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"content": "\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/tag/bay-area\">Bay Area\u003c/a> residents and businesses joined in a nationwide day of action protesting the fatal shootings of Alex Pretti and Renee Good in Minneapolis by immigration officers during the Trump administration’s escalating immigration crackdown.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“ICE Out” organizers in the Bay Area encouraged participants to abstain from shopping and going to school or work today as part of a “National Shutdown” in solidarity with Twin Cities residents. In San Francisco on Friday, dozens of local businesses closed their doors, students walked off school grounds and thousands of people flooded into Mission Dolores Park, where an afternoon protest gathered.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>By 1 p.m., the Mission District park’s central walkway was covered by a sea of protesters waving banners, signs and a few upside-down American flags. On the sidewalks surrounding the park, people knelt over homemade posters, writing “Crush ICE” and “Abolish ICE.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Many students from across the city joined the park protest on Friday. San Francisco Unified School District, which said it expected wide student participation, said it granted excused absences for students who notified schools ahead of time. In San José and the East Bay, hundreds more students stayed home from school or participated in similar actions.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Yajaira Cuapio, a San Francisco educator, said the message of the protest was clear: “We want ICE out, we want the ICE terror to end.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12071797\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 1616px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12071797\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/01/250130-ICE-Out-SF-AC-07.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1616\" height=\"1080\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/01/250130-ICE-Out-SF-AC-07.jpg 1616w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/01/250130-ICE-Out-SF-AC-07-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/01/250130-ICE-Out-SF-AC-07-1536x1027.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1616px) 100vw, 1616px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Young protestors in Dolores Park as part of the ICE Out rally in San Francisco on Jan. 30, 2026. \u003ccite>(Aryk Copley for KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Friday’s protest, which has also been described as a general strike, comes after a similar effort last week in Minneapolis. Local organizers and residents aimed to bring economic activity to a halt for a day as a show of broad opposition to the surge of enforcement that has enveloped the Twin Cities, and led to thousands of \u003ca href=\"https://www.nytimes.com/2026/01/23/us/minnesota-businesses-protest-ice.html\">arrests\u003c/a> of immigrants — \u003ca href=\"https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/deportations-immigration-street-arrests-up-no-criminal-convictions-rcna256187\">many\u003c/a> of whom have no criminal records.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In recent weeks, immigration officials conducted raids targeting Somali-owned businesses and near schools, detained children as young as two, and fatally shot two protesting U.S. citizens. The deaths of Pretti and Good sparked new waves of demonstrations and prompted \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12071018/california-governor-candidates-denounce-ice-at-san-francisco-forum\">public outcry from officials\u003c/a> and \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12071559/growing-wave-of-silicon-valley-workers-condemns-ice-as-c-suites-split-over-fear-of-trump\">advocates across the country\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Last Friday, tens of thousands of people taking to the streets and disrupting the economy, with huge support from the local community and even some segments of the business community, seemed to have an immediate effect,” said John Logan, a professor of labor and employment studies at San Francisco State. “It emboldened politicians in the Democratic Party and even some Republicans. It emboldened national labor leaders to speak out against what had been happening in Minneapolis.”[aside postID=news_12071704 hero='https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/01/ICEAgentsMinnesotaGetty.jpg']Some Republican lawmakers have \u003ca href=\"https://www.axios.com/2026/01/27/republicans-trump-immigration-dhs-noem-minnesota\">begun\u003c/a> to break with the Trump administration over its “surges” in U.S. cities, targeting Minneapolis, Portland, Los Angeles, Washington and Chicago since the summer.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Sens. Lisa Murkowski (R-Alaska) and Thom Tillis (R–North Carolina) both publicly called for Secretary of Homeland Security Kristi Noem’s ouster.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Murkowski \u003ca href=\"https://x.com/lisamurkowski/status/2015511814025404442\">wrote\u003c/a> on social media: “The tragedy and chaos the country is witnessing in Minneapolis is shocking. ICE agents do not have carte blanche in carrying out their duties.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>General strikes are infrequently organized in the U.S., because they’re difficult to coordinate, according to Bill Gould, a professor emeritus at Stanford Law. In 1934, 150,000 workers in San Francisco went on \u003ca href=\"https://www.foundsf.org/The_General_Strike_of_1934#:~:text=The%20San%20Francisco%20General%20Strike%20of%201934,hours%20*%20Union%20control%20of%20hiring%20halls\">strike\u003c/a> for four days after police shot into a crowd of picketing workers, killing three and injuring more than 100.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The following year, the National Labor Relations Act passed, guaranteeing private sector workers the right to unionize and creating the National Labor Relations Board.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12071838\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12071838\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/01/IMG_4328.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/01/IMG_4328.jpeg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/01/IMG_4328-160x107.jpeg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/01/IMG_4328-1536x1024.jpeg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Demonstrators fill Dolores Park in San Francisco on Jan. 30, 2026, during a nationwide day of action to protest immigration enforcement operations. \u003ccite>(Beth LaBerge/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Gould said that such a protest on the national level, though, is relatively unprecedented. He said if it manages to draw wide involvement, Friday’s action could be “pioneering.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“It is very unusual, and I think it reflects a sense of outrage that so many in the public feel about the behavior of ICE in dealing with what, for the most part, are peaceful protests,” he said. “The very violent and, as we can see, homicidal conduct of ICE in some circumstances — I think there is a general sense of outrage throughout the country about this.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Gould said that the national shutdown aims to get the attention of the business community and political leaders.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12071839\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 1999px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12071839\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/01/IMG_4329.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1999\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/01/IMG_4329.jpeg 1999w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/01/IMG_4329-160x107.jpeg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/01/IMG_4329-1536x1024.jpeg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1999px) 100vw, 1999px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Demonstrators fill Dolores Park in San Francisco on Jan. 30, 2026, during a nationwide day of action to protest immigration enforcement operations. \u003ccite>(Beth LaBerge/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>“If it affects business substantially, business, in turn, will turn to political leaders seeking to get those political leaders to reform what workers are grieving about,” Gould said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Many Bay Area union chapters told KQED they weren’t formally organizing actions in line with Friday’s strike, but some members may be participating in an individual capacity.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The California Faculty Association, which represents educators at California State University campuses, wrote on social media: “We encourage all of our members to show support however and wherever they can. 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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Many students from across the city joined the park protest on Friday. San Francisco Unified School District, which said it expected wide student participation, said it granted excused absences for students who notified schools ahead of time. In San José and the East Bay, hundreds more students stayed home from school or participated in similar actions.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Yajaira Cuapio, a San Francisco educator, said the message of the protest was clear: “We want ICE out, we want the ICE terror to end.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12071797\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 1616px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12071797\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/01/250130-ICE-Out-SF-AC-07.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1616\" height=\"1080\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/01/250130-ICE-Out-SF-AC-07.jpg 1616w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/01/250130-ICE-Out-SF-AC-07-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/01/250130-ICE-Out-SF-AC-07-1536x1027.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1616px) 100vw, 1616px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Young protestors in Dolores Park as part of the ICE Out rally in San Francisco on Jan. 30, 2026. \u003ccite>(Aryk Copley for KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Friday’s protest, which has also been described as a general strike, comes after a similar effort last week in Minneapolis. Local organizers and residents aimed to bring economic activity to a halt for a day as a show of broad opposition to the surge of enforcement that has enveloped the Twin Cities, and led to thousands of \u003ca href=\"https://www.nytimes.com/2026/01/23/us/minnesota-businesses-protest-ice.html\">arrests\u003c/a> of immigrants — \u003ca href=\"https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/deportations-immigration-street-arrests-up-no-criminal-convictions-rcna256187\">many\u003c/a> of whom have no criminal records.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In recent weeks, immigration officials conducted raids targeting Somali-owned businesses and near schools, detained children as young as two, and fatally shot two protesting U.S. citizens. The deaths of Pretti and Good sparked new waves of demonstrations and prompted \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12071018/california-governor-candidates-denounce-ice-at-san-francisco-forum\">public outcry from officials\u003c/a> and \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12071559/growing-wave-of-silicon-valley-workers-condemns-ice-as-c-suites-split-over-fear-of-trump\">advocates across the country\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Last Friday, tens of thousands of people taking to the streets and disrupting the economy, with huge support from the local community and even some segments of the business community, seemed to have an immediate effect,” said John Logan, a professor of labor and employment studies at San Francisco State. “It emboldened politicians in the Democratic Party and even some Republicans. It emboldened national labor leaders to speak out against what had been happening in Minneapolis.”\u003c/p>\u003c/div>",
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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>Some Republican lawmakers have \u003ca href=\"https://www.axios.com/2026/01/27/republicans-trump-immigration-dhs-noem-minnesota\">begun\u003c/a> to break with the Trump administration over its “surges” in U.S. cities, targeting Minneapolis, Portland, Los Angeles, Washington and Chicago since the summer.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Sens. Lisa Murkowski (R-Alaska) and Thom Tillis (R–North Carolina) both publicly called for Secretary of Homeland Security Kristi Noem’s ouster.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Murkowski \u003ca href=\"https://x.com/lisamurkowski/status/2015511814025404442\">wrote\u003c/a> on social media: “The tragedy and chaos the country is witnessing in Minneapolis is shocking. ICE agents do not have carte blanche in carrying out their duties.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>General strikes are infrequently organized in the U.S., because they’re difficult to coordinate, according to Bill Gould, a professor emeritus at Stanford Law. In 1934, 150,000 workers in San Francisco went on \u003ca href=\"https://www.foundsf.org/The_General_Strike_of_1934#:~:text=The%20San%20Francisco%20General%20Strike%20of%201934,hours%20*%20Union%20control%20of%20hiring%20halls\">strike\u003c/a> for four days after police shot into a crowd of picketing workers, killing three and injuring more than 100.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The following year, the National Labor Relations Act passed, guaranteeing private sector workers the right to unionize and creating the National Labor Relations Board.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12071838\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12071838\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/01/IMG_4328.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/01/IMG_4328.jpeg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/01/IMG_4328-160x107.jpeg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/01/IMG_4328-1536x1024.jpeg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Demonstrators fill Dolores Park in San Francisco on Jan. 30, 2026, during a nationwide day of action to protest immigration enforcement operations. \u003ccite>(Beth LaBerge/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Gould said that such a protest on the national level, though, is relatively unprecedented. He said if it manages to draw wide involvement, Friday’s action could be “pioneering.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“It is very unusual, and I think it reflects a sense of outrage that so many in the public feel about the behavior of ICE in dealing with what, for the most part, are peaceful protests,” he said. “The very violent and, as we can see, homicidal conduct of ICE in some circumstances — I think there is a general sense of outrage throughout the country about this.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Gould said that the national shutdown aims to get the attention of the business community and political leaders.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12071839\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 1999px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12071839\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/01/IMG_4329.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1999\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/01/IMG_4329.jpeg 1999w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/01/IMG_4329-160x107.jpeg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/01/IMG_4329-1536x1024.jpeg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1999px) 100vw, 1999px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Demonstrators fill Dolores Park in San Francisco on Jan. 30, 2026, during a nationwide day of action to protest immigration enforcement operations. \u003ccite>(Beth LaBerge/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>“If it affects business substantially, business, in turn, will turn to political leaders seeking to get those political leaders to reform what workers are grieving about,” Gould said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Many Bay Area union chapters told KQED they weren’t formally organizing actions in line with Friday’s strike, but some members may be participating in an individual capacity.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The California Faculty Association, which represents educators at California State University campuses, wrote on social media: “We encourage all of our members to show support however and wherever they can. We must band together with Minnesota by forcefully condemning and putting an end to ICE’s reign of terror.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12071792\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\" style=\"max-width: 1080px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12071792\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/01/250130-ICE-Out-SF-AC-02.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1080\" height=\"1616\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/01/250130-ICE-Out-SF-AC-02.jpg 1080w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/01/250130-ICE-Out-SF-AC-02-160x239.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/01/250130-ICE-Out-SF-AC-02-1027x1536.jpg 1027w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1080px) 100vw, 1080px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Protestors hang from a traffic light near Dolores Park as part of the ICE Out rally in San Francisco on Jan. 30, 2026. \u003ccite>(Aryk Copley for KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Troy Goode attended the Dolores Park protest with his middle-school-aged daughter.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I’ll be honest, while I’m very supportive of the movement here, I probably wouldn’t have come if it wasn’t for my daughter,” he told KQED. “I really appreciate all these kids who are helping active not only themselves for the first time politically but also helping activate some of us that might’ve needed an extra boost to get off the couch.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Meanwhile, at least 70 local coffee shops, restaurants and businesses have shut their doors or vowed solidarity with the action, according to a growing list compiled by \u003ca href=\"https://missionlocal.org/2026/01/sf-ice-out-strike-businesses/\">\u003cem>Mission Local\u003c/em>\u003c/a>\u003cem>.\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“We are closed because, as a group and as a store, that feels like the clearest way to communicate our support with Minnesota and the way that we feel that we need to engage with the crisis that we’re all living through right now,” said Camden Emery, the co-owner and lead buyer for Booksmith bookstore in the Upper Haight neighborhood.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“So much of how we’re living right now is existing in a state where individual actors feel powerless against authoritarianism, against the state and to be able to show up in the street literally to see other people standing beside you is incredibly powerful,” he continued. “The function of the strike in that sense is to build solidarity, provide hope, provide more of a sense that we might find our way out of this thing.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>San Francisco-based Andytown Coffee Roasters confirmed on social media that several of its locations in the city and Menlo Park are closed.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Andytown is immigrant-founded, we support our team’s First Amendment rights, and we only like ice when it is in our Snowy Plovers,” the company wrote on social media, referring to their signature iced-coffee drink.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12071824\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12071824\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/01/250130-ICE-Out-SF-AC-10-KQED.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/01/250130-ICE-Out-SF-AC-10-KQED.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/01/250130-ICE-Out-SF-AC-10-KQED-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/01/250130-ICE-Out-SF-AC-10-KQED-1536x1024.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Crowds march through San Francisco as part of the ICE Out rally in San Francisco on Jan. 30, 2026. \u003ccite>(Aryk Copley for KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Some restaurants and stores that say they cannot afford to close, or have chosen to remain open because their employees need the work, said they’ll be donating proceeds to immigration nonprofits, and are offering free or discounted goods and gathering spaces to protestors.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Green Apple Books in the Richmond District said it would remain open and hand out whistles to people headed to the protest. 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"content": "\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12071997/ice-en-el-super-bowl-santa-clara-area-de-la-bahia\">\u003cem>Leer en español\u003c/em>\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>On Sunday, Feb. 8, \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12071370/as-bay-area-gears-up-to-host-super-bowl-lx-and-bad-bunny-halftime-show-fears-of-ice-loom\">the Bay Area will host Super Bowl LX \u003c/a>at Levi’s Stadium in Santa Clara.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>And after widespread violence from Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents against Minnesota residents, including \u003ca href=\"https://www.pbs.org/newshour/nation/a-look-at-shootings-by-federal-immigration-officers\">two fatal shootings \u003c/a>these last weeks, \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12060893/south-bay-leaders-aim-to-create-ice-free-zones\">longstanding anxieties about potential ICE presence in the South Bay\u003c/a> have only grown, stoked by public comments late last year from members of President Donald Trump’s administration.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But as the Super Bowl draws closer, what do we actually know about potential plans to send ICE to the Bay Area?\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The latest update to know: In a \u003ca href=\"https://www.youtube.com/live/JWSMxTeFLkk\">Tuesday\u003c/a> press conference, the National Football League’s head of security said there were no planned ICE or immigration enforcement operations scheduled around the Super Bowl or any events related to the game.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Keep reading for what we know about ICE and the Super Bowl right now, including how you can avoid accidentally spreading misinformation about immigration enforcement sightings in the region.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Jump straight to:\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cul>\n\u003cli>\u003cstrong>\u003ca href=\"#WillPresidentDonaldTrumpbeattheSuperBowl\">Will President Donald Trump be at the Super Bowl?\u003c/a>\u003c/strong>\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>\u003cstrong>\u003ca href=\"#HowdoIknowwhenrumorsofICEintheBayAreaarereal\">How do I know when rumors of ICE in the Bay Area are real?\u003c/a>\u003c/strong>\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>\u003cstrong>\u003ca href=\"#IfIseeICEagentscanIfilmthem\">If I see ICE agents, can I film them?\u003c/a>\u003c/strong>\u003c/li>\n\u003c/ul>\n\u003ch2>What do we know about possible ICE presence at the Super Bowl?\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>The Trump administration has sent mixed messages on whether ICE will be part of this year’s Super Bowl safety strategy — following initial strong statements of intent last year to deploy agents to the game.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>When asked by right-wing podcaster Benny Johnson \u003ca href=\"https://x.com/bennyjohnson/status/1974212740807078303\">in October\u003c/a> if there would be ICE enforcement at the game, U.S. Department of Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem said, “There will be, because the Department of Homeland Security is responsible for keeping it safe.” She added in the same interview that “people should not be coming to the Super Bowl unless they’re law-abiding Americans who love this country.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12069309\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-12069309 size-full\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/01/KristiNoemGetty.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/01/KristiNoemGetty.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/01/KristiNoemGetty-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/01/KristiNoemGetty-1536x1024.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Secretary of Homeland Security Kristi Noem speaks at a news conference on Jan. 7, 2026, in Brownsville, Texas. Noem announced that the federal government would be deploying 500 miles of water barriers in the Rio Grande River. \u003ccite>(Michael Gonzalez/Getty Images)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>On another episode of Johnson’s \u003ca href=\"https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EY4Zdsm3Zp8\">podcast\u003c/a> later that month, DHS adviser Corey Lewandowski echoed the administration’s plan to send ICE to the event, calling the enforcement a “directive from the president.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But when KQED sought confirmation from DHS last week, agency officials were much vaguer.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“We will not disclose future operations or discuss personnel,” Assistant Secretary Tricia McLaughlin said in an email to KQED. “Super Bowl security will entail a whole-of-government response conducted in line with the U.S. Constitution. Those who are here legally and are not breaking other laws have nothing to fear.” On Wednesday, KQED requested an updated comment from DHS.[aside postID=news_12071370 hero='https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/01/260128-BAD-BUNNY-FANS-MD-04-KQED-1-1536x1025.jpg']In a \u003ca href=\"http://%5Baside%20postID=news_12071370%20hero='https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/01/260128-BAD-BUNNY-FANS-MD-04-KQED-1-1536x1025.jpg'%5D\">Tuesday\u003c/a> press conference, the National Football League chief security officer Cathy Lanier said: “There are no planned ICE or immigration enforcement operations that are scheduled around the Super Bowl or any of the Super Bowl related events.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Lanier also appeared to downplay suggestions that the Trump administration could potentially deploy ICE agents to the Super Bowl without giving advance warning, telling reporters that the NFL had “a great relationship with our federal partners” and had met with DHS leadership “in the last week.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I’m confident that this partnership is strong and that we’re here for that public safety mission, and that’s what everybody that’s here is focused on,” said Lanier.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Last week, Gov. Gavin Newsom’s office told \u003cem>\u003ca href=\"https://www.sfgate.com/bayarea/article/super-bowl-ice-trump-21321255.php\">SFGATE \u003c/a>\u003c/em>that “we don’t anticipate unusual ICE activity” at the Super Bowl, and that the state would “work with state and local officials to ensure everyone’s safety.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“We expect our federal partners to uphold safety, transparency and trust,” Newsom spokesperson Diana Crofts-Pelayo said.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>What are South Bay elected officials saying about ICE at the Super Bowl?\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>Since the killing of \u003ca href=\"https://www.mprnews.org/story/2026/01/09/renee-goods-wife-releases-statement-about-ice-shooting\">Renée Macklin Good\u003c/a> and \u003ca href=\"https://www.npr.org/2026/01/26/nx-s1-5688898/alex-pretti-remembered-as-friend-nurse-and-dog-dad\">Alex Pretti\u003c/a> by immigration enforcement agents in Minneapolis, state and local officials in California have ramped up their criticism of DHS leadership. Gov. Gavin Newsom, along with Sens. Alex Padilla and Adam Schiff, \u003ca href=\"https://x.com/gavinnewsom/status/2015240929465307474\">has called\u003c/a> for Noem’s resignation.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In the Bay Area, local leaders have acknowledged the panic among residents caused by the lack of clear information on whether ICE or CBP will be in the region.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In a Tuesday statement, Santa Clara Mayor Lisa Gillmor echoed the NFL’s assurances, saying, “There are no planned ICE immigration enforcement operations associated with Super Bowl events in Santa Clara” and that “any federal presence that visitors or residents may see during Super Bowl week is standard event security.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>On Friday, San José Mayor Matt Mahan acknowledged the “rumors swirling for months about heightened immigration enforcement” at the Super Bowl, stating that in a conversation with NFL representatives, “We have been told those rumors are false.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>https://twitter.com/MattMahanSJ/status/2017329892707447136\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In an earlier \u003ca href=\"https://x.com/MattMahanSJ/status/2015642306540609688\">statement on Jan. 25\u003c/a>, Mahan said his city’s police officers “cannot and will not interrupt or assist with legal immigration enforcement — but they will protect you, your freedoms and our city.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But officials also acknowledge that for the Bay Area to host major sporting events, such as the Super Bowl and the FIFA World Cup later this year, they must cooperate at some level with the Trump administration. (Jump to: \u003ca href=\"#WhathasICEspresenceattheSuperBowllookedlikeinpreviousyears\">What has ICE’s presence at the Super Bowl looked like in previous years?\u003c/a>)\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12071720\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12071720\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/01/260128-superbowlfile00030_TV_qed.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/01/260128-superbowlfile00030_TV_qed.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/01/260128-superbowlfile00030_TV_qed-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/01/260128-superbowlfile00030_TV_qed-1536x1024.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">A Super Bowl banner decorates the exterior of Levi’s Stadium in San José on Jan. 28, 2026. \u003ccite>(Tâm Vũ/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>That doesn’t mean there aren’t limits to what federal agents can do, Santa Clara County Supervisor Otto Lee said last week. “No one is above the law. There is no absolute immunity, and there is no license to kill,” he said of ICE officers.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“If anyone comes into our County masked, spreading terror, breaking laws and threatening our residents,” he said, “they will be arrested by our Sheriff’s deputies and police officers and held accountable under the full force of federal and state law.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Last week, Santa Clara County Sheriff Robert Jonsen reminded residents that his own department’s deputies do not cover their faces while on duty.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“If they’re masked and they’re trying to hide their identity, then somebody hasn’t communicated with us,” he said, “because we’ve made it very clear to our officers, our workforce is to be open, transparent and engaged with this community.”\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>ICE and the Super Bowl: What are advocates in the South Bay saying?\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>Amidst this uncertainty about the true scale of possible ICE activity at the Super Bowl, the \u003ca href=\"https://www.instagram.com/scc_rapidresponsenetwork/\">Rapid Response Network in Santa Clara County\u003c/a> — a coalition of hundreds of volunteers working \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12050993/a-day-in-the-life-of-san-joses-rapid-response-network-built-to-resist-ice-fear\">around the clock\u003c/a> to verify possible ICE sightings — have recommended that vulnerable families do not let their guard down.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“We’re not sure if ICE is coming and when they’ll be here and how many agents they’ll be sharing,” said Socorro Montaño, a member of the network, at a press conference on Thursday. “What we do know is that ICE is always present in our community.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12049160\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12049160\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/07/250718-RIDEALONGRAPIDRESPONSE-08-BL-KQED.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/07/250718-RIDEALONGRAPIDRESPONSE-08-BL-KQED.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/07/250718-RIDEALONGRAPIDRESPONSE-08-BL-KQED-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/07/250718-RIDEALONGRAPIDRESPONSE-08-BL-KQED-1536x1024.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Socorro Montaño, lead dispatcher for the Rapid Response Network, speaks with a business owner about how to report ICE activity and the network’s efforts to verify sightings in San José on July 21, 2025. \u003ccite>(Beth LaBerge/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>“This threat is not new, so we don’t need to reinvent the wheel,” they said. “What we know is we need to stay ready so we don’t have to get ready to protect our community.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>On Super Bowl Sunday, the coalition will mobilize near Levi’s Stadium teams of legal observers trained to identify federal immigration agents and who can also send out alerts to the community if ICE or CBP agents are spotted. Montaño also confirmed that the network has been in communication with the unions representing stadium workers.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Advocates are also recommending that residents \u003ca href=\"https://www.ilrc.org/redcards\">inform themselves\u003c/a> of \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12025647/what-to-do-if-you-encounter-ice\">their rights when crossing paths with a federal officer \u003c/a>and also save the contact information of \u003ca href=\"https://www.ccijustice.org/carrn\">their county’s rapid response network\u003c/a> to their phone.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Jump to more information \u003ca href=\"#HowdoIknowwhenrumorsofICEintheBayAreaarereal\">about verifying ICE rumors in the Bay Area\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>\u003ca id=\"WillPresidentDonaldTrumpbeattheSuperBowl\">\u003c/a>Will President Donald Trump be at the Super Bowl?\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>According to the president’s own statements, no. In an interview on Saturday with \u003ca href=\"https://nypost.com/2026/01/24/us-news/trump-tells-the-post-hes-skipping-the-super-bowl-slams-halftime-performers-bad-bunny-and-green-day/\">the \u003cem>New York Post\u003c/em>\u003c/a>, Trump said the Santa Clara game was “just too far away.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>He also criticized the choice of Bad Bunny and Green Day as the event’s musical acts, calling their booking “a terrible choice.” Both acts have been critical of Trump and his administration.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>\u003ca id=\"WhathasICEspresenceattheSuperBowllookedlikeinpreviousyears\">\u003c/a>What has ICE’s presence at the Super Bowl looked like in previous years?\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>The presence itself of the Department of Homeland Security at the Super Bowl is not new or unprecedented.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>At last year’s Super Bowl, agents from Homeland Security Investigations — a \u003ca href=\"https://www.ice.gov/about-ice/hsi\">directive\u003c/a> within ICE — were \u003ca href=\"https://www.ice.gov/about-ice/hsi/news/hsi-insider/strategic-safety-operations/super-bowl-lix\">deployed\u003c/a> to New Orleans, in a decision the federal government described as a partnership “with the NFL and federal, state and local law enforcement agencies to ensure the sports arena, workers, volunteers, athletes and spectators are safe and secure.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In both previous Democratic and Republican administrations, \u003ca href=\"https://www.dhs.gov/archive/news/2023/02/07/dhs-teams-state-and-local-officials-secure-super-bowl-lvii\">DHS has been involved\u003c/a> in some capacity with Super Bowl security, \u003ca href=\"https://www.dhs.gov/archive/news/2024/02/07/dhs-works-nfl-nevada-and-las-vegas-partners-secure-super-bowl-lviii\">previously stating\u003c/a> that the game has “significant national and/or international importance.” Including immigration enforcement as part of the event’s security strategy, however, would be a development unique to Trump’s time in the White House.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>\u003ca id=\"HowdoIknowwhenrumorsofICEintheBayAreaarereal\">\u003c/a>How do I know when rumors of ICE presence in the Bay Area \u003cem>are\u003c/em> real?\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>It’s normal to feel scared about ICE showing up in your community, Huy Tran — executive director of Services, Immigrant Rights and Education Network (SIREN) — told KQED in 2025.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I understand the desire to want to do something, to share information right away,” said Tran, whose organization’s San José and Fresno offices offer legal aid, training and leadership development to immigrant communities.[aside postID=news_12071347 hero='https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/01/Moscone_Super_Bowl_closures.jpg']But fear also makes it hard for people to sort bad information from good, and panic can lead folks to quickly share online posts without verifying them.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Anxiety, fear, it spreads incredibly quickly,” Tran said. “When people send information out to these huge networks, it spreads far, wide and fast.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>So if you think you see ICE in your neighborhood or see ICE reported nearby on social media, advocates advise that you call them instead of circulating anything online.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Tran recommends you should first reach out to \u003ca href=\"https://www.ccijustice.org/find-your-local-rr-hotline\">your local rapid response network\u003c/a> — a coalition of volunteers, organizations and attorneys that work together to confirm ICE sightings and connect people who ICE has detained to legal representation. \u003ca href=\"https://pactsj.org/\">Santa Clara County’s own Rapid Response Network hotline \u003c/a>can be reached at 408-290-1144.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12024332/ice-raids-in-california-how-to-sort-fact-from-rumor-online\">Read more about verifying ICE rumors online — and how to not accidentally spread misinformation.\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>\u003ca id=\"IfIseeICEagentscanIfilmthem\">\u003c/a>If I do see ICE in the Bay Area, can I film them?\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>“Taking photographs and video of things that are plainly visible in public spaces is \u003ca href=\"https://www.aclu.org/issues/free-speech/photographers-rights/filming-and-photographing-police\">a constitutional right\u003c/a> — and that includes police and other government officials carrying out their duties,” the ACLU said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>And while there’s no Supreme Court ruling on an unambiguous First Amendment right to film law enforcement officers, “all of the seven U.S. Federal Circuit Courts that have considered the issue have\u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12069590/are-you-allowed-to-record-ice\"> pretty much said there is a First Amendment right\u003c/a> to record the police and observe the police,” criminal justice reporter \u003ca href=\"https://reason.com/people/cj-ciaramella/\">C.J. Ciaramella\u003c/a> at Reason told KQED’s Close All Tabs podcast this month.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12069591\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 1920px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-12069591 size-full\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/01/Recording-ICE_webimg.png\" alt=\"A line of U.S. Border Patrol agents wearing helmets, tactical vests, and face coverings stand shoulder to shoulder behind a metal crowd-control barrier, obscuring their identities, as they block a street during a law enforcement operation.\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1080\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/01/Recording-ICE_webimg.png 1920w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/01/Recording-ICE_webimg-160x90.png 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/01/Recording-ICE_webimg-1536x864.png 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/01/Recording-ICE_webimg-1200x675.png 1200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1920px) 100vw, 1920px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">U.S. Border Patrol agents stand guard at the Bishop Henry Whipple Federal Building in Minneapolis, Minnesota, on Jan. 8, 2026. A U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agent shot and killed an American woman, Renée Nicole Good, on the streets of Minneapolis on Jan. 7. \u003ccite>(Charly Triballeau/AFP via Getty Images)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11871364/recording-the-police-what-to-know-and-how-to-stay-safe-doing-it\">Bystander videos also provide important counternarratives\u003c/a> to official law enforcement accounts. After the fatal shooting of Alex Pretti by ICE officers, Trump administration officials immediately claimed Pretti was a “domestic terrorist” intending to “massacre” officers —\u003ca href=\"https://www.npr.org/2026/01/25/nx-s1-5687875/minneapolis-shooting-minnesota-ice-alex-pretti-dhs-investigation\"> claims contradicted by the multiple eyewitness videos\u003c/a> taken of the killing.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Officials with the Trump administration have, however,\u003ca href=\"https://abc3340.com/news/nation-world/secretary-kristi-noem-addresses-surge-in-attacks-on-ice-agents-in-tampa-dhs-us-immigration-and-customs-enforcement-agents-florida-department-of-homeland-security-july-13-2025\"> characterized filming ICE as “violence”\u003c/a> and \u003ca href=\"https://prospect.org/2025/09/09/2025-09-09-dhs-claims-videotaping-ice-raids-is-violence/\">“doxing,”\u003c/a> and \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12069590/are-you-allowed-to-record-ice\">Americans have faced detention\u003c/a> from ICE \u003ca href=\"https://www.fox9.com/news/ice-detains-woodbury-man-filming-agents\">after filming them.\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>So while recording ICE might be your constitutional right, it also brings increasing risks.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11871364/recording-the-police-what-to-know-and-how-to-stay-safe-doing-it\">Read more about the logistics — and risks — of recording law enforcement officers like ICE agents.\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad floatright]\u003c/p>\n",
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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\n\u003cp>In an earlier \u003ca href=\"https://x.com/MattMahanSJ/status/2015642306540609688\">statement on Jan. 25\u003c/a>, Mahan said his city’s police officers “cannot and will not interrupt or assist with legal immigration enforcement — but they will protect you, your freedoms and our city.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But officials also acknowledge that for the Bay Area to host major sporting events, such as the Super Bowl and the FIFA World Cup later this year, they must cooperate at some level with the Trump administration. (Jump to: \u003ca href=\"#WhathasICEspresenceattheSuperBowllookedlikeinpreviousyears\">What has ICE’s presence at the Super Bowl looked like in previous years?\u003c/a>)\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12071720\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12071720\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/01/260128-superbowlfile00030_TV_qed.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/01/260128-superbowlfile00030_TV_qed.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/01/260128-superbowlfile00030_TV_qed-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/01/260128-superbowlfile00030_TV_qed-1536x1024.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">A Super Bowl banner decorates the exterior of Levi’s Stadium in San José on Jan. 28, 2026. \u003ccite>(Tâm Vũ/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>That doesn’t mean there aren’t limits to what federal agents can do, Santa Clara County Supervisor Otto Lee said last week. “No one is above the law. There is no absolute immunity, and there is no license to kill,” he said of ICE officers.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“If anyone comes into our County masked, spreading terror, breaking laws and threatening our residents,” he said, “they will be arrested by our Sheriff’s deputies and police officers and held accountable under the full force of federal and state law.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Last week, Santa Clara County Sheriff Robert Jonsen reminded residents that his own department’s deputies do not cover their faces while on duty.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“If they’re masked and they’re trying to hide their identity, then somebody hasn’t communicated with us,” he said, “because we’ve made it very clear to our officers, our workforce is to be open, transparent and engaged with this community.”\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>ICE and the Super Bowl: What are advocates in the South Bay saying?\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>Amidst this uncertainty about the true scale of possible ICE activity at the Super Bowl, the \u003ca href=\"https://www.instagram.com/scc_rapidresponsenetwork/\">Rapid Response Network in Santa Clara County\u003c/a> — a coalition of hundreds of volunteers working \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12050993/a-day-in-the-life-of-san-joses-rapid-response-network-built-to-resist-ice-fear\">around the clock\u003c/a> to verify possible ICE sightings — have recommended that vulnerable families do not let their guard down.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“We’re not sure if ICE is coming and when they’ll be here and how many agents they’ll be sharing,” said Socorro Montaño, a member of the network, at a press conference on Thursday. “What we do know is that ICE is always present in our community.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12049160\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12049160\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/07/250718-RIDEALONGRAPIDRESPONSE-08-BL-KQED.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/07/250718-RIDEALONGRAPIDRESPONSE-08-BL-KQED.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/07/250718-RIDEALONGRAPIDRESPONSE-08-BL-KQED-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/07/250718-RIDEALONGRAPIDRESPONSE-08-BL-KQED-1536x1024.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Socorro Montaño, lead dispatcher for the Rapid Response Network, speaks with a business owner about how to report ICE activity and the network’s efforts to verify sightings in San José on July 21, 2025. \u003ccite>(Beth LaBerge/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>“This threat is not new, so we don’t need to reinvent the wheel,” they said. “What we know is we need to stay ready so we don’t have to get ready to protect our community.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>On Super Bowl Sunday, the coalition will mobilize near Levi’s Stadium teams of legal observers trained to identify federal immigration agents and who can also send out alerts to the community if ICE or CBP agents are spotted. Montaño also confirmed that the network has been in communication with the unions representing stadium workers.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Advocates are also recommending that residents \u003ca href=\"https://www.ilrc.org/redcards\">inform themselves\u003c/a> of \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12025647/what-to-do-if-you-encounter-ice\">their rights when crossing paths with a federal officer \u003c/a>and also save the contact information of \u003ca href=\"https://www.ccijustice.org/carrn\">their county’s rapid response network\u003c/a> to their phone.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Jump to more information \u003ca href=\"#HowdoIknowwhenrumorsofICEintheBayAreaarereal\">about verifying ICE rumors in the Bay Area\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>\u003ca id=\"WillPresidentDonaldTrumpbeattheSuperBowl\">\u003c/a>Will President Donald Trump be at the Super Bowl?\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>According to the president’s own statements, no. In an interview on Saturday with \u003ca href=\"https://nypost.com/2026/01/24/us-news/trump-tells-the-post-hes-skipping-the-super-bowl-slams-halftime-performers-bad-bunny-and-green-day/\">the \u003cem>New York Post\u003c/em>\u003c/a>, Trump said the Santa Clara game was “just too far away.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>He also criticized the choice of Bad Bunny and Green Day as the event’s musical acts, calling their booking “a terrible choice.” Both acts have been critical of Trump and his administration.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>\u003ca id=\"WhathasICEspresenceattheSuperBowllookedlikeinpreviousyears\">\u003c/a>What has ICE’s presence at the Super Bowl looked like in previous years?\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>The presence itself of the Department of Homeland Security at the Super Bowl is not new or unprecedented.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>At last year’s Super Bowl, agents from Homeland Security Investigations — a \u003ca href=\"https://www.ice.gov/about-ice/hsi\">directive\u003c/a> within ICE — were \u003ca href=\"https://www.ice.gov/about-ice/hsi/news/hsi-insider/strategic-safety-operations/super-bowl-lix\">deployed\u003c/a> to New Orleans, in a decision the federal government described as a partnership “with the NFL and federal, state and local law enforcement agencies to ensure the sports arena, workers, volunteers, athletes and spectators are safe and secure.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In both previous Democratic and Republican administrations, \u003ca href=\"https://www.dhs.gov/archive/news/2023/02/07/dhs-teams-state-and-local-officials-secure-super-bowl-lvii\">DHS has been involved\u003c/a> in some capacity with Super Bowl security, \u003ca href=\"https://www.dhs.gov/archive/news/2024/02/07/dhs-works-nfl-nevada-and-las-vegas-partners-secure-super-bowl-lviii\">previously stating\u003c/a> that the game has “significant national and/or international importance.” Including immigration enforcement as part of the event’s security strategy, however, would be a development unique to Trump’s time in the White House.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>\u003ca id=\"HowdoIknowwhenrumorsofICEintheBayAreaarereal\">\u003c/a>How do I know when rumors of ICE presence in the Bay Area \u003cem>are\u003c/em> real?\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>It’s normal to feel scared about ICE showing up in your community, Huy Tran — executive director of Services, Immigrant Rights and Education Network (SIREN) — told KQED in 2025.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I understand the desire to want to do something, to share information right away,” said Tran, whose organization’s San José and Fresno offices offer legal aid, training and leadership development to immigrant communities.\u003c/p>\u003c/div>",
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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>But fear also makes it hard for people to sort bad information from good, and panic can lead folks to quickly share online posts without verifying them.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Anxiety, fear, it spreads incredibly quickly,” Tran said. “When people send information out to these huge networks, it spreads far, wide and fast.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>So if you think you see ICE in your neighborhood or see ICE reported nearby on social media, advocates advise that you call them instead of circulating anything online.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Tran recommends you should first reach out to \u003ca href=\"https://www.ccijustice.org/find-your-local-rr-hotline\">your local rapid response network\u003c/a> — a coalition of volunteers, organizations and attorneys that work together to confirm ICE sightings and connect people who ICE has detained to legal representation. \u003ca href=\"https://pactsj.org/\">Santa Clara County’s own Rapid Response Network hotline \u003c/a>can be reached at 408-290-1144.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12024332/ice-raids-in-california-how-to-sort-fact-from-rumor-online\">Read more about verifying ICE rumors online — and how to not accidentally spread misinformation.\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>\u003ca id=\"IfIseeICEagentscanIfilmthem\">\u003c/a>If I do see ICE in the Bay Area, can I film them?\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>“Taking photographs and video of things that are plainly visible in public spaces is \u003ca href=\"https://www.aclu.org/issues/free-speech/photographers-rights/filming-and-photographing-police\">a constitutional right\u003c/a> — and that includes police and other government officials carrying out their duties,” the ACLU said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>And while there’s no Supreme Court ruling on an unambiguous First Amendment right to film law enforcement officers, “all of the seven U.S. Federal Circuit Courts that have considered the issue have\u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12069590/are-you-allowed-to-record-ice\"> pretty much said there is a First Amendment right\u003c/a> to record the police and observe the police,” criminal justice reporter \u003ca href=\"https://reason.com/people/cj-ciaramella/\">C.J. Ciaramella\u003c/a> at Reason told KQED’s Close All Tabs podcast this month.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12069591\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 1920px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-12069591 size-full\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/01/Recording-ICE_webimg.png\" alt=\"A line of U.S. Border Patrol agents wearing helmets, tactical vests, and face coverings stand shoulder to shoulder behind a metal crowd-control barrier, obscuring their identities, as they block a street during a law enforcement operation.\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1080\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/01/Recording-ICE_webimg.png 1920w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/01/Recording-ICE_webimg-160x90.png 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/01/Recording-ICE_webimg-1536x864.png 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/01/Recording-ICE_webimg-1200x675.png 1200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1920px) 100vw, 1920px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">U.S. Border Patrol agents stand guard at the Bishop Henry Whipple Federal Building in Minneapolis, Minnesota, on Jan. 8, 2026. A U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agent shot and killed an American woman, Renée Nicole Good, on the streets of Minneapolis on Jan. 7. \u003ccite>(Charly Triballeau/AFP via Getty Images)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11871364/recording-the-police-what-to-know-and-how-to-stay-safe-doing-it\">Bystander videos also provide important counternarratives\u003c/a> to official law enforcement accounts. After the fatal shooting of Alex Pretti by ICE officers, Trump administration officials immediately claimed Pretti was a “domestic terrorist” intending to “massacre” officers —\u003ca href=\"https://www.npr.org/2026/01/25/nx-s1-5687875/minneapolis-shooting-minnesota-ice-alex-pretti-dhs-investigation\"> claims contradicted by the multiple eyewitness videos\u003c/a> taken of the killing.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Officials with the Trump administration have, however,\u003ca href=\"https://abc3340.com/news/nation-world/secretary-kristi-noem-addresses-surge-in-attacks-on-ice-agents-in-tampa-dhs-us-immigration-and-customs-enforcement-agents-florida-department-of-homeland-security-july-13-2025\"> characterized filming ICE as “violence”\u003c/a> and \u003ca href=\"https://prospect.org/2025/09/09/2025-09-09-dhs-claims-videotaping-ice-raids-is-violence/\">“doxing,”\u003c/a> and \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12069590/are-you-allowed-to-record-ice\">Americans have faced detention\u003c/a> from ICE \u003ca href=\"https://www.fox9.com/news/ice-detains-woodbury-man-filming-agents\">after filming them.\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>So while recording ICE might be your constitutional right, it also brings increasing risks.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11871364/recording-the-police-what-to-know-and-how-to-stay-safe-doing-it\">Read more about the logistics — and risks — of recording law enforcement officers like ICE agents.\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003c/div>",
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"content": "\u003cp>On Sunday, Feb. 8,\u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12070878/watch-super-bowl-lx-santa-clara-2026-levis-stadium-nfl-tickets-parking-bag-policy\"> the Bay Area will host another Super Bowl\u003c/a> — where the Seattle Seahawks will face off against the New England Patriots in Santa Clara.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But even if you don’t intend to be anywhere near Levi’s Stadium itself on Super Bowl Sunday, the big game — which will draw \u003ca href=\"https://www.smcgov.org/ceo/news/one-text-could-change-your-super-bowl-week\">an estimated 90,000 fans\u003c/a> to the Bay, according to the Bay Area Host Committee — will mean not just heavier traffic on the region’s roads overall, but a score of road closures and detours in Santa Clara that have already begun ahead of Super Bowl LX.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>And if you’re assuming the worst travel impacts will be restricted to the South Bay, you should know: there’ll be several official Super Bowl events taking place in San Francisco and San José over the next week that will mean street closures and traffic detours in those cities that could affect your commute.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Here are all of the street closures, route changes and anticipated traffic impacts to be aware of leading up to the Super Bowl, what to expect on Super Bowl Sunday itself and which roads will even remain closed well into February in the aftermath of the big game.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>And remember: If you need to get around this coming week, especially on Super Bowl Sunday itself, public transit, which is generally \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12070878/watch-super-bowl-lx-santa-clara-2026-levis-stadium-nfl-tickets-parking-bag-policy\">less affected by the following traffic closures and detours\u003c/a>, may be your best bet.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>For the most up-to-the-minute information on road closures, see \u003ca href=\"https://www.sfbayareasuperbowl.com/getting-around\">sfbayareasuperbowl.com\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-11671429\" style=\"font-weight: bold;background-color: transparent;font-size: 16px\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/05/GettyImages-459889074-e1527640015234.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1279\">\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Heavy traffic on U.S. 101 in Mill Valley.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Jump straight to:\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cul>\n\u003cli>\u003cstrong>\u003ca href=\"#StreetclosuresinSantaClara\">Street closures in Santa Clara\u003c/a>\u003c/strong>\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>\u003cstrong>\u003ca href=\"#StreetclosuresinSanFrancisco\">Street closures in San Francisco\u003c/a>\u003c/strong>\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>\u003cstrong>\u003ca href=\"#StreetclosuresinSanJose\">Street closures in San José\u003c/a>\u003c/strong>\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>\u003cstrong>\u003ca href=\"#WhattoknowaboutBayAreaairportsandtheSuperBowl\">What to know about Bay Area airports and the Super Bowl\u003c/a>\u003c/strong>\u003c/li>\n\u003c/ul>\n\u003ch2>Traffic around the South Bay — and Bay Area generally — for Super Bowl LX\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>\u003cem>When: Feb. 8\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>If you’re wondering, “What time is Super Bowl LX?” Kickoff is at \u003ca href=\"https://www.nfl.com/super-bowl/event-info/gameday-guide\">3:30 p.m. PST\u003c/a> on Feb. 8. However, gates to Levi’s Stadium open several hours before, at 11:30 a.m — meaning you can expect the traffic from event attendees and dedicated tailgaters to begin on Sunday morning.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>As for how long the Super Bowl will last — and when exit traffic will begin — that’s far less clear. A 2017 analysis from \u003cem>The Verge\u003c/em> found that in previous years, \u003ca href=\"https://www.theverge.com/2017/2/4/14403598/how-long-is-the-super-bowl\">the average length of the Super Bowl was just under four hours\u003c/a>, but there’s no way to predict the exact length of the game.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But regardless of when it ends, remember that the “Super Bowl’s over” traffic won’t be limited to Santa Clara: Wherever you are, the roads and public transit systems will gradually fill up with Bay Area residents leaving Super Bowl watch parties to return home.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>\u003ca id=\"StreetclosuresinSantaClara\">\u003c/a>Santa Clara street closures around Levi’s Stadium\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Stars & Stripes Drive closure\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cem>When: Now through Feb. 22\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"https://www.google.com/maps/place/Stars+and+Stripes+Dr,+Santa+Clara,+CA+95054/@37.4064675,-121.968941,19z/data=!4m6!3m5!1s0x808fc9b636681aa5:0xcf870246caa6b46f!8m2!3d37.4066497!4d-121.968937!16s%2Fg%2F11b6gl_n9g?entry=ttu&g_ep=EgoyMDI2MDEyNS4wIKXMDSoASAFQAw%3D%3D\">Stars & Stripes Drive\u003c/a> outside Levi’s Stadium has been closed since Jan. 5 and will remain off-limits to the public through Feb. 22.[aside postID=news_12070878 hero='https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/01/GettyImages-2255009703-2000x1333.jpg']The nearby Great America Transit Station — which serves VTA, Amtrak and Capitol Corridor networks — will remain open, but parking, shuttle and Uber/Lyft pickup and dropoff are relocated to the parking areas at 2111 West Tasman Drive.\u003c/p>\n\u003cul>\n\u003cli>\u003ca href=\"https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/678d63d21448c064ff06f050/0b57ef5c-12cd-4ea0-8162-4c375c1efa3b/City+of+Santa+Clara+Bike+Detour+-+Jan+5+-+Feb+22?format=1000w\">Bike detours in place\u003c/a>\u003c/li>\n\u003c/ul>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Tasman Drive closure\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cem>When: Now through Feb.13\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Tasman Drive is now closed east of the Great America Parkway through Feb. 13, necessitating several vehicle detours in Santa Clara, including Highways 101 and 237:\u003c/p>\n\u003cul>\n\u003cli>\u003ca href=\"https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/678d63d21448c064ff06f050/67b2a073-77a9-4379-b3a9-431f2dac5b8a/Santa+Clara+Jan+28%2B+Comms+Package+-+1-21-26_Page_01.png?format=1000w\">Local and regional vehicle detours\u003c/a>\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>\u003ca href=\"https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/678d63d21448c064ff06f050/d889740c-3638-4f4a-a8cd-1fb421709e01/Santa+Clara+Jan+28%2B+Comms+Package+-+1-21-26_Page_02.png?format=1000w\">Expanded local vehicle detour on Feb. 8 \u003c/a>\u003c/li>\n\u003c/ul>\n\u003cp>Pedestrians will also face significant detours due to the Tasman Drive closure:\u003c/p>\n\u003cul>\n\u003cli>\u003ca href=\"https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/678d63d21448c064ff06f050/6d1a7241-c025-48f7-b08b-6bbe5cc25730/Santa+Clara+Pedestrian+Detour+Super+Bowl+Jan+28-Feb+13?format=1000w\">Pedestrian detour on foot\u003c/a>\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>\u003ca href=\"https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/678d63d21448c064ff06f050/53bfefd0-45e7-47ff-921e-5bd6efd1efae/Santa+Clara+Pedestrian+Detour+Jan+28-Feb13?format=1000w\">Pedestrian detour using VTA light rail\u003c/a>\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>\u003ca href=\"https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/678d63d21448c064ff06f050/f12c6960-d9bb-4408-8668-9b5b71a8cab4/Santa+Clara+Pedestrian+Detour+-+Super+Bowl+Sunday%2C+Feb+8?format=1000w\">Expanded pedestrian detour on Feb. 8\u003c/a>\u003c/li>\n\u003c/ul>\n\u003cp>Other impacts of the Tasman Drive closure:\u003c/p>\n\u003cul>\n\u003cli>\u003ca href=\"https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/678d63d21448c064ff06f050/9ecbf6c7-cfe2-4310-8f1b-010cc2e86004/Santa+Clara+Bike+Detour+-+Jan+28+-+Feb+13?format=1000w\">Bike detours in place\u003c/a>\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>\u003ca href=\"https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/678d63d21448c064ff06f050/39bbfde1-49aa-4a2b-b5b5-687d307f0928/Santa+Clara+Bike+Detour+Super+Bowl+Sunday-+Feb+8?format=1000w\">Expanded bike detour on Feb. 8 due to Great America Parkway closure\u003c/a>\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>\u003ca href=\"https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/678d63d21448c064ff06f050/39d8035a-d3cf-4b64-9b7d-66cacbd9ce12/Santa+Clara+Jan+28%2B+Comms+Package+-+1-21-26_Page_03.png?format=1000w\">Access to the Hilton Santa Clara\u003c/a>\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>\u003ca href=\"https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/678d63d21448c064ff06f050/d332af70-7ff9-43fa-91e6-e70d5391a864/Santa+Clara+Jan+28%2B+Comms+Package+-+1-21-26_Page_04.png?format=1000w\">Access to Yellow 1 garage\u003c/a>\u003c/li>\n\u003c/ul>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>San Tomas Aquino Creek Trail closure\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cem>When: now through Feb. 10\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cul>\n\u003cli>\u003ca href=\"https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/678d63d21448c064ff06f050/0d1d7b3e-f0ba-43a6-9ad0-969a47a35a52/Santa+Clara+Pedestrian+Detour+-+Jan+29-Feb10?format=1000w\">Pedestrian detour\u003c/a>\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>\u003ca href=\"https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/678d63d21448c064ff06f050/9aff8e15-64e5-4194-8988-4bfdc3f35a6a/Santa+Clara+Bike+Detour+-+Jan+28-Feb+10?format=1000w\">Bike trail detour\u003c/a>\u003c/li>\n\u003c/ul>\n\u003ch2>\u003ca id=\"StreetclosuresinSanFrancisco\">\u003c/a>San Francisco street closures for Super Bowl events\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Super Bowl Experience at Moscone Center \u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cem>When: Jan. 30-Feb 10\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"https://www.nfl.com/super-bowl/event-info/super-bowl-experience/\">The Super Bowl Experience\u003c/a> will be held at Moscone Center Feb. 3-7, and this means several closures in the surrounding area around Yerba Buena Gardens and Union Square:\u003c/p>\n\u003cul>\n\u003cli>\u003ca href=\"https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/678d63d21448c064ff06f050/100ab573-649e-402f-bd35-6b41ad283901/Moscone+Center+Super+Bowl+Experience+Street+Closures?format=1000w\">Daytime street closures \u003c/a>\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>\u003ca href=\"https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/678d63d21448c064ff06f050/e1de024f-f82a-4fc7-a161-8ae6f5b74fa0/Moscone+Center+Super+Bowl+Experience+Overnight+Street+Closer?format=1000w\">Overnight street closures\u003c/a>\u003c/li>\n\u003c/ul>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11929219\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 1920px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-11929219\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2022/10/RS37097_IMG_3297-qut.jpg\" alt=\"Several cars are on the road along with people crossing the street.\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1149\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2022/10/RS37097_IMG_3297-qut.jpg 1920w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2022/10/RS37097_IMG_3297-qut-800x479.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2022/10/RS37097_IMG_3297-qut-1020x610.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2022/10/RS37097_IMG_3297-qut-160x96.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2022/10/RS37097_IMG_3297-qut-1536x919.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1920px) 100vw, 1920px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Rush-hour traffic piles up between Bryant and Third streets in San Francisco on May 13, 2019. \u003ccite>(Sruti Mamidanna/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>NFL Culture Club at The Pearl \u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cem>When: Feb. 4-7\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>This four-day event at Dogpatch venue The Pearl will mean \u003ca href=\"https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/678d63d21448c064ff06f050/8e383ab7-f207-4401-b654-729850ddf962/Screenshot+2026-01-23+at+1.53.21%E2%80%AFPM.png?format=1000w\">more minor closures.\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>The Marina: NFL Honors and Studio 60 at the Palace of Fine Arts \u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cem>When: Feb. 5-7\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Expect\u003ca href=\"https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/678d63d21448c064ff06f050/39d4ade9-9f52-4785-88ee-e83683728870/Palace+of+Fine+Arts+NFL+Honors+Map+of+Road+Closers?format=1000w\"> closures and (smaller) detours\u003c/a> for these two events over the Super Bowl weekend.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>BAHC Live! at Bill Graham Civic Auditorium and a Super Bowl private event at San Francisco City Hall \u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cem>When: Feb. 5-7\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The Super Bowl weekend will also bring \u003ca href=\"https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/678d63d21448c064ff06f050/1d671366-3a6c-40d7-9fe0-7f6d0325b717/Map+of+Road+Closures+around+Bill+Graham+Civic+Auditorium+From+Thursday+2%2F5+to+Saturday+2%2F7?format=1000w\">traffic detours and closures around Civic Center.\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Super Bowl private event at Grace Cathedral\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cem>When: Feb. 6\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Expect \u003ca href=\"https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/678d63d21448c064ff06f050/9f00cb9d-fad5-4bc0-b9f1-dc62efddf790/Screenshot+2026-01-21+at+1.45.13%E2%80%AFPM.png?format=1000w\">minor detours and closures\u003c/a> in this patch of Nob Hill.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>The Taste of NFL at The Hibernia\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cem>When: Feb. 7\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>You’ll find \u003ca href=\"https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/678d63d21448c064ff06f050/b1708e81-3397-44bd-9ba4-f98b0e9f0e74/Screenshot+2026-01-21+at+1.47.08%E2%80%AFPM.png?format=1000w\">more widespread street closures \u003c/a>in the Tenderloin the day before the Super Bowl for this event.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Private event at the Ferry Building \u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cem>When: Feb. 5-7\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Expect\u003ca href=\"https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/678d63d21448c064ff06f050/b804ac13-817b-4543-8e97-b45e1eeec69a/Screenshot+2026-01-21+at+1.48.11%E2%80%AFPM.png?format=1000w\"> no parking permitted \u003c/a>around the Ferry Building for these three days.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11973030\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 1920px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-11973030\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/01/BayBridgeTrafficGetty.jpg\" alt=\"Bay Bridge aerial shot with traffic. The San Francisco city skyline in the background.\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1280\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/01/BayBridgeTrafficGetty.jpg 1920w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/01/BayBridgeTrafficGetty-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/01/BayBridgeTrafficGetty-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/01/BayBridgeTrafficGetty-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/01/BayBridgeTrafficGetty-1536x1024.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1920px) 100vw, 1920px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Under the Express Lanes START trial program, a person can get 50% off if they drive alone in an I-880 Express Lane. If two people are in your car, the discount will be 75%. \u003ccite>(Paul Chinn/The San Francisco Chronicle via Getty Images)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003ch2>\u003ca id=\"StreetclosuresinSanJose\">\u003c/a>San José street closures around Opening Night\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>\u003cem>When: Jan. 31 through Feb. 9\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"https://www.sfbayareasuperbowl.com/super-bowl-lx-events/super-bowl-opening-night-fueled-by-gatorade\">The Super Bowl LX Opening Night event\u003c/a> will be held Feb. 2 at the San José McEnery Convention Center, which means a whole bunch of closures and route changes around this area. These include:\u003c/p>\n\u003cul>\n\u003cli>\u003ca href=\"https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/678d63d21448c064ff06f050/2c66d02a-f3bc-4e6a-8ae2-a5f14a9ca9ad/Road+Closers+and+Detours+in+the+area+around+the+Mcenery+Convetion+Center?format=1000w\">Closure of eastbound San Carlos Street\u003c/a> …\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>\u003ca href=\"https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/678d63d21448c064ff06f050/cf98d6aa-5c1d-4dc1-ad39-fcef3f0ad8b0/Road+Closures+On+February+2nd+around+McEnery+Convention+Center?format=1000w\">… then westbound San Carlos Street closure (Feb. 2)\u003c/a> and \u003ca href=\"https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/678d63d21448c064ff06f050/9d7867bd-da76-4111-969c-e9b11eeb875a/Road+Closure+around+San+Jose+McEnery+Convention+Center?format=1000w\">continues (Feb. 3-9)\u003c/a>\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>\u003ca href=\"https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/678d63d21448c064ff06f050/2ef1ccea-85a3-4e10-b14a-dadfa4568908/Road+Closers+and+Detours+around+Hilton+San+Jose+from+January+31+to+February+9?format=1000w\">Access to Hilton San José\u003c/a>\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>\u003ca href=\"https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/678d63d21448c064ff06f050/81a9438e-0b43-4f3c-b969-c59660834f6e/Road+Closures+around+San+Jose+University?format=1000w\">Closure of Humboldt Street affecting access to San José University\u003c/a> (Feb. 1-7)\u003c/li>\n\u003c/ul>\n\u003ch2>\u003ca id=\"WhattoknowaboutBayAreaairportsandtheSuperBowl\">\u003c/a>Don’t forget the traffic around the Bay Area’s airports\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>The Super Bowl will be drawing fans from around the United States — and many of them will be flying into San José Mineta International Airport, San Francisco International Airport and Oakland San Francisco Bay Airport.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>This means you can expect higher-than-usual traffic on the roads around SJC, SFO and OAK in the run-up to Super Bowl Sunday — and after, too. According to an SFO spokesperson, \u003ca href=\"https://www.sfgate.com/news/bayarea/article/regional-airports-look-to-score-a-touchdown-as-21307786.php\">Monday is the busiest Super Bowl-related travel day\u003c/a>, as attendees head home the day after the game.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>If you’re catching a flight before, during or after Super Bowl Sunday, you should also be prepared for above-average crowds within the Bay Area’s airports — so arrive early to make sure you make it through the TSA security line in time, \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12069729/no-real-id-tsa-fee-fine-feb-1-how-to-pay-requirements-passport-california-sfo-oak\">especially if you don’t yet have a REAL ID\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>You may also want to brace for \u003ca href=\"https://www.sfgate.com/news/bayarea/article/regional-airports-look-to-score-a-touchdown-as-21307786.php\">possible flight delays at SJC, too\u003c/a>, due to temporary flight restrictions to manage demand.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad floatright]\u003c/p>\n",
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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Here are all of the street closures, route changes and anticipated traffic impacts to be aware of leading up to the Super Bowl, what to expect on Super Bowl Sunday itself and which roads will even remain closed well into February in the aftermath of the big game.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>And remember: If you need to get around this coming week, especially on Super Bowl Sunday itself, public transit, which is generally \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12070878/watch-super-bowl-lx-santa-clara-2026-levis-stadium-nfl-tickets-parking-bag-policy\">less affected by the following traffic closures and detours\u003c/a>, may be your best bet.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>For the most up-to-the-minute information on road closures, see \u003ca href=\"https://www.sfbayareasuperbowl.com/getting-around\">sfbayareasuperbowl.com\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-11671429\" style=\"font-weight: bold;background-color: transparent;font-size: 16px\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/05/GettyImages-459889074-e1527640015234.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1279\">\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Heavy traffic on U.S. 101 in Mill Valley.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Jump straight to:\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cul>\n\u003cli>\u003cstrong>\u003ca href=\"#StreetclosuresinSantaClara\">Street closures in Santa Clara\u003c/a>\u003c/strong>\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>\u003cstrong>\u003ca href=\"#StreetclosuresinSanFrancisco\">Street closures in San Francisco\u003c/a>\u003c/strong>\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>\u003cstrong>\u003ca href=\"#StreetclosuresinSanJose\">Street closures in San José\u003c/a>\u003c/strong>\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>\u003cstrong>\u003ca href=\"#WhattoknowaboutBayAreaairportsandtheSuperBowl\">What to know about Bay Area airports and the Super Bowl\u003c/a>\u003c/strong>\u003c/li>\n\u003c/ul>\n\u003ch2>Traffic around the South Bay — and Bay Area generally — for Super Bowl LX\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>\u003cem>When: Feb. 8\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>If you’re wondering, “What time is Super Bowl LX?” Kickoff is at \u003ca href=\"https://www.nfl.com/super-bowl/event-info/gameday-guide\">3:30 p.m. PST\u003c/a> on Feb. 8. However, gates to Levi’s Stadium open several hours before, at 11:30 a.m — meaning you can expect the traffic from event attendees and dedicated tailgaters to begin on Sunday morning.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>As for how long the Super Bowl will last — and when exit traffic will begin — that’s far less clear. A 2017 analysis from \u003cem>The Verge\u003c/em> found that in previous years, \u003ca href=\"https://www.theverge.com/2017/2/4/14403598/how-long-is-the-super-bowl\">the average length of the Super Bowl was just under four hours\u003c/a>, but there’s no way to predict the exact length of the game.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But regardless of when it ends, remember that the “Super Bowl’s over” traffic won’t be limited to Santa Clara: Wherever you are, the roads and public transit systems will gradually fill up with Bay Area residents leaving Super Bowl watch parties to return home.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>\u003ca id=\"StreetclosuresinSantaClara\">\u003c/a>Santa Clara street closures around Levi’s Stadium\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Stars & Stripes Drive closure\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cem>When: Now through Feb. 22\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"https://www.google.com/maps/place/Stars+and+Stripes+Dr,+Santa+Clara,+CA+95054/@37.4064675,-121.968941,19z/data=!4m6!3m5!1s0x808fc9b636681aa5:0xcf870246caa6b46f!8m2!3d37.4066497!4d-121.968937!16s%2Fg%2F11b6gl_n9g?entry=ttu&g_ep=EgoyMDI2MDEyNS4wIKXMDSoASAFQAw%3D%3D\">Stars & Stripes Drive\u003c/a> outside Levi’s Stadium has been closed since Jan. 5 and will remain off-limits to the public through Feb. 22.\u003c/p>\u003c/div>",
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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>The nearby Great America Transit Station — which serves VTA, Amtrak and Capitol Corridor networks — will remain open, but parking, shuttle and Uber/Lyft pickup and dropoff are relocated to the parking areas at 2111 West Tasman Drive.\u003c/p>\n\u003cul>\n\u003cli>\u003ca href=\"https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/678d63d21448c064ff06f050/0b57ef5c-12cd-4ea0-8162-4c375c1efa3b/City+of+Santa+Clara+Bike+Detour+-+Jan+5+-+Feb+22?format=1000w\">Bike detours in place\u003c/a>\u003c/li>\n\u003c/ul>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Tasman Drive closure\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cem>When: Now through Feb.13\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Tasman Drive is now closed east of the Great America Parkway through Feb. 13, necessitating several vehicle detours in Santa Clara, including Highways 101 and 237:\u003c/p>\n\u003cul>\n\u003cli>\u003ca href=\"https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/678d63d21448c064ff06f050/67b2a073-77a9-4379-b3a9-431f2dac5b8a/Santa+Clara+Jan+28%2B+Comms+Package+-+1-21-26_Page_01.png?format=1000w\">Local and regional vehicle detours\u003c/a>\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>\u003ca href=\"https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/678d63d21448c064ff06f050/d889740c-3638-4f4a-a8cd-1fb421709e01/Santa+Clara+Jan+28%2B+Comms+Package+-+1-21-26_Page_02.png?format=1000w\">Expanded local vehicle detour on Feb. 8 \u003c/a>\u003c/li>\n\u003c/ul>\n\u003cp>Pedestrians will also face significant detours due to the Tasman Drive closure:\u003c/p>\n\u003cul>\n\u003cli>\u003ca href=\"https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/678d63d21448c064ff06f050/6d1a7241-c025-48f7-b08b-6bbe5cc25730/Santa+Clara+Pedestrian+Detour+Super+Bowl+Jan+28-Feb+13?format=1000w\">Pedestrian detour on foot\u003c/a>\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>\u003ca href=\"https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/678d63d21448c064ff06f050/53bfefd0-45e7-47ff-921e-5bd6efd1efae/Santa+Clara+Pedestrian+Detour+Jan+28-Feb13?format=1000w\">Pedestrian detour using VTA light rail\u003c/a>\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>\u003ca href=\"https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/678d63d21448c064ff06f050/f12c6960-d9bb-4408-8668-9b5b71a8cab4/Santa+Clara+Pedestrian+Detour+-+Super+Bowl+Sunday%2C+Feb+8?format=1000w\">Expanded pedestrian detour on Feb. 8\u003c/a>\u003c/li>\n\u003c/ul>\n\u003cp>Other impacts of the Tasman Drive closure:\u003c/p>\n\u003cul>\n\u003cli>\u003ca href=\"https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/678d63d21448c064ff06f050/9ecbf6c7-cfe2-4310-8f1b-010cc2e86004/Santa+Clara+Bike+Detour+-+Jan+28+-+Feb+13?format=1000w\">Bike detours in place\u003c/a>\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>\u003ca href=\"https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/678d63d21448c064ff06f050/39bbfde1-49aa-4a2b-b5b5-687d307f0928/Santa+Clara+Bike+Detour+Super+Bowl+Sunday-+Feb+8?format=1000w\">Expanded bike detour on Feb. 8 due to Great America Parkway closure\u003c/a>\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>\u003ca href=\"https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/678d63d21448c064ff06f050/39d8035a-d3cf-4b64-9b7d-66cacbd9ce12/Santa+Clara+Jan+28%2B+Comms+Package+-+1-21-26_Page_03.png?format=1000w\">Access to the Hilton Santa Clara\u003c/a>\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>\u003ca href=\"https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/678d63d21448c064ff06f050/d332af70-7ff9-43fa-91e6-e70d5391a864/Santa+Clara+Jan+28%2B+Comms+Package+-+1-21-26_Page_04.png?format=1000w\">Access to Yellow 1 garage\u003c/a>\u003c/li>\n\u003c/ul>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>San Tomas Aquino Creek Trail closure\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cem>When: now through Feb. 10\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cul>\n\u003cli>\u003ca href=\"https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/678d63d21448c064ff06f050/0d1d7b3e-f0ba-43a6-9ad0-969a47a35a52/Santa+Clara+Pedestrian+Detour+-+Jan+29-Feb10?format=1000w\">Pedestrian detour\u003c/a>\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>\u003ca href=\"https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/678d63d21448c064ff06f050/9aff8e15-64e5-4194-8988-4bfdc3f35a6a/Santa+Clara+Bike+Detour+-+Jan+28-Feb+10?format=1000w\">Bike trail detour\u003c/a>\u003c/li>\n\u003c/ul>\n\u003ch2>\u003ca id=\"StreetclosuresinSanFrancisco\">\u003c/a>San Francisco street closures for Super Bowl events\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Super Bowl Experience at Moscone Center \u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cem>When: Jan. 30-Feb 10\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"https://www.nfl.com/super-bowl/event-info/super-bowl-experience/\">The Super Bowl Experience\u003c/a> will be held at Moscone Center Feb. 3-7, and this means several closures in the surrounding area around Yerba Buena Gardens and Union Square:\u003c/p>\n\u003cul>\n\u003cli>\u003ca href=\"https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/678d63d21448c064ff06f050/100ab573-649e-402f-bd35-6b41ad283901/Moscone+Center+Super+Bowl+Experience+Street+Closures?format=1000w\">Daytime street closures \u003c/a>\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>\u003ca href=\"https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/678d63d21448c064ff06f050/e1de024f-f82a-4fc7-a161-8ae6f5b74fa0/Moscone+Center+Super+Bowl+Experience+Overnight+Street+Closer?format=1000w\">Overnight street closures\u003c/a>\u003c/li>\n\u003c/ul>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11929219\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 1920px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-11929219\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2022/10/RS37097_IMG_3297-qut.jpg\" alt=\"Several cars are on the road along with people crossing the street.\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1149\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2022/10/RS37097_IMG_3297-qut.jpg 1920w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2022/10/RS37097_IMG_3297-qut-800x479.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2022/10/RS37097_IMG_3297-qut-1020x610.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2022/10/RS37097_IMG_3297-qut-160x96.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2022/10/RS37097_IMG_3297-qut-1536x919.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1920px) 100vw, 1920px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Rush-hour traffic piles up between Bryant and Third streets in San Francisco on May 13, 2019. \u003ccite>(Sruti Mamidanna/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>NFL Culture Club at The Pearl \u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cem>When: Feb. 4-7\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>This four-day event at Dogpatch venue The Pearl will mean \u003ca href=\"https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/678d63d21448c064ff06f050/8e383ab7-f207-4401-b654-729850ddf962/Screenshot+2026-01-23+at+1.53.21%E2%80%AFPM.png?format=1000w\">more minor closures.\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>The Marina: NFL Honors and Studio 60 at the Palace of Fine Arts \u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cem>When: Feb. 5-7\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Expect\u003ca href=\"https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/678d63d21448c064ff06f050/39d4ade9-9f52-4785-88ee-e83683728870/Palace+of+Fine+Arts+NFL+Honors+Map+of+Road+Closers?format=1000w\"> closures and (smaller) detours\u003c/a> for these two events over the Super Bowl weekend.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>BAHC Live! at Bill Graham Civic Auditorium and a Super Bowl private event at San Francisco City Hall \u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cem>When: Feb. 5-7\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The Super Bowl weekend will also bring \u003ca href=\"https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/678d63d21448c064ff06f050/1d671366-3a6c-40d7-9fe0-7f6d0325b717/Map+of+Road+Closures+around+Bill+Graham+Civic+Auditorium+From+Thursday+2%2F5+to+Saturday+2%2F7?format=1000w\">traffic detours and closures around Civic Center.\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Super Bowl private event at Grace Cathedral\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cem>When: Feb. 6\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Expect \u003ca href=\"https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/678d63d21448c064ff06f050/9f00cb9d-fad5-4bc0-b9f1-dc62efddf790/Screenshot+2026-01-21+at+1.45.13%E2%80%AFPM.png?format=1000w\">minor detours and closures\u003c/a> in this patch of Nob Hill.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>The Taste of NFL at The Hibernia\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cem>When: Feb. 7\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>You’ll find \u003ca 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The San Francisco city skyline in the background.\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1280\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/01/BayBridgeTrafficGetty.jpg 1920w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/01/BayBridgeTrafficGetty-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/01/BayBridgeTrafficGetty-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/01/BayBridgeTrafficGetty-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/01/BayBridgeTrafficGetty-1536x1024.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1920px) 100vw, 1920px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Under the Express Lanes START trial program, a person can get 50% off if they drive alone in an I-880 Express Lane. 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"content": "\u003cp>A \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/tag/bay-area\">Bay Area\u003c/a> lawmaker issued an open letter to the \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/tag/bart\">BART\u003c/a> board on Monday, urging the cash-strapped agency to apply now for state funding to pursue a “shovel-ready” station roughly halfway between the Fremont and Warm Springs stations.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Leaving state dollars on the table while BART faces a fiscal crisis is unacceptable,” state Sen. Aisha Wahab, D-Fremont, wrote to the BART board. “Timing is critical. Irvington must be delivered before the Downtown San José extension to avoid significantly higher costs, service disruptions, and impacts to riders. Continued delays also jeopardize nearly 1,000 affordable housing units planned within the surrounding Transit Priority Development Area, undermining regional housing and mobility goals.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Wahab directed BART to the Transit and Intercity Rail Capital Program, which provides grants to modernize California’s intercity, commuter, and urban rail systems, as well as bus and ferry transit systems, to significantly reduce emissions of greenhouse gases and congestion.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The Irvington BART Station has been planned since it was studied as part of the Warm Springs extension in 1979, and its construction was approved by the BART board in 1992.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Several agencies gave millions of dollars to fund the design phase of Irvington, including the Metropolitan Transportation Commission and the Alameda County Transportation Commission. In 2014, Alameda County voters approved Measure BB, which allocated $120 million toward the station’s construction.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Since then, BART officials have worked with the city of Fremont to update the station’s concept plan, surrounding area plan and environmental review. As of November 2023, the start of construction was pushed back to mid-2026, and the station opening to 2031.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11963801\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-11963801 size-full\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/10/GettyImages-1246541284-scaled-e1760983873339.jpg\" alt=\"A South Asian woman in a gray suit speaks into a mic.\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1334\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">State Sen. Aisha Wahab, D-Fremont, speaks during the 50th Anniversary of Roe v. Wade at San Francisco City Hall on Jan. 25, 2023. \u003ccite>(Tayfun Coskun/Anadolu Agency via Getty Images)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Wahab’s letter listed a variety of ways in which Irvington is an advantageous candidate for the funding, including that environmental clearance is complete, and 14 of 17 relevant properties have been acquired.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Both Wahab and BART Board President Melissa Hernandez are running to fill the Congressional seat vacated by East Bay U.S. Rep. Eric Swalwell in his run for governor, but Wahab told KQED she’d be happy to mediate between the city and BART, which have been in negotiations over the proposed station for years.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The public transit agency has been \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12070685/campaign-to-avert-bay-area-public-transit-death-spiral-gets-underway\">staggering\u003c/a> through a financial crisis ever since the COVID-19 pandemic gutted \u003ca href=\"https://www.bart.gov/about/reports/ridership\">ridership\u003c/a>. BART officials have \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12054992/newsom-will-not-provide-stopgap-loan-to-prevent-cuts-to-bay-area-transit-lawmakers-say\">warned of drastic cuts\u003c/a> without more state funding, saying they face a $350 million to $400 million annual deficit beginning in the 2027 fiscal year.[aside postID=news_12071026 hero='https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/08/20241204-BART-JY-023_qed.jpg']The agency balanced its FY26 budget with $35 million in cuts and cost controls, and BART board members have been lobbying in Sacramento for \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12054992/newsom-will-not-provide-stopgap-loan-to-prevent-cuts-to-bay-area-transit-lawmakers-say\">bridge loans\u003c/a> while pursuing a November 2026 ballot measure. Should that measure fail with voters, contingency plans to be presented at the next board meeting on Feb. 12 are expected to include a recommendation that the agency close between 10 and 15 stations. Details, including which stations are potentially on the chopping block, will be released to the public at the end of next week.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“The letter caught us off guard,” said Alicia Trost, chief communications officer for BART.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The agency is applying for TIRCP money to rebuild aging infrastructure and power stations responsible for \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12070756/frustrating-bart-board-directors-react-to-inconclusive-report-on-systemwide-delays\">recent service disruptions\u003c/a>, and Trost said BART doesn’t want to submit a competing application for Irvington that might endanger the application for funds to support core services.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“These are core things that our riders rely on, in order to keep BART survivable,” she said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Even if Fremont managed to raise the remaining funds to build \u003ca href=\"https://www.fremont.gov/home/showpublisheddocument/19401/638997628481730000\">Irvington\u003c/a>, Trost said the station is not a priority for the agency for the foreseeable future.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“We don’t have the money to staff a 51st BART station,” she said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>She added that the agency is able to operate the Milpitas and Berryessa stations only because of \u003ca href=\"https://www.vta.org/about\">Valley Transportation Agency\u003c/a> funding.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12071338\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12071338\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/01/260128-BART-Broke-01-KQED.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1198\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/01/260128-BART-Broke-01-KQED.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/01/260128-BART-Broke-01-KQED-160x96.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/01/260128-BART-Broke-01-KQED-1536x920.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">A map outlining the proposed development at Irvington Station. \u003ccite>(Courtesy of BART)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>The city and the senator agree that Fremont has previously agreed to raise all the money necessary to build Irvington on its own, but the city cannot apply for TIRCP funds as it’s not the relevant transit agency.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“We acknowledge the challenging times for funding Bay Area transit and emphasize the urgent need to invest in both operations and projects that will increase ridership and bring transit closer to jobs and housing,” Fremont Mayor Raj Salwan wrote to KQED in an email. “Building the Irvington BART station is a cost-effective way to add new riders and a commitment to the Alameda County voters. Since the tracks are already in place, this project is much less expensive than extending tracks to new areas.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Wahab emphasized that the MTC is supportive of Fremont’s bid. The Irvington BART Station was listed as a “near-term priority” for the years 2025-2035 in the MTC’s \u003ca href=\"https://mtc.ca.gov/planning/long-range-planning/plan-bay-area-2050\">Plan Bay Area 2050+\u003c/a>, approved by that agency’s planning committee a year ago.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Wahab expressed exasperation with the Bay Area’s 27 transit agencies and their collective inability to deliver a public transit system that serves the nine counties as a viable alternative to driving for the bulk of the population, especially in the South Bay.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“We keep seeing the requests for more funding to these agencies, yet less and less accountability to the public, and this [Irvington] is a prime example.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n",
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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>The agency balanced its FY26 budget with $35 million in cuts and cost controls, and BART board members have been lobbying in Sacramento for \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12054992/newsom-will-not-provide-stopgap-loan-to-prevent-cuts-to-bay-area-transit-lawmakers-say\">bridge loans\u003c/a> while pursuing a November 2026 ballot measure. Should that measure fail with voters, contingency plans to be presented at the next board meeting on Feb. 12 are expected to include a recommendation that the agency close between 10 and 15 stations. Details, including which stations are potentially on the chopping block, will be released to the public at the end of next week.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“The letter caught us off guard,” said Alicia Trost, chief communications officer for BART.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The agency is applying for TIRCP money to rebuild aging infrastructure and power stations responsible for \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12070756/frustrating-bart-board-directors-react-to-inconclusive-report-on-systemwide-delays\">recent service disruptions\u003c/a>, and Trost said BART doesn’t want to submit a competing application for Irvington that might endanger the application for funds to support core services.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“These are core things that our riders rely on, in order to keep BART survivable,” she said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Even if Fremont managed to raise the remaining funds to build \u003ca href=\"https://www.fremont.gov/home/showpublisheddocument/19401/638997628481730000\">Irvington\u003c/a>, Trost said the station is not a priority for the agency for the foreseeable future.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“We don’t have the money to staff a 51st BART station,” she said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>She added that the agency is able to operate the Milpitas and Berryessa stations only because of \u003ca href=\"https://www.vta.org/about\">Valley Transportation Agency\u003c/a> funding.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12071338\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12071338\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/01/260128-BART-Broke-01-KQED.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1198\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/01/260128-BART-Broke-01-KQED.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/01/260128-BART-Broke-01-KQED-160x96.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/01/260128-BART-Broke-01-KQED-1536x920.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">A map outlining the proposed development at Irvington Station. \u003ccite>(Courtesy of BART)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>The city and the senator agree that Fremont has previously agreed to raise all the money necessary to build Irvington on its own, but the city cannot apply for TIRCP funds as it’s not the relevant transit agency.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“We acknowledge the challenging times for funding Bay Area transit and emphasize the urgent need to invest in both operations and projects that will increase ridership and bring transit closer to jobs and housing,” Fremont Mayor Raj Salwan wrote to KQED in an email. “Building the Irvington BART station is a cost-effective way to add new riders and a commitment to the Alameda County voters. Since the tracks are already in place, this project is much less expensive than extending tracks to new areas.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Wahab emphasized that the MTC is supportive of Fremont’s bid. The Irvington BART Station was listed as a “near-term priority” for the years 2025-2035 in the MTC’s \u003ca href=\"https://mtc.ca.gov/planning/long-range-planning/plan-bay-area-2050\">Plan Bay Area 2050+\u003c/a>, approved by that agency’s planning committee a year ago.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Wahab expressed exasperation with the Bay Area’s 27 transit agencies and their collective inability to deliver a public transit system that serves the nine counties as a viable alternative to driving for the bulk of the population, especially in the South Bay.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“We keep seeing the requests for more funding to these agencies, yet less and less accountability to the public, and this [Irvington] is a prime example.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003c/div>\u003c/p>",
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"content": "\u003cp>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">San Francisco teachers are \u003c/span>\u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12066097/sfusd-teachers-overwhelmingly-vote-to-authorize-the-first-strike-in-49-years\">\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">barrelling toward a strike\u003c/span>\u003c/a>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">, voting overwhelmingly this week to authorize one after months of unsuccessful labor negotiations.\u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">The vote — which gives union leaders the go-ahead to declare an indefinite work stoppage — was supported by nearly 98% of the city’s educators who cast ballots during a weeklong vote. More than 5,200 of United Educators of San Francisco’s 6,000 members participated, according to the union.\u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">If called, the strike would be the first in San Francisco since 1979, and threatens to upend school operations indefinitely. Superintendent Maria Su has said schools could not open safely without striking staff, and that — if campuses are forced to close — the academic year could be extended into the summer. \u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">“The time is now for the district to act,” UESF President Cassondra Curiel said in a statement. “What comes next is ultimately up to the district and their actions, but San Francisco educators are making it clear that we are more than willing to do everything we can for our community.”\u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">UESF won’t strike until it receives a fact-finding report from a neutral party, part of a state-mandated mediation process between the district and union, next week. \u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">But Curiel said that the union is committed to reaching a deal that meets its core demands, including fully-funded dependent healthcare, wage increases and contract language affirming SFUSD’s sanctuary commitments for immigrants. Earlier this week, she said the district hasn’t indicated it plans to meet their requirements.\u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">“The district and the union remain very far apart. That is a driving concern,” Curiel told KQED. She said this week’s vote brings the union closer to a strike than it has been in 20 years.\u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">The last time the union held a final strike vote like this week’s was in 2006. \u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12037008\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12037008\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/04/250421-SFUSDCentralCuts-11-BL_qed.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/04/250421-SFUSDCentralCuts-11-BL_qed.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/04/250421-SFUSDCentralCuts-11-BL_qed-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/04/250421-SFUSDCentralCuts-11-BL_qed-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/04/250421-SFUSDCentralCuts-11-BL_qed-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/04/250421-SFUSDCentralCuts-11-BL_qed-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/04/250421-SFUSDCentralCuts-11-BL_qed-1920x1280.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">San Francisco Unified School District Superintendent Dr. Maria Su speaks during a press conference at the school district offices in San Francisco on April 21, 2025. \u003ccite>(Beth LaBerge/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">United Educators of San Francisco, which represents 6,000 teachers, paraeducators and other school staff, has been negotiating a new two-year contract with the district since March of last year. Educators are currently working under a deal that expired in June.\u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">The parties mutually agreed to move into a two-part mediation process in November. Last week, they wrapped up the second step of that mediation process without a deal.\u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">“We are disappointed to share that we did not reach an agreement with UESF after today’s fact-finding session,” Su said in a message to families Friday. “Despite the District’s creative suggestions, UESF did not offer any counter, and terminated our Fact Finding session at 4:30 p.m.”\u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">The district said it’s offered UESF 6% raises over three years — pay increases the union said are contingent on giving up extra preparation periods for advanced placement course teachers and a sabbatical program for veteran educators, which they don’t want to lose. SFUSD also said it offered a way to fully fund health benefits, but Curiel said the union has not gotten any such proposal in writing. \u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[aside postID=news_12070455 hero='https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/01/250318-PrivateSchoolRates-13-BL_qed.jpg']“These ideas did not go nearly far enough, and … came with huge concessions our team knew our members would never stand for,” the union said in a statement. “We remain prepared to hear any real solutions the district may formally bring to the table that will stabilize our district for our students, educators, and families.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">Curiel said the union is still willing to negotiate with the district, but that it “has not shown any actions that lead to actual attempts to avoid [a strike].”\u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">“[Since] the last real proposal that we were passed, [it] has been months,” she continued. “The district could change that effort. We’re taking steps to be prepared.”\u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">Over the next week, the fact-finding panel, which is made up of a representative for the union, district and neutral chair, will issue its non-binding recommendations. The union also must choose to accept or reject a final offer from the district.\u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">After that, it could call a strike at any time.\u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">It’s not yet known which schools would shutter during a strike, or for how long. Su said in a message to families that SFUSD is committed to meeting its minimum number of instructional days, and could extend the academic year if necessary.\u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">“This is an incredible show of strength and unity,” the union said in a statement. “The urgency of our demands has never been clearer.”\u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n",
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If state or local law enforcement officers had \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12071074/heres-what-california-leaders-said-about-latest-minneapolis-killing\">shot Renee Good and Alex Pretti, \u003c/a>two people recently killed by federal agents in Minneapolis, they could be held financially liable, he said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“But under current law, it’s almost impossible to file that same lawsuit against a federal agent who does the same thing,” Wiener said. “If the federal government won’t hold these agents accountable for violating the Constitution, we will.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The measure passed the state Senate on a 30-10 party-line vote, with Republicans arguing the bill could expose local police to more lawsuits.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12070961\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12070961\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/01/260123-SIGNATUREKICKOFF00063_TV-KQED.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/01/260123-SIGNATUREKICKOFF00063_TV-KQED.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/01/260123-SIGNATUREKICKOFF00063_TV-KQED-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/01/260123-SIGNATUREKICKOFF00063_TV-KQED-1536x1024.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Sen. 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They also approved a bill, written by Wiener, to prohibit local and federal law enforcement officers \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12058936/masking-bill-fuels-california-legal-battle-over-federal-immigration-agents\">from wearing masks\u003c/a> on duty — which is currently facing a legal challenge from the Trump administration.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>SB 747’s supporters said it would give Californians a chance to hold federal officials accountable in a way that can be difficult under current law.[aside postID=news_12070480 hero='https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/05/CA-TRUMP-VOTERS-4-KQED-1020x574.jpg']“Today we are deliberating an issue to try to solve and also remedy the fear that folks are living with,” Senate President pro Tem Monique Limón, D-Santa Barbara, said. “In combination with the fact that we have not seen due process.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Wiener argued that existing law makes it difficult for victims to receive damages in federal court. For example, the Federal Tort Claims Act protects the government from liability arising from decisions made by individual officers and requires plaintiffs to first file an administrative claim.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Supporters of SB 747 include Prosecutors Alliance Action, the advocacy arm of a coalition of progressive district attorneys, and Inland Coalition for Immigrant Justice, which advocates for immigrants in California’s Inland Empire.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The bill is opposed by organizations representing California police officers, sheriffs and Highway Patrol officers.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>They argued the change will undercut an existing state law, known as the Bane Act, which requires Californians who sue law enforcement officials to show that a civil rights violation was accomplished through “threats, intimidation, or coercion.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12071291\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12071291\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/01/ImmigrationAP.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/01/ImmigrationAP.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/01/ImmigrationAP-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/01/ImmigrationAP-1536x1024.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Protesters against President Donald Trump’s immigration crackdown confront police on the 101 Freeway near the Metropolitan Detention Center in downtown Los Angeles on June 8, 2025. \u003ccite>(Jae C. 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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>“Today we are deliberating an issue to try to solve and also remedy the fear that folks are living with,” Senate President pro Tem Monique Limón, D-Santa Barbara, said. “In combination with the fact that we have not seen due process.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Wiener argued that existing law makes it difficult for victims to receive damages in federal court. For example, the Federal Tort Claims Act protects the government from liability arising from decisions made by individual officers and requires plaintiffs to first file an administrative claim.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Supporters of SB 747 include Prosecutors Alliance Action, the advocacy arm of a coalition of progressive district attorneys, and Inland Coalition for Immigrant Justice, which advocates for immigrants in California’s Inland Empire.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The bill is opposed by organizations representing California police officers, sheriffs and Highway Patrol officers.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>They argued the change will undercut an existing state law, known as the Bane Act, which requires Californians who sue law enforcement officials to show that a civil rights violation was accomplished through “threats, intimidation, or coercion.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12071291\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12071291\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/01/ImmigrationAP.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/01/ImmigrationAP.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/01/ImmigrationAP-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/01/ImmigrationAP-1536x1024.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Protesters against President Donald Trump’s immigration crackdown confront police on the 101 Freeway near the Metropolitan Detention Center in downtown Los Angeles on June 8, 2025. \u003ccite>(Jae C. Hong/AP Photo)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>“The question before you is not whether accountability should exist, but what creating a second, overlapping state system actually adds — other than more litigation and more risk for those on the front lines,” Sen. Suzette Martinez Valladares, R-Santa Clarita, said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>During debate on the Senate floor, Wiener said local police officers and sheriffs can already be sued under federal law for violating constitutional rights.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“The liability that local and state police officers face will be the same after this is signed into law as before,” Wiener said. “It doesn’t change that.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Senate Bill 747 now heads to the state Assembly.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In an analysis of SB 747, staffers on the Senate Judiciary Committee wrote, “the bill is very likely to be challenged by the federal government if signed into law.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cem>Jan. 28: A previous version of this story said SB 747 was supported by the Prosecutors Alliance. It is backed by the group’s advocacy arm, Prosecutors Alliance Action.\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003c/div>\u003c/p>",
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They said Tuesday morning the wild feline had been tranquilized.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>This latest sighting — in a more rare urban setting — might have you wondering: “How exactly \u003cem>should \u003c/em>I react if I see a mountain lion?”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>Encountering a mountain lion up-close\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>Two decades ago, Zara McDonald was on a run in Marin near \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/science/1997579/bay-area-hikes-views-clouds-marine-inversion-layer\">Mount Tamalpais\u003c/a> around dusk when a mountain lion suddenly appeared above her, just 5 feet away — and stared at her.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Its eyes then fixed on something behind her, and the mountain lion disappeared back into the bushes. When she turned around, she saw three deer on the hillside behind her.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I felt really small,” said McDonald, a biologist and researcher who’s now the founder and president of the \u003ca href=\"https://bapp.org/\">Bay Area Puma Project\u003c/a>, a local wild cat research and conservation organization that’s part of the \u003ca href=\"https://felidaefund.org/\">Felidae Conservation Fund\u003c/a>. “I disrupted his opportunity to get a meal.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cul>\n\u003cli>\u003cstrong>Jump straight to: \u003c/strong>\u003cstrong>\u003ca href=\"#avoid-mountain-lions\">How to avoid mountain lions — and what to do if you see one\u003c/a>\u003c/strong>\u003c/li>\n\u003c/ul>\n\u003cp>And while she had fears, “he was not a threat,” she said. Rather, “I left feeling like I was an intruder.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>For McDonald, this experience back in the early 2000s was “transformative” in how she saw humans’ relationship to nature. Now, her organization has around \u003ca href=\"https://bapp.org/our-work/remote-cameras\">200 cameras placed around the Bay Area\u003c/a> that collect data on mountain lion movement — and is also \u003ca href=\"https://bapp.org/updates/updates/bay-area-puma-project/scat-field-work-2024\">studying their fecal matter for information on genetics and overall population health\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12052071\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2560px\">\u003ca href=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/08/Coe01_Sep-9-2023_puma-scaled.jpg\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12052071\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/08/Coe01_Sep-9-2023_puma-scaled.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2560\" height=\"1440\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/08/Coe01_Sep-9-2023_puma-scaled.jpg 2560w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/08/Coe01_Sep-9-2023_puma-2000x1125.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/08/Coe01_Sep-9-2023_puma-160x90.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/08/Coe01_Sep-9-2023_puma-1536x864.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/08/Coe01_Sep-9-2023_puma-2048x1152.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2560px) 100vw, 2560px\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">A mountain lion stares into a wildlife camera on Sept. 9, 2023. \u003ccite>(Photo by Felidae Conservation Fund/Bay Area Puma Project)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>The mountain lion is the second-largest cat in all of North America and is native to the Bay Area. While you may have never seen one, \u003ca href=\"https://wildlife.ca.gov/Conservation/Mammals/Mountain-Lion#632445330-statewide-integrated-population-modeling\">40% of the state is considered suitable for mountain lion habitat,\u003c/a> making it likely that these elusive animals are around hiking trails or \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/arts/13897584/here-kitty-kitty-that-mountain-lion-spotted-in-bernal-heights-has-been-captured\">areas you might already be frequenting.\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Mountain lions are \u003ca href=\"https://www.britannica.com/science/apex-predator\">apex predators\u003c/a>, but experts say for the most part, they just want to do their own thing. \u003ca href=\"https://wildlife.ca.gov/Conservation/Mammals/Mountain-Lion#632445330-statewide-integrated-population-modeling\">According to the state’s Department of Fish and Wildlife\u003c/a>, there have been only 26 total verified mountain lion attacks on humans in California in the last four decades — and four deaths.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>So how common are these animals, really? And how afraid should you be of them?\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Education is our best tool for preventing conflict,” McDonald said. “When people understand mountain lion behavior, fear turns into respect. And respect is the foundation of coexistence.”\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>How do I know it’s a mountain lion?\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>You should know: \u003ca href=\"https://felidaefund.org/news/general/mistaken-mountain-lion-sightings-have-major-consequences\">upwards of 90% of all “mountain lion sightings” in California are not actually mountain lions\u003c/a>. And there are only about 3,200 to 4,500 lions across the entire state, said Mairan Smith, a CDFW unit biologist for the Bay Delta region.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In the Bay Area, they’re often confused for \u003ca href=\"https://nationalzoo.si.edu/animals/bobcat\">bobcats \u003c/a>or stray domestic cats. But an actual mountain lion will be:\u003c/p>\n\u003cul>\n\u003cli>\u003ca href=\"https://www.openspace.org/where-to-go/nature/mountain-lions\">Much larger\u003c/a>, with adult males reaching around 8 feet long and up to 150 pounds\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>Gray, brown or tan in color with black-tipped ears\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>Likely \u003ca href=\"https://wildlife.ca.gov/Conservation/Mammals/Mountain-Lion#632445330-statewide-integrated-population-modeling\">traveling alone.\u003c/a>\u003c/li>\n\u003c/ul>\n\u003cp>https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jCIOIbRtAWs\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>Where am I most likely to see a mountain lion?\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>Smith said they thrive in redwood forests, brushland and mountain environments — all of which are habitats found in the Bay Area.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>While the animals can live almost everywhere in the state, most people who report sightings are closer to the rural-urban divide, she said — not only because these areas are more likely to be their habitat, but also because they’re often a source of livestock or other food.[aside postID=news_12042615 hero='https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/06/E.-CSL-Quly-left-and-Togozees_release_8-4-23_photo-by-Bill-Hunnewell-%C2%A9-The-Marine-Mammal-Center-2-1020x754.jpg']Mountain lions are predators, and their main prey is deer. “Wherever deer move, lions are going to follow,” McDonald said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>For food or other resources, they will travel across large territories — up to around 200 square miles for males, which makes places like urban parks, which connect them from area to area, so important, McDonald said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Mountain lions are really trying to figure out how to get that space they need so they can move through it safely and reproduce,” she said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Given this movement, conservation experts want to keep populations of mountain lions connected — and join currently siloed groups to one another. John Benson, associate professor of Vertebrate Ecology at the University of Nebraska’s School of Natural Resources, is \u003ca href=\"https://wildlife.ca.gov/Conservation/Mammals/Mountain-Lion#632445330-statewide-integrated-population-modeling\">currently studying population dynamics of mountain lions across California\u003c/a> to better “understand what we can do from a conservation perspective to get more connectivity.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Benson said in the Bay Area, the waters of the San Francisco Bay itself — \u003ca href=\"https://besjournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.1002/2688-8319.12093#:~:text=Our%20results%20indicate%20that%20mountain,human%20activity%20on%20the%20landscape.\">as well as human infrastructure like housing development and roads\u003c/a> — all play a role in dividing up populations. And as they travel from one open space area to another, \u003ca href=\"https://royalsocietypublishing.org/doi/10.1098/rspb.2025.1013\">this may raise your chances of running into a mountain lion. \u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But as mountain lions and human development share more of the same space, the danger to these animals increases. \u003ca href=\"https://www.vetmed.ucdavis.edu/news/mountain-lion-mortality-maps-show-rough-road-cougars\">One of the leading causes of mountain lion mortalities is being struck by a car, McDonald said.\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Mountain lions still live in the Bay Area and move through the Bay Area because we’ve preserved enough habitat to support them,” she said. “But along with that privilege comes the responsibility to coexist,” — and it’s a common misconception that mountain lions are becoming more adapted to humans, she said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0YW3ESNuGWY\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“We’re seeing more mountain lion activity near urban edges, not because they’re changing — but because we are, and development is pushing deeper into their habitat,” she said. “It’s really just survival instinct for them. It’s not anything to do with humans — it’s in \u003cem>spite \u003c/em>of humans that they’re going into these areas.”\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>How can I avoid \u003ca id=\"avoid-mountain-lions\">\u003c/a>mountain lion encounters altogether?\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Around your home\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>While attacks on humans by mountain lions are extremely rare, they are nonetheless “a risk to outdoor pets and livestock,” Smith said. “It’s really important to keep your pets inside.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>That goes for outdoor cats and unsupervised dogs in yards as well as livestock like goats and sheep, she said — advising you keep them fully enclosed at night or consider other methods of safeguarding them, like a \u003ca href=\"https://monocounty.ca.gov/animal/page/livestock-protection-dogs\">livestock guardian dog\u003c/a> or noise deterrents.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12052075\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2560px\">\u003ca href=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/08/COE06A_2024Feb12_puma3-scaled.jpg\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12052075\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/08/COE06A_2024Feb12_puma3-scaled.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2560\" height=\"1448\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/08/COE06A_2024Feb12_puma3-scaled.jpg 2560w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/08/COE06A_2024Feb12_puma3-2000x1131.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/08/COE06A_2024Feb12_puma3-160x90.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/08/COE06A_2024Feb12_puma3-1536x869.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/08/COE06A_2024Feb12_puma3-2048x1158.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2560px) 100vw, 2560px\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">A puma passes by a wildlife camera on March 26, 2025. \u003ccite>(Video by Felidae Conservation Fund/ Bay Area Puma Project)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>“Anywhere in the Bay Area, if you have livestock, it’s something you should probably be thinking about,” Smith said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>You can also clear brush around your property or install lights if you’re worried about hiding spots for mountain lions, Smith said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>If you feed stray cats that approach your home, Smith said that the food you leave out can also attract deer, and mountain lions may follow as they hunt their prey — the food itself might tempt them.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Mountain lions will come up and eat cat food off of people’s porches,” Smith said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But for the most part, “the last thing most [mountain lions] want to do is encounter us,” Benson said. “In general, they do an excellent job of staying away from people and avoiding areas where they think they’re likely to run into people.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>On the trail\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>If you’re concerned about running into a mountain lion while walking or hiking on a trail, remember that they’re nocturnal and crepuscular animals — meaning they are most active at night and during the sunset and sunrise hours.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>This means that you can avoid being out on the trail altogether at those times — or allay your fears by traveling in pairs on trails if you know you’re in an area they inhabit.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Mountain lions also tend to \u003ca href=\"https://www.nps.gov/pore/planyourvisit/yoursafety_mountainlions.htm\">stick to densely vegetated areas\u003c/a>. So if you’re worried about stumbling upon one, head to a more open area.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>What to do if you see a mountain lion\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>If the mountain lion is still some distance from you, and you think they haven’t yet noticed you, “you could just sort of quietly slip away,” Benson said.[aside postID=news_12050823 hero='https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/08/Armstrong-Redwoods-1.png']But if the mountain lion has indeed spotted you, remember: “the last thing you want to do is run or show fear,” Benson said. Stand your ground, he said, and look as big as possible. If you have a dog or child with you, you can pick them up.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“If you have a backpack, you can put that over your head to make yourself seem a bit bigger,” he said. If the mountain lion is advancing toward you, you can even throw rocks or sticks at it, he said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“There are certainly a lot of stories out there of people that successfully were able to fight the mountain lion off.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But in general, remember: mountain lion attacks — especially fatal ones — are extremely rare.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12052047\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12052047\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/08/COE01A_2023Nov12_puma-kittens4-scaled-e1755118173322.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1125\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Mountain lion kittens are caught on wildlife cameras on Nov. 12, 2023. \u003ccite>( Felidae Conservation Fund/Bay Area Puma Project)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>“The most likely thing that will happen is that it will walk away,” Smith said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>And remember: Even just seeing a mountain lion is “pretty special,” she said. And if you do, you can report your sighting on the \u003ca href=\"https://apps.wildlife.ca.gov/wir\">CDFW website,\u003c/a> which will be forwarded to a regional biologist for study, and the Bay Area Puma Project’s own \u003ca href=\"https://bapp.org/meet-puma/sightings\">Puma and Bobcat Sightings Map.\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSeCeDp_MY_h4G6VWj_-VPl-BJlQ3Uya2H0vxRZZd_47BpXwVA/viewform?embedded=true\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cem>KQED’s \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/author/carlysevern\">Carly Severn\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\u003ch2>Encountering a mountain lion up-close\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>Two decades ago, Zara McDonald was on a run in Marin near \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/science/1997579/bay-area-hikes-views-clouds-marine-inversion-layer\">Mount Tamalpais\u003c/a> around dusk when a mountain lion suddenly appeared above her, just 5 feet away — and stared at her.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Its eyes then fixed on something behind her, and the mountain lion disappeared back into the bushes. When she turned around, she saw three deer on the hillside behind her.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I felt really small,” said McDonald, a biologist and researcher who’s now the founder and president of the \u003ca href=\"https://bapp.org/\">Bay Area Puma Project\u003c/a>, a local wild cat research and conservation organization that’s part of the \u003ca href=\"https://felidaefund.org/\">Felidae Conservation Fund\u003c/a>. “I disrupted his opportunity to get a meal.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cul>\n\u003cli>\u003cstrong>Jump straight to: \u003c/strong>\u003cstrong>\u003ca href=\"#avoid-mountain-lions\">How to avoid mountain lions — and what to do if you see one\u003c/a>\u003c/strong>\u003c/li>\n\u003c/ul>\n\u003cp>And while she had fears, “he was not a threat,” she said. Rather, “I left feeling like I was an intruder.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>For McDonald, this experience back in the early 2000s was “transformative” in how she saw humans’ relationship to nature. Now, her organization has around \u003ca href=\"https://bapp.org/our-work/remote-cameras\">200 cameras placed around the Bay Area\u003c/a> that collect data on mountain lion movement — and is also \u003ca href=\"https://bapp.org/updates/updates/bay-area-puma-project/scat-field-work-2024\">studying their fecal matter for information on genetics and overall population health\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12052071\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2560px\">\u003ca href=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/08/Coe01_Sep-9-2023_puma-scaled.jpg\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12052071\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/08/Coe01_Sep-9-2023_puma-scaled.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2560\" height=\"1440\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/08/Coe01_Sep-9-2023_puma-scaled.jpg 2560w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/08/Coe01_Sep-9-2023_puma-2000x1125.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/08/Coe01_Sep-9-2023_puma-160x90.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/08/Coe01_Sep-9-2023_puma-1536x864.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/08/Coe01_Sep-9-2023_puma-2048x1152.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2560px) 100vw, 2560px\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">A mountain lion stares into a wildlife camera on Sept. 9, 2023. \u003ccite>(Photo by Felidae Conservation Fund/Bay Area Puma Project)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>The mountain lion is the second-largest cat in all of North America and is native to the Bay Area. While you may have never seen one, \u003ca href=\"https://wildlife.ca.gov/Conservation/Mammals/Mountain-Lion#632445330-statewide-integrated-population-modeling\">40% of the state is considered suitable for mountain lion habitat,\u003c/a> making it likely that these elusive animals are around hiking trails or \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/arts/13897584/here-kitty-kitty-that-mountain-lion-spotted-in-bernal-heights-has-been-captured\">areas you might already be frequenting.\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Mountain lions are \u003ca href=\"https://www.britannica.com/science/apex-predator\">apex predators\u003c/a>, but experts say for the most part, they just want to do their own thing. \u003ca href=\"https://wildlife.ca.gov/Conservation/Mammals/Mountain-Lion#632445330-statewide-integrated-population-modeling\">According to the state’s Department of Fish and Wildlife\u003c/a>, there have been only 26 total verified mountain lion attacks on humans in California in the last four decades — and four deaths.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>So how common are these animals, really? And how afraid should you be of them?\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Education is our best tool for preventing conflict,” McDonald said. “When people understand mountain lion behavior, fear turns into respect. And respect is the foundation of coexistence.”\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>How do I know it’s a mountain lion?\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>You should know: \u003ca href=\"https://felidaefund.org/news/general/mistaken-mountain-lion-sightings-have-major-consequences\">upwards of 90% of all “mountain lion sightings” in California are not actually mountain lions\u003c/a>. And there are only about 3,200 to 4,500 lions across the entire state, said Mairan Smith, a CDFW unit biologist for the Bay Delta region.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In the Bay Area, they’re often confused for \u003ca href=\"https://nationalzoo.si.edu/animals/bobcat\">bobcats \u003c/a>or stray domestic cats. But an actual mountain lion will be:\u003c/p>\n\u003cul>\n\u003cli>\u003ca href=\"https://www.openspace.org/where-to-go/nature/mountain-lions\">Much larger\u003c/a>, with adult males reaching around 8 feet long and up to 150 pounds\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>Gray, brown or tan in color with black-tipped ears\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>Likely \u003ca href=\"https://wildlife.ca.gov/Conservation/Mammals/Mountain-Lion#632445330-statewide-integrated-population-modeling\">traveling alone.\u003c/a>\u003c/li>\n\u003c/ul>\u003c/p>\u003cp>\u003cspan class='utils-parseShortcode-shortcodes-__youtubeShortcode__embedYoutube'>\n \u003cspan class='utils-parseShortcode-shortcodes-__youtubeShortcode__embedYoutubeInside'>\n \u003ciframe\n loading='lazy'\n class='utils-parseShortcode-shortcodes-__youtubeShortcode__youtubePlayer'\n type='text/html'\n src='//www.youtube.com/embed/jCIOIbRtAWs'\n title='//www.youtube.com/embed/jCIOIbRtAWs'\n allowfullscreen='true'\n style='border:0;'>\u003c/iframe>\n \u003c/span>\n \u003c/span>\u003c/p>\u003cp>\u003ch2>Where am I most likely to see a mountain lion?\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>Smith said they thrive in redwood forests, brushland and mountain environments — all of which are habitats found in the Bay Area.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>While the animals can live almost everywhere in the state, most people who report sightings are closer to the rural-urban divide, she said — not only because these areas are more likely to be their habitat, but also because they’re often a source of livestock or other food.\u003c/p>\u003c/div>",
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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>Mountain lions are predators, and their main prey is deer. “Wherever deer move, lions are going to follow,” McDonald said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>For food or other resources, they will travel across large territories — up to around 200 square miles for males, which makes places like urban parks, which connect them from area to area, so important, McDonald said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Mountain lions are really trying to figure out how to get that space they need so they can move through it safely and reproduce,” she said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Given this movement, conservation experts want to keep populations of mountain lions connected — and join currently siloed groups to one another. John Benson, associate professor of Vertebrate Ecology at the University of Nebraska’s School of Natural Resources, is \u003ca href=\"https://wildlife.ca.gov/Conservation/Mammals/Mountain-Lion#632445330-statewide-integrated-population-modeling\">currently studying population dynamics of mountain lions across California\u003c/a> to better “understand what we can do from a conservation perspective to get more connectivity.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Benson said in the Bay Area, the waters of the San Francisco Bay itself — \u003ca href=\"https://besjournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.1002/2688-8319.12093#:~:text=Our%20results%20indicate%20that%20mountain,human%20activity%20on%20the%20landscape.\">as well as human infrastructure like housing development and roads\u003c/a> — all play a role in dividing up populations. And as they travel from one open space area to another, \u003ca href=\"https://royalsocietypublishing.org/doi/10.1098/rspb.2025.1013\">this may raise your chances of running into a mountain lion. \u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But as mountain lions and human development share more of the same space, the danger to these animals increases. \u003ca href=\"https://www.vetmed.ucdavis.edu/news/mountain-lion-mortality-maps-show-rough-road-cougars\">One of the leading causes of mountain lion mortalities is being struck by a car, McDonald said.\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Mountain lions still live in the Bay Area and move through the Bay Area because we’ve preserved enough habitat to support them,” she said. “But along with that privilege comes the responsibility to coexist,” — and it’s a common misconception that mountain lions are becoming more adapted to humans, she said.\u003c/p>\u003c/p>\u003cp>\u003cspan class='utils-parseShortcode-shortcodes-__youtubeShortcode__embedYoutube'>\n \u003cspan class='utils-parseShortcode-shortcodes-__youtubeShortcode__embedYoutubeInside'>\n \u003ciframe\n loading='lazy'\n class='utils-parseShortcode-shortcodes-__youtubeShortcode__youtubePlayer'\n type='text/html'\n src='//www.youtube.com/embed/0YW3ESNuGWY'\n title='//www.youtube.com/embed/0YW3ESNuGWY'\n allowfullscreen='true'\n style='border:0;'>\u003c/iframe>\n \u003c/span>\n \u003c/span>\u003c/p>\u003cp>\u003cp>“We’re seeing more mountain lion activity near urban edges, not because they’re changing — but because we are, and development is pushing deeper into their habitat,” she said. “It’s really just survival instinct for them. It’s not anything to do with humans — it’s in \u003cem>spite \u003c/em>of humans that they’re going into these areas.”\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>How can I avoid \u003ca id=\"avoid-mountain-lions\">\u003c/a>mountain lion encounters altogether?\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Around your home\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>While attacks on humans by mountain lions are extremely rare, they are nonetheless “a risk to outdoor pets and livestock,” Smith said. “It’s really important to keep your pets inside.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>That goes for outdoor cats and unsupervised dogs in yards as well as livestock like goats and sheep, she said — advising you keep them fully enclosed at night or consider other methods of safeguarding them, like a \u003ca href=\"https://monocounty.ca.gov/animal/page/livestock-protection-dogs\">livestock guardian dog\u003c/a> or noise deterrents.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12052075\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2560px\">\u003ca href=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/08/COE06A_2024Feb12_puma3-scaled.jpg\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12052075\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/08/COE06A_2024Feb12_puma3-scaled.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2560\" height=\"1448\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/08/COE06A_2024Feb12_puma3-scaled.jpg 2560w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/08/COE06A_2024Feb12_puma3-2000x1131.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/08/COE06A_2024Feb12_puma3-160x90.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/08/COE06A_2024Feb12_puma3-1536x869.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/08/COE06A_2024Feb12_puma3-2048x1158.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2560px) 100vw, 2560px\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">A puma passes by a wildlife camera on March 26, 2025. \u003ccite>(Video by Felidae Conservation Fund/ Bay Area Puma Project)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>“Anywhere in the Bay Area, if you have livestock, it’s something you should probably be thinking about,” Smith said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>You can also clear brush around your property or install lights if you’re worried about hiding spots for mountain lions, Smith said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>If you feed stray cats that approach your home, Smith said that the food you leave out can also attract deer, and mountain lions may follow as they hunt their prey — the food itself might tempt them.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Mountain lions will come up and eat cat food off of people’s porches,” Smith said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But for the most part, “the last thing most [mountain lions] want to do is encounter us,” Benson said. “In general, they do an excellent job of staying away from people and avoiding areas where they think they’re likely to run into people.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>On the trail\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>If you’re concerned about running into a mountain lion while walking or hiking on a trail, remember that they’re nocturnal and crepuscular animals — meaning they are most active at night and during the sunset and sunrise hours.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>This means that you can avoid being out on the trail altogether at those times — or allay your fears by traveling in pairs on trails if you know you’re in an area they inhabit.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Mountain lions also tend to \u003ca href=\"https://www.nps.gov/pore/planyourvisit/yoursafety_mountainlions.htm\">stick to densely vegetated areas\u003c/a>. So if you’re worried about stumbling upon one, head to a more open area.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>What to do if you see a mountain lion\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>If the mountain lion is still some distance from you, and you think they haven’t yet noticed you, “you could just sort of quietly slip away,” Benson said.\u003c/p>\u003c/div>",
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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>But if the mountain lion has indeed spotted you, remember: “the last thing you want to do is run or show fear,” Benson said. Stand your ground, he said, and look as big as possible. If you have a dog or child with you, you can pick them up.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“If you have a backpack, you can put that over your head to make yourself seem a bit bigger,” he said. If the mountain lion is advancing toward you, you can even throw rocks or sticks at it, he said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“There are certainly a lot of stories out there of people that successfully were able to fight the mountain lion off.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But in general, remember: mountain lion attacks — especially fatal ones — are extremely rare.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12052047\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12052047\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/08/COE01A_2023Nov12_puma-kittens4-scaled-e1755118173322.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1125\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Mountain lion kittens are caught on wildlife cameras on Nov. 12, 2023. \u003ccite>( Felidae Conservation Fund/Bay Area Puma Project)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>“The most likely thing that will happen is that it will walk away,” Smith said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>And remember: Even just seeing a mountain lion is “pretty special,” she said. And if you do, you can report your sighting on the \u003ca href=\"https://apps.wildlife.ca.gov/wir\">CDFW website,\u003c/a> which will be forwarded to a regional biologist for study, and the Bay Area Puma Project’s own \u003ca href=\"https://bapp.org/meet-puma/sightings\">Puma and Bobcat Sightings Map.\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\u003c/p>\u003cp>\u003cdiv class='utils-parseShortcode-shortcodes-__shortcodes__shortcodeWrapper'>\n \u003ciframe\n src='https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSeCeDp_MY_h4G6VWj_-VPl-BJlQ3Uya2H0vxRZZd_47BpXwVA/viewform?embedded=true?embedded=true'\n title='https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSeCeDp_MY_h4G6VWj_-VPl-BJlQ3Uya2H0vxRZZd_47BpXwVA/viewform?embedded=true'\n width='760' height='500'\n frameborder='0'\n marginheight='0' marginwidth='0'>\u003c/iframe>\u003c/div>\u003c/p>\u003cp>\u003cp>\u003cem>KQED’s \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/author/carlysevern\">Carly Severn\u003c/a> contributed to this report. \u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003c/div>",
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"content": "\u003cp>For all the bibliophiles in the \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/tag/bay-area\">Bay Area\u003c/a>, there’s a budget-friendly alternative to buying new books: used book sales, regularly held on behalf of local public libraries.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>These sales, organized by nonprofit Friends of the Public Library groups and often run by volunteers, have become a routine avenue for the libraries to raise funds — meaning your bargain hunting goes to a good cause.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Last year, we raised $150,000 for the library,” said Virginia Perry, a longtime Friends of the Palo Alto Library volunteer who noted the library uses these funds to “update their technology and support services for seniors and teens.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cul>\n\u003cli>\u003cstrong>\u003ca href=\"#sales\">Jump straight to: The upcoming used book sales in the Bay Area\u003c/a>\u003c/strong>\u003c/li>\n\u003c/ul>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Sven-Erik Geddes, who previously worked for the Friends of the Oakland Public Library, now manages volunteer engagement at the Friends of the Palo Alto Library.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Part of the thrill of this [job] is just meeting all the other book lovers,” he said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12069406\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003ca href=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/01/01112026_BAY-AREA-PUBLIC-LIBRARY-SALES-_GH_014-KQED.jpg\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12069406\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/01/01112026_BAY-AREA-PUBLIC-LIBRARY-SALES-_GH_014-KQED.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/01/01112026_BAY-AREA-PUBLIC-LIBRARY-SALES-_GH_014-KQED.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/01/01112026_BAY-AREA-PUBLIC-LIBRARY-SALES-_GH_014-KQED-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/01/01112026_BAY-AREA-PUBLIC-LIBRARY-SALES-_GH_014-KQED-1536x1024.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">A hand-painted sign directs visitors to the Friends of the Palo Alto Library book sale on Jan. 11, 2026, in Palo Alto. \u003ccite>(Gustavo Hernandez/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>The Friends of the Palo Alto Library receives up to 40 thousand donations in a typical month, Geddes said. His team of volunteers then goes through each of those donations, preparing to stock the shelves for the monthly book sale.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>If the idea of exploring stacks of used books for sale sounds good to you, keep reading for our guide to the Bay Area’s many Friends of the Library sales — including how to maximize your chances of finding a bargain.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>\u003cstrong>What exactly is a “Friends of the Library” group?\u003c/strong>\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>Friends of the Libraries are community-based, nonprofit organizations that work to support the public libraries around the country. In the Bay Area, some of the earliest examples of this concept are the Friends of the Oakland Public Library, formed in 1950, and the Friends of the San Francisco Public Library, founded in 1961.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>If you don’t have an active Friends group for your library, \u003ca href=\"https://www.ala.org/sites/default/files/united/content/friends/orgtools/libraries-need-friends.pdf\">this toolkit\u003c/a> from the American Library Association outlines how you can either start one or revitalize an existing group.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>\u003cstrong>Who can shop at the Friends of the Library sales?\u003c/strong>\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>Most of these sales are open to the public and free to enter. Some Friends organizations offer early access or steeper discounts to their members or host members-only sale events in addition to their public events.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>If this is tempting you to join one of these organizations yourself, membership fees typically consist of small annual donations, with discounted rates for students and seniors. For example, the Friends of the Oakland Public Library membership requires a $15 donation from students and seniors, and a $25 donation from everyone else.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12069402\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003ca href=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/01/01112026_BAY-AREA-PUBLIC-LIBRARY-SALES-_GH_003-KQED.jpg\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12069402\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/01/01112026_BAY-AREA-PUBLIC-LIBRARY-SALES-_GH_003-KQED.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/01/01112026_BAY-AREA-PUBLIC-LIBRARY-SALES-_GH_003-KQED.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/01/01112026_BAY-AREA-PUBLIC-LIBRARY-SALES-_GH_003-KQED-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/01/01112026_BAY-AREA-PUBLIC-LIBRARY-SALES-_GH_003-KQED-1536x1024.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Customers browse through boxes of bargain-priced magazines during a Friends of the Palo Alto Library book sale on Jan. 11, 2026, in Palo Alto. \u003ccite>(Gustavo Hernandez/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003ch2>\u003cstrong>Pro tips for attending a Friends of the Library sale\u003c/strong>\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Go early\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In-demand books will be the first to get snatched, so aim to be there on the first day of the sale when it opens — especially if you are seeking out a specific title. Resellers go for these “high-value” items as soon as they’re able, so if you’re late, they’ll have already been snapped up.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Bring a sturdy bag\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>It’s easy to get carried away when you can pick books off the shelf knowing they’re reasonably priced. If you end up with more than a couple of books to carry home, you might regret the stylish tote bag you paired with your outfit — so this is the time to bring that unglamorous, heavy-duty bag in your closet.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Cash is queen\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>On the opposite end of the spectrum, if you find yourself wanting to check out with just one book, you might not be able to use a card to pay. Some sales might also be cash-only to begin with. It’s better to be prepared than to have to run to the ATM, so just as you would when heading to a flea market, make sure you bring a little cash.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Follow local groups on social media for latest updates\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>While more elaborate sales events are usually announced weeks or months in advance, Friends of the Library groups sometimes host impromptu sales to make room for incoming donations. Follow these organizations on the social platforms they typically make announcements on, like Instagram, so you don’t miss out.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12069403\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003ca href=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/01/01112026_BAY-AREA-PUBLIC-LIBRARY-SALES-_GH_004-KQED.jpg\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12069403\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/01/01112026_BAY-AREA-PUBLIC-LIBRARY-SALES-_GH_004-KQED.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/01/01112026_BAY-AREA-PUBLIC-LIBRARY-SALES-_GH_004-KQED.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/01/01112026_BAY-AREA-PUBLIC-LIBRARY-SALES-_GH_004-KQED-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/01/01112026_BAY-AREA-PUBLIC-LIBRARY-SALES-_GH_004-KQED-1536x1024.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Books labeled “Science Overflow” line a shelf as shoppers search for titles during a Friends of the Palo Alto Library book sale on Jan. 11, 2026, in Palo Alto. \u003ccite>(Gustavo Hernandez/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003ch2>\u003cstrong>What if I want to donate my books to one of these sales?\u003c/strong>\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>The Friends of the Public Libraries run on donated goods, but bear in mind that many of them will pause donations in the lead up to a big sale event, to focus on sorting the books they have already collected.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Check their websites for a list of acceptable donation items, the number of books you can donate without an appointment, and when they will be accepting donations. Some organizations will even offer to pick up your donations from your home.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>\u003cstrong>\u003ca id=\"sales\">\u003c/a>Upcoming used book sales around the Bay Area\u003c/strong>\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>San Francisco\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The Friends of the San Francisco Public Library hosts a monthly book sale at the Friends Donation Center, located in Potrero Hill at 1630 17th Street. The next announced sales are slated to take place Feb. 6-7, March 6-7 and April 3-4. \u003ca href=\"https://www.friendssfpl.org/events.html\">Details here.\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Oakland\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The Friends of the Oakland Public Library has a bookstore, The Bookmark, in Downtown Oakland at 933 Broadway and is open daily.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The Bookmark hosts a monthly half-off sale on the third Saturday of every month for its members and a public 30% discount the following day, on the third Sunday of every month. \u003ca href=\"https://www.fopl.org/\">Details here.\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Palo Alto\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The Friends of the Palo Alto Library hosts monthly sales at Cubberley Community Center (4000 Middlefield Rd.) in Palo Alto, typically on the second full weekend of every month. Their next sale takes place Feb. 14-15. \u003ca href=\"https://www.fopal.org/\">Details here.\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The Friends of the Palo Alto Library gives away books following each monthly sale, and teachers and nonprofits can get free books from their bargain room on the Sunday right after the sale ends. Everyone else can get free books from the bargain room on the Monday after a sale.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>San José\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The Friends of San José Public Libraries have sale events at various branches, so check your local library for times and dates. The West Valley branch of the library will hold sales this year on Feb. 7-8, May 2-3, July 11-12, Sept. 12-13 and Nov. 14-15.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The Bascom branch will have a sale on Feb. 21. The Almaden branch will host a book sale on Apr. 18, in addition to a monthly teen book sale on the third Saturday of every month. \u003ca href=\"https://www.sjpl.org/friends/\">Details here.\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Menlo Park\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The Friends of the Menlo Park Library, located inside the main branch, will host their sales this year on March 20-21, July 24-25 and Nov. 13-14. \u003ca href=\"https://friendsmpl.org/\">Details here.\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Santa Rosa\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The Friends of the Santa Rosa Libraries will host their annual sale in October at the Veterans Memorial Auditorium. \u003ca href=\"https://www.sonomalibrary.org/visit/locations/central/friends\">Details here.\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Sonoma\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Friends of the Sonoma Valley Library has upcoming book sales on March 7-8 and Oct. 3-4 at the Sonoma Regional Library (755 W. 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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Sven-Erik Geddes, who previously worked for the Friends of the Oakland Public Library, now manages volunteer engagement at the Friends of the Palo Alto Library.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Part of the thrill of this [job] is just meeting all the other book lovers,” he said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12069406\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003ca href=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/01/01112026_BAY-AREA-PUBLIC-LIBRARY-SALES-_GH_014-KQED.jpg\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12069406\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/01/01112026_BAY-AREA-PUBLIC-LIBRARY-SALES-_GH_014-KQED.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/01/01112026_BAY-AREA-PUBLIC-LIBRARY-SALES-_GH_014-KQED.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/01/01112026_BAY-AREA-PUBLIC-LIBRARY-SALES-_GH_014-KQED-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/01/01112026_BAY-AREA-PUBLIC-LIBRARY-SALES-_GH_014-KQED-1536x1024.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">A hand-painted sign directs visitors to the Friends of the Palo Alto Library book sale on Jan. 11, 2026, in Palo Alto. \u003ccite>(Gustavo Hernandez/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>The Friends of the Palo Alto Library receives up to 40 thousand donations in a typical month, Geddes said. His team of volunteers then goes through each of those donations, preparing to stock the shelves for the monthly book sale.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>If the idea of exploring stacks of used books for sale sounds good to you, keep reading for our guide to the Bay Area’s many Friends of the Library sales — including how to maximize your chances of finding a bargain.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>\u003cstrong>What exactly is a “Friends of the Library” group?\u003c/strong>\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>Friends of the Libraries are community-based, nonprofit organizations that work to support the public libraries around the country. In the Bay Area, some of the earliest examples of this concept are the Friends of the Oakland Public Library, formed in 1950, and the Friends of the San Francisco Public Library, founded in 1961.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>If you don’t have an active Friends group for your library, \u003ca href=\"https://www.ala.org/sites/default/files/united/content/friends/orgtools/libraries-need-friends.pdf\">this toolkit\u003c/a> from the American Library Association outlines how you can either start one or revitalize an existing group.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>\u003cstrong>Who can shop at the Friends of the Library sales?\u003c/strong>\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>Most of these sales are open to the public and free to enter. Some Friends organizations offer early access or steeper discounts to their members or host members-only sale events in addition to their public events.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>If this is tempting you to join one of these organizations yourself, membership fees typically consist of small annual donations, with discounted rates for students and seniors. For example, the Friends of the Oakland Public Library membership requires a $15 donation from students and seniors, and a $25 donation from everyone else.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12069402\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003ca href=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/01/01112026_BAY-AREA-PUBLIC-LIBRARY-SALES-_GH_003-KQED.jpg\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12069402\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/01/01112026_BAY-AREA-PUBLIC-LIBRARY-SALES-_GH_003-KQED.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/01/01112026_BAY-AREA-PUBLIC-LIBRARY-SALES-_GH_003-KQED.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/01/01112026_BAY-AREA-PUBLIC-LIBRARY-SALES-_GH_003-KQED-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/01/01112026_BAY-AREA-PUBLIC-LIBRARY-SALES-_GH_003-KQED-1536x1024.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Customers browse through boxes of bargain-priced magazines during a Friends of the Palo Alto Library book sale on Jan. 11, 2026, in Palo Alto. \u003ccite>(Gustavo Hernandez/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003ch2>\u003cstrong>Pro tips for attending a Friends of the Library sale\u003c/strong>\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Go early\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In-demand books will be the first to get snatched, so aim to be there on the first day of the sale when it opens — especially if you are seeking out a specific title. Resellers go for these “high-value” items as soon as they’re able, so if you’re late, they’ll have already been snapped up.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Bring a sturdy bag\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>It’s easy to get carried away when you can pick books off the shelf knowing they’re reasonably priced. If you end up with more than a couple of books to carry home, you might regret the stylish tote bag you paired with your outfit — so this is the time to bring that unglamorous, heavy-duty bag in your closet.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003c/div>",
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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Cash is queen\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>On the opposite end of the spectrum, if you find yourself wanting to check out with just one book, you might not be able to use a card to pay. Some sales might also be cash-only to begin with. It’s better to be prepared than to have to run to the ATM, so just as you would when heading to a flea market, make sure you bring a little cash.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Follow local groups on social media for latest updates\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>While more elaborate sales events are usually announced weeks or months in advance, Friends of the Library groups sometimes host impromptu sales to make room for incoming donations. Follow these organizations on the social platforms they typically make announcements on, like Instagram, so you don’t miss out.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12069403\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003ca href=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/01/01112026_BAY-AREA-PUBLIC-LIBRARY-SALES-_GH_004-KQED.jpg\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12069403\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/01/01112026_BAY-AREA-PUBLIC-LIBRARY-SALES-_GH_004-KQED.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/01/01112026_BAY-AREA-PUBLIC-LIBRARY-SALES-_GH_004-KQED.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/01/01112026_BAY-AREA-PUBLIC-LIBRARY-SALES-_GH_004-KQED-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/01/01112026_BAY-AREA-PUBLIC-LIBRARY-SALES-_GH_004-KQED-1536x1024.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Books labeled “Science Overflow” line a shelf as shoppers search for titles during a Friends of the Palo Alto Library book sale on Jan. 11, 2026, in Palo Alto. \u003ccite>(Gustavo Hernandez/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003ch2>\u003cstrong>What if I want to donate my books to one of these sales?\u003c/strong>\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>The Friends of the Public Libraries run on donated goods, but bear in mind that many of them will pause donations in the lead up to a big sale event, to focus on sorting the books they have already collected.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Check their websites for a list of acceptable donation items, the number of books you can donate without an appointment, and when they will be accepting donations. Some organizations will even offer to pick up your donations from your home.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>\u003cstrong>\u003ca id=\"sales\">\u003c/a>Upcoming used book sales around the Bay Area\u003c/strong>\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>San Francisco\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The Friends of the San Francisco Public Library hosts a monthly book sale at the Friends Donation Center, located in Potrero Hill at 1630 17th Street. The next announced sales are slated to take place Feb. 6-7, March 6-7 and April 3-4. \u003ca href=\"https://www.friendssfpl.org/events.html\">Details here.\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Oakland\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The Friends of the Oakland Public Library has a bookstore, The Bookmark, in Downtown Oakland at 933 Broadway and is open daily.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The Bookmark hosts a monthly half-off sale on the third Saturday of every month for its members and a public 30% discount the following day, on the third Sunday of every month. \u003ca href=\"https://www.fopl.org/\">Details here.\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Palo Alto\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The Friends of the Palo Alto Library hosts monthly sales at Cubberley Community Center (4000 Middlefield Rd.) in Palo Alto, typically on the second full weekend of every month. Their next sale takes place Feb. 14-15. \u003ca href=\"https://www.fopal.org/\">Details here.\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The Friends of the Palo Alto Library gives away books following each monthly sale, and teachers and nonprofits can get free books from their bargain room on the Sunday right after the sale ends. Everyone else can get free books from the bargain room on the Monday after a sale.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>San José\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The Friends of San José Public Libraries have sale events at various branches, so check your local library for times and dates. The West Valley branch of the library will hold sales this year on Feb. 7-8, May 2-3, July 11-12, Sept. 12-13 and Nov. 14-15.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The Bascom branch will have a sale on Feb. 21. The Almaden branch will host a book sale on Apr. 18, in addition to a monthly teen book sale on the third Saturday of every month. \u003ca href=\"https://www.sjpl.org/friends/\">Details here.\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Menlo Park\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The Friends of the Menlo Park Library, located inside the main branch, will host their sales this year on March 20-21, July 24-25 and Nov. 13-14. \u003ca href=\"https://friendsmpl.org/\">Details here.\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Santa Rosa\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The Friends of the Santa Rosa Libraries will host their annual sale in October at the Veterans Memorial Auditorium. \u003ca href=\"https://www.sonomalibrary.org/visit/locations/central/friends\">Details here.\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Sonoma\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Friends of the Sonoma Valley Library has upcoming book sales on March 7-8 and Oct. 3-4 at the Sonoma Regional Library (755 W. 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"content": "\u003cp>A piece of thousand-year-old parchment is finally giving up its secrets.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In a major breakthrough this week, researchers at the \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11978051/unraveling-the-mysteries-of-the-universe-inside-slac\">SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory\u003c/a> in Menlo Park used X-ray beams to uncover a long-lost map of the universe — the latest in a decade-long effort to recover the work of Hipparchus, the second-century B.C. mathematician, known as the father of astronomy.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The ancient astronomer’s star coordinates, which represent the oldest-known attempt to catalog the entire night sky, were thought to be lost for good.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>However, as of Tuesday, scientists with the Stanford Synchrotron Radiation Lightsource — a research facility dedicated to studying the world at the atomic level — have begun looking for answers in an unlikely place: under the layers of a medieval religious text.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“The goal is to recover as many of these coordinates as possible,” said Victor Gysembergh, the lead scholar on the experiment. “And this will help us answer some of the biggest questions on the birth of science.” Why did they start doing science 2,000 and more years ago? How did they get so good at it so fast? Because the coordinates we are finding are incredibly accurate for something that is done with the naked eye.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12070809\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 1944px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12070809\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/01/Photo1AliAhmad.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1944\" height=\"1458\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/01/Photo1AliAhmad.jpg 1944w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/01/Photo1AliAhmad-160x120.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/01/Photo1AliAhmad-1536x1152.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1944px) 100vw, 1944px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Dual monitors at the SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory show early results from a scan of the Codex Climaci Rescriptus on Wednesday, Jan. 21, 2026. The screen on the left displays hidden ancient Greek lettering from a star catalog in the bottom corner with religious overtext appearing above, while the screen on the right shows the physical parchment as it appears to the naked eye. \u003ccite>(Ayah Ali-Ahmad/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>The manuscript, known as the Codex Climaci Rescriptus, is a palimpsest, or a page in which text has been scraped off or overwritten, according to Brian Hyland, senior curator at the Museum of the Bible.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Parchment was incredibly expensive in the Middle Ages — one book could require a whole herd of sheep — so monks at Saint Catherine’s Monastery, the world’s oldest continuously inhabited Christian monastery located in the Sinai Desert in Egypt, often recycled materials.[aside postID=science_1999837 hero='https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2026/01/CalacademyDiscovery.jpg']The monks soaked the animal-skin parchments in milk or lemon juice, scraped them with pumice stones and sprinkled them with flour to create a fresh surface for new writing, according to Uwe Bergmann, a visiting professor of X-ray science at SLAC.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In this case, the original Greek astronomical notes were erased to make way for a Syriac translation of works by St. John Climacus, a 6th-7th century monk. While the religious text is easily visible to the naked eye, the ancient coordinates for the stars and notes on Hipparchus’ work remained a series of invisible smudges for centuries.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Late Tuesday, the team at SLAC began scanning 11 pages of the manuscript provided by the Museum of the Bible. By Wednesday morning, the monitors were showing line after line of ancient Greek.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The process relies on the specific chemistry of the inks used across different eras, physics Ph.D. student Minhal Gardezi said. The top layer of ink used by the monks is rich in iron, while the underlying Greek text contains a strong calcium signal.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>By tuning the X-ray beam, researchers can create elemental maps that separate the layers. This allows them to effectively “see” the underlying layer — without the top layer obscuring the view.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12070811\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 1987px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12070811\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/01/Photo4AliAhmad.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1987\" height=\"1490\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/01/Photo4AliAhmad.jpg 1987w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/01/Photo4AliAhmad-160x120.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/01/Photo4AliAhmad-1536x1152.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1987px) 100vw, 1987px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Elizabeth Hayslett, a conservator from the Museum of the Bible, demonstrates the custom matting and frames used to keep 11 ancient parchment pages flat during high-speed X-ray scanning at the SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory in Menlo Park on Jan. 21, 2026. \u003ccite>(Ayah Ali-Ahmad/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>By Wednesday morning, the team had already identified the word for “Aquarius” and descriptions of “bright” stars within that constellation, Gysembergh said. The researcher said he’s been waiting four years for this experiment, which followed his earlier publications on the manuscript.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I am at the peak of my excitement right now … because of this new scan that we started, line after line of text showing up in ancient Greek from the astronomical manuscript,” Gysembergh said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>While multispectral imaging had previously revealed some fragments, the X-ray fluorescence technology at SLAC allows for much higher resolution. Gysembergh and his colleagues can now use these coordinates to answer fundamental questions about how ancient astronomers achieved such high precision without magnifying instruments.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“What the Greeks knew about our world was unbelievable,” Bergmann said. “Knowing about these great thinkers from ancient Greece, going into the most modern advanced science of today, for me, it has become really, really fascinating.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12070812\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 1980px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12070812\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/01/Photo8bylab.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1980\" height=\"1357\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/01/Photo8bylab.jpeg 1980w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/01/Photo8bylab-160x110.jpeg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/01/Photo8bylab-1536x1053.jpeg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1980px) 100vw, 1980px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">From left, conservator Elizabeth Hayslett, scholar Victor Gysembergh and physicist Uwe Bergmann place a manuscript page into a scanning apparatus at the SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory on Jan. 21, 2026. The interdisciplinary team is collaborating to recover the oldest known numerical catalog of the stars. \u003ccite>(Jacqueline Ramseyer Orrell/SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>The technical side of the study is a massive interdisciplinary feat, according to Sam Webb, a lead scientist at SLAC. Webb built the instrumentation and experimental hutch that houses the world’s brightest X-rays.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The process involves a synchrotron, or a particle accelerator, which propels electrons to nearly the speed of light. As these electrons are “wiggled” by magnets, they shed off X-rays that are used to illuminate the manuscript, Bergmann said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Bergmann said that to ensure the safety of the fragile parchment, each 10-millisecond pulse of X-ray light hits a spot the width of a human hair. Bergmann said the team is careful to keep the “dose” of radiation well below a safe limit, much like a medical X-ray.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Elizabeth Hayslett, a conservator from the Museum of the Bible, spent weeks preparing the 11 folios for the journey. The pages traveled in humidity-controlled cases under a strict hand-carry policy to prevent any damage. During the scanning process, the team keeps the lights low in the experimental hutch to prevent further fading of the ink.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12070813\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 1980px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12070813\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/01/Photo9bylab.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1980\" height=\"1215\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/01/Photo9bylab.jpeg 1980w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/01/Photo9bylab-160x98.jpeg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/01/Photo9bylab-1536x943.jpeg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1980px) 100vw, 1980px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Physicist Uwe Bergmann examines a piece of the Codex Climaci Rescriptus in a darkened hutch at the SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory on Jan. 21, 2026. Researchers keep ambient light low during the imaging process to protect the fragile parchment and sensitive X-ray equipment. \u003ccite>(Jacqueline Ramseyer Orrell/SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>These pages are part of a larger 200-page codex. While this specific set of pages is held in Washington, D.C., other parts of the manuscript are scattered globally.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Beyond the excitement of the hunt, the findings carry significant weight for the history of science. According to Gysembergh, historians debated for years whether the Roman astronomer Ptolemy had plagiarized Hipparchus’ star catalog.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Gysembergh said that by comparing the new data from the SLAC scans with Ptolemy’s preserved records, they can now prove that Ptolemy did not simply copy the work.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“We can show that Ptolemy did indeed sometimes use Hipparchus’ data, but he also used other sources. So, that’s not plagiarism. That’s actual science,” Gysembergh said. “That’s what we still do today to combine data sources to get the best data possible.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Keith Knox, an imaging scientist with the Early Manuscripts Electronic Library who has worked on similar projects for 30 years, said the goal is to enhance the writing so that scholars can finally read it. Knox previously worked on the famous Archimedes Palimpsest and said that the star-map project is the latest step in a decades-long effort to recover secrets from the past.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12070814\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 1980px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12070814\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/01/GettyImages-612208334.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1980\" height=\"1320\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/01/GettyImages-612208334.jpg 1980w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/01/GettyImages-612208334-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/01/GettyImages-612208334-1536x1024.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1980px) 100vw, 1980px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Professor Judson Herrman, with colleagues Roger Easton, William Christens-Barry, and Keith Knox, looking over data from the Archimedes Palimpsest in Baltimore. \u003ccite>(Ken Cedeno via Getty Images)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>“This is just the latest event of working on this one manuscript, trying to recover the secrets of the writing that was erased a long time ago,” Knox said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Because the X-rays see through both sides of the page simultaneously, Knox and Ph.D. students use advanced data processing to statistically separate the front and back text. On some pages, there may be as many as six layers of ink to untangle.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“If we can show how useful — and how informative — the science can be, the hope is that then more scholars who might have interesting documents, interesting artifacts, would then come to us and we can learn more about those,” chemistry Ph.D. student Sophia Vogelsang said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The next phase will involve scholars of ancient Greek, who will painstakingly translate the coordinates and descriptions to fully reconstruct the father of astronomy’s lost catalog.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad floatright]\u003c/p>\n",
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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003cp>A piece of thousand-year-old parchment is finally giving up its secrets.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In a major breakthrough this week, researchers at the \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11978051/unraveling-the-mysteries-of-the-universe-inside-slac\">SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory\u003c/a> in Menlo Park used X-ray beams to uncover a long-lost map of the universe — the latest in a decade-long effort to recover the work of Hipparchus, the second-century B.C. mathematician, known as the father of astronomy.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The ancient astronomer’s star coordinates, which represent the oldest-known attempt to catalog the entire night sky, were thought to be lost for good.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003c/div>",
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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>However, as of Tuesday, scientists with the Stanford Synchrotron Radiation Lightsource — a research facility dedicated to studying the world at the atomic level — have begun looking for answers in an unlikely place: under the layers of a medieval religious text.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“The goal is to recover as many of these coordinates as possible,” said Victor Gysembergh, the lead scholar on the experiment. “And this will help us answer some of the biggest questions on the birth of science.” Why did they start doing science 2,000 and more years ago? How did they get so good at it so fast? Because the coordinates we are finding are incredibly accurate for something that is done with the naked eye.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12070809\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 1944px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12070809\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/01/Photo1AliAhmad.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1944\" height=\"1458\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/01/Photo1AliAhmad.jpg 1944w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/01/Photo1AliAhmad-160x120.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/01/Photo1AliAhmad-1536x1152.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1944px) 100vw, 1944px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Dual monitors at the SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory show early results from a scan of the Codex Climaci Rescriptus on Wednesday, Jan. 21, 2026. The screen on the left displays hidden ancient Greek lettering from a star catalog in the bottom corner with religious overtext appearing above, while the screen on the right shows the physical parchment as it appears to the naked eye. \u003ccite>(Ayah Ali-Ahmad/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>The manuscript, known as the Codex Climaci Rescriptus, is a palimpsest, or a page in which text has been scraped off or overwritten, according to Brian Hyland, senior curator at the Museum of the Bible.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Parchment was incredibly expensive in the Middle Ages — one book could require a whole herd of sheep — so monks at Saint Catherine’s Monastery, the world’s oldest continuously inhabited Christian monastery located in the Sinai Desert in Egypt, often recycled materials.\u003c/p>\u003c/div>",
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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>The monks soaked the animal-skin parchments in milk or lemon juice, scraped them with pumice stones and sprinkled them with flour to create a fresh surface for new writing, according to Uwe Bergmann, a visiting professor of X-ray science at SLAC.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In this case, the original Greek astronomical notes were erased to make way for a Syriac translation of works by St. John Climacus, a 6th-7th century monk. While the religious text is easily visible to the naked eye, the ancient coordinates for the stars and notes on Hipparchus’ work remained a series of invisible smudges for centuries.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Late Tuesday, the team at SLAC began scanning 11 pages of the manuscript provided by the Museum of the Bible. By Wednesday morning, the monitors were showing line after line of ancient Greek.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The process relies on the specific chemistry of the inks used across different eras, physics Ph.D. student Minhal Gardezi said. The top layer of ink used by the monks is rich in iron, while the underlying Greek text contains a strong calcium signal.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>By tuning the X-ray beam, researchers can create elemental maps that separate the layers. This allows them to effectively “see” the underlying layer — without the top layer obscuring the view.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12070811\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 1987px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12070811\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/01/Photo4AliAhmad.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1987\" height=\"1490\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/01/Photo4AliAhmad.jpg 1987w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/01/Photo4AliAhmad-160x120.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/01/Photo4AliAhmad-1536x1152.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1987px) 100vw, 1987px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Elizabeth Hayslett, a conservator from the Museum of the Bible, demonstrates the custom matting and frames used to keep 11 ancient parchment pages flat during high-speed X-ray scanning at the SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory in Menlo Park on Jan. 21, 2026. \u003ccite>(Ayah Ali-Ahmad/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>By Wednesday morning, the team had already identified the word for “Aquarius” and descriptions of “bright” stars within that constellation, Gysembergh said. The researcher said he’s been waiting four years for this experiment, which followed his earlier publications on the manuscript.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I am at the peak of my excitement right now … because of this new scan that we started, line after line of text showing up in ancient Greek from the astronomical manuscript,” Gysembergh said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>While multispectral imaging had previously revealed some fragments, the X-ray fluorescence technology at SLAC allows for much higher resolution. Gysembergh and his colleagues can now use these coordinates to answer fundamental questions about how ancient astronomers achieved such high precision without magnifying instruments.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“What the Greeks knew about our world was unbelievable,” Bergmann said. “Knowing about these great thinkers from ancient Greece, going into the most modern advanced science of today, for me, it has become really, really fascinating.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12070812\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 1980px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12070812\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/01/Photo8bylab.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1980\" height=\"1357\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/01/Photo8bylab.jpeg 1980w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/01/Photo8bylab-160x110.jpeg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/01/Photo8bylab-1536x1053.jpeg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1980px) 100vw, 1980px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">From left, conservator Elizabeth Hayslett, scholar Victor Gysembergh and physicist Uwe Bergmann place a manuscript page into a scanning apparatus at the SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory on Jan. 21, 2026. The interdisciplinary team is collaborating to recover the oldest known numerical catalog of the stars. \u003ccite>(Jacqueline Ramseyer Orrell/SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>The technical side of the study is a massive interdisciplinary feat, according to Sam Webb, a lead scientist at SLAC. Webb built the instrumentation and experimental hutch that houses the world’s brightest X-rays.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The process involves a synchrotron, or a particle accelerator, which propels electrons to nearly the speed of light. As these electrons are “wiggled” by magnets, they shed off X-rays that are used to illuminate the manuscript, Bergmann said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Bergmann said that to ensure the safety of the fragile parchment, each 10-millisecond pulse of X-ray light hits a spot the width of a human hair. Bergmann said the team is careful to keep the “dose” of radiation well below a safe limit, much like a medical X-ray.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Elizabeth Hayslett, a conservator from the Museum of the Bible, spent weeks preparing the 11 folios for the journey. The pages traveled in humidity-controlled cases under a strict hand-carry policy to prevent any damage. During the scanning process, the team keeps the lights low in the experimental hutch to prevent further fading of the ink.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12070813\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 1980px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12070813\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/01/Photo9bylab.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1980\" height=\"1215\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/01/Photo9bylab.jpeg 1980w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/01/Photo9bylab-160x98.jpeg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/01/Photo9bylab-1536x943.jpeg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1980px) 100vw, 1980px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Physicist Uwe Bergmann examines a piece of the Codex Climaci Rescriptus in a darkened hutch at the SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory on Jan. 21, 2026. Researchers keep ambient light low during the imaging process to protect the fragile parchment and sensitive X-ray equipment. \u003ccite>(Jacqueline Ramseyer Orrell/SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>These pages are part of a larger 200-page codex. While this specific set of pages is held in Washington, D.C., other parts of the manuscript are scattered globally.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Beyond the excitement of the hunt, the findings carry significant weight for the history of science. According to Gysembergh, historians debated for years whether the Roman astronomer Ptolemy had plagiarized Hipparchus’ star catalog.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Gysembergh said that by comparing the new data from the SLAC scans with Ptolemy’s preserved records, they can now prove that Ptolemy did not simply copy the work.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“We can show that Ptolemy did indeed sometimes use Hipparchus’ data, but he also used other sources. So, that’s not plagiarism. That’s actual science,” Gysembergh said. “That’s what we still do today to combine data sources to get the best data possible.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Keith Knox, an imaging scientist with the Early Manuscripts Electronic Library who has worked on similar projects for 30 years, said the goal is to enhance the writing so that scholars can finally read it. Knox previously worked on the famous Archimedes Palimpsest and said that the star-map project is the latest step in a decades-long effort to recover secrets from the past.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12070814\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 1980px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12070814\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/01/GettyImages-612208334.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1980\" height=\"1320\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/01/GettyImages-612208334.jpg 1980w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/01/GettyImages-612208334-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/01/GettyImages-612208334-1536x1024.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1980px) 100vw, 1980px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Professor Judson Herrman, with colleagues Roger Easton, William Christens-Barry, and Keith Knox, looking over data from the Archimedes Palimpsest in Baltimore. \u003ccite>(Ken Cedeno via Getty Images)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>“This is just the latest event of working on this one manuscript, trying to recover the secrets of the writing that was erased a long time ago,” Knox said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Because the X-rays see through both sides of the page simultaneously, Knox and Ph.D. students use advanced data processing to statistically separate the front and back text. 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"content": "\u003cp>In San Francisco’s historic \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/tag/north-beach\">North Beach\u003c/a> neighborhood, city officials are finally addressing one of residents’ most pressing concerns — pizza boxes.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Among the tourists and locals alike who flock to Washington Square Park, many come with boxes of fresh, steaming pizza from nearby Tony’s Pizza Napoletana or \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/arts/13959808/golden-boy-pizza-north-beach-sf-late-nig\">Golden Boy\u003c/a>. But upon finishing the delicious pie, a struggle often ensues: Diners’ now-empty cardboard containers can’t be easily tossed into city trash cans.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>For years, pizza eaters have had to bend or flatten and squash the cumbersome boxes into circular metal bins — and some, neighbors said, just dump them instead — but no longer. Beginning Friday, the park’s corners have brand new receptacles designed specifically to tackle the cheesy challenge.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“In North Beach, pizza, that’s serious business,” said Sal Coniglio, CEO of Recology, the city’s waste management contractor.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The company is partnering with San Francisco’s Department of Public Works on the pilot project, which includes two of the specialty bins installed at the park’s edge on Stockton Street at both Union and Filbert streets on Friday.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12070983\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003ca href=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/01/260123-PIZZATRASHCANS-09-BL_QED-KQED.jpg\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12070983\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/01/260123-PIZZATRASHCANS-09-BL_QED-KQED.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1334\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/01/260123-PIZZATRASHCANS-09-BL_QED-KQED.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/01/260123-PIZZATRASHCANS-09-BL_QED-KQED-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/01/260123-PIZZATRASHCANS-09-BL_QED-KQED-1536x1025.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Attendees eat pizza during the unveiling of a new trash can designed specifically to accommodate pizza boxes on the corner of Washington Square Park in San Francisco’s North Beach neighborhood on Jan. 23, 2026. \u003ccite>(Beth LaBerge/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>The new metal bins are hard to miss, reading “pizza drop off” and wrapped in blue and green designs by San Francisco \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/pop/102978/a-guide-to-san-francisco-murals-and-the-artists-who-make-them\">muralist Sirron Norris\u003c/a>. Three sides of each have slits designed specifically to accommodate pizza boxes — at least those from Slice House, Flour + Water, Golden Boy and Tony’s, all of which christened the bin on Friday.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The cans address a significant gripe of nearby business owners and neighbors. Pizza boxes often get dumped on sidewalks and park benches, or piled up on trash cans, contributing to more residual litter, said Peter Kwan, a longtime resident and board member of North Beach Neighbors, who has countless photos to prove it.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“If you come out to this park, especially in the summer, every single weekend, it is well enjoyed and well loved,” said San Francisco Supervisor Danny Sauter, whose district includes North Beach. “But the problem with that is that means after the weekend, you’re going to see this park littered with pizza boxes.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Director of Public Works Carla Short said that when people try to throw away boxes, they often clog the city’s standard green bins.[aside postID=news_12069424 hero='https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/09/250908-VAILLANCOURTFOUNTAINREMOVAL-10-BL-KQED.jpg']“Then that can starts to overflow, and then we end up with trash around it and that spreads,” she said. “North Beach is a vibrant neighborhood in San Francisco, and we want our city to look its best. We want to make sure that we can make it easy for [people] to do the right thing.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Longtime city residents might shudder at the mention of a new trash can solution, given the city’s \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11906815/the-sordid-saga-of-san-franciscos-trash-cans\">long and expensive history\u003c/a> of failed attempts to tackle littered streets. In 2007, then-Mayor Gavin Newsom declared the city had “too many” bins, vowing to remove half. A decade later, the city determined there were too few, and opted to place — or replace — almost 40 on streets in the Mission District, to the tune of $1,600 each.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>And, since 2021, city officials have been working on a garbage bin redesign, which first made headlines after three custom prototypes cost \u003ca href=\"https://www.sfchronicle.com/bayarea/article/20-000-trash-cans-No-kidding-S-F-looks-to-16331284.php\">$12,000 to $20,000 a piece\u003c/a>. In 2022, they selected the “Slim Silhouette,” a futuristic-looking canister with stainless-steel rods and small openings for trash and recyclables, which will cost an estimated \u003ca href=\"https://missionlocal.org/2025/09/s-f-awards-trash-can-contract-worth-up-to-10m-to-only-qualified-bidder/\">$1,375\u003c/a> each to mass produce.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The saga has racked up a bill of more than \u003ca href=\"https://www.sfgate.com/bayarea/article/sf-may-halt-rollout-of-new-trash-cans-18621606.php\">half a million dollars\u003c/a> already, not including the \u003ca href=\"https://newspack-missionlocal.s3.amazonaws.com/mission/wp-content/uploads/2025/09/SE10558-Notice-of-Intent-to-Award.pdf\">$10 million contract\u003c/a> awarded last year to actually produce the new bins.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But North Beach’s new designer receptacles aren’t expected to significantly cost the city, which is currently facing a nearly $1 billion budget deficit.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12070982\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003ca href=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/01/260123-PIZZATRASHCANS-04-BL_QED-KQED.jpg\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12070982\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/01/260123-PIZZATRASHCANS-04-BL_QED-KQED.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1334\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/01/260123-PIZZATRASHCANS-04-BL_QED-KQED.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/01/260123-PIZZATRASHCANS-04-BL_QED-KQED-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/01/260123-PIZZATRASHCANS-04-BL_QED-KQED-1536x1025.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Supervisor Danny Sauter speaks during the unveiling of a new trash can designed specifically to accommodate pizza boxes on the corner of Washington Square Park in San Francisco’s North Beach neighborhood on Jan. 23, 2026. \u003ccite>(Beth LaBerge/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Recology, which designed the bins, also paid for their fabrication. The city will only cover installation costs and routine collection services, which Sauter’s office said don’t require any additional budget allocation.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Short said the project is currently in a pilot phase, but depending on how well-used and effective it is, it could be expanded in the future.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>So far, it seems like residents are enjoying the novelty. After Jeff Garfield finished his slice around 1 p.m. Friday, he dropped his empty container in one of the brand-new bins.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“It made a very pleasant plop sound, sort of similar to the plop sound that the pizza made from Tony’s that went right down into my stomach,” he said. “It just plopped right in there and settled down.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n",
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