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Cynthia Lee and her family, who’ve been coming to the annual event for the last five years, were there an hour before the parade started with their lawn chairs set up against the barricade.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“We have family members who are born in the year of the dragon. and this is their year,” Lee said. “It only comes around once every 12 years, and we’ve got a couple people reaching 96 this year, so the fact that they’re still around is already a big deal.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11977008\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"max-width: 1920px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-11977008\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/02/240224-ChineseNYParade-55-BL_qut.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1280\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/02/240224-ChineseNYParade-55-BL_qut.jpg 1920w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/02/240224-ChineseNYParade-55-BL_qut-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/02/240224-ChineseNYParade-55-BL_qut-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/02/240224-ChineseNYParade-55-BL_qut-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/02/240224-ChineseNYParade-55-BL_qut-1536x1024.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1920px) 100vw, 1920px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Mayor London Breed (left) and City Administrator Carmen Chu wave to the crowd during the Chinese New Year Parade in San Francisco on Feb. 24, 2024. \u003ccite>(Beth LaBerge/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11977015\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"max-width: 1920px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-11977015\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/02/240224-Chinese-new-year-parade-KSM-14_qut.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1280\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/02/240224-Chinese-new-year-parade-KSM-14_qut.jpg 1920w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/02/240224-Chinese-new-year-parade-KSM-14_qut-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/02/240224-Chinese-new-year-parade-KSM-14_qut-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/02/240224-Chinese-new-year-parade-KSM-14_qut-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/02/240224-Chinese-new-year-parade-KSM-14_qut-1536x1024.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1920px) 100vw, 1920px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Participants walk with a dragon at the Chinese New Year Festival and Parade in San Francisco on Feb. 24, 2024. \u003ccite>(Kathryn Styer Martínez/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Calvin Hom, 73, started coming to the parade when he was 12 years old, but this year’s is the first he’s been to in 10 years.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“After the weather, we’ve been having, it’s so beautiful tonight, and after the pandemic, we gotta come out and celebrate,” said Hom, who was gifted a seat in the bleachers by a “fabulous, fabulous” friend.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“It’s a celebration of life. … It’s wall-to-wall people, I love it.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11977016\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"max-width: 1920px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-11977016\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/02/240224-Chinese-new-year-parade-KSM-12_qut.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1280\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/02/240224-Chinese-new-year-parade-KSM-12_qut.jpg 1920w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/02/240224-Chinese-new-year-parade-KSM-12_qut-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/02/240224-Chinese-new-year-parade-KSM-12_qut-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/02/240224-Chinese-new-year-parade-KSM-12_qut-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/02/240224-Chinese-new-year-parade-KSM-12_qut-1536x1024.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1920px) 100vw, 1920px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Calvin Hom, 74, attends the Chinese New Festival and Parade in San Francisco on Feb. 24, 2024. Hom is a San Francisco native and was born in the SF Chinese Hospital. \u003ccite>(Kathryn Styer Martínez/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11977002\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"max-width: 1920px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-11977002\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/02/240224-ChineseNYParade-29-BL_qut.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1280\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/02/240224-ChineseNYParade-29-BL_qut.jpg 1920w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/02/240224-ChineseNYParade-29-BL_qut-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/02/240224-ChineseNYParade-29-BL_qut-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/02/240224-ChineseNYParade-29-BL_qut-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/02/240224-ChineseNYParade-29-BL_qut-1536x1024.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1920px) 100vw, 1920px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Yau Kung Moon performs during the Chinese New Year Parade in San Francisco on Feb. 24, 2024. \u003ccite>(Beth LaBerge/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>The parade featured floats and a nearly 300-foot dragon puppet, with Golden Globe-winning comedian and actor Awkwafina as grand marshal. There are also five wooden dragon statues across the city, produced by local artists for the Lunar New Year celebrations, which will continue through March 3.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11977009\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"max-width: 1920px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-11977009\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/02/240224-ChineseNYParade-10-BL_qut.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1280\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/02/240224-ChineseNYParade-10-BL_qut.jpg 1920w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/02/240224-ChineseNYParade-10-BL_qut-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/02/240224-ChineseNYParade-10-BL_qut-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/02/240224-ChineseNYParade-10-BL_qut-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/02/240224-ChineseNYParade-10-BL_qut-1536x1024.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1920px) 100vw, 1920px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Spectators watch the Chinese New Year Parade in San Francisco on Feb. 24, 2024. \u003ccite>(Beth LaBerge/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Elianna Goldstein, who used to go to the parade when she was a kid, was back for the first time in 20 years with her two kids, aged 7 and 11.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I remember always dodging between legs trying to see anything, so I’m very excited that we have this spot, and [my kids are] going to be able to see everything up close.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11977010\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"max-width: 1920px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-11977010\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/02/240224-ChineseNYParade-27-BL_qut.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1280\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/02/240224-ChineseNYParade-27-BL_qut.jpg 1920w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/02/240224-ChineseNYParade-27-BL_qut-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/02/240224-ChineseNYParade-27-BL_qut-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/02/240224-ChineseNYParade-27-BL_qut-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/02/240224-ChineseNYParade-27-BL_qut-1536x1024.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1920px) 100vw, 1920px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Firecrackers are set off at the Chinese New Year Parade in San Francisco on Feb. 24, 2024. \u003ccite>(Beth LaBerge/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>The Year of the Dragon officially began on Feb. 10 and is the fifth of the 12-year cycle of animals in the Chinese zodiac, considered a powerful and lucky sign, with those born that year being considered innovative thinkers with inquisitive minds. This is the year of the wood dragon, one of five elements along with water, earth, fire and metal. It lasts until Jan. 28 and will be followed by the Year of the Snake.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11977011\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"max-width: 1920px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-11977011\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/02/240224-ChineseNYParade-31-BL_qut.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1280\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/02/240224-ChineseNYParade-31-BL_qut.jpg 1920w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/02/240224-ChineseNYParade-31-BL_qut-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/02/240224-ChineseNYParade-31-BL_qut-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/02/240224-ChineseNYParade-31-BL_qut-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/02/240224-ChineseNYParade-31-BL_qut-1536x1024.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1920px) 100vw, 1920px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Yau Kung Moon performs during the Chinese New Year Parade in San Francisco on Feb. 24, 2024. \u003ccite>(Beth LaBerge/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11977018\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"max-width: 1920px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-11977018\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/02/240224-Chinese-new-year-parade-KSM-18_qut.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1280\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/02/240224-Chinese-new-year-parade-KSM-18_qut.jpg 1920w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/02/240224-Chinese-new-year-parade-KSM-18_qut-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/02/240224-Chinese-new-year-parade-KSM-18_qut-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/02/240224-Chinese-new-year-parade-KSM-18_qut-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/02/240224-Chinese-new-year-parade-KSM-18_qut-1536x1024.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1920px) 100vw, 1920px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Lion dancers at the Chinese New Year Festival and Parade in San Francisco on Feb. 24, 2024. \u003ccite>(Kathryn Styer Martínez/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>For Alex Rodriguez, who was there with her 5-year-old, the experience this year was nostalgic.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“It was really fun when I was young; I grew up in Castro Valley, and [[our school]] would do a little dragon parade for us when I was little, so I wanted to pass on the joy,” she said. “It’s amazing. I love the costumes, the people, everybody’s so friendly. … The lion dances have also been my favorite since I was little.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11977012\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"max-width: 1920px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-11977012\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/02/240224-ChineseNYParade-03-BL_qut.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1280\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/02/240224-ChineseNYParade-03-BL_qut.jpg 1920w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/02/240224-ChineseNYParade-03-BL_qut-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/02/240224-ChineseNYParade-03-BL_qut-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/02/240224-ChineseNYParade-03-BL_qut-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/02/240224-ChineseNYParade-03-BL_qut-1536x1024.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1920px) 100vw, 1920px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Garfield Elementary School prepares to march at the Chinese New Year Parade in San Francisco on Feb. 24, 2024. \u003ccite>(Beth LaBerge/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Besides the parade, there is a Community Street Fair on Saturday and Sunday, 5:15–8 p.m., with food vendors, activities, folk dancing, opera and drumming performances organized by the San Francisco Chinese Chamber of Commerce.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11977013\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"max-width: 1920px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-11977013\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/02/240224-ChineseNYParade-60-BL_qut.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1280\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/02/240224-ChineseNYParade-60-BL_qut.jpg 1920w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/02/240224-ChineseNYParade-60-BL_qut-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/02/240224-ChineseNYParade-60-BL_qut-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/02/240224-ChineseNYParade-60-BL_qut-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/02/240224-ChineseNYParade-60-BL_qut-1536x1024.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1920px) 100vw, 1920px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Fireworks go off at the Chinese New Year Parade in San Francisco on Feb. 24, 2024. \u003ccite>(Beth LaBerge/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>\u003cem>KQED’s Juan Carlos Lara, Lakshmi Sarah, Dana Cronin and Attila Pelit contributed to this story.\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n",
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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003cp>Thousands lined the streets of Chinatown Saturday for San Francisco’s dazzling annual \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11976610/your-guide-to-the-2024-san-francisco-chinese-new-year-parade\">Chinese New Year Parade\u003c/a> that celebrates the Lunar New Year and the Chinese \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/arts/13951648/lunar-new-year-of-the-dragon-superstitions-celebrations\">Year of the Dragon\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Beginning at Second and Market streets in downtown San Francisco at 5:15 p.m., the nearly three-hour parade made its way through Chinatown on a 1.3-mile course that rounded Union Square before ending at Kearny and Columbus Avenue.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11977001\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"max-width: 1920px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-11977001\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/02/240224-Chinese-new-year-parade-KSM-10_qut.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1280\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/02/240224-Chinese-new-year-parade-KSM-10_qut.jpg 1920w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/02/240224-Chinese-new-year-parade-KSM-10_qut-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/02/240224-Chinese-new-year-parade-KSM-10_qut-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/02/240224-Chinese-new-year-parade-KSM-10_qut-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/02/240224-Chinese-new-year-parade-KSM-10_qut-1536x1024.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1920px) 100vw, 1920px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">A dragon passes by at the Chinese New Year Festival and Parade in San Francisco on Feb. 24, 2024. \u003ccite>(Kathryn Styer Martínez/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Organizers of the parade say it’s considered one of the top ten parades in the world by the International Festivals & Events Association and \u003ca href=\"https://www.sfchronicle.com/bayarea/article/sf-chinese-new-year-18678491.php\">the biggest Lunar New Year parade outside of Asia\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11977004\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"max-width: 1920px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-11977004\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/02/240224-ChineseNYParade-38-BL_qut.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1280\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/02/240224-ChineseNYParade-38-BL_qut.jpg 1920w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/02/240224-ChineseNYParade-38-BL_qut-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/02/240224-ChineseNYParade-38-BL_qut-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/02/240224-ChineseNYParade-38-BL_qut-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/02/240224-ChineseNYParade-38-BL_qut-1536x1024.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1920px) 100vw, 1920px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Lisa Performing Arts perform during the Chinese New Year Parade in San Francisco on Feb. 24, 2024. \u003ccite>(Beth LaBerge/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11977014\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"max-width: 1920px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-11977014\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/02/240224-ChineseNYParade-22-BL_qut.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1280\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/02/240224-ChineseNYParade-22-BL_qut.jpg 1920w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/02/240224-ChineseNYParade-22-BL_qut-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/02/240224-ChineseNYParade-22-BL_qut-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/02/240224-ChineseNYParade-22-BL_qut-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/02/240224-ChineseNYParade-22-BL_qut-1536x1024.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1920px) 100vw, 1920px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Members of Lisa Performing Arts watch the Chinese New Year Parade in San Francisco on Feb. 24, 2024. \u003ccite>(Beth LaBerge/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Many arrived early to get a good spot or a seat ahead of the parade. Cynthia Lee and her family, who’ve been coming to the annual event for the last five years, were there an hour before the parade started with their lawn chairs set up against the barricade.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“We have family members who are born in the year of the dragon. and this is their year,” Lee said. “It only comes around once every 12 years, and we’ve got a couple people reaching 96 this year, so the fact that they’re still around is already a big deal.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11977008\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"max-width: 1920px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-11977008\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/02/240224-ChineseNYParade-55-BL_qut.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1280\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/02/240224-ChineseNYParade-55-BL_qut.jpg 1920w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/02/240224-ChineseNYParade-55-BL_qut-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/02/240224-ChineseNYParade-55-BL_qut-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/02/240224-ChineseNYParade-55-BL_qut-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/02/240224-ChineseNYParade-55-BL_qut-1536x1024.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1920px) 100vw, 1920px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Mayor London Breed (left) and City Administrator Carmen Chu wave to the crowd during the Chinese New Year Parade in San Francisco on Feb. 24, 2024. \u003ccite>(Beth LaBerge/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11977015\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"max-width: 1920px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-11977015\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/02/240224-Chinese-new-year-parade-KSM-14_qut.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1280\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/02/240224-Chinese-new-year-parade-KSM-14_qut.jpg 1920w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/02/240224-Chinese-new-year-parade-KSM-14_qut-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/02/240224-Chinese-new-year-parade-KSM-14_qut-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/02/240224-Chinese-new-year-parade-KSM-14_qut-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/02/240224-Chinese-new-year-parade-KSM-14_qut-1536x1024.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1920px) 100vw, 1920px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Participants walk with a dragon at the Chinese New Year Festival and Parade in San Francisco on Feb. 24, 2024. \u003ccite>(Kathryn Styer Martínez/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Calvin Hom, 73, started coming to the parade when he was 12 years old, but this year’s is the first he’s been to in 10 years.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“After the weather, we’ve been having, it’s so beautiful tonight, and after the pandemic, we gotta come out and celebrate,” said Hom, who was gifted a seat in the bleachers by a “fabulous, fabulous” friend.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“It’s a celebration of life. … It’s wall-to-wall people, I love it.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11977016\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"max-width: 1920px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-11977016\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/02/240224-Chinese-new-year-parade-KSM-12_qut.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1280\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/02/240224-Chinese-new-year-parade-KSM-12_qut.jpg 1920w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/02/240224-Chinese-new-year-parade-KSM-12_qut-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/02/240224-Chinese-new-year-parade-KSM-12_qut-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/02/240224-Chinese-new-year-parade-KSM-12_qut-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/02/240224-Chinese-new-year-parade-KSM-12_qut-1536x1024.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1920px) 100vw, 1920px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Calvin Hom, 74, attends the Chinese New Festival and Parade in San Francisco on Feb. 24, 2024. Hom is a San Francisco native and was born in the SF Chinese Hospital. \u003ccite>(Kathryn Styer Martínez/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11977002\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"max-width: 1920px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-11977002\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/02/240224-ChineseNYParade-29-BL_qut.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1280\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/02/240224-ChineseNYParade-29-BL_qut.jpg 1920w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/02/240224-ChineseNYParade-29-BL_qut-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/02/240224-ChineseNYParade-29-BL_qut-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/02/240224-ChineseNYParade-29-BL_qut-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/02/240224-ChineseNYParade-29-BL_qut-1536x1024.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1920px) 100vw, 1920px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Yau Kung Moon performs during the Chinese New Year Parade in San Francisco on Feb. 24, 2024. \u003ccite>(Beth LaBerge/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>The parade featured floats and a nearly 300-foot dragon puppet, with Golden Globe-winning comedian and actor Awkwafina as grand marshal. There are also five wooden dragon statues across the city, produced by local artists for the Lunar New Year celebrations, which will continue through March 3.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11977009\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"max-width: 1920px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-11977009\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/02/240224-ChineseNYParade-10-BL_qut.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1280\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/02/240224-ChineseNYParade-10-BL_qut.jpg 1920w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/02/240224-ChineseNYParade-10-BL_qut-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/02/240224-ChineseNYParade-10-BL_qut-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/02/240224-ChineseNYParade-10-BL_qut-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/02/240224-ChineseNYParade-10-BL_qut-1536x1024.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1920px) 100vw, 1920px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Spectators watch the Chinese New Year Parade in San Francisco on Feb. 24, 2024. \u003ccite>(Beth LaBerge/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Elianna Goldstein, who used to go to the parade when she was a kid, was back for the first time in 20 years with her two kids, aged 7 and 11.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I remember always dodging between legs trying to see anything, so I’m very excited that we have this spot, and [my kids are] going to be able to see everything up close.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11977010\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"max-width: 1920px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-11977010\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/02/240224-ChineseNYParade-27-BL_qut.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1280\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/02/240224-ChineseNYParade-27-BL_qut.jpg 1920w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/02/240224-ChineseNYParade-27-BL_qut-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/02/240224-ChineseNYParade-27-BL_qut-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/02/240224-ChineseNYParade-27-BL_qut-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/02/240224-ChineseNYParade-27-BL_qut-1536x1024.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1920px) 100vw, 1920px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Firecrackers are set off at the Chinese New Year Parade in San Francisco on Feb. 24, 2024. \u003ccite>(Beth LaBerge/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>The Year of the Dragon officially began on Feb. 10 and is the fifth of the 12-year cycle of animals in the Chinese zodiac, considered a powerful and lucky sign, with those born that year being considered innovative thinkers with inquisitive minds. This is the year of the wood dragon, one of five elements along with water, earth, fire and metal. It lasts until Jan. 28 and will be followed by the Year of the Snake.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11977011\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"max-width: 1920px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-11977011\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/02/240224-ChineseNYParade-31-BL_qut.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1280\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/02/240224-ChineseNYParade-31-BL_qut.jpg 1920w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/02/240224-ChineseNYParade-31-BL_qut-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/02/240224-ChineseNYParade-31-BL_qut-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/02/240224-ChineseNYParade-31-BL_qut-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/02/240224-ChineseNYParade-31-BL_qut-1536x1024.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1920px) 100vw, 1920px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Yau Kung Moon performs during the Chinese New Year Parade in San Francisco on Feb. 24, 2024. \u003ccite>(Beth LaBerge/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11977018\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"max-width: 1920px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-11977018\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/02/240224-Chinese-new-year-parade-KSM-18_qut.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1280\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/02/240224-Chinese-new-year-parade-KSM-18_qut.jpg 1920w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/02/240224-Chinese-new-year-parade-KSM-18_qut-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/02/240224-Chinese-new-year-parade-KSM-18_qut-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/02/240224-Chinese-new-year-parade-KSM-18_qut-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/02/240224-Chinese-new-year-parade-KSM-18_qut-1536x1024.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1920px) 100vw, 1920px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Lion dancers at the Chinese New Year Festival and Parade in San Francisco on Feb. 24, 2024. \u003ccite>(Kathryn Styer Martínez/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>For Alex Rodriguez, who was there with her 5-year-old, the experience this year was nostalgic.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“It was really fun when I was young; I grew up in Castro Valley, and [[our school]] would do a little dragon parade for us when I was little, so I wanted to pass on the joy,” she said. “It’s amazing. I love the costumes, the people, everybody’s so friendly. … The lion dances have also been my favorite since I was little.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11977012\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"max-width: 1920px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-11977012\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/02/240224-ChineseNYParade-03-BL_qut.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1280\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/02/240224-ChineseNYParade-03-BL_qut.jpg 1920w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/02/240224-ChineseNYParade-03-BL_qut-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/02/240224-ChineseNYParade-03-BL_qut-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/02/240224-ChineseNYParade-03-BL_qut-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/02/240224-ChineseNYParade-03-BL_qut-1536x1024.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1920px) 100vw, 1920px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Garfield Elementary School prepares to march at the Chinese New Year Parade in San Francisco on Feb. 24, 2024. \u003ccite>(Beth LaBerge/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Besides the parade, there is a Community Street Fair on Saturday and Sunday, 5:15–8 p.m., with food vendors, activities, folk dancing, opera and drumming performances organized by the San Francisco Chinese Chamber of Commerce.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11977013\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"max-width: 1920px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-11977013\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/02/240224-ChineseNYParade-60-BL_qut.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1280\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/02/240224-ChineseNYParade-60-BL_qut.jpg 1920w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/02/240224-ChineseNYParade-60-BL_qut-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/02/240224-ChineseNYParade-60-BL_qut-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/02/240224-ChineseNYParade-60-BL_qut-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/02/240224-ChineseNYParade-60-BL_qut-1536x1024.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1920px) 100vw, 1920px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Fireworks go off at the Chinese New Year Parade in San Francisco on Feb. 24, 2024. \u003ccite>(Beth LaBerge/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>\u003cem>KQED’s Juan Carlos Lara, Lakshmi Sarah, Dana Cronin and Attila Pelit contributed to this story.\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003c/div>",
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"content": "\u003cp>49ers fans who dreamed of watching their team end their Super Bowl drought after 29 years were sorely disappointed Sunday night as the Kansas City Chiefs came from behind in the final seconds of a nail-biting overtime to eke out a 25–22 win.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Losing sucks,” said Cyril Hackett, owner of The Kezar Pub, an iconic San Francisco sports bar located across the street from Kezar Stadium, the 49ers first home. “It’s really disappointing, disappointing for all the fans, and Brock Purdy, too, because, oh, the Niners were so close.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11975664\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-11975664 size-full\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/02/240211-LAS-VEGAS-WATCH-PARTY-MD-14-KQED-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/02/240211-LAS-VEGAS-WATCH-PARTY-MD-14-KQED-1.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/02/240211-LAS-VEGAS-WATCH-PARTY-MD-14-KQED-1-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/02/240211-LAS-VEGAS-WATCH-PARTY-MD-14-KQED-1-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/02/240211-LAS-VEGAS-WATCH-PARTY-MD-14-KQED-1-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/02/240211-LAS-VEGAS-WATCH-PARTY-MD-14-KQED-1-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/02/240211-LAS-VEGAS-WATCH-PARTY-MD-14-KQED-1-1920x1280.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">San Francisco 49ers fan Madonna Caballes anxiously watches the closing minutes of the Super Bowl between the San Francisco 49ers and the Kansas City Chiefs at the Biggest Big Game Bash watch Party in Downtown Las Vegas on Feb. 11, 2024. \u003ccite>(Martin do Nascimento/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>For many, Sunday’s defeat was all the more devastating as it comes just four years after the 49ers’ last Super Bowl appearance when they lost to the very same team.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“We fell short. We should have won,” said Paul Marsland as he stood among fellow crestfallen fans at Kezar Pub. “Zero doubt in my mind we had that game. I’m hurtin’ right now. No words. No words.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11975527\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-11975527 size-full\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/02/240211-49ERSSUPERBOWL-25-BL-KQED.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/02/240211-49ERSSUPERBOWL-25-BL-KQED.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/02/240211-49ERSSUPERBOWL-25-BL-KQED-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/02/240211-49ERSSUPERBOWL-25-BL-KQED-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/02/240211-49ERSSUPERBOWL-25-BL-KQED-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/02/240211-49ERSSUPERBOWL-25-BL-KQED-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/02/240211-49ERSSUPERBOWL-25-BL-KQED-1920x1280.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">49ers fans at Pop’s Bar in San Francisco’s Mission District watch tense moments in the 4th quarter of the Super Bowl on Sunday. \u003ccite>(Beth LaBerge/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Vishaal Rupani said he hoped to bring the 49ers some luck by watching the game here at the crowded pub. “I’ve been supporting the 49ers forever, since 30 years ago,” he said. “You know, I put my heart and soul into supporting the local team.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Dan Nguyen said he had come here, to Kezar Pub, two weeks earlier to watch the 49ers \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11974023/san-francisco-fan-frenzy-at-levis-stadium-after-49ers-comeback-victory\">engineer a dramatic fourth-quarter comeback\u003c/a> to defeat the Detroit Lions in the NFC Championship game.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“You see one win here, man, you don’t leave,” said Nguyen. “It’s a vibe, bro. We’re hanging out right across from where the greats used to play at Kezar Stadium and there’s something special about that, you know, and I’m superstitious too.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11975496\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"max-width: 1920px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-11975496\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/02/09_Middleton20240211_KQEDSuperBowl_00239_qut.jpg\" alt=\"Man with glasses cheers inside a bar.\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1281\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/02/09_Middleton20240211_KQEDSuperBowl_00239_qut.jpg 1920w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/02/09_Middleton20240211_KQEDSuperBowl_00239_qut-800x534.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/02/09_Middleton20240211_KQEDSuperBowl_00239_qut-1020x681.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/02/09_Middleton20240211_KQEDSuperBowl_00239_qut-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/02/09_Middleton20240211_KQEDSuperBowl_00239_qut-1536x1025.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1920px) 100vw, 1920px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Kyle Mackey, 27, of Santa Cruz, cheers while watching the Super Bowl inside The Kezar Pub in San Francisco on Sunday. ‘I just wish my grandfather, Fred Esparza, was here,’ he says. ‘He was a big ‘ol fan.’ \u003ccite>(Florence Middleton/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Duncan Laird was among the throngs of fans who piled into the Connecticut Yankee bar in San Francisco’s Potrero Hill neighborhood to watch the game. Laird said he was a little kid the last time the 49ers won the Super Bowl, in 1995, and remembers watching it at his dad’s office downtown.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I was there watching it with my dad, you know, almost 6 years old,” he said. “I’ve been waiting 29 years for that next win, man.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Longtime 49ers fan Daniel Gutierrez was at the Connecticut Yankee, too, where he also saw the same two teams face off for the championship in 2020. “When you have the Chiefs against you, it’s hard,” he said. “Patrick Mahomes is just a better quarterback, so I’m really hoping they don’t win. I’m rooting for the Niners.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11975528\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-11975528 size-full\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/02/240211-49ERSSUPERBOWL-31-BL-KQED.jpg\" alt=\"Man wearing a hat and football jersey sits on the stoop of a home\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/02/240211-49ERSSUPERBOWL-31-BL-KQED.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/02/240211-49ERSSUPERBOWL-31-BL-KQED-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/02/240211-49ERSSUPERBOWL-31-BL-KQED-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/02/240211-49ERSSUPERBOWL-31-BL-KQED-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/02/240211-49ERSSUPERBOWL-31-BL-KQED-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/02/240211-49ERSSUPERBOWL-31-BL-KQED-1920x1280.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Leroy Bermudez sits on the stoop of his house, known as the Faithful House, during a Super Bowl block party on Sunday. \u003ccite>(Beth LaBerge/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Well before kickoff on Sunday, the block party in front of Leroy Bermudez’s house in the Mission District — known as “The Faithful House” for its red and gold paint job — was already in full swing.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11975530\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-11975530 size-full\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/02/240211-49ERSSUPERBOWL-44-BL-KQED.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/02/240211-49ERSSUPERBOWL-44-BL-KQED.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/02/240211-49ERSSUPERBOWL-44-BL-KQED-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/02/240211-49ERSSUPERBOWL-44-BL-KQED-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/02/240211-49ERSSUPERBOWL-44-BL-KQED-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/02/240211-49ERSSUPERBOWL-44-BL-KQED-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/02/240211-49ERSSUPERBOWL-44-BL-KQED-1920x1280.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">49ers fans cheer at a Super Bowl block party Sunday hosted in front of the red and gold Faithful House in the Mission. \u003ccite>(Beth LaBerge/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>“This is not just a Super Bowl party,” said Bermudez. “This is a celebration of the Mission community. Even if they were to lose today, I won in a way because the people [here] taking pictures, they’re grasping memories. There’s little kids coming here, and they’ll be like, ‘Wow, I’ve never seen this.’ They’re blown away.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>For many fans, Sunday’s game was about reminiscing about past victories — and defeats — and connecting with family members, friends and the larger 49ers community.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11975532\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-11975532 size-full\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/02/240211-49ERSSUPERBOWL-77-BL-KQED.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/02/240211-49ERSSUPERBOWL-77-BL-KQED.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/02/240211-49ERSSUPERBOWL-77-BL-KQED-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/02/240211-49ERSSUPERBOWL-77-BL-KQED-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/02/240211-49ERSSUPERBOWL-77-BL-KQED-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/02/240211-49ERSSUPERBOWL-77-BL-KQED-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/02/240211-49ERSSUPERBOWL-77-BL-KQED-1920x1280.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">49ers fan José Acosta cheers at the Faithful House block party in the Mission District on Sunday. ‘It’s in my blood,’ he says about supporting the team. ‘It’s in our bloodline, my whole family, my mother, my father, my brother, sister, my dog, my cat, everybody. We’re Niner fans at heart.’\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>José Acosta, 54, who was enjoying The Faithful House block party, said he has many childhood memories of the 49ers when they last reigned supreme. “The Joe Montana plays, all the Jerry Rice, Roger Craig [plays], all them, you know, I can just keep going on. That was my era,” he said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Acosta said rooting for the 49ers is very much a family affair.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11975531\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-11975531 size-full\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/02/240211-49ERSSUPERBOWL-70-BL-KQED.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/02/240211-49ERSSUPERBOWL-70-BL-KQED.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/02/240211-49ERSSUPERBOWL-70-BL-KQED-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/02/240211-49ERSSUPERBOWL-70-BL-KQED-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/02/240211-49ERSSUPERBOWL-70-BL-KQED-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/02/240211-49ERSSUPERBOWL-70-BL-KQED-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/02/240211-49ERSSUPERBOWL-70-BL-KQED-1920x1280.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">49ers fan Bertha Yepez and her 1-year-old grandson Julio dance at a block party in the Mission District during Usher’s Super Bowl 58 halftime show. \u003ccite>(Beth LaBerge/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>“It’s in my blood, in our bloodline, my whole family, my mother, my father, my brother, sister, my dog, my cat, everybody,” he said. “We’re Niner fans at heart. 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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003cp>49ers fans who dreamed of watching their team end their Super Bowl drought after 29 years were sorely disappointed Sunday night as the Kansas City Chiefs came from behind in the final seconds of a nail-biting overtime to eke out a 25–22 win.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Losing sucks,” said Cyril Hackett, owner of The Kezar Pub, an iconic San Francisco sports bar located across the street from Kezar Stadium, the 49ers first home. “It’s really disappointing, disappointing for all the fans, and Brock Purdy, too, because, oh, the Niners were so close.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11975664\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-11975664 size-full\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/02/240211-LAS-VEGAS-WATCH-PARTY-MD-14-KQED-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/02/240211-LAS-VEGAS-WATCH-PARTY-MD-14-KQED-1.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/02/240211-LAS-VEGAS-WATCH-PARTY-MD-14-KQED-1-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/02/240211-LAS-VEGAS-WATCH-PARTY-MD-14-KQED-1-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/02/240211-LAS-VEGAS-WATCH-PARTY-MD-14-KQED-1-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/02/240211-LAS-VEGAS-WATCH-PARTY-MD-14-KQED-1-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/02/240211-LAS-VEGAS-WATCH-PARTY-MD-14-KQED-1-1920x1280.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">San Francisco 49ers fan Madonna Caballes anxiously watches the closing minutes of the Super Bowl between the San Francisco 49ers and the Kansas City Chiefs at the Biggest Big Game Bash watch Party in Downtown Las Vegas on Feb. 11, 2024. \u003ccite>(Martin do Nascimento/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>For many, Sunday’s defeat was all the more devastating as it comes just four years after the 49ers’ last Super Bowl appearance when they lost to the very same team.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“We fell short. We should have won,” said Paul Marsland as he stood among fellow crestfallen fans at Kezar Pub. “Zero doubt in my mind we had that game. I’m hurtin’ right now. No words. No words.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11975527\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-11975527 size-full\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/02/240211-49ERSSUPERBOWL-25-BL-KQED.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/02/240211-49ERSSUPERBOWL-25-BL-KQED.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/02/240211-49ERSSUPERBOWL-25-BL-KQED-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/02/240211-49ERSSUPERBOWL-25-BL-KQED-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/02/240211-49ERSSUPERBOWL-25-BL-KQED-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/02/240211-49ERSSUPERBOWL-25-BL-KQED-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/02/240211-49ERSSUPERBOWL-25-BL-KQED-1920x1280.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">49ers fans at Pop’s Bar in San Francisco’s Mission District watch tense moments in the 4th quarter of the Super Bowl on Sunday. \u003ccite>(Beth LaBerge/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Vishaal Rupani said he hoped to bring the 49ers some luck by watching the game here at the crowded pub. “I’ve been supporting the 49ers forever, since 30 years ago,” he said. “You know, I put my heart and soul into supporting the local team.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003c/div>",
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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Dan Nguyen said he had come here, to Kezar Pub, two weeks earlier to watch the 49ers \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11974023/san-francisco-fan-frenzy-at-levis-stadium-after-49ers-comeback-victory\">engineer a dramatic fourth-quarter comeback\u003c/a> to defeat the Detroit Lions in the NFC Championship game.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“You see one win here, man, you don’t leave,” said Nguyen. “It’s a vibe, bro. We’re hanging out right across from where the greats used to play at Kezar Stadium and there’s something special about that, you know, and I’m superstitious too.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11975496\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"max-width: 1920px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-11975496\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/02/09_Middleton20240211_KQEDSuperBowl_00239_qut.jpg\" alt=\"Man with glasses cheers inside a bar.\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1281\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/02/09_Middleton20240211_KQEDSuperBowl_00239_qut.jpg 1920w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/02/09_Middleton20240211_KQEDSuperBowl_00239_qut-800x534.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/02/09_Middleton20240211_KQEDSuperBowl_00239_qut-1020x681.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/02/09_Middleton20240211_KQEDSuperBowl_00239_qut-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/02/09_Middleton20240211_KQEDSuperBowl_00239_qut-1536x1025.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1920px) 100vw, 1920px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Kyle Mackey, 27, of Santa Cruz, cheers while watching the Super Bowl inside The Kezar Pub in San Francisco on Sunday. ‘I just wish my grandfather, Fred Esparza, was here,’ he says. ‘He was a big ‘ol fan.’ \u003ccite>(Florence Middleton/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Duncan Laird was among the throngs of fans who piled into the Connecticut Yankee bar in San Francisco’s Potrero Hill neighborhood to watch the game. Laird said he was a little kid the last time the 49ers won the Super Bowl, in 1995, and remembers watching it at his dad’s office downtown.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I was there watching it with my dad, you know, almost 6 years old,” he said. “I’ve been waiting 29 years for that next win, man.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Longtime 49ers fan Daniel Gutierrez was at the Connecticut Yankee, too, where he also saw the same two teams face off for the championship in 2020. “When you have the Chiefs against you, it’s hard,” he said. “Patrick Mahomes is just a better quarterback, so I’m really hoping they don’t win. I’m rooting for the Niners.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11975528\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-11975528 size-full\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/02/240211-49ERSSUPERBOWL-31-BL-KQED.jpg\" alt=\"Man wearing a hat and football jersey sits on the stoop of a home\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/02/240211-49ERSSUPERBOWL-31-BL-KQED.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/02/240211-49ERSSUPERBOWL-31-BL-KQED-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/02/240211-49ERSSUPERBOWL-31-BL-KQED-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/02/240211-49ERSSUPERBOWL-31-BL-KQED-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/02/240211-49ERSSUPERBOWL-31-BL-KQED-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/02/240211-49ERSSUPERBOWL-31-BL-KQED-1920x1280.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Leroy Bermudez sits on the stoop of his house, known as the Faithful House, during a Super Bowl block party on Sunday. \u003ccite>(Beth LaBerge/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Well before kickoff on Sunday, the block party in front of Leroy Bermudez’s house in the Mission District — known as “The Faithful House” for its red and gold paint job — was already in full swing.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11975530\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-11975530 size-full\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/02/240211-49ERSSUPERBOWL-44-BL-KQED.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/02/240211-49ERSSUPERBOWL-44-BL-KQED.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/02/240211-49ERSSUPERBOWL-44-BL-KQED-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/02/240211-49ERSSUPERBOWL-44-BL-KQED-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/02/240211-49ERSSUPERBOWL-44-BL-KQED-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/02/240211-49ERSSUPERBOWL-44-BL-KQED-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/02/240211-49ERSSUPERBOWL-44-BL-KQED-1920x1280.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">49ers fans cheer at a Super Bowl block party Sunday hosted in front of the red and gold Faithful House in the Mission. \u003ccite>(Beth LaBerge/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>“This is not just a Super Bowl party,” said Bermudez. “This is a celebration of the Mission community. Even if they were to lose today, I won in a way because the people [here] taking pictures, they’re grasping memories. There’s little kids coming here, and they’ll be like, ‘Wow, I’ve never seen this.’ They’re blown away.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>For many fans, Sunday’s game was about reminiscing about past victories — and defeats — and connecting with family members, friends and the larger 49ers community.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11975532\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-11975532 size-full\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/02/240211-49ERSSUPERBOWL-77-BL-KQED.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/02/240211-49ERSSUPERBOWL-77-BL-KQED.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/02/240211-49ERSSUPERBOWL-77-BL-KQED-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/02/240211-49ERSSUPERBOWL-77-BL-KQED-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/02/240211-49ERSSUPERBOWL-77-BL-KQED-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/02/240211-49ERSSUPERBOWL-77-BL-KQED-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/02/240211-49ERSSUPERBOWL-77-BL-KQED-1920x1280.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">49ers fan José Acosta cheers at the Faithful House block party in the Mission District on Sunday. ‘It’s in my blood,’ he says about supporting the team. ‘It’s in our bloodline, my whole family, my mother, my father, my brother, sister, my dog, my cat, everybody. We’re Niner fans at heart.’\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>José Acosta, 54, who was enjoying The Faithful House block party, said he has many childhood memories of the 49ers when they last reigned supreme. “The Joe Montana plays, all the Jerry Rice, Roger Craig [plays], all them, you know, I can just keep going on. That was my era,” he said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Acosta said rooting for the 49ers is very much a family affair.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11975531\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-11975531 size-full\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/02/240211-49ERSSUPERBOWL-70-BL-KQED.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/02/240211-49ERSSUPERBOWL-70-BL-KQED.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/02/240211-49ERSSUPERBOWL-70-BL-KQED-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/02/240211-49ERSSUPERBOWL-70-BL-KQED-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/02/240211-49ERSSUPERBOWL-70-BL-KQED-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/02/240211-49ERSSUPERBOWL-70-BL-KQED-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/02/240211-49ERSSUPERBOWL-70-BL-KQED-1920x1280.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">49ers fan Bertha Yepez and her 1-year-old grandson Julio dance at a block party in the Mission District during Usher’s Super Bowl 58 halftime show. \u003ccite>(Beth LaBerge/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>“It’s in my blood, in our bloodline, my whole family, my mother, my father, my brother, sister, my dog, my cat, everybody,” he said. “We’re Niner fans at heart. It’s in our blood.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cem>This story includes reporting by KQED’s Azul Dahlstrom-Eckman, Joe Fitzgerald Rodriguez and Juan Carlos Lara.\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\n\u003c/div>\u003c/p>",
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"title": "'A Dream Come True': 49ers Faithful Converge on Las Vegas for Super Bowl Festivities",
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"content": "\u003cp>Las Vegas glittered with San Francisco red and gold this weekend as 49ers fans from around the globe took over Sin City for the biggest football game of the year.[pullquote size=\"medium\" align=\"right\" citation=\"Fran Thompson, 49ers fan\"]‘I’ve been a Niners fan since I was 12. I used to hear my family screaming in the living room about football.’[/pullquote]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The Niners faithful put aside any game-day worries on Saturday evening as they congregated at fan parties, like the one hosted at Splash Supper Club, a night lounge off the Las Vegas Strip.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Sacramento resident Fran Thompson, 54, was there to celebrate her birthday, and her favorite team making it to the big game.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11975401\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-11975401 size-full\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/02/240210-NINERS-EMPIRE-IN-LAS-VEGAS-MD-13-KQED.jpg\" alt=\"Ceasars Palace illuminated in anticipation of the Super Bowl on Feb. 10, 2024.\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/02/240210-NINERS-EMPIRE-IN-LAS-VEGAS-MD-13-KQED.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/02/240210-NINERS-EMPIRE-IN-LAS-VEGAS-MD-13-KQED-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/02/240210-NINERS-EMPIRE-IN-LAS-VEGAS-MD-13-KQED-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/02/240210-NINERS-EMPIRE-IN-LAS-VEGAS-MD-13-KQED-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/02/240210-NINERS-EMPIRE-IN-LAS-VEGAS-MD-13-KQED-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/02/240210-NINERS-EMPIRE-IN-LAS-VEGAS-MD-13-KQED-1920x1280.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Ceasars Palace, on the Las Vegas Strip, is fully illuminated Saturday night in anticipation of the Super Bowl. \u003ccite>(Martin do Nascimento/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>“I’ve been a Niners fan since I was 12. I used to hear my family screaming in the living room about football,” said Thompson, who has been a season ticket holder for a decade. “I’ve been very faithful. This is so awesome to be back in the Super Bowl. I hope we beat Kansas City this time. We almost had them last time, and we’re gonna do it this time.”[aside postID=news_11974882,news_11974954]The championship game between the Kansas City Chiefs and the San Francisco 49ers kicks off Sunday at 3:30 p.m. Pacific Time. But super fans have been attending events all weekend to get hyped and hang close to the action.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Some, like Joe Leonor, who organizes the Niner Empire fan club and helped put together the event at Splash, don’t plan to go inside Allegiant Stadium on Sunday. Tickets were too expensive, Leonor said, and he’d rather be watching the game alongside the people he tailgates with for every other game.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11975396\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-11975396 size-full\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/02/240210-NINERS-EMPIRE-IN-LAS-VEGAS-MD-08-KQED.jpg\" alt=\"Adam Bui, Tony Lam, Toddy Su watch the Golden State Warriors play at Caesars Sportsbook in Las Vegas on Feb. 10, 2024.\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/02/240210-NINERS-EMPIRE-IN-LAS-VEGAS-MD-08-KQED.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/02/240210-NINERS-EMPIRE-IN-LAS-VEGAS-MD-08-KQED-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/02/240210-NINERS-EMPIRE-IN-LAS-VEGAS-MD-08-KQED-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/02/240210-NINERS-EMPIRE-IN-LAS-VEGAS-MD-08-KQED-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/02/240210-NINERS-EMPIRE-IN-LAS-VEGAS-MD-08-KQED-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/02/240210-NINERS-EMPIRE-IN-LAS-VEGAS-MD-08-KQED-1920x1280.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">From left: Adam Bui, Tony Lam and Toddy Su watch the Warriors-Suns game on the big screen at Caesars Sportsbook in Las Vegas on Feb. 10, 2024. \u003ccite>(Martin do Nascimento/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>“I’ve never been inside a Super Bowl. If tickets were given to me, that would be cool. But I really want to be around my people. We put in the work throughout the season and those are the people I want to sit with,” Leonor said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Also having a drink with friends at Splash on Saturday evening was Rey Pena, the official 2022 49ers “\u003ca href=\"https://www.49ers.com/fans/fanoftheyear\">Fan of the Year\u003c/a>.” Several years ago, at age 30, Pena was diagnosed with cancer in his right eye, which had to be removed to stop the disease from spreading. But he didn’t let that dampen his enthusiasm for his favorite team. The Manteca resident, aka “Eye of the Niner,” now has an unmistakable prosthetic eye with a 49ers logo front and center.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I feel great about this season. I couldn’t hope for a better team this year,” Pena said. “We’re going to go tailgate near the stadium and then we’re going to the Super Bowl.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11975400\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-11975400 size-full\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/02/240210-NINERS-EMPIRE-IN-LAS-VEGAS-MD-12-KQED.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/02/240210-NINERS-EMPIRE-IN-LAS-VEGAS-MD-12-KQED.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/02/240210-NINERS-EMPIRE-IN-LAS-VEGAS-MD-12-KQED-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/02/240210-NINERS-EMPIRE-IN-LAS-VEGAS-MD-12-KQED-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/02/240210-NINERS-EMPIRE-IN-LAS-VEGAS-MD-12-KQED-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/02/240210-NINERS-EMPIRE-IN-LAS-VEGAS-MD-12-KQED-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/02/240210-NINERS-EMPIRE-IN-LAS-VEGAS-MD-12-KQED-1920x1280.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Anthony Arredondo, from Los Angeles, places a bet at Ceasars Sportsbook in Las Vegas on Feb. 10, 2024. \u003ccite>(Martin do Nascimento/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Sammie Lewis has been a season-ticket holder for 16 years and thinks “this is the year.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“It’s been 30 years for us since the last time we won a Super Bowl,” Lewis said, during Saturday night’s Niners party at Splash. “I am feeling really, really good about it.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>He and his wife moved to North Las Vegas from San José in September, and he said he’s excited to have his team appear in the Super Bowl in his new hometown.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“We have friends coming over tomorrow, we’ll have a good time and eat and celebrate,” Lewis said. “But I will be in San Francisco for the parade. I wouldn’t miss that. I’d lose my job for that.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>As the sun set over the desert on Saturday, Niners fans descended on the Strip, turning the iconic thoroughfare red and gold.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“It’s unreal. This is a dream come true, especially watching my team,” said Joseph Torres from Fresno, who came here to attend his first Super Bowl. “I’m hoping we get that W. That would be the cherry on top of the trip.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11975392\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-11975392 size-full\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/02/240210-NINERS-EMPIRE-IN-LAS-VEGAS-MD-02-KQED.jpg\" alt=\"A man in a black sweatshirt stands against a white wall. \" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/02/240210-NINERS-EMPIRE-IN-LAS-VEGAS-MD-02-KQED.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/02/240210-NINERS-EMPIRE-IN-LAS-VEGAS-MD-02-KQED-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/02/240210-NINERS-EMPIRE-IN-LAS-VEGAS-MD-02-KQED-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/02/240210-NINERS-EMPIRE-IN-LAS-VEGAS-MD-02-KQED-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/02/240210-NINERS-EMPIRE-IN-LAS-VEGAS-MD-02-KQED-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/02/240210-NINERS-EMPIRE-IN-LAS-VEGAS-MD-02-KQED-1920x1280.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Ray Clark, president of the Dallas chapter of the Niner Empire fan club, stands outside Splash Supper Club in Las Vegas on Feb. 10, 2024. \u003ccite>(Martin do Nascimento/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Many of the 49ers fans at Saturday’s festivities on the Strip said they had traveled here from locations much farther afield than California. Among them was Ray Clark, aka DJ RC, who is president of the Dallas, Texas chapter of the Niner Empire fan club.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I’m here to watch my 49ers play the game. Let’s get our sixth ring,” said Clark, who was DJing a party on Saturday. Niners fandom in Texas is huge, he said. “We have like 11 chapters across the state of Texas and we come together throughout the year and have fun with each other.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11975395\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-11975395 size-full\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/02/240210-NINERS-EMPIRE-IN-LAS-VEGAS-MD-05-KQED.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1334\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/02/240210-NINERS-EMPIRE-IN-LAS-VEGAS-MD-05-KQED.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/02/240210-NINERS-EMPIRE-IN-LAS-VEGAS-MD-05-KQED-800x534.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/02/240210-NINERS-EMPIRE-IN-LAS-VEGAS-MD-05-KQED-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/02/240210-NINERS-EMPIRE-IN-LAS-VEGAS-MD-05-KQED-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/02/240210-NINERS-EMPIRE-IN-LAS-VEGAS-MD-05-KQED-1536x1025.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/02/240210-NINERS-EMPIRE-IN-LAS-VEGAS-MD-05-KQED-1920x1281.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Kim Marcelli (left) and Kyle Woodruff, from Sacramento, pose in front of a display on the Strip on Feb. 10, 2024. \u003ccite>(Martin do Nascimento/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>On Saturday night, the Strip became a catwalk for 49ers fans aiming to show off their best looks.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Fans Anita West, Michelle Jordan and Shelly Begay strolled together in style. The three friends sported shimmering 49ers-themed cowboy boots, hats, shirts and earrings they had bedazzled themselves.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11975417\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\" style=\"max-width: 224px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" wp-image-11975417\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/02/IMG_5754-800x1067.jpg\" alt=\"Two bedazzled shoes with red and gold 49ers colors.\" width=\"224\" height=\"299\" data-wp-editing=\"1\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/02/IMG_5754-800x1067.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/02/IMG_5754-1020x1360.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/02/IMG_5754-160x213.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/02/IMG_5754-1152x1536.jpg 1152w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/02/IMG_5754-1536x2048.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/02/IMG_5754-scaled.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 224px) 100vw, 224px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Michelle Jordan (left) and Shelly Begay traveled together in style. ‘We do our own outfits. I did my boots and the jacket,’ said Jordan, who lives in Albuquerque, New Mexico. \u003ccite>(Sydney Johnson/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>“We do our own outfits. I did my boots and the jacket,” said Jordan, who lives in Albuquerque, New Mexico, pointing to the red and gold rhinestone Niners logos on her black leather jacket and boots.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Further up the street, Albert Vann was parked on the sidewalk in a red and gold Niner-themed mobile recliner chair he had fashioned himself. The San José resident is a regular at Niners tailgates, and multiple fans on Saturday immediately recognized his vehicle.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“This is a little shuttle I use to get from tailgate to tailgate. Just having a good time and put a smile on people’s faces,” Vann said. “I grew up in the Bay, I’ll always be faithful to the Bay.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad floatright]\u003c/p>\n",
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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The Niners faithful put aside any game-day worries on Saturday evening as they congregated at fan parties, like the one hosted at Splash Supper Club, a night lounge off the Las Vegas Strip.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Sacramento resident Fran Thompson, 54, was there to celebrate her birthday, and her favorite team making it to the big game.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11975401\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-11975401 size-full\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/02/240210-NINERS-EMPIRE-IN-LAS-VEGAS-MD-13-KQED.jpg\" alt=\"Ceasars Palace illuminated in anticipation of the Super Bowl on Feb. 10, 2024.\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/02/240210-NINERS-EMPIRE-IN-LAS-VEGAS-MD-13-KQED.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/02/240210-NINERS-EMPIRE-IN-LAS-VEGAS-MD-13-KQED-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/02/240210-NINERS-EMPIRE-IN-LAS-VEGAS-MD-13-KQED-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/02/240210-NINERS-EMPIRE-IN-LAS-VEGAS-MD-13-KQED-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/02/240210-NINERS-EMPIRE-IN-LAS-VEGAS-MD-13-KQED-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/02/240210-NINERS-EMPIRE-IN-LAS-VEGAS-MD-13-KQED-1920x1280.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Ceasars Palace, on the Las Vegas Strip, is fully illuminated Saturday night in anticipation of the Super Bowl. \u003ccite>(Martin do Nascimento/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>“I’ve been a Niners fan since I was 12. I used to hear my family screaming in the living room about football,” said Thompson, who has been a season ticket holder for a decade. “I’ve been very faithful. This is so awesome to be back in the Super Bowl. I hope we beat Kansas City this time. We almost had them last time, and we’re gonna do it this time.”\u003c/p>\u003c/div>",
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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>The championship game between the Kansas City Chiefs and the San Francisco 49ers kicks off Sunday at 3:30 p.m. Pacific Time. But super fans have been attending events all weekend to get hyped and hang close to the action.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Some, like Joe Leonor, who organizes the Niner Empire fan club and helped put together the event at Splash, don’t plan to go inside Allegiant Stadium on Sunday. Tickets were too expensive, Leonor said, and he’d rather be watching the game alongside the people he tailgates with for every other game.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11975396\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-11975396 size-full\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/02/240210-NINERS-EMPIRE-IN-LAS-VEGAS-MD-08-KQED.jpg\" alt=\"Adam Bui, Tony Lam, Toddy Su watch the Golden State Warriors play at Caesars Sportsbook in Las Vegas on Feb. 10, 2024.\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/02/240210-NINERS-EMPIRE-IN-LAS-VEGAS-MD-08-KQED.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/02/240210-NINERS-EMPIRE-IN-LAS-VEGAS-MD-08-KQED-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/02/240210-NINERS-EMPIRE-IN-LAS-VEGAS-MD-08-KQED-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/02/240210-NINERS-EMPIRE-IN-LAS-VEGAS-MD-08-KQED-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/02/240210-NINERS-EMPIRE-IN-LAS-VEGAS-MD-08-KQED-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/02/240210-NINERS-EMPIRE-IN-LAS-VEGAS-MD-08-KQED-1920x1280.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">From left: Adam Bui, Tony Lam and Toddy Su watch the Warriors-Suns game on the big screen at Caesars Sportsbook in Las Vegas on Feb. 10, 2024. \u003ccite>(Martin do Nascimento/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>“I’ve never been inside a Super Bowl. If tickets were given to me, that would be cool. But I really want to be around my people. We put in the work throughout the season and those are the people I want to sit with,” Leonor said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Also having a drink with friends at Splash on Saturday evening was Rey Pena, the official 2022 49ers “\u003ca href=\"https://www.49ers.com/fans/fanoftheyear\">Fan of the Year\u003c/a>.” Several years ago, at age 30, Pena was diagnosed with cancer in his right eye, which had to be removed to stop the disease from spreading. But he didn’t let that dampen his enthusiasm for his favorite team. The Manteca resident, aka “Eye of the Niner,” now has an unmistakable prosthetic eye with a 49ers logo front and center.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I feel great about this season. I couldn’t hope for a better team this year,” Pena said. “We’re going to go tailgate near the stadium and then we’re going to the Super Bowl.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11975400\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-11975400 size-full\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/02/240210-NINERS-EMPIRE-IN-LAS-VEGAS-MD-12-KQED.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/02/240210-NINERS-EMPIRE-IN-LAS-VEGAS-MD-12-KQED.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/02/240210-NINERS-EMPIRE-IN-LAS-VEGAS-MD-12-KQED-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/02/240210-NINERS-EMPIRE-IN-LAS-VEGAS-MD-12-KQED-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/02/240210-NINERS-EMPIRE-IN-LAS-VEGAS-MD-12-KQED-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/02/240210-NINERS-EMPIRE-IN-LAS-VEGAS-MD-12-KQED-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/02/240210-NINERS-EMPIRE-IN-LAS-VEGAS-MD-12-KQED-1920x1280.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Anthony Arredondo, from Los Angeles, places a bet at Ceasars Sportsbook in Las Vegas on Feb. 10, 2024. \u003ccite>(Martin do Nascimento/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Sammie Lewis has been a season-ticket holder for 16 years and thinks “this is the year.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“It’s been 30 years for us since the last time we won a Super Bowl,” Lewis said, during Saturday night’s Niners party at Splash. “I am feeling really, really good about it.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>He and his wife moved to North Las Vegas from San José in September, and he said he’s excited to have his team appear in the Super Bowl in his new hometown.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“We have friends coming over tomorrow, we’ll have a good time and eat and celebrate,” Lewis said. “But I will be in San Francisco for the parade. I wouldn’t miss that. I’d lose my job for that.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>As the sun set over the desert on Saturday, Niners fans descended on the Strip, turning the iconic thoroughfare red and gold.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“It’s unreal. This is a dream come true, especially watching my team,” said Joseph Torres from Fresno, who came here to attend his first Super Bowl. “I’m hoping we get that W. That would be the cherry on top of the trip.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11975392\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-11975392 size-full\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/02/240210-NINERS-EMPIRE-IN-LAS-VEGAS-MD-02-KQED.jpg\" alt=\"A man in a black sweatshirt stands against a white wall. \" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/02/240210-NINERS-EMPIRE-IN-LAS-VEGAS-MD-02-KQED.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/02/240210-NINERS-EMPIRE-IN-LAS-VEGAS-MD-02-KQED-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/02/240210-NINERS-EMPIRE-IN-LAS-VEGAS-MD-02-KQED-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/02/240210-NINERS-EMPIRE-IN-LAS-VEGAS-MD-02-KQED-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/02/240210-NINERS-EMPIRE-IN-LAS-VEGAS-MD-02-KQED-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/02/240210-NINERS-EMPIRE-IN-LAS-VEGAS-MD-02-KQED-1920x1280.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Ray Clark, president of the Dallas chapter of the Niner Empire fan club, stands outside Splash Supper Club in Las Vegas on Feb. 10, 2024. \u003ccite>(Martin do Nascimento/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Many of the 49ers fans at Saturday’s festivities on the Strip said they had traveled here from locations much farther afield than California. Among them was Ray Clark, aka DJ RC, who is president of the Dallas, Texas chapter of the Niner Empire fan club.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I’m here to watch my 49ers play the game. Let’s get our sixth ring,” said Clark, who was DJing a party on Saturday. Niners fandom in Texas is huge, he said. “We have like 11 chapters across the state of Texas and we come together throughout the year and have fun with each other.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11975395\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-11975395 size-full\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/02/240210-NINERS-EMPIRE-IN-LAS-VEGAS-MD-05-KQED.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1334\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/02/240210-NINERS-EMPIRE-IN-LAS-VEGAS-MD-05-KQED.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/02/240210-NINERS-EMPIRE-IN-LAS-VEGAS-MD-05-KQED-800x534.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/02/240210-NINERS-EMPIRE-IN-LAS-VEGAS-MD-05-KQED-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/02/240210-NINERS-EMPIRE-IN-LAS-VEGAS-MD-05-KQED-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/02/240210-NINERS-EMPIRE-IN-LAS-VEGAS-MD-05-KQED-1536x1025.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/02/240210-NINERS-EMPIRE-IN-LAS-VEGAS-MD-05-KQED-1920x1281.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Kim Marcelli (left) and Kyle Woodruff, from Sacramento, pose in front of a display on the Strip on Feb. 10, 2024. \u003ccite>(Martin do Nascimento/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>On Saturday night, the Strip became a catwalk for 49ers fans aiming to show off their best looks.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Fans Anita West, Michelle Jordan and Shelly Begay strolled together in style. The three friends sported shimmering 49ers-themed cowboy boots, hats, shirts and earrings they had bedazzled themselves.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11975417\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\" style=\"max-width: 224px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" wp-image-11975417\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/02/IMG_5754-800x1067.jpg\" alt=\"Two bedazzled shoes with red and gold 49ers colors.\" width=\"224\" height=\"299\" data-wp-editing=\"1\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/02/IMG_5754-800x1067.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/02/IMG_5754-1020x1360.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/02/IMG_5754-160x213.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/02/IMG_5754-1152x1536.jpg 1152w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/02/IMG_5754-1536x2048.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/02/IMG_5754-scaled.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 224px) 100vw, 224px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Michelle Jordan (left) and Shelly Begay traveled together in style. ‘We do our own outfits. 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"content": "\u003cp>A San Francisco 49ers fan on a sold-out flight from San Francisco to Las Vegas had an unexpected upgrade on Saturday: A window seat, courtesy of Speaker Emerita of the U.S. House of Representatives, Nancy Pelosi.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Tennyson Wilson, who grew up and lives in the city, was one of the last people to board the rambunctious flight headed to the Super Bowl on Saturday. He almost didn’t believe it when he realized who he was sitting next to.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11975359\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-11975359\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/02/240210-NANCY-PELOSI-SEATMATE-MD-02-KQED.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/02/240210-NANCY-PELOSI-SEATMATE-MD-02-KQED.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/02/240210-NANCY-PELOSI-SEATMATE-MD-02-KQED-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/02/240210-NANCY-PELOSI-SEATMATE-MD-02-KQED-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/02/240210-NANCY-PELOSI-SEATMATE-MD-02-KQED-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/02/240210-NANCY-PELOSI-SEATMATE-MD-02-KQED-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/02/240210-NANCY-PELOSI-SEATMATE-MD-02-KQED-1920x1280.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Tennyson Wilson waits on the passenger ramp at SFO in San Francisco to board a flight to Las Vegas, unaware that he’ll be sitting next to Nancy and Paul Pelosi, on Feb. 10, 2024 \u003ccite>(Martin do Nascimento/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>“She was very nice. I originally had the middle seat and she offered to give me the window seat which was awesome. I think she read like five newspapers,” Wilson told KQED. “It was cool watching the machine work. It was like sitting next to your grandma, but doing way more work.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The two chatted about their shared love of the 49ers and big hopes for the weekend’s outcome. On Sunday, the 49ers will play the Kansas City Chiefs. The two teams faced off in the Super Bowl in 2020, when the 49ers lost 20–31.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11975360\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-11975360\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/02/240210-NANCY-PELOSI-SEATMATE-MD-03-KQED.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/02/240210-NANCY-PELOSI-SEATMATE-MD-03-KQED.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/02/240210-NANCY-PELOSI-SEATMATE-MD-03-KQED-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/02/240210-NANCY-PELOSI-SEATMATE-MD-03-KQED-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/02/240210-NANCY-PELOSI-SEATMATE-MD-03-KQED-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/02/240210-NANCY-PELOSI-SEATMATE-MD-03-KQED-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/02/240210-NANCY-PELOSI-SEATMATE-MD-03-KQED-1920x1280.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Nancy and Paul Pelosi step into the aisle to allow Tennyson Wilson to take his seat by the window on a flight from SFO to Las Vegas in San Francisco on Feb. 10, 2024 \u003ccite>(Martin do Nascimento/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>A win this weekend will be a big deal for 49s fans all over who have been waiting nearly three decades for another Super Bowl win.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“We talked about the Baltimore Superbowl when the lights went out,” said Wilson, who was traveling with his wife and friend, who sat a few rows behind. He said Pelosi seems “pretty confident in Brock Purdy in the Niners” and said they talked about “the excitement of just being here.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11975379\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-11975379 size-full\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/02/240210-NANCY-PELOSIS-SEATMATE-MD-08-KQED.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/02/240210-NANCY-PELOSIS-SEATMATE-MD-08-KQED.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/02/240210-NANCY-PELOSIS-SEATMATE-MD-08-KQED-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/02/240210-NANCY-PELOSIS-SEATMATE-MD-08-KQED-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/02/240210-NANCY-PELOSIS-SEATMATE-MD-08-KQED-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/02/240210-NANCY-PELOSIS-SEATMATE-MD-08-KQED-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/02/240210-NANCY-PELOSIS-SEATMATE-MD-08-KQED-1920x1280.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Speaker Emerita Nancy Pelosi and Tennyson Wilson chat together on the flight from San Francisco to Las Vegas on Feb. 10, 2024. \u003ccite>(Martin do Nascimento/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>The U.S. representative was traveling to the game with husband Paul Pelosi. KQED asked Pelosi if this was his first Super Bowl. “Hell no,” he told KQED. “We’ve been to every Super Bowl the Niners have been in,” including in 1990 in New Orleans when the team beat the Broncos.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>As for his thoughts on this year’s odds, Pelosi said, “that’s why we play the game.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11975361\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-11975361 size-full\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/02/240210-NANCY-PELOSI-SEATMATE-MD-04-KQED.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/02/240210-NANCY-PELOSI-SEATMATE-MD-04-KQED.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/02/240210-NANCY-PELOSI-SEATMATE-MD-04-KQED-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/02/240210-NANCY-PELOSI-SEATMATE-MD-04-KQED-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/02/240210-NANCY-PELOSI-SEATMATE-MD-04-KQED-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/02/240210-NANCY-PELOSI-SEATMATE-MD-04-KQED-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/02/240210-NANCY-PELOSI-SEATMATE-MD-04-KQED-1920x1280.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Alaska Airlines flight #13 lands in Las Vegas on Feb. 10, 2024. \u003ccite>(Martin do Nascimento/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Wilson and the Pelosis were on a packed flight full of Niners fans heading off to Vegas. Many had plans to go inside the game, while others were traveling to be with friends and family in the area just to be close to the action.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Before boarding, a DJ and Warriors hype man Franco Finn got fans pumped up for their travels at the gate. Everyone on the plane was given a free flight from Alaska Airlines.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11975362\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-11975362 size-full\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/02/240210-NANCY-PELOSI-SEATMATE-MD-05-KQED.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/02/240210-NANCY-PELOSI-SEATMATE-MD-05-KQED.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/02/240210-NANCY-PELOSI-SEATMATE-MD-05-KQED-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/02/240210-NANCY-PELOSI-SEATMATE-MD-05-KQED-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/02/240210-NANCY-PELOSI-SEATMATE-MD-05-KQED-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/02/240210-NANCY-PELOSI-SEATMATE-MD-05-KQED-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/02/240210-NANCY-PELOSI-SEATMATE-MD-05-KQED-1920x1280.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Tennyson Wilson stands up to deplane Alaska Airlines flight #13 on Feb. 10, 2024 \u003ccite>(Martin do Nascimento/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Neil Liwanag of San Mateo even snagged a second free flight before takeoff for answering a Niners trivia question.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I went to five road games this year. We’re just the best fan base,” Liwanag told KQED. 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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003cp>A San Francisco 49ers fan on a sold-out flight from San Francisco to Las Vegas had an unexpected upgrade on Saturday: A window seat, courtesy of Speaker Emerita of the U.S. House of Representatives, Nancy Pelosi.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Tennyson Wilson, who grew up and lives in the city, was one of the last people to board the rambunctious flight headed to the Super Bowl on Saturday. He almost didn’t believe it when he realized who he was sitting next to.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11975359\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-11975359\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/02/240210-NANCY-PELOSI-SEATMATE-MD-02-KQED.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/02/240210-NANCY-PELOSI-SEATMATE-MD-02-KQED.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/02/240210-NANCY-PELOSI-SEATMATE-MD-02-KQED-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/02/240210-NANCY-PELOSI-SEATMATE-MD-02-KQED-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/02/240210-NANCY-PELOSI-SEATMATE-MD-02-KQED-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/02/240210-NANCY-PELOSI-SEATMATE-MD-02-KQED-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/02/240210-NANCY-PELOSI-SEATMATE-MD-02-KQED-1920x1280.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Tennyson Wilson waits on the passenger ramp at SFO in San Francisco to board a flight to Las Vegas, unaware that he’ll be sitting next to Nancy and Paul Pelosi, on Feb. 10, 2024 \u003ccite>(Martin do Nascimento/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>“She was very nice. I originally had the middle seat and she offered to give me the window seat which was awesome. I think she read like five newspapers,” Wilson told KQED. “It was cool watching the machine work. It was like sitting next to your grandma, but doing way more work.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The two chatted about their shared love of the 49ers and big hopes for the weekend’s outcome. On Sunday, the 49ers will play the Kansas City Chiefs. The two teams faced off in the Super Bowl in 2020, when the 49ers lost 20–31.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11975360\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-11975360\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/02/240210-NANCY-PELOSI-SEATMATE-MD-03-KQED.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/02/240210-NANCY-PELOSI-SEATMATE-MD-03-KQED.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/02/240210-NANCY-PELOSI-SEATMATE-MD-03-KQED-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/02/240210-NANCY-PELOSI-SEATMATE-MD-03-KQED-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/02/240210-NANCY-PELOSI-SEATMATE-MD-03-KQED-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/02/240210-NANCY-PELOSI-SEATMATE-MD-03-KQED-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/02/240210-NANCY-PELOSI-SEATMATE-MD-03-KQED-1920x1280.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Nancy and Paul Pelosi step into the aisle to allow Tennyson Wilson to take his seat by the window on a flight from SFO to Las Vegas in San Francisco on Feb. 10, 2024 \u003ccite>(Martin do Nascimento/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>A win this weekend will be a big deal for 49s fans all over who have been waiting nearly three decades for another Super Bowl win.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“We talked about the Baltimore Superbowl when the lights went out,” said Wilson, who was traveling with his wife and friend, who sat a few rows behind. He said Pelosi seems “pretty confident in Brock Purdy in the Niners” and said they talked about “the excitement of just being here.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11975379\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-11975379 size-full\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/02/240210-NANCY-PELOSIS-SEATMATE-MD-08-KQED.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/02/240210-NANCY-PELOSIS-SEATMATE-MD-08-KQED.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/02/240210-NANCY-PELOSIS-SEATMATE-MD-08-KQED-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/02/240210-NANCY-PELOSIS-SEATMATE-MD-08-KQED-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/02/240210-NANCY-PELOSIS-SEATMATE-MD-08-KQED-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/02/240210-NANCY-PELOSIS-SEATMATE-MD-08-KQED-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/02/240210-NANCY-PELOSIS-SEATMATE-MD-08-KQED-1920x1280.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Speaker Emerita Nancy Pelosi and Tennyson Wilson chat together on the flight from San Francisco to Las Vegas on Feb. 10, 2024. \u003ccite>(Martin do Nascimento/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>The U.S. representative was traveling to the game with husband Paul Pelosi. KQED asked Pelosi if this was his first Super Bowl. “Hell no,” he told KQED. “We’ve been to every Super Bowl the Niners have been in,” including in 1990 in New Orleans when the team beat the Broncos.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>As for his thoughts on this year’s odds, Pelosi said, “that’s why we play the game.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11975361\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-11975361 size-full\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/02/240210-NANCY-PELOSI-SEATMATE-MD-04-KQED.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/02/240210-NANCY-PELOSI-SEATMATE-MD-04-KQED.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/02/240210-NANCY-PELOSI-SEATMATE-MD-04-KQED-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/02/240210-NANCY-PELOSI-SEATMATE-MD-04-KQED-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/02/240210-NANCY-PELOSI-SEATMATE-MD-04-KQED-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/02/240210-NANCY-PELOSI-SEATMATE-MD-04-KQED-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/02/240210-NANCY-PELOSI-SEATMATE-MD-04-KQED-1920x1280.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Alaska Airlines flight #13 lands in Las Vegas on Feb. 10, 2024. \u003ccite>(Martin do Nascimento/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Wilson and the Pelosis were on a packed flight full of Niners fans heading off to Vegas. Many had plans to go inside the game, while others were traveling to be with friends and family in the area just to be close to the action.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Before boarding, a DJ and Warriors hype man Franco Finn got fans pumped up for their travels at the gate. Everyone on the plane was given a free flight from Alaska Airlines.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11975362\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-11975362 size-full\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/02/240210-NANCY-PELOSI-SEATMATE-MD-05-KQED.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/02/240210-NANCY-PELOSI-SEATMATE-MD-05-KQED.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/02/240210-NANCY-PELOSI-SEATMATE-MD-05-KQED-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/02/240210-NANCY-PELOSI-SEATMATE-MD-05-KQED-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/02/240210-NANCY-PELOSI-SEATMATE-MD-05-KQED-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/02/240210-NANCY-PELOSI-SEATMATE-MD-05-KQED-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/02/240210-NANCY-PELOSI-SEATMATE-MD-05-KQED-1920x1280.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Tennyson Wilson stands up to deplane Alaska Airlines flight #13 on Feb. 10, 2024 \u003ccite>(Martin do Nascimento/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Neil Liwanag of San Mateo even snagged a second free flight before takeoff for answering a Niners trivia question.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I went to five road games this year. We’re just the best fan base,” Liwanag told KQED. He was feeling nervous heading into the big game, but had high hopes climbing on the flight Saturday morning. “I gotta be faithful and I gotta believe in my team.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11975413\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-11975413 size-full\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/02/240211-NINERS-EMPIRE-IN-LAS-VEGAS-MD-17-KQED.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/02/240211-NINERS-EMPIRE-IN-LAS-VEGAS-MD-17-KQED.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/02/240211-NINERS-EMPIRE-IN-LAS-VEGAS-MD-17-KQED-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/02/240211-NINERS-EMPIRE-IN-LAS-VEGAS-MD-17-KQED-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/02/240211-NINERS-EMPIRE-IN-LAS-VEGAS-MD-17-KQED-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/02/240211-NINERS-EMPIRE-IN-LAS-VEGAS-MD-17-KQED-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/02/240211-NINERS-EMPIRE-IN-LAS-VEGAS-MD-17-KQED-1920x1280.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Tennyson Wilson and his wife walk through Harry Reid International airport in Las Vegas on Feb. 10, 2024. \u003ccite>(Martin do Nascimento/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003c/div>",
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"content": "\u003cp>San Francisco 49ers fans are celebrating a wild comeback victory against the Detroit Lions, securing the NFC Championship by a score of 34–31.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“The Bay prevails; we always do,” said San Francisco resident Jeff Walsh at Mad Dog in the Fog sports bar in the Haight Ashbury neighborhood of San Francisco with at least 100 people.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Everyone doubts us throughout the nation. But you know what? At the end of the day, we step up and we go above and beyond, and we win because we’re winners,” Walsh said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>https://twitter.com/zuliemann/status/1751800413010239816\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The Niners will face off against the Kansas City Chiefs for a second time in Super Bowl LVIII on Sunday, Feb. 11 in Las Vegas.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>They previously lost to the Chiefs at Super Bowl LIV in 2020.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>This will be the 49ers eighth Super Bowl appearance in franchise history.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11974038\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 1920px\">\u003ca href=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/01/240128-49ersFans-36-BL.jpg\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-11974038\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/01/240128-49ersFans-36-BL.jpg\" alt=\"People dancing outside at a tailgate party.\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1280\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/01/240128-49ersFans-36-BL.jpg 1920w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/01/240128-49ersFans-36-BL-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/01/240128-49ersFans-36-BL-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/01/240128-49ersFans-36-BL-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/01/240128-49ersFans-36-BL-1536x1024.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1920px) 100vw, 1920px\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">49ers fan Sabrina Jay dances during a tailgate party outside Levi’s Stadium in Santa Clara. \u003ccite>(Beth LaBerge/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Despite the 49ers trailing behind the Lions by two touchdowns and a field goal at halftime by 24–7, the overall mood outside Levi’s Stadium was extremely upbeat with Lions fans and Niners fans all partying together at tailgates. The air was filled with excited yells and the sounds of brass bands playing music.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11974034\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 1920px\">\u003ca href=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/01/240128-49ersFans-18-BL.jpg\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-11974034\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/01/240128-49ersFans-18-BL.jpg\" alt=\"A man wearing San Francisco 49ers paraphernalia poses next to a man with a banjo.\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1280\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/01/240128-49ersFans-18-BL.jpg 1920w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/01/240128-49ersFans-18-BL-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/01/240128-49ersFans-18-BL-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/01/240128-49ersFans-18-BL-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/01/240128-49ersFans-18-BL-1536x1024.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1920px) 100vw, 1920px\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Stacy Samuels, aka Banjo Man, poses for a photo with a fan. \u003ccite>(Beth LaBerge/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Stacy Samuels, also known as Banjo Man and a self-proclaimed “Super Niner,” was born and raised in San Francisco, and has lended his musical talents to the team he loves for decades.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I’m 73 years old [and have been a fan] since I was about eight,” said Samuels. “I played the banjo at every 49er game for 41 years.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11974030\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 1920px\">\u003ca href=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/01/240128-49ersFans-08-BL.jpg\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-11974030\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/01/240128-49ersFans-08-BL.jpg\" alt=\"A mother and her son pose in San Francisco 49ers sports jerseys near the trunk of a car.\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1280\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/01/240128-49ersFans-08-BL.jpg 1920w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/01/240128-49ersFans-08-BL-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/01/240128-49ersFans-08-BL-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/01/240128-49ersFans-08-BL-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/01/240128-49ersFans-08-BL-1536x1024.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1920px) 100vw, 1920px\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Bobbie Lince (left) and her son Eric Levy tailgate outside Levi’s Stadium. \u003ccite>(Beth LaBerge/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>\u003cb>“\u003c/b>It’s just a different vibe with Candlestick [Park] as it is here,” said Bobbie Lince, who attended a tailgate party. “I can’t explain it, but the tailgating, we’ve had so much fun. You just throw your table, your chairs out, bring the food, bring the alcohol, invite all your friends.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11974040\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 1920px\">\u003ca href=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/01/240128-49ersFans-24-BL.jpg\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-11974040\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/01/240128-49ersFans-24-BL.jpg\" alt=\"A young boy high fives a man with several people dressed in San Francisco 49ers sports jerseys.\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1280\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/01/240128-49ersFans-24-BL.jpg 1920w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/01/240128-49ersFans-24-BL-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/01/240128-49ersFans-24-BL-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/01/240128-49ersFans-24-BL-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/01/240128-49ersFans-24-BL-1536x1024.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1920px) 100vw, 1920px\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Herman Sahota high-fives young 49ers fans before the game. \u003ccite>(Beth LaBerge/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Fans of both teams remained energetic and lively throughout the game at Mad Dog in the Fog.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“The game had a big range of emotions, but that’s what makes it exciting,” said San Francisco resident Sydney Brooker. “I will say like it seems as though a typical pattern for the 49ers, particularly of this season, is that they suck in the first quarter and then they crush it [later on]. While I was nervous and scared and hiding under the table, I also knew that they were going to come back. 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At Levi’s Stadium, fans erupted in applause and cheers as the 49ers made a comeback in the second half to win. Fireworks brightened the night sky as people left the stadium.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11974057\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 1620px\">\u003ca href=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/01/568B1A6C-0E66-4C26-996D-CD21671C8192.jpg\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-11974057\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/01/568B1A6C-0E66-4C26-996D-CD21671C8192.jpg\" alt=\"A man wearing a San Francisco 49ers sports jersey and a themed-boom box raises his hand next to another man.\" width=\"1620\" height=\"1080\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/01/568B1A6C-0E66-4C26-996D-CD21671C8192.jpg 1620w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/01/568B1A6C-0E66-4C26-996D-CD21671C8192-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/01/568B1A6C-0E66-4C26-996D-CD21671C8192-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/01/568B1A6C-0E66-4C26-996D-CD21671C8192-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/01/568B1A6C-0E66-4C26-996D-CD21671C8192-1536x1024.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1620px) 100vw, 1620px\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Daniel Zavala (left) and Juan Castro cheer as fans leave Levi’s Stadium. \u003ccite>(Beth LaBerge/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cem>KQED’s Christopher Alam and Kevin Stark contributed reporting to this story.\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\n",
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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>They previously lost to the Chiefs at Super Bowl LIV in 2020.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>This will be the 49ers eighth Super Bowl appearance in franchise history.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11974038\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 1920px\">\u003ca href=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/01/240128-49ersFans-36-BL.jpg\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-11974038\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/01/240128-49ersFans-36-BL.jpg\" alt=\"People dancing outside at a tailgate party.\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1280\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/01/240128-49ersFans-36-BL.jpg 1920w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/01/240128-49ersFans-36-BL-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/01/240128-49ersFans-36-BL-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/01/240128-49ersFans-36-BL-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/01/240128-49ersFans-36-BL-1536x1024.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1920px) 100vw, 1920px\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">49ers fan Sabrina Jay dances during a tailgate party outside Levi’s Stadium in Santa Clara. \u003ccite>(Beth LaBerge/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Despite the 49ers trailing behind the Lions by two touchdowns and a field goal at halftime by 24–7, the overall mood outside Levi’s Stadium was extremely upbeat with Lions fans and Niners fans all partying together at tailgates. The air was filled with excited yells and the sounds of brass bands playing music.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11974034\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 1920px\">\u003ca href=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/01/240128-49ersFans-18-BL.jpg\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-11974034\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/01/240128-49ersFans-18-BL.jpg\" alt=\"A man wearing San Francisco 49ers paraphernalia poses next to a man with a banjo.\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1280\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/01/240128-49ersFans-18-BL.jpg 1920w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/01/240128-49ersFans-18-BL-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/01/240128-49ersFans-18-BL-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/01/240128-49ersFans-18-BL-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/01/240128-49ersFans-18-BL-1536x1024.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1920px) 100vw, 1920px\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Stacy Samuels, aka Banjo Man, poses for a photo with a fan. \u003ccite>(Beth LaBerge/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Stacy Samuels, also known as Banjo Man and a self-proclaimed “Super Niner,” was born and raised in San Francisco, and has lended his musical talents to the team he loves for decades.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I’m 73 years old [and have been a fan] since I was about eight,” said Samuels. “I played the banjo at every 49er game for 41 years.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11974030\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 1920px\">\u003ca href=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/01/240128-49ersFans-08-BL.jpg\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-11974030\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/01/240128-49ersFans-08-BL.jpg\" alt=\"A mother and her son pose in San Francisco 49ers sports jerseys near the trunk of a car.\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1280\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/01/240128-49ersFans-08-BL.jpg 1920w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/01/240128-49ersFans-08-BL-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/01/240128-49ersFans-08-BL-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/01/240128-49ersFans-08-BL-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/01/240128-49ersFans-08-BL-1536x1024.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1920px) 100vw, 1920px\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Bobbie Lince (left) and her son Eric Levy tailgate outside Levi’s Stadium. \u003ccite>(Beth LaBerge/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>\u003cb>“\u003c/b>It’s just a different vibe with Candlestick [Park] as it is here,” said Bobbie Lince, who attended a tailgate party. “I can’t explain it, but the tailgating, we’ve had so much fun. 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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\n\u003cp>But it wasn’t meant to be. At Levi’s Stadium, fans erupted in applause and cheers as the 49ers made a comeback in the second half to win. Fireworks brightened the night sky as people left the stadium.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11974057\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 1620px\">\u003ca href=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/01/568B1A6C-0E66-4C26-996D-CD21671C8192.jpg\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-11974057\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/01/568B1A6C-0E66-4C26-996D-CD21671C8192.jpg\" alt=\"A man wearing a San Francisco 49ers sports jersey and a themed-boom box raises his hand next to another man.\" width=\"1620\" height=\"1080\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/01/568B1A6C-0E66-4C26-996D-CD21671C8192.jpg 1620w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/01/568B1A6C-0E66-4C26-996D-CD21671C8192-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/01/568B1A6C-0E66-4C26-996D-CD21671C8192-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/01/568B1A6C-0E66-4C26-996D-CD21671C8192-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/01/568B1A6C-0E66-4C26-996D-CD21671C8192-1536x1024.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1620px) 100vw, 1620px\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Daniel Zavala (left) and Juan Castro cheer as fans leave Levi’s Stadium. \u003ccite>(Beth LaBerge/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cem>KQED’s Christopher Alam and Kevin Stark contributed reporting to this story.\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\n\u003c/div>\u003c/p>",
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"content": "\u003cp>The small communities tucked into the San Joaquin River Delta are full of contradictions. Located northeast of the San Francisco Bay Area, much of the area is populated by farmers growing crops like wheat, alfalfa and rice. But, visitors might also stumble upon a circus performed on board a huge boat made to look like an island, a community of free spirits living out of tiny homes plopped down in an RV park, even a woman walking a goose on a leash down the street in town. Needless to say, it can be a quirky place.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Once primarily known for farming, Delta communities are changing as people priced out of the Bay Area discover this relatively close region that still offers land and freedom. It has become particularly attractive to artists and other creatives looking to live in a place where they’re free to create without the pressures of city regulators and rising rents.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11963681\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-11963681\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/10/20230930-Sea-Circus-001-JY-KQED.jpg\" alt=\"A lighthouse and a number of boats are seen across a stretch of water.\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/10/20230930-Sea-Circus-001-JY-KQED.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/10/20230930-Sea-Circus-001-JY-KQED-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/10/20230930-Sea-Circus-001-JY-KQED-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/10/20230930-Sea-Circus-001-JY-KQED-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/10/20230930-Sea-Circus-001-JY-KQED-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/10/20230930-Sea-Circus-001-JY-KQED-1920x1280.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Forbes Island is seen during the Secrets of the Sea Circus Festival in Brentwood, Contra Costa County, on Saturday, Sept. 30, 2023. \u003ccite>(Juliana Yamada/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>“The big question was, ‘Do I stay in the Bay Area, which is getting unsustainably expensive?’” said Michelle Burke, who used to be involved in running American Steel, a sprawling West Oakland artist collective. “My friends are being displaced. They’re losing their workspaces, their art spaces, their homes. It was just unsustainable.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[pullquote align=\"right\" size=\"medium\" citation=\"Michelle Burke, Isleton artist and resident\"]‘The big question was, ‘Do I stay in the Bay Area, which is getting unsustainably expensive? My friends are being displaced. They’re losing their workspaces, their art spaces, their homes. It was just unsustainable.’[/pullquote]In Isleton, where Burke relocated, she’s got enough room on her property for six shipping containers to store materials and DIY projects. She’s one of many who have found the Delta to be a refreshing change.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I took a motorcycle ride out here, and I was just kind of blown away with the vibe,” said Iva Walton, another transplant from Oakland who now owns the \u003ca href=\"https://www.ediblesacramento.com/editorial/drinks-2019/mei-wah-beer-room/\">Mei Wah Beer Room in Isleton\u003c/a>. “When people ask where Isleton is, I say, ‘It’s 50 miles and 50 years away from Oakland.’ I like that it’s sort of a little bit stuck in time.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Walton used to work as a stage designer and tile setter in Oakland and San Francisco before moving to Isleton and opening her bar. Now, she’s serving her second term on the city council.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“People were very welcoming and appreciative of me doing a cool business here in town,” Walton said. “They were hungry for it, supportive of it.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11973668\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"max-width: 1920px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-11973668\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/01/20230930-Sea-Circus-039-JY_qut.jpg\" alt=\"Sillouette's of a handful of people in the dusk with glowing orange clouds behind them.\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1280\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/01/20230930-Sea-Circus-039-JY_qut.jpg 1920w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/01/20230930-Sea-Circus-039-JY_qut-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/01/20230930-Sea-Circus-039-JY_qut-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/01/20230930-Sea-Circus-039-JY_qut-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/01/20230930-Sea-Circus-039-JY_qut-1536x1024.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1920px) 100vw, 1920px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Attendees gather to watch the Secrets of the Sea Circus Festival on Forbes Island. \u003ccite>(Juliana Yamada/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>She likes that in Isleton, she’s friends with people who have different life experiences and opinions from her.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Moving out here popped my Bay Area bubble,” she explained. “I used to think that Christians and conservatives wanted to kill me for being a big old, queer whatever. Completely not true.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Instead, she’s found that people in the Delta are like her; they want to live and let live.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Some of the people I’m closest to, some of my customers, are Christians and conservatives. There’s been nothing but good treatment.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11963683\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-11963683\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/10/20230930-Sea-Circus-017-JY-KQED.jpg\" alt=\"Two people hang on ropes from a light tower as people look on.\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/10/20230930-Sea-Circus-017-JY-KQED.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/10/20230930-Sea-Circus-017-JY-KQED-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/10/20230930-Sea-Circus-017-JY-KQED-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/10/20230930-Sea-Circus-017-JY-KQED-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/10/20230930-Sea-Circus-017-JY-KQED-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/10/20230930-Sea-Circus-017-JY-KQED-1920x1280.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Audience members watch Roel Seeber (left) and Megan Lowe (right) dance off of the side of a lighthouse during the Secrets of the Sea Circus Festival. \u003ccite>(Juliana Yamada/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003ch2>More space and opportunity\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>Heidi Petty, a watershed manager for the Contra Costa Resource Conservation District, moved from Benicia to Oakley in 2015. Petty was able to use the proceeds from the sale of her home to buy a property with two tiny houses on it, an ownership stake in a marina and a 21-acre cattle ranch on Bradford Island.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I think the Delta changed who I [am],” Petty said. It made me realize the things I could do. If you’re willing to try things, the Delta will let you try them. That’s why I like the Delta.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11963682\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-11963682\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/10/20230930-Sea-Circus-006-JY-KQED.jpg\" alt=\"A person in an ornate hat smiles and looks at the camera.\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/10/20230930-Sea-Circus-006-JY-KQED.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/10/20230930-Sea-Circus-006-JY-KQED-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/10/20230930-Sea-Circus-006-JY-KQED-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/10/20230930-Sea-Circus-006-JY-KQED-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/10/20230930-Sea-Circus-006-JY-KQED-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/10/20230930-Sea-Circus-006-JY-KQED-1920x1280.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Heidi Petty poses for a portrait at the Secrets of the Sea Circus Festival on Forbes Island in Brentwood, Contra Costa County, on Saturday, Sept. 30, 2023. Petty’s cattle ranch is off the shore of where the festival takes place, giving attendees a place to camp. \u003ccite>(Juliana Yamada/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>In addition to her work for the county, Petty is now part of several creative endeavors, like \u003ca href=\"https://www.eventbrite.com/e/secrets-of-the-sea-circus-festival-aboard-forbes-island-tickets-530909202717?utm_experiment=test_share_listing&aff=ebdsshios\">\u003cem>Secrets of the Sea\u003c/em>\u003c/a>, an “immersive water circus” performed on a 5,000-square-foot barge docked near Petty’s ranch. The show was \u003ca href=\"http://www.NikkiBorodi.com\">cofounded by Nikki Borodi\u003c/a>, an artist who plans to produce future shows. Petty and the other owners of the marina have been transforming the barge, known as \u003ca href=\"https://www.atlasobscura.com/places/forbes-island\">Forbes Island\u003c/a>, into a performance venue.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"https://www.sfgate.com/travel/article/forbes-island-sf-floating-island-returns-18180173.php\">Once a novelty restaurant docked in the San Francisco Bay\u003c/a>, the owners towed the barge up to the Delta. It has palm trees, a 40-foot lighthouse and a full restaurant below deck. \u003cem>Secrets of the Sea \u003c/em>was its inaugural event\u003cem>, \u003c/em>where dancers suspended from the lighthouse by cables twisted and turned, a fire-eater performed on a raft in the river and a burlesque performer strutted her stuff below deck. Petty and her partners expect to stage more shows on the river when they move the barge to their marina on Bethel Island.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11973676\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"max-width: 1920px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-11973676\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/01/20230930-Sea-Circus-005-JY_qut.jpg\" alt=\"Three people seated applying makeup surrounded by two small buildings.\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1280\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/01/20230930-Sea-Circus-005-JY_qut.jpg 1920w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/01/20230930-Sea-Circus-005-JY_qut-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/01/20230930-Sea-Circus-005-JY_qut-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/01/20230930-Sea-Circus-005-JY_qut-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/01/20230930-Sea-Circus-005-JY_qut-1536x1024.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1920px) 100vw, 1920px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Performers Shannon Gray (left), Sam Malloy (center) and Myles Hochman (right) apply makeup before taking the stage at Secrets of the Sea Circus Festival. \u003ccite>(Juliana Yamada/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>An artist herself, Petty is glad that more creatives are moving to the area. She’s noticed that when her artist friends go to a local bar, they do get noticed by longtime Delta residents because “they dress funny; they’re artists.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[pullquote align=\"right\" size=\"medium\" citation=\"Heidi Petty, watershed manager for Contra Costa Resource Conservation District.\"]‘But more than anything, the locals are happy to see people clean things up. They just appreciate people who make things better. Anybody who’s willing to work is pretty welcome in the Delta.’[/pullquote]“But more than anything, the locals are happy to see people clean things up,” Petty said. “They just appreciate people who make things better. Anybody who’s willing to work is pretty welcome in the Delta.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>One way to irritate folks here, though, is to refer to the Delta as the Bay Area.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“We don’t live in the Bay Area; we live in the Delta!” said John Bento, a local architect who grew up in Rio Vista.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Bento and other locals gathered at a farmers market in Rio Vista for a meeting organized by the California Delta Chambers & Visitors Bureau.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“The Delta is still funky,” said Bill Wells, the group’s executive director. “I think everybody has kind of the attitude of ‘mind your own business’ up here.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11973674\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"max-width: 1920px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-11973674\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/01/20230930-Sea-Circus-046-JY_qut.jpg\" alt=\"A bar with people at night.\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1280\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/01/20230930-Sea-Circus-046-JY_qut.jpg 1920w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/01/20230930-Sea-Circus-046-JY_qut-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/01/20230930-Sea-Circus-046-JY_qut-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/01/20230930-Sea-Circus-046-JY_qut-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/01/20230930-Sea-Circus-046-JY_qut-1536x1024.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1920px) 100vw, 1920px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Attendees gather and listen to music after performances conclude at the Secrets of the Sea Circus Festival. \u003ccite>(Juliana Yamada/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>While the newcomers are visible because of their aesthetic and creative projects, it’s not like people are flooding into these rural communities, he said. In fact, according to Wells, the population numbers have largely stayed the same for a hundred years. Still, some locals distrust the new people.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“The farmers that I talk to are more concerned about that than anybody else,” Wells said. “I think everybody else enjoys some controlled growth. The farmers are concerned because they have farm equipment, and they claim people are coming and stealing crap out of their farmyards.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11963686\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-11963686\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/10/20230930-Sea-Circus-029-JY-KQED.jpg\" alt=\"A person kneels and breathes fire at the end of a short jetty.\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/10/20230930-Sea-Circus-029-JY-KQED.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/10/20230930-Sea-Circus-029-JY-KQED-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/10/20230930-Sea-Circus-029-JY-KQED-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/10/20230930-Sea-Circus-029-JY-KQED-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/10/20230930-Sea-Circus-029-JY-KQED-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/10/20230930-Sea-Circus-029-JY-KQED-1920x1280.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Ellie (who declined to give last name) breathes fire alongside his partner Ro (who declined to give last name) on a rotating dock during the Secrets of the Sea Circus Festival. \u003ccite>(Juliana Yamada/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>It’s not clear who’s to blame if that’s true, Wells said, but it’s easy to be suspicious of the new people.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>Who’s ‘a good fit for the Delta’?\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>“The people who are in the Delta are just amazing, wonderful people,” said Tim Anderson, \u003ca href=\"https://www.npr.org/2009/08/16/111851629/do-it-yourself-guru-makes-treasures-from-trash\">a well-known figure in the maker community\u003c/a>, who splits his time between Berkeley and a pig farm on Brannan Island along the San Joaquin River. Anderson’s crafty DIY sensibility is on display all over this farm, where he uses a battered sedan as a tractor and old apple crates to fence in his 100 pigs.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11973679\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"max-width: 1920px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-11973679\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/01/20230930-Sea-Circus-033-JY_qut.jpg\" alt=\"An acrobatic artist hanging by the arm during a performance.\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1280\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/01/20230930-Sea-Circus-033-JY_qut.jpg 1920w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/01/20230930-Sea-Circus-033-JY_qut-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/01/20230930-Sea-Circus-033-JY_qut-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/01/20230930-Sea-Circus-033-JY_qut-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/01/20230930-Sea-Circus-033-JY_qut-1536x1024.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1920px) 100vw, 1920px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Trapeze artist Shannon Gray is lifted out of the water during the Secrets of the Sea Circus Festival. \u003ccite>(Juliana Yamada/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>He acknowledges that the Delta was thriving “without us newcomers.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“There’s something about the obvious flood risk that repels uptight, control freak kind of people,” he said. “The people in the Delta are there to have a good time and not stop people from having hobbies.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[pullquote align=\"right\" size=\"medium\" citation=\"Tim Anderson, resident and pig farmer\"]‘My goal is to have all the high-functioning misfits move out to the Delta because that’s who’s a good fit for the Delta culture.’[/pullquote]Anderson said many of his friends prefer to live in mobile tiny homes. In Oakland, they often ran up against permitting and regulation issues for tiny houses, but out in the Delta, there’s more space and fewer rules. There are 15 tiny houses at a marina down the road from Anderson’s pig farm and more are planned at another marina in Isleton for next year.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“My goal is to have all the high-functioning misfits move out to the Delta because that’s who’s a good fit for the Delta culture,” he said while unloading bales of hay from the roof and hood of his car. “We’re plugging into an existing society that is just miraculously compatible.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11973665\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"max-width: 2560px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-11973665\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/01/tim-pigs-1-scaled.jpg\" alt=\"A man with a hat sitting on the trunk of a car surrounded by pigs.\" width=\"2560\" height=\"1920\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/01/tim-pigs-1-scaled.jpg 2560w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/01/tim-pigs-1-800x600.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/01/tim-pigs-1-1020x765.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/01/tim-pigs-1-160x120.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/01/tim-pigs-1-1536x1152.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/01/tim-pigs-1-2048x1536.jpg 2048w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/01/tim-pigs-1-1920x1440.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 2560px) 100vw, 2560px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Tim Anderson, a well-known figure in the maker community, with his pigs on his pig farm on Brannan Island in November 2023. \u003ccite>(John Kalish for KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>In early November, a bunch of Anderson’s friends got together in Isleton to carve giant pumpkins grown at a community farm on his property. The largest of the pumpkins was 350 pounds. The carvers fed the pumpkin flesh to his pigs and saved the seeds for eating later. Then, the friends hopped into their hollowed-out pumpkin crafts and paddled around in the San Joaquin River. It might seem wacky, but this type of exuberant, interactive art is an increasingly common sight around here.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cem>Editor’s note: This story was updated to include Nikki Borodi’s role in the Secrets of the Sea Circus Festival and the correct employer of Heidi Petty. \u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad floatright]\u003c/p>\n",
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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003cp>The small communities tucked into the San Joaquin River Delta are full of contradictions. Located northeast of the San Francisco Bay Area, much of the area is populated by farmers growing crops like wheat, alfalfa and rice. But, visitors might also stumble upon a circus performed on board a huge boat made to look like an island, a community of free spirits living out of tiny homes plopped down in an RV park, even a woman walking a goose on a leash down the street in town. Needless to say, it can be a quirky place.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Once primarily known for farming, Delta communities are changing as people priced out of the Bay Area discover this relatively close region that still offers land and freedom. It has become particularly attractive to artists and other creatives looking to live in a place where they’re free to create without the pressures of city regulators and rising rents.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11963681\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-11963681\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/10/20230930-Sea-Circus-001-JY-KQED.jpg\" alt=\"A lighthouse and a number of boats are seen across a stretch of water.\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/10/20230930-Sea-Circus-001-JY-KQED.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/10/20230930-Sea-Circus-001-JY-KQED-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/10/20230930-Sea-Circus-001-JY-KQED-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/10/20230930-Sea-Circus-001-JY-KQED-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/10/20230930-Sea-Circus-001-JY-KQED-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/10/20230930-Sea-Circus-001-JY-KQED-1920x1280.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Forbes Island is seen during the Secrets of the Sea Circus Festival in Brentwood, Contra Costa County, on Saturday, Sept. 30, 2023. \u003ccite>(Juliana Yamada/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>“The big question was, ‘Do I stay in the Bay Area, which is getting unsustainably expensive?’” said Michelle Burke, who used to be involved in running American Steel, a sprawling West Oakland artist collective. “My friends are being displaced. They’re losing their workspaces, their art spaces, their homes. It was just unsustainable.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003c/div>",
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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>In Isleton, where Burke relocated, she’s got enough room on her property for six shipping containers to store materials and DIY projects. She’s one of many who have found the Delta to be a refreshing change.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I took a motorcycle ride out here, and I was just kind of blown away with the vibe,” said Iva Walton, another transplant from Oakland who now owns the \u003ca href=\"https://www.ediblesacramento.com/editorial/drinks-2019/mei-wah-beer-room/\">Mei Wah Beer Room in Isleton\u003c/a>. “When people ask where Isleton is, I say, ‘It’s 50 miles and 50 years away from Oakland.’ I like that it’s sort of a little bit stuck in time.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Walton used to work as a stage designer and tile setter in Oakland and San Francisco before moving to Isleton and opening her bar. Now, she’s serving her second term on the city council.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“People were very welcoming and appreciative of me doing a cool business here in town,” Walton said. “They were hungry for it, supportive of it.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11973668\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"max-width: 1920px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-11973668\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/01/20230930-Sea-Circus-039-JY_qut.jpg\" alt=\"Sillouette's of a handful of people in the dusk with glowing orange clouds behind them.\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1280\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/01/20230930-Sea-Circus-039-JY_qut.jpg 1920w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/01/20230930-Sea-Circus-039-JY_qut-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/01/20230930-Sea-Circus-039-JY_qut-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/01/20230930-Sea-Circus-039-JY_qut-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/01/20230930-Sea-Circus-039-JY_qut-1536x1024.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1920px) 100vw, 1920px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Attendees gather to watch the Secrets of the Sea Circus Festival on Forbes Island. \u003ccite>(Juliana Yamada/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>She likes that in Isleton, she’s friends with people who have different life experiences and opinions from her.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Moving out here popped my Bay Area bubble,” she explained. “I used to think that Christians and conservatives wanted to kill me for being a big old, queer whatever. Completely not true.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Instead, she’s found that people in the Delta are like her; they want to live and let live.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Some of the people I’m closest to, some of my customers, are Christians and conservatives. There’s been nothing but good treatment.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11963683\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-11963683\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/10/20230930-Sea-Circus-017-JY-KQED.jpg\" alt=\"Two people hang on ropes from a light tower as people look on.\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/10/20230930-Sea-Circus-017-JY-KQED.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/10/20230930-Sea-Circus-017-JY-KQED-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/10/20230930-Sea-Circus-017-JY-KQED-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/10/20230930-Sea-Circus-017-JY-KQED-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/10/20230930-Sea-Circus-017-JY-KQED-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/10/20230930-Sea-Circus-017-JY-KQED-1920x1280.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Audience members watch Roel Seeber (left) and Megan Lowe (right) dance off of the side of a lighthouse during the Secrets of the Sea Circus Festival. \u003ccite>(Juliana Yamada/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003ch2>More space and opportunity\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>Heidi Petty, a watershed manager for the Contra Costa Resource Conservation District, moved from Benicia to Oakley in 2015. Petty was able to use the proceeds from the sale of her home to buy a property with two tiny houses on it, an ownership stake in a marina and a 21-acre cattle ranch on Bradford Island.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I think the Delta changed who I [am],” Petty said. It made me realize the things I could do. If you’re willing to try things, the Delta will let you try them. That’s why I like the Delta.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11963682\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-11963682\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/10/20230930-Sea-Circus-006-JY-KQED.jpg\" alt=\"A person in an ornate hat smiles and looks at the camera.\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/10/20230930-Sea-Circus-006-JY-KQED.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/10/20230930-Sea-Circus-006-JY-KQED-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/10/20230930-Sea-Circus-006-JY-KQED-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/10/20230930-Sea-Circus-006-JY-KQED-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/10/20230930-Sea-Circus-006-JY-KQED-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/10/20230930-Sea-Circus-006-JY-KQED-1920x1280.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Heidi Petty poses for a portrait at the Secrets of the Sea Circus Festival on Forbes Island in Brentwood, Contra Costa County, on Saturday, Sept. 30, 2023. Petty’s cattle ranch is off the shore of where the festival takes place, giving attendees a place to camp. \u003ccite>(Juliana Yamada/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>In addition to her work for the county, Petty is now part of several creative endeavors, like \u003ca href=\"https://www.eventbrite.com/e/secrets-of-the-sea-circus-festival-aboard-forbes-island-tickets-530909202717?utm_experiment=test_share_listing&aff=ebdsshios\">\u003cem>Secrets of the Sea\u003c/em>\u003c/a>, an “immersive water circus” performed on a 5,000-square-foot barge docked near Petty’s ranch. The show was \u003ca href=\"http://www.NikkiBorodi.com\">cofounded by Nikki Borodi\u003c/a>, an artist who plans to produce future shows. Petty and the other owners of the marina have been transforming the barge, known as \u003ca href=\"https://www.atlasobscura.com/places/forbes-island\">Forbes Island\u003c/a>, into a performance venue.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"https://www.sfgate.com/travel/article/forbes-island-sf-floating-island-returns-18180173.php\">Once a novelty restaurant docked in the San Francisco Bay\u003c/a>, the owners towed the barge up to the Delta. It has palm trees, a 40-foot lighthouse and a full restaurant below deck. \u003cem>Secrets of the Sea \u003c/em>was its inaugural event\u003cem>, \u003c/em>where dancers suspended from the lighthouse by cables twisted and turned, a fire-eater performed on a raft in the river and a burlesque performer strutted her stuff below deck. Petty and her partners expect to stage more shows on the river when they move the barge to their marina on Bethel Island.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11973676\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"max-width: 1920px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-11973676\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/01/20230930-Sea-Circus-005-JY_qut.jpg\" alt=\"Three people seated applying makeup surrounded by two small buildings.\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1280\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/01/20230930-Sea-Circus-005-JY_qut.jpg 1920w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/01/20230930-Sea-Circus-005-JY_qut-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/01/20230930-Sea-Circus-005-JY_qut-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/01/20230930-Sea-Circus-005-JY_qut-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/01/20230930-Sea-Circus-005-JY_qut-1536x1024.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1920px) 100vw, 1920px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Performers Shannon Gray (left), Sam Malloy (center) and Myles Hochman (right) apply makeup before taking the stage at Secrets of the Sea Circus Festival. \u003ccite>(Juliana Yamada/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>An artist herself, Petty is glad that more creatives are moving to the area. She’s noticed that when her artist friends go to a local bar, they do get noticed by longtime Delta residents because “they dress funny; they’re artists.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003c/div>",
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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>“But more than anything, the locals are happy to see people clean things up,” Petty said. “They just appreciate people who make things better. Anybody who’s willing to work is pretty welcome in the Delta.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>One way to irritate folks here, though, is to refer to the Delta as the Bay Area.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“We don’t live in the Bay Area; we live in the Delta!” said John Bento, a local architect who grew up in Rio Vista.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Bento and other locals gathered at a farmers market in Rio Vista for a meeting organized by the California Delta Chambers & Visitors Bureau.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“The Delta is still funky,” said Bill Wells, the group’s executive director. “I think everybody has kind of the attitude of ‘mind your own business’ up here.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11973674\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"max-width: 1920px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-11973674\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/01/20230930-Sea-Circus-046-JY_qut.jpg\" alt=\"A bar with people at night.\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1280\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/01/20230930-Sea-Circus-046-JY_qut.jpg 1920w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/01/20230930-Sea-Circus-046-JY_qut-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/01/20230930-Sea-Circus-046-JY_qut-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/01/20230930-Sea-Circus-046-JY_qut-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/01/20230930-Sea-Circus-046-JY_qut-1536x1024.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1920px) 100vw, 1920px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Attendees gather and listen to music after performances conclude at the Secrets of the Sea Circus Festival. \u003ccite>(Juliana Yamada/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>While the newcomers are visible because of their aesthetic and creative projects, it’s not like people are flooding into these rural communities, he said. In fact, according to Wells, the population numbers have largely stayed the same for a hundred years. Still, some locals distrust the new people.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“The farmers that I talk to are more concerned about that than anybody else,” Wells said. “I think everybody else enjoys some controlled growth. The farmers are concerned because they have farm equipment, and they claim people are coming and stealing crap out of their farmyards.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11963686\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-11963686\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/10/20230930-Sea-Circus-029-JY-KQED.jpg\" alt=\"A person kneels and breathes fire at the end of a short jetty.\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/10/20230930-Sea-Circus-029-JY-KQED.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/10/20230930-Sea-Circus-029-JY-KQED-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/10/20230930-Sea-Circus-029-JY-KQED-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/10/20230930-Sea-Circus-029-JY-KQED-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/10/20230930-Sea-Circus-029-JY-KQED-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/10/20230930-Sea-Circus-029-JY-KQED-1920x1280.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Ellie (who declined to give last name) breathes fire alongside his partner Ro (who declined to give last name) on a rotating dock during the Secrets of the Sea Circus Festival. \u003ccite>(Juliana Yamada/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>It’s not clear who’s to blame if that’s true, Wells said, but it’s easy to be suspicious of the new people.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>Who’s ‘a good fit for the Delta’?\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>“The people who are in the Delta are just amazing, wonderful people,” said Tim Anderson, \u003ca href=\"https://www.npr.org/2009/08/16/111851629/do-it-yourself-guru-makes-treasures-from-trash\">a well-known figure in the maker community\u003c/a>, who splits his time between Berkeley and a pig farm on Brannan Island along the San Joaquin River. Anderson’s crafty DIY sensibility is on display all over this farm, where he uses a battered sedan as a tractor and old apple crates to fence in his 100 pigs.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11973679\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"max-width: 1920px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-11973679\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/01/20230930-Sea-Circus-033-JY_qut.jpg\" alt=\"An acrobatic artist hanging by the arm during a performance.\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1280\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/01/20230930-Sea-Circus-033-JY_qut.jpg 1920w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/01/20230930-Sea-Circus-033-JY_qut-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/01/20230930-Sea-Circus-033-JY_qut-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/01/20230930-Sea-Circus-033-JY_qut-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/01/20230930-Sea-Circus-033-JY_qut-1536x1024.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1920px) 100vw, 1920px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Trapeze artist Shannon Gray is lifted out of the water during the Secrets of the Sea Circus Festival. \u003ccite>(Juliana Yamada/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>He acknowledges that the Delta was thriving “without us newcomers.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“There’s something about the obvious flood risk that repels uptight, control freak kind of people,” he said. “The people in the Delta are there to have a good time and not stop people from having hobbies.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003c/div>",
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"content": "\u003cp>The University of California regents voted Thursday to suspend consideration of a proposal that would have authorized the university to hire undocumented immigrant students who do not qualify for federal work authorization.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Instead, the regents offered an alternative plan that would expand educational opportunities modeled after the \u003ca href=\"https://www.californiavolunteers.ca.gov/californiansforall-college-corps/\">California College CORPS\u003c/a> program. The program exchanges tuition remission for volunteer work.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“We have concluded that the proposed legal pathway is not viable at this time and, in fact, carries significant risk for the institution and for those we serve,” UC President Michael Drake announced at the regents meeting.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11973813\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-11973813 size-full\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/01/240125-UC-REGENTS-UNDOCUMENTED-WORK-MD-11-KQED.jpg\" alt=\"A bald person with glasses speaks into a microphone at a long table.\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/01/240125-UC-REGENTS-UNDOCUMENTED-WORK-MD-11-KQED.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/01/240125-UC-REGENTS-UNDOCUMENTED-WORK-MD-11-KQED-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/01/240125-UC-REGENTS-UNDOCUMENTED-WORK-MD-11-KQED-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/01/240125-UC-REGENTS-UNDOCUMENTED-WORK-MD-11-KQED-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/01/240125-UC-REGENTS-UNDOCUMENTED-WORK-MD-11-KQED-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/01/240125-UC-REGENTS-UNDOCUMENTED-WORK-MD-11-KQED-1920x1280.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">UC President Michael Drake (center) announces the Board of Regents’ decision to suspend consideration of a proposal to allow the university to hire undocumented students at a UC Board of Regents meeting at the UCSF Mission Bay Conference Center on Jan. 25, 2024. \u003ccite>(Martin do Nascimento/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>If it were approved and found in violation of federal law, Drake said the university could be subject to civil fines, criminal penalties or debarment from federal contracting. The board voted to table consideration of the proposal until next year.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[pullquote align=\"right\" size=\"medium\" citation=\"Karely Amaya Rios, UCLA graduate student and Opportunity for All lead organizer\"]‘Why do we have the system of separate-but-equal when we have undocumented students struggling and we have in our hands ways to help them?’[/pullquote]Organizers of the campaign for undocumented student employment expressed outrage and sadness at the announcement.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Why do we have the system of separate-but-equal when we have undocumented students struggling, and we have in our hands, ways to help them?” said Karely Amaya Rios, a graduate student of public policy at UCLA and lead organizer for the Opportunity for All campaign, which lobbied the regents to consider the hiring proposal.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The proposal relied on a legal\u003ca href=\"https://law.ucla.edu/sites/default/files/PDFs/Center_for_Immigration_Law_and_Policy/Opportunity_for_All_Campaign_Law_Scholar_Sign-On_Letter.pdf\"> theory (PDF) \u003c/a>developed by the UCLA Center for Immigration Law and Policy and backed by 29 prominent legal scholars at other universities across the nation. It suggests that the 1986\u003ca href=\"https://crsreports.congress.gov/product/pdf/LSB/LSB10550\"> Immigration Reform and Control Act,\u003c/a> a federal law that bars employers from hiring undocumented people without legal work authorization, does not apply to employment by state governments. That’s because the U.S. Supreme Court has ruled that “if a federal law does not mention the states explicitly, that federal law does not bind state government entities,” according to UCLA scholars.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11973796\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-11973796\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2024/01/240125-UC-REGENTS-UNDOCUMENTED-WORK-MD-04-KQED.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/01/240125-UC-REGENTS-UNDOCUMENTED-WORK-MD-04-KQED.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/01/240125-UC-REGENTS-UNDOCUMENTED-WORK-MD-04-KQED-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/01/240125-UC-REGENTS-UNDOCUMENTED-WORK-MD-04-KQED-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/01/240125-UC-REGENTS-UNDOCUMENTED-WORK-MD-04-KQED-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/01/240125-UC-REGENTS-UNDOCUMENTED-WORK-MD-04-KQED-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/01/240125-UC-REGENTS-UNDOCUMENTED-WORK-MD-04-KQED-1920x1280.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">UCLA student Karely Amaya Rios (left) confronts UC Regent Member Ana Matosantos (right) on her vote at the UCSF Mission Bay Conference Center on Jan. 25, 2024. \u003ccite>(Martin do Nascimento/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Under this legal theory, the University of California could hire undocumented immigrant students for campus jobs, such as graduate researchers and teaching assistants.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“The only real [legal] risk the university has is the federal government can sue in court to try to stop the program from running,” said Ahilan Arulanantham, a UCLA Law professor who helped advance the legal theory. “Nobody is going to jail or getting fined.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>He argued that the regents have a moral obligation to expand work and education opportunities to all of the students.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>There are 44,000 undocumented college students in California, including nearly 4,000 enrolled in the UC system.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Each year, an additional 14,000 undocumented students graduate high school in the state, but none can apply for the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals program, an Obama-era work authorization program for unauthorized immigrants who came to the United States with their parents as children.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11973795\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-11973795 size-full\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/01/240125-UC-REGENTS-UNDOCUMENTED-WORK-MD-06-KQED.jpg\" alt=\"Several young people crying and hugging in an indoor setting.\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/01/240125-UC-REGENTS-UNDOCUMENTED-WORK-MD-06-KQED.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/01/240125-UC-REGENTS-UNDOCUMENTED-WORK-MD-06-KQED-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/01/240125-UC-REGENTS-UNDOCUMENTED-WORK-MD-06-KQED-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/01/240125-UC-REGENTS-UNDOCUMENTED-WORK-MD-06-KQED-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/01/240125-UC-REGENTS-UNDOCUMENTED-WORK-MD-06-KQED-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/01/240125-UC-REGENTS-UNDOCUMENTED-WORK-MD-06-KQED-1920x1280.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Students with the Opportunity for All campaign react to the University of California Regents’ vote to suspend consideration of a proposal to allow the university to hire undocumented students on Jan. 25, 2024. \u003ccite>(Martin do Nascimento/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Though there are currently \u003ca href=\"https://www.migrationpolicy.org/programs/data-hub/deferred-action-childhood-arrivals-daca-profiles\">545,000 people covered by DACA\u003c/a>, in 2021, a federal judge in Texas ruled the program was unlawful and ordered the Biden Administration to stop accepting new applicants. The administration has appealed.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The state of California and the UC system have taken\u003ca href=\"https://www.universityofcalifornia.edu/student-success/undocumented-students#:~:text=Students%20on%20every%20campus%20are,applicable%20state%20and%20federal%20programs.\"> numerous steps\u003c/a> over the years to support undocumented students, offering them in-state tuition, access to financial aid and free legal support. In 2017, the University of California sued the Trump Administration to prevent it from terminating DACA, a case that went all the way to the U.S. Supreme Court.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">The student-led Opportunity for All campaign launched in the fall of 2022. It gained widespread support from both students and faculty. \u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">In a \u003c/span>\u003ca href=\"https://law.ucla.edu/sites/default/files/PDFs/Center_for_Immigration_Law_and_Policy/Opportunity_for_All_Faculty_Support_Letter.pdf\">\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">letter to the regents\u003c/span>\u003c/a>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">, faculty members urged the campus leaders to make good on their 2023 promise to implement a plan that would expand educational opportunities to all UC students regardless of immigration status. Nearly 500 faculty members vowed “to hire undocumented students into educational employment positions for which they are qualified for once given authority to do so by the UC.”\u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">Last May, the UC Regents\u003c/span>\u003ca href=\"https://regents.universityofcalifornia.edu/regmeet/may23/b2.pdf\">\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\"> created\u003c/span>\u003c/a>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\"> a working group\u003c/span>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\"> to consider the proposal and provide a path for implementation to University President Michael Drake. But after months of meetings, including with the leaders and legal scholars of the Opportunity for All campaign, the regents missed their self-imposed November deadline, with Drake citing legal concerns. \u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11973799\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-11973799\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2024/01/240125-UC-REGENTS-UNDOCUMENTED-WORK-MD-05-KQED.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/01/240125-UC-REGENTS-UNDOCUMENTED-WORK-MD-05-KQED.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/01/240125-UC-REGENTS-UNDOCUMENTED-WORK-MD-05-KQED-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/01/240125-UC-REGENTS-UNDOCUMENTED-WORK-MD-05-KQED-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/01/240125-UC-REGENTS-UNDOCUMENTED-WORK-MD-05-KQED-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/01/240125-UC-REGENTS-UNDOCUMENTED-WORK-MD-05-KQED-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/01/240125-UC-REGENTS-UNDOCUMENTED-WORK-MD-05-KQED-1920x1280.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">UC Regent Designate Josiah Beharry (right) consoles a student with the Opportunity for All campaign at a UC Board of Regents meeting at the UCSF Mission Bay Conference Center on Jan. 25, 2024. \u003ccite>(Martin do Nascimento/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">“The legal considerations are numerous, and after several discussions with the stakeholders involved, we’ve concluded that it is in everyone’s best interest to continue to study the matter further,” Drake said during the November 17th regent meeting. \u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">Those legal concerns included pressure from the Biden Administration to reject the proposal, according to reports from \u003c/span>\u003ca href=\"https://www.politico.com/news/2024/01/24/biden-undocumented-immigrants-university-of-california-00137449\">\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">POLITICO.\u003c/span>\u003c/a>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\"> \u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">Additional pushback came from \u003c/span>\u003ca href=\"https://cis.org/Oped/Sorry-UC-Federal-Law-Says-You-Cant-Hire-Undocumented-Students\">\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">Conservative legal scholars\u003c/span>\u003c/a>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\"> and one \u003c/span>\u003ca href=\"https://www.scribd.com/document/646217319/Issa-letter-on-University-of-California-vote#\">\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">Republican lawmaker\u003c/span>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">, who\u003c/span>\u003c/a>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\"> argued the university could risk losing federal funding. \u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">[aside label=\"Related Stories\" postID=\"news_11969685,news_11971102,news_11970802\"]In a statement, UC officials said the university “engages with local, state, and federal partners on numerous issues concerning public education and for maintaining compliance with existing federal law.” \u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">Student advocates say they believe the university is afraid of being sued by Donald Trump if he were to be reelected president. \u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">“The UC is hiding behind an election year and is hiding behind the threat of right wing extremism,” said Jeffry\u003c/span> \u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">Umaña Muñoz an undergraduate student at UCLA and lead organizer of the Opportunity for All campaign. “When they have the power and the authority to stand up against it and sends a strong message, not just here in California, but across the country, that right wing extremism, that xenophobia can be defeated.”\u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">Umaña Muñoz said he already participates in the California College CORPS. He says it’s not an equitable alternative to employment.\u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">“It forces students to have to negotiate with financial aid on how much resources they’re eligible for,” said Umaña Muñoz.\u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">He says the Opportunity for All campaign will continue pushing for employment for all undocumented university students. \u003c/span>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\"> \u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad floatright]\u003c/p>\n",
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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>He argued that the regents have a moral obligation to expand work and education opportunities to all of the students.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>There are 44,000 undocumented college students in California, including nearly 4,000 enrolled in the UC system.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Each year, an additional 14,000 undocumented students graduate high school in the state, but none can apply for the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals program, an Obama-era work authorization program for unauthorized immigrants who came to the United States with their parents as children.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11973795\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-11973795 size-full\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/01/240125-UC-REGENTS-UNDOCUMENTED-WORK-MD-06-KQED.jpg\" alt=\"Several young people crying and hugging in an indoor setting.\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/01/240125-UC-REGENTS-UNDOCUMENTED-WORK-MD-06-KQED.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/01/240125-UC-REGENTS-UNDOCUMENTED-WORK-MD-06-KQED-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/01/240125-UC-REGENTS-UNDOCUMENTED-WORK-MD-06-KQED-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/01/240125-UC-REGENTS-UNDOCUMENTED-WORK-MD-06-KQED-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/01/240125-UC-REGENTS-UNDOCUMENTED-WORK-MD-06-KQED-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/01/240125-UC-REGENTS-UNDOCUMENTED-WORK-MD-06-KQED-1920x1280.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Students with the Opportunity for All campaign react to the University of California Regents’ vote to suspend consideration of a proposal to allow the university to hire undocumented students on Jan. 25, 2024. \u003ccite>(Martin do Nascimento/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Though there are currently \u003ca href=\"https://www.migrationpolicy.org/programs/data-hub/deferred-action-childhood-arrivals-daca-profiles\">545,000 people covered by DACA\u003c/a>, in 2021, a federal judge in Texas ruled the program was unlawful and ordered the Biden Administration to stop accepting new applicants. The administration has appealed.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The state of California and the UC system have taken\u003ca href=\"https://www.universityofcalifornia.edu/student-success/undocumented-students#:~:text=Students%20on%20every%20campus%20are,applicable%20state%20and%20federal%20programs.\"> numerous steps\u003c/a> over the years to support undocumented students, offering them in-state tuition, access to financial aid and free legal support. In 2017, the University of California sued the Trump Administration to prevent it from terminating DACA, a case that went all the way to the U.S. Supreme Court.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">The student-led Opportunity for All campaign launched in the fall of 2022. It gained widespread support from both students and faculty. \u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">In a \u003c/span>\u003ca href=\"https://law.ucla.edu/sites/default/files/PDFs/Center_for_Immigration_Law_and_Policy/Opportunity_for_All_Faculty_Support_Letter.pdf\">\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">letter to the regents\u003c/span>\u003c/a>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">, faculty members urged the campus leaders to make good on their 2023 promise to implement a plan that would expand educational opportunities to all UC students regardless of immigration status. Nearly 500 faculty members vowed “to hire undocumented students into educational employment positions for which they are qualified for once given authority to do so by the UC.”\u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">Last May, the UC Regents\u003c/span>\u003ca href=\"https://regents.universityofcalifornia.edu/regmeet/may23/b2.pdf\">\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\"> created\u003c/span>\u003c/a>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\"> a working group\u003c/span>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\"> to consider the proposal and provide a path for implementation to University President Michael Drake. 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"content": "\u003cp>\u003cem>This story was produced by \u003ca href=\"https://www.eltimpano.org/\">El Tímpano\u003c/a>, a bilingual nonprofit news outlet that amplifies the voices of Latino and Mayan immigrants in Oakland and the wider Bay Area.\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Like swap meets throughout the country, the Coliseum Swap Meet, an open-air market known as La Pulga in East Oakland, is a reflection of the community it serves. Here, all are welcome to taste the flavors of Mexico, enjoy a Michelada under the shade, buy household goods, produce, sweets, croc charms, flowers, hardware, clothes, jewelry, cosmetics, electronics and more at a discounted price.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Children can run around a playground or ride a colorful choo-choo train that snakes around the aisles. Friends can meet for a beer and dance to live bands that perform on weekend evenings. La Pulga certainly provides.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-11972354\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/01/240111-La-Pulga-HD-03-KQED.jpg\" alt=\"Two photos show a couple dancing and a child riding in a stroller as bubbles float past.\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/01/240111-La-Pulga-HD-03-KQED.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/01/240111-La-Pulga-HD-03-KQED-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/01/240111-La-Pulga-HD-03-KQED-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/01/240111-La-Pulga-HD-03-KQED-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/01/240111-La-Pulga-HD-03-KQED-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/01/240111-La-Pulga-HD-03-KQED-1920x1280.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\" />\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-11972355 size-full\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/01/240111-La-Pulga-HD-04-KQED.jpg\" alt=\"Two photos show people browsing wares in market stalls and a musician singing into a microphone.\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/01/240111-La-Pulga-HD-04-KQED.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/01/240111-La-Pulga-HD-04-KQED-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/01/240111-La-Pulga-HD-04-KQED-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/01/240111-La-Pulga-HD-04-KQED-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/01/240111-La-Pulga-HD-04-KQED-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/01/240111-La-Pulga-HD-04-KQED-1920x1280.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\" />\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>For three Saturdays in October, the El Tímpano team set up a booth at La Pulga to engage with the community. We offered instant film portraits for free, and nearly everyone who participated in the portrait session agreed to a recorded interview. Almost 60 patrons and 14 vendors spoke to El Tímpano about how they spend their time and money at La Pulga.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>We heard tales of celebration, camaraderie, and some of heartbreak, but mostly, we heard stories of survival.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-11972356\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/01/240111-La-Pulga-HD-05-KQED.jpg\" alt=\"Three photos show a person in a cowboy hat, an assortment of jewelry, and two people carrying a large pot.\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/01/240111-La-Pulga-HD-05-KQED.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/01/240111-La-Pulga-HD-05-KQED-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/01/240111-La-Pulga-HD-05-KQED-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/01/240111-La-Pulga-HD-05-KQED-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/01/240111-La-Pulga-HD-05-KQED-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/01/240111-La-Pulga-HD-05-KQED-1920x1280.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\" />\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-11972357\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/01/240111-La-Pulga-HD-06-KQED.jpg\" alt=\"Three photos showing a large crowd in an outdoor setting.\" width=\"2000\" height=\"843\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/01/240111-La-Pulga-HD-06-KQED.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/01/240111-La-Pulga-HD-06-KQED-800x337.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/01/240111-La-Pulga-HD-06-KQED-1020x430.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/01/240111-La-Pulga-HD-06-KQED-160x67.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/01/240111-La-Pulga-HD-06-KQED-1536x647.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/01/240111-La-Pulga-HD-06-KQED-1920x809.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\" />\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Nearly every day, Samuelin Martinez, 73, can be found walking the grounds of La Pulga. Martinez calls his laps around the market “prayer walks.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11972359\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 640px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-11972359 size-large\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/01/240111-La-Pulga-HD-08-KQED-1020x1214.jpg\" alt=\"A person with a moustache waves while sitting for a photo.\" width=\"640\" height=\"762\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/01/240111-La-Pulga-HD-08-KQED-1020x1214.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/01/240111-La-Pulga-HD-08-KQED-800x952.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/01/240111-La-Pulga-HD-08-KQED-160x190.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/01/240111-La-Pulga-HD-08-KQED-1291x1536.jpg 1291w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/01/240111-La-Pulga-HD-08-KQED.jpg 1681w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" />\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Samuelin Martínez\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Martinez describes it as if he’s talking about a sacred place. He has long been a community activist and is keenly aware of the area’s history — he used to live in High Street Homes, temporary public housing that once stood near where La Pulga stands now. With the help of his cane, Martinez now spends his days slowly walking among hundreds of booths run mostly by Spanish-speaking vendors. He talks to anyone who crosses his path and greets them with a wide, mustachioed smile.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-11972444\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/01/La-Pulga-Block-1.jpg\" alt=\"Six instant photos including two people wearing cowboy hats, a person with wings tattooed on their back and a band on stage.\" width=\"2500\" height=\"2026\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/01/La-Pulga-Block-1.jpg 2500w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/01/La-Pulga-Block-1-800x648.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/01/La-Pulga-Block-1-1020x827.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/01/La-Pulga-Block-1-160x130.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/01/La-Pulga-Block-1-1536x1245.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/01/La-Pulga-Block-1-2048x1660.jpg 2048w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/01/La-Pulga-Block-1-1920x1556.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 2500px) 100vw, 2500px\" />\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Many vendors have found it hard to stay afloat in the aftermath of the COVID-19 pandemic. Inflation has also impacted sales. Many told El Tímpano that the flea market isn’t as large or packed with people as before the pandemic.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11972426\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-11972426 size-full\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2024/01/240111-LA-PULGA-MARIA-VILLA-01.jpg\" alt=\"Two photos: on the left, a person stands amidst varied wares in a market stall. On the right, several Día de los Muertos statues on display in a market stall.\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1130\" />\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">María Villa\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>María Villa, 77, an immigrant from Mexico, was a single mother of two. She’s known around La Pulga as “Tía María” and has sold artisan jugs, pots, toys and decorations for 30 years. The sales from her booth helped put her children in college. But, Villa adds, business recently has been slow.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-11972445\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/01/La-Pulga-Block-2.jpg\" alt=\"Six instant photos including two people playing music, an array of baseball caps and a pan standing beside a truck.\" width=\"2500\" height=\"2026\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/01/La-Pulga-Block-2.jpg 2500w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/01/La-Pulga-Block-2-800x648.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/01/La-Pulga-Block-2-1020x827.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/01/La-Pulga-Block-2-160x130.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/01/La-Pulga-Block-2-1536x1245.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/01/La-Pulga-Block-2-2048x1660.jpg 2048w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/01/La-Pulga-Block-2-1920x1556.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 2500px) 100vw, 2500px\" />\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Blanca Luna, 62, is an immigrant from Guatemala who has also sold at La Pulga for 30 years. Between the flashy lights of LED signs for sale and the noises coming from the small electronic toys she sells, her booth is hard to miss.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11972431\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 640px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-11972431 size-large\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/01/240111-La-Pulga-HD-45-KQED-1020x1224.jpg\" alt=\"A person in sunglasses standing in front of an array of LED signs.\" width=\"640\" height=\"768\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/01/240111-La-Pulga-HD-45-KQED-1020x1224.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/01/240111-La-Pulga-HD-45-KQED-800x960.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/01/240111-La-Pulga-HD-45-KQED-160x192.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/01/240111-La-Pulga-HD-45-KQED-1280x1536.jpg 1280w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/01/240111-La-Pulga-HD-45-KQED.jpg 1667w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" />\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Blanca Luna\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Still, Luna says her profits today are not as good as they were when she first opened up shop. On a good weekend, she says, she might take home between $200–$250.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>She has noticed that patrons are spending less, and she cannot compete with online sales. On top of that, her booth location will be auctioned in December, and she’s unsure if she can afford to keep it if she is outbid.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-11972447 size-full\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/01/La-Pulga-Block-4.jpg\" alt=\"Six instant photos including a couple dancing, a clown playing music and a Pancho Villa sticker on a car bumper.\" width=\"2500\" height=\"2026\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/01/La-Pulga-Block-4.jpg 2500w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/01/La-Pulga-Block-4-800x648.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/01/La-Pulga-Block-4-1020x827.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/01/La-Pulga-Block-4-160x130.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/01/La-Pulga-Block-4-1536x1245.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/01/La-Pulga-Block-4-2048x1660.jpg 2048w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/01/La-Pulga-Block-4-1920x1556.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 2500px) 100vw, 2500px\" />\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>La Pulga has also made recent headlines. Two men were arrested in August for allegedly selling $85,000 worth of stolen merchandise.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>On Oct. 21, Omar Oñate Rivas told El Tímpano he was visiting La Pulga for the first time to try to find stolen construction tools that were taken from his friend’s car in San Jose.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11972358\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 640px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-11972358 size-large\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/01/240111-La-Pulga-HD-07-KQED-1020x1219.jpg\" alt=\"A person with short hair sits for a photo.\" width=\"640\" height=\"765\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/01/240111-La-Pulga-HD-07-KQED-1020x1219.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/01/240111-La-Pulga-HD-07-KQED-800x956.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/01/240111-La-Pulga-HD-07-KQED-160x191.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/01/240111-La-Pulga-HD-07-KQED-1285x1536.jpg 1285w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/01/240111-La-Pulga-HD-07-KQED.jpg 1673w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" />\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Omar Oñate Rivas\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Though Oñate Rivas didn’t find the stolen items that day, he could purchase budget-friendly construction supplies he could use for his job as a day laborer.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-11972446\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/01/La-Pulga-Block-3.jpg\" alt=\"Six instant photos including a woman singing, a series of children's train cars and an outdoor space filled with shopping stalls.\" width=\"2500\" height=\"2026\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/01/La-Pulga-Block-3.jpg 2500w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/01/La-Pulga-Block-3-800x648.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/01/La-Pulga-Block-3-1020x827.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/01/La-Pulga-Block-3-160x130.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/01/La-Pulga-Block-3-1536x1245.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/01/La-Pulga-Block-3-2048x1660.jpg 2048w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/01/La-Pulga-Block-3-1920x1556.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 2500px) 100vw, 2500px\" />\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Though El Tímpano’s goal at La Pulga was not to verify whether goods sold at the market were stolen, we observed a cycle of supply and demand that makes clear how challenging it can be to afford to live in the Bay Area. Immigrants might find work as day laborers or in construction, but they often need to buy their tools — equipment that could amount to hundreds of dollars that they may not have.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Cesar, whom El Tímpano is identifying by first name only because he is underage, has sold used construction tools at La Pulga for nearly a year with three partners. Their hundreds of tools for sale are laid out on the floor in chunky rows that resemble farm fields.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11972397\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 640px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-11972397 size-large\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/01/240111-La-Pulga-HD-46-KQED-1020x1220.jpg\" alt=\"A person wears a Whitney Houston sweatshirt while standing beside an array of power tools in an outdoor setting.\" width=\"640\" height=\"765\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/01/240111-La-Pulga-HD-46-KQED-1020x1220.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/01/240111-La-Pulga-HD-46-KQED-800x957.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/01/240111-La-Pulga-HD-46-KQED-160x191.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/01/240111-La-Pulga-HD-46-KQED-1284x1536.jpg 1284w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/01/240111-La-Pulga-HD-46-KQED.jpg 1672w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" />\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Cesar\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Ultimately, La Pulga’s ecosystem is a microcosm of life in East Oakland, like a terrarium filled with loud music and the smell of new leather.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“This is the only work I’ve been able to invent in order to survive,” says Patricia Beltrán in Spanish. She lost her job during the pandemic and recently separated from her husband. She sells a mish-mash of items, from craft supplies to clothes. At La Pulga, she can bring her children with her so that she doesn’t have to pay for childcare.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11972428\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-11972428 size-full\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2024/01/240111-LA-PULGA-PATRICIA-BELTRÁN-01.jpg\" alt=\"Two photos: on the left, person with long hair stands beside a market stall. On the right, the same person with long hair sits for a photo with a child.\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1130\" />\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Patricia Beltrán\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>“Oakland is a beautiful city … I respect everyone, from the young people who make donuts — you’ve got to be brave to make donuts, you’ve got to be brave for everything,” Beltrán says.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ci>This story includes contributions from El Tímpano’s Hiram Durán, Mayra Sierra, Katherine Nagasawa, Luis Ángel Urbina, Jasmine Aguilera, Mayra Sierra, Vanessa Flores, Ximena Loeza, Maye Primera, Martha Calmo Ramirez and Madeleine Bair.\u003c/i>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"https://www.eltimpano.org/reporting/memories-of-the-market/\"> \u003ci>El Tímpano’s original version of the story — in English and Spanish — can be found here.\u003c/i>\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n",
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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003cp>\u003cem>This story was produced by \u003ca href=\"https://www.eltimpano.org/\">El Tímpano\u003c/a>, a bilingual nonprofit news outlet that amplifies the voices of Latino and Mayan immigrants in Oakland and the wider Bay Area.\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Like swap meets throughout the country, the Coliseum Swap Meet, an open-air market known as La Pulga in East Oakland, is a reflection of the community it serves. Here, all are welcome to taste the flavors of Mexico, enjoy a Michelada under the shade, buy household goods, produce, sweets, croc charms, flowers, hardware, clothes, jewelry, cosmetics, electronics and more at a discounted price.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Children can run around a playground or ride a colorful choo-choo train that snakes around the aisles. Friends can meet for a beer and dance to live bands that perform on weekend evenings. La Pulga certainly provides.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-11972354\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/01/240111-La-Pulga-HD-03-KQED.jpg\" alt=\"Two photos show a couple dancing and a child riding in a stroller as bubbles float past.\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/01/240111-La-Pulga-HD-03-KQED.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/01/240111-La-Pulga-HD-03-KQED-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/01/240111-La-Pulga-HD-03-KQED-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/01/240111-La-Pulga-HD-03-KQED-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/01/240111-La-Pulga-HD-03-KQED-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/01/240111-La-Pulga-HD-03-KQED-1920x1280.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\" />\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-11972355 size-full\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/01/240111-La-Pulga-HD-04-KQED.jpg\" alt=\"Two photos show people browsing wares in market stalls and a musician singing into a microphone.\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/01/240111-La-Pulga-HD-04-KQED.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/01/240111-La-Pulga-HD-04-KQED-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/01/240111-La-Pulga-HD-04-KQED-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/01/240111-La-Pulga-HD-04-KQED-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/01/240111-La-Pulga-HD-04-KQED-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/01/240111-La-Pulga-HD-04-KQED-1920x1280.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\" />\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>For three Saturdays in October, the El Tímpano team set up a booth at La Pulga to engage with the community. We offered instant film portraits for free, and nearly everyone who participated in the portrait session agreed to a recorded interview. Almost 60 patrons and 14 vendors spoke to El Tímpano about how they spend their time and money at La Pulga.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>We heard tales of celebration, camaraderie, and some of heartbreak, but mostly, we heard stories of survival.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-11972356\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/01/240111-La-Pulga-HD-05-KQED.jpg\" alt=\"Three photos show a person in a cowboy hat, an assortment of jewelry, and two people carrying a large pot.\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/01/240111-La-Pulga-HD-05-KQED.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/01/240111-La-Pulga-HD-05-KQED-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/01/240111-La-Pulga-HD-05-KQED-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/01/240111-La-Pulga-HD-05-KQED-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/01/240111-La-Pulga-HD-05-KQED-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/01/240111-La-Pulga-HD-05-KQED-1920x1280.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\" />\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-11972357\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/01/240111-La-Pulga-HD-06-KQED.jpg\" alt=\"Three photos showing a large crowd in an outdoor setting.\" width=\"2000\" height=\"843\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/01/240111-La-Pulga-HD-06-KQED.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/01/240111-La-Pulga-HD-06-KQED-800x337.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/01/240111-La-Pulga-HD-06-KQED-1020x430.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/01/240111-La-Pulga-HD-06-KQED-160x67.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/01/240111-La-Pulga-HD-06-KQED-1536x647.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/01/240111-La-Pulga-HD-06-KQED-1920x809.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\" />\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Nearly every day, Samuelin Martinez, 73, can be found walking the grounds of La Pulga. Martinez calls his laps around the market “prayer walks.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11972359\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 640px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-11972359 size-large\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/01/240111-La-Pulga-HD-08-KQED-1020x1214.jpg\" alt=\"A person with a moustache waves while sitting for a photo.\" width=\"640\" height=\"762\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/01/240111-La-Pulga-HD-08-KQED-1020x1214.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/01/240111-La-Pulga-HD-08-KQED-800x952.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/01/240111-La-Pulga-HD-08-KQED-160x190.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/01/240111-La-Pulga-HD-08-KQED-1291x1536.jpg 1291w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/01/240111-La-Pulga-HD-08-KQED.jpg 1681w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" />\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Samuelin Martínez\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Martinez describes it as if he’s talking about a sacred place. He has long been a community activist and is keenly aware of the area’s history — he used to live in High Street Homes, temporary public housing that once stood near where La Pulga stands now. With the help of his cane, Martinez now spends his days slowly walking among hundreds of booths run mostly by Spanish-speaking vendors. He talks to anyone who crosses his path and greets them with a wide, mustachioed smile.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-11972444\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/01/La-Pulga-Block-1.jpg\" alt=\"Six instant photos including two people wearing cowboy hats, a person with wings tattooed on their back and a band on stage.\" width=\"2500\" height=\"2026\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/01/La-Pulga-Block-1.jpg 2500w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/01/La-Pulga-Block-1-800x648.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/01/La-Pulga-Block-1-1020x827.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/01/La-Pulga-Block-1-160x130.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/01/La-Pulga-Block-1-1536x1245.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/01/La-Pulga-Block-1-2048x1660.jpg 2048w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/01/La-Pulga-Block-1-1920x1556.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 2500px) 100vw, 2500px\" />\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Many vendors have found it hard to stay afloat in the aftermath of the COVID-19 pandemic. Inflation has also impacted sales. Many told El Tímpano that the flea market isn’t as large or packed with people as before the pandemic.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11972426\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-11972426 size-full\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2024/01/240111-LA-PULGA-MARIA-VILLA-01.jpg\" alt=\"Two photos: on the left, a person stands amidst varied wares in a market stall. On the right, several Día de los Muertos statues on display in a market stall.\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1130\" />\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">María Villa\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>María Villa, 77, an immigrant from Mexico, was a single mother of two. She’s known around La Pulga as “Tía María” and has sold artisan jugs, pots, toys and decorations for 30 years. The sales from her booth helped put her children in college. But, Villa adds, business recently has been slow.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-11972445\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/01/La-Pulga-Block-2.jpg\" alt=\"Six instant photos including two people playing music, an array of baseball caps and a pan standing beside a truck.\" width=\"2500\" height=\"2026\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/01/La-Pulga-Block-2.jpg 2500w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/01/La-Pulga-Block-2-800x648.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/01/La-Pulga-Block-2-1020x827.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/01/La-Pulga-Block-2-160x130.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/01/La-Pulga-Block-2-1536x1245.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/01/La-Pulga-Block-2-2048x1660.jpg 2048w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/01/La-Pulga-Block-2-1920x1556.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 2500px) 100vw, 2500px\" />\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Blanca Luna, 62, is an immigrant from Guatemala who has also sold at La Pulga for 30 years. Between the flashy lights of LED signs for sale and the noises coming from the small electronic toys she sells, her booth is hard to miss.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11972431\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 640px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-11972431 size-large\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/01/240111-La-Pulga-HD-45-KQED-1020x1224.jpg\" alt=\"A person in sunglasses standing in front of an array of LED signs.\" width=\"640\" height=\"768\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/01/240111-La-Pulga-HD-45-KQED-1020x1224.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/01/240111-La-Pulga-HD-45-KQED-800x960.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/01/240111-La-Pulga-HD-45-KQED-160x192.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/01/240111-La-Pulga-HD-45-KQED-1280x1536.jpg 1280w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/01/240111-La-Pulga-HD-45-KQED.jpg 1667w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" />\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Blanca Luna\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Still, Luna says her profits today are not as good as they were when she first opened up shop. On a good weekend, she says, she might take home between $200–$250.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>She has noticed that patrons are spending less, and she cannot compete with online sales. On top of that, her booth location will be auctioned in December, and she’s unsure if she can afford to keep it if she is outbid.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-11972447 size-full\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/01/La-Pulga-Block-4.jpg\" alt=\"Six instant photos including a couple dancing, a clown playing music and a Pancho Villa sticker on a car bumper.\" width=\"2500\" height=\"2026\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/01/La-Pulga-Block-4.jpg 2500w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/01/La-Pulga-Block-4-800x648.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/01/La-Pulga-Block-4-1020x827.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/01/La-Pulga-Block-4-160x130.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/01/La-Pulga-Block-4-1536x1245.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/01/La-Pulga-Block-4-2048x1660.jpg 2048w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/01/La-Pulga-Block-4-1920x1556.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 2500px) 100vw, 2500px\" />\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>La Pulga has also made recent headlines. Two men were arrested in August for allegedly selling $85,000 worth of stolen merchandise.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>On Oct. 21, Omar Oñate Rivas told El Tímpano he was visiting La Pulga for the first time to try to find stolen construction tools that were taken from his friend’s car in San Jose.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11972358\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 640px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-11972358 size-large\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/01/240111-La-Pulga-HD-07-KQED-1020x1219.jpg\" alt=\"A person with short hair sits for a photo.\" width=\"640\" height=\"765\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/01/240111-La-Pulga-HD-07-KQED-1020x1219.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/01/240111-La-Pulga-HD-07-KQED-800x956.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/01/240111-La-Pulga-HD-07-KQED-160x191.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/01/240111-La-Pulga-HD-07-KQED-1285x1536.jpg 1285w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/01/240111-La-Pulga-HD-07-KQED.jpg 1673w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" />\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Omar Oñate Rivas\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Though Oñate Rivas didn’t find the stolen items that day, he could purchase budget-friendly construction supplies he could use for his job as a day laborer.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-11972446\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/01/La-Pulga-Block-3.jpg\" alt=\"Six instant photos including a woman singing, a series of children's train cars and an outdoor space filled with shopping stalls.\" width=\"2500\" height=\"2026\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/01/La-Pulga-Block-3.jpg 2500w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/01/La-Pulga-Block-3-800x648.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/01/La-Pulga-Block-3-1020x827.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/01/La-Pulga-Block-3-160x130.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/01/La-Pulga-Block-3-1536x1245.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/01/La-Pulga-Block-3-2048x1660.jpg 2048w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/01/La-Pulga-Block-3-1920x1556.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 2500px) 100vw, 2500px\" />\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Though El Tímpano’s goal at La Pulga was not to verify whether goods sold at the market were stolen, we observed a cycle of supply and demand that makes clear how challenging it can be to afford to live in the Bay Area. Immigrants might find work as day laborers or in construction, but they often need to buy their tools — equipment that could amount to hundreds of dollars that they may not have.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Cesar, whom El Tímpano is identifying by first name only because he is underage, has sold used construction tools at La Pulga for nearly a year with three partners. Their hundreds of tools for sale are laid out on the floor in chunky rows that resemble farm fields.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11972397\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 640px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-11972397 size-large\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/01/240111-La-Pulga-HD-46-KQED-1020x1220.jpg\" alt=\"A person wears a Whitney Houston sweatshirt while standing beside an array of power tools in an outdoor setting.\" width=\"640\" height=\"765\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/01/240111-La-Pulga-HD-46-KQED-1020x1220.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/01/240111-La-Pulga-HD-46-KQED-800x957.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/01/240111-La-Pulga-HD-46-KQED-160x191.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/01/240111-La-Pulga-HD-46-KQED-1284x1536.jpg 1284w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/01/240111-La-Pulga-HD-46-KQED.jpg 1672w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" />\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Cesar\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Ultimately, La Pulga’s ecosystem is a microcosm of life in East Oakland, like a terrarium filled with loud music and the smell of new leather.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“This is the only work I’ve been able to invent in order to survive,” says Patricia Beltrán in Spanish. She lost her job during the pandemic and recently separated from her husband. She sells a mish-mash of items, from craft supplies to clothes. At La Pulga, she can bring her children with her so that she doesn’t have to pay for childcare.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11972428\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-11972428 size-full\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2024/01/240111-LA-PULGA-PATRICIA-BELTRÁN-01.jpg\" alt=\"Two photos: on the left, person with long hair stands beside a market stall. On the right, the same person with long hair sits for a photo with a child.\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1130\" />\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Patricia Beltrán\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>“Oakland is a beautiful city … I respect everyone, from the young people who make donuts — you’ve got to be brave to make donuts, you’ve got to be brave for everything,” Beltrán says.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ci>This story includes contributions from El Tímpano’s Hiram Durán, Mayra Sierra, Katherine Nagasawa, Luis Ángel Urbina, Jasmine Aguilera, Mayra Sierra, Vanessa Flores, Ximena Loeza, Maye Primera, Martha Calmo Ramirez and Madeleine Bair.\u003c/i>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"https://www.eltimpano.org/reporting/memories-of-the-market/\"> \u003ci>El Tímpano’s original version of the story — in English and Spanish — can be found here.\u003c/i>\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003c/div>\u003c/p>",
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"content": "\u003cp>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">As 2023 draws to a close, we look back on a year that has been nothing short of \u003c/span>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">extraordinary. In our annual “Year in Photos” feature, we invite you to journey through the moments, both monumental and minute, that have defined the past 12 months. \u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">Across the nine Bay Area counties and beyond, our team captured glimpses of the vivid tapestry of life in Northern California — flooded streets in San Francisco, an East Oakland track team in the Junior Olympics, jam-packed stalls at the Berryessa Flea Market, the Bay Bridge blocked by protesters. At times, we documented celebrations of the joy and resilience of communities — and at times, we witnessed devastation and loss. \u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">Each image reminds us of the challenges we’ve faced and the milestones we’ve celebrated. These photographs not only reflect the events of 2023 but also the emotions and experiences that will shape our region for years to come.\u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11970045\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 1920px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-11970045\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/12/022_KQED_StormSanFrancisco_01102023-qut.jpg\" alt=\"Two people stand in deep water working with long tools in an urban setting.\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1280\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/12/022_KQED_StormSanFrancisco_01102023-qut.jpg 1920w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/12/022_KQED_StormSanFrancisco_01102023-qut-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/12/022_KQED_StormSanFrancisco_01102023-qut-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/12/022_KQED_StormSanFrancisco_01102023-qut-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/12/022_KQED_StormSanFrancisco_01102023-qut-1536x1024.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1920px) 100vw, 1920px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Two Mission District residents work to open a clogged drain on Mission and 21st Streets in San Francisco on Jan. 10, 2023. \u003ccite>(Beth LaBerge/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11970081\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2500px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-11970081\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/12/231215-2023-YIP-1-KQED.jpg\" alt=\"Two photos: On the left, a large group of people marches holding signs at night. On the right, a large group of people marches holding signs at during the day.\" width=\"2500\" height=\"826\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/12/231215-2023-YIP-1-KQED.jpg 2500w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/12/231215-2023-YIP-1-KQED-800x264.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/12/231215-2023-YIP-1-KQED-1020x337.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/12/231215-2023-YIP-1-KQED-160x53.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/12/231215-2023-YIP-1-KQED-1536x507.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/12/231215-2023-YIP-1-KQED-2048x677.jpg 2048w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/12/231215-2023-YIP-1-KQED-1920x634.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 2500px) 100vw, 2500px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Left: Sloane Noel-Johnson, with the Black Organizing Project, marches with demonstrators against the Memphis police killing of Tyre Nichols in Oakland on Jan. 29, 2023. Right: Faye Crosley, center left, walks down Highland Ave in Richmond, California, with a group of friends, neighbors and family to protest her eviction from her home of several decades on Feb. 12, 2023. \u003ccite>(Beth LaBerge/ KQED; Kori Suzuki/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11944322\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 1920px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-11944322\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/03/RS63633_03122023_kqed_fameservice-256-qut.jpg\" alt=\"An African American woman wearing a pink jumpsuit stands with both hands raised among several people who are seated in a building.\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1282\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/03/RS63633_03122023_kqed_fameservice-256-qut.jpg 1920w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/03/RS63633_03122023_kqed_fameservice-256-qut-800x534.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/03/RS63633_03122023_kqed_fameservice-256-qut-1020x681.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/03/RS63633_03122023_kqed_fameservice-256-qut-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/03/RS63633_03122023_kqed_fameservice-256-qut-1536x1026.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1920px) 100vw, 1920px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Debra Chambers, 56, bows her head during the First African Methodist Episcopal Church congregation’s Sunday service, temporarily being held at Temple Beth Abraham in Oakland on March 12, 2023. \u003ccite>(Kori Suzuki/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11944304\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 1920px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-11944304\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/03/RS63704_03192023_kqed_pajarobridge-107-qut.jpg\" alt=\"A group of people stand behind police caution tape.\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1277\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/03/RS63704_03192023_kqed_pajarobridge-107-qut.jpg 1920w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/03/RS63704_03192023_kqed_pajarobridge-107-qut-800x532.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/03/RS63704_03192023_kqed_pajarobridge-107-qut-1020x678.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/03/RS63704_03192023_kqed_pajarobridge-107-qut-160x106.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/03/RS63704_03192023_kqed_pajarobridge-107-qut-1536x1022.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1920px) 100vw, 1920px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Residents of Pajaro, the unincorporated area in Monterey County that flooded due to a levee breach, gather just across the river in Watsonville, on March 19, 2023, waiting for authorities to let them return home. \u003ccite>(Kori Suzuki/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11970047\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 1920px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-11970047\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/12/04282023_pajaroupdate-599-qut.jpg\" alt=\"A young person wearing rubber boots stands in a small galley kitchen, where appliances on piled on the counter, looking at a mud-caked floor and beside an older person looking at the camera.\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1277\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/12/04282023_pajaroupdate-599-qut.jpg 1920w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/12/04282023_pajaroupdate-599-qut-800x532.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/12/04282023_pajaroupdate-599-qut-1020x678.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/12/04282023_pajaroupdate-599-qut-160x106.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/12/04282023_pajaroupdate-599-qut-1536x1022.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1920px) 100vw, 1920px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Denia Escutia and her mother, Carla, pose for a portrait inside the family’s home in Pajaro on April 28, 2023. \u003ccite>(Kori Suzuki/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11970083\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2500px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-11970083\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/12/231215-2023-YIP-2-KQED.jpg\" alt=\"Two photos: On the left, a person with long hair is interviewed by reporters in front of a large official-looking building. On the right, bright purple flowers bloom on a hillside.\" width=\"2500\" height=\"826\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/12/231215-2023-YIP-2-KQED.jpg 2500w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/12/231215-2023-YIP-2-KQED-800x264.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/12/231215-2023-YIP-2-KQED-1020x337.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/12/231215-2023-YIP-2-KQED-160x53.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/12/231215-2023-YIP-2-KQED-1536x507.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/12/231215-2023-YIP-2-KQED-2048x677.jpg 2048w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/12/231215-2023-YIP-2-KQED-1920x634.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 2500px) 100vw, 2500px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Left: Oakland Mayor Sheng Thao speaks to reporters in front of city hall during a city-led “Welcome Back Wednesday” event to promote the recovery of the city’s downtown area on April 5, 2023. Right: Stems of purple lupine blossom along Grizzly Peak Boulevard in Berkeley on April 26, 2023. \u003ccite>(Kori Suzuki/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11946233\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 1920px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-11946233\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/04/029_KQED_WoodStreetCommonsEviction_04102023.jpg\" alt=\"A woman with short, black hair and a purple bandana tied around her forehead looks distraught as tears stream down her cheeks. A crowd of blurred faces are in the background.\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1280\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/04/029_KQED_WoodStreetCommonsEviction_04102023.jpg 1920w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/04/029_KQED_WoodStreetCommonsEviction_04102023-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/04/029_KQED_WoodStreetCommonsEviction_04102023-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/04/029_KQED_WoodStreetCommonsEviction_04102023-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/04/029_KQED_WoodStreetCommonsEviction_04102023-1536x1024.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1920px) 100vw, 1920px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Wood Street resident Mayana Sparks cries while watching the city of Oakland begin to evict the encampment in West Oakland on April 10, 2023. \u003ccite>(Beth LaBerge/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11970048\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 1920px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-11970048\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/12/027_KQED_HetchHetchyCentennial_05022023-qut.jpg\" alt=\"A person speaks at a podium beside a large body of water set in a mountainous area.\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1280\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/12/027_KQED_HetchHetchyCentennial_05022023-qut.jpg 1920w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/12/027_KQED_HetchHetchyCentennial_05022023-qut-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/12/027_KQED_HetchHetchyCentennial_05022023-qut-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/12/027_KQED_HetchHetchyCentennial_05022023-qut-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/12/027_KQED_HetchHetchyCentennial_05022023-qut-1536x1024.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1920px) 100vw, 1920px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">San Francisco Mayor London Breed speaks during a centennial celebration of the Hetch Hetchy Reservoir in Yosemite National Park on May 2, 2023. \u003ccite>(Beth LaBerge/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11970084\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2500px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-11970084\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/12/231215-2023-YIP-3-KQED.jpg\" alt=\"Two photos: On the left, A group of colorfully dressed people ride a cable care waving pride flags. On the right, A crowd of people pack a city street.\" width=\"2500\" height=\"826\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/12/231215-2023-YIP-3-KQED.jpg 2500w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/12/231215-2023-YIP-3-KQED-800x264.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/12/231215-2023-YIP-3-KQED-1020x337.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/12/231215-2023-YIP-3-KQED-160x53.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/12/231215-2023-YIP-3-KQED-1536x507.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/12/231215-2023-YIP-3-KQED-2048x677.jpg 2048w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/12/231215-2023-YIP-3-KQED-1920x634.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 2500px) 100vw, 2500px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Left: San Francisco Mayor London Breed, center, waves a Pride flag from the side of a cable car as the 2023 Pride parade passes down Market Street in downtown San Francisco on June 25, 2023. Right: Bay to Breakers participants surge down Hayes Street in San Francisco on May 21, 2023. \u003ccite>(Kori Suzuki/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11970057\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 1920px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-11970057\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/12/013_KQED_LongCOVIDCharlieMcCone_05182023-qut.jpg\" alt=\"A white man with light brown curly hair and eyeglasses has a steam inhaler in his mouth as he laws reclines against a sofa in his living room.\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1280\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/12/013_KQED_LongCOVIDCharlieMcCone_05182023-qut.jpg 1920w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/12/013_KQED_LongCOVIDCharlieMcCone_05182023-qut-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/12/013_KQED_LongCOVIDCharlieMcCone_05182023-qut-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/12/013_KQED_LongCOVIDCharlieMcCone_05182023-qut-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/12/013_KQED_LongCOVIDCharlieMcCone_05182023-qut-1536x1024.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1920px) 100vw, 1920px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Long COVID patient Charlie McCone uses a steam inhaler at his home in San Francisco on May 18, 2023. \u003ccite>(Beth LaBerge/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11950737\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 1920px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-11950737\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/05/RS65885_05252023_bankobrownfuneral-486-qut.jpg\" alt=\"African American men carry a white coffin to a hearse outside a church.\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1278\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/05/RS65885_05252023_bankobrownfuneral-486-qut.jpg 1920w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/05/RS65885_05252023_bankobrownfuneral-486-qut-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/05/RS65885_05252023_bankobrownfuneral-486-qut-1020x679.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/05/RS65885_05252023_bankobrownfuneral-486-qut-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/05/RS65885_05252023_bankobrownfuneral-486-qut-1536x1022.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1920px) 100vw, 1920px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Calvin Breedlove, Banko Brown’s cousin, and other pallbearers escort Brown’s coffin out of the historic Third Baptist Church in San Francisco on May 25, 2023. \u003ccite>(Kori Suzuki/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11970085\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2500px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-11970085\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/12/231215-2023-YIP-4-KQED.jpg\" alt=\"Two photos: On the left, a person with long hair standing in the doorway to a restaurant. On the right, a person with a bald head and blue jumpsuit stands beside a door in front of a large gate covered in concertina wire.\" width=\"2500\" height=\"826\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/12/231215-2023-YIP-4-KQED.jpg 2500w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/12/231215-2023-YIP-4-KQED-800x264.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/12/231215-2023-YIP-4-KQED-1020x337.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/12/231215-2023-YIP-4-KQED-160x53.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/12/231215-2023-YIP-4-KQED-1536x507.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/12/231215-2023-YIP-4-KQED-2048x677.jpg 2048w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/12/231215-2023-YIP-4-KQED-1920x634.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 2500px) 100vw, 2500px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Left: Lena Turner, 93, poses for a portrait in her restaurant, Chika and Sake, in San Francisco’s Japantown on Thursday, July 27, 2023. Right: Steve Brooks, Editor in Chief of San Quentin News, stands outside of the media center at San Quentin State Prison on July 26, 2023. \u003ccite>(Juliana Yamada/ KQED; Martin do Nascimento/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11970058\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 1920px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-11970058\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/12/230720-HEINOLDS-MHN-08-KQED-qut.jpg\" alt=\"A bar tender speaks to two customers from behind a slanted bar.\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1280\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/12/230720-HEINOLDS-MHN-08-KQED-qut.jpg 1920w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/12/230720-HEINOLDS-MHN-08-KQED-qut-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/12/230720-HEINOLDS-MHN-08-KQED-qut-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/12/230720-HEINOLDS-MHN-08-KQED-qut-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/12/230720-HEINOLDS-MHN-08-KQED-qut-1536x1024.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1920px) 100vw, 1920px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Lauren Barrett tends the bar at Heinold’s First and Last Chance Saloon in Oakland on July 20, 2023. \u003ccite>(Martin do Nascimento/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11957360\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-11957360\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/08/RS67667_230729-BERRYESSA-FLEA-MARKET-RT-06-KQED.jpg\" alt=\"Two people stand in front of a stall full of wares.\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/08/RS67667_230729-BERRYESSA-FLEA-MARKET-RT-06-KQED.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/08/RS67667_230729-BERRYESSA-FLEA-MARKET-RT-06-KQED-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/08/RS67667_230729-BERRYESSA-FLEA-MARKET-RT-06-KQED-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/08/RS67667_230729-BERRYESSA-FLEA-MARKET-RT-06-KQED-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/08/RS67667_230729-BERRYESSA-FLEA-MARKET-RT-06-KQED-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/08/RS67667_230729-BERRYESSA-FLEA-MARKET-RT-06-KQED-1920x1280.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Hector Garcia (left) and Lizeth Valtierra (right) working at the BayFresh Piñateria, located in the Berryessa Flea Market in San José on July 29, 2023. \u003ccite>(Raphaël Timmons/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11957050\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-11957050\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/08/RS67509_230730-MariachiBonitasWedding-63-BL-KQED.jpg\" alt=\"Women wearing ornate white outfits and holding instruments in an indoor setting.\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/08/RS67509_230730-MariachiBonitasWedding-63-BL-KQED.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/08/RS67509_230730-MariachiBonitasWedding-63-BL-KQED-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/08/RS67509_230730-MariachiBonitasWedding-63-BL-KQED-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/08/RS67509_230730-MariachiBonitasWedding-63-BL-KQED-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/08/RS67509_230730-MariachiBonitasWedding-63-BL-KQED-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/08/RS67509_230730-MariachiBonitasWedding-63-BL-KQED-1920x1280.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">The group Mariachi Bonitas line up on a staircase for a group photo during a break from playing a wedding at Grand Island Mansion in Walnut Grove, Calif., on July 30, 2023. \u003ccite>(Beth LaBerge/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11970086\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2500px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-11970086\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/12/231215-2023-YIP-5-KQED.jpg\" alt=\"Two photos: On the left, an adult helps a child lace up their shots. On the right, the shadows of two children running are seen on a racetrack.\" width=\"2500\" height=\"826\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/12/231215-2023-YIP-5-KQED.jpg 2500w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/12/231215-2023-YIP-5-KQED-800x264.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/12/231215-2023-YIP-5-KQED-1020x337.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/12/231215-2023-YIP-5-KQED-160x53.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/12/231215-2023-YIP-5-KQED-1536x507.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/12/231215-2023-YIP-5-KQED-2048x677.jpg 2048w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/12/231215-2023-YIP-5-KQED-1920x634.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 2500px) 100vw, 2500px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Left: East Oakland Track Gems Coach Traivon Soto-Johnson (right) helps Kayden Thompson (left) tie his shoes at Castlemont High School in Oakland on July 31, 2023. Right: Kaden Remson (left) and John Howard III (right) run a drill on the track at Castlemont High School in Oakland on July 31, 2023. \u003ccite>(Juliana Yamada/ KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11957034\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-11957034\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/08/RS67469_20230731-EastOaklandTrackGems-43-JY-KQED.jpg\" alt=\"A boy poses for a photo with medals hanging from around his neck.\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/08/RS67469_20230731-EastOaklandTrackGems-43-JY-KQED.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/08/RS67469_20230731-EastOaklandTrackGems-43-JY-KQED-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/08/RS67469_20230731-EastOaklandTrackGems-43-JY-KQED-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/08/RS67469_20230731-EastOaklandTrackGems-43-JY-KQED-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/08/RS67469_20230731-EastOaklandTrackGems-43-JY-KQED-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/08/RS67469_20230731-EastOaklandTrackGems-43-JY-KQED-1920x1280.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Kaden Remson, 9, poses for a portrait with his track medals during track practice at Castlemont High School in Oakland on July 31, 2023. \u003ccite>(Juliana Yamada/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11970060\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 1920px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-11970060\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/12/20230826-BonPop-45-JY-qut.jpg\" alt=\"People dance in KOHO’s BonPop Obon in the Japantown Peace Plaza in San Francisco on Saturday, August 26, 2023. This is KOHO’s second year holding Obon in Japantown, a traditional Japanese holiday that honors one’s ancestors.\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1280\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/12/20230826-BonPop-45-JY-qut.jpg 1920w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/12/20230826-BonPop-45-JY-qut-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/12/20230826-BonPop-45-JY-qut-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/12/20230826-BonPop-45-JY-qut-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/12/20230826-BonPop-45-JY-qut-1536x1024.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1920px) 100vw, 1920px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">People dance in KOHO’s BonPop Obon in the Japantown Peace Plaza in San Francisco on Aug. 26, 2023. This is KOHO’s second year holding Obon in Japantown, a traditional Japanese holiday that honors one’s ancestors. \u003ccite>(Juliana Yamada/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11970087\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2500px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-11970087 size-full\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/12/231215-2023-YIP-6-KQED.jpg\" alt=\"Two photos: On the left, a group of people strikes expressive poses as they dance outdoors. On the right, a group of people wearing ornate clothing dances outdoors.\" width=\"2500\" height=\"826\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/12/231215-2023-YIP-6-KQED.jpg 2500w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/12/231215-2023-YIP-6-KQED-800x264.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/12/231215-2023-YIP-6-KQED-1020x337.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/12/231215-2023-YIP-6-KQED-160x53.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/12/231215-2023-YIP-6-KQED-1536x507.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/12/231215-2023-YIP-6-KQED-2048x677.jpg 2048w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/12/231215-2023-YIP-6-KQED-1920x634.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 2500px) 100vw, 2500px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Left: Partygoers dancing in front of the Lake Merritt Pergola at Days Like This in Oakland on Aug. 25, 2023. Right: Linus Lancaster (left) and Mari Lancaster (center) dance at KOHO’s BonPop Obon in the Japantown Peace Plaza in San Francisco on Aug. 26, 2023. \u003ccite>(Raphael Timmons/KQED; Juliana Yamada/ KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11970064\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 1920px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-11970064\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/12/230830-BeyonceFans-21-BL-qut.jpg\" alt=\"A person wears a disco ball on their head with a white sequined body suit.\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1280\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/12/230830-BeyonceFans-21-BL-qut.jpg 1920w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/12/230830-BeyonceFans-21-BL-qut-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/12/230830-BeyonceFans-21-BL-qut-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/12/230830-BeyonceFans-21-BL-qut-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/12/230830-BeyonceFans-21-BL-qut-1536x1024.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1920px) 100vw, 1920px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">West Walker, also known as the Disco Cowboy of San Francisco and ‘Wild West,’ kicks a sequined boot into the air before getting in line for Beyoncé at Levi’s Stadium in Santa Clara on Aug. 30, 2023. \u003ccite>(Beth LaBerge/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11960676\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-11960676\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/09/091023-CAMBODIAN-MENTAL-HEALTH-MD-01-KQED.jpg\" alt=\"A boy holds his hands together in prayer while sitting in a large group of people doing the same indoors.\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/09/091023-CAMBODIAN-MENTAL-HEALTH-MD-01-KQED.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/09/091023-CAMBODIAN-MENTAL-HEALTH-MD-01-KQED-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/09/091023-CAMBODIAN-MENTAL-HEALTH-MD-01-KQED-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/09/091023-CAMBODIAN-MENTAL-HEALTH-MD-01-KQED-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/09/091023-CAMBODIAN-MENTAL-HEALTH-MD-01-KQED-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/09/091023-CAMBODIAN-MENTAL-HEALTH-MD-01-KQED-1920x1280.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Tyler Neang (center) prays alongside his family at the Fresno Cambodian Buddhist Society temple on Sept. 9, 2023. \u003ccite>(Martin do Nascimento/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11963112\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-11963112\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/10/231002-TULUWAT-ISLAND-01-KQED.jpg\" alt=\"Two people stand together in an outdoor setting looking at the camera.\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/10/231002-TULUWAT-ISLAND-01-KQED.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/10/231002-TULUWAT-ISLAND-01-KQED-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/10/231002-TULUWAT-ISLAND-01-KQED-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/10/231002-TULUWAT-ISLAND-01-KQED-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/10/231002-TULUWAT-ISLAND-01-KQED-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/10/231002-TULUWAT-ISLAND-01-KQED-1920x1280.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Cheryl Seidner (right) and her grand-niece Hilanea Wilkinson in Loleta on Sept. 22, 2023. \u003ccite>(Alexandra Hootnick for KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11962031\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-11962031\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/09/230920-OAKLAND-AIR-QUALITY-MD-08-KQED.jpg\" alt=\"A city shrouded in haze.\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/09/230920-OAKLAND-AIR-QUALITY-MD-08-KQED.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/09/230920-OAKLAND-AIR-QUALITY-MD-08-KQED-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/09/230920-OAKLAND-AIR-QUALITY-MD-08-KQED-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/09/230920-OAKLAND-AIR-QUALITY-MD-08-KQED-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/09/230920-OAKLAND-AIR-QUALITY-MD-08-KQED-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/09/230920-OAKLAND-AIR-QUALITY-MD-08-KQED-1920x1280.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Downtown Oakland is seen through the wildfire-caused haze on Sept. 20, 2023. \u003ccite>(Martin do Nascimento/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11963467\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-11963467\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/10/20231004-Feinstein-Lying-in-State-006-JY-KQED.jpg\" alt='A large group of people salute a casket draped in an American flag as it enters a building with the words \"City Hall\" over the door.' width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/10/20231004-Feinstein-Lying-in-State-006-JY-KQED.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/10/20231004-Feinstein-Lying-in-State-006-JY-KQED-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/10/20231004-Feinstein-Lying-in-State-006-JY-KQED-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/10/20231004-Feinstein-Lying-in-State-006-JY-KQED-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/10/20231004-Feinstein-Lying-in-State-006-JY-KQED-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/10/20231004-Feinstein-Lying-in-State-006-JY-KQED-1920x1280.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">The body of Sen. Dianne Feinstein is carried into City Hall to lie in state in San Francisco on Oct. 4, 2023. Feinstein was the longest-serving female senator and longest-serving senator from California before her passing. \u003ccite>(Juliana Yamada/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11970088\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2500px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-11970088\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/12/231215-2023-YIP-7-KQED.jpg\" alt=\"Two photos: On the left, A person in a blue sport coat cries in front of a flag-draped casket. On the right, a flag draped casket in a large darkened room.\" width=\"2500\" height=\"826\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/12/231215-2023-YIP-7-KQED.jpg 2500w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/12/231215-2023-YIP-7-KQED-800x264.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/12/231215-2023-YIP-7-KQED-1020x337.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/12/231215-2023-YIP-7-KQED-160x53.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/12/231215-2023-YIP-7-KQED-1536x507.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/12/231215-2023-YIP-7-KQED-2048x677.jpg 2048w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/12/231215-2023-YIP-7-KQED-1920x634.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 2500px) 100vw, 2500px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Left: House Speaker Emerita Nancy Pelosi holds her hands to her face as she pays respect to Sen. Dianne Feinstein as she lies in state for public viewing at City Hall in San Francisco on Oct. 4, 2023. Right: The body of Senator Dianne Feinstein lies in state at City Hall in San Francisco on Oct. 4, 2023. \u003ccite>(Beth LaBerge/KQED; Juliana Yamada/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11970066\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 1920px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-11970066\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/12/231008-ZUMBI-VIGIL-MD-04-qut.jpg\" alt=\"A person wearing a baseball cap looks down at a candle in their hands while standing in a large group of people.\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1280\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/12/231008-ZUMBI-VIGIL-MD-04-qut.jpg 1920w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/12/231008-ZUMBI-VIGIL-MD-04-qut-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/12/231008-ZUMBI-VIGIL-MD-04-qut-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/12/231008-ZUMBI-VIGIL-MD-04-qut-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/12/231008-ZUMBI-VIGIL-MD-04-qut-1536x1024.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1920px) 100vw, 1920px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">The Grouch (right), a collaborator of the rapper Zumbi, who died in 2021 at the hands of Alta Bates staff and security, attends a vigil in front of Alta Bates Summit Medical Center in Berkeley on Oct. 8, 2023. \u003ccite>(Martin do Nascimento/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11970067\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 1920px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-11970067 size-full\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/12/E-40-81-qut.jpg\" alt='An African American man holds a sign up that says \"E-40 Way.\"' width=\"1920\" height=\"1281\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/12/E-40-81-qut.jpg 1920w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/12/E-40-81-qut-800x534.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/12/E-40-81-qut-1020x681.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/12/E-40-81-qut-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/12/E-40-81-qut-1536x1025.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1920px) 100vw, 1920px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Earl “E-40” Stevens stands for a portrait outside his childhood home in Magazine St, aka E-40 Way, after the honorary ceremony on Oct. 21, 2023, in Vallejo. \u003ccite>(Michaela Vatcheva for KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11970068\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 1920px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-11970068\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/12/231019-MYCHAL-THREETS-MD-04-qut.jpg\" alt='A person with their hair in an afro stands in front of a building with the word \"Library\" written over the entrance.' width=\"1920\" height=\"1280\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/12/231019-MYCHAL-THREETS-MD-04-qut.jpg 1920w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/12/231019-MYCHAL-THREETS-MD-04-qut-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/12/231019-MYCHAL-THREETS-MD-04-qut-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/12/231019-MYCHAL-THREETS-MD-04-qut-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/12/231019-MYCHAL-THREETS-MD-04-qut-1536x1024.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1920px) 100vw, 1920px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Mychal Threets at the Fairfield Civic Center Library in Fairfield on Oct. 19, 2023. \u003ccite>(Martin do Nascimento/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11970089\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2500px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-11970089\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/12/231215-2023-YIP-8-KQED.jpg\" alt=\"hold signs and mark. On the right, a person with a beard holds up a sign in front of a large building.\" width=\"2500\" height=\"826\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/12/231215-2023-YIP-8-KQED.jpg 2500w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/12/231215-2023-YIP-8-KQED-800x264.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/12/231215-2023-YIP-8-KQED-1020x337.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/12/231215-2023-YIP-8-KQED-160x53.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/12/231215-2023-YIP-8-KQED-1536x507.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/12/231215-2023-YIP-8-KQED-2048x677.jpg 2048w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/12/231215-2023-YIP-8-KQED-1920x634.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 2500px) 100vw, 2500px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Left: Kaiser workers strike in front of the Kaiser Permanente Oakland Medical Center in Oakland on Oct. 4, 2023. Right: Michael Jones and others strike at the Kaiser Permanente Oakland Medical Center in Oakland on Oct. 4, 2023. \u003ccite>(Martin do Nascimento/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11967609\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 1920px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-11967609\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/11/231116-BayBridgeShutdown-003-BL-1.jpg\" alt=\"A woman yells into megaphone surrounding by protesters on a bridge. Police are in the background.\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1280\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/11/231116-BayBridgeShutdown-003-BL-1.jpg 1920w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/11/231116-BayBridgeShutdown-003-BL-1-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/11/231116-BayBridgeShutdown-003-BL-1-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/11/231116-BayBridgeShutdown-003-BL-1-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/11/231116-BayBridgeShutdown-003-BL-1-1536x1024.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1920px) 100vw, 1920px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Protesters demanding a cease-fire in the Israel-Hamas war in Gaza block all westbound lanes of the Bay Bridge, unfurling banners reading “stop genocide” and “no US military aid to Israel” on Nov. 16, 2023. \u003ccite>(Beth LaBerge/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11970091\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2500px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-11970091\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/12/231215-2023-YIP-9-KQED.jpg\" alt=\"Two photos: On the left, a large group of people waving flags and holding signs. On the right, the reflection of a large group of people in the sunglasses of a person wearing a clear full face mask.\" width=\"2500\" height=\"826\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/12/231215-2023-YIP-9-KQED.jpg 2500w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/12/231215-2023-YIP-9-KQED-800x264.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/12/231215-2023-YIP-9-KQED-1020x337.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/12/231215-2023-YIP-9-KQED-160x53.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/12/231215-2023-YIP-9-KQED-1536x507.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/12/231215-2023-YIP-9-KQED-2048x677.jpg 2048w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/12/231215-2023-YIP-9-KQED-1920x634.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 2500px) 100vw, 2500px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Left: Amaani Cassim marches in Downtown San Francisco on Nov. 12, 2023, in opposition to the APEC international economic summit. Right: Protesters demanding a cease-fire in the Israel-Hamas war in Gaza are seen reflected in the glasses of a law enforcement officer as they block all westbound lanes of the Bay Bridge Nov. 16, 2023. \u003ccite>(Beth LaBerge/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11970069\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 1920px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-11970069\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/12/231129-PALESTINE-SOLIDARITY-DAY-MD-07-qut.jpg\" alt=\"A group of people marches through the high-rises of an urban area.\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1280\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/12/231129-PALESTINE-SOLIDARITY-DAY-MD-07-qut.jpg 1920w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/12/231129-PALESTINE-SOLIDARITY-DAY-MD-07-qut-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/12/231129-PALESTINE-SOLIDARITY-DAY-MD-07-qut-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/12/231129-PALESTINE-SOLIDARITY-DAY-MD-07-qut-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/12/231129-PALESTINE-SOLIDARITY-DAY-MD-07-qut-1536x1024.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1920px) 100vw, 1920px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Emad Abdulrahim (center) marches through downtown San Francisco on the International Day of Solidarity With the Palestinian People to demand a permanent cease-fire between Israel and Hamas on Nov. 29, 2023. \u003ccite>(Martin do Nascimento/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11968878\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 1920px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-11968878\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/12/231202-SFIsADrag-25-BL.jpg\" alt=\"A drag performer in a white dress singing on a traffic island as cars go by.\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1280\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/12/231202-SFIsADrag-25-BL.jpg 1920w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/12/231202-SFIsADrag-25-BL-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/12/231202-SFIsADrag-25-BL-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/12/231202-SFIsADrag-25-BL-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/12/231202-SFIsADrag-25-BL-1536x1024.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1920px) 100vw, 1920px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Dulce De Leche performs on Columbus Avenue during the San Francisco is a Drag! event on Saturday, Dec. 2, 2023. \u003ccite>(Beth LaBerge/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>[ad floatright]\u003c/p>\n",
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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11970045\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 1920px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-11970045\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/12/022_KQED_StormSanFrancisco_01102023-qut.jpg\" alt=\"Two people stand in deep water working with long tools in an urban setting.\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1280\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/12/022_KQED_StormSanFrancisco_01102023-qut.jpg 1920w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/12/022_KQED_StormSanFrancisco_01102023-qut-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/12/022_KQED_StormSanFrancisco_01102023-qut-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/12/022_KQED_StormSanFrancisco_01102023-qut-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/12/022_KQED_StormSanFrancisco_01102023-qut-1536x1024.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1920px) 100vw, 1920px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Two Mission District residents work to open a clogged drain on Mission and 21st Streets in San Francisco on Jan. 10, 2023. \u003ccite>(Beth LaBerge/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11970081\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2500px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-11970081\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/12/231215-2023-YIP-1-KQED.jpg\" alt=\"Two photos: On the left, a large group of people marches holding signs at night. On the right, a large group of people marches holding signs at during the day.\" width=\"2500\" height=\"826\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/12/231215-2023-YIP-1-KQED.jpg 2500w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/12/231215-2023-YIP-1-KQED-800x264.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/12/231215-2023-YIP-1-KQED-1020x337.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/12/231215-2023-YIP-1-KQED-160x53.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/12/231215-2023-YIP-1-KQED-1536x507.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/12/231215-2023-YIP-1-KQED-2048x677.jpg 2048w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/12/231215-2023-YIP-1-KQED-1920x634.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 2500px) 100vw, 2500px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Left: Sloane Noel-Johnson, with the Black Organizing Project, marches with demonstrators against the Memphis police killing of Tyre Nichols in Oakland on Jan. 29, 2023. Right: Faye Crosley, center left, walks down Highland Ave in Richmond, California, with a group of friends, neighbors and family to protest her eviction from her home of several decades on Feb. 12, 2023. \u003ccite>(Beth LaBerge/ KQED; Kori Suzuki/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11944322\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 1920px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-11944322\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/03/RS63633_03122023_kqed_fameservice-256-qut.jpg\" alt=\"An African American woman wearing a pink jumpsuit stands with both hands raised among several people who are seated in a building.\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1282\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/03/RS63633_03122023_kqed_fameservice-256-qut.jpg 1920w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/03/RS63633_03122023_kqed_fameservice-256-qut-800x534.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/03/RS63633_03122023_kqed_fameservice-256-qut-1020x681.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/03/RS63633_03122023_kqed_fameservice-256-qut-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/03/RS63633_03122023_kqed_fameservice-256-qut-1536x1026.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1920px) 100vw, 1920px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Debra Chambers, 56, bows her head during the First African Methodist Episcopal Church congregation’s Sunday service, temporarily being held at Temple Beth Abraham in Oakland on March 12, 2023. \u003ccite>(Kori Suzuki/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11944304\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 1920px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-11944304\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/03/RS63704_03192023_kqed_pajarobridge-107-qut.jpg\" alt=\"A group of people stand behind police caution tape.\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1277\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/03/RS63704_03192023_kqed_pajarobridge-107-qut.jpg 1920w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/03/RS63704_03192023_kqed_pajarobridge-107-qut-800x532.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/03/RS63704_03192023_kqed_pajarobridge-107-qut-1020x678.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/03/RS63704_03192023_kqed_pajarobridge-107-qut-160x106.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/03/RS63704_03192023_kqed_pajarobridge-107-qut-1536x1022.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1920px) 100vw, 1920px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Residents of Pajaro, the unincorporated area in Monterey County that flooded due to a levee breach, gather just across the river in Watsonville, on March 19, 2023, waiting for authorities to let them return home. \u003ccite>(Kori Suzuki/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11970047\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 1920px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-11970047\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/12/04282023_pajaroupdate-599-qut.jpg\" alt=\"A young person wearing rubber boots stands in a small galley kitchen, where appliances on piled on the counter, looking at a mud-caked floor and beside an older person looking at the camera.\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1277\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/12/04282023_pajaroupdate-599-qut.jpg 1920w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/12/04282023_pajaroupdate-599-qut-800x532.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/12/04282023_pajaroupdate-599-qut-1020x678.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/12/04282023_pajaroupdate-599-qut-160x106.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/12/04282023_pajaroupdate-599-qut-1536x1022.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1920px) 100vw, 1920px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Denia Escutia and her mother, Carla, pose for a portrait inside the family’s home in Pajaro on April 28, 2023. \u003ccite>(Kori Suzuki/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11970083\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2500px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-11970083\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/12/231215-2023-YIP-2-KQED.jpg\" alt=\"Two photos: On the left, a person with long hair is interviewed by reporters in front of a large official-looking building. On the right, bright purple flowers bloom on a hillside.\" width=\"2500\" height=\"826\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/12/231215-2023-YIP-2-KQED.jpg 2500w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/12/231215-2023-YIP-2-KQED-800x264.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/12/231215-2023-YIP-2-KQED-1020x337.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/12/231215-2023-YIP-2-KQED-160x53.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/12/231215-2023-YIP-2-KQED-1536x507.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/12/231215-2023-YIP-2-KQED-2048x677.jpg 2048w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/12/231215-2023-YIP-2-KQED-1920x634.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 2500px) 100vw, 2500px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Left: Oakland Mayor Sheng Thao speaks to reporters in front of city hall during a city-led “Welcome Back Wednesday” event to promote the recovery of the city’s downtown area on April 5, 2023. Right: Stems of purple lupine blossom along Grizzly Peak Boulevard in Berkeley on April 26, 2023. \u003ccite>(Kori Suzuki/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11946233\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 1920px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-11946233\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/04/029_KQED_WoodStreetCommonsEviction_04102023.jpg\" alt=\"A woman with short, black hair and a purple bandana tied around her forehead looks distraught as tears stream down her cheeks. A crowd of blurred faces are in the background.\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1280\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/04/029_KQED_WoodStreetCommonsEviction_04102023.jpg 1920w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/04/029_KQED_WoodStreetCommonsEviction_04102023-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/04/029_KQED_WoodStreetCommonsEviction_04102023-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/04/029_KQED_WoodStreetCommonsEviction_04102023-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/04/029_KQED_WoodStreetCommonsEviction_04102023-1536x1024.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1920px) 100vw, 1920px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Wood Street resident Mayana Sparks cries while watching the city of Oakland begin to evict the encampment in West Oakland on April 10, 2023. \u003ccite>(Beth LaBerge/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11970048\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 1920px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-11970048\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/12/027_KQED_HetchHetchyCentennial_05022023-qut.jpg\" alt=\"A person speaks at a podium beside a large body of water set in a mountainous area.\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1280\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/12/027_KQED_HetchHetchyCentennial_05022023-qut.jpg 1920w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/12/027_KQED_HetchHetchyCentennial_05022023-qut-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/12/027_KQED_HetchHetchyCentennial_05022023-qut-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/12/027_KQED_HetchHetchyCentennial_05022023-qut-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/12/027_KQED_HetchHetchyCentennial_05022023-qut-1536x1024.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1920px) 100vw, 1920px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">San Francisco Mayor London Breed speaks during a centennial celebration of the Hetch Hetchy Reservoir in Yosemite National Park on May 2, 2023. \u003ccite>(Beth LaBerge/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11970084\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2500px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-11970084\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/12/231215-2023-YIP-3-KQED.jpg\" alt=\"Two photos: On the left, A group of colorfully dressed people ride a cable care waving pride flags. On the right, A crowd of people pack a city street.\" width=\"2500\" height=\"826\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/12/231215-2023-YIP-3-KQED.jpg 2500w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/12/231215-2023-YIP-3-KQED-800x264.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/12/231215-2023-YIP-3-KQED-1020x337.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/12/231215-2023-YIP-3-KQED-160x53.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/12/231215-2023-YIP-3-KQED-1536x507.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/12/231215-2023-YIP-3-KQED-2048x677.jpg 2048w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/12/231215-2023-YIP-3-KQED-1920x634.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 2500px) 100vw, 2500px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Left: San Francisco Mayor London Breed, center, waves a Pride flag from the side of a cable car as the 2023 Pride parade passes down Market Street in downtown San Francisco on June 25, 2023. Right: Bay to Breakers participants surge down Hayes Street in San Francisco on May 21, 2023. \u003ccite>(Kori Suzuki/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11970057\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 1920px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-11970057\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/12/013_KQED_LongCOVIDCharlieMcCone_05182023-qut.jpg\" alt=\"A white man with light brown curly hair and eyeglasses has a steam inhaler in his mouth as he laws reclines against a sofa in his living room.\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1280\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/12/013_KQED_LongCOVIDCharlieMcCone_05182023-qut.jpg 1920w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/12/013_KQED_LongCOVIDCharlieMcCone_05182023-qut-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/12/013_KQED_LongCOVIDCharlieMcCone_05182023-qut-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/12/013_KQED_LongCOVIDCharlieMcCone_05182023-qut-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/12/013_KQED_LongCOVIDCharlieMcCone_05182023-qut-1536x1024.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1920px) 100vw, 1920px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Long COVID patient Charlie McCone uses a steam inhaler at his home in San Francisco on May 18, 2023. \u003ccite>(Beth LaBerge/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11950737\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 1920px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-11950737\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/05/RS65885_05252023_bankobrownfuneral-486-qut.jpg\" alt=\"African American men carry a white coffin to a hearse outside a church.\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1278\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/05/RS65885_05252023_bankobrownfuneral-486-qut.jpg 1920w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/05/RS65885_05252023_bankobrownfuneral-486-qut-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/05/RS65885_05252023_bankobrownfuneral-486-qut-1020x679.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/05/RS65885_05252023_bankobrownfuneral-486-qut-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/05/RS65885_05252023_bankobrownfuneral-486-qut-1536x1022.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1920px) 100vw, 1920px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Calvin Breedlove, Banko Brown’s cousin, and other pallbearers escort Brown’s coffin out of the historic Third Baptist Church in San Francisco on May 25, 2023. \u003ccite>(Kori Suzuki/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11970085\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2500px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-11970085\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/12/231215-2023-YIP-4-KQED.jpg\" alt=\"Two photos: On the left, a person with long hair standing in the doorway to a restaurant. On the right, a person with a bald head and blue jumpsuit stands beside a door in front of a large gate covered in concertina wire.\" width=\"2500\" height=\"826\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/12/231215-2023-YIP-4-KQED.jpg 2500w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/12/231215-2023-YIP-4-KQED-800x264.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/12/231215-2023-YIP-4-KQED-1020x337.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/12/231215-2023-YIP-4-KQED-160x53.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/12/231215-2023-YIP-4-KQED-1536x507.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/12/231215-2023-YIP-4-KQED-2048x677.jpg 2048w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/12/231215-2023-YIP-4-KQED-1920x634.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 2500px) 100vw, 2500px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Left: Lena Turner, 93, poses for a portrait in her restaurant, Chika and Sake, in San Francisco’s Japantown on Thursday, July 27, 2023. Right: Steve Brooks, Editor in Chief of San Quentin News, stands outside of the media center at San Quentin State Prison on July 26, 2023. \u003ccite>(Juliana Yamada/ KQED; Martin do Nascimento/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11970058\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 1920px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-11970058\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/12/230720-HEINOLDS-MHN-08-KQED-qut.jpg\" alt=\"A bar tender speaks to two customers from behind a slanted bar.\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1280\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/12/230720-HEINOLDS-MHN-08-KQED-qut.jpg 1920w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/12/230720-HEINOLDS-MHN-08-KQED-qut-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/12/230720-HEINOLDS-MHN-08-KQED-qut-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/12/230720-HEINOLDS-MHN-08-KQED-qut-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/12/230720-HEINOLDS-MHN-08-KQED-qut-1536x1024.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1920px) 100vw, 1920px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Lauren Barrett tends the bar at Heinold’s First and Last Chance Saloon in Oakland on July 20, 2023. \u003ccite>(Martin do Nascimento/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11957360\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-11957360\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/08/RS67667_230729-BERRYESSA-FLEA-MARKET-RT-06-KQED.jpg\" alt=\"Two people stand in front of a stall full of wares.\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/08/RS67667_230729-BERRYESSA-FLEA-MARKET-RT-06-KQED.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/08/RS67667_230729-BERRYESSA-FLEA-MARKET-RT-06-KQED-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/08/RS67667_230729-BERRYESSA-FLEA-MARKET-RT-06-KQED-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/08/RS67667_230729-BERRYESSA-FLEA-MARKET-RT-06-KQED-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/08/RS67667_230729-BERRYESSA-FLEA-MARKET-RT-06-KQED-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/08/RS67667_230729-BERRYESSA-FLEA-MARKET-RT-06-KQED-1920x1280.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Hector Garcia (left) and Lizeth Valtierra (right) working at the BayFresh Piñateria, located in the Berryessa Flea Market in San José on July 29, 2023. \u003ccite>(Raphaël Timmons/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11957050\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-11957050\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/08/RS67509_230730-MariachiBonitasWedding-63-BL-KQED.jpg\" alt=\"Women wearing ornate white outfits and holding instruments in an indoor setting.\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/08/RS67509_230730-MariachiBonitasWedding-63-BL-KQED.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/08/RS67509_230730-MariachiBonitasWedding-63-BL-KQED-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/08/RS67509_230730-MariachiBonitasWedding-63-BL-KQED-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/08/RS67509_230730-MariachiBonitasWedding-63-BL-KQED-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/08/RS67509_230730-MariachiBonitasWedding-63-BL-KQED-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/08/RS67509_230730-MariachiBonitasWedding-63-BL-KQED-1920x1280.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">The group Mariachi Bonitas line up on a staircase for a group photo during a break from playing a wedding at Grand Island Mansion in Walnut Grove, Calif., on July 30, 2023. \u003ccite>(Beth LaBerge/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11970086\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2500px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-11970086\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/12/231215-2023-YIP-5-KQED.jpg\" alt=\"Two photos: On the left, an adult helps a child lace up their shots. On the right, the shadows of two children running are seen on a racetrack.\" width=\"2500\" height=\"826\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/12/231215-2023-YIP-5-KQED.jpg 2500w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/12/231215-2023-YIP-5-KQED-800x264.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/12/231215-2023-YIP-5-KQED-1020x337.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/12/231215-2023-YIP-5-KQED-160x53.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/12/231215-2023-YIP-5-KQED-1536x507.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/12/231215-2023-YIP-5-KQED-2048x677.jpg 2048w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/12/231215-2023-YIP-5-KQED-1920x634.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 2500px) 100vw, 2500px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Left: East Oakland Track Gems Coach Traivon Soto-Johnson (right) helps Kayden Thompson (left) tie his shoes at Castlemont High School in Oakland on July 31, 2023. Right: Kaden Remson (left) and John Howard III (right) run a drill on the track at Castlemont High School in Oakland on July 31, 2023. \u003ccite>(Juliana Yamada/ KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11957034\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-11957034\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/08/RS67469_20230731-EastOaklandTrackGems-43-JY-KQED.jpg\" alt=\"A boy poses for a photo with medals hanging from around his neck.\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/08/RS67469_20230731-EastOaklandTrackGems-43-JY-KQED.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/08/RS67469_20230731-EastOaklandTrackGems-43-JY-KQED-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/08/RS67469_20230731-EastOaklandTrackGems-43-JY-KQED-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/08/RS67469_20230731-EastOaklandTrackGems-43-JY-KQED-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/08/RS67469_20230731-EastOaklandTrackGems-43-JY-KQED-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/08/RS67469_20230731-EastOaklandTrackGems-43-JY-KQED-1920x1280.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Kaden Remson, 9, poses for a portrait with his track medals during track practice at Castlemont High School in Oakland on July 31, 2023. \u003ccite>(Juliana Yamada/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11970060\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 1920px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-11970060\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/12/20230826-BonPop-45-JY-qut.jpg\" alt=\"People dance in KOHO’s BonPop Obon in the Japantown Peace Plaza in San Francisco on Saturday, August 26, 2023. This is KOHO’s second year holding Obon in Japantown, a traditional Japanese holiday that honors one’s ancestors.\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1280\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/12/20230826-BonPop-45-JY-qut.jpg 1920w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/12/20230826-BonPop-45-JY-qut-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/12/20230826-BonPop-45-JY-qut-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/12/20230826-BonPop-45-JY-qut-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/12/20230826-BonPop-45-JY-qut-1536x1024.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1920px) 100vw, 1920px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">People dance in KOHO’s BonPop Obon in the Japantown Peace Plaza in San Francisco on Aug. 26, 2023. This is KOHO’s second year holding Obon in Japantown, a traditional Japanese holiday that honors one’s ancestors. \u003ccite>(Juliana Yamada/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11970087\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2500px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-11970087 size-full\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/12/231215-2023-YIP-6-KQED.jpg\" alt=\"Two photos: On the left, a group of people strikes expressive poses as they dance outdoors. On the right, a group of people wearing ornate clothing dances outdoors.\" width=\"2500\" height=\"826\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/12/231215-2023-YIP-6-KQED.jpg 2500w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/12/231215-2023-YIP-6-KQED-800x264.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/12/231215-2023-YIP-6-KQED-1020x337.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/12/231215-2023-YIP-6-KQED-160x53.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/12/231215-2023-YIP-6-KQED-1536x507.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/12/231215-2023-YIP-6-KQED-2048x677.jpg 2048w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/12/231215-2023-YIP-6-KQED-1920x634.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 2500px) 100vw, 2500px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Left: Partygoers dancing in front of the Lake Merritt Pergola at Days Like This in Oakland on Aug. 25, 2023. Right: Linus Lancaster (left) and Mari Lancaster (center) dance at KOHO’s BonPop Obon in the Japantown Peace Plaza in San Francisco on Aug. 26, 2023. \u003ccite>(Raphael Timmons/KQED; Juliana Yamada/ KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11970064\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 1920px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-11970064\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/12/230830-BeyonceFans-21-BL-qut.jpg\" alt=\"A person wears a disco ball on their head with a white sequined body suit.\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1280\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/12/230830-BeyonceFans-21-BL-qut.jpg 1920w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/12/230830-BeyonceFans-21-BL-qut-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/12/230830-BeyonceFans-21-BL-qut-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/12/230830-BeyonceFans-21-BL-qut-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/12/230830-BeyonceFans-21-BL-qut-1536x1024.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1920px) 100vw, 1920px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">West Walker, also known as the Disco Cowboy of San Francisco and ‘Wild West,’ kicks a sequined boot into the air before getting in line for Beyoncé at Levi’s Stadium in Santa Clara on Aug. 30, 2023. \u003ccite>(Beth LaBerge/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11960676\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-11960676\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/09/091023-CAMBODIAN-MENTAL-HEALTH-MD-01-KQED.jpg\" alt=\"A boy holds his hands together in prayer while sitting in a large group of people doing the same indoors.\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/09/091023-CAMBODIAN-MENTAL-HEALTH-MD-01-KQED.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/09/091023-CAMBODIAN-MENTAL-HEALTH-MD-01-KQED-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/09/091023-CAMBODIAN-MENTAL-HEALTH-MD-01-KQED-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/09/091023-CAMBODIAN-MENTAL-HEALTH-MD-01-KQED-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/09/091023-CAMBODIAN-MENTAL-HEALTH-MD-01-KQED-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/09/091023-CAMBODIAN-MENTAL-HEALTH-MD-01-KQED-1920x1280.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Tyler Neang (center) prays alongside his family at the Fresno Cambodian Buddhist Society temple on Sept. 9, 2023. \u003ccite>(Martin do Nascimento/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11963112\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-11963112\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/10/231002-TULUWAT-ISLAND-01-KQED.jpg\" alt=\"Two people stand together in an outdoor setting looking at the camera.\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/10/231002-TULUWAT-ISLAND-01-KQED.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/10/231002-TULUWAT-ISLAND-01-KQED-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/10/231002-TULUWAT-ISLAND-01-KQED-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/10/231002-TULUWAT-ISLAND-01-KQED-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/10/231002-TULUWAT-ISLAND-01-KQED-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/10/231002-TULUWAT-ISLAND-01-KQED-1920x1280.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Cheryl Seidner (right) and her grand-niece Hilanea Wilkinson in Loleta on Sept. 22, 2023. \u003ccite>(Alexandra Hootnick for KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11962031\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-11962031\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/09/230920-OAKLAND-AIR-QUALITY-MD-08-KQED.jpg\" alt=\"A city shrouded in haze.\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/09/230920-OAKLAND-AIR-QUALITY-MD-08-KQED.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/09/230920-OAKLAND-AIR-QUALITY-MD-08-KQED-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/09/230920-OAKLAND-AIR-QUALITY-MD-08-KQED-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/09/230920-OAKLAND-AIR-QUALITY-MD-08-KQED-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/09/230920-OAKLAND-AIR-QUALITY-MD-08-KQED-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/09/230920-OAKLAND-AIR-QUALITY-MD-08-KQED-1920x1280.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Downtown Oakland is seen through the wildfire-caused haze on Sept. 20, 2023. \u003ccite>(Martin do Nascimento/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11963467\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-11963467\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/10/20231004-Feinstein-Lying-in-State-006-JY-KQED.jpg\" alt='A large group of people salute a casket draped in an American flag as it enters a building with the words \"City Hall\" over the door.' width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/10/20231004-Feinstein-Lying-in-State-006-JY-KQED.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/10/20231004-Feinstein-Lying-in-State-006-JY-KQED-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/10/20231004-Feinstein-Lying-in-State-006-JY-KQED-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/10/20231004-Feinstein-Lying-in-State-006-JY-KQED-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/10/20231004-Feinstein-Lying-in-State-006-JY-KQED-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/10/20231004-Feinstein-Lying-in-State-006-JY-KQED-1920x1280.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">The body of Sen. Dianne Feinstein is carried into City Hall to lie in state in San Francisco on Oct. 4, 2023. Feinstein was the longest-serving female senator and longest-serving senator from California before her passing. \u003ccite>(Juliana Yamada/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11970088\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2500px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-11970088\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/12/231215-2023-YIP-7-KQED.jpg\" alt=\"Two photos: On the left, A person in a blue sport coat cries in front of a flag-draped casket. On the right, a flag draped casket in a large darkened room.\" width=\"2500\" height=\"826\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/12/231215-2023-YIP-7-KQED.jpg 2500w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/12/231215-2023-YIP-7-KQED-800x264.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/12/231215-2023-YIP-7-KQED-1020x337.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/12/231215-2023-YIP-7-KQED-160x53.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/12/231215-2023-YIP-7-KQED-1536x507.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/12/231215-2023-YIP-7-KQED-2048x677.jpg 2048w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/12/231215-2023-YIP-7-KQED-1920x634.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 2500px) 100vw, 2500px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Left: House Speaker Emerita Nancy Pelosi holds her hands to her face as she pays respect to Sen. Dianne Feinstein as she lies in state for public viewing at City Hall in San Francisco on Oct. 4, 2023. Right: The body of Senator Dianne Feinstein lies in state at City Hall in San Francisco on Oct. 4, 2023. \u003ccite>(Beth LaBerge/KQED; Juliana Yamada/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11970066\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 1920px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-11970066\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/12/231008-ZUMBI-VIGIL-MD-04-qut.jpg\" alt=\"A person wearing a baseball cap looks down at a candle in their hands while standing in a large group of people.\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1280\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/12/231008-ZUMBI-VIGIL-MD-04-qut.jpg 1920w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/12/231008-ZUMBI-VIGIL-MD-04-qut-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/12/231008-ZUMBI-VIGIL-MD-04-qut-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/12/231008-ZUMBI-VIGIL-MD-04-qut-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/12/231008-ZUMBI-VIGIL-MD-04-qut-1536x1024.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1920px) 100vw, 1920px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">The Grouch (right), a collaborator of the rapper Zumbi, who died in 2021 at the hands of Alta Bates staff and security, attends a vigil in front of Alta Bates Summit Medical Center in Berkeley on Oct. 8, 2023. \u003ccite>(Martin do Nascimento/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11970067\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 1920px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-11970067 size-full\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/12/E-40-81-qut.jpg\" alt='An African American man holds a sign up that says \"E-40 Way.\"' width=\"1920\" height=\"1281\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/12/E-40-81-qut.jpg 1920w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/12/E-40-81-qut-800x534.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/12/E-40-81-qut-1020x681.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/12/E-40-81-qut-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/12/E-40-81-qut-1536x1025.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1920px) 100vw, 1920px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Earl “E-40” Stevens stands for a portrait outside his childhood home in Magazine St, aka E-40 Way, after the honorary ceremony on Oct. 21, 2023, in Vallejo. \u003ccite>(Michaela Vatcheva for KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11970068\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 1920px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-11970068\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/12/231019-MYCHAL-THREETS-MD-04-qut.jpg\" alt='A person with their hair in an afro stands in front of a building with the word \"Library\" written over the entrance.' width=\"1920\" height=\"1280\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/12/231019-MYCHAL-THREETS-MD-04-qut.jpg 1920w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/12/231019-MYCHAL-THREETS-MD-04-qut-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/12/231019-MYCHAL-THREETS-MD-04-qut-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/12/231019-MYCHAL-THREETS-MD-04-qut-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/12/231019-MYCHAL-THREETS-MD-04-qut-1536x1024.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1920px) 100vw, 1920px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Mychal Threets at the Fairfield Civic Center Library in Fairfield on Oct. 19, 2023. \u003ccite>(Martin do Nascimento/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11970089\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2500px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-11970089\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/12/231215-2023-YIP-8-KQED.jpg\" alt=\"hold signs and mark. On the right, a person with a beard holds up a sign in front of a large building.\" width=\"2500\" height=\"826\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/12/231215-2023-YIP-8-KQED.jpg 2500w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/12/231215-2023-YIP-8-KQED-800x264.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/12/231215-2023-YIP-8-KQED-1020x337.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/12/231215-2023-YIP-8-KQED-160x53.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/12/231215-2023-YIP-8-KQED-1536x507.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/12/231215-2023-YIP-8-KQED-2048x677.jpg 2048w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/12/231215-2023-YIP-8-KQED-1920x634.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 2500px) 100vw, 2500px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Left: Kaiser workers strike in front of the Kaiser Permanente Oakland Medical Center in Oakland on Oct. 4, 2023. Right: Michael Jones and others strike at the Kaiser Permanente Oakland Medical Center in Oakland on Oct. 4, 2023. \u003ccite>(Martin do Nascimento/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11967609\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 1920px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-11967609\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/11/231116-BayBridgeShutdown-003-BL-1.jpg\" alt=\"A woman yells into megaphone surrounding by protesters on a bridge. Police are in the background.\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1280\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/11/231116-BayBridgeShutdown-003-BL-1.jpg 1920w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/11/231116-BayBridgeShutdown-003-BL-1-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/11/231116-BayBridgeShutdown-003-BL-1-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/11/231116-BayBridgeShutdown-003-BL-1-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/11/231116-BayBridgeShutdown-003-BL-1-1536x1024.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1920px) 100vw, 1920px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Protesters demanding a cease-fire in the Israel-Hamas war in Gaza block all westbound lanes of the Bay Bridge, unfurling banners reading “stop genocide” and “no US military aid to Israel” on Nov. 16, 2023. \u003ccite>(Beth LaBerge/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11970091\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2500px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-11970091\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/12/231215-2023-YIP-9-KQED.jpg\" alt=\"Two photos: On the left, a large group of people waving flags and holding signs. On the right, the reflection of a large group of people in the sunglasses of a person wearing a clear full face mask.\" width=\"2500\" height=\"826\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/12/231215-2023-YIP-9-KQED.jpg 2500w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/12/231215-2023-YIP-9-KQED-800x264.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/12/231215-2023-YIP-9-KQED-1020x337.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/12/231215-2023-YIP-9-KQED-160x53.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/12/231215-2023-YIP-9-KQED-1536x507.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/12/231215-2023-YIP-9-KQED-2048x677.jpg 2048w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/12/231215-2023-YIP-9-KQED-1920x634.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 2500px) 100vw, 2500px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Left: Amaani Cassim marches in Downtown San Francisco on Nov. 12, 2023, in opposition to the APEC international economic summit. Right: Protesters demanding a cease-fire in the Israel-Hamas war in Gaza are seen reflected in the glasses of a law enforcement officer as they block all westbound lanes of the Bay Bridge Nov. 16, 2023. \u003ccite>(Beth LaBerge/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11970069\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 1920px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-11970069\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/12/231129-PALESTINE-SOLIDARITY-DAY-MD-07-qut.jpg\" alt=\"A group of people marches through the high-rises of an urban area.\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1280\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/12/231129-PALESTINE-SOLIDARITY-DAY-MD-07-qut.jpg 1920w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/12/231129-PALESTINE-SOLIDARITY-DAY-MD-07-qut-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/12/231129-PALESTINE-SOLIDARITY-DAY-MD-07-qut-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/12/231129-PALESTINE-SOLIDARITY-DAY-MD-07-qut-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/12/231129-PALESTINE-SOLIDARITY-DAY-MD-07-qut-1536x1024.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1920px) 100vw, 1920px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Emad Abdulrahim (center) marches through downtown San Francisco on the International Day of Solidarity With the Palestinian People to demand a permanent cease-fire between Israel and Hamas on Nov. 29, 2023. \u003ccite>(Martin do Nascimento/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11968878\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 1920px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-11968878\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/12/231202-SFIsADrag-25-BL.jpg\" alt=\"A drag performer in a white dress singing on a traffic island as cars go by.\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1280\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/12/231202-SFIsADrag-25-BL.jpg 1920w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/12/231202-SFIsADrag-25-BL-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/12/231202-SFIsADrag-25-BL-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/12/231202-SFIsADrag-25-BL-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/12/231202-SFIsADrag-25-BL-1536x1024.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1920px) 100vw, 1920px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Dulce De Leche performs on Columbus Avenue during the San Francisco is a Drag! event on Saturday, Dec. 2, 2023. \u003ccite>(Beth LaBerge/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003c/div>",
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"content": "\u003cp>When Uber and Lyft elbowed their way into the cab business back in the mid-2000s, taxi drivers fought back and demanded debt relief from the cities that sold them cab permits, known as medallions, for hundreds of thousands of dollars.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The new “ride-sharing” apps, which weren’t required to buy medallions, drove down business for taxi drivers — and those drivers wanted and needed restitution from the city.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[pullquote size=\"medium\" align=\"right\" citation=\"Ali Asghar, taxi driver\"]‘Since these apps came, and now that driverless apps are here, who’s going to help us?’[/pullquote]Today, taxi drivers — many of whom are immigrants and people of color — \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11798851/s-f-taxi-drivers-say-the-medallion-crisis-is-killing-them-literally\">are still awaiting relief\u003c/a> to pay off loans for their taxi medallions that the city sold to hundreds of drivers starting in 2010.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>At the same time, another threat to San Francisco’s cab business looms: \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11957833/are-you-ready-for-more-driverless-taxis-cpuc-votes-on-whether-to-let-cruise-waymo-expand-in-sf\">robotaxis\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Six days a week, Ali Asghar wakes up and commutes from Richmond to the San Francisco International Airport. Each time, he’ll clock in through an app, placing him in a queue of taxi drivers waiting their turn to pick up a passenger from SFO.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11966654\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 1920px\">\u003ca href=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2023/11/230930-TaxiDriver-02-BL.jpg\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-11966654 size-full\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2023/11/230930-TaxiDriver-02-BL.jpg\" alt=\"A man stands in front of a vehicle with the hood open while holding a long, thin piece of metal to test the level of oil.\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1280\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/11/230930-TaxiDriver-02-BL.jpg 1920w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/11/230930-TaxiDriver-02-BL-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/11/230930-TaxiDriver-02-BL-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/11/230930-TaxiDriver-02-BL-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/11/230930-TaxiDriver-02-BL-1536x1024.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1920px) 100vw, 1920px\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Ali Asghar checks his oil outside his home in Richmond on Sept. 30, 2023. \u003ccite>(Beth LaBerge/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11966658\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 1920px\">\u003ca href=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2023/11/230921-TaxiDriver-Diptych-01.jpg\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-11966658 size-full\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2023/11/230921-TaxiDriver-Diptych-01.jpg\" alt=\"Left: A man holds a phone that displays the number '133' while sitting in the driver's seat of a vehicle. Right: A man waves at a taxi while walking through a parking lot.\" width=\"1920\" height=\"636\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/11/230921-TaxiDriver-Diptych-01.jpg 1920w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/11/230921-TaxiDriver-Diptych-01-800x265.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/11/230921-TaxiDriver-Diptych-01-1020x338.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/11/230921-TaxiDriver-Diptych-01-160x53.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/11/230921-TaxiDriver-Diptych-01-1536x509.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1920px) 100vw, 1920px\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Left: Asghar checks his number in line, which is currently at 133, at the taxi staging lot outside San Francisco International Airport on Sept. 21, 2023. He often waits several hours at this lot for his turn in line to pick up a passenger at the airport. Right: Asghar waves to a friend in their vehicle while walking around the taxi staging lot. \u003ccite>(Beth LaBerge/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>On a recent weekday morning, he logged in at 7 a.m. and already there were 106 drivers ahead of him, meaning he’d likely have to wait two or three hours before he could pull around and pick up an airport passenger.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>While waiting, Ali and the other SFO taxi drivers often hang out in a nearby parking lot, passing hours with card games, snacks and cigarettes. But they’d all prefer to be on the road earning money.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“We’re very lucky to make three trips in a day now,” Asghar said one morning from the taxi lot at SFO.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11966659\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 1920px\">\u003ca href=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2023/11/230921-TaxiDriver-08-BL.jpg\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-11966659 size-full\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2023/11/230921-TaxiDriver-08-BL.jpg\" alt=\"A man talks to another person in a parking lot as the sun sets.\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1280\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/11/230921-TaxiDriver-08-BL.jpg 1920w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/11/230921-TaxiDriver-08-BL-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/11/230921-TaxiDriver-08-BL-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/11/230921-TaxiDriver-08-BL-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/11/230921-TaxiDriver-08-BL-1536x1024.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1920px) 100vw, 1920px\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Asghar talks to a fellow driver at the taxi staging lot. \u003ccite>(Beth LaBerge/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>In 2010, former San Francisco mayor Gavin Newsom brought the medallion model to San Francisco, which had been used in places like New York City and Chicago. The idea would be to have the city sell the medallions to cab drivers, streamlining the city’s free but long waitlist-based process to get a cab permit while also boosting the city’s budget. San Francisco Credit Union stepped in as the lender to help drivers purchase the medallions.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[aside postID=\"news_11957833,news_11798851,news_11965752\" label=\"Related Stories\"]At the time, around 700 taxi drivers bought the medallions at $250,000 a piece, bringing in millions of dollars for the city. At first, the investment paid off for many drivers, who could make back the money and even lease out their medallion to other cab drivers to retire.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“It used to be that you work hard, you help serve the city, and then you’re rewarded. And back then, we were making money because there were no other apps around us,” said Asghar, originally from Pakistan. “The city said if it did not work out, [they’d] we’ll buy back the medallion.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11966660\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 1920px\">\u003ca href=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2023/11/230922-TaxiDriver-05-BL.jpg\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-11966660 size-full\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2023/11/230922-TaxiDriver-05-BL.jpg\" alt=\"A yellow taxi sits in the foreground with red, yellow, and blue taxis sit in lanes in the background in an underground space.\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1280\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/11/230922-TaxiDriver-05-BL.jpg 1920w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/11/230922-TaxiDriver-05-BL-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/11/230922-TaxiDriver-05-BL-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/11/230922-TaxiDriver-05-BL-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/11/230922-TaxiDriver-05-BL-1536x1024.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1920px) 100vw, 1920px\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Taxi drivers fill a second taxi lot at San Francisco International Airport on Sept. 22, 2023. After waiting at the lot outside of the airport, drivers enter a second waiting area before being dispatched to the terminals to pick up passengers. \u003ccite>(Beth LaBerge/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Before ride-hailing apps Uber and Lyft began offering cheaper ride options without being required by the city to purchase a medallion to operate, Asghar said he could get dozens of cab rides in a day.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Then, in 2018, the San Francisco Federal Credit Union \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11659420/credit-union-is-suing-san-francisco-over-taxi-medallion-meltdown\">sued the city\u003c/a>, alleging that it broke its contract by failing to maintain a viable market for medallions.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Meanwhile, many Bay Area taxi drivers have defaulted on their medallion mortgages, and those who have not, struggle to stay afloat.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11966661\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 1920px\">\u003ca href=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2023/11/012_SanFrancisco_TaxiDriverProtest_12072021-qut.jpg\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-11966661 size-full\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2023/11/012_SanFrancisco_TaxiDriverProtest_12072021-qut.jpg\" alt=\"A view from a taxi window of six protesters holding signs.\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1280\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/11/012_SanFrancisco_TaxiDriverProtest_12072021-qut.jpg 1920w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/11/012_SanFrancisco_TaxiDriverProtest_12072021-qut-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/11/012_SanFrancisco_TaxiDriverProtest_12072021-qut-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/11/012_SanFrancisco_TaxiDriverProtest_12072021-qut-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/11/012_SanFrancisco_TaxiDriverProtest_12072021-qut-1536x1024.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1920px) 100vw, 1920px\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Taxi driver Ali Asghar (left) and his son, Ihsan, protest with other drivers outside City Hall in San Francisco on Dec. 7, 2021, to demand loan forgiveness on taxi medallions. \u003ccite>(Beth LaBerge/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>“Slowly, we lost our business. I didn’t know what to do. I have five kids, me and my wife,” Asghar said. “Since these apps came, and now that driverless apps are here, who’s going to help us?”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The city transit agency and the SF Credit Union are still in negotiations over loan forgiveness programs to this day.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“SFMTA is still considering all of its options in the course of the ongoing mediation with SFFCU and is not considering an approach outside of the mediation context at this time,” said Stephen Chun, a spokesperson for SFMTA, in an email.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>When asked why San Francisco hasn’t been able to follow other cities in lowering medallion debt, Chun wrote that there are “differences in the medallion market and lending environment between SF and NY that make it difficult to develop a similar program.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Asghar can’t simply switch over to Lyft or Uber or another competitor. He’s saddled with a $1,777 monthly loan payment to pay off the medallion, along with a $900 monthly fee to pay for the FlyWheel logo on his cab.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>He estimates paying off the medallion will now take about 12 years if the rates of ridership don’t drop even further, as opposed to not having any mortgage for the permit before, and that’s only if he sticks with his 14-hours/day, six-days/week work schedule.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11966662\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 1920px\">\u003ca href=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2023/11/230925-TaxiDriver-026-BL-qut.jpg\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-11966662 size-full\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2023/11/230925-TaxiDriver-026-BL-qut.jpg\" alt=\"A man stands on a red prayer mat, hands held to his head, sandals on the pavement nearby. A red vehicle is parked to the left inside a fenced area in front of an airline building.\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1280\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/11/230925-TaxiDriver-026-BL-qut.jpg 1920w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/11/230925-TaxiDriver-026-BL-qut-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/11/230925-TaxiDriver-026-BL-qut-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/11/230925-TaxiDriver-026-BL-qut-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/11/230925-TaxiDriver-026-BL-qut-1536x1024.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1920px) 100vw, 1920px\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Asghar takes a moment to pray at the taxi staging lot on Sept. 25, 2023. \u003ccite>(Beth LaBerge/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>As drivers continue to work to pay off their debt, the value of these once-coveted medallions has plummeted.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>There were 848 medallions renewed for the 2023-24 fiscal year, compared with 1,329 in 2019-20, according to data from San Francisco Municipal Transportation Authority.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But no new medallion has been purchased in San Francisco since 2016.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Since 2019, the number of actual taxi drivers in San Francisco has dropped about 25%.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Any dreams Asghar had of passing down the medallion to his son have been ditched. Asghar, who has driven taxis in the Bay Area for 20 years, said he no longer sees a future for any of his five children in the industry.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11966663\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 1723px\">\u003ca href=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2023/11/230930-TaxiDriver-13-BL.jpg\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-11966663 size-full\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2023/11/230930-TaxiDriver-13-BL.jpg\" alt=\"A teenager holds a young girl in the background while a man talks, out of focus, to someone outside of the frame.\" width=\"1723\" height=\"1148\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/11/230930-TaxiDriver-13-BL.jpg 1723w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/11/230930-TaxiDriver-13-BL-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/11/230930-TaxiDriver-13-BL-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/11/230930-TaxiDriver-13-BL-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/11/230930-TaxiDriver-13-BL-1536x1023.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1723px) 100vw, 1723px\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Ali Asghar talks with a friend while his son Ihsan, 18, holds his youngest daughter Alishba, 7, outside their home in Richmond on Sept. 30, 2023. \u003ccite>(Beth LaBerge/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11966664\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 1920px\">\u003ca href=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2023/11/230930-TaxiDriver-Diptych-02.jpg\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-11966664 size-full\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2023/11/230930-TaxiDriver-Diptych-02.jpg\" alt=\"Left: A man holds a young girl wearing a hijab on a suburban street. Right: A man washes the front of a vehicle while a young girl sprays water from a hose to remove the soap suds.\" width=\"1920\" height=\"636\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/11/230930-TaxiDriver-Diptych-02.jpg 1920w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/11/230930-TaxiDriver-Diptych-02-800x265.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/11/230930-TaxiDriver-Diptych-02-1020x338.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/11/230930-TaxiDriver-Diptych-02-160x53.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/11/230930-TaxiDriver-Diptych-02-1536x509.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1920px) 100vw, 1920px\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Left: Asghar holds his youngest daughter, Alishba, outside his home. Right: Asghar washes his daughter’s car, a former taxi of his, with his youngest daughter, Alishba. \u003ccite>(Beth LaBerge/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Ihsan, Asghar’s 18-year-old son, works as an Amazon delivery driver at night when he’s not taking college classes. He’s working towards becoming a neurosonographer. But he also shares dreams with his father to spend more time together as a family.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Nobody should have to work that much just to provide for your family. My dad used to take me on rides when I was younger, but I see how it is now. The medallion is over your head, so you can’t enjoy all these things,” said Ihsan. “If they just got some relief, we could spend more time together and make plans as a family.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11966665\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 1920px\">\u003ca href=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2023/11/230921-TaxiDriver-09-BL.jpg\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-11966665 size-full\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2023/11/230921-TaxiDriver-09-BL.jpg\" alt=\"A man sits in the backseat of a vehicle with a beam of sunset light highlighting a portion of his face.\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1280\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/11/230921-TaxiDriver-09-BL.jpg 1920w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/11/230921-TaxiDriver-09-BL-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/11/230921-TaxiDriver-09-BL-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/11/230921-TaxiDriver-09-BL-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/11/230921-TaxiDriver-09-BL-1536x1024.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1920px) 100vw, 1920px\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Asghar rests in his taxi as the sun goes down at the taxi staging lot. \u003ccite>(Beth LaBerge/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Today, San Francisco is the world’s testing ground for driverless taxis, which have already seen \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11965752/cruise-suspends-driverless-robotaxi-service-nationwide\">their share of ups and downs\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Asghar was actually working, he said, when he witnessed a high-profile driverless vehicle accident recently in San Francisco, where a pedestrian was hit by a regular car and thrown in front of a Cruise robotaxi, which then dragged the victim several feet forward in the street.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>It was the type of scenario that members of the San Francisco Taxi Workers Alliance were calling attention to during a protest this summer outside the headquarters of the California Public Utilities Commission. In June, CPUC voted to allow Cruise and Waymo to add as many driverless taxis in the city as they want.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11966666\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 1920px\">\u003ca href=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2023/11/230921-TaxiDriver-10-BL.jpg\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-11966666 size-full\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2023/11/230921-TaxiDriver-10-BL.jpg\" alt=\"A white driverless vehicle drives on a city street.\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1280\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/11/230921-TaxiDriver-10-BL.jpg 1920w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/11/230921-TaxiDriver-10-BL-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/11/230921-TaxiDriver-10-BL-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/11/230921-TaxiDriver-10-BL-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/11/230921-TaxiDriver-10-BL-1536x1024.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1920px) 100vw, 1920px\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">A Waymo vehicle drives through Downtown San Francisco on Nov. 2, 2023. \u003ccite>(Beth LaBerge/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Since the accident, the California DMV and CPUC have called on Cruise to suspend its robotaxi service, and the company has temporarily pulled all of its vehicles off the road nationwide.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But other autonomous vehicle companies, like Waymo and Zoox, have kept their fleets running in San Francisco.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>San Francisco has not yet agreed to permit robotaxi company Waymo to operate out of San Francisco International Airport, where Ali typically works. But conversations about airport access are underway between the company and city officials, and Waymo has already started doing pickups and dropoffs from the airport in Phoenix, Arizona.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad floatright]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“We need our city to figure this out,” Asghar said. “We need some relief and a fair income to feed our families. Everyone knows what’s going on, we are crying and begging.”\u003c/p>\n\n",
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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>Today, taxi drivers — many of whom are immigrants and people of color — \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11798851/s-f-taxi-drivers-say-the-medallion-crisis-is-killing-them-literally\">are still awaiting relief\u003c/a> to pay off loans for their taxi medallions that the city sold to hundreds of drivers starting in 2010.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>At the same time, another threat to San Francisco’s cab business looms: \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11957833/are-you-ready-for-more-driverless-taxis-cpuc-votes-on-whether-to-let-cruise-waymo-expand-in-sf\">robotaxis\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Six days a week, Ali Asghar wakes up and commutes from Richmond to the San Francisco International Airport. Each time, he’ll clock in through an app, placing him in a queue of taxi drivers waiting their turn to pick up a passenger from SFO.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11966654\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 1920px\">\u003ca href=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2023/11/230930-TaxiDriver-02-BL.jpg\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-11966654 size-full\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2023/11/230930-TaxiDriver-02-BL.jpg\" alt=\"A man stands in front of a vehicle with the hood open while holding a long, thin piece of metal to test the level of oil.\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1280\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/11/230930-TaxiDriver-02-BL.jpg 1920w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/11/230930-TaxiDriver-02-BL-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/11/230930-TaxiDriver-02-BL-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/11/230930-TaxiDriver-02-BL-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/11/230930-TaxiDriver-02-BL-1536x1024.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1920px) 100vw, 1920px\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Ali Asghar checks his oil outside his home in Richmond on Sept. 30, 2023. \u003ccite>(Beth LaBerge/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11966658\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 1920px\">\u003ca href=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2023/11/230921-TaxiDriver-Diptych-01.jpg\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-11966658 size-full\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2023/11/230921-TaxiDriver-Diptych-01.jpg\" alt=\"Left: A man holds a phone that displays the number '133' while sitting in the driver's seat of a vehicle. Right: A man waves at a taxi while walking through a parking lot.\" width=\"1920\" height=\"636\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/11/230921-TaxiDriver-Diptych-01.jpg 1920w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/11/230921-TaxiDriver-Diptych-01-800x265.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/11/230921-TaxiDriver-Diptych-01-1020x338.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/11/230921-TaxiDriver-Diptych-01-160x53.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/11/230921-TaxiDriver-Diptych-01-1536x509.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1920px) 100vw, 1920px\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Left: Asghar checks his number in line, which is currently at 133, at the taxi staging lot outside San Francisco International Airport on Sept. 21, 2023. He often waits several hours at this lot for his turn in line to pick up a passenger at the airport. Right: Asghar waves to a friend in their vehicle while walking around the taxi staging lot. \u003ccite>(Beth LaBerge/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>On a recent weekday morning, he logged in at 7 a.m. and already there were 106 drivers ahead of him, meaning he’d likely have to wait two or three hours before he could pull around and pick up an airport passenger.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003c/div>",
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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>At the time, around 700 taxi drivers bought the medallions at $250,000 a piece, bringing in millions of dollars for the city. At first, the investment paid off for many drivers, who could make back the money and even lease out their medallion to other cab drivers to retire.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“It used to be that you work hard, you help serve the city, and then you’re rewarded. And back then, we were making money because there were no other apps around us,” said Asghar, originally from Pakistan. “The city said if it did not work out, [they’d] we’ll buy back the medallion.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11966660\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 1920px\">\u003ca href=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2023/11/230922-TaxiDriver-05-BL.jpg\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-11966660 size-full\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2023/11/230922-TaxiDriver-05-BL.jpg\" alt=\"A yellow taxi sits in the foreground with red, yellow, and blue taxis sit in lanes in the background in an underground space.\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1280\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/11/230922-TaxiDriver-05-BL.jpg 1920w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/11/230922-TaxiDriver-05-BL-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/11/230922-TaxiDriver-05-BL-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/11/230922-TaxiDriver-05-BL-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/11/230922-TaxiDriver-05-BL-1536x1024.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1920px) 100vw, 1920px\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Taxi drivers fill a second taxi lot at San Francisco International Airport on Sept. 22, 2023. After waiting at the lot outside of the airport, drivers enter a second waiting area before being dispatched to the terminals to pick up passengers. \u003ccite>(Beth LaBerge/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Before ride-hailing apps Uber and Lyft began offering cheaper ride options without being required by the city to purchase a medallion to operate, Asghar said he could get dozens of cab rides in a day.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Then, in 2018, the San Francisco Federal Credit Union \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11659420/credit-union-is-suing-san-francisco-over-taxi-medallion-meltdown\">sued the city\u003c/a>, alleging that it broke its contract by failing to maintain a viable market for medallions.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Meanwhile, many Bay Area taxi drivers have defaulted on their medallion mortgages, and those who have not, struggle to stay afloat.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11966661\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 1920px\">\u003ca href=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2023/11/012_SanFrancisco_TaxiDriverProtest_12072021-qut.jpg\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-11966661 size-full\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2023/11/012_SanFrancisco_TaxiDriverProtest_12072021-qut.jpg\" alt=\"A view from a taxi window of six protesters holding signs.\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1280\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/11/012_SanFrancisco_TaxiDriverProtest_12072021-qut.jpg 1920w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/11/012_SanFrancisco_TaxiDriverProtest_12072021-qut-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/11/012_SanFrancisco_TaxiDriverProtest_12072021-qut-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/11/012_SanFrancisco_TaxiDriverProtest_12072021-qut-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/11/012_SanFrancisco_TaxiDriverProtest_12072021-qut-1536x1024.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1920px) 100vw, 1920px\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Taxi driver Ali Asghar (left) and his son, Ihsan, protest with other drivers outside City Hall in San Francisco on Dec. 7, 2021, to demand loan forgiveness on taxi medallions. \u003ccite>(Beth LaBerge/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>“Slowly, we lost our business. I didn’t know what to do. I have five kids, me and my wife,” Asghar said. “Since these apps came, and now that driverless apps are here, who’s going to help us?”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The city transit agency and the SF Credit Union are still in negotiations over loan forgiveness programs to this day.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“SFMTA is still considering all of its options in the course of the ongoing mediation with SFFCU and is not considering an approach outside of the mediation context at this time,” said Stephen Chun, a spokesperson for SFMTA, in an email.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>When asked why San Francisco hasn’t been able to follow other cities in lowering medallion debt, Chun wrote that there are “differences in the medallion market and lending environment between SF and NY that make it difficult to develop a similar program.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Asghar can’t simply switch over to Lyft or Uber or another competitor. He’s saddled with a $1,777 monthly loan payment to pay off the medallion, along with a $900 monthly fee to pay for the FlyWheel logo on his cab.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>He estimates paying off the medallion will now take about 12 years if the rates of ridership don’t drop even further, as opposed to not having any mortgage for the permit before, and that’s only if he sticks with his 14-hours/day, six-days/week work schedule.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11966662\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 1920px\">\u003ca href=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2023/11/230925-TaxiDriver-026-BL-qut.jpg\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-11966662 size-full\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2023/11/230925-TaxiDriver-026-BL-qut.jpg\" alt=\"A man stands on a red prayer mat, hands held to his head, sandals on the pavement nearby. A red vehicle is parked to the left inside a fenced area in front of an airline building.\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1280\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/11/230925-TaxiDriver-026-BL-qut.jpg 1920w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/11/230925-TaxiDriver-026-BL-qut-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/11/230925-TaxiDriver-026-BL-qut-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/11/230925-TaxiDriver-026-BL-qut-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/11/230925-TaxiDriver-026-BL-qut-1536x1024.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1920px) 100vw, 1920px\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Asghar takes a moment to pray at the taxi staging lot on Sept. 25, 2023. \u003ccite>(Beth LaBerge/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>As drivers continue to work to pay off their debt, the value of these once-coveted medallions has plummeted.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>There were 848 medallions renewed for the 2023-24 fiscal year, compared with 1,329 in 2019-20, according to data from San Francisco Municipal Transportation Authority.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But no new medallion has been purchased in San Francisco since 2016.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Since 2019, the number of actual taxi drivers in San Francisco has dropped about 25%.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Any dreams Asghar had of passing down the medallion to his son have been ditched. Asghar, who has driven taxis in the Bay Area for 20 years, said he no longer sees a future for any of his five children in the industry.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11966663\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 1723px\">\u003ca href=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2023/11/230930-TaxiDriver-13-BL.jpg\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-11966663 size-full\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2023/11/230930-TaxiDriver-13-BL.jpg\" alt=\"A teenager holds a young girl in the background while a man talks, out of focus, to someone outside of the frame.\" width=\"1723\" height=\"1148\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/11/230930-TaxiDriver-13-BL.jpg 1723w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/11/230930-TaxiDriver-13-BL-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/11/230930-TaxiDriver-13-BL-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/11/230930-TaxiDriver-13-BL-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/11/230930-TaxiDriver-13-BL-1536x1023.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1723px) 100vw, 1723px\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Ali Asghar talks with a friend while his son Ihsan, 18, holds his youngest daughter Alishba, 7, outside their home in Richmond on Sept. 30, 2023. \u003ccite>(Beth LaBerge/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11966664\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 1920px\">\u003ca href=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2023/11/230930-TaxiDriver-Diptych-02.jpg\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-11966664 size-full\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2023/11/230930-TaxiDriver-Diptych-02.jpg\" alt=\"Left: A man holds a young girl wearing a hijab on a suburban street. Right: A man washes the front of a vehicle while a young girl sprays water from a hose to remove the soap suds.\" width=\"1920\" height=\"636\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/11/230930-TaxiDriver-Diptych-02.jpg 1920w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/11/230930-TaxiDriver-Diptych-02-800x265.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/11/230930-TaxiDriver-Diptych-02-1020x338.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/11/230930-TaxiDriver-Diptych-02-160x53.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/11/230930-TaxiDriver-Diptych-02-1536x509.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1920px) 100vw, 1920px\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Left: Asghar holds his youngest daughter, Alishba, outside his home. Right: Asghar washes his daughter’s car, a former taxi of his, with his youngest daughter, Alishba. \u003ccite>(Beth LaBerge/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Ihsan, Asghar’s 18-year-old son, works as an Amazon delivery driver at night when he’s not taking college classes. He’s working towards becoming a neurosonographer. But he also shares dreams with his father to spend more time together as a family.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Nobody should have to work that much just to provide for your family. My dad used to take me on rides when I was younger, but I see how it is now. The medallion is over your head, so you can’t enjoy all these things,” said Ihsan. “If they just got some relief, we could spend more time together and make plans as a family.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11966665\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 1920px\">\u003ca href=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2023/11/230921-TaxiDriver-09-BL.jpg\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-11966665 size-full\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2023/11/230921-TaxiDriver-09-BL.jpg\" alt=\"A man sits in the backseat of a vehicle with a beam of sunset light highlighting a portion of his face.\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1280\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/11/230921-TaxiDriver-09-BL.jpg 1920w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/11/230921-TaxiDriver-09-BL-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/11/230921-TaxiDriver-09-BL-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/11/230921-TaxiDriver-09-BL-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/11/230921-TaxiDriver-09-BL-1536x1024.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1920px) 100vw, 1920px\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Asghar rests in his taxi as the sun goes down at the taxi staging lot. \u003ccite>(Beth LaBerge/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Today, San Francisco is the world’s testing ground for driverless taxis, which have already seen \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11965752/cruise-suspends-driverless-robotaxi-service-nationwide\">their share of ups and downs\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Asghar was actually working, he said, when he witnessed a high-profile driverless vehicle accident recently in San Francisco, where a pedestrian was hit by a regular car and thrown in front of a Cruise robotaxi, which then dragged the victim several feet forward in the street.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>It was the type of scenario that members of the San Francisco Taxi Workers Alliance were calling attention to during a protest this summer outside the headquarters of the California Public Utilities Commission. In June, CPUC voted to allow Cruise and Waymo to add as many driverless taxis in the city as they want.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11966666\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 1920px\">\u003ca href=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2023/11/230921-TaxiDriver-10-BL.jpg\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-11966666 size-full\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2023/11/230921-TaxiDriver-10-BL.jpg\" alt=\"A white driverless vehicle drives on a city street.\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1280\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/11/230921-TaxiDriver-10-BL.jpg 1920w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/11/230921-TaxiDriver-10-BL-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/11/230921-TaxiDriver-10-BL-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/11/230921-TaxiDriver-10-BL-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/11/230921-TaxiDriver-10-BL-1536x1024.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1920px) 100vw, 1920px\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">A Waymo vehicle drives through Downtown San Francisco on Nov. 2, 2023. \u003ccite>(Beth LaBerge/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Since the accident, the California DMV and CPUC have called on Cruise to suspend its robotaxi service, and the company has temporarily pulled all of its vehicles off the road nationwide.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But other autonomous vehicle companies, like Waymo and Zoox, have kept their fleets running in San Francisco.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>San Francisco has not yet agreed to permit robotaxi company Waymo to operate out of San Francisco International Airport, where Ali typically works. But conversations about airport access are underway between the company and city officials, and Waymo has already started doing pickups and dropoffs from the airport in Phoenix, Arizona.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003c/div>",
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"content": "\u003cp>Hundreds of people gathered at the Russian River Rodeo grounds in Duncans Mills over the weekend for the “Best Buck in the Bay” event, hosted by the Bay Area Chapter of the Golden State Gay Rodeo Association.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[pullquote size=\"medium\" align=\"right\" citation=\"Eva Mas, rodeo spectator\"]‘With the political climate of the whole country and the whole world, it’s really important to make sure all kinds of activities are for all kinds of people.’[/pullquote]Gay rodeo differs from other rodeos, allowing anyone to participate in whatever event they choose — regardless of gender identity. Often in traditional rodeos, men ride bulls and women compete in barrel racing, an event in which a rider gallops their horse in a cloverleaf pattern around barrels, competing for the fastest time. Events at Best Buck in the Bay this year included bull riding, team roping, a barrel race and a wild drag race.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11960597\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003ca href=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2023/09/230909-BestBuckintheBay-104-BL-KQED.jpg\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-11960597 size-full\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2023/09/230909-BestBuckintheBay-104-BL-KQED.jpg\" alt=\"Several people wearing various outfits and dance outside.\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/09/230909-BestBuckintheBay-104-BL-KQED.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/09/230909-BestBuckintheBay-104-BL-KQED-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/09/230909-BestBuckintheBay-104-BL-KQED-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/09/230909-BestBuckintheBay-104-BL-KQED-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/09/230909-BestBuckintheBay-104-BL-KQED-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/09/230909-BestBuckintheBay-104-BL-KQED-1920x1280.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">People dance during a fundraising competition at the Whiskey & Wigs afterparty at the Best Buck in the Bay gay rodeo at the Russian River Rodeo grounds in Duncans Mills on Sept. 9, 2023. \u003ccite>(Beth LaBerge/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11960605\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2500px\">\u003ca href=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2023/09/Best-Buck-Diptych-1.jpg\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-11960605 size-full\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2023/09/Best-Buck-Diptych-1.jpg\" alt='Two photos side-by-side. Left: A person wears sunglasses and a rainbow hat. Right: People walk in the foreground and are blurred from a sign that reads \"Welcome to the Best Buck in the Bay Rodeo!\"' width=\"2500\" height=\"813\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/09/Best-Buck-Diptych-1.jpg 2500w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/09/Best-Buck-Diptych-1-800x260.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/09/Best-Buck-Diptych-1-1020x332.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/09/Best-Buck-Diptych-1-160x52.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/09/Best-Buck-Diptych-1-1536x500.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/09/Best-Buck-Diptych-1-2048x666.jpg 2048w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/09/Best-Buck-Diptych-1-1920x624.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 2500px) 100vw, 2500px\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Left: Rainbow John wears sunglasses that reflect friend Rainbow Jerry at the Best Buck in the Bay gay rodeo. Right: Attendees head toward the Whiskey & Wigs afterparty. \u003ccite>(Beth LaBerge/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11960590\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003ca href=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2023/09/230909-BestBuckintheBay-070-BL-KQED.jpg\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-11960590 size-full\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2023/09/230909-BestBuckintheBay-070-BL-KQED.jpg\" alt=\"A white person wears a black hat, vest and designed button down shirt walking next a Black person holding a purple fan and red bandana.\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/09/230909-BestBuckintheBay-070-BL-KQED.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/09/230909-BestBuckintheBay-070-BL-KQED-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/09/230909-BestBuckintheBay-070-BL-KQED-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/09/230909-BestBuckintheBay-070-BL-KQED-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/09/230909-BestBuckintheBay-070-BL-KQED-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/09/230909-BestBuckintheBay-070-BL-KQED-1920x1280.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Eva Mas (left) and Queen chat during the Best Buck in the Bay gay rodeo. \u003ccite>(Beth LaBerge/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003ch2>‘It’s just celebratory’\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>Eva Mas, who attended the rodeo with their family from San Francisco, said having events that center queerness and family is an important aspect of gay rodeo.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“With the political climate of the whole country and the whole world, it’s really important to make sure all kinds of activities are for all kinds of people,” they said. “And it’s just celebratory to be at a queer rodeo.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11960571\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003ca href=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2023/09/230909-BestBuckintheBay-004-BL-KQED.jpg\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-11960571 size-full\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2023/09/230909-BestBuckintheBay-004-BL-KQED.jpg\" alt=\"A person wearing a cowboy hat watches over a metal gate a person riding a horse while holding an American flag on a dirt track with people sitting on stands in the distance.\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/09/230909-BestBuckintheBay-004-BL-KQED.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/09/230909-BestBuckintheBay-004-BL-KQED-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/09/230909-BestBuckintheBay-004-BL-KQED-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/09/230909-BestBuckintheBay-004-BL-KQED-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/09/230909-BestBuckintheBay-004-BL-KQED-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/09/230909-BestBuckintheBay-004-BL-KQED-1920x1280.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">David Lawson carries an American flag during the opening ceremony at the Best Buck in the Bay gay rodeo. \u003ccite>(Beth LaBerge/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11960615\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2500px\">\u003ca href=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2023/09/Best-Buck-Diptych-2.jpg\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-11960615 size-full\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2023/09/Best-Buck-Diptych-2.jpg\" alt=\"Two photos side-by-side. Left: A woman wearing a cowboy hat, red shirt and blue sash and jeans stands in front of people with her arms outstretched. Right: A man wearing a light-colored cowboy hat and light dress shirt hands an object to a person wearing a dark cowboy hat and sleeveless black shirt.\" width=\"2500\" height=\"813\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/09/Best-Buck-Diptych-2.jpg 2500w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/09/Best-Buck-Diptych-2-800x260.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/09/Best-Buck-Diptych-2-1020x332.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/09/Best-Buck-Diptych-2-160x52.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/09/Best-Buck-Diptych-2-1536x500.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/09/Best-Buck-Diptych-2-2048x666.jpg 2048w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/09/Best-Buck-Diptych-2-1920x624.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 2500px) 100vw, 2500px\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Left: Tessa Trujillo, Miss Golden State Gay Rodeo Association (GSGRA) 2023, thanked the crowd for attending the Best Buck in the Bay gay rodeo. Right: GSGRA President Bruce Roby (center) awards Kevin Calderon and Bryan Moreno first prize in the community goat dressing competition. \u003ccite>(Beth LaBerge/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003ch2>‘My life was saved by finding rodeo’\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>Bruce Roby, who goes by “Grumpy,” says rodeo saved his life. He said he struggled with drinking and was challenging his identity growing up in conservative southern Idaho.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“My life was saved by finding rodeo and volunteering,” he said. In 1998, after attending his first gay rodeo, he said: “I just felt like, oh, my God, I found home.” He said he’d never had so much fun in his life and will continue to volunteer in different capacities.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[aside postID=\"pop_25802\"]He’s now president of the board of the Bay Area Chapter of the GSGRA.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“You don’t have to be a card-carrying gay man or woman to come and compete, to come and enjoy the party, to come and just watch,” Roby said. “You just have to be a person with an open mind and an open heart.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Roby said this week will mark 22 years that he’s been sober.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11960573\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003ca href=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2023/09/230909-BestBuckintheBay-011-BL-KQED.jpg\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-11960573 size-full\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2023/09/230909-BestBuckintheBay-011-BL-KQED.jpg\" alt=\"A person wearing a cow-printed hat and sun glasses sits next to others in a stand outdoors.\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/09/230909-BestBuckintheBay-011-BL-KQED.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/09/230909-BestBuckintheBay-011-BL-KQED-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/09/230909-BestBuckintheBay-011-BL-KQED-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/09/230909-BestBuckintheBay-011-BL-KQED-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/09/230909-BestBuckintheBay-011-BL-KQED-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/09/230909-BestBuckintheBay-011-BL-KQED-1920x1280.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Orionne Malool watches the Best Buck in the Bay gay rodeo. \u003ccite>(Beth LaBerge/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11960609\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2500px\">\u003ca href=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2023/09/Best-Buck-Diptych-3.jpg\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-11960609 size-full\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2023/09/Best-Buck-Diptych-3.jpg\" alt=\"Two photos side-by-side. Left: Crowds fill the stands at the Best Buck in the Bay gay rodeo at the Russian River Rodeo Grounds in Duncans Mills, Calif., on Sept. 9, 2023. Right: Jarrod Roselove holds Sidney, 14 months, during the Best Buck in the Bay gay rodeo at the Russian River Rodeo Grounds in Duncans Mills, Calif., on Sept. 9, 2023.\" width=\"2500\" height=\"813\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/09/Best-Buck-Diptych-3.jpg 2500w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/09/Best-Buck-Diptych-3-800x260.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/09/Best-Buck-Diptych-3-1020x332.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/09/Best-Buck-Diptych-3-160x52.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/09/Best-Buck-Diptych-3-1536x500.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/09/Best-Buck-Diptych-3-2048x666.jpg 2048w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/09/Best-Buck-Diptych-3-1920x624.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 2500px) 100vw, 2500px\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Left: Crowds fill the stands at the Best Buck in the Bay gay rodeo. Right: Jarrod Roselove holds Sidney, 14 months, during the Best Buck in the Bay gay rodeo. \u003ccite>(Beth LaBerge/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11960593\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003ca href=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2023/09/230909-BestBuckintheBay-086-BL-KQED.jpg\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-11960593 size-full\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2023/09/230909-BestBuckintheBay-086-BL-KQED.jpg\" alt=\"Janet Stange wears a dinosaur costume to compete in the Wild Drag Race during the Best Buck in the Bay gay rodeo at the Russian River Rodeo Grounds in Duncans Mills, Calif., on Sept. 9, 2023. The Wild Drag Race is a ‘Camp Event’ where three teammates herd a steer toward a mark in the arena where, at this point, the person in drag attempts to mount the steer.\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/09/230909-BestBuckintheBay-086-BL-KQED.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/09/230909-BestBuckintheBay-086-BL-KQED-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/09/230909-BestBuckintheBay-086-BL-KQED-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/09/230909-BestBuckintheBay-086-BL-KQED-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/09/230909-BestBuckintheBay-086-BL-KQED-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/09/230909-BestBuckintheBay-086-BL-KQED-1920x1280.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Janet Stange wears a dinosaur costume to compete in the Wild Drag Race during the Best Buck in the Bay gay rodeo. The Wild Drag Race is a ‘Camp Event’ where 3 teammates herd a steer toward a mark in the arena where the person in drag attempts to mount the steer. \u003ccite>(Beth LaBerge/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003ch2>‘This is our family. This is home’\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>Janet Stange, who is now based in Wichita, Kansas, has been competing in the gay rodeo for the last 18 years. She competed in seven events on Saturday — including chute dogging and the Wild Drag Race. For her, the rodeo is about much more than the competition.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“This is our family. This is home,” said Stange, who met her wife at the rodeo several years ago.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Stange said rodeo is expensive and requires having passion to “be with your family and be yourself.” She goes to 12 to 14 gay rodeos a year.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11960584\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003ca href=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2023/09/230909-BestBuckintheBay-045-BL-KQED.jpg\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-11960584 size-full\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2023/09/230909-BestBuckintheBay-045-BL-KQED.jpg\" alt=\"Contestants compete to put underwear on a goat during the goat dressing competition at the Best Buck in the Bay gay rodeo.\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/09/230909-BestBuckintheBay-045-BL-KQED.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/09/230909-BestBuckintheBay-045-BL-KQED-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/09/230909-BestBuckintheBay-045-BL-KQED-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/09/230909-BestBuckintheBay-045-BL-KQED-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/09/230909-BestBuckintheBay-045-BL-KQED-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/09/230909-BestBuckintheBay-045-BL-KQED-1920x1280.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Contestants compete to put underwear on a goat during the goat dressing competition, an event unique to the gay rodeo. \u003ccite>(Beth LaBerge/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11960610\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2500px\">\u003ca href=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2023/09/Best-Buck-Diptych-4.jpg\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-11960610 size-full\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2023/09/Best-Buck-Diptych-4.jpg\" alt=\"Two photos side-by-side. Left: Hannah Mac Dula holds a pair of underwear during the goat dressing competition at the Best Buck in the Bay gay rodeo at the Russian River Rodeo Grounds in Duncans Mills, Calif., on Sept. 9, 2023. The team competes to put underwear on a goat the fastest. Right: A goat wears underwear during the goat dressing competition at the Best Buck in the Bay gay rodeo at the Russian River Rodeo Grounds in Duncans Mills, Calif., on Sept. 9, 2023, an event unique to the gay rodeo.\" width=\"2500\" height=\"813\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/09/Best-Buck-Diptych-4.jpg 2500w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/09/Best-Buck-Diptych-4-800x260.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/09/Best-Buck-Diptych-4-1020x332.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/09/Best-Buck-Diptych-4-160x52.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/09/Best-Buck-Diptych-4-1536x500.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/09/Best-Buck-Diptych-4-2048x666.jpg 2048w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/09/Best-Buck-Diptych-4-1920x624.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 2500px) 100vw, 2500px\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Left: Hannah Mac Dula holds a pair of underwear during the goat dressing competition. Each team competes to put underwear on a goat the fastest. Right: A goat wears underwear during the goat dressing competition. \u003ccite>(Beth LaBerge/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11960582\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003ca href=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2023/09/230909-BestBuckintheBay-039-BL-KQED.jpg\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-11960582 size-full\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2023/09/230909-BestBuckintheBay-039-BL-KQED.jpg\" alt=\"Friends and competitors David Lawson (left) and Greg Begay talk on horseback during the Best Buck in the Bay gay rodeo at the Russian River Rodeo Grounds in Duncans Mills, Calif., on Sept. 9, 2023.\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/09/230909-BestBuckintheBay-039-BL-KQED.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/09/230909-BestBuckintheBay-039-BL-KQED-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/09/230909-BestBuckintheBay-039-BL-KQED-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/09/230909-BestBuckintheBay-039-BL-KQED-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/09/230909-BestBuckintheBay-039-BL-KQED-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/09/230909-BestBuckintheBay-039-BL-KQED-1920x1280.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Friends and competitors David Lawson (left) and Greg Begay laugh on horseback. \u003ccite>(Beth LaBerge/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003ch2>‘A safe space where we can celebrate together’\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>Kevin Roche is the volunteer coordinator for Best Buck in the Bay and has been involved for over a decade. He says part of the importance of gay rodeo is about representation, and that queer people are mostly invisible when it comes to tropes of country and Western media portrayals.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“This rodeo feels like a safe space where we can celebrate together,” Roche said. “It feels like a big family playing together.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11960592\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003ca href=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2023/09/230909-BestBuckintheBay-079-BL-KQED.jpg\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-11960592 size-full\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2023/09/230909-BestBuckintheBay-079-BL-KQED.jpg\" alt=\"Chuck Browning waits to compete during the Best Buck in the Bay gay rodeo at the Russian River Rodeo Grounds in Duncans Mills, Calif., on Sept. 9, 2023.\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/09/230909-BestBuckintheBay-079-BL-KQED.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/09/230909-BestBuckintheBay-079-BL-KQED-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/09/230909-BestBuckintheBay-079-BL-KQED-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/09/230909-BestBuckintheBay-079-BL-KQED-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/09/230909-BestBuckintheBay-079-BL-KQED-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/09/230909-BestBuckintheBay-079-BL-KQED-1920x1280.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Chuck Browning waits to compete during the Best Buck in the Bay gay rodeo. \u003ccite>(Beth LaBerge/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003ch2>‘Nobody’s judging anybody for anything’\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>Chuck Browning, who lives in Phoenix, began volunteering for gay rodeos nearly 30 years ago. After about six years of volunteering, he decided to try some of the events. A friend sold him a horse and he’s been competing ever since. Browning said the culture is what keeps him coming back.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Everybody is everybody,” he said. “Nobody’s judging anybody for anything.” He added that gay rodeos are all about charity and giving back — all the funds raised go to community organizations.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“We’ve been struggling, getting the younger generation to come out and compete with us,” he said. “We’re hopeful that we will get out there, and people will find us and more contestants will come and try it and find out that it’s awesome and love it.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11960577\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003ca href=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2023/09/230909-BestBuckintheBay-027-BL-KQED.jpg\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-11960577 size-full\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2023/09/230909-BestBuckintheBay-027-BL-KQED.jpg\" alt=\"Laurynn Malilay smiles after competing in the pole bending competition at the Best Buck in the Bay gay rodeo at the Russian River Rodeo Grounds in Duncans Mills, Calif., on Sept. 9, 2023. Pole bending is a test of skill at controlling the horse where the horse and rider try to achieve the fastest time while weaving in and out through 6 six-foot poles.\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/09/230909-BestBuckintheBay-027-BL-KQED.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/09/230909-BestBuckintheBay-027-BL-KQED-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/09/230909-BestBuckintheBay-027-BL-KQED-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/09/230909-BestBuckintheBay-027-BL-KQED-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/09/230909-BestBuckintheBay-027-BL-KQED-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/09/230909-BestBuckintheBay-027-BL-KQED-1920x1280.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Laurynn Malilay smiles after competing in the pole bending competition. Pole bending is a test of skill at controlling your horse where horse and rider try to achieve the fastest time weaving in and out of 6 tall poles. \u003ccite>(Beth LaBerge/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11960613\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2500px\">\u003ca href=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2023/09/Best-Buck-Diptych-5.jpg\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-11960613 size-full\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2023/09/Best-Buck-Diptych-5.jpg\" alt=\"Two photos side-by-side. Left: Two people dressed in cowboy attire converse. One on the left sits on a horse while the other stands in front of them with their hand in front of the horse's mouth. Right: A person wearing a helmet that has bars covering the face and a turquoise shirt hols on to a steer with people in the background.\" width=\"2500\" height=\"813\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/09/Best-Buck-Diptych-5.jpg 2500w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/09/Best-Buck-Diptych-5-800x260.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/09/Best-Buck-Diptych-5-1020x332.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/09/Best-Buck-Diptych-5-160x52.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/09/Best-Buck-Diptych-5-1536x500.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/09/Best-Buck-Diptych-5-2048x666.jpg 2048w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/09/Best-Buck-Diptych-5-1920x624.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 2500px) 100vw, 2500px\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Left: David Lawson talks with a pole bending contestant before they ride. Right: Jennifer Vrana, from Philadelphia, competes in the chute dogging competition. Chute dogging is steer wrestling on foot, where a contestant is timed while wrestling a 400- to 500-pound steer to the ground. \u003ccite>(Beth LaBerge/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003ch2>A shifting interest in rodeo participants?\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>Things have changed since the first gay rodeo was held nearly 50 years ago in Reno, Nevada. Some people attribute the high costs to participate and having more inclusive venues available for the LGBTQ+ community as factors. But David Lawson, who trains horses for a living, says overall that membership of the International Gay Rodeo Association — the governing body of the GSGRA — is much older. He also said membership of the GSGRA has been getting more diverse, with more women involved.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Lawson said he wants more people to know about the \u003ca href=\"http://www.igra.com/index.htm\">International Gay Rodeo Association’s\u003c/a> existence, one of the largest organizations in the world that coordinates rodeo events around the country welcoming LGBTQ+ participants and spectators. Even though he competes in other rodeos, Lawson said gay rodeo is where he is able to combine what he enjoys.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I want to have community with the gay community,” Lawson said. He also said he’d like to see more young people with social media skills join the association.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Roger Bergmann, president of the Gay and Lesbian Rodeo Heritage Foundation, still remembers attending his first rodeo in 1980 where around 8,000 people attended. In the past, they’d have 120 contestants in one day, but these days it is down to 33 contestants.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>For Vanessa Modragon, a grad student from Santa Rosa, this was her first gay rodeo. She appreciated feeling accepted as an LGBTQ person at the event. She said with other rodeos, she hasn’t quite felt seen or able to participate.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Being here, I can kind of combine … what I love, which is rodeos and cowboy culture and stuff, and also being myself,” she said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11960588\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003ca href=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2023/09/230909-BestBuckintheBay-062-BL-KQED.jpg\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-11960588 size-full\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2023/09/230909-BestBuckintheBay-062-BL-KQED.jpg\" alt=\"A person rides a mechanical bull outside in front of other people watching.\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/09/230909-BestBuckintheBay-062-BL-KQED.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/09/230909-BestBuckintheBay-062-BL-KQED-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/09/230909-BestBuckintheBay-062-BL-KQED-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/09/230909-BestBuckintheBay-062-BL-KQED-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/09/230909-BestBuckintheBay-062-BL-KQED-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/09/230909-BestBuckintheBay-062-BL-KQED-1920x1280.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Hannah Mac Dula rides a mechanical bull. \u003ccite>(Beth LaBerge/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>[ad floatright]\u003c/p>\n",
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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>Gay rodeo differs from other rodeos, allowing anyone to participate in whatever event they choose — regardless of gender identity. Often in traditional rodeos, men ride bulls and women compete in barrel racing, an event in which a rider gallops their horse in a cloverleaf pattern around barrels, competing for the fastest time. Events at Best Buck in the Bay this year included bull riding, team roping, a barrel race and a wild drag race.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11960597\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003ca href=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2023/09/230909-BestBuckintheBay-104-BL-KQED.jpg\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-11960597 size-full\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2023/09/230909-BestBuckintheBay-104-BL-KQED.jpg\" alt=\"Several people wearing various outfits and dance outside.\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/09/230909-BestBuckintheBay-104-BL-KQED.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/09/230909-BestBuckintheBay-104-BL-KQED-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/09/230909-BestBuckintheBay-104-BL-KQED-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/09/230909-BestBuckintheBay-104-BL-KQED-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/09/230909-BestBuckintheBay-104-BL-KQED-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/09/230909-BestBuckintheBay-104-BL-KQED-1920x1280.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">People dance during a fundraising competition at the Whiskey & Wigs afterparty at the Best Buck in the Bay gay rodeo at the Russian River Rodeo grounds in Duncans Mills on Sept. 9, 2023. \u003ccite>(Beth LaBerge/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11960605\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2500px\">\u003ca href=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2023/09/Best-Buck-Diptych-1.jpg\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-11960605 size-full\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2023/09/Best-Buck-Diptych-1.jpg\" alt='Two photos side-by-side. Left: A person wears sunglasses and a rainbow hat. Right: People walk in the foreground and are blurred from a sign that reads \"Welcome to the Best Buck in the Bay Rodeo!\"' width=\"2500\" height=\"813\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/09/Best-Buck-Diptych-1.jpg 2500w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/09/Best-Buck-Diptych-1-800x260.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/09/Best-Buck-Diptych-1-1020x332.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/09/Best-Buck-Diptych-1-160x52.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/09/Best-Buck-Diptych-1-1536x500.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/09/Best-Buck-Diptych-1-2048x666.jpg 2048w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/09/Best-Buck-Diptych-1-1920x624.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 2500px) 100vw, 2500px\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Left: Rainbow John wears sunglasses that reflect friend Rainbow Jerry at the Best Buck in the Bay gay rodeo. Right: Attendees head toward the Whiskey & Wigs afterparty. \u003ccite>(Beth LaBerge/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11960590\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003ca href=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2023/09/230909-BestBuckintheBay-070-BL-KQED.jpg\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-11960590 size-full\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2023/09/230909-BestBuckintheBay-070-BL-KQED.jpg\" alt=\"A white person wears a black hat, vest and designed button down shirt walking next a Black person holding a purple fan and red bandana.\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/09/230909-BestBuckintheBay-070-BL-KQED.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/09/230909-BestBuckintheBay-070-BL-KQED-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/09/230909-BestBuckintheBay-070-BL-KQED-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/09/230909-BestBuckintheBay-070-BL-KQED-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/09/230909-BestBuckintheBay-070-BL-KQED-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/09/230909-BestBuckintheBay-070-BL-KQED-1920x1280.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Eva Mas (left) and Queen chat during the Best Buck in the Bay gay rodeo. \u003ccite>(Beth LaBerge/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003ch2>‘It’s just celebratory’\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>Eva Mas, who attended the rodeo with their family from San Francisco, said having events that center queerness and family is an important aspect of gay rodeo.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“With the political climate of the whole country and the whole world, it’s really important to make sure all kinds of activities are for all kinds of people,” they said. “And it’s just celebratory to be at a queer rodeo.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11960571\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003ca href=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2023/09/230909-BestBuckintheBay-004-BL-KQED.jpg\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-11960571 size-full\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2023/09/230909-BestBuckintheBay-004-BL-KQED.jpg\" alt=\"A person wearing a cowboy hat watches over a metal gate a person riding a horse while holding an American flag on a dirt track with people sitting on stands in the distance.\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/09/230909-BestBuckintheBay-004-BL-KQED.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/09/230909-BestBuckintheBay-004-BL-KQED-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/09/230909-BestBuckintheBay-004-BL-KQED-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/09/230909-BestBuckintheBay-004-BL-KQED-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/09/230909-BestBuckintheBay-004-BL-KQED-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/09/230909-BestBuckintheBay-004-BL-KQED-1920x1280.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">David Lawson carries an American flag during the opening ceremony at the Best Buck in the Bay gay rodeo. \u003ccite>(Beth LaBerge/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11960615\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2500px\">\u003ca href=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2023/09/Best-Buck-Diptych-2.jpg\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-11960615 size-full\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2023/09/Best-Buck-Diptych-2.jpg\" alt=\"Two photos side-by-side. Left: A woman wearing a cowboy hat, red shirt and blue sash and jeans stands in front of people with her arms outstretched. Right: A man wearing a light-colored cowboy hat and light dress shirt hands an object to a person wearing a dark cowboy hat and sleeveless black shirt.\" width=\"2500\" height=\"813\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/09/Best-Buck-Diptych-2.jpg 2500w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/09/Best-Buck-Diptych-2-800x260.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/09/Best-Buck-Diptych-2-1020x332.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/09/Best-Buck-Diptych-2-160x52.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/09/Best-Buck-Diptych-2-1536x500.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/09/Best-Buck-Diptych-2-2048x666.jpg 2048w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/09/Best-Buck-Diptych-2-1920x624.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 2500px) 100vw, 2500px\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Left: Tessa Trujillo, Miss Golden State Gay Rodeo Association (GSGRA) 2023, thanked the crowd for attending the Best Buck in the Bay gay rodeo. Right: GSGRA President Bruce Roby (center) awards Kevin Calderon and Bryan Moreno first prize in the community goat dressing competition. \u003ccite>(Beth LaBerge/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003ch2>‘My life was saved by finding rodeo’\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>Bruce Roby, who goes by “Grumpy,” says rodeo saved his life. He said he struggled with drinking and was challenging his identity growing up in conservative southern Idaho.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003c/div>",
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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>He’s now president of the board of the Bay Area Chapter of the GSGRA.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“You don’t have to be a card-carrying gay man or woman to come and compete, to come and enjoy the party, to come and just watch,” Roby said. “You just have to be a person with an open mind and an open heart.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Roby said this week will mark 22 years that he’s been sober.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11960573\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003ca href=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2023/09/230909-BestBuckintheBay-011-BL-KQED.jpg\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-11960573 size-full\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2023/09/230909-BestBuckintheBay-011-BL-KQED.jpg\" alt=\"A person wearing a cow-printed hat and sun glasses sits next to others in a stand outdoors.\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/09/230909-BestBuckintheBay-011-BL-KQED.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/09/230909-BestBuckintheBay-011-BL-KQED-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/09/230909-BestBuckintheBay-011-BL-KQED-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/09/230909-BestBuckintheBay-011-BL-KQED-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/09/230909-BestBuckintheBay-011-BL-KQED-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/09/230909-BestBuckintheBay-011-BL-KQED-1920x1280.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Orionne Malool watches the Best Buck in the Bay gay rodeo. \u003ccite>(Beth LaBerge/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11960609\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2500px\">\u003ca href=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2023/09/Best-Buck-Diptych-3.jpg\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-11960609 size-full\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2023/09/Best-Buck-Diptych-3.jpg\" alt=\"Two photos side-by-side. Left: Crowds fill the stands at the Best Buck in the Bay gay rodeo at the Russian River Rodeo Grounds in Duncans Mills, Calif., on Sept. 9, 2023. Right: Jarrod Roselove holds Sidney, 14 months, during the Best Buck in the Bay gay rodeo at the Russian River Rodeo Grounds in Duncans Mills, Calif., on Sept. 9, 2023.\" width=\"2500\" height=\"813\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/09/Best-Buck-Diptych-3.jpg 2500w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/09/Best-Buck-Diptych-3-800x260.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/09/Best-Buck-Diptych-3-1020x332.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/09/Best-Buck-Diptych-3-160x52.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/09/Best-Buck-Diptych-3-1536x500.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/09/Best-Buck-Diptych-3-2048x666.jpg 2048w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/09/Best-Buck-Diptych-3-1920x624.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 2500px) 100vw, 2500px\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Left: Crowds fill the stands at the Best Buck in the Bay gay rodeo. Right: Jarrod Roselove holds Sidney, 14 months, during the Best Buck in the Bay gay rodeo. \u003ccite>(Beth LaBerge/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11960593\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003ca href=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2023/09/230909-BestBuckintheBay-086-BL-KQED.jpg\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-11960593 size-full\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2023/09/230909-BestBuckintheBay-086-BL-KQED.jpg\" alt=\"Janet Stange wears a dinosaur costume to compete in the Wild Drag Race during the Best Buck in the Bay gay rodeo at the Russian River Rodeo Grounds in Duncans Mills, Calif., on Sept. 9, 2023. The Wild Drag Race is a ‘Camp Event’ where three teammates herd a steer toward a mark in the arena where, at this point, the person in drag attempts to mount the steer.\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/09/230909-BestBuckintheBay-086-BL-KQED.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/09/230909-BestBuckintheBay-086-BL-KQED-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/09/230909-BestBuckintheBay-086-BL-KQED-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/09/230909-BestBuckintheBay-086-BL-KQED-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/09/230909-BestBuckintheBay-086-BL-KQED-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/09/230909-BestBuckintheBay-086-BL-KQED-1920x1280.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Janet Stange wears a dinosaur costume to compete in the Wild Drag Race during the Best Buck in the Bay gay rodeo. The Wild Drag Race is a ‘Camp Event’ where 3 teammates herd a steer toward a mark in the arena where the person in drag attempts to mount the steer. \u003ccite>(Beth LaBerge/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003ch2>‘This is our family. This is home’\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>Janet Stange, who is now based in Wichita, Kansas, has been competing in the gay rodeo for the last 18 years. She competed in seven events on Saturday — including chute dogging and the Wild Drag Race. For her, the rodeo is about much more than the competition.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“This is our family. This is home,” said Stange, who met her wife at the rodeo several years ago.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Stange said rodeo is expensive and requires having passion to “be with your family and be yourself.” She goes to 12 to 14 gay rodeos a year.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11960584\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003ca href=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2023/09/230909-BestBuckintheBay-045-BL-KQED.jpg\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-11960584 size-full\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2023/09/230909-BestBuckintheBay-045-BL-KQED.jpg\" alt=\"Contestants compete to put underwear on a goat during the goat dressing competition at the Best Buck in the Bay gay rodeo.\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/09/230909-BestBuckintheBay-045-BL-KQED.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/09/230909-BestBuckintheBay-045-BL-KQED-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/09/230909-BestBuckintheBay-045-BL-KQED-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/09/230909-BestBuckintheBay-045-BL-KQED-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/09/230909-BestBuckintheBay-045-BL-KQED-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/09/230909-BestBuckintheBay-045-BL-KQED-1920x1280.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Contestants compete to put underwear on a goat during the goat dressing competition, an event unique to the gay rodeo. \u003ccite>(Beth LaBerge/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11960610\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2500px\">\u003ca href=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2023/09/Best-Buck-Diptych-4.jpg\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-11960610 size-full\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2023/09/Best-Buck-Diptych-4.jpg\" alt=\"Two photos side-by-side. Left: Hannah Mac Dula holds a pair of underwear during the goat dressing competition at the Best Buck in the Bay gay rodeo at the Russian River Rodeo Grounds in Duncans Mills, Calif., on Sept. 9, 2023. The team competes to put underwear on a goat the fastest. Right: A goat wears underwear during the goat dressing competition at the Best Buck in the Bay gay rodeo at the Russian River Rodeo Grounds in Duncans Mills, Calif., on Sept. 9, 2023, an event unique to the gay rodeo.\" width=\"2500\" height=\"813\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/09/Best-Buck-Diptych-4.jpg 2500w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/09/Best-Buck-Diptych-4-800x260.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/09/Best-Buck-Diptych-4-1020x332.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/09/Best-Buck-Diptych-4-160x52.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/09/Best-Buck-Diptych-4-1536x500.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/09/Best-Buck-Diptych-4-2048x666.jpg 2048w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/09/Best-Buck-Diptych-4-1920x624.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 2500px) 100vw, 2500px\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Left: Hannah Mac Dula holds a pair of underwear during the goat dressing competition. Each team competes to put underwear on a goat the fastest. Right: A goat wears underwear during the goat dressing competition. \u003ccite>(Beth LaBerge/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11960582\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003ca href=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2023/09/230909-BestBuckintheBay-039-BL-KQED.jpg\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-11960582 size-full\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2023/09/230909-BestBuckintheBay-039-BL-KQED.jpg\" alt=\"Friends and competitors David Lawson (left) and Greg Begay talk on horseback during the Best Buck in the Bay gay rodeo at the Russian River Rodeo Grounds in Duncans Mills, Calif., on Sept. 9, 2023.\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/09/230909-BestBuckintheBay-039-BL-KQED.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/09/230909-BestBuckintheBay-039-BL-KQED-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/09/230909-BestBuckintheBay-039-BL-KQED-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/09/230909-BestBuckintheBay-039-BL-KQED-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/09/230909-BestBuckintheBay-039-BL-KQED-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/09/230909-BestBuckintheBay-039-BL-KQED-1920x1280.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Friends and competitors David Lawson (left) and Greg Begay laugh on horseback. \u003ccite>(Beth LaBerge/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003ch2>‘A safe space where we can celebrate together’\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>Kevin Roche is the volunteer coordinator for Best Buck in the Bay and has been involved for over a decade. He says part of the importance of gay rodeo is about representation, and that queer people are mostly invisible when it comes to tropes of country and Western media portrayals.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“This rodeo feels like a safe space where we can celebrate together,” Roche said. “It feels like a big family playing together.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11960592\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003ca href=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2023/09/230909-BestBuckintheBay-079-BL-KQED.jpg\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-11960592 size-full\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2023/09/230909-BestBuckintheBay-079-BL-KQED.jpg\" alt=\"Chuck Browning waits to compete during the Best Buck in the Bay gay rodeo at the Russian River Rodeo Grounds in Duncans Mills, Calif., on Sept. 9, 2023.\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/09/230909-BestBuckintheBay-079-BL-KQED.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/09/230909-BestBuckintheBay-079-BL-KQED-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/09/230909-BestBuckintheBay-079-BL-KQED-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/09/230909-BestBuckintheBay-079-BL-KQED-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/09/230909-BestBuckintheBay-079-BL-KQED-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/09/230909-BestBuckintheBay-079-BL-KQED-1920x1280.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Chuck Browning waits to compete during the Best Buck in the Bay gay rodeo. \u003ccite>(Beth LaBerge/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003ch2>‘Nobody’s judging anybody for anything’\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>Chuck Browning, who lives in Phoenix, began volunteering for gay rodeos nearly 30 years ago. After about six years of volunteering, he decided to try some of the events. A friend sold him a horse and he’s been competing ever since. Browning said the culture is what keeps him coming back.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Everybody is everybody,” he said. “Nobody’s judging anybody for anything.” He added that gay rodeos are all about charity and giving back — all the funds raised go to community organizations.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“We’ve been struggling, getting the younger generation to come out and compete with us,” he said. “We’re hopeful that we will get out there, and people will find us and more contestants will come and try it and find out that it’s awesome and love it.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11960577\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003ca href=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2023/09/230909-BestBuckintheBay-027-BL-KQED.jpg\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-11960577 size-full\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2023/09/230909-BestBuckintheBay-027-BL-KQED.jpg\" alt=\"Laurynn Malilay smiles after competing in the pole bending competition at the Best Buck in the Bay gay rodeo at the Russian River Rodeo Grounds in Duncans Mills, Calif., on Sept. 9, 2023. Pole bending is a test of skill at controlling the horse where the horse and rider try to achieve the fastest time while weaving in and out through 6 six-foot poles.\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/09/230909-BestBuckintheBay-027-BL-KQED.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/09/230909-BestBuckintheBay-027-BL-KQED-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/09/230909-BestBuckintheBay-027-BL-KQED-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/09/230909-BestBuckintheBay-027-BL-KQED-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/09/230909-BestBuckintheBay-027-BL-KQED-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/09/230909-BestBuckintheBay-027-BL-KQED-1920x1280.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Laurynn Malilay smiles after competing in the pole bending competition. Pole bending is a test of skill at controlling your horse where horse and rider try to achieve the fastest time weaving in and out of 6 tall poles. \u003ccite>(Beth LaBerge/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11960613\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2500px\">\u003ca href=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2023/09/Best-Buck-Diptych-5.jpg\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-11960613 size-full\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2023/09/Best-Buck-Diptych-5.jpg\" alt=\"Two photos side-by-side. Left: Two people dressed in cowboy attire converse. One on the left sits on a horse while the other stands in front of them with their hand in front of the horse's mouth. Right: A person wearing a helmet that has bars covering the face and a turquoise shirt hols on to a steer with people in the background.\" width=\"2500\" height=\"813\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/09/Best-Buck-Diptych-5.jpg 2500w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/09/Best-Buck-Diptych-5-800x260.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/09/Best-Buck-Diptych-5-1020x332.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/09/Best-Buck-Diptych-5-160x52.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/09/Best-Buck-Diptych-5-1536x500.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/09/Best-Buck-Diptych-5-2048x666.jpg 2048w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/09/Best-Buck-Diptych-5-1920x624.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 2500px) 100vw, 2500px\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Left: David Lawson talks with a pole bending contestant before they ride. Right: Jennifer Vrana, from Philadelphia, competes in the chute dogging competition. Chute dogging is steer wrestling on foot, where a contestant is timed while wrestling a 400- to 500-pound steer to the ground. \u003ccite>(Beth LaBerge/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003ch2>A shifting interest in rodeo participants?\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>Things have changed since the first gay rodeo was held nearly 50 years ago in Reno, Nevada. Some people attribute the high costs to participate and having more inclusive venues available for the LGBTQ+ community as factors. But David Lawson, who trains horses for a living, says overall that membership of the International Gay Rodeo Association — the governing body of the GSGRA — is much older. He also said membership of the GSGRA has been getting more diverse, with more women involved.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Lawson said he wants more people to know about the \u003ca href=\"http://www.igra.com/index.htm\">International Gay Rodeo Association’s\u003c/a> existence, one of the largest organizations in the world that coordinates rodeo events around the country welcoming LGBTQ+ participants and spectators. Even though he competes in other rodeos, Lawson said gay rodeo is where he is able to combine what he enjoys.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I want to have community with the gay community,” Lawson said. He also said he’d like to see more young people with social media skills join the association.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Roger Bergmann, president of the Gay and Lesbian Rodeo Heritage Foundation, still remembers attending his first rodeo in 1980 where around 8,000 people attended. In the past, they’d have 120 contestants in one day, but these days it is down to 33 contestants.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>For Vanessa Modragon, a grad student from Santa Rosa, this was her first gay rodeo. She appreciated feeling accepted as an LGBTQ person at the event. She said with other rodeos, she hasn’t quite felt seen or able to participate.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Being here, I can kind of combine … what I love, which is rodeos and cowboy culture and stuff, and also being myself,” she said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11960588\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003ca href=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2023/09/230909-BestBuckintheBay-062-BL-KQED.jpg\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-11960588 size-full\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2023/09/230909-BestBuckintheBay-062-BL-KQED.jpg\" alt=\"A person rides a mechanical bull outside in front of other people watching.\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/09/230909-BestBuckintheBay-062-BL-KQED.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/09/230909-BestBuckintheBay-062-BL-KQED-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/09/230909-BestBuckintheBay-062-BL-KQED-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/09/230909-BestBuckintheBay-062-BL-KQED-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/09/230909-BestBuckintheBay-062-BL-KQED-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/09/230909-BestBuckintheBay-062-BL-KQED-1920x1280.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Hannah Mac Dula rides a mechanical bull. \u003ccite>(Beth LaBerge/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003c/div>",
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"content": "\u003cp>[dropcap]O[/dropcap]n another day, Matt Juanes would have set out on the water long before sunrise.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But this still June morning, Juanes was taking his time. As dawn flickered across the sky, the San Francisco-based commercial fisher and his deckhand carefully checked their ropes and bait jars and the dozens of fishing pots piled at the back of Juanes’ boat. Juanes was hoping to get ahead of any issues they might encounter out at sea. Still, he was almost certain something would go wrong.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Juanes, an experienced salmon and crab fisher who has worked out of Fisherman’s Wharf for over five years, is no stranger to the trade. Today, though, he would be chasing an unfamiliar catch for the first time: coonstripe shrimp.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“This is all new to me,” Juanes, 46, said. “This is going to be a learning experience.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-11954620 size-full\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2023/06/02_RS66391_230607-salmon-closures-02-ksA.jpg\" alt=\"A person works with brightly colored buoys aboard a boat beside a pier.\" width=\"2500\" height=\"1662\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/06/02_RS66391_230607-salmon-closures-02-ksA.jpg 2500w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/06/02_RS66391_230607-salmon-closures-02-ksA-800x532.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/06/02_RS66391_230607-salmon-closures-02-ksA-1020x678.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/06/02_RS66391_230607-salmon-closures-02-ksA-160x106.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/06/02_RS66391_230607-salmon-closures-02-ksA-1536x1021.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/06/02_RS66391_230607-salmon-closures-02-ksA-2048x1362.jpg 2048w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/06/02_RS66391_230607-salmon-closures-02-ksA-1920x1276.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 2500px) 100vw, 2500px\" />\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11954621\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"max-width: 2500px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-11954621\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2023/06/03_preparing-to-depart_horizontal-7A.jpg\" alt=\"Two photos side-by-side: on the left, the silhouette of a person is seen against an early morning sky; on the right, boats are seen in harbor early in the morning.\" width=\"2500\" height=\"892\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/06/03_preparing-to-depart_horizontal-7A.jpg 2500w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/06/03_preparing-to-depart_horizontal-7A-800x285.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/06/03_preparing-to-depart_horizontal-7A-1020x364.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/06/03_preparing-to-depart_horizontal-7A-160x57.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/06/03_preparing-to-depart_horizontal-7A-1536x548.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/06/03_preparing-to-depart_horizontal-7A-2048x731.jpg 2048w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/06/03_preparing-to-depart_horizontal-7A-1920x685.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 2500px) 100vw, 2500px\" />\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Top: Dawn flickers across the sky as salmon fisher Matt Juanes checks his buoys at Pier 47 in San Francisco on June 7, 2023. With California’s salmon season shut down this year, Juanes is pivoting to try fishing for shrimp for the first time. Left: Deckhand Angelo Rovetta prepares jars of bait as he and Juanes set sail from Pier 47. Right: The sun rises over Fisherman’s Wharf. \u003ccite>(Kori Suzuki/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Juanes is one of hundreds of commercial fishers who dock along the Golden State coast and who would normally be out hunting mighty chinook or “king” salmon — the mainstay of California’s commercial salmon fishing industry. The first months of summer are typically a premier time for both salmon and salmon fishers.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But this summer, California’s salmon fishing season is completely shut down for the first time in over a decade. Last year, only \u003ca href=\"https://nrm.dfg.ca.gov/FileHandler.ashx?DocumentID=210788&inline\">62,000 adult fall chinook salmon returned\u003c/a> to the rivers of the Sacramento Valley to spawn — the third-worst year on record, according to the state Department of Fish and Wildlife. In April, the Pacific Fishery Management Council issued its response: Salmon fishing all along the California coast \u003ca href=\"https://www.pcouncil.org/documents/2023/04/pacific-fishery-management-council-adopts-2023-west-coast-ocean-salmon-seasons.pdf/\">would be shut down (PDF)\u003c/a> this year.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The decision, which fishery managers hope will give salmon time to recover, has left California’s commercial fishers scrambling to find alternate sources of income.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“There’s a lot of fear and panic all up and down the coast,” said John McManus, senior policy director of the Golden State Salmon Association, at a press conference in April. “People are wondering how they’re gonna pay the bills this year.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The Biden administration is considering whether to declare a \u003ca href=\"https://www.fisheries.noaa.gov/national/resources-fishing/frequent-questions-fishery-disaster-assistance\">federal resource disaster\u003c/a>, which would allow Congress to provide financial assistance to people affected by the closure. A disaster declaration came swiftly during the last salmon fishing closures in 2008 and 2009, and political leaders, including Gov. Gavin Newsom and U.S. Rep. Nancy Pelosi, have called on the federal government to act quickly again.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But as summer arrives, fishers are still waiting for news.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11954622\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"max-width: 2500px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-11954622\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2023/06/04_RS66400_230607-salmon-closures-14-ksA.jpg\" alt=\"Two people, one inside a boat and leaning on a steering wheel and the other outside, talk.\" width=\"2500\" height=\"1662\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/06/04_RS66400_230607-salmon-closures-14-ksA.jpg 2500w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/06/04_RS66400_230607-salmon-closures-14-ksA-800x532.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/06/04_RS66400_230607-salmon-closures-14-ksA-1020x678.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/06/04_RS66400_230607-salmon-closures-14-ksA-160x106.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/06/04_RS66400_230607-salmon-closures-14-ksA-1536x1021.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/06/04_RS66400_230607-salmon-closures-14-ksA-2048x1362.jpg 2048w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/06/04_RS66400_230607-salmon-closures-14-ksA-1920x1276.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 2500px) 100vw, 2500px\" />\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Juanes chats with Rovetta as he guides the Plumeria toward the mouth of San Francisco Bay. \u003ccite>(Kori Suzuki/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Back at Fisherman’s Wharf on that early June morning, Juanes and his deckhand, Angelo Rovetta, were making the final preparations to Juanes’ boat, the FV Plumeria, to set out.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Salmon account for close to two-thirds of his income every year, Juanes says, meaning a federal relief check would make a big difference. Shrimping could bring in some cash, he said, but it wouldn’t be anywhere near enough to make up the loss.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Nothing’s going to replace salmon,” he said. “It’s going to be a real tough struggle this year.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>He and Rovetta undid the moorings, and headed for the open ocean.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11954623\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"max-width: 2500px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-11954623 size-full\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2023/06/05_12152022_salmontrucking_nimbushatchery-1662A.jpg\" alt=\"A large fish jumps against a section of concrete splashing water.\" width=\"2500\" height=\"1662\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/06/05_12152022_salmontrucking_nimbushatchery-1662A.jpg 2500w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/06/05_12152022_salmontrucking_nimbushatchery-1662A-800x532.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/06/05_12152022_salmontrucking_nimbushatchery-1662A-1020x678.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/06/05_12152022_salmontrucking_nimbushatchery-1662A-160x106.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/06/05_12152022_salmontrucking_nimbushatchery-1662A-1536x1021.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/06/05_12152022_salmontrucking_nimbushatchery-1662A-2048x1362.jpg 2048w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/06/05_12152022_salmontrucking_nimbushatchery-1662A-1920x1276.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 2500px) 100vw, 2500px\" />\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">An adult chinook salmon hurls itself against a section of concrete near Nimbus Dam in Gold River on Dec. 15, 2022. \u003ccite>(Kori Suzuki/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003ch2>The salmon, the fishers and the crash\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>Biologists have estimated that before the Gold Rush, more than 1 million fall chinook would come back to the Central Valley to spawn — a stark contrast to the 62,000 that arrived last fall.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The decline is largely the result of nearly \u003ca href=\"https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.1111/gcb.16029\">two centuries of environmental degradation\u003c/a> the Central Valley’s rivers and tributaries have suffered since the Gold Rush, first through the effects of intensive gold mining, then thanks to generations of dam and levee building and massive water diversions to serve the state’s farms and cities. Introduction of non-native predators and fishing pressure have also played a part.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11954624\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"max-width: 2500px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-11954624 size-full\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2023/06/06_12152022_salmontrucking_nimbushatchery-1019A.jpg\" alt=\"A bird flies over river with dried grasses on its banks and a low bridge in the background.\" width=\"2500\" height=\"1662\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/06/06_12152022_salmontrucking_nimbushatchery-1019A.jpg 2500w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/06/06_12152022_salmontrucking_nimbushatchery-1019A-800x532.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/06/06_12152022_salmontrucking_nimbushatchery-1019A-1020x678.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/06/06_12152022_salmontrucking_nimbushatchery-1019A-160x106.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/06/06_12152022_salmontrucking_nimbushatchery-1019A-1536x1021.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/06/06_12152022_salmontrucking_nimbushatchery-1019A-2048x1362.jpg 2048w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/06/06_12152022_salmontrucking_nimbushatchery-1019A-1920x1276.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 2500px) 100vw, 2500px\" />\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">A bird soars over fall chinook salmon spawning grounds along the American River in Gold River on Dec. 15, 2022. \u003ccite>(Kori Suzuki/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>The dams cut off most chinook from their cold-water spawning grounds in the upper reaches of Central Valley tributaries and streams. To try to mitigate the damage, state and federal authorities built \u003ca href=\"https://www.fisheries.noaa.gov/west-coast/endangered-species-conservation/hatchery-programs-california\">hatcheries\u003c/a> up and down the valley. But now, the effects of climate change — limiting the supply of cold water during drought years and playing havoc with salmon’s food supply in the Pacific Ocean — appear to be accelerating the fish’s decline. The fall chinook population has plunged to record lows twice over the last two decades.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Although salmon numbers tend to rise and fall every few years, researchers say the fall chinook have become increasingly volatile.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“We are not in a great phase,” said Rachael Ryan, a doctoral candidate studying salmon life histories at UC Berkeley. “It’s just going to get worse — the unpredictability.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11954625\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"max-width: 2500px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-11954625 size-full\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2023/06/07_04072023_ksuzuki_salmontrucking-178A.jpg\" alt=\"A group of people wearing jackets and sweatshirts with their hoods up and baseball caps all look in the same direction on a gray day.\" width=\"2500\" height=\"1662\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/06/07_04072023_ksuzuki_salmontrucking-178A.jpg 2500w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/06/07_04072023_ksuzuki_salmontrucking-178A-800x532.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/06/07_04072023_ksuzuki_salmontrucking-178A-1020x678.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/06/07_04072023_ksuzuki_salmontrucking-178A-160x106.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/06/07_04072023_ksuzuki_salmontrucking-178A-1536x1021.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/06/07_04072023_ksuzuki_salmontrucking-178A-2048x1362.jpg 2048w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/06/07_04072023_ksuzuki_salmontrucking-178A-1920x1276.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 2500px) 100vw, 2500px\" />\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Matt Juanes (gray jacket with orange sleeves, looking down at phone) and other fishers listen as political leaders and fishers address the shutdown of the year’s salmon fishing season at Pier 47 in San Francisco on April 7, 2023. \u003ccite>(Kori Suzuki/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003ch2>Fishery disaster declarations, explained\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>When disaster hits one of the country’s regional fishing areas, or fisheries, the federal government can use \u003ca href=\"https://www.fisheries.noaa.gov/national/resources-fishing/frequent-questions-fishery-disaster-assistance\">a disaster declaration\u003c/a> to send aid checks directly to the fishing communities affected.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Last year, the Commerce Department did just that after several crab and salmon fisheries failed in Alaska and Washington state. The decision led to $220 million in aid for the fishers, businesses and communities those disasters affected.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The federal government also declared a disaster when critically low numbers of chinook salmon led fishery managers to shut down fishing off the California coast in 2008 and 2009.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cb>How a declaration works\u003c/b>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The first step in the disaster declaration process is a request for aid, often from a state governor. Then, the \u003ca href=\"http://www.nmfs.noaa.gov/\">National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration\u003c/a> (NOAA) looks at the situation and reviews that request.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Next, the secretary of commerce makes the final decision on whether to declare a disaster. The declaration moves to Congress, which decides how many federal dollars to set aside for relief aid. Finally, NOAA distributes the funds to fishers.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cb>How quickly did it happen last time?\u003c/b>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>When California’s last salmon closure happened, the disaster process moved fast. In March 2008, the governors of California, Oregon and Washington signed a letter asking for a federal disaster declaration. Secretary of Commerce Carlos Gutierrez issued the declaration May 1. In July, Congress approved \u003ca href=\"https://www.spokesman.com/stories/2008/nov/26/70-million-released-for-salmon-disaster-aid/\">$170 million\u003c/a> in relief. By September, payments had started making their way to salmon fishers along the West Coast.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11954626\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"max-width: 2500px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-11954626\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2023/06/08_04072023_ksuzuki_salmontrucking-294-1A.jpg\" alt=\"A hunched over woman speaks into microphones while surrounded by people in front of a boat by a pier.\" width=\"2500\" height=\"1662\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/06/08_04072023_ksuzuki_salmontrucking-294-1A.jpg 2500w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/06/08_04072023_ksuzuki_salmontrucking-294-1A-800x532.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/06/08_04072023_ksuzuki_salmontrucking-294-1A-1020x678.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/06/08_04072023_ksuzuki_salmontrucking-294-1A-160x106.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/06/08_04072023_ksuzuki_salmontrucking-294-1A-1536x1021.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/06/08_04072023_ksuzuki_salmontrucking-294-1A-2048x1362.jpg 2048w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/06/08_04072023_ksuzuki_salmontrucking-294-1A-1920x1276.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 2500px) 100vw, 2500px\" />\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Reporters speak to U.S. Rep. Nancy Pelosi at a press conference to address the shutdown of this year’s salmon fishing season, at Pier 47 in San Francisco on April 7, 2023. \u003ccite>(Kori Suzuki/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>\u003cb>Where are we right now?\u003c/b>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The process is moving more slowly this year. Newsom formally requested a disaster declaration on April 6, but it’s still unclear when or whether the Commerce Department will act. A NOAA spokesperson told KQED that the agency is still reviewing the situation.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“We are evaluating the current requests as promptly as we can,” NOAA Public Affairs Officer Michael Milstein wrote in an email. “But at this point we cannot predict a specific timeline” for referring the requests to Commerce Secretary Gina Raimondo.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Northern California’s Yurok Tribe and the governor of Oregon also have requested similar declarations for their salmon fisheries.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>If Raimondo does declare a fishery disaster in California, some experts say Congress is likely to respond promptly. Lawmakers have already set aside $300 million for fishery disaster aid as part of the \u003ca href=\"https://huffman.house.gov/imo/media/doc/California%20Salmon%20Disaster%20Declaration%20Congressional%20Support%20Letter_4.11.2023.pdf\">2023 fiscal year appropriations bill\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“This is exactly the kind of problem that Congress especially loves to respond to,” said UC Santa Barbara Professor Sarah Anderson, who studies how governments react to environmental disasters. “It’s likely to lead to some relief for those who are affected by the closure.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“We are pretty good at thinking quickly in an emergency,” San Francisco-based commercial fisher Sarah Bates told reporters during a press conference in April. “Things happen at sea. But this one is bigger than that — we need help.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11954627\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"max-width: 2500px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-11954627 size-full\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2023/06/09_20230607_salmon_mattjuanes-472A.jpg\" alt=\"A man wearing a life vest stands beside with red and black cages looking off into the distance.\" width=\"2500\" height=\"1662\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/06/09_20230607_salmon_mattjuanes-472A.jpg 2500w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/06/09_20230607_salmon_mattjuanes-472A-800x532.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/06/09_20230607_salmon_mattjuanes-472A-1020x678.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/06/09_20230607_salmon_mattjuanes-472A-160x106.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/06/09_20230607_salmon_mattjuanes-472A-1536x1021.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/06/09_20230607_salmon_mattjuanes-472A-2048x1362.jpg 2048w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/06/09_20230607_salmon_mattjuanes-472A-1920x1276.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 2500px) 100vw, 2500px\" />\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Angelo Rovetta looks out over the water as he and Matt Juanes prepare to drop their shrimping gear off the Northern California coast. \u003ccite>(Kori Suzuki/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003ch2>A long year ahead\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>Whether aid comes or not, this year will be a long one for many salmon fishers. Some, like Juanes, are making sharp pivots to new kinds of catch that they have little experience with. Others are turning to land jobs.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>All are once again confronting the murky future of California’s chinook salmon and the state’s commercial fishing sector — an industry that has shrunk \u003ca href=\"https://calmatters.org/environment/water/2023/03/california-salmon-fishery-shut-down/#:~:text=Salmon%20season%20usually%20runs%20from%20May%20through%20October.\">from thousands of boats in the 1980s to fewer than 500\u003c/a> today.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-11954628\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2023/06/10_20230607_salmon_mattjuanes-834A.jpg\" alt=\"Two men work with red and black cages on a boat.\" width=\"2500\" height=\"1662\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/06/10_20230607_salmon_mattjuanes-834A.jpg 2500w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/06/10_20230607_salmon_mattjuanes-834A-800x532.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/06/10_20230607_salmon_mattjuanes-834A-1020x678.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/06/10_20230607_salmon_mattjuanes-834A-160x106.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/06/10_20230607_salmon_mattjuanes-834A-1536x1021.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/06/10_20230607_salmon_mattjuanes-834A-2048x1362.jpg 2048w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/06/10_20230607_salmon_mattjuanes-834A-1920x1276.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 2500px) 100vw, 2500px\" />\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11954629\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"max-width: 2500px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-11954629\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2023/06/11_ocean_landscapeA.jpg\" alt=\"Two photos side-by-side: On the left, a view of the ocean seen through the cabin windows of a boat; on the right, small crests of water on the ocean.\" width=\"2500\" height=\"892\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/06/11_ocean_landscapeA.jpg 2500w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/06/11_ocean_landscapeA-800x285.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/06/11_ocean_landscapeA-1020x364.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/06/11_ocean_landscapeA-160x57.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/06/11_ocean_landscapeA-1536x548.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/06/11_ocean_landscapeA-2048x731.jpg 2048w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/06/11_ocean_landscapeA-1920x685.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 2500px) 100vw, 2500px\" />\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Top: Rovetta (left) and Juanes haul stacks of extra shrimp pots from a storage area belowdecks. Left: Clouds darken the sky above the Pacific Ocean through the cabin windows of the Plumeria. Right: The water is calm as the Plumeria floats off coast; Juanes waited for mild weather to make his first attempt at shrimping. \u003ccite>(Kori Suzuki/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Juanes suspects fishery managers will want to give salmon more time to recover and cancel next year’s fishing season, too.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>As they turned out along the coastline toward his planned shrimping grounds, Juanes leaned on the helm and recalled his decision to start fishing full time.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Juanes himself was not a commercial fisher during the chaos of the last salmon closures in 2008 and 2009. He was at work repairing high-end ovens and stoves across Northern California. It was a stressful job, full of hours of traffic and frustrated clients.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I drove all over the place and kind of burnt myself out,” he said. “I just never felt really happy.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11954630\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"max-width: 2500px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-11954630\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2023/06/12_RS66403_230607-salmon-closures-13-ksA.jpg\" alt=\"A man smiles holding a cup of coffee and leaning on the steering wheel of a boat. Through the window over his shoulder is the Golden Gate Bridge.\" width=\"2500\" height=\"1662\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/06/12_RS66403_230607-salmon-closures-13-ksA.jpg 2500w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/06/12_RS66403_230607-salmon-closures-13-ksA-800x532.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/06/12_RS66403_230607-salmon-closures-13-ksA-1020x678.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/06/12_RS66403_230607-salmon-closures-13-ksA-160x106.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/06/12_RS66403_230607-salmon-closures-13-ksA-1536x1021.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/06/12_RS66403_230607-salmon-closures-13-ksA-2048x1362.jpg 2048w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/06/12_RS66403_230607-salmon-closures-13-ksA-1920x1276.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 2500px) 100vw, 2500px\" />\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Juanes smiles as he guides the Plumeria toward the mouth of the bay. \u003ccite>(Kori Suzuki/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>In his spare time, Juanes would drive to the coast from his home in Santa Clara, take a small boat with an outboard motor out on the water and go fishing for halibut and rockfish. He didn’t completely know what he was doing, but he knew that it felt a lot better than his appliance work. In 2017, Juanes made the decision to leave his job to start fishing commercially.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Looking back, Juanes wishes he had taken more time to learn about the industry before taking that leap. He wasn’t prepared for how demanding the work was and didn’t know that the industry was facing turbulent conditions. That year, the number of chinook salmon returning to the rivers \u003ca href=\"https://nrm.dfg.ca.gov/FileHandler.ashx?DocumentID=210788&inline\">had plunged again\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But Juanes says he has no regrets. Immediately, he remembers, he felt some of the stress lift from his shoulders.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I don’t say it was the smartest thing to do,” he said. “But it was something that I did.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Out on the water, Juanes slowed the Plumeria to a crawl. The ocean was calm and still. In the distance, the towers of the Golden Gate Bridge rose against a gray sky.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11954631\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"max-width: 2500px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-11954631 size-full\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2023/06/13_RS66419_230607-salmon-closures-31-ksA.jpg\" alt=\"Two men work together with a cage and rope on a boat on the water.\" width=\"2500\" height=\"1662\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/06/13_RS66419_230607-salmon-closures-31-ksA.jpg 2500w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/06/13_RS66419_230607-salmon-closures-31-ksA-800x532.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/06/13_RS66419_230607-salmon-closures-31-ksA-1020x678.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/06/13_RS66419_230607-salmon-closures-31-ksA-160x106.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/06/13_RS66419_230607-salmon-closures-31-ksA-1536x1021.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/06/13_RS66419_230607-salmon-closures-31-ksA-2048x1362.jpg 2048w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/06/13_RS66419_230607-salmon-closures-31-ksA-1920x1276.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 2500px) 100vw, 2500px\" />\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Juanes and Rovetta prepare to drop a line of shrimp pots. \u003ccite>(Kori Suzuki/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Juanes and Rovetta hauled their shrimp gear up against the railing and readied a long length of rope and a set of buoys. Rovetta rearranged a stack of shrimp pots so they were ready to drop into the water.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Kind of scary, setting all this up and then knowing you’re just throwing it out in the ocean,” Juanes said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>He laughed. “Hopefully it comes back to me,” he said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-11954632\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2023/06/14_back-to-the-doc_landscapeA.jpg\" alt=\"Two photos side-by-side: On the left, a view of San Francisco skyline seen through a window on a boat. On the right: two men work on a boat in a dock.\" width=\"2500\" height=\"892\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/06/14_back-to-the-doc_landscapeA.jpg 2500w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/06/14_back-to-the-doc_landscapeA-800x285.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/06/14_back-to-the-doc_landscapeA-1020x364.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/06/14_back-to-the-doc_landscapeA-160x57.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/06/14_back-to-the-doc_landscapeA-1536x548.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/06/14_back-to-the-doc_landscapeA-2048x731.jpg 2048w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/06/14_back-to-the-doc_landscapeA-1920x685.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 2500px) 100vw, 2500px\" />\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11954633\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"max-width: 2500px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-11954633\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2023/06/15_RS66458_230607-salmon-closures-71-ksA.jpg\" alt=\"A close-up of hands holding a shrimp with red stripes.\" width=\"2500\" height=\"1662\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/06/15_RS66458_230607-salmon-closures-71-ksA.jpg 2500w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/06/15_RS66458_230607-salmon-closures-71-ksA-800x532.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/06/15_RS66458_230607-salmon-closures-71-ksA-1020x678.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/06/15_RS66458_230607-salmon-closures-71-ksA-160x106.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/06/15_RS66458_230607-salmon-closures-71-ksA-1536x1021.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/06/15_RS66458_230607-salmon-closures-71-ksA-2048x1362.jpg 2048w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/06/15_RS66458_230607-salmon-closures-71-ksA-1920x1276.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 2500px) 100vw, 2500px\" />\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Top left: The San Francisco skyline is seen through a window from the cabin of the Plumeria. Top right: Juanes and Rovetta guide the Plumeria back into Hyde Street Pier in San Francisco. Bottom: Juanes proudly displays a freshly caught coonstripe shrimp at Fisherman’s Wharf in San Francisco, two days later on June 9, 2023. \u003ccite>(Kori Suzuki/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n",
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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003cp>\u003cspan class=\"utils-parseShortcode-shortcodes-__dropcapShortcode__dropcap\">O\u003c/span>\u003c/p>\u003cp>n another day, Matt Juanes would have set out on the water long before sunrise.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But this still June morning, Juanes was taking his time. As dawn flickered across the sky, the San Francisco-based commercial fisher and his deckhand carefully checked their ropes and bait jars and the dozens of fishing pots piled at the back of Juanes’ boat. Juanes was hoping to get ahead of any issues they might encounter out at sea. Still, he was almost certain something would go wrong.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Juanes, an experienced salmon and crab fisher who has worked out of Fisherman’s Wharf for over five years, is no stranger to the trade. Today, though, he would be chasing an unfamiliar catch for the first time: coonstripe shrimp.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“This is all new to me,” Juanes, 46, said. “This is going to be a learning experience.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-11954620 size-full\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2023/06/02_RS66391_230607-salmon-closures-02-ksA.jpg\" alt=\"A person works with brightly colored buoys aboard a boat beside a pier.\" width=\"2500\" height=\"1662\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/06/02_RS66391_230607-salmon-closures-02-ksA.jpg 2500w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/06/02_RS66391_230607-salmon-closures-02-ksA-800x532.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/06/02_RS66391_230607-salmon-closures-02-ksA-1020x678.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/06/02_RS66391_230607-salmon-closures-02-ksA-160x106.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/06/02_RS66391_230607-salmon-closures-02-ksA-1536x1021.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/06/02_RS66391_230607-salmon-closures-02-ksA-2048x1362.jpg 2048w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/06/02_RS66391_230607-salmon-closures-02-ksA-1920x1276.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 2500px) 100vw, 2500px\" />\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11954621\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"max-width: 2500px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-11954621\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2023/06/03_preparing-to-depart_horizontal-7A.jpg\" alt=\"Two photos side-by-side: on the left, the silhouette of a person is seen against an early morning sky; on the right, boats are seen in harbor early in the morning.\" width=\"2500\" height=\"892\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/06/03_preparing-to-depart_horizontal-7A.jpg 2500w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/06/03_preparing-to-depart_horizontal-7A-800x285.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/06/03_preparing-to-depart_horizontal-7A-1020x364.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/06/03_preparing-to-depart_horizontal-7A-160x57.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/06/03_preparing-to-depart_horizontal-7A-1536x548.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/06/03_preparing-to-depart_horizontal-7A-2048x731.jpg 2048w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/06/03_preparing-to-depart_horizontal-7A-1920x685.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 2500px) 100vw, 2500px\" />\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Top: Dawn flickers across the sky as salmon fisher Matt Juanes checks his buoys at Pier 47 in San Francisco on June 7, 2023. With California’s salmon season shut down this year, Juanes is pivoting to try fishing for shrimp for the first time. Left: Deckhand Angelo Rovetta prepares jars of bait as he and Juanes set sail from Pier 47. Right: The sun rises over Fisherman’s Wharf. \u003ccite>(Kori Suzuki/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Juanes is one of hundreds of commercial fishers who dock along the Golden State coast and who would normally be out hunting mighty chinook or “king” salmon — the mainstay of California’s commercial salmon fishing industry. The first months of summer are typically a premier time for both salmon and salmon fishers.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But this summer, California’s salmon fishing season is completely shut down for the first time in over a decade. Last year, only \u003ca href=\"https://nrm.dfg.ca.gov/FileHandler.ashx?DocumentID=210788&inline\">62,000 adult fall chinook salmon returned\u003c/a> to the rivers of the Sacramento Valley to spawn — the third-worst year on record, according to the state Department of Fish and Wildlife. In April, the Pacific Fishery Management Council issued its response: Salmon fishing all along the California coast \u003ca href=\"https://www.pcouncil.org/documents/2023/04/pacific-fishery-management-council-adopts-2023-west-coast-ocean-salmon-seasons.pdf/\">would be shut down (PDF)\u003c/a> this year.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The decision, which fishery managers hope will give salmon time to recover, has left California’s commercial fishers scrambling to find alternate sources of income.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“There’s a lot of fear and panic all up and down the coast,” said John McManus, senior policy director of the Golden State Salmon Association, at a press conference in April. “People are wondering how they’re gonna pay the bills this year.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The Biden administration is considering whether to declare a \u003ca href=\"https://www.fisheries.noaa.gov/national/resources-fishing/frequent-questions-fishery-disaster-assistance\">federal resource disaster\u003c/a>, which would allow Congress to provide financial assistance to people affected by the closure. A disaster declaration came swiftly during the last salmon fishing closures in 2008 and 2009, and political leaders, including Gov. Gavin Newsom and U.S. Rep. Nancy Pelosi, have called on the federal government to act quickly again.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But as summer arrives, fishers are still waiting for news.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11954622\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"max-width: 2500px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-11954622\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2023/06/04_RS66400_230607-salmon-closures-14-ksA.jpg\" alt=\"Two people, one inside a boat and leaning on a steering wheel and the other outside, talk.\" width=\"2500\" height=\"1662\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/06/04_RS66400_230607-salmon-closures-14-ksA.jpg 2500w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/06/04_RS66400_230607-salmon-closures-14-ksA-800x532.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/06/04_RS66400_230607-salmon-closures-14-ksA-1020x678.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/06/04_RS66400_230607-salmon-closures-14-ksA-160x106.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/06/04_RS66400_230607-salmon-closures-14-ksA-1536x1021.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/06/04_RS66400_230607-salmon-closures-14-ksA-2048x1362.jpg 2048w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/06/04_RS66400_230607-salmon-closures-14-ksA-1920x1276.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 2500px) 100vw, 2500px\" />\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Juanes chats with Rovetta as he guides the Plumeria toward the mouth of San Francisco Bay. \u003ccite>(Kori Suzuki/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Back at Fisherman’s Wharf on that early June morning, Juanes and his deckhand, Angelo Rovetta, were making the final preparations to Juanes’ boat, the FV Plumeria, to set out.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Salmon account for close to two-thirds of his income every year, Juanes says, meaning a federal relief check would make a big difference. Shrimping could bring in some cash, he said, but it wouldn’t be anywhere near enough to make up the loss.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Nothing’s going to replace salmon,” he said. “It’s going to be a real tough struggle this year.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>He and Rovetta undid the moorings, and headed for the open ocean.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11954623\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"max-width: 2500px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-11954623 size-full\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2023/06/05_12152022_salmontrucking_nimbushatchery-1662A.jpg\" alt=\"A large fish jumps against a section of concrete splashing water.\" width=\"2500\" height=\"1662\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/06/05_12152022_salmontrucking_nimbushatchery-1662A.jpg 2500w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/06/05_12152022_salmontrucking_nimbushatchery-1662A-800x532.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/06/05_12152022_salmontrucking_nimbushatchery-1662A-1020x678.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/06/05_12152022_salmontrucking_nimbushatchery-1662A-160x106.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/06/05_12152022_salmontrucking_nimbushatchery-1662A-1536x1021.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/06/05_12152022_salmontrucking_nimbushatchery-1662A-2048x1362.jpg 2048w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/06/05_12152022_salmontrucking_nimbushatchery-1662A-1920x1276.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 2500px) 100vw, 2500px\" />\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">An adult chinook salmon hurls itself against a section of concrete near Nimbus Dam in Gold River on Dec. 15, 2022. \u003ccite>(Kori Suzuki/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003ch2>The salmon, the fishers and the crash\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>Biologists have estimated that before the Gold Rush, more than 1 million fall chinook would come back to the Central Valley to spawn — a stark contrast to the 62,000 that arrived last fall.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The decline is largely the result of nearly \u003ca href=\"https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.1111/gcb.16029\">two centuries of environmental degradation\u003c/a> the Central Valley’s rivers and tributaries have suffered since the Gold Rush, first through the effects of intensive gold mining, then thanks to generations of dam and levee building and massive water diversions to serve the state’s farms and cities. Introduction of non-native predators and fishing pressure have also played a part.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11954624\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"max-width: 2500px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-11954624 size-full\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2023/06/06_12152022_salmontrucking_nimbushatchery-1019A.jpg\" alt=\"A bird flies over river with dried grasses on its banks and a low bridge in the background.\" width=\"2500\" height=\"1662\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/06/06_12152022_salmontrucking_nimbushatchery-1019A.jpg 2500w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/06/06_12152022_salmontrucking_nimbushatchery-1019A-800x532.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/06/06_12152022_salmontrucking_nimbushatchery-1019A-1020x678.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/06/06_12152022_salmontrucking_nimbushatchery-1019A-160x106.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/06/06_12152022_salmontrucking_nimbushatchery-1019A-1536x1021.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/06/06_12152022_salmontrucking_nimbushatchery-1019A-2048x1362.jpg 2048w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/06/06_12152022_salmontrucking_nimbushatchery-1019A-1920x1276.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 2500px) 100vw, 2500px\" />\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">A bird soars over fall chinook salmon spawning grounds along the American River in Gold River on Dec. 15, 2022. \u003ccite>(Kori Suzuki/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>The dams cut off most chinook from their cold-water spawning grounds in the upper reaches of Central Valley tributaries and streams. To try to mitigate the damage, state and federal authorities built \u003ca href=\"https://www.fisheries.noaa.gov/west-coast/endangered-species-conservation/hatchery-programs-california\">hatcheries\u003c/a> up and down the valley. But now, the effects of climate change — limiting the supply of cold water during drought years and playing havoc with salmon’s food supply in the Pacific Ocean — appear to be accelerating the fish’s decline. The fall chinook population has plunged to record lows twice over the last two decades.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Although salmon numbers tend to rise and fall every few years, researchers say the fall chinook have become increasingly volatile.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“We are not in a great phase,” said Rachael Ryan, a doctoral candidate studying salmon life histories at UC Berkeley. “It’s just going to get worse — the unpredictability.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11954625\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"max-width: 2500px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-11954625 size-full\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2023/06/07_04072023_ksuzuki_salmontrucking-178A.jpg\" alt=\"A group of people wearing jackets and sweatshirts with their hoods up and baseball caps all look in the same direction on a gray day.\" width=\"2500\" height=\"1662\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/06/07_04072023_ksuzuki_salmontrucking-178A.jpg 2500w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/06/07_04072023_ksuzuki_salmontrucking-178A-800x532.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/06/07_04072023_ksuzuki_salmontrucking-178A-1020x678.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/06/07_04072023_ksuzuki_salmontrucking-178A-160x106.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/06/07_04072023_ksuzuki_salmontrucking-178A-1536x1021.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/06/07_04072023_ksuzuki_salmontrucking-178A-2048x1362.jpg 2048w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/06/07_04072023_ksuzuki_salmontrucking-178A-1920x1276.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 2500px) 100vw, 2500px\" />\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Matt Juanes (gray jacket with orange sleeves, looking down at phone) and other fishers listen as political leaders and fishers address the shutdown of the year’s salmon fishing season at Pier 47 in San Francisco on April 7, 2023. \u003ccite>(Kori Suzuki/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003ch2>Fishery disaster declarations, explained\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>When disaster hits one of the country’s regional fishing areas, or fisheries, the federal government can use \u003ca href=\"https://www.fisheries.noaa.gov/national/resources-fishing/frequent-questions-fishery-disaster-assistance\">a disaster declaration\u003c/a> to send aid checks directly to the fishing communities affected.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Last year, the Commerce Department did just that after several crab and salmon fisheries failed in Alaska and Washington state. The decision led to $220 million in aid for the fishers, businesses and communities those disasters affected.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The federal government also declared a disaster when critically low numbers of chinook salmon led fishery managers to shut down fishing off the California coast in 2008 and 2009.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cb>How a declaration works\u003c/b>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The first step in the disaster declaration process is a request for aid, often from a state governor. Then, the \u003ca href=\"http://www.nmfs.noaa.gov/\">National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration\u003c/a> (NOAA) looks at the situation and reviews that request.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Next, the secretary of commerce makes the final decision on whether to declare a disaster. The declaration moves to Congress, which decides how many federal dollars to set aside for relief aid. Finally, NOAA distributes the funds to fishers.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cb>How quickly did it happen last time?\u003c/b>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>When California’s last salmon closure happened, the disaster process moved fast. In March 2008, the governors of California, Oregon and Washington signed a letter asking for a federal disaster declaration. Secretary of Commerce Carlos Gutierrez issued the declaration May 1. In July, Congress approved \u003ca href=\"https://www.spokesman.com/stories/2008/nov/26/70-million-released-for-salmon-disaster-aid/\">$170 million\u003c/a> in relief. By September, payments had started making their way to salmon fishers along the West Coast.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11954626\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"max-width: 2500px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-11954626\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2023/06/08_04072023_ksuzuki_salmontrucking-294-1A.jpg\" alt=\"A hunched over woman speaks into microphones while surrounded by people in front of a boat by a pier.\" width=\"2500\" height=\"1662\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/06/08_04072023_ksuzuki_salmontrucking-294-1A.jpg 2500w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/06/08_04072023_ksuzuki_salmontrucking-294-1A-800x532.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/06/08_04072023_ksuzuki_salmontrucking-294-1A-1020x678.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/06/08_04072023_ksuzuki_salmontrucking-294-1A-160x106.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/06/08_04072023_ksuzuki_salmontrucking-294-1A-1536x1021.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/06/08_04072023_ksuzuki_salmontrucking-294-1A-2048x1362.jpg 2048w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/06/08_04072023_ksuzuki_salmontrucking-294-1A-1920x1276.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 2500px) 100vw, 2500px\" />\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Reporters speak to U.S. Rep. Nancy Pelosi at a press conference to address the shutdown of this year’s salmon fishing season, at Pier 47 in San Francisco on April 7, 2023. \u003ccite>(Kori Suzuki/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>\u003cb>Where are we right now?\u003c/b>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The process is moving more slowly this year. Newsom formally requested a disaster declaration on April 6, but it’s still unclear when or whether the Commerce Department will act. A NOAA spokesperson told KQED that the agency is still reviewing the situation.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“We are evaluating the current requests as promptly as we can,” NOAA Public Affairs Officer Michael Milstein wrote in an email. “But at this point we cannot predict a specific timeline” for referring the requests to Commerce Secretary Gina Raimondo.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Northern California’s Yurok Tribe and the governor of Oregon also have requested similar declarations for their salmon fisheries.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>If Raimondo does declare a fishery disaster in California, some experts say Congress is likely to respond promptly. Lawmakers have already set aside $300 million for fishery disaster aid as part of the \u003ca href=\"https://huffman.house.gov/imo/media/doc/California%20Salmon%20Disaster%20Declaration%20Congressional%20Support%20Letter_4.11.2023.pdf\">2023 fiscal year appropriations bill\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“This is exactly the kind of problem that Congress especially loves to respond to,” said UC Santa Barbara Professor Sarah Anderson, who studies how governments react to environmental disasters. “It’s likely to lead to some relief for those who are affected by the closure.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“We are pretty good at thinking quickly in an emergency,” San Francisco-based commercial fisher Sarah Bates told reporters during a press conference in April. “Things happen at sea. But this one is bigger than that — we need help.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11954627\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"max-width: 2500px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-11954627 size-full\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2023/06/09_20230607_salmon_mattjuanes-472A.jpg\" alt=\"A man wearing a life vest stands beside with red and black cages looking off into the distance.\" width=\"2500\" height=\"1662\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/06/09_20230607_salmon_mattjuanes-472A.jpg 2500w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/06/09_20230607_salmon_mattjuanes-472A-800x532.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/06/09_20230607_salmon_mattjuanes-472A-1020x678.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/06/09_20230607_salmon_mattjuanes-472A-160x106.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/06/09_20230607_salmon_mattjuanes-472A-1536x1021.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/06/09_20230607_salmon_mattjuanes-472A-2048x1362.jpg 2048w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/06/09_20230607_salmon_mattjuanes-472A-1920x1276.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 2500px) 100vw, 2500px\" />\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Angelo Rovetta looks out over the water as he and Matt Juanes prepare to drop their shrimping gear off the Northern California coast. \u003ccite>(Kori Suzuki/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003ch2>A long year ahead\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>Whether aid comes or not, this year will be a long one for many salmon fishers. Some, like Juanes, are making sharp pivots to new kinds of catch that they have little experience with. Others are turning to land jobs.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>All are once again confronting the murky future of California’s chinook salmon and the state’s commercial fishing sector — an industry that has shrunk \u003ca href=\"https://calmatters.org/environment/water/2023/03/california-salmon-fishery-shut-down/#:~:text=Salmon%20season%20usually%20runs%20from%20May%20through%20October.\">from thousands of boats in the 1980s to fewer than 500\u003c/a> today.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-11954628\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2023/06/10_20230607_salmon_mattjuanes-834A.jpg\" alt=\"Two men work with red and black cages on a boat.\" width=\"2500\" height=\"1662\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/06/10_20230607_salmon_mattjuanes-834A.jpg 2500w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/06/10_20230607_salmon_mattjuanes-834A-800x532.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/06/10_20230607_salmon_mattjuanes-834A-1020x678.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/06/10_20230607_salmon_mattjuanes-834A-160x106.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/06/10_20230607_salmon_mattjuanes-834A-1536x1021.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/06/10_20230607_salmon_mattjuanes-834A-2048x1362.jpg 2048w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/06/10_20230607_salmon_mattjuanes-834A-1920x1276.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 2500px) 100vw, 2500px\" />\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11954629\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"max-width: 2500px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-11954629\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2023/06/11_ocean_landscapeA.jpg\" alt=\"Two photos side-by-side: On the left, a view of the ocean seen through the cabin windows of a boat; on the right, small crests of water on the ocean.\" width=\"2500\" height=\"892\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/06/11_ocean_landscapeA.jpg 2500w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/06/11_ocean_landscapeA-800x285.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/06/11_ocean_landscapeA-1020x364.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/06/11_ocean_landscapeA-160x57.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/06/11_ocean_landscapeA-1536x548.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/06/11_ocean_landscapeA-2048x731.jpg 2048w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/06/11_ocean_landscapeA-1920x685.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 2500px) 100vw, 2500px\" />\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Top: Rovetta (left) and Juanes haul stacks of extra shrimp pots from a storage area belowdecks. Left: Clouds darken the sky above the Pacific Ocean through the cabin windows of the Plumeria. Right: The water is calm as the Plumeria floats off coast; Juanes waited for mild weather to make his first attempt at shrimping. \u003ccite>(Kori Suzuki/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Juanes suspects fishery managers will want to give salmon more time to recover and cancel next year’s fishing season, too.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>As they turned out along the coastline toward his planned shrimping grounds, Juanes leaned on the helm and recalled his decision to start fishing full time.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Juanes himself was not a commercial fisher during the chaos of the last salmon closures in 2008 and 2009. He was at work repairing high-end ovens and stoves across Northern California. It was a stressful job, full of hours of traffic and frustrated clients.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I drove all over the place and kind of burnt myself out,” he said. “I just never felt really happy.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11954630\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"max-width: 2500px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-11954630\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2023/06/12_RS66403_230607-salmon-closures-13-ksA.jpg\" alt=\"A man smiles holding a cup of coffee and leaning on the steering wheel of a boat. Through the window over his shoulder is the Golden Gate Bridge.\" width=\"2500\" height=\"1662\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/06/12_RS66403_230607-salmon-closures-13-ksA.jpg 2500w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/06/12_RS66403_230607-salmon-closures-13-ksA-800x532.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/06/12_RS66403_230607-salmon-closures-13-ksA-1020x678.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/06/12_RS66403_230607-salmon-closures-13-ksA-160x106.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/06/12_RS66403_230607-salmon-closures-13-ksA-1536x1021.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/06/12_RS66403_230607-salmon-closures-13-ksA-2048x1362.jpg 2048w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/06/12_RS66403_230607-salmon-closures-13-ksA-1920x1276.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 2500px) 100vw, 2500px\" />\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Juanes smiles as he guides the Plumeria toward the mouth of the bay. \u003ccite>(Kori Suzuki/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>In his spare time, Juanes would drive to the coast from his home in Santa Clara, take a small boat with an outboard motor out on the water and go fishing for halibut and rockfish. 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Rovetta rearranged a stack of shrimp pots so they were ready to drop into the water.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Kind of scary, setting all this up and then knowing you’re just throwing it out in the ocean,” Juanes said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>He laughed. “Hopefully it comes back to me,” he said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-11954632\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2023/06/14_back-to-the-doc_landscapeA.jpg\" alt=\"Two photos side-by-side: On the left, a view of San Francisco skyline seen through a window on a boat. On the right: two men work on a boat in a dock.\" width=\"2500\" height=\"892\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/06/14_back-to-the-doc_landscapeA.jpg 2500w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/06/14_back-to-the-doc_landscapeA-800x285.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/06/14_back-to-the-doc_landscapeA-1020x364.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/06/14_back-to-the-doc_landscapeA-160x57.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/06/14_back-to-the-doc_landscapeA-1536x548.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/06/14_back-to-the-doc_landscapeA-2048x731.jpg 2048w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/06/14_back-to-the-doc_landscapeA-1920x685.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 2500px) 100vw, 2500px\" />\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11954633\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"max-width: 2500px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-11954633\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2023/06/15_RS66458_230607-salmon-closures-71-ksA.jpg\" alt=\"A close-up of hands holding a shrimp with red stripes.\" width=\"2500\" height=\"1662\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/06/15_RS66458_230607-salmon-closures-71-ksA.jpg 2500w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/06/15_RS66458_230607-salmon-closures-71-ksA-800x532.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/06/15_RS66458_230607-salmon-closures-71-ksA-1020x678.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/06/15_RS66458_230607-salmon-closures-71-ksA-160x106.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/06/15_RS66458_230607-salmon-closures-71-ksA-1536x1021.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/06/15_RS66458_230607-salmon-closures-71-ksA-2048x1362.jpg 2048w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/06/15_RS66458_230607-salmon-closures-71-ksA-1920x1276.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 2500px) 100vw, 2500px\" />\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Top left: The San Francisco skyline is seen through a window from the cabin of the Plumeria. 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