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In several hours it could ferry San Franciscans to Alameda and then put them on a train down to Santa Cruz.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“They had this challenge because if they went all the way on land, that makes a very long railroad,” Craig said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>To make the trip shorter, they laid tracks across some marshlands at the south end of the bay. At one section, the tracks cross a small island that’s less than a mile long. The island is flanked by two major waterways, Coyote Creek and Warm Springs Slough, that got a lot of boat traffic.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11559976\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\" style=\"max-width: 500px\">\u003cimg decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"wp-image-11559976\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2017/07/Screen-Shot-2017-07-10-at-1.31.14-PM-800x537.png\" alt=\"This photograph of the bridge over Coyote Creek was taken around 1903. Notice the double set of rails. These were installed as a safety measure in case the train derailed while crossing the creek. This bridge has since been removed and replaced by a trestle. The young lady in the picture in Ann Byrnes.\" width=\"500\" height=\"335\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/07/Screen-Shot-2017-07-10-at-1.31.14-PM-800x537.png 800w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/07/Screen-Shot-2017-07-10-at-1.31.14-PM-160x107.png 160w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/07/Screen-Shot-2017-07-10-at-1.31.14-PM-1020x684.png 1020w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/07/Screen-Shot-2017-07-10-at-1.31.14-PM-1180x791.png 1180w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/07/Screen-Shot-2017-07-10-at-1.31.14-PM-960x644.png 960w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/07/Screen-Shot-2017-07-10-at-1.31.14-PM-240x161.png 240w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/07/Screen-Shot-2017-07-10-at-1.31.14-PM-375x252.png 375w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/07/Screen-Shot-2017-07-10-at-1.31.14-PM-520x349.png 520w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/07/Screen-Shot-2017-07-10-at-1.31.14-PM.png 1628w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">This photograph of the bridge over Coyote Creek was taken around 1903. This bridge has since been removed and replaced by a trestle. The young lady in the picture in Ann Byrnes. \u003ccite>(Courtesy of U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>To get past the water, the railroad company built swing bridges that were completed in 1876. A swing bridge is designed to turn at the center of the waterway.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Drawbridge is a misnomer,” Craig says. “The town should be called Swing Bridge.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The bridges needed to be opened manually, and the first bridge tender was George Mundershietz. When he moved to the island, his cabin was the only building there.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Though there were no other people, Mundershietz was surrounded by plenty of wildlife. Fish and shrimp thrived in the muddy waters, and thousands of birds hid in the pristine marshlands and high grasses. Passengers on trains passing through noticed. Before long, hunters began abandoning their trips to Santa Cruz to get off the train early and shoot ducks. When they got too tired to make it home, they’d pay Mundershietz 50 cents to spend the night in his cabin.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>A Bustling Town\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>From there, Drawbridge grew. Outdoorsmen started coming to Drawbridge in droves. Trains started making regular stops in town, and hunting cabins popped up all over the island.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11559964\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\" style=\"max-width: 448px\">\u003cimg decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"wp-image-11559964\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2017/07/Screen-Shot-2017-07-05-at-3.35.11-PM.png\" alt=\"Dining inside the front porch at the Sprung Hotel. Mrs. Sprung second from right.\" width=\"448\" height=\"626\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/07/Screen-Shot-2017-07-05-at-3.35.11-PM.png 528w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/07/Screen-Shot-2017-07-05-at-3.35.11-PM-160x224.png 160w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/07/Screen-Shot-2017-07-05-at-3.35.11-PM-240x335.png 240w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/07/Screen-Shot-2017-07-05-at-3.35.11-PM-375x524.png 375w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/07/Screen-Shot-2017-07-05-at-3.35.11-PM-520x727.png 520w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 448px) 100vw, 448px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Dining inside the front porch at the Sprung Hotel. Mrs. Sprung second from right. \u003ccite>(Courtesy of U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Around 1900, the Sprung Hotel opened and became a fixture. The hotel served duck dinners and provided the town with water, which was pumped from the ground daily. Joe Sprung and his wife, Hedwig, ran the hotel. When all the rooms were full, Mrs. Sprung would rent out her room and sleep in the bathtub.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“There were no police, no mayor, no city council — nothing like that,” Craig says.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>With little government oversight, the town developed a reputation as a place to go for prostitution and gambling. But former residents didn’t talk about that in interviews. Instead they waxed on about idyllic rural living and hunting.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Before limits were imposed, hunters would fill small cannons with shot, nails and chains to kill hundreds of birds in a single go.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11559965\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\" style=\"max-width: 349px\">\u003cimg decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"wp-image-11559965\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2017/07/Screen-Shot-2017-07-05-at-3.34.50-PM-800x1147.png\" alt=\"Ed Smith, a long time Drawbridge resident.\" width=\"349\" height=\"500\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/07/Screen-Shot-2017-07-05-at-3.34.50-PM-800x1147.png 800w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/07/Screen-Shot-2017-07-05-at-3.34.50-PM-160x229.png 160w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/07/Screen-Shot-2017-07-05-at-3.34.50-PM-240x344.png 240w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/07/Screen-Shot-2017-07-05-at-3.34.50-PM-375x538.png 375w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/07/Screen-Shot-2017-07-05-at-3.34.50-PM-520x746.png 520w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/07/Screen-Shot-2017-07-05-at-3.34.50-PM.png 880w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 349px) 100vw, 349px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Ed Smith, a longtime Drawbridge resident. \u003ccite>(Courtesy of U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>The town reached its heyday in the 1920s. There were about 80 or 90 houses, many on stilts and with their own rowboats. Five trains a day stopped at Drawbridge, bringing visitors to shoot, fish, relax and drink. Despite Prohibition, Mrs. Sprung brewed her own dark beer and sold it to hotel visitors for 25 cents. On the weekends the small island’s population would swell to 600.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Even in a town this small, former residents remember a strong class divide. The south end of town was where most full-time residents lived. They included hunters, fishermen, and employees of the hotel and railroad. To get to school, the children of workers would walk along the 3 miles of track to the nearby town of Alviso. Meanwhile, the north end was mostly for part-timers in town on vacation.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11559969\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 1308px\">\u003cimg decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"wp-image-11559969 size-full\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2017/07/Screen-Shot-2017-07-05-at-3.33.45-PM.png\" alt=\"Posing in front of the Recreation cabin.\" width=\"1308\" height=\"908\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/07/Screen-Shot-2017-07-05-at-3.33.45-PM.png 1308w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/07/Screen-Shot-2017-07-05-at-3.33.45-PM-160x111.png 160w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/07/Screen-Shot-2017-07-05-at-3.33.45-PM-800x555.png 800w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/07/Screen-Shot-2017-07-05-at-3.33.45-PM-1020x708.png 1020w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/07/Screen-Shot-2017-07-05-at-3.33.45-PM-1180x819.png 1180w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/07/Screen-Shot-2017-07-05-at-3.33.45-PM-960x666.png 960w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/07/Screen-Shot-2017-07-05-at-3.33.45-PM-240x167.png 240w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/07/Screen-Shot-2017-07-05-at-3.33.45-PM-375x260.png 375w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/07/Screen-Shot-2017-07-05-at-3.33.45-PM-520x361.png 520w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1308px) 100vw, 1308px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Posing in front of the Recreation cabin. \u003ccite>(Courtesy of U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003ch2>Becoming a Ghost Town\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>Not long after Drawbridge’s rise came its fall.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The South Bay was industrializing and its population was growing. Nearby cities like San Jose and Fremont started pouring industrial waste and untreated human sewage into the bay, which harmed the creeks around Drawbridge. It was unpleasant for both humans and wildlife.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[contextly_sidebar id=”kibNuTq6wOcgojqGuH5MzFVmknUDioqO”]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Salt manufacturing in the South Bay also expanded. By the 1930s, half of the marshland had been converted into salt ponds, destroying the habitat of many birds.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>With polluted water and fewer birds to hunt, Drawbridge lost its luster and visitors came less frequently.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>By the 1950s, more South Bay residents meant more demand for water, and they began tapping the aquifer. The deep wells in Drawbridge ran dry and the town began to sink into the bay.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>When the tides rose, sometimes they’d rise a little too high. The documentary film “Drawbridge” tells of a woman cooking in galoshes, as she watched a fish swim in and out of her kitchen.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11559992\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\" style=\"max-width: 300px\">\u003cimg decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"wp-image-11559992\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2017/07/Screen-Shot-2017-07-10-at-1.50.03-PM-160x114.png\" alt=\"Nellie Dollin's house as it appeared in 1961.\" width=\"300\" height=\"214\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Nellie Dollin’s house as it appeared in 1961. \u003ccite>(Courtesy of U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service.)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11559995\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\" style=\"max-width: 300px\">\u003cimg decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"wp-image-11559995\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2017/07/Screen-Shot-2017-07-10-at-1.50.13-PM-160x111.png\" alt=\"Nellie Dollin's house after Drawbridge was a ghost town. \" width=\"300\" height=\"207\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/07/Screen-Shot-2017-07-10-at-1.50.13-PM-160x111.png 160w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/07/Screen-Shot-2017-07-10-at-1.50.13-PM-800x553.png 800w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/07/Screen-Shot-2017-07-10-at-1.50.13-PM-1020x705.png 1020w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/07/Screen-Shot-2017-07-10-at-1.50.13-PM-1180x815.png 1180w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/07/Screen-Shot-2017-07-10-at-1.50.13-PM-960x663.png 960w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/07/Screen-Shot-2017-07-10-at-1.50.13-PM-240x166.png 240w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/07/Screen-Shot-2017-07-10-at-1.50.13-PM-375x259.png 375w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/07/Screen-Shot-2017-07-10-at-1.50.13-PM-520x359.png 520w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/07/Screen-Shot-2017-07-10-at-1.50.13-PM.png 1210w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Nellie Dollin’s house after Drawbridge was a ghost town. \u003ccite>(Courtesy of U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service.)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>By 1963, fewer than five residents were left.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Life got harder for those who stayed, as local newspapers began writing about Drawbridge as if it were already a ghost town. This attracted some unsavory characters.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“People would come out and do inappropriate things,” Craig says. “Theft, vandalism, going through people’s houses, things like that, burning them down. So it just became a little dangerous.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The remaining residents felt unsafe, and all but one left.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Charles Luce was the last resident of Drawbridge, and lived alone out there for years.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“One character, he came in there. He broke the door, I was inside,” Luce said in an interview for the “Drawbridge” documentary. “And that’s when I put the shotgun right between his shoulder blades. … Don’t move. … Made him lay down on the floor, what went through my mind at that particular time is, ‘What if he won’t lie down? Will I shoot him?’ That’d be murder!”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Luce finally left in 1979. By then, the town had been designated as a wildlife refuge. Drawbridge was just for the birds. No hunting allowed.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[baycuriousbug]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Nowadays the only way to get to the town is on a train that doesn’t stop. Riding through, you can see the two dozen remaining structures. They’re in bad shape. A few are covered in graffiti, and others are nothing but the bones of the buildings they once were. They’ve been left to the elements and, year by year, they sink deeper into the mud.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11559972\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 1200px\">\u003cimg decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"wp-image-11559972 size-full\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2017/07/2010-0524-DB-View-entire-length-from-north-KAP-Cris-4648097034_27def54245_o.jpg\" alt=\"Aerial view of Drawbridge.\" width=\"1200\" height=\"800\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/07/2010-0524-DB-View-entire-length-from-north-KAP-Cris-4648097034_27def54245_o.jpg 1200w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/07/2010-0524-DB-View-entire-length-from-north-KAP-Cris-4648097034_27def54245_o-160x107.jpg 160w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/07/2010-0524-DB-View-entire-length-from-north-KAP-Cris-4648097034_27def54245_o-800x533.jpg 800w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/07/2010-0524-DB-View-entire-length-from-north-KAP-Cris-4648097034_27def54245_o-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/07/2010-0524-DB-View-entire-length-from-north-KAP-Cris-4648097034_27def54245_o-1180x787.jpg 1180w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/07/2010-0524-DB-View-entire-length-from-north-KAP-Cris-4648097034_27def54245_o-960x640.jpg 960w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/07/2010-0524-DB-View-entire-length-from-north-KAP-Cris-4648097034_27def54245_o-240x160.jpg 240w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/07/2010-0524-DB-View-entire-length-from-north-KAP-Cris-4648097034_27def54245_o-375x250.jpg 375w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/07/2010-0524-DB-View-entire-length-from-north-KAP-Cris-4648097034_27def54245_o-520x347.jpg 520w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1200px) 100vw, 1200px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Aerial view of Drawbridge. \u003ccite>( Cris Benton)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>[ad floatright]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[baycuriousquestion]\u003c/p>\n\n",
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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003cp>\u003cspan class=\"utils-parseShortcode-shortcodes-__dropcapShortcode__dropcap\">O\u003c/span>\u003c/p>\u003cp>n an island in the middle of San Francisco Bay sits a series of abandoned wooden buildings, slumped over and sinking into the ground. They’re all that remain of the town called Drawbridge — often referred to as the last ghost town left in the Bay Area.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11560074\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\" style=\"max-width: 640px\">\u003cimg decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-large wp-image-11560074\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2017/07/IMG_0178.JPG-1020x765.jpeg\" alt=\"Bay Curious listener John Aird. Behind him is the bridge leading to Drawbridge.\" width=\"640\" height=\"480\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/07/IMG_0178.JPG-1020x765.jpeg 1020w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/07/IMG_0178.JPG-160x120.jpeg 160w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/07/IMG_0178.JPG-800x600.jpeg 800w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/07/IMG_0178.JPG-1920x1440.jpeg 1920w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/07/IMG_0178.JPG-1180x885.jpeg 1180w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/07/IMG_0178.JPG-960x720.jpeg 960w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/07/IMG_0178.JPG-240x180.jpeg 240w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/07/IMG_0178.JPG-375x281.jpeg 375w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/07/IMG_0178.JPG-520x390.jpeg 520w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Bay Curious listener John Aird. Behind him is the bridge leading to Drawbridge. \u003ccite>(Jessica Placzek/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Bay Curious listener John Aird is a fifth-generation Californian who lives in Santa Cruz. Decades ago he visited the town when a few people were still living there. Now he’s back and curious about its history.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>“I’d like to know more about Drawbridge. Anything about the history and when and why it was created and when it became a ghost town,” he says.\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>The Beginning\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>In the late 1800s, San Francisco was growing and its inhabitants found themselves with free time and a desire to go on vacation. Even back then, the beautiful beaches of Santa Cruz were an attractive destination for fogged-in city dwellers — though it took a lot of effort to get there.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003cp>\u003caside class=\"alignleft utils-parseShortcode-shortcodes-__bayCuriousPodcastShortcode__bayCurious\">\u003cimg src=https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/02/bayCuriousLogo.png alt=\"Bay Curious Podcast\" loading=\"lazy\" />\n \u003ca href=\"/news/series/baycurious\">Bay Curious\u003c/a> is a podcast that answers your questions about the Bay Area.\n Subscribe on \u003ca href=\"https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/bay-curious/id1172473406\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Apple Podcasts\u003c/a>,\n \u003ca href=\"http://www.npr.org/podcasts/500557090/bay-curious\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">NPR One\u003c/a> or your favorite podcast platform.\u003c/aside>\u003c/p>\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“If they went by stagecoach, it would take them a couple days down through the peninsula,” says Ceal Craig, president of the San Francisco Bay Wildlife Society and co-author of an upcoming book about Drawbridge titled, “Sinking Underwater: A Ghost Town’s Amazing Legacy.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003c/div>",
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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The long journey could cost more than $40 at the time, which today would be more than $900. All that to go about 75 miles to Santa Cruz!\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Two men saw all this money changing hands and thought they could build a good business catering to the vacationers.\u003c/p>\n\u003caside class=\"alignright\">\n\u003c!-- iframe plugin v.4.3 wordpress.org/plugins/iframe/ -->\u003cbr>\n\u003ciframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https://www.google.com/maps/d/u/0/embed?mid=1ezG5Gf0mNbu0yem6g1hfe-mNvrE\" width=\"300\" height=\"300\" scrolling=\"yes\" class=\"iframe-class\" frameborder=\"0\">\u003c/iframe>\u003cbr>\n\u003c/aside>\n\u003cp>“Slippery” Jim Fair was a politician and Alfred “Hog” Davis owned a meatpacking plant. Together they formed a railroad company called the South Pacific Coast Railroad. In several hours it could ferry San Franciscans to Alameda and then put them on a train down to Santa Cruz.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“They had this challenge because if they went all the way on land, that makes a very long railroad,” Craig said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>To make the trip shorter, they laid tracks across some marshlands at the south end of the bay. At one section, the tracks cross a small island that’s less than a mile long. The island is flanked by two major waterways, Coyote Creek and Warm Springs Slough, that got a lot of boat traffic.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11559976\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\" style=\"max-width: 500px\">\u003cimg decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"wp-image-11559976\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2017/07/Screen-Shot-2017-07-10-at-1.31.14-PM-800x537.png\" alt=\"This photograph of the bridge over Coyote Creek was taken around 1903. Notice the double set of rails. These were installed as a safety measure in case the train derailed while crossing the creek. This bridge has since been removed and replaced by a trestle. The young lady in the picture in Ann Byrnes.\" width=\"500\" height=\"335\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/07/Screen-Shot-2017-07-10-at-1.31.14-PM-800x537.png 800w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/07/Screen-Shot-2017-07-10-at-1.31.14-PM-160x107.png 160w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/07/Screen-Shot-2017-07-10-at-1.31.14-PM-1020x684.png 1020w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/07/Screen-Shot-2017-07-10-at-1.31.14-PM-1180x791.png 1180w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/07/Screen-Shot-2017-07-10-at-1.31.14-PM-960x644.png 960w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/07/Screen-Shot-2017-07-10-at-1.31.14-PM-240x161.png 240w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/07/Screen-Shot-2017-07-10-at-1.31.14-PM-375x252.png 375w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/07/Screen-Shot-2017-07-10-at-1.31.14-PM-520x349.png 520w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/07/Screen-Shot-2017-07-10-at-1.31.14-PM.png 1628w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">This photograph of the bridge over Coyote Creek was taken around 1903. This bridge has since been removed and replaced by a trestle. The young lady in the picture in Ann Byrnes. \u003ccite>(Courtesy of U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>To get past the water, the railroad company built swing bridges that were completed in 1876. A swing bridge is designed to turn at the center of the waterway.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Drawbridge is a misnomer,” Craig says. “The town should be called Swing Bridge.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The bridges needed to be opened manually, and the first bridge tender was George Mundershietz. When he moved to the island, his cabin was the only building there.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Though there were no other people, Mundershietz was surrounded by plenty of wildlife. Fish and shrimp thrived in the muddy waters, and thousands of birds hid in the pristine marshlands and high grasses. Passengers on trains passing through noticed. Before long, hunters began abandoning their trips to Santa Cruz to get off the train early and shoot ducks. When they got too tired to make it home, they’d pay Mundershietz 50 cents to spend the night in his cabin.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>A Bustling Town\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>From there, Drawbridge grew. Outdoorsmen started coming to Drawbridge in droves. Trains started making regular stops in town, and hunting cabins popped up all over the island.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11559964\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\" style=\"max-width: 448px\">\u003cimg decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"wp-image-11559964\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2017/07/Screen-Shot-2017-07-05-at-3.35.11-PM.png\" alt=\"Dining inside the front porch at the Sprung Hotel. Mrs. Sprung second from right.\" width=\"448\" height=\"626\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/07/Screen-Shot-2017-07-05-at-3.35.11-PM.png 528w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/07/Screen-Shot-2017-07-05-at-3.35.11-PM-160x224.png 160w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/07/Screen-Shot-2017-07-05-at-3.35.11-PM-240x335.png 240w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/07/Screen-Shot-2017-07-05-at-3.35.11-PM-375x524.png 375w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/07/Screen-Shot-2017-07-05-at-3.35.11-PM-520x727.png 520w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 448px) 100vw, 448px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Dining inside the front porch at the Sprung Hotel. Mrs. Sprung second from right. \u003ccite>(Courtesy of U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Around 1900, the Sprung Hotel opened and became a fixture. The hotel served duck dinners and provided the town with water, which was pumped from the ground daily. Joe Sprung and his wife, Hedwig, ran the hotel. When all the rooms were full, Mrs. Sprung would rent out her room and sleep in the bathtub.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“There were no police, no mayor, no city council — nothing like that,” Craig says.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>With little government oversight, the town developed a reputation as a place to go for prostitution and gambling. But former residents didn’t talk about that in interviews. Instead they waxed on about idyllic rural living and hunting.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Before limits were imposed, hunters would fill small cannons with shot, nails and chains to kill hundreds of birds in a single go.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11559965\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\" style=\"max-width: 349px\">\u003cimg decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"wp-image-11559965\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2017/07/Screen-Shot-2017-07-05-at-3.34.50-PM-800x1147.png\" alt=\"Ed Smith, a long time Drawbridge resident.\" width=\"349\" height=\"500\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/07/Screen-Shot-2017-07-05-at-3.34.50-PM-800x1147.png 800w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/07/Screen-Shot-2017-07-05-at-3.34.50-PM-160x229.png 160w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/07/Screen-Shot-2017-07-05-at-3.34.50-PM-240x344.png 240w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/07/Screen-Shot-2017-07-05-at-3.34.50-PM-375x538.png 375w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/07/Screen-Shot-2017-07-05-at-3.34.50-PM-520x746.png 520w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/07/Screen-Shot-2017-07-05-at-3.34.50-PM.png 880w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 349px) 100vw, 349px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Ed Smith, a longtime Drawbridge resident. \u003ccite>(Courtesy of U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>The town reached its heyday in the 1920s. There were about 80 or 90 houses, many on stilts and with their own rowboats. Five trains a day stopped at Drawbridge, bringing visitors to shoot, fish, relax and drink. Despite Prohibition, Mrs. Sprung brewed her own dark beer and sold it to hotel visitors for 25 cents. On the weekends the small island’s population would swell to 600.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Even in a town this small, former residents remember a strong class divide. The south end of town was where most full-time residents lived. They included hunters, fishermen, and employees of the hotel and railroad. To get to school, the children of workers would walk along the 3 miles of track to the nearby town of Alviso. Meanwhile, the north end was mostly for part-timers in town on vacation.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11559969\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 1308px\">\u003cimg decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"wp-image-11559969 size-full\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2017/07/Screen-Shot-2017-07-05-at-3.33.45-PM.png\" alt=\"Posing in front of the Recreation cabin.\" width=\"1308\" height=\"908\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/07/Screen-Shot-2017-07-05-at-3.33.45-PM.png 1308w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/07/Screen-Shot-2017-07-05-at-3.33.45-PM-160x111.png 160w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/07/Screen-Shot-2017-07-05-at-3.33.45-PM-800x555.png 800w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/07/Screen-Shot-2017-07-05-at-3.33.45-PM-1020x708.png 1020w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/07/Screen-Shot-2017-07-05-at-3.33.45-PM-1180x819.png 1180w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/07/Screen-Shot-2017-07-05-at-3.33.45-PM-960x666.png 960w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/07/Screen-Shot-2017-07-05-at-3.33.45-PM-240x167.png 240w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/07/Screen-Shot-2017-07-05-at-3.33.45-PM-375x260.png 375w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/07/Screen-Shot-2017-07-05-at-3.33.45-PM-520x361.png 520w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1308px) 100vw, 1308px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Posing in front of the Recreation cabin. \u003ccite>(Courtesy of U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003ch2>Becoming a Ghost Town\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>Not long after Drawbridge’s rise came its fall.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The South Bay was industrializing and its population was growing. Nearby cities like San Jose and Fremont started pouring industrial waste and untreated human sewage into the bay, which harmed the creeks around Drawbridge. It was unpleasant for both humans and wildlife.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Salt manufacturing in the South Bay also expanded. By the 1930s, half of the marshland had been converted into salt ponds, destroying the habitat of many birds.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>With polluted water and fewer birds to hunt, Drawbridge lost its luster and visitors came less frequently.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>By the 1950s, more South Bay residents meant more demand for water, and they began tapping the aquifer. The deep wells in Drawbridge ran dry and the town began to sink into the bay.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>When the tides rose, sometimes they’d rise a little too high. The documentary film “Drawbridge” tells of a woman cooking in galoshes, as she watched a fish swim in and out of her kitchen.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11559992\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\" style=\"max-width: 300px\">\u003cimg decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"wp-image-11559992\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2017/07/Screen-Shot-2017-07-10-at-1.50.03-PM-160x114.png\" alt=\"Nellie Dollin's house as it appeared in 1961.\" width=\"300\" height=\"214\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Nellie Dollin’s house as it appeared in 1961. \u003ccite>(Courtesy of U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service.)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11559995\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\" style=\"max-width: 300px\">\u003cimg decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"wp-image-11559995\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2017/07/Screen-Shot-2017-07-10-at-1.50.13-PM-160x111.png\" alt=\"Nellie Dollin's house after Drawbridge was a ghost town. \" width=\"300\" height=\"207\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/07/Screen-Shot-2017-07-10-at-1.50.13-PM-160x111.png 160w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/07/Screen-Shot-2017-07-10-at-1.50.13-PM-800x553.png 800w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/07/Screen-Shot-2017-07-10-at-1.50.13-PM-1020x705.png 1020w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/07/Screen-Shot-2017-07-10-at-1.50.13-PM-1180x815.png 1180w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/07/Screen-Shot-2017-07-10-at-1.50.13-PM-960x663.png 960w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/07/Screen-Shot-2017-07-10-at-1.50.13-PM-240x166.png 240w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/07/Screen-Shot-2017-07-10-at-1.50.13-PM-375x259.png 375w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/07/Screen-Shot-2017-07-10-at-1.50.13-PM-520x359.png 520w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/07/Screen-Shot-2017-07-10-at-1.50.13-PM.png 1210w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Nellie Dollin’s house after Drawbridge was a ghost town. \u003ccite>(Courtesy of U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service.)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>By 1963, fewer than five residents were left.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Life got harder for those who stayed, as local newspapers began writing about Drawbridge as if it were already a ghost town. This attracted some unsavory characters.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“People would come out and do inappropriate things,” Craig says. “Theft, vandalism, going through people’s houses, things like that, burning them down. So it just became a little dangerous.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The remaining residents felt unsafe, and all but one left.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Charles Luce was the last resident of Drawbridge, and lived alone out there for years.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“One character, he came in there. He broke the door, I was inside,” Luce said in an interview for the “Drawbridge” documentary. “And that’s when I put the shotgun right between his shoulder blades. … Don’t move. … Made him lay down on the floor, what went through my mind at that particular time is, ‘What if he won’t lie down? Will I shoot him?’ That’d be murder!”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Luce finally left in 1979. By then, the town had been designated as a wildlife refuge. Drawbridge was just for the birds. No hunting allowed.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003cp>\u003caside class=\"alignleft utils-parseShortcode-shortcodes-__bayCuriousPodcastShortcode__bayCurious\">\u003cimg src=https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/02/bayCuriousLogo.png alt=\"Bay Curious Podcast\" loading=\"lazy\" />\n What do you wonder about the Bay Area, its culture or people that you want KQED to investigate?\n \u003ca href=\"/news/series/baycurious\">Ask Bay Curious.\u003c/a>\u003c/aside>\u003c/p>\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Nowadays the only way to get to the town is on a train that doesn’t stop. Riding through, you can see the two dozen remaining structures. They’re in bad shape. A few are covered in graffiti, and others are nothing but the bones of the buildings they once were. They’ve been left to the elements and, year by year, they sink deeper into the mud.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11559972\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 1200px\">\u003cimg decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"wp-image-11559972 size-full\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2017/07/2010-0524-DB-View-entire-length-from-north-KAP-Cris-4648097034_27def54245_o.jpg\" alt=\"Aerial view of Drawbridge.\" width=\"1200\" height=\"800\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/07/2010-0524-DB-View-entire-length-from-north-KAP-Cris-4648097034_27def54245_o.jpg 1200w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/07/2010-0524-DB-View-entire-length-from-north-KAP-Cris-4648097034_27def54245_o-160x107.jpg 160w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/07/2010-0524-DB-View-entire-length-from-north-KAP-Cris-4648097034_27def54245_o-800x533.jpg 800w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/07/2010-0524-DB-View-entire-length-from-north-KAP-Cris-4648097034_27def54245_o-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/07/2010-0524-DB-View-entire-length-from-north-KAP-Cris-4648097034_27def54245_o-1180x787.jpg 1180w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/07/2010-0524-DB-View-entire-length-from-north-KAP-Cris-4648097034_27def54245_o-960x640.jpg 960w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/07/2010-0524-DB-View-entire-length-from-north-KAP-Cris-4648097034_27def54245_o-240x160.jpg 240w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/07/2010-0524-DB-View-entire-length-from-north-KAP-Cris-4648097034_27def54245_o-375x250.jpg 375w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/07/2010-0524-DB-View-entire-length-from-north-KAP-Cris-4648097034_27def54245_o-520x347.jpg 520w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1200px) 100vw, 1200px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Aerial view of Drawbridge. \u003ccite>( Cris Benton)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003c/div>",
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"content": "\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Update, 8:35 a.m. Thursday, June 15:\u003c/strong> San Francisco police have identified the victims and gunman in Wednesday's attack at the UPS shipping facility at 16th Street and San Bruno Avenue.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Those who died, all UPS drivers, were:\u003c/p>\n\u003cul>\n\u003cli>Wayne Chan, 56, San Francisco.\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>Michael Lefiti, 46, of Hercules. In a profile, the San Francisco Chronicle says family and friends remember Lefiti as a man who \"\u003ca href=\"http://www.sfgate.com/bayarea/article/UPS-shooting-victim-Mike-Lefiti-was-always-11220588.php\">was always there\u003c/a>\" for others.\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>Benson Louie, 50, San Francisco. The Chronicle profiles Louie as a \"\u003ca href=\"http://www.sfgate.com/bayarea/article/UPS-shooting-victim-Benson-Louie-was-beloved-11222400.php\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">beloved volleyball coach\u003c/a>.\"\u003c/li>\n\u003c/ul>\n\u003cp>Police identified the attacker, also a UPS driver, as Jimmy Lam, 38, of San Francisco. Lam \u003ca href=\"http://abcnews.go.com/US/wireStory/shooting-san-francisco-ups-center-police-48036518\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">reportedly\u003c/a> filed a recent grievance citing excessive overtime. A union official familiar with Lam said, \"I never knew Jimmy to not get along with people.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Original post (last updated 2:20 p.m. Wednesday, June 14):\u003c/strong> A UPS employee shot and killed three co-workers at the company's main shipping facility in San Francisco Wednesday morning before turning his gun on himself and taking his own life. Two others, also UPS workers, were wounded.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In a late-morning media briefing, San Francisco Police Department Assistant Chief Toney Chaplin said officers sped to the scene after receiving reports of gunfire at 8:55 a.m. at the UPS building -- which covers the block between 16th and 17th streets and Utah Street and San Bruno Avenue.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Chaplin said one police response team encountered the gunman, whom he said was armed with an assault pistol. When officers confronted the attacker, Chaplin said, he shot himself in the head. The man died after being taken to San Francisco General Hospital.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>UPS spokesman Steve Gaut told The Associated Press the gunman was an employee who opened fire before drivers were sent out to do their normal daily deliveries.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Police said they had not determined a motive for the attack, but that it was not considered a terrorist incident.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The conditions of the two surviving victims, who were also UPS employees, was not immediately known.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11510223\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003ca href=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2017/06/0M6A0607.jpg\">\u003cimg class=\"size-medium wp-image-11510223\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2017/06/0M6A0607-800x533.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"800\" height=\"533\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/06/0M6A0607-800x533.jpg 800w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/06/0M6A0607-160x107.jpg 160w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/06/0M6A0607-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/06/0M6A0607-1920x1280.jpg 1920w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/06/0M6A0607-1180x787.jpg 1180w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/06/0M6A0607-960x640.jpg 960w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/06/0M6A0607-240x160.jpg 240w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/06/0M6A0607-375x250.jpg 375w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/06/0M6A0607-520x347.jpg 520w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">UPS workers cross 16th Street shortly after a shooting at the companies' facility at 17th and Utah Street. \u003ccite>(Adam Grossberg/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Officer Tracy Green of SFPD's Bayview Station told KQED just after the incident unfolded that an active shooter was \"down\" at the scene and that officers were sweeping the UPS shipping facility.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Green said the shooter was found with a self-inflicted wound.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Dozens of police officers, including members of the SFPD's SWAT team armed with semi-automatic rifles, swarmed the area just before 9 a.m.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>A UPS employee who asked that her name be withheld told KQED's John Sepulvado that she was in a break room when the shooting started.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I heard 'boom, boom, boom, boom, boom,' and I’m thinking, 'OK, it’s either boxes falling or gunshots,' \" she said. \"And then I heard another boom, and then I hear someone screaming, 'Everybody run, everybody run.' ”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>UPS driver Marvin Calderon said he was at his truck when he heard a series of shots. He told reporters he didn't see the shooting because his vehicle was between the shooter and him.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"I just started screaming, 'Get out! Get out! There's gunfire, gunshots. Go! Go!'\" Calderon said. \"And then everyone started running. It was too quick. Less than 30 seconds.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Calderon estimated he heard seven shots in an initial round of firing and that the gunman fired another five or six shots near the corner of 17th Street and San Bruno Avenue. In the hours immediately after the shooting, two bodies lay under yellow tarps at that corner.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Robert Kim, who runs an auto repair shop in the neighborhood, told the AP he heard at least five gunshots and saw UPS drivers running down the street screaming \"shooter, shooter.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Hayward Cook, who described himself as a UPS human resources manager, told KQED he was interviewing people in a conference room when he heard five gunshots.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>He said that as the shots came closer, he moved people into nearby offices to \"hunker down.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Cook said he heard another series of five shots before the area fell silent and he escaped from the building with others.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In \u003ca href=\"https://www.pressroom.ups.com/pressroom/ContentDetailsViewer.page?ConceptType=PressReleases&id=1497461182413-836\">a statement\u003c/a>, UPS said: \"The company is saddened and deeply concerned about affected employees, family members and the community we share. Our thoughts and prayers are with all those touched by this incident. To assist our employees during this time, UPS has made professional counseling available.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11510313\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003ca href=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2017/06/GettyImages-696000642.jpg\">\u003cimg class=\"size-medium wp-image-11510313\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2017/06/GettyImages-696000642-800x554.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"800\" height=\"554\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/06/GettyImages-696000642-800x554.jpg 800w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/06/GettyImages-696000642-160x111.jpg 160w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/06/GettyImages-696000642-1020x706.jpg 1020w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/06/GettyImages-696000642-1920x1329.jpg 1920w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/06/GettyImages-696000642-1180x817.jpg 1180w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/06/GettyImages-696000642-960x664.jpg 960w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/06/GettyImages-696000642-240x166.jpg 240w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/06/GettyImages-696000642-375x260.jpg 375w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/06/GettyImages-696000642-520x360.jpg 520w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">UPS workers leaving the company shipping facility where a fellow employee opened fire early Wednesday. Four people, including the gunman, were killed and two others wounded. \u003ccite>(Justin Sullivan/Getty Images)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Sen. Dianne Feinstein also issued a statement late Wednesday morning, one that recalled San Francisco's worst mass shooting -- 1993's 1\u003ca href=\"http://www.sfgate.com/entertainment/article/101-California-shooting-shocked-S-F-1993-4097305.php\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">01 California Street attack\u003c/a>, in which nine people died.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I was heartbroken to learn that yet another senseless act of gun violence has marred our wonderful city,\" Feinstein said. \"My heart goes out to the victims and their families, and to everyone affected by this despicable act. I can’t help but recall the 101 California Street shooting in 1993, when eight people lost their lives. Violence is never the answer, but the continuing scourge of gun violence is particularly disheartening.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>https://youtu.be/egB1ceOgBHY\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11510218\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003ca href=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2017/06/0M6A0568-e1497469236381.jpg\">\u003cimg class=\"size-medium wp-image-11510218\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2017/06/0M6A0568-800x533.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"800\" height=\"533\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">SFPD officers and emergency responders outside of the UPS facility at 17th and Utah streets shortly after a shooting at the facility on Wednesday morning. \u003ccite>(Adam Grossberg/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cem>This post will be updated. KQED's Holly Kernan, Ted Goldberg, Ryan Levi, John Sepulvado, Miranda Leitsinger and Adam Grossberg contributed to this report. \u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\n",
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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Update, 8:35 a.m. Thursday, June 15:\u003c/strong> San Francisco police have identified the victims and gunman in Wednesday's attack at the UPS shipping facility at 16th Street and San Bruno Avenue.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Those who died, all UPS drivers, were:\u003c/p>\n\u003cul>\n\u003cli>Wayne Chan, 56, San Francisco.\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>Michael Lefiti, 46, of Hercules. In a profile, the San Francisco Chronicle says family and friends remember Lefiti as a man who \"\u003ca href=\"http://www.sfgate.com/bayarea/article/UPS-shooting-victim-Mike-Lefiti-was-always-11220588.php\">was always there\u003c/a>\" for others.\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>Benson Louie, 50, San Francisco. The Chronicle profiles Louie as a \"\u003ca href=\"http://www.sfgate.com/bayarea/article/UPS-shooting-victim-Benson-Louie-was-beloved-11222400.php\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">beloved volleyball coach\u003c/a>.\"\u003c/li>\n\u003c/ul>\n\u003cp>Police identified the attacker, also a UPS driver, as Jimmy Lam, 38, of San Francisco. Lam \u003ca href=\"http://abcnews.go.com/US/wireStory/shooting-san-francisco-ups-center-police-48036518\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">reportedly\u003c/a> filed a recent grievance citing excessive overtime. A union official familiar with Lam said, \"I never knew Jimmy to not get along with people.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Original post (last updated 2:20 p.m. Wednesday, June 14):\u003c/strong> A UPS employee shot and killed three co-workers at the company's main shipping facility in San Francisco Wednesday morning before turning his gun on himself and taking his own life. Two others, also UPS workers, were wounded.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In a late-morning media briefing, San Francisco Police Department Assistant Chief Toney Chaplin said officers sped to the scene after receiving reports of gunfire at 8:55 a.m. at the UPS building -- which covers the block between 16th and 17th streets and Utah Street and San Bruno Avenue.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003c/div>",
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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Chaplin said one police response team encountered the gunman, whom he said was armed with an assault pistol. When officers confronted the attacker, Chaplin said, he shot himself in the head. The man died after being taken to San Francisco General Hospital.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>UPS spokesman Steve Gaut told The Associated Press the gunman was an employee who opened fire before drivers were sent out to do their normal daily deliveries.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Police said they had not determined a motive for the attack, but that it was not considered a terrorist incident.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The conditions of the two surviving victims, who were also UPS employees, was not immediately known.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11510223\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003ca href=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2017/06/0M6A0607.jpg\">\u003cimg class=\"size-medium wp-image-11510223\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2017/06/0M6A0607-800x533.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"800\" height=\"533\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/06/0M6A0607-800x533.jpg 800w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/06/0M6A0607-160x107.jpg 160w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/06/0M6A0607-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/06/0M6A0607-1920x1280.jpg 1920w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/06/0M6A0607-1180x787.jpg 1180w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/06/0M6A0607-960x640.jpg 960w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/06/0M6A0607-240x160.jpg 240w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/06/0M6A0607-375x250.jpg 375w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/06/0M6A0607-520x347.jpg 520w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">UPS workers cross 16th Street shortly after a shooting at the companies' facility at 17th and Utah Street. \u003ccite>(Adam Grossberg/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Officer Tracy Green of SFPD's Bayview Station told KQED just after the incident unfolded that an active shooter was \"down\" at the scene and that officers were sweeping the UPS shipping facility.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Green said the shooter was found with a self-inflicted wound.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Dozens of police officers, including members of the SFPD's SWAT team armed with semi-automatic rifles, swarmed the area just before 9 a.m.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>A UPS employee who asked that her name be withheld told KQED's John Sepulvado that she was in a break room when the shooting started.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I heard 'boom, boom, boom, boom, boom,' and I’m thinking, 'OK, it’s either boxes falling or gunshots,' \" she said. \"And then I heard another boom, and then I hear someone screaming, 'Everybody run, everybody run.' ”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>UPS driver Marvin Calderon said he was at his truck when he heard a series of shots. He told reporters he didn't see the shooting because his vehicle was between the shooter and him.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"I just started screaming, 'Get out! Get out! There's gunfire, gunshots. Go! Go!'\" Calderon said. \"And then everyone started running. It was too quick. Less than 30 seconds.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Calderon estimated he heard seven shots in an initial round of firing and that the gunman fired another five or six shots near the corner of 17th Street and San Bruno Avenue. In the hours immediately after the shooting, two bodies lay under yellow tarps at that corner.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Robert Kim, who runs an auto repair shop in the neighborhood, told the AP he heard at least five gunshots and saw UPS drivers running down the street screaming \"shooter, shooter.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Hayward Cook, who described himself as a UPS human resources manager, told KQED he was interviewing people in a conference room when he heard five gunshots.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>He said that as the shots came closer, he moved people into nearby offices to \"hunker down.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Cook said he heard another series of five shots before the area fell silent and he escaped from the building with others.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In \u003ca href=\"https://www.pressroom.ups.com/pressroom/ContentDetailsViewer.page?ConceptType=PressReleases&id=1497461182413-836\">a statement\u003c/a>, UPS said: \"The company is saddened and deeply concerned about affected employees, family members and the community we share. Our thoughts and prayers are with all those touched by this incident. To assist our employees during this time, UPS has made professional counseling available.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11510313\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003ca href=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2017/06/GettyImages-696000642.jpg\">\u003cimg class=\"size-medium wp-image-11510313\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2017/06/GettyImages-696000642-800x554.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"800\" height=\"554\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/06/GettyImages-696000642-800x554.jpg 800w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/06/GettyImages-696000642-160x111.jpg 160w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/06/GettyImages-696000642-1020x706.jpg 1020w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/06/GettyImages-696000642-1920x1329.jpg 1920w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/06/GettyImages-696000642-1180x817.jpg 1180w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/06/GettyImages-696000642-960x664.jpg 960w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/06/GettyImages-696000642-240x166.jpg 240w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/06/GettyImages-696000642-375x260.jpg 375w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/06/GettyImages-696000642-520x360.jpg 520w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">UPS workers leaving the company shipping facility where a fellow employee opened fire early Wednesday. 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"content": "\u003cp>KQED listener Chris Thompson is an avid A’s fan who recently found himself at a Giants game with work colleagues. He noticed fans a few rows away trying to get the wave started, but saw they were quickly booed by other Giants fans. Eventually ushers came over and told the group trying to start the wave to simmer down.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[baycuriouspodcastinfo]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Thompson wrote to Bay Curious asking:\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Why don’t they allow people to do the wave at Giants stadium?\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>First thing we have to get cleared up right away — there is no \u003cem>official\u003c/em> policy against the wave at Giants games. It’s a self-imposed ban that has been a part of Giants fan culture for decades.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But why? I mean, it’s\u003cem> the wave. \u003c/em>At many stadiums, it’s as much a part of baseball as hot dogs and beer.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch3>The Oakland Athletics Started It\u003c/h3>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_10608965\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2015/07/chris-and-george.jpg\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-10608965 size-medium\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2015/07/chris-and-george-800x450.jpg\" alt=\"Krazy George Henderson tells KQED listener Christopher about the very first wave. (Adam Grossberg/KQED)\" width=\"800\" height=\"450\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2015/07/chris-and-george-800x450.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2015/07/chris-and-george-400x225.jpg 400w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2015/07/chris-and-george-1440x810.jpg 1440w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2015/07/chris-and-george-1400x787.jpg 1400w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2015/07/chris-and-george-1180x664.jpg 1180w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2015/07/chris-and-george-960x540.jpg 960w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Krazy George Henderson tells KQED listener Chris Thompson about the very first wave. (Adam Grossberg/KQED)\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Some Giants fans point back to the origins of the wave on Oct. 15, 1981, as the reason they developed a no-wave tradition.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The Athletics were battling the Yankees for the American League Championship, and things were not going well for Oakland. 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Other claims point to the University of Washington or international soccer matches. But if you ask Krazy George, all of those other claims were either later than October 1981, or lack the proper supporting evidence of his nationally televised wave at the Oakland Coliseum.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I say, ‘I don’t \u003cem>claim\u003c/em> to have invented the wave. I DID INVENT THE WAVE.’ ”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Whether that’s definitive or not, the wave’s early connection to Oakland and the A’s is enough to turn some San Francisco Giants fans against it.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Bennett Dake came to a recent Giants game wearing a T-shirt he got in the ’80s. The back says: “Top 10 Reasons Real Fans Go to the ’Stick.” One reason? No wave.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“That’s Oakland,” he says. “We’re San Francisco. It’s always been like that. We don’t do the wave here.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_10608966\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2015/07/t-shirt.jpg\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-10608966 size-medium\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2015/07/t-shirt-800x450.jpg\" alt=\"Bennett Dake shows of his "Late Night at the 'Stick" shirt from the '80s. Number 9 reads: "No Wave." (Adam Grossberg/KQED)\" width=\"800\" height=\"450\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2015/07/t-shirt-800x450.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2015/07/t-shirt-400x225.jpg 400w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2015/07/t-shirt-1440x810.jpg 1440w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2015/07/t-shirt-1400x788.jpg 1400w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2015/07/t-shirt-1180x664.jpg 1180w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2015/07/t-shirt-960x540.jpg 960w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Bennett Dake shows off his ‘Late Night at the ‘Stick’ shirt from the ’80s. Number 9 reads: ‘No Wave.’ (Adam Grossberg/KQED)\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003ch3>The Wave Was Associated With Los Angeles (and Thus, the Dodgers)\u003c/h3>\n\u003cp>Though the wave might have started in Oakland, it was broadcast internationally for the first time during the 1984 Olympics in Los Angeles. Television sets across the world showed images of the crowd doing the wave at the soccer final — in many minds forever linking the cheer with that city.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I think the wave is seen as something really Los Angeles, and it was San Francisco reacting to that,” says \u003ca href=\"http://www.danfost.com/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Dan Fost\u003c/a>, author of \u003ca href=\"http://www.amazon.com/Dan-Fost/e/B0030CEFRE/ref=dp_byline_cont_book_1\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">two books about the Giants.\u003c/a> “[The Dodgers fan] experience is all about beating the traffic, getting to the game late, leaving early and throwing beach balls around in the stands. And the wave is just such an L.A. part of that.”\u003c/p>\n\u003ch3>It’s Too Mainstream\u003c/h3>\n\u003cp>One identity trait that came up repeatedly during interviews with Giants fans was their feeling of uniqueness.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Giants fans sort of think that they’re a little different, so we would never stoop to something as pedestrian as doing the wave,” says Pat Gallagher, who worked as the team’s director of marketing for nearly 33 years.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>And let’s be honest, this identity goes beyond the baseball diamond. The San Francisco Bay Area as a whole has a long history of reveling in the ways it stands apart from the rest of America.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Not doing the wave is a way of saying, ‘San Francisco is different and we don’t do that here,’ ” says Fost.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Need another example? Look no further than the \u003ca href=\"http://sanfrancisco.giants.mlb.com/sf/history/sf_history_timeline_article.jsp?article=31\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Crazy Crab\u003c/a>. At a time when baseball teams around the country were eagerly bringing cheery mascots into the mix, the Giants introduced an anti-mascot. The crustacean was a walking mascot parody, and fans were encouraged to boo, hiss and sometimes throw things at the poor schmuck stuck inside the costume.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch3>Real Serious Fans Are Real Serious\u003c/h3>\n\u003cp>Beyond tradition and perception, what is it about the wave that Giants fans dislike so much?\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>To put it simply, some people think that “real baseball fans” don’t do it. It’s seen as yet another frivolous ballpark novelty that detracts from their beloved pastime. Right up there with the Kiss Cam.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>One Giants fan we spoke with says, “It’s an obnoxious response to fan excitement. I don’t like it. I think it’s silly.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Real fans chart every pitch and obsess over fundamentals. Everyone else does the wave and eats cotton candy.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Giants fans don’t do the wave because they are serious about baseball,” Fost says. “They love the game, they’re paying attention to the game, and they don’t want to take themselves out of the game.”\u003c/p>\n\u003ch3>How the Tradition is Passed On\u003c/h3>\n\u003cp>The Giants anti-wave philosophy is carried on as a sort of oral tradition. That is, via hearty “BOOOOOs.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[baycuriousbug]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Gallagher says that when the team played at Candlestick, you’d often hear hardcore fans boo when anyone tried to start the wave.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“They weren’t booing the players, they were actually booing other fans,” he says.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>It appears this tradition has made the trip from the ’Stick to AT&T Park.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Giants fan Dalton Hurst had a rude awakening at one of his childhood games.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“When I was a kid, I tried to start [the wave] and someone yelled at me,” says Hurst. “I don’t know why they don’t do it.”\u003c/p>\n\u003ch3>But New Fans Doing The Wave?\u003c/h3>\n\u003cp>Despite the booing, long-standing tradition and ’80s T-shirts — sacrilege — the wave has been spotted circling AT&T park recently. It may be that the team’s success is attracting new fans who just don’t know the rules yet.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Several die-hard fans blamed these bandwagon fans, (or “hipsters,” as one Giants fan called them) for bringing this abhorred tradition into their no-wave stadium.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_10608969\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\" style=\"max-width: 337px\">\u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2015/07/Screen-Shot-2015-07-20-at-6.51.10-PM.png\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-10608969\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2015/07/Screen-Shot-2015-07-20-at-6.51.10-PM.png\" alt=\"YouTube Comments on a video titled, "The Wae at AT&T Park (Giants vs. A's).\" width=\"337\" height=\"227\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">YouTube Comments on a video titled, “The Wave at AT&T Park (Giants vs. A’s).\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>On one \u003ca href=\"https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=17NxEykL2c8\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">YouTube video of an AT&T Park wave\u003c/a>, the comments section spells out this argument.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch3>Sharing our Findings\u003c/h3>\n\u003cp>We took our findings back to Chris Thompson, the question-asker for this Bay Curious story. 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(Adam Grossberg/KQED)\" width=\"800\" height=\"450\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2015/07/chris-and-george-800x450.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2015/07/chris-and-george-400x225.jpg 400w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2015/07/chris-and-george-1440x810.jpg 1440w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2015/07/chris-and-george-1400x787.jpg 1400w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2015/07/chris-and-george-1180x664.jpg 1180w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2015/07/chris-and-george-960x540.jpg 960w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Krazy George Henderson tells KQED listener Chris Thompson about the very first wave. (Adam Grossberg/KQED)\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Some Giants fans point back to the origins of the wave on Oct. 15, 1981, as the reason they developed a no-wave tradition.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The Athletics were battling the Yankees for the American League Championship, and things were not going well for Oakland. The A’s were down by two games in a best-of-five series, and were scoreless five innings into the game.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>That’s when a professional cheerleader called \u003ca href=\"http://www.krazygeorge.com/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Krazy George\u003c/a> decided to unveil a cheer he’d been developing at local high school pep rallies.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Watch our video of Krazy George Henderson reliving the very first wave:\u003cbr>\n\u003c!-- iframe plugin v.4.3 wordpress.org/plugins/iframe/ -->\u003cbr>\n\u003ciframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https://player.vimeo.com/video/134024146?title=0&byline=0\" width=\"700\" height=\"393\" frameborder=\"0\" scrolling=\"yes\" class=\"iframe-class\">\u003c/iframe>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>There is \u003ca href=\"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wave_(audience)\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">some dispute\u003c/a> about whether or not Krazy George’s ’81 Oakland wave was in fact the first wave in history. Other claims point to the University of Washington or international soccer matches. But if you ask Krazy George, all of those other claims were either later than October 1981, or lack the proper supporting evidence of his nationally televised wave at the Oakland Coliseum.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I say, ‘I don’t \u003cem>claim\u003c/em> to have invented the wave. I DID INVENT THE WAVE.’ ”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Whether that’s definitive or not, the wave’s early connection to Oakland and the A’s is enough to turn some San Francisco Giants fans against it.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Bennett Dake came to a recent Giants game wearing a T-shirt he got in the ’80s. The back says: “Top 10 Reasons Real Fans Go to the ’Stick.” One reason? No wave.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“That’s Oakland,” he says. “We’re San Francisco. It’s always been like that. We don’t do the wave here.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_10608966\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2015/07/t-shirt.jpg\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-10608966 size-medium\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2015/07/t-shirt-800x450.jpg\" alt=\"Bennett Dake shows of his "Late Night at the 'Stick" shirt from the '80s. Number 9 reads: "No Wave." (Adam Grossberg/KQED)\" width=\"800\" height=\"450\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2015/07/t-shirt-800x450.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2015/07/t-shirt-400x225.jpg 400w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2015/07/t-shirt-1440x810.jpg 1440w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2015/07/t-shirt-1400x788.jpg 1400w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2015/07/t-shirt-1180x664.jpg 1180w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2015/07/t-shirt-960x540.jpg 960w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Bennett Dake shows off his ‘Late Night at the ‘Stick’ shirt from the ’80s. Number 9 reads: ‘No Wave.’ (Adam Grossberg/KQED)\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003ch3>The Wave Was Associated With Los Angeles (and Thus, the Dodgers)\u003c/h3>\n\u003cp>Though the wave might have started in Oakland, it was broadcast internationally for the first time during the 1984 Olympics in Los Angeles. Television sets across the world showed images of the crowd doing the wave at the soccer final — in many minds forever linking the cheer with that city.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I think the wave is seen as something really Los Angeles, and it was San Francisco reacting to that,” says \u003ca href=\"http://www.danfost.com/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Dan Fost\u003c/a>, author of \u003ca href=\"http://www.amazon.com/Dan-Fost/e/B0030CEFRE/ref=dp_byline_cont_book_1\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">two books about the Giants.\u003c/a> “[The Dodgers fan] experience is all about beating the traffic, getting to the game late, leaving early and throwing beach balls around in the stands. And the wave is just such an L.A. part of that.”\u003c/p>\n\u003ch3>It’s Too Mainstream\u003c/h3>\n\u003cp>One identity trait that came up repeatedly during interviews with Giants fans was their feeling of uniqueness.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Giants fans sort of think that they’re a little different, so we would never stoop to something as pedestrian as doing the wave,” says Pat Gallagher, who worked as the team’s director of marketing for nearly 33 years.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>And let’s be honest, this identity goes beyond the baseball diamond. The San Francisco Bay Area as a whole has a long history of reveling in the ways it stands apart from the rest of America.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Not doing the wave is a way of saying, ‘San Francisco is different and we don’t do that here,’ ” says Fost.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Need another example? Look no further than the \u003ca href=\"http://sanfrancisco.giants.mlb.com/sf/history/sf_history_timeline_article.jsp?article=31\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Crazy Crab\u003c/a>. At a time when baseball teams around the country were eagerly bringing cheery mascots into the mix, the Giants introduced an anti-mascot. The crustacean was a walking mascot parody, and fans were encouraged to boo, hiss and sometimes throw things at the poor schmuck stuck inside the costume.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch3>Real Serious Fans Are Real Serious\u003c/h3>\n\u003cp>Beyond tradition and perception, what is it about the wave that Giants fans dislike so much?\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>To put it simply, some people think that “real baseball fans” don’t do it. It’s seen as yet another frivolous ballpark novelty that detracts from their beloved pastime. Right up there with the Kiss Cam.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>One Giants fan we spoke with says, “It’s an obnoxious response to fan excitement. I don’t like it. I think it’s silly.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Real fans chart every pitch and obsess over fundamentals. Everyone else does the wave and eats cotton candy.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Giants fans don’t do the wave because they are serious about baseball,” Fost says. “They love the game, they’re paying attention to the game, and they don’t want to take themselves out of the game.”\u003c/p>\n\u003ch3>How the Tradition is Passed On\u003c/h3>\n\u003cp>The Giants anti-wave philosophy is carried on as a sort of oral tradition. That is, via hearty “BOOOOOs.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003cp>\u003caside class=\"alignleft utils-parseShortcode-shortcodes-__bayCuriousPodcastShortcode__bayCurious\">\u003cimg src=https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/02/bayCuriousLogo.png alt=\"Bay Curious Podcast\" loading=\"lazy\" />\n What do you wonder about the Bay Area, its culture or people that you want KQED to investigate?\n \u003ca href=\"/news/series/baycurious\">Ask Bay Curious.\u003c/a>\u003c/aside>\u003c/p>\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Gallagher says that when the team played at Candlestick, you’d often hear hardcore fans boo when anyone tried to start the wave.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“They weren’t booing the players, they were actually booing other fans,” he says.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>It appears this tradition has made the trip from the ’Stick to AT&T Park.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Giants fan Dalton Hurst had a rude awakening at one of his childhood games.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“When I was a kid, I tried to start [the wave] and someone yelled at me,” says Hurst. “I don’t know why they don’t do it.”\u003c/p>\n\u003ch3>But New Fans Doing The Wave?\u003c/h3>\n\u003cp>Despite the booing, long-standing tradition and ’80s T-shirts — sacrilege — the wave has been spotted circling AT&T park recently. It may be that the team’s success is attracting new fans who just don’t know the rules yet.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Several die-hard fans blamed these bandwagon fans, (or “hipsters,” as one Giants fan called them) for bringing this abhorred tradition into their no-wave stadium.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_10608969\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\" style=\"max-width: 337px\">\u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2015/07/Screen-Shot-2015-07-20-at-6.51.10-PM.png\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-10608969\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2015/07/Screen-Shot-2015-07-20-at-6.51.10-PM.png\" alt=\"YouTube Comments on a video titled, "The Wae at AT&T Park (Giants vs. A's).\" width=\"337\" height=\"227\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">YouTube Comments on a video titled, “The Wave at AT&T Park (Giants vs. A’s).\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>On one \u003ca href=\"https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=17NxEykL2c8\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">YouTube video of an AT&T Park wave\u003c/a>, the comments section spells out this argument.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch3>Sharing our Findings\u003c/h3>\n\u003cp>We took our findings back to Chris Thompson, the question-asker for this Bay Curious story. He couldn’t help but laugh.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Are they proud to be that bourgeois?” he says of Giants fans. “This is baseball. … It’s waves and hot dogs and beers.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>To wave or not to wave? Sound off in the comments below.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003c/div>",
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"content": "\u003cp>After the December 2015 \u003ca href=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/2015/12/03/police-say-san-bernardino-attackers-stockpiled-ammo-home-made-bombs-before-assault/\" target=\"_blank\">San Bernardino mass shooting\u003c/a> that killed 14 and injured another 22, Moina Shaiq started to question her role as a Muslim.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Originally from Pakistan, Shaiq has lived in Fremont since 1987. For years, she has been a part of several interfaith groups that connect people from various religions to engage in conversations about their faith. She says that members in her groups had a general understanding of Islam, and she always felt welcome.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But after the 2015 attack committed by a married Muslim couple who pledged allegiance to the Islamic State, Shaiq wanted to reach a wider group of people -- particularly those without much awareness of her religion.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11382181\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg class=\"wp-image-11382181 size-medium\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2017/03/Meet-A-Muslim_1-800x450.jpg\" alt=\"Members of the Congregation Shir Ami speak with Moina Shaiq at a synagogue in Castro Valley on March 19, 2017. The event is part of Shaiq's Meet a Muslim events.\" width=\"800\" height=\"450\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/03/Meet-A-Muslim_1-800x450.jpg 800w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/03/Meet-A-Muslim_1-160x90.jpg 160w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/03/Meet-A-Muslim_1-1020x574.jpg 1020w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/03/Meet-A-Muslim_1.jpg 1920w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/03/Meet-A-Muslim_1-1180x664.jpg 1180w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/03/Meet-A-Muslim_1-960x540.jpg 960w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/03/Meet-A-Muslim_1-240x135.jpg 240w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/03/Meet-A-Muslim_1-375x211.jpg 375w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/03/Meet-A-Muslim_1-520x293.jpg 520w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Members of the Congregation Shir Ami speak with Moina Shaiq at a synagogue in Castro Valley on March 19, 2017. The event is part of Shaiq's Meet a Muslim events. \u003ccite>(Erasmo Martinez/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>In January 2016, about a month after the San Bernardino shootings, she placed an ad in several newspapers and on social media inviting the general public to come have coffee with her in Fremont as a way to chat and learn more about Islam. She figured maybe a few people would show up.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"The first event drew over a hundred people,\" she said. \"I hadn't envisioned that this many people would come out to ask me questions about my faith and about the things that they hear in the news.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The attendees came with a lot of questions. Normally, she said, \"they don't know where to get answers.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Since then, Shaiq has held about 60 events, mostly in the Bay Area. She's replaced the coffee shop with trips to synagogues, churches, retirement centers, grade schools and neighborhood associations. She's even been invited to other states, like Arizona and Massachusetts.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11382177\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg class=\"size-medium wp-image-11382177\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2017/03/Meet-a-Muslim_4-800x450.jpg\" alt=\"Moina Shaiq talks with communities and individuals to combat Islamophobia. She started the work early last year and travels the nation to speak to people who have questions about her faith.\" width=\"800\" height=\"450\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/03/Meet-a-Muslim_4-800x450.jpg 800w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/03/Meet-a-Muslim_4-160x90.jpg 160w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/03/Meet-a-Muslim_4-1020x574.jpg 1020w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/03/Meet-a-Muslim_4.jpg 1920w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/03/Meet-a-Muslim_4-1180x664.jpg 1180w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/03/Meet-a-Muslim_4-960x540.jpg 960w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/03/Meet-a-Muslim_4-240x135.jpg 240w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/03/Meet-a-Muslim_4-375x211.jpg 375w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/03/Meet-a-Muslim_4-520x293.jpg 520w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Moina Shaiq talks with communities and individuals to combat Islamophobia. She started the work early last year and travels the nation to speak to people who have questions about her faith.\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Shaiq relies heavily on Facebook to publicize her events. She started a page called \u003ca href=\"https://www.facebook.com/MeetAMuslimCommunity/\" target=\"_blank\">\"Meet a Muslim,\"\u003c/a> where she posts event information and photos and videos of herself out in the community.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Shaiq says she is on edge whenever a terrorist attack appears in the news.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"Today, when anything happens, the first thing that comes to our minds is, 'Oh God, I hope it's not a Muslim,\" she said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Since President Trump's election, \u003ca href=\"https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/acts-of-faith/wp/2016/11/27/trump-will-do-to-you-muslims-what-hitler-did-to-the-jews-mosques-get-threatening-letters/?utm_term=.0067b1863158\" target=\"_blank\">hate crimes \u003c/a>against Muslim-Americans have increased. The president's controversial \u003ca href=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/2017/03/13/california-joins-legal-fight-over-second-trump-travel-ban/\" target=\"_blank\">travel bans\u003c/a> on several Muslim countries has also generated widespread debate. Shaiq says the requests for her to speak has increased after these events, and she now holds at least three talks a week.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In the Bay Area, a more liberal audience appear open and accepting. But she is no stranger to people expressing Islamophobic ideas.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>At one event, a man listened to her speak and left halfway through. Shaiq chased after him and asked why he left. The man said Shaiq did not answer his questions and said he hated Muslims. She invited him to stay and ask his questions. He did, and after the event ended, the man thanked Shaiq for providing a better understanding of the Muslim community.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"Those kinds of things make my day and validate the work that I'm doing,\" she said with a smile.\u003c/p>\n\n",
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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003cp>After the December 2015 \u003ca href=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/2015/12/03/police-say-san-bernardino-attackers-stockpiled-ammo-home-made-bombs-before-assault/\" target=\"_blank\">San Bernardino mass shooting\u003c/a> that killed 14 and injured another 22, Moina Shaiq started to question her role as a Muslim.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Originally from Pakistan, Shaiq has lived in Fremont since 1987. For years, she has been a part of several interfaith groups that connect people from various religions to engage in conversations about their faith. She says that members in her groups had a general understanding of Islam, and she always felt welcome.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But after the 2015 attack committed by a married Muslim couple who pledged allegiance to the Islamic State, Shaiq wanted to reach a wider group of people -- particularly those without much awareness of her religion.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11382181\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg class=\"wp-image-11382181 size-medium\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2017/03/Meet-A-Muslim_1-800x450.jpg\" alt=\"Members of the Congregation Shir Ami speak with Moina Shaiq at a synagogue in Castro Valley on March 19, 2017. The event is part of Shaiq's Meet a Muslim events.\" width=\"800\" height=\"450\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/03/Meet-A-Muslim_1-800x450.jpg 800w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/03/Meet-A-Muslim_1-160x90.jpg 160w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/03/Meet-A-Muslim_1-1020x574.jpg 1020w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/03/Meet-A-Muslim_1.jpg 1920w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/03/Meet-A-Muslim_1-1180x664.jpg 1180w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/03/Meet-A-Muslim_1-960x540.jpg 960w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/03/Meet-A-Muslim_1-240x135.jpg 240w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/03/Meet-A-Muslim_1-375x211.jpg 375w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/03/Meet-A-Muslim_1-520x293.jpg 520w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Members of the Congregation Shir Ami speak with Moina Shaiq at a synagogue in Castro Valley on March 19, 2017. The event is part of Shaiq's Meet a Muslim events. \u003ccite>(Erasmo Martinez/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>In January 2016, about a month after the San Bernardino shootings, she placed an ad in several newspapers and on social media inviting the general public to come have coffee with her in Fremont as a way to chat and learn more about Islam. She figured maybe a few people would show up.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"The first event drew over a hundred people,\" she said. \"I hadn't envisioned that this many people would come out to ask me questions about my faith and about the things that they hear in the news.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003c/div>",
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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The attendees came with a lot of questions. Normally, she said, \"they don't know where to get answers.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Since then, Shaiq has held about 60 events, mostly in the Bay Area. She's replaced the coffee shop with trips to synagogues, churches, retirement centers, grade schools and neighborhood associations. She's even been invited to other states, like Arizona and Massachusetts.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11382177\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg class=\"size-medium wp-image-11382177\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2017/03/Meet-a-Muslim_4-800x450.jpg\" alt=\"Moina Shaiq talks with communities and individuals to combat Islamophobia. She started the work early last year and travels the nation to speak to people who have questions about her faith.\" width=\"800\" height=\"450\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/03/Meet-a-Muslim_4-800x450.jpg 800w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/03/Meet-a-Muslim_4-160x90.jpg 160w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/03/Meet-a-Muslim_4-1020x574.jpg 1020w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/03/Meet-a-Muslim_4.jpg 1920w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/03/Meet-a-Muslim_4-1180x664.jpg 1180w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/03/Meet-a-Muslim_4-960x540.jpg 960w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/03/Meet-a-Muslim_4-240x135.jpg 240w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/03/Meet-a-Muslim_4-375x211.jpg 375w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/03/Meet-a-Muslim_4-520x293.jpg 520w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Moina Shaiq talks with communities and individuals to combat Islamophobia. She started the work early last year and travels the nation to speak to people who have questions about her faith.\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Shaiq relies heavily on Facebook to publicize her events. She started a page called \u003ca href=\"https://www.facebook.com/MeetAMuslimCommunity/\" target=\"_blank\">\"Meet a Muslim,\"\u003c/a> where she posts event information and photos and videos of herself out in the community.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Shaiq says she is on edge whenever a terrorist attack appears in the news.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"Today, when anything happens, the first thing that comes to our minds is, 'Oh God, I hope it's not a Muslim,\" she said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Since President Trump's election, \u003ca href=\"https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/acts-of-faith/wp/2016/11/27/trump-will-do-to-you-muslims-what-hitler-did-to-the-jews-mosques-get-threatening-letters/?utm_term=.0067b1863158\" target=\"_blank\">hate crimes \u003c/a>against Muslim-Americans have increased. The president's controversial \u003ca href=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/2017/03/13/california-joins-legal-fight-over-second-trump-travel-ban/\" target=\"_blank\">travel bans\u003c/a> on several Muslim countries has also generated widespread debate. Shaiq says the requests for her to speak has increased after these events, and she now holds at least three talks a week.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In the Bay Area, a more liberal audience appear open and accepting. But she is no stranger to people expressing Islamophobic ideas.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>At one event, a man listened to her speak and left halfway through. Shaiq chased after him and asked why he left. The man said Shaiq did not answer his questions and said he hated Muslims. She invited him to stay and ask his questions. He did, and after the event ended, the man thanked Shaiq for providing a better understanding of the Muslim community.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"Those kinds of things make my day and validate the work that I'm doing,\" she said with a smile.\u003c/p>\n\n\u003c/div>\u003c/p>",
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"headTitle": "What Would It Take to Make Lake Merritt Swimmable? | KQED",
"content": "\u003cp>\u003ci>This week’s \u003ca href=\"https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/bay-curious/id1172473406\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Bay Curious podcast\u003c/a> tackles a question from the 7-year-old daughter of KQED’s Judy Campbell. Her name is Violet. She visits Lake Merritt a lot and she wants to know: \u003c/i>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cb>What would it take to make Lake Merritt swimmable? \u003c/b>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Today, Lake Merritt is known as the Crown Jewel of Oakland, but it used to be called by a different name: the Lake of 1,000 Smells. To figure how to make it a swimming lake, it’d be good to know how it became un-swimmable in the first place.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>Before Lake Merritt Was A Lake\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>Once upon a time, tides from the bay flowed freely in and out of Lake Merritt. In fact, Lake Merritt wasn’t a lake at all, but a tidal marsh, a slough. Water from the surrounding creeks flowed into the slough. During high tide, salt water filled the area. At low tide, when the water rushed back to the ocean, it left behind shimmering mudflats.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[baycuriouspodcastinfo]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In 1852, the city of Oakland was founded and its new residents took advantage of the tidal flow.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Back then, putting sewage in Lake Merritt was somewhat reasonable … it flushed twice a day!” says Chris Read, museum docent and researcher of \u003ca href=\"http://www.cshouse.org/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">the Camron-Stanford House\u003c/a> exhibition, “Slough, Cesspool, City Jewel: the Evolution of Lake Merritt.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Originally, the population was very small. In 1850, there were about 70 permanent residents. By 1860, there were about 1,500 residents,” says Read. “As the population grew, they continued to throw sewage into the slough.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_10900608\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-10900608\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2016/03/1857_U.S._Coast_Survey_Map_of_San_Antonio_Creek_and_Oakland_California_near_San_Francisco_-_Geographicus_-_SanAntonioCreek-uscs-1857-800x576.jpg\" alt=\"A map from 1957, back when Lake Merritt was known as the San Antonio Creek.\" width=\"800\" height=\"576\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2016/03/1857_U.S._Coast_Survey_Map_of_San_Antonio_Creek_and_Oakland_California_near_San_Francisco_-_Geographicus_-_SanAntonioCreek-uscs-1857-800x576.jpg 800w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2016/03/1857_U.S._Coast_Survey_Map_of_San_Antonio_Creek_and_Oakland_California_near_San_Francisco_-_Geographicus_-_SanAntonioCreek-uscs-1857-400x288.jpg 400w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2016/03/1857_U.S._Coast_Survey_Map_of_San_Antonio_Creek_and_Oakland_California_near_San_Francisco_-_Geographicus_-_SanAntonioCreek-uscs-1857-1920x1382.jpg 1920w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2016/03/1857_U.S._Coast_Survey_Map_of_San_Antonio_Creek_and_Oakland_California_near_San_Francisco_-_Geographicus_-_SanAntonioCreek-uscs-1857-1180x849.jpg 1180w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2016/03/1857_U.S._Coast_Survey_Map_of_San_Antonio_Creek_and_Oakland_California_near_San_Francisco_-_Geographicus_-_SanAntonioCreek-uscs-1857-960x691.jpg 960w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">A map from 1957, back when Lake Merritt was known as the San Antonio Creek.\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Around this time, Dr. Samuel Merritt, the 13th mayor of Oakland, began building homes near the marsh. “He thought the real estate would be better if the slough was instead a lake,” says Linda Nack, a Camron-Stanford House docent. A weir — a kind of barrier across a river — was built in 1869 to control tidal flow and create Merritt’s Lake.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“That led to problems. If you reduce the flow of water, oxygen is reduced and the water gets more polluted,” says Read.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The next year Lake Merritt was declared the first wildlife refuge in the country, although motivations were not purely conservational.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Dr. Merritt had a big home along the lake and he had his window shot out by a hunter,” says Nack. “His neighbor’s cow was also killed by the hunters.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W3PkzIB7efk\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Gradually, the duck poo began to build up and the water quality worsened.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“The lake did smell, but people tolerated it,” Nack says.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In 1897, swimming at Lake Merritt became illegal. Despite the ban, newspaper clippings from the time show a few sanctioned swim events even after it was outlawed.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_10900609\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-10900609\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2016/03/ladies-rocks-800x489.jpg\" alt=\"Ladies throwing rocks along the Lake Merritt waterfront.\" width=\"800\" height=\"489\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2016/03/ladies-rocks-800x489.jpg 800w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2016/03/ladies-rocks-400x245.jpg 400w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2016/03/ladies-rocks-1920x1175.jpg 1920w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2016/03/ladies-rocks-1180x722.jpg 1180w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2016/03/ladies-rocks-960x587.jpg 960w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Ladies throwing rocks along the Lake Merritt waterfront. (Prelinger Archives)\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Over the years, there have been various projects to improve the lake’s water quality. Human waste was diverted into sewer treatment systems and the lake was dredged a few times. However, smelly algae blooms, and trash and pollution issues plagued the lake throughout the 20th century.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>By the 1960s, Lake Merritt had picked up its nickname: the Lake of a 1,000 Smells.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>The Lake Merritt of Today\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>Lake Merritt is now a far cry from the poop swamp of yesteryear. Funds from Measure DD, passed in 2002, have been used to clean up the waterfront and restore the creek. This has increased the flow of water between Lake Merritt and the San Francisco Bay. Still, there’s a lot left to be done. The EPA has listed Lake Merritt as an impaired water body, citing low dissolved oxygen levels and trash.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_10900610\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-10900610\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2016/03/Screen-Shot-2016-03-17-at-4.04.15-PM-800x450.png\" alt=\"Jessica Placzek talks to volunteers from the Lake Merritt Institute.\" width=\"800\" height=\"450\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2016/03/Screen-Shot-2016-03-17-at-4.04.15-PM-800x450.png 800w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2016/03/Screen-Shot-2016-03-17-at-4.04.15-PM-400x225.png 400w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2016/03/Screen-Shot-2016-03-17-at-4.04.15-PM-1920x1080.png 1920w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2016/03/Screen-Shot-2016-03-17-at-4.04.15-PM-1180x664.png 1180w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2016/03/Screen-Shot-2016-03-17-at-4.04.15-PM-960x540.png 960w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Jessica Placzek talks to volunteers from the Lake Merritt Institute. \u003ccite>(Adam Grossberg/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>“We have 62-plus storm drains that drain into Lake Merritt, and the urban runoff from 7 square miles. It’s a lot,” says James Robinson, co-director of \u003ca href=\"http://www.lakemerrittinstitute.org/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">the Lake Merritt Institute\u003c/a>, who helps organize volunteers to pick up trash around the lake.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In drier summer months, volunteers can pull 560 pounds of trash from the lake. But during wetter months crews pull out much, much more. In December 2015, 3,220 pounds of trash were pulled from the lake, says Robinson.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Lake Merritt Institute volunteers find all kinds of debris in the lake. The oddest items? A probation anklet, a bowling ball, a gerbil in a casket and a bag full of jewelry.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>More commonly, volunteers pick up plastic bags, food, cigarette butts, children’s toys, used condoms, bottles and furniture.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_10900612\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-10900612\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2016/03/Screen-Shot-2016-03-17-at-3.54.14-PM-800x450.png\" alt=\"A needle collected by volunteers at Lake Merritt.\" width=\"800\" height=\"450\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2016/03/Screen-Shot-2016-03-17-at-3.54.14-PM-800x450.png 800w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2016/03/Screen-Shot-2016-03-17-at-3.54.14-PM-400x225.png 400w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2016/03/Screen-Shot-2016-03-17-at-3.54.14-PM-1920x1080.png 1920w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2016/03/Screen-Shot-2016-03-17-at-3.54.14-PM-1180x664.png 1180w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2016/03/Screen-Shot-2016-03-17-at-3.54.14-PM-960x540.png 960w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">A needle collected by volunteers at Lake Merritt. \u003ccite>(Adam Grossberg/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Oakland officials are currently working toward the goal of no visible trash in the lake by 2022.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But it’s more than just the visible trash that is harming the lake. Some of the worst pollutants are cleaning chemicals, pesticides, leaked gas and pet feces. Birds also poop directly into the lake and volunteers have even caught people using the lake as a toilet.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Part of the problem, though, is that even when people aren’t using the lake as a bathroom, their toilets can still cause sewage to end up in the water.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[contextly_sidebar id=”IFqngkyQqJWkmCCLWxaforsAvecAhKf1″]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Our sewer lines go to a treatment plant, but our pipes are old. And, as systems get overloaded and overwhelmed, they can have leaks or spills underground. And that could end up in Lake Merritt,” says Kristine Shaff, from the Oakland Public Works Department.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Fecal matter is the biggest public health concern stopping swimmers in Lake Merritt. Human feces spread disease, and in order for the lake to be designated for swimming, there can’t be more than a minuscule amount of fecal matter in the water.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Since the lake is not currently open for swimmers, water quality tests are not regularly required, but are taken during special circumstances. One bacteria test, ordered after a sewage break, found that disease-causing pathogens were 20 times what is considered acceptable for swimming.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[baycuriousbug]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Even if testing were done more regularly, testing for feces is difficult. The lake is big and the water moves. A water sample collected next to Fairyland could be safe one minute, but five minutes later it could be bacteria-ridden.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>While \u003cem>most\u003c/em> of the water in the lake likely would not make you sick, there is a risk. And so far that’s a risk that the city, and most people, are not willing to take.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_10900611\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-10900611\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2016/03/Screen-Shot-2016-03-17-at-3.56.55-PM-800x450.png\" alt=\"A view of Oakland from Lake Merritt.\" width=\"800\" height=\"450\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2016/03/Screen-Shot-2016-03-17-at-3.56.55-PM-800x450.png 800w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2016/03/Screen-Shot-2016-03-17-at-3.56.55-PM-400x225.png 400w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2016/03/Screen-Shot-2016-03-17-at-3.56.55-PM-1920x1080.png 1920w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2016/03/Screen-Shot-2016-03-17-at-3.56.55-PM-1180x664.png 1180w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2016/03/Screen-Shot-2016-03-17-at-3.56.55-PM-960x540.png 960w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">A view of Oakland from Lake Merritt. \u003ccite>(Adam Grossberg/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003ch2>Into the Realm of the Theoretical\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>Shaff, from the Oakland Public Works Department, says there are no plans to create a swimming beach at Lake Merritt.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“There are \u003ca href=\"http://www2.oaklandnet.com/Government/o/opr/s/aquatics/index.htm\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">six city swimming pools run by Oakland Parks and Recreation\u003c/a>. One of them, \u003ca href=\"http://eastoaklandsportscenter.org/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">the East Oakland Sports Center\u003c/a>, is a fabulous swimming venue, so take your kids there right away,” she says.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>So from here on, our Bay Curious answer becomes purely theoretical.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“To make it a swimming lake, we would have to close off all of the pipes that drain into the lake,” says Shaff. “Then we’d be tearing up all kinds of streets, so that’s not really feasible.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The second option would be to chlorinate the lake, or at least part of it. A similar project was done at \u003ca href=\"http://www.ebparks.org/parks/cull_canyon#about\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Cull Canyon in Castro Valley\u003c/a>, where the park built a chlorinated swim lagoon.\u003c/p>\n\u003caside class=\"alignright\">\n\u003ch2>Take A Gondola Ride on Lake Merritt\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>Make the video below fullscreen and use your mouse to click and drag around the 360-degree scene. (\u003ca href=\"https://support.google.com/youtube/answer/6178631?hl=en\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">See if your browser is compatible\u003c/a>.)\u003cbr>\nhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2QgMw3CTJ8A&feature=youtu.be\u003c/p>\n\u003c/aside>\n\u003cp>But chlorine comes with its own environmental problems. While it kills bacteria, chlorine also kills other living things in the water. Lake Merritt is first and foremost a wildlife refuge, so chlorination wouldn’t fly.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The third option — and likely the most realistic — would be to build a few acres of wetlands.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“You can pump the water through a wetland and let the wetland remove the bacteria. In fact, you could clean it down to whatever level you want,” says Dr. Alex Horne, professor emeritus of ecological engineering at UC Berkeley. Horne has helped build wetlands around the world.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“It’s easy. You get wildlife; it can look good. People would want to live there, because it looks like little lakes and islands,” he says.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>A small pilot wetland was built a few years ago, but failed due to lack of funding. Horne says a high-quality wetland might cost up to $75,000 an acre. Money would also be needed to pump the water, maintain the wetland, get regular water-quality tests and employ lifeguards.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>All this being said, and despite the dangers, people do still end up swimming in the lake. Boats capsize and people fall in all the time.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad floatright]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cem>Got a question you want the Bay Curious team to investigate? \u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/series/baycurious\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Ask!\u003c/a>\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\n",
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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003cp>\u003ci>This week’s \u003ca href=\"https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/bay-curious/id1172473406\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Bay Curious podcast\u003c/a> tackles a question from the 7-year-old daughter of KQED’s Judy Campbell. Her name is Violet. She visits Lake Merritt a lot and she wants to know: \u003c/i>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cb>What would it take to make Lake Merritt swimmable? \u003c/b>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Today, Lake Merritt is known as the Crown Jewel of Oakland, but it used to be called by a different name: the Lake of 1,000 Smells. To figure how to make it a swimming lake, it’d be good to know how it became un-swimmable in the first place.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>Before Lake Merritt Was A Lake\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>Once upon a time, tides from the bay flowed freely in and out of Lake Merritt. In fact, Lake Merritt wasn’t a lake at all, but a tidal marsh, a slough. Water from the surrounding creeks flowed into the slough. During high tide, salt water filled the area. At low tide, when the water rushed back to the ocean, it left behind shimmering mudflats.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003cp>\u003caside class=\"alignleft utils-parseShortcode-shortcodes-__bayCuriousPodcastShortcode__bayCurious\">\u003cimg src=https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/02/bayCuriousLogo.png alt=\"Bay Curious Podcast\" loading=\"lazy\" />\n \u003ca href=\"/news/series/baycurious\">Bay Curious\u003c/a> is a podcast that answers your questions about the Bay Area.\n Subscribe on \u003ca href=\"https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/bay-curious/id1172473406\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Apple Podcasts\u003c/a>,\n \u003ca href=\"http://www.npr.org/podcasts/500557090/bay-curious\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">NPR One\u003c/a> or your favorite podcast platform.\u003c/aside>\u003c/p>\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In 1852, the city of Oakland was founded and its new residents took advantage of the tidal flow.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003c/div>",
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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Back then, putting sewage in Lake Merritt was somewhat reasonable … it flushed twice a day!” says Chris Read, museum docent and researcher of \u003ca href=\"http://www.cshouse.org/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">the Camron-Stanford House\u003c/a> exhibition, “Slough, Cesspool, City Jewel: the Evolution of Lake Merritt.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Originally, the population was very small. In 1850, there were about 70 permanent residents. By 1860, there were about 1,500 residents,” says Read. “As the population grew, they continued to throw sewage into the slough.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_10900608\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-10900608\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2016/03/1857_U.S._Coast_Survey_Map_of_San_Antonio_Creek_and_Oakland_California_near_San_Francisco_-_Geographicus_-_SanAntonioCreek-uscs-1857-800x576.jpg\" alt=\"A map from 1957, back when Lake Merritt was known as the San Antonio Creek.\" width=\"800\" height=\"576\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2016/03/1857_U.S._Coast_Survey_Map_of_San_Antonio_Creek_and_Oakland_California_near_San_Francisco_-_Geographicus_-_SanAntonioCreek-uscs-1857-800x576.jpg 800w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2016/03/1857_U.S._Coast_Survey_Map_of_San_Antonio_Creek_and_Oakland_California_near_San_Francisco_-_Geographicus_-_SanAntonioCreek-uscs-1857-400x288.jpg 400w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2016/03/1857_U.S._Coast_Survey_Map_of_San_Antonio_Creek_and_Oakland_California_near_San_Francisco_-_Geographicus_-_SanAntonioCreek-uscs-1857-1920x1382.jpg 1920w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2016/03/1857_U.S._Coast_Survey_Map_of_San_Antonio_Creek_and_Oakland_California_near_San_Francisco_-_Geographicus_-_SanAntonioCreek-uscs-1857-1180x849.jpg 1180w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2016/03/1857_U.S._Coast_Survey_Map_of_San_Antonio_Creek_and_Oakland_California_near_San_Francisco_-_Geographicus_-_SanAntonioCreek-uscs-1857-960x691.jpg 960w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">A map from 1957, back when Lake Merritt was known as the San Antonio Creek.\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Around this time, Dr. Samuel Merritt, the 13th mayor of Oakland, began building homes near the marsh. “He thought the real estate would be better if the slough was instead a lake,” says Linda Nack, a Camron-Stanford House docent. A weir — a kind of barrier across a river — was built in 1869 to control tidal flow and create Merritt’s Lake.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“That led to problems. If you reduce the flow of water, oxygen is reduced and the water gets more polluted,” says Read.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The next year Lake Merritt was declared the first wildlife refuge in the country, although motivations were not purely conservational.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Dr. Merritt had a big home along the lake and he had his window shot out by a hunter,” says Nack. “His neighbor’s cow was also killed by the hunters.”\u003c/p>\u003c/p>\u003cp>\u003cspan class='utils-parseShortcode-shortcodes-__youtubeShortcode__embedYoutube'>\n \u003cspan class='utils-parseShortcode-shortcodes-__youtubeShortcode__embedYoutubeInside'>\n \u003ciframe\n loading='lazy'\n class='utils-parseShortcode-shortcodes-__youtubeShortcode__youtubePlayer'\n type='text/html'\n src='//www.youtube.com/embed/W3PkzIB7efk'\n title='//www.youtube.com/embed/W3PkzIB7efk'\n allowfullscreen='true'\n style='border:0;'>\u003c/iframe>\n \u003c/span>\n \u003c/span>\u003c/p>\u003cp>\u003cp>Gradually, the duck poo began to build up and the water quality worsened.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“The lake did smell, but people tolerated it,” Nack says.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In 1897, swimming at Lake Merritt became illegal. Despite the ban, newspaper clippings from the time show a few sanctioned swim events even after it was outlawed.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_10900609\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-10900609\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2016/03/ladies-rocks-800x489.jpg\" alt=\"Ladies throwing rocks along the Lake Merritt waterfront.\" width=\"800\" height=\"489\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2016/03/ladies-rocks-800x489.jpg 800w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2016/03/ladies-rocks-400x245.jpg 400w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2016/03/ladies-rocks-1920x1175.jpg 1920w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2016/03/ladies-rocks-1180x722.jpg 1180w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2016/03/ladies-rocks-960x587.jpg 960w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Ladies throwing rocks along the Lake Merritt waterfront. (Prelinger Archives)\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Over the years, there have been various projects to improve the lake’s water quality. Human waste was diverted into sewer treatment systems and the lake was dredged a few times. However, smelly algae blooms, and trash and pollution issues plagued the lake throughout the 20th century.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>By the 1960s, Lake Merritt had picked up its nickname: the Lake of a 1,000 Smells.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>The Lake Merritt of Today\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>Lake Merritt is now a far cry from the poop swamp of yesteryear. Funds from Measure DD, passed in 2002, have been used to clean up the waterfront and restore the creek. This has increased the flow of water between Lake Merritt and the San Francisco Bay. Still, there’s a lot left to be done. The EPA has listed Lake Merritt as an impaired water body, citing low dissolved oxygen levels and trash.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_10900610\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-10900610\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2016/03/Screen-Shot-2016-03-17-at-4.04.15-PM-800x450.png\" alt=\"Jessica Placzek talks to volunteers from the Lake Merritt Institute.\" width=\"800\" height=\"450\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2016/03/Screen-Shot-2016-03-17-at-4.04.15-PM-800x450.png 800w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2016/03/Screen-Shot-2016-03-17-at-4.04.15-PM-400x225.png 400w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2016/03/Screen-Shot-2016-03-17-at-4.04.15-PM-1920x1080.png 1920w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2016/03/Screen-Shot-2016-03-17-at-4.04.15-PM-1180x664.png 1180w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2016/03/Screen-Shot-2016-03-17-at-4.04.15-PM-960x540.png 960w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Jessica Placzek talks to volunteers from the Lake Merritt Institute. \u003ccite>(Adam Grossberg/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>“We have 62-plus storm drains that drain into Lake Merritt, and the urban runoff from 7 square miles. It’s a lot,” says James Robinson, co-director of \u003ca href=\"http://www.lakemerrittinstitute.org/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">the Lake Merritt Institute\u003c/a>, who helps organize volunteers to pick up trash around the lake.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In drier summer months, volunteers can pull 560 pounds of trash from the lake. But during wetter months crews pull out much, much more. In December 2015, 3,220 pounds of trash were pulled from the lake, says Robinson.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Lake Merritt Institute volunteers find all kinds of debris in the lake. The oddest items? A probation anklet, a bowling ball, a gerbil in a casket and a bag full of jewelry.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>More commonly, volunteers pick up plastic bags, food, cigarette butts, children’s toys, used condoms, bottles and furniture.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_10900612\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-10900612\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2016/03/Screen-Shot-2016-03-17-at-3.54.14-PM-800x450.png\" alt=\"A needle collected by volunteers at Lake Merritt.\" width=\"800\" height=\"450\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2016/03/Screen-Shot-2016-03-17-at-3.54.14-PM-800x450.png 800w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2016/03/Screen-Shot-2016-03-17-at-3.54.14-PM-400x225.png 400w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2016/03/Screen-Shot-2016-03-17-at-3.54.14-PM-1920x1080.png 1920w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2016/03/Screen-Shot-2016-03-17-at-3.54.14-PM-1180x664.png 1180w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2016/03/Screen-Shot-2016-03-17-at-3.54.14-PM-960x540.png 960w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">A needle collected by volunteers at Lake Merritt. \u003ccite>(Adam Grossberg/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Oakland officials are currently working toward the goal of no visible trash in the lake by 2022.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But it’s more than just the visible trash that is harming the lake. Some of the worst pollutants are cleaning chemicals, pesticides, leaked gas and pet feces. Birds also poop directly into the lake and volunteers have even caught people using the lake as a toilet.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Part of the problem, though, is that even when people aren’t using the lake as a bathroom, their toilets can still cause sewage to end up in the water.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Our sewer lines go to a treatment plant, but our pipes are old. And, as systems get overloaded and overwhelmed, they can have leaks or spills underground. And that could end up in Lake Merritt,” says Kristine Shaff, from the Oakland Public Works Department.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Fecal matter is the biggest public health concern stopping swimmers in Lake Merritt. Human feces spread disease, and in order for the lake to be designated for swimming, there can’t be more than a minuscule amount of fecal matter in the water.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Since the lake is not currently open for swimmers, water quality tests are not regularly required, but are taken during special circumstances. One bacteria test, ordered after a sewage break, found that disease-causing pathogens were 20 times what is considered acceptable for swimming.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003cp>\u003caside class=\"alignleft utils-parseShortcode-shortcodes-__bayCuriousPodcastShortcode__bayCurious\">\u003cimg src=https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/02/bayCuriousLogo.png alt=\"Bay Curious Podcast\" loading=\"lazy\" />\n What do you wonder about the Bay Area, its culture or people that you want KQED to investigate?\n \u003ca href=\"/news/series/baycurious\">Ask Bay Curious.\u003c/a>\u003c/aside>\u003c/p>\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Even if testing were done more regularly, testing for feces is difficult. The lake is big and the water moves. A water sample collected next to Fairyland could be safe one minute, but five minutes later it could be bacteria-ridden.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>While \u003cem>most\u003c/em> of the water in the lake likely would not make you sick, there is a risk. And so far that’s a risk that the city, and most people, are not willing to take.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_10900611\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-10900611\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2016/03/Screen-Shot-2016-03-17-at-3.56.55-PM-800x450.png\" alt=\"A view of Oakland from Lake Merritt.\" width=\"800\" height=\"450\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2016/03/Screen-Shot-2016-03-17-at-3.56.55-PM-800x450.png 800w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2016/03/Screen-Shot-2016-03-17-at-3.56.55-PM-400x225.png 400w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2016/03/Screen-Shot-2016-03-17-at-3.56.55-PM-1920x1080.png 1920w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2016/03/Screen-Shot-2016-03-17-at-3.56.55-PM-1180x664.png 1180w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2016/03/Screen-Shot-2016-03-17-at-3.56.55-PM-960x540.png 960w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">A view of Oakland from Lake Merritt. \u003ccite>(Adam Grossberg/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003ch2>Into the Realm of the Theoretical\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>Shaff, from the Oakland Public Works Department, says there are no plans to create a swimming beach at Lake Merritt.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“There are \u003ca href=\"http://www2.oaklandnet.com/Government/o/opr/s/aquatics/index.htm\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">six city swimming pools run by Oakland Parks and Recreation\u003c/a>. One of them, \u003ca href=\"http://eastoaklandsportscenter.org/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">the East Oakland Sports Center\u003c/a>, is a fabulous swimming venue, so take your kids there right away,” she says.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>So from here on, our Bay Curious answer becomes purely theoretical.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“To make it a swimming lake, we would have to close off all of the pipes that drain into the lake,” says Shaff. “Then we’d be tearing up all kinds of streets, so that’s not really feasible.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The second option would be to chlorinate the lake, or at least part of it. A similar project was done at \u003ca href=\"http://www.ebparks.org/parks/cull_canyon#about\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Cull Canyon in Castro Valley\u003c/a>, where the park built a chlorinated swim lagoon.\u003c/p>\n\u003caside class=\"alignright\">\n\u003ch2>Take A Gondola Ride on Lake Merritt\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>Make the video below fullscreen and use your mouse to click and drag around the 360-degree scene. (\u003ca href=\"https://support.google.com/youtube/answer/6178631?hl=en\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">See if your browser is compatible\u003c/a>.)\u003cbr>\u003c/p>\u003cp>\u003cspan class='utils-parseShortcode-shortcodes-__youtubeShortcode__embedYoutube'>\n \u003cspan class='utils-parseShortcode-shortcodes-__youtubeShortcode__embedYoutubeInside'>\n \u003ciframe\n loading='lazy'\n class='utils-parseShortcode-shortcodes-__youtubeShortcode__youtubePlayer'\n type='text/html'\n src='//www.youtube.com/embed/2QgMw3CTJ8A'\n title='//www.youtube.com/embed/2QgMw3CTJ8A'\n allowfullscreen='true'\n style='border:0;'>\u003c/iframe>\n \u003c/span>\n \u003c/span>\u003c/p>\u003cp>\u003c/aside>\n\u003cp>But chlorine comes with its own environmental problems. While it kills bacteria, chlorine also kills other living things in the water. Lake Merritt is first and foremost a wildlife refuge, so chlorination wouldn’t fly.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The third option — and likely the most realistic — would be to build a few acres of wetlands.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“You can pump the water through a wetland and let the wetland remove the bacteria. In fact, you could clean it down to whatever level you want,” says Dr. Alex Horne, professor emeritus of ecological engineering at UC Berkeley. Horne has helped build wetlands around the world.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“It’s easy. You get wildlife; it can look good. People would want to live there, because it looks like little lakes and islands,” he says.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>A small pilot wetland was built a few years ago, but failed due to lack of funding. Horne says a high-quality wetland might cost up to $75,000 an acre. 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Through unconventional methods of teaching like chanting and music, students receive lessons on major civil rights leaders, such as Malcolm X and the Black Panther Party, and not on history lessons that focus on slavery or oppression of blacks.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“[Students can] finally come into a space they own. They can challenge the status quo,” said Jeremy Vasquez, a Mission High School teacher who leads the African American Male Achievement program there. “They’re able to come into [an academic environment] that is known to be institutionally racist and speak on it. ‘Like, we’re doing the slavery [topic] again? Again? I’ve heard this every single year I’ve been in school. 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"content": "\u003cp>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">The phrase “starving student” has become so well accepted in the college vernacular that California State University (CSU) campuses have done little to no research into how many of their enrolled students are homeless, according to a report from earlier this year.\u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">But, more than 10,000 students in California labeled themselves as “independent homeless youth” on their Free Application for Federal Student Aid in 2013-2014. \u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">According to the most recent \u003c/span>\u003ca href=\"https://presspage-production-content.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/1487/cohomelessstudy.pdf?10000\">\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">California State University report\u003c/span>\u003c/a>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">, only one out of 23 CSU campuses have launched a program to help displaced youth. 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To address the scarcity of student housing, the school has proposed a project that will provide beds for over 400 additional students by 2018. \u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">Homeless students must access resources outside campus. \u003c/span>\u003ca href=\"http://larkinstreetyouth.org/\">\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">Larkin Street Youth Center\u003c/span>\u003c/a>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\"> is one of the largest nonprofit groups serving homeless youth in San Francisco. 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She was homeless when she started her college career.\u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">“I took a risk coming [to San Francisco] honestly ... I had no idea of where I was going to live. I was afraid of living on the streets,” said Moran.\u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">Moran is from Bakersfield and is finishing her fourth semester at San Francisco State University. When she first arrived, Moran slept on friends’ couches before seeking help from Larkin. The group helped her to bridge moving from motel to shelter, until she finally qualified for a more stable housing program through Larkin. \u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">“They helped me so much. They helped me get housing,\" she said. \"They helped me get books. ... They have helped me keep my stability out here.\"\u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">Like other homeless youth, campus housing wasn't a realistic choice for Moran because she says it was too expensive. She received a scholarship that covered only tuition. Moran hopes that SFSU creates more of a dialogue around displaced youth. \u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">“I didn’t feel like I got any support from [San Francisco State University]. ... I didn’t know where to go for resources.”\u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">According to the \u003c/span>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">\u003ca href=\"https://presspage-production-content.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/1487/cohomelessstudy.pdf?10000\">California State University report\u003c/a>,\u003c/span>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\"> 79 percent of displaced youth don’t know how to navigate resources and available services. In addition, 49 percent of CSU staff said “they were in need of more information about how to appropriately support students facing these social issues.”\u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">Dian Blue Summers, 20, is from the Bay Area and is non-gender binary, meaning they don’t identify with male or female pronouns. Summers was kicked out of their parent’s house at age 17 after coming out to their father. Summers found solace at Larkin’s LGBT shelter shortly after. \u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">Summers now attends the City College of San Francisco and hopes to enroll at SFSU next fall, and continue living in Larkin Street housing. \u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">There is no state funding for student housing, and the U.S. Housing Department doesn’t offer\u003c/span>\u003ca href=\"http://portal.hud.gov/hudportal/documents/huddoc?id=DOC_20482.pdf\">\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\"> Section 8 housing\u003c/span>\u003c/a>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\"> for independent homeless students. \u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">The major factors leading to homelessness are poverty and a lack of affordable housing and access to public assistance. Students experiencing displacement are found to have lower educational outcomes and poorer overall health. 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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003cp>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">The phrase “starving student” has become so well accepted in the college vernacular that California State University (CSU) campuses have done little to no research into how many of their enrolled students are homeless, according to a report from earlier this year.\u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">But, more than 10,000 students in California labeled themselves as “independent homeless youth” on their Free Application for Federal Student Aid in 2013-2014. \u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">According to the most recent \u003c/span>\u003ca href=\"https://presspage-production-content.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/1487/cohomelessstudy.pdf?10000\">\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">California State University report\u003c/span>\u003c/a>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">, only one out of 23 CSU campuses have launched a program to help displaced youth. The report also states that CSU campuses need funding just to extend research on student homelessness and food insecurity. \u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">One of those campuses, San Francisco State University (SFSU), has yet to directly address student displacement, despite an increasingly expensive housing market. The school \u003c/span>\u003ca href=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/2016/04/28/housing-shortage-for-college-students-in-san-francisco/\">\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">provides housing for 4,000 of its nearly 30,000 students\u003c/span>\u003c/a>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">. Room and board cost between \u003c/span>\u003ca href=\"https://housing.sfsu.edu/sites/default/files/assets/forms/FeeSchedule.pdf\">\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">$9,000 to $17,000\u003c/span>\u003c/a>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\"> a year to live on campus, while the median rent for a \u003c/span>\u003ca href=\"https://www.rentjungle.com/average-rent-in-san-francisco-rent-trends/\">\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">one-bedroom in San Francisco is close to $4,000\u003c/span>\u003c/a>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\"> a month. To address the scarcity of student housing, the school has proposed a project that will provide beds for over 400 additional students by 2018. \u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">Homeless students must access resources outside campus. \u003c/span>\u003ca href=\"http://larkinstreetyouth.org/\">\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">Larkin Street Youth Center\u003c/span>\u003c/a>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\"> is one of the largest nonprofit groups serving homeless youth in San Francisco. The most prominent population they serve is the LGBTQ community.\u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003c/div>",
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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">“Homeless youth are disproportionately students of color, queer and trans students,” said Vanessa Raditz, an instructor for Bridge Academy, a Larkin Street class for homeless youth who are preparing for college.\u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11209481\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\" style=\"max-width: 640px\">\u003cimg class=\"size-large wp-image-11209481\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2016/12/Alexis-Moran-1020x574.jpg\" alt=\"SFSU student Alexis Moran was homeless after moving to S.F. for school.\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2016/12/Alexis-Moran-1020x574.jpg 1020w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2016/12/Alexis-Moran-160x90.jpg 160w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2016/12/Alexis-Moran-800x450.jpg 800w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2016/12/Alexis-Moran.jpg 1920w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2016/12/Alexis-Moran-1180x664.jpg 1180w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2016/12/Alexis-Moran-960x541.jpg 960w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2016/12/Alexis-Moran-240x135.jpg 240w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2016/12/Alexis-Moran-375x211.jpg 375w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2016/12/Alexis-Moran-520x293.jpg 520w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">SFSU student Alexis Moran was homeless after moving to S.F. for school. \u003ccite>(Nailah Morgan/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">Alexis Moran, 25, is one of hundreds of LGBT displaced youth in San Francisco. She was homeless when she started her college career.\u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">“I took a risk coming [to San Francisco] honestly ... I had no idea of where I was going to live. I was afraid of living on the streets,” said Moran.\u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">Moran is from Bakersfield and is finishing her fourth semester at San Francisco State University. When she first arrived, Moran slept on friends’ couches before seeking help from Larkin. The group helped her to bridge moving from motel to shelter, until she finally qualified for a more stable housing program through Larkin. \u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">“They helped me so much. They helped me get housing,\" she said. \"They helped me get books. ... They have helped me keep my stability out here.\"\u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">Like other homeless youth, campus housing wasn't a realistic choice for Moran because she says it was too expensive. She received a scholarship that covered only tuition. Moran hopes that SFSU creates more of a dialogue around displaced youth. \u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">“I didn’t feel like I got any support from [San Francisco State University]. ... I didn’t know where to go for resources.”\u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">According to the \u003c/span>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">\u003ca href=\"https://presspage-production-content.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/1487/cohomelessstudy.pdf?10000\">California State University report\u003c/a>,\u003c/span>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\"> 79 percent of displaced youth don’t know how to navigate resources and available services. In addition, 49 percent of CSU staff said “they were in need of more information about how to appropriately support students facing these social issues.”\u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">Dian Blue Summers, 20, is from the Bay Area and is non-gender binary, meaning they don’t identify with male or female pronouns. Summers was kicked out of their parent’s house at age 17 after coming out to their father. Summers found solace at Larkin’s LGBT shelter shortly after. \u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">Summers now attends the City College of San Francisco and hopes to enroll at SFSU next fall, and continue living in Larkin Street housing. \u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">There is no state funding for student housing, and the U.S. Housing Department doesn’t offer\u003c/span>\u003ca href=\"http://portal.hud.gov/hudportal/documents/huddoc?id=DOC_20482.pdf\">\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\"> Section 8 housing\u003c/span>\u003c/a>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\"> for independent homeless students. \u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">The major factors leading to homelessness are poverty and a lack of affordable housing and access to public assistance. Students experiencing displacement are found to have lower educational outcomes and poorer overall health. Also, only \u003c/span>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">\u003ca href=\"http://commons.emich.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1093&context=mcnair\">12 percent of low-income students will graduate from college by the age of 24\u003c/a>, according to a report published last year\u003c/span>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">.\u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">Though some may consider student loans a quick fix, Summers and Moran both decided they didn't want to go into debt. The average debt of San Francisco State University graduates \u003c/span>\u003ca href=\"http://ticas.org/posd/state-state-data-2015#overlay=posd/state_data/2015/ca\">\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">was $22,441 in 2014\u003c/span>\u003c/a>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">. 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"disqusTitle": "VIDEO: Mourners Gather at Candlelight Vigil to Honor Victims of Oakland Fire",
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"content": "\u003cp>Hundreds of people holding candles and flowers gathered at Lake Merritt in Oakland Monday night to honor the 36 victims of a \u003ca href=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/2016/12/03/at-least-nine-people-dead-in-large-fire-at-oakland-party/\" target=\"_blank\">fire that tore through the Ghost Ship warehouse\u003c/a> in the Fruitvale neighborhood on Dec. 2. Mourners in the crowd embraced each other or held up candles as they said aloud the names of those lost in the blaze.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Several people in the crowd held signs offering \"free hugs.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"We have to pull closer together,\" said Tex Allen, who was holding a \"hugs here\" sign. \"There's no choice but to bombard this situation with love.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Here are some photos from the vigil honoring those lost in the most lethal building fire in the U.S. in more than a decade.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cem>Kelly Whalen and Isara Krieger contributed to the video above.\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11207318\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg class=\"size-medium wp-image-11207318\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2016/12/161205_oaklandfirevigil_bhs19-800x600.jpg\" alt=\"Parents and children lit candles during the vigil in honor of those lost in the fire.\" width=\"800\" height=\"600\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2016/12/161205_oaklandfirevigil_bhs19-800x600.jpg 800w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2016/12/161205_oaklandfirevigil_bhs19-160x120.jpg 160w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2016/12/161205_oaklandfirevigil_bhs19-1020x766.jpg 1020w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2016/12/161205_oaklandfirevigil_bhs19.jpg 1920w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2016/12/161205_oaklandfirevigil_bhs19-1180x886.jpg 1180w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2016/12/161205_oaklandfirevigil_bhs19-960x721.jpg 960w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2016/12/161205_oaklandfirevigil_bhs19-240x180.jpg 240w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2016/12/161205_oaklandfirevigil_bhs19-375x281.jpg 375w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2016/12/161205_oaklandfirevigil_bhs19-520x390.jpg 520w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Parents and children light candles during the vigil in honor of those lost in the fire. \u003ccite>(Brittany Hosea-Small/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11207319\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg class=\"wp-image-11207319 size-medium\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2016/12/161205_oaklandfirevigil_bhs02-800x533.jpg\" alt=\"Holi Barahati lights a candle during the candlelight vigil at Lake Merritt on Tuesday, December 5, 2016 in Oakland California. Barahati lost three friends in the Ghost Ship fire. “I’m just still processing,” say Barahati.\" width=\"800\" height=\"533\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2016/12/161205_oaklandfirevigil_bhs02-800x533.jpg 800w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2016/12/161205_oaklandfirevigil_bhs02-160x107.jpg 160w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2016/12/161205_oaklandfirevigil_bhs02-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2016/12/161205_oaklandfirevigil_bhs02.jpg 1920w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2016/12/161205_oaklandfirevigil_bhs02-1180x787.jpg 1180w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2016/12/161205_oaklandfirevigil_bhs02-960x640.jpg 960w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2016/12/161205_oaklandfirevigil_bhs02-240x160.jpg 240w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2016/12/161205_oaklandfirevigil_bhs02-375x250.jpg 375w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2016/12/161205_oaklandfirevigil_bhs02-520x347.jpg 520w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Holi Barahati lights a candle during the candlelight vigil at Lake Merritt on Dec. 5, 2016. Barahati lost three friends in the Ghost Ship fire. 'I’m just still processing,' Barahati said. \u003ccite>(Brittany Hosea-Small/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11207320\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg class=\"wp-image-11207320 size-medium\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2016/12/161205_oaklandfirevigil_bhs05-800x533.jpg\" alt=\" Candles are laid out next columns at the Lake Merritt Pergola during the candle light vigil in memory of those lost in the Oakland Ghost Ship fire.\" width=\"800\" height=\"533\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2016/12/161205_oaklandfirevigil_bhs05-800x533.jpg 800w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2016/12/161205_oaklandfirevigil_bhs05-160x107.jpg 160w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2016/12/161205_oaklandfirevigil_bhs05-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2016/12/161205_oaklandfirevigil_bhs05.jpg 1920w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2016/12/161205_oaklandfirevigil_bhs05-1180x787.jpg 1180w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2016/12/161205_oaklandfirevigil_bhs05-960x640.jpg 960w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2016/12/161205_oaklandfirevigil_bhs05-240x160.jpg 240w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2016/12/161205_oaklandfirevigil_bhs05-375x250.jpg 375w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2016/12/161205_oaklandfirevigil_bhs05-520x347.jpg 520w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Candles stand next to columns at the Lake Merritt Pergola. \u003ccite>(Brittany Hosea-Small/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11207321\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg class=\"size-medium wp-image-11207321\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2016/12/161205_oaklandfirevigil_bhs06-800x533.jpg\" alt=\"Mourners share candle flames during the vigil at Lake Merritt in honor of the victims of the Oakland warehouse fire on December 2.\" width=\"800\" height=\"533\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2016/12/161205_oaklandfirevigil_bhs06-800x533.jpg 800w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2016/12/161205_oaklandfirevigil_bhs06-160x107.jpg 160w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2016/12/161205_oaklandfirevigil_bhs06-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2016/12/161205_oaklandfirevigil_bhs06.jpg 1920w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2016/12/161205_oaklandfirevigil_bhs06-1180x787.jpg 1180w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2016/12/161205_oaklandfirevigil_bhs06-960x640.jpg 960w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2016/12/161205_oaklandfirevigil_bhs06-240x160.jpg 240w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2016/12/161205_oaklandfirevigil_bhs06-375x250.jpg 375w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2016/12/161205_oaklandfirevigil_bhs06-520x347.jpg 520w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Mourners share candle flames during the vigil in honor of the victims. \u003ccite>(Brittany Hosea-Small/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11207322\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg class=\"size-medium wp-image-11207322\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2016/12/161205_oaklandfirevigil_bhs07-800x533.jpg\" alt=\"A mourner protects a candle-flame from the elements during a candle light vigil at Lake Merritt on December 5, 2016.\" width=\"800\" height=\"533\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2016/12/161205_oaklandfirevigil_bhs07-800x533.jpg 800w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2016/12/161205_oaklandfirevigil_bhs07-160x107.jpg 160w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2016/12/161205_oaklandfirevigil_bhs07-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2016/12/161205_oaklandfirevigil_bhs07.jpg 1920w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2016/12/161205_oaklandfirevigil_bhs07-1180x787.jpg 1180w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2016/12/161205_oaklandfirevigil_bhs07-960x640.jpg 960w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2016/12/161205_oaklandfirevigil_bhs07-240x160.jpg 240w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2016/12/161205_oaklandfirevigil_bhs07-375x250.jpg 375w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2016/12/161205_oaklandfirevigil_bhs07-520x347.jpg 520w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">A mourner protects a candle flame from the elements. \u003ccite>(Brittany Hosea-Small/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11207323\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg class=\"wp-image-11207323 size-medium\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2016/12/161205_oaklandfirevigil_bhs08-800x533.jpg\" alt=\"Whitney (left) and Simi console each other during the candlelight vigil in Oakland in honor of the victims of the Oakland Ghost Ship fire. \" width=\"800\" height=\"533\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2016/12/161205_oaklandfirevigil_bhs08-800x533.jpg 800w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2016/12/161205_oaklandfirevigil_bhs08-160x107.jpg 160w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2016/12/161205_oaklandfirevigil_bhs08-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2016/12/161205_oaklandfirevigil_bhs08.jpg 1920w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2016/12/161205_oaklandfirevigil_bhs08-1180x787.jpg 1180w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2016/12/161205_oaklandfirevigil_bhs08-960x640.jpg 960w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2016/12/161205_oaklandfirevigil_bhs08-240x160.jpg 240w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2016/12/161205_oaklandfirevigil_bhs08-375x250.jpg 375w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2016/12/161205_oaklandfirevigil_bhs08-520x347.jpg 520w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Whitney (left) and Simi (right) console each other during the candlelight vigil at Oakland's Lake Merritt. \u003ccite>(Brittany Hosea-Small/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11207324\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg class=\"size-medium wp-image-11207324\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2016/12/161205_oaklandfirevigil_bhs04-800x535.jpg\" alt=\"Some mourners carried large fabric-wrapped crosses with pictures of the Oakland fire victims on them.\" width=\"800\" height=\"535\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2016/12/161205_oaklandfirevigil_bhs04-800x535.jpg 800w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2016/12/161205_oaklandfirevigil_bhs04-160x107.jpg 160w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2016/12/161205_oaklandfirevigil_bhs04-1020x682.jpg 1020w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2016/12/161205_oaklandfirevigil_bhs04.jpg 1920w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2016/12/161205_oaklandfirevigil_bhs04-1180x789.jpg 1180w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2016/12/161205_oaklandfirevigil_bhs04-960x642.jpg 960w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2016/12/161205_oaklandfirevigil_bhs04-240x160.jpg 240w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2016/12/161205_oaklandfirevigil_bhs04-375x251.jpg 375w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2016/12/161205_oaklandfirevigil_bhs04-520x347.jpg 520w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Some mourners carried large fabric-wrapped crosses with pictures of the Oakland fire victims on them. \u003ccite>(Brittany Hosea-Small/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11207326\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg class=\"wp-image-11207326 size-medium\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2016/12/161205_oaklandfirevigil_bhs12-800x533.jpg\" alt=\"Tex Allen attended the vigil holding a free hugs sign in an effort to comfort those attending.\" width=\"800\" height=\"533\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2016/12/161205_oaklandfirevigil_bhs12-800x533.jpg 800w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2016/12/161205_oaklandfirevigil_bhs12-160x107.jpg 160w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2016/12/161205_oaklandfirevigil_bhs12-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2016/12/161205_oaklandfirevigil_bhs12.jpg 1920w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2016/12/161205_oaklandfirevigil_bhs12-1180x787.jpg 1180w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2016/12/161205_oaklandfirevigil_bhs12-960x640.jpg 960w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2016/12/161205_oaklandfirevigil_bhs12-240x160.jpg 240w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2016/12/161205_oaklandfirevigil_bhs12-375x250.jpg 375w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2016/12/161205_oaklandfirevigil_bhs12-520x347.jpg 520w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Tex Allen attended the vigil holding a free hugs sign in an effort to comfort those attending. 'A hug is the most immediate human contact, loving, compassionate, direct connection thing you can do when you're hurting,' Allen said. \u003ccite>(Brittany Hosea-Small/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11207325\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg class=\"wp-image-11207325 size-medium\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2016/12/161205_oaklandfirevigil_bhs09-800x533.jpg\" alt=\"Hundreds attended the Lake Merritt candlelight vigil in honor of the victims of the Oakland warehouse fire that occurred on December 2, 2016.\" width=\"800\" height=\"533\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2016/12/161205_oaklandfirevigil_bhs09-800x533.jpg 800w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2016/12/161205_oaklandfirevigil_bhs09-160x107.jpg 160w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2016/12/161205_oaklandfirevigil_bhs09-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2016/12/161205_oaklandfirevigil_bhs09.jpg 1920w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2016/12/161205_oaklandfirevigil_bhs09-1180x787.jpg 1180w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2016/12/161205_oaklandfirevigil_bhs09-960x640.jpg 960w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2016/12/161205_oaklandfirevigil_bhs09-240x160.jpg 240w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2016/12/161205_oaklandfirevigil_bhs09-375x250.jpg 375w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2016/12/161205_oaklandfirevigil_bhs09-520x347.jpg 520w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Hundreds attended the Lake Merritt candlelight vigil in honor of the victims of the Oakland warehouse fire that killed 36 people on Dec. 2, 2016. \u003ccite>(Brittany Hosea-Small/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11207327\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg class=\"size-medium wp-image-11207327\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2016/12/161205_oaklandfirevigil_bhs10-800x533.jpg\" alt=\"Several mourners hold candles at a vigil for the victims of the Oakland fire.\" width=\"800\" height=\"533\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2016/12/161205_oaklandfirevigil_bhs10-800x533.jpg 800w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2016/12/161205_oaklandfirevigil_bhs10-160x107.jpg 160w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2016/12/161205_oaklandfirevigil_bhs10-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2016/12/161205_oaklandfirevigil_bhs10.jpg 1920w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2016/12/161205_oaklandfirevigil_bhs10-1180x787.jpg 1180w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2016/12/161205_oaklandfirevigil_bhs10-960x640.jpg 960w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2016/12/161205_oaklandfirevigil_bhs10-240x160.jpg 240w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2016/12/161205_oaklandfirevigil_bhs10-375x250.jpg 375w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2016/12/161205_oaklandfirevigil_bhs10-520x347.jpg 520w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Several mourners hold candles at a vigil for the victims of the Oakland fire. \u003ccite>(Brittany Hosea-Small/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11207328\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg class=\"size-medium wp-image-11207328\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2016/12/161205_oaklandfirevigil_bhs14-800x533.jpg\" alt=\"Small drawings were left at the memorial, tucked among candles and flowers.\" width=\"800\" height=\"533\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2016/12/161205_oaklandfirevigil_bhs14-800x533.jpg 800w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2016/12/161205_oaklandfirevigil_bhs14-160x107.jpg 160w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2016/12/161205_oaklandfirevigil_bhs14-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2016/12/161205_oaklandfirevigil_bhs14.jpg 1920w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2016/12/161205_oaklandfirevigil_bhs14-1180x787.jpg 1180w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2016/12/161205_oaklandfirevigil_bhs14-960x640.jpg 960w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2016/12/161205_oaklandfirevigil_bhs14-240x160.jpg 240w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2016/12/161205_oaklandfirevigil_bhs14-375x250.jpg 375w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2016/12/161205_oaklandfirevigil_bhs14-520x347.jpg 520w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Small drawings were left at the memorial, tucked among candles and flowers. \u003ccite>(Brittany Hosea-Small/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11207818\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg class=\"size-medium wp-image-11207818\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2016/12/RS23093_161205_oaklandfirevigil_bhs11-800x533.jpg\" alt=\"Several members of the community spoke at the vigil about those who where lost and the current state of the Oakland community.\" width=\"800\" height=\"533\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2016/12/RS23093_161205_oaklandfirevigil_bhs11-800x533.jpg 800w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2016/12/RS23093_161205_oaklandfirevigil_bhs11-160x107.jpg 160w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2016/12/RS23093_161205_oaklandfirevigil_bhs11-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2016/12/RS23093_161205_oaklandfirevigil_bhs11.jpg 1920w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2016/12/RS23093_161205_oaklandfirevigil_bhs11-1180x787.jpg 1180w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2016/12/RS23093_161205_oaklandfirevigil_bhs11-960x640.jpg 960w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2016/12/RS23093_161205_oaklandfirevigil_bhs11-240x160.jpg 240w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2016/12/RS23093_161205_oaklandfirevigil_bhs11-375x250.jpg 375w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2016/12/RS23093_161205_oaklandfirevigil_bhs11-520x347.jpg 520w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Several members of the community spoke at the vigil about those who were lost and the current state of the Oakland community. \u003ccite>(Brittany Hosea-Small/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11207331\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg class=\"size-medium wp-image-11207331\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2016/12/161205_oaklandfirevigil_bhs18-800x587.jpg\" alt=\"Candles were laid out along the edge of Lake Merritt during the vigil, while flower were tucked into chain railings and layered among the candles.\" width=\"800\" height=\"587\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2016/12/161205_oaklandfirevigil_bhs18-800x587.jpg 800w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2016/12/161205_oaklandfirevigil_bhs18-160x117.jpg 160w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2016/12/161205_oaklandfirevigil_bhs18-1020x748.jpg 1020w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2016/12/161205_oaklandfirevigil_bhs18.jpg 1920w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2016/12/161205_oaklandfirevigil_bhs18-1180x865.jpg 1180w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2016/12/161205_oaklandfirevigil_bhs18-960x704.jpg 960w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2016/12/161205_oaklandfirevigil_bhs18-240x176.jpg 240w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2016/12/161205_oaklandfirevigil_bhs18-375x275.jpg 375w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2016/12/161205_oaklandfirevigil_bhs18-520x381.jpg 520w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Candles were laid out along the edge of Lake Merritt during the vigil, while flowers were tucked into chain railings and layered among the candles. \u003ccite>(Brittany Hosea-Small/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n",
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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003cp>Hundreds of people holding candles and flowers gathered at Lake Merritt in Oakland Monday night to honor the 36 victims of a \u003ca href=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/2016/12/03/at-least-nine-people-dead-in-large-fire-at-oakland-party/\" target=\"_blank\">fire that tore through the Ghost Ship warehouse\u003c/a> in the Fruitvale neighborhood on Dec. 2. Mourners in the crowd embraced each other or held up candles as they said aloud the names of those lost in the blaze.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Several people in the crowd held signs offering \"free hugs.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"We have to pull closer together,\" said Tex Allen, who was holding a \"hugs here\" sign. \"There's no choice but to bombard this situation with love.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Here are some photos from the vigil honoring those lost in the most lethal building fire in the U.S. in more than a decade.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cem>Kelly Whalen and Isara Krieger contributed to the video above.\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11207318\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg class=\"size-medium wp-image-11207318\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2016/12/161205_oaklandfirevigil_bhs19-800x600.jpg\" alt=\"Parents and children lit candles during the vigil in honor of those lost in the fire.\" width=\"800\" height=\"600\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2016/12/161205_oaklandfirevigil_bhs19-800x600.jpg 800w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2016/12/161205_oaklandfirevigil_bhs19-160x120.jpg 160w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2016/12/161205_oaklandfirevigil_bhs19-1020x766.jpg 1020w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2016/12/161205_oaklandfirevigil_bhs19.jpg 1920w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2016/12/161205_oaklandfirevigil_bhs19-1180x886.jpg 1180w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2016/12/161205_oaklandfirevigil_bhs19-960x721.jpg 960w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2016/12/161205_oaklandfirevigil_bhs19-240x180.jpg 240w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2016/12/161205_oaklandfirevigil_bhs19-375x281.jpg 375w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2016/12/161205_oaklandfirevigil_bhs19-520x390.jpg 520w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Parents and children light candles during the vigil in honor of those lost in the fire. \u003ccite>(Brittany Hosea-Small/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11207319\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg class=\"wp-image-11207319 size-medium\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2016/12/161205_oaklandfirevigil_bhs02-800x533.jpg\" alt=\"Holi Barahati lights a candle during the candlelight vigil at Lake Merritt on Tuesday, December 5, 2016 in Oakland California. Barahati lost three friends in the Ghost Ship fire. “I’m just still processing,” say Barahati.\" width=\"800\" height=\"533\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2016/12/161205_oaklandfirevigil_bhs02-800x533.jpg 800w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2016/12/161205_oaklandfirevigil_bhs02-160x107.jpg 160w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2016/12/161205_oaklandfirevigil_bhs02-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2016/12/161205_oaklandfirevigil_bhs02.jpg 1920w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2016/12/161205_oaklandfirevigil_bhs02-1180x787.jpg 1180w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2016/12/161205_oaklandfirevigil_bhs02-960x640.jpg 960w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2016/12/161205_oaklandfirevigil_bhs02-240x160.jpg 240w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2016/12/161205_oaklandfirevigil_bhs02-375x250.jpg 375w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2016/12/161205_oaklandfirevigil_bhs02-520x347.jpg 520w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Holi Barahati lights a candle during the candlelight vigil at Lake Merritt on Dec. 5, 2016. Barahati lost three friends in the Ghost Ship fire. 'I’m just still processing,' Barahati said. \u003ccite>(Brittany Hosea-Small/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11207320\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg class=\"wp-image-11207320 size-medium\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2016/12/161205_oaklandfirevigil_bhs05-800x533.jpg\" alt=\" Candles are laid out next columns at the Lake Merritt Pergola during the candle light vigil in memory of those lost in the Oakland Ghost Ship fire.\" width=\"800\" height=\"533\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2016/12/161205_oaklandfirevigil_bhs05-800x533.jpg 800w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2016/12/161205_oaklandfirevigil_bhs05-160x107.jpg 160w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2016/12/161205_oaklandfirevigil_bhs05-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2016/12/161205_oaklandfirevigil_bhs05.jpg 1920w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2016/12/161205_oaklandfirevigil_bhs05-1180x787.jpg 1180w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2016/12/161205_oaklandfirevigil_bhs05-960x640.jpg 960w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2016/12/161205_oaklandfirevigil_bhs05-240x160.jpg 240w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2016/12/161205_oaklandfirevigil_bhs05-375x250.jpg 375w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2016/12/161205_oaklandfirevigil_bhs05-520x347.jpg 520w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Candles stand next to columns at the Lake Merritt Pergola. \u003ccite>(Brittany Hosea-Small/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11207321\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg class=\"size-medium wp-image-11207321\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2016/12/161205_oaklandfirevigil_bhs06-800x533.jpg\" alt=\"Mourners share candle flames during the vigil at Lake Merritt in honor of the victims of the Oakland warehouse fire on December 2.\" width=\"800\" height=\"533\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2016/12/161205_oaklandfirevigil_bhs06-800x533.jpg 800w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2016/12/161205_oaklandfirevigil_bhs06-160x107.jpg 160w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2016/12/161205_oaklandfirevigil_bhs06-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2016/12/161205_oaklandfirevigil_bhs06.jpg 1920w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2016/12/161205_oaklandfirevigil_bhs06-1180x787.jpg 1180w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2016/12/161205_oaklandfirevigil_bhs06-960x640.jpg 960w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2016/12/161205_oaklandfirevigil_bhs06-240x160.jpg 240w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2016/12/161205_oaklandfirevigil_bhs06-375x250.jpg 375w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2016/12/161205_oaklandfirevigil_bhs06-520x347.jpg 520w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Mourners share candle flames during the vigil in honor of the victims. \u003ccite>(Brittany Hosea-Small/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11207322\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg class=\"size-medium wp-image-11207322\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2016/12/161205_oaklandfirevigil_bhs07-800x533.jpg\" alt=\"A mourner protects a candle-flame from the elements during a candle light vigil at Lake Merritt on December 5, 2016.\" width=\"800\" height=\"533\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2016/12/161205_oaklandfirevigil_bhs07-800x533.jpg 800w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2016/12/161205_oaklandfirevigil_bhs07-160x107.jpg 160w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2016/12/161205_oaklandfirevigil_bhs07-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2016/12/161205_oaklandfirevigil_bhs07.jpg 1920w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2016/12/161205_oaklandfirevigil_bhs07-1180x787.jpg 1180w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2016/12/161205_oaklandfirevigil_bhs07-960x640.jpg 960w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2016/12/161205_oaklandfirevigil_bhs07-240x160.jpg 240w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2016/12/161205_oaklandfirevigil_bhs07-375x250.jpg 375w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2016/12/161205_oaklandfirevigil_bhs07-520x347.jpg 520w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">A mourner protects a candle flame from the elements. \u003ccite>(Brittany Hosea-Small/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11207323\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg class=\"wp-image-11207323 size-medium\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2016/12/161205_oaklandfirevigil_bhs08-800x533.jpg\" alt=\"Whitney (left) and Simi console each other during the candlelight vigil in Oakland in honor of the victims of the Oakland Ghost Ship fire. \" width=\"800\" height=\"533\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2016/12/161205_oaklandfirevigil_bhs08-800x533.jpg 800w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2016/12/161205_oaklandfirevigil_bhs08-160x107.jpg 160w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2016/12/161205_oaklandfirevigil_bhs08-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2016/12/161205_oaklandfirevigil_bhs08.jpg 1920w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2016/12/161205_oaklandfirevigil_bhs08-1180x787.jpg 1180w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2016/12/161205_oaklandfirevigil_bhs08-960x640.jpg 960w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2016/12/161205_oaklandfirevigil_bhs08-240x160.jpg 240w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2016/12/161205_oaklandfirevigil_bhs08-375x250.jpg 375w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2016/12/161205_oaklandfirevigil_bhs08-520x347.jpg 520w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Whitney (left) and Simi (right) console each other during the candlelight vigil at Oakland's Lake Merritt. \u003ccite>(Brittany Hosea-Small/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11207324\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg class=\"size-medium wp-image-11207324\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2016/12/161205_oaklandfirevigil_bhs04-800x535.jpg\" alt=\"Some mourners carried large fabric-wrapped crosses with pictures of the Oakland fire victims on them.\" width=\"800\" height=\"535\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2016/12/161205_oaklandfirevigil_bhs04-800x535.jpg 800w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2016/12/161205_oaklandfirevigil_bhs04-160x107.jpg 160w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2016/12/161205_oaklandfirevigil_bhs04-1020x682.jpg 1020w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2016/12/161205_oaklandfirevigil_bhs04.jpg 1920w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2016/12/161205_oaklandfirevigil_bhs04-1180x789.jpg 1180w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2016/12/161205_oaklandfirevigil_bhs04-960x642.jpg 960w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2016/12/161205_oaklandfirevigil_bhs04-240x160.jpg 240w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2016/12/161205_oaklandfirevigil_bhs04-375x251.jpg 375w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2016/12/161205_oaklandfirevigil_bhs04-520x347.jpg 520w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Some mourners carried large fabric-wrapped crosses with pictures of the Oakland fire victims on them. \u003ccite>(Brittany Hosea-Small/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11207326\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg class=\"wp-image-11207326 size-medium\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2016/12/161205_oaklandfirevigil_bhs12-800x533.jpg\" alt=\"Tex Allen attended the vigil holding a free hugs sign in an effort to comfort those attending.\" width=\"800\" height=\"533\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2016/12/161205_oaklandfirevigil_bhs12-800x533.jpg 800w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2016/12/161205_oaklandfirevigil_bhs12-160x107.jpg 160w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2016/12/161205_oaklandfirevigil_bhs12-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2016/12/161205_oaklandfirevigil_bhs12.jpg 1920w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2016/12/161205_oaklandfirevigil_bhs12-1180x787.jpg 1180w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2016/12/161205_oaklandfirevigil_bhs12-960x640.jpg 960w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2016/12/161205_oaklandfirevigil_bhs12-240x160.jpg 240w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2016/12/161205_oaklandfirevigil_bhs12-375x250.jpg 375w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2016/12/161205_oaklandfirevigil_bhs12-520x347.jpg 520w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Tex Allen attended the vigil holding a free hugs sign in an effort to comfort those attending. 'A hug is the most immediate human contact, loving, compassionate, direct connection thing you can do when you're hurting,' Allen said. \u003ccite>(Brittany Hosea-Small/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11207325\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg class=\"wp-image-11207325 size-medium\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2016/12/161205_oaklandfirevigil_bhs09-800x533.jpg\" alt=\"Hundreds attended the Lake Merritt candlelight vigil in honor of the victims of the Oakland warehouse fire that occurred on December 2, 2016.\" width=\"800\" height=\"533\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2016/12/161205_oaklandfirevigil_bhs09-800x533.jpg 800w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2016/12/161205_oaklandfirevigil_bhs09-160x107.jpg 160w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2016/12/161205_oaklandfirevigil_bhs09-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2016/12/161205_oaklandfirevigil_bhs09.jpg 1920w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2016/12/161205_oaklandfirevigil_bhs09-1180x787.jpg 1180w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2016/12/161205_oaklandfirevigil_bhs09-960x640.jpg 960w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2016/12/161205_oaklandfirevigil_bhs09-240x160.jpg 240w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2016/12/161205_oaklandfirevigil_bhs09-375x250.jpg 375w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2016/12/161205_oaklandfirevigil_bhs09-520x347.jpg 520w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Hundreds attended the Lake Merritt candlelight vigil in honor of the victims of the Oakland warehouse fire that killed 36 people on Dec. 2, 2016. \u003ccite>(Brittany Hosea-Small/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11207327\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg class=\"size-medium wp-image-11207327\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2016/12/161205_oaklandfirevigil_bhs10-800x533.jpg\" alt=\"Several mourners hold candles at a vigil for the victims of the Oakland fire.\" width=\"800\" height=\"533\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2016/12/161205_oaklandfirevigil_bhs10-800x533.jpg 800w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2016/12/161205_oaklandfirevigil_bhs10-160x107.jpg 160w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2016/12/161205_oaklandfirevigil_bhs10-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2016/12/161205_oaklandfirevigil_bhs10.jpg 1920w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2016/12/161205_oaklandfirevigil_bhs10-1180x787.jpg 1180w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2016/12/161205_oaklandfirevigil_bhs10-960x640.jpg 960w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2016/12/161205_oaklandfirevigil_bhs10-240x160.jpg 240w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2016/12/161205_oaklandfirevigil_bhs10-375x250.jpg 375w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2016/12/161205_oaklandfirevigil_bhs10-520x347.jpg 520w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Several mourners hold candles at a vigil for the victims of the Oakland fire. \u003ccite>(Brittany Hosea-Small/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11207328\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg class=\"size-medium wp-image-11207328\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2016/12/161205_oaklandfirevigil_bhs14-800x533.jpg\" alt=\"Small drawings were left at the memorial, tucked among candles and flowers.\" width=\"800\" height=\"533\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2016/12/161205_oaklandfirevigil_bhs14-800x533.jpg 800w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2016/12/161205_oaklandfirevigil_bhs14-160x107.jpg 160w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2016/12/161205_oaklandfirevigil_bhs14-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2016/12/161205_oaklandfirevigil_bhs14.jpg 1920w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2016/12/161205_oaklandfirevigil_bhs14-1180x787.jpg 1180w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2016/12/161205_oaklandfirevigil_bhs14-960x640.jpg 960w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2016/12/161205_oaklandfirevigil_bhs14-240x160.jpg 240w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2016/12/161205_oaklandfirevigil_bhs14-375x250.jpg 375w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2016/12/161205_oaklandfirevigil_bhs14-520x347.jpg 520w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Small drawings were left at the memorial, tucked among candles and flowers. \u003ccite>(Brittany Hosea-Small/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11207818\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg class=\"size-medium wp-image-11207818\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2016/12/RS23093_161205_oaklandfirevigil_bhs11-800x533.jpg\" alt=\"Several members of the community spoke at the vigil about those who where lost and the current state of the Oakland community.\" width=\"800\" height=\"533\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2016/12/RS23093_161205_oaklandfirevigil_bhs11-800x533.jpg 800w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2016/12/RS23093_161205_oaklandfirevigil_bhs11-160x107.jpg 160w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2016/12/RS23093_161205_oaklandfirevigil_bhs11-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2016/12/RS23093_161205_oaklandfirevigil_bhs11.jpg 1920w, 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