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"content": "\u003cp>While President Donald Trump has defended \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/forum/2010101909473/the-fallout-of-trumps-expansive-tariffs\">his tariffs\u003c/a> as “medicine” for American industry during what he calls an economic emergency, many Bay Area small businesses that rely on imported goods are bracing for major upheaval.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Trump’s aggressive trade policy unveiled last week sent shockwaves through the global economy and U.S. markets. In addition to a 10% baseline tax on all imported goods, the U.S. will impose “reciprocal” tariffs affecting dozens of trade partners.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Those levies will increase costs for business owners — increases that many expect will be passed on to consumers.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Taylor Peliska, an employee at King Kog Bicycle Shop in downtown Oakland, estimated that roughly 90% of the goods in the store are imported. If Trump’s tariffs on goods from China and Taiwan remain, prices will definitely increase, he said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Almost everything that we make is from overseas,” Peliska said. “I personally don’t think tariffs are bad … but to do it in a sort of blanket way doesn’t really make sense, and to do it without having any domestic infrastructure to replace it also doesn’t make sense.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Prices are going to go up, but for how long … we don’t know.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12034834\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12034834\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/04/250407-TARIFFSBAYAREASMALLBIZ-10-BL_QED-KQED.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/04/250407-TARIFFSBAYAREASMALLBIZ-10-BL_QED-KQED.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/04/250407-TARIFFSBAYAREASMALLBIZ-10-BL_QED-KQED-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/04/250407-TARIFFSBAYAREASMALLBIZ-10-BL_QED-KQED-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/04/250407-TARIFFSBAYAREASMALLBIZ-10-BL_QED-KQED-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/04/250407-TARIFFSBAYAREASMALLBIZ-10-BL_QED-KQED-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/04/250407-TARIFFSBAYAREASMALLBIZ-10-BL_QED-KQED-1920x1280.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Taylor Peliska, a bicycle mechanic, works on a bike at King Kog Bicycle Shop in Oakland on April 7, 2025. \u003ccite>(Beth LaBerge/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Other small businesses face the same uncertainty.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>China, which exported over \u003ca href=\"https://ustr.gov/countries-regions/china-mongolia-taiwan/peoples-republic-china\">$400 billion\u003c/a> worth of goods to the United States in 2024, faces a 34% tariff, which is set to take effect Wednesday. Trump also threatened this week to impose an \u003ca href=\"https://truthsocial.com/@realDonaldTrump/posts/114297331052690348\">additional 50% tariff \u003c/a>on China after the nation announced plans to issue a 34% import fee on the U.S. in retaliation for Trump’s initial announcement.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Erik Bigglestone, who co-owns Games of Berkeley in the East Bay, said the store is already preparing for the worst. Nearly all of the board games and toys sold in the store are imported, and more than 90% of its products come from China, he said.[aside postID=news_12034730 hero='https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/04/iPhone16Getty-1020x680.jpg']Many manufacturers and store owners in the games industry are worried that the tariffs could put them out of business, Bigglestone said. Games of Berkeley, which has been in the community for nearly 45 years, is also at risk of going away, he said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Suppliers have warned him that some goods may go up 10% to 25% in price over the next few weeks. As a small business, Games of Berkeley will need to pass some of those additional costs onto consumers, which could deter them from shopping locally when companies such as Amazon will be able to eat more of those import taxes, he added.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“It’s already expensive to do business in the Bay Area,” he said. “When you start throwing more and more expenses on top of it, that can really make people think twice about whether they even want to try and weather that storm.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Bigglestone said he and the game store’s other owners have discussed raising prices preemptively so that they’re prepared for increased import costs moving forward. They’re also looking at increasing the store’s used games inventory and eliminating less popular options.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“It’s a pain and trauma that is being inflicted without any thought to the actual real-world consequences,” Bigglesone said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12034836\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12034836\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/04/250407-TARIFFSBAYAREASMALLBIZ-13-BL_QED-KQED.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/04/250407-TARIFFSBAYAREASMALLBIZ-13-BL_QED-KQED.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/04/250407-TARIFFSBAYAREASMALLBIZ-13-BL_QED-KQED-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/04/250407-TARIFFSBAYAREASMALLBIZ-13-BL_QED-KQED-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/04/250407-TARIFFSBAYAREASMALLBIZ-13-BL_QED-KQED-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/04/250407-TARIFFSBAYAREASMALLBIZ-13-BL_QED-KQED-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/04/250407-TARIFFSBAYAREASMALLBIZ-13-BL_QED-KQED-1920x1280.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Bikes and bike frames for sale hang from the ceiling at King Kog Bicycle Shop in Oakland on April 7, 2025. \u003ccite>(Beth LaBerge/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Neale Mahoney, a professor of economics at Stanford University, said Trump’s tariffs will have sweeping effects across most industries. Businesses that rely on imported goods will be the first to increase their prices, but suppliers that import raw materials will also need to adjust, he said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>As those businesses begin increasing the prices of their goods, even companies that don’t rely on imports will be incentivized to follow suit, driving up the expected price for certain items universally, he said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Ryan Cummings, chief of staff at the Stanford Institute for Economic Policy Research, said it’s rare to see financial uncertainty that is so reversible. If Trump announced that the tariffs were canceled, a lot of the fear and anxiety driving the market would decrease, he said, referencing the sudden market downturn that followed Trump’s announcement.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“If these tariffs stay where they are, we’re talking about destroying global supply chains and global value chains,” Cummings said. “If the tariffs stay in place, it will not only be a recession but a deep recession. But it’s avoidable. It’s completely avoidable.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12034835\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12034835\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/04/250407-TARIFFSBAYAREASMALLBIZ-12-BL_QED-KQED.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1334\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/04/250407-TARIFFSBAYAREASMALLBIZ-12-BL_QED-KQED.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/04/250407-TARIFFSBAYAREASMALLBIZ-12-BL_QED-KQED-800x534.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/04/250407-TARIFFSBAYAREASMALLBIZ-12-BL_QED-KQED-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/04/250407-TARIFFSBAYAREASMALLBIZ-12-BL_QED-KQED-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/04/250407-TARIFFSBAYAREASMALLBIZ-12-BL_QED-KQED-1536x1025.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/04/250407-TARIFFSBAYAREASMALLBIZ-12-BL_QED-KQED-1920x1281.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">A bicycle for sale at King Kog Bicycle Shop in Oakland on April 7, 2025, displays a “Made in Cambodia” sticker. \u003ccite>(Beth LaBerge/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Back in Oakland, a few doors down from King Kog Bicycle Shop is Howden Market, a small corner store that sells artisanal wines, beers and other craft goods. Kanitha Matoury, the store’s owner, said she was drawn to the neighborhood because of the beautiful building and her passion for food, drink and community.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>While Howden sources many of its products locally, several of its nearly 200 vendors get the raw materials for their cans and bottles from overseas, Matoury said, adding that the United States doesn’t have the infrastructure and the factories to keep up with demand.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In recent years, inflation has made it difficult to stay afloat, Matoury said, adding that Trump’s tariffs will make it even harder. 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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>Many manufacturers and store owners in the games industry are worried that the tariffs could put them out of business, Bigglestone said. Games of Berkeley, which has been in the community for nearly 45 years, is also at risk of going away, he said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Suppliers have warned him that some goods may go up 10% to 25% in price over the next few weeks. As a small business, Games of Berkeley will need to pass some of those additional costs onto consumers, which could deter them from shopping locally when companies such as Amazon will be able to eat more of those import taxes, he added.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“It’s already expensive to do business in the Bay Area,” he said. “When you start throwing more and more expenses on top of it, that can really make people think twice about whether they even want to try and weather that storm.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Bigglestone said he and the game store’s other owners have discussed raising prices preemptively so that they’re prepared for increased import costs moving forward. They’re also looking at increasing the store’s used games inventory and eliminating less popular options.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“It’s a pain and trauma that is being inflicted without any thought to the actual real-world consequences,” Bigglesone said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12034836\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12034836\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/04/250407-TARIFFSBAYAREASMALLBIZ-13-BL_QED-KQED.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/04/250407-TARIFFSBAYAREASMALLBIZ-13-BL_QED-KQED.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/04/250407-TARIFFSBAYAREASMALLBIZ-13-BL_QED-KQED-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/04/250407-TARIFFSBAYAREASMALLBIZ-13-BL_QED-KQED-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/04/250407-TARIFFSBAYAREASMALLBIZ-13-BL_QED-KQED-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/04/250407-TARIFFSBAYAREASMALLBIZ-13-BL_QED-KQED-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/04/250407-TARIFFSBAYAREASMALLBIZ-13-BL_QED-KQED-1920x1280.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Bikes and bike frames for sale hang from the ceiling at King Kog Bicycle Shop in Oakland on April 7, 2025. \u003ccite>(Beth LaBerge/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Neale Mahoney, a professor of economics at Stanford University, said Trump’s tariffs will have sweeping effects across most industries. Businesses that rely on imported goods will be the first to increase their prices, but suppliers that import raw materials will also need to adjust, he said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>As those businesses begin increasing the prices of their goods, even companies that don’t rely on imports will be incentivized to follow suit, driving up the expected price for certain items universally, he said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Ryan Cummings, chief of staff at the Stanford Institute for Economic Policy Research, said it’s rare to see financial uncertainty that is so reversible. If Trump announced that the tariffs were canceled, a lot of the fear and anxiety driving the market would decrease, he said, referencing the sudden market downturn that followed Trump’s announcement.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“If these tariffs stay where they are, we’re talking about destroying global supply chains and global value chains,” Cummings said. “If the tariffs stay in place, it will not only be a recession but a deep recession. But it’s avoidable. It’s completely avoidable.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12034835\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12034835\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/04/250407-TARIFFSBAYAREASMALLBIZ-12-BL_QED-KQED.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1334\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/04/250407-TARIFFSBAYAREASMALLBIZ-12-BL_QED-KQED.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/04/250407-TARIFFSBAYAREASMALLBIZ-12-BL_QED-KQED-800x534.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/04/250407-TARIFFSBAYAREASMALLBIZ-12-BL_QED-KQED-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/04/250407-TARIFFSBAYAREASMALLBIZ-12-BL_QED-KQED-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/04/250407-TARIFFSBAYAREASMALLBIZ-12-BL_QED-KQED-1536x1025.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/04/250407-TARIFFSBAYAREASMALLBIZ-12-BL_QED-KQED-1920x1281.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">A bicycle for sale at King Kog Bicycle Shop in Oakland on April 7, 2025, displays a “Made in Cambodia” sticker. \u003ccite>(Beth LaBerge/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Back in Oakland, a few doors down from King Kog Bicycle Shop is Howden Market, a small corner store that sells artisanal wines, beers and other craft goods. Kanitha Matoury, the store’s owner, said she was drawn to the neighborhood because of the beautiful building and her passion for food, drink and community.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>While Howden sources many of its products locally, several of its nearly 200 vendors get the raw materials for their cans and bottles from overseas, Matoury said, adding that the United States doesn’t have the infrastructure and the factories to keep up with demand.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In recent years, inflation has made it difficult to stay afloat, Matoury said, adding that Trump’s tariffs will make it even harder. 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"content": "\u003cp>As fighting continues in Myanmar’s yearslong civil war even after last month’s devastating earthquake, Kim Aris, the son of the country’s ousted democratic leader, visited the Bay Area to call for humanitarian aid, his mother’s release and freedom for the Burmese people.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Aris, a U.K. citizen who is quick to clarify he is not a politician and has no political ambitions, was greeted at the Oakland airport on Sunday by a group of 20 people who had waited for hours with large banners and several bouquets of flowers.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>His mother, Aung San Suu Kyi, was arrested in February 2021 after the military seized power from her democratically elected government, sparking \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11860391/we-need-help-myanmar-solidarity-protesters-in-sf-hope-rallies-will-spur-us-officials-to-act\">mass protests\u003c/a> and eventually an armed resistance in Myanmar.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Since then, Aris has only received \u003ca href=\"https://www.voanews.com/a/in-letter-from-prison-former-myanmar-leader-writes-of-suffering/7482036.html\">one letter\u003c/a> from his mother, through the British Foreign Office. She will be 80 in June.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I know very little except she’s getting old, she’s got ongoing health care issues, and she’s in prison where the conditions are diabolical,” he said. “Even though I don’t get involved with politics, I’ve had to step up over the last four years to try and do what I can to help her.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12034862\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12034862\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/04/250407-SONOFOUSTEDMYANMARLEADER-04-BL-KQED.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/04/250407-SONOFOUSTEDMYANMARLEADER-04-BL-KQED.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/04/250407-SONOFOUSTEDMYANMARLEADER-04-BL-KQED-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/04/250407-SONOFOUSTEDMYANMARLEADER-04-BL-KQED-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/04/250407-SONOFOUSTEDMYANMARLEADER-04-BL-KQED-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/04/250407-SONOFOUSTEDMYANMARLEADER-04-BL-KQED-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/04/250407-SONOFOUSTEDMYANMARLEADER-04-BL-KQED-1920x1280.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Kim Aris (left), the youngest son of Burmese pro-democracy leader Aung San Suu Kyi, speaks during a fireside chat with moderator David Cohen at Stanford University on April 7, 2025. \u003ccite>(Beth LaBerge/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>“We just want her free. She wants all the political prisoners free as well, and she wouldn’t accept her freedom before their freedom,” he added.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Aris \u003ca href=\"https://www.npr.org/2025/04/01/nx-s1-5341751/son-of-ousted-myanmar-leader-speaks-to-npr-about-her-imprisonment\">told NPR\u003c/a> last week that he believes his mother is in a prison in Myanmar’s capital of Naypyidaw, which was hit by the magnitude 7.7 earthquake on March 28 that has \u003ca href=\"https://apnews.com/article/myanmar-ceasefire-military-resistance-earthquake-disaster-05329d5a2448d0afd9d7c09e55a1c759\">killed 3,600 people\u003c/a> and counting.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“So, we’re very concerned about her well-being, obviously,” he told NPR. “It’s very hard to confirm anything.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Joseph Ong, who is from Myanmar and has lived in San Francisco for the last 50 years, helped greet Aris at the airport and said he has extended family members who are worried about aftershocks and “were sleeping out in the soccer fields at night and afraid to go back home.”[aside postID=news_12025604 hero='https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/250105-BalajiDeathOpenAI-08-1020x680.jpg']Khin Thiri Nandar Soe of Pinole, one of the co-organizers for Aris’ visit, was born and raised in Mandalay, Myanmar’s second-largest city and closest to the epicenter of the quake.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“It’s extremely difficult for people to have even basic water and necessary medical supplies,” she said. Though she has been in touch with some family, she has yet to reach everyone.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Meanwhile, reports of continued fighting are widespread despite a temporary ceasefire declared by the military government and its armed opponents. The army has been heavily criticized for continuing aerial bombing, according to independent Myanmar media and eyewitnesses, the \u003ca href=\"https://apnews.com/article/myanmar-ceasefire-military-resistance-earthquake-disaster-05329d5a2448d0afd9d7c09e55a1c759\">Associated Press reported\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Khin Thiri Nandar Soe said she’s hoping Aris’ visit will put pressure on Myanmar’s military junta to “stop the bombing of innocent civilians while people are facing a crisis.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>On Monday, a day after speaking to hundreds of Burmese community members in Newark, Aris was in conversation with \u003ca href=\"https://aparc.fsi.stanford.edu/people/david-cohen\">David Cohen\u003c/a>, an expert in human rights at \u003ca href=\"https://aparc.fsi.stanford.edu/events/her-myanmar-fireside-chat-kim-aris\">Stanford’s Shorenstein Asia-Pacific Research Center\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12034865\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12034865\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/04/250407-SONOFOUSTEDMYANMARLEADER-10-BL-KQED.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/04/250407-SONOFOUSTEDMYANMARLEADER-10-BL-KQED.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/04/250407-SONOFOUSTEDMYANMARLEADER-10-BL-KQED-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/04/250407-SONOFOUSTEDMYANMARLEADER-10-BL-KQED-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/04/250407-SONOFOUSTEDMYANMARLEADER-10-BL-KQED-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/04/250407-SONOFOUSTEDMYANMARLEADER-10-BL-KQED-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/04/250407-SONOFOUSTEDMYANMARLEADER-10-BL-KQED-1920x1280.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Donald Emmerson, former director of the Southeast Asia Program, asks Kim Aris, the youngest son of Burmese pro-democracy leader Aung San Suu Kyi, a question during a fireside chat at Stanford University on April 7, 2025. \u003ccite>(Beth LaBerge/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>He took several questions from audience members, including a few critiquing his mother’s response to \u003ca href=\"https://www.nytimes.com/2019/12/11/world/asia/aung-san-suu-kyi-rohingya-myanmar-genocide-hague.html\">accusations of genocide\u003c/a> against Rohingya Muslims, whom the Myanmar military massacred by the thousands in what the United Nations called “\u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/forum/2010101861574/textbook-ethnic-cleansing-occurring-in-myanmar-u-n-says\">textbook ethnic cleansing\u003c/a>.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“She was trying to make sure that everybody in Burma had a place, not just the Rohingya,” Aris said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>His discussion at Stanford ranged from regional politics to how it was being on house arrest with his mother (“boring” but somewhat enjoyable to cook together).\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Audience members included Bay Area Burmese such as Wai Yan, a student at the College of San Mateo who leads a Burmese Student Association. He asked Aris for advice on how to unify and uplift students here to ensure they do not lose hope.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I know it seems like Burma has been abandoned by the world now. If you look at the news, often there’s nothing about them, people don’t seem to care,” Aris said. “Just because you don’t see the work they’re doing doesn’t mean it’s not happening.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Lastly, he added, “Please don’t feel like you’re alone.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n",
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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>Khin Thiri Nandar Soe of Pinole, one of the co-organizers for Aris’ visit, was born and raised in Mandalay, Myanmar’s second-largest city and closest to the epicenter of the quake.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“It’s extremely difficult for people to have even basic water and necessary medical supplies,” she said. Though she has been in touch with some family, she has yet to reach everyone.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Meanwhile, reports of continued fighting are widespread despite a temporary ceasefire declared by the military government and its armed opponents. The army has been heavily criticized for continuing aerial bombing, according to independent Myanmar media and eyewitnesses, the \u003ca href=\"https://apnews.com/article/myanmar-ceasefire-military-resistance-earthquake-disaster-05329d5a2448d0afd9d7c09e55a1c759\">Associated Press reported\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Khin Thiri Nandar Soe said she’s hoping Aris’ visit will put pressure on Myanmar’s military junta to “stop the bombing of innocent civilians while people are facing a crisis.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>On Monday, a day after speaking to hundreds of Burmese community members in Newark, Aris was in conversation with \u003ca href=\"https://aparc.fsi.stanford.edu/people/david-cohen\">David Cohen\u003c/a>, an expert in human rights at \u003ca href=\"https://aparc.fsi.stanford.edu/events/her-myanmar-fireside-chat-kim-aris\">Stanford’s Shorenstein Asia-Pacific Research Center\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12034865\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12034865\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/04/250407-SONOFOUSTEDMYANMARLEADER-10-BL-KQED.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/04/250407-SONOFOUSTEDMYANMARLEADER-10-BL-KQED.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/04/250407-SONOFOUSTEDMYANMARLEADER-10-BL-KQED-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/04/250407-SONOFOUSTEDMYANMARLEADER-10-BL-KQED-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/04/250407-SONOFOUSTEDMYANMARLEADER-10-BL-KQED-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/04/250407-SONOFOUSTEDMYANMARLEADER-10-BL-KQED-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/04/250407-SONOFOUSTEDMYANMARLEADER-10-BL-KQED-1920x1280.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Donald Emmerson, former director of the Southeast Asia Program, asks Kim Aris, the youngest son of Burmese pro-democracy leader Aung San Suu Kyi, a question during a fireside chat at Stanford University on April 7, 2025. \u003ccite>(Beth LaBerge/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>He took several questions from audience members, including a few critiquing his mother’s response to \u003ca href=\"https://www.nytimes.com/2019/12/11/world/asia/aung-san-suu-kyi-rohingya-myanmar-genocide-hague.html\">accusations of genocide\u003c/a> against Rohingya Muslims, whom the Myanmar military massacred by the thousands in what the United Nations called “\u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/forum/2010101861574/textbook-ethnic-cleansing-occurring-in-myanmar-u-n-says\">textbook ethnic cleansing\u003c/a>.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“She was trying to make sure that everybody in Burma had a place, not just the Rohingya,” Aris said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>His discussion at Stanford ranged from regional politics to how it was being on house arrest with his mother (“boring” but somewhat enjoyable to cook together).\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Audience members included Bay Area Burmese such as Wai Yan, a student at the College of San Mateo who leads a Burmese Student Association. He asked Aris for advice on how to unify and uplift students here to ensure they do not lose hope.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I know it seems like Burma has been abandoned by the world now. If you look at the news, often there’s nothing about them, people don’t seem to care,” Aris said. “Just because you don’t see the work they’re doing doesn’t mean it’s not happening.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Lastly, he added, “Please don’t feel like you’re alone.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003c/div>\u003c/p>",
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"content": "\u003cp>The fluorescent lighting inside a hospital can be unforgiving.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Freddie Gutierrez settles into a waiting room at \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/tag/san-francisco-general-hospital\">Zuckerberg San Francisco General Hospital\u003c/a>, wearing sleek, designer shades like the kind celebrities wear to avoid the public eye. Soon, he’ll swap his sunglasses for protective, medical-grade eyewear — still cool, but with more of a sci-fi edge.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Guiterrez, 33, has kind, dark eyes. They could inspire pop songs. Etched between his ear and right eye is a small tattoo of an upside-down pitchfork. Above his left eye, he has a second tattoo of a crown, about an inch long. The designs refer to his past gang life.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“How’s school?” asked nurse Judy Wong as she prepared him for the exam room.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“It’s been a while since I’ve done a timed math test,” said Guiterrez, who is studying computer science at City College of San Francisco. “Sometimes, it’s eating up my life. When I’m done getting my bachelor’s, I’m gonna have gray hairs.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Guiterrez braces for a painful procedure. Since September, he’s been undergoing laser treatment to remove his tattoos. The face is an especially sensitive area. He described the pain as similar to a rubber band snapping against the skin repeatedly, but he thinks the sessions, which last a few minutes, are worth the discomfort — a decision he made to start fresh.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12030039\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12030039\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/03/250227-UCSFTATTOOS-23-BL-KQED.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/03/250227-UCSFTATTOOS-23-BL-KQED.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/03/250227-UCSFTATTOOS-23-BL-KQED-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/03/250227-UCSFTATTOOS-23-BL-KQED-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/03/250227-UCSFTATTOOS-23-BL-KQED-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/03/250227-UCSFTATTOOS-23-BL-KQED-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/03/250227-UCSFTATTOOS-23-BL-KQED-1920x1280.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Freddie Gutierrez says goodbye to clinicians after a session at the tattoo removal clinic at Zuckerberg San Francisco General Hospital in San Francisco on Feb. 27, 2025. \u003ccite>(Beth LaBerge/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>April is Second Chance Month, which highlights the experiences of millions of Americans who are formerly incarcerated and the stigma they face for having a criminal record. As spring kicks off, patients like Gutierrez are grateful for SF General’s tattoo removal clinic.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Opened in 2009, the clinic, a partnership with UCSF and the San Francisco Department of Public Health, serves low-income people who have tattoos linked to incarceration, trafficking or gang affiliations.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Not only the physical removal of tattoos is rewarding, but also just seeing people as they are in their journey of recovery — being a part of that and being a consistent face in that is really special,” said Dr. Matthew Pantell, who runs the clinic and is a researcher at UCSF on the social factors of health care.[aside postID=news_12034006 hero='https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/03/20250327_SoberHousing_GC-9-1020x680.jpg']Pantell took over the clinic from its founder, Dr. Pierre Joseph Marie-Rose. In 1998, he launched a similar effort, called \u003ca href=\"https://www.sf.gov/location--carecen-2nd-chance-tattoo-removal-clinic\">Second Chance,\u003c/a> for gang-affiliated youth in San Francisco (it’s still located at the Central American Resource Center on Mission and Cesar Chavez streets). While working at SF General Hospital, he applied for a grant to start a tattoo removal program at the hospital.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“This is a thermal injury. I was humbled that [patients] would come back and ask me to do it again,” Marie-Rose said. “I’ve never taken that for granted.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>When patients enter the laser room, lo-fi hip-hop music plays. Wearing a baseball cap, jeans and fresh kicks, Pantell arms a long glass cylinder, which resembles a thin highball cocktail glass, at the tattoos. Over the music, it’s hard to hear anything noticeable as patients brace for the pain. The procedure can last anywhere from a few minutes to a half-hour, depending on the tattoo size, complexity and location on the body, according to Pantell.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Other factors, such as ink color — red and green can be stubborn — and quality, can play a role, Pantell said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“You don’t want to do two lasers in the same day, so we’ll do the black ink first and then come back every six weeks till it’s gone,” he added.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12030036\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-12030036 size-full\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/03/250227-UCSFTATTOOS-12-BL-KQED.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/03/250227-UCSFTATTOOS-12-BL-KQED.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/03/250227-UCSFTATTOOS-12-BL-KQED-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/03/250227-UCSFTATTOOS-12-BL-KQED-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/03/250227-UCSFTATTOOS-12-BL-KQED-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/03/250227-UCSFTATTOOS-12-BL-KQED-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/03/250227-UCSFTATTOOS-12-BL-KQED-1920x1280.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">UCSF Dr. Matthew Pantell uses a laser tattoo removal machine during a session with Nikki at the clinic he runs at Zuckerberg San Francisco General Hospital in San Francisco on Feb. 27, 2025. \u003ccite>(Beth LaBerge/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Since patients are required to return every six to eight weeks for treatment, the hospital setting helps connect patients with other health care services, according to Pantell. He pointed out that patients are linked to their primary care physician and other social needs, like housing.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>For patients like Guiterrez, the tattoo removal visits are often the most consistent contact with the medical system that they have had. He said he has been “in and out of the [criminal justice] system” since he was a kid growing up in Santa Barbara. Last July, he was released from state prison after serving a nearly 13-year sentence for charges related to carjacking.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I thought about what I want to do for myself and being a two striker, meaning that if I catch another strike that will give me a 25-to-life sentence. So that makes me really think about every decision I make,” said Gutierrez, who said he sought self-help groups in prison and got support from Criminals & Gang Members Anonymous.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>He said a contact affiliated with Jails to Jobs, a Bay Area-based nonprofit that supports re-entry to the workforce for formerly incarcerated people, referred him to the clinic. Jails to Jobs estimates there are around 300 similar tattoo removal clinics in the U.S. Just under half of them are located in California which, in recent years, has seen an increase in access to these services — inside prisons through the California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation, at university health systems like UC San Diego and in cities, like Santa Rosa, which \u003ca href=\"https://www.srcity.org/CivicAlerts.aspx?AID=2829\">launched\u003c/a> a similar effort this year.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>People typically seek tattoo removal to improve job prospects, but there’s also the societal stigma that can be as difficult to shed, said Mark Drevno, founder and executive director of Jails to Jobs.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12030034\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12030034\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/03/250227-UCSFTATTOOS-04-BL-KQED.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/03/250227-UCSFTATTOOS-04-BL-KQED.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/03/250227-UCSFTATTOOS-04-BL-KQED-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/03/250227-UCSFTATTOOS-04-BL-KQED-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/03/250227-UCSFTATTOOS-04-BL-KQED-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/03/250227-UCSFTATTOOS-04-BL-KQED-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/03/250227-UCSFTATTOOS-04-BL-KQED-1920x1280.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Ana Navarro ices her tattoo to ease the pain before a session at the tattoo removal clinic at Zuckerberg San Francisco General Hospital in San Francisco on Feb. 27, 2025. \u003ccite>(Beth LaBerge/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>“Simple things like traveling on the bus. I’ve had people tell me how they hide their hands on the bus because they don’t want anybody to see their hands,” he said. “Besides the practical stuff, there is inner work going on. They’re touching their soul when they’re removing these tattoos.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Despite the wider acceptance of tattoos in modern American society, their associations with prison life, gangs and violence persist. Recently, U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement \u003ca href=\"https://www.npr.org/2025/03/27/nx-s1-5341544/ice-el-salvador-jerce-reyes-barrios\">reportedly\u003c/a> cited a tattoo of a Spanish soccer team as evidence for one of the 238 Venezuelan migrants deported from the U.S. to El Salvador over their alleged allegiance to the Tren de Aragua gang, which has become a target of the Trump administration.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Researchers with UC San Diego, where a free removal clinic was established in 2016, have studied motivations for tattoo removal among “justice-involved adults.” Their \u003ca href=\"https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10.1177/0306624X221102807\">2023 study\u003c/a>, published in the International Journal of Offender Therapy and Comparative Criminology, found that over half of the participants cited reasons associated with “public or interpersonal stigma,” which included better perceptions among friends and family. The study also found that more than 80% of participants said they felt they had been discriminated against because of their tattoos.[aside postID=news_12026600 hero='https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/02/250214-Dream-Keeper-Returns-01-KQED-1020x680.jpg']Part of the appeal of clinics like the one at SF General is that there’s no cost to patients. The UC San Diego research cites cost as a significant barrier. Treatments at private establishments can cost thousands of dollars.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Pantell estimates around a dozen patients visit the weekly clinic at SF General. Ana Navarro has a rose design on her right ankle. It’s hard to see it as the treatment appears to be working. She said she has had it since she was a teenager and has been trying to get it removed for almost a year.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I was young, not in the right relationships,” Navarro, 32, said. “So, being able to remove them, it feels like I’ve been an opportunity to clear the past.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>For a while, Shannon Whiley, 53, has been trying to get two tattooed dots removed — marks that were placed as part of her breast cancer treatment. The dots, about the size of a freckle, help doctors accurately position patients during radiation therapy.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Nikki, a sexual violence survivor, has an arm sleeve filled with interwoven hearts and flowers. She described it as a “bad cover-up” in an effort to hide associations to her past life trafficked as a minor.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“All of it was from some backyard tattoo artist who had no business really doing tattoos on a minor,” recalled Nikki, whose request to go by a nickname because of the stigma of sexual violence was granted under KQED’s anonymous sources policy.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>She’s been coming to the clinic since September and has started to notice her tattoos begin to fade. She has a long way to go until they’re erased, but she’s used to hard work paying off. She said she’s in nursing school, following in her mom’s footsteps.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Every time I leave the clinic, I’m like, ‘God bless this doctor,’” she said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad floatright]\u003c/p>\n",
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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003cp>The fluorescent lighting inside a hospital can be unforgiving.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Freddie Gutierrez settles into a waiting room at \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/tag/san-francisco-general-hospital\">Zuckerberg San Francisco General Hospital\u003c/a>, wearing sleek, designer shades like the kind celebrities wear to avoid the public eye. Soon, he’ll swap his sunglasses for protective, medical-grade eyewear — still cool, but with more of a sci-fi edge.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Guiterrez, 33, has kind, dark eyes. They could inspire pop songs. Etched between his ear and right eye is a small tattoo of an upside-down pitchfork. Above his left eye, he has a second tattoo of a crown, about an inch long. The designs refer to his past gang life.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003c/div>",
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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“How’s school?” asked nurse Judy Wong as she prepared him for the exam room.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“It’s been a while since I’ve done a timed math test,” said Guiterrez, who is studying computer science at City College of San Francisco. “Sometimes, it’s eating up my life. When I’m done getting my bachelor’s, I’m gonna have gray hairs.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Guiterrez braces for a painful procedure. Since September, he’s been undergoing laser treatment to remove his tattoos. The face is an especially sensitive area. He described the pain as similar to a rubber band snapping against the skin repeatedly, but he thinks the sessions, which last a few minutes, are worth the discomfort — a decision he made to start fresh.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12030039\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12030039\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/03/250227-UCSFTATTOOS-23-BL-KQED.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/03/250227-UCSFTATTOOS-23-BL-KQED.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/03/250227-UCSFTATTOOS-23-BL-KQED-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/03/250227-UCSFTATTOOS-23-BL-KQED-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/03/250227-UCSFTATTOOS-23-BL-KQED-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/03/250227-UCSFTATTOOS-23-BL-KQED-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/03/250227-UCSFTATTOOS-23-BL-KQED-1920x1280.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Freddie Gutierrez says goodbye to clinicians after a session at the tattoo removal clinic at Zuckerberg San Francisco General Hospital in San Francisco on Feb. 27, 2025. \u003ccite>(Beth LaBerge/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>April is Second Chance Month, which highlights the experiences of millions of Americans who are formerly incarcerated and the stigma they face for having a criminal record. As spring kicks off, patients like Gutierrez are grateful for SF General’s tattoo removal clinic.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Opened in 2009, the clinic, a partnership with UCSF and the San Francisco Department of Public Health, serves low-income people who have tattoos linked to incarceration, trafficking or gang affiliations.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Not only the physical removal of tattoos is rewarding, but also just seeing people as they are in their journey of recovery — being a part of that and being a consistent face in that is really special,” said Dr. Matthew Pantell, who runs the clinic and is a researcher at UCSF on the social factors of health care.\u003c/p>\u003c/div>",
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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>Pantell took over the clinic from its founder, Dr. Pierre Joseph Marie-Rose. In 1998, he launched a similar effort, called \u003ca href=\"https://www.sf.gov/location--carecen-2nd-chance-tattoo-removal-clinic\">Second Chance,\u003c/a> for gang-affiliated youth in San Francisco (it’s still located at the Central American Resource Center on Mission and Cesar Chavez streets). While working at SF General Hospital, he applied for a grant to start a tattoo removal program at the hospital.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“This is a thermal injury. I was humbled that [patients] would come back and ask me to do it again,” Marie-Rose said. “I’ve never taken that for granted.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>When patients enter the laser room, lo-fi hip-hop music plays. Wearing a baseball cap, jeans and fresh kicks, Pantell arms a long glass cylinder, which resembles a thin highball cocktail glass, at the tattoos. Over the music, it’s hard to hear anything noticeable as patients brace for the pain. The procedure can last anywhere from a few minutes to a half-hour, depending on the tattoo size, complexity and location on the body, according to Pantell.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Other factors, such as ink color — red and green can be stubborn — and quality, can play a role, Pantell said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“You don’t want to do two lasers in the same day, so we’ll do the black ink first and then come back every six weeks till it’s gone,” he added.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12030036\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-12030036 size-full\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/03/250227-UCSFTATTOOS-12-BL-KQED.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/03/250227-UCSFTATTOOS-12-BL-KQED.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/03/250227-UCSFTATTOOS-12-BL-KQED-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/03/250227-UCSFTATTOOS-12-BL-KQED-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/03/250227-UCSFTATTOOS-12-BL-KQED-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/03/250227-UCSFTATTOOS-12-BL-KQED-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/03/250227-UCSFTATTOOS-12-BL-KQED-1920x1280.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">UCSF Dr. Matthew Pantell uses a laser tattoo removal machine during a session with Nikki at the clinic he runs at Zuckerberg San Francisco General Hospital in San Francisco on Feb. 27, 2025. \u003ccite>(Beth LaBerge/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Since patients are required to return every six to eight weeks for treatment, the hospital setting helps connect patients with other health care services, according to Pantell. He pointed out that patients are linked to their primary care physician and other social needs, like housing.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>For patients like Guiterrez, the tattoo removal visits are often the most consistent contact with the medical system that they have had. He said he has been “in and out of the [criminal justice] system” since he was a kid growing up in Santa Barbara. Last July, he was released from state prison after serving a nearly 13-year sentence for charges related to carjacking.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I thought about what I want to do for myself and being a two striker, meaning that if I catch another strike that will give me a 25-to-life sentence. So that makes me really think about every decision I make,” said Gutierrez, who said he sought self-help groups in prison and got support from Criminals & Gang Members Anonymous.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>He said a contact affiliated with Jails to Jobs, a Bay Area-based nonprofit that supports re-entry to the workforce for formerly incarcerated people, referred him to the clinic. Jails to Jobs estimates there are around 300 similar tattoo removal clinics in the U.S. Just under half of them are located in California which, in recent years, has seen an increase in access to these services — inside prisons through the California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation, at university health systems like UC San Diego and in cities, like Santa Rosa, which \u003ca href=\"https://www.srcity.org/CivicAlerts.aspx?AID=2829\">launched\u003c/a> a similar effort this year.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>People typically seek tattoo removal to improve job prospects, but there’s also the societal stigma that can be as difficult to shed, said Mark Drevno, founder and executive director of Jails to Jobs.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12030034\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12030034\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/03/250227-UCSFTATTOOS-04-BL-KQED.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/03/250227-UCSFTATTOOS-04-BL-KQED.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/03/250227-UCSFTATTOOS-04-BL-KQED-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/03/250227-UCSFTATTOOS-04-BL-KQED-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/03/250227-UCSFTATTOOS-04-BL-KQED-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/03/250227-UCSFTATTOOS-04-BL-KQED-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/03/250227-UCSFTATTOOS-04-BL-KQED-1920x1280.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Ana Navarro ices her tattoo to ease the pain before a session at the tattoo removal clinic at Zuckerberg San Francisco General Hospital in San Francisco on Feb. 27, 2025. \u003ccite>(Beth LaBerge/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>“Simple things like traveling on the bus. I’ve had people tell me how they hide their hands on the bus because they don’t want anybody to see their hands,” he said. “Besides the practical stuff, there is inner work going on. They’re touching their soul when they’re removing these tattoos.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Despite the wider acceptance of tattoos in modern American society, their associations with prison life, gangs and violence persist. Recently, U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement \u003ca href=\"https://www.npr.org/2025/03/27/nx-s1-5341544/ice-el-salvador-jerce-reyes-barrios\">reportedly\u003c/a> cited a tattoo of a Spanish soccer team as evidence for one of the 238 Venezuelan migrants deported from the U.S. to El Salvador over their alleged allegiance to the Tren de Aragua gang, which has become a target of the Trump administration.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Researchers with UC San Diego, where a free removal clinic was established in 2016, have studied motivations for tattoo removal among “justice-involved adults.” Their \u003ca href=\"https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10.1177/0306624X221102807\">2023 study\u003c/a>, published in the International Journal of Offender Therapy and Comparative Criminology, found that over half of the participants cited reasons associated with “public or interpersonal stigma,” which included better perceptions among friends and family. The study also found that more than 80% of participants said they felt they had been discriminated against because of their tattoos.\u003c/p>\u003c/div>",
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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>Part of the appeal of clinics like the one at SF General is that there’s no cost to patients. The UC San Diego research cites cost as a significant barrier. Treatments at private establishments can cost thousands of dollars.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Pantell estimates around a dozen patients visit the weekly clinic at SF General. Ana Navarro has a rose design on her right ankle. It’s hard to see it as the treatment appears to be working. She said she has had it since she was a teenager and has been trying to get it removed for almost a year.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I was young, not in the right relationships,” Navarro, 32, said. “So, being able to remove them, it feels like I’ve been an opportunity to clear the past.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>For a while, Shannon Whiley, 53, has been trying to get two tattooed dots removed — marks that were placed as part of her breast cancer treatment. The dots, about the size of a freckle, help doctors accurately position patients during radiation therapy.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Nikki, a sexual violence survivor, has an arm sleeve filled with interwoven hearts and flowers. She described it as a “bad cover-up” in an effort to hide associations to her past life trafficked as a minor.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“All of it was from some backyard tattoo artist who had no business really doing tattoos on a minor,” recalled Nikki, whose request to go by a nickname because of the stigma of sexual violence was granted under KQED’s anonymous sources policy.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>She’s been coming to the clinic since September and has started to notice her tattoos begin to fade. She has a long way to go until they’re erased, but she’s used to hard work paying off. She said she’s in nursing school, following in her mom’s footsteps.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Every time I leave the clinic, I’m like, ‘God bless this doctor,’” she said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003c/div>",
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"content": "\u003cp>Former Santa Clara City Councilmember Anthony Becker will not face any time behind bars after being \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12016866/santa-clara-vice-mayor-anthony-becker-convicted-of-perjury\">convicted of perjury\u003c/a> in December.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Santa Clara County Superior Court Judge Javier Alcala sentenced Becker to two years of probation and 40 days of jail time, but allowed Becker to serve that time through a work service program.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The sentence appeared to be a midway point between the polarized requests from prosecutors — who asked that Becker face a “significant” jail sentence — and Becker’s attorneys, who asked that he only be sentenced to probation, with no additional punishment.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“There has to be some kind of punishment, otherwise people in the community are not going to think that their elected officials are going to be held accountable,” Alcala said in the court.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Becker and his lead attorney, Deputy Public Defender Christopher Montoya, declined to comment after the sentencing, other than to say they would appeal the decision.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Santa Clara County District Attorney Jeff Rosen said he thought the sentence was “appropriate” in comments he made outside the courthouse.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“What we were asking for was a significant jail sentence. The judge gave a jail sentence and allowed Mr. Becker to serve it on weekend work, and that’s within the discretion of the court,” Rosen said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12034592\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12034592\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/04/2025.04.04_MIDDLETON_ANTHONYBECKER_009-KQED.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1334\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/04/2025.04.04_MIDDLETON_ANTHONYBECKER_009-KQED.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/04/2025.04.04_MIDDLETON_ANTHONYBECKER_009-KQED-800x534.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/04/2025.04.04_MIDDLETON_ANTHONYBECKER_009-KQED-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/04/2025.04.04_MIDDLETON_ANTHONYBECKER_009-KQED-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/04/2025.04.04_MIDDLETON_ANTHONYBECKER_009-KQED-1536x1025.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/04/2025.04.04_MIDDLETON_ANTHONYBECKER_009-KQED-1920x1281.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Santa Clara County District Attorney Jeffrey F. Rosen makes a statement following former Santa Clara City Councilmember Anthony Becker’s sentencing hearing at the South County Morgan Hill Courthouse on Apr. 4, 2025. \u003ccite>(Florence Middleton for KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Becker was convicted of a misdemeanor for violating his duty as an elected official to keep a \u003ca href=\"https://santaclara.courts.ca.gov/system/files/unsportsmanlike-conduct-santa-clara-city-council_0.pdf\">civil grand jury report confidential (PDF)\u003c/a> until its public release and with felony perjury for lying to a grand jury about his actions.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Becker \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12016866/santa-clara-vice-mayor-anthony-becker-convicted-of-perjury\">announced his resignation\u003c/a> one day after his conviction in a Morgan Hill courtroom, just weeks before his first term in office was set to expire. He did not win a second term in the \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/voterguide/santaclara/santaclara\">2024 election\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The 2022 civil grand jury report at the center of the case, titled Unsportsmanlike Conduct, accused Becker and four other council members of having unethical and inappropriately close relationships with top lobbyists and officials from the San Francisco 49ers.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[aside postID=news_12016866 hero='https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/12/241205-VERDICT-JG-1020x680.jpg']\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The team’s ownership has spent millions of dollars over the past three election cycles to support some candidates, including Becker, and oppose others, including Mayor Lisa Gillmor, who has butted heads with the team over a host of issues related to the management of publicly owned Levi’s Stadium, where the 49ers play their home games.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Deputy District Attorney Jason Malinsky, the lead prosecutor on the case, wrote in a pre-sentencing memo in January that Becker deserves “a significant jail sentence that reflects the seriousness of his crimes.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Malinsky based his recommendation on what he called the “aggravated” and “self-serving” nature of Becker’s crimes, which he said eroded public trust in government and elected officials. He also disagreed with a recommendation from the county’s probation department that suggested no jail time should be levied and stated Becker’s level of remorse was “unknown.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12034589\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12034589\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/04/2025.04.04_MIDDLETON_ANTHONYBECKER_002-KQED.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/04/2025.04.04_MIDDLETON_ANTHONYBECKER_002-KQED.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/04/2025.04.04_MIDDLETON_ANTHONYBECKER_002-KQED-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/04/2025.04.04_MIDDLETON_ANTHONYBECKER_002-KQED-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/04/2025.04.04_MIDDLETON_ANTHONYBECKER_002-KQED-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/04/2025.04.04_MIDDLETON_ANTHONYBECKER_002-KQED-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/04/2025.04.04_MIDDLETON_ANTHONYBECKER_002-KQED-1920x1280.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Deputy District Attorney Jason Malinsky during the sentencing hearing following the perjury trial of former Santa Clara City Councilmember Anthony Becker at the South County Morgan Hill Courthouse on Apr. 4, 2025. \u003ccite>(Florence Middleton for KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>“Becker has shown no remorse for his crimes despite ample opportunity and a public forum to do so,” Malinsky wrote, noting that Becker said the verdict was politically motivated and felt that justice was not served.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“These are not the words of a remorseful man who has learned the lesson from his actions and intends to put himself on a path of reconciliation and reform,” Malinsky wrote.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>During the sentencing hearing on Friday, Becker made a statement to the court in which he apologized to the residents of Santa Clara for the “ordeal.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I want to first apologize to the people of Santa Clara for this long ordeal. And additionally, I want to respect what the jury’s decision was, despite my other disagreements. I respect the jury’s decision. I respect this court. And I just want that to be known,” Becker said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Alcala said Becker’s statement helped guide his decision on the sentence.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I was hoping to hear an apology, which I did hear. I am going to let you serve that sentence in an alternative way other than sitting in a jail. If you hadn’t apologized, you would have been remanded today,” Alcala said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12034600\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12034600\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/04/2025.04.04_Middleton_AnthonyBecker_024_qed.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/04/2025.04.04_Middleton_AnthonyBecker_024_qed.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/04/2025.04.04_Middleton_AnthonyBecker_024_qed-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/04/2025.04.04_Middleton_AnthonyBecker_024_qed-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/04/2025.04.04_Middleton_AnthonyBecker_024_qed-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/04/2025.04.04_Middleton_AnthonyBecker_024_qed-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/04/2025.04.04_Middleton_AnthonyBecker_024_qed-1920x1280.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Superior Court Judge Javier Alcala during the sentencing hearing following the perjury trial of former Santa Clara City Councilmember Anthony Becker at the South County Morgan Hill Courthouse on Apr. 4, 2025. \u003ccite>(Florence Middleton for KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Deputy Public Defender Christopher Montoya, one of Becker’s attorneys, noted in his pre-sentencing memo that the court could meet its objectives of “protecting society, punishing the defendant, and deterring others from criminal conduct by demonstrating its consequences” by sentencing Becker to probation only.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Mr. Becker is now a convicted felon. Society garners no further protection by imposing\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>a jail sentence on Mr. Becker,” Montoya wrote. “Becker’s conduct did not subject anyone to physical violence, deprive anyone of a loved one, deprive anyone of their property, or deprive anyone of large amounts of money.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>He also took issue with what he characterized as the prosecution’s unwillingness to “make an offer to resolve the matter” ahead of the trial through a plea deal.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12034601\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12034601\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/04/2025.04.04_Middleton_AnthonyBecker_025_qed.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/04/2025.04.04_Middleton_AnthonyBecker_025_qed.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/04/2025.04.04_Middleton_AnthonyBecker_025_qed-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/04/2025.04.04_Middleton_AnthonyBecker_025_qed-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/04/2025.04.04_Middleton_AnthonyBecker_025_qed-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/04/2025.04.04_Middleton_AnthonyBecker_025_qed-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/04/2025.04.04_Middleton_AnthonyBecker_025_qed-1920x1280.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Deputy Public Defender Christopher Montoya during the sentencing hearing following the perjury trial of former Santa Clara City Councilmember Anthony Becker at the South County Morgan Hill Courthouse on Apr. 4, 2025. \u003ccite>(Florence Middleton for KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Montoya emphasized that Becker had no prior record and was allowed to be under his own supervision while the trial proceeded because he was not a danger to anyone else. The memo also highlighted Becker’s personal struggles, some due to the “collateral consequences” of his conviction, including permanent damage to his reputation, the loss of his political career and the loss of his income.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Additional punitive punishment of time in jail is not warranted or necessary, is disproportionate to the underlying conduct, and is a departure from efforts to achieve uniformity in sentencing,” Montoya wrote. “A jail sentence will only serve to set Mr. Becker back and, more significantly, deprive him of caring for his mother who is currently very sick and undergoing treatment for a stage 3 cancer diagnosis.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12034615\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2500px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12034615\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/04/Copy-of-KQED-side-by-side-downpage-image-1-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2500\" height=\"833\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/04/Copy-of-KQED-side-by-side-downpage-image-1-1.jpg 2500w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/04/Copy-of-KQED-side-by-side-downpage-image-1-1-800x267.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/04/Copy-of-KQED-side-by-side-downpage-image-1-1-1020x340.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/04/Copy-of-KQED-side-by-side-downpage-image-1-1-160x53.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/04/Copy-of-KQED-side-by-side-downpage-image-1-1-1536x512.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/04/Copy-of-KQED-side-by-side-downpage-image-1-1-2048x682.jpg 2048w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/04/Copy-of-KQED-side-by-side-downpage-image-1-1-1920x640.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2500px) 100vw, 2500px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Santa Clara City Councilmembers Sudhanshu ‘Suds’ Jain (left) and Kevin Park make statements during the sentencing hearing following the perjury trial of former Santa Clara City Councilmember Anthony Becker at the South County Morgan Hill Courthouse on Apr. 4, 2025. \u003ccite>(Florence Middleton for KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Several family members, friends and former colleagues of Becker’s wrote letters to Alcala asserting that they know Becker to be “of high moral character,” as well as an “honest and very kind and caring person” and a “good person who made a bad decision.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>During the court hearing, Santa Clara Councilmembers Suds Jain and Kevin Park spoke in support of leniency for Becker.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Jain called Becker, his friend, and said he admired his commitment to the job of being a council member who worked hard to stay well-informed.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I consider him to be a very dedicated public servant,” Jain said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Without naming any specific people, Park claimed Becker has been “under attack” for a long time and has faced a lot of harassment ever since running for office in Santa Clara.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12034591\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12034591\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/04/2025.04.04_MIDDLETON_ANTHONYBECKER_008-KQED.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/04/2025.04.04_MIDDLETON_ANTHONYBECKER_008-KQED.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/04/2025.04.04_MIDDLETON_ANTHONYBECKER_008-KQED-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/04/2025.04.04_MIDDLETON_ANTHONYBECKER_008-KQED-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/04/2025.04.04_MIDDLETON_ANTHONYBECKER_008-KQED-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/04/2025.04.04_MIDDLETON_ANTHONYBECKER_008-KQED-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/04/2025.04.04_MIDDLETON_ANTHONYBECKER_008-KQED-1920x1280.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Former Santa Clara City Councilmember Anthony Becker leaves the courtroom after receiving his sentence at the South County Morgan Hill Courthouse on Apr. 4, 2025. \u003ccite>(Florence Middleton for KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>“He is one of the hardest working people I know. He wanted to do this job, he wanted to do this as legitimately as possible,” Park said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>After the hearing on Friday, Rosen said the case boiled down to what people should and do expect from their elected officials and said that those who take oaths of office and then abuse that power “mock” their communities.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Government officials should be role models for all citizens to respect and follow the law,” he said. “If public officials do not respect and follow the law, who will?”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad floatright]\u003c/p>\n",
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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Becker and his lead attorney, Deputy Public Defender Christopher Montoya, declined to comment after the sentencing, other than to say they would appeal the decision.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Santa Clara County District Attorney Jeff Rosen said he thought the sentence was “appropriate” in comments he made outside the courthouse.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“What we were asking for was a significant jail sentence. The judge gave a jail sentence and allowed Mr. Becker to serve it on weekend work, and that’s within the discretion of the court,” Rosen said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12034592\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12034592\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/04/2025.04.04_MIDDLETON_ANTHONYBECKER_009-KQED.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1334\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/04/2025.04.04_MIDDLETON_ANTHONYBECKER_009-KQED.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/04/2025.04.04_MIDDLETON_ANTHONYBECKER_009-KQED-800x534.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/04/2025.04.04_MIDDLETON_ANTHONYBECKER_009-KQED-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/04/2025.04.04_MIDDLETON_ANTHONYBECKER_009-KQED-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/04/2025.04.04_MIDDLETON_ANTHONYBECKER_009-KQED-1536x1025.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/04/2025.04.04_MIDDLETON_ANTHONYBECKER_009-KQED-1920x1281.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Santa Clara County District Attorney Jeffrey F. Rosen makes a statement following former Santa Clara City Councilmember Anthony Becker’s sentencing hearing at the South County Morgan Hill Courthouse on Apr. 4, 2025. \u003ccite>(Florence Middleton for KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Becker was convicted of a misdemeanor for violating his duty as an elected official to keep a \u003ca href=\"https://santaclara.courts.ca.gov/system/files/unsportsmanlike-conduct-santa-clara-city-council_0.pdf\">civil grand jury report confidential (PDF)\u003c/a> until its public release and with felony perjury for lying to a grand jury about his actions.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Becker \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12016866/santa-clara-vice-mayor-anthony-becker-convicted-of-perjury\">announced his resignation\u003c/a> one day after his conviction in a Morgan Hill courtroom, just weeks before his first term in office was set to expire. He did not win a second term in the \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/voterguide/santaclara/santaclara\">2024 election\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The 2022 civil grand jury report at the center of the case, titled Unsportsmanlike Conduct, accused Becker and four other council members of having unethical and inappropriately close relationships with top lobbyists and officials from the San Francisco 49ers.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003c/div>",
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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The team’s ownership has spent millions of dollars over the past three election cycles to support some candidates, including Becker, and oppose others, including Mayor Lisa Gillmor, who has butted heads with the team over a host of issues related to the management of publicly owned Levi’s Stadium, where the 49ers play their home games.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Deputy District Attorney Jason Malinsky, the lead prosecutor on the case, wrote in a pre-sentencing memo in January that Becker deserves “a significant jail sentence that reflects the seriousness of his crimes.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Malinsky based his recommendation on what he called the “aggravated” and “self-serving” nature of Becker’s crimes, which he said eroded public trust in government and elected officials. He also disagreed with a recommendation from the county’s probation department that suggested no jail time should be levied and stated Becker’s level of remorse was “unknown.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12034589\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12034589\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/04/2025.04.04_MIDDLETON_ANTHONYBECKER_002-KQED.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/04/2025.04.04_MIDDLETON_ANTHONYBECKER_002-KQED.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/04/2025.04.04_MIDDLETON_ANTHONYBECKER_002-KQED-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/04/2025.04.04_MIDDLETON_ANTHONYBECKER_002-KQED-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/04/2025.04.04_MIDDLETON_ANTHONYBECKER_002-KQED-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/04/2025.04.04_MIDDLETON_ANTHONYBECKER_002-KQED-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/04/2025.04.04_MIDDLETON_ANTHONYBECKER_002-KQED-1920x1280.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Deputy District Attorney Jason Malinsky during the sentencing hearing following the perjury trial of former Santa Clara City Councilmember Anthony Becker at the South County Morgan Hill Courthouse on Apr. 4, 2025. \u003ccite>(Florence Middleton for KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>“Becker has shown no remorse for his crimes despite ample opportunity and a public forum to do so,” Malinsky wrote, noting that Becker said the verdict was politically motivated and felt that justice was not served.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“These are not the words of a remorseful man who has learned the lesson from his actions and intends to put himself on a path of reconciliation and reform,” Malinsky wrote.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>During the sentencing hearing on Friday, Becker made a statement to the court in which he apologized to the residents of Santa Clara for the “ordeal.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I want to first apologize to the people of Santa Clara for this long ordeal. And additionally, I want to respect what the jury’s decision was, despite my other disagreements. I respect the jury’s decision. I respect this court. And I just want that to be known,” Becker said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Alcala said Becker’s statement helped guide his decision on the sentence.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I was hoping to hear an apology, which I did hear. I am going to let you serve that sentence in an alternative way other than sitting in a jail. If you hadn’t apologized, you would have been remanded today,” Alcala said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12034600\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12034600\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/04/2025.04.04_Middleton_AnthonyBecker_024_qed.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/04/2025.04.04_Middleton_AnthonyBecker_024_qed.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/04/2025.04.04_Middleton_AnthonyBecker_024_qed-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/04/2025.04.04_Middleton_AnthonyBecker_024_qed-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/04/2025.04.04_Middleton_AnthonyBecker_024_qed-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/04/2025.04.04_Middleton_AnthonyBecker_024_qed-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/04/2025.04.04_Middleton_AnthonyBecker_024_qed-1920x1280.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Superior Court Judge Javier Alcala during the sentencing hearing following the perjury trial of former Santa Clara City Councilmember Anthony Becker at the South County Morgan Hill Courthouse on Apr. 4, 2025. \u003ccite>(Florence Middleton for KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Deputy Public Defender Christopher Montoya, one of Becker’s attorneys, noted in his pre-sentencing memo that the court could meet its objectives of “protecting society, punishing the defendant, and deterring others from criminal conduct by demonstrating its consequences” by sentencing Becker to probation only.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Mr. Becker is now a convicted felon. Society garners no further protection by imposing\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>a jail sentence on Mr. Becker,” Montoya wrote. “Becker’s conduct did not subject anyone to physical violence, deprive anyone of a loved one, deprive anyone of their property, or deprive anyone of large amounts of money.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>He also took issue with what he characterized as the prosecution’s unwillingness to “make an offer to resolve the matter” ahead of the trial through a plea deal.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12034601\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12034601\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/04/2025.04.04_Middleton_AnthonyBecker_025_qed.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/04/2025.04.04_Middleton_AnthonyBecker_025_qed.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/04/2025.04.04_Middleton_AnthonyBecker_025_qed-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/04/2025.04.04_Middleton_AnthonyBecker_025_qed-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/04/2025.04.04_Middleton_AnthonyBecker_025_qed-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/04/2025.04.04_Middleton_AnthonyBecker_025_qed-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/04/2025.04.04_Middleton_AnthonyBecker_025_qed-1920x1280.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Deputy Public Defender Christopher Montoya during the sentencing hearing following the perjury trial of former Santa Clara City Councilmember Anthony Becker at the South County Morgan Hill Courthouse on Apr. 4, 2025. \u003ccite>(Florence Middleton for KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Montoya emphasized that Becker had no prior record and was allowed to be under his own supervision while the trial proceeded because he was not a danger to anyone else. The memo also highlighted Becker’s personal struggles, some due to the “collateral consequences” of his conviction, including permanent damage to his reputation, the loss of his political career and the loss of his income.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Additional punitive punishment of time in jail is not warranted or necessary, is disproportionate to the underlying conduct, and is a departure from efforts to achieve uniformity in sentencing,” Montoya wrote. “A jail sentence will only serve to set Mr. Becker back and, more significantly, deprive him of caring for his mother who is currently very sick and undergoing treatment for a stage 3 cancer diagnosis.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12034615\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2500px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12034615\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/04/Copy-of-KQED-side-by-side-downpage-image-1-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2500\" height=\"833\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/04/Copy-of-KQED-side-by-side-downpage-image-1-1.jpg 2500w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/04/Copy-of-KQED-side-by-side-downpage-image-1-1-800x267.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/04/Copy-of-KQED-side-by-side-downpage-image-1-1-1020x340.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/04/Copy-of-KQED-side-by-side-downpage-image-1-1-160x53.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/04/Copy-of-KQED-side-by-side-downpage-image-1-1-1536x512.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/04/Copy-of-KQED-side-by-side-downpage-image-1-1-2048x682.jpg 2048w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/04/Copy-of-KQED-side-by-side-downpage-image-1-1-1920x640.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2500px) 100vw, 2500px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Santa Clara City Councilmembers Sudhanshu ‘Suds’ Jain (left) and Kevin Park make statements during the sentencing hearing following the perjury trial of former Santa Clara City Councilmember Anthony Becker at the South County Morgan Hill Courthouse on Apr. 4, 2025. \u003ccite>(Florence Middleton for KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Several family members, friends and former colleagues of Becker’s wrote letters to Alcala asserting that they know Becker to be “of high moral character,” as well as an “honest and very kind and caring person” and a “good person who made a bad decision.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>During the court hearing, Santa Clara Councilmembers Suds Jain and Kevin Park spoke in support of leniency for Becker.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Jain called Becker, his friend, and said he admired his commitment to the job of being a council member who worked hard to stay well-informed.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I consider him to be a very dedicated public servant,” Jain said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Without naming any specific people, Park claimed Becker has been “under attack” for a long time and has faced a lot of harassment ever since running for office in Santa Clara.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12034591\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12034591\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/04/2025.04.04_MIDDLETON_ANTHONYBECKER_008-KQED.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/04/2025.04.04_MIDDLETON_ANTHONYBECKER_008-KQED.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/04/2025.04.04_MIDDLETON_ANTHONYBECKER_008-KQED-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/04/2025.04.04_MIDDLETON_ANTHONYBECKER_008-KQED-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/04/2025.04.04_MIDDLETON_ANTHONYBECKER_008-KQED-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/04/2025.04.04_MIDDLETON_ANTHONYBECKER_008-KQED-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/04/2025.04.04_MIDDLETON_ANTHONYBECKER_008-KQED-1920x1280.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Former Santa Clara City Councilmember Anthony Becker leaves the courtroom after receiving his sentence at the South County Morgan Hill Courthouse on Apr. 4, 2025. \u003ccite>(Florence Middleton for KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>“He is one of the hardest working people I know. 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"content": "\u003cp>A few months before the 2020 pandemic hit, lawmakers approved \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11934624/how-much-can-your-landlord-legally-raise-your-rent-this-tool-will-tell-you\">sweeping statewide protections\u003c/a> against evictions and rent increases. Now, a group of legislators wants that law to go further.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>On Wednesday, Assemblymember Ash Kalra, D-San José, \u003ca href=\"https://a25.asmdc.org/video/20250402-assemblymember-kalra-unveils-bill-permanently-lower-state-rent-cap-affordable-rent\">announced\u003c/a> a new bill, AB 1157, dubbed the “Affordable Rent Act,” that would expand the \u003ca href=\"https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billTextClient.xhtml?bill_id=201920200AB1482\">2019 Tenant Protection Act\u003c/a> to more renters, lower the amount rent can increase each year and make those changes permanent by removing a 2030 sunset date.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“For many, the rent just keeps rising by the maximum allowed by state law,” Kalra said at a press conference unveiling the bill. “Areas that were once considered affordable are no longer affordable to the average working-class tenant. Rent is an issue in every corner of this state.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The bill is one of a \u003ca href=\"https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=202520260AB1248\">handful\u003c/a> \u003ca href=\"https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=202520260SB436\">of\u003c/a> \u003ca href=\"https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billTextClient.xhtml?bill_id=202520260SB52\">proposed\u003c/a> \u003ca href=\"https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=202520260SB522\">legislation\u003c/a> aimed at strengthening tenants’ rights. As renters \u003ca href=\"https://www.ppic.org/blog/homeownership-trends-in-california/\">continue\u003c/a> to make up \u003ca href=\"https://www.ppic.org/blog/californias-renters/\">almost half \u003c/a>of the state’s population and are more likely than residents of most other states to spend almost a third of their income on housing costs, tenants’ rights groups say the Affordable Rent Act could help protect millions of renters from displacement.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“As a renter in a non-Tenant Protection Act-protected home — a single-family home — I really need this thing to pass,” said Democratic Assemblymember Alex Lee of Milpitas, a co-author of the bill. “We’re in a deficit, and I don’t want to ask for a raise, so I need to pay my rent too.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12034321\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 1999px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12034321\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/04/003_KQED_SanFrancisco_RentStrike_03312020_qed.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1999\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/04/003_KQED_SanFrancisco_RentStrike_03312020_qed.jpg 1999w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/04/003_KQED_SanFrancisco_RentStrike_03312020_qed-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/04/003_KQED_SanFrancisco_RentStrike_03312020_qed-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/04/003_KQED_SanFrancisco_RentStrike_03312020_qed-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/04/003_KQED_SanFrancisco_RentStrike_03312020_qed-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/04/003_KQED_SanFrancisco_RentStrike_03312020_qed-1920x1280.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1999px) 100vw, 1999px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">A “For Rent” sign on a house in the Mission District of San Francisco on Tuesday, March 31, 2020. \u003ccite>(Beth LaBerge/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>But several real estate and property owner groups are concerned it could make the rental market less attractive for a landlord to enter or stay in and they say it undermines the compromise they struck with tenants’ groups in AB 1482, the Tenant Protection Act.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The California Apartment Association, the California Building Industry Association, California Association of Realtors and other groups \u003ca href=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/04/AB-1157-Kalra-Coalition-Oppose-Lettter.pdf\">sent a letter (PDF)\u003c/a> to Kalra on Tuesday voicing their opposition.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“The law struck a careful balance, aiming to prevent rent gouging while protecting California’s efforts to increase housing production,” said Debra Carlton, executive vice president for state and government affairs for the California Apartment Association. “AB 1482 was intended as a temporary, 10-year measure, allowing time for the Legislature to focus on enacting long-term, pro-housing policies.”[aside postID=news_12021928 hero='https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2020/12/RS46311_031_KQED_SanFrancisco_COVIDShutdown_12062020-qut-1020x680.jpg']\u003ca href=\"https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billTextClient.xhtml?bill_id=202520260AB1157\">AB 1157\u003c/a> builds off the 2019 law by lowering the annual rent increase from a maximum of 10% to a maximum of 5%. In the years since the law has been in effect, \u003ca href=\"https://data.bls.gov/timeseries/CUUR0000SA0L1E?output_view=pct_12mths\">inflation has increased\u003c/a> and the amount landlords can raise rents \u003ca href=\"https://caanet.org/all-cpi-figures-for-2024-ab-1482-rent-increases-now-available/\">has crept closer to 10%\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The \u003ca href=\"https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billTextClient.xhtml?bill_id=201920200AB1482\">2019 law \u003c/a>also requires landlords removing a unit from the rental market to pay relocation assistance to evicted tenants and to have a \u003ca href=\"https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/codes_displaySection.xhtml?lawCode=CIV§ionNum=1946.2.\">“just cause”\u003c/a> to evict a tenant. While it covers most renters living in multi-family units, it includes exemptions for those living in single-family homes, duplexes and granny flats, among other housing types and living situations.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The new bill would remove most of those exemptions.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Stable rents keep communities whole — when people can stay, they build roots, sustain lasting connections and contribute to local economies,” said Rae Huang, a senior organizer with tenants’ rights coalition Housing Now! “Our elected leaders must step up and act now to protect tenants and ensure that all Californians have a place to call home.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Rent control has been a \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11677380/is-rent-control-working-and-should-we-have-more-or-less-of-it\">recurring point\u003c/a> of debate \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12008424/prop-33-rent-control-is-on-the-ballot-again-election-2024-california\">across California\u003c/a>, as it has repeatedly appeared on \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12011500/if-proposition-33-passes-these-bay-area-cities-would-see-big-rent-control-changes\">local \u003c/a>and \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/elections/results/california/proposition-33\">statewide ballots\u003c/a>. Last November, voters \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12012553/californians-appear-to-reject-many-rent-control-measures\">shot down Prop 33\u003c/a>, which attempted to repeal the \u003ca href=\"https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/codes_displayText.xhtml?article&chapter=2.7.&division=3.&lawCode=CIV&part=4.&title=5.\">Costa-Hawkins Rental Housing Act\u003c/a>. The 1995 law limits how local governments can impose rent control laws. In her letter to Kalra, Carlton pointed to \u003ca href=\"https://pubs.aeaweb.org/doi/pdfplus/10.1257/aer.20181289\">multiple\u003c/a> \u003ca href=\"https://lao.ca.gov/publications/report/3345\">studies\u003c/a> showing that rent control can discourage landlords from placing units on the market and stymie \u003ca href=\"https://www3.mydocsonline.com/pub/hbancstaff/Low-Income-Housing-020816.pdf\">housing construction\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>At the press conference, Karla acknowledged that argument but said immediate action is needed while affordable housing is built.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I agree that we do need to build more housing, but we also need to focus on how we keep families from being displaced,” Kalra said. “The number one thing we can do to prevent homelessness is not building housing — it’s keeping people in their homes so they don’t become homeless.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSfZ-ZKtuSHdeWqxooQwfEcr-oiOpdpJcf2RLZInU7aqjjQlRQ/viewform?embedded=true\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n",
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Now, posters set out in the airy building display the blimp-like cameras and tall towers that surveil zones on the U.S.’s southern border.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Border communities are keenly aware of the license plate readers that can track their cars and the cameras that can peer into their backyards or at the jungle gyms where their kids play, according to Matthew Guariglia, a senior policy analyst at the Electronic Frontier Foundation, which installed the Angel Island State Park exhibit.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The exhibit, which opens Wednesday, “provides a kind of border surveillance 101” for others who might not be aware of the privacy-impeding technology already creating a barrier between the U.S. and its southern neighbor, Guariglia told KQED. “How much surveillance infrastructure there really is on the U.S.–Mexico border, what technology there is, and how it’s being used.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>For the past few years, the EFF has been conducting research along the southern border, identifying where surveillance equipment is and the ways that it can be disguised — like the seismic trail sensors that track movement and often look like rocks or litter scattered throughout the desert.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12034023\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12034023\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/04/AngelIsland1.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1331\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/04/AngelIsland1.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/04/AngelIsland1-800x532.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/04/AngelIsland1-1020x679.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/04/AngelIsland1-160x106.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/04/AngelIsland1-1536x1022.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/04/AngelIsland1-1920x1278.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">A visitor observes the Electronic Frontier Foundation’s new exhibit at Angel Island State Park, “Border Surveillance: Places, People and Technology,” the first of its kind in a California State Park. Open through late May, the display examines the U.S. government’s “virtual wall” along the U.S.-Mexico border and its impact on civil rights. \u003ccite>(Courtesy of Electronic Frontier Foundation)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11821133/the-little-known-history-of-japanese-internment-on-angel-island\">Angel Island\u003c/a> felt like the perfect place to debut the work the team has done so far because, according to Guariglia, it is a past “product of Chinese exclusion.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Here we had right in our own backyard a kind of encapsulation of how the government throws its power around on some of the most vulnerable people there are, which are immigrants,” he said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“From the time that Angel Island served as an immigration station from 1910 to 1940, where the majority of the immigrants detained and processed there were of Asian immigrant heritage, there have also been concurrent efforts along the southern border,” said Ed Tepporn, the executive director of the Angel Island Immigration Station Foundation.[aside postID=news_12032263 hero='https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/03/250320-JAPANESEAMERICANSDENOUNCE-03-BL-KQED-1020x680.jpg']Tepporn said that the museum on the island now serves as an educational site for Americans who don’t know as much as they should about the Chinese Exclusion Act — and subsequent expansion of exclusionary efforts to other Asian and Pacific Islander nations.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“They’re not just the things that happened to people from a long time ago, but unfortunately, the same detention, exclusion, racism and xenophobia that immigrants who were held and detained at Angel Island experienced over a hundred years ago in many ways is happening to specific immigrant communities today,” he told KQED.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The exhibit opens as the Trump administration has promised in its first months to carry out \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12016488/how-trumps-plan-for-mass-deportations-could-play-out\">mass deportations\u003c/a> of illegal immigrants and attempts to \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12024082/qa-what-to-know-about-birthright-citizenship\">narrow legal pathways\u003c/a> into the U.S. But the exhibit, and the surveillance it shows, has been in the works for much longer, according to Guariglia.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Now, this is more important than ever, but really, it kind of doesn’t matter who’s been in office,” he said. “Administrations from both [U.S. political] parties have really kind of increased spending on government surveillance infrastructure at the U.S.–Mexico border over the last 20 years.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12034017\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 1999px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12034017\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/04/KQED-10_qed.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1999\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/04/KQED-10_qed.jpg 1999w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/04/KQED-10_qed-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/04/KQED-10_qed-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/04/KQED-10_qed-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/04/KQED-10_qed-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/04/KQED-10_qed-1920x1280.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1999px) 100vw, 1999px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">The U.S.-Mexico border wall runs west between the eastern outskirts of Tijuana and the Otay Mountain Wilderness on Sept. 16, 2024. \u003ccite>(Zoë Meyers for KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>That spans the terms of Democrats Barack Obama, who was infamously labeled the “deporter in chief” by immigrant rights groups, and \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11958372/biden-border-policies-face-challenges-from-left-and-right\">Joe Biden\u003c/a>, whose administration attempted to crack down on the southern border during his — and \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11999721/as-republicans-attack-harris-on-immigration-heres-what-her-california-record-reveals\">Kamala Harris’\u003c/a> — campaigns last year.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Guariglia said that since finalizing the exhibit, the EFF has turned to examining legal and policy strategies to combat the “intense” surveillance happening in border towns. In the meantime, he and Tepporn hope more people become cognizant of the U.S.’s presence there.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Visitors have a chance to reflect on how these histories connect to their own families or their own communities’ experiences and perhaps to imagine together a future that is filled with more welcome and more belonging,” Tepporn told KQED.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>After the tenancy at Angel Island, the EFF hopes to display its research across the country, potentially moving to Southern California next.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cem>KQED’s \u003c/em>\u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/author/emanoukian\">\u003cem>Elize Manoukian\u003c/em>\u003c/a>\u003cem> contributed to this report.\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n",
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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>Tepporn said that the museum on the island now serves as an educational site for Americans who don’t know as much as they should about the Chinese Exclusion Act — and subsequent expansion of exclusionary efforts to other Asian and Pacific Islander nations.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“They’re not just the things that happened to people from a long time ago, but unfortunately, the same detention, exclusion, racism and xenophobia that immigrants who were held and detained at Angel Island experienced over a hundred years ago in many ways is happening to specific immigrant communities today,” he told KQED.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The exhibit opens as the Trump administration has promised in its first months to carry out \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12016488/how-trumps-plan-for-mass-deportations-could-play-out\">mass deportations\u003c/a> of illegal immigrants and attempts to \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12024082/qa-what-to-know-about-birthright-citizenship\">narrow legal pathways\u003c/a> into the U.S. But the exhibit, and the surveillance it shows, has been in the works for much longer, according to Guariglia.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Now, this is more important than ever, but really, it kind of doesn’t matter who’s been in office,” he said. “Administrations from both [U.S. political] parties have really kind of increased spending on government surveillance infrastructure at the U.S.–Mexico border over the last 20 years.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12034017\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 1999px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12034017\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/04/KQED-10_qed.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1999\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/04/KQED-10_qed.jpg 1999w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/04/KQED-10_qed-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/04/KQED-10_qed-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/04/KQED-10_qed-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/04/KQED-10_qed-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/04/KQED-10_qed-1920x1280.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1999px) 100vw, 1999px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">The U.S.-Mexico border wall runs west between the eastern outskirts of Tijuana and the Otay Mountain Wilderness on Sept. 16, 2024. \u003ccite>(Zoë Meyers for KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>That spans the terms of Democrats Barack Obama, who was infamously labeled the “deporter in chief” by immigrant rights groups, and \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11958372/biden-border-policies-face-challenges-from-left-and-right\">Joe Biden\u003c/a>, whose administration attempted to crack down on the southern border during his — and \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11999721/as-republicans-attack-harris-on-immigration-heres-what-her-california-record-reveals\">Kamala Harris’\u003c/a> — campaigns last year.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Guariglia said that since finalizing the exhibit, the EFF has turned to examining legal and policy strategies to combat the “intense” surveillance happening in border towns. In the meantime, he and Tepporn hope more people become cognizant of the U.S.’s presence there.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Visitors have a chance to reflect on how these histories connect to their own families or their own communities’ experiences and perhaps to imagine together a future that is filled with more welcome and more belonging,” Tepporn told KQED.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>After the tenancy at Angel Island, the EFF hopes to display its research across the country, potentially moving to Southern California next.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cem>KQED’s \u003c/em>\u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/author/emanoukian\">\u003cem>Elize Manoukian\u003c/em>\u003c/a>\u003cem> contributed to this report.\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003c/div>\u003c/p>",
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"content": "\u003cp>As fans nationwide celebrate the start of the Major League Baseball season, the Bay Area is adjusting to a new reality: \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12006211/sad-devastated-bittersweet-oakland-as-fans-process-feelings-during-teams-final-week-of-home-games\">a baseball season with just one MLB team\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>While the San Francisco Giants \u003ca href=\"https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LUtpRW3Lau4\">celebrated an Opening Day victory against the Cincinnati Reds on March 27\u003c/a>, the Oakland Athletics — their historic rivals across the Bay — \u003ca href=\"https://www.nytimes.com/athletic/6243315/2025/03/31/sacramento-athletics-oakland-mlb-kings/\">now play their home games in West Sacramento\u003c/a> as of Monday, following the team ownership’s decision to leave the Town. Their move means this will also be the first year without an official “Battle of the Bay”: the nickname given to \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12000643/giants-and-as-fans-gather-for-one-last-battle-of-the-bay\">the beloved face-offs between the Giants and the A’s\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But baseball lovers rejoice: this tradition is back — with a twist.\u003c/p>\n\u003cul>\n\u003cli>\u003cstrong>Jump straight to: \u003ca href=\"#HowcanIwatchSanJoseGiantsv.OaklandBallers\">How can I watch San José Giants vs. Oakland Ballers?\u003c/a>\u003c/strong>\u003c/li>\n\u003c/ul>\n\u003cp>On Wednesday, the San José Giants — the Single-A minor league affiliate of the San Francisco Giants — will play against the Pioneer League’s Oakland Ballers in a single-date exhibition game at Excite Ballpark in San José at 6 p.m. And both teams are, naturally, calling this game “The Battle of the Bay 2.0.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“The Battle of the Bay 2.0, at its core, is a celebration of Bay Area baseball fans and the history of baseball in this region,” said Ben Taylor, president of the San José Giants.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12001247\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12001247\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/08/DSC5811_qed.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/08/DSC5811_qed.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/08/DSC5811_qed-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/08/DSC5811_qed-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/08/DSC5811_qed-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/08/DSC5811_qed-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/08/DSC5811_qed-1920x1280.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Pitcher Derrick Cherry tosses his pitch during the Oakland Ballers game against the Yolo High Wheelers in Oakland, California, on June 4, 2024. \u003ccite>(Aryk Copely for KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>“Anybody who has grown up in the Bay Area knows the history between the San Francisco Giants and the Oakland Athletics and the great ball games that used to take place between them,” Taylor said. And when it became clear that the A’s would not play the 2025 season from Oakland, he and the Oakland Ballers ownership met to think of how they could once again give fans the experience of seeing two Bay Area teams face off against each other.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Wednesday’s game marks the first time in history that an MLB-affiliated team will play against an independent team from the Pioneer League — no mean feat considering each league operates on different season calendars.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“We’ve had to really accelerate our off-season plan to pull this game off,” said Casey Pratt, vice president of communications and fan entertainment for the Oakland Ballers. While the Ballers will have their own \u003ca href=\"https://www.oaklandballers.com/news/2025/03/opening-day-tickets-for-sale-2025\">Opening Day on May 20\u003c/a>, Pratt said the team wanted to give Oakland’s baseball fans the experience of a season opener around the same time as the MLB Opening Day.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>At a time when \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12004485/oakland-as-athletics-leaving-last-games\">many A’s fans are still grieving the loss\u003c/a> of their team to West Sacramento, the Battle of the Bay 2.0 “hopefully helps the healing process,” Pratt said. “This is baseball that is for the people and for the community first.”\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>What to expect at Wednesday’s ‘Battle of the Bay 2.0’ at Excite Ballpark\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>All attendees at Wednesday’s game will receive a free Battle of the Bay 2.0 poster designed by local artist \u003ca href=\"https://www.instagram.com/guysliwinski/\">Guy Sliwinski\u003c/a>, who will sign posters at the ballpark. J.T. Snow, former first baseman for the San Francisco Giants and currently part of the Oakland Ballers coaching staff, will throw the first pitch. And both team mascots — the Ballers’ Scrappy the Rally Possum and Gigante from the San José Giants — will be hyping up fans throughout the game.[aside postID=news_12032881 hero='https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/03/20250322_Roots_4275_qed-1020x680.jpg']“This is going to be the unofficial opening day for Bay Area professional baseball,” said Taylor with the San José Giants. He adds that both teams are coming into this game after making it to their respective post-seasons last year. “All that energy and excitement will be inside the ballpark.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Elected officials for both Bay Area cities are also trying to get behind this new rivalry. Last week, San José Mayor Matt Mahan and Oakland interim Mayor Kevin Jenkins \u003ca href=\"https://x.com/MattMahanSJ/status/1905698327200780477\">announced a wager for Wednesday’s game\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I am so confident that the San José Giants are going to win this thing that I’m putting a bottle of La Vic’s famous orange sauce on the line,” said Mahan, referencing a popular salsa sold by the San José-based La Victoria Taquería. In response, Jenkins has bet a bottle of barbeque sauce from Oakland’s Everett & Jones restaurant chain.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Ballers will be successful, mark my words,” Jenkins said.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>\u003ca id=\"HowcanIwatchSanJoseGiantsv.OaklandBallers\">\u003c/a>How can I watch San José Giants vs. Oakland Ballers?\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Who: \u003c/strong>San José Giants vs. Oakland Ballers\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Where: \u003c/strong>Excite Ballpark in San José\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>When: \u003c/strong>Wednesday, April 2 — first pitch scheduled for 6 p.m.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Official tickets to Wednesday’s game between the San José Giants and the Oakland Ballers \u003ca href=\"https://mlb.tickets.com/?orgId=56749&agency=MILB_MPV&eventId=12355&tfl=#/event/E12355/seatmap/?selectBuyers=false&minPrice=23&maxPrice=53&quantity=1&sort=price_desc&ada=false&seatSelection=true&onlyCoupon=true&onlyVoucher=false\">are still available at mlb.tickets.com\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>If you plan to take public transit, you can take BART to Berryessa/North San José BART Station, take the 500 Rapid VTA bus to San José Diridon and then transfer to the 73 VTA bus to the Senter & Alma Avenue bus station. Oakland 68’s, \u003ca href=\"https://www.instagram.com/oakland68s/?hl=en\">an independent fan group\u003c/a>, is organizing a bus to take fans from Raimondi Park in West Oakland to San José. The bus will leave Raimondi Park at 4 p.m. Bus tickets \u003ca href=\"https://www.oakland68s.org/product-page/bus-ticket?fbclid=PAZXh0bgNhZW0CMTEAAaZRLJNtwFiKnDZ_tcBZzuw0dMbjR9x7wCwwVqjS79rvZSApKKZ2_Pa1rf8_aem__qrinlJS5Z_D6SVsecCuoQ\">are sold for $40 each\u003c/a>, which comes with two drinks but do not include game tickets.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Not able to watch the game in person at San José’s Excite Ballpark? You can watch the game live on the \u003ca href=\"https://www.milb.com/san-jose\">San José Giants official website\u003c/a>, stream it on your cellphone using the \u003ca href=\"https://apps.apple.com/us/app/milb/id508217833\">MiLB app\u003c/a> or watch it on TV on KPIX+ (channel 44 cable 12).\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n",
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"content": "\u003cp>Victoria Mannah has loved being on stage since fourth grade choir.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“It’s been my whole life at this point,” she said. “My dad is a choir teacher, and so I grew up, and I always wanted to be on stage and sing with my dad.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Mannah is in her final semester at Cal State East Bay, where she’s studied theater and arts since 2023. She plans to graduate this spring, but she’s worried that other students won’t be able to do the same if the department is shut down due to \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12025961/sonoma-state-1st-csu-slash-programs-likely-wont-be-last\">campus budget cuts\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“We were informed by almost every teacher in the department that they were concerned about the department being dissolved,” she told KQED. “They were encouraging students to start looking for other schools to complete their degree.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The entire \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/tag/california-state-university\">California State University\u003c/a> system is facing an 8% funding reduction from the state, and some Bay Area campuses have struggled to maintain enrollment, bringing revenue down further. Cal State East Bay is facing a budget deficit that totaled about $14 million in the fall. And after \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12024772/angry-sonoma-state-university-community-protests-wide-cuts\">major athletics and degree program cuts\u003c/a> — including to dance and theater arts — were announced at nearby \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/tag/sonoma-state\">Sonoma State\u003c/a> in January, many in the East Bay program are on edge.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12033435\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12033435\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/03/20250326_CSUEB-Protest_EG_00005.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/03/20250326_CSUEB-Protest_EG_00005.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/03/20250326_CSUEB-Protest_EG_00005-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/03/20250326_CSUEB-Protest_EG_00005-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/03/20250326_CSUEB-Protest_EG_00005-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/03/20250326_CSUEB-Protest_EG_00005-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/03/20250326_CSUEB-Protest_EG_00005-1920x1280.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Isabelle Lorenzo, 20, right, a theater major with a concentration of tech and design, joins other students at California State University East Bay in a march across campus on Tuesday, March 27, 2025. \u003ccite>(Estefany Gonzalez for KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>On Thursday, a dozen students working toward theater degrees climbed the spiraling stairs to University President Cathy Sandeen’s office, hand-delivering a petition signed by more than 900 CSU East Bay students, faculty and community members to her staff. Chanting “East Bay arts,” they urged Sandeen to continue funding the department.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The school said that as of now, “the theatre and dance program remains intact.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“It would be speculation on my part to talk about what cuts could be made to account for the budget deficit next year or when we might release more information,” university spokesperson Kimberly Hawkins said in an email.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12033436\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12033436\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/03/20250326_CSUEB-Protest_EG_00008.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/03/20250326_CSUEB-Protest_EG_00008.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/03/20250326_CSUEB-Protest_EG_00008-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/03/20250326_CSUEB-Protest_EG_00008-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/03/20250326_CSUEB-Protest_EG_00008-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/03/20250326_CSUEB-Protest_EG_00008-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/03/20250326_CSUEB-Protest_EG_00008-1920x1280.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">California State University East Bay students march across campus in Hayward on Tuesday, March 27, 2025. \u003ccite>(Estefany Gonzalez for KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>So far, the university said it has been able to save about $10 million throughout this budget year.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Richard Olmsted, head of the Department of Theatre and Dance, is worried about the small-but-mighty program’s odds.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Olmsted said the program graduates 14 to 20 students a year on four separate degree tracks.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Whenever it’s numbers they’re looking at, we’re never going to look good on that,” he said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The program is losing a lecturer, one of its four faculty members, at the end of the semester, and Olmsted is worried the department as a whole is on a list of under-enrolled programs currently eyed for discontinuation.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12033434\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12033434\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/03/20250326_CSUEB-Protest_EG_00002.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/03/20250326_CSUEB-Protest_EG_00002.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/03/20250326_CSUEB-Protest_EG_00002-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/03/20250326_CSUEB-Protest_EG_00002-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/03/20250326_CSUEB-Protest_EG_00002-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/03/20250326_CSUEB-Protest_EG_00002-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/03/20250326_CSUEB-Protest_EG_00002-1920x1280.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Victoria Mannah, 28, center, gathers students in a theater room for a protest against proposed cuts to the school’s theater and dance department at California State University East Bay, in Hayward, on Tuesday, March 27, 2025. \u003ccite>(Estefany Gonzalez for KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>In February, Sandeen sent a message to the university community saying that CSU East Bay was preparing to form a new advisory committee to “continue to closely review all degree programs, minors, and concentrations that have consistently low enrollments, and we will recommend a path forward for those programs.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Eleven degree programs were suspended in the fall, and over the last 18 months, 165 lecturers who taught part-time or up to four classes a semester lost their appointments.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Theatre and Dance has proposed merging with the Music Department to consolidate resources, according to Olmsted, but he isn’t sure what will happen at the end of the year.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[aside postID=news_12030322 hero='https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/03/20230822-SFSU-45-JY_qed-1020x680.jpg']\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“We’re not going to look good on any spreadsheet ever. Our value comes from other metrics,” he said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Olmsted believes that the Theatre and Dance Department provides a path for some students to get their bachelor’s degree who might not otherwise. It also gives students who might not be eligible to study in other performing arts programs a shot.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“We’re not a super competitive theater and dance program,” he told KQED. “We include everybody in our auditions, in our plays, and we really try to find jobs that are appropriate for people.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>He continued: “We open our auditions to everyone — faculty, staff, students in any department. We’ve had all of those people in our shows.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The department’s accessibility helped George Amaras come back to the university in the fall. Amaras originally enrolled in theater at Cal State East Bay in 2014 but took a break before their senior year to focus on mental health.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“After that, the pandemic happened, so that kind of added on to the break, and I was really trying to find healing before I came back,” they told KQED.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12033439\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12033439\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/03/20250326_CSUEB-Protest_EG_00028.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/03/20250326_CSUEB-Protest_EG_00028.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/03/20250326_CSUEB-Protest_EG_00028-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/03/20250326_CSUEB-Protest_EG_00028-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/03/20250326_CSUEB-Protest_EG_00028-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/03/20250326_CSUEB-Protest_EG_00028-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/03/20250326_CSUEB-Protest_EG_00028-1920x1280.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Students at California State University East Bay speak to staff at the Office of the President at CSUEB in Hayward on Tuesday, March 27, 2025. \u003ccite>(Estefany Gonzalez for KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Last fall, Amaras joined one of the department’s dance troupes open to alums and community members.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I was trying to find my ground and see where the campus was currently standing,” they said. “Since then, I started back in school this spring, and I’m here to finish now. I should be walking [at graduation] in the spring of 2026.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Amaras said theater is a way to filter through their emotions and be creative.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“During my break, I was trying to just live and struggle with the economy and rent, but I came back because it’s something that I enjoy, and it’s more fulfilling than just a paycheck,” Amaras said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Amaras, like most of the students in the department, hopes to continue performing after school — even if it isn’t professionally.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“We’re not just job training students to work in theater or performing arts,” Olmsted said, adding that the department has alumni working full-time in the arts — from the Bay Area’s theatre circuit to Broadway — but it also produces students who go into all fields.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>CSU leadership, at East Bay and elsewhere, has said they are prioritizing high-demand and career-focused majors. Arts programs are often the first to go, despite Olmsted’s assertion that the degrees do prepare students for the workforce.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12033440\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12033440\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/03/20250326_CSUEB-Protest_EG_00031.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/03/20250326_CSUEB-Protest_EG_00031.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/03/20250326_CSUEB-Protest_EG_00031-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/03/20250326_CSUEB-Protest_EG_00031-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/03/20250326_CSUEB-Protest_EG_00031-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/03/20250326_CSUEB-Protest_EG_00031-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/03/20250326_CSUEB-Protest_EG_00031-1920x1280.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Students at California State University East Bay exit the Office of the President at CSUEB in protest of proposed cuts to the school’s theater and dance department in Hayward, on Tuesday, March 27, 2025. \u003ccite>(Estefany Gonzalez for KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>“We teach students how to work on creative projects together, how to research material, how to present themselves and their ideas,” he said. “All of these really good, soft skills that will help them throughout their lives.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>He said that in this limbo period, he doesn’t know what to say to students, whether they are currently enrolled at the school or considering attending in the future.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I’ve had a number of prospective students that I’ve talked with, and it’s really hard to just say, ‘Come on over here, it’s going to be great,’” he told KQED. “I used to be full-throated — ‘You’ll do well here, we’ll make sure of that.’ Now, I’m hesitant.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad floatright]\u003c/p>\n",
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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“We were informed by almost every teacher in the department that they were concerned about the department being dissolved,” she told KQED. “They were encouraging students to start looking for other schools to complete their degree.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The entire \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/tag/california-state-university\">California State University\u003c/a> system is facing an 8% funding reduction from the state, and some Bay Area campuses have struggled to maintain enrollment, bringing revenue down further. Cal State East Bay is facing a budget deficit that totaled about $14 million in the fall. And after \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12024772/angry-sonoma-state-university-community-protests-wide-cuts\">major athletics and degree program cuts\u003c/a> — including to dance and theater arts — were announced at nearby \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/tag/sonoma-state\">Sonoma State\u003c/a> in January, many in the East Bay program are on edge.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12033435\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12033435\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/03/20250326_CSUEB-Protest_EG_00005.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/03/20250326_CSUEB-Protest_EG_00005.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/03/20250326_CSUEB-Protest_EG_00005-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/03/20250326_CSUEB-Protest_EG_00005-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/03/20250326_CSUEB-Protest_EG_00005-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/03/20250326_CSUEB-Protest_EG_00005-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/03/20250326_CSUEB-Protest_EG_00005-1920x1280.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Isabelle Lorenzo, 20, right, a theater major with a concentration of tech and design, joins other students at California State University East Bay in a march across campus on Tuesday, March 27, 2025. \u003ccite>(Estefany Gonzalez for KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>On Thursday, a dozen students working toward theater degrees climbed the spiraling stairs to University President Cathy Sandeen’s office, hand-delivering a petition signed by more than 900 CSU East Bay students, faculty and community members to her staff. Chanting “East Bay arts,” they urged Sandeen to continue funding the department.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The school said that as of now, “the theatre and dance program remains intact.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“It would be speculation on my part to talk about what cuts could be made to account for the budget deficit next year or when we might release more information,” university spokesperson Kimberly Hawkins said in an email.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12033436\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12033436\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/03/20250326_CSUEB-Protest_EG_00008.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/03/20250326_CSUEB-Protest_EG_00008.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/03/20250326_CSUEB-Protest_EG_00008-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/03/20250326_CSUEB-Protest_EG_00008-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/03/20250326_CSUEB-Protest_EG_00008-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/03/20250326_CSUEB-Protest_EG_00008-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/03/20250326_CSUEB-Protest_EG_00008-1920x1280.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">California State University East Bay students march across campus in Hayward on Tuesday, March 27, 2025. \u003ccite>(Estefany Gonzalez for KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>So far, the university said it has been able to save about $10 million throughout this budget year.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Richard Olmsted, head of the Department of Theatre and Dance, is worried about the small-but-mighty program’s odds.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Olmsted said the program graduates 14 to 20 students a year on four separate degree tracks.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Whenever it’s numbers they’re looking at, we’re never going to look good on that,” he said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The program is losing a lecturer, one of its four faculty members, at the end of the semester, and Olmsted is worried the department as a whole is on a list of under-enrolled programs currently eyed for discontinuation.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12033434\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12033434\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/03/20250326_CSUEB-Protest_EG_00002.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/03/20250326_CSUEB-Protest_EG_00002.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/03/20250326_CSUEB-Protest_EG_00002-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/03/20250326_CSUEB-Protest_EG_00002-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/03/20250326_CSUEB-Protest_EG_00002-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/03/20250326_CSUEB-Protest_EG_00002-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/03/20250326_CSUEB-Protest_EG_00002-1920x1280.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Victoria Mannah, 28, center, gathers students in a theater room for a protest against proposed cuts to the school’s theater and dance department at California State University East Bay, in Hayward, on Tuesday, March 27, 2025. \u003ccite>(Estefany Gonzalez for KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>In February, Sandeen sent a message to the university community saying that CSU East Bay was preparing to form a new advisory committee to “continue to closely review all degree programs, minors, and concentrations that have consistently low enrollments, and we will recommend a path forward for those programs.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Eleven degree programs were suspended in the fall, and over the last 18 months, 165 lecturers who taught part-time or up to four classes a semester lost their appointments.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Theatre and Dance has proposed merging with the Music Department to consolidate resources, according to Olmsted, but he isn’t sure what will happen at the end of the year.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003c/div>",
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Amaras originally enrolled in theater at Cal State East Bay in 2014 but took a break before their senior year to focus on mental health.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“After that, the pandemic happened, so that kind of added on to the break, and I was really trying to find healing before I came back,” they told KQED.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12033439\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12033439\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/03/20250326_CSUEB-Protest_EG_00028.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/03/20250326_CSUEB-Protest_EG_00028.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/03/20250326_CSUEB-Protest_EG_00028-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/03/20250326_CSUEB-Protest_EG_00028-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/03/20250326_CSUEB-Protest_EG_00028-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/03/20250326_CSUEB-Protest_EG_00028-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/03/20250326_CSUEB-Protest_EG_00028-1920x1280.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Students at California State University East Bay speak to staff at the Office of the President at CSUEB in Hayward on Tuesday, March 27, 2025. \u003ccite>(Estefany Gonzalez for KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Last fall, Amaras joined one of the department’s dance troupes open to alums and community members.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I was trying to find my ground and see where the campus was currently standing,” they said. “Since then, I started back in school this spring, and I’m here to finish now. I should be walking [at graduation] in the spring of 2026.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Amaras said theater is a way to filter through their emotions and be creative.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“During my break, I was trying to just live and struggle with the economy and rent, but I came back because it’s something that I enjoy, and it’s more fulfilling than just a paycheck,” Amaras said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Amaras, like most of the students in the department, hopes to continue performing after school — even if it isn’t professionally.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“We’re not just job training students to work in theater or performing arts,” Olmsted said, adding that the department has alumni working full-time in the arts — from the Bay Area’s theatre circuit to Broadway — but it also produces students who go into all fields.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>CSU leadership, at East Bay and elsewhere, has said they are prioritizing high-demand and career-focused majors. Arts programs are often the first to go, despite Olmsted’s assertion that the degrees do prepare students for the workforce.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12033440\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12033440\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/03/20250326_CSUEB-Protest_EG_00031.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/03/20250326_CSUEB-Protest_EG_00031.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/03/20250326_CSUEB-Protest_EG_00031-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/03/20250326_CSUEB-Protest_EG_00031-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/03/20250326_CSUEB-Protest_EG_00031-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/03/20250326_CSUEB-Protest_EG_00031-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/03/20250326_CSUEB-Protest_EG_00031-1920x1280.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Students at California State University East Bay exit the Office of the President at CSUEB in protest of proposed cuts to the school’s theater and dance department in Hayward, on Tuesday, March 27, 2025. \u003ccite>(Estefany Gonzalez for KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>“We teach students how to work on creative projects together, how to research material, how to present themselves and their ideas,” he said. “All of these really good, soft skills that will help them throughout their lives.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>He said that in this limbo period, he doesn’t know what to say to students, whether they are currently enrolled at the school or considering attending in the future.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I’ve had a number of prospective students that I’ve talked with, and it’s really hard to just say, ‘Come on over here, it’s going to be great,’” he told KQED. “I used to be full-throated — ‘You’ll do well here, we’ll make sure of that.’ Now, I’m hesitant.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003c/div>",
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"content": "\u003cp>\u003cem>For her series \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/californiafoodways\">California Foodways\u003c/a>, Lisa Morehouse is reporting a story about food and farming from each of California’s 58 counties. \u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>This weekend, Muslims \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/tag/california\">around California\u003c/a> will celebrate Eid al-fitr to mark the end of the \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/tag/ramadan\">holy month of Ramadan\u003c/a>. For the past month, observers have fasted from dawn to dusk. And though fasting is a big part of Ramadan, so is food.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>All month long, all across the state, markets have been central to Ramadan. Not only do they supply the ingredients for the holiday, they also connect people from all ethnicities who follow Islam.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>One such place is \u003ca href=\"https://www.besanmarket.com/\">Besan’s International\u003c/a> Market in San Bruno, right under the flight path of San Francisco International Airport. It’s essentially three businesses in one: a Halal butcher in the back, a kitchen for take-out and catering and a market that carries Arab, Middle Eastern and South Asian goods, from staples to snacks.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Owner Thaher Shehadeh said the days around the beginning of Ramadan are some of his busiest of the year.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12030656\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003ca href=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/03/20250308_BESANS-MARKET_DMB_00369-KQED.jpg\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12030656\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/03/20250308_BESANS-MARKET_DMB_00369-KQED.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1334\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/03/20250308_BESANS-MARKET_DMB_00369-KQED.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/03/20250308_BESANS-MARKET_DMB_00369-KQED-800x534.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/03/20250308_BESANS-MARKET_DMB_00369-KQED-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/03/20250308_BESANS-MARKET_DMB_00369-KQED-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/03/20250308_BESANS-MARKET_DMB_00369-KQED-1536x1025.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/03/20250308_BESANS-MARKET_DMB_00369-KQED-1920x1281.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Shop owner Thaher Shehadeh, left, checks over the stock of groceries. Shehadeh bought the business a decade ago. \u003ccite>(David M. Barreda/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>“I have to be ready for it and prepare for it for months before it starts,” he said, in between fielding calls from customers.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The market is stuffed with goods, but it’s as tidy as a library. Because it’s Ramadan, it has even more merchandise than during the rest of the year — especially dates.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Boxes of dates from all over the world are stacked waist-high in every available space because it’s traditional to break the Ramadan fast with dates.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“We have dates from Palestine,” Shehadeh said. “They’re hard to find. Also from California, of course, one of the best dates we have.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[aside postID=news_12032039 hero='https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/03/240410-BilalMahmood-041-BL_qed-1020x680.jpg']\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Shehadeh supplies other ingredients for Ramadan specialties from Asia to Africa.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“In Ramadan, people use a lot of puff pastry and \u003cem>sambusa \u003c/em>and spring rolls,” he said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But he has to have more of everything on hand: more pita, cheese, meat, everything. “People in Ramadan, they fast, but they eat more. I think because people invite each other [over]. You invite four, you cook for eight.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Towards the back of the shop, shelves are stacked with at least 15 kinds of rice — from India, Pakistan, Egypt and Turkey. Shehadeh said that rice is an ingredient customers can get really picky about.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In the sweets aisle, he pointed out \u003cem>ma’amoul\u003c/em>, a semolina cookie filled with dates or figs, and \u003cem>baklava\u003c/em> — some made in Jordan, some in Fremont. He stopped in front of a cream biscuit from Yemen that’s been in production for 50 years.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12030661\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003ca href=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/03/20250308_BESANS-MARKET_DMB_01277-KQED.jpg\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12030661\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/03/20250308_BESANS-MARKET_DMB_01277-KQED.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/03/20250308_BESANS-MARKET_DMB_01277-KQED.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/03/20250308_BESANS-MARKET_DMB_01277-KQED-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/03/20250308_BESANS-MARKET_DMB_01277-KQED-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/03/20250308_BESANS-MARKET_DMB_01277-KQED-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/03/20250308_BESANS-MARKET_DMB_01277-KQED-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/03/20250308_BESANS-MARKET_DMB_01277-KQED-1920x1280.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Grape leaves, pickled olives and oils are on display in the window. \u003ccite>(David M. Barreda/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>“At least three generations, the same shape, the same taste. Just [a] very simple thing,” Shehadeh said. “But it reminds people of their childhood back home, and they have memories with the food.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>From the bottom shelf of the candy section, he picks up a glass jar holding candies shaped like fruit, something he remembers from when he was about six years old. “Back then, not many snacks were available where I grew up,” he said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Shehadeh moved here from Palestine in the early 1990s, when he was 22 years old.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“The first time I came here, for me it was a culture shock,” he said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>He left a place where people socialized a lot. He said it was absolutely expected that people would knock on your door at any time. Here, he said, the expectation is privacy.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[aside postID=news_12029560 hero='https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/12/CSRM_39595_p-1020x679.jpg']\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But during Ramadan, people gather: to worship, to be in community and to step away from material life.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>San Mateo County is home to the largest \u003ca href=\"https://statisticalatlas.com/county/California/San-Mateo-County/Ancestry\">percentage\u003c/a> of Arabs of all faiths in the state of California. Even though it’s a small part of the total population, the \u003ca href=\"https://www.thearda.com/us-religion/census/congregational-membership?y=2020&y2=0&t=0&c=06081\">number\u003c/a> of Muslims here tripled in the last 15 years.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Shehadeh said that when he moved to the U.S. from Palestine, he worked for UPS for years. Since he purchased Besan’s from a family friend 10 years ago, Shehadeh has made sure the store reflects the community. He even closes up shop for an hour on Fridays so he and other Muslims in the neighborhood can pray together.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>As he gave a tour of Besan’s, Shehadeh received a call from a friend who’s not a strict Muslim. When he hung up, Shehadeh said with a laugh, “Some people call me to ask me, ‘When is Ramadan?’”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>That’s a fair question. Ramadan follows the lunar calendar, starting after the sighting of the new moon, which is the subject of an annual debate. The holiday moves up about ten days every year.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12030665\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003ca href=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/03/20250308_BESANS-MARKET_DMB_04292-KQED.jpg\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12030665\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/03/20250308_BESANS-MARKET_DMB_04292-KQED.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/03/20250308_BESANS-MARKET_DMB_04292-KQED.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/03/20250308_BESANS-MARKET_DMB_04292-KQED-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/03/20250308_BESANS-MARKET_DMB_04292-KQED-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/03/20250308_BESANS-MARKET_DMB_04292-KQED-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/03/20250308_BESANS-MARKET_DMB_04292-KQED-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/03/20250308_BESANS-MARKET_DMB_04292-KQED-1920x1280.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Employees (left to right) Rachid Mouhaya, Arif Shehadeh and Mahmood Al Nasr prepare to break fast behind the deli counter. \u003ccite>(David M. Barreda/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Souad Elibrami said shopping in a store like this brings her back to Morocco. “When you come to the Arabic store, you feel like your country,” she said. “Everyone is celebrating Ramadan, and I like it.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>She comes to Besan’s every month for staples: meat, chicken and semolina. For Ramadan, she’s preparing special dishes from her hometown of Casablanca.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“We make \u003cem>chebakia\u003c/em>,” Elibrami said, of a dessert made from deep-fried strips of dough rolled into the shape of a rose. “We make soup, \u003cem>harira\u003c/em>, and sometimes \u003cem>tagine\u003c/em>,” she added.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Besan’s isn’t just about tapping into nostalgia. Shehadeh keeps his eye on what’s trending on social media. He knows what his community wants, like Salaam Cola, for example.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12030658\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003ca href=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/03/20250308_BESANS-MARKET_DMB_00865-KQED.jpg\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12030658\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/03/20250308_BESANS-MARKET_DMB_00865-KQED.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1334\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/03/20250308_BESANS-MARKET_DMB_00865-KQED.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/03/20250308_BESANS-MARKET_DMB_00865-KQED-800x534.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/03/20250308_BESANS-MARKET_DMB_00865-KQED-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/03/20250308_BESANS-MARKET_DMB_00865-KQED-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/03/20250308_BESANS-MARKET_DMB_00865-KQED-1536x1025.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/03/20250308_BESANS-MARKET_DMB_00865-KQED-1920x1281.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Shoppers stroll the aisles as sunset nears. \u003ccite>(David M. Barreda/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>“That’s just a regular replacement for Coca-Cola, but it’s Turkish,” Shehadeh explained. “People who are boycotting Coca-Cola, they buy this.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Pro-Palestinian activists have long scrutinized Coca-Cola’s operations in the Atarot Settlement Industrial Zone in Israeli-occupied Palestinian territory. \u003ca href=\"https://www.palestine-studies.org/en/node/1649529#endnote-019\">Israel forcibly removes\u003c/a> Palestinian communities in order to build settlements like Atarot. The United Nations has called such Israeli settlements a “\u003ca href=\"https://www.un.org/unispal/document/israeli-settlements-in-the-occupied-palestinian-territory-including-east-jerusalem-and-the-occupied-syrian-golan-report-of-the-secretary-general/\">flagrant\u003c/a>” violation of international law.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In opposition to Israel’s occupation of Palestine and their \u003ca href=\"https://www.nytimes.com/live/2025/03/17/world/israel-gaza-airstrikes#tuesday-was-one-of-the-wars-deadlier-days-gaza-officials-say\">ongoing\u003c/a> bombardment in Gaza, global boycotts against reportedly complicit companies have surged. Coca-Cola and other U.S. megabrands like McDonald’s, Starbucks and KFC have all experienced a \u003ca href=\"https://washingtonpost.com/national-security/2024/08/12/coca-cola-boycott-israel-gaza/\">decline \u003c/a>in sales in regions that have had Palestine-related boycotts, the \u003cem>Washington Post\u003c/em> reported.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[aside postID=news_12033099 hero='https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/03/GettyImages-1399231798.jpg']\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Toward the back of the shop, a man navigated one of Besan’s narrow aisles, carrying a whole frozen lamb on his shoulder. Shehadeh explained that people can source their meat elsewhere and bring it here to be butchered.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Of course, we have halal fresh meat,” he said, explaining that the meat has been butchered by Islamic guidelines.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In shops like this, the relationship between butchers and customers is special: butchers need to have options for every budget and every background. It’s the most crowded corner of the store, with a growing line of people placing and picking up orders. Butcher Rachid Mouhaya took the order of one man ordering 12 pounds of goat meat.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“He needs shoulder; he doesn’t like leg,” Mouhaya explained. “He wants something more juicy. Maybe he’s going to cook something like \u003cem>biryani\u003c/em>. I mean, he’s Indian.” Arab customers may want different cuts, different meats for dishes like \u003cem>maqluba, \u003c/em>he explained.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12030662\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003ca href=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/03/20250308_BESANS-MARKET_DMB_01537-KQED.jpg\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12030662\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/03/20250308_BESANS-MARKET_DMB_01537-KQED.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/03/20250308_BESANS-MARKET_DMB_01537-KQED.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/03/20250308_BESANS-MARKET_DMB_01537-KQED-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/03/20250308_BESANS-MARKET_DMB_01537-KQED-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/03/20250308_BESANS-MARKET_DMB_01537-KQED-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/03/20250308_BESANS-MARKET_DMB_01537-KQED-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/03/20250308_BESANS-MARKET_DMB_01537-KQED-1920x1280.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Kamal Boussaid cuts a quartered lamb in the walk-in cooler. Born in Algeria, Boussaid worked in a butcher shop in Brooklyn’s Bay Ridge neighborhood for years before getting married and moving to the Bay Area. \u003ccite>(David M. Barreda/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Mouhaya said he’s worked at Besan’s for four years and has been breaking down animals since he was a teenager, learning from butchers in Morocco and France. After he came to the Bay Area, he worked at halal butcher shops and at Indian and Pakistani restaurants while getting his Master in Business Administration.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Another customer approached the butcher counter to pick up an order. Joe Akhmed said he’s from Uzbekistan and was buying for the Central Asian restaurant Sofiya in San Francisco.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>During Ramadan, the butcher counter is especially busy, but Mouhaya said he loves this time of year. He cooks for others and gets invited over. It’s a month of reflection, salvation and community.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12032523\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003ca href=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/03/20250308_Besans-Market_DMB_03105.jpg\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12032523\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/03/20250308_Besans-Market_DMB_03105.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1334\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/03/20250308_Besans-Market_DMB_03105.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/03/20250308_Besans-Market_DMB_03105-800x534.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/03/20250308_Besans-Market_DMB_03105-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/03/20250308_Besans-Market_DMB_03105-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/03/20250308_Besans-Market_DMB_03105-1536x1025.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/03/20250308_Besans-Market_DMB_03105-1920x1281.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Shehadeh stands in the afternoon sun along San Mateo Avenue in San Bruno. During Ramadan, he generally leaves the store before sundown so he can break fast with his family. \u003ccite>(David M. Barreda/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Shehadeh agreed. He said he’s proud to run this business that brings his neighbors closer together.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I’m glad I can be part of it,” he said, supplying the community with the ingredients to gather and observe.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>This time of year, those things become more important. But for Shehadeh, Ramadan boils down to one thing: “To me, it’s my chance to go closer to my Creator,” he said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>And in this shop, you can just feel a kind of communion — of faith, food and togetherness.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad floatright]\u003c/p>\n",
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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>One such place is \u003ca href=\"https://www.besanmarket.com/\">Besan’s International\u003c/a> Market in San Bruno, right under the flight path of San Francisco International Airport. It’s essentially three businesses in one: a Halal butcher in the back, a kitchen for take-out and catering and a market that carries Arab, Middle Eastern and South Asian goods, from staples to snacks.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Owner Thaher Shehadeh said the days around the beginning of Ramadan are some of his busiest of the year.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12030656\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003ca href=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/03/20250308_BESANS-MARKET_DMB_00369-KQED.jpg\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12030656\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/03/20250308_BESANS-MARKET_DMB_00369-KQED.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1334\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/03/20250308_BESANS-MARKET_DMB_00369-KQED.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/03/20250308_BESANS-MARKET_DMB_00369-KQED-800x534.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/03/20250308_BESANS-MARKET_DMB_00369-KQED-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/03/20250308_BESANS-MARKET_DMB_00369-KQED-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/03/20250308_BESANS-MARKET_DMB_00369-KQED-1536x1025.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/03/20250308_BESANS-MARKET_DMB_00369-KQED-1920x1281.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Shop owner Thaher Shehadeh, left, checks over the stock of groceries. Shehadeh bought the business a decade ago. \u003ccite>(David M. Barreda/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>“I have to be ready for it and prepare for it for months before it starts,” he said, in between fielding calls from customers.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The market is stuffed with goods, but it’s as tidy as a library. Because it’s Ramadan, it has even more merchandise than during the rest of the year — especially dates.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Boxes of dates from all over the world are stacked waist-high in every available space because it’s traditional to break the Ramadan fast with dates.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“We have dates from Palestine,” Shehadeh said. “They’re hard to find. Also from California, of course, one of the best dates we have.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003c/div>",
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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Shehadeh supplies other ingredients for Ramadan specialties from Asia to Africa.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“In Ramadan, people use a lot of puff pastry and \u003cem>sambusa \u003c/em>and spring rolls,” he said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But he has to have more of everything on hand: more pita, cheese, meat, everything. “People in Ramadan, they fast, but they eat more. I think because people invite each other [over]. You invite four, you cook for eight.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Towards the back of the shop, shelves are stacked with at least 15 kinds of rice — from India, Pakistan, Egypt and Turkey. Shehadeh said that rice is an ingredient customers can get really picky about.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In the sweets aisle, he pointed out \u003cem>ma’amoul\u003c/em>, a semolina cookie filled with dates or figs, and \u003cem>baklava\u003c/em> — some made in Jordan, some in Fremont. He stopped in front of a cream biscuit from Yemen that’s been in production for 50 years.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12030661\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003ca href=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/03/20250308_BESANS-MARKET_DMB_01277-KQED.jpg\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12030661\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/03/20250308_BESANS-MARKET_DMB_01277-KQED.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/03/20250308_BESANS-MARKET_DMB_01277-KQED.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/03/20250308_BESANS-MARKET_DMB_01277-KQED-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/03/20250308_BESANS-MARKET_DMB_01277-KQED-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/03/20250308_BESANS-MARKET_DMB_01277-KQED-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/03/20250308_BESANS-MARKET_DMB_01277-KQED-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/03/20250308_BESANS-MARKET_DMB_01277-KQED-1920x1280.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Grape leaves, pickled olives and oils are on display in the window. \u003ccite>(David M. Barreda/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>“At least three generations, the same shape, the same taste. Just [a] very simple thing,” Shehadeh said. “But it reminds people of their childhood back home, and they have memories with the food.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>From the bottom shelf of the candy section, he picks up a glass jar holding candies shaped like fruit, something he remembers from when he was about six years old. “Back then, not many snacks were available where I grew up,” he said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Shehadeh moved here from Palestine in the early 1990s, when he was 22 years old.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“The first time I came here, for me it was a culture shock,” he said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>He left a place where people socialized a lot. He said it was absolutely expected that people would knock on your door at any time. Here, he said, the expectation is privacy.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003c/div>",
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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But during Ramadan, people gather: to worship, to be in community and to step away from material life.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>San Mateo County is home to the largest \u003ca href=\"https://statisticalatlas.com/county/California/San-Mateo-County/Ancestry\">percentage\u003c/a> of Arabs of all faiths in the state of California. Even though it’s a small part of the total population, the \u003ca href=\"https://www.thearda.com/us-religion/census/congregational-membership?y=2020&y2=0&t=0&c=06081\">number\u003c/a> of Muslims here tripled in the last 15 years.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Shehadeh said that when he moved to the U.S. from Palestine, he worked for UPS for years. Since he purchased Besan’s from a family friend 10 years ago, Shehadeh has made sure the store reflects the community. He even closes up shop for an hour on Fridays so he and other Muslims in the neighborhood can pray together.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>As he gave a tour of Besan’s, Shehadeh received a call from a friend who’s not a strict Muslim. When he hung up, Shehadeh said with a laugh, “Some people call me to ask me, ‘When is Ramadan?’”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>That’s a fair question. Ramadan follows the lunar calendar, starting after the sighting of the new moon, which is the subject of an annual debate. The holiday moves up about ten days every year.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12030665\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003ca href=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/03/20250308_BESANS-MARKET_DMB_04292-KQED.jpg\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12030665\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/03/20250308_BESANS-MARKET_DMB_04292-KQED.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/03/20250308_BESANS-MARKET_DMB_04292-KQED.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/03/20250308_BESANS-MARKET_DMB_04292-KQED-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/03/20250308_BESANS-MARKET_DMB_04292-KQED-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/03/20250308_BESANS-MARKET_DMB_04292-KQED-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/03/20250308_BESANS-MARKET_DMB_04292-KQED-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/03/20250308_BESANS-MARKET_DMB_04292-KQED-1920x1280.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Employees (left to right) Rachid Mouhaya, Arif Shehadeh and Mahmood Al Nasr prepare to break fast behind the deli counter. \u003ccite>(David M. Barreda/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Souad Elibrami said shopping in a store like this brings her back to Morocco. “When you come to the Arabic store, you feel like your country,” she said. “Everyone is celebrating Ramadan, and I like it.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>She comes to Besan’s every month for staples: meat, chicken and semolina. For Ramadan, she’s preparing special dishes from her hometown of Casablanca.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“We make \u003cem>chebakia\u003c/em>,” Elibrami said, of a dessert made from deep-fried strips of dough rolled into the shape of a rose. “We make soup, \u003cem>harira\u003c/em>, and sometimes \u003cem>tagine\u003c/em>,” she added.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Besan’s isn’t just about tapping into nostalgia. Shehadeh keeps his eye on what’s trending on social media. He knows what his community wants, like Salaam Cola, for example.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12030658\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003ca href=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/03/20250308_BESANS-MARKET_DMB_00865-KQED.jpg\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12030658\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/03/20250308_BESANS-MARKET_DMB_00865-KQED.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1334\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/03/20250308_BESANS-MARKET_DMB_00865-KQED.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/03/20250308_BESANS-MARKET_DMB_00865-KQED-800x534.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/03/20250308_BESANS-MARKET_DMB_00865-KQED-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/03/20250308_BESANS-MARKET_DMB_00865-KQED-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/03/20250308_BESANS-MARKET_DMB_00865-KQED-1536x1025.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/03/20250308_BESANS-MARKET_DMB_00865-KQED-1920x1281.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Shoppers stroll the aisles as sunset nears. \u003ccite>(David M. 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