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That means these hills and beaches can become a little crowded during the warmer months — so take a cue from\u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11673429/bay-curious-point-reyes-cemetery\"> this 2018 Bay Curious episode\u003c/a> and get off the beaten path.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11769096\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"max-width: 1920px\">\u003cimg class=\"size-full wp-image-11769096\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2019/08/RS30221_DSC_0965-qut.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1280\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2019/08/RS30221_DSC_0965-qut.jpg 1920w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2019/08/RS30221_DSC_0965-qut-160x107.jpg 160w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2019/08/RS30221_DSC_0965-qut-800x533.jpg 800w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2019/08/RS30221_DSC_0965-qut-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2019/08/RS30221_DSC_0965-qut-1200x800.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1920px) 100vw, 1920px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">The graves of the four \"surfmen\" in Point Reyes at the Historic Life-Saving Station Cemetery. \u003ccite>(Carly Severn/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>The tiny Historic Life-Saving Station Cemetery is one of Point Reyes’ true hidden gems: A collection of simple headstones, concealed within a knoll of cypress and eucalyptus trees on the road to the Point Reyes Lighthouse. This graveyard is the resting place of four young immigrants from Sweden, Finland and Germany who died working as “surfmen” (what we’d now call members of the Coast Guard) in the treacherous waters off Point Reyes in the 1890s. If you climb the hill up from the cemetery, you can just see the exact stretch of coastline on which those surfmen spent their last months at Point Reyes’ very first Life-Saving Station: An area known as the Great Beach. Learn their full story \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11673429/bay-curious-point-reyes-cemetery\">here\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11769099\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"max-width: 1920px\">\u003cimg class=\"size-full wp-image-11769099\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2019/08/RS30219_DSC_0982-qut.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1280\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2019/08/RS30219_DSC_0982-qut.jpg 1920w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2019/08/RS30219_DSC_0982-qut-160x107.jpg 160w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2019/08/RS30219_DSC_0982-qut-800x533.jpg 800w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2019/08/RS30219_DSC_0982-qut-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2019/08/RS30219_DSC_0982-qut-1200x800.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1920px) 100vw, 1920px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">A sign off the highway points to the knoll of trees that hides the Historic Life-Saving Station Cemetery. \u003ccite>(Carly Severn/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>\u003cem>\u003cstrong>Team tip:\u003c/strong> Stop for snacks in the lovely town of Point Reyes Station, where you’ll even find a Cowgirl Creamery cheese outlet. Make sure to get gas, too — it’ll be your only opportunity for miles.\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003ch3>Hike the Mysterious East Bay Walls\u003c/h3>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11769103\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg class=\"size-full wp-image-11769103\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2019/08/RS32665_19025042463_9119852fb9_o-qut-800x519.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"800\" height=\"519\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2019/08/RS32665_19025042463_9119852fb9_o-qut-800x519.jpg 800w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2019/08/RS32665_19025042463_9119852fb9_o-qut-800x519-160x104.jpg 160w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Segments of stone walls, like these on Monument Peak, in Ed Levin County Park near Milpitas, can be found throughout the hills of the East Bay. \u003ccite>(Dan Brekke/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>As the weather gets even nicer this month, strap on your hiking shoes and head to the East Bay hills to see the enigmatic structures that baffled Bay Area residents for more than a century: \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11689504/uncovering-the-real-story-behind-the-mysterious-east-bay-walls\">the “East Bay mystery walls.”\u003c/a> These stone walls are scattered on ridges from near San Jose north through the Berkeley Hills, sometimes built in long straight lines, sometimes forming angles, and occasionally rectangular or circular constructions. The mystery of them: Who built them, when and why? The theories can get pretty wild, from voyagers from a lost continent to extraterrestrials.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11769104\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg class=\"size-full wp-image-11769104\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2019/08/RS32677_19597532225_92ce855207_o-qut-800x600.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"800\" height=\"600\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2019/08/RS32677_19597532225_92ce855207_o-qut-800x600.jpg 800w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2019/08/RS32677_19597532225_92ce855207_o-qut-800x600-160x120.jpg 160w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2019/08/RS32677_19597532225_92ce855207_o-qut-800x600-632x474.jpg 632w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2019/08/RS32677_19597532225_92ce855207_o-qut-800x600-536x402.jpg 536w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">The stone walls wind through the landscape on Monument Peak. \u003ccite>(Dan Brekke/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>We’ve been getting “what’s with the mystery walls?” questions since the early days of Bay Curious, so we delved in deep with \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11689504/uncovering-the-real-story-behind-the-mysterious-east-bay-walls\">this 2018 episode\u003c/a> that explores the various theories surrounding them (we won’t spoil what we found.) If you’d like to trace the walls themselves as you listen, our reporter Dan Brekke recommends his favorite way to see them: Hiking \u003ca href=\"https://www.sccgov.org/sites/parks/parkfinder/pages/ed-levin.aspx\">Monument Peak in Ed Levin County Park\u003c/a>, on the outskirts of Milpitas. This fairly long walk of around 3.5 miles offers an elevation gain of roughly 2,200 feet elevation via the Tularcitos, Agua Caliente and Monument Peak trails — so bring water! And of course, respect the walls themselves.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11769105\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg class=\"size-full wp-image-11769105\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2019/08/RS32678_19457917600_a0745537be_o-qut-1-800x533.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"800\" height=\"533\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2019/08/RS32678_19457917600_a0745537be_o-qut-1-800x533.jpg 800w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2019/08/RS32678_19457917600_a0745537be_o-qut-1-800x533-160x107.jpg 160w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Downtown San Jose rises in the distance behind a small collection of stones seen from Monument Peak. \u003ccite>(Dan Brekke/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>\u003cem>\u003cstrong>Team tip:\u003c/strong> Ed Levin County Park is home to the Wings of Rogallo hang gliding club, so don’t forget to look above you and watch hang gliders and paragliders soaring in the skies.\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003ch3>Take a Road Trip to a Sierra Ghost Town\u003c/h3>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11769108\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"max-width: 1920px\">\u003cimg class=\"size-full wp-image-11769108\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2019/08/RS28798_DSC_0825-qut.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1280\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2019/08/RS28798_DSC_0825-qut.jpg 1920w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2019/08/RS28798_DSC_0825-qut-160x107.jpg 160w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2019/08/RS28798_DSC_0825-qut-800x533.jpg 800w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2019/08/RS28798_DSC_0825-qut-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2019/08/RS28798_DSC_0825-qut-1200x800.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1920px) 100vw, 1920px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">A building in the ghost town of Bodie, California. \u003ccite>(Carly Severn/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Want a real getaway? Drive over the Sierra, and you’ll find the eerie Gold Rush ghost town of Bodie hidden in the hills just north of Mono Lake. Established in 1859, and now a California State Park, this otherworldly place was once an archetypal Gold Rush boomtown, home to almost 10,000 people. The National Park Service maintains Bodie in what it calls “arrested decay,” and many of its homes and stores have astonishingly well-preserved interiors for you to peek into.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11769106\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"max-width: 1920px\">\u003cimg class=\"size-full wp-image-11769106\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2019/08/RS28781_DSC_0719-qut.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1280\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2019/08/RS28781_DSC_0719-qut.jpg 1920w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2019/08/RS28781_DSC_0719-qut-160x107.jpg 160w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2019/08/RS28781_DSC_0719-qut-800x533.jpg 800w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2019/08/RS28781_DSC_0719-qut-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2019/08/RS28781_DSC_0719-qut-1200x800.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1920px) 100vw, 1920px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Park interpreter Catherine Jones approaches Bodie's Methodist Church, built in 1882, and the only church left standing in the town. \u003ccite>(Carly Severn/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Superstitious folks might already know about the so-called \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11640709/how-this-ghost-towns-curse-backfired-on-park-rangers\">curse of Bodie\u003c/a>: a legend that anyone who dares to remove anything from the town will be swiftly struck by terrible misfortune. The truth about this curse, as explored in \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11654178/why-are-people-convinced-this-california-ghost-town-is-cursed\">this 2018 Bay Curious episode\u003c/a>, is even stranger than fiction. It turns out the Park Service itself invented the myth to deter light-fingered souvenir hunters … but soon found it had created an entirely new problem — frightened people mailing things back.\u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11654178/why-are-people-convinced-this-california-ghost-town-is-cursed\"> Listen to the episode\u003c/a> on the long drive over, and steel yourself to enter Bodie’s silent streets.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11769107\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"max-width: 1920px\">\u003cimg class=\"size-full wp-image-11769107\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2019/08/RS28779_DSC_0701-qut.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1280\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2019/08/RS28779_DSC_0701-qut.jpg 1920w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2019/08/RS28779_DSC_0701-qut-160x107.jpg 160w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2019/08/RS28779_DSC_0701-qut-800x533.jpg 800w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2019/08/RS28779_DSC_0701-qut-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2019/08/RS28779_DSC_0701-qut-1200x800.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1920px) 100vw, 1920px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Interior of the Miller House on Green Street in Bodie. \u003ccite>(Carly Severn/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>\u003cem>\u003cstrong>Team Tip:\u003c/strong> Stay in the nearby town of Bridgeport, where the Bodie Hotel on Main Street was reportedly built with materials from the ghost town itself.\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003ch3>Get Up Close With Ancient Mummies\u003c/h3>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11769110\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg class=\"size-full wp-image-11769110\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2019/08/RS25561_20170524_Rosicrucian_credit_BertJohnson-3-qut-800x533.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"800\" height=\"533\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2019/08/RS25561_20170524_Rosicrucian_credit_BertJohnson-3-qut-800x533.jpg 800w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2019/08/RS25561_20170524_Rosicrucian_credit_BertJohnson-3-qut-800x533-160x107.jpg 160w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">A visitor to the Rosicrucian Egyptian Museum. \u003ccite>(Bert Johnson/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Even if you’re a certified museum-lover, you still might not know that the largest collection of ancient Egyptian antiquities on public display anywhere west of the Mississippi is right here on your doorstep.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11551947/what-is-the-rosicrucian-egyptian-museum-and-why-is-it-in-san-jose\">Rosicrucian Egyptian Museum\u003c/a> in San Jose boasts a vast collection of artifacts: sculpture, jewelry, tools, ritual objects and, yes ... mummies, both human and animal. There are also several high-quality replicas on display, including a cast of King Tutankhamun’s golden sarcophagus and the Rosetta Stone. As you’ll hear in \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11551947/what-is-the-rosicrucian-egyptian-museum-and-why-is-it-in-san-jose\">our 2017 Bay Curious episode\u003c/a> on the museum, many visitors say their highlight is the life-size tomb that is a composite replica of several real tombs in Egypt.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11769111\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg class=\"size-full wp-image-11769111\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2019/08/RS25769_20170615_credit_BertJohnson-2-qut-800x533.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"800\" height=\"533\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2019/08/RS25769_20170615_credit_BertJohnson-2-qut-800x533.jpg 800w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2019/08/RS25769_20170615_credit_BertJohnson-2-qut-800x533-160x107.jpg 160w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Peggy Tran-Le regards the baboon mummy at the Rosicrucian Egyptian Museum in San Jose. \u003ccite>(Bert Johnson/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>If, during your visit, your thoughts turn to wondering why such a huge collection of Egyptian antiquities is in San Jose, you can thank the Rosicrucians for whom the Egyptian Museum is named. They are a philosophical society dating back to 17th century Europe that believes there’s a spiritual, transformative value to studying ancient Egypt. There are around 250,000 Rosicrucians worldwide, but the New Yorker who started the U.S. chapter landed in San Jose in the early 20th century because land was cheap here. (How times change.)\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11769112\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg class=\"size-full wp-image-11769112\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2019/08/RS25557_20170524_Rosicrucian_credit_BertJohnson-10-qut-800x533.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"800\" height=\"533\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2019/08/RS25557_20170524_Rosicrucian_credit_BertJohnson-10-qut-800x533.jpg 800w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2019/08/RS25557_20170524_Rosicrucian_credit_BertJohnson-10-qut-800x533-160x107.jpg 160w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">The entrance to the Rosicrucian Egyptian Museum in San Jose. \u003ccite>(Courtesy of the Rosicrucian Egyptian Museum)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>\u003cem>\u003cstrong>Team tip:\u003c/strong> After working up an appetite with antiquities, grab a tasty lunch from nearby Park Station Hashery. KQED’s Rachael Myrow, who reported this episode, says the burgers there are “delightful.”\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad floatright]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>\u003cem>This is an updated version of a post that first appeared on Sept. 9, 2019.\u003c/em>\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\n",
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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003cp>Looking for things to do in the Bay Area (and beyond) this weekend?\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>We’ve mined \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/category/bay-curious-podcast\">the Bay Curious podcast archives\u003c/a> to bring you four \u003cem>unexpected\u003c/em> ideas for places to visit, from secret hidden spots to mysterious landmarks. Forward this to the friend you want to go adventuring with ...\u003c/p>\n\u003ch3>Find a Hidden Cemetery in Point Reyes\u003c/h3>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11769095\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"max-width: 1920px\">\u003cimg class=\"size-full wp-image-11769095\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2019/08/RS30208_DSC_1071-qut.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1280\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2019/08/RS30208_DSC_1071-qut.jpg 1920w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2019/08/RS30208_DSC_1071-qut-160x107.jpg 160w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2019/08/RS30208_DSC_1071-qut-800x533.jpg 800w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2019/08/RS30208_DSC_1071-qut-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2019/08/RS30208_DSC_1071-qut-1200x800.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1920px) 100vw, 1920px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">The 12-mile stretch of coastline known as the Great Beach, where Point Reyes' first-ever Life-Saving Station was built. \u003ccite>(Carly Severn/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Point Reyes National Seashore, 50 miles north of San Francisco, is justly famous for its windswept, rugged beauty and sweeping ocean views. Thousands of visitors are drawn here every year to hike these scenic trails and see incredible wildlife, including the tule elk that roam seasonally. That means these hills and beaches can become a little crowded during the warmer months — so take a cue from\u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11673429/bay-curious-point-reyes-cemetery\"> this 2018 Bay Curious episode\u003c/a> and get off the beaten path.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11769096\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"max-width: 1920px\">\u003cimg class=\"size-full wp-image-11769096\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2019/08/RS30221_DSC_0965-qut.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1280\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2019/08/RS30221_DSC_0965-qut.jpg 1920w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2019/08/RS30221_DSC_0965-qut-160x107.jpg 160w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2019/08/RS30221_DSC_0965-qut-800x533.jpg 800w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2019/08/RS30221_DSC_0965-qut-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2019/08/RS30221_DSC_0965-qut-1200x800.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1920px) 100vw, 1920px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">The graves of the four \"surfmen\" in Point Reyes at the Historic Life-Saving Station Cemetery. \u003ccite>(Carly Severn/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>The tiny Historic Life-Saving Station Cemetery is one of Point Reyes’ true hidden gems: A collection of simple headstones, concealed within a knoll of cypress and eucalyptus trees on the road to the Point Reyes Lighthouse. This graveyard is the resting place of four young immigrants from Sweden, Finland and Germany who died working as “surfmen” (what we’d now call members of the Coast Guard) in the treacherous waters off Point Reyes in the 1890s. If you climb the hill up from the cemetery, you can just see the exact stretch of coastline on which those surfmen spent their last months at Point Reyes’ very first Life-Saving Station: An area known as the Great Beach. Learn their full story \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11673429/bay-curious-point-reyes-cemetery\">here\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11769099\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"max-width: 1920px\">\u003cimg class=\"size-full wp-image-11769099\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2019/08/RS30219_DSC_0982-qut.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1280\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2019/08/RS30219_DSC_0982-qut.jpg 1920w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2019/08/RS30219_DSC_0982-qut-160x107.jpg 160w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2019/08/RS30219_DSC_0982-qut-800x533.jpg 800w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2019/08/RS30219_DSC_0982-qut-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2019/08/RS30219_DSC_0982-qut-1200x800.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1920px) 100vw, 1920px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">A sign off the highway points to the knoll of trees that hides the Historic Life-Saving Station Cemetery. \u003ccite>(Carly Severn/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>\u003cem>\u003cstrong>Team tip:\u003c/strong> Stop for snacks in the lovely town of Point Reyes Station, where you’ll even find a Cowgirl Creamery cheese outlet. Make sure to get gas, too — it’ll be your only opportunity for miles.\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003ch3>Hike the Mysterious East Bay Walls\u003c/h3>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11769103\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg class=\"size-full wp-image-11769103\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2019/08/RS32665_19025042463_9119852fb9_o-qut-800x519.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"800\" height=\"519\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2019/08/RS32665_19025042463_9119852fb9_o-qut-800x519.jpg 800w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2019/08/RS32665_19025042463_9119852fb9_o-qut-800x519-160x104.jpg 160w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Segments of stone walls, like these on Monument Peak, in Ed Levin County Park near Milpitas, can be found throughout the hills of the East Bay. \u003ccite>(Dan Brekke/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>As the weather gets even nicer this month, strap on your hiking shoes and head to the East Bay hills to see the enigmatic structures that baffled Bay Area residents for more than a century: \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11689504/uncovering-the-real-story-behind-the-mysterious-east-bay-walls\">the “East Bay mystery walls.”\u003c/a> These stone walls are scattered on ridges from near San Jose north through the Berkeley Hills, sometimes built in long straight lines, sometimes forming angles, and occasionally rectangular or circular constructions. The mystery of them: Who built them, when and why? The theories can get pretty wild, from voyagers from a lost continent to extraterrestrials.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11769104\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg class=\"size-full wp-image-11769104\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2019/08/RS32677_19597532225_92ce855207_o-qut-800x600.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"800\" height=\"600\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2019/08/RS32677_19597532225_92ce855207_o-qut-800x600.jpg 800w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2019/08/RS32677_19597532225_92ce855207_o-qut-800x600-160x120.jpg 160w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2019/08/RS32677_19597532225_92ce855207_o-qut-800x600-632x474.jpg 632w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2019/08/RS32677_19597532225_92ce855207_o-qut-800x600-536x402.jpg 536w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">The stone walls wind through the landscape on Monument Peak. \u003ccite>(Dan Brekke/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>We’ve been getting “what’s with the mystery walls?” questions since the early days of Bay Curious, so we delved in deep with \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11689504/uncovering-the-real-story-behind-the-mysterious-east-bay-walls\">this 2018 episode\u003c/a> that explores the various theories surrounding them (we won’t spoil what we found.) If you’d like to trace the walls themselves as you listen, our reporter Dan Brekke recommends his favorite way to see them: Hiking \u003ca href=\"https://www.sccgov.org/sites/parks/parkfinder/pages/ed-levin.aspx\">Monument Peak in Ed Levin County Park\u003c/a>, on the outskirts of Milpitas. This fairly long walk of around 3.5 miles offers an elevation gain of roughly 2,200 feet elevation via the Tularcitos, Agua Caliente and Monument Peak trails — so bring water! And of course, respect the walls themselves.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11769105\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg class=\"size-full wp-image-11769105\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2019/08/RS32678_19457917600_a0745537be_o-qut-1-800x533.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"800\" height=\"533\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2019/08/RS32678_19457917600_a0745537be_o-qut-1-800x533.jpg 800w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2019/08/RS32678_19457917600_a0745537be_o-qut-1-800x533-160x107.jpg 160w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Downtown San Jose rises in the distance behind a small collection of stones seen from Monument Peak. \u003ccite>(Dan Brekke/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>\u003cem>\u003cstrong>Team tip:\u003c/strong> Ed Levin County Park is home to the Wings of Rogallo hang gliding club, so don’t forget to look above you and watch hang gliders and paragliders soaring in the skies.\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003ch3>Take a Road Trip to a Sierra Ghost Town\u003c/h3>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11769108\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"max-width: 1920px\">\u003cimg class=\"size-full wp-image-11769108\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2019/08/RS28798_DSC_0825-qut.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1280\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2019/08/RS28798_DSC_0825-qut.jpg 1920w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2019/08/RS28798_DSC_0825-qut-160x107.jpg 160w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2019/08/RS28798_DSC_0825-qut-800x533.jpg 800w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2019/08/RS28798_DSC_0825-qut-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2019/08/RS28798_DSC_0825-qut-1200x800.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1920px) 100vw, 1920px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">A building in the ghost town of Bodie, California. \u003ccite>(Carly Severn/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Want a real getaway? Drive over the Sierra, and you’ll find the eerie Gold Rush ghost town of Bodie hidden in the hills just north of Mono Lake. Established in 1859, and now a California State Park, this otherworldly place was once an archetypal Gold Rush boomtown, home to almost 10,000 people. The National Park Service maintains Bodie in what it calls “arrested decay,” and many of its homes and stores have astonishingly well-preserved interiors for you to peek into.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11769106\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"max-width: 1920px\">\u003cimg class=\"size-full wp-image-11769106\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2019/08/RS28781_DSC_0719-qut.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1280\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2019/08/RS28781_DSC_0719-qut.jpg 1920w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2019/08/RS28781_DSC_0719-qut-160x107.jpg 160w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2019/08/RS28781_DSC_0719-qut-800x533.jpg 800w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2019/08/RS28781_DSC_0719-qut-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2019/08/RS28781_DSC_0719-qut-1200x800.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1920px) 100vw, 1920px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Park interpreter Catherine Jones approaches Bodie's Methodist Church, built in 1882, and the only church left standing in the town. \u003ccite>(Carly Severn/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Superstitious folks might already know about the so-called \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11640709/how-this-ghost-towns-curse-backfired-on-park-rangers\">curse of Bodie\u003c/a>: a legend that anyone who dares to remove anything from the town will be swiftly struck by terrible misfortune. The truth about this curse, as explored in \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11654178/why-are-people-convinced-this-california-ghost-town-is-cursed\">this 2018 Bay Curious episode\u003c/a>, is even stranger than fiction. It turns out the Park Service itself invented the myth to deter light-fingered souvenir hunters … but soon found it had created an entirely new problem — frightened people mailing things back.\u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11654178/why-are-people-convinced-this-california-ghost-town-is-cursed\"> Listen to the episode\u003c/a> on the long drive over, and steel yourself to enter Bodie’s silent streets.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11769107\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"max-width: 1920px\">\u003cimg class=\"size-full wp-image-11769107\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2019/08/RS28779_DSC_0701-qut.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1280\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2019/08/RS28779_DSC_0701-qut.jpg 1920w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2019/08/RS28779_DSC_0701-qut-160x107.jpg 160w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2019/08/RS28779_DSC_0701-qut-800x533.jpg 800w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2019/08/RS28779_DSC_0701-qut-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2019/08/RS28779_DSC_0701-qut-1200x800.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1920px) 100vw, 1920px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Interior of the Miller House on Green Street in Bodie. \u003ccite>(Carly Severn/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>\u003cem>\u003cstrong>Team Tip:\u003c/strong> Stay in the nearby town of Bridgeport, where the Bodie Hotel on Main Street was reportedly built with materials from the ghost town itself.\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003ch3>Get Up Close With Ancient Mummies\u003c/h3>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11769110\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg class=\"size-full wp-image-11769110\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2019/08/RS25561_20170524_Rosicrucian_credit_BertJohnson-3-qut-800x533.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"800\" height=\"533\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2019/08/RS25561_20170524_Rosicrucian_credit_BertJohnson-3-qut-800x533.jpg 800w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2019/08/RS25561_20170524_Rosicrucian_credit_BertJohnson-3-qut-800x533-160x107.jpg 160w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">A visitor to the Rosicrucian Egyptian Museum. \u003ccite>(Bert Johnson/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Even if you’re a certified museum-lover, you still might not know that the largest collection of ancient Egyptian antiquities on public display anywhere west of the Mississippi is right here on your doorstep.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003c/div>",
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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11551947/what-is-the-rosicrucian-egyptian-museum-and-why-is-it-in-san-jose\">Rosicrucian Egyptian Museum\u003c/a> in San Jose boasts a vast collection of artifacts: sculpture, jewelry, tools, ritual objects and, yes ... mummies, both human and animal. There are also several high-quality replicas on display, including a cast of King Tutankhamun’s golden sarcophagus and the Rosetta Stone. As you’ll hear in \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11551947/what-is-the-rosicrucian-egyptian-museum-and-why-is-it-in-san-jose\">our 2017 Bay Curious episode\u003c/a> on the museum, many visitors say their highlight is the life-size tomb that is a composite replica of several real tombs in Egypt.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11769111\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg class=\"size-full wp-image-11769111\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2019/08/RS25769_20170615_credit_BertJohnson-2-qut-800x533.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"800\" height=\"533\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2019/08/RS25769_20170615_credit_BertJohnson-2-qut-800x533.jpg 800w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2019/08/RS25769_20170615_credit_BertJohnson-2-qut-800x533-160x107.jpg 160w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Peggy Tran-Le regards the baboon mummy at the Rosicrucian Egyptian Museum in San Jose. \u003ccite>(Bert Johnson/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>If, during your visit, your thoughts turn to wondering why such a huge collection of Egyptian antiquities is in San Jose, you can thank the Rosicrucians for whom the Egyptian Museum is named. They are a philosophical society dating back to 17th century Europe that believes there’s a spiritual, transformative value to studying ancient Egypt. There are around 250,000 Rosicrucians worldwide, but the New Yorker who started the U.S. chapter landed in San Jose in the early 20th century because land was cheap here. (How times change.)\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11769112\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg class=\"size-full wp-image-11769112\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2019/08/RS25557_20170524_Rosicrucian_credit_BertJohnson-10-qut-800x533.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"800\" height=\"533\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2019/08/RS25557_20170524_Rosicrucian_credit_BertJohnson-10-qut-800x533.jpg 800w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2019/08/RS25557_20170524_Rosicrucian_credit_BertJohnson-10-qut-800x533-160x107.jpg 160w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">The entrance to the Rosicrucian Egyptian Museum in San Jose. \u003ccite>(Courtesy of the Rosicrucian Egyptian Museum)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>\u003cem>\u003cstrong>Team tip:\u003c/strong> After working up an appetite with antiquities, grab a tasty lunch from nearby Park Station Hashery. KQED’s Rachael Myrow, who reported this episode, says the burgers there are “delightful.”\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003c/div>",
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"content": "\u003cp>[dropcap]O[/dropcap]n a recent visit to San Francisco’s War Memorial Opera House, KQED listener Michelle Morby didn’t like what she saw. In the middle of the champagne-sipping, pre-performance throng, she spotted someone wearing \u003cem>jeans\u003c/em> and \u003cem>white sneakers\u003c/em>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“That to me is completely offensive,” Morby said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Morby is someone who likes to dress up when she goes out.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“If I got a ticket to the opera tonight, I would pull out a silk jumpsuit. I would wear it with the tallest platform sandals that I have. And I would do my makeup, and I would wear all my jewelry,” she said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[baycuriouspodcastinfo]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Like beauty, fashion is very much in the eye of the beholder.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>So the fashion faux pas prompted Morby to ask Bay Curious the question, “Why has the Bay Area become the Casual Capital of the World?”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Sneakers and jeans at the opera. Yoga pants all day long. Hoodies and puffy vests. The list goes on,” she added. “Don’t say it’s the weather.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>If you’re thinking, “It’s not the weather. It’s Mark Zuckerberg with his hoodies and sneakers, and Steve Jobs’ monochrome T-shirts and jeans,” you should definitely read on.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>It’s certainly true that Bay Area patrons of high-end arts events like the opera and ballet — as well as fancy restaurants and other places where you might traditionally dress up a bit — are increasingly dressing down.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Opera singer\u003ca href=\"https://jnaibridgesmezzo.com/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"> J’Nai Bridges\u003c/a>, who recently portrayed “\u003ca href=\"https://sfopera.com/1819season/carmen/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Carmen” at the San Francisco Opera\u003c/a>, said she’s noticed Bay Area audiences tend to wear more casual clothes on a night out, compared to some other places, notably big cities in Europe and on the East Coast.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11763831\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"wp-image-11763831 size-medium\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2019/07/T8A9920_test-800x548.jpg\" alt=\"J'Nai Bridges as Carmen at San Francisco Opera.\" width=\"800\" height=\"548\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2019/07/T8A9920_test-800x548.jpg 800w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2019/07/T8A9920_test-160x110.jpg 160w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2019/07/T8A9920_test-1020x699.jpg 1020w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2019/07/T8A9920_test.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">J’Nai Bridges as “Carmen” at the San Francisco Opera. \u003ccite>(Cory Weaver/San Francisco Opera)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>“In New York, for instance, where I live, it’s the polar opposite,” said Bridges. “People wear gowns, tuxes and really funky couture things.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Bridges is glad to see people coming to the opera, no matter what they’re wearing, but she personally wishes they’d put a little more effort into their appearance.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Maybe I feel like that because, as a performer, we give so much of ourselves,” the opera singer said. “And it’s maybe a respect thing.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But the Bay Area isn’t the only place where leisurewear rules. Any number of cities could vie for the title of casual capital.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“The casual capital of the world appears to be Salt Lake City, Utah,” \u003ca href=\"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tan_France\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Tan France\u003c/a>, the fashion expert for the \u003ca href=\"https://www.netflix.com/title/80160037\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Netflix series “Queer Eye,”\u003c/a> told KQED shortly after appearing on KQED Forum.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11763695\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 590px\">\u003cimg decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"wp-image-11763695 size-full\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2019/07/tan-and-emmanuel.jpg\" alt=\"Tan France of 'Queer Eye' poses with Emmanuel Hapsis, host of KQED's 'The Cooler' podcast.\" width=\"590\" height=\"443\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2019/07/tan-and-emmanuel.jpg 590w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2019/07/tan-and-emmanuel-160x120.jpg 160w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2019/07/tan-and-emmanuel-536x402.jpg 536w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 590px) 100vw, 590px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Tan France, left, of ‘Queer Eye’ poses with Emmanuel Hapsis, host of KQED’s ‘The Cooler’ podcast. \u003ccite>(KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>France is British by birth, lives in Salt Lake City, and thinks the Bay Area is much more dressy than Utah.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“People wear heels and stuff, which is quite surprising,” France said. “You’ve got hills. Why is anyone in a heel?”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Other places around the U.S. that could equally be considered for the title might be Denver, Austin, Portland and Milwaukee.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But going with the premise that casual style is a key part of how people dress in the Bay Area today, a complex picture of how and why that came to be emerges.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>The History of Casual in the Bay\u003c/h2>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11763833\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"wp-image-11763833 size-medium\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2019/07/melissa-leventon-e1564244451474-800x1067.jpg\" alt=\"Fashion historian Melissa Leventon shows off a pair of shoes from her historic shoe collection at her home in San Francisco.\" width=\"800\" height=\"1067\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2019/07/melissa-leventon-e1564244451474-800x1067.jpg 800w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2019/07/melissa-leventon-e1564244451474-160x213.jpg 160w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2019/07/melissa-leventon-e1564244451474-1020x1360.jpg 1020w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2019/07/melissa-leventon-e1564244451474-900x1200.jpg 900w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2019/07/melissa-leventon-e1564244451474-1122x1496.jpg 1122w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2019/07/melissa-leventon-e1564244451474-840x1120.jpg 840w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2019/07/melissa-leventon-e1564244451474-687x916.jpg 687w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2019/07/melissa-leventon-e1564244451474-414x552.jpg 414w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2019/07/melissa-leventon-e1564244451474-354x472.jpg 354w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2019/07/melissa-leventon-e1564244451474.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Fashion historian Melissa Leventon shows off a pair of shoes from her historic shoe collection at her home in San Francisco. \u003ccite>(Chloe Veltman/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>San Francisco-based fashion historian \u003ca href=\"https://portal.cca.edu/people/mleventon/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Melissa Leventon\u003c/a> said the rise of casual wear in the Bay Area is part of the overall fashion story of California, having to do with economics, Hollywood, immigration patterns and the rise of modern design in the middle of the century in California.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>According to Leventon, the San Francisco clothing industry was split in the late 1800s and well into the 1900s. On the one hand, San Francisco really was a dress-up town.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“San Francisco was actually a city that kind of prided itself on its elegance,” Leventon said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>People wore gloves and hats to run errands, and there were catwalk shows in San Francisco’s Union Square.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Leventon said San Francisco was home to some highly sought-after fashion labels. Like \u003ca href=\"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lilli_Ann\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Lilli Ann\u003c/a>, founded in the city in the 1930s.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“The company made beautifully tailored suits, cocktail dresses, evening dresses,” Leventon said. “They made the kind of elegant wear that well-to-do, well-dressed San Franciscans would wear.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Even working-class San Franciscans who didn’t have lots of spare cash to throw around on fancy duds dressed up in a bid to project a sense of propriety and economic self-improvement.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ciframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Union Square, SF Fashion Show (ca.1950s)\" width=\"640\" height=\"480\" src=\"https://www.youtube.com/embed/KuubsgP3eTE?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen>\u003c/iframe>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Then there is the other side of San Francisco’s nascent clothing industry — the side focused on making hardy workwear for people like miners and railroad engineers.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>That side centered around \u003ca href=\"https://www.levi.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Levi’s\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Levi’s is very important and certainly one thing that San Francisco has contributed to the general move to casualness, not only here but everywhere,” Leventon said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Founded in San Francisco in 1853, Levi’s gradually became hugely influential after inventing the first denim jeans in the 1870s.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Levi’s was a game changer, especially starting in the 1930s, when the company began marketing its jeans not just as workwear, but also as leisurewear.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Teenagers became a target market after World War II, and Hollywood helped spread the word.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Two movies helped popularize jeans,” Leventon said. “‘Rebel Without a Cause’ and ‘The Wild One.’ ”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In these movies, James Dean and Marlon Brando \u003cem>smoldered\u003c/em> in denim. Everyone wanted the look.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>California also became home to some talented architects and designers who had fled Nazi Europe, like Rudi Gernreich, who emigrated from Austria in 1938.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11763835\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\" style=\"max-width: 220px\">\u003cimg decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-full wp-image-11763835\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2019/07/Rudi_Gernreich.jpg\" alt=\"Rudi Gernreich\" width=\"220\" height=\"318\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2019/07/Rudi_Gernreich.jpg 220w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2019/07/Rudi_Gernreich-160x231.jpg 160w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 220px) 100vw, 220px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Rudi Gernreich \u003ccite>(Philadelphia City Paper)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>“He did some really groundbreaking designs in the 1950s,” Leventon said. “He was a pioneer of unisex fashions. His clothes were streamlined, youthful and accessible to a wide range of consumers.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The free-wheeling styles of designers like Gernreich went hand in hand with other global California exports, like Beat, Black Panther and hippie culture, and Hollywood surf movies. All of this stuff fed a movement in the media and advertising that projected a sense of the Golden State as a place of permissiveness, comfort and ease.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“The idea of California as a place where you could get back to nature,” Leventon said. “Nobody’s dressing up and going to the office. You’re putting on your bathing suit and maybe a pair of shorts and a tank top on top of that, and going out to the pool.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>That idea persists today. You can see a version of it in the yoga pants that many people wear about town. And of course, there’s the jeans, T-shirts, hoodies and sneakers popular with those working in the tech and entertainment industries — two stereotypical looks associated with The Bay Area.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>So it’s not surprising that quite a few major leisure fashion brands beyond Levi’s have their roots here. \u003ca href=\"http://gap.com\">The Gap\u003c/a>, \u003ca href=\"https://www.esprit.com/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Esprit\u003c/a> and \u003ca href=\"https://oldnavy.gap.com/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Old Navy\u003c/a>, (which is owned by Gap), not to mention newer ones like \u003ca href=\"https://www.everlane.com/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Everlane\u003c/a>, \u003ca href=\"https://www.allbirds.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Allbirds\u003c/a> and \u003ca href=\"https://rothys.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Rothy’s,\u003c/a> are based in the Bay Area.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>All of these brands, especially the ones that have been around for a while, have fed into the idea of the Bay Area as being a home for casual style.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>Our Diverse Fashion Sense\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>When it comes down to it, you really can’t put Bay Area style in a box.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I think there’s a lot of diversity here if you open your eyes instead of your mouth,” said Tony Bravo, the San Francisco Chronicle’s fashion reporter.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>He recently took to the streets of downtown San Francisco with KQED to scope out what locals and tourists were wearing. He was casually dressed in baggy jeans, a jacket covered in bright geometric shapes, and a resplendent pair of Converse high-tops festooned in gold and silver glitter.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp> \u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11763639\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"wp-image-11763639 size-medium\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2019/07/Tnoy-Bravo-2-800x600.jpg\" alt=\"Tony Bravo, Man about Town and the San Francisco Chronicles Fashion Reporter lounges in the backroom at The Cavalier in San Francisco.\" width=\"800\" height=\"600\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2019/07/Tnoy-Bravo-2-800x600.jpg 800w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2019/07/Tnoy-Bravo-2-160x120.jpg 160w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2019/07/Tnoy-Bravo-2-1020x765.jpg 1020w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2019/07/Tnoy-Bravo-2-1200x900.jpg 1200w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2019/07/Tnoy-Bravo-2-1920x1440.jpg 1920w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2019/07/Tnoy-Bravo-2-1832x1374.jpg 1832w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2019/07/Tnoy-Bravo-2-1376x1032.jpg 1376w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2019/07/Tnoy-Bravo-2-1044x783.jpg 1044w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2019/07/Tnoy-Bravo-2-632x474.jpg 632w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2019/07/Tnoy-Bravo-2-536x402.jpg 536w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2019/07/Tnoy-Bravo-2.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Tony Bravo, man about town and the San Francisco Chronicle’s fashion reporter, lounges in the backroom at The Cavalier in San Francisco. \u003ccite>(Chloe Veltman/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>“The thing about walking around San Francisco is, there’s always something for the eye,” Bravo said. “It may not be that Balenciaga ball gown or a perfect three-piece suit. But there might be a great color story. There might just be an impeccably cut piece of outerwear. A great shoe.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>All kinds of exotic details catch Bravo’s eye around Union Square, from a teen dressed in a black tulle ballet skirt, a pair of leggings and a pink sequined hoodie, to an older person in cropped balloon pants, a big sun hat and a bright yellow top. “I think she looks a little bit like a Van Gogh painting,” Bravo said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>There were, of course, lots of jeans and sneakers. But people clearly expressed themselves with their clothes, whether dressed casually or formally.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“We’re a great, progressive, sometimes libertine city, and I think that’s reflected in what we wear,” Bravo said. “It’s high, it’s low, it’s simple, it’s extravagant. It is so many things. It is perhaps too many things to categorize.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cem>Show us your style! Share a photo of your Bay Area style on Instagram or Twitter using the hashtag \u003ca href=\"https://www.instagram.com/explore/tags/mybayareastyle/\">#mybayareastyle\u003c/a>. We’ll feature some of our favorites on KQED’s social media channels, and in the October \u003ca href=\"http://baycurious.org/newsletter\">Bay Curious newsletter\u003c/a>. Whether you’re in jeans and a T-shirt or an avant-garde creation — we want to celebrate it all! For extra credit, tell us why you love what you’re wearing. Tag your photos by Sept. 20, 2019.\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad floatright]\u003c/p>\n",
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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>It’s certainly true that Bay Area patrons of high-end arts events like the opera and ballet — as well as fancy restaurants and other places where you might traditionally dress up a bit — are increasingly dressing down.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Opera singer\u003ca href=\"https://jnaibridgesmezzo.com/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"> J’Nai Bridges\u003c/a>, who recently portrayed “\u003ca href=\"https://sfopera.com/1819season/carmen/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Carmen” at the San Francisco Opera\u003c/a>, said she’s noticed Bay Area audiences tend to wear more casual clothes on a night out, compared to some other places, notably big cities in Europe and on the East Coast.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11763831\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"wp-image-11763831 size-medium\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2019/07/T8A9920_test-800x548.jpg\" alt=\"J'Nai Bridges as Carmen at San Francisco Opera.\" width=\"800\" height=\"548\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2019/07/T8A9920_test-800x548.jpg 800w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2019/07/T8A9920_test-160x110.jpg 160w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2019/07/T8A9920_test-1020x699.jpg 1020w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2019/07/T8A9920_test.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">J’Nai Bridges as “Carmen” at the San Francisco Opera. \u003ccite>(Cory Weaver/San Francisco Opera)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>“In New York, for instance, where I live, it’s the polar opposite,” said Bridges. “People wear gowns, tuxes and really funky couture things.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Bridges is glad to see people coming to the opera, no matter what they’re wearing, but she personally wishes they’d put a little more effort into their appearance.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Maybe I feel like that because, as a performer, we give so much of ourselves,” the opera singer said. “And it’s maybe a respect thing.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But the Bay Area isn’t the only place where leisurewear rules. Any number of cities could vie for the title of casual capital.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“The casual capital of the world appears to be Salt Lake City, Utah,” \u003ca href=\"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tan_France\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Tan France\u003c/a>, the fashion expert for the \u003ca href=\"https://www.netflix.com/title/80160037\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Netflix series “Queer Eye,”\u003c/a> told KQED shortly after appearing on KQED Forum.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11763695\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 590px\">\u003cimg decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"wp-image-11763695 size-full\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2019/07/tan-and-emmanuel.jpg\" alt=\"Tan France of 'Queer Eye' poses with Emmanuel Hapsis, host of KQED's 'The Cooler' podcast.\" width=\"590\" height=\"443\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2019/07/tan-and-emmanuel.jpg 590w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2019/07/tan-and-emmanuel-160x120.jpg 160w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2019/07/tan-and-emmanuel-536x402.jpg 536w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 590px) 100vw, 590px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Tan France, left, of ‘Queer Eye’ poses with Emmanuel Hapsis, host of KQED’s ‘The Cooler’ podcast. \u003ccite>(KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>France is British by birth, lives in Salt Lake City, and thinks the Bay Area is much more dressy than Utah.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“People wear heels and stuff, which is quite surprising,” France said. “You’ve got hills. Why is anyone in a heel?”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Other places around the U.S. that could equally be considered for the title might be Denver, Austin, Portland and Milwaukee.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But going with the premise that casual style is a key part of how people dress in the Bay Area today, a complex picture of how and why that came to be emerges.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>The History of Casual in the Bay\u003c/h2>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11763833\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"wp-image-11763833 size-medium\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2019/07/melissa-leventon-e1564244451474-800x1067.jpg\" alt=\"Fashion historian Melissa Leventon shows off a pair of shoes from her historic shoe collection at her home in San Francisco.\" width=\"800\" height=\"1067\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2019/07/melissa-leventon-e1564244451474-800x1067.jpg 800w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2019/07/melissa-leventon-e1564244451474-160x213.jpg 160w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2019/07/melissa-leventon-e1564244451474-1020x1360.jpg 1020w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2019/07/melissa-leventon-e1564244451474-900x1200.jpg 900w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2019/07/melissa-leventon-e1564244451474-1122x1496.jpg 1122w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2019/07/melissa-leventon-e1564244451474-840x1120.jpg 840w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2019/07/melissa-leventon-e1564244451474-687x916.jpg 687w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2019/07/melissa-leventon-e1564244451474-414x552.jpg 414w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2019/07/melissa-leventon-e1564244451474-354x472.jpg 354w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2019/07/melissa-leventon-e1564244451474.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Fashion historian Melissa Leventon shows off a pair of shoes from her historic shoe collection at her home in San Francisco. \u003ccite>(Chloe Veltman/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>San Francisco-based fashion historian \u003ca href=\"https://portal.cca.edu/people/mleventon/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Melissa Leventon\u003c/a> said the rise of casual wear in the Bay Area is part of the overall fashion story of California, having to do with economics, Hollywood, immigration patterns and the rise of modern design in the middle of the century in California.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>According to Leventon, the San Francisco clothing industry was split in the late 1800s and well into the 1900s. On the one hand, San Francisco really was a dress-up town.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“San Francisco was actually a city that kind of prided itself on its elegance,” Leventon said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>People wore gloves and hats to run errands, and there were catwalk shows in San Francisco’s Union Square.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Leventon said San Francisco was home to some highly sought-after fashion labels. Like \u003ca href=\"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lilli_Ann\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Lilli Ann\u003c/a>, founded in the city in the 1930s.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“The company made beautifully tailored suits, cocktail dresses, evening dresses,” Leventon said. “They made the kind of elegant wear that well-to-do, well-dressed San Franciscans would wear.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Even working-class San Franciscans who didn’t have lots of spare cash to throw around on fancy duds dressed up in a bid to project a sense of propriety and economic self-improvement.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ciframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Union Square, SF Fashion Show (ca.1950s)\" width=\"640\" height=\"480\" src=\"https://www.youtube.com/embed/KuubsgP3eTE?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen>\u003c/iframe>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Then there is the other side of San Francisco’s nascent clothing industry — the side focused on making hardy workwear for people like miners and railroad engineers.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>That side centered around \u003ca href=\"https://www.levi.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Levi’s\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Levi’s is very important and certainly one thing that San Francisco has contributed to the general move to casualness, not only here but everywhere,” Leventon said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Founded in San Francisco in 1853, Levi’s gradually became hugely influential after inventing the first denim jeans in the 1870s.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Levi’s was a game changer, especially starting in the 1930s, when the company began marketing its jeans not just as workwear, but also as leisurewear.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Teenagers became a target market after World War II, and Hollywood helped spread the word.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Two movies helped popularize jeans,” Leventon said. “‘Rebel Without a Cause’ and ‘The Wild One.’ ”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In these movies, James Dean and Marlon Brando \u003cem>smoldered\u003c/em> in denim. Everyone wanted the look.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>California also became home to some talented architects and designers who had fled Nazi Europe, like Rudi Gernreich, who emigrated from Austria in 1938.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11763835\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\" style=\"max-width: 220px\">\u003cimg decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-full wp-image-11763835\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2019/07/Rudi_Gernreich.jpg\" alt=\"Rudi Gernreich\" width=\"220\" height=\"318\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2019/07/Rudi_Gernreich.jpg 220w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2019/07/Rudi_Gernreich-160x231.jpg 160w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 220px) 100vw, 220px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Rudi Gernreich \u003ccite>(Philadelphia City Paper)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>“He did some really groundbreaking designs in the 1950s,” Leventon said. “He was a pioneer of unisex fashions. His clothes were streamlined, youthful and accessible to a wide range of consumers.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The free-wheeling styles of designers like Gernreich went hand in hand with other global California exports, like Beat, Black Panther and hippie culture, and Hollywood surf movies. All of this stuff fed a movement in the media and advertising that projected a sense of the Golden State as a place of permissiveness, comfort and ease.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“The idea of California as a place where you could get back to nature,” Leventon said. “Nobody’s dressing up and going to the office. You’re putting on your bathing suit and maybe a pair of shorts and a tank top on top of that, and going out to the pool.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>That idea persists today. You can see a version of it in the yoga pants that many people wear about town. And of course, there’s the jeans, T-shirts, hoodies and sneakers popular with those working in the tech and entertainment industries — two stereotypical looks associated with The Bay Area.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>So it’s not surprising that quite a few major leisure fashion brands beyond Levi’s have their roots here. \u003ca href=\"http://gap.com\">The Gap\u003c/a>, \u003ca href=\"https://www.esprit.com/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Esprit\u003c/a> and \u003ca href=\"https://oldnavy.gap.com/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Old Navy\u003c/a>, (which is owned by Gap), not to mention newer ones like \u003ca href=\"https://www.everlane.com/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Everlane\u003c/a>, \u003ca href=\"https://www.allbirds.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Allbirds\u003c/a> and \u003ca href=\"https://rothys.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Rothy’s,\u003c/a> are based in the Bay Area.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>All of these brands, especially the ones that have been around for a while, have fed into the idea of the Bay Area as being a home for casual style.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>Our Diverse Fashion Sense\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>When it comes down to it, you really can’t put Bay Area style in a box.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I think there’s a lot of diversity here if you open your eyes instead of your mouth,” said Tony Bravo, the San Francisco Chronicle’s fashion reporter.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>He recently took to the streets of downtown San Francisco with KQED to scope out what locals and tourists were wearing. He was casually dressed in baggy jeans, a jacket covered in bright geometric shapes, and a resplendent pair of Converse high-tops festooned in gold and silver glitter.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp> \u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11763639\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"wp-image-11763639 size-medium\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2019/07/Tnoy-Bravo-2-800x600.jpg\" alt=\"Tony Bravo, Man about Town and the San Francisco Chronicles Fashion Reporter lounges in the backroom at The Cavalier in San Francisco.\" width=\"800\" height=\"600\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2019/07/Tnoy-Bravo-2-800x600.jpg 800w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2019/07/Tnoy-Bravo-2-160x120.jpg 160w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2019/07/Tnoy-Bravo-2-1020x765.jpg 1020w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2019/07/Tnoy-Bravo-2-1200x900.jpg 1200w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2019/07/Tnoy-Bravo-2-1920x1440.jpg 1920w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2019/07/Tnoy-Bravo-2-1832x1374.jpg 1832w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2019/07/Tnoy-Bravo-2-1376x1032.jpg 1376w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2019/07/Tnoy-Bravo-2-1044x783.jpg 1044w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2019/07/Tnoy-Bravo-2-632x474.jpg 632w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2019/07/Tnoy-Bravo-2-536x402.jpg 536w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2019/07/Tnoy-Bravo-2.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Tony Bravo, man about town and the San Francisco Chronicle’s fashion reporter, lounges in the backroom at The Cavalier in San Francisco. \u003ccite>(Chloe Veltman/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>“The thing about walking around San Francisco is, there’s always something for the eye,” Bravo said. “It may not be that Balenciaga ball gown or a perfect three-piece suit. But there might be a great color story. There might just be an impeccably cut piece of outerwear. A great shoe.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>All kinds of exotic details catch Bravo’s eye around Union Square, from a teen dressed in a black tulle ballet skirt, a pair of leggings and a pink sequined hoodie, to an older person in cropped balloon pants, a big sun hat and a bright yellow top. “I think she looks a little bit like a Van Gogh painting,” Bravo said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>There were, of course, lots of jeans and sneakers. But people clearly expressed themselves with their clothes, whether dressed casually or formally.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“We’re a great, progressive, sometimes libertine city, and I think that’s reflected in what we wear,” Bravo said. “It’s high, it’s low, it’s simple, it’s extravagant. It is so many things. It is perhaps too many things to categorize.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cem>Show us your style! Share a photo of your Bay Area style on Instagram or Twitter using the hashtag \u003ca href=\"https://www.instagram.com/explore/tags/mybayareastyle/\">#mybayareastyle\u003c/a>. We’ll feature some of our favorites on KQED’s social media channels, and in the October \u003ca href=\"http://baycurious.org/newsletter\">Bay Curious newsletter\u003c/a>. Whether you’re in jeans and a T-shirt or an avant-garde creation — we want to celebrate it all! For extra credit, tell us why you love what you’re wearing. Tag your photos by Sept. 20, 2019.\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003c/div>",
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"content": "\u003cp>[dropcap]A[/dropcap]fter Joseph Morales, an electrician from Chicago, moved to Emeryville this past winter, he found himself wondering: What’s with all the palm trees in the Bay Area? Like Joseph, they didn’t originate here. But they’re all over the place. Not that Joseph minds.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11769988\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\" style=\"max-width: 200px\">\u003cimg decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"wp-image-11769988\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2019/08/1-Joseph-2-1200x1200.jpg\" alt=\"Joseph Morales in front of a palm tree. \" width=\"200\" height=\"200\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2019/08/1-Joseph-2-1200x1200.jpg 1200w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2019/08/1-Joseph-2-160x160.jpg 160w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2019/08/1-Joseph-2-800x800.jpg 800w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2019/08/1-Joseph-2-1020x1020.jpg 1020w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2019/08/1-Joseph-2-1920x1920.jpg 1920w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2019/08/1-Joseph-2-1472x1472.jpg 1472w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2019/08/1-Joseph-2-1104x1104.jpg 1104w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2019/08/1-Joseph-2-912x912.jpg 912w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2019/08/1-Joseph-2-550x550.jpg 550w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2019/08/1-Joseph-2-470x470.jpg 470w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2019/08/1-Joseph-2.jpg 1980w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 200px) 100vw, 200px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Joseph Morales likes palms, but wonders why they’re here. \u003ccite>(Daniel Potter/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>“They remind me of vacation,” he says, “having a good time with a cold drink and sitting under a palm tree.” Then again: “Northern California doesn’t really seem to be the ideal location for palm trees. I’m expecting hot weather and sun and beaches. And there’s just palm trees and mountains and cold water. So it just seemed weird.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>You can spot dozens of species of palms around here, but only one in the state is native. \u003ca href=\"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Washingtonia_filifera\">Washingtonia filifera\u003c/a>, the California palm or desert fan palm, prefers the arid region hundreds of miles farther south — closer to \u003cem>Palm\u003c/em> Springs — over the mist of the Bay Area.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Many of the other species you see in California have names hinting at distant origins: the \u003ca href=\"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Phoenix_canariensis\">Canary Island date palm\u003c/a>. The \u003ca href=\"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trachycarpus_fortunei\">Chinese windmill palm\u003c/a>. The \u003ca href=\"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Washingtonia_robusta\">Mexican fan palm\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003caside class=\"alignright\">\n\u003ch3>Two Common Bay Area Palms\u003c/h3>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>\u003ca href=\"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Washingtonia_robusta\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Mexican fan palm\u003c/a>\u003c/strong> – These trees tend to stand out in neighborhoods because they may be twice as tall as the surrounding houses and power lines. The leaves are like the fingers of your hand, and can be more than 4 feet long.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>\u003ca href=\"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Phoenix_canariensis\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Canary Island date palm\u003c/a>\u003c/strong> – These trees have 7- or 8-foot leaves that resemble feathers more than fingers. They’ve been widely distributed around the world as a landscape tree. You might notice this species along the Embarcadero in San Francisco or passing through the Bay Bridge Toll Plaza. Despite their name, they weren’t planted for their dates. To get tasty dates, you’d want a different species: \u003ca href=\"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Date_palm\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Phoenix dactylifera\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003c/aside>\n\u003ch2>How’d they get here?\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>Foreign palms were originally brought to California’s Spanish missions in the 1700s for religious services the Sunday before Easter, says Joe McBride, a professor emeritus of landscape architecture and environmental planning at UC Berkeley.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“They used the palm fronds for processionals on Palm Sunday once a year at their churches,” he says. “There was nothing like this growing in the vicinity of the missions.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11768772\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\" style=\"max-width: 160px\">\u003cimg decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"wp-image-11768772 size-thumbnail\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2019/08/5-McBride-e1566339291493-160x213.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"160\" height=\"213\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2019/08/5-McBride-e1566339291493-160x213.jpg 160w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2019/08/5-McBride-e1566339291493-800x1067.jpg 800w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2019/08/5-McBride-e1566339291493-1020x1360.jpg 1020w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2019/08/5-McBride-e1566339291493-900x1200.jpg 900w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2019/08/5-McBride-e1566339291493-1122x1496.jpg 1122w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2019/08/5-McBride-e1566339291493-840x1120.jpg 840w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2019/08/5-McBride-e1566339291493-687x916.jpg 687w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2019/08/5-McBride-e1566339291493-414x552.jpg 414w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2019/08/5-McBride-e1566339291493-354x472.jpg 354w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2019/08/5-McBride-e1566339291493.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 160px) 100vw, 160px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Joe McBride says foreign palms first made their appearance in California for religious reasons. (Daniel Potter/KQED)\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>As more settlements were built over the following decades, more palm trees were planted. And palms gained more ground in the 19th century when they became trendy in Europe as a symbol of the tropical world. The well-to-do began keeping palms in rooms or greenhouses as status markers, McBride says.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“It was a fashionable thing for the rich and famous to have … and that idea sort of spread to hotels, where they had these indoor palm gardens that were basically lavishly furnished dining rooms with potted palm trees,” he says.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>By the late 1800s, that same fascination had taken hold in Los Angeles. It became part of Southern California’s style — its image and its sales pitch.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Growing palms for dates eventually factored in, as noted in a 1950s Palm Springs tourism film. Some 4,000 acres near Palm Springs were growing dates at the time, the film noted.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MNu_MY7zwzs\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>Palms proliferate\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>Over the last century, palms have turned out to be highly practical street trees in both Los Angeles and the Bay Area. Martha Ketterer, a San Francisco landscape architect, has presided over the planting of hundreds of palms — and not just because she’s fond of them.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Palm trees are very-sexy looking creatures,” Ketterer says, but also, when it comes to streetscaping, they solve a lot of logistical challenges compared to woody trees. For example, urban survivability: Palms can often cope in salty places, like right next to the bay, or amid gusty wind, like the kind that “whips down Market Street,” she says.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11768773\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\" style=\"max-width: 640px\">\u003cimg decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-large wp-image-11768773\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2019/08/4-Martha-e1566339209277-1020x1360.jpg\" alt=\"Martha Ketterer, a San Francisco landscape architect\" width=\"640\" height=\"853\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2019/08/4-Martha-e1566339209277-1020x1360.jpg 1020w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2019/08/4-Martha-e1566339209277-160x213.jpg 160w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2019/08/4-Martha-e1566339209277-800x1067.jpg 800w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2019/08/4-Martha-e1566339209277-900x1200.jpg 900w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2019/08/4-Martha-e1566339209277-1122x1496.jpg 1122w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2019/08/4-Martha-e1566339209277-840x1120.jpg 840w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2019/08/4-Martha-e1566339209277-687x916.jpg 687w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2019/08/4-Martha-e1566339209277-414x552.jpg 414w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2019/08/4-Martha-e1566339209277-354x472.jpg 354w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2019/08/4-Martha-e1566339209277.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Martha Ketterer, a San Francisco landscape architect. \u003ccite>(Daniel Potter/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Palms also have small roots that make them less likely to lift up nearby sidewalks and much easier to transplant successfully. Ketterer says installing a nice oak tree (of a size requiring a crane) might cost taxpayers around $50,000, so public officials may be reluctant to gamble on the oak’s survival when palms are a safer, more affordable bet.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>You can also plant a palm right between a brick building and a power line and know that it will grow pretty much straight up, with no growing branches to snag on masonry or Muni wires.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Granted, palms have their detractors. In the aftermath of the 1989 Loma Prieta earthquake, some decried the planting of more palms in the city as a tacky wannabe-SoCal look: “It was going to be ‘the Los Angeles-ation of San Francisco,’ ” Ketterer says. And in some wet habitats, both Mexican fan palms and Canary Island date palms are considered invasive, crowding out native plants.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But palm trees also enjoy a certain cachet. To Joseph, the electrician who first asked Bay Curious about them, they signify being off work in some exotic sliver of paradise.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Jason Dewees, a San Francisco horticulturist who wrote the book \u003ca href=\"https://www.workman.com/products/designing-with-palms\">“Designing With Palms,”\u003c/a> says part of the reason many people feel that way involves a history with palm trees dating back to the dawn of agriculture.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Some of the earliest representations of plants by the human hand are representations of palms in the deserts of North Africa,” Dewees says. From petroglyphs to ancient coins, palms are a potent symbol, connoting hospitable oases.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11768774\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"wp-image-11768774 size-medium\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2019/08/3-Joseph-and-Jason-e1566339122437-800x600.jpg\" alt=\"Joseph Morales and Jason Dewees admire the palms\" width=\"800\" height=\"600\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2019/08/3-Joseph-and-Jason-e1566339122437-800x600.jpg 800w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2019/08/3-Joseph-and-Jason-e1566339122437-160x120.jpg 160w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2019/08/3-Joseph-and-Jason-e1566339122437-1020x765.jpg 1020w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2019/08/3-Joseph-and-Jason-e1566339122437-1200x900.jpg 1200w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2019/08/3-Joseph-and-Jason-e1566339122437-1044x783.jpg 1044w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2019/08/3-Joseph-and-Jason-e1566339122437-632x474.jpg 632w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2019/08/3-Joseph-and-Jason-e1566339122437-536x402.jpg 536w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2019/08/3-Joseph-and-Jason-e1566339122437.jpg 1280w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Joseph Morales and Jason Dewees admire some palm trees. \u003ccite>(Daniel Potter/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>“They show you that you’re in a place where you can grow food and where there’s water, and where the palm tree itself is going to provide dates,” Dewees says. Palms have also long been planted simply for beauty and pleasure. They show that the land is taken care of — that you’re somewhere nice.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>That answer worked for Joseph. After all, he arrived here not long ago from Chicago. It’s too cold for palm trees there.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[baycuriousquestion]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad floatright]\u003c/p>\n",
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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003cp>\u003cspan class=\"utils-parseShortcode-shortcodes-__dropcapShortcode__dropcap\">A\u003c/span>\u003c/p>\u003cp>fter Joseph Morales, an electrician from Chicago, moved to Emeryville this past winter, he found himself wondering: What’s with all the palm trees in the Bay Area? Like Joseph, they didn’t originate here. But they’re all over the place. Not that Joseph minds.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11769988\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\" style=\"max-width: 200px\">\u003cimg decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"wp-image-11769988\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2019/08/1-Joseph-2-1200x1200.jpg\" alt=\"Joseph Morales in front of a palm tree. \" width=\"200\" height=\"200\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2019/08/1-Joseph-2-1200x1200.jpg 1200w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2019/08/1-Joseph-2-160x160.jpg 160w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2019/08/1-Joseph-2-800x800.jpg 800w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2019/08/1-Joseph-2-1020x1020.jpg 1020w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2019/08/1-Joseph-2-1920x1920.jpg 1920w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2019/08/1-Joseph-2-1472x1472.jpg 1472w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2019/08/1-Joseph-2-1104x1104.jpg 1104w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2019/08/1-Joseph-2-912x912.jpg 912w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2019/08/1-Joseph-2-550x550.jpg 550w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2019/08/1-Joseph-2-470x470.jpg 470w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2019/08/1-Joseph-2.jpg 1980w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 200px) 100vw, 200px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Joseph Morales likes palms, but wonders why they’re here. \u003ccite>(Daniel Potter/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>“They remind me of vacation,” he says, “having a good time with a cold drink and sitting under a palm tree.” Then again: “Northern California doesn’t really seem to be the ideal location for palm trees. I’m expecting hot weather and sun and beaches. And there’s just palm trees and mountains and cold water. So it just seemed weird.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>You can spot dozens of species of palms around here, but only one in the state is native. \u003ca href=\"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Washingtonia_filifera\">Washingtonia filifera\u003c/a>, the California palm or desert fan palm, prefers the arid region hundreds of miles farther south — closer to \u003cem>Palm\u003c/em> Springs — over the mist of the Bay Area.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Many of the other species you see in California have names hinting at distant origins: the \u003ca href=\"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Phoenix_canariensis\">Canary Island date palm\u003c/a>. The \u003ca href=\"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trachycarpus_fortunei\">Chinese windmill palm\u003c/a>. The \u003ca href=\"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Washingtonia_robusta\">Mexican fan palm\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003caside class=\"alignright\">\n\u003ch3>Two Common Bay Area Palms\u003c/h3>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>\u003ca href=\"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Washingtonia_robusta\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Mexican fan palm\u003c/a>\u003c/strong> – These trees tend to stand out in neighborhoods because they may be twice as tall as the surrounding houses and power lines. The leaves are like the fingers of your hand, and can be more than 4 feet long.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>\u003ca href=\"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Phoenix_canariensis\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Canary Island date palm\u003c/a>\u003c/strong> – These trees have 7- or 8-foot leaves that resemble feathers more than fingers. They’ve been widely distributed around the world as a landscape tree. You might notice this species along the Embarcadero in San Francisco or passing through the Bay Bridge Toll Plaza. Despite their name, they weren’t planted for their dates. To get tasty dates, you’d want a different species: \u003ca href=\"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Date_palm\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Phoenix dactylifera\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003c/aside>\n\u003ch2>How’d they get here?\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>Foreign palms were originally brought to California’s Spanish missions in the 1700s for religious services the Sunday before Easter, says Joe McBride, a professor emeritus of landscape architecture and environmental planning at UC Berkeley.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“They used the palm fronds for processionals on Palm Sunday once a year at their churches,” he says. “There was nothing like this growing in the vicinity of the missions.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11768772\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\" style=\"max-width: 160px\">\u003cimg decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"wp-image-11768772 size-thumbnail\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2019/08/5-McBride-e1566339291493-160x213.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"160\" height=\"213\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2019/08/5-McBride-e1566339291493-160x213.jpg 160w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2019/08/5-McBride-e1566339291493-800x1067.jpg 800w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2019/08/5-McBride-e1566339291493-1020x1360.jpg 1020w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2019/08/5-McBride-e1566339291493-900x1200.jpg 900w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2019/08/5-McBride-e1566339291493-1122x1496.jpg 1122w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2019/08/5-McBride-e1566339291493-840x1120.jpg 840w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2019/08/5-McBride-e1566339291493-687x916.jpg 687w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2019/08/5-McBride-e1566339291493-414x552.jpg 414w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2019/08/5-McBride-e1566339291493-354x472.jpg 354w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2019/08/5-McBride-e1566339291493.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 160px) 100vw, 160px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Joe McBride says foreign palms first made their appearance in California for religious reasons. (Daniel Potter/KQED)\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>As more settlements were built over the following decades, more palm trees were planted. And palms gained more ground in the 19th century when they became trendy in Europe as a symbol of the tropical world. The well-to-do began keeping palms in rooms or greenhouses as status markers, McBride says.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“It was a fashionable thing for the rich and famous to have … and that idea sort of spread to hotels, where they had these indoor palm gardens that were basically lavishly furnished dining rooms with potted palm trees,” he says.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>By the late 1800s, that same fascination had taken hold in Los Angeles. It became part of Southern California’s style — its image and its sales pitch.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Growing palms for dates eventually factored in, as noted in a 1950s Palm Springs tourism film. Some 4,000 acres near Palm Springs were growing dates at the time, the film noted.\u003c/p>\u003c/p>\u003cp>\u003cspan class='utils-parseShortcode-shortcodes-__youtubeShortcode__embedYoutube'>\n \u003cspan class='utils-parseShortcode-shortcodes-__youtubeShortcode__embedYoutubeInside'>\n \u003ciframe\n loading='lazy'\n class='utils-parseShortcode-shortcodes-__youtubeShortcode__youtubePlayer'\n type='text/html'\n src='//www.youtube.com/embed/MNu_MY7zwzs'\n title='//www.youtube.com/embed/MNu_MY7zwzs'\n allowfullscreen='true'\n style='border:0;'>\u003c/iframe>\n \u003c/span>\n \u003c/span>\u003c/p>\u003cp>\u003ch2>Palms proliferate\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>Over the last century, palms have turned out to be highly practical street trees in both Los Angeles and the Bay Area. Martha Ketterer, a San Francisco landscape architect, has presided over the planting of hundreds of palms — and not just because she’s fond of them.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Palm trees are very-sexy looking creatures,” Ketterer says, but also, when it comes to streetscaping, they solve a lot of logistical challenges compared to woody trees. For example, urban survivability: Palms can often cope in salty places, like right next to the bay, or amid gusty wind, like the kind that “whips down Market Street,” she says.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11768773\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\" style=\"max-width: 640px\">\u003cimg decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-large wp-image-11768773\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2019/08/4-Martha-e1566339209277-1020x1360.jpg\" alt=\"Martha Ketterer, a San Francisco landscape architect\" width=\"640\" height=\"853\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2019/08/4-Martha-e1566339209277-1020x1360.jpg 1020w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2019/08/4-Martha-e1566339209277-160x213.jpg 160w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2019/08/4-Martha-e1566339209277-800x1067.jpg 800w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2019/08/4-Martha-e1566339209277-900x1200.jpg 900w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2019/08/4-Martha-e1566339209277-1122x1496.jpg 1122w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2019/08/4-Martha-e1566339209277-840x1120.jpg 840w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2019/08/4-Martha-e1566339209277-687x916.jpg 687w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2019/08/4-Martha-e1566339209277-414x552.jpg 414w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2019/08/4-Martha-e1566339209277-354x472.jpg 354w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2019/08/4-Martha-e1566339209277.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Martha Ketterer, a San Francisco landscape architect. \u003ccite>(Daniel Potter/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Palms also have small roots that make them less likely to lift up nearby sidewalks and much easier to transplant successfully. Ketterer says installing a nice oak tree (of a size requiring a crane) might cost taxpayers around $50,000, so public officials may be reluctant to gamble on the oak’s survival when palms are a safer, more affordable bet.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>You can also plant a palm right between a brick building and a power line and know that it will grow pretty much straight up, with no growing branches to snag on masonry or Muni wires.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Granted, palms have their detractors. In the aftermath of the 1989 Loma Prieta earthquake, some decried the planting of more palms in the city as a tacky wannabe-SoCal look: “It was going to be ‘the Los Angeles-ation of San Francisco,’ ” Ketterer says. And in some wet habitats, both Mexican fan palms and Canary Island date palms are considered invasive, crowding out native plants.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But palm trees also enjoy a certain cachet. To Joseph, the electrician who first asked Bay Curious about them, they signify being off work in some exotic sliver of paradise.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Jason Dewees, a San Francisco horticulturist who wrote the book \u003ca href=\"https://www.workman.com/products/designing-with-palms\">“Designing With Palms,”\u003c/a> says part of the reason many people feel that way involves a history with palm trees dating back to the dawn of agriculture.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Some of the earliest representations of plants by the human hand are representations of palms in the deserts of North Africa,” Dewees says. 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"content": "\u003cp>Ever had your late-night revels ended abruptly by the bartender announcing last call just before 2 a.m. here in the Bay Area?\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>If this strikes a chord, you’re not alone:\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>https://twitter.com/questlove/status/1142351700314824704?s=21\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>California’s 2 a.m. last call frustrates a lot of people. KQED listener Tara Downey even gets a little \u003cem>embarrassed\u003c/em> by it when out-of-town friends visit.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I have friends that live in New York, and so when they come back here it’s a little bit of a shock to them,” she explains. “They’re kind of like ‘OK, where do we go next?’ And … there’s not really an answer for that. We go home.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Now she wants to know why last call is so early in San Francisco compared to other big cities.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11768351\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"max-width: 1920px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-11768351\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2019/08/RS38611_DSC_1253-qut.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1280\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2019/08/RS38611_DSC_1253-qut.jpg 1920w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2019/08/RS38611_DSC_1253-qut-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2019/08/RS38611_DSC_1253-qut-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2019/08/RS38611_DSC_1253-qut-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2019/08/RS38611_DSC_1253-qut-1200x800.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1920px) 100vw, 1920px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Bay Curious listener Tara Downey, who asked us: “Why does nightlife in San Francisco end so early compared with other big cities around the world?” \u003ccite>(Carly Severn / KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Of course, the idea that California nightlife ends early depends on your definition of early. After all, we’ve got the same last call as Minnesota, Montana and New Mexico, and we can party one hour later than states like Maine, Delaware and Rhode Island. We’ve even got a whole two hours on most of Mississippi.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[baycuriouspodcastinfo]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Then there’s New York City, with a 4 a.m. last call, and people in Indiana and West Virginia can have their last drink at 3 a.m., while Las Vegas and New Orleans are 24-hour drinking towns.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Our 2 a.m. last call has been in place since 1913. But what Tara didn’t know is that all this might change very soon.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>California state Sen. Scott Wiener, who represents San Francisco and northern San Mateo County, is the author of the \u003ca href=\"http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201920200SB58\">“Last Call” State Bill 58\u003c/a> (SB 58), which proposes extending California’s closing times to 4 a.m.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11768355\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"max-width: 1920px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-11768355\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2019/08/RS38610_DSC_1249-qut.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1280\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2019/08/RS38610_DSC_1249-qut.jpg 1920w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2019/08/RS38610_DSC_1249-qut-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2019/08/RS38610_DSC_1249-qut-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2019/08/RS38610_DSC_1249-qut-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2019/08/RS38610_DSC_1249-qut-1200x800.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1920px) 100vw, 1920px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">California state Sen. Scott Wiener, the author of SB 58, which proposes extending last call to 4 a.m. \u003ccite>(Carly Severn / KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Wiener’s bill suggests a pilot program of 10 cities, including Sacramento, San Francisco, Oakland, Los Angeles, West Hollywood, Long Beach, Coachella, Cathedral City, Fresno and Palm Springs. Under the plan, cities would get the ability to choose last call — neighborhood by neighborhood. “Whether you’re in downtown L.A. or a small farm town, we’re trying to create more local flexibility around nightlife,” he says.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch3>\u003cspan style=\"color: #000000;\">Why Extend Last Call? \u003c/span>\u003c/h3>\n\u003cp>To Wiener, nightlife is critical to our culture. To hear him tell it, SB 58 almost sounds like a battle for a city’s soul: An enabling of more music, more dancing and more creative expression.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Some people say, ‘Oh, nothing good happens after midnight, let alone after 1 a.m.,’” says Wiener. “And it’s a nice joke to make, but it is actually a joke. It’s false.. a lot of beautiful things happen.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Not to mention, the Bay Area is an internationally renowned hub of LGBTQ culture.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“For the LGBT community, our bars and nightclubs are not just a place to go out. It’s about building community. And for so many of us — myself included — we found our community in the nightclubs, in the bars. And in so many parts of this country sometimes that’s like the only place you can go and really just be with your community, in a safe space,” Wiener says.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Nightlife is also an economic driver. In San Francisco alone, the nightlife industry includes over 3,500 businesses that create more than 60,000 jobs here, \u003ca href=\"https://sfgov.org/entertainment/sites/default/files/SFEC%20AnnualReport_FY16-17%20FY17-18.pdf\">according to the city’s own numbers\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch3>Late-Night Critics\u003c/h3>\n\u003cp>This is Wiener’s third try at extending California’s nightlife.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In 2018, when he last introduced a similar bill, then-Gov. Jerry Brown \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/arts/13841872/jerry-brown-vetoes-4am-nightlife-bill-for-california-cities\">vetoed it with the words: “I believe we have enough mischief from midnight to 2 without adding two more hours of mayhem.”\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Brown added that he was worried about the link between more drinking hours and more DUIs. \u003c/span>Groups like the California Alcohol Policy Alliance (CAPA) later \u003ca href=\"https://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/alcohol-justice-is-reporting-sb-905-wieners-4-am-bar-bill-fails-governor-brown-vetoes-the-dangerous-experiment-300721323.html\">described Brown’s 2018 veto as “a great victory for the health and well-being of all Californians”\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>While everyone can agree that drunken driving is bad, some dispute how many more DUIs would actually be caused by a later last call.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Short-term studies conducted in \u003ca href=\"https://journals.plos.org/plosone/article?id=10.1371/journal.pone.0071169\">New York\u003c/a> and \u003ca href=\"https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0047235207000839?via%3Dihub\">Minnesota\u003c/a> have drawn connections between closing times and DUI frequency, but the authors of the latter acknowledged the likely influence of additional policing. Less controversial studies,\u003ca href=\"http://alcoholjustice.org/images/reports/reports-full/LATE-NIGHT-THREAT-final.pdf\"> like those cited by CAPA\u003c/a>, examined the effects of closing times over multiple years and also found a correlation. However, critics contest that those were all conducted in other countries, like Australia and Norway, and may not be as relevant in places like San Francisco.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“If you say ‘No, we’re going to restrict nightlife’, you just start seeing illegal nightlife,” says Wiener. “People are still going to have parties. They’re just going to do it in a way that’s less safe.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Safety questions aside: Is the Bay Area really ready for an extra two hours of nightlife?\u003c/p>\n\u003ch3>Are You Ready For This?\u003c/h3>\n\u003cp>David Ruiz is a bartender and owner of several bars in San Francisco, including Junior. He says that while clubs will probably welcome those two extra party hours, he doesn’t see a great demand for a later last call among his cocktail clientele.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11768357\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"max-width: 1920px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-11768357\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2019/08/RS38609_DSC_1263-qut.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1280\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2019/08/RS38609_DSC_1263-qut.jpg 1920w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2019/08/RS38609_DSC_1263-qut-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2019/08/RS38609_DSC_1263-qut-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2019/08/RS38609_DSC_1263-qut-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2019/08/RS38609_DSC_1263-qut-1200x800.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1920px) 100vw, 1920px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">David Ruiz, bartender and bar owner in San Francisco \u003ccite>(Carly Severn / KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>“On occasion we have to shuffle some people out [at 2 a.m.],” he says. “But I would say people aren’t ‘going hard’ to last call.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cspan style=\"color: #000000;\">When you consider the long working hours for many industries, the long commutes necessitated by steep city rental markets and the cost of alcoholic drinks in the Bay Area, you may ask yourself: Why \u003cem>would\u003c/em> people want to stay out?\u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In Ruiz’s experience, San Francisco drinkers are increasingly more concerned with sampling new craft beers, or savoring certain spirits in their own sweet time than lining up the shots.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I feel like the whole just-getting-really-wasted vibe is kind of on its way out,” he says, pointing to what he sees as an increasingly health-conscious culture in the Bay Area.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>People here, he says, are also surrounded by tempting outdoor opportunities — like camping and river rafting — and “awesome weekend trips which, again, affects that nightlife culture on the weekends.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Individual demand aside, Ruiz notes, it’s important to remember that a place like New York has evolved over the years to be set up for late-night living beyond drinking in a way that the Bay Area has not. For example: Restaurants in the Bay Area often close before last call and outside of special occasions like New Year’s Eve, BART trains stop running at midnight.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Perhaps the expansion of late-night culture has to go beyond just letting bars stay open. Night owls need more options and increased safety. “Removing that negative stigma [of nightlife], I think, would be a plus — whether or not it’s good for business,” says Ruiz.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch3>Next Steps For Late Night\u003c/h3>\n\u003cp>Before we can find out if those extra party hours are even wanted by Californians, Wiener’s bill has to get past California’s new governor, Gavin Newsom, this fall.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Some speculate that Newsom is more likely to approve the bill because of his history in the hospitality business as the former owner of \u003ca href=\"https://www.plumpjack.com/\">PlumpJack\u003c/a>, the multimillion-dollar winery and hotel business \u003ca href=\"https://www.latimes.com/politics/la-pol-ca-governor-newsom-business-conflicts-20181220-story.html\">that he placed in a blind trust when he became governor\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But remember: Even if SB 58 is approved, the extension of bar hours in California wouldn’t be happening until 2022. For the next few years, at least, 2 a.m. is here to stay.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad floatright]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[baycuriousquestion]\u003c/p>\n\n",
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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Now she wants to know why last call is so early in San Francisco compared to other big cities.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11768351\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"max-width: 1920px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-11768351\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2019/08/RS38611_DSC_1253-qut.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1280\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2019/08/RS38611_DSC_1253-qut.jpg 1920w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2019/08/RS38611_DSC_1253-qut-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2019/08/RS38611_DSC_1253-qut-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2019/08/RS38611_DSC_1253-qut-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2019/08/RS38611_DSC_1253-qut-1200x800.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1920px) 100vw, 1920px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Bay Curious listener Tara Downey, who asked us: “Why does nightlife in San Francisco end so early compared with other big cities around the world?” \u003ccite>(Carly Severn / KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Of course, the idea that California nightlife ends early depends on your definition of early. After all, we’ve got the same last call as Minnesota, Montana and New Mexico, and we can party one hour later than states like Maine, Delaware and Rhode Island. We’ve even got a whole two hours on most of Mississippi.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003cp>\u003caside class=\"alignleft utils-parseShortcode-shortcodes-__bayCuriousPodcastShortcode__bayCurious\">\u003cimg src=https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/02/bayCuriousLogo.png alt=\"Bay Curious Podcast\" loading=\"lazy\" />\n \u003ca href=\"/news/series/baycurious\">Bay Curious\u003c/a> is a podcast that answers your questions about the Bay Area.\n Subscribe on \u003ca href=\"https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/bay-curious/id1172473406\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Apple Podcasts\u003c/a>,\n \u003ca href=\"http://www.npr.org/podcasts/500557090/bay-curious\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">NPR One\u003c/a> or your favorite podcast platform.\u003c/aside>\u003c/p>\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Then there’s New York City, with a 4 a.m. last call, and people in Indiana and West Virginia can have their last drink at 3 a.m., while Las Vegas and New Orleans are 24-hour drinking towns.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Our 2 a.m. last call has been in place since 1913. But what Tara didn’t know is that all this might change very soon.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>California state Sen. Scott Wiener, who represents San Francisco and northern San Mateo County, is the author of the \u003ca href=\"http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201920200SB58\">“Last Call” State Bill 58\u003c/a> (SB 58), which proposes extending California’s closing times to 4 a.m.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11768355\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"max-width: 1920px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-11768355\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2019/08/RS38610_DSC_1249-qut.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1280\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2019/08/RS38610_DSC_1249-qut.jpg 1920w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2019/08/RS38610_DSC_1249-qut-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2019/08/RS38610_DSC_1249-qut-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2019/08/RS38610_DSC_1249-qut-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2019/08/RS38610_DSC_1249-qut-1200x800.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1920px) 100vw, 1920px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">California state Sen. Scott Wiener, the author of SB 58, which proposes extending last call to 4 a.m. \u003ccite>(Carly Severn / KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Wiener’s bill suggests a pilot program of 10 cities, including Sacramento, San Francisco, Oakland, Los Angeles, West Hollywood, Long Beach, Coachella, Cathedral City, Fresno and Palm Springs. Under the plan, cities would get the ability to choose last call — neighborhood by neighborhood. “Whether you’re in downtown L.A. or a small farm town, we’re trying to create more local flexibility around nightlife,” he says.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch3>\u003cspan style=\"color: #000000;\">Why Extend Last Call? \u003c/span>\u003c/h3>\n\u003cp>To Wiener, nightlife is critical to our culture. To hear him tell it, SB 58 almost sounds like a battle for a city’s soul: An enabling of more music, more dancing and more creative expression.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Some people say, ‘Oh, nothing good happens after midnight, let alone after 1 a.m.,’” says Wiener. “And it’s a nice joke to make, but it is actually a joke. It’s false.. a lot of beautiful things happen.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Not to mention, the Bay Area is an internationally renowned hub of LGBTQ culture.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“For the LGBT community, our bars and nightclubs are not just a place to go out. It’s about building community. And for so many of us — myself included — we found our community in the nightclubs, in the bars. And in so many parts of this country sometimes that’s like the only place you can go and really just be with your community, in a safe space,” Wiener says.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Nightlife is also an economic driver. In San Francisco alone, the nightlife industry includes over 3,500 businesses that create more than 60,000 jobs here, \u003ca href=\"https://sfgov.org/entertainment/sites/default/files/SFEC%20AnnualReport_FY16-17%20FY17-18.pdf\">according to the city’s own numbers\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch3>Late-Night Critics\u003c/h3>\n\u003cp>This is Wiener’s third try at extending California’s nightlife.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In 2018, when he last introduced a similar bill, then-Gov. Jerry Brown \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/arts/13841872/jerry-brown-vetoes-4am-nightlife-bill-for-california-cities\">vetoed it with the words: “I believe we have enough mischief from midnight to 2 without adding two more hours of mayhem.”\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Brown added that he was worried about the link between more drinking hours and more DUIs. \u003c/span>Groups like the California Alcohol Policy Alliance (CAPA) later \u003ca href=\"https://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/alcohol-justice-is-reporting-sb-905-wieners-4-am-bar-bill-fails-governor-brown-vetoes-the-dangerous-experiment-300721323.html\">described Brown’s 2018 veto as “a great victory for the health and well-being of all Californians”\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>While everyone can agree that drunken driving is bad, some dispute how many more DUIs would actually be caused by a later last call.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Short-term studies conducted in \u003ca href=\"https://journals.plos.org/plosone/article?id=10.1371/journal.pone.0071169\">New York\u003c/a> and \u003ca href=\"https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0047235207000839?via%3Dihub\">Minnesota\u003c/a> have drawn connections between closing times and DUI frequency, but the authors of the latter acknowledged the likely influence of additional policing. Less controversial studies,\u003ca href=\"http://alcoholjustice.org/images/reports/reports-full/LATE-NIGHT-THREAT-final.pdf\"> like those cited by CAPA\u003c/a>, examined the effects of closing times over multiple years and also found a correlation. However, critics contest that those were all conducted in other countries, like Australia and Norway, and may not be as relevant in places like San Francisco.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“If you say ‘No, we’re going to restrict nightlife’, you just start seeing illegal nightlife,” says Wiener. “People are still going to have parties. They’re just going to do it in a way that’s less safe.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Safety questions aside: Is the Bay Area really ready for an extra two hours of nightlife?\u003c/p>\n\u003ch3>Are You Ready For This?\u003c/h3>\n\u003cp>David Ruiz is a bartender and owner of several bars in San Francisco, including Junior. He says that while clubs will probably welcome those two extra party hours, he doesn’t see a great demand for a later last call among his cocktail clientele.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11768357\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"max-width: 1920px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-11768357\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2019/08/RS38609_DSC_1263-qut.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1280\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2019/08/RS38609_DSC_1263-qut.jpg 1920w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2019/08/RS38609_DSC_1263-qut-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2019/08/RS38609_DSC_1263-qut-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2019/08/RS38609_DSC_1263-qut-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2019/08/RS38609_DSC_1263-qut-1200x800.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1920px) 100vw, 1920px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">David Ruiz, bartender and bar owner in San Francisco \u003ccite>(Carly Severn / KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>“On occasion we have to shuffle some people out [at 2 a.m.],” he says. “But I would say people aren’t ‘going hard’ to last call.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cspan style=\"color: #000000;\">When you consider the long working hours for many industries, the long commutes necessitated by steep city rental markets and the cost of alcoholic drinks in the Bay Area, you may ask yourself: Why \u003cem>would\u003c/em> people want to stay out?\u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In Ruiz’s experience, San Francisco drinkers are increasingly more concerned with sampling new craft beers, or savoring certain spirits in their own sweet time than lining up the shots.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I feel like the whole just-getting-really-wasted vibe is kind of on its way out,” he says, pointing to what he sees as an increasingly health-conscious culture in the Bay Area.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>People here, he says, are also surrounded by tempting outdoor opportunities — like camping and river rafting — and “awesome weekend trips which, again, affects that nightlife culture on the weekends.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Individual demand aside, Ruiz notes, it’s important to remember that a place like New York has evolved over the years to be set up for late-night living beyond drinking in a way that the Bay Area has not. For example: Restaurants in the Bay Area often close before last call and outside of special occasions like New Year’s Eve, BART trains stop running at midnight.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Perhaps the expansion of late-night culture has to go beyond just letting bars stay open. Night owls need more options and increased safety. “Removing that negative stigma [of nightlife], I think, would be a plus — whether or not it’s good for business,” says Ruiz.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch3>Next Steps For Late Night\u003c/h3>\n\u003cp>Before we can find out if those extra party hours are even wanted by Californians, Wiener’s bill has to get past California’s new governor, Gavin Newsom, this fall.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Some speculate that Newsom is more likely to approve the bill because of his history in the hospitality business as the former owner of \u003ca href=\"https://www.plumpjack.com/\">PlumpJack\u003c/a>, the multimillion-dollar winery and hotel business \u003ca href=\"https://www.latimes.com/politics/la-pol-ca-governor-newsom-business-conflicts-20181220-story.html\">that he placed in a blind trust when he became governor\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But remember: Even if SB 58 is approved, the extension of bar hours in California wouldn’t be happening until 2022. 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"content": "\u003cp>The first time I realized the word “community” had lost some of its meaning was when I picked up a very sparkly charm necklace in the shape of wings. Its tag told me the necklace would foster community.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[baycuriouspodcastinfo]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>I laughed, trying to imagine how an accessory could make such a promise. Perhaps someone would see the necklace, compliment me and we’d find out we have the same birthday? Maybe I could\u003ca href=\"https://www.amazon.com/Necklace-Thirteen-Women-Experiment-Transformed/dp/0345500725\"> share the necklace\u003c/a> with friends and we’d be closer because of it? Either way, it seemed unlikely a piece of jewelry could do anything.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But sparkly necklaces aren’t a one-off; lately it seems just about everyone is peddling community.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch3>The Age of “Community Washing”\u003c/h3>\n\u003cp>A quick search through my email inbox finds “community” mentioned hundreds of times. Some of these results include messages from my friends, many of whom love the word. There are press releases that use the term to describe networks of people who share a neighborhood, identity or interest. Other results come from more pay-to-play transactional relationships like Squarespace, Airbnb, my old gym, my dentist’s office and a concert promoter.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Searching #community on Instagram yields literally everything: selfies, food, motorcycles, beaches and a stainless-steel beverage dispenser.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Angie Thurston is the co-author of \u003ca href=\"https://www.howwegather.org/\">\u003cem>How We Gather\u003c/em>\u003c/a> and \u003cem>Care of Souls,\u003c/em> reports that look at how millennials build communities and at the ways people are fulfilling societal roles traditionally held by religious institutions. She says the current overuse of the word “community” feels similar to a surge of environmentalism in the United States in the 70s and 80s.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Suddenly every product was green,” she says. “The phenomenon was called greenwashing, where a label or a sticker was put on a product to try to get you to buy it, but it didn't actually say anything about the integrity of the product.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Advertisers have always tried to sell people what they desire. It used to be a tan, a fast car, or a big house, but now connection is the aspiration. This could be a sign of the public’s shifting priorities, but it might also be indicative of something else: our hunger for belonging.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Study after study shows that \u003ca href=\"https://www.kff.org/other/report/loneliness-and-social-isolation-in-the-united-states-the-united-kingdom-and-japan-an-international-survey/\">Americans are lonely\u003c/a>. Loneliness spans all age groups, and while loneliness and social isolation are different, many lonely people say they lack meaningful connection. In 2017, the former U.S. surgeon general \u003ca href=\"https://hbr.org/cover-story/2017/09/work-and-the-loneliness-epidemic\">declared loneliness an epidemic\u003c/a>, with extreme loneliness having health effects as bad as smoking 15 cigarettes a day.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>A few months ago, a Vox article described how \u003ca href=\"https://www.vox.com/the-highlight/2019/4/29/18511580/loneliness-co-living-coworking-friend-app-tribe-wework\">loneliness became a big business\u003c/a>, as outfits started capitalizing on our want for connection. Companies like \u003ca href=\"https://www.tribecoliving.com/\">Tribe\u003c/a> supply cohousing spaces in Brooklyn and San Francisco for young people who move away from friends and family and seek new networks for support. Then there’s the coworking spaces like WeWork, which their CEO says facilitates human connection. That’s not to mention the friend-finding apps popping up for every flavor of companionship including \u003ca href=\"https://www.peanut-app.io/\">new moms\u003c/a>, \u003ca href=\"http://www.atletosports.com/\">workout buddies\u003c/a> and \u003ca href=\"http://meetmydogapp.com/\">dog owners\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Other companies have far more tenuous claims to community. A \u003cem>Forbes\u003c/em> article titled “\u003ca href=\"https://www.forbes.com/sites/paulinaguditch/2018/11/29/why-building-community-is-critical-to-your-brands-success/#7b2840a33458\">Why Building Community Is Critical To Your Brand's Success\u003c/a>” cites IKEA, TheSkimm, Glossier and Peloton as examples of brands successfully cultivating “community,” or a sense of connection between customers and the brands. Their methods include giving free swag and perks to brand ambassadors for referrals, creating Slack channels where customers can talk to each other and brand representatives, organizing in-person events, and making sure customers spend time with the products, like building an Ikea couch an entire afternoon. With these techniques companies can “increase brand awareness, understand customers, improve outcomes, and build brand loyalty.”\u003c/p>\n\u003ch3>Defining Community\u003c/h3>\n\u003cp>So we all want community—but what is community?\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I’m really protective of the term [community],” says Thurston. “A lot of what we experience in online spaces is something more akin to a network, which is loosely held connections with people that we may share an affinity with or a single experience with.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“There are different levels of community,” says Killian Noe, who is experimenting with Thurston on new forms of community online. “It really is a word similar to love; you can say ‘I love vanilla ice cream.’ That might be true, but you can also say ‘I love my husband of 38 years.’ That has a different level of meaning… but my hope is that everyone would have an experience of community at the deepest level.” Noe is the founder of Seattle’s Recovery Cafe, which has grown into a network of support centers helping people recovering from homelessness, addiction and other mental health challenges.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>While the term is defined on a spectrum, to Noe, “community” is about being known and loved.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In this vein, Thurston says one definition of community is bringing soup to your neighbor when they are sick. In his book Deepening Community, Paul Bourne writes that this act implies a great deal about the relationship: “It requires that you know your neighbor, it requires that you know they are not vegetarian and like soup. It requires that you know them well enough and communicate regularly enough to know they are sick. Once you know they are sick, you must feel compelled to want to help and to make this a priority among the many calls on your time and energy.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>And, he adds, “Your neighbor must know you well enough to feel comfortable in receiving your help.”\u003c/p>\n\u003ch3>Deep Communities vs. Superficial Networks\u003c/h3>\n\u003cp>While Noe says bringing soup to a neighbor is a good start, she hopes that people have access to much deeper community than that, where they can unpack their lives and be loved without judgement. “If we could take in the truth that we are loved just as we are before we change a single thing, that is transformative. That’s what makes change possible,” she says.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Noe says the experience of being known without being loved can be painful. At worst it can manifest as an abusive relationship where a person is deeply understood but manipulated. Conversely, being loved without being known can be ultimately dissatisfying.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[baycuriouspodcastinfo]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Many celebrities and content creators nurture this superficial kind of connection. YouTubers imitate face-to-face interaction by talking directly into the camera and saying things like “Love you!” and “Talk to you soon!” They use nicknames and terms of endearment to cultivate their fans: Makeup artist James Charles calls his fans “sisters,” Gabriella Demartino calls hers “Demar Dolls,” and vlogger Logan Paul uses the term “Logang.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Academics call this a \u003ca href=\"https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1080/00332747.1956.11023049\">para-social relationship\u003c/a>: one person (the fan) feels intimate and strong bonds towards another person (the YouTuber) who doesn’t even know the first person exists.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch3>People Want Connection. So What?\u003c/h3>\n\u003cp>Thurston believes the desire for connection can have much more serious consequences than buying a few things or liking a celebrity.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“When we're hungry for deepening our connection to others, it can go in two directions,” she says.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The first option is creating a community based on fear, where bonds are based on a shared enemy—an idea or a group of people. Thurston says this plays out in warfare when we fight a common enemy, but it extends to “our polarized politics, gang violence, or the more extreme forms of sports fandom.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Hate groups fall into this category. The Southern Poverty Law Center categorizes hate groups as having “beliefs or practices that attack or malign an entire class of people, typically for their immutable characteristics.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The second option is the kind of community we all hope to experience, in which you are deeply known and deeply loved. “It is a place where you can bring your gifts, where others can bring [their gifts] and where you can receive them,” Thurston summarizes.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>This kind of community can take work. You’ve got to show up, listen, share, love and maybe help cook soup for a sick neighbor. But Thurston and Noe think it’s worth it. 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Sometimes homeless people are paid to help counters find less visible areas where people may have set up camp.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>A tally of the people living in emergency shelters, transitional housing facilities and domestic violence shelters is added to the street count to calculate a total homeless population.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Counts are typically done every two years, and are required for counties to be eligible for federal funding for homeless services.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003ch3>What are the primary causes of homelessness?\u003c/h3>\n\u003cp>“I think people ask this question because they want a single answer that we can easily solve,” says Audrey Cooper, editor-in-chief of the San Francisco Chronicle. “The problem is this population has multiple diagnoses and multiple problems.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Along with the point-in-time homeless count, counties administer a survey to homeless people that collects demographic and historical information.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft wp-image-11764747\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2019/07/export-bIrK4-3-735x1200.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"400\" height=\"653\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2019/07/export-bIrK4-3-735x1200.png 735w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2019/07/export-bIrK4-3-160x261.png 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2019/07/export-bIrK4-3-800x1306.png 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2019/07/export-bIrK4-3.png 1000w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 400px) 100vw, 400px\">\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Year to year, the self-reported primary causes of homelessness have remained the same: job loss, alcohol or drug use, eviction, arguments with friends or family who asked them to leave, mental health issues and a divorce/separation/breakup.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp class=\"p1\">Because many are struggling with multiple challenges, it can be hard for survey respondents to pinpoint a primary cause. You can get a glimpse at the range of challenges people face when you see how the group responded to a question about health conditions.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Seventy-four percent say they are living with one or more health conditions, up from 68 percent in 2017. The most often cited condition was alcohol or drug use, followed by psychiatric or emotional conditions. Post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) had the highest percentage point increase between 2017 and 2019.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp class=\"p1\">“That adds up to more than 100 percent, so there are many, many problems, not just one thing that is keeping people on the street,” says Cooper.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft wp-image-11764744\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2019/07/export-P8wCO-631x1200.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"400\" height=\"761\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2019/07/export-P8wCO-631x1200.png 631w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2019/07/export-P8wCO-160x304.png 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2019/07/export-P8wCO-800x1522.png 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2019/07/export-P8wCO.png 1000w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 400px) 100vw, 400px\">\u003cbr>\nYou can read the summary of the report for your county below. Napa County has some figures published from 2018 in its \u003ca href=\"https://www.countyofnapa.org/DocumentCenter/View/10118/Napa-Homeless-Plan-Update---Final-Draft-for-Community-Review---October-2018?bidId=\">Update of the Napa Plan to End Homelessness\u003c/a>. Those with an asterisk have yet to publish 2019 figures.\u003c/p>\n\u003cul>\n\u003cli style=\"font-weight: 400\">\u003ca href=\"http://everyonehome.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/07/ExecutiveSummary_Alameda2019-1.pdf\">Alameda County 2019\u003c/a>\u003c/li>\n\u003cli style=\"font-weight: 400\">\u003ca href=\"https://cchealth.org/h3/coc/pdf/PIT-report-2019.pdf\">Contra Costa County 2019\u003c/a>\u003c/li>\n\u003cli style=\"font-weight: 400\">\u003ca href=\"https://www.marinhhs.org/sites/default/files/files/servicepages/2017_07/marin_pit_executive_summary_2017.pdf\">Marin County 2017\u003c/a>*\u003c/li>\n\u003cli style=\"font-weight: 400\">\u003ca href=\"http://hsh.sfgov.org/wp-content/uploads/FINAL-PIT-Executive-Summary-2019-San-Francisco.pdf\">San Francisco County 2019\u003c/a>\u003c/li>\n\u003cli style=\"font-weight: 400\">\u003ca href=\"https://hsa.smcgov.org/sites/hsa.smcgov.org/files/Executive%20Summary-%202019%20One%20Day%20Homeless%20Count%20report.pdf\">San Mateo County 2019\u003c/a>\u003c/li>\n\u003cli style=\"font-weight: 400\">\u003ca href=\"https://www.sccgov.org/sites/osh/ContinuumofCare/ReportsandPublications/Documents/2015%20Santa%20Clara%20County%20Homeless%20Census%20and%20Survey/2019%20SCC%20Homeless%20Census%20and%20Survey%20Exec%20Summary.pdf\">Santa Clara County 2019\u003c/a>\u003c/li>\n\u003cli style=\"font-weight: 400\">\u003ca href=\"http://nebula.wsimg.com/3ce3e2ff360a4965f8ad2823a2609907?AccessKeyId=B6ADA8353DCF8737BDC0&disposition=0&alloworigin=1\">Solano County 2017\u003c/a>*\u003c/li>\n\u003cli style=\"font-weight: 400\">\u003ca href=\"https://sonomacounty.ca.gov/WorkArea/DownloadAsset.aspx?id=2147575307\">Sonoma County 2019 (PDF)\u003c/a>\u003c/li>\n\u003c/ul>\n\u003ch3>What is San Francisco doing to help the homeless?\u003c/h3>\n\u003cp>“The city really does follow what is termed ‘best practices’ around the country. And the city models best practices,” says Fagan.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>About 9,500 people are living in supportive housing units in San Francisco. Among them are six Navigation Centers, which offer intensive housing and counseling services to residents. Case managers work to connect Navigation Center residents to income, public benefits, health services and housing.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The city also has an outreach team that helps get people into stable housing or a medical care facility.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Outreach counselors are some of the most dedicated, sincere people you’d want to meet,” says Fagan. “They don’t have enough resources to put people into. But if they weren’t doing what they’re doing, we would not have 8,000 people [living homeless in San Francisco] — we’d have 30,000. It would be mind-blowing.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Fagan also cautions that sometimes appearances can be deceiving.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“At least some of those people you think are homeless are not,” Fagan says. “They’re just dirt-poor, living inside. And that’s better than sleeping outside.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11764776\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2048px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-11764776 size-full\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2019/07/20170106_091407.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2048\" height=\"1536\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2019/07/20170106_091407.jpg 2048w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2019/07/20170106_091407-160x120.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2019/07/20170106_091407-800x600.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2019/07/20170106_091407-1020x765.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2019/07/20170106_091407-1200x900.jpg 1200w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2019/07/20170106_091407-1920x1440.jpg 1920w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2019/07/20170106_091407-1832x1374.jpg 1832w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2019/07/20170106_091407-1376x1032.jpg 1376w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2019/07/20170106_091407-1044x783.jpg 1044w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2019/07/20170106_091407-632x474.jpg 632w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2019/07/20170106_091407-536x402.jpg 536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2048px) 100vw, 2048px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Under the Interstate 80 overpass over Gilman Street in Berkeley. \u003ccite>(Monica Lam/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003ch3>Is there anything on the horizon that will make a difference in helping homeless people?\u003c/h3>\n\u003cp>City officials are ramping up\u003ca href=\"https://www.sfchronicle.com/bayarea/article/San-Francisco-rolls-out-long-awaited-system-to-13197944.php\"> a tracking system\u003c/a> they hope will help them serve people and save money.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“They’ll say, ‘This is what kind of shelter you’ve tried. This is what kind of drug rehab you’ve tried. These are the mental services you tried.’ So they don’t repeat the same things that didn’t work,” says Fagan.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Tracking systems have worked well in Houston, New York and Los Angeles, Fagan says.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch3>Are most of the homeless people coming to the Bay Area from other areas to take advantage of services?\u003c/h3>\n\u003cp>An oft-cited statistic from homeless advocates: About 70 percent of people who are homeless \u003cem>became\u003c/em> \u003cem>homeless\u003c/em> while living in the Bay Area.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“That means 30 percent … are ‘coming here to be homeless,’ ” says Cooper. “That’s still a ton of people. I think until we start to talk about those numbers, we’re not really addressing people’s concerns.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“When we deny that San Francisco is — as Fox News would say, ‘a magnet for homelessness’ — if we don’t talk about the actual facts, we really lose an opportunity to deal with this population.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11764770\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 1024px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-11764770 size-full\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2019/07/GettyImages-1149905194.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2019/07/GettyImages-1149905194.jpg 1024w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2019/07/GettyImages-1149905194-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2019/07/GettyImages-1149905194-800x534.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2019/07/GettyImages-1149905194-1020x680.jpg 1020w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">A homeless man pushes a cart with his belongings on May 17, 2019. \u003ccite>(Justin Sullivan/Getty Images)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003ch3>What do I do if I think someone needs help?\u003c/h3>\n\u003cp>San Francisco has a 311 number to call if outreach or other resources are needed. In Alameda County and Contra Costa County, you can call 211.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>There are also outreach groups that aid homeless people, such as the San Francisco Homeless Outreach Team (415-734-4233) or the San Francisco Mobile Crisis Treatment Team (415-970-4000).\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>For more information, check out the San Francisco Coalition on Homelessness’ \u003ca href=\"http://www.cohsf.org/wp-content/uploads/2014/08/WHAT-TO-DO.pdf\">10 Things To Do When You See Homeless People\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch3>What about those who live in vehicles like RVs or camper vans full time?\u003c/h3>\n\u003cp>While the majority of San Francisco’s unsheltered homeless population is living outdoors, \u003ca href=\"http://hsh.sfgov.org/wp-content/uploads/FINAL-PIT-Report-2019-San-Francisco.pdf\">35 percent are living in vehicles\u003c/a>. That’s compared to 13 percent in 2015.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>To address this rise in vehicle living, the city is testing a program to provide safe overnight parking, and \u003ca href=\"http://www.ktvu.com/homeless/san-francisco-supervisor-unveils-plans-for-triage-center-for-people-living-in-vehicles\">plans to open a Vehicle Triage Center\u003c/a> across from the Balboa Park BART Station. This center would provide bathrooms, sanitation services, 24-hour security and connections to social services, among other resources.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The number of people living in vehicles in Oakland is \u003ca href=\"http://everyonehome.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/07/2019_HIRDReport_Alameda_FinalDraft_7.23.19.pdf\">on the rise, too.\u003c/a> It has increased 124 percent since 2017.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In response, cities all over the Bay Area are starting to reconsider their laws and resources for RV full-timers.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In June, Oakland opened the Bay Area’s \u003ca href=\"https://www.sfchronicle.com/bayarea/article/Oakland-opens-Bay-Area-s-first-24-7-safe-14029362.php\">first 24-hour safe overnight parking\u003c/a> area near the Coliseum BART Station. Residents can park there for up to six months. Last March the Berkeley City Council voted to ban overnight RV parking, but has since \u003ca href=\"https://www.sfchronicle.com/bayarea/article/Berkeley-considering-sites-for-safe-RV-parking-14123317.php?psid=cIUVH\">delayed the ban\u003c/a> until a safe overnight parking area is built.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>While for many homeless people, full-time RV living is a step toward permanent housing, it’s also a solution some low-wage workers are using to stay in the Bay Area. Some live in vehicles \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11751183/what-its-like-to-live-in-an-rv-and-work-in-silicon-valley-but-call-fresno-home\">part time to be closer to work,\u003c/a> while having a permanent address outside the area.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>As cities build safe overnight parking areas, they are also planning tighter restrictions or bans on overnight RV parking everywhere else. Take Mountain View, for example. In May, 212 Mountain View residents were living in an RV or vehicle. By November 2019 the city plans to open \u003ca href=\"https://www.mercurynews.com/2019/06/12/despite-aclu-challenge-mountain-view-will-ban-overnight-rv-dwellers/\"> safe overnight RV parking\u003c/a>, but only with an estimated 60 spots. Once the parking area is up and running, Mountain View plans to restrict or ban overnight oversized vehicle parking by January 2020.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11764761\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 1024px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-11764761 size-full\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2019/07/GettyImages-543499218.jpg\" alt=\"Woman and her dog.\" width=\"1024\" height=\"695\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2019/07/GettyImages-543499218.jpg 1024w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2019/07/GettyImages-543499218-160x109.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2019/07/GettyImages-543499218-800x543.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2019/07/GettyImages-543499218-1020x692.jpg 1020w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">April Campbell and her dog, Rocky ,wait for assistance from passers-by on Tuesday, June, 28, 2016. Campbell lives behind a nearby Neiman Marcus store. \u003ccite>(JOSH EDELSON/AFP/Getty Images)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003ch3>How do homeless people get pets? Are they allowed in shelters?\u003c/h3>\n\u003cp>According to Renee Lowry, executive director of \u003ca href=\"https://www.petsofthehomeless.org/\">Pets of the Homeless\u003c/a>, there are three common ways homeless owners get their pets: They owned the pet before they became homeless, they found a stray pet while living on the street, or the pet was given to them by another homeless person. Pets of the Homeless is a national organization that focuses on feeding and caring for pets of homeless owners. Its website also has \u003ca href=\"https://www.petsofthehomeless.org/get-help/find-locations/#latitude=39.163798&longitude=-119.767403&zoom=12&types%255B%255D=food-supplies&types%255B%255D=shelters&types%255B%255D=resources\">a tool for finding local resources and pet-friendly homeless shelters\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Homeless pet owners may have to pass up housing opportunities because the majority of homeless shelters do not allow pets. According to Pets of the Homeless, in San Francisco only the Navigation Centers accept residents with pets. In the greater Bay Area the only pet-friendly shelters are PATH San Jose and HomeFirst in San Jose.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>There are several organizations in San Francisco that provide free or reduced pet food and veterinary care, such as Veterinary Street Outreach Services (\u003ca href=\"https://www.sfccc.org/veterinary-street-outreach\">Vet SOS\u003c/a>) run by the \u003ca href=\"https://www.sfccc.org/\">San Francisco Community Clinic Consortium\u003c/a>. The San Francisco Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals (\u003ca href=\"https://www.sfspca.org/\">SF SPCA\u003c/a>) provides free spaying and neutering to homeless owners.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Cr_Y3ZGSwfE\u003c/p>\n\u003ch3>Who are the people creating and selling the S.F. newspaper Street Sheet?\u003c/h3>\n\u003cp>Street Sheet is a twice-monthly publication run by the Coalition on Homelessness. Many of the publication’s contributors have personal experience with homelessness and pursue stories sourced from the community, such as the rise of fentanyl in the Tenderloin and pest infestations in single-room-occupancy (SRO) hotels. After the stories are written, editor Quiver Watts and assistant-editor TJ Johnston edit them and get them ready to print.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Street Sheet is a way … to demonstrate that people who have lived experience of homelessness are the experts on their own lives, and therefore, as experts on what they most need and what policies [are] going to be most effective,” says Watts.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Up to 100 copies are given to vendors each day, and each copy can be sold for $2. Vendors keep all of the proceeds, and many use their earnings from Street Sheet to pay for necessities like housing, food and medication.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>With about 230 homeless or low-income vendors, Street Sheet reaches about 16,000 readers each issue. Watts says it provides the vendors a way to ask for money while maintaining their dignity, and provides readers a unique perspective on homelessness and an opportunity to engage face-to-face with vendors.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad floatright]\u003c/p>\n",
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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003cp>For the \u003ca href=\"https://projects.sfchronicle.com/sf-homeless/landing/#\">SF Homeless Project\u003c/a>, Bay Curious collaborated with the San Francisco Chronicle and their podcast \u003ca href=\"https://projects.sfchronicle.com/tools/podcasts/?show=fifth\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Fifth & Mission\u003c/a> to answer a handful of questions from the audience about homelessness.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch3>How many people are homeless in the Bay Area?\u003c/h3>\n\u003cp>Since Bay Curious first answered \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11001829/homelessness-youve-got-questions-weve-got-answers\">your questions on homelessness in 2017\u003c/a>, the cost of living has continued to rise in the Bay Area and with it, the number of people living without a home.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In the nine-county Bay Area, just over 34,000 people are experiencing homelessness, according to point-in-time counts conducted in January 2019 by most counties.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In at least five of the nine counties, the recent count revealed an increase in the number of homeless people from the last time the count was done in 2017.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c!-- iframe plugin v.4.3 wordpress.org/plugins/iframe/ -->\u003cbr>\n\u003ciframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Bay Area Point-in-Time Homelessness Counts\" aria-label=\"Grouped Column Chart\" src=\"//datawrapper.dwcdn.net/bV3MN/2/\" scrolling=\"no\" frameborder=\"0\" style=\"border: none;\" width=\"800\" height=\"266\" class=\"iframe-class\">\u003c/iframe>\u003c/p>\n\u003ch3>How is the homeless population counted?\u003c/h3>\n\u003cp>In San Francisco, about 600 volunteers and staff canvassed the entire county between 8 p.m. and midnight on Jan. 24, 2019. The city is broken up into a grid, and counters walk down every street within their sector.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“You look at people and you assume that they are homeless or not homeless,” says San Francisco Chronicle reporter Kevin Fagan, who has covered homelessness for more than two decades. “It’s kind of a judgment, which by definition makes [the count] imprecise, and the people you can’t see make it imprecise, but it’s a good benchmark that you can use year to year.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003cp>\u003caside class=\"alignleft utils-parseShortcode-shortcodes-__bayCuriousPodcastShortcode__bayCurious\">\u003cimg src=https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/02/bayCuriousLogo.png alt=\"Bay Curious Podcast\" loading=\"lazy\" />\n \u003ca href=\"/news/series/baycurious\">Bay Curious\u003c/a> is a podcast that answers your questions about the Bay Area.\n Subscribe on \u003ca href=\"https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/bay-curious/id1172473406\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Apple Podcasts\u003c/a>,\n \u003ca href=\"http://www.npr.org/podcasts/500557090/bay-curious\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">NPR One\u003c/a> or your favorite podcast platform.\u003c/aside>\u003c/p>\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>A version of this process is repeated in most of the Bay Area’s counties. Sometimes homeless people are paid to help counters find less visible areas where people may have set up camp.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>A tally of the people living in emergency shelters, transitional housing facilities and domestic violence shelters is added to the street count to calculate a total homeless population.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Counts are typically done every two years, and are required for counties to be eligible for federal funding for homeless services.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003c/div>",
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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003ch3>What are the primary causes of homelessness?\u003c/h3>\n\u003cp>“I think people ask this question because they want a single answer that we can easily solve,” says Audrey Cooper, editor-in-chief of the San Francisco Chronicle. “The problem is this population has multiple diagnoses and multiple problems.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Along with the point-in-time homeless count, counties administer a survey to homeless people that collects demographic and historical information.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft wp-image-11764747\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2019/07/export-bIrK4-3-735x1200.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"400\" height=\"653\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2019/07/export-bIrK4-3-735x1200.png 735w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2019/07/export-bIrK4-3-160x261.png 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2019/07/export-bIrK4-3-800x1306.png 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2019/07/export-bIrK4-3.png 1000w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 400px) 100vw, 400px\">\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Year to year, the self-reported primary causes of homelessness have remained the same: job loss, alcohol or drug use, eviction, arguments with friends or family who asked them to leave, mental health issues and a divorce/separation/breakup.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp class=\"p1\">Because many are struggling with multiple challenges, it can be hard for survey respondents to pinpoint a primary cause. You can get a glimpse at the range of challenges people face when you see how the group responded to a question about health conditions.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Seventy-four percent say they are living with one or more health conditions, up from 68 percent in 2017. The most often cited condition was alcohol or drug use, followed by psychiatric or emotional conditions. Post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) had the highest percentage point increase between 2017 and 2019.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp class=\"p1\">“That adds up to more than 100 percent, so there are many, many problems, not just one thing that is keeping people on the street,” says Cooper.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft wp-image-11764744\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2019/07/export-P8wCO-631x1200.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"400\" height=\"761\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2019/07/export-P8wCO-631x1200.png 631w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2019/07/export-P8wCO-160x304.png 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2019/07/export-P8wCO-800x1522.png 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2019/07/export-P8wCO.png 1000w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 400px) 100vw, 400px\">\u003cbr>\nYou can read the summary of the report for your county below. Napa County has some figures published from 2018 in its \u003ca href=\"https://www.countyofnapa.org/DocumentCenter/View/10118/Napa-Homeless-Plan-Update---Final-Draft-for-Community-Review---October-2018?bidId=\">Update of the Napa Plan to End Homelessness\u003c/a>. Those with an asterisk have yet to publish 2019 figures.\u003c/p>\n\u003cul>\n\u003cli style=\"font-weight: 400\">\u003ca href=\"http://everyonehome.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/07/ExecutiveSummary_Alameda2019-1.pdf\">Alameda County 2019\u003c/a>\u003c/li>\n\u003cli style=\"font-weight: 400\">\u003ca href=\"https://cchealth.org/h3/coc/pdf/PIT-report-2019.pdf\">Contra Costa County 2019\u003c/a>\u003c/li>\n\u003cli style=\"font-weight: 400\">\u003ca href=\"https://www.marinhhs.org/sites/default/files/files/servicepages/2017_07/marin_pit_executive_summary_2017.pdf\">Marin County 2017\u003c/a>*\u003c/li>\n\u003cli style=\"font-weight: 400\">\u003ca href=\"http://hsh.sfgov.org/wp-content/uploads/FINAL-PIT-Executive-Summary-2019-San-Francisco.pdf\">San Francisco County 2019\u003c/a>\u003c/li>\n\u003cli style=\"font-weight: 400\">\u003ca href=\"https://hsa.smcgov.org/sites/hsa.smcgov.org/files/Executive%20Summary-%202019%20One%20Day%20Homeless%20Count%20report.pdf\">San Mateo County 2019\u003c/a>\u003c/li>\n\u003cli style=\"font-weight: 400\">\u003ca href=\"https://www.sccgov.org/sites/osh/ContinuumofCare/ReportsandPublications/Documents/2015%20Santa%20Clara%20County%20Homeless%20Census%20and%20Survey/2019%20SCC%20Homeless%20Census%20and%20Survey%20Exec%20Summary.pdf\">Santa Clara County 2019\u003c/a>\u003c/li>\n\u003cli style=\"font-weight: 400\">\u003ca href=\"http://nebula.wsimg.com/3ce3e2ff360a4965f8ad2823a2609907?AccessKeyId=B6ADA8353DCF8737BDC0&disposition=0&alloworigin=1\">Solano County 2017\u003c/a>*\u003c/li>\n\u003cli style=\"font-weight: 400\">\u003ca href=\"https://sonomacounty.ca.gov/WorkArea/DownloadAsset.aspx?id=2147575307\">Sonoma County 2019 (PDF)\u003c/a>\u003c/li>\n\u003c/ul>\n\u003ch3>What is San Francisco doing to help the homeless?\u003c/h3>\n\u003cp>“The city really does follow what is termed ‘best practices’ around the country. And the city models best practices,” says Fagan.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>About 9,500 people are living in supportive housing units in San Francisco. Among them are six Navigation Centers, which offer intensive housing and counseling services to residents. Case managers work to connect Navigation Center residents to income, public benefits, health services and housing.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The city also has an outreach team that helps get people into stable housing or a medical care facility.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Outreach counselors are some of the most dedicated, sincere people you’d want to meet,” says Fagan. “They don’t have enough resources to put people into. But if they weren’t doing what they’re doing, we would not have 8,000 people [living homeless in San Francisco] — we’d have 30,000. It would be mind-blowing.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Fagan also cautions that sometimes appearances can be deceiving.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“At least some of those people you think are homeless are not,” Fagan says. “They’re just dirt-poor, living inside. And that’s better than sleeping outside.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11764776\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2048px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-11764776 size-full\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2019/07/20170106_091407.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2048\" height=\"1536\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2019/07/20170106_091407.jpg 2048w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2019/07/20170106_091407-160x120.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2019/07/20170106_091407-800x600.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2019/07/20170106_091407-1020x765.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2019/07/20170106_091407-1200x900.jpg 1200w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2019/07/20170106_091407-1920x1440.jpg 1920w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2019/07/20170106_091407-1832x1374.jpg 1832w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2019/07/20170106_091407-1376x1032.jpg 1376w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2019/07/20170106_091407-1044x783.jpg 1044w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2019/07/20170106_091407-632x474.jpg 632w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2019/07/20170106_091407-536x402.jpg 536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2048px) 100vw, 2048px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Under the Interstate 80 overpass over Gilman Street in Berkeley. \u003ccite>(Monica Lam/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003ch3>Is there anything on the horizon that will make a difference in helping homeless people?\u003c/h3>\n\u003cp>City officials are ramping up\u003ca href=\"https://www.sfchronicle.com/bayarea/article/San-Francisco-rolls-out-long-awaited-system-to-13197944.php\"> a tracking system\u003c/a> they hope will help them serve people and save money.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“They’ll say, ‘This is what kind of shelter you’ve tried. This is what kind of drug rehab you’ve tried. These are the mental services you tried.’ So they don’t repeat the same things that didn’t work,” says Fagan.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Tracking systems have worked well in Houston, New York and Los Angeles, Fagan says.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch3>Are most of the homeless people coming to the Bay Area from other areas to take advantage of services?\u003c/h3>\n\u003cp>An oft-cited statistic from homeless advocates: About 70 percent of people who are homeless \u003cem>became\u003c/em> \u003cem>homeless\u003c/em> while living in the Bay Area.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“That means 30 percent … are ‘coming here to be homeless,’ ” says Cooper. “That’s still a ton of people. I think until we start to talk about those numbers, we’re not really addressing people’s concerns.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“When we deny that San Francisco is — as Fox News would say, ‘a magnet for homelessness’ — if we don’t talk about the actual facts, we really lose an opportunity to deal with this population.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11764770\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 1024px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-11764770 size-full\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2019/07/GettyImages-1149905194.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2019/07/GettyImages-1149905194.jpg 1024w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2019/07/GettyImages-1149905194-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2019/07/GettyImages-1149905194-800x534.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2019/07/GettyImages-1149905194-1020x680.jpg 1020w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">A homeless man pushes a cart with his belongings on May 17, 2019. \u003ccite>(Justin Sullivan/Getty Images)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003ch3>What do I do if I think someone needs help?\u003c/h3>\n\u003cp>San Francisco has a 311 number to call if outreach or other resources are needed. In Alameda County and Contra Costa County, you can call 211.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>There are also outreach groups that aid homeless people, such as the San Francisco Homeless Outreach Team (415-734-4233) or the San Francisco Mobile Crisis Treatment Team (415-970-4000).\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>For more information, check out the San Francisco Coalition on Homelessness’ \u003ca href=\"http://www.cohsf.org/wp-content/uploads/2014/08/WHAT-TO-DO.pdf\">10 Things To Do When You See Homeless People\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch3>What about those who live in vehicles like RVs or camper vans full time?\u003c/h3>\n\u003cp>While the majority of San Francisco’s unsheltered homeless population is living outdoors, \u003ca href=\"http://hsh.sfgov.org/wp-content/uploads/FINAL-PIT-Report-2019-San-Francisco.pdf\">35 percent are living in vehicles\u003c/a>. That’s compared to 13 percent in 2015.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>To address this rise in vehicle living, the city is testing a program to provide safe overnight parking, and \u003ca href=\"http://www.ktvu.com/homeless/san-francisco-supervisor-unveils-plans-for-triage-center-for-people-living-in-vehicles\">plans to open a Vehicle Triage Center\u003c/a> across from the Balboa Park BART Station. This center would provide bathrooms, sanitation services, 24-hour security and connections to social services, among other resources.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The number of people living in vehicles in Oakland is \u003ca href=\"http://everyonehome.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/07/2019_HIRDReport_Alameda_FinalDraft_7.23.19.pdf\">on the rise, too.\u003c/a> It has increased 124 percent since 2017.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In response, cities all over the Bay Area are starting to reconsider their laws and resources for RV full-timers.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In June, Oakland opened the Bay Area’s \u003ca href=\"https://www.sfchronicle.com/bayarea/article/Oakland-opens-Bay-Area-s-first-24-7-safe-14029362.php\">first 24-hour safe overnight parking\u003c/a> area near the Coliseum BART Station. Residents can park there for up to six months. Last March the Berkeley City Council voted to ban overnight RV parking, but has since \u003ca href=\"https://www.sfchronicle.com/bayarea/article/Berkeley-considering-sites-for-safe-RV-parking-14123317.php?psid=cIUVH\">delayed the ban\u003c/a> until a safe overnight parking area is built.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>While for many homeless people, full-time RV living is a step toward permanent housing, it’s also a solution some low-wage workers are using to stay in the Bay Area. Some live in vehicles \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11751183/what-its-like-to-live-in-an-rv-and-work-in-silicon-valley-but-call-fresno-home\">part time to be closer to work,\u003c/a> while having a permanent address outside the area.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>As cities build safe overnight parking areas, they are also planning tighter restrictions or bans on overnight RV parking everywhere else. Take Mountain View, for example. In May, 212 Mountain View residents were living in an RV or vehicle. By November 2019 the city plans to open \u003ca href=\"https://www.mercurynews.com/2019/06/12/despite-aclu-challenge-mountain-view-will-ban-overnight-rv-dwellers/\"> safe overnight RV parking\u003c/a>, but only with an estimated 60 spots. Once the parking area is up and running, Mountain View plans to restrict or ban overnight oversized vehicle parking by January 2020.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11764761\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 1024px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-11764761 size-full\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2019/07/GettyImages-543499218.jpg\" alt=\"Woman and her dog.\" width=\"1024\" height=\"695\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2019/07/GettyImages-543499218.jpg 1024w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2019/07/GettyImages-543499218-160x109.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2019/07/GettyImages-543499218-800x543.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2019/07/GettyImages-543499218-1020x692.jpg 1020w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">April Campbell and her dog, Rocky ,wait for assistance from passers-by on Tuesday, June, 28, 2016. Campbell lives behind a nearby Neiman Marcus store. \u003ccite>(JOSH EDELSON/AFP/Getty Images)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003ch3>How do homeless people get pets? Are they allowed in shelters?\u003c/h3>\n\u003cp>According to Renee Lowry, executive director of \u003ca href=\"https://www.petsofthehomeless.org/\">Pets of the Homeless\u003c/a>, there are three common ways homeless owners get their pets: They owned the pet before they became homeless, they found a stray pet while living on the street, or the pet was given to them by another homeless person. Pets of the Homeless is a national organization that focuses on feeding and caring for pets of homeless owners. Its website also has \u003ca href=\"https://www.petsofthehomeless.org/get-help/find-locations/#latitude=39.163798&longitude=-119.767403&zoom=12&types%255B%255D=food-supplies&types%255B%255D=shelters&types%255B%255D=resources\">a tool for finding local resources and pet-friendly homeless shelters\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Homeless pet owners may have to pass up housing opportunities because the majority of homeless shelters do not allow pets. According to Pets of the Homeless, in San Francisco only the Navigation Centers accept residents with pets. 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Many of the publication’s contributors have personal experience with homelessness and pursue stories sourced from the community, such as the rise of fentanyl in the Tenderloin and pest infestations in single-room-occupancy (SRO) hotels. After the stories are written, editor Quiver Watts and assistant-editor TJ Johnston edit them and get them ready to print.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Street Sheet is a way … to demonstrate that people who have lived experience of homelessness are the experts on their own lives, and therefore, as experts on what they most need and what policies [are] going to be most effective,” says Watts.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Up to 100 copies are given to vendors each day, and each copy can be sold for $2. Vendors keep all of the proceeds, and many use their earnings from Street Sheet to pay for necessities like housing, food and medication.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>With about 230 homeless or low-income vendors, Street Sheet reaches about 16,000 readers each issue. 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