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There are three co-equal branches of government,” LoPresti said at a Tuesday press conference in San José. “The president’s job is to execute the laws, not to make the laws. When the president attempts to take the legislative power away from the legislative branch and claim it as his own, we are facing an existential threat to democracy.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The plaintiffs allege that Trump’s executive orders, which demand reductions in the function and workforce of federal departments, exceed his executive authority and illegally take away Congress’ exclusive authority to create U.S. law.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Chiu and LoPresti argue that Trump needs the legislative branch’s permission to make these significant changes to the size and structure of the federal government — a rule he should know, the lawsuit said, since he “tried and failed to obtain that authorization during his first term in office.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12028373\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12028373\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/02/GettyImages-2195560285-scaled-e1745951058371.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1334\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">President Donald Trump holds up a signed executive order in the Oval Office of the White House on Jan. 23. \u003ccite>(Anna Moneymaker/Getty Images)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>“President Trump determined that in his second term, he would proceed without Congress,” the lawsuit alleges.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In his first weeks in office, Trump created the \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12033139/doge-says-it-needs-to-know-the-governments-most-sensitive-data-but-cant-say-why\">Department of Government Efficiency\u003c/a>, which, despite its name, is set up as a White House executive office, not an official Cabinet-level department. 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It also asks the judge to find that departments carrying out Trump’s requests have acted unlawfully and outside the authority granted to them by Congress.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“When the president takes for himself the legislative power of Congress to recreate federal agencies in the manner he sees fit, he violates the Constitution,” the suit said. “And when the president does so across every federal agency, he threatens the very constitutional foundation of this nation.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>If successful, the parties aim to halt future reduction-in-force plans at federal agencies and reverse cuts they say were made unconstitutionally, which have already affected Bay Area \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12029178/trumps-mass-layoffs-noaa-cut-into-bay-area-weather-service\">National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration\u003c/a> workers, \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12033338/bay-area-air-traffic-control-is-down-to-1-meteorologist-after-trumps-hiring-freeze\">air traffic controllers\u003c/a>, and \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12034527/meals-on-wheels-child-welfare-hhs-staff-sf-woke-up-our-jobs-gone\">Health and Human Services \u003c/a>employees.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“As far as I know, we still live in a democracy, and what is happening is illegal and authoritarian,” Chiu said. “This is why San Francisco stands with this coalition and this lawsuit to stand up for the constitution and our rule of law while it still exists.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n",
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Any time the newest \u003cem>Paris by Night\u003c/em> came out, when the VHS tape dropped, that was a day that was marked on the calendar.”[aside postID=news_12037893 hero='https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/04/20250412_MIENGAMEMORIES_19-KQED-1020x680.jpg']What did we see?\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>A Vietnamese folk singer belting out a ballad with gravitas or a euro-dance pop number booming through the big living room TV speakers.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Occasionally, the “grown-ups” would pause their conversation to listen in and reminisce.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Elders, like my grandma, would have a front-row seat, tuning out the buzz and tuning into this larger-than-life display of Vietnamese culture.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cem>Paris By Night \u003c/em>is a flashy variety show with musical acts, dance numbers, interviews and vaudeville-style comedy skits. For many decades, it was the cultural anchor for “Viet Kieu,” or Vietnamese people who had fled their homeland.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>And that’s the purpose of \u003cem>Paris By Night\u003c/em>: to reconnect the Vietnamese diaspora, like my grandma, to the culture that was left behind.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>Fleeing to Paris, recreating Vietnam in California\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>The show’s beginnings can be traced back to Tô Văn Lai, who \u003ca href=\"https://saigoneer.com/saigon-music-art/25830-a-brief-history-of-paris-by-night,-the-anchor-of-vietnamese-culture-abroad\">sold cassette tapes in their Saigon record shop of local singers\u003c/a>, like Thaí Thanh.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>When he and his wife Thuy \u003ca href=\"https://thesmartlocal.com/vietnam/to-van-lai/\">fled to Paris\u003c/a> in 1976, they brought their collection of tapes and records to remind them of Vietnam.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Under the Paris night skies, Tô, who deeply missed his homeland, dreamt of recapturing the melodies that would bring him the warmth of Vietnam. And so, \u003cem>Paris By Night\u003c/em> was conceived.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12037955\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 960px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12037955\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/04/Thuy.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"960\" height=\"613\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/04/Thuy.jpg 960w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/04/Thuy-800x511.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/04/Thuy-160x102.jpg 160w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 960px) 100vw, 960px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Photo of Thuy taken by Lai at the Saigon Zoo and Botanical Garden. \u003ccite>(Courtesy of Marie Tô)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12037956\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 960px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12037956\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/04/To-Van-Lai.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"960\" height=\"651\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/04/To-Van-Lai.jpg 960w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/04/To-Van-Lai-800x543.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/04/To-Van-Lai-160x109.jpg 160w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 960px) 100vw, 960px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Photo of Tô Văn Lai in Saigon in front of the Central Post Office. \u003ccite>(Courtesy of Marie Tô)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12037957\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12037957\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/04/To-Van-Lai-Thuy-Marie.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1448\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/04/To-Van-Lai-Thuy-Marie.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/04/To-Van-Lai-Thuy-Marie-800x579.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/04/To-Van-Lai-Thuy-Marie-1020x738.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/04/To-Van-Lai-Thuy-Marie-160x116.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/04/To-Van-Lai-Thuy-Marie-1536x1112.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/04/To-Van-Lai-Thuy-Marie-1920x1390.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Lai and Thuy with their daughter Marie in Saigon. \u003ccite>(Courtesy of Marie Tô)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Nearly 22 episodes of the show were produced for the Vietnamese community in France before expanding internationally and relocating to \u003ca href=\"https://saigoneer.com/saigon-music-art/25830-a-brief-history-of-paris-by-night,-the-anchor-of-vietnamese-culture-abroad\">Orange County, California\u003c/a>. Tô and Thuy’s daughter, Marie Tô Ngoc Thuy, now serves as the executive producer with her husband, Paul Huynh, at Thuy Nga Productions, the company that owns \u003cem>Paris By Night\u003c/em>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“In \u003cem>Paris by Night\u003c/em>, we have 138 volumes. And then beside that, we produce comedies, live concerts, so anything related to Vietnamese music,” Marie Tô said, not to mention the 600 CDs they have produced.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12037958\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 1593px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-12037958 size-full\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/04/Marie-To-and-husband-Paul-Huynh-with-singer-Thanh-Ha-in-Paris-for-the-70th-episode.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1593\" height=\"1196\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/04/Marie-To-and-husband-Paul-Huynh-with-singer-Thanh-Ha-in-Paris-for-the-70th-episode.jpg 1593w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/04/Marie-To-and-husband-Paul-Huynh-with-singer-Thanh-Ha-in-Paris-for-the-70th-episode-800x601.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/04/Marie-To-and-husband-Paul-Huynh-with-singer-Thanh-Ha-in-Paris-for-the-70th-episode-1020x766.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/04/Marie-To-and-husband-Paul-Huynh-with-singer-Thanh-Ha-in-Paris-for-the-70th-episode-160x120.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/04/Marie-To-and-husband-Paul-Huynh-with-singer-Thanh-Ha-in-Paris-for-the-70th-episode-1536x1153.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1593px) 100vw, 1593px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Marie Tô and her husband, Paul Huynh, with singer Thanh Hà in Paris for the 70th episode. \u003ccite>(Courtesy of Marie Tô)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Back when videotapes and DVDs were a hot commodity, \u003cem>Paris By Night\u003c/em> flourished. The shift from France to Southern California also proved to be the right business move since there was a pool of Hollywood producers, designers and choreographers next door. As a result, production levels soared and became more sophisticated.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Shanda Sawyer was one of those Hollywood choreographers who came into \u003cem>Paris By Night\u003c/em>. Sawyer is an L.A.-based creative director and choreographer and works closely with Marie Tô to come up with set pieces and musical numbers.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“It’s such a long creative relationship, but we really create well together,” said Sawyer, who has been with \u003cem>Paris By Night \u003c/em>for over 20 years.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Before every show is filmed, Sawyer has two weeks to work with the Vietnamese artists and backup dancers to rehearse their numbers. She said, “I was able to really connect with the Vietnamese artists in a way that I could help them not only realize their individual songs, but recreate a lot of the culture that had been lost.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12037959\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-12037959 size-full\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/04/Nhu-Quynh.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1086\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/04/Nhu-Quynh.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/04/Nhu-Quynh-800x434.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/04/Nhu-Quynh-1020x554.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/04/Nhu-Quynh-160x87.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/04/Nhu-Quynh-1536x834.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/04/Nhu-Quynh-1920x1043.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Singer Như Quỳnh performs at the 129th episode of “Paris By Night.” Shanda Sawyer is the creative director and choreographer behind this and many other performances. \u003ccite>(\"Paris By Night\" Official YouTube)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>In addition to creating videos, the company performed live in multiple cities, including San José in 2003, and cemented the household name it is today.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>My parents attended that show, and when I asked my mom about it, she paused in a daze, trying to remember those long-ago memories. She said watching it live was so much better than viewing it at home on DVDs. She also recalled the music, dancing, choreography, the banners and even her favorite singers, Ý Lan and Khánh Ly.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RRlHV9V4Ip0\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Duong told KQED that her mother would wait in line at the Lion Plaza in San José to get the newest videotapes and her whole family would excitedly sit down to watch them on repeat.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“On Saturdays and Sundays, it would just play in the background nonstop,” she said. “For my parents, the more classical songs would give them a sense of home.”\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>A contrast to representation in American media\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>For the Vietnamese diaspora, \u003cem>Paris By Night\u003c/em> was a welcome contrast to how we were represented in Western visual media. Most depictions of Vietnam have centered around the war, typically from the perspective of American soldiers, like \u003cem>Platoon\u003c/em>, \u003cem>The Deer Hunter\u003c/em> and \u003cem>Casualties of War\u003c/em>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Rarely has there been a piece of visual media about the Vietnam War (also known in Vietnam as the American War) that has centered on the Vietnamese perspective. That is, until last year’s HBO mini-series, \u003cem>The Sympathizer\u003c/em>, based on the Pulitzer Prize-winning book of the same title written by Viet Thanh Nguyen, who fled Vietnam when he was 4 years old.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12037960\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-12037960\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/04/The-Sympathizer-Poster-800x1185.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"800\" height=\"1185\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/04/The-Sympathizer-Poster-800x1185.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/04/The-Sympathizer-Poster-160x237.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/04/The-Sympathizer-Poster.jpg 1000w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">“The Sympathizer” poster. \u003ccite>(HBO Max)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>“It’s a war that continues to need to be grappled with, but it’s also exhausting that everything is concentrated so much around this horrific experience of colonialism and war,” explained Nguyen. “It’s something that we should remember, but we shouldn’t pass on. How do we do that? That’s a balancing act.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>For a lot of the Vietnamese diaspora, we wanted to find a representation of home that didn’t just depict graphic violence or Asian stereotypes of a war-torn country, but rather showcased our joy, resilience, nostalgia, music, performing arts, comedy, etc. Paris By Night was able to fill that tall order — weaving this complicated tapestry of emotions and politics into an at-home experience.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Nguyen explained that his parents were culturally conservative, but still found \u003cem>Paris by Night\u003c/em> entertaining. He called it the Hollywood of the Vietnamese diaspora.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I wasn’t particularly infatuated with \u003cem>Paris by Night\u003c/em>, but I knew it. I knew who they were,” he remarked. “I knew the music that they were singing and somehow that rubbed off on me.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Which meant that even if you weren’t into the show, it still influenced the burgeoning Vietnamese American culture in unexpected ways, such as knowing how to do outdated dances from the late 1980s.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“When I went to college, I learned how to do the cha-cha,” he told me. “You could do the cha-cha if you’re a Vietnamese American,” Nguyen said. “This was all wrapped up with the idea of\u003cem> Paris by Night \u003c/em>that we had a distinct Vietnamese American youth culture, pop culture and subculture.”\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>Full circle to Vietnam\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>By the late 1990s and early 2000s, counterfeit DVDs and videotapes helped \u003cem>Paris by Night\u003c/em> reach a wider audience, including viewers in Vietnam, but the illegal copies also undermined the show’s ability to make a profit. \u003ca href=\"https://www.ocregister.com/2015/07/29/sold-out-shows-and-thousands-of-dvds-sold-so-why-is-little-saigons-popular-paris-by-night-fighting-to-survive/\">Bootlegs were sold in the thousands at video stores. \u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"https://www.rajraf.org/article/paris-by-nightand-the-making-of-vietnamese-american-music/1162\">In Vietnam, official merchandise of \u003cem>Paris By Night\u003c/em> is banned due to its occasional political messaging\u003c/a>; however, the underground piracy market allowed locals to access the show, and they have expressed gratitude and excitement for its cultural impact. In a full-circle moment, \u003cem>Paris by Night\u003c/em> still manages to reach Vietnamese audiences not only internationally, but also in the homeland — the longing for which inspired the show.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12037954\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\" style=\"max-width: 500px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12037954\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/04/Paris-By-Night-100-e1745875653968.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"500\" height=\"723\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Poster of the 100th episode of “Paris By Night.” \u003ccite>(Thuy Nga \"Paris By Night\" Fandom Encyclopedia)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>One time, when Tô was traveling in Da Nang, a taxi driver recognized her as “chị Thuy” (sister Thuy) and expressed his gratitude. “They thank us for preserving the culture, preserving the song, that all those \u003cem>Paris by Night\u003c/em> would be the success,” Tô added about the people she met in Vietnam. “That was the happiest moment for them, watching with their family.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Through music and performing, the Vietnamese diaspora felt more united. “There’s this beautiful connection of all of the artists who left Vietnam paying homage to their culture and then that culture returning to Vietnam,” Sawyer said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Some of the piracy troubles nearly put the company \u003ca href=\"https://www.pressenterprise.com/2015/08/02/media-vietnamese-juggernaut-paris-by-night-struggles-to-survive/\">out of business in 2010\u003c/a>, but community support and new business strategies managed to salvage it. However, operating the company is still a struggle, and Tô has to find a way to reach a new generation of audiences.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Because this is the digital era, the income from all the digital platforms are not enough for you to produce a quality show,” Marie Tô said. “Our talented singers, now they’re getting older … I think if we want to continue \u003cem>Paris by Night\u003c/em>, we have to renew our blood, like do a talent show, looking for new singers. So we have to start a new road again.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In an effort to fight piracy and achieve a larger digital reach, Thuy Nga archived many of \u003cem>Paris By Night\u003c/em>’s older episodes on its official YouTube channel. While I was watching \u003cem>Paris By Night \u003c/em>episodes on YouTube, I noticed that most, if not all, of the comments are in Vietnamese.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M6_y55GpOq8\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The comments under the Têt-themed episode ranged from nostalgic, like, “I miss my family, I miss my hometown, I miss my grandparents, I miss old memories when my family was still full,” to curious, “I’m 10 years old, but I really like Vietnamese Tet. I’m trying to learn Vietnamese and preserve Vietnamese culture.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>It appears that the older generation is still seeking out cultural comfort, while some in the younger generation feel connected to the show.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Even Marie Tô gets nostalgic for \u003cem>Paris By Night\u003c/em>, thinking about the opening song in the 40th Anniversary of the “Fall of Saigon” episode (#114) in 2015. “I watched that performance the other day, and I had tears in my eyes,” she said. “That’s the sweetest memory for me. Because that, I think, tells what \u003cem>Paris By Night\u003c/em> wants to achieve.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F0UJkbyzJ2E\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>\u003cem>Paris by Night\u003c/em> for the next generations\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>For Vietnamese Americans like me who grew up primarily in the U.S., language barriers still exist.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>I have a basic understanding of the language — I can ask grandma what she ate that morning and if she slept well the previous night — but going deeper and asking about her childhood is a challenge.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Watching \u003cem>Paris By Night\u003c/em>, there was a lot I didn’t quite grasp. Like, why did this MC make a joke that had my family falling out of their seats, while I was sitting there feeling left out? Or, when a musical performance would make references to an old folktale, I’d have to ask my aunt for a full backstory.[aside postID=news_12037680 hero='https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/04/20240403_BETTYDUONG_GC-12-KQED-1020x680.jpg']In my mind, this show has been something for the “grown-ups.” This was made for my parents’ generation, by my parents’ generation.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Older generations are still tuning in as new episodes become available on DVD or drop on the Thuy Nga YouTube channel. My mom and aunts will gossip about which singer on the show recently got divorced with the same fervor as when my friends and I talk about the latest \u003cem>The White Lotus\u003c/em> episode. As our parents’ generation ages, so does the show, but \u003cem>Paris By Night \u003c/em>isn’t something that could be passed down the same way an heirloom might when a relative dies.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>These days, I find myself wondering how I will continue to engage in my own culture. It might be the food I make, the Viet pop songs I listen to every now and then or the phrases I’d say when my cat is stinky (con mèo thúi). I think a lot of us are still trying to reconnect with what was left behind — or, in my case, something I’ve never fully known.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cem>Paris By Night \u003c/em>was built on memories over many decades and continues to be a cultural throughline for a lot of the Vietnamese diaspora.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>No matter where we live, my whole family still gravitates to my grandma’s house every year during Têt. Of course, \u003cem>Paris By Night \u003c/em>still plays on the big living room TV, as if to remind us that this is home, in so many ways. And that’s when I feel the same warmth that Tô yearned for way back when in Paris, right here in my grandma’s home in San José.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad floatright]\u003c/p>\n",
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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>What did we see?\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>A Vietnamese folk singer belting out a ballad with gravitas or a euro-dance pop number booming through the big living room TV speakers.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Occasionally, the “grown-ups” would pause their conversation to listen in and reminisce.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Elders, like my grandma, would have a front-row seat, tuning out the buzz and tuning into this larger-than-life display of Vietnamese culture.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cem>Paris By Night \u003c/em>is a flashy variety show with musical acts, dance numbers, interviews and vaudeville-style comedy skits. For many decades, it was the cultural anchor for “Viet Kieu,” or Vietnamese people who had fled their homeland.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>And that’s the purpose of \u003cem>Paris By Night\u003c/em>: to reconnect the Vietnamese diaspora, like my grandma, to the culture that was left behind.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>Fleeing to Paris, recreating Vietnam in California\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>The show’s beginnings can be traced back to Tô Văn Lai, who \u003ca href=\"https://saigoneer.com/saigon-music-art/25830-a-brief-history-of-paris-by-night,-the-anchor-of-vietnamese-culture-abroad\">sold cassette tapes in their Saigon record shop of local singers\u003c/a>, like Thaí Thanh.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>When he and his wife Thuy \u003ca href=\"https://thesmartlocal.com/vietnam/to-van-lai/\">fled to Paris\u003c/a> in 1976, they brought their collection of tapes and records to remind them of Vietnam.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Under the Paris night skies, Tô, who deeply missed his homeland, dreamt of recapturing the melodies that would bring him the warmth of Vietnam. And so, \u003cem>Paris By Night\u003c/em> was conceived.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12037955\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 960px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12037955\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/04/Thuy.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"960\" height=\"613\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/04/Thuy.jpg 960w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/04/Thuy-800x511.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/04/Thuy-160x102.jpg 160w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 960px) 100vw, 960px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Photo of Thuy taken by Lai at the Saigon Zoo and Botanical Garden. \u003ccite>(Courtesy of Marie Tô)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12037956\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 960px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12037956\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/04/To-Van-Lai.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"960\" height=\"651\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/04/To-Van-Lai.jpg 960w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/04/To-Van-Lai-800x543.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/04/To-Van-Lai-160x109.jpg 160w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 960px) 100vw, 960px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Photo of Tô Văn Lai in Saigon in front of the Central Post Office. \u003ccite>(Courtesy of Marie Tô)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12037957\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12037957\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/04/To-Van-Lai-Thuy-Marie.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1448\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/04/To-Van-Lai-Thuy-Marie.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/04/To-Van-Lai-Thuy-Marie-800x579.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/04/To-Van-Lai-Thuy-Marie-1020x738.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/04/To-Van-Lai-Thuy-Marie-160x116.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/04/To-Van-Lai-Thuy-Marie-1536x1112.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/04/To-Van-Lai-Thuy-Marie-1920x1390.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Lai and Thuy with their daughter Marie in Saigon. \u003ccite>(Courtesy of Marie Tô)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Nearly 22 episodes of the show were produced for the Vietnamese community in France before expanding internationally and relocating to \u003ca href=\"https://saigoneer.com/saigon-music-art/25830-a-brief-history-of-paris-by-night,-the-anchor-of-vietnamese-culture-abroad\">Orange County, California\u003c/a>. Tô and Thuy’s daughter, Marie Tô Ngoc Thuy, now serves as the executive producer with her husband, Paul Huynh, at Thuy Nga Productions, the company that owns \u003cem>Paris By Night\u003c/em>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“In \u003cem>Paris by Night\u003c/em>, we have 138 volumes. And then beside that, we produce comedies, live concerts, so anything related to Vietnamese music,” Marie Tô said, not to mention the 600 CDs they have produced.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12037958\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 1593px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-12037958 size-full\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/04/Marie-To-and-husband-Paul-Huynh-with-singer-Thanh-Ha-in-Paris-for-the-70th-episode.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1593\" height=\"1196\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/04/Marie-To-and-husband-Paul-Huynh-with-singer-Thanh-Ha-in-Paris-for-the-70th-episode.jpg 1593w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/04/Marie-To-and-husband-Paul-Huynh-with-singer-Thanh-Ha-in-Paris-for-the-70th-episode-800x601.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/04/Marie-To-and-husband-Paul-Huynh-with-singer-Thanh-Ha-in-Paris-for-the-70th-episode-1020x766.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/04/Marie-To-and-husband-Paul-Huynh-with-singer-Thanh-Ha-in-Paris-for-the-70th-episode-160x120.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/04/Marie-To-and-husband-Paul-Huynh-with-singer-Thanh-Ha-in-Paris-for-the-70th-episode-1536x1153.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1593px) 100vw, 1593px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Marie Tô and her husband, Paul Huynh, with singer Thanh Hà in Paris for the 70th episode. \u003ccite>(Courtesy of Marie Tô)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Back when videotapes and DVDs were a hot commodity, \u003cem>Paris By Night\u003c/em> flourished. The shift from France to Southern California also proved to be the right business move since there was a pool of Hollywood producers, designers and choreographers next door. As a result, production levels soared and became more sophisticated.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Shanda Sawyer was one of those Hollywood choreographers who came into \u003cem>Paris By Night\u003c/em>. Sawyer is an L.A.-based creative director and choreographer and works closely with Marie Tô to come up with set pieces and musical numbers.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“It’s such a long creative relationship, but we really create well together,” said Sawyer, who has been with \u003cem>Paris By Night \u003c/em>for over 20 years.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Before every show is filmed, Sawyer has two weeks to work with the Vietnamese artists and backup dancers to rehearse their numbers. She said, “I was able to really connect with the Vietnamese artists in a way that I could help them not only realize their individual songs, but recreate a lot of the culture that had been lost.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12037959\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-12037959 size-full\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/04/Nhu-Quynh.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1086\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/04/Nhu-Quynh.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/04/Nhu-Quynh-800x434.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/04/Nhu-Quynh-1020x554.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/04/Nhu-Quynh-160x87.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/04/Nhu-Quynh-1536x834.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/04/Nhu-Quynh-1920x1043.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Singer Như Quỳnh performs at the 129th episode of “Paris By Night.” Shanda Sawyer is the creative director and choreographer behind this and many other performances. \u003ccite>(\"Paris By Night\" Official YouTube)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>In addition to creating videos, the company performed live in multiple cities, including San José in 2003, and cemented the household name it is today.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>My parents attended that show, and when I asked my mom about it, she paused in a daze, trying to remember those long-ago memories. She said watching it live was so much better than viewing it at home on DVDs. She also recalled the music, dancing, choreography, the banners and even her favorite singers, Ý Lan and Khánh Ly.\u003c/p>\u003c/p>\u003cp>\u003cspan class='utils-parseShortcode-shortcodes-__youtubeShortcode__embedYoutube'>\n \u003cspan class='utils-parseShortcode-shortcodes-__youtubeShortcode__embedYoutubeInside'>\n \u003ciframe\n loading='lazy'\n class='utils-parseShortcode-shortcodes-__youtubeShortcode__youtubePlayer'\n type='text/html'\n src='//www.youtube.com/embed/RRlHV9V4Ip0'\n title='//www.youtube.com/embed/RRlHV9V4Ip0'\n allowfullscreen='true'\n style='border:0;'>\u003c/iframe>\n \u003c/span>\n \u003c/span>\u003c/p>\u003cp>\u003cp>Duong told KQED that her mother would wait in line at the Lion Plaza in San José to get the newest videotapes and her whole family would excitedly sit down to watch them on repeat.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“On Saturdays and Sundays, it would just play in the background nonstop,” she said. “For my parents, the more classical songs would give them a sense of home.”\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>A contrast to representation in American media\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>For the Vietnamese diaspora, \u003cem>Paris By Night\u003c/em> was a welcome contrast to how we were represented in Western visual media. Most depictions of Vietnam have centered around the war, typically from the perspective of American soldiers, like \u003cem>Platoon\u003c/em>, \u003cem>The Deer Hunter\u003c/em> and \u003cem>Casualties of War\u003c/em>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Rarely has there been a piece of visual media about the Vietnam War (also known in Vietnam as the American War) that has centered on the Vietnamese perspective. That is, until last year’s HBO mini-series, \u003cem>The Sympathizer\u003c/em>, based on the Pulitzer Prize-winning book of the same title written by Viet Thanh Nguyen, who fled Vietnam when he was 4 years old.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12037960\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-12037960\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/04/The-Sympathizer-Poster-800x1185.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"800\" height=\"1185\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/04/The-Sympathizer-Poster-800x1185.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/04/The-Sympathizer-Poster-160x237.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/04/The-Sympathizer-Poster.jpg 1000w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">“The Sympathizer” poster. \u003ccite>(HBO Max)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>“It’s a war that continues to need to be grappled with, but it’s also exhausting that everything is concentrated so much around this horrific experience of colonialism and war,” explained Nguyen. “It’s something that we should remember, but we shouldn’t pass on. How do we do that? That’s a balancing act.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>For a lot of the Vietnamese diaspora, we wanted to find a representation of home that didn’t just depict graphic violence or Asian stereotypes of a war-torn country, but rather showcased our joy, resilience, nostalgia, music, performing arts, comedy, etc. Paris By Night was able to fill that tall order — weaving this complicated tapestry of emotions and politics into an at-home experience.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Nguyen explained that his parents were culturally conservative, but still found \u003cem>Paris by Night\u003c/em> entertaining. He called it the Hollywood of the Vietnamese diaspora.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I wasn’t particularly infatuated with \u003cem>Paris by Night\u003c/em>, but I knew it. I knew who they were,” he remarked. “I knew the music that they were singing and somehow that rubbed off on me.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Which meant that even if you weren’t into the show, it still influenced the burgeoning Vietnamese American culture in unexpected ways, such as knowing how to do outdated dances from the late 1980s.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“When I went to college, I learned how to do the cha-cha,” he told me. “You could do the cha-cha if you’re a Vietnamese American,” Nguyen said. “This was all wrapped up with the idea of\u003cem> Paris by Night \u003c/em>that we had a distinct Vietnamese American youth culture, pop culture and subculture.”\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>Full circle to Vietnam\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>By the late 1990s and early 2000s, counterfeit DVDs and videotapes helped \u003cem>Paris by Night\u003c/em> reach a wider audience, including viewers in Vietnam, but the illegal copies also undermined the show’s ability to make a profit. \u003ca href=\"https://www.ocregister.com/2015/07/29/sold-out-shows-and-thousands-of-dvds-sold-so-why-is-little-saigons-popular-paris-by-night-fighting-to-survive/\">Bootlegs were sold in the thousands at video stores. \u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"https://www.rajraf.org/article/paris-by-nightand-the-making-of-vietnamese-american-music/1162\">In Vietnam, official merchandise of \u003cem>Paris By Night\u003c/em> is banned due to its occasional political messaging\u003c/a>; however, the underground piracy market allowed locals to access the show, and they have expressed gratitude and excitement for its cultural impact. In a full-circle moment, \u003cem>Paris by Night\u003c/em> still manages to reach Vietnamese audiences not only internationally, but also in the homeland — the longing for which inspired the show.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12037954\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\" style=\"max-width: 500px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12037954\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/04/Paris-By-Night-100-e1745875653968.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"500\" height=\"723\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Poster of the 100th episode of “Paris By Night.” \u003ccite>(Thuy Nga \"Paris By Night\" Fandom Encyclopedia)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>One time, when Tô was traveling in Da Nang, a taxi driver recognized her as “chị Thuy” (sister Thuy) and expressed his gratitude. “They thank us for preserving the culture, preserving the song, that all those \u003cem>Paris by Night\u003c/em> would be the success,” Tô added about the people she met in Vietnam. “That was the happiest moment for them, watching with their family.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Through music and performing, the Vietnamese diaspora felt more united. “There’s this beautiful connection of all of the artists who left Vietnam paying homage to their culture and then that culture returning to Vietnam,” Sawyer said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Some of the piracy troubles nearly put the company \u003ca href=\"https://www.pressenterprise.com/2015/08/02/media-vietnamese-juggernaut-paris-by-night-struggles-to-survive/\">out of business in 2010\u003c/a>, but community support and new business strategies managed to salvage it. However, operating the company is still a struggle, and Tô has to find a way to reach a new generation of audiences.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Because this is the digital era, the income from all the digital platforms are not enough for you to produce a quality show,” Marie Tô said. “Our talented singers, now they’re getting older … I think if we want to continue \u003cem>Paris by Night\u003c/em>, we have to renew our blood, like do a talent show, looking for new singers. So we have to start a new road again.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In an effort to fight piracy and achieve a larger digital reach, Thuy Nga archived many of \u003cem>Paris By Night\u003c/em>’s older episodes on its official YouTube channel. 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I’m trying to learn Vietnamese and preserve Vietnamese culture.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>It appears that the older generation is still seeking out cultural comfort, while some in the younger generation feel connected to the show.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Even Marie Tô gets nostalgic for \u003cem>Paris By Night\u003c/em>, thinking about the opening song in the 40th Anniversary of the “Fall of Saigon” episode (#114) in 2015. “I watched that performance the other day, and I had tears in my eyes,” she said. “That’s the sweetest memory for me. 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"content": "\u003cp>“Worried, angry and afraid.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>That’s how most Latino voters say they’re feeling about President Donald Trump’s frenetic first 100 days in office, according to \u003ca href=\"https://latinocf.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/04/FULL-RESULTS_LCF_VL_Poll-Results-1.pdf\">a new nationwide poll\u003c/a> out this week from the San Francisco-based Latino Community Foundation and Voto Latino.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“The poll reflects that there’s a lot of anxiety, disappointment, and sometimes anger, especially around the economy,” said Julián Castro, CEO of the Latino Community Foundation. “People feel like the administration has made things worse in a lot of instances. And also they feel like he’s gone too far on immigration enforcement.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The survey — of 1,000 Latino voters across the country who cast ballots in the 2024 election — found inflation and the cost of living to be the top concern (66%), followed by the economy and jobs (50%), and the cost of health care (34%).\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Across the board, whether you’re talking about the Latino community or just all Americans, people are giving him low marks for his handling of the economy,” said Castro, a Democratic presidential candidate in 2020, who previously served as U.S. secretary of housing and urban development during President Barack Obama’s second term.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12037989\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12037989\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/04/Julian-Castro-AP.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1312\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/04/Julian-Castro-AP.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/04/Julian-Castro-AP-800x525.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/04/Julian-Castro-AP-1020x669.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/04/Julian-Castro-AP-160x105.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/04/Julian-Castro-AP-1536x1008.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/04/Julian-Castro-AP-1920x1260.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Former Housing and Urban Development Secretary and Democratic presidential candidate Julian Castro speaks at the Iowa Democratic Wing Ding at the Surf Ballroom on Aug. 9, 2019, in Clear Lake, Iowa. \u003ccite>(John Locher/AP Photo)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>The chaos and instability Trump has injected into the economy, through a barrage of tariffs and trade wars, have left voters feeling deeply concerned about “their own pocketbook and their family’s future,” Castro added.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Time and again, when people have said they support him, it was because they believed that he could make the economy better. He’s not doing it. They feel like he’s made the economy worse,” Castro added, noting that continued economic instability could spell serious trouble for Republicans heading into the 2026 midterm elections.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The poll, conducted in mid-April, also found that the surge in support for Trump among Latino voters, especially among young men, that helped propel him to the White House in November, had fallen considerably — from 46% in November to under 40%. That roughly tracks with the president’s overall approval rating of just 41%, the lowest for any newly elected president at the 100-day mark in at least seven decades, \u003ca href=\"https://www.cnn.com/2025/04/27/politics/approval-rating-trump-100-days/index.html\">according to CNN\u003c/a>.[aside postID=news_12037247 hero='https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/04/download-6808ee26cc542-1020x574.jpg']More than 36 million Hispanic citizens in the U.S. \u003ca href=\"https://www.pewresearch.org/short-reads/2024/01/10/key-facts-about-hispanic-eligible-voters-in-2024/\">were eligible to vote\u003c/a> in 2024 — up 12% since 2020 — accounting for nearly 15% of the electorate.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Inflation and the cost of living were a serious concern for Latino voters before the election, and a big reason why many who didn’t vote for Trump in 2020 chose to back him this time around, said Elizabeth Sena of the polling firm GQR, which helped conduct the survey.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“The fact that he hasn’t been able to reduce that level of concern, I think, is really a standout issue,” she said. “So he’s very much missing the mark with what Latino voters want.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>A significant majority also said they were critical of the Trump administration’s aggressive immigration crackdown, with 63% saying it had gone too far in trying to stop illegal immigration and deport undocumented migrants.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>More than 1 in 10 people surveyed said they know someone who has been deported since Trump took office, and nearly half said they feared for people in their communities.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Despite Trump’s campaign pledge to conduct the largest mass deportation in U.S. history, Castro said most Latino voters thought that the crackdown would be largely focused on people who had committed serious offenses.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“They convinced a large segment of the Latino community that who they really meant in terms of deporting people were people who were rapists and murderers and committed major crimes,” he said. “Not that they were going to deport people regardless of what they’ve done, even people that don’t have any kind of criminal record in the United States.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>A majority also had negative views of both major political parties, although Democrats fared slightly better, garnering 43% approval, compared to just 37% for Republicans.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In reviewing a list of political figures on the national stage, respondents had the most favorable impression of Bernie Sanders, the 83-year-old independent senator from Vermont who has drawn huge crowds across the country on his \u003ca href=\"https://www.nytimes.com/2025/04/16/us/politics/bernie-sanders-aoc-trump-democrats.html\">“Fighting Oligarchy” tour\u003c/a>. More than 50% said they appreciated the self-described democratic socialist and the message he was delivering. (By contrast, just 33% held a favorable view of Vice President JD Vance, 31% of Elon Musk, and 18% of Sen. Minority Leader Chuck Schumer.)\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“A lot of what Bernie’s talking about resonates with not only Latinos, but [all] Americans these days — about billionaires running the United States at the expense of regular everyday Americans,” Castro said. “Perhaps there’s no politician right now whose message more meets the moment, in some ways, than Bernie Sanders.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n",
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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>More than 36 million Hispanic citizens in the U.S. \u003ca href=\"https://www.pewresearch.org/short-reads/2024/01/10/key-facts-about-hispanic-eligible-voters-in-2024/\">were eligible to vote\u003c/a> in 2024 — up 12% since 2020 — accounting for nearly 15% of the electorate.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Inflation and the cost of living were a serious concern for Latino voters before the election, and a big reason why many who didn’t vote for Trump in 2020 chose to back him this time around, said Elizabeth Sena of the polling firm GQR, which helped conduct the survey.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“The fact that he hasn’t been able to reduce that level of concern, I think, is really a standout issue,” she said. “So he’s very much missing the mark with what Latino voters want.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>A significant majority also said they were critical of the Trump administration’s aggressive immigration crackdown, with 63% saying it had gone too far in trying to stop illegal immigration and deport undocumented migrants.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>More than 1 in 10 people surveyed said they know someone who has been deported since Trump took office, and nearly half said they feared for people in their communities.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Despite Trump’s campaign pledge to conduct the largest mass deportation in U.S. history, Castro said most Latino voters thought that the crackdown would be largely focused on people who had committed serious offenses.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“They convinced a large segment of the Latino community that who they really meant in terms of deporting people were people who were rapists and murderers and committed major crimes,” he said. “Not that they were going to deport people regardless of what they’ve done, even people that don’t have any kind of criminal record in the United States.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>A majority also had negative views of both major political parties, although Democrats fared slightly better, garnering 43% approval, compared to just 37% for Republicans.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In reviewing a list of political figures on the national stage, respondents had the most favorable impression of Bernie Sanders, the 83-year-old independent senator from Vermont who has drawn huge crowds across the country on his \u003ca href=\"https://www.nytimes.com/2025/04/16/us/politics/bernie-sanders-aoc-trump-democrats.html\">“Fighting Oligarchy” tour\u003c/a>. More than 50% said they appreciated the self-described democratic socialist and the message he was delivering. (By contrast, just 33% held a favorable view of Vice President JD Vance, 31% of Elon Musk, and 18% of Sen. Minority Leader Chuck Schumer.)\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“A lot of what Bernie’s talking about resonates with not only Latinos, but [all] Americans these days — about billionaires running the United States at the expense of regular everyday Americans,” Castro said. “Perhaps there’s no politician right now whose message more meets the moment, in some ways, than Bernie Sanders.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003c/div>\u003c/p>",
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"content": "\u003cp>The Trump administration is looking to build an immigration detention facility at Travis Air Force Base in Fairfield, California, and pushing to speed up a review process, according to internal government communications obtained by KQED.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The proposed installation is part of \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12016823/ice-plans-new-detention-center-near-san-francisco-can-california-stop-it\">an aggressive effort to expand immigration detention \u003c/a>nationally, and specifically to use property owned by the U.S. Department of Defense in service of President Donald Trump’s stated goal of deporting 1 million people in his first year in office.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In the early April emails, federal officials discussed efforts to evaluate several military installations, including Travis Air Force Base, for Homeland Security’s immigration detention and removal operations — and tee them up for approval by Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The emails show significant coordination among Department of Defense and Homeland Security officials to expedite the plans. The emails do not describe the scope or design of the proposed detention compound at Travis Air Force Base, nor how many people it would be expected to hold.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>A spokesperson for U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement did not respond directly to questions about Travis Air Force Base, but he did affirm that ICE is actively working to expand detention capacity.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>“\u003c/strong>While we cannot confirm individual pre-decisional conversations, we can confirm that ICE is exploring all options in California to meet its current and future detention requirements, which include new detention facilities and possible support from partner agencies,” a written statement from the agency said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12037937\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12037937\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/04/TravisAirForceBaseGetty3.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1182\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/04/TravisAirForceBaseGetty3.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/04/TravisAirForceBaseGetty3-800x473.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/04/TravisAirForceBaseGetty3-1020x603.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/04/TravisAirForceBaseGetty3-160x95.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/04/TravisAirForceBaseGetty3-1536x908.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/04/TravisAirForceBaseGetty3-1920x1135.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">A U.S. Air Force C-5 Galaxy and a C-17 Globemaster sit on the tarmac at Travis Air Force Base in Fairfield, California, on July 17, 2008. \u003ccite>(Saul Loeb/AFP via Getty Images)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Officials at Travis Air Force Base declined to comment, and the Department of Defense did not respond to KQED’s request for comment by press time.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Homeland Security officials have been considering at least 10 military bases around the country for immigration detention, \u003ca href=\"https://www.npr.org/2025/02/24/nx-s1-5307156/immigration-dhs-memo-trump-migrant-detention-military-bases\">NPR has reported\u003c/a>. A February Homeland Security memo obtained by NPR described a plan to use Fort Bliss, near El Paso, TX, as a model for other facilities, with up to 1,000 people initially detained there, eventually expanding to as many as 10,000.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The revelation that Travis is on the list of military facilities came as a shock to East Bay Rep. John Garamendi, a Democrat and senior member of the House Armed Services Committee whose district includes the Fairfield base.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Travis Air Force Base is absolutely inappropriate for an immigration detention facility,” Garamendi told KQED. “Travis has a critical national security role of providing worldwide transportation services for personnel and material around the world. An immigration facility would significantly hamper the national security work that Travis is responsible for.”[aside postID=news_12037508 hero='https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2021/12/026_SanJose_Immigration_08232021-1020x680.jpg']Earlier this year, Garamendi and other members of Congress \u003ca href=\"https://garamendi.house.gov/media/press-releases/garamendi-sends-letter-demanding-answers-pentagon-over-use-military-assets-0\">raised strenuous opposition\u003c/a> when military aircraft from the base — C-17 planes typically meant for troops or cargo — were used for deportation flights to remove immigrants from the country.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Just in terms of the cost factor, to say nothing of the readiness, every time you take a military aircraft and you use it for purposes that are not directly related to the national security work, that degrades the ability of the military to do what it’s supposed to do,” he said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Meanwhile, \u003ca href=\"https://www.whitehouse.gov/presidential-actions/2025/01/expanding-migrant-operations-center-at-naval-station-guantanamo-bay-to-full-capacity/\">a plan to use the U.S. naval base at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba\u003c/a>, to detain as many as 30,000 immigrants appears to have been \u003ca href=\"https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/national-security/trump-admin-rethinking-guantanamo-immigrant-detention-plan-rcna194274\">scaled back drastically\u003c/a> in the face of obstacles, including public outcry over the \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12033989/guantanamo-ice-detention-costs-40-million-in-1st-month-padilla-calls-spending-exorbitant\">$40 million pricetag\u003c/a> to lock up a couple of hundred men during its first month of operation.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>ICE is currently holding nearly 48,000 immigrants in detention facilities nationwide. Last year, ICE’s detention capacity was 41,500 beds. However, last month, \u003ca href=\"https://www.americanimmigrationcouncil.org/news/congress-approves-even-more-funding-detention-deportation\">Congress added $430,000\u003c/a> to ICE’s current-year detention budget, allowing the agency to \u003ca href=\"https://www.migrationpolicy.org/article/trump-2-immigration-first-100-days\">increase capacity to 54,500 beds\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The number of detention beds is one factor limiting the Trump administration’s ability to increase deportations. ICE would also need to increase staffing and other resources, beyond last year’s $3.4 billion detention budget, which \u003ca href=\"https://nipnlg.org/news/press-releases/200-ngos-oppose-bidens-historic-expansion-ice-detention-system-detention-should\">advocates say was already a historic high\u003c/a>. The administration is looking to the Republican-controlled Congress to vastly expand the Homeland Security budget, and \u003ca href=\"https://www.nytimes.com/2025/04/07/us/politics/trump-administration-immigrant-detention-facilities-services.html\">\u003cem>The New York Times\u003c/em> has reported\u003c/a> that ICE has already solicited proposals from contractors worth as much as $45 billion for the next two years.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12037936\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12037936\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/04/TravisAirForceBaseGetty2.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1334\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/04/TravisAirForceBaseGetty2.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/04/TravisAirForceBaseGetty2-800x534.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/04/TravisAirForceBaseGetty2-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/04/TravisAirForceBaseGetty2-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/04/TravisAirForceBaseGetty2-1536x1025.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/04/TravisAirForceBaseGetty2-1920x1281.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">A KC-10 Extender is parked on the ramp as a C-5M Super Galaxy takes off at Travis Air Force Base, California, March 16, 2017. \u003ccite>(Hum Images/Universal Images Group via Getty Images)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Previous administrations have \u003ca href=\"https://www.congress.gov/crs-product/IN10937\">used military bases to temporarily house \u003c/a>arriving refugees and have \u003ca href=\"https://cis.org/Arthur/Brief-History-Military-Assistance-Immigration-Enforcement\">deployed soldiers to provide logistical support to the U.S. Border Patrol\u003c/a>. But the plan to use Travis and other military facilities for ICE detention represents a more substantial move toward militarizing immigration enforcement.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Trump’s “border czar,” Tom Homan, has called the Department of Defense a \u003ca href=\"https://www.facebook.com/watch/?v=1712826589498788\">“force multiplier”\u003c/a> for his deportation plans.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>However, Jehan Laner, a senior staff attorney at the Immigrant Legal Resource Center in San Francisco, argues that using military bases for ICE detention violates the Posse Comitatus Act, a 19th-century law that limits the use of military personnel to enforce domestic policies within the U.S.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Our country is kind of turning towards authoritarianism when you have the military starting to do civil law enforcement,” she said. “It becomes a very scary prospect.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cem>\u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/californianewsroom#:~:text=About%20the%20California%20Newsroom&text=The%20California%20Newsroom%3A&text=provides%20one%2Don%2Done%20mentorship,UC%20Berkeley%20Journalism%20Fellows%20program.\">The California Newsroom\u003c/a> provided editorial support for this story\u003c/em>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n",
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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003cp>The Trump administration is looking to build an immigration detention facility at Travis Air Force Base in Fairfield, California, and pushing to speed up a review process, according to internal government communications obtained by KQED.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The proposed installation is part of \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12016823/ice-plans-new-detention-center-near-san-francisco-can-california-stop-it\">an aggressive effort to expand immigration detention \u003c/a>nationally, and specifically to use property owned by the U.S. Department of Defense in service of President Donald Trump’s stated goal of deporting 1 million people in his first year in office.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In the early April emails, federal officials discussed efforts to evaluate several military installations, including Travis Air Force Base, for Homeland Security’s immigration detention and removal operations — and tee them up for approval by Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003c/div>",
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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The emails show significant coordination among Department of Defense and Homeland Security officials to expedite the plans. The emails do not describe the scope or design of the proposed detention compound at Travis Air Force Base, nor how many people it would be expected to hold.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>A spokesperson for U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement did not respond directly to questions about Travis Air Force Base, but he did affirm that ICE is actively working to expand detention capacity.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>“\u003c/strong>While we cannot confirm individual pre-decisional conversations, we can confirm that ICE is exploring all options in California to meet its current and future detention requirements, which include new detention facilities and possible support from partner agencies,” a written statement from the agency said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12037937\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12037937\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/04/TravisAirForceBaseGetty3.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1182\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/04/TravisAirForceBaseGetty3.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/04/TravisAirForceBaseGetty3-800x473.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/04/TravisAirForceBaseGetty3-1020x603.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/04/TravisAirForceBaseGetty3-160x95.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/04/TravisAirForceBaseGetty3-1536x908.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/04/TravisAirForceBaseGetty3-1920x1135.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">A U.S. Air Force C-5 Galaxy and a C-17 Globemaster sit on the tarmac at Travis Air Force Base in Fairfield, California, on July 17, 2008. \u003ccite>(Saul Loeb/AFP via Getty Images)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Officials at Travis Air Force Base declined to comment, and the Department of Defense did not respond to KQED’s request for comment by press time.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Homeland Security officials have been considering at least 10 military bases around the country for immigration detention, \u003ca href=\"https://www.npr.org/2025/02/24/nx-s1-5307156/immigration-dhs-memo-trump-migrant-detention-military-bases\">NPR has reported\u003c/a>. A February Homeland Security memo obtained by NPR described a plan to use Fort Bliss, near El Paso, TX, as a model for other facilities, with up to 1,000 people initially detained there, eventually expanding to as many as 10,000.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The revelation that Travis is on the list of military facilities came as a shock to East Bay Rep. John Garamendi, a Democrat and senior member of the House Armed Services Committee whose district includes the Fairfield base.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Travis Air Force Base is absolutely inappropriate for an immigration detention facility,” Garamendi told KQED. “Travis has a critical national security role of providing worldwide transportation services for personnel and material around the world. An immigration facility would significantly hamper the national security work that Travis is responsible for.”\u003c/p>\u003c/div>",
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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>Earlier this year, Garamendi and other members of Congress \u003ca href=\"https://garamendi.house.gov/media/press-releases/garamendi-sends-letter-demanding-answers-pentagon-over-use-military-assets-0\">raised strenuous opposition\u003c/a> when military aircraft from the base — C-17 planes typically meant for troops or cargo — were used for deportation flights to remove immigrants from the country.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Just in terms of the cost factor, to say nothing of the readiness, every time you take a military aircraft and you use it for purposes that are not directly related to the national security work, that degrades the ability of the military to do what it’s supposed to do,” he said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Meanwhile, \u003ca href=\"https://www.whitehouse.gov/presidential-actions/2025/01/expanding-migrant-operations-center-at-naval-station-guantanamo-bay-to-full-capacity/\">a plan to use the U.S. naval base at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba\u003c/a>, to detain as many as 30,000 immigrants appears to have been \u003ca href=\"https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/national-security/trump-admin-rethinking-guantanamo-immigrant-detention-plan-rcna194274\">scaled back drastically\u003c/a> in the face of obstacles, including public outcry over the \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12033989/guantanamo-ice-detention-costs-40-million-in-1st-month-padilla-calls-spending-exorbitant\">$40 million pricetag\u003c/a> to lock up a couple of hundred men during its first month of operation.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>ICE is currently holding nearly 48,000 immigrants in detention facilities nationwide. Last year, ICE’s detention capacity was 41,500 beds. However, last month, \u003ca href=\"https://www.americanimmigrationcouncil.org/news/congress-approves-even-more-funding-detention-deportation\">Congress added $430,000\u003c/a> to ICE’s current-year detention budget, allowing the agency to \u003ca href=\"https://www.migrationpolicy.org/article/trump-2-immigration-first-100-days\">increase capacity to 54,500 beds\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The number of detention beds is one factor limiting the Trump administration’s ability to increase deportations. ICE would also need to increase staffing and other resources, beyond last year’s $3.4 billion detention budget, which \u003ca href=\"https://nipnlg.org/news/press-releases/200-ngos-oppose-bidens-historic-expansion-ice-detention-system-detention-should\">advocates say was already a historic high\u003c/a>. The administration is looking to the Republican-controlled Congress to vastly expand the Homeland Security budget, and \u003ca href=\"https://www.nytimes.com/2025/04/07/us/politics/trump-administration-immigrant-detention-facilities-services.html\">\u003cem>The New York Times\u003c/em> has reported\u003c/a> that ICE has already solicited proposals from contractors worth as much as $45 billion for the next two years.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12037936\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12037936\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/04/TravisAirForceBaseGetty2.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1334\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/04/TravisAirForceBaseGetty2.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/04/TravisAirForceBaseGetty2-800x534.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/04/TravisAirForceBaseGetty2-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/04/TravisAirForceBaseGetty2-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/04/TravisAirForceBaseGetty2-1536x1025.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/04/TravisAirForceBaseGetty2-1920x1281.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">A KC-10 Extender is parked on the ramp as a C-5M Super Galaxy takes off at Travis Air Force Base, California, March 16, 2017. \u003ccite>(Hum Images/Universal Images Group via Getty Images)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Previous administrations have \u003ca href=\"https://www.congress.gov/crs-product/IN10937\">used military bases to temporarily house \u003c/a>arriving refugees and have \u003ca href=\"https://cis.org/Arthur/Brief-History-Military-Assistance-Immigration-Enforcement\">deployed soldiers to provide logistical support to the U.S. Border Patrol\u003c/a>. 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"content": "\u003cp>In the first day of a former Antioch police officer’s federal trial on charges of \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12037299/former-antioch-cop-faces-drug-charges-in-second-conspiracy-trial\">conspiring to illegally distribute anabolic steroids\u003c/a>, his former co-defendant testified about selling the drugs to law enforcement in the East Bay and beyond.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>After taking a plea deal with prosecutors, Daniel Harris took the stand Monday in an Oakland federal courtroom to testify against Devon Wenger, a fellow former Antioch officer who Harris called a friend and who sold him his Discovery Bay home before federal authorities descended upon it in March 2022.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Both were among the more than a dozen officers implicated in several scandals unearthed within the \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/tag/antioch-police-department\">Antioch Police Department\u003c/a> over the following year, including allegations that a small group of officers — including Wenger — \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12029300/former-antioch-officers-face-trial-for-alleged-conspiracy-civil-rights-violations\">conspired to use excessive force on residents\u003c/a> without cause. That case against Wenger \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12029643/bay-area-police-conspiracy-trial-shaken-up-by-mistrial-for-1-of-2-former-officers\">ended in a mistrial\u003c/a> last month, but he’s scheduled to be retried in that case later this summer.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In his current trial, Wenger is charged with conspiracy to distribute and possess with intent to distribute anabolic steroids as well as destruction, alteration and falsification of records in a federal investigation.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Harris testified Monday that he began using anabolic steroids to help recover from an injury, then later used them as he trained to be a competitive bodybuilder, all while on medical leave from the Antioch Police Department. He said he’d buy the steroids from “an underground lab” in Florida and distribute them to “clients” in other states, most of whom were former or current law enforcement.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12029718\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003ca href=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/03/250303-ANTIOCHPOLICE-10-BL-KQED.jpg\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12029718\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/03/250303-ANTIOCHPOLICE-10-BL-KQED.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/03/250303-ANTIOCHPOLICE-10-BL-KQED.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/03/250303-ANTIOCHPOLICE-10-BL-KQED-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/03/250303-ANTIOCHPOLICE-10-BL-KQED-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/03/250303-ANTIOCHPOLICE-10-BL-KQED-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/03/250303-ANTIOCHPOLICE-10-BL-KQED-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/03/250303-ANTIOCHPOLICE-10-BL-KQED-1920x1280.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">An Antioch Police vehicle drives through Antioch on March 3, 2025. \u003ccite>(Beth LaBerge/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>“People love the stuff I get from you so there are no complaints,” Harris testified to emailing his dealer, known as “True Shot Pharmaceuticals.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>One of those people was allegedly Wenger.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>During his time with Antioch police, Wenger had aspirations of training to become a Green Beret, the nickname for the elite U.S. Army Special Forces.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I need some test or growth shit in my life,” Wenger texted Harris in February 2023, with Harris explaining on the witness stand that “test” is slang for testosterone.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I’m tired of being lean bro,” Wenger texted. “I just want to be a fucking animal.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“You already are an animal,” Harris replied.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In opening statements, Assistant U.S. Attorney Eric Cheng called Wenger “a sworn police officer who agreed to distribute anabolic steroids to someone else, and when he got caught, he destroyed the evidence.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Wenger’s attorney, Dena Young, agreed in her opening statement that the trial was about a police officer who distributed steroids.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[aside postID=news_12037299 hero='https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/03/IMG_5881-KQED-1020x574.jpg']\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“But that’s not Mr. Wenger. That’s Daniel Harris,” Young said, adding that there was no evidence of Wenger possessing steroids. Wenger sat next to his attorney in court in a dark suit, sometimes nodding or shaking his head as people testified about his alleged involvement in the steroid conspiracy.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Young pointed to Harris’ plea agreement with federal authorities, saying he has agreed to testify truthfully “in the eyes of the government.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“His fate is in the hands of the government,” Young said, asking jurors to pay attention to inconsistencies in his testimony.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Following opening statements, prosecutors called a slew of federal government employees, including\u003cbr>\nforensic chemists from the Drug Enforcement Administration in Pleasanton who testified that testing showed the substances seized were variations of anabolic steroids, which are Schedule 3 controlled substances.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>As prosecutors laid out their case against Wenger, they pointed to digital evidence, including text messages and Venmo records, which they say Wenger used to pay Harris for steroids. Harris replied with “GET HUGE BRO” after their first of only two transactions, the Venmo records showed.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Shortly after allegedly using the anabolic steroids, Wenger texted Harris: “Feeling juicy bro.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11959228\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003ca href=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/08/230825-ANTIOCH-RACIAL-JUSTICE-HEARING-MD-01-KQED.jpg\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-11959228\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/08/230825-ANTIOCH-RACIAL-JUSTICE-HEARING-MD-01-KQED.jpg\" alt=\"Signage on a large building reads A.F. Bray Courts Buidling.\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/08/230825-ANTIOCH-RACIAL-JUSTICE-HEARING-MD-01-KQED.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/08/230825-ANTIOCH-RACIAL-JUSTICE-HEARING-MD-01-KQED-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/08/230825-ANTIOCH-RACIAL-JUSTICE-HEARING-MD-01-KQED-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/08/230825-ANTIOCH-RACIAL-JUSTICE-HEARING-MD-01-KQED-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/08/230825-ANTIOCH-RACIAL-JUSTICE-HEARING-MD-01-KQED-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/08/230825-ANTIOCH-RACIAL-JUSTICE-HEARING-MD-01-KQED-1920x1280.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">The A.F. Bray Courthouse in Martinez on Aug. 25, 2023. \u003ccite>(Martin do Nascimento/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>“Welcome to the anabolic club!” Harris responded, later adding that the two should be quiet about it so that people at the Police Department didn’t find out.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Prosecutors allege that Wenger soon introduced Harris to Brendon Mahoney, another potential customer, in February 2022. “Wenger acted in the middle,” Cheng said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Mahoney, a medic with the U.S. Army’s Special Forces, testified to meeting Wenger at a Special Forces training in 2021 and subsequently becoming friends. Wenger told him about Harris because of the “line of work we’re in, it’s physically demanding,” he said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I was interested in purchasing testosterone,” Mahoney said. “Mr. Harris seemed like the individual who would facilitate that.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Mahoney testified that he assumed payment and delivery of the testosterone would have “come through Devon,” but he never actually paid for or received anything from Wenger and had easily directly contacted Harris himself.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Young asked Mahoney if he needed Wenger to buy steroids from Harris. “I don’t believe so,” Mahoney replied.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>On March 1, 2022, federal law enforcement agents seized a Priority Mail package with a tracking number from the clandestine Florida lab, which a postal inspector testified was a fictitious business name tied to a single-family residence. The package was addressed to “Danny Moore” at Harris’ home in Discovery Bay.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[aside postID=news_12037346 hero='https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/04/AntiochHousingDevelopmentGetty-1020x680.jpg']\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“No one named Danny Moore lived at that address,” said Sukhdeep Singh, a postal inspector with the U.S. Postal Inspection Service, the law enforcement arm of the USPS.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Instead, it was meant for Harris, who was allegedly going to distribute them to Wenger, who would deliver them to Mahoney.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Soon, authorities searched Harris’ residence, finding drawers full of steroids, needles and other contraband. They seized his iPhone, which allegedly showed his text messages about steroid dealing with Wenger and others.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In his questioning of Harris, Cheng asked him what oath he took as a police officer.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Laughing, Harris said, “To uphold the constitution and protect and serve the community.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Do you regret what you did? Cheng asked.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Every day,” Harris replied.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Federal authorities soon went to Wenger’s home, where he hung up on them when they called his phone. Cheng said FBI agents texted with Wenger, who indicated he may have believed it was a potential scam.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“We are trying to give you a professional courtesy of a low profile,” Teak Wilson, then a crisis negotiator with the FBI in San Francisco, testified to texting Wenger that morning.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>They texted for nearly an hour before Wenger agreed to meet agents at a nearby parking lot. Cheng said Wenger surrendered his phone, but he had already deleted relevant information, including text messages with Harris and his contact on the Venmo app.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Cheng told the court that the government intends to rest its case on Tuesday.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cem>KQED’s \u003c/em>\u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/author/shossaini\">\u003cem>Sara Hossaini\u003c/em>\u003c/a>\u003cem> contributed to this report.\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad floatright]\u003c/p>\n",
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The pretrial electronic monitoring program will help keep neighborhoods safer while offering people a pathway to succeed outside of jail.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>9th Circuit Judge Jay S. Bybee wrote in last week’s majority opinion that the monitoring program’s requirements do not exceed the sheriff’s authority because the Superior Court maintains the right to order the release conditions it deems appropriate. 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But he quickly added, “Our current intent right now is to close the refinery.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Valero CEO Lane Riggs cited California’s tough “regulatory and enforcement environment” as the main driver behind the company’s intent to cease operations at the sprawling North Bay facility. 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So I think that this becomes a matter of real concern to the Defense Department and it’s potentially a national security issue.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Valero dropped its bombshell April 16 announcement roughly six months after regional and state air regulators fined the company a \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12011785/bay-area-air-district-hits-valeros-benicia-refinery-with-historic-82-million-fine\">record $82 million\u003c/a> for secretly exceeding toxic emissions standards for at least 15 years. And last month, city leaders voted unanimously to impose moderate \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12029845/benicia-moves-toward-tougher-oversight-of-valero-refinery\">new safety regulations\u003c/a> on the facility.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11906319\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\" style=\"max-width: 345px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" wp-image-11906319\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2022/02/BeniciaRefinery.png\" alt=\"Map showing location of Valero's Benicia refinery\" width=\"345\" height=\"362\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2022/02/BeniciaRefinery.png 940w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2022/02/BeniciaRefinery-800x839.png 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2022/02/BeniciaRefinery-160x168.png 160w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 345px) 100vw, 345px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">\u003ci>Map by Matthew Green/KQED\u003c/i>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>“I suspect that compared to other refinery operators, they’re a pretty good business operator. But they’ve also had a pretty bad track record on public safety,” said Terry Mollica, who leads a group of residents that pushed for the city’s new safety rules to increase oversight of the refinery.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But Mollica said that he doesn’t think anybody in his group is particularly excited about the possibility of the facility closing altogether.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“There would be long-term and short-term impacts on the community,” he said. “People would lose their jobs. None of us want to see that happen particularly.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Valero has owned and operated the Benicia refinery since 2000. 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Gavin Newsom underscored that sense of urgency this week \u003ca href=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/04/GovNewsomLetterCECGunda.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">in a letter (PDF)\u003c/a> to California Energy Commission Vice Chair Siva Gunda. He urged the commission to “redouble” its efforts to ensure refiners “continue to see the value in serving the California market, even as demand for fossil fuels continues its gradual decline over the coming decades.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I am directing you … to reinforce the State’s openness to a collaborative relationship and our firm belief that Californians can be protected from price spikes and refiners can profitably operate in California — a market where demand for gasoline will still exist for years to come,” Newsom wrote.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12037805\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 1947px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12037805\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/04/174246469_qed.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1947\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/04/174246469_qed.jpg 1947w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/04/174246469_qed-800x548.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/04/174246469_qed-1020x698.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/04/174246469_qed-160x110.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/04/174246469_qed-1536x1052.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/04/174246469_qed-1920x1315.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1947px) 100vw, 1947px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">A customer prepares to pump gas into his truck at a Valero gas station on July 22, 2013 in Mill Valley. \u003ccite>(Justin Sullivan/Getty Images)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Almost immediately after Valero’s announcement, Newsom was lambasted by state Assembly Republicans, who said the potential closure was among the growing number of “real-world consequences” of [his] war on California energy producers that was “becoming clearer by the day.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In his letter, Newsom defended two different laws he signed in the last two years that give the state more oversight of the oil industry and regulate backup supply when refineries go offline in order to prevent market irregularities. He also asked state energy and environmental officials to produce a report by July 1 on “any changes in the State’s approach that are needed to ensure adequate supply during this transition.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“The California Energy Commission continues to be committed to working with stakeholders to explore options to ensure an affordable, reliable, and safe transportation fuel supply,” Sandy Louey, a spokesperson for the commission, said in an email in response to Newsom’s letter.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Young, whose city has long felt the health impacts of the refinery’s toxic releases, said he understands the motivation behind California’s ambitious regulations.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I think certainly [California’s] done them for lots of good environmental reasons, and that obviously climate change is a real thing and burning fossil fuels is a direct contributor to it,” he said. “Did they go too far? I don’t want to say that. 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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“We need to get moving on this quickly because 12 months is not a long time given the severity of the economic impact,” said Young, noting that nearly 20% of Benicia’s $60 million budget comes from the refinery. “I think that’s part of my frustration, is how little time we have to try to plan for some kind of an alternative.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Shutting down the facility, he added, would also be a major blow to the hundreds of residents who work there, not to mention the scores of restaurants, hotels and other businesses that provide services to those workers in this city of some 27,000 residents.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The Valero refinery is also the exclusive supplier of jet fuel to nearby Travis Air Force Base, which it delivers through a direct pipeline.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“If that is stopped, what does that mean to the base?” Young said. “Travis uses an amazing amount of fuel to fly all their planes, much more than can be easily replaced, and certainly not replaced within a year. So I think that this becomes a matter of real concern to the Defense Department and it’s potentially a national security issue.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Valero dropped its bombshell April 16 announcement roughly six months after regional and state air regulators fined the company a \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12011785/bay-area-air-district-hits-valeros-benicia-refinery-with-historic-82-million-fine\">record $82 million\u003c/a> for secretly exceeding toxic emissions standards for at least 15 years. And last month, city leaders voted unanimously to impose moderate \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12029845/benicia-moves-toward-tougher-oversight-of-valero-refinery\">new safety regulations\u003c/a> on the facility.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11906319\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\" style=\"max-width: 345px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" wp-image-11906319\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2022/02/BeniciaRefinery.png\" alt=\"Map showing location of Valero's Benicia refinery\" width=\"345\" height=\"362\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2022/02/BeniciaRefinery.png 940w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2022/02/BeniciaRefinery-800x839.png 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2022/02/BeniciaRefinery-160x168.png 160w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 345px) 100vw, 345px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">\u003ci>Map by Matthew Green/KQED\u003c/i>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>“I suspect that compared to other refinery operators, they’re a pretty good business operator. But they’ve also had a pretty bad track record on public safety,” said Terry Mollica, who leads a group of residents that pushed for the city’s new safety rules to increase oversight of the refinery.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But Mollica said that he doesn’t think anybody in his group is particularly excited about the possibility of the facility closing altogether.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“There would be long-term and short-term impacts on the community,” he said. “People would lose their jobs. None of us want to see that happen particularly.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Valero has owned and operated the Benicia refinery since 2000. The refinery was originally built in 1968 for Humble Oil, later called Exxon, and began operations the following year.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Its possible closure comes amid a growing exodus of traditional oil refiners in California. \u003ca href=\"https://biodieselmagazine.com/articles/phillips-66-rodeo-conversion-project-to-begin-operations-in-q1\">Phillips 66’s refinery in Rodeo\u003c/a> and \u003ca href=\"https://biodieselmagazine.com/articles/marathon-martinez-biorefinery-to-reach-full-capacity-by-year-end\">Marathon’s facility in Martinez \u003c/a>both recently converted operations to biofuel production. Phillips 66 also \u003ca href=\"https://www.latimes.com/business/story/2024-10-16/phillips-66-will-shut-historic-wilmington-refinery\">plans to close\u003c/a> its Los Angeles-area refinery — the seventh largest in the state — later this year.\u003c/p>\u003c/div>",
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That could have a significant effect on American produce, dairy and other goods that flow out of Oakland, which is the country’s largest refrigerated port, she said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[aside postID=news_12035636 hero='https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/04/GettyImages-2209401664-1020x718.jpg']\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Mike Jacob, president of the Pacific Merchant Shipping Association, an organization that represents marine terminal owners and operators along the West Coast, said bookings fell dramatically after President Trump first \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12034289/trump-launches-liberation-day-tariffs-saying-global-trade-has-plundered-us-economy\">announced sweeping tariffs\u003c/a> on nearly all U.S. trading partners earlier this month, and he’s already seeing canceled voyages from Asia as a result.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“It’s almost the exact same thing we saw at the beginning of the pandemic. 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We had these sweeping, across-the-board tariffs that raised a lot of eyebrows, not just about the rates, which were exorbitant, but also about the method and the manner in which they happen,” Jacob said. “No one knows what the ultimate policy goal of those things were.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In Oakland, Simon warned that “there’s a real potentiality of workers losing their jobs.”[aside postID=forum_2010101909222 hero='https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/43/2025/03/Alexis-Madrigal-1020x574.jpg']“Listen, if there were no tariffs, Oakland would be in an emergency,” she said. “Now, we’re in ICU … we have to convince businesses to stay here.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Stephanie Tran, president of the Oakland Chinatown Chamber of Commerce, expressed concern for the \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12034827/bay-area-business-already-tough-trumps-tariffs-preparing-pain\">effect on small, mom-and-pop businesses, which \u003c/a>will likely have to absorb the additional costs, raise prices or pull certain items from shelves.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“It’s very important at this time that the community continues to support small businesses like all the restaurants and grocery stores in Oakland Chinatown,” Tran said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Simon called the president’s tariffs a “no-win situation” and criticized his claim that tariffs will encourage businesses to move manufacturing operations stateside.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“We all agree, we want manufacturing jobs here in the United States. 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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Mike Jacob, president of the Pacific Merchant Shipping Association, an organization that represents marine terminal owners and operators along the West Coast, said bookings fell dramatically after President Trump first \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12034289/trump-launches-liberation-day-tariffs-saying-global-trade-has-plundered-us-economy\">announced sweeping tariffs\u003c/a> on nearly all U.S. trading partners earlier this month, and he’s already seeing canceled voyages from Asia as a result.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“It’s almost the exact same thing we saw at the beginning of the pandemic. We had a significant reduction in total throughput,” Jacob said. “We end up having fewer ships that are coming through, we have fewer longshoremen that are working, fewer truckers that are working, fewer warehousemen that are working.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Goods imported from China, a major source of trading for the Oakland port, are now facing a 145% tariff, but the import tax policy has been surrounded by uncertainty. Just days after initially announcing his so-called reciprocal tariffs on dozens of countries, Trump declared a 90-day pause for most countries, with China excluded.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Jacob said the pause will likely lead to a short spike in trade, with businesses hoping to sell or buy large quantities of international goods before the tariffs are reimposed, followed by a drop-off once the pause ends.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12036220\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12036220\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/04/250306-PORT-OF-OAKLAND-MD-04_qed.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/04/250306-PORT-OF-OAKLAND-MD-04_qed.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/04/250306-PORT-OF-OAKLAND-MD-04_qed-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/04/250306-PORT-OF-OAKLAND-MD-04_qed-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/04/250306-PORT-OF-OAKLAND-MD-04_qed-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/04/250306-PORT-OF-OAKLAND-MD-04_qed-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/04/250306-PORT-OF-OAKLAND-MD-04_qed-1920x1280.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">The Port of Oakland on March 6, 2025. \u003ccite>(Martin do Nascimento/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>And while Trump has said he’s negotiating with China over the tariffs, the Chinese government and U.S. Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent said those talks have not yet started, \u003ca href=\"https://apnews.com/article/trump-tariffs-time-china-switzerland-660aa519e9059de7d81368ec4eef4b38\">the \u003cem>Associated Press\u003c/em> reported\u003c/a> Friday.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The far-reaching nature of the tariffs — and the confusion surrounding them — is vastly different from the import taxes Trump imposed during his first term, according to Jacob, who described the earlier tariffs as being levied on specific commodities in specific countries.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“That’s not what’s happening now, right? We had these sweeping, across-the-board tariffs that raised a lot of eyebrows, not just about the rates, which were exorbitant, but also about the method and the manner in which they happen,” Jacob said. “No one knows what the ultimate policy goal of those things were.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In Oakland, Simon warned that “there’s a real potentiality of workers losing their jobs.”\u003c/p>\u003c/div>",
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