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She was light on policy details for accomplishing those goals, repeatedly insisting that the plan she worked on with former Mayor Gavin Newsom, known as Care Not Cash, was working, but was defunded when Newsom left the mayor’s office.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Breed, a San Francisco native who grew up in public housing, pushed back when asked about criticism that she is too close to tech executives and former Mayor Willie Brown — and whether they have too much power.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11656795\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\" style=\"max-width: 1920px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-11656795\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/03/alioto-20180319.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1280\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/03/alioto-20180319.jpg 1920w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/03/alioto-20180319-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/03/alioto-20180319-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/03/alioto-20180319-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/03/alioto-20180319-1180x787.jpg 1180w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/03/alioto-20180319-960x640.jpg 960w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/03/alioto-20180319-240x160.jpg 240w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/03/alioto-20180319-375x250.jpg 375w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/03/alioto-20180319-520x347.jpg 520w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1920px) 100vw, 1920px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Former San Francisco Supervisor Angela Alioto speaks at a mayoral debate on March 19, 2018 in San Francisco. \u003ccite>(Samantha Shanahan/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>“Every time I get this kind of question I think about everything I experienced in my life. I find it really offensive when every single time someone like me ends up succeeding in a position it’s attributed to someone else,” Breed said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Asked whether the tech community is too powerful, Breed struck a moderate tone, saying there needs to be a better relationship between the industry and San Franciscans.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Greenberg, in a clearly hostile room, attempted to paint his right-of-San Francisco viewpoints as at least more moderate than the national GOP.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11656796\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\" style=\"max-width: 1920px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-11656796\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/03/breed-20180319.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1280\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/03/breed-20180319.jpg 1920w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/03/breed-20180319-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/03/breed-20180319-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/03/breed-20180319-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/03/breed-20180319-1180x787.jpg 1180w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/03/breed-20180319-960x640.jpg 960w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/03/breed-20180319-240x160.jpg 240w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/03/breed-20180319-375x250.jpg 375w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/03/breed-20180319-520x347.jpg 520w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1920px) 100vw, 1920px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">San Francisco Board of Supervisors President London Breed speaks at a mayoral debate on March 19, 2018. \u003ccite>(Samantha Shanahan/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>But he stumbled — and garnered boos — several times, including when he said he would greet President Trump at the airport if he was mayor, and when he insisted that the San Francisco Republican party is a “cross section of San Francisco” and includes gay, African-American and Asian members along with “several Jews.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Greenberg also drew fire from the other candidates, including when he suggested that the city’s homeless problem is the result of liberal policies that are drawing people here from other cities.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Weiss pushed back, noting that 70 percent of the people on the streets of San Francisco became homeless in the city and endorsing a measure on the June ballot that would guarantee legal representation to people facing eviction. She also expressed support for a change to state law limiting rent control.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11656797\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\" style=\"max-width: 1920px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-11656797\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/03/Greenberg-20180319.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1280\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/03/Greenberg-20180319.jpg 1920w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/03/Greenberg-20180319-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/03/Greenberg-20180319-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/03/Greenberg-20180319-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/03/Greenberg-20180319-1180x787.jpg 1180w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/03/Greenberg-20180319-960x640.jpg 960w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/03/Greenberg-20180319-240x160.jpg 240w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/03/Greenberg-20180319-375x250.jpg 375w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/03/Greenberg-20180319-520x347.jpg 520w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1920px) 100vw, 1920px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Businessman and lone Republican Richie Greenberg at a San Francisco mayoral debate on March 19, 2018. \u003ccite>(Samantha Shanahan/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>“This is a manageable crisis. I want everybody in the room to believe that,” Weiss said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Kim spent much of her time recounting her legislative wins around affordable housing and stressing the need for regional and statewide solutions to the city’s homeless crisis.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“When counties like Marin refuse to have a 365-day shelter system, that’s a problem,” she said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Kim also got into a memorable back-and-forth with Greenberg when he interrupted her to note that the free City College of San Francisco program Kim helped create isn’t free for home sellers paying a higher transfer tax, which funds the initiative.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11656798\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\" style=\"max-width: 1920px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-11656798\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/03/kim-20180319.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1280\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/03/kim-20180319.jpg 1920w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/03/kim-20180319-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/03/kim-20180319-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/03/kim-20180319-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/03/kim-20180319-1180x787.jpg 1180w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/03/kim-20180319-960x640.jpg 960w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/03/kim-20180319-240x160.jpg 240w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/03/kim-20180319-375x250.jpg 375w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/03/kim-20180319-520x347.jpg 520w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1920px) 100vw, 1920px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">San Francisco Supervisor Jane Kim at a mayoral debate on March 19, 2018. \u003ccite>(Samantha Shanahan/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>“I know Richie, it was a tax on the ultra-luxury property owners in the city,” Kim said to applause.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The issues of homelessness and affordable housing dominated the conversation throughout.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Breed said the city needs to get more creative providing support services for people before they lose their homes and aggressively helping people on the streets with substance abuse and mental health issues. She’s endorsed a plan to change state law so that counties have more leverage to force people into conservatorship programs.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“We have to treat this like a crisis,” she said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cem>An edited version of the debate will run Wednesday at 8 p.m. on KQED Public Radio 88.5 FM.\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>https://youtu.be/4zuQTfnVXh0\u003c/p>\n\n",
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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003cp>Housing and homelessness dominated a spirited debate among five mayoral hopefuls Monday night at the Castro Theatre, where the audience was more aggressive at times than the candidates.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The event, sponsored by KQED, Horizons Foundation and the Bay Area Reporter, was billed as an LGBT-themed discussion among the top five mayoral candidates, as decided by recent polls. But there was a last-minute shakeup when former state Sen. Mark Leno bowed out, citing a health issue, about 90 minutes before the debate was scheduled to start.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>That left former Supervisor Angela Alioto, Board of Supervisors President London Breed, businessman and lone Republican Richie Greenberg and Supervisor Jane Kim on stage with KQED politics editor Scott Shafer as moderator.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But as the event got underway, candidate Amy Farah Weiss fought her way onto stage and demanded she be allowed to participate. After security tried — and failed — to stop her, Weiss was ultimately allowed to stay.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The drama stayed high from then on. The audience heckled, booed and drowned out nearly every candidate at some point as they worked their way through four rounds of questions. There were few surprises — but a lot of drama and some laughs — as most of the candidates stuck to their long-standing positions on issues.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11656725\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 1273px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-11656725\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/03/mayor-debate-20180319.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"1273\" height=\"712\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/03/mayor-debate-20180319.png 1273w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/03/mayor-debate-20180319-160x89.png 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/03/mayor-debate-20180319-800x447.png 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/03/mayor-debate-20180319-1020x570.png 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/03/mayor-debate-20180319-1180x660.png 1180w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/03/mayor-debate-20180319-960x537.png 960w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/03/mayor-debate-20180319-240x134.png 240w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/03/mayor-debate-20180319-375x210.png 375w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/03/mayor-debate-20180319-520x291.png 520w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1273px) 100vw, 1273px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Security attempts to remove San Francisco mayoral candidate Amy Farah Weiss from the stage at the Castro Theatre on March 19, 2018 after she demanded to be allowed to participate in the debate. Farah Weiss was allowed to partake in the debate. \u003ccite>(KQED News)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Angela Alioto won cheers for her one-liners and insistence that the city needs to compassionately house homeless people and clean the streets. She was light on policy details for accomplishing those goals, repeatedly insisting that the plan she worked on with former Mayor Gavin Newsom, known as Care Not Cash, was working, but was defunded when Newsom left the mayor’s office.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003c/div>",
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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Breed, a San Francisco native who grew up in public housing, pushed back when asked about criticism that she is too close to tech executives and former Mayor Willie Brown — and whether they have too much power.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11656795\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\" style=\"max-width: 1920px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-11656795\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/03/alioto-20180319.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1280\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/03/alioto-20180319.jpg 1920w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/03/alioto-20180319-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/03/alioto-20180319-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/03/alioto-20180319-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/03/alioto-20180319-1180x787.jpg 1180w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/03/alioto-20180319-960x640.jpg 960w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/03/alioto-20180319-240x160.jpg 240w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/03/alioto-20180319-375x250.jpg 375w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/03/alioto-20180319-520x347.jpg 520w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1920px) 100vw, 1920px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Former San Francisco Supervisor Angela Alioto speaks at a mayoral debate on March 19, 2018 in San Francisco. \u003ccite>(Samantha Shanahan/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>“Every time I get this kind of question I think about everything I experienced in my life. I find it really offensive when every single time someone like me ends up succeeding in a position it’s attributed to someone else,” Breed said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Asked whether the tech community is too powerful, Breed struck a moderate tone, saying there needs to be a better relationship between the industry and San Franciscans.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Greenberg, in a clearly hostile room, attempted to paint his right-of-San Francisco viewpoints as at least more moderate than the national GOP.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11656796\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\" style=\"max-width: 1920px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-11656796\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/03/breed-20180319.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1280\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/03/breed-20180319.jpg 1920w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/03/breed-20180319-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/03/breed-20180319-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/03/breed-20180319-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/03/breed-20180319-1180x787.jpg 1180w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/03/breed-20180319-960x640.jpg 960w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/03/breed-20180319-240x160.jpg 240w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/03/breed-20180319-375x250.jpg 375w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/03/breed-20180319-520x347.jpg 520w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1920px) 100vw, 1920px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">San Francisco Board of Supervisors President London Breed speaks at a mayoral debate on March 19, 2018. \u003ccite>(Samantha Shanahan/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>But he stumbled — and garnered boos — several times, including when he said he would greet President Trump at the airport if he was mayor, and when he insisted that the San Francisco Republican party is a “cross section of San Francisco” and includes gay, African-American and Asian members along with “several Jews.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Greenberg also drew fire from the other candidates, including when he suggested that the city’s homeless problem is the result of liberal policies that are drawing people here from other cities.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Weiss pushed back, noting that 70 percent of the people on the streets of San Francisco became homeless in the city and endorsing a measure on the June ballot that would guarantee legal representation to people facing eviction. She also expressed support for a change to state law limiting rent control.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11656797\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\" style=\"max-width: 1920px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-11656797\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/03/Greenberg-20180319.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1280\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/03/Greenberg-20180319.jpg 1920w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/03/Greenberg-20180319-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/03/Greenberg-20180319-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/03/Greenberg-20180319-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/03/Greenberg-20180319-1180x787.jpg 1180w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/03/Greenberg-20180319-960x640.jpg 960w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/03/Greenberg-20180319-240x160.jpg 240w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/03/Greenberg-20180319-375x250.jpg 375w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/03/Greenberg-20180319-520x347.jpg 520w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1920px) 100vw, 1920px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Businessman and lone Republican Richie Greenberg at a San Francisco mayoral debate on March 19, 2018. \u003ccite>(Samantha Shanahan/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>“This is a manageable crisis. I want everybody in the room to believe that,” Weiss said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Kim spent much of her time recounting her legislative wins around affordable housing and stressing the need for regional and statewide solutions to the city’s homeless crisis.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“When counties like Marin refuse to have a 365-day shelter system, that’s a problem,” she said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Kim also got into a memorable back-and-forth with Greenberg when he interrupted her to note that the free City College of San Francisco program Kim helped create isn’t free for home sellers paying a higher transfer tax, which funds the initiative.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11656798\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\" style=\"max-width: 1920px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-11656798\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/03/kim-20180319.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1280\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/03/kim-20180319.jpg 1920w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/03/kim-20180319-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/03/kim-20180319-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/03/kim-20180319-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/03/kim-20180319-1180x787.jpg 1180w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/03/kim-20180319-960x640.jpg 960w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/03/kim-20180319-240x160.jpg 240w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/03/kim-20180319-375x250.jpg 375w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/03/kim-20180319-520x347.jpg 520w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1920px) 100vw, 1920px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">San Francisco Supervisor Jane Kim at a mayoral debate on March 19, 2018. \u003ccite>(Samantha Shanahan/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>“I know Richie, it was a tax on the ultra-luxury property owners in the city,” Kim said to applause.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The issues of homelessness and affordable housing dominated the conversation throughout.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Breed said the city needs to get more creative providing support services for people before they lose their homes and aggressively helping people on the streets with substance abuse and mental health issues. 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"content": "\u003cp>The smoke was thick and business brisk at the Barbary Coast Dispensary's marijuana smoking lounge, a darkened room that resembles a steakhouse or upscale sports tavern with its red leather seats, deep booths with high dividers, and hardwood floors.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"There's nothing like this in Jersey,\" said grinning Atlantic City resident Rick Thompson, getting high with his cousins in San Francisco.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In fact, there's nothing like the Barbary Coast lounge almost anywhere in the United States, a conundrum confronting many marijuana enthusiasts who find it increasingly easy to buy pot but harder to find legal places to smoke it.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Only California permits marijuana smoking at marijuana retailers with specially designed lounges. But it also allows cities to ban those kinds of shops.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Unsurprisingly, San Francisco is the trailblazer. It's the only city in the state to fully embrace Amsterdam-like coffee shops, the iconic tourist stops in the Netherlands where people can buy and smoke marijuana in the same shop.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11656347\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg class=\"size-medium wp-image-11656347\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/03/GettyImages-73245301-800x533.jpg\" alt=\"A woman smokes a cigarette of marijuana in an Amsterdam cafe, a model the may soon be seen in San Francisco.\" width=\"800\" height=\"533\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/03/GettyImages-73245301-800x533.jpg 800w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/03/GettyImages-73245301-160x107.jpg 160w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/03/GettyImages-73245301-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/03/GettyImages-73245301-1920x1280.jpg 1920w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/03/GettyImages-73245301-1180x787.jpg 1180w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/03/GettyImages-73245301-960x640.jpg 960w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/03/GettyImages-73245301-240x160.jpg 240w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/03/GettyImages-73245301-375x250.jpg 375w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/03/GettyImages-73245301-520x347.jpg 520w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">A woman smokes a cigarette of marijuana in an Amsterdam cafe, a model the may soon be seen in San Francisco. \u003ccite>(Christopher Furlong/Getty Images)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>San Francisco's marijuana \"czar\" Nicole Elliot said new permits will be issued once city health officials finalize regulations designed to protect workers from secondhand smoke and the neighborhood from unwelcomed odors. The lounges are required to install expensive heating, ventilation and air conditioning systems to prevent the distinct marijuana odor from leaking outside.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Other California cities are warming to the idea.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The city of West Hollywood has approved plans to issue up to eight licenses; the tiny San Francisco Bay Area town of Alameda said it will allow two; and Oakland and South Lake Tahoe each have one lounge. Sacramento, Los Angeles and other cities are discussing the issue but have not authorized any lounges.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Jackie Rocco, the city of West Hollywood's business development manager, said residents and cannabis businesses complain there is \"no safe place, no legal place, to use it.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Rocco said city officials envision smoking lounges set up like traditional bars, but for now the idea is more concept than plan.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Meanwhile, lawmakers and officials in other states are dithering over the issue.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Massachusetts marijuana regulators considered approval of \"cannabis cafes.\" But the proposal came under withering criticism from Republican Gov. Charlie Baker's administration and law enforcement officials, who claimed among other things that opening such businesses would lead to more dangerously stoned drivers.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The five-member Cannabis Control Commission ultimately yielded to pressure by agreeing to put off a decision on licensing any cafes until after the initial rollout of retail marijuana operations, expected this summer. Members of the panel, however, continue to support the idea.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"Those who wish to consume cannabis are going to do so whether social sites exist or not, and are going to make driving decisions regardless of where they consume,\" said Jim Borghesani, spokesman for the Massachusetts chapter of the pro-legalization Marijuana Policy Project. \"Social sites will simply give cannabis users the same options available to alcohol users.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In Colorado, one of the first states to broadly legalize, lawmakers failed in a close vote to make so-called \"tasting rooms\" legal. However, cities may do it, and Denver has authorized lounges where consumers bring their own marijuana, issuing a single permit so far.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Nevada has put off a vote on the issue until next year. Oregon has considered and rejected legislation. In Alaska, regulators rejected onsite use last year but are scheduled to revisit the issue next month.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>San Francisco has allowed medical marijuana patients to smoke in dispensaries for years, though there was uncertainty over whether the practice was authorized when California voters in 1996 made the state the first in the nation to legalize cannabis use with a doctor's recommendation.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The Barbary Coast, which received its state license in January, first opened as a small medical dispensary in 2013. It expanded and opened its smoking lounge to medical users last year. On Jan. 11, the shop opened to all adults when it received its California recreational use license. The state started issuing those on Jan. 1 and continues to approve dozens of applications a month since voters broadly legalized the use and sale of marijuana.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Thompson traveled from Atlantic City to celebrate his 27th birthday with his cousins, who live in Oakland. They decided to celebrate in style, getting as high as they could in San Francisco.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The three 20-somethings bought a variety of buds and the quick-acting \"wax,\" a potent pot concentrate, and settled into a booth with all the accoutrement they needed. After customers purchase at least $40 worth of product, the Barbary Coast will supply bongs, joint rollers, \"rigs\" for wax smoking and just about any smoking tool desired.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>They smoked and debated the merits of smoking buds versus wax. The verdict: There's something innately satisfying about smoking buds, but wax gives a quicker high even if it requires a hotter flame and more elaborate setup to smoke.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Barbary is in a once-rundown neighborhood that is gentrifying. Two other dispensaries with smoke lounges are three blocks away. Three flat-screen televisions tuned to sports hang on the lounge's brick walls. Outside the enclosed room, customers line up at the dispensary's glass counters to buy marijuana.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>General manager Jesse Henry said Barbary's owners plan to open a bigger store and smoking lounge about a mile away, across the street from a popular concert hall, after city health officials finalize regulations for on-site consumption.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"This city is built for tourists,\" Henry said. \"We put a lot of work into giving them a San Francisco experience.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cem>Associated Press writers Michael R. Blood in Los Angeles and Bob Salsberg in Boston contributed to this report.\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\n",
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"content": "\u003cp>The third annual San Francisco History Days is taking place at the \u003ca href=\"http://thesanfranciscomint.com/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Old Mint\u003c/a> this weekend.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/arts/2018/03/01/2018-san-francisco-history-days-old-mint/\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">History Days\u003c/a> features 90 different history groups from across the Bay Area. People were there to talk about every aspect of local history including transit, silent film and the Gold Rush.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>People were dressed as soldiers and Victorian dancers. Even Emperor Norton was wandering the vaults. But the Old Mint itself is an integral part of California history that people rarely get to see from the inside.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>https://twitter.com/bookhoarding/status/970040131590615040\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The Mint was completed in 1874 to help house federal gold reserves. It survived the 1906 earthquake and subsequent fires, and it’s easy to see why once inside. It’s built like a fortress.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"This is one of the only times during the year that the public can get in for free and really see the history that’s written on the walls to really experience this building,\" said Jason Herrington, from the \u003ca href=\"https://www.californiahistoricalsociety.org/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">California Historical Society\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The California Historical Society is working with the city to rehabilitate the building and convert it into a cultural use historical center.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11653681\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg class=\"size-medium wp-image-11653681\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/03/IMG_4421-800x600.jpg\" alt=\"Dressed in historical garb, people stood on the steps of the Old Mint trying to entice people to come in for the event. \" width=\"800\" height=\"600\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/03/IMG_4421-800x600.jpg 800w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/03/IMG_4421-160x120.jpg 160w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/03/IMG_4421-1020x765.jpg 1020w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/03/IMG_4421-1920x1440.jpg 1920w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/03/IMG_4421-1180x885.jpg 1180w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/03/IMG_4421-960x720.jpg 960w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/03/IMG_4421-240x180.jpg 240w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/03/IMG_4421-375x281.jpg 375w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/03/IMG_4421-520x390.jpg 520w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Dressed in historical garb, people stood on the steps of the Old Mint trying to entice people to come in for the event. \u003ccite>(Bianca Hernandez/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11653683\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg class=\"size-medium wp-image-11653683\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/03/IMG_4385-800x600.jpg\" alt=\"Along with lectures and tables, there were old vaults set up to screen movies and historical footage.\" width=\"800\" height=\"600\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/03/IMG_4385-800x600.jpg 800w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/03/IMG_4385-160x120.jpg 160w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/03/IMG_4385-1020x765.jpg 1020w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/03/IMG_4385-1920x1440.jpg 1920w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/03/IMG_4385-1180x885.jpg 1180w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/03/IMG_4385-960x720.jpg 960w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/03/IMG_4385-240x180.jpg 240w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/03/IMG_4385-375x281.jpg 375w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/03/IMG_4385-520x390.jpg 520w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Along with lectures and tables, there were old vaults set up to screen movies and historical footage. \u003ccite>(Bianca Hernandez/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11653696\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg class=\"size-medium wp-image-11653696\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/03/IMG_4249-800x600.jpg\" alt=\"Two women dressed in Victorian attire greeted people as they came into the Old Mint for San Francisco History Days. The woman on the right is emulating Lola Montez and her famous spider dance. \" width=\"800\" height=\"600\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/03/IMG_4249-800x600.jpg 800w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/03/IMG_4249-160x120.jpg 160w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/03/IMG_4249-1020x765.jpg 1020w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/03/IMG_4249-1920x1440.jpg 1920w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/03/IMG_4249-1180x885.jpg 1180w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/03/IMG_4249-960x720.jpg 960w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/03/IMG_4249-240x180.jpg 240w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/03/IMG_4249-375x281.jpg 375w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/03/IMG_4249-520x390.jpg 520w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Two women dressed in Victorian attire greeted people as they came into the Old Mint for San Francisco History Days. The woman on the right is emulating Lola Montez and her famous spider dance. \u003ccite>(Bianca Hernandez/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11653695\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg class=\"size-medium wp-image-11653695\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/03/IMG_4267-800x600.jpg\" alt=\"A volunteer from the Wells Fargo History Museum explains how code books were used to send confidential information about money transfers via the telegraph.\" width=\"800\" height=\"600\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/03/IMG_4267-800x600.jpg 800w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/03/IMG_4267-160x120.jpg 160w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/03/IMG_4267-1020x765.jpg 1020w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/03/IMG_4267-1920x1440.jpg 1920w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/03/IMG_4267-1180x885.jpg 1180w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/03/IMG_4267-960x720.jpg 960w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/03/IMG_4267-240x180.jpg 240w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/03/IMG_4267-375x281.jpg 375w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/03/IMG_4267-520x390.jpg 520w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">A volunteer from the Wells Fargo History Museum explains how code books were used to send confidential information about money transfers via the telegraph. \u003ccite>(Bianca Hernanez/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11653694\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg class=\"size-medium wp-image-11653694\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/03/IMG_4288-800x600.jpg\" alt=\"Banners from the Daughters of the Golden West were on display. The two banners on the left are at least 100 years old and adored with poppies and Minerva, to represent California. They are used in ritualistic initiation ceremonies. The banner on the right represents the Piedmont chapter of the organization. \" width=\"800\" height=\"600\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/03/IMG_4288-800x600.jpg 800w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/03/IMG_4288-160x120.jpg 160w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/03/IMG_4288-1020x765.jpg 1020w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/03/IMG_4288-1920x1440.jpg 1920w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/03/IMG_4288-1180x885.jpg 1180w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/03/IMG_4288-960x720.jpg 960w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/03/IMG_4288-240x180.jpg 240w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/03/IMG_4288-375x281.jpg 375w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/03/IMG_4288-520x390.jpg 520w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Banners from the Daughters of the Golden West were on display. The two banners on the left are at least 100-years-old and adorned with poppies and Minerva, the Roman goddess of wisdom, to represent California. They are used in ritualistic initiation ceremonies. The banner on the right represents the Piedmont chapter of the organization. \u003ccite>(Bianca Hernandez/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11653697\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg class=\"size-medium wp-image-11653697\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/03/IMG_4299-2-800x600.jpg\" alt=\"The Silent Film Museum in Niles showcased the history of the entertainment industry in the Bay Area. \" width=\"800\" height=\"600\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/03/IMG_4299-2-800x600.jpg 800w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/03/IMG_4299-2-160x120.jpg 160w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/03/IMG_4299-2-1020x765.jpg 1020w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/03/IMG_4299-2-1920x1440.jpg 1920w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/03/IMG_4299-2-1180x885.jpg 1180w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/03/IMG_4299-2-960x720.jpg 960w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/03/IMG_4299-2-240x180.jpg 240w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/03/IMG_4299-2-375x281.jpg 375w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/03/IMG_4299-2-520x390.jpg 520w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">The Silent Film Museum in Niles showcased the history of the entertainment industry in the Bay Area. \u003ccite>(Bianca Hernandez/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11653691\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg class=\"size-medium wp-image-11653691\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/03/IMG_4322-800x600.jpg\" alt=\"The Friends of Civil War Alcatraz had toys from the era on display. Volunteers showed off how the toys were used.\" width=\"800\" height=\"600\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/03/IMG_4322-800x600.jpg 800w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/03/IMG_4322-160x120.jpg 160w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/03/IMG_4322-1020x765.jpg 1020w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/03/IMG_4322-1920x1440.jpg 1920w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/03/IMG_4322-1180x885.jpg 1180w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/03/IMG_4322-960x720.jpg 960w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/03/IMG_4322-240x180.jpg 240w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/03/IMG_4322-375x281.jpg 375w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/03/IMG_4322-520x390.jpg 520w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">The Friends of Civil War Alcatraz had toys from the era on display. Volunteers showed off how the toys were used. \u003ccite>(Bianca Hernandez/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11653688\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg class=\"size-medium wp-image-11653688\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/03/IMG_4345-800x600.jpg\" alt=\"The Buffalo Soldiers live on in these volunteers. Part of a national organization, Bernard Ivey (left) and Bill Terrell (right) help share the oral history of the Buffalo Soldiers. \" width=\"800\" height=\"600\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/03/IMG_4345-800x600.jpg 800w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/03/IMG_4345-160x120.jpg 160w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/03/IMG_4345-1020x765.jpg 1020w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/03/IMG_4345-1920x1440.jpg 1920w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/03/IMG_4345-1180x885.jpg 1180w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/03/IMG_4345-960x720.jpg 960w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/03/IMG_4345-240x180.jpg 240w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/03/IMG_4345-375x281.jpg 375w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/03/IMG_4345-520x390.jpg 520w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">The Buffalo Soldiers live on in these volunteers. Part of a national organization, Bernard Ivey (left) and Bill Terrell (right) help share the oral history of the Buffalo Soldiers. \u003ccite>(Bianca Hernandez/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11653689\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg class=\"size-medium wp-image-11653689\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/03/IMG_4342-800x600.jpg\" alt=\"The Buffalo Soldier table had historical items for people to interact with. The hats, mess kit, rations and bale hooks would have all been used by the soldiers. \" width=\"800\" height=\"600\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/03/IMG_4342-800x600.jpg 800w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/03/IMG_4342-160x120.jpg 160w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/03/IMG_4342-1020x765.jpg 1020w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/03/IMG_4342-1920x1440.jpg 1920w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/03/IMG_4342-1180x885.jpg 1180w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/03/IMG_4342-960x720.jpg 960w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/03/IMG_4342-240x180.jpg 240w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/03/IMG_4342-375x281.jpg 375w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/03/IMG_4342-520x390.jpg 520w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">The Buffalo Soldier table had historical items for people to interact with. The hats, mess kit, rations and bale hooks would have all been used by the soldiers. \u003ccite>(Bianca Hernandez/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11653686\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg class=\"size-medium wp-image-11653686\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/03/IMG_4360-800x600.jpg\" alt=\"Attendees could roam the dark, cold vaults in the Old Mint. Many organizations had tables set up in the vaults to educate the public about local history. \" width=\"800\" height=\"600\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/03/IMG_4360-800x600.jpg 800w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/03/IMG_4360-160x120.jpg 160w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/03/IMG_4360-1020x765.jpg 1020w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/03/IMG_4360-1920x1440.jpg 1920w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/03/IMG_4360-1180x885.jpg 1180w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/03/IMG_4360-960x720.jpg 960w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/03/IMG_4360-240x180.jpg 240w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/03/IMG_4360-375x281.jpg 375w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/03/IMG_4360-520x390.jpg 520w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Attendees could roam the dark, cold vaults in the Old Mint. Many organizations had tables set up in the vaults to educate the public about local history. \u003ccite>(Bianca Hernandez/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\n",
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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"This is one of the only times during the year that the public can get in for free and really see the history that’s written on the walls to really experience this building,\" said Jason Herrington, from the \u003ca href=\"https://www.californiahistoricalsociety.org/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">California Historical Society\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The California Historical Society is working with the city to rehabilitate the building and convert it into a cultural use historical center.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11653681\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg class=\"size-medium wp-image-11653681\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/03/IMG_4421-800x600.jpg\" alt=\"Dressed in historical garb, people stood on the steps of the Old Mint trying to entice people to come in for the event. \" width=\"800\" height=\"600\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/03/IMG_4421-800x600.jpg 800w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/03/IMG_4421-160x120.jpg 160w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/03/IMG_4421-1020x765.jpg 1020w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/03/IMG_4421-1920x1440.jpg 1920w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/03/IMG_4421-1180x885.jpg 1180w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/03/IMG_4421-960x720.jpg 960w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/03/IMG_4421-240x180.jpg 240w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/03/IMG_4421-375x281.jpg 375w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/03/IMG_4421-520x390.jpg 520w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Dressed in historical garb, people stood on the steps of the Old Mint trying to entice people to come in for the event. \u003ccite>(Bianca Hernandez/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11653683\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg class=\"size-medium wp-image-11653683\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/03/IMG_4385-800x600.jpg\" alt=\"Along with lectures and tables, there were old vaults set up to screen movies and historical footage.\" width=\"800\" height=\"600\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/03/IMG_4385-800x600.jpg 800w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/03/IMG_4385-160x120.jpg 160w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/03/IMG_4385-1020x765.jpg 1020w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/03/IMG_4385-1920x1440.jpg 1920w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/03/IMG_4385-1180x885.jpg 1180w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/03/IMG_4385-960x720.jpg 960w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/03/IMG_4385-240x180.jpg 240w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/03/IMG_4385-375x281.jpg 375w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/03/IMG_4385-520x390.jpg 520w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Along with lectures and tables, there were old vaults set up to screen movies and historical footage. \u003ccite>(Bianca Hernandez/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11653696\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg class=\"size-medium wp-image-11653696\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/03/IMG_4249-800x600.jpg\" alt=\"Two women dressed in Victorian attire greeted people as they came into the Old Mint for San Francisco History Days. The woman on the right is emulating Lola Montez and her famous spider dance. \" width=\"800\" height=\"600\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/03/IMG_4249-800x600.jpg 800w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/03/IMG_4249-160x120.jpg 160w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/03/IMG_4249-1020x765.jpg 1020w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/03/IMG_4249-1920x1440.jpg 1920w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/03/IMG_4249-1180x885.jpg 1180w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/03/IMG_4249-960x720.jpg 960w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/03/IMG_4249-240x180.jpg 240w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/03/IMG_4249-375x281.jpg 375w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/03/IMG_4249-520x390.jpg 520w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Two women dressed in Victorian attire greeted people as they came into the Old Mint for San Francisco History Days. The woman on the right is emulating Lola Montez and her famous spider dance. \u003ccite>(Bianca Hernandez/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11653695\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg class=\"size-medium wp-image-11653695\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/03/IMG_4267-800x600.jpg\" alt=\"A volunteer from the Wells Fargo History Museum explains how code books were used to send confidential information about money transfers via the telegraph.\" width=\"800\" height=\"600\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/03/IMG_4267-800x600.jpg 800w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/03/IMG_4267-160x120.jpg 160w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/03/IMG_4267-1020x765.jpg 1020w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/03/IMG_4267-1920x1440.jpg 1920w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/03/IMG_4267-1180x885.jpg 1180w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/03/IMG_4267-960x720.jpg 960w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/03/IMG_4267-240x180.jpg 240w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/03/IMG_4267-375x281.jpg 375w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/03/IMG_4267-520x390.jpg 520w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">A volunteer from the Wells Fargo History Museum explains how code books were used to send confidential information about money transfers via the telegraph. \u003ccite>(Bianca Hernanez/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11653694\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg class=\"size-medium wp-image-11653694\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/03/IMG_4288-800x600.jpg\" alt=\"Banners from the Daughters of the Golden West were on display. The two banners on the left are at least 100 years old and adored with poppies and Minerva, to represent California. They are used in ritualistic initiation ceremonies. The banner on the right represents the Piedmont chapter of the organization. \" width=\"800\" height=\"600\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/03/IMG_4288-800x600.jpg 800w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/03/IMG_4288-160x120.jpg 160w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/03/IMG_4288-1020x765.jpg 1020w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/03/IMG_4288-1920x1440.jpg 1920w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/03/IMG_4288-1180x885.jpg 1180w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/03/IMG_4288-960x720.jpg 960w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/03/IMG_4288-240x180.jpg 240w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/03/IMG_4288-375x281.jpg 375w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/03/IMG_4288-520x390.jpg 520w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Banners from the Daughters of the Golden West were on display. The two banners on the left are at least 100-years-old and adorned with poppies and Minerva, the Roman goddess of wisdom, to represent California. They are used in ritualistic initiation ceremonies. The banner on the right represents the Piedmont chapter of the organization. \u003ccite>(Bianca Hernandez/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11653697\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg class=\"size-medium wp-image-11653697\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/03/IMG_4299-2-800x600.jpg\" alt=\"The Silent Film Museum in Niles showcased the history of the entertainment industry in the Bay Area. \" width=\"800\" height=\"600\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/03/IMG_4299-2-800x600.jpg 800w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/03/IMG_4299-2-160x120.jpg 160w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/03/IMG_4299-2-1020x765.jpg 1020w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/03/IMG_4299-2-1920x1440.jpg 1920w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/03/IMG_4299-2-1180x885.jpg 1180w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/03/IMG_4299-2-960x720.jpg 960w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/03/IMG_4299-2-240x180.jpg 240w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/03/IMG_4299-2-375x281.jpg 375w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/03/IMG_4299-2-520x390.jpg 520w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">The Silent Film Museum in Niles showcased the history of the entertainment industry in the Bay Area. \u003ccite>(Bianca Hernandez/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11653691\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg class=\"size-medium wp-image-11653691\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/03/IMG_4322-800x600.jpg\" alt=\"The Friends of Civil War Alcatraz had toys from the era on display. Volunteers showed off how the toys were used.\" width=\"800\" height=\"600\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/03/IMG_4322-800x600.jpg 800w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/03/IMG_4322-160x120.jpg 160w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/03/IMG_4322-1020x765.jpg 1020w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/03/IMG_4322-1920x1440.jpg 1920w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/03/IMG_4322-1180x885.jpg 1180w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/03/IMG_4322-960x720.jpg 960w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/03/IMG_4322-240x180.jpg 240w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/03/IMG_4322-375x281.jpg 375w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/03/IMG_4322-520x390.jpg 520w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">The Friends of Civil War Alcatraz had toys from the era on display. Volunteers showed off how the toys were used. \u003ccite>(Bianca Hernandez/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11653688\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg class=\"size-medium wp-image-11653688\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/03/IMG_4345-800x600.jpg\" alt=\"The Buffalo Soldiers live on in these volunteers. Part of a national organization, Bernard Ivey (left) and Bill Terrell (right) help share the oral history of the Buffalo Soldiers. \" width=\"800\" height=\"600\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/03/IMG_4345-800x600.jpg 800w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/03/IMG_4345-160x120.jpg 160w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/03/IMG_4345-1020x765.jpg 1020w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/03/IMG_4345-1920x1440.jpg 1920w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/03/IMG_4345-1180x885.jpg 1180w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/03/IMG_4345-960x720.jpg 960w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/03/IMG_4345-240x180.jpg 240w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/03/IMG_4345-375x281.jpg 375w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/03/IMG_4345-520x390.jpg 520w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">The Buffalo Soldiers live on in these volunteers. Part of a national organization, Bernard Ivey (left) and Bill Terrell (right) help share the oral history of the Buffalo Soldiers. \u003ccite>(Bianca Hernandez/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11653689\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg class=\"size-medium wp-image-11653689\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/03/IMG_4342-800x600.jpg\" alt=\"The Buffalo Soldier table had historical items for people to interact with. The hats, mess kit, rations and bale hooks would have all been used by the soldiers. \" width=\"800\" height=\"600\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/03/IMG_4342-800x600.jpg 800w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/03/IMG_4342-160x120.jpg 160w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/03/IMG_4342-1020x765.jpg 1020w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/03/IMG_4342-1920x1440.jpg 1920w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/03/IMG_4342-1180x885.jpg 1180w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/03/IMG_4342-960x720.jpg 960w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/03/IMG_4342-240x180.jpg 240w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/03/IMG_4342-375x281.jpg 375w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/03/IMG_4342-520x390.jpg 520w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">The Buffalo Soldier table had historical items for people to interact with. The hats, mess kit, rations and bale hooks would have all been used by the soldiers. \u003ccite>(Bianca Hernandez/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11653686\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg class=\"size-medium wp-image-11653686\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/03/IMG_4360-800x600.jpg\" alt=\"Attendees could roam the dark, cold vaults in the Old Mint. Many organizations had tables set up in the vaults to educate the public about local history. \" width=\"800\" height=\"600\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/03/IMG_4360-800x600.jpg 800w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/03/IMG_4360-160x120.jpg 160w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/03/IMG_4360-1020x765.jpg 1020w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/03/IMG_4360-1920x1440.jpg 1920w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/03/IMG_4360-1180x885.jpg 1180w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/03/IMG_4360-960x720.jpg 960w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/03/IMG_4360-240x180.jpg 240w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/03/IMG_4360-375x281.jpg 375w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/03/IMG_4360-520x390.jpg 520w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Attendees could roam the dark, cold vaults in the Old Mint. 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"content": "\u003cp>If you’ve taken a walking tour of San Francisco, there’s a good chance you’ve heard the name Emperor Norton.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>That was how Bay Curious listener and Oakland resident Jennifer Jacobs first learned about the beloved San Francisco eccentric after she moved to the Bay Area from Michigan in 1999.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I was just like, ‘Wow, this is a whole other world. They have their own emperor here in San Francisco,’ ” Jennifer says.\u003cbr>\n[baycuriouspodcastinfo]\u003cbr>\nEver since, Jennifer has wanted to know more. Who was Emperor Norton? How was he seen in his own time? And why is he still remembered and revered today, almost 140 years after his death?\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Not much is known about Emperor Norton’s early life, according to John Lumea, president of the \u003ca href=\"http://www.emperorsbridge.org/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Emperor’s Bridge Campaign\u003c/a>, which focuses on researching Norton’s life and sharing it with the public.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Here’s what we do know.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch3>The rise and fall of a Gold Rush businessman\u003c/h3>\n\u003cp>Emperor Norton was born Joshua Abraham Norton in 1818 to Jewish parents in present-day London. At age 2, he moved with his parents to South Africa, where his dad set up a successful ship supplies business.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>At 21, with help from his father, Norton opened his own ship supplies business, but it went bankrupt within 18 months. Things went from bad to worse over the next few years, and by 1848, both of Norton’s parents and two of his siblings had died.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The following year, Norton left South Africa, and after a short stop in South America, landed in San Francisco in late 1849.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Norton arrived in a lawless, Wild West version of San Francisco. The Gold Rush transformed a small town of a few hundred people to a bustling metropolis of 25,000 within a few years.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>It was also a town of constant rebirth. People were making and losing their fortunes in the blink of an eye. The city was almost \u003ca href=\"https://thebolditalic.com/5-times-san-francisco-was-almost-destroyed-the-bold-italic-san-francisco-697dcf1177b8\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">destroyed by fires\u003c/a> seven times between 1849 and 1851.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Norton, who had already built and lost a business in South Africa, fit right into this boom-and-bust town. He established himself as a successful businessman selling commodities like rice and flour. He invested in real estate, erecting buildings on three of the four corners of Sansome and Jackson streets — one of the most popular intersections in town — plus plots in North Beach and a lucrative waterfront property.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_10981646\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\" style=\"max-width: 900px\">\u003cimg decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-full wp-image-10981646\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2016/06/Ship-in-the-Bay.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"900\" height=\"723\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2016/06/Ship-in-the-Bay.jpg 900w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2016/06/Ship-in-the-Bay-400x321.jpg 400w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2016/06/Ship-in-the-Bay-800x643.jpg 800w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 900px) 100vw, 900px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">The San Francisco waterfront in 1851. (San Francisco Maritime Museum National Historical Park)\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>“He made a great amount of money and was very influential,” Lumea says of Norton’s early days in the city. “He was in with all the right people, attended all the right clubs and all the right restaurants.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Riding high, Norton planned his next business move. With a rice famine underway in China, Norton was presented with a chance to corner the rice market by buying up a shipload of Peruvian rice. Expecting rice prices to soar, Norton went in with a couple of business partners in 1852 and staked $25,000 on the venture.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>And then it all went wrong.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Within a [few] days, ship after ship after ship of rice comes in, and so the bottom falls out of the market,” Lumea says. “This idea, which at one point seemed so great, now isn’t so great.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The deal, and the subsequent years of legal wrangling, ruined Norton. By the time Norton was 38, in 1856, he was bankrupt for the second time.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch3>An imperial transformation\u003c/h3>\n\u003cp>After his financial ruin, Norton went quiet for a few years. He moved out of his prestigious home, and fell out of favor with some members of the social elite.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>He re-emerged on Sept. 17, 1859, on the pages on the San Francisco Evening Bulletin newspaper. Earlier in the day, he had walked into the paper’s offices and presented the editor with a short notice he asked to have published in that day’s edition.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“At the peremptory request of a large majority of the citizens of these United States, I, Joshua Norton, formerly of Algoa Bay, Cape of Good Hope, and now for the last nine years and ten months past of San Francisco, California, declare and proclaim myself Emperor of these United States,” the notice began.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11652849\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 411px\">\u003ca href=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/02/RS29665_First-Norton-Proclamation-qut.jpg\">\u003cimg decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"wp-image-11652849 size-full\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/02/RS29665_First-Norton-Proclamation-qut.jpg\" alt=\"The proclamation in the September 17, 1859, edition of the San Francisco Evening Bulletin that transformed Joshua Abraham Norton into Emperor Norton.\" width=\"411\" height=\"481\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/02/RS29665_First-Norton-Proclamation-qut.jpg 411w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/02/RS29665_First-Norton-Proclamation-qut-160x187.jpg 160w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/02/RS29665_First-Norton-Proclamation-qut-240x281.jpg 240w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/02/RS29665_First-Norton-Proclamation-qut-375x439.jpg 375w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 411px) 100vw, 411px\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">The proclamation in the September 17, 1859, edition of the San Francisco Evening Bulletin that transformed Joshua Abraham Norton into Emperor Norton. \u003ccite>(San Francisco Public Library)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>At age 41, three years after losing everything, Norton christened himself Emperor of the United States. When France’s Napoleon III invaded Mexico in 1861, Norton added “Protector of Mexico” to his imperial title.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>This astonishing transformation has always fascinated Bay Curious listener Jacobs.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I majored in psychology, so I couldn’t help thinking he must have had some kind of a nervous breakdown or something happened in those few years,” she says. “I was thinking schizophrenia or bipolar disorder maybe.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>There are no sure answers about Norton’s mental health before or after his imperial declaration, but some people think his money troubles led him into a deep depression and that becoming Emperor Norton was a coping mechanism.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11652931\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\" style=\"max-width: 400px\">\u003cimg decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"wp-image-11652931\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/02/bike.jpg\" alt=\"A snarky caption is scrawled below this image of Norton on a bicycle.\" width=\"400\" height=\"552\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/02/bike.jpg 522w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/02/bike-160x221.jpg 160w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/02/bike-240x331.jpg 240w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/02/bike-375x517.jpg 375w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/02/bike-520x717.jpg 520w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 400px) 100vw, 400px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">A snarky caption is scrawled below this image of Norton on a bicycle. \u003ccite>(California State Library)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>“There’s a sense in which the persona of the Emperor actually saved him in a way,” Lumea says.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Later in his declaration, Norton called on representatives of all the states to assemble the following February to establish his empire and “to make such alterations in the existing laws of the Union to ameliorate the evils under which the country is laboring.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Unsurprisingly, nobody showed up.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But that didn’t stop Norton. He had declared himself emperor. And he was going to act like it for the next 20 years.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch3>Emperor of the United States, Protector of Mexico\u003c/h3>\n\u003cp>Norton continued issuing imperial proclamations on items big, like calling for the end of presidential elections, and small, like chastising the skating rink operator who wouldn’t let him use a pair of skates.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Even though he was Emperor of the United States, his proclamations were often very local in nature. He didn’t hesitate to call out San Francisco’s police and elected officials. Perhaps his most well-known proclamations were the ones calling for the construction of a bridge connecting Oakland and San Francisco through Yerba Buena Island — what we recognize today as the Bay Bridge.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[gallery type=\"rectangular\" ids=\"11652859,11652858,11652857,11652856\"]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Norton also adopted an imperial wardrobe. He started with either a blue or gray military jacket, switching between the two early in his “reign” to maintain his neutrality in the ongoing Civil War.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>After the war, he settled on a blue officer’s jacket furnished with large, fringed, golden shoulder epaulets. His balding head was almost always covered with a hat, most often a small military kepi or a garish beaver fur top hat with a cascade of colorful feathers pinned to the front.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Being emperor did not pay very well. Norton spent most of his reign subsisting off the generosity of the public and the support of a few wealthy friends from his high society days.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In 1870, with the newly-completed transcontinental railroad bringing more tourists to San Francisco from across the country, Norton helped fill his coffers by selling “imperial bonds” for 50 cents each.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11652847\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003ca href=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/02/Emperor_Joshua_A._Norton_I.jpg\">\u003cimg decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-11652847\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/02/Emperor_Joshua_A._Norton_I-800x1212.jpg\" alt=\"Emperor Norton in his traditional imperial outfit around 1875.\" width=\"800\" height=\"1212\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/02/Emperor_Joshua_A._Norton_I-800x1212.jpg 800w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/02/Emperor_Joshua_A._Norton_I-160x242.jpg 160w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/02/Emperor_Joshua_A._Norton_I-240x364.jpg 240w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/02/Emperor_Joshua_A._Norton_I-375x568.jpg 375w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/02/Emperor_Joshua_A._Norton_I-520x788.jpg 520w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/02/Emperor_Joshua_A._Norton_I.jpg 866w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Emperor Norton in his traditional imperial outfit around 1875. \u003ccite>(Bancroft Library, UC Berkeley)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>He didn’t need much money. His lodgings on Commercial Street cost him only 50 cents a night, and he spent most of his day reading the newspapers, talking with other forty-niners in Portsmouth Square and writing proclamations at the Mechanics’ Institute Library on Post Street.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>For lunch, Norton could go to almost any tavern in town and for the price of a drink, no more than 25 cents, get access to a full lunch spread of salmon, roast beef, tomatoes and more.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“He really makes himself part of the life of the city,” Lumea says. “He goes to political meetings. He goes to the theater. He goes to the saloons. He makes himself a public presence. He’s in the streets.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The city’s newspapers saw Norton as a bit of a buffoon and regularly published fake proclamations with his name attached. So, in 1870, he started publishing his genuine proclamations almost exclusively in an African-American-owned and operated abolitionist weekly, The Pacific Appeal.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[gallery type=\"slideshow\" ids=\"11652840,11652839,11652838,11652837,11652836,11652835,11652834,11652833,11652832,11652831,11652830,11652829,11652828,11652827,11652826,11652825,11652824\"]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Many of Norton’s proclamations, especially those in The Pacific Appeal, were surprisingly progressive for his time.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“He’s talking about how African-Americans should have the right to attend public schools, ride public streetcars. How the Chinese should be able to have their testimony heard in court,” Lumea says. Norton also argued for the rights of Native Americans and against political corruption.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“So he’s really making himself into an early champion of the values of fairness and tolerance and the common good that really later become a great symbol of San Francisco,” Lumea says.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch3>‘Le roi est mort’\u003c/h3>\n\u003cp>Jan. 8, 1880, was a cold and rainy night in San Francisco. Norton left his room on Commercial Street to walk the few short blocks to a debate at the Academy of Natural Sciences.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>On his way there, he collapsed on the street and died of a suspected stroke.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11652860\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003ca href=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/02/4436597737_cae5796fb3_o-1.jpg\">\u003cimg decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-11652860\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/02/4436597737_cae5796fb3_o-1-800x1067.jpg\" alt=\"Emperor Norton's grave, which was moved from the Masonic Cemetery in San Francisco to Colma.\" width=\"800\" height=\"1067\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/02/4436597737_cae5796fb3_o-1-800x1067.jpg 800w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/02/4436597737_cae5796fb3_o-1-160x213.jpg 160w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/02/4436597737_cae5796fb3_o-1-1020x1360.jpg 1020w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/02/4436597737_cae5796fb3_o-1-1180x1573.jpg 1180w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/02/4436597737_cae5796fb3_o-1-960x1280.jpg 960w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/02/4436597737_cae5796fb3_o-1-240x320.jpg 240w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/02/4436597737_cae5796fb3_o-1-375x500.jpg 375w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/02/4436597737_cae5796fb3_o-1-520x693.jpg 520w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/02/4436597737_cae5796fb3_o-1.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Emperor Norton’s grave, which was moved from the Masonic Cemetery in San Francisco to Colma. \u003ccite>(Joshua Neff/Flickr)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Ten thousand people came to Norton’s funeral. The headline of his obituary in the San Francisco Chronicle read, “Le roi est mort.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Norton died with just a few dollars in his pockets and would have been sent to a pauper’s grave, if not for the intercession of his old friends in business, who paid for a fancy rosewood coffin adorned with silver and a burial plot in the Masonic Cemetery.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Even though often in the official world of journalism or politics he was somewhat seen as a figure of ridicule,” Lumea says, “to the people in the streets who saw him on a day-to-day basis for 20 years, he was known as a very kind person.”\u003c/p>\n\u003ch3>Norton at 200\u003c/h3>\n\u003cp>Almost 140 years after his death, Norton continues to captivate San Francisco.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Lumea started the Emperor’s Bridge Campaign in 2013 to try to get the Bay Bridge renamed for Emperor Norton, in recognition of him publishing the idea decades before it came to be. The Board of Supervisors designated February 2018 as \u003ca href=\"https://twitter.com/EmperorsBridge/status/960568176013541376\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">“Emperor Norton Month,”\u003c/a> and City Hall and Coit Tower were lit up gold on Feb. 4, 2018, in honor of Norton’s 200th birthday.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Nobody really encompasses the spirit of San Francisco better than Emperor Norton,” says Joseph Amster, one of two men who walk the streets of San Francisco as official Emperor Norton impersonators.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Amster and his fellow Norton, Rick Saber, both showed up in full imperial regalia at Norton’s 200th birthday party in February at one of Norton’s favorite spots, the Mechanics’ Institute Library.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11652852\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003ca href=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/02/RS29664_DSC_1504-qut.jpg\">\u003cimg decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-11652852\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/02/RS29664_DSC_1504-qut-800x530.jpg\" alt=\"Jennifer Jacobs stands with Rick Saber (L) and Joseph Amster (R), two official Emperor Norton impersonators at Emperor Norton's 200th birthday party at the Mechanics' Institute in San Francisco on Feb. 7, 2018.\" width=\"800\" height=\"530\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/02/RS29664_DSC_1504-qut-800x530.jpg 800w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/02/RS29664_DSC_1504-qut-160x106.jpg 160w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/02/RS29664_DSC_1504-qut-1020x676.jpg 1020w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/02/RS29664_DSC_1504-qut.jpg 1920w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/02/RS29664_DSC_1504-qut-1180x782.jpg 1180w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/02/RS29664_DSC_1504-qut-960x636.jpg 960w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/02/RS29664_DSC_1504-qut-240x159.jpg 240w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/02/RS29664_DSC_1504-qut-375x248.jpg 375w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/02/RS29664_DSC_1504-qut-520x345.jpg 520w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Jennifer Jacobs stands with Rick Saber (L) and Joseph Amster (R), two official Emperor Norton impersonators, at Emperor Norton’s 200th birthday party at the Mechanics’ Institute Library in San Francisco on Feb. 7, 2018. \u003ccite>(Ryan Levi/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Guests came dressed in their 19th century finest, from Wild West leather chaps to Victorian dresses, to honor Norton. Kazuo Sayama came all the way from Japan to attend the party. He first learned about Norton decades ago while he was doing research for a book about San Francisco, and he was so enthralled by his story that he dedicated an entire book to just Norton and is working on a second.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“You have so many presidents,” Sayama says of the United States, “but no emperor in history. But people admire him as emperor.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>For many at the party and across the city, Norton represents the best of the Bay Area: an advocate of fairness and tolerance, a kind person and a bit of an oddball.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“He’s kind of a symbol of why this isn’t New York or why this isn’t Florida or why this isn’t Seattle,” says Tito Young, who came to the party dressed as a Wild West cowboy in brown leather chaps. “I think there’s something wonderfully eccentric about this gentleman, which I can very much identify with.”\u003cbr>\n[baycuriousbug]\u003cbr>\n“I’m glad there’s a strong personality in my family tree,” says Julie Driver, Norton’s great-great-great-great-niece. She lives in Ontario, Canada, and learned about her famous relative from her dad. “He found a way to make a name for himself after he lost his fortune, and I think that’s something that we should learn from.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Bay Curious listener Jennifer Jacobs was blown away by the sustained love and attention the city continues to give Emperor Norton, and she can’t imagine it happening in any other city.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“San Francisco is a quirky town in a lot of ways,” she says, “and he kind of embodies that.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad floatright]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[baycuriousquestion]\u003c/p>\n\n",
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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003cp>If you’ve taken a walking tour of San Francisco, there’s a good chance you’ve heard the name Emperor Norton.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>That was how Bay Curious listener and Oakland resident Jennifer Jacobs first learned about the beloved San Francisco eccentric after she moved to the Bay Area from Michigan in 1999.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I was just like, ‘Wow, this is a whole other world. They have their own emperor here in San Francisco,’ ” Jennifer says.\u003cbr>\n\u003c/p>\u003cp>\u003caside class=\"alignleft utils-parseShortcode-shortcodes-__bayCuriousPodcastShortcode__bayCurious\">\u003cimg src=https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/02/bayCuriousLogo.png alt=\"Bay Curious Podcast\" loading=\"lazy\" />\n \u003ca href=\"/news/series/baycurious\">Bay Curious\u003c/a> is a podcast that answers your questions about the Bay Area.\n Subscribe on \u003ca href=\"https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/bay-curious/id1172473406\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Apple Podcasts\u003c/a>,\n \u003ca href=\"http://www.npr.org/podcasts/500557090/bay-curious\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">NPR One\u003c/a> or your favorite podcast platform.\u003c/aside>\u003c/p>\u003cp>\u003cbr>\nEver since, Jennifer has wanted to know more. Who was Emperor Norton? How was he seen in his own time? And why is he still remembered and revered today, almost 140 years after his death?\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Not much is known about Emperor Norton’s early life, according to John Lumea, president of the \u003ca href=\"http://www.emperorsbridge.org/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Emperor’s Bridge Campaign\u003c/a>, which focuses on researching Norton’s life and sharing it with the public.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Here’s what we do know.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch3>The rise and fall of a Gold Rush businessman\u003c/h3>\n\u003cp>Emperor Norton was born Joshua Abraham Norton in 1818 to Jewish parents in present-day London. At age 2, he moved with his parents to South Africa, where his dad set up a successful ship supplies business.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003c/div>",
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The city was almost \u003ca href=\"https://thebolditalic.com/5-times-san-francisco-was-almost-destroyed-the-bold-italic-san-francisco-697dcf1177b8\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">destroyed by fires\u003c/a> seven times between 1849 and 1851.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Norton, who had already built and lost a business in South Africa, fit right into this boom-and-bust town. He established himself as a successful businessman selling commodities like rice and flour. He invested in real estate, erecting buildings on three of the four corners of Sansome and Jackson streets — one of the most popular intersections in town — plus plots in North Beach and a lucrative waterfront property.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_10981646\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\" style=\"max-width: 900px\">\u003cimg decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-full wp-image-10981646\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2016/06/Ship-in-the-Bay.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"900\" height=\"723\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2016/06/Ship-in-the-Bay.jpg 900w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2016/06/Ship-in-the-Bay-400x321.jpg 400w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2016/06/Ship-in-the-Bay-800x643.jpg 800w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 900px) 100vw, 900px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">The San Francisco waterfront in 1851. (San Francisco Maritime Museum National Historical Park)\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>“He made a great amount of money and was very influential,” Lumea says of Norton’s early days in the city. “He was in with all the right people, attended all the right clubs and all the right restaurants.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Riding high, Norton planned his next business move. With a rice famine underway in China, Norton was presented with a chance to corner the rice market by buying up a shipload of Peruvian rice. Expecting rice prices to soar, Norton went in with a couple of business partners in 1852 and staked $25,000 on the venture.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>And then it all went wrong.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Within a [few] days, ship after ship after ship of rice comes in, and so the bottom falls out of the market,” Lumea says. “This idea, which at one point seemed so great, now isn’t so great.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The deal, and the subsequent years of legal wrangling, ruined Norton. By the time Norton was 38, in 1856, he was bankrupt for the second time.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch3>An imperial transformation\u003c/h3>\n\u003cp>After his financial ruin, Norton went quiet for a few years. He moved out of his prestigious home, and fell out of favor with some members of the social elite.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>He re-emerged on Sept. 17, 1859, on the pages on the San Francisco Evening Bulletin newspaper. Earlier in the day, he had walked into the paper’s offices and presented the editor with a short notice he asked to have published in that day’s edition.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“At the peremptory request of a large majority of the citizens of these United States, I, Joshua Norton, formerly of Algoa Bay, Cape of Good Hope, and now for the last nine years and ten months past of San Francisco, California, declare and proclaim myself Emperor of these United States,” the notice began.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11652849\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 411px\">\u003ca href=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/02/RS29665_First-Norton-Proclamation-qut.jpg\">\u003cimg decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"wp-image-11652849 size-full\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/02/RS29665_First-Norton-Proclamation-qut.jpg\" alt=\"The proclamation in the September 17, 1859, edition of the San Francisco Evening Bulletin that transformed Joshua Abraham Norton into Emperor Norton.\" width=\"411\" height=\"481\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/02/RS29665_First-Norton-Proclamation-qut.jpg 411w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/02/RS29665_First-Norton-Proclamation-qut-160x187.jpg 160w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/02/RS29665_First-Norton-Proclamation-qut-240x281.jpg 240w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/02/RS29665_First-Norton-Proclamation-qut-375x439.jpg 375w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 411px) 100vw, 411px\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">The proclamation in the September 17, 1859, edition of the San Francisco Evening Bulletin that transformed Joshua Abraham Norton into Emperor Norton. \u003ccite>(San Francisco Public Library)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>At age 41, three years after losing everything, Norton christened himself Emperor of the United States. When France’s Napoleon III invaded Mexico in 1861, Norton added “Protector of Mexico” to his imperial title.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>This astonishing transformation has always fascinated Bay Curious listener Jacobs.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I majored in psychology, so I couldn’t help thinking he must have had some kind of a nervous breakdown or something happened in those few years,” she says. “I was thinking schizophrenia or bipolar disorder maybe.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>There are no sure answers about Norton’s mental health before or after his imperial declaration, but some people think his money troubles led him into a deep depression and that becoming Emperor Norton was a coping mechanism.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11652931\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\" style=\"max-width: 400px\">\u003cimg decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"wp-image-11652931\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/02/bike.jpg\" alt=\"A snarky caption is scrawled below this image of Norton on a bicycle.\" width=\"400\" height=\"552\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/02/bike.jpg 522w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/02/bike-160x221.jpg 160w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/02/bike-240x331.jpg 240w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/02/bike-375x517.jpg 375w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/02/bike-520x717.jpg 520w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 400px) 100vw, 400px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">A snarky caption is scrawled below this image of Norton on a bicycle. \u003ccite>(California State Library)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>“There’s a sense in which the persona of the Emperor actually saved him in a way,” Lumea says.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Later in his declaration, Norton called on representatives of all the states to assemble the following February to establish his empire and “to make such alterations in the existing laws of the Union to ameliorate the evils under which the country is laboring.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Unsurprisingly, nobody showed up.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But that didn’t stop Norton. He had declared himself emperor. And he was going to act like it for the next 20 years.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch3>Emperor of the United States, Protector of Mexico\u003c/h3>\n\u003cp>Norton continued issuing imperial proclamations on items big, like calling for the end of presidential elections, and small, like chastising the skating rink operator who wouldn’t let him use a pair of skates.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Even though he was Emperor of the United States, his proclamations were often very local in nature. He didn’t hesitate to call out San Francisco’s police and elected officials. Perhaps his most well-known proclamations were the ones calling for the construction of a bridge connecting Oakland and San Francisco through Yerba Buena Island — what we recognize today as the Bay Bridge.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003c/div>",
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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Many of Norton’s proclamations, especially those in The Pacific Appeal, were surprisingly progressive for his time.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“He’s talking about how African-Americans should have the right to attend public schools, ride public streetcars. How the Chinese should be able to have their testimony heard in court,” Lumea says. Norton also argued for the rights of Native Americans and against political corruption.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“So he’s really making himself into an early champion of the values of fairness and tolerance and the common good that really later become a great symbol of San Francisco,” Lumea says.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch3>‘Le roi est mort’\u003c/h3>\n\u003cp>Jan. 8, 1880, was a cold and rainy night in San Francisco. Norton left his room on Commercial Street to walk the few short blocks to a debate at the Academy of Natural Sciences.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>On his way there, he collapsed on the street and died of a suspected stroke.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11652860\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003ca href=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/02/4436597737_cae5796fb3_o-1.jpg\">\u003cimg decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-11652860\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/02/4436597737_cae5796fb3_o-1-800x1067.jpg\" alt=\"Emperor Norton's grave, which was moved from the Masonic Cemetery in San Francisco to Colma.\" width=\"800\" height=\"1067\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/02/4436597737_cae5796fb3_o-1-800x1067.jpg 800w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/02/4436597737_cae5796fb3_o-1-160x213.jpg 160w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/02/4436597737_cae5796fb3_o-1-1020x1360.jpg 1020w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/02/4436597737_cae5796fb3_o-1-1180x1573.jpg 1180w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/02/4436597737_cae5796fb3_o-1-960x1280.jpg 960w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/02/4436597737_cae5796fb3_o-1-240x320.jpg 240w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/02/4436597737_cae5796fb3_o-1-375x500.jpg 375w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/02/4436597737_cae5796fb3_o-1-520x693.jpg 520w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/02/4436597737_cae5796fb3_o-1.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Emperor Norton’s grave, which was moved from the Masonic Cemetery in San Francisco to Colma. \u003ccite>(Joshua Neff/Flickr)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Ten thousand people came to Norton’s funeral. The headline of his obituary in the San Francisco Chronicle read, “Le roi est mort.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Norton died with just a few dollars in his pockets and would have been sent to a pauper’s grave, if not for the intercession of his old friends in business, who paid for a fancy rosewood coffin adorned with silver and a burial plot in the Masonic Cemetery.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Even though often in the official world of journalism or politics he was somewhat seen as a figure of ridicule,” Lumea says, “to the people in the streets who saw him on a day-to-day basis for 20 years, he was known as a very kind person.”\u003c/p>\n\u003ch3>Norton at 200\u003c/h3>\n\u003cp>Almost 140 years after his death, Norton continues to captivate San Francisco.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Lumea started the Emperor’s Bridge Campaign in 2013 to try to get the Bay Bridge renamed for Emperor Norton, in recognition of him publishing the idea decades before it came to be. The Board of Supervisors designated February 2018 as \u003ca href=\"https://twitter.com/EmperorsBridge/status/960568176013541376\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">“Emperor Norton Month,”\u003c/a> and City Hall and Coit Tower were lit up gold on Feb. 4, 2018, in honor of Norton’s 200th birthday.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Nobody really encompasses the spirit of San Francisco better than Emperor Norton,” says Joseph Amster, one of two men who walk the streets of San Francisco as official Emperor Norton impersonators.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Amster and his fellow Norton, Rick Saber, both showed up in full imperial regalia at Norton’s 200th birthday party in February at one of Norton’s favorite spots, the Mechanics’ Institute Library.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11652852\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003ca href=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/02/RS29664_DSC_1504-qut.jpg\">\u003cimg decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-11652852\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/02/RS29664_DSC_1504-qut-800x530.jpg\" alt=\"Jennifer Jacobs stands with Rick Saber (L) and Joseph Amster (R), two official Emperor Norton impersonators at Emperor Norton's 200th birthday party at the Mechanics' Institute in San Francisco on Feb. 7, 2018.\" width=\"800\" height=\"530\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/02/RS29664_DSC_1504-qut-800x530.jpg 800w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/02/RS29664_DSC_1504-qut-160x106.jpg 160w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/02/RS29664_DSC_1504-qut-1020x676.jpg 1020w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/02/RS29664_DSC_1504-qut.jpg 1920w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/02/RS29664_DSC_1504-qut-1180x782.jpg 1180w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/02/RS29664_DSC_1504-qut-960x636.jpg 960w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/02/RS29664_DSC_1504-qut-240x159.jpg 240w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/02/RS29664_DSC_1504-qut-375x248.jpg 375w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/02/RS29664_DSC_1504-qut-520x345.jpg 520w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Jennifer Jacobs stands with Rick Saber (L) and Joseph Amster (R), two official Emperor Norton impersonators, at Emperor Norton’s 200th birthday party at the Mechanics’ Institute Library in San Francisco on Feb. 7, 2018. \u003ccite>(Ryan Levi/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Guests came dressed in their 19th century finest, from Wild West leather chaps to Victorian dresses, to honor Norton. Kazuo Sayama came all the way from Japan to attend the party. He first learned about Norton decades ago while he was doing research for a book about San Francisco, and he was so enthralled by his story that he dedicated an entire book to just Norton and is working on a second.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“You have so many presidents,” Sayama says of the United States, “but no emperor in history. But people admire him as emperor.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>For many at the party and across the city, Norton represents the best of the Bay Area: an advocate of fairness and tolerance, a kind person and a bit of an oddball.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“He’s kind of a symbol of why this isn’t New York or why this isn’t Florida or why this isn’t Seattle,” says Tito Young, who came to the party dressed as a Wild West cowboy in brown leather chaps. “I think there’s something wonderfully eccentric about this gentleman, which I can very much identify with.”\u003cbr>\n\u003c/p>\u003cp>\u003caside class=\"alignleft utils-parseShortcode-shortcodes-__bayCuriousPodcastShortcode__bayCurious\">\u003cimg src=https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/02/bayCuriousLogo.png alt=\"Bay Curious Podcast\" loading=\"lazy\" />\n What do you wonder about the Bay Area, its culture or people that you want KQED to investigate?\n \u003ca href=\"/news/series/baycurious\">Ask Bay Curious.\u003c/a>\u003c/aside>\u003c/p>\u003cp>\u003cbr>\n“I’m glad there’s a strong personality in my family tree,” says Julie Driver, Norton’s great-great-great-great-niece. She lives in Ontario, Canada, and learned about her famous relative from her dad. “He found a way to make a name for himself after he lost his fortune, and I think that’s something that we should learn from.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Bay Curious listener Jennifer Jacobs was blown away by the sustained love and attention the city continues to give Emperor Norton, and she can’t imagine it happening in any other city.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“San Francisco is a quirky town in a lot of ways,” she says, “and he kind of embodies that.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003c/div>",
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"content": "\u003cp>Last night’s \u003ca href=\"http://www.chineseparade.com/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Chinese New Year Parade\u003c/a> held in San Francisco is considered one of the largest Chinese New Year celebrations outside of China. The parade has taken place since the 1860s and attracts millions of spectators in person and on TV.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Based on the lunar calendar, the 2018 Chinese New Year started on Feb. 16. Celebrations have already been underway across the Bay Area, with \u003ca href=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/2018/02/11/photos-chinese-new-year-preparations-underway-at-flower-market-fair/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">markets\u003c/a>, lunar festivals and \u003ca href=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/bayareabites/2018/02/07/eight-eateries-to-celebrate-the-lunar-new-year-in-san-francisco/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">culinary delights\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Last night’s event is one of the few remaining illuminated parades in the country. It featured floats, costumes, lion dances, firecrackers and the newly crowned Miss Chinatown USA.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11652107\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-11652107\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/02/RS29573_environmport-qut-800x533.jpg\" alt=\"Chinatown's shop owners welcomed crowds of tourists and locals alike during the two week festival. In Lunar New Year tradition, giving fruit, like apples or oranges, as a gift for a host or hostess brings health and prosperity.\" width=\"800\" height=\"533\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/02/RS29573_environmport-qut-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/02/RS29573_environmport-qut-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/02/RS29573_environmport-qut-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/02/RS29573_environmport-qut.jpg 1920w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/02/RS29573_environmport-qut-1180x787.jpg 1180w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/02/RS29573_environmport-qut-960x640.jpg 960w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/02/RS29573_environmport-qut-240x160.jpg 240w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/02/RS29573_environmport-qut-375x250.jpg 375w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/02/RS29573_environmport-qut-520x347.jpg 520w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Chinatown’s shop owners welcomed crowds of tourists and locals alike during the two week festival. In Lunar New Year tradition, giving fruit, like apples or oranges, as a gift for a host or hostess brings health and prosperity. \u003ccite>(Samantha Shanahan/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11652108\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-11652108\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/02/RS29576_parade-6-qut-800x533.jpg\" alt=\"Parade participants carry flags with symbols of the Chinese Zodiac in the Lunar New Year parade in San Francisco. The new year ended the Year of the Rooster in favor of the Year of the Dog. The Chinese Zodiac consists of 12 animals that rotate in 12-year cycles, and the animal that pertains to your birth year is said to reveal your future fortune, personality and career.\" width=\"800\" height=\"533\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/02/RS29576_parade-6-qut-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/02/RS29576_parade-6-qut-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/02/RS29576_parade-6-qut-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/02/RS29576_parade-6-qut.jpg 1920w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/02/RS29576_parade-6-qut-1180x787.jpg 1180w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/02/RS29576_parade-6-qut-960x640.jpg 960w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/02/RS29576_parade-6-qut-240x160.jpg 240w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/02/RS29576_parade-6-qut-375x250.jpg 375w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/02/RS29576_parade-6-qut-520x347.jpg 520w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Parade participants carry flags with symbols of the Chinese Zodiac in the Lunar New Year parade in San Francisco. The new year ended the Year of the Rooster in favor of the Year of the Dog. The Chinese Zodiac consists of 12 animals that rotate in 12-year cycles, and the animal that pertains to your birth year is said to reveal your future fortune, personality and career. \u003ccite>(Samantha Shanahan/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11652109\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-11652109\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/02/RS29577_parade-7-qut-800x533.jpg\" alt=\"Parade participants march down Market Street alongside thousands of spectators to kick off the annual Lunar New Year Parade on February 24, 2018 in San Francisco.\" width=\"800\" height=\"533\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/02/RS29577_parade-7-qut-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/02/RS29577_parade-7-qut-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/02/RS29577_parade-7-qut-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/02/RS29577_parade-7-qut.jpg 1920w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/02/RS29577_parade-7-qut-1180x787.jpg 1180w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/02/RS29577_parade-7-qut-960x640.jpg 960w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/02/RS29577_parade-7-qut-240x160.jpg 240w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/02/RS29577_parade-7-qut-375x250.jpg 375w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/02/RS29577_parade-7-qut-520x347.jpg 520w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Parade participants march down Market Street alongside thousands of spectators to kick off the annual Lunar New Year Parade on February 24, 2018 in San Francisco. \u003ccite>(Samantha Shanahan/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11652110\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-11652110\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/02/RS29578_parade-10-qut-800x533.jpg\" alt=\"A float resembling a BART train car rolls down Market leaving a trail of bubbles to celebrate the Year of the Dog.\" width=\"800\" height=\"533\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/02/RS29578_parade-10-qut-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/02/RS29578_parade-10-qut-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/02/RS29578_parade-10-qut-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/02/RS29578_parade-10-qut.jpg 1920w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/02/RS29578_parade-10-qut-1180x787.jpg 1180w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/02/RS29578_parade-10-qut-960x640.jpg 960w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/02/RS29578_parade-10-qut-240x160.jpg 240w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/02/RS29578_parade-10-qut-375x250.jpg 375w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/02/RS29578_parade-10-qut-520x347.jpg 520w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">A float resembling a BART train car rolls down Market leaving a trail of bubbles to celebrate the Year of the Dog. \u003ccite>(Samantha Shanahan/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11652112\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-11652112\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/02/RS29579_parade-11-qut-800x533.jpg\" alt=\"The bass drums of marching bands boomed down Market at the height of the Lunar New Year Parade in San Francisco, revving up the the crowd despite cold temperatures.\" width=\"800\" height=\"533\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/02/RS29579_parade-11-qut-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/02/RS29579_parade-11-qut-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/02/RS29579_parade-11-qut-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/02/RS29579_parade-11-qut.jpg 1920w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/02/RS29579_parade-11-qut-1180x787.jpg 1180w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/02/RS29579_parade-11-qut-960x640.jpg 960w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/02/RS29579_parade-11-qut-240x160.jpg 240w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/02/RS29579_parade-11-qut-375x250.jpg 375w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/02/RS29579_parade-11-qut-520x347.jpg 520w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">The bass drums of marching bands boomed down Market at the height of the Lunar New Year Parade in San Francisco, revving up the the crowd despite cold temperatures. \u003ccite>(Samantha Shanahan/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11652113\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-11652113\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/02/RS29574_parade-3-qut-800x533.jpg\" alt=\"Boys dressed as the Eight Immortals, popular mythological figures in Chinese custom, towered above the crowds as they waited their turn to join the Lunar New Year Parade in San Francisco.\" width=\"800\" height=\"533\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/02/RS29574_parade-3-qut-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/02/RS29574_parade-3-qut-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/02/RS29574_parade-3-qut-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/02/RS29574_parade-3-qut.jpg 1920w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/02/RS29574_parade-3-qut-1180x787.jpg 1180w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/02/RS29574_parade-3-qut-960x640.jpg 960w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/02/RS29574_parade-3-qut-240x160.jpg 240w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/02/RS29574_parade-3-qut-375x250.jpg 375w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/02/RS29574_parade-3-qut-520x347.jpg 520w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Boys dressed as the Eight Immortals, popular mythological figures in Chinese custom, towered above the crowds as they waited their turn to join the Lunar New Year Parade in San Francisco. \u003ccite>(Samantha Shanahan/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11652114\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-11652114\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/02/RS29580_parade-13-qut-800x533.jpg\" alt=\"Students from the Tat Wong Kung Fu Academy show off their best moves to the crowd while marching in the Lunar New Year Parade in San Francisco.\" width=\"800\" height=\"533\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/02/RS29580_parade-13-qut-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/02/RS29580_parade-13-qut-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/02/RS29580_parade-13-qut-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/02/RS29580_parade-13-qut.jpg 1920w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/02/RS29580_parade-13-qut-1180x787.jpg 1180w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/02/RS29580_parade-13-qut-960x640.jpg 960w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/02/RS29580_parade-13-qut-240x160.jpg 240w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/02/RS29580_parade-13-qut-375x250.jpg 375w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/02/RS29580_parade-13-qut-520x347.jpg 520w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Students from the Tat Wong Kung Fu Academy show off their best moves to the crowd while marching in the Lunar New Year Parade in San Francisco. \u003ccite>(Samantha Shanahan/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11652115\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-11652115\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/02/RS29571_environmport-5-qut-800x533.jpg\" alt=\"Ribbon dancers prance down Market Street in synchronization, entertaining a crowd of thousands of spectators.\" width=\"800\" height=\"533\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/02/RS29571_environmport-5-qut-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/02/RS29571_environmport-5-qut-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/02/RS29571_environmport-5-qut-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/02/RS29571_environmport-5-qut.jpg 1920w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/02/RS29571_environmport-5-qut-1180x787.jpg 1180w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/02/RS29571_environmport-5-qut-960x640.jpg 960w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/02/RS29571_environmport-5-qut-240x160.jpg 240w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/02/RS29571_environmport-5-qut-375x250.jpg 375w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/02/RS29571_environmport-5-qut-520x347.jpg 520w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Ribbon dancers prance down Market Street in synchronization, entertaining a crowd of thousands of spectators. \u003ccite>(Samantha Shanahan/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11652116\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-11652116\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/02/RS29572_environmport-8-qut-800x533.jpg\" alt=\"A young girl observes the crowd below on a float decorated with illuminated red and gold lanterns. In traditional Chinese culture, red and gold signify luck and prosperity for the upcoming year.\" width=\"800\" height=\"533\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/02/RS29572_environmport-8-qut-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/02/RS29572_environmport-8-qut-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/02/RS29572_environmport-8-qut-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/02/RS29572_environmport-8-qut.jpg 1920w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/02/RS29572_environmport-8-qut-1180x787.jpg 1180w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/02/RS29572_environmport-8-qut-960x640.jpg 960w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/02/RS29572_environmport-8-qut-240x160.jpg 240w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/02/RS29572_environmport-8-qut-375x250.jpg 375w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/02/RS29572_environmport-8-qut-520x347.jpg 520w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">A young girl observes the crowd below on a float decorated with illuminated red and gold lanterns. In traditional Chinese culture, red and gold signify luck and prosperity for the upcoming year. \u003ccite>(Samantha Shanahan/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11652117\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-11652117 size-medium\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/02/RS29584_parade-29-qut-800x533.jpg\" alt=\"Parade spectators visit Chinatown's many shops and street vendors to shop for souvenirs after the parade.\" width=\"800\" height=\"533\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/02/RS29584_parade-29-qut-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/02/RS29584_parade-29-qut-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/02/RS29584_parade-29-qut-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/02/RS29584_parade-29-qut.jpg 1920w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/02/RS29584_parade-29-qut-1180x787.jpg 1180w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/02/RS29584_parade-29-qut-960x640.jpg 960w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/02/RS29584_parade-29-qut-240x160.jpg 240w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/02/RS29584_parade-29-qut-375x250.jpg 375w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/02/RS29584_parade-29-qut-520x347.jpg 520w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Parade spectators visit Chinatown’s many shops and street vendors to shop for souvenirs after the parade. \u003ccite>(Samantha Shanahan/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11652118\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-11652118 size-medium\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/02/RS29581_parade-19-qut-800x533.jpg\" alt=\"Parade spectators battled crowds and cold temperatures to ring in the Lunar New Year.\" width=\"800\" height=\"533\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/02/RS29581_parade-19-qut-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/02/RS29581_parade-19-qut-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/02/RS29581_parade-19-qut-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/02/RS29581_parade-19-qut.jpg 1920w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/02/RS29581_parade-19-qut-1180x787.jpg 1180w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/02/RS29581_parade-19-qut-960x640.jpg 960w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/02/RS29581_parade-19-qut-240x160.jpg 240w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/02/RS29581_parade-19-qut-375x250.jpg 375w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/02/RS29581_parade-19-qut-520x347.jpg 520w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Parade spectators battled crowds and cold temperatures to ring in the Lunar New Year. \u003ccite>(Samantha Shanahan/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11652119\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-11652119\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/02/RS29583_parade-27-qut-800x533.jpg\" alt=\"After the parade, participants of all ages lit up the streets of Chinatown by lighting sparklers and firecrackers.\" width=\"800\" height=\"533\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/02/RS29583_parade-27-qut-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/02/RS29583_parade-27-qut-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/02/RS29583_parade-27-qut-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/02/RS29583_parade-27-qut.jpg 1920w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/02/RS29583_parade-27-qut-1180x787.jpg 1180w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/02/RS29583_parade-27-qut-960x640.jpg 960w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/02/RS29583_parade-27-qut-240x160.jpg 240w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/02/RS29583_parade-27-qut-375x250.jpg 375w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/02/RS29583_parade-27-qut-520x347.jpg 520w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">After the parade, participants of all ages lit up the streets of Chinatown by lighting sparklers and firecrackers. \u003ccite>(Samantha Shanahan/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11652120\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-11652120\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/02/RS29582_parade-24-qut-800x533.jpg\" alt=\"The chilly weather had parade onlookers lining up for hot noodle soup like malatang and other Chinese staples.\" width=\"800\" height=\"533\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/02/RS29582_parade-24-qut-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/02/RS29582_parade-24-qut-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/02/RS29582_parade-24-qut-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/02/RS29582_parade-24-qut.jpg 1920w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/02/RS29582_parade-24-qut-1180x787.jpg 1180w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/02/RS29582_parade-24-qut-960x640.jpg 960w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/02/RS29582_parade-24-qut-240x160.jpg 240w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/02/RS29582_parade-24-qut-375x250.jpg 375w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/02/RS29582_parade-24-qut-520x347.jpg 520w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">The chilly weather had parade onlookers lining up for hot noodle soup like malatang and other Chinese staples. \u003ccite>(Samantha Shanahan/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11652121\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-11652121\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/02/RS29570_environmport-2-qut-800x533.jpg\" alt=\"Firecracker debris litters the ground of Chinatown after a successful Lunar New Year celebration in San Francisco.\" width=\"800\" height=\"533\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/02/RS29570_environmport-2-qut-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/02/RS29570_environmport-2-qut-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/02/RS29570_environmport-2-qut-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/02/RS29570_environmport-2-qut.jpg 1920w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/02/RS29570_environmport-2-qut-1180x787.jpg 1180w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/02/RS29570_environmport-2-qut-960x640.jpg 960w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/02/RS29570_environmport-2-qut-240x160.jpg 240w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/02/RS29570_environmport-2-qut-375x250.jpg 375w, 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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003cp>Last night’s \u003ca href=\"http://www.chineseparade.com/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Chinese New Year Parade\u003c/a> held in San Francisco is considered one of the largest Chinese New Year celebrations outside of China. The parade has taken place since the 1860s and attracts millions of spectators in person and on TV.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Based on the lunar calendar, the 2018 Chinese New Year started on Feb. 16. Celebrations have already been underway across the Bay Area, with \u003ca href=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/2018/02/11/photos-chinese-new-year-preparations-underway-at-flower-market-fair/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">markets\u003c/a>, lunar festivals and \u003ca href=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/bayareabites/2018/02/07/eight-eateries-to-celebrate-the-lunar-new-year-in-san-francisco/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">culinary delights\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Last night’s event is one of the few remaining illuminated parades in the country. It featured floats, costumes, lion dances, firecrackers and the newly crowned Miss Chinatown USA.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11652107\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-11652107\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/02/RS29573_environmport-qut-800x533.jpg\" alt=\"Chinatown's shop owners welcomed crowds of tourists and locals alike during the two week festival. In Lunar New Year tradition, giving fruit, like apples or oranges, as a gift for a host or hostess brings health and prosperity.\" width=\"800\" height=\"533\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/02/RS29573_environmport-qut-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/02/RS29573_environmport-qut-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/02/RS29573_environmport-qut-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/02/RS29573_environmport-qut.jpg 1920w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/02/RS29573_environmport-qut-1180x787.jpg 1180w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/02/RS29573_environmport-qut-960x640.jpg 960w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/02/RS29573_environmport-qut-240x160.jpg 240w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/02/RS29573_environmport-qut-375x250.jpg 375w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/02/RS29573_environmport-qut-520x347.jpg 520w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Chinatown’s shop owners welcomed crowds of tourists and locals alike during the two week festival. In Lunar New Year tradition, giving fruit, like apples or oranges, as a gift for a host or hostess brings health and prosperity. \u003ccite>(Samantha Shanahan/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11652108\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-11652108\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/02/RS29576_parade-6-qut-800x533.jpg\" alt=\"Parade participants carry flags with symbols of the Chinese Zodiac in the Lunar New Year parade in San Francisco. The new year ended the Year of the Rooster in favor of the Year of the Dog. The Chinese Zodiac consists of 12 animals that rotate in 12-year cycles, and the animal that pertains to your birth year is said to reveal your future fortune, personality and career.\" width=\"800\" height=\"533\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/02/RS29576_parade-6-qut-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/02/RS29576_parade-6-qut-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/02/RS29576_parade-6-qut-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/02/RS29576_parade-6-qut.jpg 1920w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/02/RS29576_parade-6-qut-1180x787.jpg 1180w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/02/RS29576_parade-6-qut-960x640.jpg 960w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/02/RS29576_parade-6-qut-240x160.jpg 240w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/02/RS29576_parade-6-qut-375x250.jpg 375w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/02/RS29576_parade-6-qut-520x347.jpg 520w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Parade participants carry flags with symbols of the Chinese Zodiac in the Lunar New Year parade in San Francisco. The new year ended the Year of the Rooster in favor of the Year of the Dog. The Chinese Zodiac consists of 12 animals that rotate in 12-year cycles, and the animal that pertains to your birth year is said to reveal your future fortune, personality and career. \u003ccite>(Samantha Shanahan/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11652109\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-11652109\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/02/RS29577_parade-7-qut-800x533.jpg\" alt=\"Parade participants march down Market Street alongside thousands of spectators to kick off the annual Lunar New Year Parade on February 24, 2018 in San Francisco.\" width=\"800\" height=\"533\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/02/RS29577_parade-7-qut-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/02/RS29577_parade-7-qut-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/02/RS29577_parade-7-qut-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/02/RS29577_parade-7-qut.jpg 1920w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/02/RS29577_parade-7-qut-1180x787.jpg 1180w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/02/RS29577_parade-7-qut-960x640.jpg 960w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/02/RS29577_parade-7-qut-240x160.jpg 240w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/02/RS29577_parade-7-qut-375x250.jpg 375w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/02/RS29577_parade-7-qut-520x347.jpg 520w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Parade participants march down Market Street alongside thousands of spectators to kick off the annual Lunar New Year Parade on February 24, 2018 in San Francisco. \u003ccite>(Samantha Shanahan/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11652110\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-11652110\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/02/RS29578_parade-10-qut-800x533.jpg\" alt=\"A float resembling a BART train car rolls down Market leaving a trail of bubbles to celebrate the Year of the Dog.\" width=\"800\" height=\"533\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/02/RS29578_parade-10-qut-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/02/RS29578_parade-10-qut-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/02/RS29578_parade-10-qut-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/02/RS29578_parade-10-qut.jpg 1920w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/02/RS29578_parade-10-qut-1180x787.jpg 1180w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/02/RS29578_parade-10-qut-960x640.jpg 960w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/02/RS29578_parade-10-qut-240x160.jpg 240w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/02/RS29578_parade-10-qut-375x250.jpg 375w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/02/RS29578_parade-10-qut-520x347.jpg 520w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">A float resembling a BART train car rolls down Market leaving a trail of bubbles to celebrate the Year of the Dog. \u003ccite>(Samantha Shanahan/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11652112\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-11652112\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/02/RS29579_parade-11-qut-800x533.jpg\" alt=\"The bass drums of marching bands boomed down Market at the height of the Lunar New Year Parade in San Francisco, revving up the the crowd despite cold temperatures.\" width=\"800\" height=\"533\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/02/RS29579_parade-11-qut-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/02/RS29579_parade-11-qut-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/02/RS29579_parade-11-qut-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/02/RS29579_parade-11-qut.jpg 1920w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/02/RS29579_parade-11-qut-1180x787.jpg 1180w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/02/RS29579_parade-11-qut-960x640.jpg 960w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/02/RS29579_parade-11-qut-240x160.jpg 240w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/02/RS29579_parade-11-qut-375x250.jpg 375w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/02/RS29579_parade-11-qut-520x347.jpg 520w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">The bass drums of marching bands boomed down Market at the height of the Lunar New Year Parade in San Francisco, revving up the the crowd despite cold temperatures. \u003ccite>(Samantha Shanahan/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11652113\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-11652113\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/02/RS29574_parade-3-qut-800x533.jpg\" alt=\"Boys dressed as the Eight Immortals, popular mythological figures in Chinese custom, towered above the crowds as they waited their turn to join the Lunar New Year Parade in San Francisco.\" width=\"800\" height=\"533\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/02/RS29574_parade-3-qut-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/02/RS29574_parade-3-qut-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/02/RS29574_parade-3-qut-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/02/RS29574_parade-3-qut.jpg 1920w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/02/RS29574_parade-3-qut-1180x787.jpg 1180w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/02/RS29574_parade-3-qut-960x640.jpg 960w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/02/RS29574_parade-3-qut-240x160.jpg 240w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/02/RS29574_parade-3-qut-375x250.jpg 375w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/02/RS29574_parade-3-qut-520x347.jpg 520w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Boys dressed as the Eight Immortals, popular mythological figures in Chinese custom, towered above the crowds as they waited their turn to join the Lunar New Year Parade in San Francisco. \u003ccite>(Samantha Shanahan/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11652114\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-11652114\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/02/RS29580_parade-13-qut-800x533.jpg\" alt=\"Students from the Tat Wong Kung Fu Academy show off their best moves to the crowd while marching in the Lunar New Year Parade in San Francisco.\" width=\"800\" height=\"533\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/02/RS29580_parade-13-qut-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/02/RS29580_parade-13-qut-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/02/RS29580_parade-13-qut-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/02/RS29580_parade-13-qut.jpg 1920w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/02/RS29580_parade-13-qut-1180x787.jpg 1180w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/02/RS29580_parade-13-qut-960x640.jpg 960w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/02/RS29580_parade-13-qut-240x160.jpg 240w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/02/RS29580_parade-13-qut-375x250.jpg 375w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/02/RS29580_parade-13-qut-520x347.jpg 520w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Students from the Tat Wong Kung Fu Academy show off their best moves to the crowd while marching in the Lunar New Year Parade in San Francisco. \u003ccite>(Samantha Shanahan/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11652115\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-11652115\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/02/RS29571_environmport-5-qut-800x533.jpg\" alt=\"Ribbon dancers prance down Market Street in synchronization, entertaining a crowd of thousands of spectators.\" width=\"800\" height=\"533\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/02/RS29571_environmport-5-qut-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/02/RS29571_environmport-5-qut-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/02/RS29571_environmport-5-qut-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/02/RS29571_environmport-5-qut.jpg 1920w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/02/RS29571_environmport-5-qut-1180x787.jpg 1180w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/02/RS29571_environmport-5-qut-960x640.jpg 960w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/02/RS29571_environmport-5-qut-240x160.jpg 240w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/02/RS29571_environmport-5-qut-375x250.jpg 375w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/02/RS29571_environmport-5-qut-520x347.jpg 520w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Ribbon dancers prance down Market Street in synchronization, entertaining a crowd of thousands of spectators. \u003ccite>(Samantha Shanahan/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11652116\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-11652116\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/02/RS29572_environmport-8-qut-800x533.jpg\" alt=\"A young girl observes the crowd below on a float decorated with illuminated red and gold lanterns. In traditional Chinese culture, red and gold signify luck and prosperity for the upcoming year.\" width=\"800\" height=\"533\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/02/RS29572_environmport-8-qut-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/02/RS29572_environmport-8-qut-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/02/RS29572_environmport-8-qut-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/02/RS29572_environmport-8-qut.jpg 1920w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/02/RS29572_environmport-8-qut-1180x787.jpg 1180w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/02/RS29572_environmport-8-qut-960x640.jpg 960w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/02/RS29572_environmport-8-qut-240x160.jpg 240w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/02/RS29572_environmport-8-qut-375x250.jpg 375w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/02/RS29572_environmport-8-qut-520x347.jpg 520w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">A young girl observes the crowd below on a float decorated with illuminated red and gold lanterns. In traditional Chinese culture, red and gold signify luck and prosperity for the upcoming year. \u003ccite>(Samantha Shanahan/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11652117\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-11652117 size-medium\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/02/RS29584_parade-29-qut-800x533.jpg\" alt=\"Parade spectators visit Chinatown's many shops and street vendors to shop for souvenirs after the parade.\" width=\"800\" height=\"533\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/02/RS29584_parade-29-qut-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/02/RS29584_parade-29-qut-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/02/RS29584_parade-29-qut-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/02/RS29584_parade-29-qut.jpg 1920w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/02/RS29584_parade-29-qut-1180x787.jpg 1180w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/02/RS29584_parade-29-qut-960x640.jpg 960w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/02/RS29584_parade-29-qut-240x160.jpg 240w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/02/RS29584_parade-29-qut-375x250.jpg 375w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/02/RS29584_parade-29-qut-520x347.jpg 520w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Parade spectators visit Chinatown’s many shops and street vendors to shop for souvenirs after the parade. \u003ccite>(Samantha Shanahan/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11652118\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-11652118 size-medium\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/02/RS29581_parade-19-qut-800x533.jpg\" alt=\"Parade spectators battled crowds and cold temperatures to ring in the Lunar New Year.\" width=\"800\" height=\"533\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/02/RS29581_parade-19-qut-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/02/RS29581_parade-19-qut-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/02/RS29581_parade-19-qut-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/02/RS29581_parade-19-qut.jpg 1920w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/02/RS29581_parade-19-qut-1180x787.jpg 1180w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/02/RS29581_parade-19-qut-960x640.jpg 960w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/02/RS29581_parade-19-qut-240x160.jpg 240w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/02/RS29581_parade-19-qut-375x250.jpg 375w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/02/RS29581_parade-19-qut-520x347.jpg 520w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Parade spectators battled crowds and cold temperatures to ring in the Lunar New Year. \u003ccite>(Samantha Shanahan/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11652119\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-11652119\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/02/RS29583_parade-27-qut-800x533.jpg\" alt=\"After the parade, participants of all ages lit up the streets of Chinatown by lighting sparklers and firecrackers.\" width=\"800\" height=\"533\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/02/RS29583_parade-27-qut-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/02/RS29583_parade-27-qut-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/02/RS29583_parade-27-qut-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/02/RS29583_parade-27-qut.jpg 1920w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/02/RS29583_parade-27-qut-1180x787.jpg 1180w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/02/RS29583_parade-27-qut-960x640.jpg 960w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/02/RS29583_parade-27-qut-240x160.jpg 240w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/02/RS29583_parade-27-qut-375x250.jpg 375w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/02/RS29583_parade-27-qut-520x347.jpg 520w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">After the parade, participants of all ages lit up the streets of Chinatown by lighting sparklers and firecrackers. \u003ccite>(Samantha Shanahan/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11652120\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-11652120\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/02/RS29582_parade-24-qut-800x533.jpg\" alt=\"The chilly weather had parade onlookers lining up for hot noodle soup like malatang and other Chinese staples.\" width=\"800\" height=\"533\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/02/RS29582_parade-24-qut-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/02/RS29582_parade-24-qut-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/02/RS29582_parade-24-qut-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/02/RS29582_parade-24-qut.jpg 1920w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/02/RS29582_parade-24-qut-1180x787.jpg 1180w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/02/RS29582_parade-24-qut-960x640.jpg 960w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/02/RS29582_parade-24-qut-240x160.jpg 240w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/02/RS29582_parade-24-qut-375x250.jpg 375w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/02/RS29582_parade-24-qut-520x347.jpg 520w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">The chilly weather had parade onlookers lining up for hot noodle soup like malatang and other Chinese staples. \u003ccite>(Samantha Shanahan/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11652121\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-11652121\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/02/RS29570_environmport-2-qut-800x533.jpg\" alt=\"Firecracker debris litters the 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And what's even worse is that it's heart-wrenching just as a human being when you have bodies, some of them partially dressed, passed out, injecting ...\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Sheehy said some BART trains now resembled \"a moving homeless shelter.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"What's missing is a coordinated response,\" Sheehy said, adding that he thought BART should set up its own formal homeless response program or work better with the cities it serves to provide services.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"I can tell you both from my own experience and from my constituents that what you're doing is not working, and the trajectory is downward, not upward,\" Sheehy said. \"... What is the plan? You've got this great plan for one station ... and just cleaning when the root of the problem is this homelessness problem.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"Respectfully, we're a transportation agency,\" Oversier answered. \"That's our charter, that's why the state created us. 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Housing is how you have to respond to homelessness, and that's where we really have to partner with the city and be more effective.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The hearing's public comment segment swung to yet another of the many issues swirling around the corner of 16th and Mission -- gentrification.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The northeast corner of the intersection -- now occupied by one of the BART plazas, a Walgreen's, a defunct Burger King, a produce market, a Chinese restaurant and a bar -- is the proposed site of a massive market-rate condominium development dubbed the \u003ca href=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/2016/06/10/the-monster-is-back-updated-proposal-for-project-at-16th-and-mission/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Monster in the Mission\u003c/a> by neighborhood opponents.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Many of the public comments came from people who said they're part of the \u003ca href=\"https://plaza16.org/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Plaza 16 Coalition\u003c/a>, a group organized five years ago to head off the condo development.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Katie Selcraig, the hearing's first public commenter, told the hearing the issues at play at 16th and Mission go far beyond the plazas' cleanliness.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Selcraig, who said she works with the Mission SRO Collaborative, Dolores Street Community Services and Plaza 16, said while she welcomes the steps to improve conditions at the BART station, a history of government neglect has worked to open the door for gentrification in the neighborhood.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>That neglect has fueled prejudice against the poor, she said, and \"allows people who have never been homeless to say and believe that homeless people are dirty and disrespectful of the environment -- which are offensive and derogatory statements.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad floatright]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"BART and the city of San Francisco would never be this neglectful in a majority white area,\" Selcraig said. \"Wealthy white people trash Dolores Park\" -- just a few blocks from 16th and Mission -- \"and it's immediately cleaned. 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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>She turned the proceedings over to Paul Oversier, BART's assistant general manager for operations, who started by saying the system's riders \"have been speaking loud and clear over the last couple of years about some of the conditions they find in our stations and even on some of our trains.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Oversier said that has led the agency to revamp its cleaning department, hire more workers and reassign some from outlying, relatively low-traffic stations to the system's busy San Francisco core, including 16th Street. The net result -- and the \"really good news\" that Ronen mentioned -- was that by April the agency will have filled all 14 cleaning shifts at the station and that two cleaners will be working simultaneously during six of those 14 shifts.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Oversier also told the committee BART has expanded steam cleaning of the plazas from one hour to four hours a night, seven nights a week. In April, he said, the agency will pay to have the plaza surfaces deep-cleaned and sealed. That will make the nightly cleanings \"much more effective in dealing with the smells and some of the other issues that are there.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Supervisor Jeff Sheehy, the committee chair, said he was thankful for the steps Dufty, Ronen and BART are taking to improve things at 16th and Mission. But he said the transit agency has a much bigger problem on its hands with the large population of destitute people, including many drug users, who have taken up daytime residence in and around the Civic Center and Powell Street stations.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"I wonder what the thinking is at BART about addressing this issue of homelessness more holistically,\" he said. \"You know, my daughter will not get out at Powell Street to go skating at Yerba Buena because it's disgusting. ... And what's even worse is that it's heart-wrenching just as a human being when you have bodies, some of them partially dressed, passed out, injecting ...\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Sheehy said some BART trains now resembled \"a moving homeless shelter.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"What's missing is a coordinated response,\" Sheehy said, adding that he thought BART should set up its own formal homeless response program or work better with the cities it serves to provide services.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"I can tell you both from my own experience and from my constituents that what you're doing is not working, and the trajectory is downward, not upward,\" Sheehy said. \"... What is the plan? You've got this great plan for one station ... and just cleaning when the root of the problem is this homelessness problem.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"Respectfully, we're a transportation agency,\" Oversier answered. \"That's our charter, that's why the state created us. That said, our customers are telling us, just us you told me, that what they're encountering on our system is not acceptable to them. And frankly, they don't care whose responsibility it is. They're encountering it in our stations and on our trains and they expect us to deal with it.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Dufty, a former member of the Board of Supervisors who later directed the city's homeless services, acknowledged Sheehy's concerns but said BART is working both within the agency and with other jurisdictions to address the issues he raised.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"The plan that's been presented [within BART] is very comprehensive,\" Dufty said, adding later: \"BART is not unlike anyone else. Law enforcement is not an effective response to homelessness. Housing is how you have to respond to homelessness, and that's where we really have to partner with the city and be more effective.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The hearing's public comment segment swung to yet another of the many issues swirling around the corner of 16th and Mission -- gentrification.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The northeast corner of the intersection -- now occupied by one of the BART plazas, a Walgreen's, a defunct Burger King, a produce market, a Chinese restaurant and a bar -- is the proposed site of a massive market-rate condominium development dubbed the \u003ca href=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/2016/06/10/the-monster-is-back-updated-proposal-for-project-at-16th-and-mission/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Monster in the Mission\u003c/a> by neighborhood opponents.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Many of the public comments came from people who said they're part of the \u003ca href=\"https://plaza16.org/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Plaza 16 Coalition\u003c/a>, a group organized five years ago to head off the condo development.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Katie Selcraig, the hearing's first public commenter, told the hearing the issues at play at 16th and Mission go far beyond the plazas' cleanliness.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Selcraig, who said she works with the Mission SRO Collaborative, Dolores Street Community Services and Plaza 16, said while she welcomes the steps to improve conditions at the BART station, a history of government neglect has worked to open the door for gentrification in the neighborhood.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>That neglect has fueled prejudice against the poor, she said, and \"allows people who have never been homeless to say and believe that homeless people are dirty and disrespectful of the environment -- which are offensive and derogatory statements.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003c/div>",
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"content": "\u003cp>It's not uncommon for visitors to San Francisco to leave town shocked by all the homeless people roaming the streets, many with visibly severe mental health problems.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Now, state Sen. Scott Wiener (D-San Francisco) is teaming up with state Sen. 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Scott Wiener outlines a bill to give counties more say over homeless people with serious mental health issues.\" width=\"800\" height=\"600\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">State Sen. Scott Wiener outlines a bill to give counties more say over homeless people with serious mental health issues. \u003ccite>(Scott Shafer/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Wiener was a member of the San Francisco Board of Supervisors a few years ago when there was a ferocious debate over adopting Laura's Law, which allows family members and others to get a judge to compel psychiatric treatment. The city eventually adopted it, but this new bill is likely to reignite parts of that debate.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"Some will hear about this bill and assume we're trying to sweep all homeless people into some kind of psychiatric commitment,\" Wiener said. \"That is absolutely untrue. For about 99 percent of the homeless it will have no impact whatsoever.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Estimates of how many homeless people are in San Francisco range between 6,000 and 10,000.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>San Francisco Mayor Mark Farrell, who is sponsoring the bill, acknowledged that it would hardly be a panacea for San Francisco's recalcitrant homeless problem, but he thought it could help with those who use city services like a revolving door.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"Those that continue to cycle through our public resource system, whether it be ambulances, or hospitals or public health department, police department, fire department,\" Farrell said. \"These are the ones that we need to address first.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Working in concert with the state effort, San Francisco Board of Supervisors President London Breed will introduce legislation to transfer the job of overseeing conservatorships from the district attorney to the city attorney, thereby treating mental illness as a civil issue rather than a criminal one. In addition, the legislation would coordinate efforts of the city departments of Homelessness and Supportive Services, Public Health, the SFPD, BART police and Aging and Adult Services. Breed and other speakers noted that the idea was first conceived by the late Mayor Ed Lee.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The Monday morning press conference was held a few blocks from City Hall, with the backdrop of a \u003ca href=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/2018/01/23/political-outrage-as-mark-farrell-replaces-london-breed-as-s-f-s-acting-mayor/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">contentious campaign for San Francisco mayor\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[contextly_sidebar id=\"xW9hSRJo0J1xJ4UB312N0oP1xUbcjBVu\"]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Farrell, who was picked by the Board of Supervisors to replace Breed as acting mayor, stood alongside her at the press conference. 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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"Current conservator laws are inadequate,\" Wiener said after a press conference held at a supportive housing site in San Francisco.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"After 72 hours or a 14-day hold the individuals are brought to court for an extension, and they appear sober and lucid because they've been held with treatment, so the judge has no basis to continue holding them.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11649611\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg class=\"size-medium wp-image-11649611\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/02/Wiener-pic-800x600.jpg\" alt=\"State Sen. Scott Wiener outlines a bill to give counties more say over homeless people with serious mental health issues.\" width=\"800\" height=\"600\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">State Sen. Scott Wiener outlines a bill to give counties more say over homeless people with serious mental health issues. \u003ccite>(Scott Shafer/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Wiener was a member of the San Francisco Board of Supervisors a few years ago when there was a ferocious debate over adopting Laura's Law, which allows family members and others to get a judge to compel psychiatric treatment. The city eventually adopted it, but this new bill is likely to reignite parts of that debate.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"Some will hear about this bill and assume we're trying to sweep all homeless people into some kind of psychiatric commitment,\" Wiener said. \"That is absolutely untrue. For about 99 percent of the homeless it will have no impact whatsoever.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Estimates of how many homeless people are in San Francisco range between 6,000 and 10,000.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>San Francisco Mayor Mark Farrell, who is sponsoring the bill, acknowledged that it would hardly be a panacea for San Francisco's recalcitrant homeless problem, but he thought it could help with those who use city services like a revolving door.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"Those that continue to cycle through our public resource system, whether it be ambulances, or hospitals or public health department, police department, fire department,\" Farrell said. \"These are the ones that we need to address first.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Working in concert with the state effort, San Francisco Board of Supervisors President London Breed will introduce legislation to transfer the job of overseeing conservatorships from the district attorney to the city attorney, thereby treating mental illness as a civil issue rather than a criminal one. In addition, the legislation would coordinate efforts of the city departments of Homelessness and Supportive Services, Public Health, the SFPD, BART police and Aging and Adult Services. Breed and other speakers noted that the idea was first conceived by the late Mayor Ed Lee.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The Monday morning press conference was held a few blocks from City Hall, with the backdrop of a \u003ca href=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/2018/01/23/political-outrage-as-mark-farrell-replaces-london-breed-as-s-f-s-acting-mayor/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">contentious campaign for San Francisco mayor\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Farrell, who was picked by the Board of Supervisors to replace Breed as acting mayor, stood alongside her at the press conference. Mayoral candidate Angela Alioto managed to insert herself into the photo op, even though she was not invited and did not speak.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>According to a recent \u003ca href=\"https://www.dropbox.com/s/754puif4y5jdwjd/CB_2018_DH_POLL_FLIER.PDF?dl=0\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">poll\u003c/a> of San Francisco residents, the homeless and the cost of living in the city were among the most pressing concerns of voters.\u003c/p>\n\n\u003c/div>\u003c/p>",
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"title": "Will L.A. Follow S.F.’s Lead in Wiping Out Pot Convictions? Nope",
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