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Activists and local politicians said New York had given up too much for too little.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But it doesn’t have to be that way, according to San Jose Mayor Sam Liccardo, who refused to offer Amazon and another tech giant, Google, any incentives to locate in his city.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Amazon’s decision to \u003ca href=\"https://www.npr.org/2019/02/14/694740118/amazon-drops-plans-for-new-york-headquarters\">back out\u003c/a> of the \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11713070/google-commences-1b-expansion-in-new-york-city\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">New York City plan\u003c/a> followed opposition from activists and local politicians over the hefty tax breaks and incentives the company would’ve gotten when it moved in.\u003c/p>\n\u003caside class=\"pullquote alignright\">‘If you’re offering incentives, those are dollars you could use to be building out transit, to … supporting an ecosystem of talent development.’\u003ccite>San Jose Mayor Sam Liccardo\u003c/cite>\u003c/aside>\n\u003cp>As big tech companies expand nationwide, cities continue to grapple with how to make sure they are benefiting. 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Rather, the mayor says the city is requiring that 25 percent of the housing built around the campus be rent-restricted and affordable. Like most of the Bay Area, the cost of living in San Jose has skyrocketed, largely driven by the tech boom.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Google, which is headquartered nearby Mountain View, is projected to bring \u003ca href=\"https://www.mercurynews.com/2018/11/28/google-village-could-bring-24000-jobs-to-downtown-san-jose-study/\">tens of thousands of jobs\u003c/a> to San Jose. And Liccardo says the company agreed to fees on development to help fund affordable housing.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Google is planning to develop as much as 8 million square feet in downtown San Jose. The city lacks the allure of San Francisco or neighboring Palo Alto, so it’s not hard to see why some are so excited to develop it.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But plenty of locals and activists are not happy with Google moving in.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Jeff Buchanan, the policy director at Working Partnerships USA, a community labor coalition, says that even if San Jose isn’t offering big tax breaks, that doesn’t mean Google’s move will be good for the city.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Maybe we’re not offering billions in tax rebates,” he says. “But we’re offering really valuable public land in an area where prices are going through the roof. Google is just on the beneficial side of things going their way, without having to give anything back.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Like many activists in the various cities where tech is expanding, Buchanan has questions about the details: How exactly is housing going to be kept affordable? 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And don’t even offer the bait,” Liccardo says.\u003c/p>\n\u003caside class=\"alignright\">\n\u003ch3>\u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11710256/the-google-land-rush\">The Google Land Rush\u003c/a>\u003c/h3>\n\u003cfigure>\u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11710256/the-google-land-rush\">\u003cimg decoding=\"async\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/12/welcometo_120518_final-1020x649.jpg\" alt=\"\">\u003c/a>\u003c/figure>\n\u003c/aside>\n\u003cp>Which is not to say he doesn’t want Big Tech headquartered in San Jose — Adobe, Cisco and eBay are based there.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“We’re the only major city in the United States that actually has a smaller daytime population than nighttime population,” Liccardo says. “And, as a result, our residents spend a lot of time commuting. We’re right up there with the worst cities in commutes and obviously it drives up the housing costs. And so we get the worst of both worlds.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11726713\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2019/02/ap_454227697688_enl-ab56b9778e011bcd7ad96d8c9cba597df4712bef-s1400-800x1117.jpg\" alt=\"San Jose Mayor Sam Liccardo.\" width=\"800\" height=\"1117\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-11726713\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2019/02/ap_454227697688_enl-ab56b9778e011bcd7ad96d8c9cba597df4712bef-s1400-800x1117.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2019/02/ap_454227697688_enl-ab56b9778e011bcd7ad96d8c9cba597df4712bef-s1400-160x223.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2019/02/ap_454227697688_enl-ab56b9778e011bcd7ad96d8c9cba597df4712bef-s1400-1020x1424.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2019/02/ap_454227697688_enl-ab56b9778e011bcd7ad96d8c9cba597df4712bef-s1400-860x1200.jpg 860w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2019/02/ap_454227697688_enl-ab56b9778e011bcd7ad96d8c9cba597df4712bef-s1400.jpg 1400w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">San Jose Mayor Sam Liccardo. \u003ccite>(Tony Avelar/Invision/AP)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Liccardo says when he was approached by Google, which was interested in building a campus in San Jose, the company didn’t ask for incentives and his government didn’t offer any. Rather, the mayor says the city is requiring that 25 percent of the housing built around the campus be rent-restricted and affordable. Like most of the Bay Area, the cost of living in San Jose has skyrocketed, largely driven by the tech boom.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Google, which is headquartered nearby Mountain View, is projected to bring \u003ca href=\"https://www.mercurynews.com/2018/11/28/google-village-could-bring-24000-jobs-to-downtown-san-jose-study/\">tens of thousands of jobs\u003c/a> to San Jose. And Liccardo says the company agreed to fees on development to help fund affordable housing.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Google is planning to develop as much as 8 million square feet in downtown San Jose. The city lacks the allure of San Francisco or neighboring Palo Alto, so it’s not hard to see why some are so excited to develop it.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But plenty of locals and activists are not happy with Google moving in.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Jeff Buchanan, the policy director at Working Partnerships USA, a community labor coalition, says that even if San Jose isn’t offering big tax breaks, that doesn’t mean Google’s move will be good for the city.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Maybe we’re not offering billions in tax rebates,” he says. “But we’re offering really valuable public land in an area where prices are going through the roof. Google is just on the beneficial side of things going their way, without having to give anything back.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Like many activists in the various cities where tech is expanding, Buchanan has questions about the details: How exactly is housing going to be kept affordable? And, of all those jobs coming to town, how many will go to locals?\u003c/p>\n\u003caside class=\"alignright\">\n\u003ch3>\u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11723268/details-emerge-on-san-joses-100-million-pledge-to-build-more-affordable-housing\">Details Emerge on San Jose’s $100 Million Pledge to Build More Affordable Housing\u003c/a>\u003c/h3>\n\u003cfigure>\u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11723268/details-emerge-on-san-joses-100-million-pledge-to-build-more-affordable-housing\">\u003cimg decoding=\"async\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2019/02/67e331_eab4d73496c2473f9957aefb8a8fe1a9mv2_d_4000_2304_s_2.jpg\" alt=\"\">\u003c/a>\u003c/figure>\n\u003c/aside>\n\u003cp>“When you look at Google’s workforce,” Buchanan says, “only about \u003ca href=\"https://diversity.google/annual-report/\">7 percent\u003c/a> are either Latino or African-American. You look at the population of San Jose, and it just looks incredibly different than who it is that Google is actually hiring.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Expensive housing has been a problem for people like Joseph Chavez. A few years ago, it was so bad that his family — like so many others — had to leave San Jose.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“The prices are so outrageous, we’ve got to move to the Central Valley to actually have affordable homes,” he explains. “So with Google coming here, it might be a bad idea. Rent’s going to go sky high.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But Chavez works in construction, and he’s hoping to work on the new San Jose Google site. “More jobs means more opportunities. More opportunity means everybody gets to eat. If it pays well, you might be able to make it,” he says.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Whether he’ll be able to make it in San Jose after the Google campus gets built, that’s an open question.\u003c/p>\n\u003cdiv class=\"fullattribution\">Copyright 2019 NPR. 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The project would provide better access to the nation’s fastest-growing airport, he said, and be an important step in turning Diridon into the region’s “Grand Central Station” for the next century. \u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“If we’re building this station not just for the next few years but for the next several generations, we want a station that will be able to grow with the city,” Liccardo said Tuesday at a media briefing before a City Council meeting. \u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The mayor said he initiated conversations with Musk’s tunneling firm because he’s looking for cheaper alternatives for building a connection between downtown and the airport. Prior projections for an airport-downtown rail line have estimated the project would cost $800 million — a figure Liccardo said was likely too low. \u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The mayor said that he hopes to get buy-in from councilmembers to allow city staff to begin a more formal exploration of the concept. 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That in itself could dramatically reduce tunneling costs. \u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The firm is also devising more powerful, electrically driven tunneling machines that speed up construction by simultaneously boring ahead and building tunnel walls. \u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Once tunnels are completed and ready for use, the company envisions a system its calling “Loop.” It would employ electric vehicles called skates to carry either individual cars — Teslas, of course — or pods that could carry eight to 16 people. The company envisions skates that would be lowered from street level, then traveling through tunnels at up to 150 mph before rising back to the street at the end of the line. \u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Loop systems have been proposed for \u003ca href=\"https://www.boringcompany.com/dugout/\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Los Angeles\u003c/a>, \u003ca href=\"https://www.boringcompany.com/chicago/\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Chicago\u003c/a> and the \u003ca href=\"https://www.boringcompany.com/eastcoast/\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Washington, D.C. area\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But how close are they to arriving in any of those places, let alone downtown San Jose?\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>On one level, the company practically vows to alter the fabric of reality with its futuristic vision of ending, or at least escaping, surface traffic gridlock. \u003c/p>\n\u003cp>On the other hand, all it really has to show the public so far is \u003ca href=\"https://www.theverge.com/2018/12/19/18148061/boring-tunnel-test-drive-hawthorne-tesla-elon-musk\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">a 40 mph ride in a Tesla Model X through a bumpy test tunnel\u003c/a> tricked out with garish (i.e., futuristic) lighting. \u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Of course, seeing is believing. 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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"We, as artists, paint the work and we never know what will happen later on,\" says Meza Velasquez.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The building changed hands several times over the years, and it was recently sold once again. Jose Valle, a community organizer with local advocacy organization \u003ca href=\"https://www.siliconvalleydebug.org/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Silicon Valley De-Bug\u003c/a>, says that despite his organization's efforts to preserve the mural, one morning it was gone.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>That is, almost all of it. Workers initially left the Virgin of Guadalupe, but she was eventually painted over, too.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"I guess the first round of workers didn't have the heart to finish the job,\" says Valle.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The mural was painted over with a solid gray layer of paint, but the wall is now tagged with graffiti. Some of the new messages reflect the mural's original themes of unity and pride.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"This says, 'Down for My Raza,' so that's a message right there,\" says Valle. \"The youth are angry, they're hurt.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11692882\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\" style=\"max-width: 640px\">\u003cimg class=\"size-large wp-image-11692882\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/09/IMG_6801-1020x680.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"427\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Jose Meza Velasquez addresses a crowd near the spot where his mural, \"Mural de La Raza,\" stood for 33 years until it was painted over late last month.\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>For Valle and others that grew up here, there's a sense that they are the ones getting painted over amid the pressures of gentrification and divisive political rhetoric on the national stage.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"I'm gonna be honest. Chicano studies is something that unfortunately a lot of us don't get to learn,\" says Valle. \"The only way for someone like me to know my culture and my history is murals like this.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Valle is asking the city to either help restore the mural or to help organize a similar art project.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The day after the mural was painted over, Magdalena Carrasco, San Jose's vice mayor, \u003ca href=\"https://www.facebook.com/VM.MagdalenaCarrasco/posts/2154938238128122?__tn__=C-R\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">posted a message on Facebook\u003c/a> saying that she was working with a coalition of community members to restore the mural in some way.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>We \"will be working with the community to strategize a solution to restore the mural and or preserve the space. We hope the new property owner is willing to collaborate with us on this opportunity,\" Carrasco wrote.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Artist Meza Velazquez says he's also exploring legal action over the destruction of his work.\u003c/p>\n\n\u003c/div>\u003c/p>",
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"content": "\u003cp>Going way back, Americans trying to move up the corporate ladder have played golf — or at least, pretended to. But in Silicon Valley … well, people in Silicon Valley like to “think different.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Can you name a sport played by the people who founded companies like Google, WhatsApp, SolarCity and Women Who Code?\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The answer is ultimate Frisbee. (Or “ultimate flying disc” or simply “ultimate,” as Frisbee is a registered trademark.)\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[baycuriouspodcastinfo]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Afifa Tawil of San Jose helps organize regular ultimate games \u003ca href=\"https://www.facebook.com/groups/MondayNightPickupUltimate/about/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Monday\u003c/a> and \u003ca href=\"https://www.facebook.com/groups/418268218215319/about/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Wednesday\u003c/a> nights at Encinal Park in Sunnyvale. What she wants to know from Bay Curious: \u003cem>Why\u003c/em> does it seem like a lot of start-up execs play ultimate Frisbee and use that to network with venture capitalists?\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>A little backstory\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>There’s no question ultimate is popular in Silicon Valley. You might be surprised to discover it started in \u003ca href=\"http://www.wfdf.org/history-stats/history-of-ultimate\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">New Jersey\u003c/a> rather than California. But California has a natural affinity for ultimate. In any given week, \u003ca href=\"http://pickupultimate.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">pickupultimate.com\u003c/a> lists a couple dozen games on the Peninsula and in the South Bay.\u003c/p>\n\u003caside class=\"alignright\">\u003cstrong>What is Ultimate Frisbee?\u003c/strong>\u003cbr>\n\u003ca href=\"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ultimate_(sport)#Rules\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Ultimate\u003c/a> is the team sport version of Frisbee — and shares similarities with basketball, football and handball.\u003c/aside>\n\u003cp>We went to check out one of Tawil’s games to get the lay of the land. Encinal Park is your basic neighborhood park, with green grass, a baseball diamond and picnic tables. It’s also within walking distance of corporate complexes for the likes of Apple, LinkedIn and Synopsis.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>You see a lot of people who are well into their Silicon Valley careers playing alongside young up-and-comers.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But if we were hoping to break into the gilded set in Tawil’s group, we were disappointed. She did introduce me though to Andrew Zill, a chemist who works for Thermofisher Scientific. He is also owner and manager of the \u003ca href=\"https://theaudl.com/spiders\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">San Jose Spiders\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>That’s a semi-professional ultimate team that plays in the \u003ca href=\"https://theaudl.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">American Ultimate Disc League\u003c/a> along with other teams like the \u003ca href=\"http://theaudl.com/flamethrowers\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">San Francisco Flamethrowers\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[youtube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y4rq4Or4fY4]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>I asked Zill if people approach him on or near the field, hoping to rub shoulders with someone rich and powerful, and got a big laugh.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I don’t think that’s necessarily people’s goal. I think it just happens,” he says. “People mostly play for fun. I think that’s for the best because you actually make a real friendly relationship with somebody.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Zill introduced me to \u003ca href=\"https://lsvp.com/team/peter-nieh/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Peter Nieh\u003c/a>, an ultimate-playing venture capitalist who figures he may have missed a chance to invest early in Google because he was unaware he was playing with Google co-founder \u003ca href=\"https://www.forbes.com/profile/sergey-brin/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Sergey Brin\u003c/a>, who is on a variety of Forbes’ lists because he’s, well, rich and powerful.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Years passed, and Nieh attended a party at one of the world’s top ranked venture capital firms, \u003ca href=\"https://www.kleinerperkins.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Kleiner Perkins\u003c/a>. It was the the kind of party where you look at everybody thinking “Do I know you? Should I know you?” Nieh spotted that guy he plays ultimate with — and lo and behold, it was Brin.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Even though he didn’t seem to want to talk to people, I probably should have reached out to him!” Nieh says, laughing.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Another time, I was standing on the line of seven players before you kick off for the first point,” he says. “I’m just fumbling around with the Frisbee, and I turn it over, and it says ‘\u003ca href=\"https://www.forbes.com/profile/brian-acton/#636048295cfc\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Brian Acton\u003c/a>.’ You know, one of the co-founders of Whatsapp. I said to the guy next to me, ‘I didn’t know Brian Acton plays ultimate.’ The guy next to me says ‘Oh. He does play ultimate. He’s me.'”\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>Why ultimate?\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>In other parts of the business world, people schmooze on the golf course. It has a long history serving as a field of opportunity for business people trying to sidle up to a boss.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>https://youtu.be/uKE1FwjcCE8\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Perhaps nobody in Silicon Valley has four hours to play 18 holes or even two hours to play nine. The average ultimate game lasts an hour and a half. But it’s also true most people in the Valley went to college, and ultimate is a popular college sport.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Ultimate players can be very competitive, despite the fact much is made of the “spirit of the game,” a principle in ultimate that more or less means good sportsmanship. The ideal ultimate player resolves disagreements with opponents as she would with a friend, honest and amicable in both victory and defeat.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11686845\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-11686845\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/08/Screen-Shot-2018-08-14-at-8.38.24-AM-800x485.png\" alt=\"Venture capitalist Peter Nieh's profile on the website for Lightspeed Venture Partners.\" width=\"800\" height=\"485\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/08/Screen-Shot-2018-08-14-at-8.38.24-AM-800x485.png 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/08/Screen-Shot-2018-08-14-at-8.38.24-AM-160x97.png 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/08/Screen-Shot-2018-08-14-at-8.38.24-AM-1020x618.png 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/08/Screen-Shot-2018-08-14-at-8.38.24-AM-1200x728.png 1200w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/08/Screen-Shot-2018-08-14-at-8.38.24-AM-1920x1164.png 1920w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/08/Screen-Shot-2018-08-14-at-8.38.24-AM-1180x715.png 1180w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/08/Screen-Shot-2018-08-14-at-8.38.24-AM-960x582.png 960w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/08/Screen-Shot-2018-08-14-at-8.38.24-AM-240x146.png 240w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/08/Screen-Shot-2018-08-14-at-8.38.24-AM-375x227.png 375w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/08/Screen-Shot-2018-08-14-at-8.38.24-AM-520x315.png 520w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Venture capitalist Peter Nieh’s profile on the website for Lightspeed Venture Partners. \u003ccite>(Photo: Courtesy of Lightspeed Venture Partners)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Nieh says, “There’s that whole sort of thrill of winning together as a team, which you get to do when you’re in a start-up. The game is also very dynamic. It’s fast paced. There’s infinite avenues and dimensions to learn. So I think that all lends itself to people who are inclined to always be learning — doing it with a lot of energy and passion.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>If someone wants to sidle up to Nieh because of his fund, Lightspeed Venture Partners, he’s says he’s more than game to talk. In fact, Lightspeed sponsored in the San Jose Spiders to raise its profile with would-be entrepreneurs in Silicon Valley.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“It’s a blurred line between your professional life and your personal life. You know, some of my closest friends are people I do business with. It’s part of the job, and if you’re not of that mindset, you probably shouldn’t be a VC,” Nieh says.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>So if Tawil wants to launch a start-up, she’s playing the right game. Although she might want to switch to a pickup game playing near where more VCs live: on the Peninsula, rather than in the South Bay.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>Or she might want to take up cycling\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>There are a lot of \u003ca href=\"https://peopleforbikes.org/blog/doing-business-on-bikes-in-silicon-valley/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">\u003ci>very important \u003c/i>\u003cem>people\u003c/em>\u003c/a> who cycle in packs, especially on the Peninsula. There’s even an acronym for them: MAMIL, short for “middle-aged men in lycra.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But cycling is an expensive hobby, if you want to ride with VCs. A bike that will impress the boss costs several thousand dollars. For example, consider the \u003ca href=\"https://www.cervelo.com/en/triathlon/p-series/p5x?model=21576d41-bd59-46ce-8a91-0eb2bad9d54e\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Cervélo P5x eTap\u003c/a> bike, yours for $15,000.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11686843\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-11686843\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/08/RS32296_Screen-Shot-2018-08-14-at-8.18.48-AM-qut-800x527.jpg\" alt='\"From aerodynamically integrated storage and stress-free packing to unprecedented micro- and macro-adjustability, the P5X focuses on a singular goal: Helping triathletes achieve their personal best,\" writes Cervélo on its web site.' width=\"800\" height=\"527\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/08/RS32296_Screen-Shot-2018-08-14-at-8.18.48-AM-qut-800x527.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/08/RS32296_Screen-Shot-2018-08-14-at-8.18.48-AM-qut-160x105.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/08/RS32296_Screen-Shot-2018-08-14-at-8.18.48-AM-qut-1020x672.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/08/RS32296_Screen-Shot-2018-08-14-at-8.18.48-AM-qut-1200x790.jpg 1200w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/08/RS32296_Screen-Shot-2018-08-14-at-8.18.48-AM-qut.jpg 1920w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/08/RS32296_Screen-Shot-2018-08-14-at-8.18.48-AM-qut-1180x777.jpg 1180w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/08/RS32296_Screen-Shot-2018-08-14-at-8.18.48-AM-qut-960x632.jpg 960w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/08/RS32296_Screen-Shot-2018-08-14-at-8.18.48-AM-qut-240x158.jpg 240w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/08/RS32296_Screen-Shot-2018-08-14-at-8.18.48-AM-qut-375x247.jpg 375w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/08/RS32296_Screen-Shot-2018-08-14-at-8.18.48-AM-qut-520x342.jpg 520w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">“From aerodynamically integrated storage and stress-free packing to unprecedented micro- and macro-adjustability, the P5X focuses on a singular goal: Helping triathletes achieve their personal best,” writes Cervélo on its web site. \u003ccite>(Photo: Courtesy of Cervélo)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Also, you do take your life in your hands riding on those curvaceous roads alongside all those Teslas, McLarens and Prii. Much cheaper to try ultimate. All you need is a pair of soccer cleats and a game attitude.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad floatright]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[baycuriousquestion]\u003c/p>\n\n",
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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003cp>Going way back, Americans trying to move up the corporate ladder have played golf — or at least, pretended to. But in Silicon Valley … well, people in Silicon Valley like to “think different.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Can you name a sport played by the people who founded companies like Google, WhatsApp, SolarCity and Women Who Code?\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The answer is ultimate Frisbee. (Or “ultimate flying disc” or simply “ultimate,” as Frisbee is a registered trademark.)\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003cp>\u003caside class=\"alignleft utils-parseShortcode-shortcodes-__bayCuriousPodcastShortcode__bayCurious\">\u003cimg src=https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/02/bayCuriousLogo.png alt=\"Bay Curious Podcast\" loading=\"lazy\" />\n \u003ca href=\"/news/series/baycurious\">Bay Curious\u003c/a> is a podcast that answers your questions about the Bay Area.\n Subscribe on \u003ca href=\"https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/bay-curious/id1172473406\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Apple Podcasts\u003c/a>,\n \u003ca href=\"http://www.npr.org/podcasts/500557090/bay-curious\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">NPR One\u003c/a> or your favorite podcast platform.\u003c/aside>\u003c/p>\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Afifa Tawil of San Jose helps organize regular ultimate games \u003ca href=\"https://www.facebook.com/groups/MondayNightPickupUltimate/about/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Monday\u003c/a> and \u003ca href=\"https://www.facebook.com/groups/418268218215319/about/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Wednesday\u003c/a> nights at Encinal Park in Sunnyvale. What she wants to know from Bay Curious: \u003cem>Why\u003c/em> does it seem like a lot of start-up execs play ultimate Frisbee and use that to network with venture capitalists?\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>A little backstory\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>There’s no question ultimate is popular in Silicon Valley. You might be surprised to discover it started in \u003ca href=\"http://www.wfdf.org/history-stats/history-of-ultimate\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">New Jersey\u003c/a> rather than California. But California has a natural affinity for ultimate. In any given week, \u003ca href=\"http://pickupultimate.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">pickupultimate.com\u003c/a> lists a couple dozen games on the Peninsula and in the South Bay.\u003c/p>\n\u003caside class=\"alignright\">\u003cstrong>What is Ultimate Frisbee?\u003c/strong>\u003cbr>\n\u003ca href=\"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ultimate_(sport)#Rules\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Ultimate\u003c/a> is the team sport version of Frisbee — and shares similarities with basketball, football and handball.\u003c/aside>\n\u003cp>We went to check out one of Tawil’s games to get the lay of the land. Encinal Park is your basic neighborhood park, with green grass, a baseball diamond and picnic tables. It’s also within walking distance of corporate complexes for the likes of Apple, LinkedIn and Synopsis.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003c/div>",
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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>You see a lot of people who are well into their Silicon Valley careers playing alongside young up-and-comers.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But if we were hoping to break into the gilded set in Tawil’s group, we were disappointed. She did introduce me though to Andrew Zill, a chemist who works for Thermofisher Scientific. He is also owner and manager of the \u003ca href=\"https://theaudl.com/spiders\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">San Jose Spiders\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>That’s a semi-professional ultimate team that plays in the \u003ca href=\"https://theaudl.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">American Ultimate Disc League\u003c/a> along with other teams like the \u003ca href=\"http://theaudl.com/flamethrowers\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">San Francisco Flamethrowers\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\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/y4rq4Or4fY4'\n title='//www.youtube.com/embed/y4rq4Or4fY4'\n allowfullscreen='true'\n style='border:0;'>\u003c/iframe>\n \u003c/span>\n \u003c/span>\u003c/p>\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>I asked Zill if people approach him on or near the field, hoping to rub shoulders with someone rich and powerful, and got a big laugh.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I don’t think that’s necessarily people’s goal. I think it just happens,” he says. “People mostly play for fun. I think that’s for the best because you actually make a real friendly relationship with somebody.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Zill introduced me to \u003ca href=\"https://lsvp.com/team/peter-nieh/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Peter Nieh\u003c/a>, an ultimate-playing venture capitalist who figures he may have missed a chance to invest early in Google because he was unaware he was playing with Google co-founder \u003ca href=\"https://www.forbes.com/profile/sergey-brin/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Sergey Brin\u003c/a>, who is on a variety of Forbes’ lists because he’s, well, rich and powerful.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Years passed, and Nieh attended a party at one of the world’s top ranked venture capital firms, \u003ca href=\"https://www.kleinerperkins.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Kleiner Perkins\u003c/a>. It was the the kind of party where you look at everybody thinking “Do I know you? Should I know you?” Nieh spotted that guy he plays ultimate with — and lo and behold, it was Brin.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Even though he didn’t seem to want to talk to people, I probably should have reached out to him!” Nieh says, laughing.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Another time, I was standing on the line of seven players before you kick off for the first point,” he says. “I’m just fumbling around with the Frisbee, and I turn it over, and it says ‘\u003ca href=\"https://www.forbes.com/profile/brian-acton/#636048295cfc\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Brian Acton\u003c/a>.’ You know, one of the co-founders of Whatsapp. I said to the guy next to me, ‘I didn’t know Brian Acton plays ultimate.’ The guy next to me says ‘Oh. He does play ultimate. He’s me.'”\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>Why ultimate?\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>In other parts of the business world, people schmooze on the golf course. It has a long history serving as a field of opportunity for business people trying to sidle up to a boss.\u003c/p>\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/uKE1FwjcCE8'\n title='//www.youtube.com/embed/uKE1FwjcCE8'\n allowfullscreen='true'\n style='border:0;'>\u003c/iframe>\n \u003c/span>\n \u003c/span>\u003c/p>\u003cp>\u003cp>Perhaps nobody in Silicon Valley has four hours to play 18 holes or even two hours to play nine. The average ultimate game lasts an hour and a half. But it’s also true most people in the Valley went to college, and ultimate is a popular college sport.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Ultimate players can be very competitive, despite the fact much is made of the “spirit of the game,” a principle in ultimate that more or less means good sportsmanship. The ideal ultimate player resolves disagreements with opponents as she would with a friend, honest and amicable in both victory and defeat.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11686845\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-11686845\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/08/Screen-Shot-2018-08-14-at-8.38.24-AM-800x485.png\" alt=\"Venture capitalist Peter Nieh's profile on the website for Lightspeed Venture Partners.\" width=\"800\" height=\"485\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/08/Screen-Shot-2018-08-14-at-8.38.24-AM-800x485.png 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/08/Screen-Shot-2018-08-14-at-8.38.24-AM-160x97.png 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/08/Screen-Shot-2018-08-14-at-8.38.24-AM-1020x618.png 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/08/Screen-Shot-2018-08-14-at-8.38.24-AM-1200x728.png 1200w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/08/Screen-Shot-2018-08-14-at-8.38.24-AM-1920x1164.png 1920w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/08/Screen-Shot-2018-08-14-at-8.38.24-AM-1180x715.png 1180w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/08/Screen-Shot-2018-08-14-at-8.38.24-AM-960x582.png 960w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/08/Screen-Shot-2018-08-14-at-8.38.24-AM-240x146.png 240w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/08/Screen-Shot-2018-08-14-at-8.38.24-AM-375x227.png 375w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/08/Screen-Shot-2018-08-14-at-8.38.24-AM-520x315.png 520w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Venture capitalist Peter Nieh’s profile on the website for Lightspeed Venture Partners. \u003ccite>(Photo: Courtesy of Lightspeed Venture Partners)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Nieh says, “There’s that whole sort of thrill of winning together as a team, which you get to do when you’re in a start-up. The game is also very dynamic. It’s fast paced. There’s infinite avenues and dimensions to learn. So I think that all lends itself to people who are inclined to always be learning — doing it with a lot of energy and passion.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>If someone wants to sidle up to Nieh because of his fund, Lightspeed Venture Partners, he’s says he’s more than game to talk. In fact, Lightspeed sponsored in the San Jose Spiders to raise its profile with would-be entrepreneurs in Silicon Valley.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“It’s a blurred line between your professional life and your personal life. You know, some of my closest friends are people I do business with. It’s part of the job, and if you’re not of that mindset, you probably shouldn’t be a VC,” Nieh says.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>So if Tawil wants to launch a start-up, she’s playing the right game. Although she might want to switch to a pickup game playing near where more VCs live: on the Peninsula, rather than in the South Bay.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>Or she might want to take up cycling\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>There are a lot of \u003ca href=\"https://peopleforbikes.org/blog/doing-business-on-bikes-in-silicon-valley/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">\u003ci>very important \u003c/i>\u003cem>people\u003c/em>\u003c/a> who cycle in packs, especially on the Peninsula. There’s even an acronym for them: MAMIL, short for “middle-aged men in lycra.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But cycling is an expensive hobby, if you want to ride with VCs. A bike that will impress the boss costs several thousand dollars. For example, consider the \u003ca href=\"https://www.cervelo.com/en/triathlon/p-series/p5x?model=21576d41-bd59-46ce-8a91-0eb2bad9d54e\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Cervélo P5x eTap\u003c/a> bike, yours for $15,000.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11686843\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-11686843\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/08/RS32296_Screen-Shot-2018-08-14-at-8.18.48-AM-qut-800x527.jpg\" alt='\"From aerodynamically integrated storage and stress-free packing to unprecedented micro- and macro-adjustability, the P5X focuses on a singular goal: Helping triathletes achieve their personal best,\" writes Cervélo on its web site.' width=\"800\" height=\"527\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/08/RS32296_Screen-Shot-2018-08-14-at-8.18.48-AM-qut-800x527.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/08/RS32296_Screen-Shot-2018-08-14-at-8.18.48-AM-qut-160x105.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/08/RS32296_Screen-Shot-2018-08-14-at-8.18.48-AM-qut-1020x672.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/08/RS32296_Screen-Shot-2018-08-14-at-8.18.48-AM-qut-1200x790.jpg 1200w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/08/RS32296_Screen-Shot-2018-08-14-at-8.18.48-AM-qut.jpg 1920w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/08/RS32296_Screen-Shot-2018-08-14-at-8.18.48-AM-qut-1180x777.jpg 1180w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/08/RS32296_Screen-Shot-2018-08-14-at-8.18.48-AM-qut-960x632.jpg 960w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/08/RS32296_Screen-Shot-2018-08-14-at-8.18.48-AM-qut-240x158.jpg 240w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/08/RS32296_Screen-Shot-2018-08-14-at-8.18.48-AM-qut-375x247.jpg 375w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/08/RS32296_Screen-Shot-2018-08-14-at-8.18.48-AM-qut-520x342.jpg 520w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">“From aerodynamically integrated storage and stress-free packing to unprecedented micro- and macro-adjustability, the P5X focuses on a singular goal: Helping triathletes achieve their personal best,” writes Cervélo on its web site. \u003ccite>(Photo: Courtesy of Cervélo)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Also, you do take your life in your hands riding on those curvaceous roads alongside all those Teslas, McLarens and Prii. Much cheaper to try ultimate. All you need is a pair of soccer cleats and a game attitude.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003c/div>",
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"content": "\u003cblockquote>\u003cp>California Peeps: Do you have a horror story about the wait to get something ever so simple accomplished at the DMV in the last six months? It took me 2½ hours, for instance, to register my car in February at the San Jose DMV. And I showed up right when it opened. The only appointments available online were a month or so out. Was your story worse? Please lemme know! (Researching for a KQED story.)\u003c/p>\u003c/blockquote>\n\u003cp>That was the Facebook post I put up earlier this summer as stories began to multiply about the ballooning lines at \u003ca href=\"https://www.dmv.ca.gov/portal/dmv\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Department of Motor Vehicles\u003c/a> field offices across the state. Now, DMV visits have never been fun, but the agency acknowledges that wait times have gotten worse, starting around April of this year.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>This week, DMV Director Jean Shiomoto has been speaking to state lawmakers about the hellaciously long lines, and attempting to fend off calls for a state audit, by publicizing a new set of measures the agency will be taking to shorten those lines.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“We want to do better and we will do better. Our customers deserve it,” Shiomoto said at an Assembly meeting Tuesday. Lawmakers have been airing their grievances publicly and sharing stories, like this retweet from San Mateo County Supervisor Warren Slocum by Assemblyman Phil Ting of San Francisco:\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>https://twitter.com/warrenslocum/status/1019661351306682368\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>How bad it is\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>When I started asking around for DMV horror stories, my Facebook feed was flooded with stories, and also smug advice from people urging the rest of us to make an appointment online, even though appointments are typically booked months out.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-11685687\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/08/Screen-Shot-2018-08-08-at-11.11.48-AM-800x127.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"800\" height=\"127\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/08/Screen-Shot-2018-08-08-at-11.11.48-AM-800x127.png 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/08/Screen-Shot-2018-08-08-at-11.11.48-AM-160x25.png 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/08/Screen-Shot-2018-08-08-at-11.11.48-AM-1020x162.png 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/08/Screen-Shot-2018-08-08-at-11.11.48-AM-960x152.png 960w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/08/Screen-Shot-2018-08-08-at-11.11.48-AM-240x38.png 240w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/08/Screen-Shot-2018-08-08-at-11.11.48-AM-375x59.png 375w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/08/Screen-Shot-2018-08-08-at-11.11.48-AM-520x82.png 520w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/08/Screen-Shot-2018-08-08-at-11.11.48-AM.png 1136w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-11685688\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/08/Screen-Shot-2018-08-08-at-11.12.10-AM-800x125.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"800\" height=\"125\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/08/Screen-Shot-2018-08-08-at-11.12.10-AM-800x125.png 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/08/Screen-Shot-2018-08-08-at-11.12.10-AM-160x25.png 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/08/Screen-Shot-2018-08-08-at-11.12.10-AM-1020x159.png 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/08/Screen-Shot-2018-08-08-at-11.12.10-AM-960x150.png 960w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/08/Screen-Shot-2018-08-08-at-11.12.10-AM-240x37.png 240w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/08/Screen-Shot-2018-08-08-at-11.12.10-AM-375x58.png 375w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/08/Screen-Shot-2018-08-08-at-11.12.10-AM-520x81.png 520w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/08/Screen-Shot-2018-08-08-at-11.12.10-AM.png 1142w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-11685707\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/08/Screen-Shot-2018-08-08-at-12.45.32-PM-800x181.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"800\" height=\"181\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/08/Screen-Shot-2018-08-08-at-12.45.32-PM-800x181.png 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/08/Screen-Shot-2018-08-08-at-12.45.32-PM-160x36.png 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/08/Screen-Shot-2018-08-08-at-12.45.32-PM-1020x231.png 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/08/Screen-Shot-2018-08-08-at-12.45.32-PM-960x217.png 960w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/08/Screen-Shot-2018-08-08-at-12.45.32-PM-240x54.png 240w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/08/Screen-Shot-2018-08-08-at-12.45.32-PM-375x85.png 375w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/08/Screen-Shot-2018-08-08-at-12.45.32-PM-520x118.png 520w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/08/Screen-Shot-2018-08-08-at-12.45.32-PM.png 1130w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The worst story came from \u003ca href=\"https://susanvalot.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Susan Valot,\u003c/a> a freelance reporter who lives in Southern California. For the record, she knows you can make appointments online in advance. But like so many of us, she was too late getting her act together.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I had to put myself at the mercy of the DMV because my driver’s license expired,” Valot says.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>This was last fall, before the rollout of the \u003ca href=\"https://www.dmv.ca.gov/portal/wcm/connect/8e621ce2-f744-4333-a32f-04d5283766b7/REAL_ID_FactSheet.pdf?MOD=AJPERES\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Real ID\u003c/a>, a driver’s license that can be used to board domestic flights starting in October 2020. The Real ID requires an in-person visit, and it’s the foremost reason for the current surge in wait times.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Even back then, Valot researched to find out which local DMV had the shortest lines, on what days and at what times. She waited only an hour to get a temporary license at the field office in San Pedro, not including the time it took her to park. Then, she waited for her permanent license to come in the mail, but weeks passed and the temporary license approached its expiration date.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch3>\n\u003caside class=\"alignright\">\n\u003ch3>Listen to The Bay\u003c/h3>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cul>\n\u003cli>\u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11684797/how-the-dmv-got-worse\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">How the DMV Got Worse\u003c/a>\u003c/li>\n\u003c/ul>\n\u003c/aside>\n\u003c/h3>\u003cp>Finally, she called and talked to a sympathetic customer service representative, who informed Valot the system had no record of her application for a license, “and if you’re caught driving with an expired license, they might take your car away.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Valot was dismayed, mortified and incensed.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“But I have the temporary license. I can prove that I applied for a license.” she told the man.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>He replied, “I believe you, but nothing ever came through on our system. You have to go back down to the DMV and have \u003ci>them\u003c/i> fix it.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The second trip to the San Pedro DMV took twice as long, and there again, the customer service representative was sympathetic. Valot said the woman told her: “There’s some kind of glitch in the system, and it doesn’t go through to the state, and the state knew about it.” The woman, whom Valot described as frustrated because it hadn’t been fixed, added, “Believe me, you’re not the first person this has happened to.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Of course, if Valot now wants to get a driver’s license that’s a Real ID, she’d have to go back a third time.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I have my passport, so I’m not going to put myself through that hell,” she says.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[youtube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KFbpgXY5jdg]\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>The hacker’s perspective\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>I asked Michelle Thong, co-founder of \u003ca href=\"https://www.codeforsanjose.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Code for San Jose\u003c/a>, to join me at a local DMV. The group is one of more than 70 \u003ca href=\"https://www.codeforamerica.org\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Code for America\u003c/a> chapters around the country made up of techies keen to volunteer their skills for the civic good.\u003cspan class=\"Apple-converted-space\"> \u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Many engineers and designers get a lot of satisfaction working on problems that make people’s lives better,” Thong says, explaining that civic hacking is more collaborative or complementary than confrontational. For example, she proudly points to a local renters’ rights website that Code for San Jose built recently: \u003ca href=\"http://rentersrightsguide.org\">Rentersrightsguide.org\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>It’s been years since Thong herself went to a DMV field office. \u003cem>She’s\u003c/em> had success with the DMV website. So we take a moment to observe the system most large field offices use.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>There are actually two lines in operation. The first: to get in the door and have somebody confirm you have the proper paperwork to get your need met. The second: to get a number so you can wait to be called to a desk. Both of these waits can last hours.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Surely, I ask her, there’s a more efficient way to process all these people. Thong takes a moment. Her assessment seems obvious, \u003ci>once she says it\u003c/i>: Figure out who, exactly, is in that first line, so it can be shrunk.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“If it turns out a lot of people are coming in person when they don’t need to, then maybe it’s more of an educational campaign to catch people before they come in and add to the wait times for everyone else who really needs to be here,” Thong opines.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>The DMV has an action plan\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>Perhaps not surprisingly, given the demand for testimony at the state Capitol, the DMV has just announced plans to reduce the number of reasons you have to come to a field office in person — like say, getting a duplicate driver’s license. Also, while there are a number of places you can go to use DMV Now self-service terminals to get your registration renewed, DMV spokeswoman Jessica Gonzalez says there will be more coming soon.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“We’re putting those into 10 additional field offices this month. We currently have them in 60 field offices. Later this year, we’re going to expand to 50 additional grocery stores. We’re already in 40 retail locations, so this’ll bring our total to 160 statewide,” Gonzalez says.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>She adds there will be more self-service check-in kiosks, too, at field offices, “If you know that you have everything you need and you’re ready, you can head on over to that free-standing kiosk and check in and get your service number right then and there.”\u003c/p>\n\u003caside class=\"alignright\">\n\u003cul>\n\u003cli>\n\u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11685393/california-lawmakers-to-question-dmv-about-long-lines\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">State Lawmakers to Question DMV About Long Lines\u003c/a>\n\u003c/li>\n\u003c/ul>\n\u003c/aside>\n\u003cp>The DMV’s answer for the second line: text notifications “about 30 minutes or so before your number’s going to be called,” Gonzalez says. “So that way, you can go to the store, or do something else other than stand there and wait.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>This might kill what appears to be a new line of business for a California startup called\u003ca href=\"https://yogov.org/dmv/california/line-waiting-concierge/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"> YoGov\u003c/a> that offers “live waiting concierge service,” as well as automated support booking a field office appointment online. The company has gotten a fair bit of media attention in recent months, but it is not working with the DMV’s cooperation or approval. Gonzalez says the agency is “investigating” YoGov, though she would not provide more details.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The agency recently opened 60 field offices on Saturday for a half-day. Now it promises to shift nearly 300 employees from DMV headquarters and other state agencies to field offices to help triage the longer lines.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad floatright]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The goal, DMV director Shiomoto told lawmakers, is to reduce wait times back to what the agency considers to be the norm: 15 minutes for customers with an appointment, 45 minutes for those without.\u003c/p>\n\n",
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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003cblockquote>\u003cp>California Peeps: Do you have a horror story about the wait to get something ever so simple accomplished at the DMV in the last six months? It took me 2½ hours, for instance, to register my car in February at the San Jose DMV. And I showed up right when it opened. The only appointments available online were a month or so out. Was your story worse? Please lemme know! (Researching for a KQED story.)\u003c/p>\u003c/blockquote>\n\u003cp>That was the Facebook post I put up earlier this summer as stories began to multiply about the ballooning lines at \u003ca href=\"https://www.dmv.ca.gov/portal/dmv\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Department of Motor Vehicles\u003c/a> field offices across the state. Now, DMV visits have never been fun, but the agency acknowledges that wait times have gotten worse, starting around April of this year.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>This week, DMV Director Jean Shiomoto has been speaking to state lawmakers about the hellaciously long lines, and attempting to fend off calls for a state audit, by publicizing a new set of measures the agency will be taking to shorten those lines.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“We want to do better and we will do better. Our customers deserve it,” Shiomoto said at an Assembly meeting Tuesday. Lawmakers have been airing their grievances publicly and sharing stories, like this retweet from San Mateo County Supervisor Warren Slocum by Assemblyman Phil Ting of San Francisco:\u003c/p>\u003c/p>\u003c/div>",
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For the record, she knows you can make appointments online in advance. But like so many of us, she was too late getting her act together.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I had to put myself at the mercy of the DMV because my driver’s license expired,” Valot says.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>This was last fall, before the rollout of the \u003ca href=\"https://www.dmv.ca.gov/portal/wcm/connect/8e621ce2-f744-4333-a32f-04d5283766b7/REAL_ID_FactSheet.pdf?MOD=AJPERES\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Real ID\u003c/a>, a driver’s license that can be used to board domestic flights starting in October 2020. The Real ID requires an in-person visit, and it’s the foremost reason for the current surge in wait times.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Even back then, Valot researched to find out which local DMV had the shortest lines, on what days and at what times. She waited only an hour to get a temporary license at the field office in San Pedro, not including the time it took her to park. Then, she waited for her permanent license to come in the mail, but weeks passed and the temporary license approached its expiration date.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch3>\n\u003caside class=\"alignright\">\n\u003ch3>Listen to The Bay\u003c/h3>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cul>\n\u003cli>\u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11684797/how-the-dmv-got-worse\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">How the DMV Got Worse\u003c/a>\u003c/li>\n\u003c/ul>\n\u003c/aside>\n\u003c/h3>\u003cp>Finally, she called and talked to a sympathetic customer service representative, who informed Valot the system had no record of her application for a license, “and if you’re caught driving with an expired license, they might take your car away.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Valot was dismayed, mortified and incensed.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“But I have the temporary license. I can prove that I applied for a license.” she told the man.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>He replied, “I believe you, but nothing ever came through on our system. You have to go back down to the DMV and have \u003ci>them\u003c/i> fix it.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The second trip to the San Pedro DMV took twice as long, and there again, the customer service representative was sympathetic. 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The group is one of more than 70 \u003ca href=\"https://www.codeforamerica.org\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Code for America\u003c/a> chapters around the country made up of techies keen to volunteer their skills for the civic good.\u003cspan class=\"Apple-converted-space\"> \u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Many engineers and designers get a lot of satisfaction working on problems that make people’s lives better,” Thong says, explaining that civic hacking is more collaborative or complementary than confrontational. For example, she proudly points to a local renters’ rights website that Code for San Jose built recently: \u003ca href=\"http://rentersrightsguide.org\">Rentersrightsguide.org\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>It’s been years since Thong herself went to a DMV field office. \u003cem>She’s\u003c/em> had success with the DMV website. So we take a moment to observe the system most large field offices use.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>There are actually two lines in operation. 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Her assessment seems obvious, \u003ci>once she says it\u003c/i>: Figure out who, exactly, is in that first line, so it can be shrunk.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“If it turns out a lot of people are coming in person when they don’t need to, then maybe it’s more of an educational campaign to catch people before they come in and add to the wait times for everyone else who really needs to be here,” Thong opines.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>The DMV has an action plan\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>Perhaps not surprisingly, given the demand for testimony at the state Capitol, the DMV has just announced plans to reduce the number of reasons you have to come to a field office in person — like say, getting a duplicate driver’s license. Also, while there are a number of places you can go to use DMV Now self-service terminals to get your registration renewed, DMV spokeswoman Jessica Gonzalez says there will be more coming soon.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“We’re putting those into 10 additional field offices this month. 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"content": "\u003cp>Many beer drinkers are stubbornly loyal to one brew, or maybe a short list of seasonal favorites. But if you’re in a spirit to try something new, check out this year’s \u003ca href=\"http://www.svbeerweek.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Silicon Valley Beer Week\u003c/a>, which wraps up Sunday.\u003cspan class=\"Apple-converted-space\"> \u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The region and the concept are generously defined to include food pairings, seminars, brewmaster dinners, and tap takeovers at a wide range of venues in Santa Clara, San Mateo and Alameda Counties.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Nick Veronin is the managing editor of \u003ca href=\"http://www.metrosiliconvalley.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Metro Silicon Valley\u003c/a>, the force behind beer week. “I like talking to brewers and learning about the beer,” he says. \"I’ve come to appreciate over the years just how complex this process [of brewing] is.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The least you can do as a consumer is stretch your taste buds to try some of what those brewers are experimenting with. Here's a short list of ideas:\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>Hazy\u003c/h2>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11683235\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg class=\"wp-image-11683235 size-medium\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/07/RS32065_IMG_6408-qut-800x800.jpg\" alt=\"IPAs with the appearance of unfiltered fruit juice are all the rage during what some call now the "haze craze." This one is Mountain Voice from San Diego-based Modern Times. KQED's Chloe Hinkson says "It was very tropical and smooth. I don't have much of a beer vocabulary, but I liked it."\" width=\"800\" height=\"800\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/07/RS32065_IMG_6408-qut-800x800.jpg 800w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/07/RS32065_IMG_6408-qut-160x160.jpg 160w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/07/RS32065_IMG_6408-qut-1020x1020.jpg 1020w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/07/RS32065_IMG_6408-qut-1200x1200.jpg 1200w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/07/RS32065_IMG_6408-qut.jpg 1920w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/07/RS32065_IMG_6408-qut-1180x1180.jpg 1180w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/07/RS32065_IMG_6408-qut-960x960.jpg 960w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/07/RS32065_IMG_6408-qut-240x240.jpg 240w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/07/RS32065_IMG_6408-qut-375x375.jpg 375w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/07/RS32065_IMG_6408-qut-520x520.jpg 520w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/07/RS32065_IMG_6408-qut-32x32.jpg 32w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/07/RS32065_IMG_6408-qut-50x50.jpg 50w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/07/RS32065_IMG_6408-qut-64x64.jpg 64w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/07/RS32065_IMG_6408-qut-96x96.jpg 96w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/07/RS32065_IMG_6408-qut-128x128.jpg 128w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/07/RS32065_IMG_6408-qut-150x150.jpg 150w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">IPAs with the appearance of unfiltered fruit juice are all the rage during what some call now the \"haze craze.\" This one is Mountain Voice from San Diego-based Modern Times. KQED's Chloe Hinkson says \"It was very tropical and smooth. I don't have much of a beer vocabulary, but I liked it.\" \u003ccite>(Chloe Hinkson/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003ch2>Sour\u003c/h2>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11683403\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg class=\"wp-image-11683403 size-medium\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/07/23594179_163510124388906_6706125282723495936_n-800x1000.jpg\" alt=\"Sour beer has an intentionally acidic, tart or sour taste. Common sour beer styles include: lambics, gueuze and Flanders red ale. Barrel Project Hibiscus Chamomile from Cali Craft Brewing Company in Walnut Creek.\" width=\"800\" height=\"1000\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/07/23594179_163510124388906_6706125282723495936_n-800x1000.jpg 800w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/07/23594179_163510124388906_6706125282723495936_n-160x200.jpg 160w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/07/23594179_163510124388906_6706125282723495936_n-1020x1275.jpg 1020w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/07/23594179_163510124388906_6706125282723495936_n-960x1200.jpg 960w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/07/23594179_163510124388906_6706125282723495936_n-240x300.jpg 240w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/07/23594179_163510124388906_6706125282723495936_n-375x469.jpg 375w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/07/23594179_163510124388906_6706125282723495936_n-520x650.jpg 520w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/07/23594179_163510124388906_6706125282723495936_n.jpg 1080w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Sour beer has an intentionally acidic, tart or sour taste. Common sour beer styles include: lambics, gueuze and Flanders red ale. Barrel Project Hibiscus Chamomile from Cali Craft Brewing Company in Walnut Creek. \u003ccite>(Photo: Courtesy of Calicraft Brewing Company)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003ch2>\u003cstrong>Sweet\u003c/strong>\u003c/h2>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11683224\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg class=\"wp-image-11683224 size-medium\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/07/MacNut_BottleGlass-800x1201.jpg\" alt=\"Are there regional preferences within the Bay Area that Six Rivers Brewing co-owner Meredith Maier can identify? Actually, yes. She says, "We're selling a ton of Macadamia Nut Porter," in the South Bay, whereas beer drinkers in the Santa Cruz area prefer the more traditional Sasquatch Double IPA.\" width=\"800\" height=\"1201\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/07/MacNut_BottleGlass-800x1200.jpg 800w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/07/MacNut_BottleGlass-160x240.jpg 160w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/07/MacNut_BottleGlass-1020x1531.jpg 1020w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/07/MacNut_BottleGlass-1920x2881.jpg 1920w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/07/MacNut_BottleGlass-1180x1771.jpg 1180w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/07/MacNut_BottleGlass-960x1441.jpg 960w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/07/MacNut_BottleGlass-240x360.jpg 240w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/07/MacNut_BottleGlass-375x563.jpg 375w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/07/MacNut_BottleGlass-520x780.jpg 520w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/07/MacNut_BottleGlass.jpg 1999w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Are there regional preferences within the Bay Area that Six Rivers Brewing co-owner Meredith Maier can identify? Actually, yes. She says, \"We're selling a ton of Macadamia Nut Porter,\" in the South Bay, whereas beer drinkers in the Santa Cruz area prefer the more traditional Sasquatch Double IPA.\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003ch2>Glitter\u003c/h2>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11683404\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 720px\">\u003cimg class=\"wp-image-11683404 size-full\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/07/26870795_548656998838486_8762244316228747264_n.jpg\" alt=\"This is not, as I initially thought, a bunch of edible glitter bits sprinkled into beer. Instead, it looks a lot like shampoo, or a liquid bowling ball. The shine comes from a food-grade additive made from sugar, maltodextrin and mica-based pearlescent pigment.\" width=\"720\" height=\"720\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/07/26870795_548656998838486_8762244316228747264_n.jpg 720w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/07/26870795_548656998838486_8762244316228747264_n-160x160.jpg 160w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/07/26870795_548656998838486_8762244316228747264_n-240x240.jpg 240w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/07/26870795_548656998838486_8762244316228747264_n-375x375.jpg 375w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/07/26870795_548656998838486_8762244316228747264_n-520x520.jpg 520w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/07/26870795_548656998838486_8762244316228747264_n-32x32.jpg 32w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/07/26870795_548656998838486_8762244316228747264_n-50x50.jpg 50w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/07/26870795_548656998838486_8762244316228747264_n-64x64.jpg 64w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/07/26870795_548656998838486_8762244316228747264_n-96x96.jpg 96w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/07/26870795_548656998838486_8762244316228747264_n-128x128.jpg 128w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/07/26870795_548656998838486_8762244316228747264_n-150x150.jpg 150w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 720px) 100vw, 720px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">This is not, as I initially thought, a bunch of edible glitter bits sprinkled into beer. Instead, it looks a lot like shampoo, or a liquid bowling ball. The shine comes from a food-grade additive made from sugar, maltodextrin and mica-based pearlescent pigment. \u003ccite>(Photo: Courtesy of Two Birds Brewing)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003ch2>Not Really A Beer But Worth A Mention\u003c/h2>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11683205\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg class=\"size-medium wp-image-11683205\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/07/RS32062_Screen-Shot-2018-07-27-at-1.19.08-PM-qut-800x473.jpg\" alt=\"California's own Lagunitas Brewing Company has collaborated with CannaCraft's AbsoluteXtracts to produce a hopped, THC-infused sparkling water, available in a handful of dispensaries beginning July 30, 2018.\" width=\"800\" height=\"473\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/07/RS32062_Screen-Shot-2018-07-27-at-1.19.08-PM-qut-800x473.jpg 800w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/07/RS32062_Screen-Shot-2018-07-27-at-1.19.08-PM-qut-160x95.jpg 160w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/07/RS32062_Screen-Shot-2018-07-27-at-1.19.08-PM-qut-1020x602.jpg 1020w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/07/RS32062_Screen-Shot-2018-07-27-at-1.19.08-PM-qut-1200x709.jpg 1200w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/07/RS32062_Screen-Shot-2018-07-27-at-1.19.08-PM-qut.jpg 1920w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/07/RS32062_Screen-Shot-2018-07-27-at-1.19.08-PM-qut-1180x697.jpg 1180w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/07/RS32062_Screen-Shot-2018-07-27-at-1.19.08-PM-qut-960x567.jpg 960w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/07/RS32062_Screen-Shot-2018-07-27-at-1.19.08-PM-qut-240x142.jpg 240w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/07/RS32062_Screen-Shot-2018-07-27-at-1.19.08-PM-qut-375x221.jpg 375w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/07/RS32062_Screen-Shot-2018-07-27-at-1.19.08-PM-qut-520x307.jpg 520w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">California's own Lagunitas Brewing Company has collaborated with CannaCraft's AbsoluteXtracts to produce a hopped, THC-infused sparkling water, available in a handful of dispensaries beginning July 30, 2018. \u003ccite>(Photo: Courtesy of Lagunitas Brewing Company)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n",
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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003cp>Many beer drinkers are stubbornly loyal to one brew, or maybe a short list of seasonal favorites. But if you’re in a spirit to try something new, check out this year’s \u003ca href=\"http://www.svbeerweek.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Silicon Valley Beer Week\u003c/a>, which wraps up Sunday.\u003cspan class=\"Apple-converted-space\"> \u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The region and the concept are generously defined to include food pairings, seminars, brewmaster dinners, and tap takeovers at a wide range of venues in Santa Clara, San Mateo and Alameda Counties.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Nick Veronin is the managing editor of \u003ca href=\"http://www.metrosiliconvalley.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Metro Silicon Valley\u003c/a>, the force behind beer week. “I like talking to brewers and learning about the beer,” he says. \"I’ve come to appreciate over the years just how complex this process [of brewing] is.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The least you can do as a consumer is stretch your taste buds to try some of what those brewers are experimenting with. Here's a short list of ideas:\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>Hazy\u003c/h2>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11683235\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg class=\"wp-image-11683235 size-medium\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/07/RS32065_IMG_6408-qut-800x800.jpg\" alt=\"IPAs with the appearance of unfiltered fruit juice are all the rage during what some call now the "haze craze." This one is Mountain Voice from San Diego-based Modern Times. KQED's Chloe Hinkson says "It was very tropical and smooth. I don't have much of a beer vocabulary, but I liked it."\" width=\"800\" height=\"800\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/07/RS32065_IMG_6408-qut-800x800.jpg 800w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/07/RS32065_IMG_6408-qut-160x160.jpg 160w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/07/RS32065_IMG_6408-qut-1020x1020.jpg 1020w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/07/RS32065_IMG_6408-qut-1200x1200.jpg 1200w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/07/RS32065_IMG_6408-qut.jpg 1920w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/07/RS32065_IMG_6408-qut-1180x1180.jpg 1180w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/07/RS32065_IMG_6408-qut-960x960.jpg 960w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/07/RS32065_IMG_6408-qut-240x240.jpg 240w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/07/RS32065_IMG_6408-qut-375x375.jpg 375w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/07/RS32065_IMG_6408-qut-520x520.jpg 520w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/07/RS32065_IMG_6408-qut-32x32.jpg 32w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/07/RS32065_IMG_6408-qut-50x50.jpg 50w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/07/RS32065_IMG_6408-qut-64x64.jpg 64w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/07/RS32065_IMG_6408-qut-96x96.jpg 96w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/07/RS32065_IMG_6408-qut-128x128.jpg 128w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/07/RS32065_IMG_6408-qut-150x150.jpg 150w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">IPAs with the appearance of unfiltered fruit juice are all the rage during what some call now the \"haze craze.\" This one is Mountain Voice from San Diego-based Modern Times. KQED's Chloe Hinkson says \"It was very tropical and smooth. I don't have much of a beer vocabulary, but I liked it.\" \u003ccite>(Chloe Hinkson/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003ch2>Sour\u003c/h2>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11683403\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg class=\"wp-image-11683403 size-medium\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/07/23594179_163510124388906_6706125282723495936_n-800x1000.jpg\" alt=\"Sour beer has an intentionally acidic, tart or sour taste. Common sour beer styles include: lambics, gueuze and Flanders red ale. Barrel Project Hibiscus Chamomile from Cali Craft Brewing Company in Walnut Creek.\" width=\"800\" height=\"1000\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/07/23594179_163510124388906_6706125282723495936_n-800x1000.jpg 800w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/07/23594179_163510124388906_6706125282723495936_n-160x200.jpg 160w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/07/23594179_163510124388906_6706125282723495936_n-1020x1275.jpg 1020w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/07/23594179_163510124388906_6706125282723495936_n-960x1200.jpg 960w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/07/23594179_163510124388906_6706125282723495936_n-240x300.jpg 240w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/07/23594179_163510124388906_6706125282723495936_n-375x469.jpg 375w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/07/23594179_163510124388906_6706125282723495936_n-520x650.jpg 520w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/07/23594179_163510124388906_6706125282723495936_n.jpg 1080w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Sour beer has an intentionally acidic, tart or sour taste. Common sour beer styles include: lambics, gueuze and Flanders red ale. Barrel Project Hibiscus Chamomile from Cali Craft Brewing Company in Walnut Creek. \u003ccite>(Photo: Courtesy of Calicraft Brewing Company)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003ch2>\u003cstrong>Sweet\u003c/strong>\u003c/h2>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11683224\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg class=\"wp-image-11683224 size-medium\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/07/MacNut_BottleGlass-800x1201.jpg\" alt=\"Are there regional preferences within the Bay Area that Six Rivers Brewing co-owner Meredith Maier can identify? Actually, yes. She says, "We're selling a ton of Macadamia Nut Porter," in the South Bay, whereas beer drinkers in the Santa Cruz area prefer the more traditional Sasquatch Double IPA.\" width=\"800\" height=\"1201\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/07/MacNut_BottleGlass-800x1200.jpg 800w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/07/MacNut_BottleGlass-160x240.jpg 160w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/07/MacNut_BottleGlass-1020x1531.jpg 1020w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/07/MacNut_BottleGlass-1920x2881.jpg 1920w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/07/MacNut_BottleGlass-1180x1771.jpg 1180w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/07/MacNut_BottleGlass-960x1441.jpg 960w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/07/MacNut_BottleGlass-240x360.jpg 240w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/07/MacNut_BottleGlass-375x563.jpg 375w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/07/MacNut_BottleGlass-520x780.jpg 520w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/07/MacNut_BottleGlass.jpg 1999w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Are there regional preferences within the Bay Area that Six Rivers Brewing co-owner Meredith Maier can identify? Actually, yes. She says, \"We're selling a ton of Macadamia Nut Porter,\" in the South Bay, whereas beer drinkers in the Santa Cruz area prefer the more traditional Sasquatch Double IPA.\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003ch2>Glitter\u003c/h2>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11683404\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 720px\">\u003cimg class=\"wp-image-11683404 size-full\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/07/26870795_548656998838486_8762244316228747264_n.jpg\" alt=\"This is not, as I initially thought, a bunch of edible glitter bits sprinkled into beer. Instead, it looks a lot like shampoo, or a liquid bowling ball. The shine comes from a food-grade additive made from sugar, maltodextrin and mica-based pearlescent pigment.\" width=\"720\" height=\"720\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/07/26870795_548656998838486_8762244316228747264_n.jpg 720w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/07/26870795_548656998838486_8762244316228747264_n-160x160.jpg 160w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/07/26870795_548656998838486_8762244316228747264_n-240x240.jpg 240w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/07/26870795_548656998838486_8762244316228747264_n-375x375.jpg 375w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/07/26870795_548656998838486_8762244316228747264_n-520x520.jpg 520w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/07/26870795_548656998838486_8762244316228747264_n-32x32.jpg 32w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/07/26870795_548656998838486_8762244316228747264_n-50x50.jpg 50w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/07/26870795_548656998838486_8762244316228747264_n-64x64.jpg 64w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/07/26870795_548656998838486_8762244316228747264_n-96x96.jpg 96w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/07/26870795_548656998838486_8762244316228747264_n-128x128.jpg 128w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/07/26870795_548656998838486_8762244316228747264_n-150x150.jpg 150w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 720px) 100vw, 720px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">This is not, as I initially thought, a bunch of edible glitter bits sprinkled into beer. Instead, it looks a lot like shampoo, or a liquid bowling ball. The shine comes from a food-grade additive made from sugar, maltodextrin and mica-based pearlescent pigment. \u003ccite>(Photo: Courtesy of Two Birds Brewing)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003ch2>Not Really A Beer But Worth A Mention\u003c/h2>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11683205\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg class=\"size-medium wp-image-11683205\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/07/RS32062_Screen-Shot-2018-07-27-at-1.19.08-PM-qut-800x473.jpg\" alt=\"California's own Lagunitas Brewing Company has collaborated with CannaCraft's AbsoluteXtracts to produce a hopped, THC-infused sparkling water, available in a handful of dispensaries beginning July 30, 2018.\" width=\"800\" height=\"473\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/07/RS32062_Screen-Shot-2018-07-27-at-1.19.08-PM-qut-800x473.jpg 800w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/07/RS32062_Screen-Shot-2018-07-27-at-1.19.08-PM-qut-160x95.jpg 160w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/07/RS32062_Screen-Shot-2018-07-27-at-1.19.08-PM-qut-1020x602.jpg 1020w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/07/RS32062_Screen-Shot-2018-07-27-at-1.19.08-PM-qut-1200x709.jpg 1200w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/07/RS32062_Screen-Shot-2018-07-27-at-1.19.08-PM-qut.jpg 1920w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/07/RS32062_Screen-Shot-2018-07-27-at-1.19.08-PM-qut-1180x697.jpg 1180w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/07/RS32062_Screen-Shot-2018-07-27-at-1.19.08-PM-qut-960x567.jpg 960w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/07/RS32062_Screen-Shot-2018-07-27-at-1.19.08-PM-qut-240x142.jpg 240w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/07/RS32062_Screen-Shot-2018-07-27-at-1.19.08-PM-qut-375x221.jpg 375w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/07/RS32062_Screen-Shot-2018-07-27-at-1.19.08-PM-qut-520x307.jpg 520w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">California's own Lagunitas Brewing Company has collaborated with CannaCraft's AbsoluteXtracts to produce a hopped, THC-infused sparkling water, available in a handful of dispensaries beginning July 30, 2018. \u003ccite>(Photo: Courtesy of Lagunitas Brewing Company)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003c/div>",
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"content": "\u003cp>David Habashy and his friends were set up in their chairs on the lawn at \u003ca href=\"https://www.sjearthquakes.com/worldcup\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Avaya Stadium\u003c/a> well before the crack of dawn.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>With his native Egypt set to play its first World Cup game in 28 years about 6,000 miles away in Russia, Habashy and five friends came to watch the game on the big screen at Avaya Stadium, the home of the MLS’ San Jose Earthquakes.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>https://twitter.com/SJEarthquakes/status/1007963588651184130 \u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Even though the United States didn’t qualify for the World Cup and many of the games are played at odd hours on the West Coast because of the time difference from Russia, the Earthquakes are showing all 64 games of the tournament for free on their video screen — even those that start at 5 a.m. local time like the one Friday between Egypt and Uruguay.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“We were expecting a better atmosphere,” Habashy said. “That’s why we came here. But we’re going to make the best of it. We’re going to go crazy for every goal.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Egypt didn’t end up scoring any in a 1-0 loss but Habashy and his friends were jumping around at every close chance for Egypt, big save and any airing of injured star Mohamed Salah on the screen.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>They were among the about two dozen fans on the lawn on a crisp morning at the start of the match. The crowd grew to about 50 later in the first half with more fans coming later in the day for games at times when more people are awake.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>https://twitter.com/SJEarthquakes/status/1007923926872150016 \u003c/p>\n\u003cp>There were several hundred fans on hand for the thrilling 11 a.m. game between powerhouses Spain and Portugal and the Earthquakes have already had more than 1,300 RSVPs for Sunday’s high-profile matchup between Mexico and defending champion Germany.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“You can’t beat the atmosphere of being on a large screen in a big environment,” said Portuguese fan Rui Silva, who came out with his wife, two kids and two nieces. “It’s kind of cool to have other fans there, too. It kind of gives you the feel that you’re at a game.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The expected turnout for less enticing matches that start before the crack of dawn like the Egypt-Uruguay game are much smaller, with most who showed up either natives of one of the countries or die-hard soccer fans.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Rosemarie Pozzobon brought her family of four out to root on her native Uruguay. While her U.S.-born kids were disappointed the Americans didn’t qualify, the family was excited for this match.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>They try to watch as many big games Uruguay plays in the World Cup, qualifying or Copa America that they can and leaped at the chance to do it in what they hoped would be a more festive environment than their couch at home.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“It’s fun to watch it with a crowd,” Pozzobon said. “Where is everybody?”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The game did draw a few curious onlookers, including John Fung, who stopped by with a few of his high school friends from Seattle who were on a trip to the Bay Area.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Fung described himself as a casual soccer fan who gets into the World Cup every four years. When he heard about the Earthquakes plans to show the games on a 44 foot by 24 foot video board, he figured it would be fun to come check it out.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“It’s a great setup,” Fung said. “There were actually more people than I thought there’d be for the 5 a.m. game.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The Earthquakes had free coffee and doughnuts for the early arriving fans, as well as some games. They had more authentic food options later in the day, including Portuguese and Spanish fare, as well as face painting and video game stations.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Fans get passports when they arrive for their first game with stamps each time they show up. Coming for five games will win a Earthquakes merchandise item and fans get a ticket to an upcoming game with 10 stamps. Anyone who shows up for all 64 gets VIP treatment for a game against Seattle, including a postgame meet and greet with Earthquakes players.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>One fan each day will also win a prize for being decked out in the most festive and supportive outfit for their team.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The Earthquakes held viewing parties around San Jose for the tournament four years ago but wanted to take advantage of their stadium that opened in 2015 this time around.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Other MLS teams are hosting their own viewing parties, including Real Salt Lake, which is airing some games at its practice facility. But the Earthquakes say they are the only team showing every game at their stadium.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“We wanted to make the World Cup a big event and make it exciting no matter which teams are in it,” Earthquakes executive vice president Jed Mettee said. “The Bay Area is so diverse. 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"content": "\u003cp>In recent years, there have been a lot of political battles over public sculptures, mostly because those sculptures lionize figures from a past we’re not so proud of anymore. But in San Jose, debate has bubbled for decades over a sculpture that was intended to celebrate the city’s Mexican-American heritage.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[baycuriouspodcastinfo]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>It’s a coiled snake made of Plaster of Paris and colored a dull earthy black. The snake is prominently placed on the south end of the Plaza de Cesar Chavez, a place where San Jose locals come to party, protest and just hang out.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>If you stand near the sculpture long enough, local children will walk by and do a double take, before asking their parents, “Is that … poop?”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I probably heard this story before, but it hasn’t stick [sic] to me and I keep wondering what it means,” says Daniel Fonseca. He is an interior designer and musician originally from Columbia who has lived in downtown San Jose for 20 years.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11668307\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-11668307\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/05/RS30926_Photo-Mar-08-9-43-06-AM-qut-800x450.jpg\" alt=\""Quetzalcoatl" by Robert Graham in San Jose's Plaza de Cesar Chavez, seen from behind.\" width=\"800\" height=\"450\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/05/RS30926_Photo-Mar-08-9-43-06-AM-qut-800x450.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/05/RS30926_Photo-Mar-08-9-43-06-AM-qut-160x90.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/05/RS30926_Photo-Mar-08-9-43-06-AM-qut-1020x574.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/05/RS30926_Photo-Mar-08-9-43-06-AM-qut-1200x675.jpg 1200w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/05/RS30926_Photo-Mar-08-9-43-06-AM-qut.jpg 1920w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/05/RS30926_Photo-Mar-08-9-43-06-AM-qut-1180x664.jpg 1180w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/05/RS30926_Photo-Mar-08-9-43-06-AM-qut-960x540.jpg 960w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/05/RS30926_Photo-Mar-08-9-43-06-AM-qut-240x135.jpg 240w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/05/RS30926_Photo-Mar-08-9-43-06-AM-qut-375x211.jpg 375w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/05/RS30926_Photo-Mar-08-9-43-06-AM-qut-520x293.jpg 520w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">“Quetzalcoatl” by Robert Graham in San Jose’s Plaza de Cesar Chavez, seen from behind. \u003ccite>(Rachael Myrow/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>“I have a little bit of sense. I mean, it’s related to the Mexican-American community, to the Aztec community, I want to think. But I never really stared at it and spend time with it and find out what the significance of it is,” says Fonseca.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch3>The Winged Serpent God\u003c/h3>\n\u003cp>The sculpture is of Quetzalcoatl (say que-tzal-coh-what-l), the Aztec god of wind and wisdom, commonly referred to as “the feathered serpent.” This iconic, dragonlike deity hails from Mesoamerican Teotihuacan, an ancient metropolis that once flourished northeast of modern-day Mexico City. Teotihuacan dominated the regional cultural landscape for centuries, and the art from Teotihuacan continues to resonate today throughout the Americas.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>You’ve seen Quetzalcoatl or his name, whether you realize it or not, all over the place, including on some Aeromexico planes.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[youtube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YF745ZrUDys]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Quetzalcoatl also shows up as a colorful monster in video games, and there’s a chocolate bar by Bay Area confectioners Guittard that is named \u003ca href=\"https://www.guittard.com/our-chocolate/detail/quetzalcoatl-bittersweet-chocolate-72-cacao\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Quetzalcoatl\u003c/a>. (I tasted one for research purposes, and it was good.)\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In fact, there are so many gorgeous depictions of Quetzalcoatl many people wonder how a sculpture that invites laughter plopped down in San Jose.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch3>How It Came To Be\u003c/h3>\n\u003cp>There is a plaque by the base of this sculpture, but as we’ll explain shortly, it doesn’t really do a good job of describing the sculpture. Instead, we ask for the backstory from Scott Herhold, a retired columnist for the \u003ca href=\"https://www.mercurynews.com/author/scott-herhold/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Mercury News\u003c/a> who periodically conducts tours of the public art in downtown San Jose.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>He tells us that, back in the 1980s, San Jose’s Redevelopment Agency wanted a statue to honor Thomas Fallon, the 10th mayor of San Jose.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“He was an adventurer, an Irishman, one of the first Anglo settlers here,” Herhold says. “In 1846, he raised the flag, the American flag. Remember, this was part of Mexico still. From that point on, of course, San Jose really has been Anglo rather than Mexican.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Well, it’s been Anglo \u003cem>and\u003c/em> Mexican-American, but Anglos dominated San Jose’s civic narrative for more than 100 years. But by 1988, when artist Robert Glen was commissioned to create a tribute to the Anglo hero, attitudes had changed. The Redevelopment Agency got blowback from the Mexican-American community. A new committee was established to pick a new artist.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Herhold continues, “They eventually settled on a man by the name of \u003ca href=\"http://www.robertgraham-artist.com/biography/bio.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Robert Graham\u003c/a>. Graham had originally designed some work for the Redevelopment Agency. He was also part Latino himself.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The San Jose State alum was highly regarded nationwide. His sculptures are on view all over the United States, including a commanding bronze memorial to \u003cspan class=\"bold\">Duke Ellington in New York’s Central Park and \u003c/span>a couple diminutive nudes outside the Federal Building in San Jose.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11668300\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-11668300\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/05/RS30924_Photo-Mar-12-12-59-55-PM-qut-800x600.jpg\" alt=\"Two bronze nudes by Robert Graham at the western entrance of the federal building at 300 S. First Street in San Jose.\" width=\"800\" height=\"600\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/05/RS30924_Photo-Mar-12-12-59-55-PM-qut-800x600.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/05/RS30924_Photo-Mar-12-12-59-55-PM-qut-160x120.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/05/RS30924_Photo-Mar-12-12-59-55-PM-qut-1020x765.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/05/RS30924_Photo-Mar-12-12-59-55-PM-qut-1200x900.jpg 1200w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/05/RS30924_Photo-Mar-12-12-59-55-PM-qut.jpg 1920w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/05/RS30924_Photo-Mar-12-12-59-55-PM-qut-1180x885.jpg 1180w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/05/RS30924_Photo-Mar-12-12-59-55-PM-qut-960x720.jpg 960w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/05/RS30924_Photo-Mar-12-12-59-55-PM-qut-240x180.jpg 240w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/05/RS30924_Photo-Mar-12-12-59-55-PM-qut-375x281.jpg 375w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/05/RS30924_Photo-Mar-12-12-59-55-PM-qut-520x390.jpg 520w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Two bronze nudes by Robert Graham at the western entrance of the Federal Building on S. First Street in San Jose. \u003ccite>(Rachael Myrow/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Graham’s first drawings of Quetzalcoatl were of a winged creature. “They liked it very much,” Herhold says, pausing for effect. “It came out differently than they thought.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>There is a plaque at the base of the sculpture, but it doesn’t describe what you’re looking at. It describes a concept that was killed. “The winged serpent showed him sort of upright, with the wings out. Think almost of a peacock. It had that kind of feel to it,” Herhold says.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>About six weeks before the unveiling, he says, Graham told the Redevelopment Agency that his concept had changed. “It was just a change in his artist conception.”\u003c/p>\n\u003ch3>Conflicting Stories\u003c/h3>\n\u003cp>I should stop here and tell you that’s not what Blanca Alvarado remembers. The retired San Jose politician was on the committee that worked with Graham, and her story differs from Herhold’s.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I think Scott and I need a little bit of time, and he needs a little more education, so that as he describes the piece on his tour, he’ll be better informed,” she says.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11668278\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-11668278\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/05/file-13-800x491.jpg\" alt=\"The plaque at the base of the sculpture talks about the “plumed serpent,” but this is no plumed serpent. Confusing. Former Mercury News columnist Scott Herhold explains the plaque is referring to artist Robert Graham’s original concept. \" width=\"800\" height=\"491\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/05/file-13-800x491.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/05/file-13-160x98.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/05/file-13-1020x626.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/05/file-13-1200x737.jpg 1200w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/05/file-13-1180x724.jpg 1180w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/05/file-13-960x589.jpg 960w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/05/file-13-240x147.jpg 240w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/05/file-13-375x230.jpg 375w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/05/file-13-520x319.jpg 520w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/05/file-13.jpg 1898w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">The plaque at the base of the sculpture talks about the “plumed serpent,” but this is no plumed serpent. Confusing. Former Mercury News columnist Scott Herhold explains the plaque is referring to artist Robert Graham’s original concept. \u003ccite>(Photo: Courtesy of Michael Ogilvie)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Alvarado says she also preferred Graham’s first, winged take on Quetzalcoatl. “It was quite elegant. It was a very, very beautiful piece.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Alvarado says that Graham’s original sculpture was axed by the Redevelopment Agency. They worried that the domed pedestal he proposed would become an attractive place to sleep for homeless people.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“He was very frustrated by that objection. So he went to Mexico, and he stood there for three months at Teotihuacan, and he studied the stonework,” says Alvarado.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>His second proposal stems directly from that study. The coiled, stylized rattlesnake version of Queztecoatl was a thing, is a thing. \u003cem>Coatl\u003c/em>, after all, means serpent in the Aztec language Nahuatl.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Graham made a small version of his final sculpture as a gift for Alvarado. She doesn’t know what material he used, but it’s green, the color of oxidized copper. It now sits in her backyard and it’s quite lovely.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11668293\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-11668293 size-medium\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/05/RS30923_IMG_6491-2-qut-800x898.jpg\" alt=\"She doesn’t know what material he used but it’s green, the color of oxidized copper, and it’s quite lovely.\" width=\"800\" height=\"898\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/05/RS30923_IMG_6491-2-qut-800x898.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/05/RS30923_IMG_6491-2-qut-160x180.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/05/RS30923_IMG_6491-2-qut-1020x1145.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/05/RS30923_IMG_6491-2-qut-1069x1200.jpg 1069w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/05/RS30923_IMG_6491-2-qut.jpg 1920w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/05/RS30923_IMG_6491-2-qut-1180x1324.jpg 1180w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/05/RS30923_IMG_6491-2-qut-960x1078.jpg 960w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/05/RS30923_IMG_6491-2-qut-240x269.jpg 240w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/05/RS30923_IMG_6491-2-qut-375x421.jpg 375w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/05/RS30923_IMG_6491-2-qut-520x584.jpg 520w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Blanca Alvarado doesn’t know what material was used but it’s green, the color of oxidized copper, and it’s quite lovely. \u003ccite>(Rachael Myrow/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>The thing is, Graham opted for his sculpture in the park to be that earthy black and, coiled as it is, it suggests something else. Intentionally so? That’s an open question.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch3>Graham’s (Possible) Revenge\u003c/h3>\n\u003cp>“I think it’s fundamentally an act of revenge,” Herhold says.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Is Herhold telling us Graham wanted revenge because his fabulous proposal for a winged serpent got the ax? No. Herhold thinks it’s revenge for an entirely different project.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Robert Graham had designed, as I mentioned, some work for the Redevelopment Agenc\u003cspan style=\"color: #000000\">y. The initial idea was to build gateways on the four sides of the city. So one on the south, one on the north, one on the west and one on the e\u003c/span>ast. And the Redevelopment Agency showed the media some pictures of this, and the Mercury News in particular sort of said thumbs-down to this. This is a silly idea, these gateways. So Graham had to withdraw that idea. And the feeling, at least among the Redevelopment Agency people I know, was that this was his act of revenge for the loss of that earlier commission,” says Herhold.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[baycuriouspodcastinfo]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>He has written about this in the \u003ca href=\"https://www.mercurynews.com/2017/10/16/quetzalcoatl-sculpture-back-in-the-public-eye/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Mercury News\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>How can he be so sure that the Quetzalcoatl sculpture is indeed an act of revenge?\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Herhold acknowledges, “I don’t think you can be sure. Graham is now dead, and as far as I know, he never specifically said this was an act of revenge. But I can tell you the people that I know who were very well placed in the Redevelopment Agency, and even his mother, say this was his revenge.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>That prompts this response from our Bay Curious question asker Daniel Fonseca. “If it was an act of revenge, I think it was very well captured, you know, because that is the first reaction: poop!”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But then Fonseca adds, “There must be a way to elevate this sculpture, to not have ‘poop’ be the first thing that you think. Like add some gardens around. Something that will bring out its significance. It’s set on a pedestal, so even the pedestal could be painted. It clearly needs some work.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>On that score, at least, Blanca Alvarado agrees. “It needs some sprucing up,” she says.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The sculpture was recently power-washed, but that’s it for the foreseeable future, according to San Jose’s \u003ca href=\"http://www.sanjoseculture.org/Facilities/Facility/Details/Public-Art-Plumed-Serpent-Plaza-de-Csar--498\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Office of Cultural Affairs, \u003c/a>which maintains the installation.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>That said, Alvarado is a veteran political activist, and she says she’s fixing to get busy at City Hall, pushing for some imaginative improvement to San Jose’s Queztecoatl.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad floatright]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[baycuriousquestion]\u003c/p>\n\n",
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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003cp>In recent years, there have been a lot of political battles over public sculptures, mostly because those sculptures lionize figures from a past we’re not so proud of anymore. But in San Jose, debate has bubbled for decades over a sculpture that was intended to celebrate the city’s Mexican-American heritage.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003cp>\u003caside class=\"alignleft utils-parseShortcode-shortcodes-__bayCuriousPodcastShortcode__bayCurious\">\u003cimg src=https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/02/bayCuriousLogo.png alt=\"Bay Curious Podcast\" loading=\"lazy\" />\n \u003ca href=\"/news/series/baycurious\">Bay Curious\u003c/a> is a podcast that answers your questions about the Bay Area.\n Subscribe on \u003ca href=\"https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/bay-curious/id1172473406\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Apple Podcasts\u003c/a>,\n \u003ca href=\"http://www.npr.org/podcasts/500557090/bay-curious\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">NPR One\u003c/a> or your favorite podcast platform.\u003c/aside>\u003c/p>\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>It’s a coiled snake made of Plaster of Paris and colored a dull earthy black. The snake is prominently placed on the south end of the Plaza de Cesar Chavez, a place where San Jose locals come to party, protest and just hang out.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>If you stand near the sculpture long enough, local children will walk by and do a double take, before asking their parents, “Is that … poop?”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I probably heard this story before, but it hasn’t stick [sic] to me and I keep wondering what it means,” says Daniel Fonseca. He is an interior designer and musician originally from Columbia who has lived in downtown San Jose for 20 years.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11668307\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-11668307\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/05/RS30926_Photo-Mar-08-9-43-06-AM-qut-800x450.jpg\" alt=\""Quetzalcoatl" by Robert Graham in San Jose's Plaza de Cesar Chavez, seen from behind.\" width=\"800\" height=\"450\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/05/RS30926_Photo-Mar-08-9-43-06-AM-qut-800x450.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/05/RS30926_Photo-Mar-08-9-43-06-AM-qut-160x90.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/05/RS30926_Photo-Mar-08-9-43-06-AM-qut-1020x574.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/05/RS30926_Photo-Mar-08-9-43-06-AM-qut-1200x675.jpg 1200w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/05/RS30926_Photo-Mar-08-9-43-06-AM-qut.jpg 1920w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/05/RS30926_Photo-Mar-08-9-43-06-AM-qut-1180x664.jpg 1180w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/05/RS30926_Photo-Mar-08-9-43-06-AM-qut-960x540.jpg 960w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/05/RS30926_Photo-Mar-08-9-43-06-AM-qut-240x135.jpg 240w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/05/RS30926_Photo-Mar-08-9-43-06-AM-qut-375x211.jpg 375w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/05/RS30926_Photo-Mar-08-9-43-06-AM-qut-520x293.jpg 520w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">“Quetzalcoatl” by Robert Graham in San Jose’s Plaza de Cesar Chavez, seen from behind. \u003ccite>(Rachael Myrow/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>“I have a little bit of sense. I mean, it’s related to the Mexican-American community, to the Aztec community, I want to think. But I never really stared at it and spend time with it and find out what the significance of it is,” says Fonseca.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch3>The Winged Serpent God\u003c/h3>\n\u003cp>The sculpture is of Quetzalcoatl (say que-tzal-coh-what-l), the Aztec god of wind and wisdom, commonly referred to as “the feathered serpent.” This iconic, dragonlike deity hails from Mesoamerican Teotihuacan, an ancient metropolis that once flourished northeast of modern-day Mexico City. Teotihuacan dominated the regional cultural landscape for centuries, and the art from Teotihuacan continues to resonate today throughout the Americas.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003c/div>",
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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>You’ve seen Quetzalcoatl or his name, whether you realize it or not, all over the place, including on some Aeromexico planes.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\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/YF745ZrUDys'\n title='//www.youtube.com/embed/YF745ZrUDys'\n allowfullscreen='true'\n style='border:0;'>\u003c/iframe>\n \u003c/span>\n \u003c/span>\u003c/p>\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Quetzalcoatl also shows up as a colorful monster in video games, and there’s a chocolate bar by Bay Area confectioners Guittard that is named \u003ca href=\"https://www.guittard.com/our-chocolate/detail/quetzalcoatl-bittersweet-chocolate-72-cacao\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Quetzalcoatl\u003c/a>. (I tasted one for research purposes, and it was good.)\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In fact, there are so many gorgeous depictions of Quetzalcoatl many people wonder how a sculpture that invites laughter plopped down in San Jose.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch3>How It Came To Be\u003c/h3>\n\u003cp>There is a plaque by the base of this sculpture, but as we’ll explain shortly, it doesn’t really do a good job of describing the sculpture. Instead, we ask for the backstory from Scott Herhold, a retired columnist for the \u003ca href=\"https://www.mercurynews.com/author/scott-herhold/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Mercury News\u003c/a> who periodically conducts tours of the public art in downtown San Jose.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>He tells us that, back in the 1980s, San Jose’s Redevelopment Agency wanted a statue to honor Thomas Fallon, the 10th mayor of San Jose.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“He was an adventurer, an Irishman, one of the first Anglo settlers here,” Herhold says. “In 1846, he raised the flag, the American flag. Remember, this was part of Mexico still. From that point on, of course, San Jose really has been Anglo rather than Mexican.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Well, it’s been Anglo \u003cem>and\u003c/em> Mexican-American, but Anglos dominated San Jose’s civic narrative for more than 100 years. But by 1988, when artist Robert Glen was commissioned to create a tribute to the Anglo hero, attitudes had changed. The Redevelopment Agency got blowback from the Mexican-American community. A new committee was established to pick a new artist.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Herhold continues, “They eventually settled on a man by the name of \u003ca href=\"http://www.robertgraham-artist.com/biography/bio.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Robert Graham\u003c/a>. Graham had originally designed some work for the Redevelopment Agency. He was also part Latino himself.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The San Jose State alum was highly regarded nationwide. His sculptures are on view all over the United States, including a commanding bronze memorial to \u003cspan class=\"bold\">Duke Ellington in New York’s Central Park and \u003c/span>a couple diminutive nudes outside the Federal Building in San Jose.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11668300\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-11668300\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/05/RS30924_Photo-Mar-12-12-59-55-PM-qut-800x600.jpg\" alt=\"Two bronze nudes by Robert Graham at the western entrance of the federal building at 300 S. First Street in San Jose.\" width=\"800\" height=\"600\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/05/RS30924_Photo-Mar-12-12-59-55-PM-qut-800x600.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/05/RS30924_Photo-Mar-12-12-59-55-PM-qut-160x120.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/05/RS30924_Photo-Mar-12-12-59-55-PM-qut-1020x765.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/05/RS30924_Photo-Mar-12-12-59-55-PM-qut-1200x900.jpg 1200w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/05/RS30924_Photo-Mar-12-12-59-55-PM-qut.jpg 1920w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/05/RS30924_Photo-Mar-12-12-59-55-PM-qut-1180x885.jpg 1180w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/05/RS30924_Photo-Mar-12-12-59-55-PM-qut-960x720.jpg 960w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/05/RS30924_Photo-Mar-12-12-59-55-PM-qut-240x180.jpg 240w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/05/RS30924_Photo-Mar-12-12-59-55-PM-qut-375x281.jpg 375w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/05/RS30924_Photo-Mar-12-12-59-55-PM-qut-520x390.jpg 520w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Two bronze nudes by Robert Graham at the western entrance of the Federal Building on S. First Street in San Jose. \u003ccite>(Rachael Myrow/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Graham’s first drawings of Quetzalcoatl were of a winged creature. “They liked it very much,” Herhold says, pausing for effect. “It came out differently than they thought.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>There is a plaque at the base of the sculpture, but it doesn’t describe what you’re looking at. It describes a concept that was killed. “The winged serpent showed him sort of upright, with the wings out. Think almost of a peacock. It had that kind of feel to it,” Herhold says.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>About six weeks before the unveiling, he says, Graham told the Redevelopment Agency that his concept had changed. “It was just a change in his artist conception.”\u003c/p>\n\u003ch3>Conflicting Stories\u003c/h3>\n\u003cp>I should stop here and tell you that’s not what Blanca Alvarado remembers. The retired San Jose politician was on the committee that worked with Graham, and her story differs from Herhold’s.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I think Scott and I need a little bit of time, and he needs a little more education, so that as he describes the piece on his tour, he’ll be better informed,” she says.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11668278\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-11668278\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/05/file-13-800x491.jpg\" alt=\"The plaque at the base of the sculpture talks about the “plumed serpent,” but this is no plumed serpent. Confusing. Former Mercury News columnist Scott Herhold explains the plaque is referring to artist Robert Graham’s original concept. \" width=\"800\" height=\"491\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/05/file-13-800x491.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/05/file-13-160x98.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/05/file-13-1020x626.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/05/file-13-1200x737.jpg 1200w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/05/file-13-1180x724.jpg 1180w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/05/file-13-960x589.jpg 960w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/05/file-13-240x147.jpg 240w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/05/file-13-375x230.jpg 375w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/05/file-13-520x319.jpg 520w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/05/file-13.jpg 1898w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">The plaque at the base of the sculpture talks about the “plumed serpent,” but this is no plumed serpent. Confusing. Former Mercury News columnist Scott Herhold explains the plaque is referring to artist Robert Graham’s original concept. \u003ccite>(Photo: Courtesy of Michael Ogilvie)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Alvarado says she also preferred Graham’s first, winged take on Quetzalcoatl. “It was quite elegant. It was a very, very beautiful piece.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Alvarado says that Graham’s original sculpture was axed by the Redevelopment Agency. They worried that the domed pedestal he proposed would become an attractive place to sleep for homeless people.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“He was very frustrated by that objection. So he went to Mexico, and he stood there for three months at Teotihuacan, and he studied the stonework,” says Alvarado.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>His second proposal stems directly from that study. The coiled, stylized rattlesnake version of Queztecoatl was a thing, is a thing. \u003cem>Coatl\u003c/em>, after all, means serpent in the Aztec language Nahuatl.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Graham made a small version of his final sculpture as a gift for Alvarado. She doesn’t know what material he used, but it’s green, the color of oxidized copper. It now sits in her backyard and it’s quite lovely.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11668293\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-11668293 size-medium\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/05/RS30923_IMG_6491-2-qut-800x898.jpg\" alt=\"She doesn’t know what material he used but it’s green, the color of oxidized copper, and it’s quite lovely.\" width=\"800\" height=\"898\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/05/RS30923_IMG_6491-2-qut-800x898.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/05/RS30923_IMG_6491-2-qut-160x180.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/05/RS30923_IMG_6491-2-qut-1020x1145.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/05/RS30923_IMG_6491-2-qut-1069x1200.jpg 1069w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/05/RS30923_IMG_6491-2-qut.jpg 1920w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/05/RS30923_IMG_6491-2-qut-1180x1324.jpg 1180w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/05/RS30923_IMG_6491-2-qut-960x1078.jpg 960w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/05/RS30923_IMG_6491-2-qut-240x269.jpg 240w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/05/RS30923_IMG_6491-2-qut-375x421.jpg 375w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/05/RS30923_IMG_6491-2-qut-520x584.jpg 520w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Blanca Alvarado doesn’t know what material was used but it’s green, the color of oxidized copper, and it’s quite lovely. \u003ccite>(Rachael Myrow/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>The thing is, Graham opted for his sculpture in the park to be that earthy black and, coiled as it is, it suggests something else. Intentionally so? That’s an open question.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch3>Graham’s (Possible) Revenge\u003c/h3>\n\u003cp>“I think it’s fundamentally an act of revenge,” Herhold says.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Is Herhold telling us Graham wanted revenge because his fabulous proposal for a winged serpent got the ax? No. Herhold thinks it’s revenge for an entirely different project.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Robert Graham had designed, as I mentioned, some work for the Redevelopment Agenc\u003cspan style=\"color: #000000\">y. The initial idea was to build gateways on the four sides of the city. So one on the south, one on the north, one on the west and one on the e\u003c/span>ast. And the Redevelopment Agency showed the media some pictures of this, and the Mercury News in particular sort of said thumbs-down to this. This is a silly idea, these gateways. So Graham had to withdraw that idea. And the feeling, at least among the Redevelopment Agency people I know, was that this was his act of revenge for the loss of that earlier commission,” says Herhold.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003cp>\u003caside class=\"alignleft utils-parseShortcode-shortcodes-__bayCuriousPodcastShortcode__bayCurious\">\u003cimg src=https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/02/bayCuriousLogo.png alt=\"Bay Curious Podcast\" loading=\"lazy\" />\n \u003ca href=\"/news/series/baycurious\">Bay Curious\u003c/a> is a podcast that answers your questions about the Bay Area.\n Subscribe on \u003ca href=\"https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/bay-curious/id1172473406\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Apple Podcasts\u003c/a>,\n \u003ca href=\"http://www.npr.org/podcasts/500557090/bay-curious\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">NPR One\u003c/a> or your favorite podcast platform.\u003c/aside>\u003c/p>\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>He has written about this in the \u003ca href=\"https://www.mercurynews.com/2017/10/16/quetzalcoatl-sculpture-back-in-the-public-eye/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Mercury News\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>How can he be so sure that the Quetzalcoatl sculpture is indeed an act of revenge?\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Herhold acknowledges, “I don’t think you can be sure. Graham is now dead, and as far as I know, he never specifically said this was an act of revenge. But I can tell you the people that I know who were very well placed in the Redevelopment Agency, and even his mother, say this was his revenge.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>That prompts this response from our Bay Curious question asker Daniel Fonseca. “If it was an act of revenge, I think it was very well captured, you know, because that is the first reaction: poop!”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But then Fonseca adds, “There must be a way to elevate this sculpture, to not have ‘poop’ be the first thing that you think. Like add some gardens around. Something that will bring out its significance. It’s set on a pedestal, so even the pedestal could be painted. It clearly needs some work.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>On that score, at least, Blanca Alvarado agrees. “It needs some sprucing up,” she says.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The sculpture was recently power-washed, but that’s it for the foreseeable future, according to San Jose’s \u003ca href=\"http://www.sanjoseculture.org/Facilities/Facility/Details/Public-Art-Plumed-Serpent-Plaza-de-Csar--498\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Office of Cultural Affairs, \u003c/a>which maintains the installation.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>That said, Alvarado is a veteran political activist, and she says she’s fixing to get busy at City Hall, pushing for some imaginative improvement to San Jose’s Queztecoatl.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003c/div>",
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