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(Beth LaBerge/KQED)\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>Ellington said his hope is for San Francisco to eventually emulate a city like Berlin, where there are \u003ca href=\"https://www.aperturetours.com/blog/2017/berlin-photoautomat\">public photo booths on the streets\u003c/a>. “And they’re 3 euros, too, it’s unreal,” he said. “People that travel there know it as a photo booth city.”\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>Seeking out a place’s photo booth is something that couple Thao and Randhawa said they look forward to when they visit somewhere. \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>“Every city that we go to, we do have a photo shoot,” Thao said.\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003ch2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"booth-jump\">Embark on the KQED Photo Booth Tour\u003c/h2>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>While not quite a fully fledged international photo booth city, San Francisco has no shortage of notable booths dotted around the city’s bars, businesses, stores and spaces — and we’ve created (and tested) an itinerary for you to explore many of them. We’ve even thrown in a few fun digital booths along the way. \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>Your self-guided tour will start in San Francisco’s Mission District, then the Castro, Haight-Ashbury before circling back to Mission for the night, though of course you can pick and choose to create your own itinerary through the city. \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cfigure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1526\" height=\"1017\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/08/260730-PhotoboothMapCrawl-24-BL.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-12093966\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/08/260730-PhotoboothMapCrawl-24-BL.jpg 1526w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/08/260730-PhotoboothMapCrawl-24-BL-160x107.jpg 160w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1526px) 100vw, 1526px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Photo booth strips line the walls at the Photo Booth Museum. (Beth LaBerge/KQED)\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>Most of these photo booths — many of which accept credit card or tap-to-pay and are around $7 to $8 for one photo strip — are within another business, like a restaurant or bar.\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>So be sure to check the storefront’s timing to make sure it is open during the hours and days you want to visit. \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003ch3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">\u003cstrong>Start at: Mission Bowling Club\u003c/strong>\u003c/h3>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>Address: 3176 17th St.\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>Type of photobooth: Digital\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>Color or Black/White: Both\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>If you’re tempted to play a couple of rounds of bowling while you’re here, Mission Bowling Club’s hours can \u003ca href=\"https://www.missionbowlingclub.com/hours-info\">be found online\u003c/a> — but heads-up that \u003ca href=\"https://www.missionbowlingclub.com/reserve-a-lane\">the cost of a bowling session\u003c/a> ranges from $58 to $78.\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>Food is also available at the bowling alley — and since it’s one of the few restaurants with a photo booth on the list, it could be a good place to get a bite to eat. (But, of course, there are great bites \u003cem>on the way \u003c/em>to your next photobooth.)\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>Afterward, it’s an 11-minute walk to …\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003ch3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">\u003cstrong>Kilowatt Bar\u003c/strong>\u003c/h3>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>Address: 3160 16th St.\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>Type of photobooth: Analog \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>Color or Black/White: Black/White\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cfigure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/08/260730-PhotoboothMapCrawl-26-BL-KQED.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-12093825\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/08/260730-PhotoboothMapCrawl-26-BL-KQED.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/08/260730-PhotoboothMapCrawl-26-BL-KQED-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/08/260730-PhotoboothMapCrawl-26-BL-KQED-1536x1024.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Joy Zhang and Cicely Liu take photos at Club Photomatica. (Beth LaBerge/KQED)\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>This will be the first analog photobooth of the trek, located in a firehouse-turned-bar that \u003ca href=\"https://kilowattbar.com/\">opened in 1994\u003c/a>. \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>Kilowatt is also a music venue, so along with grabbing a drink, you can \u003cem>also\u003c/em> check out \u003ca href=\"https://kilowattbar.com/events\">its slate of shows on its online calendar\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>Next stop is a 13-minute walk to …\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003ch3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Churchill Cocktail Bar \u003c/h3>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>Address: 198 Church St.\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>Type of photobooth: Digital\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>Color or Black/White: Both\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>A swanky bar with cocktails and whiskeys that is \u003ca href=\"https://www.churchillsf.com/\">“inspired by the legendary Winston Churchill and WWII era accents.”\u003c/a> You can check out \u003ca href=\"https://www.churchillsf.com/menu\">the menu online\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>It is then a 7-minute walk to the …\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003ch3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Photo Booth Museum\u003c/h3>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>Address: 2275 Market St.\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>Type of photobooth: A collection of analog and vintage photo booths\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>Color or Black/White: Varies\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>You’ll find a lot of photo booth varieties and options in this Castro location, as well as opportunities to turn your photostrip into a keychain or buy it a frame for display. \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cfigure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/08/image-4.jpeg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-12093984\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/08/image-4.jpeg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/08/image-4-160x107.jpeg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/08/image-4-1536x1024.jpeg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Visitors make key chains from photo booth strips. (Beth LaBerge/KQED)\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>Owner Ellington’s favorite is a sleek mid-century photo booth that is right next to the museum’s front desk.\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>“The curved old booth is so beautiful,” he said. “I feel like they really cared about how it looks.”\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>Afterward, it is time to jump on a 17-minute bus ride (the 33 Muni) or take a half-hour-long walk to Haight, where you can visit:\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003ch3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Hamu Studio\u003c/h3>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>Address: 1612 Haight St.\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>Type of photobooth: A collection of digital photo booths\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>Color or Black/White: Both\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>Hamu Studio has several very customizable photo booths, where you can choose from a variety of different types of strips and frames — and even select which take you want printed. Hamu also provides props to use in the photos.\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cfigure class=\"wp-block-gallery has-nested-images columns-default is-cropped wp-block-gallery-3 is-layout-flex wp-block-gallery-is-layout-flex\">\n\u003cfigure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" data-id=\"12093967\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/08/260730-PhotoboothMapCrawl-31-BL.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-12093967\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/08/260730-PhotoboothMapCrawl-31-BL.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/08/260730-PhotoboothMapCrawl-31-BL-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/08/260730-PhotoboothMapCrawl-31-BL-1536x1024.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">KQED reporter Nisa Khan selects photos for a booth strip at Hamu Studio. (Beth LaBerge/KQED)\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\n\n\n\u003cfigure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" data-id=\"12093827\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/08/260730-PhotoboothMapCrawl-30-BL-KQED.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-12093827\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/08/260730-PhotoboothMapCrawl-30-BL-KQED.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/08/260730-PhotoboothMapCrawl-30-BL-KQED-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/08/260730-PhotoboothMapCrawl-30-BL-KQED-1536x1024.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Khan uses a high-angle photo booth at Hamu Studio. (Beth LaBerge/KQED)\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003c/figure>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>But the real standout is the “high-angle” booth: a giant pink locker that has a camera and screen installed on the upper corner of the ceiling, resulting in photos that give a vague sense of being on an album cover. \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>Afterward, just a couple of doors down is:\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003ch3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Club Photomatica \u003c/h3>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>Address: 1644 Haight St., located in 710 Collective\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>Type of photobooth: A collection of analog and vintage photo booths\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>Color or Black/White: Varies\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>Cost: Around $7 to $7.50\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cfigure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/08/260730-PhotoboothMapCrawl-27-BL.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-12093964\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/08/260730-PhotoboothMapCrawl-27-BL.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/08/260730-PhotoboothMapCrawl-27-BL-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/08/260730-PhotoboothMapCrawl-27-BL-1536x1024.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Visitors take photos at Club Photomatica, a shop that hosts analog and digital photo booths, on Haight Street. (Beth LaBerge/KQED)\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>Consider this to be a mini Photo Booth Museum since it’s also run by Photomatica, and has plenty of analog booths to choose from. Being located in the 710 Collective, a vintage thrift store, also provides an opportunity to browse the cute clothes this Haight business has to offer. \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>A 4-minute walk away is:\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003ch3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Amoeba Music \u003c/h3>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>Address: 1855 Haight St.\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>Type of photo booth: Digital\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>Color or Black/White: Both\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>This photo booth has the Amoeba Music logo splashed on the background of its pictures. \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\u003cp>Afterward, you can browse the many aisles of this sprawling record store that very much feels like \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12092325/time-travel-to-san-franciscos-past-at-these-local-haunts\">a throwback to ’90s San Francisco\u003c/a>. \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>Keep in mind that it’s procedure for an Amoeba employee to ask you to check your bag at the front desk before entering. \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>For the next stop, catch a Muni bus (the 6 or the 7 east) and travel for around 13 minutes to get to …\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003ch3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Emporium Arcade Bar \u003c/h3>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>Address: 616 Divisadero St\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>Type of photobooth: Digital\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>Color or Black/White: Both\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>This photo booth is inside a massive arcade bar with a ton of games — classic and new — that you can spend a couple of hours on.\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>Afterward, take a 25-minute bus ride (the 24 Muni) to wind down your night back in the Mission, at …\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003ch3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Emmy’s Spaghetti Shack \u003c/h3>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>Address: 3230 Mission St.\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>Type of photobooth: Digital\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>Color or Black/White: Both\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>Emmy’s Spaghetti Shack is a beloved Italian restaurant where you can stop for dinner. The photo strips in this location also come with a cheetah-patterned background. \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>Then, a 3-minute walk away is …\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003ch3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">El Rio \u003c/h3>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>Address: 3158 Mission St.\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>Type of photobooth: Digital\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>Color or Black/White: Color\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>This booth is located in a staple queer bar in the Mission with a breezy, huge outdoor patio where you can enjoy your drinks. \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cfigure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/08/260730-PhotoboothMapCrawl-28-BL-KQED.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-12093826\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/08/260730-PhotoboothMapCrawl-28-BL-KQED.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/08/260730-PhotoboothMapCrawl-28-BL-KQED-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/08/260730-PhotoboothMapCrawl-28-BL-KQED-1536x1024.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Club Photomatica, a shop that hosts analog and digital photo booths, on Haight Street. (Beth LaBerge/KQED)\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>El Rio also hosts \u003ca href=\"https://www.elriosf.com/\">live music as well as karaoke on Thursdays\u003c/a> (but this reporter has had rotten luck trying to get in the singing queue at a decent time in the night).\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>And then, next door, end your night at …\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003ch3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">The Knockout \u003c/h3>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>Address: 3223 Mission St.\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>Type of photobooth: Analog\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>Color or Black/White: Black/White\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>Your last stop of the photo booth tour will be The Knockout’s analog booth — one of the few left in the city that Photomatica does not run. \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>This Mission punk bar also \u003ca href=\"https://theknockoutsf.com/\">hosts music, drag shows, dance parties and more\u003c/a>, and has been open for nearly 20 years.\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003ch2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Honorable San Francisco photo booth mentions\u003c/h2>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>First of all, we’d be remiss not to mention that KQED HQ actually has its own free photo booth situated in our Mission District offices — especially since the resulting photo booth strip includes the KQED logo running at the bottom. \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>While the building’s doors aren’t generally open to visitors, you can get full access to our photo booth during \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/events\">KQED Live events, \u003c/a>which include shows like \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/event/6609/matcha-showdown\">Matcha Showdown, \u003c/a>\u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/event/6616/mic-check-bay-area-music-showcase-feat-kamaiyah\">Mic Check Bay Area and\u003c/a> \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/event/6613/dating-with-dhaya-summer-lovin-edition\">Dating with Dhaya: Summer Lovin’ Edition\u003c/a>. (Let the photo booth tour above be your afterparty!)\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cfigure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/08/260727-PlacesTimeTravel-05-BL.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-12093963\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/08/260727-PlacesTimeTravel-05-BL.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/08/260727-PlacesTimeTravel-05-BL-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/08/260727-PlacesTimeTravel-05-BL-1536x1024.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">A photo booth, part of a mechanical machine, at the Musée Mécanique in Fisherman’s Wharf in San Francisco. (Beth LaBerge/KQED)\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>Some other notable photo booths that unfortunately were not in the path of this tour but are still absolutely worth checking out:\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n\u003cli>\u003ca href=\"https://museemecanique.com/\">Musée Mécanique\u003c/a> in Fisherman’s Wharf, also a treasure of vintage coin-operated machines and arcade games \u003c/li>\n\n\n\n\u003cli>\u003ca href=\"https://www.bingecoffeehouse.com/\">Binge Coffee House\u003c/a> on Valencia Street does not have a traditional photo booth, but rather a very cute, free camera and photo printer at the front of the store (customers also like to stick their receipt-like photo strips on the walls of the store)\u003c/li>\n\n\n\n\u003cli>Japan Center Malls in Japantown has a collection of customizable digital photo booths on the first floor that are similar in style to the Haight’s Hamu Studio, and there is also \u003ca href=\"https://www.instagram.com/p/DHy5DJnRq6h/?hl=en\">a photo booth storefront\u003c/a> on the bridge\u003c/li>\n\n\n\n\u003cli>\u003ca href=\"https://www.potobox.com/pages/locations\">Potobox\u003c/a> in Stonestown Galleria \u003c/li>\n\n\n\n\u003cli>\u003ca href=\"https://www.instagram.com/dreamboxphotos/\">Dreambox Photos\u003c/a> in Chinatown, which provides backdrops like a San Francisco cable car\u003c/li>\n\n\n\n\u003cli>\u003ca href=\"https://www.harasf.com/\">The Ha-Ra Club\u003c/a> in the Tenderloin\u003c/li>\n\n\n\n\u003cli>\u003ca href=\"https://www.mothersf.com/\">Mother\u003c/a>, a queer bar near Valencia Street\u003c/li>\n\n\n\n\u003cli>\u003ca href=\"https://www.instagram.com/bloomssaloon/?hl=en\">Blooms Saloon\u003c/a> in Potrero Hill\u003c/li>\n\u003c/ul>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>Also not quite a photobooth, but still a great experience (and memento): aura photos, which \u003ca href=\"https://www.cosmopolitan.com/lifestyle/a37159091/aura-photography/\">display colors on top of your image\u003c/a> to symbolize what you’re feeling at the moment. \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>This reporter had an aura photo taken of her at \u003ca href=\"https://www.sfzinefest.org/\">the city’s zine fest\u003c/a> in 2024 by artist Sharon Zheng, who has \u003ca href=\"https://ur-aura.sharonzheng.com/\">a browser version\u003c/a> of her aura photo reader and also offers \u003ca href=\"https://www.instagram.com/sharon/\">pop-up photo sessions\u003c/a> with printed photos and a little companion book to describe the meaning of the colors. \u003ca href=\"https://www.colorofourenergy.com/sanfrancisco\">Color of Our Energy\u003c/a> also accepts appointments for aura photos in San Francisco.\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003ch2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Want to hunt for even more photo booths?\u003c/h2>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>This guide is nonexhaustive, and there are plenty of beloved photo booths still left throughout the city — plus many hobbyists, businesses and people in the know dedicated to finding them. \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cfigure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/08/260730-PhotoboothMapCrawl-07-BL.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-12093968\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/08/260730-PhotoboothMapCrawl-07-BL.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/08/260730-PhotoboothMapCrawl-07-BL-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/08/260730-PhotoboothMapCrawl-07-BL-1536x1024.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">KQED reporter Nisa Khan uses a photo booth at the Photo Booth Museum. 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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003cp>It may be 1 p.m. on a weekday, but that doesn’t stop \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/tag/san-francisco\">San Francisco’s\u003c/a> Photo Booth Museum from being packed. \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>Friends, couples and families huddle together among this collection of analog vintage photo booths from \u003ca href=\"https://www.photomatica.com/analog-photo-booth-guide\">as early as the 1940s\u003c/a> that are installed in the two rooms of this Castro District business. \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>Using these types of photo booths is a serious business — the pictures take some time to develop \u003ca href=\"https://www.photomatica.com/analog-photo-booth-guide\">without the help of digital sensors or printers\u003c/a>, and some groups are discussing their game plan on how to pose before entering the booth, referencing \u003ca href=\"https://www.tiktok.com/discover/photobooth-trend\">various trends \u003c/a>they’ve seen on their feeds online. \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cfigure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/08/260730-PhotoboothMapCrawl-01-BL.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-12093988\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/08/260730-PhotoboothMapCrawl-01-BL.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/08/260730-PhotoboothMapCrawl-01-BL-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/08/260730-PhotoboothMapCrawl-01-BL-1536x1024.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">KQED reporter Sarah Mohamad takes photos at the Photo Booth Museum. (Beth LaBerge/KQED)\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>“People are willing to wait in line,” said Doug Ellington, co-owner of \u003ca href=\"https://www.photomatica.com/\">Photomatica\u003c/a>, the photo booth rental and restoration company which runs the museum. “They’re willing to wait five minutes for a picture [to develop], which is kind of insane.”\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>Many of the booths that were made in the 1950s were advertised as being fast, he said. Their exteriors often even featured atomic symbols and lightning bolts, boasting that you can get your photos in \u003cem>just\u003c/em> five minutes. \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003c/div>",
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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Now the kids, they always ask, ‘I think it’s broken, my picture’s not coming out,’ and sure enough, sometimes, it’s just waiting to be developed,” Ellington said.\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n\u003cli>\u003cstrong>Jump straight to: \u003ca href=\"#booth-jump\">Plan your own photo booth tour of San Francisco\u003c/a>\u003c/strong>\u003c/li>\n\u003c/ul>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>There’s shrieking and giggling as members of one friend group jump in and out of a booth between flashes, so each person can have their personal picture on a black-and-white photostrip. \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>Some visitors are patiently drying their strips, which come out of the machine a little damp, and some are even using blowdryers provided by the museum to speed up the process.\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>Chandler Thao and Manreet Randhawa of Sacramento are using their analog booth photo strip to “soft launch” their six-month relationship.\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cfigure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/08/260730-PhotoboothMapCrawl-22-BL-KQED.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-12093822\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/08/260730-PhotoboothMapCrawl-22-BL-KQED.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/08/260730-PhotoboothMapCrawl-22-BL-KQED-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/08/260730-PhotoboothMapCrawl-22-BL-KQED-1536x1024.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Manreet Randhawa (left) and Chandler Thao hold up their photo booth strip at the Photo Booth Museum. (Beth LaBerge/KQED)\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>“Photos carry a little bit of each person, is how I see it,” Randhawa said. “It’s a physical way to remember a place, a person, a relationship, a moment.”\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>During the summer, the Photo Booth Museum is often this crowded, Ellington said — especially thanks to Gen-Z visitors who covet the analog machine’s vintage photostrips that come in black-and-white or color. \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>“Gen Z specifically takes a lot of pictures, and they’re not really with intent a lot of the time,” Ellington said. “You could take a thousand pictures in a day, literally, and it doesn’t cost you anything, and it just lives on your device.\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>“But the idea of having a physical strip or a physical image is kind of a novelty for young people,” he said.\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003ch2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">A photo booth love story\u003c/h2>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>For Ellington, his love for analog photo booths started with his wife before they got married, 16 years ago. \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>She had taken him into his first one at vintage clothing store Wasteland in San Francisco’s Haight-Ashbury neighborhood. “‘These booths are different,’” he recalled her saying. “‘They make you look good.’” \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>For their wedding celebration, the couple wanted “the photo booth that makes you look like the one in Wasteland,” Ellington said.\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cfigure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/08/260730-PhotoboothMapCrawl-03-BL-KQED.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-12093815\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/08/260730-PhotoboothMapCrawl-03-BL-KQED.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/08/260730-PhotoboothMapCrawl-03-BL-KQED-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/08/260730-PhotoboothMapCrawl-03-BL-KQED-1536x1024.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Visitors look at their photos at the Photo Booth Museum. (Beth LaBerge/KQED)\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>But it was being unable to ultimately rent the kind of analog model they wanted that \u003ca href=\"https://www.photomatica.com/about\">spurred him to build his own\u003c/a> photo booth — sparking a lifelong interest for him and his co-founder, Matt Dewalt, who helped him start Photomatica.\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>Now, Photomatica has photo booth “museums” in several cities across the country, like Los Angeles and Houston. The two and their team have also restored analog booths and built digital booths that can be found across the United States and even in Europe. \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>“It’s a really fun, wholesome experience,” he said. “You don’t throw away a photo strip, and I’ve been doing this for 16 years now.” \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>Vintage photo booths now come to \u003cem>them\u003c/em>, he said — often from old business owners of amusement parks, bowling alleys and carnivals. One booth even came from an arcade in South Africa. \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cfigure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/08/260730-PhotoboothMapCrawl-08-BL-KQED.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-12093817\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/08/260730-PhotoboothMapCrawl-08-BL-KQED.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/08/260730-PhotoboothMapCrawl-08-BL-KQED-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/08/260730-PhotoboothMapCrawl-08-BL-KQED-1536x1024.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">KQED reporter Nisa Khan uses a photo booth at the Photo Booth Museum. (Beth LaBerge/KQED)\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>Ellington said his hope is for San Francisco to eventually emulate a city like Berlin, where there are \u003ca href=\"https://www.aperturetours.com/blog/2017/berlin-photoautomat\">public photo booths on the streets\u003c/a>. “And they’re 3 euros, too, it’s unreal,” he said. “People that travel there know it as a photo booth city.”\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>Seeking out a place’s photo booth is something that couple Thao and Randhawa said they look forward to when they visit somewhere. \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>“Every city that we go to, we do have a photo shoot,” Thao said.\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003ch2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"booth-jump\">Embark on the KQED Photo Booth Tour\u003c/h2>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>While not quite a fully fledged international photo booth city, San Francisco has no shortage of notable booths dotted around the city’s bars, businesses, stores and spaces — and we’ve created (and tested) an itinerary for you to explore many of them. We’ve even thrown in a few fun digital booths along the way. \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>Your self-guided tour will start in San Francisco’s Mission District, then the Castro, Haight-Ashbury before circling back to Mission for the night, though of course you can pick and choose to create your own itinerary through the city. \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cfigure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1526\" height=\"1017\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/08/260730-PhotoboothMapCrawl-24-BL.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-12093966\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/08/260730-PhotoboothMapCrawl-24-BL.jpg 1526w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/08/260730-PhotoboothMapCrawl-24-BL-160x107.jpg 160w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1526px) 100vw, 1526px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Photo booth strips line the walls at the Photo Booth Museum. (Beth LaBerge/KQED)\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>Most of these photo booths — many of which accept credit card or tap-to-pay and are around $7 to $8 for one photo strip — are within another business, like a restaurant or bar.\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>So be sure to check the storefront’s timing to make sure it is open during the hours and days you want to visit. \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003ch3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">\u003cstrong>Start at: Mission Bowling Club\u003c/strong>\u003c/h3>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>Address: 3176 17th St.\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>Type of photobooth: Digital\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>Color or Black/White: Both\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>If you’re tempted to play a couple of rounds of bowling while you’re here, Mission Bowling Club’s hours can \u003ca href=\"https://www.missionbowlingclub.com/hours-info\">be found online\u003c/a> — but heads-up that \u003ca href=\"https://www.missionbowlingclub.com/reserve-a-lane\">the cost of a bowling session\u003c/a> ranges from $58 to $78.\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>Food is also available at the bowling alley — and since it’s one of the few restaurants with a photo booth on the list, it could be a good place to get a bite to eat. (But, of course, there are great bites \u003cem>on the way \u003c/em>to your next photobooth.)\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>Afterward, it’s an 11-minute walk to …\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003ch3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">\u003cstrong>Kilowatt Bar\u003c/strong>\u003c/h3>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>Address: 3160 16th St.\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>Type of photobooth: Analog \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>Color or Black/White: Black/White\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cfigure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/08/260730-PhotoboothMapCrawl-26-BL-KQED.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-12093825\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/08/260730-PhotoboothMapCrawl-26-BL-KQED.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/08/260730-PhotoboothMapCrawl-26-BL-KQED-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/08/260730-PhotoboothMapCrawl-26-BL-KQED-1536x1024.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Joy Zhang and Cicely Liu take photos at Club Photomatica. (Beth LaBerge/KQED)\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>This will be the first analog photobooth of the trek, located in a firehouse-turned-bar that \u003ca href=\"https://kilowattbar.com/\">opened in 1994\u003c/a>. \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>Kilowatt is also a music venue, so along with grabbing a drink, you can \u003cem>also\u003c/em> check out \u003ca href=\"https://kilowattbar.com/events\">its slate of shows on its online calendar\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>Next stop is a 13-minute walk to …\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003ch3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Churchill Cocktail Bar \u003c/h3>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>Address: 198 Church St.\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>Type of photobooth: Digital\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>Color or Black/White: Both\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>A swanky bar with cocktails and whiskeys that is \u003ca href=\"https://www.churchillsf.com/\">“inspired by the legendary Winston Churchill and WWII era accents.”\u003c/a> You can check out \u003ca href=\"https://www.churchillsf.com/menu\">the menu online\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>It is then a 7-minute walk to the …\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003ch3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Photo Booth Museum\u003c/h3>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>Address: 2275 Market St.\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>Type of photobooth: A collection of analog and vintage photo booths\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>Color or Black/White: Varies\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>You’ll find a lot of photo booth varieties and options in this Castro location, as well as opportunities to turn your photostrip into a keychain or buy it a frame for display. \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cfigure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/08/image-4.jpeg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-12093984\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/08/image-4.jpeg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/08/image-4-160x107.jpeg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/08/image-4-1536x1024.jpeg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Visitors make key chains from photo booth strips. (Beth LaBerge/KQED)\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>Owner Ellington’s favorite is a sleek mid-century photo booth that is right next to the museum’s front desk.\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>“The curved old booth is so beautiful,” he said. “I feel like they really cared about how it looks.”\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>Afterward, it is time to jump on a 17-minute bus ride (the 33 Muni) or take a half-hour-long walk to Haight, where you can visit:\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003ch3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Hamu Studio\u003c/h3>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>Address: 1612 Haight St.\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>Type of photobooth: A collection of digital photo booths\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>Color or Black/White: Both\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>Hamu Studio has several very customizable photo booths, where you can choose from a variety of different types of strips and frames — and even select which take you want printed. Hamu also provides props to use in the photos.\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cfigure class=\"wp-block-gallery has-nested-images columns-default is-cropped wp-block-gallery-3 is-layout-flex wp-block-gallery-is-layout-flex\">\n\u003cfigure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" data-id=\"12093967\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/08/260730-PhotoboothMapCrawl-31-BL.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-12093967\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/08/260730-PhotoboothMapCrawl-31-BL.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/08/260730-PhotoboothMapCrawl-31-BL-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/08/260730-PhotoboothMapCrawl-31-BL-1536x1024.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">KQED reporter Nisa Khan selects photos for a booth strip at Hamu Studio. (Beth LaBerge/KQED)\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\n\n\n\u003cfigure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" data-id=\"12093827\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/08/260730-PhotoboothMapCrawl-30-BL-KQED.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-12093827\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/08/260730-PhotoboothMapCrawl-30-BL-KQED.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/08/260730-PhotoboothMapCrawl-30-BL-KQED-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/08/260730-PhotoboothMapCrawl-30-BL-KQED-1536x1024.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Khan uses a high-angle photo booth at Hamu Studio. (Beth LaBerge/KQED)\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003c/figure>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>But the real standout is the “high-angle” booth: a giant pink locker that has a camera and screen installed on the upper corner of the ceiling, resulting in photos that give a vague sense of being on an album cover. \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>Afterward, just a couple of doors down is:\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003ch3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Club Photomatica \u003c/h3>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>Address: 1644 Haight St., located in 710 Collective\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>Type of photobooth: A collection of analog and vintage photo booths\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>Color or Black/White: Varies\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>Cost: Around $7 to $7.50\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cfigure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/08/260730-PhotoboothMapCrawl-27-BL.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-12093964\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/08/260730-PhotoboothMapCrawl-27-BL.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/08/260730-PhotoboothMapCrawl-27-BL-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/08/260730-PhotoboothMapCrawl-27-BL-1536x1024.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Visitors take photos at Club Photomatica, a shop that hosts analog and digital photo booths, on Haight Street. (Beth LaBerge/KQED)\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>Consider this to be a mini Photo Booth Museum since it’s also run by Photomatica, and has plenty of analog booths to choose from. Being located in the 710 Collective, a vintage thrift store, also provides an opportunity to browse the cute clothes this Haight business has to offer. \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>A 4-minute walk away is:\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003ch3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Amoeba Music \u003c/h3>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>Address: 1855 Haight St.\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>Type of photo booth: Digital\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>Color or Black/White: Both\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>This photo booth has the Amoeba Music logo splashed on the background of its pictures. \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\u003cp>Afterward, you can browse the many aisles of this sprawling record store that very much feels like \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12092325/time-travel-to-san-franciscos-past-at-these-local-haunts\">a throwback to ’90s San Francisco\u003c/a>. \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>Keep in mind that it’s procedure for an Amoeba employee to ask you to check your bag at the front desk before entering. \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>For the next stop, catch a Muni bus (the 6 or the 7 east) and travel for around 13 minutes to get to …\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003ch3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Emporium Arcade Bar \u003c/h3>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>Address: 616 Divisadero St\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>Type of photobooth: Digital\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>Color or Black/White: Both\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>This photo booth is inside a massive arcade bar with a ton of games — classic and new — that you can spend a couple of hours on.\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>Afterward, take a 25-minute bus ride (the 24 Muni) to wind down your night back in the Mission, at …\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003ch3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Emmy’s Spaghetti Shack \u003c/h3>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>Address: 3230 Mission St.\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>Type of photobooth: Digital\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>Color or Black/White: Both\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>Emmy’s Spaghetti Shack is a beloved Italian restaurant where you can stop for dinner. The photo strips in this location also come with a cheetah-patterned background. \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>Then, a 3-minute walk away is …\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003ch3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">El Rio \u003c/h3>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>Address: 3158 Mission St.\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>Type of photobooth: Digital\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>Color or Black/White: Color\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>This booth is located in a staple queer bar in the Mission with a breezy, huge outdoor patio where you can enjoy your drinks. \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cfigure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/08/260730-PhotoboothMapCrawl-28-BL-KQED.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-12093826\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/08/260730-PhotoboothMapCrawl-28-BL-KQED.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/08/260730-PhotoboothMapCrawl-28-BL-KQED-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/08/260730-PhotoboothMapCrawl-28-BL-KQED-1536x1024.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Club Photomatica, a shop that hosts analog and digital photo booths, on Haight Street. (Beth LaBerge/KQED)\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>El Rio also hosts \u003ca href=\"https://www.elriosf.com/\">live music as well as karaoke on Thursdays\u003c/a> (but this reporter has had rotten luck trying to get in the singing queue at a decent time in the night).\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>And then, next door, end your night at …\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003ch3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">The Knockout \u003c/h3>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>Address: 3223 Mission St.\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>Type of photobooth: Analog\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>Color or Black/White: Black/White\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>Your last stop of the photo booth tour will be The Knockout’s analog booth — one of the few left in the city that Photomatica does not run. \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>This Mission punk bar also \u003ca href=\"https://theknockoutsf.com/\">hosts music, drag shows, dance parties and more\u003c/a>, and has been open for nearly 20 years.\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003ch2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Honorable San Francisco photo booth mentions\u003c/h2>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>First of all, we’d be remiss not to mention that KQED HQ actually has its own free photo booth situated in our Mission District offices — especially since the resulting photo booth strip includes the KQED logo running at the bottom. \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>While the building’s doors aren’t generally open to visitors, you can get full access to our photo booth during \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/events\">KQED Live events, \u003c/a>which include shows like \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/event/6609/matcha-showdown\">Matcha Showdown, \u003c/a>\u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/event/6616/mic-check-bay-area-music-showcase-feat-kamaiyah\">Mic Check Bay Area and\u003c/a> \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/event/6613/dating-with-dhaya-summer-lovin-edition\">Dating with Dhaya: Summer Lovin’ Edition\u003c/a>. (Let the photo booth tour above be your afterparty!)\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cfigure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/08/260727-PlacesTimeTravel-05-BL.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-12093963\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/08/260727-PlacesTimeTravel-05-BL.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/08/260727-PlacesTimeTravel-05-BL-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/08/260727-PlacesTimeTravel-05-BL-1536x1024.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">A photo booth, part of a mechanical machine, at the Musée Mécanique in Fisherman’s Wharf in San Francisco. (Beth LaBerge/KQED)\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>Some other notable photo booths that unfortunately were not in the path of this tour but are still absolutely worth checking out:\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n\u003cli>\u003ca href=\"https://museemecanique.com/\">Musée Mécanique\u003c/a> in Fisherman’s Wharf, also a treasure of vintage coin-operated machines and arcade games \u003c/li>\n\n\n\n\u003cli>\u003ca href=\"https://www.bingecoffeehouse.com/\">Binge Coffee House\u003c/a> on Valencia Street does not have a traditional photo booth, but rather a very cute, free camera and photo printer at the front of the store (customers also like to stick their receipt-like photo strips on the walls of the store)\u003c/li>\n\n\n\n\u003cli>Japan Center Malls in Japantown has a collection of customizable digital photo booths on the first floor that are similar in style to the Haight’s Hamu Studio, and there is also \u003ca href=\"https://www.instagram.com/p/DHy5DJnRq6h/?hl=en\">a photo booth storefront\u003c/a> on the bridge\u003c/li>\n\n\n\n\u003cli>\u003ca href=\"https://www.potobox.com/pages/locations\">Potobox\u003c/a> in Stonestown Galleria \u003c/li>\n\n\n\n\u003cli>\u003ca href=\"https://www.instagram.com/dreamboxphotos/\">Dreambox Photos\u003c/a> in Chinatown, which provides backdrops like a San Francisco cable car\u003c/li>\n\n\n\n\u003cli>\u003ca href=\"https://www.harasf.com/\">The Ha-Ra Club\u003c/a> in the Tenderloin\u003c/li>\n\n\n\n\u003cli>\u003ca href=\"https://www.mothersf.com/\">Mother\u003c/a>, a queer bar near Valencia Street\u003c/li>\n\n\n\n\u003cli>\u003ca href=\"https://www.instagram.com/bloomssaloon/?hl=en\">Blooms Saloon\u003c/a> in Potrero Hill\u003c/li>\n\u003c/ul>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>Also not quite a photobooth, but still a great experience (and memento): aura photos, which \u003ca href=\"https://www.cosmopolitan.com/lifestyle/a37159091/aura-photography/\">display colors on top of your image\u003c/a> to symbolize what you’re feeling at the moment. \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>This reporter had an aura photo taken of her at \u003ca href=\"https://www.sfzinefest.org/\">the city’s zine fest\u003c/a> in 2024 by artist Sharon Zheng, who has \u003ca href=\"https://ur-aura.sharonzheng.com/\">a browser version\u003c/a> of her aura photo reader and also offers \u003ca href=\"https://www.instagram.com/sharon/\">pop-up photo sessions\u003c/a> with printed photos and a little companion book to describe the meaning of the colors. \u003ca href=\"https://www.colorofourenergy.com/sanfrancisco\">Color of Our Energy\u003c/a> also accepts appointments for aura photos in San Francisco.\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003ch2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Want to hunt for even more photo booths?\u003c/h2>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>This guide is nonexhaustive, and there are plenty of beloved photo booths still left throughout the city — plus many hobbyists, businesses and people in the know dedicated to finding them. \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cfigure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/08/260730-PhotoboothMapCrawl-07-BL.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-12093968\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/08/260730-PhotoboothMapCrawl-07-BL.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/08/260730-PhotoboothMapCrawl-07-BL-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/08/260730-PhotoboothMapCrawl-07-BL-1536x1024.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">KQED reporter Nisa Khan uses a photo booth at the Photo Booth Museum. (Beth LaBerge/KQED)\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>Some great places to start when looking for more photo booths in San Francisco and the wider Bay Area include:\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n\u003cli>\u003ca href=\"https://www.photobooth.net/\">Photobooth.net \u003c/a>\u003c/li>\n\n\n\n\u003cli>\u003ca href=\"https://www.photomatica.com/sf-photo-booth-crawl\">Photomatica’s San Francisco Photo Booth Crawl\u003c/a>\u003c/li>\n\n\n\n\u003cli>\u003ca href=\"https://www.photomatica.com/find-a-booth-near-you\">Photomatica map\u003c/a>\u003c/li>\n\n\n\n\u003cli>\u003ca href=\"https://boothbeacon.org/tours/san-francisco\">Booth Beacon\u003c/a>\u003c/li>\n\u003c/ul>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003c/div>",
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Jared Huffman called on the Federal Aviation Administration on Wednesday to restore quieter flight paths from \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/tag/sonoma-county\">Sonoma County’s\u003c/a> regional airport after temporary changes to accommodate the annual Bohemian Grove encampment — a move that angered residents, who have complained about roaring aircraft noise for years. \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>For more than two years, West Sonoma County representatives, airport officials and residents have urged the FAA to roll back a new, noisier departure route introduced in 2024.\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>Those requests were ignored until July, when the all-male, exclusive Bohemian Club arrived in Monte Rio, a community along the Russian River, in July. \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cfigure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1079\" height=\"765\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/10/Schulz-airport.jpg\" alt=\"A sign at the entrance of the Charles M. Schulz-Sonoma County Airport.\" class=\"wp-image-12009562\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/10/Schulz-airport.jpg 1079w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/10/Schulz-airport-800x567.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/10/Schulz-airport-1020x723.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/10/Schulz-airport-160x113.jpg 160w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1079px) 100vw, 1079px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">The Charles M. Schulz-Sonoma County Airport in Santa Rosa, California. (Courtesy of the Charles M. Schulz-Sonoma County Airport)\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>In a letter to the FAA’s administrator Bryan Bedford on Wednesday, Huffman urged the administration to immediately restore pre-2024 departure protocols at Charles M. Schulz–Sonoma County Airport, and work with county leaders and the community to identify effective long-term solutions. \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>“When the Bohemians come to town, they get the response that I’ve spent the better part of two years demanding with my West County constituents,” Huffman said Wednesday. “But when the private jets go away, we’re not sure what happens. I want to make sure … that the folks I represent get the same consideration as the billionaires and oligarchs who are having a good time in Bohemian Grove.”\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Noise complaints and community strife by Sonoma County residents have quadrupled since the FAA introduced a new departure path, RREHD1, or “Redhead,” that directs planes to take initial turns over populated areas at lower altitudes, in January 2024. \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\u003cp>The path routes departing planes over a narrow ribbon of quiet West Sonoma County, including the communities of Sebastopol, Forestville and Guerneville. \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>“When you’re in an environment where you can hear your own heartbeat and the blood in your ears because it’s that quiet, and a jet comes over you at 60 decibels, that is a shocker,” resident Andrea Oreck said during Wednesday’s community roundtable at the airport. \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>Previously, more planes used a flight path called “Charlie Eight,” which is less rigid, according to Jon Stout, the Sonoma County airport’s administrator.\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>“Charlie Eight spreads that pain around a little bit, so it’s not as impactful on just one section of the population, one section of our ecology,” said Che Casul, a staff member of County Supervisor Lynda Hopkins’ office.\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>Throughout July, residents observed that of the 24 flights through the Sonoma County airport each day, the majority took the former Charlie Eight path, while just three per day flew the new Redhead standard.\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>The FAA said that last month, they temporarily adjusted some departure procedures “for safety reasons due to the increased air traffic from the nearby Bohemian Grove event.” \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cfigure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/08/260805-Sonoma-County-Airport-JC-01-KQED.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-12094006\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/08/260805-Sonoma-County-Airport-JC-01-KQED.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/08/260805-Sonoma-County-Airport-JC-01-KQED-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/08/260805-Sonoma-County-Airport-JC-01-KQED-1536x1024.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">West Sonoma County residents Andrea Oreck and Brian Alper speak at a community roundtable at the Sonoma County airport on Aug. 5, 2026. (Juan Carlos Lara/KQED)\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>The administration said it switched back to normal flight parameters when “extra event traffic cleared up.”\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>While the adjustment provided some peace and quiet to residents, many have been frustrated that it seems a solution only came around to benefit the ultra-rich and powerful who gather at the Bohemian Grove.\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>“If this relief can be given to the powerful elite for a holiday retreat at a moment’s notice for 27 days, then it can be given to us who live under that flight path every day,” Oreck said Wednesday.\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>The Bohemian Club, which has put on an annual encampment since the 1870s, is a private group whose membership spans elite political, business and artistic circles. \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas, documentarian Ken Burns and billionaire businessman David Koch have been \u003ca href=\"https://www.propublica.org/article/clarence-thomas-secretly-attended-koch-brothers-donor-events-scotus\">photographed\u003c/a> together at the site, according to \u003cem>ProPublica\u003c/em>.\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>Huffman likened the temporary change to “corruption,” saying that over the past two years, his office has been told repeatedly that Charlie Eight was no longer a feasible flight path. \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cfigure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/08/260805-Sonoma-County-Airport-JC-03-KQED.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-12094008\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/08/260805-Sonoma-County-Airport-JC-03-KQED.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/08/260805-Sonoma-County-Airport-JC-03-KQED-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/08/260805-Sonoma-County-Airport-JC-03-KQED-1536x1024.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Jenny Calloway from North Bay Rep. Jared Huffman’s office, Che Casul, director of community initiatives for County Supervisor Lynda Hopkins, Rep. Jared Huffman and resident Andrea Oreck speak together at a community roundtable at the Sonoma County airport on Aug. 5, 2026. (Juan Carlos Lara/KQED)\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>“They’re doing Charlie Eight right now. So, that’s a problem,” he said. \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>Airport officials have previously said the 2024 changes were made without their input or knowledge, and that the county has recently submitted a revised Redhead flight plan to the FAA that they hope will be an improvement. \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>But residents say the new plan, which requires planes to turn at slightly higher altitudes, isn’t enough to mitigate the noise.\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>Stout said the airport proposed “Redhead Two” because they believe it is more likely to get approved than a brand new route, but that it is “not the end solution.”\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>Creating a new route for the long-term would likely take years to complete.\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cem>KQED’s \u003c/em>\u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/author/jlara\">\u003cem>Juan Carlos Lara\u003c/em>\u003c/a>\u003cem> contributed to this report.\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\n",
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"content": "\u003cp>Buying a house amid San Francisco’s spiraling \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/affordability\">affordability crisis\u003c/a> can be daunting in even the most traditional of circumstances. But a \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11867110/for-some-parolees-facing-homelessness-communal-houses-fill-the-gap\">group of formerly incarcerated residents\u003c/a> living in the Haight-Ashbury neighborhood is taking on the challenge by trying to buy their beloved Victorian rental, \u003ca href=\"https://www.instagram.com/template.house/\">Template House\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Their vision is to transition the property to a local land trust, ensuring the unique house can exist in perpetuity and offer a shot at communal living for people with experience in the criminal justice system. But as home prices across the city continue to rise because of the artificial intelligence boom, the deadline for the group to raise the money it needs to complete the deal is looming.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“The thing that I really want to do is to take this building off the speculative market. I want this house to be returned to this use case, and a land trust locks it in, in a way that’s really powerful,” said Zarinah Agnew, 44, who runs The Second Life Project, part of the nonprofit District Commons, which is helping steward the deal.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>District Commons runs several communal homes in San Francisco. Template House was formed in 2019 with the specific goal of offering communal living for people exiting prison. The owners, local couple Jessy Kate and Robbie Schingler, supported the vision behind the abolitionist cooperative and agreed to give residents seven years to buy the four-bedroom house and its shady backyard.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But those seven years are now almost up. The five residents are furiously fundraising $1.4 million to purchase the $2 million house. They have secured roughly $63,000 so far through donations, largely from individuals, plus $100,000 in a low-interest loan, with the help of the consulting firm Land and Power, which has helped tenants purchase their buildings in California and New York.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12087367\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12087367\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/06/260611-TEMPLATEHOUSE-09-BL-KQED.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/06/260611-TEMPLATEHOUSE-09-BL-KQED.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/06/260611-TEMPLATEHOUSE-09-BL-KQED-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/06/260611-TEMPLATEHOUSE-09-BL-KQED-1536x1024.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Zarinah Agnew sits inside Template House in San Francisco on June 11, 2026. \u003ccite>(Beth LaBerge/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Their deadline to close on the house is at the end of this year. While the owners support the vision and have kept the price stable to support the sale even as the housing market explodes, they plan to put it on the market if the current residents can’t meet their goal.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>For most, if not all, residents, that would mean moving out of the communal house and likely out of the city to find equivalent rents. Resident Eldridge Cruse, 56, said he pays $1,450 per month for his bed.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Advocates of the model say the need is more pressing than ever. In addition to the AI boom pushing rents to nearly \u003ca href=\"https://www.zillow.com/rental-manager/market-trends/san-francisco-ca/?bedrooms=1\">$4,000 for a one-bedroom\u003c/a>, a shift toward tougher-on-crime policing and prosecution both locally and nationally is occurring, which can leave people who have been arrested or incarcerated facing more barriers to accessing stable housing.[aside postID=news_12087973 hero='https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/02/260127-SUPERBOWLHOMELESSNESS-13-BL-KQED.jpg']In San Francisco, \u003ca href=\"https://www.justice.gov/usao-ndca/pr/arrests-drug-seizures-and-federal-drug-trafficking-charges-surge-san-francisco-through\">arrests have surged in recent years\u003c/a> even as crime rates overall have \u003ca href=\"https://media.api.sf.gov/documents/PoliceCommission7826_-__Crime_Trends_Notes.pdf\">decreased\u003c/a>. Public safety dominated political discussions and campaigns coming out of the pandemic, and the city has moved to put programs like a \u003ca href=\"https://sfstandard.com/2026/06/08/nonprofit-keeps-95-clients-jail-court-sf-courts-want-kill/\">pretrial diversion program\u003c/a> on the chopping block. That has the potential to increase the jail population and create an even larger number of people with barriers to securing leases and closing housing deals.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Template House is currently a permanent home for five residents. But the house often keeps a bed or two open for people in an emergency who are looking for a place to sleep while figuring out their next steps.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“We had two young guys come in from ICE detention who just needed a place to be. If they didn’t have an address, they were going to remain incarcerated,” said Agnew, referring to U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement. “It’s a way of being able to offer solidarity and pay it forward, so it’s nice to have a couple of empty beds.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>For Cruse, one of the original full-time tenants at Template House, the space has been an unexpectedly critical part of his journey reacclimating back into everyday society.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Cruse arrived at Template House after spending 29 years in prison for being involved in a murder. Released without parole after his case was overturned in 2019, he didn’t qualify for transitional housing or other step-down programs. He connected with Agnew after a series of phone calls with lawyers and friends, and she offered him a place to crash at one of the other communal homes part of District Commons.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>When he arrived, he immediately recognized some of the men he knew in prison sitting around a common area, and said he felt waves of relief.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12087365\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12087365\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/06/260611-TEMPLATEHOUSE-01-BL-KQED.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/06/260611-TEMPLATEHOUSE-01-BL-KQED.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/06/260611-TEMPLATEHOUSE-01-BL-KQED-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/06/260611-TEMPLATEHOUSE-01-BL-KQED-1536x1024.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Eldridge Cruse carries a pot of soup to the backyard for a dinner party at Template House in San Francisco on June 11, 2026. \u003ccite>(Beth LaBerge/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>“What we’re trying to keep alive is that spirit of coming home to someplace that brings comfort instead of anxiety. And my success since I’ve been here has been attributed to me having such a soft landing,” said Cruse, who now is an assistant director at a homeless shelter in San Francisco.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Shortly after Cruse arrived in 2019, District Commons proceeded to add another house to their community of cooperatives at the Haight-Ashbury building that’s now Template House.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The group landed on a strategy to work with Agnew’s nonprofit to purchase the house. Part of the thinking was that some people exiting incarceration might not have ample savings to put into buying a house and fundraising with the nonprofit could allow them to personally save in the meantime.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>It’s also more straightforward to fundraise for a nonprofit than for individuals. And, residents can learn about the process of homeownership and the financial steps to get there, while avoiding some of the financial pressure to manage the dynamics of San Francisco’s unforgiving housing market.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12087369\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12087369\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/06/260611-TEMPLATEHOUSE-14-BL-KQED.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/06/260611-TEMPLATEHOUSE-14-BL-KQED.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/06/260611-TEMPLATEHOUSE-14-BL-KQED-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/06/260611-TEMPLATEHOUSE-14-BL-KQED-1536x1024.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Residents and friends gather for a backyard dinner party at Template House in San Francisco on June 11, 2026. \u003ccite>(Beth LaBerge/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>“I can deal with the social aspect of this, but the management aspect, I leave it to the professionals,” Cruse said. “Who knows? Maybe one day I will be able to do it. But as of this time, it is very important for those who do know how to do this correctly that they do take the lead in it. And one day, then we’re able to take on those responsibilities.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Not everyone in the house has lived experience in prison, and integrating different life and financial backgrounds is part of the group’s theory of success, as well.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“There is always some difficulty that can come with living in co-ops. It’s never quite as rosy as some might try to portray,” said Jeremy Mack, who lived at the house for around two years during graduate school and does not have direct personal experience with the justice system.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“But ultimately, spaces like Template are filling such an important gap that exists in the city and in the Bay Area at large, and are really a beautiful oasis in a landscape right now that is increasingly carceral, that is increasingly difficult to navigate, and expensive for people who are coming out of incarceration,” Mack said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12087368\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12087368\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/06/260611-TEMPLATEHOUSE-11-BL-KQED.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/06/260611-TEMPLATEHOUSE-11-BL-KQED.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/06/260611-TEMPLATEHOUSE-11-BL-KQED-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/06/260611-TEMPLATEHOUSE-11-BL-KQED-1536x1024.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Residents and friends gather for a backyard dinner party at Template House in San Francisco on June 11, 2026. \u003ccite>(Beth LaBerge/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Template housemates say their long-term vision is a model of “mutually stewarded autonomy,” where they learn to run and manage the house together and ultimately take it off the market long-term by transferring it to a land trust.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“The Community Land Trust is a sort of legal structure that can outlive your lifetime,” Agnew said. “We talked about whether people wanted to do a shared ownership model, but everybody said that that was too stressful and would be a lot of admin… People really wanted to focus on the family and home dynamic more than the operations and logistics.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Cruse said he already knows there’s demand, based on conversations he has with other formerly incarcerated people he knows and meets, whether that’s at backyard barbecues he co-hosts or just through community networks.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Now, residents and their allies are hurrying to recruit potential donors and lenders in the next six months to make the model feasible.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Template is our step forward to see if we can create this cooperative, self-managing ownership structure as an alternative to halfway houses at scale,” he said. “This is just the beginning of something that is needed.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad floatright]\u003c/p>\n",
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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>District Commons runs several communal homes in San Francisco. Template House was formed in 2019 with the specific goal of offering communal living for people exiting prison. The owners, local couple Jessy Kate and Robbie Schingler, supported the vision behind the abolitionist cooperative and agreed to give residents seven years to buy the four-bedroom house and its shady backyard.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But those seven years are now almost up. The five residents are furiously fundraising $1.4 million to purchase the $2 million house. They have secured roughly $63,000 so far through donations, largely from individuals, plus $100,000 in a low-interest loan, with the help of the consulting firm Land and Power, which has helped tenants purchase their buildings in California and New York.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12087367\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12087367\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/06/260611-TEMPLATEHOUSE-09-BL-KQED.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/06/260611-TEMPLATEHOUSE-09-BL-KQED.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/06/260611-TEMPLATEHOUSE-09-BL-KQED-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/06/260611-TEMPLATEHOUSE-09-BL-KQED-1536x1024.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Zarinah Agnew sits inside Template House in San Francisco on June 11, 2026. \u003ccite>(Beth LaBerge/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Their deadline to close on the house is at the end of this year. While the owners support the vision and have kept the price stable to support the sale even as the housing market explodes, they plan to put it on the market if the current residents can’t meet their goal.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>For most, if not all, residents, that would mean moving out of the communal house and likely out of the city to find equivalent rents. Resident Eldridge Cruse, 56, said he pays $1,450 per month for his bed.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Advocates of the model say the need is more pressing than ever. In addition to the AI boom pushing rents to nearly \u003ca href=\"https://www.zillow.com/rental-manager/market-trends/san-francisco-ca/?bedrooms=1\">$4,000 for a one-bedroom\u003c/a>, a shift toward tougher-on-crime policing and prosecution both locally and nationally is occurring, which can leave people who have been arrested or incarcerated facing more barriers to accessing stable housing.\u003c/p>\u003c/div>",
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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>In San Francisco, \u003ca href=\"https://www.justice.gov/usao-ndca/pr/arrests-drug-seizures-and-federal-drug-trafficking-charges-surge-san-francisco-through\">arrests have surged in recent years\u003c/a> even as crime rates overall have \u003ca href=\"https://media.api.sf.gov/documents/PoliceCommission7826_-__Crime_Trends_Notes.pdf\">decreased\u003c/a>. Public safety dominated political discussions and campaigns coming out of the pandemic, and the city has moved to put programs like a \u003ca href=\"https://sfstandard.com/2026/06/08/nonprofit-keeps-95-clients-jail-court-sf-courts-want-kill/\">pretrial diversion program\u003c/a> on the chopping block. That has the potential to increase the jail population and create an even larger number of people with barriers to securing leases and closing housing deals.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Template House is currently a permanent home for five residents. 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He connected with Agnew after a series of phone calls with lawyers and friends, and she offered him a place to crash at one of the other communal homes part of District Commons.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>When he arrived, he immediately recognized some of the men he knew in prison sitting around a common area, and said he felt waves of relief.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12087365\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12087365\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/06/260611-TEMPLATEHOUSE-01-BL-KQED.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/06/260611-TEMPLATEHOUSE-01-BL-KQED.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/06/260611-TEMPLATEHOUSE-01-BL-KQED-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/06/260611-TEMPLATEHOUSE-01-BL-KQED-1536x1024.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Eldridge Cruse carries a pot of soup to the backyard for a dinner party at Template House in San Francisco on June 11, 2026. \u003ccite>(Beth LaBerge/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>“What we’re trying to keep alive is that spirit of coming home to someplace that brings comfort instead of anxiety. And my success since I’ve been here has been attributed to me having such a soft landing,” said Cruse, who now is an assistant director at a homeless shelter in San Francisco.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Shortly after Cruse arrived in 2019, District Commons proceeded to add another house to their community of cooperatives at the Haight-Ashbury building that’s now Template House.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The group landed on a strategy to work with Agnew’s nonprofit to purchase the house. Part of the thinking was that some people exiting incarceration might not have ample savings to put into buying a house and fundraising with the nonprofit could allow them to personally save in the meantime.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>It’s also more straightforward to fundraise for a nonprofit than for individuals. And, residents can learn about the process of homeownership and the financial steps to get there, while avoiding some of the financial pressure to manage the dynamics of San Francisco’s unforgiving housing market.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12087369\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12087369\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/06/260611-TEMPLATEHOUSE-14-BL-KQED.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/06/260611-TEMPLATEHOUSE-14-BL-KQED.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/06/260611-TEMPLATEHOUSE-14-BL-KQED-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/06/260611-TEMPLATEHOUSE-14-BL-KQED-1536x1024.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Residents and friends gather for a backyard dinner party at Template House in San Francisco on June 11, 2026. \u003ccite>(Beth LaBerge/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>“I can deal with the social aspect of this, but the management aspect, I leave it to the professionals,” Cruse said. “Who knows? Maybe one day I will be able to do it. But as of this time, it is very important for those who do know how to do this correctly that they do take the lead in it. And one day, then we’re able to take on those responsibilities.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Not everyone in the house has lived experience in prison, and integrating different life and financial backgrounds is part of the group’s theory of success, as well.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“There is always some difficulty that can come with living in co-ops. It’s never quite as rosy as some might try to portray,” said Jeremy Mack, who lived at the house for around two years during graduate school and does not have direct personal experience with the justice system.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“But ultimately, spaces like Template are filling such an important gap that exists in the city and in the Bay Area at large, and are really a beautiful oasis in a landscape right now that is increasingly carceral, that is increasingly difficult to navigate, and expensive for people who are coming out of incarceration,” Mack said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12087368\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12087368\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/06/260611-TEMPLATEHOUSE-11-BL-KQED.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/06/260611-TEMPLATEHOUSE-11-BL-KQED.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/06/260611-TEMPLATEHOUSE-11-BL-KQED-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/06/260611-TEMPLATEHOUSE-11-BL-KQED-1536x1024.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Residents and friends gather for a backyard dinner party at Template House in San Francisco on June 11, 2026. \u003ccite>(Beth LaBerge/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Template housemates say their long-term vision is a model of “mutually stewarded autonomy,” where they learn to run and manage the house together and ultimately take it off the market long-term by transferring it to a land trust.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“The Community Land Trust is a sort of legal structure that can outlive your lifetime,” Agnew said. “We talked about whether people wanted to do a shared ownership model, but everybody said that that was too stressful and would be a lot of admin… People really wanted to focus on the family and home dynamic more than the operations and logistics.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Cruse said he already knows there’s demand, based on conversations he has with other formerly incarcerated people he knows and meets, whether that’s at backyard barbecues he co-hosts or just through community networks.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Now, residents and their allies are hurrying to recruit potential donors and lenders in the next six months to make the model feasible.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Template is our step forward to see if we can create this cooperative, self-managing ownership structure as an alternative to halfway houses at scale,” he said. “This is just the beginning of something that is needed.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003c/div>",
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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"http://kqed.org/news/tag/wildfires\">Wildfire\u003c/a> smoke from the Pacific Northwest could settle over the Bay Area, impacting air quality in the coming days, according to climate officials.\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>The Bay Area Air District issued an air quality advisory for Tuesday and Wednesday, warning about the possibility of hazy skies as fires burning across Oregon and Washington exhibit what the National Interagency Fire Center called “extreme fire behavior.” \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>“Smoke has already been drifting offshore. It’s moving south, and those smokes are expected to drift and move down along the coast,” said Duc Nguyen, a meteorologist with the Bay Area air district. “Essentially, it’s going to enter the Bay Area right through the Golden Gate area.”\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>Dozens of fires, including the Rowe Creek Complex Fire near Bend, Oregon and the Little Giant Fire near Lake Chelan in Washington, have burned hundreds of thousands of acres in the Pacific Northwest in recent weeks. Many were started by lightning strikes, which ignited dried-out trees and debris in hot, windy conditions that made it easy for fires to spread. \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>Although air quality throughout the Bay Area was mostly in the healthy range midday Tuesday, according to the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency’s monitoring, the air district predicted that levels could slip into the ‘moderate’ to ‘unhealthy for sensitive groups’ zones throughout the day. \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003c/div>",
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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Pollution levels between 50 and 100 are considered moderate, and can be a risk for a small number of people, while levels between 100 and 150 can cause adverse health impacts for sensitive groups. In those conditions, older people, children and those with respiratory illnesses like asthma, emphysema and COPD should take extra precautions to avoid exposure, according to the air district. \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>Wildfire smoke contains fine particulate matter, most commonly PM2.5, and other harmful pollutants that are unhealthy, even for short periods of exposure. \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>Nguyen said that since the exact impact of the smoke is hard to predict, depending on the weather and wind conditions across the state, residents should monitor their local air quality and take precautions if their area’s pollution levels are elevated.\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>The agency recommended that Bay Area residents stay inside with windows and doors closed if there is smoke in their area. If they are driving, people can reduce smoke exposure by setting car vents to recirculate, to prevent outside air from entering the vehicle.\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>“We are in the peak of the wildfire season, a lot of lands are being burned and it’s really impacting the health of a lot of people,” Nguyen said. \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“We’re going to be watching very closely just to try to understand the impact and also getting some guidance,” he said.\u003c/p>\n\n\u003c/div>\u003c/p>",
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"content": "\u003cp>Since pandemic-era restrictions lifted in 2021, concert etiquette has been a hot topic among live music fans. \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>The complaints range far and wide: Constant \u003ca href=\"https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-features/concert-behavior-bebe-rexha-pink-ashes-ava-max-1234782356/\">phone use\u003c/a>. Throwing \u003ca href=\"https://www.npr.org/transcripts/1197953096\">“gifts” on the stage\u003c/a>, sometimes even hitting the artist. And most recently, according to musicians Olivia Rodrigo and Noah Kahan, \u003ca href=\"https://www.theguardian.com/music/2026/jul/22/pass-the-pit-diapers-why-are-fans-wetting-themselves-to-stand-front-row-at-concerts-olivia-rodrigo-noah-kahan-morgan-wallen\">wearing diapers\u003c/a> to avoid going to the bathroom and losing a spot. \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>But while wearing diapers (for non-medical reasons) is rather unpleasant — do you want to upset your fellow fans and Rodrigo \u003cem>personally? \u003c/em>— a concerning element many concertgoers have started \u003ca href=\"https://dailyfreepress.com/02/28/15/210485/rocking-out-has-gotten-out-of-hand-mad-women/\">discussing more\u003c/a> is \u003ca href=\"https://www.reddit.com/r/Ethelcain/comments/1swc8r2/are_people_passing_out_at_every_show_or_whats/\">people passing out\u003c/a> in the crowd to the point of halting the concert — sometimes due to dehydration and exhaustion after \u003ca href=\"https://www.billboard.com/music/concerts/phoebe-bridgers-toronto-fan-medical-calls-1235084420/\">overnight camping\u003c/a> to get to the front of a barricade, like Phoebe Bridgers fans in 2022.\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>“Something is happening on this tour that we have never, ever experienced before, which is that we’re seeing more people than ever either pass out or have panic attacks in the audience,” singer Maggie Rogers said \u003ca href=\"https://people.com/music/maggie-rogers-says-more-concertgoers-pass-out-and-have-panic-attacks-post-pandemic/\">in 2023.\u003c/a> \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>This reporter watched Lorde stop her 2025 Berkeley show several times to allow medical staff to help someone out of the crowded general admission section at the front — the singer patiently waiting for the audience member to be escorted safely out.\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cfigure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/07/OutsideLandsEG.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-12091860\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/07/OutsideLandsEG.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/07/OutsideLandsEG-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/07/OutsideLandsEG-1536x1024.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Nori Nakayama, right, poses for a portrait as Glass Animals performs at Outside Lands on Aug. 9, 2025. (Estefany Gonzalez for KQED)\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>In a day and age where tickets cost an arm and a leg, this reporter can somewhat understand the desire to make the most out of an experience. And to put the blame entirely on fan behavior would be unfair. For example, water bottles in stadiums can be pricey (although many offer refill stations now), and extreme weather conditions, \u003ca href=\"https://www.businessinsider.com/billie-eilish-concert-london-people-fainting-fan-safety-2022-6\">especially\u003c/a> \u003ca href=\"https://www.fox5dc.com/news/6-hospitalized-heat-related-illness-stray-kids-concert-nats-park\">heat\u003c/a>, have also led to \u003ca href=\"https://deadline.com/2026/07/lorde-pauses-lollapalooza-show-fans-pass-out-1237015099/\">people fainting\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But while it may seem to fans like there’s been a post-pandemic increase in questionable concert behavior, everything — diapers, rushing the barricade, avoiding drinking to save a spot — has actually been part of fan behavior for generations, according to Gordon Oldham, managing director of \u003ca href=\"https://www.rockmed.org/\">Rock Medicine\u003c/a> (a program of HealthRIGHT 360), which has \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12090715/outside-lands-ticket-pass-friday-saturday-sunday-lineup-resale-scams-2026\">worked festivals like San Francisco’s Outside Lands\u003c/a>. \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>In fact, he said, the idea of Rock Medicine started in 1972, a few years after the Summer of Love, when founder \u003ca href=\"https://www.sfgate.com/bayarea/article/Dr-George-Skip-Gay-dies-in-Alaska-3224695.php\">Skip Gay\u003c/a> and the Haight-Ashbury Free Clinic were asked to help out with two massive outdoor concerts featuring the Grateful Dead and Led Zeppelin.\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>“The city of San Francisco was kind of going, ‘Holy crap.’ Because what most people don’t realize is that only roughly 20% of the concert goers — and that’s still probably a little high — live in the local area,” he said. “Seventy to 80% come from outside the area. Our infrastructure is built to take care of the people that live in the city.\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\u003cp>“So they were kind of freaking out, and we’ve got to remember they were \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12050476/the-deadheads-are-coming-and-sf-is-ready-next-up-2-more-weekends-of-live-music\">Deadheads\u003c/a>,” Oldham said. \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>Rock Medicine was formalized in 1973 and still continues to provide support at venues like Levi’s Stadium and the Bill Graham Civic Auditorium.\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>“We might not be all hippies and wearing tie-dye and all the crazy stuff we did back in the day, but we still provide the exact same medicine that we started 53 years ago,” he said.\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>A major tenet of event medicine, Oldham said, is to take care of the fan at the venue and “get them home safe and sound with their family and their friends” without overwhelming the local infrastructure, like hospitals, fire departments and police. \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>“We were built on non-judgmental healthcare,” he said. “We’ve all done crazy stuff in our lives … We just want to take care of people.”\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>If you are going to a show any time soon — be it a major stadium show or outdoor music festival like Outside Lands or \u003ca href=\"https://www.daisychainfields.com/\">Daisy Chain Fields\u003c/a> down in Southern California — and you tend to be the responsible member of the friend group, here’s what you should keep in mind for you and your loved ones when attending. \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>This guide is primarily for those who don’t have a history of fainting. Be sure to check out \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12091823/outside-lands-2026-tickets-parking-road-closures-and-bag-rules\">KQED’s guide on Outside Lands\u003c/a> to learn more about the festival’s options for accessibility. \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003ch2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">First off: What is event medicine?\u003c/h2>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>The folks at the first aid or medical tents are sometimes volunteer or staffed doctors, nurses and EMTs with an organization dedicated to event medicine — also known as crowd medicine. \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>“We work as a medical clinic on site, an urgent care clinic,” Oldham said. “We’re able to stitch people up, fix them up, get them better, hydrate them if we need to and get them back out to the show.” \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>Oldham emphasized that over Rock Medicine’s 50-plus years of experience, only a small percentage of the audience ends up at the medical tent or booth. But they have seen it all — impacts from heat, alcohol, the common cold.\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cfigure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/08/08082025_Outsidelands_EG_082_qed.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-12052315\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/08/08082025_Outsidelands_EG_082_qed.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/08/08082025_Outsidelands_EG_082_qed-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/08/08082025_Outsidelands_EG_082_qed-1536x1024.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">A concertgoer wears three pairs of sunglasses as he watches Ca7riel and Paco Amoroso perform at Outside Lands on Sunday, Aug. 10, 2025. (Estefany Gonzalez for KQED)\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>“We’re used to a lot of vomit,” he said. “We’re used to people not happy and sad and crying. But everybody tries to be very cheerful, happy and give them the best experience possible with medicine.”\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>“The things we see the most are low-acuity common things like asthma exacerbations, trips and falls, abrasions and lacerations and cuts, abdominal pain,” said Matt Friedman, an emergency medicine physician and national medical director for \u003ca href=\"https://crowdrx.org/\">CrowdRx\u003c/a>, which provides medical support to venues like Chase Center, SoFi Stadium in Los Angeles and Madison Square Garden in New York. \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>“The adrenaline surges and emotional highs — and people are just so excited that they forget to eat and drink,” he said. “But at some points, no matter how young and vivacious you are, at some point that surge is gonna dampen a little bit.”\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003ch2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">What happens when you do pass out?\u003c/h2>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>Age-wise, visits to the medical tent vary, but Oldham said “the majority” tend to be younger fans. \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>“Younger fans that haven’t been there, haven’t done that before,” he said. “It’s all new to them, and they spent a bazillion dollars to go see this artist, and they want to be as close as they can.\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>“But if you don’t take care of yourself, you end up with us, and then you don’t see them at all,” he said. \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cfigure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1280\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2021/10/Josh-Withers-scaled-e1635549076106.jpg\" alt=\"A large crowd at a nighttime outdoor concert.\" class=\"wp-image-11894419\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">A packed crowd at the Outside Lands Festival in Golden Gate Park in 2019, the last time the event was held before the COVID pandemic. (Josh Withers/Outside Lands)\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>“We see it among younger fans, but we also see it amongst the elderly as well, who sort of suffer as well from standing in positions waiting for the show to open and from the sun exposure,” Friedman said. \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>By the time the headliner comes up — “whether it’s Lorde or Billie Eilish or ACDC, I don’t care who it is” — at least six to seven fans who have been standing in front of the barricade all day long are going to experience a “sinkable episode,” Oldham said.\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>“People think they have a seizure,” Oldham said. “They just have a quick pass out because their body’s had enough, and that’s telling you, ‘Hey, you gotta take care of yourself.’”\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>Friedman said that most of the time, “passing out is a pretty benign experience” and there are “no long-term harmful effects.”\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\u003cp>However, he said what first aid staff is really worried about is when people pass out and “hit their head hard — and that can be just from a ground-level fall.”\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>There’s also “the other 5% of the cases where passing out is not due to a benign cause, but has sort of a serious cause that we need to investigate,” he said. \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>Either way, once you pass out, Friedman said, “you’re not feeling back to your normal self right away. It takes a while. It takes 30 minutes to a couple of hours to feel back to your normal self, back to the point where you can enjoy the show again,” which you have likely missed a good portion of. \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>Some people may need to recover by getting rehydrated with IV fluids. Some people need to have their electrolytes checked. And sometimes, staff may need to be more involved.\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>“There’s a bunch of things as the medical providers, we need to do and make sure that you’re not in the 5% of the group that has serious causes for the passing out,” he said. “Sometimes we will do an EKG; we’re gonna monitor your vital signs, and we don’t just want one set of vital signs. We wanna repeat vital signs 10 minutes later to make sure that they’re improving … We really have to investigate why each time somebody passes out.”\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003ch2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">What should you know about concert health?\u003c/h2>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>The prep starts early\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>Oldham said that fans should prepare a couple of days early before going to a festival like Outside Lands — specifically drinking water and hydrating themselves. \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>“It’s like an adult Disneyland for a weekend where there’s all these cool things and different things that they can go do and see,” he said. “And if you don’t prepare for the three days in advance, it’s gonna catch up with you.”\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>He said people should try to hydrate with more than just water — anything with electrolytes, such as Gatorade or Liquid IV packs. If someone is going to multiple days of a festival, they should return home that night with the intention of hydrating themselves before bed and preparing for the next day. \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cfigure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1280\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/07/outside-lands-2025.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-12050547\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/07/outside-lands-2025.png 1920w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/07/outside-lands-2025-160x107.png 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/07/outside-lands-2025-1536x1024.png 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1920px) 100vw, 1920px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Chappell Roan performs at Outside Lands 2024. (Alive Coverage/Outside Lands)\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>Oldham said most venues allow for a refillable water bottle and some have water stations, where fans can fill their containers for free. (Be sure to check what kind of bottles are allowed at a stadium or venue — for example, some places ban \u003cem>glass\u003c/em> bottles.)\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>“We want people to eat like they normally would and drink like they normally would and really prepare for the show knowing that they’re gonna be standing for several hours on end,” Friedman said. \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Know what to do in the heat\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>While San Francisco in particular isn’t known for having extreme heat waves like some parts of the Bay Area, experts say that even \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11878134/bay-area-heat-wave-how-to-stay-safe-during-dangerously-hot-weather\">85 degrees can be dangerous for people\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>Be sure to relax in the shade, Oldham said, stay out of the sun for some periods of time and wear sunscreen. \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>He also recommended cutting down alcohol and soda intake during the hottest parts of the day. Oldham noted that \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12030278/things-to-do-bay-area-alcohol-free-evening\">younger crowds aren’t big drinkers\u003c/a>, but if they were to consume alcohol, they should try to have water afterward.\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>Heat exhaustion is what happens when the body loses too much water and salt, and signs of it \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11878134/bay-area-heat-wave-how-to-stay-safe-during-dangerously-hot-weather\">include cramps, headache, nausea, tiredness or dizziness\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>To get quick relief, fans can cool their body’s pulse points, such as the back of their neck, the inside of their elbows and behind their knees.\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>(Although remember, if the festival you are heading to is Outside Lands, know that Golden Gate Park can get unpredictably cold. Be sure to have layers on hand.)\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Don’t lock your knees\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\u003cp>You’ve probably seen videos of weddings where the groomsmen suddenly collapse. 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Many may also fear crushes, in which a crowd becomes dangerous and can lead to deaths, like \u003ca href=\"https://www.npr.org/2021/11/09/1053828800/south-korea-seoul-halloween-crowd-safety-tips\">the Halloween celebration tragedy in South Korea in 2022\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>“The more barriers you have and engineering controls to prevent too many people from going into too crowded of an area, the better,” Friedman said. “At times we bemoan security measures, which takes a long time to get into the venue. 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Our infrastructure is built to take care of the people that live in the city.\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\u003cp>“So they were kind of freaking out, and we’ve got to remember they were \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12050476/the-deadheads-are-coming-and-sf-is-ready-next-up-2-more-weekends-of-live-music\">Deadheads\u003c/a>,” Oldham said. \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>Rock Medicine was formalized in 1973 and still continues to provide support at venues like Levi’s Stadium and the Bill Graham Civic Auditorium.\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>“We might not be all hippies and wearing tie-dye and all the crazy stuff we did back in the day, but we still provide the exact same medicine that we started 53 years ago,” he said.\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>A major tenet of event medicine, Oldham said, is to take care of the fan at the venue and “get them home safe and sound with their family and their friends” without overwhelming the local infrastructure, like hospitals, fire departments and police. \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>“We were built on non-judgmental healthcare,” he said. “We’ve all done crazy stuff in our lives … We just want to take care of people.”\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>If you are going to a show any time soon — be it a major stadium show or outdoor music festival like Outside Lands or \u003ca href=\"https://www.daisychainfields.com/\">Daisy Chain Fields\u003c/a> down in Southern California — and you tend to be the responsible member of the friend group, here’s what you should keep in mind for you and your loved ones when attending. \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>This guide is primarily for those who don’t have a history of fainting. Be sure to check out \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12091823/outside-lands-2026-tickets-parking-road-closures-and-bag-rules\">KQED’s guide on Outside Lands\u003c/a> to learn more about the festival’s options for accessibility. \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003ch2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">First off: What is event medicine?\u003c/h2>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>The folks at the first aid or medical tents are sometimes volunteer or staffed doctors, nurses and EMTs with an organization dedicated to event medicine — also known as crowd medicine. \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>“We work as a medical clinic on site, an urgent care clinic,” Oldham said. “We’re able to stitch people up, fix them up, get them better, hydrate them if we need to and get them back out to the show.” \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>Oldham emphasized that over Rock Medicine’s 50-plus years of experience, only a small percentage of the audience ends up at the medical tent or booth. But they have seen it all — impacts from heat, alcohol, the common cold.\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cfigure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/08/08082025_Outsidelands_EG_082_qed.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-12052315\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/08/08082025_Outsidelands_EG_082_qed.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/08/08082025_Outsidelands_EG_082_qed-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/08/08082025_Outsidelands_EG_082_qed-1536x1024.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">A concertgoer wears three pairs of sunglasses as he watches Ca7riel and Paco Amoroso perform at Outside Lands on Sunday, Aug. 10, 2025. (Estefany Gonzalez for KQED)\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>“We’re used to a lot of vomit,” he said. “We’re used to people not happy and sad and crying. But everybody tries to be very cheerful, happy and give them the best experience possible with medicine.”\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>“The things we see the most are low-acuity common things like asthma exacerbations, trips and falls, abrasions and lacerations and cuts, abdominal pain,” said Matt Friedman, an emergency medicine physician and national medical director for \u003ca href=\"https://crowdrx.org/\">CrowdRx\u003c/a>, which provides medical support to venues like Chase Center, SoFi Stadium in Los Angeles and Madison Square Garden in New York. \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>“The adrenaline surges and emotional highs — and people are just so excited that they forget to eat and drink,” he said. “But at some points, no matter how young and vivacious you are, at some point that surge is gonna dampen a little bit.”\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003ch2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">What happens when you do pass out?\u003c/h2>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>Age-wise, visits to the medical tent vary, but Oldham said “the majority” tend to be younger fans. \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>“Younger fans that haven’t been there, haven’t done that before,” he said. “It’s all new to them, and they spent a bazillion dollars to go see this artist, and they want to be as close as they can.\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>“But if you don’t take care of yourself, you end up with us, and then you don’t see them at all,” he said. \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cfigure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1280\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2021/10/Josh-Withers-scaled-e1635549076106.jpg\" alt=\"A large crowd at a nighttime outdoor concert.\" class=\"wp-image-11894419\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">A packed crowd at the Outside Lands Festival in Golden Gate Park in 2019, the last time the event was held before the COVID pandemic. (Josh Withers/Outside Lands)\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>“We see it among younger fans, but we also see it amongst the elderly as well, who sort of suffer as well from standing in positions waiting for the show to open and from the sun exposure,” Friedman said. \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>By the time the headliner comes up — “whether it’s Lorde or Billie Eilish or ACDC, I don’t care who it is” — at least six to seven fans who have been standing in front of the barricade all day long are going to experience a “sinkable episode,” Oldham said.\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>“People think they have a seizure,” Oldham said. “They just have a quick pass out because their body’s had enough, and that’s telling you, ‘Hey, you gotta take care of yourself.’”\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>Friedman said that most of the time, “passing out is a pretty benign experience” and there are “no long-term harmful effects.”\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\u003cp>However, he said what first aid staff is really worried about is when people pass out and “hit their head hard — and that can be just from a ground-level fall.”\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>There’s also “the other 5% of the cases where passing out is not due to a benign cause, but has sort of a serious cause that we need to investigate,” he said. \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>Either way, once you pass out, Friedman said, “you’re not feeling back to your normal self right away. It takes a while. It takes 30 minutes to a couple of hours to feel back to your normal self, back to the point where you can enjoy the show again,” which you have likely missed a good portion of. \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>Some people may need to recover by getting rehydrated with IV fluids. Some people need to have their electrolytes checked. And sometimes, staff may need to be more involved.\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>“There’s a bunch of things as the medical providers, we need to do and make sure that you’re not in the 5% of the group that has serious causes for the passing out,” he said. “Sometimes we will do an EKG; we’re gonna monitor your vital signs, and we don’t just want one set of vital signs. We wanna repeat vital signs 10 minutes later to make sure that they’re improving … We really have to investigate why each time somebody passes out.”\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003ch2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">What should you know about concert health?\u003c/h2>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>The prep starts early\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>Oldham said that fans should prepare a couple of days early before going to a festival like Outside Lands — specifically drinking water and hydrating themselves. \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>“It’s like an adult Disneyland for a weekend where there’s all these cool things and different things that they can go do and see,” he said. “And if you don’t prepare for the three days in advance, it’s gonna catch up with you.”\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>He said people should try to hydrate with more than just water — anything with electrolytes, such as Gatorade or Liquid IV packs. If someone is going to multiple days of a festival, they should return home that night with the intention of hydrating themselves before bed and preparing for the next day. \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cfigure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1280\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/07/outside-lands-2025.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-12050547\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/07/outside-lands-2025.png 1920w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/07/outside-lands-2025-160x107.png 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/07/outside-lands-2025-1536x1024.png 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1920px) 100vw, 1920px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Chappell Roan performs at Outside Lands 2024. (Alive Coverage/Outside Lands)\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>Oldham said most venues allow for a refillable water bottle and some have water stations, where fans can fill their containers for free. (Be sure to check what kind of bottles are allowed at a stadium or venue — for example, some places ban \u003cem>glass\u003c/em> bottles.)\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>“We want people to eat like they normally would and drink like they normally would and really prepare for the show knowing that they’re gonna be standing for several hours on end,” Friedman said. \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Know what to do in the heat\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>While San Francisco in particular isn’t known for having extreme heat waves like some parts of the Bay Area, experts say that even \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11878134/bay-area-heat-wave-how-to-stay-safe-during-dangerously-hot-weather\">85 degrees can be dangerous for people\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>Be sure to relax in the shade, Oldham said, stay out of the sun for some periods of time and wear sunscreen. \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>He also recommended cutting down alcohol and soda intake during the hottest parts of the day. Oldham noted that \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12030278/things-to-do-bay-area-alcohol-free-evening\">younger crowds aren’t big drinkers\u003c/a>, but if they were to consume alcohol, they should try to have water afterward.\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>Heat exhaustion is what happens when the body loses too much water and salt, and signs of it \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11878134/bay-area-heat-wave-how-to-stay-safe-during-dangerously-hot-weather\">include cramps, headache, nausea, tiredness or dizziness\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>To get quick relief, fans can cool their body’s pulse points, such as the back of their neck, the inside of their elbows and behind their knees.\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>(Although remember, if the festival you are heading to is Outside Lands, know that Golden Gate Park can get unpredictably cold. Be sure to have layers on hand.)\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Don’t lock your knees\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\u003cp>You’ve probably seen videos of weddings where the groomsmen suddenly collapse. That’s usually because they were \u003ca href=\"https://hornphotographyanddesign.com/tips-for-our-couples/weekly-wednesday-wedding-tip-episode-019-dont-lock-your-knees/\">standing with their knees straight\u003c/a> for too long, explained Oldham. \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>Locking your knees can \u003ca href=\"https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z62esVdmxCQ&t=100s\">interrupt blood flow to the head and brain\u003c/a>, leading to a sinkable episode.\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>“It’s an old trick: if you bend your knees and move a little bit,” Oldham said.\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>According to \u003ca href=\"https://www.vumc.org/autonomic-dysfunction-center/symptoms\">guidance\u003c/a> from Vanderbilt University Medical Center, fans can also shift their weight or stand on their toes to rock back and forth. \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>On the subject of standing, this reporter has never tried out this trick, but \u003ca href=\"https://www.theguardian.com/thefilter-us/2026/jul/30/best-compression-socks\">some people swear by compression socks\u003c/a> to help with aching feet.\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Be aware of your bladder\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>Whether it’s because they don’t want to lose their place in the crowd or dread using a port-a-potty, avoiding the need to pee is often a top priority for concertgoers.\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>According to Giulia Ippolito, a neuro-urologist and pelvic reconstruction specialist at Michigan Medicine, in adults without “underlying medical conditions, one-time or infrequent events, like holding urine at a concert, are unlikely to have significant impacts on long-term bladder health.”\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>But she added that a person could “potentially develop a \u003ca href=\"https://www.mayoclinic.org/diseases-conditions/urinary-tract-infection/symptoms-causes/syc-20353447\">[urinary tract infection]\u003c/a> from overholding.” \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>She recommended adults without underlying medical conditions drink 50 to 70 ounces of water throughout the day in “small 2-3 ounce sips rather than all at once.” (Keep in mind: a good sign of hydration is pale yellow or clear urine.)\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>People can also try to \u003ca href=\"https://sufuorg.com/docs/oab/oab-food-and-drink.aspx\">avoid certain foods and drinks\u003c/a> that may “irritate the bladder,” such as: \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n\u003cli>Alcoholic drinks\u003c/li>\n\n\n\n\u003cli>Caffeinated foods and drinks, such as soft drinks, coffee, tea, chocolate and energy drinks\u003c/li>\n\n\n\n\u003cli>Tomato-based foods and drinks \u003c/li>\n\n\n\n\u003cli>Citrus fruits and juices\u003c/li>\n\n\n\n\u003cli>Spicy foods\u003c/li>\n\n\n\n\u003cli>Artificial sweeteners\u003c/li>\n\u003c/ul>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>Ippolito said that “shifting water intake to earlier or later in the day” to avoid heading to the bathroom at a specific time “could be a strategy that can be safely employed in short periods.”\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>“For example,” she said, “it may be reasonable to shift hydration to earlier in the day if you are planning on an evening concert or if you are trying to catch a specific set at a show,” with the goal being 50 ounces “earlier in the day so that you would clear this by the time the concert/set starts.”\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>But she does \u003cem>not\u003c/em> recommend this strategy for all-day concerts or multi-day festivals — especially ones outside, where concertgoers should instead “prioritize hydration with water to avoid dehydration.”\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>And returning to the subject of port-a-potties — Ippolito said people cannot “catch a UTI” from a public bathroom, since they are not contagious and not caused by hygiene. \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>“However, the bladder and urinary tract have their own microbiome,” she said. “Holding urine for more than [three to four] hours and not drinking enough water to keep urine dilute are things that could lead to a UTI due to conditions that allow overgrowth of naturally occurring bacteria.” \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>And nothing can make you feel like you’ll have an accident more than \u003cem>waiting \u003c/em>in the line to the restroom. Ippolito said this is a good time to practice “mind over bladder” in these situations. \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>And assuming the fan has emptied their bladder within the past couple of hours, they can also \u003ca href=\"https://sufuorg.com/docs/oab/oab-controlling-bladder-urges.aspx\">try some suppression techniques\u003c/a> like:\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n\u003cli>Focusing on relaxing\u003c/li>\n\n\n\n\u003cli>Squeezing their pelvic floor muscles quickly three to five times\u003c/li>\n\n\n\n\u003cli>Taking slow, deep breaths in and out, concentrating on the movement of the chest\u003c/li>\n\u003c/ul>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Have a friend with you\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>Oldham said having a designated person in the group to make sure everyone gets home safe is also vital. \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>“I don’t think anybody should go by themselves,” Oldham said. “At a festival especially, you should have a group of friends that you’re with at all times.” \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>When you and your group walk in, he said to make sure you know where the exits are and that you do have an exit strategy or a meeting place in case of an emergency. \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cfigure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/08/08082025_Outsidelands_EG_106_qed.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-12093698\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/08/08082025_Outsidelands_EG_106_qed.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/08/08082025_Outsidelands_EG_106_qed-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/08/08082025_Outsidelands_EG_106_qed-1536x1024.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Festival goers dance as Jorja Smith performs at Outside Lands on Aug. 9, 2025. (Estefany Gonzalez for KQED)\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Be cautious about recreational drugs\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>Both medical professionals recommend avoiding recreational drugs — but both acknowledge the reality of their presence at music festivals and concerts and say that Narcan is available at first aid stations.\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>“I’m very honest with my kids,” Oldham said. “Don’t let somebody give you anything. If you don’t know them, and if it’s open, don’t drink out of that bottle.” \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>“If they do partake in recreational substances — which we do not recommend — be sure to do it with a group of others because there is safety in numbers,” Friedman said. “The advantage of that, obviously, is if the recreational substance is laced with fentanyl; hopefully somebody will have Narcan or can alert somebody.”\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>But the concerns aren’t just fentanyl — stimulants like MDMA can bring up people’s body temperatures incredibly high and may require attention, Friedman said. \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Know what to do in crowds\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>If you are going to a festival like Outside Lands, be prepared for large — often overwhelming — crowds, especially at the headlining shows. Many may also fear crushes, in which a crowd becomes dangerous and can lead to deaths, like \u003ca href=\"https://www.npr.org/2021/11/09/1053828800/south-korea-seoul-halloween-crowd-safety-tips\">the Halloween celebration tragedy in South Korea in 2022\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>“The more barriers you have and engineering controls to prevent too many people from going into too crowded of an area, the better,” Friedman said. “At times we bemoan security measures, which takes a long time to get into the venue. However, it is quite necessary to ensure crowd safety.” \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>While being in a seated area is safer than an open field or general admission section, fans should always stay aware of their surroundings and know where security is located, he said. \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>“If the crowd starts getting too rowdy or too rough, or there’s too much pushing, and there’s not enough security personnel or measures around, it’s very prudent to leave,” he said. “Everyone should really have a 1- to 2-foot perimeter at the minimum from other people.”\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>Once that space is lost, fans should think about moving to get a better view farther away to maintain their safety.\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>If a crush were to occur, it is important to stay on your feet and try “putting your arms on your chest” in order “to give your chest wall some room to rise so that you can breathe.”\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>Mehdi Moussaïd, a research scientist who studies crowd behavior, also spoke to NPR about crowds after \u003ca href=\"https://www.npr.org/2021/11/09/1053828800/south-korea-seoul-halloween-crowd-safety-tips\">the South Korea incident\u003c/a> and said that people should try to avoid pushing, since that could trigger a chain reaction.\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003c/div>",
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"content": "\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/tag/east-bay\">Hayward\u003c/a> resident Lyle Prijoles was 40 years old when he was killed in a military operation in the Philippines, along with 18 other people. \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>Lyle spent years traveling to the Philippines to document the conditions impacting rural farming communities. In April, he went to Negros Occidental, planning to stay for about three months and live among sugarcane workers. On April 19, he was killed there in a Philippine Army operation. Another American, 26-year-old Kai Sorem of Seattle, was also killed.\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>Three months later, in a \u003ca href=\"https://jayapal.house.gov/wp-content/uploads/2026/07/Toboso-Killings-Letter.pdf\">letter\u003c/a> delivered to Philippine Ambassador Jose Manuel Romualdez, U.S. Rep. Pramila Jayapal, D-Seattle, and 10 other members of Congress urged the Philippine government to ensure an “independent, impartial, and credible” inquiry into the killings.\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>What exactly happened in Toboso remains disputed. According to reporting by \u003ca href=\"https://apnews.com/article/communist-new-peoples-army-rebels-philippines-americans-71d868ad48c27476348ea2ae16ee7b97\">\u003cem>the Associated Press\u003c/em>,\u003c/a> the Philippine government’s National Task Force to End Local Communist Armed Conflict suspected those 19 people to be part of the New People’s Army — the armed wing of the Philippines’ communist insurgency. \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>The 79th Infantry Battalion of the Philippine Army’s 3rd Infantry Division carried out the operation, according to Troy Osaki with the People’s Lawyers of the Philippines. Osaki added that reports indicate up to nine of those killed were civilians, including a local journalist, a university student, two land rights activists and two minors.\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cfigure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/05/260512-Lyle-Prijoles-06-KQED.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-12083275\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/05/260512-Lyle-Prijoles-06-KQED.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/05/260512-Lyle-Prijoles-06-KQED-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/05/260512-Lyle-Prijoles-06-KQED-1536x1024.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Activists in the Bay Area remember Lyle Prijoles. Lawmakers signed a letter demanding an independent and credible investigation from an entity outside of the Philippine government. (Courtesy of Bayan USA)\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>Sen. Adam Schiff signed the July 21 letter, along with Sens. Jeff Merkley, Chris Van Hollen and eight U.S. House members. Families of both Prijoles and Sorem, along with human rights lawyers and union members, held an online press conference on Thursday to push the letter into public view. \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Human rights organizations, including the International Coalition for Human Rights in the Philippines, BAYAN USA and Malaya Movement USA, described the operation as a “massacre executed by the Armed Forces of the Philippines who conducted indiscriminate firing.” \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>The Philippine Commission on Human Rights opened its own \u003ca href=\"https://chr.gov.ph/statement-of-the-commission-on-human-rights-on-the-armed-clash-in-negros-occidental/\">investigation\u003c/a> on April 26, citing “inconsistencies in the identities of those dead” and reports that more than a hundred families were displaced. \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>Prijoles was the youngest of three siblings in a family that settled in San Diego. He followed his sister, Lily, to the Bay Area and enrolled at San Francisco State University, where he joined the League of Filipino Students on campus. He also worked as a box office manager at Bindlestiff Studio, a Filipino American theater in San Francisco.\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>The family first traveled to the Philippines together in 2000, Lily told KQED. “He just wanted to make the Philippines a better place,” she said. \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\u003cp>She rejects any suggestion that her brother wandered into something he did not understand. \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>“This is the work he dedicated his heart to,” she said. “He understood the sacrifice he might have to make.” \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>The family learned of his death two days after it happened, when Lyle’s wife got word through Filipino community organizations. She then drove from Union City to Lily’s home in Hercules at 3 a.m, to deliver the news of Lyle’s passing.\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>Lily and her sister-in-law flew to the Philippines to identify and claim his body. \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>“Our family has come to terms that we will never get the type of justice found with a jury and a judge or even jail time,” she said at the press conference. “The Philippine Army should not be shooting at civilians and hiding their mistakes.” \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>International Longshore and Warehouse Union Local 10 passed a resolution condemning the Army’s actions in Negros, where sugar farmers have long organized. The resolution passed during ILWU Local 6’s strike at the C&H sugar refinery in Crockett, California, which sources sugar from Negros. \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>Negros produces more than 2 million metric tons of sugar a year, and the Crockett refinery sources close to 100,000 metric tons of it annually, according to Local 10’s resolution. The union passed it during a strike by Local 6 warehouse workers in Crockett that began June 15.\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>Jayapal’s letter argued that inquiry from within the Philippine government cannot stand on its own, pointing to a lack of cooperation from security forces and their refusal to hand over key evidence. \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>“We really cannot expect a fair and independent and thorough investigation from these agencies,” said AK Guillen, an attorney with the National Union of Peoples’ Lawyers in the Philippines, “because any investigation conducted by the Philippine government is spearheaded by the very same agencies leading the Philippine counterinsurgency campaign.” \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>Both families describe a chaotic recovery. Lily Prijoles said relatives were told that if her brother’s body remained unclaimed, it would be placed in a mass grave, and that a local organizer was the only person permitted at the scene after two days of restricted access. She said her brother’s body had been dressed in a shirt that was not his, and that she was never able to obtain his clothing or belongings.\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cfigure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/05/260512-Lyle-Prijoles-03-KQED.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-12083272\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/05/260512-Lyle-Prijoles-03-KQED.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/05/260512-Lyle-Prijoles-03-KQED-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/05/260512-Lyle-Prijoles-03-KQED-1536x1024.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Activists in the Bay Area hold a memorial for activist Lyle Prijoles. 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He also worked as a box office manager at Bindlestiff Studio, a Filipino American theater in San Francisco.\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>The family first traveled to the Philippines together in 2000, Lily told KQED. “He just wanted to make the Philippines a better place,” she said. \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\u003cp>She rejects any suggestion that her brother wandered into something he did not understand. \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>“This is the work he dedicated his heart to,” she said. “He understood the sacrifice he might have to make.” \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>The family learned of his death two days after it happened, when Lyle’s wife got word through Filipino community organizations. She then drove from Union City to Lily’s home in Hercules at 3 a.m, to deliver the news of Lyle’s passing.\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>Lily and her sister-in-law flew to the Philippines to identify and claim his body. \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>“Our family has come to terms that we will never get the type of justice found with a jury and a judge or even jail time,” she said at the press conference. “The Philippine Army should not be shooting at civilians and hiding their mistakes.” \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>International Longshore and Warehouse Union Local 10 passed a resolution condemning the Army’s actions in Negros, where sugar farmers have long organized. The resolution passed during ILWU Local 6’s strike at the C&H sugar refinery in Crockett, California, which sources sugar from Negros. \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>Negros produces more than 2 million metric tons of sugar a year, and the Crockett refinery sources close to 100,000 metric tons of it annually, according to Local 10’s resolution. The union passed it during a strike by Local 6 warehouse workers in Crockett that began June 15.\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>Jayapal’s letter argued that inquiry from within the Philippine government cannot stand on its own, pointing to a lack of cooperation from security forces and their refusal to hand over key evidence. \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>“We really cannot expect a fair and independent and thorough investigation from these agencies,” said AK Guillen, an attorney with the National Union of Peoples’ Lawyers in the Philippines, “because any investigation conducted by the Philippine government is spearheaded by the very same agencies leading the Philippine counterinsurgency campaign.” \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>Both families describe a chaotic recovery. Lily Prijoles said relatives were told that if her brother’s body remained unclaimed, it would be placed in a mass grave, and that a local organizer was the only person permitted at the scene after two days of restricted access. She said her brother’s body had been dressed in a shirt that was not his, and that she was never able to obtain his clothing or belongings.\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cfigure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/05/260512-Lyle-Prijoles-03-KQED.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-12083272\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/05/260512-Lyle-Prijoles-03-KQED.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/05/260512-Lyle-Prijoles-03-KQED-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/05/260512-Lyle-Prijoles-03-KQED-1536x1024.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Activists in the Bay Area hold a memorial for activist Lyle Prijoles. (Courtesy of Bayan USA)\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>PJ Sorem, Kai’s sibling, said their sister’s body was wrapped in a sheet with no clothing when the family identified her. Both families confirmed that another family affected had received the wrong body entirely.\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>“Her humanity was stripped from her along with her clothes,” PJ Sorem said. Neither family says it received meaningful help from the U.S. government. Lily Prijoles said the embassy was “not much help.” PJ said the embassy in Manila made contact but misspelled the family’s name, and that community organizations and Filipino human rights lawyers did the work of locating the bodies and handling paperwork.\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>Independent investigators were denied access to the scene immediately after the killings, according to a statement from the Robert & Ethel Kennedy Human Rights Center, read at the press conference. Dr. Raquel Fortun, a forensic pathologist, conducted autopsies in April, at the request of victims’ relatives, presenting her initial findings on May 7. She said the bodies were decomposed, misidentified, left in water and missing clothing. \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>For Filipino Americans in the Bay Area, the case is not the first of its kind. Prijoles met\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>Brandon Lee, a San Francisco activist, in an Asian American studies class in 2004. Lee moved to the Philippines and was \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11767453/bay-area-filipinos-stand-up-for-activist-shot-in-the-philippines\">shot outside his home in 2019\u003c/a>, an attack that left him quadriplegic.. \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>Rev. Sadie Stone, pastor of Jones Memorial United Methodist Church in San Francisco and a friend of Prijoles for more than a decade, said she flew to Manila on May 12 to join an international fact-finding mission into the killings and was stopped at immigration, questioned about her human rights work and denied entry. \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>“I carry a Bible and a passport, not a weapon,” Stone said. “You shut out witnesses when you are afraid of what they will find.” \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>According to \u003ca href=\"https://ph.usembassy.gov/fact-sheet-u-s-philippines-defense-and-security-partnership/\">U.S. Embassy data\u003c/a>, the Philippines is the largest recipient of U.S. military assistance in the Indo-Pacific region. 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(Erika Goldring/Getty Images)\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Jump straight to:\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n\u003cli>\u003cstrong>\u003ca href=\"#buy-tickets\">Can I still buy tickets for Outside Lands?\u003c/a>\u003c/strong>\u003c/li>\n\n\n\n\u003cli>\u003cstrong>\u003ca href=\"#will-call\">Where is the Outside Lands will-call or box office to pick up my wristband?\u003c/a>\u003c/strong>\u003c/li>\n\n\n\n\u003cli>\u003cstrong>\u003ca href=\"#bring-my-own-food\">Can I bring my own food to Outside Lands?\u003c/a>\u003c/strong>\u003c/li>\n\n\n\n\u003cli>\u003cstrong>\u003ca href=\"#parking-for-outside-lands\">Where can I find parking for Outside Lands?\u003c/a>\u003c/strong>\u003c/li>\n\n\n\n\u003cli>\u003cstrong>\u003ca href=\"#road-closures\">What are the Outside Lands road closures, and where can I get dropped off?\u003c/a>\u003c/strong>\u003c/li>\n\n\n\n\u003cli>\u003cstrong>\u003ca href=\"#take-off-wristband\">Can I take off my wristband or leave Outside Lands to reenter?\u003c/a>\u003c/strong>\u003c/li>\n\n\n\n\u003cli>\u003cstrong>\u003ca href=\"#public-transit\">What’s the best way to get to Golden Gate Park using public transit?\u003c/a>\u003c/strong>\u003c/li>\n\n\n\n\u003cli>\u003cstrong>\u003ca href=\"#bag-rules\">What are the bag rules at Outside Lands?\u003c/a>\u003c/strong>\u003c/li>\n\u003c/ul>\n\n\n\n\u003ch2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"buy-tickets\">Can I still get tickets for Outside Lands 2026? How does the waitlist work?\u003c/h2>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>As of publication, options like General Admission, General Admission + and VIP are sold out. Check out \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12090715/outside-lands-ticket-pass-friday-saturday-sunday-lineup-resale-scams-2026\">KQED’s thorough rundown on how to secure legit tickets for Outside Lands 2026\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Keep in mind: Outside Lands tickets are physical wristbands and are \u003ca href=\"https://outsidelands.frontgatetickets.com/event/du3gohu6lw6bl5g0?_gl=1*adpa5a*_gcl_au*MTgyNjg5NzMyOC4xNzgzNzE5MDg1\">nontransferable\u003c/a>. \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003ch2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">What’s the Outside Lands 2026 schedule, and when does the festival start?\u003c/h2>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>The gates open at 11 a.m. all three days, and it will happen \u003ca href=\"https://outsidelands.frontgatetickets.com/event/h71iqbtzk2lblo4k\">rain or shine\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>The lineup time slots are \u003ca href=\"https://sfoutsidelands.com/schedule/#/\">now available on Outside Lands’ website\u003c/a>, making planning for the concert easier (and emotionally difficult, if you have favorites playing at the same time).\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003ch2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"will-call\">Where is the will call to pick up my wristband for Outside Lands?\u003c/h2>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>Your wristband is your ticket, and most people get their wristband in the mail.\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>But if you bought your tickets after July 28, you’ll have to pick up your wristband at will call in Golden Gate Park during the week of the festival or when you first arrive at Outside Lands. The box office is at Marx Meadow, located at the intersection of 25th Avenue and Fulton Street, and is open:\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n\u003cli>Wednesday, Aug. 5, from 1 p.m. to 7 p.m. \u003c/li>\n\n\n\n\u003cli>Thursday, Aug. 6, from 1 p.m. to 7 p.m. \u003c/li>\n\n\n\n\u003cli>Friday, Aug. 7, from 10 a.m. to 9 p.m. \u003c/li>\n\n\n\n\u003cli>Saturday, Aug. 8, from 10 a.m. to 9 p.m. \u003c/li>\n\n\n\n\u003cli>Sunday, Aug. 9, from 10 a.m. to 8 p.m.\u003c/li>\n\u003c/ul>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>What if you purchased your Outside Lands tickets before July 28 but haven’t received your wristbands yet? Festival organizers say if you didn’t receive a tracking number by the week of Outside Lands, you should \u003ca href=\"https://support.frontgatetickets.com/hc/en-us/requests/new\">submit a request with Front Gate Tickets\u003c/a> as soon as possible.\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003ch2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"road-closures\">Getting to Outside Lands by car: Where are the road closures?\u003c/h2>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>Outside Lands organizers (and KQED reporters) recommend ticket holders \u003ca href=\"https://sfoutsidelands.com/info/\">\u003cem>don’t\u003c/em> drive to the festival\u003c/a> — and when you read our information about road closures and the parking situation, you may understand why.\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Road closures for Outside Lands\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>According to \u003ca href=\"https://sfrecpark.org/547/Golden-Gate-Park-Road-Closures\">Golden Gate Park’s website\u003c/a>, “during the week prior to the Outside Lands Festival (Mon-Thurs), JFK Drive from Transverse to 36th Ave. will be closed. JFK Drive from Transverse to 36th Ave. will remain closed through the Wednesday following the Golden Gate Park Concert.”\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cfigure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1344\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/07/PinkPantheressGetty.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-12091839\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/07/PinkPantheressGetty.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/07/PinkPantheressGetty-160x108.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/07/PinkPantheressGetty-1536x1032.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">PinkPantheress performs at the Mojave Tent during the 2026 Coachella Valley Music and Arts Festival at Empire Polo Club on April 18, 2026, in Indio, California. (Arturo Holmes/Getty Images for Coachella)\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>These are the entrances closed on the north side of Golden Gate Park, according to the park’s official website:\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n\u003cli>Transverse Drive at Crossover Drive\u003c/li>\n\n\n\n\u003cli>JFK Drive at Transverse Drive\u003c/li>\n\n\n\n\u003cli>30th Avenue\u003c/li>\n\n\n\n\u003cli>36th Avenue\u003c/li>\n\n\n\n\u003cli>43rd Avenue (Chain of Lakes)\u003c/li>\n\n\n\n\u003cli>47th Avenue\u003c/li>\n\n\n\n\u003cli>The Great Highway at JFK Drive\u003c/li>\n\u003c/ul>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>These are the entrances closed on the south side of the park:\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n\u003cli>Martin Luther King Jr. Drive at Crossover Drive\u003c/li>\n\n\n\n\u003cli>25th Avenue\u003c/li>\n\n\n\n\u003cli>Sunset Boulevard at Irving Street\u003c/li>\n\n\n\n\u003cli>41st Avenue (Chain of Lakes)\u003c/li>\n\n\n\n\u003cli>Martin Luther King Jr. Drive at Lincoln Avenue\u003c/li>\n\u003c/ul>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>If you have any \u003ca href=\"https://sfoutsidelands.com/311/\">questions about road closures or restrictions\u003c/a>, you can call 415-965-8001 or email community@sfoutsidelands.com or community@anotherplanetent.com.\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Where can I get picked up or dropped off at Outside Lands?\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>If you’re looking for a good pickup or drop-off point — either for yourself or because you’re someone else’s ride — Outside Lands and Mayor Daniel Lurie’s office recommend\u003ca href=\"https://sfoutsidelands.com/info/\"> “several blocks north or south of the park,”\u003c/a> such as: \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n\u003cli>North side of Irving Street, between 25th and 27th avenues\u003c/li>\n\n\n\n\u003cli>North side of Golden Gate Park along Washington High School\u003c/li>\n\n\n\n\u003cli>North side of Balboa Street, between 30th and 31st avenues\u003c/li>\n\n\n\n\u003cli>West side of 30th Avenue, between Balboa and Anza streets\u003c/li>\n\u003c/ul>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>Be aware that rideshare apps will impose dynamic pricing for an event like Outside Lands, which will make even a short ride \u003cem>much\u003c/em> more expensive than usual.\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>If you are planning to call an autonomous vehicle like a Waymo, Lurie’s office said in an email that there will be two main zones for pick-up and drop-off: \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n\u003cli>Zone 1, which is “bounded by Balboa Street to the north, 20th Avenue to the east, and Kirkham Street to the south during peak entry and exit hours each day of the festival, 10:00 AM to 12:30 AM.”\u003c/li>\n\n\n\n\u003cli>Zone 2, “which includes areas bounded by Geary Boulevard to the north, Stanyan Street to the east, and Kirkham Street to the south during peak entry and exit hours each day of the festival, 8:00 PM to 12:30 AM.”\u003c/li>\n\u003c/ul>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>According to \u003ca href=\"https://www.sfmta.com/travel-updates/outside-lands-august-7-9-2026#TaxiStands\">SFMTA\u003c/a>, taxi stands can be found at:\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n\u003cli>Fulton Street between 24th and 25th avenues\u003c/li>\n\n\n\n\u003cli>Fulton Street between 28th and 29th avenues\u003c/li>\n\n\n\n\u003cli>Irving Street between 26th and 27th avenues\u003c/li>\n\n\n\n\u003cli>Larkin Street between Hayes and Grove streets (Taxi Shuttle service to festival)\u003c/li>\n\u003c/ul>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>These areas were explicitly forbidden to be used as a pick-up/drop-off point:\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n\u003cli>Lincoln Way, between 25th and 41st avenues\u003c/li>\n\n\n\n\u003cli>Fulton Street, between 26th and 37th avenues\u003c/li>\n\n\n\n\u003cli>26th, 27th, 28th, 29th, 30th, 31st, 32nd, 33rd, 34th, 35th, 36th and 37th avenues, between Fulton and Cabrillo streets\u003c/li>\n\n\n\n\u003cli>All streets in Golden Gate Park, including Crossover Drive, from Friday at 11 a.m. to Sunday at 11:59 p.m.\u003c/li>\n\u003c/ul>\n\n\n\n\u003ch2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"parking-for-outside-lands\">Where can I find parking for Outside Lands?\u003c/h2>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>Let’s get this out of the way: There is no “official” general parking for Outside Lands. (Jump straight to more information on accessible parking below.)\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>Remember, if you’re choosing to try to park near Outside Lands, break-ins are common in San Francisco — so leave nothing visible in your vehicle, and if at all possible, leave your trunk exposed to show it’s empty. \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>Never leave any electronics like laptops in your vehicle, even if you think they’re hidden. \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11959799/how-to-avoid-a-car-break-in-bay-area\">Read our full guide to reducing your chances of suffering a car break-in in San Francisco\u003c/a> (and if you’re unlucky enough to have your car broken into, our guide to \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11959477/car-break-ins-bay-area-glass-repair-what-to-do\">how to claim the costs of window repair and stolen items from your insurance\u003c/a> provider.)\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cfigure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/07/OutsideLandsEG2.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-12091863\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/07/OutsideLandsEG2.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/07/OutsideLandsEG2-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/07/OutsideLandsEG2-1536x1024.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Les Tran, 35, cuddles with Joshua Tree, 29, at Outside Lands on Saturday, Aug. 9, 2025. The two met on Grindr an hour before catching a drag performance at Dolores’ stage together. (Estefany Gonzalez for KQED)\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Can I pay to use a resident’s parking spot?\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>Some schools near Golden Gate Park sell their parking during Outside Lands to fundraise money, such as \u003ca href=\"https://www.argonnesf.org/outsidelandsparking.html\">Argonne Elementary School (which is offering reservations this year)\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>Residents around Golden Gate Park may also sell their parking spaces to festival visitors. You can find these on Reddit, Facebook or even by trolling through the Sunset District in person and seeing who has signs up. If you choose to go this route to find parking, stay extra vigilant for scams, and make sure you’re always sending money to the right person.\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>You may have some luck finding a parking space on \u003ca href=\"https://spothero.com/\">a third-party parking website like SpotHero\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>What about blocking a driveway, even if it’s mine?\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>According to the SFMTA, \u003ca href=\"https://www.sfmta.com/travel-updates/outside-lands-august-8-10-2025\">the San Francisco Transportation Code allows residents to park in the street and block their own driveway\u003c/a> “provided the driveway does not serve more than two tenants.” Vehicles may never be parked on the sidewalk.\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\u003cp>During Outside Lands, the SFMTA will enforce blocked driveways “on a complaint basis only,” SFMTA said. \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>Of course, that does not give you free rein to block a person’s driveway — they’ll almost certainly make that complaint and have you towed if they don’t recognize your car.\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>If you live near Golden Gate Park, you can \u003ca href=\"https://www.sfoutsidelands.com/311/\">check Outside Lands’ Neighborhood 311 advisory page for residents\u003c/a> for any updates.\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003ch2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"public-transit\">How to get to Outside Lands using public transit\u003c/h2>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Getting to Outside Lands using SF Muni\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>SFMTA \u003ca href=\"https://www.sfmta.com/files/styles/constrain/public/images/2026-08/OSL%202026.jpg?itok=Kmm0gFuE\">published a useful map of your options for transportation routes to Outside Lands (PNG)\u003c/a>, and the agency has its own \u003ca href=\"https://www.sfmta.com/blog/plan-your-next-golden-gate-park-trip-muni\">guide on getting to Golden Gate Park on Muni.\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>According to an email from Lurie’s office, Outside Lands wristbands “are good for all-day Muni tickets except for cable cars. To board a Muni train or bus, attendees must show their wristband to the station agent or operator.”\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>Fans should also keep an eye on \u003ca href=\"https://www.sfmta.com/travel-updates/outside-lands-august-7-9-2026\">SFMTA’s guidance page\u003c/a> for any major updates to routes, which include:\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n\u003cli>\u003ca href=\"https://www.sfmta.com/travel-updates/outside-lands-august-7-9-2026#ExtraService\">Extra service\u003c/a> on the N Judah and 5R Fulton Rapid. However, remember: The extra service on 5R will not serve the entire route.\u003c/li>\n\n\n\n\u003cli>Each night of the festival, \u003ca href=\"https://www.sfmta.com/travel-updates/outside-lands-august-8-10-2025#MuniService\">there will be a Muni 5X Fulton Express service from Golden Gate Park to Civic Center BART Station\u003c/a> “between 9:00 PM and midnight or until crowds clear,” according to an email from Lurie’s office.\u003c/li>\n\n\n\n\u003cli>The \u003ca href=\"https://www.sfmta.com/routes/7-haight-noriega\">7 Haight/Noriega\u003c/a>, \u003ca href=\"https://www.sfmta.com/routes/28-19th-avenue\">28 19th Avenue\u003c/a>,\u003ca href=\"https://www.sfmta.com/routes/29-sunset\">29 Sunset\u003c/a> and \u003ca href=\"https://www.sfmta.com/routes/44-oshaughnessy\">44 O’Shaughnessy\u003c/a> serve areas of Golden Gate Park and may be subject to crowds.\u003c/li>\n\n\n\n\u003cli>The \u003ca href=\"https://www.sfmta.com/routes/38-geary\">38 Geary\u003c/a> and \u003ca href=\"https://www.sfmta.com/routes/38r-geary-rapid\">38R Geary Rapid routes\u003c/a>, which are four blocks north of the Fulton Street/30th Avenue entrance to Golden Gate Park, can also be alternative options to and from the event.\u003c/li>\n\u003c/ul>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>Remember: after performances end, lines for these buses get long \u003cem>fast\u003c/em>, so the sooner you arrive to try for a seat, the better.\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>You can \u003ca href=\"https://511.org/\">plan your Muni trip on 511.org\u003c/a> and \u003ca href=\"https://511.org/\">check Muni’s arrival information on Next Bus\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Using the official Outside Lands shuttle\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>You can hop a ride on the \u003ca href=\"https://outsidelands.frontgatetickets.com/event/3u9gr93jzply8khd?_gl=1*1don7wl*_gcl_au*MTgyNjg5NzMyOC4xNzgzNzE5MDg1\">Outside Lands shuttle\u003c/a> from the Bill Graham Civic Auditorium (near the Civic Center BART station). \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"https://outsidelands.frontgatetickets.com/event/4am8dj5mr25vspoj\">These “coach-style buses” are pre-paid and cost around $37.75\u003c/a> for a one-day pass.\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>The service will begin running each day at 11 a.m. and run \u003ca href=\"https://outsidelands.frontgatetickets.com/event/3u9gr93jzply8khd?_gl=1*1don7wl*_gcl_au*MTgyNjg5NzMyOC4xNzgzNzE5MDg1\">“continuously all day with limited coverage”\u003c/a> from 5 p.m. to 8 p.m., with the last shuttle to the festival leaving at 8 p.m.\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>As for getting back, return shuttles run until one hour after the music ends each night, festival organizers say.\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>Outside Lands officials strongly recommend taking BART to Civic Center to pick up the official shuttle, but if you do drive, paid parking is available in the Civic Center Parking Garage adjacent to the Bill Graham Civic Auditorium for a fee (entrance at McAllister Street between Polk Street and Larkin Street).\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Getting to Outside Lands on BART\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>The nearest BART station to Golden Gate Park is Civic Center. From there, you can \u003ca href=\"https://www.sfmta.com/blog/plan-your-next-golden-gate-park-trip-muni\">travel onward to Outside Lands using SF Muni\u003c/a> or \u003ca href=\"https://sfoutsidelands.com/info/\">use the official paid Outside Lands shuttle,\u003c/a> which departs from the nearby Bill Graham Civic Auditorium.\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>Parking at BART stations with BART-run parking lots is free after 3 p.m. on Friday and \u003ca href=\"https://www.bart.gov/guide/parking\">free all day on Saturday and Sunday\u003c/a> (except for the Milpitas and Berryessa/North San José stations, which still charge on weekends).\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>You can \u003ca href=\"https://www.bart.gov/planner\">use the BART Trip Planner to hash out the details.\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Getting to Outside Lands by bike\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>You can park your bike at the festival, with parking available at the eastern and southern parts of the festival site.\u003ca href=\"https://sfoutsidelands.com/assets/maps/osl25_patron-map_62925.png\"> \u003c/a>According to Lurie’s email, “Onsite bike valets will help bikeshare users park their bikes and find a bike for the journey home.”\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"https://www.lyft.com/bikes/bay-wheels\">Bay Wheels, run by rideshare app Lyft\u003c/a>, is available at the festival on JFK Drive, just east of Transverse Drive, to park your bike or get a bike home. \u003ca href=\"https://account.baywheels.com/map\">Use this website to find Bay Wheels near you.\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003ch2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Make a plan for getting home each night (and know your last transit option)\u003c/h2>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"https://sfoutsidelands.com/info/\">In past festivals, music usually ends at 10 p.m. on all days.\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>Phil Ginsburg, general manager of San Francisco Parks and Recreation, told KQED in 2023 that exit routes are “very well marked and the strategies for both entering and leaving the festival are pretty well established at this point and we’ll have tons of security, and there’s a lot of lighting in the area to keep people safe as they exit the festival.”\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>Use \u003ca href=\"https://www.bart.gov/planner\">BART’s Trip Planner\u003c/a> and \u003ca href=\"https://www.sfmta.com/muni-transit\">SFMTA’s Trip Planner\u003c/a> to check what time the last service of the day is.\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cfigure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1280\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/07/outside-lands-2025.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-12050547\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/07/outside-lands-2025.png 1920w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/07/outside-lands-2025-160x107.png 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/07/outside-lands-2025-1536x1024.png 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1920px) 100vw, 1920px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Chappell Roan performs at Outside Lands 2024. (Alive Coverage/Outside Lands)\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>If you’re hoping to get a rideshare like Uber or Lyft home from Outside Lands, remember those recommended pickup locations around Golden Gate Park — and that dynamic surge pricing for these services will almost certainly mean that ordering an Uber or Lyft home will be pretty pricey. (If you’re determined, you may wish to consider pre-organizing a crew to share the ride and split the cost.)\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003ch2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"take-off-wristband\">Can I take off my wristband or leave Outside Lands to reenter?\u003c/h2>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>No, keep your \u003ca href=\"https://sfoutsidelands.com/info/\">wristband on your wrist\u003c/a> if you’re attending multiple days of Outside Lands. (It’s waterproof, so you can shower with it.)\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>Same-day reentry is not allowed. But if you \u003cem>have\u003c/em> to leave the festival, festival organizers ask that you speak with a supervising staff member at an exit before leaving to work out the details.\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>If you end up \u003ca href=\"https://sfoutsidelands.com/info/\">needing to replace your wristband\u003c/a>, bring your order number and a government-issued ID to the festival box office. You can only get it replaced once, for $25. This option is only available for tickets purchased through Front Gate Tickets or the Ticketmaster Verified Exchange.\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003ch2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">What to know about accessibility at Outside Lands\u003c/h2>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"https://sfoutsidelands.com/accessibility/\">There is a designated ADA Entrance at 36th Avenue & JFK\u003c/a> Drive. This is where the Access Center is, and you can request a golf cart inside or get a collar for your service animal. \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>For accessible pickup and drop-off, attendees \u003ca href=\"https://sfoutsidelands.com/accessibility/\">“must enter the park at 36th Avenue and Fulton Street and will be directed to the Access Entrance to the festival on 36th Avenue and JFK Drive.”\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>There is limited ADA parking available, and it is first come, first served. You can access this parking by entering 36th Avenue and Fulton Street and talking to the gate agents. It is worth noting that some of the ADA parking is on roads with uneven terrain, with a walk to the ADA gate. Notify the parking staff so they can request a shuttle for you to the gate.\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cfigure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/07/OutsideLandsEG.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-12091860\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/07/OutsideLandsEG.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/07/OutsideLandsEG-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/07/OutsideLandsEG-1536x1024.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Nori Nakayama, right, poses for a portrait as Glass Animals performs at Outside Lands on Aug. 9, 2025. (Estefany Gonzalez for KQED)\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>There is a lot of demand for shuttles, so Outside Lands is limiting “capacity to our disabled patrons plus one companion.” Because of the “limited number” of shuttles, Outside Lands organizers advise disabled festival goers to “please expect a wait, and plan your requests accordingly.”\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>Outside Lands provides elevated platforms at the following stages: Sutro, Twin Peaks and Lands End stages. \u003ca href=\"https://sfoutsidelands.com/accessibility/\">There are “banquet style” folding chairs available at all of the platforms.\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>ADA restrooms are next to all of the accessible-viewing platforms. Restrooms at Outside Lands also have accessible options at the ends.\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>Festival organizers recommend that you email access@sfoutsidelands.com ahead of time with any accessibility questions or requests.\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>For quick safety updates, fans can text OUTSIDELANDS to 888-777.\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>KQED also has \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12093415/the-no-judgement-guide-to-not-passing-out-at-a-concert-and-other-concert-health-tips\">a thorough guide on concert health\u003c/a>, including tips from festival medics that can help fans have a good, safe time at Outside Lands.\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003ch2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Do I need to bring a jacket to Outside Lands?\u003c/h2>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>Yes, it’s August. But it’s Golden Gate Park. Sorry, you still need to bring a jacket!\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>You can keep an eye on \u003ca href=\"https://forecast.weather.gov/MapClick.php?lat=37.7771&lon=-122.4196\">the National Weather Service’s forecast for San Francisco\u003c/a> as the festival draws closer. Golden Gate Park is near the ocean, and it gets \u003cem>cold\u003c/em> even when other parts of San Francisco are toasty. Forgetting layers for a day in the park is a classic mistake you don’t want to make.\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>Also, another outfit suggestion from experienced KQED reporters: Comfortable shoes you don’t mind getting dirty.\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>You can also consider \u003ca href=\"https://www.nytimes.com/wirecutter/reviews/best-earplugs-for-concerts/\">buying earplugs that allow for sounds to get through for around $30\u003c/a>, to protect your hearing.\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003ch2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"bag-rules\">What can I bring to Outside Lands?\u003c/h2>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>Some items \u003ca href=\"https://sfoutsidelands.com/info/\">you can bring\u003c/a> to Outside Lands include: \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n\u003cli>Clear backpacks and bags\u003c/li>\n\n\n\n\u003cli>Non-clear small bags like fanny packs and purses up to 6” x 8” x 3”\u003c/li>\n\n\n\n\u003cli>Empty dedicated hydration packs with a capacity under 2.5L/150 inches and just one pocket (standard-size backpacks with hydration bladders will not be allowed into the festival)\u003c/li>\n\n\n\n\u003cli>Personal-sized hand sanitizer\u003c/li>\n\u003c/ul>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>Ticketholders are encouraged to bring a reusable water bottle and refill it at one of the water stations around the festival.\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cfigure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/07/OutsideLandsEG3.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-12091866\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/07/OutsideLandsEG3.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/07/OutsideLandsEG3-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/07/OutsideLandsEG3-1536x1024.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Festival goers dance along the Panhandle stage as Fcukers perform at Outside Lands on Aug. 8, 2025. (Estefany Gonzalez for KQED)\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>You can \u003ca href=\"https://secure.mobilecharginglockers.com/affiliate/website/event/outside-lands-locker-rental-2026\">reserve a locker\u003c/a> on the festival grounds in advance, but be sure to do so as soon as possible, as these reservations can sell out quickly.\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>Some \u003ca href=\"https://sfoutsidelands.com/info/\">items you \u003cem>can’t\u003c/em> bring\u003c/a> to Outside Lands include:\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n\u003cli>Glow-sticks, laser pointers (however, glow bracelets and necklaces are allowed)\u003c/li>\n\n\n\n\u003cli>Weapons, fireworks (including pocket knives)\u003c/li>\n\n\n\n\u003cli>Your own alcohol\u003c/li>\n\n\n\n\u003cli>Pets (apart from service dogs)\u003c/li>\n\n\n\n\u003cli>Glass or cans\u003c/li>\n\n\n\n\u003cli>Video or audio recording equipment (including drones, GoPros and selfie sticks)\u003c/li>\n\n\n\n\u003cli>Professional still camera equipment with “a detachable lens longer than 2 inches, tripods, big zooms or commercial use rigs.\u003c/li>\n\n\n\n\u003cli>Skateboards, scooters or personal motorized vehicles\u003c/li>\n\n\n\n\u003cli>Strollers, wagons or carts\u003c/li>\n\n\n\n\u003cli>Hammocks, umbrellas, picnic baskets, coolers, liquids\u003c/li>\n\n\n\n\u003cli>Chairs with legs or tents\u003c/li>\n\u003c/ul>\n\n\n\n\u003ch2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"bring-my-own-food\">Can I bring my own food into Outside Lands, and what food is available there?\u003c/h2>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"https://sfoutsidelands.com/info/\">The Outside Lands FAQ and venue information\u003c/a> states that bringing your own alcohol into the festival is prohibited, but does not explicitly ban bringing your own food. Just remember: the Outside Lands bag policy prohibits common kinds of non-clear backpacks and coolers.\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>You can check the Outside Lands food vendor list on \u003ca href=\"https://sfoutsidelands.com/food-and-drink/taste-of-the-bay-area/\">its website\u003c/a>. (This reporter has an affinity for Bun Mee and Hayz Dog. Alcoholic and non-alcoholic options are served, as well.)\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>Or, as KQED Arts reported back in 2014, \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/arts/10139926/how-to-survive-outside-lands-a-veterans-guide\">another option apparently favored by some locals is to “bury bottles of liquor in Golden Gate Park a week before the festival\u003c/a> and dig it up later after you’ve slid past security.”\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003ch2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Any other useful Outside Lands tips and features I should know about?\u003c/h2>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>Here are some other insider tips from KQED reporters:\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n\u003cli>If you are trying to see someone on the Polo Field, get there early. It gets very crowded quickly.\u003c/li>\n\n\n\n\u003cli>Sometimes artists hang out at the food trucks, talking to fans (and, if you are lucky, performing a quick song).\u003c/li>\n\n\n\n\u003cli>\u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/arts/13862534/headed-to-outside-lands-heres-everything-you-need-to-know#:~:text=The%20festival%20has%20a%20Sober,sane%20among%20all%20party%20people.\">There is a sober tent available at Outside Lands\u003c/a> for those who feel like they need someone to talk to among the partying. \u003c/li>\n\n\n\n\u003cli>You can get \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/arts/13956845/legal-weddings-married-outisde-lands-city-hall\">married at Outside Lands.\u003c/a>\u003c/li>\n\u003c/ul>\n\n\n\n\u003ch2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">I can’t afford tickets — are there other related performances I can enjoy?\u003c/h2>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>Yes, \u003ca href=\"https://sfoutsidelands.com/music/night-shows/\">Outside Lands has several after-parties around San Francisco for which you can get tickets\u003c/a> from Thursday through Sunday. \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>(Be sure to snag them quickly, because some are already sold out!)\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>There are some Outside Lands-adjacent parties throughout the city, including:\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n\u003cli>\u003ca href=\"https://www.eventbrite.com/e/sumyer-of-love-osl-pre-party-tickets-1995041401537?aff=ebdssbdestsearch\">Sumyer of Love OSL Pre-Party\u003c/a> at Curio at The Chapel\u003c/li>\n\n\n\n\u003cli>\u003ca href=\"https://www.eventbrite.com/e/electric-void-presidelands-tickets-1995703139814?aff=ebdssbdestsearch\">Electric Void: PreSideLands\u003c/a> at Monarch SF\u003c/li>\n\n\n\n\u003cli>\u003ca href=\"https://www.eventbrite.com/e/party-4-u-charli-xcx-tribute-look-alike-contest-tickets-1993883449070\">party 4 u – Charli XCX Tribute + Look-alike Contest\u003c/a> at OASIS\u003c/li>\n\n\n\n\u003cli>\u003ca href=\"https://www.eventbrite.com/e/dragsidelands-afterparty-w-kori-king-lydia-butthole-kollins-tickets-1993752148346\">DragsideLands Afterparty\u003c/a> at OASIS\u003c/li>\n\n\n\n\u003cli>\u003ca href=\"https://www.eventbrite.com/e/queen-outside-lands-umru-jane-dont-gaszia-more-tickets-1993569700640?aff=ebdssbdestsearch\">QUEEN OUT[SIDE LANDS]\u003c/a> at Public Works\u003c/li>\n\n\n\n\u003cli>\u003ca href=\"https://www.eventbrite.com/e/outside-lands-friday-w-nico-morano-afro-house-melodic-house-at-madarae-tickets-1995755822389?aff=ebdssbdestsearch\">Outside Lands Friday\u003c/a> and \u003ca href=\"https://www.eventbrite.com/e/outside-lands-saturday-w-special-guest-dj-at-madarae-tickets-1995803062686?aff=ebdssbdestsearch\">Saturday\u003c/a> at MadaRae San Francisco\u003c/li>\n\n\n\n\u003cli>\u003ca href=\"https://www.eventbrite.com/e/outside-lands-after-party-the-grand-san-francisco-tickets-1996327421056?aff=ebdssbdestsearch\">Outside Lands After Party\u003c/a> at The Grand Nightclub\u003c/li>\n\n\n\n\u003cli>\u003ca href=\"https://www.eventbrite.com/e/after-party-girl-girls-on-deck-maliciel-andyland-osl-afterparty-tickets-1994387412438?aff=ebdssbdestsearch\">AFTER PARTY GIRL\u003c/a> at The Great Northern\u003c/li>\n\n\n\n\u003cli>\u003ca href=\"https://www.eventbrite.com/e/inside-lands-tickets-1995184768351?aff=ebdssbdestsearch\">INSIDE LANDS\u003c/a> at City Nights SF\u003c/li>\n\n\n\n\u003cli>\u003ca href=\"https://www.eventbrite.com/e/groove-lands-osl-afters-at-roxys-tickets-1996123498117?aff=ebdssbdestsearch\">Groove Lands: OSL Afters\u003c/a> at Roxy’s\u003c/li>\n\n\n\n\u003cli>\u003ca href=\"https://www.eventbrite.com/e/parkside-boogie-osl-after-party-tickets-1995071547705?aff=ebdssbdestsearch\">Parkside Boogie: OSL After Party\u003c/a> at Chug Pub\u003c/li>\n\u003c/ul>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>[ad floatright]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cem>KQED’s \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/author/gmeline\">Gabe Meline\u003c/a>, \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/author/nvoynovskaya\">Nastia Voynovskaya\u003c/a> and \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/author/carlysevern\">Carly Severn\u003c/a> contributed to this story.\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\n",
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"innerHTML": "\n\u003cp>KQED also has \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12093415/the-no-judgement-guide-to-not-passing-out-at-a-concert-and-other-concert-health-tips\">a thorough guide on concert health\u003c/a>, including tips from festival medics that can help fans have a good, safe time at Outside Lands.\u003c/p>\n",
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"innerHTML": "\n\u003cp>Yes, it’s August. But it’s Golden Gate Park. Sorry, you still need to bring a jacket!\u003c/p>\n",
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"innerHTML": "\n\u003cp>You can keep an eye on \u003ca href=\"https://forecast.weather.gov/MapClick.php?lat=37.7771&lon=-122.4196\">the National Weather Service’s forecast for San Francisco\u003c/a> as the festival draws closer. Golden Gate Park is near the ocean, and it gets \u003cem>cold\u003c/em> even when other parts of San Francisco are toasty. Forgetting layers for a day in the park is a classic mistake you don’t want to make.\u003c/p>\n",
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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Keep in mind: Outside Lands tickets are physical wristbands and are \u003ca href=\"https://outsidelands.frontgatetickets.com/event/du3gohu6lw6bl5g0?_gl=1*adpa5a*_gcl_au*MTgyNjg5NzMyOC4xNzgzNzE5MDg1\">nontransferable\u003c/a>. \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003ch2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">What’s the Outside Lands 2026 schedule, and when does the festival start?\u003c/h2>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>The gates open at 11 a.m. all three days, and it will happen \u003ca href=\"https://outsidelands.frontgatetickets.com/event/h71iqbtzk2lblo4k\">rain or shine\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>The lineup time slots are \u003ca href=\"https://sfoutsidelands.com/schedule/#/\">now available on Outside Lands’ website\u003c/a>, making planning for the concert easier (and emotionally difficult, if you have favorites playing at the same time).\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003ch2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"will-call\">Where is the will call to pick up my wristband for Outside Lands?\u003c/h2>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>Your wristband is your ticket, and most people get their wristband in the mail.\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>But if you bought your tickets after July 28, you’ll have to pick up your wristband at will call in Golden Gate Park during the week of the festival or when you first arrive at Outside Lands. The box office is at Marx Meadow, located at the intersection of 25th Avenue and Fulton Street, and is open:\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n\u003cli>Wednesday, Aug. 5, from 1 p.m. to 7 p.m. \u003c/li>\n\n\n\n\u003cli>Thursday, Aug. 6, from 1 p.m. to 7 p.m. \u003c/li>\n\n\n\n\u003cli>Friday, Aug. 7, from 10 a.m. to 9 p.m. \u003c/li>\n\n\n\n\u003cli>Saturday, Aug. 8, from 10 a.m. to 9 p.m. \u003c/li>\n\n\n\n\u003cli>Sunday, Aug. 9, from 10 a.m. to 8 p.m.\u003c/li>\n\u003c/ul>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>What if you purchased your Outside Lands tickets before July 28 but haven’t received your wristbands yet? Festival organizers say if you didn’t receive a tracking number by the week of Outside Lands, you should \u003ca href=\"https://support.frontgatetickets.com/hc/en-us/requests/new\">submit a request with Front Gate Tickets\u003c/a> as soon as possible.\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003ch2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"road-closures\">Getting to Outside Lands by car: Where are the road closures?\u003c/h2>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>Outside Lands organizers (and KQED reporters) recommend ticket holders \u003ca href=\"https://sfoutsidelands.com/info/\">\u003cem>don’t\u003c/em> drive to the festival\u003c/a> — and when you read our information about road closures and the parking situation, you may understand why.\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Road closures for Outside Lands\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>According to \u003ca href=\"https://sfrecpark.org/547/Golden-Gate-Park-Road-Closures\">Golden Gate Park’s website\u003c/a>, “during the week prior to the Outside Lands Festival (Mon-Thurs), JFK Drive from Transverse to 36th Ave. will be closed. JFK Drive from Transverse to 36th Ave. will remain closed through the Wednesday following the Golden Gate Park Concert.”\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cfigure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1344\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/07/PinkPantheressGetty.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-12091839\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/07/PinkPantheressGetty.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/07/PinkPantheressGetty-160x108.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/07/PinkPantheressGetty-1536x1032.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">PinkPantheress performs at the Mojave Tent during the 2026 Coachella Valley Music and Arts Festival at Empire Polo Club on April 18, 2026, in Indio, California. (Arturo Holmes/Getty Images for Coachella)\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>These are the entrances closed on the north side of Golden Gate Park, according to the park’s official website:\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n\u003cli>Transverse Drive at Crossover Drive\u003c/li>\n\n\n\n\u003cli>JFK Drive at Transverse Drive\u003c/li>\n\n\n\n\u003cli>30th Avenue\u003c/li>\n\n\n\n\u003cli>36th Avenue\u003c/li>\n\n\n\n\u003cli>43rd Avenue (Chain of Lakes)\u003c/li>\n\n\n\n\u003cli>47th Avenue\u003c/li>\n\n\n\n\u003cli>The Great Highway at JFK Drive\u003c/li>\n\u003c/ul>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>These are the entrances closed on the south side of the park:\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n\u003cli>Martin Luther King Jr. Drive at Crossover Drive\u003c/li>\n\n\n\n\u003cli>25th Avenue\u003c/li>\n\n\n\n\u003cli>Sunset Boulevard at Irving Street\u003c/li>\n\n\n\n\u003cli>41st Avenue (Chain of Lakes)\u003c/li>\n\n\n\n\u003cli>Martin Luther King Jr. Drive at Lincoln Avenue\u003c/li>\n\u003c/ul>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>If you have any \u003ca href=\"https://sfoutsidelands.com/311/\">questions about road closures or restrictions\u003c/a>, you can call 415-965-8001 or email community@sfoutsidelands.com or community@anotherplanetent.com.\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Where can I get picked up or dropped off at Outside Lands?\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>If you’re looking for a good pickup or drop-off point — either for yourself or because you’re someone else’s ride — Outside Lands and Mayor Daniel Lurie’s office recommend\u003ca href=\"https://sfoutsidelands.com/info/\"> “several blocks north or south of the park,”\u003c/a> such as: \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n\u003cli>North side of Irving Street, between 25th and 27th avenues\u003c/li>\n\n\n\n\u003cli>North side of Golden Gate Park along Washington High School\u003c/li>\n\n\n\n\u003cli>North side of Balboa Street, between 30th and 31st avenues\u003c/li>\n\n\n\n\u003cli>West side of 30th Avenue, between Balboa and Anza streets\u003c/li>\n\u003c/ul>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>Be aware that rideshare apps will impose dynamic pricing for an event like Outside Lands, which will make even a short ride \u003cem>much\u003c/em> more expensive than usual.\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>If you are planning to call an autonomous vehicle like a Waymo, Lurie’s office said in an email that there will be two main zones for pick-up and drop-off: \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n\u003cli>Zone 1, which is “bounded by Balboa Street to the north, 20th Avenue to the east, and Kirkham Street to the south during peak entry and exit hours each day of the festival, 10:00 AM to 12:30 AM.”\u003c/li>\n\n\n\n\u003cli>Zone 2, “which includes areas bounded by Geary Boulevard to the north, Stanyan Street to the east, and Kirkham Street to the south during peak entry and exit hours each day of the festival, 8:00 PM to 12:30 AM.”\u003c/li>\n\u003c/ul>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>According to \u003ca href=\"https://www.sfmta.com/travel-updates/outside-lands-august-7-9-2026#TaxiStands\">SFMTA\u003c/a>, taxi stands can be found at:\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n\u003cli>Fulton Street between 24th and 25th avenues\u003c/li>\n\n\n\n\u003cli>Fulton Street between 28th and 29th avenues\u003c/li>\n\n\n\n\u003cli>Irving Street between 26th and 27th avenues\u003c/li>\n\n\n\n\u003cli>Larkin Street between Hayes and Grove streets (Taxi Shuttle service to festival)\u003c/li>\n\u003c/ul>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>These areas were explicitly forbidden to be used as a pick-up/drop-off point:\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n\u003cli>Lincoln Way, between 25th and 41st avenues\u003c/li>\n\n\n\n\u003cli>Fulton Street, between 26th and 37th avenues\u003c/li>\n\n\n\n\u003cli>26th, 27th, 28th, 29th, 30th, 31st, 32nd, 33rd, 34th, 35th, 36th and 37th avenues, between Fulton and Cabrillo streets\u003c/li>\n\n\n\n\u003cli>All streets in Golden Gate Park, including Crossover Drive, from Friday at 11 a.m. to Sunday at 11:59 p.m.\u003c/li>\n\u003c/ul>\n\n\n\n\u003ch2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"parking-for-outside-lands\">Where can I find parking for Outside Lands?\u003c/h2>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>Let’s get this out of the way: There is no “official” general parking for Outside Lands. (Jump straight to more information on accessible parking below.)\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>Remember, if you’re choosing to try to park near Outside Lands, break-ins are common in San Francisco — so leave nothing visible in your vehicle, and if at all possible, leave your trunk exposed to show it’s empty. \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>Never leave any electronics like laptops in your vehicle, even if you think they’re hidden. \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11959799/how-to-avoid-a-car-break-in-bay-area\">Read our full guide to reducing your chances of suffering a car break-in in San Francisco\u003c/a> (and if you’re unlucky enough to have your car broken into, our guide to \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11959477/car-break-ins-bay-area-glass-repair-what-to-do\">how to claim the costs of window repair and stolen items from your insurance\u003c/a> provider.)\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cfigure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/07/OutsideLandsEG2.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-12091863\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/07/OutsideLandsEG2.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/07/OutsideLandsEG2-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/07/OutsideLandsEG2-1536x1024.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Les Tran, 35, cuddles with Joshua Tree, 29, at Outside Lands on Saturday, Aug. 9, 2025. The two met on Grindr an hour before catching a drag performance at Dolores’ stage together. (Estefany Gonzalez for KQED)\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Can I pay to use a resident’s parking spot?\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>Some schools near Golden Gate Park sell their parking during Outside Lands to fundraise money, such as \u003ca href=\"https://www.argonnesf.org/outsidelandsparking.html\">Argonne Elementary School (which is offering reservations this year)\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>Residents around Golden Gate Park may also sell their parking spaces to festival visitors. You can find these on Reddit, Facebook or even by trolling through the Sunset District in person and seeing who has signs up. If you choose to go this route to find parking, stay extra vigilant for scams, and make sure you’re always sending money to the right person.\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>You may have some luck finding a parking space on \u003ca href=\"https://spothero.com/\">a third-party parking website like SpotHero\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>What about blocking a driveway, even if it’s mine?\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>According to the SFMTA, \u003ca href=\"https://www.sfmta.com/travel-updates/outside-lands-august-8-10-2025\">the San Francisco Transportation Code allows residents to park in the street and block their own driveway\u003c/a> “provided the driveway does not serve more than two tenants.” Vehicles may never be parked on the sidewalk.\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\u003cp>During Outside Lands, the SFMTA will enforce blocked driveways “on a complaint basis only,” SFMTA said. \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>Of course, that does not give you free rein to block a person’s driveway — they’ll almost certainly make that complaint and have you towed if they don’t recognize your car.\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>If you live near Golden Gate Park, you can \u003ca href=\"https://www.sfoutsidelands.com/311/\">check Outside Lands’ Neighborhood 311 advisory page for residents\u003c/a> for any updates.\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003ch2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"public-transit\">How to get to Outside Lands using public transit\u003c/h2>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Getting to Outside Lands using SF Muni\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>SFMTA \u003ca href=\"https://www.sfmta.com/files/styles/constrain/public/images/2026-08/OSL%202026.jpg?itok=Kmm0gFuE\">published a useful map of your options for transportation routes to Outside Lands (PNG)\u003c/a>, and the agency has its own \u003ca href=\"https://www.sfmta.com/blog/plan-your-next-golden-gate-park-trip-muni\">guide on getting to Golden Gate Park on Muni.\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>According to an email from Lurie’s office, Outside Lands wristbands “are good for all-day Muni tickets except for cable cars. To board a Muni train or bus, attendees must show their wristband to the station agent or operator.”\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>Fans should also keep an eye on \u003ca href=\"https://www.sfmta.com/travel-updates/outside-lands-august-7-9-2026\">SFMTA’s guidance page\u003c/a> for any major updates to routes, which include:\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n\u003cli>\u003ca href=\"https://www.sfmta.com/travel-updates/outside-lands-august-7-9-2026#ExtraService\">Extra service\u003c/a> on the N Judah and 5R Fulton Rapid. However, remember: The extra service on 5R will not serve the entire route.\u003c/li>\n\n\n\n\u003cli>Each night of the festival, \u003ca href=\"https://www.sfmta.com/travel-updates/outside-lands-august-8-10-2025#MuniService\">there will be a Muni 5X Fulton Express service from Golden Gate Park to Civic Center BART Station\u003c/a> “between 9:00 PM and midnight or until crowds clear,” according to an email from Lurie’s office.\u003c/li>\n\n\n\n\u003cli>The \u003ca href=\"https://www.sfmta.com/routes/7-haight-noriega\">7 Haight/Noriega\u003c/a>, \u003ca href=\"https://www.sfmta.com/routes/28-19th-avenue\">28 19th Avenue\u003c/a>,\u003ca href=\"https://www.sfmta.com/routes/29-sunset\">29 Sunset\u003c/a> and \u003ca href=\"https://www.sfmta.com/routes/44-oshaughnessy\">44 O’Shaughnessy\u003c/a> serve areas of Golden Gate Park and may be subject to crowds.\u003c/li>\n\n\n\n\u003cli>The \u003ca href=\"https://www.sfmta.com/routes/38-geary\">38 Geary\u003c/a> and \u003ca href=\"https://www.sfmta.com/routes/38r-geary-rapid\">38R Geary Rapid routes\u003c/a>, which are four blocks north of the Fulton Street/30th Avenue entrance to Golden Gate Park, can also be alternative options to and from the event.\u003c/li>\n\u003c/ul>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>Remember: after performances end, lines for these buses get long \u003cem>fast\u003c/em>, so the sooner you arrive to try for a seat, the better.\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>You can \u003ca href=\"https://511.org/\">plan your Muni trip on 511.org\u003c/a> and \u003ca href=\"https://511.org/\">check Muni’s arrival information on Next Bus\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Using the official Outside Lands shuttle\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>You can hop a ride on the \u003ca href=\"https://outsidelands.frontgatetickets.com/event/3u9gr93jzply8khd?_gl=1*1don7wl*_gcl_au*MTgyNjg5NzMyOC4xNzgzNzE5MDg1\">Outside Lands shuttle\u003c/a> from the Bill Graham Civic Auditorium (near the Civic Center BART station). \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"https://outsidelands.frontgatetickets.com/event/4am8dj5mr25vspoj\">These “coach-style buses” are pre-paid and cost around $37.75\u003c/a> for a one-day pass.\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>The service will begin running each day at 11 a.m. and run \u003ca href=\"https://outsidelands.frontgatetickets.com/event/3u9gr93jzply8khd?_gl=1*1don7wl*_gcl_au*MTgyNjg5NzMyOC4xNzgzNzE5MDg1\">“continuously all day with limited coverage”\u003c/a> from 5 p.m. to 8 p.m., with the last shuttle to the festival leaving at 8 p.m.\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>As for getting back, return shuttles run until one hour after the music ends each night, festival organizers say.\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>Outside Lands officials strongly recommend taking BART to Civic Center to pick up the official shuttle, but if you do drive, paid parking is available in the Civic Center Parking Garage adjacent to the Bill Graham Civic Auditorium for a fee (entrance at McAllister Street between Polk Street and Larkin Street).\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Getting to Outside Lands on BART\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>The nearest BART station to Golden Gate Park is Civic Center. From there, you can \u003ca href=\"https://www.sfmta.com/blog/plan-your-next-golden-gate-park-trip-muni\">travel onward to Outside Lands using SF Muni\u003c/a> or \u003ca href=\"https://sfoutsidelands.com/info/\">use the official paid Outside Lands shuttle,\u003c/a> which departs from the nearby Bill Graham Civic Auditorium.\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>Parking at BART stations with BART-run parking lots is free after 3 p.m. on Friday and \u003ca href=\"https://www.bart.gov/guide/parking\">free all day on Saturday and Sunday\u003c/a> (except for the Milpitas and Berryessa/North San José stations, which still charge on weekends).\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>You can \u003ca href=\"https://www.bart.gov/planner\">use the BART Trip Planner to hash out the details.\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Getting to Outside Lands by bike\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>You can park your bike at the festival, with parking available at the eastern and southern parts of the festival site.\u003ca href=\"https://sfoutsidelands.com/assets/maps/osl25_patron-map_62925.png\"> \u003c/a>According to Lurie’s email, “Onsite bike valets will help bikeshare users park their bikes and find a bike for the journey home.”\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"https://www.lyft.com/bikes/bay-wheels\">Bay Wheels, run by rideshare app Lyft\u003c/a>, is available at the festival on JFK Drive, just east of Transverse Drive, to park your bike or get a bike home. \u003ca href=\"https://account.baywheels.com/map\">Use this website to find Bay Wheels near you.\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003ch2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Make a plan for getting home each night (and know your last transit option)\u003c/h2>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"https://sfoutsidelands.com/info/\">In past festivals, music usually ends at 10 p.m. on all days.\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>Phil Ginsburg, general manager of San Francisco Parks and Recreation, told KQED in 2023 that exit routes are “very well marked and the strategies for both entering and leaving the festival are pretty well established at this point and we’ll have tons of security, and there’s a lot of lighting in the area to keep people safe as they exit the festival.”\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>Use \u003ca href=\"https://www.bart.gov/planner\">BART’s Trip Planner\u003c/a> and \u003ca href=\"https://www.sfmta.com/muni-transit\">SFMTA’s Trip Planner\u003c/a> to check what time the last service of the day is.\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cfigure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1280\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/07/outside-lands-2025.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-12050547\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/07/outside-lands-2025.png 1920w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/07/outside-lands-2025-160x107.png 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/07/outside-lands-2025-1536x1024.png 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1920px) 100vw, 1920px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Chappell Roan performs at Outside Lands 2024. (Alive Coverage/Outside Lands)\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>If you’re hoping to get a rideshare like Uber or Lyft home from Outside Lands, remember those recommended pickup locations around Golden Gate Park — and that dynamic surge pricing for these services will almost certainly mean that ordering an Uber or Lyft home will be pretty pricey. (If you’re determined, you may wish to consider pre-organizing a crew to share the ride and split the cost.)\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003ch2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"take-off-wristband\">Can I take off my wristband or leave Outside Lands to reenter?\u003c/h2>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>No, keep your \u003ca href=\"https://sfoutsidelands.com/info/\">wristband on your wrist\u003c/a> if you’re attending multiple days of Outside Lands. (It’s waterproof, so you can shower with it.)\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>Same-day reentry is not allowed. But if you \u003cem>have\u003c/em> to leave the festival, festival organizers ask that you speak with a supervising staff member at an exit before leaving to work out the details.\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>If you end up \u003ca href=\"https://sfoutsidelands.com/info/\">needing to replace your wristband\u003c/a>, bring your order number and a government-issued ID to the festival box office. You can only get it replaced once, for $25. This option is only available for tickets purchased through Front Gate Tickets or the Ticketmaster Verified Exchange.\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003ch2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">What to know about accessibility at Outside Lands\u003c/h2>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"https://sfoutsidelands.com/accessibility/\">There is a designated ADA Entrance at 36th Avenue & JFK\u003c/a> Drive. This is where the Access Center is, and you can request a golf cart inside or get a collar for your service animal. \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>For accessible pickup and drop-off, attendees \u003ca href=\"https://sfoutsidelands.com/accessibility/\">“must enter the park at 36th Avenue and Fulton Street and will be directed to the Access Entrance to the festival on 36th Avenue and JFK Drive.”\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>There is limited ADA parking available, and it is first come, first served. You can access this parking by entering 36th Avenue and Fulton Street and talking to the gate agents. It is worth noting that some of the ADA parking is on roads with uneven terrain, with a walk to the ADA gate. Notify the parking staff so they can request a shuttle for you to the gate.\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cfigure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/07/OutsideLandsEG.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-12091860\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/07/OutsideLandsEG.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/07/OutsideLandsEG-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/07/OutsideLandsEG-1536x1024.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Nori Nakayama, right, poses for a portrait as Glass Animals performs at Outside Lands on Aug. 9, 2025. (Estefany Gonzalez for KQED)\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>There is a lot of demand for shuttles, so Outside Lands is limiting “capacity to our disabled patrons plus one companion.” Because of the “limited number” of shuttles, Outside Lands organizers advise disabled festival goers to “please expect a wait, and plan your requests accordingly.”\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>Outside Lands provides elevated platforms at the following stages: Sutro, Twin Peaks and Lands End stages. \u003ca href=\"https://sfoutsidelands.com/accessibility/\">There are “banquet style” folding chairs available at all of the platforms.\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>ADA restrooms are next to all of the accessible-viewing platforms. Restrooms at Outside Lands also have accessible options at the ends.\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>Festival organizers recommend that you email access@sfoutsidelands.com ahead of time with any accessibility questions or requests.\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>For quick safety updates, fans can text OUTSIDELANDS to 888-777.\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>KQED also has \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12093415/the-no-judgement-guide-to-not-passing-out-at-a-concert-and-other-concert-health-tips\">a thorough guide on concert health\u003c/a>, including tips from festival medics that can help fans have a good, safe time at Outside Lands.\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003ch2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Do I need to bring a jacket to Outside Lands?\u003c/h2>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>Yes, it’s August. But it’s Golden Gate Park. Sorry, you still need to bring a jacket!\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>You can keep an eye on \u003ca href=\"https://forecast.weather.gov/MapClick.php?lat=37.7771&lon=-122.4196\">the National Weather Service’s forecast for San Francisco\u003c/a> as the festival draws closer. Golden Gate Park is near the ocean, and it gets \u003cem>cold\u003c/em> even when other parts of San Francisco are toasty. Forgetting layers for a day in the park is a classic mistake you don’t want to make.\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>Also, another outfit suggestion from experienced KQED reporters: Comfortable shoes you don’t mind getting dirty.\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>You can also consider \u003ca href=\"https://www.nytimes.com/wirecutter/reviews/best-earplugs-for-concerts/\">buying earplugs that allow for sounds to get through for around $30\u003c/a>, to protect your hearing.\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003ch2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"bag-rules\">What can I bring to Outside Lands?\u003c/h2>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>Some items \u003ca href=\"https://sfoutsidelands.com/info/\">you can bring\u003c/a> to Outside Lands include: \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n\u003cli>Clear backpacks and bags\u003c/li>\n\n\n\n\u003cli>Non-clear small bags like fanny packs and purses up to 6” x 8” x 3”\u003c/li>\n\n\n\n\u003cli>Empty dedicated hydration packs with a capacity under 2.5L/150 inches and just one pocket (standard-size backpacks with hydration bladders will not be allowed into the festival)\u003c/li>\n\n\n\n\u003cli>Personal-sized hand sanitizer\u003c/li>\n\u003c/ul>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>Ticketholders are encouraged to bring a reusable water bottle and refill it at one of the water stations around the festival.\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cfigure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/07/OutsideLandsEG3.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-12091866\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/07/OutsideLandsEG3.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/07/OutsideLandsEG3-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/07/OutsideLandsEG3-1536x1024.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Festival goers dance along the Panhandle stage as Fcukers perform at Outside Lands on Aug. 8, 2025. (Estefany Gonzalez for KQED)\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>You can \u003ca href=\"https://secure.mobilecharginglockers.com/affiliate/website/event/outside-lands-locker-rental-2026\">reserve a locker\u003c/a> on the festival grounds in advance, but be sure to do so as soon as possible, as these reservations can sell out quickly.\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>Some \u003ca href=\"https://sfoutsidelands.com/info/\">items you \u003cem>can’t\u003c/em> bring\u003c/a> to Outside Lands include:\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n\u003cli>Glow-sticks, laser pointers (however, glow bracelets and necklaces are allowed)\u003c/li>\n\n\n\n\u003cli>Weapons, fireworks (including pocket knives)\u003c/li>\n\n\n\n\u003cli>Your own alcohol\u003c/li>\n\n\n\n\u003cli>Pets (apart from service dogs)\u003c/li>\n\n\n\n\u003cli>Glass or cans\u003c/li>\n\n\n\n\u003cli>Video or audio recording equipment (including drones, GoPros and selfie sticks)\u003c/li>\n\n\n\n\u003cli>Professional still camera equipment with “a detachable lens longer than 2 inches, tripods, big zooms or commercial use rigs.\u003c/li>\n\n\n\n\u003cli>Skateboards, scooters or personal motorized vehicles\u003c/li>\n\n\n\n\u003cli>Strollers, wagons or carts\u003c/li>\n\n\n\n\u003cli>Hammocks, umbrellas, picnic baskets, coolers, liquids\u003c/li>\n\n\n\n\u003cli>Chairs with legs or tents\u003c/li>\n\u003c/ul>\n\n\n\n\u003ch2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"bring-my-own-food\">Can I bring my own food into Outside Lands, and what food is available there?\u003c/h2>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"https://sfoutsidelands.com/info/\">The Outside Lands FAQ and venue information\u003c/a> states that bringing your own alcohol into the festival is prohibited, but does not explicitly ban bringing your own food. Just remember: the Outside Lands bag policy prohibits common kinds of non-clear backpacks and coolers.\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>You can check the Outside Lands food vendor list on \u003ca href=\"https://sfoutsidelands.com/food-and-drink/taste-of-the-bay-area/\">its website\u003c/a>. (This reporter has an affinity for Bun Mee and Hayz Dog. Alcoholic and non-alcoholic options are served, as well.)\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>Or, as KQED Arts reported back in 2014, \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/arts/10139926/how-to-survive-outside-lands-a-veterans-guide\">another option apparently favored by some locals is to “bury bottles of liquor in Golden Gate Park a week before the festival\u003c/a> and dig it up later after you’ve slid past security.”\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003ch2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Any other useful Outside Lands tips and features I should know about?\u003c/h2>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>Here are some other insider tips from KQED reporters:\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n\u003cli>If you are trying to see someone on the Polo Field, get there early. It gets very crowded quickly.\u003c/li>\n\n\n\n\u003cli>Sometimes artists hang out at the food trucks, talking to fans (and, if you are lucky, performing a quick song).\u003c/li>\n\n\n\n\u003cli>\u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/arts/13862534/headed-to-outside-lands-heres-everything-you-need-to-know#:~:text=The%20festival%20has%20a%20Sober,sane%20among%20all%20party%20people.\">There is a sober tent available at Outside Lands\u003c/a> for those who feel like they need someone to talk to among the partying. \u003c/li>\n\n\n\n\u003cli>You can get \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/arts/13956845/legal-weddings-married-outisde-lands-city-hall\">married at Outside Lands.\u003c/a>\u003c/li>\n\u003c/ul>\n\n\n\n\u003ch2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">I can’t afford tickets — are there other related performances I can enjoy?\u003c/h2>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>Yes, \u003ca href=\"https://sfoutsidelands.com/music/night-shows/\">Outside Lands has several after-parties around San Francisco for which you can get tickets\u003c/a> from Thursday through Sunday. \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>(Be sure to snag them quickly, because some are already sold out!)\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>There are some Outside Lands-adjacent parties throughout the city, including:\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n\u003cli>\u003ca href=\"https://www.eventbrite.com/e/sumyer-of-love-osl-pre-party-tickets-1995041401537?aff=ebdssbdestsearch\">Sumyer of Love OSL Pre-Party\u003c/a> at Curio at The Chapel\u003c/li>\n\n\n\n\u003cli>\u003ca href=\"https://www.eventbrite.com/e/electric-void-presidelands-tickets-1995703139814?aff=ebdssbdestsearch\">Electric Void: PreSideLands\u003c/a> at Monarch SF\u003c/li>\n\n\n\n\u003cli>\u003ca href=\"https://www.eventbrite.com/e/party-4-u-charli-xcx-tribute-look-alike-contest-tickets-1993883449070\">party 4 u – Charli XCX Tribute + Look-alike Contest\u003c/a> at OASIS\u003c/li>\n\n\n\n\u003cli>\u003ca href=\"https://www.eventbrite.com/e/dragsidelands-afterparty-w-kori-king-lydia-butthole-kollins-tickets-1993752148346\">DragsideLands Afterparty\u003c/a> at OASIS\u003c/li>\n\n\n\n\u003cli>\u003ca href=\"https://www.eventbrite.com/e/queen-outside-lands-umru-jane-dont-gaszia-more-tickets-1993569700640?aff=ebdssbdestsearch\">QUEEN OUT[SIDE LANDS]\u003c/a> at Public Works\u003c/li>\n\n\n\n\u003cli>\u003ca href=\"https://www.eventbrite.com/e/outside-lands-friday-w-nico-morano-afro-house-melodic-house-at-madarae-tickets-1995755822389?aff=ebdssbdestsearch\">Outside Lands Friday\u003c/a> and \u003ca href=\"https://www.eventbrite.com/e/outside-lands-saturday-w-special-guest-dj-at-madarae-tickets-1995803062686?aff=ebdssbdestsearch\">Saturday\u003c/a> at MadaRae San Francisco\u003c/li>\n\n\n\n\u003cli>\u003ca href=\"https://www.eventbrite.com/e/outside-lands-after-party-the-grand-san-francisco-tickets-1996327421056?aff=ebdssbdestsearch\">Outside Lands After Party\u003c/a> at The Grand Nightclub\u003c/li>\n\n\n\n\u003cli>\u003ca href=\"https://www.eventbrite.com/e/after-party-girl-girls-on-deck-maliciel-andyland-osl-afterparty-tickets-1994387412438?aff=ebdssbdestsearch\">AFTER PARTY GIRL\u003c/a> at The Great Northern\u003c/li>\n\n\n\n\u003cli>\u003ca href=\"https://www.eventbrite.com/e/inside-lands-tickets-1995184768351?aff=ebdssbdestsearch\">INSIDE LANDS\u003c/a> at City Nights SF\u003c/li>\n\n\n\n\u003cli>\u003ca href=\"https://www.eventbrite.com/e/groove-lands-osl-afters-at-roxys-tickets-1996123498117?aff=ebdssbdestsearch\">Groove Lands: OSL Afters\u003c/a> at Roxy’s\u003c/li>\n\n\n\n\u003cli>\u003ca href=\"https://www.eventbrite.com/e/parkside-boogie-osl-after-party-tickets-1995071547705?aff=ebdssbdestsearch\">Parkside Boogie: OSL After Party\u003c/a> at Chug Pub\u003c/li>\n\u003c/ul>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003c/div>",
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"content": "\n\u003cp>\u003cem>This story is part of KQED’s series “Flipping the Switch,” examining California’s transition to clean energy and what it means for you. Find the series and more of our climate coverage \u003c/em>\u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/climate\">\u003cem>here\u003c/em>\u003c/a>\u003cem>. \u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>As state lawmakers return to the Capitol from summer recess on Monday, Democrats are spoiling for a fight with Gov. \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/tag/gavin-newsom\">Gavin Newsom\u003c/a> over the future of California’s signature climate fund. \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>Less than a year ago, Newsom and the Legislature \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/science/1998536/newsom-signs-climate-energy-bills-charting-state-course-through-perilous-mid-transition\">extended\u003c/a> the cap-and-trade program to 2045, renaming it cap-and-invest — a clear signal about lawmakers’ thoughts on the fiscal benefits of \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12052825/whats-next-for-californias-landmark-climate-program\">the system\u003c/a>. By requiring major polluters to purchase permits to account for their emissions, it raises billions of dollars a year for programs ranging from high-speed rail to affordable housing. \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>But the climate fund could shrink by as much as half due to new rules governing cap-and-invest, forcing lawmakers to make tough choices about how to spend the polluter proceeds — all while Newsom argues the program was never meant to be a permanent source of revenue. Their negotiations could come to a head in the next few weeks, before the final legislative session of the governor’s tenure comes to a close. \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cfigure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1999\" height=\"1333\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/05/250509-BeniciaRefinery-30-BL_qed.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-12040943\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/05/250509-BeniciaRefinery-30-BL_qed.jpg 1999w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/05/250509-BeniciaRefinery-30-BL_qed-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/05/250509-BeniciaRefinery-30-BL_qed-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/05/250509-BeniciaRefinery-30-BL_qed-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/05/250509-BeniciaRefinery-30-BL_qed-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/05/250509-BeniciaRefinery-30-BL_qed-1920x1280.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1999px) 100vw, 1999px\" />\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">The Valero Benicia Refinery in Benicia, on May 8, 2025, processes up to 170,000 barrels of oil a day, making gasoline, diesel, and other fuels for California. Valero plans to shut down the Benicia refinery by April 2026, citing high costs and strict environmental rules. (Beth LaBerge/KQED)\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>The cap-and-invest rules, \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12085401/amid-opposition-california-regulators-approve-major-changes-to-cap-and-trade-program\">approved\u003c/a> by the California Air Resources Board this spring, are expected to drastically reduce the number of pollution permits, known as allowances, that are auctioned off to fill the Greenhouse Gas Reduction Fund over the next three years. \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>Instead, more pollution allowances will be given away to companies covered by the cap, such as oil refineries and factories, to prevent them from leaving California. \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>“There is tension here insofar as there was an effort to rebrand the program as cap-and-invest — and now there are some serious concerns about the magnitude of the investments that will be coming out of this program,” said Kyle Meng, a professor of environmental economics at UC Santa Barbara. \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003ch2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Regulations boost industry\u003c/h2>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>Newsom signed the reauthorization of cap-and-invest in September, as part of \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12055461/california-lawmakers-reach-last-minute-deals-on-climate-energy\">sweeping negotiations\u003c/a> on climate and energy that included a bill meant to boost the state’s oil industry by making it easier to drill in Kern County. \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>Air regulators at CARB got to work designing a cap that would allow the state to achieve its climate goals — including reaching net-zero greenhouse gas emissions by 2045 — while also \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12053867/affordability-concerns-at-center-of-cap-and-trade-renewal-debate\">addressing affordability\u003c/a>, a top priority for lawmakers during last year’s reauthorization debate. \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>The first set of cap-and-invest rules unveiled in January drew fierce lobbying from the oil industry, which had already seen the \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/forum/2010101910826/california-considers-more-drilling-and-other-concessions-to-big-oil-as-gas-prices-rise\">closure of refineries\u003c/a> in Los Angeles and Benicia in the last two years that supplied roughly 20% of the state’s refining capacity. A Chevron executive \u003ca href=\"https://www.chevron.com/newsroom/2026/q1/californias-economy-faces-threats-with-new-energy-policy-changes\">warned\u003c/a> in a March letter that the regulations would “cripple the survivability of the state’s remaining refineries.”\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cfigure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1099\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2020/04/49114191696_1eaabc25a9_o-e1589575094581.jpg\" alt=\"Pumpjacks in western Kern County's South Belridge oil field as seen in November 2019.\" class=\"wp-image-11814822\"/>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Pumpjacks in western Kern County’s South Belridge oil field as seen in November 2019. (Dan Brekke/KQED)\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>CARB’s final blueprint, approved in May, increased the free allowances granted to polluters over the next three years. It also created the Manufacturing Decarbonization Incentive, which could grant companies additional allowances above the cap if they make investments in clean air technologies. The initiative is still being developed, but critics worry it could increase emissions and depress demand for allowances. \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>“I think that a big focus of these regulations, it seems to me, was to try to provide additional benefits to industry … to prevent businesses from leaving the state, and also help them decarbonize their production processes,” said Helen Kerstein, an analyst with the Legislative Analyst’s Office. \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>The tradeoff is a decline in the allowances given to utilities (which help fund a Climate Credit on customers’ bills) and a significant drop in allowances auctioned off to fill the Greenhouse Gas Reduction Fund. \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>As a result, CARB projects $2 billion annually will be deposited into the fund, roughly half the amount in recent years. \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003ch2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">A revenue program?\u003c/h2>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>In an interview with KQED, Newsom defended CARB’s work as a pragmatic response to rising costs at the pump. \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>Cap-and-invest has historically added roughly $0.25 to the price of a gallon of gas in California. As the state lowers the cap on emissions by issuing fewer pollution allowances over time, the price of each allowance is expected to rise — increasing compliance costs for California’s embattled oil refineries and further complicating the state’s transition away from fossil fuels. \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>“As we accelerate that transition, we also need to stabilize the market so that we don’t have $10 gasoline,” Newsom told KQED. “And so there was some rebalancing and consideration in that space, especially in the impacts of refineries.”\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cfigure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1211\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/03/GettyImages-2265237194-scaled-e1778026995886.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-12076853\"/>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">High gas prices are listed at a Chevron gas station in Los Angeles on March 9, 2026, as gasoline prices surge amid the ongoing war with Iran. (Frederic J. Brown/AFP via Getty Images)\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>Newsom and CARB officials have argued that the central purpose of cap-and-invest is to cost-effectively reduce emissions — not bankroll state programs through the revenue that goes to the Greenhouse Gas Reduction Fund. \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>“The whole idea was to reduce the allowances to reduce pollution — it was never to create a fund to subsidize [programs] in perpetuity,” Newsom said. “But now people have become so used to it, it’s become an ongoing funding source. So now everyone’s fighting for more and more resources.” \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>That argument has come as cold comfort to lawmakers who have eyed the fund to pay for housing, transit and wildfire mitigation in otherwise tight budget times. Even Newsom is banking on cap-and-invest revenue for the construction of high-speed rail in the Central Valley. \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\u003cp>In fact, the most quantifiable benefit of cap-and-invest has been its ability to print cash. While it’s difficult to pinpoint exactly how much the program has reduced emissions or precisely how many businesses have been retained because of its market design, the carbon allowance auctions have raised $36.1 billion for the GGRF since they began in 2013. \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>Lawmakers see the revenue as key to the political survival of the state’s climate ambitions, by ensuring that a strict emissions cap will result in tangible benefits to California households beyond the avoided costs of climate damages.\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>“You can say cap-and-invest isn’t a revenue program, but we live and die on revenue programs,” state Sen. Dave Cortese, D-San José, said. “So you’re going to need to point us to where we’re going to get the revenue to backfill these programs because they’re not going to go away — I think that’s going to be the standoff.” \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>‘\u003cstrong>Mission critical’ \u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>In North San José, money from the Greenhouse Gas Reduction Fund is helping transform a vacant lot next to the Berryessa BART station into an apartment complex with 195 units of affordable housing. \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>The development broke ground in May and is expected to open in 2028. On a recent weekday afternoon, construction crews were at work preparing the site’s foundation as BART trains whizzed by. \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>The project received $29 million from the state’s Affordable Housing and Sustainable Communities program, which uses money in the climate fund to build affordable housing near transit. \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cfigure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/07/20260716_ClimateSolutionsCapTrade_GC-2-KQED.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-12091847\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/07/20260716_ClimateSolutionsCapTrade_GC-2-KQED.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/07/20260716_ClimateSolutionsCapTrade_GC-2-KQED-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/07/20260716_ClimateSolutionsCapTrade_GC-2-KQED-1536x1024.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\" />\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Construction crews work at the site of RISE, an affordable housing development, across the street from the Berryessa/North San José BART Station, in San José on July 16, 2026. (Gina Castro for KQED)\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>“When your front door is at a station area, the people who live there are much more likely to hop on transit and not utilize a single-occupancy vehicle to get to their destinations,” said Jessie O’Malley Solis, the Santa Clara Valley Transportation Authority’s director of multimodal planning and real estate. \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>VTA has a pipeline of 2,900 affordable units envisioned for future development projects at transit stations in San José, Campbell and Milpitas. All would rely on the AHSC funding generated by cap-and-invest. \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>“It’s critical,” Solis said. “Mission critical.” \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>But AHSC funding could be completely eliminated under the new cap-and-invest rules, according to the state’s Legislative Analyst’s Office.\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>Under a deal Newsom struck last year with Democratic lawmakers on how to spend Greenhouse Gas Reduction Fund revenue, programs would no longer be guaranteed a percentage share of the fund’s proceeds. \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>Instead, a fixed $1 billion a year would go toward the state’s high-speed rail system, a top Newsom priority, and $1 billion would be set aside for discretionary spending. 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The 10-story building will have 195 units. (Gina Castro for KQED)\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>If that spending blueprint remains unchanged, the Legislative Analyst’s Office estimated that there would be no money in the climate account left earmarked for housing, transit, wildfire resilience or the Community Air Protection Program, which was \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12050096/californias-clean-air-program-for-polluted-communities-faces-crossroads\">created to reduce\u003c/a> local air pollution.\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>“When you cut funding for things like this, you’re undercutting years of community work,” said Lauren Gallagher, an attorney with Communities for a Better Environment. “The agreements that were made last year in the legislative process were not honored in this rulemaking.” \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>Communities for a Better Environment has sued CARB to block the new cap-and-invest rules, accusing the agency of failing to properly consider the environmental impacts of changes that would leave less money in the Greenhouse Gas Reduction Fund. \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>The new fiscal reality could upend the deal between Newsom and legislative Democrats on climate spending. \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003ch2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Competing priorities \u003c/h2>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>The governor has been steadfast in his desire to prioritize Greenhouse Gas Reduction Fund dollars for high-speed rail. \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>Rail officials have vowed that an annual $1 billion commitment will allow them to borrow enough money to complete an initial segment from Merced to Bakersfield.\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>“All those folks that are out there shaking their head on the high-speed rail, we can’t make up for the last 20, 30 years, but right now we’re laying damn tracks,” Newsom said. “I believe when it is done, people will look back and go, boy, this was worthwhile.” \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>But lawmakers and analysts have questioned the agency’s plan to complete even the initial segment, let alone the Los Angeles-to-San Francisco line that was promised to voters. \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cfigure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/12/251208-BART-SILICON-VALLEY-TOUR-MD-03-KQED.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-12066410\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/12/251208-BART-SILICON-VALLEY-TOUR-MD-03-KQED.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/12/251208-BART-SILICON-VALLEY-TOUR-MD-03-KQED-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/12/251208-BART-SILICON-VALLEY-TOUR-MD-03-KQED-1536x1024.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\" />\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">The tunnel under construction at the West Portal Site of the BART Silicon Valley Phase II Project in San José on Dec. 8, 2025. (Martin do Nascimento/KQED)\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>Meanwhile, local transit agencies from BART to Metrolink face ongoing budget shortfalls. The GGRF has historically funded daily transit operations as well as long-term capital improvements, such as VTA’s Eastridge light-rail extension in San José and the expansion of SMART train service in Sonoma County. \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>“Right now, we have high-speed rail in the tier that’s above transit, and I don’t think that makes sense,” Sen. Catherine Blakespear, D-Encinitas, said. “High-speed rail shouldn’t get a billion dollars, and then we’ll starve all the other transit agencies in the state.” \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>Others have advocated for prioritizing adaptation to the climate costs already piling up for Californians. Hotter temperatures and longer droughts have increased the frequency and severity of wildfires, which have raised costs for electric utilities and rattled California’s home insurance market. \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>Researchers at Stanford’s Climate & Energy Policy Program warned against eliminating GGRF funding used to manage forests and harden communities vulnerable to wildfires. \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>“Now is not the time to cut wildfire resilience funding,” they \u003ca href=\"https://cepp.substack.com/p/california-wildfire-resilience-funding\">wrote\u003c/a> on Substack. “Otherwise, we risk losing lives, property, and ecosystems while exacerbating the utility and insurance affordability crises, worsening air quality, and increasing greenhouse gas emissions.” \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>Not all legislators are jumping into the spending fight. Four members of the bipartisan California Problem Solvers Caucus \u003ca href=\"https://www.documentcloud.org/documents/28127828-psc-letter-to-carb-15-day-cap-and-invest-comments-final/\">penned a letter\u003c/a> to CARB supporting the agency’s decision to return pollution allowances to industry and utilities rather than leaving them for lawmakers to divert to pet projects.\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>“Value preserved through free allocation … stays in California,” they wrote. “It stays in worker wages, facility operations, local tax bases, fuel price stability, and ratepayer credits.” \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cfigure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1334\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/12/251208-BART-SILICON-VALLEY-TOUR-MD-09-KQED.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-12066415\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/12/251208-BART-SILICON-VALLEY-TOUR-MD-09-KQED.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/12/251208-BART-SILICON-VALLEY-TOUR-MD-09-KQED-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/12/251208-BART-SILICON-VALLEY-TOUR-MD-09-KQED-1536x1025.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\" />\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">A crew works to install cross braces in the tunnel under construction at the West Portal Site of the BART Silicon Valley Phase II Project in San José on Dec. 8, 2025. (Martin do Nascimento/KQED)\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>Air regulators have stressed that the shift in allowances is only temporary — a three-year adjustment to weather a turbulent energy transition. Come 2030, CARB will again consider a new distribution of pollution permits. \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>But in the meantime, Kerstein said, lawmakers are left with tough choices over prized programs. \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>“In the face of this uncertainty and this potential volatility, what are its priorities?” Kerstein said. “And how does it want to make sure that its top priorities are funded?” \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>For Newsom, there is an added element of time pressure. The last legislative session of his tenure comes to an end Aug. 31 — giving the governor less than a month to leave his mark on the future of California’s climate spending. \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>\u003cem>KQED’s \u003c/em>\u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/author/scottshafer\">\u003cem>Scott Shafer\u003c/em>\u003c/a>\u003cem> contributed to this report.\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium aligncenter\" style=\"width: 500px; margin: 80px auto 40px;\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/06/KQED-membership-your-support-makes-this-work-possible-500x353@2x.png\" alt=\"Your support makes this work possible.\" width=\"1000\" height=\"706\" />\n\nFrom KQED’s Climate desk, “Flipping the Switch” documents California’s transition to clean energy and what it means for you. What works? What doesn’t? How much does it cost? Help us find these answers and more by donating today.\n\n\u003ca href=\"https://donate.kqed.org/sojo?ms=W2510EANXXXX26\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" style=\"width: 272px; margin: 40px auto;\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/06/KQED-membership-support-kqed-journalism-272x57@2x.png\" alt=\"Button: Support KQED journalism\" width=\"544\" height=\"114\" />\u003c/a>\n",
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Find the series and more of our climate coverage \u003c/em>\u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/climate\">\u003cem>here\u003c/em>\u003c/a>\u003cem>. \u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>As state lawmakers return to the Capitol from summer recess on Monday, Democrats are spoiling for a fight with Gov. \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/tag/gavin-newsom\">Gavin Newsom\u003c/a> over the future of California’s signature climate fund. \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>Less than a year ago, Newsom and the Legislature \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/science/1998536/newsom-signs-climate-energy-bills-charting-state-course-through-perilous-mid-transition\">extended\u003c/a> the cap-and-trade program to 2045, renaming it cap-and-invest — a clear signal about lawmakers’ thoughts on the fiscal benefits of \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12052825/whats-next-for-californias-landmark-climate-program\">the system\u003c/a>. By requiring major polluters to purchase permits to account for their emissions, it raises billions of dollars a year for programs ranging from high-speed rail to affordable housing. \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>But the climate fund could shrink by as much as half due to new rules governing cap-and-invest, forcing lawmakers to make tough choices about how to spend the polluter proceeds — all while Newsom argues the program was never meant to be a permanent source of revenue. Their negotiations could come to a head in the next few weeks, before the final legislative session of the governor’s tenure comes to a close. \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cfigure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1999\" height=\"1333\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/05/250509-BeniciaRefinery-30-BL_qed.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-12040943\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/05/250509-BeniciaRefinery-30-BL_qed.jpg 1999w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/05/250509-BeniciaRefinery-30-BL_qed-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/05/250509-BeniciaRefinery-30-BL_qed-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/05/250509-BeniciaRefinery-30-BL_qed-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/05/250509-BeniciaRefinery-30-BL_qed-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/05/250509-BeniciaRefinery-30-BL_qed-1920x1280.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1999px) 100vw, 1999px\" />\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">The Valero Benicia Refinery in Benicia, on May 8, 2025, processes up to 170,000 barrels of oil a day, making gasoline, diesel, and other fuels for California. Valero plans to shut down the Benicia refinery by April 2026, citing high costs and strict environmental rules. (Beth LaBerge/KQED)\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>The cap-and-invest rules, \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12085401/amid-opposition-california-regulators-approve-major-changes-to-cap-and-trade-program\">approved\u003c/a> by the California Air Resources Board this spring, are expected to drastically reduce the number of pollution permits, known as allowances, that are auctioned off to fill the Greenhouse Gas Reduction Fund over the next three years. \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>Instead, more pollution allowances will be given away to companies covered by the cap, such as oil refineries and factories, to prevent them from leaving California. \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>“There is tension here insofar as there was an effort to rebrand the program as cap-and-invest — and now there are some serious concerns about the magnitude of the investments that will be coming out of this program,” said Kyle Meng, a professor of environmental economics at UC Santa Barbara. \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003ch2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Regulations boost industry\u003c/h2>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>Newsom signed the reauthorization of cap-and-invest in September, as part of \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12055461/california-lawmakers-reach-last-minute-deals-on-climate-energy\">sweeping negotiations\u003c/a> on climate and energy that included a bill meant to boost the state’s oil industry by making it easier to drill in Kern County. \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>Air regulators at CARB got to work designing a cap that would allow the state to achieve its climate goals — including reaching net-zero greenhouse gas emissions by 2045 — while also \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12053867/affordability-concerns-at-center-of-cap-and-trade-renewal-debate\">addressing affordability\u003c/a>, a top priority for lawmakers during last year’s reauthorization debate. \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>The first set of cap-and-invest rules unveiled in January drew fierce lobbying from the oil industry, which had already seen the \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/forum/2010101910826/california-considers-more-drilling-and-other-concessions-to-big-oil-as-gas-prices-rise\">closure of refineries\u003c/a> in Los Angeles and Benicia in the last two years that supplied roughly 20% of the state’s refining capacity. A Chevron executive \u003ca href=\"https://www.chevron.com/newsroom/2026/q1/californias-economy-faces-threats-with-new-energy-policy-changes\">warned\u003c/a> in a March letter that the regulations would “cripple the survivability of the state’s remaining refineries.”\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cfigure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1099\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2020/04/49114191696_1eaabc25a9_o-e1589575094581.jpg\" alt=\"Pumpjacks in western Kern County's South Belridge oil field as seen in November 2019.\" class=\"wp-image-11814822\"/>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Pumpjacks in western Kern County’s South Belridge oil field as seen in November 2019. (Dan Brekke/KQED)\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>CARB’s final blueprint, approved in May, increased the free allowances granted to polluters over the next three years. It also created the Manufacturing Decarbonization Incentive, which could grant companies additional allowances above the cap if they make investments in clean air technologies. The initiative is still being developed, but critics worry it could increase emissions and depress demand for allowances. \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>“I think that a big focus of these regulations, it seems to me, was to try to provide additional benefits to industry … to prevent businesses from leaving the state, and also help them decarbonize their production processes,” said Helen Kerstein, an analyst with the Legislative Analyst’s Office. \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>The tradeoff is a decline in the allowances given to utilities (which help fund a Climate Credit on customers’ bills) and a significant drop in allowances auctioned off to fill the Greenhouse Gas Reduction Fund. \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>As a result, CARB projects $2 billion annually will be deposited into the fund, roughly half the amount in recent years. \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003ch2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">A revenue program?\u003c/h2>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>In an interview with KQED, Newsom defended CARB’s work as a pragmatic response to rising costs at the pump. \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>Cap-and-invest has historically added roughly $0.25 to the price of a gallon of gas in California. As the state lowers the cap on emissions by issuing fewer pollution allowances over time, the price of each allowance is expected to rise — increasing compliance costs for California’s embattled oil refineries and further complicating the state’s transition away from fossil fuels. \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>“As we accelerate that transition, we also need to stabilize the market so that we don’t have $10 gasoline,” Newsom told KQED. “And so there was some rebalancing and consideration in that space, especially in the impacts of refineries.”\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cfigure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1211\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/03/GettyImages-2265237194-scaled-e1778026995886.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-12076853\"/>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">High gas prices are listed at a Chevron gas station in Los Angeles on March 9, 2026, as gasoline prices surge amid the ongoing war with Iran. (Frederic J. Brown/AFP via Getty Images)\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>Newsom and CARB officials have argued that the central purpose of cap-and-invest is to cost-effectively reduce emissions — not bankroll state programs through the revenue that goes to the Greenhouse Gas Reduction Fund. \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>“The whole idea was to reduce the allowances to reduce pollution — it was never to create a fund to subsidize [programs] in perpetuity,” Newsom said. “But now people have become so used to it, it’s become an ongoing funding source. So now everyone’s fighting for more and more resources.” \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>That argument has come as cold comfort to lawmakers who have eyed the fund to pay for housing, transit and wildfire mitigation in otherwise tight budget times. Even Newsom is banking on cap-and-invest revenue for the construction of high-speed rail in the Central Valley. \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\u003cp>In fact, the most quantifiable benefit of cap-and-invest has been its ability to print cash. While it’s difficult to pinpoint exactly how much the program has reduced emissions or precisely how many businesses have been retained because of its market design, the carbon allowance auctions have raised $36.1 billion for the GGRF since they began in 2013. \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>Lawmakers see the revenue as key to the political survival of the state’s climate ambitions, by ensuring that a strict emissions cap will result in tangible benefits to California households beyond the avoided costs of climate damages.\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>“You can say cap-and-invest isn’t a revenue program, but we live and die on revenue programs,” state Sen. Dave Cortese, D-San José, said. “So you’re going to need to point us to where we’re going to get the revenue to backfill these programs because they’re not going to go away — I think that’s going to be the standoff.” \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>‘\u003cstrong>Mission critical’ \u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>In North San José, money from the Greenhouse Gas Reduction Fund is helping transform a vacant lot next to the Berryessa BART station into an apartment complex with 195 units of affordable housing. \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>The development broke ground in May and is expected to open in 2028. On a recent weekday afternoon, construction crews were at work preparing the site’s foundation as BART trains whizzed by. \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>The project received $29 million from the state’s Affordable Housing and Sustainable Communities program, which uses money in the climate fund to build affordable housing near transit. \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cfigure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/07/20260716_ClimateSolutionsCapTrade_GC-2-KQED.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-12091847\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/07/20260716_ClimateSolutionsCapTrade_GC-2-KQED.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/07/20260716_ClimateSolutionsCapTrade_GC-2-KQED-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/07/20260716_ClimateSolutionsCapTrade_GC-2-KQED-1536x1024.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\" />\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Construction crews work at the site of RISE, an affordable housing development, across the street from the Berryessa/North San José BART Station, in San José on July 16, 2026. (Gina Castro for KQED)\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>“When your front door is at a station area, the people who live there are much more likely to hop on transit and not utilize a single-occupancy vehicle to get to their destinations,” said Jessie O’Malley Solis, the Santa Clara Valley Transportation Authority’s director of multimodal planning and real estate. \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>VTA has a pipeline of 2,900 affordable units envisioned for future development projects at transit stations in San José, Campbell and Milpitas. All would rely on the AHSC funding generated by cap-and-invest. \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>“It’s critical,” Solis said. “Mission critical.” \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>But AHSC funding could be completely eliminated under the new cap-and-invest rules, according to the state’s Legislative Analyst’s Office.\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>Under a deal Newsom struck last year with Democratic lawmakers on how to spend Greenhouse Gas Reduction Fund revenue, programs would no longer be guaranteed a percentage share of the fund’s proceeds. \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>Instead, a fixed $1 billion a year would go toward the state’s high-speed rail system, a top Newsom priority, and $1 billion would be set aside for discretionary spending. Funding for housing, transit and reducing pollution in low-income hotspots fell further down the list. \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cfigure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/07/20260716_ClimateSolutionsCapTrade_GC-10-KQED.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-12091850\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/07/20260716_ClimateSolutionsCapTrade_GC-10-KQED.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/07/20260716_ClimateSolutionsCapTrade_GC-10-KQED-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/07/20260716_ClimateSolutionsCapTrade_GC-10-KQED-1536x1024.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\" />\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">The construction site of RISE, an affordable housing development, next to the Berryessa/North San José BART Station, in San José on July 16, 2026. The 10-story building will have 195 units. (Gina Castro for KQED)\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>If that spending blueprint remains unchanged, the Legislative Analyst’s Office estimated that there would be no money in the climate account left earmarked for housing, transit, wildfire resilience or the Community Air Protection Program, which was \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12050096/californias-clean-air-program-for-polluted-communities-faces-crossroads\">created to reduce\u003c/a> local air pollution.\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>“When you cut funding for things like this, you’re undercutting years of community work,” said Lauren Gallagher, an attorney with Communities for a Better Environment. “The agreements that were made last year in the legislative process were not honored in this rulemaking.” \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>Communities for a Better Environment has sued CARB to block the new cap-and-invest rules, accusing the agency of failing to properly consider the environmental impacts of changes that would leave less money in the Greenhouse Gas Reduction Fund. \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>The new fiscal reality could upend the deal between Newsom and legislative Democrats on climate spending. \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003ch2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Competing priorities \u003c/h2>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>The governor has been steadfast in his desire to prioritize Greenhouse Gas Reduction Fund dollars for high-speed rail. \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>Rail officials have vowed that an annual $1 billion commitment will allow them to borrow enough money to complete an initial segment from Merced to Bakersfield.\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>“All those folks that are out there shaking their head on the high-speed rail, we can’t make up for the last 20, 30 years, but right now we’re laying damn tracks,” Newsom said. “I believe when it is done, people will look back and go, boy, this was worthwhile.” \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>But lawmakers and analysts have questioned the agency’s plan to complete even the initial segment, let alone the Los Angeles-to-San Francisco line that was promised to voters. \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cfigure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/12/251208-BART-SILICON-VALLEY-TOUR-MD-03-KQED.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-12066410\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/12/251208-BART-SILICON-VALLEY-TOUR-MD-03-KQED.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/12/251208-BART-SILICON-VALLEY-TOUR-MD-03-KQED-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/12/251208-BART-SILICON-VALLEY-TOUR-MD-03-KQED-1536x1024.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\" />\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">The tunnel under construction at the West Portal Site of the BART Silicon Valley Phase II Project in San José on Dec. 8, 2025. (Martin do Nascimento/KQED)\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>Meanwhile, local transit agencies from BART to Metrolink face ongoing budget shortfalls. The GGRF has historically funded daily transit operations as well as long-term capital improvements, such as VTA’s Eastridge light-rail extension in San José and the expansion of SMART train service in Sonoma County. \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>“Right now, we have high-speed rail in the tier that’s above transit, and I don’t think that makes sense,” Sen. Catherine Blakespear, D-Encinitas, said. “High-speed rail shouldn’t get a billion dollars, and then we’ll starve all the other transit agencies in the state.” \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>Others have advocated for prioritizing adaptation to the climate costs already piling up for Californians. Hotter temperatures and longer droughts have increased the frequency and severity of wildfires, which have raised costs for electric utilities and rattled California’s home insurance market. \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>Researchers at Stanford’s Climate & Energy Policy Program warned against eliminating GGRF funding used to manage forests and harden communities vulnerable to wildfires. \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>“Now is not the time to cut wildfire resilience funding,” they \u003ca href=\"https://cepp.substack.com/p/california-wildfire-resilience-funding\">wrote\u003c/a> on Substack. “Otherwise, we risk losing lives, property, and ecosystems while exacerbating the utility and insurance affordability crises, worsening air quality, and increasing greenhouse gas emissions.” \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>Not all legislators are jumping into the spending fight. Four members of the bipartisan California Problem Solvers Caucus \u003ca href=\"https://www.documentcloud.org/documents/28127828-psc-letter-to-carb-15-day-cap-and-invest-comments-final/\">penned a letter\u003c/a> to CARB supporting the agency’s decision to return pollution allowances to industry and utilities rather than leaving them for lawmakers to divert to pet projects.\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>“Value preserved through free allocation … stays in California,” they wrote. “It stays in worker wages, facility operations, local tax bases, fuel price stability, and ratepayer credits.” \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cfigure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1334\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/12/251208-BART-SILICON-VALLEY-TOUR-MD-09-KQED.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-12066415\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/12/251208-BART-SILICON-VALLEY-TOUR-MD-09-KQED.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/12/251208-BART-SILICON-VALLEY-TOUR-MD-09-KQED-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/12/251208-BART-SILICON-VALLEY-TOUR-MD-09-KQED-1536x1025.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\" />\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">A crew works to install cross braces in the tunnel under construction at the West Portal Site of the BART Silicon Valley Phase II Project in San José on Dec. 8, 2025. (Martin do Nascimento/KQED)\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>Air regulators have stressed that the shift in allowances is only temporary — a three-year adjustment to weather a turbulent energy transition. Come 2030, CARB will again consider a new distribution of pollution permits. \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>But in the meantime, Kerstein said, lawmakers are left with tough choices over prized programs. \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>“In the face of this uncertainty and this potential volatility, what are its priorities?” Kerstein said. “And how does it want to make sure that its top priorities are funded?” \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>For Newsom, there is an added element of time pressure. The last legislative session of his tenure comes to an end Aug. 31 — giving the governor less than a month to leave his mark on the future of California’s climate spending. \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>\u003cem>KQED’s \u003c/em>\u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/author/scottshafer\">\u003cem>Scott Shafer\u003c/em>\u003c/a>\u003cem> contributed to this report.\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium aligncenter\" style=\"width: 500px; margin: 80px auto 40px;\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/06/KQED-membership-your-support-makes-this-work-possible-500x353@2x.png\" alt=\"Your support makes this work possible.\" width=\"1000\" height=\"706\" />\n\nFrom KQED’s Climate desk, “Flipping the Switch” documents California’s transition to clean energy and what it means for you. What works? What doesn’t? How much does it cost? Help us find these answers and more by donating today.\n\n\u003ca href=\"https://donate.kqed.org/sojo?ms=W2510EANXXXX26\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" style=\"width: 272px; margin: 40px auto;\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/06/KQED-membership-support-kqed-journalism-272x57@2x.png\" alt=\"Button: Support KQED journalism\" width=\"544\" height=\"114\" />\u003c/a>\n\u003c/div>\u003c/p>",
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"content": "\u003cp>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">Headed to the beach? Keep a watchful eye on the ocean for sneaker waves. They’re sudden, far-reaching waves that are notorious for catching beachgoers off-guard. Videos of Californians being swept away have gone viral, including a recent incident in Santa Cruz where a lifeguard saved a 10-year old from drowning.\u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">KQED’s Sarah Wright explains what sneaker waves are, why they’re dangerous, and how to stay safe while still enjoying the ocean.\u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cfigure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-wp-embed is-provider-megaphone wp-block-embed-megaphone\">\u003cdiv class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\nhttps://playlist.megaphone.fm?e=KQINC4489173346\n\u003c/div>\u003c/figure>\n\n\n\n\u003cp> \u003ci>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">Some members of the KQED podcast team are represented by The Screen Actors Guild, American Federation of Television and Radio Artists, San Francisco-Northern California Local.\u003c/span>\u003c/i>\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003ch3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Episode transcript\u003c/h3>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>\u003cem>This transcript is computer-generated. While our team has reviewed it, there may be errors.\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Ericka Cruz Guevarra: \u003c/strong>I’m Ericka Cruz Guevarra and welcome to The Bay, local news to keep you rooted. Lilia Cadotte’s relationship with the ocean began when she was just a baby.\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Lilia Cadotte: \u003c/strong>My father, he threw me in the water when I was nine months old and he said she’s gonna swim. Wow. And um, I was just swimming since then.\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Ericka Cruz Guevarra: \u003c/strong>Cadotte grew up in Pacifica. Her large Filipino family would go fishing and crabbing almost every day. And today, fishing in the Bay is still part of her everyday life. And it was her elders who taught her about the water.\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Lilia Cadotte: \u003c/strong>And they always told me, remain calm. If you ever get stuck in the water, don’t fight the waves. Be like a turtle. Just swim with the current.\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Ericka Cruz Guevarra: \u003c/strong>Back in June, Cadotte was fishing at Sharp Park in Pacifica, a place she knows well, when suddenly she was consumed by a sneaker wave and then got caught in a dangerous riptide. Video footage shows Cadotte being hit by the wave before vanishing into the water.\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Lilia Cadotte: \u003c/strong>When I saw it come towards me in a matter of feet, I knew that that was a strong wave and it was gonna take me. And that’s what it did. It took me like I was a fly getting sucked in by a frog’s tongue. And all I know is that the wave grabbed me. I fell on my back. I was now facing the sky. And then the wave just slurped me in and then it felt like I was in a washing machine. I prayed to God and I said, God, if this is your will, I understand, but please do not let me leave my son without a mother.\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Ericka Cruz Guevarra: \u003c/strong>Cadotte disappeared for four minutes. Once it was safe, a friend went into the water to retrieve her, but when she was submerged, it was Cadotte’s understanding of the ocean, a lifetime of education from her elders that saved her life.\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Lilia Cadotte: \u003c/strong>Everything that my father and my grandfather taught me about the water just kicked in. Don’t fight the rip current. Don’t fight the waves. Try to stay, you know, clear-minded. I have a lot more respect for the ocean. I, you know, when I was released out of the hospital, I went back to the ocean and I thanked her. I thanked for letting me live because not a lot of people are able to live from that experience. And I really wish that people, especially parents, educate themselves and visitors, educate themselves on rip currents. And you know the water looks beautiful, but do not underestimate its strength.\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Ericka Cruz Guevarra: \u003c/strong>The National Weather Service has been issuing hazard warnings at beaches across the Bay Area coastline this summer because of the threat of these so-called sneaker waves. On social media, videos of people being pulled in by sneaker wave have gone viral, with some people living to tell the tale and some completely disappearing into the ocean. Today, living with sneaker waves in the Bay Area, and how to stay safe. 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So these are bigger waves forming way out in the middle of the ocean that are just longer and bigger than others. The technology that the Weather Service has to monitor swells in general can pick up when there’s a higher danger of these, but it can’t pick up particular waves. So you can’t know like, oh, in five minutes there’s going to be a sneaker wave. So that’s what makes it so tricky for beachgoers because uou might know there’s an elevated danger, but you’re not gonna know exactly when that’ll happen.\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Ericka Cruz Guevarra: \u003c/strong>My mom actually is like the queen of sending me videos on Instagram of, I mean, people getting caught up in these sneaker waves. It’s like one of her greatest fears, honestly. 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You know there was really recently a 10 year old who was drowning caught in a rip current and lifeguards saved them and that video, you know, it’s just really heart-wrenching.\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Scott Vander Dussen: \u003c/strong>You know, when it first happened, it absolutely cleared out the water as if someone yelled shark.\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Sarah Wright: \u003c/strong>Our colleague, Gabriela Glueck, actually spoke to Scott Vander Dussen. 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But the reality is that sneaker waves can sneak up on you no matter what.\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Ericka Cruz Guevarra: \u003c/strong>And I mean, I feel like it’s not just these videos that seem to be especially prolific right now, but it seems like there have been many more beach hazard warnings this year.\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Sarah Wright: \u003c/strong>Yes, so the beach hazard warning in June was one of the longest running that Dylan Flynn:, the meteorologist I spoke to, said that he’s ever seen.\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Dylan Flynn: \u003c/strong>Typically a beach hazard statement goes out for like 2-3 days, so this is out of the ordinary.\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Sarah Wright: \u003c/strong>Since then, they’ve been kind of on and off. The NWS issues them when there’s a high risk of sneaker waves and under toes and rip currents. And so this has been a sort of remarkably long stretch of beach hazards. And, you know, when I was kind of looking into this, what I found was that all of the danger kind of originates down in the tropics. Hurricane Genevieve is forming during this El Nino cycle. These weather events that are typical for the summer are gonna send our way, these long period swells that are gonna cause sneaker waves and rip currents as well are gonna be more common. And the combination of the two can be super dangerous. So that’s how these beach hazard statements are issued is by monitoring whether that’s happened, you know, four days ago, and that might be affecting us up here today.\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Ericka Cruz Guevarra: \u003c/strong>And are these beach hazard warnings more common in the summer versus the winter?\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Sarah Wright: \u003c/strong>Yeah, so what NWS meteorologists told me is that in the summer, they’re much more common for these south-facing beaches. So when the tropics are getting bad weather, like, you know, right now, that will hit Southern California especially hard, but it will also travel up here into Northern California. And so what catches people off guard is being on a south-facing beach. The Santa Cruz area is really a high risk area because it has so many south-facing beaches. And then if you look at the map at places like Half Moon Bay, Surfers Beach is south-facing. It’s in a protected sort of cove area, but many of these coves face south here in the Bay Area. That’s true also for areas of Point Reyes up north. Limantour beach is a great example of that. A south-facing beach that’s pretty exposed as well. So if you get pulled out, you are getting pulled out to the ocean. In the winter, the hazard is actually the north-facing beaches, because if you can imagine, you know, the weather forming up north in sort of those colder seas is also going to affect us here in California. So there’s different hazards in the winter. In the wind, the waves are much bigger. We get this bigger oscillation. And so going to the beach in general during high tide can be quite dangerous.\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Ericka Cruz Guevarra: \u003c/strong>And as I understand it, like one of the main dangers of these sneaker waves too is that they often happen in conjunction with riptides. Can you explain just like how these two forces sort of work together and why they happen at the same time?\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Sarah Wright: \u003c/strong>So they are both caused by this weather that’s forming by these long period swells that are basically gaining power and gaining steam as they’re moving across the ocean for days on end. And so basically, you know in a worst case scenario what could happen is there’s a riptide present on a beach you’re at, and then a sneaker wave comes and pulls you into that rip tide. You never would have been in the riptide in the first place. You’re beach combing, you’re spending time with your family on the beach. But you get in the water by accident because of the sneakerwave, and all of a sudden you find yourself kind of what feels like you’re really being pulled out or even just stuck in a part of the shore. And that makes it really hard to get back to land. The water is very cold. You’re probably panicking. It’s a really scary, scary moment and kind of a very quick, dangerous situation that can devolve very quickly.\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Ericka Cruz Guevarra: \u003c/strong>So it sounds like it’s the sneaker wave that really pulls you into the ocean, and then it’s this riptide that really keeps you from actually getting out. So what should I do if I get caught by these two forces?\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Sarah Wright: \u003c/strong>What happens to people often is they try to swim back to shore. But in reality, riptides are, you know, going to kind of keep you from being able to do that. So what you can do is, I know it sounds hard, but you can try to relax your body. You can try float. And once you’re ready to swim, try not to swim against the current straight back to the shore. Try to swim parallel to the beach. That will get you out of this narrow current that you’ve been caught in into the calmer part of the ocean and then you’ll be able to swim back to shore. And so I know that sounds scary, but hopefully there are also people on the shore who’ve seen what has happened and who are calling emergency responders.\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Ericka Cruz Guevarra: \u003c/strong>And what if I witnessed someone getting pulled in by a sneaker wave and then caught up in a riptide? What should I do then?\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Sarah Wright: \u003c/strong>Do not try to swim out there to help them. It’s extremely dangerous. 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"innerHTML": "\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Lilia Cadotte: \u003c/strong>And they always told me, remain calm. If you ever get stuck in the water, don’t fight the waves. Be like a turtle. Just swim with the current.\u003c/p>\n",
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"innerHTML": "\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Lilia Cadotte: \u003c/strong>When I saw it come towards me in a matter of feet, I knew that that was a strong wave and it was gonna take me. And that’s what it did. It took me like I was a fly getting sucked in by a frog’s tongue. And all I know is that the wave grabbed me. I fell on my back. I was now facing the sky. And then the wave just slurped me in and then it felt like I was in a washing machine. I prayed to God and I said, God, if this is your will, I understand, but please do not let me leave my son without a mother.\u003c/p>\n",
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"innerHTML": "\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Sarah Wright: \u003c/strong>So you might be at the beach the tide is crashing at a predictable rhythm and place and then all of a sudden, you know one in every thousand waves kind of sneaks up on you and is twice as long, twice as big, twice as powerful and can really catch you off guard That’s why they’re called sneaker waves because you probably won’t see it coming. And if you’re anywhere near the shore, you might even get caught in it\u003c/p>\n",
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"innerHTML": "\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Dylan Flynn: \u003c/strong>You wouldn’t be able to look a mile offshore and see a sneaker wave, it would look like every other wave.\u003c/p>\n",
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"innerHTML": "\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Sarah Wright: \u003c/strong>Since then, they’ve been kind of on and off. The NWS issues them when there’s a high risk of sneaker waves and under toes and rip currents. And so this has been a sort of remarkably long stretch of beach hazards. And, you know, when I was kind of looking into this, what I found was that all of the danger kind of originates down in the tropics. Hurricane Genevieve is forming during this El Nino cycle. These weather events that are typical for the summer are gonna send our way, these long period swells that are gonna cause sneaker waves and rip currents as well are gonna be more common. And the combination of the two can be super dangerous. So that’s how these beach hazard statements are issued is by monitoring whether that’s happened, you know, four days ago, and that might be affecting us up here today.\u003c/p>\n",
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I prayed to God and I said, God, if this is your will, I understand, but please do not let me leave my son without a mother.\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Ericka Cruz Guevarra: \u003c/strong>Cadotte disappeared for four minutes. Once it was safe, a friend went into the water to retrieve her, but when she was submerged, it was Cadotte’s understanding of the ocean, a lifetime of education from her elders that saved her life.\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Lilia Cadotte: \u003c/strong>Everything that my father and my grandfather taught me about the water just kicked in. Don’t fight the rip current. Don’t fight the waves. Try to stay, you know, clear-minded. I have a lot more respect for the ocean. I, you know, when I was released out of the hospital, I went back to the ocean and I thanked her. I thanked for letting me live because not a lot of people are able to live from that experience. And I really wish that people, especially parents, educate themselves and visitors, educate themselves on rip currents. And you know the water looks beautiful, but do not underestimate its strength.\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Ericka Cruz Guevarra: \u003c/strong>The National Weather Service has been issuing hazard warnings at beaches across the Bay Area coastline this summer because of the threat of these so-called sneaker waves. On social media, videos of people being pulled in by sneaker wave have gone viral, with some people living to tell the tale and some completely disappearing into the ocean. Today, living with sneaker waves in the Bay Area, and how to stay safe. All right, Sarah, well, just to dive in, my first question for you is, first of all, what is a sneaker wave and why is it called that?\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Sarah Wright: \u003c/strong>So sneaker waves are these sort of unpredictable, long period waves that come in with a little more power than you might be expecting.\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Ericka Cruz Guevarra: \u003c/strong>Sarah Wright covers the outdoors for KQED.\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Sarah Wright: \u003c/strong>So you might be at the beach the tide is crashing at a predictable rhythm and place and then all of a sudden, you know one in every thousand waves kind of sneaks up on you and is twice as long, twice as big, twice as powerful and can really catch you off guard That’s why they’re called sneaker waves because you probably won’t see it coming. 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So these are bigger waves forming way out in the middle of the ocean that are just longer and bigger than others. The technology that the Weather Service has to monitor swells in general can pick up when there’s a higher danger of these, but it can’t pick up particular waves. So you can’t know like, oh, in five minutes there’s going to be a sneaker wave. So that’s what makes it so tricky for beachgoers because uou might know there’s an elevated danger, but you’re not gonna know exactly when that’ll happen.\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Ericka Cruz Guevarra: \u003c/strong>My mom actually is like the queen of sending me videos on Instagram of, I mean, people getting caught up in these sneaker waves. It’s like one of her greatest fears, honestly. And I feel like, I feel like I’m seeing more and more of these videos but how common is this like actually?\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Sarah Wright: \u003c/strong>Yeah, so it is real, like in the summer, right now, there have been lots of sneaker wave incidents. Up here in San Francisco, you know, Baker Beach, we’ve had a couple of incidents, a fisherman was swept out, and a mother and a young daughter who were walking out near the rocks at Baker Beach also ended up in the hospital. Scariest one that I saw this summer so far was in Santa Cruz two young women were on a beach down there and they were swept into the ocean and they did die. You know there was really recently a 10 year old who was drowning caught in a rip current and lifeguards saved them and that video, you know, it’s just really heart-wrenching.\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Scott Vander Dussen: \u003c/strong>You know, when it first happened, it absolutely cleared out the water as if someone yelled shark.\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Sarah Wright: \u003c/strong>Our colleague, Gabriela Glueck, actually spoke to Scott Vander Dussen. He happened to be on the shore taking photos and he caught a video of the incident.\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Scott Vander Dussen: \u003c/strong>The time was compressed but with the intensity of what we are witnessing combined with the swing of emotions, it really felt like an eternity.\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Ericka Cruz Guevarra: \u003c/strong>And perhaps we’re seeing more of them because there are just, it is the summertime and more people are at the beach.\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Sarah Wright: \u003c/strong>Yeah, it’s been beautiful weather here, tis the season to be out on the beach. And I think in some ways, you know, people don’t necessarily know the dangers or they think that, you now, if they’re paying enough attention, this won’t happen to them. But the reality is that sneaker waves can sneak up on you no matter what.\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Ericka Cruz Guevarra: \u003c/strong>And I mean, I feel like it’s not just these videos that seem to be especially prolific right now, but it seems like there have been many more beach hazard warnings this year.\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Sarah Wright: \u003c/strong>Yes, so the beach hazard warning in June was one of the longest running that Dylan Flynn:, the meteorologist I spoke to, said that he’s ever seen.\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Dylan Flynn: \u003c/strong>Typically a beach hazard statement goes out for like 2-3 days, so this is out of the ordinary.\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Sarah Wright: \u003c/strong>Since then, they’ve been kind of on and off. The NWS issues them when there’s a high risk of sneaker waves and under toes and rip currents. And so this has been a sort of remarkably long stretch of beach hazards. And, you know, when I was kind of looking into this, what I found was that all of the danger kind of originates down in the tropics. Hurricane Genevieve is forming during this El Nino cycle. These weather events that are typical for the summer are gonna send our way, these long period swells that are gonna cause sneaker waves and rip currents as well are gonna be more common. And the combination of the two can be super dangerous. So that’s how these beach hazard statements are issued is by monitoring whether that’s happened, you know, four days ago, and that might be affecting us up here today.\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Ericka Cruz Guevarra: \u003c/strong>And are these beach hazard warnings more common in the summer versus the winter?\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Sarah Wright: \u003c/strong>Yeah, so what NWS meteorologists told me is that in the summer, they’re much more common for these south-facing beaches. So when the tropics are getting bad weather, like, you know, right now, that will hit Southern California especially hard, but it will also travel up here into Northern California. And so what catches people off guard is being on a south-facing beach. The Santa Cruz area is really a high risk area because it has so many south-facing beaches. And then if you look at the map at places like Half Moon Bay, Surfers Beach is south-facing. It’s in a protected sort of cove area, but many of these coves face south here in the Bay Area. That’s true also for areas of Point Reyes up north. Limantour beach is a great example of that. A south-facing beach that’s pretty exposed as well. So if you get pulled out, you are getting pulled out to the ocean. In the winter, the hazard is actually the north-facing beaches, because if you can imagine, you know, the weather forming up north in sort of those colder seas is also going to affect us here in California. So there’s different hazards in the winter. In the wind, the waves are much bigger. We get this bigger oscillation. And so going to the beach in general during high tide can be quite dangerous.\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Ericka Cruz Guevarra: \u003c/strong>And as I understand it, like one of the main dangers of these sneaker waves too is that they often happen in conjunction with riptides. Can you explain just like how these two forces sort of work together and why they happen at the same time?\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Sarah Wright: \u003c/strong>So they are both caused by this weather that’s forming by these long period swells that are basically gaining power and gaining steam as they’re moving across the ocean for days on end. And so basically, you know in a worst case scenario what could happen is there’s a riptide present on a beach you’re at, and then a sneaker wave comes and pulls you into that rip tide. You never would have been in the riptide in the first place. You’re beach combing, you’re spending time with your family on the beach. But you get in the water by accident because of the sneakerwave, and all of a sudden you find yourself kind of what feels like you’re really being pulled out or even just stuck in a part of the shore. And that makes it really hard to get back to land. The water is very cold. You’re probably panicking. It’s a really scary, scary moment and kind of a very quick, dangerous situation that can devolve very quickly.\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Ericka Cruz Guevarra: \u003c/strong>So it sounds like it’s the sneaker wave that really pulls you into the ocean, and then it’s this riptide that really keeps you from actually getting out. So what should I do if I get caught by these two forces?\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Sarah Wright: \u003c/strong>What happens to people often is they try to swim back to shore. But in reality, riptides are, you know, going to kind of keep you from being able to do that. So what you can do is, I know it sounds hard, but you can try to relax your body. You can try float. And once you’re ready to swim, try not to swim against the current straight back to the shore. Try to swim parallel to the beach. That will get you out of this narrow current that you’ve been caught in into the calmer part of the ocean and then you’ll be able to swim back to shore. And so I know that sounds scary, but hopefully there are also people on the shore who’ve seen what has happened and who are calling emergency responders.\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Ericka Cruz Guevarra: \u003c/strong>And what if I witnessed someone getting pulled in by a sneaker wave and then caught up in a riptide? What should I do then?\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Sarah Wright: \u003c/strong>Do not try to swim out there to help them. It’s extremely dangerous. You’re very likely to also put yourself in danger.\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Dylan Flynn: \u003c/strong>We often see somebody get pulled into the water, we just end up with several people drowning.\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Sarah Wright: \u003c/strong>And when I talked to National Weather Service meteorologist Dylan Flynn, he had some advice of his own.\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Dylan Flynn: \u003c/strong>But it’s really, really dangerous to put more people in the water when this is happening. 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But even if you do that, just know you can always get a sneaker wave that goes twice as high up the beach as everything else was. So always keep that threat in mind.\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Sarah Wright: \u003c/strong>I wouldn’t say that the beach is 100% dangerous right now, or we’re in some sort of anomaly, but sneaker waves are prevalent every year and all year round, and it is definitely on the top of my mind as I go to the beach this summer as well. You know, what’s great is we also have Bayside beaches. And so if you’re just not feeling it that day and you’re worried about the power of the ocean, there are some really calm, beautiful beaches on the Bayside that are just as cold and offer that beautiful plunge if you want it, but typically without quite as much danger as the ocean side.\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Ericka Cruz Guevarra: \u003c/strong>Thank you so much, Sarah, for chatting with me about this, I appreciate it.\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Sarah Wright: \u003c/strong>No problem. Thanks for your interest in getting the word out about about dangers.\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Ericka Cruz Guevarra: \u003c/strong>That was Sarah Wright:, an outdoors reporter for KQED. This episode was produced by me, senior editor, Alan Montecillo, and someone I’m super excited to introduce you to for the first time on this show. Gabriela Glueck is our new producer on The Bay. Welcome, Gabi.\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Gabriela Glueck: \u003c/strong>Thank you, I’m so excited.\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Ericka Cruz Guevarra: \u003c/strong>We’re so excited to have you with us. For those who don’t know who you are, Tell us a little bit about yourself.\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Gabriela Glueck: \u003c/strong>Yeah, so I’ve actually been behind the scenes a little bit at KQED for about two years working on different podcasts, like Bay Curious, Close All Tabs, and filling in on The Bay. I’m from Maryland originally, moved to California, I guess two years ago now, and I’m having a lot of fun living in a beautiful place with a lot sun, with a lot of water.\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Ericka Cruz Guevarra: \u003c/strong>Gabi, where in the Bay Area do you live and what’s it like livin’ out there?\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Gabriela Glueck: \u003c/strong>The Peninsula! 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