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href=\"https://www.instagram.com/p/DVwY1gHErmh/?igsh=NTc4MTIwNjQ2YQ%3D%3D\">Pretty Lit\u003c/a>, San José\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>Sunday, April 19: \u003ca href=\"https://www.eventbrite.com/e/puff-and-paint-a-420-experience-tickets-1986493085293?aff=ebdssbdestsearch\">Puff and Paint: A 420 Experience\u003c/a>, Oakland\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>Sunday, April 19: \u003ca href=\"https://www.eventbrite.com/e/bay-blaze-fest-tickets-1985600356116\">Bay Blaze Fest\u003c/a>, Rodeo\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>Monday, April 20: \u003ca href=\"https://www.tixr.com/groups/midwaysf/events/berner-smokers-dream-420-festival-sf-180057\">Smokers Dream 420 Festival SF\u003c/a>, San Francisco\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>Monday, April 20: \u003ca href=\"https://www.sonomacounty.com/events/420-reggae-party/\">420 Reggae Party\u003c/a>, Cotati\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>Monday, April 20: \u003ca href=\"https://drafthouse.com/sf/event/movie-party-the-big-lebowski\">The Big Lebowski Movie Party\u003c/a> at the Alamo Drafthouse, San Francisco\u003c/li>\n\u003c/ul>\n\u003ch2>\u003ca id=\"CanpeoplestillsmokeweedatHippieHillon420\">\u003c/a>Can people still smoke weed at Hippie Hill on 420?\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>According to SF Parks and Rec’s Montes, for the third year, the meadow at Hippie Hill “will be \u003ca href=\"https://www.facebook.com/sfrecpark/posts/join-volo-sports-for-its-annual-peace-love-and-volo-field-day-in-golden-gate-par/1400154775489645/\">reserved for Peace, Love, and Volo\u003c/a> — a permitted event featuring volleyball and kickball tournaments.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Peace, Love and Volo Field Day, which is free but \u003ca href=\"https://www.volosports.com/d/22062193-bece-4e37-a6a6-588a147a436c\">requires sign-ups\u003c/a>, is scheduled to run from 1 p.m. to 6 p.m. on 4/20 itself: Monday, April 20.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12032255\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12032255\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/03/98579521_qed.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/03/98579521_qed.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/03/98579521_qed-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/03/98579521_qed-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/03/98579521_qed-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/03/98579521_qed-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/03/98579521_qed-1920x1280.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">A cloud of smoke rests over the heads of a group of people during a 420 Day celebration on “Hippie Hill” in Golden Gate Park on April 20, 2010, in San Francisco, California. \u003ccite>(Justin Sullivan/Getty Images)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>“Our parks are open to all,” Montes said. “However, anyone coming to Hippie Hill in search of a big 4/20 party will be disappointed, and much of the physical space will be taken up by the permitted event.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Nevertheless, there’s \u003ca href=\"https://www.sfchronicle.com/entertainment/festivals/article/420-sf-cannabis-hippie-hill-22191946.php%E2%80%9D\">a good chance\u003c/a> that \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12032542/sfs-420-hippie-hill-celebration-is-canceled-so-how-can-people-celebrate-safely\">people will still roll up\u003c/a> to smoke with others anyway, as \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/pop/103141/how-did-420-become-a-phenomenon-we-tracked-down-the-guys-who-invented-it\">participants did for years\u003c/a> before the city started facilitating the event and before cannabis was even legal. Other popular spots for 420 in years past have included \u003ca href=\"https://www.instagram.com/p/C6AZL01RsRt/\">Dolores Park in the Mission District\u003c/a> and \u003ca href=\"https://www.dailycal.org/archives/large-4-20-gathering-on-memorial-glade-sparks-controversy/article_fd8c21ea-d205-5613-8e39-20136217eac0.html\">UC Berkeley’s Memorial Glade\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>It’s been \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/science/2000619/storms-sweeping-bay-area-this-week-to-bring-rain-and-thunderstorms\">a particularly rainy past few days\u003c/a> in the Bay, so be sure to keep \u003ca href=\"https://forecast.weather.gov/MapClick.php?lat=37.7529881&lon=-122.4174306\">an eye on the weather\u003c/a> if you are hoping to enjoy the outdoors over the coming week.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>Remind me: When is consuming or possessing cannabis in San Francisco legal?\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>It is legal for anyone age 21 and older to buy and use cannabis in California. “But, like tobacco and alcohol, there are laws that you need to follow,” the \u003ca href=\"https://www.sf.gov/information--know-your-rights-cannabis-consumer\">city of San Francisco’s know-your-rights page said on consuming cannabis\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>No matter your age, it is illegal to consume cannabis in public in California — including places like parks, sidewalks and beaches. The only place that legal cannabis consumption is permitted is in a private residence, like your home or someone else’s — or another place that has applied for the appropriate permits.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11728828\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 1920px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-11728828 size-full\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2019/02/GettyImages-1174640-e1551131132984.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1243\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">No matter your age, it is illegal to consume cannabis in public in California — including places like parks, sidewalks and beaches. \u003ccite>(Justin Sullivan/Getty Images)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Official events, like the ones previously hosted by San Francisco for 420 on Hippie Hill, apply for such permits to allow the legalized consumption of cannabis.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>It’s similar to how an event like Oktoberfest might apply for a permit to operate a beer garden, said Ken Seligson, the principal attorney at Seligson Law, a cannabis law firm, in a 2025 interview with KQED.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“ These designated events are given that leeway because there are security and safety protocols that are required to have an event like that,” Seligson said.[aside postID=pop_103141 hero='https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2018/04/420-weed-1180x664.jpg']With no official 420 celebration happening on Hippie Hill this year, it will be technically illegal to consume cannabis in public in Golden Gate Park this year. However, as many San Franciscans know, the day-to-day realities in San Francisco can be quite different.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“ I think the risk would be low — but not zero — to show up on 420 and consume cannabis in Golden Gate Park,” Seligson said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Seligson said that generally, people are less likely to get busted for consuming cannabis in public in San Francisco because “ police have discretion in enforcing these rules, and they have priorities. Cannabis is one of the lowest priorities for enforcement in San Francisco.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The \u003ca href=\"https://www.cdph.ca.gov/Programs/DO/letstalkcannabis/CDPH%20Document%20Library/October%202017%20Update/CDPH-Adult_Use_Cannabis_Penalties.pdf\">penalty for consuming cannabis\u003c/a> in a public place is an infraction of up to $100 for adults. But that penalty goes up if you’re caught smoking cannabis in a place where tobacco is prohibited — or within 1,000 feet of a school, day care center or youth center while children are present.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“ That’s where you might see the discretion of a police officer,” Seligson said.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>What about smoking or carrying cannabis on federal land like the Presidio?\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>The Bay Area is blessed with a multitude of scenic properties that are owned by the federal government, which could strike someone as the perfect place to \u003cem>(ahem)\u003c/em> take a walk with some friends.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But Seligson said cannabis consumers should be aware that the chances of police enforcing cannabis law are much higher on federal property — and the penalty is much harsher.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Possession of any amount of cannabis on federal land is a misdemeanor offense and can carry a maximum sentence of 1 year in prison or a maximum fine of $1,000.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12057664\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 1999px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12057664\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/09/250224-Presidio-09-BL_qed.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1999\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/09/250224-Presidio-09-BL_qed.jpg 1999w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/09/250224-Presidio-09-BL_qed-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/09/250224-Presidio-09-BL_qed-1536x1024.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1999px) 100vw, 1999px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">A person walks dogs through Crissy Field in the Presidio, a park and former military outpost, in San Francisco on Feb. 25, 2025. \u003ccite>(Beth LaBerge/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>“ Do not bring your cannabis, and do not smoke your cannabis in the Presidio,” Seligson said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Other notable federally owned properties in the San Francisco area include Alcatraz Island, the Marin Headlands and Ocean Beach.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Cannabis remains federally classified as a schedule one controlled substance, meaning any cannabis use, possession or distribution on federal property is illegal,” Seligson said. “There is no leeway there, and there is enforcement as well.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad floatright]\u003c/p>\n",
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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>He said that “city budget cuts have also impacted Rec and Park’s ability to cover staffing for the event, and it is paused indefinitely.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>However, the Bay Area is still a proud hot spot for pot. And even though the Hippie Hill 420 celebrations remain canceled, there are nonetheless plenty of festivals, parties and pop-ups to celebrate the day.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11663940\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-11663940\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/04/GettyImages-949250112-e1744312988362.jpg\" alt=\"People wore pot-themed gear, like these marijuana leaf glasses, during a 420 celebration on 'Hippie Hill.'\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1327\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Attendees of San Francisco’s annual 420 celebration on “Hippie Hill” gather on the lawn wearing sunglasses shaped like cannabis leaves. \u003ccite>(Justin Sullivan/Getty Images)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Keep reading on where key 420 events with music, food and good vibes are happening over the next week in San Francisco and the greater Bay Area, and guidance on where you can smoke on public property. (And if you want to brush up on your local weed history, hear from \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11663153/420-started-in-the-bay-area-meet-the-guys-who-invented-it\">KQED’s Bay Curious podcast \u003c/a>how five San Rafael high school students apparently coined the very phrase “420” back in the 1970s.)\u003c/p>\n\u003cul>\n\u003cli>\u003cstrong>Jump straight to: \u003ca href=\"#CanpeoplestillsmokeweedatHippieHillon420\">Can people still smoke weed at Hippie Hill on 420?\u003c/a>\u003c/strong>\u003c/li>\n\u003c/ul>\n\u003ch2>Where are alternative 420 celebrations in the Bay Area?\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>The SF Space Walk\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Since 2024, the \u003ca href=\"https://sfspacewalk.com/\">SF Space Walk\u003c/a> — formerly known as SF Weed Week — has become known as the \u003cem>other\u003c/em> organized 420 celebration.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Space Walk is hosting several parties in San Francisco and around the Bay Area in the week leading up to April 20, which this year falls on a Monday.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Space Walk events, some requiring a ticket or RSVP, include:\u003c/p>\n\u003cul>\n\u003cli>Tuesday, April 14 to Monday, April 27: A \u003ca href=\"https://sfspacewalk.com/event/get-to-the-bag-2026/\">cannabis art show\u003c/a> at Mirus Gallery\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>Wednesday, April 15: \u003ca href=\"https://sfspacewalk.com/event/sf-space-walk-2026-day-2/\">‘415 Day’ with Sunset Connect and Sense\u003c/a> at \u003ca href=\"https://missioncannabisclub.com/\">Mission Cannabis Club \u003c/a>\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>Thursday, April 16: \u003ca href=\"https://sfspacewalk.com/event/sf-space-walk-2026-day-3/\">Solful Hand-Picked Sungrown Drop Party\u003c/a> at \u003ca href=\"https://solful.com/\">Solful\u003c/a>\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>Friday, April 17: \u003ca href=\"https://sfspacewalk.com/event/sf-space-walk-2026-day-4/\">Umma, Bosky\u003c/a> at \u003ca href=\"https://moegreens.com/\">Moe Greens Dispensary & Lounge\u003c/a>\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>Saturday, April 18: \u003ca href=\"https://sfspacewalk.com/event/sf-space-walk-2026-day-5/\">Sonoma Hill Farms\u003c/a> at \u003ca href=\"https://figandthistle.com/\">Fig and Thistle\u003c/a>\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>Saturday, April 18: \u003ca href=\"https://sfspacewalk.com/event/sf-space-walk-2026-club-party/\">Club Party\u003c/a> in a private SoMA venue\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>Sunday, April 19: \u003ca href=\"https://sfspacewalk.com/event/sf-space-walk-2026-day-6/\">Huckleberry Hill Farms and Snowtill\u003c/a> at \u003ca href=\"https://www.instagram.com/7starshhc_/?hl=en\">7 Stars, Exit Now\u003c/a>\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>Sunday, April 19: A \u003ca href=\"https://sfspacewalk.com/event/documentary-film-screening-join-the-club-the-life-of-dennis-peron/\">documentary screening of \u003cem>Join the Club\u003c/em>\u003c/a> about cannabis activist Dennis Peron at \u003ca href=\"https://www.instagram.com/meadow.sf/\">Meadow HQ\u003c/a>\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>Monday, April 20: \u003ca href=\"https://sfspacewalk.com/event/sf-space-walk-2026-day-7/\">Wood Wide 4X4Z\u003c/a> at \u003ca href=\"https://basasf.com/\">BASA \u003c/a>\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>Monday, April 20: \u003ca href=\"https://sfspacewalk.com/product/pizza-street-fighter-party-ticket-emporium-sf-april-20/\">Pizza & Street Fighter Party\u003c/a> at Emporium Arcade Bar\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>Monday, April 20: \u003ca href=\"https://www.tixr.com/groups/mab/events/mabuhaygardens-space-walk-sf-420-taurus-bash-185586\">420 Taurus Bash\u003c/a> at Mabuhay Gardens\u003c/li>\n\u003c/ul>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Other weed-themed and 420-adjacent events around the Bay Area\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cul>\n\u003cli>Friday, April 17: \u003ca href=\"https://crybaby.live/tm-event/kabaka-pyramid-live-in-oakland-2nd-annual-4-20-reggae-fest/\">Kabaka Pyramid and the Bebble Rockers\u003c/a>, Oakland\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>Friday, April 17 to Sunday, April 19: \u003ca 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src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/03/98579521_qed.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/03/98579521_qed.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/03/98579521_qed-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/03/98579521_qed-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/03/98579521_qed-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/03/98579521_qed-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/03/98579521_qed-1920x1280.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">A cloud of smoke rests over the heads of a group of people during a 420 Day celebration on “Hippie Hill” in Golden Gate Park on April 20, 2010, in San Francisco, California. \u003ccite>(Justin Sullivan/Getty 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Other popular spots for 420 in years past have included \u003ca href=\"https://www.instagram.com/p/C6AZL01RsRt/\">Dolores Park in the Mission District\u003c/a> and \u003ca href=\"https://www.dailycal.org/archives/large-4-20-gathering-on-memorial-glade-sparks-controversy/article_fd8c21ea-d205-5613-8e39-20136217eac0.html\">UC Berkeley’s Memorial Glade\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>It’s been \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/science/2000619/storms-sweeping-bay-area-this-week-to-bring-rain-and-thunderstorms\">a particularly rainy past few days\u003c/a> in the Bay, so be sure to keep \u003ca href=\"https://forecast.weather.gov/MapClick.php?lat=37.7529881&lon=-122.4174306\">an eye on the weather\u003c/a> if you are hoping to enjoy the outdoors over the coming week.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>Remind me: When is consuming or possessing cannabis in San Francisco legal?\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>It is legal for anyone age 21 and older to buy and use cannabis in California. “But, like tobacco and alcohol, there are laws that you need to follow,” the \u003ca href=\"https://www.sf.gov/information--know-your-rights-cannabis-consumer\">city of San Francisco’s know-your-rights page said on consuming cannabis\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>No matter your age, it is illegal to consume cannabis in public in California — including places like parks, sidewalks and beaches. The only place that legal cannabis consumption is permitted is in a private residence, like your home or someone else’s — or another place that has applied for the appropriate permits.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11728828\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 1920px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-11728828 size-full\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2019/02/GettyImages-1174640-e1551131132984.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1243\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">No matter your age, it is illegal to consume cannabis in public in California — including places like parks, sidewalks and beaches. \u003ccite>(Justin Sullivan/Getty Images)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Official events, like the ones previously hosted by San Francisco for 420 on Hippie Hill, apply for such permits to allow the legalized consumption of cannabis.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>It’s similar to how an event like Oktoberfest might apply for a permit to operate a beer garden, said Ken Seligson, the principal attorney at Seligson Law, a cannabis law firm, in a 2025 interview with KQED.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“ These designated events are given that leeway because there are security and safety protocols that are required to have an event like that,” Seligson said.\u003c/p>\u003c/div>",
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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>With no official 420 celebration happening on Hippie Hill this year, it will be technically illegal to consume cannabis in public in Golden Gate Park this year. However, as many San Franciscans know, the day-to-day realities in San Francisco can be quite different.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“ I think the risk would be low — but not zero — to show up on 420 and consume cannabis in Golden Gate Park,” Seligson said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Seligson said that generally, people are less likely to get busted for consuming cannabis in public in San Francisco because “ police have discretion in enforcing these rules, and they have priorities. Cannabis is one of the lowest priorities for enforcement in San Francisco.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The \u003ca href=\"https://www.cdph.ca.gov/Programs/DO/letstalkcannabis/CDPH%20Document%20Library/October%202017%20Update/CDPH-Adult_Use_Cannabis_Penalties.pdf\">penalty for consuming cannabis\u003c/a> in a public place is an infraction of up to $100 for adults. But that penalty goes up if you’re caught smoking cannabis in a place where tobacco is prohibited — or within 1,000 feet of a school, day care center or youth center while children are present.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“ That’s where you might see the discretion of a police officer,” Seligson said.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>What about smoking or carrying cannabis on federal land like the Presidio?\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>The Bay Area is blessed with a multitude of scenic properties that are owned by the federal government, which could strike someone as the perfect place to \u003cem>(ahem)\u003c/em> take a walk with some friends.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But Seligson said cannabis consumers should be aware that the chances of police enforcing cannabis law are much higher on federal property — and the penalty is much harsher.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Possession of any amount of cannabis on federal land is a misdemeanor offense and can carry a maximum sentence of 1 year in prison or a maximum fine of $1,000.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12057664\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 1999px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12057664\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/09/250224-Presidio-09-BL_qed.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1999\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/09/250224-Presidio-09-BL_qed.jpg 1999w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/09/250224-Presidio-09-BL_qed-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/09/250224-Presidio-09-BL_qed-1536x1024.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1999px) 100vw, 1999px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">A person walks dogs through Crissy Field in the Presidio, a park and former military outpost, in San Francisco on Feb. 25, 2025. \u003ccite>(Beth LaBerge/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>“ Do not bring your cannabis, and do not smoke your cannabis in the Presidio,” Seligson said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Other notable federally owned properties in the San Francisco area include Alcatraz Island, the Marin Headlands and Ocean Beach.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Cannabis remains federally classified as a schedule one controlled substance, meaning any cannabis use, possession or distribution on federal property is illegal,” Seligson said. “There is no leeway there, and there is enforcement as well.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003c/div>",
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As housing and health care costs rise, many of the employees are \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12064357/uc-service-workers-strike-saying-wages-arent-enough-to-afford-cost-of-living\">struggling to make ends meet\u003c/a>, union officials said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In a statement, university representatives rejected the union’s accusations of unfair labor practices and said the UC system remained committed to giving employees wage increases and other benefits as quickly as possible, recognizing the cost-of-living challenges that many of its workers face.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“The University of California remains focused on reaching an agreement that delivers real, immediate benefits for employees and is sustainable over the long term,” the \u003ca href=\"https://www.universityofcalifornia.edu/press-room/uc-highlights-323-pay-proposal-urges-continued-bargaining-following-afscme-strike-notice\">statement\u003c/a> said. “We are disappointed that AFSCME is moving toward an open-ended strike despite the significant progress made at the bargaining table.”[aside postID=news_12064357 hero='https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/11/251117-UCStrike-08-BL.jpg']\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Since bargaining began in January 2024, the university said it has proposed to increase total pay by 32.3% through 2029, adding that the hourly wage for its lowest-paid employees was raised to $25 last year. UC has also offered workers a bonus of up to $1,000, extra payments for long-serving employees, and monthly stipends and other measures to help manage rising health care costs. More than 16,000 AFSCME members pay less than $100 a month in health care premiums, the statement said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“This represents substantial movement and a good-faith effort to respond directly to employee priorities,” the university said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Union representatives said UC’s total pay raise offer was in reality lower, slamming the 32.3% figure as based on “fuzzy math.” They argued that the university proposals have made an affordability crisis worse, including for workers living in homeless shelters and out of their cars.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Liz Perlman, executive director of AFSCME Local 3299, said UC has unilaterally increased health care premiums for employees, sometimes doubling their costs. The university has also refused to discuss a union proposal to provide emergency financial assistance to workers at risk of eviction or foreclosure, based on a program already in place at UC Davis, she added.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Our members don’t eat percentages; they pay gas with dollars. Right now they are choosing between buying inhalers and buying a tank of gas,” said Perlman, adding that members earn $62,000 a year on average. “Your take-home pay is going to be so small … We live on so few dollars that any increase is putting people at a breaking point.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n",
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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Since bargaining began in January 2024, the university said it has proposed to increase total pay by 32.3% through 2029, adding that the hourly wage for its lowest-paid employees was raised to $25 last year. UC has also offered workers a bonus of up to $1,000, extra payments for long-serving employees, and monthly stipends and other measures to help manage rising health care costs. More than 16,000 AFSCME members pay less than $100 a month in health care premiums, the statement said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“This represents substantial movement and a good-faith effort to respond directly to employee priorities,” the university said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Union representatives said UC’s total pay raise offer was in reality lower, slamming the 32.3% figure as based on “fuzzy math.” They argued that the university proposals have made an affordability crisis worse, including for workers living in homeless shelters and out of their cars.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Liz Perlman, executive director of AFSCME Local 3299, said UC has unilaterally increased health care premiums for employees, sometimes doubling their costs. The university has also refused to discuss a union proposal to provide emergency financial assistance to workers at risk of eviction or foreclosure, based on a program already in place at UC Davis, she added.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Our members don’t eat percentages; they pay gas with dollars. Right now they are choosing between buying inhalers and buying a tank of gas,” said Perlman, adding that members earn $62,000 a year on average. “Your take-home pay is going to be so small … We live on so few dollars that any increase is putting people at a breaking point.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003c/div>\u003c/p>",
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"content": "\u003cp>San Francisco public health officials on Wednesday announced the city’s first \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/tag/measles\">measles case\u003c/a> since 2019, saying that an unvaccinated infant was exposed to the virus while traveling internationally.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The infant, who is younger than 12 months old, became infectious after returning to San Francisco and is currently recovering at home, the city’s Department of Public Health said in a statement. The case was confirmed on Monday evening.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>All members of the infant’s household are reportedly vaccinated, the release said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>California is battling one of its worst measles outbreaks since 2019, with 39 confirmed cases this year as of noon Monday, before the San Francisco case was confirmed, according to the \u003ca href=\"https://www.cdph.ca.gov/Programs/CID/DCDC/Pages/Immunization/measles.aspx\">latest data \u003c/a>available from the state’s Department of Public Health. No deaths have been reported.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Last month alone, nine related cases were reported in Placer and Sacramento counties, where officials said Wednesday that at least 19 cases have been confirmed amid an ongoing outbreak, including an exposure at a pediatric care setting. An outbreak is three or more related cases, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The rise in measles in the Golden State overlaps with a national resurgence of the preventable disease. In 2025, the U.S. reported its highest number of measles cases in 30 years, driven mostly by large outbreaks in Texas and South Carolina. The country declared measles eliminated in 2000, but that status is now at risk.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Jump straight to:\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cul>\n\u003cli>\u003cstrong>\u003ca href=\"#WhencanbabiesgetanearlydoseoftheMMRvaccine\">When can babies get an early dose of the MMR vaccine?\u003c/a>\u003c/strong>\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>\u003cstrong>\u003ca href=\"#ImplanningtotravelsoonHowworriedshouldIbeaboutmeasles\">I’m planning to travel soon. How worried should I be about measles?\u003c/a>\u003c/strong>\u003c/li>\n\u003c/ul>\n\u003cp>The virus, which is highly contagious, can cause serious illness and death. It spreads easily through the air when an infected person breathes, talks or coughs, and it can linger in the air for up to an hour. Symptoms can include fever, cough, runny nose and pink eye, followed 2-4 days later by a rash.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Two doses of the measles, mumps and rubella (MMR) vaccine are 97% effective at stopping illness, officials said. The standard MMR vaccine schedule involves two doses: the first at 12-15 months old and the second at 4-6 years old.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12069165\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12069165\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/01/MeaslesAP.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1485\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/01/MeaslesAP.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/01/MeaslesAP-160x119.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/01/MeaslesAP-1536x1140.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">A nurse prepares a measles, mumps and rubella vaccine at the Andrews County Health Department on April 8, 2025, in Andrews, Texas. \u003ccite>(Annie Rice/AP Photo)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Dr. Susan Philip, San Francisco’s health officer, highlighted the risk as a reason to get vaccinated at any age.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“It is incredibly important to get the MMR vaccine, as measles is one of the most infectious diseases in the world,” Philip said. “If you and your family are traveling internationally, make sure everyone is up to date with the MMR vaccine and is aware of the symptoms of measles.”\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>\u003ca id=\"WhencanbabiesgetanearlydoseoftheMMRvaccine\">\u003c/a>Why is measles so dangerous for babies and children?\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>Measles is preventable with the combined MMR vaccine, and vaccination against the disease has been part of \u003ca href=\"https://www.cdc.gov/measles/about/history.html\">routine childhood immunization\u003c/a> for decades. (There’s also a combined measles, mumps, rubella and varicella, or MMRV, vaccine, but it’s \u003ca href=\"https://www.cdc.gov/vaccines/vpd/mmr/public/index.html\">only licensed\u003c/a> for use in children 1-12 years old.)\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"https://www.cdc.gov/measles/symptoms/complications.html\">Babies and young children are especially at risk from measles\u003c/a>, but because the measles vaccine is routinely recommended only for children 12 months and older, infants younger than 12 months of age — like the San Francisco child currently infected with measles — are especially vulnerable to infection.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_10813255\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 1920px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-10813255 size-full\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2015/12/measles.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1280\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2015/12/measles.jpg 1920w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2015/12/measles-400x267.jpg 400w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2015/12/measles-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2015/12/measles-768x512.jpg 768w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2015/12/measles-1440x960.jpg 1440w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2015/12/measles-1180x787.jpg 1180w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2015/12/measles-960x640.jpg 960w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1920px) 100vw, 1920px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Because the measles vaccine is routinely recommended only for children 12 months of age and older, babies are especially vulnerable to infection. \u003ccite>(Jeremy Raff/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>For this reason, health officials usually \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11981370/why-are-bay-area-health-officials-warning-about-measles\">advise parents\u003c/a> of infants to reach out to their child’s health care provider before any international travel.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Parents intending to travel internationally with an infant \u003ca href=\"https://www.cdc.gov/measles/plan-for-travel.html\">may be able to secure an early MMR vaccination for children as young as 6 months old\u003c/a> due to the measles risk they may face abroad if unvaccinated.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>\u003ca id=\"ImplanningtotravelsoonHowworriedshouldIbeaboutmeasles\">\u003c/a>I’m traveling internationally soon. 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The country declared measles eliminated in 2000, but that status is now at risk.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Jump straight to:\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cul>\n\u003cli>\u003cstrong>\u003ca href=\"#WhencanbabiesgetanearlydoseoftheMMRvaccine\">When can babies get an early dose of the MMR vaccine?\u003c/a>\u003c/strong>\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>\u003cstrong>\u003ca href=\"#ImplanningtotravelsoonHowworriedshouldIbeaboutmeasles\">I’m planning to travel soon. How worried should I be about measles?\u003c/a>\u003c/strong>\u003c/li>\n\u003c/ul>\n\u003cp>The virus, which is highly contagious, can cause serious illness and death. It spreads easily through the air when an infected person breathes, talks or coughs, and it can linger in the air for up to an hour. Symptoms can include fever, cough, runny nose and pink eye, followed 2-4 days later by a rash.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Two doses of the measles, mumps and rubella (MMR) vaccine are 97% effective at stopping illness, officials said. 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(There’s also a combined measles, mumps, rubella and varicella, or MMRV, vaccine, but it’s \u003ca href=\"https://www.cdc.gov/vaccines/vpd/mmr/public/index.html\">only licensed\u003c/a> for use in children 1-12 years old.)\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"https://www.cdc.gov/measles/symptoms/complications.html\">Babies and young children are especially at risk from measles\u003c/a>, but because the measles vaccine is routinely recommended only for children 12 months and older, infants younger than 12 months of age — like the San Francisco child currently infected with measles — are especially vulnerable to infection.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_10813255\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 1920px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-10813255 size-full\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2015/12/measles.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1280\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2015/12/measles.jpg 1920w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2015/12/measles-400x267.jpg 400w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2015/12/measles-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2015/12/measles-768x512.jpg 768w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2015/12/measles-1440x960.jpg 1440w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2015/12/measles-1180x787.jpg 1180w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2015/12/measles-960x640.jpg 960w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1920px) 100vw, 1920px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Because the measles vaccine is routinely recommended only for children 12 months of age and older, babies are especially vulnerable to infection. \u003ccite>(Jeremy Raff/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>For this reason, health officials usually \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11981370/why-are-bay-area-health-officials-warning-about-measles\">advise parents\u003c/a> of infants to reach out to their child’s health care provider before any international travel.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Parents intending to travel internationally with an infant \u003ca href=\"https://www.cdc.gov/measles/plan-for-travel.html\">may be able to secure an early MMR vaccination for children as young as 6 months old\u003c/a> due to the measles risk they may face abroad if unvaccinated.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>\u003ca id=\"ImplanningtotravelsoonHowworriedshouldIbeaboutmeasles\">\u003c/a>I’m traveling internationally soon. 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"content": "\u003cp>A fatal hit-and-run in \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/tag/san-francisco\">San Francisco’s\u003c/a> \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/tag/soma\">South of Market\u003c/a> neighborhood on Monday is being investigated as a homicide, according to police.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Valentino Amil, 30, was arrested on suspicion of murder after he allegedly struck a pedestrian with his car on Mission Street and South Van Ness Avenue on Monday afternoon.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>San Francisco police said they responded just after 3:20 p.m. Monday, when first responders pronounced the victim dead on the scene. Officers identified the vehicle, located it on the freeway and arrested the driver on murder and felony hit-and-run charges. He is currently being held in San Francisco County Jail without bail.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Video footage obtained by the \u003ca href=\"https://sfstandard.com/2026/04/14/san-francisco-fatal-hit-and-run-soma/\">\u003cem>San Francisco Standard\u003c/em>\u003c/a> shows a black Mercedes sedan beginning to pull out of the Tower Car Wash parking lot onto Mission Street when a person approaches the front of the car.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The pedestrian stops briefly at the driver’s side window before moving in front of the vehicle. The video does not contain audio, and it’s unclear if the driver and pedestrian exchanged words.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>As the person slowly walks in front of the sedan, the driver pauses, then accelerates onto Mission Street, knocking the pedestrian onto the hood of the car. The person appears to slide off to the front right side of the vehicle, which continues driving ahead, crushing the pedestrian under the car’s wheels before leaving them in the road and fleeing.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The Office of the Chief Medical Examiner identified the victim on Tuesday as Dannielle Spillman, 74.[aside postID=news_12077174 hero='https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/03/MaryFongLauGetty.jpg']According to Seth Morris, Amil’s defense attorney, he was departing with his wife and two children, aged 11 and four months, for a trip to Disneyland at the time of the incident. They had stopped to fill up on gas.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Morris said while at the car wash, an individual, “appearing homeless, intoxicated and belligerent,” aggressively approached the vehicle. He said that witnesses indicated the person pulled on the vehicle’s doors, climbed on the hood and appeared to douse the car with a liquid, which Amil feared was gasoline.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“At that moment, [Amil] believed his family was about to be violently attacked,” Morris said in a statement. “He acted out of instinct and fear, trying to remove his children from what he perceived to be an immediate and life-threatening situation.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>It’s unclear from the video footage whether the victim grabbed the car or poured a liquid on it. The police department has not provided any further details about what led to the incident, but said an investigation led by the homicide detail is ongoing.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>San Francisco District Attorney Brooke Jenkins said her office was currently reviewing the case.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The death marks San Francisco’s \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/forum/2010101913450/san-francisco-has-tried-to-make-its-streets-safer-for-pedestrians-has-it-worked\">eighth pedestrian fatality\u003c/a> so far this year. The intersection of Mission Street and South Van Ness is along San Francisco’s High Injury Network, the 13% of streets where more than 75% of fatal and severe injury collisions occur. SoMa is a hotspot, according to pedestrian advocacy group WalkSF, because the streets are designed for industrial uses and have a high volume of vehicle traffic. It’s also one of the neighborhoods with the largest unhoused populations.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“This neighborhood and everyone who lives there deserves more solutions to keep them safe,” said Jodie Medeiros, the executive director of WalkSF. The hit-and-run marks the eighth pedestrian fatality so far this year.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n",
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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>According to Seth Morris, Amil’s defense attorney, he was departing with his wife and two children, aged 11 and four months, for a trip to Disneyland at the time of the incident. They had stopped to fill up on gas.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Morris said while at the car wash, an individual, “appearing homeless, intoxicated and belligerent,” aggressively approached the vehicle. He said that witnesses indicated the person pulled on the vehicle’s doors, climbed on the hood and appeared to douse the car with a liquid, which Amil feared was gasoline.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“At that moment, [Amil] believed his family was about to be violently attacked,” Morris said in a statement. “He acted out of instinct and fear, trying to remove his children from what he perceived to be an immediate and life-threatening situation.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>It’s unclear from the video footage whether the victim grabbed the car or poured a liquid on it. The police department has not provided any further details about what led to the incident, but said an investigation led by the homicide detail is ongoing.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>San Francisco District Attorney Brooke Jenkins said her office was currently reviewing the case.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The death marks San Francisco’s \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/forum/2010101913450/san-francisco-has-tried-to-make-its-streets-safer-for-pedestrians-has-it-worked\">eighth pedestrian fatality\u003c/a> so far this year. The intersection of Mission Street and South Van Ness is along San Francisco’s High Injury Network, the 13% of streets where more than 75% of fatal and severe injury collisions occur. SoMa is a hotspot, according to pedestrian advocacy group WalkSF, because the streets are designed for industrial uses and have a high volume of vehicle traffic. It’s also one of the neighborhoods with the largest unhoused populations.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“This neighborhood and everyone who lives there deserves more solutions to keep them safe,” said Jodie Medeiros, the executive director of WalkSF. The hit-and-run marks the eighth pedestrian fatality so far this year.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003c/div>\u003c/p>",
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"content": "\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/tag/bay-area\">Bay Area\u003c/a> residents hoping to cruise through the city to Oakland this weekend may want to ditch their cars and hop on public transit, as a key stretch of eastbound Interstate 80 through San Francisco will be closed to traffic from Friday night through early Monday.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Motorists are strongly advised to avoid the area around I-80 in San Francisco and the interchange with U.S. Highway 101 for the entire weekend of April 17–19. For those committed to driving, expect heavy delays and budget extra travel time, \u003ca href=\"https://dot.ca.gov/caltrans-near-me/district-4/d4-news/2026-03-19-i80-eb-bayshore-weekend-closure\">Caltrans \u003c/a>said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“We are trying to get the motorists to just avoid that area and choose not to drive. And if they do drive, to use one of the detours,” said Lori Shepherd, Caltrans’ public information officer for San Francisco County. “That would be really a great way to save themselves a lot of headaches.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The closures are part of what Caltrans calls “The Fab Rehab,” the agency’s ongoing \u003ca href=\"https://dot.ca.gov/caltrans-near-me/district-4/d4-projects/d4-san-francisco-freeway-and-road-rehabilitation/d4-central-freeway-viaduct-rehab\">repair \u003c/a>of crucial viaducts near downtown, where I-80 intersects with U.S. 101 near the San Francisco–Oakland Bay Bridge.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Keep reading for what to know about the I-80 closure and how it could affect your weekend.\u003c/p>\n\u003cul>\n\u003cli>\u003cstrong>Jump straight to: \u003ca href=\"#HowmuchcouldtheBayBridgebeaffectedbytheI80closure\"> How could the Bay Bridge be affected by the I-80 closure?\u003c/a>\u003c/strong>\u003c/li>\n\u003c/ul>\n\u003ch2>What part of I-80 will be closed this weekend?\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>Caltrans has planned a full weekend closure of about 1.6 miles of eastbound I-80, from 17th Street to 4th Street.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The connector ramps from northbound U.S. 101 at 17th Street and southbound U.S. 101 near Bryant Street will also be closed.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12080104\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 1920px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12080104\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/04/I-80-Closure_3-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1240\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/04/I-80-Closure_3-1.jpg 1920w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/04/I-80-Closure_3-1-160x103.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/04/I-80-Closure_3-1-1536x992.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1920px) 100vw, 1920px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">The stretch of I-80 through San Francisco which will be closed this weekend. \u003ccite>(Darren Tu/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>For motorists traveling north on U.S. 101 through San Francisco, approaching the I-80 connector, Vermont Street will be the final exit.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Those who miss Vermont will be directed to take the 9th Street off-ramp and redirected through Bryant Street to reenter eastbound I-80 at the 5th Street on-ramp.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>(Drivers should only take the 5th Street on-ramp if they wish to get onto the Bay Bridge, as there are no more exits to San Francisco on this part of eastbound I-80.)\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>When exactly will the I-80 closure start and end?\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>The 55-hour closure will start at 11:00 p.m. Friday, April 17, and end at 6:00 a.m. Monday, April 20.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>While you may see trucks and maintenance crews entering the site beforehand, work doesn’t begin until the posted time, Shepherd said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cblockquote class=\"tiktok-embed\" style=\"max-width: 605px; min-width: 325px;\" cite=\"https://www.tiktok.com/@kqednews/video/7629799718335417631\" data-video-id=\"7629799718335417631\">\n\u003csection>\u003ca title=\"@kqednews\" href=\"https://www.tiktok.com/@kqednews?refer=embed\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">@kqednews\u003c/a>Bay Area residents hoping to cruise through the city to Oakland this weekend may want to ditch their cars and hop on public transit, as a key stretch of eastbound Interstate 80 through San Francisco will be closed to traffic from Friday night through early Monday. Motorists are strongly advised to avoid the area around I-80 in San Francisco and the interchange with U.S. Highway 101 for the entire weekend of April 17–19. For those committed to driving, expect heavy delays and budget extra travel time, Caltrans said. “We are trying to get the motorists to just avoid that area and choose not to drive. And if they do drive, to use one of the detours,” said Lori Shepherd, Caltrans’ public information officer for San Francisco County. “That would be really a great way to save themselves a lot of headaches.” The closures are part of what Caltrans calls “The Fab Rehab,” the agency’s ongoing repair of crucial viaducts near downtown, where I-80 intersects with U.S. 101 near the San Francisco–Oakland Bay Bridge. For the full guide on the closure, visit kqed.org.\u003ca title=\"♬ original sound - KQED News\" href=\"https://www.tiktok.com/music/original-sound-7629799749847206687?refer=embed\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">♬ original sound – KQED News\u003c/a>\n\u003c/section>\n\u003c/blockquote>\n\u003cp>[tiktok]\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>\u003ca id=\"HowmuchcouldtheBayBridgebeaffectedbytheI80closure\">\u003c/a>How much could the Bay Bridge be affected by the I-80 closure?\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>To be clear, the Bay Bridge will be open — but getting \u003cem>to \u003c/em>it through San Francisco will be a traffic nightmare.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Westbound I-80 will not be closed, so although people exiting the Bay Bridge into San Francisco will not have their routes affected by the closure, they’re still likely to face increased traffic in the area.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>What detours and alternative routes are recommended during the I-80 closure?\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FkDZn-lpB0E\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>For a detour from southbound U.S. 101 to eastbound I-80, people can take Folsom Street through SoMa to the Essex Street eastbound I-80 on-ramp.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>From northbound U.S. 101, take the 9th Street-Civic Center exit. Continue straight onto Bryant Street, then take the 5th Street eastbound I-80 on-ramp onto the Bay Bridge.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>Who will be most affected by the I-80 closure?\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>Caltrans said roughly 55,000 cars typically use that stretch of freeway during peak weekend hours, from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12079179\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12079179\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/04/260408-I80Closure-14-BL_qed.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/04/260408-I80Closure-14-BL_qed.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/04/260408-I80Closure-14-BL_qed-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/04/260408-I80Closure-14-BL_qed-1536x1024.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">A sign announces a closure on I-80 on April 8, 2026. Eastbound lanes are scheduled to close from 11 p.m. April 17 to 6 a.m. April 20 for planned construction work, with detours in place during the closure. \u003ccite>(Beth LaBerge/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>While Shepherd emphasized that everyone driving into San Francisco and using its high-traffic arteries south of Market Street that weekend will run into detours and heavy traffic, he said the following travelers will likely be most affected:\u003c/p>\n\u003cul>\n\u003cli>People coming up from the Peninsula and the South Bay\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>Those heading across the Bay Bridge\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>Travelers heading north from San Francisco International Airport\u003c/li>\n\u003c/ul>\n\u003cp>Since the eastbound I-80 closure will last until 6 a.m. Monday, April 20, the earliest commuters traveling on the Bay Bridge and through the city that morning could find themselves affected by the final hours of the closure.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>Will public transit be affected by the I-80 closure?\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>No, public transit will not be affected, although BART, Caltrain, Muni and SamTrans could see higher-than-usual ridership with drivers avoiding the roads that weekend.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Michael Roccaforte, a spokesperson for the San Francisco Municipal Transportation Agency, emphasized that Muni Metro will be travelers’ best option for a “fast and easy trip” through SoMa, using the T Third/Central Subway or N Judah lines between the Caltrain depot at 4th and King streets, and the Market Street Subway.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12065067\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12065067\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/11/20241204-BART-JY-032_qed.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/11/20241204-BART-JY-032_qed.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/11/20241204-BART-JY-032_qed-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/11/20241204-BART-JY-032_qed-1536x1024.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">A passenger walks through the fare gate at Montgomery BART Station in San Francisco, on Dec. 4, 2024. \u003ccite>(Juliana Yamada/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>“The SFMTA will be ready to support people traveling in the city during the Caltrans closures,” Roccaforte said. “SFMTA parking control officers will be out directing traffic to keep pedestrians and traffic moving safely.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>BART also canceled planned single-tracking scheduled to replace lighting in order to open up trains for travelers who decide to commute in and out of the city that weekend, spokesperson Anna Duckworth said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Randol White, a SamTrans spokesperson, said the closures are not expected to affect any weekend routes. However, “diversions from the closures could cause heavy traffic for our Route 292, which follows Mission Street through the affected area. Folsom Street is the suggested detour for drivers, but some of that extra surface street traffic could spill over to Mission.”\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>What parts of San Francisco will be most affected by traffic from the I-80 closure detours? How bad could traffic get?\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>Significant congestion and heavy travel delays are expected across SoMa, Mission Bay and surrounding corridors.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The severity of those delays, Shepherd warned, will depend on how many people choose to drive and use the detours — “which is why we’re really, really urging motorists that weekend not to be in that area and to use public transportation.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“We’ve got a wonderful public transportation system, with BART and Bay ferries and Muni,” Shepherd said.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>What public events are happening in the Bay Area that weekend that could be affected by the I-80 closure?\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>While there are no home games for the Giants, Warriors or Valkyries that weekend, there are a host of other events that could draw major crowds.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>It’s the last weekend of the beloved\u003ca href=\"https://sfcherryblossom.org/\"> Northern California Cherry Blossom Festival\u003c/a> in Japantown, including the Sunday grand parade. At the same time, San Francisco will host the \u003ca href=\"https://sanfranciscoartfair.com/\">annual Art Fair\u003c/a> at Fort Mason.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12036759\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2560px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12036759\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/04/sf-art-fair-4-17-25-drew-bird-086-scaled.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2560\" height=\"1708\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/04/sf-art-fair-4-17-25-drew-bird-086-scaled.jpg 2560w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/04/sf-art-fair-4-17-25-drew-bird-086-800x534.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/04/sf-art-fair-4-17-25-drew-bird-086-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/04/sf-art-fair-4-17-25-drew-bird-086-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/04/sf-art-fair-4-17-25-drew-bird-086-1536x1025.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/04/sf-art-fair-4-17-25-drew-bird-086-2048x1366.jpg 2048w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/04/sf-art-fair-4-17-25-drew-bird-086-1920x1281.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2560px) 100vw, 2560px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">The San Francisco Art Fair at the Fort Mason Festival Pavilion. \u003ccite>(Photography by Drew Bird, Courtesy of Art Market Productions.)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>And while San Francisco’s official 4/20 celebration on Hippie Hill has been canceled for the third year in a row, the party is far from over — the city has reintroduced the festivities as\u003ca href=\"https://sfspacewalk.com/\"> SF Space Walk\u003c/a>, a week of events culminating with a celebration at Divisadero Street dispensary Basa SF and an afterparty at barcade Emporium on Monday.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>What’s the reason for the closure?\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>Maintenance crews will place polyester overlays and a new bridge joint onto the viaducts, which were originally built 71 years ago.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The project is part of a larger series of renovations Caltrans is spearheading throughout San Francisco, which began in October 2025.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>These include four major corridors:\u003c/p>\n\u003cul>\n\u003cli>19th Avenue Repave: Rehabilitation of the entire length of pavement along 19th Avenue from Golden Gate Park to San Francisco State University, and upgrading facilities to ADA standards.\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>U.S. 101 Bayshore Rehabilitation Project: Improvements to the drainage systems; lane replacement with reinforced concrete paving and paving of freeway shoulder, ramps and mainline; and addition of new signage/striping/safety devices.\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>I-80 Central Freeway/U.S. 101 Viaduct Project: An overhaul of freeway decks and bridge rails, reconstruction of joints and addition of polyester overlay.\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>I-280 at Farallones Street Pedestrian Overcrossing Rehabilitation: Construction of a new pedestrian overcrossing at Interstate 280 near Cayuga Park.\u003c/li>\n\u003c/ul>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12079175\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12079175\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/04/260408-I80Closure-02-BL_qed.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/04/260408-I80Closure-02-BL_qed.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/04/260408-I80Closure-02-BL_qed-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/04/260408-I80Closure-02-BL_qed-1536x1024.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">The 9th Street onramp for eastbound I-80 in San Francisco on April 8, 2026. Eastbound lanes are scheduled to close from 11 p.m. April 17 to 6 a.m. April 20 for planned construction work, with detours in place during the closure. \u003ccite>(Beth LaBerge/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Shepherd said the projects are necessary to make the structures usable for the next half-century.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“These are all … desperately needed to bring these structures up to code,” Shepherd said. “They’ve been strong and reliable for many, many years, but it’s time now to go and make sure that they’re rehabilitated.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The first two projects are already underway, and the closures next weekend kick off the reconstruction of the viaduct project. The pedestrian overpass reconstruction is expected to start later this year.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>As part of these improvements, overnight lane closures will continue through October 2026 on U.S. 101 and I-80.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Work is scheduled nightly from 10:00 p.m. to 6 a.m. During those hours, lanes 1 and 2 between U.S. 101 and the 4th Street/Bryant off-ramp will be closed, leaving one lane open for traffic. Drivers should expect reduced speeds, possible delays and shifting traffic patterns through the work zone.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>Why is this closure taking place over this weekend?\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>Shepherd said Caltrans considered high-traffic events, school holidays and weather forecasts to determine a time when travelers would be least affected by the closure.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Everyone loves San Francisco, so people are coming here all the time,” Shepherd said. “We just want them to be aware for this particular weekend to consider public transportation and consider another way to get in and get around.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cem>KQED’s \u003c/em>\u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/author/tgoldberg\">\u003cem>Ted Goldberg\u003c/em>\u003c/a>\u003cem>, \u003c/em>\u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/author/carlysevern\">\u003cem>Carly Severn\u003c/em>\u003c/a>\u003cem>, \u003c/em>\u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/author/aaliahmad\">\u003cem>Ayah Ali-Ahmad\u003c/em>\u003c/a>\u003cem> and \u003c/em>\u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/author/adahlstromeckman\">\u003cem>Azul Dahlstrom-Eckman\u003c/em>\u003c/a>\u003cem> contributed to this report.\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad floatright]\u003c/p>\n",
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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The closures are part of what Caltrans calls “The Fab Rehab,” the agency’s ongoing \u003ca href=\"https://dot.ca.gov/caltrans-near-me/district-4/d4-projects/d4-san-francisco-freeway-and-road-rehabilitation/d4-central-freeway-viaduct-rehab\">repair \u003c/a>of crucial viaducts near downtown, where I-80 intersects with U.S. 101 near the San Francisco–Oakland Bay Bridge.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Keep reading for what to know about the I-80 closure and how it could affect your weekend.\u003c/p>\n\u003cul>\n\u003cli>\u003cstrong>Jump straight to: \u003ca href=\"#HowmuchcouldtheBayBridgebeaffectedbytheI80closure\"> How could the Bay Bridge be affected by the I-80 closure?\u003c/a>\u003c/strong>\u003c/li>\n\u003c/ul>\n\u003ch2>What part of I-80 will be closed this weekend?\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>Caltrans has planned a full weekend closure of about 1.6 miles of eastbound I-80, from 17th Street to 4th Street.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The connector ramps from northbound U.S. 101 at 17th Street and southbound U.S. 101 near Bryant Street will also be closed.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12080104\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 1920px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12080104\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/04/I-80-Closure_3-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1240\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/04/I-80-Closure_3-1.jpg 1920w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/04/I-80-Closure_3-1-160x103.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/04/I-80-Closure_3-1-1536x992.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1920px) 100vw, 1920px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">The stretch of I-80 through San Francisco which will be closed this weekend. \u003ccite>(Darren Tu/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>For motorists traveling north on U.S. 101 through San Francisco, approaching the I-80 connector, Vermont Street will be the final exit.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Those who miss Vermont will be directed to take the 9th Street off-ramp and redirected through Bryant Street to reenter eastbound I-80 at the 5th Street on-ramp.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>(Drivers should only take the 5th Street on-ramp if they wish to get onto the Bay Bridge, as there are no more exits to San Francisco on this part of eastbound I-80.)\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>When exactly will the I-80 closure start and end?\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>The 55-hour closure will start at 11:00 p.m. Friday, April 17, and end at 6:00 a.m. Monday, April 20.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>While you may see trucks and maintenance crews entering the site beforehand, work doesn’t begin until the posted time, Shepherd said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cblockquote class=\"tiktok-embed\" style=\"max-width: 605px; min-width: 325px;\" cite=\"https://www.tiktok.com/@kqednews/video/7629799718335417631\" data-video-id=\"7629799718335417631\">\n\u003csection>\u003ca title=\"@kqednews\" href=\"https://www.tiktok.com/@kqednews?refer=embed\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">@kqednews\u003c/a>Bay Area residents hoping to cruise through the city to Oakland this weekend may want to ditch their cars and hop on public transit, as a key stretch of eastbound Interstate 80 through San Francisco will be closed to traffic from Friday night through early Monday. Motorists are strongly advised to avoid the area around I-80 in San Francisco and the interchange with U.S. Highway 101 for the entire weekend of April 17–19. For those committed to driving, expect heavy delays and budget extra travel time, Caltrans said. “We are trying to get the motorists to just avoid that area and choose not to drive. And if they do drive, to use one of the detours,” said Lori Shepherd, Caltrans’ public information officer for San Francisco County. “That would be really a great way to save themselves a lot of headaches.” The closures are part of what Caltrans calls “The Fab Rehab,” the agency’s ongoing repair of crucial viaducts near downtown, where I-80 intersects with U.S. 101 near the San Francisco–Oakland Bay Bridge. For the full guide on the closure, visit kqed.org.\u003ca title=\"♬ original sound - KQED News\" href=\"https://www.tiktok.com/music/original-sound-7629799749847206687?refer=embed\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">♬ original sound – KQED News\u003c/a>\n\u003c/section>\n\u003c/blockquote>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003c/div>",
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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>\u003ca id=\"HowmuchcouldtheBayBridgebeaffectedbytheI80closure\">\u003c/a>How much could the Bay Bridge be affected by the I-80 closure?\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>To be clear, the Bay Bridge will be open — but getting \u003cem>to \u003c/em>it through San Francisco will be a traffic nightmare.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Westbound I-80 will not be closed, so although people exiting the Bay Bridge into San Francisco will not have their routes affected by the closure, they’re still likely to face increased traffic in the area.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>What detours and alternative routes are recommended during the I-80 closure?\u003c/h2>\u003c/p>\u003cp>\u003cspan class='utils-parseShortcode-shortcodes-__youtubeShortcode__embedYoutube'>\n \u003cspan class='utils-parseShortcode-shortcodes-__youtubeShortcode__embedYoutubeInside'>\n \u003ciframe\n loading='lazy'\n class='utils-parseShortcode-shortcodes-__youtubeShortcode__youtubePlayer'\n type='text/html'\n src='//www.youtube.com/embed/FkDZn-lpB0E'\n title='//www.youtube.com/embed/FkDZn-lpB0E'\n allowfullscreen='true'\n style='border:0;'>\u003c/iframe>\n \u003c/span>\n \u003c/span>\u003c/p>\u003cp>\u003cp>For a detour from southbound U.S. 101 to eastbound I-80, people can take Folsom Street through SoMa to the Essex Street eastbound I-80 on-ramp.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>From northbound U.S. 101, take the 9th Street-Civic Center exit. Continue straight onto Bryant Street, then take the 5th Street eastbound I-80 on-ramp onto the Bay Bridge.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>Who will be most affected by the I-80 closure?\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>Caltrans said roughly 55,000 cars typically use that stretch of freeway during peak weekend hours, from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12079179\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12079179\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/04/260408-I80Closure-14-BL_qed.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/04/260408-I80Closure-14-BL_qed.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/04/260408-I80Closure-14-BL_qed-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/04/260408-I80Closure-14-BL_qed-1536x1024.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">A sign announces a closure on I-80 on April 8, 2026. Eastbound lanes are scheduled to close from 11 p.m. April 17 to 6 a.m. April 20 for planned construction work, with detours in place during the closure. \u003ccite>(Beth LaBerge/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>While Shepherd emphasized that everyone driving into San Francisco and using its high-traffic arteries south of Market Street that weekend will run into detours and heavy traffic, he said the following travelers will likely be most affected:\u003c/p>\n\u003cul>\n\u003cli>People coming up from the Peninsula and the South Bay\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>Those heading across the Bay Bridge\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>Travelers heading north from San Francisco International Airport\u003c/li>\n\u003c/ul>\n\u003cp>Since the eastbound I-80 closure will last until 6 a.m. Monday, April 20, the earliest commuters traveling on the Bay Bridge and through the city that morning could find themselves affected by the final hours of the closure.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>Will public transit be affected by the I-80 closure?\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>No, public transit will not be affected, although BART, Caltrain, Muni and SamTrans could see higher-than-usual ridership with drivers avoiding the roads that weekend.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Michael Roccaforte, a spokesperson for the San Francisco Municipal Transportation Agency, emphasized that Muni Metro will be travelers’ best option for a “fast and easy trip” through SoMa, using the T Third/Central Subway or N Judah lines between the Caltrain depot at 4th and King streets, and the Market Street Subway.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12065067\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12065067\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/11/20241204-BART-JY-032_qed.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/11/20241204-BART-JY-032_qed.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/11/20241204-BART-JY-032_qed-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/11/20241204-BART-JY-032_qed-1536x1024.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">A passenger walks through the fare gate at Montgomery BART Station in San Francisco, on Dec. 4, 2024. \u003ccite>(Juliana Yamada/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>“The SFMTA will be ready to support people traveling in the city during the Caltrans closures,” Roccaforte said. “SFMTA parking control officers will be out directing traffic to keep pedestrians and traffic moving safely.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>BART also canceled planned single-tracking scheduled to replace lighting in order to open up trains for travelers who decide to commute in and out of the city that weekend, spokesperson Anna Duckworth said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Randol White, a SamTrans spokesperson, said the closures are not expected to affect any weekend routes. However, “diversions from the closures could cause heavy traffic for our Route 292, which follows Mission Street through the affected area. Folsom Street is the suggested detour for drivers, but some of that extra surface street traffic could spill over to Mission.”\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>What parts of San Francisco will be most affected by traffic from the I-80 closure detours? How bad could traffic get?\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>Significant congestion and heavy travel delays are expected across SoMa, Mission Bay and surrounding corridors.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The severity of those delays, Shepherd warned, will depend on how many people choose to drive and use the detours — “which is why we’re really, really urging motorists that weekend not to be in that area and to use public transportation.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“We’ve got a wonderful public transportation system, with BART and Bay ferries and Muni,” Shepherd said.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>What public events are happening in the Bay Area that weekend that could be affected by the I-80 closure?\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>While there are no home games for the Giants, Warriors or Valkyries that weekend, there are a host of other events that could draw major crowds.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>It’s the last weekend of the beloved\u003ca href=\"https://sfcherryblossom.org/\"> Northern California Cherry Blossom Festival\u003c/a> in Japantown, including the Sunday grand parade. At the same time, San Francisco will host the \u003ca href=\"https://sanfranciscoartfair.com/\">annual Art Fair\u003c/a> at Fort Mason.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12036759\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2560px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12036759\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/04/sf-art-fair-4-17-25-drew-bird-086-scaled.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2560\" height=\"1708\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/04/sf-art-fair-4-17-25-drew-bird-086-scaled.jpg 2560w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/04/sf-art-fair-4-17-25-drew-bird-086-800x534.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/04/sf-art-fair-4-17-25-drew-bird-086-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/04/sf-art-fair-4-17-25-drew-bird-086-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/04/sf-art-fair-4-17-25-drew-bird-086-1536x1025.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/04/sf-art-fair-4-17-25-drew-bird-086-2048x1366.jpg 2048w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/04/sf-art-fair-4-17-25-drew-bird-086-1920x1281.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2560px) 100vw, 2560px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">The San Francisco Art Fair at the Fort Mason Festival Pavilion. \u003ccite>(Photography by Drew Bird, Courtesy of Art Market Productions.)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>And while San Francisco’s official 4/20 celebration on Hippie Hill has been canceled for the third year in a row, the party is far from over — the city has reintroduced the festivities as\u003ca href=\"https://sfspacewalk.com/\"> SF Space Walk\u003c/a>, a week of events culminating with a celebration at Divisadero Street dispensary Basa SF and an afterparty at barcade Emporium on Monday.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>What’s the reason for the closure?\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>Maintenance crews will place polyester overlays and a new bridge joint onto the viaducts, which were originally built 71 years ago.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The project is part of a larger series of renovations Caltrans is spearheading throughout San Francisco, which began in October 2025.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>These include four major corridors:\u003c/p>\n\u003cul>\n\u003cli>19th Avenue Repave: Rehabilitation of the entire length of pavement along 19th Avenue from Golden Gate Park to San Francisco State University, and upgrading facilities to ADA standards.\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>U.S. 101 Bayshore Rehabilitation Project: Improvements to the drainage systems; lane replacement with reinforced concrete paving and paving of freeway shoulder, ramps and mainline; and addition of new signage/striping/safety devices.\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>I-80 Central Freeway/U.S. 101 Viaduct Project: An overhaul of freeway decks and bridge rails, reconstruction of joints and addition of polyester overlay.\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>I-280 at Farallones Street Pedestrian Overcrossing Rehabilitation: Construction of a new pedestrian overcrossing at Interstate 280 near Cayuga Park.\u003c/li>\n\u003c/ul>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12079175\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12079175\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/04/260408-I80Closure-02-BL_qed.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/04/260408-I80Closure-02-BL_qed.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/04/260408-I80Closure-02-BL_qed-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/04/260408-I80Closure-02-BL_qed-1536x1024.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">The 9th Street onramp for eastbound I-80 in San Francisco on April 8, 2026. Eastbound lanes are scheduled to close from 11 p.m. April 17 to 6 a.m. April 20 for planned construction work, with detours in place during the closure. \u003ccite>(Beth LaBerge/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Shepherd said the projects are necessary to make the structures usable for the next half-century.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“These are all … desperately needed to bring these structures up to code,” Shepherd said. “They’ve been strong and reliable for many, many years, but it’s time now to go and make sure that they’re rehabilitated.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The first two projects are already underway, and the closures next weekend kick off the reconstruction of the viaduct project. The pedestrian overpass reconstruction is expected to start later this year.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>As part of these improvements, overnight lane closures will continue through October 2026 on U.S. 101 and I-80.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Work is scheduled nightly from 10:00 p.m. to 6 a.m. During those hours, lanes 1 and 2 between U.S. 101 and the 4th Street/Bryant off-ramp will be closed, leaving one lane open for traffic. Drivers should expect reduced speeds, possible delays and shifting traffic patterns through the work zone.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>Why is this closure taking place over this weekend?\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>Shepherd said Caltrans considered high-traffic events, school holidays and weather forecasts to determine a time when travelers would be least affected by the closure.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Everyone loves San Francisco, so people are coming here all the time,” Shepherd said. “We just want them to be aware for this particular weekend to consider public transportation and consider another way to get in and get around.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cem>KQED’s \u003c/em>\u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/author/tgoldberg\">\u003cem>Ted Goldberg\u003c/em>\u003c/a>\u003cem>, \u003c/em>\u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/author/carlysevern\">\u003cem>Carly Severn\u003c/em>\u003c/a>\u003cem>, \u003c/em>\u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/author/aaliahmad\">\u003cem>Ayah Ali-Ahmad\u003c/em>\u003c/a>\u003cem> and \u003c/em>\u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/author/adahlstromeckman\">\u003cem>Azul Dahlstrom-Eckman\u003c/em>\u003c/a>\u003cem> contributed to this report.\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003c/div>",
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"content": "\u003cp>The man accused of \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12079446/man-threw-molotov-at-sam-altmans-home-then-threatened-to-burn-down-openai-police-say\">firebombing Sam Altman’s home\u003c/a> was experiencing a mental health crisis when he attacked the OpenAI CEO’s residence and company headquarters last week, his attorneys said Tuesday.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Following his first court appearance in San Francisco Superior Court, defense attorneys suggested Daniel Moreno-Gama, 20, of Spring, Texas, was overcharged and that his attacks should be tried as property crime.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“It is unfair and is unjust for the San Francisco district attorney and the federal government to fearmonger and to exploit the mental illness of a vulnerable young man by turning a vandalism case into an attempted murder life exposure case to gain support of a billionaire,” Deputy Public Defender Diamond Ward said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Moreno-Gama is accused of traveling from Texas to San Francisco to target Altman and his company. Authorities said he threw a Molotov cocktail at the CEO’s Russian Hill home before threatening to burn down OpenAI’s Mission Bay building early Friday morning.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>No one was harmed in either of the incidents. Moreno-Gama’s attorneys said that there was some damage to a gate at Altman’s house.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Daniel is entitled to due process and fair proceedings. Myself, as well as my co-counsel and the rest of my team, will zealously defend Daniel and seek a just outcome in this case,” Ward told reporters on Tuesday.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12079905\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\" style=\"max-width: 885px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12079905\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/04/260414-ALTMAN-ATTACK-KQED.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"885\" height=\"540\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/04/260414-ALTMAN-ATTACK-KQED.jpg 885w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/04/260414-ALTMAN-ATTACK-KQED-160x98.jpg 160w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 885px) 100vw, 885px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">An image posted by the FBI shows Daniel Moreno-Gama, 20, of Spring, Texas, who authorities allege traveled to San Francisco to target Sam Altman, CEO of OpenAI. \u003ccite>(Courtesy of the Federal Bureau of Investigations)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Moreno-Gama faces two counts of attempted murder, arson and attempted arson, among other charges, from the San Francisco District Attorney’s office, as well as federal charges for attempted damage and destruction of property by means of explosives and possession of an unregistered firearm, brought by the U.S. Attorney’s office. If found guilty, he could face up to life in prison.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>At a press conference announcing the charges against him on Monday, Matt Cobo, the Federal Bureau of Investigation’s acting special agent in charge of San Francisco, said Moreno-Gama’s actions reflected a “dangerous and deliberate plan to bring violence into San Francisco.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“The defendant is alleged to have traveled across state lines with the intent to go target an individual and a major technology company,” Cobo continued. “This was not spontaneous. This was planned, targeted, and extremely serious.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Moreno-Gama has been in custody since Friday, when he was arrested outside of OpenAI’s San Francisco headquarters. After throwing the Molotov cocktail at Altman’s home, he fled on foot and turned up at the office, where he rammed a chair into the building’s glass doors and threatened to burn it down, killing anybody inside.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>SFPD officers said Moreno-Gama was carrying additional incendiary devices, kerosene and a lighter. He also had a document titled “Your Last Warning,” which identified himself as the author, when he was arrested.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12079900\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12079900\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/04/BrookeJenkinsAltmanGetty1.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1334\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/04/BrookeJenkinsAltmanGetty1.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/04/BrookeJenkinsAltmanGetty1-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/04/BrookeJenkinsAltmanGetty1-1536x1025.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">San Francisco District Attorney Brooke Jenkins speaks during a press conference where charges against the suspect in the OpenAI CEO Sam Altman mansion firebombing was announced at SFPD headquarters on Monday, April 13, 2026, in San Francisco. \u003ccite>(Lea Suzuki/San Francisco Chronicle via Getty Images)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>The multi-part manifesto allegedly “advocated against AI and for the killing and commission of other crimes against CEOs of AI companies and their investors,” according to the Department of Justice. It also included the names and purported addresses of a number of the sector’s prominent CEOs and investors.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The document ended with an admission to attempting to kill Altman, and a letter addressed to the OpenAI CEO, saying, “If by some miracle you live, then I would take this as a sign from the divine to redeem yourself.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Cobo said the FBI and SFPD had been in contact with the other AI leaders identified in the manifesto, and did not assess any specific threats toward them.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12079884\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12079884\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/04/SamAltmanHomeGetty2.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/04/SamAltmanHomeGetty2.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/04/SamAltmanHomeGetty2-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/04/SamAltmanHomeGetty2-1536x1024.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">A view of OpenAI CEO Sam Altman’s house in Russian Hill after a suspected Molotov cocktail attack in San Francisco, California, on April 13, 2026. \u003ccite>(Tayfun Coskun/Anadolu via Getty Images)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>U.S. Attorney Craig Missakian said the DOJ’s investigation is still developing. He said the incident could evolve to be treated as an act of domestic terrorism if officials determine that Moreno-Gama acted with intent to sway public policy or coerce government or public officials.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Moreno-Gama did not enter a plea on Tuesday, but will remain in custody without bail until his arraignment in May. A court date for the federal charges hasn’t yet been set.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Judge Kenneth Wine also granted a protective order from the district attorney’s office, ordering Moreno-Gama not to have any contact with the people named in the manifesto, or to encourage anyone directly or indirectly to contact them.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“It’s extraordinarily bad,” Wine said of Moreno-Gama’s actions in court.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n",
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Myself, as well as my co-counsel and the rest of my team, will zealously defend Daniel and seek a just outcome in this case,” Ward told reporters on Tuesday.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12079905\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\" style=\"max-width: 885px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12079905\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/04/260414-ALTMAN-ATTACK-KQED.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"885\" height=\"540\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/04/260414-ALTMAN-ATTACK-KQED.jpg 885w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/04/260414-ALTMAN-ATTACK-KQED-160x98.jpg 160w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 885px) 100vw, 885px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">An image posted by the FBI shows Daniel Moreno-Gama, 20, of Spring, Texas, who authorities allege traveled to San Francisco to target Sam Altman, CEO of OpenAI. \u003ccite>(Courtesy of the Federal Bureau of Investigations)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Moreno-Gama faces two counts of attempted murder, arson and attempted arson, among other charges, from the San Francisco District Attorney’s office, as well as federal charges for attempted damage and destruction of property by means of explosives and possession of an unregistered firearm, brought by the U.S. Attorney’s office. If found guilty, he could face up to life in prison.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>At a press conference announcing the charges against him on Monday, Matt Cobo, the Federal Bureau of Investigation’s acting special agent in charge of San Francisco, said Moreno-Gama’s actions reflected a “dangerous and deliberate plan to bring violence into San Francisco.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“The defendant is alleged to have traveled across state lines with the intent to go target an individual and a major technology company,” Cobo continued. “This was not spontaneous. This was planned, targeted, and extremely serious.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Moreno-Gama has been in custody since Friday, when he was arrested outside of OpenAI’s San Francisco headquarters. After throwing the Molotov cocktail at Altman’s home, he fled on foot and turned up at the office, where he rammed a chair into the building’s glass doors and threatened to burn it down, killing anybody inside.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>SFPD officers said Moreno-Gama was carrying additional incendiary devices, kerosene and a lighter. He also had a document titled “Your Last Warning,” which identified himself as the author, when he was arrested.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12079900\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12079900\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/04/BrookeJenkinsAltmanGetty1.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1334\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/04/BrookeJenkinsAltmanGetty1.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/04/BrookeJenkinsAltmanGetty1-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/04/BrookeJenkinsAltmanGetty1-1536x1025.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">San Francisco District Attorney Brooke Jenkins speaks during a press conference where charges against the suspect in the OpenAI CEO Sam Altman mansion firebombing was announced at SFPD headquarters on Monday, April 13, 2026, in San Francisco. \u003ccite>(Lea Suzuki/San Francisco Chronicle via Getty Images)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>The multi-part manifesto allegedly “advocated against AI and for the killing and commission of other crimes against CEOs of AI companies and their investors,” according to the Department of Justice. It also included the names and purported addresses of a number of the sector’s prominent CEOs and investors.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The document ended with an admission to attempting to kill Altman, and a letter addressed to the OpenAI CEO, saying, “If by some miracle you live, then I would take this as a sign from the divine to redeem yourself.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Cobo said the FBI and SFPD had been in contact with the other AI leaders identified in the manifesto, and did not assess any specific threats toward them.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12079884\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12079884\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/04/SamAltmanHomeGetty2.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/04/SamAltmanHomeGetty2.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/04/SamAltmanHomeGetty2-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/04/SamAltmanHomeGetty2-1536x1024.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">A view of OpenAI CEO Sam Altman’s house in Russian Hill after a suspected Molotov cocktail attack in San Francisco, California, on April 13, 2026. \u003ccite>(Tayfun Coskun/Anadolu via Getty Images)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>U.S. Attorney Craig Missakian said the DOJ’s investigation is still developing. 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"content": "\u003cp>Federal and local authorities charged a Texas man with the attempted murder of \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/tag/openai\">OpenAI\u003c/a> CEO Sam Altman on Monday after attacks at his \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/tag/san-francisco\">San Francisco\u003c/a> home and company headquarters last week.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Daniel Moreno-Gama, 20, of Spring, Texas, faces two counts of attempted murder, arson and attempted arson, among other charges, from the San Francisco District Attorney’s office, as well as charges brought by the U.S. Attorney’s office.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Today’s charges outline a dangerous and deliberate plan to bring violence into San Francisco,” said Matt Cobo, the Federal Bureau of Investigation’s acting special agent in charge of San Francisco. “The defendant is alleged to have traveled across state lines with the intent to go target an individual and a major technology company. This was not spontaneous. This was planned, targeted, and extremely serious.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Moreno-Gama was arrested Friday in San Francisco after allegedly throwing the improvised explosive at Altman’s residence in Russian Hill. He fled on foot and was arrested shortly after, outside of OpenAI’s Mission Bay headquarters. There, he attempted to break the glass doors of the building with a chair, and said that he had come to burn down the building and kill anyone inside, according to the U.S. Department of Justice.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>According to the complaint, when arrested, Moreno-Gama was carrying additional incendiary devices, a jug of kerosene, a lighter, and a document titled “Your Last Warning,” a manifesto, which identified himself as the author.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The document allegedly “advocated against AI and for the killing and commission of other crimes against CEOs of AI companies and their investors,” the DOJ said in a press release. It included the names and addresses believed to belong to some of the sector’s prominent CEOs and investors.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12079756\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12079756\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/04/SamAltmanHomeGetty1.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1334\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/04/SamAltmanHomeGetty1.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/04/SamAltmanHomeGetty1-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/04/SamAltmanHomeGetty1-1536x1025.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Security cameras are seen at an entrance to the home of Sam Altman on Lombard Street on Friday, April 10, 2026, in San Francisco. \u003ccite>(Lea Suzuki/San Francisco Chronicle via Getty Images)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>The document also included an admission to attempting to kill Altman, and ended with a letter addressed to the CEO, which said: “If by some miracle you love, then I would take this as a sign from the divine to redeem yourself.” In the document, Moreno-Gama also urged others to join his effort.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Cobo said the FBI and SFPD have gone through the document thoroughly, and made contact with people referenced in it. He said they did not assess that there was any specific threat toward the named people.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“We interpret this behavior for just what it is, an attempt on Mr. Altman’s life,” District Attorney Brooke Jenkins said at a press conference on Monday. “It’s an extreme danger to those around him and those who work for his company. My office will prosecute this case to the fullest extent of the law.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Moreno-Gama faces a slew of charges in San Francisco Superior Court in addition to attempted murder and arson, including possession of a destructive device, exploding or igniting a destructive device with the intent to murder. If found guilty, Moreno-Gama could face 19 years to life in prison, Jenkins said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>At the federal level, Moreno-Gama is charged with attempted damage and destruction of property by means of explosives and possession of an unregistered firearm.[aside postID=news_12079446 hero='https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/10/111623_Sam-Altman_AP_CM_01.jpeg'] U.S. Attorney Craig Missakian said the DOJ’s investigation is still developing, but if evidence shows Moreno-Gama attempted to execute the attacks to sway public policy, or coerce government or public officials, it could be treated as an act of domestic terrorism.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“It is okay to disagree, it is okay to debate, this is a country that was built on both,” Missakian said. “But remember, the truth is often found in that very narrow space where two competing ideas come together and clash, and we will not tolerate any attempt to change the way Americans live and work or think through fear or violence.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In the months leading up to Friday’s attack, a person writing under the \u003ca href=\"https://morenogama.substack.com/p/ai-existential-risk-is-real\">same name \u003c/a>as Moreno-Gama published a series of posts on Substack about the danger of artificial intelligence, calling it an existential threat, and referring to Altman as a pathological liar. The articles also include allegations of criminal conduct against Altman, for which the writer said, “he has faced zero consequences and is very likely to never face any, given his deep connections and ample resources.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“This should be a moment where our nation reflects on the often incendiary rhetoric that is being used in discussions about artificial intelligence and its future impact on our society,” Jenkins said. “In no way should we have hit the point where a man could have lost his life over differences of opinion and concerns.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Following Friday’s incident, Altman published a \u003ca href=\"https://blog.samaltman.com/2279512\">photograph \u003c/a>of his daughter and husband on his online blog, alluding to a possible connection between the growing fear of AI and the attack.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I am sharing a photo in the hopes that it might dissuade the next person from throwing a Molotov cocktail at our house, no matter what they think about me,” he wrote.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Altman went on to reference an “incendiary” article published about him days prior, likely referring to a critical \u003ca href=\"https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2026/04/13/sam-altman-may-control-our-future-can-he-be-trusted\">\u003cem>New Yorker\u003c/em>\u003c/a> piece about the head of OpenAI, which was published earlier this month.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11999100\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-11999100\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/08/240806-JacoboArraignment-22-BL_qed.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/08/240806-JacoboArraignment-22-BL_qed.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/08/240806-JacoboArraignment-22-BL_qed-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/08/240806-JacoboArraignment-22-BL_qed-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/08/240806-JacoboArraignment-22-BL_qed-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/08/240806-JacoboArraignment-22-BL_qed-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/08/240806-JacoboArraignment-22-BL_qed-1920x1280.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">The door for Superior Court Criminal Division Department 10 at the Hall of Justice in San Francisco on Aug. 6, 2024. \u003ccite>(Beth LaBerge/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>“Someone said to me yesterday they thought it was coming at a time of great anxiety about AI and that it made things more dangerous for me. I brushed it aside,” Altman wrote. “Now I am awake in the middle of the night and pissed, and thinking that I have underestimated the power of words and narratives.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>On Sunday, a second incident appeared to target Altman’s home, the \u003ca href=\"https://sfstandard.com/2026/04/12/sam-altman-s-home-targeted-second-attack/\">\u003cem>San Francisco Standard \u003c/em>\u003c/a>reported. According to a police report obtained by the publication, two people detained for negligent discharge of a firearm early Sunday fired shots outside of Altman’s home.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The District Attorney’s office said it does not have any evidence that the incidents are related.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Moreno-Gama is currently in state custody and is expected to appear in district court on Tuesday afternoon. A federal court date has not yet been set. The charges announced Monday came hours after the FBI conducted a search at his home in Texas.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The two people detained early Sunday also remained in custody as of Monday afternoon, according to the city’s jail logs. No court date has been set.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad floatright]\u003c/p>\n",
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It was created by the Presidio Trust Act, which gives it power to manage properties — and, therefore, the ability to sustain itself using the revenue from its rents.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In fact, the Presidio hasn’t received regular appropriations from Congress since 2013. \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12029839/san-franciscos-presidio-trust-defends-existence-response-trump-order\">A report filed last year in response\u003c/a> to Trump’s executive order defended the trust’s work and explained its financial independence.[aside postID=news_12027864 hero='https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/02/DSC_1576_qed-1-1020x676.jpg']“So I think that understanding will make all the difference,” said Christine Lehnertz, CEO of the Golden Gate National Parks Conservancy, which works closely with the Presidio Trust. “There’s not a budget to cut.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In fact, San Francisco Supervisor Stephen Sherrill, whose district includes the Presidio, said he is surprised the president didn’t fire the board sooner, as half of their terms were set to expire nearly a year ago.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>He said it’s thanks to work by Speaker Emerita Nancy Pelosi, who helped create the Presidio Trust, that the organization can survive Trump’s budget attacks.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Pelosi wrote in a statement to KQED that she is disappointed by the firings but said “previous Republican appointees to the Board have respected the Presidio,” and she hopes Trump’s will do the same.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Regardless of any new Board’s composition, I have every confidence that the Presidio Trust will continue to be protected by the strength of the legislation which created it,” Pelosi wrote.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The new members of the board have yet to be appointed, but according to Petrie, the park’s operations will not be affected by being without a board temporarily.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“The park and the agency will continue to run normally,” Petrie wrote. “The board provides overall governance and major policy decisions, but staff manage daily park operations.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Sherrill said he plans to hold the new board members accountable, whoever they may be.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“We want to see people who love the Presidio, who believe in conservation, who have strong fiscal management, and who really love San Francisco and understand the importance of the Presidio to not only San Franciscans, but to the 7 million visitors nationwide who come through the gates,” he said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The White House did not commit to a timeline for the appointment of new board members.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cem>KQED’s \u003c/em>\u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/author/kdebenedetti\">\u003cem>Katie DeBenedetti \u003c/em>\u003c/a>\u003cem>contributed to this report.\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n",
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"content": "\u003cp>\u003cem>\u003ca href=\"#episode-transcript\"> View the full episode transcript.\u003c/a>\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>We have gotten a lot of questions about street names in the western part of\u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/tag/san-francisco\"> San Francisco\u003c/a> — the Richmond and Sunset neighborhoods.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Why do the streets appear to follow an alphabetical pattern, only to break it often? Where do the names come from in the first place? Who chose them?\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The answers are both more complicated (of course) and less logical than you might imagine. It all goes back — like so many things in San Francisco history — to the time right after the 1906 earthquake and fire.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Back then, the primary means of communication was the mail. But delivering the mail to the correct recipient was a challenge because there were many repetitive street names or ones that were easy to confuse in the city.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>For example, there were four Church streets — basically, anytime someone built a church, they’d name the street adjacent “Church Street”. And three sections of the city were named with numerical values.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>There were numbered avenues out in the Richmond and Sunset, numerical streets downtown, and back then, the Bayview also went by numerical avenues, with “South” appended.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12079487\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 1602px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12079487\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/04/Balboa-24th.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1602\" height=\"1180\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/04/Balboa-24th.jpg 1602w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/04/Balboa-24th-160x118.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/04/Balboa-24th-1536x1131.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1602px) 100vw, 1602px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Archival image of the Richmond District at Balboa and 32nd Avenue \u003ccite>(via Open SF History)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>ZIP codes had not been invented yet, so you can imagine the mess a mail carrier faced when trying to deliver a letter to 203 Church St. or 452 Fourth Ave.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“The post office was unhappy,” said John Freeman, an amateur historian and member of the Western Neighborhood Association. He wrote \u003ca href=\"https://www.outsidelands.org/street-names.php\">several articles\u003c/a> about the history behind San Francisco street names. “We’re rebuilding a lot of San Francisco. There’s new streets. So, it’s the perfect time to go and attack a problem that had just grown since the 1850s.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In 1909, city leaders appointed a commission to come up with new names for the numbered avenues in both the western neighborhoods and the Bayview.[aside postID=news_12074947 hero='https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/02/260221-SUNNYSIDECONSERVATORY00252_TV-KQED.jpg']In the Richmond and Sunset, the committee decided to honor the city’s Spanish heritage by naming streets after famous Spanish explorers or anyone who had an outsized influence in California.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>They planned for the names to go alphabetically from First Avenue (what’s now Arguello) out to 26th Avenue. Then the alphabet would start over, but the following 26 streets would be named for saints. So, 27th Ave would have been San Antonio, 28th would become San Benito, etc.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But when the proposal was put forward, outraged locals pushed back against the naming scheme.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The country had just fought the Spanish-American War in the Philippines, and some residents found the idea of naming streets after Spaniards unpatriotic.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Suddenly it starts getting the ire of the locals who had community meetings and started saying, you know, we don’t want to be named after those lowlife Spaniards,” Freeman said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>There was so much opposition that the committee gave up the scheme. They settled on renaming “First Avenue” to “Arguello” and the street just before the beach “La Playa,” which means “the beach” in Spanish.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12079485\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12079485\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/04/GettyImages-1290352821.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1124\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/04/GettyImages-1290352821.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/04/GettyImages-1290352821-160x90.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/04/GettyImages-1290352821-1536x863.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/04/GettyImages-1290352821-1200x675.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">The Richmond District and Ocean Beach in San Francisco, CA \u003ccite>(Jason Doiy/Getty Images)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>They left the numbered avenues, but used the alphabetical Spanish explorer idea for streets running east and west, instead. For some reason, residents didn’t oppose this slightly different approach. That’s how we got names like Anza, Balboa, and Cabrillo.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But of course, nothing is simple. Even though they had generally settled on an alphabetical scheme that would extend out into the Sunset, there were already problems. First, the committee didn’t want to change the names of streets that extended out from downtown — like Geary, California and Sacramento streets.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>That’s why the alphabet starts mid-Richmond and goes south from there. “D Street” had already been renamed Fulton because it extended from downtown.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Streets that would have been “E, F, and G” were taken up by Golden Gate Park, which had been developed but was still nascent. Once on the other side of the park, the pattern should have started up again with H street.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“You gotta realize this is 1909, and we’re celebrating the 100th anniversary of the birth of Abraham Lincoln,” Freeman said. “So they’re naming all kinds of things after Abraham Lincoln.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12079492\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 1755px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-12079492 size-full\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/04/1909-map_a.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1755\" height=\"1277\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/04/1909-map_a.jpg 1755w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/04/1909-map_a-160x116.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/04/1909-map_a-1536x1118.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1755px) 100vw, 1755px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">A map of San Francisco, circa 1909 \u003ccite>(Courtesy Carolyn Karis)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>H street was a prominent boulevard edging Golden Gate Park, so they decided, “We’ll take out the H and will make it Lincoln. So already the game is getting changed.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Meanwhile, the Sunset residents had convened their own committee to come up with more “patriotic” names for Sunset streets.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Irving Street is named for \u003ca href=\"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Washington_Irving\">Washington Irving\u003c/a>, a writer. Judah Street is named for \u003ca href=\"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Theodore_Judah\">Theodore Judah\u003c/a>, a civil engineer largely responsible for the design and construction of the transcontinental railroad.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“He was the clever engineer, and nobody honored him for anything,” Freeman said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"https://books.google.com/books/about/The_Mexican_War_Journal_and_Letters_of_R.html?id=UzaRMQEACAAJ\">Kirkham\u003c/a> and \u003ca href=\"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Henry_Ware_Lawton\">Lawton \u003c/a>were military officers and thus deemed appropriate by the neighborhood groups. But after Lawton comes Moraga, named for \u003ca href=\"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jos%C3%A9_Joaqu%C3%ADn_Moraga\">José Joaquín Moraga\u003c/a>, a Spanish explorer. So, we’re back to the pattern.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12079540\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 1980px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12079540\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/04/GettyImages-1400903691.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1980\" height=\"987\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/04/GettyImages-1400903691.jpg 1980w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/04/GettyImages-1400903691-160x80.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/04/GettyImages-1400903691-1536x766.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1980px) 100vw, 1980px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Washington Irving, circa. 1860-1865. \u003ccite>(Photo by Heritage Art/Heritage Images/via Getty Images)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>A\u003ca href=\"https://www.outsidelands.org/parkside-district.php\"> big development company \u003c/a>was already using the Spanish explorer naming convention, so the neighbors gave up fighting to change those names.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Not many people lived that far out into the Sunset yet, anyway. Apart from the “Americanized” interlude from Lincoln to Kirkham, the pattern of Spanish explorers continued, with the exception of “X” and “Z.” X was going to be Xavier.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>However, the committee ended up skipping an X-named street altogether when people claimed no one would be able to pronounce Xavier. Z street became Sloat.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Logic kind of falls to the side,” Freeman said of the whole naming fiasco. “But it’s a good story because what they were trying to do didn’t work real well.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[baycuriousquestion]\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>\u003ca id=\"episode-transcript\">\u003c/a>Episode transcript\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>\u003cb>Olivia Allen-Price:\u003c/b>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\"> If you travel from north to south on the west side of San Francisco – through the Richmond District, across Golden Gate Park, all the way through the Sunset – you may notice the streets running east to west follow a naming convention.\u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cb>Computerized voice: \u003c/b>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">Anza. Balboa. Cabrillo. \u003c/span>\u003cb>\u003cbr>\n\u003c/b>\u003cb>\u003cbr>\n\u003c/b>\u003cb>Olivia Allen-Price:\u003c/b>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\"> A … B… C… And further south.\u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cb>Computerized voice: \u003c/b>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">Quintara. Rivera. Santiago. Taraval.\u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cb>Olivia Allen-Price:\u003c/b>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\"> Q … R… S… T… They’re alphabetized! A to Z! Well, almost…\u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cb>Carolyn Karis: \u003c/b>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">There’s no D and no E. There is a Fulton but then there’s no G or H. \u003c/span>\u003cb>\u003cbr>\n\u003c/b>\u003cb>\u003cbr>\n\u003c/b>\u003cb>Olivia Allen-Price:\u003c/b>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\"> This is Carolyn Karras. (Care-as)\u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cb>Carolyn Karis:\u003c/b>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\"> I live in Ingleside Terraces in San Francisco. \u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cb>Olivia Allen-Price: \u003c/b>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">She’s a librarian and she’s into San Francisco history. So when a friend asked her about why a few of the letters are missing, she was frustrated when the answer didn’t turn up in some of the usual places she thought to look.\u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cb>Carolyn Karis: \u003c/b>It just seems like the order should be complete once you start it, it should end up being complete. So what happened to those street names since it seemed to go from A to at least Y.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cb>Olivia Allen-Price: \u003c/b>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">Here with some answers for Carolyn is Bay Curious editor and producer Katrina Schwartz. Hey, Katrina!\u003c/span>\u003cb>\u003cbr>\n\u003c/b>\u003cb>\u003cbr>\n\u003c/b>\u003cb>Katrina Schwartz:\u003c/b>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\"> Hey, Olivia. I gotta say, I’m excited to answer this question because it’s my home turf. I grew up in the Richmond District and went to school in the Sunset and I’ve wondered about this naming situation too.\u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cb>Olivia Allen-Price:\u003c/b>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\"> OK, start at the beginning, when did San Francisco start naming it’s streets.\u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cb>Katrina Schwartz:\u003c/b>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\"> Always street names, but not always a lot of logic to the names. There were a lot of duplicates, which was confusing to people.\u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cb>Olivia Allen-Price: \u003c/b>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">Can you give me some examples of the kind of things that were confusing?\u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cb>Katrina Schwartz:\u003c/b>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\"> Yeah, so there were 4 Church streets at one point. Any time there was a church, the locals would call the alley behind in Church Lane or Church way… you get the idea. But most confusing of all, there were three sets of ordinal numbered streets. Like today, there were the numbered Avenues out west, and the numbered streets downtown, but there were also numbered streets in the Bayview, those just had “South” appended to them. So, Bayview had 9th avenue South, for example.\u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cb>Olivia Allen-Price:\u003c/b>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\"> It reminds me a lot of modern-day Washington D.C. If you get the cardinal direction wrong on the street name, you can wind up in the completely wrong place….\u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cb>Katrina Schwartz: \u003c/b>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">And remember, this was a time when people primarily communicated by post. The mail came several times a day…and postal codes had not been invented yet. \u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cb>Olivia Allen-Price: \u003c/b>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">So confusing.\u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cb>Katrina Schwartz: \u003c/b>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">Then 1906 earthquake happens. Things are in shambles. But it’s also an opportunity to make some changes. I spoke to John Freeman about all this. He’s a retired high school teacher, amateur historian and life-long Richmond District resident. He says one group in particular was not happy with the street name situation in SF.\u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cb>John Freeman: \u003c/b>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">So the post office was unhappy. We’re rebuilding a lot of San Francisco. There’s new streets, there’s new widening of streets and all that kind of stuff. So the perfect time to go and attack a problem that had just grown like over, you know, since the 1850s.\u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cb>Katrina Schwartz:\u003c/b>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\"> Right, so in 1909 they put together a committee of folks to look at this naming issue. It’s got a couple Board of Supervisors on it, a historian and someone from the post office. Pretty small group. And they’ve got this idea to rename the Richmond District avenues to honor San Francisco’s history…\u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cb>John Freeman: \u003c/b>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">This of course, was a time when the whole thing of Spanish, that time period of the development of California was very romanticized.\u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cb>Olivia Allen-Price: \u003c/b>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">OK, so like Anza, Balboa, Cabrillo…\u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cb>Katrina Schwartz:\u003c/b>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\"> All explorers with some degree of connection to SF. And The idea, was to actually name all the ordinal streets using this scheme. So, First Avenue would become Arguello, second Balboa, third Cabrillo, etc. They’d do that all the way out to 26th and then they’d start over alphabetically, but add San or Santa. So, 27th Ave would have been San Antonio, 28th would become San Benito, etc.\u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cb>Olivia Allen-Price:\u003c/b>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\"> That’s strange because the actual Anza, Balboa, Cabrillo streets run east west. And the avenues are still numbered even today. What happened.\u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cb>Katrina Schwartz: \u003c/b>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">John says the committee started sharing their ideas with the press and when residents of the Richmond and Sunset districts heard about it, they were pissed.\u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cb>John Feeman: \u003c/b>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">It starts getting the ire of the locals who had community meetings and started saying, you know, we don’t want to be named after those lowlife Spaniards.\u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cb>Olivia Allen-Price: \u003c/b>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">That’s harsh.\u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cb>Katrina Schwartz: \u003c/b>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">Yes, well, xenophobia was alive and well back then too. But also, you have to remember in 1909 the Spanish-American war had just ended 10 years before. Of course, that was actually fought in the Philippines. And as a west coast port, San Francisco had a big role in that war. People here would have known folks fighting…it felt like recent history to many people.\u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cb>Olivia Allen-Price:\u003c/b>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\"> So what happens with the whole naming conundrum then?\u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cb>Katrina Schwartz: \u003c/b>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">Basically, the committee backs off and says fine, we won’t change the names of the Avenues. To save face, they kept Arguello, which is basically First Avenue now. And they kept La Playa, the last name before the beach, which also means “beach” in Spanish. And then they used the Spanish name scheme going east west instead. Of course, they had to come up with a new A street because Arguello was already taken, so that’s how we got Anza.\u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cb>John Feeman: \u003c/b>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">Anza of course, he is definitely here. He explores the whole coast. He actually goes out and, you know, the only way he’s going to get through it, he went along to the actual ocean beach and then he comes inland and he did see as much as he possibly could. So he’s a legitimate early explorer.\u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cb>Olivia Allen-Price:\u003c/b>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\"> But, as Carolyn points out, they didn’t really follow the pattern going east west either. Why not?\u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cb>Katrina Schwartz: \u003c/b>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">Basically local politics. So, it had been agreed that any streets that extended out west from Downtown would not be changed. So, streets like California and Sacramento stayed the same. Geary Boulevard was sacrosanct. So this naming starts south of Geary. We get A, B, C and then what would have been D is actually “Fulton street.” That’s because it was a street extending from downtown, so they didn’t want to change it. \u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">Since they had an F, they just kept going, except G was basically Golden Gate Park, which had been established in 1870, but was still nascent. \u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">That brings us to H street, which should have run next to the park on the south side. \u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cb>John Freeman: \u003c/b>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">And it’s supposed to go all the way out to Sloat in alphabetical pattern. Well, h then this is eight nine, and we’re celebrating the 100th anniversary of the birth of Abraham Lincoln, so they’re naming all kinds of things after Abraham Lincoln. What a wonderful thing we’ll do away with those four little alleys down south of market that were named after Lincoln. And we’ll name this Grand Boulevard that is going to go alongside Golden Gate Park. We’ll take out the H and will make it Lincoln. So already the game is getting changed. \u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cb>Olivia Allen-Price: \u003c/b>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">OK…but Irving, Judah, Kirkum, Lawton…also not Spanish names.\u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cb>Katrina Schwartz: \u003c/b>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">Correct. This is where more local politics came into play. There was a very active group of residents in the inner Sunset who DID NOT want Spanish names. They wanted “American” names. So they lobbied hard for Irving…after washington Irving the writer. Judah…for \u003c/span>\u003ca href=\"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Theodore_Judah\">\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">Theodore Judah\u003c/span>\u003c/a>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">, a civil engineer largely responsible for the design and construction of the transcontinental railroad.\u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cb>John Freeman:\u003c/b>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\"> He was the clever engineer and nobody honored him for anything.\u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cb>Katrina Schwartz: \u003c/b>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">And then \u003c/span>\u003ca href=\"https://books.google.com/books/about/The_Mexican_War_Journal_and_Letters_of_R.html?id=UzaRMQEACAAJ\">\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">Kirkham\u003c/span>\u003c/a>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\"> and \u003c/span>\u003ca href=\"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Henry_Ware_Lawton\">\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">Lawton \u003c/span>\u003c/a>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">were military officers and thus deemed appropriate by the neighborhood groups. \u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cb>Olivia Allen-Price:\u003c/b>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\"> But after Lawton comes Moraga, named for \u003c/span>\u003ca href=\"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jos%C3%A9_Joaqu%C3%ADn_Moraga\">\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">José Joaquín Moraga\u003c/span>\u003c/a>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">, a Spanish explorer. So, we’re back to the pattern. What happened?\u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cb>Katrina Schwartz:\u003c/b>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\"> Development. The Parkside [Realty Company] owned a lot of land in the outer Sunset and they were developing plots to sell. They’d already started naming the streets in their section according to the proposed Spanish explorer scheme. So we basically have Spanish names all the way out to Y.\u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cb>Olivia Allen-Price: \u003c/b>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">But there’s no X or Z street.\u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cb> Katrina Schwartz: \u003c/b>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">Yep, more racism. X was supposed to Xavier Street, but the committee didn’t think anyone could pronounce it, so they just skipped it. And many of those other names aren’t actually Spanish explorers anyway. Taravel was a Native American guide who was part of the Anza expedition. \u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cb>Olivia Allen-Price:\u003c/b>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\"> So we have alphabetical-ish, Spanish-ish street names.\u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cb>Katrina Schwartz:\u003c/b>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\"> Totally. And, they were trying to work fast because they had to have it all done by the end of 1909 when the mayoral administration changed. So, maps after 1910 show the new names.\u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">\u003cstrong>Olivia Allen-Price:\u003c/strong> Our question asker Carolyn actually mentioned an old map she’d found… \u003c/span>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">\u003cbr>\n\u003c/span>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">\u003cbr>\n\u003c/span>\u003cb>Carolyn Karis: \u003c/b>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">W\u003c/span>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">e have a couple of older maps that we were looking at and one of them is 1909 map that we picked up somewhere and that has the letters. So it says like ABC above the park and then below the park, it just has the letter. \u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cb>Katrina Schwartz:\u003c/b>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\"> So presumably this was printed between the time when the plan for the alphabetical streets was made, and when the final names hadn’t been chosen yet. So, this is actually a very cool little piece of history.\u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cb>Olivia Allen-Price: \u003c/b>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">Yeah, a little time capsule window into the past. Thanks for all your reporting on this, Katrina.\u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cb>Katrina Schwartz: \u003c/b>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">My pleasure.\u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cb>Olivia Allen-Price: \u003c/b>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">Thanks to Carolyn Karras for asking this week’s question. You selected it in one of our monthly voting rounds and hey – our April voting round is now up and has some good questions…\u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cb>Question 1: \u003c/b>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">How many Bay food businesses are still in business after 10 years?\u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cb>Question 2: \u003c/b>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">Why does the SF Parks and Recreation still manage properties outside of the city limits?\u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cb>Question 3: \u003c/b>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">I’m curious about the history of Bay Area communal living and what makes things a communal living situation vs cult.\u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cb>Olivia Allen-Price: \u003c/b>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">Which of those do you want to hear on the show? Cast your vote at \u003c/span>\u003ca href=\"http://baycurious.org\">\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">BayCurious.org\u003c/span>\u003c/a>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">. And while you’re there, sign up for our monthly newsletter where we answer even more listener questions. \u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">Bay Curious is made in San Francisco at member-supported KQED. Our show is produced by… and me Olivia Allen-Price. With extra support from … and everyone on Team KQED. Some members of the KQED podcast team are represented by The Screen Actors Guild, American Federation of Television and Radio Artists, San Francisco Northern California Local.\u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">I’m Olivia Allen-Price. Have a good one.\u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad floatright]\u003c/p>\n",
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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>In the Richmond and Sunset, the committee decided to honor the city’s Spanish heritage by naming streets after famous Spanish explorers or anyone who had an outsized influence in California.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>They planned for the names to go alphabetically from First Avenue (what’s now Arguello) out to 26th Avenue. Then the alphabet would start over, but the following 26 streets would be named for saints. So, 27th Ave would have been San Antonio, 28th would become San Benito, etc.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But when the proposal was put forward, outraged locals pushed back against the naming scheme.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The country had just fought the Spanish-American War in the Philippines, and some residents found the idea of naming streets after Spaniards unpatriotic.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Suddenly it starts getting the ire of the locals who had community meetings and started saying, you know, we don’t want to be named after those lowlife Spaniards,” Freeman said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>There was so much opposition that the committee gave up the scheme. They settled on renaming “First Avenue” to “Arguello” and the street just before the beach “La Playa,” which means “the beach” in Spanish.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12079485\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12079485\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/04/GettyImages-1290352821.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1124\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/04/GettyImages-1290352821.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/04/GettyImages-1290352821-160x90.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/04/GettyImages-1290352821-1536x863.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/04/GettyImages-1290352821-1200x675.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">The Richmond District and Ocean Beach in San Francisco, CA \u003ccite>(Jason Doiy/Getty Images)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>They left the numbered avenues, but used the alphabetical Spanish explorer idea for streets running east and west, instead. For some reason, residents didn’t oppose this slightly different approach. That’s how we got names like Anza, Balboa, and Cabrillo.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But of course, nothing is simple. Even though they had generally settled on an alphabetical scheme that would extend out into the Sunset, there were already problems. First, the committee didn’t want to change the names of streets that extended out from downtown — like Geary, California and Sacramento streets.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>That’s why the alphabet starts mid-Richmond and goes south from there. “D Street” had already been renamed Fulton because it extended from downtown.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Streets that would have been “E, F, and G” were taken up by Golden Gate Park, which had been developed but was still nascent. Once on the other side of the park, the pattern should have started up again with H street.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“You gotta realize this is 1909, and we’re celebrating the 100th anniversary of the birth of Abraham Lincoln,” Freeman said. “So they’re naming all kinds of things after Abraham Lincoln.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12079492\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 1755px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-12079492 size-full\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/04/1909-map_a.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1755\" height=\"1277\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/04/1909-map_a.jpg 1755w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/04/1909-map_a-160x116.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/04/1909-map_a-1536x1118.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1755px) 100vw, 1755px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">A map of San Francisco, circa 1909 \u003ccite>(Courtesy Carolyn Karis)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>H street was a prominent boulevard edging Golden Gate Park, so they decided, “We’ll take out the H and will make it Lincoln. So already the game is getting changed.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Meanwhile, the Sunset residents had convened their own committee to come up with more “patriotic” names for Sunset streets.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Irving Street is named for \u003ca href=\"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Washington_Irving\">Washington Irving\u003c/a>, a writer. Judah Street is named for \u003ca href=\"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Theodore_Judah\">Theodore Judah\u003c/a>, a civil engineer largely responsible for the design and construction of the transcontinental railroad.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“He was the clever engineer, and nobody honored him for anything,” Freeman said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"https://books.google.com/books/about/The_Mexican_War_Journal_and_Letters_of_R.html?id=UzaRMQEACAAJ\">Kirkham\u003c/a> and \u003ca href=\"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Henry_Ware_Lawton\">Lawton \u003c/a>were military officers and thus deemed appropriate by the neighborhood groups. But after Lawton comes Moraga, named for \u003ca href=\"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jos%C3%A9_Joaqu%C3%ADn_Moraga\">José Joaquín Moraga\u003c/a>, a Spanish explorer. So, we’re back to the pattern.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12079540\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 1980px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12079540\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/04/GettyImages-1400903691.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1980\" height=\"987\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/04/GettyImages-1400903691.jpg 1980w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/04/GettyImages-1400903691-160x80.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/04/GettyImages-1400903691-1536x766.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1980px) 100vw, 1980px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Washington Irving, circa. 1860-1865. \u003ccite>(Photo by Heritage Art/Heritage Images/via Getty Images)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>A\u003ca href=\"https://www.outsidelands.org/parkside-district.php\"> big development company \u003c/a>was already using the Spanish explorer naming convention, so the neighbors gave up fighting to change those names.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Not many people lived that far out into the Sunset yet, anyway. Apart from the “Americanized” interlude from Lincoln to Kirkham, the pattern of Spanish explorers continued, with the exception of “X” and “Z.” X was going to be Xavier.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>However, the committee ended up skipping an X-named street altogether when people claimed no one would be able to pronounce Xavier. Z street became Sloat.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Logic kind of falls to the side,” Freeman said of the whole naming fiasco. “But it’s a good story because what they were trying to do didn’t work real well.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003c/div>",
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Taraval.\u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cb>Olivia Allen-Price:\u003c/b>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\"> Q … R… S… T… They’re alphabetized! A to Z! Well, almost…\u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cb>Carolyn Karis: \u003c/b>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">There’s no D and no E. There is a Fulton but then there’s no G or H. \u003c/span>\u003cb>\u003cbr>\n\u003c/b>\u003cb>\u003cbr>\n\u003c/b>\u003cb>Olivia Allen-Price:\u003c/b>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\"> This is Carolyn Karras. (Care-as)\u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cb>Carolyn Karis:\u003c/b>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\"> I live in Ingleside Terraces in San Francisco. \u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cb>Olivia Allen-Price: \u003c/b>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">She’s a librarian and she’s into San Francisco history. So when a friend asked her about why a few of the letters are missing, she was frustrated when the answer didn’t turn up in some of the usual places she thought to look.\u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cb>Carolyn Karis: \u003c/b>It just seems like the order should be complete once you start it, it should end up being complete. So what happened to those street names since it seemed to go from A to at least Y.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cb>Olivia Allen-Price: \u003c/b>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">Here with some answers for Carolyn is Bay Curious editor and producer Katrina Schwartz. Hey, Katrina!\u003c/span>\u003cb>\u003cbr>\n\u003c/b>\u003cb>\u003cbr>\n\u003c/b>\u003cb>Katrina Schwartz:\u003c/b>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\"> Hey, Olivia. I gotta say, I’m excited to answer this question because it’s my home turf. I grew up in the Richmond District and went to school in the Sunset and I’ve wondered about this naming situation too.\u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cb>Olivia Allen-Price:\u003c/b>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\"> OK, start at the beginning, when did San Francisco start naming it’s streets.\u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cb>Katrina Schwartz:\u003c/b>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\"> Always street names, but not always a lot of logic to the names. There were a lot of duplicates, which was confusing to people.\u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cb>Olivia Allen-Price: \u003c/b>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">Can you give me some examples of the kind of things that were confusing?\u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cb>Katrina Schwartz:\u003c/b>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\"> Yeah, so there were 4 Church streets at one point. Any time there was a church, the locals would call the alley behind in Church Lane or Church way… you get the idea. But most confusing of all, there were three sets of ordinal numbered streets. Like today, there were the numbered Avenues out west, and the numbered streets downtown, but there were also numbered streets in the Bayview, those just had “South” appended to them. So, Bayview had 9th avenue South, for example.\u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cb>Olivia Allen-Price:\u003c/b>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\"> It reminds me a lot of modern-day Washington D.C. If you get the cardinal direction wrong on the street name, you can wind up in the completely wrong place….\u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cb>Katrina Schwartz: \u003c/b>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">And remember, this was a time when people primarily communicated by post. The mail came several times a day…and postal codes had not been invented yet. \u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cb>Olivia Allen-Price: \u003c/b>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">So confusing.\u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cb>Katrina Schwartz: \u003c/b>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">Then 1906 earthquake happens. Things are in shambles. But it’s also an opportunity to make some changes. I spoke to John Freeman about all this. He’s a retired high school teacher, amateur historian and life-long Richmond District resident. He says one group in particular was not happy with the street name situation in SF.\u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cb>John Freeman: \u003c/b>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">So the post office was unhappy. We’re rebuilding a lot of San Francisco. There’s new streets, there’s new widening of streets and all that kind of stuff. So the perfect time to go and attack a problem that had just grown like over, you know, since the 1850s.\u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cb>Katrina Schwartz:\u003c/b>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\"> Right, so in 1909 they put together a committee of folks to look at this naming issue. It’s got a couple Board of Supervisors on it, a historian and someone from the post office. Pretty small group. And they’ve got this idea to rename the Richmond District avenues to honor San Francisco’s history…\u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cb>John Freeman: \u003c/b>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">This of course, was a time when the whole thing of Spanish, that time period of the development of California was very romanticized.\u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cb>Olivia Allen-Price: \u003c/b>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">OK, so like Anza, Balboa, Cabrillo…\u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cb>Katrina Schwartz:\u003c/b>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\"> All explorers with some degree of connection to SF. And The idea, was to actually name all the ordinal streets using this scheme. So, First Avenue would become Arguello, second Balboa, third Cabrillo, etc. They’d do that all the way out to 26th and then they’d start over alphabetically, but add San or Santa. So, 27th Ave would have been San Antonio, 28th would become San Benito, etc.\u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cb>Olivia Allen-Price:\u003c/b>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\"> That’s strange because the actual Anza, Balboa, Cabrillo streets run east west. And the avenues are still numbered even today. What happened.\u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cb>Katrina Schwartz: \u003c/b>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">John says the committee started sharing their ideas with the press and when residents of the Richmond and Sunset districts heard about it, they were pissed.\u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cb>John Feeman: \u003c/b>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">It starts getting the ire of the locals who had community meetings and started saying, you know, we don’t want to be named after those lowlife Spaniards.\u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cb>Olivia Allen-Price: \u003c/b>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">That’s harsh.\u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cb>Katrina Schwartz: \u003c/b>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">Yes, well, xenophobia was alive and well back then too. But also, you have to remember in 1909 the Spanish-American war had just ended 10 years before. Of course, that was actually fought in the Philippines. And as a west coast port, San Francisco had a big role in that war. People here would have known folks fighting…it felt like recent history to many people.\u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cb>Olivia Allen-Price:\u003c/b>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\"> So what happens with the whole naming conundrum then?\u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cb>Katrina Schwartz: \u003c/b>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">Basically, the committee backs off and says fine, we won’t change the names of the Avenues. To save face, they kept Arguello, which is basically First Avenue now. And they kept La Playa, the last name before the beach, which also means “beach” in Spanish. And then they used the Spanish name scheme going east west instead. Of course, they had to come up with a new A street because Arguello was already taken, so that’s how we got Anza.\u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cb>John Feeman: \u003c/b>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">Anza of course, he is definitely here. He explores the whole coast. He actually goes out and, you know, the only way he’s going to get through it, he went along to the actual ocean beach and then he comes inland and he did see as much as he possibly could. So he’s a legitimate early explorer.\u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cb>Olivia Allen-Price:\u003c/b>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\"> But, as Carolyn points out, they didn’t really follow the pattern going east west either. Why not?\u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cb>Katrina Schwartz: \u003c/b>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">Basically local politics. So, it had been agreed that any streets that extended out west from Downtown would not be changed. So, streets like California and Sacramento stayed the same. Geary Boulevard was sacrosanct. So this naming starts south of Geary. We get A, B, C and then what would have been D is actually “Fulton street.” That’s because it was a street extending from downtown, so they didn’t want to change it. \u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">Since they had an F, they just kept going, except G was basically Golden Gate Park, which had been established in 1870, but was still nascent. \u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">That brings us to H street, which should have run next to the park on the south side. \u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cb>John Freeman: \u003c/b>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">And it’s supposed to go all the way out to Sloat in alphabetical pattern. Well, h then this is eight nine, and we’re celebrating the 100th anniversary of the birth of Abraham Lincoln, so they’re naming all kinds of things after Abraham Lincoln. What a wonderful thing we’ll do away with those four little alleys down south of market that were named after Lincoln. And we’ll name this Grand Boulevard that is going to go alongside Golden Gate Park. We’ll take out the H and will make it Lincoln. So already the game is getting changed. \u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cb>Olivia Allen-Price: \u003c/b>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">OK…but Irving, Judah, Kirkum, Lawton…also not Spanish names.\u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cb>Katrina Schwartz: \u003c/b>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">Correct. This is where more local politics came into play. There was a very active group of residents in the inner Sunset who DID NOT want Spanish names. They wanted “American” names. So they lobbied hard for Irving…after washington Irving the writer. Judah…for \u003c/span>\u003ca href=\"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Theodore_Judah\">\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">Theodore Judah\u003c/span>\u003c/a>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">, a civil engineer largely responsible for the design and construction of the transcontinental railroad.\u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cb>John Freeman:\u003c/b>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\"> He was the clever engineer and nobody honored him for anything.\u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cb>Katrina Schwartz: \u003c/b>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">And then \u003c/span>\u003ca href=\"https://books.google.com/books/about/The_Mexican_War_Journal_and_Letters_of_R.html?id=UzaRMQEACAAJ\">\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">Kirkham\u003c/span>\u003c/a>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\"> and \u003c/span>\u003ca href=\"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Henry_Ware_Lawton\">\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">Lawton \u003c/span>\u003c/a>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">were military officers and thus deemed appropriate by the neighborhood groups. \u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cb>Olivia Allen-Price:\u003c/b>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\"> But after Lawton comes Moraga, named for \u003c/span>\u003ca href=\"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jos%C3%A9_Joaqu%C3%ADn_Moraga\">\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">José Joaquín Moraga\u003c/span>\u003c/a>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">, a Spanish explorer. So, we’re back to the pattern. What happened?\u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cb>Katrina Schwartz:\u003c/b>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\"> Development. The Parkside [Realty Company] owned a lot of land in the outer Sunset and they were developing plots to sell. They’d already started naming the streets in their section according to the proposed Spanish explorer scheme. So we basically have Spanish names all the way out to Y.\u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cb>Olivia Allen-Price: \u003c/b>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">But there’s no X or Z street.\u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cb> Katrina Schwartz: \u003c/b>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">Yep, more racism. X was supposed to Xavier Street, but the committee didn’t think anyone could pronounce it, so they just skipped it. And many of those other names aren’t actually Spanish explorers anyway. Taravel was a Native American guide who was part of the Anza expedition. \u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cb>Olivia Allen-Price:\u003c/b>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\"> So we have alphabetical-ish, Spanish-ish street names.\u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cb>Katrina Schwartz:\u003c/b>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\"> Totally. And, they were trying to work fast because they had to have it all done by the end of 1909 when the mayoral administration changed. So, maps after 1910 show the new names.\u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">\u003cstrong>Olivia Allen-Price:\u003c/strong> Our question asker Carolyn actually mentioned an old map she’d found… \u003c/span>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">\u003cbr>\n\u003c/span>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">\u003cbr>\n\u003c/span>\u003cb>Carolyn Karis: \u003c/b>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">W\u003c/span>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">e have a couple of older maps that we were looking at and one of them is 1909 map that we picked up somewhere and that has the letters. So it says like ABC above the park and then below the park, it just has the letter. \u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cb>Katrina Schwartz:\u003c/b>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\"> So presumably this was printed between the time when the plan for the alphabetical streets was made, and when the final names hadn’t been chosen yet. So, this is actually a very cool little piece of history.\u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cb>Olivia Allen-Price: \u003c/b>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">Yeah, a little time capsule window into the past. Thanks for all your reporting on this, Katrina.\u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cb>Katrina Schwartz: \u003c/b>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">My pleasure.\u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cb>Olivia Allen-Price: \u003c/b>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">Thanks to Carolyn Karras for asking this week’s question. You selected it in one of our monthly voting rounds and hey – our April voting round is now up and has some good questions…\u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cb>Question 1: \u003c/b>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">How many Bay food businesses are still in business after 10 years?\u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cb>Question 2: \u003c/b>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">Why does the SF Parks and Recreation still manage properties outside of the city limits?\u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cb>Question 3: \u003c/b>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">I’m curious about the history of Bay Area communal living and what makes things a communal living situation vs cult.\u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cb>Olivia Allen-Price: \u003c/b>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">Which of those do you want to hear on the show? Cast your vote at \u003c/span>\u003ca href=\"http://baycurious.org\">\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">BayCurious.org\u003c/span>\u003c/a>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">. And while you’re there, sign up for our monthly newsletter where we answer even more listener questions. \u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">Bay Curious is made in San Francisco at member-supported KQED. Our show is produced by… and me Olivia Allen-Price. With extra support from … and everyone on Team KQED. Some members of the KQED podcast team are represented by The Screen Actors Guild, American Federation of Television and Radio Artists, San Francisco Northern California Local.\u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">I’m Olivia Allen-Price. Have a good one.\u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003c/div>",
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"content": "\u003cp>When pro-Palestinian student protests swept college campuses across the country two years ago, the movement at \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/tag/san-francisco-state-university\">San Francisco State University\u003c/a> was an outlier.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Elsewhere, many of the \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11984203/pro-palestinian-protests-sweep-california-college-campuses-amid-israel-hamas-war\">campus encampments and demonstrations\u003c/a> against Israel’s war on Gaza had led to clashes with administrators or violent crackdowns by law enforcement. Meanwhile, at SF State, President Lynn Mahoney sat down in front of hundreds on Malcolm X Plaza for what was believed to have been a \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11985130/sfsu-president-begins-negotiations-with-campus-gaza-protesters\">first-of-its-kind public negotiation session\u003c/a> between school leaders and students, which led to a change to the school’s endowment investment policy.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“We are one of the only schools in the entire nation that got divestment,” said Sam Silva, a graduate student in SF State’s communication studies department. “That is a pretty huge deal.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>This week, Mahoney again sat across from a panel of five students to negotiate on a package of broader demands, including protections for undocumented students, transparency around campus funding cuts and improvements to dorm conditions.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The SFSU Student Union won the session, one of the advocacy groups that led the university’s pro-Palestinian protest movement in 2024. Since the organization has evolved, applying the lessons learned two years ago to their continued push to represent students before campus administrators.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Many of us have learned from the encampment, and learned how to win,” said Brian Yan, a media liaison for the Student Union. Last semester, he said, more than 180 students, graduate students and workers gathered for a Student Union “general assembly” to begin discussing the demands they negotiated this week.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12079189\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 1999px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-12079189 size-full\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/04/260408-SFSUNegotiations-07-BL_qed.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1999\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/04/260408-SFSUNegotiations-07-BL_qed.jpg 1999w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/04/260408-SFSUNegotiations-07-BL_qed-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/04/260408-SFSUNegotiations-07-BL_qed-1536x1024.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1999px) 100vw, 1999px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">SFSU President Lynn Mahoney speaks with a student negotiating team in Malcolm X Plaza at San Francisco State University on April 8, 2026. \u003ccite>(Beth LaBerge/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>“We know that we need as many students as we can possibly get,” he said. “When you see almost 200 people sitting right outside your building, saying, ‘If we don’t get [a negotiating session] we will escalate,’ I think that compels administrators to come out and bargain.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Over the last two years, the group has focused on broadening campus support.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>At weekly general meetings, leaders share updates, host trainings and discuss relevant news and articles. Throughout the 2025-26 school year, the organization has also built up at least nine smaller department unions, which aim to engage a wider swath of students.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>A group of students in the Department of Broadcast and Electronic Communication Arts launched a \u003ca href=\"https://open.spotify.com/show/4ncPsxmp99mU4e7SOPGnyq\">podcast\u003c/a> that ran six episodes last year, amplifying the Student Union and its departments’ platforms. Students also chat and share updates on a Substack page and Slack channel.[aside postID=news_12002307 hero='https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/08/20240829-SFSUGazarally-JY-011-1020x680.jpg']“We have our student government, and I think that functions kind of like the government. Our job is to really try to talk to the students on campus and figure out what issues they’re actually facing and how we can address them in a way that a union might, with a mass movement,” said Kenna Klop-Packel, a member of the Student Union’s leadership team.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Klop-Packel said she was already part of a student group called Mathematistas, which focused on community-building and gender equity in the math department. In the fall, the organization added the broader interests of the Student Union to its focus.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I saw, and I think the people around me also saw that this is one way that we could support equity in mathematics,” Klop-Packel said, adding that many of the organizations’ goals aligned.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In the math department, Klop-Packel said calculus class sizes have tripled in recent years. Other courses have more limited availability.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“The people that are going to first fall through the cracks are the people who already didn’t feel at home in the math department,” she said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The math union meets weekly, and in addition to the Mathematistas’ former community building and department-specific events, it now also “practices classroom conversations, how to explain to our classmates about these issues, and what the Student Union is doing, how we’re fighting back,” Klop-Packel told KQED.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12079196\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-12079196 size-full\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/04/260408-SFSUNegotiations-23-BL_qed.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/04/260408-SFSUNegotiations-23-BL_qed.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/04/260408-SFSUNegotiations-23-BL_qed-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/04/260408-SFSUNegotiations-23-BL_qed-1536x1024.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Student demands are displayed on a banner while a student negotiating team speaks with SFSU President Lynn Mahoney and Provost Amy Sueyoshi in Malcolm X Plaza at San Francisco State University on April 8, 2026. \u003ccite>(Beth LaBerge/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>At the first public negotiation session in 2024, representatives of the SFSU Students for Palestine Encampment urged changes to the university’s endowment investment policy and asked administrators to declare a genocide in Gaza.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>That August, the campus announced it \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12002307/san-francisco-state-divests-from-weapons-makers-after-working-with-student-activists\">would divest from four companies\u003c/a>: weapons manufacturers Lockheed Martin and Leonardo, data analysis company and military contractor Palantir, and construction equipment maker Caterpillar. In December, it adopted a new investment policy with limitations on companies that profit from weapons manufacturing.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Last fall, the Student Union launched its second major negotiating campaign with a series of general assemblies. That led to the list of five demands, including increased budget transparency, that students sent to administrators in March and discussed with Mahoney and Provost Amy Sueyoshi on Wednesday.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Vi Lee, another member of the Student Union’s leadership team, said the focus on campus finances was a “logical next step” for the group, which formed the year before the pro-Palestinian protest movement in response to tuition hikes across the California State University system.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12079190\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 1999px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-12079190 size-full\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/04/260408-SFSUNegotiations-10-BL_qed.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1999\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/04/260408-SFSUNegotiations-10-BL_qed.jpg 1999w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/04/260408-SFSUNegotiations-10-BL_qed-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/04/260408-SFSUNegotiations-10-BL_qed-1536x1024.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1999px) 100vw, 1999px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">SFSU Provost Amy Sueyoshi speaks with a student negotiating team in Malcolm X Plaza at San Francisco State University on April 8, 2026. \u003ccite>(Beth LaBerge/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>“Those issues had not gone away, they’d only gotten worse,” Lee said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Between 2019 and 2024, the campus \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12018149/san-francisco-state-students-faculty-mourn-job-cuts-funeral-march\">cut more than 1,000 course sections\u003c/a> and let go of 155 lecturers whose positions rely on those classes. In December, it offered buyouts to tenured and tenure-track faculty who have worked at the school for at least five years in the face of a $20 million budget deficit, \u003ca href=\"https://goldengatexpress.org/114511/news/campus/sfsu-offers-buyouts-to-all-tenure-track-and-tenured-faculty/\">according to the \u003cem>Golden Gate Xpress\u003c/em>\u003c/a>, a student news outlet.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In spring 2027, SF State plans to discontinue or suspend a dozen undergraduate degree programs as well as a handful of master’s programs and minors. University spokesperson Bobby King said those cuts are meant to realign resources with enrollment demand and aren’t related to the budget. A decade ago, enrollment hovered just under 30,000 students, down to just over 20,700 this year, according to campus data.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12079193\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12079193\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/04/260408-SFSUNegotiations-19-BL_qed.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/04/260408-SFSUNegotiations-19-BL_qed.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/04/260408-SFSUNegotiations-19-BL_qed-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/04/260408-SFSUNegotiations-19-BL_qed-1536x1024.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Students walk through the San Francisco State University campus on April 8, 2026. \u003ccite>(Beth LaBerge/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>The students have asked for the university to halt future class and program cuts and provide transparency around the budget shortfall.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>They also brought forward four other wide-ranging demands: changes to the school’s policies surrounding AI, a public statement affirming that the school won’t hand over to the federal government the names of students and faculty who participate in political actions, new protections for students against Immigration and Customs Enforcement and improved conditions in dorms.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The group said the list represents students’ “collective working and educational issues on campus.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>During Wednesday’s hourlong session, no campus policy changes were made. 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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>This week, Mahoney again sat across from a panel of five students to negotiate on a package of broader demands, including protections for undocumented students, transparency around campus funding cuts and improvements to dorm conditions.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The SFSU Student Union won the session, one of the advocacy groups that led the university’s pro-Palestinian protest movement in 2024. Since the organization has evolved, applying the lessons learned two years ago to their continued push to represent students before campus administrators.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Many of us have learned from the encampment, and learned how to win,” said Brian Yan, a media liaison for the Student Union. Last semester, he said, more than 180 students, graduate students and workers gathered for a Student Union “general assembly” to begin discussing the demands they negotiated this week.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12079189\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 1999px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-12079189 size-full\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/04/260408-SFSUNegotiations-07-BL_qed.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1999\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/04/260408-SFSUNegotiations-07-BL_qed.jpg 1999w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/04/260408-SFSUNegotiations-07-BL_qed-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/04/260408-SFSUNegotiations-07-BL_qed-1536x1024.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1999px) 100vw, 1999px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">SFSU President Lynn Mahoney speaks with a student negotiating team in Malcolm X Plaza at San Francisco State University on April 8, 2026. \u003ccite>(Beth LaBerge/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>“We know that we need as many students as we can possibly get,” he said. “When you see almost 200 people sitting right outside your building, saying, ‘If we don’t get [a negotiating session] we will escalate,’ I think that compels administrators to come out and bargain.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Over the last two years, the group has focused on broadening campus support.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>At weekly general meetings, leaders share updates, host trainings and discuss relevant news and articles. Throughout the 2025-26 school year, the organization has also built up at least nine smaller department unions, which aim to engage a wider swath of students.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>A group of students in the Department of Broadcast and Electronic Communication Arts launched a \u003ca href=\"https://open.spotify.com/show/4ncPsxmp99mU4e7SOPGnyq\">podcast\u003c/a> that ran six episodes last year, amplifying the Student Union and its departments’ platforms. Students also chat and share updates on a Substack page and Slack channel.\u003c/p>\u003c/div>",
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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>“We have our student government, and I think that functions kind of like the government. Our job is to really try to talk to the students on campus and figure out what issues they’re actually facing and how we can address them in a way that a union might, with a mass movement,” said Kenna Klop-Packel, a member of the Student Union’s leadership team.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Klop-Packel said she was already part of a student group called Mathematistas, which focused on community-building and gender equity in the math department. In the fall, the organization added the broader interests of the Student Union to its focus.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I saw, and I think the people around me also saw that this is one way that we could support equity in mathematics,” Klop-Packel said, adding that many of the organizations’ goals aligned.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In the math department, Klop-Packel said calculus class sizes have tripled in recent years. Other courses have more limited availability.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“The people that are going to first fall through the cracks are the people who already didn’t feel at home in the math department,” she said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The math union meets weekly, and in addition to the Mathematistas’ former community building and department-specific events, it now also “practices classroom conversations, how to explain to our classmates about these issues, and what the Student Union is doing, how we’re fighting back,” Klop-Packel told KQED.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12079196\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-12079196 size-full\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/04/260408-SFSUNegotiations-23-BL_qed.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/04/260408-SFSUNegotiations-23-BL_qed.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/04/260408-SFSUNegotiations-23-BL_qed-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/04/260408-SFSUNegotiations-23-BL_qed-1536x1024.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Student demands are displayed on a banner while a student negotiating team speaks with SFSU President Lynn Mahoney and Provost Amy Sueyoshi in Malcolm X Plaza at San Francisco State University on April 8, 2026. \u003ccite>(Beth LaBerge/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>At the first public negotiation session in 2024, representatives of the SFSU Students for Palestine Encampment urged changes to the university’s endowment investment policy and asked administrators to declare a genocide in Gaza.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>That August, the campus announced it \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12002307/san-francisco-state-divests-from-weapons-makers-after-working-with-student-activists\">would divest from four companies\u003c/a>: weapons manufacturers Lockheed Martin and Leonardo, data analysis company and military contractor Palantir, and construction equipment maker Caterpillar. In December, it adopted a new investment policy with limitations on companies that profit from weapons manufacturing.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Last fall, the Student Union launched its second major negotiating campaign with a series of general assemblies. That led to the list of five demands, including increased budget transparency, that students sent to administrators in March and discussed with Mahoney and Provost Amy Sueyoshi on Wednesday.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Vi Lee, another member of the Student Union’s leadership team, said the focus on campus finances was a “logical next step” for the group, which formed the year before the pro-Palestinian protest movement in response to tuition hikes across the California State University system.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12079190\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 1999px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-12079190 size-full\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/04/260408-SFSUNegotiations-10-BL_qed.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1999\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/04/260408-SFSUNegotiations-10-BL_qed.jpg 1999w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/04/260408-SFSUNegotiations-10-BL_qed-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/04/260408-SFSUNegotiations-10-BL_qed-1536x1024.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1999px) 100vw, 1999px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">SFSU Provost Amy Sueyoshi speaks with a student negotiating team in Malcolm X Plaza at San Francisco State University on April 8, 2026. \u003ccite>(Beth LaBerge/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>“Those issues had not gone away, they’d only gotten worse,” Lee said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Between 2019 and 2024, the campus \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12018149/san-francisco-state-students-faculty-mourn-job-cuts-funeral-march\">cut more than 1,000 course sections\u003c/a> and let go of 155 lecturers whose positions rely on those classes. In December, it offered buyouts to tenured and tenure-track faculty who have worked at the school for at least five years in the face of a $20 million budget deficit, \u003ca href=\"https://goldengatexpress.org/114511/news/campus/sfsu-offers-buyouts-to-all-tenure-track-and-tenured-faculty/\">according to the \u003cem>Golden Gate Xpress\u003c/em>\u003c/a>, a student news outlet.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In spring 2027, SF State plans to discontinue or suspend a dozen undergraduate degree programs as well as a handful of master’s programs and minors. University spokesperson Bobby King said those cuts are meant to realign resources with enrollment demand and aren’t related to the budget. A decade ago, enrollment hovered just under 30,000 students, down to just over 20,700 this year, according to campus data.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12079193\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12079193\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/04/260408-SFSUNegotiations-19-BL_qed.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/04/260408-SFSUNegotiations-19-BL_qed.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/04/260408-SFSUNegotiations-19-BL_qed-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/04/260408-SFSUNegotiations-19-BL_qed-1536x1024.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Students walk through the San Francisco State University campus on April 8, 2026. \u003ccite>(Beth LaBerge/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>The students have asked for the university to halt future class and program cuts and provide transparency around the budget shortfall.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>They also brought forward four other wide-ranging demands: changes to the school’s policies surrounding AI, a public statement affirming that the school won’t hand over to the federal government the names of students and faculty who participate in political actions, new protections for students against Immigration and Customs Enforcement and improved conditions in dorms.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The group said the list represents students’ “collective working and educational issues on campus.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>During Wednesday’s hourlong session, no campus policy changes were made. Afterward, however, Mahoney said she believed some of the students’ demands would bring about changes.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12079187\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 1999px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-12079187 size-full\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/04/260408-SFSUNegotiations-03-BL_qed.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1999\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/04/260408-SFSUNegotiations-03-BL_qed.jpg 1999w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/04/260408-SFSUNegotiations-03-BL_qed-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/04/260408-SFSUNegotiations-03-BL_qed-1536x1024.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1999px) 100vw, 1999px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">A student negotiating team speaks with SFSU President Lynn Mahoney and Provost Amy Sueyoshi in Malcolm X Plaza at San Francisco State University on April 8, 2026. \u003ccite>(Beth LaBerge/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>“I think we do need to set rules for AI, and I think students and faculty and staff have to participate in those rules. 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In a wetsuit, a surfboard at his side, he walked over from his home a few blocks away in the Sunset District, passing through Sunset Dunes, the park that opened last April on what used to be the Upper Great Highway to much fanfare and controversy.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“It’s been great for the community,” Caffee said just days before Sunset Dunes’ one-year anniversary on April 12. “I just had a kid with my wife, and so it’s important for us to have a safe space where we can go to bring her and hang out.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>A year into the park’s existence, the traffic woes that prompted resistance to its creation haven’t fully materialized, city data shows, and hundreds of thousands of people have visited.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But even as Sunset Dunes’ future looks increasingly solid, its existence is shaping local political debates, and opponents remain hopeful they can bring cars back at least part of the time.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The park has fans across the Bay Area, but locally, it’s been mired in controversy since voters citywide in 2024 approved Proposition K, removing cars from a 2-mile stretch of road to make way for the park.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12079378\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 1999px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12079378\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/04/260409-SunsetDunesAnniversary-17-BL_qed.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1999\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/04/260409-SunsetDunesAnniversary-17-BL_qed.jpg 1999w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/04/260409-SunsetDunesAnniversary-17-BL_qed-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/04/260409-SunsetDunesAnniversary-17-BL_qed-1536x1024.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1999px) 100vw, 1999px\" />\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">A visitor jogs through Sunset Dunes, a park on the former Great Highway roadway, in San Francisco’s Sunset neighborhood on April 9, 2026. \u003ccite>(Beth LaBerge/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>The majority of residents who live closest to the park voted against it. Since then, it’s become a lightning rod issue in the otherwise quiet and residential neighborhood, driving a successful recall against former Supervisor Joel Engardio, who publicly supported the park.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>At the heart of the resistance for many angry locals was traffic.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“The traffic is just bumper- to-bumper all the way up to 19th Avenue. It didn’t used to be like that. You can’t get around,” a Sunset resident named John So told KQED while on a walk at the park.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>While congestion on the avenues varies, the San Francisco Municipal Transportation Agency found that traffic on the major roads in the Sunset is actually below pre-pandemic levels, and other analyses have found minimal impacts on average commute speeds.[aside postID=news_12069580 hero='https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/05/SunsetDunesGetty-1020x680.jpg']The city has been working to install new traffic signals to improve the flow of cars.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Sunset residents like Haley Demay were initially skeptical, but have since warmed up to the park. She likes walking her dog there. Still, she is sympathetic to the traffic complaints she hears and supports a compromise where cars could be back on the road on weekdays, with the highway remaining a park on weekends.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I commute to Palo Alto, and I leave really early, so I really don’t hit much traffic, but my husband works downtown, and he has noticed a lot more traffic,” Demay said. “I do enjoy the park, but I do also from time to time think, ‘Man, I wish it was back open to cars.’ It was just such a smooth, easy commute going down.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>After the recall election, efforts to put cars back on the Great Highway have largely been unsuccessful. A judge in January dismissed a lawsuit from a group of residents looking to overturn Proposition K, and current Supervisor Alan Wong was unable to get enough colleagues on the Board of Supervisors to back his ballot measure proposal to put a compromise before voters this November.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Their efforts continue, however, and a citizen-led ballot initiative is currently underway. They need to collect at least 10,000 signatures to put the fate of Sunset Dunes before voters, again, in November.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12079370\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12079370\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/04/260409-SunsetDunesAnniversary-06-BL_qed.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/04/260409-SunsetDunesAnniversary-06-BL_qed.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/04/260409-SunsetDunesAnniversary-06-BL_qed-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/04/260409-SunsetDunesAnniversary-06-BL_qed-1536x1024.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\" />\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">A bicyclist rides through Sunset Dunes, a park on the former Great Highway roadway, in San Francisco’s Sunset neighborhood on April 9, 2026. \u003ccite>(Beth LaBerge/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>“It’s been almost two years now from when Prop. K passed to now, and that anger has not really subsided,” said Albert Chow, a local hardware store owner who led the recall of Engardio and is now running for District 4 supervisor.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>He’s been gathering signatures for the compromise ballot measure while campaigning for his own seat on the Board of Supervisors.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“This doesn’t have to be an all-or-nothing kind of a situation,” said Chow, who was a plaintiff in the lawsuit to overturn Proposition K. The group has not appealed the judge’s decision. “It’s more like bringing the neighborhood back to some peace, but also to respect what the Sunset Dunes park has become.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Supporters of the park point to the longer-term challenge with the land underneath the Great Highway, which is falling into the ocean due to climate change. The lower portion of the road is already closed due to coastal erosion.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Sunset voters have another important election ahead, over who will be their next permanent supervisor, and the issue of the Great Highway has again become a key issue.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12079380\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12079380\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/04/260409-SunsetDunesAnniversary-21-BL_qed.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/04/260409-SunsetDunesAnniversary-21-BL_qed.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/04/260409-SunsetDunesAnniversary-21-BL_qed-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/04/260409-SunsetDunesAnniversary-21-BL_qed-1536x1024.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\" />\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Visitors spend time at Sunset Dunes, a park on the former Great Highway roadway, in San Francisco’s Sunset neighborhood on April 9, 2026. \u003ccite>(Beth LaBerge/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Among the five candidates running, only one, Jeremy Grecco, said he supports keeping Sunset Dunes open as a park permanently. The remaining five candidates — current Supervisor Alan Wong, Natalie Gee, Albert Chow and David Lee — said they all opposed Proposition K and would support finding a way to bring cars back to the Great Highway.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Still, getting anything on the ballot — and passed — could be a challenge, and the park is here to stay for the foreseeable future.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I hope that we can be able to have a vote on it and be able to move forward after that, whatever the outcome is,” Wong said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The District 4 supervisor frequently jogs along the trail in Sunset Dunes, but feels it’s feasible to exercise while cars share the road, too. He also has previously said he has new safety concerns about other streets in the neighborhood now that traffic has shifted away from the Great Highway.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>A spokesperson for SFMTA said that “early data suggests that the closure has not adversely affected roadway safety,” however.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12079374\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12079374\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/04/260409-SunsetDunesAnniversary-12-BL_qed.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/04/260409-SunsetDunesAnniversary-12-BL_qed.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/04/260409-SunsetDunesAnniversary-12-BL_qed-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/04/260409-SunsetDunesAnniversary-12-BL_qed-1536x1024.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\" />\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Nearby residents Yin Hone Ho and Ngan Kyaung Chin walk through Sunset Dunes, a park on the former Great Highway roadway, in San Francisco’s Sunset neighborhood on April 9, 2026. \u003ccite>(Beth LaBerge/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Many park supporters believe Sunset Dunes creates a safe space for cycling, strolling and skateboarding and other recreational activities.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Retired couple Yin Hone Ho and Ngan Kyaung Chin visit Sunset Dunes every day. They moved to the neighborhood in the 1990s, and said it’s been a great setting for their daily exercise routine.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Every day, me and my wife come here and walk for one and a half hours. We get our 10,000 steps,” Ho said. His solution to the traffic debate? More people should carpool and take public transit.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Friends of Sunset Dunes, an advocacy group for the park, claims that 39,800 people visit the park weekly, on average, and that more than 1.7 million people utilized it during its first year.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>During that time, the space has been a venue for art walks, holiday festivities, fitness classes and other community events. Many local businesses have also reported that sales are up, pointing to increased foot traffic along business corridors near the park.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Benny Bermudez visited Sunset Dunes with his partner to celebrate his birthday recently. The couple lives in Daly City with their children, and said they come out several times a month to play outside by the beach.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12079377\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 1999px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12079377\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/04/260409-SunsetDunesAnniversary-16-BL_qed.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1999\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/04/260409-SunsetDunesAnniversary-16-BL_qed.jpg 1999w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/04/260409-SunsetDunesAnniversary-16-BL_qed-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/04/260409-SunsetDunesAnniversary-16-BL_qed-1536x1024.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1999px) 100vw, 1999px\" />\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Karla Valencia (left) and Benny Bermudez, from Daly City, walk through Sunset Dunes, a park on the former Great Highway roadway, in San Francisco’s Sunset neighborhood on April 9, 2026. \u003ccite>(Beth LaBerge/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>“It’s just like this is all positive energy. You see families out here. We came for Fourth of July last year, and it was insane — all these bands and stuff going on,” Bermudez said. “Honestly, we come to appreciate it. If this wasn’t available, we just wouldn’t come.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>For now, Sunset Dunes remains open. Residents like Caffee, the surfer, say they hope the issue will be settled soon.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I don’t want it to go back to this weekend compromise thing because I think enough people use it on the weekday, myself included,” he said. “So I’d like to stop battling it out.”\u003c/p>\n",
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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>The city has been working to install new traffic signals to improve the flow of cars.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Sunset residents like Haley Demay were initially skeptical, but have since warmed up to the park. She likes walking her dog there. Still, she is sympathetic to the traffic complaints she hears and supports a compromise where cars could be back on the road on weekdays, with the highway remaining a park on weekends.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I commute to Palo Alto, and I leave really early, so I really don’t hit much traffic, but my husband works downtown, and he has noticed a lot more traffic,” Demay said. “I do enjoy the park, but I do also from time to time think, ‘Man, I wish it was back open to cars.’ It was just such a smooth, easy commute going down.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>After the recall election, efforts to put cars back on the Great Highway have largely been unsuccessful. A judge in January dismissed a lawsuit from a group of residents looking to overturn Proposition K, and current Supervisor Alan Wong was unable to get enough colleagues on the Board of Supervisors to back his ballot measure proposal to put a compromise before voters this November.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Their efforts continue, however, and a citizen-led ballot initiative is currently underway. They need to collect at least 10,000 signatures to put the fate of Sunset Dunes before voters, again, in November.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12079370\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12079370\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/04/260409-SunsetDunesAnniversary-06-BL_qed.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/04/260409-SunsetDunesAnniversary-06-BL_qed.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/04/260409-SunsetDunesAnniversary-06-BL_qed-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/04/260409-SunsetDunesAnniversary-06-BL_qed-1536x1024.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\" />\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">A bicyclist rides through Sunset Dunes, a park on the former Great Highway roadway, in San Francisco’s Sunset neighborhood on April 9, 2026. \u003ccite>(Beth LaBerge/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>“It’s been almost two years now from when Prop. K passed to now, and that anger has not really subsided,” said Albert Chow, a local hardware store owner who led the recall of Engardio and is now running for District 4 supervisor.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>He’s been gathering signatures for the compromise ballot measure while campaigning for his own seat on the Board of Supervisors.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“This doesn’t have to be an all-or-nothing kind of a situation,” said Chow, who was a plaintiff in the lawsuit to overturn Proposition K. The group has not appealed the judge’s decision. “It’s more like bringing the neighborhood back to some peace, but also to respect what the Sunset Dunes park has become.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Supporters of the park point to the longer-term challenge with the land underneath the Great Highway, which is falling into the ocean due to climate change. The lower portion of the road is already closed due to coastal erosion.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Sunset voters have another important election ahead, over who will be their next permanent supervisor, and the issue of the Great Highway has again become a key issue.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12079380\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12079380\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/04/260409-SunsetDunesAnniversary-21-BL_qed.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/04/260409-SunsetDunesAnniversary-21-BL_qed.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/04/260409-SunsetDunesAnniversary-21-BL_qed-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/04/260409-SunsetDunesAnniversary-21-BL_qed-1536x1024.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\" />\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Visitors spend time at Sunset Dunes, a park on the former Great Highway roadway, in San Francisco’s Sunset neighborhood on April 9, 2026. \u003ccite>(Beth LaBerge/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Among the five candidates running, only one, Jeremy Grecco, said he supports keeping Sunset Dunes open as a park permanently. The remaining five candidates — current Supervisor Alan Wong, Natalie Gee, Albert Chow and David Lee — said they all opposed Proposition K and would support finding a way to bring cars back to the Great Highway.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Still, getting anything on the ballot — and passed — could be a challenge, and the park is here to stay for the foreseeable future.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I hope that we can be able to have a vote on it and be able to move forward after that, whatever the outcome is,” Wong said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The District 4 supervisor frequently jogs along the trail in Sunset Dunes, but feels it’s feasible to exercise while cars share the road, too. He also has previously said he has new safety concerns about other streets in the neighborhood now that traffic has shifted away from the Great Highway.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>A spokesperson for SFMTA said that “early data suggests that the closure has not adversely affected roadway safety,” however.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12079374\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12079374\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/04/260409-SunsetDunesAnniversary-12-BL_qed.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/04/260409-SunsetDunesAnniversary-12-BL_qed.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/04/260409-SunsetDunesAnniversary-12-BL_qed-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/04/260409-SunsetDunesAnniversary-12-BL_qed-1536x1024.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\" />\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Nearby residents Yin Hone Ho and Ngan Kyaung Chin walk through Sunset Dunes, a park on the former Great Highway roadway, in San Francisco’s Sunset neighborhood on April 9, 2026. \u003ccite>(Beth LaBerge/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Many park supporters believe Sunset Dunes creates a safe space for cycling, strolling and skateboarding and other recreational activities.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Retired couple Yin Hone Ho and Ngan Kyaung Chin visit Sunset Dunes every day. 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You see families out here. We came for Fourth of July last year, and it was insane — all these bands and stuff going on,” Bermudez said. “Honestly, we come to appreciate it. If this wasn’t available, we just wouldn’t come.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>For now, Sunset Dunes remains open. Residents like Caffee, the surfer, say they hope the issue will be settled soon.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I don’t want it to go back to this weekend compromise thing because I think enough people use it on the weekday, myself included,” he said. “So I’d like to stop battling it out.”\u003c/p>\n\u003c/div>\u003c/p>",
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