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"content": "\u003cp>\u003cem>\u003ca href=\"https://theconversation.com/profiles/jason-a-heppler-342338\">Jason A. Heppler\u003c/a> is assistant professor of history at the \u003ca href=\"http://theconversation.com/institutions/university-of-nebraska-omaha-1660\">University of Nebraska Omaha\u003c/a>\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>On Labor Day 1956, a caravan of moving trucks wound their way into Santa Clara County, just south of San Francisco, carrying the possessions of 600 families and equipment for the missile and space labs of the Lockheed Corporation. One month later, Lockheed’s Sunnyvale campus opened for business. Many of the arriving families were relocating to Sunnyvale from the company’s facility in Burbank, in Southern California.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The draw included good jobs in the emerging businesses of electronics research and development, as well as manufacturing of semiconductors and other electronic components for machinery and computers. Affordable housing, a pastoral landscape and a pleasant environment proved very attractive for newcomers. Local boosters, corporate executives and new residents alike \u003ca href=\"https://books.google.com/books?id=KwvEBAAAQBAJ&pg=PT54&dq=Margaret+O%27Mara+environmental+contradictions&hl=en&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwjDxbPal7LXAhUS3YMKHbuvBiwQ6AEIKDAA#v=onepage&q&f=false\">envisioned a modern future\u003c/a> in stark contrast with the declining dirty urban industrial model of the Northeast and Midwest.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>This type of industrial work and manufacturing didn’t need smokestacks, large warehouses, or other markers of the industrial age. The Santa Clara Valley’s promise for leading Northern California into a bright economic future quickly brought the area the nickname “Silicon Valley.” But in the book I am writing, I note that if this convergence of natural surroundings, suburban homes and high-tech industrialization represented a facet of the California dream, it also betrayed it.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>A Bright Illusion of the Future\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>In addition to jobs in electronics and aerospace, the emerging suburbs of Silicon Valley promised newcomers a countryside experience. David Beers, whose father worked at the Sunnyvale Lockheed campus, \u003ca href=\"https://books.google.com/books?id=bVMuLOrHoU8C&pg=PT50&dq=Beers+%22all-year+garden%22&hl=en&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwjz7KDatP_WAhWB64MKHRy-BGgQ6AEIKDAA#v=onepage&q=Beers%20%22all-year%20garden%22&f=false\">remembered\u003c/a> the chamber of commerce brochures claiming an “all-year garden” and “the most beautiful valleys in the world.” Such advertisements were common, assuring home buyers “good living,” the “calm of the country” and “a beautiful walnut and cherry orchard” that “the builder is leaving … for your enjoyment.” The white-collar workers of high tech could make their homes in what appeared to be the countryside.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[contextly_sidebar id=”VIdNmdAj84Svw9BXpHXJ6f6voj4pYKMK”]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Workplaces, too, were different, with manufacturing happening in places that didn’t look like the old industries of the East. The Stanford Industrial Park, founded in the early 1950s, had \u003ca href=\"https://www.cityofpaloalto.org/civicax/filebank/documents/58349\">strict building guidelines\u003c/a> that made it look more like a suburban area than a manufacturing center. Crucially, 60 percent of each lot had to be preserved as open green space, and no smokestacks were allowed.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Everyone thought of smokestacks,” \u003ca href=\"https://purl.stanford.edu/dv559gn8984\">recalled Alf Brandin\u003c/a>, Stanford’s business manager in the 1940s and 1950s. “These new people who came out from the East and settled here thought, ‘Don’t change it. We just left all the smoke and all that junk. Don’t change this.’”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The overall feeling was of much more than just a good job and a nice place to live: a new world was opening, based on computing. Promising young engineers could come west, buy a home and work in the future of the nation’s industry. “There’s a sense of being pioneers here,” Mark Leslie, founder of Synapse Computers, \u003ca href=\"https://www.inc.com/magazine/19820901/3259.html\">told a reporter\u003c/a> in 1982. “I view myself as the kind of guy who would have been living in Detroit in 1910. The future depends on high technology, and we are spearheading it.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Recent college graduates and white-collar workers flocked to the valley to work at companies like Fairchild, Intel, Hewlett-Packard, International Business Machines and Lockheed. The county’s population \u003ca href=\"http://www.bayareacensus.ca.gov/bayarea70.htm\">more than quadrupled\u003c/a> in 30 years, from 290,547 in 1950 to 1,265,200 in 1980. But the clean, gleaming future they imagined was already being tarnished.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>Fairchild Contamination\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>Semiconductor manufacturing involves very carefully connecting microscopic electrical components to each other on large plates of silicon. Pieces of dust can block sensitive circuits, and the smallest scratches can render everything useless. So to clean the silicon wafers and the parts joined to them, manufacturers used \u003ca href=\"https://books.google.com/books?id=-L0ODAAAQBAJ&pg=PA185&dq=semiconductor+chemical+solvents+cleaning+TCE&hl=en&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwjxra6JuP_WAhXE1IMKHUqAD6cQ6AEINzAD#v=onepage&q=semiconductor%20chemical%20solvents%20cleaning%20TCE&f=false\">harsh chemical solvents\u003c/a> like \u003ca href=\"https://www.epa.gov/assessing-and-managing-chemicals-under-tsca/risk-management-trichloroethylene-tce\">1,1,1 trichloroethane\u003c/a>, \u003ca href=\"https://www.atsdr.cdc.gov/mmg/mmg.asp?id=291&tid=53\">xylene\u003c/a> and \u003ca href=\"https://toxtown.nlm.nih.gov/text_version/chemicals.php?id=77\">methanol\u003c/a>. These chemicals were stored on-site in containers designed to safely hold them.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[contextly_sidebar id=”1ztNgjHptbjViwOK9hqyctztdk6xB0mK”]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But in December 1981, construction workers discovered a leaking chemical solvents tank at Fairchild Semiconductor’s southern San Jose facility.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>A cancer-causing chemical, TCE, had found its way into \u003ca href=\"https://www.inc.com/magazine/19820901/3259.html\">nearby drinking-water wells\u003c/a>. The water company promptly shut off pumping water from those wells. A month later, the San Jose Mercury News broke the story of the chemical leak. TCE accumulated in wells at nearly 20 times the permissible limit established by the Environmental Protection Agency. Over the course of two years, \u003ca href=\"https://nepis.epa.gov/Exe/ZyNET.exe/9100976C.txt?ZyActionD=ZyDocument&Client=EPA&Index=1986%20Thru%201990&Docs=&Query=&Time=&EndTime=&SearchMethod=1&TocRestrict=n&Toc=&TocEntry=&QField=&QFieldYear=&QFieldMonth=&QFieldDay=&UseQField=&IntQFieldOp=0&ExtQFieldOp=0&XmlQuery=&File=D%3A%5CZYFILES%5CINDEX%20DATA%5C86THRU90%5CTXT%5C00000020%5C9100976C.txt&User=ANONYMOUS&Password=anonymous&SortMethod=h%7C-&MaximumDocuments=1&FuzzyDegree=0&ImageQuality=r75g8/r75g8/x150y150g16/i425&Display=hpfr&DefSeekPage=x&SearchBack=ZyActionL&Back=ZyActionS&BackDesc=Results%20page&MaximumPages=1&ZyEntry=4\">more than 60,000 gallons\u003c/a> of toxic chemicals had leaked from the tank, spreading underground more than half a mile into the surrounding neighborhood of Los Paseos.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>Neighbors Speak Up\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>For the residents of the Los Paseos neighborhood, just across the street from Fairchild, the news of the chemical leak suddenly explained the stories of birth defects among their neighbors. \u003ca href=\"https://www.inc.com/magazine/19820901/3259.html\">Lorraine Ross\u003c/a>, whose daughter had her first open-heart surgery at nine months old, couldn’t help but wonder if the four birth defects, two miscarriages and one stillbirth of Los Paseos in the past two years were \u003ca href=\"http://www.nytimes.com/1982/05/20/us/leaking-chemicals-in-california-s-silicon-valley-alarm-neighbors.html\">connected to water contamination\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>She organized others in the neighborhood to ask questions, eventually partnering with a young lawyer, Ted Smith, who founded a new advocacy organization called the \u003ca href=\"http://svtc.org/\">Silicon Valley Toxics Coalition\u003c/a>. The Silicon Valley Toxics Coalition was designed to advocate for neighborhoods, helping draft new county and city ordinances related to the storage, transportation and disposal of chemicals and gases in Santa Clara County.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11630865\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-11630865\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2017/11/valley-toxics-file-20171018-32348-9u7c5d-800x478.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"800\" height=\"478\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2017/11/valley-toxics-file-20171018-32348-9u7c5d-800x478.png 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2017/11/valley-toxics-file-20171018-32348-9u7c5d-160x96.png 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2017/11/valley-toxics-file-20171018-32348-9u7c5d-960x574.png 960w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2017/11/valley-toxics-file-20171018-32348-9u7c5d-240x144.png 240w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2017/11/valley-toxics-file-20171018-32348-9u7c5d-375x224.png 375w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2017/11/valley-toxics-file-20171018-32348-9u7c5d-520x311.png 520w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2017/11/valley-toxics-file-20171018-32348-9u7c5d.png 1000w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Silicon Valley Toxics Coalition flyer \u003ccite>(\u003ca class=\"source\" href=\"http://www.oac.cdlib.org/findaid/ark:/13030/kt2b69r7hf/\">Folder 3, Box 11, Silicon Valley Toxics Coalition Papers, San Jose State University\u003c/a>)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>News of the Fairchild leak captured the attention of the Bay Area. The presence of these chemicals and synthetics were a revelation.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“There was no doubt in my mind that this was a clean industry,” \u003ca href=\"http://www.nytimes.com/1982/05/20/us/leaking-chemicals-in-california-s-silicon-valley-alarm-neighbors.html\">remarked\u003c/a> San Jose Mayor Janet Gray Hayes. Lorraine Ross echoed this sentiment, telling a reporter that “we thought we were living with a clean industry.” But it wasn’t true.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>Widespread Pollution\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>Fairchild wasn’t alone in leaking pollution into the vibrant environment and thriving communities around its industrial sites.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[contextly_sidebar id=”5wUjDuF9sZhdXXbosaSakSb3TfaQyPOj”]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>By 1992, one study found that \u003ca href=\"https://nyupress.org/books/9780814767092/\">57 private and 47 public drinking wells\u003c/a> were contaminated. Santa Clara County authorities determined that 65 of the 79 companies they investigated had contaminated the soil beneath their facilities. Several companies were forced to pay several million dollars for the cleanup of polluted sites, as well as install new monitoring equipment to prevent leaks for occurring again. Fairchild Semiconductor and other companies in the Los Paseos area found to have contaminated the water agreed to pay a multi-million-dollar settlement to 530 residents in southern San Jose.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency eventually \u003ca href=\"http://dissertation.jasonheppler.org/visualizations/companies/\">determined 29 polluted sites were eligible for Superfund\u003c/a> cleanup money over the course of the 1980s — 24 of which resulted from high-tech industries. Under \u003ca href=\"https://www.epa.gov/superfund\">Superfund\u003c/a>, polluted sites that particularly threaten wildlife or human health become eligible for federal funding to help clean up hazardous and contaminated sites. By the end of the ’80s, Santa Clara County had \u003ca href=\"https://qz.com/1017181/silicon-valley-pollution-there-are-more-superfund-sites-in-santa-clara-than-any-other-us-county/\">more Superfund sites\u003c/a> than any other county in the United States. \u003ca href=\"https://www.epa.gov/superfund/search-superfund-sites-where-you-live\">Twenty-three of the sites\u003c/a> remain in remediation today.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https://counter.theconversation.com/content/85810/count.gif?distributor=republish-lightbox-basic\" alt=\"The Conversation\" width=\"1\" height=\"1\">By accident and by neglect, the promise of clean industrialization proved elusive. Thousands of people migrated to the Santa Clara Valley hoping to take part in the remarkable convergence of affordable housing and new jobs. And while smokestacks were absent from electronics manufacturing, the presence of highly toxic chemicals – trichloroethane and chlorinated solvents – shattered the illusion behind the tech industry’s green image. The industry permanently altered the land and human bodies.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cem>This article originally appeared in \u003ca href=\"http://theconversation.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">The Conversation\u003c/a>, a publication that features academics writing about their research and ideas for the public. 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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Workplaces, too, were different, with manufacturing happening in places that didn’t look like the old industries of the East. The Stanford Industrial Park, founded in the early 1950s, had \u003ca href=\"https://www.cityofpaloalto.org/civicax/filebank/documents/58349\">strict building guidelines\u003c/a> that made it look more like a suburban area than a manufacturing center. Crucially, 60 percent of each lot had to be preserved as open green space, and no smokestacks were allowed.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Everyone thought of smokestacks,” \u003ca href=\"https://purl.stanford.edu/dv559gn8984\">recalled Alf Brandin\u003c/a>, Stanford’s business manager in the 1940s and 1950s. “These new people who came out from the East and settled here thought, ‘Don’t change it. We just left all the smoke and all that junk. Don’t change this.’”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The overall feeling was of much more than just a good job and a nice place to live: a new world was opening, based on computing. Promising young engineers could come west, buy a home and work in the future of the nation’s industry. “There’s a sense of being pioneers here,” Mark Leslie, founder of Synapse Computers, \u003ca href=\"https://www.inc.com/magazine/19820901/3259.html\">told a reporter\u003c/a> in 1982. “I view myself as the kind of guy who would have been living in Detroit in 1910. The future depends on high technology, and we are spearheading it.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Recent college graduates and white-collar workers flocked to the valley to work at companies like Fairchild, Intel, Hewlett-Packard, International Business Machines and Lockheed. The county’s population \u003ca href=\"http://www.bayareacensus.ca.gov/bayarea70.htm\">more than quadrupled\u003c/a> in 30 years, from 290,547 in 1950 to 1,265,200 in 1980. But the clean, gleaming future they imagined was already being tarnished.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>Fairchild Contamination\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>Semiconductor manufacturing involves very carefully connecting microscopic electrical components to each other on large plates of silicon. Pieces of dust can block sensitive circuits, and the smallest scratches can render everything useless. So to clean the silicon wafers and the parts joined to them, manufacturers used \u003ca href=\"https://books.google.com/books?id=-L0ODAAAQBAJ&pg=PA185&dq=semiconductor+chemical+solvents+cleaning+TCE&hl=en&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwjxra6JuP_WAhXE1IMKHUqAD6cQ6AEINzAD#v=onepage&q=semiconductor%20chemical%20solvents%20cleaning%20TCE&f=false\">harsh chemical solvents\u003c/a> like \u003ca href=\"https://www.epa.gov/assessing-and-managing-chemicals-under-tsca/risk-management-trichloroethylene-tce\">1,1,1 trichloroethane\u003c/a>, \u003ca href=\"https://www.atsdr.cdc.gov/mmg/mmg.asp?id=291&tid=53\">xylene\u003c/a> and \u003ca href=\"https://toxtown.nlm.nih.gov/text_version/chemicals.php?id=77\">methanol\u003c/a>. These chemicals were stored on-site in containers designed to safely hold them.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But in December 1981, construction workers discovered a leaking chemical solvents tank at Fairchild Semiconductor’s southern San Jose facility.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>A cancer-causing chemical, TCE, had found its way into \u003ca href=\"https://www.inc.com/magazine/19820901/3259.html\">nearby drinking-water wells\u003c/a>. The water company promptly shut off pumping water from those wells. A month later, the San Jose Mercury News broke the story of the chemical leak. TCE accumulated in wells at nearly 20 times the permissible limit established by the Environmental Protection Agency. Over the course of two years, \u003ca href=\"https://nepis.epa.gov/Exe/ZyNET.exe/9100976C.txt?ZyActionD=ZyDocument&Client=EPA&Index=1986%20Thru%201990&Docs=&Query=&Time=&EndTime=&SearchMethod=1&TocRestrict=n&Toc=&TocEntry=&QField=&QFieldYear=&QFieldMonth=&QFieldDay=&UseQField=&IntQFieldOp=0&ExtQFieldOp=0&XmlQuery=&File=D%3A%5CZYFILES%5CINDEX%20DATA%5C86THRU90%5CTXT%5C00000020%5C9100976C.txt&User=ANONYMOUS&Password=anonymous&SortMethod=h%7C-&MaximumDocuments=1&FuzzyDegree=0&ImageQuality=r75g8/r75g8/x150y150g16/i425&Display=hpfr&DefSeekPage=x&SearchBack=ZyActionL&Back=ZyActionS&BackDesc=Results%20page&MaximumPages=1&ZyEntry=4\">more than 60,000 gallons\u003c/a> of toxic chemicals had leaked from the tank, spreading underground more than half a mile into the surrounding neighborhood of Los Paseos.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>Neighbors Speak Up\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>For the residents of the Los Paseos neighborhood, just across the street from Fairchild, the news of the chemical leak suddenly explained the stories of birth defects among their neighbors. \u003ca href=\"https://www.inc.com/magazine/19820901/3259.html\">Lorraine Ross\u003c/a>, whose daughter had her first open-heart surgery at nine months old, couldn’t help but wonder if the four birth defects, two miscarriages and one stillbirth of Los Paseos in the past two years were \u003ca href=\"http://www.nytimes.com/1982/05/20/us/leaking-chemicals-in-california-s-silicon-valley-alarm-neighbors.html\">connected to water contamination\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>She organized others in the neighborhood to ask questions, eventually partnering with a young lawyer, Ted Smith, who founded a new advocacy organization called the \u003ca href=\"http://svtc.org/\">Silicon Valley Toxics Coalition\u003c/a>. The Silicon Valley Toxics Coalition was designed to advocate for neighborhoods, helping draft new county and city ordinances related to the storage, transportation and disposal of chemicals and gases in Santa Clara County.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11630865\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-11630865\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2017/11/valley-toxics-file-20171018-32348-9u7c5d-800x478.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"800\" height=\"478\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2017/11/valley-toxics-file-20171018-32348-9u7c5d-800x478.png 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2017/11/valley-toxics-file-20171018-32348-9u7c5d-160x96.png 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2017/11/valley-toxics-file-20171018-32348-9u7c5d-960x574.png 960w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2017/11/valley-toxics-file-20171018-32348-9u7c5d-240x144.png 240w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2017/11/valley-toxics-file-20171018-32348-9u7c5d-375x224.png 375w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2017/11/valley-toxics-file-20171018-32348-9u7c5d-520x311.png 520w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2017/11/valley-toxics-file-20171018-32348-9u7c5d.png 1000w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Silicon Valley Toxics Coalition flyer \u003ccite>(\u003ca class=\"source\" href=\"http://www.oac.cdlib.org/findaid/ark:/13030/kt2b69r7hf/\">Folder 3, Box 11, Silicon Valley Toxics Coalition Papers, San Jose State University\u003c/a>)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>News of the Fairchild leak captured the attention of the Bay Area. The presence of these chemicals and synthetics were a revelation.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“There was no doubt in my mind that this was a clean industry,” \u003ca href=\"http://www.nytimes.com/1982/05/20/us/leaking-chemicals-in-california-s-silicon-valley-alarm-neighbors.html\">remarked\u003c/a> San Jose Mayor Janet Gray Hayes. Lorraine Ross echoed this sentiment, telling a reporter that “we thought we were living with a clean industry.” But it wasn’t true.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>Widespread Pollution\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>Fairchild wasn’t alone in leaking pollution into the vibrant environment and thriving communities around its industrial sites.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>By 1992, one study found that \u003ca href=\"https://nyupress.org/books/9780814767092/\">57 private and 47 public drinking wells\u003c/a> were contaminated. Santa Clara County authorities determined that 65 of the 79 companies they investigated had contaminated the soil beneath their facilities. Several companies were forced to pay several million dollars for the cleanup of polluted sites, as well as install new monitoring equipment to prevent leaks for occurring again. Fairchild Semiconductor and other companies in the Los Paseos area found to have contaminated the water agreed to pay a multi-million-dollar settlement to 530 residents in southern San Jose.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency eventually \u003ca href=\"http://dissertation.jasonheppler.org/visualizations/companies/\">determined 29 polluted sites were eligible for Superfund\u003c/a> cleanup money over the course of the 1980s — 24 of which resulted from high-tech industries. Under \u003ca href=\"https://www.epa.gov/superfund\">Superfund\u003c/a>, polluted sites that particularly threaten wildlife or human health become eligible for federal funding to help clean up hazardous and contaminated sites. By the end of the ’80s, Santa Clara County had \u003ca href=\"https://qz.com/1017181/silicon-valley-pollution-there-are-more-superfund-sites-in-santa-clara-than-any-other-us-county/\">more Superfund sites\u003c/a> than any other county in the United States. \u003ca href=\"https://www.epa.gov/superfund/search-superfund-sites-where-you-live\">Twenty-three of the sites\u003c/a> remain in remediation today.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https://counter.theconversation.com/content/85810/count.gif?distributor=republish-lightbox-basic\" alt=\"The Conversation\" width=\"1\" height=\"1\">By accident and by neglect, the promise of clean industrialization proved elusive. Thousands of people migrated to the Santa Clara Valley hoping to take part in the remarkable convergence of affordable housing and new jobs. And while smokestacks were absent from electronics manufacturing, the presence of highly toxic chemicals – trichloroethane and chlorinated solvents – shattered the illusion behind the tech industry’s green image. The industry permanently altered the land and human bodies.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cem>This article originally appeared in \u003ca href=\"http://theconversation.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">The Conversation\u003c/a>, a publication that features academics writing about their research and ideas for the public. KQED and The Conversation are partners in the \u003ca href=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/series/californiadream/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">California Dream\u003c/a> project, a collaboration looking at the Golden State’s promise, whether we are achieving it, and the future of California.\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cem>\u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/series/californiadream/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">The California Dream series\u003c/a> is a statewide media collaboration of CALmatters, KPBS, KPCC, KQED and Capital Public Radio with support from the Corporation for Public Broadcasting, the James Irvine Foundation and the College Futures Foundation.\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003c/div>",
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"content": "\u003cp>As the city of San Jose and the Santa Clara Valley Water District prepare for winter storms, they are garnering feedback from residents on their preferred form of emergency contact, as well as hoping to apply lessons learned from the response to the \u003ca href=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/tag/north-bay-fires/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">North Bay fires\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Officials from the city and the district are hoping that winter rains won’t bring with them a repeat of \u003ca href=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/2017/08/22/the-san-jose-flood-what-went-wrong-and-how-the-city-plans-to-fix-it/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">February’s disaster in Coyote Creek\u003c/a>, when flooding led to 40,000 evacuations and $100 million in property damage.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Local government was criticized at the time for not having a universal alert system in place to notify residents.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>On Saturday, the city held the last of three resource fairs, where residents were encouraged to sign up for emergency alerts, take a tutorial in preparing sandbags and hear about the \u003ca href=\"https://nextdoor.com/agency-post/ca/santa-clara-county/santa-clara-valley-water-district-1/board-to-review-draft-joint-emergency-action-plan-and-short-term-proposals-for-coyote-creek-project-60830765/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Joint Emergency Action Plan being developed\u003c/a> to prepare for the winter storms.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[contextly_sidebar id=”DSqQx1HHYgVjkrVoyW1I0d5os96X9zCL”]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Residents were also asked to vote their preference on different ways the city could contact them in an emergency.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“It’s one thing for us to write a plan that we think is effective,” said Ray Riordan, San Jose’s director of emergency management. “It’s also important for us to get the feedback from the public and how they think it would be more effective for them to get communications and notifications.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Riordan said over the course of the three meetings, residents have overwhelmingly favored two modes of communication: a \u003ca href=\"https://www.fcc.gov/consumers/guides/wireless-emergency-alerts-wea\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Wireless Emergency Alert\u003c/a> sent to a cellphone and a loud announcement from a powerful speaker driven through the streets.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Unlike other alert systems, Wireless Emergency Alerts do not require users to sign up. Instead they are sent to cellphones in a certain area, like an Amber Alert.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“A lot of people don’t like to give their information out, which we respect and understand,” Riordan said. “The WEA alert system goes out using local cell systems.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>After large wildfires broke out in Sonoma County this month, officials \u003ca href=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/2017/10/17/feinstein-harris-press-fcc-on-wireless-alert-failures-during-wildfires/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">faced questions\u003c/a> over why the WEA alerts were not deployed. Napa County was not participating in the WEA program.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Outside of Saturday’s resource fair at the Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Library in downtown San Jose, a slightly less high-tech form of emergency communication was on display.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11626696\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-11626696 size-medium\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2017/10/IMG_0702-e1509299903229-800x600.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"800\" height=\"600\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2017/10/IMG_0702-e1509299903229-800x600.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2017/10/IMG_0702-e1509299903229-160x120.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2017/10/IMG_0702-e1509299903229-1020x765.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2017/10/IMG_0702-e1509299903229-1920x1440.jpg 1920w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2017/10/IMG_0702-e1509299903229-1180x885.jpg 1180w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2017/10/IMG_0702-e1509299903229-960x720.jpg 960w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2017/10/IMG_0702-e1509299903229-240x180.jpg 240w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2017/10/IMG_0702-e1509299903229-375x281.jpg 375w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2017/10/IMG_0702-e1509299903229-520x390.jpg 520w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2017/10/IMG_0702-e1509299903229.jpg 2016w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">An outdoor emergency speaker on display in downtown San Jose. \u003ccite>(Guy Marzorati/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>A large speaker was hoisted on top of a trailer and hooked onto the back of an SUV.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Sort of your basic, old-school loudspeaker getting out information,” is how Councilman Raul Peralez described it. “We have the ability to program it in multiple different languages, which we’re going to do.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>San Jose resident India Meisner liked the idea of the WEA alert, but also said that a loudspeaker could be the best way to get in touch with her senior neighbors, who may not have cellphones.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[contextly_sidebar id=”y65bbGWF84EZYsZohjy4WsZHaAE4SDlL”]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“It would be so annoying and so loud that you’d have no choice but to evacuate,” she said. “So it would encourage reluctant people to evacuate.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The speaker system arrived in San Jose only a couple of weeks ago, but it already went for a successful test run in Santa Rosa, where Ray Riordan brought it to broadcast public health information for residents returning to the Coffey Park neighborhood.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“They were able to hear a message on a regular basis about what they needed to be careful of as they \u003ca href=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/2017/10/20/post-disaster-checklist-returning-home-after-evacuation-order-lifted/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">return home\u003c/a>,” he said. “We can use this system for alert notifications ahead of time.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>San Jose officials said they will use all available forms of communication should a flood or other disaster arise. They also urged residents to prepare their own disaster plans and \u003ca href=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/2017/10/10/heres-what-you-should-have-in-your-emergency-bag/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">personal kits\u003c/a>, noting the risk of future disasters like more floods, fires or an earthquake.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Being better prepared individually is really one of the best things that we can do,” Peralez said.\u003c/p>\n\n",
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They also urged residents to prepare their own disaster plans and \u003ca href=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/2017/10/10/heres-what-you-should-have-in-your-emergency-bag/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">personal kits\u003c/a>, noting the risk of future disasters like more floods, fires or an earthquake.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Being better prepared individually is really one of the best things that we can do,” Peralez said.\u003c/p>\n\n\u003c/div>\u003c/p>",
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"content": "\u003cp>Ready or not, California will start recreational marijuana sales on Jan. 1. And, mostly, it's not.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Los Angeles and San Francisco are among many cities still struggling to fashion local rules for pot shops and growers. Without the regulations, there could be limited options in many places for consumers eager to ring in the new year with a legal pot purchase.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"The bulk of folks probably are not going to be ready Jan. 1,\" conceded Cara Martinson of the California State Association of Counties.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In general, California will treat cannabis like alcohol, allowing people 21 and older to legally possess up to an ounce and grow six marijuana plants at home.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Come January, the newly legalized recreational sales will be merged with the state's two-decade-old medical marijuana market, which is also coming under much stronger regulation.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But big gaps loom in the system intended to move cannabis from the field to distribution centers, then to testing labs and eventually retail shops.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The state intends to issue only temporary licenses starting in January, and it has yet to release its plan to govern the estimated $7 billion marketplace, the nation's largest legal pot economy.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>If businesses aren't licensed and operating in the legal market, governments aren't collecting their slice of revenue from sales. The state alone estimates it could see as much as $1 billion roll in within several years.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Operators have complained about what they see as potential conflicts in various laws and rules, or seemingly contradictory plans.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The state expects businesses that receive licenses will only work with others that hold them. But that has alarmed operators who wonder what will happen if their supplier, for example, decides not to join the new legal market.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Others say it's not clear what could happen in cities that don't enact pot laws, which they warn could open a loophole for businesses to set up shop. Some communities have banned recreational sales completely.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Most banks continue to refuse to do business with marijuana operators - pot remains illegal under federal law - and there are also problems obtaining insurance.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>With recreational legalization fast approaching, \"we don't have enough of anything,\" lamented Hezekiah Allen, executive director of the California Growers Association, a marijuana industry group.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The route to legalization began last year when voters approved Proposition 64, which opened the way for recreational pot sales to adults in the nation's most populous state.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Unlike the state, cities and counties face no deadline to act. However, the concern is that confusion and a patchwork of local rules could discourage operators from entering the legal economy, feeding a black market that could undercut the legitimate one.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Local regulation is a foundation block of the emerging pot economy: A grower or retailer needs a local permit first, which is a steppingstone to obtaining a state license to operate.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But those rules remain in limbo in many places.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>San Jose, the state's third-largest city, has a temporary ban on sales other than medical pot but officials this week proposed hearings to take another look at how to regulate the local industry.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Kern County, home to nearly 900,000 people, has banned the sale of marijuana even as California legalizes it. Supervisors said they see it as a danger to citizens and also voted to phase out more than two dozen medical marijuana dispensaries.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In Los Angeles, which by some estimates could be a $1 billion marketplace, voters have been strongly supportive of legal pot.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But its proposed regulations hit snags, including a dispute over a proposal for so-called certificates of compliance, which operators feared would not meet qualification requirements for state licenses.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Adam Spiker, executive director of the Southern California Coalition, an industry group, warned last month that L.A.'s draft rules could upend the emerging industry by failing to provide a prompt way to license suppliers, potentially forcing then to shut down. And he's dubious that the city will be ready to begin issuing licenses on Jan. 1.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"There's not a lot of calendar days left in the year,\" he said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>San Francisco, another city that strongly supports legalization, still is debating local rules. Again, it's uncertain what will be ready, or when.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"What we want to do is bring everything into the daylight, regulate it, get fees for the cost of regulation and collect taxes as appropriate,\" said county Supervisor Jeff Sheehy.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>San Diego is among the cities ready to get the recreational market going.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Phil Rath, executive director of the United Medical Marijuana Coalition, a San Diego trade group, said years of disorder in the medical market led to increased black market business. That provided a ready example of how not to manage recreational sales.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>San Diego moved promptly, setting up a system that will allow recreational sales at dispensaries permitted under the medical system, once they qualify for a state license.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Industry experts say the distribution system - a sort of main artery where pot will be received from growers, sent out for testing, taxed, and eventually shipped to retail stores - is not robust enough to support the vast new market.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The distributor model \"was the subject of most of the political wrangling over the last two years,\" Allen said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"That's the control point,\" he said, but \"we don't have enough of them.\"\u003c/p>\n\n",
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"content": "\u003cp>Tech giant Amazon is \u003ca href=\"https://www.amazon.com/b?ie=UTF8&node=17044620011\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">looking for a home\u003c/a> for its second headquarters.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The company got 238 proposals from across North America, and some cities are going to great lengths to get its attention: New York temporarily turned the Empire State Building orange, to match the Amazon logo. Tucson shipped the company a 21-foot cactus. The city of Stonecrest, Georgia, offered to rename itself “Amazon.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>And, of course, lots of cities and states are hoping to win over the Seattle-based company with massive tax breaks. Chicago is reportedly offering \u003ca href=\"http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/local/politics/ct-met-illinois-amazon-tax-incentives-20171023-story.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">north of $2 billion\u003c/a> in incentives. New Jersey is offering \u003ca href=\"http://nj.gov/governor/news/news/552017/approved/20171016c.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">$7 billion\u003c/a> if Amazon picks Newark.\u003c/p>\n\u003caside class=\"pullquote alignright\">Fresno officials are pitching it as an opportunity for Amazon to become the 'ultimate corporate citizen.'\u003c/aside>\n\u003cp>In California \u003ca href=\"http://www.chulavistaca.gov/businesses/welcome-home-amazon\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">some cities\u003c/a> are offering major incentives, too -- but a couple are gambling on a different offer: nothing.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Proposals from Fresno and San Jose don't put up a dime in direct financial incentives. San Jose Mayor Sam Liccardo \u003ca href=\"https://www.wsj.com/articles/why-im-not-bidding-for-amazons-hq-1507158668\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">thinks subsidies just aren't good for taxpayers\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Fresno’s director of economic development agrees.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"What we see with incentives oftentimes is that it’s a race to the bottom,\" says Larry Westerlund, who wrote \u003ca href=\"https://docs.google.com/viewer?url=https%3A%2F%2Fassets.documentcloud.org%2Fdocuments%2F4113398%2FFresno-s-Amazon-HQ2-cover-letter-10-18-2017.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">the city's proposal for Amazon\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>He says that when incentives get too big, it can take a long time for a city to see benefits. And while the 50,000 jobs Amazon is promising to bring with its new headquarters would be good for Fresno, the change would be hard on some people, too.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"We want to ensure that we don’t push out that middle class to where they have to commute to Visalia to be able to afford a home and then commute back and forth,\" Westerlund says.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>So the city’s proposal offers a partnership with Amazon that would invest tax revenue the company generates into projects that are good for Fresno.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[contextly_sidebar id=\"PpKihWrFWl8VIY4dqWDuUYhpstLljY04\"]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The money would go to building affordable housing and transportation infrastructure. Some would go toward creating a new generation of tech-savvy employees. City officials are pitching it as an opportunity for Amazon to become the \"ultimate corporate citizen.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Westerlund admits it’s a long shot, but he points to Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos' penchant for making unconventional business moves. Maybe, Westerlund says, Fresno's proposal is so unorthodox the company might go for it.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"We hope that that will catch their eye,\" Westerlund says, \"and they’ll go, 'Let’s do something different this time.' \"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Amazon launched its search on Sept. 7. The deadline to submit a proposal was Oct. 19. The company says it will announce a decision next year.\u003c/p>\n\n",
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"content": "\u003cp>It’s Saturday night, and the work studio TechSpace in downtown San Jose is nearly empty. For Chrystie Mariano the quiet allows her to concentrate on the repetitive motion of the laser cutting and engraving machine.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“The beautiful thing about working on the laser is that you can just keep loading it,” Mariano laughs. “And you can kind of just be a lazy butt and watch it.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[audio src=\"https://www.kqed.org/.stream/anon/radio/RDnews/2017/09/MosleySanJoseFloodFolo.mp3\" title=\"Seven Months After the Flood, Many San Jose Residents Still Homeless\" program=\"KQED News\" image=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2017/09/IMG_0141.jpg\"]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Producing art gives Mariano a temporary escape from her problems, like finding a place to live. Mariano lost her home in the Coyote Creek flood in February. When we met, Mariano had just spent her first night sleeping in a car. It was scary — her mind was racing all night.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I kept thinking, is someone going to break into the car while I’m sleeping?” Mariano says. “There’s only a window separating us from the outside.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11617164\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-11617164\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2017/09/IMG_0144-800x600.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"800\" height=\"600\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2017/09/IMG_0144-800x600.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2017/09/IMG_0144-160x120.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2017/09/IMG_0144-1020x765.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2017/09/IMG_0144-1920x1440.jpg 1920w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2017/09/IMG_0144-1180x885.jpg 1180w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2017/09/IMG_0144-960x720.jpg 960w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2017/09/IMG_0144-240x180.jpg 240w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2017/09/IMG_0144-375x281.jpg 375w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2017/09/IMG_0144-520x390.jpg 520w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Chrystie Mariano, 41, creates a design on coasters she’ll sell to a nonprofit. Creating art takes her mind off her living situation. \u003ccite>(Tonya Mosley/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>About 40,000 people were evacuated after Coyote Creek flooded on Feb. 21. Most were able to return to their homes, but Mariano is one of many San Jose residents experiencing long-term displacement. According to Catholic Charities, the lead agency in providing long-term services to flood victims, about 153 people are homeless, many living in hotels, temporary apartments or shelters.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>‘I’m Coming Up on That Last Domino’\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>Like many residents, Mariano was teetering well before the flood. In the 11 years she lived on the bottom floor of her triplex, the rent had gone from $850 a month to $1,295 a month. Between selling art and her disability check, Mariano barely brings in $2,000 a month.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Then there are the hardships you can’t put into numbers. Mariano’s mom died a few years ago, and her husband had a stroke and had to move in with his parents. And then Mariano was diagnosed with kidney disease. She’s now on dialysis three times a week.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I feel like there’s a set of dominoes. And I don’t mean to be dark, but I’m coming up on that last domino,” she says.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>After the flood, there was an outpouring. People gave money and landlords offered temporary housing. In partnership with the Silicon Valley Community Foundation, San Jose was able to distribute $6.9 million to nonprofit relief organizations, which in turn assisted families in getting back on their feet. Mariano was able to secure a temporary apartment, but her lease ended in August — and much of the goodwill she received has dried up.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>‘We Can’t Fix Everything’\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>Emily Prado is with Catholic Charities, the lead agency providing long-term disaster relief in San Jose. She says they’ve helped over 600 people find permanent housing, but there are still about 150 others like Mariano, who are striking out.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“There are so many reasons why, but I’ve noticed that some of the clients are coming back to me saying that some of the landlords are requesting three times the rent,” Prado says.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>This is a major hurdle because most of the people who are still looking were paying below-market rents and living on a fixed income.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Some of my thoughts are, ‘Wow, I’m never going to find housing for them,’ ” Prado says. “But then, I have that one client who lands permanent housing, and that gives me hope for the next client.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11617165\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-11617165 size-medium\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2017/09/IMG_0159-800x600.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"800\" height=\"600\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2017/09/IMG_0159-800x600.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2017/09/IMG_0159-160x120.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2017/09/IMG_0159-1020x765.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2017/09/IMG_0159-1920x1440.jpg 1920w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2017/09/IMG_0159-1180x885.jpg 1180w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2017/09/IMG_0159-960x720.jpg 960w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2017/09/IMG_0159-240x180.jpg 240w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2017/09/IMG_0159-375x281.jpg 375w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2017/09/IMG_0159-520x390.jpg 520w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Catholic Charities housing coordinator Emily Prado scours the internet for housing ads for her clients.\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>It’s a plight that disaster victims often face after the support dries up. But high rents in the Bay Area pose a unique problem, says Prado.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“We can’t fix everything and sometimes I go home with that, but you know the next day I get up and I try my hardest to do what I can on my end,” Prado says.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>She says Catholic Charities has been developing relationships with landlords, trying to get them to see the benefit of housing these people who have lost so much. She’s extending her searches beyond Santa Clara County and nudging her clients to think about moving farther away — to more affordable areas.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But Mariano says she’s not ready to leave the only city she’s ever really called home.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I was fine with where I was,” Mariano says. “It wasn’t the nicest place, but it was home. I want my home back. 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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Producing art gives Mariano a temporary escape from her problems, like finding a place to live. Mariano lost her home in the Coyote Creek flood in February. When we met, Mariano had just spent her first night sleeping in a car. It was scary — her mind was racing all night.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I kept thinking, is someone going to break into the car while I’m sleeping?” Mariano says. “There’s only a window separating us from the outside.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11617164\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-11617164\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2017/09/IMG_0144-800x600.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"800\" height=\"600\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2017/09/IMG_0144-800x600.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2017/09/IMG_0144-160x120.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2017/09/IMG_0144-1020x765.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2017/09/IMG_0144-1920x1440.jpg 1920w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2017/09/IMG_0144-1180x885.jpg 1180w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2017/09/IMG_0144-960x720.jpg 960w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2017/09/IMG_0144-240x180.jpg 240w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2017/09/IMG_0144-375x281.jpg 375w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2017/09/IMG_0144-520x390.jpg 520w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Chrystie Mariano, 41, creates a design on coasters she’ll sell to a nonprofit. Creating art takes her mind off her living situation. \u003ccite>(Tonya Mosley/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>About 40,000 people were evacuated after Coyote Creek flooded on Feb. 21. Most were able to return to their homes, but Mariano is one of many San Jose residents experiencing long-term displacement. According to Catholic Charities, the lead agency in providing long-term services to flood victims, about 153 people are homeless, many living in hotels, temporary apartments or shelters.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>‘I’m Coming Up on That Last Domino’\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>Like many residents, Mariano was teetering well before the flood. In the 11 years she lived on the bottom floor of her triplex, the rent had gone from $850 a month to $1,295 a month. Between selling art and her disability check, Mariano barely brings in $2,000 a month.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003c/div>",
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Many people who marched against the Vietnam War will tell you the media at that time tended to downplay the size of crowds and focus their reports on violence. (This demonstration had been peaceful for hours before the scene on this video.)\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/arts/programs/vietnamwar/\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-full wp-image-11616324\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2017/09/TheVietnamWar_web-banners-1180x177-e1505162432907.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"301\" height=\"301\">\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>That was the perspective of one shy physics major who was part of the crowd that day, Gil Villagran. Today, Villagran’s hair is short and white. He walks with a cane. But on that day in 1967, Villagran was an obvious target for police photographers looking to identify troublemakers. 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He’s trimmed since then, but his fervor for political protest remains strong. \u003ccite>(Photo: Courtesy of Gil Villagran)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Those photos would lead to his expulsion, making Villagran one of a handful of demonstrators who paid a price for putting San Jose State in the national headlines. Later that week, a letter arrived, special delivery, at his parents’ home in Santa Clara.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>It reads: “The Governor of the state of California, Ronald Reagan, the trustees of the California State University system, the president of the university, have determined that your presence on this campus is a danger to faculty, students and staff.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I’ve never seen my mother so distraught,” Villagran said.\u003c/p>\n\u003caside class=\"alignright\">\n\u003ch3>The Bay Area Reacts to the Vietnam War\u003c/h3>\n\u003cp>\u003c!-- iframe plugin v.4.3 wordpress.org/plugins/iframe/ -->\u003cbr>\n\u003ciframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" src=\"https://www.youtube.com/embed/5N_CZoYSc7M?rel=0\" frameborder=\"0\" scrolling=\"yes\" class=\"iframe-class\">\u003c/iframe>\u003c/p>\n\u003c/aside>\n\u003cp>His parents were not happy about his penchant for political protest. Villagran’s father was a bracero, a farmworker from Mexico. Villagran was the first in his family to go to college. They wanted him to focus on his studies. They also worried for his physical safety.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But in 1967 Villlagran felt there was nothing more important than the war: a war he felt was unjust, unconstitutional and a horrific waste of human life.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Two of my friends were dead. And I was a very bitter young man about that,” he says.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Villagran was already annoying less politically charged students by turning every class he attended into a seminar on the war.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“And many students would get very upset,” he says. “‘Hey, I came here to learn psychology. Why are we talking about this fucking war?’”\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11615194\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-11615194 size-medium\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2017/09/RS26474_f98ce8793f2c5f868f03355a973b2fd3-800x450.jpg\" alt=\"The Dow Chemical protest of 1967 was covered by the Spartan Daily.\" width=\"800\" height=\"450\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2017/09/RS26474_f98ce8793f2c5f868f03355a973b2fd3-800x450.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2017/09/RS26474_f98ce8793f2c5f868f03355a973b2fd3-160x90.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2017/09/RS26474_f98ce8793f2c5f868f03355a973b2fd3-960x540.jpg 960w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2017/09/RS26474_f98ce8793f2c5f868f03355a973b2fd3-240x135.jpg 240w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2017/09/RS26474_f98ce8793f2c5f868f03355a973b2fd3-375x211.jpg 375w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2017/09/RS26474_f98ce8793f2c5f868f03355a973b2fd3-520x293.jpg 520w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2017/09/RS26474_f98ce8793f2c5f868f03355a973b2fd3.jpg 999w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">The Dow Chemical protest of 1967 was covered by the Spartan Daily. \u003ccite>(Photo: Courtesy of San José State University Special Collections & Archives)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>That’s when Villagran was still going to class. He admits he attended fewer and fewer classes, as the immediacy of the war gnawed on him. Almost every day, he says, there was a teach-in on the plaza by the administration building, or planning meetings for protests and marches at San Jose State. Underground newsletters like Sedition and The Red Eye kept student activists apprised of the latest news.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Villagran traveled with friends to other campuses to see famous people, including Angela Davis, Tom Hayden, Harry Edwards, Bobby Kennedy and Ralph Nader. But the 23,000 student campus at San Jose also pulled in top-line anti-war speakers and performers, including Joan Baez, who offered to sing a song for the first student who promised to burn his draft card should one come in the mail.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Villagran volunteered.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>San Jose State students made national headlines again in 1970, when they marched to the San Jose Civic Auditorium, where President Richard Nixon’s \u003ca href=\"http://archives.chicagotribune.com/1970/10/30/page/1/article/mob-attacks-nixon-cars/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">motorcade left through a crowd\u003c/a> of angry demonstrators. GOP advertisements then used images of the scene to drum up political support for Republican candidates that election season.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>San Jose State sociology Professor Emeritus Bob Gliner was also protesting the war back then. He says anti-war demonstrators were always a vocal minority on campus. In the decades since the Vietnam War, student activism has generally been episodic.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Some people say, ‘Oh, they grew out of it, or they grew up.’ But I think, if we want to have a vibrant democracy, it’s not something you grow out of,” Gliner says. “It’s something you integrate into your day to day life, to be conscious of world events and to do something about problems that really bother you.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Villagran, now 69, speaks proudly of a lifetime of political activism. After he was expelled in 1967, he returned to San Jose State to earn a masters degree. He became a social worker and returned to San Jose State to teach in the School of Social Work, where he’s still an emeritus lecturer.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Over the years, he’s written articles and opinion pieces for local papers and blogs. His interests range from current politics, like the presidency of \u003ca href=\"https://www.indybay.org/newsitems/2017/07/28/18801101.php\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Donald Trump\u003c/a>, to the historical, like \u003ca href=\"https://www.indybay.org/newsitems/2016/06/08/18787319.php#18786938\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">this essay\u003c/a> on four San Jose women who attempted to block the loading of napalm bombs headed for Vietnam in 1966. Currently, Villagran is focused on highlighting the Latino history of the South Bay with a group called the \u003ca href=\"https://www.facebook.com/LaRazaHistoricalSocietySCV/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">La Raza Historical Society of Santa Clara Valley\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Villagran says he would like the university to mark the area where students angrily protested Dow Chemical with a monument outside the administration building.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“There should be something here like that. Right here. Because that’s where it all happened,” he said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad floatright]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cem>To read more of KQED’s series of articles regarding the impact of the Vietnam War on the Bay Area, visit \u003ca href=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/arts/programs/vietnamwar/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">kqed.org/vietnamwar\u003c/a>. \u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\n",
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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003cp>UC Berkeley is famous for its student protests during the Vietnam War era, but students protested all over the Bay Area.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Stanford students rioted to \u003ca href=\"http://www.mercurynews.com/2011/01/19/stanford-ponders-the-return-of-rotc-after-nearly-four-decades/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">kick the ROTC program\u003c/a> off-campus. San Francisco State University students gained notoriety for going\u003ca href=\"http://www.foundsf.org/index.php?title=STRIKE!..._Concerning_the_1968-69_Strike_at_San_Francisco_State_College\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"> on strike\u003c/a> in 1968 to demand ethnic studies classes, but the campus was also a hotbed for \u003ca href=\"https://diva.sfsu.edu/collections/sfbatv/bundles/209216\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">anti-war protest\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>And San Jose State University students garnered national headlines with a couple dynamic protests, like the one over campus recruiting by Dow Chemical.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Dow Chemical was a major manufacturer of napalm, a reviled weapon used extensively by the U.S. military in Vietnam, and on Nov. 20, 1967, roughly 3,000 people filled the plaza outside the administration building at San Jose State to protest the company’s presence.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The university’s archives contain footage of that protest:\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003c/div>",
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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\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/MOfs8iJNTeE'\n title='//www.youtube.com/embed/MOfs8iJNTeE'\n allowfullscreen='true'\n style='border:0;'>\u003c/iframe>\n \u003c/span>\n \u003c/span>\u003c/p>\u003cp>\u003cp>San Jose State journalism professor Gordon Greb reported on the chaotic scene, injecting some commentary that today belies what you can observe in the video footage. Many people who marched against the Vietnam War will tell you the media at that time tended to downplay the size of crowds and focus their reports on violence. (This demonstration had been peaceful for hours before the scene on this video.)\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/arts/programs/vietnamwar/\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-full wp-image-11616324\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2017/09/TheVietnamWar_web-banners-1180x177-e1505162432907.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"301\" height=\"301\">\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>That was the perspective of one shy physics major who was part of the crowd that day, Gil Villagran. Today, Villagran’s hair is short and white. He walks with a cane. But on that day in 1967, Villagran was an obvious target for police photographers looking to identify troublemakers. He wore his hair long, and on top, a Che Guevera-style red beret, with a yellow felt star he’d sewn on himself.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>People around Villagran spotted the photographers on the roof of the engineering building overlooking the plaza. “Somebody said, ‘Look, it’s the cops taking pictures of us. Wave to the cops.’”\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11616202\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-11616202\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2017/09/RS26507_IMG_0409-2-800x777.jpg\" alt=\"Gil Villagran's long hair and beard caught the eye of police photographers in 1967. He's trimmed since then, but his fervor for political protest remains strong.\" width=\"800\" height=\"777\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2017/09/RS26507_IMG_0409-2-800x777.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2017/09/RS26507_IMG_0409-2-160x155.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2017/09/RS26507_IMG_0409-2-1020x990.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2017/09/RS26507_IMG_0409-2-1180x1145.jpg 1180w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2017/09/RS26507_IMG_0409-2-960x932.jpg 960w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2017/09/RS26507_IMG_0409-2-240x233.jpg 240w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2017/09/RS26507_IMG_0409-2-375x364.jpg 375w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2017/09/RS26507_IMG_0409-2-520x505.jpg 520w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2017/09/RS26507_IMG_0409-2-32x32.jpg 32w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2017/09/RS26507_IMG_0409-2-50x50.jpg 50w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2017/09/RS26507_IMG_0409-2.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Gil Villagran’s long hair and beard caught the eye of police photographers in 1967. He’s trimmed since then, but his fervor for political protest remains strong. \u003ccite>(Photo: Courtesy of Gil Villagran)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Those photos would lead to his expulsion, making Villagran one of a handful of demonstrators who paid a price for putting San Jose State in the national headlines. Later that week, a letter arrived, special delivery, at his parents’ home in Santa Clara.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>It reads: “The Governor of the state of California, Ronald Reagan, the trustees of the California State University system, the president of the university, have determined that your presence on this campus is a danger to faculty, students and staff.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I’ve never seen my mother so distraught,” Villagran said.\u003c/p>\n\u003caside class=\"alignright\">\n\u003ch3>The Bay Area Reacts to the Vietnam War\u003c/h3>\n\u003cp>\u003c!-- iframe plugin v.4.3 wordpress.org/plugins/iframe/ -->\u003cbr>\n\u003ciframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" src=\"https://www.youtube.com/embed/5N_CZoYSc7M?rel=0\" frameborder=\"0\" scrolling=\"yes\" class=\"iframe-class\">\u003c/iframe>\u003c/p>\n\u003c/aside>\n\u003cp>His parents were not happy about his penchant for political protest. Villagran’s father was a bracero, a farmworker from Mexico. Villagran was the first in his family to go to college. They wanted him to focus on his studies. They also worried for his physical safety.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But in 1967 Villlagran felt there was nothing more important than the war: a war he felt was unjust, unconstitutional and a horrific waste of human life.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Two of my friends were dead. And I was a very bitter young man about that,” he says.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Villagran was already annoying less politically charged students by turning every class he attended into a seminar on the war.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“And many students would get very upset,” he says. “‘Hey, I came here to learn psychology. Why are we talking about this fucking war?’”\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11615194\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-11615194 size-medium\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2017/09/RS26474_f98ce8793f2c5f868f03355a973b2fd3-800x450.jpg\" alt=\"The Dow Chemical protest of 1967 was covered by the Spartan Daily.\" width=\"800\" height=\"450\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2017/09/RS26474_f98ce8793f2c5f868f03355a973b2fd3-800x450.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2017/09/RS26474_f98ce8793f2c5f868f03355a973b2fd3-160x90.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2017/09/RS26474_f98ce8793f2c5f868f03355a973b2fd3-960x540.jpg 960w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2017/09/RS26474_f98ce8793f2c5f868f03355a973b2fd3-240x135.jpg 240w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2017/09/RS26474_f98ce8793f2c5f868f03355a973b2fd3-375x211.jpg 375w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2017/09/RS26474_f98ce8793f2c5f868f03355a973b2fd3-520x293.jpg 520w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2017/09/RS26474_f98ce8793f2c5f868f03355a973b2fd3.jpg 999w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">The Dow Chemical protest of 1967 was covered by the Spartan Daily. \u003ccite>(Photo: Courtesy of San José State University Special Collections & Archives)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>That’s when Villagran was still going to class. He admits he attended fewer and fewer classes, as the immediacy of the war gnawed on him. Almost every day, he says, there was a teach-in on the plaza by the administration building, or planning meetings for protests and marches at San Jose State. Underground newsletters like Sedition and The Red Eye kept student activists apprised of the latest news.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Villagran traveled with friends to other campuses to see famous people, including Angela Davis, Tom Hayden, Harry Edwards, Bobby Kennedy and Ralph Nader. But the 23,000 student campus at San Jose also pulled in top-line anti-war speakers and performers, including Joan Baez, who offered to sing a song for the first student who promised to burn his draft card should one come in the mail.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Villagran volunteered.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>San Jose State students made national headlines again in 1970, when they marched to the San Jose Civic Auditorium, where President Richard Nixon’s \u003ca href=\"http://archives.chicagotribune.com/1970/10/30/page/1/article/mob-attacks-nixon-cars/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">motorcade left through a crowd\u003c/a> of angry demonstrators. GOP advertisements then used images of the scene to drum up political support for Republican candidates that election season.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>San Jose State sociology Professor Emeritus Bob Gliner was also protesting the war back then. He says anti-war demonstrators were always a vocal minority on campus. In the decades since the Vietnam War, student activism has generally been episodic.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Some people say, ‘Oh, they grew out of it, or they grew up.’ But I think, if we want to have a vibrant democracy, it’s not something you grow out of,” Gliner says. “It’s something you integrate into your day to day life, to be conscious of world events and to do something about problems that really bother you.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Villagran, now 69, speaks proudly of a lifetime of political activism. After he was expelled in 1967, he returned to San Jose State to earn a masters degree. He became a social worker and returned to San Jose State to teach in the School of Social Work, where he’s still an emeritus lecturer.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Over the years, he’s written articles and opinion pieces for local papers and blogs. His interests range from current politics, like the presidency of \u003ca href=\"https://www.indybay.org/newsitems/2017/07/28/18801101.php\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Donald Trump\u003c/a>, to the historical, like \u003ca href=\"https://www.indybay.org/newsitems/2016/06/08/18787319.php#18786938\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">this essay\u003c/a> on four San Jose women who attempted to block the loading of napalm bombs headed for Vietnam in 1966. Currently, Villagran is focused on highlighting the Latino history of the South Bay with a group called the \u003ca href=\"https://www.facebook.com/LaRazaHistoricalSocietySCV/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">La Raza Historical Society of Santa Clara Valley\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Villagran says he would like the university to mark the area where students angrily protested Dow Chemical with a monument outside the administration building.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“There should be something here like that. Right here. Because that’s where it all happened,” he said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003c/div>",
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She believes the items are dumped by people who don’t live in the neighborhood.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Some people outside of the flood (zone) come here,” Sar says.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11612686\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-11612686 size-medium\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2017/08/IMG_0094-800x600.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"800\" height=\"600\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2017/08/IMG_0094-800x600.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2017/08/IMG_0094-160x120.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2017/08/IMG_0094-1020x765.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2017/08/IMG_0094-1920x1440.jpg 1920w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2017/08/IMG_0094-1180x885.jpg 1180w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2017/08/IMG_0094-960x720.jpg 960w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2017/08/IMG_0094-240x180.jpg 240w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2017/08/IMG_0094-375x281.jpg 375w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2017/08/IMG_0094-520x390.jpg 520w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">A dumped chair and yard waste at the corner of Needles Drive and Welch Avenue in Rock Springs. \u003ccite>(Tonya Mosley/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>After San Jose’s Coyote Creek flooded on Feb. 21, the neighborhood of Rock Springs was inundated with trash and debris. Residents and construction crews spent months cleaning up and throwing out ruined furniture and belongings, and the city of San Jose provided dumpsters and regular pickups to assist.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But that pickup program ended earlier this summer, and there are still piles of trash. Deputy City Manager Kip Harkness believes the city’s cleanup effort has had an unintended effect.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“When people see trash in a neighborhood, they tend to bring their own stuff and dump it,” Harkness says.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Handwritten “no dumping signs” hang on the trees in the neighborhood. Residents regularly report the illegal dumping to the city. 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All of the trash is a reminder of those losses.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Sar and her neighbors want it to go away — so that they can finally move on.\u003c/p>\n\n",
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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“When people see trash in a neighborhood, they tend to bring their own stuff and dump it,” Harkness says.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Handwritten “no dumping signs” hang on the trees in the neighborhood. Residents regularly report the illegal dumping to the city. But still people dump.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“They want a clean, safe community just like everyone else,” Harkness says.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The sad thing is that there’s really no reason to dump.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“The city will pick up up to three large bulk items,” Harkness says. “Just go to our website or app and make an appointment.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The city is encouraging people to continue to report the dumping. If Rock Springs continues to become a hotspot for it, the city will consider installing cameras to catch dumpers and fine them. The fee for a first-time dumper is $2,500.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11612687\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-11612687 size-medium\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2017/08/JulyRockSpringsTrash-800x600.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"800\" height=\"600\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2017/08/JulyRockSpringsTrash-800x600.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2017/08/JulyRockSpringsTrash-160x120.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2017/08/JulyRockSpringsTrash-1020x765.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2017/08/JulyRockSpringsTrash-1920x1440.jpg 1920w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2017/08/JulyRockSpringsTrash-1180x885.jpg 1180w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2017/08/JulyRockSpringsTrash-960x720.jpg 960w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2017/08/JulyRockSpringsTrash-240x180.jpg 240w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2017/08/JulyRockSpringsTrash-375x281.jpg 375w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2017/08/JulyRockSpringsTrash-520x390.jpg 520w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2017/08/JulyRockSpringsTrash.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">A pile of trash on Welch Avenue in the Rock Springs neighborhood of San Jose in July 2017. \u003ccite>(Tonya Mosley/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Pairom Sar stares at that dirty green leather chair hanging off the curb when I ask how she’s been doing since the flood.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Just a little OK,” she says.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Sar goes on to say she’s lived in Rock Springs since 1988, and most of her possessions were destroyed in the flood. All of the trash is a reminder of those losses.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Sar and her neighbors want it to go away — so that they can finally move on.\u003c/p>\n\n\u003c/div>\u003c/p>",
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"content": "\u003cp>A new report could give insight into why San Jose failed to notify more than 14,000 residents that their neighborhoods were under a flood threat in February.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The report, commissioned by San Jose and conducted by emergency management consultant Witt O’Brien’s, gave the city an “A” for how it responded after the Feb. 21 flood but an “F” for foresight.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>It was also critical of the way the city handled notifying residents, such as Juanita Wilson, who was living in the Rock Springs neighborhood when the flood occurred. That area is near Coyote Creek, which floods whenever Anderson Dam overflows. South of San Jose, the dam was built in 1950.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“We had no warning from the city, none from the county, nothing at all,” Wilson said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11612794\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\" style=\"max-width: 337px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-11612794\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2017/08/2017-02-20-05.19.36.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"337\" height=\"600\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2017/08/2017-02-20-05.19.36.jpg 337w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2017/08/2017-02-20-05.19.36-160x285.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2017/08/2017-02-20-05.19.36-240x427.jpg 240w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 337px) 100vw, 337px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">A night photo of the pole Jeffrey Hare uses to measure Coyote Creek water levels. This photo was taken on Sunday, Feb. 19, 2017, two days before the neighborhood was flooded. \u003ccite>(Courtesy of Jeffrey Hare)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>As the floodwaters were reaching her neighborhood, she was preparing for a trip to the DMV. As she grabbed her keys to head to the door, she heard firefighters yelling over a loudspeaker.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I’m like, what are you talking about,” Wilson said. “So I opened the door and there was water everywhere and I just kept thinking, I can’t go. I can’t get out!”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Wilson’s neighbor, Jeffrey Hare, had known for days that the flood was coming and he was frantic.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“We were trying to contact the city, we were trying to contact the water district, we were trying to contact anyone we could,” Hare said. “We couldn’t get through to any of them.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Four days before the flood, Hare had begun taking water level readings of Coyote Creek using a pole to measure its rise. He installed that pole in 1997, when he saw the creek overflow the first time. It was Super Bowl Sunday and the city had failed to alert residents. Hare said he had to knock on doors to warn his neighbors. Twenty years later, as the creek began to rise again, Hare was back knocking on those doors.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“When I called emergency dispatch, they put me in touch with the San Jose Water Co.,” Hare said. “They said they were sending out a technician. I told them I’m not reporting a leak. I’m reporting a flood.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11612792\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-11612792\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2017/08/IMG_1272-800x600.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"800\" height=\"600\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2017/08/IMG_1272-800x600.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2017/08/IMG_1272-160x120.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2017/08/IMG_1272-1020x765.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2017/08/IMG_1272-1920x1440.jpg 1920w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2017/08/IMG_1272-1180x885.jpg 1180w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2017/08/IMG_1272-960x720.jpg 960w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2017/08/IMG_1272-240x180.jpg 240w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2017/08/IMG_1272-375x281.jpg 375w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2017/08/IMG_1272-520x390.jpg 520w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2017/08/IMG_1272.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Naglee Park resident Jeffrey Hare points to the flood line of his neighbor’s home off Coyote Creek. \u003ccite>(Tonya Mosley/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>By the time San Jose issued an evacuation order, Juanita Wilson was already standing waist-deep in floodwaters.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I didn’t know what to do. I felt lost,” she said. “I didn’t know what to get, what to do.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>She didn’t know what to do because there was no universal alert system in place to notify residents, despite the fact that it had been recommended after the flood in 1997. The recent analysis report from Witt O’Brien’s noted that in the case of this latest flood, San Jose failed to learn anything from the 1997 event.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Warnings that did go out from the city were posted primarily on social media sites. Few residents in the largely low-income Rock Springs neighborhood got those warnings. Most speak Spanish or Vietnamese, and not everyone is online.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11612714\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-11612714\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2017/08/CoyoteCreekFlood2Getty-800x533.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"800\" height=\"533\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Floodwaters surround a play structure on Feb. 22, 2017, in San Jose, California. \u003ccite>( Noah Berger AFP/Getty Images)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Hare said city officials knew the flood was coming and didn’t act. Public records show that officials had exchanged emails, had conference calls and had met in person to discuss the possibility of a flood.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Unbeknownst to us at the time, the city and the water district had been meeting for seven days prior to the flood,” Hare said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Why didn’t the city act fast enough to designate the flood an emergency? The Santa Clara Valley Water District, which is in charge of overseeing flood control, said it notified the city days before that a flood was imminent.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>And for days, field workers sent emails and photos to city officials showing the rising waters, but there was no action. There was nobody to coordinate a response. One reason was that the emergency management director position was vacant and had been for months.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>https://cdn.knightlab.com/libs/timeline3/latest/embed/index.html?source=1Lg-x74mAEeDhbedZxDTIWXAtejxMom8J5-PtF1tFTYM&font=Default&lang=en&initial_zoom=2&height=650\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>It wasn’t until the water started rushing into the homes of residents like Juanita Wilson that an emergency evacuation was finally issued.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I really feel, you know, let down and disappointed that they thought so little of us,” Wilson said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>For several months afterward, she lived in a shelter. She just recently found an apartment two hours away from her job as an instructional assistant at an elementary school.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Sometimes Wilson said she has flashes of what she lost. Like the Christmas ornaments her now-adult children made for her when they were kids. And at 66 it feels weird, she said, to be starting over.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“You just have to go from where you are,” she said. “You kind of work with the hand you’re dealt.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11612795\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-11612795\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2017/08/IMG_1749-800x600.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"800\" height=\"600\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2017/08/IMG_1749-800x600.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2017/08/IMG_1749-160x120.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2017/08/IMG_1749-1020x765.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2017/08/IMG_1749-1920x1440.jpg 1920w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2017/08/IMG_1749-1180x885.jpg 1180w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2017/08/IMG_1749-960x720.jpg 960w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2017/08/IMG_1749-240x180.jpg 240w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2017/08/IMG_1749-375x281.jpg 375w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2017/08/IMG_1749-520x390.jpg 520w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Juanita Wilson (right) leaving the Santa Clara County Housing Authority with her daughter, Annalisa. Wilson lost all of her belongings in the Coyote Creek flood. \u003ccite>(Tonya Mosley/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Wilson wants the city to put in place systems to make certain residents aren’t victimized by flooding again. She is among more than 150 flood victims who are filing claims against the city for failure to provide proper notice. They’re also filing claims against the Santa Clara Valley Water District for failing to prevent Anderson Dam from overflowing, and Santa Clara County for failing to set up an alert system that would have notified everyone in time to save their belongings.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Since the flood, San Jose officials say they’ve implemented key changes to the city’s emergency response.\u003c/p>\n\u003cul>\n\u003cli>Last March, San Jose hired Ray Riordan as the emergency management director.\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>The city is implementing a new three-tiered warning system. Yellow: issued up to 72 hours in advance of flooding. Orange: issued a day ahead, when there is a likelihood of flooding. Red: issued up to six hours in advance of an evacuation.\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>Deployment of the “L-Rad” system. This is a long-range acoustic device that can notify people from far away to evacuate. These messages will be in English, Spanish and Vietnamese.\u003c/li>\n\u003c/ul>\n\u003cp>The Santa Clara Valley Water District recently announced a partnership with the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers to conduct a feasibility study for reducing flood risks on Coyote Creek.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>This is the second time the district has partnered with the Army Corps of Engineers. In 2000, the two agencies partnered to look at flood protection for the Rock Springs neighborhood of San Jose. The study found that the project would cost too much, and further work was scraped.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad floatright]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>According to Santa Clara Valley Water District Supervisor Marty Grimes, the agency has been clearing out channel blockages, repairing structures, removing debris and clearing invasive and non-invasive vegetation from Coyote Creek. The district is also in the midst of preparing a plan for temporary flood measures for the Rock Springs neighborhood.\u003c/p>\n\n",
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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I’m like, what are you talking about,” Wilson said. “So I opened the door and there was water everywhere and I just kept thinking, I can’t go. I can’t get out!”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Wilson’s neighbor, Jeffrey Hare, had known for days that the flood was coming and he was frantic.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“We were trying to contact the city, we were trying to contact the water district, we were trying to contact anyone we could,” Hare said. “We couldn’t get through to any of them.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Four days before the flood, Hare had begun taking water level readings of Coyote Creek using a pole to measure its rise. He installed that pole in 1997, when he saw the creek overflow the first time. It was Super Bowl Sunday and the city had failed to alert residents. Hare said he had to knock on doors to warn his neighbors. Twenty years later, as the creek began to rise again, Hare was back knocking on those doors.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“When I called emergency dispatch, they put me in touch with the San Jose Water Co.,” Hare said. “They said they were sending out a technician. I told them I’m not reporting a leak. I’m reporting a flood.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11612792\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-11612792\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2017/08/IMG_1272-800x600.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"800\" height=\"600\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2017/08/IMG_1272-800x600.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2017/08/IMG_1272-160x120.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2017/08/IMG_1272-1020x765.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2017/08/IMG_1272-1920x1440.jpg 1920w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2017/08/IMG_1272-1180x885.jpg 1180w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2017/08/IMG_1272-960x720.jpg 960w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2017/08/IMG_1272-240x180.jpg 240w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2017/08/IMG_1272-375x281.jpg 375w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2017/08/IMG_1272-520x390.jpg 520w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2017/08/IMG_1272.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Naglee Park resident Jeffrey Hare points to the flood line of his neighbor’s home off Coyote Creek. \u003ccite>(Tonya Mosley/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>By the time San Jose issued an evacuation order, Juanita Wilson was already standing waist-deep in floodwaters.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I didn’t know what to do. I felt lost,” she said. “I didn’t know what to get, what to do.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>She didn’t know what to do because there was no universal alert system in place to notify residents, despite the fact that it had been recommended after the flood in 1997. The recent analysis report from Witt O’Brien’s noted that in the case of this latest flood, San Jose failed to learn anything from the 1997 event.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Warnings that did go out from the city were posted primarily on social media sites. Few residents in the largely low-income Rock Springs neighborhood got those warnings. Most speak Spanish or Vietnamese, and not everyone is online.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11612714\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-11612714\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2017/08/CoyoteCreekFlood2Getty-800x533.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"800\" height=\"533\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Floodwaters surround a play structure on Feb. 22, 2017, in San Jose, California. \u003ccite>( Noah Berger AFP/Getty Images)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Hare said city officials knew the flood was coming and didn’t act. Public records show that officials had exchanged emails, had conference calls and had met in person to discuss the possibility of a flood.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Unbeknownst to us at the time, the city and the water district had been meeting for seven days prior to the flood,” Hare said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Why didn’t the city act fast enough to designate the flood an emergency? The Santa Clara Valley Water District, which is in charge of overseeing flood control, said it notified the city days before that a flood was imminent.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>And for days, field workers sent emails and photos to city officials showing the rising waters, but there was no action. There was nobody to coordinate a response. One reason was that the emergency management director position was vacant and had been for months.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>https://cdn.knightlab.com/libs/timeline3/latest/embed/index.html?source=1Lg-x74mAEeDhbedZxDTIWXAtejxMom8J5-PtF1tFTYM&font=Default&lang=en&initial_zoom=2&height=650\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>It wasn’t until the water started rushing into the homes of residents like Juanita Wilson that an emergency evacuation was finally issued.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I really feel, you know, let down and disappointed that they thought so little of us,” Wilson said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>For several months afterward, she lived in a shelter. She just recently found an apartment two hours away from her job as an instructional assistant at an elementary school.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Sometimes Wilson said she has flashes of what she lost. Like the Christmas ornaments her now-adult children made for her when they were kids. And at 66 it feels weird, she said, to be starting over.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“You just have to go from where you are,” she said. “You kind of work with the hand you’re dealt.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11612795\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-11612795\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2017/08/IMG_1749-800x600.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"800\" height=\"600\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2017/08/IMG_1749-800x600.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2017/08/IMG_1749-160x120.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2017/08/IMG_1749-1020x765.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2017/08/IMG_1749-1920x1440.jpg 1920w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2017/08/IMG_1749-1180x885.jpg 1180w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2017/08/IMG_1749-960x720.jpg 960w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2017/08/IMG_1749-240x180.jpg 240w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2017/08/IMG_1749-375x281.jpg 375w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2017/08/IMG_1749-520x390.jpg 520w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Juanita Wilson (right) leaving the Santa Clara County Housing Authority with her daughter, Annalisa. Wilson lost all of her belongings in the Coyote Creek flood. \u003ccite>(Tonya Mosley/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Wilson wants the city to put in place systems to make certain residents aren’t victimized by flooding again. She is among more than 150 flood victims who are filing claims against the city for failure to provide proper notice. They’re also filing claims against the Santa Clara Valley Water District for failing to prevent Anderson Dam from overflowing, and Santa Clara County for failing to set up an alert system that would have notified everyone in time to save their belongings.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Since the flood, San Jose officials say they’ve implemented key changes to the city’s emergency response.\u003c/p>\n\u003cul>\n\u003cli>Last March, San Jose hired Ray Riordan as the emergency management director.\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>The city is implementing a new three-tiered warning system. Yellow: issued up to 72 hours in advance of flooding. Orange: issued a day ahead, when there is a likelihood of flooding. Red: issued up to six hours in advance of an evacuation.\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>Deployment of the “L-Rad” system. This is a long-range acoustic device that can notify people from far away to evacuate. These messages will be in English, Spanish and Vietnamese.\u003c/li>\n\u003c/ul>\n\u003cp>The Santa Clara Valley Water District recently announced a partnership with the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers to conduct a feasibility study for reducing flood risks on Coyote Creek.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>This is the second time the district has partnered with the Army Corps of Engineers. In 2000, the two agencies partnered to look at flood protection for the Rock Springs neighborhood of San Jose. The study found that the project would cost too much, and further work was scraped.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003c/div>",
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"content": "\u003cp>\u003cb>\u003c/b>If you attended sixth grade anywhere in or near San Jose, there’s a high likelihood you’ve been to see the largest collection of ancient Egyptian antiquities on public display anywhere west of the Mississippi.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>I’m talking about the \u003ca href=\"http://www.egyptianmuseum.org\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Rosicrucian Egyptian Museum\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Peggy Tran-Le visited as a teenager, but she still has questions. Sooooo many questions.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[baycuriouspodcastinfo]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Why San Jose? How did they get those mummies? How did those mummies get out of Egypt? And why is it not — I mean, maybe I’m mistaken, but — why is it not better known?”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>To find the answers, I joined her for a visit to the museum.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The entrance is lined with huge columns, potted papyrus and rows of ram-headed sphinxes — just like the ones lining the processional road to Karnak. Then, you open the giant brass-plated doors, and you see sixth-graders. Lots and lots of sixth-graders.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11552129\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-11552129 size-medium\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2017/07/RS25561_20170524_Rosicrucian_credit_BertJohnson-3-qut-800x533.jpg\" alt='\"I remember the cat mummy. I remember the recreation of an Egyptian tomb. It scared the heck out of me,\" says Bay Curious question asker Peggy Tran-Le.' width=\"800\" height=\"533\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2017/07/RS25561_20170524_Rosicrucian_credit_BertJohnson-3-qut-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2017/07/RS25561_20170524_Rosicrucian_credit_BertJohnson-3-qut-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2017/07/RS25561_20170524_Rosicrucian_credit_BertJohnson-3-qut-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2017/07/RS25561_20170524_Rosicrucian_credit_BertJohnson-3-qut.jpg 1920w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2017/07/RS25561_20170524_Rosicrucian_credit_BertJohnson-3-qut-1180x787.jpg 1180w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2017/07/RS25561_20170524_Rosicrucian_credit_BertJohnson-3-qut-960x640.jpg 960w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2017/07/RS25561_20170524_Rosicrucian_credit_BertJohnson-3-qut-240x160.jpg 240w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2017/07/RS25561_20170524_Rosicrucian_credit_BertJohnson-3-qut-375x250.jpg 375w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2017/07/RS25561_20170524_Rosicrucian_credit_BertJohnson-3-qut-520x347.jpg 520w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">“I remember the cat mummy. I remember the re-creation of an Egyptian tomb. It scared the heck out of me,” says Bay Curious question asker Peggy Tran-Le. \u003ccite>(Bert Johnson/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>“We host 110,000 guests per year, and about 26,000 of them are sixth-graders,” says Julie Scott, executive director of the Rosicrucian Egyptian Museum.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>As it happens, Scott is also a practicing Rosicrucian, which is to say she belongs to a philosophical society that believes there’s a spiritual, transformative value to nerding out on ancient Egypt.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I’ve been to Egypt 12 times now,” she says. “There’s always something fascinating to learn and discover.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Rosicrucianism in its modern form bloomed around the turn of the 20th century, along with a host of other metaphysical philosophies seeking to plumb ancient depths for fresh perspectives on the mysteries of life and nature.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11552128\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-11552128 size-medium\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2017/07/RS25564_20170524_Rosicrucian_credit_BertJohnson-2-qut-800x533.jpg\" alt=\"“We’re the caretakers of these artifacts,” says the Rosicrucian Egyptian Museum’s Executive Director Julie Scott. \" width=\"800\" height=\"533\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2017/07/RS25564_20170524_Rosicrucian_credit_BertJohnson-2-qut-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2017/07/RS25564_20170524_Rosicrucian_credit_BertJohnson-2-qut-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2017/07/RS25564_20170524_Rosicrucian_credit_BertJohnson-2-qut-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2017/07/RS25564_20170524_Rosicrucian_credit_BertJohnson-2-qut.jpg 1920w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2017/07/RS25564_20170524_Rosicrucian_credit_BertJohnson-2-qut-1180x787.jpg 1180w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2017/07/RS25564_20170524_Rosicrucian_credit_BertJohnson-2-qut-960x640.jpg 960w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2017/07/RS25564_20170524_Rosicrucian_credit_BertJohnson-2-qut-240x160.jpg 240w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2017/07/RS25564_20170524_Rosicrucian_credit_BertJohnson-2-qut-375x250.jpg 375w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2017/07/RS25564_20170524_Rosicrucian_credit_BertJohnson-2-qut-520x347.jpg 520w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">“We’re the caretakers of these artifacts,” says the Rosicrucian Egyptian Museum’s executive director, Julie Scott. \u003ccite>(Bert Johnson/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Local Rosicrucians began collecting ancient artifacts in 1929 and just kept going. There’s room after room of more than 4,000 statues and maps and mummies: human and otherwise.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I think as a teenager, the animal mummies were the highlight of my first visit,” Tran-Le says.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Over the years, the museum has modernized to take advantage of advancements in science. Egyptologists have visited and reassessed various items. As an example, Scott tells me the back story behind a baboon mummy that captures my attention.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“So, this baboon, he looks — he is ancient, but he’s not a baboon,” Scott says. “We found, after doing an X-ray of him, that the body is actually a ceramic jar. The Egyptians would do this. They would put just a small piece of an animal, say, part of a bone or some of their fur, in this votive offering, and that way they could make more votive offerings.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11552132\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-11552132\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2017/07/RS25928_1930-RosicrucianDigest-qut-800x1139.jpg\" alt=\"The Rosicrucian Digest, published continuously from 1915, is put out by The Ancient and Mystical Order Rosæ Crucis, which also runs the Rosicrucian Egyptian Museum in San Jose.\" width=\"800\" height=\"1139\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2017/07/RS25928_1930-RosicrucianDigest-qut-800x1139.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2017/07/RS25928_1930-RosicrucianDigest-qut-160x228.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2017/07/RS25928_1930-RosicrucianDigest-qut-1020x1452.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2017/07/RS25928_1930-RosicrucianDigest-qut.jpg 1920w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2017/07/RS25928_1930-RosicrucianDigest-qut-1180x1680.jpg 1180w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2017/07/RS25928_1930-RosicrucianDigest-qut-960x1367.jpg 960w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2017/07/RS25928_1930-RosicrucianDigest-qut-240x342.jpg 240w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2017/07/RS25928_1930-RosicrucianDigest-qut-375x534.jpg 375w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2017/07/RS25928_1930-RosicrucianDigest-qut-520x740.jpg 520w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">The Rosicrucian Digest, published continuously from 1915, is put out by The Ancient and Mystical Order Rosæ Crucis, which also runs the Rosicrucian Egyptian Museum in San Jose. \u003ccite>(Courtesy of the Rosicrucian Egyptian Museum)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>To enhance the educational purpose of the collection, the Roscicrucians have also had a few replicas cast of famous items like King Tut’s golden sarcophagus and the Rosetta Stone. There’s also a tomb that is a composite replica of several real tombs in Egypt.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“In 1966, a team of Rosicrucian researchers went to Egypt and explored a number of tombs in the Beni Hasan region,” Scott explains, adding this tomb was most like the one of a man who was named Khnumhotep. He was not a pharaoh, but a nomarch — a governor, like Gov. Jerry Brown.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The tomb is located at the end of a series of winding stairs, not unlike the line you travel through to get to the Indiana Jones ride at Disneyland. Ask people what they remember from their childhood visit here, and it comes down to the animal mummies and the tomb.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11552117\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-11552117\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2017/07/RS25769_20170615_credit_BertJohnson-2-qut-800x533.jpg\" alt=\"Peggy Tran-Le looks at the baboon mummy at the Rosicrucian Egyptian Museum in San Jose.\" width=\"800\" height=\"533\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2017/07/RS25769_20170615_credit_BertJohnson-2-qut-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2017/07/RS25769_20170615_credit_BertJohnson-2-qut-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2017/07/RS25769_20170615_credit_BertJohnson-2-qut-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2017/07/RS25769_20170615_credit_BertJohnson-2-qut.jpg 1920w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2017/07/RS25769_20170615_credit_BertJohnson-2-qut-1180x787.jpg 1180w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2017/07/RS25769_20170615_credit_BertJohnson-2-qut-960x640.jpg 960w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2017/07/RS25769_20170615_credit_BertJohnson-2-qut-240x160.jpg 240w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2017/07/RS25769_20170615_credit_BertJohnson-2-qut-375x250.jpg 375w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2017/07/RS25769_20170615_credit_BertJohnson-2-qut-520x347.jpg 520w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Peggy Tran-Le regards the baboon mummy at the Rosicrucian Egyptian Museum in San Jose. \u003ccite>(Bert Johnson/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>There are lots of thoughtful, even funny, touches. For example, the sarcophagus in this tomb is missing because it was “robbed,” as so many ancient Egyptian tombs were. Also, the lighting is low enough to encourage young minds to think anxious thoughts.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I have to say that this part of the museum always scared me as a kid,” Tran-Le says, laughing. “It’s such a, it’s a dopey reaction, but it scared me. So I’m having just sort of flashbacks to being a scared young person down here.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ci>\u003c/i>We retreat to another gallery focused on the daily lives of ancient Egyptians. As you wander through the rooms, you’re reminded of just how impressive, how sophisticated they really were. They brewed beer, as we do today. They worshipped cats, as we do today. They kept their kohl, their black eye makeup, in cylinders that look just like mascara containers today.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ci>\u003c/i>The museum is the crown jewel in a complex that includes a planetarium and a research library with ancient books from big names like Francis Bacon and Isaac Newton, who the Rosicrucians of today claim as their own.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11552135\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-11552135 size-medium\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2017/07/RS25565_20170524_Rosicrucian_credit_BertJohnson-7-qut-800x533.jpg\" alt=\"The local order of Rosicrucians in San Jose is planning a new museum to focus on alchemy.\" width=\"800\" height=\"533\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2017/07/RS25565_20170524_Rosicrucian_credit_BertJohnson-7-qut-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2017/07/RS25565_20170524_Rosicrucian_credit_BertJohnson-7-qut-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2017/07/RS25565_20170524_Rosicrucian_credit_BertJohnson-7-qut-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2017/07/RS25565_20170524_Rosicrucian_credit_BertJohnson-7-qut.jpg 1920w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2017/07/RS25565_20170524_Rosicrucian_credit_BertJohnson-7-qut-1180x787.jpg 1180w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2017/07/RS25565_20170524_Rosicrucian_credit_BertJohnson-7-qut-960x640.jpg 960w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2017/07/RS25565_20170524_Rosicrucian_credit_BertJohnson-7-qut-240x160.jpg 240w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2017/07/RS25565_20170524_Rosicrucian_credit_BertJohnson-7-qut-375x250.jpg 375w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2017/07/RS25565_20170524_Rosicrucian_credit_BertJohnson-7-qut-520x347.jpg 520w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">The local order of Rosicrucians in San Jose is planning a new museum to focus on alchemy. \u003ccite>(Bert Johnson/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>“Isaac Newton had the largest collection of alchemical books in Europe,” Scott says. “But he had to keep that private, because mystics at that time, they basically had to say, ‘OK, I’m just focusing on science. I’m staying out of religion. You guys do your religious stuff.’ But he was a very avid alchemist.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>So, modern scientists have been able to turn baser metals into gold, but it’s a hugely complicated and expensive effort that involves a \u003ca href=\"https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/fact-or-fiction-lead-can-be-turned-into-gold/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">particle accelerator\u003c/a>. The kind of alchemy the Rosicrucians believe is possible has not been replicated by modern scientists. The local order of Rosicrucians has posted a number of videos allowing you to explore the ideas for yourself.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>https://youtu.be/qOCdFDXe5jQ\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ci>\u003c/i>“We don’t see (the pyramid) as a tomb,” Scott says. “We see it as an initiation chamber.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ci>\u003c/i>This line of conversation raises another question for Tran-Le: “When I came here with my friend’s mom and my friend, we walked the grounds and she said, ‘Oh, this is where the order held secret ceremonies.’ I don’t know if she was just trying to entertain a bunch of teenagers. Or is that something you can confirm? Or deny?”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Scott explains: “Well, we hold regular meetings for Rosicrucians that include a meditation and a discussion. They’re private to only Rosicrucians. We wouldn’t call them secret, but you have to be a Rosicrucian member to participate. That’s held in our grand temple, which is for Rosicrucians — that’s the spiritual headquarters, here at Rosicrucian Park.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11552139\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-11552139 size-medium\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2017/07/RS25929_1931-Poster-qut-800x999.jpg\" alt=\"For many years, Rosicrucians advertised in popular magazines.\" width=\"800\" height=\"999\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2017/07/RS25929_1931-Poster-qut-800x999.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2017/07/RS25929_1931-Poster-qut-160x200.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2017/07/RS25929_1931-Poster-qut-1020x1273.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2017/07/RS25929_1931-Poster-qut.jpg 1920w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2017/07/RS25929_1931-Poster-qut-1180x1473.jpg 1180w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2017/07/RS25929_1931-Poster-qut-960x1199.jpg 960w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2017/07/RS25929_1931-Poster-qut-240x300.jpg 240w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2017/07/RS25929_1931-Poster-qut-375x468.jpg 375w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2017/07/RS25929_1931-Poster-qut-520x649.jpg 520w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">For many years, Rosicrucians advertised in popular magazines.\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>\u003cb>\u003c/b>Scott says there about 250,000 Rosicrucians worldwide, and other big centers like this one in \u003ca href=\"https://www.rose-croix.org\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">France\u003c/a> and \u003ca href=\"http://www.maxheindel.org\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Brazil\u003c/a>. The New Yorker who started the U.S. chapter landed in San Jose’s bucolic Rose Garden neighborhood because land was cheap here. Well, it \u003ci>was\u003c/i> back in the early 20th century!\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Scott adds: “People in this part of the world are so open to other ways of thinking and learning — and especially to more than just intellectual learning and understanding.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>From the beginning, the Golden State has welcomed seekers, people keen to remake the world into something less rational and boring, into something more mystical and spiritually resonant. But if you’re thinking Rosicrucianism is a religion, it’s not.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11552141\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-11552141 size-medium\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2017/07/RS25932_Rosicrucian-Planetarium-historic-postcard-copy-qut-800x533.jpg\" alt=\"A postcard of the planetarium at Rosicrucian Park, one of the first in the US.\" width=\"800\" height=\"533\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2017/07/RS25932_Rosicrucian-Planetarium-historic-postcard-copy-qut-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2017/07/RS25932_Rosicrucian-Planetarium-historic-postcard-copy-qut-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2017/07/RS25932_Rosicrucian-Planetarium-historic-postcard-copy-qut-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2017/07/RS25932_Rosicrucian-Planetarium-historic-postcard-copy-qut-1180x787.jpg 1180w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2017/07/RS25932_Rosicrucian-Planetarium-historic-postcard-copy-qut-960x640.jpg 960w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2017/07/RS25932_Rosicrucian-Planetarium-historic-postcard-copy-qut-240x160.jpg 240w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2017/07/RS25932_Rosicrucian-Planetarium-historic-postcard-copy-qut-375x250.jpg 375w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2017/07/RS25932_Rosicrucian-Planetarium-historic-postcard-copy-qut-520x347.jpg 520w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2017/07/RS25932_Rosicrucian-Planetarium-historic-postcard-copy-qut.jpg 1800w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">A postcard of the planetarium at Rosicrucian Park, one of the first in the U.S. \u003ccite>(Courtesy of the Rosicrucian Egyptian Museum)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>“I know Rosicrucians who are Catholics and Buddhist and Jews — every religion that I’m aware of, I’ve met somebody who is a practitioner of that religion,” Scott says. “There are also Rosicrucians who don’t consider themselves religious at all. They consider themselves spiritual.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Regardless, you don’t have to \u003ci>believe\u003c/i> to benefit from the Rosicrucians’ enthusiasm for ancient Egypt.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ci>\u003c/i>\u003ca href=\"https://history.stanford.edu/people/anne-austin\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Anne Austin\u003c/a> is an Egyptologist and archaeologist at Stanford who teaches a class called Egyptomania. She takes every class to San Jose. “I think it’s a great teaching collection, especially for people who are new to Egypt,” Austin says.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11552137\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-11552137\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2017/07/RS25557_20170524_Rosicrucian_credit_BertJohnson-10-qut-800x533.jpg\" alt=\"The entrance to the Rosicrucian Egyptian Museum in San Jose.\" width=\"800\" height=\"533\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2017/07/RS25557_20170524_Rosicrucian_credit_BertJohnson-10-qut-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2017/07/RS25557_20170524_Rosicrucian_credit_BertJohnson-10-qut-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2017/07/RS25557_20170524_Rosicrucian_credit_BertJohnson-10-qut-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2017/07/RS25557_20170524_Rosicrucian_credit_BertJohnson-10-qut.jpg 1920w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2017/07/RS25557_20170524_Rosicrucian_credit_BertJohnson-10-qut-1180x787.jpg 1180w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2017/07/RS25557_20170524_Rosicrucian_credit_BertJohnson-10-qut-960x640.jpg 960w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2017/07/RS25557_20170524_Rosicrucian_credit_BertJohnson-10-qut-240x160.jpg 240w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2017/07/RS25557_20170524_Rosicrucian_credit_BertJohnson-10-qut-375x250.jpg 375w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2017/07/RS25557_20170524_Rosicrucian_credit_BertJohnson-10-qut-520x347.jpg 520w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">The entrance to the Rosicrucian Egyptian Museum in San Jose. \u003ccite>(Courtesy of the Rosicrucian Egyptian Museum)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>I ask Austin if some Rosicrucian ideas about ancient Egyptian practices diverge from accepted academic gospel today.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I think they’re open to a variety of interpretations of Egypt in a way that Egyptologists are less open,” Austin says. “So we’re not really open to thinking about past lives in Egypt. We’re not really open to feeling a kind of spiritual, direct connection with Egypt. I do not feel a direct spiritual connection with Egypt.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ci>\u003c/i>And the Rosicrucians, it’s fair to say, do.\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>\u003cb>\u003c/b>If you attended sixth grade anywhere in or near San Jose, there’s a high likelihood you’ve been to see the largest collection of ancient Egyptian antiquities on public display anywhere west of the Mississippi.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>I’m talking about the \u003ca href=\"http://www.egyptianmuseum.org\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Rosicrucian Egyptian Museum\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Peggy Tran-Le visited as a teenager, but she still has questions. Sooooo many questions.\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>“Why San Jose? How did they get those mummies? How did those mummies get out of Egypt? And why is it not — I mean, maybe I’m mistaken, but — why is it not better known?”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003c/div>",
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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>To find the answers, I joined her for a visit to the museum.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The entrance is lined with huge columns, potted papyrus and rows of ram-headed sphinxes — just like the ones lining the processional road to Karnak. Then, you open the giant brass-plated doors, and you see sixth-graders. Lots and lots of sixth-graders.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11552129\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-11552129 size-medium\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2017/07/RS25561_20170524_Rosicrucian_credit_BertJohnson-3-qut-800x533.jpg\" alt='\"I remember the cat mummy. I remember the recreation of an Egyptian tomb. It scared the heck out of me,\" says Bay Curious question asker Peggy Tran-Le.' width=\"800\" height=\"533\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2017/07/RS25561_20170524_Rosicrucian_credit_BertJohnson-3-qut-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2017/07/RS25561_20170524_Rosicrucian_credit_BertJohnson-3-qut-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2017/07/RS25561_20170524_Rosicrucian_credit_BertJohnson-3-qut-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2017/07/RS25561_20170524_Rosicrucian_credit_BertJohnson-3-qut.jpg 1920w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2017/07/RS25561_20170524_Rosicrucian_credit_BertJohnson-3-qut-1180x787.jpg 1180w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2017/07/RS25561_20170524_Rosicrucian_credit_BertJohnson-3-qut-960x640.jpg 960w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2017/07/RS25561_20170524_Rosicrucian_credit_BertJohnson-3-qut-240x160.jpg 240w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2017/07/RS25561_20170524_Rosicrucian_credit_BertJohnson-3-qut-375x250.jpg 375w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2017/07/RS25561_20170524_Rosicrucian_credit_BertJohnson-3-qut-520x347.jpg 520w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">“I remember the cat mummy. I remember the re-creation of an Egyptian tomb. It scared the heck out of me,” says Bay Curious question asker Peggy Tran-Le. \u003ccite>(Bert Johnson/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>“We host 110,000 guests per year, and about 26,000 of them are sixth-graders,” says Julie Scott, executive director of the Rosicrucian Egyptian Museum.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>As it happens, Scott is also a practicing Rosicrucian, which is to say she belongs to a philosophical society that believes there’s a spiritual, transformative value to nerding out on ancient Egypt.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I’ve been to Egypt 12 times now,” she says. “There’s always something fascinating to learn and discover.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Rosicrucianism in its modern form bloomed around the turn of the 20th century, along with a host of other metaphysical philosophies seeking to plumb ancient depths for fresh perspectives on the mysteries of life and nature.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11552128\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-11552128 size-medium\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2017/07/RS25564_20170524_Rosicrucian_credit_BertJohnson-2-qut-800x533.jpg\" alt=\"“We’re the caretakers of these artifacts,” says the Rosicrucian Egyptian Museum’s Executive Director Julie Scott. \" width=\"800\" height=\"533\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2017/07/RS25564_20170524_Rosicrucian_credit_BertJohnson-2-qut-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2017/07/RS25564_20170524_Rosicrucian_credit_BertJohnson-2-qut-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2017/07/RS25564_20170524_Rosicrucian_credit_BertJohnson-2-qut-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2017/07/RS25564_20170524_Rosicrucian_credit_BertJohnson-2-qut.jpg 1920w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2017/07/RS25564_20170524_Rosicrucian_credit_BertJohnson-2-qut-1180x787.jpg 1180w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2017/07/RS25564_20170524_Rosicrucian_credit_BertJohnson-2-qut-960x640.jpg 960w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2017/07/RS25564_20170524_Rosicrucian_credit_BertJohnson-2-qut-240x160.jpg 240w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2017/07/RS25564_20170524_Rosicrucian_credit_BertJohnson-2-qut-375x250.jpg 375w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2017/07/RS25564_20170524_Rosicrucian_credit_BertJohnson-2-qut-520x347.jpg 520w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">“We’re the caretakers of these artifacts,” says the Rosicrucian Egyptian Museum’s executive director, Julie Scott. \u003ccite>(Bert Johnson/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Local Rosicrucians began collecting ancient artifacts in 1929 and just kept going. There’s room after room of more than 4,000 statues and maps and mummies: human and otherwise.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I think as a teenager, the animal mummies were the highlight of my first visit,” Tran-Le says.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Over the years, the museum has modernized to take advantage of advancements in science. Egyptologists have visited and reassessed various items. As an example, Scott tells me the back story behind a baboon mummy that captures my attention.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“So, this baboon, he looks — he is ancient, but he’s not a baboon,” Scott says. “We found, after doing an X-ray of him, that the body is actually a ceramic jar. The Egyptians would do this. They would put just a small piece of an animal, say, part of a bone or some of their fur, in this votive offering, and that way they could make more votive offerings.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11552132\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-11552132\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2017/07/RS25928_1930-RosicrucianDigest-qut-800x1139.jpg\" alt=\"The Rosicrucian Digest, published continuously from 1915, is put out by The Ancient and Mystical Order Rosæ Crucis, which also runs the Rosicrucian Egyptian Museum in San Jose.\" width=\"800\" height=\"1139\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2017/07/RS25928_1930-RosicrucianDigest-qut-800x1139.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2017/07/RS25928_1930-RosicrucianDigest-qut-160x228.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2017/07/RS25928_1930-RosicrucianDigest-qut-1020x1452.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2017/07/RS25928_1930-RosicrucianDigest-qut.jpg 1920w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2017/07/RS25928_1930-RosicrucianDigest-qut-1180x1680.jpg 1180w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2017/07/RS25928_1930-RosicrucianDigest-qut-960x1367.jpg 960w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2017/07/RS25928_1930-RosicrucianDigest-qut-240x342.jpg 240w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2017/07/RS25928_1930-RosicrucianDigest-qut-375x534.jpg 375w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2017/07/RS25928_1930-RosicrucianDigest-qut-520x740.jpg 520w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">The Rosicrucian Digest, published continuously from 1915, is put out by The Ancient and Mystical Order Rosæ Crucis, which also runs the Rosicrucian Egyptian Museum in San Jose. \u003ccite>(Courtesy of the Rosicrucian Egyptian Museum)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>To enhance the educational purpose of the collection, the Roscicrucians have also had a few replicas cast of famous items like King Tut’s golden sarcophagus and the Rosetta Stone. There’s also a tomb that is a composite replica of several real tombs in Egypt.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“In 1966, a team of Rosicrucian researchers went to Egypt and explored a number of tombs in the Beni Hasan region,” Scott explains, adding this tomb was most like the one of a man who was named Khnumhotep. He was not a pharaoh, but a nomarch — a governor, like Gov. Jerry Brown.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The tomb is located at the end of a series of winding stairs, not unlike the line you travel through to get to the Indiana Jones ride at Disneyland. Ask people what they remember from their childhood visit here, and it comes down to the animal mummies and the tomb.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11552117\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-11552117\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2017/07/RS25769_20170615_credit_BertJohnson-2-qut-800x533.jpg\" alt=\"Peggy Tran-Le looks at the baboon mummy at the Rosicrucian Egyptian Museum in San Jose.\" width=\"800\" height=\"533\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2017/07/RS25769_20170615_credit_BertJohnson-2-qut-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2017/07/RS25769_20170615_credit_BertJohnson-2-qut-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2017/07/RS25769_20170615_credit_BertJohnson-2-qut-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2017/07/RS25769_20170615_credit_BertJohnson-2-qut.jpg 1920w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2017/07/RS25769_20170615_credit_BertJohnson-2-qut-1180x787.jpg 1180w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2017/07/RS25769_20170615_credit_BertJohnson-2-qut-960x640.jpg 960w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2017/07/RS25769_20170615_credit_BertJohnson-2-qut-240x160.jpg 240w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2017/07/RS25769_20170615_credit_BertJohnson-2-qut-375x250.jpg 375w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2017/07/RS25769_20170615_credit_BertJohnson-2-qut-520x347.jpg 520w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Peggy Tran-Le regards the baboon mummy at the Rosicrucian Egyptian Museum in San Jose. \u003ccite>(Bert Johnson/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>There are lots of thoughtful, even funny, touches. For example, the sarcophagus in this tomb is missing because it was “robbed,” as so many ancient Egyptian tombs were. Also, the lighting is low enough to encourage young minds to think anxious thoughts.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I have to say that this part of the museum always scared me as a kid,” Tran-Le says, laughing. “It’s such a, it’s a dopey reaction, but it scared me. So I’m having just sort of flashbacks to being a scared young person down here.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ci>\u003c/i>We retreat to another gallery focused on the daily lives of ancient Egyptians. As you wander through the rooms, you’re reminded of just how impressive, how sophisticated they really were. They brewed beer, as we do today. They worshipped cats, as we do today. They kept their kohl, their black eye makeup, in cylinders that look just like mascara containers today.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ci>\u003c/i>The museum is the crown jewel in a complex that includes a planetarium and a research library with ancient books from big names like Francis Bacon and Isaac Newton, who the Rosicrucians of today claim as their own.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11552135\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-11552135 size-medium\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2017/07/RS25565_20170524_Rosicrucian_credit_BertJohnson-7-qut-800x533.jpg\" alt=\"The local order of Rosicrucians in San Jose is planning a new museum to focus on alchemy.\" width=\"800\" height=\"533\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2017/07/RS25565_20170524_Rosicrucian_credit_BertJohnson-7-qut-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2017/07/RS25565_20170524_Rosicrucian_credit_BertJohnson-7-qut-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2017/07/RS25565_20170524_Rosicrucian_credit_BertJohnson-7-qut-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2017/07/RS25565_20170524_Rosicrucian_credit_BertJohnson-7-qut.jpg 1920w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2017/07/RS25565_20170524_Rosicrucian_credit_BertJohnson-7-qut-1180x787.jpg 1180w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2017/07/RS25565_20170524_Rosicrucian_credit_BertJohnson-7-qut-960x640.jpg 960w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2017/07/RS25565_20170524_Rosicrucian_credit_BertJohnson-7-qut-240x160.jpg 240w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2017/07/RS25565_20170524_Rosicrucian_credit_BertJohnson-7-qut-375x250.jpg 375w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2017/07/RS25565_20170524_Rosicrucian_credit_BertJohnson-7-qut-520x347.jpg 520w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">The local order of Rosicrucians in San Jose is planning a new museum to focus on alchemy. \u003ccite>(Bert Johnson/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>“Isaac Newton had the largest collection of alchemical books in Europe,” Scott says. “But he had to keep that private, because mystics at that time, they basically had to say, ‘OK, I’m just focusing on science. I’m staying out of religion. You guys do your religious stuff.’ But he was a very avid alchemist.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>So, modern scientists have been able to turn baser metals into gold, but it’s a hugely complicated and expensive effort that involves a \u003ca href=\"https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/fact-or-fiction-lead-can-be-turned-into-gold/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">particle accelerator\u003c/a>. The kind of alchemy the Rosicrucians believe is possible has not been replicated by modern scientists. The local order of Rosicrucians has posted a number of videos allowing you to explore the ideas for yourself.\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/qOCdFDXe5jQ'\n title='//www.youtube.com/embed/qOCdFDXe5jQ'\n allowfullscreen='true'\n style='border:0;'>\u003c/iframe>\n \u003c/span>\n \u003c/span>\u003c/p>\u003cp>\u003cp>\u003ci>\u003c/i>“We don’t see (the pyramid) as a tomb,” Scott says. “We see it as an initiation chamber.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ci>\u003c/i>This line of conversation raises another question for Tran-Le: “When I came here with my friend’s mom and my friend, we walked the grounds and she said, ‘Oh, this is where the order held secret ceremonies.’ I don’t know if she was just trying to entertain a bunch of teenagers. Or is that something you can confirm? Or deny?”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Scott explains: “Well, we hold regular meetings for Rosicrucians that include a meditation and a discussion. They’re private to only Rosicrucians. We wouldn’t call them secret, but you have to be a Rosicrucian member to participate. That’s held in our grand temple, which is for Rosicrucians — that’s the spiritual headquarters, here at Rosicrucian Park.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11552139\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-11552139 size-medium\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2017/07/RS25929_1931-Poster-qut-800x999.jpg\" alt=\"For many years, Rosicrucians advertised in popular magazines.\" width=\"800\" height=\"999\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2017/07/RS25929_1931-Poster-qut-800x999.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2017/07/RS25929_1931-Poster-qut-160x200.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2017/07/RS25929_1931-Poster-qut-1020x1273.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2017/07/RS25929_1931-Poster-qut.jpg 1920w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2017/07/RS25929_1931-Poster-qut-1180x1473.jpg 1180w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2017/07/RS25929_1931-Poster-qut-960x1199.jpg 960w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2017/07/RS25929_1931-Poster-qut-240x300.jpg 240w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2017/07/RS25929_1931-Poster-qut-375x468.jpg 375w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2017/07/RS25929_1931-Poster-qut-520x649.jpg 520w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">For many years, Rosicrucians advertised in popular magazines.\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>\u003cb>\u003c/b>Scott says there about 250,000 Rosicrucians worldwide, and other big centers like this one in \u003ca href=\"https://www.rose-croix.org\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">France\u003c/a> and \u003ca href=\"http://www.maxheindel.org\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Brazil\u003c/a>. The New Yorker who started the U.S. chapter landed in San Jose’s bucolic Rose Garden neighborhood because land was cheap here. Well, it \u003ci>was\u003c/i> back in the early 20th century!\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Scott adds: “People in this part of the world are so open to other ways of thinking and learning — and especially to more than just intellectual learning and understanding.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>From the beginning, the Golden State has welcomed seekers, people keen to remake the world into something less rational and boring, into something more mystical and spiritually resonant. But if you’re thinking Rosicrucianism is a religion, it’s not.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11552141\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-11552141 size-medium\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2017/07/RS25932_Rosicrucian-Planetarium-historic-postcard-copy-qut-800x533.jpg\" alt=\"A postcard of the planetarium at Rosicrucian Park, one of the first in the US.\" width=\"800\" height=\"533\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2017/07/RS25932_Rosicrucian-Planetarium-historic-postcard-copy-qut-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2017/07/RS25932_Rosicrucian-Planetarium-historic-postcard-copy-qut-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2017/07/RS25932_Rosicrucian-Planetarium-historic-postcard-copy-qut-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2017/07/RS25932_Rosicrucian-Planetarium-historic-postcard-copy-qut-1180x787.jpg 1180w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2017/07/RS25932_Rosicrucian-Planetarium-historic-postcard-copy-qut-960x640.jpg 960w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2017/07/RS25932_Rosicrucian-Planetarium-historic-postcard-copy-qut-240x160.jpg 240w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2017/07/RS25932_Rosicrucian-Planetarium-historic-postcard-copy-qut-375x250.jpg 375w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2017/07/RS25932_Rosicrucian-Planetarium-historic-postcard-copy-qut-520x347.jpg 520w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2017/07/RS25932_Rosicrucian-Planetarium-historic-postcard-copy-qut.jpg 1800w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">A postcard of the planetarium at Rosicrucian Park, one of the first in the U.S. \u003ccite>(Courtesy of the Rosicrucian Egyptian Museum)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>“I know Rosicrucians who are Catholics and Buddhist and Jews — every religion that I’m aware of, I’ve met somebody who is a practitioner of that religion,” Scott says. “There are also Rosicrucians who don’t consider themselves religious at all. They consider themselves spiritual.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Regardless, you don’t have to \u003ci>believe\u003c/i> to benefit from the Rosicrucians’ enthusiasm for ancient Egypt.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ci>\u003c/i>\u003ca href=\"https://history.stanford.edu/people/anne-austin\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Anne Austin\u003c/a> is an Egyptologist and archaeologist at Stanford who teaches a class called Egyptomania. She takes every class to San Jose. “I think it’s a great teaching collection, especially for people who are new to Egypt,” Austin says.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11552137\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-11552137\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2017/07/RS25557_20170524_Rosicrucian_credit_BertJohnson-10-qut-800x533.jpg\" alt=\"The entrance to the Rosicrucian Egyptian Museum in San Jose.\" width=\"800\" height=\"533\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2017/07/RS25557_20170524_Rosicrucian_credit_BertJohnson-10-qut-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2017/07/RS25557_20170524_Rosicrucian_credit_BertJohnson-10-qut-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2017/07/RS25557_20170524_Rosicrucian_credit_BertJohnson-10-qut-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2017/07/RS25557_20170524_Rosicrucian_credit_BertJohnson-10-qut.jpg 1920w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2017/07/RS25557_20170524_Rosicrucian_credit_BertJohnson-10-qut-1180x787.jpg 1180w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2017/07/RS25557_20170524_Rosicrucian_credit_BertJohnson-10-qut-960x640.jpg 960w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2017/07/RS25557_20170524_Rosicrucian_credit_BertJohnson-10-qut-240x160.jpg 240w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2017/07/RS25557_20170524_Rosicrucian_credit_BertJohnson-10-qut-375x250.jpg 375w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2017/07/RS25557_20170524_Rosicrucian_credit_BertJohnson-10-qut-520x347.jpg 520w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">The entrance to the Rosicrucian Egyptian Museum in San Jose. \u003ccite>(Courtesy of the Rosicrucian Egyptian Museum)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>I ask Austin if some Rosicrucian ideas about ancient Egyptian practices diverge from accepted academic gospel today.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I think they’re open to a variety of interpretations of Egypt in a way that Egyptologists are less open,” Austin says. “So we’re not really open to thinking about past lives in Egypt. 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