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More Bay Area schools plan to implement restrictions as the new academic year begins this week, but some advocates say a blanket ban is a bad idea.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Reducing phone use in class leads to improved concentration, better academic outcomes, and enhanced social interactions,” Newsom said in his letter on Tuesday, adding that schools and districts that have already rolled out no-phone policies have seen “positive impacts,” including higher test scores and less bullying.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Here’s what to know about the efforts so far:\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>Which Bay Area schools already lock down phones?\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>San Mateo-Foster City School District began requiring middle school students to put their phones into lockable bags called Yondr pouches during the 2022–23 academic year. 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Spokesperson Laura Chalkley said the district’s board of trustees “has expressed an interest in exploring expanding the Yondr program, but there has been no formal discussion” yet.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In the East Bay, Mt. Diablo Unified School District is introducing Yondr to two campuses. In April, the district’s board approved the purchase of more than 3,000 pouches for Mt. Diablo and Ygnacio Valley high schools.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Tamalpais Union High School District is also considering the pouches. 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Bangladesh, the eighth-most populated country in the world, is about 90% Muslim and 8% Hindu.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina, after 15 years in power, \u003ca href=\"https://apnews.com/article/bangladesh-hasina-student-protest-quota-violence-fdc7f2632c3d8fcbd913e6c0a1903fd4\">resigned and fled the country\u003c/a> last week following weeks of student-led demonstrations and a mounting police response that led to a strict curfew and “shoot-on-sight” order. The Hindu minority population has traditionally supported the Awami League, Hasina’s political party.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11999913\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-11999913\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/08/Anti-Hindu-Violence2.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1500\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/08/Anti-Hindu-Violence2.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/08/Anti-Hindu-Violence2-800x600.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/08/Anti-Hindu-Violence2-1020x765.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/08/Anti-Hindu-Violence2-160x120.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/08/Anti-Hindu-Violence2-1536x1152.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/08/Anti-Hindu-Violence2-1920x1440.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Bay Area South Asians rally at Paseo Padre Parkway and Stevenson Boulevard in Fremont, California, on Aug. 11, 2024. \u003ccite>(Lakshmi Sarah/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>According to \u003ca href=\"https://techglobalinstitute.com/research/how-online-disinformation-fuels-ethnic-and-sociopolitical-tensions-during-bangladeshs-regime-change/\">Tech Global Institute\u003c/a> (TGI), an organization seeking to reduce accountability gaps between technology platforms and the Global South, disinformation about ethnic tensions in Bangladesh and AI-generated images were amplified by right-wing mainstream media in Hindu-majority India.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Still, many Bay Area Bangladeshis have heard first-person stories from friends or family members.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“The situation now in Bangladesh is very grave,” said Swapan Baral, who lived half his life in Bangladesh but has been in the U.S. for over 30 years.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“They want to drive the minorities away from Bangladesh,” he said. The country was once part of British India, then after the partition of India in 1947, it became the Pakistani province of East Bengal (later renamed East Pakistan) until internal conflict against the Pakistani military led to its independence in 1971. In 2022, activists raised concerns to ensure recognition of \u003ca href=\"https://hir.harvard.edu/the-past-has-yet-to-leave-the-present-genocide-in-bangladesh/\">the Bangladesh Genocide of 1971\u003c/a>, which largely targeted Bangladeshi Hindus.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">[aside postID=news_11998819 hero='https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/08/Sheikh-Hasina-Wazed-AP-1020x680.jpg']\u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Other Bangladeshis in the Bay Area say targeting minorities is nothing new.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“The situation of Bangladesh is not an isolated incident,” said Dhiman Chowdhury, president of the \u003ca href=\"https://www.hrcbm.org/\">Human Rights Congress for Bangladesh Minorities\u003c/a>. 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Jessica Najarro faces the same charges as Badillo, one of two owners of a \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11996890/predatory-san-francisco-towing-company-barred-from-city-business-for-5-years\">“predatory” towing company\u003c/a> that was barred from doing business with San Francisco for five years last month.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>According to an indictment returned by a federal grand jury on July 9, the pair allegedly “conspired to defraud an insurance company by submitting a fraudulent insurance claim on a wrecked car that Badillo purchased in June 2019.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The car was undrivable and severely damaged. Najarro obtained an insurance policy for it and, one month later, falsely reported that it had been in a single-car accident. An insurance company reimbursed her $34,037.48. The indictment alleges the money was deposited into a bank account controlled by Badillo.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Badillo and Najarro were arrested on Thursday. Both were released on $50,000 bonds. They are scheduled to be arraigned on Aug. 12. A press release from the U.S. Department of Justice said the indictment is the result of an investigation by the FBI and the criminal investigation division of the IRS.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Early Thursday morning, an FBI spokesperson confirmed the agency had “conducted court-authorized law enforcement activity in the 2000 block of Oakdale Avenue in San Francisco.” FBI officials, an armored vehicle and an ambulance \u003ca href=\"https://www.reddit.com/r/sanfrancisco/comments/1en7fye/fbi_raid_at_specialty_towing/?rdt=51540\">were seen\u003c/a> outside 2045 Oakdale Avenue, the address of Specialty Towing, early Thursday morning.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">[aside postID=news_11996890 hero='https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/07/GettyImages-1322125500-1020x668.jpg']\u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>It was not immediately clear whether the raid was related to Specialty Towing, which Badillo owns. The FBI spokesperson contacted by KQED declined to provide additional information.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>A \u003ca href=\"https://specialtytowingbayarea.com/locations/\">website for Specialty Towing\u003c/a> lists seven Bay Area locations, including one on Oakdale Avenue as well as an address on 87th Avenue in Oakland. The San Francisco City Attorney’s Office confirmed the latter address is associated with a towing company owned by Badillo and Abigail Fuentes, who came under fire after a video showing a Specialty Towing truck \u003ca href=\"https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gqvDedeuCl0\">trying to tow a moving vehicle went viral\u003c/a> in April. On July 23, City Attorney David Chiu announced that the couple had been barred after finding they illegally towed cars and scammed owners.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The couple operated three towing companies: Auto Towing, Jose’s Towing and Specialty Towing and Recovery. 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In an ongoing 2021 civil fraud case against Fuentes, court documents allege that after Badillo was banned by the California attorney general in 2017 from ever operating a towing business in the state — he transferred ownership of the business to Fuentes and continued to run it.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Separately, the San Francisco District Attorney’s Office charged Fuentes with 12 felonies and Badillo with six felonies in October related to an alleged welfare fraud scheme. The couple are also alleged to have defrauded multiple benefits programs. According to court documents, while Fuentes worked as a senior eligibility worker for the city’s Human Services Agency, she approved Badillo’s benefits requests. He reported having a monthly income of $1,000 and no additional assets.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>While receiving public benefits, Fuentes and Badillo’s companies had a gross annual income of over $2 million. 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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>What to watch for around potential text scams\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>The texts appear to be from Fix California, a San Diego-based conservative political organization, according to representatives of multiple counties.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11999356\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 314px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-11999356 size-full\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/08/CCCVoterText2.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"314\" height=\"675\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/08/CCCVoterText2.png 314w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/08/CCCVoterText2-160x344.png 160w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 314px) 100vw, 314px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">An example of the potential texting scam flagged by Contra Costa County elections officials. \u003ccite>(Courtesy San Luis Obispo Clerk-Recorder’s Office)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>The message said that the recipient’s “voter registration appears inactive” and that they can click on an embedded link to the secretary of state’s website to register.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Time is running out to register to vote. It takes less than two minutes. You can now register online at the California Secretary of State’s website,” part of the message reads.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Donna Johnston, Sutter County’s clerk-recorder, said that the messages appear to be coming from \u003ca href=\"https://fixcalifornia.com/\">Fix California\u003c/a>, an organization led by former Trump administration Cabinet member Ric Grenell that is “committed to pursuing long-term solutions that advance conservative ideas and causes throughout the state,” according to its \u003ca href=\"https://fixcalifornia.com/\">website\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Nick Meade, the executive director of Fix California, said that the organization aims to “identify and assist Californians who are eligible but not yet registered to vote.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Fix California adheres to stringent standards, ensuring full compliance with all pertinent state laws governing voter registration; recent claims falsely labeling our organization as a scam are wholly unfounded and distort our true mission,” he said via email. “More, Fix California advises anyone with concerns about their voter registration to verify their status directly via the California Secretary of State’s official website.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>It’s unclear how the group is gathering voter information, but multiple county clerk recorder’s offices said that many of the people who reported getting the messages were registered to vote.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>How to safely check your voter registration\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>Most municipalities have their own websites for checking voter registration and information. Bay Area residents should refer to \u003ca href=\"http://www.contracostavote.gov/\">Contra Costa\u003c/a>, \u003ca href=\"https://www.acvote.org/voting/register-to-vote\">Alameda\u003c/a>, \u003ca href=\"https://www.sf.gov/register-vote\">San Francisco\u003c/a>, \u003ca href=\"https://smcacre.gov/elections/voter-registration\">San Mateo\u003c/a>, \u003ca href=\"https://vote.santaclaracounty.gov/home\">Santa Clara\u003c/a>, \u003ca href=\"https://www.marincounty.org/depts/rv/voter-registration\">Marin\u003c/a>, \u003ca href=\"https://www.countyofnapa.org/399/About-Voter-Registration\">Napa\u003c/a>, \u003ca href=\"https://www.solanocounty.com/depts/rov/voter_registration/voter_registration_information.asp\">Solano\u003c/a> and \u003ca href=\"https://sonomacounty.ca.gov/administrative-support-and-fiscal-services/clerk-recorder-assessor-registrar-of-voters/registrar-of-voters/general-information/register-to-vote\">Sonoma\u003c/a> counties’ specific election information websites.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The California Secretary of State also has a site — \u003ca href=\"http://voterstatus.sos.ca.gov\">voterstatus.sos.ca.gov\u003c/a> — where any California voter can check their registration, get information about upcoming elections and polling places and find out how to contact their local elections office.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Scams targeting voters are more common during election years, but it is not common practice for elections offices to contact people via text message, Contra Costa County deputy clerk-recorder Tommy Gong told KQED. He said it is always best for people to rely on their local registrar’s office as their first source of information for voting-related questions.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cem>KQED’s \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/author/swhitney\">Spencer Whitney\u003c/a> contributed to this report. On Aug. 13, it was updated with comment from the executive director of Fix California.\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003c/div>\u003c/p>",
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San Francisco alone is home to 20 of what Forbes considers the most promising privately held AI companies.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>For the most part, Silicon Valley lobbying groups have not aired their concerns about the California bills outside of Sacramento — with one notable exception: Wiener’s \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11976097/california-lawmakers-take-on-ai-regulation-with-a-host-of-bills\">SB 1047\u003c/a>, which has inspired\u003ca href=\"https://static.politico.com/95/0a/a317efe44616af436ce6a4f32647/founder-led-statement-on-sb1047-june-20-2024-2.pdf\"> open letters\u003c/a> warning gravely that it “could inadvertently threaten the vibrancy of California’s technology economy.” Regardless, that bill is still in the running.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Some of the bills enjoy strong or qualified tech industry group support, including \u003ca href=\"https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=202320240AB2355\">AB 2355\u003c/a>, which would require labeling of political ads made with generative AI, and \u003ca href=\"https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=202320240AB2839\">AB 2839\u003c/a>, which would prohibit misleading election season communications.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Big-name venture capitalists fighting AI regulation at the state and national levels have claimed they’re\u003ca href=\"https://www.politico.com/news/2024/05/30/little-tech-startup-washington-00160815\"> worried about the little guys\u003c/a> in the AI ecosystem. 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"content": "\u003cp>Southern California is typically known as the hub that cultivates top-notch water polo players, many of whom go on to compete in the Olympics, but the Bay Area has gradually developed its own network of talent.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“When I first started, there was one team in all of Marin County, but all the water polo players that really loved the sport converged on this one club, Sleepy Hollow SHAQ, and that made it a hotbed in the area,” said Dylan Woodhead of San Anselmo, an athlete on the U.S. men’s water polo team competing at Summer Games in Paris, which kick off on Friday.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>He said this small community in Marin inspired him to love the sport.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“That made the sport so much more exciting, to be around coaches that are good role models and friends that I really enjoy being around. And that helped me just dive headfirst into the sport,” he added.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In the U.S., water polo is a relatively niche sport. According to USA Water Polo, the nonprofit federation that promotes the sport and selects the U.S. Olympic team, there are more than 50,000 affiliated members and 500 clubs nationwide. That number is dwarfed by other American sports, like baseball, which has more than 15 million amateur players across the country.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Despite the small footprint, water polo dominates in California. This year, all but 3 of the 26 players on the U.S. men’s and women’s Olympic teams are from the state. \u003ca href=\"https://www.ncsasports.org/mens-water-polo/colleges\">Three-quarters\u003c/a> of all high school players in the country live in California, according to Next College Student Athlete, a college athlete recruiting company.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“It’s definitely a California team. The state will have its stamp on the team culture for sure,” said Woodhead, whose position on the U.S. men’s team is attacker. “The Southern California guys definitely talk about traffic more than anyone else I’ve ever met.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11997462\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 1920px\">\u003ca href=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/07/IMG_4977-scaled.jpg\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-11997462\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/07/IMG_4977-scaled.jpg\" alt=\"Multiple people sit with their feet in the water at a pool.\" width=\"1920\" height=\"2560\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/07/IMG_4977-scaled.jpg 1920w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/07/IMG_4977-800x1067.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/07/IMG_4977-1020x1360.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/07/IMG_4977-160x213.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/07/IMG_4977-1152x1536.jpg 1152w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/07/IMG_4977-1536x2048.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1920px) 100vw, 1920px\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Athletes on the UC Berkeley Men’s water polo team rest during practice on July 18, 2024. \u003ccite>(Azul Dahlstrom-Eckman/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Jenna Flynn, a Stanford sophomore who grew up in San José, attributes her success in making the Olympic team to the small scene for the sport in her hometown. She said there, she found a supportive community where she could hone her skills.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I think that that’s something that we have over Southern California water polo,” said Flynn, a 20-year-old attacker on Team USA. “It’s an amazing opportunity to feel like I am a representative of NorCal water polo.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The U.S. women’s team is considered a top contender for a gold medal this year. They have won the gold medal in the past three Olympics and appear to be in good form after winning a gold medal at the World Aquatics Championships in Qatar this year. Flynn scored 11 goals in the competition.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The last time the U.S. men’s team won medals was in the 2008 Olympics, earning silver. This summer, the team to beat is Serbia, which has won the gold medal in the past two Olympics.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Despite the small following for water polo, the sport got a pop culture moment earlier this month. Rapper Flavor Flav from the group Public Enemy dropped by the women’s team’s practice and dove into the pool.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“He was just like, ‘I’m gonna get in with you guys and see how hard this is!’” Flynn recalled.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Flav announced that he had signed a five-year sponsorship deal with the U.S. men’s and women’s senior national team and agreed to be the teams’ official hype man. He \u003ca href=\"https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8CWpLnnTUMY&t=126s\">told CBS\u003c/a> he was moved to help the team after seeing an \u003ca href=\"https://www.instagram.com/p/C6j4IeUsLvY/?utm--source=ig--web--copy--link&igsh=MzRlODBiNWFlZA%3D%3D&img_index=1\">Instagram post\u003c/a> by women’s team captain Maggie Steffens, a native of Danville.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Some may not know this, but most Olympians need a 2nd (or 3rd) job to support chasing the dream (myself included!) and most teams rely on sponsors for travel, accommodations, nutritional support, rent/lodging, and simply affording to live in this day and age,” Stephens posted on social media.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11997465\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 1920px\">\u003ca href=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/07/IMG_4980-scaled.jpg\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-11997465\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/07/IMG_4980-scaled.jpg\" alt='Two plaques on a wall that say \"Olympians\" with a list of names.' width=\"1920\" height=\"2560\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/07/IMG_4980-scaled.jpg 1920w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/07/IMG_4980-800x1067.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/07/IMG_4980-1020x1360.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/07/IMG_4980-160x213.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/07/IMG_4980-1152x1536.jpg 1152w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/07/IMG_4980-1536x2048.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1920px) 100vw, 1920px\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">A plaque at Spieker Pool on the UC Berkeley Campus shows the names of past students who competed in the Olympics, with room for additional names. \u003ccite>(Azul Dahlstrom-Eckman/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Without a professional water polo league in the U.S., the pinnacle for many American players remains the Olympics.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“It’s two weeks, and that might be the only time anybody ever sees the sport of water polo,” said Kirk Everist, coach of the men’s water polo at UC Berkeley for the past 22 seasons and a former two-time Olympian himself. “But they’ve been playing in tournaments and playing a lot for four years to get there. It’s not just that one tournament.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Bay Area institutions of higher education have made their mark on this year’s Olympic teams. More than half of the men’s team this year played for either Stanford or UC Berkeley when they were students, and five members of the women’s team either currently play or played for Stanford.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Jake Howerton, a fifth-year senior, transferred from Pepperdine University in Los Angeles to play at Cal. He said he enjoys the Olympics because it gives the sport he loves, as well as California, a spotlight on the world stage.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I grew up in a household where we sat down and watched the Olympics all day for that month,” he said, “It means the world to all of us, basically.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>He plans to do what many players do after college – head to Europe to play professionally until he can try out for the U.S. Olympic Team.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cem>You can find the schedule of water polo matches \u003c/em>\u003ca href=\"https://olympics.com/en/paris-2024/schedule/water-polo?day=27-july\">\u003cem>here.\u003c/em>\u003c/a>\u003cem> You can learn more about the Bay Area athletes competing in the Paris Olympics \u003c/em>\u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11993783/paris-2024-olympic-games-san-francisco-bay-area-athletes-competing\">\u003cem>here.\u003c/em>\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\n",
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The state will have its stamp on the team culture for sure,” said Woodhead, whose position on the U.S. men’s team is attacker. “The Southern California guys definitely talk about traffic more than anyone else I’ve ever met.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11997462\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 1920px\">\u003ca href=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/07/IMG_4977-scaled.jpg\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-11997462\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/07/IMG_4977-scaled.jpg\" alt=\"Multiple people sit with their feet in the water at a pool.\" width=\"1920\" height=\"2560\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/07/IMG_4977-scaled.jpg 1920w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/07/IMG_4977-800x1067.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/07/IMG_4977-1020x1360.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/07/IMG_4977-160x213.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/07/IMG_4977-1152x1536.jpg 1152w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/07/IMG_4977-1536x2048.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1920px) 100vw, 1920px\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Athletes on the UC Berkeley Men’s water polo team rest during practice on July 18, 2024. \u003ccite>(Azul Dahlstrom-Eckman/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Jenna Flynn, a Stanford sophomore who grew up in San José, attributes her success in making the Olympic team to the small scene for the sport in her hometown. She said there, she found a supportive community where she could hone her skills.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I think that that’s something that we have over Southern California water polo,” said Flynn, a 20-year-old attacker on Team USA. “It’s an amazing opportunity to feel like I am a representative of NorCal water polo.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The U.S. women’s team is considered a top contender for a gold medal this year. They have won the gold medal in the past three Olympics and appear to be in good form after winning a gold medal at the World Aquatics Championships in Qatar this year. Flynn scored 11 goals in the competition.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The last time the U.S. men’s team won medals was in the 2008 Olympics, earning silver. This summer, the team to beat is Serbia, which has won the gold medal in the past two Olympics.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Despite the small following for water polo, the sport got a pop culture moment earlier this month. Rapper Flavor Flav from the group Public Enemy dropped by the women’s team’s practice and dove into the pool.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“He was just like, ‘I’m gonna get in with you guys and see how hard this is!’” Flynn recalled.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Flav announced that he had signed a five-year sponsorship deal with the U.S. men’s and women’s senior national team and agreed to be the teams’ official hype man. He \u003ca href=\"https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8CWpLnnTUMY&t=126s\">told CBS\u003c/a> he was moved to help the team after seeing an \u003ca href=\"https://www.instagram.com/p/C6j4IeUsLvY/?utm--source=ig--web--copy--link&igsh=MzRlODBiNWFlZA%3D%3D&img_index=1\">Instagram post\u003c/a> by women’s team captain Maggie Steffens, a native of Danville.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Some may not know this, but most Olympians need a 2nd (or 3rd) job to support chasing the dream (myself included!) and most teams rely on sponsors for travel, accommodations, nutritional support, rent/lodging, and simply affording to live in this day and age,” Stephens posted on social media.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11997465\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 1920px\">\u003ca href=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/07/IMG_4980-scaled.jpg\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-11997465\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/07/IMG_4980-scaled.jpg\" alt='Two plaques on a wall that say \"Olympians\" with a list of names.' width=\"1920\" height=\"2560\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/07/IMG_4980-scaled.jpg 1920w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/07/IMG_4980-800x1067.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/07/IMG_4980-1020x1360.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/07/IMG_4980-160x213.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/07/IMG_4980-1152x1536.jpg 1152w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/07/IMG_4980-1536x2048.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1920px) 100vw, 1920px\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">A plaque at Spieker Pool on the UC Berkeley Campus shows the names of past students who competed in the Olympics, with room for additional names. \u003ccite>(Azul Dahlstrom-Eckman/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Without a professional water polo league in the U.S., the pinnacle for many American players remains the Olympics.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“It’s two weeks, and that might be the only time anybody ever sees the sport of water polo,” said Kirk Everist, coach of the men’s water polo at UC Berkeley for the past 22 seasons and a former two-time Olympian himself. “But they’ve been playing in tournaments and playing a lot for four years to get there. 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He assumed it would result in a sleepy suburb where, much like other cities in Solano County, residents would commute toward Silicon Valley for work.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Then, his wife gave birth to their first child, and his perspective shifted.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Especially having a son, [I think about] 20 years from now — is my son, Jasper, going to find a place here?” he asked. “Jasper being born definitely makes me think about the future and take it more to heart.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The proposal from California Forever had been set to go before Solano County voters in November, but after months of controversy, testy debates between residents and millions of dollars spent on campaigning, the company \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11996747/california-forever-pulls-bid-to-build-new-city-from-this-years-ballot\">announced on Monday\u003c/a> that it was pulling its initiative from the ballot. Company representatives plan to try again in two years after working with county officials to publish an environmental impact report and development agreement.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Many of the project’s opponents, as well as supporters who spoke to KQED, including Houston, said they welcomed the decision.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I think it was the right move,” Houston said. “I think it’s a way to take in the community’s feedback, their concerns, and their input and incorporate that into the plans. I think it’s the best way to address the community’s concerns and answer their questions.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Last week, the county released a \u003ca href=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/07/SolanoCountyReport.pdf\">damning preliminary report\u003c/a> about the project’s impacts on the environment and cost to taxpayers, despite company representatives’ promises that it would not cost Solano residents anything. 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It strikes me as a positive sign.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Monique Lopez Feybesse, owner of Vallejo-based patisserie Tarts de Feybesse, said she was looking forward to the new city and the business opportunities that could have come with it. Pushing the ballot measure back to 2026 could delay the new city, she said, though California Forever has asserted it would have spent the next two years working on reports and developer agreements anyway.[aside postID=news_11996747 hero='https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/07/20240604_CaliforniaForeverFarms_GC-12_qed-1020x680.jpg']“I detest the idea of taking polar sides,” she said. “The people who I have spoken to who oppose the project are mostly of an older generation who are reluctant for change and have valid questions about the impact. 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