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"innerHTML": "\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Ericka Cruz Guevarra: \u003c/strong>\u003cem>[00:11:34] \u003c/em>Coming up, why San Francisco is taking peer support counselors off its streets and what it means going forward. By the way, if you want to support the work that we do here at KQED, consider becoming a KQED member, which you could do at donate.kqed.org/podcasts. We’ll be right back.\u003c/p>\n",
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"content": "\u003cp>Since pandemic-era restrictions lifted in 2021, concert etiquette has been a hot topic among live music fans. \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>The complaints range far and wide: Constant \u003ca href=\"https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-features/concert-behavior-bebe-rexha-pink-ashes-ava-max-1234782356/\">phone use\u003c/a>. Throwing \u003ca href=\"https://www.npr.org/transcripts/1197953096\">“gifts” on the stage\u003c/a>, sometimes even hitting the artist. And most recently, according to musicians Olivia Rodrigo and Noah Kahan, \u003ca href=\"https://www.theguardian.com/music/2026/jul/22/pass-the-pit-diapers-why-are-fans-wetting-themselves-to-stand-front-row-at-concerts-olivia-rodrigo-noah-kahan-morgan-wallen\">wearing diapers\u003c/a> to avoid going to the bathroom and losing a spot. \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>But while wearing diapers (for non-medical reasons) is rather unpleasant — do you want to upset your fellow fans and Rodrigo \u003cem>personally? \u003c/em>— a concerning element many concertgoers have started \u003ca href=\"https://dailyfreepress.com/02/28/15/210485/rocking-out-has-gotten-out-of-hand-mad-women/\">discussing more\u003c/a> is \u003ca href=\"https://www.reddit.com/r/Ethelcain/comments/1swc8r2/are_people_passing_out_at_every_show_or_whats/\">people passing out\u003c/a> in the crowd to the point of halting the concert — sometimes due to dehydration and exhaustion after \u003ca href=\"https://www.billboard.com/music/concerts/phoebe-bridgers-toronto-fan-medical-calls-1235084420/\">overnight camping\u003c/a> to get to the front of a barricade, like Phoebe Bridgers fans in 2022.\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>“Something is happening on this tour that we have never, ever experienced before, which is that we’re seeing more people than ever either pass out or have panic attacks in the audience,” singer Maggie Rogers said \u003ca href=\"https://people.com/music/maggie-rogers-says-more-concertgoers-pass-out-and-have-panic-attacks-post-pandemic/\">in 2023.\u003c/a> \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>This reporter watched Lorde stop her 2025 Berkeley show several times to allow medical staff to help someone out of the crowded general admission section at the front — the singer patiently waiting for the audience member to be escorted safely out.\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cfigure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/07/OutsideLandsEG.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-12091860\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/07/OutsideLandsEG.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/07/OutsideLandsEG-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/07/OutsideLandsEG-1536x1024.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Nori Nakayama, right, poses for a portrait as Glass Animals performs at Outside Lands on Aug. 9, 2025. (Estefany Gonzalez for KQED)\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>In a day and age where tickets cost an arm and a leg, this reporter can somewhat understand the desire to make the most out of an experience. And to put the blame entirely on fan behavior would be unfair. For example, water bottles in stadiums can be pricey (although many offer refill stations now), and extreme weather conditions, \u003ca href=\"https://www.businessinsider.com/billie-eilish-concert-london-people-fainting-fan-safety-2022-6\">especially\u003c/a> \u003ca href=\"https://www.fox5dc.com/news/6-hospitalized-heat-related-illness-stray-kids-concert-nats-park\">heat\u003c/a>, have also led to \u003ca href=\"https://deadline.com/2026/07/lorde-pauses-lollapalooza-show-fans-pass-out-1237015099/\">people fainting\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But while it may seem to fans like there’s been a post-pandemic increase in questionable concert behavior, everything — diapers, rushing the barricade, avoiding drinking to save a spot — has actually been part of fan behavior for generations, according to Gordon Oldham, managing director of \u003ca href=\"https://www.rockmed.org/\">Rock Medicine\u003c/a> (a program of HealthRIGHT 360), which has \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12090715/outside-lands-ticket-pass-friday-saturday-sunday-lineup-resale-scams-2026\">worked festivals like San Francisco’s Outside Lands\u003c/a>. \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>In fact, he said, the idea of Rock Medicine started in 1972, a few years after the Summer of Love, when founder \u003ca href=\"https://www.sfgate.com/bayarea/article/Dr-George-Skip-Gay-dies-in-Alaska-3224695.php\">Skip Gay\u003c/a> and the Haight-Ashbury Free Clinic were asked to help out with two massive outdoor concerts featuring the Grateful Dead and Led Zeppelin.\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>“The city of San Francisco was kind of going, ‘Holy crap.’ Because what most people don’t realize is that only roughly 20% of the concert goers — and that’s still probably a little high — live in the local area,” he said. “Seventy to 80% come from outside the area. Our infrastructure is built to take care of the people that live in the city.\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\u003cp>“So they were kind of freaking out, and we’ve got to remember they were \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12050476/the-deadheads-are-coming-and-sf-is-ready-next-up-2-more-weekends-of-live-music\">Deadheads\u003c/a>,” Oldham said. \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>Rock Medicine was formalized in 1973 and still continues to provide support at venues like Levi’s Stadium and the Bill Graham Civic Auditorium.\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>“We might not be all hippies and wearing tie-dye and all the crazy stuff we did back in the day, but we still provide the exact same medicine that we started 53 years ago,” he said.\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>A major tenet of event medicine, Oldham said, is to take care of the fan at the venue and “get them home safe and sound with their family and their friends” without overwhelming the local infrastructure, like hospitals, fire departments and police. \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>“We were built on non-judgmental healthcare,” he said. “We’ve all done crazy stuff in our lives … We just want to take care of people.”\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>If you are going to a show any time soon — be it a major stadium show or outdoor music festival like Outside Lands or \u003ca href=\"https://www.daisychainfields.com/\">Daisy Chain Fields\u003c/a> down in Southern California — and you tend to be the responsible member of the friend group, here’s what you should keep in mind for you and your loved ones when attending. \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>This guide is primarily for those who don’t have a history of fainting. Be sure to check out \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12091823/outside-lands-2026-tickets-parking-road-closures-and-bag-rules\">KQED’s guide on Outside Lands\u003c/a> to learn more about the festival’s options for accessibility. \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003ch2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">First off: What is event medicine?\u003c/h2>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>The folks at the first aid or medical tents are sometimes volunteer or staffed doctors, nurses and EMTs with an organization dedicated to event medicine — also known as crowd medicine. \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>“We work as a medical clinic on site, an urgent care clinic,” Oldham said. “We’re able to stitch people up, fix them up, get them better, hydrate them if we need to and get them back out to the show.” \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>Oldham emphasized that over Rock Medicine’s 50-plus years of experience, only a small percentage of the audience ends up at the medical tent or booth. But they have seen it all — impacts from heat, alcohol, the common cold.\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cfigure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/08/08082025_Outsidelands_EG_082_qed.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-12052315\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/08/08082025_Outsidelands_EG_082_qed.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/08/08082025_Outsidelands_EG_082_qed-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/08/08082025_Outsidelands_EG_082_qed-1536x1024.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">A concertgoer wears three pairs of sunglasses as he watches Ca7riel and Paco Amoroso perform at Outside Lands on Sunday, Aug. 10, 2025. (Estefany Gonzalez for KQED)\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>“We’re used to a lot of vomit,” he said. “We’re used to people not happy and sad and crying. But everybody tries to be very cheerful, happy and give them the best experience possible with medicine.”\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>“The things we see the most are low-acuity common things like asthma exacerbations, trips and falls, abrasions and lacerations and cuts, abdominal pain,” said Matt Friedman, an emergency medicine physician and national medical director for \u003ca href=\"https://crowdrx.org/\">CrowdRx\u003c/a>, which provides medical support to venues like Chase Center, SoFi Stadium in Los Angeles and Madison Square Garden in New York. \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>“The adrenaline surges and emotional highs — and people are just so excited that they forget to eat and drink,” he said. “But at some points, no matter how young and vivacious you are, at some point that surge is gonna dampen a little bit.”\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003ch2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">What happens when you do pass out?\u003c/h2>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>Age-wise, visits to the medical tent vary, but Oldham said “the majority” tend to be younger fans. \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>“Younger fans that haven’t been there, haven’t done that before,” he said. “It’s all new to them, and they spent a bazillion dollars to go see this artist, and they want to be as close as they can.\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>“But if you don’t take care of yourself, you end up with us, and then you don’t see them at all,” he said. \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cfigure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1280\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2021/10/Josh-Withers-scaled-e1635549076106.jpg\" alt=\"A large crowd at a nighttime outdoor concert.\" class=\"wp-image-11894419\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">A packed crowd at the Outside Lands Festival in Golden Gate Park in 2019, the last time the event was held before the COVID pandemic. (Josh Withers/Outside Lands)\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>“We see it among younger fans, but we also see it amongst the elderly as well, who sort of suffer as well from standing in positions waiting for the show to open and from the sun exposure,” Friedman said. \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>By the time the headliner comes up — “whether it’s Lorde or Billie Eilish or ACDC, I don’t care who it is” — at least six to seven fans who have been standing in front of the barricade all day long are going to experience a “sinkable episode,” Oldham said.\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>“People think they have a seizure,” Oldham said. “They just have a quick pass out because their body’s had enough, and that’s telling you, ‘Hey, you gotta take care of yourself.’”\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>Friedman said that most of the time, “passing out is a pretty benign experience” and there are “no long-term harmful effects.”\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\u003cp>However, he said what first aid staff is really worried about is when people pass out and “hit their head hard — and that can be just from a ground-level fall.”\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>There’s also “the other 5% of the cases where passing out is not due to a benign cause, but has sort of a serious cause that we need to investigate,” he said. \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>Either way, once you pass out, Friedman said, “you’re not feeling back to your normal self right away. It takes a while. It takes 30 minutes to a couple of hours to feel back to your normal self, back to the point where you can enjoy the show again,” which you have likely missed a good portion of. \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>Some people may need to recover by getting rehydrated with IV fluids. Some people need to have their electrolytes checked. And sometimes, staff may need to be more involved.\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>“There’s a bunch of things as the medical providers, we need to do and make sure that you’re not in the 5% of the group that has serious causes for the passing out,” he said. “Sometimes we will do an EKG; we’re gonna monitor your vital signs, and we don’t just want one set of vital signs. We wanna repeat vital signs 10 minutes later to make sure that they’re improving … We really have to investigate why each time somebody passes out.”\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003ch2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">What should you know about concert health?\u003c/h2>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>The prep starts early\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>Oldham said that fans should prepare a couple of days early before going to a festival like Outside Lands — specifically drinking water and hydrating themselves. \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>“It’s like an adult Disneyland for a weekend where there’s all these cool things and different things that they can go do and see,” he said. “And if you don’t prepare for the three days in advance, it’s gonna catch up with you.”\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>He said people should try to hydrate with more than just water — anything with electrolytes, such as Gatorade or Liquid IV packs. If someone is going to multiple days of a festival, they should return home that night with the intention of hydrating themselves before bed and preparing for the next day. \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cfigure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1280\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/07/outside-lands-2025.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-12050547\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/07/outside-lands-2025.png 1920w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/07/outside-lands-2025-160x107.png 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/07/outside-lands-2025-1536x1024.png 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1920px) 100vw, 1920px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Chappell Roan performs at Outside Lands 2024. (Alive Coverage/Outside Lands)\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>Oldham said most venues allow for a refillable water bottle and some have water stations, where fans can fill their containers for free. (Be sure to check what kind of bottles are allowed at a stadium or venue — for example, some places ban \u003cem>glass\u003c/em> bottles.)\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>“We want people to eat like they normally would and drink like they normally would and really prepare for the show knowing that they’re gonna be standing for several hours on end,” Friedman said. \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Know what to do in the heat\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>While San Francisco in particular isn’t known for having extreme heat waves like some parts of the Bay Area, experts say that even \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11878134/bay-area-heat-wave-how-to-stay-safe-during-dangerously-hot-weather\">85 degrees can be dangerous for people\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>Be sure to relax in the shade, Oldham said, stay out of the sun for some periods of time and wear sunscreen. \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>He also recommended cutting down alcohol and soda intake during the hottest parts of the day. Oldham noted that \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12030278/things-to-do-bay-area-alcohol-free-evening\">younger crowds aren’t big drinkers\u003c/a>, but if they were to consume alcohol, they should try to have water afterward.\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>Heat exhaustion is what happens when the body loses too much water and salt, and signs of it \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11878134/bay-area-heat-wave-how-to-stay-safe-during-dangerously-hot-weather\">include cramps, headache, nausea, tiredness or dizziness\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>To get quick relief, fans can cool their body’s pulse points, such as the back of their neck, the inside of their elbows and behind their knees.\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>(Although remember, if the festival you are heading to is Outside Lands, know that Golden Gate Park can get unpredictably cold. Be sure to have layers on hand.)\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Don’t lock your knees\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\u003cp>You’ve probably seen videos of weddings where the groomsmen suddenly collapse. That’s usually because they were \u003ca href=\"https://hornphotographyanddesign.com/tips-for-our-couples/weekly-wednesday-wedding-tip-episode-019-dont-lock-your-knees/\">standing with their knees straight\u003c/a> for too long, explained Oldham. \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>Locking your knees can \u003ca href=\"https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z62esVdmxCQ&t=100s\">interrupt blood flow to the head and brain\u003c/a>, leading to a sinkable episode.\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>“It’s an old trick: if you bend your knees and move a little bit,” Oldham said.\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>According to \u003ca href=\"https://www.vumc.org/autonomic-dysfunction-center/symptoms\">guidance\u003c/a> from Vanderbilt University Medical Center, fans can also shift their weight or stand on their toes to rock back and forth. \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>On the subject of standing, this reporter has never tried out this trick, but \u003ca href=\"https://www.theguardian.com/thefilter-us/2026/jul/30/best-compression-socks\">some people swear by compression socks\u003c/a> to help with aching feet.\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Be aware of your bladder\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>Whether it’s because they don’t want to lose their place in the crowd or dread using a port-a-potty, avoiding the need to pee is often a top priority for concertgoers.\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>According to Giulia Ippolito, a neuro-urologist and pelvic reconstruction specialist at Michigan Medicine, in adults without “underlying medical conditions, one-time or infrequent events, like holding urine at a concert, are unlikely to have significant impacts on long-term bladder health.”\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>But she added that a person could “potentially develop a \u003ca href=\"https://www.mayoclinic.org/diseases-conditions/urinary-tract-infection/symptoms-causes/syc-20353447\">[urinary tract infection]\u003c/a> from overholding.” \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>She recommended adults without underlying medical conditions drink 50 to 70 ounces of water throughout the day in “small 2-3 ounce sips rather than all at once.” (Keep in mind: a good sign of hydration is pale yellow or clear urine.)\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>People can also try to \u003ca href=\"https://sufuorg.com/docs/oab/oab-food-and-drink.aspx\">avoid certain foods and drinks\u003c/a> that may “irritate the bladder,” such as: \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n\u003cli>Alcoholic drinks\u003c/li>\n\n\n\n\u003cli>Caffeinated foods and drinks, such as soft drinks, coffee, tea, chocolate and energy drinks\u003c/li>\n\n\n\n\u003cli>Tomato-based foods and drinks \u003c/li>\n\n\n\n\u003cli>Citrus fruits and juices\u003c/li>\n\n\n\n\u003cli>Spicy foods\u003c/li>\n\n\n\n\u003cli>Artificial sweeteners\u003c/li>\n\u003c/ul>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>Ippolito said that “shifting water intake to earlier or later in the day” to avoid heading to the bathroom at a specific time “could be a strategy that can be safely employed in short periods.”\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>“For example,” she said, “it may be reasonable to shift hydration to earlier in the day if you are planning on an evening concert or if you are trying to catch a specific set at a show,” with the goal being 50 ounces “earlier in the day so that you would clear this by the time the concert/set starts.”\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>But she does \u003cem>not\u003c/em> recommend this strategy for all-day concerts or multi-day festivals — especially ones outside, where concertgoers should instead “prioritize hydration with water to avoid dehydration.”\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>And returning to the subject of port-a-potties — Ippolito said people cannot “catch a UTI” from a public bathroom, since they are not contagious and not caused by hygiene. \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>“However, the bladder and urinary tract have their own microbiome,” she said. “Holding urine for more than [three to four] hours and not drinking enough water to keep urine dilute are things that could lead to a UTI due to conditions that allow overgrowth of naturally occurring bacteria.” \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>And nothing can make you feel like you’ll have an accident more than \u003cem>waiting \u003c/em>in the line to the restroom. 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Many may also fear crushes, in which a crowd becomes dangerous and can lead to deaths, like \u003ca href=\"https://www.npr.org/2021/11/09/1053828800/south-korea-seoul-halloween-crowd-safety-tips\">the Halloween celebration tragedy in South Korea in 2022\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>“The more barriers you have and engineering controls to prevent too many people from going into too crowded of an area, the better,” Friedman said. “At times we bemoan security measures, which takes a long time to get into the venue. 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Our infrastructure is built to take care of the people that live in the city.\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\u003cp>“So they were kind of freaking out, and we’ve got to remember they were \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12050476/the-deadheads-are-coming-and-sf-is-ready-next-up-2-more-weekends-of-live-music\">Deadheads\u003c/a>,” Oldham said. \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>Rock Medicine was formalized in 1973 and still continues to provide support at venues like Levi’s Stadium and the Bill Graham Civic Auditorium.\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>“We might not be all hippies and wearing tie-dye and all the crazy stuff we did back in the day, but we still provide the exact same medicine that we started 53 years ago,” he said.\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>A major tenet of event medicine, Oldham said, is to take care of the fan at the venue and “get them home safe and sound with their family and their friends” without overwhelming the local infrastructure, like hospitals, fire departments and police. \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>“We were built on non-judgmental healthcare,” he said. “We’ve all done crazy stuff in our lives … We just want to take care of people.”\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>If you are going to a show any time soon — be it a major stadium show or outdoor music festival like Outside Lands or \u003ca href=\"https://www.daisychainfields.com/\">Daisy Chain Fields\u003c/a> down in Southern California — and you tend to be the responsible member of the friend group, here’s what you should keep in mind for you and your loved ones when attending. \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>This guide is primarily for those who don’t have a history of fainting. Be sure to check out \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12091823/outside-lands-2026-tickets-parking-road-closures-and-bag-rules\">KQED’s guide on Outside Lands\u003c/a> to learn more about the festival’s options for accessibility. \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003ch2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">First off: What is event medicine?\u003c/h2>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>The folks at the first aid or medical tents are sometimes volunteer or staffed doctors, nurses and EMTs with an organization dedicated to event medicine — also known as crowd medicine. \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>“We work as a medical clinic on site, an urgent care clinic,” Oldham said. “We’re able to stitch people up, fix them up, get them better, hydrate them if we need to and get them back out to the show.” \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>Oldham emphasized that over Rock Medicine’s 50-plus years of experience, only a small percentage of the audience ends up at the medical tent or booth. But they have seen it all — impacts from heat, alcohol, the common cold.\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cfigure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/08/08082025_Outsidelands_EG_082_qed.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-12052315\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/08/08082025_Outsidelands_EG_082_qed.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/08/08082025_Outsidelands_EG_082_qed-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/08/08082025_Outsidelands_EG_082_qed-1536x1024.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">A concertgoer wears three pairs of sunglasses as he watches Ca7riel and Paco Amoroso perform at Outside Lands on Sunday, Aug. 10, 2025. (Estefany Gonzalez for KQED)\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>“We’re used to a lot of vomit,” he said. “We’re used to people not happy and sad and crying. But everybody tries to be very cheerful, happy and give them the best experience possible with medicine.”\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>“The things we see the most are low-acuity common things like asthma exacerbations, trips and falls, abrasions and lacerations and cuts, abdominal pain,” said Matt Friedman, an emergency medicine physician and national medical director for \u003ca href=\"https://crowdrx.org/\">CrowdRx\u003c/a>, which provides medical support to venues like Chase Center, SoFi Stadium in Los Angeles and Madison Square Garden in New York. \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>“The adrenaline surges and emotional highs — and people are just so excited that they forget to eat and drink,” he said. “But at some points, no matter how young and vivacious you are, at some point that surge is gonna dampen a little bit.”\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003ch2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">What happens when you do pass out?\u003c/h2>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>Age-wise, visits to the medical tent vary, but Oldham said “the majority” tend to be younger fans. \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>“Younger fans that haven’t been there, haven’t done that before,” he said. “It’s all new to them, and they spent a bazillion dollars to go see this artist, and they want to be as close as they can.\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>“But if you don’t take care of yourself, you end up with us, and then you don’t see them at all,” he said. \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cfigure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1280\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2021/10/Josh-Withers-scaled-e1635549076106.jpg\" alt=\"A large crowd at a nighttime outdoor concert.\" class=\"wp-image-11894419\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">A packed crowd at the Outside Lands Festival in Golden Gate Park in 2019, the last time the event was held before the COVID pandemic. (Josh Withers/Outside Lands)\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>“We see it among younger fans, but we also see it amongst the elderly as well, who sort of suffer as well from standing in positions waiting for the show to open and from the sun exposure,” Friedman said. \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>By the time the headliner comes up — “whether it’s Lorde or Billie Eilish or ACDC, I don’t care who it is” — at least six to seven fans who have been standing in front of the barricade all day long are going to experience a “sinkable episode,” Oldham said.\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>“People think they have a seizure,” Oldham said. “They just have a quick pass out because their body’s had enough, and that’s telling you, ‘Hey, you gotta take care of yourself.’”\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>Friedman said that most of the time, “passing out is a pretty benign experience” and there are “no long-term harmful effects.”\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\u003cp>However, he said what first aid staff is really worried about is when people pass out and “hit their head hard — and that can be just from a ground-level fall.”\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>There’s also “the other 5% of the cases where passing out is not due to a benign cause, but has sort of a serious cause that we need to investigate,” he said. \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>Either way, once you pass out, Friedman said, “you’re not feeling back to your normal self right away. It takes a while. It takes 30 minutes to a couple of hours to feel back to your normal self, back to the point where you can enjoy the show again,” which you have likely missed a good portion of. \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>Some people may need to recover by getting rehydrated with IV fluids. Some people need to have their electrolytes checked. And sometimes, staff may need to be more involved.\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>“There’s a bunch of things as the medical providers, we need to do and make sure that you’re not in the 5% of the group that has serious causes for the passing out,” he said. “Sometimes we will do an EKG; we’re gonna monitor your vital signs, and we don’t just want one set of vital signs. We wanna repeat vital signs 10 minutes later to make sure that they’re improving … We really have to investigate why each time somebody passes out.”\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003ch2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">What should you know about concert health?\u003c/h2>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>The prep starts early\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>Oldham said that fans should prepare a couple of days early before going to a festival like Outside Lands — specifically drinking water and hydrating themselves. \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>“It’s like an adult Disneyland for a weekend where there’s all these cool things and different things that they can go do and see,” he said. “And if you don’t prepare for the three days in advance, it’s gonna catch up with you.”\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>He said people should try to hydrate with more than just water — anything with electrolytes, such as Gatorade or Liquid IV packs. If someone is going to multiple days of a festival, they should return home that night with the intention of hydrating themselves before bed and preparing for the next day. \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cfigure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1280\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/07/outside-lands-2025.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-12050547\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/07/outside-lands-2025.png 1920w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/07/outside-lands-2025-160x107.png 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/07/outside-lands-2025-1536x1024.png 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1920px) 100vw, 1920px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Chappell Roan performs at Outside Lands 2024. (Alive Coverage/Outside Lands)\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>Oldham said most venues allow for a refillable water bottle and some have water stations, where fans can fill their containers for free. (Be sure to check what kind of bottles are allowed at a stadium or venue — for example, some places ban \u003cem>glass\u003c/em> bottles.)\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>“We want people to eat like they normally would and drink like they normally would and really prepare for the show knowing that they’re gonna be standing for several hours on end,” Friedman said. \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Know what to do in the heat\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>While San Francisco in particular isn’t known for having extreme heat waves like some parts of the Bay Area, experts say that even \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11878134/bay-area-heat-wave-how-to-stay-safe-during-dangerously-hot-weather\">85 degrees can be dangerous for people\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>Be sure to relax in the shade, Oldham said, stay out of the sun for some periods of time and wear sunscreen. \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>He also recommended cutting down alcohol and soda intake during the hottest parts of the day. Oldham noted that \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12030278/things-to-do-bay-area-alcohol-free-evening\">younger crowds aren’t big drinkers\u003c/a>, but if they were to consume alcohol, they should try to have water afterward.\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>Heat exhaustion is what happens when the body loses too much water and salt, and signs of it \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11878134/bay-area-heat-wave-how-to-stay-safe-during-dangerously-hot-weather\">include cramps, headache, nausea, tiredness or dizziness\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>To get quick relief, fans can cool their body’s pulse points, such as the back of their neck, the inside of their elbows and behind their knees.\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>(Although remember, if the festival you are heading to is Outside Lands, know that Golden Gate Park can get unpredictably cold. Be sure to have layers on hand.)\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Don’t lock your knees\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\u003cp>You’ve probably seen videos of weddings where the groomsmen suddenly collapse. That’s usually because they were \u003ca href=\"https://hornphotographyanddesign.com/tips-for-our-couples/weekly-wednesday-wedding-tip-episode-019-dont-lock-your-knees/\">standing with their knees straight\u003c/a> for too long, explained Oldham. \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>Locking your knees can \u003ca href=\"https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z62esVdmxCQ&t=100s\">interrupt blood flow to the head and brain\u003c/a>, leading to a sinkable episode.\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>“It’s an old trick: if you bend your knees and move a little bit,” Oldham said.\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>According to \u003ca href=\"https://www.vumc.org/autonomic-dysfunction-center/symptoms\">guidance\u003c/a> from Vanderbilt University Medical Center, fans can also shift their weight or stand on their toes to rock back and forth. \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>On the subject of standing, this reporter has never tried out this trick, but \u003ca href=\"https://www.theguardian.com/thefilter-us/2026/jul/30/best-compression-socks\">some people swear by compression socks\u003c/a> to help with aching feet.\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Be aware of your bladder\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>Whether it’s because they don’t want to lose their place in the crowd or dread using a port-a-potty, avoiding the need to pee is often a top priority for concertgoers.\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>According to Giulia Ippolito, a neuro-urologist and pelvic reconstruction specialist at Michigan Medicine, in adults without “underlying medical conditions, one-time or infrequent events, like holding urine at a concert, are unlikely to have significant impacts on long-term bladder health.”\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>But she added that a person could “potentially develop a \u003ca href=\"https://www.mayoclinic.org/diseases-conditions/urinary-tract-infection/symptoms-causes/syc-20353447\">[urinary tract infection]\u003c/a> from overholding.” \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>She recommended adults without underlying medical conditions drink 50 to 70 ounces of water throughout the day in “small 2-3 ounce sips rather than all at once.” (Keep in mind: a good sign of hydration is pale yellow or clear urine.)\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>People can also try to \u003ca href=\"https://sufuorg.com/docs/oab/oab-food-and-drink.aspx\">avoid certain foods and drinks\u003c/a> that may “irritate the bladder,” such as: \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n\u003cli>Alcoholic drinks\u003c/li>\n\n\n\n\u003cli>Caffeinated foods and drinks, such as soft drinks, coffee, tea, chocolate and energy drinks\u003c/li>\n\n\n\n\u003cli>Tomato-based foods and drinks \u003c/li>\n\n\n\n\u003cli>Citrus fruits and juices\u003c/li>\n\n\n\n\u003cli>Spicy foods\u003c/li>\n\n\n\n\u003cli>Artificial sweeteners\u003c/li>\n\u003c/ul>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>Ippolito said that “shifting water intake to earlier or later in the day” to avoid heading to the bathroom at a specific time “could be a strategy that can be safely employed in short periods.”\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>“For example,” she said, “it may be reasonable to shift hydration to earlier in the day if you are planning on an evening concert or if you are trying to catch a specific set at a show,” with the goal being 50 ounces “earlier in the day so that you would clear this by the time the concert/set starts.”\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>But she does \u003cem>not\u003c/em> recommend this strategy for all-day concerts or multi-day festivals — especially ones outside, where concertgoers should instead “prioritize hydration with water to avoid dehydration.”\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>And returning to the subject of port-a-potties — Ippolito said people cannot “catch a UTI” from a public bathroom, since they are not contagious and not caused by hygiene. \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>“However, the bladder and urinary tract have their own microbiome,” she said. “Holding urine for more than [three to four] hours and not drinking enough water to keep urine dilute are things that could lead to a UTI due to conditions that allow overgrowth of naturally occurring bacteria.” \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>And nothing can make you feel like you’ll have an accident more than \u003cem>waiting \u003c/em>in the line to the restroom. Ippolito said this is a good time to practice “mind over bladder” in these situations. \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>And assuming the fan has emptied their bladder within the past couple of hours, they can also \u003ca href=\"https://sufuorg.com/docs/oab/oab-controlling-bladder-urges.aspx\">try some suppression techniques\u003c/a> like:\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n\u003cli>Focusing on relaxing\u003c/li>\n\n\n\n\u003cli>Squeezing their pelvic floor muscles quickly three to five times\u003c/li>\n\n\n\n\u003cli>Taking slow, deep breaths in and out, concentrating on the movement of the chest\u003c/li>\n\u003c/ul>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Have a friend with you\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>Oldham said having a designated person in the group to make sure everyone gets home safe is also vital. \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>“I don’t think anybody should go by themselves,” Oldham said. “At a festival especially, you should have a group of friends that you’re with at all times.” \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>When you and your group walk in, he said to make sure you know where the exits are and that you do have an exit strategy or a meeting place in case of an emergency. \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cfigure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/08/08082025_Outsidelands_EG_106_qed.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-12093698\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/08/08082025_Outsidelands_EG_106_qed.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/08/08082025_Outsidelands_EG_106_qed-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/08/08082025_Outsidelands_EG_106_qed-1536x1024.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Festival goers dance as Jorja Smith performs at Outside Lands on Aug. 9, 2025. (Estefany Gonzalez for KQED)\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Be cautious about recreational drugs\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>Both medical professionals recommend avoiding recreational drugs — but both acknowledge the reality of their presence at music festivals and concerts and say that Narcan is available at first aid stations.\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>“I’m very honest with my kids,” Oldham said. “Don’t let somebody give you anything. If you don’t know them, and if it’s open, don’t drink out of that bottle.” \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>“If they do partake in recreational substances — which we do not recommend — be sure to do it with a group of others because there is safety in numbers,” Friedman said. “The advantage of that, obviously, is if the recreational substance is laced with fentanyl; hopefully somebody will have Narcan or can alert somebody.”\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>But the concerns aren’t just fentanyl — stimulants like MDMA can bring up people’s body temperatures incredibly high and may require attention, Friedman said. \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Know what to do in crowds\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>If you are going to a festival like Outside Lands, be prepared for large — often overwhelming — crowds, especially at the headlining shows. Many may also fear crushes, in which a crowd becomes dangerous and can lead to deaths, like \u003ca href=\"https://www.npr.org/2021/11/09/1053828800/south-korea-seoul-halloween-crowd-safety-tips\">the Halloween celebration tragedy in South Korea in 2022\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>“The more barriers you have and engineering controls to prevent too many people from going into too crowded of an area, the better,” Friedman said. “At times we bemoan security measures, which takes a long time to get into the venue. However, it is quite necessary to ensure crowd safety.” \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>While being in a seated area is safer than an open field or general admission section, fans should always stay aware of their surroundings and know where security is located, he said. \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>“If the crowd starts getting too rowdy or too rough, or there’s too much pushing, and there’s not enough security personnel or measures around, it’s very prudent to leave,” he said. “Everyone should really have a 1- to 2-foot perimeter at the minimum from other people.”\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>Once that space is lost, fans should think about moving to get a better view farther away to maintain their safety.\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>If a crush were to occur, it is important to stay on your feet and try “putting your arms on your chest” in order “to give your chest wall some room to rise so that you can breathe.”\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>Mehdi Moussaïd, a research scientist who studies crowd behavior, also spoke to NPR about crowds after \u003ca href=\"https://www.npr.org/2021/11/09/1053828800/south-korea-seoul-halloween-crowd-safety-tips\">the South Korea incident\u003c/a> and said that people should try to avoid pushing, since that could trigger a chain reaction.\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003c/div>",
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"content": "\u003cp>One of San Francisco’s biggest music festivals, Outside Lands, is coming back to Golden Gate Park this summer with \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/arts/13987295/outside-lands-2026-lineup\">a buzzy 2026 lineup\u003c/a> that includes Charli xcx, The Strokes, Rüfüs Du Sol, Death Cab for Cutie and Pink Panthress. \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>The \u003ca href=\"https://sfoutsidelands.com/\">three-day festival that starts Friday, Aug. 7, and lasts through Sunday, Aug. 9\u003c/a>, will be packed because, as of publication, several ticket packages, both three-day tickets and single-day tickets, are \u003ca href=\"https://sfoutsidelands.com/tickets/\">sold out.\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>If you \u003cem>did \u003c/em>get tickets to the show this year, you might have questions about parking, public transit, the bag policy and more.\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>For those who haven’t been before, Outside Lands is a huge, sprawling event that takes over a large part of Golden Gate Park and impacts a lot of the surrounding areas of the Richmond and Sunset districts in San Francisco.\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>Keep reading for our guide to this year’s Outside Lands festival with everything you need to know, from what to bring to Outside Lands, the weather in Golden Gate Park, maps of the festival, road closures and if there is still a chance to buy tickets. \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cfigure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/07/TheStrokesGetty.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-12091842\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/07/TheStrokesGetty.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/07/TheStrokesGetty-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/07/TheStrokesGetty-1536x1024.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">(L-R) Albert Hammond Jr. and Julian Casablancas of The Strokes perform during the 2026 Bonnaroo Music and Arts Festival on June 12, 2026, in Manchester, Tennessee. (Erika Goldring/Getty Images)\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Jump straight to:\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n\u003cli>\u003cstrong>\u003ca href=\"#buy-tickets\">Can I still buy tickets for Outside Lands?\u003c/a>\u003c/strong>\u003c/li>\n\n\n\n\u003cli>\u003cstrong>\u003ca href=\"#will-call\">Where is the Outside Lands will-call or box office to pick up my wristband?\u003c/a>\u003c/strong>\u003c/li>\n\n\n\n\u003cli>\u003cstrong>\u003ca href=\"#bring-my-own-food\">Can I bring my own food to Outside Lands?\u003c/a>\u003c/strong>\u003c/li>\n\n\n\n\u003cli>\u003cstrong>\u003ca href=\"#parking-for-outside-lands\">Where can I find parking for Outside Lands?\u003c/a>\u003c/strong>\u003c/li>\n\n\n\n\u003cli>\u003cstrong>\u003ca href=\"#road-closures\">What are the Outside Lands road closures, and where can I get dropped off?\u003c/a>\u003c/strong>\u003c/li>\n\n\n\n\u003cli>\u003cstrong>\u003ca href=\"#take-off-wristband\">Can I take off my wristband or leave Outside Lands to reenter?\u003c/a>\u003c/strong>\u003c/li>\n\n\n\n\u003cli>\u003cstrong>\u003ca href=\"#public-transit\">What’s the best way to get to Golden Gate Park using public transit?\u003c/a>\u003c/strong>\u003c/li>\n\n\n\n\u003cli>\u003cstrong>\u003ca href=\"#bag-rules\">What are the bag rules at Outside Lands?\u003c/a>\u003c/strong>\u003c/li>\n\u003c/ul>\n\n\n\n\u003ch2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"buy-tickets\">Can I still get tickets for Outside Lands 2026? How does the waitlist work?\u003c/h2>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>As of publication, options like General Admission, General Admission + and VIP are sold out. Check out \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12090715/outside-lands-ticket-pass-friday-saturday-sunday-lineup-resale-scams-2026\">KQED’s thorough rundown on how to secure legit tickets for Outside Lands 2026\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Keep in mind: Outside Lands tickets are physical wristbands and are \u003ca href=\"https://outsidelands.frontgatetickets.com/event/du3gohu6lw6bl5g0?_gl=1*adpa5a*_gcl_au*MTgyNjg5NzMyOC4xNzgzNzE5MDg1\">nontransferable\u003c/a>. \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003ch2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">What’s the Outside Lands 2026 schedule, and when does the festival start?\u003c/h2>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>The gates open at 11 a.m. all three days, and it will happen \u003ca href=\"https://outsidelands.frontgatetickets.com/event/h71iqbtzk2lblo4k\">rain or shine\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>The lineup time slots are \u003ca href=\"https://sfoutsidelands.com/schedule/#/\">now available on Outside Lands’ website\u003c/a>, making planning for the concert easier (and emotionally difficult, if you have favorites playing at the same time).\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003ch2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"will-call\">Where is the will call to pick up my wristband for Outside Lands?\u003c/h2>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>Your wristband is your ticket, and most people get their wristband in the mail.\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>But if you bought your tickets after July 28, you’ll have to pick up your wristband at will call in Golden Gate Park during the week of the festival or when you first arrive at Outside Lands. The box office is at Marx Meadow, located at the intersection of 25th Avenue and Fulton Street, and is open:\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n\u003cli>Wednesday, Aug. 5, from 1 p.m. to 7 p.m. \u003c/li>\n\n\n\n\u003cli>Thursday, Aug. 6, from 1 p.m. to 7 p.m. \u003c/li>\n\n\n\n\u003cli>Friday, Aug. 7, from 10 a.m. to 9 p.m. \u003c/li>\n\n\n\n\u003cli>Saturday, Aug. 8, from 10 a.m. to 9 p.m. \u003c/li>\n\n\n\n\u003cli>Sunday, Aug. 9, from 10 a.m. to 8 p.m.\u003c/li>\n\u003c/ul>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>What if you purchased your Outside Lands tickets before July 28 but haven’t received your wristbands yet? Festival organizers say if you didn’t receive a tracking number by the week of Outside Lands, you should \u003ca href=\"https://support.frontgatetickets.com/hc/en-us/requests/new\">submit a request with Front Gate Tickets\u003c/a> as soon as possible.\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003ch2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"road-closures\">Getting to Outside Lands by car: Where are the road closures?\u003c/h2>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>Outside Lands organizers (and KQED reporters) recommend ticket holders \u003ca href=\"https://sfoutsidelands.com/info/\">\u003cem>don’t\u003c/em> drive to the festival\u003c/a> — and when you read our information about road closures and the parking situation, you may understand why.\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Road closures for Outside Lands\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>According to \u003ca href=\"https://sfrecpark.org/547/Golden-Gate-Park-Road-Closures\">Golden Gate Park’s website\u003c/a>, “during the week prior to the Outside Lands Festival (Mon-Thurs), JFK Drive from Transverse to 36th Ave. will be closed. JFK Drive from Transverse to 36th Ave. will remain closed through the Wednesday following the Golden Gate Park Concert.”\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cfigure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1344\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/07/PinkPantheressGetty.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-12091839\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/07/PinkPantheressGetty.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/07/PinkPantheressGetty-160x108.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/07/PinkPantheressGetty-1536x1032.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">PinkPantheress performs at the Mojave Tent during the 2026 Coachella Valley Music and Arts Festival at Empire Polo Club on April 18, 2026, in Indio, California. (Arturo Holmes/Getty Images for Coachella)\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>These are the entrances closed on the north side of Golden Gate Park, according to the park’s official website:\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n\u003cli>Transverse Drive at Crossover Drive\u003c/li>\n\n\n\n\u003cli>JFK Drive at Transverse Drive\u003c/li>\n\n\n\n\u003cli>30th Avenue\u003c/li>\n\n\n\n\u003cli>36th Avenue\u003c/li>\n\n\n\n\u003cli>43rd Avenue (Chain of Lakes)\u003c/li>\n\n\n\n\u003cli>47th Avenue\u003c/li>\n\n\n\n\u003cli>The Great Highway at JFK Drive\u003c/li>\n\u003c/ul>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>These are the entrances closed on the south side of the park:\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n\u003cli>Martin Luther King Jr. Drive at Crossover Drive\u003c/li>\n\n\n\n\u003cli>25th Avenue\u003c/li>\n\n\n\n\u003cli>Sunset Boulevard at Irving Street\u003c/li>\n\n\n\n\u003cli>41st Avenue (Chain of Lakes)\u003c/li>\n\n\n\n\u003cli>Martin Luther King Jr. Drive at Lincoln Avenue\u003c/li>\n\u003c/ul>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>If you have any \u003ca href=\"https://sfoutsidelands.com/311/\">questions about road closures or restrictions\u003c/a>, you can call 415-965-8001 or email community@sfoutsidelands.com or community@anotherplanetent.com.\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Where can I get picked up or dropped off at Outside Lands?\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>If you’re looking for a good pickup or drop-off point — either for yourself or because you’re someone else’s ride — Outside Lands and Mayor Daniel Lurie’s office recommend\u003ca href=\"https://sfoutsidelands.com/info/\"> “several blocks north or south of the park,”\u003c/a> such as: \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n\u003cli>North side of Irving Street, between 25th and 27th avenues\u003c/li>\n\n\n\n\u003cli>North side of Golden Gate Park along Washington High School\u003c/li>\n\n\n\n\u003cli>North side of Balboa Street, between 30th and 31st avenues\u003c/li>\n\n\n\n\u003cli>West side of 30th Avenue, between Balboa and Anza streets\u003c/li>\n\u003c/ul>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>Be aware that rideshare apps will impose dynamic pricing for an event like Outside Lands, which will make even a short ride \u003cem>much\u003c/em> more expensive than usual.\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>If you are planning to call an autonomous vehicle like a Waymo, Lurie’s office said in an email that there will be two main zones for pick-up and drop-off: \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n\u003cli>Zone 1, which is “bounded by Balboa Street to the north, 20th Avenue to the east, and Kirkham Street to the south during peak entry and exit hours each day of the festival, 10:00 AM to 12:30 AM.”\u003c/li>\n\n\n\n\u003cli>Zone 2, “which includes areas bounded by Geary Boulevard to the north, Stanyan Street to the east, and Kirkham Street to the south during peak entry and exit hours each day of the festival, 8:00 PM to 12:30 AM.”\u003c/li>\n\u003c/ul>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>According to \u003ca href=\"https://www.sfmta.com/travel-updates/outside-lands-august-7-9-2026#TaxiStands\">SFMTA\u003c/a>, taxi stands can be found at:\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n\u003cli>Fulton Street between 24th and 25th avenues\u003c/li>\n\n\n\n\u003cli>Fulton Street between 28th and 29th avenues\u003c/li>\n\n\n\n\u003cli>Irving Street between 26th and 27th avenues\u003c/li>\n\n\n\n\u003cli>Larkin Street between Hayes and Grove streets (Taxi Shuttle service to festival)\u003c/li>\n\u003c/ul>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>These areas were explicitly forbidden to be used as a pick-up/drop-off point:\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n\u003cli>Lincoln Way, between 25th and 41st avenues\u003c/li>\n\n\n\n\u003cli>Fulton Street, between 26th and 37th avenues\u003c/li>\n\n\n\n\u003cli>26th, 27th, 28th, 29th, 30th, 31st, 32nd, 33rd, 34th, 35th, 36th and 37th avenues, between Fulton and Cabrillo streets\u003c/li>\n\n\n\n\u003cli>All streets in Golden Gate Park, including Crossover Drive, from Friday at 11 a.m. to Sunday at 11:59 p.m.\u003c/li>\n\u003c/ul>\n\n\n\n\u003ch2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"parking-for-outside-lands\">Where can I find parking for Outside Lands?\u003c/h2>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>Let’s get this out of the way: There is no “official” general parking for Outside Lands. (Jump straight to more information on accessible parking below.)\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>Remember, if you’re choosing to try to park near Outside Lands, break-ins are common in San Francisco — so leave nothing visible in your vehicle, and if at all possible, leave your trunk exposed to show it’s empty. \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>Never leave any electronics like laptops in your vehicle, even if you think they’re hidden. \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11959799/how-to-avoid-a-car-break-in-bay-area\">Read our full guide to reducing your chances of suffering a car break-in in San Francisco\u003c/a> (and if you’re unlucky enough to have your car broken into, our guide to \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11959477/car-break-ins-bay-area-glass-repair-what-to-do\">how to claim the costs of window repair and stolen items from your insurance\u003c/a> provider.)\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cfigure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/07/OutsideLandsEG2.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-12091863\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/07/OutsideLandsEG2.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/07/OutsideLandsEG2-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/07/OutsideLandsEG2-1536x1024.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Les Tran, 35, cuddles with Joshua Tree, 29, at Outside Lands on Saturday, Aug. 9, 2025. The two met on Grindr an hour before catching a drag performance at Dolores’ stage together. (Estefany Gonzalez for KQED)\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Can I pay to use a resident’s parking spot?\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>Some schools near Golden Gate Park sell their parking during Outside Lands to fundraise money, such as \u003ca href=\"https://www.argonnesf.org/outsidelandsparking.html\">Argonne Elementary School (which is offering reservations this year)\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>Residents around Golden Gate Park may also sell their parking spaces to festival visitors. You can find these on Reddit, Facebook or even by trolling through the Sunset District in person and seeing who has signs up. If you choose to go this route to find parking, stay extra vigilant for scams, and make sure you’re always sending money to the right person.\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>You may have some luck finding a parking space on \u003ca href=\"https://spothero.com/\">a third-party parking website like SpotHero\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>What about blocking a driveway, even if it’s mine?\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>According to the SFMTA, \u003ca href=\"https://www.sfmta.com/travel-updates/outside-lands-august-8-10-2025\">the San Francisco Transportation Code allows residents to park in the street and block their own driveway\u003c/a> “provided the driveway does not serve more than two tenants.” Vehicles may never be parked on the sidewalk.\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\u003cp>During Outside Lands, the SFMTA will enforce blocked driveways “on a complaint basis only,” SFMTA said. \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>Of course, that does not give you free rein to block a person’s driveway — they’ll almost certainly make that complaint and have you towed if they don’t recognize your car.\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>If you live near Golden Gate Park, you can \u003ca href=\"https://www.sfoutsidelands.com/311/\">check Outside Lands’ Neighborhood 311 advisory page for residents\u003c/a> for any updates.\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003ch2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"public-transit\">How to get to Outside Lands using public transit\u003c/h2>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Getting to Outside Lands using SF Muni\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>SFMTA \u003ca href=\"https://www.sfmta.com/files/styles/constrain/public/images/2026-08/OSL%202026.jpg?itok=Kmm0gFuE\">published a useful map of your options for transportation routes to Outside Lands (PNG)\u003c/a>, and the agency has its own \u003ca href=\"https://www.sfmta.com/blog/plan-your-next-golden-gate-park-trip-muni\">guide on getting to Golden Gate Park on Muni.\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>According to an email from Lurie’s office, Outside Lands wristbands “are good for all-day Muni tickets except for cable cars. To board a Muni train or bus, attendees must show their wristband to the station agent or operator.”\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>Fans should also keep an eye on \u003ca href=\"https://www.sfmta.com/travel-updates/outside-lands-august-7-9-2026\">SFMTA’s guidance page\u003c/a> for any major updates to routes, which include:\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n\u003cli>\u003ca href=\"https://www.sfmta.com/travel-updates/outside-lands-august-7-9-2026#ExtraService\">Extra service\u003c/a> on the N Judah and 5R Fulton Rapid. However, remember: The extra service on 5R will not serve the entire route.\u003c/li>\n\n\n\n\u003cli>Each night of the festival, \u003ca href=\"https://www.sfmta.com/travel-updates/outside-lands-august-8-10-2025#MuniService\">there will be a Muni 5X Fulton Express service from Golden Gate Park to Civic Center BART Station\u003c/a> “between 9:00 PM and midnight or until crowds clear,” according to an email from Lurie’s office.\u003c/li>\n\n\n\n\u003cli>The \u003ca href=\"https://www.sfmta.com/routes/7-haight-noriega\">7 Haight/Noriega\u003c/a>, \u003ca href=\"https://www.sfmta.com/routes/28-19th-avenue\">28 19th Avenue\u003c/a>,\u003ca href=\"https://www.sfmta.com/routes/29-sunset\">29 Sunset\u003c/a> and \u003ca href=\"https://www.sfmta.com/routes/44-oshaughnessy\">44 O’Shaughnessy\u003c/a> serve areas of Golden Gate Park and may be subject to crowds.\u003c/li>\n\n\n\n\u003cli>The \u003ca href=\"https://www.sfmta.com/routes/38-geary\">38 Geary\u003c/a> and \u003ca href=\"https://www.sfmta.com/routes/38r-geary-rapid\">38R Geary Rapid routes\u003c/a>, which are four blocks north of the Fulton Street/30th Avenue entrance to Golden Gate Park, can also be alternative options to and from the event.\u003c/li>\n\u003c/ul>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>Remember: after performances end, lines for these buses get long \u003cem>fast\u003c/em>, so the sooner you arrive to try for a seat, the better.\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>You can \u003ca href=\"https://511.org/\">plan your Muni trip on 511.org\u003c/a> and \u003ca href=\"https://511.org/\">check Muni’s arrival information on Next Bus\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Using the official Outside Lands shuttle\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>You can hop a ride on the \u003ca href=\"https://outsidelands.frontgatetickets.com/event/3u9gr93jzply8khd?_gl=1*1don7wl*_gcl_au*MTgyNjg5NzMyOC4xNzgzNzE5MDg1\">Outside Lands shuttle\u003c/a> from the Bill Graham Civic Auditorium (near the Civic Center BART station). \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"https://outsidelands.frontgatetickets.com/event/4am8dj5mr25vspoj\">These “coach-style buses” are pre-paid and cost around $37.75\u003c/a> for a one-day pass.\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>The service will begin running each day at 11 a.m. and run \u003ca href=\"https://outsidelands.frontgatetickets.com/event/3u9gr93jzply8khd?_gl=1*1don7wl*_gcl_au*MTgyNjg5NzMyOC4xNzgzNzE5MDg1\">“continuously all day with limited coverage”\u003c/a> from 5 p.m. to 8 p.m., with the last shuttle to the festival leaving at 8 p.m.\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>As for getting back, return shuttles run until one hour after the music ends each night, festival organizers say.\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>Outside Lands officials strongly recommend taking BART to Civic Center to pick up the official shuttle, but if you do drive, paid parking is available in the Civic Center Parking Garage adjacent to the Bill Graham Civic Auditorium for a fee (entrance at McAllister Street between Polk Street and Larkin Street).\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Getting to Outside Lands on BART\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>The nearest BART station to Golden Gate Park is Civic Center. From there, you can \u003ca href=\"https://www.sfmta.com/blog/plan-your-next-golden-gate-park-trip-muni\">travel onward to Outside Lands using SF Muni\u003c/a> or \u003ca href=\"https://sfoutsidelands.com/info/\">use the official paid Outside Lands shuttle,\u003c/a> which departs from the nearby Bill Graham Civic Auditorium.\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>Parking at BART stations with BART-run parking lots is free after 3 p.m. on Friday and \u003ca href=\"https://www.bart.gov/guide/parking\">free all day on Saturday and Sunday\u003c/a> (except for the Milpitas and Berryessa/North San José stations, which still charge on weekends).\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>You can \u003ca href=\"https://www.bart.gov/planner\">use the BART Trip Planner to hash out the details.\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Getting to Outside Lands by bike\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>You can park your bike at the festival, with parking available at the eastern and southern parts of the festival site.\u003ca href=\"https://sfoutsidelands.com/assets/maps/osl25_patron-map_62925.png\"> \u003c/a>According to Lurie’s email, “Onsite bike valets will help bikeshare users park their bikes and find a bike for the journey home.”\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"https://www.lyft.com/bikes/bay-wheels\">Bay Wheels, run by rideshare app Lyft\u003c/a>, is available at the festival on JFK Drive, just east of Transverse Drive, to park your bike or get a bike home. \u003ca href=\"https://account.baywheels.com/map\">Use this website to find Bay Wheels near you.\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003ch2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Make a plan for getting home each night (and know your last transit option)\u003c/h2>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"https://sfoutsidelands.com/info/\">In past festivals, music usually ends at 10 p.m. on all days.\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>Phil Ginsburg, general manager of San Francisco Parks and Recreation, told KQED in 2023 that exit routes are “very well marked and the strategies for both entering and leaving the festival are pretty well established at this point and we’ll have tons of security, and there’s a lot of lighting in the area to keep people safe as they exit the festival.”\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>Use \u003ca href=\"https://www.bart.gov/planner\">BART’s Trip Planner\u003c/a> and \u003ca href=\"https://www.sfmta.com/muni-transit\">SFMTA’s Trip Planner\u003c/a> to check what time the last service of the day is.\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cfigure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1280\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/07/outside-lands-2025.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-12050547\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/07/outside-lands-2025.png 1920w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/07/outside-lands-2025-160x107.png 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/07/outside-lands-2025-1536x1024.png 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1920px) 100vw, 1920px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Chappell Roan performs at Outside Lands 2024. (Alive Coverage/Outside Lands)\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>If you’re hoping to get a rideshare like Uber or Lyft home from Outside Lands, remember those recommended pickup locations around Golden Gate Park — and that dynamic surge pricing for these services will almost certainly mean that ordering an Uber or Lyft home will be pretty pricey. (If you’re determined, you may wish to consider pre-organizing a crew to share the ride and split the cost.)\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003ch2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"take-off-wristband\">Can I take off my wristband or leave Outside Lands to reenter?\u003c/h2>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>No, keep your \u003ca href=\"https://sfoutsidelands.com/info/\">wristband on your wrist\u003c/a> if you’re attending multiple days of Outside Lands. (It’s waterproof, so you can shower with it.)\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>Same-day reentry is not allowed. But if you \u003cem>have\u003c/em> to leave the festival, festival organizers ask that you speak with a supervising staff member at an exit before leaving to work out the details.\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>If you end up \u003ca href=\"https://sfoutsidelands.com/info/\">needing to replace your wristband\u003c/a>, bring your order number and a government-issued ID to the festival box office. You can only get it replaced once, for $25. This option is only available for tickets purchased through Front Gate Tickets or the Ticketmaster Verified Exchange.\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003ch2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">What to know about accessibility at Outside Lands\u003c/h2>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"https://sfoutsidelands.com/accessibility/\">There is a designated ADA Entrance at 36th Avenue & JFK\u003c/a> Drive. This is where the Access Center is, and you can request a golf cart inside or get a collar for your service animal. \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>For accessible pickup and drop-off, attendees \u003ca href=\"https://sfoutsidelands.com/accessibility/\">“must enter the park at 36th Avenue and Fulton Street and will be directed to the Access Entrance to the festival on 36th Avenue and JFK Drive.”\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>There is limited ADA parking available, and it is first come, first served. You can access this parking by entering 36th Avenue and Fulton Street and talking to the gate agents. It is worth noting that some of the ADA parking is on roads with uneven terrain, with a walk to the ADA gate. Notify the parking staff so they can request a shuttle for you to the gate.\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cfigure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/07/OutsideLandsEG.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-12091860\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/07/OutsideLandsEG.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/07/OutsideLandsEG-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/07/OutsideLandsEG-1536x1024.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Nori Nakayama, right, poses for a portrait as Glass Animals performs at Outside Lands on Aug. 9, 2025. (Estefany Gonzalez for KQED)\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>There is a lot of demand for shuttles, so Outside Lands is limiting “capacity to our disabled patrons plus one companion.” Because of the “limited number” of shuttles, Outside Lands organizers advise disabled festival goers to “please expect a wait, and plan your requests accordingly.”\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>Outside Lands provides elevated platforms at the following stages: Sutro, Twin Peaks and Lands End stages. \u003ca href=\"https://sfoutsidelands.com/accessibility/\">There are “banquet style” folding chairs available at all of the platforms.\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>ADA restrooms are next to all of the accessible-viewing platforms. Restrooms at Outside Lands also have accessible options at the ends.\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>Festival organizers recommend that you email access@sfoutsidelands.com ahead of time with any accessibility questions or requests.\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>For quick safety updates, fans can text OUTSIDELANDS to 888-777.\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>KQED also has \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12093415/the-no-judgement-guide-to-not-passing-out-at-a-concert-and-other-concert-health-tips\">a thorough guide on concert health\u003c/a>, including tips from festival medics that can help fans have a good, safe time at Outside Lands.\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003ch2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Do I need to bring a jacket to Outside Lands?\u003c/h2>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>Yes, it’s August. But it’s Golden Gate Park. 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"innerHTML": "\n\u003cp>Remember, if you’re choosing to try to park near Outside Lands, break-ins are common in San Francisco — so leave nothing visible in your vehicle, and if at all possible, leave your trunk exposed to show it’s empty. \u003c/p>\n",
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"innerHTML": "\n\u003cp>Residents around Golden Gate Park may also sell their parking spaces to festival visitors. You can find these on Reddit, Facebook or even by trolling through the Sunset District in person and seeing who has signs up. If you choose to go this route to find parking, stay extra vigilant for scams, and make sure you’re always sending money to the right person.\u003c/p>\n",
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"innerHTML": "\n\u003cp>If you live near Golden Gate Park, you can \u003ca href=\"https://www.sfoutsidelands.com/311/\">check Outside Lands’ Neighborhood 311 advisory page for residents\u003c/a> for any updates.\u003c/p>\n",
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"innerHTML": "\n\u003cp>Outside Lands officials strongly recommend taking BART to Civic Center to pick up the official shuttle, but if you do drive, paid parking is available in the Civic Center Parking Garage adjacent to the Bill Graham Civic Auditorium for a fee (entrance at McAllister Street between Polk Street and Larkin Street).\u003c/p>\n",
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"innerHTML": "\n\u003cp>If you end up \u003ca href=\"https://sfoutsidelands.com/info/\">needing to replace your wristband\u003c/a>, bring your order number and a government-issued ID to the festival box office. You can only get it replaced once, for $25. This option is only available for tickets purchased through Front Gate Tickets or the Ticketmaster Verified Exchange.\u003c/p>\n",
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Festival organizers say if you didn’t receive a tracking number by the week of Outside Lands, you should \u003ca href=\"https://support.frontgatetickets.com/hc/en-us/requests/new\">submit a request with Front Gate Tickets\u003c/a> as soon as possible.\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003ch2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"road-closures\">Getting to Outside Lands by car: Where are the road closures?\u003c/h2>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>Outside Lands organizers (and KQED reporters) recommend ticket holders \u003ca href=\"https://sfoutsidelands.com/info/\">\u003cem>don’t\u003c/em> drive to the festival\u003c/a> — and when you read our information about road closures and the parking situation, you may understand why.\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Road closures for Outside Lands\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>According to \u003ca href=\"https://sfrecpark.org/547/Golden-Gate-Park-Road-Closures\">Golden Gate Park’s website\u003c/a>, “during the week prior to the Outside Lands Festival (Mon-Thurs), JFK Drive from Transverse to 36th Ave. will be closed. JFK Drive from Transverse to 36th Ave. will remain closed through the Wednesday following the Golden Gate Park Concert.”\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cfigure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1344\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/07/PinkPantheressGetty.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-12091839\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/07/PinkPantheressGetty.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/07/PinkPantheressGetty-160x108.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/07/PinkPantheressGetty-1536x1032.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">PinkPantheress performs at the Mojave Tent during the 2026 Coachella Valley Music and Arts Festival at Empire Polo Club on April 18, 2026, in Indio, California. (Arturo Holmes/Getty Images for Coachella)\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>These are the entrances closed on the north side of Golden Gate Park, according to the park’s official website:\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n\u003cli>Transverse Drive at Crossover Drive\u003c/li>\n\n\n\n\u003cli>JFK Drive at Transverse Drive\u003c/li>\n\n\n\n\u003cli>30th Avenue\u003c/li>\n\n\n\n\u003cli>36th Avenue\u003c/li>\n\n\n\n\u003cli>43rd Avenue (Chain of Lakes)\u003c/li>\n\n\n\n\u003cli>47th Avenue\u003c/li>\n\n\n\n\u003cli>The Great Highway at JFK Drive\u003c/li>\n\u003c/ul>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>These are the entrances closed on the south side of the park:\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n\u003cli>Martin Luther King Jr. Drive at Crossover Drive\u003c/li>\n\n\n\n\u003cli>25th Avenue\u003c/li>\n\n\n\n\u003cli>Sunset Boulevard at Irving Street\u003c/li>\n\n\n\n\u003cli>41st Avenue (Chain of Lakes)\u003c/li>\n\n\n\n\u003cli>Martin Luther King Jr. Drive at Lincoln Avenue\u003c/li>\n\u003c/ul>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>If you have any \u003ca href=\"https://sfoutsidelands.com/311/\">questions about road closures or restrictions\u003c/a>, you can call 415-965-8001 or email community@sfoutsidelands.com or community@anotherplanetent.com.\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Where can I get picked up or dropped off at Outside Lands?\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>If you’re looking for a good pickup or drop-off point — either for yourself or because you’re someone else’s ride — Outside Lands and Mayor Daniel Lurie’s office recommend\u003ca href=\"https://sfoutsidelands.com/info/\"> “several blocks north or south of the park,”\u003c/a> such as: \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n\u003cli>North side of Irving Street, between 25th and 27th avenues\u003c/li>\n\n\n\n\u003cli>North side of Golden Gate Park along Washington High School\u003c/li>\n\n\n\n\u003cli>North side of Balboa Street, between 30th and 31st avenues\u003c/li>\n\n\n\n\u003cli>West side of 30th Avenue, between Balboa and Anza streets\u003c/li>\n\u003c/ul>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>Be aware that rideshare apps will impose dynamic pricing for an event like Outside Lands, which will make even a short ride \u003cem>much\u003c/em> more expensive than usual.\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>If you are planning to call an autonomous vehicle like a Waymo, Lurie’s office said in an email that there will be two main zones for pick-up and drop-off: \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n\u003cli>Zone 1, which is “bounded by Balboa Street to the north, 20th Avenue to the east, and Kirkham Street to the south during peak entry and exit hours each day of the festival, 10:00 AM to 12:30 AM.”\u003c/li>\n\n\n\n\u003cli>Zone 2, “which includes areas bounded by Geary Boulevard to the north, Stanyan Street to the east, and Kirkham Street to the south during peak entry and exit hours each day of the festival, 8:00 PM to 12:30 AM.”\u003c/li>\n\u003c/ul>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>According to \u003ca href=\"https://www.sfmta.com/travel-updates/outside-lands-august-7-9-2026#TaxiStands\">SFMTA\u003c/a>, taxi stands can be found at:\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n\u003cli>Fulton Street between 24th and 25th avenues\u003c/li>\n\n\n\n\u003cli>Fulton Street between 28th and 29th avenues\u003c/li>\n\n\n\n\u003cli>Irving Street between 26th and 27th avenues\u003c/li>\n\n\n\n\u003cli>Larkin Street between Hayes and Grove streets (Taxi Shuttle service to festival)\u003c/li>\n\u003c/ul>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>These areas were explicitly forbidden to be used as a pick-up/drop-off point:\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n\u003cli>Lincoln Way, between 25th and 41st avenues\u003c/li>\n\n\n\n\u003cli>Fulton Street, between 26th and 37th avenues\u003c/li>\n\n\n\n\u003cli>26th, 27th, 28th, 29th, 30th, 31st, 32nd, 33rd, 34th, 35th, 36th and 37th avenues, between Fulton and Cabrillo streets\u003c/li>\n\n\n\n\u003cli>All streets in Golden Gate Park, including Crossover Drive, from Friday at 11 a.m. to Sunday at 11:59 p.m.\u003c/li>\n\u003c/ul>\n\n\n\n\u003ch2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"parking-for-outside-lands\">Where can I find parking for Outside Lands?\u003c/h2>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>Let’s get this out of the way: There is no “official” general parking for Outside Lands. (Jump straight to more information on accessible parking below.)\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>Remember, if you’re choosing to try to park near Outside Lands, break-ins are common in San Francisco — so leave nothing visible in your vehicle, and if at all possible, leave your trunk exposed to show it’s empty. \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>Never leave any electronics like laptops in your vehicle, even if you think they’re hidden. \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11959799/how-to-avoid-a-car-break-in-bay-area\">Read our full guide to reducing your chances of suffering a car break-in in San Francisco\u003c/a> (and if you’re unlucky enough to have your car broken into, our guide to \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11959477/car-break-ins-bay-area-glass-repair-what-to-do\">how to claim the costs of window repair and stolen items from your insurance\u003c/a> provider.)\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cfigure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/07/OutsideLandsEG2.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-12091863\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/07/OutsideLandsEG2.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/07/OutsideLandsEG2-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/07/OutsideLandsEG2-1536x1024.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Les Tran, 35, cuddles with Joshua Tree, 29, at Outside Lands on Saturday, Aug. 9, 2025. The two met on Grindr an hour before catching a drag performance at Dolores’ stage together. (Estefany Gonzalez for KQED)\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Can I pay to use a resident’s parking spot?\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>Some schools near Golden Gate Park sell their parking during Outside Lands to fundraise money, such as \u003ca href=\"https://www.argonnesf.org/outsidelandsparking.html\">Argonne Elementary School (which is offering reservations this year)\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>Residents around Golden Gate Park may also sell their parking spaces to festival visitors. You can find these on Reddit, Facebook or even by trolling through the Sunset District in person and seeing who has signs up. If you choose to go this route to find parking, stay extra vigilant for scams, and make sure you’re always sending money to the right person.\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>You may have some luck finding a parking space on \u003ca href=\"https://spothero.com/\">a third-party parking website like SpotHero\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>What about blocking a driveway, even if it’s mine?\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>According to the SFMTA, \u003ca href=\"https://www.sfmta.com/travel-updates/outside-lands-august-8-10-2025\">the San Francisco Transportation Code allows residents to park in the street and block their own driveway\u003c/a> “provided the driveway does not serve more than two tenants.” Vehicles may never be parked on the sidewalk.\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\u003cp>During Outside Lands, the SFMTA will enforce blocked driveways “on a complaint basis only,” SFMTA said. \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>Of course, that does not give you free rein to block a person’s driveway — they’ll almost certainly make that complaint and have you towed if they don’t recognize your car.\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>If you live near Golden Gate Park, you can \u003ca href=\"https://www.sfoutsidelands.com/311/\">check Outside Lands’ Neighborhood 311 advisory page for residents\u003c/a> for any updates.\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003ch2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"public-transit\">How to get to Outside Lands using public transit\u003c/h2>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Getting to Outside Lands using SF Muni\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>SFMTA \u003ca href=\"https://www.sfmta.com/files/styles/constrain/public/images/2026-08/OSL%202026.jpg?itok=Kmm0gFuE\">published a useful map of your options for transportation routes to Outside Lands (PNG)\u003c/a>, and the agency has its own \u003ca href=\"https://www.sfmta.com/blog/plan-your-next-golden-gate-park-trip-muni\">guide on getting to Golden Gate Park on Muni.\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>According to an email from Lurie’s office, Outside Lands wristbands “are good for all-day Muni tickets except for cable cars. To board a Muni train or bus, attendees must show their wristband to the station agent or operator.”\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>Fans should also keep an eye on \u003ca href=\"https://www.sfmta.com/travel-updates/outside-lands-august-7-9-2026\">SFMTA’s guidance page\u003c/a> for any major updates to routes, which include:\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n\u003cli>\u003ca href=\"https://www.sfmta.com/travel-updates/outside-lands-august-7-9-2026#ExtraService\">Extra service\u003c/a> on the N Judah and 5R Fulton Rapid. However, remember: The extra service on 5R will not serve the entire route.\u003c/li>\n\n\n\n\u003cli>Each night of the festival, \u003ca href=\"https://www.sfmta.com/travel-updates/outside-lands-august-8-10-2025#MuniService\">there will be a Muni 5X Fulton Express service from Golden Gate Park to Civic Center BART Station\u003c/a> “between 9:00 PM and midnight or until crowds clear,” according to an email from Lurie’s office.\u003c/li>\n\n\n\n\u003cli>The \u003ca href=\"https://www.sfmta.com/routes/7-haight-noriega\">7 Haight/Noriega\u003c/a>, \u003ca href=\"https://www.sfmta.com/routes/28-19th-avenue\">28 19th Avenue\u003c/a>,\u003ca href=\"https://www.sfmta.com/routes/29-sunset\">29 Sunset\u003c/a> and \u003ca href=\"https://www.sfmta.com/routes/44-oshaughnessy\">44 O’Shaughnessy\u003c/a> serve areas of Golden Gate Park and may be subject to crowds.\u003c/li>\n\n\n\n\u003cli>The \u003ca href=\"https://www.sfmta.com/routes/38-geary\">38 Geary\u003c/a> and \u003ca href=\"https://www.sfmta.com/routes/38r-geary-rapid\">38R Geary Rapid routes\u003c/a>, which are four blocks north of the Fulton Street/30th Avenue entrance to Golden Gate Park, can also be alternative options to and from the event.\u003c/li>\n\u003c/ul>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>Remember: after performances end, lines for these buses get long \u003cem>fast\u003c/em>, so the sooner you arrive to try for a seat, the better.\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>You can \u003ca href=\"https://511.org/\">plan your Muni trip on 511.org\u003c/a> and \u003ca href=\"https://511.org/\">check Muni’s arrival information on Next Bus\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Using the official Outside Lands shuttle\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>You can hop a ride on the \u003ca href=\"https://outsidelands.frontgatetickets.com/event/3u9gr93jzply8khd?_gl=1*1don7wl*_gcl_au*MTgyNjg5NzMyOC4xNzgzNzE5MDg1\">Outside Lands shuttle\u003c/a> from the Bill Graham Civic Auditorium (near the Civic Center BART station). \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"https://outsidelands.frontgatetickets.com/event/4am8dj5mr25vspoj\">These “coach-style buses” are pre-paid and cost around $37.75\u003c/a> for a one-day pass.\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>The service will begin running each day at 11 a.m. and run \u003ca href=\"https://outsidelands.frontgatetickets.com/event/3u9gr93jzply8khd?_gl=1*1don7wl*_gcl_au*MTgyNjg5NzMyOC4xNzgzNzE5MDg1\">“continuously all day with limited coverage”\u003c/a> from 5 p.m. to 8 p.m., with the last shuttle to the festival leaving at 8 p.m.\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>As for getting back, return shuttles run until one hour after the music ends each night, festival organizers say.\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>Outside Lands officials strongly recommend taking BART to Civic Center to pick up the official shuttle, but if you do drive, paid parking is available in the Civic Center Parking Garage adjacent to the Bill Graham Civic Auditorium for a fee (entrance at McAllister Street between Polk Street and Larkin Street).\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Getting to Outside Lands on BART\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>The nearest BART station to Golden Gate Park is Civic Center. From there, you can \u003ca href=\"https://www.sfmta.com/blog/plan-your-next-golden-gate-park-trip-muni\">travel onward to Outside Lands using SF Muni\u003c/a> or \u003ca href=\"https://sfoutsidelands.com/info/\">use the official paid Outside Lands shuttle,\u003c/a> which departs from the nearby Bill Graham Civic Auditorium.\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>Parking at BART stations with BART-run parking lots is free after 3 p.m. on Friday and \u003ca href=\"https://www.bart.gov/guide/parking\">free all day on Saturday and Sunday\u003c/a> (except for the Milpitas and Berryessa/North San José stations, which still charge on weekends).\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>You can \u003ca href=\"https://www.bart.gov/planner\">use the BART Trip Planner to hash out the details.\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Getting to Outside Lands by bike\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>You can park your bike at the festival, with parking available at the eastern and southern parts of the festival site.\u003ca href=\"https://sfoutsidelands.com/assets/maps/osl25_patron-map_62925.png\"> \u003c/a>According to Lurie’s email, “Onsite bike valets will help bikeshare users park their bikes and find a bike for the journey home.”\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"https://www.lyft.com/bikes/bay-wheels\">Bay Wheels, run by rideshare app Lyft\u003c/a>, is available at the festival on JFK Drive, just east of Transverse Drive, to park your bike or get a bike home. \u003ca href=\"https://account.baywheels.com/map\">Use this website to find Bay Wheels near you.\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003ch2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Make a plan for getting home each night (and know your last transit option)\u003c/h2>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"https://sfoutsidelands.com/info/\">In past festivals, music usually ends at 10 p.m. on all days.\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>Phil Ginsburg, general manager of San Francisco Parks and Recreation, told KQED in 2023 that exit routes are “very well marked and the strategies for both entering and leaving the festival are pretty well established at this point and we’ll have tons of security, and there’s a lot of lighting in the area to keep people safe as they exit the festival.”\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>Use \u003ca href=\"https://www.bart.gov/planner\">BART’s Trip Planner\u003c/a> and \u003ca href=\"https://www.sfmta.com/muni-transit\">SFMTA’s Trip Planner\u003c/a> to check what time the last service of the day is.\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cfigure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1280\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/07/outside-lands-2025.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-12050547\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/07/outside-lands-2025.png 1920w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/07/outside-lands-2025-160x107.png 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/07/outside-lands-2025-1536x1024.png 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1920px) 100vw, 1920px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Chappell Roan performs at Outside Lands 2024. (Alive Coverage/Outside Lands)\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>If you’re hoping to get a rideshare like Uber or Lyft home from Outside Lands, remember those recommended pickup locations around Golden Gate Park — and that dynamic surge pricing for these services will almost certainly mean that ordering an Uber or Lyft home will be pretty pricey. (If you’re determined, you may wish to consider pre-organizing a crew to share the ride and split the cost.)\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003ch2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"take-off-wristband\">Can I take off my wristband or leave Outside Lands to reenter?\u003c/h2>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>No, keep your \u003ca href=\"https://sfoutsidelands.com/info/\">wristband on your wrist\u003c/a> if you’re attending multiple days of Outside Lands. (It’s waterproof, so you can shower with it.)\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>Same-day reentry is not allowed. But if you \u003cem>have\u003c/em> to leave the festival, festival organizers ask that you speak with a supervising staff member at an exit before leaving to work out the details.\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>If you end up \u003ca href=\"https://sfoutsidelands.com/info/\">needing to replace your wristband\u003c/a>, bring your order number and a government-issued ID to the festival box office. You can only get it replaced once, for $25. This option is only available for tickets purchased through Front Gate Tickets or the Ticketmaster Verified Exchange.\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003ch2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">What to know about accessibility at Outside Lands\u003c/h2>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"https://sfoutsidelands.com/accessibility/\">There is a designated ADA Entrance at 36th Avenue & JFK\u003c/a> Drive. This is where the Access Center is, and you can request a golf cart inside or get a collar for your service animal. \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>For accessible pickup and drop-off, attendees \u003ca href=\"https://sfoutsidelands.com/accessibility/\">“must enter the park at 36th Avenue and Fulton Street and will be directed to the Access Entrance to the festival on 36th Avenue and JFK Drive.”\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>There is limited ADA parking available, and it is first come, first served. You can access this parking by entering 36th Avenue and Fulton Street and talking to the gate agents. It is worth noting that some of the ADA parking is on roads with uneven terrain, with a walk to the ADA gate. Notify the parking staff so they can request a shuttle for you to the gate.\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cfigure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/07/OutsideLandsEG.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-12091860\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/07/OutsideLandsEG.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/07/OutsideLandsEG-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/07/OutsideLandsEG-1536x1024.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Nori Nakayama, right, poses for a portrait as Glass Animals performs at Outside Lands on Aug. 9, 2025. (Estefany Gonzalez for KQED)\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>There is a lot of demand for shuttles, so Outside Lands is limiting “capacity to our disabled patrons plus one companion.” Because of the “limited number” of shuttles, Outside Lands organizers advise disabled festival goers to “please expect a wait, and plan your requests accordingly.”\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>Outside Lands provides elevated platforms at the following stages: Sutro, Twin Peaks and Lands End stages. \u003ca href=\"https://sfoutsidelands.com/accessibility/\">There are “banquet style” folding chairs available at all of the platforms.\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>ADA restrooms are next to all of the accessible-viewing platforms. Restrooms at Outside Lands also have accessible options at the ends.\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>Festival organizers recommend that you email access@sfoutsidelands.com ahead of time with any accessibility questions or requests.\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>For quick safety updates, fans can text OUTSIDELANDS to 888-777.\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>KQED also has \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12093415/the-no-judgement-guide-to-not-passing-out-at-a-concert-and-other-concert-health-tips\">a thorough guide on concert health\u003c/a>, including tips from festival medics that can help fans have a good, safe time at Outside Lands.\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003ch2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Do I need to bring a jacket to Outside Lands?\u003c/h2>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>Yes, it’s August. But it’s Golden Gate Park. Sorry, you still need to bring a jacket!\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>You can keep an eye on \u003ca href=\"https://forecast.weather.gov/MapClick.php?lat=37.7771&lon=-122.4196\">the National Weather Service’s forecast for San Francisco\u003c/a> as the festival draws closer. Golden Gate Park is near the ocean, and it gets \u003cem>cold\u003c/em> even when other parts of San Francisco are toasty. 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Just remember: the Outside Lands bag policy prohibits common kinds of non-clear backpacks and coolers.\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>You can check the Outside Lands food vendor list on \u003ca href=\"https://sfoutsidelands.com/food-and-drink/taste-of-the-bay-area/\">its website\u003c/a>. (This reporter has an affinity for Bun Mee and Hayz Dog. Alcoholic and non-alcoholic options are served, as well.)\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>Or, as KQED Arts reported back in 2014, \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/arts/10139926/how-to-survive-outside-lands-a-veterans-guide\">another option apparently favored by some locals is to “bury bottles of liquor in Golden Gate Park a week before the festival\u003c/a> and dig it up later after you’ve slid past security.”\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003ch2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Any other useful Outside Lands tips and features I should know about?\u003c/h2>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>Here are some other insider tips from KQED reporters:\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n\u003cli>If you are trying to see someone on the Polo Field, get there early. It gets very crowded quickly.\u003c/li>\n\n\n\n\u003cli>Sometimes artists hang out at the food trucks, talking to fans (and, if you are lucky, performing a quick song).\u003c/li>\n\n\n\n\u003cli>\u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/arts/13862534/headed-to-outside-lands-heres-everything-you-need-to-know#:~:text=The%20festival%20has%20a%20Sober,sane%20among%20all%20party%20people.\">There is a sober tent available at Outside Lands\u003c/a> for those who feel like they need someone to talk to among the partying. \u003c/li>\n\n\n\n\u003cli>You can get \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/arts/13956845/legal-weddings-married-outisde-lands-city-hall\">married at Outside Lands.\u003c/a>\u003c/li>\n\u003c/ul>\n\n\n\n\u003ch2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">I can’t afford tickets — are there other related performances I can enjoy?\u003c/h2>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>Yes, \u003ca href=\"https://sfoutsidelands.com/music/night-shows/\">Outside Lands has several after-parties around San Francisco for which you can get tickets\u003c/a> from Thursday through Sunday. \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>(Be sure to snag them quickly, because some are already sold out!)\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>There are some Outside Lands-adjacent parties throughout the city, including:\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n\u003cli>\u003ca href=\"https://www.eventbrite.com/e/sumyer-of-love-osl-pre-party-tickets-1995041401537?aff=ebdssbdestsearch\">Sumyer of Love OSL Pre-Party\u003c/a> at Curio at The Chapel\u003c/li>\n\n\n\n\u003cli>\u003ca href=\"https://www.eventbrite.com/e/electric-void-presidelands-tickets-1995703139814?aff=ebdssbdestsearch\">Electric Void: PreSideLands\u003c/a> at Monarch SF\u003c/li>\n\n\n\n\u003cli>\u003ca href=\"https://www.eventbrite.com/e/party-4-u-charli-xcx-tribute-look-alike-contest-tickets-1993883449070\">party 4 u – Charli XCX Tribute + Look-alike Contest\u003c/a> at OASIS\u003c/li>\n\n\n\n\u003cli>\u003ca href=\"https://www.eventbrite.com/e/dragsidelands-afterparty-w-kori-king-lydia-butthole-kollins-tickets-1993752148346\">DragsideLands Afterparty\u003c/a> at OASIS\u003c/li>\n\n\n\n\u003cli>\u003ca href=\"https://www.eventbrite.com/e/queen-outside-lands-umru-jane-dont-gaszia-more-tickets-1993569700640?aff=ebdssbdestsearch\">QUEEN OUT[SIDE LANDS]\u003c/a> at Public Works\u003c/li>\n\n\n\n\u003cli>\u003ca href=\"https://www.eventbrite.com/e/outside-lands-friday-w-nico-morano-afro-house-melodic-house-at-madarae-tickets-1995755822389?aff=ebdssbdestsearch\">Outside Lands Friday\u003c/a> and \u003ca href=\"https://www.eventbrite.com/e/outside-lands-saturday-w-special-guest-dj-at-madarae-tickets-1995803062686?aff=ebdssbdestsearch\">Saturday\u003c/a> at MadaRae San Francisco\u003c/li>\n\n\n\n\u003cli>\u003ca href=\"https://www.eventbrite.com/e/outside-lands-after-party-the-grand-san-francisco-tickets-1996327421056?aff=ebdssbdestsearch\">Outside Lands After Party\u003c/a> at The Grand Nightclub\u003c/li>\n\n\n\n\u003cli>\u003ca href=\"https://www.eventbrite.com/e/after-party-girl-girls-on-deck-maliciel-andyland-osl-afterparty-tickets-1994387412438?aff=ebdssbdestsearch\">AFTER PARTY GIRL\u003c/a> at The Great Northern\u003c/li>\n\n\n\n\u003cli>\u003ca href=\"https://www.eventbrite.com/e/inside-lands-tickets-1995184768351?aff=ebdssbdestsearch\">INSIDE LANDS\u003c/a> at City Nights SF\u003c/li>\n\n\n\n\u003cli>\u003ca href=\"https://www.eventbrite.com/e/groove-lands-osl-afters-at-roxys-tickets-1996123498117?aff=ebdssbdestsearch\">Groove Lands: OSL Afters\u003c/a> at Roxy’s\u003c/li>\n\n\n\n\u003cli>\u003ca href=\"https://www.eventbrite.com/e/parkside-boogie-osl-after-party-tickets-1995071547705?aff=ebdssbdestsearch\">Parkside Boogie: OSL After Party\u003c/a> at Chug Pub\u003c/li>\n\u003c/ul>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003c/div>",
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The strike at the Original Ghirardelli Chocolate & Ice Cream Shop is the first in more than 40 years, and comes as unionized employees oppose a company proposal they said would gut their health care benefits, making them more expensive.\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cfigure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/07/260730-GHIRARDELLI-STRIKE-01-KQED.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-12093346\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/07/260730-GHIRARDELLI-STRIKE-01-KQED.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/07/260730-GHIRARDELLI-STRIKE-01-KQED-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/07/260730-GHIRARDELLI-STRIKE-01-KQED-1536x1024.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Workers picket outside Ghirardelli’s flagship store in San Francisco on July 30, 2026. (Courtesy of Unite Here)\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>Fredrick Jones, a greeter at the shop for 17 years, told KQED he fears not being able to afford medication that keeps his body from rejecting a heart transplant he underwent last October.\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>“This benefit that we have right now is very important to us. It helped me out big time with my heart transplant,” Jones, a 47-year-old San Francisco resident, said. “That’s why we’re doing this strike, to let people know that the company is not respecting employees like they should.”\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>A spokesperson for the Lindt & Sprüngli Group, which owns Ghirardelli, said in a statement that the company values and respects its employees. \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\u003cp>Ghirardelli, one of the nation’s oldest chocolate companies, was founded in San Francisco during the Gold Rush by Italian chocolatier Domenico “Domingo” Ghirardelli.\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>“We are currently in active contract negotiations with the union and are committed to bargaining in good faith,” the spokesperson wrote in an e-mail. “Our main focus right now is on reaching an agreement that supports our employees and ensures the long-term success of our business.”\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>Lindt & Sprüngli, headquartered in Switzerland, posted nearly 6 billion Swiss francs in sales \u003ca href=\"https://www.lindt-spruengli.com/investors/financial-reporting/annual-report-2025\">last year\u003c/a>, or more than $7.3 billion. Its operating profits totaled 970 million francs, or about $1.2 billion, after expenses and the costs of goods.\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>The union representing the 45 strikers accused the company of bargaining in bad faith by refusing to share relevant information, such as how much it profits from a 6% “healthcare fee” charged to customers at Ghirardelli Plaza locations. \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>Management aims to switch employees’ health plan to one that would impose unaffordable co-payments for emergency room visits or critical services, said Sonya Karabel, campaign researcher at Unite Here Local 2.\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cfigure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/07/260219-strikingkaiserworkers00781_TV_qed.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-12091961\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/07/260219-strikingkaiserworkers00781_TV_qed.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/07/260219-strikingkaiserworkers00781_TV_qed-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/07/260219-strikingkaiserworkers00781_TV_qed-1536x1024.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Josh Sokolski (left) and Brenda Hinaga (right), both occupational therapists from Kaiser Walnut Creek, march while on strike at the picket line outside Kaiser Permanente Oakland Medical Center on Feb. 19, 2026. Kaiser workers on the picket lines have gone without their paychecks for four weeks, and many are facing financial and other difficulties. (Tâm Vũ/KQED)\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>“Customers expect, ‘Oh, okay, this [fee] is gonna cover workers’ health insurance.’ And yet, Ghirardelli is trying to cut their health insurance,” Karabel said. “They need to be transparent about what kind of resources they’re getting from customers that are supposed to be dedicated to paying for health care coverage.” \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>Last year, disputes over health benefits became a flash point driving work stoppages nationwide, as medical coverage costs continued to rise, according to \u003ca href=\"https://www.ilr.cornell.edu/faculty-and-research/labor-action-tracker-2025\">a report\u003c/a> by researchers at Cornell University’s Labor Action Tracker. \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In recent months, Bay Area \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12083589/uc-reaches-contract-deal-with-service-hospital-workers-averting-strike\">service workers\u003c/a> at the University of California, warehouse staff at the \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12092155/arrests-injuries-at-ch-sugar-protest-as-strike-at-crockett-refinery-enters-sixth-week\">C&H Sugar refinery\u003c/a> in Crockett and patient care \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12074265/widespread-kaiser-strike-to-end-after-4-weeks-with-no-deal-yet\">employees at Kaiser Permanente\u003c/a> have said that protecting or improving their health insurance was a main reason for striking.\u003c/p>\n\n",
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From Friday through Sunday, lifeguards in the city of Santa Cruz performed 34 rescues and made 5,847 preventative contacts, or proactive warnings about swimming safety, said David Bodine, marine safety captain for the Santa Cruz City Fire Department. \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\u003cp>Most of that happened on Main Beach and Cowell Beach, where the city staffs five guard towers.\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>The preventions are the number Bodine wants people to notice. \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>“If we’re doing our job right, we’re not getting any rescues,” he said. \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>Bodine said the biggest difference in risk is whether anyone is watching. Any Santa Cruz beach without guards, he said, “is much more dangerous because nobody’s there to help or see or prevent you from getting in trouble.”\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>According to the Santa Cruz County Sheriff’s Office, all seven of the recorded accidental water-related deaths since the start of 2025 happened at unguarded beaches. \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>In three of the seven, the person was not swimming. They were standing near the surf line when large waves pulled them in, according to the Santa Cruz County Sheriff’s Office.\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>The swell is generated by tropical cyclones thousands of miles away in the eastern Pacific Ocean. What makes the swell dangerous is that it does not announce itself.\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cfigure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1980\" height=\"1320\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/07/GettyImages-1258058408.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-12093312\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/07/GettyImages-1258058408.jpg 1980w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/07/GettyImages-1258058408-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/07/GettyImages-1258058408-1536x1024.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1980px) 100vw, 1980px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">With a training exercise happening in the distance, surfers catch and wait for waves within the iconic surfing area along West Cliff Drive, near erosion and collapses of the cliffs, in Santa Cruz, California, on Thursday, March 2, 2023. (Melina Mara/The Washington Post via Getty Images)\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>“The further the swell comes from, the farther away the waves have time to organize themselves,” Bodine said. “And then they’re more powerful when they do hit.” \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>That can mean 20 to 30 minutes of flat-looking ocean followed by a set of 10 to 15 powerful waves. A local swell, in comparison, has constant surf, and people stay out. \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>“A novice looks at the ocean and thinks it’s safe,” Bodine said. \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>Nicole Sarment, a meteorologist with the Weather Service’s Bay Area office, described the same thing earlier this week: a wave that runs far past the normal waterline. \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>“Even if the water seems flat for 20 minutes, you can still have an unsuspecting wave run much farther, up actually on dry sand, getting people who are sleeping, walking their dogs,” she said. \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>This summer has produced an unusual number of these swells. 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(Gina Castro/KQED)\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>Hoang attributed the pattern largely to an active \u003ca href=\"https://www.cpc.ncep.noaa.gov/products/Epac_hurr/index.shtml\">tropical season in the eastern Pacific\u003c/a>, where above-normal activity is expected this year. More systems there generally mean more swell reaching California. \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>Some of June’s swell came from the opposite hemisphere, he said, generated by winter storms in the southern Pacific.\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>Both Bodine and Hoppin said the people who get caught are rarely the ones who know the water. Hoppin, who grew up in Santa Cruz, described beachgoers wandering onto riprap and jetties — structures that start from land and go out to water — or standing at the edge of a cliff without understanding they can be pulled in. \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>“There’s people being pulled off the beach all the time now,” Hoppin said. “You really need to understand the dynamics of the coast.” \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>What worried Bodine about the Seabright video was not the surf but the people wading in after the lifeguard. \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>“That could have turned into an eight-person rescue,” he said. \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cfigure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1980\" height=\"1250\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/07/GettyImages-81956752.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-12093314\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/07/GettyImages-81956752.jpg 1980w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/07/GettyImages-81956752-160x101.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/07/GettyImages-81956752-1536x970.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1980px) 100vw, 1980px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">A surfer rides a wave at Steamer Lane, a well-known surfing spot, with the Santa Cruz Wharf in the background, on July 3, 2008, in Santa Cruz, California. (Stephen Dunn/Getty Images)\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>His instruction is blunt. Run to a tower, wave down another guard, call 911, but stay out of the water. \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>“We don’t need more victims,” Bodine said. “These are trained professionals. Let them do their thing.” \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>Bodine, who runs staffing for the division, said the city adds crews when a swell is forecast, and doubles up guards on the towers nearest known rip currents, including at the river mouth. \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>If you do get pulled out, he said, the worst instinct is to fight it. Stay calm and let the current carry you until it stops, then wave for a guard. 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"content": "\u003cp>Local and state authorities are investigating the death of a 3-month-old girl at a licensed childcare home in San Francisco’s \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/tag/bayview\">Bayview district\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>The San Francisco Fire Department said it responded to a report of a medical emergency at Mama Nida’s Loving Arms Childcare last Friday, shortly after 11 a.m. \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>After providing medical care at the scene, first responders took the baby to UCSF Medical Center in Mission Bay, where she was pronounced dead.\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>Police said the medical examiner’s office will investigate the infant’s cause of death.\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cfigure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1236\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/04/20250424_UCSFFILE_GC-12-KQED.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-12037908\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/04/20250424_UCSFFILE_GC-12-KQED.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/04/20250424_UCSFFILE_GC-12-KQED-800x494.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/04/20250424_UCSFFILE_GC-12-KQED-1020x630.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/04/20250424_UCSFFILE_GC-12-KQED-160x99.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/04/20250424_UCSFFILE_GC-12-KQED-1536x949.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/04/20250424_UCSFFILE_GC-12-KQED-1920x1187.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">UCSF Medical Center at Mission Bay in San Francisco on April 24, 2025. (Gina Castro/KQED)\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>“At this time, there is no evidence of foul play, nor is it suspected,” Officer Eve Laokwansathitaya said Tuesday.\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Gwenisha Terrell, the child’s mother, told \u003cem>the San Francisco Chronicle\u003c/em> that a few hours after dropping off her baby, Cya, and her 2-year-old sister, Cia, the childcare provider’s daughter called to alert her that Cya had choked on milk and stopped breathing. \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>According to a GoFundMe \u003ca href=\"https://gofund.me/68b25592a\">post\u003c/a> for Terrell and her husband, the couple was planning to celebrate their older daughter’s birthday later that day. \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>“In a single day, this loving family experienced unimaginable joy and unimaginable heartbreak,” the post said. \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\u003cp>“A birthday that should have been filled with laughter, cake, and memories became a day their family will carry with them forever,” it said.\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>Requests to speak with Terrell and other members of the victim’s family have not been returned, and a woman who answered the phone number listed for Mama Nida’s Loving Arms Childcare declined to speak with KQED. \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"https://www.ccld.dss.ca.gov/carefacilitysearch/FacDetail/384002022\">Records show\u003c/a> state regulators received two complaints in 2023 concerning children’s safety at the home. One complaint made on Dec. 13 alleged that the licensed provider, Anita Saulny-Green, left children unattended for an extended period of time, and another complaint made on Dec. 14 alleged that Saulny-Green kicked a child. \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>The records show that a licensing inspector visited the home, spoke with the provider and parents and reviewed evidence.\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>“Although the allegation may have happened or is valid, there is no preponderance of evidence to prove the alleged violation did or did not occur,” the inspector wrote. “Therefore, the allegation is unsubstantiated.”\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cfigure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/08/020_KQED_OneLoveBlackCommunity_11132022_qed.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-11999676\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/08/020_KQED_OneLoveBlackCommunity_11132022_qed.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/08/020_KQED_OneLoveBlackCommunity_11132022_qed-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/08/020_KQED_OneLoveBlackCommunity_11132022_qed-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/08/020_KQED_OneLoveBlackCommunity_11132022_qed-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/08/020_KQED_OneLoveBlackCommunity_11132022_qed-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/08/020_KQED_OneLoveBlackCommunity_11132022_qed-1920x1280.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">View of the San Francisco skyline in the Bayview-Hunters Point neighborhood on Nov. 13, 2022. (Beth LaBerge/KQED)\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>The California Department of Social Services is conducting a separate investigation into what led to baby Cya’s death. A department spokeswoman, Theresa Mier, said she couldn’t comment further on the ongoing investigation.\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>Saulny-Green is licensed to provide care for up to eight children in her home. State law allows one adult to care for up to eight children, provided that no more than two of them are infants and at least two children are older than 6. \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>Providers typically have a family member or assistant to help them out, depending on capacity and the age of the children. \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>In 2024, Saulny-Green was among 21 Black early childhood educators honored by Children’s Council San Francisco, a local childcare resource and referral agency, for caring for children in high-need communities. \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>On social media, Saulny-Green posted photos of the kids under her care, highlighting their developmental progress and the healthy foods that she served them. One post shows a photo of San Francisco Supervisor Shamann Walton, whose district includes Bayview, visiting her home in April 2024.\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>“It was such an honor to be able to showcase all that I have accomplished and even learned through the years of experience that I have in childcare and child development,” she wrote in the post. \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cfigure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1278\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2022/10/RS50006_047_SanFrancisco_JuneteenthKickoffRally_06172021-qut.jpg\" alt=\"A man in a suit with a blue tie speaks at a rally in front of a microphone.\" class=\"wp-image-11927447\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2022/10/RS50006_047_SanFrancisco_JuneteenthKickoffRally_06172021-qut.jpg 1920w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2022/10/RS50006_047_SanFrancisco_JuneteenthKickoffRally_06172021-qut-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2022/10/RS50006_047_SanFrancisco_JuneteenthKickoffRally_06172021-qut-1020x679.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2022/10/RS50006_047_SanFrancisco_JuneteenthKickoffRally_06172021-qut-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2022/10/RS50006_047_SanFrancisco_JuneteenthKickoffRally_06172021-qut-1536x1022.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1920px) 100vw, 1920px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">San Francisco Board of Supervisors President Shamann Walton and his fellow supervisors are challenging Mayor Breed and the Navy over Bayview-Hunters Point. (Beth LaBerge/KQED)\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>“Childcare is more than just giving adequate care to infants, toddlers and children,” it said. “Putting time and effort, dedication and hard work to implement a plan that will help better the future of our youth is what it’s all about.”\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>It’s not immediately clear whether anyone at the childcare home knew how to administer lifesaving efforts when the baby experienced the medical emergency. \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>Licensed childcare providers must learn and maintain current certification in pediatric CPR and first aid. \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>An update to \u003ca href=\"https://legiscan.com/CA/text/AB150/id/2425154\">state licensing rules\u003c/a> that went into effect this month requires assistants or other staff members at a family childcare home to also learn pediatric CPR and first aid, including the use of auto-injectors to treat life-threatening allergic reactions.\u003c/p>\n\n",
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Valencia also used to be: the major transportation route for Irish funeral homes moving the deceased to Colma, the center of women’s and lesbian culture in the ‘80s and ‘90s, and the hub for South Asian anti-imperialist activism. \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>“It’s really fun to look at the different ways that spaces have been used,” she said. \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003ch2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Off the beaten path\u003c/h2>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>Elliott’s audience is largely curious San Franciscans or Bay Area residents who want to learn more about the city they have lived in or near almost their entire lives.\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>“The kind of feedback we got is, ‘I’ve lived here my whole life. I didn’t know about that pathway. I didn’t know you could get there from here and you showed me some new ways to get around my neighborhood.’” Elliott said. 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(Beth LaBerge/KQED)\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\n\n\n\u003cfigure class=\"wp-block-gallery has-nested-images columns-default is-cropped wp-block-gallery-7 is-layout-flex wp-block-gallery-is-layout-flex\">\n\u003cfigure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" data-id=\"12093109\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/07/260727-PlacesTimeTravel-02-BL.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-12093109\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/07/260727-PlacesTimeTravel-02-BL.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/07/260727-PlacesTimeTravel-02-BL-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/07/260727-PlacesTimeTravel-02-BL-1536x1024.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">The Musée Mécanique in Fisherman’s Wharf in San Francisco on July 27, 2026, a museum filled with coin-operated, antique arcade games and mechanically operated musical instruments. (Beth LaBerge/KQED)\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\n\n\n\u003cfigure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" data-id=\"12093108\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/07/260727-PlacesTimeTravel-11-BL.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-12093108\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/07/260727-PlacesTimeTravel-11-BL.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/07/260727-PlacesTimeTravel-11-BL-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/07/260727-PlacesTimeTravel-11-BL-1536x1024.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">The Musée Mécanique in Fisherman’s Wharf in San Francisco on July 27, 2026, a museum filled with coin-operated, antique arcade games and mechanically operated musical instruments. (Beth LaBerge/KQED)\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003c/figure>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>There can be many reasons these residents — old and new — want to step into past decades. \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>“I think it has a lot to do with the gravitation toward the technology industry, which is something that doesn’t hold tangible concrete things of the past in high estimation,” Elliott said. \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>“People are yearning for that sense of connection. We talk about it all the time, right? This disconnectedness, the … dropping out of social interactions,” she said. “The pandemic did not help.\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>“Connection is a really strong motivator,” she said.\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>In the spirit of being a tourist in your own home, KQED compiled some key places that make you feel like you have “time traveled” to San Francisco’s storied past. Or, at least, close to it. This includes historical and preserved landmarks, legacy businesses and local spots that have curated themselves as throwbacks to an earlier time. \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003ch2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Head outdoors\u003c/h2>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>First off, some general tips from a historian:\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>San Francisco landscapes have been drastically reengineered over time. Consider one of the biggest examples: Mission Bay, which is no longer a bay, Elliott said. \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>“I look to our natural areas, our open spaces, as places that have not been preserved in time, necessarily, but where you can experience, even if the skyline has changed, a sort of sense of the city as it may have been,” Elliott said.\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cfigure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1763\" height=\"1175\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/07/250224-Presidio-22-BL_qed-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-12093121\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/07/250224-Presidio-22-BL_qed-1.jpg 1763w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/07/250224-Presidio-22-BL_qed-1-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/07/250224-Presidio-22-BL_qed-1-1536x1024.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1763px) 100vw, 1763px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">A tour bus stops to view Crissy Field in the Presidio, a park and former military outpost, and the city skyline of San Francisco on Feb. 25, 2025. (Beth LaBerge/KQED)\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>Places, she said, like the Presidio, \u003ca href=\"https://www.foundsf.org/Bayview_Hill\">Bayview Hill\u003c/a> and Fort Funston.\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>“You still have so many spaces within the Presidio that give you a sense of \u003ca href=\"https://presidio.gov/explore/attractions/presidio-nursery\">what the plants were\u003c/a>, even before the Spanish came,” she said. “A lot of work has been done to do that recognition of those plants.” \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>(The Presidio even has \u003ca href=\"https://presidio.gov/explore/attractions/presidio-pet-cemetery\">a pet cemetery from the 1950s\u003c/a>, which is open to the public.)\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003ch2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Visit preserved buildings\u003c/h2>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>There are also historical buildings, like San Francisco’s famous Coit Tower. \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>“If you go into Coit Tower and you’re looking at the murals, you can feel like you’re there at the same time that the muralists were painting in the 1930s, which is very rare,” Elliott said. “Museums change. But Coit has this quality of transportation back in time, especially if you get a chance to walk up through the second floor.” \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cfigure class=\"wp-block-gallery has-nested-images columns-default is-cropped wp-block-gallery-8 is-layout-flex wp-block-gallery-is-layout-flex\">\n\u003cfigure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" data-id=\"12093134\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/07/260727-PlacesTimeTravel-26-BL.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-12093134\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/07/260727-PlacesTimeTravel-26-BL.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/07/260727-PlacesTimeTravel-26-BL-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/07/260727-PlacesTimeTravel-26-BL-1536x1024.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Visitors look at murals inside of Coit Tower in San Francisco on July 27, 2026. The tower on top of Telegraph Hill was completed in 1933 and is filled with murals depicting life during the Depression in California. (Beth LaBerge/KQED)\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\n\n\n\u003cfigure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" data-id=\"12093128\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/07/260727-PlacesTimeTravel-25-BL.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-12093128\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/07/260727-PlacesTimeTravel-25-BL.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/07/260727-PlacesTimeTravel-25-BL-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/07/260727-PlacesTimeTravel-25-BL-1536x1024.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Views from the top of Coit Tower in San Francisco on July 27, 2026. The tower on top of Telegraph Hill was completed in 1933 and is filled with murals depicting life during the Depression in California. (Beth LaBerge/KQED)\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003c/figure>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>She also suggested The Old Mint downtown, which was built during the Gold Rush and operated from the 1860s to the 1980s. \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>You can also find a list of \u003ca href=\"https://sfplanning.org/project/sf-places-landmark-designation#designated-landmarks\">officially designated landmarks in the city\u003c/a> on the SF Planning website. The state also has its own round-up of \u003ca href=\"https://ohp.parks.ca.gov/?page_id=21482\">historically designated spots\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003ch2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Explore neighborhoods\u003c/h2>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>Elliott said that with the mission of visiting San Francisco’s past, the western neighborhoods are a great bet — especially some of the businesses and restaurants in the beautiful Inner Sunset and Inner Richmond. \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>“Maybe it has the advantage of being farther in distance from the downtown economic centers, but time does seem to stop in some of those places — in a good way,” she said. “I think that’s really great that those neighborhoods have retained their character.”\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>Another key neighborhood is North Beach, San Francisco’s Italian American neighborhood with beatnik corners — also right next to bustling Chinatown, which is a treat at night.\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cfigure class=\"wp-block-gallery has-nested-images columns-default is-cropped wp-block-gallery-9 is-layout-flex wp-block-gallery-is-layout-flex\">\n\u003cfigure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" data-id=\"12093126\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/07/260727-PlacesTimeTravel-16-BL.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-12093126\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/07/260727-PlacesTimeTravel-16-BL.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/07/260727-PlacesTimeTravel-16-BL-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/07/260727-PlacesTimeTravel-16-BL-1536x1024.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Eastern Bakery in San Francisco’s Chinatown neighborhood on July 27, 2026, the oldest Chinese bakery in Chinatown. (Beth LaBerge/KQED)\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\n\n\n\u003cfigure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" data-id=\"12093110\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/07/260727-PlacesTimeTravel-31-BL.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-12093110\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/07/260727-PlacesTimeTravel-31-BL.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/07/260727-PlacesTimeTravel-31-BL-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/07/260727-PlacesTimeTravel-31-BL-1536x1024.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">A bartender walks through Specs’ Twelve Adler Museum Cafe in San Francisco’s North Beach neighborhood on July 27, 2026. (Beth LaBerge/KQED)\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003c/figure>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>And this reporter would be remiss not to mention the Haight-Ashbury, which preserved, restored or recreated some of San Francisco’s best ‘60s imagery.\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>But \u003cem>where\u003c/em> in these neighborhoods should you check out, specifically? Conveniently enough, the City of San Francisco has a Legacy Business Program, which keeps track of spots that have operated in the city for 30 years or more and \u003ca href=\"https://www.sf.gov/step-by-step--apply-join-legacy-business-registry\">“contributed to San Francisco’s history or identity.”\u003c/a> \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>You can find a map of over 400 of these businesses on \u003ca href=\"https://sfgov.maps.arcgis.com/apps/dashboards/471cc5798f8c486fb0f8e9ac8badaf03\">San Francisco’s city website\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>KQED staffers also have recommendations for favorite places to visit when they are feeling the need to escape 2026. (Keep in mind, if you are interested in heading out to these spots, be sure to check if they are open or require an appointment!)\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>1700s\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n\u003cli>\u003ca href=\"https://www.missiondolores.org/\">Mission Dolores Basilica\u003c/a> on 16th Street — especially its outdoor patio area.\u003c/li>\n\u003c/ul>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>1800s\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n\u003cli>\u003ca href=\"https://www.haas-lilienthalhouse.org/\">Haas-Lilienthal House\u003c/a> on Franklin Street\u003c/li>\n\n\n\n\u003cli>\u003ca href=\"https://www.atlasobscura.com/places/bourn-mansion\">The Bourn Mansion\u003c/a> on Webster Street\u003c/li>\n\n\n\n\u003cli>\u003ca href=\"https://theoldclamhouse.com/\">The Old Clam House\u003c/a>, a seafood restaurant in Bayshore\u003c/li>\n\n\n\n\u003cli>\u003ca href=\"https://www.sfpalace.com/\">The Palace Hotel\u003c/a> in downtown San Francisco\u003c/li>\n\n\n\n\u003cli>\u003ca href=\"https://www.milibrary.org/our-historic-building/work-spaces/\">The Mechanics’ Institute\u003c/a> in downtown San Francisco\u003c/li>\n\u003c/ul>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Early 1900s\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n\u003cli>\u003ca href=\"https://www.thehouseofshields.com/\">The House of Shields\u003c/a>, one of the city’s oldest bars, on New Montgomery Street\u003c/li>\n\n\n\n\u003cli>\u003ca href=\"https://www.balboacafesf.com/\">Balboa Cafe\u003c/a> on Fillmore Street\u003c/li>\n\n\n\n\u003cli>\u003ca href=\"https://www.easternbakery.com/\">Eastern Bakery\u003c/a> — the \u003ca href=\"https://www.spotlightchinatown.com/eastern-bakery\">oldest Chinese bakery in the city\u003c/a> — on Grant Avenue in Chinatown\u003c/li>\n\n\n\n\u003cli>\u003ca href=\"https://www.nps.gov/goga/learn/historyculture/cliff-house.htm\">Cliff House\u003c/a> — a space where notable figures and artists gathered together — in San Francisco’s Lands End. It is slated to reopen \u003ca href=\"https://sfist.com/2025/11/07/the-cliff-house-will-still-be-called-cliff-house-when-it-reopens-but-probably-wont-reopen-until-late-2026/\">near the end of 2026\u003c/a> after an extended closure. \u003c/li>\n\n\n\n\u003cli>\u003ca href=\"https://www.thewarfieldtheatre.com/\">The Warfield Theater\u003c/a> on Market Street\u003c/li>\n\u003c/ul>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>1930s\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n\u003cli>\u003ca href=\"https://museemecanique.com/\">Musée Mécanique\u003c/a>, a treasure of vintage coin-operated machines and arcade games, in Fisherman’s Wharf \u003c/li>\n\n\n\n\u003cli>\u003ca href=\"https://bimbos365club.com/history/\">Bimbo’s\u003c/a>, a jazz club and venue, on Columbus Avenue\u003c/li>\n\n\n\n\u003cli>\u003ca href=\"https://www.sfheritage.org/news/the-excelsiors-royal-baking-company-building-is-now-a-city-landmark/\">Royal Baking Company Building\u003c/a> in Excelsior\u003c/li>\n\u003c/ul>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>1940s\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n\u003cli>\u003ca href=\"https://www.houseofprimerib.net/\">House of Prime Rib\u003c/a> on Van Ness Avenue\u003c/li>\n\n\n\n\u003cli>\u003ca href=\"https://grayarea.org/\">Gray Area\u003c/a>, a venue currently dedicated to artistic technology, but its past as a theater is still apparent, in the Mission\u003c/li>\n\n\n\n\u003cli>\u003ca href=\"https://swensensofsf.com/\">Swensen’s\u003c/a> local ice cream shop on Hyde Street\u003c/li>\n\u003c/ul>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>1950s\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n\u003cli>\u003ca href=\"https://www.instagram.com/hamburgerhavensf/\">Hamburger Haven\u003c/a>, built in the ‘90s but styled like the ‘50s, in Inner Richmond\u003c/li>\n\n\n\n\u003cli>\u003ca href=\"https://www.lyonmartinhouse.org/\">Lyon-Martin House\u003c/a>, a cornerstone of LGBTQ+ culture in the ‘50s, on Market Street \u003c/li>\n\n\n\n\u003cli>\u003ca href=\"https://www.thebuenavista.com/home/home.html\">The Buena Vista\u003c/a> on Hyde Street\u003c/li>\n\n\n\n\u003cli>\u003ca href=\"https://www.harasf.com/\">The Ha-Ra Club\u003c/a> in the Tenderloin\u003c/li>\n\u003c/ul>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>1960s\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n\u003cli>\u003ca href=\"https://www.comptonscafeteriariot.com/\">Compton Cafeteria Riot Play\u003c/a>, an interactive exhibit at the Tenderloin Museum\u003c/li>\n\n\n\n\u003cli>\u003ca href=\"https://vesuvio.com/\">Vesuvio’s Cafe\u003c/a> (combined with a visit to \u003ca href=\"https://citylights.com/\">City Lights Bookstore\u003c/a> next door) in North Beach\u003c/li>\n\n\n\n\u003cli>\u003ca href=\"https://www.specsbarsf.com/about\">Specs’ Twelve Adler Museum Cafe\u003c/a>, also in North Beach\u003c/li>\n\n\n\n\u003cli>\u003ca href=\"https://www.gregangelomuseum.com/\">The Gregangelo Museum\u003c/a> — which invokes LGBTQ+ and Counterculture art from several eras, including the ‘60s, ‘70s and ‘80s — on San Leandro Way\u003c/li>\n\n\n\n\u003cli>\u003ca href=\"https://www.bobsdonutssf.com/about\">Bob’s Donuts\u003c/a> on Polk Street\u003c/li>\n\n\n\n\u003cli>\u003ca href=\"https://www.audium.org/history/\">The Audium\u003c/a>, an immersive sound space, on Bush Street\u003c/li>\n\u003c/ul>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>1970s\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n\u003cli>\u003ca href=\"https://www.sfgayhistory.com/neighborhoods/castro/castro-gay-bars/twin-peaks-tavern/\">Twin Peaks Tavern\u003c/a>, a historic gay bar that was actually \u003ca href=\"https://default.sfplanning.org/Preservation/landmarks_designation/Adopted_TwinPeaksLM_Report.pdf\">built in the 1800s\u003c/a> as a saloon, in the Castro\u003c/li>\n\u003c/ul>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>1980s\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n\u003cli>\u003ca href=\"https://www.harrysbarsf.com/\">Harry’s Bar\u003c/a> in Pacific Heights\u003c/li>\n\n\n\n\u003cli>\u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/arts/13961997/brazen-head-late-night-san-francisco-marina-cow-hollow\">Brazen Head\u003c/a> in Cow Hollow\u003c/li>\n\u003c/ul>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>1990s\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n\u003cli>\u003ca href=\"https://www.instagram.com/amoebasf/?hl=en\">Amoeba Records\u003c/a> in Haight-Ashbury\u003c/li>\n\n\n\n\u003cli>\u003ca href=\"https://www.dogearedbooks.com/\">Dog Eared Books\u003c/a> on Valencia Street in the Mission\u003c/li>\n\n\n\n\u003cli>\u003ca href=\"http://www.makeoutroom.com/\">The Make-Out Room\u003c/a> – one of \u003ca href=\"https://missionlocal.org/2026/06/san-francisco-make-out-room-legacy/\">this reporter’s favorite spots\u003c/a>, which might be closing soon — in the Mission\u003c/li>\n\n\n\n\u003cli>\u003ca href=\"https://www.radiohabanasocialclub.com/\">Radio Habana Social Club\u003c/a> in the Mission\u003c/li>\n\u003c/ul>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>2000s\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n\u003cli>\u003ca href=\"https://www.theinfatuation.com/san-francisco/reviews/horsies-market-saloon\">Horsies Market & Saloon\u003c/a> in the Mission\u003c/li>\n\n\n\n\u003cli>\u003ca href=\"https://www.instagram.com/theroyalcuckooorganlounge/?hl=en\">The Royal Cuckoo\u003c/a> in the Mission\u003c/li>\n\n\n\n\u003cli>\u003ca href=\"https://www.freegoldwatch.com/\">Free Gold Watch\u003c/a>, a 2000s arcade but packed with retro pinball machines and arcade games, in Haight-Ashbury\u003c/li>\n\u003c/ul>\n\n\n\n\u003ch2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Other resources and ways to explore San Francisco history\u003c/h2>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>Keep in mind: The following is just the tip of the iceberg of all of the ways you can explore the city’s past.\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Walking tours\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n\u003cli>\u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12073450/best-walking-tours-free-things-to-do-san-francisco-bay-area-history-art\">KQED’s list of the best free walking tours \u003c/a>\u003c/li>\n\n\n\n\u003cli>\u003ca href=\"https://www.shapingsf.org/about/index.html\">Shaping San Francisco\u003c/a>\u003c/li>\n\n\n\n\u003cli>\u003ca href=\"https://www.sfhistory.org/tours\">San Francisco Historical Society’s walking tours\u003c/a>\u003c/li>\n\n\n\n\u003cli>\u003ca href=\"https://voicemap.me/tour/san-francisco/unfolding-the-financial-district-design-adventures-in-san-francisco-s-hub\">Unfolding the Financial District\u003c/a>\u003c/li>\n\n\n\n\u003cli>\u003ca href=\"https://www.sfheritage.org/calle-24-cuentos-del-barrio/\">Self-guided tour created by the Latino Historical Society\u003c/a>\u003c/li>\n\n\n\n\u003cli>\u003ca href=\"https://www.discoverfillmore.com/\">Discover Filmore\u003c/a>\u003c/li>\n\u003c/ul>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Archives and 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(Beth LaBerge/KQED)\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\n\n\n\u003cfigure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" data-id=\"12093108\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/07/260727-PlacesTimeTravel-11-BL.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-12093108\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/07/260727-PlacesTimeTravel-11-BL.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/07/260727-PlacesTimeTravel-11-BL-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/07/260727-PlacesTimeTravel-11-BL-1536x1024.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">The Musée Mécanique in Fisherman’s Wharf in San Francisco on July 27, 2026, a museum filled with coin-operated, antique arcade games and mechanically operated musical instruments. (Beth LaBerge/KQED)\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003c/figure>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>There can be many reasons these residents — old and new — want to step into past decades. \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>“I think it has a lot to do with the gravitation toward the technology industry, which is something that doesn’t hold tangible concrete things of the past in high estimation,” Elliott said. \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>“People are yearning for that sense of connection. We talk about it all the time, right? This disconnectedness, the … dropping out of social interactions,” she said. “The pandemic did not help.\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>“Connection is a really strong motivator,” she said.\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>In the spirit of being a tourist in your own home, KQED compiled some key places that make you feel like you have “time traveled” to San Francisco’s storied past. Or, at least, close to it. This includes historical and preserved landmarks, legacy businesses and local spots that have curated themselves as throwbacks to an earlier time. \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003ch2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Head outdoors\u003c/h2>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>First off, some general tips from a historian:\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>San Francisco landscapes have been drastically reengineered over time. Consider one of the biggest examples: Mission Bay, which is no longer a bay, Elliott said. \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>“I look to our natural areas, our open spaces, as places that have not been preserved in time, necessarily, but where you can experience, even if the skyline has changed, a sort of sense of the city as it may have been,” Elliott said.\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cfigure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1763\" height=\"1175\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/07/250224-Presidio-22-BL_qed-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-12093121\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/07/250224-Presidio-22-BL_qed-1.jpg 1763w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/07/250224-Presidio-22-BL_qed-1-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/07/250224-Presidio-22-BL_qed-1-1536x1024.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1763px) 100vw, 1763px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">A tour bus stops to view Crissy Field in the Presidio, a park and former military outpost, and the city skyline of San Francisco on Feb. 25, 2025. (Beth LaBerge/KQED)\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>Places, she said, like the Presidio, \u003ca href=\"https://www.foundsf.org/Bayview_Hill\">Bayview Hill\u003c/a> and Fort Funston.\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>“You still have so many spaces within the Presidio that give you a sense of \u003ca href=\"https://presidio.gov/explore/attractions/presidio-nursery\">what the plants were\u003c/a>, even before the Spanish came,” she said. “A lot of work has been done to do that recognition of those plants.” \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>(The Presidio even has \u003ca href=\"https://presidio.gov/explore/attractions/presidio-pet-cemetery\">a pet cemetery from the 1950s\u003c/a>, which is open to the public.)\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003ch2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Visit preserved buildings\u003c/h2>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>There are also historical buildings, like San Francisco’s famous Coit Tower. \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>“If you go into Coit Tower and you’re looking at the murals, you can feel like you’re there at the same time that the muralists were painting in the 1930s, which is very rare,” Elliott said. “Museums change. But Coit has this quality of transportation back in time, especially if you get a chance to walk up through the second floor.” \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cfigure class=\"wp-block-gallery has-nested-images columns-default is-cropped wp-block-gallery-8 is-layout-flex wp-block-gallery-is-layout-flex\">\n\u003cfigure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" data-id=\"12093134\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/07/260727-PlacesTimeTravel-26-BL.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-12093134\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/07/260727-PlacesTimeTravel-26-BL.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/07/260727-PlacesTimeTravel-26-BL-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/07/260727-PlacesTimeTravel-26-BL-1536x1024.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Visitors look at murals inside of Coit Tower in San Francisco on July 27, 2026. The tower on top of Telegraph Hill was completed in 1933 and is filled with murals depicting life during the Depression in California. (Beth LaBerge/KQED)\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\n\n\n\u003cfigure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" data-id=\"12093128\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/07/260727-PlacesTimeTravel-25-BL.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-12093128\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/07/260727-PlacesTimeTravel-25-BL.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/07/260727-PlacesTimeTravel-25-BL-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/07/260727-PlacesTimeTravel-25-BL-1536x1024.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Views from the top of Coit Tower in San Francisco on July 27, 2026. The tower on top of Telegraph Hill was completed in 1933 and is filled with murals depicting life during the Depression in California. (Beth LaBerge/KQED)\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003c/figure>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>She also suggested The Old Mint downtown, which was built during the Gold Rush and operated from the 1860s to the 1980s. \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>You can also find a list of \u003ca href=\"https://sfplanning.org/project/sf-places-landmark-designation#designated-landmarks\">officially designated landmarks in the city\u003c/a> on the SF Planning website. The state also has its own round-up of \u003ca href=\"https://ohp.parks.ca.gov/?page_id=21482\">historically designated spots\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003ch2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Explore neighborhoods\u003c/h2>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>Elliott said that with the mission of visiting San Francisco’s past, the western neighborhoods are a great bet — especially some of the businesses and restaurants in the beautiful Inner Sunset and Inner Richmond. \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>“Maybe it has the advantage of being farther in distance from the downtown economic centers, but time does seem to stop in some of those places — in a good way,” she said. “I think that’s really great that those neighborhoods have retained their character.”\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>Another key neighborhood is North Beach, San Francisco’s Italian American neighborhood with beatnik corners — also right next to bustling Chinatown, which is a treat at night.\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cfigure class=\"wp-block-gallery has-nested-images columns-default is-cropped wp-block-gallery-9 is-layout-flex wp-block-gallery-is-layout-flex\">\n\u003cfigure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" data-id=\"12093126\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/07/260727-PlacesTimeTravel-16-BL.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-12093126\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/07/260727-PlacesTimeTravel-16-BL.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/07/260727-PlacesTimeTravel-16-BL-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/07/260727-PlacesTimeTravel-16-BL-1536x1024.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Eastern Bakery in San Francisco’s Chinatown neighborhood on July 27, 2026, the oldest Chinese bakery in Chinatown. (Beth LaBerge/KQED)\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\n\n\n\u003cfigure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" data-id=\"12093110\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/07/260727-PlacesTimeTravel-31-BL.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-12093110\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/07/260727-PlacesTimeTravel-31-BL.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/07/260727-PlacesTimeTravel-31-BL-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/07/260727-PlacesTimeTravel-31-BL-1536x1024.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">A bartender walks through Specs’ Twelve Adler Museum Cafe in San Francisco’s North Beach neighborhood on July 27, 2026. (Beth LaBerge/KQED)\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003c/figure>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>And this reporter would be remiss not to mention the Haight-Ashbury, which preserved, restored or recreated some of San Francisco’s best ‘60s imagery.\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>But \u003cem>where\u003c/em> in these neighborhoods should you check out, specifically? Conveniently enough, the City of San Francisco has a Legacy Business Program, which keeps track of spots that have operated in the city for 30 years or more and \u003ca href=\"https://www.sf.gov/step-by-step--apply-join-legacy-business-registry\">“contributed to San Francisco’s history or identity.”\u003c/a> \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>You can find a map of over 400 of these businesses on \u003ca href=\"https://sfgov.maps.arcgis.com/apps/dashboards/471cc5798f8c486fb0f8e9ac8badaf03\">San Francisco’s city website\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>KQED staffers also have recommendations for favorite places to visit when they are feeling the need to escape 2026. (Keep in mind, if you are interested in heading out to these spots, be sure to check if they are open or require an appointment!)\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>1700s\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n\u003cli>\u003ca href=\"https://www.missiondolores.org/\">Mission Dolores Basilica\u003c/a> on 16th Street — especially its outdoor patio area.\u003c/li>\n\u003c/ul>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>1800s\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n\u003cli>\u003ca href=\"https://www.haas-lilienthalhouse.org/\">Haas-Lilienthal House\u003c/a> on Franklin Street\u003c/li>\n\n\n\n\u003cli>\u003ca href=\"https://www.atlasobscura.com/places/bourn-mansion\">The Bourn Mansion\u003c/a> on Webster Street\u003c/li>\n\n\n\n\u003cli>\u003ca href=\"https://theoldclamhouse.com/\">The Old Clam House\u003c/a>, a seafood restaurant in Bayshore\u003c/li>\n\n\n\n\u003cli>\u003ca href=\"https://www.sfpalace.com/\">The Palace Hotel\u003c/a> in downtown San Francisco\u003c/li>\n\n\n\n\u003cli>\u003ca href=\"https://www.milibrary.org/our-historic-building/work-spaces/\">The Mechanics’ Institute\u003c/a> in downtown San Francisco\u003c/li>\n\u003c/ul>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Early 1900s\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n\u003cli>\u003ca href=\"https://www.thehouseofshields.com/\">The House of Shields\u003c/a>, one of the city’s oldest bars, on New Montgomery Street\u003c/li>\n\n\n\n\u003cli>\u003ca href=\"https://www.balboacafesf.com/\">Balboa Cafe\u003c/a> on Fillmore Street\u003c/li>\n\n\n\n\u003cli>\u003ca href=\"https://www.easternbakery.com/\">Eastern Bakery\u003c/a> — the \u003ca href=\"https://www.spotlightchinatown.com/eastern-bakery\">oldest Chinese bakery in the city\u003c/a> — on Grant Avenue in Chinatown\u003c/li>\n\n\n\n\u003cli>\u003ca href=\"https://www.nps.gov/goga/learn/historyculture/cliff-house.htm\">Cliff House\u003c/a> — a space where notable figures and artists gathered together — in San Francisco’s Lands End. It is slated to reopen \u003ca href=\"https://sfist.com/2025/11/07/the-cliff-house-will-still-be-called-cliff-house-when-it-reopens-but-probably-wont-reopen-until-late-2026/\">near the end of 2026\u003c/a> after an extended closure. \u003c/li>\n\n\n\n\u003cli>\u003ca href=\"https://www.thewarfieldtheatre.com/\">The Warfield Theater\u003c/a> on Market Street\u003c/li>\n\u003c/ul>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>1930s\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n\u003cli>\u003ca href=\"https://museemecanique.com/\">Musée Mécanique\u003c/a>, a treasure of vintage coin-operated machines and arcade games, in Fisherman’s Wharf \u003c/li>\n\n\n\n\u003cli>\u003ca href=\"https://bimbos365club.com/history/\">Bimbo’s\u003c/a>, a jazz club and venue, on Columbus Avenue\u003c/li>\n\n\n\n\u003cli>\u003ca href=\"https://www.sfheritage.org/news/the-excelsiors-royal-baking-company-building-is-now-a-city-landmark/\">Royal Baking Company Building\u003c/a> in Excelsior\u003c/li>\n\u003c/ul>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>1940s\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n\u003cli>\u003ca href=\"https://www.houseofprimerib.net/\">House of Prime Rib\u003c/a> on Van Ness Avenue\u003c/li>\n\n\n\n\u003cli>\u003ca href=\"https://grayarea.org/\">Gray Area\u003c/a>, a venue currently dedicated to artistic technology, but its past as a theater is still apparent, in the Mission\u003c/li>\n\n\n\n\u003cli>\u003ca href=\"https://swensensofsf.com/\">Swensen’s\u003c/a> local ice cream shop on Hyde Street\u003c/li>\n\u003c/ul>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>1950s\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n\u003cli>\u003ca href=\"https://www.instagram.com/hamburgerhavensf/\">Hamburger Haven\u003c/a>, built in the ‘90s but styled like the ‘50s, in Inner Richmond\u003c/li>\n\n\n\n\u003cli>\u003ca href=\"https://www.lyonmartinhouse.org/\">Lyon-Martin House\u003c/a>, a cornerstone of LGBTQ+ culture in the ‘50s, on Market Street \u003c/li>\n\n\n\n\u003cli>\u003ca href=\"https://www.thebuenavista.com/home/home.html\">The Buena Vista\u003c/a> on Hyde Street\u003c/li>\n\n\n\n\u003cli>\u003ca href=\"https://www.harasf.com/\">The Ha-Ra Club\u003c/a> in the Tenderloin\u003c/li>\n\u003c/ul>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>1960s\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n\u003cli>\u003ca href=\"https://www.comptonscafeteriariot.com/\">Compton Cafeteria Riot Play\u003c/a>, an interactive exhibit at the Tenderloin Museum\u003c/li>\n\n\n\n\u003cli>\u003ca href=\"https://vesuvio.com/\">Vesuvio’s Cafe\u003c/a> (combined with a visit to \u003ca href=\"https://citylights.com/\">City Lights Bookstore\u003c/a> next door) in North Beach\u003c/li>\n\n\n\n\u003cli>\u003ca href=\"https://www.specsbarsf.com/about\">Specs’ Twelve Adler Museum Cafe\u003c/a>, also in North Beach\u003c/li>\n\n\n\n\u003cli>\u003ca href=\"https://www.gregangelomuseum.com/\">The Gregangelo Museum\u003c/a> — which invokes LGBTQ+ and Counterculture art from several eras, including the ‘60s, ‘70s and ‘80s — on San Leandro Way\u003c/li>\n\n\n\n\u003cli>\u003ca href=\"https://www.bobsdonutssf.com/about\">Bob’s Donuts\u003c/a> on Polk Street\u003c/li>\n\n\n\n\u003cli>\u003ca href=\"https://www.audium.org/history/\">The Audium\u003c/a>, an immersive sound space, on Bush Street\u003c/li>\n\u003c/ul>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>1970s\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n\u003cli>\u003ca href=\"https://www.sfgayhistory.com/neighborhoods/castro/castro-gay-bars/twin-peaks-tavern/\">Twin Peaks Tavern\u003c/a>, a historic gay bar that was actually \u003ca href=\"https://default.sfplanning.org/Preservation/landmarks_designation/Adopted_TwinPeaksLM_Report.pdf\">built in the 1800s\u003c/a> as a saloon, in the Castro\u003c/li>\n\u003c/ul>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>1980s\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n\u003cli>\u003ca href=\"https://www.harrysbarsf.com/\">Harry’s Bar\u003c/a> in Pacific Heights\u003c/li>\n\n\n\n\u003cli>\u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/arts/13961997/brazen-head-late-night-san-francisco-marina-cow-hollow\">Brazen Head\u003c/a> in Cow Hollow\u003c/li>\n\u003c/ul>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>1990s\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n\u003cli>\u003ca href=\"https://www.instagram.com/amoebasf/?hl=en\">Amoeba Records\u003c/a> in Haight-Ashbury\u003c/li>\n\n\n\n\u003cli>\u003ca href=\"https://www.dogearedbooks.com/\">Dog Eared Books\u003c/a> on Valencia Street in the Mission\u003c/li>\n\n\n\n\u003cli>\u003ca href=\"http://www.makeoutroom.com/\">The Make-Out Room\u003c/a> – one of \u003ca href=\"https://missionlocal.org/2026/06/san-francisco-make-out-room-legacy/\">this reporter’s favorite spots\u003c/a>, which might be closing soon — in the Mission\u003c/li>\n\n\n\n\u003cli>\u003ca href=\"https://www.radiohabanasocialclub.com/\">Radio Habana Social Club\u003c/a> in the Mission\u003c/li>\n\u003c/ul>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>2000s\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n\u003cli>\u003ca href=\"https://www.theinfatuation.com/san-francisco/reviews/horsies-market-saloon\">Horsies Market & Saloon\u003c/a> in the Mission\u003c/li>\n\n\n\n\u003cli>\u003ca href=\"https://www.instagram.com/theroyalcuckooorganlounge/?hl=en\">The Royal Cuckoo\u003c/a> in the Mission\u003c/li>\n\n\n\n\u003cli>\u003ca href=\"https://www.freegoldwatch.com/\">Free Gold Watch\u003c/a>, a 2000s arcade but packed with retro pinball machines and arcade games, in Haight-Ashbury\u003c/li>\n\u003c/ul>\n\n\n\n\u003ch2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Other resources and ways to explore San Francisco history\u003c/h2>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>Keep in mind: The following is just the tip of the iceberg of all of the ways you can explore the city’s past.\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Walking tours\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cul 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"content": "\u003cp>For Mona Hamilton, the opening of the affordable housing development at the edge of San Francisco’s Haight-Ashbury neighborhood was a full-circle moment. \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>She used to sleep there, back when it was a McDonald’s. Now, it’s her new home.\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>‘It took a long time for me to get to a place like this,” she said Tuesday, speaking outside of the building. “Thirty years ago, I was out on the streets using, abusing myself, bouncing in and out of different hotels, trying to survive.”\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>Hamilton said she was surprised when she learned she won the lottery to live there.\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>“I’ve been struggling all my life to find me a permanent home. I have one now, and I’m truly, truly blessed.”\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cfigure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/07/260728-STANYANHOUSING-NG-71-KQED.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-12093037\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/07/260728-STANYANHOUSING-NG-71-KQED.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/07/260728-STANYANHOUSING-NG-71-KQED-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/07/260728-STANYANHOUSING-NG-71-KQED-1536x1024.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Mona Hamilton, a resident at 730 Stanyan, speaks at a press conference announcing the opening of the new affordable housing development in the Haight-Ashbury neighborhood of San Francisco on July 28, 2026. (Nina Glick/KQED)\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>This week, 730 Stanyan St. celebrated its official grand opening, nine years — and four mayors — after the project began. All 160 units at the mixed-use complex are affordable — some studios in the building are priced at around $600 a month, and some three bedrooms for around $2,300. Of those units, 5% are reserved for families and transitional-aged youth who have experienced homelessness. The development was an accomplishment in a city where \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11922784/california-churches-want-to-build-affordable-housing-on-their-land-so-why-is-it-so-hard\">affordable housing is notoriously challenging to build\u003c/a>, officials said, and where families often face \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12049612/sf-families-win-shelter-extension-rights-still-face-long-waits-for-housing\">long wait times for access\u003c/a> to stable housing. \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Outreach, shelter, treatment, and services are essential, but those interventions must ultimately lead somewhere,” said Mike Levine, San Francisco’s executive director of Homelessness and Supportive Housing. “Projects like 730 Stanyon provide that destination, a safe, stable, and affordable home where a young person can build an independent future and where a family can put down roots and where residents can remain connected to their community.”\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>The ribbon-cutting featured refreshments, snacks and speeches from Mayor Daniel Lurie and former Mayor London Breed. The building was a joint effort between two San Francisco-based affordable housing advocacy groups, the Tenderloin Neighborhood Development Corporation and the Chinatown Community Development Center.\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\u003cp>According to Breed, she suggested the project to late-Mayor Ed Lee that the city purchase the McDonald’s, which opened in the 1960s, and turn it into affordable housing. \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>Lee died the same day that the city officially reached a deal to purchase the building for $15.5 million. In a statement to the \u003ca href=\"https://www.sfexaminer.com/news/sf-reaches-15-5m-deal-to-buy-mcdonald-s-on-haight-build-affordable-housing/article_728d1a8e-c792-58ed-8b02-93d771727c9d.html\">\u003cem>San Francisco Examiner\u003c/em>\u003c/a>, Breed said it was “the last piece of legislation” the two discussed. The McDonald’s was demolished by 2020, and groundbreaking on the housing development began in 2023.\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>The city’s development team relied on \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11612802/legislation-to-fast-track-more-housing-finds-opposition-in-marin\">California laws to fast-track housing\u003c/a> paired with state “density bonus law incentives,” according to a city press release. This allowed the project to exceed the site’s 50‑foot height limit and deliver an eight‑story, 83‑foot building.\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>“Bureaucracy has stood in the way for far too long,” Lurie said, adding that his recently passed \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12065204/everything-you-need-to-know-about-san-franciscos-family-zoning-plan\">Family Zoning Plan\u003c/a> will also add housing in the city. \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>According to San Francisco’s \u003ca href=\"https://sfplanning.org/san-francisco-housing-dashboard\">housing dashboard\u003c/a>, there are currently 18,206 pending affordable housing developments. 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(Nina Glick/KQED)\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>Residents of the complex were selected via a lottery system. The Garapovas, a Kyrgyz family with three generations living under one roof, were one of the lottery’s winners.\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>Gulnaz Garapova said she entered the city’s \u003ca href=\"https://housing.sfgov.org/\">affordable housing lottery\u003c/a> in 2017. \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>“It’s a very beautiful place. Clean. Nice views. A lot of sunshine,” Garapova said as her mother prepared borsook, a traditional pastry. \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>The family’s new three-bedroom apartment has large windows showcasing views of Twin Peaks, Golden Gate Park and Zion Skate Plaza. 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The building was a joint effort between two San Francisco-based affordable housing advocacy groups, the Tenderloin Neighborhood Development Corporation and the Chinatown Community Development Center.\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\u003cp>According to Breed, she suggested the project to late-Mayor Ed Lee that the city purchase the McDonald’s, which opened in the 1960s, and turn it into affordable housing. \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>Lee died the same day that the city officially reached a deal to purchase the building for $15.5 million. In a statement to the \u003ca href=\"https://www.sfexaminer.com/news/sf-reaches-15-5m-deal-to-buy-mcdonald-s-on-haight-build-affordable-housing/article_728d1a8e-c792-58ed-8b02-93d771727c9d.html\">\u003cem>San Francisco Examiner\u003c/em>\u003c/a>, Breed said it was “the last piece of legislation” the two discussed. The McDonald’s was demolished by 2020, and groundbreaking on the housing development began in 2023.\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>The city’s development team relied on \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11612802/legislation-to-fast-track-more-housing-finds-opposition-in-marin\">California laws to fast-track housing\u003c/a> paired with state “density bonus law incentives,” according to a city press release. 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"content": "\u003cp>Activist Avital Raff stood in front of a crowd of mourners gathered at Kehilla Community Synagogue in the East Bay and described her time in the occupied Palestinian territories, with the family of the late \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12050131/activists-mourn-palestinian-man-killed-in-west-bank-after-being-denied-entry-at-sfo\">Palestinian activist Awdah Al-Hathaleen\u003c/a>. \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>“Ramadan is normally greeted with excitement for the happiest and holiest time of year, but it was greeted this year with dread and despair,” she said Tuesday. \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>She recalled Al-Hathaleen’s wife, Hanady, telling her that she feared the idea of waking up early for the pre-fast meal alone. \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>“Awdah would normally prepare for Suhoor for her,” Raff said. \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>Raff said she also helped babysit Al-Hathaleen’s three sons. The youngest began to walk in February. \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cfigure class=\"wp-block-gallery has-nested-images columns-default is-cropped wp-block-gallery-3 is-layout-flex wp-block-gallery-is-layout-flex\">\n\u003cfigure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1334\" data-id=\"12093065\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/07/072826-PALESTINEACTIVISTMEMORIAL-17-MC-KQED.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-12093065\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/07/072826-PALESTINEACTIVISTMEMORIAL-17-MC-KQED.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/07/072826-PALESTINEACTIVISTMEMORIAL-17-MC-KQED-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/07/072826-PALESTINEACTIVISTMEMORIAL-17-MC-KQED-1536x1025.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Rev. Michael Yoshii leads mourners in prayer during a memorial for Palestinian activist Awdah Al-Hathaleen at Kehilla Community Synagogue on July 28, 2026, in Piedmont. (Miles Cull/KQED)\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\n\n\n\u003cfigure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1334\" data-id=\"12093062\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/07/072826-PALESTINEACTIVISTMEMORIAL-07-MC-KQED.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-12093062\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/07/072826-PALESTINEACTIVISTMEMORIAL-07-MC-KQED.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/07/072826-PALESTINEACTIVISTMEMORIAL-07-MC-KQED-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/07/072826-PALESTINEACTIVISTMEMORIAL-07-MC-KQED-1536x1025.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Community members offer condolences and watch a slideshow of photos under a Muharram mourning tent during a memorial for Palestinian activist Awdah Al-Hathaleen at Kehilla Community Synagogue on July 28, 2026, in Piedmont. (Miles Cull/KQED)\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003c/figure>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>“We cheered and clapped for him, but we did so with tears in our eyes, knowing that his father was not here for this milestone,” she said. \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Raff was one of many who attended and spoke at a Tuesday night memorial in Piedmont, honoring the life of 31-year-old Awdah Al-Hathaleen, who had deep ties to the Bay Area. A year after his killing, attendees shared memories, photos and videos of the teacher and his loved ones, recited \u003ca href=\"https://www.vashtimedia.com/things-that-should-never-be-extinguished/\">a poem by his widow\u003c/a> and emphasized his mission: protecting his village, Umm al-Khair. \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>Another speaker, Shira Wolkenfeld, said she worked with Al-Hathaleen on a project called \u003ca href=\"https://www.instagram.com/humansofmasaferyatta/?hl=en\">Humans of Masafer Yatta \u003c/a>on social media, which documents Israeli demolitions of Palestinian homes. She said they would often talk about how to end a story. \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>“Do you leave people with a piece of hope to hold onto, a call to action, something to keep them going?” she said. “Awdah usually chose to end his stories and his presentations with a simple request to share his story: to tell people what’s happening, to help others understand, not to let this be ignored.” \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cfigure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/07/072826-PALESTINEACTIVISTMEMORIAL-24-MC-KQED.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-12093067\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/07/072826-PALESTINEACTIVISTMEMORIAL-24-MC-KQED.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/07/072826-PALESTINEACTIVISTMEMORIAL-24-MC-KQED-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/07/072826-PALESTINEACTIVISTMEMORIAL-24-MC-KQED-1536x1024.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Friends of Awdah Al-Hathaleen listen to memories and prayers during his memorial, at Kehilla Community Synagogue on July 28, 2026, in Piedmont. (Miles Cull/KQED)\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>During the memorial video, Al-Hathaleen is leaning down, translating a young Palestinian girl’s words into English. \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>“We love our land,” he said. “We will not leave.”\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>Among his activist work, Al-Hathaleen captured footage for the 2025 Oscar-winning documentary \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/arts/13971802/no-other-land-review-palestinian-israeli-documentary-west-bank\">\u003cem>No Other Land\u003c/em>\u003c/a>, which follows the Israeli government’s bulldozing of a Palestinian community. \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>Last June, Al-Hathaleen was slated to speak at a series of events at synagogues and other places of worship in the Bay Area as part of a humanitarian mission. However, Al-Hathaleen and his cousin, another speaker, were denied \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12043918/feds-detain-2-palestinian-men-at-sfo-in-us-to-speak-at-interfaith-gathering\">entry at San Francisco International Airport\u003c/a>, detained overnight and then sent back home.\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\u003cp>A few weeks later, Al-Hathaleen was \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12050131/activists-mourn-palestinian-man-killed-in-west-bank-after-being-denied-entry-at-sfo\">shot and killed by an Israeli settler\u003c/a> whom witnesses identified as Yinon Levi, according to Phil Weintraub, an organizer with the Palestinian Solidarity Committee at the Kehilla Community Synagogue in Piedmont, which sponsored Al-Hathaleen’s visit. A memorial video shown during the service said that Al-Hathaleen was filming settlers when he was killed.\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>“When I arrived in Umm al-Khair for the first time this past September, Awdah’s blood still stained the ground of the community center,” said another speaker, Emily Axelrod.\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>Kehilla is the host of the Face-to-Face Jewish-Palestinian Reparations Alliance, an organization created \u003ca href=\"https://kehillasynagogue.org/act/face-to-face-a-jewish-palestinian-reparations-alliance/\">in 2021\u003c/a> that connects allies in the Bay Area with residents of Umm al-Khair. \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>Last October, Face-to-Face advocates sounded the alarm over the future of Umm al-Khair, following \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12062258/a-village-with-close-ties-to-the-bay-area-facing-demolition-in-the-west-bank\">reports of Israel’s plan\u003c/a> to demolish the village. A recent investigation by \u003ca href=\"https://www.aljazeera.com/features/2026/7/17/they-took-toilet-settlement-squeezed-palestinian-village\">\u003cem>Al Jazeera\u003c/em>\u003c/a> reported several Palestinians’ fears of a new Israeli outpost established nearby that has prevented them from moving and working freely in the area. \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>“I want to stress that this gathering is not just a memorial to Awdah,” Kehilla Rabbi David Cooper said. “It is an active recommitment to Umm al-Khair and to Palestinian freedom.”\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cfigure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/07/072826-PALESTINEACTIVISTMEMORIAL-22-MC-KQED.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-12093066\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/07/072826-PALESTINEACTIVISTMEMORIAL-22-MC-KQED.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/07/072826-PALESTINEACTIVISTMEMORIAL-22-MC-KQED-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/07/072826-PALESTINEACTIVISTMEMORIAL-22-MC-KQED-1536x1024.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Rabbi David speaks to mourners during a memorial for Palestinian activist Awdah Al-Hathaleen at Kehilla Community Synagogue on July 28, 2026, in Piedmont. (Miles Cull/KQED)\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>South Bay Rep. Ro Khanna — who was among \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12050131/activists-mourn-palestinian-man-killed-in-west-bank-after-being-denied-entry-at-sfo\">several Bay Area elected officials\u003c/a> who condemned Al-Hathaleen’s detention and deportation from SFO last year — recently visited the village during his three-day \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12090641/bay-area-congressman-says-he-was-detained-by-the-israeli-military-and-settlers-in-the-west-bank\">visit to the West Bank\u003c/a> this summer, according to Israeli American peace activist Ben Linder who accompanied the politician during the trip. Khanna has also recently shared \u003ca href=\"https://www.facebook.com/RoKhannaUSA/videos/umm-al-khair-is-surrounded-on-all-sides-by-settlements-listen-to-them-share-thei/2491224254724033/\">a social media post\u003c/a> featuring residents of the village, writing “Umm al-Khair is surrounded on all sides by settlements.” \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>During the trip, in the town of Khirbet Zanuta, Khanna said settlers and the Israeli military detained him, and he was only able to leave after contacting the American Embassy in Jerusalem.\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>In a statement to \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12090641/bay-area-congressman-says-he-was-detained-by-the-israeli-military-and-settlers-in-the-west-bank\">the \u003cem>Associated Press\u003c/em>\u003c/a>, the Israeli military said, “IDF troops were dispatched to the scene, quickly dispersed the Israeli civilians, and reopened the blocked road … The IDF soldiers operating in the area did not take part in blocking the road.” \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>Khanna pushed back on the explanation \u003ca href=\"https://www.npr.org/2026/07/14/nx-s1-5893386/rep-ro-khanna-on-being-detained-by-israeli-settlers-in-the-west-bank\">on NPR\u003c/a>, saying that the IDF is “now claiming that they were just waiting for orders from the police, and that’s why they had detained us. But it still does not change the facts that there were illegal settlers that detained us and that the IDF sided with the settlers, as the videotape shows.”\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cfigure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1334\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/07/072826-PALESTINEACTIVISTMEMORIAL-14-MC-KQED.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-12093063\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/07/072826-PALESTINEACTIVISTMEMORIAL-14-MC-KQED.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/07/072826-PALESTINEACTIVISTMEMORIAL-14-MC-KQED-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/07/072826-PALESTINEACTIVISTMEMORIAL-14-MC-KQED-1536x1025.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Mourners gather at a memorial for Palestinian activist Awdah Al-Hathaleen at Kehilla Community Synagogue on July 28, 2026, in Piedmont. (Miles Cull/KQED)\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>Al-Hathaleen’s ceremony ended with a Kaddish, a mourner’s prayer, recited by San Francisco Rabbi Faryn Borella.\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>“When we mourn a loved one, we get this opportunity to remember, to praise, to remember to look toward what is beautiful in the world and look through their eyes at what they saw,” she said. \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>Borella asked the crowd what the ways Al-Hathaleen praised the world he lived in “even in the midst of such suffering.”\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cfigure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/07/072826-PALESTINEACTIVISTMEMORIAL-40-MC-KQED.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-12093072\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/07/072826-PALESTINEACTIVISTMEMORIAL-40-MC-KQED.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/07/072826-PALESTINEACTIVISTMEMORIAL-40-MC-KQED-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/07/072826-PALESTINEACTIVISTMEMORIAL-40-MC-KQED-1536x1024.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Shira Wolkenfeld speaks to mourners during a memorial for Palestinian activist Awdah Al-Hathaleen at Kehilla Community Synagogue on July 28, 2026, in Piedmont. (Miles Cull/KQED)\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>People chimed in:\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>“Friendship.”\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>“Soccer.” \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>“Barbecue.”\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>“The children.”\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>Borella asked them to hold these praises during the prayer. \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>“We’re going to see the world through his eyes for a moment,” she said. \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>[ad floatright]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“May his memory be for a blessing, may his memory be for revolution … may his memory be for a positive peace, a just peace, a lasting peace, in which all are free.”\u003c/p>\n\n",
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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Raff was one of many who attended and spoke at a Tuesday night memorial in Piedmont, honoring the life of 31-year-old Awdah Al-Hathaleen, who had deep ties to the Bay Area. A year after his killing, attendees shared memories, photos and videos of the teacher and his loved ones, recited \u003ca href=\"https://www.vashtimedia.com/things-that-should-never-be-extinguished/\">a poem by his widow\u003c/a> and emphasized his mission: protecting his village, Umm al-Khair. \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>Another speaker, Shira Wolkenfeld, said she worked with Al-Hathaleen on a project called \u003ca href=\"https://www.instagram.com/humansofmasaferyatta/?hl=en\">Humans of Masafer Yatta \u003c/a>on social media, which documents Israeli demolitions of Palestinian homes. She said they would often talk about how to end a story. \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>“Do you leave people with a piece of hope to hold onto, a call to action, something to keep them going?” she said. “Awdah usually chose to end his stories and his presentations with a simple request to share his story: to tell people what’s happening, to help others understand, not to let this be ignored.” \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cfigure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/07/072826-PALESTINEACTIVISTMEMORIAL-24-MC-KQED.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-12093067\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/07/072826-PALESTINEACTIVISTMEMORIAL-24-MC-KQED.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/07/072826-PALESTINEACTIVISTMEMORIAL-24-MC-KQED-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/07/072826-PALESTINEACTIVISTMEMORIAL-24-MC-KQED-1536x1024.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Friends of Awdah Al-Hathaleen listen to memories and prayers during his memorial, at Kehilla Community Synagogue on July 28, 2026, in Piedmont. (Miles Cull/KQED)\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>During the memorial video, Al-Hathaleen is leaning down, translating a young Palestinian girl’s words into English. \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>“We love our land,” he said. “We will not leave.”\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>Among his activist work, Al-Hathaleen captured footage for the 2025 Oscar-winning documentary \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/arts/13971802/no-other-land-review-palestinian-israeli-documentary-west-bank\">\u003cem>No Other Land\u003c/em>\u003c/a>, which follows the Israeli government’s bulldozing of a Palestinian community. \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>Last June, Al-Hathaleen was slated to speak at a series of events at synagogues and other places of worship in the Bay Area as part of a humanitarian mission. However, Al-Hathaleen and his cousin, another speaker, were denied \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12043918/feds-detain-2-palestinian-men-at-sfo-in-us-to-speak-at-interfaith-gathering\">entry at San Francisco International Airport\u003c/a>, detained overnight and then sent back home.\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\u003cp>A few weeks later, Al-Hathaleen was \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12050131/activists-mourn-palestinian-man-killed-in-west-bank-after-being-denied-entry-at-sfo\">shot and killed by an Israeli settler\u003c/a> whom witnesses identified as Yinon Levi, according to Phil Weintraub, an organizer with the Palestinian Solidarity Committee at the Kehilla Community Synagogue in Piedmont, which sponsored Al-Hathaleen’s visit. A memorial video shown during the service said that Al-Hathaleen was filming settlers when he was killed.\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>“When I arrived in Umm al-Khair for the first time this past September, Awdah’s blood still stained the ground of the community center,” said another speaker, Emily Axelrod.\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>Kehilla is the host of the Face-to-Face Jewish-Palestinian Reparations Alliance, an organization created \u003ca href=\"https://kehillasynagogue.org/act/face-to-face-a-jewish-palestinian-reparations-alliance/\">in 2021\u003c/a> that connects allies in the Bay Area with residents of Umm al-Khair. \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>Last October, Face-to-Face advocates sounded the alarm over the future of Umm al-Khair, following \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12062258/a-village-with-close-ties-to-the-bay-area-facing-demolition-in-the-west-bank\">reports of Israel’s plan\u003c/a> to demolish the village. A recent investigation by \u003ca href=\"https://www.aljazeera.com/features/2026/7/17/they-took-toilet-settlement-squeezed-palestinian-village\">\u003cem>Al Jazeera\u003c/em>\u003c/a> reported several Palestinians’ fears of a new Israeli outpost established nearby that has prevented them from moving and working freely in the area. \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>“I want to stress that this gathering is not just a memorial to Awdah,” Kehilla Rabbi David Cooper said. “It is an active recommitment to Umm al-Khair and to Palestinian freedom.”\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cfigure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/07/072826-PALESTINEACTIVISTMEMORIAL-22-MC-KQED.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-12093066\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/07/072826-PALESTINEACTIVISTMEMORIAL-22-MC-KQED.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/07/072826-PALESTINEACTIVISTMEMORIAL-22-MC-KQED-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/07/072826-PALESTINEACTIVISTMEMORIAL-22-MC-KQED-1536x1024.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Rabbi David speaks to mourners during a memorial for Palestinian activist Awdah Al-Hathaleen at Kehilla Community Synagogue on July 28, 2026, in Piedmont. (Miles Cull/KQED)\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>South Bay Rep. Ro Khanna — who was among \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12050131/activists-mourn-palestinian-man-killed-in-west-bank-after-being-denied-entry-at-sfo\">several Bay Area elected officials\u003c/a> who condemned Al-Hathaleen’s detention and deportation from SFO last year — recently visited the village during his three-day \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12090641/bay-area-congressman-says-he-was-detained-by-the-israeli-military-and-settlers-in-the-west-bank\">visit to the West Bank\u003c/a> this summer, according to Israeli American peace activist Ben Linder who accompanied the politician during the trip. Khanna has also recently shared \u003ca href=\"https://www.facebook.com/RoKhannaUSA/videos/umm-al-khair-is-surrounded-on-all-sides-by-settlements-listen-to-them-share-thei/2491224254724033/\">a social media post\u003c/a> featuring residents of the village, writing “Umm al-Khair is surrounded on all sides by settlements.” \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>During the trip, in the town of Khirbet Zanuta, Khanna said settlers and the Israeli military detained him, and he was only able to leave after contacting the American Embassy in Jerusalem.\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>In a statement to \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12090641/bay-area-congressman-says-he-was-detained-by-the-israeli-military-and-settlers-in-the-west-bank\">the \u003cem>Associated Press\u003c/em>\u003c/a>, the Israeli military said, “IDF troops were dispatched to the scene, quickly dispersed the Israeli civilians, and reopened the blocked road … The IDF soldiers operating in the area did not take part in blocking the road.” \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>Khanna pushed back on the explanation \u003ca href=\"https://www.npr.org/2026/07/14/nx-s1-5893386/rep-ro-khanna-on-being-detained-by-israeli-settlers-in-the-west-bank\">on NPR\u003c/a>, saying that the IDF is “now claiming that they were just waiting for orders from the police, and that’s why they had detained us. But it still does not change the facts that there were illegal settlers that detained us and that the IDF sided with the settlers, as the videotape shows.”\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cfigure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1334\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/07/072826-PALESTINEACTIVISTMEMORIAL-14-MC-KQED.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-12093063\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/07/072826-PALESTINEACTIVISTMEMORIAL-14-MC-KQED.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/07/072826-PALESTINEACTIVISTMEMORIAL-14-MC-KQED-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/07/072826-PALESTINEACTIVISTMEMORIAL-14-MC-KQED-1536x1025.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Mourners gather at a memorial for Palestinian activist Awdah Al-Hathaleen at Kehilla Community Synagogue on July 28, 2026, in Piedmont. (Miles Cull/KQED)\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>Al-Hathaleen’s ceremony ended with a Kaddish, a mourner’s prayer, recited by San Francisco Rabbi Faryn Borella.\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>“When we mourn a loved one, we get this opportunity to remember, to praise, to remember to look toward what is beautiful in the world and look through their eyes at what they saw,” she said. \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>Borella asked the crowd what the ways Al-Hathaleen praised the world he lived in “even in the midst of such suffering.”\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cfigure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/07/072826-PALESTINEACTIVISTMEMORIAL-40-MC-KQED.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-12093072\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/07/072826-PALESTINEACTIVISTMEMORIAL-40-MC-KQED.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/07/072826-PALESTINEACTIVISTMEMORIAL-40-MC-KQED-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/07/072826-PALESTINEACTIVISTMEMORIAL-40-MC-KQED-1536x1024.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Shira Wolkenfeld speaks to mourners during a memorial for Palestinian activist Awdah Al-Hathaleen at Kehilla Community Synagogue on July 28, 2026, in Piedmont. 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