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"content": "\u003cp>Thousands of \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/tag/bay-area\">Bay Area\u003c/a> residents who have relied on longstanding immigration protections may now face deportation after the U.S. Supreme Court ruled Thursday that the Trump administration has the power to terminate \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12020620/thebay-tps-trump\">Temporary Protected Status\u003c/a> without court oversight.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In a 6-3 decision, the court cleared the way for the administration to end TPS for hundreds of thousands of people from Haiti and Syria.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Lupe Aguirre, deputy director of U.S. Litigation for the International Refugee Assistance Project, described the move as potentially the largest “de-documentation effort in history.” The decision came as a shock for immigrants who, for years or even decades, have been allowed to live and work lawfully in the U.S.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“After you’ve been here for like 20 years, it’s not temporary anymore. It’s part of who you are,” said Cristina Morales, a Bay Area educator from El Salvador who was \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11714388/california-teen-leads-suit-to-keep-hundreds-of-thousands-of-immigrants-in-u-s\">protected under TPS\u003c/a> for over two decades until March, when she became a permanent resident.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Even with her own status now secure, she said the ruling left her shaken: “It made me feel so broken, because not many people have the opportunity to adjust their status.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"https://www.congress.gov/bill/101st-congress/senate-bill/358\">Congress\u003c/a> established the program as part of the Immigration Act of 1990, for immigrants already living in the U.S. whose home countries are experiencing armed conflict, natural disasters or other “extraordinary conditions.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12082399\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12082399\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/05/GettyImages-2273951119-scaled-e1781111182660.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1334\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">The U.S. Supreme Court building on May 4, 2026, in Washington, D.C. \u003ccite>(Andrew Harnik/Getty Images)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Both Democratic and Republican administrations have granted these protections to people from countries in crisis — including many who live in the U.S. without authorization.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The decision takes effect in 32 days, said Ahilan Arulanantham, co-director of UCLA’s Center for Immigration Law and Policy and an attorney who presented the case on behalf of the Syrian refugees. At that point, Haitians and Syrians who held work authorization through TPS will most likely lose it — unless a district court intervenes.[aside postID=news_12084545 hero='https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/12/20250129_UCBERKELEYRALLY_GC-44-KQED.jpg']TPS provides a shield from deportation and a work permit, but it doesn’t represent permanent legal status.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Protections last from six to 18 months, and the government can renew them repeatedly — or terminate them — depending on country conditions.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Federal data shows that as of March 2025, \u003ca href=\"https://crsreports.congress.gov/product/pdf/RS/RS20844/79\">roughly 1.3 million people from 17 countries\u003c/a>, ranging from Venezuela and Honduras to Afghanistan and Nepal, have held TPS. Since then, the Trump administration has ended, or tried to end, TPS designations for 13 of those countries, which could expose 1 million people to deportation.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The \u003ca href=\"https://www.scotusblog.com/2026/04/court-considers-whether-trump-administration-properly-ended-temporary-protected-status-for-haiti/\">two cases\u003c/a> before the Supreme Court involved \u003ca href=\"https://www.npr.org/2026/04/29/nx-s1-5794042/supeme-court-tps\">migrants from Haiti and Syria\u003c/a>. More than 300,000 Haitians have been living legally in the U.S. since a 2010 earthquake.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The U.S. has repeatedly extended their TPS, in light of a cholera epidemic and a political collapse that involved the assassination of Haiti’s president and widespread gang violence.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Syrians were first granted TPS in 2012, during a crackdown on dissent by former Syrian dictator Bashar al-Assad. \u003ca href=\"https://www.congress.gov/crs-product/RS20844#_Ref202881937\">Roughly 3,800\u003c/a> Syrians still hold the protections.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12055174\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12055174\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/09/Brett-Kavanaugh-Getty.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/09/Brett-Kavanaugh-Getty.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/09/Brett-Kavanaugh-Getty-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/09/Brett-Kavanaugh-Getty-1536x1024.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Left to right: Chief Justice of the Supreme Court John Roberts, Justice Elena Kagan, Justice Brett Kavanaugh, Justice Amy Coney Barrett, and retired Justice Anthony Kennedy attend U.S. President Donald Trump’s address to a joint session of Congress at the U.S. Capitol on March 04, 2025 in Washington, D.C. President Trump was expected to address Congress on his early achievements of his presidency and his upcoming legislative agenda. \u003ccite>(Win McNamee/Getty Images)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>The Syrian and Haitian lawsuits are among \u003ca href=\"https://www.aila.org/library/practice-alert-tps-and-parole-status-updates-chart\">several\u003c/a> filed by TPS holders challenging Trump administration terminations, on the grounds that the government had not followed proper procedures and, in the Haitian case, that it was motivated by an illegal racial animus toward immigrants from Haiti.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The two cases before the high court challenged the way DHS terminated the TPS designations for Syrians and Haitians.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The Trump administration argued that it had made those decisions properly, and it went much further, insisting that the courts had no authority to determine whether it was implementing the program as Congress intended. And most justices agreed.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Writing for the majority, Justice Samuel Alito wrote that the administration’s statements were not “overtly racial,” and that the language of the TPS statute prohibiting judicial review “is clear, and its plain meaning is very broad.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In a blistering dissent led by Justice Elena Kagan, she wrote that the Haitian and Syrian TPS beneficiaries “ask for only one thing: that they may stay in this country while they continue to litigate their claims. … [T]hey are entitled to that relief, and should not instead be consigned to devastating, and indeed life-threatening, injury.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12088878\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 1980px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12088878\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/06/GettyImages-2273115711.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1980\" height=\"1312\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/06/GettyImages-2273115711.jpg 1980w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/06/GettyImages-2273115711-160x106.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/06/GettyImages-2273115711-1536x1018.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1980px) 100vw, 1980px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Members of the National TPS Alliance rally at the U.S. Supreme Court in Washington, D.C., on April 29, 2026. The Supreme Court is examining the revocation of Temporary Protected Status (TPS) for Haitian and Syrian migrants. \u003ccite>(Alex Wroblewski/AFP via Getty Images)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Today’s ruling could essentially give the administration carte blanche to swiftly end TPS for every country — without any judicial review of whether it was complying with the process Congress laid out.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“It’s worth understanding this administration is obviously trying to extend its discretionary authority to the broadest extent,” said Theresa Cardinal Brown, an immigration policy expert and nonresident fellow and scholar at Cornell Law School. “And a lot of people who have spent a lot of time in the U.S. in these kinds of discretionary statuses — whether it’s humanitarian parole, deferred action, temporary protected status — are all at risk.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Brown said that people who are in the U.S. under discretionary status “should be thinking and talking to immigration attorneys about what options they may have under the law to try to stay and not necessarily wait on litigation to save them.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The high court’s ruling is not the end of the road for advocates defending the rights of TPS holders to remain in the U.S. lawfully, Arulanantham said. Because the ruling sends the cases back to the lower courts rather than striking the protections outright, a judge must still issue an order before the terminations take effect — though courts could act sooner.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Hundreds of thousands of TPS holders nationwide could lose their work permits, forcing their employers to choose between keeping them on illegally or letting them go. And those TPS holders now face the possibility of immigration officers arresting and deporting them at any time.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Though the ruling didn’t address El Salvador, the country’s protections cover roughly 170,000 people, and are up for review in September. Some 100,000 Ukrainians have TPS until October. Many of those immigrants, Brown said, will lose their TPS status if they haven’t already, and will have to find other means to stay in the country legally.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Morales, who along with her daughter was a plaintiff in a 2018 case to protect \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12020620/thebay-tps-trump\">TPS during the first Trump administration\u003c/a>, said many in the community feel caught in limbo.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“That shadow of deportation, that shadow that family can split; it’s been like a big umbrella around TPS families,” Morales said. “It feels so powerful. But we can pick it up. We have to hold on.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad floatright]\u003c/p>\n",
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Since then, the Trump administration has ended, or tried to end, TPS designations for 13 of those countries, which could expose 1 million people to deportation.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The \u003ca href=\"https://www.scotusblog.com/2026/04/court-considers-whether-trump-administration-properly-ended-temporary-protected-status-for-haiti/\">two cases\u003c/a> before the Supreme Court involved \u003ca href=\"https://www.npr.org/2026/04/29/nx-s1-5794042/supeme-court-tps\">migrants from Haiti and Syria\u003c/a>. More than 300,000 Haitians have been living legally in the U.S. since a 2010 earthquake.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The U.S. has repeatedly extended their TPS, in light of a cholera epidemic and a political collapse that involved the assassination of Haiti’s president and widespread gang violence.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Syrians were first granted TPS in 2012, during a crackdown on dissent by former Syrian dictator Bashar al-Assad. \u003ca href=\"https://www.congress.gov/crs-product/RS20844#_Ref202881937\">Roughly 3,800\u003c/a> Syrians still hold the protections.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12055174\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12055174\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/09/Brett-Kavanaugh-Getty.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/09/Brett-Kavanaugh-Getty.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/09/Brett-Kavanaugh-Getty-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/09/Brett-Kavanaugh-Getty-1536x1024.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Left to right: Chief Justice of the Supreme Court John Roberts, Justice Elena Kagan, Justice Brett Kavanaugh, Justice Amy Coney Barrett, and retired Justice Anthony Kennedy attend U.S. President Donald Trump’s address to a joint session of Congress at the U.S. Capitol on March 04, 2025 in Washington, D.C. President Trump was expected to address Congress on his early achievements of his presidency and his upcoming legislative agenda. \u003ccite>(Win McNamee/Getty Images)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>The Syrian and Haitian lawsuits are among \u003ca href=\"https://www.aila.org/library/practice-alert-tps-and-parole-status-updates-chart\">several\u003c/a> filed by TPS holders challenging Trump administration terminations, on the grounds that the government had not followed proper procedures and, in the Haitian case, that it was motivated by an illegal racial animus toward immigrants from Haiti.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The two cases before the high court challenged the way DHS terminated the TPS designations for Syrians and Haitians.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The Trump administration argued that it had made those decisions properly, and it went much further, insisting that the courts had no authority to determine whether it was implementing the program as Congress intended. And most justices agreed.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Writing for the majority, Justice Samuel Alito wrote that the administration’s statements were not “overtly racial,” and that the language of the TPS statute prohibiting judicial review “is clear, and its plain meaning is very broad.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In a blistering dissent led by Justice Elena Kagan, she wrote that the Haitian and Syrian TPS beneficiaries “ask for only one thing: that they may stay in this country while they continue to litigate their claims. … [T]hey are entitled to that relief, and should not instead be consigned to devastating, and indeed life-threatening, injury.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12088878\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 1980px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12088878\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/06/GettyImages-2273115711.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1980\" height=\"1312\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/06/GettyImages-2273115711.jpg 1980w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/06/GettyImages-2273115711-160x106.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/06/GettyImages-2273115711-1536x1018.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1980px) 100vw, 1980px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Members of the National TPS Alliance rally at the U.S. Supreme Court in Washington, D.C., on April 29, 2026. The Supreme Court is examining the revocation of Temporary Protected Status (TPS) for Haitian and Syrian migrants. \u003ccite>(Alex Wroblewski/AFP via Getty Images)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Today’s ruling could essentially give the administration carte blanche to swiftly end TPS for every country — without any judicial review of whether it was complying with the process Congress laid out.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“It’s worth understanding this administration is obviously trying to extend its discretionary authority to the broadest extent,” said Theresa Cardinal Brown, an immigration policy expert and nonresident fellow and scholar at Cornell Law School. “And a lot of people who have spent a lot of time in the U.S. in these kinds of discretionary statuses — whether it’s humanitarian parole, deferred action, temporary protected status — are all at risk.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Brown said that people who are in the U.S. under discretionary status “should be thinking and talking to immigration attorneys about what options they may have under the law to try to stay and not necessarily wait on litigation to save them.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The high court’s ruling is not the end of the road for advocates defending the rights of TPS holders to remain in the U.S. lawfully, Arulanantham said. 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"content": "\u003cp>One of California’s most stunning state parks just reopened this summer after being closed for three years.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"https://www.parks.ca.gov/?page_id=505\">D.L. Bliss State Park\u003c/a>, on Lake Tahoe’s eastern shore, just a few minutes from Emerald Bay, is one of the most scenic places to enjoy all the lake has to offer — serene views, adventurous hikes like the famous Rubicon Trail and relaxing beaches.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Over Memorial Day weekend, its grand reopening, I was lucky enough to snag a campsite at this iconic park through the state parks’ online reservation system ReserveCalifornia.com. And it was worth every penny: A total of $53.35 (the $45 reservation plus $8.25 booking fee) for a premium site just steps from the beach, to be precise.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Every outdoor recreation activity you could want to do in the Tahoe Basin, you can do here at D.L. Bliss,” said Kaytlen Jackson, spokesperson for the Sierra District of California State Parks, who lived in the park for around four years when she was a park aide. “You can go for a run on the Rubicon [Trail] or a hike, you can take your kayak or paddleboard out and then you can just chill on the beach if that’s more your vibe. So this park has it all.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>Emerging from years of closure\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>D.L. Bliss was \u003ca href=\"https://www.tahoedailytribune.com/news/d-l-bliss-state-park-celebrates-grand-reopening-with-ribbon-cutting-ceremony-after-three-year-closure/\">closed in May of 2023\u003c/a> so that state park workers could dig up and replace the water pipes throughout the entire park: All 2,000 acres of it.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The multimillion-dollar project would require tearing out almost three miles of roadway — and because of the limited construction season in Tahoe thanks to snow, this work could only be completed during the summers.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>While the park was closed, California State Parks also took the opportunity to install new interpretive signs, renovate their visitor center, clean up and repair campsites and do some much-needed vegetation management in the park, like forest thinning and pile burning, Jackson said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12085512\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12085512\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/05/052626LAKE-TAHOE-_GH_019-KQED.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/05/052626LAKE-TAHOE-_GH_019-KQED.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/05/052626LAKE-TAHOE-_GH_019-KQED-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/05/052626LAKE-TAHOE-_GH_019-KQED-1536x1024.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Visitors walk along the Rubicon Trail on May 25, 2026, in the Lake Tahoe Basin. \u003ccite>(Gustavo Hernandez/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>“Every summer we built upon what had been done the previous year until the project was completed in the fall of 2025,” she said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The old 1930s water pipes were all removed in favor of new pipes, which can now more reliably bring potable water not just to the park’s many bathrooms, showers and spigots but also its fire hydrants — making the park more resilient should a wildfire come through. (I was delighted to find that my shower at the Beach Camp was both hot and high-pressure.)\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“We’re getting more and more visitors every year, and the water line couldn’t keep up with the demand,” she said. “Making sure our system was up-to-date enough to protect our visitors and our neighbors in the Tahoe Basin was really important as well.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12085518\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12085518\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/05/052626LAKE-TAHOE-_GH_043-KQED.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/05/052626LAKE-TAHOE-_GH_043-KQED.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/05/052626LAKE-TAHOE-_GH_043-KQED-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/05/052626LAKE-TAHOE-_GH_043-KQED-1536x1024.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">KQED Outdoors Engagement Reporter Sarah Wright paddles a stand-up paddleboard on Lake Tahoe near Lester Beach in D.L. Bliss State Park on May 25, 2026. \u003ccite>(Gustavo Hernandez/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>The multiyear closure means that for a brief period in 2026, D. L. Bliss could remain somewhat under the radar as a recreation destination. So to make the most of your opportunity, read on for the can’t-miss spots and tips on visiting, many of which I road-tested myself during my Memorial Day visit.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>One thing to note, though, before we get into it: If you don’t snag a campsite, parking near Lester Beach and the entrance to the Rubicon Trail can fill up very quickly.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“On the weekends, sometimes we’re closed for day parking by 9 a.m.,” Jackson said. “On a weekday, it can be a little bit later, but if you’re planning to come enjoy Lester Beach or Calloway Cove in the summer on a weekend, we recommend getting here as early as possible to make sure you have a parking spot.”\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>Camping at D.L. Bliss State Park\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>The park has 165 campsites in total, but it doesn’t feel crowded at all, in part because the campsites are scattered all over.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"https://www.parks.ca.gov/pages/505/files/BlissCampgroundMap061807.pdf\">There are five clusters\u003c/a> of campgrounds: the Upper and Lower Pines, the East and West Ridge and the Beach Camp. The entire park is set on a hill, so the pines campgrounds are farthest from the lake, followed by the ridge sites. Beach Camp, where I stayed, is just a short walk uphill from Lester Beach.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Despite their distance from the water, the Upper and Lower Pines Campgrounds are still totally worth staying at — many of the individual sites are set up on a steep slope, so they’re a bit more secluded than the relatively flat beach sites, and many have birds-eye views of the lake. Jackson pointed out site 162, in particular, which she said gets beautiful alpenglow colors at sunrise and sunset.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12085519\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12085519\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/05/052626LAKE-TAHOE-_GH_046-KQED.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/05/052626LAKE-TAHOE-_GH_046-KQED.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/05/052626LAKE-TAHOE-_GH_046-KQED-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/05/052626LAKE-TAHOE-_GH_046-KQED-1536x1024.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Charlie Gawley, left, and Kathy Gawley sit at their campsite with their Labrador retriever, Kona, at D.L. Bliss State Park on May 25, 2026, in the Lake Tahoe Basin. \u003ccite>(Gustavo Hernandez/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>After I was done setting up camp at site 151, I heard the soft strums of a ukulele nearby.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>It was Charlie Gawley, signing a tune as his wife, Kathy, walked their 2-year-old dog, Kona. Gawley lives in Fairfield but is originally from San Francisco, and said he and Kathy were regular campers at D.L. Bliss before the closure.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Every year during the renovation [Kathy] kept checking to see if it was going to be open,” he said. “This is the first time we’re really this close to the water.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12085511\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12085511\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/05/052626LAKE-TAHOE-_GH_015-KQED.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/05/052626LAKE-TAHOE-_GH_015-KQED.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/05/052626LAKE-TAHOE-_GH_015-KQED-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/05/052626LAKE-TAHOE-_GH_015-KQED-1536x1024.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">The Sierra Nevada mountains are seen from the Rubicon Trail at D.L. Bliss State Park on May 25, 2026, near Lake Tahoe. \u003ccite>(Gustavo Hernandez/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>What keeps the couple coming back to D.L. Bliss, they said, is the quiet — “it’s not a party place,” Kathy said. And this time, they said they feel especially lucky to be back the first weekend of the reopening.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Everything’s still new, and maybe it’s a hidden little gem until everybody finds out about it,” Charlie said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Pro tip: \u003c/strong>If beach time is your priority, it is more than worth it to shell out for the “premium” campsites at the Beach Campground down by Lester Beach. You’ll have clear lake views, and the shore itself is only a few hundred yards away from most of the sites. Plus, Calowee Cove and the start of the Rubicon Trail are only a few minutes’ walk away.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>Hiking at D.L. Bliss State Park\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>The gem of D.L. Bliss is undeniably its access to the \u003ca href=\"https://www.alltrails.com/trail/us/california/dl-bliss-state-park-to-emerald-bay-state-park-via-rubicon-trail\">Rubicon Trail\u003c/a>, an around 8-mile lakeside jaunt that takes hikers from the state park along the water all the way to Eagle Point Campground in Emerald Bay.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>During my visit, I hiked around 5 miles, leaving one car at the trailhead and another near the trail to \u003ca href=\"https://www.parks.ca.gov/?page_id=1158\">Vikingsholm\u003c/a>, a historic castle nestled inside Emerald Bay. The hike has a few ups and downs, but offers near-constant reward in the form of lake views and pristine forest.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12085522\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12085522\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/05/052626LAKE-TAHOE-_GH_062-KQED.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/05/052626LAKE-TAHOE-_GH_062-KQED.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/05/052626LAKE-TAHOE-_GH_062-KQED-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/05/052626LAKE-TAHOE-_GH_062-KQED-1536x1024.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Emerald Bay and Lake Tahoe are seen from D.L. Bliss State Park on May 26, 2026. \u003ccite>(Gustavo Hernandez/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Along my way, I met Vicki Adams, who grew up in Tahoe and lives part-time here and in Seattle. She said she has been hiking this trail every single year for 40 or 50 years — except during the recent D.L. Bliss closure.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Now, “we’re celebrating the fact that it’s open,” she said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>During the closure, the Rubicon Trail remained technically open, Jackson said. But there was no parking in the park, making the trail difficult to access from the north.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12085514\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12085514\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/05/052626LAKE-TAHOE-_GH_020-KQED.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/05/052626LAKE-TAHOE-_GH_020-KQED.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/05/052626LAKE-TAHOE-_GH_020-KQED-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/05/052626LAKE-TAHOE-_GH_020-KQED-1536x1024.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Visitors gather at Vikingsholm Beach in Emerald Bay State Park on May 25, 2026, in the Lake Tahoe Basin. \u003ccite>(Gustavo Hernandez/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Ruomu Jiang was out with his family, too, visiting from Stanford for their first time at D.L. Bliss.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“We heard they were just reopening this weekend, and I wanted to try our luck,” he said. “The scenery is amazing. I think this is definitely the most beautiful spot on this side of the lake.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Pro tip: \u003c/strong>If you’re doing a car shuttle like we did, be extra aware of where you leave your vehicle on the highway and make sure it’s in a legal parking area or you will get towed. And if you park near Vikingsholm, know the last mile of your hike will be quite uphill. But you can always reward yourself with a stop at panoramic Eagle Falls to cool down.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>Soak up awesome sights at D.L. Bliss State Park\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>While first-time visitors should absolutely hit the Rubicon Trail, it’s far from the only attraction in the park.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"https://www.lighthousefriends.com/light.asp?ID=1772\">Rubicon Point Lighthouse\u003c/a>, built in the early 1900s, is among the highest-elevation lighthouses in the country. These days, it’s nonfunctioning, but you can hike around a 2-mile loop to see it.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12085517\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12085517\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/05/052626LAKE-TAHOE-_GH_039-KQED.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/05/052626LAKE-TAHOE-_GH_039-KQED.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/05/052626LAKE-TAHOE-_GH_039-KQED-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/05/052626LAKE-TAHOE-_GH_039-KQED-1536x1024.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Campsites are seen at D.L. Bliss State Park on May 25, 2026, in the Lake Tahoe Basin. \u003ccite>(Gustavo Hernandez/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Jackson said the granite features of the park also stand out — especially \u003ca href=\"https://www.parks.ca.gov/?page_id=505\">Balancing Rock\u003c/a>. At the entrance to the (very short) Balancing Rock Trail, greeting visitors is a \u003ca href=\"https://www.sustaintahoe.org/uploads/1/2/7/7/127782591/galis_dungal_article.pdf\">Galis Dungal\u003c/a>, which is a winter home of the indigenous Washoe people. Jackson said a tribal member built it out of incense cedar bark, which is pest- and fire-resistant.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The rock itself is giant — thousands of years of wind and water have carved into it, much like the arches found in places like Utah and Arizona. But instead of delicate sandstone, it’s made of solid 130-ton granite.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12085516\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12085516\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/05/052626LAKE-TAHOE-_GH_035-KQED.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/05/052626LAKE-TAHOE-_GH_035-KQED.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/05/052626LAKE-TAHOE-_GH_035-KQED-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/05/052626LAKE-TAHOE-_GH_035-KQED-1536x1024.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">KQED Outdoors Engagement Reporter Sarah Wright prepares a campsite meal at D.L. Bliss State Park on May 25, 2026, in the Lake Tahoe Basin. \u003ccite>(Gustavo Hernandez/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Similar granite boulders scattered all over the park make it an\u003ca href=\"https://www.mountainproject.com/area/106565355/bliss\"> excellent spot for climbers\u003c/a>, Jackson said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I have climbed a lot, but these put me to shame very easily,” she said. “There’s a lot of really tough bouldering in this park.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Pro tip: \u003c/strong>Visit Balancing Rock at sunrise or sunset (and maybe bring a yoga mat for some meditation) for the most serene experience as you reflect on the precarity and strength of everything around you.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>A beach day at D.L. Bliss State Park\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>Even if you’re not lucky enough to snag a beachfront campsite, \u003ca href=\"https://www.tahoepublicbeaches.org/beaches/d-l-blisslester-beach/\">Calawee Cove and Lester Beach\u003c/a> are worth visiting for a tranquil day soaking up sun and sand. Unlike many areas of the lake, these beaches are relatively protected and calm, making them ideal for families.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“You can go for a long swim because it stays shallow quite a ways,” Jackson said. “Especially here at Calawee Cove, it’s a little bit more protected, so we don’t have the massive waves the parts of the lake get.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12085520\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12085520\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/05/052626LAKE-TAHOE-_GH_054-KQED.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/05/052626LAKE-TAHOE-_GH_054-KQED.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/05/052626LAKE-TAHOE-_GH_054-KQED-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/05/052626LAKE-TAHOE-_GH_054-KQED-1536x1024.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Dusk falls over Lake Tahoe as seen from D.L. Bliss State Park on May 25, 2026. \u003ccite>(Gustavo Hernandez/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>There are also opportunities for snorkelers and scuba divers to explore the granite features underwater. Right around the corner from the cove is a “massive drop off, like you’re cruising at this turquoise light water, and then all of a sudden it’s black, blue, deep water, right on the other side of that wall,” she said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>It’s all part of the \u003ca href=\"https://www.parks.ca.gov/?page_id=29931\">Emerald Bay Maritime Heritage Trail\u003c/a>, a newly designated underwater “trail” with access to historic dive sites and interpretive panels.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Pro tip: \u003c/strong>The park is also a stop on the \u003ca href=\"https://laketahoewatertrail.org/\">Lake Tahoe Water Trail\u003c/a>, an above-water paddling route that circumnavigates the entirety of Lake Tahoe, so if you book your beachfront campsites far enough in advance, you can even plan an uninterrupted voyage around the lake.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>Keep your eyes peeled for wildlife\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>Kathy and Charlie Gawley told me that every single time they have come camping at D.L. Bliss, they’ve seen a bear.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>And their luck would continue — not a few minutes later, while I was out paddleboarding on the lake during sunset, I heard car alarms and air horns going off up at the campsite. A large black bear had come down to our campsite, and campers did what they could to scare it away.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12085509\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12085509\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/05/052626LAKE-TAHOE-_GH_003-KQED.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/05/052626LAKE-TAHOE-_GH_003-KQED.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/05/052626LAKE-TAHOE-_GH_003-KQED-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/05/052626LAKE-TAHOE-_GH_003-KQED-1536x1024.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">A Steller’s jay perches on a branch along the Rubicon Trail at D.L. Bliss State Park on May 25, 2026, near Lake Tahoe. \u003ccite>(Gustavo Hernandez/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Jackson said D.L. Bliss gets so many bears because “they are looking for the most amount of calories for the least amount of work — and we can’t fault them for that,” she said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>That’s why, when you check in for your campsite, rangers go over a fairly \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12002429/california-camping-tahoe-yosemite-bears-safety-what-to-do-bear-spray\">comprehensive set of instructions\u003c/a> on helping keep bears safe in the park. That includes not leaving food in your car or unattended at your campsite and instead using secure bear lockers.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The bottom line, Jackson said, is to keep all your food as contained as possible, “so that if a bear were to approach the campsite looking for food, you can quickly gather those items, put them in the bear box and then help us to haze the bear as much as you feel comfortable.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12085510\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12085510\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/05/052626LAKE-TAHOE-_GH_008-KQED.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/05/052626LAKE-TAHOE-_GH_008-KQED.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/05/052626LAKE-TAHOE-_GH_008-KQED-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/05/052626LAKE-TAHOE-_GH_008-KQED-1536x1024.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">A camper at D.L. Bliss State Park calls out to a young black bear near the Beach Campground area on May 25, 2026, in the Lake Tahoe Basin. \u003ccite>(Gustavo Hernandez/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>It’s not just the bears that are remarkable here. Jackson said that during the closure of the park, their game cameras caught even more animals than they’re used to, like bobcats, pine martens, snowshoe hares, coyotes, osprey, bald eagles, all kinds of songbirds, woodpeckers and more.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“That was another cool thing about the closure,” she said. “It kind of gave the park a rest from heavy visitorship.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Pro tip: \u003c/strong>Bears aren’t the only animals that will steal your food. Be aware of chipmunks, birds and other animals you might be inadvertently feeding when you leave out snacks. And remember to review \u003ca href=\"https://www.parks.ca.gov/?page_id=29317\">bear safety practices \u003c/a>before you get out into the wilderness.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad floatright]\u003c/p>\n",
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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>Emerging from years of closure\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>D.L. Bliss was \u003ca href=\"https://www.tahoedailytribune.com/news/d-l-bliss-state-park-celebrates-grand-reopening-with-ribbon-cutting-ceremony-after-three-year-closure/\">closed in May of 2023\u003c/a> so that state park workers could dig up and replace the water pipes throughout the entire park: All 2,000 acres of it.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The multimillion-dollar project would require tearing out almost three miles of roadway — and because of the limited construction season in Tahoe thanks to snow, this work could only be completed during the summers.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>While the park was closed, California State Parks also took the opportunity to install new interpretive signs, renovate their visitor center, clean up and repair campsites and do some much-needed vegetation management in the park, like forest thinning and pile burning, Jackson said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12085512\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12085512\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/05/052626LAKE-TAHOE-_GH_019-KQED.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/05/052626LAKE-TAHOE-_GH_019-KQED.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/05/052626LAKE-TAHOE-_GH_019-KQED-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/05/052626LAKE-TAHOE-_GH_019-KQED-1536x1024.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Visitors walk along the Rubicon Trail on May 25, 2026, in the Lake Tahoe Basin. \u003ccite>(Gustavo Hernandez/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>“Every summer we built upon what had been done the previous year until the project was completed in the fall of 2025,” she said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The old 1930s water pipes were all removed in favor of new pipes, which can now more reliably bring potable water not just to the park’s many bathrooms, showers and spigots but also its fire hydrants — making the park more resilient should a wildfire come through. (I was delighted to find that my shower at the Beach Camp was both hot and high-pressure.)\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“We’re getting more and more visitors every year, and the water line couldn’t keep up with the demand,” she said. “Making sure our system was up-to-date enough to protect our visitors and our neighbors in the Tahoe Basin was really important as well.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12085518\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12085518\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/05/052626LAKE-TAHOE-_GH_043-KQED.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/05/052626LAKE-TAHOE-_GH_043-KQED.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/05/052626LAKE-TAHOE-_GH_043-KQED-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/05/052626LAKE-TAHOE-_GH_043-KQED-1536x1024.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">KQED Outdoors Engagement Reporter Sarah Wright paddles a stand-up paddleboard on Lake Tahoe near Lester Beach in D.L. Bliss State Park on May 25, 2026. \u003ccite>(Gustavo Hernandez/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>The multiyear closure means that for a brief period in 2026, D. L. Bliss could remain somewhat under the radar as a recreation destination. So to make the most of your opportunity, read on for the can’t-miss spots and tips on visiting, many of which I road-tested myself during my Memorial Day visit.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>One thing to note, though, before we get into it: If you don’t snag a campsite, parking near Lester Beach and the entrance to the Rubicon Trail can fill up very quickly.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“On the weekends, sometimes we’re closed for day parking by 9 a.m.,” Jackson said. “On a weekday, it can be a little bit later, but if you’re planning to come enjoy Lester Beach or Calloway Cove in the summer on a weekend, we recommend getting here as early as possible to make sure you have a parking spot.”\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>Camping at D.L. Bliss State Park\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>The park has 165 campsites in total, but it doesn’t feel crowded at all, in part because the campsites are scattered all over.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"https://www.parks.ca.gov/pages/505/files/BlissCampgroundMap061807.pdf\">There are five clusters\u003c/a> of campgrounds: the Upper and Lower Pines, the East and West Ridge and the Beach Camp. The entire park is set on a hill, so the pines campgrounds are farthest from the lake, followed by the ridge sites. Beach Camp, where I stayed, is just a short walk uphill from Lester Beach.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Despite their distance from the water, the Upper and Lower Pines Campgrounds are still totally worth staying at — many of the individual sites are set up on a steep slope, so they’re a bit more secluded than the relatively flat beach sites, and many have birds-eye views of the lake. Jackson pointed out site 162, in particular, which she said gets beautiful alpenglow colors at sunrise and sunset.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12085519\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12085519\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/05/052626LAKE-TAHOE-_GH_046-KQED.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/05/052626LAKE-TAHOE-_GH_046-KQED.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/05/052626LAKE-TAHOE-_GH_046-KQED-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/05/052626LAKE-TAHOE-_GH_046-KQED-1536x1024.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Charlie Gawley, left, and Kathy Gawley sit at their campsite with their Labrador retriever, Kona, at D.L. Bliss State Park on May 25, 2026, in the Lake Tahoe Basin. \u003ccite>(Gustavo Hernandez/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>After I was done setting up camp at site 151, I heard the soft strums of a ukulele nearby.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>It was Charlie Gawley, signing a tune as his wife, Kathy, walked their 2-year-old dog, Kona. Gawley lives in Fairfield but is originally from San Francisco, and said he and Kathy were regular campers at D.L. Bliss before the closure.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Every year during the renovation [Kathy] kept checking to see if it was going to be open,” he said. “This is the first time we’re really this close to the water.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12085511\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12085511\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/05/052626LAKE-TAHOE-_GH_015-KQED.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/05/052626LAKE-TAHOE-_GH_015-KQED.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/05/052626LAKE-TAHOE-_GH_015-KQED-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/05/052626LAKE-TAHOE-_GH_015-KQED-1536x1024.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">The Sierra Nevada mountains are seen from the Rubicon Trail at D.L. Bliss State Park on May 25, 2026, near Lake Tahoe. \u003ccite>(Gustavo Hernandez/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>What keeps the couple coming back to D.L. Bliss, they said, is the quiet — “it’s not a party place,” Kathy said. And this time, they said they feel especially lucky to be back the first weekend of the reopening.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Everything’s still new, and maybe it’s a hidden little gem until everybody finds out about it,” Charlie said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Pro tip: \u003c/strong>If beach time is your priority, it is more than worth it to shell out for the “premium” campsites at the Beach Campground down by Lester Beach. You’ll have clear lake views, and the shore itself is only a few hundred yards away from most of the sites. Plus, Calowee Cove and the start of the Rubicon Trail are only a few minutes’ walk away.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>Hiking at D.L. Bliss State Park\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>The gem of D.L. Bliss is undeniably its access to the \u003ca href=\"https://www.alltrails.com/trail/us/california/dl-bliss-state-park-to-emerald-bay-state-park-via-rubicon-trail\">Rubicon Trail\u003c/a>, an around 8-mile lakeside jaunt that takes hikers from the state park along the water all the way to Eagle Point Campground in Emerald Bay.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>During my visit, I hiked around 5 miles, leaving one car at the trailhead and another near the trail to \u003ca href=\"https://www.parks.ca.gov/?page_id=1158\">Vikingsholm\u003c/a>, a historic castle nestled inside Emerald Bay. The hike has a few ups and downs, but offers near-constant reward in the form of lake views and pristine forest.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12085522\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12085522\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/05/052626LAKE-TAHOE-_GH_062-KQED.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/05/052626LAKE-TAHOE-_GH_062-KQED.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/05/052626LAKE-TAHOE-_GH_062-KQED-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/05/052626LAKE-TAHOE-_GH_062-KQED-1536x1024.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Emerald Bay and Lake Tahoe are seen from D.L. Bliss State Park on May 26, 2026. \u003ccite>(Gustavo Hernandez/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Along my way, I met Vicki Adams, who grew up in Tahoe and lives part-time here and in Seattle. She said she has been hiking this trail every single year for 40 or 50 years — except during the recent D.L. Bliss closure.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Now, “we’re celebrating the fact that it’s open,” she said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>During the closure, the Rubicon Trail remained technically open, Jackson said. But there was no parking in the park, making the trail difficult to access from the north.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12085514\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12085514\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/05/052626LAKE-TAHOE-_GH_020-KQED.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/05/052626LAKE-TAHOE-_GH_020-KQED.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/05/052626LAKE-TAHOE-_GH_020-KQED-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/05/052626LAKE-TAHOE-_GH_020-KQED-1536x1024.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Visitors gather at Vikingsholm Beach in Emerald Bay State Park on May 25, 2026, in the Lake Tahoe Basin. \u003ccite>(Gustavo Hernandez/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Ruomu Jiang was out with his family, too, visiting from Stanford for their first time at D.L. Bliss.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“We heard they were just reopening this weekend, and I wanted to try our luck,” he said. “The scenery is amazing. I think this is definitely the most beautiful spot on this side of the lake.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Pro tip: \u003c/strong>If you’re doing a car shuttle like we did, be extra aware of where you leave your vehicle on the highway and make sure it’s in a legal parking area or you will get towed. And if you park near Vikingsholm, know the last mile of your hike will be quite uphill. But you can always reward yourself with a stop at panoramic Eagle Falls to cool down.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>Soak up awesome sights at D.L. Bliss State Park\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>While first-time visitors should absolutely hit the Rubicon Trail, it’s far from the only attraction in the park.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"https://www.lighthousefriends.com/light.asp?ID=1772\">Rubicon Point Lighthouse\u003c/a>, built in the early 1900s, is among the highest-elevation lighthouses in the country. These days, it’s nonfunctioning, but you can hike around a 2-mile loop to see it.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12085517\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12085517\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/05/052626LAKE-TAHOE-_GH_039-KQED.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/05/052626LAKE-TAHOE-_GH_039-KQED.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/05/052626LAKE-TAHOE-_GH_039-KQED-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/05/052626LAKE-TAHOE-_GH_039-KQED-1536x1024.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Campsites are seen at D.L. Bliss State Park on May 25, 2026, in the Lake Tahoe Basin. \u003ccite>(Gustavo Hernandez/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Jackson said the granite features of the park also stand out — especially \u003ca href=\"https://www.parks.ca.gov/?page_id=505\">Balancing Rock\u003c/a>. At the entrance to the (very short) Balancing Rock Trail, greeting visitors is a \u003ca href=\"https://www.sustaintahoe.org/uploads/1/2/7/7/127782591/galis_dungal_article.pdf\">Galis Dungal\u003c/a>, which is a winter home of the indigenous Washoe people. Jackson said a tribal member built it out of incense cedar bark, which is pest- and fire-resistant.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The rock itself is giant — thousands of years of wind and water have carved into it, much like the arches found in places like Utah and Arizona. But instead of delicate sandstone, it’s made of solid 130-ton granite.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12085516\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12085516\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/05/052626LAKE-TAHOE-_GH_035-KQED.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/05/052626LAKE-TAHOE-_GH_035-KQED.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/05/052626LAKE-TAHOE-_GH_035-KQED-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/05/052626LAKE-TAHOE-_GH_035-KQED-1536x1024.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">KQED Outdoors Engagement Reporter Sarah Wright prepares a campsite meal at D.L. Bliss State Park on May 25, 2026, in the Lake Tahoe Basin. \u003ccite>(Gustavo Hernandez/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Similar granite boulders scattered all over the park make it an\u003ca href=\"https://www.mountainproject.com/area/106565355/bliss\"> excellent spot for climbers\u003c/a>, Jackson said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I have climbed a lot, but these put me to shame very easily,” she said. “There’s a lot of really tough bouldering in this park.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Pro tip: \u003c/strong>Visit Balancing Rock at sunrise or sunset (and maybe bring a yoga mat for some meditation) for the most serene experience as you reflect on the precarity and strength of everything around you.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>A beach day at D.L. Bliss State Park\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>Even if you’re not lucky enough to snag a beachfront campsite, \u003ca href=\"https://www.tahoepublicbeaches.org/beaches/d-l-blisslester-beach/\">Calawee Cove and Lester Beach\u003c/a> are worth visiting for a tranquil day soaking up sun and sand. Unlike many areas of the lake, these beaches are relatively protected and calm, making them ideal for families.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“You can go for a long swim because it stays shallow quite a ways,” Jackson said. “Especially here at Calawee Cove, it’s a little bit more protected, so we don’t have the massive waves the parts of the lake get.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12085520\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12085520\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/05/052626LAKE-TAHOE-_GH_054-KQED.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/05/052626LAKE-TAHOE-_GH_054-KQED.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/05/052626LAKE-TAHOE-_GH_054-KQED-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/05/052626LAKE-TAHOE-_GH_054-KQED-1536x1024.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Dusk falls over Lake Tahoe as seen from D.L. Bliss State Park on May 25, 2026. \u003ccite>(Gustavo Hernandez/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>There are also opportunities for snorkelers and scuba divers to explore the granite features underwater. Right around the corner from the cove is a “massive drop off, like you’re cruising at this turquoise light water, and then all of a sudden it’s black, blue, deep water, right on the other side of that wall,” she said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>It’s all part of the \u003ca href=\"https://www.parks.ca.gov/?page_id=29931\">Emerald Bay Maritime Heritage Trail\u003c/a>, a newly designated underwater “trail” with access to historic dive sites and interpretive panels.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Pro tip: \u003c/strong>The park is also a stop on the \u003ca href=\"https://laketahoewatertrail.org/\">Lake Tahoe Water Trail\u003c/a>, an above-water paddling route that circumnavigates the entirety of Lake Tahoe, so if you book your beachfront campsites far enough in advance, you can even plan an uninterrupted voyage around the lake.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>Keep your eyes peeled for wildlife\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>Kathy and Charlie Gawley told me that every single time they have come camping at D.L. Bliss, they’ve seen a bear.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>And their luck would continue — not a few minutes later, while I was out paddleboarding on the lake during sunset, I heard car alarms and air horns going off up at the campsite. A large black bear had come down to our campsite, and campers did what they could to scare it away.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12085509\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12085509\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/05/052626LAKE-TAHOE-_GH_003-KQED.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/05/052626LAKE-TAHOE-_GH_003-KQED.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/05/052626LAKE-TAHOE-_GH_003-KQED-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/05/052626LAKE-TAHOE-_GH_003-KQED-1536x1024.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">A Steller’s jay perches on a branch along the Rubicon Trail at D.L. Bliss State Park on May 25, 2026, near Lake Tahoe. \u003ccite>(Gustavo Hernandez/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Jackson said D.L. Bliss gets so many bears because “they are looking for the most amount of calories for the least amount of work — and we can’t fault them for that,” she said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>That’s why, when you check in for your campsite, rangers go over a fairly \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12002429/california-camping-tahoe-yosemite-bears-safety-what-to-do-bear-spray\">comprehensive set of instructions\u003c/a> on helping keep bears safe in the park. That includes not leaving food in your car or unattended at your campsite and instead using secure bear lockers.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The bottom line, Jackson said, is to keep all your food as contained as possible, “so that if a bear were to approach the campsite looking for food, you can quickly gather those items, put them in the bear box and then help us to haze the bear as much as you feel comfortable.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12085510\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12085510\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/05/052626LAKE-TAHOE-_GH_008-KQED.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/05/052626LAKE-TAHOE-_GH_008-KQED.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/05/052626LAKE-TAHOE-_GH_008-KQED-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/05/052626LAKE-TAHOE-_GH_008-KQED-1536x1024.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">A camper at D.L. Bliss State Park calls out to a young black bear near the Beach Campground area on May 25, 2026, in the Lake Tahoe Basin. \u003ccite>(Gustavo Hernandez/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>It’s not just the bears that are remarkable here. Jackson said that during the closure of the park, their game cameras caught even more animals than they’re used to, like bobcats, pine martens, snowshoe hares, coyotes, osprey, bald eagles, all kinds of songbirds, woodpeckers and more.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“That was another cool thing about the closure,” she said. “It kind of gave the park a rest from heavy visitorship.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Pro tip: \u003c/strong>Bears aren’t the only animals that will steal your food. Be aware of chipmunks, birds and other animals you might be inadvertently feeding when you leave out snacks. And remember to review \u003ca href=\"https://www.parks.ca.gov/?page_id=29317\">bear safety practices \u003c/a>before you get out into the wilderness.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003c/div>",
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"content": "\u003cp>In April 2023, the FBI discovered that Rafael Silva, an officer with the Delano Police Department in \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/tag/california\">California\u003c/a>’s Central Valley, had made violent threats against transgender people on TikTok.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Under a pseudonym, Silva posted several comments that the FBI found imminently dangerous. One read, “You ain’t safe. We finna change your pronouns soon. Was/were.” Another said that Silva’s “AR will track y’all down.” And yet another read, “The only power you’ll see is the one from a barrel and a 9mm,” according to investigative documents.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Silva is one of the 148 California law enforcement officers who engaged in explicitly biased conduct between 2014 and 2024, according to an investigation by The California Newsroom and UC Berkeley’s Investigative Reporting Program. Records show the officers used racist, sexist and homophobic slurs; mocked transgender people; made violent comments about Black people; and demeaned members of the public, co-workers and incarcerated people, records show.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Yet only about 12% were fired because of their conduct. Silva was not one of them. After leaving Delano, he went on to work for police departments in Avenal and Wasco.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The news organizations reviewed thousands of pages of internal affairs investigations, disciplinary records and court filings obtained from nearly 500 law enforcement and oversight agencies. The records show that some officers accused of overtly biased behavior often faced limited consequences, such as a letter of reprimand or training.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The California Commission on Peace Officer Standards and Training, or POST, \u003ca href=\"https://post.ca.gov/Decertification-Process\">determines whether to decertify officers\u003c/a>, barring them from working in law enforcement in the state. However, the responsibility to investigate misconduct and impose discipline generally falls to individual agencies and local oversight boards, according to POST.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_10813890\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 1920px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-10813890 size-full\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2015/12/RS8295_IMG_8679.JPG-alt_379.jpg\" alt=\"California consistently ranks first among U.S. states in the number of civilians killed by law enforcement.\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1280\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2015/12/RS8295_IMG_8679.JPG-alt_379.jpg 1920w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2015/12/RS8295_IMG_8679.JPG-alt_379-400x267.jpg 400w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2015/12/RS8295_IMG_8679.JPG-alt_379-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2015/12/RS8295_IMG_8679.JPG-alt_379-768x512.jpg 768w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2015/12/RS8295_IMG_8679.JPG-alt_379-1440x960.jpg 1440w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2015/12/RS8295_IMG_8679.JPG-alt_379-1180x787.jpg 1180w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2015/12/RS8295_IMG_8679.JPG-alt_379-960x640.jpg 960w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1920px) 100vw, 1920px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">An investigation of California law enforcement records found officers accused of racist, sexist and anti-LGBTQ conduct often remained employed. \u003ccite>(Alex Emslie/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Despite that system, more than 40% of officers identified by the news organizations still work in California law enforcement, excluding corrections officers.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Silva did not respond to requests for comment. The Delano Police Department confirmed that Silva worked there until 2023, but declined further comment.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Attorneys, law enforcement officials and academics said the behavior erodes public trust, raises questions about officers’ credibility in court and undermines efforts to recruit and retain diverse police forces.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12072944\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12072944\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/02/FederalOfficersMasksAP.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/02/FederalOfficersMasksAP.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/02/FederalOfficersMasksAP-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/02/FederalOfficersMasksAP-1536x1024.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Law enforcement officers stand guard during a protest on June 14, 2025, in Los Angeles. \u003ccite>(Ethan Swope/AP Photo)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Law enforcement officers should be held to a high standard, said Vida Johnson, a Georgetown University law professor who has testified before Congress on white supremacy and policing.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Johnson said people who express explicit bias have no place in law enforcement.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“With such an important job, if someone is exhibiting any type of bias against a member of their community, I just don’t think they should have that job,” she said.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>How biased conduct can undermine public trust and the courts\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>When officers exhibit explicit bias, it erodes trust between law enforcement and the communities they are sworn to protect.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“It undermines our cohesion as a country when you have different perceptions of who our institutions work on behalf of,” Johnson said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Experts said bias against protected groups — including Black people, LGBTQ people and immigrants — sends a clear message to those communities: We are not here to serve you.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12088608\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-12088608 size-full\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/05/OrangeCountyDASignGetty.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1498\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/05/OrangeCountyDASignGetty.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/05/OrangeCountyDASignGetty-160x120.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/05/OrangeCountyDASignGetty-1536x1150.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">A billboard put up by the Orange County District Attorney’s office that reads, “crime doesn’t pay in Orange County. If you steal, we prosecute,” stands on the southbound 710 Freeway near Del Amo Boulevard in Long Beach, California, on March 11, 2024. \u003ccite>(Jeff Gritchen/MediaNews Group/Orange County Register via Getty Images)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>In a 2022 case, Orange County District Attorney’s Office investigator Eric Franke called a security guard who had asked him to leave a building an “angry Black lady.” In a separate incident, he remarked that Mexican people drink excessively. He received a letter of reprimand and still works for the DA’s office.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In separate cases in 2015 and 2018, Los Angeles Police Officer Armando Magana and San Diego Police Officer Alan Dyemartin ridiculed people for not speaking English. Both received letters of reprimand and kept their jobs.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The LAPD declined to comment on the incident for this story. Spokespersons for the Orange County DA’s office and the San Diego Police Department said the agencies take prejudiced behavior seriously and noted that both employees were disciplined. Franke did not comment. Magana declined to comment, and Dyemartin did not respond to multiple requests for comment.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The distrust created by explicitly biased behavior can have real-world consequences, experts said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>When people believe police are prejudiced against them, they are less likely to call 911 or seek help from law enforcement, according to Stefan Vogler, an assistant professor of sociology at the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign.[aside postID=news_12050100 hero='https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2020/06/Image-from-iOS-672x372.jpg']Vogler and other experts refer to this as the “overpolicing, underprotection paradox,” a phenomenon they say is common in communities of color and LGBTQ communities.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“They’re not getting the services that they’re promised by the state,” Vogler said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Explicit bias can also undermine trust in the courtroom.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“You become concerned about using their testimony without corroboration,” said Richard Drooyan, former Los Angeles police commissioner. Drooyan recalled the O.J. Simpson case, when defense attorneys used audio recordings and witnesses to discredit \u003ca href=\"https://www.nytimes.com/2026/05/18/us/mark-fuhrman-dead.html\">an officer\u003c/a> who had been a key witness.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Under the Supreme Court decision in \u003ca href=\"https://supreme.justia.com/cases/federal/us/373/83/\">\u003cem>Brady v. Maryland\u003c/em>\u003c/a>, defense attorneys have a right to any information that impacts the credibility of officers who are called to testify.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>For justice to be served, it’s imperative that information affecting an officer’s credibility makes its way before the court, said Joseph Trigilio, a Loyola Marymount University law professor and executive director of the Loyola Project for the Innocent.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“A fact finder should look at all that and consider it,” he said. “A jury should hear all of that and ask that question.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Reporters requested lists of officers whose records must be disclosed to the defense if they’re called to testify, commonly called Brady lists, from every district attorney’s office in counties where the investigation found cases of biased behavior. One office — the Madera County District Attorney’s Office — said it does not maintain such a list. Several district attorneys said they could not locate Brady material on the officers in question, while most declined to say whether the officers appeared on their lists.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>Bias extended beyond the public to incarcerated people and fellow officers\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>The investigation also revealed dozens of instances of biased behavior against Black people, including 23 officers who were disciplined for using the n-word.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“In our profession, there’s no room for us to be able to do that,” said Sheryl Victorian, the chief of police in Waco, Texas, who advocates for strong relationships between police and the communities they serve.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The cases include a number of officers who made comments or shared images mocking George Floyd in the wake of his murder by Minneapolis Police Officer Derek Chauvin. Two weeks after Floyd’s death, an officer shared a meme congratulating Floyd on being “2 weeks drug free.” Another shared a photo of Floyd being held on his stomach with a photoshopped image of a naked man sitting on him.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11879375\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 1920px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-11879375\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2021/06/gettyimages-1325462782-11cedddb24505af92a60e86c49c305934cf5ab34-scaled-e1624651309323.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1440\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Two children view a mural of George Floyd in Minneapolis on Friday, as a Hennepin County court weighed the sentence to impose on former police officer Derek Chauvin. \u003ccite>(Brandon Bell/Getty Images)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Ben Grunwald, a law professor at Duke University, said negative bias is especially troubling because of the vast power given to police officers. He described officers as “street-level bureaucrats” with the capacity to use force, arrest people and put them in jail.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“The idea that these decisions that are really high stakes might be influenced by things like racism, sexism, homophobia — those should raise really serious concerns for everyone,” he said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>More than half of the 61 correctional officers identified by the investigation were still employed at the end of 2024, according to state controller data. CDCR, which employs more law enforcement officers than any other state agency, would not confirm whether they remain employed today.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In two cases at Pelican Bay State Prison, officers made casual comments about killing or shooting at Black people, and both received reprimands. At the California Men’s Colony, an officer taunted a transgender inmate to put lipstick on before going out to the yard, and the officer’s salary was temporarily reduced.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11848665\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 1920px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-11848665 size-full\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2020/11/CDCR-guard.jpg\" alt=\"CDCR guard holds clipboard\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1162\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2020/11/CDCR-guard.jpg 1920w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2020/11/CDCR-guard-800x484.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2020/11/CDCR-guard-1020x617.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2020/11/CDCR-guard-160x97.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2020/11/CDCR-guard-1536x930.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1920px) 100vw, 1920px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">A California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation officer works at San Quentin in 2016. \u003ccite>(Justin Sullivan/Getty Images)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>In response to questions from The California Newsroom and UC Berkeley’s Investigative Reporting Program, a CDCR spokesperson said the agency takes corrective and disciplinary action when appropriate and that it has “implemented new staff misconduct regulations, designed with the goals of eliminating bias, increasing transparency and improving staff accountability.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Correctional officers wield immense power over incarcerated people, who depend on them for their basic needs and access to programs that can help them successfully reenter society, said James King, program director for the Ella Baker Center for Human Rights, a criminal justice reform organization.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“It becomes much deeper than mere words because there’s so much power and authority behind those words,” King said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Witnessing prejudiced behavior, even when it happens between officers, undermines rehabilitation, he said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12088625\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12088625\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/05/20260609-PolicePrejudice-JY-09_qed.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/05/20260609-PolicePrejudice-JY-09_qed.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/05/20260609-PolicePrejudice-JY-09_qed-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/05/20260609-PolicePrejudice-JY-09_qed-1536x1024.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">James King stands for a portrait outside the Ella Baker Center for Human Rights in Oakland, California, on June 9, 2026. King, who is formerly incarcerated, is now Director of Programs at the Ella Baker Center, where he oversees and works on legislation that provides opportunity for communities that have historically been left out of policy considerations. \u003ccite>(Juliana Yamada for KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>“If we are really committed to creating a safer world for all of us, then it starts with how we treat people, even as they are incarcerated and preparing to return to society,” he said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Most of the cases we analyzed — 79% — involved comments or actions between police officers and other members of the criminal justice system, including fellow officers, court clerks, civilian employees and even a judge while court was in session.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In the case files, officers described how explicit bias in the workplace impacted them.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In the Southern California city of Orange, a Black officer reported applying to a different law enforcement agency due to Orange Police Sgt. Darrin Hall’s use of racist jokes and homophobic slurs in the workplace between 2020 and 2022. Hall received a letter stating that he would be demoted and retired later that month.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The Orange Police Department declined to comment on the incident, as it was a personnel matter.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11753790\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 1920px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-11753790\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2019/06/RS24374_GettyImages-642765652-qut.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1280\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2019/06/RS24374_GettyImages-642765652-qut.jpg 1920w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2019/06/RS24374_GettyImages-642765652-qut-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2019/06/RS24374_GettyImages-642765652-qut-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2019/06/RS24374_GettyImages-642765652-qut-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2019/06/RS24374_GettyImages-642765652-qut-1200x800.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1920px) 100vw, 1920px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">A Los Angeles police officer wears an AXON body camera. \u003ccite>(David McNew/Getty Images)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Drooyan, the former L.A. police commissioner, said prejudiced behavior can create difficult working relationships between officers, leading to a morale problem, and even physical danger in high-risk or volatile environments.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“When they get into a tough situation, if they can’t trust each other, I think it becomes problematic,” he said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Grunwald said fraught relations among law enforcement officers pose an existential problem as law enforcement leaders are trying to diversify their ranks.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“At a time when police departments are really struggling to retain good officers, and especially at a time when [departments] are struggling to attain officers of color, you’d think that this could be an important area of policy,” he said.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>Uneven discipline allowed many officers to remain on the job\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>Despite the seriousness of explicitly biased behavior — and the fact that it can get an officer decertified — discipline varied across the 148 officers in the investigation.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Of these officers, 39% were demoted, suspended or had their pay reduced. About 20% received a letter of reprimand or were ordered to undergo training — discipline that may not permanently remain in their personnel files.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c!-- iframe plugin v.4.3 wordpress.org/plugins/iframe/ -->\u003cbr>\n\u003ciframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Only 12% of officers were fired following their prejudiced behavior\" aria-label=\"Column Chart\" id=\"datawrapper-chart-bPwA8\" src=\"https://datawrapper.dwcdn.net/bPwA8/1/\" scrolling=\"no\" frameborder=\"0\" style=\"width: 0; min-width: 100% !important; border: none;\" height=\"522\" data-external=\"1\" width=\"100%\" class=\"iframe-class\">\u003c/iframe>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Experts said the cases uncovered by the investigation likely represent only a fraction of incidents involving explicit bias.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“We have every reason to believe that most of these types of incidents go unreported,” Johnson, the Georgetown law professor, said. “The Blue Wall of Silence. The fact that people are fearful of police. Making a police complaint isn’t easy.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Even with those barriers, people filed more than 19,600 complaints alleging prejudiced behavior by California law enforcement officers between 2016 and 2024, according to data submitted to the state. Agencies sustained just 349 of those complaints. The figures do not include racially biased traffic stops.[aside postID=news_11977145 hero='https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/02/240224-TOXICRESTRAINT-36-BL-KQED-1.jpg']Reporters were only able to examine cases that fell within a narrow band of misconduct dictated by California’s public records laws.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>King said officers like Silva, the Delano police officer who threatened to shoot and kill transgender people, are not simply just “a few bad apples.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Law enforcement [officers] develop deep-seated cultures that you cannot train away, you cannot address through the hiring process or through the selection process,” he said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Swift, appropriate action — via verbal reprimand, retraining or more severe discipline — is key to creating a culture of service to the community, according to Victorian, the Waco police chief.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“If nobody actually addresses the behavior when it occurs, then they continue to talk that way, and that behavior becomes acceptable,” she said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Some officers appealed discipline and succeeded in having penalties reduced at least 38 times. Others resigned before agencies completed disciplinary proceedings.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Silva was allowed to resign rather than be terminated. The California Commission on Peace Officer Standards and Training declined to decertify him.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The city of Wasco confirmed that Silva was still one of its police officers as of June 24, 2026.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cem>Nicole Nguyen of Stanford’s Big Local News and Marquis Mahone-Chambers, Katey Rusch, Elizabeth Santos and Julian Wray of UC Berkeley Journalism’s Investigative Reporting Program contributed to this story. A grant from the Google News Initiative supported the project.\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>About the Data Analysis\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The \u003ca href=\"https://policerecords.kqed.org/\">Police Records Access Project\u003c/a> obtains records from law enforcement and oversight agencies across California involving cases in which agencies determined that officers violated certain policies, including policies prohibiting prejudice against members of protected groups. Project staff compile those files and use algorithms to identify cases in which agencies found policy violations. Staff then review the records to confirm that an agency sustained the allegation.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Reporters from The California Newsroom and UC Berkeley Journalism’s Investigative Reporting Program searched the text of the files and AI-generated summaries of misconduct cases using slurs and terms such as “racist” and “prejudice” to identify cases for further review. Reporters consulted academics, attorneys and law enforcement officials to develop a definition of explicit bias. Three journalists analyzed the cases to determine whether officers exhibited explicit bias against members of a protected group. Experts also reviewed a subset of cases.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>To determine whether officers challenged discipline or sought to seal misconduct records, reporters searched local courts for civil lawsuits. Staff also obtained certification and employment records from POST and the state controller’s office to determine whether officers remained employed in law enforcement, including those working for CDCR.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Reporters reached out to district attorneys in the counties where we identified officers who were disciplined for biased conduct to determine if they were on Brady lists. 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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Yet only about 12% were fired because of their conduct. Silva was not one of them. After leaving Delano, he went on to work for police departments in Avenal and Wasco.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The news organizations reviewed thousands of pages of internal affairs investigations, disciplinary records and court filings obtained from nearly 500 law enforcement and oversight agencies. The records show that some officers accused of overtly biased behavior often faced limited consequences, such as a letter of reprimand or training.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The California Commission on Peace Officer Standards and Training, or POST, \u003ca href=\"https://post.ca.gov/Decertification-Process\">determines whether to decertify officers\u003c/a>, barring them from working in law enforcement in the state. However, the responsibility to investigate misconduct and impose discipline generally falls to individual agencies and local oversight boards, according to POST.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_10813890\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 1920px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-10813890 size-full\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2015/12/RS8295_IMG_8679.JPG-alt_379.jpg\" alt=\"California consistently ranks first among U.S. states in the number of civilians killed by law enforcement.\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1280\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2015/12/RS8295_IMG_8679.JPG-alt_379.jpg 1920w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2015/12/RS8295_IMG_8679.JPG-alt_379-400x267.jpg 400w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2015/12/RS8295_IMG_8679.JPG-alt_379-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2015/12/RS8295_IMG_8679.JPG-alt_379-768x512.jpg 768w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2015/12/RS8295_IMG_8679.JPG-alt_379-1440x960.jpg 1440w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2015/12/RS8295_IMG_8679.JPG-alt_379-1180x787.jpg 1180w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2015/12/RS8295_IMG_8679.JPG-alt_379-960x640.jpg 960w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1920px) 100vw, 1920px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">An investigation of California law enforcement records found officers accused of racist, sexist and anti-LGBTQ conduct often remained employed. \u003ccite>(Alex Emslie/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Despite that system, more than 40% of officers identified by the news organizations still work in California law enforcement, excluding corrections officers.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Silva did not respond to requests for comment. The Delano Police Department confirmed that Silva worked there until 2023, but declined further comment.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Attorneys, law enforcement officials and academics said the behavior erodes public trust, raises questions about officers’ credibility in court and undermines efforts to recruit and retain diverse police forces.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12072944\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12072944\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/02/FederalOfficersMasksAP.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/02/FederalOfficersMasksAP.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/02/FederalOfficersMasksAP-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/02/FederalOfficersMasksAP-1536x1024.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Law enforcement officers stand guard during a protest on June 14, 2025, in Los Angeles. \u003ccite>(Ethan Swope/AP Photo)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Law enforcement officers should be held to a high standard, said Vida Johnson, a Georgetown University law professor who has testified before Congress on white supremacy and policing.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Johnson said people who express explicit bias have no place in law enforcement.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“With such an important job, if someone is exhibiting any type of bias against a member of their community, I just don’t think they should have that job,” she said.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>How biased conduct can undermine public trust and the courts\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>When officers exhibit explicit bias, it erodes trust between law enforcement and the communities they are sworn to protect.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“It undermines our cohesion as a country when you have different perceptions of who our institutions work on behalf of,” Johnson said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Experts said bias against protected groups — including Black people, LGBTQ people and immigrants — sends a clear message to those communities: We are not here to serve you.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12088608\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-12088608 size-full\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/05/OrangeCountyDASignGetty.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1498\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/05/OrangeCountyDASignGetty.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/05/OrangeCountyDASignGetty-160x120.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/05/OrangeCountyDASignGetty-1536x1150.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">A billboard put up by the Orange County District Attorney’s office that reads, “crime doesn’t pay in Orange County. If you steal, we prosecute,” stands on the southbound 710 Freeway near Del Amo Boulevard in Long Beach, California, on March 11, 2024. \u003ccite>(Jeff Gritchen/MediaNews Group/Orange County Register via Getty Images)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>In a 2022 case, Orange County District Attorney’s Office investigator Eric Franke called a security guard who had asked him to leave a building an “angry Black lady.” In a separate incident, he remarked that Mexican people drink excessively. He received a letter of reprimand and still works for the DA’s office.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In separate cases in 2015 and 2018, Los Angeles Police Officer Armando Magana and San Diego Police Officer Alan Dyemartin ridiculed people for not speaking English. Both received letters of reprimand and kept their jobs.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The LAPD declined to comment on the incident for this story. Spokespersons for the Orange County DA’s office and the San Diego Police Department said the agencies take prejudiced behavior seriously and noted that both employees were disciplined. Franke did not comment. Magana declined to comment, and Dyemartin did not respond to multiple requests for comment.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The distrust created by explicitly biased behavior can have real-world consequences, experts said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>When people believe police are prejudiced against them, they are less likely to call 911 or seek help from law enforcement, according to Stefan Vogler, an assistant professor of sociology at the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign.\u003c/p>\u003c/div>",
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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>Vogler and other experts refer to this as the “overpolicing, underprotection paradox,” a phenomenon they say is common in communities of color and LGBTQ communities.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“They’re not getting the services that they’re promised by the state,” Vogler said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Explicit bias can also undermine trust in the courtroom.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“You become concerned about using their testimony without corroboration,” said Richard Drooyan, former Los Angeles police commissioner. Drooyan recalled the O.J. Simpson case, when defense attorneys used audio recordings and witnesses to discredit \u003ca href=\"https://www.nytimes.com/2026/05/18/us/mark-fuhrman-dead.html\">an officer\u003c/a> who had been a key witness.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Under the Supreme Court decision in \u003ca href=\"https://supreme.justia.com/cases/federal/us/373/83/\">\u003cem>Brady v. Maryland\u003c/em>\u003c/a>, defense attorneys have a right to any information that impacts the credibility of officers who are called to testify.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>For justice to be served, it’s imperative that information affecting an officer’s credibility makes its way before the court, said Joseph Trigilio, a Loyola Marymount University law professor and executive director of the Loyola Project for the Innocent.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“A fact finder should look at all that and consider it,” he said. “A jury should hear all of that and ask that question.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Reporters requested lists of officers whose records must be disclosed to the defense if they’re called to testify, commonly called Brady lists, from every district attorney’s office in counties where the investigation found cases of biased behavior. One office — the Madera County District Attorney’s Office — said it does not maintain such a list. Several district attorneys said they could not locate Brady material on the officers in question, while most declined to say whether the officers appeared on their lists.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>Bias extended beyond the public to incarcerated people and fellow officers\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>The investigation also revealed dozens of instances of biased behavior against Black people, including 23 officers who were disciplined for using the n-word.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“In our profession, there’s no room for us to be able to do that,” said Sheryl Victorian, the chief of police in Waco, Texas, who advocates for strong relationships between police and the communities they serve.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The cases include a number of officers who made comments or shared images mocking George Floyd in the wake of his murder by Minneapolis Police Officer Derek Chauvin. Two weeks after Floyd’s death, an officer shared a meme congratulating Floyd on being “2 weeks drug free.” Another shared a photo of Floyd being held on his stomach with a photoshopped image of a naked man sitting on him.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11879375\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 1920px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-11879375\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2021/06/gettyimages-1325462782-11cedddb24505af92a60e86c49c305934cf5ab34-scaled-e1624651309323.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1440\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Two children view a mural of George Floyd in Minneapolis on Friday, as a Hennepin County court weighed the sentence to impose on former police officer Derek Chauvin. \u003ccite>(Brandon Bell/Getty Images)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Ben Grunwald, a law professor at Duke University, said negative bias is especially troubling because of the vast power given to police officers. He described officers as “street-level bureaucrats” with the capacity to use force, arrest people and put them in jail.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“The idea that these decisions that are really high stakes might be influenced by things like racism, sexism, homophobia — those should raise really serious concerns for everyone,” he said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>More than half of the 61 correctional officers identified by the investigation were still employed at the end of 2024, according to state controller data. CDCR, which employs more law enforcement officers than any other state agency, would not confirm whether they remain employed today.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In two cases at Pelican Bay State Prison, officers made casual comments about killing or shooting at Black people, and both received reprimands. At the California Men’s Colony, an officer taunted a transgender inmate to put lipstick on before going out to the yard, and the officer’s salary was temporarily reduced.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11848665\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 1920px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-11848665 size-full\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2020/11/CDCR-guard.jpg\" alt=\"CDCR guard holds clipboard\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1162\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2020/11/CDCR-guard.jpg 1920w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2020/11/CDCR-guard-800x484.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2020/11/CDCR-guard-1020x617.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2020/11/CDCR-guard-160x97.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2020/11/CDCR-guard-1536x930.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1920px) 100vw, 1920px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">A California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation officer works at San Quentin in 2016. \u003ccite>(Justin Sullivan/Getty Images)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>In response to questions from The California Newsroom and UC Berkeley’s Investigative Reporting Program, a CDCR spokesperson said the agency takes corrective and disciplinary action when appropriate and that it has “implemented new staff misconduct regulations, designed with the goals of eliminating bias, increasing transparency and improving staff accountability.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Correctional officers wield immense power over incarcerated people, who depend on them for their basic needs and access to programs that can help them successfully reenter society, said James King, program director for the Ella Baker Center for Human Rights, a criminal justice reform organization.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“It becomes much deeper than mere words because there’s so much power and authority behind those words,” King said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Witnessing prejudiced behavior, even when it happens between officers, undermines rehabilitation, he said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12088625\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12088625\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/05/20260609-PolicePrejudice-JY-09_qed.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/05/20260609-PolicePrejudice-JY-09_qed.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/05/20260609-PolicePrejudice-JY-09_qed-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/05/20260609-PolicePrejudice-JY-09_qed-1536x1024.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">James King stands for a portrait outside the Ella Baker Center for Human Rights in Oakland, California, on June 9, 2026. King, who is formerly incarcerated, is now Director of Programs at the Ella Baker Center, where he oversees and works on legislation that provides opportunity for communities that have historically been left out of policy considerations. \u003ccite>(Juliana Yamada for KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>“If we are really committed to creating a safer world for all of us, then it starts with how we treat people, even as they are incarcerated and preparing to return to society,” he said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Most of the cases we analyzed — 79% — involved comments or actions between police officers and other members of the criminal justice system, including fellow officers, court clerks, civilian employees and even a judge while court was in session.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In the case files, officers described how explicit bias in the workplace impacted them.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In the Southern California city of Orange, a Black officer reported applying to a different law enforcement agency due to Orange Police Sgt. Darrin Hall’s use of racist jokes and homophobic slurs in the workplace between 2020 and 2022. Hall received a letter stating that he would be demoted and retired later that month.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The Orange Police Department declined to comment on the incident, as it was a personnel matter.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11753790\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 1920px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-11753790\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2019/06/RS24374_GettyImages-642765652-qut.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1280\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2019/06/RS24374_GettyImages-642765652-qut.jpg 1920w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2019/06/RS24374_GettyImages-642765652-qut-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2019/06/RS24374_GettyImages-642765652-qut-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2019/06/RS24374_GettyImages-642765652-qut-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2019/06/RS24374_GettyImages-642765652-qut-1200x800.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1920px) 100vw, 1920px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">A Los Angeles police officer wears an AXON body camera. \u003ccite>(David McNew/Getty Images)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Drooyan, the former L.A. police commissioner, said prejudiced behavior can create difficult working relationships between officers, leading to a morale problem, and even physical danger in high-risk or volatile environments.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“When they get into a tough situation, if they can’t trust each other, I think it becomes problematic,” he said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Grunwald said fraught relations among law enforcement officers pose an existential problem as law enforcement leaders are trying to diversify their ranks.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“At a time when police departments are really struggling to retain good officers, and especially at a time when [departments] are struggling to attain officers of color, you’d think that this could be an important area of policy,” he said.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>Uneven discipline allowed many officers to remain on the job\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>Despite the seriousness of explicitly biased behavior — and the fact that it can get an officer decertified — discipline varied across the 148 officers in the investigation.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Of these officers, 39% were demoted, suspended or had their pay reduced. About 20% received a letter of reprimand or were ordered to undergo training — discipline that may not permanently remain in their personnel files.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c!-- iframe plugin v.4.3 wordpress.org/plugins/iframe/ -->\u003cbr>\n\u003ciframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Only 12% of officers were fired following their prejudiced behavior\" aria-label=\"Column Chart\" id=\"datawrapper-chart-bPwA8\" src=\"https://datawrapper.dwcdn.net/bPwA8/1/\" scrolling=\"no\" frameborder=\"0\" style=\"width: 0; min-width: 100% !important; border: none;\" height=\"522\" data-external=\"1\" width=\"100%\" class=\"iframe-class\">\u003c/iframe>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Experts said the cases uncovered by the investigation likely represent only a fraction of incidents involving explicit bias.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“We have every reason to believe that most of these types of incidents go unreported,” Johnson, the Georgetown law professor, said. “The Blue Wall of Silence. The fact that people are fearful of police. Making a police complaint isn’t easy.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Even with those barriers, people filed more than 19,600 complaints alleging prejudiced behavior by California law enforcement officers between 2016 and 2024, according to data submitted to the state. Agencies sustained just 349 of those complaints. The figures do not include racially biased traffic stops.\u003c/p>\u003c/div>",
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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>Reporters were only able to examine cases that fell within a narrow band of misconduct dictated by California’s public records laws.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>King said officers like Silva, the Delano police officer who threatened to shoot and kill transgender people, are not simply just “a few bad apples.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Law enforcement [officers] develop deep-seated cultures that you cannot train away, you cannot address through the hiring process or through the selection process,” he said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Swift, appropriate action — via verbal reprimand, retraining or more severe discipline — is key to creating a culture of service to the community, according to Victorian, the Waco police chief.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“If nobody actually addresses the behavior when it occurs, then they continue to talk that way, and that behavior becomes acceptable,” she said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Some officers appealed discipline and succeeded in having penalties reduced at least 38 times. Others resigned before agencies completed disciplinary proceedings.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Silva was allowed to resign rather than be terminated. The California Commission on Peace Officer Standards and Training declined to decertify him.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The city of Wasco confirmed that Silva was still one of its police officers as of June 24, 2026.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cem>Nicole Nguyen of Stanford’s Big Local News and Marquis Mahone-Chambers, Katey Rusch, Elizabeth Santos and Julian Wray of UC Berkeley Journalism’s Investigative Reporting Program contributed to this story. A grant from the Google News Initiative supported the project.\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>About the Data Analysis\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The \u003ca href=\"https://policerecords.kqed.org/\">Police Records Access Project\u003c/a> obtains records from law enforcement and oversight agencies across California involving cases in which agencies determined that officers violated certain policies, including policies prohibiting prejudice against members of protected groups. Project staff compile those files and use algorithms to identify cases in which agencies found policy violations. Staff then review the records to confirm that an agency sustained the allegation.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Reporters from The California Newsroom and UC Berkeley Journalism’s Investigative Reporting Program searched the text of the files and AI-generated summaries of misconduct cases using slurs and terms such as “racist” and “prejudice” to identify cases for further review. Reporters consulted academics, attorneys and law enforcement officials to develop a definition of explicit bias. Three journalists analyzed the cases to determine whether officers exhibited explicit bias against members of a protected group. Experts also reviewed a subset of cases.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>To determine whether officers challenged discipline or sought to seal misconduct records, reporters searched local courts for civil lawsuits. Staff also obtained certification and employment records from POST and the state controller’s office to determine whether officers remained employed in law enforcement, including those working for CDCR.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Reporters reached out to district attorneys in the counties where we identified officers who were disciplined for biased conduct to determine if they were on Brady lists. While a few offices confirmed that the officers did not appear in their Brady materials, most said those records are exempt from public disclosure and declined to provide the information.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003c/div>",
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"content": "\u003cp>Living in the Bay Area means access to a wealth of scenic campgrounds on your doorstep \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11973183/want-to-go-camping-near-the-bay-area-this-summer-make-your-reservations-now\">(if you can snag a reservation, that is)\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But if you’re someone who wants to start camping a little more regularly — and investing in your own gear — it can be a real challenge to know exactly what you should pack for a successful trip, and identify the differences between “must-have” items versus little luxuries.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Or how to make sure you strike a balance between overloading your car and packing so minimally that you have to buy a ton of stuff you realize you should have brought along.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>This is where I’d like to offer you my own ultimate camping checklist, based on my own experience as a thruhiker-turned-camper.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In 2019, I hiked all 2,650 miles of the Pacific Crest Trail, where I had quite a bit of time to think about what I \u003cem>really \u003c/em>needed while in the wilderness.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Now, I’ve adapted to the weekend warrior lifestyle, slowly adding back more and more comfort items the more trips I do. And for me, the bottom line is this: Bring what keeps you safe and makes you happy.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12079258\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 1999px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12079258\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/04/040526CheapCamping_GH_005_qed.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1999\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/04/040526CheapCamping_GH_005_qed.jpg 1999w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/04/040526CheapCamping_GH_005_qed-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/04/040526CheapCamping_GH_005_qed-1536x1024.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1999px) 100vw, 1999px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">A view of Lake Chabot is seen from Anthony Chabot Family Campground, which sits about 1.5 miles above the lake, on April 5, 2026, in Castro Valley, California. \u003ccite>(Gustavo Hernandez/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Don’t be put off by the sheer amount of stuff on this list: Most of it is optional, and camping \u003cem>can \u003c/em>be done on the cheap (plus we have a whole article about \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12082396/cheap-camping-near-bay-area-checklist-gear-cookware-tent-rental-sleeping-bag-pad\">how to make camping as economical as possible\u003c/a>). To help sort through the noise, we’ve bolded any item that’s a must-bring.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>As for where to store everything, heed this advice: Keep everything that will fit into one large storage bin,\u003ca href=\"https://www.homedepot.com/b/Storage-Organization-Storage-Containers-Storage-Bins/N-5yc1vZcl3z\"> like this\u003c/a>, so that you can “shop” it before each camping trip, checklist in hand, to decide what to bring.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Sometimes just seeing the item in the bin means I will remember to bring it — and you can always toss the entire bin into your car if that method is easier for you.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>Quick version: Your camping checklist, visualized\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>You can either save the image below to your phone’s camera roll or \u003ca href=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/06/IMG_1556-1.pdf\">print a PDF version\u003c/a> of our camping checklist.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Keep reading for more information and specific suggestions about your camping checklist, or jump straight to what to bring for:\u003c/p>\n\u003cul>\n\u003cli>\u003cstrong>\u003ca href=\"#Sleeping\">Sleeping\u003c/a>\u003c/strong>\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>\u003cstrong>\u003ca href=\"#Cooking\">Cooking\u003c/a>\u003c/strong>\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>\u003cstrong>\u003ca href=\"#Clothing\">Clothing\u003c/a>\u003c/strong>\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>\u003cstrong>\u003ca href=\"#Safety\">Safety\u003c/a>\u003c/strong>\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>\u003cstrong>\u003ca href=\"#Thefunstuff\">The fun stuff\u003c/a>\u003c/strong>\u003c/li>\n\u003c/ul>\n\u003ch2>\u003ca id=\"Sleeping\">\u003c/a>The essentials: Sleeping\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Your tent \u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"https://www.rei.com/learn/expert-advice/family-base-camping-tent.html\">Which tent you choose\u003c/a> to buy (or rent) is ultimately going to depend on the types of trips you do — or that you’re hoping to do.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12088347\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\" style=\"max-width: 1978px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12088347\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/06/IMG_1556-scaled.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1978\" height=\"2560\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/06/IMG_1556-scaled.jpg 1978w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/06/IMG_1556-2000x2588.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/06/IMG_1556-160x207.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/06/IMG_1556-1187x1536.jpg 1187w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/06/IMG_1556-1583x2048.jpg 1583w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1978px) 100vw, 1978px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Your ultimate “camping in California” checklist, visualized. \u003ccite>(Anna Vignet/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>There are \u003ca href=\"https://www.outsideonline.com/outdoor-gear/hiking-gear/four-season-tent-information-recommendations/\">three-season and four-season tents\u003c/a>, \u003ca href=\"https://www.switchbacktravel.com/info/freestanding-vs-non-freestanding-backpacking-tents\">freestanding and trekking pole-supported\u003c/a>, tents for one to many people.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>So be sure to think about how often, when and with whom you can see yourself typically camping with: Are you really going to be out \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12064291/winter-camping-reservations-where-to-go-campsites-near-san-francisco-bay-area\">camping in the winter in the snow?\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>If not, you probably only need a three-season tent. Most campers will use freestanding tents, but if you’re planning to backpack a lot, consider buying a trekking pole tent, which uses the poles you’re already carrying to hike as your tent poles.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>If you’re car camping only, there’s no need to worry about weight, so get the comfiest, roomiest tent you want. The important thing, regardless of which tent you choose, is that you know how to use it properly \u003cem>before \u003c/em>heading out.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Your sleeping bag\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Another place you don’t want to skimp is on your sleeping bag. Sleeping bags have \u003ca href=\"https://www.rei.com/learn/expert-advice/understanding-sleeping-bag-temperature-ratings.html\">ratings\u003c/a> that you’ll want to pay attention to, but not all rating systems are done the same way, and you keep a few things in mind:\u003c/p>\n\u003cul>\n\u003cli>They’re not always reliable\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>They’re often rounded to the nearest 5 degrees\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>They aren’t always tested on both women and men\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>You should assume the low-end number is the temperature at which the bag will keep you \u003cem>alive, not comfortable\u003c/em>\u003c/li>\n\u003c/ul>\n\u003cp>And if you want to make sure you’ll be extra warm (or keep the inside of your bag clean), you can always \u003ca href=\"https://www.sixmoondesigns.com/blogs/newsletter/why-you-should-consider-using-a-sleeping-bag-liner?srsltid=AfmBOoo4F7lK40bqbqOkSyNhw5QOnoNH8rMWOnXyPYJ6P0Ikhgwa9DUc\">bring a sleeping bag liner\u003c/a> or \u003ca href=\"https://www.homedepot.com/p/Ready-America-Emergency-Survival-Blanket-3100/202218041?g_store=1092&source=shoppingads&locale=en-US&fp=ggl\">emergency blanke\u003c/a>t which can up the temperature rating of your bag significantly. Pro tip: For down sleeping bags in particular, when you’re not heading out to camp, be sure to store them uncompressed, so they maintain their loft and warmth.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Your sleeping pad\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Trust me:\u003ca href=\"https://www.rei.com/learn/expert-advice/sleeping-pads.html\"> Even the smallest, thinnest of pads creates a warm, insulated layer\u003c/a> between you and the cold ground. At the very least, you need a foldable foam pad to go under your sleeping bag in your tent.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>At the most, you can even bring your own inflatable mattress or cot — \u003ca href=\"https://www.treelinereview.com/gearreviews/best-camping-cots\">they even make lightweight backpacking cots these days\u003c/a>, to raise you off the ground.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12064294\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12064294\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/11/SnowCampingGetty1.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1330\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/11/SnowCampingGetty1.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/11/SnowCampingGetty1-160x106.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/11/SnowCampingGetty1-1536x1021.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">A tent under Ponderosa Pine during winter in Yosemite, California. \u003ccite>(Good is Love/Getty Images)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>And there’s \u003ca href=\"https://www.publiclands.com/blog/a/how-to-choose-the-best-sleeping-pad?srsltid=AfmBOopRe3BVyazTSDSUSptR9mBPPoyeDc4vHq1EtMTIBB4L9W6eZrAn\">a whole world of products in between\u003c/a> — slim, inflatable sleeping pads — sold by tons of outdoors companies.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The major factor to pay attention to is called the \u003ca href=\"https://www.switchbacktravel.com/info/sleeping-pad-r-value?utm_source=google&utm_medium=h5d&utm_campaign=h_sb_00042&gad_source=1&gad_campaignid=22476616982&gbraid=0AAAAA9zBTKW1vQiyuUyXPKZn0dDYSUqZK&gclid=Cj0KCQjw_IXQBhCkARIsADqELbLNFEtKLd_5XPvOS6w3747NCAPPz7Is7OGPGPjNPhVakYU4k5I6SEkaAtw6EALw_wcB\">R value\u003c/a>, which essentially tells you how warm it will keep you at night.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>And if you do choose an inflatable kind of pad, don’t forget to clear the ground of sharp objects like sticks as best as you can before setting up your tent and always carry your patch kit with you.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The last thing you want is for your pad to pop and sadly deflate in the middle of the night.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In addition to these three essentials, the following accessories typically come with these items — but you’ll want to double-check you indeed have them with you before you head out:\u003c/p>\n\u003cul>\n\u003cli>\u003cstrong>Tent stakes: \u003c/strong>While you may not need them on calm nights, always bring at least six tent stakes so you can stake out your tent on windy nights. They are included with most tents\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>\u003cstrong>Ground sheet: \u003c/strong>This will protect the bottom of your tent from being ripped open by sharp items on the ground. Many tents come with this, typically called a “footprint,” or you can buy it separately. A tarp, piece of \u003cstrong>\u003ca href=\"https://www.walmart.com/ip/Campcovers-3-by-7-Foot-Tyvek-Homewrap-Sheet/5425511558?wmlspartner=wlpa&selectedSellerId=101110967&selectedOfferId=203F320D563D3B60A211D15F2D74AE49&conditionGroupCode=1\">Tyvek\u003c/a>\u003c/strong> or \u003cstrong>\u003ca href=\"https://www.garagegrowngear.com/products/footprint-polycro-by-six-moon-designs?variant=39885774127291&country=US¤cy=USD&utm_medium=product_sync&utm_source=google&utm_content=sag_organic&utm_campaign=sag_organic&gad_source=1&gad_campaignid=23631688771&gbraid=0AAAAADGkhm5O3jaz8c4wDPTBKSzQkJkCE&gclid=Cj0KCQjw_vnQBhCxARIsADcZyxL270ov4yFQhww5pm08ifinj4ktwTUncd3OvxOzPXkLKdcIPzaPnZIaAgp0EALw_wcB\">polycro\u003c/a>\u003c/strong> sheet work just as well\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>\u003cstrong>Rain fly: \u003c/strong>This should also come included with your tent — just don’t forget it, even if there’s no rain in the forecast\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>\u003cstrong>Poles: \u003c/strong>Your tent will either come with poles to set it up or, if you have a trekking pole tent, you’ll have to bring your own\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>\u003cstrong>Patch kit (for inflatable sleeping pad): \u003c/strong>This should come with your inflatable sleeping pad in case it pops. You can also try to use gear tape (below) in a pinch\u003c/li>\n\u003c/ul>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11920961\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 1920px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-11920961\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2022/07/RS57479_pexels-anastassiya-golovko-8659561-qut.jpg\" alt=\"A forest scene with thin trees reaching into the sky, photographed from inside a yellow-orange tent.\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1280\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2022/07/RS57479_pexels-anastassiya-golovko-8659561-qut.jpg 1920w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2022/07/RS57479_pexels-anastassiya-golovko-8659561-qut-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2022/07/RS57479_pexels-anastassiya-golovko-8659561-qut-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2022/07/RS57479_pexels-anastassiya-golovko-8659561-qut-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2022/07/RS57479_pexels-anastassiya-golovko-8659561-qut-1536x1024.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1920px) 100vw, 1920px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Dispersed camping is a great way to stay in California’s national forests, and it’s free. \u003ccite>(Anastassiya Golovko/Pexels)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Other non-essential sleep-related items to consider bringing:\u003c/p>\n\u003cul>\n\u003cli>Earplugs and/or eye mask for getting your snoozing in\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>Sleeping bag liner or emergency blanket if you’re worried about being cold at night\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>Pillow, either one from your home or bed, or you can get a specific \u003ca href=\"https://www.rei.com/c/camp-pillows\">camping-style pillow\u003c/a>\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>Electric pump for inflating your sleeping pad\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>Door mat and/or tent rug for making your tent feel more like home\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>Mallet for pounding tent stakes (a large rock also works well for this)\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>Gear repair tape (Duct tape works great; I have also used \u003ca href=\"https://www.gearaid.com/collections/tenacious-tape?srsltid=AfmBOoonXOHErV8kWwB0rbRP1YE1Jf-Tv7Aby4z1znFwD-xk6THEzgl5\">this brand\u003c/a> for a hole chewed through my tent by a mouse — it worked like a charm!)\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>Tent slippers or sleep socks\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>Battery-powered fan for hot nights\u003c/li>\n\u003c/ul>\n\u003ch2>\u003ca id=\"Cooking\">\u003c/a>The essentials: Cooking\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>Now you’ve sorted your sleep setup; now let’s get to food. Here’s what I would recommend for a weekend in the woods:\u003c/p>\n\u003cul>\n\u003cli>\u003cstrong>Stove: \u003c/strong>If you mostly car camp, you may want to pick up \u003cstrong>\u003ca href=\"https://www.coleman.com/grills-stoves/camping-stoves/cascade-classic-camping-stove/SAP_2223509.html?utm_source=google&utm_medium=cpc&utm_campaign=oe_col_DTCSearch_2024&utm_term=conversion&gad_source=1&gad_campaignid=17603302210&gbraid=0AAAAAD0GYNqGNlRpDqnoi9TGnBozoAxYa&gclid=CjwKCAjwn4vQBhBsEiwAq3hhN3eMv1Lnrd4ejY96H-C_KXa5ODKxrIWuH88KfrNiv9qqyVRcrcG_WBoCzwYQAvD_BwE&actionPoint=Show\">one of these two-burner camping stoves\u003c/a>\u003c/strong> — but before you buy new, check if you can pick one up secondhand instead, as there are lots of these floating around on resale markets like Facebook Marketplace. If you’re more of a backpacker, \u003cstrong>\u003ca href=\"https://stepmassive.com/best-backpacking-stove-weekend-trips/\">a more compact stove\u003c/a>\u003c/strong> will heat up your meals just fine. And don’t forget: If you camp where campfires are allowed, you can always heat up some hot dogs on a fire\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>\u003cstrong>Fuel: \u003c/strong>If you’ve got a stove, you’ll need fuel — usually propane gas. Just be sure to double-check you’re bringing the right type for your stove and that you have enough for your trip\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>\u003cstrong>Pots and/or pans: \u003c/strong>You can bring these from home or use specialized camping pans\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>\u003cstrong>Lighter: \u003c/strong>Even if your stove is self-starting — usually with a switch that ignites the fuel — always bring a backup way to get it started\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>\u003cstrong>Bear and critter proof food storage: \u003c/strong>Be sure to check the local regulations of where you’re camping. Sometimes, leaving your food in your car is just fine — but other campgrounds will require you to use provided bear lockers or even bring your own bear-proof food storage\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>\u003cstrong>Bowl, plate and/or cup: \u003c/strong>Whatever you’ll need to enjoy your food — Tupperware also works great for this!\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>\u003cstrong>Eating utensils: \u003c/strong>Some people love a spork. Personally, I’d rather bring multiple \u003cem>useful \u003c/em>utensils instead of one subpar (to me) utensil\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>\u003cstrong>Trash bag: \u003c/strong>Don’t assume you’ll be able to toss your trash at the campground — you might need to collect it and take it with you\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>\u003cstrong>Firestarter:\u003c/strong> At the very least, have some newspaper or a paper grocery bag to help get the campfire started\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>\u003cstrong>Firewood: \u003c/strong>Again, double-check if campfires are allowed, and if you’re allowed to bring your own firewood or can purchase or collect it onsite. It’s also important to \u003cstrong>\u003ca href=\"https://smokeybear.com/campfire-safety\">know how to properly extinguish your fire\u003c/a>\u003c/strong>\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>\u003cstrong>Cooler and ice: \u003c/strong>Unless you have a very powerful cooler, any ice you bring with you will melt after a day. So check ahead of time to see if your campground sells ice if you’re going out for more than 24 hours\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>\u003cstrong>Can/bottle opener: \u003c/strong>Make sure you have a way to open every food item you’re bringing with you\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>\u003cstrong>Dish soap: \u003c/strong>Biodegradable soap is advised if you won’t have a sink/drain to wash dishes with\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>\u003cstrong>Sponge or rag: \u003c/strong>for doing the dishes\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>\u003cstrong>Cutting board and cooking utensils\u003c/strong>: The most important among which might be a knife, spatula and tongs\u003c/li>\n\u003c/ul>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12079262\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12079262\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/04/040526CheapCamping_GH_018_qed.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/04/040526CheapCamping_GH_018_qed.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/04/040526CheapCamping_GH_018_qed-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/04/040526CheapCamping_GH_018_qed-1536x1024.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Used and borrowed coolers hold food at a campsite at Anthony Chabot Family Campground on April 5, 2026, in Castro Valley, California. Camper Ernesto Carmona said reusing gear is a key way to keep camping affordable. \u003ccite>(Gustavo Hernandez/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Extras that you may not need but might find come in handy:\u003c/p>\n\u003cul>\n\u003cli>Tablecloth and clamps to keep it from flying away\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>Tin foil for cooking on the campfire\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>Ziplocks for food storage\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>Paper towels for cleanup\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>Your favorite mug\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>Extra fold-out table for meal prepping\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>Marshmallow roasting sticks\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>Dutch oven for cooking\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>Charcoal for grilling\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>Coffee maker: A French press, pour-over equipment or whatever strikes your fancy\u003c/li>\n\u003c/ul>\n\u003ch2>\u003ca id=\"Safety\">\u003c/a>The essentials: Safety\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>Camping is, in general, very safe, but bringing these items will help you feel more secure if something does go awry.\u003c/p>\n\u003cul>\n\u003cli>\u003cstrong>Flashlight or headlamp: \u003c/strong>You’ll want to have some way to see at night\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>\u003cstrong>Bug spray and sunscreen: \u003c/strong>To stop your skin getting bitten or burned\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>\u003cstrong>Hand sanitizer, toilet paper and a trowel: \u003c/strong>Double-check your campsite has bathrooms; otherwise, you’ll need these items (although hand sanitizer can be good to have around camp regardless of the bathroom situation)\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>\u003cstrong>First aid kit and toiletries: \u003c/strong>This should include any prescription and nonprescription medications you might need. \u003cstrong>\u003ca href=\"https://www.redcross.org/take-a-class/resources/articles/camping-first-aid-kit-checklist?srsltid=AfmBOopF3UJNoxJi2XmRXqyO6js9suPv6KsNiPPbYxIgA8Qfa4DdV7d8\">These first-aid \u003c/a>\u003ca href=\"https://www.rei.com/learn/expert-advice/first-aid-checklist.html\">checklists\u003c/a>\u003c/strong> might be helpful, but remember: You should really know how to properly use everything in there, or it’s not worth bringing at all\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>\u003cstrong>Cash: \u003c/strong>For any camping fees or campground stores selling ice, firewood and other essentials\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>\u003cstrong>Water jugs and/or water filter:\u003c/strong> You may not need these, but be sure to double-check your campsite has potable water before heading out\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>\u003cstrong>Backup device charger and/or extra batteries: \u003c/strong>Especially if you’re relying on your phone for GPS navigation (or entertainment)\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>\u003cstrong>Backup maps: \u003c/strong>Make sure you know where you’re going and that you have at least two forms of digital or paper maps\u003c/li>\n\u003c/ul>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12079261\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12079261\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/04/040526CheapCamping_GH_017_qed.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/04/040526CheapCamping_GH_017_qed.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/04/040526CheapCamping_GH_017_qed-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/04/040526CheapCamping_GH_017_qed-1536x1024.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Josh Dillen and reporter Sarah Wright begin setting up a tent at a campsite at Anthony Chabot Family Campground on April 5, 2026, in Castro Valley, California. \u003ccite>(Gustavo Hernandez/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Extra safety/preparedness items that might help you sleep at night:\u003c/p>\n\u003cul>\n\u003cli>Cables to jump your car: Yes, my car has died while camping.\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>Multitool: These often have helpful items like scissors, knives, tweezers, corkscrews, etc.\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>Bungee cords, \u003ca href=\"https://theparacordstore.com/?srsltid=AfmBOortkjAceqMXbg-2X695_bhCMOcI1dt1PklSO5EgCuTRI_fGSARw\">paracord\u003c/a> and/or \u003ca href=\"https://ripstopbytheroll.com/products/shock-cord?srsltid=AfmBOoqLv_71evQMhtyvvCcpwRbgW858MJ98UBAoAtlY05TVgYqiEAlj\">shock cord\u003c/a>: Having a length of some kind of cord is great to have, both in case of major emergencies (some paracord is \u003ca href=\"https://www.paracordplanet.com/blog/paracord-what-is-it/\">strong enough\u003c/a> to haul a person up a cliffside) minor emergencies (it’s windy out, and you need to strap something down), and for convenience (like a DIY clothesline)\u003c/li>\n\u003c/ul>\n\u003ch2>\u003ca id=\"Clothing\">\u003c/a>The essentials: Clothing\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>When it comes to clothing, bring whatever is most comfortable, but remember to bring enough layers to keep you warm around camp at night. Layers that are made of materials like wool, fleece and down will help with insulation.[aside postID=news_12086272 hero='https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/06/GettyImages-2276243121.jpg']\u003c/p>\n\u003cul>\n\u003cli>\u003cstrong>Walking/hiking shoes: \u003c/strong>for exploring during the day\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>\u003cstrong>Hat and/or sunglasses: \u003c/strong>for sun protection\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>\u003cstrong>Raincoat: \u003c/strong>Yes, even if there’s no rain in the forecast\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>\u003cstrong>Warm jacket: \u003c/strong>A ski jacket or puffer works great here\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>\u003cstrong>Warm sleep layers\u003c/strong>: Consider long-sleeved base layers made of wool or fleece\u003c/li>\n\u003c/ul>\n\u003cp>Extra clothing items you may not need but might enjoy:\u003c/p>\n\u003cul>\n\u003cli>Camp shoes: Having comfy shoes to change into after a hike or long day exploring makes camp feel more like home\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>Sandals: for river or lake exploration\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>Gloves: to make cold mornings not so painful\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>Warm beanie: for campfire hangouts\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>Balaclava or buff: This multipurpose item can act as a neckie for wind protection, a sweat guard for hiking, and even a bathing suit top in a pinch\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>Swimsuit: for taking a dip if you’re camping near swimmable water\u003c/li>\n\u003c/ul>\n\u003ch2>\u003ca id=\"Thefunstuff\">\u003c/a>The fun additions\u003c/h2>\n\u003cul>\n\u003cli>Beach or camp towel: Bring \u003ca href=\"https://www.rei.com/c/camp-towels/f/bu-travel?s_kwcid=PS_Google%7C21700000001699351_555158996306%7C154796288115%7Cbrand_flag%7C20594235815&gclsrc=aw.ds&gad_source=1&gad_campaignid=20594235815&gbraid=0AAAAAD_DTlwRibA8i2HkivRzWrPvzf5iU&gclid=CjwKCAjwn4vQBhBsEiwAq3hhN0uNrFtUgoMjQHb7ibHpZIQW06X1FpumxkAUOaVYgGiJHo7lnk6oVxoCqwAQAvD_BwE\">something like this\u003c/a> that’s quick-drying if you’re planning to shower, or a regular beach towel you’re not afraid to get dirty\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>Clothesline and pins: For hanging out any wet or sweaty clothes to dry\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>Camp chair: Most campsites have picnic tables, but bring these for sitting by a beach or around a campfire\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>Hammock for lounging around\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>Twinkle lights for atmosphere\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>Dustpan/broom for keeping your tent clean\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>Day pack for hiking\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>Portable speaker for daytime tunes\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>Board and card games for entertainment\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>Field games/sports equipment: Consider a frisbee, football, croquet set, or spikeball set\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>Binoculars for wildlife viewing\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>Field guide for flora and fauna identification\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>Book for relaxation\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>Art supplies like a sketchbook or watercolor paints\u003c/li>\n\u003c/ul>\n\u003cp>[ad floatright]\u003c/p>\n",
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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003cp>Living in the Bay Area means access to a wealth of scenic campgrounds on your doorstep \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11973183/want-to-go-camping-near-the-bay-area-this-summer-make-your-reservations-now\">(if you can snag a reservation, that is)\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But if you’re someone who wants to start camping a little more regularly — and investing in your own gear — it can be a real challenge to know exactly what you should pack for a successful trip, and identify the differences between “must-have” items versus little luxuries.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Or how to make sure you strike a balance between overloading your car and packing so minimally that you have to buy a ton of stuff you realize you should have brought along.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003c/div>",
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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>This is where I’d like to offer you my own ultimate camping checklist, based on my own experience as a thruhiker-turned-camper.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In 2019, I hiked all 2,650 miles of the Pacific Crest Trail, where I had quite a bit of time to think about what I \u003cem>really \u003c/em>needed while in the wilderness.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Now, I’ve adapted to the weekend warrior lifestyle, slowly adding back more and more comfort items the more trips I do. And for me, the bottom line is this: Bring what keeps you safe and makes you happy.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12079258\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 1999px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12079258\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/04/040526CheapCamping_GH_005_qed.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1999\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/04/040526CheapCamping_GH_005_qed.jpg 1999w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/04/040526CheapCamping_GH_005_qed-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/04/040526CheapCamping_GH_005_qed-1536x1024.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1999px) 100vw, 1999px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">A view of Lake Chabot is seen from Anthony Chabot Family Campground, which sits about 1.5 miles above the lake, on April 5, 2026, in Castro Valley, California. \u003ccite>(Gustavo Hernandez/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Don’t be put off by the sheer amount of stuff on this list: Most of it is optional, and camping \u003cem>can \u003c/em>be done on the cheap (plus we have a whole article about \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12082396/cheap-camping-near-bay-area-checklist-gear-cookware-tent-rental-sleeping-bag-pad\">how to make camping as economical as possible\u003c/a>). To help sort through the noise, we’ve bolded any item that’s a must-bring.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>As for where to store everything, heed this advice: Keep everything that will fit into one large storage bin,\u003ca href=\"https://www.homedepot.com/b/Storage-Organization-Storage-Containers-Storage-Bins/N-5yc1vZcl3z\"> like this\u003c/a>, so that you can “shop” it before each camping trip, checklist in hand, to decide what to bring.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Sometimes just seeing the item in the bin means I will remember to bring it — and you can always toss the entire bin into your car if that method is easier for you.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>Quick version: Your camping checklist, visualized\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>You can either save the image below to your phone’s camera roll or \u003ca href=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/06/IMG_1556-1.pdf\">print a PDF version\u003c/a> of our camping checklist.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Keep reading for more information and specific suggestions about your camping checklist, or jump straight to what to bring for:\u003c/p>\n\u003cul>\n\u003cli>\u003cstrong>\u003ca href=\"#Sleeping\">Sleeping\u003c/a>\u003c/strong>\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>\u003cstrong>\u003ca href=\"#Cooking\">Cooking\u003c/a>\u003c/strong>\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>\u003cstrong>\u003ca href=\"#Clothing\">Clothing\u003c/a>\u003c/strong>\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>\u003cstrong>\u003ca href=\"#Safety\">Safety\u003c/a>\u003c/strong>\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>\u003cstrong>\u003ca href=\"#Thefunstuff\">The fun stuff\u003c/a>\u003c/strong>\u003c/li>\n\u003c/ul>\n\u003ch2>\u003ca id=\"Sleeping\">\u003c/a>The essentials: Sleeping\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Your tent \u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"https://www.rei.com/learn/expert-advice/family-base-camping-tent.html\">Which tent you choose\u003c/a> to buy (or rent) is ultimately going to depend on the types of trips you do — or that you’re hoping to do.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12088347\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\" style=\"max-width: 1978px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12088347\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/06/IMG_1556-scaled.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1978\" height=\"2560\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/06/IMG_1556-scaled.jpg 1978w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/06/IMG_1556-2000x2588.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/06/IMG_1556-160x207.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/06/IMG_1556-1187x1536.jpg 1187w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/06/IMG_1556-1583x2048.jpg 1583w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1978px) 100vw, 1978px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Your ultimate “camping in California” checklist, visualized. \u003ccite>(Anna Vignet/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>There are \u003ca href=\"https://www.outsideonline.com/outdoor-gear/hiking-gear/four-season-tent-information-recommendations/\">three-season and four-season tents\u003c/a>, \u003ca href=\"https://www.switchbacktravel.com/info/freestanding-vs-non-freestanding-backpacking-tents\">freestanding and trekking pole-supported\u003c/a>, tents for one to many people.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>So be sure to think about how often, when and with whom you can see yourself typically camping with: Are you really going to be out \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12064291/winter-camping-reservations-where-to-go-campsites-near-san-francisco-bay-area\">camping in the winter in the snow?\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>If not, you probably only need a three-season tent. Most campers will use freestanding tents, but if you’re planning to backpack a lot, consider buying a trekking pole tent, which uses the poles you’re already carrying to hike as your tent poles.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>If you’re car camping only, there’s no need to worry about weight, so get the comfiest, roomiest tent you want. The important thing, regardless of which tent you choose, is that you know how to use it properly \u003cem>before \u003c/em>heading out.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Your sleeping bag\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Another place you don’t want to skimp is on your sleeping bag. Sleeping bags have \u003ca href=\"https://www.rei.com/learn/expert-advice/understanding-sleeping-bag-temperature-ratings.html\">ratings\u003c/a> that you’ll want to pay attention to, but not all rating systems are done the same way, and you keep a few things in mind:\u003c/p>\n\u003cul>\n\u003cli>They’re not always reliable\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>They’re often rounded to the nearest 5 degrees\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>They aren’t always tested on both women and men\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>You should assume the low-end number is the temperature at which the bag will keep you \u003cem>alive, not comfortable\u003c/em>\u003c/li>\n\u003c/ul>\n\u003cp>And if you want to make sure you’ll be extra warm (or keep the inside of your bag clean), you can always \u003ca href=\"https://www.sixmoondesigns.com/blogs/newsletter/why-you-should-consider-using-a-sleeping-bag-liner?srsltid=AfmBOoo4F7lK40bqbqOkSyNhw5QOnoNH8rMWOnXyPYJ6P0Ikhgwa9DUc\">bring a sleeping bag liner\u003c/a> or \u003ca href=\"https://www.homedepot.com/p/Ready-America-Emergency-Survival-Blanket-3100/202218041?g_store=1092&source=shoppingads&locale=en-US&fp=ggl\">emergency blanke\u003c/a>t which can up the temperature rating of your bag significantly. Pro tip: For down sleeping bags in particular, when you’re not heading out to camp, be sure to store them uncompressed, so they maintain their loft and warmth.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Your sleeping pad\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Trust me:\u003ca href=\"https://www.rei.com/learn/expert-advice/sleeping-pads.html\"> Even the smallest, thinnest of pads creates a warm, insulated layer\u003c/a> between you and the cold ground. At the very least, you need a foldable foam pad to go under your sleeping bag in your tent.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>At the most, you can even bring your own inflatable mattress or cot — \u003ca href=\"https://www.treelinereview.com/gearreviews/best-camping-cots\">they even make lightweight backpacking cots these days\u003c/a>, to raise you off the ground.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12064294\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12064294\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/11/SnowCampingGetty1.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1330\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/11/SnowCampingGetty1.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/11/SnowCampingGetty1-160x106.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/11/SnowCampingGetty1-1536x1021.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">A tent under Ponderosa Pine during winter in Yosemite, California. \u003ccite>(Good is Love/Getty Images)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>And there’s \u003ca href=\"https://www.publiclands.com/blog/a/how-to-choose-the-best-sleeping-pad?srsltid=AfmBOopRe3BVyazTSDSUSptR9mBPPoyeDc4vHq1EtMTIBB4L9W6eZrAn\">a whole world of products in between\u003c/a> — slim, inflatable sleeping pads — sold by tons of outdoors companies.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The major factor to pay attention to is called the \u003ca href=\"https://www.switchbacktravel.com/info/sleeping-pad-r-value?utm_source=google&utm_medium=h5d&utm_campaign=h_sb_00042&gad_source=1&gad_campaignid=22476616982&gbraid=0AAAAA9zBTKW1vQiyuUyXPKZn0dDYSUqZK&gclid=Cj0KCQjw_IXQBhCkARIsADqELbLNFEtKLd_5XPvOS6w3747NCAPPz7Is7OGPGPjNPhVakYU4k5I6SEkaAtw6EALw_wcB\">R value\u003c/a>, which essentially tells you how warm it will keep you at night.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>And if you do choose an inflatable kind of pad, don’t forget to clear the ground of sharp objects like sticks as best as you can before setting up your tent and always carry your patch kit with you.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The last thing you want is for your pad to pop and sadly deflate in the middle of the night.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In addition to these three essentials, the following accessories typically come with these items — but you’ll want to double-check you indeed have them with you before you head out:\u003c/p>\n\u003cul>\n\u003cli>\u003cstrong>Tent stakes: \u003c/strong>While you may not need them on calm nights, always bring at least six tent stakes so you can stake out your tent on windy nights. They are included with most tents\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>\u003cstrong>Ground sheet: \u003c/strong>This will protect the bottom of your tent from being ripped open by sharp items on the ground. Many tents come with this, typically called a “footprint,” or you can buy it separately. A tarp, piece of \u003cstrong>\u003ca href=\"https://www.walmart.com/ip/Campcovers-3-by-7-Foot-Tyvek-Homewrap-Sheet/5425511558?wmlspartner=wlpa&selectedSellerId=101110967&selectedOfferId=203F320D563D3B60A211D15F2D74AE49&conditionGroupCode=1\">Tyvek\u003c/a>\u003c/strong> or \u003cstrong>\u003ca href=\"https://www.garagegrowngear.com/products/footprint-polycro-by-six-moon-designs?variant=39885774127291&country=US¤cy=USD&utm_medium=product_sync&utm_source=google&utm_content=sag_organic&utm_campaign=sag_organic&gad_source=1&gad_campaignid=23631688771&gbraid=0AAAAADGkhm5O3jaz8c4wDPTBKSzQkJkCE&gclid=Cj0KCQjw_vnQBhCxARIsADcZyxL270ov4yFQhww5pm08ifinj4ktwTUncd3OvxOzPXkLKdcIPzaPnZIaAgp0EALw_wcB\">polycro\u003c/a>\u003c/strong> sheet work just as well\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>\u003cstrong>Rain fly: \u003c/strong>This should also come included with your tent — just don’t forget it, even if there’s no rain in the forecast\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>\u003cstrong>Poles: \u003c/strong>Your tent will either come with poles to set it up or, if you have a trekking pole tent, you’ll have to bring your own\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>\u003cstrong>Patch kit (for inflatable sleeping pad): \u003c/strong>This should come with your inflatable sleeping pad in case it pops. You can also try to use gear tape (below) in a pinch\u003c/li>\n\u003c/ul>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11920961\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 1920px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-11920961\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2022/07/RS57479_pexels-anastassiya-golovko-8659561-qut.jpg\" alt=\"A forest scene with thin trees reaching into the sky, photographed from inside a yellow-orange tent.\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1280\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2022/07/RS57479_pexels-anastassiya-golovko-8659561-qut.jpg 1920w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2022/07/RS57479_pexels-anastassiya-golovko-8659561-qut-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2022/07/RS57479_pexels-anastassiya-golovko-8659561-qut-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2022/07/RS57479_pexels-anastassiya-golovko-8659561-qut-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2022/07/RS57479_pexels-anastassiya-golovko-8659561-qut-1536x1024.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1920px) 100vw, 1920px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Dispersed camping is a great way to stay in California’s national forests, and it’s free. \u003ccite>(Anastassiya Golovko/Pexels)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Other non-essential sleep-related items to consider bringing:\u003c/p>\n\u003cul>\n\u003cli>Earplugs and/or eye mask for getting your snoozing in\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>Sleeping bag liner or emergency blanket if you’re worried about being cold at night\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>Pillow, either one from your home or bed, or you can get a specific \u003ca href=\"https://www.rei.com/c/camp-pillows\">camping-style pillow\u003c/a>\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>Electric pump for inflating your sleeping pad\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>Door mat and/or tent rug for making your tent feel more like home\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>Mallet for pounding tent stakes (a large rock also works well for this)\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>Gear repair tape (Duct tape works great; I have also used \u003ca href=\"https://www.gearaid.com/collections/tenacious-tape?srsltid=AfmBOoonXOHErV8kWwB0rbRP1YE1Jf-Tv7Aby4z1znFwD-xk6THEzgl5\">this brand\u003c/a> for a hole chewed through my tent by a mouse — it worked like a charm!)\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>Tent slippers or sleep socks\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>Battery-powered fan for hot nights\u003c/li>\n\u003c/ul>\n\u003ch2>\u003ca id=\"Cooking\">\u003c/a>The essentials: Cooking\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>Now you’ve sorted your sleep setup; now let’s get to food. Here’s what I would recommend for a weekend in the woods:\u003c/p>\n\u003cul>\n\u003cli>\u003cstrong>Stove: \u003c/strong>If you mostly car camp, you may want to pick up \u003cstrong>\u003ca href=\"https://www.coleman.com/grills-stoves/camping-stoves/cascade-classic-camping-stove/SAP_2223509.html?utm_source=google&utm_medium=cpc&utm_campaign=oe_col_DTCSearch_2024&utm_term=conversion&gad_source=1&gad_campaignid=17603302210&gbraid=0AAAAAD0GYNqGNlRpDqnoi9TGnBozoAxYa&gclid=CjwKCAjwn4vQBhBsEiwAq3hhN3eMv1Lnrd4ejY96H-C_KXa5ODKxrIWuH88KfrNiv9qqyVRcrcG_WBoCzwYQAvD_BwE&actionPoint=Show\">one of these two-burner camping stoves\u003c/a>\u003c/strong> — but before you buy new, check if you can pick one up secondhand instead, as there are lots of these floating around on resale markets like Facebook Marketplace. If you’re more of a backpacker, \u003cstrong>\u003ca href=\"https://stepmassive.com/best-backpacking-stove-weekend-trips/\">a more compact stove\u003c/a>\u003c/strong> will heat up your meals just fine. And don’t forget: If you camp where campfires are allowed, you can always heat up some hot dogs on a fire\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>\u003cstrong>Fuel: \u003c/strong>If you’ve got a stove, you’ll need fuel — usually propane gas. Just be sure to double-check you’re bringing the right type for your stove and that you have enough for your trip\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>\u003cstrong>Pots and/or pans: \u003c/strong>You can bring these from home or use specialized camping pans\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>\u003cstrong>Lighter: \u003c/strong>Even if your stove is self-starting — usually with a switch that ignites the fuel — always bring a backup way to get it started\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>\u003cstrong>Bear and critter proof food storage: \u003c/strong>Be sure to check the local regulations of where you’re camping. Sometimes, leaving your food in your car is just fine — but other campgrounds will require you to use provided bear lockers or even bring your own bear-proof food storage\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>\u003cstrong>Bowl, plate and/or cup: \u003c/strong>Whatever you’ll need to enjoy your food — Tupperware also works great for this!\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>\u003cstrong>Eating utensils: \u003c/strong>Some people love a spork. Personally, I’d rather bring multiple \u003cem>useful \u003c/em>utensils instead of one subpar (to me) utensil\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>\u003cstrong>Trash bag: \u003c/strong>Don’t assume you’ll be able to toss your trash at the campground — you might need to collect it and take it with you\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>\u003cstrong>Firestarter:\u003c/strong> At the very least, have some newspaper or a paper grocery bag to help get the campfire started\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>\u003cstrong>Firewood: \u003c/strong>Again, double-check if campfires are allowed, and if you’re allowed to bring your own firewood or can purchase or collect it onsite. It’s also important to \u003cstrong>\u003ca href=\"https://smokeybear.com/campfire-safety\">know how to properly extinguish your fire\u003c/a>\u003c/strong>\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>\u003cstrong>Cooler and ice: \u003c/strong>Unless you have a very powerful cooler, any ice you bring with you will melt after a day. So check ahead of time to see if your campground sells ice if you’re going out for more than 24 hours\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>\u003cstrong>Can/bottle opener: \u003c/strong>Make sure you have a way to open every food item you’re bringing with you\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>\u003cstrong>Dish soap: \u003c/strong>Biodegradable soap is advised if you won’t have a sink/drain to wash dishes with\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>\u003cstrong>Sponge or rag: \u003c/strong>for doing the dishes\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>\u003cstrong>Cutting board and cooking utensils\u003c/strong>: The most important among which might be a knife, spatula and tongs\u003c/li>\n\u003c/ul>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12079262\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12079262\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/04/040526CheapCamping_GH_018_qed.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/04/040526CheapCamping_GH_018_qed.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/04/040526CheapCamping_GH_018_qed-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/04/040526CheapCamping_GH_018_qed-1536x1024.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Used and borrowed coolers hold food at a campsite at Anthony Chabot Family Campground on April 5, 2026, in Castro Valley, California. 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"content": "\u003cp>Formally dressed in a traditional Qatari bisht, Dr. Nasser Mohamed strolled past a crowd of several hundred people \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12086953/the-world-cup-has-arrived-in-the-san-francisco-bay-area-is-anyone-else-coming\">outside Chase Center\u003c/a> as the England-Croatia \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/tag/world-cup\">World Cup \u003c/a>match was shown high above on the big screen. His gold-and-black robe featured a flourish: rainbow piping down each sleeve and the words “love” and “freedom” written in Arabic.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“That’s why the World Cup is really powerful, because people don’t need to hear about who I am — I can just walk, be seen, and that’s it,” he said. “We don’t have to say a word.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Four years ago, when the World Cup was \u003ca href=\"https://apnews.com/article/world-cup-sports-soccer-international-gay-rights-54e5b2a4f51e471ca3a8f10816af201b\">played in his home country\u003c/a> and Mohamed was already living across the world in San Francisco, he came out and became an exceptionally rare openly gay man from Qatar, where gay sex is prohibited and he can’t dress how he’d like.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Mohamed is speaking up again for those without a voice. The 39-year-old now feels secure enough to walk around with confidence, and without fear of harm, while wearing chunky heeled boots, mascara and 2-inch dangly earrings. He still gets regular backlash and hate, but he has also found support and kindness from around the globe that helps drown out the death threats and divisiveness.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I am so loved in San Francisco, really, truly,” Mohamed said of the city he moved to more than a decade ago. “I have not worn this since I was a kid in Qatar, and San Francisco put it back on my shoulders, with rainbows.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>For him, donning the bisht for everyone to see is important: “The emir of Qatar put it on (Lionel) Messi at the last World Cup to celebrate Messi. We should be celebrated too.”\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>\u003cstrong>Mohamed campaigns for love at the World Cup\u003c/strong>\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>An LGBTQ+ activist and family doctor who treats HIV, “Dr. Nas” — as he is known — launched his “Love is the Goal” campaign ahead of the World Cup and Pride Month, hoping to humanize all people taking part. For a video, he combined soccer lingo with references to love, such as him reading “love is kickoff, the very first touch,” and someone else offering “love is the assist, finding you exactly where you are.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Saving a life like mine is very expensive, and I know that, and this is the hard truth,” Mohamed said. “So that’s why I had to pave my own path and get out. I lost everything. I’m disowned completely. I had to build myself from scratch, the ground up, all of it.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12088758\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2560px\">\u003ca href=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/06/AP26172718919179-scaled.jpg\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12088758\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/06/AP26172718919179-scaled.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2560\" height=\"1707\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/06/AP26172718919179-scaled.jpg 2560w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/06/AP26172718919179-2000x1333.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/06/AP26172718919179-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/06/AP26172718919179-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/06/AP26172718919179-2048x1365.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2560px) 100vw, 2560px\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Dr. Nasser Mohamed, of Qatar, is photographed, Wednesday, June 17, 2026, in San Francisco. \u003ccite>(AP Photo/Jeff Chiu)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>On Wednesday, Qatar plays its final group-stage match, against Bosnia-Herzegovina in Seattle. Mohamed won’t be there, but he was at the team’s first game, on June 13 in Santa Clara, California. He had clear and visible security, and was escorted by California state Sen. Scott Wiener to \u003ca href=\"https://apnews.com/article/qatar-switzerland-world-cup-score-c1232e9fc7bcde023a14db26e767e90e\">the 1-1 draw with Switzerland.\u003c/a> A photo from the day has more than 12 million views on social media.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“As I was passing, everybody was taking pictures of me with the senator,” he recalled. “It was so dramatic.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>And emotional.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“In the stadium I couldn’t speak because if I started talking I’m not going to stop crying, because when am I going to see Qatar again in my life?” Mohamed said through tears. “When is it ever going to happen again? I don’t know. When am I going to see home? I can’t see Mom and Dad, even when they were getting hit by missiles.”\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>\u003cstrong>Even in exile, Mohamed still cheers for Qatar\u003c/strong>\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>After the game, he hosted a dance party at the San Francisco Mint highlighted by a performance \u003ca href=\"https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G_zOTqlMJ9w\">“Let Your Love Shine,”\u003c/a> written by close friend Simon Tam and sung by Debby Holiday.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Nas’ journey moves me because it is rooted in extraordinary courage and an enormous heart,” Tam said. “He’s taken his own truth and turned it into a way to help others feel seen, worthy, and less alone.” [aside postID=news_12088198 hero='https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/06/260622-WCJORALG-KQED-05-KQED.jpg'] Tam believes Mohamed can change the world — and that’s the doctor’s hope, too.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“The first step to heal is to witness things the way they are,” Mohamed said. “My endgame is for every child to belong with their own family and their own society.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Still, it breaks his heart knowing he can’t go back to Qatar, he says. Mohamed says he has been ostracized by his own family because of his sexuality and for standing up to power to help others.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>He has aided moves out of Qatar for others, including a transgender woman who told The Associated Press she had been imprisoned and tortured because of her identity. The woman spoke on condition of anonymity, citing fear for her safety. The AP could not independently confirm the woman’s account.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The AP did not contact Qatar’s government prior to publication of the story, and the government did not respond to subsequent later requests seeking comment.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Mohamed is thankful for this new existence, embracing the obstacles that come with his work, even as he believes his safety could be at stake.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“We all fled persecution and took political asylum in the U.S., and now we invited all of them to come here to play soccer,” he said. “I didn’t feel safe leaving my apartment.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Still, after everything, he roots for Qatar — and the Americans. He plans to watch the U.S. during the round of 32 next week in Santa Clara.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I am cheering for both the United States and for Qatar with love,” he said. “They both had homes for me and, when I challenge either of them, it is out of love, and I mean it.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n",
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"content": "\u003cp>One of the longest-running \u003ca href=\"https://forecast.weather.gov/showsigwx.php?warnzone=CAZ006&warncounty=CAC075&firewxzone=CAZ006&local_place1=San%20Francisco%20CA&product1=Beach+Hazards+Statement&lat=37.7771&lon=-122.4197\">danger advisories\u003c/a> for Northern California’s beaches is still in effect this week, warning of life-threatening conditions on Bay Area beaches.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>This month, a sneaker wave — a sudden, far-reaching kind of wave that’s notorious for catching beachgoers unawares — could have contributed to the deaths of \u003ca href=\"https://abc7news.com/post/2-bay-area-college-students-fremont-attended-uc-berkeley-sjsu-die-being-swept-santa-cruz-surf/19306719/\">two women who were swept into the water in Santa Cruz\u003c/a>, according to officials.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Dylan Flynn, meteorologist at the National Weather Service’s Bay Area office, said the increased risk of sneaker waves and strong rip currents along the coast from Sonoma County all the way down to Big Sur has been ongoing for the past month.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>And while “the worst of it looks like it’s behind us,” Flynn said he “wouldn’t be surprised at all if we end up extending this at least to the end of this week.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Typically, a beach hazard statement goes out for like two, three days,” he said. “So this is out of the ordinary.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>https://youtu.be/cHul5XbkjxY?si=pvtVWt-Nv_48evk7\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Flynn said sneaker waves are especially common at Bay Area beaches, so read on for his top tips on staying safe by the water this week and through the summer.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Or jump straight to:\u003c/p>\n\u003cul>\n\u003cli>\u003cstrong>\u003ca href=\"#BeachesintheBayAreawithsneakerwaverisks\">Beaches in the Bay Area with sneaker wave risks\u003c/a>\u003c/strong>\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>\u003cstrong>\u003ca href=\"#Howtostaysafefromsneakerwaves\">How to stay safe from sneaker waves\u003c/a>\u003c/strong>\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>\u003cstrong>\u003ca href=\"#Whattodoifyouorsomeoneyouseegetssweptout\">What to do if you or someone you see gets swept out\u003c/a>\u003c/strong>\u003c/li>\n\u003c/ul>\n\u003ch2>What causes sneaker waves, and how can they be predicted?\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>Flynn explained that sneaker waves come from ocean swells that are spaced far apart from one another, called “long period swells.” Over time and distance as they head from the middle of the ocean toward a beach, these swells build up speed and power, which creates bigger waves and stronger currents, and increases the risk of sneaker waves.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In this case, the long-period swells are being caused by strong trade winds in the tropics, near the equator, Flynn said. “So these waves were generated days ago, and it’s just been really persistent,” he said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The National Weather Service monitors these conditions with buoys in the ocean and satellites that measure wind speed and wave height. They also look at weather models to predict average wave heights.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>https://youtu.be/rNY7EJJafPA?si=FaogHdxRQYhH3j2i\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But despite this technology, individual sneaker waves can’t be forecasted and might “look like every other wave” to someone on the beach, Flynn explained. 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Right now, as is common during the summer months, the swell is coming from the south and southwest from strong trade winds in the tropics, so it’s likely to affect south- or southwest-facing beaches the most. Around the Bay Area, that would include beaches like:\u003c/p>\n\u003cul>\n\u003cli>Limantour Beach in Point Reyes\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>Surfers Beach in Half Moon Bay\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>Several beaches in the Santa Cruz area.\u003c/li>\n\u003c/ul>\n\u003cp>Conversely, in winter, north-facing beaches are a bigger risk, Flynn said. But this can change, and the unpredictability of these waves means that they “can come from any direction — and then that would change where the highest threat level is,” he said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The slope of the beach itself matters, too, Flynn said: A flatter beach gives the swell a runway to travel extra high up the beach, but may be less of a risk of dangerous breaking waves. A steeper beach, on the other hand, can cause breaking waves to build higher and higher — “so the hazards shift,” he said.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>\u003ca id=\"Howtostaysafefromsneakerwaves\">\u003c/a>What should you do to avoid sneaker waves?\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>First, don’t ever turn your back to the ocean, Flynn said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“If you’re going to be close to the water line, make sure you at least have one eye on the water to see if one of these things is coming,” he said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>You can also be prepared by keeping an eye on \u003ca href=\"https://tidesandcurrents.noaa.gov/noaatidepredictions.html?id=9414290&legacy=1\">the tide tables\u003c/a>, he recommended — and know that low tide is more dangerous than high tide because it catches people off guard.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12088701\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12088701\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/06/CaliforniaRipCurrentsGetty2.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1420\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/06/CaliforniaRipCurrentsGetty2.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/06/CaliforniaRipCurrentsGetty2-160x114.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/06/CaliforniaRipCurrentsGetty2-1536x1091.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Waves crash on the rocks at Christmas Cove Beach in Laguna on Wednesday, June 10, 2026, as lifeguards were kept busy warning people that they could not go into the dangerous surf. \u003ccite>(Mindy Schauer/MediaNewsGroup/Orange County Register via Getty Images)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>“High tide is more hazardous in terms of total water; the water will push further up, but it’s usually not as much of a surprise at high tide as it is at low tide,” he said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>So, at low tide, “be extra cautious if you’re going to set up your blanket or your chairs,” he said. “Even if you seem well set back currently, the tide could rise six or seven feet over a couple of hours.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>When you first get to the beach, Flynn advises standing and watching the water for around five minutes before picking a spot to post up. 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