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"headTitle": "The Bay Area’s Year in Photos: Protests, Political Upheaval and Joyous Resistance | KQED",
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"content": "\u003cp>From civil unrest and joyful resistance in the face of national political attacks, to major natural disasters and consequential local elections, \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/photography\">KQED photographers\u003c/a> spent the year capturing the biggest stories affecting the Bay Area and California.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The year started with \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12026093/they-want-to-rebuild-after-the-eaton-fire-but-first-comes-the-struggle-to-survive\">deadly fires\u003c/a> ripping through parts of Los Angeles and neighboring Altadena in January, burning 16,000 structures and killing 30 people, and sending hundreds of Northern California fire crews to the southern part of the state.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Back in the Bay, political winds shifted as Mayor Daniel Lurie \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12020425/sf-mayor-daniel-lurie-celebrates-new-administration-chinatown-party\">took the helm of San Francisco\u003c/a>, making big changes to the city’s strategy on homelessness and the fentanyl crisis, and ushering a new class of moderate politicians into City Hall. Across the Bay, Oakland \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12036919/barbara-lee-pledges-to-unite-oakland-in-first-remarks-as-mayor-elect\">elected former Rep. Barbara Lee\u003c/a> to lead the city in the wake of former Mayor Sheng Thao’s recall, with goals to bring stability and trust back to a city shaken by an ongoing federal corruption probe.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>President Donald Trump’s second inauguration also drew thousands of Bay Area residents \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12023056/thousands-rally-in-sf-to-protest-trump-ahead-of-inauguration-day\">out in protest\u003c/a> in January, kicking off a year of political unrest. Trump’s immediate focus on expanding and intensifying immigration enforcement has been met \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12067398/interfaith-activists-block-entrances-to-san-francisco-ice-office-risking-arrest\">with consistent opposition\u003c/a> — from faith leaders bearing witness at San Francisco’s immigration office, to protesters interrupting arrests on the streets of downtown.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In June, people flooded streets across the Bay Area, \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12044426/no-kings-protests-draw-thousands-across-the-bay-area-to-rally-against-president-trump\">crying “No Kings”\u003c/a> in response to Trump’s military parade, and months later, \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12060511/massive-no-kings-crowds-return-to-bay-area-streets-rebuking-trump\">crowds took to city centers\u003c/a> again as Californians prepared to vote on special redistricting maps favoring Democrats and endured the effects of the longest government shutdown in U.S. history.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Federal parks \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12058298/at-muir-woods-tourists-heartbroken-over-national-park-closure-during-shutdown\">shut down\u003c/a> for weeks, hundreds of flights were canceled and delayed, and even Fleet Week fell victim to disruptions as legislators in Washington remained at a standstill. Cities across the Bay Area stepped up to fill \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12064126/snap-benefits-hung-in-limbo-for-weeks-it-was-a-peek-at-life-under-long-term-cuts\">gaps in food stamp spending\u003c/a>, as thousands of people who rely on federal food assistance went weeks without electronic benefit transfers.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>And, through a difficult year, the Bay Area found ways to come together: cheering on the inaugural season for \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/arts/13984639/valkyries-wnba-2025-in-review\">the Golden State Valkyries\u003c/a>, honoring the queer community with drag shows from August Hall in San Francisco to Calvin Simmons Theatre in Oakland, and celebrating the diverse cultures deeply rooted here.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cem>Text by KQED’s \u003c/em>\u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/author/kdebenedetti\">\u003cem>Katie DeBenedetti\u003c/em>\u003c/a>\u003cem>; photo editing by KQED’s \u003c/em>\u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/author/mdonascimento\">\u003cem>Martin do Nascimento\u003c/em>\u003c/a>\u003cem>.\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>January\u003c/h2>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12067187\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-12067187 size-full\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/12/20250102_ALEMANYSHOOTING_GC-9-KQED.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/12/20250102_ALEMANYSHOOTING_GC-9-KQED.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/12/20250102_ALEMANYSHOOTING_GC-9-KQED-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/12/20250102_ALEMANYSHOOTING_GC-9-KQED-1536x1024.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Anthony Thomas, father of \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12020128/shooting-san-francisco-home-leaves-man-dead-woman-seriously-injured\">Antoine Thomas, who died in an early morning shooting\u003c/a>, hugs his 4-year-old grandson Adon in San Francisco on Jan. 2, 2025. The shooting, at the 1000 block of Tompkins Avenue, left one victim pronounced dead at the scene and another transported to a hospital with life-threatening injuries. \u003ccite>(Gina Castro/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12067185\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12067185\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/12/250107-LURIEINTERFAITHCEREMONY-25-KQED.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/12/250107-LURIEINTERFAITHCEREMONY-25-KQED.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/12/250107-LURIEINTERFAITHCEREMONY-25-KQED-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/12/250107-LURIEINTERFAITHCEREMONY-25-KQED-1536x1024.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">San Francisco Mayor-elect \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12020422/san-francisco-mayor-elect-daniel-lurie-launches-political-career-cable-cars-chinatown-market-prayer\">Daniel Lurie receives a communal blessing\u003c/a> during an Interfaith Ceremony at Congregation Emanu-El in San Francisco on Jan. 7, 2025, the evening before his inauguration. \u003ccite>(Beth LaBerge/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12067184\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12067184\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/12/240109-CAWINDSTORM-069-KQED.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/12/240109-CAWINDSTORM-069-KQED.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/12/240109-CAWINDSTORM-069-KQED-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/12/240109-CAWINDSTORM-069-KQED-1536x1024.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">\u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12021777/reporters-notebook\">Destruction in downtown Altadena\u003c/a>, after the Eaton Fire swept through the area northeast of Los Angeles, on Jan. 9, 2025. \u003ccite>(Beth LaBerge/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12067192\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2500px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12067192\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/12/251215-2025-in-Photos-Dip-01.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2500\" height=\"835\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/12/251215-2025-in-Photos-Dip-01.jpg 2500w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/12/251215-2025-in-Photos-Dip-01-2000x668.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/12/251215-2025-in-Photos-Dip-01-160x53.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/12/251215-2025-in-Photos-Dip-01-1536x513.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/12/251215-2025-in-Photos-Dip-01-2048x684.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2500px) 100vw, 2500px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Altadena resident Taylor Williams, 17, goes through pieces of her teacup collection from the home she shared with her family after it was destroyed in the Eaton Fire northeast of Los Angeles on Jan. 9, 2025. \u003ccite>(Beth LaBerge/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12067188\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12067188\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/12/20250115_JAPANESEAMERICANACTIVISM_GC-47-KQED.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/12/20250115_JAPANESEAMERICANACTIVISM_GC-47-KQED.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/12/20250115_JAPANESEAMERICANACTIVISM_GC-47-KQED-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/12/20250115_JAPANESEAMERICANACTIVISM_GC-47-KQED-1536x1024.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Sadako Nimura Kashiwagi, 91, holds a photo of her parents, Juninhi Nimura and Shizuko Nimura, at her home in Berkeley on Jan. 15, 2025. \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12021919/bay-area-japanese-americans-draw-on-wwii-trauma-resist-deportation-threats\">Kashiwagi was incarcerated at Tule Lake concentration camp\u003c/a> at the age of 9, where she lived with her family for four years. \u003ccite>(Gina Castro/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12067189\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-12067189 size-full\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/12/20250116_SNOW-SCHOOL_DMB_02943-KQED.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/12/20250116_SNOW-SCHOOL_DMB_02943-KQED.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/12/20250116_SNOW-SCHOOL_DMB_02943-KQED-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/12/20250116_SNOW-SCHOOL_DMB_02943-KQED-1536x1024.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Chris Northart, with the Department of Water Resources’ Statewide Monitoring Network Unit, and a participant of the \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/science/1995954/at-hidden-tahoe-lab-scientists-learn-the-art-of-measuring-snow\">Snow Science School\u003c/a>, uses a magnification lens to measure the size of snow granules from the snowpack in a field outing near Soda Springs on Jan. 16, 2025. \u003ccite>(David M. Barreda/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12067186\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12067186\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/12/250128-WILDSIDEWEST-15-BL-KQED.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/12/250128-WILDSIDEWEST-15-BL-KQED.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/12/250128-WILDSIDEWEST-15-BL-KQED-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/12/250128-WILDSIDEWEST-15-BL-KQED-1536x1024.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Regular Timotha Doane sits at a table at Wild Side West in San Francisco’s Bernal Heights neighborhood on Jan. 28, 2025. Founded in 1962, \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12029551/san-franciscos-oldest-lesbian-bar-has-been-a-safe-space-for-more-than-60-years\">Wild Side West is a historic lesbian bar\u003c/a> that began in Oakland before relocating to San Francisco, where it became a gathering space known for its eclectic decor, lush garden, and deep roots in the LGBTQ+ community. \u003ccite>(Beth LaBerge/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12067195\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2500px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12067195\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/12/251215-2025-in-Photos-Dip-02.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2500\" height=\"835\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/12/251215-2025-in-Photos-Dip-02.jpg 2500w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/12/251215-2025-in-Photos-Dip-02-2000x668.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/12/251215-2025-in-Photos-Dip-02-160x53.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/12/251215-2025-in-Photos-Dip-02-1536x513.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/12/251215-2025-in-Photos-Dip-02-2048x684.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2500px) 100vw, 2500px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Left: Kimberly Lopez, a senior at UC Berkeley, speaks to hundreds of students and supporters \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12024593/uc-berkeley-students-march-for-undocumented-classmates-say-school-isnt-doing-enough\">rallying in solidarity with their undocumented classmates\u003c/a> as the Trump administration begins to carry out nation-wide mass deportations, at Sproul Plaza at UC Berkeley in Berkeley on Jan. 29, 2025. Right: Maya Gill, center, holds up a sign that reads, “Jesus told us to love our neighbor not to deport them.” \u003ccite>(Gina Castro/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12067190\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12067190\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/12/20250129_UCBERKELEYRALLY_GC-44-KQED.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/12/20250129_UCBERKELEYRALLY_GC-44-KQED.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/12/20250129_UCBERKELEYRALLY_GC-44-KQED-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/12/20250129_UCBERKELEYRALLY_GC-44-KQED-1536x1024.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">(left) Student Nicole Nuñez Rivera gets emotional and hugs DACA recipient Ana Rivera, right, during a rally against the Trump administration’s promises to carry out mass deportations, at UC Berkeley in Berkeley on Jan. 29, 2025. \u003ccite>(Gina Castro/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003ch2>February\u003c/h2>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12067198\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12067198\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/12/250215-CHINESENEWYEAR-01-BL-KQED.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/12/250215-CHINESENEWYEAR-01-BL-KQED.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/12/250215-CHINESENEWYEAR-01-BL-KQED-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/12/250215-CHINESENEWYEAR-01-BL-KQED-1536x1024.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Katherine (left), 9, and Nikki, 9, sit together at the start of the \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12027348/san-francisco-celebrates-the-lunar-new-year-with-iconic-chinatown-parade\">Chinese New Year Parade\u003c/a> in San Francisco on Feb. 15, 2025. \u003ccite>(Beth LaBerge/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12067199\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12067199\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/12/250215-CHINESENEWYEAR-14-BL-KQED.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/12/250215-CHINESENEWYEAR-14-BL-KQED.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/12/250215-CHINESENEWYEAR-14-BL-KQED-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/12/250215-CHINESENEWYEAR-14-BL-KQED-1536x1024.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Fireworks go off in Chinatown during the Chinese New Year Parade in San Francisco on Feb. 15, 2025. \u003ccite>(Beth LaBerge/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12067205\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2500px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12067205\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/12/251215-2025-in-Photos-Dip-03.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2500\" height=\"835\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/12/251215-2025-in-Photos-Dip-03.jpg 2500w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/12/251215-2025-in-Photos-Dip-03-2000x668.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/12/251215-2025-in-Photos-Dip-03-160x53.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/12/251215-2025-in-Photos-Dip-03-1536x513.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/12/251215-2025-in-Photos-Dip-03-2048x684.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2500px) 100vw, 2500px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Left: Artist Miko Lee looks out the window at the Walking Stories exhibit at the Edge on the Square gallery in San Francisco’s Chinatown neighborhood on Feb. 19, 2025. Right: Alistair Monroe stands outside the Oakland Cannery building, where his studio is located in Oakland, on Feb. 20, 2025. \u003ccite>(Beth LaBerge/KQED; Martin do Nascimento/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12067200\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12067200\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/12/250220-OAKLAND-CANNERY-MD-05-KQED.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/12/250220-OAKLAND-CANNERY-MD-05-KQED.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/12/250220-OAKLAND-CANNERY-MD-05-KQED-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/12/250220-OAKLAND-CANNERY-MD-05-KQED-1536x1024.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Arthur Monroe’s art is on display in his son Alistair Monroe’s studio and home at the Oakland Cannery building in Oakland on Feb. 20, 2025. The Oakland Cannery is a historic live-work space in East Oakland where Arthur Monroe lived and produced art for decades. The building’s owners are seeking to turn the building into a pot-growing facility. \u003ccite>(Martin do Nascimento/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12067202\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12067202\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/12/250222-NOISEPOPFLAMINGROOVIES-01-BL-KQED.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/12/250222-NOISEPOPFLAMINGROOVIES-01-BL-KQED.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/12/250222-NOISEPOPFLAMINGROOVIES-01-BL-KQED-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/12/250222-NOISEPOPFLAMINGROOVIES-01-BL-KQED-1536x1024.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">The band Th’ Losin Streaks play at the 4 Star Theater in San Francisco’s Richmond District on Feb. 22, 2025, during the \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/arts/13972528/noise-pop-festival-san-francisco-2025-review\">Noise Pop Festival\u003c/a>. \u003ccite>(Beth LaBerge/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12067209\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2500px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12067209\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/12/251215-2025-in-Photos-Dip-04-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2500\" height=\"835\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/12/251215-2025-in-Photos-Dip-04-1.jpg 2500w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/12/251215-2025-in-Photos-Dip-04-1-2000x668.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/12/251215-2025-in-Photos-Dip-04-1-160x53.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/12/251215-2025-in-Photos-Dip-04-1-1536x513.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/12/251215-2025-in-Photos-Dip-04-1-2048x684.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2500px) 100vw, 2500px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Left: Dawn Richard performs at the Independent, as part of the Noise Pop festival, in San Francisco on Feb. 26, 2025. Right: Dam-Funk performs at the Noise Pop opening night party at the California Academy of Sciences on Feb. 20, 2025. \u003ccite>(Gina Castro/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12067201\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12067201\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/12/250221-GEOGRAPHER-_-VIDEO-AGE-MD-02-KQED.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/12/250221-GEOGRAPHER-_-VIDEO-AGE-MD-02-KQED.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/12/250221-GEOGRAPHER-_-VIDEO-AGE-MD-02-KQED-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/12/250221-GEOGRAPHER-_-VIDEO-AGE-MD-02-KQED-1536x1024.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Geographer performs at August Hall in San Francisco as part of Noise Pop on Feb. 21, 2025. \u003ccite>(Martin do Nascimento/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12067204\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-12067204 size-full\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/12/250226-UC-STRIKE-MD-06-KQED.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/12/250226-UC-STRIKE-MD-06-KQED.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/12/250226-UC-STRIKE-MD-06-KQED-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/12/250226-UC-STRIKE-MD-06-KQED-1536x1024.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Members of the University Professional and Technical Employees Local 9119 and the American Federation of State County and Municipal Employees Local 3299 \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12028446/tens-of-thousands-uc-workers-strike-disrupting-campuses-hospitals-labs\">strike at the UC Mission Bay Campus in San Francisco\u003c/a> on Feb. 26, 2025. \u003ccite>(Martin do Nascimento/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12067207\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12067207\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/12/20250226_ROBERTMOSES_GC-16-KQED.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/12/20250226_ROBERTMOSES_GC-16-KQED.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/12/20250226_ROBERTMOSES_GC-16-KQED-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/12/20250226_ROBERTMOSES_GC-16-KQED-1536x1024.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Dancers place their hands on Giovanna Sales’ head during a rehearsal for \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/arts/13972949/robert-moses-kin-30th-anniversary-the-kennings\">Robert Moses’ latest work, The Kennings\u003c/a>, at ODC Dance Commons in San Francisco on Feb. 26, 2025. The show explores themes of race, gender, war and human rights, while blending dance, theatre and music. \u003ccite>(Gina Castro/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12067203\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12067203\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/12/250226-NAMEGENDERMARKERS-12-BL-KQED.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/12/250226-NAMEGENDERMARKERS-12-BL-KQED.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/12/250226-NAMEGENDERMARKERS-12-BL-KQED-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/12/250226-NAMEGENDERMARKERS-12-BL-KQED-1536x1024.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Andrea and Milo Ronquillo stand outside the Civic Center Courthouse in San Francisco on Feb. 26, 2025. The Ronquillos attended a workshop hosted by Alexis Levy about \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12029428/how-californians-can-start-changing-names-and-gender-markers-on-government-ids\">changing the name and gender marker on official government documents\u003c/a>. \u003ccite>(Beth LaBerge/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003ch2>March\u003c/h2>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12067254\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12067254\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/12/250307-BERKELEY-SCIENCE-PROTEST-MD-08-KQED.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/12/250307-BERKELEY-SCIENCE-PROTEST-MD-08-KQED.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/12/250307-BERKELEY-SCIENCE-PROTEST-MD-08-KQED-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/12/250307-BERKELEY-SCIENCE-PROTEST-MD-08-KQED-1536x1024.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">A march through the UC Berkeley campus in association with the \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12030313/uc-berkeley-scientists-protest-trump-administrations-cuts-to-research-funding\">national Stand Up for Science day of action\u003c/a> in Berkeley on March 7, 2025. \u003ccite>(Martin do Nascimento/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12067259\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2500px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12067259\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/12/251215-2025-in-Photos-Dip-05.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2500\" height=\"835\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/12/251215-2025-in-Photos-Dip-05.jpg 2500w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/12/251215-2025-in-Photos-Dip-05-2000x668.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/12/251215-2025-in-Photos-Dip-05-160x53.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/12/251215-2025-in-Photos-Dip-05-1536x513.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/12/251215-2025-in-Photos-Dip-05-2048x684.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2500px) 100vw, 2500px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Marchers hold up signs including one that reads “Science is political” and march through the UC Berkeley campus in Berkeley on March 7, 2025. \u003ccite>(Martin do Nascimento/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12067262\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-12067262 size-full\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/12/20250308_BESANS-MARKET_DMB_03247-KQED.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1334\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/12/20250308_BESANS-MARKET_DMB_03247-KQED.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/12/20250308_BESANS-MARKET_DMB_03247-KQED-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/12/20250308_BESANS-MARKET_DMB_03247-KQED-1536x1025.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">\u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12029568/in-san-mateo-county-this-market-is-a-community-destination-for-food-faith-and-ramadan-staples\">Besan’s International Market is a halal butcher, deli, and Middle Eastern market\u003c/a> in San Bruno. Year-round, it’s a go-to spot for the Arab, North African and Middle Eastern folks in this community. During Ramadan, customers come in and out for their groceries for iftar meals when they break fast during Ramadan. \u003ccite>(David M. Barreda/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12067253\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12067253\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/12/240312-RICHMOND-WALKOUT-MD-01-KQED.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/12/240312-RICHMOND-WALKOUT-MD-01-KQED.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/12/240312-RICHMOND-WALKOUT-MD-01-KQED-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/12/240312-RICHMOND-WALKOUT-MD-01-KQED-1536x1024.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Valerie Aquino and other \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12030935/our-education-matters-richmond-high-schoolers-rally-against-teacher-layoffs\">students from Richmond’s John F. Kennedy High School stage a walkout and march\u003c/a> to the West Contra Costa Unified School District Offices to protest impending layoffs as part of cuts to the district’s budget in Richmond on March 12, 2025. \u003ccite>(Martin do Nascimento/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12067255\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12067255\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/12/250317-EUGENETSSUI-24-BL-KQED.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/12/250317-EUGENETSSUI-24-BL-KQED.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/12/250317-EUGENETSSUI-24-BL-KQED-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/12/250317-EUGENETSSUI-24-BL-KQED-1536x1024.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Eugene Tssui sketches in a notebook at his exhibition at the Rotten City Cultural District in Emeryville on March 17, 2025. The gallery featured his \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/arts/13973365/eugene-tssui-emeryville-residency-bay-street-architecture-fashion\">nature-inspired architectural designs, including photos of the renowned “Fish House,” along with his clothing designs and art.\u003c/a> \u003ccite>(Beth LaBerge/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12067256\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12067256\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/12/250323-DEM-TOWN-HALLS-MD-67-KQED.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/12/250323-DEM-TOWN-HALLS-MD-67-KQED.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/12/250323-DEM-TOWN-HALLS-MD-67-KQED-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/12/250323-DEM-TOWN-HALLS-MD-67-KQED-1536x1024.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Rep. Ro Khanna holds a town hall meeting at the MLK Community Center in Bakersfield on March 23, 2025. In three such events, \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12032718/frustrated-democrats-push-wartime-leaders-bakersfield-town-hall\">Khanna urged residents of Republican-held congressional districts in California to organize\u003c/a> against the Trump administration’s proposed cuts to programs like Medicaid and the wider social safety net. \u003ccite>(Martin do Nascimento/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12067260\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2500px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12067260\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/12/251215-2025-in-Photos-Dip-06.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2500\" height=\"835\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/12/251215-2025-in-Photos-Dip-06.jpg 2500w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/12/251215-2025-in-Photos-Dip-06-2000x668.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/12/251215-2025-in-Photos-Dip-06-160x53.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/12/251215-2025-in-Photos-Dip-06-1536x513.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/12/251215-2025-in-Photos-Dip-06-2048x684.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2500px) 100vw, 2500px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Left: A line of people waiting to enter the town hall meeting with Rep. Ro Khanna. Right: Audrey Chavez and others listen at as Rep. Ro Khanna speaks. \u003ccite>(Martin do Nascimento/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12067263\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12067263\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/12/20250326_SFBARBER_GC-20-KQED.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/12/20250326_SFBARBER_GC-20-KQED.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/12/20250326_SFBARBER_GC-20-KQED-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/12/20250326_SFBARBER_GC-20-KQED-1536x1024.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Santana “Twinks” Vasquez cuts Angel Filimoehala’s hair at Steel and Strand barbershop in San Francisco on March 26, 2025. Twinks offered \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12033501/the-sf-barber-that-welcomes-all-trans-people-into-his-shop\">free haircuts for the month of March to honor trans visibility\u003c/a>. \u003ccite>(Gina Castro/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12067264\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12067264\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/12/20250328_ZORTHIAN-RANCH_SK_26-KQED.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1334\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/12/20250328_ZORTHIAN-RANCH_SK_26-KQED.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/12/20250328_ZORTHIAN-RANCH_SK_26-KQED-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/12/20250328_ZORTHIAN-RANCH_SK_26-KQED-1536x1025.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Aslan Scardina lies in a patch of stinging nettle at \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12034277/stories-of-las-zorthian-ranch-a-portal-to-a-different-way-of-life-damaged-in-eaton-fire\">Zorthian Ranch\u003c/a> on March 28 in Altadena. Scardina was living on the Ranch before it was destroyed in the Eaton fire. “I didn’t love plants until I met nettle,” she says. \u003ccite>(Stella Kalinina for KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12067258\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12067258\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/12/250331-TRANS-NEWSOM-RALLY-AC-67-KQED.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1334\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/12/250331-TRANS-NEWSOM-RALLY-AC-67-KQED.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/12/250331-TRANS-NEWSOM-RALLY-AC-67-KQED-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/12/250331-TRANS-NEWSOM-RALLY-AC-67-KQED-1536x1025.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Will Lohf waves an LGBTQ+ flag during a march for trans youth in Kentfield on March 31, 2025. \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12033818/lgbtq-activists-rally-at-newsoms-home-demand-stronger-trans-rights-commitment\">Activists and community members marched\u003c/a> in the Marin County community where Gov. Gavin Newsom recently purchased a home as part of International Transgender Day of Visibility, which highlights discrimination faced by trans people worldwide. \u003ccite>(Aryk Copley for KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003ch2>April\u003c/h2>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12067272\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-12067272 size-full\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/12/250409-LIVERMORE-BLACK-LAND-MD-10-KQED.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/12/250409-LIVERMORE-BLACK-LAND-MD-10-KQED.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/12/250409-LIVERMORE-BLACK-LAND-MD-10-KQED-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/12/250409-LIVERMORE-BLACK-LAND-MD-10-KQED-1536x1024.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Tashenia Pearson stands beside \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12036599/wall-war-vet-fight-land-one-familys-50-year-battle-livermore\">the wall separating her property from her neighbors’\u003c/a> in Livermore on April 9, 2025. Pearson’s parents bought the property in Livermore in 1971, only to discover the illegally built wall, which effectively gives 740 square feet of Pearson’s property to their neighbor. \u003ccite>(Martin do Nascimento/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12067277\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12067277\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/12/20240410_GIANTNAKEDLADYEMBARCADERO_GC-36-KQED.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/12/20240410_GIANTNAKEDLADYEMBARCADERO_GC-36-KQED.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/12/20240410_GIANTNAKEDLADYEMBARCADERO_GC-36-KQED-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/12/20240410_GIANTNAKEDLADYEMBARCADERO_GC-36-KQED-1536x1024.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">R-Evolution, \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/arts/13974401/r-evolution-marco-cochrane-embarcadero-plaza-nude-woman-sculpture\">a 45-foot metal sculpture of a giant naked woman\u003c/a> that is meant to symbolize feminine strength and liberation, by artist Marco Cochrane, at the Embarcadero Plaza on April 10, 2025. \u003ccite>(Gina Castro/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12067271\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12067271\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/12/2025.04.14_MIDDLETON_SANDYSTONE_15-KQED.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/12/2025.04.14_MIDDLETON_SANDYSTONE_15-KQED.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/12/2025.04.14_MIDDLETON_SANDYSTONE_15-KQED-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/12/2025.04.14_MIDDLETON_SANDYSTONE_15-KQED-1536x1024.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Sandy Stone, \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/arts/13977595/sandy-stone-olivia-records-jimi-hendrix-girl-island-documentary\">88-year-old legendary audio engineer and trans woman\u003c/a> who worked with rock ’n’ roll greats and was the in-house engineer at feminist label Olivia Records in the 1970s, in her home in Aptos on April 14, 2025. \u003ccite>(Florence Middleton for KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12067273\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12067273\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/12/250415-OAKLAND-MAYORAL-ELECTION-NIGHT-AC-67-KQED.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/12/250415-OAKLAND-MAYORAL-ELECTION-NIGHT-AC-67-KQED.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/12/250415-OAKLAND-MAYORAL-ELECTION-NIGHT-AC-67-KQED-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/12/250415-OAKLAND-MAYORAL-ELECTION-NIGHT-AC-67-KQED-1536x1024.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">\u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12036555/barbara-lee-takes-decisive-lead-over-loren-taylor-in-oakland-mayoral-election\">Supporters of Oakland mayoral candidate Barbara Lee dance\u003c/a> to a live band on election night in Oakland on April 15, 2025. \u003ccite>(Aryk Copley for KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12067275\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2500px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12067275\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/12/251215-2025-in-Photos-Dip-07.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2500\" height=\"835\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/12/251215-2025-in-Photos-Dip-07.jpg 2500w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/12/251215-2025-in-Photos-Dip-07-2000x668.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/12/251215-2025-in-Photos-Dip-07-160x53.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/12/251215-2025-in-Photos-Dip-07-1536x513.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/12/251215-2025-in-Photos-Dip-07-2048x684.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2500px) 100vw, 2500px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Birders Daniela Sanchez (left) and Christopher Henry \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/arts/13974906/teen-birders-bird-watching-ebird\">look for birds\u003c/a> at Crissy Field in San Francisco and the Baylands Nature Preserve in Palo Alto, respectively, on April 16, 2025. \u003ccite>(Gina Castro/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12067278\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12067278\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/12/20250416_BIRDWATCHINGTEENS_GC-51-KQED.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/12/20250416_BIRDWATCHINGTEENS_GC-51-KQED.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/12/20250416_BIRDWATCHINGTEENS_GC-51-KQED-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/12/20250416_BIRDWATCHINGTEENS_GC-51-KQED-1536x1024.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Sadie Cosby examines a pigeon walking with a limp at the Miller/Knox Regional Shoreline in Richmond on April 16, 2025. Cosby has been birding for 4 years and is a member of the California Young Birders’ Club. \u003ccite>(Gina Castro/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12067274\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12067274\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/12/250421-CHINATOWNTARIFFS-06-BL-KQED.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/12/250421-CHINATOWNTARIFFS-06-BL-KQED.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/12/250421-CHINATOWNTARIFFS-06-BL-KQED-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/12/250421-CHINATOWNTARIFFS-06-BL-KQED-1536x1024.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Sam Liang weighs medical herbs at his shop, Run Feng Hai Wei Chinese Herbal Inc., in San Francisco’s Chinatown neighborhood on April 21, 2025. Business owners in San Francisco’s Chinatown said they were \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12036939/san-francisco-chinatown-businesses-survival-mode-trade-war\">struggling to stay afloat, facing declining sales and an uncertain future\u003c/a>, in the face of the U.S.-China trade war. \u003ccite>(Beth LaBerge/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12067276\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2500px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12067276\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/12/251215-2025-in-Photos-Dip-08.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2500\" height=\"835\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/12/251215-2025-in-Photos-Dip-08.jpg 2500w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/12/251215-2025-in-Photos-Dip-08-2000x668.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/12/251215-2025-in-Photos-Dip-08-160x53.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/12/251215-2025-in-Photos-Dip-08-1536x513.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/12/251215-2025-in-Photos-Dip-08-2048x684.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2500px) 100vw, 2500px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Left: Imported items fill the wall at Beijing Shopping Center in San Francisco’s Chinatown neighborhood on April 21, 2025. Right: Kiki Krunch, left, and Kalypso pose for a photo at the Portsmouth Square pedestrian bridge in San Francisco’s Chinatown on April 30, 2025. The 2024 and ’23 winners of the GLBTQ+ Asian Pacific Alliance drag pageant led the \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/arts/13976447/chinatown-pride-san-francisco-lgbtq-chinese-culture-center\">2025 Chinatown Pride\u003c/a> procession, visiting landmarks such as the Grant Street nightlife district, home in the 1930s and ’40s to underground queer speakeasies and tourist-y Chinese American nightclubs that featured “female impersonation” shows. \u003ccite>(Beth LaBerge/KQED; Gina Castro/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12067279\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12067279\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/12/20250430_CHINATOWNPRIDE_GC-21-KQED.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1288\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/12/20250430_CHINATOWNPRIDE_GC-21-KQED.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/12/20250430_CHINATOWNPRIDE_GC-21-KQED-160x103.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/12/20250430_CHINATOWNPRIDE_GC-21-KQED-1536x989.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Kiki Krunch (left) takes a photo with Fontaine Hu, 81, in San Francisco’s Chinatown on April 30, 2025. \u003ccite>(Gina Castro/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003ch2>May\u003c/h2>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12067284\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12067284\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/12/250501-MAY-DAY-MARCH-OAKLAND-MD-12-KQED.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1334\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/12/250501-MAY-DAY-MARCH-OAKLAND-MD-12-KQED.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/12/250501-MAY-DAY-MARCH-OAKLAND-MD-12-KQED-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/12/250501-MAY-DAY-MARCH-OAKLAND-MD-12-KQED-1536x1025.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Horetencia M. (left) and Maria E. chant and play buckets as drums as part of the \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12038481/may-day-thousands-bay-area-take-streets-immigrant-worker-rights\">Oakland Sin Fronteras May Day March\u003c/a> for Labor & Immigrants in the Fruitvale neighborhood of Oakland on May 1, 2025. \u003ccite>(Martin do Nascimento/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12067285\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12067285\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/12/250501-VALKYRIESOPENERTEAMPROFILE-22-BL-KQED.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/12/250501-VALKYRIESOPENERTEAMPROFILE-22-BL-KQED.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/12/250501-VALKYRIESOPENERTEAMPROFILE-22-BL-KQED-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/12/250501-VALKYRIESOPENERTEAMPROFILE-22-BL-KQED-1536x1024.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">\u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12039501/wnbas-newest-team-golden-state-valkyries-kick-off-first-season\">Golden State Valkyries\u003c/a>’ Monique Billings practices during training camp held at the Sephora Performance Center in Oakland on May 1, 2025. \u003ccite>(Beth LaBerge/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12067292\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2500px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-12067292 size-full\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/12/251215-2025-in-Photos-Dip-11.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2500\" height=\"835\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/12/251215-2025-in-Photos-Dip-11.jpg 2500w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/12/251215-2025-in-Photos-Dip-11-2000x668.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/12/251215-2025-in-Photos-Dip-11-160x53.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/12/251215-2025-in-Photos-Dip-11-1536x513.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/12/251215-2025-in-Photos-Dip-11-2048x684.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2500px) 100vw, 2500px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Left: The Golden State Valkyries take to the court for their \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12040665/the-bay-areas-newest-basketball-team-makes-history\">first-ever home opener\u003c/a> against the Los Angeles Sparks at Chase Center on May 16, 2025. Right: Golden State Valkyries guard Tiffany Hayes (15) drives to the hoop against the Los Angeles Sparks. \u003ccite>(Beth LaBerge/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12067286\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12067286\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/12/250509-BENICIAREFINERY-52-BL-KQED.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/12/250509-BENICIAREFINERY-52-BL-KQED.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/12/250509-BENICIAREFINERY-52-BL-KQED-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/12/250509-BENICIAREFINERY-52-BL-KQED-1536x1024.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Benicia mayor Steve Young drives by the Valero Benicia Refinery in Benicia on May 8, 2025, which processes up to 170,000 barrels of oil a day, making gasoline, diesel, and other fuels for California. \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12039505/a-bay-area-refinery-town-contemplates-future-without-big-oil\">Valero planned to shut down the Benicia refinery\u003c/a> by April 2026, citing high costs and strict environmental rules. \u003ccite>(Beth LaBerge/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12067290\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2500px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12067290\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/12/251215-2025-in-Photos-Dip-09.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2500\" height=\"835\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/12/251215-2025-in-Photos-Dip-09.jpg 2500w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/12/251215-2025-in-Photos-Dip-09-2000x668.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/12/251215-2025-in-Photos-Dip-09-160x53.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/12/251215-2025-in-Photos-Dip-09-1536x513.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/12/251215-2025-in-Photos-Dip-09-2048x684.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2500px) 100vw, 2500px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Left: Nests of California gull eggs are tucked in the grass near the Dumbarton Bridge in Fremont on May 12, 2025. Right: A team led by Nathan Van Schmidt (right), science director at the San Francisco Bay Bird Observatory, and Amy Parsons, lead biologist, conducts a \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12051964/are-seagulls-native-or-invasive-to-the-bay-area-maybe-both\">California gull nest survey\u003c/a>. \u003ccite>(Beth LaBerge/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12067287\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12067287\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/12/250512-SEAGULLCOUNTY-20-BL-KQED.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/12/250512-SEAGULLCOUNTY-20-BL-KQED.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/12/250512-SEAGULLCOUNTY-20-BL-KQED-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/12/250512-SEAGULLCOUNTY-20-BL-KQED-1536x1024.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Nesting California gulls circle overhead during a nest survey conducted by the San Francisco Bay Bird Observatory near the Dumbarton Bridge in Fremont on May 12, 2025. \u003ccite>(Beth LaBerge/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12067288\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12067288\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/12/250513-CALIFORNIAFOREVERANNEXEXPLAINER-17-BL-KQED.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/12/250513-CALIFORNIAFOREVERANNEXEXPLAINER-17-BL-KQED.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/12/250513-CALIFORNIAFOREVERANNEXEXPLAINER-17-BL-KQED-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/12/250513-CALIFORNIAFOREVERANNEXEXPLAINER-17-BL-KQED-1536x1024.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">The intersection of Highway 12 and Highway 113 in Solano County outside of Suisun City on May 13, 2025. The California Forever project is seeking to have Suisun City \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12059985/california-forever-clears-first-hurdle-in-suisun-city-annexation\">annex the land where the company has proposed building a new city\u003c/a> in order to move forward with its plans, nearly a year after pulling an initiative seeking voter approval for the project. \u003ccite>(Beth LaBerge/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12067291\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2500px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12067291\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/12/251215-2025-in-Photos-Dip-10.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2500\" height=\"835\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/12/251215-2025-in-Photos-Dip-10.jpg 2500w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/12/251215-2025-in-Photos-Dip-10-2000x668.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/12/251215-2025-in-Photos-Dip-10-160x53.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/12/251215-2025-in-Photos-Dip-10-1536x513.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/12/251215-2025-in-Photos-Dip-10-2048x684.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2500px) 100vw, 2500px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Left: Resident Letty Guzman sits on her bed with her dog Pappa in her room at Horizon Community Village at the Capri Motel on University Avenue in Berkeley on May 20, 2025. The site, operated by Dorothy Day House, provides \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12043516/rv-encampments-are-notoriously-hard-to-close-this-city-found-something-that-works\">transitional housing and supportive services for unhoused individuals\u003c/a> in Berkeley. Right: Maximo Hernandez Perez stands in front of his home in Stockton on May 22, 2025. Perez and his daughter, Celina, then 14 years old, were \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12040537/some-families-separated-at-the-border-got-free-legal-aid-the-us-just-cut-that-contract\">detained and separated after crossing the border\u003c/a> in 2017. \u003ccite>(Beth LaBerge/KQED; Martin do Nascimento/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12067289\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12067289\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/12/250530-DUBLINEMPLOYEES-17-BL-KQED.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/12/250530-DUBLINEMPLOYEES-17-BL-KQED.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/12/250530-DUBLINEMPLOYEES-17-BL-KQED-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/12/250530-DUBLINEMPLOYEES-17-BL-KQED-1536x1024.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Valentina Stone, 14, gets ready for a school dance with the help of her mother, a correctional officer, at their home in the mobile home community next to the now-closed Federal Correctional Institution, Dublin, on May 30, 2025. When FCI Dublin abruptly shut down after years of turmoil, \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12043352/fci-dublin-staff-bought-homes-on-site-then-the-prison-shut-down\">residents of the community were given eviction notices\u003c/a> and were ordered to remove their homes from the government’s land by September, according to a union representative. \u003ccite>(Beth LaBerge/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12067293\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-12067293 size-full\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/12/20250529_OHLONEPARKENCAMPMENT_GC-3-1-KQED.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1352\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/12/20250529_OHLONEPARKENCAMPMENT_GC-3-1-KQED.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/12/20250529_OHLONEPARKENCAMPMENT_GC-3-1-KQED-160x108.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/12/20250529_OHLONEPARKENCAMPMENT_GC-3-1-KQED-1536x1038.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Fearful of what he’d face if forced to leave the encampment, Travis Smith gets emotional at the \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12041966/berkeley-residents-homeless-advocates-battle-over-fate-of-ohlone-park-encampment\">homeless encampment at Ohlone Park\u003c/a> in Berkeley on May 29, 2025. \u003ccite>(Gina Castro/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003ch2>June\u003c/h2>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12067301\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12067301\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/12/250605-TREASUREISLANDJOBCORPS-24-BL-KQED.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/12/250605-TREASUREISLANDJOBCORPS-24-BL-KQED.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/12/250605-TREASUREISLANDJOBCORPS-24-BL-KQED-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/12/250605-TREASUREISLANDJOBCORPS-24-BL-KQED-1536x1024.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Jayvon Wilson (center) rallies alongside students, staff, and supporters outside the \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12042895/san-francisco-job-corps-students-face-uncertain-future\">Treasure Island Job Corps Center\u003c/a> in San Francisco on June 5, 2025, protesting the facility’s closure, which they say could leave at-risk youth homeless. \u003ccite>(Beth LaBerge/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12067302\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12067302\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/12/250606-DEIANDARTS-03-BL-KQED.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/12/250606-DEIANDARTS-03-BL-KQED.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/12/250606-DEIANDARTS-03-BL-KQED-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/12/250606-DEIANDARTS-03-BL-KQED-1536x1024.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Eric Garcia, who performs as Churro Nomi, co-director of Detour Productions and producer of the monthly queer cabaret Clutch The Pearls, poses for a photo at the Make Out Room in San Francisco on June 6, 2025. “This isn’t just about money, it’s about controlling narrative, visibility and power,” says Garcia, about \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/arts/13977200/the-great-quiet-quitting-of-dei-in-bay-area-arts\">arts organizations that have abandoned their DEI programming\u003c/a> and reconfigured or erased their websites’ DEI commitments. “We’re witnessing a deliberate effort to police not only what stories are told, but who is allowed to tell them.” \u003ccite>(Beth LaBerge/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12067303\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12067303\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/12/250609-SF-IMMIGRATION-PROTESTS-MD-67-KQED.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1334\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/12/250609-SF-IMMIGRATION-PROTESTS-MD-67-KQED.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/12/250609-SF-IMMIGRATION-PROTESTS-MD-67-KQED-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/12/250609-SF-IMMIGRATION-PROTESTS-MD-67-KQED-1536x1025.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Protestors march in the Mission District in San Francisco i\u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12043445/a-moment-people-have-been-waiting-for-ice-arrests-fuel-sf-protests\">n opposition to the Trump Administration’s immigration policy\u003c/a> and enforcement on June 9, 2025. \u003ccite>(Martin do Nascimento/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12067306\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2500px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12067306\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/12/251215-2025-in-Photos-Dip-12.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2500\" height=\"835\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/12/251215-2025-in-Photos-Dip-12.jpg 2500w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/12/251215-2025-in-Photos-Dip-12-2000x668.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/12/251215-2025-in-Photos-Dip-12-160x53.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/12/251215-2025-in-Photos-Dip-12-1536x513.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/12/251215-2025-in-Photos-Dip-12-2048x684.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2500px) 100vw, 2500px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Left: Daniella holds up a Mexican flag during a \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12044426/no-kings-protests-draw-thousands-across-the-bay-area-to-rally-against-president-trump\">No Kings Day protest\u003c/a> in San José on June 14, 2025. Right: Thousands of protesters march at the No Kings protest in Oakland on June 14, 2025. \u003ccite>(Aryk Copley for KQED; Gina Castro/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12067304\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12067304\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/12/250614-NO-KINGS-SF-MD-13-KQED-KQED.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1334\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/12/250614-NO-KINGS-SF-MD-13-KQED-KQED.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/12/250614-NO-KINGS-SF-MD-13-KQED-KQED-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/12/250614-NO-KINGS-SF-MD-13-KQED-KQED-1536x1025.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Supporters cheer from their cars as protesters march down Van Ness Ave. in San Francisco as part of the No Kings protest on June 14, 2025. \u003ccite>(Martin do Nascimento/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12067308\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12067308\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/12/20250614_NOKINGSOAKLAND_GC-44-KQED.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/12/20250614_NOKINGSOAKLAND_GC-44-KQED.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/12/20250614_NOKINGSOAKLAND_GC-44-KQED-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/12/20250614_NOKINGSOAKLAND_GC-44-KQED-1536x1024.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Congresswoman Lateefah Simon addresses hundreds of protesters at Frank H. Ogawa Plaza during the No Kings protest in Oakland on June 14, 2025. \u003ccite>(Gina Castro/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12067307\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2500px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12067307\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/12/251215-2025-in-Photos-Dip-13.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2500\" height=\"835\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/12/251215-2025-in-Photos-Dip-13.jpg 2500w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/12/251215-2025-in-Photos-Dip-13-2000x668.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/12/251215-2025-in-Photos-Dip-13-160x53.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/12/251215-2025-in-Photos-Dip-13-1536x513.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/12/251215-2025-in-Photos-Dip-13-2048x684.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2500px) 100vw, 2500px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Left: People fill the courtyard at the Oakland Museum of California in Oakland for the \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12044959/hella-juneteenth-in-photos-black-joy-and-community-in-oakland\">Hella Juneteenth festival\u003c/a> on June 19, 2025. Right: Festivalgoers dance at the Hella Juneteenth festival at the Oakland Museum of California on June 19, 2025. \u003ccite>(Gina Castro/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12067309\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-12067309 size-full\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/12/20250619_HELLAJUNETEENTH_GC-11-KQED.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/12/20250619_HELLAJUNETEENTH_GC-11-KQED.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/12/20250619_HELLAJUNETEENTH_GC-11-KQED-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/12/20250619_HELLAJUNETEENTH_GC-11-KQED-1536x1024.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Jordyn Johnson, 9, gets the continent of Africa painted on her face at the Hella Juneteenth festival at the Oakland Museum of California on June 19, 2025. \u003ccite>(Gina Castro/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003ch2>July\u003c/h2>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12067311\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-12067311 size-full\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/12/250701-K-ONDA-JULY-MD-01-KQED.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1334\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/12/250701-K-ONDA-JULY-MD-01-KQED.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/12/250701-K-ONDA-JULY-MD-01-KQED-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/12/250701-K-ONDA-JULY-MD-01-KQED-1536x1025.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Designer Marisela Ginestra at the Levi’s offices in San Francisco on July 1, 2025. \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12045274/levis-denim-gets-a-fresh-look-thanks-to-a-latinx-designer\">Ginestra takes inspiration from her grandparents\u003c/a> who worked harvesting fruits and vegetables in the Central Valley in the 1960s and who would dry their jeans in the sun, giving them a distinctive faded look. \u003ccite>(Martin do Nascimento/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12067312\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12067312\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/12/250716-SFFIXITCLINIC-25-BL-KQED.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/12/250716-SFFIXITCLINIC-25-BL-KQED.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/12/250716-SFFIXITCLINIC-25-BL-KQED-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/12/250716-SFFIXITCLINIC-25-BL-KQED-1536x1024.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Radha Weaver repairs a tutu dress for a mother and daughter during a \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12052092/fix-a-zipper-and-save-the-planet-at-san-franciscos-free-clothing-repair-clinics\">Fix-It Clinic Clothing Repair workshop\u003c/a> at the Glen Park Branch Library in San Francisco on July 16, 2025. During the workshop, teachers offer hands-on fixes and mending tips. \u003ccite>(Beth LaBerge/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12067318\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2500px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12067318\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/12/251215-2025-in-Photos-Dip-14.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2500\" height=\"835\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/12/251215-2025-in-Photos-Dip-14.jpg 2500w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/12/251215-2025-in-Photos-Dip-14-2000x668.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/12/251215-2025-in-Photos-Dip-14-160x53.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/12/251215-2025-in-Photos-Dip-14-1536x513.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/12/251215-2025-in-Photos-Dip-14-2048x684.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2500px) 100vw, 2500px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Left: Sewing supplies sit in bins at the Fix-It Clinic Clothing Repair workshop. Right: Mira Musank works with a clinic participant to repair her sweater. \u003ccite>(Beth LaBerge/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12067305\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12067305\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/12/250718_CLIMATEPUNK_012_BF_KQED-KQED.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/12/250718_CLIMATEPUNK_012_BF_KQED-KQED.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/12/250718_CLIMATEPUNK_012_BF_KQED-KQED-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/12/250718_CLIMATEPUNK_012_BF_KQED-KQED-1536x1024.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">\u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/arts/13979195/the-furious-tits-queer-climate-punk-band-san-francisco-oakland\">The Furious Tits\u003c/a> perform live in San Francisco at the Castro Night Market on Friday, July 18, 2025. The band says they see punk as a perfect place to mouth off about human-caused climate change. \u003ccite>(Brian Frank/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12067313\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-12067313 size-full\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/12/250720-DEAFDANCEFESTIVAL_01323_TV-KQED.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/12/250720-DEAFDANCEFESTIVAL_01323_TV-KQED.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/12/250720-DEAFDANCEFESTIVAL_01323_TV-KQED-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/12/250720-DEAFDANCEFESTIVAL_01323_TV-KQED-1536x1024.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Founder and leader of Urban Jazz Dance Company, Antoine Hunter (center), watches dancers practice choreography at a rehearsal at Shawl-Anderson Dance Center in Berkeley on July 20, 2025. The \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/arts/13979516/international-deaf-dance-festival-antoine-hunter-urban-jazz-dance\">Urban Jazz Dance Company performed at the International Deaf Dance Festival\u003c/a>, from Aug. 8–10 in San Francisco. \u003ccite>(Tâm Vũ/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12067314\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12067314\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/12/250721-AFGHANSINFREMONT-11-BL-KQED.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/12/250721-AFGHANSINFREMONT-11-BL-KQED.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/12/250721-AFGHANSINFREMONT-11-BL-KQED-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/12/250721-AFGHANSINFREMONT-11-BL-KQED-1536x1024.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">\u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12050357/how-did-fremont-come-to-be-known-as-little-kabul\">Hasib Sepand plays the sitar at Sepand Studios\u003c/a> in Fremont on July 21, 2025, where his music academy offers instruction in sitar, tabla, harmonium, and other instruments, and he composes and produces music. \u003ccite>(Beth LaBerge/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12067315\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12067315\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/12/250725-PLANNED-PARENTHOOD-CLOSURES-MD-09-KQED.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1334\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/12/250725-PLANNED-PARENTHOOD-CLOSURES-MD-09-KQED.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/12/250725-PLANNED-PARENTHOOD-CLOSURES-MD-09-KQED-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/12/250725-PLANNED-PARENTHOOD-CLOSURES-MD-09-KQED-1536x1025.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Jagbir Kang looks out of a window at her home in Fremont on July 25, 2025. \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12053210/in-the-face-of-abuse-she-chose-survival-and-now-helps-others-do-the-same\">Kang is a survivor of domestic violence\u003c/a> who now advocates on behalf of other survivors. \u003ccite>(Martin do Nascimento/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12067316\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12067316\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/12/250729-YICKWOCIVILRIGHTS-01-KQED.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/12/250729-YICKWOCIVILRIGHTS-01-KQED.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/12/250729-YICKWOCIVILRIGHTS-01-KQED-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/12/250729-YICKWOCIVILRIGHTS-01-KQED-1536x1024.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">David Lei stands on Spofford Street in San Francisco’s Chinatown on July 29, 2025, at \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12050233/how-a-chinese-laundryman-shaped-us-civil-rights-from-san-francisco\">the historical site of the Chinese Laundry Association\u003c/a>, once located at 33 Spofford Street. A longtime resident and community historian, Lei has worked to preserve Chinatown’s cultural and educational legacy. \u003ccite>(Beth LaBerge/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12067319\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2500px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12067319\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/12/251215-2025-in-Photos-Dip-15.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2500\" height=\"835\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/12/251215-2025-in-Photos-Dip-15.jpg 2500w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/12/251215-2025-in-Photos-Dip-15-2000x668.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/12/251215-2025-in-Photos-Dip-15-160x53.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/12/251215-2025-in-Photos-Dip-15-1536x513.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/12/251215-2025-in-Photos-Dip-15-2048x684.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2500px) 100vw, 2500px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Left: \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12050105/sf-kindness-crawl-spreads-joy-on-market-street-ahead-of-grateful-dead-weekend\">Kindness Crawl\u003c/a> organizer Scott Keneally (left) shares an embrace with a passerby near City Hall in San Francisco on July 31, 2025. Right: A Kindness Crawl volunteer beams while handing roses and flowers to two people inside a van in a moment of street-side joy. \u003ccite>(Gustavo Hernandez/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12067317\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12067317\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/12/250731_KINDNESSCRAWL_-0010_GH-KQED.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/12/250731_KINDNESSCRAWL_-0010_GH-KQED.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/12/250731_KINDNESSCRAWL_-0010_GH-KQED-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/12/250731_KINDNESSCRAWL_-0010_GH-KQED-1536x1024.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">A vintage VW bus filled with Kindness Crawl flower recipients drives past Alamo Square Park in San Francisco. \u003ccite>(Gustavo Hernandez/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003ch2>August\u003c/h2>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12067320\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-12067320 size-full\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/12/250802-AFROFUTURES_01096_TV-KQED.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/12/250802-AFROFUTURES_01096_TV-KQED.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/12/250802-AFROFUTURES_01096_TV-KQED-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/12/250802-AFROFUTURES_01096_TV-KQED-1536x1024.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Attendees dance at the \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12050844/where-past-meets-possible-black-futures-ball-illuminates-dreams-in-oakland\">Black Futures Ball\u003c/a> hosted by The East Oakland Youth Development Center at the Chabot Space and Science Center in Oakland on Aug. 2, 2025. \u003ccite>(Tâm Vũ/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12067328\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2500px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12067328\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/12/251215-2025-in-Photos-Dip-16.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2500\" height=\"835\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/12/251215-2025-in-Photos-Dip-16.jpg 2500w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/12/251215-2025-in-Photos-Dip-16-2000x668.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/12/251215-2025-in-Photos-Dip-16-160x53.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/12/251215-2025-in-Photos-Dip-16-1536x513.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/12/251215-2025-in-Photos-Dip-16-2048x684.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2500px) 100vw, 2500px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Left: Charlene Richardson (left) and Charlette Richardson, also known as The LoveLove Twins, pose for a photo at the Black Futures Ball. Right: Selena Wilson, CEO of the EOYDC, speaks at the Black Futures Ball. \u003ccite>(Tâm Vũ/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12067322\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12067322\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/12/250806-HOLOCAUSTREPARATIONS-04-KQED.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/12/250806-HOLOCAUSTREPARATIONS-04-KQED.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/12/250806-HOLOCAUSTREPARATIONS-04-KQED-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/12/250806-HOLOCAUSTREPARATIONS-04-KQED-1536x1024.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Francesca Thomas, a Hayward native and great-granddaughter of Leona Alves, owner of Ideal Dining and Miss Alves, a restaurant and nightclub in Russell City, holds a photograph of five generations of her family, from her mother to great-great-great-grandmother, in Hayward on Aug. 6, 2025. Thomas is involved in\u003ca href=\"https://www.google.com/search?q=KQED+Francesca+Thomas&newwindow=1&sca_esv=2719a2d50b2c4d54&rlz=1C5GCEM_enUS1182US1182&udm=2&biw=1870&bih=1054&ei=49BFacPCObzC0PEPwJq_EA&ved=0ahUKEwiDwKj12MqRAxU8ITQIHUDNDwIQ4dUDCBI&uact=5&oq=KQED+Francesca+Thomas&gs_lp=Egtnd3Mtd2l6LWltZyIVS1FFRCBGcmFuY2VzY2EgVGhvbWFzSKoUUM0SWM0ScAJ4AJABAJgBhQGgAYUBqgEDMC4xuAEDyAEA-AEC-AEBmAIAoAIAmAMAiAYBkgcAoActsgcAuAcAwgcAyAcAgAgA&sclient=gws-wiz-img#sv=CAMSVhoyKhBlLXAxQlFTSHREUFo2d3hNMg5wMUJRU0h0RFBaNnd4TToOR25xa3o5aWNXdTA5eE0gBCocCgZtb3NhaWMSEGUtcDFCUVNIdERQWjZ3eE0YADABGAcggZS_5QQwAkoKCAIQAhgCIAIoAg\"> efforts to preserve the community’s history\u003c/a> through the Russell City Reparative Justice Project. \u003ccite>(Beth LaBerge/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12067321\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-12067321 size-full\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/12/250806_SCALEAI_-0001_GH-KQED.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/12/250806_SCALEAI_-0001_GH-KQED.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/12/250806_SCALEAI_-0001_GH-KQED-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/12/250806_SCALEAI_-0001_GH-KQED-1536x1024.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Protestors hold a banner reading “Stop AI” outside of Scale AI’s San Francisco headquarters on Aug. 6, 2025. \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12051183/protesters-against-ai-militarization-rally-at-scale-ai-in-san-francisco\">Demonstrators oppose the company’s involvement in AI-driven warfare and surveillance\u003c/a>. \u003ccite>(Gustavo Hernandez/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12067323\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12067323\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/12/250808-WILDPIGS_00144_TV-KQED.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/12/250808-WILDPIGS_00144_TV-KQED.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/12/250808-WILDPIGS_00144_TV-KQED-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/12/250808-WILDPIGS_00144_TV-KQED-1536x1024.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Cows graze on the hills of Máyyan ‘Ooyákma, Coyote Ridge, a preserve owned by Open Space Authority, in Morgan Hill on Aug. 8, 2025.\u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12055329/invasion-of-the-grub-snatchers-how-one-rich-guys-russian-boars-colonized-california\"> Wild Boars are an invasive species\u003c/a> that endanger native plants, water sources and agriculture in the area. \u003ccite>(Tâm Vũ/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12067324\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12067324\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/12/250812_RESCUING-FRUIT-IN-CONTRA-COSTA-COUNTY-_GH-15-KQED.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/12/250812_RESCUING-FRUIT-IN-CONTRA-COSTA-COUNTY-_GH-15-KQED.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/12/250812_RESCUING-FRUIT-IN-CONTRA-COSTA-COUNTY-_GH-15-KQED-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/12/250812_RESCUING-FRUIT-IN-CONTRA-COSTA-COUNTY-_GH-15-KQED-1536x1024.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">A Forestr volunteer picks apples from a Honeycrisp orchard on private property in Martinez on Aug. 12, 2025. \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/arts/13980694/contra-costa-county-fruit-rescue-gleaning-picking-pears-apples-peaches-volunteer\">The volunteers harvest surplus cherries, peaches, apples and pears\u003c/a> — whatever’s in season — from backyard orchards throughout Contra Costa County, donating the rescued fruit to local food pantries and soup kitchens. \u003ccite>(Gustavo Hernandez/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12067325\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12067325\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/12/250818-COLUMBUS-PARK-MD-07-KQED-KQED.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1334\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/12/250818-COLUMBUS-PARK-MD-07-KQED-KQED.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/12/250818-COLUMBUS-PARK-MD-07-KQED-KQED-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/12/250818-COLUMBUS-PARK-MD-07-KQED-KQED-1536x1025.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Rob Lowe watches as workers clear RVs from Irene Street at Columbus Park in San José on Aug. 18, 2025. \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12052645/san-jose-begins-clearing-columbus-park-the-citys-biggest-homeless-encampment\">The city removed RVs and tents from Columbus Park\u003c/a> in North San José, where hundreds of unhoused people have lived for years. \u003ccite>(Martin do Nascimento/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12067329\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2500px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12067329\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/12/251215-2025-in-Photos-Dip-17.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2500\" height=\"835\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/12/251215-2025-in-Photos-Dip-17.jpg 2500w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/12/251215-2025-in-Photos-Dip-17-2000x668.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/12/251215-2025-in-Photos-Dip-17-160x53.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/12/251215-2025-in-Photos-Dip-17-1536x513.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/12/251215-2025-in-Photos-Dip-17-2048x684.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2500px) 100vw, 2500px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Left: Shawn Spencer relocates his belongings from the Columbus Park encampment. Right: Fernando Alcantara watches as his RV is towed at Columbus Park in San José. \u003ccite>(Martin do Nascimento/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12067326\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12067326\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/12/250820-HOUSINGFIRST_02100_TV-KQED.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/12/250820-HOUSINGFIRST_02100_TV-KQED.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/12/250820-HOUSINGFIRST_02100_TV-KQED-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/12/250820-HOUSINGFIRST_02100_TV-KQED-1536x1024.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">William Wade, a formerly homeless veteran who was housed through the HUD-Veterans Affairs Supportive Housing program, poses for a portrait at the Laguna Commons supportive housing in Fremont on Aug. 20, 2025. \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12054270/trumps-tectonic-shift-on-homelessness-could-have-dire-impacts-in-california\">California’s embrace of Housing First principles has become a liability\u003c/a> after the president directed federal agencies to stop funding that approach to homelessness. \u003ccite>(Tâm Vũ/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12067327\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12067327\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/12/250822-ECONOMICINSTABILITYIMPACTONKIDS-08-BL-KQED.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/12/250822-ECONOMICINSTABILITYIMPACTONKIDS-08-BL-KQED.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/12/250822-ECONOMICINSTABILITYIMPACTONKIDS-08-BL-KQED-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/12/250822-ECONOMICINSTABILITYIMPACTONKIDS-08-BL-KQED-1536x1024.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Harnesha Burks walks with her son Zyon, 2, near their home in Antioch on Aug. 22, 2025. Burks is among one in three California parents of young kids who \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12051850/as-californias-electricity-rates-rise-parents-struggle-to-pay-their-bills\">struggle to afford their utility bills\u003c/a>, according to a statewide survey, which found that when parents have trouble making ends meet, their children’s well-being and development suffer. \u003ccite>(Beth LaBerge/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003ch2>September\u003c/h2>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12067330\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12067330\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/12/250904_FULLQUEER_GH-28-KQED.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/12/250904_FULLQUEER_GH-28-KQED.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/12/250904_FULLQUEER_GH-28-KQED-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/12/250904_FULLQUEER_GH-28-KQED-1536x1024.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">‘The Stray Dog’ Oak Holden delivers a high knee to Sancho Dimera during the \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/arts/13981646/full-queer-pro-wrestling-oakland\">Full Queer Wrestling showcase\u003c/a> at Fluid510 in Oakland on Sept. 4, 2025. \u003ccite>(Gustavo Hernandez/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12067331\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12067331\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/12/250905-ADOPTACORNER_00647_TV-KQED.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/12/250905-ADOPTACORNER_00647_TV-KQED.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/12/250905-ADOPTACORNER_00647_TV-KQED-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/12/250905-ADOPTACORNER_00647_TV-KQED-1536x1024.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Wendy, a volunteer who monitors ICE activity on busy streets near day laborer corners, patrols International Boulevard in front of a U-Haul in Oakland on Sept. 5, 2025. A nonprofit called “Adopt a Day Laborer Corner” has \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12055084/california-volunteers-stand-guard-at-day-laborer-corners-amid-ice-sweeps\">inspired Californians to volunteer their time to accompany day laborers\u003c/a> who are at risk of deportation at highly visible intersections and monitor for immigration sweeps. \u003ccite>(Tâm Vũ/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12067337\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2500px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12067337\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/12/251215-2025-in-Photos-Dip-18.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2500\" height=\"835\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/12/251215-2025-in-Photos-Dip-18.jpg 2500w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/12/251215-2025-in-Photos-Dip-18-2000x668.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/12/251215-2025-in-Photos-Dip-18-160x53.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/12/251215-2025-in-Photos-Dip-18-1536x513.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/12/251215-2025-in-Photos-Dip-18-2048x684.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2500px) 100vw, 2500px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Left: Alexander Ybarra, an 11th grader at Coliseum College Prep Academy, leads classmates in a \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12054838/oakland-walkout\">walkout against gun violence\u003c/a> in Oakland on Sept. 5, 2025. Right: Posters made by students at Coliseum College Prep Academy read “Students Are Not Targets” and “Protect Students, Protect the Future” among others. \u003ccite>(Gustavo Hernandez/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12067332\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12067332\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/12/250913-NIMISHAAUNTY00685_TV-KQED.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/12/250913-NIMISHAAUNTY00685_TV-KQED.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/12/250913-NIMISHAAUNTY00685_TV-KQED-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/12/250913-NIMISHAAUNTY00685_TV-KQED-1536x1024.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Nimisha Jadav demonstrates to a customer how to wear a garment at her home-based clothing business, Nivy’s Nook, in Morgan Hill on Sept. 13, 2025. Jadav, known as Nimisha Aunty, runs an Indian clothing shop from her home in Morgan Hill, \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12058796/need-a-gorgeous-diwali-outfit-nimisha-aunty-will-take-care-of-you\">creating a vibrant hub for South Asians\u003c/a> in the South Bay. \u003ccite>(Tâm Vũ/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12067333\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12067333\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/12/250917-FAST-FOOD-WORKERS-MD-04-KQED.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1334\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/12/250917-FAST-FOOD-WORKERS-MD-04-KQED.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/12/250917-FAST-FOOD-WORKERS-MD-04-KQED-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/12/250917-FAST-FOOD-WORKERS-MD-04-KQED-1536x1025.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Delia Vargas and other\u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12056337/fast-food-workers-protest-alleged-wage-theft-and-poor-work-conditions-at-san-jose-chain\"> fast food workers protest in front of an El Pollo Loco\u003c/a> restaurant in San José on Sept. 17, 2025. \u003cspan class=\"\" title=\"\">The California Fast Food Workers Union filed complaints on behalf of a mother and daughter who said they were fired from the restaurant for speaking up about working conditions there.\u003c/span> \u003ccite>(Martin do Nascimento/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12067334\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12067334\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/12/250917-VALKYRIESPLAYOFFS-38-BL-KQED.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/12/250917-VALKYRIESPLAYOFFS-38-BL-KQED.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/12/250917-VALKYRIESPLAYOFFS-38-BL-KQED-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/12/250917-VALKYRIESPLAYOFFS-38-BL-KQED-1536x1024.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">The \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12056563/better-than-i-ever-dreamed-valkyries-fans-reflect-on-historic-first-season\">Golden State Valkyries play the Minnesota Lynx\u003c/a> during Game 2 of the WNBA playoffs at the SAP Center in San José on Sept. 17, 2025. \u003ccite>(Beth LaBerge/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12067338\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2500px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12067338\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/12/251215-2025-in-Photos-Dip-19.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2500\" height=\"835\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/12/251215-2025-in-Photos-Dip-19.jpg 2500w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/12/251215-2025-in-Photos-Dip-19-2000x668.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/12/251215-2025-in-Photos-Dip-19-160x53.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/12/251215-2025-in-Photos-Dip-19-1536x513.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/12/251215-2025-in-Photos-Dip-19-2048x684.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2500px) 100vw, 2500px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Left: Golden State Valkyries fans cheer during Game 2 of the Valkyries vs. Minnesota Lynx WNBA playoff game. Right: Golden State Valkyries team member Monique Billings applauds the crowd after losing to the Minnesota Lynx. \u003ccite>(Beth LaBerge/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12067335\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12067335\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/12/250920_PORTOLA_DAY1_GH-7-KQED.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/12/250920_PORTOLA_DAY1_GH-7-KQED.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/12/250920_PORTOLA_DAY1_GH-7-KQED-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/12/250920_PORTOLA_DAY1_GH-7-KQED-1536x1024.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Festival-goers dance inside the Despacio Tent on the first day of \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/arts/13981607/portola-festival-2025-pier-80-san-francisco-review-photos\">Portola Festival at Pier 80\u003c/a> in San Francisco, on Sept. 20, 2025. \u003ccite>(Gustavo Hernandez/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12067339\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2500px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12067339\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/12/251215-2025-in-Photos-Dip-20.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2500\" height=\"835\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/12/251215-2025-in-Photos-Dip-20.jpg 2500w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/12/251215-2025-in-Photos-Dip-20-2000x668.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/12/251215-2025-in-Photos-Dip-20-160x53.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/12/251215-2025-in-Photos-Dip-20-1536x513.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/12/251215-2025-in-Photos-Dip-20-2048x684.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2500px) 100vw, 2500px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Left: Christina Aguilera performs on the Pier Stage at Portola Festival in San Francisco on Sept. 20, 2025. Right: Ty Dowe (left) and Matt Lebowitz pose for a photo at the Pier Stage during the second day of Portola Festival in San Francisco on Sept. 21, 2025. \u003ccite>(Gustavo Hernandez/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12067340\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12067340\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/12/20250922_BETTYREIDSOSKIN104TH_GC-7-KQED.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/12/20250922_BETTYREIDSOSKIN104TH_GC-7-KQED.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/12/20250922_BETTYREIDSOSKIN104TH_GC-7-KQED-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/12/20250922_BETTYREIDSOSKIN104TH_GC-7-KQED-1536x1024.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Betty Reid Soskin is interviewed by the media during a \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12057180/middle-school-students-celebrate-betty-reid-soskin-the-nations-oldest-park-ranger-at-104\">104th birthday celebration\u003c/a> at Betty Reid Soskin Middle School in El Sobrante on Sept. 22, 2025. \u003ccite>(Gina Castro for KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12067336\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-12067336 size-full\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/12/250922-KIRKVIGIL00438_TV-KQED.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/12/250922-KIRKVIGIL00438_TV-KQED.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/12/250922-KIRKVIGIL00438_TV-KQED-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/12/250922-KIRKVIGIL00438_TV-KQED-1536x1024.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Luis Viramontes, a Santa Rosa Junior College student, holds a candle at \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12055641/after-kirks-death-trump-targets-critics-in-expanding-free-speech-fight\">a candlelight at a vigil for Charlie Kirk \u003c/a>hosted by the San Francisco State University chapter of Turning Point USA at Fort Funston in San Francisco on Sept. 22, 2025. \u003ccite>(Tâm Vũ/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003ch2>October\u003c/h2>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12067342\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12067342\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/12/251001-NATIONAL-PARKS-SHUTDOWN-MD-04-KQED.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/12/251001-NATIONAL-PARKS-SHUTDOWN-MD-04-KQED.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/12/251001-NATIONAL-PARKS-SHUTDOWN-MD-04-KQED-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/12/251001-NATIONAL-PARKS-SHUTDOWN-MD-04-KQED-1536x1024.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">A visitor looks past a barrier at the entrance of Muir Woods National Monument in Marin County, which was temporarily\u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12058298/at-muir-woods-tourists-heartbroken-over-national-park-closure-during-shutdown\"> closed as a consequence of the government shutdown\u003c/a> on Oct. 1, 2025. \u003ccite>(Martin do Nascimento/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12067353\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2500px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12067353\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/12/251215-2025-in-Photos-Dip-21.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2500\" height=\"835\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/12/251215-2025-in-Photos-Dip-21.jpg 2500w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/12/251215-2025-in-Photos-Dip-21-2000x668.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/12/251215-2025-in-Photos-Dip-21-160x53.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/12/251215-2025-in-Photos-Dip-21-1536x513.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/12/251215-2025-in-Photos-Dip-21-2048x684.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2500px) 100vw, 2500px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Left: Sarah Spillane stands outside the entrance to the \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12059460/bay-area-cities-expand-homeless-shelters-winning-over-neighbors-is-the-hard-part\">DignityMoves tiny home cabins\u003c/a> in the SoMa neighborhood of San Francisco on Oct. 1, 2025. Right: Noni Session, executive director of the East Bay Permanent Real Estate Cooperative, stands in front of the Barn next to \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12062057/historic-west-oakland-blues-clubs-restoration-reveals-layers-of-hidden-history\">Esther’s Orbit Room\u003c/a> on 7th Street in West Oakland on Oct. 2, 2023. \u003ccite>(Gustavo Hernandez/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12067346\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-12067346 size-full\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/12/251008-GIRLINTHEFISHBOWL-01-BL-KQED.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/12/251008-GIRLINTHEFISHBOWL-01-BL-KQED.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/12/251008-GIRLINTHEFISHBOWL-01-BL-KQED-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/12/251008-GIRLINTHEFISHBOWL-01-BL-KQED-1536x1024.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Hanna Longwell sits in the vanity room at Bimbo’s 365 Club in San Francisco’s North Beach neighborhood on Oct. 8, 2025. She performs as the club’s current “\u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12063643/the-girl-in-the-fishbowl-the-secret-behind-san-franciscos-quirkiest-nightclub-act\">Girl in the Fishbowl\u003c/a>,” an act that has been a distinctive part of the venue since it opened in 1931. \u003ccite>(Beth LaBerge/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12067344\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12067344\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/12/251008-BIMBOSGIRLINTHEFISHBOWL-01-BL-KQED.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/12/251008-BIMBOSGIRLINTHEFISHBOWL-01-BL-KQED.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/12/251008-BIMBOSGIRLINTHEFISHBOWL-01-BL-KQED-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/12/251008-BIMBOSGIRLINTHEFISHBOWL-01-BL-KQED-1536x1024.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Hanna Longwell performs as the “Girl in the Fishbowl” at Bimbo’s 365 Club on Oct. 8, 2025. \u003ccite>(Beth LaBerge/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12067347\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12067347\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/12/251009-WETLANDWIN_00474_TV-KQED.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/12/251009-WETLANDWIN_00474_TV-KQED.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/12/251009-WETLANDWIN_00474_TV-KQED-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/12/251009-WETLANDWIN_00474_TV-KQED-1536x1024.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">San Francisco Estuary Institute members Sarah Pearce (left) and Emma Sevier conduct an assessment at a new wetland restoration site at Point Pinole Regional Park in Pinole on Oct. 9, 2025. A recent report found that restored \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/science/1998966/rising-tides-drive-a-bay-area-push-to-bring-back-vanished-marshlands\">tidal wetlands in San Francisco Bay nearly quadrupled\u003c/a> from 2000 to 2025, going against the global trend of wetland loss. \u003ccite>(Tâm Vũ/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12067348\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12067348\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/12/251016-NIMITZHOUSE-25-BL-KQED.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/12/251016-NIMITZHOUSE-25-BL-KQED.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/12/251016-NIMITZHOUSE-25-BL-KQED-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/12/251016-NIMITZHOUSE-25-BL-KQED-1536x1024.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Windows look out onto the Bay Bridge from \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12065901/theres-a-grand-historic-house-hiding-under-the-bay-bridge\">the Nimitz House on Yerba Buena Island\u003c/a> in San Francisco on Oct. 16, 2025. Built around 1900 as part of the Naval Training Station, the home later served as the residence of Fleet Admiral Chester Nimitz during the final years of his life. \u003ccite>(Beth LaBerge/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12067354\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2500px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12067354\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/12/251215-2025-in-Photos-Dip-22.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2500\" height=\"835\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/12/251215-2025-in-Photos-Dip-22.jpg 2500w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/12/251215-2025-in-Photos-Dip-22-2000x668.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/12/251215-2025-in-Photos-Dip-22-160x53.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/12/251215-2025-in-Photos-Dip-22-1536x513.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/12/251215-2025-in-Photos-Dip-22-2048x684.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2500px) 100vw, 2500px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Left: A demonstrator carries an American flag during the \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12060511/massive-no-kings-crowds-return-to-bay-area-streets-rebuking-trump\">No Kings National Day of Action\u003c/a> in Oakland on Oct. 18, 2025. Right: Protestors at the No Kings National Day of Action burn an American flag in Oakland. \u003ccite>(Gustavo Hernandez/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12067966\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12067966\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/12/251018-NoKingsSF-32-BL_qed.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/12/251018-NoKingsSF-32-BL_qed.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/12/251018-NoKingsSF-32-BL_qed-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/12/251018-NoKingsSF-32-BL_qed-1536x1024.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">The McDonald family sits on their car at a No Kings Day of Action rally in San Francisco. \u003ccite>(Beth LaBerge/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12067349\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-12067349 size-full\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/12/251018-FILIPINODANCEPARTY00040_TV-KQED.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/12/251018-FILIPINODANCEPARTY00040_TV-KQED.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/12/251018-FILIPINODANCEPARTY00040_TV-KQED-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/12/251018-FILIPINODANCEPARTY00040_TV-KQED-1536x1024.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">A family enjoys Filipino street food during the celebratory Late Night DJ party for Filipino American heritage month hosted at Seafood City in Daly City on Oct. 18, 2025. Seafood City, a Filipino chain night market, celebrated Filipino American heritage month by throwing\u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/arts/13983119/seafood-city-filipino-supermarket-dj-dance-party-daly-city\"> late-night DJ parties\u003c/a> across American chains. \u003ccite>(Tâm Vũ/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12067350\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-12067350 size-full\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/12/251022-DUDUKWHISPERER00384_TV-KQED.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/12/251022-DUDUKWHISPERER00384_TV-KQED.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/12/251022-DUDUKWHISPERER00384_TV-KQED-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/12/251022-DUDUKWHISPERER00384_TV-KQED-1536x1024.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Khatchadour Khatchadourian, an Armenian musician, stands in his backyard in Santa Rosa on Oct. 22, 2025. \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12060906/meet-the-duduk-whisperer-a-bay-area-armenian-folk-musician-revives-centuries-of-soul\">Khatchadourian, plays the Duduk\u003c/a>, and uses his music to work through hardships and is coming out with his sixth album titled, “Breath.” \u003ccite>(Tâm Vũ/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12067351\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12067351\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/12/251028-YOSEMITESHUTDOWN-95-BL-KQED.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/12/251028-YOSEMITESHUTDOWN-95-BL-KQED.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/12/251028-YOSEMITESHUTDOWN-95-BL-KQED-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/12/251028-YOSEMITESHUTDOWN-95-BL-KQED-1536x1024.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Tour guide William Fontana points visitors to climbers on El Capitan during \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12062476/at-yosemite-youd-barely-know-a-shutdown-was-happening-why-advocates-say-that-matters\">a tour of the Yosemite Valley in Yosemite National Park\u003c/a> in the Sierra Nevada Mountains on Oct. 28, 2025. During the month-long government shutdown, Yosemite remained open, but with a drastically reduced federal workforce. \u003ccite>(Beth LaBerge/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12067352\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12067352\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/12/251031-SFMARINFOODBANK-24-BL-KQED.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/12/251031-SFMARINFOODBANK-24-BL-KQED.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/12/251031-SFMARINFOODBANK-24-BL-KQED-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/12/251031-SFMARINFOODBANK-24-BL-KQED-1536x1024.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Workers sort fresh produce into boxes at the \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12062577/bay-area-counties-pour-millions-into-food-aid-assistance-as-clock-runs-out-on-snap\">San Francisco‑Marin Food Bank warehouse\u003c/a> in San Francisco on Oct. 31, 2025. With the federal government shutdown, Bay Area officials anticipated surges in demand at food banks as thousands stood to loose CalFresh benefits. \u003ccite>(Beth LaBerge/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003ch2>November\u003c/h2>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12067355\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12067355\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/12/251103-NEWSOMPROP50RALLY-66-BL-KQED.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/12/251103-NEWSOMPROP50RALLY-66-BL-KQED.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/12/251103-NEWSOMPROP50RALLY-66-BL-KQED-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/12/251103-NEWSOMPROP50RALLY-66-BL-KQED-1536x1024.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Speaker Emerita Nancy Pelosi speaks at a press conference in support of Proposition 50 at the IBEW Local 6 offices in San Francisco on Nov. 3, 2025. The former House Speaker, who has represented San Francisco in Congress for 38 years, \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12062796/nancy-pelosi-leaves-congress-after-38-years-defining-generations-of-democratic-power\">announced on Nov. 6 that she will not seek reelection\u003c/a>. \u003ccite>(Beth LaBerge/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12067366\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-12067366 size-full\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/12/KQED_PRESCRIBED-BURN_AT_257-KQED.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/12/KQED_PRESCRIBED-BURN_AT_257-KQED.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/12/KQED_PRESCRIBED-BURN_AT_257-KQED-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/12/KQED_PRESCRIBED-BURN_AT_257-KQED-1536x1024.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Members of the Maidu tribe of Butte County, Berry Creek, Mechoopda, Mooretown, Enterprise and Konkow Valley, take part in a CAL-TREX prescribed burn, training in the application of fire to their native lands that have been devastated by recent catastrophic wildfires. \u003ccite>(Andri Tambunan for KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12067356\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-12067356 size-full\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/12/251107-ESMERALDA-WANTS-TO-LEARN-MD-05-KQED.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1334\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/12/251107-ESMERALDA-WANTS-TO-LEARN-MD-05-KQED.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/12/251107-ESMERALDA-WANTS-TO-LEARN-MD-05-KQED-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/12/251107-ESMERALDA-WANTS-TO-LEARN-MD-05-KQED-1536x1025.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Oak trees stand on the plot of land in Cloverdale that the \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12059557/esmeralda-courts-locals-as-it-tries-to-learn-from-california-forevers-mistakes\">Esmeralda Land Company is proposing to develop\u003c/a> in Sonoma County on Nov. 7, 2025. \u003ccite>(Martin do Nascimento/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12067364\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12067364\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/12/20251110_UCBTURNINGPOINT_GC-14-KQED.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/12/20251110_UCBTURNINGPOINT_GC-14-KQED.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/12/20251110_UCBTURNINGPOINT_GC-14-KQED-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/12/20251110_UCBTURNINGPOINT_GC-14-KQED-1536x1024.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Berkeley Police arrest a Turning Point USA supporter who engaged in a fight ahead of \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12063406/uc-berkeley-turning-point-usa-event-draws-protests-after-charlie-kirks-death\">Turning Point USA’s last college stop\u003c/a> of the “American Comeback Tour” in Zellerbach Hall at UC Berkeley in Berkeley on Nov. 10, 2025. \u003ccite>(Gina Castro for KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12067359\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12067359\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/12/251115-DEADLY-LUNG-DISEASE-MD-01-KQED.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1334\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/12/251115-DEADLY-LUNG-DISEASE-MD-01-KQED.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/12/251115-DEADLY-LUNG-DISEASE-MD-01-KQED-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/12/251115-DEADLY-LUNG-DISEASE-MD-01-KQED-1536x1025.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Mr. Lopez sits on his bed in his home in Pittsburg on Nov. 15, 2025. \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12064693/california-doctors-urge-ban-on-engineered-stone-as-silicosis-cases-surge\">California stoneworkers like Lopez are becoming severely ill\u003c/a> from silica dust exposure from cutting engineered stone, prompting urgent warnings from doctors and workplace safety experts. \u003ccite>(Martin do Nascimento/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12067362\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2500px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12067362\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/12/251215-2025-in-Photos-Dip-23.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2500\" height=\"835\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/12/251215-2025-in-Photos-Dip-23.jpg 2500w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/12/251215-2025-in-Photos-Dip-23-2000x668.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/12/251215-2025-in-Photos-Dip-23-160x53.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/12/251215-2025-in-Photos-Dip-23-1536x513.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/12/251215-2025-in-Photos-Dip-23-2048x684.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2500px) 100vw, 2500px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Left: Trozalla Smith looks out the window of a BART train as she travels to the Alameda Food Bank on Nov. 14, 2025. \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12064126/snap-benefits-hung-in-limbo-for-weeks-it-was-a-peek-at-life-under-long-term-cuts\">The government shutdown has delayed the distribution of SNAP benefits\u003c/a> to recipients such as Smith, who have had to turn to food pantries as an alternative. Right: Trozalla Smith rides the 96 bus while holding a loaf of bread in Alameda. \u003ccite>(Tâm Vũ/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12067357\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12067357\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/12/251113-SNAPDELAYSFEATURE01284_TV-KQED_1.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/12/251113-SNAPDELAYSFEATURE01284_TV-KQED_1.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/12/251113-SNAPDELAYSFEATURE01284_TV-KQED_1-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/12/251113-SNAPDELAYSFEATURE01284_TV-KQED_1-1536x1024.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Trozalla Smith looks at advertisements for CalFresh as she holds her groceries from the Alameda Food Bank while waiting for her train at the 12th Street BART Station in Oakland on Nov. 14, 2025. \u003ccite>(Tâm Vũ/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12068070\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12068070\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/12/251118-ACA00113_TV_qed.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/12/251118-ACA00113_TV_qed.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/12/251118-ACA00113_TV_qed-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/12/251118-ACA00113_TV_qed-1536x1024.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Carin Lenk-Sloan, a licensed marriage and family therapist who is \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/science/1999325/we-cant-afford-to-stay-californians-weigh-drastic-moves-as-health-premiums-rise\">facing a hike in her family’s health insurance\u003c/a>, sits outside her practice in Davis on Tuesday 18, 2025. As the lapsing of federal subsidies are poised to cause health insurance premiums to increase, some Californians like Lenk-Sloan are having to decide on whether to forgo coverage or move. \u003ccite>(Tâm Vũ/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12067365\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12067365\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/12/20251118_SKYLINE_WALKOUT_GH-18-KQED.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/12/20251118_SKYLINE_WALKOUT_GH-18-KQED.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/12/20251118_SKYLINE_WALKOUT_GH-18-KQED-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/12/20251118_SKYLINE_WALKOUT_GH-18-KQED-1536x1024.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Students stage \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12064511/after-back-to-back-school-shootings-in-oakland-skyline-high-students-walk-out-of-class\">a walkout at Skyline High School\u003c/a> calling for the school and district to do more to counter gun violence in on Nov. 18, 2025. The walkout came less than a week after a student was injured in a shooting on the Oakland campus. \u003ccite>(Gustavo Hernandez/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12067361\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12067361\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/12/251119-CJSBBQANDFISH-42-BL-KQED.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/12/251119-CJSBBQANDFISH-42-BL-KQED.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/12/251119-CJSBBQANDFISH-42-BL-KQED-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/12/251119-CJSBBQANDFISH-42-BL-KQED-1536x1024.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Charles “CJ” Evans prepares an order at \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12065744/richmonds-minister-of-food-serves-the-bay-area-southern-bbq-california-style\">CJ’s BBQ and Fish\u003c/a>, which serves barbecue, seafood and Southern-style comfort food, in Richmond on Nov. 19, 2025. \u003ccite>(Beth LaBerge/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003ch2>December\u003c/h2>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12067858\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12067858\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/12/251205-WCCUSDSTRIKERALLY01085_TV-KQED-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/12/251205-WCCUSDSTRIKERALLY01085_TV-KQED-1.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/12/251205-WCCUSDSTRIKERALLY01085_TV-KQED-1-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/12/251205-WCCUSDSTRIKERALLY01085_TV-KQED-1-1536x1024.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">West Contra Costa Unified School District teachers \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12066054/after-west-contra-costa-teachers-launch-strike-both-sides-will-return-to-the-table\">strike at Marina Bay Park\u003c/a> in Richmond on Dec. 5, 2025. \u003ccite>(Tâm Vũ/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12067865\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12067865\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/12/20251210_JERRYNAGANO_DECEMBER_GH-12-KQED.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/12/20251210_JERRYNAGANO_DECEMBER_GH-12-KQED.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/12/20251210_JERRYNAGANO_DECEMBER_GH-12-KQED-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/12/20251210_JERRYNAGANO_DECEMBER_GH-12-KQED-1536x1024.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Jerry Nagano poses with the California Theatre’s 1928 Wurlitzer lobby organ in San José on Dec. 10, 2025. \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/arts/13984931/jerry-nagano-great-theater-organist-stanford-california-pizza-joynt\">Nagano, a veteran theatre-organ performer\u003c/a> and retired Stanford systems engineer, has been a fixture in California’s organ community for decades. \u003ccite>(Gustavo Hernandez/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12067859\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12067859\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/12/251210-HOLIDAYLIGHTS-26-BL-KQED-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/12/251210-HOLIDAYLIGHTS-26-BL-KQED-1.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/12/251210-HOLIDAYLIGHTS-26-BL-KQED-1-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/12/251210-HOLIDAYLIGHTS-26-BL-KQED-1-1536x1024.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">A holiday display sits in front of a home on Christmas Tree Lane on the 3200 block of Thompson Avenue in Alameda on Dec. 10, 2025. \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12067283/get-in-the-holiday-spirit-by-visiting-these-bay-area-christmas-tree-lanes\">The tradition of holiday displays here\u003c/a> dates back to the early 1930s. \u003ccite>(Beth LaBerge/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12067867\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2500px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12067867\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/12/251215-2025-in-Photos-Dip-25.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2500\" height=\"835\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/12/251215-2025-in-Photos-Dip-25.jpg 2500w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/12/251215-2025-in-Photos-Dip-25-2000x668.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/12/251215-2025-in-Photos-Dip-25-160x53.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/12/251215-2025-in-Photos-Dip-25-1536x513.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/12/251215-2025-in-Photos-Dip-25-2048x684.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2500px) 100vw, 2500px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Left: Holiday lights cover a home on Christmas Tree Lane. Right: Michael Martin sits with his handmade Wrap-o-Matic holiday display in front of his home on Christmas Tree Lane. \u003ccite>(Beth LaBerge/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12067869\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2500px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12067869\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/12/251215-2025-in-Photos-Dip-26.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2500\" height=\"835\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/12/251215-2025-in-Photos-Dip-26.jpg 2500w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/12/251215-2025-in-Photos-Dip-26-2000x668.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/12/251215-2025-in-Photos-Dip-26-160x53.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/12/251215-2025-in-Photos-Dip-26-1536x513.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/12/251215-2025-in-Photos-Dip-26-2048x684.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2500px) 100vw, 2500px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Left: An assortment of dishes at Chef Chu’s in Los Altos on Dec. 11, 2025. \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12067747/chef-chus-the-family-owned-chinese-restaurant-that-grew-up-with-silicon-valley\">Chef Chu’s is a family-run business\u003c/a>, owned by Lawrence Chu, which has been operating since 1970 and is known not only for its food but also as a favorite for celebrities and tech innovators. Right: Jzhuang Qingqiang (left) and Kevin Ho prepare meals in the kitchen at Chef Chu’s. \u003ccite>(Tâm Vũ/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12067860\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-12067860 size-full\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/12/251211-CHEFCHU00432_TV-KQED-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/12/251211-CHEFCHU00432_TV-KQED-1.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/12/251211-CHEFCHU00432_TV-KQED-1-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/12/251211-CHEFCHU00432_TV-KQED-1-1536x1024.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Lawrence Chu, also known as Chef Chu, garnishes a plate of sweet and sour pork at Chef Chu’s. \u003ccite>(Tâm Vũ/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12067861\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-12067861 size-full\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/12/251215-KEVINEPPS00239SEQN_TV-KQED.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/12/251215-KEVINEPPS00239SEQN_TV-KQED.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/12/251215-KEVINEPPS00239SEQN_TV-KQED-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/12/251215-KEVINEPPS00239SEQN_TV-KQED-1536x1024.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Filmmaker and journalist Kevin Epps (center) embraces his children Kamia (left) and Kamari at the Superior Court of San Francisco after \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12066917/sf-filmmaker-kevin-epps-convicted-of-manslaughter-not-murder-in-2016-shooting\">a jury found him not guilty of the murder of his former brother-in-law\u003c/a>, Marcus Polk, in San Francisco on Dec. 15, 2025. The jury found Epps not guilty of the murder but did find him guilty of voluntary manslaughter. \u003ccite>(Tâm Vũ/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12067862\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12067862\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/12/251216-SANSOMEICE-18-BL-KQED.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/12/251216-SANSOMEICE-18-BL-KQED.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/12/251216-SANSOMEICE-18-BL-KQED-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/12/251216-SANSOMEICE-18-BL-KQED-1536x1024.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Faith leaders and immigrant advocates block the entrance to the ICE field offices in San Francisco on Dec. 16, 2025. \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12067398/interfaith-activists-block-entrances-to-san-francisco-ice-office-risking-arrest\">Demonstrators chained themselves to the ICE office’s doors\u003c/a>, blocked intersections and vehicle access, and sang hymns. \u003ccite>(Tâm Vũ/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12067870\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2500px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12067870\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/12/251215-2025-in-Photos-Dip-27.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2500\" height=\"835\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/12/251215-2025-in-Photos-Dip-27.jpg 2500w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/12/251215-2025-in-Photos-Dip-27-2000x668.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/12/251215-2025-in-Photos-Dip-27-160x53.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/12/251215-2025-in-Photos-Dip-27-1536x513.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/12/251215-2025-in-Photos-Dip-27-2048x684.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2500px) 100vw, 2500px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Department of Homeland Security officers detain demonstrators outside of the ICE field offices in San Francisco. At least 20 people were handcuffed. \u003ccite>(Beth LaBerge/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12067863\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12067863\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/12/251217-CLIPPER-EQUITY-MD-02-KQED-1-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1334\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/12/251217-CLIPPER-EQUITY-MD-02-KQED-1-1.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/12/251217-CLIPPER-EQUITY-MD-02-KQED-1-1-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/12/251217-CLIPPER-EQUITY-MD-02-KQED-1-1-1536x1025.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Silvia Matias and her daughter Maria wait for their bus at the Eastmont Transit Center in Oakland on Dec. 17, 2025. \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12067737/clipper-2-0-leaves-ac-transit-cash-riders-behind\">Transit advocates are calling attention to recent updates to Clipper\u003c/a> that fail to extend savings to people who pay with cash to ride AC Transit. \u003ccite>(Martin do Nascimento/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>[ad floatright]\u003c/p>\n",
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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>President Donald Trump’s second inauguration also drew thousands of Bay Area residents \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12023056/thousands-rally-in-sf-to-protest-trump-ahead-of-inauguration-day\">out in protest\u003c/a> in January, kicking off a year of political unrest. Trump’s immediate focus on expanding and intensifying immigration enforcement has been met \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12067398/interfaith-activists-block-entrances-to-san-francisco-ice-office-risking-arrest\">with consistent opposition\u003c/a> — from faith leaders bearing witness at San Francisco’s immigration office, to protesters interrupting arrests on the streets of downtown.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In June, people flooded streets across the Bay Area, \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12044426/no-kings-protests-draw-thousands-across-the-bay-area-to-rally-against-president-trump\">crying “No Kings”\u003c/a> in response to Trump’s military parade, and months later, \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12060511/massive-no-kings-crowds-return-to-bay-area-streets-rebuking-trump\">crowds took to city centers\u003c/a> again as Californians prepared to vote on special redistricting maps favoring Democrats and endured the effects of the longest government shutdown in U.S. history.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Federal parks \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12058298/at-muir-woods-tourists-heartbroken-over-national-park-closure-during-shutdown\">shut down\u003c/a> for weeks, hundreds of flights were canceled and delayed, and even Fleet Week fell victim to disruptions as legislators in Washington remained at a standstill. Cities across the Bay Area stepped up to fill \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12064126/snap-benefits-hung-in-limbo-for-weeks-it-was-a-peek-at-life-under-long-term-cuts\">gaps in food stamp spending\u003c/a>, as thousands of people who rely on federal food assistance went weeks without electronic benefit transfers.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>And, through a difficult year, the Bay Area found ways to come together: cheering on the inaugural season for \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/arts/13984639/valkyries-wnba-2025-in-review\">the Golden State Valkyries\u003c/a>, honoring the queer community with drag shows from August Hall in San Francisco to Calvin Simmons Theatre in Oakland, and celebrating the diverse cultures deeply rooted here.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cem>Text by KQED’s \u003c/em>\u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/author/kdebenedetti\">\u003cem>Katie DeBenedetti\u003c/em>\u003c/a>\u003cem>; photo editing by KQED’s \u003c/em>\u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/author/mdonascimento\">\u003cem>Martin do Nascimento\u003c/em>\u003c/a>\u003cem>.\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>January\u003c/h2>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12067187\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-12067187 size-full\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/12/20250102_ALEMANYSHOOTING_GC-9-KQED.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/12/20250102_ALEMANYSHOOTING_GC-9-KQED.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/12/20250102_ALEMANYSHOOTING_GC-9-KQED-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/12/20250102_ALEMANYSHOOTING_GC-9-KQED-1536x1024.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Anthony Thomas, father of \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12020128/shooting-san-francisco-home-leaves-man-dead-woman-seriously-injured\">Antoine Thomas, who died in an early morning shooting\u003c/a>, hugs his 4-year-old grandson Adon in San Francisco on Jan. 2, 2025. The shooting, at the 1000 block of Tompkins Avenue, left one victim pronounced dead at the scene and another transported to a hospital with life-threatening injuries. \u003ccite>(Gina Castro/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12067185\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12067185\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/12/250107-LURIEINTERFAITHCEREMONY-25-KQED.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/12/250107-LURIEINTERFAITHCEREMONY-25-KQED.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/12/250107-LURIEINTERFAITHCEREMONY-25-KQED-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/12/250107-LURIEINTERFAITHCEREMONY-25-KQED-1536x1024.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">San Francisco Mayor-elect \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12020422/san-francisco-mayor-elect-daniel-lurie-launches-political-career-cable-cars-chinatown-market-prayer\">Daniel Lurie receives a communal blessing\u003c/a> during an Interfaith Ceremony at Congregation Emanu-El in San Francisco on Jan. 7, 2025, the evening before his inauguration. \u003ccite>(Beth LaBerge/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12067184\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12067184\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/12/240109-CAWINDSTORM-069-KQED.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/12/240109-CAWINDSTORM-069-KQED.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/12/240109-CAWINDSTORM-069-KQED-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/12/240109-CAWINDSTORM-069-KQED-1536x1024.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">\u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12021777/reporters-notebook\">Destruction in downtown Altadena\u003c/a>, after the Eaton Fire swept through the area northeast of Los Angeles, on Jan. 9, 2025. \u003ccite>(Beth LaBerge/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12067192\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2500px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12067192\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/12/251215-2025-in-Photos-Dip-01.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2500\" height=\"835\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/12/251215-2025-in-Photos-Dip-01.jpg 2500w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/12/251215-2025-in-Photos-Dip-01-2000x668.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/12/251215-2025-in-Photos-Dip-01-160x53.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/12/251215-2025-in-Photos-Dip-01-1536x513.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/12/251215-2025-in-Photos-Dip-01-2048x684.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2500px) 100vw, 2500px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Altadena resident Taylor Williams, 17, goes through pieces of her teacup collection from the home she shared with her family after it was destroyed in the Eaton Fire northeast of Los Angeles on Jan. 9, 2025. \u003ccite>(Beth LaBerge/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12067188\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12067188\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/12/20250115_JAPANESEAMERICANACTIVISM_GC-47-KQED.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/12/20250115_JAPANESEAMERICANACTIVISM_GC-47-KQED.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/12/20250115_JAPANESEAMERICANACTIVISM_GC-47-KQED-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/12/20250115_JAPANESEAMERICANACTIVISM_GC-47-KQED-1536x1024.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Sadako Nimura Kashiwagi, 91, holds a photo of her parents, Juninhi Nimura and Shizuko Nimura, at her home in Berkeley on Jan. 15, 2025. \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12021919/bay-area-japanese-americans-draw-on-wwii-trauma-resist-deportation-threats\">Kashiwagi was incarcerated at Tule Lake concentration camp\u003c/a> at the age of 9, where she lived with her family for four years. \u003ccite>(Gina Castro/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12067189\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-12067189 size-full\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/12/20250116_SNOW-SCHOOL_DMB_02943-KQED.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/12/20250116_SNOW-SCHOOL_DMB_02943-KQED.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/12/20250116_SNOW-SCHOOL_DMB_02943-KQED-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/12/20250116_SNOW-SCHOOL_DMB_02943-KQED-1536x1024.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Chris Northart, with the Department of Water Resources’ Statewide Monitoring Network Unit, and a participant of the \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/science/1995954/at-hidden-tahoe-lab-scientists-learn-the-art-of-measuring-snow\">Snow Science School\u003c/a>, uses a magnification lens to measure the size of snow granules from the snowpack in a field outing near Soda Springs on Jan. 16, 2025. \u003ccite>(David M. Barreda/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12067186\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12067186\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/12/250128-WILDSIDEWEST-15-BL-KQED.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/12/250128-WILDSIDEWEST-15-BL-KQED.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/12/250128-WILDSIDEWEST-15-BL-KQED-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/12/250128-WILDSIDEWEST-15-BL-KQED-1536x1024.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Regular Timotha Doane sits at a table at Wild Side West in San Francisco’s Bernal Heights neighborhood on Jan. 28, 2025. Founded in 1962, \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12029551/san-franciscos-oldest-lesbian-bar-has-been-a-safe-space-for-more-than-60-years\">Wild Side West is a historic lesbian bar\u003c/a> that began in Oakland before relocating to San Francisco, where it became a gathering space known for its eclectic decor, lush garden, and deep roots in the LGBTQ+ community. \u003ccite>(Beth LaBerge/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12067195\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2500px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12067195\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/12/251215-2025-in-Photos-Dip-02.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2500\" height=\"835\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/12/251215-2025-in-Photos-Dip-02.jpg 2500w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/12/251215-2025-in-Photos-Dip-02-2000x668.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/12/251215-2025-in-Photos-Dip-02-160x53.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/12/251215-2025-in-Photos-Dip-02-1536x513.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/12/251215-2025-in-Photos-Dip-02-2048x684.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2500px) 100vw, 2500px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Left: Kimberly Lopez, a senior at UC Berkeley, speaks to hundreds of students and supporters \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12024593/uc-berkeley-students-march-for-undocumented-classmates-say-school-isnt-doing-enough\">rallying in solidarity with their undocumented classmates\u003c/a> as the Trump administration begins to carry out nation-wide mass deportations, at Sproul Plaza at UC Berkeley in Berkeley on Jan. 29, 2025. Right: Maya Gill, center, holds up a sign that reads, “Jesus told us to love our neighbor not to deport them.” \u003ccite>(Gina Castro/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12067190\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12067190\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/12/20250129_UCBERKELEYRALLY_GC-44-KQED.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/12/20250129_UCBERKELEYRALLY_GC-44-KQED.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/12/20250129_UCBERKELEYRALLY_GC-44-KQED-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/12/20250129_UCBERKELEYRALLY_GC-44-KQED-1536x1024.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">(left) Student Nicole Nuñez Rivera gets emotional and hugs DACA recipient Ana Rivera, right, during a rally against the Trump administration’s promises to carry out mass deportations, at UC Berkeley in Berkeley on Jan. 29, 2025. \u003ccite>(Gina Castro/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003ch2>February\u003c/h2>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12067198\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12067198\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/12/250215-CHINESENEWYEAR-01-BL-KQED.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/12/250215-CHINESENEWYEAR-01-BL-KQED.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/12/250215-CHINESENEWYEAR-01-BL-KQED-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/12/250215-CHINESENEWYEAR-01-BL-KQED-1536x1024.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Katherine (left), 9, and Nikki, 9, sit together at the start of the \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12027348/san-francisco-celebrates-the-lunar-new-year-with-iconic-chinatown-parade\">Chinese New Year Parade\u003c/a> in San Francisco on Feb. 15, 2025. \u003ccite>(Beth LaBerge/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12067199\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12067199\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/12/250215-CHINESENEWYEAR-14-BL-KQED.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/12/250215-CHINESENEWYEAR-14-BL-KQED.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/12/250215-CHINESENEWYEAR-14-BL-KQED-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/12/250215-CHINESENEWYEAR-14-BL-KQED-1536x1024.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Fireworks go off in Chinatown during the Chinese New Year Parade in San Francisco on Feb. 15, 2025. \u003ccite>(Beth LaBerge/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12067205\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2500px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12067205\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/12/251215-2025-in-Photos-Dip-03.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2500\" height=\"835\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/12/251215-2025-in-Photos-Dip-03.jpg 2500w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/12/251215-2025-in-Photos-Dip-03-2000x668.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/12/251215-2025-in-Photos-Dip-03-160x53.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/12/251215-2025-in-Photos-Dip-03-1536x513.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/12/251215-2025-in-Photos-Dip-03-2048x684.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2500px) 100vw, 2500px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Left: Artist Miko Lee looks out the window at the Walking Stories exhibit at the Edge on the Square gallery in San Francisco’s Chinatown neighborhood on Feb. 19, 2025. Right: Alistair Monroe stands outside the Oakland Cannery building, where his studio is located in Oakland, on Feb. 20, 2025. \u003ccite>(Beth LaBerge/KQED; Martin do Nascimento/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12067200\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12067200\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/12/250220-OAKLAND-CANNERY-MD-05-KQED.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/12/250220-OAKLAND-CANNERY-MD-05-KQED.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/12/250220-OAKLAND-CANNERY-MD-05-KQED-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/12/250220-OAKLAND-CANNERY-MD-05-KQED-1536x1024.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Arthur Monroe’s art is on display in his son Alistair Monroe’s studio and home at the Oakland Cannery building in Oakland on Feb. 20, 2025. The Oakland Cannery is a historic live-work space in East Oakland where Arthur Monroe lived and produced art for decades. The building’s owners are seeking to turn the building into a pot-growing facility. \u003ccite>(Martin do Nascimento/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12067202\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12067202\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/12/250222-NOISEPOPFLAMINGROOVIES-01-BL-KQED.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/12/250222-NOISEPOPFLAMINGROOVIES-01-BL-KQED.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/12/250222-NOISEPOPFLAMINGROOVIES-01-BL-KQED-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/12/250222-NOISEPOPFLAMINGROOVIES-01-BL-KQED-1536x1024.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">The band Th’ Losin Streaks play at the 4 Star Theater in San Francisco’s Richmond District on Feb. 22, 2025, during the \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/arts/13972528/noise-pop-festival-san-francisco-2025-review\">Noise Pop Festival\u003c/a>. \u003ccite>(Beth LaBerge/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12067209\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2500px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12067209\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/12/251215-2025-in-Photos-Dip-04-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2500\" height=\"835\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/12/251215-2025-in-Photos-Dip-04-1.jpg 2500w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/12/251215-2025-in-Photos-Dip-04-1-2000x668.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/12/251215-2025-in-Photos-Dip-04-1-160x53.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/12/251215-2025-in-Photos-Dip-04-1-1536x513.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/12/251215-2025-in-Photos-Dip-04-1-2048x684.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2500px) 100vw, 2500px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Left: Dawn Richard performs at the Independent, as part of the Noise Pop festival, in San Francisco on Feb. 26, 2025. Right: Dam-Funk performs at the Noise Pop opening night party at the California Academy of Sciences on Feb. 20, 2025. \u003ccite>(Gina Castro/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12067201\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12067201\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/12/250221-GEOGRAPHER-_-VIDEO-AGE-MD-02-KQED.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/12/250221-GEOGRAPHER-_-VIDEO-AGE-MD-02-KQED.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/12/250221-GEOGRAPHER-_-VIDEO-AGE-MD-02-KQED-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/12/250221-GEOGRAPHER-_-VIDEO-AGE-MD-02-KQED-1536x1024.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Geographer performs at August Hall in San Francisco as part of Noise Pop on Feb. 21, 2025. \u003ccite>(Martin do Nascimento/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12067204\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-12067204 size-full\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/12/250226-UC-STRIKE-MD-06-KQED.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/12/250226-UC-STRIKE-MD-06-KQED.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/12/250226-UC-STRIKE-MD-06-KQED-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/12/250226-UC-STRIKE-MD-06-KQED-1536x1024.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Members of the University Professional and Technical Employees Local 9119 and the American Federation of State County and Municipal Employees Local 3299 \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12028446/tens-of-thousands-uc-workers-strike-disrupting-campuses-hospitals-labs\">strike at the UC Mission Bay Campus in San Francisco\u003c/a> on Feb. 26, 2025. \u003ccite>(Martin do Nascimento/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12067207\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12067207\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/12/20250226_ROBERTMOSES_GC-16-KQED.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/12/20250226_ROBERTMOSES_GC-16-KQED.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/12/20250226_ROBERTMOSES_GC-16-KQED-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/12/20250226_ROBERTMOSES_GC-16-KQED-1536x1024.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Dancers place their hands on Giovanna Sales’ head during a rehearsal for \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/arts/13972949/robert-moses-kin-30th-anniversary-the-kennings\">Robert Moses’ latest work, The Kennings\u003c/a>, at ODC Dance Commons in San Francisco on Feb. 26, 2025. The show explores themes of race, gender, war and human rights, while blending dance, theatre and music. \u003ccite>(Gina Castro/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12067203\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12067203\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/12/250226-NAMEGENDERMARKERS-12-BL-KQED.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/12/250226-NAMEGENDERMARKERS-12-BL-KQED.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/12/250226-NAMEGENDERMARKERS-12-BL-KQED-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/12/250226-NAMEGENDERMARKERS-12-BL-KQED-1536x1024.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Andrea and Milo Ronquillo stand outside the Civic Center Courthouse in San Francisco on Feb. 26, 2025. The Ronquillos attended a workshop hosted by Alexis Levy about \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12029428/how-californians-can-start-changing-names-and-gender-markers-on-government-ids\">changing the name and gender marker on official government documents\u003c/a>. \u003ccite>(Beth LaBerge/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003ch2>March\u003c/h2>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12067254\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12067254\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/12/250307-BERKELEY-SCIENCE-PROTEST-MD-08-KQED.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/12/250307-BERKELEY-SCIENCE-PROTEST-MD-08-KQED.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/12/250307-BERKELEY-SCIENCE-PROTEST-MD-08-KQED-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/12/250307-BERKELEY-SCIENCE-PROTEST-MD-08-KQED-1536x1024.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">A march through the UC Berkeley campus in association with the \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12030313/uc-berkeley-scientists-protest-trump-administrations-cuts-to-research-funding\">national Stand Up for Science day of action\u003c/a> in Berkeley on March 7, 2025. \u003ccite>(Martin do Nascimento/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12067259\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2500px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12067259\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/12/251215-2025-in-Photos-Dip-05.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2500\" height=\"835\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/12/251215-2025-in-Photos-Dip-05.jpg 2500w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/12/251215-2025-in-Photos-Dip-05-2000x668.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/12/251215-2025-in-Photos-Dip-05-160x53.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/12/251215-2025-in-Photos-Dip-05-1536x513.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/12/251215-2025-in-Photos-Dip-05-2048x684.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2500px) 100vw, 2500px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Marchers hold up signs including one that reads “Science is political” and march through the UC Berkeley campus in Berkeley on March 7, 2025. \u003ccite>(Martin do Nascimento/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12067262\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-12067262 size-full\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/12/20250308_BESANS-MARKET_DMB_03247-KQED.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1334\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/12/20250308_BESANS-MARKET_DMB_03247-KQED.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/12/20250308_BESANS-MARKET_DMB_03247-KQED-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/12/20250308_BESANS-MARKET_DMB_03247-KQED-1536x1025.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">\u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12029568/in-san-mateo-county-this-market-is-a-community-destination-for-food-faith-and-ramadan-staples\">Besan’s International Market is a halal butcher, deli, and Middle Eastern market\u003c/a> in San Bruno. Year-round, it’s a go-to spot for the Arab, North African and Middle Eastern folks in this community. During Ramadan, customers come in and out for their groceries for iftar meals when they break fast during Ramadan. \u003ccite>(David M. Barreda/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12067253\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12067253\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/12/240312-RICHMOND-WALKOUT-MD-01-KQED.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/12/240312-RICHMOND-WALKOUT-MD-01-KQED.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/12/240312-RICHMOND-WALKOUT-MD-01-KQED-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/12/240312-RICHMOND-WALKOUT-MD-01-KQED-1536x1024.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Valerie Aquino and other \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12030935/our-education-matters-richmond-high-schoolers-rally-against-teacher-layoffs\">students from Richmond’s John F. Kennedy High School stage a walkout and march\u003c/a> to the West Contra Costa Unified School District Offices to protest impending layoffs as part of cuts to the district’s budget in Richmond on March 12, 2025. \u003ccite>(Martin do Nascimento/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12067255\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12067255\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/12/250317-EUGENETSSUI-24-BL-KQED.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/12/250317-EUGENETSSUI-24-BL-KQED.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/12/250317-EUGENETSSUI-24-BL-KQED-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/12/250317-EUGENETSSUI-24-BL-KQED-1536x1024.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Eugene Tssui sketches in a notebook at his exhibition at the Rotten City Cultural District in Emeryville on March 17, 2025. The gallery featured his \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/arts/13973365/eugene-tssui-emeryville-residency-bay-street-architecture-fashion\">nature-inspired architectural designs, including photos of the renowned “Fish House,” along with his clothing designs and art.\u003c/a> \u003ccite>(Beth LaBerge/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12067256\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12067256\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/12/250323-DEM-TOWN-HALLS-MD-67-KQED.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/12/250323-DEM-TOWN-HALLS-MD-67-KQED.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/12/250323-DEM-TOWN-HALLS-MD-67-KQED-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/12/250323-DEM-TOWN-HALLS-MD-67-KQED-1536x1024.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Rep. Ro Khanna holds a town hall meeting at the MLK Community Center in Bakersfield on March 23, 2025. In three such events, \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12032718/frustrated-democrats-push-wartime-leaders-bakersfield-town-hall\">Khanna urged residents of Republican-held congressional districts in California to organize\u003c/a> against the Trump administration’s proposed cuts to programs like Medicaid and the wider social safety net. \u003ccite>(Martin do Nascimento/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12067260\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2500px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12067260\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/12/251215-2025-in-Photos-Dip-06.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2500\" height=\"835\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/12/251215-2025-in-Photos-Dip-06.jpg 2500w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/12/251215-2025-in-Photos-Dip-06-2000x668.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/12/251215-2025-in-Photos-Dip-06-160x53.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/12/251215-2025-in-Photos-Dip-06-1536x513.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/12/251215-2025-in-Photos-Dip-06-2048x684.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2500px) 100vw, 2500px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Left: A line of people waiting to enter the town hall meeting with Rep. Ro Khanna. Right: Audrey Chavez and others listen at as Rep. Ro Khanna speaks. \u003ccite>(Martin do Nascimento/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12067263\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12067263\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/12/20250326_SFBARBER_GC-20-KQED.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/12/20250326_SFBARBER_GC-20-KQED.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/12/20250326_SFBARBER_GC-20-KQED-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/12/20250326_SFBARBER_GC-20-KQED-1536x1024.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Santana “Twinks” Vasquez cuts Angel Filimoehala’s hair at Steel and Strand barbershop in San Francisco on March 26, 2025. Twinks offered \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12033501/the-sf-barber-that-welcomes-all-trans-people-into-his-shop\">free haircuts for the month of March to honor trans visibility\u003c/a>. \u003ccite>(Gina Castro/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12067264\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12067264\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/12/20250328_ZORTHIAN-RANCH_SK_26-KQED.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1334\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/12/20250328_ZORTHIAN-RANCH_SK_26-KQED.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/12/20250328_ZORTHIAN-RANCH_SK_26-KQED-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/12/20250328_ZORTHIAN-RANCH_SK_26-KQED-1536x1025.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Aslan Scardina lies in a patch of stinging nettle at \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12034277/stories-of-las-zorthian-ranch-a-portal-to-a-different-way-of-life-damaged-in-eaton-fire\">Zorthian Ranch\u003c/a> on March 28 in Altadena. Scardina was living on the Ranch before it was destroyed in the Eaton fire. “I didn’t love plants until I met nettle,” she says. \u003ccite>(Stella Kalinina for KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12067258\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12067258\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/12/250331-TRANS-NEWSOM-RALLY-AC-67-KQED.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1334\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/12/250331-TRANS-NEWSOM-RALLY-AC-67-KQED.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/12/250331-TRANS-NEWSOM-RALLY-AC-67-KQED-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/12/250331-TRANS-NEWSOM-RALLY-AC-67-KQED-1536x1025.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Will Lohf waves an LGBTQ+ flag during a march for trans youth in Kentfield on March 31, 2025. \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12033818/lgbtq-activists-rally-at-newsoms-home-demand-stronger-trans-rights-commitment\">Activists and community members marched\u003c/a> in the Marin County community where Gov. Gavin Newsom recently purchased a home as part of International Transgender Day of Visibility, which highlights discrimination faced by trans people worldwide. \u003ccite>(Aryk Copley for KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003ch2>April\u003c/h2>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12067272\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-12067272 size-full\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/12/250409-LIVERMORE-BLACK-LAND-MD-10-KQED.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/12/250409-LIVERMORE-BLACK-LAND-MD-10-KQED.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/12/250409-LIVERMORE-BLACK-LAND-MD-10-KQED-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/12/250409-LIVERMORE-BLACK-LAND-MD-10-KQED-1536x1024.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Tashenia Pearson stands beside \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12036599/wall-war-vet-fight-land-one-familys-50-year-battle-livermore\">the wall separating her property from her neighbors’\u003c/a> in Livermore on April 9, 2025. Pearson’s parents bought the property in Livermore in 1971, only to discover the illegally built wall, which effectively gives 740 square feet of Pearson’s property to their neighbor. \u003ccite>(Martin do Nascimento/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12067277\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12067277\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/12/20240410_GIANTNAKEDLADYEMBARCADERO_GC-36-KQED.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/12/20240410_GIANTNAKEDLADYEMBARCADERO_GC-36-KQED.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/12/20240410_GIANTNAKEDLADYEMBARCADERO_GC-36-KQED-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/12/20240410_GIANTNAKEDLADYEMBARCADERO_GC-36-KQED-1536x1024.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">R-Evolution, \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/arts/13974401/r-evolution-marco-cochrane-embarcadero-plaza-nude-woman-sculpture\">a 45-foot metal sculpture of a giant naked woman\u003c/a> that is meant to symbolize feminine strength and liberation, by artist Marco Cochrane, at the Embarcadero Plaza on April 10, 2025. \u003ccite>(Gina Castro/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12067271\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12067271\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/12/2025.04.14_MIDDLETON_SANDYSTONE_15-KQED.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/12/2025.04.14_MIDDLETON_SANDYSTONE_15-KQED.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/12/2025.04.14_MIDDLETON_SANDYSTONE_15-KQED-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/12/2025.04.14_MIDDLETON_SANDYSTONE_15-KQED-1536x1024.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Sandy Stone, \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/arts/13977595/sandy-stone-olivia-records-jimi-hendrix-girl-island-documentary\">88-year-old legendary audio engineer and trans woman\u003c/a> who worked with rock ’n’ roll greats and was the in-house engineer at feminist label Olivia Records in the 1970s, in her home in Aptos on April 14, 2025. \u003ccite>(Florence Middleton for KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12067273\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12067273\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/12/250415-OAKLAND-MAYORAL-ELECTION-NIGHT-AC-67-KQED.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/12/250415-OAKLAND-MAYORAL-ELECTION-NIGHT-AC-67-KQED.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/12/250415-OAKLAND-MAYORAL-ELECTION-NIGHT-AC-67-KQED-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/12/250415-OAKLAND-MAYORAL-ELECTION-NIGHT-AC-67-KQED-1536x1024.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">\u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12036555/barbara-lee-takes-decisive-lead-over-loren-taylor-in-oakland-mayoral-election\">Supporters of Oakland mayoral candidate Barbara Lee dance\u003c/a> to a live band on election night in Oakland on April 15, 2025. \u003ccite>(Aryk Copley for KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12067275\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2500px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12067275\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/12/251215-2025-in-Photos-Dip-07.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2500\" height=\"835\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/12/251215-2025-in-Photos-Dip-07.jpg 2500w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/12/251215-2025-in-Photos-Dip-07-2000x668.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/12/251215-2025-in-Photos-Dip-07-160x53.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/12/251215-2025-in-Photos-Dip-07-1536x513.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/12/251215-2025-in-Photos-Dip-07-2048x684.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2500px) 100vw, 2500px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Birders Daniela Sanchez (left) and Christopher Henry \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/arts/13974906/teen-birders-bird-watching-ebird\">look for birds\u003c/a> at Crissy Field in San Francisco and the Baylands Nature Preserve in Palo Alto, respectively, on April 16, 2025. \u003ccite>(Gina Castro/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12067278\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12067278\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/12/20250416_BIRDWATCHINGTEENS_GC-51-KQED.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/12/20250416_BIRDWATCHINGTEENS_GC-51-KQED.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/12/20250416_BIRDWATCHINGTEENS_GC-51-KQED-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/12/20250416_BIRDWATCHINGTEENS_GC-51-KQED-1536x1024.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Sadie Cosby examines a pigeon walking with a limp at the Miller/Knox Regional Shoreline in Richmond on April 16, 2025. Cosby has been birding for 4 years and is a member of the California Young Birders’ Club. \u003ccite>(Gina Castro/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12067274\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12067274\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/12/250421-CHINATOWNTARIFFS-06-BL-KQED.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/12/250421-CHINATOWNTARIFFS-06-BL-KQED.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/12/250421-CHINATOWNTARIFFS-06-BL-KQED-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/12/250421-CHINATOWNTARIFFS-06-BL-KQED-1536x1024.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Sam Liang weighs medical herbs at his shop, Run Feng Hai Wei Chinese Herbal Inc., in San Francisco’s Chinatown neighborhood on April 21, 2025. Business owners in San Francisco’s Chinatown said they were \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12036939/san-francisco-chinatown-businesses-survival-mode-trade-war\">struggling to stay afloat, facing declining sales and an uncertain future\u003c/a>, in the face of the U.S.-China trade war. \u003ccite>(Beth LaBerge/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12067276\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2500px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12067276\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/12/251215-2025-in-Photos-Dip-08.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2500\" height=\"835\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/12/251215-2025-in-Photos-Dip-08.jpg 2500w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/12/251215-2025-in-Photos-Dip-08-2000x668.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/12/251215-2025-in-Photos-Dip-08-160x53.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/12/251215-2025-in-Photos-Dip-08-1536x513.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/12/251215-2025-in-Photos-Dip-08-2048x684.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2500px) 100vw, 2500px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Left: Imported items fill the wall at Beijing Shopping Center in San Francisco’s Chinatown neighborhood on April 21, 2025. Right: Kiki Krunch, left, and Kalypso pose for a photo at the Portsmouth Square pedestrian bridge in San Francisco’s Chinatown on April 30, 2025. The 2024 and ’23 winners of the GLBTQ+ Asian Pacific Alliance drag pageant led the \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/arts/13976447/chinatown-pride-san-francisco-lgbtq-chinese-culture-center\">2025 Chinatown Pride\u003c/a> procession, visiting landmarks such as the Grant Street nightlife district, home in the 1930s and ’40s to underground queer speakeasies and tourist-y Chinese American nightclubs that featured “female impersonation” shows. \u003ccite>(Beth LaBerge/KQED; Gina Castro/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12067279\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12067279\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/12/20250430_CHINATOWNPRIDE_GC-21-KQED.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1288\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/12/20250430_CHINATOWNPRIDE_GC-21-KQED.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/12/20250430_CHINATOWNPRIDE_GC-21-KQED-160x103.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/12/20250430_CHINATOWNPRIDE_GC-21-KQED-1536x989.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Kiki Krunch (left) takes a photo with Fontaine Hu, 81, in San Francisco’s Chinatown on April 30, 2025. \u003ccite>(Gina Castro/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003ch2>May\u003c/h2>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12067284\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12067284\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/12/250501-MAY-DAY-MARCH-OAKLAND-MD-12-KQED.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1334\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/12/250501-MAY-DAY-MARCH-OAKLAND-MD-12-KQED.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/12/250501-MAY-DAY-MARCH-OAKLAND-MD-12-KQED-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/12/250501-MAY-DAY-MARCH-OAKLAND-MD-12-KQED-1536x1025.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Horetencia M. (left) and Maria E. chant and play buckets as drums as part of the \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12038481/may-day-thousands-bay-area-take-streets-immigrant-worker-rights\">Oakland Sin Fronteras May Day March\u003c/a> for Labor & Immigrants in the Fruitvale neighborhood of Oakland on May 1, 2025. \u003ccite>(Martin do Nascimento/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12067285\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12067285\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/12/250501-VALKYRIESOPENERTEAMPROFILE-22-BL-KQED.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/12/250501-VALKYRIESOPENERTEAMPROFILE-22-BL-KQED.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/12/250501-VALKYRIESOPENERTEAMPROFILE-22-BL-KQED-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/12/250501-VALKYRIESOPENERTEAMPROFILE-22-BL-KQED-1536x1024.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">\u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12039501/wnbas-newest-team-golden-state-valkyries-kick-off-first-season\">Golden State Valkyries\u003c/a>’ Monique Billings practices during training camp held at the Sephora Performance Center in Oakland on May 1, 2025. \u003ccite>(Beth LaBerge/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12067292\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2500px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-12067292 size-full\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/12/251215-2025-in-Photos-Dip-11.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2500\" height=\"835\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/12/251215-2025-in-Photos-Dip-11.jpg 2500w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/12/251215-2025-in-Photos-Dip-11-2000x668.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/12/251215-2025-in-Photos-Dip-11-160x53.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/12/251215-2025-in-Photos-Dip-11-1536x513.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/12/251215-2025-in-Photos-Dip-11-2048x684.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2500px) 100vw, 2500px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Left: The Golden State Valkyries take to the court for their \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12040665/the-bay-areas-newest-basketball-team-makes-history\">first-ever home opener\u003c/a> against the Los Angeles Sparks at Chase Center on May 16, 2025. Right: Golden State Valkyries guard Tiffany Hayes (15) drives to the hoop against the Los Angeles Sparks. \u003ccite>(Beth LaBerge/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12067286\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12067286\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/12/250509-BENICIAREFINERY-52-BL-KQED.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/12/250509-BENICIAREFINERY-52-BL-KQED.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/12/250509-BENICIAREFINERY-52-BL-KQED-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/12/250509-BENICIAREFINERY-52-BL-KQED-1536x1024.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Benicia mayor Steve Young drives by the Valero Benicia Refinery in Benicia on May 8, 2025, which processes up to 170,000 barrels of oil a day, making gasoline, diesel, and other fuels for California. \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12039505/a-bay-area-refinery-town-contemplates-future-without-big-oil\">Valero planned to shut down the Benicia refinery\u003c/a> by April 2026, citing high costs and strict environmental rules. \u003ccite>(Beth LaBerge/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12067290\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2500px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12067290\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/12/251215-2025-in-Photos-Dip-09.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2500\" height=\"835\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/12/251215-2025-in-Photos-Dip-09.jpg 2500w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/12/251215-2025-in-Photos-Dip-09-2000x668.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/12/251215-2025-in-Photos-Dip-09-160x53.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/12/251215-2025-in-Photos-Dip-09-1536x513.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/12/251215-2025-in-Photos-Dip-09-2048x684.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2500px) 100vw, 2500px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Left: Nests of California gull eggs are tucked in the grass near the Dumbarton Bridge in Fremont on May 12, 2025. Right: A team led by Nathan Van Schmidt (right), science director at the San Francisco Bay Bird Observatory, and Amy Parsons, lead biologist, conducts a \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12051964/are-seagulls-native-or-invasive-to-the-bay-area-maybe-both\">California gull nest survey\u003c/a>. \u003ccite>(Beth LaBerge/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12067287\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12067287\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/12/250512-SEAGULLCOUNTY-20-BL-KQED.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/12/250512-SEAGULLCOUNTY-20-BL-KQED.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/12/250512-SEAGULLCOUNTY-20-BL-KQED-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/12/250512-SEAGULLCOUNTY-20-BL-KQED-1536x1024.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Nesting California gulls circle overhead during a nest survey conducted by the San Francisco Bay Bird Observatory near the Dumbarton Bridge in Fremont on May 12, 2025. \u003ccite>(Beth LaBerge/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12067288\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12067288\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/12/250513-CALIFORNIAFOREVERANNEXEXPLAINER-17-BL-KQED.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/12/250513-CALIFORNIAFOREVERANNEXEXPLAINER-17-BL-KQED.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/12/250513-CALIFORNIAFOREVERANNEXEXPLAINER-17-BL-KQED-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/12/250513-CALIFORNIAFOREVERANNEXEXPLAINER-17-BL-KQED-1536x1024.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">The intersection of Highway 12 and Highway 113 in Solano County outside of Suisun City on May 13, 2025. The California Forever project is seeking to have Suisun City \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12059985/california-forever-clears-first-hurdle-in-suisun-city-annexation\">annex the land where the company has proposed building a new city\u003c/a> in order to move forward with its plans, nearly a year after pulling an initiative seeking voter approval for the project. \u003ccite>(Beth LaBerge/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12067291\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2500px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12067291\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/12/251215-2025-in-Photos-Dip-10.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2500\" height=\"835\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/12/251215-2025-in-Photos-Dip-10.jpg 2500w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/12/251215-2025-in-Photos-Dip-10-2000x668.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/12/251215-2025-in-Photos-Dip-10-160x53.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/12/251215-2025-in-Photos-Dip-10-1536x513.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/12/251215-2025-in-Photos-Dip-10-2048x684.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2500px) 100vw, 2500px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Left: Resident Letty Guzman sits on her bed with her dog Pappa in her room at Horizon Community Village at the Capri Motel on University Avenue in Berkeley on May 20, 2025. The site, operated by Dorothy Day House, provides \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12043516/rv-encampments-are-notoriously-hard-to-close-this-city-found-something-that-works\">transitional housing and supportive services for unhoused individuals\u003c/a> in Berkeley. Right: Maximo Hernandez Perez stands in front of his home in Stockton on May 22, 2025. Perez and his daughter, Celina, then 14 years old, were \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12040537/some-families-separated-at-the-border-got-free-legal-aid-the-us-just-cut-that-contract\">detained and separated after crossing the border\u003c/a> in 2017. \u003ccite>(Beth LaBerge/KQED; Martin do Nascimento/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12067289\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12067289\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/12/250530-DUBLINEMPLOYEES-17-BL-KQED.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/12/250530-DUBLINEMPLOYEES-17-BL-KQED.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/12/250530-DUBLINEMPLOYEES-17-BL-KQED-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/12/250530-DUBLINEMPLOYEES-17-BL-KQED-1536x1024.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Valentina Stone, 14, gets ready for a school dance with the help of her mother, a correctional officer, at their home in the mobile home community next to the now-closed Federal Correctional Institution, Dublin, on May 30, 2025. When FCI Dublin abruptly shut down after years of turmoil, \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12043352/fci-dublin-staff-bought-homes-on-site-then-the-prison-shut-down\">residents of the community were given eviction notices\u003c/a> and were ordered to remove their homes from the government’s land by September, according to a union representative. \u003ccite>(Beth LaBerge/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12067293\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-12067293 size-full\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/12/20250529_OHLONEPARKENCAMPMENT_GC-3-1-KQED.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1352\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/12/20250529_OHLONEPARKENCAMPMENT_GC-3-1-KQED.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/12/20250529_OHLONEPARKENCAMPMENT_GC-3-1-KQED-160x108.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/12/20250529_OHLONEPARKENCAMPMENT_GC-3-1-KQED-1536x1038.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Fearful of what he’d face if forced to leave the encampment, Travis Smith gets emotional at the \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12041966/berkeley-residents-homeless-advocates-battle-over-fate-of-ohlone-park-encampment\">homeless encampment at Ohlone Park\u003c/a> in Berkeley on May 29, 2025. \u003ccite>(Gina Castro/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003ch2>June\u003c/h2>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12067301\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12067301\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/12/250605-TREASUREISLANDJOBCORPS-24-BL-KQED.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/12/250605-TREASUREISLANDJOBCORPS-24-BL-KQED.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/12/250605-TREASUREISLANDJOBCORPS-24-BL-KQED-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/12/250605-TREASUREISLANDJOBCORPS-24-BL-KQED-1536x1024.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Jayvon Wilson (center) rallies alongside students, staff, and supporters outside the \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12042895/san-francisco-job-corps-students-face-uncertain-future\">Treasure Island Job Corps Center\u003c/a> in San Francisco on June 5, 2025, protesting the facility’s closure, which they say could leave at-risk youth homeless. \u003ccite>(Beth LaBerge/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12067302\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12067302\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/12/250606-DEIANDARTS-03-BL-KQED.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/12/250606-DEIANDARTS-03-BL-KQED.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/12/250606-DEIANDARTS-03-BL-KQED-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/12/250606-DEIANDARTS-03-BL-KQED-1536x1024.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Eric Garcia, who performs as Churro Nomi, co-director of Detour Productions and producer of the monthly queer cabaret Clutch The Pearls, poses for a photo at the Make Out Room in San Francisco on June 6, 2025. “This isn’t just about money, it’s about controlling narrative, visibility and power,” says Garcia, about \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/arts/13977200/the-great-quiet-quitting-of-dei-in-bay-area-arts\">arts organizations that have abandoned their DEI programming\u003c/a> and reconfigured or erased their websites’ DEI commitments. “We’re witnessing a deliberate effort to police not only what stories are told, but who is allowed to tell them.” \u003ccite>(Beth LaBerge/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12067303\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12067303\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/12/250609-SF-IMMIGRATION-PROTESTS-MD-67-KQED.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1334\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/12/250609-SF-IMMIGRATION-PROTESTS-MD-67-KQED.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/12/250609-SF-IMMIGRATION-PROTESTS-MD-67-KQED-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/12/250609-SF-IMMIGRATION-PROTESTS-MD-67-KQED-1536x1025.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Protestors march in the Mission District in San Francisco i\u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12043445/a-moment-people-have-been-waiting-for-ice-arrests-fuel-sf-protests\">n opposition to the Trump Administration’s immigration policy\u003c/a> and enforcement on June 9, 2025. \u003ccite>(Martin do Nascimento/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12067306\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2500px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12067306\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/12/251215-2025-in-Photos-Dip-12.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2500\" height=\"835\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/12/251215-2025-in-Photos-Dip-12.jpg 2500w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/12/251215-2025-in-Photos-Dip-12-2000x668.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/12/251215-2025-in-Photos-Dip-12-160x53.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/12/251215-2025-in-Photos-Dip-12-1536x513.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/12/251215-2025-in-Photos-Dip-12-2048x684.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2500px) 100vw, 2500px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Left: Daniella holds up a Mexican flag during a \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12044426/no-kings-protests-draw-thousands-across-the-bay-area-to-rally-against-president-trump\">No Kings Day protest\u003c/a> in San José on June 14, 2025. Right: Thousands of protesters march at the No Kings protest in Oakland on June 14, 2025. \u003ccite>(Aryk Copley for KQED; Gina Castro/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12067304\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12067304\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/12/250614-NO-KINGS-SF-MD-13-KQED-KQED.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1334\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/12/250614-NO-KINGS-SF-MD-13-KQED-KQED.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/12/250614-NO-KINGS-SF-MD-13-KQED-KQED-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/12/250614-NO-KINGS-SF-MD-13-KQED-KQED-1536x1025.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Supporters cheer from their cars as protesters march down Van Ness Ave. in San Francisco as part of the No Kings protest on June 14, 2025. \u003ccite>(Martin do Nascimento/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12067308\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12067308\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/12/20250614_NOKINGSOAKLAND_GC-44-KQED.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/12/20250614_NOKINGSOAKLAND_GC-44-KQED.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/12/20250614_NOKINGSOAKLAND_GC-44-KQED-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/12/20250614_NOKINGSOAKLAND_GC-44-KQED-1536x1024.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Congresswoman Lateefah Simon addresses hundreds of protesters at Frank H. Ogawa Plaza during the No Kings protest in Oakland on June 14, 2025. \u003ccite>(Gina Castro/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12067307\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2500px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12067307\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/12/251215-2025-in-Photos-Dip-13.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2500\" height=\"835\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/12/251215-2025-in-Photos-Dip-13.jpg 2500w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/12/251215-2025-in-Photos-Dip-13-2000x668.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/12/251215-2025-in-Photos-Dip-13-160x53.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/12/251215-2025-in-Photos-Dip-13-1536x513.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/12/251215-2025-in-Photos-Dip-13-2048x684.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2500px) 100vw, 2500px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Left: People fill the courtyard at the Oakland Museum of California in Oakland for the \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12044959/hella-juneteenth-in-photos-black-joy-and-community-in-oakland\">Hella Juneteenth festival\u003c/a> on June 19, 2025. Right: Festivalgoers dance at the Hella Juneteenth festival at the Oakland Museum of California on June 19, 2025. \u003ccite>(Gina Castro/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12067309\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-12067309 size-full\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/12/20250619_HELLAJUNETEENTH_GC-11-KQED.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/12/20250619_HELLAJUNETEENTH_GC-11-KQED.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/12/20250619_HELLAJUNETEENTH_GC-11-KQED-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/12/20250619_HELLAJUNETEENTH_GC-11-KQED-1536x1024.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Jordyn Johnson, 9, gets the continent of Africa painted on her face at the Hella Juneteenth festival at the Oakland Museum of California on June 19, 2025. \u003ccite>(Gina Castro/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003ch2>July\u003c/h2>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12067311\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-12067311 size-full\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/12/250701-K-ONDA-JULY-MD-01-KQED.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1334\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/12/250701-K-ONDA-JULY-MD-01-KQED.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/12/250701-K-ONDA-JULY-MD-01-KQED-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/12/250701-K-ONDA-JULY-MD-01-KQED-1536x1025.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Designer Marisela Ginestra at the Levi’s offices in San Francisco on July 1, 2025. \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12045274/levis-denim-gets-a-fresh-look-thanks-to-a-latinx-designer\">Ginestra takes inspiration from her grandparents\u003c/a> who worked harvesting fruits and vegetables in the Central Valley in the 1960s and who would dry their jeans in the sun, giving them a distinctive faded look. \u003ccite>(Martin do Nascimento/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12067312\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12067312\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/12/250716-SFFIXITCLINIC-25-BL-KQED.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/12/250716-SFFIXITCLINIC-25-BL-KQED.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/12/250716-SFFIXITCLINIC-25-BL-KQED-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/12/250716-SFFIXITCLINIC-25-BL-KQED-1536x1024.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Radha Weaver repairs a tutu dress for a mother and daughter during a \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12052092/fix-a-zipper-and-save-the-planet-at-san-franciscos-free-clothing-repair-clinics\">Fix-It Clinic Clothing Repair workshop\u003c/a> at the Glen Park Branch Library in San Francisco on July 16, 2025. During the workshop, teachers offer hands-on fixes and mending tips. \u003ccite>(Beth LaBerge/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12067318\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2500px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12067318\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/12/251215-2025-in-Photos-Dip-14.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2500\" height=\"835\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/12/251215-2025-in-Photos-Dip-14.jpg 2500w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/12/251215-2025-in-Photos-Dip-14-2000x668.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/12/251215-2025-in-Photos-Dip-14-160x53.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/12/251215-2025-in-Photos-Dip-14-1536x513.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/12/251215-2025-in-Photos-Dip-14-2048x684.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2500px) 100vw, 2500px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Left: Sewing supplies sit in bins at the Fix-It Clinic Clothing Repair workshop. Right: Mira Musank works with a clinic participant to repair her sweater. \u003ccite>(Beth LaBerge/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12067305\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12067305\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/12/250718_CLIMATEPUNK_012_BF_KQED-KQED.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/12/250718_CLIMATEPUNK_012_BF_KQED-KQED.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/12/250718_CLIMATEPUNK_012_BF_KQED-KQED-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/12/250718_CLIMATEPUNK_012_BF_KQED-KQED-1536x1024.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">\u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/arts/13979195/the-furious-tits-queer-climate-punk-band-san-francisco-oakland\">The Furious Tits\u003c/a> perform live in San Francisco at the Castro Night Market on Friday, July 18, 2025. The band says they see punk as a perfect place to mouth off about human-caused climate change. \u003ccite>(Brian Frank/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12067313\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-12067313 size-full\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/12/250720-DEAFDANCEFESTIVAL_01323_TV-KQED.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/12/250720-DEAFDANCEFESTIVAL_01323_TV-KQED.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/12/250720-DEAFDANCEFESTIVAL_01323_TV-KQED-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/12/250720-DEAFDANCEFESTIVAL_01323_TV-KQED-1536x1024.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Founder and leader of Urban Jazz Dance Company, Antoine Hunter (center), watches dancers practice choreography at a rehearsal at Shawl-Anderson Dance Center in Berkeley on July 20, 2025. The \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/arts/13979516/international-deaf-dance-festival-antoine-hunter-urban-jazz-dance\">Urban Jazz Dance Company performed at the International Deaf Dance Festival\u003c/a>, from Aug. 8–10 in San Francisco. \u003ccite>(Tâm Vũ/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12067314\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12067314\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/12/250721-AFGHANSINFREMONT-11-BL-KQED.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/12/250721-AFGHANSINFREMONT-11-BL-KQED.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/12/250721-AFGHANSINFREMONT-11-BL-KQED-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/12/250721-AFGHANSINFREMONT-11-BL-KQED-1536x1024.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">\u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12050357/how-did-fremont-come-to-be-known-as-little-kabul\">Hasib Sepand plays the sitar at Sepand Studios\u003c/a> in Fremont on July 21, 2025, where his music academy offers instruction in sitar, tabla, harmonium, and other instruments, and he composes and produces music. \u003ccite>(Beth LaBerge/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12067315\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12067315\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/12/250725-PLANNED-PARENTHOOD-CLOSURES-MD-09-KQED.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1334\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/12/250725-PLANNED-PARENTHOOD-CLOSURES-MD-09-KQED.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/12/250725-PLANNED-PARENTHOOD-CLOSURES-MD-09-KQED-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/12/250725-PLANNED-PARENTHOOD-CLOSURES-MD-09-KQED-1536x1025.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Jagbir Kang looks out of a window at her home in Fremont on July 25, 2025. \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12053210/in-the-face-of-abuse-she-chose-survival-and-now-helps-others-do-the-same\">Kang is a survivor of domestic violence\u003c/a> who now advocates on behalf of other survivors. \u003ccite>(Martin do Nascimento/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12067316\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12067316\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/12/250729-YICKWOCIVILRIGHTS-01-KQED.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/12/250729-YICKWOCIVILRIGHTS-01-KQED.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/12/250729-YICKWOCIVILRIGHTS-01-KQED-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/12/250729-YICKWOCIVILRIGHTS-01-KQED-1536x1024.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">David Lei stands on Spofford Street in San Francisco’s Chinatown on July 29, 2025, at \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12050233/how-a-chinese-laundryman-shaped-us-civil-rights-from-san-francisco\">the historical site of the Chinese Laundry Association\u003c/a>, once located at 33 Spofford Street. A longtime resident and community historian, Lei has worked to preserve Chinatown’s cultural and educational legacy. \u003ccite>(Beth LaBerge/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12067319\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2500px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12067319\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/12/251215-2025-in-Photos-Dip-15.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2500\" height=\"835\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/12/251215-2025-in-Photos-Dip-15.jpg 2500w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/12/251215-2025-in-Photos-Dip-15-2000x668.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/12/251215-2025-in-Photos-Dip-15-160x53.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/12/251215-2025-in-Photos-Dip-15-1536x513.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/12/251215-2025-in-Photos-Dip-15-2048x684.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2500px) 100vw, 2500px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Left: \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12050105/sf-kindness-crawl-spreads-joy-on-market-street-ahead-of-grateful-dead-weekend\">Kindness Crawl\u003c/a> organizer Scott Keneally (left) shares an embrace with a passerby near City Hall in San Francisco on July 31, 2025. Right: A Kindness Crawl volunteer beams while handing roses and flowers to two people inside a van in a moment of street-side joy. \u003ccite>(Gustavo Hernandez/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12067317\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12067317\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/12/250731_KINDNESSCRAWL_-0010_GH-KQED.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/12/250731_KINDNESSCRAWL_-0010_GH-KQED.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/12/250731_KINDNESSCRAWL_-0010_GH-KQED-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/12/250731_KINDNESSCRAWL_-0010_GH-KQED-1536x1024.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">A vintage VW bus filled with Kindness Crawl flower recipients drives past Alamo Square Park in San Francisco. \u003ccite>(Gustavo Hernandez/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003ch2>August\u003c/h2>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12067320\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-12067320 size-full\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/12/250802-AFROFUTURES_01096_TV-KQED.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/12/250802-AFROFUTURES_01096_TV-KQED.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/12/250802-AFROFUTURES_01096_TV-KQED-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/12/250802-AFROFUTURES_01096_TV-KQED-1536x1024.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Attendees dance at the \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12050844/where-past-meets-possible-black-futures-ball-illuminates-dreams-in-oakland\">Black Futures Ball\u003c/a> hosted by The East Oakland Youth Development Center at the Chabot Space and Science Center in Oakland on Aug. 2, 2025. \u003ccite>(Tâm Vũ/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12067328\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2500px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12067328\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/12/251215-2025-in-Photos-Dip-16.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2500\" height=\"835\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/12/251215-2025-in-Photos-Dip-16.jpg 2500w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/12/251215-2025-in-Photos-Dip-16-2000x668.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/12/251215-2025-in-Photos-Dip-16-160x53.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/12/251215-2025-in-Photos-Dip-16-1536x513.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/12/251215-2025-in-Photos-Dip-16-2048x684.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2500px) 100vw, 2500px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Left: Charlene Richardson (left) and Charlette Richardson, also known as The LoveLove Twins, pose for a photo at the Black Futures Ball. Right: Selena Wilson, CEO of the EOYDC, speaks at the Black Futures Ball. \u003ccite>(Tâm Vũ/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12067322\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12067322\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/12/250806-HOLOCAUSTREPARATIONS-04-KQED.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/12/250806-HOLOCAUSTREPARATIONS-04-KQED.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/12/250806-HOLOCAUSTREPARATIONS-04-KQED-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/12/250806-HOLOCAUSTREPARATIONS-04-KQED-1536x1024.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Francesca Thomas, a Hayward native and great-granddaughter of Leona Alves, owner of Ideal Dining and Miss Alves, a restaurant and nightclub in Russell City, holds a photograph of five generations of her family, from her mother to great-great-great-grandmother, in Hayward on Aug. 6, 2025. Thomas is involved in\u003ca href=\"https://www.google.com/search?q=KQED+Francesca+Thomas&newwindow=1&sca_esv=2719a2d50b2c4d54&rlz=1C5GCEM_enUS1182US1182&udm=2&biw=1870&bih=1054&ei=49BFacPCObzC0PEPwJq_EA&ved=0ahUKEwiDwKj12MqRAxU8ITQIHUDNDwIQ4dUDCBI&uact=5&oq=KQED+Francesca+Thomas&gs_lp=Egtnd3Mtd2l6LWltZyIVS1FFRCBGcmFuY2VzY2EgVGhvbWFzSKoUUM0SWM0ScAJ4AJABAJgBhQGgAYUBqgEDMC4xuAEDyAEA-AEC-AEBmAIAoAIAmAMAiAYBkgcAoActsgcAuAcAwgcAyAcAgAgA&sclient=gws-wiz-img#sv=CAMSVhoyKhBlLXAxQlFTSHREUFo2d3hNMg5wMUJRU0h0RFBaNnd4TToOR25xa3o5aWNXdTA5eE0gBCocCgZtb3NhaWMSEGUtcDFCUVNIdERQWjZ3eE0YADABGAcggZS_5QQwAkoKCAIQAhgCIAIoAg\"> efforts to preserve the community’s history\u003c/a> through the Russell City Reparative Justice Project. \u003ccite>(Beth LaBerge/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12067321\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-12067321 size-full\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/12/250806_SCALEAI_-0001_GH-KQED.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/12/250806_SCALEAI_-0001_GH-KQED.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/12/250806_SCALEAI_-0001_GH-KQED-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/12/250806_SCALEAI_-0001_GH-KQED-1536x1024.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Protestors hold a banner reading “Stop AI” outside of Scale AI’s San Francisco headquarters on Aug. 6, 2025. \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12051183/protesters-against-ai-militarization-rally-at-scale-ai-in-san-francisco\">Demonstrators oppose the company’s involvement in AI-driven warfare and surveillance\u003c/a>. \u003ccite>(Gustavo Hernandez/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12067323\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12067323\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/12/250808-WILDPIGS_00144_TV-KQED.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/12/250808-WILDPIGS_00144_TV-KQED.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/12/250808-WILDPIGS_00144_TV-KQED-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/12/250808-WILDPIGS_00144_TV-KQED-1536x1024.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Cows graze on the hills of Máyyan ‘Ooyákma, Coyote Ridge, a preserve owned by Open Space Authority, in Morgan Hill on Aug. 8, 2025.\u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12055329/invasion-of-the-grub-snatchers-how-one-rich-guys-russian-boars-colonized-california\"> Wild Boars are an invasive species\u003c/a> that endanger native plants, water sources and agriculture in the area. \u003ccite>(Tâm Vũ/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12067324\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12067324\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/12/250812_RESCUING-FRUIT-IN-CONTRA-COSTA-COUNTY-_GH-15-KQED.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/12/250812_RESCUING-FRUIT-IN-CONTRA-COSTA-COUNTY-_GH-15-KQED.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/12/250812_RESCUING-FRUIT-IN-CONTRA-COSTA-COUNTY-_GH-15-KQED-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/12/250812_RESCUING-FRUIT-IN-CONTRA-COSTA-COUNTY-_GH-15-KQED-1536x1024.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">A Forestr volunteer picks apples from a Honeycrisp orchard on private property in Martinez on Aug. 12, 2025. \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/arts/13980694/contra-costa-county-fruit-rescue-gleaning-picking-pears-apples-peaches-volunteer\">The volunteers harvest surplus cherries, peaches, apples and pears\u003c/a> — whatever’s in season — from backyard orchards throughout Contra Costa County, donating the rescued fruit to local food pantries and soup kitchens. \u003ccite>(Gustavo Hernandez/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12067325\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12067325\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/12/250818-COLUMBUS-PARK-MD-07-KQED-KQED.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1334\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/12/250818-COLUMBUS-PARK-MD-07-KQED-KQED.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/12/250818-COLUMBUS-PARK-MD-07-KQED-KQED-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/12/250818-COLUMBUS-PARK-MD-07-KQED-KQED-1536x1025.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Rob Lowe watches as workers clear RVs from Irene Street at Columbus Park in San José on Aug. 18, 2025. \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12052645/san-jose-begins-clearing-columbus-park-the-citys-biggest-homeless-encampment\">The city removed RVs and tents from Columbus Park\u003c/a> in North San José, where hundreds of unhoused people have lived for years. \u003ccite>(Martin do Nascimento/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12067329\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2500px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12067329\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/12/251215-2025-in-Photos-Dip-17.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2500\" height=\"835\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/12/251215-2025-in-Photos-Dip-17.jpg 2500w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/12/251215-2025-in-Photos-Dip-17-2000x668.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/12/251215-2025-in-Photos-Dip-17-160x53.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/12/251215-2025-in-Photos-Dip-17-1536x513.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/12/251215-2025-in-Photos-Dip-17-2048x684.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2500px) 100vw, 2500px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Left: Shawn Spencer relocates his belongings from the Columbus Park encampment. Right: Fernando Alcantara watches as his RV is towed at Columbus Park in San José. \u003ccite>(Martin do Nascimento/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12067326\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12067326\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/12/250820-HOUSINGFIRST_02100_TV-KQED.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/12/250820-HOUSINGFIRST_02100_TV-KQED.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/12/250820-HOUSINGFIRST_02100_TV-KQED-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/12/250820-HOUSINGFIRST_02100_TV-KQED-1536x1024.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">William Wade, a formerly homeless veteran who was housed through the HUD-Veterans Affairs Supportive Housing program, poses for a portrait at the Laguna Commons supportive housing in Fremont on Aug. 20, 2025. \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12054270/trumps-tectonic-shift-on-homelessness-could-have-dire-impacts-in-california\">California’s embrace of Housing First principles has become a liability\u003c/a> after the president directed federal agencies to stop funding that approach to homelessness. \u003ccite>(Tâm Vũ/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12067327\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12067327\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/12/250822-ECONOMICINSTABILITYIMPACTONKIDS-08-BL-KQED.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/12/250822-ECONOMICINSTABILITYIMPACTONKIDS-08-BL-KQED.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/12/250822-ECONOMICINSTABILITYIMPACTONKIDS-08-BL-KQED-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/12/250822-ECONOMICINSTABILITYIMPACTONKIDS-08-BL-KQED-1536x1024.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Harnesha Burks walks with her son Zyon, 2, near their home in Antioch on Aug. 22, 2025. Burks is among one in three California parents of young kids who \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12051850/as-californias-electricity-rates-rise-parents-struggle-to-pay-their-bills\">struggle to afford their utility bills\u003c/a>, according to a statewide survey, which found that when parents have trouble making ends meet, their children’s well-being and development suffer. \u003ccite>(Beth LaBerge/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003ch2>September\u003c/h2>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12067330\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12067330\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/12/250904_FULLQUEER_GH-28-KQED.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/12/250904_FULLQUEER_GH-28-KQED.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/12/250904_FULLQUEER_GH-28-KQED-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/12/250904_FULLQUEER_GH-28-KQED-1536x1024.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">‘The Stray Dog’ Oak Holden delivers a high knee to Sancho Dimera during the \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/arts/13981646/full-queer-pro-wrestling-oakland\">Full Queer Wrestling showcase\u003c/a> at Fluid510 in Oakland on Sept. 4, 2025. \u003ccite>(Gustavo Hernandez/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12067331\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12067331\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/12/250905-ADOPTACORNER_00647_TV-KQED.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/12/250905-ADOPTACORNER_00647_TV-KQED.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/12/250905-ADOPTACORNER_00647_TV-KQED-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/12/250905-ADOPTACORNER_00647_TV-KQED-1536x1024.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Wendy, a volunteer who monitors ICE activity on busy streets near day laborer corners, patrols International Boulevard in front of a U-Haul in Oakland on Sept. 5, 2025. A nonprofit called “Adopt a Day Laborer Corner” has \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12055084/california-volunteers-stand-guard-at-day-laborer-corners-amid-ice-sweeps\">inspired Californians to volunteer their time to accompany day laborers\u003c/a> who are at risk of deportation at highly visible intersections and monitor for immigration sweeps. \u003ccite>(Tâm Vũ/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12067337\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2500px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12067337\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/12/251215-2025-in-Photos-Dip-18.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2500\" height=\"835\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/12/251215-2025-in-Photos-Dip-18.jpg 2500w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/12/251215-2025-in-Photos-Dip-18-2000x668.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/12/251215-2025-in-Photos-Dip-18-160x53.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/12/251215-2025-in-Photos-Dip-18-1536x513.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/12/251215-2025-in-Photos-Dip-18-2048x684.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2500px) 100vw, 2500px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Left: Alexander Ybarra, an 11th grader at Coliseum College Prep Academy, leads classmates in a \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12054838/oakland-walkout\">walkout against gun violence\u003c/a> in Oakland on Sept. 5, 2025. Right: Posters made by students at Coliseum College Prep Academy read “Students Are Not Targets” and “Protect Students, Protect the Future” among others. \u003ccite>(Gustavo Hernandez/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12067332\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12067332\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/12/250913-NIMISHAAUNTY00685_TV-KQED.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/12/250913-NIMISHAAUNTY00685_TV-KQED.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/12/250913-NIMISHAAUNTY00685_TV-KQED-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/12/250913-NIMISHAAUNTY00685_TV-KQED-1536x1024.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Nimisha Jadav demonstrates to a customer how to wear a garment at her home-based clothing business, Nivy’s Nook, in Morgan Hill on Sept. 13, 2025. Jadav, known as Nimisha Aunty, runs an Indian clothing shop from her home in Morgan Hill, \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12058796/need-a-gorgeous-diwali-outfit-nimisha-aunty-will-take-care-of-you\">creating a vibrant hub for South Asians\u003c/a> in the South Bay. \u003ccite>(Tâm Vũ/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12067333\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12067333\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/12/250917-FAST-FOOD-WORKERS-MD-04-KQED.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1334\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/12/250917-FAST-FOOD-WORKERS-MD-04-KQED.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/12/250917-FAST-FOOD-WORKERS-MD-04-KQED-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/12/250917-FAST-FOOD-WORKERS-MD-04-KQED-1536x1025.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Delia Vargas and other\u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12056337/fast-food-workers-protest-alleged-wage-theft-and-poor-work-conditions-at-san-jose-chain\"> fast food workers protest in front of an El Pollo Loco\u003c/a> restaurant in San José on Sept. 17, 2025. \u003cspan class=\"\" title=\"\">The California Fast Food Workers Union filed complaints on behalf of a mother and daughter who said they were fired from the restaurant for speaking up about working conditions there.\u003c/span> \u003ccite>(Martin do Nascimento/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12067334\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12067334\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/12/250917-VALKYRIESPLAYOFFS-38-BL-KQED.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/12/250917-VALKYRIESPLAYOFFS-38-BL-KQED.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/12/250917-VALKYRIESPLAYOFFS-38-BL-KQED-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/12/250917-VALKYRIESPLAYOFFS-38-BL-KQED-1536x1024.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">The \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12056563/better-than-i-ever-dreamed-valkyries-fans-reflect-on-historic-first-season\">Golden State Valkyries play the Minnesota Lynx\u003c/a> during Game 2 of the WNBA playoffs at the SAP Center in San José on Sept. 17, 2025. \u003ccite>(Beth LaBerge/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12067338\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2500px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12067338\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/12/251215-2025-in-Photos-Dip-19.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2500\" height=\"835\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/12/251215-2025-in-Photos-Dip-19.jpg 2500w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/12/251215-2025-in-Photos-Dip-19-2000x668.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/12/251215-2025-in-Photos-Dip-19-160x53.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/12/251215-2025-in-Photos-Dip-19-1536x513.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/12/251215-2025-in-Photos-Dip-19-2048x684.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2500px) 100vw, 2500px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Left: Golden State Valkyries fans cheer during Game 2 of the Valkyries vs. Minnesota Lynx WNBA playoff game. Right: Golden State Valkyries team member Monique Billings applauds the crowd after losing to the Minnesota Lynx. \u003ccite>(Beth LaBerge/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12067335\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12067335\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/12/250920_PORTOLA_DAY1_GH-7-KQED.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/12/250920_PORTOLA_DAY1_GH-7-KQED.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/12/250920_PORTOLA_DAY1_GH-7-KQED-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/12/250920_PORTOLA_DAY1_GH-7-KQED-1536x1024.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Festival-goers dance inside the Despacio Tent on the first day of \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/arts/13981607/portola-festival-2025-pier-80-san-francisco-review-photos\">Portola Festival at Pier 80\u003c/a> in San Francisco, on Sept. 20, 2025. \u003ccite>(Gustavo Hernandez/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12067339\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2500px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12067339\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/12/251215-2025-in-Photos-Dip-20.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2500\" height=\"835\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/12/251215-2025-in-Photos-Dip-20.jpg 2500w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/12/251215-2025-in-Photos-Dip-20-2000x668.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/12/251215-2025-in-Photos-Dip-20-160x53.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/12/251215-2025-in-Photos-Dip-20-1536x513.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/12/251215-2025-in-Photos-Dip-20-2048x684.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2500px) 100vw, 2500px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Left: Christina Aguilera performs on the Pier Stage at Portola Festival in San Francisco on Sept. 20, 2025. Right: Ty Dowe (left) and Matt Lebowitz pose for a photo at the Pier Stage during the second day of Portola Festival in San Francisco on Sept. 21, 2025. \u003ccite>(Gustavo Hernandez/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12067340\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12067340\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/12/20250922_BETTYREIDSOSKIN104TH_GC-7-KQED.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/12/20250922_BETTYREIDSOSKIN104TH_GC-7-KQED.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/12/20250922_BETTYREIDSOSKIN104TH_GC-7-KQED-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/12/20250922_BETTYREIDSOSKIN104TH_GC-7-KQED-1536x1024.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Betty Reid Soskin is interviewed by the media during a \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12057180/middle-school-students-celebrate-betty-reid-soskin-the-nations-oldest-park-ranger-at-104\">104th birthday celebration\u003c/a> at Betty Reid Soskin Middle School in El Sobrante on Sept. 22, 2025. \u003ccite>(Gina Castro for KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12067336\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-12067336 size-full\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/12/250922-KIRKVIGIL00438_TV-KQED.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/12/250922-KIRKVIGIL00438_TV-KQED.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/12/250922-KIRKVIGIL00438_TV-KQED-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/12/250922-KIRKVIGIL00438_TV-KQED-1536x1024.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Luis Viramontes, a Santa Rosa Junior College student, holds a candle at \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12055641/after-kirks-death-trump-targets-critics-in-expanding-free-speech-fight\">a candlelight at a vigil for Charlie Kirk \u003c/a>hosted by the San Francisco State University chapter of Turning Point USA at Fort Funston in San Francisco on Sept. 22, 2025. \u003ccite>(Tâm Vũ/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003ch2>October\u003c/h2>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12067342\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12067342\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/12/251001-NATIONAL-PARKS-SHUTDOWN-MD-04-KQED.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/12/251001-NATIONAL-PARKS-SHUTDOWN-MD-04-KQED.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/12/251001-NATIONAL-PARKS-SHUTDOWN-MD-04-KQED-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/12/251001-NATIONAL-PARKS-SHUTDOWN-MD-04-KQED-1536x1024.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">A visitor looks past a barrier at the entrance of Muir Woods National Monument in Marin County, which was temporarily\u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12058298/at-muir-woods-tourists-heartbroken-over-national-park-closure-during-shutdown\"> closed as a consequence of the government shutdown\u003c/a> on Oct. 1, 2025. \u003ccite>(Martin do Nascimento/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12067353\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2500px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12067353\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/12/251215-2025-in-Photos-Dip-21.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2500\" height=\"835\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/12/251215-2025-in-Photos-Dip-21.jpg 2500w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/12/251215-2025-in-Photos-Dip-21-2000x668.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/12/251215-2025-in-Photos-Dip-21-160x53.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/12/251215-2025-in-Photos-Dip-21-1536x513.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/12/251215-2025-in-Photos-Dip-21-2048x684.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2500px) 100vw, 2500px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Left: Sarah Spillane stands outside the entrance to the \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12059460/bay-area-cities-expand-homeless-shelters-winning-over-neighbors-is-the-hard-part\">DignityMoves tiny home cabins\u003c/a> in the SoMa neighborhood of San Francisco on Oct. 1, 2025. Right: Noni Session, executive director of the East Bay Permanent Real Estate Cooperative, stands in front of the Barn next to \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12062057/historic-west-oakland-blues-clubs-restoration-reveals-layers-of-hidden-history\">Esther’s Orbit Room\u003c/a> on 7th Street in West Oakland on Oct. 2, 2023. \u003ccite>(Gustavo Hernandez/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12067346\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-12067346 size-full\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/12/251008-GIRLINTHEFISHBOWL-01-BL-KQED.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/12/251008-GIRLINTHEFISHBOWL-01-BL-KQED.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/12/251008-GIRLINTHEFISHBOWL-01-BL-KQED-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/12/251008-GIRLINTHEFISHBOWL-01-BL-KQED-1536x1024.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Hanna Longwell sits in the vanity room at Bimbo’s 365 Club in San Francisco’s North Beach neighborhood on Oct. 8, 2025. She performs as the club’s current “\u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12063643/the-girl-in-the-fishbowl-the-secret-behind-san-franciscos-quirkiest-nightclub-act\">Girl in the Fishbowl\u003c/a>,” an act that has been a distinctive part of the venue since it opened in 1931. \u003ccite>(Beth LaBerge/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12067344\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12067344\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/12/251008-BIMBOSGIRLINTHEFISHBOWL-01-BL-KQED.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/12/251008-BIMBOSGIRLINTHEFISHBOWL-01-BL-KQED.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/12/251008-BIMBOSGIRLINTHEFISHBOWL-01-BL-KQED-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/12/251008-BIMBOSGIRLINTHEFISHBOWL-01-BL-KQED-1536x1024.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Hanna Longwell performs as the “Girl in the Fishbowl” at Bimbo’s 365 Club on Oct. 8, 2025. \u003ccite>(Beth LaBerge/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12067347\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12067347\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/12/251009-WETLANDWIN_00474_TV-KQED.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/12/251009-WETLANDWIN_00474_TV-KQED.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/12/251009-WETLANDWIN_00474_TV-KQED-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/12/251009-WETLANDWIN_00474_TV-KQED-1536x1024.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">San Francisco Estuary Institute members Sarah Pearce (left) and Emma Sevier conduct an assessment at a new wetland restoration site at Point Pinole Regional Park in Pinole on Oct. 9, 2025. A recent report found that restored \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/science/1998966/rising-tides-drive-a-bay-area-push-to-bring-back-vanished-marshlands\">tidal wetlands in San Francisco Bay nearly quadrupled\u003c/a> from 2000 to 2025, going against the global trend of wetland loss. \u003ccite>(Tâm Vũ/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12067348\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12067348\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/12/251016-NIMITZHOUSE-25-BL-KQED.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/12/251016-NIMITZHOUSE-25-BL-KQED.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/12/251016-NIMITZHOUSE-25-BL-KQED-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/12/251016-NIMITZHOUSE-25-BL-KQED-1536x1024.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Windows look out onto the Bay Bridge from \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12065901/theres-a-grand-historic-house-hiding-under-the-bay-bridge\">the Nimitz House on Yerba Buena Island\u003c/a> in San Francisco on Oct. 16, 2025. Built around 1900 as part of the Naval Training Station, the home later served as the residence of Fleet Admiral Chester Nimitz during the final years of his life. \u003ccite>(Beth LaBerge/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12067354\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2500px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12067354\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/12/251215-2025-in-Photos-Dip-22.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2500\" height=\"835\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/12/251215-2025-in-Photos-Dip-22.jpg 2500w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/12/251215-2025-in-Photos-Dip-22-2000x668.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/12/251215-2025-in-Photos-Dip-22-160x53.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/12/251215-2025-in-Photos-Dip-22-1536x513.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/12/251215-2025-in-Photos-Dip-22-2048x684.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2500px) 100vw, 2500px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Left: A demonstrator carries an American flag during the \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12060511/massive-no-kings-crowds-return-to-bay-area-streets-rebuking-trump\">No Kings National Day of Action\u003c/a> in Oakland on Oct. 18, 2025. Right: Protestors at the No Kings National Day of Action burn an American flag in Oakland. \u003ccite>(Gustavo Hernandez/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12067966\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12067966\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/12/251018-NoKingsSF-32-BL_qed.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/12/251018-NoKingsSF-32-BL_qed.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/12/251018-NoKingsSF-32-BL_qed-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/12/251018-NoKingsSF-32-BL_qed-1536x1024.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">The McDonald family sits on their car at a No Kings Day of Action rally in San Francisco. \u003ccite>(Beth LaBerge/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12067349\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-12067349 size-full\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/12/251018-FILIPINODANCEPARTY00040_TV-KQED.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/12/251018-FILIPINODANCEPARTY00040_TV-KQED.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/12/251018-FILIPINODANCEPARTY00040_TV-KQED-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/12/251018-FILIPINODANCEPARTY00040_TV-KQED-1536x1024.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">A family enjoys Filipino street food during the celebratory Late Night DJ party for Filipino American heritage month hosted at Seafood City in Daly City on Oct. 18, 2025. Seafood City, a Filipino chain night market, celebrated Filipino American heritage month by throwing\u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/arts/13983119/seafood-city-filipino-supermarket-dj-dance-party-daly-city\"> late-night DJ parties\u003c/a> across American chains. \u003ccite>(Tâm Vũ/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12067350\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-12067350 size-full\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/12/251022-DUDUKWHISPERER00384_TV-KQED.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/12/251022-DUDUKWHISPERER00384_TV-KQED.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/12/251022-DUDUKWHISPERER00384_TV-KQED-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/12/251022-DUDUKWHISPERER00384_TV-KQED-1536x1024.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Khatchadour Khatchadourian, an Armenian musician, stands in his backyard in Santa Rosa on Oct. 22, 2025. \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12060906/meet-the-duduk-whisperer-a-bay-area-armenian-folk-musician-revives-centuries-of-soul\">Khatchadourian, plays the Duduk\u003c/a>, and uses his music to work through hardships and is coming out with his sixth album titled, “Breath.” \u003ccite>(Tâm Vũ/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12067351\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12067351\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/12/251028-YOSEMITESHUTDOWN-95-BL-KQED.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/12/251028-YOSEMITESHUTDOWN-95-BL-KQED.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/12/251028-YOSEMITESHUTDOWN-95-BL-KQED-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/12/251028-YOSEMITESHUTDOWN-95-BL-KQED-1536x1024.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Tour guide William Fontana points visitors to climbers on El Capitan during \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12062476/at-yosemite-youd-barely-know-a-shutdown-was-happening-why-advocates-say-that-matters\">a tour of the Yosemite Valley in Yosemite National Park\u003c/a> in the Sierra Nevada Mountains on Oct. 28, 2025. During the month-long government shutdown, Yosemite remained open, but with a drastically reduced federal workforce. \u003ccite>(Beth LaBerge/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12067352\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12067352\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/12/251031-SFMARINFOODBANK-24-BL-KQED.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/12/251031-SFMARINFOODBANK-24-BL-KQED.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/12/251031-SFMARINFOODBANK-24-BL-KQED-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/12/251031-SFMARINFOODBANK-24-BL-KQED-1536x1024.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Workers sort fresh produce into boxes at the \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12062577/bay-area-counties-pour-millions-into-food-aid-assistance-as-clock-runs-out-on-snap\">San Francisco‑Marin Food Bank warehouse\u003c/a> in San Francisco on Oct. 31, 2025. With the federal government shutdown, Bay Area officials anticipated surges in demand at food banks as thousands stood to loose CalFresh benefits. \u003ccite>(Beth LaBerge/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003ch2>November\u003c/h2>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12067355\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12067355\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/12/251103-NEWSOMPROP50RALLY-66-BL-KQED.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/12/251103-NEWSOMPROP50RALLY-66-BL-KQED.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/12/251103-NEWSOMPROP50RALLY-66-BL-KQED-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/12/251103-NEWSOMPROP50RALLY-66-BL-KQED-1536x1024.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Speaker Emerita Nancy Pelosi speaks at a press conference in support of Proposition 50 at the IBEW Local 6 offices in San Francisco on Nov. 3, 2025. The former House Speaker, who has represented San Francisco in Congress for 38 years, \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12062796/nancy-pelosi-leaves-congress-after-38-years-defining-generations-of-democratic-power\">announced on Nov. 6 that she will not seek reelection\u003c/a>. \u003ccite>(Beth LaBerge/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12067366\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-12067366 size-full\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/12/KQED_PRESCRIBED-BURN_AT_257-KQED.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/12/KQED_PRESCRIBED-BURN_AT_257-KQED.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/12/KQED_PRESCRIBED-BURN_AT_257-KQED-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/12/KQED_PRESCRIBED-BURN_AT_257-KQED-1536x1024.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Members of the Maidu tribe of Butte County, Berry Creek, Mechoopda, Mooretown, Enterprise and Konkow Valley, take part in a CAL-TREX prescribed burn, training in the application of fire to their native lands that have been devastated by recent catastrophic wildfires. \u003ccite>(Andri Tambunan for KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12067356\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-12067356 size-full\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/12/251107-ESMERALDA-WANTS-TO-LEARN-MD-05-KQED.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1334\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/12/251107-ESMERALDA-WANTS-TO-LEARN-MD-05-KQED.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/12/251107-ESMERALDA-WANTS-TO-LEARN-MD-05-KQED-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/12/251107-ESMERALDA-WANTS-TO-LEARN-MD-05-KQED-1536x1025.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Oak trees stand on the plot of land in Cloverdale that the \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12059557/esmeralda-courts-locals-as-it-tries-to-learn-from-california-forevers-mistakes\">Esmeralda Land Company is proposing to develop\u003c/a> in Sonoma County on Nov. 7, 2025. \u003ccite>(Martin do Nascimento/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12067364\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12067364\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/12/20251110_UCBTURNINGPOINT_GC-14-KQED.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/12/20251110_UCBTURNINGPOINT_GC-14-KQED.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/12/20251110_UCBTURNINGPOINT_GC-14-KQED-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/12/20251110_UCBTURNINGPOINT_GC-14-KQED-1536x1024.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Berkeley Police arrest a Turning Point USA supporter who engaged in a fight ahead of \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12063406/uc-berkeley-turning-point-usa-event-draws-protests-after-charlie-kirks-death\">Turning Point USA’s last college stop\u003c/a> of the “American Comeback Tour” in Zellerbach Hall at UC Berkeley in Berkeley on Nov. 10, 2025. \u003ccite>(Gina Castro for KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12067359\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12067359\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/12/251115-DEADLY-LUNG-DISEASE-MD-01-KQED.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1334\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/12/251115-DEADLY-LUNG-DISEASE-MD-01-KQED.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/12/251115-DEADLY-LUNG-DISEASE-MD-01-KQED-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/12/251115-DEADLY-LUNG-DISEASE-MD-01-KQED-1536x1025.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Mr. Lopez sits on his bed in his home in Pittsburg on Nov. 15, 2025. \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12064693/california-doctors-urge-ban-on-engineered-stone-as-silicosis-cases-surge\">California stoneworkers like Lopez are becoming severely ill\u003c/a> from silica dust exposure from cutting engineered stone, prompting urgent warnings from doctors and workplace safety experts. \u003ccite>(Martin do Nascimento/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12067362\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2500px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12067362\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/12/251215-2025-in-Photos-Dip-23.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2500\" height=\"835\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/12/251215-2025-in-Photos-Dip-23.jpg 2500w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/12/251215-2025-in-Photos-Dip-23-2000x668.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/12/251215-2025-in-Photos-Dip-23-160x53.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/12/251215-2025-in-Photos-Dip-23-1536x513.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/12/251215-2025-in-Photos-Dip-23-2048x684.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2500px) 100vw, 2500px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Left: Trozalla Smith looks out the window of a BART train as she travels to the Alameda Food Bank on Nov. 14, 2025. \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12064126/snap-benefits-hung-in-limbo-for-weeks-it-was-a-peek-at-life-under-long-term-cuts\">The government shutdown has delayed the distribution of SNAP benefits\u003c/a> to recipients such as Smith, who have had to turn to food pantries as an alternative. Right: Trozalla Smith rides the 96 bus while holding a loaf of bread in Alameda. \u003ccite>(Tâm Vũ/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12067357\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12067357\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/12/251113-SNAPDELAYSFEATURE01284_TV-KQED_1.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/12/251113-SNAPDELAYSFEATURE01284_TV-KQED_1.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/12/251113-SNAPDELAYSFEATURE01284_TV-KQED_1-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/12/251113-SNAPDELAYSFEATURE01284_TV-KQED_1-1536x1024.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Trozalla Smith looks at advertisements for CalFresh as she holds her groceries from the Alameda Food Bank while waiting for her train at the 12th Street BART Station in Oakland on Nov. 14, 2025. \u003ccite>(Tâm Vũ/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12068070\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12068070\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/12/251118-ACA00113_TV_qed.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/12/251118-ACA00113_TV_qed.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/12/251118-ACA00113_TV_qed-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/12/251118-ACA00113_TV_qed-1536x1024.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Carin Lenk-Sloan, a licensed marriage and family therapist who is \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/science/1999325/we-cant-afford-to-stay-californians-weigh-drastic-moves-as-health-premiums-rise\">facing a hike in her family’s health insurance\u003c/a>, sits outside her practice in Davis on Tuesday 18, 2025. As the lapsing of federal subsidies are poised to cause health insurance premiums to increase, some Californians like Lenk-Sloan are having to decide on whether to forgo coverage or move. \u003ccite>(Tâm Vũ/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12067365\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12067365\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/12/20251118_SKYLINE_WALKOUT_GH-18-KQED.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/12/20251118_SKYLINE_WALKOUT_GH-18-KQED.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/12/20251118_SKYLINE_WALKOUT_GH-18-KQED-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/12/20251118_SKYLINE_WALKOUT_GH-18-KQED-1536x1024.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Students stage \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12064511/after-back-to-back-school-shootings-in-oakland-skyline-high-students-walk-out-of-class\">a walkout at Skyline High School\u003c/a> calling for the school and district to do more to counter gun violence in on Nov. 18, 2025. The walkout came less than a week after a student was injured in a shooting on the Oakland campus. \u003ccite>(Gustavo Hernandez/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12067361\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12067361\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/12/251119-CJSBBQANDFISH-42-BL-KQED.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/12/251119-CJSBBQANDFISH-42-BL-KQED.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/12/251119-CJSBBQANDFISH-42-BL-KQED-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/12/251119-CJSBBQANDFISH-42-BL-KQED-1536x1024.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Charles “CJ” Evans prepares an order at \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12065744/richmonds-minister-of-food-serves-the-bay-area-southern-bbq-california-style\">CJ’s BBQ and Fish\u003c/a>, which serves barbecue, seafood and Southern-style comfort food, in Richmond on Nov. 19, 2025. \u003ccite>(Beth LaBerge/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003ch2>December\u003c/h2>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12067858\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12067858\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/12/251205-WCCUSDSTRIKERALLY01085_TV-KQED-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/12/251205-WCCUSDSTRIKERALLY01085_TV-KQED-1.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/12/251205-WCCUSDSTRIKERALLY01085_TV-KQED-1-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/12/251205-WCCUSDSTRIKERALLY01085_TV-KQED-1-1536x1024.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">West Contra Costa Unified School District teachers \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12066054/after-west-contra-costa-teachers-launch-strike-both-sides-will-return-to-the-table\">strike at Marina Bay Park\u003c/a> in Richmond on Dec. 5, 2025. \u003ccite>(Tâm Vũ/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12067865\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12067865\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/12/20251210_JERRYNAGANO_DECEMBER_GH-12-KQED.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/12/20251210_JERRYNAGANO_DECEMBER_GH-12-KQED.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/12/20251210_JERRYNAGANO_DECEMBER_GH-12-KQED-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/12/20251210_JERRYNAGANO_DECEMBER_GH-12-KQED-1536x1024.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Jerry Nagano poses with the California Theatre’s 1928 Wurlitzer lobby organ in San José on Dec. 10, 2025. \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/arts/13984931/jerry-nagano-great-theater-organist-stanford-california-pizza-joynt\">Nagano, a veteran theatre-organ performer\u003c/a> and retired Stanford systems engineer, has been a fixture in California’s organ community for decades. \u003ccite>(Gustavo Hernandez/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12067859\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12067859\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/12/251210-HOLIDAYLIGHTS-26-BL-KQED-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/12/251210-HOLIDAYLIGHTS-26-BL-KQED-1.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/12/251210-HOLIDAYLIGHTS-26-BL-KQED-1-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/12/251210-HOLIDAYLIGHTS-26-BL-KQED-1-1536x1024.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">A holiday display sits in front of a home on Christmas Tree Lane on the 3200 block of Thompson Avenue in Alameda on Dec. 10, 2025. \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12067283/get-in-the-holiday-spirit-by-visiting-these-bay-area-christmas-tree-lanes\">The tradition of holiday displays here\u003c/a> dates back to the early 1930s. \u003ccite>(Beth LaBerge/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12067867\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2500px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12067867\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/12/251215-2025-in-Photos-Dip-25.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2500\" height=\"835\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/12/251215-2025-in-Photos-Dip-25.jpg 2500w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/12/251215-2025-in-Photos-Dip-25-2000x668.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/12/251215-2025-in-Photos-Dip-25-160x53.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/12/251215-2025-in-Photos-Dip-25-1536x513.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/12/251215-2025-in-Photos-Dip-25-2048x684.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2500px) 100vw, 2500px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Left: Holiday lights cover a home on Christmas Tree Lane. Right: Michael Martin sits with his handmade Wrap-o-Matic holiday display in front of his home on Christmas Tree Lane. \u003ccite>(Beth LaBerge/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12067869\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2500px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12067869\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/12/251215-2025-in-Photos-Dip-26.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2500\" height=\"835\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/12/251215-2025-in-Photos-Dip-26.jpg 2500w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/12/251215-2025-in-Photos-Dip-26-2000x668.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/12/251215-2025-in-Photos-Dip-26-160x53.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/12/251215-2025-in-Photos-Dip-26-1536x513.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/12/251215-2025-in-Photos-Dip-26-2048x684.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2500px) 100vw, 2500px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Left: An assortment of dishes at Chef Chu’s in Los Altos on Dec. 11, 2025. \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12067747/chef-chus-the-family-owned-chinese-restaurant-that-grew-up-with-silicon-valley\">Chef Chu’s is a family-run business\u003c/a>, owned by Lawrence Chu, which has been operating since 1970 and is known not only for its food but also as a favorite for celebrities and tech innovators. Right: Jzhuang Qingqiang (left) and Kevin Ho prepare meals in the kitchen at Chef Chu’s. \u003ccite>(Tâm Vũ/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12067860\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-12067860 size-full\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/12/251211-CHEFCHU00432_TV-KQED-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/12/251211-CHEFCHU00432_TV-KQED-1.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/12/251211-CHEFCHU00432_TV-KQED-1-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/12/251211-CHEFCHU00432_TV-KQED-1-1536x1024.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Lawrence Chu, also known as Chef Chu, garnishes a plate of sweet and sour pork at Chef Chu’s. \u003ccite>(Tâm Vũ/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12067861\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-12067861 size-full\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/12/251215-KEVINEPPS00239SEQN_TV-KQED.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/12/251215-KEVINEPPS00239SEQN_TV-KQED.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/12/251215-KEVINEPPS00239SEQN_TV-KQED-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/12/251215-KEVINEPPS00239SEQN_TV-KQED-1536x1024.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Filmmaker and journalist Kevin Epps (center) embraces his children Kamia (left) and Kamari at the Superior Court of San Francisco after \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12066917/sf-filmmaker-kevin-epps-convicted-of-manslaughter-not-murder-in-2016-shooting\">a jury found him not guilty of the murder of his former brother-in-law\u003c/a>, Marcus Polk, in San Francisco on Dec. 15, 2025. The jury found Epps not guilty of the murder but did find him guilty of voluntary manslaughter. \u003ccite>(Tâm Vũ/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12067862\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12067862\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/12/251216-SANSOMEICE-18-BL-KQED.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/12/251216-SANSOMEICE-18-BL-KQED.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/12/251216-SANSOMEICE-18-BL-KQED-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/12/251216-SANSOMEICE-18-BL-KQED-1536x1024.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Faith leaders and immigrant advocates block the entrance to the ICE field offices in San Francisco on Dec. 16, 2025. \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12067398/interfaith-activists-block-entrances-to-san-francisco-ice-office-risking-arrest\">Demonstrators chained themselves to the ICE office’s doors\u003c/a>, blocked intersections and vehicle access, and sang hymns. \u003ccite>(Tâm Vũ/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12067870\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2500px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12067870\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/12/251215-2025-in-Photos-Dip-27.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2500\" height=\"835\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/12/251215-2025-in-Photos-Dip-27.jpg 2500w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/12/251215-2025-in-Photos-Dip-27-2000x668.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/12/251215-2025-in-Photos-Dip-27-160x53.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/12/251215-2025-in-Photos-Dip-27-1536x513.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/12/251215-2025-in-Photos-Dip-27-2048x684.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2500px) 100vw, 2500px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Department of Homeland Security officers detain demonstrators outside of the ICE field offices in San Francisco. At least 20 people were handcuffed. \u003ccite>(Beth LaBerge/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12067863\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12067863\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/12/251217-CLIPPER-EQUITY-MD-02-KQED-1-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1334\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/12/251217-CLIPPER-EQUITY-MD-02-KQED-1-1.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/12/251217-CLIPPER-EQUITY-MD-02-KQED-1-1-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/12/251217-CLIPPER-EQUITY-MD-02-KQED-1-1-1536x1025.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Silvia Matias and her daughter Maria wait for their bus at the Eastmont Transit Center in Oakland on Dec. 17, 2025. \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12067737/clipper-2-0-leaves-ac-transit-cash-riders-behind\">Transit advocates are calling attention to recent updates to Clipper\u003c/a> that fail to extend savings to people who pay with cash to ride AC Transit. \u003ccite>(Martin do Nascimento/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003c/div>",
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"content": "\u003cp>Half a dozen immigration judges are departing the Northern California immigration courts this month, leaving just a handful of judges to handle a massive case backlog, as the Trump administration continues \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12065240/after-trump-fires-5-more-sf-immigration-judges-legal-scholars-fear-a-more-partisan-system\">an unprecedented push\u003c/a> to remake the court system by eliminating judges who are more likely to grant asylum.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Two immigration judges were fired late Friday: \u003ca href=\"https://tracreports.org/immigration/reports/judgereports/00540SFR/index.html\">Arwen Swink\u003c/a>, who has served nearly nine years on the San Francisco bench, and \u003ca href=\"https://tracreports.org/immigration/reports/judgereports/01035SMO/index.html\">Denise Hunter\u003c/a>, who was appointed to the Sacramento bench in 2022.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In addition, four San Francisco judges are taking retirements that some told attorneys they were pressured into. They are Howard Davis, Charles Greene, Patrick O’Brien and Joseph Park, according to Milli Atkinson, director of the Immigrant Legal Defense Program at the Bar Association of San Francisco.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The exodus comes on top of the \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12054620/despite-a-growing-case-backlog-trump-fires-6th-san-francisco-immigration-judge\">previous firings\u003c/a> of \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12065240/after-trump-fires-5-more-sf-immigration-judges-legal-scholars-fear-a-more-partisan-system\">12 San Francisco immigration judges\u003c/a> this year. Nationwide, more than 100 immigration judges have been forced out of their jobs, leaving roughly 600 adjudicators to handle 3.4 million cases.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>San Francisco’s court, which had 21 judges earlier this year, will now have four. It is one of the nation’s busiest, with a backlog of more than 120,000 cases. Along with the historically smaller courts in Concord and Sacramento, it handles all the asylum and other deportation cases from Bakersfield to the Oregon border.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The Sacramento bench, which has been reduced to three judges from six, is responsible for 30,000 cases. The Concord court, \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11975904/new-bay-area-immigration-court-opens-aims-to-tackle-deportation-backlog\">which opened last year\u003c/a> with a promise to hire 21 judges, currently has seven judges and 60,000 cases on its docket.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Attorneys and former judges say the hollowing out of the court is wreaking havoc on the ability of asylum seekers and other immigrants to receive a fair hearing.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“It’s devastating,” said Elizabeth Young, who served as deputy chief immigration judge for the Western United States before she was forced out earlier this year. “It undermines the credibility of the entire system.”[aside postID=news_12065240 hero='https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2019/06/iStock-1155523595-e1561227391685.jpg']The whittling down of the bench means hearings are frequently canceled and rescheduled, often years into the future. It also comes as the Trump administration is employing other measures that advocates say are intended to pressure people into giving up their cases and leaving the country, even if they came to the United States fleeing persecution.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In recent months, federal officers have been arresting people in the halls of immigration courthouses. For the past month, immigration prosecutors have also moved to close asylum cases and \u003ca href=\"https://www.justice.gov/eoir/media/1416811/dl?inline\">send immigrants\u003c/a> to “third countries” that have agreed to accept some deportees, including Guatemala, Honduras, Ecuador and Uganda.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Santa Rosa immigration attorney Nicole Gorney says all of that is affecting her clients, leaving them in a state of constant anxiety.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“We’re talking about people who’ve been here for years, waiting for their hearing. And the goalpost is literally moved as they’re playing the game,” she said. “But these are people’s lives. It’s not a game. It should be a lawful process.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Gorney was one of several attorneys who said that retiring San Francisco judges had told them their departures were not voluntary.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I was in front of Judge O’Brien last week, and I mentioned to him that I heard he was retiring,” Gorney said. “He told me that it wasn’t his choice.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In a statement, the Executive Office of Immigration Review, the formal name of the immigration court system, said it declines to comment on personnel matters.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The statement said the agency is “restoring integrity” after what it described as the Biden administration’s “de facto amnesty for hundreds of thousands of aliens.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“All judges have a legal, ethical, and professional obligation to be impartial and neutral in adjudicating cases,” the statement said. “If a judge violates that obligation by demonstrating a systematic bias in favor of or against either party, EOIR is obligated to take action to preserve the integrity of its system.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>EOIR is a quasi-judicial entity within the Department of Justice, not an independent court in the judicial branch. Immigration judges serve at the pleasure of the U.S. Attorney General, who is appointed by the president.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The agency has been recruiting new judges, including a \u003ca href=\"https://join.justice.gov/\">posting\u003c/a> advertising for “deportation judges,” a term Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem also used in a \u003ca href=\"https://x.com/i/flow/login?redirect_after_login=%2Fnotifications\">post\u003c/a> on the social media platform X last month.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The Trump administration has also sought to \u003ca href=\"https://apnews.com/article/immigration-judges-military-lawyers-deportation-9f9d42869469e42240ef0720c25fc681\">assign military lawyers\u003c/a>, known as judge advocates general, to the immigration bench on a temporary basis, though they are unlikely to have specialized knowledge of immigration law.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The hollowing out of the San Francisco bench has led some court watchers to speculate that EOIR may be planning to close one of the city’s two immigration court locations.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The federal government owns a building at 630 Sansome St. that houses several courtrooms, along with Homeland Security offices and short-term immigration detention cells. 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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>The whittling down of the bench means hearings are frequently canceled and rescheduled, often years into the future. It also comes as the Trump administration is employing other measures that advocates say are intended to pressure people into giving up their cases and leaving the country, even if they came to the United States fleeing persecution.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In recent months, federal officers have been arresting people in the halls of immigration courthouses. For the past month, immigration prosecutors have also moved to close asylum cases and \u003ca href=\"https://www.justice.gov/eoir/media/1416811/dl?inline\">send immigrants\u003c/a> to “third countries” that have agreed to accept some deportees, including Guatemala, Honduras, Ecuador and Uganda.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Santa Rosa immigration attorney Nicole Gorney says all of that is affecting her clients, leaving them in a state of constant anxiety.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“We’re talking about people who’ve been here for years, waiting for their hearing. And the goalpost is literally moved as they’re playing the game,” she said. “But these are people’s lives. It’s not a game. It should be a lawful process.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Gorney was one of several attorneys who said that retiring San Francisco judges had told them their departures were not voluntary.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I was in front of Judge O’Brien last week, and I mentioned to him that I heard he was retiring,” Gorney said. “He told me that it wasn’t his choice.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In a statement, the Executive Office of Immigration Review, the formal name of the immigration court system, said it declines to comment on personnel matters.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The statement said the agency is “restoring integrity” after what it described as the Biden administration’s “de facto amnesty for hundreds of thousands of aliens.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“All judges have a legal, ethical, and professional obligation to be impartial and neutral in adjudicating cases,” the statement said. “If a judge violates that obligation by demonstrating a systematic bias in favor of or against either party, EOIR is obligated to take action to preserve the integrity of its system.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>EOIR is a quasi-judicial entity within the Department of Justice, not an independent court in the judicial branch. Immigration judges serve at the pleasure of the U.S. Attorney General, who is appointed by the president.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The agency has been recruiting new judges, including a \u003ca href=\"https://join.justice.gov/\">posting\u003c/a> advertising for “deportation judges,” a term Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem also used in a \u003ca href=\"https://x.com/i/flow/login?redirect_after_login=%2Fnotifications\">post\u003c/a> on the social media platform X last month.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The Trump administration has also sought to \u003ca href=\"https://apnews.com/article/immigration-judges-military-lawyers-deportation-9f9d42869469e42240ef0720c25fc681\">assign military lawyers\u003c/a>, known as judge advocates general, to the immigration bench on a temporary basis, though they are unlikely to have specialized knowledge of immigration law.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The hollowing out of the San Francisco bench has led some court watchers to speculate that EOIR may be planning to close one of the city’s two immigration court locations.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The federal government owns a building at 630 Sansome St. that houses several courtrooms, along with Homeland Security offices and short-term immigration detention cells. But rented space in a downtown office building at 100 Montgomery St. carries a $6.7 million annual price tag, and EOIR has historically been on the lookout for \u003ca href=\"https://www.gsa.gov/system/files/FY%202024%20San%20Francisco%20CA%20Department%20of%20Justice%20%26%20Department%20of%20Homeland%20Security%20Lease.pdf\">lower-cost alternatives\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Young, the former court administrator, said it wouldn’t surprise her if, with only a skeleton crew of judges remaining, the agency vacates the Montgomery Street building when the lease expires in early 2027, or sooner, to save costs.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“If the administration decides to downsize and go to Sansome or move everybody to Concord, then it would signal that potentially they’re not looking for long-term judges in San Francisco,” she said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Young said that could mean either “they intend on allowing this huge backlog to continue on the shoulders of very few judges,” or EOIR might supplement the bench with temporary military judges and immigration judges in other jurisdictions who hear cases remotely by video.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“It’s ridiculous to think that that would give a fair hearing,” she said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The forced departure of so many immigration judges, combined with the uncertainty about the court’s future, is having “a chilling effect” on the fair adjudication of cases, said Atkinson, who runs the San Francisco Bar Association’s Attorney of the Day program, which offers free legal help to unrepresented immigrants when they appear in court.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“It would be very difficult for a lot of people to have to travel farther for court or not to be able to have hearings in person if there was no court in San Francisco,” she said. “But as long as our clients here in San Francisco need representation, we will represent them regardless of where their hearings are held.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003c/div>",
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"content": "\u003cp>When patients started cancelling appointments out of fear that \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/immigration\">Immigration and Customs Enforcement\u003c/a> might arrest them on the street, St. John’s Community Health in Los Angeles adapted.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The clinic began sending nurse practitioners, like Gabriella Oloye, to patients’ homes.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“It felt like I was in a movie,” Oloye said. “Like I was meeting patients in secrecy.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>As the months passed, the home visitation program became more familiar to staff, who packed a van with fresh food and hygiene supplies to deliver through the \u003ca href=\"https://www.sjch.org/grocery-assistance\">clinic’s\u003c/a> Healthcare Without Fear program.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Oloye estimates 40% of her patients are over age 50 and often behind on screenings like mammograms or colonoscopies.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>One patient in his 50’s with a chronic condition was too scared to leave home, even for a walk or to go to work. “I can’t even go out to the park,” he told her. “This is no way to live.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12066615\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003ca href=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/12/251210-Aging-Immigrants-ICE-MD-03-KQED.jpg\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12066615\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/12/251210-Aging-Immigrants-ICE-MD-03-KQED.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1500\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/12/251210-Aging-Immigrants-ICE-MD-03-KQED.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/12/251210-Aging-Immigrants-ICE-MD-03-KQED-160x120.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/12/251210-Aging-Immigrants-ICE-MD-03-KQED-1536x1152.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Shashi Dalal, 88, originally from Mumbai, India, center, eats a free lunch at Centro Latino de San Francisco, a civic center serving seniors and those with disabilities in San Francisco on Aug. 14, 2025. \u003ccite>(Courtesy of Matthew Busch/The Investigative Reporting Program)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Another patient waited too long to seek help for cellulitis in an infected toe.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“That could mean losing limbs or appendages,” Oloye said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Since President Donald Trump took office, the U.S. Department of Homeland Security has deported over 527,000 people, with another 1.5 million who have self-deported, according to a recent announcement by the agency. And one of the administration’s first \u003ca href=\"https://www.dhs.gov/news/2025/01/21/statement-dhs-spokesperson-directives-expanding-law-enforcement-and-ending-abuse\">orders\u003c/a> was to rescind a Biden-era rule that protected “sensitive locations” — places of worship, schools, hospitals and clinics — from immigration operations.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Advocates who coordinate care for immigrant patients have reported seeing this hesitancy to access healthcare.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“We had over a thousand cases a few years ago,” said Laszlo Maderas, the chief medical officer of the Migrant Clinicians Network. “Now, we’re down to a few dozen.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>According to \u003ca href=\"https://www.pbs.org/newshour/politics/what-americans-think-about-trumps-deportations-right-now\">polling\u003c/a> conducted by NPR with PBS and Marist, support for these mass deportations is split across party lines; a majority of polled Republicans believe these policies are making the country safer.[aside postID=news_12067803 hero='https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/12/MigrantDayKQED.jpg']But health care and service providers in California who work with immigrants said they are concerned about the toll the Trump administration’s immigration policy is having on their patients — many of whom are avoiding medical treatment and social programs because they fear immigration arrests or raids. Clinicians and social workers said they are particularly concerned for older immigrants and those with chronic conditions, for whom routine medical care is more critical.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>For older patients, often dealing with cancer or chronic conditions such as diabetes and heart disease, avoiding care can mean greater severity for someone already holding more disease.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>While telehealth offers an alternative to a routine appointment, services like lab tests and vaccines require in-person visits.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“That fear will outweigh the need to actually get care,” Wang said. “That’s the real human impact.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>While Alameda County did not provide data tracking the relation between immigrants avoiding care and adverse health outcomes, research suggests the two are correlated: \u003ca href=\"https://www.healthaffairs.org/content/briefs/mitigating-health-impacts-exclusionary-immigration-policies-evidence-review\">studies\u003c/a> and \u003ca href=\"https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC4074451/\">literature reviews\u003c/a> show that fear of detainment leads to exacerbated stress and reluctance to obtain health services amongst both undocumented and legal migrant populations. Wang speculated that missed care may have already contributed to premature deaths, noting chronic disease — prevalent in older populations — is the leading cause of death in Alameda County.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“If you don’t pay attention to it,” Wang warned, “you’re going to die early from something totally preventable.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Staff at the Mission Neighborhood Centers’ Health Aging and Disability Program in San Francisco said that patient fears have led to a noticeable drop in attendance. The center is located at the corner of 19th and Capp Street in the Mission District,\u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11906012/latinos-in-la-mision-a-story-of-resistance-and-community\"> the heart of San Francisco’s Latino community\u003c/a>, which has attracted generations of immigrant families and more recent migrants.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12066618\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003ca href=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/12/251210-Aging-Immigrants-ICE-MD-06-KQED.jpg\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12066618\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/12/251210-Aging-Immigrants-ICE-MD-06-KQED.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1500\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/12/251210-Aging-Immigrants-ICE-MD-06-KQED.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/12/251210-Aging-Immigrants-ICE-MD-06-KQED-160x120.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/12/251210-Aging-Immigrants-ICE-MD-06-KQED-1536x1152.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Sandra Arena, 82, left, and Amalia Quintanilla, 80, right, play bingo at Mission Neighborhood Center, a civic center serving seniors in San Francisco on Aug. 14, 2025. \u003ccite>(Courtesy of Matthew Busch/The Investigative Reporting Program)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Fear for themselves or undocumented family and friends, combined with rumors, has pushed many into isolation. Claudia Perez-Vaughan, who leads senior activities for the program, said the current situation reminds her of what many seniors were forced to endure during the COVID-19 lockdown. \u003ca href=\"https://jamanetwork.com/journals/jamanetworkopen/fullarticle/2821456\">Studies\u003c/a> have shown a correlation between isolation and increased risk of mortality, dementia, and disability in older results.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“They have this community center that is their second house, their second home,” she said. “We are like a family.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The atmosphere has changed recently. Some seniors have limited their visits to once a month, said Cinthia Torres, the community services coordinator. Others come only for to-go meals. A few have disappeared entirely. She remembers clients who used to drop by to say hello or play bingo.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“They don’t come anymore,” Torres said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>José Sequaira, 77, and a naturalized citizen, still comes to the center for community activities like bingo, but it isn’t without trepidation. He’s upset by stories of people being ambushed by ICE officers and deported after building lives here. “I’m afraid because people with power, they treat them like nothing,” he said. “I don’t have any power, and how are they going to treat me?”\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12066617\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003ca href=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/12/251210-Aging-Immigrants-ICE-MD-05-KQED.jpg\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12066617\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/12/251210-Aging-Immigrants-ICE-MD-05-KQED.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1500\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/12/251210-Aging-Immigrants-ICE-MD-05-KQED.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/12/251210-Aging-Immigrants-ICE-MD-05-KQED-160x120.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/12/251210-Aging-Immigrants-ICE-MD-05-KQED-1536x1152.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Seniors play bingo at the Mission Neighborhood Center, a civic center serving seniors in San Francisco, on Aug. 14, 2025. \u003ccite>(Courtesy of Matthew Busch/The Investigative Reporting Program)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Much of the fear stems from language barriers, Torres noted.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Let’s say someone stops them and asks them something. 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She said the seniors worry that their information could be accessed by ICE — which had\u003ca href=\"https://www.wired.com/story/ice-access-medicaid-data/\"> access \u003c/a>to Medicaid data before being \u003ca href=\"https://www.healthcareitnews.com/news/use-medicaid-data-ice-blocked-20-states\">blocked\u003c/a> in California.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Part of [their] well-being is food, it’s medical assistance. If they won’t get those services, it’s devastating,” Lacayo said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Centro Latino distributes hot meals, often drawing long lines. Now, it’s not unusual for clients to ask to wait indoors, afraid of being seen by immigration agents, Lacayo said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Others hide at home. Meal-delivery drivers have reported seniors not answering their doors. When Lacayo calls to follow up with clients, they tell her they thought ICE was knocking.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“For most, it’s the only meal they get all day,” she said. 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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>As the months passed, the home visitation program became more familiar to staff, who packed a van with fresh food and hygiene supplies to deliver through the \u003ca href=\"https://www.sjch.org/grocery-assistance\">clinic’s\u003c/a> Healthcare Without Fear program.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Oloye estimates 40% of her patients are over age 50 and often behind on screenings like mammograms or colonoscopies.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>One patient in his 50’s with a chronic condition was too scared to leave home, even for a walk or to go to work. “I can’t even go out to the park,” he told her. “This is no way to live.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12066615\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003ca href=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/12/251210-Aging-Immigrants-ICE-MD-03-KQED.jpg\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12066615\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/12/251210-Aging-Immigrants-ICE-MD-03-KQED.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1500\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/12/251210-Aging-Immigrants-ICE-MD-03-KQED.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/12/251210-Aging-Immigrants-ICE-MD-03-KQED-160x120.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/12/251210-Aging-Immigrants-ICE-MD-03-KQED-1536x1152.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Shashi Dalal, 88, originally from Mumbai, India, center, eats a free lunch at Centro Latino de San Francisco, a civic center serving seniors and those with disabilities in San Francisco on Aug. 14, 2025. \u003ccite>(Courtesy of Matthew Busch/The Investigative Reporting Program)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Another patient waited too long to seek help for cellulitis in an infected toe.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“That could mean losing limbs or appendages,” Oloye said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Since President Donald Trump took office, the U.S. Department of Homeland Security has deported over 527,000 people, with another 1.5 million who have self-deported, according to a recent announcement by the agency. And one of the administration’s first \u003ca href=\"https://www.dhs.gov/news/2025/01/21/statement-dhs-spokesperson-directives-expanding-law-enforcement-and-ending-abuse\">orders\u003c/a> was to rescind a Biden-era rule that protected “sensitive locations” — places of worship, schools, hospitals and clinics — from immigration operations.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Advocates who coordinate care for immigrant patients have reported seeing this hesitancy to access healthcare.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“We had over a thousand cases a few years ago,” said Laszlo Maderas, the chief medical officer of the Migrant Clinicians Network. “Now, we’re down to a few dozen.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>According to \u003ca href=\"https://www.pbs.org/newshour/politics/what-americans-think-about-trumps-deportations-right-now\">polling\u003c/a> conducted by NPR with PBS and Marist, support for these mass deportations is split across party lines; a majority of polled Republicans believe these policies are making the country safer.\u003c/p>\u003c/div>",
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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>But health care and service providers in California who work with immigrants said they are concerned about the toll the Trump administration’s immigration policy is having on their patients — many of whom are avoiding medical treatment and social programs because they fear immigration arrests or raids. Clinicians and social workers said they are particularly concerned for older immigrants and those with chronic conditions, for whom routine medical care is more critical.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>For older patients, often dealing with cancer or chronic conditions such as diabetes and heart disease, avoiding care can mean greater severity for someone already holding more disease.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>While telehealth offers an alternative to a routine appointment, services like lab tests and vaccines require in-person visits.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“That fear will outweigh the need to actually get care,” Wang said. “That’s the real human impact.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>While Alameda County did not provide data tracking the relation between immigrants avoiding care and adverse health outcomes, research suggests the two are correlated: \u003ca href=\"https://www.healthaffairs.org/content/briefs/mitigating-health-impacts-exclusionary-immigration-policies-evidence-review\">studies\u003c/a> and \u003ca href=\"https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC4074451/\">literature reviews\u003c/a> show that fear of detainment leads to exacerbated stress and reluctance to obtain health services amongst both undocumented and legal migrant populations. 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The center is located at the corner of 19th and Capp Street in the Mission District,\u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11906012/latinos-in-la-mision-a-story-of-resistance-and-community\"> the heart of San Francisco’s Latino community\u003c/a>, which has attracted generations of immigrant families and more recent migrants.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12066618\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003ca href=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/12/251210-Aging-Immigrants-ICE-MD-06-KQED.jpg\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12066618\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/12/251210-Aging-Immigrants-ICE-MD-06-KQED.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1500\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/12/251210-Aging-Immigrants-ICE-MD-06-KQED.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/12/251210-Aging-Immigrants-ICE-MD-06-KQED-160x120.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/12/251210-Aging-Immigrants-ICE-MD-06-KQED-1536x1152.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Sandra Arena, 82, left, and Amalia Quintanilla, 80, right, play bingo at Mission Neighborhood Center, a civic center serving seniors in San Francisco on Aug. 14, 2025. \u003ccite>(Courtesy of Matthew Busch/The Investigative Reporting Program)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Fear for themselves or undocumented family and friends, combined with rumors, has pushed many into isolation. Claudia Perez-Vaughan, who leads senior activities for the program, said the current situation reminds her of what many seniors were forced to endure during the COVID-19 lockdown. \u003ca href=\"https://jamanetwork.com/journals/jamanetworkopen/fullarticle/2821456\">Studies\u003c/a> have shown a correlation between isolation and increased risk of mortality, dementia, and disability in older results.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“They have this community center that is their second house, their second home,” she said. “We are like a family.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The atmosphere has changed recently. Some seniors have limited their visits to once a month, said Cinthia Torres, the community services coordinator. Others come only for to-go meals. A few have disappeared entirely. 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"content": "\u003cp>For more than ten years, I’ve been traveling all over the state, \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/author/lmorehouse\">reporting stories\u003c/a> about food and farming from every county in \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/tag/california\">the state\u003c/a>. Now, for the 58th and very last story in the series, \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/californiafoodways\">California Foodways,\u003c/a> I went back to where I grew up — \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/tag/santa-clara-county\">Santa Clara County\u003c/a>, to a special-occasion restaurant from my childhood: Chef Chu’s.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>When the restaurant opened in 1970, it was a small family business, and the area around it was a relatively sleepy suburb. Now, it’s at the heart of Silicon Valley — but they don’t deliver, and there’s no online ordering.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Still, Chef Chu’s is an institution. It’s been visited by luminaries in entertainment, politics and business. Throughout all of the change in the last 55 years, Chef Chu’s has adapted and held on, and remained true to its identity as a family business.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Earlier this year, I met my cousin Billy and his family here — his wife Kimberly, teenagers Will and Guinevere and toddler Imogen. They’re regulars.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Even early on a weeknight, the lobby at Chef Chu’s was bustling. One whole wall is a glass window, looking into the kitchen where 82-year-old Chef Lawrence Chu and his cooks work. At the bar, a staff member took phone orders, and waiters in crisp white shirts and bow ties moved efficiently from room to room.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12067137\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003ca href=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/12/251211-CHEFCHU00667_TV-KQED.jpg\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12067137\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/12/251211-CHEFCHU00667_TV-KQED.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/12/251211-CHEFCHU00667_TV-KQED.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/12/251211-CHEFCHU00667_TV-KQED-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/12/251211-CHEFCHU00667_TV-KQED-1536x1024.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Customers dine at Chef Chu’s in Los Altos on December 11, 2025. Chef Chu’s is a family run business, owned by Lawrence Chu, which has been operating since 1970 and is known for not only the food, but also for hosting celebrities and tech innovators. \u003ccite>(Tâm Vũ/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>As we waited for our table we checked out a long wall of celebrity photos including Justin Bieber, Ariana Grande, Cynthia Erivo, Margaret Thatcher and Mikhail Gorbachev.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Chef Chu’s opened the year I was born, and while I went there as a kid, I hadn’t eaten there in decades. For a white girl raised in the suburbs in the ‘70s and ‘80s, this was one of the few Chinese restaurants around. If I didn’t learn to eat with chopsticks at Chef Chu’s, I certainly practiced there, and I have a vague memory of my late grandma teaching me to spin a lazy Susan in the dining room.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>That just made it more special when Will, who has heard a lot of my stories in the car with his parents, suggested I do a story on Chef Chu’s. I asked him to co-report it with me, and many of the best questions in our interviews were his.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Neither of us had met \u003cem>the\u003c/em> Chef Chu before, in spite of eating there countless times. We met him in a private dining room where he made us feel comfortable by pouring some tea.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Throughout our time with Lawrence Chu, it was a little hard to see the differences between the man, the job, the restaurant and the brand. He’s been at this a long time.\u003cbr>\n[aside postID=news_12065744 hero='https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/11/251119-CJSBBQANDFISH-45-BL-KQED.jpg']He was just 26 years old when he opened Chef Chu’s. His wife — girlfriend at the time — was only 20.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I told her ‘I have a dream. I want to open a fast food Chinese joint in every corner of America. That sounds so terrific.’”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>She disagreed. She said, he recalled, that if he found one good location, and opened one restaurant, she would join him. He said he’s followed her advice ever since.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But why open a restaurant?\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I liked to eat. I liked to talk. I liked cooking things. Making things a little different. And I liked to be the boss. I liked running things,” he said, which was evident in the large kitchen. The scene was fast-paced but very controlled, with 17 cooks prepping food, each at a different station: chopping vegetables, working the fryer, making soup. The cooks assigned to stir fry with huge woks had tidy prep stations at waist height, filled with ingredients from fresh ginger to chili paste.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Just before the waiters carried the dishes — Mongolian beef, Kung Pau tofu, chicken salad — into the dining room, Chef Chu gave them a once-over. On one plate, he adjusted a chili pepper so the plate looked exactly how he wanted it to.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Chef Chu stepped away from the kitchen to do something he’s known for: taking a turn around the dining room, stopping to talk with customers. He asked each how their meals were, what they were eating and thanked them for coming.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>One set of customers even told me that they were here on the day Chef Chu’s opened.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Except for the location, the restaurant didn’t look anything like Chef Chu’s does today. Chu said he started with just twelve items.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12067805\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003ca href=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/12/251211-chefchu00588_TV_qed.jpg\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12067805\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/12/251211-chefchu00588_TV_qed.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/12/251211-chefchu00588_TV_qed.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/12/251211-chefchu00588_TV_qed-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/12/251211-chefchu00588_TV_qed-1536x1024.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Larry Chu, son of owner Lawrence Chu, sets a table at Chef Chu’s in Los Altos on December 11, 2025. \u003ccite>(Tam Vu/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>His oldest son, Larry, and the restaurant’s general manager, was born in 1973, a few years after the restaurant opened.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“All these customers come in and say, ‘Oh yeah, you were sitting in a baby bassinet, underneath the air conditioner, which was dripping, while your dad was stir-frying and your mom was doing everything in the front: cashier, waitress, take-out,’” he remembered.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>They were in a small space at the intersection of El Camino Real and San Antonio Road in Los Altos, in a strip mall shared with a hairdresser, a sewing machine and vacuum repair shop and accounting offices.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“It was a small Chinese takeout place with one door and a countertop, like at a diner, and you could sit at the counter, maybe five stools,” Larry recalled. “You could look right into the kitchen where they were stir-frying. ”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>At first, everything looked like it was going great, the elder Chu said. But after six months, business was down. When they asked customers, they heard that they wanted more choices, and a dining room where their kids could throw rice and be messy. Chef Chu’s had to expand. When the sewing repair shop’s lease was up, they opened a dining room there, and kept growing until they bought the whole building complex.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>They also expanded the menu. To appeal to a wider customer base, Chef Chu started making food from four different regions of China.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12067766\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003ca href=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/12/Side-by-side-Downpage-5-e1766084498689.jpg\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12067766\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/12/Side-by-side-Downpage-5-e1766084498689.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"666\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Left: The original Chef Chu’s, next door to the current location at the intersection of El Camino Real and San Antonio Road in Los Altos. Right: A family portrait of the Chus. Chu said his mother wanted the family to be the “Asian Kennedys.” \u003ccite>(Jon M. Chu)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>And the family also grew — to five children.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“We pretty much lived here,” said Larry. “If we wanted to see my dad, we had to come to Chef Chu’s.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The restaurant grew in parallel with the community around it. Larry remembers this area — which is totally developed now — looking really different.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“This area here in Los Altos was known for their apricot orchards. So, a lot of the houses of my friends that I grew up with — they had apricot trees growing in their backyards.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>I remembered this, too, growing up in Cupertino, but 16-year-old Will hasn’t ever seen an orchard in Santa Clara County.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In the 1970s, the term “Silicon Valley” wasn’t popular — yet.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I had a number of friends whose parents had companies that were building these chips that were going into these computers,” Larry said.[aside postID=news_12058556 hero='https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/10/20251002_REDWOODEMPIRE_GC-28-KQED.jpg']He saw computers change from monstrosities that filled whole rooms, to desktops.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Chef Chu saw all of that develop.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Many Silicon Valley pioneers became Chef Chu’s regulars.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Mr. Tramiel was the founder of Atari, Chuck Geshke who founded Adobe, Gordon Moore, Paul Allen, Mark Zuckerberg, Steve Jobs — when he was just a kid — all these people from Silicon Valley ate at Chef Chu’s,” Larry remembered.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Though they were in different businesses, his dad shared a certain approach with some of these customers.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Silicon Valley people are very quick to adapt to change,” Larry said. “They’re not scared of trying new things. And that’s just part of the community that is around you.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>After college, Larry moved to Hong Kong and worked in sports marketing for years. And the youngest of the kids, Jon Chu, tried his luck as a Hollywood director.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Yeah, Jon M. Chu — the director of\u003cem> Crazy Rich Asians\u003c/em>, \u003cem>In the Heights\u003c/em> and the \u003cem>Wicked\u003c/em> movies.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>When we reached out to him, Jon was on a world-wide press tour promoting \u003cem>Wicked: For Good\u003c/em>, but he sent us some voice memos from Brazil in response to our questions about growing up in Silicon Valley in the ‘80s and ‘90s.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12067135\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003ca href=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/12/251211-CHEFCHU00508_TV-KQED.jpg\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12067135\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/12/251211-CHEFCHU00508_TV-KQED.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/12/251211-CHEFCHU00508_TV-KQED.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/12/251211-CHEFCHU00508_TV-KQED-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/12/251211-CHEFCHU00508_TV-KQED-1536x1024.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">An assortment of dishes at Chef Chu’s in Los Altos on December 11, 2025. \u003ccite>(Tâm Vũ/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>“Everywhere I turned, people were thinking of new ways of how to change the world,” Jon told us. “What tomorrow looked like was on everybody’s mind. The engineer was revered. This was before they were on the cover of magazines or drove fancy cars. It was all about work and discovery and invention and innovation there,” he said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>And, like his brother Larry already told us, many of those people converged at the restaurant.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Sharing stories, sharing space, sharing ideas was such a central part to Chef Chu’s itself. Now going into a fairly selfish business, the entertainment business, I think that that sense of ‘What does tomorrow look like?’ still stays in me in the stories that I tell.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>His family’s dedication and hard work has also stayed with him.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I saw my dad and my mom work their butts off in the kitchen, out in the front. I saw many sides to it. There was the side that no one saw, which is the grind, the deboning the chicken, getting the deliveries in the back, my grandma doing the books with her abacus,” Jon remembered.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>And he saw his parents act as the ultimate hosts: “Being the ambassadors to people who may or may not have ever met a Chinese family, whoever have had or not had Chinese food, introducing them to new flavors.”[aside postID=news_12047368 hero='https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/07/250702-OaklandProduceMarket-13-BL_qed.jpg']There are a lot of similarities between running a restaurant and making a movie, he said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Everyone knows the red carpet and when the movie’s out, but they don’t see how hard it is to begin. They don’t know how hard it is in the messy middle. They don’t know the pressures before anyone ever sees it sort of nicely colored and presented.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Though he can’t visit as often as he likes, Jon said that Chef Chu’s will always be home.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“It’s been the place that I return to to get grounded. It’s a place I return to get fed physically but also emotionally.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Especially with his five kids in tow. His movie posters are on the walls, but he really likes having customers catch him up on all their family stories.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“There’s a connection point [between] what I’m doing out in Los Angeles or out in the world. The thread pulls all the way back home.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But there’s a world in which this story could have gone really differently, with Chef Chu’s closing.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In the early 2000s when Jon was trying to get a foothold in Hollywood and Larry was in Hong Kong, their dad was starting to feel the strain of running the restaurant for more than 30 years.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12067138\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003ca href=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/12/251211-CHEFCHU00689_TV-KQED.jpg\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12067138\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/12/251211-CHEFCHU00689_TV-KQED.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/12/251211-CHEFCHU00689_TV-KQED.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/12/251211-CHEFCHU00689_TV-KQED-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/12/251211-CHEFCHU00689_TV-KQED-1536x1024.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Chef Chu’s is located in Los Altos on December 11, 2025. \u003ccite>(Tâm Vũ/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>“I was burned out at the time,” said Lawrence Chu.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>He had business collaborations, and cookbooks, but the pressure had built up over the years. Plus, his beloved wife, Ruth, had breast cancer. He knew he couldn’t run the restaurant alone forever.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>He spoke with Larry about his future plans, a conversation Larry remembers well.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I could never imagine Los Altos without a Chef Chu’s there. What if when I have kids, I won’t have a Chef Chu’s to bring my kids to and eat? That’s when I decided: “Yes, Dad, I’ll come back and join the family business.’”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>That’s how it was meant to be, Jon said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“We were all very proud to have Larry come back. It felt like the legacy was continuing,” the director said. “There were a lot of hopes and dreams pinned on him. Coming back was like the return of the king, or the return of the prince, is a better way to say it.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>For his father, when Larry joined the restaurant, he gave him a shot in the arm.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“He let me feel that this is \u003cem>a life —\u003c/em> the restaurant business — instead of work.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12067812\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003ca href=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/12/251211-chefchu00496_TV_qed.jpg\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12067812\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/12/251211-chefchu00496_TV_qed.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/12/251211-chefchu00496_TV_qed.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/12/251211-chefchu00496_TV_qed-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/12/251211-chefchu00496_TV_qed-1536x1024.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Lawrence Chu (right) greets David Huff (left) at Chef Chu’s in Los Altos on December 11, 2025.\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>When he gets tired, he said, Larry reminds him of one of Chef Chu’s own mantras that’s carried him all these years: “Treat every day like opening day,” with the same energy and drive the family felt back in 1970.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>As much as Silicon Valley and Chef Chu’s have grown in parallel, Larry explained that he and his dad decided to take a deliberate path away from today’s tech climate of scaling up. They have one location, and no franchises.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“When you walk into a restaurant where the chef comes out and talks to you, you can feel that this restaurant’s got a little soul to it.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Because their customers keep coming back, Larry said, “that makes us feel like what we’re doing is worthwhile. We didn’t have to scale. Maybe enough is enough. Maybe you could be happy with what you have.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>As our interviews wrapped up, and Will and I were about to leave, he had one more question for Larry: What’s the future of Chef Chu’s?\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>That’s the question Larry asked himself 20 years ago, and now, he has a very sure answer: “You don’t have to worry about that. When my kids have their kids, there will be a Chef Chu’s here.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad floatright]\u003c/p>\n",
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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>He was just 26 years old when he opened Chef Chu’s. His wife — girlfriend at the time — was only 20.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I told her ‘I have a dream. I want to open a fast food Chinese joint in every corner of America. That sounds so terrific.’”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>She disagreed. She said, he recalled, that if he found one good location, and opened one restaurant, she would join him. He said he’s followed her advice ever since.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But why open a restaurant?\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I liked to eat. I liked to talk. I liked cooking things. Making things a little different. And I liked to be the boss. I liked running things,” he said, which was evident in the large kitchen. The scene was fast-paced but very controlled, with 17 cooks prepping food, each at a different station: chopping vegetables, working the fryer, making soup. The cooks assigned to stir fry with huge woks had tidy prep stations at waist height, filled with ingredients from fresh ginger to chili paste.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Just before the waiters carried the dishes — Mongolian beef, Kung Pau tofu, chicken salad — into the dining room, Chef Chu gave them a once-over. On one plate, he adjusted a chili pepper so the plate looked exactly how he wanted it to.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Chef Chu stepped away from the kitchen to do something he’s known for: taking a turn around the dining room, stopping to talk with customers. He asked each how their meals were, what they were eating and thanked them for coming.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>One set of customers even told me that they were here on the day Chef Chu’s opened.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Except for the location, the restaurant didn’t look anything like Chef Chu’s does today. Chu said he started with just twelve items.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12067805\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003ca href=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/12/251211-chefchu00588_TV_qed.jpg\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12067805\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/12/251211-chefchu00588_TV_qed.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/12/251211-chefchu00588_TV_qed.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/12/251211-chefchu00588_TV_qed-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/12/251211-chefchu00588_TV_qed-1536x1024.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Larry Chu, son of owner Lawrence Chu, sets a table at Chef Chu’s in Los Altos on December 11, 2025. \u003ccite>(Tam Vu/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>His oldest son, Larry, and the restaurant’s general manager, was born in 1973, a few years after the restaurant opened.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“All these customers come in and say, ‘Oh yeah, you were sitting in a baby bassinet, underneath the air conditioner, which was dripping, while your dad was stir-frying and your mom was doing everything in the front: cashier, waitress, take-out,’” he remembered.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>They were in a small space at the intersection of El Camino Real and San Antonio Road in Los Altos, in a strip mall shared with a hairdresser, a sewing machine and vacuum repair shop and accounting offices.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“It was a small Chinese takeout place with one door and a countertop, like at a diner, and you could sit at the counter, maybe five stools,” Larry recalled. “You could look right into the kitchen where they were stir-frying. ”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>At first, everything looked like it was going great, the elder Chu said. But after six months, business was down. When they asked customers, they heard that they wanted more choices, and a dining room where their kids could throw rice and be messy. Chef Chu’s had to expand. When the sewing repair shop’s lease was up, they opened a dining room there, and kept growing until they bought the whole building complex.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>They also expanded the menu. 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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>There are a lot of similarities between running a restaurant and making a movie, he said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Everyone knows the red carpet and when the movie’s out, but they don’t see how hard it is to begin. They don’t know how hard it is in the messy middle. They don’t know the pressures before anyone ever sees it sort of nicely colored and presented.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Though he can’t visit as often as he likes, Jon said that Chef Chu’s will always be home.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“It’s been the place that I return to to get grounded. It’s a place I return to get fed physically but also emotionally.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Especially with his five kids in tow. His movie posters are on the walls, but he really likes having customers catch him up on all their family stories.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“There’s a connection point [between] what I’m doing out in Los Angeles or out in the world. The thread pulls all the way back home.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But there’s a world in which this story could have gone really differently, with Chef Chu’s closing.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In the early 2000s when Jon was trying to get a foothold in Hollywood and Larry was in Hong Kong, their dad was starting to feel the strain of running the restaurant for more than 30 years.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12067138\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003ca href=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/12/251211-CHEFCHU00689_TV-KQED.jpg\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12067138\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/12/251211-CHEFCHU00689_TV-KQED.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/12/251211-CHEFCHU00689_TV-KQED.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/12/251211-CHEFCHU00689_TV-KQED-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/12/251211-CHEFCHU00689_TV-KQED-1536x1024.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Chef Chu’s is located in Los Altos on December 11, 2025. \u003ccite>(Tâm Vũ/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>“I was burned out at the time,” said Lawrence Chu.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>He had business collaborations, and cookbooks, but the pressure had built up over the years. Plus, his beloved wife, Ruth, had breast cancer. He knew he couldn’t run the restaurant alone forever.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>He spoke with Larry about his future plans, a conversation Larry remembers well.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I could never imagine Los Altos without a Chef Chu’s there. What if when I have kids, I won’t have a Chef Chu’s to bring my kids to and eat? That’s when I decided: “Yes, Dad, I’ll come back and join the family business.’”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>That’s how it was meant to be, Jon said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“We were all very proud to have Larry come back. It felt like the legacy was continuing,” the director said. “There were a lot of hopes and dreams pinned on him. Coming back was like the return of the king, or the return of the prince, is a better way to say it.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>For his father, when Larry joined the restaurant, he gave him a shot in the arm.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“He let me feel that this is \u003cem>a life —\u003c/em> the restaurant business — instead of work.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12067812\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003ca href=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/12/251211-chefchu00496_TV_qed.jpg\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12067812\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/12/251211-chefchu00496_TV_qed.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/12/251211-chefchu00496_TV_qed.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/12/251211-chefchu00496_TV_qed-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/12/251211-chefchu00496_TV_qed-1536x1024.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Lawrence Chu (right) greets David Huff (left) at Chef Chu’s in Los Altos on December 11, 2025.\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>When he gets tired, he said, Larry reminds him of one of Chef Chu’s own mantras that’s carried him all these years: “Treat every day like opening day,” with the same energy and drive the family felt back in 1970.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>As much as Silicon Valley and Chef Chu’s have grown in parallel, Larry explained that he and his dad decided to take a deliberate path away from today’s tech climate of scaling up. They have one location, and no franchises.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“When you walk into a restaurant where the chef comes out and talks to you, you can feel that this restaurant’s got a little soul to it.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Because their customers keep coming back, Larry said, “that makes us feel like what we’re doing is worthwhile. We didn’t have to scale. Maybe enough is enough. Maybe you could be happy with what you have.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>As our interviews wrapped up, and Will and I were about to leave, he had one more question for Larry: What’s the future of Chef Chu’s?\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>That’s the question Larry asked himself 20 years ago, and now, he has a very sure answer: “You don’t have to worry about that. When my kids have their kids, there will be a Chef Chu’s here.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003c/div>",
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She cited the administration’s expanded funding for enforcement — an estimated $\u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/forum/2010101910650/ices-budget-just-tripled-whats-next\">170 billion federal budget for ICE\u003c/a> — as a direct threat to families in the South Bay.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“The Trump administration has put together a massive machine to deport millions of people,” Becerra said. “When people facing deportation have access to legal representation, they have a way better chance at a positive outcome.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The coalition, which includes the South Bay Labor Council and Amigos de Guadalupe, is demanding that the San José City Council allocate an additional $500,000 toward the legal defense of immigrant communities. This would bring the city’s total commitment to roughly $1.5 million for legal services and rapid response networks.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12060896\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12060896\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/10/PeterOrtizKQED.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1505\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/10/PeterOrtizKQED.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/10/PeterOrtizKQED-160x120.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/10/PeterOrtizKQED-1536x1156.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">District 5 San José City Councilmember Peter Ortiz speaks during a protest against ICE in South San José on June 6, 2025. \u003ccite>(Joseph Geha/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>The push follows similar moves in neighboring \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12059894/alameda-county-approves-3-5-million-to-scale-up-immigrant-defense-amid-ice-surge\">Alameda County\u003c/a> and \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12061844/after-trump-surge-scare-sf-supervisors-race-to-fund-immigrant-legal-defense\">San Francisco\u003c/a>, where officials recently increased their own funding for immigrant legal defense in anticipation of federal policy changes.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>With President Donald Trump’s mass deportation program recently expanding to include attacks on naturalized citizens and challenges to birthright citizenship in the Supreme Court, San José leaders are racing to fortify local protections.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The council moved forward with measures to establish “\u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12060893/south-bay-leaders-aim-to-create-ice-free-zones\">ICE-free zones\u003c/a>” on city property—barring federal agents from using city parking lots or facilities for operations—and \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12058155/san-jose-city-council-supports-ice-mask-ban-after-plainclothes-arrest\">banned federal immigration officers\u003c/a> from concealing their identities with \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12059900/san-jose-could-soon-ban-ice-from-wearing-masks\">masks\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“We’re on the offense,” said San José Councilmember Peter Ortiz, who led both of those initiatives, and who joined the march. “I was watching what happened in Chicago and Los Angeles … so I took those test cases and started doing what those legislators were doing.”[aside postID=news_12066314 hero='https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/12/251203-SJPRIESTIMMIGRATION00043_TV-KQED.jpg']Ortiz acknowledged that the city faces a budget shortfall, meaning difficult choices lie ahead during the mid-year budget review. He stressed that funding legal defense might require cuts to other programs or outreach to philanthropy, but argued inaction is not an option.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The threat of raids has already rippled through the local economy in East San José, Ortiz said. La Perla Taqueria, a small business in his district, recently announced it would close. He attributed the struggle, in part, to a drop in clientele as fear grips the neighborhood.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I’ve spoken to businesses who have seen a 40%-50% decrease in their customers,” Ortiz said. “They’re scared to go to their local restaurants … and it’s impacting our entire ecosystem.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The march made strategic stops to deliver their demands, including at the office of U.S. Rep. Zoe Lofgren (D-San José). While \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12066314/as-immigration-enforcement-escalates-how-one-south-bay-priest-is-pushing-back\">Father Jon Pedigo\u003c/a>, executive director of PACT, praised Lofgren as a longstanding ally in Congress, the group asked federal lawmakers to act with greater urgency.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Pedigo noted that while the Posada is traditionally a celebration of hope, the mood this year has shifted toward vigilance against rising “intolerance” and “white Christian nationalism.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“We see the light getting darker,” Pedigo said. “We’re knocking on doors. 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Father Pedigo, who worked with immigrant communities affected by ICE raids and deportations, left his full-time job as a priest to be a full-time organizer. \u003ccite>(Tâm Vũ/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>The coalition’s demands also highlighted the intersection of immigration status and housing, calling for services that specifically include unhoused residents in their planning.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Paul Fong of the South Bay Labor Council emphasized that the fight for immigrant rights is inextricably linked to labor rights in the region.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Our unions are negotiating right now for strong contracts, fair wages and safe working conditions,” Fong said. “The work succeeds when the broader community stands with us, especially as immigrant workers are targeted and exploited to weaken labor standards for everyone.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Speaking to the crowd, Huy Tran, SIREN’s executive director, reflected on his own family’s journey as refugees from Vietnam.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I knew that all of us came here for the same reasons: Safety. 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"content": "\u003cp>A red umbrella sheltered Silvia Matias and her 3-year old daughter Maria from a light December drizzle. With Maria wrapped around her back, Matias waited for the 73 AC Transit Bus at the \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/tag/public-transit\">Eastmont Transit Center\u003c/a> in East Oakland.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Thanks to God and the bus, I can get anywhere,” said the 23-year-old, who uses AC Transit every day to run errands and get her 6-year-old son to and from school.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Matias doesn’t have a Clipper card, the fare-payment system accepted by all Bay Area transit agencies, so she pays with cash. A day pass for herself costs $6 and $3 for her son — amounting to a budget of $45 a week, which adds up for the single mom.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I’d like to pay less for the bus, because I don’t work, and every day I have to buy a day pass for $6,” Matias said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Since Matias uses cash, she pays 75 cents more for the two day passes than if she and her son used a Clipper card or contactless bank card. She also misses out on a weekly fare cap available only to Clipper users or people who use a contactless bank card — all of which could save her $7.50 a week.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12067635\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-12067635 size-full\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/12/251217-CLIPPER-EQUITY-MD-03-KQED.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1334\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/12/251217-CLIPPER-EQUITY-MD-03-KQED.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/12/251217-CLIPPER-EQUITY-MD-03-KQED-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/12/251217-CLIPPER-EQUITY-MD-03-KQED-1536x1025.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">A passenger boards a bus at the Eastmont Transit Center in Oakland on Dec. 17, 2025. \u003ccite>(Martin do Nascimento/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Transit advocates say long-awaited \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12065714/clipper-card-new-bart-caltrain-login-next-generation-discounts\">upgrades to the Clipper system\u003c/a>, known as next generation Clipper or Clipper 2.0, which made a \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12066855/clipper-2-0-is-here-the-rollout-has-been-plagued-by-glitches\">glitchy debut\u003c/a> on Dec. 10, are worsening disparities for AC Transit riders like Matias. The upgrades have brought discounted transfers and fare caps to cardholders, making it cheaper for Clipper users to ride AC Transit.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Advocates, like Sarah Syed, have welcomed these new features but have pointed out that cash riders are being left behind.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“No rider should have to pay more just because they are paying with cash,” said Syed, director of AC Transit’s Ward 3, which includes the Eastmont Transit Center. “ We need to fix this unfair, two-tiered system. It’s hurting those who are most vulnerable.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>According to \u003ca href=\"https://mtc.ca.gov/sites/default/files/meetings/attachments/6406/3a_25_1060_3_ClipperSTART_ClipperData.pdf?cb=c227351f\">data from the Metropolitan Transportation Commission\u003c/a>, which administers the Clipper system, 51% of all AC Transit trips were made with a payment method other than Clipper from June 2024 to May 2025. AC Transit cash riders are also more likely to be lower income or Black or Latino, Syed said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>According to Syed, when the MTC rolled out Clipper in 2010, AC Transit created discounts for Clipper users to incentivize riders to switch to the new program. More than a decade later, these discounts are no longer making switching more people to Clipper, she said.[aside postID=news_12066855 hero='https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/08/20241204-BART-JY-023_qed.jpg']“There is a willingness to access it, but there are too many accessibility issues and the discount does not overcome those,” Syed said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>On Dec. 10, Syed introduced an \u003ca href=\"https://actransit.legistar.com/View.ashx?M=F&ID=15011180&GUID=B98BD3B0-A34D-4210-B5C1-4C30B235AC85\">agenda planning request\u003c/a> to the AC Transit Board of Directors, asking the board to consider taking up the issue of fare policy reform at a future meeting. 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Syed expects the board to take up the issue again in February or March 2026.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Low-income riders and residents of historically marginalized communities, like deep East Oakland, face numerous barriers in using Clipper, according to Laurel Paget-Seekins, the senior transportation policy advocate at Public Advocates, a nonprofit civil rights and economic justice law firm.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“The system doesn’t work for people who are low income and unbanked and live in neighborhoods that don’t have access to reload their card,” she said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cdiv id=\"datawrapper-vis-DXSY1\" style=\"min-height: 419px\">\u003cimg decoding=\"async\" src=\"https://datawrapper.dwcdn.net/DXSY1/full.png\" alt=\"Regular Fares for AC Transit Riders (Adults ages 19-64) (Table)\">\u003c/div>\n\u003cp>Paget-Seekins said numerous areas in AC Transit’s service area, including the Eastmont Transit Center, lack access to Clipper reload stations. The system can also be cumbersome for people living paycheck to paycheck, as Clipper requires people to pre-load money onto their cards, and the system’s automatic reload feature requires a minimum of $20, Paget Seekins said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Public Advocates is calling on AC Transit’s Board to equalize cash and Clipper fares, and to create a way for people who use cash to purchase a $25 weekly pass, mimicking the $25 weekly fare cap that exists for Clipper and contactless bank card riders.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Adding more Clipper reload stations would require action by the MTC.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“We at the MTC believe the discounts available for Clipper customers – very much including Clipper START – encourage Clipper use; and that the free and discounted transfers now available with the next generation Clipper system will further encourage use of Clipper on both traditional plastic cards and mobile Clipper cards,” said John Goodwin, MTC assistant director of communications, in an emailed statement to KQED.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Goodwin responded to transit advocates calling some parts of Alameda County “Clipper reload deserts” – saying “they may be somewhat less arid given the high penetration of smart phones among households throughout the Bay Area.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003ca href=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/12/251217-CLIPPER-EQUITY-MD-06-KQED.jpg\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12067637\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/12/251217-CLIPPER-EQUITY-MD-06-KQED.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1334\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/12/251217-CLIPPER-EQUITY-MD-06-KQED.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/12/251217-CLIPPER-EQUITY-MD-06-KQED-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/12/251217-CLIPPER-EQUITY-MD-06-KQED-1536x1025.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Rene Harrison and Jenine Garcia wait for their bus at the Eastmont Transit Center in Oakland on Dec. 17, 2025.\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Goodwin cited the \u003ca href=\"https://data.census.gov/table?q=smartphone+use&g=050XX00US06001\">2024 American Community Survey\u003c/a> from the U.S. Census Bureau, which estimates 95% of Alameda County residents have a smartphone.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Staying out of the rain under a bus shelter at Eastmont Transit Center, Jenine Garcia, sitting in her wheelchair, waited for the 40 bus with her boyfriend, Rene Harrison. 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The Trump administration on Thursday announced funding restrictions that could effectively \u003ca href=\"https://www.npr.org/sections/shots-health-news/2025/12/18/nx-s1-5647789/transgender-gender-affirming-care-rfk-jr-dr-oz-trump\">halt all pediatric gender-affirming care\u003c/a>, and Nikki worries the move could push Sutter to backtrack — and make it nearly impossible to find a provider.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I’m trying really hard to hold on to the victory of this last week and a half or so that this care has not stopped,” she told KQED. “But that unforeseeable future weighs heavily on my husband and I. We do our best to shelter our children, but this is the world intruding upon our lives and the government trying to make decisions for us.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In November, Nikki, who asked to be identified by only her first name for fear of retribution against her and her son’s caregiver, was informed that his care would be discontinued just weeks later, on Dec. 10. Several other families with transgender children said their doctors had relayed similar messages.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But last week, according to Nikki, her son’s doctor said the hospital network appeared to reverse course and would no longer stop offering treatments on that date.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In a statement, Sutter said it was working to ensure compliance with recent federal actions affecting gender-affirming care for patients under 19.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11980957\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 1920px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-11980957\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/03/240208-HospitalViolence-11-BL_qut.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1280\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/03/240208-HospitalViolence-11-BL_qut.jpg 1920w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/03/240208-HospitalViolence-11-BL_qut-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/03/240208-HospitalViolence-11-BL_qut-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/03/240208-HospitalViolence-11-BL_qut-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/03/240208-HospitalViolence-11-BL_qut-1536x1024.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1920px) 100vw, 1920px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">The Sutter Health CPMC Davies Campus in San Francisco on Feb. 8, 2024. \u003ccite>(Beth LaBerge/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>“Sutter-aligned physicians are engaging directly with their patients to have open and thoughtful conversations and to determine individual care plans that will meet anticipated requirements,” the nonprofit hospital network said, adding that gender-affirming surgeries for young patients had previously ceased. “We continue to support careful, patient-centered discussions with appropriate resources and guidance.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Nikki said she’s still waiting for her son’s future appointments to be rescheduled after they were canceled last month, but she’s heard from other families that they’ve been able to get back on their caregivers’ calendars.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Still, she said, the last few weeks have been extremely nerve-wracking as she and other families awaited pending federal policy moves that would essentially ban gender-affirming care for youth, even in states where it’s legal.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>That came Thursday morning, when Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. and Medicaid Administrator Dr. Mehmet Oz announced two new rules.[aside postID=news_12065480 hero='https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/08/20250725_KaiserTransProtest_GC-1_qed.jpg']The first would prevent hospitals and doctors from receiving Medicaid reimbursements for gender-affirming care for children. Medicaid offers health coverage to millions of low-income Americans. The second would go further, blocking all funding from Medicaid and Medicare, which covers older people and those with disabilities, for medical centers that provide gender-affirming care to youth.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Hospitals rely heavily on Medicaid and Medicare funding to operate — combined, the two federal programs covered about 45% of spending on hospital care in 2023, \u003ca href=\"https://www.kff.org/health-costs/key-facts-about-hospitals/?entry=national-hospital-spending-spending-by-payer\">according to the health policy research organization KFF\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The proposed rules have to go through a 60-day period during which the public can weigh in, and they are likely to face legal challenges; the American Civil Liberties Union has already said it plans to sue.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>If they’re finalized, though, Nikki worries that it will become nearly impossible to find a doctor who offers the care her son needs.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Then what am I going to do to find a physician? Who are those physicians?” Nikki asked.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>That’s because other major networks have already moved to limit gender-affirming care in light of the Trump administration’s crackdown. In June, Stanford Medicine paused gender-affirming surgeries and stopped providing prescriptions for puberty blockers to young people, and Kaiser Permanente halted surgical care in July.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12049926\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12049926\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/07/20250725_KaiserTransProtest_GC-31_qed.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/07/20250725_KaiserTransProtest_GC-31_qed.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/07/20250725_KaiserTransProtest_GC-31_qed-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/07/20250725_KaiserTransProtest_GC-31_qed-1536x1024.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Calder Storm waves a transgender flag at a rally and vigil, honoring transgender patients affected by Kaiser’s decision to halt gender-affirming care to minors, outside of Kaiser Permanente on July 25, 2025. \u003ccite>(Gina Castro/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Nikki called the president’s efforts to withhold funding from caregivers who provide gender affirming care “financial sabotage.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“It’s terrifying,” she said. “It feels completely helpless and hopeless.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>She’s been searching for a new provider who doesn’t rely on federal funding since the initial word last month from her Sutter doctor, but she hasn’t found one yet. The threat that her son’s care could be stopped with just days or weeks of notice is especially worrisome, she said, because of how time sensitive it is.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>He takes a weekly testosterone shot, which has to be picked up one dose at a time, and re-prescribed every six months, due to their insurance coverage.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Right now, he’s out of refills. He’s still within his normal dose cycle, Nikki said, but if he’s unable to get a new prescription within days and falls behind, the effects will be pretty immediately noticeable.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>While she thinks he’ll be able to see his Sutter caregiver for a prescription this time, if that option goes away in the future, “I’m, for lack of a word, shit out of luck,” Nikki said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cem>KQED’s \u003c/em>\u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/author/nnavarro\">\u003cem>Natalia Navarro\u003c/em>\u003c/a>\u003cem> contributed to this report.\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n",
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"content": "\u003cp>Over the past decade, automated license-plate readers have quietly become a standard tool for law enforcement across \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/tag/california\">California\u003c/a>, \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12005347/the-east-bay-has-hundreds-of-new-surveillance-cameras-and-more-are-on-the-way\">adopted\u003c/a> by more than 200 city police departments, sheriff’s departments and other agencies.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>That’s despite a series of media reports \u003ca href=\"https://www.404media.co/cbp-had-access-to-more-than-80-000-flock-ai-cameras-nationwide/\">demonstrating\u003c/a> local AI-enabled ALPR databases are \u003ca href=\"https://apnews.com/article/immigration-border-patrol-surveillance-drivers-ice-trump-9f5d05469ce8c629d6fecf32d32098cd\">feeding\u003c/a> a federal surveillance system used by the Trump administration against immigrants and others. While a short list of municipalities in other states, including in Texas and Oregon, have responded by canceling contracts, most California officials appear to be digging their heels in.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The tensions at the heart of the debate were on full view at Oakland City Hall on Tuesday night. More than three hours of public comment preceded the City Council’s 7-1 vote to renew and expand the Oakland Police Department’s \u003ca href=\"https://oakland.legistar.com/LegislationDetail.aspx?ID=7778357&GUID=BC9ADFD5-2714-4303-BEA4-70DF1AD489D1&Options=&Search=\">contract with Flock Safety\u003c/a>, the fastest-growing surveillance product vendor in California, according to the \u003ca href=\"https://www.atlasofsurveillance.org/search?location=California&sort=city_asc&technologies%5B%5D=automated-license-plate-readers&utm_source=chatgpt.com\">Electronic Frontier Foundation\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Dozens of residents spoke in favor of the $2.25 million, two-year contract, including local homeowners association representatives and small business owners. Stephanie Tran, president of Oakland’s Chinatown Chamber of Commerce, told the city council that the chamber operates more than 50 Flock cameras in the neighborhood.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“These community-led systems have supported over 100 cases of investigations, from robberies to arson, car accidents, theft, break-ins and homicide,” Tran said. As part of the contract approved by the city council, the chamber will be able to continue sharing its Flock system data with the police department.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Other Oakland residents argued that the federal government’s data-enabled immigration crackdown trumps local crime concerns. “This surveillance technology has already caused harm in our communities, and all over the country,” said Alberto Parra of the \u003ca href=\"https://www.acceaction.org\">Alliance of Californians for Community Empowerment Action\u003c/a>, speaking in Spanish. “Oakland residents should not fear driving to work, church, or school, knowing that this data is going to be fed to a national system that’s accessible to ICE.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12066779\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12066779\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/12/251210-License-Plate-Readers-02-KQED.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1504\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/12/251210-License-Plate-Readers-02-KQED.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/12/251210-License-Plate-Readers-02-KQED-160x120.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/12/251210-License-Plate-Readers-02-KQED-1536x1155.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Law enforcement agencies across California have widely adopted automated license-plate readers to fight crime, but civil-rights advocates warn these surveillance networks also serve as data troves that can be accessed far beyond state borders. \u003ccite>(Courtesy of Flock Safety)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Civil liberties advocates have sued both Oakland and \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12064587/civil-liberties-groups-sue-san-jose-over-license-plate-reader-use\">San José\u003c/a>, alleging their use of automated license plate readers amounts to a “deeply invasive” mass surveillance system that violates residents’ rights to privacy in California.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“ALPRs, operating at the scale that they’re operating now, with the kind of vendors that are running these systems now, are posing a direct public safety threat,” said Sarah Hamid, director of strategic campaigns at the Electronic Frontier Foundation.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“We’re living in a political climate where undocumented community members are being kidnapped off the street in broad daylight, where people’s healthcare is being criminalized, people’s political speech is being criminalized, and having this much location data information about everyone who drives in this country, and where they go, and when they go there, is fundamentally unsafe,” Hamid said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Automated License Plate Readers are AI-powered cameras that capture and analyze millions of images, including vehicle location, date, time, as well as make, model, color, and details like dents and bumper stickers.[aside postID=news_12067461 hero='https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/04/250428-OAKLAND-CITY-HALL-FILE-MD-02_qed-1020x680.jpg']OPD has a \u003ca href=\"https://oaklandside.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/12/View-Attachment-A-7.pdf\">policy\u003c/a> outlining steps to follow when an outside agency seeks access to Oakland license plate data. Tuesday night, the council adopted a series of amendments to mollify data privacy concerns, including a “two-key” approval system requiring both the city’s Chief Privacy Officer and the OPD Information Technology Director to authorize any new data-sharing relationships, as well as quarterly independent compliance audits to be overseen by the City Auditor.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Communities are in full control of who they share with,” said Trevor Chandler, director of public affairs for Flock. “Some communities choose to share with no one.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In a \u003ca href=\"https://oaklandside.org/2025/11/18/oakland-police-lawsuit-license-plate-camera-flock-safety/\">recent lawsuit\u003c/a> filed against OPD, privacy advocate Brian Hofer claimed the department violated its own rules, alleging there are records of millions of external searches of Oakland’s system. Hofer recently stepped down from Oakland’s Privacy Advisory Commission, which \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12066924/oaklands-license-plate-camera-contract-is-back-up-for-a-vote-critics-are-crying-foul\">voted against\u003c/a> reupping with Flock earlier this year.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Hofer, who advises cities and counties across California, points out that more than 80 California cities have adopted \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/tag/sanctuary-cities\">sanctuary laws\u003c/a> limiting cooperation with federal immigration enforcement. But those policies, he argues, often stop short of governing how police departments collect, share and audit license plate reader data, a gap he said leaves agencies vulnerable to violating state law.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Under SB 34, California law enforcement agencies are required to adopt detailed usage and privacy policies governing ALPR data, restrict access to authorized purposes, and regularly audit searches to prevent misuse. Hofer calls many local approaches “performative,” arguing that city councils and city attorneys frequently approve surveillance programs without providing effective oversight.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>His concerns echo findings by the California \u003ca href=\"https://oag.ca.gov/news/press-releases/attorney-general-bonta-advises-california-law-enforcement-legal-uses-and\">Attorney General’s office\u003c/a> two years ago, after a state audit found “the majority of California law enforcement agencies collect and use images captured by ALPR cameras, but few have appropriate usage and privacy policies in place.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12051143\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12051143\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/08/250806-RICHMOND-POLICE-FILE-MD-03-KQED.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1334\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/08/250806-RICHMOND-POLICE-FILE-MD-03-KQED.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/08/250806-RICHMOND-POLICE-FILE-MD-03-KQED-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/08/250806-RICHMOND-POLICE-FILE-MD-03-KQED-1536x1025.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">The Richmond Police Department in Richmond on Aug. 6, 2025. \u003ccite>(Martin do Nascimento/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Even if they do, federal laws supersede state laws. “If we get a federal court warrant, we’re still going to have to respond to it. We’re gonna still have to turn over the data,” Hofer said. “That’s why privacy folks like me are, like, don’t collect the data in the first place. Any data collected is data at risk,” Hofer said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>That risk is not hypothetical.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>A few weeks ago, Richmond’s new police chief, Tim Simmons, \u003ca href=\"https://www.facebook.com/richmondpolicecali/posts/pfbid02DLgEZwDpaCE6ZEXMyYboDY4EFiQFq8axkX2SG9YE6oQFUdgQDVuHMdPwx8xzXbpel\">shut down\u003c/a> its automated license plate reader system after Flock notified the police department of a configuration error that could have allowed outside law enforcement agencies to run searches of the city’s data.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>While the police department wrote in a Facebook post that it has no evidence any outside agency actually viewed Richmond’s data, Chief Simmons told\u003ca href=\"https://richmondside.org/2025/12/09/richmond-license-plate-reader-data-breach/\"> \u003cem>Richmondside\u003c/em>\u003c/a>, “The fact that it was made available was outside the scope of what we’ve been telling people and what has been told to us. 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Each law enforcement agency also decides how long data is stored before being deleted.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But Richmond officials are not alone in harboring misgivings.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In November, Santa Cruz officials decided to \u003ca href=\"https://lookout.co/city-of-santa-cruz-pauses-statewide-license-plate-data-sharing-citing-flock-safetys-violation-of-california-law/story\">temporarily limit\u003c/a> outside agencies’ access to the city’s license plate reader data and to review its agreement with Flock. The move followed testimony from Santa Cruz Police Chief Bernie Escalante, who told the city council that Flock disclosed earlier this year that it had allowed out-of-state law enforcement agencies to use a national search tool to access license plate data collected by California agencies.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Over the summer, the \u003ca href=\"https://sfstandard.com/2025/07/14/oakland-san-francisco-ice-license-plate-readers/\">San Francisco Standard\u003c/a> reported that OPD shared data from its camera systems with federal agencies. \u003ca href=\"https://calmatters.org/economy/technology/2025/06/california-police-sharing-license-plate-reader-data/\">CalMatters reported\u003c/a> that law enforcement agencies in Southern California have shared information from automated license plate readers with federal agents as well.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>And in a recent analysis of 10 months of nationwide searches on Flock’s servers, EFF discovered more than 50 federal, state, and local agencies — including some in California — ran hundreds of searches in connection with \u003ca href=\"https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2025/11/how-cops-are-using-flock-safetys-alpr-network-surveil-protesters-and-activists\">political protests\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Hofer, who has sued Oakland twice over surveillance practices, said his frustration is not with Flock or its competitors in the industry. It’s with local elected officials. “They’re not connecting the dots. We are building these systems for Donald Trump. We are harvesting data for Donald Trump,” Hofer said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad floatright]\u003c/p>\n",
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We’re gonna still have to turn over the data,” Hofer said. “That’s why privacy folks like me are, like, don’t collect the data in the first place. 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Each law enforcement agency also decides how long data is stored before being deleted.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But Richmond officials are not alone in harboring misgivings.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In November, Santa Cruz officials decided to \u003ca href=\"https://lookout.co/city-of-santa-cruz-pauses-statewide-license-plate-data-sharing-citing-flock-safetys-violation-of-california-law/story\">temporarily limit\u003c/a> outside agencies’ access to the city’s license plate reader data and to review its agreement with Flock. 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