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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003cp>Hundreds remain under evacuation orders on Friday as crews battle the \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12093383/woodside-fire-30-contained-evacuations-air-quality-warnings-highway-1-closure-in-place\">Woodside Fire\u003c/a>, which broke out on the coast of Sonoma County west of Highway 1 on Thursday night.\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>The wildfire, which broke out Thursday afternoon, spread across the coast near Jenner throughout the evening, reaching 140 acres by 11 p.m.\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>While forward progress has been stalled, evacuation orders remained in place Friday morning as crews continued to fight hotspots.\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>Farm Camp, a private sleep-away camp for children in Cazadero, evacuated campers around 10 p.m. Thursday. Earlier in the evening, the camp told guardians that they were sheltering in place, since their site was outside of evacuation zones.\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>“We’ve kind of been on call this evening, waiting for updates, watching the fire,” Jeb Conner, whose 10-year-old daughter is a first-time camper, said Friday. “Luckily we knew that they were safe and very detailed emails on what’s happening.”\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cfigure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1434\" height=\"800\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/07/Screenshot-2026-07-31-at-12.06.25-PM-e1785527122326.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-12093435\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/07/Screenshot-2026-07-31-at-12.06.25-PM-e1785527122326.png 1434w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/07/Screenshot-2026-07-31-at-12.06.25-PM-e1785527122326-160x89.png 160w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1434px) 100vw, 1434px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Woodside Fire has burned 140 acres, forcing Sonoma Coast evacuations and a summer camp closure. (Courtesy of Cal Fire)\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>The family, who live in Richmond, drove to a hotel in Petaluma, where the camp transported 150 people, including nearly 100 kids, by bus last night so that they could reunite with their parents.\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003c/div>",
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As of Friday morning, more than 300 fire personnel, including multiple helicopters and air tankers from around the state, were assisting suppression efforts.\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cfigure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/07/CalFireGetty.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-12093449\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/07/CalFireGetty.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/07/CalFireGetty-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/07/CalFireGetty-1536x1024.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">A Cal Fire patch is seen on the shoulder of a firefighter on Sept. 26, 2025, in San Diego, California. (Kevin Carter/Getty Images)\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>Much of the North Bay woke up Friday morning to hazy skies, with the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency’s air quality monitors registering contamination levels up to four times what’s considered hazardous. \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>The EPA considers fire-particle pollution levels greater than 300 to be hazardous. Monitors along the Russian River, in communities like Sebastopol, Guerneville and Forestville, recorded levels up to 700 around 8:30 a.m. Friday, prompting warnings of emergency conditions. 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For now it’s okay, but I hope it dissipates.”\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>The Bay Area Air District cautioned that conditions can change rapidly and smoke levels can be hard to predict in an advisory late Thursday. \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>“It is important that Bay Area residents protect their health by avoiding exposure. If possible, and temperatures allow, stay inside with windows and doors closed until smoke levels subside.”\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cfigure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1434\" height=\"800\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/07/Screenshot-2026-07-31-at-12.06.25-PM-e1785527122326.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-12093435\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/07/Screenshot-2026-07-31-at-12.06.25-PM-e1785527122326.png 1434w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/07/Screenshot-2026-07-31-at-12.06.25-PM-e1785527122326-160x89.png 160w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1434px) 100vw, 1434px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Woodside Fire has burned 140 acres, forcing Sonoma Coast evacuations and a summer camp closure. (Courtesy of Cal Fire)\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>The vegetation fire has forced evacuations along the coast near Jenner in Sonoma County, along with a private camp and subdivision community. Evacuation orders and warnings that took effect Thursday remain in place, according to Cal Fire.\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>The fire, directly west of Highway 1, led to closures between Timber Cove Road and Stewarts Point – Skaggs Springs Road, and evacuation zone SON-1D1, along with Salt Point State Park, Steelwater Cove Regional Park, Ocean Cove Private Camp and Timber Cove Subdivision, are under mandatory evacuation orders. 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A second guard reaches the pair, and the two of them carry the boy out. \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>A roughly two-minute video of a dramatic rescue on Saturday at Seabright Beach has drawn millions of views and, on Tuesday, an invitation to the \u003ca href=\"https://x.com/realDonaldTrump/status/2082159711852298494?s=20\">White House\u003c/a> from President Donald Trump, who said he planned to give the 16-year-old a “High Civilian Honor.”\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>But Santa Cruz officials would rather people treat the video as a warning for \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12092689/a-bay-area-heat-wave-is-coming-along-with-beach-hazards-and-wildfires\">the warm weekend ahead\u003c/a>, with inland temperatures forecast to \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12093013/cool-coast-hot-inland-bay-area-heat-this-weekend-will-depend-on-where-you-live\">approach 100 degrees on Saturday\u003c/a> in the interior East Bay and North Bay. \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cfigure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/07/SantaCruzBeachGetty.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-12093238\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/07/SantaCruzBeachGetty.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/07/SantaCruzBeachGetty-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/07/SantaCruzBeachGetty-1536x1024.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">A crowd enjoys the warm weather at Santa Cruz Beach, in Santa Cruz, California, on July 30, 2023. 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Any Santa Cruz beach without guards, he said, “is much more dangerous because nobody’s there to help or see or prevent you from getting in trouble.”\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>According to the Santa Cruz County Sheriff’s Office, all seven of the recorded accidental water-related deaths since the start of 2025 happened at unguarded beaches. \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>In three of the seven, the person was not swimming. They were standing near the surf line when large waves pulled them in, according to the Santa Cruz County Sheriff’s Office.\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>The swell is generated by tropical cyclones thousands of miles away in the eastern Pacific Ocean. 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(Melina Mara/The Washington Post via Getty Images)\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>“The further the swell comes from, the farther away the waves have time to organize themselves,” Bodine said. “And then they’re more powerful when they do hit.” \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>That can mean 20 to 30 minutes of flat-looking ocean followed by a set of 10 to 15 powerful waves. 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(Gina Castro/KQED)\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>Hoang attributed the pattern largely to an active \u003ca href=\"https://www.cpc.ncep.noaa.gov/products/Epac_hurr/index.shtml\">tropical season in the eastern Pacific\u003c/a>, where above-normal activity is expected this year. More systems there generally mean more swell reaching California. \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>Some of June’s swell came from the opposite hemisphere, he said, generated by winter storms in the southern Pacific.\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>Both Bodine and Hoppin said the people who get caught are rarely the ones who know the water. Hoppin, who grew up in Santa Cruz, described beachgoers wandering onto riprap and jetties — structures that start from land and go out to water — or standing at the edge of a cliff without understanding they can be pulled in. \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>“There’s people being pulled off the beach all the time now,” Hoppin said. “You really need to understand the dynamics of the coast.” \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>What worried Bodine about the Seabright video was not the surf but the people wading in after the lifeguard. \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>“That could have turned into an eight-person rescue,” he said. \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cfigure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1980\" height=\"1250\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/07/GettyImages-81956752.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-12093314\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/07/GettyImages-81956752.jpg 1980w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/07/GettyImages-81956752-160x101.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/07/GettyImages-81956752-1536x970.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1980px) 100vw, 1980px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">A surfer rides a wave at Steamer Lane, a well-known surfing spot, with the Santa Cruz Wharf in the background, on July 3, 2008, in Santa Cruz, California. (Stephen Dunn/Getty Images)\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>His instruction is blunt. Run to a tower, wave down another guard, call 911, but stay out of the water. \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>“We don’t need more victims,” Bodine said. “These are trained professionals. Let them do their thing.” \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>Bodine, who runs staffing for the division, said the city adds crews when a swell is forecast, and doubles up guards on the towers nearest known rip currents, including at the river mouth. \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>If you do get pulled out, he said, the worst instinct is to fight it. Stay calm and let the current carry you until it stops, then wave for a guard. 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From Friday through Sunday, lifeguards in the city of Santa Cruz performed 34 rescues and made 5,847 preventative contacts, or proactive warnings about swimming safety, said David Bodine, marine safety captain for the Santa Cruz City Fire Department. \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\u003cp>Most of that happened on Main Beach and Cowell Beach, where the city staffs five guard towers.\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>The preventions are the number Bodine wants people to notice. \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>“If we’re doing our job right, we’re not getting any rescues,” he said. \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>Bodine said the biggest difference in risk is whether anyone is watching. 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What makes the swell dangerous is that it does not announce itself.\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cfigure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1980\" height=\"1320\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/07/GettyImages-1258058408.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-12093312\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/07/GettyImages-1258058408.jpg 1980w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/07/GettyImages-1258058408-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/07/GettyImages-1258058408-1536x1024.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1980px) 100vw, 1980px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">With a training exercise happening in the distance, surfers catch and wait for waves within the iconic surfing area along West Cliff Drive, near erosion and collapses of the cliffs, in Santa Cruz, California, on Thursday, March 2, 2023. (Melina Mara/The Washington Post via Getty Images)\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>“The further the swell comes from, the farther away the waves have time to organize themselves,” Bodine said. “And then they’re more powerful when they do hit.” \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>That can mean 20 to 30 minutes of flat-looking ocean followed by a set of 10 to 15 powerful waves. A local swell, in comparison, has constant surf, and people stay out. \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>“A novice looks at the ocean and thinks it’s safe,” Bodine said. \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>Nicole Sarment, a meteorologist with the Weather Service’s Bay Area office, described the same thing earlier this week: a wave that runs far past the normal waterline. \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>“Even if the water seems flat for 20 minutes, you can still have an unsuspecting wave run much farther, up actually on dry sand, getting people who are sleeping, walking their dogs,” she said. \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>This summer has produced an unusual number of these swells. 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(Gina Castro/KQED)\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>Hoang attributed the pattern largely to an active \u003ca href=\"https://www.cpc.ncep.noaa.gov/products/Epac_hurr/index.shtml\">tropical season in the eastern Pacific\u003c/a>, where above-normal activity is expected this year. More systems there generally mean more swell reaching California. \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>Some of June’s swell came from the opposite hemisphere, he said, generated by winter storms in the southern Pacific.\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>Both Bodine and Hoppin said the people who get caught are rarely the ones who know the water. Hoppin, who grew up in Santa Cruz, described beachgoers wandering onto riprap and jetties — structures that start from land and go out to water — or standing at the edge of a cliff without understanding they can be pulled in. \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>“There’s people being pulled off the beach all the time now,” Hoppin said. “You really need to understand the dynamics of the coast.” \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>What worried Bodine about the Seabright video was not the surf but the people wading in after the lifeguard. \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>“That could have turned into an eight-person rescue,” he said. \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cfigure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1980\" height=\"1250\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/07/GettyImages-81956752.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-12093314\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/07/GettyImages-81956752.jpg 1980w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/07/GettyImages-81956752-160x101.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/07/GettyImages-81956752-1536x970.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1980px) 100vw, 1980px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">A surfer rides a wave at Steamer Lane, a well-known surfing spot, with the Santa Cruz Wharf in the background, on July 3, 2008, in Santa Cruz, California. (Stephen Dunn/Getty Images)\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>His instruction is blunt. Run to a tower, wave down another guard, call 911, but stay out of the water. \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>“We don’t need more victims,” Bodine said. “These are trained professionals. Let them do their thing.” \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>Bodine, who runs staffing for the division, said the city adds crews when a swell is forecast, and doubles up guards on the towers nearest known rip currents, including at the river mouth. \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>If you do get pulled out, he said, the worst instinct is to fight it. Stay calm and let the current carry you until it stops, then wave for a guard. 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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Hoang said beachgoers should also take caution along the coast because of the increased risk of \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12088673/what-is-a-sneaker-wave-how-to-avoid-bay-area-beaches-hidden-deadly-hazards\">sneaker waves\u003c/a> and rip currents throughout the weekend. \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>“We encourage them to stay away from the water’s edge, stay off of piers and rocks along the shoreline,” Hoang said. “Never turn your back to the water.”\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>Temperatures are expected to dip early next week before the ridge likely rebuilds by Tuesday, which will prompt them to bump back up again, meteorologists said in their daily forecast discussion. They note: “Another round of even hotter temps will be possible around Aug. 5 through Aug. 8.” \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>Swain said the second wave of heat may be centered further north and “affect northern California more severely than the first one,” but added that there is “some uncertainty” in how extreme it might be. \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>“It could be pretty intense,” Swain said. \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>Swain said to expect a significant uptick in fire activity or danger across the state, especially Southern California, during the bout of heat, but the risk is lower in the coastal Bay Area. \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>This week, NWS expects elevated fire weather threats across the North and East Bay as well as the Diablo and Santa Lucia ranges. \u003c/p>\n\n\u003c/div>\u003c/p>",
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"content": "\u003cp>There aren’t many places that make you feel like you’ve stepped into ’90s \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/tag/san-francisco\">San Francisco\u003c/a>. But, luckily, Dog Eared Books on Valencia Street \u003cem>is \u003c/em>one of them. \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>“If somebody wants a taste of what the Mission District felt like in 1995, they can walk into here, and it feels like that,” bookseller Scott Soriano told \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12080674/want-to-spring-clean-your-bookshelf-where-to-sell-or-donate-used-books-in-the-bay-area\">this reporter in May\u003c/a>. “A little bit of the San Francisco that used to be.”\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>Not exactly, of course. Many things have evolved since its inception as a used bookstore around 30 years ago. But with the maze of shelves, posters and art covering every inch of the wall and a welcoming attitude that lets you stand around and just \u003cem>read \u003c/em>for a while, “Dog Eared feels like a long-lost home,” he said. \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cfigure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/07/260724-PlacesTimeTravel-08-BL.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-12093114\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/07/260724-PlacesTimeTravel-08-BL.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/07/260724-PlacesTimeTravel-08-BL-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/07/260724-PlacesTimeTravel-08-BL-1536x1024.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Customers shop at Dog Eared Books on Valencia Street in San Francisco on July 24, 2026. (Beth LaBerge/KQED)\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>“This hasn’t always been a conscious effort,” Soriano said. “At some point — probably when every new store seemed to be a white box — we recognized that our aesthetic is an asset.”\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>LisaRuth Elliott, a historian, agreed. And she would know — she co-directs Shaping San Francisco, a community history project that hosts talks and walking tours throughout the city’s neighborhoods and corridors, including Valencia Street.\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Being home to storefronts like Dog Eared was just one of Valencia Street’s many uses over time. Valencia also used to be: the major transportation route for Irish funeral homes moving the deceased to Colma, the center of women’s and lesbian culture in the ‘80s and ‘90s, and the hub for South Asian anti-imperialist activism. \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>“It’s really fun to look at the different ways that spaces have been used,” she said. \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003ch2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Off the beaten path\u003c/h2>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>Elliott’s audience is largely curious San Franciscans or Bay Area residents who want to learn more about the city they have lived in or near almost their entire lives.\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>“The kind of feedback we got is, ‘I’ve lived here my whole life. I didn’t know about that pathway. I didn’t know you could get there from here and you showed me some new ways to get around my neighborhood.’” Elliott said. In her tours, people want to know, “How do I get off my own beaten path of moving through the city?”\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cfigure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/07/260727-PlacesTimeTravel-07-BL.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-12093107\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/07/260727-PlacesTimeTravel-07-BL.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/07/260727-PlacesTimeTravel-07-BL-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/07/260727-PlacesTimeTravel-07-BL-1536x1024.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Visitors look at Laffing Sal at the Musée Mécanique in Fisherman’s Wharf in San Francisco on July 27, 2026, a museum filled with coin-operated, antique arcade games and mechanically operated musical instruments. (Beth LaBerge/KQED)\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\n\n\n\u003cfigure class=\"wp-block-gallery has-nested-images columns-default is-cropped wp-block-gallery-7 is-layout-flex wp-block-gallery-is-layout-flex\">\n\u003cfigure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" data-id=\"12093109\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/07/260727-PlacesTimeTravel-02-BL.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-12093109\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/07/260727-PlacesTimeTravel-02-BL.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/07/260727-PlacesTimeTravel-02-BL-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/07/260727-PlacesTimeTravel-02-BL-1536x1024.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">The Musée Mécanique in Fisherman’s Wharf in San Francisco on July 27, 2026, a museum filled with coin-operated, antique arcade games and mechanically operated musical instruments. (Beth LaBerge/KQED)\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\n\n\n\u003cfigure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" data-id=\"12093108\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/07/260727-PlacesTimeTravel-11-BL.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-12093108\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/07/260727-PlacesTimeTravel-11-BL.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/07/260727-PlacesTimeTravel-11-BL-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/07/260727-PlacesTimeTravel-11-BL-1536x1024.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">The Musée Mécanique in Fisherman’s Wharf in San Francisco on July 27, 2026, a museum filled with coin-operated, antique arcade games and mechanically operated musical instruments. (Beth LaBerge/KQED)\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003c/figure>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>There can be many reasons these residents — old and new — want to step into past decades. \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>“I think it has a lot to do with the gravitation toward the technology industry, which is something that doesn’t hold tangible concrete things of the past in high estimation,” Elliott said. \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>“People are yearning for that sense of connection. We talk about it all the time, right? This disconnectedness, the … dropping out of social interactions,” she said. “The pandemic did not help.\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>“Connection is a really strong motivator,” she said.\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>In the spirit of being a tourist in your own home, KQED compiled some key places that make you feel like you have “time traveled” to San Francisco’s storied past. Or, at least, close to it. This includes historical and preserved landmarks, legacy businesses and local spots that have curated themselves as throwbacks to an earlier time. \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003ch2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Head outdoors\u003c/h2>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>First off, some general tips from a historian:\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>San Francisco landscapes have been drastically reengineered over time. Consider one of the biggest examples: Mission Bay, which is no longer a bay, Elliott said. \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>“I look to our natural areas, our open spaces, as places that have not been preserved in time, necessarily, but where you can experience, even if the skyline has changed, a sort of sense of the city as it may have been,” Elliott said.\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cfigure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1763\" height=\"1175\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/07/250224-Presidio-22-BL_qed-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-12093121\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/07/250224-Presidio-22-BL_qed-1.jpg 1763w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/07/250224-Presidio-22-BL_qed-1-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/07/250224-Presidio-22-BL_qed-1-1536x1024.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1763px) 100vw, 1763px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">A tour bus stops to view Crissy Field in the Presidio, a park and former military outpost, and the city skyline of San Francisco on Feb. 25, 2025. (Beth LaBerge/KQED)\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>Places, she said, like the Presidio, \u003ca href=\"https://www.foundsf.org/Bayview_Hill\">Bayview Hill\u003c/a> and Fort Funston.\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>“You still have so many spaces within the Presidio that give you a sense of \u003ca href=\"https://presidio.gov/explore/attractions/presidio-nursery\">what the plants were\u003c/a>, even before the Spanish came,” she said. “A lot of work has been done to do that recognition of those plants.” \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>(The Presidio even has \u003ca href=\"https://presidio.gov/explore/attractions/presidio-pet-cemetery\">a pet cemetery from the 1950s\u003c/a>, which is open to the public.)\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003ch2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Visit preserved buildings\u003c/h2>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>There are also historical buildings, like San Francisco’s famous Coit Tower. \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>“If you go into Coit Tower and you’re looking at the murals, you can feel like you’re there at the same time that the muralists were painting in the 1930s, which is very rare,” Elliott said. “Museums change. But Coit has this quality of transportation back in time, especially if you get a chance to walk up through the second floor.” \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cfigure class=\"wp-block-gallery has-nested-images columns-default is-cropped wp-block-gallery-8 is-layout-flex wp-block-gallery-is-layout-flex\">\n\u003cfigure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" data-id=\"12093134\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/07/260727-PlacesTimeTravel-26-BL.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-12093134\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/07/260727-PlacesTimeTravel-26-BL.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/07/260727-PlacesTimeTravel-26-BL-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/07/260727-PlacesTimeTravel-26-BL-1536x1024.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Visitors look at murals inside of Coit Tower in San Francisco on July 27, 2026. The tower on top of Telegraph Hill was completed in 1933 and is filled with murals depicting life during the Depression in California. (Beth LaBerge/KQED)\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\n\n\n\u003cfigure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" data-id=\"12093128\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/07/260727-PlacesTimeTravel-25-BL.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-12093128\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/07/260727-PlacesTimeTravel-25-BL.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/07/260727-PlacesTimeTravel-25-BL-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/07/260727-PlacesTimeTravel-25-BL-1536x1024.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Views from the top of Coit Tower in San Francisco on July 27, 2026. The tower on top of Telegraph Hill was completed in 1933 and is filled with murals depicting life during the Depression in California. (Beth LaBerge/KQED)\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003c/figure>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>She also suggested The Old Mint downtown, which was built during the Gold Rush and operated from the 1860s to the 1980s. \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>You can also find a list of \u003ca href=\"https://sfplanning.org/project/sf-places-landmark-designation#designated-landmarks\">officially designated landmarks in the city\u003c/a> on the SF Planning website. The state also has its own round-up of \u003ca href=\"https://ohp.parks.ca.gov/?page_id=21482\">historically designated spots\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003ch2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Explore neighborhoods\u003c/h2>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>Elliott said that with the mission of visiting San Francisco’s past, the western neighborhoods are a great bet — especially some of the businesses and restaurants in the beautiful Inner Sunset and Inner Richmond. \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>“Maybe it has the advantage of being farther in distance from the downtown economic centers, but time does seem to stop in some of those places — in a good way,” she said. “I think that’s really great that those neighborhoods have retained their character.”\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>Another key neighborhood is North Beach, San Francisco’s Italian American neighborhood with beatnik corners — also right next to bustling Chinatown, which is a treat at night.\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cfigure class=\"wp-block-gallery has-nested-images columns-default is-cropped wp-block-gallery-9 is-layout-flex wp-block-gallery-is-layout-flex\">\n\u003cfigure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" data-id=\"12093126\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/07/260727-PlacesTimeTravel-16-BL.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-12093126\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/07/260727-PlacesTimeTravel-16-BL.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/07/260727-PlacesTimeTravel-16-BL-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/07/260727-PlacesTimeTravel-16-BL-1536x1024.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Eastern Bakery in San Francisco’s Chinatown neighborhood on July 27, 2026, the oldest Chinese bakery in Chinatown. (Beth LaBerge/KQED)\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\n\n\n\u003cfigure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" data-id=\"12093110\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/07/260727-PlacesTimeTravel-31-BL.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-12093110\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/07/260727-PlacesTimeTravel-31-BL.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/07/260727-PlacesTimeTravel-31-BL-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/07/260727-PlacesTimeTravel-31-BL-1536x1024.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">A bartender walks through Specs’ Twelve Adler Museum Cafe in San Francisco’s North Beach neighborhood on July 27, 2026. (Beth LaBerge/KQED)\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003c/figure>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>And this reporter would be remiss not to mention the Haight-Ashbury, which preserved, restored or recreated some of San Francisco’s best ‘60s imagery.\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>But \u003cem>where\u003c/em> in these neighborhoods should you check out, specifically? Conveniently enough, the City of San Francisco has a Legacy Business Program, which keeps track of spots that have operated in the city for 30 years or more and \u003ca href=\"https://www.sf.gov/step-by-step--apply-join-legacy-business-registry\">“contributed to San Francisco’s history or identity.”\u003c/a> \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>You can find a map of over 400 of these businesses on \u003ca href=\"https://sfgov.maps.arcgis.com/apps/dashboards/471cc5798f8c486fb0f8e9ac8badaf03\">San Francisco’s city website\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>KQED staffers also have recommendations for favorite places to visit when they are feeling the need to escape 2026. (Keep in mind, if you are interested in heading out to these spots, be sure to check if they are open or require an appointment!)\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>1700s\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n\u003cli>\u003ca href=\"https://www.missiondolores.org/\">Mission Dolores Basilica\u003c/a> on 16th Street — especially its outdoor patio area.\u003c/li>\n\u003c/ul>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>1800s\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n\u003cli>\u003ca href=\"https://www.haas-lilienthalhouse.org/\">Haas-Lilienthal House\u003c/a> on Franklin Street\u003c/li>\n\n\n\n\u003cli>\u003ca href=\"https://www.atlasobscura.com/places/bourn-mansion\">The Bourn Mansion\u003c/a> on Webster Street\u003c/li>\n\n\n\n\u003cli>\u003ca href=\"https://theoldclamhouse.com/\">The Old Clam House\u003c/a>, a seafood restaurant in Bayshore\u003c/li>\n\n\n\n\u003cli>\u003ca href=\"https://www.sfpalace.com/\">The Palace Hotel\u003c/a> in downtown San Francisco\u003c/li>\n\n\n\n\u003cli>\u003ca href=\"https://www.milibrary.org/our-historic-building/work-spaces/\">The Mechanics’ Institute\u003c/a> in downtown San Francisco\u003c/li>\n\u003c/ul>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Early 1900s\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n\u003cli>\u003ca href=\"https://www.thehouseofshields.com/\">The House of Shields\u003c/a>, one of the city’s oldest bars, on New Montgomery Street\u003c/li>\n\n\n\n\u003cli>\u003ca href=\"https://www.balboacafesf.com/\">Balboa Cafe\u003c/a> on Fillmore Street\u003c/li>\n\n\n\n\u003cli>\u003ca href=\"https://www.easternbakery.com/\">Eastern Bakery\u003c/a> — the \u003ca href=\"https://www.spotlightchinatown.com/eastern-bakery\">oldest Chinese bakery in the city\u003c/a> — on Grant Avenue in Chinatown\u003c/li>\n\n\n\n\u003cli>\u003ca href=\"https://www.nps.gov/goga/learn/historyculture/cliff-house.htm\">Cliff House\u003c/a> — a space where notable figures and artists gathered together — in San Francisco’s Lands End. 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and Counterculture art from several eras, including the ‘60s, ‘70s and ‘80s — on San Leandro Way\u003c/li>\n\n\n\n\u003cli>\u003ca href=\"https://www.bobsdonutssf.com/about\">Bob’s Donuts\u003c/a> on Polk Street\u003c/li>\n\n\n\n\u003cli>\u003ca href=\"https://www.audium.org/history/\">The Audium\u003c/a>, an immersive sound space, on Bush Street\u003c/li>\n\u003c/ul>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>1970s\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n\u003cli>\u003ca href=\"https://www.sfgayhistory.com/neighborhoods/castro/castro-gay-bars/twin-peaks-tavern/\">Twin Peaks Tavern\u003c/a>, a historic gay bar that was actually \u003ca href=\"https://default.sfplanning.org/Preservation/landmarks_designation/Adopted_TwinPeaksLM_Report.pdf\">built in the 1800s\u003c/a> as a saloon, in the Castro\u003c/li>\n\u003c/ul>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>1980s\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n\u003cli>\u003ca href=\"https://www.harrysbarsf.com/\">Harry’s 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Mission\u003c/li>\n\u003c/ul>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>2000s\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n\u003cli>\u003ca href=\"https://www.theinfatuation.com/san-francisco/reviews/horsies-market-saloon\">Horsies Market & Saloon\u003c/a> in the Mission\u003c/li>\n\n\n\n\u003cli>\u003ca href=\"https://www.instagram.com/theroyalcuckooorganlounge/?hl=en\">The Royal Cuckoo\u003c/a> in the Mission\u003c/li>\n\n\n\n\u003cli>\u003ca href=\"https://www.freegoldwatch.com/\">Free Gold Watch\u003c/a>, a 2000s arcade but packed with retro pinball machines and arcade games, in Haight-Ashbury\u003c/li>\n\u003c/ul>\n\n\n\n\u003ch2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Other resources and ways to explore San Francisco history\u003c/h2>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>Keep in mind: The following is just the tip of the iceberg of all of the ways you can explore the city’s past.\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Walking tours\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cul 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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003cp>There aren’t many places that make you feel like you’ve stepped into ’90s \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/tag/san-francisco\">San Francisco\u003c/a>. But, luckily, Dog Eared Books on Valencia Street \u003cem>is \u003c/em>one of them. \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>“If somebody wants a taste of what the Mission District felt like in 1995, they can walk into here, and it feels like that,” bookseller Scott Soriano told \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12080674/want-to-spring-clean-your-bookshelf-where-to-sell-or-donate-used-books-in-the-bay-area\">this reporter in May\u003c/a>. “A little bit of the San Francisco that used to be.”\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>Not exactly, of course. Many things have evolved since its inception as a used bookstore around 30 years ago. But with the maze of shelves, posters and art covering every inch of the wall and a welcoming attitude that lets you stand around and just \u003cem>read \u003c/em>for a while, “Dog Eared feels like a long-lost home,” he said. \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cfigure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/07/260724-PlacesTimeTravel-08-BL.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-12093114\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/07/260724-PlacesTimeTravel-08-BL.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/07/260724-PlacesTimeTravel-08-BL-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/07/260724-PlacesTimeTravel-08-BL-1536x1024.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Customers shop at Dog Eared Books on Valencia Street in San Francisco on July 24, 2026. (Beth LaBerge/KQED)\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>“This hasn’t always been a conscious effort,” Soriano said. “At some point — probably when every new store seemed to be a white box — we recognized that our aesthetic is an asset.”\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>LisaRuth Elliott, a historian, agreed. And she would know — she co-directs Shaping San Francisco, a community history project that hosts talks and walking tours throughout the city’s neighborhoods and corridors, including Valencia Street.\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003c/div>",
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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Being home to storefronts like Dog Eared was just one of Valencia Street’s many uses over time. Valencia also used to be: the major transportation route for Irish funeral homes moving the deceased to Colma, the center of women’s and lesbian culture in the ‘80s and ‘90s, and the hub for South Asian anti-imperialist activism. \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>“It’s really fun to look at the different ways that spaces have been used,” she said. \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003ch2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Off the beaten path\u003c/h2>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>Elliott’s audience is largely curious San Franciscans or Bay Area residents who want to learn more about the city they have lived in or near almost their entire lives.\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>“The kind of feedback we got is, ‘I’ve lived here my whole life. I didn’t know about that pathway. I didn’t know you could get there from here and you showed me some new ways to get around my neighborhood.’” Elliott said. In her tours, people want to know, “How do I get off my own beaten path of moving through the city?”\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cfigure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/07/260727-PlacesTimeTravel-07-BL.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-12093107\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/07/260727-PlacesTimeTravel-07-BL.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/07/260727-PlacesTimeTravel-07-BL-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/07/260727-PlacesTimeTravel-07-BL-1536x1024.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Visitors look at Laffing Sal at the Musée Mécanique in Fisherman’s Wharf in San Francisco on July 27, 2026, a museum filled with coin-operated, antique arcade games and mechanically operated musical instruments. (Beth LaBerge/KQED)\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\n\n\n\u003cfigure class=\"wp-block-gallery has-nested-images columns-default is-cropped wp-block-gallery-7 is-layout-flex wp-block-gallery-is-layout-flex\">\n\u003cfigure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" data-id=\"12093109\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/07/260727-PlacesTimeTravel-02-BL.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-12093109\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/07/260727-PlacesTimeTravel-02-BL.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/07/260727-PlacesTimeTravel-02-BL-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/07/260727-PlacesTimeTravel-02-BL-1536x1024.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">The Musée Mécanique in Fisherman’s Wharf in San Francisco on July 27, 2026, a museum filled with coin-operated, antique arcade games and mechanically operated musical instruments. (Beth LaBerge/KQED)\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\n\n\n\u003cfigure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" data-id=\"12093108\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/07/260727-PlacesTimeTravel-11-BL.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-12093108\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/07/260727-PlacesTimeTravel-11-BL.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/07/260727-PlacesTimeTravel-11-BL-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/07/260727-PlacesTimeTravel-11-BL-1536x1024.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">The Musée Mécanique in Fisherman’s Wharf in San Francisco on July 27, 2026, a museum filled with coin-operated, antique arcade games and mechanically operated musical instruments. (Beth LaBerge/KQED)\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003c/figure>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>There can be many reasons these residents — old and new — want to step into past decades. \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>“I think it has a lot to do with the gravitation toward the technology industry, which is something that doesn’t hold tangible concrete things of the past in high estimation,” Elliott said. \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>“People are yearning for that sense of connection. We talk about it all the time, right? This disconnectedness, the … dropping out of social interactions,” she said. “The pandemic did not help.\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>“Connection is a really strong motivator,” she said.\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>In the spirit of being a tourist in your own home, KQED compiled some key places that make you feel like you have “time traveled” to San Francisco’s storied past. Or, at least, close to it. This includes historical and preserved landmarks, legacy businesses and local spots that have curated themselves as throwbacks to an earlier time. \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003ch2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Head outdoors\u003c/h2>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>First off, some general tips from a historian:\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>San Francisco landscapes have been drastically reengineered over time. Consider one of the biggest examples: Mission Bay, which is no longer a bay, Elliott said. \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>“I look to our natural areas, our open spaces, as places that have not been preserved in time, necessarily, but where you can experience, even if the skyline has changed, a sort of sense of the city as it may have been,” Elliott said.\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cfigure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1763\" height=\"1175\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/07/250224-Presidio-22-BL_qed-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-12093121\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/07/250224-Presidio-22-BL_qed-1.jpg 1763w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/07/250224-Presidio-22-BL_qed-1-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/07/250224-Presidio-22-BL_qed-1-1536x1024.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1763px) 100vw, 1763px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">A tour bus stops to view Crissy Field in the Presidio, a park and former military outpost, and the city skyline of San Francisco on Feb. 25, 2025. (Beth LaBerge/KQED)\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>Places, she said, like the Presidio, \u003ca href=\"https://www.foundsf.org/Bayview_Hill\">Bayview Hill\u003c/a> and Fort Funston.\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>“You still have so many spaces within the Presidio that give you a sense of \u003ca href=\"https://presidio.gov/explore/attractions/presidio-nursery\">what the plants were\u003c/a>, even before the Spanish came,” she said. “A lot of work has been done to do that recognition of those plants.” \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>(The Presidio even has \u003ca href=\"https://presidio.gov/explore/attractions/presidio-pet-cemetery\">a pet cemetery from the 1950s\u003c/a>, which is open to the public.)\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003ch2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Visit preserved buildings\u003c/h2>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>There are also historical buildings, like San Francisco’s famous Coit Tower. \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>“If you go into Coit Tower and you’re looking at the murals, you can feel like you’re there at the same time that the muralists were painting in the 1930s, which is very rare,” Elliott said. “Museums change. But Coit has this quality of transportation back in time, especially if you get a chance to walk up through the second floor.” \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cfigure class=\"wp-block-gallery has-nested-images columns-default is-cropped wp-block-gallery-8 is-layout-flex wp-block-gallery-is-layout-flex\">\n\u003cfigure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" data-id=\"12093134\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/07/260727-PlacesTimeTravel-26-BL.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-12093134\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/07/260727-PlacesTimeTravel-26-BL.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/07/260727-PlacesTimeTravel-26-BL-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/07/260727-PlacesTimeTravel-26-BL-1536x1024.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Visitors look at murals inside of Coit Tower in San Francisco on July 27, 2026. The tower on top of Telegraph Hill was completed in 1933 and is filled with murals depicting life during the Depression in California. (Beth LaBerge/KQED)\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\n\n\n\u003cfigure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" data-id=\"12093128\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/07/260727-PlacesTimeTravel-25-BL.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-12093128\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/07/260727-PlacesTimeTravel-25-BL.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/07/260727-PlacesTimeTravel-25-BL-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/07/260727-PlacesTimeTravel-25-BL-1536x1024.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Views from the top of Coit Tower in San Francisco on July 27, 2026. The tower on top of Telegraph Hill was completed in 1933 and is filled with murals depicting life during the Depression in California. (Beth LaBerge/KQED)\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003c/figure>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>She also suggested The Old Mint downtown, which was built during the Gold Rush and operated from the 1860s to the 1980s. \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>You can also find a list of \u003ca href=\"https://sfplanning.org/project/sf-places-landmark-designation#designated-landmarks\">officially designated landmarks in the city\u003c/a> on the SF Planning website. The state also has its own round-up of \u003ca href=\"https://ohp.parks.ca.gov/?page_id=21482\">historically designated spots\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003ch2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Explore neighborhoods\u003c/h2>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>Elliott said that with the mission of visiting San Francisco’s past, the western neighborhoods are a great bet — especially some of the businesses and restaurants in the beautiful Inner Sunset and Inner Richmond. \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>“Maybe it has the advantage of being farther in distance from the downtown economic centers, but time does seem to stop in some of those places — in a good way,” she said. “I think that’s really great that those neighborhoods have retained their character.”\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>Another key neighborhood is North Beach, San Francisco’s Italian American neighborhood with beatnik corners — also right next to bustling Chinatown, which is a treat at night.\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cfigure class=\"wp-block-gallery has-nested-images columns-default is-cropped wp-block-gallery-9 is-layout-flex wp-block-gallery-is-layout-flex\">\n\u003cfigure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" data-id=\"12093126\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/07/260727-PlacesTimeTravel-16-BL.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-12093126\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/07/260727-PlacesTimeTravel-16-BL.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/07/260727-PlacesTimeTravel-16-BL-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/07/260727-PlacesTimeTravel-16-BL-1536x1024.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Eastern Bakery in San Francisco’s Chinatown neighborhood on July 27, 2026, the oldest Chinese bakery in Chinatown. (Beth LaBerge/KQED)\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\n\n\n\u003cfigure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" data-id=\"12093110\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/07/260727-PlacesTimeTravel-31-BL.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-12093110\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/07/260727-PlacesTimeTravel-31-BL.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/07/260727-PlacesTimeTravel-31-BL-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/07/260727-PlacesTimeTravel-31-BL-1536x1024.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">A bartender walks through Specs’ Twelve Adler Museum Cafe in San Francisco’s North Beach neighborhood on July 27, 2026. (Beth LaBerge/KQED)\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003c/figure>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>And this reporter would be remiss not to mention the Haight-Ashbury, which preserved, restored or recreated some of San Francisco’s best ‘60s imagery.\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>But \u003cem>where\u003c/em> in these neighborhoods should you check out, specifically? Conveniently enough, the City of San Francisco has a Legacy Business Program, which keeps track of spots that have operated in the city for 30 years or more and \u003ca href=\"https://www.sf.gov/step-by-step--apply-join-legacy-business-registry\">“contributed to San Francisco’s history or identity.”\u003c/a> \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>You can find a map of over 400 of these businesses on \u003ca href=\"https://sfgov.maps.arcgis.com/apps/dashboards/471cc5798f8c486fb0f8e9ac8badaf03\">San Francisco’s city website\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>KQED staffers also have recommendations for favorite places to visit when they are feeling the need to escape 2026. (Keep in mind, if you are interested in heading out to these spots, be sure to check if they are open or require an appointment!)\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>1700s\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n\u003cli>\u003ca href=\"https://www.missiondolores.org/\">Mission Dolores Basilica\u003c/a> on 16th Street — especially its outdoor patio area.\u003c/li>\n\u003c/ul>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>1800s\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n\u003cli>\u003ca href=\"https://www.haas-lilienthalhouse.org/\">Haas-Lilienthal House\u003c/a> on Franklin Street\u003c/li>\n\n\n\n\u003cli>\u003ca href=\"https://www.atlasobscura.com/places/bourn-mansion\">The Bourn Mansion\u003c/a> on Webster Street\u003c/li>\n\n\n\n\u003cli>\u003ca href=\"https://theoldclamhouse.com/\">The Old Clam House\u003c/a>, a seafood restaurant in Bayshore\u003c/li>\n\n\n\n\u003cli>\u003ca href=\"https://www.sfpalace.com/\">The Palace Hotel\u003c/a> in downtown San Francisco\u003c/li>\n\n\n\n\u003cli>\u003ca href=\"https://www.milibrary.org/our-historic-building/work-spaces/\">The Mechanics’ Institute\u003c/a> in downtown San Francisco\u003c/li>\n\u003c/ul>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Early 1900s\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n\u003cli>\u003ca href=\"https://www.thehouseofshields.com/\">The House of Shields\u003c/a>, one of the city’s oldest bars, on New Montgomery Street\u003c/li>\n\n\n\n\u003cli>\u003ca href=\"https://www.balboacafesf.com/\">Balboa Cafe\u003c/a> on Fillmore Street\u003c/li>\n\n\n\n\u003cli>\u003ca href=\"https://www.easternbakery.com/\">Eastern Bakery\u003c/a> — the \u003ca href=\"https://www.spotlightchinatown.com/eastern-bakery\">oldest Chinese bakery in the city\u003c/a> — on Grant Avenue in Chinatown\u003c/li>\n\n\n\n\u003cli>\u003ca href=\"https://www.nps.gov/goga/learn/historyculture/cliff-house.htm\">Cliff House\u003c/a> — a space where notable figures and artists gathered together — in San Francisco’s Lands End. It is slated to reopen \u003ca href=\"https://sfist.com/2025/11/07/the-cliff-house-will-still-be-called-cliff-house-when-it-reopens-but-probably-wont-reopen-until-late-2026/\">near the end of 2026\u003c/a> after an extended closure. \u003c/li>\n\n\n\n\u003cli>\u003ca href=\"https://www.thewarfieldtheatre.com/\">The Warfield Theater\u003c/a> on Market Street\u003c/li>\n\u003c/ul>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>1930s\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n\u003cli>\u003ca href=\"https://museemecanique.com/\">Musée Mécanique\u003c/a>, a treasure of vintage coin-operated machines and arcade games, in Fisherman’s Wharf \u003c/li>\n\n\n\n\u003cli>\u003ca href=\"https://bimbos365club.com/history/\">Bimbo’s\u003c/a>, a jazz club and venue, on Columbus Avenue\u003c/li>\n\n\n\n\u003cli>\u003ca href=\"https://www.sfheritage.org/news/the-excelsiors-royal-baking-company-building-is-now-a-city-landmark/\">Royal Baking Company Building\u003c/a> in 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"content": "\u003cp>For Mona Hamilton, the opening of the affordable housing development at the edge of San Francisco’s Haight-Ashbury neighborhood was a full-circle moment. \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>She used to sleep there, back when it was a McDonald’s. Now, it’s her new home.\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>‘It took a long time for me to get to a place like this,” she said Tuesday, speaking outside of the building. “Thirty years ago, I was out on the streets using, abusing myself, bouncing in and out of different hotels, trying to survive.”\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>Hamilton said she was surprised when she learned she won the lottery to live there.\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>“I’ve been struggling all my life to find me a permanent home. I have one now, and I’m truly, truly blessed.”\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cfigure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/07/260728-STANYANHOUSING-NG-71-KQED.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-12093037\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/07/260728-STANYANHOUSING-NG-71-KQED.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/07/260728-STANYANHOUSING-NG-71-KQED-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/07/260728-STANYANHOUSING-NG-71-KQED-1536x1024.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Mona Hamilton, a resident at 730 Stanyan, speaks at a press conference announcing the opening of the new affordable housing development in the Haight-Ashbury neighborhood of San Francisco on July 28, 2026. (Nina Glick/KQED)\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>This week, 730 Stanyan St. celebrated its official grand opening, nine years — and four mayors — after the project began. All 160 units at the mixed-use complex are affordable — some studios in the building are priced at around $600 a month, and some three bedrooms for around $2,300. Of those units, 5% are reserved for families and transitional-aged youth who have experienced homelessness. The development was an accomplishment in a city where \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11922784/california-churches-want-to-build-affordable-housing-on-their-land-so-why-is-it-so-hard\">affordable housing is notoriously challenging to build\u003c/a>, officials said, and where families often face \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12049612/sf-families-win-shelter-extension-rights-still-face-long-waits-for-housing\">long wait times for access\u003c/a> to stable housing. \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Outreach, shelter, treatment, and services are essential, but those interventions must ultimately lead somewhere,” said Mike Levine, San Francisco’s executive director of Homelessness and Supportive Housing. “Projects like 730 Stanyon provide that destination, a safe, stable, and affordable home where a young person can build an independent future and where a family can put down roots and where residents can remain connected to their community.”\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>The ribbon-cutting featured refreshments, snacks and speeches from Mayor Daniel Lurie and former Mayor London Breed. The building was a joint effort between two San Francisco-based affordable housing advocacy groups, the Tenderloin Neighborhood Development Corporation and the Chinatown Community Development Center.\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\u003cp>According to Breed, she suggested the project to late-Mayor Ed Lee that the city purchase the McDonald’s, which opened in the 1960s, and turn it into affordable housing. \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>Lee died the same day that the city officially reached a deal to purchase the building for $15.5 million. In a statement to the \u003ca href=\"https://www.sfexaminer.com/news/sf-reaches-15-5m-deal-to-buy-mcdonald-s-on-haight-build-affordable-housing/article_728d1a8e-c792-58ed-8b02-93d771727c9d.html\">\u003cem>San Francisco Examiner\u003c/em>\u003c/a>, Breed said it was “the last piece of legislation” the two discussed. The McDonald’s was demolished by 2020, and groundbreaking on the housing development began in 2023.\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>The city’s development team relied on \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11612802/legislation-to-fast-track-more-housing-finds-opposition-in-marin\">California laws to fast-track housing\u003c/a> paired with state “density bonus law incentives,” according to a city press release. This allowed the project to exceed the site’s 50‑foot height limit and deliver an eight‑story, 83‑foot building.\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>“Bureaucracy has stood in the way for far too long,” Lurie said, adding that his recently passed \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12065204/everything-you-need-to-know-about-san-franciscos-family-zoning-plan\">Family Zoning Plan\u003c/a> will also add housing in the city. \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>According to San Francisco’s \u003ca href=\"https://sfplanning.org/san-francisco-housing-dashboard\">housing dashboard\u003c/a>, there are currently 18,206 pending affordable housing developments. Over the past decade, 11,897 affordable housing developments have been created. \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cfigure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/07/260728-STANYANHOUSING-NG-99-KQED.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-12093039\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/07/260728-STANYANHOUSING-NG-99-KQED.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/07/260728-STANYANHOUSING-NG-99-KQED-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/07/260728-STANYANHOUSING-NG-99-KQED-1536x1024.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Gulnaz Garapova (left) and her son Alihan Garapova, 8, pose for a photo in their apartment at 730 Stanyan, a new affordable housing development in the Haight-Ashbury neighborhood of San Francisco, on July 28, 2026. (Nina Glick/KQED)\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>Residents of the complex were selected via a lottery system. The Garapovas, a Kyrgyz family with three generations living under one roof, were one of the lottery’s winners.\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>Gulnaz Garapova said she entered the city’s \u003ca href=\"https://housing.sfgov.org/\">affordable housing lottery\u003c/a> in 2017. \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>“It’s a very beautiful place. Clean. Nice views. A lot of sunshine,” Garapova said as her mother prepared borsook, a traditional pastry. \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>The family’s new three-bedroom apartment has large windows showcasing views of Twin Peaks, Golden Gate Park and Zion Skate Plaza. Garapova said it’s the nicest place she’s ever lived in.\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cfigure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/07/260728-STANYANHOUSING-NG-119-KQED.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-12093042\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/07/260728-STANYANHOUSING-NG-119-KQED.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/07/260728-STANYANHOUSING-NG-119-KQED-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/07/260728-STANYANHOUSING-NG-119-KQED-1536x1024.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">The courtyard at 730 Stanyan, a new affordable housing development in the Haight-Ashbury neighborhood of San Francisco, on July 28, 2026. 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"content": "\u003cp>Sonoma State University will reinstate most of its intercollegiate sports teams in 2027, less than two years after campus administrators \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12023598/sonoma-state-is-eliminating-athletics-slashing-several-degree-programs-to-cut-budget\">gutted the athletics program\u003c/a> amid a major budget deficit.\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>The school announced Monday that it will restore 10 NCAA Division II teams next fall. The teams will include men’s and women’s soccer, cross country, basketball and golf, and women’s softball and volleyball, while baseball won’t return.\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>“Reinstating Seawolf athletics demonstrates a meaningful commitment to current and future students, the campus community, alumni and our athletic and philanthropic partners in the North Bay and beyond,” Sonoma State’s Interim Athletics Director Joan McDermott said in a statement. “We are excited about the opportunity to compete again in the [California Collegiate Athletic Association] and to represent our community.”\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>In January 2025, Sonoma State announced it would eliminate its entire athletic department, slash more than 20 degree programs and lay off dozens of faculty at the end of that year to eliminate a nearly $24 million budget deficit.\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cfigure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/20250123_SonomaStateFile_GC-52.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-12024036\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/20250123_SonomaStateFile_GC-52.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/20250123_SonomaStateFile_GC-52-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/20250123_SonomaStateFile_GC-52-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/20250123_SonomaStateFile_GC-52-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/20250123_SonomaStateFile_GC-52-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/20250123_SonomaStateFile_GC-52-1920x1280.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">The soccer fields at Sonoma State University in Rohnert Park on Jan. 23, 2025. Sonoma State is cutting its entire Athletic Department, eliminating majors and laying off faculty to address a budget deficit. (Gina Castro/KQED)\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>The school has said the major cuts were part of a larger reimagining of university operations amid enrollment decline and funding losses. At the time, then-interim President Emily Cutrer said that the school was looking to invest in “career-focused” paths, including growing its nursing and health science programs, and attract more local students.\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The move \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12023999/sonoma-state-players-coaches-blindsided-by-elimination-of-ncaa-athletics\">blindsided student-athletes\u003c/a> and coaching staff, and left many scrambling to find spots in other schools’ programs before the start of the 2025-26 academic year. Within weeks, there were massive campus-wide protests over the slate of cuts, and coaches and athletes launched the “\u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12024188/sonoma-state-plans-to-cut-all-athletics-coaches-athletes-fighting-back\">Save Seawolves Athletics\u003c/a>” movement in an attempt to stop the elimination of sports.\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>The campaign filed a \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12024188/sonoma-state-plans-to-cut-all-athletics-coaches-athletes-fighting-back\">federal civil rights complaint\u003c/a> with the U.S. Department of Education, alleging that eliminating athletics would have a disproportionate effect on underrepresented students and students of color. In March, seven student-athletes filed a \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12036250/sonoma-states-deep-cuts-are-paused-by-judge-leaving-students-and-faculty-in-limbo\">lawsuit against SSU\u003c/a> and its leaders alleging that the rollout also violated California State University policy on discontinuing academic programs. Their suit is ongoing.\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\u003cp>In January, Sonoma State’s new president, Michael Spagna, announced that he would form an Athletics Fiscal Feasibility Team to evaluate whether it would be possible to sustain athletics long term. \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>In a letter to the campus community on Monday, Spagna said that the group recommended establishing 10 athletic programs, the minimum number of teams required for NCAA and CCAA Division II membership, after five months of discussion. \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>The program will be funded by a combination of student fees, tuition revenue from new student-athletes, and state funding, among other sources. The California Legislature’s 2025 budget allocated a one-time $45 million investment to the campus “to support a long-term turnaround plan,” according to \u003ca href=\"https://ebudget.ca.gov/2025-26/pdf/Enacted/BudgetSummary/HigherEducation.pdf\">budget documents\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>Former coaches praised the school’s decision to bring back the majority of their teams — even amid discontent over the process.\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>“It’s been quite frustrating because it should never have gone away,” said Benjamin Ziemer, who was on the men’s soccer coaching staff for 10 years. \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>He said that the cuts were a result of “incredible mismanagement,” as the school cycled through five interim and short-lived university presidents. \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>“They brought in a series of people that failed the school, and they embarked to change the makeup of the school. And unfortunately, they got it really wrong,” he said. \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cfigure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1306\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/20250123_SonomaStateFile_GC-30.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-12024027\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/20250123_SonomaStateFile_GC-30.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/20250123_SonomaStateFile_GC-30-800x522.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/20250123_SonomaStateFile_GC-30-1020x666.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/20250123_SonomaStateFile_GC-30-160x104.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/20250123_SonomaStateFile_GC-30-1536x1003.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/20250123_SonomaStateFile_GC-30-1920x1254.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Students walk on campus at Sonoma State University in Rohnert Park on Jan. 23, 2025. (Gina Castro/KQED)\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>Spagna replaced Cutrer in January, and the school brought in McDermott in April.\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>Ziemer, a soccer manager who has coached internationally, said despite the frustration, he hopes to help rebuild the soccer program — a bittersweet opportunity after his brother Marcus, who led the men’s team for 35 years and spearheaded efforts to save the program last year, passed away in a scootering accident in March. \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>“I watched Marcus play at Sonoma State and a bunch of the alumni when I was a young boy, and then I played there, and then I coached there for 10 years with Marcus,” Ziemer said. \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>“It’s a part of our family, and I would love to assist the soccer program to come back as strong as it was before,” he said. \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\u003cp>Ziemer said he’s already heard from former players interested in returning to the school for their final season or a fifth year of eligibility if they’re able, and believes there are plenty of players to rebuild the teams. \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>One hurdle, he said, will be reestablishing trust with athletes.\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>“Will they assure people that this isn’t going to happen again?” Ziemer said. “Because if you’re somebody that’s looking to go to school for four or five years and play sports and it’s uncertain how long [the programs will run] or if they’re going to be messed with again, that could be a challenge for recruiting.”\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>Val Verhunce, who was the head coach of both the men’s and women’s golf teams since their launches in 2003 and 2007, said he plans to reapply for his former role.\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>“I think the thing that’s exciting is that whatever I did in 2003, I think I can do better now, restarting,” he said. “I’m really excited, if that opportunity presents itself, that I could do a much better job.”\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>Verhunce said the alumni he’s heard from since Monday’s announcement are excited to root for the Seawolves again.\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“All those athletes that I’ve coached, for all of our teams, not just golf, they’ll all have a place in history at Sonoma State,” he said. “It hasn’t been erased.”\u003c/p>\n\n",
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Six were arrested at SFO, while four were at SJC.\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>San Francisco and Alameda County Rapid Response Networks said they weren’t able to provide a full account of arrests at airports for their counties’ residents, but both said the practice is becoming more regular.\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>“We’ve been seeing an uptick in reports, not just from the Bay Area, but from around the country, of similar arrests,” Preciado said. “It’s definitely been a lot more consistently that we’ve heard of this happening.”\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\u003cp>Arrests of domestic travelers have become more common in the last year, as the Trump administration has significantly expanded Immigration and Customs Enforcement operations and budget over the last year and a half. \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>The first known airport arrest of a Santa Clara County resident at the San José Airport was in November, according to the county’s rapid response network spokesperson. 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(Beth LaBerge/KQED)\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>In the last month, advocates have tracked similar arrests across the Bay Area. On July 22, video footage of San Francisco resident Iryna Gorb \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12092491/it-wasnt-right-woman-arrested-by-ice-at-sfo-is-a-san-francisco-photographer-barista\">being forcibly detained\u003c/a> at San Francisco International Airport while traveling circulated online, and an Oakland woman was \u003ca href=\"https://oaklandside.org/2026/07/22/ice-oakland-resident-detained-denver-airport-immigration/\">detained\u003c/a> at the Denver International Airport on July 20.\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>According to a spokesperson for the Santa Clara County Rapid Response Network, the county’s coalition has recorded 10 arrests of residents traveling through SFO and San José Mineta International airports since July 1. Six were arrested at SFO, while four were at SJC.\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>San Francisco and Alameda County Rapid Response Networks said they weren’t able to provide a full account of arrests at airports for their counties’ residents, but both said the practice is becoming more regular.\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>“We’ve been seeing an uptick in reports, not just from the Bay Area, but from around the country, of similar arrests,” Preciado said. “It’s definitely been a lot more consistently that we’ve heard of this happening.”\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\u003cp>Arrests of domestic travelers have become more common in the last year, as the Trump administration has significantly expanded Immigration and Customs Enforcement operations and budget over the last year and a half. \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>The first known airport arrest of a Santa Clara County resident at the San José Airport was in November, according to the county’s rapid response network spokesperson. Since then, the network has recorded a few arrests each month. 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(Tâm Vũ/KQED)\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>The grand jury made several recommendations, including that the city require businesses to subscribe to a waste collection service, enact improved education campaigns to promote bulky item services and designate a single person to manage all illegal dumping efforts\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>Some residents say that economics are part of the reason for illegal dumping. Residential trash removal costs in Oakland are some of the highest in the Bay Area for household garbage bins, the Grand Jury noted. 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(Tâm Vũ/KQED)\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>Cleaning up the trash \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12081003/illegal-dumping-is-a-big-problem-in-oakland-a-new-report-has-ideas-to-clean-up-the-mess\">cost the city\u003c/a> about $14 million in the 2024-25 fiscal year, according to a separate report from the city’s auditor in April. It found that a lot of the trash was from residents themselves, though outsiders do dump in the city as well. \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>That same month, the city \u003ca href=\"https://abc7news.com/post/oakland-doubling-fines-5000-deploying-drones-cracks-down-illegal-dumping-official-now-calling-crisis/18896091/\">doubled \u003c/a>its fines and approved the first step of a pilot program to use drones powered by artificial intelligence to track illegal dumping. 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