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The union had argued that the move, which would nullify the union contracts of some 1,300 workers at the hospital and reclassify them as university employees, is illegal.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Despite the ruling and the strike ending, the union said it will pursue further legal action in the coming weeks.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“We’re very disappointed that the judge did not grant our injunction,” said Sal Rosselli, the union’s president emeritus. “The workers were on strike to draw attention to this … illegal act of taking over the employment of these workers and forcing them into unions with far inferior contracts against their democratic will.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Under the university’s \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12044760/health-care-workers-at-childrens-hospital-oakland-launch-strike-over-ucsf-integration\">integration plan\u003c/a>, which is set to take effect Sunday, most of the NUHW workers who are currently employed by the hospital will be transitioned into one of the university’s public sector unions, which could result in a loss of seniority. 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Many hospital employees already struggle with the East Bay’s high cost of living, and a few are considering early retirement or employment elsewhere if the situation grows more dire.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“There are scores and scores of open positions at Children’s Hospital today that they’re having trouble filling,” Rosselli said. “You can imagine that difficulty is complicated by having to offer $10,000 a year on average less in terms of income.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In a statement, UCSF said the integration will allow the hospital to provide better care to patients and families who “should not have to navigate two separate systems to get their services their children need.” Workers will also be provided with expanded benefits and career opportunities, the university added.[aside postID=news_12045528 hero='https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/04/013_KQED_UCSFBenioffChildrensHospStrike_04192023-1020x680.jpg']“This transition is also critical to delivering on our $1.6 billion investment in UCSF Benioff Children’s Hospital Oakland, which will strengthen the hospital’s role as a leading center for pediatric care in the East Bay for decades to come,” the statement reads.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>As UC employees, workers would have to pay an average of $10,000 a year more toward health and benefits plans, NUHW said. 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"content": "\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/tag/california\">California\u003c/a> made history two years ago by agreeing to establish the nation’s first retirement fund for home-based child care workers and to pay them fairly for providing subsidized care.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The deal \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11964236/how-a-california-child-care-workers-union-fought-for-living-wages-and-won\">was considered a huge win\u003c/a> for the roughly 60,000 members of Child Care Providers United, who said for years that the state doesn’t pay them enough to cover the costs of caring for children out of their homes. But with their current contract set to expire at the end of June, and bargaining for a new one under way, they’re worried the state wants to cut back some of the benefits and delay implementing a new plan that would bring their payments up to the “true cost of care.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“We had some victories, but right now, it’s like [they’re] turning their backs on us,” said Patricia Moran, a family child care provider from San José and member of the union’s bargaining team.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>When asked about the union’s stance, the California Department of Social Services said it doesn’t comment on ongoing contract negotiations.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>As small-business owners, home-based child care providers don’t have access to employer-provided benefits. In 2019, they won the right to collectively bargain because many of them receive reimbursements from the state for serving lower-income families.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12039810\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003ca href=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/05/250512-DAY-WITHOUT-CHILDCARE-MD-01-KQED.jpg\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12039810\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/05/250512-DAY-WITHOUT-CHILDCARE-MD-01-KQED.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1334\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/05/250512-DAY-WITHOUT-CHILDCARE-MD-01-KQED.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/05/250512-DAY-WITHOUT-CHILDCARE-MD-01-KQED-800x534.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/05/250512-DAY-WITHOUT-CHILDCARE-MD-01-KQED-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/05/250512-DAY-WITHOUT-CHILDCARE-MD-01-KQED-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/05/250512-DAY-WITHOUT-CHILDCARE-MD-01-KQED-1536x1025.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/05/250512-DAY-WITHOUT-CHILDCARE-MD-01-KQED-1920x1281.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Khulood Jamil (center) and other child care providers and supporters march to the Federal Building in San José on May 12, 2025. \u003ccite>(Martin do Nascimento/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>In California, more than 70% of families who receive child care vouchers send their kids to Family Child Care homes or they choose friends, family or neighbors as caregivers, \u003ca href=\"https://rrnetwork.org/assets/general-files/CCP-2023-Slides_2025.04.29.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">according to state data\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Over the last few contract deals, the union secured a $100 million fund to help reduce health care expenses for its members, $80 million in annual funding for retirement benefits, plus more than $40 million for training.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The state also committed to using an “alternative methodology” to calculate subsidy rates based on how much it actually costs to provide early care and education, instead of on the current system which is based on what parents have been paying for it.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Experts agree\u003ca href=\"https://cdss.ca.gov/Portals/9/CalWORKs/CCT/CCDD/Rate%20and%20Quality%20Stakeholder%20Workgroup%20Report_August%202022_FINAL%20ADA%20(2).pdf?ver=2022-08-24-081240-333\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"> that the current system is flawed (PDF)\u003c/a>. Because providers lower tuition prices to meet what parents in their communities can afford for child care, the rates don’t reflect what it actually costs.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>A\u003ca href=\"https://www.prenatal5fiscal.org/_files/ugd/8fd549_831af20bfb4142b59fda11194bb908fd.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"> 2022 study (PDF)\u003c/a> commissioned by the state found the rates are far below the current costs to provide child care, resulting in lower wages for the workers and a chronic shortage of licensed child care. The most recent \u003ca href=\"https://rrnetwork.org/assets/general-files/CCP-2023-Slides_2025.04.29.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">state data shows (PDF)\u003c/a> that while the number of licensed Family Child Care spaces slightly increased between 2021 and 2023, only 26% of working families have access to licensed child care.[aside postID=news_12044082 hero='https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/06/250610-HEADSTARTPROGRAMS-39-BL-KQED.jpg']“Essentially when the state doesn’t pay child care providers fairly, that really just shifts costs towards California families,” said Julia Forte Frudden, a policy analyst at the Child Care Law Center, an advocacy group based in Berkeley. “And I think that’s really hard right now when so many families are feeling the squeeze of cost of living and are really fearful too about where our economy is going.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>When contract talks began, Moran said negotiators representing the state proposed eliminating the health care fund and reducing the retirement fund.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The past two years, the health care fund helped her cover out-of-pocket expenses for medication for her rheumatoid arthritis, which costs $5,000 per month, she said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Without that medication, I can’t lift a baby, I can’t sit down with my children for circle time,” Moran said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>She said she’s also frustrated that the state wants to delay implementing the new payment method by at least two years. In his revised budget for the 2025–26, Gov. Gavin Newsom cited needing more time to update technology systems for the change. Last month, he said that while he’s proud of his administration’s \u003ca href=\"https://www.cdss.ca.gov/Portals/13/Press%20Releases/2022/CDSSNewsRelease-CCPU.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">unprecedented investments (PDF)\u003c/a> in child care, he must “hold the line” in his budget proposal due to a bleak fiscal outlook. The governor blamed President \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12040025/newsom-blames-trump-california-budget-deficit-aims-cap-undocumented-health-care\">Donald Trump’s chaotic tariffs strategy \u003c/a>for creating financial uncertainties.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12030547\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003ca href=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/03/20250307_ALAMEDACHILDCARE_GC-22-KQED.jpg\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12030547\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/03/20250307_ALAMEDACHILDCARE_GC-22-KQED.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/03/20250307_ALAMEDACHILDCARE_GC-22-KQED.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/03/20250307_ALAMEDACHILDCARE_GC-22-KQED-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/03/20250307_ALAMEDACHILDCARE_GC-22-KQED-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/03/20250307_ALAMEDACHILDCARE_GC-22-KQED-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/03/20250307_ALAMEDACHILDCARE_GC-22-KQED-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/03/20250307_ALAMEDACHILDCARE_GC-22-KQED-1920x1280.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Children’s cars and scooters at Lisa Zarodney’s home in Livermore, where she runs a child care operation, on March 7, 2025. \u003ccite>(Gina Castro/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>But to Max Arias, the chief negotiator for the union, that reason “is like taking advantage of the moment.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“It also seems like a 180 turnabout on what they were saying up until a few months ago, that it was a priority of the administration to get to the cost of care,” Arias said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>He said workers should at least get a bump in reimbursement rates while they wait for the new model.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>As the talks continue, union members are calling on Newsom and legislators to include funding for them as they negotiate a final budget before the July 1 start of the fiscal year.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“If they really value what we do, they’re going to pay us like we’re professionals,” Moran said. “We want to have peace of mind when we pay our bills at the end of the month.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n",
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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>“Essentially when the state doesn’t pay child care providers fairly, that really just shifts costs towards California families,” said Julia Forte Frudden, a policy analyst at the Child Care Law Center, an advocacy group based in Berkeley. “And I think that’s really hard right now when so many families are feeling the squeeze of cost of living and are really fearful too about where our economy is going.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>When contract talks began, Moran said negotiators representing the state proposed eliminating the health care fund and reducing the retirement fund.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The past two years, the health care fund helped her cover out-of-pocket expenses for medication for her rheumatoid arthritis, which costs $5,000 per month, she said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Without that medication, I can’t lift a baby, I can’t sit down with my children for circle time,” Moran said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>She said she’s also frustrated that the state wants to delay implementing the new payment method by at least two years. In his revised budget for the 2025–26, Gov. Gavin Newsom cited needing more time to update technology systems for the change. Last month, he said that while he’s proud of his administration’s \u003ca href=\"https://www.cdss.ca.gov/Portals/13/Press%20Releases/2022/CDSSNewsRelease-CCPU.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">unprecedented investments (PDF)\u003c/a> in child care, he must “hold the line” in his budget proposal due to a bleak fiscal outlook. The governor blamed President \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12040025/newsom-blames-trump-california-budget-deficit-aims-cap-undocumented-health-care\">Donald Trump’s chaotic tariffs strategy \u003c/a>for creating financial uncertainties.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12030547\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003ca href=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/03/20250307_ALAMEDACHILDCARE_GC-22-KQED.jpg\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12030547\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/03/20250307_ALAMEDACHILDCARE_GC-22-KQED.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/03/20250307_ALAMEDACHILDCARE_GC-22-KQED.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/03/20250307_ALAMEDACHILDCARE_GC-22-KQED-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/03/20250307_ALAMEDACHILDCARE_GC-22-KQED-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/03/20250307_ALAMEDACHILDCARE_GC-22-KQED-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/03/20250307_ALAMEDACHILDCARE_GC-22-KQED-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/03/20250307_ALAMEDACHILDCARE_GC-22-KQED-1920x1280.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Children’s cars and scooters at Lisa Zarodney’s home in Livermore, where she runs a child care operation, on March 7, 2025. \u003ccite>(Gina Castro/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>But to Max Arias, the chief negotiator for the union, that reason “is like taking advantage of the moment.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“It also seems like a 180 turnabout on what they were saying up until a few months ago, that it was a priority of the administration to get to the cost of care,” Arias said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>He said workers should at least get a bump in reimbursement rates while they wait for the new model.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>As the talks continue, union members are calling on Newsom and legislators to include funding for them as they negotiate a final budget before the July 1 start of the fiscal year.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“If they really value what we do, they’re going to pay us like we’re professionals,” Moran said. “We want to have peace of mind when we pay our bills at the end of the month.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003c/div>\u003c/p>",
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Union members say the changes threaten job security and could lead to significant cuts in wages and benefits. \u003ccite>(Beth LaBerge/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>A spokesperson for the university said the hospital has taken steps to ensure that patients will still have access to critical care services, such as the emergency department and operating rooms. Non-urgent procedures and appointments have been rescheduled or converted to telehealth appointments, and updates will be provided to patients as the strike continues, the spokesperson said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Nobody wants to go on strike, Villanueva said, calling it a necessary sacrifice to make sure that workers are treated fairly and patients are given the best care possible long into the future.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“All of us have had to grapple with these different changes [UCSF is] proposing, but we never let our patient care slip,” she told KQED. “It’s taken a toll on morale.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>As of now, workers at Children’s Hospital Oakland and satellite clinics across the East Bay are employed directly by the hospital, a private nonprofit that functions separately from the university. Under the integration plan, which is set to take effect early next month, workers would be transitioned out of their current roles and into university employment.[aside postID=news_12044201 hero='https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/06/VaccinationsStory.jpg']The plan would also require eligible workers to join UC unions, while those who are not eligible would be recategorized as at-will employees with no representation, according to the union.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Demonstrators striking at the Oakland hospital were joined by workers with the California Nurses Association, which represents registered nurses, and the International Union of Operating Engineers Local 39, which represents workers who maintain hospital infrastructure.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Both unions submitted strike notices in solidarity with NUHW, said Sal Rosselli, the union’s president emeritus.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Although professional workers in NUHW, including mental health therapists, speech therapists and occupational therapists, are unable to authorize a strike because of their ongoing contracts, many of them have agreed to respect the picket line, he added.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I am here individually supporting the strike and refusing to cross the picket line, and I’m doing it for my patients,” said Dr. Heather Stenger, a pediatric audiologist at the hospital. “What UCSF has is not what Oakland needs. We have very different populations, very different patient care and very different communities. To take from the city and bring it to Oakland is not going to be successful.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12044908\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12044908\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/06/250618-CHILDRENSHOSPITALOAKLANDSTRIKE-14-BL-KQED.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/06/250618-CHILDRENSHOSPITALOAKLANDSTRIKE-14-BL-KQED.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/06/250618-CHILDRENSHOSPITALOAKLANDSTRIKE-14-BL-KQED-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/06/250618-CHILDRENSHOSPITALOAKLANDSTRIKE-14-BL-KQED-1536x1024.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Health workers at UCSF Benioff Children’s Hospital Oakland strike on June 18, 2025. \u003ccite>(Beth LaBerge/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Stenger said the clinic she operates is already struggling to keep up with demand. Thousands of children are on a waitlist to see her, and a weaker contract under UCSF would make it even harder to provide patients with the specialized services they need, she added.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The university’s plans would hurt both workers and the East Bay community, Rosselli told KQED. Some employees may be forced to relocate to the university’s San Francisco campus, while other workers could choose to leave or retire rather than face a difficult transition, he said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The children’s hospital would be left with fewer caregivers and support staff, he said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“It’s what we’ve been fighting against for the last 14 years,” Rosselli said. “We’ve been trying to maintain services in the East Bay, Oakland and Contra Costa County that are accessible to the families and kids that live here.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>According to a UCSF spokesperson, every employee currently represented by external unions will be moved to a position “in the appropriate unit at UCSF” without disruption. Any changes to take-home pay will be a result of workers contributing to the university’s health insurance, pension and benefits plans — same as other UCSF employees, the university said in a statement.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“This transition supports long-term growth, aligns our teams under a single system, and strengthens our ability to serve children and families with high-quality, coordinated care,” the statement reads. “We are taking steps to protect continuity of care throughout the strike and remain focused on what matters most: the children and families who rely on us every day.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In April, 98% of union members voted against integrating with UCSF. The union also filed a formal grievance in response to the plan, which Children’s Hospital Oakland has refused to process, the union alleges. 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Payouts would occur over the next 15 years.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The settlement would also require the Sacklers to give up control of the company. 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"content": "\u003cp>Dr. Yvonne Maldonado found out she’d been fired from a key federal \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/tag/vaccines\">vaccine\u003c/a> advisory panel by reading Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr.’s \u003ca href=\"https://www.wsj.com/opinion/rfk-jr-hhs-moves-to-restore-public-trust-in-vaccines-45495112?gaa_at=eafs&gaa_n=ASWzDAji51vpAHsuKWZfPY89FhA_4sa21P7wzVeDdGVy6qs6tM3gaXS0SxOqUyT-pW8%3D&gaa_ts=684c4a11&gaa_sig=cU1qn6Qf9A0JKr1DboBOWCasud9iiXPv_CJQsrrOrQAU3dkDDzVGfp5WSQl-MsUjJ7zRPh5K8dFlfJyi01ADhQ%3D%3D\">op-ed\u003c/a> in the \u003cem>Wall Street Journal\u003c/em> on Monday.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>While her firing wasn’t entirely surprising, she said, “I was still shocked at the method and the unprecedented termination of all 17” members of the Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The committee, which was relatively obscure until this week, wields tremendous influence over vaccine adoption across the country. Its \u003ca href=\"https://www.cdc.gov/acip/vaccine-recommendations/index.html\">recommendations to the Centers for Disease Control\u003c/a> set the grounds for which vaccines are provided free of charge \u003ca href=\"https://www.cdc.gov/vaccines-for-children/about/index.html\">to low-income children\u003c/a> and which immunizations insurance companies can be expected to cover.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Two days after the \u003ca href=\"https://www.npr.org/sections/shots-health-news/2025/06/09/nx-s1-5428533/rfk-jr-vaccine-advisory-committee-acip\">mass firing\u003c/a>, Kennedy \u003ca href=\"https://x.com/seckennedy/status/1932899858920120692?s=46&t=O4iiIRBxcQIWS1gpe-pilA\">appointed\u003c/a> eight new members to the committee, saying the complete turnover of the board was a “major step towards restoring public trust in vaccines.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“ I think it’s pretty disruptive,” Maldonado said. “And so, disruption generally doesn’t sow trust.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Maldonado is a professor of global health and infectious diseases at the Stanford University School of Medicine, and an infectious disease epidemiologist and vaccinologist. She has been a voting member of ACIP since last June and served as liaison to the committee for the American Academy of Pediatrics from 2018 to 2022.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12015813\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12015813\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/11/112224-RFK-Jr.-MM-REUTERS-01-CM.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/11/112224-RFK-Jr.-MM-REUTERS-01-CM.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/11/112224-RFK-Jr.-MM-REUTERS-01-CM-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/11/112224-RFK-Jr.-MM-REUTERS-01-CM-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/11/112224-RFK-Jr.-MM-REUTERS-01-CM-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/11/112224-RFK-Jr.-MM-REUTERS-01-CM-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/11/112224-RFK-Jr.-MM-REUTERS-01-CM-1920x1280.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Robert F. Kennedy Jr. holds for applause during his remarks at the Tucker Carlson Live Tour finale at Desert Diamond Arena in Glendale on Oct. 31, 2024. \u003ccite>(Megan Mendoza/Reuters)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Dr. John Swartzberg, a vaccine expert and professor emeritus at the UC Berkeley School of Public Health, likened the firings of Maldonado and her colleagues to the CDC “cutting off half its brain.” In an email, the California Department of Public Health called the “abrupt removal” of the committee members “deeply troubling for the health of the nation.” The governors of California, Oregon and Washington have also \u003ca href=\"https://www.gov.ca.gov/2025/06/12/california-oregon-washington-condemn-dismissal-of-cdc-vaccine-panel-call-on-other-states-to-join-them/\">condemned\u003c/a> the move.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Continuity has been a key feature of the committee up until now. Members are generally appointed to staggered four-year terms, and usually, there is a vetting process for approving new members that Maldonado said can take months or even years. Because the committee’s recommendations have such a broad reach, she said, it is key to have members who work with a range of demographic populations — from infants to people who are immunocompromised — and who represent expertise in a range of fields.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“We’re in completely uncharted waters here. Completely,” Maldonado said. “We have no knowledge of, number one, how these committee members were selected, when they were selected, what information they had to submit; that may or may not become public — we don’t know.”[aside postID=science_1997008 hero='https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2025/05/250515-CRUNCHYTOALTRIGHT-10-BL-KQED-1020x680.jpg']The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services did not directly respond to KQED’s questions about how the new panelists were chosen or vetted.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The \u003ca href=\"https://www.advisory.com/daily-briefing/2025/06/12/acip-members\">new members\u003c/a> include doctors who have served on federal vaccine advisory committees in the past, as well as an emergency room doctor from Los Angeles and a professor of operations management at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Many of them have expressed skepticism about vaccines and the COVID-19 vaccine in particular.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Secretary Kennedy has replaced vaccine groupthink with a diversity of viewpoints on ACIP,” a spokesperson for the agency wrote in an email. She also said that “the new members’ ethics agreements will be made public” before they start work on the committee, which is \u003ca href=\"https://www.cdc.gov/acip/meetings/index.html#cdc_toolkit_main_toolkit_cat_3-upcoming-meetings\">scheduled to meet on June 25\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In his op-ed, Kennedy said that part of the reason a “clean sweep” was needed was because members of the board who were fired “have received substantial funding from pharmaceutical companies, including those marketing vaccines.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>On the CDC’s website, a \u003ca href=\"https://www.cdc.gov/acip/disclosures/by-member.html\">page\u003c/a> listing the former members’ stated conflicts of interest shows that Maldonado, who was part of the team working on the Pfizer COVID-19 and RSV vaccine trials, abstained from voting on those vaccines.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12041429\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 1600px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12041429\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/05/npr.brightspotcdn-copy-8.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1600\" height=\"1067\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/05/npr.brightspotcdn-copy-8.jpg 1600w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/05/npr.brightspotcdn-copy-8-800x534.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/05/npr.brightspotcdn-copy-8-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/05/npr.brightspotcdn-copy-8-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/05/npr.brightspotcdn-copy-8-1536x1024.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1600px) 100vw, 1600px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">People participate in a candlelight vigil in front of the main offices of the Centers for Disease Control in Atlanta on March 28, days before thousands of CDC employees were laid off. \u003ccite>(Elijah Nouvelage/Getty Images)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Maldonado did not want to comment on the makeup of the new board, saying “it wouldn’t be fair” to judge ahead of time.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Her concern was more practical. A number of different vaccines for different populations are discussed at committee meetings, and she said preparation involves ingesting a great deal of material from working groups and subject matter experts.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“For every single member to be able to have that information at their fingertips, review it and be ready for this meeting is going to be, I would say, challenging,” she said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>According to the Federal Register, the newly formed committee \u003ca href=\"https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2025/06/09/2025-10432/meeting-of-the-advisory-committee-on-immunization-practices#:~:text=Matters%20To%20Be%20Considered:%20The,cdc.gov/%E2%80%8Bacip.\">is expected to vote on\u003c/a> recommendations for “COVID-19 vaccines, HPV vaccine, influenza vaccines, meningococcal vaccine, RSV vaccines for adults, and RSV vaccine for maternal and pediatric populations” at its June meeting.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In the short term, Maldonado said her biggest question is about the upcoming fall, when we can expect to see flu, COVID-19 and RSV make a resurgence.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>”Are those vaccines going to be recommended?” She asked. “Are they not?”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Whatever the committee decides will have a huge impact on public health.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In the wake of the pandemic, Maldonado acknowledged that there are “ significant issues around vaccine confidence.” She said she hopes that this doesn’t make those issues worse.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“We don’t see a pathway to that yet,” she said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n",
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"content": "\u003cp>Stepping into San Francisco’s \u003ca href=\"https://sfrecpark.org/CivicAlerts.aspx?AID=2233\">newest memorial\u003c/a> on \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11915065/take-a-very-curious-golden-gate-park-walking-tour\">Golden Gate Park\u003c/a>’s northwestern edge, all the busyness of the city and park seems to soften.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The space is small — just one wide stone pathway leading to an even wider circle, encircled by soaring greenery. On one side are wooden benches. On the other, a porous steel semicircle displays the names of 110 young people who have died from breast cancer — a ring which seems to float in midair.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“It’s a metaphorical hug,” said Meaghan Campbell, board member and volunteer for \u003ca href=\"https://bayareayoungsurvivors.org/\">Bay Area Young Survivors\u003c/a>, or BAYS: the support community for breast cancer patients and survivors, which was the force behind this new \u003ca href=\"https://bayareayoungsurvivors.org/memorial-garden/\">Breast Cancer Memorial Garden, the first of its kind in the country.\u003c/a> The idea of an “infinite hug” was repeated to me several times on the sunny May morning just after the memorial first opened.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The new memorial, which has been in the works since 2009, overlooks the \u003ca href=\"https://gggp.org/conservatory-of-flowers/\">Conservatory of Flowers\u003c/a> and the Golden Gate Bridge. Its \u003ca href=\"https://maps.app.goo.gl/WCDkt5yrNV6ZKXgD6\">entrance on Conservatory Drive\u003c/a> features a sign welcoming survivors, their caregivers and anyone else affected by cancer — or in need of a quiet place to sit and reflect.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Each year, \u003ca href=\"https://www.cancer.org/cancer/types/breast-cancer/about/how-common-is-breast-cancer.html\">around 40,000 people die of breast cancer in the United States alone\u003c/a>. Since the group’s inception in 2003, 110 have been BAYS members.\u003c/p>\n\u003cul>\n\u003cli>Jump straight to: \u003cstrong>\u003ca href=\"#gardens-Bay-Area\">Five more spaces to honor, reflect and gather in the Bay Area\u003c/a>\u003c/strong>\u003c/li>\n\u003c/ul>\n\u003ch2>After a decade, a space with ‘a whole new meaning’\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/science/1984534/why-nature-is-great-for-your-mental-health\">Visiting outdoor spaces like parks and beaches is known to improve mental health\u003c/a>. And for someone who has just received the news of a diagnosis or needs a quiet moment amid the stress of caregiving, the garden opens its arms.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>After more than a decade navigating design, approvals and discussing dozens of potential locations for the memorial, BAYS, the San Francisco Recreation and Parks Department and consultants from InsideOut Design settled on this corner of Golden Gate Park \u003ca href=\"https://sfrecpark.org/CivicAlerts.aspx?AID=2233\">as the site for the new memorial\u003c/a>, said Daniel Montes, a parks department spokesperson.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12041387\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12041387\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/05/20250522_GGPMEMORIALGARDEN_GC-4-KQED.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/05/20250522_GGPMEMORIALGARDEN_GC-4-KQED.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/05/20250522_GGPMEMORIALGARDEN_GC-4-KQED-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/05/20250522_GGPMEMORIALGARDEN_GC-4-KQED-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/05/20250522_GGPMEMORIALGARDEN_GC-4-KQED-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/05/20250522_GGPMEMORIALGARDEN_GC-4-KQED-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/05/20250522_GGPMEMORIALGARDEN_GC-4-KQED-1920x1280.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Daniel Montes looks at the names inscribed on the Bay Area Young Survivors Breast Cancer Memorial Garden in Golden Gate Park in San Francisco on May 22, 2025. \u003ccite>(Gina Castro/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>“It had been taken over by plants and just kind of forgotten, but it’s been revived,” Montes said. “It’s totally new and it has a whole new meaning.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Montes and Omar Davis, the parks department’s project manager for the memorial, said BAYS’ advocacy and unwavering commitment to the project ushered it through all 11 years of planning.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“As it turns out, there’s a lot of great ideas being pitched to Rec and Park for all kinds of new programs, new spaces,” Davis said. “But it is really incumbent on those groups to have that commitment. And BAYS was 1,000% committed.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"https://bayareayoungsurvivors.org/about/\">Founded in 2003\u003c/a>, BAYS focuses on those diagnosed young — its members all received their cancer diagnosis before age 45. The group meets virtually, hosting events and connecting over Slack and Google groups, offering a forum to discuss the particularly difficult and often isolating questions and issues that are unique to the disease.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The group also provides support in the form of meal deliveries, gatherings and invaluable advice. In addition to regular volunteer workdays to maintain the garden, BAYS plans to hold events in the memorial in the future.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12041389\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12041389\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/05/20250522_GGPMEMORIALGARDEN_GC-8-KQED.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/05/20250522_GGPMEMORIALGARDEN_GC-8-KQED.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/05/20250522_GGPMEMORIALGARDEN_GC-8-KQED-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/05/20250522_GGPMEMORIALGARDEN_GC-8-KQED-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/05/20250522_GGPMEMORIALGARDEN_GC-8-KQED-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/05/20250522_GGPMEMORIALGARDEN_GC-8-KQED-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/05/20250522_GGPMEMORIALGARDEN_GC-8-KQED-1920x1280.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Meaghan Calcari Campbell poses for a photo at the Bay Area Young Survivors Breast Cancer Memorial Garden in Golden Gate Park in San Francisco on May 22, 2025. She was diagnosed with breast cancer at age 32. \u003ccite>(Gina Castro/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>“Nobody should have to go through cancer alone, especially at a young age,” Campbell said. She was 32, in an MBA program and living in Canada when she felt a lump on her breast against her elbow that led to her diagnosis.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"https://www.cdc.gov/bring-your-brave/breast-cancer-in-young-women/index.html#:~:text=About%2010%25%20of%20all%20new,than%2045%20years%20of%20age.\">According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention,\u003c/a> around 10% of all new cases of breast cancer in the U.S. are found in women younger than 45. That \u003ca href=\"https://www.cancer.org/content/dam/cancer-org/research/cancer-facts-and-statistics/breast-cancer-facts-and-figures/2024/breast-cancer-facts-and-figures-2024.pdf\">number is increasing,\u003c/a> according to the American Cancer Society. Campbell hopes the memorial will bring greater awareness to the fact that “young people get cancer, and \u003ca href=\"https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC3262236/\">they die at higher rates.”\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In finalizing the design of the space, the group’s central focus was creating “a lightness as a counterbalance to the heavy reality of a memorial,” Campbell said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The phrases written on the memorial — including “feeling makes us human” and “held aloft by loving community” — come from the four anthologies BAYS has published of writings from its members, many of whom have since passed.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>‘Where we come together, where we grieve, we celebrate’\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>The vision for this memorial began with BAYS member and master gardener Melissa Wyss — and a need to gather.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Wyss “found so much healing with dirt, hands, sun, wind, in that outdoor space,” said Campbell, who co-project managed the space. “It was her who really set off this conversation around what could it be to have a physical spot where we come together, where we grieve, we celebrate, and that’s an extension of our support groups, and really for the whole world. Anybody who comes here can feel held, just like we do in BAYS.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12041391\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12041391\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/05/20250522_GGPMEMORIALGARDEN_GC-13-KQED.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/05/20250522_GGPMEMORIALGARDEN_GC-13-KQED.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/05/20250522_GGPMEMORIALGARDEN_GC-13-KQED-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/05/20250522_GGPMEMORIALGARDEN_GC-13-KQED-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/05/20250522_GGPMEMORIALGARDEN_GC-13-KQED-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/05/20250522_GGPMEMORIALGARDEN_GC-13-KQED-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/05/20250522_GGPMEMORIALGARDEN_GC-13-KQED-1920x1280.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Nola Agha touches a plaque reading “my friend” at the Bay Area Young Survivors Breast Cancer Memorial Garden in Golden Gate Park in San Francisco on May 22, 2025. \u003ccite>(Gina Castro/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Nola Agha, a BAYS member, volunteer and one of the memorial’s project managers, introduced me to the women whose names are on display on the arc. Many of them were surrounded by flowers drying out in the sun, and Agha instinctively touched each name as she remembered something about each of them.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“This is Sarah. She was a young mother of two when she passed away,” Agha said. “Julie was a nurse. Kate was an amazing musician — she played the saxophone like nobody you could ever imagine.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The first name on the arc, farthest to the left, \u003ca href=\"https://www.sfgate.com/bayarea/article/Deb-Mosley-dies-she-inspired-cancer-patients-3273302.php\">is that of Deb Mosley, who founded BAYS.\u003c/a> “We wouldn’t be here without her,” Agha said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“These are my friends; these are people I miss,” Agha said, as she pointed out master gardner Wyss’ name next to Janet Sollod’s and Alison McCreery’s, who started the process of working with the parks department to create the memorial.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“We promised them we’d finish it,” she said. “And we did.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12041388\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12041388\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/05/20250522_GGPMEMORIALGARDEN_GC-6-KQED.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/05/20250522_GGPMEMORIALGARDEN_GC-6-KQED.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/05/20250522_GGPMEMORIALGARDEN_GC-6-KQED-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/05/20250522_GGPMEMORIALGARDEN_GC-6-KQED-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/05/20250522_GGPMEMORIALGARDEN_GC-6-KQED-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/05/20250522_GGPMEMORIALGARDEN_GC-6-KQED-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/05/20250522_GGPMEMORIALGARDEN_GC-6-KQED-1920x1280.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Nola Agha, BAYS Memorial project manager and volunteer, poses for a photo at the Bay Area Young Survivors Breast Cancer Memorial Garden in Golden Gate Park in San Francisco on May 22, 2025. She was diagnosed with breast cancer at age 35. \u003ccite>(Gina Castro/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Agha was diagnosed with breast cancer when she was 35. Her two kids were two and three, and she had been breastfeeding, so she had misidentified a cancerous lump in her breast as a clogged duct.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>One of the names on the memorial arc is of Lori Wallace-Pushinaitis, who Agha said received a similar diagnosis at the same time as her. “My treatment was successful, and hers wasn’t,” Agha said. Now, Agha has been diagnosed with lung cancer, possibly from the radiation that was used to treat her breast cancer, she said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Closest to the center of the memorial, the words in the ground read, “learn how to survive, and in the process, how to live. Consider what the sum of our own lives will be. And it will be enough. And it will be enough. And it will be enough.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“As you walk the labyrinth-like path and experience these arcs, you get to the center, and it’s the reflection of what the sum of our lives will be,” Campbell said. “And it will always be enough — it has to.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12041395\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12041395\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/05/20250522_GGPMEMORIALGARDEN_GC-30-KQED.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/05/20250522_GGPMEMORIALGARDEN_GC-30-KQED.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/05/20250522_GGPMEMORIALGARDEN_GC-30-KQED-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/05/20250522_GGPMEMORIALGARDEN_GC-30-KQED-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/05/20250522_GGPMEMORIALGARDEN_GC-30-KQED-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/05/20250522_GGPMEMORIALGARDEN_GC-30-KQED-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/05/20250522_GGPMEMORIALGARDEN_GC-30-KQED-1920x1280.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">From left, Nola Agha, Yvonne Tou and Meaghan Calcari Campbell walk past the Bay Area Young Survivors Breast Cancer Memorial Garden in Golden Gate Park in San Francisco on May 22, 2025. \u003ccite>(Gina Castro/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp> \u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>\u003ca id=\"gardens-Bay-Area\">\u003c/a>Five more spaces to honor, reflect and gather in the Bay Area\u003c/h2>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11965426\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-11965426\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/10/231022-AIDSMemorialGrove-034-BL-KQED.jpg\" alt=\"Two people hold each other, appearing to be dancing, in a wooded area.\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/10/231022-AIDSMemorialGrove-034-BL-KQED.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/10/231022-AIDSMemorialGrove-034-BL-KQED-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/10/231022-AIDSMemorialGrove-034-BL-KQED-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/10/231022-AIDSMemorialGrove-034-BL-KQED-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/10/231022-AIDSMemorialGrove-034-BL-KQED-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/10/231022-AIDSMemorialGrove-034-BL-KQED-1920x1280.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Catalina O’Connor and Zoe Huey rehearse for the Bay Curious National AIDS Memorial Walking Tour in the National AIDS Memorial Grove in Golden Gate Park in San Francisco on Oct. 22, 2023. \u003ccite>(Beth LaBerge/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>National AIDS Memorial Grove, San Francisco\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The 10 acres that make up the \u003ca href=\"https://www.aidsmemorial.org/grove\">National AIDS Memorial Grove\u003c/a> in San Francisco’s Golden Gate Park take you through native forests with species like dogwoods, oaks, redwoods, pines and ferns and to babbling creeks and fountains.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The site commemorates \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/forum/2010101883856/remembering-the-early-days-of-the-aids-epidemic-40-years-later\">those lost to the AIDS pandemic\u003c/a> and today’s continued work to remember, heal and act against anti-LGBTQ+ stigma and hate. There are many spaces to sit and reflect in the shade of the trees, or simply stroll to clear your head.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Pulgas Water Temple, Redwood City\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11972095/sunol-pulgas-redwood-city-why-bay-area-water-temples\">Pulgas Water Temple\u003c/a> off of Cañada Road in Redwood City marks \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/science/1982551/celebration-and-concern-hetch-hetchy-reservoir-turns-100-but-climate-change-complicates-its-future\">the completion of the Hetch Hetchy Reservoir\u003c/a> and the first point where water from the Sierra reached the Bay Area at \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11747125/the-not-so-crystal-clean-history-of-san-franciscos-drinking-water-2\">Crystal Springs Reservoir\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The tree-lined reflecting pool and lawn make for an idyllic picnic spot or place to rest and reflect. Tim Ramirez, who manages the \u003ca href=\"https://www.sfpuc.gov/\">San Francisco Public Utilities Commission’s\u003c/a> Division of Natural Resources, said the temple is a reminder of the vision and foresight of those who first imagined Hetch Hetchy and its role in the success of San Francisco and the Bay Area as a whole.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[aside postID=news_12043590 hero='https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/06/SEASACHI-SWITCH-QUEERSURF-JUNE-7-2025-_23-2000x1333.jpg']\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Emeryville Shellmound Memorial, Emeryville\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Once a massive archaeological site, the Emeryville Shellmound Memorial pays a small tribute to the history of the Ohlone people, whose \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11704679/there-were-once-more-than-425-shellmounds-in-the-bay-area-where-did-they-go\">shellmounds — used as burial or ceremonial sites — used to dot the Bay Area\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Now a shopping mall, the former shellmound was excavated to make way for the mall. This spot is often used as a gathering place for protests on Black Friday that call attention to the site’s destruction and the mishandling of Indigenous remains.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Angel Island Immigration Station, Angel Island\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Between 1910 and 1940, around 500,000 immigrants from 80 countries arrived at \u003ca href=\"https://www.aiisf.org/history\">Angel Island,\u003c/a> \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11821133/the-little-known-history-of-japanese-internment-on-angel-island\">many of whom were detained or interrogated\u003c/a> as their status was processed.\u003cstrong> \u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Now a state park and \u003ca href=\"https://www.nps.gov/orgs/1582/index.htm\">National Historic Landmark\u003c/a>, the island houses a history museum and a monument to the Chinese immigrants who were detained on the island. \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12034009/angel-island-exhibit-aims-shine-light-border-surveillance-american-exclusion\">A new exhibit opened this spring\u003c/a> focusing on the U.S.-Mexico border amid President Donald Trump’s \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/immigration\">immigration crackdown\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Tanforan Memorial, San Bruno\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Opened in 2022, the \u003ca href=\"https://www.tanforanmemorial.org/\">Tanforan Memorial\u003c/a> commemorates the 8,000 Japanese Americans imprisoned there in 1942 while more permanent internment camps were under construction, after \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12021919/bay-area-japanese-americans-draw-on-wwii-trauma-resist-deportation-threats\">the United States invoked the Alien Enemies Act\u003c/a> to detain people of Japanese descent living in the U.S.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Just outside of the \u003ca href=\"https://www.bart.gov/about/planning/art-program/exhibit\">San Bruno BART\u003c/a> station, the memorial was designed to replicate a horse stall, like the ones detainees were forced to occupy at the former racetrack.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSeCeDp_MY_h4G6VWj_-VPl-BJlQ3Uya2H0vxRZZd_47BpXwVA/viewform?embedded=true\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad floatright]\u003c/p>\n",
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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003cp>Stepping into San Francisco’s \u003ca href=\"https://sfrecpark.org/CivicAlerts.aspx?AID=2233\">newest memorial\u003c/a> on \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11915065/take-a-very-curious-golden-gate-park-walking-tour\">Golden Gate Park\u003c/a>’s northwestern edge, all the busyness of the city and park seems to soften.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The space is small — just one wide stone pathway leading to an even wider circle, encircled by soaring greenery. On one side are wooden benches. On the other, a porous steel semicircle displays the names of 110 young people who have died from breast cancer — a ring which seems to float in midair.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“It’s a metaphorical hug,” said Meaghan Campbell, board member and volunteer for \u003ca href=\"https://bayareayoungsurvivors.org/\">Bay Area Young Survivors\u003c/a>, or BAYS: the support community for breast cancer patients and survivors, which was the force behind this new \u003ca href=\"https://bayareayoungsurvivors.org/memorial-garden/\">Breast Cancer Memorial Garden, the first of its kind in the country.\u003c/a> The idea of an “infinite hug” was repeated to me several times on the sunny May morning just after the memorial first opened.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003c/div>",
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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The new memorial, which has been in the works since 2009, overlooks the \u003ca href=\"https://gggp.org/conservatory-of-flowers/\">Conservatory of Flowers\u003c/a> and the Golden Gate Bridge. Its \u003ca href=\"https://maps.app.goo.gl/WCDkt5yrNV6ZKXgD6\">entrance on Conservatory Drive\u003c/a> features a sign welcoming survivors, their caregivers and anyone else affected by cancer — or in need of a quiet place to sit and reflect.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Each year, \u003ca href=\"https://www.cancer.org/cancer/types/breast-cancer/about/how-common-is-breast-cancer.html\">around 40,000 people die of breast cancer in the United States alone\u003c/a>. Since the group’s inception in 2003, 110 have been BAYS members.\u003c/p>\n\u003cul>\n\u003cli>Jump straight to: \u003cstrong>\u003ca href=\"#gardens-Bay-Area\">Five more spaces to honor, reflect and gather in the Bay Area\u003c/a>\u003c/strong>\u003c/li>\n\u003c/ul>\n\u003ch2>After a decade, a space with ‘a whole new meaning’\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/science/1984534/why-nature-is-great-for-your-mental-health\">Visiting outdoor spaces like parks and beaches is known to improve mental health\u003c/a>. And for someone who has just received the news of a diagnosis or needs a quiet moment amid the stress of caregiving, the garden opens its arms.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>After more than a decade navigating design, approvals and discussing dozens of potential locations for the memorial, BAYS, the San Francisco Recreation and Parks Department and consultants from InsideOut Design settled on this corner of Golden Gate Park \u003ca href=\"https://sfrecpark.org/CivicAlerts.aspx?AID=2233\">as the site for the new memorial\u003c/a>, said Daniel Montes, a parks department spokesperson.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12041387\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12041387\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/05/20250522_GGPMEMORIALGARDEN_GC-4-KQED.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/05/20250522_GGPMEMORIALGARDEN_GC-4-KQED.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/05/20250522_GGPMEMORIALGARDEN_GC-4-KQED-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/05/20250522_GGPMEMORIALGARDEN_GC-4-KQED-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/05/20250522_GGPMEMORIALGARDEN_GC-4-KQED-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/05/20250522_GGPMEMORIALGARDEN_GC-4-KQED-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/05/20250522_GGPMEMORIALGARDEN_GC-4-KQED-1920x1280.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Daniel Montes looks at the names inscribed on the Bay Area Young Survivors Breast Cancer Memorial Garden in Golden Gate Park in San Francisco on May 22, 2025. \u003ccite>(Gina Castro/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>“It had been taken over by plants and just kind of forgotten, but it’s been revived,” Montes said. “It’s totally new and it has a whole new meaning.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Montes and Omar Davis, the parks department’s project manager for the memorial, said BAYS’ advocacy and unwavering commitment to the project ushered it through all 11 years of planning.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“As it turns out, there’s a lot of great ideas being pitched to Rec and Park for all kinds of new programs, new spaces,” Davis said. “But it is really incumbent on those groups to have that commitment. And BAYS was 1,000% committed.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"https://bayareayoungsurvivors.org/about/\">Founded in 2003\u003c/a>, BAYS focuses on those diagnosed young — its members all received their cancer diagnosis before age 45. The group meets virtually, hosting events and connecting over Slack and Google groups, offering a forum to discuss the particularly difficult and often isolating questions and issues that are unique to the disease.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The group also provides support in the form of meal deliveries, gatherings and invaluable advice. In addition to regular volunteer workdays to maintain the garden, BAYS plans to hold events in the memorial in the future.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12041389\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12041389\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/05/20250522_GGPMEMORIALGARDEN_GC-8-KQED.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/05/20250522_GGPMEMORIALGARDEN_GC-8-KQED.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/05/20250522_GGPMEMORIALGARDEN_GC-8-KQED-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/05/20250522_GGPMEMORIALGARDEN_GC-8-KQED-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/05/20250522_GGPMEMORIALGARDEN_GC-8-KQED-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/05/20250522_GGPMEMORIALGARDEN_GC-8-KQED-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/05/20250522_GGPMEMORIALGARDEN_GC-8-KQED-1920x1280.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Meaghan Calcari Campbell poses for a photo at the Bay Area Young Survivors Breast Cancer Memorial Garden in Golden Gate Park in San Francisco on May 22, 2025. She was diagnosed with breast cancer at age 32. \u003ccite>(Gina Castro/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>“Nobody should have to go through cancer alone, especially at a young age,” Campbell said. She was 32, in an MBA program and living in Canada when she felt a lump on her breast against her elbow that led to her diagnosis.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"https://www.cdc.gov/bring-your-brave/breast-cancer-in-young-women/index.html#:~:text=About%2010%25%20of%20all%20new,than%2045%20years%20of%20age.\">According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention,\u003c/a> around 10% of all new cases of breast cancer in the U.S. are found in women younger than 45. That \u003ca href=\"https://www.cancer.org/content/dam/cancer-org/research/cancer-facts-and-statistics/breast-cancer-facts-and-figures/2024/breast-cancer-facts-and-figures-2024.pdf\">number is increasing,\u003c/a> according to the American Cancer Society. Campbell hopes the memorial will bring greater awareness to the fact that “young people get cancer, and \u003ca href=\"https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC3262236/\">they die at higher rates.”\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In finalizing the design of the space, the group’s central focus was creating “a lightness as a counterbalance to the heavy reality of a memorial,” Campbell said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The phrases written on the memorial — including “feeling makes us human” and “held aloft by loving community” — come from the four anthologies BAYS has published of writings from its members, many of whom have since passed.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>‘Where we come together, where we grieve, we celebrate’\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>The vision for this memorial began with BAYS member and master gardener Melissa Wyss — and a need to gather.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Wyss “found so much healing with dirt, hands, sun, wind, in that outdoor space,” said Campbell, who co-project managed the space. “It was her who really set off this conversation around what could it be to have a physical spot where we come together, where we grieve, we celebrate, and that’s an extension of our support groups, and really for the whole world. Anybody who comes here can feel held, just like we do in BAYS.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12041391\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12041391\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/05/20250522_GGPMEMORIALGARDEN_GC-13-KQED.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/05/20250522_GGPMEMORIALGARDEN_GC-13-KQED.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/05/20250522_GGPMEMORIALGARDEN_GC-13-KQED-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/05/20250522_GGPMEMORIALGARDEN_GC-13-KQED-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/05/20250522_GGPMEMORIALGARDEN_GC-13-KQED-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/05/20250522_GGPMEMORIALGARDEN_GC-13-KQED-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/05/20250522_GGPMEMORIALGARDEN_GC-13-KQED-1920x1280.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Nola Agha touches a plaque reading “my friend” at the Bay Area Young Survivors Breast Cancer Memorial Garden in Golden Gate Park in San Francisco on May 22, 2025. \u003ccite>(Gina Castro/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Nola Agha, a BAYS member, volunteer and one of the memorial’s project managers, introduced me to the women whose names are on display on the arc. Many of them were surrounded by flowers drying out in the sun, and Agha instinctively touched each name as she remembered something about each of them.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“This is Sarah. She was a young mother of two when she passed away,” Agha said. “Julie was a nurse. Kate was an amazing musician — she played the saxophone like nobody you could ever imagine.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The first name on the arc, farthest to the left, \u003ca href=\"https://www.sfgate.com/bayarea/article/Deb-Mosley-dies-she-inspired-cancer-patients-3273302.php\">is that of Deb Mosley, who founded BAYS.\u003c/a> “We wouldn’t be here without her,” Agha said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“These are my friends; these are people I miss,” Agha said, as she pointed out master gardner Wyss’ name next to Janet Sollod’s and Alison McCreery’s, who started the process of working with the parks department to create the memorial.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“We promised them we’d finish it,” she said. “And we did.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12041388\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12041388\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/05/20250522_GGPMEMORIALGARDEN_GC-6-KQED.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/05/20250522_GGPMEMORIALGARDEN_GC-6-KQED.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/05/20250522_GGPMEMORIALGARDEN_GC-6-KQED-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/05/20250522_GGPMEMORIALGARDEN_GC-6-KQED-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/05/20250522_GGPMEMORIALGARDEN_GC-6-KQED-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/05/20250522_GGPMEMORIALGARDEN_GC-6-KQED-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/05/20250522_GGPMEMORIALGARDEN_GC-6-KQED-1920x1280.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Nola Agha, BAYS Memorial project manager and volunteer, poses for a photo at the Bay Area Young Survivors Breast Cancer Memorial Garden in Golden Gate Park in San Francisco on May 22, 2025. She was diagnosed with breast cancer at age 35. \u003ccite>(Gina Castro/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Agha was diagnosed with breast cancer when she was 35. Her two kids were two and three, and she had been breastfeeding, so she had misidentified a cancerous lump in her breast as a clogged duct.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>One of the names on the memorial arc is of Lori Wallace-Pushinaitis, who Agha said received a similar diagnosis at the same time as her. “My treatment was successful, and hers wasn’t,” Agha said. Now, Agha has been diagnosed with lung cancer, possibly from the radiation that was used to treat her breast cancer, she said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Closest to the center of the memorial, the words in the ground read, “learn how to survive, and in the process, how to live. Consider what the sum of our own lives will be. And it will be enough. And it will be enough. And it will be enough.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“As you walk the labyrinth-like path and experience these arcs, you get to the center, and it’s the reflection of what the sum of our lives will be,” Campbell said. “And it will always be enough — it has to.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12041395\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12041395\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/05/20250522_GGPMEMORIALGARDEN_GC-30-KQED.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/05/20250522_GGPMEMORIALGARDEN_GC-30-KQED.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/05/20250522_GGPMEMORIALGARDEN_GC-30-KQED-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/05/20250522_GGPMEMORIALGARDEN_GC-30-KQED-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/05/20250522_GGPMEMORIALGARDEN_GC-30-KQED-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/05/20250522_GGPMEMORIALGARDEN_GC-30-KQED-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/05/20250522_GGPMEMORIALGARDEN_GC-30-KQED-1920x1280.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">From left, Nola Agha, Yvonne Tou and Meaghan Calcari Campbell walk past the Bay Area Young Survivors Breast Cancer Memorial Garden in Golden Gate Park in San Francisco on May 22, 2025. \u003ccite>(Gina Castro/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp> \u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>\u003ca id=\"gardens-Bay-Area\">\u003c/a>Five more spaces to honor, reflect and gather in the Bay Area\u003c/h2>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11965426\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-11965426\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/10/231022-AIDSMemorialGrove-034-BL-KQED.jpg\" alt=\"Two people hold each other, appearing to be dancing, in a wooded area.\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/10/231022-AIDSMemorialGrove-034-BL-KQED.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/10/231022-AIDSMemorialGrove-034-BL-KQED-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/10/231022-AIDSMemorialGrove-034-BL-KQED-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/10/231022-AIDSMemorialGrove-034-BL-KQED-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/10/231022-AIDSMemorialGrove-034-BL-KQED-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/10/231022-AIDSMemorialGrove-034-BL-KQED-1920x1280.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Catalina O’Connor and Zoe Huey rehearse for the Bay Curious National AIDS Memorial Walking Tour in the National AIDS Memorial Grove in Golden Gate Park in San Francisco on Oct. 22, 2023. \u003ccite>(Beth LaBerge/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>National AIDS Memorial Grove, San Francisco\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The 10 acres that make up the \u003ca href=\"https://www.aidsmemorial.org/grove\">National AIDS Memorial Grove\u003c/a> in San Francisco’s Golden Gate Park take you through native forests with species like dogwoods, oaks, redwoods, pines and ferns and to babbling creeks and fountains.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The site commemorates \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/forum/2010101883856/remembering-the-early-days-of-the-aids-epidemic-40-years-later\">those lost to the AIDS pandemic\u003c/a> and today’s continued work to remember, heal and act against anti-LGBTQ+ stigma and hate. There are many spaces to sit and reflect in the shade of the trees, or simply stroll to clear your head.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Pulgas Water Temple, Redwood City\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11972095/sunol-pulgas-redwood-city-why-bay-area-water-temples\">Pulgas Water Temple\u003c/a> off of Cañada Road in Redwood City marks \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/science/1982551/celebration-and-concern-hetch-hetchy-reservoir-turns-100-but-climate-change-complicates-its-future\">the completion of the Hetch Hetchy Reservoir\u003c/a> and the first point where water from the Sierra reached the Bay Area at \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11747125/the-not-so-crystal-clean-history-of-san-franciscos-drinking-water-2\">Crystal Springs Reservoir\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The tree-lined reflecting pool and lawn make for an idyllic picnic spot or place to rest and reflect. Tim Ramirez, who manages the \u003ca href=\"https://www.sfpuc.gov/\">San Francisco Public Utilities Commission’s\u003c/a> Division of Natural Resources, said the temple is a reminder of the vision and foresight of those who first imagined Hetch Hetchy and its role in the success of San Francisco and the Bay Area as a whole.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003c/div>",
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"content": "\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/tag/santa-clara-county\">Santa Clara County officials\u003c/a> celebrated the opening of a new residential treatment facility in San José on Thursday that will provide shared living space for people in jail diversion programs with mental health treatment needs.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The opening of what’s known as the Vermont House, just off The Alameda, will add 15 beds to the county’s growing inventory of places for \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11977258/despite-progress-santa-clara-county-sees-sharp-rise-in-first-time-homelessness\">people who need transitional housing\u003c/a> and different levels of treatment or services.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Having a stable and secure roof over one’s head helps to diminish all of the other challenges one may face,” Board of Supervisors President Otto Lee said Thursday during an event marking the opening.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“By investing in these additional pathway-toward-treatment services, we can get more people toward care more quickly so that they can get the help they need. And by investing in these programs, we’re improving the quality of life for everyone in our community,” Lee said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The Vermont House beds are spread across two homes, each of which will include a room for a live-in manager or site supervisor, and there will be “wraparound” services for tenants, including case management to help with things such as job placement or benefits applications. 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We’re building their skills, and we’re helping them to gain the skills that they need to then go on with the next chapter of their lives,” Santos said.[aside postID=news_12043787 hero='https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/06/250606-SJICEPROTEST-JG-5-KQED.jpg']The program aims to keep clients at the home for about six months to a year, and, during that time, works to find a permanent housing opportunity for them, whether it be an individual apartment or rejoining family or friends.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The county purchased the Vermont House property from San José in January using a California Health Facilities Financing Authority grant. The city previously ran a program for housing formerly homeless veterans at the site.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The house will now serve as a “middle ground for people leaving incarceration whose mental health does not require hospitalization or crisis stabilization, but would benefit from a structured treatment environment and support,” the county said in a statement.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Everyone, every resident here will have their own bedroom, their own space, closet, bed, beautiful light, windows and a dresser and the ability to close the door and to have privacy and security while they are proceeding on their journey back toward health,” Supervisor Susan Ellenberg said Thursday.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12044070\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 1999px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12044070\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/06/250612-SCCVERMONT-JG-4_qed.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1999\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/06/250612-SCCVERMONT-JG-4_qed.jpg 1999w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/06/250612-SCCVERMONT-JG-4_qed-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/06/250612-SCCVERMONT-JG-4_qed-1536x1024.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1999px) 100vw, 1999px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Santa Clara County Supervisor Susan Ellenberg speaks during an event celebrating the opening of Vermont House, a new residential treatment facility in San José for people leaving jail with mental health needs. \u003ccite>(Joseph Geha/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>“When residents walk through here, my anticipation and hope is that they immediately feel at home, that they feel well taken care of, that they feel comfortable,” she said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>During the event on Thursday, Ellenberg and other supervisors appeared to allude to an ongoing war of words with \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12042370/in-san-jose-a-controversial-choice-for-unhoused-shelter-or-arrest\">San José Mayor Matt Mahan\u003c/a>, with whom they have clashed over his recently approved \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12043418/san-jose-council-approves-mahans-shelter-enforcement-plan\">Responsibility to Shelter plan\u003c/a>, which aims to get unhoused people into temporary housing by arresting them if they refuse shelter multiple times.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Mahan has called on the county to expand shelter and treatment services as part of his campaign around the program.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Every level of government bears responsibility,” Ellenberg said in an interview. “So, of course, we need to expand services, and we are working with urgency to do so. We are literally moving at the fastest speed possible in order to expand these services. I would love to see all of our cities work at that same speed to expand the supply of housing at all levels of income.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12017754/meet-betty-duong-santa-clara-countys-first-vietnamese-american-supervisor\">Supervisor Betty Duong\u003c/a>, who represents the area where the Vermont House is located, said such facilities will be critical in the push to end homelessness.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12044071\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12044071\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/06/250612-SCCVERMONT-JG-3_qed.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/06/250612-SCCVERMONT-JG-3_qed.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/06/250612-SCCVERMONT-JG-3_qed-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/06/250612-SCCVERMONT-JG-3_qed-1536x1024.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Santa Clara County Supervisor Betty Duong speaks during an event marking the opening of Vermont House, a newly opened county-run residential treatment facility in San José for people leaving jail with mental health needs. \u003ccite>(Joseph Geha/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>“We know that true solutions require critical, clinical, true compassion and care. This is not a problem that we can incarcerate and criminalize our way out of,” Duong said during the event.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Under Ellenberg and Lee’s leadership, the county in 2022 declared a \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11903644/santa-clara-county-considered-building-a-mental-health-facility-instead-of-a-new-jail-it-chose-the-jail\">mental health crisis\u003c/a> and set a goal to add 530 more beds for people with varying mental health needs by 2030, on top of the 1,060 the county oversaw at the time.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The county is nearly 40% toward the goal, officials said, having added 208 beds since July 1, 2022, including a mix of acute facilities, mental health community homes, substance use homes and withdrawal management centers.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Another 227 beds are in the pipeline, the county said, including 77 in development at the planned Behavioral Health Services Center on the Valley Medical Center campus.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Also on Thursday, supervisors were expected to approve the county’s annual budget, including about $870 million for behavioral health programs and services, the county said. 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The city previously ran a program for housing formerly homeless veterans at the site.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The house will now serve as a “middle ground for people leaving incarceration whose mental health does not require hospitalization or crisis stabilization, but would benefit from a structured treatment environment and support,” the county said in a statement.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Everyone, every resident here will have their own bedroom, their own space, closet, bed, beautiful light, windows and a dresser and the ability to close the door and to have privacy and security while they are proceeding on their journey back toward health,” Supervisor Susan Ellenberg said Thursday.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12044070\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 1999px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12044070\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/06/250612-SCCVERMONT-JG-4_qed.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1999\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/06/250612-SCCVERMONT-JG-4_qed.jpg 1999w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/06/250612-SCCVERMONT-JG-4_qed-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/06/250612-SCCVERMONT-JG-4_qed-1536x1024.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1999px) 100vw, 1999px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Santa Clara County Supervisor Susan Ellenberg speaks during an event celebrating the opening of Vermont House, a new residential treatment facility in San José for people leaving jail with mental health needs. \u003ccite>(Joseph Geha/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>“When residents walk through here, my anticipation and hope is that they immediately feel at home, that they feel well taken care of, that they feel comfortable,” she said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>During the event on Thursday, Ellenberg and other supervisors appeared to allude to an ongoing war of words with \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12042370/in-san-jose-a-controversial-choice-for-unhoused-shelter-or-arrest\">San José Mayor Matt Mahan\u003c/a>, with whom they have clashed over his recently approved \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12043418/san-jose-council-approves-mahans-shelter-enforcement-plan\">Responsibility to Shelter plan\u003c/a>, which aims to get unhoused people into temporary housing by arresting them if they refuse shelter multiple times.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Mahan has called on the county to expand shelter and treatment services as part of his campaign around the program.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Every level of government bears responsibility,” Ellenberg said in an interview. “So, of course, we need to expand services, and we are working with urgency to do so. 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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>But in contrast with his first term, Trump is now attempting to establish greater control over independent agencies, a move the Supreme Court appears to at least partially accept. Last month, a divided Court \u003ca href=\"https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2025/05/22/supreme-court-commissioners-independent-officials/\">declined to\u003c/a> immediately reinstate two independent regulators who were fired by the administration, arguing that doing so may be within the president’s authority.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>DeSaulnier said he’s confident the agency can once again be rescued from Trump’s hatchet, and expects some of his Republican colleagues to again stand up for it. But he also acknowledged that it’s “a very, very strange time here in D.C. with this administration.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“They are doing damage to lots of institutions,” he said. “Everybody can always be looked at for greater efficiencies, and Republicans and Democrats should do this together, and I endeavor to do that. But just eliminating organizations without analyzing them is a horrible, horrible practice. And unfortunately, that’s the atmosphere right now.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Established by Congress in 1990, the board has no regulatory authority, and last year operated on only a modest budget of just over \u003ca href=\"https://www.csb.gov/assets/1/6/final_-_fy25_csb_congressional_budget_justification.pdf\">$14 million\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11988027\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 1920px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-11988027\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/05/231228-MARATHON-REFINERY-MD-04_qut.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1280\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/05/231228-MARATHON-REFINERY-MD-04_qut.jpg 1920w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/05/231228-MARATHON-REFINERY-MD-04_qut-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/05/231228-MARATHON-REFINERY-MD-04_qut-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/05/231228-MARATHON-REFINERY-MD-04_qut-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/05/231228-MARATHON-REFINERY-MD-04_qut-1536x1024.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1920px) 100vw, 1920px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Marathon Petroleum Corporation’s refinery in Martinez. \u003ccite>(Martin do Nascimento/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>But it has nonetheless played a key role in investigating the root causes of some of the nation’s most catastrophic chemical accidents, including \u003ca href=\"https://www.nytimes.com/2020/04/19/climate/deepwater-horizon-anniversary.html\">the Deepwater Horizon\u003c/a> offshore drilling explosion in 2010 and the \u003ca href=\"https://www.csb.gov/bio-lab-inc-conyers-fire-and-chemical-release-/\">Bio-Lab explosion\u003c/a> in Georgia last year that forced thousands of residents to shelter in place for weeks.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In the Bay Area, the CSB investigated the explosion and fire at\u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11665999/chevron-richmond-move-to-settle-lawsuit-over-2012-refinery-fire-that-sickened-thousands\"> Chevron’s Richmond refinery in 2012\u003c/a> that sent 15,000 people to hospitals, most of them with respiratory problems. More recently, it investigated safety violations that resulted in a fire that \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11988025/marathons-martinez-refinery-hit-with-state-fines-over-fire-that-burned-worker\">injured a worker last year at Marathon Petroleum’s\u003c/a> Martinez Renewable Fuels refinery.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The board’s safety recommendations have also prompted new federal environmental and workforce safety regulations that have prevented countless disasters, DeSaulnier said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“A lot of the actual operators [of the facilities] understand that there’s value to having these people come in and make sure that they are not missing anything,” he said. “So just eliminating [the agency] will be detrimental to everyone, including the people who are in the industry.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cem>KQED’s \u003c/em>\u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/author/bkrans\">\u003cem>Brian Krans\u003c/em>\u003c/a>\u003cem> contributed to this report.\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003c/div>\u003c/p>",
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"content": "\u003cp>Taking up a new sport or hobby can be tough on the wallet, especially popular ones here in the Bay Area, like \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12035335/bay-area-bike-shops-raging-trade-war-brings-uncertain-future\">cycling\u003c/a> or skiing.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But not every outdoor activity has to \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/forum/2010101909839/have-you-been-priced-out-of-a-hobby#:~:text=You've%20probably%20noticed%20that,personal%20fulfillment%20and%20community%20building.\">break the bank\u003c/a> or require \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11985235/sf-born-rock-climber-beth-rodden-shares-triumphs-traumas-in-new-memoir\">hundreds of hours of training \u003c/a>before you feel confident in your skills.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>If your main goal is to get moving — and \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11952701/finding-community-in-the-oakland-pickleball-scene\">maybe even to find an active community along the way\u003c/a> — this list of sports taught right here in the Bay Area might be for you.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Plus, read on for a few keys to success (or at the very least fun and safety) from the teachers themselves and extra information about cost so you know exactly what you’re getting yourself into.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Jump straight to:\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cul>\n\u003cli>\u003cstrong>\u003ca href=\"#Archery\">Archery\u003c/a>\u003c/strong>\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>\u003cstrong>\u003ca href=\"#Indoorrockclimbing\">Indoor rock climbing\u003c/a>\u003c/strong>\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>\u003cstrong>\u003ca href=\"#Australianfootball\">Australian football\u003c/a>\u003c/strong>\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>\u003cstrong>\u003ca href=\"#Curling\">Curling\u003c/a>\u003c/strong>\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>\u003cstrong>\u003ca href=\"#Openwaterswimming\">Open water swimming\u003c/a>\u003c/strong>\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>\u003cstrong>\u003ca href=\"#Swingdancing\">Swing dancing\u003c/a>\u003c/strong>\u003c/li>\n\u003c/ul>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12042489\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003ca href=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/06/SWIMMING1-KQED.jpg\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12042489\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/06/SWIMMING1-KQED.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"2000\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/06/SWIMMING1-KQED.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/06/SWIMMING1-KQED-800x800.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/06/SWIMMING1-KQED-1020x1020.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/06/SWIMMING1-KQED-160x160.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/06/SWIMMING1-KQED-1536x1536.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/06/SWIMMING1-KQED-1920x1920.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Open water swimmers travel under the Golden Gate Bridge in the San Francisco Bay on Nov. 2, 2022. \u003ccite>(Courtesy of the Pacific Open Water Swim Co.)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003ch2>Bay Area outdoor \u003ca id=\"Archery\">\u003c/a>archery range\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>Shooting a bow and arrow might be something you’ve only ever seen on TV or in the movies, but “this isn’t the Olympics,” Bowhunters Unlimited President Debbie Golzen said. “Anyone can do it.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"https://www.bhuarchers.org/\">Bowhunters Unlimited\u003c/a>, an all-volunteer group that operates out of \u003ca href=\"https://parks.santaclaracounty.gov/locations/stevens-creek-county-park\">Stevens Creek County Park\u003c/a> in Saratoga, offers beginner lessons, team-building activities, a practice range and a field range with around 30 targets along a 3-mile course to get in a full day of target practice.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>During a lesson, participants learn the \u003ca href=\"https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u2-mqV2EV1c\">basics about archery equipment\u003c/a>, safety and shooting form from the training area, where the targets are set close to the shooter and have backstops so you don’t have to chase down your arrows too far, Golzen said. Plus, the lesson area is separated from the regular range so newcomers can take as much time as they need to set up, shoot and retrieve arrows.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“By the end of your lesson, you will feel confident to continue the sport at your leisure,” Golzen said. “Archery is so simple. If you can play catch with someone with a ball without making them chase that ball all over the place every time you throw it to them, you can shoot an arrow 10 yards.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[aside postID=news_12040892 hero='https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/05/best-hikes-bay-area-memorial-day-1020x679.png']\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Archery is an age-inclusive sport, too, Golzen said, with some of their oldest members in their 80s. The group attends tournaments that are open to anyone of any skill level, where participants, organized by age, gender and category of shooter, shoot at 3D foam targets that are shaped like animals.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“If you make it through all those targets and try, that’s success,” she said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Set up for success: \u003c/strong>Golzen recommends wearing close-toed shoes with some ankle support to the park, and to bring some water. To make shooting easier, wear close-fitted sleeves. All the coaches and the range itself are certified to keep everyone safe. As for gear, they have light bows and arrows available for those taking lessons.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>If you decide to continue pursuing the sport, Golzen recommends \u003ca href=\"https://www.archeryonly.com/\">Archery Only in Newark\u003c/a>, \u003ca href=\"https://predatorsarchery.com/?srsltid=AfmBOopFClLD6F0fYmpsVkrdwArqp-3W2wi1TsMnX5yOf44UUpMR677Z\">Predator’s Archery in Gilroy\u003c/a> or \u003ca href=\"https://www.pacificaarchery.com/\">Pacifica Archery in Daly City\u003c/a> to get fitted for and purchase a bow and arrows that are right for you.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“You can’t shoot someone else’s gear,” Golzen said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Cost: \u003c/strong>There is no fee to use the range, but a $40 yearly membership helps support keeping it open for all. A lesson, \u003ca href=\"https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSdAjeoJ8wkVh2zJidoF5rommyraCKjewY_X6EKNqo31rI1ysQ/viewform\">booked through a form\u003c/a> on their website, costs between $20 and $45, depending on how long you’d like and how many people are in your group.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12042488\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 1875px\">\u003ca href=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/06/ARCHERY1-KQED.jpg\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12042488\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/06/ARCHERY1-KQED.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1875\" height=\"1406\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/06/ARCHERY1-KQED.jpg 1875w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/06/ARCHERY1-KQED-800x600.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/06/ARCHERY1-KQED-1020x765.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/06/ARCHERY1-KQED-160x120.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/06/ARCHERY1-KQED-1536x1152.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1875px) 100vw, 1875px\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">A quiver holds colorful arrows at Bowhunters Unlimited at Stevens Creek Archery Range in Saratoga, Calif., on Oct. 4, 2022. \u003ccite>(Courtesy of Debbie Golzen)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003ch2>Free indoor \u003ca id=\"Indoorrockclimbing\">\u003c/a>rock climbing\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>Ever considered joining a rock climbing gym, but it all just feels a little too intimidating?\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Maybe you tried the sport once or twice as a kid at a birthday party or tagged along with a friend, but never took the leap yourself.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>To get you started, \u003ca href=\"https://movementgyms.com/\">Movement Gyms’\u003c/a> San Francisco, Belmont, Santa Clara, Sunnyvale and Mountain View \u003ca href=\"https://www.instagram.com/p/DJ7tZu6S5T0/\">locations offer periodic free-for-all days\u003c/a> for anyone interested in trying out the sport of indoor rock climbing. The days, which Bay Area district director Joey Luna said the gym hopes to offer a few times per year, include free gear rentals and lessons, and are tailored specifically toward beginners.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>To help with that, on free days, the gyms are full of extra staff milling around to help participants get started, give pointers on form and answer any questions, he said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>If you’re not able to make a free day in the future, \u003ca href=\"https://movementgyms.com/first-class-free/?utm_source=google&utm_medium=cpc&utm_campaign=Search+SanFrancisco&utm_content=153473390569&utm_term=movement%20gym&gad_source=1&gad_campaignid=20318686462&gbraid=0AAAAAoU9BBuQHJLN-4KZvbYNTd31aYI0Q&gclid=CjwKCAjwi-DBBhA5EiwAXOHsGRYldoGYY-wl0P8fRXNV87AhRALCAvIF38nRx2325o-BuGoLezV6uBoCg94QAvD_BwE\">Luna suggested coming out for one of their free introductory courses\u003c/a>, which are offered at each of their Bay Area locations.[aside postID=news_12040961 hero='https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/05/GettyImages-1312721999-1020x680.jpg'] You can sign up for intro bouldering, intro rope climbing or any of their other fitness or yoga classes.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The sport of indoor rock climbing \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/arts/13969423/sports-dad-rock-climbing-bouldering-parenting\">can be extremely rewarding\u003c/a>, Luna said, especially as you begin to be able to complete routes and execute moves that previously felt impossible.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“It stokes the fire,” he said. “I was hooked after one climb.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The routes at the gym, Luna said, are set for a wide range of skill levels and heights, so everyone can find a way up the wall that’s comfortable for them.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Set up for success: \u003c/strong>Luna suggested wearing clothing that’s easy to bend and stretch in for your first time on the wall. If you want to set yourself up for future sessions, consider choosing the intro to rope climbing course to learn how to belay for your friends and get your certification on your next visit, he said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Cost: \u003c/strong>The occasional open days are completely free, including rental gear, as is your first intro class at the gym. You can also sign up for \u003ca href=\"https://movementgyms.com/trial-membership/?utm_source=google&utm_medium=cpc&utm_campaign=Search+National&utm_content=153473390569&utm_term=movement%20gym&gad_source=1&gad_campaignid=20318686462&gbraid=0AAAAAoU9BBuQHJLN-4KZvbYNTd31aYI0Q&gclid=CjwKCAjwi-DBBhA5EiwAXOHsGRWxc2fxNO_civn1K4O4B2hQdzNJSuq-sxY6sDHI1Uj4QWL9njUb-BoCyjQQAvD_BwE\">two weeks of access to the gym \u003c/a>and rentals for $40 if you’re not ready to commit to a full membership.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>Learn how to play \u003ca id=\"Australianfootball\">\u003c/a>Australian football in Oakland and San Francisco\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>If team sports are more your speed, consider joining the \u003ca href=\"https://www.ggafl.com/\">Golden Gate Australian Football League.\u003c/a> The sport is much like other field sports, but “a bit more fast and free-flowing,” league President Loren Dawes said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I think the best thing about \u003ca href=\"https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u_SqfNNfhmM\">Aussie rules\u003c/a> is that it’s like a real hybrid of a bunch of other sports,” Dawes said. “So it’s really easy if you’re athletic in any other sport like soccer, basketball, volleyball, ultimate frisbee or rugby. There’s elements in those games that are really going to translate well to Aussie rules.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Dawes said the group is always looking for new players, and anyone is welcome to come to any of the three training sessions they host per week across the Bay Area — \u003ca href=\"https://www.ggafl.com/schedule.html\">on Tuesday nights in Oakland, Wednesdays in San Francisco and Thursdays in the South Bay.\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Then, if you like the sport, you can come out for their metro league, where they split off participants into teams and compete in games.[aside postID=news_12040242 hero='https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/05/HENRY-COE-6-KQED-1020x765.jpg']The league also forms more competitive \u003ca href=\"https://www.ggafl.com/womens-league.html\">women’s\u003c/a> and \u003ca href=\"https://www.ggafl.com/mens-league.html\">men’s\u003c/a> teams to compete against other cities across the United States and Canada.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Although it is a sport that originated in Australia and it’s not super well known here in the United States, once you discover it, you realize it’s a pretty cool sport to play and also spectate,” Dawes said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Set up for success: \u003c/strong>If you decide to come out to a training, there’s no need to let anyone know — just show up. They will provide the footballs, and you can train in running shoes or cleats. Dawes said it may be smart to bring a mouthguard, because the sport does include a fair amount of contact.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But “it’s more incidental,” kind of like basketball, she said. Plus, they can modify the training or your participation depending on your comfort level.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>If you’re more comfortable knowing someone else on the field, bring a friend or reach out via \u003ca href=\"https://www.ggafl.com/contact-us.html\">GGAFL’s interest form\u003c/a> to get in touch with a member. And there’s no real commitment required, either.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“We wanted to be as accessible as possible,” Dawes said. “People can drop in. If they want to stay for 10 minutes and leave, they can.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Cost: \u003c/strong>There’s no cost to come out to training. If you decide to join the league more permanently, there are yearly dues that cost $80 to $100 per year for your first year.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12042565\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003ca href=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/06/GettyImages-657595064-scaled-e1748986206492.jpg\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12042565\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/06/GettyImages-657595064-scaled-e1748986206492.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1298\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Scotland players sweep ahead of the stone during their play-off against Sweden at the Women’s Curling World Championships in Beijing on March 25, 2017. \u003ccite>(Photo by GREG BAKER / AFP via Getty Images)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003ch2>Curling\u003ca id=\"Curling\">\u003c/a> in Silicon Valley\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>Did you know you can get out on the ice and \u003ca href=\"https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WXHh_wadqPw\">learn the sport of curling\u003c/a> any time of year right here in the Bay Area?\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The \u003ca href=\"https://siliconvalleycurling.com/\">Silicon Valley Curling Club\u003c/a> is \u003ca href=\"https://bayareacurling.com/\">one of a few\u003c/a> \u003ca href=\"https://winecountrycurlingclub.com/\">local clubs\u003c/a> that offer \u003ca href=\"https://siliconvalleycurling.com/ltc/\">introductory courses\u003c/a> to the sport of curling at its San Jose and Fremont locations.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Curling instructor Jeremy Malerich said the two-hour session starts with some basic skills, like how to slide with the stones, how to sweep and how to communicate with your teammates.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“By the end of it, we want people to be able to play a game,” Malerich said. “And everybody plays their first game by the end of those two hours.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>From there, many curlers can jump straight into \u003ca href=\"https://siliconvalleycurling.com/svccleagues/\">playing in the local leagues,\u003c/a> which are seasonal and held once weekly on weekday nights in San Jose and weekends in Fremont. But if you \u003ca href=\"https://siliconvalleycurling.com/curl/\">want more time to get comfortable\u003c/a> before jumping into a league, the club also offers a second-level class, where the focus is more on balance and strategy.[aside postID=news_12041142 hero='https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2019/03/super-bloom_golden-poppy_wildflowers_person_california-qut-1020x680.jpg']Plus, SVCC periodically hosts “fun nights” where things are more fluid and anyone can come play — their members range from ages 13 to in their 70s and are of all abilities.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“It’s a game that you can play for the rest of your life,” he said, noting that curling can also be easily adapted to be \u003ca href=\"https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iA27m26nuk8\">played from a wheelchair. \u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Malerich said inevitably, their intro sessions get \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/127024/wannabe-curlers-hurry-hard-to-bay-area-curling-club-clinics\">more popular around the Winter Olympics\u003c/a>, when the sport is being broadcast prominently on national TV. That’s also when they get the most beginners. But a dedicated curler can get good very quickly, he said, and nobody — even first-timers — ever looks too out of place on the ice. Plus, their social events are open to all, too.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“It’s very traditional to go to the bar together with your opposition after you play,” Malerich said. “Not everybody drinks, but we do like to still hang out together for a bit.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Set up for success: \u003c/strong>Make sure you bring layers, because the rink can get cold, Malerich said. Otherwise, you just need athletic clothes and sneakers to get started — the club provides the rest of the equipment.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Malerich said the club always makes sure to match new curlers with more experienced ones for their first season or two to help them develop and learn. During the rush of new players around the Olympics, almost all teams will be a blend of newer and more experienced players, he said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Cost: \u003c/strong>Each intro course costs $40 for the two-hour session. After that, you can choose to \u003ca href=\"https://siliconvalleycurling.com/membership/\">become a member\u003c/a> for an additional fee of $75 per year or \u003ca href=\"https://siliconvalleycurling.com/event/tuesday-summer-2025-san-jose-league-registration-open/\">join a league\u003c/a> for about $40 per game.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_10467054\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003ca href=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2015/03/club-logo-e1748986414993.jpg\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-10467054\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2015/03/club-logo-e1748986414993.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1111\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Members of the Dolphin Club have been swimming and rowing in the cold waters of the San Francisco Bay for over a century. \u003ccite>(Anya Schultz/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003ch2>Open water \u003ca id=\"Openwaterswimming\">\u003c/a>swimming in the San Francisco Bay\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>Looking to get your feet wet in a slightly more extreme sport this summer? Try open water swimming in the Bay, and consider joining one of several local groups that host formal and informal swims every single week.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In Aquatic Park are the \u003ca href=\"https://dolphinclub.org/\">Dolphin Club\u003c/a> and the \u003ca href=\"https://serc.com/swimming\">South End Rowing Club\u003c/a>, where swimmers can be found every morning braving the cold water for an energizing workout. Local triathlon clubs like the \u003ca href=\"https://sftriclub.org/swim\">San Francisco Triathlon Club\u003c/a> and the \u003ca href=\"https://ggtc.org/swim\">Golden Gate Triathlon Club\u003c/a> also run supervised open water swims each week. Plus, a handful of other informal swims can usually be found at public beaches in Sausalito, Crissy Field and in the East Bay.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Sylvia Lacock, co-founder of \u003ca href=\"https://www.pacificswim.co/\">Pacific Open Water Swim Co.\u003c/a>, which runs guided swims in the Bay and in Lake Tahoe, said a sheltered area like Aquatic Park or Crane Cove are great places to get started if you’re new to the sport.\u003ca href=\"https://pacificswimco.substack.com/p/open-water-swimming-safety-guide\">[aside postID=news_11979339 hero='https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/03/GettyImages-1853812919_qut-1536x1024.jpg']Just make sure you take into account the wind\u003c/a>, currents and others who may be in your path, like \u003ca href=\"https://www.pacificswim.co/sea-lions-and-seal-risk-in-san-francisco-bay/\">marine life,\u003c/a> boaters or paddlers.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Lacock’s group also hosts the triathlon clubs’ new swimmer orientation, where they go over conditions, practice breathing in cold water and work on navigation — all skills important to get the hang of before your first open water swim.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“It’s highly addictive,” Lacock said. “Some people who come out, they get in the water, and they’re like, ‘I want to do this every day.’”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Set up for success: \u003c/strong>It’s really important that you’re a confident pool swimmer before attempting open water swimming, Lacock said. Wearing goggles and a bright swim cap is recommended, as is a \u003ca href=\"https://shop.sportsbasement.com/products/safety-buoy?srsltid=AfmBOooCP59PozkO7TMJ8ouyaxQkKjEF3fJRQ0VvZSJvGOAdZeXKhmFJ\">tow float\u003c/a> that attaches to your waist and floats behind you, to keep you visible to boats and others in the water.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“It’s your responsibility as a swimmer to also make sure that you are checking on their location and making yourself seen,” Lacock said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"https://pacificswimco.substack.com/p/whats-the-water-temp-a-swimmers-guide?open=false#%C2%A7do-you-need-a-wetsuit\">Many people also choose to wear wetsuits\u003c/a>, but if you go that route, make sure you get one that’s for swimming, Lacock said — or \u003ca href=\"https://shop.sportsbasement.com/pages/wetsuit-rental-rates?srsltid=AfmBOoo3SjqJgyq1wD6cWyI1neJmxbQ1LubJzn6jX5PSZwDDzSKBTENu\">rent one from Sports Basement\u003c/a> or other nearby retailers.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Lacock said it’s better to start with shorter times in the water, like 10 or 20 minutes for your first few swims to \u003ca href=\"https://www.pacificswim.co/sf-water-temps-for-swimming/\">get used to the cold \u003c/a>and the roughness of the water. If you can’t go with one of the groups, consider bringing a buddy so you can check in on one another.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“You might feel really good right up until the point you don’t,” Lacock said. “And at that point, it may be too late.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Cost: \u003c/strong>While swimming in the Bay is totally free, you might consider becoming a member of one of the local triathlon clubs for around $150 per year. The Dolphin Club and South End Rowing Club also each offer day use passes for $12 on alternating days, giving you access to their facilities for showers and lockers. To get professional instruction on open water swimming, \u003ca href=\"https://www.pacificswim.co/open-water-swim-clinics/\">Pacific Open Water Swim’s clinic is pricier\u003c/a>, at $150. If you decide the sport is for you, the group offers personalized events and courses to help you get from casual swimming to completing more difficult routes like swims to Alcatraz or to Angel Island and back.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>Swing \u003ca id=\"Swingdancing\">\u003c/a>dancing in Golden Gate Park\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"https://lindyinthepark.com/\">Lindy in the Park,\u003c/a> the free dance session and lesson held each Sunday in San Francisco’s Golden Gate Park, is a completely free and open-to-all event to get your swing on.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>It doesn’t matter if you’ve been dancing for years or never at all — from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. every Sunday, a DJ, dance instructor and dozens of participants will be out on \u003ca href=\"https://lindyinthepark.com/faq/directions/\">JFK Drive between Eighth and 10th avenues\u003c/a> swinging to the beat. \u003ca href=\"https://lindyinthepark.com/about/free-lesson/\">The dance lesson\u003c/a>, held at noon each Sunday, is just a half hour and will work you up from basic footwork to learning the dance so you can feel confident jumping onto the dance floor. You don’t even have to bring a partner, co-founder and organizer, Kenneth Watanabe said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12042491\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 978px\">\u003ca href=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/06/LINDY1-KQED.jpg\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12042491\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/06/LINDY1-KQED.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"978\" height=\"550\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/06/LINDY1-KQED.jpg 978w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/06/LINDY1-KQED-800x450.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/06/LINDY1-KQED-160x90.jpg 160w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 978px) 100vw, 978px\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Dancers practice the Lindy Hop in Golden Gate Park in San Francisco as part of “Lindy in the Park,” a free swing dance lesson offered every Sunday. \u003ccite>(Sentio Photo)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>“You can just show up by yourself and learn a few steps,” Watanabe said. “It’s a good way to try it out and see if you like it.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Watanabe and co-founder Chad Kubo \u003ca href=\"https://lindyinthepark.com/about/\">created the group in 1996\u003c/a>, when swing was making a renaissance and the dancing scene in the Bay Area was growing quickly, he said. After someone suggested trying to organize an outside event, Watanabe sent out an email to the around 20 people he knew in the local Lindy Hop community at the time, “and then people just showed up.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“One of my friends brought a boombox and we all met at the bandshell and played CDs,” Watanabe said. “We thought it would be fun just to dance outside.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Since then, the group has grown from a monthly to a weekly event to make it easier to attend — on its busiest days, more than 100 people will be out dancing. Watanabe said, apart from occasional disruptions like Bay to Breakers, assume the dancing is on.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Set up for success: \u003c/strong>All you need to get started is comfortable shoes, Watanabe said. Depending on the weather that day, bring layers, as the park can get cold and foggy. 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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Plus, read on for a few keys to success (or at the very least fun and safety) from the teachers themselves and extra information about cost so you know exactly what you’re getting yourself into.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Jump straight to:\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cul>\n\u003cli>\u003cstrong>\u003ca href=\"#Archery\">Archery\u003c/a>\u003c/strong>\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>\u003cstrong>\u003ca href=\"#Indoorrockclimbing\">Indoor rock climbing\u003c/a>\u003c/strong>\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>\u003cstrong>\u003ca href=\"#Australianfootball\">Australian football\u003c/a>\u003c/strong>\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>\u003cstrong>\u003ca href=\"#Curling\">Curling\u003c/a>\u003c/strong>\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>\u003cstrong>\u003ca href=\"#Openwaterswimming\">Open water swimming\u003c/a>\u003c/strong>\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>\u003cstrong>\u003ca href=\"#Swingdancing\">Swing dancing\u003c/a>\u003c/strong>\u003c/li>\n\u003c/ul>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12042489\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003ca href=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/06/SWIMMING1-KQED.jpg\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12042489\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/06/SWIMMING1-KQED.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"2000\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/06/SWIMMING1-KQED.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/06/SWIMMING1-KQED-800x800.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/06/SWIMMING1-KQED-1020x1020.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/06/SWIMMING1-KQED-160x160.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/06/SWIMMING1-KQED-1536x1536.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/06/SWIMMING1-KQED-1920x1920.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Open water swimmers travel under the Golden Gate Bridge in the San Francisco Bay on Nov. 2, 2022. \u003ccite>(Courtesy of the Pacific Open Water Swim Co.)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003ch2>Bay Area outdoor \u003ca id=\"Archery\">\u003c/a>archery range\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>Shooting a bow and arrow might be something you’ve only ever seen on TV or in the movies, but “this isn’t the Olympics,” Bowhunters Unlimited President Debbie Golzen said. “Anyone can do it.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"https://www.bhuarchers.org/\">Bowhunters Unlimited\u003c/a>, an all-volunteer group that operates out of \u003ca href=\"https://parks.santaclaracounty.gov/locations/stevens-creek-county-park\">Stevens Creek County Park\u003c/a> in Saratoga, offers beginner lessons, team-building activities, a practice range and a field range with around 30 targets along a 3-mile course to get in a full day of target practice.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>During a lesson, participants learn the \u003ca href=\"https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u2-mqV2EV1c\">basics about archery equipment\u003c/a>, safety and shooting form from the training area, where the targets are set close to the shooter and have backstops so you don’t have to chase down your arrows too far, Golzen said. Plus, the lesson area is separated from the regular range so newcomers can take as much time as they need to set up, shoot and retrieve arrows.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“By the end of your lesson, you will feel confident to continue the sport at your leisure,” Golzen said. “Archery is so simple. If you can play catch with someone with a ball without making them chase that ball all over the place every time you throw it to them, you can shoot an arrow 10 yards.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003c/div>",
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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>The league also forms more competitive \u003ca href=\"https://www.ggafl.com/womens-league.html\">women’s\u003c/a> and \u003ca href=\"https://www.ggafl.com/mens-league.html\">men’s\u003c/a> teams to compete against other cities across the United States and Canada.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Although it is a sport that originated in Australia and it’s not super well known here in the United States, once you discover it, you realize it’s a pretty cool sport to play and also spectate,” Dawes said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Set up for success: \u003c/strong>If you decide to come out to a training, there’s no need to let anyone know — just show up. They will provide the footballs, and you can train in running shoes or cleats. Dawes said it may be smart to bring a mouthguard, because the sport does include a fair amount of contact.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But “it’s more incidental,” kind of like basketball, she said. Plus, they can modify the training or your participation depending on your comfort level.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>If you’re more comfortable knowing someone else on the field, bring a friend or reach out via \u003ca href=\"https://www.ggafl.com/contact-us.html\">GGAFL’s interest form\u003c/a> to get in touch with a member. And there’s no real commitment required, either.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“We wanted to be as accessible as possible,” Dawes said. “People can drop in. If they want to stay for 10 minutes and leave, they can.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Cost: \u003c/strong>There’s no cost to come out to training. If you decide to join the league more permanently, there are yearly dues that cost $80 to $100 per year for your first year.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12042565\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003ca href=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/06/GettyImages-657595064-scaled-e1748986206492.jpg\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12042565\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/06/GettyImages-657595064-scaled-e1748986206492.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1298\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Scotland players sweep ahead of the stone during their play-off against Sweden at the Women’s Curling World Championships in Beijing on March 25, 2017. \u003ccite>(Photo by GREG BAKER / AFP via Getty Images)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003ch2>Curling\u003ca id=\"Curling\">\u003c/a> in Silicon Valley\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>Did you know you can get out on the ice and \u003ca href=\"https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WXHh_wadqPw\">learn the sport of curling\u003c/a> any time of year right here in the Bay Area?\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The \u003ca href=\"https://siliconvalleycurling.com/\">Silicon Valley Curling Club\u003c/a> is \u003ca href=\"https://bayareacurling.com/\">one of a few\u003c/a> \u003ca href=\"https://winecountrycurlingclub.com/\">local clubs\u003c/a> that offer \u003ca href=\"https://siliconvalleycurling.com/ltc/\">introductory courses\u003c/a> to the sport of curling at its San Jose and Fremont locations.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Curling instructor Jeremy Malerich said the two-hour session starts with some basic skills, like how to slide with the stones, how to sweep and how to communicate with your teammates.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“By the end of it, we want people to be able to play a game,” Malerich said. “And everybody plays their first game by the end of those two hours.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>From there, many curlers can jump straight into \u003ca href=\"https://siliconvalleycurling.com/svccleagues/\">playing in the local leagues,\u003c/a> which are seasonal and held once weekly on weekday nights in San Jose and weekends in Fremont. But if you \u003ca href=\"https://siliconvalleycurling.com/curl/\">want more time to get comfortable\u003c/a> before jumping into a league, the club also offers a second-level class, where the focus is more on balance and strategy.\u003c/p>\u003c/div>",
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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>Plus, SVCC periodically hosts “fun nights” where things are more fluid and anyone can come play — their members range from ages 13 to in their 70s and are of all abilities.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“It’s a game that you can play for the rest of your life,” he said, noting that curling can also be easily adapted to be \u003ca href=\"https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iA27m26nuk8\">played from a wheelchair. \u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Malerich said inevitably, their intro sessions get \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/127024/wannabe-curlers-hurry-hard-to-bay-area-curling-club-clinics\">more popular around the Winter Olympics\u003c/a>, when the sport is being broadcast prominently on national TV. That’s also when they get the most beginners. But a dedicated curler can get good very quickly, he said, and nobody — even first-timers — ever looks too out of place on the ice. Plus, their social events are open to all, too.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“It’s very traditional to go to the bar together with your opposition after you play,” Malerich said. “Not everybody drinks, but we do like to still hang out together for a bit.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Set up for success: \u003c/strong>Make sure you bring layers, because the rink can get cold, Malerich said. Otherwise, you just need athletic clothes and sneakers to get started — the club provides the rest of the equipment.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Malerich said the club always makes sure to match new curlers with more experienced ones for their first season or two to help them develop and learn. During the rush of new players around the Olympics, almost all teams will be a blend of newer and more experienced players, he said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Cost: \u003c/strong>Each intro course costs $40 for the two-hour session. After that, you can choose to \u003ca href=\"https://siliconvalleycurling.com/membership/\">become a member\u003c/a> for an additional fee of $75 per year or \u003ca href=\"https://siliconvalleycurling.com/event/tuesday-summer-2025-san-jose-league-registration-open/\">join a league\u003c/a> for about $40 per game.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_10467054\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003ca href=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2015/03/club-logo-e1748986414993.jpg\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-10467054\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2015/03/club-logo-e1748986414993.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1111\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Members of the Dolphin Club have been swimming and rowing in the cold waters of the San Francisco Bay for over a century. \u003ccite>(Anya Schultz/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003ch2>Open water \u003ca id=\"Openwaterswimming\">\u003c/a>swimming in the San Francisco Bay\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>Looking to get your feet wet in a slightly more extreme sport this summer? Try open water swimming in the Bay, and consider joining one of several local groups that host formal and informal swims every single week.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In Aquatic Park are the \u003ca href=\"https://dolphinclub.org/\">Dolphin Club\u003c/a> and the \u003ca href=\"https://serc.com/swimming\">South End Rowing Club\u003c/a>, where swimmers can be found every morning braving the cold water for an energizing workout. Local triathlon clubs like the \u003ca href=\"https://sftriclub.org/swim\">San Francisco Triathlon Club\u003c/a> and the \u003ca href=\"https://ggtc.org/swim\">Golden Gate Triathlon Club\u003c/a> also run supervised open water swims each week. Plus, a handful of other informal swims can usually be found at public beaches in Sausalito, Crissy Field and in the East Bay.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Sylvia Lacock, co-founder of \u003ca href=\"https://www.pacificswim.co/\">Pacific Open Water Swim Co.\u003c/a>, which runs guided swims in the Bay and in Lake Tahoe, said a sheltered area like Aquatic Park or Crane Cove are great places to get started if you’re new to the sport.\u003ca href=\"https://pacificswimco.substack.com/p/open-water-swimming-safety-guide\">\u003c/p>\u003c/div>",
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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>Just make sure you take into account the wind\u003c/a>, currents and others who may be in your path, like \u003ca href=\"https://www.pacificswim.co/sea-lions-and-seal-risk-in-san-francisco-bay/\">marine life,\u003c/a> boaters or paddlers.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Lacock’s group also hosts the triathlon clubs’ new swimmer orientation, where they go over conditions, practice breathing in cold water and work on navigation — all skills important to get the hang of before your first open water swim.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“It’s highly addictive,” Lacock said. “Some people who come out, they get in the water, and they’re like, ‘I want to do this every day.’”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Set up for success: \u003c/strong>It’s really important that you’re a confident pool swimmer before attempting open water swimming, Lacock said. Wearing goggles and a bright swim cap is recommended, as is a \u003ca href=\"https://shop.sportsbasement.com/products/safety-buoy?srsltid=AfmBOooCP59PozkO7TMJ8ouyaxQkKjEF3fJRQ0VvZSJvGOAdZeXKhmFJ\">tow float\u003c/a> that attaches to your waist and floats behind you, to keep you visible to boats and others in the water.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“It’s your responsibility as a swimmer to also make sure that you are checking on their location and making yourself seen,” Lacock said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"https://pacificswimco.substack.com/p/whats-the-water-temp-a-swimmers-guide?open=false#%C2%A7do-you-need-a-wetsuit\">Many people also choose to wear wetsuits\u003c/a>, but if you go that route, make sure you get one that’s for swimming, Lacock said — or \u003ca href=\"https://shop.sportsbasement.com/pages/wetsuit-rental-rates?srsltid=AfmBOoo3SjqJgyq1wD6cWyI1neJmxbQ1LubJzn6jX5PSZwDDzSKBTENu\">rent one from Sports Basement\u003c/a> or other nearby retailers.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Lacock said it’s better to start with shorter times in the water, like 10 or 20 minutes for your first few swims to \u003ca href=\"https://www.pacificswim.co/sf-water-temps-for-swimming/\">get used to the cold \u003c/a>and the roughness of the water. If you can’t go with one of the groups, consider bringing a buddy so you can check in on one another.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“You might feel really good right up until the point you don’t,” Lacock said. “And at that point, it may be too late.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Cost: \u003c/strong>While swimming in the Bay is totally free, you might consider becoming a member of one of the local triathlon clubs for around $150 per year. The Dolphin Club and South End Rowing Club also each offer day use passes for $12 on alternating days, giving you access to their facilities for showers and lockers. To get professional instruction on open water swimming, \u003ca href=\"https://www.pacificswim.co/open-water-swim-clinics/\">Pacific Open Water Swim’s clinic is pricier\u003c/a>, at $150. If you decide the sport is for you, the group offers personalized events and courses to help you get from casual swimming to completing more difficult routes like swims to Alcatraz or to Angel Island and back.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>Swing \u003ca id=\"Swingdancing\">\u003c/a>dancing in Golden Gate Park\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"https://lindyinthepark.com/\">Lindy in the Park,\u003c/a> the free dance session and lesson held each Sunday in San Francisco’s Golden Gate Park, is a completely free and open-to-all event to get your swing on.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>It doesn’t matter if you’ve been dancing for years or never at all — from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. every Sunday, a DJ, dance instructor and dozens of participants will be out on \u003ca href=\"https://lindyinthepark.com/faq/directions/\">JFK Drive between Eighth and 10th avenues\u003c/a> swinging to the beat. \u003ca href=\"https://lindyinthepark.com/about/free-lesson/\">The dance lesson\u003c/a>, held at noon each Sunday, is just a half hour and will work you up from basic footwork to learning the dance so you can feel confident jumping onto the dance floor. You don’t even have to bring a partner, co-founder and organizer, Kenneth Watanabe said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12042491\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 978px\">\u003ca href=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/06/LINDY1-KQED.jpg\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12042491\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/06/LINDY1-KQED.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"978\" height=\"550\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/06/LINDY1-KQED.jpg 978w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/06/LINDY1-KQED-800x450.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/06/LINDY1-KQED-160x90.jpg 160w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 978px) 100vw, 978px\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Dancers practice the Lindy Hop in Golden Gate Park in San Francisco as part of “Lindy in the Park,” a free swing dance lesson offered every Sunday. \u003ccite>(Sentio Photo)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>“You can just show up by yourself and learn a few steps,” Watanabe said. “It’s a good way to try it out and see if you like it.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Watanabe and co-founder Chad Kubo \u003ca href=\"https://lindyinthepark.com/about/\">created the group in 1996\u003c/a>, when swing was making a renaissance and the dancing scene in the Bay Area was growing quickly, he said. 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