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Since 2020, a homeless outreach team has been staffed at Los Angeles International Airport for 40 hours a week. Their presence makes a difference: In the team’s first six months at LAX, the airport’s unhoused population decreased by 90%.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>On this August morning, Paxton and his team arrive at the airport before dawn to connect with unhoused folks as they’re waking up, before they start moving around and become harder to find. Paxton leads his team all over SFO, looking for people who want help. Paxton wears a backpack filled with food and hygiene products, ready to provide unhoused folks whatever they say they need: from shelter beds to medical care to Lyft rides.[aside postID=news_12068758 hero='https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/12/251213-FEAROFFLYING00262_TV-KQED.jpg']“A lot of the clients, I need to reestablish their ID, I need to get their Social Security, their birth certificate,” Paxton says. “A lot of them don’t have any of those items, and it makes it hard to get services.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Since Paxton only makes outreach trips to the airport once a month, he leans on people who work at SFO — food workers, bag checkers, rental car staff — to act as his unofficial eyes when he’s not there. People like Sanchez.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“They’ll call me and be like, ‘Hey, I think this person needs help,’ and I’ll be on my way,” Paxton says. “We like to make sure that we communicate with them so we can build a better system to reach more people.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Paxton says that there are lots of reasons people choose to stay at SFO. It’s open around the clock. It has food, water and bathrooms. The airport is secure. It’s also easier for people experiencing homelessness to blend in at the airport as they lug around their bags or sleep. In fact, it can be hard to distinguish them from travelers.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“ Little cues that we’ve noticed to look for, like the tag on the bag shows that he’s flying out soon,” Paxton says, pointing at a passenger’s bag. “And then other clients that we’ll notice, they’ll have bag tags, but it’ll be for like weeks ago. [That] kind of give[s] us an inclination that they may need services.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Paxton offered services to dozens of unhoused people he met at the airport during his year or so as a case manager for LifeMoves. He placed 15 of them into temporary shelters.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>III. KIM, SAFE HARBOR SHELTER, 4:30 p.m.\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>One of Paxton’s clients is Kim Snodgrass, who became homeless after he retired.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Got a fairly nice pension and Social Security, but even with that in San José, I could not live on that,” Snodgrass says.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>So, he got a job — and then an unexpected tax bill for thousands of dollars.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12073263\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003ca href=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/02/260209-SFOSLEEPING-29-BL-KQED.jpg\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12073263\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/02/260209-SFOSLEEPING-29-BL-KQED.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/02/260209-SFOSLEEPING-29-BL-KQED.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/02/260209-SFOSLEEPING-29-BL-KQED-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/02/260209-SFOSLEEPING-29-BL-KQED-1536x1024.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Ivan Marquez, a case manager with the LifeMoves Homeless Outreach Team in northern San Mateo County, speaks with an unhoused person during an outreach visit at San Francisco International Airport on Feb. 9, 2026. \u003ccite>(Beth LaBerge/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>“That’s when I started going downhill.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Snodgrass moved to Mexico in search of a cheaper lifestyle, but ended up flying back to SFO with only a few hundred dollars in his pocket. He says he didn’t want to put out either of his sons, both of whom live in the Bay Area. So, after Snodgrass’s flight landed, he just stayed at the airport.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I had no idea where else to go, and I saw other people there that were staying there,” Snodgrass says. “I mean, you can kind of tell people that are not passengers.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Snodgrass lived at the airport for more than six months.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Each morning, Snodgrass would head to a bathroom to wash up. Then he’d take a long walk between terminals. He’d spend time watching planes from the Reflection Room, visit one of the airport’s museum exhibits, or chat with travelers. At around 6 p.m., Snodgrass would stake out a good place to sleep for the night. He had a favorite spot: a dimly lit seating area tucked in between check-in counters in a domestic terminal.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“It was pretty comfortable to sleep,” Snodgrass says. “You know, you have to sleep sitting up — and that’s kind of hard to do, too. There’s lots of people that want to sleep there. Not just homeless people, but also travelers that maybe are catching a flight the next day.”[aside postID=news_12051236 hero='https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/07/250626-GRANTSPASSDECISIONANNI-03-BL-KQED.jpg']Snodgrass says most travelers didn’t seem to notice the unhoused community around them.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“They’re in their own world,” Snodgrass says. “They’re going somewhere nice or coming back from someplace nice, and are just oblivious to you, really. It’s like you don’t even exist.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Eventually, Snodgrass did get noticed. Police officers, who had always patrolled the airport, began asking unhoused people to show their boarding passes. When they didn’t have plane tickets, the cops would tell them to leave.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Even though SFO is a public place, it has restricted public hours. In May, the airport shortened the time it’s open to the public — so anyone found at the airport without a plane ticket from 6 p.m. to 8 a.m. the next day would be considered trespassing. This shift didn’t prevent unhoused people from seeking shelter at SFO, but it did change the way they were treated.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I was really harassed,” Snodgrass says. “One morning, a policeman woke me up, and he told me that I was trespassing and that I needed to leave and not to come back. He wasn’t kind at all.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The police made living at the airport a challenge. But getting enough to eat was even harder.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Snodgrass befriended a pastor who regularly traveled to SFO, who would buy him food when he came to town. When the pastor was not around, Snodgrass would eat one Wendy’s chicken sandwich a day.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Snodgrass made sure other folks living at the airport had food, too. He would stand by the security line, and when travelers went to throw out their water or food, he would ask if he could have it or grab it from the trash.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12073260\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003ca href=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/02/260209-SFOSLEEPING-10-BL-KQED.jpg\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12073260\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/02/260209-SFOSLEEPING-10-BL-KQED.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/02/260209-SFOSLEEPING-10-BL-KQED.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/02/260209-SFOSLEEPING-10-BL-KQED-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/02/260209-SFOSLEEPING-10-BL-KQED-1536x1024.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Sylvia Bambra, a case manager with the LifeMoves Homeless Outreach Team, walks through San Francisco International Airport on Feb. 9, 2026, during an outreach visit. \u003ccite>(Beth LaBerge/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>“I would hand it out to some other homeless people that were, like, in really bad shape.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Eventually, Snodgrass could no longer afford food — and he was in really bad shape, himself. He considered suicide.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“You get so hungry,” Snodgrass says. “That’s very painful. I think it was after I was hungry for, hadn’t eaten for, like seven or eight days, that I contacted James [Paxton] and said, ‘I can’t deal with this anymore. Can you get me in a shelter?’”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Paxton jumped into action and found Snodgrass an open bed at \u003ca href=\"https://safeharborhope.org/\">Safe Harbor Shelter\u003c/a> in San Mateo County. But getting unhoused folks at SFO into temporary housing does not always work out. Sometimes, when people want to move to a shelter, Paxton can’t place them where they want to go.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>IV. SFPD AMBASSADORS AND OFFICER WHITNEY, SAMTRANS STOP, 7:30 a.m.\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>Back at SFO, in an empty hallway somewhere along Paxton’s route, he runs into two men in bright blue shirts. They’re “ambassadors,” retired San Francisco police officers stationed at the airport, whose job is to assist passengers and employees. Ambassadors don’t actually do any law enforcement, but they do help Paxton locate people experiencing homelessness.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>They point Paxton toward the SamTrans bus stop on the lower level, where an unhoused man lies on the floor next to a curved bench, almost entirely hidden from people passing by.[aside postID=news_12065083 hero='https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/11/wmn-afrofuturism-gallery-03-2000x1337.jpg']Paxton offers him a snack pack with fruit, a Danish and beef ravioli. The man takes it, along with a hygiene kit filled with products like soap, a toothbrush and an eye mask. But the unhoused man does not accept Paxton’s offer of shelter.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“He is a San Francisco native,” Paxton says. “He said that he’d like services in San Francisco. That’s where he’s from.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But LifeMoves cannot offer shelter in San Francisco, because the organization operates in San Mateo County — where the airport is located — and connects folks with services there. And that’s a problem: Unhoused people arrive at SFO from all over the region, just like travelers do — and 95% of the Bay Area’s unhoused population lives outside of San Mateo County.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>While the local homeless community is fluid, the Bay Area’s housing strategies are not. The region’s homelessness efforts are largely siloed by county, and this fragmentation challenges the Bay Area’s ability to provide services to unhoused folks where they need them, when they need them. So, when people experiencing homelessness at the airport want shelter, LifeMoves cannot house most of them in the county where they need it.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The SFPD says none of the unhoused folks officers encountered in December received “admonishments” or “citations”; none were arrested.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>At the SamTrans stop, SFPD Officer Erik Whitney also spots the unhoused man.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“You can get on the bus,” Officer Whitney tells the man. “Out there. Not here. It’s trespassing.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The SFPD and LifeMoves share a goal: They both want people experiencing homelessness at the airport to leave. But there’s a key difference. Paxton and his team attempt to get them shelter beds in San Mateo County before they go, while the police usually just give unhoused folks a bus ticket to go somewhere else.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>And at certain hours, it seems that the police make sure unhoused folks don’t get into the airport in the first place.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>V. MARTIN, SFO BART STATION, 1:15 a.m.\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>When the last train of the night pulls up to the SFO BART station at 1:15 a.m., about a dozen police officers on segues greet it. But no unhoused folks come off the train, and the cops whiz back into the airport on their two-wheelers.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“They’re here to make sure anybody [that] gets off the last train is flying,” BART station agent Martin Croskery says. As he locks up, he says that SFPD officers are there every night. “Cause there used to be a problem with a lot of homeless coming off the last train and then staying in the airport overnight.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12073261\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003ca href=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/02/260209-SFOSLEEPING-24-BL-KQED.jpg\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12073261\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/02/260209-SFOSLEEPING-24-BL-KQED.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/02/260209-SFOSLEEPING-24-BL-KQED.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/02/260209-SFOSLEEPING-24-BL-KQED-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/02/260209-SFOSLEEPING-24-BL-KQED-1536x1024.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Sylvia Bambra (left) and Ivan Marquez, case managers with the LifeMoves Homeless Outreach Team, speak with an unhoused person during an outreach visit at San Francisco International Airport on Feb. 9, 2026. \u003ccite>(Beth LaBerge/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>According to public records, the SFPD made contact with nearly 100 unhoused people coming off of the last two BART trains of the night during the first week of December. But Croskery says he hardly sees people experiencing homelessness get off the last train these days, in part because the line no longer ends at SFO. In 2021, BART changed the train route to end in Millbrae, further south in San Mateo County.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Millbrae now has issues, but the last train has to go somewhere,” Croskrey says. “The problem has shifted from — it’s gone back and forward for years. It used to be the airport, then it was Millbrae, then back [to] the airport. And the airport says, ‘We can’t have this.’”\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>VI. JAMES, MILLBRAE BART STATION, 8:30 a.m.\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>At the end of Paxton’s monthly homeless outreach shift at SFO, he heads out to find more unhoused people right where Croskery says they’d be: at the Millbrae BART station. There, Paxton easily finds two people who want services in San Mateo County. They fill out LifeMoves intake forms and begin the process of getting shelter.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>And with that, Paxton’s four hours of monthly outreach come to a close. But soon, the LifeMoves team may be working longer hours.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In June, the SFO Airport Commission approved a contract to staff a homeless outreach team at the airport 40 hours a week. The SFO contract is still being amended, but is expected to take effect in the spring.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Still, Paxton knows that solving the Bay Area’s homelessness crisis is beyond LifeMoves’ capacity. The region needs more housing to ensure that people like Snodgrass have permanent places to live after their time at shelters runs out.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“We do need more housing, I believe, in order to help this problem,” Paxton says. “That seems like that would be the best answer to help. But [we’re] just going to have to wait on that.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cem>Erin Bump is a radio reporter and podcast producer who lives in San Francisco. Find more of her work at \u003c/em>\u003ca href=\"http://kalw.org\">\u003cem>kalw.org\u003c/em>\u003c/a>\u003cem> or in the Century Lives podcast feed.\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad floatright]\u003c/p>\n",
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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>Snodgrass says most travelers didn’t seem to notice the unhoused community around them.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“They’re in their own world,” Snodgrass says. “They’re going somewhere nice or coming back from someplace nice, and are just oblivious to you, really. It’s like you don’t even exist.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Eventually, Snodgrass did get noticed. Police officers, who had always patrolled the airport, began asking unhoused people to show their boarding passes. When they didn’t have plane tickets, the cops would tell them to leave.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Even though SFO is a public place, it has restricted public hours. In May, the airport shortened the time it’s open to the public — so anyone found at the airport without a plane ticket from 6 p.m. to 8 a.m. the next day would be considered trespassing. This shift didn’t prevent unhoused people from seeking shelter at SFO, but it did change the way they were treated.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I was really harassed,” Snodgrass says. “One morning, a policeman woke me up, and he told me that I was trespassing and that I needed to leave and not to come back. He wasn’t kind at all.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The police made living at the airport a challenge. But getting enough to eat was even harder.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Snodgrass befriended a pastor who regularly traveled to SFO, who would buy him food when he came to town. When the pastor was not around, Snodgrass would eat one Wendy’s chicken sandwich a day.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Snodgrass made sure other folks living at the airport had food, too. He would stand by the security line, and when travelers went to throw out their water or food, he would ask if he could have it or grab it from the trash.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12073260\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003ca href=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/02/260209-SFOSLEEPING-10-BL-KQED.jpg\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12073260\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/02/260209-SFOSLEEPING-10-BL-KQED.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/02/260209-SFOSLEEPING-10-BL-KQED.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/02/260209-SFOSLEEPING-10-BL-KQED-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/02/260209-SFOSLEEPING-10-BL-KQED-1536x1024.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Sylvia Bambra, a case manager with the LifeMoves Homeless Outreach Team, walks through San Francisco International Airport on Feb. 9, 2026, during an outreach visit. \u003ccite>(Beth LaBerge/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>“I would hand it out to some other homeless people that were, like, in really bad shape.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Eventually, Snodgrass could no longer afford food — and he was in really bad shape, himself. He considered suicide.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“You get so hungry,” Snodgrass says. “That’s very painful. I think it was after I was hungry for, hadn’t eaten for, like seven or eight days, that I contacted James [Paxton] and said, ‘I can’t deal with this anymore. Can you get me in a shelter?’”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Paxton jumped into action and found Snodgrass an open bed at \u003ca href=\"https://safeharborhope.org/\">Safe Harbor Shelter\u003c/a> in San Mateo County. But getting unhoused folks at SFO into temporary housing does not always work out. Sometimes, when people want to move to a shelter, Paxton can’t place them where they want to go.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>IV. SFPD AMBASSADORS AND OFFICER WHITNEY, SAMTRANS STOP, 7:30 a.m.\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>Back at SFO, in an empty hallway somewhere along Paxton’s route, he runs into two men in bright blue shirts. They’re “ambassadors,” retired San Francisco police officers stationed at the airport, whose job is to assist passengers and employees. Ambassadors don’t actually do any law enforcement, but they do help Paxton locate people experiencing homelessness.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>They point Paxton toward the SamTrans bus stop on the lower level, where an unhoused man lies on the floor next to a curved bench, almost entirely hidden from people passing by.\u003c/p>\u003c/div>",
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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>Paxton offers him a snack pack with fruit, a Danish and beef ravioli. The man takes it, along with a hygiene kit filled with products like soap, a toothbrush and an eye mask. But the unhoused man does not accept Paxton’s offer of shelter.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“He is a San Francisco native,” Paxton says. “He said that he’d like services in San Francisco. That’s where he’s from.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But LifeMoves cannot offer shelter in San Francisco, because the organization operates in San Mateo County — where the airport is located — and connects folks with services there. And that’s a problem: Unhoused people arrive at SFO from all over the region, just like travelers do — and 95% of the Bay Area’s unhoused population lives outside of San Mateo County.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>While the local homeless community is fluid, the Bay Area’s housing strategies are not. The region’s homelessness efforts are largely siloed by county, and this fragmentation challenges the Bay Area’s ability to provide services to unhoused folks where they need them, when they need them. So, when people experiencing homelessness at the airport want shelter, LifeMoves cannot house most of them in the county where they need it.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The SFPD says none of the unhoused folks officers encountered in December received “admonishments” or “citations”; none were arrested.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>At the SamTrans stop, SFPD Officer Erik Whitney also spots the unhoused man.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“You can get on the bus,” Officer Whitney tells the man. “Out there. Not here. It’s trespassing.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The SFPD and LifeMoves share a goal: They both want people experiencing homelessness at the airport to leave. But there’s a key difference. Paxton and his team attempt to get them shelter beds in San Mateo County before they go, while the police usually just give unhoused folks a bus ticket to go somewhere else.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>And at certain hours, it seems that the police make sure unhoused folks don’t get into the airport in the first place.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>V. MARTIN, SFO BART STATION, 1:15 a.m.\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>When the last train of the night pulls up to the SFO BART station at 1:15 a.m., about a dozen police officers on segues greet it. But no unhoused folks come off the train, and the cops whiz back into the airport on their two-wheelers.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“They’re here to make sure anybody [that] gets off the last train is flying,” BART station agent Martin Croskery says. As he locks up, he says that SFPD officers are there every night. “Cause there used to be a problem with a lot of homeless coming off the last train and then staying in the airport overnight.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12073261\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003ca href=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/02/260209-SFOSLEEPING-24-BL-KQED.jpg\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12073261\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/02/260209-SFOSLEEPING-24-BL-KQED.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/02/260209-SFOSLEEPING-24-BL-KQED.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/02/260209-SFOSLEEPING-24-BL-KQED-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/02/260209-SFOSLEEPING-24-BL-KQED-1536x1024.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Sylvia Bambra (left) and Ivan Marquez, case managers with the LifeMoves Homeless Outreach Team, speak with an unhoused person during an outreach visit at San Francisco International Airport on Feb. 9, 2026. \u003ccite>(Beth LaBerge/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>According to public records, the SFPD made contact with nearly 100 unhoused people coming off of the last two BART trains of the night during the first week of December. But Croskery says he hardly sees people experiencing homelessness get off the last train these days, in part because the line no longer ends at SFO. In 2021, BART changed the train route to end in Millbrae, further south in San Mateo County.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Millbrae now has issues, but the last train has to go somewhere,” Croskrey says. “The problem has shifted from — it’s gone back and forward for years. It used to be the airport, then it was Millbrae, then back [to] the airport. And the airport says, ‘We can’t have this.’”\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>VI. JAMES, MILLBRAE BART STATION, 8:30 a.m.\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>At the end of Paxton’s monthly homeless outreach shift at SFO, he heads out to find more unhoused people right where Croskery says they’d be: at the Millbrae BART station. There, Paxton easily finds two people who want services in San Mateo County. They fill out LifeMoves intake forms and begin the process of getting shelter.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>And with that, Paxton’s four hours of monthly outreach come to a close. But soon, the LifeMoves team may be working longer hours.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In June, the SFO Airport Commission approved a contract to staff a homeless outreach team at the airport 40 hours a week. The SFO contract is still being amended, but is expected to take effect in the spring.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Still, Paxton knows that solving the Bay Area’s homelessness crisis is beyond LifeMoves’ capacity. The region needs more housing to ensure that people like Snodgrass have permanent places to live after their time at shelters runs out.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“We do need more housing, I believe, in order to help this problem,” Paxton says. “That seems like that would be the best answer to help. But [we’re] just going to have to wait on that.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cem>Erin Bump is a radio reporter and podcast producer who lives in San Francisco. Find more of her work at \u003c/em>\u003ca href=\"http://kalw.org\">\u003cem>kalw.org\u003c/em>\u003c/a>\u003cem> or in the Century Lives podcast feed.\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003c/div>",
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"content": "\u003cp>It’s twenty minutes before Alaska Airlines flight 626 takes off from \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/tag/san-francisco-international-airport\">San Francisco International Airport \u003c/a>for Seattle.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Colette Vance closes her eyes and calms herself with a string of rosary beads, hoping that her claustrophobia doesn’t trigger a panic attack.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>It happened the year prior, when she was flying back to North Carolina for her final semester as a college senior. She had such intense anxiety that she felt as if she was about to die. After graduation, she avoided flying altogether and drove all the way back to California instead. It was on that long road trip home that she realized she needed to confront her fear of flying.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The fear of flying is less a single phobia than a place where other fears converge. For many people, it’s rooted in one or more anxieties that flying brings into focus — the fear of turbulence, of heights, or of having a panic attack in front of strangers with no escape.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>For Vance, being inside an aircraft activates her claustrophobia — a condition she developed at nine years old. A series of surgeries caused her to feel severe anxiety in closed spaces. Her panic attacks increased during her teenage years, especially on airplanes.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“If I’m in a car, I can pull over, open my door and get some relief,” she says. “But when I’m in a plane, there’s no\u003cem> out\u003c/em>.”\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>A safe space to face the fear\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>Air travel isn’t something that most people can do often enough to ease their anxiety. Each trip can feel like starting all over again.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Luckily, Vance found somewhere to practice being uncomfortable: the \u003ca href=\"https://www.fofc.com/\">Fear of Flying Clinic,\u003c/a> a nonprofit support organization hosted at the San Francisco International Airport.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12068789\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003ca href=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/01/IMG_7569-scaled-e1767726106793.jpg\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12068789\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/01/IMG_7569-scaled-e1767726106793.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1500\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Collette Vance, a participant in the Fear of Flying Clinic, prays before takeoff from San Francisco on Aug. 10, 2025. \u003ccite>(Evan Roberts/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Fran Grant and Jeanne McElhatton, both licensed pilots, founded the clinic in 1976 in San Mateo, California. They created an educational program in order to help Grant’s husband overcome his turbulence anxiety so he could travel to Australia.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The curriculum demystified air travel and addressed the physical and psychological roots of fear. The first clinic welcomed a small group of anxious travelers and, by the end, Grant’s husband was calm enough to sleep through turbulence that had once overwhelmed him.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Today, clients from across California spend two consecutive weekends understanding the mechanics of flight and learning how to rewire their anxious thoughts. A four-day workshop culminates in a round-trip graduation flight to Seattle.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Vance arrives at the clinic on the first day with her mother, Louise, joining eight other participants, including one couple who drove in from Fresno. Volunteers run the workshop — many of whom are nervous flyers and have gone through the clinic themselves — and include instruction from working pilots, air traffic controllers, flight attendants and aircraft maintenance technicians.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Volunteer psychotherapist Paula Zimmerman begins the workshop by asking everyone to introduce themselves and their concerns about flying. Reasons for signing up range widely: panic attacks, childhood trauma from an earthquake, a decades-old rescue mission during the Vietnam War. One participant in their fifties had never even been inside an airplane.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Often, Zimmerman says, they sign up because of an important upcoming trip.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>Retrain the brain\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>Zimmerman wants participants to understand the difference between adrenaline and real danger. Her goal is to help them to distinguish between the thing that’s happening to them and how they \u003cem>think \u003c/em>about the thing that’s happening to them.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>She writes the letter “A” on a large sheet of paper at the front of the room. A stands for an activating event — like, for example, turbulence.[aside postID=news_12065083 hero='https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/11/wmn-afrofuturism-gallery-03-2000x1337.jpg']Then she adds “B”, for belief — the idea you have about the turbulence. Someone might believe, for example, that turbulence means the pilot has lost control, and the plane is going to crash.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Finally, she writes “C” — the consequence of that belief. For most everyone in the room, the consequence is often panic.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In particular, she wants the group to analyze the tricky second step of belief. If you believe turbulence means disaster, it makes sense you’d be terrified. But what if that belief simply isn’t true?\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>To help make her point, she brings in reinforcements: retired pilot Keith Koch, who flew commercially for 40 years, fields questions about turbulence all the time. Turbulence, he explains, rarely moves a plane more than a few feet.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“As long as your seatbelt is on, you’re perfectly safe in turbulence,” he says.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>His claim is backed by \u003ca href=\"https://ral.ucar.edu/sites/default/files/docs/eick-turbulencerelatedaccidents.pdf\">data\u003c/a>: deaths from turbulence are very \u003ca href=\"https://www.usatoday.com/story/travel/airline-news/2024/05/21/turbulence-deaths-climate-change/73787876007/\">rare\u003c/a>, and no modern commercial aircraft has been lost to turbulence alone.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Zimmerman offers a reframing tool to help shift people out of fear and into fact. 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As the plane accelerates down the runway, Vance gives herself a pep talk.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I’m in charge. I’m the boss,” she whispers. “I have God on my side.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12068794\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\" style=\"max-width: 1920px\">\u003ca href=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/01/IMG_7701-scaled.jpg\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12068794\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/01/IMG_7701-scaled.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1920\" height=\"2560\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/01/IMG_7701-scaled.jpg 1920w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/01/IMG_7701-2000x2667.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/01/IMG_7701-160x213.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/01/IMG_7701-1152x1536.jpg 1152w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/01/IMG_7701-1536x2048.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1920px) 100vw, 1920px\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Collette Vance looks out the window before takeoff from San Francisco on Aug. 10, 2025. \u003ccite>(Evan Roberts/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Nearby, there are other nervous flyers from the clinic. Paul is seated just in front of her, and Sarah and Katherine are across the aisle.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Once the seat belt sign is off, volunteer instructor Koch is free to move about the cabin and check in with each participant. He’s wearing his pilot’s uniform: crisp white shirt and tie, navy blazer, and wings pinned near his lapel.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“The hardest thing you did was show up on day one,” he tells Vance. “If you show up on day one, there’s a really high chance you’ll end up here on day four — right where you are, on an airplane.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The plane begins its descent into Seattle. It sinks in for Vance that she made it through the flight without a panic attack, and her excitement swells. She leans forward to Paul, seated in front of her.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“When the plane lands, do you wanna clap and cheer?” she asks. “Pass it down to everybody.” He does.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>She looks out her window as the ground gets closer and closer. 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Nicole, would you mind introducing yourself as well?\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Nicole Mullen \u003c/strong>[00:02:32] My name is Nicole Mullen and I’m curator in charge of exhibitions at SFO Museum at the San Francisco International Airport.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Ericka Cruz Guevarra \u003c/strong>[00:02:41] Can you talk a little bit more maybe, Daniel, about the specific work that you do as a curator for an airport?\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Daniel Calderon \u003c/strong>[00:02:48] Sure. Currently we have 25 sites throughout the airport terminals. Nicole and I are among an excess of 30 to 40 full-time staff here at SFO Museum, involved in all aspects of production. And our role is to really drive the content of these exhibitions. So not having a real permanent collection to draw from, Nicole and are always on out for exciting, engaging collections, things to represent at SFO Museum. You know, we do have exhibitions that are pre-security, but with some advanced notice we can accommodate tours post-security like we’ll do today.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Nicole Mullen \u003c/strong>[00:03:29] Our program was created in 1980. We are the only museum in an airport accredited by the American Alliance of Museums. So everything from vintage telephones to women in Afrofuturism to Chinese ceramics and Chinese basketry you can see right now on display.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Ericka Cruz Guevarra \u003c/strong>[00:03:53] Well, Daniel, I know you’re going to take us over to the first exhibition that we’re going to look at, and I believe it’s the one that you curated, right? Can you tell us a little bit about where we’re heading and what we’re about to go check out?\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Daniel Calderon \u003c/strong>[00:04:07] Sure, we’re in the International Terminal main hall. 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At that point the federal government had decided essentially to turn a blind eye on the AIDS epidemic and you can imagine living in San Francisco then, you know, seeing your friends and family members dying all around you. Cleve Jones, Gert McMullin, other members of the NAMES project were just, they were fed up, they’re frustrated, they are angry. And in 1987, starting in the spring… And working up to October of that year, they created 1,920 panels that were sewn into these 12-foot blocks. They all piled in a van that somebody donated into a box truck, and they drove to D.C. And they covered a good portion of the National Mall in protest. There are more than 50,000 panels in the quilt now, and over 6,000 blocks, 110,000 names are represented. 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We have scheduled tours once a week, however we do have unscheduled tours if people can’t make the time that the scheduled tours occur. They are free, although they do require a bit of paperwork. And so there is a bit of a process that you need to go through to be able to come through TSA security without a valid flight ticket.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Bao Li \u003c/strong>[00:09:45] Everything goes in the gray bin, you do not need to take off your shoes anymore. What we will do is that this first person in line will just want to see that you have a badge, so just show them your badge. The second person at the security line will ask for both your badge and your ID. They will look at your badge, look at you ID, look your face, scan your badge look at the ID, your face and then scan your bag a second time. After that, we’ll go to the place with the gray bins. Everything goes in the gray bin except for your badge. Keep your badge on at all times. Okay, perfect.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Bao Li \u003c/strong>[00:10:25] In the fiscal year of June 2024 to June 2025, the airport had 54 million passengers arrive and depart from the airport. And the other thing is that the airport is never not open, so we are open 24 hours a day, seven days a week, which means that pieces of art are actually blasted with light levels. 24 hours day, 7 days a weak, and they are potentially touched by 54 million of passengers. We have a lot of mosaics because they are very robust, they are resilient, they are easy to clean. 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You know, when we opened the space we were worried that people would just pass right by, but really people are intrigued and they’re lured into the space. And this is really fun because when you first step into the exhibition you see local Oakland Bay area based artist, Celia C. Peters, who is a filmmaker and artist. So we’re showing her proof-of-concept godspeed, you and see that. Animation and you can also interact with her lenticular print.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Ericka Cruz Guevarra \u003c/strong>[00:12:29] And it’s this, like, woman who’s sort of looking over her shoulder, she’s sort of blue in color, has blue lipstick, and is wearing very, like futuristic, like aluminum sort of-looking clothing.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Nicole Mullen \u003c/strong>[00:12:43] And very confident and welcoming you into the space. So it’s a special print made on plastic and it has three changes. 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Nicole, would you mind introducing yourself as well?\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Nicole Mullen \u003c/strong>[00:02:32] My name is Nicole Mullen and I’m curator in charge of exhibitions at SFO Museum at the San Francisco International Airport.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Ericka Cruz Guevarra \u003c/strong>[00:02:41] Can you talk a little bit more maybe, Daniel, about the specific work that you do as a curator for an airport?\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Daniel Calderon \u003c/strong>[00:02:48] Sure. Currently we have 25 sites throughout the airport terminals. Nicole and I are among an excess of 30 to 40 full-time staff here at SFO Museum, involved in all aspects of production. And our role is to really drive the content of these exhibitions. So not having a real permanent collection to draw from, Nicole and are always on out for exciting, engaging collections, things to represent at SFO Museum. You know, we do have exhibitions that are pre-security, but with some advanced notice we can accommodate tours post-security like we’ll do today.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Nicole Mullen \u003c/strong>[00:03:29] Our program was created in 1980. We are the only museum in an airport accredited by the American Alliance of Museums. So everything from vintage telephones to women in Afrofuturism to Chinese ceramics and Chinese basketry you can see right now on display.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Ericka Cruz Guevarra \u003c/strong>[00:03:53] Well, Daniel, I know you’re going to take us over to the first exhibition that we’re going to look at, and I believe it’s the one that you curated, right? Can you tell us a little bit about where we’re heading and what we’re about to go check out?\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Daniel Calderon \u003c/strong>[00:04:07] Sure, we’re in the International Terminal main hall. We’re going to walk along the back of the main hall to the middle of the hall. We have the AIDS Memorial Quilt installed there.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Ericka Cruz Guevarra \u003c/strong>[00:04:17] Great, let’s go ahead and take a look.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Ericka Cruz Guevarra \u003c/strong>[00:04:27] I was actually traveling earlier this year, Daniel, and I stopped by this area, the AIDS Memorial Quilt exhibition. Can you tell us a little bit about what’s in here?\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Daniel Calderon \u003c/strong>[00:04:43] We have these two huge galleries, about 50 feet long each. The quilt was born in 1987 here in San Francisco. Only six blocks of the quilt are on display out of more than 6,000 that actually make up the quilt. Each block is 12 foot square, 12 foot by 12 foot, made from panels that are three by six feet. And the three by 6 foot dimension was decided upon… Because that was the approximate size of human grave. At that point the federal government had decided essentially to turn a blind eye on the AIDS epidemic and you can imagine living in San Francisco then, you know, seeing your friends and family members dying all around you. Cleve Jones, Gert McMullin, other members of the NAMES project were just, they were fed up, they’re frustrated, they are angry. And in 1987, starting in the spring… And working up to October of that year, they created 1,920 panels that were sewn into these 12-foot blocks. They all piled in a van that somebody donated into a box truck, and they drove to D.C. And they covered a good portion of the National Mall in protest. There are more than 50,000 panels in the quilt now, and over 6,000 blocks, 110,000 names are represented. It’s just a drop in the bucket, the millions of people who have died from HIV and AIDS-related illness.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Ericka Cruz Guevarra \u003c/strong>[00:06:28] Sort of a range, like some of them are really intricate, like this one that we’re looking at right here has painted hands, I mean like paint all over it, but also some really intricate stitching, and I mean this one here has names spelled out with like individual buttons.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Daniel Calderon \u003c/strong>[00:06:48] With buttons. So now, you know, now we’re at a panel that was made in 1993 and by this time the quilt has grown. So now you’re seeing that. You’re seeing traditional quilt making techniques in addition to the buttons that you noticed. And that is one panel that we have some information on. It was made for Margaret Janet Emmett by her daughter. And she recalled her mother as being… Someone who was very, very eccentric in a good way. 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Younger people now don’t even know what the AIDS Memorial Quilt is, having that distance from the onset of the epidemic, right? But as they read and they learn, potentially draw an inspiration from that. So, it’s a very important exhibition.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Daniel Calderon \u003c/strong>[00:08:41] We’re currently walking past the AIDS Memorial Quilt Exhibition in the International Terminal Main Hall towards the A Gates, International Terminals A Gates on the departures level. So that we can go through the security checkpoint there to view an exhibition in Harvey Milk Terminal One on women of Afrofuturism.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Bao Li \u003c/strong>[00:09:05] So we’re going to go through security, we’re gonna go through security just like any normal passenger would. My name is Bao Li, I’m the associate curator of public engagement at SFO Museum. I run tours for the post security exhibitions at SFO Museum. We have scheduled tours once a week, however we do have unscheduled tours if people can’t make the time that the scheduled tours occur. They are free, although they do require a bit of paperwork. And so there is a bit of a process that you need to go through to be able to come through TSA security without a valid flight ticket.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Bao Li \u003c/strong>[00:09:45] Everything goes in the gray bin, you do not need to take off your shoes anymore. What we will do is that this first person in line will just want to see that you have a badge, so just show them your badge. The second person at the security line will ask for both your badge and your ID. They will look at your badge, look at you ID, look your face, scan your badge look at the ID, your face and then scan your bag a second time. After that, we’ll go to the place with the gray bins. Everything goes in the gray bin except for your badge. Keep your badge on at all times. Okay, perfect.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Bao Li \u003c/strong>[00:10:25] In the fiscal year of June 2024 to June 2025, the airport had 54 million passengers arrive and depart from the airport. And the other thing is that the airport is never not open, so we are open 24 hours a day, seven days a week, which means that pieces of art are actually blasted with light levels. 24 hours day, 7 days a weak, and they are potentially touched by 54 million of passengers. We have a lot of mosaics because they are very robust, they are resilient, they are easy to clean. Much more than paintings or anything like that and so we actually are going to have more public art in the new Terminal 3 and what has been pitched has been a lot more mosaics because they are very easy to clean.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Ericka Cruz Guevarra \u003c/strong>[00:11:10] Now we are walking past security to see the Women in Afrofuturism exhibit that Nicole curated.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Nicole Mullen \u003c/strong>[00:11:20] Just past security and Harvey Milk Terminal 1, we are standing outside of Green Apple Books and Ritual Coffee. And in between those two vendors, you have a beautiful, intimate space where we’re currently featuring women of Afrofuturism.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Ericka Cruz Guevarra \u003c/strong>[00:11:44] It is nice to know that there are these little corners of the airport that you can escape to after a stressful walk through security.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Nicole Mullen \u003c/strong>[00:11:54] Absolutely. You know, when we opened the space we were worried that people would just pass right by, but really people are intrigued and they’re lured into the space. And this is really fun because when you first step into the exhibition you see local Oakland Bay area based artist, Celia C. Peters, who is a filmmaker and artist. So we’re showing her proof-of-concept godspeed, you and see that. Animation and you can also interact with her lenticular print.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Ericka Cruz Guevarra \u003c/strong>[00:12:29] And it’s this, like, woman who’s sort of looking over her shoulder, she’s sort of blue in color, has blue lipstick, and is wearing very, like futuristic, like aluminum sort of-looking clothing.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Nicole Mullen \u003c/strong>[00:12:43] And very confident and welcoming you into the space. So it’s a special print made on plastic and it has three changes. So if you start here, you see the woman with her eyes open and if you look a little further, she turns green and gold with a pink background. So it changes a little bit. Yes, and then step again and you’ll see her. With a little bit of a smile now, and she suggested the idea to start the show like this with this strong woman in space.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Ericka Cruz Guevarra \u003c/strong>[00:13:25] Maybe Nicole, if you could explain this specific corner of the exhibition.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Nicole Mullen \u003c/strong>[00:13:31] Right now we’re looking at futuristic fashion design in the last bay of the exhibition and what you’re seeing here is work done by Afatasi The Artist. She is a local San Francisco based artist, born and raised here. She currently resides in Bayview. She’s created these kind of space helmets in a way, but you’re looking really bright red and yellow flowers that she’s created into a space helmet.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Ericka Cruz Guevarra \u003c/strong>[00:13:59] I wonder as the person who curated this exhibit, why was it important for you to really show and highlight Afrofuturism at SFO?\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Nicole Mullen \u003c/strong>[00:14:10] Well, I really thought it would be wonderful for our audience. You know, when you’re talking about Afrofuturism, this is a social, political, and artistic movement. It examines the past. It questions the present. And it looks at how we can re-sculpt futures, both real and imagined. And I think doing that through the eyes of black women, especially, and their role in the movement, as Ingrid LaFleur had said, it really is like a warm hug. 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You don’t need to pay a ticket to go see a museum exhibition and a lotta times people. You know, they may have not thought about it and they stumble upon our exhibition and they feel drawn to it or excited by it. And so being able to reach that vast general audience is what I really love about the job.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Ericka Cruz Guevarra \u003c/strong>[00:15:58] Well, Daniel, Nicole, and Bao, thank you so much for for walking us through this. This is really fun.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Daniel Calderon \u003c/strong>[00:16:05] You’re so welcome. Glad to have you.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Nicole Mullen \u003c/strong>[00:16:08] Thank you so much for coming out.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003c/div>",
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"content": "\u003cp>British political commentator Sami Hamdi voluntarily left the U.S. on Wednesday after more than two weeks in federal immigration detention following his arrest \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12061703/british-commentator-sami-hamdis-detention-at-sfo-raises-alarms-over-free-speech\">at San Francisco International Airport\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Hamdi, who is Muslim and a vocal critic of the Israeli government, was on a national speaking tour at the time of his detainment. The Department of Homeland Security accused him of being a supporter of terrorism and cheering on Hamas after its attack on Israel on Oct. 7, 2023.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Hamdi’s detention is part of a larger effort by the Trump administration to crack down on adversarial speech by noncitizens, particularly surrounding Israel and the war in Gaza, raising concerns about the erosion of First Amendment rights.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“This administration has made it clear that if you are critical of Israel and its policies in Gaza, you’re subject to efforts at removal of you from the United States,” UC Davis law professor Kevin Johnson said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Immigration and Customs Enforcement officers detained Hamdi at SFO on Oct. 26, just a day after he spoke at the annual gala of the Council on American-Islamic Relations’ Sacramento chapter. He was headed to Florida, where he was scheduled to appear at another CAIR event later that evening.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Hamdi, who was taken to the Golden State Annex detention facility in McFarland after his arrest, said he was transported in shackles at least twice during his detention without notice, crowded into rooms with dozens of men and forced to wait hours for medical attention.[aside postID=news_12061703 hero='https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/10/SamiHamdiGetty.jpg']Following Hamdi’s arrest, Department of Homeland Security Assistant Secretary Tricia McLaughlin \u003ca href=\"https://x.com/TriciaOhio/status/1982514569307197749\">announced on social media platform X \u003c/a>that his visa had been revoked and that he was in ICE custody pending removal from the U.S., but his departure this week was voluntary rather than a deportation.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Under President Trump, those who support terrorism and undermine American national security will not be allowed to work or visit this country,” McLaughlin said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But according to CAIR’s California chapter, the government did not file criminal charges against Hamdi or allege in court that he posed any security threat. The organization said that the government brought only a claim that he had overstayed his visa, which was possible because DHS revoked his visa during his visit.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Hamdi’s attorneys said the detention was a show of political retaliation and a violation of his First Amendment rights that sought to suppress his future speech.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In a statement, the California chapter of CAIR said Hamdi was detained “at the urging of well-known anti-Muslim, anti-Palestinian extremists,” and added that his arrest occurred after a set of public appearances where Hamdi was vocal on Palestinian human rights.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Hamdi’s case is part of a broader pattern of authorities targeting journalists and advocates who speak out for Palestinian human rights and criticize Israeli government policies,” it continued.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12041614\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 1800px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12041614\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/05/npr.brightspotcdn-copy-15.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1800\" height=\"1200\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/05/npr.brightspotcdn-copy-15.jpg 1800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/05/npr.brightspotcdn-copy-15-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/05/npr.brightspotcdn-copy-15-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/05/npr.brightspotcdn-copy-15-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/05/npr.brightspotcdn-copy-15-1536x1024.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1800px) 100vw, 1800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Mahmoud Khalil has asked an immigration judge to grant him asylum, saying he feared being targeted by Israel if he’s deported to Syria or Algeria. \u003ccite>(Spencer Platt/Getty Images)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>In March, ICE officers arrested Columbia University student \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12040160/sf-immigration-attorney-says-first-amendment-should-protect-mahmoud-khalil-from-deportation\">Mahmoud Khalil\u003c/a>, an Algerian American legal permanent resident. Khalil was one of the most vocal spokespeople and negotiators at Columbia’s high-profile Gaza solidarity encampment in spring 2024.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The same month, Tufts student Rümeysa Öztürk was detained, though she was released after a federal judge found her arrest was likely in retaliation for a student newspaper op-ed she wrote that was critical of the campus’ response to the war in Gaza.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The State Department detained and initiated deportation hearings against another Columbia student activist, Mohsen Mahdawi, a lawful permanent resident, based on claims that his actions were harmful to foreign policy.[aside postID=news_12038872 hero='https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/04/gettyimages-2210243092-1020x680.jpeg']Johnson, the UC Davis law professor, said the Trump administration is unlike any other modern presidency in “using the immigration laws to target political dissenters, to target Muslims, to target Latinos, and using immigration laws in ways that are really extraordinary.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The laws surrounding free speech for immigrants and noncitizens are not firmly established and have been much more restricted in the past, he said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>During the McCarthy-era rise of anti-communism fear and paranoia, the Supreme Court ruled in a number of cases that immigrants could be deported for expressing views sympathetic toward the Communist Party or its figures.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The Trump administration has also invoked the Alien Enemies Act of 1798, a wartime law that allows the president to remove people from the country without a hearing. The move came in an attempt to \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12033527/trump-asks-supreme-court-to-allow-deportations-under-alien-enemies-act\">deport Venezuelan nationals\u003c/a> who Trump alleged were part of Tren de Aragua, a criminal organization on the administration’s foreign terrorist list.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Such a measure has only been taken three times in U.S. history — during the War of 1812 and the first and second World Wars — and can only be employed by a president if they determine that a foreign government is conducting an “invasion” outside of wartime, \u003ca href=\"https://www.congress.gov/crs-product/LSB11269\">according to Congress\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“It appears that this administration is returning to an effort to regulate ideology among non-civilians in this country,” Johnson said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12040480\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 1600px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12040480\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/05/npr.brightspotcdn-copy-5.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1600\" height=\"1067\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/05/npr.brightspotcdn-copy-5.jpg 1600w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/05/npr.brightspotcdn-copy-5-800x534.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/05/npr.brightspotcdn-copy-5-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/05/npr.brightspotcdn-copy-5-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/05/npr.brightspotcdn-copy-5-1536x1024.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1600px) 100vw, 1600px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">The U.S. Supreme Court heard arguments on May 15, 2025, in a case challenging the Trump administration’s effort to limit who gets birthright citizenship. \u003ccite>(Andrew Harnik/Getty Images)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>An immigration judge in September ordered that Khalil should be deported for withholding information in his green card application, but his case is still undergoing an appeal. While federal judges have ordered that Öztürk and Mahdawi be freed from detention, the Trump administration is still pursuing deportation.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Trump’s invocation of the Alien Enemies Act has faced a slew of legal challenges from the Supreme Court and federal appeals courts, but the high court hasn’t yet ruled directly on whether his use of the law to deport Venezuelan nationals is legal.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Soon, Johnson said, it’s likely that the Supreme Court will revisit the question of how protected noncitizen speech in the country is.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“We’ll have to see what the Supreme Court decides,” he said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cem>KQED’s \u003c/em>\u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/author/shossaini\">\u003cem>Sara Hossaini\u003c/em>\u003c/a>\u003cem> contributed to this report.\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad floatright]\u003c/p>\n",
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Flight reductions, he told reporters, are necessary to prioritize safety with a limited workforce.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>If the shutdown lasts until the full 10% air traffic cut takes effect next week, Mann said that could affect anywhere from 2,000 to 3,000 flights on a normal day, and up to 3,500 during the holiday season.[aside postID=news_12063192 hero='https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/11/SFODelaysGetty3.jpg']“Whether that is sufficient to get the airlines and the airports and the cities to call their senators, call their congressmen, and get them to start moving? I don’t know,” he said. 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"content": "\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12063196/sfo-delays-could-worsen-under-trump-plans-to-cut-air-traffic-in-us-by-10\">President Donald Trump’s plan to reduce air traffic by 10%\u003c/a> across the country starting Friday is already impacting Bay Area airports — and a total of 40 major airports nationwide.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Flight cancellations have already begun after the Federal Aviation Administration announced on Wednesday its intention to cut flights across “high-volume” markets to relieve pressure on air traffic controllers who are working without pay during \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/tag/government-shutdown\">the government shutdown\u003c/a>, and who’ve been increasingly calling off work. The move also comes as the Trump administration is ramping up pressure on Democrats in Congress to end the shutdown.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Ahead of the Veterans Day holiday weekend, dozens of flights out of both San Francisco International and Oakland San Francisco Bay International have already been canceled, according to the airports, and those numbers are likely to grow.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>So if you’re planning to fly soon out of the Bay Area, what should you know — especially as the busy Thanksgiving travel period approaches?\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Keep reading for what we know right now about flight cancellations during the federal government shutdown.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Jump straight to: \u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cul>\n\u003cli>\u003cstrong>\u003ca href=\"#HowcanIfindoutifmyflightisaffected\">How can I find out if my flight is affected?\u003c/a>\u003cbr>\n\u003c/strong>\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>\u003cstrong>\u003ca href=\"#ShouldIbeworriedaboutThanksgivingtravelatthisstage\">Should I be worried about Thanksgiving travel at this stage?\u003c/a>\u003c/strong>\u003c/li>\n\u003c/ul>\n\u003ch2>Which airports will be affected?\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"https://apnews.com/article/faa-government-shutdown-flight-cuts-airports-list-a11237fe6d6e14bed0935930dffed72e\">According to a list distributed to airlines\u003c/a> by the FAA and seen by the Associated Press, 40 of the busiest airports around the U.S. would be subject to flight cancellations.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In the Bay Area, this would include San Francisco International Airport (SFO) and Oakland San Francisco Bay Airport (OAK).\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11985763\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 1920px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-11985763\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/05/240412-OAKAirport-011-BL_qut.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1280\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/05/240412-OAKAirport-011-BL_qut.jpg 1920w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/05/240412-OAKAirport-011-BL_qut-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/05/240412-OAKAirport-011-BL_qut-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/05/240412-OAKAirport-011-BL_qut-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/05/240412-OAKAirport-011-BL_qut-1536x1024.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1920px) 100vw, 1920px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Passengers walk into Oakland International Airport in Oakland on April 12, 2024. \u003ccite>(Beth LaBerge/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>The other California airports affected would be:\u003c/p>\n\u003cul>\n\u003cli>Los Angeles International Airport (LAX)\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>Ontario International Airport (ONT)\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>San Diego International Airport (SAN)\u003c/li>\n\u003c/ul>\n\u003ch2>Which kinds of flights will be canceled?\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"https://abcnews.go.com/US/flight-capacity-reduced-10-40-major-airports-faa/story?id=127235525\">According to an anonymous source who spoke to ABC News\u003c/a>, only domestic flights will be subject to cancellations, and international routes will be unaffected.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Airlines may handle the reduction in flights differently. On Wednesday, \u003ca href=\"https://www.united.com/en/us/newsroom/announcements/cision-125419\">United CEO Scott Kirby confirmed the airline would maintain international flights\u003c/a>, as well as \u003ca href=\"https://www.oag.com/blog/what-are-airport-hubs-and-what-is-their-significance-in-the-travel-industry-today\">“hub-to-hub” routes\u003c/a> between high-volume major airports, and\u003ca href=\"https://apnews.com/article/government-shutdown-travel-delays-canceled-flights-38bd3f9d066b064b5f2aa248864fe13b\"> focus the cuts on smaller regional routes \u003c/a>that use smaller planes like 737s.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“\u003ca href=\"https://news.delta.com/delta-cares-customers-reduces-flights-beginning-nov-7-compliance-faa-directive\">Delta expects to operate the vast majority of our flights as scheduled\u003c/a>, including all long-haul international service, and will work to minimize customer impact while keeping safety our top priority,” according to a statement by the airline.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>\u003ca id=\"HowcanIfindoutifmyflightisaffected\">\u003c/a>How can I find out if my flight is affected?\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>Passengers should start to be notified about cancellations on Thursday. Airlines said they would try to minimize the impact on customers, some of whom will see weekend travel plans disrupted with little notice.[aside postID=news_12063196 hero='https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/11/SFODelaysGetty.jpg']SFO spokesperson Doug Yakel said that airlines would be handling the administration’s order to reduce flight traffic individually, and suggested passengers reach out directly to their airlines for information.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In its statement,\u003ca href=\"https://news.delta.com/delta-cares-customers-reduces-flights-beginning-nov-7-compliance-faa-directive\"> Delta said the airline would provide additional flexibility \u003c/a>for travelers to cancel or refund their flights when flying through impacted airports.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Make sure you’re signed up for email and text alerts from your airline if you’re traveling soon, so you can stay up-to-date with any cancellations — and be sure to check your flight status long before you leave for the airport.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>You can also use tools like \u003ca href=\"https://www.flightaware.com/\">FlightAware.com\u003c/a> to track cancelations, as well as the FAA’s \u003ca href=\"https://nasstatus.faa.gov/\">National Airspace System Status\u003c/a> site which allows passengers to see “active airport events” that might affect their flight — including staffing issues and weather.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>What should I do if my flight is canceled?\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>If you are already at the airport, it is time to find another flight.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Airlines will rebook you on a later flight for no additional charge. You can ask to be booked on another airline, but airlines aren’t required to put you on another carrier’s flight.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>This process is, unfortunately, often hit or miss — but you might consider also asking if there are any alternative flight options at different, nearby airports.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>Will I be refunded or get compensation?\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>If your flight is canceled and you no longer want to take the trip, or have found another way of getting to your destination, the airline is legally required to refund your money, even if you bought a nonrefundable ticket.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12063251\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12063251\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/11/SFODelaysGetty2.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1419\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/11/SFODelaysGetty2.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/11/SFODelaysGetty2-160x114.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/11/SFODelaysGetty2-1536x1090.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Passengers sleep while waiting for their flight at Terminal 3 of San Francisco International Airport on July 20, 2017, in San Francisco, California. \u003ccite>(Liz Hafalia/The San Francisco Chronicle via Getty Images)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>United, Delta Air Lines and American Airlines have said they will offer refunds to passengers who opt not to fly — even if they purchased tickets that aren’t normally refundable.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>U.S. airlines are not required to pay additional cash compensation and cover lodging and meals for passengers who are stranded, even if a flight cancellation or a severe delay is the airline’s fault.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>Even if my flight isn’t canceled, what should I know about flying right now?\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>Over the last month, the government shutdown has caused delays due to staffing issues at airports across the country.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12050041\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12050041\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/07/DeltaSFOGetty.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1332\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/07/DeltaSFOGetty.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/07/DeltaSFOGetty-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/07/DeltaSFOGetty-1536x1023.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">A Delta Airlines plane lands at San Francisco International Airport (SFO) in San Francisco, California, on July 24, 2025. \u003ccite>(Tayfun Coskun/Anadolu via Getty Images)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Transportation Security Administration staff are federal workers — except at SFO, where they’re private contractors working for TSA, who are still being paid during the shutdown — so you should plan for potentially long security lines and give yourself extra time to make your flight, as a rule.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Read our guide on\u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12058887/flight-delays-government-shutdown-air-traffic-controllers-sfo-oak-sjc\"> how to check for staffing-related flight delays during the shutdown.\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>How long could this go on? \u003ca id=\"ShouldIbeworriedaboutThanksgivingtravelatthisstage\">\u003c/a>Should I be worried about Thanksgiving travel?\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"https://www.npr.org/2025/11/06/nx-s1-5599582/government-shutdown-airport-thanksgiving-travel\">Aviation and travel experts told \u003cem>NPR\u003c/em>\u003c/a> that travelers can expect more delays and cancellations — as well as longer TSA lines — if the shutdown does not end before Thanksgiving.[aside postID=news_12058887 hero='https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2019/09/GettyImages-1173446702-1-1020x685.jpg']“During one of the busiest times of the year, an awful lot of folks are gonna get stranded,” said William J. McGee, a senior fellow for aviation and travel at anti-monopoly group the American Economic Liberties Project.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The days around Thanksgiving are some of the busiest times to travel, with the Sunday after Thanksgiving 2024 setting \u003ca href=\"https://www.facebook.com/watch/?v=942921390529380\">a record of nearly 3.09 million passengers screened by TSA.\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Katy Nastro, a representative of flight deals app Going, told NPR that anyone who hasn’t yet purchased their Thanksgiving flights should \u003ca href=\"https://www.npr.org/2025/11/06/nx-s1-5599582/government-shutdown-airport-thanksgiving-travel\">choose tickets that offer flight credits.\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Travelers should also consider opting for nonstop flights and early departures to minimize possible disruption, she said.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>Has something like this ever happened before?\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>“I’m not aware in my 35-year history in the aviation market where we’ve had a situation where we’re taking these kinds of measures,” FAA administrator Bryan Bedford said Wednesday. “We’re in new territory in terms of government shutdowns.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Until this week, the 2018–19 government shutdown was the longest in history. Disruptions to air travel have been widely credited as the impetus to finally end that shutdown, with Trump backing a stopgap spending bill to end that shutdown after \u003ca href=\"https://www.cnn.com/2019/02/06/politics/ten-air-traffic-controllers-shutdown\">air traffic controllers coordinated a sickout \u003c/a>that paused travel through LaGuardia Airport in New York and impacted several major airports.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cem>This story contains reporting from KQED’s \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/author/kdebenedetti\">Katie DeBenedetti\u003c/a> and \u003ca href=\"https://apnews.com/\">The Associated Press\u003c/a>. \u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cem>Nov. 7: A previous version of this story said more than 700 flights were canceled at the San Francisco and Oakland airports Friday. That figure represents the total number of cancellations across the country. 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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>SFO spokesperson Doug Yakel said that airlines would be handling the administration’s order to reduce flight traffic individually, and suggested passengers reach out directly to their airlines for information.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In its statement,\u003ca href=\"https://news.delta.com/delta-cares-customers-reduces-flights-beginning-nov-7-compliance-faa-directive\"> Delta said the airline would provide additional flexibility \u003c/a>for travelers to cancel or refund their flights when flying through impacted airports.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Make sure you’re signed up for email and text alerts from your airline if you’re traveling soon, so you can stay up-to-date with any cancellations — and be sure to check your flight status long before you leave for the airport.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>You can also use tools like \u003ca href=\"https://www.flightaware.com/\">FlightAware.com\u003c/a> to track cancelations, as well as the FAA’s \u003ca href=\"https://nasstatus.faa.gov/\">National Airspace System Status\u003c/a> site which allows passengers to see “active airport events” that might affect their flight — including staffing issues and weather.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>What should I do if my flight is canceled?\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>If you are already at the airport, it is time to find another flight.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Airlines will rebook you on a later flight for no additional charge. You can ask to be booked on another airline, but airlines aren’t required to put you on another carrier’s flight.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>This process is, unfortunately, often hit or miss — but you might consider also asking if there are any alternative flight options at different, nearby airports.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>Will I be refunded or get compensation?\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>If your flight is canceled and you no longer want to take the trip, or have found another way of getting to your destination, the airline is legally required to refund your money, even if you bought a nonrefundable ticket.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12063251\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12063251\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/11/SFODelaysGetty2.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1419\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/11/SFODelaysGetty2.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/11/SFODelaysGetty2-160x114.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/11/SFODelaysGetty2-1536x1090.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Passengers sleep while waiting for their flight at Terminal 3 of San Francisco International Airport on July 20, 2017, in San Francisco, California. \u003ccite>(Liz Hafalia/The San Francisco Chronicle via Getty Images)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>United, Delta Air Lines and American Airlines have said they will offer refunds to passengers who opt not to fly — even if they purchased tickets that aren’t normally refundable.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>U.S. airlines are not required to pay additional cash compensation and cover lodging and meals for passengers who are stranded, even if a flight cancellation or a severe delay is the airline’s fault.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>Even if my flight isn’t canceled, what should I know about flying right now?\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>Over the last month, the government shutdown has caused delays due to staffing issues at airports across the country.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12050041\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12050041\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/07/DeltaSFOGetty.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1332\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/07/DeltaSFOGetty.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/07/DeltaSFOGetty-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/07/DeltaSFOGetty-1536x1023.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">A Delta Airlines plane lands at San Francisco International Airport (SFO) in San Francisco, California, on July 24, 2025. \u003ccite>(Tayfun Coskun/Anadolu via Getty Images)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Transportation Security Administration staff are federal workers — except at SFO, where they’re private contractors working for TSA, who are still being paid during the shutdown — so you should plan for potentially long security lines and give yourself extra time to make your flight, as a rule.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Read our guide on\u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12058887/flight-delays-government-shutdown-air-traffic-controllers-sfo-oak-sjc\"> how to check for staffing-related flight delays during the shutdown.\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>How long could this go on? \u003ca id=\"ShouldIbeworriedaboutThanksgivingtravelatthisstage\">\u003c/a>Should I be worried about Thanksgiving travel?\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"https://www.npr.org/2025/11/06/nx-s1-5599582/government-shutdown-airport-thanksgiving-travel\">Aviation and travel experts told \u003cem>NPR\u003c/em>\u003c/a> that travelers can expect more delays and cancellations — as well as longer TSA lines — if the shutdown does not end before Thanksgiving.\u003c/p>\u003c/div>",
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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>“During one of the busiest times of the year, an awful lot of folks are gonna get stranded,” said William J. McGee, a senior fellow for aviation and travel at anti-monopoly group the American Economic Liberties Project.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The days around Thanksgiving are some of the busiest times to travel, with the Sunday after Thanksgiving 2024 setting \u003ca href=\"https://www.facebook.com/watch/?v=942921390529380\">a record of nearly 3.09 million passengers screened by TSA.\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Katy Nastro, a representative of flight deals app Going, told NPR that anyone who hasn’t yet purchased their Thanksgiving flights should \u003ca href=\"https://www.npr.org/2025/11/06/nx-s1-5599582/government-shutdown-airport-thanksgiving-travel\">choose tickets that offer flight credits.\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Travelers should also consider opting for nonstop flights and early departures to minimize possible disruption, she said.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>Has something like this ever happened before?\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>“I’m not aware in my 35-year history in the aviation market where we’ve had a situation where we’re taking these kinds of measures,” FAA administrator Bryan Bedford said Wednesday. “We’re in new territory in terms of government shutdowns.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Until this week, the 2018–19 government shutdown was the longest in history. Disruptions to air travel have been widely credited as the impetus to finally end that shutdown, with Trump backing a stopgap spending bill to end that shutdown after \u003ca href=\"https://www.cnn.com/2019/02/06/politics/ten-air-traffic-controllers-shutdown\">air traffic controllers coordinated a sickout \u003c/a>that paused travel through LaGuardia Airport in New York and impacted several major airports.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cem>This story contains reporting from KQED’s \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/author/kdebenedetti\">Katie DeBenedetti\u003c/a> and \u003ca href=\"https://apnews.com/\">The Associated Press\u003c/a>. \u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cem>Nov. 7: A previous version of this story said more than 700 flights were canceled at the San Francisco and Oakland airports Friday. That figure represents the total number of cancellations across the country. So far on Friday, San Francisco and Oakland have seen about 50 canceled flights.\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003c/div>",
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"content": "\u003cp>Dozens of flights through \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/tag/san-francisco\">San Francisco\u003c/a> and \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/tag/oakland\">Oakland\u003c/a>’s airports have been canceled after the Federal Aviation Administration ordered airlines to reduce air traffic by 10% across the country beginning Friday amid the ongoing government shutdown.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>San Francisco International spokesperson Doug Yakel said 39 flights have been canceled Friday, which he said are likely all related to the order. Oakland had five canceled arrivals and four canceled departures.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Those numbers are likely to grow, as airlines have been given orders to gradually decrease air traffic at 40 major U.S. airports incrementally over the next week. The order from the FAA requires them to nix 4% of flights Friday, increasing to 10% by Nov. 14.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The cuts, which will also affect Los Angeles International Airport, along with major airports in New York, Washington, D.C., and Philadelphia, according to the list obtained by \u003ca href=\"https://apnews.com/article/government-shutdown-reduced-flights-a082a6817d960101968a923f7dfd8ef0\">\u003cem>The\u003c/em> \u003cem>Associated Press\u003c/em>\u003c/a>\u003cem>, \u003c/em>come as airports deal with air traffic control staffing shortages exacerbated by the lapse in federal funding.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Those who travel will see that we’ve had more delays, we’ve had more cancellations,” U.S. Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy told reporters Wednesday. “We don’t want that, but our number one priority is to make sure when you travel, you travel safely.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>SFO, Oakland San Francisco Bay and San José Mineta International Airports all told KQED on Thursday that they hadn’t received any formal communication from the FAA about impacts at their sites.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12063307\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-12063307 size-full\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/11/GETTYIMAGES-2244764792-KQED.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1332\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/11/GETTYIMAGES-2244764792-KQED.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/11/GETTYIMAGES-2244764792-KQED-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/11/GETTYIMAGES-2244764792-KQED-1536x1023.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">A United Airlines plane takes off from the San Francisco International Airport (SFO) in San Francisco on November 5, 2025. \u003ccite>(Tayfun Coskun/Anadolu via Getty Images)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Yakel, SFO’s public information officer, said the order to reduce traffic will be handled individually by each airline and suggested passengers reach out to their carrier directly for more information.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Travelers at SFO on Thursday were already receiving updates that their travel might be affected. Howard Robinson, who’s flying to Jamaica to help his mom recover after Hurricane Melissa, received an email from American Airlines early Thursday warning that flights could be canceled as soon as Friday.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“We have one to Kingston on Saturday and we’re hoping it’s not one of the 10%,” he told KQED. “That’s from Miami Airport.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>While Robinson said he’s already avoiding layovers because of the increased chance of a delay or cancellation, he’s stopping in Miami to pick up his aunt and mother, who were able to leave Jamaica before the storm hit.[aside postID=news_12063192 hero='https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/11/SFODelaysGetty3.jpg']“Real life goes on, government shutdown or not,” he said. “I wonder if it’s worth it to affect all these people and change all these lives and have all this worry … I wish they would just figure it out and let us get on with our normal lives too.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Other airlines have also confirmed that some of their flights could be impacted and announced looser cancellation and flight change policies while air traffic is reduced.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In \u003ca href=\"https://news.delta.com/delta-cares-customers-reduces-flights-beginning-nov-7-compliance-faa-directive\">a statement\u003c/a>, Delta said it would provide additional flexibility to customers traveling through impacted markets to cancel or refund their flights, and was prioritizing international flights. United CEO Scott Kirby said the airline would also maintain \u003ca href=\"https://www.united.com/en/us/newsroom/announcements/cision-125419\">hub-to-hub flights\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The shutdown has already led to flight delays and cancellations at a number of airports across the country, including SFO, as many of the specialized workers miss shifts or call out sick. Even before the shutdown, airports were facing \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12033338/bay-area-air-traffic-control-is-down-to-1-meteorologist-after-trumps-hiring-freeze\">a shortage of air traffic control workers\u003c/a>, which Duffy said has now been exacerbated.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>During the government shutdown in 2019 — which was the longest in history before this week — air travel disruptions were widely credited as the impetus to finally re-opening the government.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Not long after air traffic controllers \u003ca href=\"https://www.cnn.com/2019/02/06/politics/ten-air-traffic-controllers-shutdown\">coordinated\u003c/a> a sickout in February 2019, temporarily pausing travel through LaGuardia and causing rippling delays at dozens of major airports, President Donald Trump backed a stopgap spending bill amid mounting pressure.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12057833\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 1999px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12057833\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/09/240412-OAKAirport-027-BL_qed.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1999\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/09/240412-OAKAirport-027-BL_qed.jpg 1999w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/09/240412-OAKAirport-027-BL_qed-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/09/240412-OAKAirport-027-BL_qed-1536x1024.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1999px) 100vw, 1999px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Passengers walk in to the Oakland International Airport in Oakland on April 12, 2024. \u003ccite>(Beth LaBerge/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>It’s unclear how the air travel disruption will play out this time. So far, the Trump administration appears to be following the strategy it has employed since the beginning of the shutdown, blaming Democrats for withholding votes on a Republican-led spending plan in the Senate.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I don’t have access to money to pay air traffic controllers during this shutdown. Congress has said there is no money. I’d love to pay them, but I can’t,” Duffy \u003ca href=\"https://x.com/SecDuffy\">posted on X\u003c/a> Thursday. “My message to Democrats is to sit down, figure it out, and not hold the American people hostage- especially when they want to travel.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>While Bay Area airports were largely spared from disruptions in 2019, in part because San Francisco’s security workers are not federal employees, some flights through SFO have already been canceled.[aside postID=news_12058887 hero='https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2019/09/GettyImages-1173446702-1-1020x685.jpg']Even before the FAA order took effect, Debbie Mizer’s trip to Dallas was among 160 delayed at SFO on Thursday.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>She’s trying to make a brief connection before her flight home to Bloomington, Indiana, after a month in the Bay Area, visiting her daughter and newborn baby.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>She said when she came out here a month ago, she wasn’t as worried about flight impacts due to the shutdown.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I didn’t know how it would be coming home,” she said, adding that regardless, she would have made the trip. “This is what family does.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Mizer said she was staying positive, since her flight was only running an hour late. 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"content": "\u003cp>For nearly 10 years, progressive \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/tag/bay-area\">Bay Area\u003c/a> Jewish groups have maintained close ties with a Palestinian village in the occupied West Bank — providing support, facilitating \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12043918/feds-detain-2-palestinian-men-at-sfo-in-us-to-speak-at-interfaith-gathering\">faith-based cultural exchanges\u003c/a> and spreading awareness about encroaching settler violence.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Following reports of Israel’s plans to demolish the village, Umm al-Khair, advocates are now calling for its protection.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“This is an unjust takeover,” said Seth Morrison, a member of the Face-to-Face Jewish-Palestinian Reparations Alliance, based out of Kehilla Community Synagogue in Piedmont, and a leader in the Bay Area’s Jewish Voice for Peace.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“It is essential that the Israeli Embassy know that many Americans, both Jewish and non-Jewish, are aware of this criminal action and are demanding that it change,” Morrison said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>On Tuesday, Israeli government and military personnel delivered 13 demolition orders and one stop-work order to Umm al-Khair, according to Chase Carter, communications director of the Center for Jewish Nonviolence. The orders included plans to dismantle a community center — “a central hub for everyone in the community, men, women and children” — as well as the center’s playground, 11 homes and a greenhouse. The stop-work order paused construction on a new house.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“If these demolition orders go through, the entire community is at risk of being forcibly displaced, permanently,” said Carter, whose organization has brought people from the Bay Area, including members of Kehilla Community Synagogue, to visit Umm al-Khair and other villages in the region.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12062243\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\" style=\"max-width: 1200px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12062243\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/10/251030-Umm-al-Khair-03-KQED.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1200\" height=\"1600\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/10/251030-Umm-al-Khair-03-KQED.jpg 1200w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/10/251030-Umm-al-Khair-03-KQED-160x213.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/10/251030-Umm-al-Khair-03-KQED-1152x1536.jpg 1152w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1200px) 100vw, 1200px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Residents took photos of the alleged demolition orders and stop-work order, delivered by Israeli Civil Administration employees and Israeli soldiers, on Oct. 28, 2025. \u003ccite>(Courtesy of residents of Umm al-Khair)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>“A core community of [the region] and of the nonviolent civil resistance movement, that is connected to so many of us here in the Bay Area, will be gone,” Carter said. “And that is a huge blow to our movement and solidarity activists that are trying to stay steadfast in the struggle to bring peace and justice to the region.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Neither the Israeli government nor the Israeli Consul General of San Francisco responded to requests for comment.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In a \u003ca href=\"https://www.youtube.com/shorts/8IgggCoLZ8c\">video\u003c/a> posted Tuesday on YouTube, Eid Al-Hathaleen, an activist who lives in Umm al-Khair, said residents were given four days to appeal the orders in Israeli court. Lawyers for residents, Morrison told KQED on Thursday, said the “cases will be extremely hard,” and the likelihood of “stopping the demolitions legally is less than 20%.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I am extremely troubled by reports that the Israeli Government has resumed the demolition of Palestinian homes in Umm al-Khair,” Rep. Lateefah Simon, D-Oakland, said in a statement. “No one should live under the threat of demolition, displacement, or death. I call on the State Department to use all available levers to stop the killing and displacement of Palestinians in the West Bank.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The residents of Umm al-Khair first took refuge among the rural, olive tree-dotted landscape of the South Hebron Hills in 1948, after \u003ca href=\"https://www.haaretz.com/2011-11-11/ty-article/west-bank-settlement-is-outdoing-its-neighboring-bedouin-village/0000017f-e545-df5f-a17f-ffdf19140000\">losing\u003c/a> their homes during the creation of the state of Israel. They purchased the land from Palestinians in the nearby city of Yatta and built a small agrarian community. Israel conquered the land during the Six-Day War in 1967 and has occupied it since.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In 1980, Israel set up a settlement, Carmel, abutting the village. The U.N. Security Council has condemned these settlements as a violation of \u003ca href=\"http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/middle_east/1682640.stm\">international law\u003c/a>, which Israel has disputed. Carmel, which has grown to engulf Umm al-Khair, has drawn international \u003ca href=\"https://www.nytimes.com/2010/07/01/opinion/01kristof.html?_r=2\">criticism\u003c/a> for its expansion into neighboring communities and for the stark disparities in living conditions between the village and the settlement.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12062242\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 1600px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12062242\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/10/251030-Umm-al-Khair-02-KQED.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1600\" height=\"1200\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/10/251030-Umm-al-Khair-02-KQED.jpg 1600w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/10/251030-Umm-al-Khair-02-KQED-160x120.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/10/251030-Umm-al-Khair-02-KQED-1536x1152.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1600px) 100vw, 1600px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Israeli Civil Administration employees and Israeli army personnel delivered the alleged demolition orders and stop-work order to Umm al-Khair residents on Oct. 28, 2025. \u003ccite>(Courtesy of Umm al-Khair residents)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Kehilla Rabbi Emeritus David Cooper, who has visited the village multiple times since 2016, said tensions between the growing settlement and the Palestinian residents of Umm al-Khair ratcheted up after Hamas’ attacks on Israel on Oct. 7, 2023.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Learning that Umm al-Khair was set to be demolished felt like discovering that a “next-door neighbor’s house” was being torn down, he said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“No authority, no reason, nothing. … The neighborhood next to me is being erased,” Cooper said. “It feels as immediate as that to me, and there is no justification for it whatsoever.”[aside postID=news_12061703 hero='https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/10/SamiHamdiGetty.jpg']Kehilla’s connection with the village began with a series of trips organized by the Center for Jewish Nonviolence to conduct what Cooper called “nonviolent co-resistance work.” The congregation and the Jewish-Palestinian reparations group organized multiple delegations to visit Umm al-Khair, and they meet monthly with residents of the village on Zoom.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Eid Al-Hathaleen and his cousin Awdah were Umm al-Khair’s primary points of contact with the Bay Area. Earlier this year, the congregation invited them to the U.S. as part of an inter-faith humanitarian mission that made headlines when the activists, both of whom held visitor visas, were detained at \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12043918/feds-detain-2-palestinian-men-at-sfo-in-us-to-speak-at-interfaith-gathering\">San Francisco International Airport by U.S. immigration agents\u003c/a>. Despite outcry from their local sponsors and from officials, the men were refused entry and sent home the next day.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>One month later, Awdah Al-Hathaleen, a prominent activist featured in the Oscar-winning documentary \u003cem>No Other Land\u003c/em>, \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12050131/activists-mourn-palestinian-man-killed-in-west-bank-after-being-denied-entry-at-sfo\">was killed by an Israeli settler\u003c/a>. In the Bay Area, his friends and allies mourned the loss and worried about what it signaled for the village’s future.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“The situation was already bad before October 2023, but it escalated dramatically after,” Philip Weintraub, another Kehilla member, told KQED in July. “We’re most fearful for the survival of the village — that was most important to Awdah — the protection and safety of the residents of Umm Al-Khair.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12062245\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 1600px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12062245\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/10/251030-Umm-al-Khair-05-KQED.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1600\" height=\"1200\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/10/251030-Umm-al-Khair-05-KQED.jpg 1600w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/10/251030-Umm-al-Khair-05-KQED-160x120.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/10/251030-Umm-al-Khair-05-KQED-1536x1152.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1600px) 100vw, 1600px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Israeli army personnel delivered demolition orders on Tuesday, Oct. 28, 2025, for more than a dozen structures in Umm al-Khair, including a greenhouse that activists said was essential for sustaining the village. \u003ccite>(Courtesy of Umm al-Khair residents)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>This week’s demolition orders follow a temporary injunction \u003ca href=\"https://peacenow.org.il/en/peace-now-to-court-settlers-flout-injunction-move-into-illegal-outpost-near-palestinian-village-of-umm-al-kheir\">issued\u003c/a> earlier this month by the Jerusalem District Court forbidding settlers from inhabiting seven prefabricated homes just steps from Umm al-Khair, on the grounds that the houses were built without authorization and in violation of zoning designations, according to reporting from the \u003ca href=\"https://www.timesofisrael.com/liveblog_entry/israel-issues-demolition-orders-for-13-buildings-in-west-bank-palestinian-hamlet/\">\u003cem>Times of Israel\u003c/em>.\u003c/a> This notice has been violated, and the homes are occupied, the report said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Last week, President Donald Trump said in an \u003ca href=\"https://time.com/7327689/trump-israel-gaza-deal-interview-transcript/\">interview\u003c/a> with \u003cem>Time Magazine\u003c/em> that any Israeli attempt to annex parts of the occupied West Bank will not be tolerated.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“It won’t happen because I gave my word to the Arab countries,” he said, in a conversation about the administration’s role in the fragile Gaza ceasefire deal. “Israel would lose all of its support from the United States if that happened.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12062247\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 1600px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12062247\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/10/251030-Umm-al-Khair-07-KQED.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1600\" height=\"1200\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/10/251030-Umm-al-Khair-07-KQED.jpg 1600w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/10/251030-Umm-al-Khair-07-KQED-160x120.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/10/251030-Umm-al-Khair-07-KQED-1536x1152.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1600px) 100vw, 1600px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Israeli army personnel brought the alleged demolition orders along with Civil Administration employees on Tuesday, Oct. 28, in Umm al-Khair, a village in the West Bank. \u003ccite>(Photos courtesy of Umm al-Khair residents)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>The day before the interview was published, however, the Israeli Knesset, or parliament, voted in favor of annexing land in the West Bank.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>And from June 18 to Sept. 25, Israeli authorities have approved the construction of 20,000 new housing units in the West Bank, according to a U.N. \u003ca href=\"https://english.wafa.ps/Pages/Details/161860\">report\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Despite the Trump administration’s assurances, Morrison said the situation in Umm al-Khair tells another story.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Unfortunately, what is happening is de facto an annexation. 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The stop-work order paused construction on a new house.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“If these demolition orders go through, the entire community is at risk of being forcibly displaced, permanently,” said Carter, whose organization has brought people from the Bay Area, including members of Kehilla Community Synagogue, to visit Umm al-Khair and other villages in the region.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12062243\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\" style=\"max-width: 1200px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12062243\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/10/251030-Umm-al-Khair-03-KQED.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1200\" height=\"1600\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/10/251030-Umm-al-Khair-03-KQED.jpg 1200w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/10/251030-Umm-al-Khair-03-KQED-160x213.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/10/251030-Umm-al-Khair-03-KQED-1152x1536.jpg 1152w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1200px) 100vw, 1200px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Residents took photos of the alleged demolition orders and stop-work order, delivered by Israeli Civil Administration employees and Israeli soldiers, on Oct. 28, 2025. \u003ccite>(Courtesy of residents of Umm al-Khair)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>“A core community of [the region] and of the nonviolent civil resistance movement, that is connected to so many of us here in the Bay Area, will be gone,” Carter said. “And that is a huge blow to our movement and solidarity activists that are trying to stay steadfast in the struggle to bring peace and justice to the region.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Neither the Israeli government nor the Israeli Consul General of San Francisco responded to requests for comment.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In a \u003ca href=\"https://www.youtube.com/shorts/8IgggCoLZ8c\">video\u003c/a> posted Tuesday on YouTube, Eid Al-Hathaleen, an activist who lives in Umm al-Khair, said residents were given four days to appeal the orders in Israeli court. Lawyers for residents, Morrison told KQED on Thursday, said the “cases will be extremely hard,” and the likelihood of “stopping the demolitions legally is less than 20%.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I am extremely troubled by reports that the Israeli Government has resumed the demolition of Palestinian homes in Umm al-Khair,” Rep. Lateefah Simon, D-Oakland, said in a statement. “No one should live under the threat of demolition, displacement, or death. I call on the State Department to use all available levers to stop the killing and displacement of Palestinians in the West Bank.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The residents of Umm al-Khair first took refuge among the rural, olive tree-dotted landscape of the South Hebron Hills in 1948, after \u003ca href=\"https://www.haaretz.com/2011-11-11/ty-article/west-bank-settlement-is-outdoing-its-neighboring-bedouin-village/0000017f-e545-df5f-a17f-ffdf19140000\">losing\u003c/a> their homes during the creation of the state of Israel. They purchased the land from Palestinians in the nearby city of Yatta and built a small agrarian community. Israel conquered the land during the Six-Day War in 1967 and has occupied it since.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In 1980, Israel set up a settlement, Carmel, abutting the village. The U.N. Security Council has condemned these settlements as a violation of \u003ca href=\"http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/middle_east/1682640.stm\">international law\u003c/a>, which Israel has disputed. Carmel, which has grown to engulf Umm al-Khair, has drawn international \u003ca href=\"https://www.nytimes.com/2010/07/01/opinion/01kristof.html?_r=2\">criticism\u003c/a> for its expansion into neighboring communities and for the stark disparities in living conditions between the village and the settlement.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12062242\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 1600px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12062242\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/10/251030-Umm-al-Khair-02-KQED.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1600\" height=\"1200\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/10/251030-Umm-al-Khair-02-KQED.jpg 1600w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/10/251030-Umm-al-Khair-02-KQED-160x120.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/10/251030-Umm-al-Khair-02-KQED-1536x1152.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1600px) 100vw, 1600px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Israeli Civil Administration employees and Israeli army personnel delivered the alleged demolition orders and stop-work order to Umm al-Khair residents on Oct. 28, 2025. \u003ccite>(Courtesy of Umm al-Khair residents)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Kehilla Rabbi Emeritus David Cooper, who has visited the village multiple times since 2016, said tensions between the growing settlement and the Palestinian residents of Umm al-Khair ratcheted up after Hamas’ attacks on Israel on Oct. 7, 2023.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Learning that Umm al-Khair was set to be demolished felt like discovering that a “next-door neighbor’s house” was being torn down, he said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“No authority, no reason, nothing. … The neighborhood next to me is being erased,” Cooper said. “It feels as immediate as that to me, and there is no justification for it whatsoever.”\u003c/p>\u003c/div>",
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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>Kehilla’s connection with the village began with a series of trips organized by the Center for Jewish Nonviolence to conduct what Cooper called “nonviolent co-resistance work.” The congregation and the Jewish-Palestinian reparations group organized multiple delegations to visit Umm al-Khair, and they meet monthly with residents of the village on Zoom.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Eid Al-Hathaleen and his cousin Awdah were Umm al-Khair’s primary points of contact with the Bay Area. Earlier this year, the congregation invited them to the U.S. as part of an inter-faith humanitarian mission that made headlines when the activists, both of whom held visitor visas, were detained at \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12043918/feds-detain-2-palestinian-men-at-sfo-in-us-to-speak-at-interfaith-gathering\">San Francisco International Airport by U.S. immigration agents\u003c/a>. Despite outcry from their local sponsors and from officials, the men were refused entry and sent home the next day.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>One month later, Awdah Al-Hathaleen, a prominent activist featured in the Oscar-winning documentary \u003cem>No Other Land\u003c/em>, \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12050131/activists-mourn-palestinian-man-killed-in-west-bank-after-being-denied-entry-at-sfo\">was killed by an Israeli settler\u003c/a>. In the Bay Area, his friends and allies mourned the loss and worried about what it signaled for the village’s future.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“The situation was already bad before October 2023, but it escalated dramatically after,” Philip Weintraub, another Kehilla member, told KQED in July. “We’re most fearful for the survival of the village — that was most important to Awdah — the protection and safety of the residents of Umm Al-Khair.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12062245\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 1600px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12062245\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/10/251030-Umm-al-Khair-05-KQED.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1600\" height=\"1200\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/10/251030-Umm-al-Khair-05-KQED.jpg 1600w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/10/251030-Umm-al-Khair-05-KQED-160x120.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/10/251030-Umm-al-Khair-05-KQED-1536x1152.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1600px) 100vw, 1600px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Israeli army personnel delivered demolition orders on Tuesday, Oct. 28, 2025, for more than a dozen structures in Umm al-Khair, including a greenhouse that activists said was essential for sustaining the village. \u003ccite>(Courtesy of Umm al-Khair residents)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>This week’s demolition orders follow a temporary injunction \u003ca href=\"https://peacenow.org.il/en/peace-now-to-court-settlers-flout-injunction-move-into-illegal-outpost-near-palestinian-village-of-umm-al-kheir\">issued\u003c/a> earlier this month by the Jerusalem District Court forbidding settlers from inhabiting seven prefabricated homes just steps from Umm al-Khair, on the grounds that the houses were built without authorization and in violation of zoning designations, according to reporting from the \u003ca href=\"https://www.timesofisrael.com/liveblog_entry/israel-issues-demolition-orders-for-13-buildings-in-west-bank-palestinian-hamlet/\">\u003cem>Times of Israel\u003c/em>.\u003c/a> This notice has been violated, and the homes are occupied, the report said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Last week, President Donald Trump said in an \u003ca href=\"https://time.com/7327689/trump-israel-gaza-deal-interview-transcript/\">interview\u003c/a> with \u003cem>Time Magazine\u003c/em> that any Israeli attempt to annex parts of the occupied West Bank will not be tolerated.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“It won’t happen because I gave my word to the Arab countries,” he said, in a conversation about the administration’s role in the fragile Gaza ceasefire deal. “Israel would lose all of its support from the United States if that happened.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12062247\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 1600px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12062247\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/10/251030-Umm-al-Khair-07-KQED.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1600\" height=\"1200\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/10/251030-Umm-al-Khair-07-KQED.jpg 1600w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/10/251030-Umm-al-Khair-07-KQED-160x120.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/10/251030-Umm-al-Khair-07-KQED-1536x1152.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1600px) 100vw, 1600px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Israeli army personnel brought the alleged demolition orders along with Civil Administration employees on Tuesday, Oct. 28, in Umm al-Khair, a village in the West Bank. \u003ccite>(Photos courtesy of Umm al-Khair residents)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>The day before the interview was published, however, the Israeli Knesset, or parliament, voted in favor of annexing land in the West Bank.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>And from June 18 to Sept. 25, Israeli authorities have approved the construction of 20,000 new housing units in the West Bank, according to a U.N. \u003ca href=\"https://english.wafa.ps/Pages/Details/161860\">report\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Despite the Trump administration’s assurances, Morrison said the situation in Umm al-Khair tells another story.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Unfortunately, what is happening is de facto an annexation. 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