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They were flying a drone inside.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12053394\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2560px\">\u003ca href=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/08/DSC02261-scaled.jpg\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12053394\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/08/DSC02261-scaled.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2560\" height=\"1707\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/08/DSC02261-scaled.jpg 2560w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/08/DSC02261-2000x1333.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/08/DSC02261-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/08/DSC02261-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/08/DSC02261-2048x1365.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2560px) 100vw, 2560px\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Seventeen-year-old Kevin Robles at his home in Oceanside on June 24, 2025. \u003ccite>(Aisha Wallace-Palomares/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Federal agents had a search warrant for Robles’s dad, who along with his mom, was taken into ICE custody. But Kevin, a U.S. citizen, and his 14-year-old sister were also handcuffed.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“It’s a crazy thing that happened,” Robles recalled. “I opened my bedroom door and I’m received with 10 or 15 officers, agents pointing rifles at my face.[aside postID=news_12046431 hero='https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/06/250612-NICARAGUAN-JOURNALIST-MD-01-KQED-1.jpg']Aisha Wallace-Palomares was one of the first journalists to interview Robles about what happened to him and his parents. After graduating from the UC Berkeley Graduate School of Journalism in May, she moved back to her hometown of Escondido to cover ICE raids in the North County area of San Diego.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Her reporting on her \u003ca href=\"https://www.instagram.com/chularadio/profilecard/?igsh=dWM4ZXptNmdiZTB5\">Instagram\u003c/a> has been picked up by outlets like \u003ca href=\"https://www.marieclaire.co.uk/life/politics/los-angeles-protests-la-donald-trump-ice-california-real-life-frontline-stories\">Marie Claire \u003c/a>and \u003ca href=\"https://lataco.com/author/aisha-wallace-palomares\">L.A. Taco\u003c/a>, where she broke a major story about Adrian Martinez, a \u003ca href=\"https://lataco.com/us-citizen-arrested-walmart\">U.S. citizen arrested\u003c/a> and held in ICE detention. She’ll be starting a California Local News fellowship at L.A. 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I’ve been finding stories on community forums, Facebook groups. People DM me when they’re seeing federal immigration agents.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>On verifying reports of ICE activity with federal agencies:\u003cbr>\n\u003c/strong>\u003cbr>\nIn Kevin Robles’ case, I was able to verify that ICE had a warrant for his father, who ICE said had a criminal record. Both of Kevin’s parents [were] taken into custody [and are still there].\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Despite the violence captured in a video a neighbor filmed of that raid, an ICE spokesperson emailed me that the agency “followed their training to use the minimum amount of force necessary to resolve the situation.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12053415\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003ca href=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/08/DSC02155-scaled-e1755898165502.jpg\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12053415\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/08/DSC02155-scaled-e1755898165502.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1334\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">The Robles family’s apartment on June 19, 2025, the day after federal agents broke multiple windows during an early morning raid. 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So it’s important to confirm these tips.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>On reporting on community patrols, grassroots groups monitoring for ICE presence:\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>I’ve done a few ride-alongs with \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12049134/immigration-enforcement-leads-to-political-activism-among-california-latinos\">Union del Barrio here in Escondido\u003c/a>, and with the \u003ca href=\"https://www.facebook.com/hrcoside/\">Human Rights Council\u003c/a> based out of Oceanside. They drive through the streets looking for ICE so that they can alert community members.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The volunteers really know their city and really care about their community. They’re getting up and going on these patrols before work at 5:45 a.m.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12053410\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003ca href=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/08/DSC02138-scaled-e1755898840717.jpg\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12053410\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/08/DSC02138-scaled-e1755898840717.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1334\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Clergy and community members protest ICE raids outside the Metropolitan Detention Center in downtown Los Angeles on June 17, 2025. Protestors urged members of the Marine Corps monitoring the demonstration to become conscientious objectors. \u003ccite>(Aisha Wallace-Palomares/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>On educating the immigrant community about how to talk to journalists:\u003cbr>\n\u003c/strong>\u003cbr>\nOne of the things I noticed early on in my reporting is that many people in the Latino community have never interacted with journalists. I felt like I had a responsibility to make sure that people that I spoke to understood what it meant to \u003ca href=\"http://instagram.com/p/DK0bVUzSclq/?igsh=MXU1OHo0cGswcnFjeg%3D%3D\">talk to a journalist\u003c/a>.[aside postID=news_12025647 hero='https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/GettyImages-1243312873-1020x680.jpg']I wanted to educate them on terms like “on the record,” or “off the record,” that we as journalists sometimes use very casually. I wanted to make sure that all the sources that I talked to understood what it meant to talk to me.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But at the same time, a lot of people are eager to share their stories. A lot of the families that I’ve been talking to are in shock when their loved ones are detained. They don’t even know how to begin navigating the confusing legal maze that is the U.S. immigration system.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>I’ve been developing investigative skills that can help these families find their family members and information relating to their case and also to make sure that federal immigration agencies are being held accountable when they are picking up U.S. citizens.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>As a Latina, I know I could be picked up when I’m walking down the street or when I am out reporting. But at the same time, as a journalist with local roots, I want to use that privilege to shine a light on what’s happening to our community.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad floatright]\u003c/p>\n",
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Both of Kevin’s parents [were] taken into custody [and are still there].\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Despite the violence captured in a video a neighbor filmed of that raid, an ICE spokesperson emailed me that the agency “followed their training to use the minimum amount of force necessary to resolve the situation.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12053415\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003ca href=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/08/DSC02155-scaled-e1755898165502.jpg\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12053415\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/08/DSC02155-scaled-e1755898165502.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1334\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">The Robles family’s apartment on June 19, 2025, the day after federal agents broke multiple windows during an early morning raid. 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"content": "\u003cp>\u003cem>For her series \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/californiafoodways\">California Foodways\u003c/a>, Lisa Morehouse is reporting a story about food and farming from each of California’s 58 counties.\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Every month, the \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/bayareabites/tag/anderson-valley\">Anderson Valley \u003c/a>Grange holds a pancake breakfast at their Grange hall in the town of Philo. A team of volunteers prepares pancakes, eggs and bacon for the 100 or so community members who show up.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In the kitchen during January’s breakfast, a man known as Captain Rainbow called out “Danger, danger!” as he pulled sizzling bacon out of the oven.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>As a trio of local musicians played, Erich Jonas mixed a hyper-local pancake batter. It includes flour from the Mendocino Grain Project, which he called “absolutely perfect for this local feast,” and just about half a can of the best beer from the Anderson Valley Brewing Company.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“And so here we go. We’re going to add this magic ingredient, just enough to wet the batter down so it’s not sticky,” he said, while whisking.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Grange halls like this one have been around for more than 150 years — the Grange began as a fraternal organization for farmers. Even though farming — and Grange membership — are down to a fraction of what they were decades ago, many rural towns still rely on Grange halls as community centers.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Whether it’s doing a holiday dinner or … hosting a local food bank, it’s a place where people can do what’s most natural to us, which is focus on our cooperative dynamics and community,” Jonas said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12030055\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003ca href=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/03/250301-ANDERSONVALLEYGRANGE-47-BL-KQED.jpg\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12030055\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/03/250301-ANDERSONVALLEYGRANGE-47-BL-KQED.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/03/250301-ANDERSONVALLEYGRANGE-47-BL-KQED.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/03/250301-ANDERSONVALLEYGRANGE-47-BL-KQED-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/03/250301-ANDERSONVALLEYGRANGE-47-BL-KQED-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/03/250301-ANDERSONVALLEYGRANGE-47-BL-KQED-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/03/250301-ANDERSONVALLEYGRANGE-47-BL-KQED-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/03/250301-ANDERSONVALLEYGRANGE-47-BL-KQED-1920x1280.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">A sign for the Anderson Valley Brewing Company on a fermentation tank in Boonville, California, on March 1, 2025. The sign includes the words Bahl Mornin, meaning Good Morning in the Boontling language. \u003ccite>(Beth LaBerge/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>In the Anderson Valley, many people credit this place for bringing together groups of people that were once really divided.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The Order of the Patrons of Husbandry, better known as the Grange, was founded in 1867 as a social and educational organization for farmers. It gained membership as Grangers banded together to fight the high prices that grain elevators and \u003ca href=\"https://www.britannica.com/event/Granger-movement\">railroads\u003c/a> were charging to store and transport their crops. Their non-partisan political advocacy began with \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12029560/the-california-railroads-surprising-impact-on-food-and-civil-rights\">issues like regulating the railroads\u003c/a> and making sure mail was delivered to rural areas for free.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Captain Rainbow explained, “The farmers essentially created the Grange as like a co-op, and they had some power in numbers like a union.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The Anderson Valley is an agricultural community. Dozens of vineyards line Highway 128, and they grow a lot of cannabis in this region, too. But wine and cannabis didn’t dominate the Valley when Captain Rainbow arrived here in the early 1970s.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“When I first came here, the economy of the valley was sheep farming, and apples, and logging, pretty much.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[aside postID=news_12029568 hero='https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/03/20250308_BESANS-MARKET_DMB_00963-KQED-1020x680.jpg']\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>He said he wore a loincloth, lived up in the woods with some other back-to-the-landers, and didn’t come into town too much.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“In those days, if you were a hippie, you weren’t particularly welcome here,” he said. “The nickname of the bar was ‘the Bucket of Blood,’ and it was pretty renowned for being a pretty rugged spot. I didn’t go in the bar for about 10 years because it was chainsaw haircut time if you did.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Rainbow still has the long hair — now gray, pulled back in a neat ponytail.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Back then, the only affordable place in town to hold an event was at the old Grange hall, built in 1939.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“It had a really nice old fir dance floor, and a big barrel stove with a bunch of firewood to warm the place up, and a little tiny goofy stage,” Rainbow said. “That’s where we’d have our rock and roll parties and do our little plays and our clown shows.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12030052\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003ca href=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/03/250301-ANDERSONVALLEYGRANGE-38-BL-KQED.jpg\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12030052\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/03/250301-ANDERSONVALLEYGRANGE-38-BL-KQED.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/03/250301-ANDERSONVALLEYGRANGE-38-BL-KQED.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/03/250301-ANDERSONVALLEYGRANGE-38-BL-KQED-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/03/250301-ANDERSONVALLEYGRANGE-38-BL-KQED-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/03/250301-ANDERSONVALLEYGRANGE-38-BL-KQED-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/03/250301-ANDERSONVALLEYGRANGE-38-BL-KQED-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/03/250301-ANDERSONVALLEYGRANGE-38-BL-KQED-1920x1280.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Captain Rainbow stands in the doorway of the Anderson Valley Grange during the Winter Abundance Gathering, a seed and scion exchange, in Philo, California, on March 1, 2025. Established in the late 1930s, the Grange has long been a community hub, hosting local events, farmers’ markets, and gatherings that honor the region’s agricultural heritage. \u003ccite>(Beth LaBerge/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Rainbow said the Grange membership back then was made up of old-timers who were a little reluctant to rent out the hall to hippies.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“But they didn’t have any money either,” so they grudgingly relented. “And you know what?” Rainbow said, “We loved that building, too, so we did take care of it.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But one morning in 1985, Rainbow heard some terrible news: the Grange hall burned down. News spread fast, and people from across the valley went to see the damage.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“There was nothing left,” Rainbow said. “I mean, it was just a pile of gray and black charred stuff. It was gone.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>As Anderson Valley’s Grangers planned to rebuild the hall, the hippies begged them to include a stage and a wooden floor for dancing. They even made a bargain with the Grangers, one they never thought they’d have to keep: if the insurance money ran out, they would help the Grangers rebuild the hall. The insurance money didn’t last, and so, working one day a week, it took this incongruous group of volunteers six years to build the new Grange hall.[aside postID=news_12029560 hero='https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/12/CSRM_39595_p-1020x679.jpg']“This was, to me, the nut of a coming together of different groups of people who needed each other,” Captain Rainbow said. “They needed us to do the work for free, and we needed them to provide this space and this place and the possibility that we could have a dance hall again.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Even if a hippie had a bad encounter with an old timer at the Bucket of Blood saloon the night before, Rainbow said, “The next day, hungover, both of you would be hanging sheetrock together, and you’d find out that, hey, you’re all right.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Instead of drinking or talking politics, they were building something together.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I gained a lot of friends in the valley that way. I’m not sure this holds for everyone else in the valley, but for me, that was the time things opened up, because we were engaged in a common purpose. Rather than looking at our differences, we were looking at our samenesses,” Rainbow said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>As the Anderson Valley Grangers saw their peers getting older, they looked around at the younger volunteers who were showing up with skills and interest, and they saw something else: potential Grange members.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Captain Rainbow remembered, “One day, one of those guys came up to me and said, ‘Hey, you know, you want to join the grange?’ And my eyes got big, and I went, ‘Really?’ And they asked other people who had been volunteering, as well, to become members. We couldn’t believe it. We went, ‘What? You’re kidding. You really … you want us? You want us?’ And they did.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12030053\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003ca href=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/03/250301-ANDERSONVALLEYGRANGE-41-BL-KQED.jpg\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12030053\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/03/250301-ANDERSONVALLEYGRANGE-41-BL-KQED.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/03/250301-ANDERSONVALLEYGRANGE-41-BL-KQED.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/03/250301-ANDERSONVALLEYGRANGE-41-BL-KQED-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/03/250301-ANDERSONVALLEYGRANGE-41-BL-KQED-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/03/250301-ANDERSONVALLEYGRANGE-41-BL-KQED-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/03/250301-ANDERSONVALLEYGRANGE-41-BL-KQED-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/03/250301-ANDERSONVALLEYGRANGE-41-BL-KQED-1920x1280.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Captain Rainbow talks with a friend during the Winter Abundance Gathering, a seed and scion exchange, at the Anderson Valley Grange in Philo, California, on March 1, 2025. Established in the late 1930s, the Grange has long been a community hub, hosting local events, farmers’ markets, and gatherings that honor the region’s agricultural heritage. \u003ccite>(Beth LaBerge/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Both sides had to compromise a bit. When they became members, the hippies had to go through some rituals, learn the secret handshake, and the password. This new contingent wasn’t going to go all in for the traditions of a fraternal organization, but Captain Rainbow and others learned the origins of many of these rituals and began to understand.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“The secret handshake and all that stuff came about because they would go to Washington D.C. and lobby for farmers’ rights,” Rainbow said, “and they had to know who was a Granger.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Soon enough, Captain Rainbow found himself appointed Grange Master, and he’s been involved ever since.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>These days, people know the Anderson Valley Grange Hall for its annual variety show and as a place to hold meetings, dances and quinceañeras, but it still has agricultural connections.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The reality of this was on full display in early March. The parking lot was packed before the official start of the event at the hall.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Local food groups rented out the Grange hall for a day of education and seed and scion exchanges.[aside postID=news_12015282 hero='https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/11/240715-StillLifeCafe-03-1020x680.jpg']Amid grafting workshops, people walked in carrying containers full of seeds and grocery bags with cuttings from trees — young shoots, called scions.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>On one side of the Grange hall, tables were covered with scion wood. Barbara Goodell, one of the event’s organizers, pointed out many of the varieties she saw:\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Nuts, grapes, figs on this table. There’s apples, peaches, persimmons, plums, all kinds of things. Anything that you can graft, it’s here.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Grafting lets growers join two different plants together into one — like a hearty rootstock with a scion of a really delicious apple variety.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“It’s not rocket science, necessarily,” Goodell said. “It’s putting two sticks together in the right way.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The other side of the hall was all about seeds, including seed libraries for each of Mendocino County’s library branches.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Kat Wu and Sab Mai came up from San Jose. They chatted with Jini Reynolds, a Grange advocate and leader, about how to save seeds from their small home garden.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12030048\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003ca href=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/03/250301-ANDERSONVALLEYGRANGE-22-BL-KQED.jpg\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12030048\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/03/250301-ANDERSONVALLEYGRANGE-22-BL-KQED.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/03/250301-ANDERSONVALLEYGRANGE-22-BL-KQED.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/03/250301-ANDERSONVALLEYGRANGE-22-BL-KQED-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/03/250301-ANDERSONVALLEYGRANGE-22-BL-KQED-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/03/250301-ANDERSONVALLEYGRANGE-22-BL-KQED-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/03/250301-ANDERSONVALLEYGRANGE-22-BL-KQED-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/03/250301-ANDERSONVALLEYGRANGE-22-BL-KQED-1920x1280.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Community members gather for the Winter Abundance Gathering, a seed and scion exchange, at the Anderson Valley Grange in Philo, California, on March 1, 2025. Established in the late 1930s, the Grange has long been a community hub, hosting local events, farmers’ markets, and gatherings that honor the region’s agricultural heritage. \u003ccite>(Beth LaBerge/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>“The important thing about saving seeds is to mark down what kind of climate you grew it in, the things that made you successful, like the soils or did you have a raised bed, so that other people in your community can then understand how they can grow,” Reynolds said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>She encouraged Wu and Mai to look for resources in their own region, too.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I’m with the Grange, and we’re a national organization. So you have Granges down in your area, too. Maybe put together some kind of seed exchange so that you can all share information,” she told them.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Reynolds is a member of another Grange in Mendocino County, about an hour away from the Anderson Valley hall. There are seven community Granges in Mendocino County.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>When Reynolds moved to a one-acre farm in Mendocino County 50 years ago, she’d attend parties and PTA meetings at the local grange hall, but had no idea what “Grange” meant. As she learned more about the organization, she got more committed.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Starting about 15 years ago, there was a lot of tension within California Granges. Rifts widened over values, leadership and property. Many groups in California broke away from the national Grange.[aside postID=news_11999452 hero='https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/08/DiversGearUp-1020x680.jpg']During this time, Reynolds said, she studied Grange history and bylaws. She decided to help the organization grow and change it from within.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I’m now kind of like a cheerleader for the Grange,” Reynolds said. “Because I see that — even clear across the nation, not just California —all of us are looking at, ‘How do we live sustainably? How do we keep our community centers? Where do we get the support?’”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Now, she’s president of what’s called the “Pomona” — the regional Grange serving Mendocino and Lake Counties, and she’s \u003ca href=\"https://www.castategrange.org/field-representatives\">helping state granges\u003c/a> rebuild their membership. She’s also on the diversity team of the national Grange.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In the early days, the Grange helped farmers organize and fight railroad moguls. The needs for today’s rural communities are different. Many Granges are modernizing their halls to be emergency shelters. Reynolds pointed out that members can get discounts on propane and can attend practical workshops.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Come on down and learn how to do CPR. Come on down and learn how to handle that ham radio. Come on down and learn this skill on how to put new gravel in your driveway,” she said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Mendocino County Grangers even started a retirement facility that houses 170 people.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12030050\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003ca href=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/03/250301-ANDERSONVALLEYGRANGE-29-BL-KQED.jpg\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12030050\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/03/250301-ANDERSONVALLEYGRANGE-29-BL-KQED.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/03/250301-ANDERSONVALLEYGRANGE-29-BL-KQED.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/03/250301-ANDERSONVALLEYGRANGE-29-BL-KQED-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/03/250301-ANDERSONVALLEYGRANGE-29-BL-KQED-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/03/250301-ANDERSONVALLEYGRANGE-29-BL-KQED-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/03/250301-ANDERSONVALLEYGRANGE-29-BL-KQED-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/03/250301-ANDERSONVALLEYGRANGE-29-BL-KQED-1920x1280.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Stuart (left) talks with Victoria Joy about seeds during the Winter Abundance Gathering, a seed and scion exchange, at the Anderson Valley Grange in Philo, California, on March 1, 2025. Established in the late 1930s, the Grange has long been a community hub, hosting local events, farmers’ markets, and gatherings that honor the region’s agricultural heritage. \u003ccite>(Beth LaBerge/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>In rural California, one concern comes up again and again: fire. One that stays with Reynolds is 2017’s \u003ca href=\"https://www.mendocinocounty.gov/Home/Components/News/News/6829/#:~:text=The%20fire%20began%20on%20October,the%20lives%20of%20nine%20individuals.\">Redwood Complex\u003c/a> fire. The disaster killed nine people. It destroyed 350 homes and 36,000 acres, and required thousands of people to evacuate. When roads opened back up, Reynolds said she was the one with the key to the Redwood Valley Grange, which was still standing. She let PG&E in to get the propane turned back on, she said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I told my husband, ‘I can’t close the door to the Grange,’” she said, with emotion creeping into her voice. “All of my neighbors were going back to see if they had a house or not, or whether their farms were there anymore, whether they had anything left at all, and they were driving right past the Grange.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Reynolds said that she, her husband, and other volunteers made brownies and coffee, and put out a sandwich board, saying, “Come on in.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“And all of a sudden, people were bringing food down there,” she said. “Red Cross was outside, FEMA was in the room and they started answering people’s questions.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Families were able to reconnect and find each other after the fire.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“This is all because of a Grange hall. 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As someone with Paiute ancestry, that’s dear to her heart. She pointed out that the National organization has changed language, like “Grange Master,” to “President.” A number of Granges — including in California — have a majority Latino population. And California’s state Grange is translating all documents into Spanish.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“It’s going to be a while, but we’re working on that. And as far as the indigenous people,” she said, getting emotional, “we’re working on that.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Thinking about the future of the Anderson Valley Grange, Captain Rainbow gets a little nostalgic. “When my generation came in and became part of the Grange, the old-timers, they needed us. And now, I’m a geezer now!” He called his peer group new old-timers.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12030051\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003ca href=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/03/250301-ANDERSONVALLEYGRANGE-35-BL-KQED.jpg\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12030051\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/03/250301-ANDERSONVALLEYGRANGE-35-BL-KQED.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/03/250301-ANDERSONVALLEYGRANGE-35-BL-KQED.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/03/250301-ANDERSONVALLEYGRANGE-35-BL-KQED-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/03/250301-ANDERSONVALLEYGRANGE-35-BL-KQED-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/03/250301-ANDERSONVALLEYGRANGE-35-BL-KQED-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/03/250301-ANDERSONVALLEYGRANGE-35-BL-KQED-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/03/250301-ANDERSONVALLEYGRANGE-35-BL-KQED-1920x1280.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Jerzy Skupny (right) teaches a grafting workshop during the Winter Abundance Gathering, a seed and scion exchange, at the Anderson Valley Grange in Philo, California, on March 1, 2025. Established in the late 1930s, the Grange has long been a community hub, hosting local events, farmers’ markets, and gatherings that honor the region’s agricultural heritage. \u003ccite>(Beth LaBerge/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Though the Anderson Valley Grange Hall fills up for dances, pancake breakfasts and seed exchanges, the chapter hovers between 40 and 50 members, and many of them are from Rainbow’s generation.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“We need some fresh blood,” Rainbow said. Although, he said, “there’s still some folks who are coming and want to do small-time agricultural farming,” he worries there won’t be enough, or that they won’t have the same spirit.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“But who knows, things evolve. They change. And who am I to claim that I know what’s going to happen or what’s right,” he said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Why I came here was a sense of place,” he said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Hopefully, he said, the Grange can remain “a focal point for this sense of place,” and continue to be a space that brings people together in the Anderson Valley.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cem>This story was produced with support from the \u003c/em>\u003ca href=\"https://thefern.org/\">\u003cem>Food and Environment Reporting Network\u003c/em>\u003c/a>\u003cem>. It’s part of Lisa’s series \u003c/em>\u003ca href=\"https://californiafoodways.com/\">\u003cem>California Foodways\u003c/em>\u003c/a>\u003cem>. \u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad floatright]\u003c/p>\n",
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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>During this time, Reynolds said, she studied Grange history and bylaws. She decided to help the organization grow and change it from within.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I’m now kind of like a cheerleader for the Grange,” Reynolds said. “Because I see that — even clear across the nation, not just California —all of us are looking at, ‘How do we live sustainably? How do we keep our community centers? Where do we get the support?’”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Now, she’s president of what’s called the “Pomona” — the regional Grange serving Mendocino and Lake Counties, and she’s \u003ca href=\"https://www.castategrange.org/field-representatives\">helping state granges\u003c/a> rebuild their membership. She’s also on the diversity team of the national Grange.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In the early days, the Grange helped farmers organize and fight railroad moguls. The needs for today’s rural communities are different. Many Granges are modernizing their halls to be emergency shelters. Reynolds pointed out that members can get discounts on propane and can attend practical workshops.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Come on down and learn how to do CPR. Come on down and learn how to handle that ham radio. Come on down and learn this skill on how to put new gravel in your driveway,” she said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Mendocino County Grangers even started a retirement facility that houses 170 people.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12030050\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003ca href=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/03/250301-ANDERSONVALLEYGRANGE-29-BL-KQED.jpg\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12030050\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/03/250301-ANDERSONVALLEYGRANGE-29-BL-KQED.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/03/250301-ANDERSONVALLEYGRANGE-29-BL-KQED.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/03/250301-ANDERSONVALLEYGRANGE-29-BL-KQED-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/03/250301-ANDERSONVALLEYGRANGE-29-BL-KQED-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/03/250301-ANDERSONVALLEYGRANGE-29-BL-KQED-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/03/250301-ANDERSONVALLEYGRANGE-29-BL-KQED-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/03/250301-ANDERSONVALLEYGRANGE-29-BL-KQED-1920x1280.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Stuart (left) talks with Victoria Joy about seeds during the Winter Abundance Gathering, a seed and scion exchange, at the Anderson Valley Grange in Philo, California, on March 1, 2025. Established in the late 1930s, the Grange has long been a community hub, hosting local events, farmers’ markets, and gatherings that honor the region’s agricultural heritage. \u003ccite>(Beth LaBerge/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>In rural California, one concern comes up again and again: fire. One that stays with Reynolds is 2017’s \u003ca href=\"https://www.mendocinocounty.gov/Home/Components/News/News/6829/#:~:text=The%20fire%20began%20on%20October,the%20lives%20of%20nine%20individuals.\">Redwood Complex\u003c/a> fire. The disaster killed nine people. It destroyed 350 homes and 36,000 acres, and required thousands of people to evacuate. When roads opened back up, Reynolds said she was the one with the key to the Redwood Valley Grange, which was still standing. She let PG&E in to get the propane turned back on, she said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I told my husband, ‘I can’t close the door to the Grange,’” she said, with emotion creeping into her voice. “All of my neighbors were going back to see if they had a house or not, or whether their farms were there anymore, whether they had anything left at all, and they were driving right past the Grange.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Reynolds said that she, her husband, and other volunteers made brownies and coffee, and put out a sandwich board, saying, “Come on in.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“And all of a sudden, people were bringing food down there,” she said. “Red Cross was outside, FEMA was in the room and they started answering people’s questions.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Families were able to reconnect and find each other after the fire.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“This is all because of a Grange hall. If we didn’t have the Grange hall, none of this would have happened.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Nationally, the Grange was at its peak in the 1950s, with over 850,000 members. That dropped a lot over the decades, as farmland was paved over for suburbs, and membership in civic organizations declined.\u003c/p>\u003c/div>",
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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp> But the last few years have seen membership grow incrementally.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>California has 120 Granges, and in the last year alone, seven Granges opened — some brand new, some brought back to life or reorganized, since the state-wide rift. Reynolds said, revitalizing the Grange is her calling. She’s working to reestablish Granges in Fort Bragg and Upper Lake — communities in Mendocino and Lake Counties — in the coming months.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>She said she knows that the Grange needs to be truly inclusive to keep growing and represent all the people living in rural areas. As someone with Paiute ancestry, that’s dear to her heart. She pointed out that the National organization has changed language, like “Grange Master,” to “President.” A number of Granges — including in California — have a majority Latino population. And California’s state Grange is translating all documents into Spanish.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“It’s going to be a while, but we’re working on that. And as far as the indigenous people,” she said, getting emotional, “we’re working on that.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Thinking about the future of the Anderson Valley Grange, Captain Rainbow gets a little nostalgic. “When my generation came in and became part of the Grange, the old-timers, they needed us. And now, I’m a geezer now!” He called his peer group new old-timers.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12030051\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003ca href=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/03/250301-ANDERSONVALLEYGRANGE-35-BL-KQED.jpg\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12030051\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/03/250301-ANDERSONVALLEYGRANGE-35-BL-KQED.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/03/250301-ANDERSONVALLEYGRANGE-35-BL-KQED.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/03/250301-ANDERSONVALLEYGRANGE-35-BL-KQED-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/03/250301-ANDERSONVALLEYGRANGE-35-BL-KQED-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/03/250301-ANDERSONVALLEYGRANGE-35-BL-KQED-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/03/250301-ANDERSONVALLEYGRANGE-35-BL-KQED-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/03/250301-ANDERSONVALLEYGRANGE-35-BL-KQED-1920x1280.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Jerzy Skupny (right) teaches a grafting workshop during the Winter Abundance Gathering, a seed and scion exchange, at the Anderson Valley Grange in Philo, California, on March 1, 2025. Established in the late 1930s, the Grange has long been a community hub, hosting local events, farmers’ markets, and gatherings that honor the region’s agricultural heritage. \u003ccite>(Beth LaBerge/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Though the Anderson Valley Grange Hall fills up for dances, pancake breakfasts and seed exchanges, the chapter hovers between 40 and 50 members, and many of them are from Rainbow’s generation.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“We need some fresh blood,” Rainbow said. Although, he said, “there’s still some folks who are coming and want to do small-time agricultural farming,” he worries there won’t be enough, or that they won’t have the same spirit.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“But who knows, things evolve. They change. And who am I to claim that I know what’s going to happen or what’s right,” he said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Why I came here was a sense of place,” he said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Hopefully, he said, the Grange can remain “a focal point for this sense of place,” and continue to be a space that brings people together in the Anderson Valley.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cem>This story was produced with support from the \u003c/em>\u003ca href=\"https://thefern.org/\">\u003cem>Food and Environment Reporting Network\u003c/em>\u003c/a>\u003cem>. It’s part of Lisa’s series \u003c/em>\u003ca href=\"https://californiafoodways.com/\">\u003cem>California Foodways\u003c/em>\u003c/a>\u003cem>. \u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003c/div>",
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"content": "\u003cp>El Compa Negro is on Facetime with his stylist, trying to pick out his outfit ahead of his set at the Compton Art & History Museum.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/tag/los-angeles-county\">Los Angeles\u003c/a>-based musician is performing for the opening reception of “Corridos from the Hood,” an \u003ca href=\"https://www.comptonmuseum.org/previous-exhibitions/corridos-from-the-hood\">exhibit \u003c/a>dedicated to the popular genre of \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12034651/k-onda-april\">storytelling ballad\u003c/a> and one of the most cherished traditions in Mexican regional music. After going back and forth a few times, he settles on a black suit — a sparkly black velvet coat, a black tejana hat and sneakers.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Tucked in the corner of an unassuming strip mall, the museum could easily be overshadowed by the Popeyes that sits across from it. But tonight the museum is hard to miss, with El Compa Negro’s performance taking over the parking lot in front.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Smiling, he sings, “Afro-Americano dueño de las calles.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The Sinaloan-style, all-female group \u003ca href=\"https://bandalasangelinas.com/\">Banda Las Angelinas\u003c/a> accompanies him as he belts out, “Compton es nuestro lugar, es mi casa y es mi hogar.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Yo Soy Compton,” an unreleased song, is El Compa Negro’s ode to his hometown. Cowboy hats bob to the music, while botas and sneakers dance along to the song in a flurry of cheers and motion.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12034735\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003ca href=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/04/250407-EL-COMPA-NEGRO-04-KQED.jpg\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12034735\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/04/250407-EL-COMPA-NEGRO-04-KQED.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/04/250407-EL-COMPA-NEGRO-04-KQED.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/04/250407-EL-COMPA-NEGRO-04-KQED-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/04/250407-EL-COMPA-NEGRO-04-KQED-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/04/250407-EL-COMPA-NEGRO-04-KQED-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/04/250407-EL-COMPA-NEGRO-04-KQED-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/04/250407-EL-COMPA-NEGRO-04-KQED-1920x1280.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Marco Bravo, a photographer whose work was highlighted in the exhibit “Corridos from the Hood,” at the Compton Art & History Museum, dances with a partner, as El Compa Negro performs with Banda Las Angelinas. \u003ccite>(Aisha Wallace-Palomares for KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>When many people think about Compton, they think about N.W.A and Kendrick Lamar. Compton is a historically Black city known for its vibrant African American community — an image that prevailed through the ‘90s.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>However, folks from Compton will tell you that a celebration of regional Mexican music on the city streets is not surprising, as Compton has gone through major demographic changes in recent decades. In 1996, the year El Compa Negro was born, the Hispanic or Latino population was around 34 percent. Now, Compton is around 71 percent Latino.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But while Rhyan Lavelle Lowery, who performs as El Compa Negro, is a regional Mexican artist, the musician isn’t personally of Mexican descent. Lowery learned Spanish at the Progress Baptist Church, where he also sang in choir and learned to play the organ.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Lowery said the church played a big part in his childhood. During weekly services, the children were sent to the nursery where the late Pastor Waddell Hudson taught them the Spanish ABCs on a whiteboard. Of his siblings, Lowery said he was the one who became the most interested in learning Spanish.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>He grew up in a mostly Black and Mexican neighborhood — on North Pearl and Peck Avenue — where he got many opportunities to practice his Spanish. When he was a teenager, his family moved an hour away to Perris, California, where they owned a few acres of land.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“There’s a lot of Mexicans…they would be partying, you know the jaripeos, charreadas\u003cem>,\u003c/em> like bailes, horses dancing and a banda\u003cem>,\u003c/em>” El Compa Negro said, reminiscing over his teen years.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[aside postID=news_12035436 hero='https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/04/230401-Brittianna-Robinson-04-KQED-1020x680.jpg']\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Lowery said this was a difficult time in his life — his parents were in the midst of a divorce and the housing crisis put strain on the family, ultimately resulting in the loss of their house. During this time, his Mexican friends and their family became a source of comfort — they welcomed him into their culture and traditions, even gifting him a horse named Preciosa— with open arms, something he is grateful for to this day.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>As the culture rubbed off on him, he started listening to regional Mexican music. The vast genre encompasses many styles of traditional Mexican music from \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12027942/loz-rayoz-de-guadalupe-central-coast-norteno-band-embrace-and-evolve-traditional-mexican-sound\">\u003cem>norteño\u003c/em> \u003c/a>to \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12034651/k-onda-april\">\u003cem>banda\u003c/em> \u003c/a>to \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11963416/this-all-women-mariachi-group-from-sacramento-is-redefining-the-genre\">\u003cem>mariachi\u003c/em>\u003c/a>. In high school, his friends formed a norteño grupo, called Los Nuevos Padrinos. They asked Compa if he wanted to be a drummer, and he said yes. One day, as they practiced “Y Tú” by Julion Alvarez over and over again —Compa remembers memorizing the words.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“They told me to grab a mic, that I sang better than I played,” he said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>His friend randomly recorded one of the times they were playing music at school, titled it “\u003ca href=\"https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J47iRCeNCEE\">El Compa Negro Gettin Down\u003c/a>,” and uploaded it to YouTube. The clip went viral.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In the video, a teenage Lowery sings along with his friend’s guitar rendition of “Y Tu.” Lowery grows in confidence with each verse, eventually flashing a big smile at the camera and breaking out into dance as he sings the final lines. In the background, a classmate chants: “Negro\u003cem>,\u003c/em> Negro, Negro, eh, eh!”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Lowery said his stage name translates to “The Black friend,” or “the Black homie.” The word Negro or Negra is a commonly used in Spanish to refer to Black people across Latin America and the Latin American diaspora. These words have a complicated history — while they can be used in derogatory ways, many Afro-Latinos, Latinos of African descent, have chosen to embrace the words, like Miami artist \u003ca href=\"https://www.nbcnews.com/news/latino/amara-la-negra-lifting-afrolatinidad-she-moves-hip-hop-n850611\">Amara La Negra\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12034737\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003ca href=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/04/250407-EL-COMPA-NEGRO-06-KQED.jpg\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12034737\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/04/250407-EL-COMPA-NEGRO-06-KQED.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/04/250407-EL-COMPA-NEGRO-06-KQED.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/04/250407-EL-COMPA-NEGRO-06-KQED-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/04/250407-EL-COMPA-NEGRO-06-KQED-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/04/250407-EL-COMPA-NEGRO-06-KQED-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/04/250407-EL-COMPA-NEGRO-06-KQED-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/04/250407-EL-COMPA-NEGRO-06-KQED-1920x1280.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">A man dressed in a charro suit, spins a lasso around himself, while a crowd watches in Compton. \u003ccite>(Aisha Wallace-Palomares for KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12034736\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003ca href=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/04/250407-EL-COMPA-NEGRO-05-KQED.jpg\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12034736\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/04/250407-EL-COMPA-NEGRO-05-KQED.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/04/250407-EL-COMPA-NEGRO-05-KQED.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/04/250407-EL-COMPA-NEGRO-05-KQED-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/04/250407-EL-COMPA-NEGRO-05-KQED-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/04/250407-EL-COMPA-NEGRO-05-KQED-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/04/250407-EL-COMPA-NEGRO-05-KQED-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/04/250407-EL-COMPA-NEGRO-05-KQED-1920x1280.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Two men on horseback ride on the sidewalk in Compton. \u003ccite>(Aisha Wallace-Palomares for KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Lowery chose to embrace using “Negro,” too.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“They’re not really separating me, they are just describing me. In Spanish, when you’re describing something, you describe it, and it becomes a part of the name,” he said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>He emphasized the differences between how the word is pronounced in Spanish in English. “ The alphabet is different and has a different meaning.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>While Lowery was celebrated by his friends at the beginning stages of his career, he faced a lot of pushback from the Mexican community. Anti-Blackness is prevalent in the Latino community, rooted in the history of colonization. Five hundred years ago, when enslaved Africans were forcibly brought to Mexico’s shores, Spanish colonizers created a racial caste system to control the white, Black, Indigenous and multi-racial residents. The lighter you were, the higher up you could move on the social ladder. This racialized system persists to this day.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“People would tell me they were going to kill me,” Lowery said. “I just kept doing my thing. A lot of people would tell me to leave the Mexican music for the Mexicans — that I should be rapping. But I did my research. Mariachi music has a lot of elements that are derived from African music.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Lowery learned about mariachi’s Afro-Mexican origins, heard in the \u003ca href=\"https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oGtvdFnc8oM\">polyrhythms\u003c/a> — multiple rhythms happening at the same time — of songs like “\u003ca href=\"https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MiY-Rj3VA5s\">El Son de la Negra\u003c/a>.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“This whole time that they were telling me to not sing this music, I was singing my own music,” he said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[aside postID=news_12035344 hero='https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/04/250408-CAL-TECH-TESTING-113-ZS-KQED-1020x680.jpg']\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The erasure of African heritage in Latinidad, especially within Mexican history, is one of the issues that Lowery attempts to address as an African-American artist singing regional Mexican music. Core to his mission is standing up against racial injustice, anti-Blackness and colorism in the Latino community. He hopes that he can bring both of these families closer together through his music.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>When Lowery was 17, his idol — popular Mexican-American artist Larry Hernandez — \u003ca href=\"https://www.nbcsandiego.com/sounddiego/larry-hernandez-is-el-amigo-de-todos/1956948/\">invited him\u003c/a> on stage to sing with him at the Del Mar County Fair in San Diego. Hernandez had seen a video of Lowery covering his song “\u003ca href=\"https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HCKK0RJV7fs\">Arrastrando Las Patas\u003c/a>” on YouTube and the artist was impressed. That was a pivotal day for a young Lowery — he performed for a crowd of about 15,000 people.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In 2015, he was a contestant on the Mexican talent competition show, \u003cem>“\u003c/em>\u003ca href=\"https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7lVAp1VgXbs\">Tengo Talento, Mucho Talento\u003c/a>” — and won third place.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Despite the success and momentum around him, Lowery found it hard to make a living as a working musician. Traditional Mexican labels, he said, did not want to sign him because he was a “Negrito.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Around that time, Lowery learned he was going to become a father. He decided to prioritize family life and focus on fatherhood, and get a day job. For the next few years, he worked as a construction worker and tried his hand at being a car salesman. Although he picked up music gigs here and there, for the most part, he focused on providing for his family.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Then, an opportunity came that he couldn’t miss: in 2022, El Compa Negro was offered a record deal from Boss City Music and Death Row Records. At 29, he’s finally being recognized.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12034740\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003ca href=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/04/250407-EL-COMPA-NEGRO-09-KQED.jpg\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12034740\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/04/250407-EL-COMPA-NEGRO-09-KQED.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/04/250407-EL-COMPA-NEGRO-09-KQED.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/04/250407-EL-COMPA-NEGRO-09-KQED-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/04/250407-EL-COMPA-NEGRO-09-KQED-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/04/250407-EL-COMPA-NEGRO-09-KQED-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/04/250407-EL-COMPA-NEGRO-09-KQED-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/04/250407-EL-COMPA-NEGRO-09-KQED-1920x1280.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">El Compa Negro performs performs with Banda La Unica Tierra de Reyes at El Dia Del Ranchero event in Compton. \u003ccite>(Aisha Wallace-Palomares for KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>It’s been hard to make ends meet in an industry that is only beginning to accept him.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“People tell me jamás, jamás vas a poder [you will never be able to], but I know that I will,” he said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Lowery works evening shifts at Amazon and flips burgers at a club late into the night on the weekends. He’s a single dad and lost his mom 2 years ago.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But Lowery said all of the hardship and pain has led El Compa Negro to creating a new, highly-anticipated, 10-track album.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I know that one day, we will be united,” he said. This album brings him one step closer to achieving his dream.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The record will feature romantic banda songs, traditional corridos and his soon-to-be-released single — and the album’s title track — “Yo Soy Compton.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cem>Aisha Wallace-Palomares is a journalism student at UC Berkeley Graduate School of Journalism’s Audio Program, where she has been covering regional Mexican music. \u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad floatright]\u003c/p>\n",
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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The Sinaloan-style, all-female group \u003ca href=\"https://bandalasangelinas.com/\">Banda Las Angelinas\u003c/a> accompanies him as he belts out, “Compton es nuestro lugar, es mi casa y es mi hogar.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Yo Soy Compton,” an unreleased song, is El Compa Negro’s ode to his hometown. Cowboy hats bob to the music, while botas and sneakers dance along to the song in a flurry of cheers and motion.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12034735\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003ca href=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/04/250407-EL-COMPA-NEGRO-04-KQED.jpg\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12034735\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/04/250407-EL-COMPA-NEGRO-04-KQED.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/04/250407-EL-COMPA-NEGRO-04-KQED.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/04/250407-EL-COMPA-NEGRO-04-KQED-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/04/250407-EL-COMPA-NEGRO-04-KQED-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/04/250407-EL-COMPA-NEGRO-04-KQED-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/04/250407-EL-COMPA-NEGRO-04-KQED-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/04/250407-EL-COMPA-NEGRO-04-KQED-1920x1280.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Marco Bravo, a photographer whose work was highlighted in the exhibit “Corridos from the Hood,” at the Compton Art & History Museum, dances with a partner, as El Compa Negro performs with Banda Las Angelinas. \u003ccite>(Aisha Wallace-Palomares for KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>When many people think about Compton, they think about N.W.A and Kendrick Lamar. Compton is a historically Black city known for its vibrant African American community — an image that prevailed through the ‘90s.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>However, folks from Compton will tell you that a celebration of regional Mexican music on the city streets is not surprising, as Compton has gone through major demographic changes in recent decades. In 1996, the year El Compa Negro was born, the Hispanic or Latino population was around 34 percent. Now, Compton is around 71 percent Latino.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But while Rhyan Lavelle Lowery, who performs as El Compa Negro, is a regional Mexican artist, the musician isn’t personally of Mexican descent. Lowery learned Spanish at the Progress Baptist Church, where he also sang in choir and learned to play the organ.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Lowery said the church played a big part in his childhood. During weekly services, the children were sent to the nursery where the late Pastor Waddell Hudson taught them the Spanish ABCs on a whiteboard. Of his siblings, Lowery said he was the one who became the most interested in learning Spanish.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>He grew up in a mostly Black and Mexican neighborhood — on North Pearl and Peck Avenue — where he got many opportunities to practice his Spanish. When he was a teenager, his family moved an hour away to Perris, California, where they owned a few acres of land.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“There’s a lot of Mexicans…they would be partying, you know the jaripeos, charreadas\u003cem>,\u003c/em> like bailes, horses dancing and a banda\u003cem>,\u003c/em>” El Compa Negro said, reminiscing over his teen years.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003c/div>",
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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Lowery said this was a difficult time in his life — his parents were in the midst of a divorce and the housing crisis put strain on the family, ultimately resulting in the loss of their house. During this time, his Mexican friends and their family became a source of comfort — they welcomed him into their culture and traditions, even gifting him a horse named Preciosa— with open arms, something he is grateful for to this day.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>As the culture rubbed off on him, he started listening to regional Mexican music. The vast genre encompasses many styles of traditional Mexican music from \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12027942/loz-rayoz-de-guadalupe-central-coast-norteno-band-embrace-and-evolve-traditional-mexican-sound\">\u003cem>norteño\u003c/em> \u003c/a>to \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12034651/k-onda-april\">\u003cem>banda\u003c/em> \u003c/a>to \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11963416/this-all-women-mariachi-group-from-sacramento-is-redefining-the-genre\">\u003cem>mariachi\u003c/em>\u003c/a>. In high school, his friends formed a norteño grupo, called Los Nuevos Padrinos. They asked Compa if he wanted to be a drummer, and he said yes. One day, as they practiced “Y Tú” by Julion Alvarez over and over again —Compa remembers memorizing the words.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“They told me to grab a mic, that I sang better than I played,” he said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>His friend randomly recorded one of the times they were playing music at school, titled it “\u003ca href=\"https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J47iRCeNCEE\">El Compa Negro Gettin Down\u003c/a>,” and uploaded it to YouTube. The clip went viral.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In the video, a teenage Lowery sings along with his friend’s guitar rendition of “Y Tu.” Lowery grows in confidence with each verse, eventually flashing a big smile at the camera and breaking out into dance as he sings the final lines. In the background, a classmate chants: “Negro\u003cem>,\u003c/em> Negro, Negro, eh, eh!”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Lowery said his stage name translates to “The Black friend,” or “the Black homie.” The word Negro or Negra is a commonly used in Spanish to refer to Black people across Latin America and the Latin American diaspora. 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In Spanish, when you’re describing something, you describe it, and it becomes a part of the name,” he said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>He emphasized the differences between how the word is pronounced in Spanish in English. “ The alphabet is different and has a different meaning.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>While Lowery was celebrated by his friends at the beginning stages of his career, he faced a lot of pushback from the Mexican community. Anti-Blackness is prevalent in the Latino community, rooted in the history of colonization. Five hundred years ago, when enslaved Africans were forcibly brought to Mexico’s shores, Spanish colonizers created a racial caste system to control the white, Black, Indigenous and multi-racial residents. The lighter you were, the higher up you could move on the social ladder. This racialized system persists to this day.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“People would tell me they were going to kill me,” Lowery said. “I just kept doing my thing. A lot of people would tell me to leave the Mexican music for the Mexicans — that I should be rapping. But I did my research. Mariachi music has a lot of elements that are derived from African music.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Lowery learned about mariachi’s Afro-Mexican origins, heard in the \u003ca href=\"https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oGtvdFnc8oM\">polyrhythms\u003c/a> — multiple rhythms happening at the same time — of songs like “\u003ca href=\"https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MiY-Rj3VA5s\">El Son de la Negra\u003c/a>.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“This whole time that they were telling me to not sing this music, I was singing my own music,” he said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003c/div>",
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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The erasure of African heritage in Latinidad, especially within Mexican history, is one of the issues that Lowery attempts to address as an African-American artist singing regional Mexican music. Core to his mission is standing up against racial injustice, anti-Blackness and colorism in the Latino community. He hopes that he can bring both of these families closer together through his music.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>When Lowery was 17, his idol — popular Mexican-American artist Larry Hernandez — \u003ca href=\"https://www.nbcsandiego.com/sounddiego/larry-hernandez-is-el-amigo-de-todos/1956948/\">invited him\u003c/a> on stage to sing with him at the Del Mar County Fair in San Diego. Hernandez had seen a video of Lowery covering his song “\u003ca href=\"https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HCKK0RJV7fs\">Arrastrando Las Patas\u003c/a>” on YouTube and the artist was impressed. That was a pivotal day for a young Lowery — he performed for a crowd of about 15,000 people.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In 2015, he was a contestant on the Mexican talent competition show, \u003cem>“\u003c/em>\u003ca href=\"https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7lVAp1VgXbs\">Tengo Talento, Mucho Talento\u003c/a>” — and won third place.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Despite the success and momentum around him, Lowery found it hard to make a living as a working musician. Traditional Mexican labels, he said, did not want to sign him because he was a “Negrito.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Around that time, Lowery learned he was going to become a father. He decided to prioritize family life and focus on fatherhood, and get a day job. For the next few years, he worked as a construction worker and tried his hand at being a car salesman. Although he picked up music gigs here and there, for the most part, he focused on providing for his family.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Then, an opportunity came that he couldn’t miss: in 2022, El Compa Negro was offered a record deal from Boss City Music and Death Row Records. At 29, he’s finally being recognized.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12034740\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003ca href=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/04/250407-EL-COMPA-NEGRO-09-KQED.jpg\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12034740\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/04/250407-EL-COMPA-NEGRO-09-KQED.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/04/250407-EL-COMPA-NEGRO-09-KQED.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/04/250407-EL-COMPA-NEGRO-09-KQED-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/04/250407-EL-COMPA-NEGRO-09-KQED-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/04/250407-EL-COMPA-NEGRO-09-KQED-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/04/250407-EL-COMPA-NEGRO-09-KQED-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/04/250407-EL-COMPA-NEGRO-09-KQED-1920x1280.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">El Compa Negro performs performs with Banda La Unica Tierra de Reyes at El Dia Del Ranchero event in Compton. \u003ccite>(Aisha Wallace-Palomares for KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>It’s been hard to make ends meet in an industry that is only beginning to accept him.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“People tell me jamás, jamás vas a poder [you will never be able to], but I know that I will,” he said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Lowery works evening shifts at Amazon and flips burgers at a club late into the night on the weekends. He’s a single dad and lost his mom 2 years ago.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But Lowery said all of the hardship and pain has led El Compa Negro to creating a new, highly-anticipated, 10-track album.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I know that one day, we will be united,” he said. This album brings him one step closer to achieving his dream.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The record will feature romantic banda songs, traditional corridos and his soon-to-be-released single — and the album’s title track — “Yo Soy Compton.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cem>Aisha Wallace-Palomares is a journalism student at UC Berkeley Graduate School of Journalism’s Audio Program, where she has been covering regional Mexican music. \u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003c/div>",
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San Francisco was generating about $1.7 million a year from those fees, which went into an inmate welfare fund — one that Stuhldreher hopes will now receive ongoing support through the city's general fund.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“The idea is that those services should be supported in the same way we pay for everything else, and not on the backs of incarcerated people and their families,” she said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The cost of phone calls in jail was initially halved following Breed's budget proposal last year, with commissary markups subsequently phased out. Since the start of the coronavirus pandemic, inmates have been able to make about 60 minutes of free calls a week. And beginning August 1, all calls will be free.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The change is part of a growing trend in San Francisco and other, mostly progressive jurisdictions to reduce prohibitive fees that disproportionately affect low-income people of color. 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"content": "\u003cp>Places of worship in California can reopen for services, but only after they make major modifications based on a set of guidelines released Monday by state health officials.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The guidelines, issued by the California Department of Public Health, leave it to the discretion of individual counties to decide whether religious gatherings in their jurisdictions can resume. If local officials give the go-ahead, places of worship must limit attendance to 25% capacity or a maximum of 100 attendees — whichever is lower — for at least the first 21 days after reopening.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Most houses of worship have been limited to online and remote services since March, when Gov. 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They also say to avoid food-sharing events and large gatherings for holidays, weddings and funerals, warning that activities such as singing or group recitation \"negate” the benefits of social distancing as they may increase coronavirus \"transmission through exhaled droplets.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Even with physical distancing, the guidelines caution that in-person worship carries a higher risk of transmitting the virus and increasing the numbers of hospitalizations and deaths and recommend houses of worship shorten services and continue offering remote options for participation.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Read the full guidelines \u003ca href=\"https://covid19.ca.gov/pdf/guidance-places-of-worship.pdf\">here\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>State officials on Monday also released guidelines for resuming in-store retail shopping, again based on approval by individual county health officials.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>It’s not immediately clear how soon in-person religious services will resume. Counties that are having success controlling the virus are likely to move quickly. Others with outbreaks — such as Los Angeles County, which has about 60% of California’s roughly 3,800 deaths — may choose to delay.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Many congregations have been anxiously awaiting an announcement on religious services, a source of growing tension after Newsom began relaxing constraints on stores and other secular outlets earlier this month as part of a four-phase plan to reopen the economy.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The Roman Catholic Diocese of Orange announced last week that it is phasing in public masses beginning June 14, starting with restricted numbers of worshippers. 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They have been \u003ca href=\"https://apnews.com/8a34b6599602dbd751f2c1fcb93387fe\">bolstered by President Trump\u003c/a>, who on Friday called churches \"essential\" and said governors should allow them to reopen.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Two church services that already were held without authorization have \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11820576/officials-say-2-church-services-sources-of-virus-outbreaks-newsom-prepares-to-release-guidelines-for-religious-institutions\">been sources of outbreaks\u003c/a>; one in Mendocino County and the other in Butte County.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Newsom's cautious approach to reopening has angered opponents who claim the rules violate religious freedoms.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>A Pentecostal church in San Diego County lost a federal appeal Friday in its quest to reopen immediately and filed an appeal with the U.S. Supreme Court.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The nonprofit Center for American Liberty, which has filed several lawsuits over church restrictions, said the guidelines don’t go far enough.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Newsom “lacks authority to dictate to California’s faithful how they may worship,” said Harmeet Dhillon, a San Francisco lawyer and the group’s CEO. “Let people who wish to worship safely and together, do so.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cem>This article includes reporting from Robert Jablon of The Associated Press.\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\n",
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"content": "\u003cp>\u003cstrong>\u003cem>Update: March 5, 2 p.m. \u003c/em>\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>What Is COVID-19?\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>COVID-19 is a new respiratory illness first detected in the Chinese city of Wuhan. Symptoms include cough, fever, shortness of breath and pneumonia. Onset may occur in as few as two days or up to 14 days after being infected.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>At the current time the risk to the general population is low, however that may change in the future. Public health officials do not recommend wearing a mask, unless you feel sick (in that case a mask can prevent you from spreading illness to others). They do, however, encourage vigilance, caution and frequent hand-washing. For the latest numbers of confirmed cases and deaths see our \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/science/1957877/live-updates-coronavirus-in-the-san-francisco-bay-area\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">live-updated blog\u003c/a> on the coronavirus.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>How Can I Catch The Virus? \u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>According to early research, COVID-19 likely spreads most frequently through coughs and sneezes, when a droplet from an infected person lands in the mouth or nose of another person, or is inhaled into their lungs. It’s possible someone can get the virus by touching something with the virus on it — a surface or object — and then touching their own mouth, nose, or eyes, but this is not thought to be the main way the virus spreads. Scientists estimate every infected person could spread the virus to 1.5 to 3.5 people if effective containment measures are not in place.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright wp-image-1958161\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/35/2020/03/corona_guide-800x907.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"340\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2020/03/corona_guide-800x907.png 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2020/03/corona_guide-160x181.png 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2020/03/corona_guide-768x871.png 768w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2020/03/corona_guide.png 1000w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\">How Can I Protect Myself? \u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The recommendations are no different than for colds and flus.\u003c/p>\n\u003cul>\n\u003cli>Wash your hands thoroughly, with soap and water for at least 20 seconds.\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>Stay home if you’re sick.\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>Cover your cough.\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>Avoid touching eyes, nose and mouth with unwashed hands.\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>Avoid contact with sick people.\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>Greet people with an elbow bump instead of shaking hands.\u003c/li>\n\u003c/ul>\n\u003cp>Current CDC guidelines \u003ca href=\"https://wwwnc.cdc.gov/travel/notices\">recommend all travelers avoid\u003c/a> nonessential travel to South Korea, China, Italy and Iran due to COVID-19 concerns. Officials advise older and at-risk travelers avoid nonessential travel to Japan.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>How Can I Prepare?\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cul>\n\u003cli>Stock up on food and medications so you can avoid public places like grocery stores and pharmacies.\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>Have an ample supple of fever reducers like acetaminophen or ibuprofen.\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>Pick up your favorite sick foods, like chicken soup.\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>Talk to your boss about working from home.\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>Make a plan in case your kids get sick.\u003c/li>\n\u003c/ul>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Is There a Vaccine?\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>At this time, there is no vaccine to protect against COVID-19 and no medications approved to treat it.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The majority of people recover from COVID-19 through rest and hydration.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>I Feel Ill, How Do I Know if I Have the Coronavirus? \u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Most people who contract COVID-19 either do not have symptoms or experience mild symptoms like shortness of breath, dry cough and fever. 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"content": "\u003cp>When you think about internment of Japanese Americans during World War II, you probably don’t think about big bands and dancing. But music — especially swing music — played a big role in incarceration camps.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Music was infused early on in the internment incarceration experience as a way to bring some normalcy,” said Franco Imperial, artistic director of San Jose Taiko, a performance group with a California take on classical Japanese percussion. “Music was a source of hope. It allowed them to escape.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11802776\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg class=\"size-medium wp-image-11802776\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2020/02/RS41463_PHOTO1-qut-800x533.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"800\" height=\"533\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2020/02/RS41463_PHOTO1-qut-800x533.jpg 800w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2020/02/RS41463_PHOTO1-qut-160x107.jpg 160w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2020/02/RS41463_PHOTO1-qut-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2020/02/RS41463_PHOTO1-qut.jpg 1800w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Audience members join in on San Jose Taiko's dance for an interactive performance. \u003ccite>(Photo Courtesy of Mark Larson)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>\"\u003ca href=\"https://taiko.org/swingposium\">Swingposium,\u003c/a>\" San Jose Taiko's interactive show touring the state, celebrates the big band scene that emerged while Japanese American people were in incarceration camps.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“The whole show starts with the door swinging open. You've just been transported through time,\" Imperial said. The classic Benny Goodman song, “In the Mood,\" plays courtesy of a live jazz ensemble, and the audience starts dancing.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“As an audience member, you are not just watching, but you are participating,\" he said. \"Imagine yourself walking onto a movie set from the 1940s, in an internment camp dance hall. And so you're surrounded by actors, dancers, Taiko musicians.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11802779\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\" style=\"max-width: 600px\">\u003cimg class=\"wp-image-11802779\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2020/02/RS41465_PHOTO3-qut-800x1200.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"600\" height=\"900\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2020/02/RS41465_PHOTO3-qut-800x1200.jpg 800w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2020/02/RS41465_PHOTO3-qut-160x240.jpg 160w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2020/02/RS41465_PHOTO3-qut-1020x1530.jpg 1020w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2020/02/RS41465_PHOTO3-qut.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Actors Nicole Ogata and Matt Mori cozy up for a slow dance. \u003ccite>(Photo Courtesy of Mark Larson)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>\"Swingposium\" employs actors from \u003ca href=\"https://www.epicimmersive.com/\">Epic Immersive\u003c/a> to tell a personal story of internment. Imperial teases the plot: It’s about “love that blossomed between a young man named George and a young woman named Amy.” George is named after real life incarceree and bandleader, George Igawa.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Even more than a love story, \"Swingposium\" explores the complex effects of incarceration on a Japanese American's identity.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“[George is] also navigating being a teenager of 18, wondering if he should go to war,\" Imperial said. \"Why should you fight for a country that incarcerates your family and yourself without due process? And [on] another side, wanting to prove yourself as an American?”\u003c/p>\n\u003ch3>\u003cstrong>San Jose's Take on Taiko: California Style\u003c/strong>\u003c/h3>\n\u003cp>Taiko signifies a broad range of Japanese percussion instruments, but San Jose Taiko’s version of Taiko is different from Japan’s classical forms.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Founded in 1973, San Jose Taiko decided that its sound was meant to be representative of the \"Asian soul of America.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"When we first performed in Japan in the early '90s, the Taiko establishment in Japan saw us from California. We were smiling, being joyful and effusive. And they labeled us 'California Sunshine Taiko,' \" Imperial said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Combining swing music with a modern, ensemble-style of Taiko felt like a natural progression, Imperial said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>You might wonder, how did they choreograph the performances so they could \u003ca href=\"https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m1un9X2_sOY\">play a huge taiko drum\u003c/a> and swing dance at the same time?\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Imperial’s answer: trial and error.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11802786\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"max-width: 1920px\">\u003cimg class=\"size-full wp-image-11802786\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2020/02/RS41468_PHOTO6-qut.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1146\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2020/02/RS41468_PHOTO6-qut.jpg 1920w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2020/02/RS41468_PHOTO6-qut-160x96.jpg 160w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2020/02/RS41468_PHOTO6-qut-800x478.jpg 800w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2020/02/RS41468_PHOTO6-qut-1020x609.jpg 1020w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1920px) 100vw, 1920px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">The George Igawa Orchestra perform in Hope Mountain, Wyoming. \u003ccite>(HMWF Collection 2001.007, Gift of Joy Teraoka)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003ch3>\u003cstrong>'Americanization' Versus American Affirmation\u003c/strong>\u003c/h3>\n\u003cp>Swing bands were sponsored by the War Relocation Authority as a propaganda tool meant to “Americanize\" incarcerees. Bands like the \u003ca href=\"https://everything2.com/title/George+Igawa+Band\">George Igawa Band\u003c/a> in Heart Mountain, Wyoming, were funded by the Recreation Department, and some band members even received a monthly salary.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11802787\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"max-width: 1800px\">\u003cimg class=\"size-full wp-image-11802787\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2020/02/RS41467_PHOTO5-qut.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1800\" height=\"1200\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2020/02/RS41467_PHOTO5-qut.jpg 1800w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2020/02/RS41467_PHOTO5-qut-160x107.jpg 160w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2020/02/RS41467_PHOTO5-qut-800x533.jpg 800w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2020/02/RS41467_PHOTO5-qut-1020x680.jpg 1020w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1800px) 100vw, 1800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Internment survivor Naomi Meyers is interviewed by Franco Imperial, Artistic Director San Jose Taiko, before 'Swingposium.' \u003ccite>(Courtesy of Mark Larson)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>“If you were at Heart Mountain, Wyoming, the only swing band if you wanted to listen to swing music live was the George Igawa Band,” Imperial said. “They played a gig and then bused back into the incarceration camps afterwards. They were used for anything from high school dances to community dances. What was unbelievable was that they would be used for war bond rallies.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Imperial noted that there were no recorded instances of Taiko at Heart Mountain, but dancing to swing music was a way incarcerated people affirmed their American identities. And today, \"Swingposium\" uses Taiko as a symbol for the spirit and resilience of Japanese people.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“This was them proving that we're just as American as anybody else in the country. They were saying they loved Duke Ellington and Cole Porter and listened to the same music,\" he said. \"This music was an expression of them saying we're no different than anyone outside of the barbed wire.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n",
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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003cp>When you think about internment of Japanese Americans during World War II, you probably don’t think about big bands and dancing. But music — especially swing music — played a big role in incarceration camps.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Music was infused early on in the internment incarceration experience as a way to bring some normalcy,” said Franco Imperial, artistic director of San Jose Taiko, a performance group with a California take on classical Japanese percussion. “Music was a source of hope. It allowed them to escape.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11802776\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg class=\"size-medium wp-image-11802776\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2020/02/RS41463_PHOTO1-qut-800x533.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"800\" height=\"533\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2020/02/RS41463_PHOTO1-qut-800x533.jpg 800w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2020/02/RS41463_PHOTO1-qut-160x107.jpg 160w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2020/02/RS41463_PHOTO1-qut-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2020/02/RS41463_PHOTO1-qut.jpg 1800w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Audience members join in on San Jose Taiko's dance for an interactive performance. \u003ccite>(Photo Courtesy of Mark Larson)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>\"\u003ca href=\"https://taiko.org/swingposium\">Swingposium,\u003c/a>\" San Jose Taiko's interactive show touring the state, celebrates the big band scene that emerged while Japanese American people were in incarceration camps.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“The whole show starts with the door swinging open. You've just been transported through time,\" Imperial said. The classic Benny Goodman song, “In the Mood,\" plays courtesy of a live jazz ensemble, and the audience starts dancing.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“As an audience member, you are not just watching, but you are participating,\" he said. \"Imagine yourself walking onto a movie set from the 1940s, in an internment camp dance hall. And so you're surrounded by actors, dancers, Taiko musicians.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11802779\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\" style=\"max-width: 600px\">\u003cimg class=\"wp-image-11802779\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2020/02/RS41465_PHOTO3-qut-800x1200.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"600\" height=\"900\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2020/02/RS41465_PHOTO3-qut-800x1200.jpg 800w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2020/02/RS41465_PHOTO3-qut-160x240.jpg 160w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2020/02/RS41465_PHOTO3-qut-1020x1530.jpg 1020w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2020/02/RS41465_PHOTO3-qut.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Actors Nicole Ogata and Matt Mori cozy up for a slow dance. \u003ccite>(Photo Courtesy of Mark Larson)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>\"Swingposium\" employs actors from \u003ca href=\"https://www.epicimmersive.com/\">Epic Immersive\u003c/a> to tell a personal story of internment. Imperial teases the plot: It’s about “love that blossomed between a young man named George and a young woman named Amy.” George is named after real life incarceree and bandleader, George Igawa.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Even more than a love story, \"Swingposium\" explores the complex effects of incarceration on a Japanese American's identity.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“[George is] also navigating being a teenager of 18, wondering if he should go to war,\" Imperial said. \"Why should you fight for a country that incarcerates your family and yourself without due process? And [on] another side, wanting to prove yourself as an American?”\u003c/p>\n\u003ch3>\u003cstrong>San Jose's Take on Taiko: California Style\u003c/strong>\u003c/h3>\n\u003cp>Taiko signifies a broad range of Japanese percussion instruments, but San Jose Taiko’s version of Taiko is different from Japan’s classical forms.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Founded in 1973, San Jose Taiko decided that its sound was meant to be representative of the \"Asian soul of America.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"When we first performed in Japan in the early '90s, the Taiko establishment in Japan saw us from California. We were smiling, being joyful and effusive. And they labeled us 'California Sunshine Taiko,' \" Imperial said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Combining swing music with a modern, ensemble-style of Taiko felt like a natural progression, Imperial said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>You might wonder, how did they choreograph the performances so they could \u003ca href=\"https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m1un9X2_sOY\">play a huge taiko drum\u003c/a> and swing dance at the same time?\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Imperial’s answer: trial and error.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11802786\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"max-width: 1920px\">\u003cimg class=\"size-full wp-image-11802786\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2020/02/RS41468_PHOTO6-qut.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1146\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2020/02/RS41468_PHOTO6-qut.jpg 1920w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2020/02/RS41468_PHOTO6-qut-160x96.jpg 160w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2020/02/RS41468_PHOTO6-qut-800x478.jpg 800w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2020/02/RS41468_PHOTO6-qut-1020x609.jpg 1020w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1920px) 100vw, 1920px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">The George Igawa Orchestra perform in Hope Mountain, Wyoming. \u003ccite>(HMWF Collection 2001.007, Gift of Joy Teraoka)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003ch3>\u003cstrong>'Americanization' Versus American Affirmation\u003c/strong>\u003c/h3>\n\u003cp>Swing bands were sponsored by the War Relocation Authority as a propaganda tool meant to “Americanize\" incarcerees. Bands like the \u003ca href=\"https://everything2.com/title/George+Igawa+Band\">George Igawa Band\u003c/a> in Heart Mountain, Wyoming, were funded by the Recreation Department, and some band members even received a monthly salary.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11802787\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"max-width: 1800px\">\u003cimg class=\"size-full wp-image-11802787\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2020/02/RS41467_PHOTO5-qut.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1800\" height=\"1200\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2020/02/RS41467_PHOTO5-qut.jpg 1800w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2020/02/RS41467_PHOTO5-qut-160x107.jpg 160w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2020/02/RS41467_PHOTO5-qut-800x533.jpg 800w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2020/02/RS41467_PHOTO5-qut-1020x680.jpg 1020w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1800px) 100vw, 1800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Internment survivor Naomi Meyers is interviewed by Franco Imperial, Artistic Director San Jose Taiko, before 'Swingposium.' \u003ccite>(Courtesy of Mark Larson)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>“If you were at Heart Mountain, Wyoming, the only swing band if you wanted to listen to swing music live was the George Igawa Band,” Imperial said. “They played a gig and then bused back into the incarceration camps afterwards. They were used for anything from high school dances to community dances. What was unbelievable was that they would be used for war bond rallies.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Imperial noted that there were no recorded instances of Taiko at Heart Mountain, but dancing to swing music was a way incarcerated people affirmed their American identities. And today, \"Swingposium\" uses Taiko as a symbol for the spirit and resilience of Japanese people.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“This was them proving that we're just as American as anybody else in the country. They were saying they loved Duke Ellington and Cole Porter and listened to the same music,\" he said. \"This music was an expression of them saying we're no different than anyone outside of the barbed wire.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003c/div>",
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"content": "\u003cp>A day after President Trump visited Central Valley growers to celebrate providing more water to farms, California sued his administration to block the \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/science/1949697/trump-water-rules-erode-protection-for-endangered-salmon\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">new rules\u003c/a> that would do so.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/science/1949697/trump-water-rules-erode-protection-for-endangered-salmon\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">contentious\u003c/a> new rules govern how much water can be pumped out of the watersheds of the Sacramento and San Joaquin rivers, which flow from the Sierra Nevada to the San Francisco Bay, controlling irrigation for millions of acres of farmland in the country’s biggest agricultural economy, drinking water for two-thirds of Californians from Silicon Valley to San Diego, and the fate of endangered salmon and other fish.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The lawsuit, filed in federal court in San Francisco, argues that pumping more water from the Sacramento-San Joaquin Delta to farms would drive endangered populations of delta smelt, Chinook salmon and steelhead trout to the brink extinction.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“California won’t silently spectate as the Trump administration adopts scientifically challenged biological opinions that push species to extinction and harm our natural resources and waterways,” said California Attorney General Xavier Becerra, who filed the suit in partnership with the state's Environmental Protection and Natural Resources agencies.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The rules have been under fire for more than a year, as President Trump first ordered them to be prepared with \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/science/1938750/trump-pressure-on-california-water-plan-excludes-public-rushes-science-emails-show\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">unprecedented speed\u003c/a>, then removed and replaced the \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/science/1944278/trumps-pending-rules-on-california-water-marked-by-missing-documents-and-hurried-reviews-say-scientists\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">federal biologists\u003c/a> who had concluded the rules would threaten endangered salmon. Last fall, when the Trump administration announced the plan, officials \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/science/1949697/trump-water-rules-erode-protection-for-endangered-salmon\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">couldn't promise\u003c/a> it would, in fact, deliver more water to agriculture.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Ernest Conant, regional director for the Bureau of Reclamation, says the plan will have to be in place for awhile before he could say whether it will give more water to farmers.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“It could very well in certain years decrease it,” he said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The rivers that feed the Sacramento-San Joaquin Delta, as well as the Delta itself, are home to a variety of state and federally protected fish species, whose numbers have been dwindling since humans began building dams and reservoirs to control flooding and send water throughout the state.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Two massive networks of dams and canals determine how much water gets taken out, with one system run by the state and the other run by the federal government.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Our goal continues to be to realize enforceable voluntary agreements that provide the best immediate protection for species, reliable and safe drinking water, and dependable water sources for our farmers for economic prosperity,” Gov. Gavin Newsom said in a statement Thursday. “This is the best path forward to sustain our communities, our environment and our economy.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>On Wednesday, Trump visited Bakersfield to fete the rule change, and signed \u003ca href=\"https://www.whitehouse.gov/presidential-actions/presidential-memorandum-promoting-reliable-supply-delivery-water-west/\">a memo\u003c/a> that goes further, directing \"the Secretaries of the Interior and Commerce and the Chair of the Council on Environmental Quality to help deliver and develop more water supplies in California’s Central Valley,\" according to a U.S. Interior Department \u003ca href=\"https://www.doi.gov/pressreleases/trump-administration-optimizes-water-delivery-and-increases-species-protection\">press release\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch3>'Four More Years'\u003c/h3>\n\u003cp>On a stage adorned with a giant American flag, stacks of produce boxes and large blue tractors on either end, Trump addressed an audience of local supporters and growers who stand to benefit from the directive.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[pullquote size='medium' align='right' citation=\"Jim Erickson, Madera Irrigation District\"]'It’s going to give us more flexibility, give us some more water, which we are all in dire need of in California.'[/pullquote]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I’m going to be signing a very important piece of legislation that is going to give you a lot of water and a lot of dam and a lot of everything,” Trump told excited members of the audience. “And you’ll be able to farm your land — you’ll be able to do things you never thought possible.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Trump was joined onstage by California Republican Reps. Devin Nunes of Tulare and Tom McClintock of Elk Grove, as well as House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy, Interior Secretary David Bernhardt and other active and aspiring local Republican politicians. At one point, Trump called up former Central Valley Republican Rep. David Valadao, who was ousted by a Democrat in the 2018 midterm elections and is now running to regain his seat.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11802781\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg class=\"size-medium wp-image-11802781\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2020/02/RS41454_TRUMP-2020-qut-800x533.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"800\" height=\"533\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2020/02/RS41454_TRUMP-2020-qut-800x533.jpg 800w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2020/02/RS41454_TRUMP-2020-qut-160x107.jpg 160w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2020/02/RS41454_TRUMP-2020-qut-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2020/02/RS41454_TRUMP-2020-qut.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Supporters of the president came out to Meadows Field Airport in Bakersfield wearing ‘Trump 2020’ campaign swag (Alexandra Hall/KQED). \u003ccite>(Alexandra Hall/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>The event, in a hot, crowded hangar at Meadows Field Airport in Bakersfield, had all the signs of a campaign rally. Chants of “four more years” rang out from a crowd of well over a thousand supporters wearing red \"Make America Great Again\" hats, \"Women for Trump\" shirts and \"Trump 2020\" swag.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In an effort to show he had fulfilled his 2016 campaign promise to deliver more water to Central Valley ranchers, Trump brought several local farmers on stage to talk about the importance of water to the region’s agricultural economy and laud the president’s support of America’s farming families.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The day before the event, officials with the federal Bureau of Reclamation signed a \u003ca href=\"https://www.usbr.gov/mp/nepa/includes/documentShow.php?Doc_ID=42324\">record of decision\u003c/a> that formally adopted the biological opinions unveiled by the Trump administration \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/science/1949697/trump-water-rules-erode-protection-for-endangered-salmon\">last year\u003c/a>, dictating how much and when water can be pumped out of the Delta.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch3>Battles Ahead\u003c/h3>\n\u003cp>It also set the stage for more court battles between the administration, on one side, and environmental groups and the state of California on the other. Environmental groups have fought to limit pumping because of the danger posed to endangered fish.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The administration’s revised biological opinion was \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/science/1949697/trump-water-rules-erode-protection-for-endangered-salmon\">unveiled\u003c/a> in October 2019, after federal scientists, who had found the Delta water plan would jeopardize endangered salmon, were removed from the project.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>A coalition of environmental groups, including the Pacific Coast Federation of Fishermen’s Associations and Natural Resources Defense Council\u003ca href=\"https://www.nrdc.org/sites/default/files/pccfa-v-ross-complaint-20191202.pdf\"> sued\u003c/a> the administration in December in an effort to stop the plan.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“These new rules sacrifice the Bay-Delta and its most endangered species for the financial interests of the President’s political backers and Secretary Bernhardt’s former clients,\" NRDC said in a \u003ca href=\"https://www.nrdc.org/media/2020/200219\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">press release\u003c/a> following Trump's visit Wednesday. \"The Newsom Administration has the tools it needs to protect California from Trump’s latest assault on the environment, and we’re looking forward to working with the Governor to do so.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Kate Poole, senior director of the Nature Program at the Natural Resources Defense Council, said that if the administration's plan goes into effect, it will cause significant harm and possibly the extinction of salmon and other species in the Delta.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“What he signed was actually just a memorandum that doesn't really do a whole lot other than say they're going to try to further increase water deliveries even beyond what these biological opinions do. And they're going to pursue more water storage,” Poole said.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch3>\u003cstrong>Trump's Supporters: He ‘Gets Things Done’\u003c/strong>\u003c/h3>\n\u003cp>Farmers and other local residents who waited in a long line of ticket holders to see Trump in Bakersfield were ecstatic that he would make time to revisit the Central Valley. Many told KQED they are pleased with the president’s actions on water and his performance overall, as a leader who “gets things done.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[aside label=\"related coverage\" tag=\"water\"]“We're here to support the Trump administration and their efforts to help us get more local water supply to our growers,” said Aaron Fukuda, general manager of the Tulare Irrigation District.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“These biological opinions that we're looking at, we believe they improve our habitat and bring more water down to our farmers. It's a win-win for everybody.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Jim Erickson, director of the Madera Irrigation District, and a fourth-generation farmer who grows almonds, olives, grapes, pistachios, oats and prunes, agreed.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“It’s going to give us more flexibility, give us some more water, which we are all in dire need of in California,” Erickson said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11802782\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg class=\"wp-image-11802782 size-medium\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2020/02/RS41456_Irrigation-guys-2-qut-800x533.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"800\" height=\"533\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2020/02/RS41456_Irrigation-guys-2-qut-800x533.jpg 800w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2020/02/RS41456_Irrigation-guys-2-qut-160x107.jpg 160w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2020/02/RS41456_Irrigation-guys-2-qut-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2020/02/RS41456_Irrigation-guys-2-qut.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Jim Erickson (left) and Aaron Fukuda (right) are both general managers of local irrigation districts in favor of delivering more water to Central Valley farmers. Both said they planned to vote for President Trump in November (Alexandra Hall/KQED). \u003ccite>(Alexandra Hall/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>“He came out, he said he was going to work on this, he listened and he’s doing it,” Erickson added, referring to Trump’s 2016 campaign visit to Fresno when he committed to delivering more water to local ranchers. “I'm hopeful that [the state will] back off and realize that this is good for all of us and keep the economy going here in California.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Central Valley politicians also reacted to Trump’s actions.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>State Sen. Andreas Borgeas, R-Fresno, said he appreciated Trump visiting the San Joaquin Valley and the federal government “finally taking action to provide more water for valley farmers.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"The ball is now in Gov. Newsom's court to provide clean, reliable and ample water supplies to valley farmers and communities,” Borgeas said. “The state must ensure that infrastructure and storage are a top priority. It's simple: no water, no farms, and no food.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Two freshman Democratic congressmen who flipped their districts in the 2018 midterm elections took a more diplomatic stance, rather than committing to one side of the issue.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"The biological opinions needed to be updated with better, newer science,\" TJ Cox and Josh Harder said in a joint statement, \"We would prefer the parties work together in a meeting room rather than square up as rivals in the courtroom. ... We stand ready to help all parties reach a resolution in any way we can.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad floatright]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cem>This story includes additional reporting from Adam Beam of the Associated Press.\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\n",
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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Ernest Conant, regional director for the Bureau of Reclamation, says the plan will have to be in place for awhile before he could say whether it will give more water to farmers.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“It could very well in certain years decrease it,” he said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The rivers that feed the Sacramento-San Joaquin Delta, as well as the Delta itself, are home to a variety of state and federally protected fish species, whose numbers have been dwindling since humans began building dams and reservoirs to control flooding and send water throughout the state.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Two massive networks of dams and canals determine how much water gets taken out, with one system run by the state and the other run by the federal government.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Our goal continues to be to realize enforceable voluntary agreements that provide the best immediate protection for species, reliable and safe drinking water, and dependable water sources for our farmers for economic prosperity,” Gov. Gavin Newsom said in a statement Thursday. “This is the best path forward to sustain our communities, our environment and our economy.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>On Wednesday, Trump visited Bakersfield to fete the rule change, and signed \u003ca href=\"https://www.whitehouse.gov/presidential-actions/presidential-memorandum-promoting-reliable-supply-delivery-water-west/\">a memo\u003c/a> that goes further, directing \"the Secretaries of the Interior and Commerce and the Chair of the Council on Environmental Quality to help deliver and develop more water supplies in California’s Central Valley,\" according to a U.S. Interior Department \u003ca href=\"https://www.doi.gov/pressreleases/trump-administration-optimizes-water-delivery-and-increases-species-protection\">press release\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch3>'Four More Years'\u003c/h3>\n\u003cp>On a stage adorned with a giant American flag, stacks of produce boxes and large blue tractors on either end, Trump addressed an audience of local supporters and growers who stand to benefit from the directive.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003c/div>",
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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I’m going to be signing a very important piece of legislation that is going to give you a lot of water and a lot of dam and a lot of everything,” Trump told excited members of the audience. “And you’ll be able to farm your land — you’ll be able to do things you never thought possible.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Trump was joined onstage by California Republican Reps. Devin Nunes of Tulare and Tom McClintock of Elk Grove, as well as House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy, Interior Secretary David Bernhardt and other active and aspiring local Republican politicians. At one point, Trump called up former Central Valley Republican Rep. David Valadao, who was ousted by a Democrat in the 2018 midterm elections and is now running to regain his seat.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11802781\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg class=\"size-medium wp-image-11802781\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2020/02/RS41454_TRUMP-2020-qut-800x533.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"800\" height=\"533\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2020/02/RS41454_TRUMP-2020-qut-800x533.jpg 800w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2020/02/RS41454_TRUMP-2020-qut-160x107.jpg 160w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2020/02/RS41454_TRUMP-2020-qut-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2020/02/RS41454_TRUMP-2020-qut.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Supporters of the president came out to Meadows Field Airport in Bakersfield wearing ‘Trump 2020’ campaign swag (Alexandra Hall/KQED). \u003ccite>(Alexandra Hall/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>The event, in a hot, crowded hangar at Meadows Field Airport in Bakersfield, had all the signs of a campaign rally. Chants of “four more years” rang out from a crowd of well over a thousand supporters wearing red \"Make America Great Again\" hats, \"Women for Trump\" shirts and \"Trump 2020\" swag.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In an effort to show he had fulfilled his 2016 campaign promise to deliver more water to Central Valley ranchers, Trump brought several local farmers on stage to talk about the importance of water to the region’s agricultural economy and laud the president’s support of America’s farming families.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The day before the event, officials with the federal Bureau of Reclamation signed a \u003ca href=\"https://www.usbr.gov/mp/nepa/includes/documentShow.php?Doc_ID=42324\">record of decision\u003c/a> that formally adopted the biological opinions unveiled by the Trump administration \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/science/1949697/trump-water-rules-erode-protection-for-endangered-salmon\">last year\u003c/a>, dictating how much and when water can be pumped out of the Delta.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch3>Battles Ahead\u003c/h3>\n\u003cp>It also set the stage for more court battles between the administration, on one side, and environmental groups and the state of California on the other. Environmental groups have fought to limit pumping because of the danger posed to endangered fish.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The administration’s revised biological opinion was \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/science/1949697/trump-water-rules-erode-protection-for-endangered-salmon\">unveiled\u003c/a> in October 2019, after federal scientists, who had found the Delta water plan would jeopardize endangered salmon, were removed from the project.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>A coalition of environmental groups, including the Pacific Coast Federation of Fishermen’s Associations and Natural Resources Defense Council\u003ca href=\"https://www.nrdc.org/sites/default/files/pccfa-v-ross-complaint-20191202.pdf\"> sued\u003c/a> the administration in December in an effort to stop the plan.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“These new rules sacrifice the Bay-Delta and its most endangered species for the financial interests of the President’s political backers and Secretary Bernhardt’s former clients,\" NRDC said in a \u003ca href=\"https://www.nrdc.org/media/2020/200219\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">press release\u003c/a> following Trump's visit Wednesday. \"The Newsom Administration has the tools it needs to protect California from Trump’s latest assault on the environment, and we’re looking forward to working with the Governor to do so.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Kate Poole, senior director of the Nature Program at the Natural Resources Defense Council, said that if the administration's plan goes into effect, it will cause significant harm and possibly the extinction of salmon and other species in the Delta.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“What he signed was actually just a memorandum that doesn't really do a whole lot other than say they're going to try to further increase water deliveries even beyond what these biological opinions do. And they're going to pursue more water storage,” Poole said.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch3>\u003cstrong>Trump's Supporters: He ‘Gets Things Done’\u003c/strong>\u003c/h3>\n\u003cp>Farmers and other local residents who waited in a long line of ticket holders to see Trump in Bakersfield were ecstatic that he would make time to revisit the Central Valley. Many told KQED they are pleased with the president’s actions on water and his performance overall, as a leader who “gets things done.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003c/div>",
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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>“We're here to support the Trump administration and their efforts to help us get more local water supply to our growers,” said Aaron Fukuda, general manager of the Tulare Irrigation District.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“These biological opinions that we're looking at, we believe they improve our habitat and bring more water down to our farmers. It's a win-win for everybody.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Jim Erickson, director of the Madera Irrigation District, and a fourth-generation farmer who grows almonds, olives, grapes, pistachios, oats and prunes, agreed.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“It’s going to give us more flexibility, give us some more water, which we are all in dire need of in California,” Erickson said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11802782\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg class=\"wp-image-11802782 size-medium\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2020/02/RS41456_Irrigation-guys-2-qut-800x533.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"800\" height=\"533\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2020/02/RS41456_Irrigation-guys-2-qut-800x533.jpg 800w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2020/02/RS41456_Irrigation-guys-2-qut-160x107.jpg 160w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2020/02/RS41456_Irrigation-guys-2-qut-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2020/02/RS41456_Irrigation-guys-2-qut.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Jim Erickson (left) and Aaron Fukuda (right) are both general managers of local irrigation districts in favor of delivering more water to Central Valley farmers. Both said they planned to vote for President Trump in November (Alexandra Hall/KQED). \u003ccite>(Alexandra Hall/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>“He came out, he said he was going to work on this, he listened and he’s doing it,” Erickson added, referring to Trump’s 2016 campaign visit to Fresno when he committed to delivering more water to local ranchers. “I'm hopeful that [the state will] back off and realize that this is good for all of us and keep the economy going here in California.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Central Valley politicians also reacted to Trump’s actions.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>State Sen. Andreas Borgeas, R-Fresno, said he appreciated Trump visiting the San Joaquin Valley and the federal government “finally taking action to provide more water for valley farmers.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"The ball is now in Gov. Newsom's court to provide clean, reliable and ample water supplies to valley farmers and communities,” Borgeas said. “The state must ensure that infrastructure and storage are a top priority. It's simple: no water, no farms, and no food.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Two freshman Democratic congressmen who flipped their districts in the 2018 midterm elections took a more diplomatic stance, rather than committing to one side of the issue.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"The biological opinions needed to be updated with better, newer science,\" TJ Cox and Josh Harder said in a joint statement, \"We would prefer the parties work together in a meeting room rather than square up as rivals in the courtroom. ... We stand ready to help all parties reach a resolution in any way we can.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003c/div>",
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"content": "\u003cp>Robel Sletsion, an asylee from Eritrea who’s now a U.S. citizen, applied months ago for an immigrant visa for his wife, Tehaguas, who’s also Eritrean. The couple planned to live in Oakland together, where Sletsion works as a plumber and pipe fitter.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But the couple’s plans to reunite are now in shambles after President Trump expanded his travel ban to cover six more countries, including Eritrea. The new restrictions went into effect Friday.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“It’s very hard. I don’t know how long it’s going to be,” said Sletsion, 34. “I don’t know if she can come. I don’t know if I’m allowed to get her here and live a happy life.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>California is home to thousands of immigrants from countries targeted by the Trump administration’s new travel restrictions. The policy makes it difficult for American citizens to bring spouses, children and other relatives from the affected nations to live in the U.S.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The Trump administration is banning new immigrant visas to permanently move here for nationals of Eritrea, Myanmar, Kyrgyzstan and Nigeria, the most populous country in Africa. Citizens of Sudan and Tanzania will no longer be able to gain residency in the U.S through a diversity visa lottery.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The new policy widens the controversial travel ban that has been in place since 2017 on five Muslim-majority nations — Libya, Somalia, Iran, Syria and Yemen — as well as for certain citizens of North Korea and Venezuela.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Refugees and asylees are exempted from the restrictions. And those with green cards or visas in hand will not be affected.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But Sletsion’s wife does not yet have a U.S. visa, since her application is pending. Because of the new restrictions, Tehaguas may not be able to come live with him here.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Meanwhile, Sletsion can’t return safely to Eritrea, he said, because he fled political persecution in that country after the army forcibly conscripted him when he was a teen.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[pullquote size=\"medium\" align=\"right\" citation=\"Haregu Gaime, immigration attorney\"]‘It’s horrifying, people are scared that they will not be able to reunite with their family members.’[/pullquote]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“It was a dictatorial government and it was very dangerous for me to live there. So I left,” said Sletsion, who arrived in the U.S. 11 years ago. “I’m very grateful to have a peaceful life here in this country. But this [order by the president] is very unfortunate. If somebody can help, please help us.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Now, the couple’s only hope to reunite is to get a waiver of the travel ban.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But those exceptions are very hard to get, Sletsion learned at an event attended by dozens of other Eritrean immigrants at an Oakland library in the Temescal neighborhood last Saturday.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>There is no formal application to request a waiver, attorneys at the event said. And U.S. citizens must show they’ll suffer undue hardship if their relative is denied a visa.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“It’s horrifying, people are scared that they will not be able to reunite with their family members,” said immigration attorney Haregu Gaime.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The new restrictions will impact Eritreans particularly hard, she said, as the Trump administration has already discontinued visas for students, tourists and business purposes. Those previous limitations are due to that country’s “lack of cooperation” in accepting their nationals who were ordered deported from the U.S., according to the Department of State.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Now “Eritreans are not allowed to enter the United States, is essentially what this government is saying,” said Gaime, who initially arrived in the U.S. as a 5-year-old Eritrean refugee.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>About 8,100 Eritreans live in California, with a third of them residing in Alameda County alone, according to census figures.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Trump said the travel restrictions were imposed because the countries did not meet U.S. security criteria and have deficiencies in sharing terrorist, criminal or identity information. As a result, American officials can’t verify the true identity of all applicants from those nations, he said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“As President, I must continue to act to protect the security and interests of the United States and its people,” said Trump in his \u003ca href=\"https://www.whitehouse.gov/presidential-actions/proclamation-improving-enhanced-vetting-capabilities-processes-detecting-attempted-entry/\">Jan. 31 proclamation\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The travel ban expansion comes as African immigrants have surged in numbers in recent decades to more than 2 million nationwide, with the largest share of that population being born in Nigeria.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Ismael Okunade, co-owner of Miliki Restaurant in Oakland’s Laurel neighborhood, is one of the estimated 36,000 Nigerian immigrants living in California.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Many of Okunade’s customers were shocked by the new travel restrictions, he said, because Nigeria, Africa’s biggest economy, is a business partner to the U.S. And culturally, Nigerians are very influenced by America, he added.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“If you go to Nigeria, the kids, everybody is Americanized,” said Okunade, who immigrated nearly 40 years ago and became a U.S. citizen. “Nigeria is actually like, you put New York in Lagos. It’s the same thing.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11802731\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 1920px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-11802731 size-full\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2020/02/RS41459_IMG_1990-qut.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1440\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2020/02/RS41459_IMG_1990-qut.jpg 1920w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2020/02/RS41459_IMG_1990-qut-160x120.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2020/02/RS41459_IMG_1990-qut-800x600.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2020/02/RS41459_IMG_1990-qut-1020x765.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2020/02/RS41459_IMG_1990-qut-1832x1374.jpg 1832w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2020/02/RS41459_IMG_1990-qut-1376x1032.jpg 1376w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2020/02/RS41459_IMG_1990-qut-1044x783.jpg 1044w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2020/02/RS41459_IMG_1990-qut-632x474.jpg 632w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2020/02/RS41459_IMG_1990-qut-536x402.jpg 536w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1920px) 100vw, 1920px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Ismael Okunade works at the restaurant he owns in Oakland on Feb. 12, 2020. Many of his Nigerian customers were surprised by the travel ban expansion affecting their home country, he said. \u003ccite>(Farida Jhabvala Romero/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Okunade believes a blanket ban on immigrant visas is unnecessary, because every Nigerian approved to come live in the U.S. already goes through extensive screening by American officials.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“It’s not that easy to get a visa. So they must have vetted people very well before they can get one,” he said. “So to me, it doesn’t make any sense.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In his proclamation, President Trump said he decided to continue allowing temporary travelers — such as tourists and students — to reduce the number of people impacted. Immigrant visas were prioritized, he said, because it’s more difficult to deport an individual from the U.S. if they already have permanent legal residence.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[pullquote size=\"medium\" align=\"right\" citation=\"Haregu Gaime, immigration attorney\"]‘Do not lose hope. Keep filing those applications and apply for those waivers … do what you need to do, because this country belongs to all of us.’[/pullquote]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But critics of the restrictions questioned why the U.S. would ban new immigrant visas in the name of national security but then allow temporary visitors from the targeted countries.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“That doesn’t seem to fit the rationale that we are being fed, that this is because of security threats or because we can’t authenticate documents,” said Babak Yousefzadeh, president emeritus of the Iranian American Bar Association.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“This is clearly a discriminatory policy on the basis of ethnicity or national origin or religion,” said Yousefzadeh, a San Francisco attorney representing plaintiffs in a federal lawsuit which argues that the government’s promise to implement a “robust” waiver process is hollow.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>After the initial travel restrictions went into effect, there were mass denials of waivers and only two people were able to obtain the exceptions, according to the lawsuit. But the government has granted more waivers since: A third of the 60,000 petitions considered were approved between December 2017 and 2019, according to the State Department.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Still, the government has not provided clear criteria or guidelines to apply for waivers, and the process remains “opaque and arbitrary,” said Yousefzadeh.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In 2018, the U.S. Supreme Court allowed a version of the original travel ban to go into effect while lower courts consider whether it is constitutional. Last month, the 4th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals in Virginia heard arguments from the ACLU and other organizations challenging the ban.\u003cbr>\n[aside tag=\"travel-ban\" label=\"related coverage\"]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Given the pending lawsuits, the Council on American-Islamic Relations and other advocacy organizations “are exploring all the options available to them” on the expanded travel restrictions, said Zahra Billoo, who directs \u003ca href=\"https://www.cair.com\">CAIR\u003c/a>’s San Francisco Bay Area office.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“To the extent that more countries are being added, that means that more people will be targeted. And so my colleagues are exploring whether or not additional legal challenges are possible,” said Billoo.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>U.S. citizens and green card holders ordinarily have a right to sponsor their family members abroad to come live with them. At the information session for Eritreans in Oakland, immigration lawyer Gaime said the travel restrictions interfere with that. But she asked those affected to be persistent.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Do not lose hope. Keep filing those applications and apply for those waivers … do what you need to do, because this country belongs to all of us,” she said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Community organizer Meron Semedar, also an Eritrean asylee, had another recommendation for naturalized U.S. citizens at the event hoping to roll back the travel restrictions: register and vote.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad floatright]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“When issues like today, like the [travel] ban come, how do you address it? If you are a citizen you can address it at the ballot, too,” said Semedar, who recently became an American citizen. “Who knows? By voting against Trump, we might have him out of office by November. And that has an impact.”\u003c/p>\n\n",
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And U.S. citizens must show they’ll suffer undue hardship if their relative is denied a visa.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“It’s horrifying, people are scared that they will not be able to reunite with their family members,” said immigration attorney Haregu Gaime.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The new restrictions will impact Eritreans particularly hard, she said, as the Trump administration has already discontinued visas for students, tourists and business purposes. 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