repair them. \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003ch2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">When will Alcatraz reopen?\u003c/h2>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>Repairs are expected to be completed before Thanksgiving, by Nov. 18. \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>But this timing may be “subject to change based on the progress of the work,” according to a message Alcatraz City Cruises has posted on its website. \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cfigure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/11/FerryGetty1.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-12065291\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/11/FerryGetty1.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/11/FerryGetty1-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/11/FerryGetty1-1536x1024.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\" />\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Ferries and boats in the San Francisco Bay with Alcatraz Island in the background on Oct. 13, 2024. (Takako Phillips/Getty Images)\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>According to the National Park Service, the newly repaired dock should have a useful life of 20 to 30 years. And the tour company is fully funding and conducting the work, according to the NPS.\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>“No tax dollars or federal funding have been or will be used for these repairs,” the NPS wrote, noting that Alcatraz City Cruises is responsible for covering the costs of dock inspection and repair as part of its concession agreement.\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003ch2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">I already had Alcatraz tickets. What now?\u003c/h2>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>Visitors with Alcatraz tickets during this time should already have been notified and issued a refund. \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>But if your tour is booked for Nov. 19 or after, you should keep an eye on your email as there’s still a chance your tour could get canceled if repairs aren’t completed in time. \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003ch2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"alcatraz-alternatives\">Three Alcatraz alternatives for visitors to the Bay Area\u003c/h2>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>If you’re hosting family ahead of the holidays or planning some exploring of your own, \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12064296/san-francisco-bay-area-holiday-hikes-things-to-do-thanksgiving-where-take-guests-holidays\">Alcatraz Island is a popular choice for a reason\u003c/a> — the views from the ferry and the facility’s famous, thoughtful audio tour have kept it on the list of classic San Francisco excursions for decades. \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>But if your tour got canceled or you want to skip the headache of worrying about reopening dates entirely, we’re here to help. Here are three ideas to salvage your day trip plans:\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003ch3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">1. Take a different tour of San Francisco Bay\u003c/h3>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>If your plans are somewhat set in stone (and you were hoping to go to Alcatraz the first week of the closure), you can easily pivot to another tour that’s also run by Alcatraz City Cruises, called the \u003ca href=\"https://alcatrazcitycruises.com/tickets/bay-discovery-cruise\">Bay Discovery Cruise\u003c/a>. \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>While it doesn’t dock at Alcatraz Island, so you can’t explore the buildings, this 90-minute tour will get you up close to see the island and — weather permitting — will even sail under the Golden Gate Bridge. \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>You’ll also get to see nearby landmarks like Angel Island, Sausalito and, of course, views of downtown San Francisco and the city’s waterfront. Tours start at $44 per person and are subject to availability. \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cfigure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/03/260324-BAYCURIOUSFERRY00390_TV-KQED.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-12078036\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/03/260324-BAYCURIOUSFERRY00390_TV-KQED.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/03/260324-BAYCURIOUSFERRY00390_TV-KQED-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/03/260324-BAYCURIOUSFERRY00390_TV-KQED-1536x1024.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\" />\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">The Napa ferry is stationed at a servicing dock at Larkspur Ferry Terminal in Larkspur on March 24, 2026. (Tâm Vũ/KQED)\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>If that doesn’t suit your needs, there are many other tour companies offering tours of San Francisco Bay all year long, including \u003ca href=\"https://www.adventurecat.com/\">Adventure Cat\u003c/a>, which offers daytime and sunset sailing in the bay, \u003ca href=\"https://www.redandwhite.com/\">Red and White Fleet\u003c/a>, which also offers whale tours (plus occasional “\u003ca href=\"https://www.redandwhite.com/floating-features\">floating features\u003c/a>” in partnership with the Roxie Theater, where you can catch a movie while you sail!), and the Blue and Gold Fleet, whose “\u003ca href=\"https://www.blueandgoldfleet.com/escape-from-the-rock/\">Escape from the Rock\u003c/a>” tour circles Alcatraz Island while recounting the tales of its famed escapees. \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>There are also several wildlife-specific boat tours, like the \u003ca href=\"https://sanfranciscowhaletours.com/whale-watching/golden-gate-whale-watch/\">Golden Gate Whale Watch\u003c/a> tour, that can get you and your guests out on the bay for an adventure.\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003ch3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">2. Explore Angel Island instead\u003c/h3>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>Still hankering for a boat trip with some history on the side? A visit to \u003ca href=\"https://www.parks.ca.gov/?page_id=468\">Angel Island State Park\u003c/a> could be a perfect match. \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>Ferries to the Bay Area’s largest island depart from the San Francisco Ferry Building four times per day, leaving enough time to explore the island on foot or — if you’re hoping to cover more ground — by bike. \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cfigure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/09/AngelIslandGGBridgeGetty.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-12055163\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/09/AngelIslandGGBridgeGetty.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/09/AngelIslandGGBridgeGetty-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/09/AngelIslandGGBridgeGetty-1536x1024.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\" />\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">The Golden Gate Bridge as seen from Angel Island, California, on March 8, 2019. (Sundry Photography/Getty Images)\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>Once there, you’ll have your pick of beaches, \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/arts/13976437/best-swimming-spots-public-pools-rivers-lakes-beaches-holes-bay-area\">several of them ideal for swimming\u003c/a>, or you can attempt a hike up to Mt. Livermore, the highest point on the island. \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>End your circumnavigation at the \u003ca href=\"https://www.parks.ca.gov/?page_id=1309\">U.S. Immigration Station\u003c/a>, often called “the Ellis Island of the West,” where you can learn the painful history of the 175,000 Chinese immigrants who were detained and interrogated there while attempting to immigrate to the United States between 1910 and 1940. You can \u003ca href=\"https://learning.parks.ca.gov/recreation-safety/activities/k12-field-trips/in-person-field-trips-to-angel-island-immigration-station/\">reserve a guided tour\u003c/a> or peruse the museum at your own pace.\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003ch3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">3. Rent kayaks or take a paddling tour of San Francisco Bay\u003c/h3>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>If your main goal is to enjoy the water (and you don’t mind a little physical exercise), consider renting kayaks in the bay — a great way to get some sun on your face and get up-close-and-personal with the beauty of the city and beyond. \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>If you don’t want to leave downtown, \u003ca href=\"https://citykayak.com/reserve-online\">City Kayak\u003c/a>, located on the waterfront near Oracle Park, does rentals by the hour and also offers guided paddling tours to see the city skyline, \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12039317/watch-sf-giants-kayak-rental-mccovey-cove-this-season\">cruise by the baseball park\u003c/a>, or head out for a full moon excursion. \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>Nearby, \u003ca href=\"https://www.dogpatchpaddle.com/\">Dogpatch Paddle\u003c/a> is another good option, where you can rent kayaks and paddle boards from their Crane Cove location or take one of their many tours. \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>If you’re willing to make the trek to the North Bay, \u003ca href=\"https://www.seatrek.com/\">SeaTrek \u003c/a>in Sausalito is a particularly unique option, where you can weave between \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11739421/from-arks-to-anchor-outs-the-history-of-waterfront-living-on-richardson-bay\">Richardson Bay’s iconic houseboats\u003c/a> either by yourself or with a guided tour.\u003c/p>\n",
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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\n\u003cp>If you’re planning on hosting family or doing some of your own sightseeing in the coming month, you should know: \u003ca href=\"https://www.nps.gov/goga/learn/news/alcatraz-island-to-temporarily-close-for-dock-repairs-this-fall.htm\">Alcatraz Island is closing temporarily\u003c/a> for repairs around its ferry dock starting Oct. 26 — for three weeks. \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>“Completing the repair work this fall will help ensure safe and reliable public access to Alcatraz Island for years to come,” the National Park Service wrote in a statement to KQED.\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"https://www.parksconservancy.org/parks/alcatraz-fact-sheet\">Over 1.4 million people\u003c/a> visit Alcatraz by ferry — the only way the public can reach the island and visit its long-closed federal prison — every year. \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>Here’s what we know about the timing of the Alcatraz closure, what ticket holders should do and where else you could go while Alcatraz Island is closed to the public.\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cfigure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1278\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2020/11/RS45901_ALCA_20181008_ATB_464-qut.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-11847115\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2020/11/RS45901_ALCA_20181008_ATB_464-qut.jpg 1920w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2020/11/RS45901_ALCA_20181008_ATB_464-qut-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2020/11/RS45901_ALCA_20181008_ATB_464-qut-1020x679.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2020/11/RS45901_ALCA_20181008_ATB_464-qut-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2020/11/RS45901_ALCA_20181008_ATB_464-qut-1536x1022.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1920px) 100vw, 1920px\" />\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">The Bardou Job rose was rediscovered by a group of Bay Area heritage rose experts while exploring Alcatraz in 1990. (Alison Taggart-Barone / Parks Conservancy)\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\n\n\n\u003cul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n\u003cli>\u003cstrong>Jump straight to: \u003ca href=\"#alcatraz-alternatives\">Three Alcatraz alternatives for exploring San Francisco Bay during the island’s closure\u003c/a>\u003c/strong>\u003c/li>\n\u003c/ul>\n\n\n\n\u003ch2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Why is Alcatraz closing?\u003c/h2>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>According to the Golden Gate National Recreation Area, which manages the island, crews will be replacing pilings — the giant vertical posts that are drilled into the bay’s floor, securing the ferry dock to the island. \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>This will be a continuation of work and short-term closures that began in January 2026, when one of the pilings failed, meaning it was no longer strong enough to support the weight of the dock. \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>That incident has already prompted Alcatraz City Cruises, the tour company that provides ferry service to the island, to temporarily close the island twice already this year to inspect and repair them. \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003ch2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">When will Alcatraz reopen?\u003c/h2>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>Repairs are expected to be completed before Thanksgiving, by Nov. 18. \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>But this timing may be “subject to change based on the progress of the work,” according to a message Alcatraz City Cruises has posted on its website. \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cfigure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/11/FerryGetty1.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-12065291\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/11/FerryGetty1.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/11/FerryGetty1-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/11/FerryGetty1-1536x1024.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\" />\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Ferries and boats in the San Francisco Bay with Alcatraz Island in the background on Oct. 13, 2024. (Takako Phillips/Getty Images)\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>According to the National Park Service, the newly repaired dock should have a useful life of 20 to 30 years. And the tour company is fully funding and conducting the work, according to the NPS.\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>“No tax dollars or federal funding have been or will be used for these repairs,” the NPS wrote, noting that Alcatraz City Cruises is responsible for covering the costs of dock inspection and repair as part of its concession agreement.\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003ch2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">I already had Alcatraz tickets. What now?\u003c/h2>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>Visitors with Alcatraz tickets during this time should already have been notified and issued a refund. \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>But if your tour is booked for Nov. 19 or after, you should keep an eye on your email as there’s still a chance your tour could get canceled if repairs aren’t completed in time. \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003ch2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"alcatraz-alternatives\">Three Alcatraz alternatives for visitors to the Bay Area\u003c/h2>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>If you’re hosting family ahead of the holidays or planning some exploring of your own, \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12064296/san-francisco-bay-area-holiday-hikes-things-to-do-thanksgiving-where-take-guests-holidays\">Alcatraz Island is a popular choice for a reason\u003c/a> — the views from the ferry and the facility’s famous, thoughtful audio tour have kept it on the list of classic San Francisco excursions for decades. \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>But if your tour got canceled or you want to skip the headache of worrying about reopening dates entirely, we’re here to help. Here are three ideas to salvage your day trip plans:\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003ch3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">1. Take a different tour of San Francisco Bay\u003c/h3>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>If your plans are somewhat set in stone (and you were hoping to go to Alcatraz the first week of the closure), you can easily pivot to another tour that’s also run by Alcatraz City Cruises, called the \u003ca href=\"https://alcatrazcitycruises.com/tickets/bay-discovery-cruise\">Bay Discovery Cruise\u003c/a>. \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>While it doesn’t dock at Alcatraz Island, so you can’t explore the buildings, this 90-minute tour will get you up close to see the island and — weather permitting — will even sail under the Golden Gate Bridge. \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>You’ll also get to see nearby landmarks like Angel Island, Sausalito and, of course, views of downtown San Francisco and the city’s waterfront. Tours start at $44 per person and are subject to availability. \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cfigure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/03/260324-BAYCURIOUSFERRY00390_TV-KQED.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-12078036\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/03/260324-BAYCURIOUSFERRY00390_TV-KQED.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/03/260324-BAYCURIOUSFERRY00390_TV-KQED-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/03/260324-BAYCURIOUSFERRY00390_TV-KQED-1536x1024.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\" />\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">The Napa ferry is stationed at a servicing dock at Larkspur Ferry Terminal in Larkspur on March 24, 2026. (Tâm Vũ/KQED)\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>If that doesn’t suit your needs, there are many other tour companies offering tours of San Francisco Bay all year long, including \u003ca href=\"https://www.adventurecat.com/\">Adventure Cat\u003c/a>, which offers daytime and sunset sailing in the bay, \u003ca href=\"https://www.redandwhite.com/\">Red and White Fleet\u003c/a>, which also offers whale tours (plus occasional “\u003ca href=\"https://www.redandwhite.com/floating-features\">floating features\u003c/a>” in partnership with the Roxie Theater, where you can catch a movie while you sail!), and the Blue and Gold Fleet, whose “\u003ca href=\"https://www.blueandgoldfleet.com/escape-from-the-rock/\">Escape from the Rock\u003c/a>” tour circles Alcatraz Island while recounting the tales of its famed escapees. \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>There are also several wildlife-specific boat tours, like the \u003ca href=\"https://sanfranciscowhaletours.com/whale-watching/golden-gate-whale-watch/\">Golden Gate Whale Watch\u003c/a> tour, that can get you and your guests out on the bay for an adventure.\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003ch3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">2. Explore Angel Island instead\u003c/h3>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>Still hankering for a boat trip with some history on the side? A visit to \u003ca href=\"https://www.parks.ca.gov/?page_id=468\">Angel Island State Park\u003c/a> could be a perfect match. \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>Ferries to the Bay Area’s largest island depart from the San Francisco Ferry Building four times per day, leaving enough time to explore the island on foot or — if you’re hoping to cover more ground — by bike. \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cfigure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/09/AngelIslandGGBridgeGetty.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-12055163\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/09/AngelIslandGGBridgeGetty.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/09/AngelIslandGGBridgeGetty-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/09/AngelIslandGGBridgeGetty-1536x1024.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\" />\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">The Golden Gate Bridge as seen from Angel Island, California, on March 8, 2019. 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"content": "\n\u003cp>In September, prescribed burns on Angel Island sent smoke and at-times dangerous air quality to residents around the Bay Area. While Air District officials want to improve controlled burns on the island, environmental managers say the recent burn was a win. Today, Bay Nature reporter Daniella Garcia-Loos Almeida takes us on a journey to Angel Island to see the burn area through the eyes of the environmental stewards behind it.\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Links:\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n\u003cli>\u003ca href=\"https://baynature.org/author/daniella/\">\u003cu>Smoke Aside, the Angel Island Fire Was a Win for the Island’s Wild Landscapes \u003c/u>\u003c/a>(Bay Nature)\u003c/li>\n\u003c/ul>\n\n\n\n\u003ch2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Transcript\u003c/h2>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Ericka Cruz Guevarra: \u003c/strong>I’m Ericka Cruz Guevarra and welcome to The Bay, local news to keep you rooted. So back in September, I was taking the ferry into San Francisco when the familiar smell of fire started to fill the boat.\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>News Tape: \u003c/strong>Smoke here in the Bay Area, but where was it from? Well, a prescribed burn right here on Angel Island. It sent out a tremendous amount of smoke. I’ve never seen so much smoke from a prescribed…\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Ericka Cruz Guevarra: \u003c/strong>Angel Island was on fire and the haze outside of the Ferry window was almost blinding. Over the course of a few hours, the smoke had wafted into the East Bay and San Francisco and even as far as San Jose, sometimes at unhealthy levels.\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Daniel Lurie: \u003c/strong>Ooh, it is actually very noticeable downtown right now. We’re getting a lot of calls and I understand why these. I also smell the smoke and air. If you have health issues, underlying health concerns, there is a good amount of smoke in there. So take care of yourselves, stay indoors if you need to. And we’ll keep you posted if anything changes.\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Ericka Cruz Guevarra: \u003c/strong> While it was easy to mistake this for an emergency, the burning on Angel Island was actually intentional. These planned fires, which help clear up debris, are one of the state’s best tools for preventing bigger, more catastrophic wildfires. The controlled fires were halted because of the complaints, but the island’s caretakers say It was a huge win for the island’s wild landscapes.\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Sarah Gibson: \u003c/strong>Although right now we look around and we see the blacks surrounding us and we see what we might understand from our contemporary view of fire as destruction or devastation, what we’re really seeing is a natural process of renewal.\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Ericka Cruz Guevarra: \u003c/strong>Today we’re going on a journey to Angel Island with Bay Nature reporter, Daniella Garcia-Loos Almeida to understand the recent prescribed burns through the eyes of the environmental stewards behind it and why they say the benefits of this burn stand to outlast the smoke.\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Daniella Garcia-Loos Almeida: \u003c/strong>Even going back to Smokey the Bear, I think a lot of people in California are used to preventing fire at all costs. But even before we were here, cultural burning was an important way to steward the land. And I think we’re starting to see how we can use fire to also steward our land and prevent these catastrophic wildfires.\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Ericka Cruz Guevarra: \u003c/strong>I know you actually went to Angel Island this month to kind of try and understand this burn a little bit better and peel back the curtain a little. Can you tell me a little more about what you were hoping to understand by going to Angel Island?\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Daniella Garcia-Loos Almeida: \u003c/strong>Yeah, I mean, I think a lot of places miss out on the aftermath of a burn, especially a prescribed burn. So my goal was to get out there and look at the impacts on the island’s ecology, learn more about what will happen after the burn, what we’ll see after the rains and the winter, and just how it’ll change the island. So there’s only a couple ways to get there. And the best way to get there is through the SF ferry.\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Scene tape: \u003c/strong>Welcome aboard Golden Gate Ferry. The United States Coast Guard requires all passengers to know the locations of lifejackets and muster stations on board….\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Ericka Cruz Guevarra: \u003c/strong>Okay, so you ride the ferry to Angel Island and then you get there. What is your plan? Like, what did you do next?\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Daniella Garcia-Loos Almeida: \u003c/strong>The plan was to go out with two people that were there for both days of the burn. They were helping with the effort.\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Sarah Gibson: \u003c/strong>My name is Sarah Gibson and I am our statewide burn boss at California State Parks.\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Naftali Moed: \u003c/strong>My name is Naftali Moed, I work for California State Parks Bay Area District and I lead our wildfire and forest resilience work here at the state parks in Marin, Sonoma and Napa counties.\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Daniella Garcia-Loos Almeida: \u003c/strong>And they were there to take us on a hike of the most recently burned areas that they burned these past two days in September.\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cfigure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"2560\" height=\"1707\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/10/oak-in-charscape_DGA_Angel-Island-Rx-burn-1-e275c6d5-scaled.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-12104829\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/10/oak-in-charscape_DGA_Angel-Island-Rx-burn-1-e275c6d5-scaled.jpg 2560w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/10/oak-in-charscape_DGA_Angel-Island-Rx-burn-1-e275c6d5-2000x1333.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/10/oak-in-charscape_DGA_Angel-Island-Rx-burn-1-e275c6d5-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/10/oak-in-charscape_DGA_Angel-Island-Rx-burn-1-e275c6d5-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/10/oak-in-charscape_DGA_Angel-Island-Rx-burn-1-e275c6d5-2048x1365.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2560px) 100vw, 2560px\" />\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Charred grasses and shrubs after the prescribed burns \u003cem>(Daniella Garcia-\u003cem>Loos\u003c/em> Almeida, Bay Nature)\u003c/em>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Naftali Moed: \u003c/strong>Do y’all need facilities or water or anything else before we head up the hill?\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Ericka Cruz Guevarra: \u003c/strong>For people who actually haven’t been to Angel Island, can you like sort of paint a picture for me?\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Daniella Garcia-Loos Almeida: \u003c/strong>Yeah, Angel Island is the biggest island in the whole Bay Area. I had never been there before either. It certainly seemed a lot bigger than I expected when we got there and a lot more wooded than I expected.\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Naftali Moed: \u003c/strong>To your point, exactly what you will see as soon as you get off the boat is our amazing oak woodlands and also some forests that are dominated by Monterey pine trees…\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Daniella Garcia-Loos Almeida: \u003c/strong>There’s hundreds of eucalyptus trees that were planted there by the military way back when.\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Naftali Moed: \u003c/strong>If you look closely you’ll get to start to see a lot of the animals that we have out here too. We just saw a coyote a few minutes ago, there’s many many deer.\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Daniella Garcia-Loos Almeida: \u003c/strong>And I guess the other part that I didn’t expect was that the island is full of these historic buildings, including the Angel Island Immigration Station.\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Naftali Moed: \u003c/strong>There’s so much beauty out here and so much history and on the wildfire side so much potential for something terrible to happen and we’ll talk a little bit about that too.\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Ericka Cruz Guevarra: \u003c/strong>Yeah, so there is a lot on the island to protect and also a lot there that could potentially catch on fire. So tell me more about what they were trying to prevent from happening here.\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cfigure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"2560\" height=\"1707\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/10/9.8.2026-firefighters-on-holding_CalFire_Angel-Is.-Rx-burn-1-71ce54fd-scaled.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-12104826\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/10/9.8.2026-firefighters-on-holding_CalFire_Angel-Is.-Rx-burn-1-71ce54fd-scaled.jpg 2560w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/10/9.8.2026-firefighters-on-holding_CalFire_Angel-Is.-Rx-burn-1-71ce54fd-2000x1333.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/10/9.8.2026-firefighters-on-holding_CalFire_Angel-Is.-Rx-burn-1-71ce54fd-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/10/9.8.2026-firefighters-on-holding_CalFire_Angel-Is.-Rx-burn-1-71ce54fd-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/10/9.8.2026-firefighters-on-holding_CalFire_Angel-Is.-Rx-burn-1-71ce54fd-2048x1365.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2560px) 100vw, 2560px\" />\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Firefighters attend to the prescribed burn on Angel Island on September 8, 2026\u003cem> (CalFire)\u003c/em>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Daniella Garcia-Loos Almeida: \u003c/strong>They were trying to prevent another catastrophic wildfire from happening. The last wildfire happened in 2008 called the Angel Fire, and it burned almost half of the island and they were so lucky that it didn’t get to any of the historic buildings. That fire started on a Sunday at like 8 p.m. at night and they had to find a way to get all of these fire trucks out there. What takes maybe a couple of minutes like here in Berkeley, took over a day to get just all the personnel out there. So they’re really trying to prevent something like that from happening.\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Naftali Moed: \u003c/strong>Again, once a large fire is established on the island, it’s incredibly difficult to manage. And that’s, I think, one of the hardest things for us to convey to the public, is the difficulty and potentially the harm, not just to the island and the structures and the ecology out here, but also to the Bay Area community by and large, from the volume of smoke that’s produced during a significant or catastrophic wildfire.\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Ericka Cruz Guevarra: \u003c/strong>So fighting a fire there is, it sounds like, a logistical challenge, but as I understand it so is planning for a prescribed burn. Tell me about that planning process.\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Daniella Garcia-Loos Almeida: \u003c/strong>Yeah, I mean to me it seems like a logistical nightmare.\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Sarah Gibson: \u003c/strong>It takes years to get to implementation day.\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Daniella Garcia-Loos Almeida: \u003c/strong>They usually start these fires really early in the morning, as early as they can. They have to get seven fire engines out there on a boat. The boat can only carry one engine at a time, takes at least half an hour to get there. You also have to get all these dozens of firefighters, all the staff. Then to pick a day, they have to look at weather models. They have to look at the wind.\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Sarah Gibson: \u003c/strong>It’s just like when you’re flying an airplane. You have a checklist to go through, getting permission from the agency to burn, notifying the dispatch centers who would get 911 calls. And when we get that go, we go to what’s called a test fire. And in that test fire, the first thing we actually look for is the smoke.\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Daniella Garcia-Loos Almeida: \u003c/strong>they want the fire and the smoke to go straight up. If it goes straight up, it’ll start to blend with the air in the atmosphere.\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Sarah Gibson: \u003c/strong>We’re checking to make sure that fire is quote-unquote behaving the way that we want in that test fire.\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Daniella Garcia-Loos Almeida: \u003c/strong>All of this to prevent smoke from reaching all the seven million people that live around here. So really they have to be looking at these wind models and even after all this modeling, talking to the National Weather Service, it can still change.\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Naftali Moed: \u003c/strong>See all the fog is rolling in? You may have also noticed the wind picked up as we rounded the corner. One of the many, many challenges that we have certainly burning, but really doing anything out here on Angel Island is navigating the weather.\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cfigure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"2560\" height=\"1707\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/10/gibson-n-moed-at-burn-site_DGA_Angel-Island-Rx-burn-a3524709-scaled.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-12104828\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/10/gibson-n-moed-at-burn-site_DGA_Angel-Island-Rx-burn-a3524709-scaled.jpg 2560w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/10/gibson-n-moed-at-burn-site_DGA_Angel-Island-Rx-burn-a3524709-2000x1333.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/10/gibson-n-moed-at-burn-site_DGA_Angel-Island-Rx-burn-a3524709-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/10/gibson-n-moed-at-burn-site_DGA_Angel-Island-Rx-burn-a3524709-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/10/gibson-n-moed-at-burn-site_DGA_Angel-Island-Rx-burn-a3524709-2048x1365.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2560px) 100vw, 2560px\" />\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Naftali Moed and Sarah Gibson examine the burn site \u003cem>(\u003cem>Daniella Garcia-\u003cem>Loos\u003c/em> Almeida\u003c/em>, Bay Nature)\u003c/em>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Ericka Cruz Guevarra: \u003c/strong>Can you actually talk a little bit more about the weather factor and how they plan for that element? Sounds like it’s a pretty difficult thing to plan for when talking about an island in the middle of the ocean.\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Daniella Garcia-Loos Almeida: \u003c/strong>Yeah, so when we were on the island, we kind of got a look and feel for ourselves as to how unpredictable the weather is there. You know, it was really hot and sunny on one part of the island, then it was cold and breezy on one of the island. Sometimes the fog comes in on the shore. I mean, the island has a pretty, you know, big elevation change.\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Naftali Moed: \u003c/strong>And even the best modeling we have available to help understand the weather, can’t always predict with total certainty exactly when the wind’s gonna start or when it might shift or what specific direction it’ll come from.\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Ericka Cruz Guevarra: \u003c/strong>Coming up, why rangers say this burn was a success and what they learned. By the way, if you support the work that we do here at KQED, consider becoming a sustaining KQED member, which you can do at donate.kqed.org/podcasts. We’ll be right back.\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Ericka Cruz Guevarra: \u003c/strong>Okay, so they’ve got this whole plan, they’re looking at the weather, they pick a day to do this, how does this actually go down? What did you learn about how a prescribed burn actually works on the ground?\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Daniella Garcia-Loos Almeida: \u003c/strong>There’s broadcast burns and there’s pile burns. A lot of state parks do what’s called a pile burn where staff and volunteers build these piles of sticks and like debris, and then they burn these piles individually.\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Naftali Moed: \u003c/strong>And so that’s something, again, that’s happened intermittently through the 1990s, but it’s happened pretty much every year since 2022 out here. And it’s one of the many different tools in our toolbox that we’re using to help take care of this place and protect the historic buildings.\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Daniella Garcia-Loos Almeida: \u003c/strong>When you have as much debris as you have in a place like Angel Island, you can’t feasibly burn what you need to burn by building these piles. It’s almost near impossible, you know, you have like shavings off of eucalyptus trees, you have debris from leaves, you have pine needles. And so when you need to burn a larger area of land, that’s when you do a broadcast burn.\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cfigure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"2560\" height=\"1707\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/10/manzanita-charscape_DGA_Angel-Island-Rx-burn-1-4d3605ed-scaled.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-12104827\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/10/manzanita-charscape_DGA_Angel-Island-Rx-burn-1-4d3605ed-scaled.jpg 2560w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/10/manzanita-charscape_DGA_Angel-Island-Rx-burn-1-4d3605ed-2000x1333.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/10/manzanita-charscape_DGA_Angel-Island-Rx-burn-1-4d3605ed-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/10/manzanita-charscape_DGA_Angel-Island-Rx-burn-1-4d3605ed-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/10/manzanita-charscape_DGA_Angel-Island-Rx-burn-1-4d3605ed-2048x1365.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2560px) 100vw, 2560px\" />\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">The burn scars on Angel Island are visible after a series of prescribed burns \u003cem>(\u003cem>Daniella Garcia-\u003cem>Loos\u003c/em> Almeida,\u003c/em> Bay Nature)\u003c/em>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Naftali Moed: \u003c/strong>And those cannot happen in the dead of winter when it’s raining, most simply because the fuels, all the dead plants that we are burning, can’t burn when they’re wet. And if we can get them to burn, the amount of smoke that’s gonna be generated is far greater.\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Ericka Cruz Guevarra: \u003c/strong>And so these prescribed burns, which is what caused those plumes of smoke to float out across the Bay Area, those leave scars on the landscape. And as part of your reporting trip, you actually visited those scarred areas. What did that look like?\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Daniella Garcia-Loos Almeida: \u003c/strong>The landscape was pretty charred. It’s kind of what you expect, it’s, you know, gray and white, there’s ash on the ground, piles of soot.\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Naftali Moed: \u003c/strong>We’re standing right now in the middle of the area that we burned so looking out in most all directions you can see that black along the landscape. You can see areas that have concentrations of white ash again many of those were places where we had…\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cfigure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"2560\" height=\"1707\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/10/oak-shoots-in-char_DGA_Angel-Island-Rx-burn-00e6bbdc-scaled.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-12104831\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/10/oak-shoots-in-char_DGA_Angel-Island-Rx-burn-00e6bbdc-scaled.jpg 2560w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/10/oak-shoots-in-char_DGA_Angel-Island-Rx-burn-00e6bbdc-2000x1333.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/10/oak-shoots-in-char_DGA_Angel-Island-Rx-burn-00e6bbdc-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/10/oak-shoots-in-char_DGA_Angel-Island-Rx-burn-00e6bbdc-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/10/oak-shoots-in-char_DGA_Angel-Island-Rx-burn-00e6bbdc-2048x1365.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2560px) 100vw, 2560px\" />\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Even after the series of prescribed fires, an oak shoots up from the soil \u003cem>(\u003cem>Daniella Garcia-\u003cem>Loos\u003c/em> Almeida\u003c/em>, Bay Nature)\u003c/em>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Daniella Garcia-Loos Almeida: \u003c/strong> But you also see some green. I mean, there was already buds of coast live oaks and dandelions starting to sprout up even just as recently as a week after that burn.\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Sarah Gibson: \u003c/strong>As we look for solutions some of the best ones we can use are nature-based solutions and so when we lean into these nature- based solutions and we do our best to minimize the impacts to people then we’re really you know helping Mother Nature do her best work.\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Ericka Cruz Guevarra: \u003c/strong>And I guess it might look kind of concerning if you don’t really understand what you’re looking at, but did everything go as planned for the rangers that you talked to? Like, what did they say about that?\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Daniella Garcia-Loos Almeida: \u003c/strong>I mean, logistically, it worked out pretty well, you know, they got everyone out there, they got all the fire engines out there. They burned about 140 acres out of the 260 they had planned over these two days. And the smoke seemed to be going the direction that they wanted it to go while they were burning.\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Naftali Moed: \u003c/strong>If we’re burning something, there’s going to be smoke and it’s going somewhere.\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Daniella Garcia-Loos Almeida: \u003c/strong>A lot of people thought that the burning was still occurring when the smoke was traveling to them, but the burn kind of had wrapped up by like, the afternoon. And then the wind shifted, making it go east, hitting Oakland and the rest of the East Bay and traveling as far as San Jose.\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Naftali Moed: \u003c/strong>That’s one of the really challenging things and at the end of the day, even with all the climate modeling, all the forecasting, and a lot of really, really great minds, that was really the one part of this that we always knew wasn’t fully within our control.\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Daniella Garcia-Loos Almeida: \u003c/strong>I think it definitely wasn’t intentional, you know, they never want smoke to go where it would hit people. 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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\n\u003cp>In September, prescribed burns on Angel Island sent smoke and at-times dangerous air quality to residents around the Bay Area. While Air District officials want to improve controlled burns on the island, environmental managers say the recent burn was a win. Today, Bay Nature reporter Daniella Garcia-Loos Almeida takes us on a journey to Angel Island to see the burn area through the eyes of the environmental stewards behind it.\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Links:\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n\u003cli>\u003ca href=\"https://baynature.org/author/daniella/\">\u003cu>Smoke Aside, the Angel Island Fire Was a Win for the Island’s Wild Landscapes \u003c/u>\u003c/a>(Bay Nature)\u003c/li>\n\u003c/ul>\n\n\n\n\u003ch2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Transcript\u003c/h2>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Ericka Cruz Guevarra: \u003c/strong>I’m Ericka Cruz Guevarra and welcome to The Bay, local news to keep you rooted. So back in September, I was taking the ferry into San Francisco when the familiar smell of fire started to fill the boat.\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>News Tape: \u003c/strong>Smoke here in the Bay Area, but where was it from? Well, a prescribed burn right here on Angel Island. It sent out a tremendous amount of smoke. I’ve never seen so much smoke from a prescribed…\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Ericka Cruz Guevarra: \u003c/strong>Angel Island was on fire and the haze outside of the Ferry window was almost blinding. Over the course of a few hours, the smoke had wafted into the East Bay and San Francisco and even as far as San Jose, sometimes at unhealthy levels.\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Daniel Lurie: \u003c/strong>Ooh, it is actually very noticeable downtown right now. We’re getting a lot of calls and I understand why these. I also smell the smoke and air. If you have health issues, underlying health concerns, there is a good amount of smoke in there. So take care of yourselves, stay indoors if you need to. And we’ll keep you posted if anything changes.\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Ericka Cruz Guevarra: \u003c/strong> While it was easy to mistake this for an emergency, the burning on Angel Island was actually intentional. These planned fires, which help clear up debris, are one of the state’s best tools for preventing bigger, more catastrophic wildfires. The controlled fires were halted because of the complaints, but the island’s caretakers say It was a huge win for the island’s wild landscapes.\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Sarah Gibson: \u003c/strong>Although right now we look around and we see the blacks surrounding us and we see what we might understand from our contemporary view of fire as destruction or devastation, what we’re really seeing is a natural process of renewal.\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Ericka Cruz Guevarra: \u003c/strong>Today we’re going on a journey to Angel Island with Bay Nature reporter, Daniella Garcia-Loos Almeida to understand the recent prescribed burns through the eyes of the environmental stewards behind it and why they say the benefits of this burn stand to outlast the smoke.\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Daniella Garcia-Loos Almeida: \u003c/strong>Even going back to Smokey the Bear, I think a lot of people in California are used to preventing fire at all costs. But even before we were here, cultural burning was an important way to steward the land. And I think we’re starting to see how we can use fire to also steward our land and prevent these catastrophic wildfires.\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Ericka Cruz Guevarra: \u003c/strong>I know you actually went to Angel Island this month to kind of try and understand this burn a little bit better and peel back the curtain a little. Can you tell me a little more about what you were hoping to understand by going to Angel Island?\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Daniella Garcia-Loos Almeida: \u003c/strong>Yeah, I mean, I think a lot of places miss out on the aftermath of a burn, especially a prescribed burn. So my goal was to get out there and look at the impacts on the island’s ecology, learn more about what will happen after the burn, what we’ll see after the rains and the winter, and just how it’ll change the island. So there’s only a couple ways to get there. And the best way to get there is through the SF ferry.\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Scene tape: \u003c/strong>Welcome aboard Golden Gate Ferry. The United States Coast Guard requires all passengers to know the locations of lifejackets and muster stations on board….\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Ericka Cruz Guevarra: \u003c/strong>Okay, so you ride the ferry to Angel Island and then you get there. What is your plan? Like, what did you do next?\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Daniella Garcia-Loos Almeida: \u003c/strong>The plan was to go out with two people that were there for both days of the burn. They were helping with the effort.\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Sarah Gibson: \u003c/strong>My name is Sarah Gibson and I am our statewide burn boss at California State Parks.\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Naftali Moed: \u003c/strong>My name is Naftali Moed, I work for California State Parks Bay Area District and I lead our wildfire and forest resilience work here at the state parks in Marin, Sonoma and Napa counties.\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Daniella Garcia-Loos Almeida: \u003c/strong>And they were there to take us on a hike of the most recently burned areas that they burned these past two days in September.\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cfigure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"2560\" height=\"1707\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/10/oak-in-charscape_DGA_Angel-Island-Rx-burn-1-e275c6d5-scaled.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-12104829\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/10/oak-in-charscape_DGA_Angel-Island-Rx-burn-1-e275c6d5-scaled.jpg 2560w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/10/oak-in-charscape_DGA_Angel-Island-Rx-burn-1-e275c6d5-2000x1333.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/10/oak-in-charscape_DGA_Angel-Island-Rx-burn-1-e275c6d5-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/10/oak-in-charscape_DGA_Angel-Island-Rx-burn-1-e275c6d5-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/10/oak-in-charscape_DGA_Angel-Island-Rx-burn-1-e275c6d5-2048x1365.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2560px) 100vw, 2560px\" />\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Charred grasses and shrubs after the prescribed burns \u003cem>(Daniella Garcia-\u003cem>Loos\u003c/em> Almeida, Bay Nature)\u003c/em>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Naftali Moed: \u003c/strong>Do y’all need facilities or water or anything else before we head up the hill?\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Ericka Cruz Guevarra: \u003c/strong>For people who actually haven’t been to Angel Island, can you like sort of paint a picture for me?\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Daniella Garcia-Loos Almeida: \u003c/strong>Yeah, Angel Island is the biggest island in the whole Bay Area. I had never been there before either. It certainly seemed a lot bigger than I expected when we got there and a lot more wooded than I expected.\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Naftali Moed: \u003c/strong>To your point, exactly what you will see as soon as you get off the boat is our amazing oak woodlands and also some forests that are dominated by Monterey pine trees…\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Daniella Garcia-Loos Almeida: \u003c/strong>There’s hundreds of eucalyptus trees that were planted there by the military way back when.\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Naftali Moed: \u003c/strong>If you look closely you’ll get to start to see a lot of the animals that we have out here too. We just saw a coyote a few minutes ago, there’s many many deer.\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Daniella Garcia-Loos Almeida: \u003c/strong>And I guess the other part that I didn’t expect was that the island is full of these historic buildings, including the Angel Island Immigration Station.\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Naftali Moed: \u003c/strong>There’s so much beauty out here and so much history and on the wildfire side so much potential for something terrible to happen and we’ll talk a little bit about that too.\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Ericka Cruz Guevarra: \u003c/strong>Yeah, so there is a lot on the island to protect and also a lot there that could potentially catch on fire. So tell me more about what they were trying to prevent from happening here.\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cfigure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"2560\" height=\"1707\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/10/9.8.2026-firefighters-on-holding_CalFire_Angel-Is.-Rx-burn-1-71ce54fd-scaled.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-12104826\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/10/9.8.2026-firefighters-on-holding_CalFire_Angel-Is.-Rx-burn-1-71ce54fd-scaled.jpg 2560w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/10/9.8.2026-firefighters-on-holding_CalFire_Angel-Is.-Rx-burn-1-71ce54fd-2000x1333.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/10/9.8.2026-firefighters-on-holding_CalFire_Angel-Is.-Rx-burn-1-71ce54fd-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/10/9.8.2026-firefighters-on-holding_CalFire_Angel-Is.-Rx-burn-1-71ce54fd-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/10/9.8.2026-firefighters-on-holding_CalFire_Angel-Is.-Rx-burn-1-71ce54fd-2048x1365.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2560px) 100vw, 2560px\" />\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Firefighters attend to the prescribed burn on Angel Island on September 8, 2026\u003cem> (CalFire)\u003c/em>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Daniella Garcia-Loos Almeida: \u003c/strong>They were trying to prevent another catastrophic wildfire from happening. The last wildfire happened in 2008 called the Angel Fire, and it burned almost half of the island and they were so lucky that it didn’t get to any of the historic buildings. That fire started on a Sunday at like 8 p.m. at night and they had to find a way to get all of these fire trucks out there. What takes maybe a couple of minutes like here in Berkeley, took over a day to get just all the personnel out there. So they’re really trying to prevent something like that from happening.\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Naftali Moed: \u003c/strong>Again, once a large fire is established on the island, it’s incredibly difficult to manage. And that’s, I think, one of the hardest things for us to convey to the public, is the difficulty and potentially the harm, not just to the island and the structures and the ecology out here, but also to the Bay Area community by and large, from the volume of smoke that’s produced during a significant or catastrophic wildfire.\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Ericka Cruz Guevarra: \u003c/strong>So fighting a fire there is, it sounds like, a logistical challenge, but as I understand it so is planning for a prescribed burn. Tell me about that planning process.\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Daniella Garcia-Loos Almeida: \u003c/strong>Yeah, I mean to me it seems like a logistical nightmare.\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Sarah Gibson: \u003c/strong>It takes years to get to implementation day.\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Daniella Garcia-Loos Almeida: \u003c/strong>They usually start these fires really early in the morning, as early as they can. They have to get seven fire engines out there on a boat. The boat can only carry one engine at a time, takes at least half an hour to get there. You also have to get all these dozens of firefighters, all the staff. Then to pick a day, they have to look at weather models. They have to look at the wind.\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Sarah Gibson: \u003c/strong>It’s just like when you’re flying an airplane. You have a checklist to go through, getting permission from the agency to burn, notifying the dispatch centers who would get 911 calls. And when we get that go, we go to what’s called a test fire. And in that test fire, the first thing we actually look for is the smoke.\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Daniella Garcia-Loos Almeida: \u003c/strong>they want the fire and the smoke to go straight up. If it goes straight up, it’ll start to blend with the air in the atmosphere.\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Sarah Gibson: \u003c/strong>We’re checking to make sure that fire is quote-unquote behaving the way that we want in that test fire.\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Daniella Garcia-Loos Almeida: \u003c/strong>All of this to prevent smoke from reaching all the seven million people that live around here. So really they have to be looking at these wind models and even after all this modeling, talking to the National Weather Service, it can still change.\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Naftali Moed: \u003c/strong>See all the fog is rolling in? You may have also noticed the wind picked up as we rounded the corner. 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Sounds like it’s a pretty difficult thing to plan for when talking about an island in the middle of the ocean.\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Daniella Garcia-Loos Almeida: \u003c/strong>Yeah, so when we were on the island, we kind of got a look and feel for ourselves as to how unpredictable the weather is there. You know, it was really hot and sunny on one part of the island, then it was cold and breezy on one of the island. Sometimes the fog comes in on the shore. I mean, the island has a pretty, you know, big elevation change.\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Naftali Moed: \u003c/strong>And even the best modeling we have available to help understand the weather, can’t always predict with total certainty exactly when the wind’s gonna start or when it might shift or what specific direction it’ll come from.\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Ericka Cruz Guevarra: \u003c/strong>Coming up, why rangers say this burn was a success and what they learned. By the way, if you support the work that we do here at KQED, consider becoming a sustaining KQED member, which you can do at donate.kqed.org/podcasts. We’ll be right back.\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Ericka Cruz Guevarra: \u003c/strong>Okay, so they’ve got this whole plan, they’re looking at the weather, they pick a day to do this, how does this actually go down? What did you learn about how a prescribed burn actually works on the ground?\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Daniella Garcia-Loos Almeida: \u003c/strong>There’s broadcast burns and there’s pile burns. A lot of state parks do what’s called a pile burn where staff and volunteers build these piles of sticks and like debris, and then they burn these piles individually.\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Naftali Moed: \u003c/strong>And so that’s something, again, that’s happened intermittently through the 1990s, but it’s happened pretty much every year since 2022 out here. And it’s one of the many different tools in our toolbox that we’re using to help take care of this place and protect the historic buildings.\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Daniella Garcia-Loos Almeida: \u003c/strong>When you have as much debris as you have in a place like Angel Island, you can’t feasibly burn what you need to burn by building these piles. It’s almost near impossible, you know, you have like shavings off of eucalyptus trees, you have debris from leaves, you have pine needles. And so when you need to burn a larger area of land, that’s when you do a broadcast burn.\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cfigure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"2560\" height=\"1707\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/10/manzanita-charscape_DGA_Angel-Island-Rx-burn-1-4d3605ed-scaled.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-12104827\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/10/manzanita-charscape_DGA_Angel-Island-Rx-burn-1-4d3605ed-scaled.jpg 2560w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/10/manzanita-charscape_DGA_Angel-Island-Rx-burn-1-4d3605ed-2000x1333.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/10/manzanita-charscape_DGA_Angel-Island-Rx-burn-1-4d3605ed-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/10/manzanita-charscape_DGA_Angel-Island-Rx-burn-1-4d3605ed-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/10/manzanita-charscape_DGA_Angel-Island-Rx-burn-1-4d3605ed-2048x1365.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2560px) 100vw, 2560px\" />\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">The burn scars on Angel Island are visible after a series of prescribed burns \u003cem>(\u003cem>Daniella Garcia-\u003cem>Loos\u003c/em> Almeida,\u003c/em> Bay Nature)\u003c/em>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Naftali Moed: \u003c/strong>And those cannot happen in the dead of winter when it’s raining, most simply because the fuels, all the dead plants that we are burning, can’t burn when they’re wet. And if we can get them to burn, the amount of smoke that’s gonna be generated is far greater.\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Ericka Cruz Guevarra: \u003c/strong>And so these prescribed burns, which is what caused those plumes of smoke to float out across the Bay Area, those leave scars on the landscape. And as part of your reporting trip, you actually visited those scarred areas. What did that look like?\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Daniella Garcia-Loos Almeida: \u003c/strong>The landscape was pretty charred. It’s kind of what you expect, it’s, you know, gray and white, there’s ash on the ground, piles of soot.\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Naftali Moed: \u003c/strong>We’re standing right now in the middle of the area that we burned so looking out in most all directions you can see that black along the landscape. You can see areas that have concentrations of white ash again many of those were places where we had…\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cfigure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"2560\" height=\"1707\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/10/oak-shoots-in-char_DGA_Angel-Island-Rx-burn-00e6bbdc-scaled.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-12104831\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/10/oak-shoots-in-char_DGA_Angel-Island-Rx-burn-00e6bbdc-scaled.jpg 2560w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/10/oak-shoots-in-char_DGA_Angel-Island-Rx-burn-00e6bbdc-2000x1333.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/10/oak-shoots-in-char_DGA_Angel-Island-Rx-burn-00e6bbdc-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/10/oak-shoots-in-char_DGA_Angel-Island-Rx-burn-00e6bbdc-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/10/oak-shoots-in-char_DGA_Angel-Island-Rx-burn-00e6bbdc-2048x1365.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2560px) 100vw, 2560px\" />\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Even after the series of prescribed fires, an oak shoots up from the soil \u003cem>(\u003cem>Daniella Garcia-\u003cem>Loos\u003c/em> Almeida\u003c/em>, Bay Nature)\u003c/em>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Daniella Garcia-Loos Almeida: \u003c/strong> But you also see some green. I mean, there was already buds of coast live oaks and dandelions starting to sprout up even just as recently as a week after that burn.\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Sarah Gibson: \u003c/strong>As we look for solutions some of the best ones we can use are nature-based solutions and so when we lean into these nature- based solutions and we do our best to minimize the impacts to people then we’re really you know helping Mother Nature do her best work.\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Ericka Cruz Guevarra: \u003c/strong>And I guess it might look kind of concerning if you don’t really understand what you’re looking at, but did everything go as planned for the rangers that you talked to? Like, what did they say about that?\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Daniella Garcia-Loos Almeida: \u003c/strong>I mean, logistically, it worked out pretty well, you know, they got everyone out there, they got all the fire engines out there. They burned about 140 acres out of the 260 they had planned over these two days. And the smoke seemed to be going the direction that they wanted it to go while they were burning.\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Naftali Moed: \u003c/strong>If we’re burning something, there’s going to be smoke and it’s going somewhere.\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Daniella Garcia-Loos Almeida: \u003c/strong>A lot of people thought that the burning was still occurring when the smoke was traveling to them, but the burn kind of had wrapped up by like, the afternoon. And then the wind shifted, making it go east, hitting Oakland and the rest of the East Bay and traveling as far as San Jose.\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Naftali Moed: \u003c/strong>That’s one of the really challenging things and at the end of the day, even with all the climate modeling, all the forecasting, and a lot of really, really great minds, that was really the one part of this that we always knew wasn’t fully within our control.\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Daniella Garcia-Loos Almeida: \u003c/strong>I think it definitely wasn’t intentional, you know, they never want smoke to go where it would hit people. But while they were burning, the winds were doing pretty much what they wanted them to.\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Sarah Gibson: \u003c/strong>We were able to really put in a nice piece that not only met ecological objectives, but will protect the amazing, incredible history here.\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Daniella Garcia-Loos Almeida: \u003c/strong>They called off the remaining burn day, you know, to sort of go back to talk to the Bay Area Air District, the Marin County Fire Department and Cal Fire, just to all sort of work together and figure out if there is a sort of better time in the future, that would be better to burn. But I think it was still overall a successful thing.\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Sarah Gibson:\u003c/strong> A lot of people who worked on this burn live in the Bay Area and while we love these habitats we all have family members who you know would be impacted by smoke maybe differently than I am. So we care greatly about that and we did hear their concerns and take them to heart. It does impact people. It can be negative. In some ways, but what happens if we don’t do it? What’s gonna be left for our children and grandchildren?\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Daniella Garcia-Loos Almeida: \u003c/strong>It’s a good learning experience because this was the first broadcast burn that they had done since the 90s. So just to see what happened and they’re currently studying what’s happening from now until the spring and further on. They have wildlife cameras out seeing how the animals are reacting and they’ll definitely be looking to see, what happens after the first rain to see what species of plants come back and how the landscape itself is rebuilding.\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Ericka Cruz Guevarra: \u003c/strong>And it sounds like they’re studying how to do this maybe a little bit better and in a way that doesn’t upset so many people. But it’s interesting, I think, Daniella, to hear your perspective of actually going to the island and talking with the people behind the burn who say this was sort of a success and that they did what they needed to do. On the other hand, you have all these people living on the other side of the water who are really upset. What do you make of the gap between those things?\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Daniella Garcia-Loos Almeida: \u003c/strong>Yeah, I mean, I think also the state of California itself was kind of against prescribed burns for a really long time. I mean you really only saw this spike in prescribed burns after the 2020 fires. CalFire has so much more funding to be able to do these. California State Parks has more funding to do this. So you’re seeing a lot more of these. And I think most of them happen in places where you can’t see what’s going on, you know, they’re happening in like these heavily wooded state parks, they’re happening in like Big Basin State Park, Henry Cowell, and you know you have like these towering redwoods that kind of cover your view of the smoke.\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Ericka Cruz Guevarra: \u003c/strong>But that was not the case this time around.\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Daniella Garcia-Loos Almeida: \u003c/strong>Yeah.\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Ericka Cruz Guevarra: \u003c/strong>What do you think then that it’s gonna take to get more people to understand that there is such a thing as a good fire? I mean, we’ve been through quite a bit in terms of wildfires here in California, and I think there’s so much trauma there. So I wonder as a reporter, what do you thing it will take to sort of shrink that gap between what the experts you talk to say is a really good thing and then people who are concerned when they see smoke in the air?\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Daniella Garcia-Loos Almeida: \u003c/strong>Yeah, I mean, I think as a whole, we can all do our part to learn more about them. You know, we only see, oh, there’s this prescribed burn happening and not really much as to like, why, why it’s happening right now? What did the last one do? My main takeaway was just how logistically complex these things are. There’s really a lot just like talking about the safety of the firefighters, the safety of the people on the island, the safety of people in the Bay Area, there’s just so much more that goes into it than I previously thought.\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Ericka Cruz Guevarra: \u003c/strong>Well, Daniella, thank you so much for sharing your reporting with us on the show. I really appreciate it.\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Daniella Garcia-Loos Almeida: \u003c/strong>Thank you so much, too.\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Ericka Cruz Guevarra: \u003c/strong>That was Daniella Garcia-Loos Almeida, a reporter with Bay Nature. We’re going to leave you a link to Daniella’s reporting on Angel Island for Bay Nature in our show notes. Thanks as well to KQED’s Danielle Venton for the tape that you heard at the top of this episode. This episode was cut down and edited by me, Gabriela was the field producer of this. She also scored it and added all the tape. Our editor was Pauline Bartolone. The Bay is made every week by me and Gabriela Glueck. The rest of the podcast team includes Jen Chien, Katie Springer, Maha Sanad. Ethan Toven-Lindsey.\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>If you want to get in touch with us here at The Bay, feel free to send us an email. We’re at thebay@kqed.org. The Bay is a production of listeners supported KQED in San Francisco. Support for The Bay is provided in part by the Osher Production Fund. Some members of the KQED podcast team are represented by the Screen Actors Guild, American Federation of Television and Radio Artists, San Francisco, Northern California Local. And I’m Ericka Cruz Guevarra. Thanks so much for listening to The Bay. We’ll talk to you next week.\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>\u003cem>Some members of the KQED podcast team are represented by The Screen Actors Guild, American Federation of Television and Radio Artists, San Francisco-Northern California Local.\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003c/div>\u003c/p>",
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"content": "\n\u003cp>After a \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12100934/angel-island-prescribed-burn-to-resume-this-week\">controlled burn on Angel Island\u003c/a> this week sent smoke into residential areas across the Bay Area — and pushed air quality along the Richmond coast above 400 on the Air Quality Index — regulators said they’re now considering changing how permits are issued for future prescribed fires.\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>The saga began with a planned burn of 260 acres of the state park on Sept. 8. That attempt, however, was called off the following day, after discussions with the Bay Area Air District and complaints about smoke.\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>In planning a second attempt on Sept. 23 with California State Parks and Cal Fire, Andrea Polidori, deputy executive officer of science with the Bay Area Air District, said his staff reviewed weather conditions, multiple forecasts and lessons learned the first time. \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>“Our meteorologists looked at conditions that are expected to minimize smoke impact in the community,” Polidori said. “The forecast on that day indicated conditions favorable for smoke to rise and disperse into the atmosphere.”\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cfigure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/09/IMG_3685-KQED.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-12101359\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/09/IMG_3685-KQED.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/09/IMG_3685-KQED-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/09/IMG_3685-KQED-1536x1024.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\" />\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Smoke from a prescribed burn on Angel Island lingers along the coast of Point Richmond on the afternoon of Wednesday, Sept. 23, 2026. Further burns have been put on hold for the remainder of the year due to air quality concerns. (Brian Krans/KQED)\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>Instead, the prescribed burn on Angel Island had to be called off early for a second time, after smoke from the fires dramatically impacted air quality for residents nearby. \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>Wednesday began as an atypically windless early fall morning on the Bay, which was remarkably still. Fire crews \u003ca href=\"https://www.parks.ca.gov/?page_id=31756\">started burning at 10 a.m\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>But the wind shifted by the early afternoon, sending plumes of smoke to San Francisco and West Contra Costa County — the latter of which already has \u003ca href=\"https://www.baaqmd.gov/~/media/files/ab617-community-health/richmond/richmondsanpabloairmonitoringplanjuly2020-pdf.pdf?la=en\">high rates of asthma\u003c/a> due to chronic air pollution from the fossil fuel and other industries. \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\u003cp>“They were wrong, and all of us were negatively impacted,” John Gioia, a Contra Costa County supervisor and member of the air district’s board, said in a \u003ca href=\"https://www.instagram.com/p/Ddpgg6Ky9pa/\">post on Instagram\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>Notifications on air quality apps in Richmond glowed purple and showed an avatar wearing a respiratory mask. Even a few minutes in the air without a mask left this reporter with burning nostrils and a stinging headache. \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>From atop the hills of Miller/Knox Regional Shoreline — known for its clear, panoramic views of the Bay — smoke blocked the view of Angel Island. By 2 p.m., Gioia \u003ca href=\"https://x.com/supejohngioia/status/2102879544432885913\">posted\u003c/a> that the Air District had called off the burn for the day and the rest of the year due to worsening air conditions. \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>The Air District said it received one complaint of someone with asthma needing to seek medical care due to the smoke. Polidori said the task was to minimize the impact of smoke to the community using information from weather forecasts and models.\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>“Of course, these models are not perfect. There is always a kind of a level of uncertainty, and so we made the best decision with what we had, and, unfortunately, the wind shifted,” Polidori said. “What was difficult to forecast and predict was the ground concentration of fine particulate matter from the smoke, and so the impact was more than we predicted.”\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cfigure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/09/IMG_3684-KQED.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-12101358\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/09/IMG_3684-KQED.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/09/IMG_3684-KQED-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/09/IMG_3684-KQED-1536x1024.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\" />\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Smoke from a prescribed burn on Angel Island lingers along the coast of Point Richmond on the afternoon of Wednesday, Sept. 23, 2026. Further burns have been put on hold for the remainder of the year due to air quality concerns. (Brian Krans/KQED)\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>Smoke lingered over west Contra Costa County until the early evening hours. \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>Gioia said he \u003ca href=\"https://www.instagram.com/p/Ddpgg6Ky9pa/\">plans\u003c/a> to bring up the controlled burn permit review process at the air district’s Oct. 7 board \u003ca href=\"https://www.baaqmd.gov/en/about-the-air-district/board-of-directors/resolutionsagendasminutes?event=c93d0b10-f389-42cb-8535-4a8c3cae892d\">meeting\u003c/a> in San Francisco. \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>Prescribed burns are an important part of forest management because they prevent larger, uncontrolled wildfires from being more destructive. \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>Fire experts say controlled burns can only be safely done during small windows of time, while taking into consideration factors like weather conditions and predicted smoke movement, among other things. \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>Ryan Forbes, a spokesperson for the State Parks Department, said that though the wind shifting pushed the smoke into residential areas, it was still a better scenario than if the smoke came from a wildfire because firefighters were already on the ground and had much greater control of when the fire started and ended. \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>“We don’t want to diminish in any way the impacts that can happen, particularly to those in sensitive groups, and that’s another big reason … to do it as a prescribed burn,” he said. “It makes it able for people to hopefully plan around this and try and mitigate those smoke impacts to themselves, as opposed with a wildfire, where we’re not going to get much notice.”\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cfigure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/09/AngelIslandPrescribedBurn-KQED_4.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-12100944\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/09/AngelIslandPrescribedBurn-KQED_4.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/09/AngelIslandPrescribedBurn-KQED_4-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/09/AngelIslandPrescribedBurn-KQED_4-1536x1024.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\" />\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Fire crews start a prescribed burn on Angel Island on Sept. 8. State Parks burned 62 acres but did not finish, following discussions with the Bay Area Air Quality Management District on the island. (Courtesy of Cal Fire)\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>Forbes said that crews were able to burn 147 of the 260 acres they planned. \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>That could help lessen damage from a future wildfire, which requires fire equipment and personnel from off the island, which Forbes said is no simple task.\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>“The thing with Angel Island that makes that so scary is there’s really only one landing craft in the Bay capable of moving fire trucks onto the island,” Forbes said. “In the event that we have to respond to a fire on the island, getting resources over to stop it is a very potentially concerning task because you can only move so quickly.”\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>Polidori apologized for any impact the smoke had on the community. \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>“As public servants, our role and our duty is to protect the health of the community that we serve,” he said. “This is definitely an opportunity for us to go back, reassess the process, reassess the situation, and really try to do better next time.”\u003c/p>\n",
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That attempt, however, was called off the following day, after discussions with the Bay Area Air District and complaints about smoke.\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>In planning a second attempt on Sept. 23 with California State Parks and Cal Fire, Andrea Polidori, deputy executive officer of science with the Bay Area Air District, said his staff reviewed weather conditions, multiple forecasts and lessons learned the first time. \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>“Our meteorologists looked at conditions that are expected to minimize smoke impact in the community,” Polidori said. “The forecast on that day indicated conditions favorable for smoke to rise and disperse into the atmosphere.”\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cfigure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/09/IMG_3685-KQED.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-12101359\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/09/IMG_3685-KQED.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/09/IMG_3685-KQED-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/09/IMG_3685-KQED-1536x1024.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\" />\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Smoke from a prescribed burn on Angel Island lingers along the coast of Point Richmond on the afternoon of Wednesday, Sept. 23, 2026. Further burns have been put on hold for the remainder of the year due to air quality concerns. (Brian Krans/KQED)\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>Instead, the prescribed burn on Angel Island had to be called off early for a second time, after smoke from the fires dramatically impacted air quality for residents nearby. \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>Wednesday began as an atypically windless early fall morning on the Bay, which was remarkably still. Fire crews \u003ca href=\"https://www.parks.ca.gov/?page_id=31756\">started burning at 10 a.m\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>But the wind shifted by the early afternoon, sending plumes of smoke to San Francisco and West Contra Costa County — the latter of which already has \u003ca href=\"https://www.baaqmd.gov/~/media/files/ab617-community-health/richmond/richmondsanpabloairmonitoringplanjuly2020-pdf.pdf?la=en\">high rates of asthma\u003c/a> due to chronic air pollution from the fossil fuel and other industries. \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\u003cp>“They were wrong, and all of us were negatively impacted,” John Gioia, a Contra Costa County supervisor and member of the air district’s board, said in a \u003ca href=\"https://www.instagram.com/p/Ddpgg6Ky9pa/\">post on Instagram\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>Notifications on air quality apps in Richmond glowed purple and showed an avatar wearing a respiratory mask. Even a few minutes in the air without a mask left this reporter with burning nostrils and a stinging headache. \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>From atop the hills of Miller/Knox Regional Shoreline — known for its clear, panoramic views of the Bay — smoke blocked the view of Angel Island. By 2 p.m., Gioia \u003ca href=\"https://x.com/supejohngioia/status/2102879544432885913\">posted\u003c/a> that the Air District had called off the burn for the day and the rest of the year due to worsening air conditions. \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>The Air District said it received one complaint of someone with asthma needing to seek medical care due to the smoke. Polidori said the task was to minimize the impact of smoke to the community using information from weather forecasts and models.\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>“Of course, these models are not perfect. There is always a kind of a level of uncertainty, and so we made the best decision with what we had, and, unfortunately, the wind shifted,” Polidori said. “What was difficult to forecast and predict was the ground concentration of fine particulate matter from the smoke, and so the impact was more than we predicted.”\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cfigure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/09/IMG_3684-KQED.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-12101358\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/09/IMG_3684-KQED.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/09/IMG_3684-KQED-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/09/IMG_3684-KQED-1536x1024.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\" />\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Smoke from a prescribed burn on Angel Island lingers along the coast of Point Richmond on the afternoon of Wednesday, Sept. 23, 2026. Further burns have been put on hold for the remainder of the year due to air quality concerns. (Brian Krans/KQED)\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>Smoke lingered over west Contra Costa County until the early evening hours. \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>Gioia said he \u003ca href=\"https://www.instagram.com/p/Ddpgg6Ky9pa/\">plans\u003c/a> to bring up the controlled burn permit review process at the air district’s Oct. 7 board \u003ca href=\"https://www.baaqmd.gov/en/about-the-air-district/board-of-directors/resolutionsagendasminutes?event=c93d0b10-f389-42cb-8535-4a8c3cae892d\">meeting\u003c/a> in San Francisco. \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>Prescribed burns are an important part of forest management because they prevent larger, uncontrolled wildfires from being more destructive. \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>Fire experts say controlled burns can only be safely done during small windows of time, while taking into consideration factors like weather conditions and predicted smoke movement, among other things. \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>Ryan Forbes, a spokesperson for the State Parks Department, said that though the wind shifting pushed the smoke into residential areas, it was still a better scenario than if the smoke came from a wildfire because firefighters were already on the ground and had much greater control of when the fire started and ended. \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>“We don’t want to diminish in any way the impacts that can happen, particularly to those in sensitive groups, and that’s another big reason … to do it as a prescribed burn,” he said. “It makes it able for people to hopefully plan around this and try and mitigate those smoke impacts to themselves, as opposed with a wildfire, where we’re not going to get much notice.”\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cfigure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/09/AngelIslandPrescribedBurn-KQED_4.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-12100944\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/09/AngelIslandPrescribedBurn-KQED_4.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/09/AngelIslandPrescribedBurn-KQED_4-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/09/AngelIslandPrescribedBurn-KQED_4-1536x1024.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\" />\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Fire crews start a prescribed burn on Angel Island on Sept. 8. State Parks burned 62 acres but did not finish, following discussions with the Bay Area Air Quality Management District on the island. (Courtesy of Cal Fire)\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>Forbes said that crews were able to burn 147 of the 260 acres they planned. \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>That could help lessen damage from a future wildfire, which requires fire equipment and personnel from off the island, which Forbes said is no simple task.\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>“The thing with Angel Island that makes that so scary is there’s really only one landing craft in the Bay capable of moving fire trucks onto the island,” Forbes said. “In the event that we have to respond to a fire on the island, getting resources over to stop it is a very potentially concerning task because you can only move so quickly.”\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>Polidori apologized for any impact the smoke had on the community. \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>“As public servants, our role and our duty is to protect the health of the community that we serve,” he said. “This is definitely an opportunity for us to go back, reassess the process, reassess the situation, and really try to do better next time.”\u003c/p>\n\u003c/div>\u003c/p>",
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Ultimately, staff decided not to interfere.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I think I made the comment ‘We’ll give you a ride, buddy,’” Miller said. “But it was fine on its own.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>After making it about a quarter of a mile away, the coyote turned around and swam back into Angel Island’s Ayala Cove, before climbing the seawall and returning to shore.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Park interpreter Casey Dexter-Lee has been living and working on Angel Island for 25 years. She said scientists aren’t sure what motivates coyotes to swim in the bay.[aside postID=news_12046806 hero='https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/07/CoyotePresidioTrust1.jpg']“It is an uncommon sight,” she said. “For the most part, the coyotes are just taking short swims and either returning back to Angel Island — or if they’re starting on the Tiburon side, turning back to Tiburon. It’s very rare for one to go all the way across.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Scientists believe that the first coyote to reach the island in 2017 swam the mile across the strait. Before then, Dexter-Lee said there’s no record of coyotes having ever lived there.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“There’s so far nothing in the archeological record,” she said. “[But] we intentionally don’t dig to try and preserve the history of the site.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The first coyote lived on the island alone for a year and would exchange calls with coyotes across the strait in Tiburon.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“It’s possible that the second coyote came over intentionally because there was one coyote here,” Dexter-Lee said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12055182\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003ca href=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/09/250908-ANGEL-ISLAND-COYOTE-02-KQED.jpg\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12055182\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/09/250908-ANGEL-ISLAND-COYOTE-02-KQED.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/09/250908-ANGEL-ISLAND-COYOTE-02-KQED.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/09/250908-ANGEL-ISLAND-COYOTE-02-KQED-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/09/250908-ANGEL-ISLAND-COYOTE-02-KQED-1536x1024.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">A coyote swims near Angel Island on April 6, 2024. \u003ccite>(Courtesy of Casey Dexter-Lee/California State Parks)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>About a year after the second coyote’s arrival, Dexter-Lee said the first litter was sighted. She remembers seeing two coyote pups who had grown enough to leave the den. Today, the island is home to 14 coyote residents.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Since the coyotes arrived, scientists have noticed a shift in deer and raccoon behavior.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Anecdotally, the island used to have a reputation for having a large raccoon problem, getting into the trash cans and interacting with campers,” Miller said. “But it seems like since we’ve had coyotes on the island, those sightings of raccoons have definitely gone down.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The California Department of Fish and Wildlife estimates the current deer population on the island is around 50. But in the 1980s, the island hosted up to 300 deer — the state’s highest documented density of deer, according to \u003ca href=\"https://baynature.org/2024/11/19/coyotes-on-angel-island-hks/\">Bay Nature\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Miller said that, at that time, the scientists had become concerned that the deer were too skinny and were impacting the island’s vegetation. Solutions like supplemental feeding, relocating the deer, contraceptives and even introducing coyotes onto the island were proposed. In the end, state parks decided to periodically cull the deer, which helped stabilize the population.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Several years later, the coyotes showed up.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Miller and other scientists from the California Department of Fish and Wildlife and UC Davis are now working on a five-year study about the impact of coyotes on the island’s ecosystem.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Dexter-Lee said coyotes tend to follow the same trails as people. 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"content": "\u003cp>As the Trump administration cracks down on \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/immigration\">immigration\u003c/a>, a new exhibit on Angel Island in the San Francisco Bay draws attention to the “virtual wall” that already looms over the \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/tag/u-s-mexico-border\">U.S.–Mexico border\u003c/a> — and the island’s past as a piece of exclusionary American immigration policy.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In the early 1900s, the Angel Island Immigration Museum was the site of a hospital and processing station for detained asylum seekers, most of them from China or other parts of Asia. Now, posters set out in the airy building display the blimp-like cameras and tall towers that surveil zones on the U.S.’s southern border.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Border communities are keenly aware of the license plate readers that can track their cars and the cameras that can peer into their backyards or at the jungle gyms where their kids play, according to Matthew Guariglia, a senior policy analyst at the Electronic Frontier Foundation, which installed the Angel Island State Park exhibit.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The exhibit, which opens Wednesday, “provides a kind of border surveillance 101” for others who might not be aware of the privacy-impeding technology already creating a barrier between the U.S. and its southern neighbor, Guariglia told KQED. “How much surveillance infrastructure there really is on the U.S.–Mexico border, what technology there is, and how it’s being used.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>For the past few years, the EFF has been conducting research along the southern border, identifying where surveillance equipment is and the ways that it can be disguised — like the seismic trail sensors that track movement and often look like rocks or litter scattered throughout the desert.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12034023\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12034023\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/04/AngelIsland1.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1331\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/04/AngelIsland1.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/04/AngelIsland1-800x532.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/04/AngelIsland1-1020x679.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/04/AngelIsland1-160x106.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/04/AngelIsland1-1536x1022.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/04/AngelIsland1-1920x1278.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">A visitor observes the Electronic Frontier Foundation’s new exhibit at Angel Island State Park, “Border Surveillance: Places, People and Technology,” the first of its kind in a California State Park. Open through late May, the display examines the U.S. government’s “virtual wall” along the U.S.-Mexico border and its impact on civil rights. \u003ccite>(Courtesy of Electronic Frontier Foundation)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11821133/the-little-known-history-of-japanese-internment-on-angel-island\">Angel Island\u003c/a> felt like the perfect place to debut the work the team has done so far because, according to Guariglia, it is a past “product of Chinese exclusion.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Here we had right in our own backyard a kind of encapsulation of how the government throws its power around on some of the most vulnerable people there are, which are immigrants,” he said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“From the time that Angel Island served as an immigration station from 1910 to 1940, where the majority of the immigrants detained and processed there were of Asian immigrant heritage, there have also been concurrent efforts along the southern border,” said Ed Tepporn, the executive director of the Angel Island Immigration Station Foundation.[aside postID=news_12032263 hero='https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/03/250320-JAPANESEAMERICANSDENOUNCE-03-BL-KQED-1020x680.jpg']Tepporn said that the museum on the island now serves as an educational site for Americans who don’t know as much as they should about the Chinese Exclusion Act — and subsequent expansion of exclusionary efforts to other Asian and Pacific Islander nations.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“They’re not just the things that happened to people from a long time ago, but unfortunately, the same detention, exclusion, racism and xenophobia that immigrants who were held and detained at Angel Island experienced over a hundred years ago in many ways is happening to specific immigrant communities today,” he told KQED.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The exhibit opens as the Trump administration has promised in its first months to carry out \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12016488/how-trumps-plan-for-mass-deportations-could-play-out\">mass deportations\u003c/a> of illegal immigrants and attempts to \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12024082/qa-what-to-know-about-birthright-citizenship\">narrow legal pathways\u003c/a> into the U.S. But the exhibit, and the surveillance it shows, has been in the works for much longer, according to Guariglia.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Now, this is more important than ever, but really, it kind of doesn’t matter who’s been in office,” he said. “Administrations from both [U.S. political] parties have really kind of increased spending on government surveillance infrastructure at the U.S.–Mexico border over the last 20 years.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12034017\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 1999px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12034017\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/04/KQED-10_qed.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1999\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/04/KQED-10_qed.jpg 1999w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/04/KQED-10_qed-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/04/KQED-10_qed-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/04/KQED-10_qed-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/04/KQED-10_qed-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/04/KQED-10_qed-1920x1280.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1999px) 100vw, 1999px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">The U.S.-Mexico border wall runs west between the eastern outskirts of Tijuana and the Otay Mountain Wilderness on Sept. 16, 2024. \u003ccite>(Zoë Meyers for KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>That spans the terms of Democrats Barack Obama, who was infamously labeled the “deporter in chief” by immigrant rights groups, and \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11958372/biden-border-policies-face-challenges-from-left-and-right\">Joe Biden\u003c/a>, whose administration attempted to crack down on the southern border during his — and \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11999721/as-republicans-attack-harris-on-immigration-heres-what-her-california-record-reveals\">Kamala Harris’\u003c/a> — campaigns last year.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Guariglia said that since finalizing the exhibit, the EFF has turned to examining legal and policy strategies to combat the “intense” surveillance happening in border towns. In the meantime, he and Tepporn hope more people become cognizant of the U.S.’s presence there.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Visitors have a chance to reflect on how these histories connect to their own families or their own communities’ experiences and perhaps to imagine together a future that is filled with more welcome and more belonging,” Tepporn told KQED.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>After the tenancy at Angel Island, the EFF hopes to display its research across the country, potentially moving to Southern California next.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cem>KQED’s \u003c/em>\u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/author/emanoukian\">\u003cem>Elize Manoukian\u003c/em>\u003c/a>\u003cem> contributed to this report.\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n",
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"content": "\u003cp>Off the coast of Tiburon, jutting out of the San Francisco Bay, is Angel Island. Accessible only by a ferry, it’s a large, hilly state park that offers sweeping views and miles of hiking trails. But it’s most famous for something less picturesque: its history as an immigration processing and detention center during the early 20th century.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11821181\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\" style=\"max-width: 300px\">\u003ca href=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2020/05/IMG_4471.jpg\">\u003cimg decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"wp-image-11821181\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2020/05/IMG_4471-800x1067.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"400\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2020/05/IMG_4471.jpg 800w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2020/05/IMG_4471-160x213.jpg 160w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2020/05/IMG_4471-687x916.jpg 687w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2020/05/IMG_4471-414x552.jpg 414w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2020/05/IMG_4471-354x472.jpg 354w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Japanese internees stayed in Angel Island’s immigration barracks where Chinese immigrants had carved poems of sadness and anguish on the walls decades earlier. \u003ccite>(Cecilia Lei/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>I grew up in the Bay Area and visited the island with my class in middle school. We learned about the \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11443320/as-chinese-exclusion-act-turns-135-experts-point-to-parallels-today\">Chinese Exclusion Act of 1882\u003c/a> and the discrimination Chinese immigrants faced on Angel Island \u003ca href=\"https://www.aiisf.org/history\">from 1910-1940\u003c/a>. They were subjected to interrogations and invasive medical exams. Some were detained for months, or even years, in the crowded barracks. The poignant poems carved by Chinese immigrants onto the walls of Angel Island’s Immigration Station are still visible to visitors today.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[baycuriouspodcastinfo]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Recently, a Bay Curious listener mused about \u003cem>another\u003c/em> part of the island’s past — something I hadn’t heard of before: “I wonder about Angel Island and the history of Japanese internment camps.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>As a Chinese American, learning about the island’s immigration history had felt personally important, but this listener’s question about Japanese internees made me contemplate if I truly understood the full extent of Asian American history on the island.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>FBI Deems Those With Cultural Ties to Japan as ‘Enemy Aliens’\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>Until very recently, Angel Island’s Japanese internment history eluded even the island’s park rangers and tour guides. I met with Grant Din, a researcher and former volunteer with the Angel Island Immigration Station Foundation, who is virtually the only expert on the topic.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Through a National Park Service grant, Din spent about five years digging into Angel Island’s role in the internment of Japanese people during World War II. Many are already familiar with this \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/10868581/photos-3-very-different-views-of-japanese-internment\">dark chapter of American history\u003c/a>, which remains to this day one of the most egregious examples of large-scale, federally sanctioned racial profiling.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11821185\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"wp-image-11821185 size-medium\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2020/05/IMG_4473-800x571.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"800\" height=\"571\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2020/05/IMG_4473-800x571.jpg 800w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2020/05/IMG_4473-160x114.jpg 160w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2020/05/IMG_4473-1020x729.jpg 1020w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2020/05/IMG_4473.jpg 1782w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Grant Din (right), volunteer with the Angel Island Immigration Station Foundation, researched Angel Island’s Japanese internment history with the help of student researcher Marissa Shoji (left). \u003ccite>(Cecilia Lei/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>After Japan attacked Pearl Harbor in December 1941, the U.S. government arrested and detained more than 110,000 U.S. residents and citizens of Japanese descent along the West Coast. Authorized through \u003ca href=\"https://www.ourdocuments.gov/doc.php?flash=false&doc=74\">Executive Order 9066\u003c/a>, the decision was deemed a necessary precaution in case any people with Japanese ancestry living in the United States were secretly colluding with Japan’s war efforts.\u003c/p>\n\u003caside class=\"alignleft\">\u003ca href=\"https://www.pbs.org/show/asian-americans/\">\u003cbr>\n\u003cimg decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-11821314\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2020/05/asianamericans-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2020/05/asianamericans-1.jpg 500w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2020/05/asianamericans-1-160x90.jpg 160w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\">\u003c/a>\u003cbr>\nPBS has a new documentary series called Asian Americans, about the identity, contributions and challenges experienced throughout American history. Watch it at \u003ca href=\"https://www.pbs.org/show/asian-americans/\">PBS.org\u003c/a>, using the PBS app or at \u003ca href=\"https://video.kqed.org/\">video.kqed.org\u003c/a>.\u003c/aside>\n\u003cp>Japanese civilians, including families with young children, were uprooted from their homes and businesses. They were relocated to internment camps in remote areas throughout the U.S. Close to two-thirds of them were American-born and thus legal U.S. citizens.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>And then, there was the group that Din researched: another category of Japanese internees who had secretly been under close scrutiny by the Department of Justice and FBI for months, even years before Japan attacked Pearl Harbor.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>About 17,000 Japanese issei immigrants (first generation residents born in Japan) were suspected of “subversive activities” and deemed the most “dangerous” threat to American security. The U.S. government called them “enemy aliens.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>After digging through national archives and researching historical accounts, Din compiled a database of these internees. About \u003ca href=\"https://www.aiisf.org/wwiidetainees\">700 West Coast Japanese residents\u003c/a>, mostly from Hawaii, were briefly interned on Angel Island beginning in February 1942. The island was one of several temporary locations — another Bay Area location includes \u003ca href=\"https://encyclopedia.densho.org/Sharp%20Park%20(detention%20facility)/\">Sharp Park in Pacifica\u003c/a> — where internees stayed for a week or so until being relocated to more permanent camps throughout the U.S.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11821306\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-11821306\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2020/05/download-800x601.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"800\" height=\"601\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2020/05/download.jpeg 800w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2020/05/download-160x120.jpeg 160w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2020/05/download-632x474.jpeg 632w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2020/05/download-536x402.jpeg 536w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">When Japanese internees arrived at Angel Island, they were housed in the same facilities where Chinese immigrants had been detained over previous decades. \u003ccite>(Courtesy of the National Archives)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>The U.S. government was suspicious of this group of people because of their perceived ties to Japan or Japanese culture. The FBI tracked their movements, collected intel from informants and kept secret dossiers. Some of these individuals were community leaders, Buddhist and Shinto ministers or members of kendo and other martial arts clubs. Others had contributed to organizations deemed “pro-Japan” by the U.S. government or worked in Japanese consulates.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Or sometimes, Din discovered, it was simply their hobbies: “I found that just the fact that one photographer had photographs of the Golden Gate Bridge, and a dam near Fresno under construction, was enough for them to label him a potential spy.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In his research findings, Din adds: “I didn’t find any concrete examples of any sabotage by any Japanese immigrants or Japanese Americans.”\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>Diary Entries Lead to Internment on Angel Island\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>One of these “enemy aliens” was a 46-year-old Japanese immigrant named Kakuro Shigenaga. A father of four young children and a salesman at a general store in Maui, Shigenaga was arrested by the FBI on Jan. 7, 1942.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11821228\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-11821228\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2020/05/LorraineWInstonRuthSallyGreatgrandpaKakuroYoshie-1955-800x999.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"800\" height=\"999\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2020/05/LorraineWInstonRuthSallyGreatgrandpaKakuroYoshie-1955-800x999.jpg 800w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2020/05/LorraineWInstonRuthSallyGreatgrandpaKakuroYoshie-1955-160x200.jpg 160w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2020/05/LorraineWInstonRuthSallyGreatgrandpaKakuroYoshie-1955-1020x1274.jpg 1020w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2020/05/LorraineWInstonRuthSallyGreatgrandpaKakuroYoshie-1955-1920x2398.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Kakuro Shigenaga (front, center) with his family in 1955. When he was arrested by the FBI, Kakuro was separated from his wife (front, right), father in law Toyokichi Kuwano (front, left) and four children (back row: Lorraine, Winston, Winston’s wife Ruth and Sally. Not pictured: Kakuro’s son Akira) for the duration of the war. \u003ccite>(Courtesy of Mark Shigenaga)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Kakuro’s grandson, San Rafael resident Mark Shigenaga, discovered that both his grandfather and great uncle had passed through Angel Island while digging into his family history.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>A month after Pearl Harbor was attacked, the FBI seized Kakuro’s diary during a sweep when Kakuro happened to be visiting his brother, Shigeo Shigenaga, in Honolulu. The FBI claimed the diary’s entries contained anti-American and pro-Japanese writings. They became the centerpiece of Kakuro’s hearing, in which he was interrogated about his potential allegiance to Japan.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In the \u003ca href=\"#transcript\">transcript of his hearing\u003c/a>, Kakuro expressed regret for writing sentiments that were perceived as anti-American. Through a Japanese translator, and without legal counsel, he insisted the writings were just a part of his daily, mindless exercise and that he was “earnestly desirous of peace” between Japan and the U.S.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11821213\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\" style=\"max-width: 300px\">\u003ca href=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2020/05/Screen-Shot-2020-05-27-at-4.40.29-PM.png\">\u003cimg decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"wp-image-11821213\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2020/05/Screen-Shot-2020-05-27-at-4.40.29-PM.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"379\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2020/05/Screen-Shot-2020-05-27-at-4.40.29-PM.png 536w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2020/05/Screen-Shot-2020-05-27-at-4.40.29-PM-160x202.png 160w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Kakuro Shigenaga’s internment card follows his journey to camps around the United States. \u003ccite>( Courtesy of Mark Shigenaga)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>In one critical round of questioning, Kakuro said he was not “for Japan,” but he also answered “no” when he was asked if he was against Japan.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“That answer may have gotten him interned. If he had said yes, it would have changed the fate of our whole family,” Mark said. He says his grandfather’s testimony reflects a radically honest assessment of what it meant to be a Japanese immigrant in the U.S. at that time.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“So here he was, this person that was born in Japan, who immigrated to Hawaii. And then having the country of where he was born start a war with his new home,” Mark said. “And I think a lot of Japanese at the time were conflicted that way. It’s like, how could the country we were born from, where our ancestors are from, attack us?”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Kakuro was found to be “a subject of the Japanese empire” and “disloyal to the U.S.” He was among the first group of 172 Japanese Hawaiian immigrants who boarded the USS Ulysses Grant in late February 1942 headed for Angel Island.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Kakuro Shigenaga endured an uncomfortable 10-day sea voyage crammed into compartments below sea level. Author Patsy Saiki described the trip Kakuro and the other internees took as “days of humiliation and suffering” in a historical account of the journey.\u003c/p>\n\u003cblockquote>\u003cp>“In all, about eight ships…formed a convoy which zigzagged its way to San Francisco. There were no portholes for they were below sea-level…What made the internees miserable was that they were locked, eight or ten in a room, for three hours at a time. At the end of three hours the door was unlocked and a guard escorted the men to a makeshift oil barrel latrine…It was continued days of humiliation and suffering…Transferred into small tugboats, they sailed … to Angel Island, which housed the Quarantine Station. Some of the men had never seen San Francisco, and this glimpse of the city and its environs reminded them of the misty hills of Japan.\u003c/p>\u003c/blockquote>\n\u003cp>Upon arrival to Angel Island, Kakuro and the other men were photographed, fingerprinted and examined in the nude for “infectious diseases.” Then they were each given two blankets and were told to go upstairs to rest.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“It was extremely crowded and the odors were pretty strong and just the fact that, you know, 150 to 200 people were in this room designed really to hold about 60 was pretty overwhelming,” Din said. The room is 36 feet by 70 feet, and was lined with three tiered bunk beds. Men also slept on the floor.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Most stays on the island were short, as men were quickly moved to inland internment camps.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Kakuro stayed on Angel Island from March 1-9 in 1942, and for the next three years, he moved to five different camps across the country, including in New Mexico, Louisiana, Wisconsin and Tennessee before being released when the war ended.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Unlike other civilian internees, Kakuro and other “enemy alien” internees were separated from their families for the entire duration of their internment.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11821206\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-11821206\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2020/05/Kakuro-Shigenaga-at-Santa-Fe-DOJ-Camp-1944-45-800x1200.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"800\" height=\"1200\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2020/05/Kakuro-Shigenaga-at-Santa-Fe-DOJ-Camp-1944-45-800x1200.jpg 800w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2020/05/Kakuro-Shigenaga-at-Santa-Fe-DOJ-Camp-1944-45-160x240.jpg 160w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2020/05/Kakuro-Shigenaga-at-Santa-Fe-DOJ-Camp-1944-45-1020x1530.jpg 1020w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2020/05/Kakuro-Shigenaga-at-Santa-Fe-DOJ-Camp-1944-45.jpg 1317w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Kakuro Shigenaga at the Department of Justice internment camp in Santa Fe, New Mexico, where he was held from 1944-1945. After leaving Angel Island, Kakuro Shigenaga was transferred to five different camps throughout the United States. \u003ccite>(Courtesy of the Shigenaga family)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003ch2>A Legacy of Not Belonging\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>Learning that his grandfather had been interned on Angel Island, just miles from where he lives now, was revelatory for Mark. “I take hikes on Angel Island! I had no idea that he was here, decades before I landed here,” he said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Kakuro didn’t talk about his internment experience or the circumstances that led to his arrest when Mark was growing up. But discovering the way his grandfather navigated his cultural identity in the face of such high stakes added a new dimension to the man he remembers as a serious, yet gentle grandfather who he’d spend summers with as a child in Maui.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11821198\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 711px\">\u003cimg decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"wp-image-11821198 size-full\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2020/05/Kakuro-and-Mark-Kihei-Maui-1958.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"711\" height=\"888\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2020/05/Kakuro-and-Mark-Kihei-Maui-1958.jpg 711w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2020/05/Kakuro-and-Mark-Kihei-Maui-1958-160x200.jpg 160w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 711px) 100vw, 711px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Mark Shigenaga with his grandfather Kakuro in Kihei, Maui, in 1958. As a first-born grandson, Mark spent summers in Hawaii with Kakuro, hanging out in the general store where he worked. Mark says he was “one of the hardest working people I’ve ever seen.” \u003ccite>(Courtesy of Mark Shigenaga)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>“The realization that my grandfather was on Angel Island sort of opens up this curiosity about what his experience was, not only Angel Island, but every other part of his experience and moving from camp to camp,” Mark said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>He says Kakuro urged his own kids to move off the island of Maui to the mainland to find new opportunities, despite the country’s imperfections.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11821225\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-11821225\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2020/05/MarkArleneLaurie-with-Grandpa-Kakuro-1962-800x802.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"800\" height=\"802\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2020/05/MarkArleneLaurie-with-Grandpa-Kakuro-1962-800x802.jpg 800w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2020/05/MarkArleneLaurie-with-Grandpa-Kakuro-1962-160x160.jpg 160w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2020/05/MarkArleneLaurie-with-Grandpa-Kakuro-1962-1020x1022.jpg 1020w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2020/05/MarkArleneLaurie-with-Grandpa-Kakuro-1962-1920x1925.jpg 1920w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2020/05/MarkArleneLaurie-with-Grandpa-Kakuro-1962-550x550.jpg 550w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2020/05/MarkArleneLaurie-with-Grandpa-Kakuro-1962-470x470.jpg 470w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Kakuro Shigenaga (right) with his grandson Mark (left) and other grandchildren Arlene and Laurie Naito in 1962. \u003ccite>(Courtesy of Mark Shigenaga)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>“I think about how the war experience shaped the way we were brought up,” Mark said. “Basically to be as American as possible, as American and apple pie as possible.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Today, \u003ca href=\"http://www.asianpacificpolicyandplanningcouncil.org/wp-content/uploads/STOP_AAPI_HATE_MONTHLY_REPORT_4_23_20.pdf\">anti-Asian verbal and physical attacks\u003c/a> are taking place across the country as some people blame Asian Americans for the coronavirus pandemic. I think about how that longing to be perceived as simply American — not as foreigners, “enemy aliens” or pandemic starters — is a core part of the modern-day Asian American experience.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Perhaps the legacy of Angel Island isn’t only the important history it teaches us; it represents the persistent anxiety that many Asian Americans feel about belonging in America, and the high stakes of perpetually being perceived as “other.” It’s a feeling that’s lasted through generations, and it continues to inform how Asian Americans negotiate their identities today.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cem>\u003cstrong>Additional Resources\u003c/strong>\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cem>For more on Kakuro Shigenaga’s internment history, as well as profiles of other Japanese internees who stayed on Angel Island, check out Grant Din’s research \u003ca href=\"https://www.immigrant-voices.aiisf.org/?sfid=9152&_sf_s=JACS\">here\u003c/a>.\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cem>To search through Department of Justice case files of “enemy aliens” during World War II, visit the \u003ca href=\"https://www.archives.gov/research/japanese-americans/internment-files\">National Archives website\u003c/a> where you can find documents including transcripts, FBI reports and other records. \u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cem>Think you may have had a family member who was interned on Angel Island during World War II? Check out this \u003ca href=\"https://www.aiisf.org/s/WWII-Detainees-on-Angel-Island-for-web.xlsx\">database of Angel Island Japanese internees\u003c/a> and contact Grant Din: \u003ca href=\"mailto:grant@tonaidin.net\">grant@tonaidin.net\u003c/a>\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cem>\u003cstrong id=\"transcript\">Transcript of Kakuro Shigenaga Internment Hearing\u003c/strong>\u003cem>\u003cbr>\n[documentcloud url=“https://www.documentcloud.org/documents/6929486-KakuroShigenagaTestimonyTranscript.html” responsive=true]\u003c/em>\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad floatright]\u003c/p>\n",
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But it’s most famous for something less picturesque: its history as an immigration processing and detention center during the early 20th century.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11821181\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\" style=\"max-width: 300px\">\u003ca href=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2020/05/IMG_4471.jpg\">\u003cimg decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"wp-image-11821181\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2020/05/IMG_4471-800x1067.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"400\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2020/05/IMG_4471.jpg 800w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2020/05/IMG_4471-160x213.jpg 160w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2020/05/IMG_4471-687x916.jpg 687w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2020/05/IMG_4471-414x552.jpg 414w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2020/05/IMG_4471-354x472.jpg 354w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Japanese internees stayed in Angel Island’s immigration barracks where Chinese immigrants had carved poems of sadness and anguish on the walls decades earlier. \u003ccite>(Cecilia Lei/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>I grew up in the Bay Area and visited the island with my class in middle school. We learned about the \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11443320/as-chinese-exclusion-act-turns-135-experts-point-to-parallels-today\">Chinese Exclusion Act of 1882\u003c/a> and the discrimination Chinese immigrants faced on Angel Island \u003ca href=\"https://www.aiisf.org/history\">from 1910-1940\u003c/a>. They were subjected to interrogations and invasive medical exams. Some were detained for months, or even years, in the crowded barracks. The poignant poems carved by Chinese immigrants onto the walls of Angel Island’s Immigration Station are still visible to visitors today.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003cp>\u003caside class=\"alignleft utils-parseShortcode-shortcodes-__bayCuriousPodcastShortcode__bayCurious\">\u003cimg src=https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/02/bayCuriousLogo.png alt=\"Bay Curious Podcast\" loading=\"lazy\" />\n \u003ca href=\"/news/series/baycurious\">Bay Curious\u003c/a> is a podcast that answers your questions about the Bay Area.\n Subscribe on \u003ca href=\"https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/bay-curious/id1172473406\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Apple Podcasts\u003c/a>,\n \u003ca href=\"http://www.npr.org/podcasts/500557090/bay-curious\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">NPR One\u003c/a> or your favorite podcast platform.\u003c/aside>\u003c/p>\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Recently, a Bay Curious listener mused about \u003cem>another\u003c/em> part of the island’s past — something I hadn’t heard of before: “I wonder about Angel Island and the history of Japanese internment camps.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>As a Chinese American, learning about the island’s immigration history had felt personally important, but this listener’s question about Japanese internees made me contemplate if I truly understood the full extent of Asian American history on the island.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>FBI Deems Those With Cultural Ties to Japan as ‘Enemy Aliens’\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>Until very recently, Angel Island’s Japanese internment history eluded even the island’s park rangers and tour guides. I met with Grant Din, a researcher and former volunteer with the Angel Island Immigration Station Foundation, who is virtually the only expert on the topic.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Through a National Park Service grant, Din spent about five years digging into Angel Island’s role in the internment of Japanese people during World War II. Many are already familiar with this \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/10868581/photos-3-very-different-views-of-japanese-internment\">dark chapter of American history\u003c/a>, which remains to this day one of the most egregious examples of large-scale, federally sanctioned racial profiling.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11821185\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"wp-image-11821185 size-medium\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2020/05/IMG_4473-800x571.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"800\" height=\"571\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2020/05/IMG_4473-800x571.jpg 800w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2020/05/IMG_4473-160x114.jpg 160w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2020/05/IMG_4473-1020x729.jpg 1020w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2020/05/IMG_4473.jpg 1782w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Grant Din (right), volunteer with the Angel Island Immigration Station Foundation, researched Angel Island’s Japanese internment history with the help of student researcher Marissa Shoji (left). \u003ccite>(Cecilia Lei/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>After Japan attacked Pearl Harbor in December 1941, the U.S. government arrested and detained more than 110,000 U.S. residents and citizens of Japanese descent along the West Coast. Authorized through \u003ca href=\"https://www.ourdocuments.gov/doc.php?flash=false&doc=74\">Executive Order 9066\u003c/a>, the decision was deemed a necessary precaution in case any people with Japanese ancestry living in the United States were secretly colluding with Japan’s war efforts.\u003c/p>\n\u003caside class=\"alignleft\">\u003ca href=\"https://www.pbs.org/show/asian-americans/\">\u003cbr>\n\u003cimg decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-11821314\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2020/05/asianamericans-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2020/05/asianamericans-1.jpg 500w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2020/05/asianamericans-1-160x90.jpg 160w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\">\u003c/a>\u003cbr>\nPBS has a new documentary series called Asian Americans, about the identity, contributions and challenges experienced throughout American history. Watch it at \u003ca href=\"https://www.pbs.org/show/asian-americans/\">PBS.org\u003c/a>, using the PBS app or at \u003ca href=\"https://video.kqed.org/\">video.kqed.org\u003c/a>.\u003c/aside>\n\u003cp>Japanese civilians, including families with young children, were uprooted from their homes and businesses. They were relocated to internment camps in remote areas throughout the U.S. Close to two-thirds of them were American-born and thus legal U.S. citizens.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>And then, there was the group that Din researched: another category of Japanese internees who had secretly been under close scrutiny by the Department of Justice and FBI for months, even years before Japan attacked Pearl Harbor.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>About 17,000 Japanese issei immigrants (first generation residents born in Japan) were suspected of “subversive activities” and deemed the most “dangerous” threat to American security. The U.S. government called them “enemy aliens.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003c/div>",
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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>After digging through national archives and researching historical accounts, Din compiled a database of these internees. About \u003ca href=\"https://www.aiisf.org/wwiidetainees\">700 West Coast Japanese residents\u003c/a>, mostly from Hawaii, were briefly interned on Angel Island beginning in February 1942. The island was one of several temporary locations — another Bay Area location includes \u003ca href=\"https://encyclopedia.densho.org/Sharp%20Park%20(detention%20facility)/\">Sharp Park in Pacifica\u003c/a> — where internees stayed for a week or so until being relocated to more permanent camps throughout the U.S.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11821306\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-11821306\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2020/05/download-800x601.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"800\" height=\"601\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2020/05/download.jpeg 800w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2020/05/download-160x120.jpeg 160w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2020/05/download-632x474.jpeg 632w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2020/05/download-536x402.jpeg 536w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">When Japanese internees arrived at Angel Island, they were housed in the same facilities where Chinese immigrants had been detained over previous decades. \u003ccite>(Courtesy of the National Archives)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>The U.S. government was suspicious of this group of people because of their perceived ties to Japan or Japanese culture. The FBI tracked their movements, collected intel from informants and kept secret dossiers. Some of these individuals were community leaders, Buddhist and Shinto ministers or members of kendo and other martial arts clubs. Others had contributed to organizations deemed “pro-Japan” by the U.S. government or worked in Japanese consulates.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Or sometimes, Din discovered, it was simply their hobbies: “I found that just the fact that one photographer had photographs of the Golden Gate Bridge, and a dam near Fresno under construction, was enough for them to label him a potential spy.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In his research findings, Din adds: “I didn’t find any concrete examples of any sabotage by any Japanese immigrants or Japanese Americans.”\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>Diary Entries Lead to Internment on Angel Island\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>One of these “enemy aliens” was a 46-year-old Japanese immigrant named Kakuro Shigenaga. A father of four young children and a salesman at a general store in Maui, Shigenaga was arrested by the FBI on Jan. 7, 1942.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11821228\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-11821228\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2020/05/LorraineWInstonRuthSallyGreatgrandpaKakuroYoshie-1955-800x999.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"800\" height=\"999\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2020/05/LorraineWInstonRuthSallyGreatgrandpaKakuroYoshie-1955-800x999.jpg 800w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2020/05/LorraineWInstonRuthSallyGreatgrandpaKakuroYoshie-1955-160x200.jpg 160w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2020/05/LorraineWInstonRuthSallyGreatgrandpaKakuroYoshie-1955-1020x1274.jpg 1020w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2020/05/LorraineWInstonRuthSallyGreatgrandpaKakuroYoshie-1955-1920x2398.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Kakuro Shigenaga (front, center) with his family in 1955. When he was arrested by the FBI, Kakuro was separated from his wife (front, right), father in law Toyokichi Kuwano (front, left) and four children (back row: Lorraine, Winston, Winston’s wife Ruth and Sally. Not pictured: Kakuro’s son Akira) for the duration of the war. \u003ccite>(Courtesy of Mark Shigenaga)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Kakuro’s grandson, San Rafael resident Mark Shigenaga, discovered that both his grandfather and great uncle had passed through Angel Island while digging into his family history.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>A month after Pearl Harbor was attacked, the FBI seized Kakuro’s diary during a sweep when Kakuro happened to be visiting his brother, Shigeo Shigenaga, in Honolulu. The FBI claimed the diary’s entries contained anti-American and pro-Japanese writings. They became the centerpiece of Kakuro’s hearing, in which he was interrogated about his potential allegiance to Japan.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In the \u003ca href=\"#transcript\">transcript of his hearing\u003c/a>, Kakuro expressed regret for writing sentiments that were perceived as anti-American. Through a Japanese translator, and without legal counsel, he insisted the writings were just a part of his daily, mindless exercise and that he was “earnestly desirous of peace” between Japan and the U.S.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11821213\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\" style=\"max-width: 300px\">\u003ca href=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2020/05/Screen-Shot-2020-05-27-at-4.40.29-PM.png\">\u003cimg decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"wp-image-11821213\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2020/05/Screen-Shot-2020-05-27-at-4.40.29-PM.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"379\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2020/05/Screen-Shot-2020-05-27-at-4.40.29-PM.png 536w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2020/05/Screen-Shot-2020-05-27-at-4.40.29-PM-160x202.png 160w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Kakuro Shigenaga’s internment card follows his journey to camps around the United States. \u003ccite>( Courtesy of Mark Shigenaga)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>In one critical round of questioning, Kakuro said he was not “for Japan,” but he also answered “no” when he was asked if he was against Japan.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“That answer may have gotten him interned. If he had said yes, it would have changed the fate of our whole family,” Mark said. He says his grandfather’s testimony reflects a radically honest assessment of what it meant to be a Japanese immigrant in the U.S. at that time.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“So here he was, this person that was born in Japan, who immigrated to Hawaii. And then having the country of where he was born start a war with his new home,” Mark said. “And I think a lot of Japanese at the time were conflicted that way. It’s like, how could the country we were born from, where our ancestors are from, attack us?”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Kakuro was found to be “a subject of the Japanese empire” and “disloyal to the U.S.” He was among the first group of 172 Japanese Hawaiian immigrants who boarded the USS Ulysses Grant in late February 1942 headed for Angel Island.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Kakuro Shigenaga endured an uncomfortable 10-day sea voyage crammed into compartments below sea level. Author Patsy Saiki described the trip Kakuro and the other internees took as “days of humiliation and suffering” in a historical account of the journey.\u003c/p>\n\u003cblockquote>\u003cp>“In all, about eight ships…formed a convoy which zigzagged its way to San Francisco. There were no portholes for they were below sea-level…What made the internees miserable was that they were locked, eight or ten in a room, for three hours at a time. At the end of three hours the door was unlocked and a guard escorted the men to a makeshift oil barrel latrine…It was continued days of humiliation and suffering…Transferred into small tugboats, they sailed … to Angel Island, which housed the Quarantine Station. Some of the men had never seen San Francisco, and this glimpse of the city and its environs reminded them of the misty hills of Japan.\u003c/p>\u003c/blockquote>\n\u003cp>Upon arrival to Angel Island, Kakuro and the other men were photographed, fingerprinted and examined in the nude for “infectious diseases.” Then they were each given two blankets and were told to go upstairs to rest.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“It was extremely crowded and the odors were pretty strong and just the fact that, you know, 150 to 200 people were in this room designed really to hold about 60 was pretty overwhelming,” Din said. The room is 36 feet by 70 feet, and was lined with three tiered bunk beds. Men also slept on the floor.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Most stays on the island were short, as men were quickly moved to inland internment camps.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Kakuro stayed on Angel Island from March 1-9 in 1942, and for the next three years, he moved to five different camps across the country, including in New Mexico, Louisiana, Wisconsin and Tennessee before being released when the war ended.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Unlike other civilian internees, Kakuro and other “enemy alien” internees were separated from their families for the entire duration of their internment.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11821206\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-11821206\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2020/05/Kakuro-Shigenaga-at-Santa-Fe-DOJ-Camp-1944-45-800x1200.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"800\" height=\"1200\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2020/05/Kakuro-Shigenaga-at-Santa-Fe-DOJ-Camp-1944-45-800x1200.jpg 800w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2020/05/Kakuro-Shigenaga-at-Santa-Fe-DOJ-Camp-1944-45-160x240.jpg 160w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2020/05/Kakuro-Shigenaga-at-Santa-Fe-DOJ-Camp-1944-45-1020x1530.jpg 1020w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2020/05/Kakuro-Shigenaga-at-Santa-Fe-DOJ-Camp-1944-45.jpg 1317w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Kakuro Shigenaga at the Department of Justice internment camp in Santa Fe, New Mexico, where he was held from 1944-1945. After leaving Angel Island, Kakuro Shigenaga was transferred to five different camps throughout the United States. \u003ccite>(Courtesy of the Shigenaga family)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003ch2>A Legacy of Not Belonging\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>Learning that his grandfather had been interned on Angel Island, just miles from where he lives now, was revelatory for Mark. “I take hikes on Angel Island! I had no idea that he was here, decades before I landed here,” he said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Kakuro didn’t talk about his internment experience or the circumstances that led to his arrest when Mark was growing up. But discovering the way his grandfather navigated his cultural identity in the face of such high stakes added a new dimension to the man he remembers as a serious, yet gentle grandfather who he’d spend summers with as a child in Maui.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11821198\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 711px\">\u003cimg decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"wp-image-11821198 size-full\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2020/05/Kakuro-and-Mark-Kihei-Maui-1958.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"711\" height=\"888\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2020/05/Kakuro-and-Mark-Kihei-Maui-1958.jpg 711w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2020/05/Kakuro-and-Mark-Kihei-Maui-1958-160x200.jpg 160w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 711px) 100vw, 711px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Mark Shigenaga with his grandfather Kakuro in Kihei, Maui, in 1958. As a first-born grandson, Mark spent summers in Hawaii with Kakuro, hanging out in the general store where he worked. Mark says he was “one of the hardest working people I’ve ever seen.” \u003ccite>(Courtesy of Mark Shigenaga)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>“The realization that my grandfather was on Angel Island sort of opens up this curiosity about what his experience was, not only Angel Island, but every other part of his experience and moving from camp to camp,” Mark said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>He says Kakuro urged his own kids to move off the island of Maui to the mainland to find new opportunities, despite the country’s imperfections.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11821225\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-11821225\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2020/05/MarkArleneLaurie-with-Grandpa-Kakuro-1962-800x802.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"800\" height=\"802\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2020/05/MarkArleneLaurie-with-Grandpa-Kakuro-1962-800x802.jpg 800w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2020/05/MarkArleneLaurie-with-Grandpa-Kakuro-1962-160x160.jpg 160w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2020/05/MarkArleneLaurie-with-Grandpa-Kakuro-1962-1020x1022.jpg 1020w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2020/05/MarkArleneLaurie-with-Grandpa-Kakuro-1962-1920x1925.jpg 1920w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2020/05/MarkArleneLaurie-with-Grandpa-Kakuro-1962-550x550.jpg 550w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2020/05/MarkArleneLaurie-with-Grandpa-Kakuro-1962-470x470.jpg 470w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Kakuro Shigenaga (right) with his grandson Mark (left) and other grandchildren Arlene and Laurie Naito in 1962. \u003ccite>(Courtesy of Mark Shigenaga)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>“I think about how the war experience shaped the way we were brought up,” Mark said. “Basically to be as American as possible, as American and apple pie as possible.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Today, \u003ca href=\"http://www.asianpacificpolicyandplanningcouncil.org/wp-content/uploads/STOP_AAPI_HATE_MONTHLY_REPORT_4_23_20.pdf\">anti-Asian verbal and physical attacks\u003c/a> are taking place across the country as some people blame Asian Americans for the coronavirus pandemic. I think about how that longing to be perceived as simply American — not as foreigners, “enemy aliens” or pandemic starters — is a core part of the modern-day Asian American experience.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Perhaps the legacy of Angel Island isn’t only the important history it teaches us; it represents the persistent anxiety that many Asian Americans feel about belonging in America, and the high stakes of perpetually being perceived as “other.” It’s a feeling that’s lasted through generations, and it continues to inform how Asian Americans negotiate their identities today.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cem>\u003cstrong>Additional Resources\u003c/strong>\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cem>For more on Kakuro Shigenaga’s internment history, as well as profiles of other Japanese internees who stayed on Angel Island, check out Grant Din’s research \u003ca href=\"https://www.immigrant-voices.aiisf.org/?sfid=9152&_sf_s=JACS\">here\u003c/a>.\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cem>To search through Department of Justice case files of “enemy aliens” during World War II, visit the \u003ca href=\"https://www.archives.gov/research/japanese-americans/internment-files\">National Archives website\u003c/a> where you can find documents including transcripts, FBI reports and other records. \u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cem>Think you may have had a family member who was interned on Angel Island during World War II? Check out this \u003ca href=\"https://www.aiisf.org/s/WWII-Detainees-on-Angel-Island-for-web.xlsx\">database of Angel Island Japanese internees\u003c/a> and contact Grant Din: \u003ca href=\"mailto:grant@tonaidin.net\">grant@tonaidin.net\u003c/a>\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cem>\u003cstrong id=\"transcript\">Transcript of Kakuro Shigenaga Internment Hearing\u003c/strong>\u003cem>\u003cbr>\n\u003c/p>\u003c/div>",
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