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(Beth LaBerge/KQED)\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>“It is just blanketed with surveillance cameras,” he said.\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Emeryville-based Grocery Outlet has rolled out software by an AI company called SAFR Guard at several Bay Area stores, including Pleasant Hill and the San Francisco location Hepner visited. \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>The technology is designed to identify people suspected of shoplifting, according to its privacy policy, and notifies employees if someone on a watchlist enters a store. SAFR Guard builds a database of “subjects of interest” across the retailers using it, Hepner said — meaning whoever lands on a watchlist at one store can follow them to another.\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>It’s part of a quiet spread of automated anti-theft tools into neighborhood groceries and retail businesses. 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In a statement, company President Charisse Jacques said the software “is not a law enforcement system and has no connection with law enforcement,” and it does not build “a general-purpose face matching database of the public.” \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/10/2026/07/260716-GROCOUTAI-07-BL-KQED.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-12091346\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/07/260716-GROCOUTAI-07-BL-KQED.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/07/260716-GROCOUTAI-07-BL-KQED-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/07/260716-GROCOUTAI-07-BL-KQED-1536x1024.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">A Grocery Outlet location on Bayshore Boulevard in San Francisco on July 16, 2026. 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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003cp>This week, Lee Hepner rode his bike to the Grocery Outlet in the Mission District in \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/tag/san-francisco\">San Francisco\u003c/a> — but not to go shopping. \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>He was looking for a postcard-sized sticker on the front door that some might miss, alerting customers that the store was scanning the face of every person who walked in.\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>“Face Matching software is being used to prevent shoplifting,” the sign read, accompanied by a QR code with information about opting out of your data.\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>“Rarely do I have a situation where surveillance technology is popping up in my backyard,” said Hepner, senior legal counsel at the American Economic Liberties Project. In 2019, he helped write policy making San Francisco the first city in the country to bar its own agencies, including police, from using facial recognition. \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>Inside, he counted three cameras near the entrance and dozens more down every aisle and over every checkout. \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cfigure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1334\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/07/260716-GROCOUTAI-03-BL-KQED.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-12091345\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/07/260716-GROCOUTAI-03-BL-KQED.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/07/260716-GROCOUTAI-03-BL-KQED-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/07/260716-GROCOUTAI-03-BL-KQED-1536x1025.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">A sign on the door notifies customers about facial matching at a Grocery Outlet location on South Van Ness Avenue in San Francisco on July 16, 2026. (Beth LaBerge/KQED)\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>“It is just blanketed with surveillance cameras,” he said.\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>Emeryville-based Grocery Outlet has rolled out software by an AI company called SAFR Guard at several Bay Area stores, including Pleasant Hill and the San Francisco location Hepner visited. \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>The technology is designed to identify people suspected of shoplifting, according to its privacy policy, and notifies employees if someone on a watchlist enters a store. SAFR Guard builds a database of “subjects of interest” across the retailers using it, Hepner said — meaning whoever lands on a watchlist at one store can follow them to another.\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>It’s part of a quiet spread of automated anti-theft tools into neighborhood groceries and retail businesses. As retail theft rates have increased in recent years — shoplifting in California was \u003ca href=\"https://www.ppic.org/blog/overall-crime-in-california-fell-last-year-but-shoplifting-continued-to-rise/\">47.5% higher in 2024\u003c/a> than before the pandemic, according to the Public Policy Institute of California — companies like Target, Walmart and grocers like Wegmans have introduced the software. \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\u003cp>And it’s legal in California, according to the state’s \u003ca href=\"https://oag.ca.gov/privacy/ccpa\">consumer privacy\u003c/a> laws. Businesses must notify customers that facial recognition is in use, and shoppers can “opt out” by petitioning the company to delete their data — or by not entering the store.\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>“This is a dragnet that scans everyone. Even if you’ve done nothing wrong, your face is being scanned,” said Mario Trujillo, a staff attorney at the Electronic Frontier Foundation. \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>Hepner said that opting out may not be a realistic financial option for many discount grocery customers.\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>“Grocery Outlet is one of the only, if not the only, grocery store that caters to low-income [people]” in the Bay Area, he said. “It’s not as if a lot of these shoppers have the choice to go shop somewhere else. It is essentially a tax on their privacy assessed every time they go to the grocery store to put food on the table.”\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>Civil-liberties advocates have long raised alarms over the risk of misidentification. In December 2023, the Federal Trade Commission \u003ca href=\"https://www.ftc.gov/news-events/news/press-releases/2023/12/rite-aid-banned-using-ai-facial-recognition-after-ftc-says-retailer-deployed-technology-without\">banned Rite Aid\u003c/a> from using facial recognition for five years after finding the chain’s system falsely tagged shoppers — disproportionately women and people of color — as shoplifters, leading employees to accuse innocent customers of wrongdoing. \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>Hepner said San Francisco banned the technology for government use precisely because research shows it “disproportionately misidentified people with darker complexions and faces of women.”\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>SAFR Guard defends the system as narrow and privacy-conscious. In a statement, company President Charisse Jacques said the software “is not a law enforcement system and has no connection with law enforcement,” and it does not build “a general-purpose face matching database of the public.” \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/10/2026/07/260716-GROCOUTAI-07-BL-KQED.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-12091346\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/07/260716-GROCOUTAI-07-BL-KQED.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/07/260716-GROCOUTAI-07-BL-KQED-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/07/260716-GROCOUTAI-07-BL-KQED-1536x1024.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">A Grocery Outlet location on Bayshore Boulevard in San Francisco on July 16, 2026. (Beth LaBerge/KQED)\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>The system only holds data on people a retailer has added to a security list after an incident, such as suspected theft, Jacques said. \u003ca href=\"https://safrguard.ai/\">According to their privacy policy\u003c/a>, records on suspected individuals are kept for up to 12 months, while encrypted images and general CCTV footage are automatically deleted after 30 days.\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>Shoppers who aren’t matched to that list are never stored at all: their biometric data “never leave the camera and are immediately deleted.” She said that SAFR has never shared retailer or shopper data with any government agency, including ICE, and has never received a court order or subpoena for it. \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>Grocery Outlet did not respond to requests for comment.\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>Hepner doesn’t dispute that the store’s current privacy policy is narrow. His worry is what would happen if the software is abused. \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\u003cp>“Today it’s just facial recognition for the purpose of preventing crime,” he said. “But tomorrow, this technology, without changing the camera, with only tweaks to the back-end software, can be used to surveil workers, can be used to collect information from every shopper who enters the store.”\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>Major chains like Kroger are experimenting with dynamic pricing — or using personal data and tracking to adjust prices for each customer — and the ACLU \u003ca href=\"https://www.aclu.org/news/privacy-technology/retailers-secretively-using-face-recognition\">reported \u003c/a>in January that Wegmans shares information with law enforcement. \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>Beyond markets, bars in the Castro have begun scanning patrons’ faces at the door with ID-verification software, he noted — bars he said he now avoids. \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>A patron database “may not seem like a big problem” in San Francisco but carries real risk “under a broader federal regime that’s increasingly cracking down on trans rights and on gay rights,” he said.\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>Trujillo recommended a change to state law in line with what Illinois and Colorado are doing, requiring stores to seek out affirmative consent from consumers. \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>Hepner worries the drift is heading the other way. This week, the San Francisco Board of Supervisors gave final approval to a broad \u003ca href=\"https://sfgov.legistar.com/LegislationDetail.aspx?ID=7423230&GUID=9C3D32F7-1A6A-43E7-913C-B1ACFC59E312\">“code cleanup” ordinance\u003c/a> that loosens the very oversight law he helped write by slashing the city-required audit of each department’s surveillance technology to at least once every five years.\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003c/div>",
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"content": "\u003cp>A deadly boating incident on the San Francisco Bay has killed at least one person, with three still missing as the \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12091098/search-continues-for-3-missing-people-after-boat-sinks-near-alcatraz-1-dead\">search becomes a recovery mission. \u003c/a>The body of a person who has not been identified was \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12091414/san-francisco-police-searching-for-sunken-vessel\">pulled from the water on Thursday afternoon\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12091098/search-continues-for-3-missing-people-after-boat-sinks-near-alcatraz-1-dead\">Early reports from the incident\u003c/a> suggest\u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12091126/total-chaos-bay-area-sailors-recall-rescue-of-boat-passengers-near-alcatraz\"> a wave\u003c/a> struck the three-story boat before rolling over and sinking a short way from Alcatraz Island. Conditions on the water on Tuesday were windy with rough seas, according to witnesses and first responders. \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>U.S. Coast Guard Petty Officer, 3rd Class, Kenneth Wiese said strong tides and afternoon wind in the bay can “get pretty turbulent out there.”\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>“It looks like a river when the tide is going in and out [at] certain times of day,” he said. \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>The bay tides are so tricky to navigate, in fact, that all ships over 750 gross tons are required to have \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12089929/why-specialized-mariners-are-required-on-every-ship-sailing-into-san-francisco-bay\">a “bar pilot\u003c/a>”: a special mariner who knows the local conditions to help them enter and exit these waters. \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cfigure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1999\" height=\"1333\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/07/260715-AlcatrazSearchUpdate-06-BL_qed.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-12091156\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/07/260715-AlcatrazSearchUpdate-06-BL_qed.jpg 1999w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/07/260715-AlcatrazSearchUpdate-06-BL_qed-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/07/260715-AlcatrazSearchUpdate-06-BL_qed-1536x1024.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1999px) 100vw, 1999px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">A U.S. Coast Guard helicopter team looks for three people missing on July 15, 2026, after a boat capsized in the San Francisco Bay on July 14. (Beth LaBerge/KQED)\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>Even so, boating accidents — especially deadly ones — aren’t particularly common in the state. There were \u003ca href=\"https://dbw.parks.ca.gov/pages/28702/files/ADA%20Overview%20of%20the%20Boating%20Accident%20Program.pdf\">479 recreational boating incidents\u003c/a> in California in 2024, according to the California State Parks Division of Boating and Waterways. Those incidents, which span the coast and inland waterways like rivers and lakes, resulted in 214 injuries and 47 fatalities.\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Compared to open coastal waters, fatalities from recreational boating accidents are relatively rare on the San Francisco Bay. Zero fatalities were reported on the San Francisco Bay from \u003ca href=\"https://dbw.parks.ca.gov/pages/28702/files/2019%20Recreational%20Boating%20Accident%20Statistics%20-%20Final.pdf\">boating accidents in 2019\u003c/a>, dipping from three \u003ca href=\"https://dbw.parks.ca.gov/pages/28702/files/2016DBW_AccidentStats_NorCal_050517.pdf\">deaths in 2015\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>For a boat of this size to capsize, “this is a really unusual circumstance,” said David McMurdie, co-founder of California Recovery Divers — a volunteer team that leads underwater search and recoveries in Northern and Central California. \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>Still, he said, a plunge in the bay’s cold, fast-moving waters can quickly become life-threatening to even the most experienced boaters. \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>“It can turn deadly instantly,” he said.\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>Here’s what you need to know about boating safety in the San Francisco Bay, whether you’re renting a boat or planning to be a passenger on a vessel.\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n\u003cli>\u003cstrong>Jump straight to: \u003ca href=\"#boat-begins-to-sink\">What experts say you should do if you’re on a sinking boat\u003c/a>\u003c/strong>\u003c/li>\n\u003c/ul>\n\n\n\n\u003ch2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Check the weather before you go out … and be prepared to cancel your plans\u003c/h2>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>First things first: Check the weather and water conditions. Wiese said the Coast Guard relies on forecasts and \u003ca href=\"https://www.ndbc.noaa.gov/data/Forecasts/FZUS56.KMTR.html\">real-time water conditions from NOAA. \u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>“If you’re worried, I’d say the best case is not to go out,” Wiese said. \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>Wiese also suggested bringing extra layers and, depending on the weather of the day and your itinerary, bringing or wearing a dry suit. You can also designate someone to be “lookout” on the vessel to watch for hazardous conditions like mounting waves or nearby boats, he said. \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003ch2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Get your vessel checked by the Coast Guard\u003c/h2>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>Before you head out on the water, it’s best to make sure all your safety gear is on board and hasn’t expired. \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>That includes items like life jackets, fire extinguishers, lights, \u003ca href=\"https://www.sarsat.noaa.gov/register-your-beacon/\">registered emergency beacons\u003c/a> and — as required on certain boats since 2021 — an \u003ca href=\"https://uscgboating.org/recreational-boaters/engine-cut-off-devices.php\">engine cut-off switch\u003c/a> that activates when the boat’s operator falls away from the boat. Wiese said it’s common to find boats with expired flares, for example. \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/10/2026/07/260715-AlcatrazSearchUpdate-15-BL_qed.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-12091228\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/07/260715-AlcatrazSearchUpdate-15-BL_qed.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/07/260715-AlcatrazSearchUpdate-15-BL_qed-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/07/260715-AlcatrazSearchUpdate-15-BL_qed-1536x1024.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">A U.S. Coast Guard boat participates in a search and rescue operation for three people missing on July 15, 2026, after a vessel carrying 20 passengers sank near Alcatraz in the San Francisco Bay on July 14. (Beth LaBerge/KQED)\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>The Coast Guard Auxiliary offers free \u003ca href=\"https://www.cgaux.org/vsc/\">vessel safety checks\u003c/a> where volunteers will check your boat, without the possibility of punishment if you don’t pass — to ensure you have all your federally required equipment on board. \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>“Make sure you have everything on board according to federal regulations,” he said. “It could really save your life if the worst-case scenario happens and buy you time when we’re looking for you.”\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003ch2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Take a boating safety course\u003c/h2>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>According to the Coast Guard, in 2024, 69% of deaths occurred on boats where the operator had not received boating safety instruction. \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>The Coast Guard Auxiliary offers \u003ca href=\"https://www.cgaux.org/boatinged/\">boating safety courses\u003c/a> for a fee for anyone who wants to sign up, covering topics like boating law, safety operations and emergencies.\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>The \u003ca href=\"https://wow.uscgaux.info/content.php?unit=B-DEPT&category=for-boaters\">Coast Guard Auxiliary’s website\u003c/a> is rich with information for boaters if you’re looking for answers on equipment, regulations or statistics.\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003ch2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Listen to the onboard safety briefing\u003c/h2>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>The Coast Guard \u003ca href=\"https://www.law.cornell.edu/cfr/text/46/185.506\">requires commercial vessels\u003c/a> to give a safety briefing before the boat starts cruising. McMurdie said it’s important that you actually listen to it, so you know where the life jackets are located on the boat and any other need-to-know information. And if you’re just out with friends on a boat one of you owns, it’s still good practice to let everyone know where they can find emergency devices and life jackets. \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>While boarding the boat, you should also take mental note of all the escape routes from interior areas of the boat so you don’t have to figure them out in case of an emergency.\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/10/2025/02/250212-ELKHORNSLOUGH-02-BL-KQED.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-12026945\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/02/250212-ELKHORNSLOUGH-02-BL-KQED.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/02/250212-ELKHORNSLOUGH-02-BL-KQED-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/02/250212-ELKHORNSLOUGH-02-BL-KQED-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/02/250212-ELKHORNSLOUGH-02-BL-KQED-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/02/250212-ELKHORNSLOUGH-02-BL-KQED-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/02/250212-ELKHORNSLOUGH-02-BL-KQED-1920x1280.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Boats sit in the harbor in Moss Landing on Feb. 12, 2025. (Beth LaBerge/KQED)\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>“It’s going to be really disorienting,” McMurdie said. “A boat topples over with you inside of it, and you’re getting tumbled around — and if you add water inside the cab, it’s probably going to be really dark.\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>“Just having that situational awareness might give you an extra chance of survival,” he said.\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003ch2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Always wear a life jacket\u003c/h2>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>The number one thing you should always do if you’re worried about safety on a boat is wear a life jacket, also called a personal flotation device or PFD.\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>“One of the guys I work with likes to say, ‘We’ve never recovered anybody wearing a PFD,’” said McMurdie, who leads and performs underwater search and recoveries for deceased boaters. \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>According to the \u003ca href=\"https://www.mycg.uscg.mil/News/Article/4487038/make-sure-youre-safe-on-the-water/\">Coast Guard\u003c/a>, around 75% of boating deaths annually are due to drowning, with 87% of victims not wearing a life jacket. \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003ch2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Create and follow a ‘float plan’\u003c/h2>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>Even if it’s a clear day, Wiese said creating and following a \u003ca href=\"https://floatplancentral.cgaux.org/\">float plan\u003c/a> is a way to let your family and friends know where you intend to go and what time you expect to be back, as well as leaving contact information for passengers in case of an emergency. \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>No boat nor journey is too small to take this precaution, the \u003ca href=\"https://floatplancentral.cgaux.org/classroom/floatplans.htm\">Coast Guard emphasizes.\u003c/a> A float plan is “equally effective for the owner of a 10-foot kayak or flat-bottom skiff as it is for a 48-foot express cruiser, or a 90-foot sport-fishing vessel or luxury yacht,” the agency said. \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003ch2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Don’t drink and boat\u003c/h2>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>According to the Coast Guard, \u003ca href=\"https://www.uscgboating.org/recreational-boaters/boating-under-the-influence.php\">alcohol is the single biggest contributing \u003c/a>factor to boating deaths. \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>Boating while under the influence is actually illegal and dangerous to you, your passengers and other boaters nearby. Plus, the marine environment — meaning the constant motion, vibration and engine noise of the boat itself plus the sun, wind and spray exposure — all accelerate impairment, the Coast Guard said. \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>“Alcohol is even more hazardous on the water than on land,” its website said. \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003ch2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"boat-begins-to-sink\">What to know if your boat begins to sink\u003c/h2>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>If you are on a boat that begins to sink — or if you’re at all worried about going overboard for any reason — the best thing to do is immediately put on a life jacket, Wiese said. You can then start to assist others with their life jackets. \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>If you’re inside or below deck, quickly leave for the top deck via one of the escape routes you identified and consider whether others might be trapped inside, too.\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>Whether or not you should stay with the boat or swim away from it depends on how \u003cem>quickly \u003c/em>it’s sinking, he said. 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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Compared to open coastal waters, fatalities from recreational boating accidents are relatively rare on the San Francisco Bay. Zero fatalities were reported on the San Francisco Bay from \u003ca href=\"https://dbw.parks.ca.gov/pages/28702/files/2019%20Recreational%20Boating%20Accident%20Statistics%20-%20Final.pdf\">boating accidents in 2019\u003c/a>, dipping from three \u003ca href=\"https://dbw.parks.ca.gov/pages/28702/files/2016DBW_AccidentStats_NorCal_050517.pdf\">deaths in 2015\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>For a boat of this size to capsize, “this is a really unusual circumstance,” said David McMurdie, co-founder of California Recovery Divers — a volunteer team that leads underwater search and recoveries in Northern and Central California. \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>Still, he said, a plunge in the bay’s cold, fast-moving waters can quickly become life-threatening to even the most experienced boaters. \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>“It can turn deadly instantly,” he said.\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>Here’s what you need to know about boating safety in the San Francisco Bay, whether you’re renting a boat or planning to be a passenger on a vessel.\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n\u003cli>\u003cstrong>Jump straight to: \u003ca href=\"#boat-begins-to-sink\">What experts say you should do if you’re on a sinking boat\u003c/a>\u003c/strong>\u003c/li>\n\u003c/ul>\n\n\n\n\u003ch2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Check the weather before you go out … and be prepared to cancel your plans\u003c/h2>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>First things first: Check the weather and water conditions. Wiese said the Coast Guard relies on forecasts and \u003ca href=\"https://www.ndbc.noaa.gov/data/Forecasts/FZUS56.KMTR.html\">real-time water conditions from NOAA. \u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>“If you’re worried, I’d say the best case is not to go out,” Wiese said. \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>Wiese also suggested bringing extra layers and, depending on the weather of the day and your itinerary, bringing or wearing a dry suit. You can also designate someone to be “lookout” on the vessel to watch for hazardous conditions like mounting waves or nearby boats, he said. \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003ch2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Get your vessel checked by the Coast Guard\u003c/h2>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>Before you head out on the water, it’s best to make sure all your safety gear is on board and hasn’t expired. \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>That includes items like life jackets, fire extinguishers, lights, \u003ca href=\"https://www.sarsat.noaa.gov/register-your-beacon/\">registered emergency beacons\u003c/a> and — as required on certain boats since 2021 — an \u003ca href=\"https://uscgboating.org/recreational-boaters/engine-cut-off-devices.php\">engine cut-off switch\u003c/a> that activates when the boat’s operator falls away from the boat. Wiese said it’s common to find boats with expired flares, for example. \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/10/2026/07/260715-AlcatrazSearchUpdate-15-BL_qed.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-12091228\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/07/260715-AlcatrazSearchUpdate-15-BL_qed.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/07/260715-AlcatrazSearchUpdate-15-BL_qed-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/07/260715-AlcatrazSearchUpdate-15-BL_qed-1536x1024.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">A U.S. Coast Guard boat participates in a search and rescue operation for three people missing on July 15, 2026, after a vessel carrying 20 passengers sank near Alcatraz in the San Francisco Bay on July 14. (Beth LaBerge/KQED)\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>The Coast Guard Auxiliary offers free \u003ca href=\"https://www.cgaux.org/vsc/\">vessel safety checks\u003c/a> where volunteers will check your boat, without the possibility of punishment if you don’t pass — to ensure you have all your federally required equipment on board. \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>“Make sure you have everything on board according to federal regulations,” he said. “It could really save your life if the worst-case scenario happens and buy you time when we’re looking for you.”\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003ch2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Take a boating safety course\u003c/h2>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>According to the Coast Guard, in 2024, 69% of deaths occurred on boats where the operator had not received boating safety instruction. \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>The Coast Guard Auxiliary offers \u003ca href=\"https://www.cgaux.org/boatinged/\">boating safety courses\u003c/a> for a fee for anyone who wants to sign up, covering topics like boating law, safety operations and emergencies.\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>The \u003ca href=\"https://wow.uscgaux.info/content.php?unit=B-DEPT&category=for-boaters\">Coast Guard Auxiliary’s website\u003c/a> is rich with information for boaters if you’re looking for answers on equipment, regulations or statistics.\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003ch2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Listen to the onboard safety briefing\u003c/h2>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>The Coast Guard \u003ca href=\"https://www.law.cornell.edu/cfr/text/46/185.506\">requires commercial vessels\u003c/a> to give a safety briefing before the boat starts cruising. McMurdie said it’s important that you actually listen to it, so you know where the life jackets are located on the boat and any other need-to-know information. And if you’re just out with friends on a boat one of you owns, it’s still good practice to let everyone know where they can find emergency devices and life jackets. \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>While boarding the boat, you should also take mental note of all the escape routes from interior areas of the boat so you don’t have to figure them out in case of an emergency.\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/10/2025/02/250212-ELKHORNSLOUGH-02-BL-KQED.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-12026945\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/02/250212-ELKHORNSLOUGH-02-BL-KQED.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/02/250212-ELKHORNSLOUGH-02-BL-KQED-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/02/250212-ELKHORNSLOUGH-02-BL-KQED-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/02/250212-ELKHORNSLOUGH-02-BL-KQED-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/02/250212-ELKHORNSLOUGH-02-BL-KQED-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/02/250212-ELKHORNSLOUGH-02-BL-KQED-1920x1280.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Boats sit in the harbor in Moss Landing on Feb. 12, 2025. (Beth LaBerge/KQED)\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>“It’s going to be really disorienting,” McMurdie said. “A boat topples over with you inside of it, and you’re getting tumbled around — and if you add water inside the cab, it’s probably going to be really dark.\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>“Just having that situational awareness might give you an extra chance of survival,” he said.\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003ch2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Always wear a life jacket\u003c/h2>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>The number one thing you should always do if you’re worried about safety on a boat is wear a life jacket, also called a personal flotation device or PFD.\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>“One of the guys I work with likes to say, ‘We’ve never recovered anybody wearing a PFD,’” said McMurdie, who leads and performs underwater search and recoveries for deceased boaters. \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>According to the \u003ca href=\"https://www.mycg.uscg.mil/News/Article/4487038/make-sure-youre-safe-on-the-water/\">Coast Guard\u003c/a>, around 75% of boating deaths annually are due to drowning, with 87% of victims not wearing a life jacket. \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003ch2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Create and follow a ‘float plan’\u003c/h2>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>Even if it’s a clear day, Wiese said creating and following a \u003ca href=\"https://floatplancentral.cgaux.org/\">float plan\u003c/a> is a way to let your family and friends know where you intend to go and what time you expect to be back, as well as leaving contact information for passengers in case of an emergency. \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>No boat nor journey is too small to take this precaution, the \u003ca href=\"https://floatplancentral.cgaux.org/classroom/floatplans.htm\">Coast Guard emphasizes.\u003c/a> A float plan is “equally effective for the owner of a 10-foot kayak or flat-bottom skiff as it is for a 48-foot express cruiser, or a 90-foot sport-fishing vessel or luxury yacht,” the agency said. \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003ch2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Don’t drink and boat\u003c/h2>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>According to the Coast Guard, \u003ca href=\"https://www.uscgboating.org/recreational-boaters/boating-under-the-influence.php\">alcohol is the single biggest contributing \u003c/a>factor to boating deaths. \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>Boating while under the influence is actually illegal and dangerous to you, your passengers and other boaters nearby. Plus, the marine environment — meaning the constant motion, vibration and engine noise of the boat itself plus the sun, wind and spray exposure — all accelerate impairment, the Coast Guard said. \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>“Alcohol is even more hazardous on the water than on land,” its website said. \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003ch2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"boat-begins-to-sink\">What to know if your boat begins to sink\u003c/h2>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>If you are on a boat that begins to sink — or if you’re at all worried about going overboard for any reason — the best thing to do is immediately put on a life jacket, Wiese said. You can then start to assist others with their life jackets. \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>If you’re inside or below deck, quickly leave for the top deck via one of the escape routes you identified and consider whether others might be trapped inside, too.\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>Whether or not you should stay with the boat or swim away from it depends on how \u003cem>quickly \u003c/em>it’s sinking, he said. If it’s staying mostly afloat, it’s best to keep holding onto it so you don’t have to expend energy treading water. \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>“But if the boat is actively sinking and you know it’s going to go under, I suggest swimming away from it, looking out also for any entangling lines in the water that could wrap around you and take you down with it,” he said.\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\u003cp>It’s easier said than done, but try to stay calm in this situation, Wiese said. \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>“There’s a tendency to get cold water shock with these water temperatures that we have in the Bay Area,” he said. “If you stay calm and relax, it’s hard for your muscles to tense up.”\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>If you’re able, try to get everyone together in the water, both to make sure everyone is accounted for — it’s easy to get separated with the strong currents in the San Francisco Bay — and for bodily warmth, he said. Form a circle, if you can, to help make floating easier and to conserve body heat between you. \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>While it might seem counterintuitive, Wiese advised against trying hard to swim: “It’s better to stay still if you can and wait for help,” he said. “Stay calm and try not to move around as much as possible, as the core temperature of your body can be seriously depleted by movement.”\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>“When you’re moving around in cold waters like we have in the bay here, all the body heat from your internal core will go to the outside to keep you warm, but you actually end up getting colder faster in the end,” he said. “And limiting movement will conserve a lot of that core body heat and allow your body to stay alive longer without experiencing the heightened symptoms of hypothermia.”\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>If you can find something floating to grab onto, try to do so. 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(Beth LaBerge/KQED)\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>The company had been courting the shipbuilding start-up since late last year, hoping to ink a deal valued at $3.2 billion. Earlier this month, officials from California Forever were working with Gov. Gavin Newsom on \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12089233/california-forevers-bid-to-win-manufacturing-jobs-divides-solano-county-residents\">legislation\u003c/a> that would smooth regulatory reviews if it secures a deal with a major manufacturer. That legislation, a trailer bill to the state budget, has not yet been published or approved by lawmakers. \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>With Saronic out of the picture, the company will have to successfully finalize a deal with another manufacturer in order for that legislation, if approved, to have an effect. \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Critics of California Forever, however, are celebrating the news and pointing to the loss of the deal as evidence company officials had over-promised on what they could deliver. \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>“California Forever just suffered a massive loss and I couldn’t be happier,” Michael Jefferson, a member of California ForNever, posted on the group’s \u003ca href=\"https://www.facebook.com/groups/775318240797761\">Facebook page\u003c/a>. “We are one major step forward in stopping this abject top-down travesty.” \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\u003cp>Earlier this year, Jefferson, a resident of Suisun City, led a campaign to recall the entire city council. He has said the city has mishandled a \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12059985/california-forever-clears-first-hurdle-in-suisun-city-annexation\">proposal to annex\u003c/a> some of California Forever’s land and bolster its tax base. This November, a number of council seats are up for reelection, and Jefferson is \u003ca href=\"https://michaeljefferson4suisunmayor.crd.co/\">vying \u003c/a>to win the mayor’s seat. \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>But for proponents of the project hoping to attract new businesses to the county, which has the highest unemployment rate in the Bay Area, the news is shattering.\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>“This is a devastating outcome,” said Chris Rico, president of Solano County’s Economic Development Corporation. “We have the location, workforce, infrastructure and maritime heritage in this community. 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Earlier this year, Supervisor Mitch Mashburn, a vocal critic, called the proposal a “\u003ca href=\"https://www.thereporter.com/2026/01/27/mashburn-calls-maritime-zone-a-nothingburger/\">nothingburger.\u003c/a>” \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>In a statement, Carli called that attitude “a profound dereliction of duty.” \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>“You don’t win 10,000 jobs by insulting the company bringing them,” Carli said. “Solano County deserves leaders who fight to open doors, not lock them from the inside.”\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cfigure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1777\" height=\"1333\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/07/250804-CaliforniaForeverSuisunCity-47_qed.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-12091516\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/07/250804-CaliforniaForeverSuisunCity-47_qed.jpg 1777w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/07/250804-CaliforniaForeverSuisunCity-47_qed-160x120.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/07/250804-CaliforniaForeverSuisunCity-47_qed-1536x1152.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1777px) 100vw, 1777px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">An aerial view of the Suisun Slough in Suisun City, Solano County, on Aug. 4, 2025. 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This November, a number of council seats are up for reelection, and Jefferson is \u003ca href=\"https://michaeljefferson4suisunmayor.crd.co/\">vying \u003c/a>to win the mayor’s seat. \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>But for proponents of the project hoping to attract new businesses to the county, which has the highest unemployment rate in the Bay Area, the news is shattering.\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>“This is a devastating outcome,” said Chris Rico, president of Solano County’s Economic Development Corporation. “We have the location, workforce, infrastructure and maritime heritage in this community. The only thing we couldn’t deliver was a clear and predictable path to build at the speed Saronic required.” \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>Some, like Vacaville Mayor John Carli, say recalcitrance on the part of some local electeds likely contributed to that slow pace and led to the loss of the contract. Last spring, when the company announced interest in developing a shipyard, the county’s Board of Supervisors \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12037142/california-forevers-shipbuilding-plans-need-more-details-solano-county-officials-say\">criticized the plan for lacking details\u003c/a>. Earlier this year, Supervisor Mitch Mashburn, a vocal critic, called the proposal a “\u003ca href=\"https://www.thereporter.com/2026/01/27/mashburn-calls-maritime-zone-a-nothingburger/\">nothingburger.\u003c/a>” \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>In a statement, Carli called that attitude “a profound dereliction of duty.” \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>“You don’t win 10,000 jobs by insulting the company bringing them,” Carli said. “Solano County deserves leaders who fight to open doors, not lock them from the inside.”\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cfigure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1777\" height=\"1333\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/07/250804-CaliforniaForeverSuisunCity-47_qed.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-12091516\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/07/250804-CaliforniaForeverSuisunCity-47_qed.jpg 1777w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/07/250804-CaliforniaForeverSuisunCity-47_qed-160x120.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/07/250804-CaliforniaForeverSuisunCity-47_qed-1536x1152.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1777px) 100vw, 1777px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">An aerial view of the Suisun Slough in Suisun City, Solano County, on Aug. 4, 2025. (Beth LaBerge/KQED)\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>In the joint \u003ca href=\"https://californiaforever.com/statement-from-labor-and-business-coalition-on-saronic-shipyard-going-to-texas/\">statement\u003c/a> published by California Forever and other business groups, the company said it had “easily the best site and was one of two finalists for a 10,000 job opportunity,” and pinned some of the blame for the lost deal on the failure to pass special legislation in time. \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>“Today’s news was really a gut punch to everyone who has worked so hard to take advantage of this opportunity,” said Joshua Arce, executive director for the California Alliance for Jobs, a signatory to California Forever’s joint statement. “It’s disappointing to say the least.”\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>Company officials say they will continue to work with the state to pass the trailer bill and attract other manufacturers to the future shipbuilding site. \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>Calls to rejuvenate the shipbuilding industry locally have come all the way from the federal government. 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You can \u003ca href=\"https://outsidelands.frontgatetickets.com/waitlist?_gl=1*bttyst*_gcl_au*MTgyNjg5NzMyOC4xNzgzNzE5MDg1\">sign up for the waitlist with Front Gate Tickets\u003c/a>, where you will be asked to provide \u003ca href=\"https://support.frontgatetickets.com/hc/en-us/articles/4406624339729-Waitlist-Frequently-Asked-Questions?_ga=2.115336199.1000976837.1784139589-1477103800.1783719310&_gl=1*uepmn6*_ga*MTQ3NzEwMzgwMC4xNzgzNzE5MzEw*_ga_P42WB3X5FS*czE3ODQxNDQ3ODMkbzckZzEkdDE3ODQxNDUxNzYkajYwJGwwJGgw*_gcl_au*MTgyNjg5NzMyOC4xNzgzNzE5MDg1\">a payment method and shipping address\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>When you’re on the waitlist, any tickets that become available are offered on a first-come, first-served basis.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Unfortunately, there is no set timeline in which you’ll hear back about getting a ticket. But if you do get called up on the waitlist, you’ll receive a “waitlist confirmation”, which Front Gate Tickets asks you to review ASAP \u003ca href=\"https://support.frontgatetickets.com/hc/en-us/articles/4406624339729-Waitlist-Frequently-Asked-Questions?_ga=2.115336199.1000976837.1784139589-1477103800.1783719310&_gl=1*uepmn6*_ga*MTQ3NzEwMzgwMC4xNzgzNzE5MzEw*_ga_P42WB3X5FS*czE3ODQxNDQ3ODMkbzckZzEkdDE3ODQxNDUxNzYkajYwJGwwJGgw*_gcl_au*MTgyNjg5NzMyOC4xNzgzNzE5MDg1\">“to ensure that your information is still correct.” \u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11960656\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-11960656\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/09/230911-Outside-Lands-Getty-JC-KQED_1.jpg\" alt=\"Fans pose under the iconic windmill arch during day two of the Outside Lands Music Festival at Golden Gate Park in San Francisco on August 10, 2019.\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1352\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/09/230911-Outside-Lands-Getty-JC-KQED_1.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/09/230911-Outside-Lands-Getty-JC-KQED_1-800x541.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/09/230911-Outside-Lands-Getty-JC-KQED_1-1020x690.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/09/230911-Outside-Lands-Getty-JC-KQED_1-160x108.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/09/230911-Outside-Lands-Getty-JC-KQED_1-1536x1038.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/09/230911-Outside-Lands-Getty-JC-KQED_1-1920x1298.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Fans pose under the iconic windmill arch during day two of the Outside Lands Music Festival at Golden Gate Park in San Francisco on Aug. 10, 2019. \u003ccite>(Jessica Christian/The San Francisco Chronicle via Getty Images)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Unless you tell Front Gate Tickets you don’t, in fact, want the available tickets by opting out of your request by the date listed in your email confirmation, “you will then be charged the full amount requested” to the payment method you’ve provided, the company said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>If your purchase is successful, you’ll then receive a receipt for your order, and your wristbands will either be delivered to the address you’ve provided or made available for in-person pick-up if it’s too close to the festival start date (see below).\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>You may want to sign up for multiple spots on a waitlist — and you can.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But remember, if you get off the waitlist for multiple ticket offers, you will be charged for \u003cem>all\u003c/em> of those tickets.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>Where can I get verified resale tickets for Outside Lands?\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>Verified resale tickets are \u003ca href=\"https://www.ticketexchangebyticketmaster.com/seg340/outside-lands-music-festival-tickets/event/15227\">sold through Ticketmaster\u003c/a>’s Ticket Exchange. Be sure to look before you buy, because some tickets are being sold in pairs of two or three.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Costs vary a lot —for example, \u003ca href=\"https://www.ticketexchangebyticketmaster.com/seg340/outside-lands-music-festival-tickets-san-francisco-ca-8-7-2026/tickets/4859516\">a Friday single-day GA ticket\u003c/a> ranges from $264.74 to $927.77.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Also, be patient. In this reporter’s experience, the \u003ca href=\"http://ticketexchangebyticketmaster.com\">ticketexchangebyticketmaster.com\u003c/a> website is very buggy, and you may get hit with a couple of 404 screens.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>How can I get my wristband if I’m off the waitlist, or bought through verified resale?\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>If you get off the waitlist or buy your resale before July 28, your wristband may be shipped out to you. (And if you \u003ca href=\"https://support.frontgatetickets.com/hc/en-us/articles/13806478425233-Can-I-resell-my-tickets\">bought through resale\u003c/a>, the original wristband deactivates and cannot be used for the festival — so no need to worry about the buyer changing their mind and taking your spot again.)\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12085301\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 1980px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12085301\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/05/GettyImages-2264385459.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1980\" height=\"1320\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/05/GettyImages-2264385459.jpg 1980w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/05/GettyImages-2264385459-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/05/GettyImages-2264385459-1536x1024.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1980px) 100vw, 1980px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">The Ticketmaster logo is displayed on a smartphone screen in this photo illustration in Brussels, Belgium, on March 5, 2026. \u003ccite>(Jonathan Raa/NurPhoto via Getty Images)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>After July 28, you will likely have to pick the wristband up at Will Call in Golden Gate Park. The box office is at Marx Meadow, located at 25th & Fulton, and is open:\u003c/p>\n\u003cul>\n\u003cli>Wednesday, Aug. 5 from 1 p.m. to 7 p.m.\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>Thursday, Aug. 6 from 1 p.m. to 7 p.m.\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>Friday, Aug. 7 from 10 a.m. to 9 p.m.\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>Saturday, Aug. 8 from 10 a.m. to 9 p.m.\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>Sunday, Aug. 9 from 10 a.m. to 8 p.m.\u003c/li>\n\u003c/ul>\n\u003cp>Festival organizers say if you didn’t receive a tracking number for your wristband by the week of Outside Lands, you should submit \u003ca href=\"https://support.frontgatetickets.com/hc/en-us/requests/new?_gl=1*1uf5bcq*_gcl_au*MTgyNjg5NzMyOC4xNzgzNzE5MDg1\">a request with Front Gate Tickets\u003c/a> as soon as possible.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>Can I get Outside Lands tickets from a friend or someone I know directly?\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>According to a spokesperson with Outside Lands in an email to KQED, “We only recommend purchasing directly from Ticketmaster resale as this is the only verified method of reselling one’s festival passes.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>If you buy Outside Lands tickets through outside \u003ca href=\"https://www.stubhub.com/outside-lands-music-festival-tickets/grouping/150231713\">third-party sellers like StubHub \u003c/a>or social media threads, you won’t be able to seek official support if something goes wrong.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Unfortunately, for account security, we cannot release order information for orders you did not purchase directly via Front Gate Tickets, nor can we verify the validity of third-party tickets,” the \u003ca href=\"https://support.frontgatetickets.com/hc/en-us/articles/13806478425233-Can-I-resell-my-tickets\">website’s FAQ\u003c/a> reads.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11957341\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 1920px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-11957341\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/08/RS67686_OUTSIDELANDS2021_1029_211813-2791_ALIVECOVERAGE-qut.jpg\" alt=\"A pink neon-toned nighttime shot of a big crowd standing in front of a stage with a neon sign that says OUTSIDE LANDS.\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1280\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/08/RS67686_OUTSIDELANDS2021_1029_211813-2791_ALIVECOVERAGE-qut.jpg 1920w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/08/RS67686_OUTSIDELANDS2021_1029_211813-2791_ALIVECOVERAGE-qut-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/08/RS67686_OUTSIDELANDS2021_1029_211813-2791_ALIVECOVERAGE-qut-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/08/RS67686_OUTSIDELANDS2021_1029_211813-2791_ALIVECOVERAGE-qut-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/08/RS67686_OUTSIDELANDS2021_1029_211813-2791_ALIVECOVERAGE-qut-1536x1024.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1920px) 100vw, 1920px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Outside Lands is almost here, and it’ll bring huge crowds and road closures around Golden Gate Park. Here’s what to know. \u003ccite>(Alive Coverage/Outside Lands)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>If you do go the social media route, like \u003ca href=\"https://www.reddit.com/r/OutsideLands/comments/1uqat93/official_buyselltrade_thread_2026/\">the genuinely friendly Outside Lands Reddit\u003c/a>, make very sure the wristband you’re offered is \u003cem>unregistered\u003c/em>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>According to veteran users, it is “one of the easiest ways to be scammed” since “the registered user can claim that the wristband was lost at any time and get a new one.”\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>How can I avoid Outside Lands ticket scams?\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>A few Outside Lands ticket scams to watch for:\u003c/p>\n\u003cul>\n\u003cli>Remember, tickets are physical wristbands. Do not trust anyone who says you can enter the festival with just a QR code and no wristband.\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>People with three-day tickets cannot sell just one day of those tickets, and instead would \u003ca href=\"https://sfoutsidelands.com/info/\">need to sell all three days\u003c/a>.\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>Children under 2 years old don’t need a ticket to Outside Lands, so don’t trust anyone selling an “infant ticket” or similar.\u003c/li>\n\u003c/ul>\n\u003cp>From \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12084228/dont-fall-for-world-cup-ticket-scams-in-california\">the World Cup\u003c/a> to \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12071928/super-bowl-tickets-santa-clara-2026-scam-fraud-warning\">the Super Bowl \u003c/a>to \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11956083/taylor-swift-levis-stadium-eras-santa-clara-tickets#taylorswifttickets\">the Eras Tour\u003c/a>, KQED reporters also have a lot of experience in writing guides about avoiding ticket scams.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12052315\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12052315\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/08/08082025_Outsidelands_EG_082_qed.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/08/08082025_Outsidelands_EG_082_qed.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/08/08082025_Outsidelands_EG_082_qed-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/08/08082025_Outsidelands_EG_082_qed-1536x1024.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">A concertgoer wears three pairs of sunglasses as he watches Ca7riel and Paco Amoroso perform at Outside Lands on Sunday, Aug. 10, 2025. \u003ccite>(Estefany Gonzalez for KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>In fact, during the Taylor Swift tour, the Better Business Bureau \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11956083/taylor-swift-levis-stadium-eras-santa-clara-tickets#taylorswifttickets\">issued a warning about resale scams\u003c/a>, with many people discovering after sending the money through apps like Venmo or Zelle that these “tickets” never existed.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Be sure to check out the person’s profile and their past posting history to see if it seems real.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>And if you do choose to buy a resale, use your credit card, according to the BBB. This at least provides some protection for you if the deal was fake.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>If you are buying a resale ticket from a friend, make sure you call your friend directly to make sure someone isn’t impersonating them online.[aside postID=news_12090227 hero='https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/07/VIJAY-GUPTA-8-photo-by-Kate-Bawden.jpg']Also be sure to scrutinize the price — if \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12084228/dont-fall-for-world-cup-ticket-scams-in-california\">the cost seems too good to be true\u003c/a>, it just might be.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>I just got scammed buying a fake Outside Lands ticket. What can I do?\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>Make sure to document all your communication with the person who promised to sell you a ticket — and take screenshots of those messages in case they attempt to delete anything from their end.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>If you were scammed online or over the phone:\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>You can then report the situation to your local police department, as the city where you live is where the crime took place.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>If you bought the fake ticket in person from a scalper: \u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Contact the police department of the city where the transaction took place.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>You can also file a complaint with the \u003ca href=\"https://oag.ca.gov/contact/consumer-complaint-against-business-or-company\">California Attorney General’s office\u003c/a> or the \u003ca href=\"https://www.bbb.org/file-a-complaint\">Better Business Bureau\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cem>KQED’s \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/author/ccabreralomeli\">Carlos Cabrera-Lomelí\u003c/a> contributed to this report.\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad floatright]\u003c/p>\n",
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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>And this \u003ca href=\"https://sfoutsidelands.com/\">three-day festival on Friday, Aug. 7, Saturday, Aug. 8 and Sunday, Aug. 9\u003c/a> will be especially packed this year.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>That’s because several Outside Lands ticket packages — like General Admission, General Admission + and VIP — are already \u003ca href=\"https://sfoutsidelands.com/tickets/\">sold out.\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But if you were hoping to attend, all hope is not lost yet.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Read on for your remaining options for scoring tickets to Outside Lands’ very popular show this year (as well as tips on how to avoid scams).\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11894419\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 1920px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-11894419\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2021/10/Josh-Withers-scaled-e1635549076106.jpg\" alt=\"A large crowd at a nighttime outdoor concert.\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1280\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">A packed crowd at the Outside Lands Festival in Golden Gate Park in 2019, the last time the event was held before the COVID pandemic. \u003ccite>(Josh Withers/Outside Lands)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003ch2>First off, how do tickets for Outside Lands work?\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>The big thing to know: Outside Lands tickets are not physical tickets or QR codes on your phone — they’re \u003cem>physical \u003c/em>wristbands that \u003ca href=\"https://registration.frontgatetickets.com/?_gl=1*ba133m*_gcl_au*MTgyNjg5NzMyOC4xNzgzNzE5MDg1#/2026outsidelands\">you register online\u003c/a> and that grant you entry to the festival.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The official ticket partner of Outside Lands is Front Gate Tickets.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>What tickets are left for Outside Lands?\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>Almost all the different types of Outside Lands tickets, like General Admission and VIP, are sold out.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The last individual ticket price left is \u003ca href=\"https://outsidelands.frontgatetickets.com/event/du3gohu6lw6bl5g0?_gl=1*hn8i33*_gcl_au*MTgyNjg5NzMyOC4xNzgzNzE5MDg1\">a Friday single-day ticket\u003c/a> through the pricey Golden Gate Club, which includes perks like up-close viewing and curated food and drink.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12052319\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12052319\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/08/08082025_Outsidelands_EG_043_qed.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/08/08082025_Outsidelands_EG_043_qed.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/08/08082025_Outsidelands_EG_043_qed-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/08/08082025_Outsidelands_EG_043_qed-1536x1024.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">A concertgoer wears a bandana and large sunglasses to Outside Lands on Saturday, Aug. 9, 2025. \u003ccite>(Estefany Gonzalez for KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>However, this ticket costs $2,369.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>There are also exclusive group viewing offers, like the SOMA Social Club, \u003ca href=\"https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6B4yVIwFlx8&feature=youtu.be\">suites and boxes\u003c/a> — but these are packages arranged directly with Outside Lands.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>Is there a waitlist for Outside Lands tickets, and how does it work?\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>Yes, there is a waitlist for all of the ticket offers that are sold out. You can \u003ca href=\"https://outsidelands.frontgatetickets.com/waitlist?_gl=1*bttyst*_gcl_au*MTgyNjg5NzMyOC4xNzgzNzE5MDg1\">sign up for the waitlist with Front Gate Tickets\u003c/a>, where you will be asked to provide \u003ca href=\"https://support.frontgatetickets.com/hc/en-us/articles/4406624339729-Waitlist-Frequently-Asked-Questions?_ga=2.115336199.1000976837.1784139589-1477103800.1783719310&_gl=1*uepmn6*_ga*MTQ3NzEwMzgwMC4xNzgzNzE5MzEw*_ga_P42WB3X5FS*czE3ODQxNDQ3ODMkbzckZzEkdDE3ODQxNDUxNzYkajYwJGwwJGgw*_gcl_au*MTgyNjg5NzMyOC4xNzgzNzE5MDg1\">a payment method and shipping address\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>When you’re on the waitlist, any tickets that become available are offered on a first-come, first-served basis.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Unfortunately, there is no set timeline in which you’ll hear back about getting a ticket. But if you do get called up on the waitlist, you’ll receive a “waitlist confirmation”, which Front Gate Tickets asks you to review ASAP \u003ca href=\"https://support.frontgatetickets.com/hc/en-us/articles/4406624339729-Waitlist-Frequently-Asked-Questions?_ga=2.115336199.1000976837.1784139589-1477103800.1783719310&_gl=1*uepmn6*_ga*MTQ3NzEwMzgwMC4xNzgzNzE5MzEw*_ga_P42WB3X5FS*czE3ODQxNDQ3ODMkbzckZzEkdDE3ODQxNDUxNzYkajYwJGwwJGgw*_gcl_au*MTgyNjg5NzMyOC4xNzgzNzE5MDg1\">“to ensure that your information is still correct.” \u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11960656\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-11960656\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/09/230911-Outside-Lands-Getty-JC-KQED_1.jpg\" alt=\"Fans pose under the iconic windmill arch during day two of the Outside Lands Music Festival at Golden Gate Park in San Francisco on August 10, 2019.\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1352\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/09/230911-Outside-Lands-Getty-JC-KQED_1.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/09/230911-Outside-Lands-Getty-JC-KQED_1-800x541.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/09/230911-Outside-Lands-Getty-JC-KQED_1-1020x690.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/09/230911-Outside-Lands-Getty-JC-KQED_1-160x108.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/09/230911-Outside-Lands-Getty-JC-KQED_1-1536x1038.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/09/230911-Outside-Lands-Getty-JC-KQED_1-1920x1298.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Fans pose under the iconic windmill arch during day two of the Outside Lands Music Festival at Golden Gate Park in San Francisco on Aug. 10, 2019. \u003ccite>(Jessica Christian/The San Francisco Chronicle via Getty Images)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Unless you tell Front Gate Tickets you don’t, in fact, want the available tickets by opting out of your request by the date listed in your email confirmation, “you will then be charged the full amount requested” to the payment method you’ve provided, the company said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>If your purchase is successful, you’ll then receive a receipt for your order, and your wristbands will either be delivered to the address you’ve provided or made available for in-person pick-up if it’s too close to the festival start date (see below).\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>You may want to sign up for multiple spots on a waitlist — and you can.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But remember, if you get off the waitlist for multiple ticket offers, you will be charged for \u003cem>all\u003c/em> of those tickets.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>Where can I get verified resale tickets for Outside Lands?\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>Verified resale tickets are \u003ca href=\"https://www.ticketexchangebyticketmaster.com/seg340/outside-lands-music-festival-tickets/event/15227\">sold through Ticketmaster\u003c/a>’s Ticket Exchange. Be sure to look before you buy, because some tickets are being sold in pairs of two or three.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Costs vary a lot —for example, \u003ca href=\"https://www.ticketexchangebyticketmaster.com/seg340/outside-lands-music-festival-tickets-san-francisco-ca-8-7-2026/tickets/4859516\">a Friday single-day GA ticket\u003c/a> ranges from $264.74 to $927.77.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Also, be patient. In this reporter’s experience, the \u003ca href=\"http://ticketexchangebyticketmaster.com\">ticketexchangebyticketmaster.com\u003c/a> website is very buggy, and you may get hit with a couple of 404 screens.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>How can I get my wristband if I’m off the waitlist, or bought through verified resale?\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>If you get off the waitlist or buy your resale before July 28, your wristband may be shipped out to you. (And if you \u003ca href=\"https://support.frontgatetickets.com/hc/en-us/articles/13806478425233-Can-I-resell-my-tickets\">bought through resale\u003c/a>, the original wristband deactivates and cannot be used for the festival — so no need to worry about the buyer changing their mind and taking your spot again.)\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12085301\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 1980px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12085301\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/05/GettyImages-2264385459.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1980\" height=\"1320\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/05/GettyImages-2264385459.jpg 1980w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/05/GettyImages-2264385459-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/05/GettyImages-2264385459-1536x1024.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1980px) 100vw, 1980px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">The Ticketmaster logo is displayed on a smartphone screen in this photo illustration in Brussels, Belgium, on March 5, 2026. \u003ccite>(Jonathan Raa/NurPhoto via Getty Images)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>After July 28, you will likely have to pick the wristband up at Will Call in Golden Gate Park. The box office is at Marx Meadow, located at 25th & Fulton, and is open:\u003c/p>\n\u003cul>\n\u003cli>Wednesday, Aug. 5 from 1 p.m. to 7 p.m.\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>Thursday, Aug. 6 from 1 p.m. to 7 p.m.\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>Friday, Aug. 7 from 10 a.m. to 9 p.m.\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>Saturday, Aug. 8 from 10 a.m. to 9 p.m.\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>Sunday, Aug. 9 from 10 a.m. to 8 p.m.\u003c/li>\n\u003c/ul>\n\u003cp>Festival organizers say if you didn’t receive a tracking number for your wristband by the week of Outside Lands, you should submit \u003ca href=\"https://support.frontgatetickets.com/hc/en-us/requests/new?_gl=1*1uf5bcq*_gcl_au*MTgyNjg5NzMyOC4xNzgzNzE5MDg1\">a request with Front Gate Tickets\u003c/a> as soon as possible.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>Can I get Outside Lands tickets from a friend or someone I know directly?\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>According to a spokesperson with Outside Lands in an email to KQED, “We only recommend purchasing directly from Ticketmaster resale as this is the only verified method of reselling one’s festival passes.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>If you buy Outside Lands tickets through outside \u003ca href=\"https://www.stubhub.com/outside-lands-music-festival-tickets/grouping/150231713\">third-party sellers like StubHub \u003c/a>or social media threads, you won’t be able to seek official support if something goes wrong.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Unfortunately, for account security, we cannot release order information for orders you did not purchase directly via Front Gate Tickets, nor can we verify the validity of third-party tickets,” the \u003ca href=\"https://support.frontgatetickets.com/hc/en-us/articles/13806478425233-Can-I-resell-my-tickets\">website’s FAQ\u003c/a> reads.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11957341\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 1920px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-11957341\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/08/RS67686_OUTSIDELANDS2021_1029_211813-2791_ALIVECOVERAGE-qut.jpg\" alt=\"A pink neon-toned nighttime shot of a big crowd standing in front of a stage with a neon sign that says OUTSIDE LANDS.\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1280\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/08/RS67686_OUTSIDELANDS2021_1029_211813-2791_ALIVECOVERAGE-qut.jpg 1920w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/08/RS67686_OUTSIDELANDS2021_1029_211813-2791_ALIVECOVERAGE-qut-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/08/RS67686_OUTSIDELANDS2021_1029_211813-2791_ALIVECOVERAGE-qut-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/08/RS67686_OUTSIDELANDS2021_1029_211813-2791_ALIVECOVERAGE-qut-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/08/RS67686_OUTSIDELANDS2021_1029_211813-2791_ALIVECOVERAGE-qut-1536x1024.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1920px) 100vw, 1920px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Outside Lands is almost here, and it’ll bring huge crowds and road closures around Golden Gate Park. Here’s what to know. \u003ccite>(Alive Coverage/Outside Lands)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>If you do go the social media route, like \u003ca href=\"https://www.reddit.com/r/OutsideLands/comments/1uqat93/official_buyselltrade_thread_2026/\">the genuinely friendly Outside Lands Reddit\u003c/a>, make very sure the wristband you’re offered is \u003cem>unregistered\u003c/em>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>According to veteran users, it is “one of the easiest ways to be scammed” since “the registered user can claim that the wristband was lost at any time and get a new one.”\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>How can I avoid Outside Lands ticket scams?\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>A few Outside Lands ticket scams to watch for:\u003c/p>\n\u003cul>\n\u003cli>Remember, tickets are physical wristbands. Do not trust anyone who says you can enter the festival with just a QR code and no wristband.\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>People with three-day tickets cannot sell just one day of those tickets, and instead would \u003ca href=\"https://sfoutsidelands.com/info/\">need to sell all three days\u003c/a>.\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>Children under 2 years old don’t need a ticket to Outside Lands, so don’t trust anyone selling an “infant ticket” or similar.\u003c/li>\n\u003c/ul>\n\u003cp>From \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12084228/dont-fall-for-world-cup-ticket-scams-in-california\">the World Cup\u003c/a> to \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12071928/super-bowl-tickets-santa-clara-2026-scam-fraud-warning\">the Super Bowl \u003c/a>to \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11956083/taylor-swift-levis-stadium-eras-santa-clara-tickets#taylorswifttickets\">the Eras Tour\u003c/a>, KQED reporters also have a lot of experience in writing guides about avoiding ticket scams.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12052315\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12052315\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/08/08082025_Outsidelands_EG_082_qed.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/08/08082025_Outsidelands_EG_082_qed.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/08/08082025_Outsidelands_EG_082_qed-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/08/08082025_Outsidelands_EG_082_qed-1536x1024.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">A concertgoer wears three pairs of sunglasses as he watches Ca7riel and Paco Amoroso perform at Outside Lands on Sunday, Aug. 10, 2025. \u003ccite>(Estefany Gonzalez for KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>In fact, during the Taylor Swift tour, the Better Business Bureau \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11956083/taylor-swift-levis-stadium-eras-santa-clara-tickets#taylorswifttickets\">issued a warning about resale scams\u003c/a>, with many people discovering after sending the money through apps like Venmo or Zelle that these “tickets” never existed.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Be sure to check out the person’s profile and their past posting history to see if it seems real.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>And if you do choose to buy a resale, use your credit card, according to the BBB. This at least provides some protection for you if the deal was fake.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>If you are buying a resale ticket from a friend, make sure you call your friend directly to make sure someone isn’t impersonating them online.\u003c/p>\u003c/div>",
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"content": "\u003cp>If you’re a Bay Area hiker who feels like you’ve exhausted all of the region’s most scenic parks and trails — or are just getting tired of being surrounded by people on crowded trails when you’re looking for solitude — there might be a cost-effective solution. \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>That is, \u003ca href=\"https://www.ebmud.com/recreation/buy-trail-permit\">buying this $10 annual pass\u003c/a> to be able to enter 57,000 acres of East Bay Municipal Utility District land.\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>Bordering reservoirs in the \u003ca href=\"https://www.ebmud.com/recreation/east-bay/east-bay-trails\">East Bay\u003c/a> and the \u003ca href=\"http://ebmud.com/recreation/sierra-foothills/sierra-foothills-trails\">Sierra foothills\u003c/a>, EBMUD’s land includes the entire watershed the utility manages and is full of hiking, biking and even watersports opportunities that only people with an annual pass can access.\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>Why the $10 fee for the pass? Nelsy Rodriguez, spokesperson for EBMUD, said the agency asks for this paid yearly trail permit to cover trail and land maintenance, and also so the agency can monitor how many people are actually using its trails.\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>“For a very small fee, just so that we know who’s there, we can fund the maintenance of these trails,” she said. “There’s worlds of trails to explore out there.”\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n\u003cli>\u003cstrong>Jump straight to: \u003ca href=\"#bay-area-hikes\">3 beautiful Bay Area hikes to explore with an EBMUD permit\u003c/a>\u003c/strong>\u003c/li>\n\u003c/ul>\n\n\n\n\u003ch2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">How the EBMUD permit works\u003c/h2>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>The permit, \u003ca href=\"https://trailpermits.ebmud.com/\">which you can purchase online\u003c/a>, costs $10 per year and includes access for you and your immediate family (with no limit on this number) — plus three other people. If you don’t want to commit to a year, you can buy a day permit for $3. EBMUD also offers 3-year permits for $20 and 5-year $30 permits, which may offer you even more value if you plan to use these lands over several years. \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Rodriguez said when visiting an EBMUD trail, it’s best to keep your permit on you and sign the trail register at the start of your hike. \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cfigure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1338\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/07/Riche_loop_2-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-12091159\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/07/Riche_loop_2-1.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/07/Riche_loop_2-1-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/07/Riche_loop_2-1-1536x1028.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">The Riche Loop Trail in Moraga, one of the hikes that’s accessible with the EBMUD annual pass. 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And if you still want more ideas, the utility has \u003ca href=\"https://webapps.ebmud.com/trailmap/\">its own interactive trail map\u003c/a> where you can filter by difficulty and other factors, and a \u003ca href=\"https://storymaps.arcgis.com/stories/f0b88ce7369c48279c0c4104f35e2182\">list of suggested Bay Area hikes.\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003ch2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"bay-area-hikes\">3 beautiful Bay Area hikes to explore with an EBMUD permit\u003c/h2>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"https://www.alltrails.com/trail/us/california/oursan-trail-to-briones-dam\">\u003cstrong>Oursan Trail\u003c/strong>\u003c/a>\u003cstrong> to Bear Creek Trail along Briones Reservoir \u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>This 13-mile loop, 10 miles of which is dog-friendly, can fill a full day of adventure — or simply make it an out-and-back and turn around when you’re ready. \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>Following unpaved fire trails with intermittent views of the reservoir, the trail is scattered with meadows, oak trees and lots of wildlife. 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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Rodriguez said when visiting an EBMUD trail, it’s best to keep your permit on you and sign the trail register at the start of your hike. \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cfigure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1338\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/07/Riche_loop_2-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-12091159\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/07/Riche_loop_2-1.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/07/Riche_loop_2-1-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/07/Riche_loop_2-1-1536x1028.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">The Riche Loop Trail in Moraga, one of the hikes that’s accessible with the EBMUD annual pass. (Courtesy of EBMUD)\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>“That way, in case there’s any emergency, we can verify your identity,” she said.\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>While hiking on watershed land, stay on the trail, stay \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12085282/ticks-lyme-disease-california-bay-area-what-to-do-tick-bite-dog-deer-how-to-avoid-ticks\">aware of ticks\u003c/a> and always carry water, Rodriguez said. Any form of fire is prohibited, she said.\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>As for the reservoirs themselves — from \u003ca href=\"https://www.ebmud.com/recreation/east-bay/san-pablo-reservoir\">San Pablo\u003c/a> all the way to \u003ca href=\"https://www.ebmud.com/recreation/sierra-foothills/pardee-reservoir\">Pardee \u003c/a>in the Sierra foothills — they’re open for recreation but not for swimming. That means visitors can hike around the water’s perimeter and sometimes fish, boat or kayak in the water. Just remember: these waterways provide drinking water for 1.4 million people in the Bay Area, so actual \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11780692/why-cant-you-swim-in-most-of-the-bay-area-lakes\">body contact isn’t allowed.\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>Keep reading for a few ideas on how to use a $10 annual EBMUD pass around the Bay Area. And if you still want more ideas, the utility has \u003ca href=\"https://webapps.ebmud.com/trailmap/\">its own interactive trail map\u003c/a> where you can filter by difficulty and other factors, and a \u003ca href=\"https://storymaps.arcgis.com/stories/f0b88ce7369c48279c0c4104f35e2182\">list of suggested Bay Area hikes.\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003ch2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"bay-area-hikes\">3 beautiful Bay Area hikes to explore with an EBMUD permit\u003c/h2>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"https://www.alltrails.com/trail/us/california/oursan-trail-to-briones-dam\">\u003cstrong>Oursan Trail\u003c/strong>\u003c/a>\u003cstrong> to Bear Creek Trail along Briones Reservoir \u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>This 13-mile loop, 10 miles of which is dog-friendly, can fill a full day of adventure — or simply make it an out-and-back and turn around when you’re ready. \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>Following unpaved fire trails with intermittent views of the reservoir, the trail is scattered with meadows, oak trees and lots of wildlife. 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"content": "\u003cp>\u003cem>\u003ca href=\"#episode-transcript\">View the full episode transcript.\u003c/a>\u003c/em>\u003cbr>\u003cbr>In 1911, the last member of the Yahi, a tribe of indigenous Californians, walked into the town of Oroville in search of food. He’d spend years in hiding, seeking safety from the state-sponsored genocide of indigenous people that had taken place for decades. \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>He was taken into protective custody by police while newspapers across the country trumpeted the news in large headlines that said things like “Last Wild Indian.”\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>We don’t know his real name because, according to his traditions, he never shared it. 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But Native people want to be sure we keep talking about the man himself — not just a victim of his circumstances — but for the remarkable human being he was.\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Bay Curious spoke with KQED’s Katherine Monahan about Ishi’s life and legacy. \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cfigure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-wp-embed is-provider-megaphone wp-block-embed-megaphone\">\u003cdiv class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\nhttps://playlist.megaphone.fm?e=KQINC6827825325\n\u003c/div>\u003c/figure>\n\n\n\n\u003ch2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"episode-transcript\">Episode transcript\u003c/h2>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Olivia Allen-Price:\u003c/strong> Let’s begin in the late 1800s. When Ishi was still living with his tribe, the Yahi. What was the situation at the time for indigenous Californians?\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Katherine Monahan: \u003c/strong>Dire. In the half century following the Gold Rush, their population dropped by about 95%. Many of them were killed in massacres . . . that were being carried out by the \u003ca href=\"https://amindian.ucla.edu/publication/an-american-genocide/\">state and federal government\u003c/a> in many cases.\u003cbr>\u003cbr>I spoke with Devlin Gandy with the California Grizzly Alliance – he’s a citizen of the Cherokee Nation – about what California was like when Ishi was born around 1860. \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Devlin Gandy: \u003c/strong>The \u003ca href=\"https://governors.library.ca.gov/addresses/s_01-Burnett2.html\">war of extermination\u003c/a> has been proposed and begun by Governor Burnett and is now part of just California state policy. And, you know, Ishi’s people… Their traditional homelands were some of the regions that were most impacted by mining and experienced some of the most violent atrocities that we have recorded.\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Katherine Monahan: \u003c/strong>And then just a severe reduction in food supply. The gold mining industry filled California’s rivers with massive amounts of silt and pollution, which destroyed the salmon habitat. Settlers hunted out most of the game. And farmers built fences which kept the indigenous people from the acorns that were their staple food source.\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>So for all these reasons the life that Native Californians had been living, became very difficult if not impossible.\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Olivia Allen-Price: \u003c/strong>And where was Ishi as all this was happening around the state?\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Katherine Monahan: \u003c/strong>He grew up in the foothills near Mount Lassen, about 20 miles southeast of Redding. This was the territory of his tribe, the Yahi, which was a southern branch of the Yana tribe. It’s a really rugged country, jagged volcanic rock and very steep canyons.\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>I talked to Steve Schoonover, who wrote a book about the Yahi, and he described the terrain as more vertical than horizontal, more sand than soil.\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Steve Schoonover: \u003c/strong>That country tried to kill me more than once. 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Walking through creeks or scaling canyon walls with ropes to avoid making any trails that might give their presence away.\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>Here’s Devlin Gandy again:\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Devlin Gandy: \u003c/strong>So his childhood was one of hiding and fear, one of really trying to find safety and going more into remote areas that they would not normally live. Trying to find a place to live.\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Katherine Monahan: \u003c/strong>In 1908 a surveying party came across their village – and by then there were just four Yahi left, Ishi and his family. They ran away when the strangers arrived. And then three years later, Ishi came walking into the town of Oroville. Alone.\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Olivia Allen-Price: \u003c/strong>Do we have any idea what happened to the three family members last seen around him?\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Katherine Monahan: \u003c/strong>Well, his hair was singed short, which was a sign of mourning. Ishi later said that after the surveyors scattered his tiny tribe they never reunited, and Ishi was then just with his mother until she died shortly after. \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>But we don’t really know what happened. We just have these pieces of a puzzle – there’s also \u003ca href=\"https://www.researchgate.net/figure/Ishi-and-Companion-at-Lamin-Mool-painting-by-Frank-Day_fig9_259926704\">a painting\u003c/a> by a man from the Maidu tribe, Frank Day, that shows Ishi tending to a companion with a stomach wound. 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"innerHTML": "\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Katherine Monahan: \u003c/strong>The Yahi followed the migratory deer herd, and fished. But they were almost completely killed in a series of massacres in the 1860s — \u003ca href=\"https://archive.org/details/fightingmillcree00anderich/page/n9/mode/2up\">hunted down\u003c/a> to just a very small group. Ishi would have been a child at the time. \u003c/p>\n",
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"innerHTML": "\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Devlin Gandy: \u003c/strong>So his childhood was one of hiding and fear, one of really trying to find safety and going more into remote areas that they would not normally live. Trying to find a place to live.\u003c/p>\n",
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"innerHTML": "\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Katherine Monahan: \u003c/strong>In 1908 a surveying party came across their village – and by then there were just four Yahi left, Ishi and his family. They ran away when the strangers arrived. And then three years later, Ishi came walking into the town of Oroville. Alone.\u003c/p>\n",
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"innerHTML": "\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Katherine Monahan: \u003c/strong>Well, his hair was singed short, which was a sign of mourning. Ishi later said that after the surveyors scattered his tiny tribe they never reunited, and Ishi was then just with his mother until she died shortly after. \u003c/p>\n",
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"innerHTML": "\n\u003cp>But we don’t really know what happened. We just have these pieces of a puzzle – there’s also \u003ca href=\"https://www.researchgate.net/figure/Ishi-and-Companion-at-Lamin-Mool-painting-by-Frank-Day_fig9_259926704\">a painting\u003c/a> by a man from the Maidu tribe, Frank Day, that shows Ishi tending to a companion with a stomach wound. Day said he saw this when he was a small child with his father near Oroville – just a few days before Ishi showed up in town. \u003c/p>\n",
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"innerHTML": "\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Olivia Allen-Price: \u003c/strong>Let’s talk about Ishi’s arrival in town. After the massacre he lived through, and the other encounters he’d had with settlers. It’s hard to imagine the state he would have to be in to risk leaving the relative safety of his homelands and walking into town. To these people who have not proven to be trustworthy. What do we know about that story? \u003c/p>\n",
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"innerHTML": "\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Katherine Monahan: \u003c/strong>He walked onto the property of a slaughterhouse in Oroville in August 1911. He was about 50 years old. He was very thin. He was alone. A teenager called Ad Kessler was a worker at the slaughterhouse. He found Ishi by a corral. I have some \u003ca href=\"https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fmu4bV-mldc\">tape\u003c/a> of Kessler talking about it decades later. \u003c/p>\n",
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"innerHTML": "\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Ad Kessler Archival: \u003c/strong>So I shimmied over this fence, and I dropped down alongside this Indian, and I pushed him over, raised this club. He showed no resistance, he was scared, he muttered something like cheku cheku. So I see he was an old man, and I see he wasn’t properly clothed, so I reached down and I got him and I pulled him back up into a sitting position. And I talked to him. I got no answer.\u003c/p>\n",
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"innerHTML": "\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Katherine Monahan: \u003c/strong>Kessler said he then called for the sheriff, and while he waited with Ishi he found that they were able to communicate some using signs. Ishi motioned that he’d like a cigarette, and Kessler gave him one, and they laughed together when the sulphur from the match got in Ishi’s nose. When the sheriff came, Kessler rode along with Ishi to the local jail. The staff there gave Ishi a bowl of beans – which he devoured. And eventually they led him to a cell. \u003c/p>\n",
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"innerHTML": "\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Katherine Monahan: \u003c/strong>He stayed at the jail for about a week. Indigenous people from different tribes were called in to try to communicate with him, but no one spoke his language. All the papers ran stories, “Wild Man Caught in Oroville, Last Aborigine!”, stuff like that. \u003c/p>\n",
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"innerHTML": "\n\u003cp>When the anthropology faculty at the University of California heard about it, one of them caught a train up right away, with a list of Yana words – and he was able to talk with Ishi a little bit and figure out that he must be the last, or one of the last, of the Yahi tribe. And so they arranged to bring him back to San Francisco. \u003cbr>\u003cbr>\u003cem>Music\u003c/em>\u003cem>\u003cbr>\u003c/em>\u003cem>\u003cbr>\u003c/em>\u003cstrong>Olivia Allen-Price: \u003c/strong>We’ll pause it here for a quick break. When we return: Ishi’s life in San Francisco. Stay with us.\u003cbr>\u003cem>\u003cbr>\u003c/em>\u003cem>Sponsor message\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n",
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"innerHTML": "\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Katherine Monahan: \u003c/strong>He was given a room at the University of California’s anthropology museum, which at that time was on the UCSF Parnassus campus — kind of wedged between Mount Sutro and Golden Gate Park. The museum had living quarters with a kitchen and bathrooms, and a bedroom where the caretakers would stay overnight, or indigenous people while they were working with the linguists, and that’s where Ishi lived.\u003c/p>\n",
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"innerHTML": "\n\u003cp>The professors in the anthropology department, which was led by Alfred Kroeber, they had him over for dinner, took him to the theater, the beach. Everybody said Ishi was exceptionally polite and dignified and just really nice. \u003c/p>\n",
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"innerHTML": "\n\u003cp>The professors would ask him to tell his stories and sing his traditional songs and they would record those onto wax cylinders – which was the technology of the time. Some of those recordings have been restored and so let’s listen to one from 1911 – here’s Ishi singing a song about gambling.\u003c/p>\n",
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"innerHTML": "\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Katherine Monahan: \u003c/strong>So Ishi helped the anthropologists learn about Yahi language and practices. And then \u003ca href=\"https://www.newspapers.com/image/82721800/?match=1&terms=museum%20of%20anthropology%20affiliated%20colleges%20ishi\">on Sundays\u003c/a> he would do public demonstrations outside the museum. He would make arrowheads and start fires with a stick, stuff like that. And people would come and watch. \u003c/p>\n",
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"innerHTML": "\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Katherine Monahan: \u003c/strong>Soon after his arrival at the museum, an agent came from the Bureau of Indian Affairs to ask him, do you want to leave? Would you rather go back to where you’re from? Would you rather go to a reservation? And \u003ca href=\"https://www.nebraskapress.unl.edu/nebraska-paperback/9780803222502/ishi-in-three-centuries/\">Ishi said no\u003c/a>. He said he wanted to stay and that he wanted to live there and die there.\u003cbr>\u003cbr>So, I won’t speculate on his happiness or fulfillment – but he was presented with alternatives and he turned them down.\u003c/p>\n",
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"innerHTML": "\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Katherine Monahan: \u003c/strong>Yes, 1911-1916. He \u003ca href=\"https://archive.org/details/medicalhistoryof00pope/page/188/mode/2up\">learned basic English\u003c/a>; he got a bank account and two cats. He liked to ride the street car and the ferry. \u003c/p>\n",
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Many of them were killed in massacres . . . that were being carried out by the \u003ca href=\"https://amindian.ucla.edu/publication/an-american-genocide/\">state and federal government\u003c/a> in many cases.\u003cbr>\u003cbr>I spoke with Devlin Gandy with the California Grizzly Alliance – he’s a citizen of the Cherokee Nation – about what California was like when Ishi was born around 1860. \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Devlin Gandy: \u003c/strong>The \u003ca href=\"https://governors.library.ca.gov/addresses/s_01-Burnett2.html\">war of extermination\u003c/a> has been proposed and begun by Governor Burnett and is now part of just California state policy. And, you know, Ishi’s people… Their traditional homelands were some of the regions that were most impacted by mining and experienced some of the most violent atrocities that we have recorded.\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Katherine Monahan: \u003c/strong>And then just a severe reduction in food supply. The gold mining industry filled California’s rivers with massive amounts of silt and pollution, which destroyed the salmon habitat. Settlers hunted out most of the game. And farmers built fences which kept the indigenous people from the acorns that were their staple food source.\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>So for all these reasons the life that Native Californians had been living, became very difficult if not impossible.\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Olivia Allen-Price: \u003c/strong>And where was Ishi as all this was happening around the state?\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Katherine Monahan: \u003c/strong>He grew up in the foothills near Mount Lassen, about 20 miles southeast of Redding. This was the territory of his tribe, the Yahi, which was a southern branch of the Yana tribe. It’s a really rugged country, jagged volcanic rock and very steep canyons.\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>I talked to Steve Schoonover, who wrote a book about the Yahi, and he described the terrain as more vertical than horizontal, more sand than soil.\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Steve Schoonover: \u003c/strong>That country tried to kill me more than once. But these people lived there for thousands of years, and it was very, very impressive.\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Katherine Monahan: \u003c/strong>The Yahi followed the migratory deer herd, and fished. But they were almost completely killed in a series of massacres in the 1860s — \u003ca href=\"https://archive.org/details/fightingmillcree00anderich/page/n9/mode/2up\">hunted down\u003c/a> to just a very small group. Ishi would have been a child at the time. \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>And he and the few other survivors went into hiding for about forty years — \u003ca href=\"https://www.thetedkarchive.com/library/ishi-in-two-worlds\">moving silently\u003c/a>, always covering their footprints with leaves. Walking through creeks or scaling canyon walls with ropes to avoid making any trails that might give their presence away.\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>Here’s Devlin Gandy again:\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Devlin Gandy: \u003c/strong>So his childhood was one of hiding and fear, one of really trying to find safety and going more into remote areas that they would not normally live. Trying to find a place to live.\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Katherine Monahan: \u003c/strong>In 1908 a surveying party came across their village – and by then there were just four Yahi left, Ishi and his family. They ran away when the strangers arrived. And then three years later, Ishi came walking into the town of Oroville. Alone.\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Olivia Allen-Price: \u003c/strong>Do we have any idea what happened to the three family members last seen around him?\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Katherine Monahan: \u003c/strong>Well, his hair was singed short, which was a sign of mourning. Ishi later said that after the surveyors scattered his tiny tribe they never reunited, and Ishi was then just with his mother until she died shortly after. \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>But we don’t really know what happened. We just have these pieces of a puzzle – there’s also \u003ca href=\"https://www.researchgate.net/figure/Ishi-and-Companion-at-Lamin-Mool-painting-by-Frank-Day_fig9_259926704\">a painting\u003c/a> by a man from the Maidu tribe, Frank Day, that shows Ishi tending to a companion with a stomach wound. Day said he saw this when he was a small child with his father near Oroville – just a few days before Ishi showed up in town. \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Olivia Allen-Price: \u003c/strong>Let’s talk about Ishi’s arrival in town. After the massacre he lived through, and the other encounters he’d had with settlers. It’s hard to imagine the state he would have to be in to risk leaving the relative safety of his homelands and walking into town. To these people who have not proven to be trustworthy. What do we know about that story? \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Katherine Monahan: \u003c/strong>He walked onto the property of a slaughterhouse in Oroville in August 1911. He was about 50 years old. He was very thin. He was alone. A teenager called Ad Kessler was a worker at the slaughterhouse. He found Ishi by a corral. I have some \u003ca href=\"https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fmu4bV-mldc\">tape\u003c/a> of Kessler talking about it decades later. \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Ad Kessler Archival: \u003c/strong>So I shimmied over this fence, and I dropped down alongside this Indian, and I pushed him over, raised this club. He showed no resistance, he was scared, he muttered something like cheku cheku. So I see he was an old man, and I see he wasn’t properly clothed, so I reached down and I got him and I pulled him back up into a sitting position. And I talked to him. I got no answer.\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Katherine Monahan: \u003c/strong>Kessler said he then called for the sheriff, and while he waited with Ishi he found that they were able to communicate some using signs. Ishi motioned that he’d like a cigarette, and Kessler gave him one, and they laughed together when the sulphur from the match got in Ishi’s nose. When the sheriff came, Kessler rode along with Ishi to the local jail. The staff there gave Ishi a bowl of beans – which he devoured. And eventually they led him to a cell. \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Ad Kessler Archival: \u003c/strong>And I felt sorry for a man. There he was, all alone, he didn’t have the least idea of what was going to happen to him. Closed the door, turned the key in it. And he stood right behind them bars, and looked.\u003cbr>\u003cstrong>\u003cbr>\u003c/strong>\u003cstrong>Olivia Allen-Price: \u003c/strong>What did they do with him?\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Katherine Monahan: \u003c/strong>He stayed at the jail for about a week. Indigenous people from different tribes were called in to try to communicate with him, but no one spoke his language. All the papers ran stories, “Wild Man Caught in Oroville, Last Aborigine!”, stuff like that. \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>When the anthropology faculty at the University of California heard about it, one of them caught a train up right away, with a list of Yana words – and he was able to talk with Ishi a little bit and figure out that he must be the last, or one of the last, of the Yahi tribe. And so they arranged to bring him back to San Francisco. \u003cbr>\u003cbr>\u003cem>Music\u003c/em>\u003cem>\u003cbr>\u003c/em>\u003cem>\u003cbr>\u003c/em>\u003cstrong>Olivia Allen-Price: \u003c/strong>We’ll pause it here for a quick break. When we return: Ishi’s life in San Francisco. Stay with us.\u003cbr>\u003cem>\u003cbr>\u003c/em>\u003cem>Sponsor message\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Olivia Allen-Price:\u003c/strong> So Ishi is brought from a jail in Oroville to San Francisco. Where does he live while he’s here?\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Katherine Monahan: \u003c/strong>He was given a room at the University of California’s anthropology museum, which at that time was on the UCSF Parnassus campus — kind of wedged between Mount Sutro and Golden Gate Park. The museum had living quarters with a kitchen and bathrooms, and a bedroom where the caretakers would stay overnight, or indigenous people while they were working with the linguists, and that’s where Ishi lived.\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>The professors in the anthropology department, which was led by Alfred Kroeber, they had him over for dinner, took him to the theater, the beach. Everybody said Ishi was exceptionally polite and dignified and just really nice. \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>The professors would ask him to tell his stories and sing his traditional songs and they would record those onto wax cylinders – which was the technology of the time. Some of those recordings have been restored and so let’s listen to one from 1911 – here’s Ishi singing a song about gambling.\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"https://digicoll.lib.berkeley.edu/record/187940?ln=en&v=%2Caud\">\u003cem>Wax cylinder recording or Ishi singing\u003c/em>\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Katherine Monahan: \u003c/strong>So Ishi helped the anthropologists learn about Yahi language and practices. And then \u003ca href=\"https://www.newspapers.com/image/82721800/?match=1&terms=museum%20of%20anthropology%20affiliated%20colleges%20ishi\">on Sundays\u003c/a> he would do public demonstrations outside the museum. He would make arrowheads and start fires with a stick, stuff like that. And people would come and watch. \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Olivia Allen-Price: \u003c/strong>Do we have a sense of what Ishi thought about his new life?\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Katherine Monahan: \u003c/strong>Soon after his arrival at the museum, an agent came from the Bureau of Indian Affairs to ask him, do you want to leave? Would you rather go back to where you’re from? Would you rather go to a reservation? And \u003ca href=\"https://www.nebraskapress.unl.edu/nebraska-paperback/9780803222502/ishi-in-three-centuries/\">Ishi said no\u003c/a>. He said he wanted to stay and that he wanted to live there and die there.\u003cbr>\u003cbr>So, I won’t speculate on his happiness or fulfillment – but he was presented with alternatives and he turned them down.\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>He ended up getting a job as an assistant janitor and general helper at the museum, and he stayed.\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Olivia Allen-Price: \u003c/strong>What was his life like outside of the museum? On the streets of San Francisco – in what, 1911?\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Katherine Monahan: \u003c/strong>Yes, 1911-1916. He \u003ca href=\"https://archive.org/details/medicalhistoryof00pope/page/188/mode/2up\">learned basic English\u003c/a>; he got a bank account and two cats. He liked to ride the street car and the ferry. \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>Here’s Devlin Gandy again:\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Devlin Gandy: \u003c/strong>He would go around Golden Gate Park. but he also, you know, visited different merchants, different shops, different cafes, and the folks there knew him personally, and he would go and visit with them. He was a really known, loved figure around town.\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Katherine Monahan: \u003c/strong>He became good friends with some of the kids in the neighborhood and would play with them in the city’s parks. One of them, Fred H. Zumwalt Jr, later said in a letter: “He was a kind, gentle, understanding and patient man, given over to laughter at my clumsy efforts to copy him; nevertheless, I can still walk silently in the woods and come within a few feet of deer.”\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>Ishi also liked to visit the patients in the university hospital, which was next to the museum. And he became friends with one of the doctors there who was really into archery and \u003ca href=\"https://archive.org/details/yahiarcherysaxton00poperich/page/n5/mode/2up\">they would practice\u003c/a> archery together. So, he made a new life.\u003cbr>\u003cbr>\u003cem>Music\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Olivia Allen-Price: \u003c/strong>How long did he live in the museum? \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Katherine Monahan: \u003c/strong>About four and a half years. He died of tuberculosis in 1916. Ishi didn’t have much immunity to illnesses that had arrived from Europe. And the rate of tuberculosis infection among Native Americans was \u003ca href=\"https://www.nlm.nih.gov/nativevoices/timeline/641.html\">several times higher\u003c/a> than it was for other Americans –- in fact it \u003ca href=\"https://www.cdc.gov/tb-surveillance-report-2024/data/race-ethnicity.html\">still is\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Olivia Allen-Price: \u003c/strong>Even in Ishi’s time, there were ethical questions about how he was being treated. What were some of those concerns?\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Katherine Monahan: \u003c/strong>Given Ishi’s lack of immunity, bringing him to a major city, to live in a museum that was regularly visited by thousands of people, was a known risk. As Thomas Waterman – the main anthropologist who worked with him — \u003ca href=\"https://wwnorton.com/books/Ishis-Brain/\">said in a letter\u003c/a>, “A museum is a hell of a place for a fragile Indian.” Waterman also said after Ishi’s death that he was “the best friend I had in the world” but that “we were certainly none too soon in obtaining the material from him” — meaning the language recordings and arrows and stuff.\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>So you see this mix of what seems to be true affection, with a kind of ruthless science. And you see it again in how Ishi’s remains were treated. Ishi had told the university staff that he did not want to be autopsied — which was the practice at the university hospital — and they did it anyway. Alfred Kroeber, the director of the museum, was away in Europe when Ishi died, and he did send back a letter saying not to autopsy him. To quote the letter, “If there is any talk about the interests of science, say for me that science can go to hell. We propose to stand by our friends.” But they \u003ca href=\"https://archive.org/details/medicalhistoryof00pope/page/212/mode/2up\">autopsied him anyway\u003c/a>. And removed his brain and weighed it and put it in a jar and Kroeber later sent it to the Smithsonian. \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Olivia Allen-Price: \u003c/strong>Were his remains ever returned to the tribes?\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Katherine Monahan: \u003c/strong>Yes, in the 1990s. There was some initial confusion and denial from the University of California and the Smithsonian – it seems they had \u003ca href=\"https://wwnorton.com/books/Ishis-Brain/\">lost track of Ishi’s brain\u003c/a>. But they found it and repatriated it along with his ashes to the Pit River Tribe and the Redding Rancheria, which were determined to be Ishi’s closest living relatives. And the tribal members did a ceremony to put him to rest in an undisclosed location near Mt. Lassen. I reached out to those tribes for comment, but didn’t hear back.\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>The anthropology museum, which is now at UC Berkeley, still has \u003ca href=\"https://portal.hearstmuseum.berkeley.edu/catalog/eee9628c-9673-489f-bc28-2262acc06aea\">Ishi’s death mask\u003c/a>. That was a cast that was taken of his face when he died. Bits of his hair were used to make the hair and eyelashes. Devlin Gandy had a chance to see it when he was working in the museum.\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Devlin Gandy: \u003c/strong>It sticks with me. It’s something that should never have been made and it’s something that the university should have been willing to give back a very long time ago.\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Katherine Monahan: \u003c/strong>I reached out to UC Berkeley and they said they are committed to repatriation, but have not received official requests for Ishi’s death mask or the several hundred other objects still in their \u003ca href=\"https://portal.hearstmuseum.berkeley.edu/?f%5Bobjmaker_ss%5D%5B%5D=Ishi&per_page=50&view=gallery\">Ishi collection\u003c/a> — his clothes, the tools he made, etc.\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>They have apologized publicly for their treatment of him and they removed the name of Kroeber Hall in 2021 largely because of it. \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Olivia Allen-Price: \u003c/strong>So when people look back at that time now, over a hundred years later, what do they say about his living in a museum?\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Katherine Monahan: \u003c/strong>A lot of people find it very disturbing that he was studied and effectively put on display. \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Devlin Gandy: \u003c/strong>There’s a lot of ways in which Kroeber treated Ishi as a zoo specimen, and really didn’t let Ishi have a life that I think anybody would find dignity in.\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Katherine Monahan: \u003c/strong>And then other people say, where else could he have gone? \u003ca href=\"https://archive.org/details/medicalhistoryof00pope/page/192/mode/2up\">Ishi said\u003c/a> he didn’t want to return to his homeland, because everybody was dead, it was inhabited by evil spirits, and there wasn’t enough food there. Legally he didn’t have the right to travel freely anyway; Native Americans didn’t get citizenship until 1924. And the reservations in the early 1900s had awful public health conditions, according to the Bureau of Indian Affairs. Here’s Steve Schoonover, who wrote a book about the Yahi.\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Steve Schoonover: \u003c/strong>It might’ve been the best opportunity at that time. I mean, the people who were in California were genocidal towards the Indians. And the fact that this guy had a place to live out the last of his life comfortably, perhaps a little more on display than is appropriate. I don’t know. It’s hard to put myself back in what happened in those days.\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Katherine Monahan: \u003c/strong>Ishi for his part said on a couple of occasions that the museum was home. So it could be that he chose that life as a way to keep going.\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>Devlin Gandy asks us to try to focus on Ishi himself when we consider his story, and the incredible strength he showed.\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Devlin Gandy:\u003c/strong> It’s easier to sometimes to focus at this point about how bad the circumstances were. And at the same time, in those horrible circumstances, he really had such a tenacity and such a love for life. You know, he’s someone who had gone through so many hardships and, you know, through it all was still able to find friendship, able to find joy, able, to find wonder in the world.\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>Music\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Olivia Allen-Price: \u003c/strong>Thanks for sharing this story, Katherine.\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Katherine Monahan: \u003c/strong>My pleasure.\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Olivia Allen-Price: \u003c/strong>Katherine Monahan is a reporter with Bay Curious at KQED.\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>If you value stories like the one you just heard, consider becoming a member of KQED. These programs are only possible with the financial support from our listeners. And membership comes with some awesome perks – like access to PBS Passport, KQED’s pledge-free stream, and discounts to cultural events all over the Bay Area. Learn more at \u003ca href=\"http://kqed.org/donate\">KQED.org/donate\u003c/a>. \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>Bay Curious is made in San Francisco at member-supported KQED. Our show is produced by Katrina Schwartz, Christopher Beale and me, Olivia Allen Price.\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>We get extra support from Maha Sanad, Katie Sprenger, Jen Chien, Ethan Toven-Lindsey and everyone on Team KQED.\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Some members of the KQED podcast team are represented by The Screen Actors Guild, American Federation of Television and Radio Artists, San Francisco Northern California Local.\u003c/p>\n\n\u003c/div>"
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"content": "\u003cp>San Francisco will become the first Bay Area city to allow Amsterdam-style \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/tag/cannabis\">cannabis\u003c/a> cafés, after the Board of Supervisors voted Tuesday to let licensed cannabis retailers serve food and nonalcoholic drinks alongside on-site consumption.\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>The measure implements \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12076584/san-francisco-leaders-hope-to-spark-citys-cannabis-scene\">AB 1775\u003c/a>, a 2024 state law that allows cities to issue licenses to cannabis cafés. Supporters framed it as a lifeline for a legal industry squeezed by high taxes, falling prices and a stubborn illicit market that, by the state’s estimate, still accounts for roughly 60% of cannabis sold in California.\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>Under the ordinance, cafés may sell cannabis only for consumption on the premises — nothing may leave the building — and no alcohol or tobacco is allowed. Operators must carry a Department of Public Health consumption permit alongside their Office of Cannabis permit, meet the same food safety standards as any restaurant, and verify every customer’s age electronically at the door.\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>The ordinance, authored by Board President Rafael Mandelman, was approved in a 7-4 vote, with Supervisors Connie Chan, Chyanne Chen, Alan Wong and Myrna Melgar opposing it.\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cfigure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1971\" height=\"1333\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/07/marijuana070811_qed.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-12046766\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/07/marijuana070811_qed.jpg 1971w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/07/marijuana070811_qed-160x108.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/07/marijuana070811_qed-1536x1039.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1971px) 100vw, 1971px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">A bowl of medicinal marijuana is displayed in a booth at The International Cannabis and Hemp Expo on April 18, 2010, at the Cow Palace in Daly City, California. (Photo by Justin Sullivan/Getty Images) (Justin Sullivan/Getty Images)\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>“San Francisco just gave our legal cannabis industry a real tool to compete and grow,” Mandelman said in a statement, situating the cafés alongside entertainment zones and free concerts as part of the city’s economic recovery. “There’s no reason our operators shouldn’t have the same tools to compete and help bring people back into our neighborhoods.”\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The legislation establishes the cannabis café within its own permit category, separate from a standard cannabis retailer — the code is amended explicitly so that a “cannabis retailer” no longer includes a café. \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>This distinction ensures that a café will not sell anything to go, and, as a brand-new license, eventually creates a new entrance into the market rather than simply expanding what current shops can do. For the first year, only existing storefront retailers and their equity partners can apply. After that, new operators may apply.\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>The city has issued 79 cannabis retailer permits, 66 of which were active as of earlier this year.\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>Will Dolan, CEO of the Sunset District’s HYRBA Dispensary, said the change lets the industry “create a full-service cannabis hospitality experience” and “provide our customers with safe, highly regulated spaces.” \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\u003cp>“No worker should have to choose between earning a paycheck and protecting their health,” wrote Kesa Bruce, the Lung Association’s advocacy director, who noted that the ordinance carves an exception into rules the state has built up since it banned smoking in restaurants in 1995. \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>Ventilation, she added in the letter, “cannot eliminate the health risks associated with secondhand smoke.”\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>But the ordinance drew written opposition from different directions. 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He saw the Volare, a 49-foot cabin cruiser based out of Stockton, that was sinking rapidly, sending its 20 passengers into the choppy, frigid waters of the San Francisco 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/10/2026/07/260715-AlcatrazSearchUpdate-01-BL.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-12091145\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/07/260715-AlcatrazSearchUpdate-01-BL.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/07/260715-AlcatrazSearchUpdate-01-BL-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/07/260715-AlcatrazSearchUpdate-01-BL-1536x1024.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">A San Francisco Fire Department boat pictured in the waters near Alcatraz on July 15, 2026. (Beth LaBerge/KQED)\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>“There were a bunch of people hanging onto the boat as it was sinking,” Anfinson said. \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Other privately owned boats, a kiteboarder, and a Red and White Fleet ferry also joined in on the efforts, Anfinson said. Emergency first responders had yet to arrive. \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>Four or five more people were hanging onto the kiteboarders’ board, Anfinson said. Boats from the San Francisco Police Department’s Marine Unit and U.S. Coast Guard arrived soon after and started rescuing people, he said.\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>Anfinson said he noticed that some passengers weren’t wearing life jackets, and there was no liferaft in sight — crucial safety gear that Coast Guard-certified vessels like his are required to carry. \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>“ I pulled the boat up to them, and my crew member threw them lifejackets. 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The family member said John was an experienced sailor and formerly in the Navy. \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>Search and rescue teams worked through the night to locate the missing boat passengers. At a Wednesday press conference, U.S. Coast Guard Capt. Jarod Toczko took time to thank the civilians who aided in Tuesday’s rescue. \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>“Those good samaritans called this distress case in, initially made us aware of it and then rescued people from the water. Your actions saved lives.” \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>The passengers were mostly family members and were holding a memorial service when the boat was hit by a wave and capsized 600 yards — about five football fields — from shore.\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>Commercial fisherman Shawn Chen Flading said the boat looked like a vessel more suited to calmer waters. \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>“ Those boats normally stick to the Delta, rivers and lakes. 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From the time that she was in kindergarten, she knew she wanted to be a clothing designer.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Garcia’s love of thrifting came from “just not having money,” she said. “Growing up, we would go to charity shops and get secondhand clothing, or I’d get a lot of hand-me-downs from my sister or my mom or family.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>She learned to sew in high school so she could apply to a fashion program for college, and made her dress for senior prom. At FIT, she specialized in intimate apparel and learned how to make garments by hand, use natural dyes and make use of what’s known as dead stock — excess fabric left over from clothing factories.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kwmdENkEvJg\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Part of her graduation from FIT was supposed to entail a final fashion show, attended by potential employers. 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It just wasn’t a sustainable business model.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>She mostly makes dresses for herself as opposed to making them for customers, because dresses seem to offer the biggest wow factor.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12090676\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12090676\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/07/20260710_KONDALATINAFASHIONUPCYCLER_GC-1-KQED.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1334\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/07/20260710_KONDALATINAFASHIONUPCYCLER_GC-1-KQED.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/07/20260710_KONDALATINAFASHIONUPCYCLER_GC-1-KQED-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/07/20260710_KONDALATINAFASHIONUPCYCLER_GC-1-KQED-1536x1025.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Tracy Garcia’s work station in Oakland on July 10, 2026. 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That is more than double what she might be earning as a low-level designer at a major fashion brand.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I’m really happy with the way things turned out, because if that never happened, I wouldn’t be where I am today,” she said. “It pushed me to start my own business.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>After Garcia and her fiancé moved to the Bay Area in late 2024, she set up her studio in the second bedroom of their apartment.[aside postID=arts_13991309 hero='https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2026/07/Christian-Vela-soundcheck-5.jpg']Her creative process starts with finding reclaimed fabrics, usually at thrift stores like Savers in Alameda, one of her local favorites.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>On a recent visit to her studio, she showed me some of her favorite pieces, including a two-toned light and medium blue halter beach dress, a sleeveless number from a beaded shirt she found in Europe, a cocktail dress made from Mexican National Team soccer jerseys and an off-white lace gown with a Mandarin collar that she plans to wear for her engagement photo shoot.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I never look at the item itself,” Garcia said. “I always look at that fabric if I like the print, if I like the fiber.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I’m always drawn to floral prints, bright colors. And, if I’m looking at fiber, I’m drawn to silks, crochet textures, anything that’s really soft and romantic. And then, I kind of just go from there.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>She often comes up with a specific design once she’s done cutting up the source material. She drapes it over a mannequin — and the ideas start to percolate.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Garcia shares this creative process with her social media followers, which, between \u003ca href=\"https://www.instagram.com/transformationsbytracy/\">Instagram \u003c/a>and \u003ca href=\"http://www.youtube.com/transformationsbytracy\">YouTube\u003c/a>\u003cu>,\u003c/u> total more than 1 million.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I love reading the comments that people leave saying, ‘I started sewing because of you,’” she said. “I feel so good being able to show people the potential there is in what a lot of others see as waste.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad floatright]\u003c/p>\n",
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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“And of course we’re going dancing in this, so let’s go,” she said in the video before it cuts to footage of her grooving to bachata at a club.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Her goal, Garcia said, is to teach people to make clothes so that they can appreciate all the work and artistry that goes into a garment.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“There’s just so much clothing in the world, and I really feel like we don’t need to make any more material,” Garcia said. In her eyes, upcycling “is just seeing the potential within a garment and creating something completely new.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12090679\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12090679\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/07/20260710_KONDALATINAFASHIONUPCYCLER_GC-19-KQED.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1334\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/07/20260710_KONDALATINAFASHIONUPCYCLER_GC-19-KQED.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/07/20260710_KONDALATINAFASHIONUPCYCLER_GC-19-KQED-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/07/20260710_KONDALATINAFASHIONUPCYCLER_GC-19-KQED-1536x1025.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Tracy Garcia, fashion designer and influencer, looks through some of her handmade pieces from her personal collection at her studio in Oakland on July 10, 2026. \u003ccite>(Gina Castro for KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Garcia’s ability to not just reuse an item, but turn it into a work of art, reminded me of the Mexican and Chicano tradition of rasquache, a practice rooted in resourcefulness, creativity and reuse of materials.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Rasquachismo stems from the idea of not letting anything useful go to waste, said Aída Hurtado, a professor of Chicano and Chicana Studies at UC Santa Barbara and co-author of \u003cem>meXicana Fashions: Politics, Self-Adornment, and Identity Construction.\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Many Latine designers are looking to fashion for cultural expression and to promote practices that benefit the environment, a long-held tradition, Hurtado said. Latinos have been known for reusing everything from margarine containers to clothing to broken items, all of which can be repaired or reassembled into something else.\u003c/p>\u003c/div>",
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"content": "\u003cp>On a cold June evening in San Francisco, about 30 members of a young adult group gathered on the steps of St. Dominic’s, a towering century-old neo-Gothic Catholic church in the Lower Pacific Heights neighborhood, talking about life and faith.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Definitely here in San Francisco at St. Dom’s, I do see that the ratio is more men than women,” said Sharon Truong, who joined the group after she moved to San Francisco last year. “Everywhere else I’ve been to – so when I was in Baltimore and when I was in San Diego for my medical school training – I felt like it was either 50-50 at most or, like, mostly women.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Stephen Staten, a member of the group since 2017, said he’s seen a shift too, thinking back to 20 years ago when he said going to church was not as popular among men.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I’m not really sure why, but it just became a thing where if you’re into religion, it’s not really a masculine thing, or it’s kind of like a weak thing,” Staten said. A \u003ca href=\"https://news.gallup.com/poll/708410/rise-young-men-religiosity-realigns-gender-gaps.aspx\">recent poll from Gallup\u003c/a> signaled that attitudes on religion among young men may be shifting.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The poll found that 42% of men under 30 said religion was “very important” in their lives in 2024-25, a 14% jump from 2022-23.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12090396\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12090396\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/07/20260607-GenZCatholics-JY-06_qed.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/07/20260607-GenZCatholics-JY-06_qed.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/07/20260607-GenZCatholics-JY-06_qed-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/07/20260607-GenZCatholics-JY-06_qed-1536x1024.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Karthik Bala clasps his hands together and bows his head in prayer during Corpus Christi Sunday Mass at St. Dominic’s Catholic Church in San Francisco, California, on Sunday, June 7, 2026. Bala recently converted to Catholicism and was baptized this year. \u003ccite>(Juliana Yamada for KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>The sharp increase represented a high point for men in that age group over the last quarter century.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Over that same period, Gallup found that the share of women under 30 who said religion is “very important” stayed relatively flat, at 29%.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>A religious ‘vibe shift,’ not a revival\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>Ryan Burge, a religion and politics expert at Washington University in St. Louis, said the Gallup poll points to what he calls a “vibe shift,” as the mood about religion among young men appears to be growing more positive.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>That shift is happening against the backdrop of a growing openness among some to sharing about their faith on social media, with \u003ca href=\"https://www.washingtonpost.com/style/trends/2026/04/02/catholicism-gen-z/\">subcultures like “theo bros”\u003c/a> and influencers like \u003ca href=\"https://www.ncronline.org/culture/looksmaxxing-catholicism-and-new-discipline-body\">Braden Peters, also known as Clavicular, praising Catholicism.\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But on other measures of how religious a person is – like how often they go to church or whether they identify with a particular religion – he said the best evidence still shows declining interest among men under 30.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12090398\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12090398\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/07/260404-EasterBaptisms-JY-08_qed.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/07/260404-EasterBaptisms-JY-08_qed.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/07/260404-EasterBaptisms-JY-08_qed-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/07/260404-EasterBaptisms-JY-08_qed-1536x1024.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Archbishop Salvatore J. Cordileone, surrounded by clergy, prepares to baptize people during the Easter Vigil at Cathedral of St. Mary of the Assumption in San Francisco on Saturday, April 4, 2026. \u003ccite>(Juliana Yamada for KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>“So it’s really like the vibes toward religion have gotten a lot more positive, while the actual behaviors of religion haven’t changed that much,” he said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>At the same time, Burge noted there has been a real shift in who is going to church. For decades, \u003ca href=\"https://www.pewresearch.org/religion/2016/03/22/the-gender-gap-in-religion-around-the-world/\">women have been more religious than men\u003c/a>, especially Christian women.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“The data seems to indicate that the gender gap…is probably closed among Gen Z, and that a young Gen Z man is probably as religious as a Gen Z woman of the same age,” Burge said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But, he noted, the shift isn’t because young men are returning to church: “It’s that women are leaving faster.”[aside postID=news_12087567 hero='https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/20250102_ArchdioceseSF_GC-6.jpg']Karthik Bala, a 29-year-old former atheist and recent Catholic convert who lives in Cupertino, said the church’s structure could be a factor that deters young women from Catholicism, acknowledging that some women believe the denomination is patriarchal and oppressive.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“It would make sense to me that women would try to find alternative forms of spirituality and men have less of those problems with the church,” he said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Young people belonging to Gen Z are, overall, \u003ca href=\"https://apnorc.org/projects/younger-generations-stand-out-on-identity-acceptance-and-progressive-policies/\">more socially and politically progressive\u003c/a> than older generations, but young women are growing \u003ca href=\"https://news.gallup.com/poll/649826/exploring-young-women-leftward-expansion.aspx\">more politically liberal\u003c/a> than young men.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Jessica Grace, a 23-year-old nondenominational Christian, attends the University of San Francisco, where the majority of her friends are Catholic.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Grace said she appreciates and admires her peers’ faith, but disagrees with some Catholic practices, like limiting roles in the clergy to men.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“My pastor that I speak to, my closest pastor that I mentor from, she is a woman,” Grace said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“If it’s an anointing, if it’s a calling that a person does have, regardless of gender, it should be followed.”\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>A surge in Catholic converts\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>In recent years, Catholic dioceses across the country have \u003ca href=\"https://www.pillarcatholic.com/p/americas-new-catholics-by-the-numbers\">reported a surge in adults joining the church\u003c/a>, a group known as converts.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In the Bay Area, the Archdiocese of San Francisco saw about 700 converts this year, up 6% from 2025, and a doubling of converts since 2021. The Diocese of San Jose reported an 8% rise in converts, from 600 in 2025 to 650 this year.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Growing up, I thought religion would be dead by the time I was 30,” Bala, the recent Catholic convert from Cupertino, said. “I think there [were] a lot of implicit values and cultures and way of life that kind of carried millennials and all the generations before them.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12090399\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12090399\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/07/260404-EasterBaptisms-JY-03_qed.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/07/260404-EasterBaptisms-JY-03_qed.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/07/260404-EasterBaptisms-JY-03_qed-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/07/260404-EasterBaptisms-JY-03_qed-1536x1024.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Catholics illuminated by candlelight attend the Easter Vigil at Cathedral of St. Mary of the Assumption in San Francisco on Saturday, April 4, 2026. \u003ccite>(Juliana Yamada for KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Bala attends Mass around the Bay Area at least four times a week, sometimes driving an hour to San Francisco.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“After baptism, I feel this supernatural help or grace, and I’m a super chaotic person,” Bala said. “I just feel so much peace and hope and strength imparted to me and that was something that I kind of got in bursts in all my other spiritual seekings.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Growing up in a Hindu family, Bala said he always felt a disconnect, and lived his life as an atheist until 2019.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I became very open to the idea that it’s not just atoms, that there is like some kind of God that can at least hear our prayers,” he said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The renewed interest in Catholicism comes after decades of decline. Since the 1950s, church attendance for U.S. Catholics has been on \u003ca href=\"https://news.gallup.com/poll/232226/church-attendance-among-catholics-resumes-downward-slide.aspx\">a downward slide\u003c/a>. And some have openly \u003ca href=\"https://news.gallup.com/poll/247571/catholics-question-membership-amid-scandal.aspx\">questioned their ties to the church\u003c/a> amid the clergy sexual abuse scandal.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In the Bay Area this year, the Roman Catholic Diocese of Oakland and the Archdiocese of San Francisco have been \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12080965/jury-awards-16-million-to-man-abused-by-east-bay-priest-as-a-child\">ordered to pay millions of dollars\u003c/a> \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12087567/san-francisco-archdiocese-to-pay-sex-abuse-victims-395-million\">to settle claims of child sexual abuse\u003c/a> by clergy.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12090400\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12090400\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/07/260404-EasterBaptisms-JY-05_qed.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/07/260404-EasterBaptisms-JY-05_qed.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/07/260404-EasterBaptisms-JY-05_qed-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/07/260404-EasterBaptisms-JY-05_qed-1536x1024.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Deacon Thomas Kramer, left, Archbishop Salvatore J. Cordileone, center, and Deacon David Bernstein, right, sit during the Easter Vigil at Cathedral of St. Mary of the Assumption in San Francisco on Saturday, April 4, 2026. \u003ccite>(Juliana Yamada for KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>The settlements have been celebrated by representatives of survivors as steps toward justice and accountability, while the deepening financial strain on dioceses has \u003ca href=\"https://www.sfchronicle.com/eastbay/article/oakland-catholic-diocese-east-bay-churches-closing-22232941.php\">led to the church closures\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Father Michael Liliedahl, a priest at St. Stephen’s in San Francisco, which primarily serves the Catholic community at San Francisco State University, said a change in culture and demographics in the Bay Area has also contributed to church closings. He said that when St. Stephen’s was built in 1950, it was originally a school, and families who attended the school raised money to build a church.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“You had a lot of Irish and Italian first-generation immigrants who attended Mass and attended church at a higher percentage than a lot of people do now, and so we built the churches to satisfy that demographic in that population,” Liliedahl said. “And part of it is, San Francisco is such an expensive place to raise a family that we don’t have as many families as we did that many years ago.”\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>‘What is all this for?’\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>Converts noted that everyone’s journey to faith is deeply personal, with some asking age-old questions about life and others struggling with realities that felt very specific to 2026.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Tyler Sharp, a 22-year-old recent graduate of San Francisco State, converted to Catholicism in 2025 and attends St. Stephen’s. “I wanted to search for answers,” Sharp said. “And I think one of the biggest questions of humanity is, ‘Why are we here? Is there meaning in life?’”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Stephen Staten, the youth group member at St. Dominic’s in San Francisco, suggested the shifting feelings about religion could be, in part, a reaction to the 2000s, when he said it was considered cool and edgy to be an atheist, particularly online.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12090405\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12090405\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/07/260404-EasterBaptisms-JY-12_qed.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/07/260404-EasterBaptisms-JY-12_qed.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/07/260404-EasterBaptisms-JY-12_qed-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/07/260404-EasterBaptisms-JY-12_qed-1536x1024.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Karthik Bala looks at Archbishop Salvatore J. Cordileone before getting baptized at the Easter Vigil at Cathedral of St. Mary of the Assumption in San Francisco on Saturday, April 4, 2026. Bala, who grew up Atheist, explored multiple religions and eventually landed on Catholicism. \u003ccite>(Juliana Yamada for KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>“People were seeing culturally in the West, people had an idea that was extremely relativistic and people didn’t really have a sense of meaning,” Staten said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Bala echoed that, pointing to a strange mix of broad individual freedom and deep uncertainty felt by those in his generation that’s leading some back to religion.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“There is…a natural longing to just be like, ‘What are we doing here?’” Bala said. “What is all this for?”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In the midst of that uncertainty, Sharp, who first attended Catholic Mass in his sophomore year at San Francisco State, said the stability of faith is one of the things he values most.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Many things in life can come and go. Your family, your friends, your relationships, your career, your sports, your school,” Sharp said. “They’re all temporary in some sense. But God is not temporary.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad floatright]\u003c/p>\n",
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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Stephen Staten, a member of the group since 2017, said he’s seen a shift too, thinking back to 20 years ago when he said going to church was not as popular among men.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I’m not really sure why, but it just became a thing where if you’re into religion, it’s not really a masculine thing, or it’s kind of like a weak thing,” Staten said. A \u003ca href=\"https://news.gallup.com/poll/708410/rise-young-men-religiosity-realigns-gender-gaps.aspx\">recent poll from Gallup\u003c/a> signaled that attitudes on religion among young men may be shifting.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The poll found that 42% of men under 30 said religion was “very important” in their lives in 2024-25, a 14% jump from 2022-23.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12090396\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12090396\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/07/20260607-GenZCatholics-JY-06_qed.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/07/20260607-GenZCatholics-JY-06_qed.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/07/20260607-GenZCatholics-JY-06_qed-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/07/20260607-GenZCatholics-JY-06_qed-1536x1024.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Karthik Bala clasps his hands together and bows his head in prayer during Corpus Christi Sunday Mass at St. Dominic’s Catholic Church in San Francisco, California, on Sunday, June 7, 2026. Bala recently converted to Catholicism and was baptized this year. \u003ccite>(Juliana Yamada for KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>The sharp increase represented a high point for men in that age group over the last quarter century.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Over that same period, Gallup found that the share of women under 30 who said religion is “very important” stayed relatively flat, at 29%.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>A religious ‘vibe shift,’ not a revival\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>Ryan Burge, a religion and politics expert at Washington University in St. Louis, said the Gallup poll points to what he calls a “vibe shift,” as the mood about religion among young men appears to be growing more positive.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>That shift is happening against the backdrop of a growing openness among some to sharing about their faith on social media, with \u003ca href=\"https://www.washingtonpost.com/style/trends/2026/04/02/catholicism-gen-z/\">subcultures like “theo bros”\u003c/a> and influencers like \u003ca href=\"https://www.ncronline.org/culture/looksmaxxing-catholicism-and-new-discipline-body\">Braden Peters, also known as Clavicular, praising Catholicism.\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But on other measures of how religious a person is – like how often they go to church or whether they identify with a particular religion – he said the best evidence still shows declining interest among men under 30.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12090398\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12090398\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/07/260404-EasterBaptisms-JY-08_qed.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/07/260404-EasterBaptisms-JY-08_qed.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/07/260404-EasterBaptisms-JY-08_qed-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/07/260404-EasterBaptisms-JY-08_qed-1536x1024.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Archbishop Salvatore J. Cordileone, surrounded by clergy, prepares to baptize people during the Easter Vigil at Cathedral of St. Mary of the Assumption in San Francisco on Saturday, April 4, 2026. \u003ccite>(Juliana Yamada for KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>“So it’s really like the vibes toward religion have gotten a lot more positive, while the actual behaviors of religion haven’t changed that much,” he said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>At the same time, Burge noted there has been a real shift in who is going to church. For decades, \u003ca href=\"https://www.pewresearch.org/religion/2016/03/22/the-gender-gap-in-religion-around-the-world/\">women have been more religious than men\u003c/a>, especially Christian women.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“The data seems to indicate that the gender gap…is probably closed among Gen Z, and that a young Gen Z man is probably as religious as a Gen Z woman of the same age,” Burge said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But, he noted, the shift isn’t because young men are returning to church: “It’s that women are leaving faster.”\u003c/p>\u003c/div>",
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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>Karthik Bala, a 29-year-old former atheist and recent Catholic convert who lives in Cupertino, said the church’s structure could be a factor that deters young women from Catholicism, acknowledging that some women believe the denomination is patriarchal and oppressive.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“It would make sense to me that women would try to find alternative forms of spirituality and men have less of those problems with the church,” he said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Young people belonging to Gen Z are, overall, \u003ca href=\"https://apnorc.org/projects/younger-generations-stand-out-on-identity-acceptance-and-progressive-policies/\">more socially and politically progressive\u003c/a> than older generations, but young women are growing \u003ca href=\"https://news.gallup.com/poll/649826/exploring-young-women-leftward-expansion.aspx\">more politically liberal\u003c/a> than young men.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Jessica Grace, a 23-year-old nondenominational Christian, attends the University of San Francisco, where the majority of her friends are Catholic.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Grace said she appreciates and admires her peers’ faith, but disagrees with some Catholic practices, like limiting roles in the clergy to men.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“My pastor that I speak to, my closest pastor that I mentor from, she is a woman,” Grace said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“If it’s an anointing, if it’s a calling that a person does have, regardless of gender, it should be followed.”\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>A surge in Catholic converts\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>In recent years, Catholic dioceses across the country have \u003ca href=\"https://www.pillarcatholic.com/p/americas-new-catholics-by-the-numbers\">reported a surge in adults joining the church\u003c/a>, a group known as converts.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In the Bay Area, the Archdiocese of San Francisco saw about 700 converts this year, up 6% from 2025, and a doubling of converts since 2021. The Diocese of San Jose reported an 8% rise in converts, from 600 in 2025 to 650 this year.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Growing up, I thought religion would be dead by the time I was 30,” Bala, the recent Catholic convert from Cupertino, said. “I think there [were] a lot of implicit values and cultures and way of life that kind of carried millennials and all the generations before them.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12090399\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12090399\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/07/260404-EasterBaptisms-JY-03_qed.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/07/260404-EasterBaptisms-JY-03_qed.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/07/260404-EasterBaptisms-JY-03_qed-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/07/260404-EasterBaptisms-JY-03_qed-1536x1024.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Catholics illuminated by candlelight attend the Easter Vigil at Cathedral of St. Mary of the Assumption in San Francisco on Saturday, April 4, 2026. \u003ccite>(Juliana Yamada for KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Bala attends Mass around the Bay Area at least four times a week, sometimes driving an hour to San Francisco.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“After baptism, I feel this supernatural help or grace, and I’m a super chaotic person,” Bala said. “I just feel so much peace and hope and strength imparted to me and that was something that I kind of got in bursts in all my other spiritual seekings.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Growing up in a Hindu family, Bala said he always felt a disconnect, and lived his life as an atheist until 2019.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I became very open to the idea that it’s not just atoms, that there is like some kind of God that can at least hear our prayers,” he said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The renewed interest in Catholicism comes after decades of decline. Since the 1950s, church attendance for U.S. Catholics has been on \u003ca href=\"https://news.gallup.com/poll/232226/church-attendance-among-catholics-resumes-downward-slide.aspx\">a downward slide\u003c/a>. And some have openly \u003ca href=\"https://news.gallup.com/poll/247571/catholics-question-membership-amid-scandal.aspx\">questioned their ties to the church\u003c/a> amid the clergy sexual abuse scandal.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In the Bay Area this year, the Roman Catholic Diocese of Oakland and the Archdiocese of San Francisco have been \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12080965/jury-awards-16-million-to-man-abused-by-east-bay-priest-as-a-child\">ordered to pay millions of dollars\u003c/a> \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12087567/san-francisco-archdiocese-to-pay-sex-abuse-victims-395-million\">to settle claims of child sexual abuse\u003c/a> by clergy.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12090400\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12090400\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/07/260404-EasterBaptisms-JY-05_qed.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/07/260404-EasterBaptisms-JY-05_qed.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/07/260404-EasterBaptisms-JY-05_qed-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/07/260404-EasterBaptisms-JY-05_qed-1536x1024.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Deacon Thomas Kramer, left, Archbishop Salvatore J. Cordileone, center, and Deacon David Bernstein, right, sit during the Easter Vigil at Cathedral of St. Mary of the Assumption in San Francisco on Saturday, April 4, 2026. \u003ccite>(Juliana Yamada for KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>The settlements have been celebrated by representatives of survivors as steps toward justice and accountability, while the deepening financial strain on dioceses has \u003ca href=\"https://www.sfchronicle.com/eastbay/article/oakland-catholic-diocese-east-bay-churches-closing-22232941.php\">led to the church closures\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Father Michael Liliedahl, a priest at St. Stephen’s in San Francisco, which primarily serves the Catholic community at San Francisco State University, said a change in culture and demographics in the Bay Area has also contributed to church closings. He said that when St. Stephen’s was built in 1950, it was originally a school, and families who attended the school raised money to build a church.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“You had a lot of Irish and Italian first-generation immigrants who attended Mass and attended church at a higher percentage than a lot of people do now, and so we built the churches to satisfy that demographic in that population,” Liliedahl said. “And part of it is, San Francisco is such an expensive place to raise a family that we don’t have as many families as we did that many years ago.”\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>‘What is all this for?’\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>Converts noted that everyone’s journey to faith is deeply personal, with some asking age-old questions about life and others struggling with realities that felt very specific to 2026.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Tyler Sharp, a 22-year-old recent graduate of San Francisco State, converted to Catholicism in 2025 and attends St. Stephen’s. “I wanted to search for answers,” Sharp said. “And I think one of the biggest questions of humanity is, ‘Why are we here? Is there meaning in life?’”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Stephen Staten, the youth group member at St. Dominic’s in San Francisco, suggested the shifting feelings about religion could be, in part, a reaction to the 2000s, when he said it was considered cool and edgy to be an atheist, particularly online.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12090405\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12090405\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/07/260404-EasterBaptisms-JY-12_qed.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/07/260404-EasterBaptisms-JY-12_qed.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/07/260404-EasterBaptisms-JY-12_qed-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/07/260404-EasterBaptisms-JY-12_qed-1536x1024.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Karthik Bala looks at Archbishop Salvatore J. Cordileone before getting baptized at the Easter Vigil at Cathedral of St. Mary of the Assumption in San Francisco on Saturday, April 4, 2026. Bala, who grew up Atheist, explored multiple religions and eventually landed on Catholicism. \u003ccite>(Juliana Yamada for KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>“People were seeing culturally in the West, people had an idea that was extremely relativistic and people didn’t really have a sense of meaning,” Staten said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Bala echoed that, pointing to a strange mix of broad individual freedom and deep uncertainty felt by those in his generation that’s leading some back to religion.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“There is…a natural longing to just be like, ‘What are we doing here?’” Bala said. “What is all this for?”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In the midst of that uncertainty, Sharp, who first attended Catholic Mass in his sophomore year at San Francisco State, said the stability of faith is one of the things he values most.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Many things in life can come and go. 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"content": "\u003cp>When Babette Papineau enrolled at \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/tag/marin-county\">College of Marin\u003c/a> in the spring of 2023, she hoped to become a naturalist.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The 34-year-old mother of two took an environmental science class with professor Joe Mueller and quickly came to see him as an environmental hero and an expert in the field she hoped to enter.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I put him on a pedestal,” Papineau said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In the summer of 2024, Papineau said she reached out to Mueller for guidance after deciding to pursue the college’s natural history certificate.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Papineau and Mueller formed a professional and later, romantic relationship. They dated on and off until last summer, when Papineau filed a Title IX complaint against Mueller, alleging that he coerced her into a relationship and engaged in unwanted and inappropriate sexual conduct with her while she was his student and relied on him for mentorship.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Papineau’s complaint is one of several accounts that reveal a broader pattern in the college’s natural history program. Interviews with multiple current and former College of Marin students, along with Title IX investigative records reviewed by KQED, describe what former students said was a decadeslong pattern in which Mueller blurred professional boundaries with students, played favorites in class and intimidated students he disliked.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Students said Mueller used mentorship, favoritism and control over required coursework in ways that altered their education, shaped their career decisions and created fear inside the department.[aside postID=news_12086091 hero='https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/06/CA-Teacher-Discipline-Holly.jpg']College of Marin commissioned workplace investigation law firm Van Dermyden Makus to conduct a third-party evidentiary review of Papineau’s complaint. After a closed-door hearing in May, a third-party consultant found sufficient evidence to support multiple violations of the school’s sexual harassment policy and one violation of its sexual assault policy, according to documents reviewed by KQED.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Mueller was placed on immediate leave on Thursday, according to a summary of remedies from the district. It said it planned to “initiate” his termination.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>According to the findings report, which was delivered to the school’s Title IX coordinator June 29, Mueller was previously found in violation of college harassment policies on two prior occasions since 2016.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In one case, the school found that Mueller “exercised extremely poor judgement and unprofessional conduct and placed the District at risk of serious liability by engaging in sexual relationships with students … and taking students to a store with sexually-based items” during an overnight field trip.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>According to the findings report, which was delivered to the school’s Title IX coordinator on June 29 and reviewed by KQED, investigators found that the college had previously found Mueller to have violated its harassment policies on two prior occasions since 2016.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Mueller initially declined to comment on the details of the investigation but later provided a written statement disputing many of the allegations.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Following multiple requests to Mueller for comment, several current and former students contacted KQED to express support for the professor and describe positive experiences with him as an instructor and mentor.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>Mentorship and power\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>Mueller told investigators that he noticed Papineau’s talent as a writer in his spring 2023 course and later invited her and several classmates to give a presentation on the environmental impact of grass lawns.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The two remained in touch through email, discussing environmental issues and Papineau’s move to Fairfax, the small North Bay town where Mueller lived. Mueller later told investigators their friendship developed in summer 2024.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Papineau said she initially viewed Mueller as a mentor. She began working on a website for the natural history program at his request and later spoke on his behalf at a local Board of Supervisors meeting. The two also began hiking together and communicating more frequently.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12085022\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12085022\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/05/260522-MARINPROFESSOR00111_TV-KQED.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/05/260522-MARINPROFESSOR00111_TV-KQED.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/05/260522-MARINPROFESSOR00111_TV-KQED-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/05/260522-MARINPROFESSOR00111_TV-KQED-1536x1024.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">College of Marin in Kentfield on May 22, 2026. \u003ccite>(Tâm Vũ/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>“I was very excited thinking, ‘Wow, this professor who was such an inspiration to me seems to be offering me mentorship, which was like a dream come true,’” Papineau told KQED.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Papineau said the relationship became romantic during a hike in summer 2024 when Mueller kissed her. She said the relationship was consensual at first.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I was a little conflicted about it because I was like, ‘He is my hero, and so if he wants something more, I have to at least give that a try,’” Papineau said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The relationship changed after class resumed in fall 2024, Papineau said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>She enrolled in Mueller’s ecology class, the first of several classes she would take from him while they were romantically involved. At the time, College of Marin discouraged, but did not prohibit, relationships between instructors and students.[aside postID=news_12087201 hero='https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/06/CollegeGraduationGetty.jpg']In November 2025, the Marin Community College District \u003ca href=\"https://policies.marin.edu/sites/default/files/AP3430-ProhibitionofHarassment.pdf\">revised its harassment policy\u003c/a> to prohibit most relationships between students and employees.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Such relationships present an inherent imbalance of power and carry a significant risk of exploitation, compromising the integrity of the educational environment,” the policy states.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The college did not respond to questions about what prompted the change. Spokesperson Nicole Cruz said it was campus policy not to comment on specific student or employment matters.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“College of Marin is committed to providing an academic and work environment free of unlawful discrimination on the basis of sex, including sexual harassment under Title IX,” she said via email. “College of Marin has a robust and thorough process for investigating complaints of unlawful discrimination … Further, College of Marin strictly prohibits retaliation.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Mueller told investigators that Papineau initiated most of their contact and frequently shared details about her personal life. At one point, he said she told him she’d broken up with her boyfriend and moved out of his residence, according to the investigators’ report.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In a statement, Mueller said: “In my 35 years of teaching, I have never, not once, asked a woman out on a date or accepted an invitation to go out on a date that was currently enrolled in one of my classes.” He said in two instances, in 2024 and 1998, women that he “was in well-established relationships with” wanted to take his classes and he could not prohibit them from enrolling.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Papineau was first Mueller’s student in the spring of 2023 and told Mueller in May 2024, before they began dating, that she planned to take his course that fall, according to emails viewed by KQED.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>A pattern of favoritism\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>Before Papineau filed her complaint, other students said they had already come to view Mueller as a professor who rewarded favored students and marginalized others.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Lily Wales enrolled in Mueller’s environmental science course in fall 2024 during their first semester at College of Marin.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Mueller was “sort of legendary” on campus, according to Wales. But he was also known for being harsh with students, while singling out some — including Wales — as favorites.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“He would pull me aside after class and tell me how good I was doing and say that he had a lot of connections in the biology world,” Wales said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12088073\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\" style=\"max-width: 640px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12088073\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/05/JoeMueller.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"368\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/05/JoeMueller.jpg 640w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/05/JoeMueller-160x92.jpg 160w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">College of Marin biology professor Joe Mueller on a ridge overlooking Home Bay, part of Drake’s Estero on Jan. 10, 2024. \u003ccite>(Cy Musiker/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Wales, who was 17 at the time, said Mueller complimented them, offered networking opportunities and invited them on hikes, which they declined.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>At first, Wales said the attention was validating.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I was pretty young, and so I was really naive,” Wales said. “I was like, ‘It’s so great that so early on there’s somebody in the field that really wants to help me.’”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Around midterms, however, they became uncomfortable with the attention.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>When students were working on group projects, Wales said Mueller critiqued other groups while praising theirs without closely examining the work. Wales said they didn’t study well for the midterm exam and answered multiple questions incorrectly, but were awarded a perfect score.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“That was a moment where I was like, ‘I feel like there’s something going on and I don’t want it to get to a point of there being a relationship that’s being formed,’” they said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Shortly after, Wales said they stopped attending Mueller’s class and had avoided taking any of his others throughout their time at College of Marin. Mueller reached out to Wales to express his concern after they had missed a few weeks of class, according to an email viewed by KQED.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>The cost of staying in good standing\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>Walker Newell took about five classes with Mueller during his first few years at College of Marin. He alleges that the professor gave preferential treatment to young, pretty women, while treating others harshly.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“There’s definitely people who get weeded out of the classroom that essentially [are] people that Joe doesn’t want in the classroom,” Newell told KQED.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Newell recalled that Mueller would often pause mid-lecture to make comments about a student who had an accommodation allowing them to take notes on a laptop. According to Newell, Mueller suggested that the student’s typing distracted classmates and slowed the class.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12085021\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12085021\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/05/260522-MARINPROFESSOR00067_TV-KQED.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/05/260522-MARINPROFESSOR00067_TV-KQED.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/05/260522-MARINPROFESSOR00067_TV-KQED-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/05/260522-MARINPROFESSOR00067_TV-KQED-1536x1024.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">College of Marin in Kentfield on May 22, 2026. \u003ccite>(Tâm Vũ/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Another former student and college employee, who requested anonymity out of fear of retaliation, similarly said Mueller was often uncooperative with accommodations and singled students out in class.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Mueller said that he tries to discourage students from typing notes and asks those who do to speak with him about the benefits of handwriting.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I don’t disparage them; somebody might take it that way,” Mueller said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Mueller described himself as a dedicated teacher and said he would never intentionally treat students unfairly.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Newell said Mueller liked to be seen as “all-knowing” and “grand.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Initially, Newell said, he benefited from Mueller’s favor, and it felt good to be praised.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“When you’re on his side, it’s great. You get questions wrong on a test, and they get marked right,” Newell said. “But then, after a while, you just can’t see that happen to other people and just feel OK.”[aside postID=news_12084071 hero='https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/05/260518-SCU_Sutter-med-school-02-KQED.jpg']That dynamic, Newell said, created an environment in which students understood there were advantages to remaining in Mueller’s good graces.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Newell also described an incident during a two-week field course along the West Coast in 2022. According to Newell, Mueller offered to waive the cost of the trip if he helped transport equipment and assist with camp setup and breakdown.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>When they returned, though, Newell alleges that Mueller charged him hundreds of dollars, saying that he owed him for the cost of the trip, minus a small hourly wage for his work.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Mueller said in an email that Newell had been unable to complete the work he promised to do, that the two reached a compromise and that Mueller paid half of the cost.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“He got a damn good deal because I cared,” Mueller said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Newell said Mueller repeatedly singled out a middle-aged female student during the trip. After several students stopped at a coffee shop without permission, Newell said Mueller focused his criticism on the woman and berated her.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“She was bawling, and she was like, ‘I’m leaving,’” Newell said. “It was just hard to see a grown woman just full on crying and sobbing.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Someone later reported Mueller’s conduct on the trip, and Newell said he was interviewed as part of an investigation. It remains unclear what conclusions the college reached or whether Mueller faced disciplinary action. College of Marin did not respond to questions about the investigation.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>When the relationship changed\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>Between spring of 2024 and summer 2025, Papineau and Mueller exchanged dozens of emails reviewed by KQED.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Papineau wrote about kissing and being with Mueller, and said she had dreams of them marrying and living together with her daughters.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Papineau also expressed concerns about Mueller’s reactions to her interactions with male classmates and said she felt pressured to manage his emotions. She said that during his fall ecology class, she sat near the edge of the room and focused her attention almost exclusively on him because she worried about upsetting him.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12088108\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-12088108 size-full\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/05/20260527-MarinCollegeProfessor-JY-05_qed.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/05/20260527-MarinCollegeProfessor-JY-05_qed.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/05/20260527-MarinCollegeProfessor-JY-05_qed-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/05/20260527-MarinCollegeProfessor-JY-05_qed-1536x1024.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Babette Papineau stands for a portrait in her home in Fairfax, California, on Wednesday, May 27, 2026. Papineau is a student at the College of Marin and filed a Title IX complaint against her professor, Joe Mueller, after she said he coerced her into a relationship. \u003ccite>(Juliana Yamada for KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>After she said she had learned that Mueller previously dated former students, Papineau wrote to him in an email that she “felt almost like I was an insect caught in [his] web.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In another email, Mueller acknowledged previous relationships with former students.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“[W]hen I was first teaching, I didn’t realize how dating former students could lead to problems,” he wrote. “It was certainly not of a predatory nature, as back then I was very shy and only dated women that pursued me.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Papineau said she threatened to end their relationship in fall 2024. She alleges that Mueller warned that doing so would jeopardize her future in the natural history program. Mueller teaches several courses required for the natural history certificate, including some that other instructors do not offer.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“The story became: ‘Think about your future, think about your career. If we are not together, you cannot carry on in this department,’” Papineau said.[aside postID=news_12084624 hero='https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/05/Screenshot-2026-05-21-at-10.21.25%E2%80%AFAM.jpeg']“Education, for me, it’s given me purpose. So the threat of that being taken away was absolutely not something I was OK with. And so I stayed in that with Joe [Mueller],” she said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In emails, Mueller expressed frustration about the couple’s lack of physical intimacy and questioned whether Papineau’s feelings for him were fading. Papineau said that after she told Mueller she didn’t want to be intimate because of past trauma, he paid for therapy and expected updates about her sessions and whether she felt closer to being comfortable having sex with him.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>He also sent what he called “everlasting love assignments” — quiz-style questionnaires about their relationship.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“If you could travel anywhere in the world with me, where would you go? What would we do? … Remember, due to the nature of the exercise, you must include love in at least one answer,” one of the quizzes stated.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“When we were together in physical presence, you could tell that I wasn’t comfortable,” Papineau said. “So part of my job was to make up for that in writing.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Papineau said she became increasingly dependent on Mueller. He paid her for work on the book project and contributed more than $11,000 toward her rent, according to copies of checks reviewed by KQED. He also paid more than $2,000 toward therapy expenses, according to images of transaction records reviewed by KQED.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The two continued dating until spring 2025. Even after they broke up, they remained in contact and continued collaborating on a book project.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Papineau said she ultimately filed her Title IX complaint after learning that other students had similar experiences. What she initially viewed as mentorship had become the foundation of a complaint that raised broader questions about power, favoritism and influence within the college’s natural history program.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>Students who walked away\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>In March 2025, Papineau confided in another professor in the geology department, who later confirmed the conversation to Title IX investigators.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>According to the investigative report, the professor, who co-taught multiple classes with Mueller, said other students had raised concerns about Mueller’s fairness. The professor also recalled a female student asking in 2017 whether anyone else taught one of Mueller’s classes because she wanted to avoid taking a course with him.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>For some students, avoiding Mueller was difficult.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12085020\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-12085020 size-full\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/05/260522-MARINPROFESSOR00007_TV-KQED.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/05/260522-MARINPROFESSOR00007_TV-KQED.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/05/260522-MARINPROFESSOR00007_TV-KQED-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/05/260522-MARINPROFESSOR00007_TV-KQED-1536x1024.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">A directional sign at College of Marin in Kentfield on May 22, 2026. \u003ccite>(Tâm Vũ/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>“The difficult thing for a lot of students is that [Mueller] is the only teacher that teaches [environmental science] and, I think, three of his other classes,” Wales said. “If you need any of the classes that he teaches, there’s no other option.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>When Wales stopped attending Mueller’s class in fall 2024, they allege that they received an F that temporarily placed them on academic probation. They later petitioned to have the grade removed from their record. Wales said the four-year university they hope to transfer to does not require Mueller’s course — a factor in their decision to apply there.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Newell also altered his plans.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Instead of pursuing College of Marin’s natural history certificate, which required additional classes taught only by Mueller, he switched to biology.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Papineau changed her major to philosophy and said she no longer believed a future in natural history was feasible.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Taken together, the students described a program in which one professor’s influence extended beyond the classroom and shaped decisions about majors, certificates, careers and whether students remained in the field at all.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I did meet people frequently who were like, ‘Be careful around Joe,’” Papineau said. “But I didn’t believe that for a long time until I saw it for myself.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad floatright]\u003c/p>\n",
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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>College of Marin commissioned workplace investigation law firm Van Dermyden Makus to conduct a third-party evidentiary review of Papineau’s complaint. After a closed-door hearing in May, a third-party consultant found sufficient evidence to support multiple violations of the school’s sexual harassment policy and one violation of its sexual assault policy, according to documents reviewed by KQED.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Mueller was placed on immediate leave on Thursday, according to a summary of remedies from the district. It said it planned to “initiate” his termination.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>According to the findings report, which was delivered to the school’s Title IX coordinator June 29, Mueller was previously found in violation of college harassment policies on two prior occasions since 2016.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In one case, the school found that Mueller “exercised extremely poor judgement and unprofessional conduct and placed the District at risk of serious liability by engaging in sexual relationships with students … and taking students to a store with sexually-based items” during an overnight field trip.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>According to the findings report, which was delivered to the school’s Title IX coordinator on June 29 and reviewed by KQED, investigators found that the college had previously found Mueller to have violated its harassment policies on two prior occasions since 2016.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Mueller initially declined to comment on the details of the investigation but later provided a written statement disputing many of the allegations.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Following multiple requests to Mueller for comment, several current and former students contacted KQED to express support for the professor and describe positive experiences with him as an instructor and mentor.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>Mentorship and power\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>Mueller told investigators that he noticed Papineau’s talent as a writer in his spring 2023 course and later invited her and several classmates to give a presentation on the environmental impact of grass lawns.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The two remained in touch through email, discussing environmental issues and Papineau’s move to Fairfax, the small North Bay town where Mueller lived. Mueller later told investigators their friendship developed in summer 2024.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Papineau said she initially viewed Mueller as a mentor. She began working on a website for the natural history program at his request and later spoke on his behalf at a local Board of Supervisors meeting. The two also began hiking together and communicating more frequently.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12085022\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12085022\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/05/260522-MARINPROFESSOR00111_TV-KQED.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/05/260522-MARINPROFESSOR00111_TV-KQED.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/05/260522-MARINPROFESSOR00111_TV-KQED-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/05/260522-MARINPROFESSOR00111_TV-KQED-1536x1024.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">College of Marin in Kentfield on May 22, 2026. \u003ccite>(Tâm Vũ/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>“I was very excited thinking, ‘Wow, this professor who was such an inspiration to me seems to be offering me mentorship, which was like a dream come true,’” Papineau told KQED.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Papineau said the relationship became romantic during a hike in summer 2024 when Mueller kissed her. She said the relationship was consensual at first.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I was a little conflicted about it because I was like, ‘He is my hero, and so if he wants something more, I have to at least give that a try,’” Papineau said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The relationship changed after class resumed in fall 2024, Papineau said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>She enrolled in Mueller’s ecology class, the first of several classes she would take from him while they were romantically involved. At the time, College of Marin discouraged, but did not prohibit, relationships between instructors and students.\u003c/p>\u003c/div>",
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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>In November 2025, the Marin Community College District \u003ca href=\"https://policies.marin.edu/sites/default/files/AP3430-ProhibitionofHarassment.pdf\">revised its harassment policy\u003c/a> to prohibit most relationships between students and employees.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Such relationships present an inherent imbalance of power and carry a significant risk of exploitation, compromising the integrity of the educational environment,” the policy states.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The college did not respond to questions about what prompted the change. Spokesperson Nicole Cruz said it was campus policy not to comment on specific student or employment matters.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“College of Marin is committed to providing an academic and work environment free of unlawful discrimination on the basis of sex, including sexual harassment under Title IX,” she said via email. “College of Marin has a robust and thorough process for investigating complaints of unlawful discrimination … Further, College of Marin strictly prohibits retaliation.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Mueller told investigators that Papineau initiated most of their contact and frequently shared details about her personal life. At one point, he said she told him she’d broken up with her boyfriend and moved out of his residence, according to the investigators’ report.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In a statement, Mueller said: “In my 35 years of teaching, I have never, not once, asked a woman out on a date or accepted an invitation to go out on a date that was currently enrolled in one of my classes.” He said in two instances, in 2024 and 1998, women that he “was in well-established relationships with” wanted to take his classes and he could not prohibit them from enrolling.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Papineau was first Mueller’s student in the spring of 2023 and told Mueller in May 2024, before they began dating, that she planned to take his course that fall, according to emails viewed by KQED.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>A pattern of favoritism\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>Before Papineau filed her complaint, other students said they had already come to view Mueller as a professor who rewarded favored students and marginalized others.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Lily Wales enrolled in Mueller’s environmental science course in fall 2024 during their first semester at College of Marin.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Mueller was “sort of legendary” on campus, according to Wales. But he was also known for being harsh with students, while singling out some — including Wales — as favorites.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“He would pull me aside after class and tell me how good I was doing and say that he had a lot of connections in the biology world,” Wales said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12088073\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\" style=\"max-width: 640px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12088073\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/05/JoeMueller.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"368\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/05/JoeMueller.jpg 640w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/05/JoeMueller-160x92.jpg 160w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">College of Marin biology professor Joe Mueller on a ridge overlooking Home Bay, part of Drake’s Estero on Jan. 10, 2024. \u003ccite>(Cy Musiker/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Wales, who was 17 at the time, said Mueller complimented them, offered networking opportunities and invited them on hikes, which they declined.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>At first, Wales said the attention was validating.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I was pretty young, and so I was really naive,” Wales said. “I was like, ‘It’s so great that so early on there’s somebody in the field that really wants to help me.’”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Around midterms, however, they became uncomfortable with the attention.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>When students were working on group projects, Wales said Mueller critiqued other groups while praising theirs without closely examining the work. Wales said they didn’t study well for the midterm exam and answered multiple questions incorrectly, but were awarded a perfect score.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“That was a moment where I was like, ‘I feel like there’s something going on and I don’t want it to get to a point of there being a relationship that’s being formed,’” they said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Shortly after, Wales said they stopped attending Mueller’s class and had avoided taking any of his others throughout their time at College of Marin. Mueller reached out to Wales to express his concern after they had missed a few weeks of class, according to an email viewed by KQED.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>The cost of staying in good standing\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>Walker Newell took about five classes with Mueller during his first few years at College of Marin. He alleges that the professor gave preferential treatment to young, pretty women, while treating others harshly.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“There’s definitely people who get weeded out of the classroom that essentially [are] people that Joe doesn’t want in the classroom,” Newell told KQED.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Newell recalled that Mueller would often pause mid-lecture to make comments about a student who had an accommodation allowing them to take notes on a laptop. According to Newell, Mueller suggested that the student’s typing distracted classmates and slowed the class.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12085021\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12085021\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/05/260522-MARINPROFESSOR00067_TV-KQED.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/05/260522-MARINPROFESSOR00067_TV-KQED.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/05/260522-MARINPROFESSOR00067_TV-KQED-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/05/260522-MARINPROFESSOR00067_TV-KQED-1536x1024.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">College of Marin in Kentfield on May 22, 2026. \u003ccite>(Tâm Vũ/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Another former student and college employee, who requested anonymity out of fear of retaliation, similarly said Mueller was often uncooperative with accommodations and singled students out in class.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Mueller said that he tries to discourage students from typing notes and asks those who do to speak with him about the benefits of handwriting.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I don’t disparage them; somebody might take it that way,” Mueller said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Mueller described himself as a dedicated teacher and said he would never intentionally treat students unfairly.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Newell said Mueller liked to be seen as “all-knowing” and “grand.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Initially, Newell said, he benefited from Mueller’s favor, and it felt good to be praised.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“When you’re on his side, it’s great. 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