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We will find out about your misdeeds, cut off your funding, and hold you accountable.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The action follows rising scrutiny of the city’s nonprofits in recent years and \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11981767/audit-finds-sf-homeless-housing-provider-misspent-taxpayer-money\">comes on the heels of a city audit released last month\u003c/a> that found HomeRise, a leading developer of housing for people exiting homelessness in San Francisco, has been “careless and irresponsible” with taxpayer money, spending $12,500 on a social event and handing out $200,000 in bonuses, among other improprieties.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Providence’s contracts with the city, through the Department of Homelessness and Supportive Housing, include one to run the Oasis Hotel, a shelter for families experiencing homelessness; another to run a navigation center; and others to operate supportive services and housing voucher programs, according to Chiu’s office.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The alleged fraud involves falsified invoices related to maintenance at the Oasis Hotel. The city attorney claims the hotel was never painted nor had locks removed as reported on invoices, which also allegedly list a false contractor’s license number.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Providence Foundation Executive Director Patricia Doyle signed off on these bills, according to Chiu’s office, and should have known they were fake.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“The lack of new exterior paint is obvious to any person who views the Oasis, let alone the executive director and director of operations of the nonprofit in charge of operating the hotel,” according to a press release from the office. “In fact, a facilities report that the city commissioned after the Oasis had purportedly been painted lists ‘exterior paint’ as one of the shelter’s most pressing needs due to rust and fungus on the exterior of the building.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[aside label=\"related coverage\" tag=\"homelessness\"]Chiu is also accusing the nonprofit of hiring “members of at least seven different families,” including children of the executive director and vice president of the board, in violation of the anti-nepotism provision in the grant agreement.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The Department of Homelessness and Supportive Housing called Providence out on its hiring practices and other contract violations starting in March 2023.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“HSH has received complaints from Providence staff about personnel mismanagement, personnel oversight and inappropriate hiring practices,” \u003ca href=\"https://www.sfcityattorney.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/05/HSH-Corrective-Action-Letters.pdf\">one letter to the nonprofit reads\u003c/a>. The letter also lists complaints of wage theft, inadequate staffing, nepotism and accusations that Providence Foundation Director of Operations Kenisha Roach video-recorded guests and staff at the Oasis without permission during private conversations.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Providence could be barred from getting city contracts or grants for up to five years through the debarment process, which is an administrative rather than legal procedure and is expected to take several months. At the city attorney’s request, the controller will appoint an independent hearing officer to hear arguments from both sides and decide. Debarment requires a finding of “willful misconduct.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The suspension will stay in place until the debarment proceeding is resolved. It doesn’t put an end to Providence’s current city contracts but could be grounds for terminating them.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n",
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"content": "\u003cp>They’re called the Ladies of AsiaSF.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>On a recent Sunday night, they danced and sashayed on the bar counter-turned stage of this cabaret and restaurant while the crowd clapped, snapped and whistled. The ladies lip-synched and emoted songs by Rihanna, Madonna and Beyoncé. And just like those pop icons, they’re known only by their first names.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“It embraced me like nobody else. It gave me a place to be who I really am,” Karmina said while folding napkins before the guests arrived.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>For more than a quarter century, AsiaSF has been a pioneer in supporting and showcasing transgender performers like Karmina.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>She started working at AsiaSF in 2000 while volunteering for the Asian HIV-AIDS educational group called the Rice Girls. Living as a gay man before, Karmina said, “It never crossed my mind that I could live my authentic life … Karmina was born here.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But in February, the beloved San Francisco institution announced it was closing its doors on March 31, the Transgender Day of Visibility.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11984346\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-11984346\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/04/240426-ASIASF-018-BL-KQED.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/04/240426-ASIASF-018-BL-KQED.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/04/240426-ASIASF-018-BL-KQED-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/04/240426-ASIASF-018-BL-KQED-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/04/240426-ASIASF-018-BL-KQED-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/04/240426-ASIASF-018-BL-KQED-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/04/240426-ASIASF-018-BL-KQED-1920x1280.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Jasmine (left) and Karmina perform at AsiaSF in San Francisco on April 26, 2024. \u003ccite>(Beth LaBerge/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>The news jolted the city’s LGBTQ+ community and generated overwhelming support for the club. AsiaSF had to add dates and show times that kept the venue open until April 28.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“When we made the announcement, the community has come forth,” said Larry Hashbarger, founder and CEO of AsiaSF, in his office behind the club in San Francisco’s South of Market neighborhood.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Still, it wasn’t enough to save the iconic institution.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“The whole nightlife scene has changed dramatically since COVID, so the dynamics of running a nighttime business has been challenged,” Hashbarger said. He added he was ready to retire and, along with his co-owners, decided it was time to close the shop.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11984352\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-11984352\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/04/240426-ASIASF-036-BL-KQED.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/04/240426-ASIASF-036-BL-KQED.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/04/240426-ASIASF-036-BL-KQED-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/04/240426-ASIASF-036-BL-KQED-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/04/240426-ASIASF-036-BL-KQED-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/04/240426-ASIASF-036-BL-KQED-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/04/240426-ASIASF-036-BL-KQED-1920x1280.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Kimmy (left) and Larry Hashbarger, founder and CEO of AsiaSF, watch performances at the dinner theatre in San Francisco on April 26, 2024. \u003ccite>(Beth LaBerge/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>But Hashbarger said that since news of the closure became public, every show sold out. For the last three months, Asia SF has operated like it did in its heyday. And on the night I attended the show, the club was packed.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>I spoke with Blaire after she got ready for the performance. At first, Blaire came off as shy and somewhat reserved. She transitioned during her teens, so by the time she got to AsiaSF at 24, she said she felt confident in her identity. But she spent a decade doing hair and had never performed before. Now, eight years later, she’s a pro.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Learning how to perform has been, more so, learning how to embrace myself on the stage,” said Blaire, who served as emcee that night. She pumped up the crowd, no longer as bashful as she first seemed. And with every prompt to cheer, the room got hyped, ready to embrace their favorite ladies.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11984347\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-11984347\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/04/240426-ASIASF-025-BL-KQED.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/04/240426-ASIASF-025-BL-KQED.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/04/240426-ASIASF-025-BL-KQED-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/04/240426-ASIASF-025-BL-KQED-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/04/240426-ASIASF-025-BL-KQED-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/04/240426-ASIASF-025-BL-KQED-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/04/240426-ASIASF-025-BL-KQED-1920x1280.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Blair performs at Asia SF in San Francisco on April 26, 2024. The SoMa restaurant and cabaret, starring transgender women, closed its doors on April 28, 2024, after 26 years. \u003ccite>(Beth LaBerge/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Besides the performances, audience engagement was one of AsiaSF’s specialties. On intermissions and at the end of the shows, the performers mingled with guests as they served drinks and closed tabs.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>While most dinner shows offer salads and pastas, AsiaSF took pride in its California-Asian fusion menu, a three-course meal of dishes like tamarind chicken satay, blackened tuna sashimi, orange lamb, “baby got back” ribs and green tea cheesecake. Signature cocktails bore the personalities of the performers: Karmina’s Kiss, Blair’s Temptation and Gia’s Espresso Martini.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>AsiaSF opened in April 1998, when the dot-com industry was just bubbling in San Francisco. The city was home to a handful of venues like The Motherlode, Finnochio’s and The Stud that featured what was then called “drag shows.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11984348\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-11984348\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/04/240426-ASIASF-027-BL-KQED.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/04/240426-ASIASF-027-BL-KQED.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/04/240426-ASIASF-027-BL-KQED-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/04/240426-ASIASF-027-BL-KQED-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/04/240426-ASIASF-027-BL-KQED-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/04/240426-ASIASF-027-BL-KQED-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/04/240426-ASIASF-027-BL-KQED-1920x1280.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Gia performs at AsiaSF in San Francisco on April 26, 2024. \u003ccite>(Beth LaBerge/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Inspired by his travels to Thailand, where Hashbarger saw transgender women performing, he had a flash of inspiration. 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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>She started working at AsiaSF in 2000 while volunteering for the Asian HIV-AIDS educational group called the Rice Girls. Living as a gay man before, Karmina said, “It never crossed my mind that I could live my authentic life … Karmina was born here.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But in February, the beloved San Francisco institution announced it was closing its doors on March 31, the Transgender Day of Visibility.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11984346\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-11984346\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/04/240426-ASIASF-018-BL-KQED.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/04/240426-ASIASF-018-BL-KQED.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/04/240426-ASIASF-018-BL-KQED-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/04/240426-ASIASF-018-BL-KQED-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/04/240426-ASIASF-018-BL-KQED-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/04/240426-ASIASF-018-BL-KQED-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/04/240426-ASIASF-018-BL-KQED-1920x1280.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Jasmine (left) and Karmina perform at AsiaSF in San Francisco on April 26, 2024. \u003ccite>(Beth LaBerge/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>The news jolted the city’s LGBTQ+ community and generated overwhelming support for the club. AsiaSF had to add dates and show times that kept the venue open until April 28.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“When we made the announcement, the community has come forth,” said Larry Hashbarger, founder and CEO of AsiaSF, in his office behind the club in San Francisco’s South of Market neighborhood.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Still, it wasn’t enough to save the iconic institution.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“The whole nightlife scene has changed dramatically since COVID, so the dynamics of running a nighttime business has been challenged,” Hashbarger said. He added he was ready to retire and, along with his co-owners, decided it was time to close the shop.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11984352\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-11984352\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/04/240426-ASIASF-036-BL-KQED.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/04/240426-ASIASF-036-BL-KQED.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/04/240426-ASIASF-036-BL-KQED-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/04/240426-ASIASF-036-BL-KQED-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/04/240426-ASIASF-036-BL-KQED-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/04/240426-ASIASF-036-BL-KQED-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/04/240426-ASIASF-036-BL-KQED-1920x1280.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Kimmy (left) and Larry Hashbarger, founder and CEO of AsiaSF, watch performances at the dinner theatre in San Francisco on April 26, 2024. \u003ccite>(Beth LaBerge/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>But Hashbarger said that since news of the closure became public, every show sold out. For the last three months, Asia SF has operated like it did in its heyday. And on the night I attended the show, the club was packed.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>I spoke with Blaire after she got ready for the performance. At first, Blaire came off as shy and somewhat reserved. She transitioned during her teens, so by the time she got to AsiaSF at 24, she said she felt confident in her identity. But she spent a decade doing hair and had never performed before. Now, eight years later, she’s a pro.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Learning how to perform has been, more so, learning how to embrace myself on the stage,” said Blaire, who served as emcee that night. She pumped up the crowd, no longer as bashful as she first seemed. And with every prompt to cheer, the room got hyped, ready to embrace their favorite ladies.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11984347\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-11984347\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/04/240426-ASIASF-025-BL-KQED.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/04/240426-ASIASF-025-BL-KQED.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/04/240426-ASIASF-025-BL-KQED-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/04/240426-ASIASF-025-BL-KQED-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/04/240426-ASIASF-025-BL-KQED-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/04/240426-ASIASF-025-BL-KQED-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/04/240426-ASIASF-025-BL-KQED-1920x1280.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Blair performs at Asia SF in San Francisco on April 26, 2024. 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"content": "\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"#episode-transcript\">\u003ci>View the full episode transcript\u003c/i>\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Here at \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/series/baycurious\">Bay Curious\u003c/a>, we’ve received a \u003cem>lot\u003c/em> of questions about tunnels under San Francisco.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Listeners have told us they’ve heard stories of secret passageways running under the city. They’ve asked us, what is the truth about them?\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The first thing I should tell you is: They’re absolutely real.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch3>\u003cstrong>What Lies Beneath?\u003c/strong>\u003c/h3>\n\u003cp>The myth of the underground — a silent world hidden under our feet — is an endlessly alluring one. There are, after all, very \u003cem>real\u003c/em> labyrinths under major world cities. Like the infamous \u003ca href=\"http://catacombes.paris.fr/en\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">catacombs of Paris\u003c/a>, lined with the bones of the city’s dead, or the \u003ca href=\"https://www.atlasobscura.com/places/odessa-catacombs\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">terrifying catacombs under Odesa\u003c/a> in Ukraine.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Some people get so obsessed with the idea of tunnels that they search for underground adventures themselves. They call themselves “urban explorers.” If you hit Google looking for information on San Francisco’s particular underground, there’s a name that comes up again and again — an explorer named \u003ca href=\"http://www.sierrahartman.com/sf-underground\">Sierra Hartman\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11782642\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 700px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-11782642 size-full\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2019/10/Sierra-1.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"700\" height=\"450\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2019/10/Sierra-1.png 700w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2019/10/Sierra-1-160x103.png 160w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 700px) 100vw, 700px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Somewhere under San Francisco. \u003ccite>(Sierra Hartman)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>A photographer and writer, Hartman’s haunting photographs of shadowy spaces under S.F. are, for many people, their first clue that this particular world of tunnels really does exist.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I think it’s just ingrained in human nature, you know?” Hartman says of the drive to venture below. “You wonder what’s down there.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Hartman lives in Tacoma, Washington, but grew up in Southern California. It was roaming around on his bike as a kid with friends, Goonies-style, that he discovered the dark urban waterways in his hometown.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“You take a 12-year-old kid and show them an entrance of a tunnel? Like, they’re \u003cem>going\u003c/em> to go in,” Hartman says.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11782644\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 700px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-11782644 size-full\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2019/10/0_v96zDttNjTR0Bhsu_.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"700\" height=\"450\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2019/10/0_v96zDttNjTR0Bhsu_.png 700w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2019/10/0_v96zDttNjTR0Bhsu_-160x103.png 160w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 700px) 100vw, 700px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Somewhere under San Francisco. \u003ccite>(Sierra Hartman)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Arriving in San Francisco later in life, he began exploring the city’s streets at night with his camera. One of those nights, a chance encounter with a manhole left open led him beneath the San Francisco for the first time — and sparked an adult passion for urban exploration.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Across the sleeping city, Hartman found entrances to dark, dripping tunnels, sloshing wet, that stretched for miles into the blackness.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“So much of it is just overgrown,” he says of those doorways. “You don’t \u003cem>realize\u003c/em> that there is a whole underground part of this thing.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Like many urban explorers, Hartman says, he enjoyed the thrill of the hunt almost as much as the actual discovery.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Like solving a puzzle,” he says. “It’s as much about solving the mystery and finding the thing.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11782645\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 700px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-11782645 size-full\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2019/10/0_bKc1L_JmfVh4mTQZ_.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"700\" height=\"450\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2019/10/0_bKc1L_JmfVh4mTQZ_.png 700w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2019/10/0_bKc1L_JmfVh4mTQZ_-160x103.png 160w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 700px) 100vw, 700px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Somewhere under San Francisco. \u003ccite>(Sierra Hartman)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>He used a mixture of publicly available records and maps, Google Earth, and whispers from fellow urban explorers, who are notoriously secretive about their finds.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>At least some of that is due to the risks of their enterprise. Bodily dangers aside, urban exploration represents “at best a gray area of legality in some places, and outright trespassing in other places,” as Hartman puts it.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>This is the part where I tell you that this underground network Hartman risked bodily harm to venture into is no mysterious labyrinth built by shadowy figures.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>It’s San Francisco’s huge sewer network.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[baycuriouspodcastinfo]\u003c/p>\n\u003ch3>\u003cstrong>A Complex World You Don’t See\u003c/strong>\u003c/h3>\n\u003cp>“I crawl through a lot of sewer pipes. That’s basically my job,” says Megan Abadie, an assistant engineer for the San Francisco Public Utilities Commission wastewater enterprise. Her job sees her enter those same tunnels — legally — to make sure that this giant, intricate system filled with your waste keeps working the way it’s meant to.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11782900\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 1920px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-11782900 size-full\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2019/10/RS39803__M6A1972-qut.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1280\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2019/10/RS39803__M6A1972-qut.jpg 1920w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2019/10/RS39803__M6A1972-qut-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2019/10/RS39803__M6A1972-qut-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2019/10/RS39803__M6A1972-qut-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2019/10/RS39803__M6A1972-qut-1200x800.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1920px) 100vw, 1920px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Megan Abadie in her office at San Francisco’s Public Utilities Commission. \u003ccite>(Sruti Mamidanna/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>There are a lot of misconceptions about the sewers, Abadie says. For one, what we surface-dwellers call “tunnels” aren’t truly tunnels — a term that specifically means a long run of pipe bored out of the earth with only a few manholes attached. When we talk of the “tunnels under San Francisco,” we’re usually talking, in fact, about sewer mains.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>San Francisco is 49 square miles but has over 1,000 miles of sewer mains under every block. What makes our system unique in California is the fact that it’s a combined system. Instead of stormwater and sewage water being separated into different pipes, as they are elsewhere in the state, in San Francisco, it all flows into the same set of pipes.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11782624\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-11782624 size-medium\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2019/10/RS39789_Megan_Tunnel_05-qut-800x450.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"800\" height=\"450\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2019/10/RS39789_Megan_Tunnel_05-qut-800x450.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2019/10/RS39789_Megan_Tunnel_05-qut-160x90.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2019/10/RS39789_Megan_Tunnel_05-qut-1020x574.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2019/10/RS39789_Megan_Tunnel_05-qut-1200x675.jpg 1200w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2019/10/RS39789_Megan_Tunnel_05-qut.jpg 1885w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Megan Abadie, deep in the San Francisco sewers. \u003ccite>(Sruti Mamidanna/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>This is a legacy of the city’s relative age, with the foundations of our modern-day sewers being laid during the Gold Rush — in what Abadie describes as “a very ad hoc system … people would build pipes to just connect to the nearest creek.” There are still some pipes under your feet that date from the 1840s, she says.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Just like in New York — another old, dense city — it was too hard to rip up San Francisco’s sewer network to replace the old system with secondary pipes. So we’ve repaired and adapted our old system, which is why this city still has those big, wide sewer mains … that people can’t seem to stay out of.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch3>A Lethal Labyrinth\u003c/h3>\n\u003cp>“There’s a lot of things that can happen in the sewer that can actually kill you pretty easily,” Abadie reminds me.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>For one thing, there’s the risk of drowning down there. Because of San Francisco’s steep topography, Abadie and her colleagues never enter the sewers if there’s so much as a drizzle of rain anywhere in the city.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11782637\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 1920px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-11782637 size-full\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2019/10/RS39787_Megan_Tunnel_02-qut.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1080\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2019/10/RS39787_Megan_Tunnel_02-qut.jpg 1920w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2019/10/RS39787_Megan_Tunnel_02-qut-160x90.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2019/10/RS39787_Megan_Tunnel_02-qut-800x450.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2019/10/RS39787_Megan_Tunnel_02-qut-1020x574.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2019/10/RS39787_Megan_Tunnel_02-qut-1200x675.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1920px) 100vw, 1920px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Megan Abadie in the sewers of San Francisco. \u003ccite>(Sruti Mamidanna/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>“If you’re in a large pipe at the bottom of a hill, it doesn’t take much for a big slug of water to hit you, even if it’s not raining very much where you are,” she says.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Then, there’s the danger of toxic gas, namely hydrogen sulfide, produced when organic material (waste matter, seaweed) starts to decompose. At low levels, it has a distinctive smell of rotten eggs. At higher levels, it affects a person’s sense of smell entirely and can knock you out — and kill you — within minutes.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11782625\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 1920px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-11782625 size-full\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2019/10/RS39796_Tunnel_02-qut.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1080\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2019/10/RS39796_Tunnel_02-qut.jpg 1920w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2019/10/RS39796_Tunnel_02-qut-160x90.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2019/10/RS39796_Tunnel_02-qut-800x450.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2019/10/RS39796_Tunnel_02-qut-1020x574.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2019/10/RS39796_Tunnel_02-qut-1200x675.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1920px) 100vw, 1920px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Megan Abadie in the San Francisco sewers. \u003ccite>(Sruti Mamidanna/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>On top of \u003cem>that\u003c/em>, there’s the threat of simply getting lost, injured or both in the sewers. Abadie and her fellow inspectors are equipped with accurate maps and supported by a large chain of people both below and above ground — weather spotters, medics.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“When I go into the sewer system, I know exactly where I am. … You go into a pipe that you see sticking out somewhere? Open up a manhole? You’re not going to know where you are,” Abadie says.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11782638\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 1920px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-11782638 size-full\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2019/10/RS39773_Carly_DischargePipe-qut.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1080\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2019/10/RS39773_Carly_DischargePipe-qut.jpg 1920w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2019/10/RS39773_Carly_DischargePipe-qut-160x90.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2019/10/RS39773_Carly_DischargePipe-qut-800x450.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2019/10/RS39773_Carly_DischargePipe-qut-1020x574.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2019/10/RS39773_Carly_DischargePipe-qut-1200x675.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1920px) 100vw, 1920px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Stooping low in the sewers. \u003ccite>(Sruti Mamidanna/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>After hearing this, I had \u003cem>zero\u003c/em> intention of exploring the sewers alone for this story. But I couldn’t resist asking Megan to take me down to see an underground place that Sierra Hartman had told me about.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch3>\u003cstrong>A Trip into the Underworld\u003c/strong>\u003c/h3>\n\u003cp>It looked more like a cave than a sewer, Hartman says. And I knew urban explorers like him would spend months, even years, trying to track down its precise location — because of how striking it looked and how it led right out to the Pacific Ocean.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Abadie knew exactly the place Hartman meant and asked me to wait until the timing was just right when it’d be safe enough at low tide, with no chance of rain. That timing turned out to be very early in the morning on the Fourth of July, the lowest tide of the year.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11782626\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 1920px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-11782626 size-full\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2019/10/RS39779_Carly-qut.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1080\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2019/10/RS39779_Carly-qut.jpg 1920w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2019/10/RS39779_Carly-qut-160x90.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2019/10/RS39779_Carly-qut-800x450.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2019/10/RS39779_Carly-qut-1020x574.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2019/10/RS39779_Carly-qut-1200x675.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1920px) 100vw, 1920px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Reporter Carly Severn being lowered into the sewer system. \u003ccite>(Sruti Mamidanna/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>As Abadie’s crew secured a harness and waist-high waders to my body, she explained why we’d be taking gas meters and oxygen masks down there. Even though the fast flow of the system we’d be entering would lower the hydrogen sulfide risk, “you can go into a sewer that’s been fine every single time, and one year something can be different,” she says.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>With safety equipment secured, we were lowered one by one into the tunnel by rope, down a tall, rusting ladder until we finally reached the bottom of the sewer with a splash. The water reached our knees. Ahead, through the humid, misty air, was a long, high tunnel that seemed to stretch for miles in front of us. Down there in the darkness was that “sewer cave” — and the ocean. During the rainy season, Abadie reminded me that the tunnel we stood in would have been full of water.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11782631\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 1851px\">\u003ca href=\"manho\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-11782631 size-full\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2019/10/RS39786_Megan_entrance-qut.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1851\" height=\"1056\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2019/10/RS39786_Megan_entrance-qut.jpg 1851w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2019/10/RS39786_Megan_entrance-qut-160x91.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2019/10/RS39786_Megan_entrance-qut-800x456.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2019/10/RS39786_Megan_entrance-qut-1020x582.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2019/10/RS39786_Megan_entrance-qut-1200x685.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1851px) 100vw, 1851px\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Reporter Carly Severn is lowered down through a manhole. \u003ccite>(Sruti Mamidanna/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Surprisingly, the sewers don’t smell how you might fear they would: the odor is agricultural, like a farmyard smell. Yet no matter how pleasant this surprise, wading through high sewer water in such humidity quickly becomes exhausting, like walking through deep snow.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>As we walked through the tunnel, our voices echoing off the walls, Abadie told me about her first entries into the sewers after she started working for the city in 2011. The underground network, she says, reminded her of the vast Mines of Moria in “The Lord of the Rings.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I thought it was really cool. I even thought it was cool seeing a little turd float by! I mean, that’s not something everyone gets to see,” she says.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11782632\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 1885px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-11782632 size-full\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2019/10/RS39772_Carly_03-qut.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1885\" height=\"1060\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2019/10/RS39772_Carly_03-qut.jpg 1885w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2019/10/RS39772_Carly_03-qut-160x90.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2019/10/RS39772_Carly_03-qut-800x450.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2019/10/RS39772_Carly_03-qut-1020x574.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2019/10/RS39772_Carly_03-qut-1200x675.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1885px) 100vw, 1885px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Exploring deep under San Francisco. \u003ccite>(Sruti Mamidanna/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>As we got closer to what \u003cem>I’d\u003c/em> come to see — that cave — the crashing of the Pacific Ocean suddenly grew louder. Looming in front of us, there it was: What looked like the tall, wide mouth of a cave, deep under San Francisco, carved from dark, jutting rock and yawning into more blackness.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“This,” Abadie says with some pride, “is definitely the most scenic and beautiful combined sewer overflow in San Francisco.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11782633\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 1920px\">\u003ca href=\"Sruti%20Mamidanna/KQED\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-11782633 size-full\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2019/10/RS39775_Carly_Megan_03-qut.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1080\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2019/10/RS39775_Carly_Megan_03-qut.jpg 1920w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2019/10/RS39775_Carly_Megan_03-qut-160x90.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2019/10/RS39775_Carly_Megan_03-qut-800x450.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2019/10/RS39775_Carly_Megan_03-qut-1020x574.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2019/10/RS39775_Carly_Megan_03-qut-1200x675.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1920px) 100vw, 1920px\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Carly Severn and Megan Abadie in the mouth of the ‘sewer cave.’\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Passing through the cave, we had to stoop to get through the last part of our journey, our helmets scraping the ceiling. We were now inside the discharge pipe: the way the system can safely get water out during heavy storms, while providing primary-level treatment, when the usual storage areas under the city are full to the brim.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>At the end of the pipe, the waves we could hear crashing close suddenly became visible, as I found myself looking out at the ocean, framed by rock. After hours underground, it was now daylight out there. That entrance onto the water is, unthinkably, how some explorers try to get \u003cem>in\u003c/em> here via a tiny strip of beach that opens up only for a brief period of time.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11782636\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 1846px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-11782636 size-full\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2019/10/RS39771_4.34-qut.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1846\" height=\"1038\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2019/10/RS39771_4.34-qut.jpg 1846w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2019/10/RS39771_4.34-qut-160x90.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2019/10/RS39771_4.34-qut-800x450.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2019/10/RS39771_4.34-qut-1020x574.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2019/10/RS39771_4.34-qut-1200x675.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1846px) 100vw, 1846px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">A glimpse of the Pacific Ocean. \u003ccite>(Sruti Mamidanna/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>As the tide started to rise, the waves started to crash further and further into the pipe toward us, and we knew it was time to go. As we moved back through the tunnel, the difference in smell was palpable: The people of San Francisco were waking up and were starting to use their bathrooms.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>After being attached to the rope and hauled out of the darkness and up through the manhole again, I was suddenly out of the city’s underworld. Exhausted, after hours of trudging through sewer water, the call of the underground was only more apparent to me.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>So what could people do, I asked Abadie, if after hearing the truth about the darkness and danger down there, they \u003cem>still\u003c/em> couldn’t resist the lure of subterranean exploration?\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11782640\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 1891px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-11782640 size-full\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2019/10/RS39791_Megandischarge-qut.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1891\" height=\"1064\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2019/10/RS39791_Megandischarge-qut.jpg 1891w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2019/10/RS39791_Megandischarge-qut-160x90.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2019/10/RS39791_Megandischarge-qut-800x450.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2019/10/RS39791_Megandischarge-qut-1020x574.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2019/10/RS39791_Megandischarge-qut-1200x675.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1891px) 100vw, 1891px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Megan Abadie in the discharge pipe leading out to the ocean. \u003ccite>(Sruti Mamidanna )\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>“We have a lot of people retiring here. You can come work for us!” she says. “We will get you into sewers. It’ll be awesome. Your passion can actually get you \u003cem>paid\u003c/em> to explore sewers.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Or become a public radio reporter,” she added. “Those are two ways that you can get into sewers and not die.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cem>This story first published on Oct. 31, 2019 and was updated and republished on May 2, 2024. Special thanks to Evan Thompson with his assistance for this story.\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[baycuriousquestion]\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2 id=\"episode-transcript\">Episode Transcript\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>\u003ci>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\">[Sounds of birds, dog barking]\u003c/span>\u003c/i>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cb>Olivia Allen-Price\u003c/b>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\">: Around us all the time is the city that we know. The same stretch of sidewalk we walk on every day, the bus stop on the corner, our favorite restaurants, our neighborhood parks. If you live anywhere long enough, you can think you’ve seen it all. But what if beneath the streets there was another world? A place that’s so close to you all the time, but you wouldn’t even recognize it.\u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ci>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\">[Bay Curious theme music starts] \u003c/span>\u003c/i>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Hey everyone, Olivia Allen-Price here. Over the years we’ve been running Bay Curious, we’ve received a bunch of questions about tunnels. Listeners who say they’ve heard stories of secret passageways running under San Francisco. \u003c/span>We aired an episode on the topic in 2019, but your questions have kept on coming … So today we’re going to revisit it, and answer the question do these tunnels exist?\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Sponsor Message\u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cb>Olivia Allen-Price\u003c/b>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\">: Those stories about hidden underground tunnel systems in the Bay Area. They’re true!\u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ci>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\">[Underground tunnels echo]\u003c/span>\u003c/i>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cb>Carly Severn\u003c/b>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\">: The structure is absolutely amazing. It’s also quite scary. \u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cb>Olivia Allen-Price\u003c/b>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\">: That voice you just heard was recorded deep under the streets of San Francisco, and it belongs to reporter Carly Severn. We sent her to investigate the secret world under the city,\u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ci>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\">[Mystical music] \u003c/span>\u003c/i>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cb>Carly Severn:\u003c/b>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> A lot of you will have heard the legends about the very real labyrinths under major world cities, like the famous catacombs of Paris, that are lined with the bones of the city’s dead. And if you hit Google looking for information on San Francisco’s underground like I did, there’s a name that comes up again and again an urban explorer called Sierra Hardman. And his incredible, haunting photographs of shadowy spaces under the city are, for many people, their first clue that this world of tunnels really exists. \u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cb>Sierra Hartman: \u003c/b>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\">I think it’s just ingrained in human nature. You know, you wonder what’s down there. \u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cb>Carly Severn:\u003c/b>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> Sierra told me he’s been obsessed with exploring the underground since he was a kid, back when he was growing up in Southern California, riding around on his bike, Goonies style, and peering into dark urban waterways. \u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cb>Sierra Hartman: \u003c/b>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\">I mean, you take a 12 year old kid and you show them an entrance of a tunnel like they’re gonna to go in. \u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cb>Carly Severn: \u003c/b>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\">When he was older, he moved to San Francisco and started roaming the streets with his camera while the rest of the city was sleeping, just looking for secret entry ways underground, guided by maps and city plans and whispers from other urban explorers.\u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cb>Sierra Hartman: \u003c/b>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\">So much of it is just overgrown. Yeah, you drove past it so many times you don’t really recognize it as something really special. You don’t realize that there’s a whole, like, underground part of this thing.\u003c/span>\u003cb> \u003c/b>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cb>Carly Severn: \u003c/b>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\">He found doorways and manholes that led him down into dark, dripping tunnels stretching into blackness beyond the reach of his flashlight. But this network of underground spaces, this is no secret labyrinth built by shadowy figures. It’s San Francisco’s huge sewer network, and there’s one person in this city that knows the sewers inside out. \u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cb>Megan Abadie\u003c/b>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\">: So my name’s Megan Abadie. I’m an assistant engineer for the San Francisco Public Utilities Commission Wastewater Enterprise. \u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cb>Carly Severn: \u003c/b>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Megan’s job is making sure that system – yep – pipes filled with your waste works.\u003c/span>\u003cb> \u003c/b>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cb>Megan Abadie: \u003c/b>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\">I crawl through a lot of sewer pipes. That’s basically my job. \u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cb>Carly Severn: \u003c/b>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Wastewater management, what we call sewers, can sound kind of gross, but how this stuff all works is pretty impressive. \u003c/span>\u003cb>\u003cbr>\n\u003c/b>\u003cb>Megan Abadie: \u003c/b>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\">San Francisco is about a seven by seven, you know, 49-50 mile square city. And we actually have over 1000 miles of sewer main. There’s sewers under every block. \u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cb>Carly Severn: \u003c/b>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The thing about the city’s sewers is many of these pipes are big. Big enough for curious risk takers to walk through rather than crawl, which isn’t possible in many other cities. \u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cb>Megan Abadie: \u003c/b>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\">San Francisco has a very different type of sewer system than pretty much any other city in California. It has what’s called a combined system. That means that the stormwater and the sewage water leak from your toilet and your sinks, it all goes into the same set of pipes.\u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cb>Carly Severn: \u003c/b>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\">We have an old city, and that one pipe system was how folks did it back then. \u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cb>Megan Abadie: \u003c/b>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\">San Francisco’s sewer network, began to be built during the Gold Rush era. So there are some pipes that date from the 1840s. It was a very ad hoc system at that time that people would build pipes to just connect to the nearest creek. \u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cb>Carly Severn: \u003c/b>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> Just like in New York, another old dense city. It was too hard to rip up San Francisco’s sewer network to add secondary pipes. So we’ve repaired and adapted our old system, creating a maze of those big wide sewer mains. But listen, if you’re hearing this and are feeling the lure of exploring the world on the San Francisco yourself, \u003c/span>\u003ci>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\">don’t\u003c/span>\u003c/i>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\">. Seriously.\u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cb>Megan Abadie: \u003c/b>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\">There’s a lot of things that can happen in the sewer that can actually kill you pretty easily. \u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cb>Carly Severn: \u003c/b>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\">There was no way I was going to follow in the footsteps of an urban explorer like Sierra Hartmann and go roaming under San Francisco alone. But there was this one particular place that Sierra told me about that I knew I really wanted to see.\u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ci>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\">[Dramatic music] \u003c/span>\u003c/i>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\">A passageway somewhere beneath San Francisco that’s famous for its otherworldly look. Sierra had to pour over old sewer maps to find it. I was told it looks more like a cave than a sewer. And it leads right out onto the Pacific Ocean. Megan knew exactly the place I meant. And when conditions were just right, she said she’d take me down there herself. \u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cb>Megan Abadie: \u003c/b>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\">We’ll be over 200 feet below the ground, actually. \u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ci>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\">[Crew conversation in the background]\u003c/span>\u003c/i>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cb>Carly Severn: \u003c/b>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\">And so that’s how I end up with Megan and her crew, at 2 AM on the 4th of July in a harness, in a waist-high waders, getting recording equipment taped to my body, about to be lowered down into an open manhole. \u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cb>Megan Abadie: \u003c/b>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\">…Does it feel..? Oh, look like it’s a good height, you don’t need to adjust the height.\u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cb>Carly Severn: \u003c/b>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Our underground journey will lead us through a very watery tunnel, through that sewer cave, and into what they call a discharge pipe. Now, that pipe is the way the system can safely get water out during really heavy storms, when the usual storage areas under the city are full to the brim. \u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cb>Megan Abadie:\u003c/b>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> Yeah, so when we get out into the discharge pipe, you’re going to hear the ocean, just boring through this final stretch of tunnel. And you can actually, like, feel it. You can’t just hear it – you can feel it in your gut. \u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cb>Carly Severn: \u003c/b>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\">I can’t wait!\u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\">As one of her crew is strapping a bright yellow gas meter onto my suit, Megan tells me more about the very real dangers of being in the sewers. The big one is a lethal gas called hydrogen sulfide that can kill you before you know it’s there. \u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cb>Megan Abadie:\u003c/b>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> You can smell it at low levels, it smells like rotten eggs. At higher levels that actually kills the nerves, it kills your smell nerves, it kills your old factory nerves. So at higher levels, at levels high enough to be dangerous, you won’t smell it at all.\u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cb>Carly Severn:\u003c/b>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> And because of the gas risk, I’m getting an air pack too.\u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cb>Megan Abadie:\u003c/b>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> That’s exactly like the, oxygen masks that you have on an airplane. You just put it over your face and breathe through it, and it’ll give you oxygen. \u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cb>Carly Severn:\u003c/b>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> Okay, well, fingers crossed we don’t end up using these. \u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cb>Megan Abadie: \u003c/b>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\">You won’t, you won’t. But it’s good to know how to.\u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cb>Carly Severn: \u003c/b>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Oh yeah. \u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\">After all this, I’m finally lowered down many feet into the tunnel by rope down a tall, rusting ladder until we splash into knee deep water and into the sewer. \u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ci>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\">[Sounds of water splashes]\u003c/span>\u003c/i>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\">And I’m staring down into a long, gaping tunnel that seems to stretch out for miles. Oh my goodness. This is exactly like I thought it would be, from watching horror movies. The air is really damp, exactly like they said it would be. You can kind of see this fine mist in the air, and I can hear my voice echoing in a really crazy way. There’s water flow under my feet… And it’s like walking through stream with a really dirty stream. Speaker 2: [00:08:45] We start to make our way toward the sewer cave that few people have seen. Megan tells me that had it been raining above ground, this tunnel would have been a lethal river of freezing water right up to the roof. \u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Yeah, this would totally be fun. \u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cb>Megan Abadie:\u003c/b>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> Oh, yeah. You wouldn’t – we don’t go into the system when there’s even a drizzle.\u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cb>Carly Severn: \u003c/b>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\">If you ever wondered what it sounds like to wade through raw sewage, it’s pretty much like this.\u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ci>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\">[Carly wading through water]\u003c/span>\u003c/i>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Weirdly, it does not smell that bad in here. Well, at least not as bad as I thought. Kind of smells like if you spent time on a farm. Kind of smells like that. \u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cb>Megan Abadie: \u003c/b>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\">When I started working in for the city in 2011 and doing sewer entry.. So that was after the \u003c/span>\u003ci>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Lord of the Rings\u003c/span>\u003c/i>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> movies came out, and it reminded me of the mines of Moria with all the pillars, except it was full of water. Yeah. I thought it was really cool. I even thought it was cool seeing little turds float by. I mean, that’s not something everyone gets to see. \u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cb>Carly Severn: \u003c/b>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\">As we get closer to what I’d come to see. That cave, the crashing of the ocean out on the outside world suddenly gets louder. And then looming in front of us, right there in the tunnel. There it is. What looks like the tall, wide mouth of a cave, deep under San Francisco, dark, jutting rock yawning into more blackness. The entrance to the pipe that leads out to the water.\u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It’s amazing. It looks like it looks like a Middle Earth. \u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cb>Megan Abadie:\u003c/b>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> Yeah. Isn’t it beautiful? This is, this is definitely the most scenic and beautiful combined sewer overflow in San Francisco. It’s the only one that’s carved into raw stone like this. \u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cb>Carly Severn: \u003c/b>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\">We walk into the cave through a stretch of that discharge pipe, and there’s the final surprise. We can see the Pacific Ocean just feet away, framed by the rock. \u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ci>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\">[Water flowing] \u003c/span>\u003c/i>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\">After hours underground, we’re now staring at broad daylight. This entrance, unthinkably, is how some explorers try to get in here from the outside via a tiny strip of beach that only opens up for a brief period of time. \u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cb>Megan Abadie:\u003c/b>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> It’s a bad idea to go into the sewer anywhere, but it’s a really bad idea to go into the sewer via an access point that is only going to be passable for like, an hour or two.\u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cb>Carly Severn: \u003c/b>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Crouching there in that pipe, I see how quickly the waves are starting to rush towards us, a sign that it was time to hurry out of there and back above ground.\u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Okay, it is definitely smelling a little different on our return journey, and I think that’s because people have woken up by now and let’s just say they are using their bathrooms. And after being reattached the rope and having my tired body hauled out of the darkness and up through the manhole again like that, I am out of the underworld. \u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ci>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\">[Carly laughing]\u003c/span>\u003c/i>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\">And out into daylight on the 4th of July. Cool. \u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\">So there you have it. San Francisco’s secret underground is pretty incredible, even if our legendary tunnels are actually some not so secret sewers after all. Except… maybe there’s something Sierra told me that I couldn’t get out of my mind. \u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ci>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\">[Mystical music]\u003c/span>\u003c/i>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cb>Sierra Hartman: \u003c/b>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\">A lot of these sewers are maps. Because in the 1906 earthquake and the entire city, or the entire eastern half of the city anyway, just burned to the ground. They lost tons of records of infrastructure. \u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cb>Carly Severn: \u003c/b>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\">And you know what? According to the city, he’s right. So there is still a touch of mystery under San Francisco, after all. \u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ci>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\">[Music fades]\u003c/span>\u003c/i>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cb>Olivia Allen-Price:\u003c/b>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> That was KQED’s Carly Seven. This is a story that you really need to see, not just listen to. Video producer Sruti Mamidanna made a video from Carly’s trip and it is very cool. You can find it at \u003c/span>\u003ca href=\"http://baycurious.org\">\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\">baycurious.org\u003c/span>\u003c/a>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> – we’ll drop a link in the show notes too. It’s a new month, which means a new voting round is up at \u003c/span>\u003ca href=\"http://baycurious.org\">\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\">baycurious.org\u003c/span>\u003c/a>.\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> Let’s hear the choices. \u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cb>Question 1 : \u003c/b>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\">How clean is the Bay Area water? Is it safe to swim? Are some areas better than others? What would it take to get it fully clean or safe? \u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cb>Question 2: \u003c/b>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Whatever happened to the Bay area’s camels? I went to high school in Benicia and heard things about the camel barns. There are no longer camels in the barns. Where did they go, and why were they there to begin with?\u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cb>Question 3: \u003c/b>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\">What’s the deal with the Devil’s Slide? And how did I get that name? Had to \u003c/span>\u003ca href=\"http://baycurious.org\">\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\">baycurious.org\u003c/span>\u003c/a>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> to cast your vote, for which question we should answer next.\u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad floatright]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cb>Olivia Allen-Price:\u003c/b>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> Bay Curious is produced by Katrina Schwartz, Christopher Bill, Tamuna Chkareuli, and me, Olivia Allen-Price with support from Kimberly Low, Molly Wu, Jen Chien, Katie Sprenger, Cesar Saldana, Maha Sanad, Holly Kernan and KQED family. Bay Curious is made in San Francisco at member supported KQED. I’m Olivia Allen-Price. We’ll see you next week. \u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\n",
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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"#episode-transcript\">\u003ci>View the full episode transcript\u003c/i>\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Here at \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/series/baycurious\">Bay Curious\u003c/a>, we’ve received a \u003cem>lot\u003c/em> of questions about tunnels under San Francisco.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Listeners have told us they’ve heard stories of secret passageways running under the city. They’ve asked us, what is the truth about them?\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The first thing I should tell you is: They’re absolutely real.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch3>\u003cstrong>What Lies Beneath?\u003c/strong>\u003c/h3>\n\u003cp>The myth of the underground — a silent world hidden under our feet — is an endlessly alluring one. There are, after all, very \u003cem>real\u003c/em> labyrinths under major world cities. Like the infamous \u003ca href=\"http://catacombes.paris.fr/en\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">catacombs of Paris\u003c/a>, lined with the bones of the city’s dead, or the \u003ca href=\"https://www.atlasobscura.com/places/odessa-catacombs\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">terrifying catacombs under Odesa\u003c/a> in Ukraine.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003c/div>",
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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Some people get so obsessed with the idea of tunnels that they search for underground adventures themselves. They call themselves “urban explorers.” If you hit Google looking for information on San Francisco’s particular underground, there’s a name that comes up again and again — an explorer named \u003ca href=\"http://www.sierrahartman.com/sf-underground\">Sierra Hartman\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11782642\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 700px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-11782642 size-full\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2019/10/Sierra-1.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"700\" height=\"450\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2019/10/Sierra-1.png 700w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2019/10/Sierra-1-160x103.png 160w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 700px) 100vw, 700px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Somewhere under San Francisco. \u003ccite>(Sierra Hartman)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>A photographer and writer, Hartman’s haunting photographs of shadowy spaces under S.F. are, for many people, their first clue that this particular world of tunnels really does exist.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I think it’s just ingrained in human nature, you know?” Hartman says of the drive to venture below. “You wonder what’s down there.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Hartman lives in Tacoma, Washington, but grew up in Southern California. It was roaming around on his bike as a kid with friends, Goonies-style, that he discovered the dark urban waterways in his hometown.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“You take a 12-year-old kid and show them an entrance of a tunnel? Like, they’re \u003cem>going\u003c/em> to go in,” Hartman says.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11782644\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 700px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-11782644 size-full\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2019/10/0_v96zDttNjTR0Bhsu_.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"700\" height=\"450\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2019/10/0_v96zDttNjTR0Bhsu_.png 700w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2019/10/0_v96zDttNjTR0Bhsu_-160x103.png 160w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 700px) 100vw, 700px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Somewhere under San Francisco. \u003ccite>(Sierra Hartman)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Arriving in San Francisco later in life, he began exploring the city’s streets at night with his camera. One of those nights, a chance encounter with a manhole left open led him beneath the San Francisco for the first time — and sparked an adult passion for urban exploration.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Across the sleeping city, Hartman found entrances to dark, dripping tunnels, sloshing wet, that stretched for miles into the blackness.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“So much of it is just overgrown,” he says of those doorways. “You don’t \u003cem>realize\u003c/em> that there is a whole underground part of this thing.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Like many urban explorers, Hartman says, he enjoyed the thrill of the hunt almost as much as the actual discovery.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Like solving a puzzle,” he says. “It’s as much about solving the mystery and finding the thing.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11782645\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 700px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-11782645 size-full\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2019/10/0_bKc1L_JmfVh4mTQZ_.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"700\" height=\"450\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2019/10/0_bKc1L_JmfVh4mTQZ_.png 700w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2019/10/0_bKc1L_JmfVh4mTQZ_-160x103.png 160w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 700px) 100vw, 700px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Somewhere under San Francisco. \u003ccite>(Sierra Hartman)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>He used a mixture of publicly available records and maps, Google Earth, and whispers from fellow urban explorers, who are notoriously secretive about their finds.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>At least some of that is due to the risks of their enterprise. Bodily dangers aside, urban exploration represents “at best a gray area of legality in some places, and outright trespassing in other places,” as Hartman puts it.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>This is the part where I tell you that this underground network Hartman risked bodily harm to venture into is no mysterious labyrinth built by shadowy figures.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>It’s San Francisco’s huge sewer network.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003cp>\u003caside class=\"alignleft utils-parseShortcode-shortcodes-__bayCuriousPodcastShortcode__bayCurious\">\u003cimg src=https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/02/bayCuriousLogo.png alt=\"Bay Curious Podcast\" loading=\"lazy\" />\n \u003ca href=\"/news/series/baycurious\">Bay Curious\u003c/a> is a podcast that answers your questions about the Bay Area.\n Subscribe on \u003ca href=\"https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/bay-curious/id1172473406\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Apple Podcasts\u003c/a>,\n \u003ca href=\"http://www.npr.org/podcasts/500557090/bay-curious\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">NPR One\u003c/a> or your favorite podcast platform.\u003c/aside>\u003c/p>\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003ch3>\u003cstrong>A Complex World You Don’t See\u003c/strong>\u003c/h3>\n\u003cp>“I crawl through a lot of sewer pipes. That’s basically my job,” says Megan Abadie, an assistant engineer for the San Francisco Public Utilities Commission wastewater enterprise. Her job sees her enter those same tunnels — legally — to make sure that this giant, intricate system filled with your waste keeps working the way it’s meant to.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11782900\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 1920px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-11782900 size-full\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2019/10/RS39803__M6A1972-qut.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1280\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2019/10/RS39803__M6A1972-qut.jpg 1920w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2019/10/RS39803__M6A1972-qut-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2019/10/RS39803__M6A1972-qut-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2019/10/RS39803__M6A1972-qut-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2019/10/RS39803__M6A1972-qut-1200x800.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1920px) 100vw, 1920px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Megan Abadie in her office at San Francisco’s Public Utilities Commission. \u003ccite>(Sruti Mamidanna/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>There are a lot of misconceptions about the sewers, Abadie says. For one, what we surface-dwellers call “tunnels” aren’t truly tunnels — a term that specifically means a long run of pipe bored out of the earth with only a few manholes attached. When we talk of the “tunnels under San Francisco,” we’re usually talking, in fact, about sewer mains.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>San Francisco is 49 square miles but has over 1,000 miles of sewer mains under every block. What makes our system unique in California is the fact that it’s a combined system. Instead of stormwater and sewage water being separated into different pipes, as they are elsewhere in the state, in San Francisco, it all flows into the same set of pipes.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11782624\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-11782624 size-medium\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2019/10/RS39789_Megan_Tunnel_05-qut-800x450.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"800\" height=\"450\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2019/10/RS39789_Megan_Tunnel_05-qut-800x450.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2019/10/RS39789_Megan_Tunnel_05-qut-160x90.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2019/10/RS39789_Megan_Tunnel_05-qut-1020x574.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2019/10/RS39789_Megan_Tunnel_05-qut-1200x675.jpg 1200w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2019/10/RS39789_Megan_Tunnel_05-qut.jpg 1885w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Megan Abadie, deep in the San Francisco sewers. \u003ccite>(Sruti Mamidanna/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>This is a legacy of the city’s relative age, with the foundations of our modern-day sewers being laid during the Gold Rush — in what Abadie describes as “a very ad hoc system … people would build pipes to just connect to the nearest creek.” There are still some pipes under your feet that date from the 1840s, she says.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Just like in New York — another old, dense city — it was too hard to rip up San Francisco’s sewer network to replace the old system with secondary pipes. So we’ve repaired and adapted our old system, which is why this city still has those big, wide sewer mains … that people can’t seem to stay out of.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch3>A Lethal Labyrinth\u003c/h3>\n\u003cp>“There’s a lot of things that can happen in the sewer that can actually kill you pretty easily,” Abadie reminds me.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>For one thing, there’s the risk of drowning down there. Because of San Francisco’s steep topography, Abadie and her colleagues never enter the sewers if there’s so much as a drizzle of rain anywhere in the city.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11782637\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 1920px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-11782637 size-full\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2019/10/RS39787_Megan_Tunnel_02-qut.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1080\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2019/10/RS39787_Megan_Tunnel_02-qut.jpg 1920w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2019/10/RS39787_Megan_Tunnel_02-qut-160x90.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2019/10/RS39787_Megan_Tunnel_02-qut-800x450.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2019/10/RS39787_Megan_Tunnel_02-qut-1020x574.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2019/10/RS39787_Megan_Tunnel_02-qut-1200x675.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1920px) 100vw, 1920px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Megan Abadie in the sewers of San Francisco. \u003ccite>(Sruti Mamidanna/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>“If you’re in a large pipe at the bottom of a hill, it doesn’t take much for a big slug of water to hit you, even if it’s not raining very much where you are,” she says.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Then, there’s the danger of toxic gas, namely hydrogen sulfide, produced when organic material (waste matter, seaweed) starts to decompose. At low levels, it has a distinctive smell of rotten eggs. At higher levels, it affects a person’s sense of smell entirely and can knock you out — and kill you — within minutes.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11782625\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 1920px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-11782625 size-full\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2019/10/RS39796_Tunnel_02-qut.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1080\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2019/10/RS39796_Tunnel_02-qut.jpg 1920w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2019/10/RS39796_Tunnel_02-qut-160x90.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2019/10/RS39796_Tunnel_02-qut-800x450.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2019/10/RS39796_Tunnel_02-qut-1020x574.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2019/10/RS39796_Tunnel_02-qut-1200x675.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1920px) 100vw, 1920px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Megan Abadie in the San Francisco sewers. \u003ccite>(Sruti Mamidanna/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>On top of \u003cem>that\u003c/em>, there’s the threat of simply getting lost, injured or both in the sewers. Abadie and her fellow inspectors are equipped with accurate maps and supported by a large chain of people both below and above ground — weather spotters, medics.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“When I go into the sewer system, I know exactly where I am. … You go into a pipe that you see sticking out somewhere? Open up a manhole? You’re not going to know where you are,” Abadie says.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11782638\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 1920px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-11782638 size-full\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2019/10/RS39773_Carly_DischargePipe-qut.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1080\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2019/10/RS39773_Carly_DischargePipe-qut.jpg 1920w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2019/10/RS39773_Carly_DischargePipe-qut-160x90.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2019/10/RS39773_Carly_DischargePipe-qut-800x450.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2019/10/RS39773_Carly_DischargePipe-qut-1020x574.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2019/10/RS39773_Carly_DischargePipe-qut-1200x675.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1920px) 100vw, 1920px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Stooping low in the sewers. \u003ccite>(Sruti Mamidanna/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>After hearing this, I had \u003cem>zero\u003c/em> intention of exploring the sewers alone for this story. But I couldn’t resist asking Megan to take me down to see an underground place that Sierra Hartman had told me about.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch3>\u003cstrong>A Trip into the Underworld\u003c/strong>\u003c/h3>\n\u003cp>It looked more like a cave than a sewer, Hartman says. And I knew urban explorers like him would spend months, even years, trying to track down its precise location — because of how striking it looked and how it led right out to the Pacific Ocean.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Abadie knew exactly the place Hartman meant and asked me to wait until the timing was just right when it’d be safe enough at low tide, with no chance of rain. That timing turned out to be very early in the morning on the Fourth of July, the lowest tide of the year.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11782626\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 1920px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-11782626 size-full\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2019/10/RS39779_Carly-qut.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1080\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2019/10/RS39779_Carly-qut.jpg 1920w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2019/10/RS39779_Carly-qut-160x90.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2019/10/RS39779_Carly-qut-800x450.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2019/10/RS39779_Carly-qut-1020x574.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2019/10/RS39779_Carly-qut-1200x675.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1920px) 100vw, 1920px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Reporter Carly Severn being lowered into the sewer system. \u003ccite>(Sruti Mamidanna/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>As Abadie’s crew secured a harness and waist-high waders to my body, she explained why we’d be taking gas meters and oxygen masks down there. Even though the fast flow of the system we’d be entering would lower the hydrogen sulfide risk, “you can go into a sewer that’s been fine every single time, and one year something can be different,” she says.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>With safety equipment secured, we were lowered one by one into the tunnel by rope, down a tall, rusting ladder until we finally reached the bottom of the sewer with a splash. The water reached our knees. Ahead, through the humid, misty air, was a long, high tunnel that seemed to stretch for miles in front of us. Down there in the darkness was that “sewer cave” — and the ocean. During the rainy season, Abadie reminded me that the tunnel we stood in would have been full of water.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11782631\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 1851px\">\u003ca href=\"manho\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-11782631 size-full\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2019/10/RS39786_Megan_entrance-qut.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1851\" height=\"1056\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2019/10/RS39786_Megan_entrance-qut.jpg 1851w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2019/10/RS39786_Megan_entrance-qut-160x91.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2019/10/RS39786_Megan_entrance-qut-800x456.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2019/10/RS39786_Megan_entrance-qut-1020x582.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2019/10/RS39786_Megan_entrance-qut-1200x685.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1851px) 100vw, 1851px\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Reporter Carly Severn is lowered down through a manhole. \u003ccite>(Sruti Mamidanna/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Surprisingly, the sewers don’t smell how you might fear they would: the odor is agricultural, like a farmyard smell. Yet no matter how pleasant this surprise, wading through high sewer water in such humidity quickly becomes exhausting, like walking through deep snow.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>As we walked through the tunnel, our voices echoing off the walls, Abadie told me about her first entries into the sewers after she started working for the city in 2011. The underground network, she says, reminded her of the vast Mines of Moria in “The Lord of the Rings.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I thought it was really cool. I even thought it was cool seeing a little turd float by! I mean, that’s not something everyone gets to see,” she says.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11782632\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 1885px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-11782632 size-full\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2019/10/RS39772_Carly_03-qut.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1885\" height=\"1060\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2019/10/RS39772_Carly_03-qut.jpg 1885w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2019/10/RS39772_Carly_03-qut-160x90.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2019/10/RS39772_Carly_03-qut-800x450.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2019/10/RS39772_Carly_03-qut-1020x574.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2019/10/RS39772_Carly_03-qut-1200x675.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1885px) 100vw, 1885px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Exploring deep under San Francisco. \u003ccite>(Sruti Mamidanna/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>As we got closer to what \u003cem>I’d\u003c/em> come to see — that cave — the crashing of the Pacific Ocean suddenly grew louder. Looming in front of us, there it was: What looked like the tall, wide mouth of a cave, deep under San Francisco, carved from dark, jutting rock and yawning into more blackness.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“This,” Abadie says with some pride, “is definitely the most scenic and beautiful combined sewer overflow in San Francisco.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11782633\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 1920px\">\u003ca href=\"Sruti%20Mamidanna/KQED\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-11782633 size-full\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2019/10/RS39775_Carly_Megan_03-qut.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1080\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2019/10/RS39775_Carly_Megan_03-qut.jpg 1920w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2019/10/RS39775_Carly_Megan_03-qut-160x90.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2019/10/RS39775_Carly_Megan_03-qut-800x450.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2019/10/RS39775_Carly_Megan_03-qut-1020x574.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2019/10/RS39775_Carly_Megan_03-qut-1200x675.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1920px) 100vw, 1920px\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Carly Severn and Megan Abadie in the mouth of the ‘sewer cave.’\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Passing through the cave, we had to stoop to get through the last part of our journey, our helmets scraping the ceiling. We were now inside the discharge pipe: the way the system can safely get water out during heavy storms, while providing primary-level treatment, when the usual storage areas under the city are full to the brim.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>At the end of the pipe, the waves we could hear crashing close suddenly became visible, as I found myself looking out at the ocean, framed by rock. After hours underground, it was now daylight out there. That entrance onto the water is, unthinkably, how some explorers try to get \u003cem>in\u003c/em> here via a tiny strip of beach that opens up only for a brief period of time.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11782636\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 1846px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-11782636 size-full\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2019/10/RS39771_4.34-qut.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1846\" height=\"1038\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2019/10/RS39771_4.34-qut.jpg 1846w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2019/10/RS39771_4.34-qut-160x90.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2019/10/RS39771_4.34-qut-800x450.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2019/10/RS39771_4.34-qut-1020x574.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2019/10/RS39771_4.34-qut-1200x675.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1846px) 100vw, 1846px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">A glimpse of the Pacific Ocean. \u003ccite>(Sruti Mamidanna/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>As the tide started to rise, the waves started to crash further and further into the pipe toward us, and we knew it was time to go. As we moved back through the tunnel, the difference in smell was palpable: The people of San Francisco were waking up and were starting to use their bathrooms.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>After being attached to the rope and hauled out of the darkness and up through the manhole again, I was suddenly out of the city’s underworld. Exhausted, after hours of trudging through sewer water, the call of the underground was only more apparent to me.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>So what could people do, I asked Abadie, if after hearing the truth about the darkness and danger down there, they \u003cem>still\u003c/em> couldn’t resist the lure of subterranean exploration?\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11782640\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 1891px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-11782640 size-full\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2019/10/RS39791_Megandischarge-qut.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1891\" height=\"1064\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2019/10/RS39791_Megandischarge-qut.jpg 1891w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2019/10/RS39791_Megandischarge-qut-160x90.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2019/10/RS39791_Megandischarge-qut-800x450.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2019/10/RS39791_Megandischarge-qut-1020x574.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2019/10/RS39791_Megandischarge-qut-1200x675.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1891px) 100vw, 1891px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Megan Abadie in the discharge pipe leading out to the ocean. \u003ccite>(Sruti Mamidanna )\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>“We have a lot of people retiring here. You can come work for us!” she says. “We will get you into sewers. It’ll be awesome. Your passion can actually get you \u003cem>paid\u003c/em> to explore sewers.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Or become a public radio reporter,” she added. “Those are two ways that you can get into sewers and not die.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cem>This story first published on Oct. 31, 2019 and was updated and republished on May 2, 2024. Special thanks to Evan Thompson with his assistance for this story.\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003c/div>",
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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-content post-body\">\u003ch2 id=\"episode-transcript\">Episode Transcript\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>\u003ci>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\">[Sounds of birds, dog barking]\u003c/span>\u003c/i>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cb>Olivia Allen-Price\u003c/b>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\">: Around us all the time is the city that we know. The same stretch of sidewalk we walk on every day, the bus stop on the corner, our favorite restaurants, our neighborhood parks. If you live anywhere long enough, you can think you’ve seen it all. But what if beneath the streets there was another world? A place that’s so close to you all the time, but you wouldn’t even recognize it.\u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ci>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\">[Bay Curious theme music starts] \u003c/span>\u003c/i>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Hey everyone, Olivia Allen-Price here. Over the years we’ve been running Bay Curious, we’ve received a bunch of questions about tunnels. Listeners who say they’ve heard stories of secret passageways running under San Francisco. \u003c/span>We aired an episode on the topic in 2019, but your questions have kept on coming … So today we’re going to revisit it, and answer the question do these tunnels exist?\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Sponsor Message\u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cb>Olivia Allen-Price\u003c/b>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\">: Those stories about hidden underground tunnel systems in the Bay Area. They’re true!\u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ci>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\">[Underground tunnels echo]\u003c/span>\u003c/i>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cb>Carly Severn\u003c/b>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\">: The structure is absolutely amazing. It’s also quite scary. \u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cb>Olivia Allen-Price\u003c/b>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\">: That voice you just heard was recorded deep under the streets of San Francisco, and it belongs to reporter Carly Severn. We sent her to investigate the secret world under the city,\u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ci>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\">[Mystical music] \u003c/span>\u003c/i>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cb>Carly Severn:\u003c/b>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> A lot of you will have heard the legends about the very real labyrinths under major world cities, like the famous catacombs of Paris, that are lined with the bones of the city’s dead. And if you hit Google looking for information on San Francisco’s underground like I did, there’s a name that comes up again and again an urban explorer called Sierra Hardman. And his incredible, haunting photographs of shadowy spaces under the city are, for many people, their first clue that this world of tunnels really exists. \u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cb>Sierra Hartman: \u003c/b>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\">I think it’s just ingrained in human nature. You know, you wonder what’s down there. \u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cb>Carly Severn:\u003c/b>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> Sierra told me he’s been obsessed with exploring the underground since he was a kid, back when he was growing up in Southern California, riding around on his bike, Goonies style, and peering into dark urban waterways. \u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cb>Sierra Hartman: \u003c/b>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\">I mean, you take a 12 year old kid and you show them an entrance of a tunnel like they’re gonna to go in. \u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cb>Carly Severn: \u003c/b>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\">When he was older, he moved to San Francisco and started roaming the streets with his camera while the rest of the city was sleeping, just looking for secret entry ways underground, guided by maps and city plans and whispers from other urban explorers.\u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cb>Sierra Hartman: \u003c/b>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\">So much of it is just overgrown. Yeah, you drove past it so many times you don’t really recognize it as something really special. You don’t realize that there’s a whole, like, underground part of this thing.\u003c/span>\u003cb> \u003c/b>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cb>Carly Severn: \u003c/b>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\">He found doorways and manholes that led him down into dark, dripping tunnels stretching into blackness beyond the reach of his flashlight. But this network of underground spaces, this is no secret labyrinth built by shadowy figures. It’s San Francisco’s huge sewer network, and there’s one person in this city that knows the sewers inside out. \u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cb>Megan Abadie\u003c/b>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\">: So my name’s Megan Abadie. I’m an assistant engineer for the San Francisco Public Utilities Commission Wastewater Enterprise. \u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cb>Carly Severn: \u003c/b>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Megan’s job is making sure that system – yep – pipes filled with your waste works.\u003c/span>\u003cb> \u003c/b>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cb>Megan Abadie: \u003c/b>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\">I crawl through a lot of sewer pipes. That’s basically my job. \u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cb>Carly Severn: \u003c/b>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Wastewater management, what we call sewers, can sound kind of gross, but how this stuff all works is pretty impressive. \u003c/span>\u003cb>\u003cbr>\n\u003c/b>\u003cb>Megan Abadie: \u003c/b>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\">San Francisco is about a seven by seven, you know, 49-50 mile square city. And we actually have over 1000 miles of sewer main. There’s sewers under every block. \u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cb>Carly Severn: \u003c/b>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The thing about the city’s sewers is many of these pipes are big. Big enough for curious risk takers to walk through rather than crawl, which isn’t possible in many other cities. \u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cb>Megan Abadie: \u003c/b>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\">San Francisco has a very different type of sewer system than pretty much any other city in California. It has what’s called a combined system. That means that the stormwater and the sewage water leak from your toilet and your sinks, it all goes into the same set of pipes.\u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cb>Carly Severn: \u003c/b>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\">We have an old city, and that one pipe system was how folks did it back then. \u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cb>Megan Abadie: \u003c/b>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\">San Francisco’s sewer network, began to be built during the Gold Rush era. So there are some pipes that date from the 1840s. It was a very ad hoc system at that time that people would build pipes to just connect to the nearest creek. \u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cb>Carly Severn: \u003c/b>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> Just like in New York, another old dense city. It was too hard to rip up San Francisco’s sewer network to add secondary pipes. So we’ve repaired and adapted our old system, creating a maze of those big wide sewer mains. But listen, if you’re hearing this and are feeling the lure of exploring the world on the San Francisco yourself, \u003c/span>\u003ci>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\">don’t\u003c/span>\u003c/i>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\">. Seriously.\u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cb>Megan Abadie: \u003c/b>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\">There’s a lot of things that can happen in the sewer that can actually kill you pretty easily. \u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cb>Carly Severn: \u003c/b>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\">There was no way I was going to follow in the footsteps of an urban explorer like Sierra Hartmann and go roaming under San Francisco alone. But there was this one particular place that Sierra told me about that I knew I really wanted to see.\u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ci>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\">[Dramatic music] \u003c/span>\u003c/i>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\">A passageway somewhere beneath San Francisco that’s famous for its otherworldly look. Sierra had to pour over old sewer maps to find it. I was told it looks more like a cave than a sewer. And it leads right out onto the Pacific Ocean. Megan knew exactly the place I meant. And when conditions were just right, she said she’d take me down there herself. \u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cb>Megan Abadie: \u003c/b>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\">We’ll be over 200 feet below the ground, actually. \u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ci>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\">[Crew conversation in the background]\u003c/span>\u003c/i>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cb>Carly Severn: \u003c/b>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\">And so that’s how I end up with Megan and her crew, at 2 AM on the 4th of July in a harness, in a waist-high waders, getting recording equipment taped to my body, about to be lowered down into an open manhole. \u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cb>Megan Abadie: \u003c/b>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\">…Does it feel..? Oh, look like it’s a good height, you don’t need to adjust the height.\u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cb>Carly Severn: \u003c/b>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Our underground journey will lead us through a very watery tunnel, through that sewer cave, and into what they call a discharge pipe. Now, that pipe is the way the system can safely get water out during really heavy storms, when the usual storage areas under the city are full to the brim. \u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cb>Megan Abadie:\u003c/b>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> Yeah, so when we get out into the discharge pipe, you’re going to hear the ocean, just boring through this final stretch of tunnel. And you can actually, like, feel it. You can’t just hear it – you can feel it in your gut. \u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cb>Carly Severn: \u003c/b>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\">I can’t wait!\u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\">As one of her crew is strapping a bright yellow gas meter onto my suit, Megan tells me more about the very real dangers of being in the sewers. The big one is a lethal gas called hydrogen sulfide that can kill you before you know it’s there. \u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cb>Megan Abadie:\u003c/b>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> You can smell it at low levels, it smells like rotten eggs. At higher levels that actually kills the nerves, it kills your smell nerves, it kills your old factory nerves. So at higher levels, at levels high enough to be dangerous, you won’t smell it at all.\u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cb>Carly Severn:\u003c/b>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> And because of the gas risk, I’m getting an air pack too.\u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cb>Megan Abadie:\u003c/b>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> That’s exactly like the, oxygen masks that you have on an airplane. You just put it over your face and breathe through it, and it’ll give you oxygen. \u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cb>Carly Severn:\u003c/b>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> Okay, well, fingers crossed we don’t end up using these. \u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cb>Megan Abadie: \u003c/b>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\">You won’t, you won’t. But it’s good to know how to.\u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cb>Carly Severn: \u003c/b>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Oh yeah. \u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\">After all this, I’m finally lowered down many feet into the tunnel by rope down a tall, rusting ladder until we splash into knee deep water and into the sewer. \u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ci>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\">[Sounds of water splashes]\u003c/span>\u003c/i>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\">And I’m staring down into a long, gaping tunnel that seems to stretch out for miles. Oh my goodness. This is exactly like I thought it would be, from watching horror movies. The air is really damp, exactly like they said it would be. You can kind of see this fine mist in the air, and I can hear my voice echoing in a really crazy way. There’s water flow under my feet… And it’s like walking through stream with a really dirty stream. Speaker 2: [00:08:45] We start to make our way toward the sewer cave that few people have seen. Megan tells me that had it been raining above ground, this tunnel would have been a lethal river of freezing water right up to the roof. \u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Yeah, this would totally be fun. \u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cb>Megan Abadie:\u003c/b>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> Oh, yeah. You wouldn’t – we don’t go into the system when there’s even a drizzle.\u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cb>Carly Severn: \u003c/b>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\">If you ever wondered what it sounds like to wade through raw sewage, it’s pretty much like this.\u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ci>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\">[Carly wading through water]\u003c/span>\u003c/i>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Weirdly, it does not smell that bad in here. Well, at least not as bad as I thought. Kind of smells like if you spent time on a farm. Kind of smells like that. \u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cb>Megan Abadie: \u003c/b>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\">When I started working in for the city in 2011 and doing sewer entry.. So that was after the \u003c/span>\u003ci>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Lord of the Rings\u003c/span>\u003c/i>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> movies came out, and it reminded me of the mines of Moria with all the pillars, except it was full of water. Yeah. I thought it was really cool. I even thought it was cool seeing little turds float by. I mean, that’s not something everyone gets to see. \u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cb>Carly Severn: \u003c/b>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\">As we get closer to what I’d come to see. That cave, the crashing of the ocean out on the outside world suddenly gets louder. And then looming in front of us, right there in the tunnel. There it is. What looks like the tall, wide mouth of a cave, deep under San Francisco, dark, jutting rock yawning into more blackness. The entrance to the pipe that leads out to the water.\u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It’s amazing. It looks like it looks like a Middle Earth. \u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cb>Megan Abadie:\u003c/b>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> Yeah. Isn’t it beautiful? This is, this is definitely the most scenic and beautiful combined sewer overflow in San Francisco. It’s the only one that’s carved into raw stone like this. \u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cb>Carly Severn: \u003c/b>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\">We walk into the cave through a stretch of that discharge pipe, and there’s the final surprise. We can see the Pacific Ocean just feet away, framed by the rock. \u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ci>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\">[Water flowing] \u003c/span>\u003c/i>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\">After hours underground, we’re now staring at broad daylight. This entrance, unthinkably, is how some explorers try to get in here from the outside via a tiny strip of beach that only opens up for a brief period of time. \u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cb>Megan Abadie:\u003c/b>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> It’s a bad idea to go into the sewer anywhere, but it’s a really bad idea to go into the sewer via an access point that is only going to be passable for like, an hour or two.\u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cb>Carly Severn: \u003c/b>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Crouching there in that pipe, I see how quickly the waves are starting to rush towards us, a sign that it was time to hurry out of there and back above ground.\u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Okay, it is definitely smelling a little different on our return journey, and I think that’s because people have woken up by now and let’s just say they are using their bathrooms. 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You can find it at \u003c/span>\u003ca href=\"http://baycurious.org\">\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\">baycurious.org\u003c/span>\u003c/a>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> – we’ll drop a link in the show notes too. It’s a new month, which means a new voting round is up at \u003c/span>\u003ca href=\"http://baycurious.org\">\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\">baycurious.org\u003c/span>\u003c/a>.\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> Let’s hear the choices. \u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cb>Question 1 : \u003c/b>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\">How clean is the Bay Area water? Is it safe to swim? Are some areas better than others? What would it take to get it fully clean or safe? \u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cb>Question 2: \u003c/b>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Whatever happened to the Bay area’s camels? I went to high school in Benicia and heard things about the camel barns. There are no longer camels in the barns. 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"content": "\u003cp>\u003cem>Updated 7:45 p.m. Wednesday\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Numerous rallies and marches took place Wednesday for both International Workers Day and in solidarity with ongoing pro-Palestinian protests around the Bay Area.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The day of action comes on the heels of dozens of protests around the Bay Area, some of which have led to highway and bridge closures, calling on the U.S. to end military aid to Israel.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The steady drumbeat of demonstrations comes as Israel’s war in Gaza has extended into its seventh month. Israel’s assault on Gaza, in response to Hamas’ Oct. 7 attack that killed some 1,200 Israelis and claimed 240 hostages, according to Israeli officials, has caused widespread devastation. At least 34,500 Palestinians, most of them women and children, have since been killed, according to Gaza health officials. Famine is now imminent in Gaza, with 1.1 million people expected to face “catastrophic conditions” by the end of May, \u003ca href=\"https://www.ipcinfo.org/ipcinfo-website/alerts-archive/issue-97/en/\">according to international experts\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11984654\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-11984654\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/05/20240501_MAYDAYRALLY-25-GC-KQED.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/05/20240501_MAYDAYRALLY-25-GC-KQED.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/05/20240501_MAYDAYRALLY-25-GC-KQED-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/05/20240501_MAYDAYRALLY-25-GC-KQED-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/05/20240501_MAYDAYRALLY-25-GC-KQED-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/05/20240501_MAYDAYRALLY-25-GC-KQED-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/05/20240501_MAYDAYRALLY-25-GC-KQED-1920x1280.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Jim Martinez, also known as the protest cheerleader, shouts at the May Day rally during International Worker’s Day in the Mission on Wednesday, May 1, 2024. \u003ccite>(Gina Castro/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>“We’re still fighting for those basic fundamentals for workers all around the globe,” said Norma Gallegos, an auto mechanic worker who was at a protest on Wednesday that kicked off at \u003ca href=\"https://www.indybay.org/newsitems/2024/04/28/18865488.php\">10 a.m. at the 24th Street BART station\u003c/a>. “We are definitely for freeing Palestine and stopping U.S. funding and Israeli funding going toward the genocide of Palestinians. We need to go beyond a cease-fire.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In San Francisco, Gallegos was part of about 450 people who joined a rally and march for economic justice for laborers in the U.S. and the Middle East. Groups such as Dolores Street Community Services, Jobs with Justice SF, San Francisco Living Wage Coalition and others will lead the march and rally, which is expected to wrap up by 2 p.m.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Chants of “si se puede” and “free, free Palestine” took over the BART plaza before the group took off to City Hall.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Over at the Embarcadero, a separate pro-Palestinian protest also formed at \u003ca href=\"https://www.indybay.org/newsitems/2024/04/05/18864817.php\">Harry Bridges Plaza at 12:30 p.m\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I don’t think it is in our interest — while there is unemployment, a high cost of living and other difficulties that working people have — to have our taxes sent towards military equipment that will harm other people around the world,” said Ricardo Ortiz, who was at the protest downtown.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>At 3 p.m., about 1,000 hotel workers with Unite Here Local 2 and janitors with SEIU Local 87 are expected to march through downtown San Francisco, beginning at 415 California St. and ending at Union Square.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“We demand tax money be used to house the homeless, guarantee free universal healthcare, quality education, and good paying jobs for all,” the groups’ list of demands reads. “Stop privatization, outsourcing & union busting!”\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11984650\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-11984650\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/05/20240501_MAYDAYRALLY-14-GC-KQED.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/05/20240501_MAYDAYRALLY-14-GC-KQED.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/05/20240501_MAYDAYRALLY-14-GC-KQED-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/05/20240501_MAYDAYRALLY-14-GC-KQED-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/05/20240501_MAYDAYRALLY-14-GC-KQED-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/05/20240501_MAYDAYRALLY-14-GC-KQED-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/05/20240501_MAYDAYRALLY-14-GC-KQED-1920x1280.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">The May Day rally during International Worker’s Day in the Mission in San Francisco on May 1, 2024. \u003ccite>(Gina Castro/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Many of the people planning to join the protest clean offices for Google, Meta and other major companies, as well as hotel chains like Hilton, Marriott and Hyatt. They are calling for raises, health care and more balanced workloads in their upcoming contract negotiations with their employers.[aside postID=news_11984403 hero='https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/04/240429-SFSU-GAZA-ENCAMPMENT-MD-09-KQED-1020x680.jpg']A planned 4 p.m. rally and march calling for an end to U.S. aid in Israel from West Oakland BART to the Port of Oakland was canceled by organizers Wednesday afternoon.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Port of Oakland officials say the seaport is closed until Thursday — and activists are calling the closure a victory.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I think it’s a testimony to the power of our movement that the port employers and big businesses who do business at the port would rather lose millions of dollars in profit than face our community mobilized,” said Wassim Hage, an organizer for the Arab Resource and Organizing Center.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>A port spokesperson said the closure was already scheduled due to a monthly union meeting. A union official said in an email that the meeting normally only stops work for a single shift. A port spokesperson would not confirm that the daylong closure was due to the planned protest.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Despite the canceled port protest, hundreds of people still marched through downtown Oakland early Wednesday evening to commemorate the day and continue calls for an end to U.S. aid to Israel. The short but lively demonstration — which included drummers and dancers — made its way to the steps of Oakland City Hall, where organizers demanded the government cease funding foreign wars and invest more in its own working class.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Sim Sipin, who participated in the downtown Oakland march, said demonstrators hoped to bring attention to what she called the government’s “mismatched priorities” that have resulted in gross overspending on police and military operations, even as “people are having a harder time just living, just making it day to day.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“We know the money that is funding the war in Gaza, the money that is funding the Israeli military, does not come out of nowhere,” she said. “That money is really from the hard-earned labor of U.S. taxpayers, of workers all around the world.” \u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In addition to the protests on roadways, a growing list of Bay Area college campuses has joined pro-Palestinian movements to call on universities to divest from Israeli weapon manufacturers and other ties.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Student and faculty protests have formed at UC Berkeley, Stanford University, San Francisco State, University of San Francisco, Sonoma State and Humboldt State, joining protests at other institutions like Columbia University and the University of Southern California.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cem>KQED’s Juan Carlos Lara contributed reporting to this story.\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n",
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The measure went into effect in July 2019.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>San Francisco Supervisor Dean Preston, who reviewed the outcomes of the program in a committee meeting on Monday, said that \u003ca href=\"https://sfgov.legistar.com/View.ashx?M=F&ID=12884642&GUID=A36EC077-730C-4BD0-B4EA-869B23842BF4\">92% of tenants who have utilized the legal services remained housed\u003c/a>, and 63% were able to stay in their original units.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“The data shows very clearly that the right-to-counsel program is saving thousands of renters from losing their homes,” Preston, who wrote the measure before becoming a supervisor, told KQED. “It has been an incredibly effective program in saving people from homelessness, saving the city a lot of money and really has been a resounding success.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>San Francisco is the only city in California that guarantees legal counsel for tenants at risk of eviction.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Ora Prochovnick, director of litigation and policy at the Eviction Defense Collaborative (EDC), which is the program’s lead service provider, said that there is an extreme discrepancy in the number of tenants and landlords who have legal representation.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“The power imbalance is obvious,” Prochovnick said. “What our program lets us do is we’re able to advocate for tenants and be in court with them to at the very least hold their hands through a very traumatizing process and, better still, help them negotiate that process to assert their rights, present defenses if they have them, or work out a safe exit if that’s necessary.”[aside label=\"more housing coverage\" tag=\"tenants-rights\"]The National Coalition for a Civil Right to Counsel \u003ca href=\"http://civilrighttocounsel.org/uploaded_files/280/Landlord_and_tenant_eviction_rep_stats__NCCRC_.pdf\">estimates\u003c/a> that less than 5% of tenants facing eviction have representation nationwide. Meanwhile, about 80% of landlords use attorneys.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Having a lawyer makes a difference, Prochovnick said. Between 2022 and 2023, the most recent fiscal year that data was available, TRC provided legal services to about 1,800 tenants, according to the Mayor’s Office of Housing and Community Development. More than 1,600 received favorable outcomes and remained housed.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Who gets full representation is determined by a vulnerability scoring system, Prochovnick said. Tenants at the highest risk, including those who are elderly, have young children, or deal with mental or physical disabilities or language barriers, are prioritized.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>EDC works with seven other nonprofits to provide representation for eviction cases, including the Tenderloin Housing Clinic and Open Door Legal. The program is currently able to provide full legal representation to 84% of people seeking services, according to the city. The other 16% are eligible for limited support.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Of TRC’s clients during the 2022–23 fiscal year, 95% were low income, including 83% who qualified as extremely low income. The Tenderloin, Mission and South of Market neighborhoods had the highest client rates.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>During Monday’s hearing, Preston said that the program still has gaps, including the 16% of clients who cannot get full-scope services.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Prochovnick said that for all clients, TRC submits the initial paperwork responding to eviction notices so that they do not lose their housing by default and assigns an attorney to accompany them to hearings.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The biggest barrier to providing everyone with full services is staffing. Currently, the program has eight vacant attorney positions. Prochovnick said that the program has adjusted salaries and introduced a training pipeline to increase its staff. Currently, it has nine legal fellows it plans to take on as supervising attorneys within the next fiscal year.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Both Prochovnick and Preston said that the long-term goal is to grow the program’s funding to meet increasing demand and fill in gaps. Since \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11971908/as-california-evictions-boom-whether-tenants-get-lawyers-depends-on-where-they-live\">San Francisco’s COVID-19 eviction moratorium\u003c/a> expired last June, the number of evictions filed in the city has risen. In 2019, about 2,500 eviction notices were filed. That number dipped during the pandemic, but Prochovnick said this year, evictions are “inching toward 3,000.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>For the fiscal year that begins in July, though, EDC is solely focused on maintaining its full budget, as the city is expected to make cuts across departments to address a significant \u003ca href=\"https://sfethics.org/commission/budget#:~:text=Budget%20for%20Fiscal%20Year%202024&text=The%20City%20is%20projecting%20a%20budget%20shortfall%20of%20approximately%20%24728.3,budget%20of%20approximately%20%246.8%20billion.\">deficit\u003c/a>. Prochovnick said it would be a mistake for any cuts to affect TRC.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Our average cost per case is about $6,300. With our 92% success rate, that’s $6,300 to prevent homelessness, while a shelter bed is about $70,000 a year,” she said. “That expense that we’re saving the city is huge.”\u003c/p>\n\n",
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"content": "\u003cp>Several hundred San Francisco State University students and faculty rallied on Monday in a central campus plaza, a handful of them setting up tents on a nearby lawn, to demand the California State University system disclose its financial ties to Israel and divest from those holdings.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I’m here today standing in solidarity with students all over the country who have bravely put their bodies and their careers and their lives on the line against this genocide in Palestine, in Gaza,” said Sabreen Imtair, an SFSU graduate student, noting that SF State has a long history of Palestinian-focused student organizing.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>And so it’s fitting that students here are now joining other campuses around the country that have “become a battlefield of ideas and divestment resolutions,” she said. “And it’s so obvious that young people are leading the way in shifting public sentiment.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The action in Malcolm X Plaza, which drew minimal law enforcement presence, marks the latest in a \u003ca href=\"https://apnews.com/article/gaza-war-campus-protests-966eb531279f8e4381883fc5d79d5466\">slew of fierce protests against Israel\u003c/a> — many involving tent encampments — that have swept campuses across the country over the last week, with the number of arrests nearing 1,000. Sparked by an ongoing student demonstration and clash with police at \u003ca href=\"https://www.npr.org/2024/04/29/1247761719/campus-protests-arrests-suspensions\">Columbia University in New York\u003c/a>, students at scores of colleges have joined the fray, calling for their schools to divest from companies that provide military support to Israel.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In recent days, \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11984203/pro-palestinian-protests-sweep-california-college-campuses-amid-israel-hamas-war\">encampments popped up at a growing number of Bay Area universities\u003c/a>, including UC Berkeley, Stanford and — as of this weekend — \u003ca href=\"https://www.pressdemocrat.com/article/news/sonoma-state-students-protest-violence-in-gaza/\">Sonoma State\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[aside postID=news_11984203]Further north, at Cal Poly Humboldt in Arcata, pro-Palestinian demonstrators last week occupied an administrative building, \u003ca href=\"https://www.sfchronicle.com/bayarea/article/cal-state-humboldt-gaza-protests-19425395.php\">prompting school officials on Friday to close the campus\u003c/a> for the remainder of the academic year.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>And at the University of Southern California, in Los Angeles, administrators last week \u003ca href=\"https://apnews.com/article/israel-palestine-war-campus-protests-usc-cff0c1e59fc6164f615a2686d7f1b401\">called off the school’s main-stage graduation ceremony\u003c/a>, set for May 10 — after first canceling a commencement speech by its valedictorian who has publicly expressed support for Palestinians — amid ongoing student protests that have roiled its campus and led to some 100 arrests.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Most of the protests have been overtly anti-Zionist, with participants, many of whom are Jewish, calling for the liberation of Palestine and the dissolution of the modern state of Israel. That stance has prompted some critics to denounce the actions as antisemitic.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But Jewish activists like Alexei Folger, a 59-year-old SF State alumna, who attended Monday’s rally, argued that there’s nothing antisemitic about demanding the U.S. stop supporting Israel.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“We don’t consider it part of our Jewish tradition to support genocide or apartheid. And as American Jews, we feel like we have to take a stand,” said Folger, who is a member of the anti-Zionist group Jewish Voice for Peace.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>She accused the media of presenting the situation as a “false narrative.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“It’s a political question and an ideological question. The people on this side are supporting Israel’s policies that the people on the other side are not,” Folger said. “And that’s when it comes down to. It’s not Jewish on one side and Palestinian students and supporters on the other side.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11984440\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-11984440 size-full\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/04/240429-SFSU-GAZA-ENCAMPMENT-MD-10-KQED.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/04/240429-SFSU-GAZA-ENCAMPMENT-MD-10-KQED.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/04/240429-SFSU-GAZA-ENCAMPMENT-MD-10-KQED-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/04/240429-SFSU-GAZA-ENCAMPMENT-MD-10-KQED-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/04/240429-SFSU-GAZA-ENCAMPMENT-MD-10-KQED-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/04/240429-SFSU-GAZA-ENCAMPMENT-MD-10-KQED-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/04/240429-SFSU-GAZA-ENCAMPMENT-MD-10-KQED-1920x1280.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Pro-Palestinian students and faculty at San Francisco State University rally and establish an encampment on campus Monday. \u003ccite>(Martin do Nascimento/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Student movements have always been a vital component of liberation struggles around the world, Omar Zahzah, an SF State professor of Arab, Muslim, Ethnicities and Diaspora Studies, told demonstrators on Monday.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“And today, seeing all of you in all of your splendor and all of your numbers only confirms this fact,” he said. “We are here today to say no to genocide, but ultimately to call for the total liberation of Palestinian land and people.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In an emailed statement to KQED, SFSU spokesperson Kent Bravo said the investment policy of the SF State Foundation “reflects its commitment to the values of the University, prioritizing social and racial justice, environmental sustainability and climate action.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The policy, he said, “does not address single-issue approaches for geopolitical issues” but is instead “designed to be effective in ways which can make a positive impact globally while supporting the enhancement of our students’ education.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Monday’s demonstration comes after nearly seven months of the Israel-Hamas war, a brutal conflict sparked by a Hamas-led attack on Israel on Oct. 7, in which militants killed some 1,200 people, mostly civilians, and took around 240 hostages, according to Israeli authorities. Israel’s retaliatory air, sea and ground offensive in Gaza has been relentless, reducing much of the enclave to rubble, killing at least 34,500 Palestinians, mostly women and children, and prompting a humanitarian disaster, according to Gaza’s Health Ministry. 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A Palestinian citizen who grew up in the West Bank, he said the situation on the ground in Gaza is even more dire than how the media portray it.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“We need to bring attention to this. Status quo isn’t something that should be upheld,” he said. “We will try to make our cause bigger and bigger and bigger until divestment and until liberation.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cem>KQED’s Sam Lim and Sara Hossaini contributed reporting to this story.\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cem>This story has been updated.\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad floatright]\u003c/p>\n",
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That stance has prompted some critics to denounce the actions as antisemitic.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But Jewish activists like Alexei Folger, a 59-year-old SF State alumna, who attended Monday’s rally, argued that there’s nothing antisemitic about demanding the U.S. stop supporting Israel.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“We don’t consider it part of our Jewish tradition to support genocide or apartheid. And as American Jews, we feel like we have to take a stand,” said Folger, who is a member of the anti-Zionist group Jewish Voice for Peace.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>She accused the media of presenting the situation as a “false narrative.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“It’s a political question and an ideological question. The people on this side are supporting Israel’s policies that the people on the other side are not,” Folger said. “And that’s when it comes down to. 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"content": "\u003cp>San Francisco emergency dispatchers — already dangerously understaffed and overworked — say that sporadic outages in their aging computer system are making their jobs even harder.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Under normal circumstances, dispatchers answering 911 calls type the information they get into the Computer Aided Dispatch System. That information goes to the dispatch center’s radio operators and emergency responders via the computers inside city police cars, fire trucks and ambulances.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But sometimes, like in the early hours of Thursday morning, the CAD system goes down, usually for hours at a time. When that happens, call-takers switch to handwritten notes, which other workers then run over to dispatchers on the radios, relaying the call information to first responders. All communications are then done over radio.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“A three- to five-minute call might end up being a five- to eight-minute call,” said Burt Wilson, president of the dispatchers union chapter. “So if you’re the next person, waiting for a dispatcher, calling 911, it could delay response to the calls.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Some workers also have to be removed from their current assignments to run those notes back and forth. This could fall on supervisors or trainees, but in some cases, a dispatcher has to be removed from phone duty to run the notes, meaning calls get answered even slower.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“So it could work,” Wilson said. “But like I said, it’s just a little bit more tedious for us and a lot more work.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Wilson said he believes there have been three outages in the past week, all lasting more than three hours, though he didn’t personally witness all of them. And this isn’t a new problem. \u003ca href=\"https://abc7news.com/san-francisco-emergency-dispatch-system-office-of-management-outage/1134441/\">News stories\u003c/a> about CAD problems go back to \u003ca href=\"https://abc7news.com/archive/8129222/\">at least 2011.\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>A system that is ‘end of life’\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>The Department of Emergency Management said the current system is functional but acknowledged it is “end of life” and said a replacement is coming.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“We know outdated infrastructure has limitations, and interruptions are unpredictable, which is why investing in new technology and infrastructure is critical and important,” DEM said in a statement.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The department aims to get the new system fully up and running by late 2026, according to a \u003ca href=\"https://sfgov.legistar.com/View.ashx?M=F&ID=12667002&GUID=59D1ABDD-93AA-4EA8-BA22-891D5F7290D8\">February memo (PDF)\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In 2019, a DEM official told city supervisors the projected completion date was late 2023. It was unclear why the project was delayed three years, though the pandemic likely played a part.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11984230\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"max-width: 2560px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-11984230\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/04/IMG_3701-scaled.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2560\" height=\"1920\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/04/IMG_3701-scaled.jpg 2560w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/04/IMG_3701-800x600.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/04/IMG_3701-1020x765.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/04/IMG_3701-160x120.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/04/IMG_3701-1536x1152.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/04/IMG_3701-2048x1536.jpg 2048w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/04/IMG_3701-1920x1440.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 2560px) 100vw, 2560px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">DEM Executive Director Mary Ellen Carroll speaks at a press conference for the reopening of the newly renovated dispatch center with San Francisco Mayor London Breed to her left on Wednesday, April 24, 2024. \u003ccite>(Juan Carlos Lara/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>The department has not answered questions about the frequency of outages or the process and timeline for replacing the existing system.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Motorola’s new system will cost $22.2 million, with another $22.6 million over 11 years to cover annual maintenance, according to a report from the \u003ca href=\"https://sfgov.legistar.com/View.ashx?M=F&ID=12743296&GUID=3545170E-B577-45EC-BAF6-A70F12FFAC8C\">Budget and Legislative Analyst’s Office (PDF). \u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>San Francisco first bought its current CAD system from Tiburon Inc. in 1999. Starting in 2012, the city contracted with the same company for upgrades and maintenance, with that contract being extended twice. It’s now set to expire in late 2027.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>According to a 2019 report from the \u003ca href=\"https://sfgov.legistar.com/View.ashx?M=F&ID=7813829&GUID=131A840B-1748-4DA5-91D6-529E1E9F2668\">Budget and Legislative Analyst’s Office (PDF)\u003c/a>, DEM chose to contract Tiburon Inc. because upgrading the system would be cheaper than replacing it.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>Not meeting standards\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>Even without unpredictable outages, city response times are not what they should be. San Francisco strives to answer 95% of incoming 911 calls within 15 seconds, but in \u003ca href=\"https://sfgov.org/scorecards/public-safety/911-call-volume-and-response\">February, dispatchers only managed that in 73% of calls. \u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“We’ve been very open about not meeting those standards for the last probably year or so, but that is all about our staffing,” said Mary Ellen Carroll, executive director of DEM. The city has not met that standard since June of 2020.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Carroll spoke in front of the city’s dispatch center on Wednesday to celebrate its newly completed renovation, just one day before the most recent CAD outage. She said the city is working to increase staffing. 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However, new trainees will need about two years to be fully ready for the job, and some of the current workers may retire or switch jobs in that time.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>And while the department works to get fully staffed, dispatchers are working long days, in many cases involving mandatory overtime, to fill the gaps.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Valerie Tucker, who has been a dispatcher for eight years, said she works an average of 14- to 16-hour days, four days a week, and often comes in on days off to help cover for coworkers.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“It’s difficult. It’s not sustainable on any kind of long-term basis. And quite honestly, I think we are getting to the end of our rope on it,” Tucker said. “I basically wake up, come to work. I eat three meals a day here, brush my teeth and hygiene myself here occasionally, go home, get in bed, turn around and come back and do it all over again. That’s what my day looks like. That’s what I’ve been doing for pretty much the last two years here.”\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>Adjusting to outages\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>Dispatchers also aren’t the only city workers who feel hampered by CAD outages. Police access the CAD system from their cruisers and rely on that information as they respond to calls.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Tracy McCray, president of the San Francisco Police Officers Association, said an outage could present a safety issue for officers who can’t receive information in a timely manner. In some cases, police have even called off pursuits if the system is down.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“It’s not only tracking the calls for service … but our ability to access other databases like the DOJ database when we run people,” McCray said. “Well, if CAD goes down, we can’t do that. We can’t run people because there’s no access. So we don’t know who we may be dealing with on the street.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[aside label=\"Related Stories\" postID=\"news_11977185,news_11473803,news_10780569\"]An outage would also prevent officers from running a license plate to determine whether a car is stolen, McCray said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>McCray said that she thinks the outages have become more frequent since last year but did not provide concrete figures.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The department said in a statement, “Our dispatchers are trained and equipped to respond to 911 calls in the event of outages and service interruptions, which have not impacted the public’s ability to call 911 or our ability to dispatch emergency services.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Wilson, the dispatch union leader, agreed that they are very used to adjusting to outages due to their frequency.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The fire department also has to adjust when outages happen, including having one person monitoring the radio at all times. But SFFD Rescue Capt. 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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Some workers also have to be removed from their current assignments to run those notes back and forth. This could fall on supervisors or trainees, but in some cases, a dispatcher has to be removed from phone duty to run the notes, meaning calls get answered even slower.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“So it could work,” Wilson said. “But like I said, it’s just a little bit more tedious for us and a lot more work.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Wilson said he believes there have been three outages in the past week, all lasting more than three hours, though he didn’t personally witness all of them. And this isn’t a new problem. \u003ca href=\"https://abc7news.com/san-francisco-emergency-dispatch-system-office-of-management-outage/1134441/\">News stories\u003c/a> about CAD problems go back to \u003ca href=\"https://abc7news.com/archive/8129222/\">at least 2011.\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>A system that is ‘end of life’\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>The Department of Emergency Management said the current system is functional but acknowledged it is “end of life” and said a replacement is coming.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“We know outdated infrastructure has limitations, and interruptions are unpredictable, which is why investing in new technology and infrastructure is critical and important,” DEM said in a statement.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The department aims to get the new system fully up and running by late 2026, according to a \u003ca href=\"https://sfgov.legistar.com/View.ashx?M=F&ID=12667002&GUID=59D1ABDD-93AA-4EA8-BA22-891D5F7290D8\">February memo (PDF)\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In 2019, a DEM official told city supervisors the projected completion date was late 2023. It was unclear why the project was delayed three years, though the pandemic likely played a part.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11984230\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"max-width: 2560px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-11984230\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/04/IMG_3701-scaled.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2560\" height=\"1920\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/04/IMG_3701-scaled.jpg 2560w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/04/IMG_3701-800x600.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/04/IMG_3701-1020x765.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/04/IMG_3701-160x120.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/04/IMG_3701-1536x1152.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/04/IMG_3701-2048x1536.jpg 2048w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/04/IMG_3701-1920x1440.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 2560px) 100vw, 2560px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">DEM Executive Director Mary Ellen Carroll speaks at a press conference for the reopening of the newly renovated dispatch center with San Francisco Mayor London Breed to her left on Wednesday, April 24, 2024. \u003ccite>(Juan Carlos Lara/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>The department has not answered questions about the frequency of outages or the process and timeline for replacing the existing system.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Motorola’s new system will cost $22.2 million, with another $22.6 million over 11 years to cover annual maintenance, according to a report from the \u003ca href=\"https://sfgov.legistar.com/View.ashx?M=F&ID=12743296&GUID=3545170E-B577-45EC-BAF6-A70F12FFAC8C\">Budget and Legislative Analyst’s Office (PDF). \u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>San Francisco first bought its current CAD system from Tiburon Inc. in 1999. Starting in 2012, the city contracted with the same company for upgrades and maintenance, with that contract being extended twice. It’s now set to expire in late 2027.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>According to a 2019 report from the \u003ca href=\"https://sfgov.legistar.com/View.ashx?M=F&ID=7813829&GUID=131A840B-1748-4DA5-91D6-529E1E9F2668\">Budget and Legislative Analyst’s Office (PDF)\u003c/a>, DEM chose to contract Tiburon Inc. because upgrading the system would be cheaper than replacing it.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>Not meeting standards\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>Even without unpredictable outages, city response times are not what they should be. San Francisco strives to answer 95% of incoming 911 calls within 15 seconds, but in \u003ca href=\"https://sfgov.org/scorecards/public-safety/911-call-volume-and-response\">February, dispatchers only managed that in 73% of calls. \u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“We’ve been very open about not meeting those standards for the last probably year or so, but that is all about our staffing,” said Mary Ellen Carroll, executive director of DEM. The city has not met that standard since June of 2020.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Carroll spoke in front of the city’s dispatch center on Wednesday to celebrate its newly completed renovation, just one day before the most recent CAD outage. She said the city is working to increase staffing. A soon-to-start academy class, with 14 trainees, is the biggest the department has seen since the start of the pandemic.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11984231\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"max-width: 2560px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-11984231\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/04/133A1608-scaled.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2560\" height=\"1707\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/04/133A1608-scaled.jpg 2560w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/04/133A1608-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/04/133A1608-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/04/133A1608-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/04/133A1608-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/04/133A1608-2048x1365.jpg 2048w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/04/133A1608-1920x1280.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 2560px) 100vw, 2560px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">A view of the emergency dispatch center in San Francisco. \u003ccite>(Courtesy of Department of Emergency Management)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>The city said its goal is 160 to 165 fully trained dispatchers; currently, there are about 124. 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The candidates appearing on party mailers this November will likely have pro-market rate housing views.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Mike Chen, a member of the DCCC and co-author of its housing policy, told KQED he hopes candidates heed the party’s new direction.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“There are many candidates who are still movable, who have issue priorities that are not necessarily housing,” Chen said. “This is a chance for candidates to take feedback from the party.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Catch up fast: \u003c/strong>Most of the two dozen moderate Democrats who ran for the DCCC won in the March primary, flipping the board from its previous progressive majority.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The new housing policy embraces the platform of San Francisco YIMBY, an advocacy group that said building market-rate developments as quickly as possible will help bring down rental prices. Progressive Democrats said market-rate construction is akin to luxury housing that most people can’t afford.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Mayor London Breed is a vocal supporter of YIMBY policies. 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From left to right, Michael Lai, Cedric Akbar, Mike Chen, Lily Ho, Trevor Chandler, Matt Dorsey, Nancy Tung and Marjan Philhour. \u003ccite>(Joe Fitzgerald Rodriguez/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Who loses out: \u003c/strong>Some DCCC members may now think twice before backing the mayoral candidacy of Mark Farrell, a former mayor and supervisor. Farrell rankled pro-housing Democrats last month when he said he doesn’t believe San Francisco “needs to upzone every neighborhood” in an \u003ca href=\"https://missionlocal.org/2024/03/mark-farrells-common-sense/?utm_campaign=SF+Standard+Power+Play&utm_content=p-text&utm_medium=email&utm_source=SF+Standard\">interview with Joe Eskenazi\u003c/a>, Mission Local’s managing editor and columnist, on stage at Manny’s. Upzoning is the process cities use to grant taller housing to be built in an area.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Other mayoral candidates, like Board of Supervisors President Aaron Peskin, who talks about protecting the character of neighborhoods from the construction of tall housing, and Supervisor Ahsha Safai, are unlikely to gain the party’s backing. Safaí lacks the allies on the board to gain an endorsement. It’s unclear if Daniel Lurie, a mayoral candidate and philanthropist, has enough DCCC allies for an endorsement.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>The opposing view: \u003c/strong>A few progressives remain on the party board, including Peter Gallotta, who successfully got the moderate Democrats to write clauses supporting renters into the new housing policy. “I think it’s important that we reiterate and underscore that our party is also pro-tenant,” Gallotta said. “I do think we need to make sure we’re calling out our support for the protection of rent control in San Francisco, that we support preservation of our existing rent-controlled housing stock.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>What we’re watching: \u003c/strong>The meeting was the party’s first since moderates flipped the board. The moderates flexed their newfound power by pushing for several new policies. Besides the housing platform, board members voted to approve a resolution backing more police officers for public safety and new bylaws that limit the amount of public comment they’ll listen to in a meeting.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The public safety and housing policies have no actual teeth in changing San Francisco’s operations.[aside postID=news_11983000 hero='https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/04/GettyImages-623874284_qut-1020x705.jpg']The moderate Democrats also voted in Nancy Tung as the new party chair. Tung is a career prosecutor in the San Francisco District Attorney’s office who ran for DA in 2019 but lost to Chesa Boudin.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The party also passed a resolution backing the labor community. The policy statement angered Kim Tavaglione, the executive director of the San Francisco Labor Council, a powerful group that unites labor unions across the city.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Tavaglione said the policy lacks basic elements in the state Democratic Party platform, like endorsing specific training language for the building trades, a living wage recommendation and anti-charter school statements that public school teachers back.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“If they don’t appreciate labor’s voice, we don’t have to play with them,” Tavaglione said. “We’re happy to walk away.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Tavaglione said she would recommend labor unions withhold resources from the DCCC, which would help progressive Democrats in the November election.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n",
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"content": "\u003cp>\u003cem>Updated 6:30 p.m. Thursday\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>An announcement from San Francisco District Attorney Brooke Jenkins that she is considering the possibility of charging a group of pro-Palestinian protesters with a felony for \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11982940/protesters-shut-down-880-freeway-in-oakland-as-part-of-economic-blockade-for-gaza\">blocking the Golden Gate Bridge on Monday\u003c/a> has been met with concern by legal experts and civil rights advocates.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>They have also pushed back against \u003ca href=\"https://twitter.com/BrookeJenkinsSF/status/1780616603954204930\">Jenkins’ suggestion\u003c/a> that people who were stuck in traffic during the protest may be eligible for restitution as possible victims “detained against their will” or “\u003ca href=\"https://x.com/brookejenkinssf/status/1780369591367340514?s=46&t=7BBzFwo6eYLzJIVfAlumEQ\">falsely imprisoned”\u003c/a> — and should reach out to California Highway Patrol.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>These people, Jenkins wrote on X on Wednesday, “may be entitled to restitution + have other victim rights guaranteed under \u003ca href=\"https://www.cdcr.ca.gov/victim-services/marsys-law/\">Marsy’s law.\u003c/a>”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>https://twitter.com/BrookeJenkinsSF/status/1780616603954204930\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>ACLU Northern California’s legal director Shilpi Agarwal called the idea — that anyone disrupted by a protest can seek financial payment from protesters — a “red flag.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Lawful protests are, by design, meant to be visible and inconvenient,” Agarwal said. “Lawful protests often create roadblocks or shut down streets or create traffic … The idea that people who suffer that inconvenience are victims and should get money from the protesters is a very dangerous notion.”\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>\u003cstrong>What happened after the Golden Gate Bridge protests?\u003c/strong>\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>San Francisco and Alameda County prosecutors are still waiting to review evidence from CHP before announcing any charges against the protesters, who were part of an international “economic blockade” to oppose \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/tag/gaza/\">the United States’ financial support for Israel\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[aside postID=news_11821950 hero='https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2023/04/RS64575_022_KQED_AntiochPoliceRacistTextProtest_04182023-qut-1020x680.jpg']Israel’s monthslong siege of Gaza, in response to Hamas’ attack on Oct. 7 that killed some 1,200 Israelis according to Israel’s government, has caused \u003ca href=\"https://apnews.com/article/israel-hamas-gaza-war-statistics-95a6407fac94e9d589be234708cd5005\">widespread devastation:\u003c/a> 33,000 Palestinians — more than 13,000 of them children — have since been killed, according to Gaza health authorities.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Israel’s attacks have also displaced 70% of Gaza’s population, and the United Nations is warning that \u003ca href=\"https://apnews.com/article/israel-palestinians-un-humanitarian-famine-gaza-malnutrition-cf622f843fe531fb6dbd5657a39d6b49\">a famine is approaching\u003c/a>. Since the siege began more than six months ago, thousands in the Bay Area have joined \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/tag/gaza/\">rallies and protests demanding a cease-fire in Gaza\u003c/a>. (Read more about \u003ca href=\"https://www.npr.org/series/1205445976/middle-east-crisis\">the decades-long conflict from NPR’s “Middle East crisis — explained”\u003c/a> series.)\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>On Monday, the 12 protesters arrested in a separate protest on two different sections of Interstate 880 in Oakland were quickly released. However, most of the 26 arrested on the Golden Gate Bridge were booked and held in jail for more than 24 hours on suspicion of felony conspiracy.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The felony arrest charge gives Jenkins the opportunity to consider charging the Golden Gate Bridge protesters with a felony. Misdemeanors or infractions are more common charges for protesters, Agarwal said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“While we must protect avenues for free speech, the exercise of free speech cannot compromise public safety,” Jenkins wrote in \u003ca href=\"https://twitter.com/BrookeJenkinsSF/status/1780369591367340514/photo/1\">a statement posted to X. \u003c/a>“I truly believe that there can be free expression while maintaining the safety of our communities.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>CHP spokesperson Andrew Barclay argued the protesters posed a serious threat to public safety.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Everybody has a right to protest,” Barclay said. “People have a right to express their opinions. No one has the right to go on to a freeway and shut it down.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In order for the charges to come to fruition, Barclay said CHP needs to speak to individuals “trapped on the bridge as this was happening” and needs “to actually show that there are specific individuals who were in this situation because of the actions of the protesters. And we need to do that in order to be able to meet those standards that will articulate that crime was committed.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>During an unrelated press conference on climate change on Tuesday, \u003ca href=\"https://www.politico.com/newsletters/california-playbook-pm/2024/04/16/dems-narrow-the-swing-district-gap-00152679\">Gov. Gavin Newsom also criticized Monday’s protests\u003c/a>: “I don’t think that’s helpful, and I don’t think that’s responsible.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The governor said that he believed “there are better ways of protesting” and that “people need to be held to account for their actions.”\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>\u003cstrong>What do legal voices and advocates say?\u003c/strong>\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>The Center for Protest Law and Litigation — which is representing the freeway protesters — has blasted CHP and framed the possible allegations as trumped-up arrest charges meant to silence peaceful protest.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“It’s kind of a way of inflicting a preemptive punishment before charges have even been filed,” said Rachel Lederman, the group’s senior council. “We haven’t seen this in recent years in San Francisco or in the Bay Area.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[aside label=\"Related Stories\" postID=\"news_11976328,news_11982940\"]Agarwal of the ACLU is concerned about the language Jenkins employed in the call out, which included \u003ca href=\"https://x.com/brookejenkinssf/status/1780369591367340514?s=46&t=7BBzFwo6eYLzJIVfAlumEQ\">“falsely imprisoned” and “restitution.” \u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“The only kind of interpretation that I can glean from that is [that] she really wants to dissuade people from exercising their right to protest by sort of heaping on these protesters all kinds of unusual consequences, some of which are financial,” Agarwal said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Our concern is that’s really going to have a chilling effect on speech because lawful protesting is inconvenient,” she said. “It is how you draw attention to an issue.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Lederman added that she thought “it’s a bit far-fetched to charge people with false imprisonment for blocking traffic” — although she said in her experience, restitution is common in criminal cases. She noted that \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11967536/protesters-calling-for-gaza-ceasefire-block-bay-bridges-westbound-lanes\">78 pro-Palestinian protesters arrested after they blocked the Bay Bridge\u003c/a> are paying “a very small amount of restitution to one person who had a specific medical bill that they attributed to the traffic blockage.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Jenkins previously filed charges against those \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11967536/protesters-calling-for-gaza-ceasefire-block-bay-bridges-westbound-lanes\">Bay Bridge protesters\u003c/a>. However, a judge last month ordered them to pay the restitution and do community service instead of going to trial — a move Jenkins said she had to accept but did not support.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Agarwal said while she could not speak to the details of Monday’s actions, the government can place “reasonable limits on protest” in what is called \u003ca href=\"https://firstamendment.mtsu.edu/article/time-place-and-manner-restrictions/\">a “time, place, and manner restriction\u003c/a>,” by dictating certain parameters to try to ensure safety.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But “even in a situation where the protester does everything that they’re supposed to do, protests are inconvenient. They absolutely create traffic jams. 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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003cp>\u003cem>Updated 6:30 p.m. Thursday\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>An announcement from San Francisco District Attorney Brooke Jenkins that she is considering the possibility of charging a group of pro-Palestinian protesters with a felony for \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11982940/protesters-shut-down-880-freeway-in-oakland-as-part-of-economic-blockade-for-gaza\">blocking the Golden Gate Bridge on Monday\u003c/a> has been met with concern by legal experts and civil rights advocates.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>They have also pushed back against \u003ca href=\"https://twitter.com/BrookeJenkinsSF/status/1780616603954204930\">Jenkins’ suggestion\u003c/a> that people who were stuck in traffic during the protest may be eligible for restitution as possible victims “detained against their will” or “\u003ca href=\"https://x.com/brookejenkinssf/status/1780369591367340514?s=46&t=7BBzFwo6eYLzJIVfAlumEQ\">falsely imprisoned”\u003c/a> — and should reach out to California Highway Patrol.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>These people, Jenkins wrote on X on Wednesday, “may be entitled to restitution + have other victim rights guaranteed under \u003ca href=\"https://www.cdcr.ca.gov/victim-services/marsys-law/\">Marsy’s law.\u003c/a>”\u003c/p>\u003c/p>\u003c/div>",
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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\n\u003cp>ACLU Northern California’s legal director Shilpi Agarwal called the idea — that anyone disrupted by a protest can seek financial payment from protesters — a “red flag.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Lawful protests are, by design, meant to be visible and inconvenient,” Agarwal said. “Lawful protests often create roadblocks or shut down streets or create traffic … The idea that people who suffer that inconvenience are victims and should get money from the protesters is a very dangerous notion.”\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>\u003cstrong>What happened after the Golden Gate Bridge protests?\u003c/strong>\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>San Francisco and Alameda County prosecutors are still waiting to review evidence from CHP before announcing any charges against the protesters, who were part of an international “economic blockade” to oppose \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/tag/gaza/\">the United States’ financial support for Israel\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003c/div>",
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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>Agarwal of the ACLU is concerned about the language Jenkins employed in the call out, which included \u003ca href=\"https://x.com/brookejenkinssf/status/1780369591367340514?s=46&t=7BBzFwo6eYLzJIVfAlumEQ\">“falsely imprisoned” and “restitution.” \u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“The only kind of interpretation that I can glean from that is [that] she really wants to dissuade people from exercising their right to protest by sort of heaping on these protesters all kinds of unusual consequences, some of which are financial,” Agarwal said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Our concern is that’s really going to have a chilling effect on speech because lawful protesting is inconvenient,” she said. “It is how you draw attention to an issue.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Lederman added that she thought “it’s a bit far-fetched to charge people with false imprisonment for blocking traffic” — although she said in her experience, restitution is common in criminal cases. She noted that \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11967536/protesters-calling-for-gaza-ceasefire-block-bay-bridges-westbound-lanes\">78 pro-Palestinian protesters arrested after they blocked the Bay Bridge\u003c/a> are paying “a very small amount of restitution to one person who had a specific medical bill that they attributed to the traffic blockage.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Jenkins previously filed charges against those \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11967536/protesters-calling-for-gaza-ceasefire-block-bay-bridges-westbound-lanes\">Bay Bridge protesters\u003c/a>. However, a judge last month ordered them to pay the restitution and do community service instead of going to trial — a move Jenkins said she had to accept but did not support.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Agarwal said while she could not speak to the details of Monday’s actions, the government can place “reasonable limits on protest” in what is called \u003ca href=\"https://firstamendment.mtsu.edu/article/time-place-and-manner-restrictions/\">a “time, place, and manner restriction\u003c/a>,” by dictating certain parameters to try to ensure safety.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But “even in a situation where the protester does everything that they’re supposed to do, protests are inconvenient. They absolutely create traffic jams. They absolutely can create streets to shut down,” Agarwal said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“That is a balance that we have struck in this country where we say we have a First Amendment right to voice our opinion on things, and we are willing to suffer some of the inconvenience that can come from that.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cem>KQED’s Sydney Johnson and David Marks contributed to this story.\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003c/div>",
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"content": "\u003cp>The summer of 2016 might feel like a lifetime away — notably hallmarked by a polarizing election year. But that was also when \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/pop/29621/why-everyone-you-know-is-suddenly-obsessed-with-pokemon-go\">Pokémon Go\u003c/a> was first released in the United States, instantly \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/pop/29621/why-everyone-you-know-is-suddenly-obsessed-with-pokemon-go\">taking over our phones and sidewalks\u003c/a> as players ventured out into the real world to compete and catch virtual “pocket monsters.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Like most viral crazes, stories of the augmented reality game’s rapid mainstream fandom — and \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/futureofyou/207392/the-number-of-accident-reports-related-to-pokemon-go-is-getting-scary\">their mishaps while playing\u003c/a> — \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/pop/89816/a-year-later-pokemon-go-has-leveled-out-and-left-fans-wanting-more\">fizzled out\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>However, a good amount of love for the iconic Japanese franchise has lived on in the Bay Area. Many local fans, like Ashley Tan never quit playing since the game was released — even though she was just around 9 years old at the time.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11983005\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-11983005\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/04/240413-POKEMON-LIBRARY-AC-02-KQED-800x533.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"800\" height=\"533\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/04/240413-POKEMON-LIBRARY-AC-02-KQED-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/04/240413-POKEMON-LIBRARY-AC-02-KQED-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/04/240413-POKEMON-LIBRARY-AC-02-KQED-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/04/240413-POKEMON-LIBRARY-AC-02-KQED-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/04/240413-POKEMON-LIBRARY-AC-02-KQED-1920x1280.jpg 1920w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/04/240413-POKEMON-LIBRARY-AC-02-KQED.jpg 2000w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Children participating in Pokémon Celebration Day at the Richmond Library pick out stickers in San Francisco on April 13, 2024. \u003ccite>(Aryk Copley/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>“I continue playing now because of the community I’ve made around it,” says Tan, 17, who lives in Dublin. “We catch Pokémon, we do raids, and there are community days where people come out and catch Pokémons.” (Raids are opportunities in the game for players to work together to battle a boss Pokémon, and players that succeed in a raid can win special items and catch unique Pokémon.)\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“You’ll see a lot of people still playing this,” Tan says — an observation that was borne out last weekend as Tan joined hundreds of Bay Area Pokémon fans who ventured out to San Francisco’s public libraries to celebrate the city’s first official \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11981532/san-franciscos-pokemon-spring-celebration-day-is-in-the-works\">Pokémon Celebration Day\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>A world of Pokémon\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>Created by Satoshi Tajiri in 1996 as a game for the Nintendo Game Boy, Pokémon quickly became a global phenomenon spanning video games, animated movies and television shows, trading cards, books and mobile games.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Across these platforms, the aim of the game remains the same: Players or “trainers” search to catch all 1,025 pocket monsters or Pokémon, such as popular characters like Pikachu — a yellow creature known for harnessing electricity — or Squirtle, a turtle-like water creature.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11983011\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-11983011 size-medium\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/04/240413-POKEMON-LIBRARY-AC-08-KQED-800x533.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"800\" height=\"533\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/04/240413-POKEMON-LIBRARY-AC-08-KQED-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/04/240413-POKEMON-LIBRARY-AC-08-KQED-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/04/240413-POKEMON-LIBRARY-AC-08-KQED-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/04/240413-POKEMON-LIBRARY-AC-08-KQED-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/04/240413-POKEMON-LIBRARY-AC-08-KQED-1920x1280.jpg 1920w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/04/240413-POKEMON-LIBRARY-AC-08-KQED.jpg 2000w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Pokémon fans show off their new cards outside the Richmond Library during a Pokémon Celebration Day event in San Francisco on April 13, 2024. \u003ccite>(Aryk Copley/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>In 2016, the franchise expanded further with the launch of the mobile-based Pokémon Go in July. Launching four months before the November election of President Donald Trump, the game has become a symbol of a different time for some.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Receiving \u003ca href=\"https://www.usatoday.com/story/tech/gaming/2016/07/13/report-pokemon-go-downloads-top-15-million/87022202/\">a reported 15 million downloads in the U.S.\u003c/a> in its first week alone, Pokémon Go created headlines around the sheer numbers of people who went outside to play it — and some of the \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/stateofhealth/237828/distracted-drivers-playing-pokemon-go-create-new-public-safety-threat-california-researchers-say\">dangerous situations that inattentive players contributed to\u003c/a>. The game went so viral that politicians and 2016 presidential candidates Donald Trump and Hillary Clinton tried to use \u003ca href=\"https://time.com/4407067/donald-trump-hillary-clinton-pokemon-go/\">Pokémon Go\u003c/a> as a vehicle to reach voters.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But the number\u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/pop/89816/a-year-later-pokemon-go-has-leveled-out-and-left-fans-wanting-more\"> of active Pokémon Go users sharply dropped\u003c/a> in the following years. \u003ca href=\"https://arstechnica.com/gaming/2020/07/how-covid-19-transformed-pokemon-go-into-pokemon-stay-at-home/\">The COVID-19 pandemic also placed logistical constraints \u003c/a>on players’ ability to play the game outside their homes — however, some players told KQED that Pokémon Go helped them socialize and get outdoors during school closures and other shelter-in-place measures.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In the intervening years, the game has developed new visuals and maps to keep fans playing. And play they do.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11983010\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-11983010\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/04/240413-POKEMON-LIBRARY-AC-07-KQED-800x533.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"800\" height=\"533\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/04/240413-POKEMON-LIBRARY-AC-07-KQED-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/04/240413-POKEMON-LIBRARY-AC-07-KQED-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/04/240413-POKEMON-LIBRARY-AC-07-KQED-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/04/240413-POKEMON-LIBRARY-AC-07-KQED-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/04/240413-POKEMON-LIBRARY-AC-07-KQED-1920x1280.jpg 1920w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/04/240413-POKEMON-LIBRARY-AC-07-KQED.jpg 2000w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Mitchel Ng (right) plays the mobile game, Pokémon Go, with other children at the Richmond Library during their Pokémon Celebration Day event in San Francisco on April 13, 2024. \u003ccite>(Aryk Copley/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>At a handful of San Francisco Public Library branch locations that day, fans marking \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11981532/san-franciscos-pokemon-spring-celebration-day-is-in-the-works\">Pokémon Celebration Day\u003c/a> could come together to trade cards, pick up free Pokémon books and stickers — and make personalized buttons of their favorite characters.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The event started back in 2022, but this year was the first time city leaders recognized it through a resolution marking the day of celebration.[aside label='Related Coverage' tag='libraries']For children’s librarian Andrew Ho, who helped organize the library event on Saturday, Pokémon Go continues to be a source of joy and nostalgia over the decades — and even a healthy dose of escapism.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I was a child when the very first Pokémon came out,” Ho says. “I was playing, collecting cards, doing all that, and it was perfect nostalgia for Sunday morning cartoons. Then it just kinda stuck.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>As for Pokémon Go, Ho has been playing the mobile game since it was released and says he’s never stopped in the eight years since.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“It might be a problem,” Ho says. “Every generation has its own different experience with Pokémon. I think that’s why this game is so popular: You can play it with your kids or your grandkids.”\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>‘It’s just fun!’\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>Organizers of the library event — including city Supervisor Connie Chan and Natalie Gee, the chief of staff for Supervisor Shamann Walton — also worked with the game’s creators to set up a special “PokéStop” at the Richmond Library, where players can refuel on game items like eggs and Poké Balls, which are used to catch Pokémon creatures in the game.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Michelle Mai was there with her two young boys, who were stocking up on their favorite items and making friends at the library along the way.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11983009\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-11983009 size-medium\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/04/240413-POKEMON-LIBRARY-AC-06-KQED-800x533.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"800\" height=\"533\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/04/240413-POKEMON-LIBRARY-AC-06-KQED-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/04/240413-POKEMON-LIBRARY-AC-06-KQED-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/04/240413-POKEMON-LIBRARY-AC-06-KQED-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/04/240413-POKEMON-LIBRARY-AC-06-KQED-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/04/240413-POKEMON-LIBRARY-AC-06-KQED-1920x1280.jpg 1920w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/04/240413-POKEMON-LIBRARY-AC-06-KQED.jpg 2000w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Michalis Ng (left), Michelle Mai (center) and Mitchel Ng gather at the Richmond Library for a Pokémon Celebration Day event in San Francisco on April 13, 2024. \u003ccite>(Aryk Copley/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Pokémon Go, Mai says, is “very international — so you can take it with you to different places and stations to catch different types of Pokémon. 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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003cp>The summer of 2016 might feel like a lifetime away — notably hallmarked by a polarizing election year. But that was also when \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/pop/29621/why-everyone-you-know-is-suddenly-obsessed-with-pokemon-go\">Pokémon Go\u003c/a> was first released in the United States, instantly \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/pop/29621/why-everyone-you-know-is-suddenly-obsessed-with-pokemon-go\">taking over our phones and sidewalks\u003c/a> as players ventured out into the real world to compete and catch virtual “pocket monsters.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Like most viral crazes, stories of the augmented reality game’s rapid mainstream fandom — and \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/futureofyou/207392/the-number-of-accident-reports-related-to-pokemon-go-is-getting-scary\">their mishaps while playing\u003c/a> — \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/pop/89816/a-year-later-pokemon-go-has-leveled-out-and-left-fans-wanting-more\">fizzled out\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>However, a good amount of love for the iconic Japanese franchise has lived on in the Bay Area. Many local fans, like Ashley Tan never quit playing since the game was released — even though she was just around 9 years old at the time.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11983005\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-11983005\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/04/240413-POKEMON-LIBRARY-AC-02-KQED-800x533.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"800\" height=\"533\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/04/240413-POKEMON-LIBRARY-AC-02-KQED-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/04/240413-POKEMON-LIBRARY-AC-02-KQED-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/04/240413-POKEMON-LIBRARY-AC-02-KQED-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/04/240413-POKEMON-LIBRARY-AC-02-KQED-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/04/240413-POKEMON-LIBRARY-AC-02-KQED-1920x1280.jpg 1920w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/04/240413-POKEMON-LIBRARY-AC-02-KQED.jpg 2000w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Children participating in Pokémon Celebration Day at the Richmond Library pick out stickers in San Francisco on April 13, 2024. \u003ccite>(Aryk Copley/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>“I continue playing now because of the community I’ve made around it,” says Tan, 17, who lives in Dublin. “We catch Pokémon, we do raids, and there are community days where people come out and catch Pokémons.” (Raids are opportunities in the game for players to work together to battle a boss Pokémon, and players that succeed in a raid can win special items and catch unique Pokémon.)\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“You’ll see a lot of people still playing this,” Tan says — an observation that was borne out last weekend as Tan joined hundreds of Bay Area Pokémon fans who ventured out to San Francisco’s public libraries to celebrate the city’s first official \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11981532/san-franciscos-pokemon-spring-celebration-day-is-in-the-works\">Pokémon Celebration Day\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003c/div>",
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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>A world of Pokémon\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>Created by Satoshi Tajiri in 1996 as a game for the Nintendo Game Boy, Pokémon quickly became a global phenomenon spanning video games, animated movies and television shows, trading cards, books and mobile games.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Across these platforms, the aim of the game remains the same: Players or “trainers” search to catch all 1,025 pocket monsters or Pokémon, such as popular characters like Pikachu — a yellow creature known for harnessing electricity — or Squirtle, a turtle-like water creature.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11983011\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-11983011 size-medium\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/04/240413-POKEMON-LIBRARY-AC-08-KQED-800x533.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"800\" height=\"533\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/04/240413-POKEMON-LIBRARY-AC-08-KQED-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/04/240413-POKEMON-LIBRARY-AC-08-KQED-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/04/240413-POKEMON-LIBRARY-AC-08-KQED-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/04/240413-POKEMON-LIBRARY-AC-08-KQED-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/04/240413-POKEMON-LIBRARY-AC-08-KQED-1920x1280.jpg 1920w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/04/240413-POKEMON-LIBRARY-AC-08-KQED.jpg 2000w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Pokémon fans show off their new cards outside the Richmond Library during a Pokémon Celebration Day event in San Francisco on April 13, 2024. \u003ccite>(Aryk Copley/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>In 2016, the franchise expanded further with the launch of the mobile-based Pokémon Go in July. Launching four months before the November election of President Donald Trump, the game has become a symbol of a different time for some.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Receiving \u003ca href=\"https://www.usatoday.com/story/tech/gaming/2016/07/13/report-pokemon-go-downloads-top-15-million/87022202/\">a reported 15 million downloads in the U.S.\u003c/a> in its first week alone, Pokémon Go created headlines around the sheer numbers of people who went outside to play it — and some of the \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/stateofhealth/237828/distracted-drivers-playing-pokemon-go-create-new-public-safety-threat-california-researchers-say\">dangerous situations that inattentive players contributed to\u003c/a>. The game went so viral that politicians and 2016 presidential candidates Donald Trump and Hillary Clinton tried to use \u003ca href=\"https://time.com/4407067/donald-trump-hillary-clinton-pokemon-go/\">Pokémon Go\u003c/a> as a vehicle to reach voters.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But the number\u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/pop/89816/a-year-later-pokemon-go-has-leveled-out-and-left-fans-wanting-more\"> of active Pokémon Go users sharply dropped\u003c/a> in the following years. \u003ca href=\"https://arstechnica.com/gaming/2020/07/how-covid-19-transformed-pokemon-go-into-pokemon-stay-at-home/\">The COVID-19 pandemic also placed logistical constraints \u003c/a>on players’ ability to play the game outside their homes — however, some players told KQED that Pokémon Go helped them socialize and get outdoors during school closures and other shelter-in-place measures.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In the intervening years, the game has developed new visuals and maps to keep fans playing. 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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>For children’s librarian Andrew Ho, who helped organize the library event on Saturday, Pokémon Go continues to be a source of joy and nostalgia over the decades — and even a healthy dose of escapism.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I was a child when the very first Pokémon came out,” Ho says. “I was playing, collecting cards, doing all that, and it was perfect nostalgia for Sunday morning cartoons. Then it just kinda stuck.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>As for Pokémon Go, Ho has been playing the mobile game since it was released and says he’s never stopped in the eight years since.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“It might be a problem,” Ho says. “Every generation has its own different experience with Pokémon. I think that’s why this game is so popular: You can play it with your kids or your grandkids.”\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>‘It’s just fun!’\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>Organizers of the library event — including city Supervisor Connie Chan and Natalie Gee, the chief of staff for Supervisor Shamann Walton — also worked with the game’s creators to set up a special “PokéStop” at the Richmond Library, where players can refuel on game items like eggs and Poké Balls, which are used to catch Pokémon creatures in the game.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Michelle Mai was there with her two young boys, who were stocking up on their favorite items and making friends at the library along the way.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11983009\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-11983009 size-medium\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/04/240413-POKEMON-LIBRARY-AC-06-KQED-800x533.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"800\" height=\"533\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/04/240413-POKEMON-LIBRARY-AC-06-KQED-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/04/240413-POKEMON-LIBRARY-AC-06-KQED-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/04/240413-POKEMON-LIBRARY-AC-06-KQED-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/04/240413-POKEMON-LIBRARY-AC-06-KQED-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/04/240413-POKEMON-LIBRARY-AC-06-KQED-1920x1280.jpg 1920w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/04/240413-POKEMON-LIBRARY-AC-06-KQED.jpg 2000w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Michalis Ng (left), Michelle Mai (center) and Mitchel Ng gather at the Richmond Library for a Pokémon Celebration Day event in San Francisco on April 13, 2024. \u003ccite>(Aryk Copley/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Pokémon Go, Mai says, is “very international — so you can take it with you to different places and stations to catch different types of Pokémon. They really like going to the beach and catching a water-type Pokémon, or we go first, and they can catch a grass-type,” she says of her children’s engagement with the game as a family activity. “We talk a lot about it, and it is always a happy conversation.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Mai’s son, Mitchel Ng, nodded in agreement while playing the game next to her. Like many in attendance on Pokémon Celebration Day, Pokémon has played a role in a good portion of his life so far.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I’ve been playing this for over two years,” says the 8-year-old, pointing to his favorite character, Mewtwo. “It’s just fun!”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003c/div>",
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"content": "\u003cp>Two Bay Area teams — one hailing from San Francisco and the other representing Oakland — face off on Tuesday.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Both teams boast storied histories and steadfast fans. But this isn’t the Giants and A’s we’re talking about, but rather \u003ca href=\"https://www.ussoccer.com/us-open-cup/watch?matchId=cd399be4-9cc2-4806-aeb9-dd2ae5b927e7\">San Francisco’s El Farolito soccer team vs. Oakland Roots Soccer Club\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>This crucial match, kicking off at Cal State East Bay’s Pioneer Stadium in Hayward at 7:30 p.m. on Tuesday, marks the third round of the \u003ca href=\"https://www.ussoccer.com/us-open-cup/\">U.S. Open Cup\u003c/a> — the oldest soccer competition in the country that brings teams together that usually play in different leagues.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cem>Stream the game \u003ca href=\"https://www.ussoccer.com/us-open-cup/watch?matchId=cd399be4-9cc2-4806-aeb9-dd2ae5b927e7\">live here.\u003c/a>\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Keep reading for everything you need to know about this uniquely Bay Area face-off.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>The taquería that started a soccer team\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>If the San Francisco team name sounds familiar to you, that’s because, yes, it’s named after the longstanding local taquería chain El Farolito, with 12 locations all over the Bay Area.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[pullquote size=\"medium\" align=\"right\" citation=\"Santiago López, head coach and general manager, El Farolito soccer team\"]‘The group is very motivated for this opportunity.’[/pullquote]The taquería chain’s founder Salvador López, who passed away in 2021, started the team in 1985, and whose players sport a bright yellow and blue soccer kit in the same color palette you’ll see in any of the El Farolito taquerías. Since its inception in 1985, the team — which has now risen to play in the semi-professional National Premier Soccer League (NPSL) — has charted a very successful path for itself, winning multiple regional and national championships.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>El Farolito players balance all the responsibilities of being on the team with other full-time jobs. Some, like goalkeeper Julian Escobar, grew up in the Bay Area and came up playing for other local teams. But many in the team were recruited from professional teams across Latin America — striker Dembor Benson, for example, was a professional player in Honduras before joining El Farolito, \u003ca href=\"https://thecup.us/2024/04/15/2024-us-open-cup-round-2-dembor-benson-of-el-farolito-voted-thecup-us-player-of-the-round/\">where he has stood out in this year’s Open Cup, scoring the winning goal in the last two matches\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>And there’s a special energy this year among the team, says head coach and general manager Santiago López, who is Salvador’s son.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[aside postID=\"news_11961286,news_11952128,news_11915080\" label=\"Related Stories\"]The team started training in early January, much earlier than in previous years – something that combined with extra preseason games “really helped us out to get the team together and get into the competition mentality and the weekly routine,” López says. “If it wasn’t for the early start, we wouldn’t be in this type of rhythm.”\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>‘Win it all or lose it all in one game’\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>The El Farolito team has started the season without missing a single beat. The team is \u003ca href=\"https://www.npsl.com/schedule-2024/\">currently leading the standings for their conference in the National Premier Soccer League (NPSL\u003c/a>) with three wins and one draw. All of this is happening as they \u003ci>also \u003c/i>play in the Open Cup, where teams from all over the country compete in a knockout format.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>It was El Farolito’s first win in this year’s competition — against Timbers 2, the reserve squad for the Portland Timbers of the Major League Soccer — \u003ca href=\"https://missionlocal.org/2024/03/burritooooooooooal-el-farolito-team-beats-major-league-soccer-affiliate/\">that brought renewed attention to the team and its unique standing in San Francisco’s Mission District\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“We’ve done a lot more interviews and seen more photographers coming out,” López says of the heightened attention on his team. But his players nonetheless “still have a lot of ground to cover,” he says. “The group is very motivated for this opportunity.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Motivation will be critical in Tuesday’s game against the Oakland Roots — the same team that knocked out El Farolito 3-1 in last year’s Open Cup.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The Roots, along with 15 other USL Championship clubs, \u003ca href=\"https://www.uslchampionship.com/news_article/show/1306095\">are joining the Open Cup in the third round due to competition rules\u003c/a>. The East Bay team is coming in hot after a 3-2 win against El Paso Locomotive in the USL Championship season, putting them back in the clear for playoffs. With two goals in that match, forward Johnny Rodriguez became the team’s all-time league scorer.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The knockout format of the Open Cup will make Tuesday’s game especially exciting, says Tommy Hodul, vice president of public relations for the Roots.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“You can win it all or lose it all in one game,” Hodul says, adding that “you have to prepare just as well as you do for a USL Championship game — no matter who the opponent is.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Despite playing in different leagues, the Roots and El Farolito usually play each other during the preseason, and Hodul says his team is “well aware of what [El Farolito] brings, and the talent that they have on the roster.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Playing against El Farolito, he says, is “a really good test for our guys getting ready for the USL Championship season.”\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>Soccer is here to stay in the Bay\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>For longtime soccer fans all over the Bay Area, Tuesday’s game is another example of how much soccer has grown in strength locally. In a time \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11981876/oakland-as-relocate-to-sacramento-river-cats-home-stadium-for-3-seasons\">when other sports are seeing teams leave the Bay\u003c/a>, soccer’s role in the region’s identity has only grown.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Last month, the Bay FC kicked off their season — a first for the team and \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11980330/a-new-pro-womens-soccer-team-kicks-off-in-the-bay\">for Northern California, its first National Women’s Soccer League team\u003c/a>. A year before that, Oakland Soul — part of the Roots organization — \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11915080/oakland-roots-soccer-club-to-start-new-amateur-womens-team\">joined the USL W League\u003c/a>. And even the most casual of soccer fans had to admire the latest kit released by USL League Two’s San Francisco City FC, \u003ca href=\"https://twitter.com/SFCityFC/status/1772658868058730637/\">which features bright orange California poppies, Sutro Tower, the Golden Gate Bridge and the parrots that flock on Telegraph Hill\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>If El Farolito goes on to win the Open Cup, it would be a replay almost three decades in the making. The team already tasted championship glory in this competition back in 1993, when it went by the name of CD Mexico.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad floatright]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“We’re very focused on what we need to do,” coach López says.\u003c/p>\n\n",
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"title": "SF Mayor Breed Talks Crime, Tourism and Pandas Ahead of China Trip",
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"content": "\u003cp>San Francisco Mayor \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11978610/breed-unveils-san-franciscos-downtown-revival-plan-in-annual-city-address\">London Breed\u003c/a> spent part of Thursday afternoon doing a time-honored routine of political candidates: the merchant walk.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Breed used a sprinkling of Mandarin and Cantonese phrases to greet people. She walked down Irving Street in the Sunset neighborhood, popping into cafes, grocery stores and restaurants asking, whoever would listen to put a “Breed for Mayor” sign in their window.[aside postID=news_11982563 hero='https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/04/240320-WILLIE-BROWNS-90TH-MD-08_qut-1020x680.jpg']Many did.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Dogged by low approval ratings from voters weary from crime, homelessness and fentanyl dealing, the mayor is facing several serious candidates in what appears to be an uphill race to win a second four-year term.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Saturday, the mayor and a delegation of business and community leaders leave for a weeklong visit to China, where she hopes to drum up more tourism, investment, and, hopefully, score two or more panda bears for the San Francisco Zoo.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>KQED’s Scott Shafer sat down with Mayor Breed at a falafel shop on Irving Street on Thursday. Their conversation has been edited for length and clarity.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Scott Shafer:\u003c/strong> You’re going to China at a time with lots of tension between the U.S. and China. How does that figure into this trip in terms of how you’re going to approach things?\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Mayor London Breed: \u003c/strong>I’m approaching it from a desire to continue to build upon the relationship that has always existed between China and San Francisco. In fact, the first Chinatown in the 1800s was established right here in San Francisco. The first [Chinese] consulate in San Francisco in the U.S., the first Sister City relationship right here between Shanghai and San Francisco. It’s a relationship that runs deep.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>We want to talk about opportunities to focus on tourism and flights with a number of airlines, business growth and development, as well as, of course, the pandas. President Xi called it “panda diplomacy.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11982739\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-11982739\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/04/240411-BREEDCHINA-010-BL-KQED.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/04/240411-BREEDCHINA-010-BL-KQED.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/04/240411-BREEDCHINA-010-BL-KQED-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/04/240411-BREEDCHINA-010-BL-KQED-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/04/240411-BREEDCHINA-010-BL-KQED-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/04/240411-BREEDCHINA-010-BL-KQED-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/04/240411-BREEDCHINA-010-BL-KQED-1920x1280.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Mayor London Breed takes a selfie with John Murphy during a walk along Irving Street in the Inner Sunset to meet voters during her reelection campaign in San Francisco on April 11, 2024. \u003ccite>(Beth LaBerge/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>San Francisco’s had a hard time in the media nationally. Smash-and-grab videos and all that. Do you feel you have to overcome those perceptions?\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>We definitely are going to need to talk about the facts related to safety and what San Francisco has experienced, and what is actually the reality. At the height of some of the issues we had with anti-Asian hate, so many people have been surprised to know that there were 60 crimes, and half of those 60 were committed by one person. And right now, that person is facing the consequences. We’ve seen anti-Asian hate crimes reduced by over 80% here in our city. (KQED has not independently verified those statistics.)\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>You and the mayors of San José and San Diego are supporting a ballot measure to reform Proposition 47 (passed by voters in 2014, it reduced many non-violent crimes like drug possession from felonies to misdemeanors). But Gov. Newsom and most Democratic lawmakers in Sacramento don’t want anything on the ballot. Newsom thinks the Legislature can address it. Why are you going further on this than they are?\u003c/strong>[aside postID=news_11982070 hero='https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2023/09/GettyImages-1236922203-1020x680.jpg']Well, it would be great if we had the support to do something in the Legislature to help address this. And I know that there are some retail theft changes and some other things that folks are talking about. But I also appreciate and respect the plans to make some adjustments to Prop. 47.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>There has to be some consequences to behavior that yields harm to others. What we’re trying to do is a course correction. We’re not trying to stop, you know, the important criminal justice reforms. We move forward, but it’s important to make sure that we have the tools to hold, especially repeat offenders, accountable.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>We’ve seen former Mayor Frank Jordan endorse Daniel Lurie for mayor. 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