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"content": "\u003cp>On a warm, sunlit afternoon around Lake Merritt, just days after city leaders announced a sharp drop in crime, a KQED reporter and photographer approached \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/tag/oakland\">Oakland\u003c/a> residents with a simple question: In a city long defined by its struggles with violence, does this moment feel any different?\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The answer depends on who you ask — and where they live.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I feel safe,” said Andy Stern, a member of the Oakland Yellowjackets Bicycle Club whose home was burglarized several years ago. “I don’t know that I recognize the decrease in crime, but it doesn’t feel like an unsafe place. We cycle around Oakland a lot.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>His fellow cyclist, Antonia Bowman, said her sense of safety has improved since a traumatic robbery before the pandemic.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I was robbed at gunpoint and I lost my wallet and backpack,” Bowman said. “But I haven’t had anything serious like that happen to me while continuing to live in Oakland since that time.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12078758\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12078758\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/04/20260404_OAKLANDCRIMEDROP_GC-3-KQED.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/04/20260404_OAKLANDCRIMEDROP_GC-3-KQED.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/04/20260404_OAKLANDCRIMEDROP_GC-3-KQED-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/04/20260404_OAKLANDCRIMEDROP_GC-3-KQED-1536x1024.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Andy Stern poses for a photo at Lake Merritt in Oakland on April 4, 2026. A longtime cyclist in the city, he says he feels safe, though he hasn’t noticed the recent drop in crime. \u003ccite>(Gina Castro for KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Their experiences mirror the city’s latest data, which shows \u003ca href=\"https://www.oaklandca.gov/Public-Safety-Streets/Police/OPD-Data/Oakland-Crime-Incident-Data-Reports\">broad declines across multiple categories\u003c/a>. Violent crime — including homicide and rape — is down 22% in the first quarter compared with the same period in 2025. Homicides alone have fallen 39%, according to city figures released April 2.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The drop builds on trends from 2025, when Oakland saw \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12068975/oaklands-violent-crime-dropped-significantly-in-2025-police-data-shows-what-happened?\">significant reductions in violent crime\u003c/a> following pandemic-era spikes. The East Bay city is not alone: Nationwide, homicide rates have fallen sharply, reaching some of the lowest levels since modern record-keeping began in the late 1950s.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Still, the reasons behind the decline remain unclear, and the impact on daily life is uneven.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12078762\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 1321px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12078762\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/04/20260404_OAKLANDCRIMEDROP_GC-9-KQED.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1321\" height=\"2000\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/04/20260404_OAKLANDCRIMEDROP_GC-9-KQED.jpg 1321w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/04/20260404_OAKLANDCRIMEDROP_GC-9-KQED-160x242.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/04/20260404_OAKLANDCRIMEDROP_GC-9-KQED-1015x1536.jpg 1015w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1321px) 100vw, 1321px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Melvin Welch, 72, poses for a photo at the Fruitvale BART station in Oakland on April 4, 2026. He lives on 105th Avenue, an area he says has long seen high crime, and has noticed a decrease this year. \u003ccite>(Gina Castro for KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>In East Oakland, where crime has historically been concentrated, some residents say they are beginning to notice a difference.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I live in one of the hardest parts of the city, which is 105th Avenue, where there’s a lot of crime,” said 72-year-old Melvin Welch, who has lived in Oakland since infancy. “A man like me shouldn’t be afraid of having to rush home before it gets dark because of crime.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Welch said that, at least in recent months, that fear has eased.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“It’s a good thing, especially for me,” he said. “Oakland is a beautiful city. We get a bad rep because of crime.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12078763\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12078763\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/04/20260404_OAKLANDCRIMEDROP_GC-11-KQED.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1188\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/04/20260404_OAKLANDCRIMEDROP_GC-11-KQED.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/04/20260404_OAKLANDCRIMEDROP_GC-11-KQED-160x95.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/04/20260404_OAKLANDCRIMEDROP_GC-11-KQED-1536x912.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">People disembark from a bus at the Fruitvale BART Station in Oakland on April 4, 2026. \u003ccite>(Gina Castro for KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Others say the numbers are encouraging, \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12075833/mass-shooting-in-oakland-leaves-2-dead-several-others-injured\">even if the shift isn’t always visible\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“It makes me happy to know that there is a drop in crime,” said Lindsey Pease, an Oakland resident. “Hopefully that means the perception will catch up for people who grew up in Oakland because they were direct victims of a crime or their perception of it.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12078767\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12078767\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/04/20260404_OAKLANDCRIMEDROP_GC-12-KQED-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1399\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/04/20260404_OAKLANDCRIMEDROP_GC-12-KQED-1.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/04/20260404_OAKLANDCRIMEDROP_GC-12-KQED-1-160x112.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/04/20260404_OAKLANDCRIMEDROP_GC-12-KQED-1-1536x1074.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Alivia Schaffer and her dog Tuna pose for a photo at Lake Merritt in Oakland on April 4, 2026. A resident for 10 years, she says she has always felt safe in what she describes as “neighborly” Oakland. \u003ccite>(Gina Castro for KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>For some, the perception gap is as important as the statistics.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I’ve felt like the crime rate thing was more of a story being told about Oakland than an experience of Oakland itself,” said Liv Schaffer. “I’ve always felt a lot of real neighborly sense here.”[aside postID=forum_2010101913298 hero='https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/09/gettyimages-1160435930-scaled.jpeg']The disconnect between data and lived experience is not unusual, experts say. Crime trends often take time to register in public perception, particularly in cities like Oakland where high-profile incidents and long-standing narratives shape how residents and outsiders view safety.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Local officials and researchers point to several possible factors behind the recent decline. According to reporting by \u003cem>The Oaklandside\u003c/em>, \u003ca href=\"https://oaklandside.org/2026/01/07/oakland-homicides-crime-down-public-safety-2025/#:~:text=The%20city's%20violent%20crime%20rate,key%20driver%20in%20violence%20reduction.\">targeted policing strategies\u003c/a> and focused deterrence efforts — which concentrate resources on individuals and groups most likely to be involved in violence — have played a key role in reducing homicides and shootings.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>At the same time, city leaders are emphasizing long-term approaches that go beyond policing. One of the most ambitious is the \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12021914/rise-east-unlocks-100-million-to-reimagine-east-oakland\">“Rise East” initiative\u003c/a>, a $100 million effort aimed at addressing the root causes of violence in East Oakland through economic investment, housing, workforce development and community-led programs. The initiative seeks to reduce poverty and stabilize neighborhoods that have experienced decades of disinvestment.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12009387\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12009387\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/10/241010-RISEEASTDEEPDOWN-25-BL-KQED.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/10/241010-RISEEASTDEEPDOWN-25-BL-KQED.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/10/241010-RISEEASTDEEPDOWN-25-BL-KQED-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/10/241010-RISEEASTDEEPDOWN-25-BL-KQED-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/10/241010-RISEEASTDEEPDOWN-25-BL-KQED-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/10/241010-RISEEASTDEEPDOWN-25-BL-KQED-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/10/241010-RISEEASTDEEPDOWN-25-BL-KQED-1920x1280.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Selena Wilson (left), CEO of the East Oakland Youth Development Center, and Carolyn Johnson, CEO of Black Culture Zone, lead a fundraising walking tour for the Rise East collective along International Boulevard in Oakland on Oct. 10, 2024. \u003ccite>(Beth LaBerge/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Supporters argue that such investments are essential to sustaining any gains in public safety.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Oakland officials are also in the midst of searching for a new permanent police chief after \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12059098/oaklands-police-chief-is-resigning-after-just-a-year-and-a-half\">a period of leadership turnover\u003c/a> in the department. The city has held public forums to gather input from residents, underscoring the role community trust may play in shaping future crime strategies.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12078759\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12078759\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/04/20260404_OAKLANDCRIMEDROP_GC-5-KQED.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1356\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/04/20260404_OAKLANDCRIMEDROP_GC-5-KQED.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/04/20260404_OAKLANDCRIMEDROP_GC-5-KQED-160x108.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/04/20260404_OAKLANDCRIMEDROP_GC-5-KQED-1536x1041.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Antonia Bowman poses for a photo at Lake Merritt in Oakland on April 4, 2026. A victim of a robbery seven years ago, she says she hasn’t been affected since but feels encouraged by the recent drop in crime. \u003ccite>(Gina Castro for KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Meanwhile, \u003ca href=\"https://www.eastbaytimes.com/2026/04/02/crime-decrease-continuing-in-oakland-strategies-planned-to-extend-trend/\">recent reporting by the \u003cem>East Bay Times\u003c/em>\u003c/a> indicates that city leaders are already discussing how to maintain the downward trend, including continuing targeted enforcement and expanding prevention programs.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Despite the uncertainty around what exactly is driving the decline, many residents say the trajectory itself is what matters most.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“It’s positive news, and as a resident of Oakland I am very happy to see that,” Bowman said. “There is a lot of work to do, but at least it’s moving in a positive direction, and I’m hoping there’s a way to keep the progress moving forward.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Oakland’s crime data suggests meaningful progress. Whether that progress translates into a lasting sense of safety across all neighborhoods remains an open question — one that will likely define the city’s public safety debate in the months ahead.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cem>KQED’s \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/author/otaylor\">Otis R. Taylor Jr.\u003c/a> contributed to this story\u003c/em>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad floatright]\u003c/p>\n",
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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>His fellow cyclist, Antonia Bowman, said her sense of safety has improved since a traumatic robbery before the pandemic.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I was robbed at gunpoint and I lost my wallet and backpack,” Bowman said. “But I haven’t had anything serious like that happen to me while continuing to live in Oakland since that time.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12078758\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12078758\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/04/20260404_OAKLANDCRIMEDROP_GC-3-KQED.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/04/20260404_OAKLANDCRIMEDROP_GC-3-KQED.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/04/20260404_OAKLANDCRIMEDROP_GC-3-KQED-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/04/20260404_OAKLANDCRIMEDROP_GC-3-KQED-1536x1024.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Andy Stern poses for a photo at Lake Merritt in Oakland on April 4, 2026. A longtime cyclist in the city, he says he feels safe, though he hasn’t noticed the recent drop in crime. \u003ccite>(Gina Castro for KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Their experiences mirror the city’s latest data, which shows \u003ca href=\"https://www.oaklandca.gov/Public-Safety-Streets/Police/OPD-Data/Oakland-Crime-Incident-Data-Reports\">broad declines across multiple categories\u003c/a>. Violent crime — including homicide and rape — is down 22% in the first quarter compared with the same period in 2025. Homicides alone have fallen 39%, according to city figures released April 2.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The drop builds on trends from 2025, when Oakland saw \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12068975/oaklands-violent-crime-dropped-significantly-in-2025-police-data-shows-what-happened?\">significant reductions in violent crime\u003c/a> following pandemic-era spikes. The East Bay city is not alone: Nationwide, homicide rates have fallen sharply, reaching some of the lowest levels since modern record-keeping began in the late 1950s.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Still, the reasons behind the decline remain unclear, and the impact on daily life is uneven.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12078762\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 1321px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12078762\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/04/20260404_OAKLANDCRIMEDROP_GC-9-KQED.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1321\" height=\"2000\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/04/20260404_OAKLANDCRIMEDROP_GC-9-KQED.jpg 1321w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/04/20260404_OAKLANDCRIMEDROP_GC-9-KQED-160x242.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/04/20260404_OAKLANDCRIMEDROP_GC-9-KQED-1015x1536.jpg 1015w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1321px) 100vw, 1321px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Melvin Welch, 72, poses for a photo at the Fruitvale BART station in Oakland on April 4, 2026. He lives on 105th Avenue, an area he says has long seen high crime, and has noticed a decrease this year. \u003ccite>(Gina Castro for KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>In East Oakland, where crime has historically been concentrated, some residents say they are beginning to notice a difference.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I live in one of the hardest parts of the city, which is 105th Avenue, where there’s a lot of crime,” said 72-year-old Melvin Welch, who has lived in Oakland since infancy. “A man like me shouldn’t be afraid of having to rush home before it gets dark because of crime.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Welch said that, at least in recent months, that fear has eased.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“It’s a good thing, especially for me,” he said. “Oakland is a beautiful city. We get a bad rep because of crime.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12078763\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12078763\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/04/20260404_OAKLANDCRIMEDROP_GC-11-KQED.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1188\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/04/20260404_OAKLANDCRIMEDROP_GC-11-KQED.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/04/20260404_OAKLANDCRIMEDROP_GC-11-KQED-160x95.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/04/20260404_OAKLANDCRIMEDROP_GC-11-KQED-1536x912.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">People disembark from a bus at the Fruitvale BART Station in Oakland on April 4, 2026. \u003ccite>(Gina Castro for KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Others say the numbers are encouraging, \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12075833/mass-shooting-in-oakland-leaves-2-dead-several-others-injured\">even if the shift isn’t always visible\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“It makes me happy to know that there is a drop in crime,” said Lindsey Pease, an Oakland resident. “Hopefully that means the perception will catch up for people who grew up in Oakland because they were direct victims of a crime or their perception of it.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12078767\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12078767\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/04/20260404_OAKLANDCRIMEDROP_GC-12-KQED-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1399\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/04/20260404_OAKLANDCRIMEDROP_GC-12-KQED-1.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/04/20260404_OAKLANDCRIMEDROP_GC-12-KQED-1-160x112.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/04/20260404_OAKLANDCRIMEDROP_GC-12-KQED-1-1536x1074.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Alivia Schaffer and her dog Tuna pose for a photo at Lake Merritt in Oakland on April 4, 2026. 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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>The disconnect between data and lived experience is not unusual, experts say. Crime trends often take time to register in public perception, particularly in cities like Oakland where high-profile incidents and long-standing narratives shape how residents and outsiders view safety.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Local officials and researchers point to several possible factors behind the recent decline. According to reporting by \u003cem>The Oaklandside\u003c/em>, \u003ca href=\"https://oaklandside.org/2026/01/07/oakland-homicides-crime-down-public-safety-2025/#:~:text=The%20city's%20violent%20crime%20rate,key%20driver%20in%20violence%20reduction.\">targeted policing strategies\u003c/a> and focused deterrence efforts — which concentrate resources on individuals and groups most likely to be involved in violence — have played a key role in reducing homicides and shootings.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>At the same time, city leaders are emphasizing long-term approaches that go beyond policing. One of the most ambitious is the \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12021914/rise-east-unlocks-100-million-to-reimagine-east-oakland\">“Rise East” initiative\u003c/a>, a $100 million effort aimed at addressing the root causes of violence in East Oakland through economic investment, housing, workforce development and community-led programs. The initiative seeks to reduce poverty and stabilize neighborhoods that have experienced decades of disinvestment.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12009387\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12009387\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/10/241010-RISEEASTDEEPDOWN-25-BL-KQED.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/10/241010-RISEEASTDEEPDOWN-25-BL-KQED.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/10/241010-RISEEASTDEEPDOWN-25-BL-KQED-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/10/241010-RISEEASTDEEPDOWN-25-BL-KQED-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/10/241010-RISEEASTDEEPDOWN-25-BL-KQED-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/10/241010-RISEEASTDEEPDOWN-25-BL-KQED-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/10/241010-RISEEASTDEEPDOWN-25-BL-KQED-1920x1280.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Selena Wilson (left), CEO of the East Oakland Youth Development Center, and Carolyn Johnson, CEO of Black Culture Zone, lead a fundraising walking tour for the Rise East collective along International Boulevard in Oakland on Oct. 10, 2024. \u003ccite>(Beth LaBerge/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Supporters argue that such investments are essential to sustaining any gains in public safety.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Oakland officials are also in the midst of searching for a new permanent police chief after \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12059098/oaklands-police-chief-is-resigning-after-just-a-year-and-a-half\">a period of leadership turnover\u003c/a> in the department. The city has held public forums to gather input from residents, underscoring the role community trust may play in shaping future crime strategies.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12078759\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12078759\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/04/20260404_OAKLANDCRIMEDROP_GC-5-KQED.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1356\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/04/20260404_OAKLANDCRIMEDROP_GC-5-KQED.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/04/20260404_OAKLANDCRIMEDROP_GC-5-KQED-160x108.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/04/20260404_OAKLANDCRIMEDROP_GC-5-KQED-1536x1041.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Antonia Bowman poses for a photo at Lake Merritt in Oakland on April 4, 2026. A victim of a robbery seven years ago, she says she hasn’t been affected since but feels encouraged by the recent drop in crime. \u003ccite>(Gina Castro for KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Meanwhile, \u003ca href=\"https://www.eastbaytimes.com/2026/04/02/crime-decrease-continuing-in-oakland-strategies-planned-to-extend-trend/\">recent reporting by the \u003cem>East Bay Times\u003c/em>\u003c/a> indicates that city leaders are already discussing how to maintain the downward trend, including continuing targeted enforcement and expanding prevention programs.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Despite the uncertainty around what exactly is driving the decline, many residents say the trajectory itself is what matters most.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“It’s positive news, and as a resident of Oakland I am very happy to see that,” Bowman said. “There is a lot of work to do, but at least it’s moving in a positive direction, and I’m hoping there’s a way to keep the progress moving forward.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Oakland’s crime data suggests meaningful progress. 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"content": "\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/tag/oakland\">Oakland\u003c/a> will soon join a growing list of \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/tag/bay-area\">Bay Area\u003c/a> cities allocating housing for public school teachers, as districts across the state \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/forum/2010101913422/campus-closures-and-teacher-layoffs-bay-area-public-schools-in-crisis\">raise concerns \u003c/a>about the cost of living for educators, leading many to leave urban districts — and the profession.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The Oakland Fund, a nonprofit based in the city, announced Thursday that it purchased a 33-unit residential building in the Temescal District, with the goal of providing affordable housing for Oakland Unified School District educators.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“For a teacher to not have to worry about whether they can pay their rent, or whether they can even afford to stay in the community that they love … it’s going to make such a difference,” OUSD interim Superintendent Denise Saddler said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I know what difference it’ll make in terms of when we’re responsible for getting our best people here to do what is so important,” Saddler said\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In recent years, as the \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/forum/2010101913161/how-do-you-get-by-in-the-pricey-bay-area\">cost of living\u003c/a> outpaces the rate of teachers’ salaries, cities across the Bay Area, including San Francisco, have introduced workforce housing developments.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The San Francisco Unified School District \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12044911/san-francisco-starts-construction-on-its-second-teacher-housing-project\">opened a 134-unit building in October\u003c/a> and broke ground on another 75-unit project last June. San Mateo’s Jefferson Union High School District also has a 122-unit development, which houses about 25% of its eligible workforce.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12078519\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12078519\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/04/260402-OAKTEACHERHOUSING-30-BL_QED-KQED.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/04/260402-OAKTEACHERHOUSING-30-BL_QED-KQED.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/04/260402-OAKTEACHERHOUSING-30-BL_QED-KQED-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/04/260402-OAKTEACHERHOUSING-30-BL_QED-KQED-1536x1024.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Mayor Barbara Lee, Kyra Mungia, co-founder of Rooted, politicians, teachers and supporters participate in a ribbon cutting during a press conference announcing new affordable housing for Oakland Unified School District teachers and school employees at a recently purchased residential building in Oakland on April 2, 2026. \u003ccite>(Beth LaBerge/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>The housing model’s appeal is growing as teachers’ strikes mount in several Bay Area school districts. Earlier this year, Oakland’s teachers union \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12074272/oakland-teachers-approve-a-strike-as-report-calls-districts-pay-not-competitive\">threatened to strike\u003c/a> after a year of contract negotiations, citing low pay and sky-high costs of living in the city. Union President Kampala Taiz-Rancifer said about 60% of the district’s teachers can’t afford to live in Oakland with their current salaries.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The lack of affordable housing options for educators has made it difficult for the district to attract and retain educators. Oakland loses about 400 teachers each year, according to the teachers’ union.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Kyra Mungia, The Oakland Fund’s chief executive officer, said that when staffing instability and classroom vacancies occur, “it’s our kids who end up paying the price.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Today, we are showing that a different path is possible,” Mungia said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12078514\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 1999px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12078514\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/04/260402-OAKTEACHERHOUSING-02-BL_QED-KQED.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1999\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/04/260402-OAKTEACHERHOUSING-02-BL_QED-KQED.jpg 1999w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/04/260402-OAKTEACHERHOUSING-02-BL_QED-KQED-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/04/260402-OAKTEACHERHOUSING-02-BL_QED-KQED-1536x1024.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1999px) 100vw, 1999px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Kyra Mungia, co-founder of Rooted, speaks during a press conference announcing new affordable housing for Oakland Unified School District teachers and school employees at a recently purchased residential building in Oakland on April 2, 2026. \u003ccite>(Beth LaBerge/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Unlike many of the workforce housing developments that Bay Area districts have pursued, the housing will be converted from existing residential units, not built from the ground up. Transferring the units to educators will be a gradual process, as turnover among tenants occurs naturally.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>According to the nonprofit, rental rates will vary by unit and be set at 30% of educators’ household income. One bedrooms will be priced between $1,120 and $2,240, while two bedrooms could cost up to $2,560.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Melanie Turner, a special education teacher at Emerson Elementary School, moved into the Idora building in 2024.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12078518\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 1999px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12078518\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/04/260402-OAKTEACHERHOUSING-25-BL_QED-KQED.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1999\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/04/260402-OAKTEACHERHOUSING-25-BL_QED-KQED.jpg 1999w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/04/260402-OAKTEACHERHOUSING-25-BL_QED-KQED-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/04/260402-OAKTEACHERHOUSING-25-BL_QED-KQED-1536x1024.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1999px) 100vw, 1999px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Oakland teacher Melanie Turner speaks during a press conference announcing new affordable housing for Oakland Unified School District teachers and school employees at a recently purchased residential building in Oakland on April 2, 2026. \u003ccite>(Beth LaBerge/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>“I’ve been here for now my third year, and I don’t plan on going anywhere anytime soon because of where I live,” she said at the press conference.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>During the pandemic, prior to becoming a teacher, Turner and her preschool-aged son had been couch-hopping at friends’ and family members’ homes.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I was not able to provide for my child in the way that I expected to,” she said. “Now, I can stand here in front of you and say, not only am I able to do that, but I can have savings.[aside postID=news_12078253 hero='https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/01/240104-PEOPLES-PARK-MD-05-1020x680.jpg']She originally got a lowered price on the unit through a separate program called Teachers Rooted In Oakland. Now her rent will be reduced to 30% of her income.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I don’t have to worry about, ‘Do I have enough to pay my rent and my groceries and my medical bills and commute costs, if I need to have them?’ I am at peace,” Turner said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The nonprofit has raised $14 million to purchase a total of 150 residential units for educator housing over the next three years. 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Oakland loses about 400 teachers each year, according to the teachers’ union.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Kyra Mungia, The Oakland Fund’s chief executive officer, said that when staffing instability and classroom vacancies occur, “it’s our kids who end up paying the price.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Today, we are showing that a different path is possible,” Mungia said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12078514\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 1999px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12078514\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/04/260402-OAKTEACHERHOUSING-02-BL_QED-KQED.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1999\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/04/260402-OAKTEACHERHOUSING-02-BL_QED-KQED.jpg 1999w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/04/260402-OAKTEACHERHOUSING-02-BL_QED-KQED-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/04/260402-OAKTEACHERHOUSING-02-BL_QED-KQED-1536x1024.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1999px) 100vw, 1999px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Kyra Mungia, co-founder of Rooted, speaks during a press conference announcing new affordable housing for Oakland Unified School District teachers and school employees at a recently purchased residential building in Oakland on April 2, 2026. \u003ccite>(Beth LaBerge/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Unlike many of the workforce housing developments that Bay Area districts have pursued, the housing will be converted from existing residential units, not built from the ground up. 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One bedrooms will be priced between $1,120 and $2,240, while two bedrooms could cost up to $2,560.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Melanie Turner, a special education teacher at Emerson Elementary School, moved into the Idora building in 2024.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12078518\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 1999px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12078518\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/04/260402-OAKTEACHERHOUSING-25-BL_QED-KQED.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1999\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/04/260402-OAKTEACHERHOUSING-25-BL_QED-KQED.jpg 1999w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/04/260402-OAKTEACHERHOUSING-25-BL_QED-KQED-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/04/260402-OAKTEACHERHOUSING-25-BL_QED-KQED-1536x1024.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1999px) 100vw, 1999px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Oakland teacher Melanie Turner speaks during a press conference announcing new affordable housing for Oakland Unified School District teachers and school employees at a recently purchased residential building in Oakland on April 2, 2026. \u003ccite>(Beth LaBerge/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>“I’ve been here for now my third year, and I don’t plan on going anywhere anytime soon because of where I live,” she said at the press conference.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>During the pandemic, prior to becoming a teacher, Turner and her preschool-aged son had been couch-hopping at friends’ and family members’ homes.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I was not able to provide for my child in the way that I expected to,” she said. “Now, I can stand here in front of you and say, not only am I able to do that, but I can have savings.\u003c/p>\u003c/div>",
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"content": "\u003cp>For decades, lunchtime at Roy Mejia’s downtown \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/tag/oakland\">Oakland\u003c/a> bar meant a steady stream of Kaiser Permanente workers.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Doctors, nurses and office staff from nearby buildings would stop in for a soda or a sandwich.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“They’d come in, have a soda, bring a sandwich,” recalled Mejia, adding that he was “surrounded by Kaiser.” “We all got along. It was beautiful.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Now, Mejia looks out at blocks of empty storefronts — and far fewer customers.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“And every day there’s one more,” he said. “One more, one more.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Mejia arrived in Oakland from Sacramento in 1970. By January 1992, he opened his 19th Street Station, a bar in the heart of downtown.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“ I fell in love with Oakland,” Mejia said. “It was a beautiful city back then.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>For decades, his bar had thrived on a stream of \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/tag/kaiser\">Kaiser Permanente employees\u003c/a> who worked nearby.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12076762\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12076762\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/03/260317-KAISER-RETREATS-MD-08-KQED.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1334\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/03/260317-KAISER-RETREATS-MD-08-KQED.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/03/260317-KAISER-RETREATS-MD-08-KQED-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/03/260317-KAISER-RETREATS-MD-08-KQED-1536x1025.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Roy Mejia tends bar at 19th Street Station in Oakland on March 16, 2026. Mejia says he’s able to keep costs down by not employing others to work at the bar. \u003ccite>(Martin do Nascimento/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Kaiser Permanente — long one of downtown Oakland’s largest employers — has been steadily shrinking its local office presence in recent years.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The health care giant has relocated workers to suburban offices, reduced its real estate footprint and laid off hundreds of employees across California, changes that economists say are contributing to quieter streets and struggling small businesses in the city’s core.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Kaiser Permanente, once an anchor of downtown Oakland’s office workforce, has in recent years pulled workers out of the city’s core.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c!-- iframe plugin v.4.3 wordpress.org/plugins/iframe/ -->\u003cbr>\n\u003ciframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Kaiser Layoffs by County in California\" aria-label=\"Column Chart\" id=\"datawrapper-chart-bE2I4\" src=\"https://datawrapper.dwcdn.net/bE2I4/3/\" scrolling=\"no\" frameborder=\"0\" style=\"width: 0; min-width: 100% !important; border: none;\" height=\"553\" data-external=\"1\" width=\"100%\" class=\"iframe-class\">\u003c/iframe>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In 2024, Kaiser relocated over 1,000 members of its Oakland workforce to a suburban hub, citing “changes in how and where employees have been working since the COVID-19 pandemic.” Not too long after, they issued \u003ca href=\"https://www.ktvu.com/news/kaiser-to-oakland-workers-stay-inside-for-work-and-lunch\">a memo\u003c/a> directing downtown Oakland employees to stay inside for lunch due to safety concerns.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>And in 2025, Kaiser laid off over 400 employees across 16 California counties. Alameda County — home to Oakland, the company’s national headquarters, and the Kaiser Pleasanton campus — accounts for nearly half of these layoffs.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But in a written statement, a spokesperson from Kaiser said that it “remains committed to the City of Oakland, which is an integral part of Kaiser Permanente’s history and future.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The layoffs coincided with Kaiser’s decreasing real estate footprint in Oakland, a trend that followed the COVID-19 pandemic. In 2020, the Kaiser Center at 300 Lakeside Drive was \u003ca href=\"https://www.tmgpartners.com/news/tmg-partners-acquires-future-oakland-pge-headquarters\">sold to TMG Partners\u003c/a>, and Kaiser terminated their occupancy in the building.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12076765\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12076765\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/03/260317-KAISER-RETREATS-MD-12-KQED.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1334\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/03/260317-KAISER-RETREATS-MD-12-KQED.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/03/260317-KAISER-RETREATS-MD-12-KQED-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/03/260317-KAISER-RETREATS-MD-12-KQED-1536x1025.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">An empty storefront at 19th Street and Harrison Street in Oakland on March 16, 2026. \u003ccite>(Martin do Nascimento/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Similar acquisitions happened in 2024: Kaiser’s 2000 Broadway building was sold to BART, the office tower and garage on Franklin Street went to Behring Companies, and 10% of Kaiser’s Oakland-based employees were moved to Pleasanton.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>An \u003ca href=\"https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/908311/000090831125000007/cmct-20250108.htm\">SEC filing\u003c/a> shows that in January 2025, Kaiser extended its lease for 236,692 square feet of the Ordway building through 2027. The space, listed as Kaiser’s corporate office on Google Maps, is down from the 366,000 square feet that Kaiser occupied in 2024, according to the \u003ca href=\"https://www.sfchronicle.com/bayarea/article/kaiser-oakland-19932710.php\">\u003cem>San Francisco Chronicle\u003c/em>.\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“The broader health care sector remains one of Oakland’s few stable pillars supported by the presence of hospitals, clinics and social service providers,” said Christopher Skerritt, an economist at\u003ca href=\"https://kweconomics.com/services/health-economics/california/oakland\"> Kincaid Wolstein\u003c/a>. “But office consolidation and telehealth adoption have limited in-city job growth.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>As a result, big cities like Oakland and San Francisco are losing commercial real estate to suburban hubs like Pleasanton and Walnut Creek, which have seen comparatively faster rates of economic recovery since the pandemic, according to Skerritt.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12076764\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12076764\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/03/260317-KAISER-RETREATS-MD-11-KQED.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1334\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/03/260317-KAISER-RETREATS-MD-11-KQED.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/03/260317-KAISER-RETREATS-MD-11-KQED-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/03/260317-KAISER-RETREATS-MD-11-KQED-1536x1025.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Empty storefronts along 19th Street in Oakland on March 16, 2026. \u003ccite>(Martin do Nascimento/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Many of the health care workers who remain in the city are remote or hybrid employees, Skerritt said, a change that, combined with Kaiser’s downsized office footprint, has contributed to downtown Oakland’s quieter streets.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“The shift has cut daytime population density, reducing spending at restaurants, coffee shops, small retailers that depend on office workers for business,” Skerritt said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Small businesses in downtown Oakland have felt these effects. Tierra Mia Coffee, a six-minute walk from 1 Kaiser Plaza, has “most definitely” seen a drop in business since early 2024, according to its supervisor, Odiseo Castrejon.[aside postID=news_12076753 hero='https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/03/260318-KAISER-MENTAL-HEALTH-STRIKE-MD-07-KQED-1.jpg']Since Kaiser’s early 2024 decision to move part of its Oakland workforce to Pleasanton, its sales have shrunk by more than a quarter, according to Castrejon. Before, customers wearing scrubs or hospital badges were noticeable, Castrejon said. Now, not so much.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>This obvious decrease in foot traffic can be felt all throughout the downtown area. Nearly 38% of office space in Oakland’s central business district is vacant, according to \u003ca href=\"https://assets.cushmanwakefield.com/-/media/cw/marketbeat-pdfs/2025/q3/us-reports/office/eastbayoakland_americas_marketbeat_office_q3_2025.pdf?rev=f9920db83ed249778a3790b110e88270&_gl=1*1pz1tnl*_gcl_au*ODM3MjQxMTU5LjE3NjE1Mjg5Mjc\">a report\u003c/a> by commercial real estate services firm Cushman & Wakefield.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“COVID has really changed the way that people work, and companies’ need for space,” said Cushman & Wakefield’s East Bay research manager, Wescott Owen, who authored the report.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Small business owners like Mejia are hit hard by these changes. On a recent afternoon, he stood behind the bar he opened more than three decades ago, watching pedestrians pass by outside.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Many of the nearby offices are quieter than they once were.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I’ve got 32 years here,” he said. “I don’t know how much longer I’m going to hang in there.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"https://cjlab.stanford.edu/projects/big-local-news/\">\u003cem>Big Local News\u003c/em>\u003c/a>\u003cem> is a data-sharing platform and collaborative at Stanford University that supports local journalism. \u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n",
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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Mejia arrived in Oakland from Sacramento in 1970. By January 1992, he opened his 19th Street Station, a bar in the heart of downtown.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“ I fell in love with Oakland,” Mejia said. “It was a beautiful city back then.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>For decades, his bar had thrived on a stream of \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/tag/kaiser\">Kaiser Permanente employees\u003c/a> who worked nearby.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12076762\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12076762\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/03/260317-KAISER-RETREATS-MD-08-KQED.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1334\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/03/260317-KAISER-RETREATS-MD-08-KQED.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/03/260317-KAISER-RETREATS-MD-08-KQED-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/03/260317-KAISER-RETREATS-MD-08-KQED-1536x1025.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Roy Mejia tends bar at 19th Street Station in Oakland on March 16, 2026. Mejia says he’s able to keep costs down by not employing others to work at the bar. \u003ccite>(Martin do Nascimento/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Kaiser Permanente — long one of downtown Oakland’s largest employers — has been steadily shrinking its local office presence in recent years.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The health care giant has relocated workers to suburban offices, reduced its real estate footprint and laid off hundreds of employees across California, changes that economists say are contributing to quieter streets and struggling small businesses in the city’s core.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Kaiser Permanente, once an anchor of downtown Oakland’s office workforce, has in recent years pulled workers out of the city’s core.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c!-- iframe plugin v.4.3 wordpress.org/plugins/iframe/ -->\u003cbr>\n\u003ciframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Kaiser Layoffs by County in California\" aria-label=\"Column Chart\" id=\"datawrapper-chart-bE2I4\" src=\"https://datawrapper.dwcdn.net/bE2I4/3/\" scrolling=\"no\" frameborder=\"0\" style=\"width: 0; min-width: 100% !important; border: none;\" height=\"553\" data-external=\"1\" width=\"100%\" class=\"iframe-class\">\u003c/iframe>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In 2024, Kaiser relocated over 1,000 members of its Oakland workforce to a suburban hub, citing “changes in how and where employees have been working since the COVID-19 pandemic.” Not too long after, they issued \u003ca href=\"https://www.ktvu.com/news/kaiser-to-oakland-workers-stay-inside-for-work-and-lunch\">a memo\u003c/a> directing downtown Oakland employees to stay inside for lunch due to safety concerns.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>And in 2025, Kaiser laid off over 400 employees across 16 California counties. Alameda County — home to Oakland, the company’s national headquarters, and the Kaiser Pleasanton campus — accounts for nearly half of these layoffs.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But in a written statement, a spokesperson from Kaiser said that it “remains committed to the City of Oakland, which is an integral part of Kaiser Permanente’s history and future.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The layoffs coincided with Kaiser’s decreasing real estate footprint in Oakland, a trend that followed the COVID-19 pandemic. In 2020, the Kaiser Center at 300 Lakeside Drive was \u003ca href=\"https://www.tmgpartners.com/news/tmg-partners-acquires-future-oakland-pge-headquarters\">sold to TMG Partners\u003c/a>, and Kaiser terminated their occupancy in the building.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12076765\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12076765\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/03/260317-KAISER-RETREATS-MD-12-KQED.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1334\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/03/260317-KAISER-RETREATS-MD-12-KQED.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/03/260317-KAISER-RETREATS-MD-12-KQED-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/03/260317-KAISER-RETREATS-MD-12-KQED-1536x1025.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">An empty storefront at 19th Street and Harrison Street in Oakland on March 16, 2026. \u003ccite>(Martin do Nascimento/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Similar acquisitions happened in 2024: Kaiser’s 2000 Broadway building was sold to BART, the office tower and garage on Franklin Street went to Behring Companies, and 10% of Kaiser’s Oakland-based employees were moved to Pleasanton.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>An \u003ca href=\"https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/908311/000090831125000007/cmct-20250108.htm\">SEC filing\u003c/a> shows that in January 2025, Kaiser extended its lease for 236,692 square feet of the Ordway building through 2027. The space, listed as Kaiser’s corporate office on Google Maps, is down from the 366,000 square feet that Kaiser occupied in 2024, according to the \u003ca href=\"https://www.sfchronicle.com/bayarea/article/kaiser-oakland-19932710.php\">\u003cem>San Francisco Chronicle\u003c/em>.\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“The broader health care sector remains one of Oakland’s few stable pillars supported by the presence of hospitals, clinics and social service providers,” said Christopher Skerritt, an economist at\u003ca href=\"https://kweconomics.com/services/health-economics/california/oakland\"> Kincaid Wolstein\u003c/a>. “But office consolidation and telehealth adoption have limited in-city job growth.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>As a result, big cities like Oakland and San Francisco are losing commercial real estate to suburban hubs like Pleasanton and Walnut Creek, which have seen comparatively faster rates of economic recovery since the pandemic, according to Skerritt.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12076764\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12076764\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/03/260317-KAISER-RETREATS-MD-11-KQED.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1334\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/03/260317-KAISER-RETREATS-MD-11-KQED.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/03/260317-KAISER-RETREATS-MD-11-KQED-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/03/260317-KAISER-RETREATS-MD-11-KQED-1536x1025.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Empty storefronts along 19th Street in Oakland on March 16, 2026. \u003ccite>(Martin do Nascimento/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Many of the health care workers who remain in the city are remote or hybrid employees, Skerritt said, a change that, combined with Kaiser’s downsized office footprint, has contributed to downtown Oakland’s quieter streets.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“The shift has cut daytime population density, reducing spending at restaurants, coffee shops, small retailers that depend on office workers for business,” Skerritt said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Small businesses in downtown Oakland have felt these effects. Tierra Mia Coffee, a six-minute walk from 1 Kaiser Plaza, has “most definitely” seen a drop in business since early 2024, according to its supervisor, Odiseo Castrejon.\u003c/p>\u003c/div>",
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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>Since Kaiser’s early 2024 decision to move part of its Oakland workforce to Pleasanton, its sales have shrunk by more than a quarter, according to Castrejon. Before, customers wearing scrubs or hospital badges were noticeable, Castrejon said. Now, not so much.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>This obvious decrease in foot traffic can be felt all throughout the downtown area. Nearly 38% of office space in Oakland’s central business district is vacant, according to \u003ca href=\"https://assets.cushmanwakefield.com/-/media/cw/marketbeat-pdfs/2025/q3/us-reports/office/eastbayoakland_americas_marketbeat_office_q3_2025.pdf?rev=f9920db83ed249778a3790b110e88270&_gl=1*1pz1tnl*_gcl_au*ODM3MjQxMTU5LjE3NjE1Mjg5Mjc\">a report\u003c/a> by commercial real estate services firm Cushman & Wakefield.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“COVID has really changed the way that people work, and companies’ need for space,” said Cushman & Wakefield’s East Bay research manager, Wescott Owen, who authored the report.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Small business owners like Mejia are hit hard by these changes. On a recent afternoon, he stood behind the bar he opened more than three decades ago, watching pedestrians pass by outside.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Many of the nearby offices are quieter than they once were.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I’ve got 32 years here,” he said. “I don’t know how much longer I’m going to hang in there.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"https://cjlab.stanford.edu/projects/big-local-news/\">\u003cem>Big Local News\u003c/em>\u003c/a>\u003cem> is a data-sharing platform and collaborative at Stanford University that supports local journalism. \u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003c/div>\u003c/p>",
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But when the 60-day warning period ends this weekend, drivers traveling 11 mph or more over the speed limit at those locations will be mailed tickets starting at $50.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The citations will make Oakland the second Bay Area city, after San Francisco, to use automated speed cameras to fine speeding drivers, as part of a statewide effort to discourage dangerous driving and improve street safety.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The cameras will be in place for up to five years, per \u003ca href=\"https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=202320240AB645\">AB 645\u003c/a>, a 2023 law which authorized six California cities — including San José, Los Angeles, Glendale and Long Beach — to pilot the camera systems.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c!-- iframe plugin v.4.3 wordpress.org/plugins/iframe/ -->\u003cbr>\n\u003ciframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"700\" height=\"700\" allow=\"local-network-access; geolocation\" title=\"Oakland Speed Cameras\" src=\"https://www.arcgis.com/apps/mapviewer/index.html?configurableview=true&webmap=a981ea6d40354679961649eb75ce78ad&theme=light&heading=true&legend=true&scroll=false¢er=-122.22883709299894,37.787819162784366&scale=72223.819286\" scrolling=\"yes\" class=\"iframe-class\" frameborder=\"0\">\u003c/iframe>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“We’re on a quest for safer streets,” said Josh Rowan, the director of Oakland’s Department of Transportation. “ This is just one more tool for trying to get speeds down.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The city has said speeding is one of the most common causes of severe and fatal crashes in Oakland. Oakland recorded 23 traffic fatalities last year, down from recent highs of 36 deaths in 2022 and 2020. Out of all transportation modes, pedestrians are consistently among the highest number of Oakland’s traffic victims.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>At all but one location, drivers issued warnings by the cameras were traveling about 11 to 15 mph over the speed limit, the report showed. The exception was Foothill Boulevard, between 19th and 20th Avenue, where the speeding drivers traveled an average of 19 miles per hour over the speed limit.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c!-- iframe plugin v.4.3 wordpress.org/plugins/iframe/ -->\u003cbr>\n\u003ciframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Speed Camera Locations with Most Warnings Issued\" aria-label=\"Grouped Bars\" id=\"datawrapper-chart-yB2Lj\" src=\"https://datawrapper.dwcdn.net/yB2Lj/4/\" scrolling=\"no\" frameborder=\"0\" style=\"border: none;\" width=\"600\" height=\"568\" data-external=\"1\" class=\"iframe-class\">\u003c/iframe>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The southbound-facing camera at 73rd Avenue between Krause Avenue and Fresno Street recorded the most speeders out of all the cameras, an average of 320 per day.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>There are some bright spots in the data. Across all camera locations, just 1.5% of all drivers were issued warnings for speeding, according to the report.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“ We’re spending a lot of money dealing with crashes, infrastructure damage and safety issues that’s being caused by a very small subset of drivers,” Rowan said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c!-- iframe plugin v.4.3 wordpress.org/plugins/iframe/ -->\u003cbr>\n\u003ciframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Speed Camera Locations with Highest MPH Over Limit\" aria-label=\"Table\" id=\"datawrapper-chart-cwcNs\" src=\"https://datawrapper.dwcdn.net/cwcNs/4/\" scrolling=\"no\" frameborder=\"0\" style=\"border: none;\" width=\"600\" height=\"725\" data-external=\"1\" class=\"iframe-class\">\u003c/iframe>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>He said he expects the city to use the data from the speed camera program to inform where to make capital investments to city streets.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“ I think this will enable us to say, ‘this is an area that really needs attention,’ and if we can address it here, we can keep bending the crash curve downward,” Rowan said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Across the water, San Francisco has reported that the cameras have been effective at reducing speeding at camera locations. In a sample study of 15 camera locations, the San Francisco Municipal Transportation Agency reported a\u003ca href=\"https://www.sfmta.com/blog/our-speed-cameras-are-working-initial-evaluation-shows-drivers-are-slowing-down\"> 72% reduction\u003c/a> in speeding since the first cameras were activated last March.[aside postID=news_12065712 hero='https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/12/251202-OAKSPEEDCAMERAS-02-BL-KQED.jpg']San Francisco reported 140,956 warnings to speeding drivers in the first 38 days all their cameras were operational, just over 500 more than Oakland, according to a KQED analysis of city data.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The SFMTA said the number of warnings was likely an \u003ca href=\"https://www.sfmta.com/blog/our-speed-cameras-are-working-initial-evaluation-shows-drivers-are-slowing-down#:~:text=Note%20about%20the%20warning%20and,the%20launch%20of%20this%20program.\">undercount \u003c/a>due to issues with data gathering. San Francisco has two fewer cameras than Oakland.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>As in San Francisco, Oakland contracted the Arizona-based technology company Verra Mobility to administer the program. When one of the cameras detects a speeding driver, the camera captures the license plate and a citation is mailed to the owner, according to the city. Citation amounts are on a sliding scale, from $50 to as much as $500 for drivers traveling more than 100 mph.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Rowan said the city will monitor if overall citations are decreasing over time, and what percentage of speeders get more than one citation, to assess if the program is effective in changing driver behavior.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“ I really would like to see reduced speeds over time and reduced citations over time. We really want to drive this as close to zero as we can,” Rowan said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The city plans to release additional data on the program this summer.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n",
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"content": "\u003cp>On Thursday, thousands of people gathered in Oakland to welcome home Olympic figure skater and gold medalist Alysa Liu, who won the women’s singles gold medal in the 2026 Winter Olympics last month. Liu, who was born in Richmond and grew up training in Oakland, is the first American woman to win gold in her sport since 2002.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c!-- iframe plugin v.4.3 wordpress.org/plugins/iframe/ -->\u003cbr>\n\u003ciframe loading=\"lazy\" frameborder=\"0\" height=\"200\" scrolling=\"no\" src=\"https://playlist.megaphone.fm?e=KQINC7295745346&light=true\" width=\"100%\" class=\"iframe-class\">\u003c/iframe>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ci>Some members of the KQED podcast team are represented by The Screen Actors Guild, American Federation of Television and Radio Artists, San Francisco-Northern California Local.\u003c/i>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ci>This is a computer-generated transcript. While our team has reviewed it, there may be errors.\u003c/i>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Ericka Cruz Guevarra \u003c/strong>[00:00:00] I’m Ericka Cruz Guevarra and welcome to The Bay, local news to keep you rooted. On Thursday, Oakland celebrated and welcomed home Olympic figure skater and gold medalist Alysa Liu, the first American woman to win figure skating gold in 24 years.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Announcer \u003c/strong>[00:00:30] It is like she’s just playing on the ice, not even performing anymore. The joy, the passion, and she’s figured out how to compete without carrying the weight of it. She stays so loose and completely herself out there. That’s a secret every athlete wants to solve.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Ericka Cruz Guevarra \u003c/strong>[00:00:52] Her iconic blonde and brown haloed hair, that smiley piercing she did herself, and the Bay Area confidence and charm that she brings to interviews and the Olympic rink, all this has made Alysa Liu a hometown hero for the old and young, like eight-year-old Joyce Ilangovan, who skates at the Oakland Ice Center where Alysa trains.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Joyce Ilangovan \u003c/strong>[00:01:20] Skaters aren’t as like positive as her on the ice and she’s always so fun and happy and she is never hiding herself and it feels really fun to watch.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Ericka Cruz Guevarra \u003c/strong>[00:01:33] On Thursday, thousands gathered outside Oakland City Hall to celebrate Alysa Liu’s homecoming. So today, we’re gonna take you to that homecoming party in Oakland.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Juan Carlos Lara \u003c/strong>[00:01:55] I’m here outside of Oakland City Hall where thousands of people have gathered to welcome Olympic gold medalist figure skater Alysa Liu back to her hometown. Liu gave a press conference inside earlier this morning where she talked about how proud she is to be representing Oakland and the broader Bay Area and how grateful she is for the outpouring of support that she’s received. This event is really lively. According to city officials they put out about 5,000 tickets and they sold out. The sun is shining, it’s warm, the energy is and it’s really become a showcasing of Oakland talent and culture. Sway Calloway, a radio personality who’s from Oakland, is emceeing the event. There have also been performances from the Fremont High School drum line and from the Oakland School for the Arts, where Liu attended. And in the words of Oakland Mayor Barbara Lee, the plaza is full, the energy is real, and the love for Oakland is loud. For KQED News in Oakland, I’m Juan Carlos Lara.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>D Sharp \u003c/strong>[00:02:49] I want y’all to get loud for my big brother, Sway Calloway!\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Sway Calloway \u003c/strong>[00:02:55] Make some noise! Come on, come on, Come on! Come on Bay Area! Bay Area, Bay Area Bay Area When I say Oakland, you say pride, Oakland! Oakland! When I said Oakland, You say pride Oakland! Oakland! When I say town, you say business, town! Town, town, man give it up for Oakland, California, the best city on the planet. Come on man, roll up D-Sharp man. Now just to be clear, I’ma take my time up here today. I know it’s hot, but we got a lot of, we got lot of important people here today to celebrate Alysa Liu. She told me how to say her name correctly, Alysa Liu. 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I want to thank you all so much for showing up and showing out. This is crazy! Um, I see so many people, hi! I love Oakland. I’ve been here all my life. I literally walk through here every day to get to the city center for lunch from the rink over there. And I could not be more proud to represent Oakland out on the big stage at Olympics. And I wanna thank y’all for the support and the love. I feel it. So thank you guys.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Alysa Liu \u003c/strong>[00:06:10] That’s the key. The key to Oakland!\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Sway Calloway \u003c/strong>[00:06:13] Hold that key up. She owns the key to the city now. We’re about to party.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Alysa Liu \u003c/strong>[00:06:20] Thank you.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Jennifer Lee \u003c/strong>[00:06:31] Jennifer Lee, J-E-N-N I-F-E R. There’s my daughters, my mom, my cousin, my husband, my friends, his friends, his daughter, so it’s a whole big group.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Juan Carlos Lara \u003c/strong>[00:06:42] Whose idea was it to get a big group of y’all together out here?\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Jennifer Lee \u003c/strong>[00:06:45] Well, for my family, once we saw it posted, you know, I mean, the kids should probably technically be in school, but I thought it was just really, it’s a really powerful story for them of just not giving up and also pursuing what you love for the sake of what you love. So.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Juan Carlos Lara \u003c/strong>[00:07:02] And you said your mom was here. Do you mind if I ask mom a question? Mom, can I ask you a question. Can I ask you a question?\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Cynthia Lee \u003c/strong>[00:07:07] I’m so glad to be here. Yeah, because Alysa not just inspire her age, the young persons. She also inspire the parents age like me. 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Where governments are dropping bombs on babies, in a time where young people are not being listened to, in a times where immigrants are being taken from their homes, we have a young sister who has showed us what it means to live life with excellence and beauty on her own terms. To all of us here in Oakland, we know that she is our hero, but what I will tell you, brothers and sisters and siblings, she is an American hero.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Simon O’Brien \u003c/strong>[00:09:21] My name is Simon O’Brien.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Gus Johansen \u003c/strong>[00:09:23] My name is Gus Johansen.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Oliver Hajduk \u003c/strong>[00:09:25] My name is Oliver Hayduk.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Simon O’Brien \u003c/strong>[00:09:26] Well, we’re here for the Alysa Liu thing. She went to OSA, she was an OSA alumni, and all three of us go to OASA currently. 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I want to thank you all so much for showing up and showing out. This is crazy! Um, I see so many people, hi! I love Oakland. I’ve been here all my life. I literally walk through here every day to get to the city center for lunch from the rink over there. And I could not be more proud to represent Oakland out on the big stage at Olympics. And I wanna thank y’all for the support and the love. I feel it. So thank you guys.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Alysa Liu \u003c/strong>[00:06:10] That’s the key. The key to Oakland!\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Sway Calloway \u003c/strong>[00:06:13] Hold that key up. She owns the key to the city now. We’re about to party.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Alysa Liu \u003c/strong>[00:06:20] Thank you.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Jennifer Lee \u003c/strong>[00:06:31] Jennifer Lee, J-E-N-N I-F-E R. 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Yeah, I hope I can be like her, have her overflow smiling, her confidence, her joy. Yeah, I really love them I was so inspired by her, yeah, so happy to be here.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Sway Calloway \u003c/strong>[00:07:45] One of these women that are coming to the stage today. I’ve known her for years, but I’ve know her record for decades. She represents California’s 12th congressional district, including Oakland, California. Please give it up for Congresswoman Lateefah Simon.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Lateefah Simon \u003c/strong>[00:08:06] Look at Oakland, California! It was an honor for me just one week ago to stand on the floor of the United States Congress to give love to Alysa Liu. And what I said there, I’ll say again, she is the hope of all that is good in a time. Where governments are dropping bombs on babies, in a time where young people are not being listened to, in a times where immigrants are being taken from their homes, we have a young sister who has showed us what it means to live life with excellence and beauty on her own terms. To all of us here in Oakland, we know that she is our hero, but what I will tell you, brothers and sisters and siblings, she is an American hero.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Simon O’Brien \u003c/strong>[00:09:21] My name is Simon O’Brien.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Gus Johansen \u003c/strong>[00:09:23] My name is Gus Johansen.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Oliver Hajduk \u003c/strong>[00:09:25] My name is Oliver Hayduk.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Simon O’Brien \u003c/strong>[00:09:26] Well, we’re here for the Alysa Liu thing. She went to OSA, she was an OSA alumni, and all three of us go to OASA currently. 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"content": "\u003cp>Olympic gold medalist Alysa Liu’s \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/arts/13987402/alysa-liu-party-homecoming-oakland\">highly-anticipated homecoming\u003c/a> is finally here, and the Town is ready to party.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Thousands flooded sunny downtown Oakland for a sold-out rally Thursday. The event was emceed by local radio personality Sway Calloway, and featured performances from the Fremont High School drumline, speeches from local athletes like Steph Curry and a rendition of Liu’s free skate song, “MacArthur Park,” by a student from Liu’s alma mater, Oakland School of the Arts.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Fans erupted in cheers when Liu took the stage just after noon, and Oakland Mayor Barbara Lee presented the figure skater with an oversized key to the city.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I could not be more proud to represent Oakland,” Liu told the crowd.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“This is for y’all,” she said, holding up her gold medal.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Liu has been \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12075740/at-her-home-rink-gold-medalist-alysa-liu-inspires-oakland-fans-to-pick-up-skates\">revered by Bay Area skaters for years\u003c/a>, but shot to global fame during the Milan Cortina Winter Olympics, where she scored two gold medals, and won the U.S. its first in individual women’s figure skating since 2002.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12076357\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003ca href=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/03/260312-ALYSALIURALLY-37-BL-KQED.jpg\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12076357\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/03/260312-ALYSALIURALLY-37-BL-KQED.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/03/260312-ALYSALIURALLY-37-BL-KQED.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/03/260312-ALYSALIURALLY-37-BL-KQED-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/03/260312-ALYSALIURALLY-37-BL-KQED-1536x1024.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Kehlani, Olympic gold medalist Alysa Liu, mayor Barbara Lee, Sway Calloway stand on stage during a celebration in Liu’s honor at Frank Ogawa Plaza in Oakland on March 12, 2026. \u003ccite>(Beth LaBerge/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>In addition to her clean triple jumps, Liu captivated fans with her bubbly, relaxed demeanor, both on and off the ice.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I hope I can be like her, have her overflow smiling, her confidence, her joy,” said Cynthia Lee, who was at the sold-out rally with her daughter, granddaughters and extended family on Thursday.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Liu, who was born in Richmond and grew up training at the Oakland Ice Center, competed on the national stage at just seven years old. She became the youngest woman to land a triple Axel in international competition, and the first ever to combine it with another of the sport’s most elite moves — a quadruple jump.[aside postID=news_12075740 hero='https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/03/031026_ALYSA-LIU-OAKLAND-ICE-_GH_006-KQED.jpg']The skater made her Olympic debut at 16, and after placing seventh in the individual competition in Beijing in 2022, and third in the world championship later that year, announced her retirement.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>That hiatus was short-lived, though.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I took a whole new life path. I gained a lot of clarity and sense of self,” Liu said of the two-year period during a press conference inside Oakland City Hall Thursday.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>She re-emerged in 2024, and skated to a world championship win in 2025 with a new approach, \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12076055/alysa-lius-figure-skating-coach-from-san-francisco-says-her-next-lesson-is-fame\">focused on\u003c/a> sharing her artistry, rather than on the rigidity and rules often associated with the sport.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Alysa showed the world what it means to compete with heart,” Olympic figure skater Kristi Yamaguchi, who trained at the same rink as Liu, said at the celebration. “She stepped out onto the ice with such confidence, joy and, most importantly, with her true self.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Glenn Martin, the general manager at Oakland Ice Center, said Liu’s approach brought out a different side of other skaters, too.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“You wouldn’t normally see them smiling and relaxing … Alysa just brings that out of everyone,” he told KQED earlier this week.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12076351\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003ca href=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/03/260312-ALYSALIURALLY-15-BL-KQED.jpg\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12076351\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/03/260312-ALYSALIURALLY-15-BL-KQED.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/03/260312-ALYSALIURALLY-15-BL-KQED.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/03/260312-ALYSALIURALLY-15-BL-KQED-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/03/260312-ALYSALIURALLY-15-BL-KQED-1536x1024.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Fans cheer during a celebration for Olympic gold medalist Alysa Liu at Frank Ogawa Plaza in Oakland on March 12, 2026. \u003ccite>(Beth LaBerge/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Liu also gave a shoutout to Oakland, and the \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12074589/olympic-star-alysa-liu-is-back-in-the-bay-and-oakland-is-ready-to-celebrate\">Bay Area celebrated her success\u003c/a>. Oakland ice cream shop Fentons Creamery started scooping “Alysa’s Gold.” BART gave the “rider and local legend” a shoutout on social media and Lee praised her as a “hometown hero.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Three weeks later, that joy is still palpable.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“We watched [Alysa’s performance] probably three times in a row,” Cynthia’s daughter, Jennifer, said from Thursday’s rally. She told KQED she and her five- and eight-year-old daughters teared up during the program. “My family, my girls, all of us have been really, really inspired and encouraged by what Alysa has done and her story. And so we just want to come out and support her and celebrate her.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Thursday’s lineup, which featured local high school student speakers, Oakland-born \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/arts/13932887/turf-dancing-oakland-street-dance\">turf dancing\u003c/a> and dragon dancers from U.S. Shaolin Kung Fu, based\u003ca href=\"https://www.usshaolinkungfu.com/\"> in the city’s Chinatown\u003c/a>, didn’t disappoint.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12076354\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003ca href=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/03/260312-ALYSALIURALLY-28-BL-KQED.jpg\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12076354\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/03/260312-ALYSALIURALLY-28-BL-KQED.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/03/260312-ALYSALIURALLY-28-BL-KQED.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/03/260312-ALYSALIURALLY-28-BL-KQED-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/03/260312-ALYSALIURALLY-28-BL-KQED-1536x1024.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">U.S. Shaolin Kung Fu Traditional dragon dancers from Oakland Chinatown during a celebration for Olympic gold medalist Alysa Liu at Frank Ogawa Plaza in Oakland on March 12, 2026. \u003ccite>(Beth LaBerge/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12076358\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003ca href=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/03/260312-ALYSALIURALLY-40-BL-KQED.jpg\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12076358\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/03/260312-ALYSALIURALLY-40-BL-KQED.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/03/260312-ALYSALIURALLY-40-BL-KQED.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/03/260312-ALYSALIURALLY-40-BL-KQED-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/03/260312-ALYSALIURALLY-40-BL-KQED-1536x1024.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Olympic gold medalist Alysa Liu holds a key to the City of Oakland during a celebration in her honor at Frank Ogawa Plaza in Oakland on March 12, 2026. \u003ccite>(Beth LaBerge/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Oakland School of the Arts eighth grader Oliver Hajduck told KQED “the whole school came,” to the celebration.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“We have a lot of skaters at our school, almost everybody ice skates,” said fellow student Gus Johansen. “We ice skate every Tuesday and Thursday, and it’s just really awesome that we get to be here.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Stephen and Karen Ng came out to the event from the East Bay community of Alamo. They said as immigrants from Hong Kong, who came to the U.S. more than 20 years ago, they connected with Liu’s story.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I know that her father is an immigrant here, we are also immigrants here,” Karen said. Liu’s father Arthur immigrated to the U.S. from China’s Sichuan Province at 25. And, she added, her “son also [went] through sports and I was the mother traveling with him, going to different cultures.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12076352\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003ca href=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/03/260312-ALYSALIURALLY-17-BL-KQED.jpg\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12076352\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/03/260312-ALYSALIURALLY-17-BL-KQED.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/03/260312-ALYSALIURALLY-17-BL-KQED.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/03/260312-ALYSALIURALLY-17-BL-KQED-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/03/260312-ALYSALIURALLY-17-BL-KQED-1536x1024.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Fans cheer during a celebration for Olympic gold medalist Alysa Liu at Frank Ogawa Plaza in Oakland on March 12, 2026. \u003ccite>(Beth LaBerge/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>“I think it’s important for young people to learn from her example, just be yourself, know what you’re all about and try to pursue your dream,” Stephen added. “I think this is America, this is an American dream.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Also among the crowd was Sam McCollister, who brought his two daughters to the event.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I think it’s really important for young girls to be able to see a positive role model,” he told KQED. McCollister said he hopes his daughters’ takeaway will be that you “can be a positive influencer in your community.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Oakland is a city of artists, a city of creators,” he continued.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cem>KQED’s \u003c/em>\u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/author/jlara\">\u003cem>Juan Carlos Lara\u003c/em>\u003c/a>\u003cem> contributed to this report.\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad floatright]\u003c/p>\n",
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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I could not be more proud to represent Oakland,” Liu told the crowd.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“This is for y’all,” she said, holding up her gold medal.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Liu has been \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12075740/at-her-home-rink-gold-medalist-alysa-liu-inspires-oakland-fans-to-pick-up-skates\">revered by Bay Area skaters for years\u003c/a>, but shot to global fame during the Milan Cortina Winter Olympics, where she scored two gold medals, and won the U.S. its first in individual women’s figure skating since 2002.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12076357\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003ca href=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/03/260312-ALYSALIURALLY-37-BL-KQED.jpg\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12076357\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/03/260312-ALYSALIURALLY-37-BL-KQED.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/03/260312-ALYSALIURALLY-37-BL-KQED.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/03/260312-ALYSALIURALLY-37-BL-KQED-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/03/260312-ALYSALIURALLY-37-BL-KQED-1536x1024.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Kehlani, Olympic gold medalist Alysa Liu, mayor Barbara Lee, Sway Calloway stand on stage during a celebration in Liu’s honor at Frank Ogawa Plaza in Oakland on March 12, 2026. \u003ccite>(Beth LaBerge/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>In addition to her clean triple jumps, Liu captivated fans with her bubbly, relaxed demeanor, both on and off the ice.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I hope I can be like her, have her overflow smiling, her confidence, her joy,” said Cynthia Lee, who was at the sold-out rally with her daughter, granddaughters and extended family on Thursday.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Liu, who was born in Richmond and grew up training at the Oakland Ice Center, competed on the national stage at just seven years old. She became the youngest woman to land a triple Axel in international competition, and the first ever to combine it with another of the sport’s most elite moves — a quadruple jump.\u003c/p>\u003c/div>",
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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>The skater made her Olympic debut at 16, and after placing seventh in the individual competition in Beijing in 2022, and third in the world championship later that year, announced her retirement.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>That hiatus was short-lived, though.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I took a whole new life path. I gained a lot of clarity and sense of self,” Liu said of the two-year period during a press conference inside Oakland City Hall Thursday.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>She re-emerged in 2024, and skated to a world championship win in 2025 with a new approach, \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12076055/alysa-lius-figure-skating-coach-from-san-francisco-says-her-next-lesson-is-fame\">focused on\u003c/a> sharing her artistry, rather than on the rigidity and rules often associated with the sport.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Alysa showed the world what it means to compete with heart,” Olympic figure skater Kristi Yamaguchi, who trained at the same rink as Liu, said at the celebration. “She stepped out onto the ice with such confidence, joy and, most importantly, with her true self.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Glenn Martin, the general manager at Oakland Ice Center, said Liu’s approach brought out a different side of other skaters, too.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“You wouldn’t normally see them smiling and relaxing … Alysa just brings that out of everyone,” he told KQED earlier this week.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12076351\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003ca href=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/03/260312-ALYSALIURALLY-15-BL-KQED.jpg\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12076351\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/03/260312-ALYSALIURALLY-15-BL-KQED.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/03/260312-ALYSALIURALLY-15-BL-KQED.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/03/260312-ALYSALIURALLY-15-BL-KQED-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/03/260312-ALYSALIURALLY-15-BL-KQED-1536x1024.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Fans cheer during a celebration for Olympic gold medalist Alysa Liu at Frank Ogawa Plaza in Oakland on March 12, 2026. \u003ccite>(Beth LaBerge/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Liu also gave a shoutout to Oakland, and the \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12074589/olympic-star-alysa-liu-is-back-in-the-bay-and-oakland-is-ready-to-celebrate\">Bay Area celebrated her success\u003c/a>. Oakland ice cream shop Fentons Creamery started scooping “Alysa’s Gold.” BART gave the “rider and local legend” a shoutout on social media and Lee praised her as a “hometown hero.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Three weeks later, that joy is still palpable.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“We watched [Alysa’s performance] probably three times in a row,” Cynthia’s daughter, Jennifer, said from Thursday’s rally. She told KQED she and her five- and eight-year-old daughters teared up during the program. “My family, my girls, all of us have been really, really inspired and encouraged by what Alysa has done and her story. And so we just want to come out and support her and celebrate her.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Thursday’s lineup, which featured local high school student speakers, Oakland-born \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/arts/13932887/turf-dancing-oakland-street-dance\">turf dancing\u003c/a> and dragon dancers from U.S. Shaolin Kung Fu, based\u003ca href=\"https://www.usshaolinkungfu.com/\"> in the city’s Chinatown\u003c/a>, didn’t disappoint.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12076354\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003ca href=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/03/260312-ALYSALIURALLY-28-BL-KQED.jpg\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12076354\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/03/260312-ALYSALIURALLY-28-BL-KQED.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/03/260312-ALYSALIURALLY-28-BL-KQED.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/03/260312-ALYSALIURALLY-28-BL-KQED-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/03/260312-ALYSALIURALLY-28-BL-KQED-1536x1024.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">U.S. Shaolin Kung Fu Traditional dragon dancers from Oakland Chinatown during a celebration for Olympic gold medalist Alysa Liu at Frank Ogawa Plaza in Oakland on March 12, 2026. \u003ccite>(Beth LaBerge/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12076358\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003ca href=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/03/260312-ALYSALIURALLY-40-BL-KQED.jpg\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12076358\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/03/260312-ALYSALIURALLY-40-BL-KQED.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/03/260312-ALYSALIURALLY-40-BL-KQED.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/03/260312-ALYSALIURALLY-40-BL-KQED-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/03/260312-ALYSALIURALLY-40-BL-KQED-1536x1024.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Olympic gold medalist Alysa Liu holds a key to the City of Oakland during a celebration in her honor at Frank Ogawa Plaza in Oakland on March 12, 2026. \u003ccite>(Beth LaBerge/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Oakland School of the Arts eighth grader Oliver Hajduck told KQED “the whole school came,” to the celebration.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“We have a lot of skaters at our school, almost everybody ice skates,” said fellow student Gus Johansen. “We ice skate every Tuesday and Thursday, and it’s just really awesome that we get to be here.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Stephen and Karen Ng came out to the event from the East Bay community of Alamo. They said as immigrants from Hong Kong, who came to the U.S. more than 20 years ago, they connected with Liu’s story.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I know that her father is an immigrant here, we are also immigrants here,” Karen said. Liu’s father Arthur immigrated to the U.S. from China’s Sichuan Province at 25. And, she added, her “son also [went] through sports and I was the mother traveling with him, going to different cultures.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12076352\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003ca href=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/03/260312-ALYSALIURALLY-17-BL-KQED.jpg\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12076352\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/03/260312-ALYSALIURALLY-17-BL-KQED.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/03/260312-ALYSALIURALLY-17-BL-KQED.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/03/260312-ALYSALIURALLY-17-BL-KQED-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/03/260312-ALYSALIURALLY-17-BL-KQED-1536x1024.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Fans cheer during a celebration for Olympic gold medalist Alysa Liu at Frank Ogawa Plaza in Oakland on March 12, 2026. \u003ccite>(Beth LaBerge/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>“I think it’s important for young people to learn from her example, just be yourself, know what you’re all about and try to pursue your dream,” Stephen added. “I think this is America, this is an American dream.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Also among the crowd was Sam McCollister, who brought his two daughters to the event.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I think it’s really important for young girls to be able to see a positive role model,” he told KQED. 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"content": "\u003cp>Longtime \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/tag/san-francisco\">San Francisco\u003c/a> figure skating coach Phillip DiGuglielmo recalled the day when his former athlete, \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12074589/olympic-star-alysa-liu-is-back-in-the-bay-and-oakland-is-ready-to-celebrate\">Alysa Liu\u003c/a>, asked to FaceTime. He said she asked him about getting back on the ice, two years after she had announced her retirement from the sport.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>DiGuglielmo said he tried to talk her out of it.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“My heart sank a little bit because I knew what it means for an athlete who is at that level to come back,” he told KQED. “I was afraid that she wouldn’t be able to succeed and do something even better than that.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Liu, the youngest woman to land a triple axel in international competition and the first woman to combine a quadruple jump with a triple axel, came out of retirement in 2024.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In collaboration with coach DiGuglielmo and choreographer Massimo Scali, the team charted a star-making course at the 2026 Milan Winter Games that helped the 20-year-old, who grew up in Richmond and trained in Oakland, become the first U.S. woman to \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12073916/oaklands-alysa-liu-gives-the-us-its-first-womens-figure-skating-olympic-gold-in-24-years\">win an Olympic gold in her sport\u003c/a> in the last 24 years.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Alysa has that rare confluence of hard work, excellent jump technique, excellent performance ability and an ability to not see competition as this make-or-break moment for her, [rather] that competition is an opportunity to share her art with the audience,” he said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12076106\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12076106\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/03/031026_ALYSA-LIU-OAKLAND-ICE-_GH_011-KQED.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/03/031026_ALYSA-LIU-OAKLAND-ICE-_GH_011-KQED.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/03/031026_ALYSA-LIU-OAKLAND-ICE-_GH_011-KQED-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/03/031026_ALYSA-LIU-OAKLAND-ICE-_GH_011-KQED-1536x1024.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Coach Phillip DiGuglielmo watches Haya Marie Hayes practice on March 10, 2026, at the Oakland Ice Center in Oakland. \u003ccite>(Gustavo Hernandez/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>DiGuglielmo talked about the rise of Liu’s stardom with KQED morning host \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/author/bwatt\">Brian Watt\u003c/a>, as the city of Oakland gears up for a Thursday \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12075928/alysa-liu-celebration-oakland-city-hall-free-tickets-sold-out-parking-bag-policy-no-parade\">pep rally\u003c/a> to celebrate Liu. Their conversation has been edited for brevity and clarity.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Brian Watt:\u003c/strong> In what way did you notice a difference in Alysa Liu between pre- and post-retirement?\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Phillip DiGuglielmo:\u003c/strong> Before she retired, she was your little model athlete. She did exactly what every coach ever asked her to. She tried as hard as she could. She succeeded at almost everything she tried. But I don’t think that we ever got to see who Alysa Liu was.[aside postID=arts_13987431 hero='https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2026/03/alysia-liu.png']Now, when she’s come back, the magic about her is that you get to see who she is as the athlete. There were around 13,000 people in the [Milano Ice Skating Arena].\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Those are the people she was performing for, but she was also performing for her family and for the millions of people watching on TV or Instagram or wherever they consume their media. She feels like she just wants to show her art, and it comes across in a different way than the other athletes that we have in our sport.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>What is it about her style? She’s called the queen of the triple axels, but what else is she doing?\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Because she’s taken ownership of her sport, of her performances, of her training, it just comes from inside of her. It’s not about the coaches and not the training facility. It’s only about Alysa trying to do the best that she can, and all of our whole team supporting her.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Take us back to the Winter Olympics in Milan. What moment stands out to you?\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Alyssa in this crazy gold sequined dress that looks like she just walked out of Studio 54 in 1978. Donna Summer’s “MacArthur Park” is playing, and the whole crowd gets into that vibe.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>It’s like she is skating around, floating on the ice, doing these difficult triple combinations. The spins, the step sequences and the split jumps are all perfectly on the music.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Dg0h9iZ1ZAg\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The audience feels like they are part of it. At the end, she grabs her foot and pulls it above her head, and it turns into like a disco ball.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>She ends in this pose with her right arm up with her finger pointing straight up to the sky, No.1.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Now that that has all happened, what are you hearing from her? She’s become a star known around the world. And I imagine that there’s more joy that comes with that, but also a lot of pressure.\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>She is worried for these next few months. Being recognized on the street, everywhere she goes. She’ll be able to handle it with time, but it’s going to be a challenge.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>She’s very busy, and she’s bringing a lot of attention to figure skating. Alysa has some new lessons to learn — how to balance this kind of attention. I don’t want to say “fame,” but maybe it is fame.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ci>Clarification: Alysa Liu has \u003c/i>\u003ci>\u003ca href=\"https://www.instagram.com/p/DVWjM5VEl1_/?img_index=2&igsh=ZjNiYTJpdjc3M28y\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">said on social media\u003c/a>\u003c/i>\u003ci> that her family moved around a lot to various places, including Richmond. Liu has said she spent most of her life in Oakland.\u003c/i>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n",
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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Liu, the youngest woman to land a triple axel in international competition and the first woman to combine a quadruple jump with a triple axel, came out of retirement in 2024.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In collaboration with coach DiGuglielmo and choreographer Massimo Scali, the team charted a star-making course at the 2026 Milan Winter Games that helped the 20-year-old, who grew up in Richmond and trained in Oakland, become the first U.S. woman to \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12073916/oaklands-alysa-liu-gives-the-us-its-first-womens-figure-skating-olympic-gold-in-24-years\">win an Olympic gold in her sport\u003c/a> in the last 24 years.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Alysa has that rare confluence of hard work, excellent jump technique, excellent performance ability and an ability to not see competition as this make-or-break moment for her, [rather] that competition is an opportunity to share her art with the audience,” he said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12076106\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12076106\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/03/031026_ALYSA-LIU-OAKLAND-ICE-_GH_011-KQED.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/03/031026_ALYSA-LIU-OAKLAND-ICE-_GH_011-KQED.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/03/031026_ALYSA-LIU-OAKLAND-ICE-_GH_011-KQED-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/03/031026_ALYSA-LIU-OAKLAND-ICE-_GH_011-KQED-1536x1024.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Coach Phillip DiGuglielmo watches Haya Marie Hayes practice on March 10, 2026, at the Oakland Ice Center in Oakland. \u003ccite>(Gustavo Hernandez/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>DiGuglielmo talked about the rise of Liu’s stardom with KQED morning host \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/author/bwatt\">Brian Watt\u003c/a>, as the city of Oakland gears up for a Thursday \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12075928/alysa-liu-celebration-oakland-city-hall-free-tickets-sold-out-parking-bag-policy-no-parade\">pep rally\u003c/a> to celebrate Liu. Their conversation has been edited for brevity and clarity.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Brian Watt:\u003c/strong> In what way did you notice a difference in Alysa Liu between pre- and post-retirement?\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Phillip DiGuglielmo:\u003c/strong> Before she retired, she was your little model athlete. She did exactly what every coach ever asked her to. She tried as hard as she could. She succeeded at almost everything she tried. But I don’t think that we ever got to see who Alysa Liu was.\u003c/p>\u003c/div>",
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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>Now, when she’s come back, the magic about her is that you get to see who she is as the athlete. There were around 13,000 people in the [Milano Ice Skating Arena].\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Those are the people she was performing for, but she was also performing for her family and for the millions of people watching on TV or Instagram or wherever they consume their media. She feels like she just wants to show her art, and it comes across in a different way than the other athletes that we have in our sport.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>What is it about her style? She’s called the queen of the triple axels, but what else is she doing?\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Because she’s taken ownership of her sport, of her performances, of her training, it just comes from inside of her. It’s not about the coaches and not the training facility. It’s only about Alysa trying to do the best that she can, and all of our whole team supporting her.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Take us back to the Winter Olympics in Milan. What moment stands out to you?\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Alyssa in this crazy gold sequined dress that looks like she just walked out of Studio 54 in 1978. Donna Summer’s “MacArthur Park” is playing, and the whole crowd gets into that vibe.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>It’s like she is skating around, floating on the ice, doing these difficult triple combinations. The spins, the step sequences and the split jumps are all perfectly on the music.\u003c/p>\u003c/p>\u003cp>\u003cspan class='utils-parseShortcode-shortcodes-__youtubeShortcode__embedYoutube'>\n \u003cspan class='utils-parseShortcode-shortcodes-__youtubeShortcode__embedYoutubeInside'>\n \u003ciframe\n loading='lazy'\n class='utils-parseShortcode-shortcodes-__youtubeShortcode__youtubePlayer'\n type='text/html'\n src='//www.youtube.com/embed/Dg0h9iZ1ZAg'\n title='//www.youtube.com/embed/Dg0h9iZ1ZAg'\n allowfullscreen='true'\n style='border:0;'>\u003c/iframe>\n \u003c/span>\n \u003c/span>\u003c/p>\u003cp>\u003cp>The audience feels like they are part of it. At the end, she grabs her foot and pulls it above her head, and it turns into like a disco ball.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>She ends in this pose with her right arm up with her finger pointing straight up to the sky, No.1.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Now that that has all happened, what are you hearing from her? She’s become a star known around the world. And I imagine that there’s more joy that comes with that, but also a lot of pressure.\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>She is worried for these next few months. Being recognized on the street, everywhere she goes. She’ll be able to handle it with time, but it’s going to be a challenge.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>She’s very busy, and she’s bringing a lot of attention to figure skating. Alysa has some new lessons to learn — how to balance this kind of attention. I don’t want to say “fame,” but maybe it is fame.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ci>Clarification: Alysa Liu has \u003c/i>\u003ci>\u003ca href=\"https://www.instagram.com/p/DVWjM5VEl1_/?img_index=2&igsh=ZjNiYTJpdjc3M28y\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">said on social media\u003c/a>\u003c/i>\u003ci> that her family moved around a lot to various places, including Richmond. Liu has said she spent most of her life in Oakland.\u003c/i>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003c/div>\u003c/p>",
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"content": "\u003cp>On Tuesday afternoon, Mia Pace laced up her skates at the \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/tag/oakland\">Oakland\u003c/a> Ice Center. The 11-year-old figure skater was antsy to get on the ice and run her program to the Barbie version of \u003cem>Perfect Day\u003c/em> by Hoku.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Pace said she’s working on perfecting her salchow, a jump from the back of one foot to the other, as she prepares for her first competition this summer. She’s been taking lessons multiple times a week at the East Bay rink for about a year and a half, ever since she was introduced to videos of \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12074589/olympic-star-alysa-liu-is-back-in-the-bay-and-oakland-is-ready-to-celebrate\">Olympic gold medalist Alysa Liu’s\u003c/a> figure skating performances.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Somebody told me about Alysa Liu and how she skates, and I was just amazed by it,” she said. “I started watching all of her performances, and I was like, ‘I need to do this.’”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Pace said she wanted to take lessons at Oakland Ice Center because of Liu. It has been the Olympic star’s home rink and main training ground since she first enrolled in its “Learn to Skate” group lessons more than 15 years ago.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Pace also started taking group lessons through the same program and was quickly hooked.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“When I get on the ice, I feel like all my problems are gone for the day and I just am out there in my own world,” she told KQED.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12076107\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12076107\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/03/031026_ALYSA-LIU-OAKLAND-ICE-_GH_018-KQED.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/03/031026_ALYSA-LIU-OAKLAND-ICE-_GH_018-KQED.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/03/031026_ALYSA-LIU-OAKLAND-ICE-_GH_018-KQED-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/03/031026_ALYSA-LIU-OAKLAND-ICE-_GH_018-KQED-1536x1024.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Memorabilia celebrating Olympic champion Alysa Liu hangs inside the Oakland Ice Center on March 10, 2026, in Oakland. \u003ccite>(Gustavo Hernandez/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Just inside the rink’s front doors in downtown Oakland, columns leading to the front desk and skate rental booths are plastered with Liu’s photo.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Larger-than-life printouts of her face pop out from porthole windows around the lobby, and a series of banners highlighting milestones of her career are draped from the ceiling above the ice.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>On Thursday, Oakland is preparing to celebrate Liu’s homecoming from the Olympics, where she rose to global fame after earning the first gold in individual women’s skating for the U.S. since 2002, with a citywide rally expecting a turnout of 7,000 people. For the young skaters at Oakland Ice Center, though, she’s been a hometown hero for years.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Alysa really inspires me,” said Haya Hayes, who has been taking lessons since she was four-and-a-half.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12076106\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12076106\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/03/031026_ALYSA-LIU-OAKLAND-ICE-_GH_011-KQED.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/03/031026_ALYSA-LIU-OAKLAND-ICE-_GH_011-KQED.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/03/031026_ALYSA-LIU-OAKLAND-ICE-_GH_011-KQED-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/03/031026_ALYSA-LIU-OAKLAND-ICE-_GH_011-KQED-1536x1024.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Coach Phillip DiGuglielmo watches Haya Marie Hayes practice on March 10, 2026, at the Oakland Ice Center in Oakland. \u003ccite>(Gustavo Hernandez/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Hayes trains with Liu’s coaches, Phillip DiGuglielmo and Massimo Scali, through St. Moritz Ice Skating Club, which has been in the East Bay for almost a century, and has been based at Oakland Ice Center since 2006. Olympic and world champion Kristi Yamaguchi also rose through the club’s ranks.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Hayes said she wanted to start skating after her mom showed her videos of Liu, including her favorite: “Her program when she was eight years old,” she told KQED.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Last spring, when she was also eight, Hayes said she got first place in her own competition, performing to \u003cem>Fix You \u003c/em>by Coldplay.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Since Liu skyrocketed to stardom in Milan earlier this year, making headlines with her bubbly demeanor, unique style and fun music choices, her influence has had ripples in the Bay Area’s ice skating community.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12076103\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12076103\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/03/031026_ALYSA-LIU-OAKLAND-ICE-_GH_002-KQED.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/03/031026_ALYSA-LIU-OAKLAND-ICE-_GH_002-KQED.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/03/031026_ALYSA-LIU-OAKLAND-ICE-_GH_002-KQED-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/03/031026_ALYSA-LIU-OAKLAND-ICE-_GH_002-KQED-1536x1024.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Glenn Martin, general manager of the Oakland Ice Center, sits in his office on March 10, 2026, in Oakland. Martin oversees the rink where Olympic champion Alysa Liu trained as a child and continues to practice today. \u003ccite>(Gustavo Hernandez/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Pace said more people have been coming to skate at Oakland Ice Center, and the rink’s general manager, Glenn Martin, told KQED that there have been lots of fresh faces around, hoping to learn to skate or just catch a glimpse of Liu.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“It’s just been fully excitement,” he said from his office, where the windowsill is lined with more blown-up printouts of Liu’s face, along with framed photos of her as a young skater and other memorabilia from her career.[aside postID=news_12074589 hero='https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/02/AlysaLiuGetty3.jpg']The enthusiasm isn’t unusual, he said. Every Olympic cycle, the center sees a boost of a couple of hundred people enrolling in its programs, from hockey and curling to ice skating.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">“We did watch parties while she was there, and we had a room full of people watching it live on TV. It was a great time and that energy has just carried right on through,” he said. \u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Just after 5 p.m., the center geared up for its first Learn to Skate classes of the evening. The rink transformed from a quiet bustle of regulars taking private lessons and free skating to a lively flood of young athletes crowded around the lobby’s benches and floors, lacing up bright white skates and pulling on ear muffs and gloves.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Kids hobbled around on thin blades, greeting friends and impatiently clutching the walls of the rink, watching the Zamboni machine smooth over the ice.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Figure skating definitely grows after the Olympics, because I feel that there’s people that get inspired after watching,” said Laura Lipetsky, who has been coaching group and private lessons at Oakland Ice Center since 1995. She taught Liu’s first group lessons in 2010 and worked with her in private lessons for a decade.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12076105\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12076105\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/03/031026_ALYSA-LIU-OAKLAND-ICE-_GH_010-KQED.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/03/031026_ALYSA-LIU-OAKLAND-ICE-_GH_010-KQED.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/03/031026_ALYSA-LIU-OAKLAND-ICE-_GH_010-KQED-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/03/031026_ALYSA-LIU-OAKLAND-ICE-_GH_010-KQED-1536x1024.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Banners celebrating Olympic champion Alysa Liu hang above the rink on March 10, 2026, at the Oakland Ice Center in Oakland. \u003ccite>(Gustavo Hernandez/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Liu, she said, “has been inspiring a lot of kids [to think] ‘Wow, it’s possible, and it’s someone that came from the Bay Area, the Oakland Ice Center.’” She said she’s had young students come to her and say, “I want to be a champion, too.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Joyce Elangovan, 8, began skating two years ago in the same group lessons. Her mom had been a skater growing up in Minnesota, but said she had tried to keep that under wraps until Joyce started watching the sport on TV, and begged to take classes.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I just figured I’d let her give it a shot and see if she liked it. And she has,” Kristen \u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">Odegaard\u003c/span> told KQED. “She’s really driven it herself. Like, despite my love for it, she really loves it herself.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12076102\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12076102\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/03/031026_ALYSA-LIU-OAKLAND-ICE-_GH_001-KQED.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/03/031026_ALYSA-LIU-OAKLAND-ICE-_GH_001-KQED.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/03/031026_ALYSA-LIU-OAKLAND-ICE-_GH_001-KQED-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/03/031026_ALYSA-LIU-OAKLAND-ICE-_GH_001-KQED-1536x1024.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">The exterior of the Oakland Ice Center on March 10, 2026, in Oakland. 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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003cp>On Tuesday afternoon, Mia Pace laced up her skates at the \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/tag/oakland\">Oakland\u003c/a> Ice Center. The 11-year-old figure skater was antsy to get on the ice and run her program to the Barbie version of \u003cem>Perfect Day\u003c/em> by Hoku.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Pace said she’s working on perfecting her salchow, a jump from the back of one foot to the other, as she prepares for her first competition this summer. She’s been taking lessons multiple times a week at the East Bay rink for about a year and a half, ever since she was introduced to videos of \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12074589/olympic-star-alysa-liu-is-back-in-the-bay-and-oakland-is-ready-to-celebrate\">Olympic gold medalist Alysa Liu’s\u003c/a> figure skating performances.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Somebody told me about Alysa Liu and how she skates, and I was just amazed by it,” she said. “I started watching all of her performances, and I was like, ‘I need to do this.’”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003c/div>",
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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Pace said she wanted to take lessons at Oakland Ice Center because of Liu. It has been the Olympic star’s home rink and main training ground since she first enrolled in its “Learn to Skate” group lessons more than 15 years ago.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Pace also started taking group lessons through the same program and was quickly hooked.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“When I get on the ice, I feel like all my problems are gone for the day and I just am out there in my own world,” she told KQED.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12076107\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12076107\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/03/031026_ALYSA-LIU-OAKLAND-ICE-_GH_018-KQED.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/03/031026_ALYSA-LIU-OAKLAND-ICE-_GH_018-KQED.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/03/031026_ALYSA-LIU-OAKLAND-ICE-_GH_018-KQED-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/03/031026_ALYSA-LIU-OAKLAND-ICE-_GH_018-KQED-1536x1024.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Memorabilia celebrating Olympic champion Alysa Liu hangs inside the Oakland Ice Center on March 10, 2026, in Oakland. \u003ccite>(Gustavo Hernandez/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Just inside the rink’s front doors in downtown Oakland, columns leading to the front desk and skate rental booths are plastered with Liu’s photo.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Larger-than-life printouts of her face pop out from porthole windows around the lobby, and a series of banners highlighting milestones of her career are draped from the ceiling above the ice.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>On Thursday, Oakland is preparing to celebrate Liu’s homecoming from the Olympics, where she rose to global fame after earning the first gold in individual women’s skating for the U.S. since 2002, with a citywide rally expecting a turnout of 7,000 people. For the young skaters at Oakland Ice Center, though, she’s been a hometown hero for years.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Alysa really inspires me,” said Haya Hayes, who has been taking lessons since she was four-and-a-half.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12076106\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12076106\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/03/031026_ALYSA-LIU-OAKLAND-ICE-_GH_011-KQED.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/03/031026_ALYSA-LIU-OAKLAND-ICE-_GH_011-KQED.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/03/031026_ALYSA-LIU-OAKLAND-ICE-_GH_011-KQED-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/03/031026_ALYSA-LIU-OAKLAND-ICE-_GH_011-KQED-1536x1024.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Coach Phillip DiGuglielmo watches Haya Marie Hayes practice on March 10, 2026, at the Oakland Ice Center in Oakland. \u003ccite>(Gustavo Hernandez/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Hayes trains with Liu’s coaches, Phillip DiGuglielmo and Massimo Scali, through St. Moritz Ice Skating Club, which has been in the East Bay for almost a century, and has been based at Oakland Ice Center since 2006. Olympic and world champion Kristi Yamaguchi also rose through the club’s ranks.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Hayes said she wanted to start skating after her mom showed her videos of Liu, including her favorite: “Her program when she was eight years old,” she told KQED.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Last spring, when she was also eight, Hayes said she got first place in her own competition, performing to \u003cem>Fix You \u003c/em>by Coldplay.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Since Liu skyrocketed to stardom in Milan earlier this year, making headlines with her bubbly demeanor, unique style and fun music choices, her influence has had ripples in the Bay Area’s ice skating community.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12076103\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12076103\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/03/031026_ALYSA-LIU-OAKLAND-ICE-_GH_002-KQED.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/03/031026_ALYSA-LIU-OAKLAND-ICE-_GH_002-KQED.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/03/031026_ALYSA-LIU-OAKLAND-ICE-_GH_002-KQED-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/03/031026_ALYSA-LIU-OAKLAND-ICE-_GH_002-KQED-1536x1024.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Glenn Martin, general manager of the Oakland Ice Center, sits in his office on March 10, 2026, in Oakland. Martin oversees the rink where Olympic champion Alysa Liu trained as a child and continues to practice today. \u003ccite>(Gustavo Hernandez/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Pace said more people have been coming to skate at Oakland Ice Center, and the rink’s general manager, Glenn Martin, told KQED that there have been lots of fresh faces around, hoping to learn to skate or just catch a glimpse of Liu.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“It’s just been fully excitement,” he said from his office, where the windowsill is lined with more blown-up printouts of Liu’s face, along with framed photos of her as a young skater and other memorabilia from her career.\u003c/p>\u003c/div>",
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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>The enthusiasm isn’t unusual, he said. Every Olympic cycle, the center sees a boost of a couple of hundred people enrolling in its programs, from hockey and curling to ice skating.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">“We did watch parties while she was there, and we had a room full of people watching it live on TV. It was a great time and that energy has just carried right on through,” he said. \u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Just after 5 p.m., the center geared up for its first Learn to Skate classes of the evening. The rink transformed from a quiet bustle of regulars taking private lessons and free skating to a lively flood of young athletes crowded around the lobby’s benches and floors, lacing up bright white skates and pulling on ear muffs and gloves.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Kids hobbled around on thin blades, greeting friends and impatiently clutching the walls of the rink, watching the Zamboni machine smooth over the ice.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Figure skating definitely grows after the Olympics, because I feel that there’s people that get inspired after watching,” said Laura Lipetsky, who has been coaching group and private lessons at Oakland Ice Center since 1995. She taught Liu’s first group lessons in 2010 and worked with her in private lessons for a decade.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12076105\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12076105\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/03/031026_ALYSA-LIU-OAKLAND-ICE-_GH_010-KQED.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/03/031026_ALYSA-LIU-OAKLAND-ICE-_GH_010-KQED.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/03/031026_ALYSA-LIU-OAKLAND-ICE-_GH_010-KQED-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/03/031026_ALYSA-LIU-OAKLAND-ICE-_GH_010-KQED-1536x1024.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Banners celebrating Olympic champion Alysa Liu hang above the rink on March 10, 2026, at the Oakland Ice Center in Oakland. \u003ccite>(Gustavo Hernandez/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Liu, she said, “has been inspiring a lot of kids [to think] ‘Wow, it’s possible, and it’s someone that came from the Bay Area, the Oakland Ice Center.’” She said she’s had young students come to her and say, “I want to be a champion, too.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Joyce Elangovan, 8, began skating two years ago in the same group lessons. Her mom had been a skater growing up in Minnesota, but said she had tried to keep that under wraps until Joyce started watching the sport on TV, and begged to take classes.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I just figured I’d let her give it a shot and see if she liked it. And she has,” Kristen \u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">Odegaard\u003c/span> told KQED. “She’s really driven it herself. Like, despite my love for it, she really loves it herself.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12076102\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12076102\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/03/031026_ALYSA-LIU-OAKLAND-ICE-_GH_001-KQED.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/03/031026_ALYSA-LIU-OAKLAND-ICE-_GH_001-KQED.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/03/031026_ALYSA-LIU-OAKLAND-ICE-_GH_001-KQED-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/03/031026_ALYSA-LIU-OAKLAND-ICE-_GH_001-KQED-1536x1024.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">The exterior of the Oakland Ice Center on March 10, 2026, in Oakland. The rink is where Olympic gold medalist Alysa Liu trained for years as a young skater. \u003ccite>(Gustavo Hernandez/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Now, \u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">Elangovan\u003c/span> also takes private lessons with Liu’s coach, DiGuglielmo, and has caught the competitive bug. Joyce grinned, remembering her last competition, when she ended her routine with a two-foot spin.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“It felt really good,” she said, to see her coaches and family excited for her.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">Elangovan\u003c/span> also loves getting to watch other skaters practicing at the rink — especially Liu.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Most skaters aren’t as positive as her on the ice,” she said. “She’s always so fun and happy, and she is never hiding herself. It feels really fun to watch.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003c/div>",
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"content": "\u003cp>On Thursday, Oakland is throwing a celebration in honor of \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12073916/oaklands-alysa-liu-gives-the-us-its-first-womens-figure-skating-olympic-gold-in-24-years\">hometown hero Alysa Liu\u003c/a>: the first American to win gold in women’s figure skating at the Winter Olympics in 24 years.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>And after just a few days, the event’s free tickets are \u003ca href=\"https://www.instagram.com/visitoakland/p/DVrwPeJD4ft/\">already sold out\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“The love for Alysa is real,” commented \u003ca href=\"https://www.instagram.com/visitoakland/p/DVrwPeJD4ft/\">the official Instagram accoun\u003c/a>t for the city of Oakland.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Liu — who gained global attention for her bright, carefree skating performance, distinct style and \u003ca href=\"https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ocIOHZF-888\">love for the Bay\u003c/a> — will be present at what Oakland is calling the Alysa Liu Celebration Rally, where she’s expected to \u003ca href=\"https://www.visitoakland.com/alysa-liu/\">speak to the crowd at the event\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12075985\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 1980px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12075985\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/03/GettyImages-2265776474-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1980\" height=\"1321\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/03/GettyImages-2265776474-1.jpg 1980w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/03/GettyImages-2265776474-1-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/03/GettyImages-2265776474-1-1536x1025.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1980px) 100vw, 1980px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Alysa Liu attends the Louis Vuitton Womenswear Fall/Winter 2026-27 show as part of Paris Fashion Week on March 10, 2026, in Paris, France. \u003ccite>(Marc Piasecki via Getty Images)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>This homecoming party is expected to be packed. So if you were lucky enough to reserve a spot at the much-anticipated event on Thursday, here’s what to know.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Jump straight to:\u003c/p>\n\u003cul>\n\u003cli>\u003cstrong>\u003ca href=\"#IstherenearbyparkingfortheAlysaLiuCelebrationRally\">Is there nearby parking for the Alysa Liu Celebration Rally?\u003c/a>\u003c/strong>\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>\u003cstrong>\u003ca href=\"#Whatstheeventsbagpolicy\">What’s the event’s bag policy?\u003c/a>\u003c/strong>\u003c/li>\n\u003c/ul>\n\u003ch2>Is it too late to get a ticket for the Alysa Liu Celebration Rally?\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>Unfortunately, yes. Anyone without a registration will not be able to attend the event as it is “at capacity and no more admission is available,” according to a spokesperson from the city of Oakland.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>When and where is the Alysa Liu Celebration Rally?\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The event is on Thursday, at 12 p.m. at Frank Ogawa Plaza near Oakland’s City Hall. Doors open at 9 a.m.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12075992\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 1980px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12075992\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/03/GettyImages-1091535112.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1980\" height=\"1320\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/03/GettyImages-1091535112.jpg 1980w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/03/GettyImages-1091535112-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/03/GettyImages-1091535112-1536x1024.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1980px) 100vw, 1980px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Frank H. Ogawa Plaza in downtown Oakland, on a cloudy day. \u003ccite>(Sundry Photography via Getty Images)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>The \u003ca href=\"https://www.visitoakland.com/alysa-liu/#registration\">City of Oakland’s website\u003c/a> recommends people arrive early in order to secure a good viewing spot.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The event starts at 12 p.m. and will end around 1:30 p.m., according to the city.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>What kind of venue is Frank Ogawa Plaza?\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Frank Ogawa Plaza is \u003ca href=\"https://www.google.com/maps/place/1+Frank+H.+Ogawa+Plaza,+Oakland,+CA+94612/@37.8051952,-122.2718616,3a,75y,353.95h,81.08t/data=!3m8!1e1!3m6!1sCIHM0ogKEICAgICEpo3MVQ!2e10!3e11!6shttps:%2F%2Flh3.googleusercontent.com%2Fgpms-cs-s%2FAFfmt2ZDEjojPMq212H8pCK46AdRBoW3XNJ408HuVTI3Tv9MfU141M1tXngu6vm8TCR_J1elp9ZNeacEvER1iaJJ_cUyG8XZvAAa3htWd2RurJ8yGpXshzWIGUDhN0FGRKCgEENLtz_4%3Dw900-h600-k-no-pi8.917626792195747-ya353.9535816203126-ro0-fo100!7i7776!8i3888!4m15!1m8!3m7!1s0x808f80b1a03e0eb1:0x894fdebeffb22522!2s1+Frank+H.+Ogawa+Plaza,+Oakland,+CA+94612!3b1!8m2!3d37.8050974!4d-122.2718614!16s%2Fg%2F1q2whdnpx!3m5!1s0x808f80b1a03e0eb1:0x894fdebeffb22522!8m2!3d37.8050974!4d-122.2718614!16s%2Fg%2F1q2whdnpx?entry=ttu&g_ep=EgoyMDI2MDMwOC4wIKXMDSoASAFQAw%3D%3D\">an open-air venue\u003c/a>, similar to an amphitheater, which is right \u003ca href=\"http://outdoors.it\">outside\u003c/a> City Hall.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The Oakland weather forecast predicts \u003ca href=\"https://forecast.weather.gov/MapClick.php?textField1=37.7518&textField2=-122.232\">a sunny, bright day on Thursday afternoon\u003c/a>, so be sure to bring water to drink and wear sunscreen.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Are children welcome at the Alysa Liu Celebration Rally?\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Yes: the city is characterizing the rally as a“family-friendly community celebration welcoming fans of all ages.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Children under 5 years old don’t need their own ticket to attend the event, but must be accompanied by an adult with a registered ticket.[aside postID=arts_13987431 hero='https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2026/03/alysia-liu.png']Strollers are allowed at the event but will be subjected to a security search (see below.)\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>\u003ca id=\"Whatstheeventsbagpolicy\">\u003c/a>Is there a bag policy at the Alysa Liu Celebration Rally?\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>There will be \u003ca href=\"https://www.visitoakland.com/alysa-liu/\">security screening\u003c/a> for all entrants to Frank Ogawa Plaza.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Items you cannot bring to the Alysa Liu Celebration Rally include:\u003c/p>\n\u003cul>\n\u003cli>Weapons like firearms, batons and pepper spray\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>Bladed items like pocket knives and scissors\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>Explosives like fireworks\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>Drones or professional camera and recording gear (excluding cell phones)\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>Laser pointers\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>Signs and banners larger than 11″ x 17″ or attached to a pole/stick.\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>Noisemakers like airhorns, whistles or megaphones\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>Bikes, scooters or skateboards (ADA-approved mobility devices \u003cem>are\u003c/em> allowed.)\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>Alcohol or cannabis(and alcoholic beverages will not be sold during the event).\u003c/li>\n\u003c/ul>\n\u003cp>The city recommends that attendees bring clear bags, as they would to a concert venue, to speed up security screenings.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Any bag you bring \u003cem>cannot\u003c/em> be bigger than 12″ x 6″ x 12″. Hard-sided containers like coolers, liquids, unsealed beverages and glass bottles (excluding medical needs and infant needs) are also not allowed.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>How can I get to Frank Ogawa Plaza using public transportation?\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Guests are \u003ca href=\"https://www.visitoakland.com/alysa-liu/\">encouraged by the city\u003c/a> to use public transportation to reachthe homecoming celebration.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>BART\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Take a BART Yellow, Orange, or Red line train and exit at 12th Street/Oakland City Center Station. After that, it’s \u003ca href=\"https://www.google.com/maps/dir/1245+Broadway,+Oakland,+CA+94612/Frank+H.+Ogawa+Plaza,+Oakland,+CA+94612/@37.8044928,-122.2741517,17z/data=!3m1!4b1!4m14!4m13!1m5!1m1!1s0x808f80b14f89b71b:0x541031277707a792!2m2!1d-122.2718896!2d37.8036801!1m5!1m1!1s0x808f80b177970b73:0x6c6eff125046238c!2m2!1d-122.2715946!2d37.8053433!3e2?entry=ttu&g_ep=EgoyMDI2MDMwOC4wIKXMDSoASAFQAw%3D%3D\">a quick 2-3 minute walk to the plaza\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11986231\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-11986231\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/05/240514-EMINENTDOMAIN-25-BL-KQED.jpg\" alt=\"A BART train above two streets intersecting\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/05/240514-EMINENTDOMAIN-25-BL-KQED.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/05/240514-EMINENTDOMAIN-25-BL-KQED-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/05/240514-EMINENTDOMAIN-25-BL-KQED-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/05/240514-EMINENTDOMAIN-25-BL-KQED-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/05/240514-EMINENTDOMAIN-25-BL-KQED-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/05/240514-EMINENTDOMAIN-25-BL-KQED-1920x1280.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">A BART train runs along the tracks at 59th Street and Martin Luther King Jr Way in Oakland on May 14, 2024. \u003ccite>(Beth LaBerge/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>If you’re coming from a Blue or Green line train, you would need to transfer at the Lake Merritt Station and jump on an Orange Line train. You can also use \u003ca href=\"https://www.bart.gov/planner\">BART’s Trip Planner\u003c/a> to customize your route.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>AC Transit \u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The following lines will take you right to downtown Oakland: Tempo 1T, 6, 12, 14, 18, 19, 22, 30, 40, 51A, 72, 72L, 72M, 88, and 96.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>You can use \u003ca href=\"https://tp.actransit.org/\">AC Transit’s Trip Planner\u003c/a> to map out your route.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>\u003ca id=\"IstherenearbyparkingfortheAlysaLiuCelebrationRally\">\u003c/a>Is there parking available near Frank Ogawa Plaza?\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>If you would rather drive to the plaza, you can check out \u003ca href=\"https://www.google.com/maps/d/viewer?mid=1ElmaDUHqu3FLC8KMotBbQUD9x_U&%3Bll=37.806342649331874%2C-122.25653192906495&%3Bz=14&ll=37.789794246857674%2C-122.22610495&z=13\">this Google Map of parking structures in downtown Oakland\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>City-run parking garages include:\u003c/p>\n\u003cul>\n\u003cli>Dalziel Garage, a \u003ca href=\"https://www.google.com/maps/dir/Frank+H.+Ogawa+Plaza,+Oakland,+CA+94612/Dalziel+Garage,+250+Frank+H.+Ogawa+Plaza,+Oakland,+CA+94612/@37.8058819,-122.2745508,17z/data=!3m2!4b1!5s0x808f80b678e8f087:0x514764d491c0e31c!4m14!4m13!1m5!1m1!1s0x808f80b177970b73:0x6c6eff125046238c!2m2!1d-122.2715946!2d37.8053433!1m5!1m1!1s0x808f80b195180967:0xa07553e6ad4ae813!2m2!1d-122.2724138!2d37.8061888!3e2?entry=ttu&g_ep=EgoyMDI2MDMwOC4wIKXMDSoASAFQAw%3D%3D\">2-minute walk to the plaza\u003c/a>\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>Franklin Plaza Garage, a \u003ca href=\"https://www.google.com/maps/dir/Frank+H.+Ogawa+Plaza,+Oakland,+CA+94612/Franklin+Plaza+Parking,+19th+St,+Oakland,+CA+94612/@37.8064408,-122.2712547,18z/data=!3m2!4b1!5s0x808f80b678e8f087:0x514764d491c0e31c!4m14!4m13!1m5!1m1!1s0x808f80b177970b73:0x6c6eff125046238c!2m2!1d-122.2715946!2d37.8053433!1m5!1m1!1s0x808f80b258a4016b:0x5c7fc904f48e3a0c!2m2!1d-122.2683746!2d37.8074235!3e2?entry=ttu&g_ep=EgoyMDI2MDMwOC4wIKXMDSoASAFQAw%3D%3D\">6-minute walk to the plaza\u003c/a>\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>City Center West Garage, about \u003ca href=\"https://www.google.com/maps/dir/Frank+H.+Ogawa+Plaza,+Oakland,+CA+94612/City+Center+West+Garage,+Oakland,+CA+94612/@37.8049461,-122.2762241,17z/data=!3m2!4b1!5s0x808f80b678e8f087:0x514764d491c0e31c!4m14!4m13!1m5!1m1!1s0x808f80b177970b73:0x6c6eff125046238c!2m2!1d-122.2715946!2d37.8053433!1m5!1m1!1s0x808f80b063f85ac9:0x72b5aadec3787c93!2m2!1d-122.2756908!2d37.804547!3e2?entry=ttu&g_ep=EgoyMDI2MDMwOC4wIKXMDSoASAFQAw%3D%3D\">a 7-minute walk to the plaza\u003c/a>\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>Franklin 88 Garage, about \u003ca href=\"https://www.google.com/maps/dir/Frank+H.+Ogawa+Plaza,+Oakland,+CA+94612/Franklin+Plaza+Parking,+19th+St,+Oakland,+CA+94612/@37.8064408,-122.2712547,18z/data=!3m2!4b1!5s0x808f80b678e8f087:0x514764d491c0e31c!4m14!4m13!1m5!1m1!1s0x808f80b177970b73:0x6c6eff125046238c!2m2!1d-122.2715946!2d37.8053433!1m5!1m1!1s0x808f80b258a4016b:0x5c7fc904f48e3a0c!2m2!1d-122.2683746!2d37.8074235!3e2?entry=ttu&g_ep=EgoyMDI2MDMwOC4wIKXMDSoASAFQAw%3D%3D\">an 8-minute walk to the plaza\u003c/a>\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>1200 Harrison Garage, about \u003ca href=\"https://www.google.com/maps/dir/Frank+H.+Ogawa+Plaza,+Oakland,+CA+94612/Harrison+Garage,+278+12th+St,+Oakland,+CA+94607/@37.8034184,-122.2724868,17z/data=!3m1!4b1!4m14!4m13!1m5!1m1!1s0x808f80b177970b73:0x6c6eff125046238c!2m2!1d-122.2715946!2d37.8053433!1m5!1m1!1s0x808f80b506d7a26b:0x589d8ab3d003ec9b!2m2!1d-122.2680143!2d37.8015196!3e2?entry=ttu&g_ep=EgoyMDI2MDMwOC4wIKXMDSoASAFQAw%3D%3D\">a 10-minute walk to the plaza\u003c/a>\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>Pacific Renaissance Plaza Garage, about \u003ca href=\"https://www.google.com/maps/dir/Frank+H.+Ogawa+Plaza,+Oakland,+CA+94612/Pacific+Renaissance+Plaza+Parking+Garage,+388+9th+St,+Oakland,+CA+94607/@37.8029408,-122.2736874,17z/data=!3m2!4b1!5s0x808f80b678e8f087:0x514764d491c0e31c!4m14!4m13!1m5!1m1!1s0x808f80b177970b73:0x6c6eff125046238c!2m2!1d-122.2715946!2d37.8053433!1m5!1m1!1s0x808f815c2eeb2e09:0xa2db5cfb4b878c89!2m2!1d-122.2705972!2d37.8008528!3e2?entry=ttu&g_ep=EgoyMDI2MDMwOC4wIKXMDSoASAFQAw%3D%3D\">a 10-minute walk to the plaza.\u003c/a>\u003c/li>\n\u003c/ul>\n\u003cp>Expect these garages to fill up quickly ahead of the Alysa Liu Celebration Rally.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>There will also be street parking, but it will likely be difficult during the celebration due to the number of people attending the event.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Will there be food at the Alysa Liu Celebration Rally? \u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Yes, there will be food trucks and nonalcoholic beverages sold at the event. Remember: bringing your own alcohol into the venue is not permitted.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>It’s also \u003ca href=\"https://www.visitoakland.com/events/annual-events/restaurant-week/\">Oakland Restaurant Week\u003c/a>, if you’d rather get something to eat after the event and take advantage of the special deals in the city.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n",
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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“The love for Alysa is real,” commented \u003ca href=\"https://www.instagram.com/visitoakland/p/DVrwPeJD4ft/\">the official Instagram accoun\u003c/a>t for the city of Oakland.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Liu — who gained global attention for her bright, carefree skating performance, distinct style and \u003ca href=\"https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ocIOHZF-888\">love for the Bay\u003c/a> — will be present at what Oakland is calling the Alysa Liu Celebration Rally, where she’s expected to \u003ca href=\"https://www.visitoakland.com/alysa-liu/\">speak to the crowd at the event\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12075985\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 1980px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12075985\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/03/GettyImages-2265776474-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1980\" height=\"1321\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/03/GettyImages-2265776474-1.jpg 1980w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/03/GettyImages-2265776474-1-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/03/GettyImages-2265776474-1-1536x1025.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1980px) 100vw, 1980px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Alysa Liu attends the Louis Vuitton Womenswear Fall/Winter 2026-27 show as part of Paris Fashion Week on March 10, 2026, in Paris, France. \u003ccite>(Marc Piasecki via Getty Images)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>This homecoming party is expected to be packed. So if you were lucky enough to reserve a spot at the much-anticipated event on Thursday, here’s what to know.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Jump straight to:\u003c/p>\n\u003cul>\n\u003cli>\u003cstrong>\u003ca href=\"#IstherenearbyparkingfortheAlysaLiuCelebrationRally\">Is there nearby parking for the Alysa Liu Celebration Rally?\u003c/a>\u003c/strong>\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>\u003cstrong>\u003ca href=\"#Whatstheeventsbagpolicy\">What’s the event’s bag policy?\u003c/a>\u003c/strong>\u003c/li>\n\u003c/ul>\n\u003ch2>Is it too late to get a ticket for the Alysa Liu Celebration Rally?\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>Unfortunately, yes. Anyone without a registration will not be able to attend the event as it is “at capacity and no more admission is available,” according to a spokesperson from the city of Oakland.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>When and where is the Alysa Liu Celebration Rally?\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The event is on Thursday, at 12 p.m. at Frank Ogawa Plaza near Oakland’s City Hall. Doors open at 9 a.m.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12075992\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 1980px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12075992\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/03/GettyImages-1091535112.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1980\" height=\"1320\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/03/GettyImages-1091535112.jpg 1980w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/03/GettyImages-1091535112-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/03/GettyImages-1091535112-1536x1024.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1980px) 100vw, 1980px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Frank H. Ogawa Plaza in downtown Oakland, on a cloudy day. \u003ccite>(Sundry Photography via Getty Images)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>The \u003ca href=\"https://www.visitoakland.com/alysa-liu/#registration\">City of Oakland’s website\u003c/a> recommends people arrive early in order to secure a good viewing spot.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The event starts at 12 p.m. and will end around 1:30 p.m., according to the city.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>What kind of venue is Frank Ogawa Plaza?\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Frank Ogawa Plaza is \u003ca href=\"https://www.google.com/maps/place/1+Frank+H.+Ogawa+Plaza,+Oakland,+CA+94612/@37.8051952,-122.2718616,3a,75y,353.95h,81.08t/data=!3m8!1e1!3m6!1sCIHM0ogKEICAgICEpo3MVQ!2e10!3e11!6shttps:%2F%2Flh3.googleusercontent.com%2Fgpms-cs-s%2FAFfmt2ZDEjojPMq212H8pCK46AdRBoW3XNJ408HuVTI3Tv9MfU141M1tXngu6vm8TCR_J1elp9ZNeacEvER1iaJJ_cUyG8XZvAAa3htWd2RurJ8yGpXshzWIGUDhN0FGRKCgEENLtz_4%3Dw900-h600-k-no-pi8.917626792195747-ya353.9535816203126-ro0-fo100!7i7776!8i3888!4m15!1m8!3m7!1s0x808f80b1a03e0eb1:0x894fdebeffb22522!2s1+Frank+H.+Ogawa+Plaza,+Oakland,+CA+94612!3b1!8m2!3d37.8050974!4d-122.2718614!16s%2Fg%2F1q2whdnpx!3m5!1s0x808f80b1a03e0eb1:0x894fdebeffb22522!8m2!3d37.8050974!4d-122.2718614!16s%2Fg%2F1q2whdnpx?entry=ttu&g_ep=EgoyMDI2MDMwOC4wIKXMDSoASAFQAw%3D%3D\">an open-air venue\u003c/a>, similar to an amphitheater, which is right \u003ca href=\"http://outdoors.it\">outside\u003c/a> City Hall.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The Oakland weather forecast predicts \u003ca href=\"https://forecast.weather.gov/MapClick.php?textField1=37.7518&textField2=-122.232\">a sunny, bright day on Thursday afternoon\u003c/a>, so be sure to bring water to drink and wear sunscreen.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Are children welcome at the Alysa Liu Celebration Rally?\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Yes: the city is characterizing the rally as a“family-friendly community celebration welcoming fans of all ages.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Children under 5 years old don’t need their own ticket to attend the event, but must be accompanied by an adult with a registered ticket.\u003c/p>\u003c/div>",
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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>Strollers are allowed at the event but will be subjected to a security search (see below.)\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>\u003ca id=\"Whatstheeventsbagpolicy\">\u003c/a>Is there a bag policy at the Alysa Liu Celebration Rally?\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>There will be \u003ca href=\"https://www.visitoakland.com/alysa-liu/\">security screening\u003c/a> for all entrants to Frank Ogawa Plaza.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Items you cannot bring to the Alysa Liu Celebration Rally include:\u003c/p>\n\u003cul>\n\u003cli>Weapons like firearms, batons and pepper spray\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>Bladed items like pocket knives and scissors\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>Explosives like fireworks\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>Drones or professional camera and recording gear (excluding cell phones)\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>Laser pointers\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>Signs and banners larger than 11″ x 17″ or attached to a pole/stick.\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>Noisemakers like airhorns, whistles or megaphones\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>Bikes, scooters or skateboards (ADA-approved mobility devices \u003cem>are\u003c/em> allowed.)\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>Alcohol or cannabis(and alcoholic beverages will not be sold during the event).\u003c/li>\n\u003c/ul>\n\u003cp>The city recommends that attendees bring clear bags, as they would to a concert venue, to speed up security screenings.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Any bag you bring \u003cem>cannot\u003c/em> be bigger than 12″ x 6″ x 12″. Hard-sided containers like coolers, liquids, unsealed beverages and glass bottles (excluding medical needs and infant needs) are also not allowed.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>How can I get to Frank Ogawa Plaza using public transportation?\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Guests are \u003ca href=\"https://www.visitoakland.com/alysa-liu/\">encouraged by the city\u003c/a> to use public transportation to reachthe homecoming celebration.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>BART\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Take a BART Yellow, Orange, or Red line train and exit at 12th Street/Oakland City Center Station. After that, it’s \u003ca href=\"https://www.google.com/maps/dir/1245+Broadway,+Oakland,+CA+94612/Frank+H.+Ogawa+Plaza,+Oakland,+CA+94612/@37.8044928,-122.2741517,17z/data=!3m1!4b1!4m14!4m13!1m5!1m1!1s0x808f80b14f89b71b:0x541031277707a792!2m2!1d-122.2718896!2d37.8036801!1m5!1m1!1s0x808f80b177970b73:0x6c6eff125046238c!2m2!1d-122.2715946!2d37.8053433!3e2?entry=ttu&g_ep=EgoyMDI2MDMwOC4wIKXMDSoASAFQAw%3D%3D\">a quick 2-3 minute walk to the plaza\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11986231\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-11986231\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/05/240514-EMINENTDOMAIN-25-BL-KQED.jpg\" alt=\"A BART train above two streets intersecting\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/05/240514-EMINENTDOMAIN-25-BL-KQED.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/05/240514-EMINENTDOMAIN-25-BL-KQED-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/05/240514-EMINENTDOMAIN-25-BL-KQED-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/05/240514-EMINENTDOMAIN-25-BL-KQED-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/05/240514-EMINENTDOMAIN-25-BL-KQED-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/05/240514-EMINENTDOMAIN-25-BL-KQED-1920x1280.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">A BART train runs along the tracks at 59th Street and Martin Luther King Jr Way in Oakland on May 14, 2024. \u003ccite>(Beth LaBerge/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>If you’re coming from a Blue or Green line train, you would need to transfer at the Lake Merritt Station and jump on an Orange Line train. You can also use \u003ca href=\"https://www.bart.gov/planner\">BART’s Trip Planner\u003c/a> to customize your route.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>AC Transit \u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The following lines will take you right to downtown Oakland: Tempo 1T, 6, 12, 14, 18, 19, 22, 30, 40, 51A, 72, 72L, 72M, 88, and 96.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>You can use \u003ca href=\"https://tp.actransit.org/\">AC Transit’s Trip Planner\u003c/a> to map out your route.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>\u003ca id=\"IstherenearbyparkingfortheAlysaLiuCelebrationRally\">\u003c/a>Is there parking available near Frank Ogawa Plaza?\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>If you would rather drive to the plaza, you can check out \u003ca href=\"https://www.google.com/maps/d/viewer?mid=1ElmaDUHqu3FLC8KMotBbQUD9x_U&%3Bll=37.806342649331874%2C-122.25653192906495&%3Bz=14&ll=37.789794246857674%2C-122.22610495&z=13\">this Google Map of parking structures in downtown Oakland\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>City-run parking garages include:\u003c/p>\n\u003cul>\n\u003cli>Dalziel Garage, a \u003ca href=\"https://www.google.com/maps/dir/Frank+H.+Ogawa+Plaza,+Oakland,+CA+94612/Dalziel+Garage,+250+Frank+H.+Ogawa+Plaza,+Oakland,+CA+94612/@37.8058819,-122.2745508,17z/data=!3m2!4b1!5s0x808f80b678e8f087:0x514764d491c0e31c!4m14!4m13!1m5!1m1!1s0x808f80b177970b73:0x6c6eff125046238c!2m2!1d-122.2715946!2d37.8053433!1m5!1m1!1s0x808f80b195180967:0xa07553e6ad4ae813!2m2!1d-122.2724138!2d37.8061888!3e2?entry=ttu&g_ep=EgoyMDI2MDMwOC4wIKXMDSoASAFQAw%3D%3D\">2-minute walk to the plaza\u003c/a>\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>Franklin Plaza Garage, a \u003ca href=\"https://www.google.com/maps/dir/Frank+H.+Ogawa+Plaza,+Oakland,+CA+94612/Franklin+Plaza+Parking,+19th+St,+Oakland,+CA+94612/@37.8064408,-122.2712547,18z/data=!3m2!4b1!5s0x808f80b678e8f087:0x514764d491c0e31c!4m14!4m13!1m5!1m1!1s0x808f80b177970b73:0x6c6eff125046238c!2m2!1d-122.2715946!2d37.8053433!1m5!1m1!1s0x808f80b258a4016b:0x5c7fc904f48e3a0c!2m2!1d-122.2683746!2d37.8074235!3e2?entry=ttu&g_ep=EgoyMDI2MDMwOC4wIKXMDSoASAFQAw%3D%3D\">6-minute walk to the plaza\u003c/a>\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>City Center West Garage, about \u003ca href=\"https://www.google.com/maps/dir/Frank+H.+Ogawa+Plaza,+Oakland,+CA+94612/City+Center+West+Garage,+Oakland,+CA+94612/@37.8049461,-122.2762241,17z/data=!3m2!4b1!5s0x808f80b678e8f087:0x514764d491c0e31c!4m14!4m13!1m5!1m1!1s0x808f80b177970b73:0x6c6eff125046238c!2m2!1d-122.2715946!2d37.8053433!1m5!1m1!1s0x808f80b063f85ac9:0x72b5aadec3787c93!2m2!1d-122.2756908!2d37.804547!3e2?entry=ttu&g_ep=EgoyMDI2MDMwOC4wIKXMDSoASAFQAw%3D%3D\">a 7-minute walk to the plaza\u003c/a>\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>Franklin 88 Garage, about \u003ca href=\"https://www.google.com/maps/dir/Frank+H.+Ogawa+Plaza,+Oakland,+CA+94612/Franklin+Plaza+Parking,+19th+St,+Oakland,+CA+94612/@37.8064408,-122.2712547,18z/data=!3m2!4b1!5s0x808f80b678e8f087:0x514764d491c0e31c!4m14!4m13!1m5!1m1!1s0x808f80b177970b73:0x6c6eff125046238c!2m2!1d-122.2715946!2d37.8053433!1m5!1m1!1s0x808f80b258a4016b:0x5c7fc904f48e3a0c!2m2!1d-122.2683746!2d37.8074235!3e2?entry=ttu&g_ep=EgoyMDI2MDMwOC4wIKXMDSoASAFQAw%3D%3D\">an 8-minute walk to the plaza\u003c/a>\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>1200 Harrison Garage, about \u003ca href=\"https://www.google.com/maps/dir/Frank+H.+Ogawa+Plaza,+Oakland,+CA+94612/Harrison+Garage,+278+12th+St,+Oakland,+CA+94607/@37.8034184,-122.2724868,17z/data=!3m1!4b1!4m14!4m13!1m5!1m1!1s0x808f80b177970b73:0x6c6eff125046238c!2m2!1d-122.2715946!2d37.8053433!1m5!1m1!1s0x808f80b506d7a26b:0x589d8ab3d003ec9b!2m2!1d-122.2680143!2d37.8015196!3e2?entry=ttu&g_ep=EgoyMDI2MDMwOC4wIKXMDSoASAFQAw%3D%3D\">a 10-minute walk to the plaza\u003c/a>\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>Pacific Renaissance Plaza Garage, about \u003ca href=\"https://www.google.com/maps/dir/Frank+H.+Ogawa+Plaza,+Oakland,+CA+94612/Pacific+Renaissance+Plaza+Parking+Garage,+388+9th+St,+Oakland,+CA+94607/@37.8029408,-122.2736874,17z/data=!3m2!4b1!5s0x808f80b678e8f087:0x514764d491c0e31c!4m14!4m13!1m5!1m1!1s0x808f80b177970b73:0x6c6eff125046238c!2m2!1d-122.2715946!2d37.8053433!1m5!1m1!1s0x808f815c2eeb2e09:0xa2db5cfb4b878c89!2m2!1d-122.2705972!2d37.8008528!3e2?entry=ttu&g_ep=EgoyMDI2MDMwOC4wIKXMDSoASAFQAw%3D%3D\">a 10-minute walk to the plaza.\u003c/a>\u003c/li>\n\u003c/ul>\n\u003cp>Expect these garages to fill up quickly ahead of the Alysa Liu Celebration Rally.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>There will also be street parking, but it will likely be difficult during the celebration due to the number of people attending the event.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Will there be food at the Alysa Liu Celebration Rally? \u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Yes, there will be food trucks and nonalcoholic beverages sold at the event. Remember: bringing your own alcohol into the venue is not permitted.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>It’s also \u003ca href=\"https://www.visitoakland.com/events/annual-events/restaurant-week/\">Oakland Restaurant Week\u003c/a>, if you’d rather get something to eat after the event and take advantage of the special deals in the city.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003c/div>\u003c/p>",
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"content": "\u003cp>East Bay residents mourned the two victims of a mass shooting at a downtown \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/tag/oakland\">Oakland\u003c/a> bar early Saturday morning — an eighth-grade teacher and a young father — according to friends and family of the victims.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">The shooting occurred at EZ’s Lounge on 14th Street around 3:30 a.m., according to the Oakland Police Department, leaving five others injured. Several firearms were recovered from the scene, police said.\u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>One of the victims, Latetia Bobo, 33, was an eighth-grade English Language Arts teacher at San Pablo’s Caliber Beta Academy, a K-8 charter school, which \u003ca href=\"https://www.facebook.com/officialCBA/posts/pfbid0qYHyES2ApNtKgNZff87mFKTmrCY7Ae3hx5BxW9zfugSUKfh5YcEr7A7P9Vdp65hGl\">announced\u003c/a> a schoolwide closure on Monday in honor of Bobo’s memory.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The other victim, Markise Martin, 25, was a father to a 1-year-old girl, according to a \u003ca href=\"https://www.gofundme.com/f/honoring-markise-tyler-martin\">GoFundMe campaign\u003c/a> posted by his brother, Lawrence Mcgee. Martin’s brother did not immediately respond to requests for comment.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The GoFundMe post described Martin as “always there for his family when needed, offering support and love without hesitation.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12075906\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12075906\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/03/260309-OAKLANDVICTIMS00534_TV-KQED.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1334\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/03/260309-OAKLANDVICTIMS00534_TV-KQED.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/03/260309-OAKLANDVICTIMS00534_TV-KQED-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/03/260309-OAKLANDVICTIMS00534_TV-KQED-1536x1025.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Friends of the late Latetia Bobo hold hands at her vigil in Oakland on March 9, 2026. Latetia Bobo was one of two victims who died in a mass shooting in Oakland on Saturday, March 7. \u003ccite>(Tâm Vũ/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>“His presence brought comfort and strength to those around him, and he was truly such a caring soul underneath his tough exterior,” it continued.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">Police said Bobo died on the scene — and Martin died after being transported to the hospital Saturday morning.\u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Caliber Beta parent Robin DeGarcia, whose two children were both in Bobo’s classes, said she took the lead in organizing student trips, events like prom, and prepared eighth-graders to apply to high school.[aside postID=news_12068975 hero='https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/07/250702-OAKLAND-POLICE-DEPARTMENT-MD-01_qed.jpg']DeGarcia said that there’s “not one person who’s going to be able to step in and help what she had built.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“She built a relationship with all of these children,” DeGarcia said, one “severed so quickly at what’s supposed to be starting the fun time of their eighth-grade year.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Caliber Beta Academy assistant and substitute teacher Paulie “Coach K” Kennedy said he often assisted Bobo when she was busy. Kennedy said Bobo was a teacher whom he aspires to be like, having frequently asked her for advice.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“She was strict as she expected a lot out of you,” Kennedy said. “She would ask questions that made you think inside and introspectively and think, ‘How can I better myself?’”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>If Caliber asked him to fill her position, Kennedy said, he would honor her legacy by pushing the students to be the best they can be.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Sometimes they say when people are called above, it means it’s their time,” Kennedy added. “They’ve done enough good on this earth, and she’s one of those few people.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12075908\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12075908\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/03/260309-OAKLANDVICTIMS00623_TV-KQED.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1334\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/03/260309-OAKLANDVICTIMS00623_TV-KQED.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/03/260309-OAKLANDVICTIMS00623_TV-KQED-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/03/260309-OAKLANDVICTIMS00623_TV-KQED-1536x1025.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Friends and family of the late Latetia Bobo release balloons at her vigil in Oakland on March 9, 2026. Latetia Bobo was one of two victims who died in a mass shooting in Oakland on Saturday, March 7. \u003ccite>(Tâm Vũ/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Sofala Mayfield, a music producer, called Bobo by her stage name: “\u003ca href=\"https://open.spotify.com/track/7EgNppU4cpHcUlA6kknI3T\">Teesh\u003c/a>.” He was with her at a First Friday event, the night before she was killed, Mayfield said, but they parted ways around 8 p.m. when his daughter got tired.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Mayfield questioned how the bar, EZ’s Lounge, was still open — he cited the \u003ca href=\"https://www.abc.ca.gov/education/merchant-education/on-sale-licensee-informational-guide/hours-of-sale/#:~:text=In%20California%2C%20it%20is%20illegal%20to%20sell%2C,of%20the%20day%20before%20the%20time%20change.\">California code\u003c/a> prohibiting the sale of alcohol past 2 a.m. and called for the city of Oakland to take accountability.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Law-abiding citizens don’t want to be held hostage by the violence and dysfunction that’s taking place in this city right now,” Mayfield said. He said online comments suggesting that victims of gun violence ‘shouldn’t have been outside’ make it seem as if “it’s a crime to enjoy your life in the city of Oakland.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">OPD said that due to an ongoing investigation, no additional details are being released at this time. \u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n",
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"content": "\u003cp>West Oakland’s 18th Street is one of the city’s most dangerous for pedestrians, cyclists, and drivers, with wide lanes, hidden stop signs, and virtually nonexistent crosswalks in a residential area. It’s one of many Oakland roads that has not been fixed for decades.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Now, improvements are finally coming to 18th Street. \u003cem>The Oaklandside\u003c/em>’s Jose Fermoso joins us to talk about what changes are on the horizon, and how upgrading roads can pave the way for broader changes in the city.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Links\u003c/strong>:\u003c/p>\n\u003cul>\n\u003cli>\u003ca href=\"https://oaklandside.org/2026/02/13/18th-street-west-oakland-paving-construction-safe-streets-mandela-project/\">18th St. is one of Oakland’s most dangerous. Here’s how the city is fixing it\u003c/a> (\u003cem>The Oaklandside\u003c/em>)\u003c/li>\n\u003c/ul>\n\u003cp>\u003c!-- iframe plugin v.4.3 wordpress.org/plugins/iframe/ -->\u003cbr>\n\u003ciframe loading=\"lazy\" frameborder=\"0\" height=\"200\" scrolling=\"no\" src=\"https://playlist.megaphone.fm?e=KQINC9733342565&light=true\" width=\"100%\" class=\"iframe-class\">\u003c/iframe>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ci>Some members of the KQED podcast team are represented by The Screen Actors Guild, American Federation of Television and Radio Artists, San Francisco-Northern California Local.\u003c/i>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cspan class=\"\" title=\"\">\u003ci>This is a computer-generated transcript. While our team has reviewed it, there may be errors.\u003c/i>\u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Ericka Cruz Guevarra \u003c/strong>[00:01:36] How would you describe what it’s like to drive or walk or even bike on 18th Street?\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Jose Fermoso \u003c/strong>[00:01:56] This is an old arterial road in West Oakland that actually led up to the old Cypress Highway, which obviously, if people remember, before the 1989 earthquake, used to lead from Oakland into San Francisco, and then it fell during the 1989 Earthquake. It’s dangerous less because of the potholes and more because of width of the street. There’s a lot of academic research that says that the wider. A local road is, the more likely it is that people will speed on it just because of psychological and visual reasons. The other thing is that there’s not a ton of traffic slowing infrastructure on it. There’s not modern street lights. You don’t really have bulb outs, which are the little, you know, little corner sections of a sidewalk at an intersection that jut out into the section in the little Sections of it that do have a stop sign. They’re like way on the side. You can’t really see it. People just don’t treat it like a normal street From 2019 to 2023, there were 16 collisions on 18th Street, including three that involved cyclists. I double-checked some of this data, and I didn’t see that any of those collisions were deaths. A few of them were serious injuries. But 18th street, still just because it didn’t lead to any people dying last year, doesn’t mean that it’s not dangerous. Sometimes this means that the community understands how dangerous it is and actually does not try to use it or cross it.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Ericka Cruz Guevarra \u003c/strong>[00:03:44] Yeah, that’s actually, I’d say something I heard as well from colleagues who live in Oakland is that even if it might be faster for them to take 18th Street to get home, they’re going the longer way, just to avoid walking on that street or driving on it. And if they have to bike on it, they’re biking on the sidewalk. They’re not biking on that actual street itself.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Jose Fermoso \u003c/strong>[00:04:08] I saw that too yesterday, yeah, I saw a couple of people use the sidewalk as a mini bicycle highway.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Ericka Cruz Guevarra \u003c/strong>[00:04:17] What kind of changes exactly are they going to make to 18th Street to make it safer?\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Jose Fermoso \u003c/strong>[00:04:24] So on 18th Street, we’re going to have new protected intersections, pedestrian safety islands. There’s also going to be a road diet, which means that the road itself is going to narrow. In the map and plans that I’ve seen, I’ve seen all-way stops, which means that they won’t just put a stop red signal on the side of the road, but they will actually put a pole at the top where you see it right as you’re driving. And so it’s right in front of your face. So one of the worst things that they’re trying to figure out all across the city is to figure out how to get people to pay more attention when they’re turning right into the street. A lot of people everywhere will get to a stop sign and even if it’s not their green go, they’ll see a red and then they’ll turn right often while you’re looking to your left. It’s the quick turn, right? Well, what my grandfather used to say, the California turn. You’re not actually stopping, which means that if somebody’s coming from your right side, a lot of are getting hit by that. And so this project has protected intersections where you have this like little V, little concrete portion that is jutting out into the street where you’re literally, it’s physically impossible to do that.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Ericka Cruz Guevarra \u003c/strong>[00:05:54] They have a lot of those on Telegraph Avenue, right?\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Jose Fermoso \u003c/strong>[00:05:57] You’ve had some of them on Telegraph Avenue, yep. I think High Street also has a bunch of them now.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Ericka Cruz Guevarra \u003c/strong>[00:06:03] I mean, it just sounds to me like they’re adding things on to 18th Street that maybe most of us aren’t even thinking about as we’re driving, but they’re just things that psychologically help us to slow down, drive more safely on a street like…\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Jose Fermoso \u003c/strong>[00:06:23] And what I would also say is that it’s like science in terms of the encouragement of it, right? So if you have a terrible street, like 18th street, yes, I had the responsibility to look out for these signals, responsibility to drive responsibly. But when the street is not giving me any signals about what to do, then it is also encouraging me to not do the right thing.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Ericka Cruz Guevarra \u003c/strong>[00:06:57] Coming up, how road fixes could unlock broader improvements to the city of Oakland. Stay with us.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Ericka Cruz Guevarra \u003c/strong>[00:07:20] Can you talk about why I guess this is happening? It seems like this has been a long time coming. Where is the money coming from to even do this?\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Jose Fermoso \u003c/strong>[00:07:24] I believe that this is coming from a affordable housing and sustainable communities grant, which is connected to housing complex development at Mandela station, which is right next to the West Oakland BART station. This is actually happening a lot now, where the Oak Dot transportation department is working with other projects and other departments in the city in order to kind of, you know, I would almost call it like mooch off or like add to their little pile of money of what they’re doing so that the construction and the design of it all becomes cheaper.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Ericka Cruz Guevarra \u003c/strong>[00:08:02] And it happens all in one go, right? If you’re gonna build a large building and block it all off, you might as well fix this street too.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Jose Fermoso \u003c/strong>[00:08:11] That’s right. And what I heard about this project was that they’ve been ready. The planning and design of 18th Street has been ready to go, but they’ve been waiting for this housing part of it to really start going. And that’s going to happen this spring, finally. I think that there’s a lot of positives that are going to come out of this, including I think you probably saw this, that once you have a better 18th street, people will be able to bike from downtown Oakland all the way to Peralta and Campbell and Wood Street in West Oakland, which is now the Oakland Ballers’ stadium. So people are very excited that they’ll be able to take a straight shot from downtown Oakland and just bike to the games.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Ericka Cruz Guevarra \u003c/strong>[00:08:57] I mean, how much safer do you think this is going to make 18th Street? Is it is it pretty significant? Are people really hopeful?\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Jose Fermoso \u003c/strong>[00:09:04] I think anytime you add new infrastructure to a road that has been basically untouched for decades, it will definitely make a difference. How much of a difference? We don’t actually know, but sometimes it is surprising. I mentioned High Street earlier. That was always a really difficult road. I used to take it as a kid with my grandfather to go to the A’s games and that was always a nightmare and just in the last few years when they added infrastructure there, including speed bumps with the little spaces. If you take that street now, which is in East Oakland, you can see that it literally does feel safer. I never wanted to cross the street on high street and now I feel there’s a couple of really nice restaurants over there, including a Jamaican restaurant that I like. And I’ve actually thought a couple times where I’m like, oh, I want to go to that restaurant and I don’t have this abject fear of having to park across or on the other side of the street to go there. So this might lead to a couple other developments that are unexpected, you know, maybe more people. 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So one of the worst things that they’re trying to figure out all across the city is to figure out how to get people to pay more attention when they’re turning right into the street. A lot of people everywhere will get to a stop sign and even if it’s not their green go, they’ll see a red and then they’ll turn right often while you’re looking to your left. It’s the quick turn, right? Well, what my grandfather used to say, the California turn. You’re not actually stopping, which means that if somebody’s coming from your right side, a lot of are getting hit by that. 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So if you have a terrible street, like 18th street, yes, I had the responsibility to look out for these signals, responsibility to drive responsibly. But when the street is not giving me any signals about what to do, then it is also encouraging me to not do the right thing.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Ericka Cruz Guevarra \u003c/strong>[00:06:57] Coming up, how road fixes could unlock broader improvements to the city of Oakland. Stay with us.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Ericka Cruz Guevarra \u003c/strong>[00:07:20] Can you talk about why I guess this is happening? It seems like this has been a long time coming. Where is the money coming from to even do this?\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Jose Fermoso \u003c/strong>[00:07:24] I believe that this is coming from a affordable housing and sustainable communities grant, which is connected to housing complex development at Mandela station, which is right next to the West Oakland BART station. This is actually happening a lot now, where the Oak Dot transportation department is working with other projects and other departments in the city in order to kind of, you know, I would almost call it like mooch off or like add to their little pile of money of what they’re doing so that the construction and the design of it all becomes cheaper.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Ericka Cruz Guevarra \u003c/strong>[00:08:02] And it happens all in one go, right? If you’re gonna build a large building and block it all off, you might as well fix this street too.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Jose Fermoso \u003c/strong>[00:08:11] That’s right. And what I heard about this project was that they’ve been ready. The planning and design of 18th Street has been ready to go, but they’ve been waiting for this housing part of it to really start going. And that’s going to happen this spring, finally. I think that there’s a lot of positives that are going to come out of this, including I think you probably saw this, that once you have a better 18th street, people will be able to bike from downtown Oakland all the way to Peralta and Campbell and Wood Street in West Oakland, which is now the Oakland Ballers’ stadium. So people are very excited that they’ll be able to take a straight shot from downtown Oakland and just bike to the games.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Ericka Cruz Guevarra \u003c/strong>[00:08:57] I mean, how much safer do you think this is going to make 18th Street? Is it is it pretty significant? Are people really hopeful?\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Jose Fermoso \u003c/strong>[00:09:04] I think anytime you add new infrastructure to a road that has been basically untouched for decades, it will definitely make a difference. How much of a difference? We don’t actually know, but sometimes it is surprising. I mentioned High Street earlier. That was always a really difficult road. I used to take it as a kid with my grandfather to go to the A’s games and that was always a nightmare and just in the last few years when they added infrastructure there, including speed bumps with the little spaces. If you take that street now, which is in East Oakland, you can see that it literally does feel safer. I never wanted to cross the street on high street and now I feel there’s a couple of really nice restaurants over there, including a Jamaican restaurant that I like. And I’ve actually thought a couple times where I’m like, oh, I want to go to that restaurant and I don’t have this abject fear of having to park across or on the other side of the street to go there. So this might lead to a couple other developments that are unexpected, you know, maybe more people. 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When people come here and they want to see what’s happening, you might hear about and see a lot of these other positive changes. But if your streets are absolutely crap, you’re gonna be like, well, is it really, is Oakland really on the come up? Is it really doing well? But if the streets are doing well, if they’re well-developed and it feels like it’s safe to be there, to walk around in, that just becomes part of the story and it’s feels. A much better positive environment to be in, potentially bring in a new family, you know, with kids and everything.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Ericka Cruz Guevarra \u003c/strong>[00:13:55] I guess if you see kids on 18th Street, that’s a good sign.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Jose Fermoso \u003c/strong>[00:13:58] If you see kids anywhere, that’s a good sign. Yeah, it shows that the infrastructure is better, that there’s good schools and that parents feel comfortable enough.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003c/div>",
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