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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>But in contrast with his first term, Trump is now attempting to establish greater control over independent agencies, a move the Supreme Court appears to at least partially accept. Last month, a divided Court \u003ca href=\"https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2025/05/22/supreme-court-commissioners-independent-officials/\">declined to\u003c/a> immediately reinstate two independent regulators who were fired by the administration, arguing that doing so may be within the president’s authority.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>DeSaulnier said he’s confident the agency can once again be rescued from Trump’s hatchet, and expects some of his Republican colleagues to again stand up for it. But he also acknowledged that it’s “a very, very strange time here in D.C. with this administration.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“They are doing damage to lots of institutions,” he said. “Everybody can always be looked at for greater efficiencies, and Republicans and Democrats should do this together, and I endeavor to do that. But just eliminating organizations without analyzing them is a horrible, horrible practice. And unfortunately, that’s the atmosphere right now.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Established by Congress in 1990, the board has no regulatory authority, and last year operated on only a modest budget of just over \u003ca href=\"https://www.csb.gov/assets/1/6/final_-_fy25_csb_congressional_budget_justification.pdf\">$14 million\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11988027\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 1920px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-11988027\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/05/231228-MARATHON-REFINERY-MD-04_qut.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1280\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/05/231228-MARATHON-REFINERY-MD-04_qut.jpg 1920w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/05/231228-MARATHON-REFINERY-MD-04_qut-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/05/231228-MARATHON-REFINERY-MD-04_qut-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/05/231228-MARATHON-REFINERY-MD-04_qut-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/05/231228-MARATHON-REFINERY-MD-04_qut-1536x1024.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1920px) 100vw, 1920px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Marathon Petroleum Corporation’s refinery in Martinez. \u003ccite>(Martin do Nascimento/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>But it has nonetheless played a key role in investigating the root causes of some of the nation’s most catastrophic chemical accidents, including \u003ca href=\"https://www.nytimes.com/2020/04/19/climate/deepwater-horizon-anniversary.html\">the Deepwater Horizon\u003c/a> offshore drilling explosion in 2010 and the \u003ca href=\"https://www.csb.gov/bio-lab-inc-conyers-fire-and-chemical-release-/\">Bio-Lab explosion\u003c/a> in Georgia last year that forced thousands of residents to shelter in place for weeks.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In the Bay Area, the CSB investigated the explosion and fire at\u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11665999/chevron-richmond-move-to-settle-lawsuit-over-2012-refinery-fire-that-sickened-thousands\"> Chevron’s Richmond refinery in 2012\u003c/a> that sent 15,000 people to hospitals, most of them with respiratory problems. More recently, it investigated safety violations that resulted in a fire that \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11988025/marathons-martinez-refinery-hit-with-state-fines-over-fire-that-burned-worker\">injured a worker last year at Marathon Petroleum’s\u003c/a> Martinez Renewable Fuels refinery.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The board’s safety recommendations have also prompted new federal environmental and workforce safety regulations that have prevented countless disasters, DeSaulnier said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“A lot of the actual operators [of the facilities] understand that there’s value to having these people come in and make sure that they are not missing anything,” he said. “So just eliminating [the agency] will be detrimental to everyone, including the people who are in the industry.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cem>KQED’s \u003c/em>\u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/author/bkrans\">\u003cem>Brian Krans\u003c/em>\u003c/a>\u003cem> contributed to this report.\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003c/div>\u003c/p>",
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"content": "\u003cp>Taking up a new sport or hobby can be tough on the wallet, especially popular ones here in the Bay Area, like \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12035335/bay-area-bike-shops-raging-trade-war-brings-uncertain-future\">cycling\u003c/a> or skiing.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But not every outdoor activity has to \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/forum/2010101909839/have-you-been-priced-out-of-a-hobby#:~:text=You've%20probably%20noticed%20that,personal%20fulfillment%20and%20community%20building.\">break the bank\u003c/a> or require \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11985235/sf-born-rock-climber-beth-rodden-shares-triumphs-traumas-in-new-memoir\">hundreds of hours of training \u003c/a>before you feel confident in your skills.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>If your main goal is to get moving — and \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11952701/finding-community-in-the-oakland-pickleball-scene\">maybe even to find an active community along the way\u003c/a> — this list of sports taught right here in the Bay Area might be for you.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Plus, read on for a few keys to success (or at the very least fun and safety) from the teachers themselves and extra information about cost so you know exactly what you’re getting yourself into.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Jump straight to:\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cul>\n\u003cli>\u003cstrong>\u003ca href=\"#Archery\">Archery\u003c/a>\u003c/strong>\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>\u003cstrong>\u003ca href=\"#Indoorrockclimbing\">Indoor rock climbing\u003c/a>\u003c/strong>\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>\u003cstrong>\u003ca href=\"#Australianfootball\">Australian football\u003c/a>\u003c/strong>\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>\u003cstrong>\u003ca href=\"#Curling\">Curling\u003c/a>\u003c/strong>\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>\u003cstrong>\u003ca href=\"#Openwaterswimming\">Open water swimming\u003c/a>\u003c/strong>\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>\u003cstrong>\u003ca href=\"#Swingdancing\">Swing dancing\u003c/a>\u003c/strong>\u003c/li>\n\u003c/ul>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12042489\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003ca href=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/06/SWIMMING1-KQED.jpg\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12042489\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/06/SWIMMING1-KQED.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"2000\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/06/SWIMMING1-KQED.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/06/SWIMMING1-KQED-800x800.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/06/SWIMMING1-KQED-1020x1020.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/06/SWIMMING1-KQED-160x160.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/06/SWIMMING1-KQED-1536x1536.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/06/SWIMMING1-KQED-1920x1920.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Open water swimmers travel under the Golden Gate Bridge in the San Francisco Bay on Nov. 2, 2022. \u003ccite>(Courtesy of the Pacific Open Water Swim Co.)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003ch2>Bay Area outdoor \u003ca id=\"Archery\">\u003c/a>archery range\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>Shooting a bow and arrow might be something you’ve only ever seen on TV or in the movies, but “this isn’t the Olympics,” Bowhunters Unlimited President Debbie Golzen said. “Anyone can do it.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"https://www.bhuarchers.org/\">Bowhunters Unlimited\u003c/a>, an all-volunteer group that operates out of \u003ca href=\"https://parks.santaclaracounty.gov/locations/stevens-creek-county-park\">Stevens Creek County Park\u003c/a> in Saratoga, offers beginner lessons, team-building activities, a practice range and a field range with around 30 targets along a 3-mile course to get in a full day of target practice.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>During a lesson, participants learn the \u003ca href=\"https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u2-mqV2EV1c\">basics about archery equipment\u003c/a>, safety and shooting form from the training area, where the targets are set close to the shooter and have backstops so you don’t have to chase down your arrows too far, Golzen said. Plus, the lesson area is separated from the regular range so newcomers can take as much time as they need to set up, shoot and retrieve arrows.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“By the end of your lesson, you will feel confident to continue the sport at your leisure,” Golzen said. “Archery is so simple. If you can play catch with someone with a ball without making them chase that ball all over the place every time you throw it to them, you can shoot an arrow 10 yards.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[aside postID=news_12040892 hero='https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/05/best-hikes-bay-area-memorial-day-1020x679.png']\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Archery is an age-inclusive sport, too, Golzen said, with some of their oldest members in their 80s. The group attends tournaments that are open to anyone of any skill level, where participants, organized by age, gender and category of shooter, shoot at 3D foam targets that are shaped like animals.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“If you make it through all those targets and try, that’s success,” she said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Set up for success: \u003c/strong>Golzen recommends wearing close-toed shoes with some ankle support to the park, and to bring some water. To make shooting easier, wear close-fitted sleeves. All the coaches and the range itself are certified to keep everyone safe. As for gear, they have light bows and arrows available for those taking lessons.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>If you decide to continue pursuing the sport, Golzen recommends \u003ca href=\"https://www.archeryonly.com/\">Archery Only in Newark\u003c/a>, \u003ca href=\"https://predatorsarchery.com/?srsltid=AfmBOopFClLD6F0fYmpsVkrdwArqp-3W2wi1TsMnX5yOf44UUpMR677Z\">Predator’s Archery in Gilroy\u003c/a> or \u003ca href=\"https://www.pacificaarchery.com/\">Pacifica Archery in Daly City\u003c/a> to get fitted for and purchase a bow and arrows that are right for you.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“You can’t shoot someone else’s gear,” Golzen said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Cost: \u003c/strong>There is no fee to use the range, but a $40 yearly membership helps support keeping it open for all. A lesson, \u003ca href=\"https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSdAjeoJ8wkVh2zJidoF5rommyraCKjewY_X6EKNqo31rI1ysQ/viewform\">booked through a form\u003c/a> on their website, costs between $20 and $45, depending on how long you’d like and how many people are in your group.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12042488\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 1875px\">\u003ca href=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/06/ARCHERY1-KQED.jpg\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12042488\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/06/ARCHERY1-KQED.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1875\" height=\"1406\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/06/ARCHERY1-KQED.jpg 1875w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/06/ARCHERY1-KQED-800x600.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/06/ARCHERY1-KQED-1020x765.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/06/ARCHERY1-KQED-160x120.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/06/ARCHERY1-KQED-1536x1152.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1875px) 100vw, 1875px\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">A quiver holds colorful arrows at Bowhunters Unlimited at Stevens Creek Archery Range in Saratoga, Calif., on Oct. 4, 2022. \u003ccite>(Courtesy of Debbie Golzen)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003ch2>Free indoor \u003ca id=\"Indoorrockclimbing\">\u003c/a>rock climbing\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>Ever considered joining a rock climbing gym, but it all just feels a little too intimidating?\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Maybe you tried the sport once or twice as a kid at a birthday party or tagged along with a friend, but never took the leap yourself.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>To get you started, \u003ca href=\"https://movementgyms.com/\">Movement Gyms’\u003c/a> San Francisco, Belmont, Santa Clara, Sunnyvale and Mountain View \u003ca href=\"https://www.instagram.com/p/DJ7tZu6S5T0/\">locations offer periodic free-for-all days\u003c/a> for anyone interested in trying out the sport of indoor rock climbing. The days, which Bay Area district director Joey Luna said the gym hopes to offer a few times per year, include free gear rentals and lessons, and are tailored specifically toward beginners.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>To help with that, on free days, the gyms are full of extra staff milling around to help participants get started, give pointers on form and answer any questions, he said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>If you’re not able to make a free day in the future, \u003ca href=\"https://movementgyms.com/first-class-free/?utm_source=google&utm_medium=cpc&utm_campaign=Search+SanFrancisco&utm_content=153473390569&utm_term=movement%20gym&gad_source=1&gad_campaignid=20318686462&gbraid=0AAAAAoU9BBuQHJLN-4KZvbYNTd31aYI0Q&gclid=CjwKCAjwi-DBBhA5EiwAXOHsGRYldoGYY-wl0P8fRXNV87AhRALCAvIF38nRx2325o-BuGoLezV6uBoCg94QAvD_BwE\">Luna suggested coming out for one of their free introductory courses\u003c/a>, which are offered at each of their Bay Area locations.[aside postID=news_12040961 hero='https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/05/GettyImages-1312721999-1020x680.jpg'] You can sign up for intro bouldering, intro rope climbing or any of their other fitness or yoga classes.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The sport of indoor rock climbing \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/arts/13969423/sports-dad-rock-climbing-bouldering-parenting\">can be extremely rewarding\u003c/a>, Luna said, especially as you begin to be able to complete routes and execute moves that previously felt impossible.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“It stokes the fire,” he said. “I was hooked after one climb.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The routes at the gym, Luna said, are set for a wide range of skill levels and heights, so everyone can find a way up the wall that’s comfortable for them.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Set up for success: \u003c/strong>Luna suggested wearing clothing that’s easy to bend and stretch in for your first time on the wall. If you want to set yourself up for future sessions, consider choosing the intro to rope climbing course to learn how to belay for your friends and get your certification on your next visit, he said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Cost: \u003c/strong>The occasional open days are completely free, including rental gear, as is your first intro class at the gym. You can also sign up for \u003ca href=\"https://movementgyms.com/trial-membership/?utm_source=google&utm_medium=cpc&utm_campaign=Search+National&utm_content=153473390569&utm_term=movement%20gym&gad_source=1&gad_campaignid=20318686462&gbraid=0AAAAAoU9BBuQHJLN-4KZvbYNTd31aYI0Q&gclid=CjwKCAjwi-DBBhA5EiwAXOHsGRWxc2fxNO_civn1K4O4B2hQdzNJSuq-sxY6sDHI1Uj4QWL9njUb-BoCyjQQAvD_BwE\">two weeks of access to the gym \u003c/a>and rentals for $40 if you’re not ready to commit to a full membership.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>Learn how to play \u003ca id=\"Australianfootball\">\u003c/a>Australian football in Oakland and San Francisco\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>If team sports are more your speed, consider joining the \u003ca href=\"https://www.ggafl.com/\">Golden Gate Australian Football League.\u003c/a> The sport is much like other field sports, but “a bit more fast and free-flowing,” league President Loren Dawes said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I think the best thing about \u003ca href=\"https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u_SqfNNfhmM\">Aussie rules\u003c/a> is that it’s like a real hybrid of a bunch of other sports,” Dawes said. “So it’s really easy if you’re athletic in any other sport like soccer, basketball, volleyball, ultimate frisbee or rugby. There’s elements in those games that are really going to translate well to Aussie rules.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Dawes said the group is always looking for new players, and anyone is welcome to come to any of the three training sessions they host per week across the Bay Area — \u003ca href=\"https://www.ggafl.com/schedule.html\">on Tuesday nights in Oakland, Wednesdays in San Francisco and Thursdays in the South Bay.\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Then, if you like the sport, you can come out for their metro league, where they split off participants into teams and compete in games.[aside postID=news_12040242 hero='https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/05/HENRY-COE-6-KQED-1020x765.jpg']The league also forms more competitive \u003ca href=\"https://www.ggafl.com/womens-league.html\">women’s\u003c/a> and \u003ca href=\"https://www.ggafl.com/mens-league.html\">men’s\u003c/a> teams to compete against other cities across the United States and Canada.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Although it is a sport that originated in Australia and it’s not super well known here in the United States, once you discover it, you realize it’s a pretty cool sport to play and also spectate,” Dawes said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Set up for success: \u003c/strong>If you decide to come out to a training, there’s no need to let anyone know — just show up. They will provide the footballs, and you can train in running shoes or cleats. Dawes said it may be smart to bring a mouthguard, because the sport does include a fair amount of contact.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But “it’s more incidental,” kind of like basketball, she said. Plus, they can modify the training or your participation depending on your comfort level.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>If you’re more comfortable knowing someone else on the field, bring a friend or reach out via \u003ca href=\"https://www.ggafl.com/contact-us.html\">GGAFL’s interest form\u003c/a> to get in touch with a member. And there’s no real commitment required, either.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“We wanted to be as accessible as possible,” Dawes said. “People can drop in. If they want to stay for 10 minutes and leave, they can.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Cost: \u003c/strong>There’s no cost to come out to training. If you decide to join the league more permanently, there are yearly dues that cost $80 to $100 per year for your first year.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12042565\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003ca href=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/06/GettyImages-657595064-scaled-e1748986206492.jpg\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12042565\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/06/GettyImages-657595064-scaled-e1748986206492.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1298\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Scotland players sweep ahead of the stone during their play-off against Sweden at the Women’s Curling World Championships in Beijing on March 25, 2017. \u003ccite>(Photo by GREG BAKER / AFP via Getty Images)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003ch2>Curling\u003ca id=\"Curling\">\u003c/a> in Silicon Valley\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>Did you know you can get out on the ice and \u003ca href=\"https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WXHh_wadqPw\">learn the sport of curling\u003c/a> any time of year right here in the Bay Area?\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The \u003ca href=\"https://siliconvalleycurling.com/\">Silicon Valley Curling Club\u003c/a> is \u003ca href=\"https://bayareacurling.com/\">one of a few\u003c/a> \u003ca href=\"https://winecountrycurlingclub.com/\">local clubs\u003c/a> that offer \u003ca href=\"https://siliconvalleycurling.com/ltc/\">introductory courses\u003c/a> to the sport of curling at its San Jose and Fremont locations.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Curling instructor Jeremy Malerich said the two-hour session starts with some basic skills, like how to slide with the stones, how to sweep and how to communicate with your teammates.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“By the end of it, we want people to be able to play a game,” Malerich said. “And everybody plays their first game by the end of those two hours.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>From there, many curlers can jump straight into \u003ca href=\"https://siliconvalleycurling.com/svccleagues/\">playing in the local leagues,\u003c/a> which are seasonal and held once weekly on weekday nights in San Jose and weekends in Fremont. But if you \u003ca href=\"https://siliconvalleycurling.com/curl/\">want more time to get comfortable\u003c/a> before jumping into a league, the club also offers a second-level class, where the focus is more on balance and strategy.[aside postID=news_12041142 hero='https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2019/03/super-bloom_golden-poppy_wildflowers_person_california-qut-1020x680.jpg']Plus, SVCC periodically hosts “fun nights” where things are more fluid and anyone can come play — their members range from ages 13 to in their 70s and are of all abilities.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“It’s a game that you can play for the rest of your life,” he said, noting that curling can also be easily adapted to be \u003ca href=\"https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iA27m26nuk8\">played from a wheelchair. \u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Malerich said inevitably, their intro sessions get \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/127024/wannabe-curlers-hurry-hard-to-bay-area-curling-club-clinics\">more popular around the Winter Olympics\u003c/a>, when the sport is being broadcast prominently on national TV. That’s also when they get the most beginners. But a dedicated curler can get good very quickly, he said, and nobody — even first-timers — ever looks too out of place on the ice. Plus, their social events are open to all, too.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“It’s very traditional to go to the bar together with your opposition after you play,” Malerich said. “Not everybody drinks, but we do like to still hang out together for a bit.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Set up for success: \u003c/strong>Make sure you bring layers, because the rink can get cold, Malerich said. Otherwise, you just need athletic clothes and sneakers to get started — the club provides the rest of the equipment.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Malerich said the club always makes sure to match new curlers with more experienced ones for their first season or two to help them develop and learn. During the rush of new players around the Olympics, almost all teams will be a blend of newer and more experienced players, he said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Cost: \u003c/strong>Each intro course costs $40 for the two-hour session. After that, you can choose to \u003ca href=\"https://siliconvalleycurling.com/membership/\">become a member\u003c/a> for an additional fee of $75 per year or \u003ca href=\"https://siliconvalleycurling.com/event/tuesday-summer-2025-san-jose-league-registration-open/\">join a league\u003c/a> for about $40 per game.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_10467054\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003ca href=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2015/03/club-logo-e1748986414993.jpg\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-10467054\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2015/03/club-logo-e1748986414993.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1111\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Members of the Dolphin Club have been swimming and rowing in the cold waters of the San Francisco Bay for over a century. \u003ccite>(Anya Schultz/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003ch2>Open water \u003ca id=\"Openwaterswimming\">\u003c/a>swimming in the San Francisco Bay\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>Looking to get your feet wet in a slightly more extreme sport this summer? Try open water swimming in the Bay, and consider joining one of several local groups that host formal and informal swims every single week.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In Aquatic Park are the \u003ca href=\"https://dolphinclub.org/\">Dolphin Club\u003c/a> and the \u003ca href=\"https://serc.com/swimming\">South End Rowing Club\u003c/a>, where swimmers can be found every morning braving the cold water for an energizing workout. Local triathlon clubs like the \u003ca href=\"https://sftriclub.org/swim\">San Francisco Triathlon Club\u003c/a> and the \u003ca href=\"https://ggtc.org/swim\">Golden Gate Triathlon Club\u003c/a> also run supervised open water swims each week. Plus, a handful of other informal swims can usually be found at public beaches in Sausalito, Crissy Field and in the East Bay.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Sylvia Lacock, co-founder of \u003ca href=\"https://www.pacificswim.co/\">Pacific Open Water Swim Co.\u003c/a>, which runs guided swims in the Bay and in Lake Tahoe, said a sheltered area like Aquatic Park or Crane Cove are great places to get started if you’re new to the sport.\u003ca href=\"https://pacificswimco.substack.com/p/open-water-swimming-safety-guide\">[aside postID=news_11979339 hero='https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/03/GettyImages-1853812919_qut-1536x1024.jpg']Just make sure you take into account the wind\u003c/a>, currents and others who may be in your path, like \u003ca href=\"https://www.pacificswim.co/sea-lions-and-seal-risk-in-san-francisco-bay/\">marine life,\u003c/a> boaters or paddlers.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Lacock’s group also hosts the triathlon clubs’ new swimmer orientation, where they go over conditions, practice breathing in cold water and work on navigation — all skills important to get the hang of before your first open water swim.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“It’s highly addictive,” Lacock said. “Some people who come out, they get in the water, and they’re like, ‘I want to do this every day.’”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Set up for success: \u003c/strong>It’s really important that you’re a confident pool swimmer before attempting open water swimming, Lacock said. Wearing goggles and a bright swim cap is recommended, as is a \u003ca href=\"https://shop.sportsbasement.com/products/safety-buoy?srsltid=AfmBOooCP59PozkO7TMJ8ouyaxQkKjEF3fJRQ0VvZSJvGOAdZeXKhmFJ\">tow float\u003c/a> that attaches to your waist and floats behind you, to keep you visible to boats and others in the water.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“It’s your responsibility as a swimmer to also make sure that you are checking on their location and making yourself seen,” Lacock said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"https://pacificswimco.substack.com/p/whats-the-water-temp-a-swimmers-guide?open=false#%C2%A7do-you-need-a-wetsuit\">Many people also choose to wear wetsuits\u003c/a>, but if you go that route, make sure you get one that’s for swimming, Lacock said — or \u003ca href=\"https://shop.sportsbasement.com/pages/wetsuit-rental-rates?srsltid=AfmBOoo3SjqJgyq1wD6cWyI1neJmxbQ1LubJzn6jX5PSZwDDzSKBTENu\">rent one from Sports Basement\u003c/a> or other nearby retailers.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Lacock said it’s better to start with shorter times in the water, like 10 or 20 minutes for your first few swims to \u003ca href=\"https://www.pacificswim.co/sf-water-temps-for-swimming/\">get used to the cold \u003c/a>and the roughness of the water. If you can’t go with one of the groups, consider bringing a buddy so you can check in on one another.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“You might feel really good right up until the point you don’t,” Lacock said. “And at that point, it may be too late.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Cost: \u003c/strong>While swimming in the Bay is totally free, you might consider becoming a member of one of the local triathlon clubs for around $150 per year. The Dolphin Club and South End Rowing Club also each offer day use passes for $12 on alternating days, giving you access to their facilities for showers and lockers. To get professional instruction on open water swimming, \u003ca href=\"https://www.pacificswim.co/open-water-swim-clinics/\">Pacific Open Water Swim’s clinic is pricier\u003c/a>, at $150. If you decide the sport is for you, the group offers personalized events and courses to help you get from casual swimming to completing more difficult routes like swims to Alcatraz or to Angel Island and back.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>Swing \u003ca id=\"Swingdancing\">\u003c/a>dancing in Golden Gate Park\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"https://lindyinthepark.com/\">Lindy in the Park,\u003c/a> the free dance session and lesson held each Sunday in San Francisco’s Golden Gate Park, is a completely free and open-to-all event to get your swing on.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>It doesn’t matter if you’ve been dancing for years or never at all — from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. every Sunday, a DJ, dance instructor and dozens of participants will be out on \u003ca href=\"https://lindyinthepark.com/faq/directions/\">JFK Drive between Eighth and 10th avenues\u003c/a> swinging to the beat. \u003ca href=\"https://lindyinthepark.com/about/free-lesson/\">The dance lesson\u003c/a>, held at noon each Sunday, is just a half hour and will work you up from basic footwork to learning the dance so you can feel confident jumping onto the dance floor. You don’t even have to bring a partner, co-founder and organizer, Kenneth Watanabe said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12042491\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 978px\">\u003ca href=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/06/LINDY1-KQED.jpg\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12042491\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/06/LINDY1-KQED.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"978\" height=\"550\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/06/LINDY1-KQED.jpg 978w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/06/LINDY1-KQED-800x450.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/06/LINDY1-KQED-160x90.jpg 160w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 978px) 100vw, 978px\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Dancers practice the Lindy Hop in Golden Gate Park in San Francisco as part of “Lindy in the Park,” a free swing dance lesson offered every Sunday. \u003ccite>(Sentio Photo)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>“You can just show up by yourself and learn a few steps,” Watanabe said. “It’s a good way to try it out and see if you like it.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Watanabe and co-founder Chad Kubo \u003ca href=\"https://lindyinthepark.com/about/\">created the group in 1996\u003c/a>, when swing was making a renaissance and the dancing scene in the Bay Area was growing quickly, he said. After someone suggested trying to organize an outside event, Watanabe sent out an email to the around 20 people he knew in the local Lindy Hop community at the time, “and then people just showed up.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“One of my friends brought a boombox and we all met at the bandshell and played CDs,” Watanabe said. “We thought it would be fun just to dance outside.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Since then, the group has grown from a monthly to a weekly event to make it easier to attend — on its busiest days, more than 100 people will be out dancing. Watanabe said, apart from occasional disruptions like Bay to Breakers, assume the dancing is on.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Set up for success: \u003c/strong>All you need to get started is comfortable shoes, Watanabe said. Depending on the weather that day, bring layers, as the park can get cold and foggy. 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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Plus, read on for a few keys to success (or at the very least fun and safety) from the teachers themselves and extra information about cost so you know exactly what you’re getting yourself into.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Jump straight to:\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cul>\n\u003cli>\u003cstrong>\u003ca href=\"#Archery\">Archery\u003c/a>\u003c/strong>\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>\u003cstrong>\u003ca href=\"#Indoorrockclimbing\">Indoor rock climbing\u003c/a>\u003c/strong>\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>\u003cstrong>\u003ca href=\"#Australianfootball\">Australian football\u003c/a>\u003c/strong>\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>\u003cstrong>\u003ca href=\"#Curling\">Curling\u003c/a>\u003c/strong>\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>\u003cstrong>\u003ca href=\"#Openwaterswimming\">Open water swimming\u003c/a>\u003c/strong>\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>\u003cstrong>\u003ca href=\"#Swingdancing\">Swing dancing\u003c/a>\u003c/strong>\u003c/li>\n\u003c/ul>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12042489\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003ca href=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/06/SWIMMING1-KQED.jpg\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12042489\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/06/SWIMMING1-KQED.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"2000\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/06/SWIMMING1-KQED.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/06/SWIMMING1-KQED-800x800.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/06/SWIMMING1-KQED-1020x1020.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/06/SWIMMING1-KQED-160x160.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/06/SWIMMING1-KQED-1536x1536.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/06/SWIMMING1-KQED-1920x1920.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Open water swimmers travel under the Golden Gate Bridge in the San Francisco Bay on Nov. 2, 2022. \u003ccite>(Courtesy of the Pacific Open Water Swim Co.)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003ch2>Bay Area outdoor \u003ca id=\"Archery\">\u003c/a>archery range\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>Shooting a bow and arrow might be something you’ve only ever seen on TV or in the movies, but “this isn’t the Olympics,” Bowhunters Unlimited President Debbie Golzen said. “Anyone can do it.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"https://www.bhuarchers.org/\">Bowhunters Unlimited\u003c/a>, an all-volunteer group that operates out of \u003ca href=\"https://parks.santaclaracounty.gov/locations/stevens-creek-county-park\">Stevens Creek County Park\u003c/a> in Saratoga, offers beginner lessons, team-building activities, a practice range and a field range with around 30 targets along a 3-mile course to get in a full day of target practice.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>During a lesson, participants learn the \u003ca href=\"https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u2-mqV2EV1c\">basics about archery equipment\u003c/a>, safety and shooting form from the training area, where the targets are set close to the shooter and have backstops so you don’t have to chase down your arrows too far, Golzen said. Plus, the lesson area is separated from the regular range so newcomers can take as much time as they need to set up, shoot and retrieve arrows.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“By the end of your lesson, you will feel confident to continue the sport at your leisure,” Golzen said. “Archery is so simple. If you can play catch with someone with a ball without making them chase that ball all over the place every time you throw it to them, you can shoot an arrow 10 yards.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003c/div>",
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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>The league also forms more competitive \u003ca href=\"https://www.ggafl.com/womens-league.html\">women’s\u003c/a> and \u003ca href=\"https://www.ggafl.com/mens-league.html\">men’s\u003c/a> teams to compete against other cities across the United States and Canada.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Although it is a sport that originated in Australia and it’s not super well known here in the United States, once you discover it, you realize it’s a pretty cool sport to play and also spectate,” Dawes said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Set up for success: \u003c/strong>If you decide to come out to a training, there’s no need to let anyone know — just show up. They will provide the footballs, and you can train in running shoes or cleats. Dawes said it may be smart to bring a mouthguard, because the sport does include a fair amount of contact.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But “it’s more incidental,” kind of like basketball, she said. Plus, they can modify the training or your participation depending on your comfort level.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>If you’re more comfortable knowing someone else on the field, bring a friend or reach out via \u003ca href=\"https://www.ggafl.com/contact-us.html\">GGAFL’s interest form\u003c/a> to get in touch with a member. And there’s no real commitment required, either.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“We wanted to be as accessible as possible,” Dawes said. “People can drop in. If they want to stay for 10 minutes and leave, they can.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Cost: \u003c/strong>There’s no cost to come out to training. If you decide to join the league more permanently, there are yearly dues that cost $80 to $100 per year for your first year.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12042565\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003ca href=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/06/GettyImages-657595064-scaled-e1748986206492.jpg\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12042565\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/06/GettyImages-657595064-scaled-e1748986206492.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1298\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Scotland players sweep ahead of the stone during their play-off against Sweden at the Women’s Curling World Championships in Beijing on March 25, 2017. \u003ccite>(Photo by GREG BAKER / AFP via Getty Images)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003ch2>Curling\u003ca id=\"Curling\">\u003c/a> in Silicon Valley\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>Did you know you can get out on the ice and \u003ca href=\"https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WXHh_wadqPw\">learn the sport of curling\u003c/a> any time of year right here in the Bay Area?\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The \u003ca href=\"https://siliconvalleycurling.com/\">Silicon Valley Curling Club\u003c/a> is \u003ca href=\"https://bayareacurling.com/\">one of a few\u003c/a> \u003ca href=\"https://winecountrycurlingclub.com/\">local clubs\u003c/a> that offer \u003ca href=\"https://siliconvalleycurling.com/ltc/\">introductory courses\u003c/a> to the sport of curling at its San Jose and Fremont locations.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Curling instructor Jeremy Malerich said the two-hour session starts with some basic skills, like how to slide with the stones, how to sweep and how to communicate with your teammates.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“By the end of it, we want people to be able to play a game,” Malerich said. “And everybody plays their first game by the end of those two hours.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>From there, many curlers can jump straight into \u003ca href=\"https://siliconvalleycurling.com/svccleagues/\">playing in the local leagues,\u003c/a> which are seasonal and held once weekly on weekday nights in San Jose and weekends in Fremont. But if you \u003ca href=\"https://siliconvalleycurling.com/curl/\">want more time to get comfortable\u003c/a> before jumping into a league, the club also offers a second-level class, where the focus is more on balance and strategy.\u003c/p>\u003c/div>",
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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>Plus, SVCC periodically hosts “fun nights” where things are more fluid and anyone can come play — their members range from ages 13 to in their 70s and are of all abilities.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“It’s a game that you can play for the rest of your life,” he said, noting that curling can also be easily adapted to be \u003ca href=\"https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iA27m26nuk8\">played from a wheelchair. \u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Malerich said inevitably, their intro sessions get \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/127024/wannabe-curlers-hurry-hard-to-bay-area-curling-club-clinics\">more popular around the Winter Olympics\u003c/a>, when the sport is being broadcast prominently on national TV. That’s also when they get the most beginners. But a dedicated curler can get good very quickly, he said, and nobody — even first-timers — ever looks too out of place on the ice. Plus, their social events are open to all, too.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“It’s very traditional to go to the bar together with your opposition after you play,” Malerich said. “Not everybody drinks, but we do like to still hang out together for a bit.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Set up for success: \u003c/strong>Make sure you bring layers, because the rink can get cold, Malerich said. Otherwise, you just need athletic clothes and sneakers to get started — the club provides the rest of the equipment.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Malerich said the club always makes sure to match new curlers with more experienced ones for their first season or two to help them develop and learn. During the rush of new players around the Olympics, almost all teams will be a blend of newer and more experienced players, he said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Cost: \u003c/strong>Each intro course costs $40 for the two-hour session. After that, you can choose to \u003ca href=\"https://siliconvalleycurling.com/membership/\">become a member\u003c/a> for an additional fee of $75 per year or \u003ca href=\"https://siliconvalleycurling.com/event/tuesday-summer-2025-san-jose-league-registration-open/\">join a league\u003c/a> for about $40 per game.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_10467054\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003ca href=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2015/03/club-logo-e1748986414993.jpg\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-10467054\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2015/03/club-logo-e1748986414993.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1111\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Members of the Dolphin Club have been swimming and rowing in the cold waters of the San Francisco Bay for over a century. \u003ccite>(Anya Schultz/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003ch2>Open water \u003ca id=\"Openwaterswimming\">\u003c/a>swimming in the San Francisco Bay\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>Looking to get your feet wet in a slightly more extreme sport this summer? Try open water swimming in the Bay, and consider joining one of several local groups that host formal and informal swims every single week.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In Aquatic Park are the \u003ca href=\"https://dolphinclub.org/\">Dolphin Club\u003c/a> and the \u003ca href=\"https://serc.com/swimming\">South End Rowing Club\u003c/a>, where swimmers can be found every morning braving the cold water for an energizing workout. Local triathlon clubs like the \u003ca href=\"https://sftriclub.org/swim\">San Francisco Triathlon Club\u003c/a> and the \u003ca href=\"https://ggtc.org/swim\">Golden Gate Triathlon Club\u003c/a> also run supervised open water swims each week. Plus, a handful of other informal swims can usually be found at public beaches in Sausalito, Crissy Field and in the East Bay.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Sylvia Lacock, co-founder of \u003ca href=\"https://www.pacificswim.co/\">Pacific Open Water Swim Co.\u003c/a>, which runs guided swims in the Bay and in Lake Tahoe, said a sheltered area like Aquatic Park or Crane Cove are great places to get started if you’re new to the sport.\u003ca href=\"https://pacificswimco.substack.com/p/open-water-swimming-safety-guide\">\u003c/p>\u003c/div>",
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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>Just make sure you take into account the wind\u003c/a>, currents and others who may be in your path, like \u003ca href=\"https://www.pacificswim.co/sea-lions-and-seal-risk-in-san-francisco-bay/\">marine life,\u003c/a> boaters or paddlers.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Lacock’s group also hosts the triathlon clubs’ new swimmer orientation, where they go over conditions, practice breathing in cold water and work on navigation — all skills important to get the hang of before your first open water swim.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“It’s highly addictive,” Lacock said. “Some people who come out, they get in the water, and they’re like, ‘I want to do this every day.’”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Set up for success: \u003c/strong>It’s really important that you’re a confident pool swimmer before attempting open water swimming, Lacock said. Wearing goggles and a bright swim cap is recommended, as is a \u003ca href=\"https://shop.sportsbasement.com/products/safety-buoy?srsltid=AfmBOooCP59PozkO7TMJ8ouyaxQkKjEF3fJRQ0VvZSJvGOAdZeXKhmFJ\">tow float\u003c/a> that attaches to your waist and floats behind you, to keep you visible to boats and others in the water.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“It’s your responsibility as a swimmer to also make sure that you are checking on their location and making yourself seen,” Lacock said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"https://pacificswimco.substack.com/p/whats-the-water-temp-a-swimmers-guide?open=false#%C2%A7do-you-need-a-wetsuit\">Many people also choose to wear wetsuits\u003c/a>, but if you go that route, make sure you get one that’s for swimming, Lacock said — or \u003ca href=\"https://shop.sportsbasement.com/pages/wetsuit-rental-rates?srsltid=AfmBOoo3SjqJgyq1wD6cWyI1neJmxbQ1LubJzn6jX5PSZwDDzSKBTENu\">rent one from Sports Basement\u003c/a> or other nearby retailers.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Lacock said it’s better to start with shorter times in the water, like 10 or 20 minutes for your first few swims to \u003ca href=\"https://www.pacificswim.co/sf-water-temps-for-swimming/\">get used to the cold \u003c/a>and the roughness of the water. If you can’t go with one of the groups, consider bringing a buddy so you can check in on one another.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“You might feel really good right up until the point you don’t,” Lacock said. “And at that point, it may be too late.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Cost: \u003c/strong>While swimming in the Bay is totally free, you might consider becoming a member of one of the local triathlon clubs for around $150 per year. The Dolphin Club and South End Rowing Club also each offer day use passes for $12 on alternating days, giving you access to their facilities for showers and lockers. To get professional instruction on open water swimming, \u003ca href=\"https://www.pacificswim.co/open-water-swim-clinics/\">Pacific Open Water Swim’s clinic is pricier\u003c/a>, at $150. If you decide the sport is for you, the group offers personalized events and courses to help you get from casual swimming to completing more difficult routes like swims to Alcatraz or to Angel Island and back.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>Swing \u003ca id=\"Swingdancing\">\u003c/a>dancing in Golden Gate Park\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"https://lindyinthepark.com/\">Lindy in the Park,\u003c/a> the free dance session and lesson held each Sunday in San Francisco’s Golden Gate Park, is a completely free and open-to-all event to get your swing on.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>It doesn’t matter if you’ve been dancing for years or never at all — from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. every Sunday, a DJ, dance instructor and dozens of participants will be out on \u003ca href=\"https://lindyinthepark.com/faq/directions/\">JFK Drive between Eighth and 10th avenues\u003c/a> swinging to the beat. \u003ca href=\"https://lindyinthepark.com/about/free-lesson/\">The dance lesson\u003c/a>, held at noon each Sunday, is just a half hour and will work you up from basic footwork to learning the dance so you can feel confident jumping onto the dance floor. You don’t even have to bring a partner, co-founder and organizer, Kenneth Watanabe said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12042491\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 978px\">\u003ca href=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/06/LINDY1-KQED.jpg\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12042491\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/06/LINDY1-KQED.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"978\" height=\"550\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/06/LINDY1-KQED.jpg 978w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/06/LINDY1-KQED-800x450.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/06/LINDY1-KQED-160x90.jpg 160w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 978px) 100vw, 978px\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Dancers practice the Lindy Hop in Golden Gate Park in San Francisco as part of “Lindy in the Park,” a free swing dance lesson offered every Sunday. \u003ccite>(Sentio Photo)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>“You can just show up by yourself and learn a few steps,” Watanabe said. “It’s a good way to try it out and see if you like it.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Watanabe and co-founder Chad Kubo \u003ca href=\"https://lindyinthepark.com/about/\">created the group in 1996\u003c/a>, when swing was making a renaissance and the dancing scene in the Bay Area was growing quickly, he said. 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"content": "\u003cp>It’s summer, and that means Stern Grove — San Francisco’s long-running free concert series — is coming back with \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/arts/13974214/stern-grove-2025-lineup-free-concerts-diana-ross-san-francisco\">the legendary Diana Ross as the headliner\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But this year, the festival is doing things differently. While entrance is still free, Stern Grove is operating on \u003ca href=\"https://www.sterngrove.org/lottery-howto\">a lottery system\u003c/a> when distributing tickets this year. Festival goers will have to sign up through an online system six weeks before a certain show.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I’m not a fan,” admits KQED’s own mid-level giving manager — and Stern Grove expert — Rachel Gelbmann. She said she missed out on securing tickets for some of her first-pick shows.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“With the new system, you have a week to enter a lottery system and you either will or won’t get awarded tickets,” she said, but added that despite these changes, she’s still making an effort to see her favorites, which include Ross, the California Honey Drops and Damien and Stephen Marley.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Since Gelbmann is a Stern Grove regular and concert enthusiast, we naturally turned to her for any tips on how to navigate this year’s festival. With the \u003ca href=\"https://www.nytimes.com/2025/03/05/business/gen-z-concert-tickets-taylor-swift-beyonce.html\">price of concert tickets nowadays\u003c/a>, any event promising free music is almost guaranteed to attract a huge crowd, and Gelbmann tells us how to secure tickets, enter the venue and other key tips.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12042767\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003ca href=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/06/GettyImages-1628523574-scaled-e1749072539649.jpg\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12042767\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/06/GettyImages-1628523574-scaled-e1749072539649.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1334\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">The Flaming Lips perform at the Stern Grove festival on Aug. 20, 2023, in San Francisco, California. \u003ccite>(Photo by Miikka Skaffari/Getty Images)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003ch2>First things first: What is the new Stern Grove ticketing system?\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>There will be \u003ca href=\"https://www.sterngrove.org/lineup\">eleven concerts for Stern Grove\u003c/a>: the first one — featuring The California Honeydrops — is scheduled for June 15 and there will be concerts every following weekend leading up to the two-day weekend picnic on Aug. 16 and 17. You can check out the lineup on \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/arts/13974214/stern-grove-2025-lineup-free-concerts-diana-ross-san-francisco\">KQED Arts\u003c/a> or \u003ca href=\"https://www.sterngrove.org/lineup\">Stern Grove’s website\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Six weeks \u003cem>before\u003c/em> each concert date, the online ticket lottery opens up, which can be found \u003ca href=\"https://www.sterngrove.org/lineup\">under each artist’s name\u003c/a> or on the artist’s individual page on the festival’s website. The lottery will ask for your name, zip code, demographic information and how many tickets you want. You can request up to four tickets.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Children two years or younger do not need tickets. (Stern Grove also has \u003ca href=\"https://www.sterngrove.org/experiencekidzone\">weekly programming for children\u003c/a>, from 12:30 p.m. to 3 p.m., that includes face painting, a petting zoo and games.)\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Once the lottery for a concert opens up, you will have a week to enter your name. So if you are trying to watch \u003ca href=\"https://www.sterngrove.org/phantogram\">Phantogram on July 13\u003c/a>, the sign-up for the lottery is from June 1 to June 8.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“We understand the nostalgia for the “just show up” days of the past, but evolving safety standards and insurance requirements make it impossible to return to that model,” \u003ca href=\"https://www.sterngrove.org/ticket-info\">Stern Grove’s website reads\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>After a week, Stern Grove will send out an email (from \u003ca href=\"mailto:orders@sterngrove.org\">orders@sterngrove.org\u003c/a>) to those who have won the lottery. You will have 72 hours to confirm with the festival and secure your tickets. (The website highlights that the message with your tickets comes with a claim button — which works only once!)\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The tickets will be emailed to you.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>What if you don’t get tickets?\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>If you are unable to get tickets through the lottery, there are some other ways to catch the show.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The day before each show, Stern Grove will \u003ca href=\"https://www.sterngrove.org/community-box-offices\">distribute a thousand tickets on a first-come, first-served basis\u003c/a>. They will hand out two tickets per person.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The locations where to pick up these tickets vary, and you can check them out at \u003ca href=\"https://www.sterngrove.org/community-box-offices\">Stern Grove’s map\u003c/a>.[aside postID=arts_13974214 hero='https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2025/04/GettyImages-2159811667-1020x728.jpg']For example, if you want to see Phantogram, you would have to wait for tickets at China Basin Park on July 12 at 12 p.m.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Stern Grove also provides \u003ca href=\"https://secure.qgiv.com/for/fy25tablesales/event/934138/embed/79176/\">a (very pricey) option of reserving tables\u003c/a> for \u003ca href=\"https://secure.qgiv.com/for/fy25tablesales/event/934159/embed/79178/\">large groups of ten to forty people\u003c/a>. For example, for Orville Peck on July 27, a table for ten with expedited entrance and parking spots \u003ca href=\"https://secure.qgiv.com/for/fy25tablesales/event/934159/embed/79178/\">costs around $2,000\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>DoTheBay also has \u003ca href=\"https://dothebay.com/\">a ticket giveaway\u003c/a> for each concert in the festival. You can enter using a \u003ca href=\"https://dothebay.com/events/2025/6/15/stern-grove-festival-2025-golden-ticket-giveaway-tickets\">form\u003c/a> on Do The Bay’s website.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>People can also \u003ca href=\"https://www.sterngrove.org/volunteer\">consider volunteering for Stern Grove\u003c/a> to be able to get a spot at a show. Volunteering can include cleaning up and breaking down the setup after the concert. With only a couple of weeks left before the start of the festival, Gelbmann has noticed spots going quickly and advised people to try signing up sooner rather than later.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Volunteers can get \u003ca href=\"https://www.sterngrove.org/volunteer\">two free tickets to a show of their choosing\u003c/a> \u003cem>after\u003c/em> they complete their shift.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Volunteers sign up through \u003ca href=\"https://volunteer.bloomerang.co/web-admin/app/#/join-party?k=68b5x7vgyhxdfi\">a website called Bloomerang\u003c/a>. You can choose a day you are available, and \u003ca href=\"https://volunteer.bloomerang.co/web-admin/app/#/join-party?k=ynahnr5166kodb\">one of the four shifts\u003c/a>: Setup Crew (8 a.m. to 12 p.m.), Welcome Crew (10 a.m. to 2 p.m.), Festival Flow Crew (12 p.m. to 4 p.m.) and Breakdown Crew (2 p.m. to 6 p.m.).\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>According to Gelbmann, “the best shift is the early morning one, where you’re done by noon. Because then you can have first dibs on the best place to sit in the park.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“You would also get your volunteering out of the way so you could enjoy your lunch and then enjoy the music,” she added. “You can also volunteer for leader shifts, but you might be kind of working during the music acts.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12042768\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003ca href=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/06/GettyImages-827121516-scaled-e1749072873169.jpg\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12042768\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/06/GettyImages-827121516-scaled-e1749072873169.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1334\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Sarah Barthel of Phantogram performs on Day 3 of the Osheaga Music and Art Festival at Parc Jean-Drapeau on Aug. 6, 2017, in Montreal, Canada. Phantogram is playing Stern Grove on July 13, 2025. \u003ccite>(Photo by Mark Horton/WireImage)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003ch2>When and where does the show start?\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>Stern Grove shows \u003ca href=\"https://www.sterngrove.org/getting-here\">take place\u003c/a> at 19th Avenue and Sloat Boulevard in San Francisco. The concert is down a hill, and you \u003cem>do\u003c/em> have to climb down a hill to get to the concert, and then up that same hill when heading out. (\u003cstrong>\u003ca href=\"#JumpaheadtowhataccessibilityoptionsareavailableatSternGrove\">Jump ahead to what accessibility options are available at Stern Grove.\u003c/a>\u003c/strong>)\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The two general admission entrances are 23rd and Wawona and 19th and Sloat.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The usual schedule is: lines open at 10 a.m., gates open at 12 p.m., DJ spinning at 1 p.m., and the show starts at 2 p.m. The \u003ca href=\"https://www.sterngrove.org/getting-here\">concert usually ends\u003c/a> at 4:30 or 5 p.m.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Although it’s a free show, you have to be strategic about it,” Gelbmann said. “It’s a whole day thing.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>If you want a good spot, Gelbmann suggested getting in line around 9 or 9:30 a.m.[aside postID=arts_13975778 hero='https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/08/240811_OutsideLands__EG_040-1536x1024.jpg'](Stern Grove officials say that overnight camping is not allowed.)\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“We typically pack like breakfast burritos and our comfy seats for the show and just park ourselves on the sidewalk, and hang out with our burritos and something to read,” she said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Gelbmann said when the gates open, sometimes there is a “mad rush” to get the best spots since \u003ca href=\"https://www.sterngrove.org/seating-areas\">it is first-come, first-served\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Others can be a little territorial and not so nice,” she said. “I would just recommend being prepared for that.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The seating areas include:\u003c/p>\n\u003cul>\n\u003cli>Concert Meadow\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>Hillside\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>West Meadow (includes a screen to watch the concert)\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>ADA, senior and wheelchair seating\u003c/li>\n\u003c/ul>\n\u003cp>But no worries, because in her experience, “90% of the people that do go to Stern Grove come with a good attitude and are friendly to people.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12042771\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 1000px\">\u003ca href=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/06/2025SternGroveFestivalVenueMap_PublicForWeb.jpg\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12042771\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/06/2025SternGroveFestivalVenueMap_PublicForWeb.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1000\" height=\"652\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/06/2025SternGroveFestivalVenueMap_PublicForWeb.jpg 1000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/06/2025SternGroveFestivalVenueMap_PublicForWeb-800x522.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/06/2025SternGroveFestivalVenueMap_PublicForWeb-160x104.jpg 160w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">A map of the 2025 Stern Grove Festival. \u003ccite>(Courtesy of Stern Grove Festival.)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003ch2>How do I get to Stern Grove?\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>Stern Grove organizers \u003ca href=\"https://www.sterngrove.org/getting-here\">highly recommend that visitors take public transportation\u003c/a> or rideshares to the festival, since there is no public parking available.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>People who bought picnic tables do get parking spaces, and information will be emailed to them. More about accessible parking below.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Street parking in the surrounding neighborhood is extremely limited,” the website reads. “Illegally parked cars — including those blocking driveways — may be ticketed and towed.”\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>Public transportation\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>Visitors can use \u003ca href=\"http://511.org\">511.org\u003c/a> to plan out their route.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>For the \u003ca href=\"https://www.sterngrove.org/getting-here\">Muni Metro\u003c/a>: “Take lines M Ocean View or the K Ingleside and exit at the St. Francis Circle stop. Walk west one block to the park entrance at 19th Avenue and Sloat Boulevard.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>For \u003ca href=\"https://www.sterngrove.org/getting-here\">Muni bus service\u003c/a>: “Lines 23-Monterey and 28-19th Avenue stop right at 19th Avenue and Sloat Boulevard.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>For \u003ca href=\"https://www.sterngrove.org/getting-here\">BART\u003c/a>: Take a train to Civic Center and transfer to Muni Metro M Ocean View or the K Ingleside. You can also take \u003ca href=\"https://www.sterngrove.org/getting-here\">BART\u003c/a> to Glen Park Station and transfer to MUNI bus 23-Monterey and \u003ca href=\"https://www.sterngrove.org/getting-here\">BART\u003c/a> to Daly City and transfer to MUNI bus 28-19th Avenue.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>Bikes\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>While bikes are not allowed in the venue, bikes can be stored with the valet located at 21st and Wowona. This storage space is open from noon to one hour after the concert ends.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>\u003ca id=\"JumpaheadtowhataccessibilityoptionsareavailableatSternGrove\">\u003c/a>Accessibility\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>When selecting a ticket, you can mention if you need accessibility services during your concert. This does not guarantee accessibility seating, as it is \u003ca href=\"https://www.sterngrove.org/accessibility-ada\">first-come, first-served\u003c/a>.[aside postID=arts_13970908 hero='https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2021/08/Stage_COVER-1020x765.jpg']But it’s still worth letting organizers know that you need accessible seating when signing up, because Stern Grove may reach out \u003ca href=\"https://www.sterngrove.org/accessibility-ada\">four weeks before the concert\u003c/a> to communicate possible arrangements.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"https://www.sterngrove.org/getting-here\">Accessible parking\u003c/a> is also first-come, first-served along the North side of Sloat Blvd between 19th Ave and 22nd Ave.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>There is also a shuttle that does a round trip from the 19th and Sloat Entrance and the Concert Meadow. Hours for the shuttle are 11:00 a.m. to 5:30 p.m.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Gelbmann used the bus system last year, when she was pregnant, and mentioned that it can be slow.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“It’s one small bus and it does shifts,” she explained. “If you’re in that first load of people, you’ll get in pretty early, but you have to be pretty patient.”\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>What can I bring? 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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003cp>It’s summer, and that means Stern Grove — San Francisco’s long-running free concert series — is coming back with \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/arts/13974214/stern-grove-2025-lineup-free-concerts-diana-ross-san-francisco\">the legendary Diana Ross as the headliner\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But this year, the festival is doing things differently. While entrance is still free, Stern Grove is operating on \u003ca href=\"https://www.sterngrove.org/lottery-howto\">a lottery system\u003c/a> when distributing tickets this year. Festival goers will have to sign up through an online system six weeks before a certain show.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I’m not a fan,” admits KQED’s own mid-level giving manager — and Stern Grove expert — Rachel Gelbmann. She said she missed out on securing tickets for some of her first-pick shows.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003c/div>",
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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“With the new system, you have a week to enter a lottery system and you either will or won’t get awarded tickets,” she said, but added that despite these changes, she’s still making an effort to see her favorites, which include Ross, the California Honey Drops and Damien and Stephen Marley.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Since Gelbmann is a Stern Grove regular and concert enthusiast, we naturally turned to her for any tips on how to navigate this year’s festival. With the \u003ca href=\"https://www.nytimes.com/2025/03/05/business/gen-z-concert-tickets-taylor-swift-beyonce.html\">price of concert tickets nowadays\u003c/a>, any event promising free music is almost guaranteed to attract a huge crowd, and Gelbmann tells us how to secure tickets, enter the venue and other key tips.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12042767\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003ca href=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/06/GettyImages-1628523574-scaled-e1749072539649.jpg\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12042767\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/06/GettyImages-1628523574-scaled-e1749072539649.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1334\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">The Flaming Lips perform at the Stern Grove festival on Aug. 20, 2023, in San Francisco, California. \u003ccite>(Photo by Miikka Skaffari/Getty Images)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003ch2>First things first: What is the new Stern Grove ticketing system?\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>There will be \u003ca href=\"https://www.sterngrove.org/lineup\">eleven concerts for Stern Grove\u003c/a>: the first one — featuring The California Honeydrops — is scheduled for June 15 and there will be concerts every following weekend leading up to the two-day weekend picnic on Aug. 16 and 17. You can check out the lineup on \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/arts/13974214/stern-grove-2025-lineup-free-concerts-diana-ross-san-francisco\">KQED Arts\u003c/a> or \u003ca href=\"https://www.sterngrove.org/lineup\">Stern Grove’s website\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Six weeks \u003cem>before\u003c/em> each concert date, the online ticket lottery opens up, which can be found \u003ca href=\"https://www.sterngrove.org/lineup\">under each artist’s name\u003c/a> or on the artist’s individual page on the festival’s website. The lottery will ask for your name, zip code, demographic information and how many tickets you want. You can request up to four tickets.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Children two years or younger do not need tickets. (Stern Grove also has \u003ca href=\"https://www.sterngrove.org/experiencekidzone\">weekly programming for children\u003c/a>, from 12:30 p.m. to 3 p.m., that includes face painting, a petting zoo and games.)\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Once the lottery for a concert opens up, you will have a week to enter your name. So if you are trying to watch \u003ca href=\"https://www.sterngrove.org/phantogram\">Phantogram on July 13\u003c/a>, the sign-up for the lottery is from June 1 to June 8.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“We understand the nostalgia for the “just show up” days of the past, but evolving safety standards and insurance requirements make it impossible to return to that model,” \u003ca href=\"https://www.sterngrove.org/ticket-info\">Stern Grove’s website reads\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>After a week, Stern Grove will send out an email (from \u003ca href=\"mailto:orders@sterngrove.org\">orders@sterngrove.org\u003c/a>) to those who have won the lottery. You will have 72 hours to confirm with the festival and secure your tickets. (The website highlights that the message with your tickets comes with a claim button — which works only once!)\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The tickets will be emailed to you.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>What if you don’t get tickets?\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>If you are unable to get tickets through the lottery, there are some other ways to catch the show.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The day before each show, Stern Grove will \u003ca href=\"https://www.sterngrove.org/community-box-offices\">distribute a thousand tickets on a first-come, first-served basis\u003c/a>. They will hand out two tickets per person.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The locations where to pick up these tickets vary, and you can check them out at \u003ca href=\"https://www.sterngrove.org/community-box-offices\">Stern Grove’s map\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\u003c/div>",
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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>For example, if you want to see Phantogram, you would have to wait for tickets at China Basin Park on July 12 at 12 p.m.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Stern Grove also provides \u003ca href=\"https://secure.qgiv.com/for/fy25tablesales/event/934138/embed/79176/\">a (very pricey) option of reserving tables\u003c/a> for \u003ca href=\"https://secure.qgiv.com/for/fy25tablesales/event/934159/embed/79178/\">large groups of ten to forty people\u003c/a>. For example, for Orville Peck on July 27, a table for ten with expedited entrance and parking spots \u003ca href=\"https://secure.qgiv.com/for/fy25tablesales/event/934159/embed/79178/\">costs around $2,000\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>DoTheBay also has \u003ca href=\"https://dothebay.com/\">a ticket giveaway\u003c/a> for each concert in the festival. You can enter using a \u003ca href=\"https://dothebay.com/events/2025/6/15/stern-grove-festival-2025-golden-ticket-giveaway-tickets\">form\u003c/a> on Do The Bay’s website.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>People can also \u003ca href=\"https://www.sterngrove.org/volunteer\">consider volunteering for Stern Grove\u003c/a> to be able to get a spot at a show. Volunteering can include cleaning up and breaking down the setup after the concert. With only a couple of weeks left before the start of the festival, Gelbmann has noticed spots going quickly and advised people to try signing up sooner rather than later.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Volunteers can get \u003ca href=\"https://www.sterngrove.org/volunteer\">two free tickets to a show of their choosing\u003c/a> \u003cem>after\u003c/em> they complete their shift.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Volunteers sign up through \u003ca href=\"https://volunteer.bloomerang.co/web-admin/app/#/join-party?k=68b5x7vgyhxdfi\">a website called Bloomerang\u003c/a>. You can choose a day you are available, and \u003ca href=\"https://volunteer.bloomerang.co/web-admin/app/#/join-party?k=ynahnr5166kodb\">one of the four shifts\u003c/a>: Setup Crew (8 a.m. to 12 p.m.), Welcome Crew (10 a.m. to 2 p.m.), Festival Flow Crew (12 p.m. to 4 p.m.) and Breakdown Crew (2 p.m. to 6 p.m.).\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>According to Gelbmann, “the best shift is the early morning one, where you’re done by noon. Because then you can have first dibs on the best place to sit in the park.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“You would also get your volunteering out of the way so you could enjoy your lunch and then enjoy the music,” she added. “You can also volunteer for leader shifts, but you might be kind of working during the music acts.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12042768\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003ca href=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/06/GettyImages-827121516-scaled-e1749072873169.jpg\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12042768\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/06/GettyImages-827121516-scaled-e1749072873169.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1334\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Sarah Barthel of Phantogram performs on Day 3 of the Osheaga Music and Art Festival at Parc Jean-Drapeau on Aug. 6, 2017, in Montreal, Canada. Phantogram is playing Stern Grove on July 13, 2025. \u003ccite>(Photo by Mark Horton/WireImage)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003ch2>When and where does the show start?\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>Stern Grove shows \u003ca href=\"https://www.sterngrove.org/getting-here\">take place\u003c/a> at 19th Avenue and Sloat Boulevard in San Francisco. The concert is down a hill, and you \u003cem>do\u003c/em> have to climb down a hill to get to the concert, and then up that same hill when heading out. (\u003cstrong>\u003ca href=\"#JumpaheadtowhataccessibilityoptionsareavailableatSternGrove\">Jump ahead to what accessibility options are available at Stern Grove.\u003c/a>\u003c/strong>)\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The two general admission entrances are 23rd and Wawona and 19th and Sloat.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The usual schedule is: lines open at 10 a.m., gates open at 12 p.m., DJ spinning at 1 p.m., and the show starts at 2 p.m. The \u003ca href=\"https://www.sterngrove.org/getting-here\">concert usually ends\u003c/a> at 4:30 or 5 p.m.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Although it’s a free show, you have to be strategic about it,” Gelbmann said. “It’s a whole day thing.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>If you want a good spot, Gelbmann suggested getting in line around 9 or 9:30 a.m.\u003c/p>\u003c/div>",
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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>(Stern Grove officials say that overnight camping is not allowed.)\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“We typically pack like breakfast burritos and our comfy seats for the show and just park ourselves on the sidewalk, and hang out with our burritos and something to read,” she said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Gelbmann said when the gates open, sometimes there is a “mad rush” to get the best spots since \u003ca href=\"https://www.sterngrove.org/seating-areas\">it is first-come, first-served\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Others can be a little territorial and not so nice,” she said. “I would just recommend being prepared for that.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The seating areas include:\u003c/p>\n\u003cul>\n\u003cli>Concert Meadow\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>Hillside\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>West Meadow (includes a screen to watch the concert)\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>ADA, senior and wheelchair seating\u003c/li>\n\u003c/ul>\n\u003cp>But no worries, because in her experience, “90% of the people that do go to Stern Grove come with a good attitude and are friendly to people.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12042771\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 1000px\">\u003ca href=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/06/2025SternGroveFestivalVenueMap_PublicForWeb.jpg\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12042771\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/06/2025SternGroveFestivalVenueMap_PublicForWeb.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1000\" height=\"652\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/06/2025SternGroveFestivalVenueMap_PublicForWeb.jpg 1000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/06/2025SternGroveFestivalVenueMap_PublicForWeb-800x522.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/06/2025SternGroveFestivalVenueMap_PublicForWeb-160x104.jpg 160w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">A map of the 2025 Stern Grove Festival. \u003ccite>(Courtesy of Stern Grove Festival.)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003ch2>How do I get to Stern Grove?\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>Stern Grove organizers \u003ca href=\"https://www.sterngrove.org/getting-here\">highly recommend that visitors take public transportation\u003c/a> or rideshares to the festival, since there is no public parking available.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>People who bought picnic tables do get parking spaces, and information will be emailed to them. More about accessible parking below.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Street parking in the surrounding neighborhood is extremely limited,” the website reads. “Illegally parked cars — including those blocking driveways — may be ticketed and towed.”\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>Public transportation\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>Visitors can use \u003ca href=\"http://511.org\">511.org\u003c/a> to plan out their route.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>For the \u003ca href=\"https://www.sterngrove.org/getting-here\">Muni Metro\u003c/a>: “Take lines M Ocean View or the K Ingleside and exit at the St. Francis Circle stop. Walk west one block to the park entrance at 19th Avenue and Sloat Boulevard.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>For \u003ca href=\"https://www.sterngrove.org/getting-here\">Muni bus service\u003c/a>: “Lines 23-Monterey and 28-19th Avenue stop right at 19th Avenue and Sloat Boulevard.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>For \u003ca href=\"https://www.sterngrove.org/getting-here\">BART\u003c/a>: Take a train to Civic Center and transfer to Muni Metro M Ocean View or the K Ingleside. You can also take \u003ca href=\"https://www.sterngrove.org/getting-here\">BART\u003c/a> to Glen Park Station and transfer to MUNI bus 23-Monterey and \u003ca href=\"https://www.sterngrove.org/getting-here\">BART\u003c/a> to Daly City and transfer to MUNI bus 28-19th Avenue.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>Bikes\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>While bikes are not allowed in the venue, bikes can be stored with the valet located at 21st and Wowona. This storage space is open from noon to one hour after the concert ends.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>\u003ca id=\"JumpaheadtowhataccessibilityoptionsareavailableatSternGrove\">\u003c/a>Accessibility\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>When selecting a ticket, you can mention if you need accessibility services during your concert. This does not guarantee accessibility seating, as it is \u003ca href=\"https://www.sterngrove.org/accessibility-ada\">first-come, first-served\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\u003c/div>",
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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>But it’s still worth letting organizers know that you need accessible seating when signing up, because Stern Grove may reach out \u003ca href=\"https://www.sterngrove.org/accessibility-ada\">four weeks before the concert\u003c/a> to communicate possible arrangements.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"https://www.sterngrove.org/getting-here\">Accessible parking\u003c/a> is also first-come, first-served along the North side of Sloat Blvd between 19th Ave and 22nd Ave.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>There is also a shuttle that does a round trip from the 19th and Sloat Entrance and the Concert Meadow. Hours for the shuttle are 11:00 a.m. to 5:30 p.m.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Gelbmann used the bus system last year, when she was pregnant, and mentioned that it can be slow.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“It’s one small bus and it does shifts,” she explained. “If you’re in that first load of people, you’ll get in pretty early, but you have to be pretty patient.”\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>What can I bring? What can I not bring?\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"https://www.sterngrove.org/what-can-i-bring\">You can bring\u003c/a>:\u003c/p>\n\u003cul>\n\u003cli>Blankets under 5 x 7 ft\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>Low-profile lawn chairs\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>Picnics and coolers\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>Your own food and drinks\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>Alcohol\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>Strollers are allowed, if they can be folded down and not block pathways\u003c/li>\n\u003c/ul>\n\u003cp>You cannot bring:\u003c/p>\n\u003cul>\n\u003cli>Tarps\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>Large blankets\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>Pets. \u003ca href=\"https://archive.ada.gov/regs2010/service_animal_qa.pdf\">Service or support animals\u003c/a> \u003cem>are \u003c/em>allowed\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>Sharp knives with a blade longer than 4 inches.\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>High-backed, standard folding chairs\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>Large or tall tables\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>Tents\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>Umbrellas\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>Shade structures\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>Barbecues/grills or any item with open flame.\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>Video or audio recording equipment, like drones or professional still camera equipment with a detachable lens longer than two inches or tripods.\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>Skateboards, scooters, hoverboards or any personal motorized vehicles\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>Firearms or weapons of any kind\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>Fireworks and explosives or any item with open flame\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>Illegal substances (including narcotics) or drug paraphernalia\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>Amplified sound, bullhorns or speakers\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>Cigarettes/smoking\u003c/li>\n\u003c/ul>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12042816\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003ca href=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/06/GettyImages-1628529491-scaled-e1749080290450.jpg\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12042816\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/06/GettyImages-1628529491-scaled-e1749080290450.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1334\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Festival attendees grab a bite at the Stern Grove festival on Aug. 20, 2023. \u003ccite>(Photo by Miikka Skaffari/Getty Images)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003ch2>Food\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>There are food trucks, drinks and alcohol available at the venue. But you are also able to bring \u003ca href=\"https://www.sterngrove.org/experiencefooddrink\">your own picnic supplies\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“We have breakfast and lunch there. And by the time we leave, it’s usually almost dinnertime,” Gelbmann said.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>Weather\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>It’s summertime in San Francisco. So remember — layer up. That means jackets and extra shirts, as well as sunscreen and hats.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“It could be freezing, or it could be hot and sweaty and sunny,” Gelbmann said. “It could be all those things in one day.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003c/div>",
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In 2023, however, Wagstaffe told KQED that he was open to pursuing capital punishment depending on what the sheriff’s investigation revealed.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Making that decision on the death penalty is something that will take place over the course of the next many, many months as we have so much more to learn about this individual, about the victims and their families and the harm that’s been inflicted here,” Wagstaffe said at the time. “So we have a long way to go before we make that decision.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Zhao, 68, has pleaded not guilty to seven counts of first-degree murder and one count of attempted murder in connection with the Jan. 23, 2023, mass shooting, the deadliest in San Mateo County’s history.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11954145\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 1960px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-11954145\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/06/GettyImages-1459869831.jpg\" alt=\"A row of dilapidated trailers are seen from above in a dirt lot.\" width=\"1960\" height=\"1328\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/06/GettyImages-1459869831.jpg 1960w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/06/GettyImages-1459869831-800x542.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/06/GettyImages-1459869831-1020x691.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/06/GettyImages-1459869831-160x108.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/06/GettyImages-1459869831-1536x1041.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/06/GettyImages-1459869831-1920x1301.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1960px) 100vw, 1960px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Trailers are seen from above at the California Terra Gardens mushroom farm just after the mass shooting in January 2023. \u003ccite>(Jane Tyska/Digital First Media/East Bay Times via Getty Images)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Zhao was believed to have acted alone when he opened fire at California Terra Garden — the mushroom farm where he lived and worked for seven years — killing four and leaving one other seriously wounded, sheriff’s officials said. According to authorities, he then drove to a nearby farm where he had previously worked and killed three more people.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The attack allegedly stemmed from \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11939361/im-afraid-half-moon-bay-shootings-may-have-been-extreme-case-of-workplace-violence\">a dispute between Zhao and his boss\u003c/a>, who had tried to charge him $100 for damaged construction equipment, Wagstaffe told the \u003cem>Mercury News\u003c/em> in 2023.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Wagstaffe also previously confirmed reporting by NBC Bay Area that Zhao had confronted his boss and a co-worker, whom he blamed for a workplace accident, just before the shootings. The co-worker and boss were reportedly among those shot.[aside postID=news_12037511 hero='https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/01/GettyImages-1246581187-1020x765.jpg']The killings shed light upon Half Moon Bay farmworkers’ \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11939470/deplorable-heartbreaking-officials-pledge-to-investigate-labor-conditions-at-mushroom-farms-targeted-in-half-moon-bay-shootings\">deplorable workplace and living conditions\u003c/a>. In a visit to the mourning community after the shootings, Newsom noted that farmworkers, many of whom are migrants, often labor for sub-minimum wage at just $9 an hour and are forced to live in on-site shipping containers, as was the case for Zhao and some of the shooting victims.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>For months after the rampage, questions swirled about whether Wagstaffe would seek to execute the man officials have said is responsible for it. However, Wagstaffe, who told KQED he supports the use of the death penalty, has long been an advocate for the use of capital punishment in extreme cases.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Wagstaffe was working as a prosecutor in the 1980s, during an unusual wave of death penalty cases in San Mateo County. From 1983 through 1994, his office sought the death penalty 18 times, winning verdicts in 14 of those cases.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In 2009, Wagstaffe was the trial prosecutor in the last case that resulted in a capital conviction in the county, following the 2006 slaying of an East Palo Alto Police officer.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>More recently, as top prosecutor in the county, he joined the Riverside and San Bernardino County district attorneys in asking California’s First District Court of Appeal to lift the state’s stays of execution, arguing that they have the right to pursue the execution of those sentenced to death in their jurisdictions.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“My job is to enforce the law — not to make it — but it is still the law,” Wagstaffe told KQED. “In my 14-and-a-half years as the district attorney, I have said no in so many dozens of cases where it’s technically eligible. This one here, while I can’t go in front of the desk, I had to weigh and balance it, because [the death penalty] is still on the books.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Technically, the death penalty still exists in California, and prosecutors can seek it. But no one has been put to death in the state in \u003ca href=\"https://www.cdcr.ca.gov/capital-punishment/inmates-executed-1978-to-present/executed-inmate-summary-clarence-ray-allen/%20\">nearly 20 years\u003c/a>. In 2019, Newsom\u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11938061/california-will-dismantle-death-row-some-cheer-but-others-are-outraged\"> imposed a moratorium on executions\u003c/a> and closed the death chamber at San Quentin, \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11943855/were-turning-a-new-page-infamous-san-quentin-prison-to-be-transformed-into-rehabilitation-center\">the recently renovated \u003c/a>19th-century prison overlooking San Francisco Bay. However, the moratorium ends with the governor’s term, and his successor could choose not to reinstate it.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Support for capital punishment has historically been low among Californians. In a 2021 poll by UC Berkeley’s Institute of Governmental Studies, a plurality of voters favored abolishing the death penalty.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Of those surveyed, 44% said they would vote yes on a potential amendment to the state constitution to repeal the death penalty, while 35% favored allowing executions and 21% were undecided. The death penalty has not gone before state voters since 2016, when an effort to repeal it failed.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Support for capital punishment has historically been low among Californians. In a\u003ca href=\"https://escholarship.org/content/qt5qq8v6c1/qt5qq8v6c1.pdf\"> 2021 poll\u003c/a> by UC Berkeley’s Institute of Governmental Studies, a plurality of voters favored abolishing the death penalty.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Of those surveyed, 44% said they would vote yes on a potential amendment to the state constitution to repeal the death penalty, while 35% favored allowing executions and 21% were undecided. The death penalty has not gone before state voters since 2016, when \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11097442/death-penalty-propositions-divide-voters\">an effort to repeal it failed\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The outcome of November’s election raised further questions about whether voters are souring on progressive criminal justice policy. Californians overwhelmingly approved \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12035165/california-officials-warn-prop-36-may-drain-resources-from-successful-community-programs\">Proposition 36\u003c/a>, which increased penalties for drug and theft crimes, and rejected \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12013392/californians-voted-against-outlawing-slavery-why-is-prop-6-failing\">Proposition 6\u003c/a>, which would have banned forced labor in prisons and jails.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Progressive \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12013442/alameda-county-voters-recall-district-attorney-pamela-price\">district attorneys in Alameda\u003c/a> and Los Angeles counties were also voted out of office, leading some to speculate about a potential sea change in attitudes toward reform efforts of previous decades.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Los Angeles County’s new district attorney, Nathan Hochman, has begun seeking the death penalty again. In Alameda County, Ursula Jones Dickson has \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12042693/recalled-alameda-county-da-pamela-price-blasts-the-offices-new-direction\">quietly withdrawn death row resentencing\u003c/a> efforts for at least four people — petitions that had been championed by former DA Pamela Price to correct decades of unconstitutional conduct.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Mary Kate DeLucco, a spokesperson for the Sacramento abolitionist group Death Penalty Focus, said the changes in California mirror wider political shifts that have happened since the presidential election.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“What we’re seeing in California is reflective of what we’re seeing in the United States as a whole. 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However, Wagstaffe, who told KQED he supports the use of the death penalty, has long been an advocate for the use of capital punishment in extreme cases.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Wagstaffe was working as a prosecutor in the 1980s, during an unusual wave of death penalty cases in San Mateo County. From 1983 through 1994, his office sought the death penalty 18 times, winning verdicts in 14 of those cases.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In 2009, Wagstaffe was the trial prosecutor in the last case that resulted in a capital conviction in the county, following the 2006 slaying of an East Palo Alto Police officer.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>More recently, as top prosecutor in the county, he joined the Riverside and San Bernardino County district attorneys in asking California’s First District Court of Appeal to lift the state’s stays of execution, arguing that they have the right to pursue the execution of those sentenced to death in their jurisdictions.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“My job is to enforce the law — not to make it — but it is still the law,” Wagstaffe told KQED. “In my 14-and-a-half years as the district attorney, I have said no in so many dozens of cases where it’s technically eligible. This one here, while I can’t go in front of the desk, I had to weigh and balance it, because [the death penalty] is still on the books.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Technically, the death penalty still exists in California, and prosecutors can seek it. But no one has been put to death in the state in \u003ca href=\"https://www.cdcr.ca.gov/capital-punishment/inmates-executed-1978-to-present/executed-inmate-summary-clarence-ray-allen/%20\">nearly 20 years\u003c/a>. In 2019, Newsom\u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11938061/california-will-dismantle-death-row-some-cheer-but-others-are-outraged\"> imposed a moratorium on executions\u003c/a> and closed the death chamber at San Quentin, \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11943855/were-turning-a-new-page-infamous-san-quentin-prison-to-be-transformed-into-rehabilitation-center\">the recently renovated \u003c/a>19th-century prison overlooking San Francisco Bay. However, the moratorium ends with the governor’s term, and his successor could choose not to reinstate it.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Support for capital punishment has historically been low among Californians. In a 2021 poll by UC Berkeley’s Institute of Governmental Studies, a plurality of voters favored abolishing the death penalty.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Of those surveyed, 44% said they would vote yes on a potential amendment to the state constitution to repeal the death penalty, while 35% favored allowing executions and 21% were undecided. The death penalty has not gone before state voters since 2016, when an effort to repeal it failed.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Support for capital punishment has historically been low among Californians. In a\u003ca href=\"https://escholarship.org/content/qt5qq8v6c1/qt5qq8v6c1.pdf\"> 2021 poll\u003c/a> by UC Berkeley’s Institute of Governmental Studies, a plurality of voters favored abolishing the death penalty.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Of those surveyed, 44% said they would vote yes on a potential amendment to the state constitution to repeal the death penalty, while 35% favored allowing executions and 21% were undecided. The death penalty has not gone before state voters since 2016, when \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11097442/death-penalty-propositions-divide-voters\">an effort to repeal it failed\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The outcome of November’s election raised further questions about whether voters are souring on progressive criminal justice policy. Californians overwhelmingly approved \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12035165/california-officials-warn-prop-36-may-drain-resources-from-successful-community-programs\">Proposition 36\u003c/a>, which increased penalties for drug and theft crimes, and rejected \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12013392/californians-voted-against-outlawing-slavery-why-is-prop-6-failing\">Proposition 6\u003c/a>, which would have banned forced labor in prisons and jails.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Progressive \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12013442/alameda-county-voters-recall-district-attorney-pamela-price\">district attorneys in Alameda\u003c/a> and Los Angeles counties were also voted out of office, leading some to speculate about a potential sea change in attitudes toward reform efforts of previous decades.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Los Angeles County’s new district attorney, Nathan Hochman, has begun seeking the death penalty again. In Alameda County, Ursula Jones Dickson has \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12042693/recalled-alameda-county-da-pamela-price-blasts-the-offices-new-direction\">quietly withdrawn death row resentencing\u003c/a> efforts for at least four people — petitions that had been championed by former DA Pamela Price to correct decades of unconstitutional conduct.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Mary Kate DeLucco, a spokesperson for the Sacramento abolitionist group Death Penalty Focus, said the changes in California mirror wider political shifts that have happened since the presidential election.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“What we’re seeing in California is reflective of what we’re seeing in the United States as a whole. 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"content": "\u003cp>\u003cem>Updated 3:36 p.m. Wednesday\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The chief city auditor, looking into \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/forum/2010101907448/sf-zoo-is-unsafe-for-visitors-and-animals-according-to-city-report\">trouble\u003c/a> at the \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/tag/san-francisco-zoo\">San Francisco Zoo,\u003c/a> slammed its management over the weekend, accusing them of failing to comply with his team’s investigation and threatening to escalate orders to turn over documents.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In a scathing letter \u003ca href=\"https://www.sfchronicle.com/bayarea/article/san-francisco-auditors-blast-uncooperative-20359328.php\">first reported\u003c/a> by the \u003cem>San Francisco Chronicle, \u003c/em>Dan Goncher, a principal in the Budget and Legislative Analyst’s Office, wrote that the zoo’s management had been uncooperative with the audit since it launched in January, failed to hand over dozens of documents, made false claims about the status of others and provided contradictory financial statements.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“If zoo management continues to be uncooperative in fulfilling our requests, we will recommend that the Board of Supervisors take further action to compel you to do so, including by exercising subpoena power,” the letter reads.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad full-width]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Supervisor Myrna Melgar, who represents the neighborhoods surrounding the zoo, said she’s already asked the chair of the Budget and Finance Committee to hold the zoo’s $4 million in annual funding in reserve until it complies.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>She said her actions were in response to CEO Tanya Peterson’s “consolidation of power” after members of the board of the San Francisco Zoological Society, which runs the zoo, attempted to oust her in recent weeks.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I cannot say [Peterson] has been successful because this is a basic thing in the relationship — transparency and accountability — and we haven’t been able to get it,” Melgar told KQED. “Whether or not she should continue, that’s up to the board, that’s the way things are. … As the supervisor, the representative for the area in the city, I wish that the relationship were more functional.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The Board of Supervisors requested the audit of the \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12042148/in-power-struggle-at-sf-zoo-embattled-ceo-appears-to-come-out-on-top\">scandal-ridden zoo\u003c/a> in December after an Animal Control and Welfare Commission report found unsafe conditions for animals and employees. It also came after the union representing about 100 zookeepers, dieticians, gardeners and other zoo workers overwhelmingly passed a vote of no confidence in Peterson.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Since January, the Budget and Legislative Analyst’s Office has requested 25 sets of documents regarding the facility’s finances, recent health and safety inspections, internal policies and complaints, according to the letter. As of Sunday, only six of the items had been completely handed over to the auditing team.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12040493\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-12040493 size-full\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/05/SFZooGetty1.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1474\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/05/SFZooGetty1.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/05/SFZooGetty1-800x590.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/05/SFZooGetty1-1020x752.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/05/SFZooGetty1-160x118.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/05/SFZooGetty1-1536x1132.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/05/SFZooGetty1-1920x1415.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">San Francisco Zoo director Tanya Peterson visits the giraffes in the African Savanna exhibit in San Francisco, California, on Jan. 7, 2011. \u003ccite>(Paul Chinn/The San Francisco Chronicle via Getty Images)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Zoo spokesperson Sam Singer said he believes that the audit team’s claim that the zoo has failed to comply with the investigation is “possibly a misunderstanding” and that it is in “substantial compliance” with the review.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But Goncher wrote that much of the requested information had only been partially provided, some has been withheld or reportedly does not exist, and in multiple cases, false claims or conflicting information have been submitted.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The letter was sent Sunday to Peterson, members of the Board of Supervisors and staff of the Zoological Society. It followed a back-and-forth between Goncher and Peterson in which the CEO’s assistant responded Sunday to a list of outstanding documents with a letter on the zoo’s tracking of information requests.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The Sunday letter included multiple misleading claims, Goncher said, including that the Zoological Society has complied with the audit team during and following a January visit to the facility.[aside postID=news_12042148 hero='https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/05/SanFranciscoZoo-1020x703.jpg']“You disregarded our meeting agenda and instead gave us a lengthy presentation on the history of the Zoo,” Goncher said. “After over 90 minutes, I interjected so that we could discuss our agenda items, at which point you informed us that Zoo management would not be cooperating with the audit until further notice.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Documents submitted by the zoo since then, including an inspection report and the most recent accreditation report by the Association of Zoos and Aquariums, have been incomplete and included “extensive redactions,” he said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Other inspection reports and citations from the U.S. Department of Agriculture have not been turned in, and some, the zoo said, did not exist.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“[San Francisco Zoological Society] reported no USDA findings for the audit period, but the [Budget and Legislative Analyst’s Office] identified evidence to the contrary,” Goncher said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>He said that between 2020 and 2025, the zoo was cited by the department for deteriorating primate enclosures, a lemur escape, rodent feces and facility issues.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“USDA also issued multiple ‘Teachable Moments’ related to fencing, sanitation, and pest control,” the letter said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Singer did not respond to direct questions about why the zoo has withheld specific documents cited by the Budget and Legislative Analyst’s Office, or Goncher’s claim that others exist, contrary to the zoo’s statements.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Goncher’s threats to escalate the investigation are the latest in an unfurling controversy at the zoo.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Last month, union leaders said the Zoological Society’s board was \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12040473/trouble-at-san-francisco-zoo-could-soon-lead-to-ceos-removal\">attempting to oust Peterson\u003c/a>, who they said had lost support from staff and board directors.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Following multiple closed-door meetings, Peterson remained in power, but five directors have since resigned, with one citing issues with Peterson’s employment specifically. Union representative Corey Hallman told KQED that he believes the other resignations were also in “what seems like protest for the dysfunction of the zoological board.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Still, Singer told KQED last week that Peterson has the “unanimous support” of the board.\u003c/p>\n\n",
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"content": "\u003cp>San Francisco police commissioners on Wednesday will consider a crypto billionaire’s offer of nearly $9.4 million to fund \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12004882/san-francisco-to-deploy-mobile-surveillance-units-in-latest-expansion-of-police-tech\">increased surveillance efforts\u003c/a>, reigniting questions about the ethics of both the controversial technology and large private donations for public programs.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The funds would come from cryptocurrency company Ripple and the San Francisco Police Community Foundation, a nonprofit created by Ripple co-founder Chris Larsen, who has been a prominent supporter of new \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/tag/san-francisco-police-department\">SFPD\u003c/a> technology efforts.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>If approved, the donation would provide new downtown office space for the Police Department’s surveillance unit, dubbed the Real Time Investigations Center, and funding for a dozen officer-operated drones to \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11999063/san-francisco-police-deploy-drone-surveillance-after-24-year-break\">add to the fleet\u003c/a> it brought online last summer, among other technology.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Roughly $2.13 million of the donation would be in the form of a cost-free sublease of Ripple’s former office space at 315 Montgomery St. Currently, the RTIC operates out of the Hall of Justice, but according to the resolution before the Police Commission, the run-down building has hampered the unit’s ability to make use of its new technologies.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Larsen said the space has “such bad infrastructure that the police today literally lose connectivity to their drones while they’re trying to chase a suspect and that ruins the chase.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12042525\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12042525\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/06/250418-SFPDFile-39-BL_qed.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/06/250418-SFPDFile-39-BL_qed.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/06/250418-SFPDFile-39-BL_qed-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/06/250418-SFPDFile-39-BL_qed-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/06/250418-SFPDFile-39-BL_qed-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/06/250418-SFPDFile-39-BL_qed-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/06/250418-SFPDFile-39-BL_qed-1920x1280.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">A San Francisco Police Department officer stands at 16th and Mission Streets in San Francisco on April 18, 2025. \u003ccite>(Beth LaBerge/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Ripple’s existing lease doesn’t expire until December 2026, but the company relocated into a larger space on Battery Street in Jackson Square in 2022. Until the paid-for rental expires, Larsen said he saw an opportunity to “help out” the Police Department.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>He said that after next December, it will be up to SFPD to decide whether to keep and pay for the space.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The remaining $7.25 million would go toward the purchase of new drones and installation of technology upgrades in the space, provided by the San Francisco Community Police Foundation. The legislation would also waive the city’s competitive bidding requirement that would generally apply to the Police Department’s purchases of equipment, technology or services.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Larsen created the foundation, which was formed last year to support the San Francisco Police Department, but does not sit on its board.[aside postID=news_12039914 hero='https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/03/250319-SF-SPEED-CAMERAS-MD-03-KQED-1020x680.jpg']Critics of the donation say that it allows wealthy citizens to “buy” policies they want the city to adopt.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“There is a rich person bankrolling technology that police are going to buy and use in the city, also without any democratic approval,” said Matthew Guariglia, a senior policy analyst at the digital privacy nonprofit Electronic Frontier Foundation.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Larsen disagrees that the donation overrides community input. He said it has to go through four levels of oversight — the foundation’s board cleared the funding, and along with the sublease, will now have to gain the approval of the Police Commission, Board of Supervisors, and Mayor Daniel Lurie.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Lurie has expressed support for RTIC and its technology, announcing at an April press conference that SFPD plans to expand the unit in the coming months and crediting its work in part for the city’s drop in crime.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“RTIC has already supported hundreds of arrests, with crime down 30% citywide, and with this new facility, the SFPD will have the tools and the technology it needs to take this work to the next level and help our officers keep our streets safe,” he said in a statement.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Many of the tools the money would fund were also \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11978236/props-e-and-f-pass-prewrite\">backed by San Francisco voters\u003c/a> through the passage of Proposition E, which expanded SFPD’s ability to use surveillance technology and diminished the Police Commission’s power. It received 54% approval last March.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Since then, the RTIC unit has assisted in more than 500 arrests and prevented “numerous” police pursuits, according to the resolution.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11959511\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2560px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-11959511\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/08/GettyImages-1258762922-scaled.jpg\" alt=\"A street in San Francisco lined with Victorian homes and cars. The camera is angled from a lower angle to focus on shards of shattered glass on the floor.\" width=\"2560\" height=\"1707\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/08/GettyImages-1258762922-scaled.jpg 2560w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/08/GettyImages-1258762922-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/08/GettyImages-1258762922-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/08/GettyImages-1258762922-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/08/GettyImages-1258762922-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/08/GettyImages-1258762922-2048x1365.jpg 2048w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/08/GettyImages-1258762922-1920x1280.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2560px) 100vw, 2560px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Broken glass pieces from a car window are seen near a curb in Alamo Square in San Francisco, California, on June 16, 2023. \u003ccite>(Tayfun Coskun/Anadolu Agency via Getty Images)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>“Some of these tools … have been really effective at catching these professional smash-and-grab crews that run roughshod over the city,” Larsen told KQED. “You’ve seen that now in the numbers: over 20% drop from last year in smash-and-grabs, last year was the lowest murder rate since the 1960s.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Guariglia pointed out that the decline in smash-and-grab robberies isn’t unique to San Francisco. Nationally, \u003ca href=\"https://www.ppic.org/blog/crime-in-california-is-trending-downward-new-data-suggests/#:~:text=California's%20decreases%20in%20violent%20and,%25%20and%204.4%25%2C%20respectively.\">property crime was down 8.4%\u003c/a> in 2024, according to the Public Policy Institute of California, and it has continued to fall this year.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>He said increased surveillance can easily have a disproportionate and negative impact on poorer, more vulnerable communities, depending on where the technology is placed.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“If you live in a neighborhood with more surveillance … they are open to police harassment for jaywalking, for littering, a lot of really small minor things that are actionable for officers, but if you live in fancier neighborhoods up the hill with less cameras, you can get away with,” he said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Larsen said he understands that concern, but believes that San Francisco’s public safety policy has swung too far on both sides of the pendulum in recent years, from over- to under-policing. The current surveillance technology, he said, can be used in a conscious way.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“The concern for the pendulum swinging too far the other way again is a valid one,” he said. “There’s a lot of room here to make sure that the police have the tools they need for their basic job, but everybody has to be concerned about it going too far, and we are, too.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n",
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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003cp>San Francisco police commissioners on Wednesday will consider a crypto billionaire’s offer of nearly $9.4 million to fund \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12004882/san-francisco-to-deploy-mobile-surveillance-units-in-latest-expansion-of-police-tech\">increased surveillance efforts\u003c/a>, reigniting questions about the ethics of both the controversial technology and large private donations for public programs.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The funds would come from cryptocurrency company Ripple and the San Francisco Police Community Foundation, a nonprofit created by Ripple co-founder Chris Larsen, who has been a prominent supporter of new \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/tag/san-francisco-police-department\">SFPD\u003c/a> technology efforts.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>If approved, the donation would provide new downtown office space for the Police Department’s surveillance unit, dubbed the Real Time Investigations Center, and funding for a dozen officer-operated drones to \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11999063/san-francisco-police-deploy-drone-surveillance-after-24-year-break\">add to the fleet\u003c/a> it brought online last summer, among other technology.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003c/div>",
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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Roughly $2.13 million of the donation would be in the form of a cost-free sublease of Ripple’s former office space at 315 Montgomery St. Currently, the RTIC operates out of the Hall of Justice, but according to the resolution before the Police Commission, the run-down building has hampered the unit’s ability to make use of its new technologies.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Larsen said the space has “such bad infrastructure that the police today literally lose connectivity to their drones while they’re trying to chase a suspect and that ruins the chase.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12042525\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12042525\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/06/250418-SFPDFile-39-BL_qed.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/06/250418-SFPDFile-39-BL_qed.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/06/250418-SFPDFile-39-BL_qed-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/06/250418-SFPDFile-39-BL_qed-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/06/250418-SFPDFile-39-BL_qed-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/06/250418-SFPDFile-39-BL_qed-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/06/250418-SFPDFile-39-BL_qed-1920x1280.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">A San Francisco Police Department officer stands at 16th and Mission Streets in San Francisco on April 18, 2025. \u003ccite>(Beth LaBerge/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Ripple’s existing lease doesn’t expire until December 2026, but the company relocated into a larger space on Battery Street in Jackson Square in 2022. Until the paid-for rental expires, Larsen said he saw an opportunity to “help out” the Police Department.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>He said that after next December, it will be up to SFPD to decide whether to keep and pay for the space.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The remaining $7.25 million would go toward the purchase of new drones and installation of technology upgrades in the space, provided by the San Francisco Community Police Foundation. The legislation would also waive the city’s competitive bidding requirement that would generally apply to the Police Department’s purchases of equipment, technology or services.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Larsen created the foundation, which was formed last year to support the San Francisco Police Department, but does not sit on its board.\u003c/p>\u003c/div>",
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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>Critics of the donation say that it allows wealthy citizens to “buy” policies they want the city to adopt.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“There is a rich person bankrolling technology that police are going to buy and use in the city, also without any democratic approval,” said Matthew Guariglia, a senior policy analyst at the digital privacy nonprofit Electronic Frontier Foundation.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Larsen disagrees that the donation overrides community input. He said it has to go through four levels of oversight — the foundation’s board cleared the funding, and along with the sublease, will now have to gain the approval of the Police Commission, Board of Supervisors, and Mayor Daniel Lurie.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Lurie has expressed support for RTIC and its technology, announcing at an April press conference that SFPD plans to expand the unit in the coming months and crediting its work in part for the city’s drop in crime.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“RTIC has already supported hundreds of arrests, with crime down 30% citywide, and with this new facility, the SFPD will have the tools and the technology it needs to take this work to the next level and help our officers keep our streets safe,” he said in a statement.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Many of the tools the money would fund were also \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11978236/props-e-and-f-pass-prewrite\">backed by San Francisco voters\u003c/a> through the passage of Proposition E, which expanded SFPD’s ability to use surveillance technology and diminished the Police Commission’s power. It received 54% approval last March.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Since then, the RTIC unit has assisted in more than 500 arrests and prevented “numerous” police pursuits, according to the resolution.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11959511\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2560px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-11959511\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/08/GettyImages-1258762922-scaled.jpg\" alt=\"A street in San Francisco lined with Victorian homes and cars. The camera is angled from a lower angle to focus on shards of shattered glass on the floor.\" width=\"2560\" height=\"1707\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/08/GettyImages-1258762922-scaled.jpg 2560w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/08/GettyImages-1258762922-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/08/GettyImages-1258762922-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/08/GettyImages-1258762922-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/08/GettyImages-1258762922-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/08/GettyImages-1258762922-2048x1365.jpg 2048w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/08/GettyImages-1258762922-1920x1280.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2560px) 100vw, 2560px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Broken glass pieces from a car window are seen near a curb in Alamo Square in San Francisco, California, on June 16, 2023. \u003ccite>(Tayfun Coskun/Anadolu Agency via Getty Images)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>“Some of these tools … have been really effective at catching these professional smash-and-grab crews that run roughshod over the city,” Larsen told KQED. “You’ve seen that now in the numbers: over 20% drop from last year in smash-and-grabs, last year was the lowest murder rate since the 1960s.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Guariglia pointed out that the decline in smash-and-grab robberies isn’t unique to San Francisco. Nationally, \u003ca href=\"https://www.ppic.org/blog/crime-in-california-is-trending-downward-new-data-suggests/#:~:text=California's%20decreases%20in%20violent%20and,%25%20and%204.4%25%2C%20respectively.\">property crime was down 8.4%\u003c/a> in 2024, according to the Public Policy Institute of California, and it has continued to fall this year.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>He said increased surveillance can easily have a disproportionate and negative impact on poorer, more vulnerable communities, depending on where the technology is placed.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“If you live in a neighborhood with more surveillance … they are open to police harassment for jaywalking, for littering, a lot of really small minor things that are actionable for officers, but if you live in fancier neighborhoods up the hill with less cameras, you can get away with,” he said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Larsen said he understands that concern, but believes that San Francisco’s public safety policy has swung too far on both sides of the pendulum in recent years, from over- to under-policing. 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"content": "\u003cp>In President Donald Trump’s second term, one phrase \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12038481/may-day-thousands-bay-area-take-streets-immigrant-worker-rights\">keeps showing up\u003c/a>: “due process.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Many of Trump’s critics claim that many actions taken by his administration violate due process, including \u003ca href=\"https://www.govexec.com/workforce/2025/02/oversight-agency-finds-trumps-federal-worker-firings-unlawful-asks-some-employees-be-reinstated/403218/\">terminating federal workers\u003c/a>, \u003ca href=\"https://www.npr.org/2025/04/22/nx-s1-5372214/harvard-sues-trump-administration-research\">freezing federal grants for universities\u003c/a> and \u003ca href=\"https://www.npr.org/2025/05/02/nx-s1-5385355/perkins-coie-trump-executive-order-law-firms\">targeting law firms the White House sees as its enemies\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But the president is testing his ability to challenge due process most frequently \u003ca href=\"https://www.npr.org/2025/04/29/g-s1-63187/trump-courts-immigration-judges-due-process\">in the area of immigration\u003c/a>. The administration has \u003ca href=\"https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cy871w21d3vo\">invoked a wartime power\u003c/a> to rush deportations of alleged gang members, \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12034742/california-students-visa-cancellations-sue-trump-administration\">stripped thousands of foreign students of their visas\u003c/a> and is quietly \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12041326/this-ethiopian-woman-was-tortured-by-her-government-the-us-is-sending-her-home-anyway\">whittling away legal protections for torture survivors\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Both legal scholars and immigration advocates say that disregarding due process for immigrants could have serious consequences for the civil liberties of everyone else, and potentially, \u003ca href=\"https://www.theatlantic.com/politics/archive/2025/04/trump-constitution-abrego-garcia/682487/\">the country’s democracy\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>So what exactly is due process?\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>The U.S. Constitution — the document that establishes \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12028351/what-happens-if-the-president-disobeys-the-courts-a-constitutional-crisis-experts-say\">the powers and limitations of government\u003c/a> — first mentions \u003ca href=\"https://constitutioncenter.org/the-constitution/amendments/amendment-v\">due process in the Fifth Amendment\u003c/a>: “No person shall … be deprived of life, liberty, or property, without due process of law.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“What this simply means is that the government can’t impose harm on somebody unless there are fair procedures,” said Erwin Chemerinsky, dean of the School of Law at UC Berkeley.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12042500\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12042500\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/06/ErwinChemerinskyGetty.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1373\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/06/ErwinChemerinskyGetty.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/06/ErwinChemerinskyGetty-800x549.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/06/ErwinChemerinskyGetty-1020x700.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/06/ErwinChemerinskyGetty-160x110.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/06/ErwinChemerinskyGetty-1536x1054.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/06/ErwinChemerinskyGetty-1920x1318.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">UC Berkeley law school dean Erwin Chemerinsky at his home in Oakland, California, on Jan. 19, 2021. \u003ccite>(Carlos Avila Gonzalez/The San Francisco Chronicle via Getty Images)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>“The government has tremendous power: the power to take away somebody’s property, their freedom, even their life,” he said — but due process of law dictates that “the government shouldn’t be able to do that without notice, hearings, a fair decision maker, appeals.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Yet recent declarations by \u003ca href=\"https://www.npr.org/2025/05/01/nx-s1-5382400/dhs-spokesperson-tricia-mclaughlin-deporations\">several White House officials\u003c/a> and \u003ca href=\"https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/trump-administration/read-full-transcript-president-donald-trump-interviewed-meet-press-mod-rcna203514\">even Trump himself\u003c/a> suggest that this administration believes some immigrants are not actually entitled to due process. If the government believes an individual is undocumented or part of a gang or terrorist organization, due process “is going to look different,” a top spokesperson for the Department of Homeland Security \u003ca href=\"https://www.npr.org/2025/05/01/nx-s1-5382400/dhs-spokesperson-tricia-mclaughlin-deporations\">told NPR\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>Who does due process actually protect?\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>In the federal government, it’s the Supreme Court that is tasked with \u003ca href=\"https://www.supremecourt.gov/about/constitutional.aspx\">interpreting the Constitution\u003c/a> — not the White House.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>And the Supreme Court has established multiple times that every person \u003ca href=\"https://www.britannica.com/event/Boumediene-v-Bush\">on U.S. soil\u003c/a> — regardless of their immigration status — is entitled to due process. In the 1976 case, \u003ca href=\"https://supreme.justia.com/cases/federal/us/426/67/\">\u003cem>Mathews v. Diaz\u003c/em>\u003c/a>, the court declared that the Constitution’s Fifth Amendment protects the millions of non-citizens living in the U.S. “from deprivation of life, liberty, or property without due process of law.”\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>The Trump administration and due process\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>Despite these rulings from the Supreme Court, the White House insists on its own definition of due process. The case of Kilmar Abrego García — a Salvadoran citizen who lived in Maryland and \u003ca href=\"https://www.npr.org/2025/04/20/g-s1-61475/trump-faces-bipartisan-criticism-over-abrego-garcia-deportation\">was deported to a prison in El Salvador last April\u003c/a> — shows what can happen when the administration’s interpretation is put into practice.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>On March 15, Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agents \u003ca href=\"https://www.npr.org/2025/04/10/nx-s1-5358421/supreme-court-abrego-garcia-deportation-decision\">pulled over Abrego García\u003c/a> on his way home from work in Baltimore. At the time, Abrego García was living in the U.S. with a legal status protecting him from deportation, but when ICE officials detained him, they told his family \u003ca href=\"https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/kilmar-abrego-garcia-deported-el-salvador-trump-immigration-what-know-rcna201708\">that his “status had changed.”\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12035874\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12035874\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/04/gettyimages-2210243092-scaled-e1745537471811.jpeg\" alt=\"Two men wearing suits shake hands while seated in chairs.\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">President Trump meets with President Nayib Bukele of El Salvador in the Oval Office on April 14, 2025. Trump and Bukele were expected to discuss a range of bilateral issues, including the detention of Kilmar Armando Abrego Garcia, who has been held in a prison in El Salvador since March 15. \u003ccite>(Win McNamee/Getty Images)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Three days later, the administration placed Abrego García on a deportation flight to El Salvador — before a judge could actually hold a new hearing to review his immigration status. The Salvadoran government now \u003ca href=\"https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/kilmar-abrego-garcia-el-salvador-prison-rcna203429\">has custody over Abrego García\u003c/a> and has refused to return him to the U.S.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The White House, for its part, acknowledged that Abrego García’s deportation \u003ca href=\"https://apnews.com/article/kilmar-abrego-garcia-deportation-mistake-el-salvador-ed94130580412b81d5ff5c86aea5c0c7\">was an “administrative error,”\u003c/a> but has since then insisted he was \u003ca href=\"https://www.npr.org/2025/04/07/g-s1-58709/trump-immigration-dhs-maryland-el-salvador\">involved with the gang MS-13\u003c/a> — something his lawyers \u003ca href=\"https://www.cbsnews.com/news/kilmar-abrego-garcia-case-trump-state-secrets-privilege/\">have repeatedly denied\u003c/a>. Trump and Bukele were expected to discuss a range of bilateral issues, including the detention of Kilmar Armando Abrego Garcia, who has been held in a prison in El Salvador since March 15.[aside postID=news_12034742 hero='https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/04/20250129_UCBerkeleyRally_GC-72_qed-1020x680.jpg']On social media, Deputy Chief of Staff Stephen Miller \u003ca href=\"https://x.com/StephenM/status/1919377123266937140\">wrote that\u003c/a> due process “guarantees the rights of a criminal defendant facing prosecution, not an illegal alien facing deportation.” But the Supreme Court \u003ca href=\"https://www.supremecourt.gov/opinions/24pdf/24a949_lkhn.pdf\">has criticized the administration’s actions\u003c/a> and stated that the government “must comply with its obligation to provide Abrego Garcia with ‘due process of law,’ including notice and an opportunity to be heard, in any future proceedings.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>When asked \u003ca href=\"https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/trump-administration/read-full-transcript-president-donald-trump-interviewed-meet-press-mod-rcna203514\">by NBC journalist Kristen Welker\u003c/a> if he thought citizens and non-citizens alike deserve due process, Trump said, “I’m not a lawyer. I don’t know.” Welker then reminded the president that due process was enshrined by the Fifth Amendment, to which Trump replied, “It might say that, but if you’re talking about that, then we’d have to have a million or two million or three million trials.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But having too many legal cases is not a good enough reason to ignore due process, said Matt Coles, professor of practice at UC Law San Francisco.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“The due process clause results in a lot of cases all the time,” he said. “Every single criminal case we have in the United States in a sense exists because we require due process.”\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>Habeas corpus: The White House’s latest focus\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>In the past few weeks, judges around the country \u003ca href=\"https://www.nytimes.com/2025/05/17/us/politics/courts-immigrants-venezuelans-garcia-trump.html\">have frozen many of the White House’s immigration plans\u003c/a>, slowing down what \u003ca href=\"https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/article/2024/may/03/trump-mass-deportations-detention-camps-military-migrants\">Trump promised to be\u003c/a> “the largest domestic deportation operation in American history.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In response, the White House has become even more defiant.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In May, Miller \u003ca href=\"https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c0qgz18glljo\">told reporters\u003c/a> that the administration is considering suspending habeas corpus: a legal right that allows individuals held by the government to \u003ca href=\"https://apnews.com/article/habeas-corpus-trump-migrants-deportations-constitution-28a598363d03bfc9448b5132c72f2b3d\">challenge their detention\u003c/a> in court. This term originally comes from the Latin phrase “you should have the body” because the detained person has to be brought to court so a court can review their situation — \u003ca href=\"https://www.npr.org/2025/05/23/1253043762/can-trump-suspend-habeas-corpus\">a form of due process\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12019937\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12019937\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/12/122724-Stephen-Miller-MB-REUTERS-01-copy.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/12/122724-Stephen-Miller-MB-REUTERS-01-copy.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/12/122724-Stephen-Miller-MB-REUTERS-01-copy-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/12/122724-Stephen-Miller-MB-REUTERS-01-copy-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/12/122724-Stephen-Miller-MB-REUTERS-01-copy-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/12/122724-Stephen-Miller-MB-REUTERS-01-copy-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/12/122724-Stephen-Miller-MB-REUTERS-01-copy-1920x1280.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Stephen Miller, an adviser to President-elect Donald Trump who is expected to join the incoming administration, speaks during a rally for the president-elect in Coachella on Oct. 12, 2024. \u003ccite>(Mike Blake/Reuters)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Through habeas corpus, multiple individuals detained by ICE \u003ca href=\"https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cp3nd0dwlpgo\">have been able to regain their freedom\u003c/a> and avoid deportation after a court decided the federal government broke the law when arresting them. Without habeas corpus, the administration could move even faster with certain deportations.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But even as the administration eyes this new target, some officials have shown a lack of knowledge about what habeas corpus actually entails.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>At \u003ca href=\"https://apnews.com/article/noem-homeland-security-habeas-corpus-trump-338604206f40fed32c2790608d3e5da6\">a congressional hearing last month\u003c/a>, Secretary of Homeland Security Kristi Noem stated that habeas corpus allows “the president has to be able to remove people from this country and suspend their rights.”[aside postID=news_12025647 hero='https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/GettyImages-1243312873-1020x680.jpg']Democratic Senator Maggie Hassan of New Hampshire quickly pushed back and described habeas corpus as “the foundational right that separates free societies like America from police states like North Korea.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“The writ of habeas corpus is available to anyone who’s been held by the government and who says that they’re being held illegally,” said UC Berkeley’s Chemerinsky, who added that the Constitution \u003ca href=\"https://constitution.congress.gov/constitution/article-1/\">only allows one part of government to suspend habeas corpus\u003c/a>: Congress — not the president — and only when “cases of rebellion or invasion the public safety may require it.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The Trump administration, however, insists that \u003ca href=\"https://www.cnbc.com/2025/05/20/kristi-noem-habeas-corpus-immigration.html\">there is a historical precedent\u003c/a> for the president to freeze habeas corpus: In 1861, Abraham Lincoln suspended habeas corpus without permission from Congress during the Civil War. And although Lincoln argued that this only impacted suspected Confederate spies and sympathizers, the courts soon decided that the president’s actions were unconstitutional.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Lincoln had no authority to suspend the writ of habeas corpus,” Chemerinsky said. “The fact that this was a constitutional violation back in the mid-19th century certainly doesn’t justify one now in the early 21st century.”\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>Due process: A final failsafe\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>In March, Trump \u003ca href=\"https://www.whitehouse.gov/presidential-actions/2025/03/invocation-of-the-alien-enemies-act-regarding-the-invasion-of-the-united-states-by-tren-de-aragua/\">signed a proclamation\u003c/a> claiming that the gang Tren de Aragua — founded in a Venezuelan prison in 2011 — is cooperating with the regime of Nicolás Maduro to perpetrate “an invasion of and predatory incursion” into the U.S. Any Venezuelan immigrant the administration believes to be a TDA member, according to the proclamation, is “liable to be apprehended, restrained, secured, and removed” from the country.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Behind this aggressive deportation policy is the \u003ca href=\"https://www.archives.gov/milestone-documents/alien-and-sedition-acts#:~:text=Be%20it%20enacted%20by%20the%20Senate%20and%20House%20of%20Representatives,attempted%2C%20or%20threatened%20against%20the\">Alien Enemies Act of 1798\u003c/a> — a law that’s only been invoked before when the U.S. was at war with a foreign nation. On April 7, the Supreme Court \u003ca href=\"https://www.supremecourt.gov/opinions/24pdf/24a931_2c83.pdf\">ruled that the administration could move forward\u003c/a> with its plan as long as suspected gang members were given “reasonable time” to challenge their deportations in court — due process.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11958277\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-11958277\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/08/230815-IMMIGRATION-RALLY-AP-JC-KQED.jpg\" alt=\"People fill a plaza holding signs in front of a large ornate building.\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1397\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/08/230815-IMMIGRATION-RALLY-AP-JC-KQED.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/08/230815-IMMIGRATION-RALLY-AP-JC-KQED-800x559.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/08/230815-IMMIGRATION-RALLY-AP-JC-KQED-1020x712.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/08/230815-IMMIGRATION-RALLY-AP-JC-KQED-160x112.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/08/230815-IMMIGRATION-RALLY-AP-JC-KQED-1536x1073.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/08/230815-IMMIGRATION-RALLY-AP-JC-KQED-1920x1341.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Demonstrators hold signs at a rally held by immigrant and union groups as they march to mark May Day and protest against President Donald Trump’s efforts to boost deportations at the San Francisco City Hall on May 1, 2017. \u003ccite>(Jeff Chiu/AP Photo)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>But by the time the court announced its ruling, the administration \u003ca href=\"https://apnews.com/article/supreme-court-trump-deportations-el-salvador-9988b667199e1b02fc0a6a83570225c1\">had already deported hundreds of Venezuelan citizens\u003c/a> without a hearing. Many of these individuals are now held in prisons in El Salvador, per an agreement \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12038872/what-us-taxpayers-getting-6-million-deal-salvadoran-mega-prison\">between the U.S. and the government of Nayib Bukele\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>A recent study from the Cato Institute, a libertarian think tank, found that 50 Venezuelan men deported to El Salvador’s maximum security CECOT prison \u003ca href=\"https://www.cato.org/blog/50-venezuelans-imprisoned-el-salvador-came-us-legally-never-violated-immigration-law\">came to the U.S. legally, with advanced government permission\u003c/a>. “Because these men were denied due process, the public had no opportunity to obtain a real accounting of any evidence against them,” the Cato Institute report said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>New evidence also puts into question Trump’s claim that the Venezuelan government is collaborating with TDA. The Freedom of the Press Foundation \u003ca href=\"https://media.freedom.press/media/documents/SOCM_2025-11374_Redacted.pdf\">obtained last month an internal memo\u003c/a> from the administration’s own intelligence agencies that states the Maduro regime “probably does not have a policy of cooperating with TDA and is not directing TDA movement” into the U.S.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Government can still make mistakes, Chemerinsky said. “The only way we can check the government is to have a fair process.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Rewriting — or eliminating completely due process — for one group could make everyone else vulnerable in the future, added Coles. “The guarantees of individual rights are only meaningful if the government doesn’t get to pick and choose who’s got the rights,” he said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad floatright]\u003c/p>\n",
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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003cp>In President Donald Trump’s second term, one phrase \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12038481/may-day-thousands-bay-area-take-streets-immigrant-worker-rights\">keeps showing up\u003c/a>: “due process.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Many of Trump’s critics claim that many actions taken by his administration violate due process, including \u003ca href=\"https://www.govexec.com/workforce/2025/02/oversight-agency-finds-trumps-federal-worker-firings-unlawful-asks-some-employees-be-reinstated/403218/\">terminating federal workers\u003c/a>, \u003ca href=\"https://www.npr.org/2025/04/22/nx-s1-5372214/harvard-sues-trump-administration-research\">freezing federal grants for universities\u003c/a> and \u003ca href=\"https://www.npr.org/2025/05/02/nx-s1-5385355/perkins-coie-trump-executive-order-law-firms\">targeting law firms the White House sees as its enemies\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But the president is testing his ability to challenge due process most frequently \u003ca href=\"https://www.npr.org/2025/04/29/g-s1-63187/trump-courts-immigration-judges-due-process\">in the area of immigration\u003c/a>. The administration has \u003ca href=\"https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cy871w21d3vo\">invoked a wartime power\u003c/a> to rush deportations of alleged gang members, \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12034742/california-students-visa-cancellations-sue-trump-administration\">stripped thousands of foreign students of their visas\u003c/a> and is quietly \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12041326/this-ethiopian-woman-was-tortured-by-her-government-the-us-is-sending-her-home-anyway\">whittling away legal protections for torture survivors\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Both legal scholars and immigration advocates say that disregarding due process for immigrants could have serious consequences for the civil liberties of everyone else, and potentially, \u003ca href=\"https://www.theatlantic.com/politics/archive/2025/04/trump-constitution-abrego-garcia/682487/\">the country’s democracy\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003c/div>",
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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>So what exactly is due process?\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>The U.S. Constitution — the document that establishes \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12028351/what-happens-if-the-president-disobeys-the-courts-a-constitutional-crisis-experts-say\">the powers and limitations of government\u003c/a> — first mentions \u003ca href=\"https://constitutioncenter.org/the-constitution/amendments/amendment-v\">due process in the Fifth Amendment\u003c/a>: “No person shall … be deprived of life, liberty, or property, without due process of law.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“What this simply means is that the government can’t impose harm on somebody unless there are fair procedures,” said Erwin Chemerinsky, dean of the School of Law at UC Berkeley.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12042500\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12042500\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/06/ErwinChemerinskyGetty.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1373\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/06/ErwinChemerinskyGetty.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/06/ErwinChemerinskyGetty-800x549.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/06/ErwinChemerinskyGetty-1020x700.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/06/ErwinChemerinskyGetty-160x110.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/06/ErwinChemerinskyGetty-1536x1054.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/06/ErwinChemerinskyGetty-1920x1318.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">UC Berkeley law school dean Erwin Chemerinsky at his home in Oakland, California, on Jan. 19, 2021. \u003ccite>(Carlos Avila Gonzalez/The San Francisco Chronicle via Getty Images)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>“The government has tremendous power: the power to take away somebody’s property, their freedom, even their life,” he said — but due process of law dictates that “the government shouldn’t be able to do that without notice, hearings, a fair decision maker, appeals.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Yet recent declarations by \u003ca href=\"https://www.npr.org/2025/05/01/nx-s1-5382400/dhs-spokesperson-tricia-mclaughlin-deporations\">several White House officials\u003c/a> and \u003ca href=\"https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/trump-administration/read-full-transcript-president-donald-trump-interviewed-meet-press-mod-rcna203514\">even Trump himself\u003c/a> suggest that this administration believes some immigrants are not actually entitled to due process. If the government believes an individual is undocumented or part of a gang or terrorist organization, due process “is going to look different,” a top spokesperson for the Department of Homeland Security \u003ca href=\"https://www.npr.org/2025/05/01/nx-s1-5382400/dhs-spokesperson-tricia-mclaughlin-deporations\">told NPR\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>Who does due process actually protect?\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>In the federal government, it’s the Supreme Court that is tasked with \u003ca href=\"https://www.supremecourt.gov/about/constitutional.aspx\">interpreting the Constitution\u003c/a> — not the White House.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>And the Supreme Court has established multiple times that every person \u003ca href=\"https://www.britannica.com/event/Boumediene-v-Bush\">on U.S. soil\u003c/a> — regardless of their immigration status — is entitled to due process. In the 1976 case, \u003ca href=\"https://supreme.justia.com/cases/federal/us/426/67/\">\u003cem>Mathews v. Diaz\u003c/em>\u003c/a>, the court declared that the Constitution’s Fifth Amendment protects the millions of non-citizens living in the U.S. “from deprivation of life, liberty, or property without due process of law.”\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>The Trump administration and due process\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>Despite these rulings from the Supreme Court, the White House insists on its own definition of due process. The case of Kilmar Abrego García — a Salvadoran citizen who lived in Maryland and \u003ca href=\"https://www.npr.org/2025/04/20/g-s1-61475/trump-faces-bipartisan-criticism-over-abrego-garcia-deportation\">was deported to a prison in El Salvador last April\u003c/a> — shows what can happen when the administration’s interpretation is put into practice.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>On March 15, Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agents \u003ca href=\"https://www.npr.org/2025/04/10/nx-s1-5358421/supreme-court-abrego-garcia-deportation-decision\">pulled over Abrego García\u003c/a> on his way home from work in Baltimore. At the time, Abrego García was living in the U.S. with a legal status protecting him from deportation, but when ICE officials detained him, they told his family \u003ca href=\"https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/kilmar-abrego-garcia-deported-el-salvador-trump-immigration-what-know-rcna201708\">that his “status had changed.”\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12035874\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12035874\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/04/gettyimages-2210243092-scaled-e1745537471811.jpeg\" alt=\"Two men wearing suits shake hands while seated in chairs.\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">President Trump meets with President Nayib Bukele of El Salvador in the Oval Office on April 14, 2025. Trump and Bukele were expected to discuss a range of bilateral issues, including the detention of Kilmar Armando Abrego Garcia, who has been held in a prison in El Salvador since March 15. \u003ccite>(Win McNamee/Getty Images)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Three days later, the administration placed Abrego García on a deportation flight to El Salvador — before a judge could actually hold a new hearing to review his immigration status. The Salvadoran government now \u003ca href=\"https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/kilmar-abrego-garcia-el-salvador-prison-rcna203429\">has custody over Abrego García\u003c/a> and has refused to return him to the U.S.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The White House, for its part, acknowledged that Abrego García’s deportation \u003ca href=\"https://apnews.com/article/kilmar-abrego-garcia-deportation-mistake-el-salvador-ed94130580412b81d5ff5c86aea5c0c7\">was an “administrative error,”\u003c/a> but has since then insisted he was \u003ca href=\"https://www.npr.org/2025/04/07/g-s1-58709/trump-immigration-dhs-maryland-el-salvador\">involved with the gang MS-13\u003c/a> — something his lawyers \u003ca href=\"https://www.cbsnews.com/news/kilmar-abrego-garcia-case-trump-state-secrets-privilege/\">have repeatedly denied\u003c/a>. Trump and Bukele were expected to discuss a range of bilateral issues, including the detention of Kilmar Armando Abrego Garcia, who has been held in a prison in El Salvador since March 15.\u003c/p>\u003c/div>",
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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>On social media, Deputy Chief of Staff Stephen Miller \u003ca href=\"https://x.com/StephenM/status/1919377123266937140\">wrote that\u003c/a> due process “guarantees the rights of a criminal defendant facing prosecution, not an illegal alien facing deportation.” But the Supreme Court \u003ca href=\"https://www.supremecourt.gov/opinions/24pdf/24a949_lkhn.pdf\">has criticized the administration’s actions\u003c/a> and stated that the government “must comply with its obligation to provide Abrego Garcia with ‘due process of law,’ including notice and an opportunity to be heard, in any future proceedings.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>When asked \u003ca href=\"https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/trump-administration/read-full-transcript-president-donald-trump-interviewed-meet-press-mod-rcna203514\">by NBC journalist Kristen Welker\u003c/a> if he thought citizens and non-citizens alike deserve due process, Trump said, “I’m not a lawyer. I don’t know.” Welker then reminded the president that due process was enshrined by the Fifth Amendment, to which Trump replied, “It might say that, but if you’re talking about that, then we’d have to have a million or two million or three million trials.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But having too many legal cases is not a good enough reason to ignore due process, said Matt Coles, professor of practice at UC Law San Francisco.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“The due process clause results in a lot of cases all the time,” he said. “Every single criminal case we have in the United States in a sense exists because we require due process.”\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>Habeas corpus: The White House’s latest focus\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>In the past few weeks, judges around the country \u003ca href=\"https://www.nytimes.com/2025/05/17/us/politics/courts-immigrants-venezuelans-garcia-trump.html\">have frozen many of the White House’s immigration plans\u003c/a>, slowing down what \u003ca href=\"https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/article/2024/may/03/trump-mass-deportations-detention-camps-military-migrants\">Trump promised to be\u003c/a> “the largest domestic deportation operation in American history.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In response, the White House has become even more defiant.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In May, Miller \u003ca href=\"https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c0qgz18glljo\">told reporters\u003c/a> that the administration is considering suspending habeas corpus: a legal right that allows individuals held by the government to \u003ca href=\"https://apnews.com/article/habeas-corpus-trump-migrants-deportations-constitution-28a598363d03bfc9448b5132c72f2b3d\">challenge their detention\u003c/a> in court. 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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>Democratic Senator Maggie Hassan of New Hampshire quickly pushed back and described habeas corpus as “the foundational right that separates free societies like America from police states like North Korea.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“The writ of habeas corpus is available to anyone who’s been held by the government and who says that they’re being held illegally,” said UC Berkeley’s Chemerinsky, who added that the Constitution \u003ca href=\"https://constitution.congress.gov/constitution/article-1/\">only allows one part of government to suspend habeas corpus\u003c/a>: Congress — not the president — and only when “cases of rebellion or invasion the public safety may require it.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The Trump administration, however, insists that \u003ca href=\"https://www.cnbc.com/2025/05/20/kristi-noem-habeas-corpus-immigration.html\">there is a historical precedent\u003c/a> for the president to freeze habeas corpus: In 1861, Abraham Lincoln suspended habeas corpus without permission from Congress during the Civil War. And although Lincoln argued that this only impacted suspected Confederate spies and sympathizers, the courts soon decided that the president’s actions were unconstitutional.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Lincoln had no authority to suspend the writ of habeas corpus,” Chemerinsky said. “The fact that this was a constitutional violation back in the mid-19th century certainly doesn’t justify one now in the early 21st century.”\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>Due process: A final failsafe\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>In March, Trump \u003ca href=\"https://www.whitehouse.gov/presidential-actions/2025/03/invocation-of-the-alien-enemies-act-regarding-the-invasion-of-the-united-states-by-tren-de-aragua/\">signed a proclamation\u003c/a> claiming that the gang Tren de Aragua — founded in a Venezuelan prison in 2011 — is cooperating with the regime of Nicolás Maduro to perpetrate “an invasion of and predatory incursion” into the U.S. Any Venezuelan immigrant the administration believes to be a TDA member, according to the proclamation, is “liable to be apprehended, restrained, secured, and removed” from the country.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Behind this aggressive deportation policy is the \u003ca href=\"https://www.archives.gov/milestone-documents/alien-and-sedition-acts#:~:text=Be%20it%20enacted%20by%20the%20Senate%20and%20House%20of%20Representatives,attempted%2C%20or%20threatened%20against%20the\">Alien Enemies Act of 1798\u003c/a> — a law that’s only been invoked before when the U.S. was at war with a foreign nation. On April 7, the Supreme Court \u003ca href=\"https://www.supremecourt.gov/opinions/24pdf/24a931_2c83.pdf\">ruled that the administration could move forward\u003c/a> with its plan as long as suspected gang members were given “reasonable time” to challenge their deportations in court — due process.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11958277\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-11958277\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/08/230815-IMMIGRATION-RALLY-AP-JC-KQED.jpg\" alt=\"People fill a plaza holding signs in front of a large ornate building.\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1397\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/08/230815-IMMIGRATION-RALLY-AP-JC-KQED.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/08/230815-IMMIGRATION-RALLY-AP-JC-KQED-800x559.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/08/230815-IMMIGRATION-RALLY-AP-JC-KQED-1020x712.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/08/230815-IMMIGRATION-RALLY-AP-JC-KQED-160x112.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/08/230815-IMMIGRATION-RALLY-AP-JC-KQED-1536x1073.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/08/230815-IMMIGRATION-RALLY-AP-JC-KQED-1920x1341.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Demonstrators hold signs at a rally held by immigrant and union groups as they march to mark May Day and protest against President Donald Trump’s efforts to boost deportations at the San Francisco City Hall on May 1, 2017. \u003ccite>(Jeff Chiu/AP Photo)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>But by the time the court announced its ruling, the administration \u003ca href=\"https://apnews.com/article/supreme-court-trump-deportations-el-salvador-9988b667199e1b02fc0a6a83570225c1\">had already deported hundreds of Venezuelan citizens\u003c/a> without a hearing. Many of these individuals are now held in prisons in El Salvador, per an agreement \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12038872/what-us-taxpayers-getting-6-million-deal-salvadoran-mega-prison\">between the U.S. and the government of Nayib Bukele\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>A recent study from the Cato Institute, a libertarian think tank, found that 50 Venezuelan men deported to El Salvador’s maximum security CECOT prison \u003ca href=\"https://www.cato.org/blog/50-venezuelans-imprisoned-el-salvador-came-us-legally-never-violated-immigration-law\">came to the U.S. legally, with advanced government permission\u003c/a>. “Because these men were denied due process, the public had no opportunity to obtain a real accounting of any evidence against them,” the Cato Institute report said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>New evidence also puts into question Trump’s claim that the Venezuelan government is collaborating with TDA. 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"content": "\u003cp>One week after a high-speed California Highway Patrol chase led to a crash that \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12042178/oakland-chp-pursuit-crash-kills-a-beloved-teacher-renewing-debate-over-police-chases\">killed a high school teacher\u003c/a> in Oakland, the city’s Police Commission said systemic changes are needed to address how local police apprehend suspects.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Revisions to the pursuit policy alone will not resolve the underlying issues that led to this heartbreaking loss,” the commission said in a statement on Monday afternoon signed by Chair Ricardo Garcia-Acosta. “Police pursuits are a complex, multifaceted problem requiring urgent, coordinated action across city leadership, public safety agencies, and community partners.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The pursuit policy revisions proposed by Oakland Police Chief Floyd Mitchell last month, a week before the fatal May 28 crash, would \u003ca href=\"https://drive.google.com/file/d/1p1PM8a3qLj2zhKqO2y02wRQ3Wbpm4WPr/view\">rescind a restriction on pursuits\u003c/a> established under former Police Chief LeRonne Armstrong in 2022. Under that restriction, officers who do not have a commander’s approval must end a police chase if the vehicles involved exceed 50 mph on city streets.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The CHP, however, is not required to follow OPD’s pursuit policy.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>According to Mitchell, the policy is too restrictive, adding that it has resulted in fewer pursuits in cases where an officer has reason to believe a crime has been committed — a 47.7% decline from 2022 to 2024.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The Police Commission said in a statement that while it is still in the process of reviewing Mitchell’s proposal, it urges other city agencies, including OPD, the City Council’s Public Safety Committee and the Department of Violence Prevention, to also consider other public safety initiatives.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12038002\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12038002\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/04/250428-OPD-FILE-MD-01-KQED-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/04/250428-OPD-FILE-MD-01-KQED-1.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/04/250428-OPD-FILE-MD-01-KQED-1-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/04/250428-OPD-FILE-MD-01-KQED-1-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/04/250428-OPD-FILE-MD-01-KQED-1-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/04/250428-OPD-FILE-MD-01-KQED-1-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/04/250428-OPD-FILE-MD-01-KQED-1-1920x1280.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">An Oakland Police Department squad car in downtown Oakland on April 28, 2025. \u003ccite>(Martin do Nascimento/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>“This collaboration must include a thorough review of the pursuit policy’s alignment with broader public safety strategies, development of an enhanced community provider system of care, investments in technology and resources for safer apprehension methods, and clear public messaging that communicates a significant shift in our city’s approach,” the commission said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Last week’s chase began after CHP officers saw Eric Scott Hernandez-Garcia, 18, driving a vehicle that was wanted in association with a felony evading incident, according to the agency.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>When officers attempted to stop the car in a parking lot near the intersection of 102nd Avenue and International Boulevard, they said, Hernandez-Garcia fled the scene. Officers pursued him for around 30 seconds before discontinuing their ground chase while CHP aircraft continued to monitor Hernandez-Garcia from above, CHP said.[aside postID=news_12042178 hero='https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/08/240408-FCIDublin-026-BL_qed-1020x680.jpg']At one point, Hernandez-Garcia pulled over and began to exit the vehicle. When law enforcement approached him, however, he re-entered the car and a second ground pursuit ensued, CHP said, adding that the driver crashed into a minivan near Park Boulevard a few seconds later. The people in the minivan suffered minor injuries, and the pursuit was called off.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>A few seconds later, around 7:45 p.m., the driver crashed into a fire hydrant and two pedestrians at the intersection of East 21st Street and 12th Avenue, killing one of the people and injuring the other.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Marvin Boomer, a beloved math teacher and academic coach at Castlemont High School in Oakland, was pronounced dead at the scene while his girlfriend, who was walking with him, was taken to the hospital for her injuries.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Boomer, 40, “was a source of light, always stepping up to help others, lead with kindness, and bring people together,” a \u003ca href=\"https://www.gofundme.com/f/honoring-dr-boomers-legacy?attribution_id=sl:9e2cda4b-3908-43f0-beeb-3b3d8e4a3d9e&lang=en_US&ts=1748728311&utm_campaign=fp_sharesheet&utm_content=amp13_t1-amp14_c-amp15_t3&utm_medium=customer&utm_source=copy_link&v=amp14_c\">GoFundMe\u003c/a> dedicated to Boomer said. “His warmth, wisdom, and joyful spirit left a lasting impact on his family and friends as well as the countless students, colleagues, and community members in his orbit.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Hernandez-Garcia was arrested and booked into Santa Rita Jail on multiple felony charges, and CHP and the Oakland Police Department are investigating the incident. The Alameda County District Attorney’s Office said June 20 is his scheduled plea hearing.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n",
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The cause is still under investigation.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The first truck arrived at the area near the edge of Chabot Park less than three minutes after receiving the call, but just two weeks earlier, the response wouldn’t have been so quick, according to department spokesperson Michael Hunt.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Nearby Station 28, along with two others, had been closed for months until May 18 due to mid-year city funding cuts. The \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12040592/all-oakland-fire-stations-open-ahead-of-wildfire-season-for-first-time-in-decades\">reopening of the three stations\u003c/a>, one of which had been closed since 2022, marked the first time in decades that all 25 of Oakland’s fire stations were operating. 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Oakland has also suggested that it could need to negotiate with labor partners in the coming years about their benefits agreements, as it approaches a steep rise in benefit and retirement costs, without a clear way to afford them.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The department is currently conducting interviews for a fire academy this fall, and is planning to host another in 2026. Still, Olyer said recruiting is an “uphill battle.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Oakland has begun annual \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12021911/oakland-hills-burned-before-la-fires-have-many-terrified-it-will-happen-again\">fire maintenance work\u003c/a>, which Olyer said is vital to keep the risk in the fire-prone hills down as much as possible. 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