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"content": "\u003cp>From trick or treat chutes to catapults, Halloween in pandemic times requires an \u003ca href=\"http://bit.ly/fiorehalloweencovid\">extra dose of creativity\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>You'll definitely want to skip the usual Halloween street parties and be sure to keep those hands out of strange bowls of candy – but the holiday must go on.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Personally, I haven't decided whether to go with the candy chute or a \u003ca href=\"https://twitter.com/RexChapman/status/1319013932078596096\">pulley system\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n",
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"content": "\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11844239/halloween-2020-6-ideas-para-celebrar-con-distanciamiento-pero-con-diversion-tambien\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">\u003cem>Leer en español\u003c/em>\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>As far back as late 2019, people were \u003cem>already\u003c/em> getting excited about Halloween 2020 falling on a Saturday:\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>https://twitter.com/caliboycomplex/status/1202316814857846784\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>...and it's fair to say even that when the COVID-19 pandemic first took hold, and shelter-in-place orders were imposed in the Bay Area, many of us weren't imagining that social distancing mandates would \u003cem>still \u003c/em>be in effect by Halloween\u003cstrong>. \u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But here we are, in late October 2020, with no end to the pandemic yet in sight. It's no wonder then that this changed Halloween might symbolize everything about 2020 that's been denied us.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Skip to:\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cul>\n\u003cli>\u003cstrong>\u003ca href=\"#trick\">Advice on lower-risk trick-or-treating this year\u003c/a>\u003c/strong>\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>\u003cstrong>\u003ca href=\"#chute\">Making a distanced candy chute\u003c/a>\u003c/strong>\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>\u003cstrong>\u003ca href=\"#horror\">The benefits of horror movies for body and mind\u003c/a>\u003c/strong>\u003c/li>\n\u003c/ul>\n\u003cp>Certainly,\u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/coronavirusliveupdates/news/11842106/californias-halloween-guidance-no-trick-or-treating-no-parties\"> the state's advice for safely celebrating Halloween\u003c/a> during the COVID-19 pandemic focuses mainly on what you \u003cem>can't\u003c/em> do. For a start, traditional trick-or-treating is heavily discouraged.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"The whole act of going door-to-door in groups, ringing doorbells, digging into buckets of delicious candy … create a risk of spreading COVID-19,\" said California Health and Human Services Secretary Dr. Mark Ghaly earlier this month.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11843324\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"max-width: 1920px\">\u003cimg class=\"size-full wp-image-11843324\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2020/10/Photo-by-Toni-Cuenca-from-Pexels.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1280\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2020/10/Photo-by-Toni-Cuenca-from-Pexels.png 1920w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2020/10/Photo-by-Toni-Cuenca-from-Pexels-800x533.png 800w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2020/10/Photo-by-Toni-Cuenca-from-Pexels-1020x680.png 1020w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2020/10/Photo-by-Toni-Cuenca-from-Pexels-160x107.png 160w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2020/10/Photo-by-Toni-Cuenca-from-Pexels-1536x1024.png 1536w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1920px) 100vw, 1920px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">A lot of traditional Halloween celebrations are off the table in 2020 due to the coronavirus pandemic \u003ccite>(Toni Cuenca/Pexels)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Large Halloween parties are out too, because of the high risk of transmission. If a small gathering isn't with a household's pandemic \"pod,\" then it should be distanced outdoors, include no more than three separate households and limited to two hours, Ghaly said\u003cstrong>.\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>It's also worth noting that October and November mark the beginning of other holidays that center social gatherings, including Día de los Muertos, Diwali and Thanksgiving. So it's especially important to heed ongoing guidance about wearing face coverings, maintaining social distance with people outside of your household.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Ultimately, public health officials want you to know that the safest way to celebrate Halloween this year is at home or virtually. But given how much of the pleasures of this holiday are about gathering to celebrate, how \u003cem>can\u003c/em> you make the most of of the holiday if you're distanced from others, or at home?\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\">[aside postID=\"arts_13886694\"]\u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Glad you asked. We have six ideas for you that we hope might make Halloween 2020 suck a little less.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch3>\u003ca id=\"trick\">\u003c/a>How Local Health Officials Suggest You Trick-or-Treat at a Distance\u003c/h3>\n\u003cp>The COVID-19 pandemic doesn't mean that \u003cem>all\u003c/em> forms of trick or treat are totally off the table this year. On the understanding that some folks will still head out with their kids on Halloween, Bay Area's county health officials \u003ca href=\"https://covid-19.acgov.org/covid19-assets/docs/press/joint-statement-2020.09.28.pdf\">have categorized\u003c/a> \"one-way trick-or-treating where individually wrapped goodie bags are lined up for families to grab and go\" as a \"moderate risk\" activity — as long as trick-or-treaters continue to physically distance \"such as at the end of a driveway or at the edge of a yard.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11843325\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"max-width: 1920px\">\u003cimg class=\"size-full wp-image-11843325\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2020/10/Kayla-3-EXPORT.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1280\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2020/10/Kayla-3-EXPORT.png 1920w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2020/10/Kayla-3-EXPORT-800x533.png 800w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2020/10/Kayla-3-EXPORT-1020x680.png 1020w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2020/10/Kayla-3-EXPORT-160x107.png 160w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2020/10/Kayla-3-EXPORT-1536x1024.png 1536w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1920px) 100vw, 1920px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">A spooky front yard in Daly City, set up for distanced trick-or-treating \u003ccite>(Kayla Golub)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Bay Area health officials recommend that distanced trick-or-treaters do the following while kids are out:\u003cem>\u003cbr>\n\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cul>\n\u003cli>Bring hand sanitizer and use it frequently, and also wash their hands the minute they return home — especially after handling candy or goodie bags\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>Keep their distance from other trick-or-treaters, and wear a face covering\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>Don't eat the candy they take while you're outside, because that means they're removing their masks and touching wrappers.\u003c/li>\n\u003c/ul>\n\u003cp>Remember, per official guidance, any kind of trick-or-treating this year still holds risk during the pandemic. With that in mind, taking costumed kids on a safe, distanced neighborhood stroll to look at house decorations and enjoy the autumnal chill without collecting any candy might ultimately be the safest, lowest-stress activity a family could plan this Halloween.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>As Día de los Muertos occurs a few short days after the Halloween weekend, the \u003ca href=\"https://covid-19.acgov.org/covid19-assets/docs/press/joint-statement-2020.09.28.pdf\">official guidance also includes guidelines for how to celebrate safely\u003c/a>. Officials encourage you to honor loved ones who've passed while staying at home, sharing music and memories, preparing family recipes with members of your household and creating an altar for your ancestors within the home.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch3>\u003ca id=\"chute\">\u003c/a>Design Some Distanced Candy Delivery\u003c/h3>\n\u003cp>What if you're staying home and anticipate such distanced trick-or-treaters at your door and don't want to leave them empty-handed? It might be time to get creative with distanced candy delivery.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Phoenix Artifex is a Bay Area educator whose Phoenix's Curiosity Cabinet program teaches young people about science through design and manufacture\u003cstrong>. \u003c/strong>Right now they're virtually collaborating with their students to build a grand trick or treat candy catapult — one that could launch sweet treats without the need for physical proximity between giver and taker.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Since a catapult probably isn't suitable — or safe — for the average front yard, Artifex recommends that if you're contemplating \u003ca href=\"https://www.npr.org/2020/09/24/916166310/no-trick-or-treat-americans-get-creative-to-celebrate-halloween-safely\">building a distanced candy delivery system\u003c/a> for your own home, you should think about simpler options: like a slide or a chute. You might consider constructing a rudimentary slide out of cardboard boxes — or a pipe made from connected mailing tubes — and then work on adjusting the angles for a truly “practical candy delivery system,\" Artifex says.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11843307\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 1900px\">\u003cimg class=\"size-full wp-image-11843307\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2020/10/Kayla-1-EXPORT.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"1900\" height=\"2533\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2020/10/Kayla-1-EXPORT.png 1900w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2020/10/Kayla-1-EXPORT-800x1067.png 800w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2020/10/Kayla-1-EXPORT-1020x1360.png 1020w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2020/10/Kayla-1-EXPORT-160x213.png 160w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2020/10/Kayla-1-EXPORT-1152x1536.png 1152w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2020/10/Kayla-1-EXPORT-1536x2048.png 1536w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2020/10/Kayla-1-EXPORT-1122x1496.png 1122w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2020/10/Kayla-1-EXPORT-840x1120.png 840w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2020/10/Kayla-1-EXPORT-687x916.png 687w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2020/10/Kayla-1-EXPORT-414x552.png 414w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2020/10/Kayla-1-EXPORT-354x472.png 354w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1900px) 100vw, 1900px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">A distanced candy chute built by Beau Logo in Daly City \u003ccite>(Kalya Golub)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Whatever you decide to build, Artifex recommends you think about the scale of your project, the kind of distance you're hoping to cover with your design and the \"scatter field\" your contraption will result in. For safety reasons, bear in mind the force with which you're planning to launch the candy at trick-or-treaters, not to mention the hardness of your candy or goodie bags.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Daly City residents Beau Logo and Kayla Golub are one of those who've built a haunted candy chute outside their home, and shared their method with KQED. It's a length of 4\" PVC pipe, selected for its long length. An earlier prototype was made of smaller sections of pipe connected together, but test deployments of candy kept getting stuck in the joints. The black pipe was then covered with orange duct tape, for a suitably \"Halloween\" look.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Completing Golub and Logo's yard is their graveyard display through which trick-or-treaters can approach, which was inspired by their favorite Halloween movie, \"Hocus Pocus.\" They've also placed markers on the ground 6 feet apart, \"in case a line forms,\" Golub says. The whole thing is a way for the pair to safely continue inviting people to \"come have fun and enjoy [Logo's] labor of love, especially during this time when we all need a feeling of normalcy and community connection,\" she says.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11843308\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 1900px\">\u003cimg class=\"size-full wp-image-11843308\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2020/10/Janelle.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"1900\" height=\"2248\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2020/10/Janelle.png 1900w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2020/10/Janelle-800x947.png 800w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2020/10/Janelle-1020x1207.png 1020w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2020/10/Janelle-160x189.png 160w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2020/10/Janelle-1298x1536.png 1298w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2020/10/Janelle-1731x2048.png 1731w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1900px) 100vw, 1900px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">A candy chute built by Beau Logo, accompanied by a Halloween 'Hocus Pocus'-themed yard display \u003ccite>(Janelle Kim)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>If you're at home facilitating any form of distanced candy delivery, Bay Area health officials recommend you:\u003c/p>\n\u003cul>\n\u003cli>Wash your hands with soap and water for at least 20 second\u003cstrong>s\u003c/strong> before and after preparing candy or goodie bags\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>Keep your distance from trick-or-treaters, and wear a face covering\u003c/li>\n\u003c/ul>\n\u003ch3>\u003ca id=\"horror\">\u003c/a>Get a 'High' from a Horror Movie...\u003c/h3>\n\u003cp>Sitting down to watch a horror movie on Halloween might sound like kind of an obvious recommendation. But according to \u003ca href=\"https://www.margeekerr.com/\">Margee Kerr\u003c/a>, a sociologist and author of \"Scream: Chilling Adventures in the Science of Fear,\" it could be a surprisingly great way to reap some physical and psychological benefits\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Why? When you choose to watch a horror movie, and commit to around two hours of thrills, jump scares and screams, you've made the decision to \"suspend disbelief and enter this kind of fantasy world where you're going to get scared,\" Kerr says.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>That means, she clarifies, all of your regular focus \"essentially is re-prioritized away from critical thinking\" and your day-to-day reality. You're not thinking about your groceries or your bills (or the pandemic, or the election), and your body is instead going into \"fight or flight mode.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11843315\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"max-width: 1920px\">\u003cimg class=\"size-full wp-image-11843315\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2020/10/Photo-by-Andrea-Piacquadio-from-Pexels.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1280\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2020/10/Photo-by-Andrea-Piacquadio-from-Pexels.png 1920w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2020/10/Photo-by-Andrea-Piacquadio-from-Pexels-800x533.png 800w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2020/10/Photo-by-Andrea-Piacquadio-from-Pexels-1020x680.png 1020w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2020/10/Photo-by-Andrea-Piacquadio-from-Pexels-160x107.png 160w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2020/10/Photo-by-Andrea-Piacquadio-from-Pexels-1536x1024.png 1536w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1920px) 100vw, 1920px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Watching horror movies can actually produce certain positive effects for your body — and mind \u003ccite>(Andrea Piacquadio/Pexels)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>The effect on your body is a highly grounding one, Kerr says, and can make movie-watchers feel extra present and focused. What's more, Kerr says, study participants she's worked with have reported \"higher mood\" after choosing an activity — like watching a horror movie — that brings them into that fight or flight state.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Among those people, Kerr says their improvement in positive mood was rooted in feeling like they actually challenged their fears and learned about themselves. \u003cb>\u003c/b>This feeling of empowerment, control and resilience, Kerr says, might feel especially good right now, in the middle of a pandemic with a contentious election looming.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"I think we could all use an opportunity to feel like 'we can do it.'\"\u003c/p>\n\u003ch3>...or Any Intense Movie, Really...\u003c/h3>\n\u003cp>Kerr reminds you that that it's okay not to enjoy certain \u003cem>types\u003c/em> of scary movies; 'body horror,' for example, or violent slashers. You might also decide to choose a lighter, \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/pop/18538/6-perfect-comedy-horror-movies-to-watch-this-halloween\">comedic horror movie\u003c/a> instead for fewer scares or less gore. If you're watching with younger members of your household, you might opt for a more kid-friendly Halloween movie like, say, \"Hocus Pocus\" or \"Coraline\" (or \"The Nightmare Before Christmas,\" if you're prepared for the inevitable arguments about whether it's a holiday movie or a Halloween movie.)\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\">[aside postID=\"pop_18538\"]\u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But what if you're a fan of Halloween who really doesn't like any horror movies? If that's you, you shouldn't force yourself to watch one, or allow anyone else to bully you into it, Kerr says. That's because those physical and psychological benefits that can come from watching a horror movie occur because you've \u003cem>chosen\u003c/em> to watch it.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11843321\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"max-width: 1920px\">\u003cimg class=\"size-full wp-image-11843321\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2020/10/Photo-by-August-de-Richelieu-from-Pexels.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1280\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2020/10/Photo-by-August-de-Richelieu-from-Pexels.png 1920w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2020/10/Photo-by-August-de-Richelieu-from-Pexels-800x533.png 800w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2020/10/Photo-by-August-de-Richelieu-from-Pexels-1020x680.png 1020w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2020/10/Photo-by-August-de-Richelieu-from-Pexels-160x107.png 160w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2020/10/Photo-by-August-de-Richelieu-from-Pexels-1536x1024.png 1536w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1920px) 100vw, 1920px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Watching movies with intense emotions can have positive benefits... and they don't have to be scary ones \u003ccite>(August de Richelieu/Pexels)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>It's mainly about seeking out a viewing experience that's going to bring you an experience of intense emotion. For you, that might be more about crying at a romantic weepie or laughing hard at a beloved comedy than screaming at a slasher movie.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"Whenever we choose to do something that takes us to a place of intensity, it's going to make it get us to that point of feeling centered in our body, and feeling like we are more in control,\" she says.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cb>\u003c/b>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\">[ad fullwidth]\u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003ch3>Find Ways to Get Spooky With Others — Virtually\u003c/h3>\n\u003cp>Speaking of watching scary movies, if you've ever watched one in a movie theater surrounded by strangers experiencing the same gasps, shrieks and laughs as you are, you'll know how fun and meaningful that collective experience can be — or how good it feels to watch an intense movie with a group of people at home with the lights off.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>That transformative feeling of belonging that comes from togetherness in one place, Kerr says, is what French sociologist Émile Durkheim called \"collective effervescence.\" And unfortunately, with the need to maintain social distancing this Halloween, no parties means no watch parties for shared movie-viewing with multiple friends — outside of your pandemic pod.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>If you're hoping to recreate the feeling on Zoom with a virtual watch-party — or an online costumed dance party with friends — you should go into it knowing that it \u003cem>can't\u003c/em> be 100% the same as getting together in person, Kerr says. And that you shouldn't feel dejected when it just doesn't feel the same as a \"normal\" Halloween.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11843328\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"max-width: 1920px\">\u003cimg class=\"size-full wp-image-11843328\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2020/10/Photo-by-Gabby-K-from-Pexels2.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1280\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2020/10/Photo-by-Gabby-K-from-Pexels2.png 1920w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2020/10/Photo-by-Gabby-K-from-Pexels2-800x533.png 800w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2020/10/Photo-by-Gabby-K-from-Pexels2-1020x680.png 1020w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2020/10/Photo-by-Gabby-K-from-Pexels2-160x107.png 160w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2020/10/Photo-by-Gabby-K-from-Pexels2-1536x1024.png 1536w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1920px) 100vw, 1920px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">The COVID-19 pandemic need not make you feel like you have to spend Halloween 2020 completely alone \u003ccite>(Gabby K/Pexels)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Nonetheless, being online together can still help you build some \"strong social connectedness,\" she advises. Especially if all participants commit to \u003cem>really\u003c/em> being present, to preserve that idea of a completely shared experience. \"I do think that's critical and important that we use any mechanism to stay connected that we can,\" she says.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>If you can't safely be with other people outside of your household because they're not in your pandemic \"pod,\" \u003cem>and\u003c/em> you really want to leave your house, Kerr suggests investigating drive-in movie theaters near you.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The \u003ca href=\"https://www.westwinddi.com/locations/solano\">West Wind drive-in in Solano County\u003c/a>, for example, is showing scary movies like \"I am Legend,\" \"Carrie\" and \"IT\" during Halloween week (plus movies like \"Monsters, Inc.\" for younger moviegoers.) It's a way to get a sense of that shared collective experience — \"where everybody's attention is on the same thing,\" Kerr says — while maintaining social distancing from the comfort of your car.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch3>Finally, Take the Day (and Night) Off 'Doomscrolling'\u003c/h3>\n\u003cp>Halloween is meant to be a time of pleasing terrors, but perhaps consider taking online \"doomscrolling\" \u003cem>off\u003c/em> the monstrous menu this year — especially if you're staying home.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11843310\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"max-width: 1920px\">\u003cimg class=\"size-full wp-image-11843310\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2020/10/doomscroll-Photo-by-Ketut-Subiyanto-from-Pexels.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1280\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2020/10/doomscroll-Photo-by-Ketut-Subiyanto-from-Pexels.png 1920w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2020/10/doomscroll-Photo-by-Ketut-Subiyanto-from-Pexels-800x533.png 800w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2020/10/doomscroll-Photo-by-Ketut-Subiyanto-from-Pexels-1020x680.png 1020w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2020/10/doomscroll-Photo-by-Ketut-Subiyanto-from-Pexels-160x107.png 160w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2020/10/doomscroll-Photo-by-Ketut-Subiyanto-from-Pexels-1536x1024.png 1536w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1920px) 100vw, 1920px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Consider taking Halloween night (and day) off doomscrolling \u003ccite>(Ketut Subiyanto/Pexels)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>The term itself — popularized by investigative journalist Karen K. Ho — refers to that \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/arts/13886630/how-to-stop-doomscrolling-and-start-using-the-internet-mindfully\">compulsive social media browsing and headline consumption\u003c/a> we can all fall prey to. In the words of KQED's Nastia Voynovskaya: it's \"the habit of obsessively refreshing your newsfeed and losing yourself in headlines, tweets and comments about the pandemic, the wildfires, the election and systemic racism.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>So why not commit to making Halloween the one night you \u003cem>don't\u003c/em> read bad news on Twitter?\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Whether you decide to occupy yourself with operating your homemade Halloween candy contraption for any trick-or-treaters you receive, or dedicating yourself to watching a spooky movie with the lights off, consider trying to stay off the internet and keep away from the doomscroll. Our \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/arts/13886630/how-to-stop-doomscrolling-and-start-using-the-internet-mindfully\">guide to avoiding doomscrolling\u003c/a> has practical tips for achieving this goal, including which apps might help you limit your consumption.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Happy Halloween!\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad floatright]\u003c/p>\n",
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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\n\u003cp>...and it's fair to say even that when the COVID-19 pandemic first took hold, and shelter-in-place orders were imposed in the Bay Area, many of us weren't imagining that social distancing mandates would \u003cem>still \u003c/em>be in effect by Halloween\u003cstrong>. \u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But here we are, in late October 2020, with no end to the pandemic yet in sight. It's no wonder then that this changed Halloween might symbolize everything about 2020 that's been denied us.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Skip to:\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cul>\n\u003cli>\u003cstrong>\u003ca href=\"#trick\">Advice on lower-risk trick-or-treating this year\u003c/a>\u003c/strong>\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>\u003cstrong>\u003ca href=\"#chute\">Making a distanced candy chute\u003c/a>\u003c/strong>\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>\u003cstrong>\u003ca href=\"#horror\">The benefits of horror movies for body and mind\u003c/a>\u003c/strong>\u003c/li>\n\u003c/ul>\n\u003cp>Certainly,\u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/coronavirusliveupdates/news/11842106/californias-halloween-guidance-no-trick-or-treating-no-parties\"> the state's advice for safely celebrating Halloween\u003c/a> during the COVID-19 pandemic focuses mainly on what you \u003cem>can't\u003c/em> do. For a start, traditional trick-or-treating is heavily discouraged.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"The whole act of going door-to-door in groups, ringing doorbells, digging into buckets of delicious candy … create a risk of spreading COVID-19,\" said California Health and Human Services Secretary Dr. Mark Ghaly earlier this month.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11843324\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"max-width: 1920px\">\u003cimg class=\"size-full wp-image-11843324\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2020/10/Photo-by-Toni-Cuenca-from-Pexels.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1280\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2020/10/Photo-by-Toni-Cuenca-from-Pexels.png 1920w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2020/10/Photo-by-Toni-Cuenca-from-Pexels-800x533.png 800w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2020/10/Photo-by-Toni-Cuenca-from-Pexels-1020x680.png 1020w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2020/10/Photo-by-Toni-Cuenca-from-Pexels-160x107.png 160w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2020/10/Photo-by-Toni-Cuenca-from-Pexels-1536x1024.png 1536w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1920px) 100vw, 1920px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">A lot of traditional Halloween celebrations are off the table in 2020 due to the coronavirus pandemic \u003ccite>(Toni Cuenca/Pexels)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Large Halloween parties are out too, because of the high risk of transmission. If a small gathering isn't with a household's pandemic \"pod,\" then it should be distanced outdoors, include no more than three separate households and limited to two hours, Ghaly said\u003cstrong>.\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>It's also worth noting that October and November mark the beginning of other holidays that center social gatherings, including Día de los Muertos, Diwali and Thanksgiving. So it's especially important to heed ongoing guidance about wearing face coverings, maintaining social distance with people outside of your household.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Ultimately, public health officials want you to know that the safest way to celebrate Halloween this year is at home or virtually. But given how much of the pleasures of this holiday are about gathering to celebrate, how \u003cem>can\u003c/em> you make the most of of the holiday if you're distanced from others, or at home?\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u003c/p>\u003c/div>",
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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Glad you asked. We have six ideas for you that we hope might make Halloween 2020 suck a little less.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch3>\u003ca id=\"trick\">\u003c/a>How Local Health Officials Suggest You Trick-or-Treat at a Distance\u003c/h3>\n\u003cp>The COVID-19 pandemic doesn't mean that \u003cem>all\u003c/em> forms of trick or treat are totally off the table this year. On the understanding that some folks will still head out with their kids on Halloween, Bay Area's county health officials \u003ca href=\"https://covid-19.acgov.org/covid19-assets/docs/press/joint-statement-2020.09.28.pdf\">have categorized\u003c/a> \"one-way trick-or-treating where individually wrapped goodie bags are lined up for families to grab and go\" as a \"moderate risk\" activity — as long as trick-or-treaters continue to physically distance \"such as at the end of a driveway or at the edge of a yard.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11843325\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"max-width: 1920px\">\u003cimg class=\"size-full wp-image-11843325\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2020/10/Kayla-3-EXPORT.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1280\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2020/10/Kayla-3-EXPORT.png 1920w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2020/10/Kayla-3-EXPORT-800x533.png 800w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2020/10/Kayla-3-EXPORT-1020x680.png 1020w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2020/10/Kayla-3-EXPORT-160x107.png 160w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2020/10/Kayla-3-EXPORT-1536x1024.png 1536w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1920px) 100vw, 1920px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">A spooky front yard in Daly City, set up for distanced trick-or-treating \u003ccite>(Kayla Golub)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Bay Area health officials recommend that distanced trick-or-treaters do the following while kids are out:\u003cem>\u003cbr>\n\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cul>\n\u003cli>Bring hand sanitizer and use it frequently, and also wash their hands the minute they return home — especially after handling candy or goodie bags\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>Keep their distance from other trick-or-treaters, and wear a face covering\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>Don't eat the candy they take while you're outside, because that means they're removing their masks and touching wrappers.\u003c/li>\n\u003c/ul>\n\u003cp>Remember, per official guidance, any kind of trick-or-treating this year still holds risk during the pandemic. With that in mind, taking costumed kids on a safe, distanced neighborhood stroll to look at house decorations and enjoy the autumnal chill without collecting any candy might ultimately be the safest, lowest-stress activity a family could plan this Halloween.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>As Día de los Muertos occurs a few short days after the Halloween weekend, the \u003ca href=\"https://covid-19.acgov.org/covid19-assets/docs/press/joint-statement-2020.09.28.pdf\">official guidance also includes guidelines for how to celebrate safely\u003c/a>. Officials encourage you to honor loved ones who've passed while staying at home, sharing music and memories, preparing family recipes with members of your household and creating an altar for your ancestors within the home.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch3>\u003ca id=\"chute\">\u003c/a>Design Some Distanced Candy Delivery\u003c/h3>\n\u003cp>What if you're staying home and anticipate such distanced trick-or-treaters at your door and don't want to leave them empty-handed? It might be time to get creative with distanced candy delivery.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Phoenix Artifex is a Bay Area educator whose Phoenix's Curiosity Cabinet program teaches young people about science through design and manufacture\u003cstrong>. \u003c/strong>Right now they're virtually collaborating with their students to build a grand trick or treat candy catapult — one that could launch sweet treats without the need for physical proximity between giver and taker.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Since a catapult probably isn't suitable — or safe — for the average front yard, Artifex recommends that if you're contemplating \u003ca href=\"https://www.npr.org/2020/09/24/916166310/no-trick-or-treat-americans-get-creative-to-celebrate-halloween-safely\">building a distanced candy delivery system\u003c/a> for your own home, you should think about simpler options: like a slide or a chute. You might consider constructing a rudimentary slide out of cardboard boxes — or a pipe made from connected mailing tubes — and then work on adjusting the angles for a truly “practical candy delivery system,\" Artifex says.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11843307\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 1900px\">\u003cimg class=\"size-full wp-image-11843307\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2020/10/Kayla-1-EXPORT.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"1900\" height=\"2533\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2020/10/Kayla-1-EXPORT.png 1900w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2020/10/Kayla-1-EXPORT-800x1067.png 800w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2020/10/Kayla-1-EXPORT-1020x1360.png 1020w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2020/10/Kayla-1-EXPORT-160x213.png 160w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2020/10/Kayla-1-EXPORT-1152x1536.png 1152w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2020/10/Kayla-1-EXPORT-1536x2048.png 1536w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2020/10/Kayla-1-EXPORT-1122x1496.png 1122w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2020/10/Kayla-1-EXPORT-840x1120.png 840w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2020/10/Kayla-1-EXPORT-687x916.png 687w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2020/10/Kayla-1-EXPORT-414x552.png 414w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2020/10/Kayla-1-EXPORT-354x472.png 354w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1900px) 100vw, 1900px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">A distanced candy chute built by Beau Logo in Daly City \u003ccite>(Kalya Golub)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Whatever you decide to build, Artifex recommends you think about the scale of your project, the kind of distance you're hoping to cover with your design and the \"scatter field\" your contraption will result in. For safety reasons, bear in mind the force with which you're planning to launch the candy at trick-or-treaters, not to mention the hardness of your candy or goodie bags.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Daly City residents Beau Logo and Kayla Golub are one of those who've built a haunted candy chute outside their home, and shared their method with KQED. It's a length of 4\" PVC pipe, selected for its long length. An earlier prototype was made of smaller sections of pipe connected together, but test deployments of candy kept getting stuck in the joints. The black pipe was then covered with orange duct tape, for a suitably \"Halloween\" look.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Completing Golub and Logo's yard is their graveyard display through which trick-or-treaters can approach, which was inspired by their favorite Halloween movie, \"Hocus Pocus.\" They've also placed markers on the ground 6 feet apart, \"in case a line forms,\" Golub says. The whole thing is a way for the pair to safely continue inviting people to \"come have fun and enjoy [Logo's] labor of love, especially during this time when we all need a feeling of normalcy and community connection,\" she says.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11843308\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 1900px\">\u003cimg class=\"size-full wp-image-11843308\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2020/10/Janelle.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"1900\" height=\"2248\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2020/10/Janelle.png 1900w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2020/10/Janelle-800x947.png 800w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2020/10/Janelle-1020x1207.png 1020w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2020/10/Janelle-160x189.png 160w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2020/10/Janelle-1298x1536.png 1298w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2020/10/Janelle-1731x2048.png 1731w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1900px) 100vw, 1900px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">A candy chute built by Beau Logo, accompanied by a Halloween 'Hocus Pocus'-themed yard display \u003ccite>(Janelle Kim)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>If you're at home facilitating any form of distanced candy delivery, Bay Area health officials recommend you:\u003c/p>\n\u003cul>\n\u003cli>Wash your hands with soap and water for at least 20 second\u003cstrong>s\u003c/strong> before and after preparing candy or goodie bags\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>Keep your distance from trick-or-treaters, and wear a face covering\u003c/li>\n\u003c/ul>\n\u003ch3>\u003ca id=\"horror\">\u003c/a>Get a 'High' from a Horror Movie...\u003c/h3>\n\u003cp>Sitting down to watch a horror movie on Halloween might sound like kind of an obvious recommendation. But according to \u003ca href=\"https://www.margeekerr.com/\">Margee Kerr\u003c/a>, a sociologist and author of \"Scream: Chilling Adventures in the Science of Fear,\" it could be a surprisingly great way to reap some physical and psychological benefits\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Why? When you choose to watch a horror movie, and commit to around two hours of thrills, jump scares and screams, you've made the decision to \"suspend disbelief and enter this kind of fantasy world where you're going to get scared,\" Kerr says.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>That means, she clarifies, all of your regular focus \"essentially is re-prioritized away from critical thinking\" and your day-to-day reality. You're not thinking about your groceries or your bills (or the pandemic, or the election), and your body is instead going into \"fight or flight mode.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11843315\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"max-width: 1920px\">\u003cimg class=\"size-full wp-image-11843315\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2020/10/Photo-by-Andrea-Piacquadio-from-Pexels.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1280\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2020/10/Photo-by-Andrea-Piacquadio-from-Pexels.png 1920w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2020/10/Photo-by-Andrea-Piacquadio-from-Pexels-800x533.png 800w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2020/10/Photo-by-Andrea-Piacquadio-from-Pexels-1020x680.png 1020w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2020/10/Photo-by-Andrea-Piacquadio-from-Pexels-160x107.png 160w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2020/10/Photo-by-Andrea-Piacquadio-from-Pexels-1536x1024.png 1536w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1920px) 100vw, 1920px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Watching horror movies can actually produce certain positive effects for your body — and mind \u003ccite>(Andrea Piacquadio/Pexels)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>The effect on your body is a highly grounding one, Kerr says, and can make movie-watchers feel extra present and focused. What's more, Kerr says, study participants she's worked with have reported \"higher mood\" after choosing an activity — like watching a horror movie — that brings them into that fight or flight state.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Among those people, Kerr says their improvement in positive mood was rooted in feeling like they actually challenged their fears and learned about themselves. \u003cb>\u003c/b>This feeling of empowerment, control and resilience, Kerr says, might feel especially good right now, in the middle of a pandemic with a contentious election looming.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"I think we could all use an opportunity to feel like 'we can do it.'\"\u003c/p>\n\u003ch3>...or Any Intense Movie, Really...\u003c/h3>\n\u003cp>Kerr reminds you that that it's okay not to enjoy certain \u003cem>types\u003c/em> of scary movies; 'body horror,' for example, or violent slashers. You might also decide to choose a lighter, \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/pop/18538/6-perfect-comedy-horror-movies-to-watch-this-halloween\">comedic horror movie\u003c/a> instead for fewer scares or less gore. If you're watching with younger members of your household, you might opt for a more kid-friendly Halloween movie like, say, \"Hocus Pocus\" or \"Coraline\" (or \"The Nightmare Before Christmas,\" if you're prepared for the inevitable arguments about whether it's a holiday movie or a Halloween movie.)\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u003c/p>\u003c/div>",
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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But what if you're a fan of Halloween who really doesn't like any horror movies? If that's you, you shouldn't force yourself to watch one, or allow anyone else to bully you into it, Kerr says. That's because those physical and psychological benefits that can come from watching a horror movie occur because you've \u003cem>chosen\u003c/em> to watch it.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11843321\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"max-width: 1920px\">\u003cimg class=\"size-full wp-image-11843321\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2020/10/Photo-by-August-de-Richelieu-from-Pexels.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1280\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2020/10/Photo-by-August-de-Richelieu-from-Pexels.png 1920w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2020/10/Photo-by-August-de-Richelieu-from-Pexels-800x533.png 800w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2020/10/Photo-by-August-de-Richelieu-from-Pexels-1020x680.png 1020w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2020/10/Photo-by-August-de-Richelieu-from-Pexels-160x107.png 160w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2020/10/Photo-by-August-de-Richelieu-from-Pexels-1536x1024.png 1536w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1920px) 100vw, 1920px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Watching movies with intense emotions can have positive benefits... and they don't have to be scary ones \u003ccite>(August de Richelieu/Pexels)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>It's mainly about seeking out a viewing experience that's going to bring you an experience of intense emotion. For you, that might be more about crying at a romantic weepie or laughing hard at a beloved comedy than screaming at a slasher movie.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"Whenever we choose to do something that takes us to a place of intensity, it's going to make it get us to that point of feeling centered in our body, and feeling like we are more in control,\" she says.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cb>\u003c/b>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u003c/p>\u003c/div>",
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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003ch3>Find Ways to Get Spooky With Others — Virtually\u003c/h3>\n\u003cp>Speaking of watching scary movies, if you've ever watched one in a movie theater surrounded by strangers experiencing the same gasps, shrieks and laughs as you are, you'll know how fun and meaningful that collective experience can be — or how good it feels to watch an intense movie with a group of people at home with the lights off.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>That transformative feeling of belonging that comes from togetherness in one place, Kerr says, is what French sociologist Émile Durkheim called \"collective effervescence.\" And unfortunately, with the need to maintain social distancing this Halloween, no parties means no watch parties for shared movie-viewing with multiple friends — outside of your pandemic pod.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>If you're hoping to recreate the feeling on Zoom with a virtual watch-party — or an online costumed dance party with friends — you should go into it knowing that it \u003cem>can't\u003c/em> be 100% the same as getting together in person, Kerr says. And that you shouldn't feel dejected when it just doesn't feel the same as a \"normal\" Halloween.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11843328\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"max-width: 1920px\">\u003cimg class=\"size-full wp-image-11843328\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2020/10/Photo-by-Gabby-K-from-Pexels2.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1280\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2020/10/Photo-by-Gabby-K-from-Pexels2.png 1920w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2020/10/Photo-by-Gabby-K-from-Pexels2-800x533.png 800w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2020/10/Photo-by-Gabby-K-from-Pexels2-1020x680.png 1020w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2020/10/Photo-by-Gabby-K-from-Pexels2-160x107.png 160w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2020/10/Photo-by-Gabby-K-from-Pexels2-1536x1024.png 1536w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1920px) 100vw, 1920px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">The COVID-19 pandemic need not make you feel like you have to spend Halloween 2020 completely alone \u003ccite>(Gabby K/Pexels)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Nonetheless, being online together can still help you build some \"strong social connectedness,\" she advises. Especially if all participants commit to \u003cem>really\u003c/em> being present, to preserve that idea of a completely shared experience. \"I do think that's critical and important that we use any mechanism to stay connected that we can,\" she says.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>If you can't safely be with other people outside of your household because they're not in your pandemic \"pod,\" \u003cem>and\u003c/em> you really want to leave your house, Kerr suggests investigating drive-in movie theaters near you.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The \u003ca href=\"https://www.westwinddi.com/locations/solano\">West Wind drive-in in Solano County\u003c/a>, for example, is showing scary movies like \"I am Legend,\" \"Carrie\" and \"IT\" during Halloween week (plus movies like \"Monsters, Inc.\" for younger moviegoers.) It's a way to get a sense of that shared collective experience — \"where everybody's attention is on the same thing,\" Kerr says — while maintaining social distancing from the comfort of your car.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch3>Finally, Take the Day (and Night) Off 'Doomscrolling'\u003c/h3>\n\u003cp>Halloween is meant to be a time of pleasing terrors, but perhaps consider taking online \"doomscrolling\" \u003cem>off\u003c/em> the monstrous menu this year — especially if you're staying home.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11843310\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"max-width: 1920px\">\u003cimg class=\"size-full wp-image-11843310\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2020/10/doomscroll-Photo-by-Ketut-Subiyanto-from-Pexels.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1280\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2020/10/doomscroll-Photo-by-Ketut-Subiyanto-from-Pexels.png 1920w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2020/10/doomscroll-Photo-by-Ketut-Subiyanto-from-Pexels-800x533.png 800w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2020/10/doomscroll-Photo-by-Ketut-Subiyanto-from-Pexels-1020x680.png 1020w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2020/10/doomscroll-Photo-by-Ketut-Subiyanto-from-Pexels-160x107.png 160w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2020/10/doomscroll-Photo-by-Ketut-Subiyanto-from-Pexels-1536x1024.png 1536w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1920px) 100vw, 1920px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Consider taking Halloween night (and day) off doomscrolling \u003ccite>(Ketut Subiyanto/Pexels)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>The term itself — popularized by investigative journalist Karen K. Ho — refers to that \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/arts/13886630/how-to-stop-doomscrolling-and-start-using-the-internet-mindfully\">compulsive social media browsing and headline consumption\u003c/a> we can all fall prey to. In the words of KQED's Nastia Voynovskaya: it's \"the habit of obsessively refreshing your newsfeed and losing yourself in headlines, tweets and comments about the pandemic, the wildfires, the election and systemic racism.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>So why not commit to making Halloween the one night you \u003cem>don't\u003c/em> read bad news on Twitter?\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Whether you decide to occupy yourself with operating your homemade Halloween candy contraption for any trick-or-treaters you receive, or dedicating yourself to watching a spooky movie with the lights off, consider trying to stay off the internet and keep away from the doomscroll. Our \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/arts/13886630/how-to-stop-doomscrolling-and-start-using-the-internet-mindfully\">guide to avoiding doomscrolling\u003c/a> has practical tips for achieving this goal, including which apps might help you limit your consumption.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Happy Halloween!\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003c/div>",
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"content": "\u003cp>\u003cem>\u003cstrong>This was originally published Oct. 26, 2018.\u003c/strong>\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cem>\u003ca href=\"http://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/the-california-report-magazine/id1314750545?mt=2\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Listen to this and more in-depth storytelling by subscribing to The California Report Magazine podcast.\u003c/a>\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The corner of Bush and Octavia streets in San Francisco’s Pacific Heights neighborhood is poorly lit — made darker still by the canopy of eucalyptus trees overhead. This is where the \u003ca href=\"https://www.sfghosthunt.com/\">San Francisco Ghost Hunt\u003c/a> begins.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>This tour is led most nights by performer Christian Cagigal, who leads his flock through these steep streets in full 19th century dress, top hat and clacking cane. From tales of ghostly apparitions to aristocrats meeting grisly ends, every corner brings another ghoulish story from San Francisco history.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11700255\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"max-width: 1920px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-11700255\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/10/10062018_AW_GhostStory_102-e1540151451936.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1280\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">The crowd listens to Christian Cagigal telling the story of Mary Ellen Pleasant on the San Francisco Ghost Hunt tour \u003ccite>(Anne Wernikoff / KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>The first stop on the tour, at Bush and Octavia, holds a real-life story stranger than any Halloween legend. This unlit corner is said to be haunted by the ghost of Mary Ellen Pleasant, a 19th century entrepreneur who once lived in a now-vanished mansion nearby, and who actually planted these eucalyptus trees. Her spirit, Cagigal tells the assembled ghost hunters, is said to summon chills, frighten dogs and even throw nuts from the nearby eucalyptus trees at passers-by.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The story Cagigal tells our group under those trees is instantly captivating: how Pleasant, a black woman, came to San Francisco in the mid-1800s and defied white society’s constraints and prejudices to not only amass great wealth, but to also use her power to immeasurably advance the cause of civil rights in the city.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Yet, he says, she was also described as a witch, a “voodoo queen” and even a murderer. So who was the \u003ci>real\u003c/i> Mary Ellen Pleasant?\u003c/p>\n\u003ch3>“Rather be a Corpse than a Coward”\u003c/h3>\n\u003cp>“Her life is so enshrouded in mystery because she was her own spin doctor,” says Sacramento writer and performer Susheel Bibbs, who has studied Pleasant’s story for decades.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11700604\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"max-width: 1007px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-11700604\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/10/Chron-3.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"1007\" height=\"565\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/10/Chron-3.png 1007w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/10/Chron-3-160x90.png 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/10/Chron-3-800x449.png 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/10/Chron-3-960x539.png 960w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/10/Chron-3-240x135.png 240w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/10/Chron-3-375x210.png 375w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/10/Chron-3-520x292.png 520w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1007px) 100vw, 1007px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Mary Ellen Pleasant pictured in the San Francisco Chronicle in the 1890s \u003ccite>(Courtesy San Francisco Chronicle)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Pleasant wrote three autobiographies — but each one contradicts the other on basic facts, such as the year of her birth. We do know that she was born into slavery in Georgia, and was raised in Nantucket, Massachusetts, “in indenture,” says Bibbs.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>There on the East Coast, the young Pleasant became a crucial figure in the civil rights fight, secretly teaming up with abolitionists and rescuing escaped slaves on the Underground Railroad. In this world, nothing could ever be as it seemed — and concealment, disguise and duality were weapons in Pleasant’s armory from the start.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>That double life included presenting as a white woman when she could. “She was very used to being covert,” says Bibbs. “She often said that words were made to conceal feelings — and that she was good at it.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11700259\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"max-width: 1920px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-11700259\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/10/RS33344_DSC_1169-qut.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1280\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/10/RS33344_DSC_1169-qut.jpg 1920w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/10/RS33344_DSC_1169-qut-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/10/RS33344_DSC_1169-qut-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/10/RS33344_DSC_1169-qut-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/10/RS33344_DSC_1169-qut-1200x800.jpg 1200w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/10/RS33344_DSC_1169-qut-1180x787.jpg 1180w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/10/RS33344_DSC_1169-qut-960x640.jpg 960w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/10/RS33344_DSC_1169-qut-240x160.jpg 240w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/10/RS33344_DSC_1169-qut-375x250.jpg 375w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/10/RS33344_DSC_1169-qut-520x347.jpg 520w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1920px) 100vw, 1920px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Sacramento writer and performer Susheel Bibbs. \u003ccite>(Carly Severn / KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>After her first husband died, Pleasant took the $45,000 in gold she now had from his estate and arrived by steamer in San Francisco in 1852 — still passing as white. She found a town filled with men come to make their Gold Rush fortunes, far from home and in need of lodging, food and domestic services.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>So Pleasant invested her sizable wealth in property, establishing boardinghouses and laundries — anything and everything she correctly thought would “be a niche in San Francisco to make \u003ci>more\u003c/i> money,” says Bibbs.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Pleasant deliberately stayed close to the action in the boardinghouses she ran and later owned, learning a \u003cem>lot\u003c/em> of private things about the influential men who stayed there. She used them as another kind of currency, not just to rise in society but to further her \u003ci>real\u003c/i> cause: bringing the Underground Railroad out West.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11701133\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"max-width: 1920px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-11701133 size-full\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/10/RS33247_10062018_AW_GhostStory_80-qut-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1277\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/10/RS33247_10062018_AW_GhostStory_80-qut-1.jpg 1920w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/10/RS33247_10062018_AW_GhostStory_80-qut-1-160x106.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/10/RS33247_10062018_AW_GhostStory_80-qut-1-800x532.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/10/RS33247_10062018_AW_GhostStory_80-qut-1-1020x678.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/10/RS33247_10062018_AW_GhostStory_80-qut-1-1200x798.jpg 1200w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/10/RS33247_10062018_AW_GhostStory_80-qut-1-1180x785.jpg 1180w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/10/RS33247_10062018_AW_GhostStory_80-qut-1-960x639.jpg 960w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/10/RS33247_10062018_AW_GhostStory_80-qut-1-240x160.jpg 240w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/10/RS33247_10062018_AW_GhostStory_80-qut-1-375x249.jpg 375w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/10/RS33247_10062018_AW_GhostStory_80-qut-1-520x346.jpg 520w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1920px) 100vw, 1920px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">A plaque commemorates Mary Ellen Pleasant’s civil rights achievements in Pacific Heights, placed by the San Francisco African American Historical & Cultural Society. \u003ccite>(Anne Wernikoff / KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>While the wealthy white people of San Francisco society knew her as the white boardinghouse proprietress, San Francisco’s growing black community knew her real identity. She was known as “The Black City Hall” — the place you go to get what you need — who helped black people get jobs on steamers, in white homes and in her own businesses.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Almost a century before Rosa Parks, she challenged San Francisco’s segregated transit system in court, winning the right for black people to ride the streetcars without being thrown off.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“My cause,” Pleasant wrote in one of her memoirs, “was the cause of freedom and equality for myself and for my people. And I’d rather be a corpse than a coward.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>After the Civil War — over a decade after she arrived in the city — Pleasant finally checked the box that said “Black” on the census of 1865. While this undoubtedly caused a stir among the wealthy white people who’d thought her one of their own, Pleasant continued to move in their circles. The tide, however, was about to turn — and a heroine became a villain.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch3>\u003cstrong>“Queen of the Voodoos”\u003c/strong>\u003c/h3>\n\u003cp>By the 1880s, the wild, mud-caked San Francisco that Mary Ellen Pleasant, the capitalist, had carved her way into had itself transformed into a “very much more overtly racist” city, says Bibbs.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11700602\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\" style=\"max-width: 291px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-11700602\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/10/AAD-2997.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"291\" height=\"400\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/10/AAD-2997.jpg 291w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/10/AAD-2997-160x220.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/10/AAD-2997-240x330.jpg 240w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 291px) 100vw, 291px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Photograph of Mary Ellen Pleasant aged 87. \u003ccite>(Courtesy San Francisco Public Library History Center)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Across the nation, emancipated slaves became convenient scapegoats for the economy’s woes — and as a wealthy older black woman, Pleasant now inspired suspicion, even fear.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The press coined a nickname intended to diminish her power with the racist image it conjured: “Mammy Pleasant.” Unsurprisingly, she loathed it. “It gives me the suspirations,” she wrote.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>She’d always been a figure of fascination in San Francisco, but now whispers grew that she had some otherworldly hold over the wealthy white people she was close to. People like Thomas Bell, her white business partner and friend with whom she shared her vast mansion — along with the wife she’d found for him, Teresa. One headline in the San Francisco Call asked: “Mammy Pleasant: Angel or Arch Fiend in the House of Mystery?”\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11701128\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 1920px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-11701128\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/10/AAC-5932.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1343\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">The mansion Mary Ellen Pleasant shared with Thomas and Teresa Bell — the house in which he’d later be found dead. The writing on the back of this photograph in the San Francisco Public Library’s collection reads: “Torn down in 1927. Ghost of Mammy Pleasant.” \u003ccite>(Courtesy San Francisco History Center, SF Public Library)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Then in 1883, Pleasant became entangled in the scandalous trial of Nevada Sen. William Sharon, who was accused of seducing and then abandoning, a young woman, Sarah Althea Hill.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Bibbs describes it as the O.J. Simpson trial of its day in how this case obsessed the press and public alike — “reported everywhere, every day” across the nation, says Bibbs.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Pleasant wasn’t on trial herself, but she was the young Hill’s friend — and lawyers for Sharon painted Pleasant as a sinister crone. They claimed she’d used dark forces to manipulate her friend into entrapping a senator.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Yet rather than rejecting the rumors, she defied them — encouraged them, even, during the senator’s trial. She carried a voodoo doll in court, claiming she would use it to bring about his death — and die he did, before the trial ended.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11700253\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"max-width: 1920px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-11700253\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/10/10062018_AW_GhostStory_100-e1540151423725.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1343\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Christian Cagigal holds up a photograph of 19th century San Francisco on his Ghost Hunt tour, at Mary Ellen Memorial Park \u003ccite>(Anne Wernikoff)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>While her behavior might strike us now as self-defeating, Pleasant had always employed misdirection to confound expectations and control her narrative. Pleasant’s status as a “voodoo queen” grew, cementing her reputation as a quasi-mystical figure in San Francisco. To the public, voodoo meant blood magic and malevolent intent.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>To Mary Ellen Pleasant, however, the \u003ci>real\u003c/i> voodoo — vodoun or vodun — was actually her religion from her ancestral homeland.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“She was born the daughter of a voodoo priestess and the granddaughter of a voodoo priestess from Haiti,” explains Bibbs. She believes there’s strong evidence to suggest that Pleasant had studied in New Orleans with legendary vodoun practitioner Marie Laveau (also spelled elsewhere as Laveaux or LaVeaux) before coming to San Francisco — and learned particularly from Laveau’s emphasis on using one’s power to serve the community.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Scandal followed scandal. When her business partner, Thomas Bell, was found dead in her mansion, his widow, Teresa, collaborated on a full-page smear piece in the San Francisco Chronicle with the headline “The Queen of the Voodoos.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11700490\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"max-width: 1359px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-11700490\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/10/Chron-2.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"1359\" height=\"867\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/10/Chron-2.png 1359w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/10/Chron-2-160x102.png 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/10/Chron-2-800x510.png 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/10/Chron-2-1020x651.png 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/10/Chron-2-1200x766.png 1200w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/10/Chron-2-1180x753.png 1180w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/10/Chron-2-960x612.png 960w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/10/Chron-2-240x153.png 240w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/10/Chron-2-375x239.png 375w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/10/Chron-2-520x332.png 520w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1359px) 100vw, 1359px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">The “Queen of the Voodoos” article about Mary Ellen Pleasant in the San Francisco Chronicle. \u003ccite>(Courtesy San Francisco Chronicle )\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>The press had used the language of the supernatural to describe her for years — but now, they made her into a flat-out monster, accusing her of witchcraft and implying she murdered Bell. This article ignited a public wave against Mary Ellen Pleasant from the powers-that-be, for whom she’d become too powerful, too loud, almost diabolical — fueled by “hate, revenge and racism,” says Bibbs.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch3>\u003cstrong>“We Forget Your Story”\u003c/strong>\u003c/h3>\n\u003cp>It’s telling who gets a legend — and who gets a ghost story. Mary Ellen Pleasant was demonized in her own lifetime, yet in a system so loaded against a black woman in the public eye, playing with rumor like she did was perhaps the only way to play the game, even if it was ultimately her undoing.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Mary Ellen Pleasant died in 1904 in her 90s, with her fortunes greatly diminished by scandal. Her obituary in the San Francisco Examiner was titled: “Mammy Pleasant Will Work Weird Spells No More.” In her own writings, Teresa Bell defined Pleasant as “a demon from first to last.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Learning the details of her extraordinary life, it’s hard to imagine how Mary Ellen Pleasant isn’t a towering figure in San Francisco’s history. Yet how we’re remembered depends on who’s telling your story. From those newspapers to her early biographers, Pleasant’s life has been so mangled. As Bibbs says: “One could not tell \u003ci>who\u003c/i> she was.” Was she the […] mother of civil rights, or was she a murderess?”\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11700254\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"max-width: 1920px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-11700254\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/10/10062018_AW_GhostStory_103-e1540151366310.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1280\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">A lantern illuminates the sidewalk plaque dedicated to Mary Ellen Pleasant on the San Francisco Ghost Hunt tour \u003ccite>(Anne Wernikoff / KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Or as Christian Cagigal puts it during the San Francisco Ghost Hunt, under those eucalyptus trees Pleasant is said to haunt: “When there’s three versions of your life story, we don’t know what to \u003cem>do\u003c/em> with your life story… and we forget your story.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad floatright]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>He keeps Mary Ellen Pleasant on his ghost hunt, he says, “so we might start to remember.”\u003c/p>\n\n",
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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003cp>\u003cem>\u003cstrong>This was originally published Oct. 26, 2018.\u003c/strong>\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cem>\u003ca href=\"http://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/the-california-report-magazine/id1314750545?mt=2\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Listen to this and more in-depth storytelling by subscribing to The California Report Magazine podcast.\u003c/a>\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The corner of Bush and Octavia streets in San Francisco’s Pacific Heights neighborhood is poorly lit — made darker still by the canopy of eucalyptus trees overhead. This is where the \u003ca href=\"https://www.sfghosthunt.com/\">San Francisco Ghost Hunt\u003c/a> begins.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>This tour is led most nights by performer Christian Cagigal, who leads his flock through these steep streets in full 19th century dress, top hat and clacking cane. From tales of ghostly apparitions to aristocrats meeting grisly ends, every corner brings another ghoulish story from San Francisco history.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11700255\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"max-width: 1920px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-11700255\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/10/10062018_AW_GhostStory_102-e1540151451936.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1280\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">The crowd listens to Christian Cagigal telling the story of Mary Ellen Pleasant on the San Francisco Ghost Hunt tour \u003ccite>(Anne Wernikoff / KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>The first stop on the tour, at Bush and Octavia, holds a real-life story stranger than any Halloween legend. This unlit corner is said to be haunted by the ghost of Mary Ellen Pleasant, a 19th century entrepreneur who once lived in a now-vanished mansion nearby, and who actually planted these eucalyptus trees. Her spirit, Cagigal tells the assembled ghost hunters, is said to summon chills, frighten dogs and even throw nuts from the nearby eucalyptus trees at passers-by.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003c/div>",
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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The story Cagigal tells our group under those trees is instantly captivating: how Pleasant, a black woman, came to San Francisco in the mid-1800s and defied white society’s constraints and prejudices to not only amass great wealth, but to also use her power to immeasurably advance the cause of civil rights in the city.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Yet, he says, she was also described as a witch, a “voodoo queen” and even a murderer. So who was the \u003ci>real\u003c/i> Mary Ellen Pleasant?\u003c/p>\n\u003ch3>“Rather be a Corpse than a Coward”\u003c/h3>\n\u003cp>“Her life is so enshrouded in mystery because she was her own spin doctor,” says Sacramento writer and performer Susheel Bibbs, who has studied Pleasant’s story for decades.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11700604\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"max-width: 1007px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-11700604\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/10/Chron-3.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"1007\" height=\"565\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/10/Chron-3.png 1007w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/10/Chron-3-160x90.png 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/10/Chron-3-800x449.png 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/10/Chron-3-960x539.png 960w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/10/Chron-3-240x135.png 240w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/10/Chron-3-375x210.png 375w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/10/Chron-3-520x292.png 520w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1007px) 100vw, 1007px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Mary Ellen Pleasant pictured in the San Francisco Chronicle in the 1890s \u003ccite>(Courtesy San Francisco Chronicle)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Pleasant wrote three autobiographies — but each one contradicts the other on basic facts, such as the year of her birth. We do know that she was born into slavery in Georgia, and was raised in Nantucket, Massachusetts, “in indenture,” says Bibbs.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>There on the East Coast, the young Pleasant became a crucial figure in the civil rights fight, secretly teaming up with abolitionists and rescuing escaped slaves on the Underground Railroad. 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She found a town filled with men come to make their Gold Rush fortunes, far from home and in need of lodging, food and domestic services.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>So Pleasant invested her sizable wealth in property, establishing boardinghouses and laundries — anything and everything she correctly thought would “be a niche in San Francisco to make \u003ci>more\u003c/i> money,” says Bibbs.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Pleasant deliberately stayed close to the action in the boardinghouses she ran and later owned, learning a \u003cem>lot\u003c/em> of private things about the influential men who stayed there. 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She was known as “The Black City Hall” — the place you go to get what you need — who helped black people get jobs on steamers, in white homes and in her own businesses.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Almost a century before Rosa Parks, she challenged San Francisco’s segregated transit system in court, winning the right for black people to ride the streetcars without being thrown off.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“My cause,” Pleasant wrote in one of her memoirs, “was the cause of freedom and equality for myself and for my people. And I’d rather be a corpse than a coward.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>After the Civil War — over a decade after she arrived in the city — Pleasant finally checked the box that said “Black” on the census of 1865. While this undoubtedly caused a stir among the wealthy white people who’d thought her one of their own, Pleasant continued to move in their circles. The tide, however, was about to turn — and a heroine became a villain.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch3>\u003cstrong>“Queen of the Voodoos”\u003c/strong>\u003c/h3>\n\u003cp>By the 1880s, the wild, mud-caked San Francisco that Mary Ellen Pleasant, the capitalist, had carved her way into had itself transformed into a “very much more overtly racist” city, says Bibbs.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11700602\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\" style=\"max-width: 291px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-11700602\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/10/AAD-2997.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"291\" height=\"400\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/10/AAD-2997.jpg 291w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/10/AAD-2997-160x220.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/10/AAD-2997-240x330.jpg 240w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 291px) 100vw, 291px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Photograph of Mary Ellen Pleasant aged 87. \u003ccite>(Courtesy San Francisco Public Library History Center)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Across the nation, emancipated slaves became convenient scapegoats for the economy’s woes — and as a wealthy older black woman, Pleasant now inspired suspicion, even fear.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The press coined a nickname intended to diminish her power with the racist image it conjured: “Mammy Pleasant.” Unsurprisingly, she loathed it. “It gives me the suspirations,” she wrote.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>She’d always been a figure of fascination in San Francisco, but now whispers grew that she had some otherworldly hold over the wealthy white people she was close to. People like Thomas Bell, her white business partner and friend with whom she shared her vast mansion — along with the wife she’d found for him, Teresa. One headline in the San Francisco Call asked: “Mammy Pleasant: Angel or Arch Fiend in the House of Mystery?”\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11701128\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 1920px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-11701128\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/10/AAC-5932.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1343\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">The mansion Mary Ellen Pleasant shared with Thomas and Teresa Bell — the house in which he’d later be found dead. The writing on the back of this photograph in the San Francisco Public Library’s collection reads: “Torn down in 1927. Ghost of Mammy Pleasant.” \u003ccite>(Courtesy San Francisco History Center, SF Public Library)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Then in 1883, Pleasant became entangled in the scandalous trial of Nevada Sen. William Sharon, who was accused of seducing and then abandoning, a young woman, Sarah Althea Hill.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Bibbs describes it as the O.J. Simpson trial of its day in how this case obsessed the press and public alike — “reported everywhere, every day” across the nation, says Bibbs.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Pleasant wasn’t on trial herself, but she was the young Hill’s friend — and lawyers for Sharon painted Pleasant as a sinister crone. They claimed she’d used dark forces to manipulate her friend into entrapping a senator.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Yet rather than rejecting the rumors, she defied them — encouraged them, even, during the senator’s trial. She carried a voodoo doll in court, claiming she would use it to bring about his death — and die he did, before the trial ended.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11700253\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"max-width: 1920px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-11700253\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/10/10062018_AW_GhostStory_100-e1540151423725.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1343\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Christian Cagigal holds up a photograph of 19th century San Francisco on his Ghost Hunt tour, at Mary Ellen Memorial Park \u003ccite>(Anne Wernikoff)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>While her behavior might strike us now as self-defeating, Pleasant had always employed misdirection to confound expectations and control her narrative. Pleasant’s status as a “voodoo queen” grew, cementing her reputation as a quasi-mystical figure in San Francisco. To the public, voodoo meant blood magic and malevolent intent.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>To Mary Ellen Pleasant, however, the \u003ci>real\u003c/i> voodoo — vodoun or vodun — was actually her religion from her ancestral homeland.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“She was born the daughter of a voodoo priestess and the granddaughter of a voodoo priestess from Haiti,” explains Bibbs. She believes there’s strong evidence to suggest that Pleasant had studied in New Orleans with legendary vodoun practitioner Marie Laveau (also spelled elsewhere as Laveaux or LaVeaux) before coming to San Francisco — and learned particularly from Laveau’s emphasis on using one’s power to serve the community.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Scandal followed scandal. When her business partner, Thomas Bell, was found dead in her mansion, his widow, Teresa, collaborated on a full-page smear piece in the San Francisco Chronicle with the headline “The Queen of the Voodoos.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11700490\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"max-width: 1359px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-11700490\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/10/Chron-2.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"1359\" height=\"867\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/10/Chron-2.png 1359w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/10/Chron-2-160x102.png 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/10/Chron-2-800x510.png 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/10/Chron-2-1020x651.png 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/10/Chron-2-1200x766.png 1200w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/10/Chron-2-1180x753.png 1180w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/10/Chron-2-960x612.png 960w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/10/Chron-2-240x153.png 240w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/10/Chron-2-375x239.png 375w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/10/Chron-2-520x332.png 520w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1359px) 100vw, 1359px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">The “Queen of the Voodoos” article about Mary Ellen Pleasant in the San Francisco Chronicle. \u003ccite>(Courtesy San Francisco Chronicle )\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>The press had used the language of the supernatural to describe her for years — but now, they made her into a flat-out monster, accusing her of witchcraft and implying she murdered Bell. This article ignited a public wave against Mary Ellen Pleasant from the powers-that-be, for whom she’d become too powerful, too loud, almost diabolical — fueled by “hate, revenge and racism,” says Bibbs.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch3>\u003cstrong>“We Forget Your Story”\u003c/strong>\u003c/h3>\n\u003cp>It’s telling who gets a legend — and who gets a ghost story. Mary Ellen Pleasant was demonized in her own lifetime, yet in a system so loaded against a black woman in the public eye, playing with rumor like she did was perhaps the only way to play the game, even if it was ultimately her undoing.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Mary Ellen Pleasant died in 1904 in her 90s, with her fortunes greatly diminished by scandal. Her obituary in the San Francisco Examiner was titled: “Mammy Pleasant Will Work Weird Spells No More.” In her own writings, Teresa Bell defined Pleasant as “a demon from first to last.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Learning the details of her extraordinary life, it’s hard to imagine how Mary Ellen Pleasant isn’t a towering figure in San Francisco’s history. Yet how we’re remembered depends on who’s telling your story. From those newspapers to her early biographers, Pleasant’s life has been so mangled. As Bibbs says: “One could not tell \u003ci>who\u003c/i> she was.” Was she the […] mother of civil rights, or was she a murderess?”\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11700254\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"max-width: 1920px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-11700254\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/10/10062018_AW_GhostStory_103-e1540151366310.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1280\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">A lantern illuminates the sidewalk plaque dedicated to Mary Ellen Pleasant on the San Francisco Ghost Hunt tour \u003ccite>(Anne Wernikoff / KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Or as Christian Cagigal puts it during the San Francisco Ghost Hunt, under those eucalyptus trees Pleasant is said to haunt: “When there’s three versions of your life story, we don’t know what to \u003cem>do\u003c/em> with your life story… and we forget your story.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003c/div>",
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"content": "\u003cp>Today was the \u003ca href=\"http://www.farleyscoffee.com/events-2/\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">28th Annual Pet Parade\u003c/a> held by Potrero Hill coffeehouse, Farley’s. The decked-out doggies paraded through Potrero Hill with their humans before being judged on their costumes.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11626649\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003ca href=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2017/10/RS27779_IMG_0591-qut.jpg\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2017/10/RS27779_IMG_0591-qut-800x600.jpg\" alt=\"This papal puppy was one of more than 80 that participated in the Pet Parade and costume contest.\" width=\"800\" height=\"600\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-11626649\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2017/10/RS27779_IMG_0591-qut-800x600.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2017/10/RS27779_IMG_0591-qut-160x120.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2017/10/RS27779_IMG_0591-qut-1020x765.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2017/10/RS27779_IMG_0591-qut.jpg 1920w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2017/10/RS27779_IMG_0591-qut-1180x885.jpg 1180w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2017/10/RS27779_IMG_0591-qut-960x720.jpg 960w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2017/10/RS27779_IMG_0591-qut-240x180.jpg 240w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2017/10/RS27779_IMG_0591-qut-375x281.jpg 375w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2017/10/RS27779_IMG_0591-qut-520x390.jpg 520w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">This papal puppy was one of more than 80 that participated in the Pet Parade and costume contest. \u003ccite>(Bianca Hernandez/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11626657\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003ca href=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2017/10/RS27782_IMG_0534-qut.jpg\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2017/10/RS27782_IMG_0534-qut-800x600.jpg\" alt=\"There was a lot of barking but no bag piping at the parade, not even from this dog.\" width=\"800\" height=\"600\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-11626657\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2017/10/RS27782_IMG_0534-qut-800x600.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2017/10/RS27782_IMG_0534-qut-160x120.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2017/10/RS27782_IMG_0534-qut-1020x765.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2017/10/RS27782_IMG_0534-qut.jpg 1920w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2017/10/RS27782_IMG_0534-qut-1180x885.jpg 1180w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2017/10/RS27782_IMG_0534-qut-960x720.jpg 960w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2017/10/RS27782_IMG_0534-qut-240x180.jpg 240w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2017/10/RS27782_IMG_0534-qut-375x281.jpg 375w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2017/10/RS27782_IMG_0534-qut-520x390.jpg 520w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">There was a lot of barking but no bag piping at the parade, not even from this dog. \u003ccite>(Bianca Hernandez/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11626636\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 768px\">\u003ca href=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2017/10/RS27771_Waldo-qut.jpg\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2017/10/RS27771_Waldo-qut.jpg\" alt='Angela dressed her dog Jack up as Waldo. \"He doesn’t like stuff on head and likes to blend, so it seemed fitting,\" Angela said.' width=\"768\" height=\"1024\" class=\"size-full wp-image-11626636\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2017/10/RS27771_Waldo-qut.jpg 768w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2017/10/RS27771_Waldo-qut-160x213.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2017/10/RS27771_Waldo-qut-240x320.jpg 240w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2017/10/RS27771_Waldo-qut-375x500.jpg 375w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2017/10/RS27771_Waldo-qut-520x693.jpg 520w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 768px) 100vw, 768px\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Angela dressed her dog Jack up as Waldo. “He doesn’t like stuff on his head and likes to blend, so it seemed fitting,” Angela said. \u003ccite>(Bianca Hernandez/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11626647\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003ca href=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2017/10/RS27776_IMG_0668-qut.jpg\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2017/10/RS27776_IMG_0668-qut-800x600.jpg\" alt='Wesley got a big reaction from the crowd for his Muni bus costume. He won the \"Blind Justice\" award.' width=\"800\" height=\"600\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-11626647\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2017/10/RS27776_IMG_0668-qut-800x600.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2017/10/RS27776_IMG_0668-qut-160x120.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2017/10/RS27776_IMG_0668-qut-1020x765.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2017/10/RS27776_IMG_0668-qut.jpg 1920w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2017/10/RS27776_IMG_0668-qut-1180x885.jpg 1180w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2017/10/RS27776_IMG_0668-qut-960x720.jpg 960w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2017/10/RS27776_IMG_0668-qut-240x180.jpg 240w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2017/10/RS27776_IMG_0668-qut-375x281.jpg 375w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2017/10/RS27776_IMG_0668-qut-520x390.jpg 520w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Wesley got a big reaction from the crowd for his Muni bus costume. He won the “Blind Justice” award. \u003ccite>(Bianca Hernandez/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11626656\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003ca href=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2017/10/RS27781_IMG_0614-qut-e1509230324659.jpg\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2017/10/RS27781_IMG_0614-qut-e1509230324659-800x1067.jpg\" alt='Janee Chung dressed up her dog Kimmy as the house from the Disney movie \"Up.\" Chung said all the materials for the costume except the balloons were already in her house.' width=\"800\" height=\"1067\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-11626656\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2017/10/RS27781_IMG_0614-qut-e1509230324659-800x1067.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2017/10/RS27781_IMG_0614-qut-e1509230324659-160x213.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2017/10/RS27781_IMG_0614-qut-e1509230324659-1020x1360.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2017/10/RS27781_IMG_0614-qut-e1509230324659-1180x1573.jpg 1180w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2017/10/RS27781_IMG_0614-qut-e1509230324659-960x1280.jpg 960w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2017/10/RS27781_IMG_0614-qut-e1509230324659-240x320.jpg 240w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2017/10/RS27781_IMG_0614-qut-e1509230324659-375x500.jpg 375w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2017/10/RS27781_IMG_0614-qut-e1509230324659-520x693.jpg 520w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2017/10/RS27781_IMG_0614-qut-e1509230324659.jpg 1440w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Janee Chung dressed up her dog Kimmy as the house from the Disney movie “Up.” Chung said all the materials for the costume except the balloons were already in her house. \u003ccite>(Bianca Hernandez/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11626652\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003ca href=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2017/10/RS27777_IMG_0636-qut-e1509229789522.jpg\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2017/10/RS27777_IMG_0636-qut-e1509229789522-800x1067.jpg\" alt=\"Holly McHugh dressed her dog PJ up as Harry Potter.\" width=\"800\" height=\"1067\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-11626652\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2017/10/RS27777_IMG_0636-qut-e1509229789522-800x1067.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2017/10/RS27777_IMG_0636-qut-e1509229789522-160x213.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2017/10/RS27777_IMG_0636-qut-e1509229789522-1020x1360.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2017/10/RS27777_IMG_0636-qut-e1509229789522-1180x1573.jpg 1180w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2017/10/RS27777_IMG_0636-qut-e1509229789522-960x1280.jpg 960w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2017/10/RS27777_IMG_0636-qut-e1509229789522-240x320.jpg 240w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2017/10/RS27777_IMG_0636-qut-e1509229789522-375x500.jpg 375w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2017/10/RS27777_IMG_0636-qut-e1509229789522-520x693.jpg 520w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2017/10/RS27777_IMG_0636-qut-e1509229789522.jpg 1440w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Holly McHugh dressed her dog PJ up as Harry Potter. \u003ccite>(Bianca Hernandez/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11626637\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003ca href=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2017/10/RS27768_Firepup-qut.jpg\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2017/10/RS27768_Firepup-qut-800x600.jpg\" alt='Cameron Cohn (on shoulders) and his dog Becker dressed up as firemen. Becker won the \"Best in Show\" award.' width=\"800\" height=\"600\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-11626637\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2017/10/RS27768_Firepup-qut-800x600.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2017/10/RS27768_Firepup-qut-160x120.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2017/10/RS27768_Firepup-qut-1020x765.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2017/10/RS27768_Firepup-qut-960x720.jpg 960w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2017/10/RS27768_Firepup-qut-240x180.jpg 240w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2017/10/RS27768_Firepup-qut-375x281.jpg 375w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2017/10/RS27768_Firepup-qut-520x390.jpg 520w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2017/10/RS27768_Firepup-qut.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Cameron Cohn (on shoulders) and his dog Becker dressed up as firemen. Becker won the “Best in Show” award. \u003ccite>(Bianca Hernandez/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003ch3>\u003cem>And the winner is…\u003c/em>\u003c/h3>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11626646\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003ca href=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2017/10/RS27775_IMG_0687-qut-e1509229346408.jpg\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2017/10/RS27775_IMG_0687-qut-e1509229346408-800x1067.jpg\" alt='Artem and Nadine dressed up with their dog Fox Mulder as a sushi family. \"I just love sushi,\" Nadine said. The family won the grand prize.' width=\"800\" height=\"1067\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-11626646\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2017/10/RS27775_IMG_0687-qut-e1509229346408-800x1067.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2017/10/RS27775_IMG_0687-qut-e1509229346408-160x213.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2017/10/RS27775_IMG_0687-qut-e1509229346408-1020x1360.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2017/10/RS27775_IMG_0687-qut-e1509229346408-1180x1573.jpg 1180w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2017/10/RS27775_IMG_0687-qut-e1509229346408-960x1280.jpg 960w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2017/10/RS27775_IMG_0687-qut-e1509229346408-240x320.jpg 240w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2017/10/RS27775_IMG_0687-qut-e1509229346408-375x500.jpg 375w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2017/10/RS27775_IMG_0687-qut-e1509229346408-520x693.jpg 520w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2017/10/RS27775_IMG_0687-qut-e1509229346408.jpg 1440w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Artem and Nadine dressed up with their dog Fox Mulder as a sushi family. “I just love sushi,” Nadine said. The family won the grand prize. \u003ccite>(Bianca Hernandez/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>But don’t feel bad for the other dogs. Of the more than 80 dogs that participated, more than 30 awards were given out including the Health Department Award, Most Sassy and the Hipster Award.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n",
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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003cp>Today was the \u003ca href=\"http://www.farleyscoffee.com/events-2/\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">28th Annual Pet Parade\u003c/a> held by Potrero Hill coffeehouse, Farley’s. The decked-out doggies paraded through Potrero Hill with their humans before being judged on their costumes.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11626649\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003ca href=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2017/10/RS27779_IMG_0591-qut.jpg\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2017/10/RS27779_IMG_0591-qut-800x600.jpg\" alt=\"This papal puppy was one of more than 80 that participated in the Pet Parade and costume contest.\" width=\"800\" height=\"600\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-11626649\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2017/10/RS27779_IMG_0591-qut-800x600.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2017/10/RS27779_IMG_0591-qut-160x120.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2017/10/RS27779_IMG_0591-qut-1020x765.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2017/10/RS27779_IMG_0591-qut.jpg 1920w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2017/10/RS27779_IMG_0591-qut-1180x885.jpg 1180w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2017/10/RS27779_IMG_0591-qut-960x720.jpg 960w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2017/10/RS27779_IMG_0591-qut-240x180.jpg 240w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2017/10/RS27779_IMG_0591-qut-375x281.jpg 375w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2017/10/RS27779_IMG_0591-qut-520x390.jpg 520w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">This papal puppy was one of more than 80 that participated in the Pet Parade and costume contest. \u003ccite>(Bianca Hernandez/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11626657\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003ca href=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2017/10/RS27782_IMG_0534-qut.jpg\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2017/10/RS27782_IMG_0534-qut-800x600.jpg\" alt=\"There was a lot of barking but no bag piping at the parade, not even from this dog.\" width=\"800\" height=\"600\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-11626657\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2017/10/RS27782_IMG_0534-qut-800x600.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2017/10/RS27782_IMG_0534-qut-160x120.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2017/10/RS27782_IMG_0534-qut-1020x765.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2017/10/RS27782_IMG_0534-qut.jpg 1920w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2017/10/RS27782_IMG_0534-qut-1180x885.jpg 1180w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2017/10/RS27782_IMG_0534-qut-960x720.jpg 960w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2017/10/RS27782_IMG_0534-qut-240x180.jpg 240w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2017/10/RS27782_IMG_0534-qut-375x281.jpg 375w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2017/10/RS27782_IMG_0534-qut-520x390.jpg 520w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">There was a lot of barking but no bag piping at the parade, not even from this dog. \u003ccite>(Bianca Hernandez/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11626636\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 768px\">\u003ca href=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2017/10/RS27771_Waldo-qut.jpg\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2017/10/RS27771_Waldo-qut.jpg\" alt='Angela dressed her dog Jack up as Waldo. \"He doesn’t like stuff on head and likes to blend, so it seemed fitting,\" Angela said.' width=\"768\" height=\"1024\" class=\"size-full wp-image-11626636\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2017/10/RS27771_Waldo-qut.jpg 768w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2017/10/RS27771_Waldo-qut-160x213.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2017/10/RS27771_Waldo-qut-240x320.jpg 240w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2017/10/RS27771_Waldo-qut-375x500.jpg 375w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2017/10/RS27771_Waldo-qut-520x693.jpg 520w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 768px) 100vw, 768px\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Angela dressed her dog Jack up as Waldo. “He doesn’t like stuff on his head and likes to blend, so it seemed fitting,” Angela said. \u003ccite>(Bianca Hernandez/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11626647\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003ca href=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2017/10/RS27776_IMG_0668-qut.jpg\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2017/10/RS27776_IMG_0668-qut-800x600.jpg\" alt='Wesley got a big reaction from the crowd for his Muni bus costume. He won the \"Blind Justice\" award.' width=\"800\" height=\"600\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-11626647\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2017/10/RS27776_IMG_0668-qut-800x600.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2017/10/RS27776_IMG_0668-qut-160x120.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2017/10/RS27776_IMG_0668-qut-1020x765.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2017/10/RS27776_IMG_0668-qut.jpg 1920w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2017/10/RS27776_IMG_0668-qut-1180x885.jpg 1180w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2017/10/RS27776_IMG_0668-qut-960x720.jpg 960w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2017/10/RS27776_IMG_0668-qut-240x180.jpg 240w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2017/10/RS27776_IMG_0668-qut-375x281.jpg 375w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2017/10/RS27776_IMG_0668-qut-520x390.jpg 520w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Wesley got a big reaction from the crowd for his Muni bus costume. He won the “Blind Justice” award. \u003ccite>(Bianca Hernandez/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11626656\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003ca href=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2017/10/RS27781_IMG_0614-qut-e1509230324659.jpg\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2017/10/RS27781_IMG_0614-qut-e1509230324659-800x1067.jpg\" alt='Janee Chung dressed up her dog Kimmy as the house from the Disney movie \"Up.\" Chung said all the materials for the costume except the balloons were already in her house.' width=\"800\" height=\"1067\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-11626656\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2017/10/RS27781_IMG_0614-qut-e1509230324659-800x1067.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2017/10/RS27781_IMG_0614-qut-e1509230324659-160x213.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2017/10/RS27781_IMG_0614-qut-e1509230324659-1020x1360.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2017/10/RS27781_IMG_0614-qut-e1509230324659-1180x1573.jpg 1180w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2017/10/RS27781_IMG_0614-qut-e1509230324659-960x1280.jpg 960w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2017/10/RS27781_IMG_0614-qut-e1509230324659-240x320.jpg 240w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2017/10/RS27781_IMG_0614-qut-e1509230324659-375x500.jpg 375w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2017/10/RS27781_IMG_0614-qut-e1509230324659-520x693.jpg 520w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2017/10/RS27781_IMG_0614-qut-e1509230324659.jpg 1440w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Janee Chung dressed up her dog Kimmy as the house from the Disney movie “Up.” Chung said all the materials for the costume except the balloons were already in her house. \u003ccite>(Bianca Hernandez/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11626652\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003ca href=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2017/10/RS27777_IMG_0636-qut-e1509229789522.jpg\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2017/10/RS27777_IMG_0636-qut-e1509229789522-800x1067.jpg\" alt=\"Holly McHugh dressed her dog PJ up as Harry Potter.\" width=\"800\" height=\"1067\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-11626652\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2017/10/RS27777_IMG_0636-qut-e1509229789522-800x1067.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2017/10/RS27777_IMG_0636-qut-e1509229789522-160x213.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2017/10/RS27777_IMG_0636-qut-e1509229789522-1020x1360.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2017/10/RS27777_IMG_0636-qut-e1509229789522-1180x1573.jpg 1180w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2017/10/RS27777_IMG_0636-qut-e1509229789522-960x1280.jpg 960w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2017/10/RS27777_IMG_0636-qut-e1509229789522-240x320.jpg 240w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2017/10/RS27777_IMG_0636-qut-e1509229789522-375x500.jpg 375w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2017/10/RS27777_IMG_0636-qut-e1509229789522-520x693.jpg 520w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2017/10/RS27777_IMG_0636-qut-e1509229789522.jpg 1440w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Holly McHugh dressed her dog PJ up as Harry Potter. \u003ccite>(Bianca Hernandez/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11626637\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003ca href=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2017/10/RS27768_Firepup-qut.jpg\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2017/10/RS27768_Firepup-qut-800x600.jpg\" alt='Cameron Cohn (on shoulders) and his dog Becker dressed up as firemen. Becker won the \"Best in Show\" award.' width=\"800\" height=\"600\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-11626637\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2017/10/RS27768_Firepup-qut-800x600.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2017/10/RS27768_Firepup-qut-160x120.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2017/10/RS27768_Firepup-qut-1020x765.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2017/10/RS27768_Firepup-qut-960x720.jpg 960w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2017/10/RS27768_Firepup-qut-240x180.jpg 240w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2017/10/RS27768_Firepup-qut-375x281.jpg 375w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2017/10/RS27768_Firepup-qut-520x390.jpg 520w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2017/10/RS27768_Firepup-qut.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Cameron Cohn (on shoulders) and his dog Becker dressed up as firemen. Becker won the “Best in Show” award. \u003ccite>(Bianca Hernandez/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003ch3>\u003cem>And the winner is…\u003c/em>\u003c/h3>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11626646\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003ca href=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2017/10/RS27775_IMG_0687-qut-e1509229346408.jpg\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2017/10/RS27775_IMG_0687-qut-e1509229346408-800x1067.jpg\" alt='Artem and Nadine dressed up with their dog Fox Mulder as a sushi family. \"I just love sushi,\" Nadine said. The family won the grand prize.' width=\"800\" height=\"1067\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-11626646\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2017/10/RS27775_IMG_0687-qut-e1509229346408-800x1067.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2017/10/RS27775_IMG_0687-qut-e1509229346408-160x213.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2017/10/RS27775_IMG_0687-qut-e1509229346408-1020x1360.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2017/10/RS27775_IMG_0687-qut-e1509229346408-1180x1573.jpg 1180w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2017/10/RS27775_IMG_0687-qut-e1509229346408-960x1280.jpg 960w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2017/10/RS27775_IMG_0687-qut-e1509229346408-240x320.jpg 240w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2017/10/RS27775_IMG_0687-qut-e1509229346408-375x500.jpg 375w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2017/10/RS27775_IMG_0687-qut-e1509229346408-520x693.jpg 520w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2017/10/RS27775_IMG_0687-qut-e1509229346408.jpg 1440w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Artem and Nadine dressed up with their dog Fox Mulder as a sushi family. “I just love sushi,” Nadine said. The family won the grand prize. \u003ccite>(Bianca Hernandez/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>But don’t feel bad for the other dogs. Of the more than 80 dogs that participated, more than 30 awards were given out including the Health Department Award, Most Sassy and the Hipster Award.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003c/div>",
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"content": "\u003cp>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">It's that time of year, when everyone is posting all kinds of cute photos from the pumpkin patch online. According to \u003ca href=\"https://www.cdfa.ca.gov/Statistics/PDFs/2016Report.pdf\">statistics\u003c/a> from the California Department of Food and Agriculture, farmers here harvest upward of 150 million pounds of pumpkins each year. That makes California the nation’s top pumpkin producer. \u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">That’s a lot of jack-o'-lanterns. \u003c/span>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">And a lot of gooey pumpkin guts to dispose of. But, whatever you do -- don’t put them down the drain. \u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"It starts about a week and a half before Halloween. We start hearing about, yeah, somebody did it again,\" said Paul Abrams, of the \u003ca href=\"https://www.rotorooter.com\">Roto-Rooter\u003c/a> plumbing company.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"Pumpkin pulp is kind of like Mother Nature’s super glue. The stuff really sticks to pipes, and it sticks to every part of the garbage disposal,\" he said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">Abrams said that after pumpkin innards dry and harden inside plumbing, over-the-counter drain cleaners won't do the trick. Depending on the size of the clog, plumbers\u003c/span>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\"> may have to cut out the blockage with specialized blades or even replace the pipes. \u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">The repair can cost hundreds of dollars. \u003c/span>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">That’ll put a frown on your jack-o'-lantern -- so think about putting those pumpkin guts in the trash or compost instead.\u003cbr>\n\u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\n",
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"content": "\u003cp>At first glance, you probably wouldn’t guess that Adam Higgs is an exorcist. Of course, he claims other titles as well: clairvoyant, psychic, medium, healer, channeler of spirits from beyond the grave. And, according to his website, he’s a metaphysical master.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But, sitting behind the desk at the SHED Health Center -- the small gym he runs in Meiners Oaks, a few miles from Ventura -- Higgs looks a lot more like the London bouncer that he once was. Muscular, cut, 6 feet tall and 208 pounds of pure power-lifting bloke, as it were. Oh yeah, he used to be a competitive power lifter, too.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>All in all, seemingly a man more likely to deliver a swift head butt than to thoughtfully read your palm. Yet that’s exactly what I was to experience, despite the fact that I went to his gym only to get in a quick workout.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[soundcloud url=\"https://api.soundcloud.com/tracks/290478682\" params=\"color=ff5500&auto_play=false&hide_related=false&show_comments=true&show_user=true&show_reposts=false\" width=\"100%\" height=\"166\" iframe=\"true\" /]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>We ended up talking about his occult work. And yes, performing exorcisms.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Oh yeah, done that,” says Higgs, with the same bored nonchalance you might expect from someone talking about getting their car washed. “It's a very simple procedure,” he says of demon banishment. “If you've got the balls to do it.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>To whatever degree you subscribe to the trappings of the metaphysical world, Higgs pretty much radiates balls. Hard to argue that.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I tell the blatant, hard-hitting truth,” he says in a blatant, hard-hitting manner. “Whether it’s the truth about the future, the truth about their bodies, the truth about their diets, it all comes down to the basic concept of most people are doing it wrong.”\u003c/p>\n\u003caside class=\"pullquote alignright\">'I’m a last resort. So most people ... when they’ve been to everybody else, they usually come to me.'\u003c/aside>\n\u003cp>So there. It’s that attitude that’s earned him steadfast clients, he says, around the globe. Particularly in Ireland and Hong Kong, where he travels regularly to provide readings and healing sessions.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Higgs was raised just outside London. His father owned a garage, his mother raised Dobermans. His life was “pretty normal. I didn't have any interest in metaphysics,” he says. At age 30 (he’s 53 now), his life began a new course. “I'd just broken up with my girlfriend and my mother took me for a reading.” The medium suggested that Higgs take a class from her, and he discovered he had an aptitude for clairvoyance.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I gave it a go,” he says. “I'm not really trying the first week, second week it’s quite interesting. The third week I was trying really hard and got the old gold arrow shot across, went straight into my third eye. And then it really opened up for me.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The instructor asked if he’d like to try trance mediumship, “where the spirit comes into you and your voice changes and your body changes and your face changes and everything,” Higgs says. “The first time I did that, I went straight in. That was great, that hooked me. 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So most people — especially when I work in Ireland and Hong Kong — when they've been to everybody else, they usually come to me.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>I’m not looking for a last resort, but let’s be honest. I’ve been to church, I’ve spent time in bars, I’ve read \"The Power of Now.\" And still, dollars to doughnuts, I’m often a quivering mass of existential confusion. I ask him for a reading.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>And so it is that I find myself in the patio of his gym, bright and early one morning. Higgs is energized. He’s just finished eating sprouted bread with raw cheese and homemade sauerkraut. The man doesn’t drink coffee — “the Tibetans say it carries disease.” We sit across from each other, knees almost touching. I extend my hands, palms up, as if awaiting the medium to slap me five.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But instead of that, he concentrates, exhales, and begins poking and prodding my palms. And the revelations begin.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“You've got soft hands. You're nice, you’re kind, you're soft, you’re gentle. Too nice, too kind, too soft, too gentle. You can get slaughtered sometimes. You got a nice fate line here,” he says. “You have the potential to live a long time, but you should also take some fish oil as well.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Dry skin?\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“No. See how that line dissipates? Dissipation at the end. That’s always indicative of Alzheimer’s or senile dementia.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Good to know.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“There's an option to write a book here as well, but not necessarily a fiction book, maybe a manual or a treatise. Have a dog, do you?”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>I do.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“You've just got to love your girlfriend like you love your dog.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Well, I love them both in their respective ways, I tell him.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“But you give your dog unconditional love. If you give your girlfriend exactly the same, she’ll be happy.” I make note of this. 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He says one farmer moved out of state, while others retired or just quit farming pumpkins.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Martin says it’s the same in Los Angeles, where a lot of small urban farmers just can’t afford to pay the fines they would accrue using metered water. Some of these farmers, in the “agritainment” business, still operate festive patches with pony rides and caramel corn. But they truck in stemmed pumpkins, instead of offering you-pick varieties.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“We’ve hauled a tremendous amount of pumpkins to Southern California this year because most of the pumpkin farmers down there have simply given up,” Martin says.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_10738731\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-10738731 size-medium\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2015/10/PumpkinTruck-800x503.jpg\" alt=\"Alan Changala's Pumpkin Patch and Ranch in Porterville had a bumper crop this year. His 175,000 pumpkins are enough to sell to needy pumpkin patches in Southern California.\" width=\"800\" height=\"503\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2015/10/PumpkinTruck-800x503.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2015/10/PumpkinTruck-400x251.jpg 400w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2015/10/PumpkinTruck-1440x905.jpg 1440w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2015/10/PumpkinTruck.jpg 1920w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2015/10/PumpkinTruck-1180x741.jpg 1180w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2015/10/PumpkinTruck-960x603.jpg 960w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Alan Changala’s Pumpkin Patch and Ranch in Porterville had a bumper crop this year. 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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Yes, for many years,” the father says.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Me too!” Martin says, laughing.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>It’s not uncommon to see return customers, Martin says. “I have a lot of customers coming in saying, ‘I can remember coming here as a baby,’ and they’re here now with their babies.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_10738734\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-10738734\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2015/10/PumpkinKingTruck-800x1028.jpg\" alt=\"The first truck pumpkin king Wayne Martin ever drove now hauls pumpkins.\" width=\"800\" height=\"1028\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2015/10/PumpkinKingTruck-800x1028.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2015/10/PumpkinKingTruck-400x514.jpg 400w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2015/10/PumpkinKingTruck-1440x1850.jpg 1440w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2015/10/PumpkinKingTruck.jpg 1920w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2015/10/PumpkinKingTruck-1180x1516.jpg 1180w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2015/10/PumpkinKingTruck-960x1234.jpg 960w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">The first truck pumpkin king Wayne Martin ever drove now hauls pumpkins. \u003ccite>(Alice Daniel/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>And Martin knows his pumpkins. He used to grow them, but these days he’s solely a pumpkin broker. He buys and sells about 2 million pounds of pumpkins a year. Typically, he meets demands with gourds from California. But this year, because of the drought, he had to cross state lines.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“It was very tough for us to find enough pumpkins, so we’re bringing them out of state,” Martin says. “If it wasn’t for the pumpkins I’m bringing out of Oregon, I would be running short this year.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>He says the drought has hit small growers in California the hardest.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“There’s at least four or five small farms around Fresno I used to do business with that are gone.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>He’s referring to the boutique you-pick pumpkin patches that locals returned to year after year, the ones with hay bales and corn mazes. He says one farmer moved out of state, while others retired or just quit farming pumpkins.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Martin says it’s the same in Los Angeles, where a lot of small urban farmers just can’t afford to pay the fines they would accrue using metered water. Some of these farmers, in the “agritainment” business, still operate festive patches with pony rides and caramel corn. But they truck in stemmed pumpkins, instead of offering you-pick varieties.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“We’ve hauled a tremendous amount of pumpkins to Southern California this year because most of the pumpkin farmers down there have simply given up,” Martin says.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_10738731\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-10738731 size-medium\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2015/10/PumpkinTruck-800x503.jpg\" alt=\"Alan Changala's Pumpkin Patch and Ranch in Porterville had a bumper crop this year. His 175,000 pumpkins are enough to sell to needy pumpkin patches in Southern California.\" width=\"800\" height=\"503\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2015/10/PumpkinTruck-800x503.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2015/10/PumpkinTruck-400x251.jpg 400w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2015/10/PumpkinTruck-1440x905.jpg 1440w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2015/10/PumpkinTruck.jpg 1920w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2015/10/PumpkinTruck-1180x741.jpg 1180w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2015/10/PumpkinTruck-960x603.jpg 960w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Alan Changala’s Pumpkin Patch and Ranch in Porterville had a bumper crop this year. His 175,000 pumpkins are enough to sell to needy pumpkin patches in Southern California. \u003ccite>(Alice Daniel/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Still, some farmers with healthy wells have had bumper crops, especially in places like Manteca, near Modesto, and the Central Coast. And there’s one farmer, Alan Changala, whose pumpkin patch in the Central Valley is drawing pickers from miles around.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Changala says he’s had to cut back on growing other crops because of the drought, but his pumpkin ranch, about 50 miles north of Bakersfield in Porterville, is thriving. 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