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I'm glad you asked.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>1. \u003ca href=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/2018/02/09/has-oaklands-fruitvale-neighborhood-recovered-from-redlining/\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">We're still trying to fight racist redlining\u003c/a>\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11648715\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003ca href=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/02/RS29300_OaklandBerkeleyHOLCmap-MED-qut.jpg\">\u003cimg src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/02/RS29300_OaklandBerkeleyHOLCmap-MED-qut-800x590.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"800\" height=\"590\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-11648715\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/02/RS29300_OaklandBerkeleyHOLCmap-MED-qut-800x590.jpg 800w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/02/RS29300_OaklandBerkeleyHOLCmap-MED-qut-160x118.jpg 160w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/02/RS29300_OaklandBerkeleyHOLCmap-MED-qut-1020x753.jpg 1020w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/02/RS29300_OaklandBerkeleyHOLCmap-MED-qut.jpg 1920w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/02/RS29300_OaklandBerkeleyHOLCmap-MED-qut-1180x871.jpg 1180w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/02/RS29300_OaklandBerkeleyHOLCmap-MED-qut-960x709.jpg 960w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/02/RS29300_OaklandBerkeleyHOLCmap-MED-qut-240x177.jpg 240w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/02/RS29300_OaklandBerkeleyHOLCmap-MED-qut-375x277.jpg 375w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/02/RS29300_OaklandBerkeleyHOLCmap-MED-qut-520x384.jpg 520w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">A 1937 Oakland and Berkeley \"residential security map\" created by the Home Owners' Loan Corporation. \u003ccite>(Courtesy of University of Maryland's T-RACES project)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>I'll be honest. Redlining was always one of those things I had heard about but never knew what it was. I didn't learn about it in school, and I never took the initiative to investigate it on my own. \u003c/p>\n\u003cp>That has now been rectified thanks to \u003ca href=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/2018/02/09/has-oaklands-fruitvale-neighborhood-recovered-from-redlining/\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">this story\u003c/a> from KQED's Brian Watt and Erika Kelly. It not only taught me that redlining happened when the government denied access to loans and mortgages in neighborhoods with high minority populations; it also educated me on the 40-year-old Community Reinvestment Act, which was put in place to push back against racist redlining and encourage banks to invest in marginalized and low-income communities.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In Oakland's formerly redlined Fruitvale neighborhood, the CRA has helped build a transit village, fund Head Start programs and establish affordable housing. But advocates worry the CRA could be weakened by the deregulation-happy Trump administration.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>2. \u003ca href=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/2018/02/07/how-to-spot-a-fake-twitter-follower-and-assess-the-value-of-a-real-one/\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Why are we so obsessed with how many Twitter followers we have?\u003c/a>\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11648362\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003ca href=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/02/RS5970_162211003-e1518021460295.jpg\">\u003cimg src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/02/RS5970_162211003-800x532.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"800\" height=\"532\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-11648362\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">How much should we value a follower on Twitter? \u003ccite>(Yasuyoshi Chiba/AFP/Getty Images)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>My friends in college used to make fun of me because I followed so many people on \u003ca href=\"https://twitter.com/ryan_levi\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Twitter\u003c/a>. They said my \"ratio\" was terrible, meaning I followed a lot more people than followed me. \u003c/p>\n\u003cp>At least I can be proud that of my measly 660 Twitter followers, all but 15 are real people and not bots, according to the company \u003ca href=\"https://www.twitteraudit.com/\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Twitter Audit\u003c/a>. I knew having a lot of followers was a status symbol, but I had no idea that people would \u003ca href=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/2018/02/07/how-to-spot-a-fake-twitter-follower-and-assess-the-value-of-a-real-one/\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">pay money for more followers\u003c/a>. \u003c/p>\n\u003cp>I think Georgia Tech media studies professor hits the nail on the head when he tells KQED's Sam Harnett: \"People assume when they have a follower on Twitter, that it’s not just a real human being, but that it is someone who is looking at them and listening to them and responding to them, and they can sell products or services to.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>I follow 1,509 \"people\" on Twitter. I listen to very few, I respond to even fewer, and I'm not buying from any of them.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>3. \u003ca href=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/2018/02/05/moms-sue-youth-football-league-after-kids-diagnosed-with-cte/\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Is youth football safe?\u003c/a>\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11648105\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003ca href=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/02/CTEPopWarnerMain.jpg\">\u003cimg src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/02/CTEPopWarnerMain-800x450.jpg\" alt=\"The mothers of Paul Bright Jr. (L) and Tyler Cornell (R) believe their sons' CTE comes from years playing Pop Warner football.\" width=\"800\" height=\"450\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-11648105\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/02/CTEPopWarnerMain-800x450.jpg 800w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/02/CTEPopWarnerMain-160x90.jpg 160w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/02/CTEPopWarnerMain-1020x574.jpg 1020w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/02/CTEPopWarnerMain.jpg 1920w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/02/CTEPopWarnerMain-1180x664.jpg 1180w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/02/CTEPopWarnerMain-960x540.jpg 960w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/02/CTEPopWarnerMain-240x135.jpg 240w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/02/CTEPopWarnerMain-375x211.jpg 375w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/02/CTEPopWarnerMain-520x293.jpg 520w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">The mothers of Paul Bright Jr. (L) and Tyler Cornell (R) believe their sons' CTE comes from years playing Pop Warner football. \u003ccite>(Courtesy of the Bright and Cornell families)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>I started playing football in fourth grade and played all the way through high school. I was an offensive lineman who spent a lot of time banging my head against my opponents.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>So when I read stories \u003ca href=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/2018/02/05/moms-sue-youth-football-league-after-kids-diagnosed-with-cte/\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">like this\u003c/a> about guys my age committing suicide and being diagnosed with the degenerative brain disease chronic traumatic encephalopathy, or CTE, that has been linked to concussions in football, I get nervous. \u003c/p>\n\u003cp>I loved playing football, and I still enjoy watching it, but the evidence of its terrifying risks are starting to add up for me.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>4. \u003ca href=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/2018/02/08/how-families-in-san-joaquin-county-pay-for-coroner-mistakes/\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">There's something really wrong happening in the San Joaquin coroner's office\u003c/a>\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11633434\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003ca href=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2017/11/RS28170_IMG_6103-qut.jpg\">\u003cimg src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2017/11/RS28170_IMG_6103-qut-800x600.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"800\" height=\"600\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-11633434\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/11/RS28170_IMG_6103-qut-800x600.jpg 800w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/11/RS28170_IMG_6103-qut-160x120.jpg 160w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/11/RS28170_IMG_6103-qut-1020x765.jpg 1020w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/11/RS28170_IMG_6103-qut.jpg 1920w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/11/RS28170_IMG_6103-qut-1180x885.jpg 1180w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/11/RS28170_IMG_6103-qut-960x720.jpg 960w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/11/RS28170_IMG_6103-qut-240x180.jpg 240w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/11/RS28170_IMG_6103-qut-375x281.jpg 375w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/11/RS28170_IMG_6103-qut-520x390.jpg 520w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">San Joaquin County Sheriff-Coroner's Office \u003ccite>(Julie Small/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Imagine having a loved one die and then having the coroner's office send you someone else's remains. It's something that has happened more than once in San Joaquin County where Sheriff-Coroner Steve Moore is under fire for mismanagement and interference into death investigations, as reported by KQED's Julie Small.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Julie's \u003ca href=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/2018/02/08/how-families-in-san-joaquin-county-pay-for-coroner-mistakes/\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">most recent piece\u003c/a> on the issues in San Joaquin County explores cases of bodies sent to the wrong families and families paying unnecessary morgue charges while other deaths are overlooked. The whole piece is incredible and worthy of your time, but this one sentence produced an audible gasp from me:\u003c/p>\n\u003cblockquote>\u003cp>At one local mortuary in San Joaquin County, staff said that the coroner’s office has released the wrong body to them often enough that they now ask family members to view and identify each body before cremation or burial.\u003c/p>\u003c/blockquote>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>5. \u003ca href=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/arts/2018/02/10/the-dead-will-talk-to-you-now-or-at-least-listen-in-santa-cruz/\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Who would you call if you could call the dead?\u003c/a>\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11649230\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003ca href=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/02/ww2.kqed_.orgRS29345_pARTake-55-1-2-qu-3b8a2b56795d3e6d5432613e41d2e5b375356330.jpg\">\u003cimg src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/02/ww2.kqed_.orgRS29345_pARTake-55-1-2-qu-3b8a2b56795d3e6d5432613e41d2e5b375356330-800x450.jpg\" alt=\"A visitor to Morgan Brown's "phone booth" has a private, one-way conversation with somebody gone from her life.\" width=\"800\" height=\"450\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-11649230\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">A visitor to Morgan Brown's \"phone booth\" has a private, one-way conversation with somebody gone from her life.\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>My paternal grandfather died before I was born, but I've been talking to him for years. I tell him about my day. I vent to him when I'm upset. I use him as a sounding board to work through my problems.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>So I loved \u003ca href=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/arts/2018/02/10/the-dead-will-talk-to-you-now-or-at-least-listen-in-santa-cruz/\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">this story\u003c/a> about a touring pop-up phone booth currently in Santa Cruz (and coming to San Francisco) where you are encouraged to talk with someone who has died. \u003c/p>\n\u003cp>And I love what the organizer, Morgan Brown, says about how people have interpreted the opportunity: “I’ve had people talk to childhood pets. I’ve had people talk to people who are alive but they’re estranged from. I’ve had people talk to their former selves. You can interpret died or death in any way that you need to.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003ch1>\u003ca href=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/2018/02/08/san-francisco-was-once-aglow-with-neon/\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Before you go...\u003c/a>\u003c/h1>\n\u003cp>Did you know San Francisco’s neon signage was once up there with New York, Los Angeles and Las Vegas? The city used to be lousy with neon. \u003ca href=\"http://baycurious.org\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Bay Curious\u003c/a> explores San Francisco’s \u003ca href=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/2018/02/08/san-francisco-was-once-aglow-with-neon/\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">bright history with neon\u003c/a>. \u003c/p>\n\u003cp>https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xUonRTHi9iY\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cem>Stay caught up with the best of KQED's reporting each week by subscribing to the \u003ca href=\"https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/qed-up/id1197721799?mt=2\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Q'ed Up podcast\u003c/a>.\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\n","blocks":[],"excerpt":"How racist policies continue to affect our communities, the potential dangers of youth football, talking to the dead and more news stories you might've missed.","status":"publish","parent":0,"modified":1518308850,"stats":{"hasAudio":false,"hasVideo":true,"hasChartOrMap":false,"iframeSrcs":[],"hasGoogleForm":false,"hasGallery":false,"hasHearkenModule":false,"hasPolis":false,"paragraphCount":27,"wordCount":961},"headData":{"title":"One of the Most Impactful Laws You've Never Heard Of | KQED","description":"How racist policies continue to affect our communities, the potential dangers of youth football, talking to the dead and more news stories you might've missed.","ogTitle":"","ogDescription":"","ogImgId":"","twTitle":"","twDescription":"","twImgId":"","schema":{"@context":"http://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","headline":"One of the Most Impactful Laws You've Never Heard Of","datePublished":"2018-02-10T23:52:59.000Z","dateModified":"2018-02-11T00:27:30.000Z","image":"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/02/KQED-OG-Image@1x.png","isAccessibleForFree":"Y","publisher":{"@type":"NewsMediaOrganization","@id":"https://www.kqed.org/#organization","name":"KQED","url":"https://www.kqed.org","logo":"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/02/KQED-OG-Image@1x.png"}}},"disqusIdentifier":"11649093 https://ww2.kqed.org/news/?p=11649093","disqusUrl":"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/2018/02/10/one-of-the-most-impactful-laws-youve-never-heard-of/","disqusTitle":"One of the Most Impactful Laws You've Never Heard Of","source":"Q'ed Up","sourceUrl":"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/programs/qedup/","audioUrl":"https://www.kqed.org/.stream/anon/radio/qed-up/2018/02/QEDUP180210FINAL.mp3","path":"/news/11649093/one-of-the-most-impactful-laws-youve-never-heard-of","audioDuration":575000,"audioTrackLength":null,"parsedContent":[{"type":"contentString","content":"\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003cp>The Winter Olympics are underway, the government shutdown (again) and we still can't stop talking about memos. \u003c/p>\n\u003cp>So what else is going on? I'm glad you asked.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>1. \u003ca href=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/2018/02/09/has-oaklands-fruitvale-neighborhood-recovered-from-redlining/\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">We're still trying to fight racist redlining\u003c/a>\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11648715\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003ca href=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/02/RS29300_OaklandBerkeleyHOLCmap-MED-qut.jpg\">\u003cimg src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/02/RS29300_OaklandBerkeleyHOLCmap-MED-qut-800x590.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"800\" height=\"590\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-11648715\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/02/RS29300_OaklandBerkeleyHOLCmap-MED-qut-800x590.jpg 800w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/02/RS29300_OaklandBerkeleyHOLCmap-MED-qut-160x118.jpg 160w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/02/RS29300_OaklandBerkeleyHOLCmap-MED-qut-1020x753.jpg 1020w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/02/RS29300_OaklandBerkeleyHOLCmap-MED-qut.jpg 1920w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/02/RS29300_OaklandBerkeleyHOLCmap-MED-qut-1180x871.jpg 1180w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/02/RS29300_OaklandBerkeleyHOLCmap-MED-qut-960x709.jpg 960w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/02/RS29300_OaklandBerkeleyHOLCmap-MED-qut-240x177.jpg 240w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/02/RS29300_OaklandBerkeleyHOLCmap-MED-qut-375x277.jpg 375w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/02/RS29300_OaklandBerkeleyHOLCmap-MED-qut-520x384.jpg 520w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">A 1937 Oakland and Berkeley \"residential security map\" created by the Home Owners' Loan Corporation. \u003ccite>(Courtesy of University of Maryland's T-RACES project)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>I'll be honest. Redlining was always one of those things I had heard about but never knew what it was. I didn't learn about it in school, and I never took the initiative to investigate it on my own. \u003c/p>\n\u003cp>That has now been rectified thanks to \u003ca href=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/2018/02/09/has-oaklands-fruitvale-neighborhood-recovered-from-redlining/\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">this story\u003c/a> from KQED's Brian Watt and Erika Kelly. It not only taught me that redlining happened when the government denied access to loans and mortgages in neighborhoods with high minority populations; it also educated me on the 40-year-old Community Reinvestment Act, which was put in place to push back against racist redlining and encourage banks to invest in marginalized and low-income communities.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003c/div>","attributes":{"named":{},"numeric":[]}},{"type":"component","content":"","name":"ad","attributes":{"named":{"label":"fullwidth"},"numeric":["fullwidth"]}},{"type":"contentString","content":"\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In Oakland's formerly redlined Fruitvale neighborhood, the CRA has helped build a transit village, fund Head Start programs and establish affordable housing. But advocates worry the CRA could be weakened by the deregulation-happy Trump administration.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>2. \u003ca href=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/2018/02/07/how-to-spot-a-fake-twitter-follower-and-assess-the-value-of-a-real-one/\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Why are we so obsessed with how many Twitter followers we have?\u003c/a>\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11648362\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003ca href=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/02/RS5970_162211003-e1518021460295.jpg\">\u003cimg src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/02/RS5970_162211003-800x532.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"800\" height=\"532\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-11648362\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">How much should we value a follower on Twitter? \u003ccite>(Yasuyoshi Chiba/AFP/Getty Images)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>My friends in college used to make fun of me because I followed so many people on \u003ca href=\"https://twitter.com/ryan_levi\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Twitter\u003c/a>. They said my \"ratio\" was terrible, meaning I followed a lot more people than followed me. \u003c/p>\n\u003cp>At least I can be proud that of my measly 660 Twitter followers, all but 15 are real people and not bots, according to the company \u003ca href=\"https://www.twitteraudit.com/\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Twitter Audit\u003c/a>. I knew having a lot of followers was a status symbol, but I had no idea that people would \u003ca href=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/2018/02/07/how-to-spot-a-fake-twitter-follower-and-assess-the-value-of-a-real-one/\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">pay money for more followers\u003c/a>. \u003c/p>\n\u003cp>I think Georgia Tech media studies professor hits the nail on the head when he tells KQED's Sam Harnett: \"People assume when they have a follower on Twitter, that it’s not just a real human being, but that it is someone who is looking at them and listening to them and responding to them, and they can sell products or services to.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>I follow 1,509 \"people\" on Twitter. I listen to very few, I respond to even fewer, and I'm not buying from any of them.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>3. \u003ca href=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/2018/02/05/moms-sue-youth-football-league-after-kids-diagnosed-with-cte/\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Is youth football safe?\u003c/a>\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11648105\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003ca href=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/02/CTEPopWarnerMain.jpg\">\u003cimg src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/02/CTEPopWarnerMain-800x450.jpg\" alt=\"The mothers of Paul Bright Jr. (L) and Tyler Cornell (R) believe their sons' CTE comes from years playing Pop Warner football.\" width=\"800\" height=\"450\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-11648105\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/02/CTEPopWarnerMain-800x450.jpg 800w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/02/CTEPopWarnerMain-160x90.jpg 160w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/02/CTEPopWarnerMain-1020x574.jpg 1020w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/02/CTEPopWarnerMain.jpg 1920w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/02/CTEPopWarnerMain-1180x664.jpg 1180w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/02/CTEPopWarnerMain-960x540.jpg 960w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/02/CTEPopWarnerMain-240x135.jpg 240w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/02/CTEPopWarnerMain-375x211.jpg 375w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/02/CTEPopWarnerMain-520x293.jpg 520w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">The mothers of Paul Bright Jr. (L) and Tyler Cornell (R) believe their sons' CTE comes from years playing Pop Warner football. \u003ccite>(Courtesy of the Bright and Cornell families)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>I started playing football in fourth grade and played all the way through high school. I was an offensive lineman who spent a lot of time banging my head against my opponents.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>So when I read stories \u003ca href=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/2018/02/05/moms-sue-youth-football-league-after-kids-diagnosed-with-cte/\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">like this\u003c/a> about guys my age committing suicide and being diagnosed with the degenerative brain disease chronic traumatic encephalopathy, or CTE, that has been linked to concussions in football, I get nervous. \u003c/p>\n\u003cp>I loved playing football, and I still enjoy watching it, but the evidence of its terrifying risks are starting to add up for me.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>4. \u003ca href=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/2018/02/08/how-families-in-san-joaquin-county-pay-for-coroner-mistakes/\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">There's something really wrong happening in the San Joaquin coroner's office\u003c/a>\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11633434\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003ca href=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2017/11/RS28170_IMG_6103-qut.jpg\">\u003cimg src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2017/11/RS28170_IMG_6103-qut-800x600.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"800\" height=\"600\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-11633434\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/11/RS28170_IMG_6103-qut-800x600.jpg 800w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/11/RS28170_IMG_6103-qut-160x120.jpg 160w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/11/RS28170_IMG_6103-qut-1020x765.jpg 1020w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/11/RS28170_IMG_6103-qut.jpg 1920w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/11/RS28170_IMG_6103-qut-1180x885.jpg 1180w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/11/RS28170_IMG_6103-qut-960x720.jpg 960w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/11/RS28170_IMG_6103-qut-240x180.jpg 240w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/11/RS28170_IMG_6103-qut-375x281.jpg 375w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/11/RS28170_IMG_6103-qut-520x390.jpg 520w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">San Joaquin County Sheriff-Coroner's Office \u003ccite>(Julie Small/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Imagine having a loved one die and then having the coroner's office send you someone else's remains. It's something that has happened more than once in San Joaquin County where Sheriff-Coroner Steve Moore is under fire for mismanagement and interference into death investigations, as reported by KQED's Julie Small.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Julie's \u003ca href=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/2018/02/08/how-families-in-san-joaquin-county-pay-for-coroner-mistakes/\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">most recent piece\u003c/a> on the issues in San Joaquin County explores cases of bodies sent to the wrong families and families paying unnecessary morgue charges while other deaths are overlooked. The whole piece is incredible and worthy of your time, but this one sentence produced an audible gasp from me:\u003c/p>\n\u003cblockquote>\u003cp>At one local mortuary in San Joaquin County, staff said that the coroner’s office has released the wrong body to them often enough that they now ask family members to view and identify each body before cremation or burial.\u003c/p>\u003c/blockquote>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>5. \u003ca href=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/arts/2018/02/10/the-dead-will-talk-to-you-now-or-at-least-listen-in-santa-cruz/\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Who would you call if you could call the dead?\u003c/a>\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11649230\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003ca href=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/02/ww2.kqed_.orgRS29345_pARTake-55-1-2-qu-3b8a2b56795d3e6d5432613e41d2e5b375356330.jpg\">\u003cimg src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/02/ww2.kqed_.orgRS29345_pARTake-55-1-2-qu-3b8a2b56795d3e6d5432613e41d2e5b375356330-800x450.jpg\" alt=\"A visitor to Morgan Brown's "phone booth" has a private, one-way conversation with somebody gone from her life.\" width=\"800\" height=\"450\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-11649230\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">A visitor to Morgan Brown's \"phone booth\" has a private, one-way conversation with somebody gone from her life.\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>My paternal grandfather died before I was born, but I've been talking to him for years. I tell him about my day. I vent to him when I'm upset. I use him as a sounding board to work through my problems.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>So I loved \u003ca href=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/arts/2018/02/10/the-dead-will-talk-to-you-now-or-at-least-listen-in-santa-cruz/\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">this story\u003c/a> about a touring pop-up phone booth currently in Santa Cruz (and coming to San Francisco) where you are encouraged to talk with someone who has died. \u003c/p>\n\u003cp>And I love what the organizer, Morgan Brown, says about how people have interpreted the opportunity: “I’ve had people talk to childhood pets. I’ve had people talk to people who are alive but they’re estranged from. I’ve had people talk to their former selves. You can interpret died or death in any way that you need to.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003ch1>\u003ca href=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/2018/02/08/san-francisco-was-once-aglow-with-neon/\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Before you go...\u003c/a>\u003c/h1>\n\u003cp>Did you know San Francisco’s neon signage was once up there with New York, Los Angeles and Las Vegas? The city used to be lousy with neon. \u003ca href=\"http://baycurious.org\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Bay Curious\u003c/a> explores San Francisco’s \u003ca href=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/2018/02/08/san-francisco-was-once-aglow-with-neon/\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">bright history with neon\u003c/a>. \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/xUonRTHi9iY'\n title='//www.youtube.com/embed/xUonRTHi9iY'\n allowfullscreen='true'\n style='border:0;'>\u003c/iframe>\n \u003c/span>\n \u003c/span>\u003c/p>\u003cp>\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cem>Stay caught up with the best of KQED's reporting each week by subscribing to the \u003ca href=\"https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/qed-up/id1197721799?mt=2\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Q'ed Up podcast\u003c/a>.\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\n\u003c/div>\u003c/p>","attributes":{"named":{},"numeric":[]}}],"link":"/news/11649093/one-of-the-most-impactful-laws-youve-never-heard-of","authors":["11260"],"programs":["news_20407"],"categories":["news_8"],"tags":["news_19542","news_20564","news_21028","news_22121"],"featImg":"news_11649271","label":"source_news_11649093"},"news_11647865":{"type":"posts","id":"news_11647865","meta":{"index":"posts_1591205157","site":"news","id":"11647865","score":null,"sort":[1517698094000]},"guestAuthors":[],"slug":"how-climate-change-could-impact-your-wine-and-beer","title":"How Climate Change Could Impact Your Wine and Beer","publishDate":1517698094,"format":"standard","headTitle":"The California Report | KQED News","labelTerm":{"term":72,"site":"news"},"content":"\u003cp>Let's go outside and experience some nature. And we'll take our drinks with us.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>This week, KQED reporters told us about how drought could spell doom for beer, but maybe not for wine. Plus they gave us some history on California's eucalyptus groves and a Central Valley town with perhaps the least environmentally friendly backstory in the world.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>1. \u003ca href=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/2018/02/02/would-you-drink-beer-made-with-gmo-yeast-to-conserve-water/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Could GMO beer help the environment?\u003c/a>\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11647823\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003ca href=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/02/gmobeeredit.jpg\">\u003cimg class=\"size-medium wp-image-11647823\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/02/gmobeeredit-800x388.jpg\" alt=\"Charles Denby and his colleague, Rachel Lee, prepare to pour their yeast samples into beer fermenters at the brewery at UC Davis.\" width=\"800\" height=\"388\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/02/gmobeeredit-800x388.jpg 800w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/02/gmobeeredit-160x78.jpg 160w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/02/gmobeeredit-1020x495.jpg 1020w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/02/gmobeeredit.jpg 1180w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/02/gmobeeredit-960x466.jpg 960w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/02/gmobeeredit-240x117.jpg 240w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/02/gmobeeredit-375x182.jpg 375w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/02/gmobeeredit-520x253.jpg 520w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Charles Denby and his colleague, Rachel Lee, prepare to pour their yeast samples into beer fermenters at the brewery at UC Davis. \u003ccite>(Sarah Craig/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Beer fun fact: It takes about 11 gallons of water to produce the hops for a single pint of beer. And the nation's hops supply is susceptible to drought and increased temperatures from climate change.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>As a fan of hoppy IPAs, that doesn't sound too good.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But one California scientist, Charles Denby, is trying to make \u003ca href=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/2018/02/02/would-you-drink-beer-made-with-gmo-yeast-to-conserve-water/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">beer with genetically modified yeast\u003c/a> instead of hops, while still maintaining that hoppy flavor we love. He's got a Ph.D. in molecular and cellular biology, and, like many great ideas, his aha moment came in the bathroom:\u003c/p>\n\u003cblockquote>\u003cp>“I was literally sitting in the bathtub reading this book about brewing science and I got to the section about hops. And they actually spelled out exactly what the molecules were for the primary determinants for hoppy flavor,” says Denby. “And I looked at the molecules and was like, ‘Oh my God.’ ”\u003c/p>\u003c/blockquote>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>2. \u003ca href=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/science/2018/01/31/wine-lovers-relax-study-suggests-calif-grapevines-can-weather-searing-drought/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Good news: California grapes can handle a drought\u003c/a>\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11647899\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003ca href=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/02/GettyImages-91160215.jpg\">\u003cimg class=\"size-medium wp-image-11647899\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/02/GettyImages-91160215-800x513.jpg\" alt=\"Wine drinkers can relax. Even intense drought is unlikely to kill California's grapevines.\" width=\"800\" height=\"513\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/02/GettyImages-91160215-800x513.jpg 800w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/02/GettyImages-91160215-160x103.jpg 160w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/02/GettyImages-91160215-1020x653.jpg 1020w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/02/GettyImages-91160215-1920x1230.jpg 1920w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/02/GettyImages-91160215-1180x756.jpg 1180w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/02/GettyImages-91160215-960x615.jpg 960w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/02/GettyImages-91160215-240x154.jpg 240w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/02/GettyImages-91160215-375x240.jpg 375w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/02/GettyImages-91160215-520x333.jpg 520w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Wine drinkers can relax. Even intense drought is unlikely to kill California's grapevines. \u003ccite>( Justin Sullivan/Getty Images)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>While drought could be deadly to hops, grapevines apparently are made of tougher stuff.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>A \u003ca href=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/science/2018/01/31/wine-lovers-relax-study-suggests-calif-grapevines-can-weather-searing-drought\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">new study\u003c/a> found that grapevines in the Napa Valley were not at risk of dying from \"even very dry conditions.\" It concluded that there was literally no level of drought it studied that could kill Wine Country grapevines.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Hopefully, this will lead to some water conservation efforts on the part of farmers. At the very least, we know that drought or no drought, there will be wine.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>3. \u003ca href=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/2018/02/01/eucalyptus-how-californias-most-hated-tree-took-root-2/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Eucalyptus trees: Friend or foe?\u003c/a>\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11647129\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003ca href=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/01/RS29073_eucalyptusgrove14-e1517539029317.jpg\">\u003cimg class=\"size-medium wp-image-11647129\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/01/RS29073_eucalyptusgrove14-800x533.jpg\" alt=\"Blue gum eucalyptus globulus grows fast and in poor soil, which made it a favorite of investors anticipating a hardwood famine in the early 1900s.\" width=\"800\" height=\"533\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Blue gum eucalyptus globulus grows fast and in poor soil, which made it a favorite of investors anticipating a hardwood famine in the early 1900s. \u003ccite>(Samantha Shanahan/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Some people in California hate eucalyptus trees. Others \u003ca href=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/2015/07/19/berkeley-protesters-get-naked-to-save-eucalyptus-trees/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">get naked\u003c/a> and hug them to stop them from being chopped down. I personally have no strong feelings about the trees, but I was fascinated to learn about \u003ca href=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/2018/02/01/eucalyptus-how-californias-most-hated-tree-took-root-2/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">their history\u003c/a> in California from KQED's \u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/series/baycurious/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Bay Curious\u003c/a> podcast:\u003c/p>\n\u003cul>\n\u003cli>Eucalyptus seeds first came to California from Australia in the 19th century.\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>Californians planted tons of eucalyptus trees in the early 20th century ahead of an expected timber shortage that never materialized. So the state was stuck with them.\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>There's scientific and political disagreement over whether eucalyptus trees increase fire danger.\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>They're not native, but they're not \u003cem>super\u003c/em> invasive. Just \"moderately\" invasive.\u003c/li>\n\u003c/ul>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>4. \u003ca href=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/2018/02/02/how-oil-built-a-california-city-named-for-coal/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">The charming story of how a California oil town got its coal-themed name\u003c/a>\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11643102\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003ca href=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/01/RS28578_Caoalinga_Ts_-qut.jpg\">\u003cimg class=\"size-medium wp-image-11643102\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/01/RS28578_Caoalinga_Ts_-qut-800x598.jpg\" alt=\"Model Ts arrive in Coalinga in 1914, marking the city's first carload of automobiles. C. R. Vanderlip was the dealer.\" width=\"800\" height=\"598\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/01/RS28578_Caoalinga_Ts_-qut.jpg 800w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/01/RS28578_Caoalinga_Ts_-qut-160x120.jpg 160w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/01/RS28578_Caoalinga_Ts_-qut-240x179.jpg 240w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/01/RS28578_Caoalinga_Ts_-qut-375x280.jpg 375w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/01/RS28578_Caoalinga_Ts_-qut-520x389.jpg 520w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Model Ts arrive in Coalinga in 1914, marking the city's first carload of automobiles. C. R. Vanderlip was the dealer. \u003ccite>(Wikimedia Commons)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>The Central Valley town of Coalinga has a pretty not-nature-friendly background. It started out as a coal town in the late 19th century, and then it hit it big as an oil producer in the early 20th century. But the \u003ca href=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/2018/02/02/how-oil-built-a-california-city-named-for-coal\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">story behind its name\u003c/a> literally made me say, \"Awww. That's so cool!\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cblockquote>\u003cp>Between 1870 and 1880, coal was discovered in Coalinga, and mines to extract the resource were built into the hills. In 1888, miners built a railroad that connected the mines to coaling stations on the flat land. There were three of these loading stops: Coaling Station A, B and C.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Eventually, a little town sprouted around the first stop. Bill explains that Coaling Station A became the name of the town, and then they shortened it. “They just called it Coaling-A, instead of calling it Coaling Station A.”\u003c/p>\u003c/blockquote>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>5. \u003ca href=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/2018/02/01/before-and-after-measuring-californias-thin-mountain-snowpack/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Where'd all the snow go?\u003c/a>\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c!-- iframe plugin v.4.3 wordpress.org/plugins/iframe/ -->\u003cbr>\n\u003ciframe frameborder=\"0\" class=\"juxtapose\" width=\"800\" height=\"600\" src=\"https://cdn.knightlab.com/libs/juxtapose/latest/embed/index.html?uid=406de6be-058b-11e8-b263-0edaf8f81e27\" scrolling=\"yes\">\u003c/iframe>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>As a Minnesota guy, I love snow. As a current California resident, I don't get to see much of it.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>And it turns out, there's even \u003ca href=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/2018/02/01/before-and-after-measuring-californias-thin-mountain-snowpack/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">less of it\u003c/a> this year than usual. I'm talking about the state's snowpack, which is just 27 percent of the average for this time of year, according to the California Department of Water Resources. KQED resident snowman Dan Brekke breaks it down:\u003c/p>\n\u003cblockquote>\u003cp>Why any of this matters: The mountain snowpack is often called California’s “frozen reservoir.” As a rule of thumb, water mavens say that the mountain snowpack supplies nearly one-third of California’s water needs. So, a meager snowpack means meager spring runoff into reservoirs — and perhaps, down the road, less water to distribute to farms and cities.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The DWR and other analysts are quick to point out that last year’s historic wet season filled the state’s reservoirs — most of which are storing more water than they typically would at this time of year.\u003c/p>\u003c/blockquote>\n\u003cp>So it might not be as bad as it sounds, but it's definitely not good.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch1>\u003ca href=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/science/2018/01/08/listen-1200-years-of-earths-climate-transformed-into-sound/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Before you go...\u003c/a>\u003c/h1>\n\u003cp>A Stanford researcher has created a \u003ca href=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/science/2018/01/08/listen-1200-years-of-earths-climate-transformed-into-sound/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">piece of music\u003c/a> out of climate data from the past 1,200 years (collected by Berkeley researchers). Take a listen.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ONuA9HmkF3M\u003c/p>\n\n","blocks":[],"excerpt":"Can California wine and beer survive climate change? That and more stories from California's natural world.","status":"publish","parent":0,"modified":1517868838,"stats":{"hasAudio":false,"hasVideo":true,"hasChartOrMap":false,"iframeSrcs":[],"hasGoogleForm":false,"hasGallery":false,"hasHearkenModule":false,"hasPolis":false,"paragraphCount":27,"wordCount":924},"headData":{"title":"How Climate Change Could Impact Your Wine and Beer | KQED","description":"Can California wine and beer survive climate change? That and more stories from California's natural world.","ogTitle":"","ogDescription":"","ogImgId":"","twTitle":"","twDescription":"","twImgId":"","schema":{"@context":"http://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","headline":"How Climate Change Could Impact Your Wine and Beer","datePublished":"2018-02-03T22:48:14.000Z","dateModified":"2018-02-05T22:13:58.000Z","image":"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/02/KQED-OG-Image@1x.png","isAccessibleForFree":"Y","publisher":{"@type":"NewsMediaOrganization","@id":"https://www.kqed.org/#organization","name":"KQED","url":"https://www.kqed.org","logo":"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/02/KQED-OG-Image@1x.png"}}},"disqusIdentifier":"11647865 https://ww2.kqed.org/news/?p=11647865","disqusUrl":"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/2018/02/03/how-climate-change-could-impact-your-wine-and-beer/","disqusTitle":"How Climate Change Could Impact Your Wine and Beer","path":"/news/11647865/how-climate-change-could-impact-your-wine-and-beer","audioTrackLength":null,"parsedContent":[{"type":"contentString","content":"\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003cp>Let's go outside and experience some nature. And we'll take our drinks with us.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>This week, KQED reporters told us about how drought could spell doom for beer, but maybe not for wine. Plus they gave us some history on California's eucalyptus groves and a Central Valley town with perhaps the least environmentally friendly backstory in the world.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>1. \u003ca href=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/2018/02/02/would-you-drink-beer-made-with-gmo-yeast-to-conserve-water/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Could GMO beer help the environment?\u003c/a>\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11647823\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003ca href=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/02/gmobeeredit.jpg\">\u003cimg class=\"size-medium wp-image-11647823\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/02/gmobeeredit-800x388.jpg\" alt=\"Charles Denby and his colleague, Rachel Lee, prepare to pour their yeast samples into beer fermenters at the brewery at UC Davis.\" width=\"800\" height=\"388\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/02/gmobeeredit-800x388.jpg 800w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/02/gmobeeredit-160x78.jpg 160w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/02/gmobeeredit-1020x495.jpg 1020w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/02/gmobeeredit.jpg 1180w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/02/gmobeeredit-960x466.jpg 960w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/02/gmobeeredit-240x117.jpg 240w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/02/gmobeeredit-375x182.jpg 375w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/02/gmobeeredit-520x253.jpg 520w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Charles Denby and his colleague, Rachel Lee, prepare to pour their yeast samples into beer fermenters at the brewery at UC Davis. \u003ccite>(Sarah Craig/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Beer fun fact: It takes about 11 gallons of water to produce the hops for a single pint of beer. And the nation's hops supply is susceptible to drought and increased temperatures from climate change.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>As a fan of hoppy IPAs, that doesn't sound too good.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003c/div>","attributes":{"named":{},"numeric":[]}},{"type":"component","content":"","name":"ad","attributes":{"named":{"label":"fullwidth"},"numeric":["fullwidth"]}},{"type":"contentString","content":"\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But one California scientist, Charles Denby, is trying to make \u003ca href=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/2018/02/02/would-you-drink-beer-made-with-gmo-yeast-to-conserve-water/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">beer with genetically modified yeast\u003c/a> instead of hops, while still maintaining that hoppy flavor we love. He's got a Ph.D. in molecular and cellular biology, and, like many great ideas, his aha moment came in the bathroom:\u003c/p>\n\u003cblockquote>\u003cp>“I was literally sitting in the bathtub reading this book about brewing science and I got to the section about hops. And they actually spelled out exactly what the molecules were for the primary determinants for hoppy flavor,” says Denby. “And I looked at the molecules and was like, ‘Oh my God.’ ”\u003c/p>\u003c/blockquote>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>2. \u003ca href=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/science/2018/01/31/wine-lovers-relax-study-suggests-calif-grapevines-can-weather-searing-drought/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Good news: California grapes can handle a drought\u003c/a>\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11647899\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003ca href=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/02/GettyImages-91160215.jpg\">\u003cimg class=\"size-medium wp-image-11647899\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/02/GettyImages-91160215-800x513.jpg\" alt=\"Wine drinkers can relax. Even intense drought is unlikely to kill California's grapevines.\" width=\"800\" height=\"513\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/02/GettyImages-91160215-800x513.jpg 800w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/02/GettyImages-91160215-160x103.jpg 160w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/02/GettyImages-91160215-1020x653.jpg 1020w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/02/GettyImages-91160215-1920x1230.jpg 1920w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/02/GettyImages-91160215-1180x756.jpg 1180w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/02/GettyImages-91160215-960x615.jpg 960w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/02/GettyImages-91160215-240x154.jpg 240w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/02/GettyImages-91160215-375x240.jpg 375w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/02/GettyImages-91160215-520x333.jpg 520w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Wine drinkers can relax. Even intense drought is unlikely to kill California's grapevines. \u003ccite>( Justin Sullivan/Getty Images)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>While drought could be deadly to hops, grapevines apparently are made of tougher stuff.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>A \u003ca href=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/science/2018/01/31/wine-lovers-relax-study-suggests-calif-grapevines-can-weather-searing-drought\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">new study\u003c/a> found that grapevines in the Napa Valley were not at risk of dying from \"even very dry conditions.\" It concluded that there was literally no level of drought it studied that could kill Wine Country grapevines.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Hopefully, this will lead to some water conservation efforts on the part of farmers. At the very least, we know that drought or no drought, there will be wine.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>3. \u003ca href=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/2018/02/01/eucalyptus-how-californias-most-hated-tree-took-root-2/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Eucalyptus trees: Friend or foe?\u003c/a>\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11647129\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003ca href=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/01/RS29073_eucalyptusgrove14-e1517539029317.jpg\">\u003cimg class=\"size-medium wp-image-11647129\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/01/RS29073_eucalyptusgrove14-800x533.jpg\" alt=\"Blue gum eucalyptus globulus grows fast and in poor soil, which made it a favorite of investors anticipating a hardwood famine in the early 1900s.\" width=\"800\" height=\"533\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Blue gum eucalyptus globulus grows fast and in poor soil, which made it a favorite of investors anticipating a hardwood famine in the early 1900s. \u003ccite>(Samantha Shanahan/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Some people in California hate eucalyptus trees. Others \u003ca href=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/2015/07/19/berkeley-protesters-get-naked-to-save-eucalyptus-trees/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">get naked\u003c/a> and hug them to stop them from being chopped down. I personally have no strong feelings about the trees, but I was fascinated to learn about \u003ca href=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/2018/02/01/eucalyptus-how-californias-most-hated-tree-took-root-2/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">their history\u003c/a> in California from KQED's \u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/series/baycurious/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Bay Curious\u003c/a> podcast:\u003c/p>\n\u003cul>\n\u003cli>Eucalyptus seeds first came to California from Australia in the 19th century.\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>Californians planted tons of eucalyptus trees in the early 20th century ahead of an expected timber shortage that never materialized. So the state was stuck with them.\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>There's scientific and political disagreement over whether eucalyptus trees increase fire danger.\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>They're not native, but they're not \u003cem>super\u003c/em> invasive. Just \"moderately\" invasive.\u003c/li>\n\u003c/ul>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>4. \u003ca href=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/2018/02/02/how-oil-built-a-california-city-named-for-coal/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">The charming story of how a California oil town got its coal-themed name\u003c/a>\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11643102\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003ca href=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/01/RS28578_Caoalinga_Ts_-qut.jpg\">\u003cimg class=\"size-medium wp-image-11643102\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/01/RS28578_Caoalinga_Ts_-qut-800x598.jpg\" alt=\"Model Ts arrive in Coalinga in 1914, marking the city's first carload of automobiles. C. R. Vanderlip was the dealer.\" width=\"800\" height=\"598\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/01/RS28578_Caoalinga_Ts_-qut.jpg 800w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/01/RS28578_Caoalinga_Ts_-qut-160x120.jpg 160w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/01/RS28578_Caoalinga_Ts_-qut-240x179.jpg 240w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/01/RS28578_Caoalinga_Ts_-qut-375x280.jpg 375w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/01/RS28578_Caoalinga_Ts_-qut-520x389.jpg 520w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Model Ts arrive in Coalinga in 1914, marking the city's first carload of automobiles. C. R. Vanderlip was the dealer. \u003ccite>(Wikimedia Commons)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>The Central Valley town of Coalinga has a pretty not-nature-friendly background. It started out as a coal town in the late 19th century, and then it hit it big as an oil producer in the early 20th century. But the \u003ca href=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/2018/02/02/how-oil-built-a-california-city-named-for-coal\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">story behind its name\u003c/a> literally made me say, \"Awww. That's so cool!\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cblockquote>\u003cp>Between 1870 and 1880, coal was discovered in Coalinga, and mines to extract the resource were built into the hills. In 1888, miners built a railroad that connected the mines to coaling stations on the flat land. There were three of these loading stops: Coaling Station A, B and C.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Eventually, a little town sprouted around the first stop. Bill explains that Coaling Station A became the name of the town, and then they shortened it. “They just called it Coaling-A, instead of calling it Coaling Station A.”\u003c/p>\u003c/blockquote>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>5. \u003ca href=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/2018/02/01/before-and-after-measuring-californias-thin-mountain-snowpack/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Where'd all the snow go?\u003c/a>\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c!-- iframe plugin v.4.3 wordpress.org/plugins/iframe/ -->\u003cbr>\n\u003ciframe frameborder=\"0\" class=\"juxtapose\" width=\"800\" height=\"600\" src=\"https://cdn.knightlab.com/libs/juxtapose/latest/embed/index.html?uid=406de6be-058b-11e8-b263-0edaf8f81e27\" scrolling=\"yes\">\u003c/iframe>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>As a Minnesota guy, I love snow. As a current California resident, I don't get to see much of it.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>And it turns out, there's even \u003ca href=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/2018/02/01/before-and-after-measuring-californias-thin-mountain-snowpack/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">less of it\u003c/a> this year than usual. I'm talking about the state's snowpack, which is just 27 percent of the average for this time of year, according to the California Department of Water Resources. KQED resident snowman Dan Brekke breaks it down:\u003c/p>\n\u003cblockquote>\u003cp>Why any of this matters: The mountain snowpack is often called California’s “frozen reservoir.” As a rule of thumb, water mavens say that the mountain snowpack supplies nearly one-third of California’s water needs. So, a meager snowpack means meager spring runoff into reservoirs — and perhaps, down the road, less water to distribute to farms and cities.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The DWR and other analysts are quick to point out that last year’s historic wet season filled the state’s reservoirs — most of which are storing more water than they typically would at this time of year.\u003c/p>\u003c/blockquote>\n\u003cp>So it might not be as bad as it sounds, but it's definitely not good.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch1>\u003ca href=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/science/2018/01/08/listen-1200-years-of-earths-climate-transformed-into-sound/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Before you go...\u003c/a>\u003c/h1>\n\u003cp>A Stanford researcher has created a \u003ca href=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/science/2018/01/08/listen-1200-years-of-earths-climate-transformed-into-sound/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">piece of music\u003c/a> out of climate data from the past 1,200 years (collected by Berkeley researchers). Take a listen.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003c/p>\u003cp>\u003cspan class='utils-parseShortcode-shortcodes-__youtubeShortcode__embedYoutube'>\n \u003cspan class='utils-parseShortcode-shortcodes-__youtubeShortcode__embedYoutubeInside'>\n \u003ciframe\n loading='lazy'\n class='utils-parseShortcode-shortcodes-__youtubeShortcode__youtubePlayer'\n type='text/html'\n src='//www.youtube.com/embed/ONuA9HmkF3M'\n title='//www.youtube.com/embed/ONuA9HmkF3M'\n allowfullscreen='true'\n style='border:0;'>\u003c/iframe>\n \u003c/span>\n \u003c/span>\u003c/p>\u003cp>\n\u003c/div>\u003c/p>","attributes":{"named":{},"numeric":[]}}],"link":"/news/11647865/how-climate-change-could-impact-your-wine-and-beer","authors":["11260"],"programs":["news_6944","news_72"],"categories":["news_223","news_8","news_356"],"tags":["news_21212","news_255","news_19542","news_333","news_1275","news_22121"],"featImg":"news_11647890","label":"news_72"},"news_11644797":{"type":"posts","id":"news_11644797","meta":{"index":"posts_1591205157","site":"news","id":"11644797","score":null,"sort":[1517096974000]},"guestAuthors":[],"slug":"weekend-reads-political-intrigue-and-whale-poop-perfume","title":"Weekend Reads: Political Intrigue and Whale Poop Perfume","publishDate":1517096974,"format":"standard","headTitle":"The California Report | KQED News","labelTerm":{"term":72,"site":"news"},"content":"\u003cp>This week, we learned that President Trump \u003ca href=\"https://www.npr.org/2018/01/26/580964814/the-10-events-you-need-to-know-to-understand-the-almost-firing-of-robert-mueller\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">almost fired\u003c/a> special counsel Robert Mueller, and we heard the heartbreaking stories of more than 100 \u003ca href=\"https://www.npr.org/sections/thetwo-way/2018/01/24/580304914/larry-nassar-sentenced-to-up-to-175-years-in-prison-by-michigan-judge\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">young gymnasts\u003c/a> abused by their team doctor.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But that's not all that happened this week. Here's what you might have missed.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch3>1. \u003ca href=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/2018/01/23/political-outrage-as-mark-farrell-replaces-london-breed-as-s-f-s-acting-mayor/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Mayor who? City politics get heated\u003c/a>\u003c/h3>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11643935\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003ca href=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/01/Women-1-1.jpg\">\u003cimg class=\"size-medium wp-image-11643935\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/01/Women-1-1-800x600.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"800\" height=\"600\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/01/Women-1-1-800x600.jpg 800w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/01/Women-1-1-160x120.jpg 160w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/01/Women-1-1-1020x765.jpg 1020w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/01/Women-1-1-1920x1440.jpg 1920w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/01/Women-1-1-1180x885.jpg 1180w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/01/Women-1-1-960x720.jpg 960w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/01/Women-1-1-240x180.jpg 240w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/01/Women-1-1-375x281.jpg 375w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/01/Women-1-1-520x390.jpg 520w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Supporters of London Breed erupted in anger after she was replaced by Sup. Mark Farrell. \u003ccite>(Scott Shafer/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Our \u003ca href=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/2018/01/23/political-outrage-as-mark-farrell-replaces-london-breed-as-s-f-s-acting-mayor/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">most popular story\u003c/a> this week was also one of the wilder political scenes I've witnessed here in San Francisco.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>I was at home on Monday night scrolling through Twitter when I started seeing tweets from our politics editor, \u003ca href=\"https://twitter.com/scottshafer\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Scott Shafer\u003c/a>, who was at the San Francisco Board of Supervisors meeting, waiting to hear if the board would appoint a new interim mayor until the June special election or stick with London Breed.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>I followed along and was blown away when after hours of public comment and discussion, Mark Farrell, a moderate supervisor I hadn't heard mentioned once in the mayor's discussion, was appointed interim mayor thanks in large part to the machinations of the board's uber-progressive voices like Hillary Ronen. The chamber erupted in jeers with many of London Breed's supporters accusing the board of sexism and racism for not sticking with the city's first African American woman acting mayor.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch3>2. \u003ca href=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/2018/01/22/stockton-gets-ready-to-experiment-with-universal-basic-income/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Universal basic income is coming to Stockton\u003c/a>\u003c/h3>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11643583\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003ca href=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/01/RS4328_147225167-e1516659787443.jpg\">\u003cimg class=\"size-medium wp-image-11643583\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/01/RS4328_147225167-800x581.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"800\" height=\"581\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Stockton is going to experiment with giving some residents a monthly income, no strings attached. \u003ccite>(Justin Sullivan/Getty Images)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Universal basic income, or UBI, is one of those ideas that I feel like I started hearing about all of a sudden a few years ago. Maybe it has something to do with moving to Silicon Valley, where some techies are particularly enamored with the idea of giving folks money, no strings attached, just for being people.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The city of Stockton is hoping a UBI can spur some economic growth as it rolls out a \u003ca href=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/2018/01/22/stockton-gets-ready-to-experiment-with-universal-basic-income/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">small pilot program\u003c/a> where a few dozen families will get $500 a month for a year, and the city will study how they spend the money and how the money affects their self-esteem and identity.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Apparently UBI was first suggested by Richard Nixon as an answer to post-industrial job losses, and at least one Stanford professor says it could do more for a city than offering up millions to lure in big corporate residents (looking at you, Amazon.)\u003c/p>\n\u003ch3>3. \u003ca href=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/2018/01/22/what-you-need-to-know-about-california-real-id-drivers-licenses/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">What you need to know about REAL ID\u003c/a>\u003c/h3>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11643619\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003ca href=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/01/Screen-Shot-2018-01-22-at-2.30.36-PM.png\">\u003cimg class=\"size-medium wp-image-11643619\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/01/Screen-Shot-2018-01-22-at-2.30.36-PM-800x536.png\" alt=\"This is what a California "Real ID" driver's license will look like. The federally compliant license can be used to board a domestic flight beginning in 2020.\" width=\"800\" height=\"536\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/01/Screen-Shot-2018-01-22-at-2.30.36-PM-800x536.png 800w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/01/Screen-Shot-2018-01-22-at-2.30.36-PM-160x107.png 160w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/01/Screen-Shot-2018-01-22-at-2.30.36-PM-1020x683.png 1020w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/01/Screen-Shot-2018-01-22-at-2.30.36-PM-1180x790.png 1180w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/01/Screen-Shot-2018-01-22-at-2.30.36-PM-960x643.png 960w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/01/Screen-Shot-2018-01-22-at-2.30.36-PM-240x161.png 240w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/01/Screen-Shot-2018-01-22-at-2.30.36-PM-375x251.png 375w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/01/Screen-Shot-2018-01-22-at-2.30.36-PM-520x348.png 520w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/01/Screen-Shot-2018-01-22-at-2.30.36-PM.png 1284w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">This is what a California \"Real ID\" driver's license will look like. The federally compliant license can be used to board a domestic flight beginning in 2020. \u003ccite>(Courtesy of DMV)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Quick background on me: I was born and raised in Minnesota, went to school in Missouri and now live in California. While those three states might not seem to share much in common, one thing they do share is they have been very slow to comply with something called the \u003ca href=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/2018/01/22/what-you-need-to-know-about-california-real-id-drivers-licenses/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">REAL ID Act.\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Essentially, the REAL ID Act is a law passed by Congress that told states they had to make their IDs and driver's licenses meet certain standards by a certain date or their residents wouldn't be able to use those IDs to do things like get on an airplane. Most states fell in line, but my three states were laggards meaning I've spent the last several years nervously hoping I didn't miss a deadline and wouldn't find myself turned away at SFO or MSP.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Thankfully, we don't have to worry about that happening until Oct. 1, 2020, when the regulations kick into full effect. Some other stuff to know:\u003c/p>\n\u003cul>\n\u003cli>You don't need to get a Real ID. You just won't be able to use your state ID to get on a plane or military base.\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>Undocumented immigrants with IDs through AB 60 won't be eligible for Real IDs.\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>You must apply for a Real ID in person at the DMV.\u003c/li>\n\u003c/ul>\n\u003ch3>4. \u003ca href=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/futureofyou/2018/01/22/why-sexual-harassment-victims-often-cant-just-get-over-it/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">The lasting effects of sexual harassment\u003c/a>\u003c/h3>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11643565\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003ca href=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/01/ww2.kqed_.orgiStock-477168665-800x599-8e0186c1df6775e3343d3c6a864e9fbb566b28b4.jpg\">\u003cimg class=\"size-medium wp-image-11643565\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/01/ww2.kqed_.orgiStock-477168665-800x599-8e0186c1df6775e3343d3c6a864e9fbb566b28b4-800x599.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"800\" height=\"599\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/01/ww2.kqed_.orgiStock-477168665-800x599-8e0186c1df6775e3343d3c6a864e9fbb566b28b4.jpg 800w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/01/ww2.kqed_.orgiStock-477168665-800x599-8e0186c1df6775e3343d3c6a864e9fbb566b28b4-160x120.jpg 160w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/01/ww2.kqed_.orgiStock-477168665-800x599-8e0186c1df6775e3343d3c6a864e9fbb566b28b4-240x180.jpg 240w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/01/ww2.kqed_.orgiStock-477168665-800x599-8e0186c1df6775e3343d3c6a864e9fbb566b28b4-375x281.jpg 375w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/01/ww2.kqed_.orgiStock-477168665-800x599-8e0186c1df6775e3343d3c6a864e9fbb566b28b4-520x389.jpg 520w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">The effects of sexual harassment can be physical and last a lifetime. \u003ccite>(Getty Images)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>We're living through a period of reckoning when it comes to sexual assault and harassment. One of the things we're learning is that harassment isn't just something that happens in the moment; its effects can last for decades. Those effects aren't just psychological or emotional -- \u003ca href=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/futureofyou/2018/01/22/why-sexual-harassment-victims-often-cant-just-get-over-it/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">they're physical\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Cindy Patterson had a competitive job at a high-powered financial institution 25 years ago, and she faced regular sexual harassment. Patterson says she's still dealing with effects from that harassment all these years later, and Stanford psychiatrist and stress expert David Spiegel says that's not surprising.\u003c/p>\n\u003cblockquote>\u003cp>As in any potentially dangerous situation, sexual harassment triggers the release of adrenaline and cortisol, which quickens heart rate and raises blood pressure, muscle tension and blood glucose levels. The response is evolutionary: The extra energy fuels our ability to flee or do combat.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>An occasional spike in stress hormones isn’t harmful, Spiegel says, but if a victim starts living in a chronic state of high alert, it can be toxic to the nervous system.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“The office becomes a place you can’t assume your safety and go about your work; instead you’re also worrying about the potential for psychological or physical assault,” Spiegel says. “This chronic activation of the nervous system can lead to a kind of burnout, where your body is overreacting much of the time, and it exhausts you.”\u003c/p>\u003c/blockquote>\n\u003ch3>5. \u003ca href=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/2018/01/26/new-museum-in-berkeley-worships-the-art-of-smell/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">No, I don't want sperm whale poop in my perfume\u003c/a>\u003c/h3>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11644754\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003ca href=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/01/AftelArchiveMain.jpg\">\u003cimg class=\"size-medium wp-image-11644754\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/01/AftelArchiveMain-800x555.jpg\" alt=\"The Aftel Archive of Curious Scents is a museum in Berkeley dedicated to natural perfumes.\" width=\"800\" height=\"555\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/01/AftelArchiveMain-800x555.jpg 800w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/01/AftelArchiveMain-160x111.jpg 160w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/01/AftelArchiveMain-1020x708.jpg 1020w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/01/AftelArchiveMain.jpg 1920w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/01/AftelArchiveMain-1180x819.jpg 1180w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/01/AftelArchiveMain-960x667.jpg 960w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/01/AftelArchiveMain-240x167.jpg 240w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/01/AftelArchiveMain-375x260.jpg 375w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/01/AftelArchiveMain-520x361.jpg 520w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">The Aftel Archive of Curious Scents is a museum in Berkeley dedicated to natural perfumes. \u003ccite>(Bianca Taylor/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Apparently, one of the most sought after ingredients for perfumes across cultures and civilizations is something called ambergris, which is effectively sperm whale poop.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>How do I know this? Because there is a \u003ca href=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/2018/01/26/new-museum-in-berkeley-worships-the-art-of-smell/\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">museum in Berkeley\u003c/a> dedicated to everything olfactory. It's run by Mandy Aftel, and this is how she describes ambergris:\u003c/p>\n\u003cblockquote>\u003cp>She holds the bottle close to her nose. “It’s got a kind of like a sparkly quality to the smell, if that makes any sense,” she says. “And it’s soft and deep but also light, and kind of feels like it reflects light. It’s a kind of wonder.”\u003c/p>\u003c/blockquote>\n\u003cp>To each their own, I guess.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch1>\u003ca href=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/2018/01/25/north-bay-fires-what-took-authorities-so-long-to-warn-people/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Before you go...\u003c/a>\u003c/h1>\n\u003cp>KQED reporters have spent months listening through hours of 911 calls and dispatch calls from the first night of the deadly North Bay fires last October. They found that in Sonoma County, there was a \u003ca href=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/2018/01/25/north-bay-fires-what-took-authorities-so-long-to-warn-people/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">one-hour delay\u003c/a> between when Cal Fire asked local officials to send out evacuation orders and when the calls went out.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad floatright]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S06shHLLLjk\u003c/p>\n\n","blocks":[],"excerpt":"Drama at San Francisco City Hall, an experiment with universal basic income, and whale poop perfume. Check out these stories you might've missed.","status":"publish","parent":0,"modified":1517098676,"stats":{"hasAudio":false,"hasVideo":true,"hasChartOrMap":false,"iframeSrcs":[],"hasGoogleForm":false,"hasGallery":false,"hasHearkenModule":false,"hasPolis":false,"paragraphCount":23,"wordCount":1152},"headData":{"title":"Weekend Reads: Political Intrigue and Whale Poop Perfume | KQED","description":"Drama at San Francisco City Hall, an experiment with universal basic income, and whale poop perfume. 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Here's what you might have missed.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch3>1. \u003ca href=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/2018/01/23/political-outrage-as-mark-farrell-replaces-london-breed-as-s-f-s-acting-mayor/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Mayor who? City politics get heated\u003c/a>\u003c/h3>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11643935\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003ca href=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/01/Women-1-1.jpg\">\u003cimg class=\"size-medium wp-image-11643935\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/01/Women-1-1-800x600.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"800\" height=\"600\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/01/Women-1-1-800x600.jpg 800w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/01/Women-1-1-160x120.jpg 160w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/01/Women-1-1-1020x765.jpg 1020w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/01/Women-1-1-1920x1440.jpg 1920w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/01/Women-1-1-1180x885.jpg 1180w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/01/Women-1-1-960x720.jpg 960w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/01/Women-1-1-240x180.jpg 240w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/01/Women-1-1-375x281.jpg 375w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/01/Women-1-1-520x390.jpg 520w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Supporters of London Breed erupted in anger after she was replaced by Sup. Mark Farrell. \u003ccite>(Scott Shafer/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Our \u003ca href=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/2018/01/23/political-outrage-as-mark-farrell-replaces-london-breed-as-s-f-s-acting-mayor/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">most popular story\u003c/a> this week was also one of the wilder political scenes I've witnessed here in San Francisco.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>I was at home on Monday night scrolling through Twitter when I started seeing tweets from our politics editor, \u003ca href=\"https://twitter.com/scottshafer\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Scott Shafer\u003c/a>, who was at the San Francisco Board of Supervisors meeting, waiting to hear if the board would appoint a new interim mayor until the June special election or stick with London Breed.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>I followed along and was blown away when after hours of public comment and discussion, Mark Farrell, a moderate supervisor I hadn't heard mentioned once in the mayor's discussion, was appointed interim mayor thanks in large part to the machinations of the board's uber-progressive voices like Hillary Ronen. The chamber erupted in jeers with many of London Breed's supporters accusing the board of sexism and racism for not sticking with the city's first African American woman acting mayor.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch3>2. \u003ca href=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/2018/01/22/stockton-gets-ready-to-experiment-with-universal-basic-income/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Universal basic income is coming to Stockton\u003c/a>\u003c/h3>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11643583\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003ca href=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/01/RS4328_147225167-e1516659787443.jpg\">\u003cimg class=\"size-medium wp-image-11643583\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/01/RS4328_147225167-800x581.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"800\" height=\"581\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Stockton is going to experiment with giving some residents a monthly income, no strings attached. \u003ccite>(Justin Sullivan/Getty Images)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Universal basic income, or UBI, is one of those ideas that I feel like I started hearing about all of a sudden a few years ago. Maybe it has something to do with moving to Silicon Valley, where some techies are particularly enamored with the idea of giving folks money, no strings attached, just for being people.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003c/div>","attributes":{"named":{},"numeric":[]}},{"type":"component","content":"","name":"ad","attributes":{"named":{"label":"fullwidth"},"numeric":["fullwidth"]}},{"type":"contentString","content":"\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The city of Stockton is hoping a UBI can spur some economic growth as it rolls out a \u003ca href=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/2018/01/22/stockton-gets-ready-to-experiment-with-universal-basic-income/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">small pilot program\u003c/a> where a few dozen families will get $500 a month for a year, and the city will study how they spend the money and how the money affects their self-esteem and identity.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Apparently UBI was first suggested by Richard Nixon as an answer to post-industrial job losses, and at least one Stanford professor says it could do more for a city than offering up millions to lure in big corporate residents (looking at you, Amazon.)\u003c/p>\n\u003ch3>3. \u003ca href=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/2018/01/22/what-you-need-to-know-about-california-real-id-drivers-licenses/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">What you need to know about REAL ID\u003c/a>\u003c/h3>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11643619\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003ca href=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/01/Screen-Shot-2018-01-22-at-2.30.36-PM.png\">\u003cimg class=\"size-medium wp-image-11643619\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/01/Screen-Shot-2018-01-22-at-2.30.36-PM-800x536.png\" alt=\"This is what a California "Real ID" driver's license will look like. The federally compliant license can be used to board a domestic flight beginning in 2020.\" width=\"800\" height=\"536\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/01/Screen-Shot-2018-01-22-at-2.30.36-PM-800x536.png 800w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/01/Screen-Shot-2018-01-22-at-2.30.36-PM-160x107.png 160w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/01/Screen-Shot-2018-01-22-at-2.30.36-PM-1020x683.png 1020w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/01/Screen-Shot-2018-01-22-at-2.30.36-PM-1180x790.png 1180w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/01/Screen-Shot-2018-01-22-at-2.30.36-PM-960x643.png 960w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/01/Screen-Shot-2018-01-22-at-2.30.36-PM-240x161.png 240w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/01/Screen-Shot-2018-01-22-at-2.30.36-PM-375x251.png 375w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/01/Screen-Shot-2018-01-22-at-2.30.36-PM-520x348.png 520w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/01/Screen-Shot-2018-01-22-at-2.30.36-PM.png 1284w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">This is what a California \"Real ID\" driver's license will look like. The federally compliant license can be used to board a domestic flight beginning in 2020. \u003ccite>(Courtesy of DMV)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Quick background on me: I was born and raised in Minnesota, went to school in Missouri and now live in California. While those three states might not seem to share much in common, one thing they do share is they have been very slow to comply with something called the \u003ca href=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/2018/01/22/what-you-need-to-know-about-california-real-id-drivers-licenses/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">REAL ID Act.\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Essentially, the REAL ID Act is a law passed by Congress that told states they had to make their IDs and driver's licenses meet certain standards by a certain date or their residents wouldn't be able to use those IDs to do things like get on an airplane. Most states fell in line, but my three states were laggards meaning I've spent the last several years nervously hoping I didn't miss a deadline and wouldn't find myself turned away at SFO or MSP.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Thankfully, we don't have to worry about that happening until Oct. 1, 2020, when the regulations kick into full effect. Some other stuff to know:\u003c/p>\n\u003cul>\n\u003cli>You don't need to get a Real ID. You just won't be able to use your state ID to get on a plane or military base.\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>Undocumented immigrants with IDs through AB 60 won't be eligible for Real IDs.\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>You must apply for a Real ID in person at the DMV.\u003c/li>\n\u003c/ul>\n\u003ch3>4. \u003ca href=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/futureofyou/2018/01/22/why-sexual-harassment-victims-often-cant-just-get-over-it/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">The lasting effects of sexual harassment\u003c/a>\u003c/h3>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11643565\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003ca href=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/01/ww2.kqed_.orgiStock-477168665-800x599-8e0186c1df6775e3343d3c6a864e9fbb566b28b4.jpg\">\u003cimg class=\"size-medium wp-image-11643565\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/01/ww2.kqed_.orgiStock-477168665-800x599-8e0186c1df6775e3343d3c6a864e9fbb566b28b4-800x599.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"800\" height=\"599\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/01/ww2.kqed_.orgiStock-477168665-800x599-8e0186c1df6775e3343d3c6a864e9fbb566b28b4.jpg 800w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/01/ww2.kqed_.orgiStock-477168665-800x599-8e0186c1df6775e3343d3c6a864e9fbb566b28b4-160x120.jpg 160w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/01/ww2.kqed_.orgiStock-477168665-800x599-8e0186c1df6775e3343d3c6a864e9fbb566b28b4-240x180.jpg 240w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/01/ww2.kqed_.orgiStock-477168665-800x599-8e0186c1df6775e3343d3c6a864e9fbb566b28b4-375x281.jpg 375w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/01/ww2.kqed_.orgiStock-477168665-800x599-8e0186c1df6775e3343d3c6a864e9fbb566b28b4-520x389.jpg 520w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">The effects of sexual harassment can be physical and last a lifetime. \u003ccite>(Getty Images)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>We're living through a period of reckoning when it comes to sexual assault and harassment. One of the things we're learning is that harassment isn't just something that happens in the moment; its effects can last for decades. Those effects aren't just psychological or emotional -- \u003ca href=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/futureofyou/2018/01/22/why-sexual-harassment-victims-often-cant-just-get-over-it/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">they're physical\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Cindy Patterson had a competitive job at a high-powered financial institution 25 years ago, and she faced regular sexual harassment. Patterson says she's still dealing with effects from that harassment all these years later, and Stanford psychiatrist and stress expert David Spiegel says that's not surprising.\u003c/p>\n\u003cblockquote>\u003cp>As in any potentially dangerous situation, sexual harassment triggers the release of adrenaline and cortisol, which quickens heart rate and raises blood pressure, muscle tension and blood glucose levels. The response is evolutionary: The extra energy fuels our ability to flee or do combat.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>An occasional spike in stress hormones isn’t harmful, Spiegel says, but if a victim starts living in a chronic state of high alert, it can be toxic to the nervous system.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“The office becomes a place you can’t assume your safety and go about your work; instead you’re also worrying about the potential for psychological or physical assault,” Spiegel says. “This chronic activation of the nervous system can lead to a kind of burnout, where your body is overreacting much of the time, and it exhausts you.”\u003c/p>\u003c/blockquote>\n\u003ch3>5. \u003ca href=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/2018/01/26/new-museum-in-berkeley-worships-the-art-of-smell/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">No, I don't want sperm whale poop in my perfume\u003c/a>\u003c/h3>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11644754\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003ca href=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/01/AftelArchiveMain.jpg\">\u003cimg class=\"size-medium wp-image-11644754\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/01/AftelArchiveMain-800x555.jpg\" alt=\"The Aftel Archive of Curious Scents is a museum in Berkeley dedicated to natural perfumes.\" width=\"800\" height=\"555\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/01/AftelArchiveMain-800x555.jpg 800w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/01/AftelArchiveMain-160x111.jpg 160w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/01/AftelArchiveMain-1020x708.jpg 1020w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/01/AftelArchiveMain.jpg 1920w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/01/AftelArchiveMain-1180x819.jpg 1180w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/01/AftelArchiveMain-960x667.jpg 960w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/01/AftelArchiveMain-240x167.jpg 240w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/01/AftelArchiveMain-375x260.jpg 375w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/01/AftelArchiveMain-520x361.jpg 520w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">The Aftel Archive of Curious Scents is a museum in Berkeley dedicated to natural perfumes. \u003ccite>(Bianca Taylor/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Apparently, one of the most sought after ingredients for perfumes across cultures and civilizations is something called ambergris, which is effectively sperm whale poop.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>How do I know this? Because there is a \u003ca href=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/2018/01/26/new-museum-in-berkeley-worships-the-art-of-smell/\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">museum in Berkeley\u003c/a> dedicated to everything olfactory. It's run by Mandy Aftel, and this is how she describes ambergris:\u003c/p>\n\u003cblockquote>\u003cp>She holds the bottle close to her nose. “It’s got a kind of like a sparkly quality to the smell, if that makes any sense,” she says. “And it’s soft and deep but also light, and kind of feels like it reflects light. It’s a kind of wonder.”\u003c/p>\u003c/blockquote>\n\u003cp>To each their own, I guess.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch1>\u003ca href=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/2018/01/25/north-bay-fires-what-took-authorities-so-long-to-warn-people/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Before you go...\u003c/a>\u003c/h1>\n\u003cp>KQED reporters have spent months listening through hours of 911 calls and dispatch calls from the first night of the deadly North Bay fires last October. They found that in Sonoma County, there was a \u003ca href=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/2018/01/25/north-bay-fires-what-took-authorities-so-long-to-warn-people/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">one-hour delay\u003c/a> between when Cal Fire asked local officials to send out evacuation orders and when the calls went out.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003c/div>","attributes":{"named":{},"numeric":[]}},{"type":"component","content":"","name":"ad","attributes":{"named":{"label":"floatright"},"numeric":["floatright"]}},{"type":"contentString","content":"\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003c/p>\u003cp>\u003cspan class='utils-parseShortcode-shortcodes-__youtubeShortcode__embedYoutube'>\n \u003cspan class='utils-parseShortcode-shortcodes-__youtubeShortcode__embedYoutubeInside'>\n \u003ciframe\n loading='lazy'\n class='utils-parseShortcode-shortcodes-__youtubeShortcode__youtubePlayer'\n type='text/html'\n src='//www.youtube.com/embed/S06shHLLLjk'\n 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but the news never stops. \u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Here's what else happened this week:\u003c/p>\n\u003ch3>1. \u003ca href=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/arts/2018/01/17/google-arts-and-culture-selfie-app-inherits-art-world-disparities/\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">No, Google, that doesn't look like me\u003c/a>\u003c/h3>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11643441\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 768px\">\u003ca href=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/01/GoogleArts_780_Head-768x432.jpg\">\u003cimg src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/01/GoogleArts_780_Head-768x432.jpg\" alt=\"The google selfie feature on the Google Arts and Culture app has been less enjoyable for many people of color.\" width=\"768\" height=\"432\" class=\"size-full wp-image-11643441\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/01/GoogleArts_780_Head-768x432.jpg 768w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/01/GoogleArts_780_Head-768x432-160x90.jpg 160w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/01/GoogleArts_780_Head-768x432-240x135.jpg 240w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/01/GoogleArts_780_Head-768x432-375x211.jpg 375w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/01/GoogleArts_780_Head-768x432-520x293.jpg 520w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 768px) 100vw, 768px\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">The google selfie feature on the Google Arts and Culture app has been less enjoyable for many people of color. \u003ccite>(Collage by Lina Blanco-Ogden)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>One of the most popular stories on our site this week was a \u003ca href=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/arts/2018/01/17/google-arts-and-culture-selfie-app-inherits-art-world-disparities/\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">more nuanced look\u003c/a> at our new obsession with Google's Arts and Culture app. A new feature in the app allows users to take a selfie and match it with historical artworks from around the world.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>While there were no shortage of creepy pale figures for a white guy like me to match with, the app has been a very different experience for people of color, who often find themselves matched with a small number of stereotypical images.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>https://twitter.com/liluzi_girth/status/951913732782854149\u003cbr>\nhttps://twitter.com/ryankubo/status/953292632481918976 \u003c/p>\n\u003ch3>2. \u003ca href=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/2018/01/19/your-sons-are-playing-against-each-other-in-the-nfc-championship-who-do-you-root-for/\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Which of your sons would you want to get into the Super Bowl?\u003c/a>\u003c/h3>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11642969\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003ca href=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/01/Kendricks-brothers.jpg\">\u003cimg src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/01/Kendricks-brothers-800x450.jpg\" alt=\"Marvin Kendricks cherishes signed photos of his sons, Mychal and Eric, both NFL players.\" width=\"800\" height=\"450\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-11642969\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/01/Kendricks-brothers-800x450.jpg 800w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/01/Kendricks-brothers-160x90.jpg 160w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/01/Kendricks-brothers-1020x574.jpg 1020w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/01/Kendricks-brothers-1920x1080.jpg 1920w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/01/Kendricks-brothers-1180x664.jpg 1180w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/01/Kendricks-brothers-960x540.jpg 960w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/01/Kendricks-brothers-240x135.jpg 240w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/01/Kendricks-brothers-375x211.jpg 375w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/01/Kendricks-brothers-520x293.jpg 520w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Marvin Kendricks cherishes signed photos of his sons, Mychal (L) and Eric, both NFL players. \u003ccite>(Katrina Schwartz/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>I spent most of last Sunday afternoon alternating between cautious excitement and resigned disappointment, culminating in \u003ca href=\"https://www.si.com/nfl/2018/01/15/minnesota-vikings-fan-reaction-videos-setfon-diggs-touchdown-vs-saints\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">sheer euphoria and disbelief\u003c/a> when my Minnesota Vikings pulled off a last-second victory over the New Orleans Saints. \u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>That sets up a match-up today between the Vikings and the Philadelphia Eagles with the winner headed to the Super Bowl. That poses a bit of a conundrum for the \u003ca href=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/2018/01/19/your-sons-are-playing-against-each-other-in-the-nfc-championship-who-do-you-root-for/\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Fresno parents\u003c/a> of Eric and Mychal Kendricks; Eric plays for the Vikings and Mychal for the Eagles.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>My favorite part of the story is when the boys' dad, Marvin, completely flip-flopped on who he wants to win the game.\u003c/p>\n\u003cblockquote>\u003cp>“I’m a little partial towards my baby boy, Eric, ‘cuz he went to UCLA and that’s my alma mater,” said Marvin, who was a running back for UCLA in the early 1970s.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Whatever Mychal does, Eric does better. They’re both great athletes.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But worried about the long-term health outcomes for football players, Marvin doesn’t want his sons to play more than 10 years. Mychal’s already in his sixth NFL season, and Marvin would like to see him get a Super Bowl win.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I’d like to see Mychal go this time,” he said later in our interview. “Philly hasn’t gone and he’s been in the league six years now. He’s got less time left than Eric. Eric, their team is young enough I think they’ll be back again real soon.”\u003c/p>\u003c/blockquote>\n\u003ch3>3. \u003ca href=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/2018/01/19/my-life-is-new-janitor-fights-back-after-assault-on-the-night-shift/\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Before there was #MeToo, there was Georgina\u003c/a>\u003c/h3>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11642817\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003ca href=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/01/RS28915_A006C009_171203F60-qut.jpg\">\u003cimg src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/01/RS28915_A006C009_171203F60-qut-800x450.jpg\" alt=\"Georgina Hernandez speaks after a self-defense class held for women janitors by The Maintenance Cooperation Trust Fund. The organization plans to take this training to the buildings where the janitors work at night.\" width=\"800\" height=\"450\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-11642817\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/01/RS28915_A006C009_171203F60-qut-800x450.jpg 800w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/01/RS28915_A006C009_171203F60-qut-160x90.jpg 160w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/01/RS28915_A006C009_171203F60-qut-1020x574.jpg 1020w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/01/RS28915_A006C009_171203F60-qut.jpg 1920w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/01/RS28915_A006C009_171203F60-qut-1180x664.jpg 1180w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/01/RS28915_A006C009_171203F60-qut-960x540.jpg 960w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/01/RS28915_A006C009_171203F60-qut-240x135.jpg 240w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/01/RS28915_A006C009_171203F60-qut-375x211.jpg 375w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/01/RS28915_A006C009_171203F60-qut-520x293.jpg 520w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Georgina Hernandez speaks after a self-defense class held for women janitors by The Maintenance Cooperation Trust Fund. The organization plans to take this training to the buildings where the janitors work at night. \u003ccite>(Claudio Rocha/FRONTLINE)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Back in 2015, years before #MeToo launched a national conversation about sexual harassment and assault, a bunch of immigrant night janitors in California spoke out about their experiences. \u003c/p>\n\u003cp>One of them was \u003ca href=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/2018/01/19/my-life-is-new-janitor-fights-back-after-assault-on-the-night-shift/\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Georgina Hernandez\u003c/a>, a night janitor working in Los Angeles, who was raped by her supervisor. Hernandez joined with other janitors to share their stories and even went on a five-day hunger strike to urge Gov. Jerry Brown to sign new legislation protecting janitors. \u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Now, as the rest of the country is forced to face the ubiquitous problem of sexual harassment in our workplaces, Hernandez has been transformed by telling her story. “My life is new,” she says. “I almost don’t even recognize myself. Now I’m confident in myself, I’m not afraid. Before I was afraid of my own shadow. I’m not afraid of anything anymore.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>(If you have some extra time, I highly recommend checking out the entire \"\u003ca href=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/tag/night-shift/\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Rape on the Night Shift\"\u003c/a> series, which shared these women's stories and helped change the law.)\u003c/p>\n\u003ch3>4. \u003ca href=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/2018/01/18/why-a-tire-shop-built-the-citys-biggest-fortune-cookie/\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Come for the tires, come back for the quotes\u003c/a>\u003c/h3>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11642432\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003ca href=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/01/TireShopSignMashup2.jpg\">\u003cimg src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/01/TireShopSignMashup2-800x450.jpg\" alt=\"The sign in front of Khan and Keville, a tire shop in San Francisco's Tenderloin neighborhood.\" width=\"800\" height=\"450\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-11642432\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/01/TireShopSignMashup2-800x450.jpg 800w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/01/TireShopSignMashup2-160x90.jpg 160w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/01/TireShopSignMashup2-1020x574.jpg 1020w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/01/TireShopSignMashup2.jpg 1920w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/01/TireShopSignMashup2-1180x664.jpg 1180w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/01/TireShopSignMashup2-960x540.jpg 960w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/01/TireShopSignMashup2-240x135.jpg 240w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/01/TireShopSignMashup2-375x211.jpg 375w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/01/TireShopSignMashup2-520x293.jpg 520w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">The sign in front of Kahn and Keville, a tire shop in San Francisco's Tenderloin neighborhood.\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>The Kahn and Keville tire shop in San Francisco's Tenderloin is famous with locals for \u003ca href=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/2018/01/18/why-a-tire-shop-built-the-citys-biggest-fortune-cookie/\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">its towering sign\u003c/a> that features quirky and sometimes inspirational quotes. \u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/series/baycurious/\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Bay Curious\u003c/a> dug into the backstory and found that it all started with one of the shop's founders who kept a book of quotes to help carry him through while he served in World War I.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Back at his tire shop in San Francisco, he shared the quotes with customers and eventually built the nearly 7-foot tall sign just for the quotes. It's never advertised any prices or products. How cool is that?\u003c/p>\n\u003ch3>5. \u003ca href=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/2018/01/18/family-says-sons-teacher-used-anti-muslim-propaganda-to-teach-about-islam/\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">How do you deal with Islamaphobia in the schools?\u003c/a>\u003c/h3>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11642265\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003ca href=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/01/CAIRPresserQuddus.jpg\">\u003cimg src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/01/CAIRPresserQuddus-800x534.jpg\" alt=\"Azfar Quddus and Carolyn Rodriguez-Quddus make a statement to the media during a press conference in Anaheim on Jan. 11, 2018.\" width=\"800\" height=\"534\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-11642265\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/01/CAIRPresserQuddus-800x534.jpg 800w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/01/CAIRPresserQuddus-160x107.jpg 160w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/01/CAIRPresserQuddus-1020x681.jpg 1020w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/01/CAIRPresserQuddus.jpg 1920w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/01/CAIRPresserQuddus-1180x788.jpg 1180w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/01/CAIRPresserQuddus-960x641.jpg 960w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/01/CAIRPresserQuddus-240x160.jpg 240w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/01/CAIRPresserQuddus-375x250.jpg 375w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/01/CAIRPresserQuddus-520x347.jpg 520w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Azfar Quddus and Carolyn Rodriguez-Quddus make a statement to the media during a press conference in Anaheim on Jan. 11, 2018. \u003ccite>(Jeff Gritchen, \u003ca href=\"https://www.ocregister.com/2018/01/11/appeal-filed-over-appalling-islamophobic-teaching-material-distributed-in-7th-grade-social-studies-class/\">Orange County Register/SCNG\u003c/a>)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>A few months ago, a social studies teacher in the Mesa Union School District sent his students home with a handout purporting to interpret Islamic law and the Quran. But, according to Islamic studies professors, the handout provides a \u003ca href=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/2018/01/18/family-says-sons-teacher-used-anti-muslim-propaganda-to-teach-about-islam/\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">distorted picture of Islam\u003c/a>, relying on strict interpretations of Quranic verse.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>It also appears some of the information was taken from a website that promotes a radical view of Christianity, saying Satan uses Muslims to kill Christians and that people should be afraid of Islam.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>When Azfar Quddus’ 12-year-old son brought the handout home, he told KQED he was not pleased. \u003c/p>\n\u003cblockquote>\u003cp>“I told my son, ‘This is not what Islam is and what this sheet is saying has nothing to do with our religion,’ ” Quddus says.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“ ‘That’s not what my friends think,’ ” Quddus remembers his son saying. “ ‘They think that’s what Islam is.’ ”\u003c/p>\u003c/blockquote>\n\u003ch1>\u003ca href=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/2018/01/21/after-40-years-of-silence-a-vietnam-vet-uses-photos-for-healing/\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Before you go...\u003c/a>\n\u003c/h1>\u003cp>Steven Burchik didn't talk about his military in service for 40 years. But now the \u003ca href=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/2018/01/21/after-40-years-of-silence-a-vietnam-vet-uses-photos-for-healing/\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">photographs he took\u003c/a> while he served have given him a way to process and share his experiences.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SEH5zV8tmHw\u003c/p>\n\n","blocks":[],"excerpt":"Everyone has heard about the government shutdown and the Women's Marches. But what else happened this week?","status":"publish","parent":0,"modified":1516569371,"stats":{"hasAudio":false,"hasVideo":true,"hasChartOrMap":false,"iframeSrcs":[],"hasGoogleForm":false,"hasGallery":false,"hasHearkenModule":false,"hasPolis":false,"paragraphCount":25,"wordCount":1050},"headData":{"title":"Weekend Reads: Football Brothers Battle and Night Janitors Fight Back | KQED","description":"Everyone has heard about the government shutdown and the Women's Marches. But what else happened this week?","ogTitle":"","ogDescription":"","ogImgId":"","twTitle":"","twDescription":"","twImgId":"","schema":{"@context":"http://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","headline":"Weekend Reads: Football Brothers Battle and Night Janitors Fight Back","datePublished":"2018-01-21T21:16:11.000Z","dateModified":"2018-01-21T21:16:11.000Z","image":"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/02/KQED-OG-Image@1x.png","isAccessibleForFree":"Y","publisher":{"@type":"NewsMediaOrganization","@id":"https://www.kqed.org/#organization","name":"KQED","url":"https://www.kqed.org","logo":"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/02/KQED-OG-Image@1x.png"}}},"disqusIdentifier":"11643364 https://ww2.kqed.org/news/?p=11643364","disqusUrl":"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/2018/01/21/weekend-reads-football-brothers-battle-and-night-janitors-fight-back/","disqusTitle":"Weekend Reads: Football Brothers Battle and Night Janitors Fight Back","path":"/news/11643364/weekend-reads-football-brothers-battle-and-night-janitors-fight-back","audioTrackLength":null,"parsedContent":[{"type":"contentString","content":"\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003cp>The government may be shut down, but the news never stops. \u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Here's what else happened this week:\u003c/p>\n\u003ch3>1. \u003ca href=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/arts/2018/01/17/google-arts-and-culture-selfie-app-inherits-art-world-disparities/\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">No, Google, that doesn't look like me\u003c/a>\u003c/h3>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11643441\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 768px\">\u003ca href=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/01/GoogleArts_780_Head-768x432.jpg\">\u003cimg src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/01/GoogleArts_780_Head-768x432.jpg\" alt=\"The google selfie feature on the Google Arts and Culture app has been less enjoyable for many people of color.\" width=\"768\" height=\"432\" class=\"size-full wp-image-11643441\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/01/GoogleArts_780_Head-768x432.jpg 768w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/01/GoogleArts_780_Head-768x432-160x90.jpg 160w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/01/GoogleArts_780_Head-768x432-240x135.jpg 240w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/01/GoogleArts_780_Head-768x432-375x211.jpg 375w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/01/GoogleArts_780_Head-768x432-520x293.jpg 520w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 768px) 100vw, 768px\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">The google selfie feature on the Google Arts and Culture app has been less enjoyable for many people of color. \u003ccite>(Collage by Lina Blanco-Ogden)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>One of the most popular stories on our site this week was a \u003ca href=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/arts/2018/01/17/google-arts-and-culture-selfie-app-inherits-art-world-disparities/\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">more nuanced look\u003c/a> at our new obsession with Google's Arts and Culture app. A new feature in the app allows users to take a selfie and match it with historical artworks from around the world.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>While there were no shortage of creepy pale figures for a white guy like me to match with, the app has been a very different experience for people of color, who often find themselves matched with a small number of stereotypical images.\u003c/p>\u003c/p>\u003c/div>","attributes":{"named":{},"numeric":[]}},{"type":"component","content":"","name":"singleTwitterStatus","attributes":{"named":{"id":"951913732782854149"},"numeric":[]}},{"type":"contentString","content":"\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003cbr>\u003c/p>\u003c/div>","attributes":{"named":{},"numeric":[]}},{"type":"component","content":"","name":"singleTwitterStatus","attributes":{"named":{"id":"953292632481918976"},"numeric":[]}},{"type":"contentString","content":"\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp> \u003c/p>\n\u003ch3>2. \u003ca href=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/2018/01/19/your-sons-are-playing-against-each-other-in-the-nfc-championship-who-do-you-root-for/\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Which of your sons would you want to get into the Super Bowl?\u003c/a>\u003c/h3>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11642969\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003ca href=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/01/Kendricks-brothers.jpg\">\u003cimg src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/01/Kendricks-brothers-800x450.jpg\" alt=\"Marvin Kendricks cherishes signed photos of his sons, Mychal and Eric, both NFL players.\" width=\"800\" height=\"450\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-11642969\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/01/Kendricks-brothers-800x450.jpg 800w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/01/Kendricks-brothers-160x90.jpg 160w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/01/Kendricks-brothers-1020x574.jpg 1020w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/01/Kendricks-brothers-1920x1080.jpg 1920w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/01/Kendricks-brothers-1180x664.jpg 1180w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/01/Kendricks-brothers-960x540.jpg 960w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/01/Kendricks-brothers-240x135.jpg 240w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/01/Kendricks-brothers-375x211.jpg 375w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/01/Kendricks-brothers-520x293.jpg 520w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Marvin Kendricks cherishes signed photos of his sons, Mychal (L) and Eric, both NFL players. \u003ccite>(Katrina Schwartz/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>I spent most of last Sunday afternoon alternating between cautious excitement and resigned disappointment, culminating in \u003ca href=\"https://www.si.com/nfl/2018/01/15/minnesota-vikings-fan-reaction-videos-setfon-diggs-touchdown-vs-saints\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">sheer euphoria and disbelief\u003c/a> when my Minnesota Vikings pulled off a last-second victory over the New Orleans Saints. \u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003c/div>","attributes":{"named":{},"numeric":[]}},{"type":"component","content":"","name":"ad","attributes":{"named":{"label":"fullwidth"},"numeric":["fullwidth"]}},{"type":"contentString","content":"\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>That sets up a match-up today between the Vikings and the Philadelphia Eagles with the winner headed to the Super Bowl. That poses a bit of a conundrum for the \u003ca href=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/2018/01/19/your-sons-are-playing-against-each-other-in-the-nfc-championship-who-do-you-root-for/\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Fresno parents\u003c/a> of Eric and Mychal Kendricks; Eric plays for the Vikings and Mychal for the Eagles.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>My favorite part of the story is when the boys' dad, Marvin, completely flip-flopped on who he wants to win the game.\u003c/p>\n\u003cblockquote>\u003cp>“I’m a little partial towards my baby boy, Eric, ‘cuz he went to UCLA and that’s my alma mater,” said Marvin, who was a running back for UCLA in the early 1970s.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Whatever Mychal does, Eric does better. They’re both great athletes.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But worried about the long-term health outcomes for football players, Marvin doesn’t want his sons to play more than 10 years. Mychal’s already in his sixth NFL season, and Marvin would like to see him get a Super Bowl win.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I’d like to see Mychal go this time,” he said later in our interview. “Philly hasn’t gone and he’s been in the league six years now. He’s got less time left than Eric. Eric, their team is young enough I think they’ll be back again real soon.”\u003c/p>\u003c/blockquote>\n\u003ch3>3. \u003ca href=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/2018/01/19/my-life-is-new-janitor-fights-back-after-assault-on-the-night-shift/\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Before there was #MeToo, there was Georgina\u003c/a>\u003c/h3>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11642817\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003ca href=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/01/RS28915_A006C009_171203F60-qut.jpg\">\u003cimg src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/01/RS28915_A006C009_171203F60-qut-800x450.jpg\" alt=\"Georgina Hernandez speaks after a self-defense class held for women janitors by The Maintenance Cooperation Trust Fund. The organization plans to take this training to the buildings where the janitors work at night.\" width=\"800\" height=\"450\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-11642817\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/01/RS28915_A006C009_171203F60-qut-800x450.jpg 800w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/01/RS28915_A006C009_171203F60-qut-160x90.jpg 160w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/01/RS28915_A006C009_171203F60-qut-1020x574.jpg 1020w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/01/RS28915_A006C009_171203F60-qut.jpg 1920w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/01/RS28915_A006C009_171203F60-qut-1180x664.jpg 1180w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/01/RS28915_A006C009_171203F60-qut-960x540.jpg 960w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/01/RS28915_A006C009_171203F60-qut-240x135.jpg 240w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/01/RS28915_A006C009_171203F60-qut-375x211.jpg 375w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/01/RS28915_A006C009_171203F60-qut-520x293.jpg 520w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Georgina Hernandez speaks after a self-defense class held for women janitors by The Maintenance Cooperation Trust Fund. The organization plans to take this training to the buildings where the janitors work at night. \u003ccite>(Claudio Rocha/FRONTLINE)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Back in 2015, years before #MeToo launched a national conversation about sexual harassment and assault, a bunch of immigrant night janitors in California spoke out about their experiences. \u003c/p>\n\u003cp>One of them was \u003ca href=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/2018/01/19/my-life-is-new-janitor-fights-back-after-assault-on-the-night-shift/\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Georgina Hernandez\u003c/a>, a night janitor working in Los Angeles, who was raped by her supervisor. Hernandez joined with other janitors to share their stories and even went on a five-day hunger strike to urge Gov. Jerry Brown to sign new legislation protecting janitors. \u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Now, as the rest of the country is forced to face the ubiquitous problem of sexual harassment in our workplaces, Hernandez has been transformed by telling her story. “My life is new,” she says. “I almost don’t even recognize myself. Now I’m confident in myself, I’m not afraid. Before I was afraid of my own shadow. I’m not afraid of anything anymore.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>(If you have some extra time, I highly recommend checking out the entire \"\u003ca href=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/tag/night-shift/\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Rape on the Night Shift\"\u003c/a> series, which shared these women's stories and helped change the law.)\u003c/p>\n\u003ch3>4. \u003ca href=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/2018/01/18/why-a-tire-shop-built-the-citys-biggest-fortune-cookie/\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Come for the tires, come back for the quotes\u003c/a>\u003c/h3>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11642432\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003ca href=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/01/TireShopSignMashup2.jpg\">\u003cimg src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/01/TireShopSignMashup2-800x450.jpg\" alt=\"The sign in front of Khan and Keville, a tire shop in San Francisco's Tenderloin neighborhood.\" width=\"800\" height=\"450\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-11642432\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/01/TireShopSignMashup2-800x450.jpg 800w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/01/TireShopSignMashup2-160x90.jpg 160w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/01/TireShopSignMashup2-1020x574.jpg 1020w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/01/TireShopSignMashup2.jpg 1920w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/01/TireShopSignMashup2-1180x664.jpg 1180w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/01/TireShopSignMashup2-960x540.jpg 960w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/01/TireShopSignMashup2-240x135.jpg 240w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/01/TireShopSignMashup2-375x211.jpg 375w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/01/TireShopSignMashup2-520x293.jpg 520w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">The sign in front of Kahn and Keville, a tire shop in San Francisco's Tenderloin neighborhood.\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>The Kahn and Keville tire shop in San Francisco's Tenderloin is famous with locals for \u003ca href=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/2018/01/18/why-a-tire-shop-built-the-citys-biggest-fortune-cookie/\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">its towering sign\u003c/a> that features quirky and sometimes inspirational quotes. \u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/series/baycurious/\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Bay Curious\u003c/a> dug into the backstory and found that it all started with one of the shop's founders who kept a book of quotes to help carry him through while he served in World War I.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Back at his tire shop in San Francisco, he shared the quotes with customers and eventually built the nearly 7-foot tall sign just for the quotes. It's never advertised any prices or products. How cool is that?\u003c/p>\n\u003ch3>5. \u003ca href=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/2018/01/18/family-says-sons-teacher-used-anti-muslim-propaganda-to-teach-about-islam/\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">How do you deal with Islamaphobia in the schools?\u003c/a>\u003c/h3>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11642265\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003ca href=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/01/CAIRPresserQuddus.jpg\">\u003cimg src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/01/CAIRPresserQuddus-800x534.jpg\" alt=\"Azfar Quddus and Carolyn Rodriguez-Quddus make a statement to the media during a press conference in Anaheim on Jan. 11, 2018.\" width=\"800\" height=\"534\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-11642265\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/01/CAIRPresserQuddus-800x534.jpg 800w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/01/CAIRPresserQuddus-160x107.jpg 160w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/01/CAIRPresserQuddus-1020x681.jpg 1020w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/01/CAIRPresserQuddus.jpg 1920w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/01/CAIRPresserQuddus-1180x788.jpg 1180w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/01/CAIRPresserQuddus-960x641.jpg 960w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/01/CAIRPresserQuddus-240x160.jpg 240w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/01/CAIRPresserQuddus-375x250.jpg 375w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/01/CAIRPresserQuddus-520x347.jpg 520w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Azfar Quddus and Carolyn Rodriguez-Quddus make a statement to the media during a press conference in Anaheim on Jan. 11, 2018. \u003ccite>(Jeff Gritchen, \u003ca href=\"https://www.ocregister.com/2018/01/11/appeal-filed-over-appalling-islamophobic-teaching-material-distributed-in-7th-grade-social-studies-class/\">Orange County Register/SCNG\u003c/a>)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>A few months ago, a social studies teacher in the Mesa Union School District sent his students home with a handout purporting to interpret Islamic law and the Quran. But, according to Islamic studies professors, the handout provides a \u003ca href=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/2018/01/18/family-says-sons-teacher-used-anti-muslim-propaganda-to-teach-about-islam/\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">distorted picture of Islam\u003c/a>, relying on strict interpretations of Quranic verse.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>It also appears some of the information was taken from a website that promotes a radical view of Christianity, saying Satan uses Muslims to kill Christians and that people should be afraid of Islam.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>When Azfar Quddus’ 12-year-old son brought the handout home, he told KQED he was not pleased. \u003c/p>\n\u003cblockquote>\u003cp>“I told my son, ‘This is not what Islam is and what this sheet is saying has nothing to do with our religion,’ ” Quddus says.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“ ‘That’s not what my friends think,’ ” Quddus remembers his son saying. “ ‘They think that’s what Islam is.’ ”\u003c/p>\u003c/blockquote>\n\u003ch1>\u003ca href=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/2018/01/21/after-40-years-of-silence-a-vietnam-vet-uses-photos-for-healing/\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Before you go...\u003c/a>\n\u003c/h1>\u003cp>Steven Burchik didn't talk about his military in service for 40 years. But now the \u003ca href=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/2018/01/21/after-40-years-of-silence-a-vietnam-vet-uses-photos-for-healing/\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">photographs he took\u003c/a> while he served have given him a way to process and share his experiences.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003c/p>\u003cp>\u003cspan class='utils-parseShortcode-shortcodes-__youtubeShortcode__embedYoutube'>\n \u003cspan class='utils-parseShortcode-shortcodes-__youtubeShortcode__embedYoutubeInside'>\n \u003ciframe\n loading='lazy'\n class='utils-parseShortcode-shortcodes-__youtubeShortcode__youtubePlayer'\n type='text/html'\n src='//www.youtube.com/embed/SEH5zV8tmHw'\n title='//www.youtube.com/embed/SEH5zV8tmHw'\n allowfullscreen='true'\n style='border:0;'>\u003c/iframe>\n \u003c/span>\n \u003c/span>\u003c/p>\u003cp>\n\u003c/div>\u003c/p>","attributes":{"named":{},"numeric":[]}}],"link":"/news/11643364/weekend-reads-football-brothers-battle-and-night-janitors-fight-back","authors":["11260"],"programs":["news_6944","news_72"],"categories":["news_223","news_18540","news_8"],"tags":["news_19542","news_22121"],"featImg":"news_11643465","label":"news_72"},"news_11640552":{"type":"posts","id":"news_11640552","meta":{"index":"posts_1591205157","site":"news","id":"11640552","score":null,"sort":[1515348048000]},"guestAuthors":[],"slug":"weekend-reads-nosy-personal-assistants-and-dueling-lightsabers","title":"Weekend Reads: Nosy Personal Assistants and Dueling Lightsabers","publishDate":1515348048,"format":"standard","headTitle":"The California Report | KQED News","labelTerm":{"term":72,"site":"news"},"content":"\u003cp>It might be a new year, but the news tsunami rolls on undeterred. \u003c/p>\n\u003cp>This week, it was wall-to-wall coverage on a new book airing the Trump administration's dirty laundry and a deadly winter storm out East. \u003c/p>\n\u003cp>So what else happened this week? I'm glad you asked.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch3>1. \u003ca href=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/2018/01/01/drive-walk-or-take-transit-these-new-california-laws-are-for-you/\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">New year, new rules of the road\u003c/a>\u003c/h3>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11639753\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003ca href=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/01/GettyImages-73882907-e1514851617564.jpg\">\u003cimg src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/01/GettyImages-73882907-800x533.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"800\" height=\"533\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-11639753\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">There are a lot of new laws hitting the streets in 2018. \u003ccite>(David McNew/Getty Images)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>The most popular story on our site this week was a \u003ca href=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/2018/01/01/drive-walk-or-take-transit-these-new-california-laws-are-for-you/\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">rundown of new laws\u003c/a> that will affect anyone who drives, walks, uses bridges, parks a car, takes public transit or uses a ride-hailing app. So, basically all of us. \u003c/p>\n\u003cp>A few that stood out to me:\u003c/p>\n\u003cul>\n\u003cli>It's no longer illegal to enter a crosswalk when it's counting down.\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>Starting July 1, Uber, Lyft and other ride-hailing drivers will be subject to a 0.04 blood alcohol limit.\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>Also starting July 1, if a bus has a seat belt, you have to use it.\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>Less punitive payment plan options will be introduced that allow people to pay off their parking citations while preserving their ability to register and drive their vehicles.\u003c/li>\n\u003c/ul>\n\u003ch3>2. \u003ca href=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/2018/01/06/what-the-california-dream-means-to-indigenous-peoples/\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">What would happen if we returned all the land in California to Native Americans?\u003c/a>\u003c/h3>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11625918\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003ca href=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2017/10/Screen-Shot-2017-10-25-at-11.56.27-AM.png\">\u003cimg src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2017/10/Screen-Shot-2017-10-25-at-11.56.27-AM-800x439.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"800\" height=\"439\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-11625918\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/10/Screen-Shot-2017-10-25-at-11.56.27-AM-800x439.png 800w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/10/Screen-Shot-2017-10-25-at-11.56.27-AM-160x88.png 160w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/10/Screen-Shot-2017-10-25-at-11.56.27-AM-1020x560.png 1020w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/10/Screen-Shot-2017-10-25-at-11.56.27-AM-1920x1054.png 1920w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/10/Screen-Shot-2017-10-25-at-11.56.27-AM-1180x648.png 1180w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/10/Screen-Shot-2017-10-25-at-11.56.27-AM-960x527.png 960w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/10/Screen-Shot-2017-10-25-at-11.56.27-AM-240x132.png 240w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/10/Screen-Shot-2017-10-25-at-11.56.27-AM-375x206.png 375w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/10/Screen-Shot-2017-10-25-at-11.56.27-AM-520x286.png 520w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">A participant of the Indigenous Peoples' Day sunrise ceremony on Alcatraz Island prepares for a sacred dance. \u003ccite>(Arash Malekzadeh/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>We've been doing a lot of thinking at KQED about the nature of the \u003ca href=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/2017/11/01/tell-us-what-is-your-california-dream-and-are-you-living-it/\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">California Dream\u003c/a> as part of a statewide collaboration with other news organizations.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>For many, the California Dream is about westward expansion and coming to California in search of a better life. But what about the people who have been living here for millennia, long before any Europeans were here?\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/2018/01/06/what-the-california-dream-means-to-indigenous-peoples/\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">This piece\u003c/a> explores the history of colonization in California and its impact on the native population. Did you know the population of Native Americans in California dropped from 150,000 in 1846 -- two years before the Gold Rush -- to approximately 30,000 in 1870? Or that one of the first laws passed by the California Legislature in 1850 set up a form of legalized slavery of indigenous people? \u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Olivia Chilcote, an assistant professor in the Department of American Indian Studies at San Diego State University, puts it bluntly:\u003c/p>\n\u003cblockquote>\u003cp>The success of the California Dream depends on the disappearance of Indigenous peoples, who have been historically figured as roadblocks to land acquisition, progress and civilization.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>How do we reimagine the California Dream to honor and respect California Indians?\u003c/p>\u003c/blockquote>\n\u003cp>Chilcote's answer? Give the land back.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch3>3. \u003ca href=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/arts/2018/01/04/how-paranoid-should-you-be-about-your-nosy-virtual-assistant/\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Alexa, you're freaking me out.\u003c/a>\u003c/h3>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11640158\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003ca href=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/01/ww2.kqed_.orgRS26379_Amazon-Devices-qu-79b5eef0306f1143cdc5c605145b90e9bed24ee3.jpg\">\u003cimg src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/01/ww2.kqed_.orgRS26379_Amazon-Devices-qu-79b5eef0306f1143cdc5c605145b90e9bed24ee3-800x450.jpg\" alt=\"Virtual assistants on display at the Amazon store in San Jose. \" width=\"800\" height=\"450\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-11640158\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Virtual assistants on display at the Amazon store in San Jose.\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>I'm a naturally skeptical and slightly paranoid person when it comes to new technology, especially something like the new virtual assistants like Alexa or Google Home that are just always listening. So reading \u003ca href=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/arts/2018/01/04/how-paranoid-should-you-be-about-your-nosy-virtual-assistant/\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">something like this\u003c/a> is guaranteed to stress me out:\u003c/p>\n\u003cblockquote>\u003cp>John Simpson of Consumer Watchdog has read the patent applications for these assistants, and he says those applications clearly indicate plans for broader, commercially focused household surveillance in the near future. “You know, keeping track of things like the number of times you flush the toilet, and when you go to bed,” he says.\u003c/p>\u003c/blockquote>\n\u003cp>Consumer Watchdog, a Santa Monica-based nonprofit, is asking the Federal Trade Commission to look at how much information these virtual assistants are collecting on us. \u003c/p>\n\u003cp>All I know is that \"commercially focused household surveillance\" reminds me of the Disney Channel Original Movie \"\u003ca href=\"http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0192618/\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Smart House\u003c/a>,\" which might have been the movie that scared me most as a kid. \u003c/p>\n\u003ch3>4. \u003ca href=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/2018/01/05/jail-deputies-face-15-years-to-life-for-fatal-beating-of-mentally-ill-inmate/\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">These deputies are going to prison for killing a mentally-ill inmate.\u003c/a>\u003c/h3>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11489593\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003ca href=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2017/06/Booking-Photos-qut.jpg\">\u003cimg src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2017/06/Booking-Photos-qut-800x464.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"800\" height=\"464\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-11489593\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/06/Booking-Photos-qut-800x464.jpg 800w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/06/Booking-Photos-qut-160x93.jpg 160w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/06/Booking-Photos-qut-240x139.jpg 240w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/06/Booking-Photos-qut-375x217.jpg 375w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/06/Booking-Photos-qut-520x301.jpg 520w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/06/Booking-Photos-qut.jpg 940w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Three Santa Clara County Sheriff's deputies were charged with killing mentally ill inmate Michael Tyree. From left: Rafael Rodriguez, Matthew Farris and Jereh Lubrin. \u003ccite>(Santa Clara County Sheriff's Office)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>From Michael Brown to Freddie Gray and many, many others, it's become a common occurrence for law enforcement officers who kill people in the line of duty to not be convicted or even charged with any crimes. \u003c/p>\n\u003cp>That wasn't the case this week in Santa Clara County where three former sheriff's deputies were \u003ca href=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/2018/01/05/jail-deputies-face-15-years-to-life-for-fatal-beating-of-mentally-ill-inmate/\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">sentenced to 15 years to life\u003c/a> in state prison for beating 31-year-old Michael Tyree to death in his jail cell in 2015. Tyree suffered from bipolar disorder and addiction. \u003c/p>\n\u003ch3>5. \u003ca href=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/2018/01/01/from-fitness-to-fencing-fans-learn-how-to-fight-star-wars-style/\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Yes, you really can learn to fight like a Jedi.\u003c/a>\u003c/h3>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11637724\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003ca href=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2017/12/IMG_1541-e1513551249924.jpg\">\u003cimg src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2017/12/IMG_1541-800x600.jpg\" alt=\"Jin di Giordano, Vallejo and Shawna Seth, San Francisco, practice a new technique at a Saber Guild event. Local lightsaber combat groups practice across the Bay Area and give Star Wars fans a unique workout experience.\" width=\"800\" height=\"600\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-11637724\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Jin di Giordano and Shawna Seth practice a new technique at a Saber Guild event. Local lightsaber combat groups practice across the Bay Area and give Star Wars fans a unique workout experience. \u003ccite>(Bianca Hernandez/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>However you feel about the new Star Wars movie (for the record, I thoroughly enjoyed it), you have to admit that you've fantasized about picking up a lightsaber and dueling like Obi-Wan and Darth Vader. \u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Now, you can.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The Bay Area is home to several \u003ca href=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/2018/01/01/from-fitness-to-fencing-fans-learn-how-to-fight-star-wars-style/\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">lightsaber combat classes\u003c/a>, which cater to everyone from the superfan who just wants to duel to the fencing aficionado to the person who wants to get fit Star Wars style. You have to check this out. \u003c/p>\n\u003ch1>\u003ca href=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/2018/01/06/billionaire-democrat-tom-steyer-were-hand-delivering-new-anti-trump-book-to-all-of-congress/\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Before you go...\u003c/a>\u003c/h1>\n\u003cp>Billionaire and potential Democratic candidate for U.S. Senate or governor of California told KQED Newsroom that he bought \u003ca href=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/2018/01/06/billionaire-democrat-tom-steyer-were-hand-delivering-new-anti-trump-book-to-all-of-congress/\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">535 copies\u003c/a> of the new book about the Trump White House, \"Fire and Fury,\" and plans to have them hand-delivered to each member of Congress.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1OjOOJ-Gsk4\u003c/p>\n\n","blocks":[],"excerpt":"New year, same crazy news cycle. From new transit laws to a hard look at California's past, five stories from the past week you might've missed but shouldn't.","status":"publish","parent":0,"modified":1515350904,"stats":{"hasAudio":false,"hasVideo":true,"hasChartOrMap":false,"iframeSrcs":[],"hasGoogleForm":false,"hasGallery":false,"hasHearkenModule":false,"hasPolis":false,"paragraphCount":24,"wordCount":925},"headData":{"title":"Weekend Reads: Nosy Personal Assistants and Dueling Lightsabers | KQED","description":"New year, same crazy news cycle. From new transit laws to a hard look at California's past, five stories from the past week you might've missed but shouldn't.","ogTitle":"","ogDescription":"","ogImgId":"","twTitle":"","twDescription":"","twImgId":"","schema":{"@context":"http://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","headline":"Weekend Reads: Nosy Personal Assistants and Dueling Lightsabers","datePublished":"2018-01-07T18:00:48.000Z","dateModified":"2018-01-07T18:48:24.000Z","image":"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/02/KQED-OG-Image@1x.png","isAccessibleForFree":"Y","publisher":{"@type":"NewsMediaOrganization","@id":"https://www.kqed.org/#organization","name":"KQED","url":"https://www.kqed.org","logo":"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/02/KQED-OG-Image@1x.png"}}},"disqusIdentifier":"11640552 https://ww2.kqed.org/news/?p=11640552","disqusUrl":"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/2018/01/07/weekend-reads-nosy-personal-assistants-and-dueling-lightsabers/","disqusTitle":"Weekend Reads: Nosy Personal Assistants and Dueling Lightsabers","path":"/news/11640552/weekend-reads-nosy-personal-assistants-and-dueling-lightsabers","audioTrackLength":null,"parsedContent":[{"type":"contentString","content":"\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003cp>It might be a new year, but the news tsunami rolls on undeterred. \u003c/p>\n\u003cp>This week, it was wall-to-wall coverage on a new book airing the Trump administration's dirty laundry and a deadly winter storm out East. \u003c/p>\n\u003cp>So what else happened this week? I'm glad you asked.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch3>1. \u003ca href=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/2018/01/01/drive-walk-or-take-transit-these-new-california-laws-are-for-you/\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">New year, new rules of the road\u003c/a>\u003c/h3>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11639753\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003ca href=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/01/GettyImages-73882907-e1514851617564.jpg\">\u003cimg src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/01/GettyImages-73882907-800x533.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"800\" height=\"533\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-11639753\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">There are a lot of new laws hitting the streets in 2018. \u003ccite>(David McNew/Getty Images)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>The most popular story on our site this week was a \u003ca href=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/2018/01/01/drive-walk-or-take-transit-these-new-california-laws-are-for-you/\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">rundown of new laws\u003c/a> that will affect anyone who drives, walks, uses bridges, parks a car, takes public transit or uses a ride-hailing app. So, basically all of us. \u003c/p>\n\u003cp>A few that stood out to me:\u003c/p>\n\u003cul>\n\u003cli>It's no longer illegal to enter a crosswalk when it's counting down.\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>Starting July 1, Uber, Lyft and other ride-hailing drivers will be subject to a 0.04 blood alcohol limit.\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>Also starting July 1, if a bus has a seat belt, you have to use it.\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>Less punitive payment plan options will be introduced that allow people to pay off their parking citations while preserving their ability to register and drive their vehicles.\u003c/li>\n\u003c/ul>\n\u003ch3>2. \u003ca href=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/2018/01/06/what-the-california-dream-means-to-indigenous-peoples/\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">What would happen if we returned all the land in California to Native Americans?\u003c/a>\u003c/h3>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11625918\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003ca href=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2017/10/Screen-Shot-2017-10-25-at-11.56.27-AM.png\">\u003cimg src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2017/10/Screen-Shot-2017-10-25-at-11.56.27-AM-800x439.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"800\" height=\"439\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-11625918\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/10/Screen-Shot-2017-10-25-at-11.56.27-AM-800x439.png 800w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/10/Screen-Shot-2017-10-25-at-11.56.27-AM-160x88.png 160w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/10/Screen-Shot-2017-10-25-at-11.56.27-AM-1020x560.png 1020w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/10/Screen-Shot-2017-10-25-at-11.56.27-AM-1920x1054.png 1920w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/10/Screen-Shot-2017-10-25-at-11.56.27-AM-1180x648.png 1180w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/10/Screen-Shot-2017-10-25-at-11.56.27-AM-960x527.png 960w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/10/Screen-Shot-2017-10-25-at-11.56.27-AM-240x132.png 240w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/10/Screen-Shot-2017-10-25-at-11.56.27-AM-375x206.png 375w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/10/Screen-Shot-2017-10-25-at-11.56.27-AM-520x286.png 520w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">A participant of the Indigenous Peoples' Day sunrise ceremony on Alcatraz Island prepares for a sacred dance. \u003ccite>(Arash Malekzadeh/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>We've been doing a lot of thinking at KQED about the nature of the \u003ca href=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/2017/11/01/tell-us-what-is-your-california-dream-and-are-you-living-it/\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">California Dream\u003c/a> as part of a statewide collaboration with other news organizations.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003c/div>","attributes":{"named":{},"numeric":[]}},{"type":"component","content":"","name":"ad","attributes":{"named":{"label":"fullwidth"},"numeric":["fullwidth"]}},{"type":"contentString","content":"\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>For many, the California Dream is about westward expansion and coming to California in search of a better life. But what about the people who have been living here for millennia, long before any Europeans were here?\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/2018/01/06/what-the-california-dream-means-to-indigenous-peoples/\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">This piece\u003c/a> explores the history of colonization in California and its impact on the native population. Did you know the population of Native Americans in California dropped from 150,000 in 1846 -- two years before the Gold Rush -- to approximately 30,000 in 1870? Or that one of the first laws passed by the California Legislature in 1850 set up a form of legalized slavery of indigenous people? \u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Olivia Chilcote, an assistant professor in the Department of American Indian Studies at San Diego State University, puts it bluntly:\u003c/p>\n\u003cblockquote>\u003cp>The success of the California Dream depends on the disappearance of Indigenous peoples, who have been historically figured as roadblocks to land acquisition, progress and civilization.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>How do we reimagine the California Dream to honor and respect California Indians?\u003c/p>\u003c/blockquote>\n\u003cp>Chilcote's answer? Give the land back.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch3>3. \u003ca href=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/arts/2018/01/04/how-paranoid-should-you-be-about-your-nosy-virtual-assistant/\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Alexa, you're freaking me out.\u003c/a>\u003c/h3>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11640158\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003ca href=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/01/ww2.kqed_.orgRS26379_Amazon-Devices-qu-79b5eef0306f1143cdc5c605145b90e9bed24ee3.jpg\">\u003cimg src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/01/ww2.kqed_.orgRS26379_Amazon-Devices-qu-79b5eef0306f1143cdc5c605145b90e9bed24ee3-800x450.jpg\" alt=\"Virtual assistants on display at the Amazon store in San Jose. \" width=\"800\" height=\"450\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-11640158\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Virtual assistants on display at the Amazon store in San Jose.\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>I'm a naturally skeptical and slightly paranoid person when it comes to new technology, especially something like the new virtual assistants like Alexa or Google Home that are just always listening. So reading \u003ca href=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/arts/2018/01/04/how-paranoid-should-you-be-about-your-nosy-virtual-assistant/\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">something like this\u003c/a> is guaranteed to stress me out:\u003c/p>\n\u003cblockquote>\u003cp>John Simpson of Consumer Watchdog has read the patent applications for these assistants, and he says those applications clearly indicate plans for broader, commercially focused household surveillance in the near future. “You know, keeping track of things like the number of times you flush the toilet, and when you go to bed,” he says.\u003c/p>\u003c/blockquote>\n\u003cp>Consumer Watchdog, a Santa Monica-based nonprofit, is asking the Federal Trade Commission to look at how much information these virtual assistants are collecting on us. \u003c/p>\n\u003cp>All I know is that \"commercially focused household surveillance\" reminds me of the Disney Channel Original Movie \"\u003ca href=\"http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0192618/\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Smart House\u003c/a>,\" which might have been the movie that scared me most as a kid. \u003c/p>\n\u003ch3>4. \u003ca href=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/2018/01/05/jail-deputies-face-15-years-to-life-for-fatal-beating-of-mentally-ill-inmate/\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">These deputies are going to prison for killing a mentally-ill inmate.\u003c/a>\u003c/h3>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11489593\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003ca href=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2017/06/Booking-Photos-qut.jpg\">\u003cimg src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2017/06/Booking-Photos-qut-800x464.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"800\" height=\"464\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-11489593\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/06/Booking-Photos-qut-800x464.jpg 800w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/06/Booking-Photos-qut-160x93.jpg 160w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/06/Booking-Photos-qut-240x139.jpg 240w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/06/Booking-Photos-qut-375x217.jpg 375w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/06/Booking-Photos-qut-520x301.jpg 520w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/06/Booking-Photos-qut.jpg 940w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Three Santa Clara County Sheriff's deputies were charged with killing mentally ill inmate Michael Tyree. From left: Rafael Rodriguez, Matthew Farris and Jereh Lubrin. \u003ccite>(Santa Clara County Sheriff's Office)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>From Michael Brown to Freddie Gray and many, many others, it's become a common occurrence for law enforcement officers who kill people in the line of duty to not be convicted or even charged with any crimes. \u003c/p>\n\u003cp>That wasn't the case this week in Santa Clara County where three former sheriff's deputies were \u003ca href=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/2018/01/05/jail-deputies-face-15-years-to-life-for-fatal-beating-of-mentally-ill-inmate/\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">sentenced to 15 years to life\u003c/a> in state prison for beating 31-year-old Michael Tyree to death in his jail cell in 2015. Tyree suffered from bipolar disorder and addiction. \u003c/p>\n\u003ch3>5. \u003ca href=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/2018/01/01/from-fitness-to-fencing-fans-learn-how-to-fight-star-wars-style/\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Yes, you really can learn to fight like a Jedi.\u003c/a>\u003c/h3>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11637724\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003ca href=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2017/12/IMG_1541-e1513551249924.jpg\">\u003cimg src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2017/12/IMG_1541-800x600.jpg\" alt=\"Jin di Giordano, Vallejo and Shawna Seth, San Francisco, practice a new technique at a Saber Guild event. Local lightsaber combat groups practice across the Bay Area and give Star Wars fans a unique workout experience.\" width=\"800\" height=\"600\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-11637724\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Jin di Giordano and Shawna Seth practice a new technique at a Saber Guild event. Local lightsaber combat groups practice across the Bay Area and give Star Wars fans a unique workout experience. \u003ccite>(Bianca Hernandez/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>However you feel about the new Star Wars movie (for the record, I thoroughly enjoyed it), you have to admit that you've fantasized about picking up a lightsaber and dueling like Obi-Wan and Darth Vader. \u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Now, you can.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The Bay Area is home to several \u003ca href=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/2018/01/01/from-fitness-to-fencing-fans-learn-how-to-fight-star-wars-style/\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">lightsaber combat classes\u003c/a>, which cater to everyone from the superfan who just wants to duel to the fencing aficionado to the person who wants to get fit Star Wars style. You have to check this out. \u003c/p>\n\u003ch1>\u003ca href=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/2018/01/06/billionaire-democrat-tom-steyer-were-hand-delivering-new-anti-trump-book-to-all-of-congress/\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Before you go...\u003c/a>\u003c/h1>\n\u003cp>Billionaire and potential Democratic candidate for U.S. Senate or governor of California told KQED Newsroom that he bought \u003ca href=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/2018/01/06/billionaire-democrat-tom-steyer-were-hand-delivering-new-anti-trump-book-to-all-of-congress/\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">535 copies\u003c/a> of the new book about the Trump White House, \"Fire and Fury,\" and plans to have them hand-delivered to each member of Congress.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003c/p>\u003cp>\u003cspan class='utils-parseShortcode-shortcodes-__youtubeShortcode__embedYoutube'>\n \u003cspan class='utils-parseShortcode-shortcodes-__youtubeShortcode__embedYoutubeInside'>\n \u003ciframe\n loading='lazy'\n class='utils-parseShortcode-shortcodes-__youtubeShortcode__youtubePlayer'\n type='text/html'\n src='//www.youtube.com/embed/1OjOOJ-Gsk4'\n title='//www.youtube.com/embed/1OjOOJ-Gsk4'\n allowfullscreen='true'\n style='border:0;'>\u003c/iframe>\n \u003c/span>\n \u003c/span>\u003c/p>\u003cp>\n\u003c/div>\u003c/p>","attributes":{"named":{},"numeric":[]}}],"link":"/news/11640552/weekend-reads-nosy-personal-assistants-and-dueling-lightsabers","authors":["11260"],"programs":["news_6944","news_72"],"categories":["news_8"],"tags":["news_19542","news_17286","news_22121"],"featImg":"news_11637725","label":"news_72"},"news_11639577":{"type":"posts","id":"news_11639577","meta":{"index":"posts_1591205157","site":"news","id":"11639577","score":null,"sort":[1514743237000]},"guestAuthors":[],"slug":"weekend-reads-an-old-church-a-new-year-and-a-special-election","title":"Weekend Reads: An Old Church, a New Year and a Special Election","publishDate":1514743237,"format":"standard","headTitle":"The California Report | KQED News","labelTerm":{"term":72,"site":"news"},"content":"\u003cp>With a news year like we've had -- full of natural disasters, mass shootings and unceasing political battles -- it can be easy to take a well-deserved news holiday along with the ones on the calendar.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>So for those of us -- including myself -- who have done our best to spend the last few weeks with loved ones and avoiding the news, here are some stories you might have missed but really shouldn't.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>1. \u003ca href=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/2017/12/28/amid-displacement-a-historic-s-f-church-endures/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">How one black church is trying to hold the line in a changing neighborhood\u003c/a>\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/12/black-residents-graph.jpg\">\u003cimg class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-11637871\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/12/black-residents-graph-800x450.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"800\" height=\"450\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/12/black-residents-graph-800x450.jpg 800w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/12/black-residents-graph-160x90.jpg 160w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/12/black-residents-graph-1020x574.jpg 1020w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/12/black-residents-graph.jpg 1920w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/12/black-residents-graph-1180x664.jpg 1180w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/12/black-residents-graph-960x540.jpg 960w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/12/black-residents-graph-240x135.jpg 240w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/12/black-residents-graph-375x211.jpg 375w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/12/black-residents-graph-520x293.jpg 520w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>I spent a lot of time this year learning about how gentrification and changing economics have pushed many gay people out of \u003ca href=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/2017/12/06/is-the-castro-getting-less-gay/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">San Francisco's Castro neighborhood\u003c/a>. So I was immediately interested in \u003ca href=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/2017/12/28/amid-displacement-a-historic-s-f-church-endures/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">this story\u003c/a> about the historic Third Baptist Church and how residents and businesses in the historically black Fillmore District have been struggling to preserve the neighborhood.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The church, which was born out of necessity in 1852, was designated a historic landmark in November. But its attendance is dropping, and many of those who do still come commute from the East Bay or ever farther away because they can't afford to live in the neighborhood.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>As residents leave, black-owned businesses have suffered, and many have closed. As longtime churchgoer Lois Carmack-Winder put it, \"African-Americans can no longer live in San Francisco. Families with children can no longer live in the city. … We’ll be like the dinosaur. We’re going to become extinct.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>2. \u003ca href=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/2017/12/21/everything-you-want-to-know-about-legal-weed-in-california-2/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Legal weed is coming to a city near you...or is it?\u003c/a>\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11638148\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003ca href=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2017/12/RS28657_GettyImages-91997121-qut-1.jpg\">\u003cimg class=\"size-medium wp-image-11638148\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2017/12/RS28657_GettyImages-91997121-qut-1-800x533.jpg\" alt=\"On Jan. 1 California will become the eighth state, and the largest, to allow adults 21 and older to buy cannabis at licensed retailers.\" width=\"800\" height=\"533\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/12/RS28657_GettyImages-91997121-qut-1-800x533.jpg 800w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/12/RS28657_GettyImages-91997121-qut-1-160x107.jpg 160w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/12/RS28657_GettyImages-91997121-qut-1-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/12/RS28657_GettyImages-91997121-qut-1.jpg 1920w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/12/RS28657_GettyImages-91997121-qut-1-1180x787.jpg 1180w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/12/RS28657_GettyImages-91997121-qut-1-960x640.jpg 960w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/12/RS28657_GettyImages-91997121-qut-1-240x160.jpg 240w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/12/RS28657_GettyImages-91997121-qut-1-375x250.jpg 375w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/12/RS28657_GettyImages-91997121-qut-1-520x347.jpg 520w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">On Jan. 1 California will become the eighth state, and the largest, to allow adults 21 and older to buy cannabis at licensed retailers. \u003ccite>(David McNew/Getty Images)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Starting on Jan. 1, adults 21 and older will legally be able to buy recreational marijuana in California. But it's not that simple. My KQED colleagues and I have spent weeks trying to nail down just what exactly is going to be legal in different parts of the state and what it all means for Californians.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>A lot of that research went into an \u003ca href=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/2017/12/21/everything-you-want-to-know-about-legal-weed-in-california-2/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">omnibus Bay Curious podcast episode\u003c/a> all about legal weed in California, but that's just the beginning. We also looked at:\u003c/p>\n\u003cul>\n\u003cli>How much marijuana is \u003ca href=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/2017/12/21/how-much-marijuana-is-too-much-to-drive/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">too much\u003c/a> to drive?\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>Marijuana workers are coming out of the shadows and \u003ca href=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/2017/12/19/as-marijuana-industry-grows-workers-begin-to-unionize/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">into the unions\u003c/a>.\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>Why some cities are choosing \u003ca href=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/2017/12/18/as-california-embraces-legal-marijuana-many-cities-and-counties-say-no/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">not to legalize\u003c/a> recreational marijuana while others are \u003ca href=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/2017/12/21/why-this-l-a-city-could-be-the-next-mecca-for-pot-businesses/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">embracing it full-throttle\u003c/a>.\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>Could legalized pot lead to \u003ca href=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/2017/11/21/as-weed-is-legalized-are-marijuana-reparations-possible/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">pot reparations\u003c/a> for communities of color?\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>How \u003ca href=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/2017/12/21/harborsides-cannabis-pioneer-primed-for-new-customers/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">one marijuana pioneer\u003c/a> is getting ready for legal weed.\u003c/li>\n\u003c/ul>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>3. \u003ca href=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/2017/12/21/labor-housing-immigration-and-gun-laws-to-take-effect-jan-1/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">What other laws are changing on Jan. 1?\u003c/a>\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11625463\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003ca href=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2017/10/CapitolNight.jpg\">\u003cimg class=\"size-medium wp-image-11625463\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2017/10/CapitolNight-800x509.jpg\" alt=\"The state Capitol in Sacramento.\" width=\"800\" height=\"509\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/10/CapitolNight-800x509.jpg 800w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/10/CapitolNight-160x102.jpg 160w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/10/CapitolNight-1020x649.jpg 1020w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/10/CapitolNight.jpg 1920w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/10/CapitolNight-1180x751.jpg 1180w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/10/CapitolNight-960x611.jpg 960w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/10/CapitolNight-240x153.jpg 240w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/10/CapitolNight-375x239.jpg 375w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/10/CapitolNight-520x331.jpg 520w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">The state Capitol in Sacramento. \u003ccite>(Justin Sullivan/Getty Images)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Legalized weed may be hogging all the attention, but it's far from the only change coming to California's laws in the new year. Our politics reporters did a great \u003ca href=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/2017/12/21/labor-housing-immigration-and-gun-laws-to-take-effect-jan-1/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">roundup of the new laws,\u003c/a> and a few that really caught my eye were:\u003c/p>\n\u003cul>\n\u003cli>A new real estate transaction fee to fund affordable housing.\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>Enhanced Miranda rights for kids 15 and younger who must be allowed to consult legal counsel before waiving their right to silence during interrogation.\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>No guns on public or private K-12 school grounds.\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>Expanded maternity and paternity leave for employees of small companies.\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>Middle and high schools with low-income student populations must provide free tampons and menstrual pads in their restrooms.\u003c/li>\n\u003c/ul>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>4. \u003ca href=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/2017/12/27/a-hidden-cost-of-sexual-harassment-in-sacramento-expensive-special-elections/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">How much does it cost to replace legislators who have resigned because of sexual harassment?\u003c/a>\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11639594\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003ca href=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2017/12/RS21786_GettyImages-615470738-qut.jpg\">\u003cimg class=\"size-medium wp-image-11639594\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2017/12/RS21786_GettyImages-615470738-qut-800x533.jpg\" alt=\"Two state lawmakers have resigned following allegations of sexual misconduct. Those seats will be filled by special elections, which aren't cheap.\" width=\"800\" height=\"533\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/12/RS21786_GettyImages-615470738-qut-800x533.jpg 800w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/12/RS21786_GettyImages-615470738-qut-160x107.jpg 160w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/12/RS21786_GettyImages-615470738-qut-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/12/RS21786_GettyImages-615470738-qut.jpg 1920w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/12/RS21786_GettyImages-615470738-qut-1180x787.jpg 1180w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/12/RS21786_GettyImages-615470738-qut-960x640.jpg 960w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/12/RS21786_GettyImages-615470738-qut-240x160.jpg 240w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/12/RS21786_GettyImages-615470738-qut-375x250.jpg 375w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/12/RS21786_GettyImages-615470738-qut-520x347.jpg 520w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Two state lawmakers have resigned following allegations of sexual misconduct. Those seats will be filled by special elections, which aren't cheap. \u003ccite>(Scott Olson/Getty Images)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>While much of the coverage of the ongoing #MeToo movement has rightly focused on the stories of abuse and harassment and the systemic problems in our society and institutions that have allowed them to take place, some intriguing side stories have also emerged.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Two California state lawmakers have resigned this year following allegations of sexual misconduct, and special elections will be held to elect their replacements. Both lawmakers served in Los Angeles County, which will have to \u003ca href=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/2017/12/27/a-hidden-cost-of-sexual-harassment-in-sacramento-expensive-special-elections/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">shell out millions\u003c/a> to make those special elections happen.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>5. \u003ca href=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/futureofyou/2017/12/23/a-quarter-of-california-adolescents-may-be-gender-nonconforming-so-what-does-that-mean/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Are 27 percent of California adolescents really gender noncomforming?\u003c/a>\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11639155\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003ca href=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2017/12/ww2.kqed_.orggnc-1-800x413-a8a05b9c750c8e25c142ab2cb670c7ef10e940b4.jpg\">\u003cimg class=\"size-medium wp-image-11639155\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2017/12/ww2.kqed_.orggnc-1-800x413-a8a05b9c750c8e25c142ab2cb670c7ef10e940b4-800x413.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"800\" height=\"413\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/12/ww2.kqed_.orggnc-1-800x413-a8a05b9c750c8e25c142ab2cb670c7ef10e940b4.jpg 800w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/12/ww2.kqed_.orggnc-1-800x413-a8a05b9c750c8e25c142ab2cb670c7ef10e940b4-160x83.jpg 160w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/12/ww2.kqed_.orggnc-1-800x413-a8a05b9c750c8e25c142ab2cb670c7ef10e940b4-240x124.jpg 240w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/12/ww2.kqed_.orggnc-1-800x413-a8a05b9c750c8e25c142ab2cb670c7ef10e940b4-375x194.jpg 375w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/12/ww2.kqed_.orggnc-1-800x413-a8a05b9c750c8e25c142ab2cb670c7ef10e940b4-520x268.jpg 520w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Researchers are starting to gather data on gender nonconforming youth, adolescents whose gender expression resists conventional expectations. \u003ccite>(Photo by \u003ca href=\"https://www.flickr.com/photos/ericparker/34737900644/in/photolist-UVEPBs-VTvGzm-UYvWZn-VyYZ8E-UULLGH-JLzeSt-WUv7gQ-HRVf9M-XyHwBs-HQj7cR-DUoMxE-VEUFZJ-V2AAyV-XxEcyj-WVdfEF-YaJUJg-DSbefE-VCGfCh-22e9xB2-DUoPaN-JFnHXX-JA8JDy-JCBws3-UY6XvR-JPzMBn-JENTFa-JkMSoq-JpygsA-ZK5yjx-UVEMao-VCGbVh-HQiDAp-JNdKbZ-HRV9P8-JFnhpn-JLznhZ-JFnenk-JFnoqa-JHAcKu-JnsXZ1-JLzSGS-JENtrt-JENpcg-JkMKwj-JnshrJ-VUnLzL-JBxcKs-HTZfWP-JmT7vC-JBwFFQ\">Eric Parker/Flickr\u003c/a>)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>This is the kind of survey result that can stop me in my tracks. More than a quarter of California kids between 12 and 17 could be gender noncomforming? I needed to know more.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Thankfully, KQED Science's Jon Brooks, who has been covering gender issues in California for more than year, took \u003ca href=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/futureofyou/2017/12/23/a-quarter-of-california-adolescents-may-be-gender-nonconforming-so-what-does-that-mean/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">a deeper look\u003c/a> at the results and found them to be more complex than just a simple percentage. He breaks down how researchers arrived at that shocking statistic, the different terminology they used (gender noncomforming vs. transgender being particularly important) and what that means for kids in California.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch1>Before you go...\u003c/h1>\n\u003cp>Could \u003ca href=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/2017/12/20/new-program-pitches-tiny-homes-as-solution-to-s-f-homelessness/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">tiny homes\u003c/a> be part of the solution to the Bay Area's housing crisis?\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>https://www.youtube.com/watch?time_continue=216&v=smFMopA-JSI\u003c/p>\n\n","blocks":[],"excerpt":"A historically black church tries to preserve its neighborhood, a new year full of new laws and more news you might've missed.","status":"publish","parent":0,"modified":1514739801,"stats":{"hasAudio":false,"hasVideo":true,"hasChartOrMap":false,"iframeSrcs":[],"hasGoogleForm":false,"hasGallery":false,"hasHearkenModule":false,"hasPolis":false,"paragraphCount":21,"wordCount":863},"headData":{"title":"Weekend Reads: An Old Church, a New Year and a Special Election | KQED","description":"A historically black church tries to preserve its neighborhood, a new year full of new laws and more news you might've missed.","ogTitle":"","ogDescription":"","ogImgId":"","twTitle":"","twDescription":"","twImgId":"","schema":{"@context":"http://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","headline":"Weekend Reads: An Old Church, a New Year and a Special Election","datePublished":"2017-12-31T18:00:37.000Z","dateModified":"2017-12-31T17:03:21.000Z","image":"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/02/KQED-OG-Image@1x.png","isAccessibleForFree":"Y","publisher":{"@type":"NewsMediaOrganization","@id":"https://www.kqed.org/#organization","name":"KQED","url":"https://www.kqed.org","logo":"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/02/KQED-OG-Image@1x.png"}}},"disqusIdentifier":"11639577 https://ww2.kqed.org/news/?p=11639577","disqusUrl":"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/2017/12/31/weekend-reads-an-old-church-a-new-year-and-a-special-election/","disqusTitle":"Weekend Reads: An Old Church, a New Year and a Special Election","path":"/news/11639577/weekend-reads-an-old-church-a-new-year-and-a-special-election","audioTrackLength":null,"parsedContent":[{"type":"contentString","content":"\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003cp>With a news year like we've had -- full of natural disasters, mass shootings and unceasing political battles -- it can be easy to take a well-deserved news holiday along with the ones on the calendar.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>So for those of us -- including myself -- who have done our best to spend the last few weeks with loved ones and avoiding the news, here are some stories you might have missed but really shouldn't.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>1. \u003ca href=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/2017/12/28/amid-displacement-a-historic-s-f-church-endures/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">How one black church is trying to hold the line in a changing neighborhood\u003c/a>\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/12/black-residents-graph.jpg\">\u003cimg class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-11637871\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/12/black-residents-graph-800x450.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"800\" height=\"450\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/12/black-residents-graph-800x450.jpg 800w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/12/black-residents-graph-160x90.jpg 160w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/12/black-residents-graph-1020x574.jpg 1020w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/12/black-residents-graph.jpg 1920w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/12/black-residents-graph-1180x664.jpg 1180w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/12/black-residents-graph-960x540.jpg 960w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/12/black-residents-graph-240x135.jpg 240w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/12/black-residents-graph-375x211.jpg 375w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/12/black-residents-graph-520x293.jpg 520w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>I spent a lot of time this year learning about how gentrification and changing economics have pushed many gay people out of \u003ca href=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/2017/12/06/is-the-castro-getting-less-gay/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">San Francisco's Castro neighborhood\u003c/a>. So I was immediately interested in \u003ca href=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/2017/12/28/amid-displacement-a-historic-s-f-church-endures/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">this story\u003c/a> about the historic Third Baptist Church and how residents and businesses in the historically black Fillmore District have been struggling to preserve the neighborhood.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003c/div>","attributes":{"named":{},"numeric":[]}},{"type":"component","content":"","name":"ad","attributes":{"named":{"label":"fullwidth"},"numeric":["fullwidth"]}},{"type":"contentString","content":"\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The church, which was born out of necessity in 1852, was designated a historic landmark in November. But its attendance is dropping, and many of those who do still come commute from the East Bay or ever farther away because they can't afford to live in the neighborhood.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>As residents leave, black-owned businesses have suffered, and many have closed. As longtime churchgoer Lois Carmack-Winder put it, \"African-Americans can no longer live in San Francisco. Families with children can no longer live in the city. … We’ll be like the dinosaur. We’re going to become extinct.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>2. \u003ca href=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/2017/12/21/everything-you-want-to-know-about-legal-weed-in-california-2/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Legal weed is coming to a city near you...or is it?\u003c/a>\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11638148\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003ca href=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2017/12/RS28657_GettyImages-91997121-qut-1.jpg\">\u003cimg class=\"size-medium wp-image-11638148\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2017/12/RS28657_GettyImages-91997121-qut-1-800x533.jpg\" alt=\"On Jan. 1 California will become the eighth state, and the largest, to allow adults 21 and older to buy cannabis at licensed retailers.\" width=\"800\" height=\"533\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/12/RS28657_GettyImages-91997121-qut-1-800x533.jpg 800w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/12/RS28657_GettyImages-91997121-qut-1-160x107.jpg 160w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/12/RS28657_GettyImages-91997121-qut-1-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/12/RS28657_GettyImages-91997121-qut-1.jpg 1920w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/12/RS28657_GettyImages-91997121-qut-1-1180x787.jpg 1180w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/12/RS28657_GettyImages-91997121-qut-1-960x640.jpg 960w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/12/RS28657_GettyImages-91997121-qut-1-240x160.jpg 240w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/12/RS28657_GettyImages-91997121-qut-1-375x250.jpg 375w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/12/RS28657_GettyImages-91997121-qut-1-520x347.jpg 520w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">On Jan. 1 California will become the eighth state, and the largest, to allow adults 21 and older to buy cannabis at licensed retailers. \u003ccite>(David McNew/Getty Images)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Starting on Jan. 1, adults 21 and older will legally be able to buy recreational marijuana in California. But it's not that simple. My KQED colleagues and I have spent weeks trying to nail down just what exactly is going to be legal in different parts of the state and what it all means for Californians.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>A lot of that research went into an \u003ca href=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/2017/12/21/everything-you-want-to-know-about-legal-weed-in-california-2/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">omnibus Bay Curious podcast episode\u003c/a> all about legal weed in California, but that's just the beginning. We also looked at:\u003c/p>\n\u003cul>\n\u003cli>How much marijuana is \u003ca href=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/2017/12/21/how-much-marijuana-is-too-much-to-drive/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">too much\u003c/a> to drive?\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>Marijuana workers are coming out of the shadows and \u003ca href=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/2017/12/19/as-marijuana-industry-grows-workers-begin-to-unionize/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">into the unions\u003c/a>.\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>Why some cities are choosing \u003ca href=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/2017/12/18/as-california-embraces-legal-marijuana-many-cities-and-counties-say-no/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">not to legalize\u003c/a> recreational marijuana while others are \u003ca href=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/2017/12/21/why-this-l-a-city-could-be-the-next-mecca-for-pot-businesses/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">embracing it full-throttle\u003c/a>.\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>Could legalized pot lead to \u003ca href=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/2017/11/21/as-weed-is-legalized-are-marijuana-reparations-possible/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">pot reparations\u003c/a> for communities of color?\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>How \u003ca href=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/2017/12/21/harborsides-cannabis-pioneer-primed-for-new-customers/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">one marijuana pioneer\u003c/a> is getting ready for legal weed.\u003c/li>\n\u003c/ul>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>3. \u003ca href=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/2017/12/21/labor-housing-immigration-and-gun-laws-to-take-effect-jan-1/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">What other laws are changing on Jan. 1?\u003c/a>\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11625463\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003ca href=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2017/10/CapitolNight.jpg\">\u003cimg class=\"size-medium wp-image-11625463\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2017/10/CapitolNight-800x509.jpg\" alt=\"The state Capitol in Sacramento.\" width=\"800\" height=\"509\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/10/CapitolNight-800x509.jpg 800w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/10/CapitolNight-160x102.jpg 160w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/10/CapitolNight-1020x649.jpg 1020w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/10/CapitolNight.jpg 1920w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/10/CapitolNight-1180x751.jpg 1180w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/10/CapitolNight-960x611.jpg 960w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/10/CapitolNight-240x153.jpg 240w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/10/CapitolNight-375x239.jpg 375w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/10/CapitolNight-520x331.jpg 520w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">The state Capitol in Sacramento. \u003ccite>(Justin Sullivan/Getty Images)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Legalized weed may be hogging all the attention, but it's far from the only change coming to California's laws in the new year. Our politics reporters did a great \u003ca href=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/2017/12/21/labor-housing-immigration-and-gun-laws-to-take-effect-jan-1/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">roundup of the new laws,\u003c/a> and a few that really caught my eye were:\u003c/p>\n\u003cul>\n\u003cli>A new real estate transaction fee to fund affordable housing.\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>Enhanced Miranda rights for kids 15 and younger who must be allowed to consult legal counsel before waiving their right to silence during interrogation.\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>No guns on public or private K-12 school grounds.\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>Expanded maternity and paternity leave for employees of small companies.\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>Middle and high schools with low-income student populations must provide free tampons and menstrual pads in their restrooms.\u003c/li>\n\u003c/ul>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>4. \u003ca href=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/2017/12/27/a-hidden-cost-of-sexual-harassment-in-sacramento-expensive-special-elections/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">How much does it cost to replace legislators who have resigned because of sexual harassment?\u003c/a>\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11639594\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003ca href=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2017/12/RS21786_GettyImages-615470738-qut.jpg\">\u003cimg class=\"size-medium wp-image-11639594\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2017/12/RS21786_GettyImages-615470738-qut-800x533.jpg\" alt=\"Two state lawmakers have resigned following allegations of sexual misconduct. Those seats will be filled by special elections, which aren't cheap.\" width=\"800\" height=\"533\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/12/RS21786_GettyImages-615470738-qut-800x533.jpg 800w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/12/RS21786_GettyImages-615470738-qut-160x107.jpg 160w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/12/RS21786_GettyImages-615470738-qut-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/12/RS21786_GettyImages-615470738-qut.jpg 1920w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/12/RS21786_GettyImages-615470738-qut-1180x787.jpg 1180w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/12/RS21786_GettyImages-615470738-qut-960x640.jpg 960w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/12/RS21786_GettyImages-615470738-qut-240x160.jpg 240w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/12/RS21786_GettyImages-615470738-qut-375x250.jpg 375w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/12/RS21786_GettyImages-615470738-qut-520x347.jpg 520w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Two state lawmakers have resigned following allegations of sexual misconduct. Those seats will be filled by special elections, which aren't cheap. \u003ccite>(Scott Olson/Getty Images)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>While much of the coverage of the ongoing #MeToo movement has rightly focused on the stories of abuse and harassment and the systemic problems in our society and institutions that have allowed them to take place, some intriguing side stories have also emerged.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Two California state lawmakers have resigned this year following allegations of sexual misconduct, and special elections will be held to elect their replacements. Both lawmakers served in Los Angeles County, which will have to \u003ca href=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/2017/12/27/a-hidden-cost-of-sexual-harassment-in-sacramento-expensive-special-elections/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">shell out millions\u003c/a> to make those special elections happen.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>5. \u003ca href=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/futureofyou/2017/12/23/a-quarter-of-california-adolescents-may-be-gender-nonconforming-so-what-does-that-mean/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Are 27 percent of California adolescents really gender noncomforming?\u003c/a>\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11639155\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003ca href=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2017/12/ww2.kqed_.orggnc-1-800x413-a8a05b9c750c8e25c142ab2cb670c7ef10e940b4.jpg\">\u003cimg class=\"size-medium wp-image-11639155\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2017/12/ww2.kqed_.orggnc-1-800x413-a8a05b9c750c8e25c142ab2cb670c7ef10e940b4-800x413.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"800\" height=\"413\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/12/ww2.kqed_.orggnc-1-800x413-a8a05b9c750c8e25c142ab2cb670c7ef10e940b4.jpg 800w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/12/ww2.kqed_.orggnc-1-800x413-a8a05b9c750c8e25c142ab2cb670c7ef10e940b4-160x83.jpg 160w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/12/ww2.kqed_.orggnc-1-800x413-a8a05b9c750c8e25c142ab2cb670c7ef10e940b4-240x124.jpg 240w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/12/ww2.kqed_.orggnc-1-800x413-a8a05b9c750c8e25c142ab2cb670c7ef10e940b4-375x194.jpg 375w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/12/ww2.kqed_.orggnc-1-800x413-a8a05b9c750c8e25c142ab2cb670c7ef10e940b4-520x268.jpg 520w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Researchers are starting to gather data on gender nonconforming youth, adolescents whose gender expression resists conventional expectations. \u003ccite>(Photo by \u003ca href=\"https://www.flickr.com/photos/ericparker/34737900644/in/photolist-UVEPBs-VTvGzm-UYvWZn-VyYZ8E-UULLGH-JLzeSt-WUv7gQ-HRVf9M-XyHwBs-HQj7cR-DUoMxE-VEUFZJ-V2AAyV-XxEcyj-WVdfEF-YaJUJg-DSbefE-VCGfCh-22e9xB2-DUoPaN-JFnHXX-JA8JDy-JCBws3-UY6XvR-JPzMBn-JENTFa-JkMSoq-JpygsA-ZK5yjx-UVEMao-VCGbVh-HQiDAp-JNdKbZ-HRV9P8-JFnhpn-JLznhZ-JFnenk-JFnoqa-JHAcKu-JnsXZ1-JLzSGS-JENtrt-JENpcg-JkMKwj-JnshrJ-VUnLzL-JBxcKs-HTZfWP-JmT7vC-JBwFFQ\">Eric Parker/Flickr\u003c/a>)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>This is the kind of survey result that can stop me in my tracks. More than a quarter of California kids between 12 and 17 could be gender noncomforming? I needed to know more.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Thankfully, KQED Science's Jon Brooks, who has been covering gender issues in California for more than year, took \u003ca href=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/futureofyou/2017/12/23/a-quarter-of-california-adolescents-may-be-gender-nonconforming-so-what-does-that-mean/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">a deeper look\u003c/a> at the results and found them to be more complex than just a simple percentage. He breaks down how researchers arrived at that shocking statistic, the different terminology they used (gender noncomforming vs. transgender being particularly important) and what that means for kids in California.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch1>Before you go...\u003c/h1>\n\u003cp>Could \u003ca href=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/2017/12/20/new-program-pitches-tiny-homes-as-solution-to-s-f-homelessness/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">tiny homes\u003c/a> be part of the solution to the Bay Area's housing crisis?\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003c/p>\u003cp>\u003cspan class='utils-parseShortcode-shortcodes-__youtubeShortcode__embedYoutube'>\n \u003cspan class='utils-parseShortcode-shortcodes-__youtubeShortcode__embedYoutubeInside'>\n \u003ciframe\n loading='lazy'\n class='utils-parseShortcode-shortcodes-__youtubeShortcode__youtubePlayer'\n type='text/html'\n src='//www.youtube.com/embed/smFMopA-JSI'\n title='//www.youtube.com/embed/smFMopA-JSI'\n allowfullscreen='true'\n style='border:0;'>\u003c/iframe>\n \u003c/span>\n \u003c/span>\u003c/p>\u003cp>\n\u003c/div>\u003c/p>","attributes":{"named":{},"numeric":[]}}],"link":"/news/11639577/weekend-reads-an-old-church-a-new-year-and-a-special-election","authors":["11260"],"programs":["news_6944","news_72"],"categories":["news_8"],"tags":["news_22121"],"featImg":"news_11637869","label":"news_72"},"news_11637603":{"type":"posts","id":"news_11637603","meta":{"index":"posts_1591205157","site":"news","id":"11637603","score":null,"sort":[1513533626000]},"guestAuthors":[],"slug":"weekend-reads-a-salt-ponds-mystery-and-a-sacred-mountain","title":"Weekend Reads: A Salt Ponds Mystery and a Sacred Mountain","publishDate":1513533626,"format":"standard","headTitle":"The California Report | KQED News","labelTerm":{"term":72,"site":"news"},"content":"\u003cp>We know it can be hard to keep up with everything that’s going on in the world, the country and your community. So here are five stories from the past week that you may have missed but really shouldn’t.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>\u003ca href=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/2017/12/11/the-officer-tased-him-31-times-the-sheriff-called-his-death-an-accident/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">1. An officer tased him 31 times. Does that sound like an accident?\u003c/a>\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11636325\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 600px\">\u003ca href=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2017/12/IMG_6146.jpg\">\u003cimg class=\"size-full wp-image-11636325\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2017/12/IMG_6146.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"600\" height=\"450\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/12/IMG_6146.jpg 600w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/12/IMG_6146-160x120.jpg 160w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/12/IMG_6146-240x180.jpg 240w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/12/IMG_6146-375x281.jpg 375w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/12/IMG_6146-520x390.jpg 520w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Daniel Lee Humphreys with his daughters. Photo was taken on Dec. 10, 2007. \u003ccite>(Courtesy of Barbara Steward)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>The most popular story on our site this week is about \u003ca href=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/2017/12/11/the-officer-tased-him-31-times-the-sheriff-called-his-death-an-accident/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Daniel Humphreys\u003c/a>. He was fleeing from California Highway Patrol in 2008 when he crashed his motorcycle and stumbled away on foot. The CHP officer eventually caught up to him and fired his Taser at him 31 times, killing him.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>And yet, his death was ruled an accident by San Joaquin County Sheriff Steve Moore, even after the county's world-renowned forensic pathologist Dr. Bennet Omalu said it should be ruled a homicide. Omalu, who resigned last week, said the Humphreys' case is part of a pattern of Sheriff Moore using his influence to protect law enforcement officers.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>\u003ca href=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/2017/12/14/local-native-americans-granted-property-rights-to-mount-umunhum/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">2. 'This offers hope to our tribe': Native Americans granted rights to sacred mountain\u003c/a>\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11637095\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003ca href=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2017/12/RS28570_IMG_9237-2-qut.jpg\">\u003cimg class=\"size-medium wp-image-11637095\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2017/12/RS28570_IMG_9237-2-qut-800x450.jpg\" alt=\"Amah Mutsun Tribal Band members at the Mount Umunhum Ceremonial Circle on September 14, 2017.\" width=\"800\" height=\"450\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/12/RS28570_IMG_9237-2-qut-800x450.jpg 800w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/12/RS28570_IMG_9237-2-qut-160x90.jpg 160w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/12/RS28570_IMG_9237-2-qut-1020x574.jpg 1020w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/12/RS28570_IMG_9237-2-qut.jpg 1920w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/12/RS28570_IMG_9237-2-qut-1180x664.jpg 1180w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/12/RS28570_IMG_9237-2-qut-960x540.jpg 960w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/12/RS28570_IMG_9237-2-qut-240x135.jpg 240w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/12/RS28570_IMG_9237-2-qut-375x211.jpg 375w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/12/RS28570_IMG_9237-2-qut-520x293.jpg 520w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Amah Mutsun Tribal Band members at the Mount Umunhum Ceremonial Circle on Sept. 14, 2017. \u003ccite>(Courtesy of Sheryl Schaffner)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>In an \u003ca href=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/2017/12/14/local-native-americans-granted-property-rights-to-mount-umunhum/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">unprecedented move\u003c/a>, a Peninsula parks agency voted this week to grant local Native American tribes property rights to the summit of Mount Umunhum south of San Jose. The site has been a sacred spot for many tribes for millennia, long before Europeans arrived and long, long before rising costs in Silicon Valley pushed many surviving tribes out of the area.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>\u003ca href=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/science/2017/12/14/what-are-those-weird-pink-ponds-in-san-francisco-bay/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">3. Salt's colorful history in the Bay Area\u003c/a>\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11636926\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 400px\">\u003ca href=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2017/12/ww2.kqed_.orgSP_V05_171212-08cb6473f19834b201baf4aa6db7d934ea37dfd1.gif\">\u003cimg class=\"wp-image-11636926 size-full\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2017/12/ww2.kqed_.orgSP_V05_171212-08cb6473f19834b201baf4aa6db7d934ea37dfd1.gif\" alt=\"\" width=\"400\" height=\"300\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Animation shows the movement of reddish salt brine through Cargill’s Newark ponds over the course of 2017.\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Fun facts about salt and the Bay Area:\u003c/p>\n\u003cul>\n\u003cli>It takes three years and 1,000 gallons of water from San Francisco Bay to produce just one pound of salt.\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>The \"salt ponds\" you see when you fly into Bay Area airports are actually called \"crystallizer beds.\"\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>Only three percent of the salt from those beds ends up as table salt. The rest is used for everything from pharmaceuticals to food production to water treatment and road salt.\u003c/li>\n\u003c/ul>\n\u003cp>There's a lot \u003ca href=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/science/2017/12/14/what-are-those-weird-pink-ponds-in-san-francisco-bay/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">more to learn\u003c/a> about the Bay Area and it's special relationship with salt in this week's Bay Curious.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>\u003ca href=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/2017/12/12/as-mayor-ed-lee-broke-barriers-but-leaves-a-complicated-legacy/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">4. 'He was a beautiful, lovely man.' A city remembers Mayor Ed Lee\u003c/a>\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11636603\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003ca href=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2017/12/3327_transform-1440x1080.jpg\">\u003cimg class=\"size-medium wp-image-11636603\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2017/12/3327_transform-1440x1080-800x600.jpg\" alt=\"San Francisco Mayor Ed Lee with Fire Chief Joanne Hayes-White and then-Police Chief Greg Suhr in 2013.\" width=\"800\" height=\"600\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/12/3327_transform-1440x1080-800x600.jpg 800w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/12/3327_transform-1440x1080-160x120.jpg 160w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/12/3327_transform-1440x1080-1020x765.jpg 1020w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/12/3327_transform-1440x1080-1180x885.jpg 1180w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/12/3327_transform-1440x1080-960x720.jpg 960w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/12/3327_transform-1440x1080-240x180.jpg 240w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/12/3327_transform-1440x1080-375x281.jpg 375w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/12/3327_transform-1440x1080-520x390.jpg 520w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/12/3327_transform-1440x1080.jpg 1440w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">San Francisco Mayor Ed Lee with Fire Chief Joanne Hayes-White and then-Police Chief Greg Suhr in 2013. \u003ccite>(Deborah Svoboda/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>San Francisco has spent the week remembering Mayor Ed Lee, who died suddenly on Tuesday of an apparent heart attack. He was 65.\u003c/p>\n\u003cul>\n\u003cli>\u003cstrong>\u003ca href=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/2017/12/16/photos-a-beautiful-lovely-man-city-pays-respects-as-mayor-ed-lee-lies-in-state/\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Nancy Pelosi\u003c/a>, San Francisco Congresswoman and House Minority Leader: \u003c/strong>\"He was a beautiful, lovely man. He never had an unkind word to say about anyone, and nobody had an unkind word to say about him.”\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>\u003cstrong>\u003ca href=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/2017/12/12/london-breed-takes-reins-as-san-franciscos-acting-mayor/\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">London Breed\u003c/a>, Acting Mayor: \u003c/strong>\"Ed was not a politician. He did not always deliver the best sound bite. He was humble and determined. No matter the job he held, he was fair and collaborative.\"\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>\u003cstrong>\u003ca href=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/2017/12/12/jean-quan-looks-back-on-ed-lee-as-leader-who-never-forgot-his-roots/\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Jean Quan\u003c/a>, former mayor of Oakland and -- along with Lee -- one of the first Asian-American mayors a major U.S. city: \u003c/strong>\"We spent a lot of time trying to represent and raise the profile of Asian-Americans. Today, there are a lot of Asian-Americans running for a lot of things.”\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>\u003cstrong>\u003ca href=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/2017/12/13/in-2011-with-our-new-mayor-a-mystery-we-turned-to-his-daughter-for-info/\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Brianna Lee\u003c/a>, daughter of Ed Lee: \u003c/strong>\"He always had a sense of humor, I guess, is the big thing that people know him by. Sort of a cheesy goofball humor, I guess the way that most dads do.\"\u003c/li>\n\u003c/ul>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>\u003ca href=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/arts/2017/12/13/how-the-gutting-of-net-neutrality-would-impact-bay-area-creatives/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">5. Net neutrality is history. That could be bad news for Bay Area artists.\u003c/a>\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11636716\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003ca href=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2017/12/ww2.kqed_.orgThizzler-team-e1513122047-809d78c078435c40ed858f833cd1319de448d499.jpg\">\u003cimg class=\"size-medium wp-image-11636716\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2017/12/ww2.kqed_.orgThizzler-team-e1513122047-809d78c078435c40ed858f833cd1319de448d499-800x450.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"800\" height=\"450\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">The team at Thizzler on the Roof, an Oakland-based hip hop media company that specializes in promoting the Bay Area rap scene. Small creative organizations like this one could face tough choices if the Net Neutrality rules are repealed.\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>A lot of people aren't too pleased with the Federal Communications Commission decision to end so-called net neutrality this week. We've heard a lot about how this could affect companies, but \u003ca href=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/arts/2017/12/13/how-the-gutting-of-net-neutrality-would-impact-bay-area-creatives/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">what might happen to small Bay Area artists\u003c/a> if Internet providers can force companies to pay for faster service?\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“The landscape could change to the point where we may have to pay to get our content out there at the speeds that our audience wants,” says Matt Werner, founder of Thizzler on the Roof, a Bay Area hip-hop media company based in Oakland. “And that would really suck.”\u003c/p>\n\u003ch1>\u003ca href=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/2017/12/15/congresswoman-speier-says-republicans-trying-to-shut-down-russia-probe/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Before you go...\u003c/a>\u003c/h1>\n\u003cp>https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VPUJD9HR-Xg\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>San Mateo Congresswoman Jackie Speier says the \"rumor on the Hill\" is that President Donald Trump will \u003ca href=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/2017/12/15/congresswoman-speier-says-republicans-trying-to-shut-down-russia-probe/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">fire Special Counsel Robert Mueller\u003c/a> on Dec. 22. The White House denies the claim.\u003c/p>\n\n","blocks":[],"excerpt":"Five stories from this week that you might've missed but you really shouldn't.","status":"publish","parent":0,"modified":1513526492,"stats":{"hasAudio":false,"hasVideo":true,"hasChartOrMap":false,"iframeSrcs":[],"hasGoogleForm":false,"hasGallery":false,"hasHearkenModule":false,"hasPolis":false,"paragraphCount":17,"wordCount":830},"headData":{"title":"Weekend Reads: A Salt Ponds Mystery and a Sacred Mountain | KQED","description":"Five stories from this week that you might've missed but you really shouldn't.","ogTitle":"","ogDescription":"","ogImgId":"","twTitle":"","twDescription":"","twImgId":"","schema":{"@context":"http://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","headline":"Weekend Reads: A Salt Ponds Mystery and a Sacred Mountain","datePublished":"2017-12-17T18:00:26.000Z","dateModified":"2017-12-17T16:01:32.000Z","image":"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/02/KQED-OG-Image@1x.png","isAccessibleForFree":"Y","publisher":{"@type":"NewsMediaOrganization","@id":"https://www.kqed.org/#organization","name":"KQED","url":"https://www.kqed.org","logo":"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/02/KQED-OG-Image@1x.png"}}},"disqusIdentifier":"11637603 https://ww2.kqed.org/news/?p=11637603","disqusUrl":"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/2017/12/17/weekend-reads-a-salt-ponds-mystery-and-a-sacred-mountain/","disqusTitle":"Weekend Reads: A Salt Ponds Mystery and a Sacred Mountain","path":"/news/11637603/weekend-reads-a-salt-ponds-mystery-and-a-sacred-mountain","audioTrackLength":null,"parsedContent":[{"type":"contentString","content":"\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003cp>We know it can be hard to keep up with everything that’s going on in the world, the country and your community. So here are five stories from the past week that you may have missed but really shouldn’t.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>\u003ca href=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/2017/12/11/the-officer-tased-him-31-times-the-sheriff-called-his-death-an-accident/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">1. An officer tased him 31 times. Does that sound like an accident?\u003c/a>\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11636325\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 600px\">\u003ca href=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2017/12/IMG_6146.jpg\">\u003cimg class=\"size-full wp-image-11636325\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2017/12/IMG_6146.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"600\" height=\"450\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/12/IMG_6146.jpg 600w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/12/IMG_6146-160x120.jpg 160w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/12/IMG_6146-240x180.jpg 240w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/12/IMG_6146-375x281.jpg 375w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/12/IMG_6146-520x390.jpg 520w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Daniel Lee Humphreys with his daughters. Photo was taken on Dec. 10, 2007. \u003ccite>(Courtesy of Barbara Steward)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>The most popular story on our site this week is about \u003ca href=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/2017/12/11/the-officer-tased-him-31-times-the-sheriff-called-his-death-an-accident/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Daniel Humphreys\u003c/a>. He was fleeing from California Highway Patrol in 2008 when he crashed his motorcycle and stumbled away on foot. The CHP officer eventually caught up to him and fired his Taser at him 31 times, killing him.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>And yet, his death was ruled an accident by San Joaquin County Sheriff Steve Moore, even after the county's world-renowned forensic pathologist Dr. Bennet Omalu said it should be ruled a homicide. Omalu, who resigned last week, said the Humphreys' case is part of a pattern of Sheriff Moore using his influence to protect law enforcement officers.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>\u003ca href=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/2017/12/14/local-native-americans-granted-property-rights-to-mount-umunhum/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">2. 'This offers hope to our tribe': Native Americans granted rights to sacred mountain\u003c/a>\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11637095\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003ca href=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2017/12/RS28570_IMG_9237-2-qut.jpg\">\u003cimg class=\"size-medium wp-image-11637095\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2017/12/RS28570_IMG_9237-2-qut-800x450.jpg\" alt=\"Amah Mutsun Tribal Band members at the Mount Umunhum Ceremonial Circle on September 14, 2017.\" width=\"800\" height=\"450\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/12/RS28570_IMG_9237-2-qut-800x450.jpg 800w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/12/RS28570_IMG_9237-2-qut-160x90.jpg 160w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/12/RS28570_IMG_9237-2-qut-1020x574.jpg 1020w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/12/RS28570_IMG_9237-2-qut.jpg 1920w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/12/RS28570_IMG_9237-2-qut-1180x664.jpg 1180w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/12/RS28570_IMG_9237-2-qut-960x540.jpg 960w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/12/RS28570_IMG_9237-2-qut-240x135.jpg 240w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/12/RS28570_IMG_9237-2-qut-375x211.jpg 375w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/12/RS28570_IMG_9237-2-qut-520x293.jpg 520w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Amah Mutsun Tribal Band members at the Mount Umunhum Ceremonial Circle on Sept. 14, 2017. \u003ccite>(Courtesy of Sheryl Schaffner)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>In an \u003ca href=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/2017/12/14/local-native-americans-granted-property-rights-to-mount-umunhum/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">unprecedented move\u003c/a>, a Peninsula parks agency voted this week to grant local Native American tribes property rights to the summit of Mount Umunhum south of San Jose. The site has been a sacred spot for many tribes for millennia, long before Europeans arrived and long, long before rising costs in Silicon Valley pushed many surviving tribes out of the area.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003c/div>","attributes":{"named":{},"numeric":[]}},{"type":"component","content":"","name":"ad","attributes":{"named":{"label":"fullwidth"},"numeric":["fullwidth"]}},{"type":"contentString","content":"\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>\u003ca href=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/science/2017/12/14/what-are-those-weird-pink-ponds-in-san-francisco-bay/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">3. Salt's colorful history in the Bay Area\u003c/a>\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11636926\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 400px\">\u003ca href=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2017/12/ww2.kqed_.orgSP_V05_171212-08cb6473f19834b201baf4aa6db7d934ea37dfd1.gif\">\u003cimg class=\"wp-image-11636926 size-full\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2017/12/ww2.kqed_.orgSP_V05_171212-08cb6473f19834b201baf4aa6db7d934ea37dfd1.gif\" alt=\"\" width=\"400\" height=\"300\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Animation shows the movement of reddish salt brine through Cargill’s Newark ponds over the course of 2017.\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Fun facts about salt and the Bay Area:\u003c/p>\n\u003cul>\n\u003cli>It takes three years and 1,000 gallons of water from San Francisco Bay to produce just one pound of salt.\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>The \"salt ponds\" you see when you fly into Bay Area airports are actually called \"crystallizer beds.\"\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>Only three percent of the salt from those beds ends up as table salt. The rest is used for everything from pharmaceuticals to food production to water treatment and road salt.\u003c/li>\n\u003c/ul>\n\u003cp>There's a lot \u003ca href=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/science/2017/12/14/what-are-those-weird-pink-ponds-in-san-francisco-bay/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">more to learn\u003c/a> about the Bay Area and it's special relationship with salt in this week's Bay Curious.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>\u003ca href=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/2017/12/12/as-mayor-ed-lee-broke-barriers-but-leaves-a-complicated-legacy/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">4. 'He was a beautiful, lovely man.' A city remembers Mayor Ed Lee\u003c/a>\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11636603\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003ca href=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2017/12/3327_transform-1440x1080.jpg\">\u003cimg class=\"size-medium wp-image-11636603\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2017/12/3327_transform-1440x1080-800x600.jpg\" alt=\"San Francisco Mayor Ed Lee with Fire Chief Joanne Hayes-White and then-Police Chief Greg Suhr in 2013.\" width=\"800\" height=\"600\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/12/3327_transform-1440x1080-800x600.jpg 800w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/12/3327_transform-1440x1080-160x120.jpg 160w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/12/3327_transform-1440x1080-1020x765.jpg 1020w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/12/3327_transform-1440x1080-1180x885.jpg 1180w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/12/3327_transform-1440x1080-960x720.jpg 960w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/12/3327_transform-1440x1080-240x180.jpg 240w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/12/3327_transform-1440x1080-375x281.jpg 375w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/12/3327_transform-1440x1080-520x390.jpg 520w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/12/3327_transform-1440x1080.jpg 1440w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">San Francisco Mayor Ed Lee with Fire Chief Joanne Hayes-White and then-Police Chief Greg Suhr in 2013. \u003ccite>(Deborah Svoboda/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>San Francisco has spent the week remembering Mayor Ed Lee, who died suddenly on Tuesday of an apparent heart attack. He was 65.\u003c/p>\n\u003cul>\n\u003cli>\u003cstrong>\u003ca href=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/2017/12/16/photos-a-beautiful-lovely-man-city-pays-respects-as-mayor-ed-lee-lies-in-state/\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Nancy Pelosi\u003c/a>, San Francisco Congresswoman and House Minority Leader: \u003c/strong>\"He was a beautiful, lovely man. He never had an unkind word to say about anyone, and nobody had an unkind word to say about him.”\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>\u003cstrong>\u003ca href=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/2017/12/12/london-breed-takes-reins-as-san-franciscos-acting-mayor/\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">London Breed\u003c/a>, Acting Mayor: \u003c/strong>\"Ed was not a politician. He did not always deliver the best sound bite. He was humble and determined. No matter the job he held, he was fair and collaborative.\"\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>\u003cstrong>\u003ca href=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/2017/12/12/jean-quan-looks-back-on-ed-lee-as-leader-who-never-forgot-his-roots/\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Jean Quan\u003c/a>, former mayor of Oakland and -- along with Lee -- one of the first Asian-American mayors a major U.S. city: \u003c/strong>\"We spent a lot of time trying to represent and raise the profile of Asian-Americans. Today, there are a lot of Asian-Americans running for a lot of things.”\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>\u003cstrong>\u003ca href=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/2017/12/13/in-2011-with-our-new-mayor-a-mystery-we-turned-to-his-daughter-for-info/\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Brianna Lee\u003c/a>, daughter of Ed Lee: \u003c/strong>\"He always had a sense of humor, I guess, is the big thing that people know him by. Sort of a cheesy goofball humor, I guess the way that most dads do.\"\u003c/li>\n\u003c/ul>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>\u003ca href=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/arts/2017/12/13/how-the-gutting-of-net-neutrality-would-impact-bay-area-creatives/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">5. Net neutrality is history. That could be bad news for Bay Area artists.\u003c/a>\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11636716\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003ca href=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2017/12/ww2.kqed_.orgThizzler-team-e1513122047-809d78c078435c40ed858f833cd1319de448d499.jpg\">\u003cimg class=\"size-medium wp-image-11636716\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2017/12/ww2.kqed_.orgThizzler-team-e1513122047-809d78c078435c40ed858f833cd1319de448d499-800x450.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"800\" height=\"450\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">The team at Thizzler on the Roof, an Oakland-based hip hop media company that specializes in promoting the Bay Area rap scene. Small creative organizations like this one could face tough choices if the Net Neutrality rules are repealed.\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>A lot of people aren't too pleased with the Federal Communications Commission decision to end so-called net neutrality this week. We've heard a lot about how this could affect companies, but \u003ca href=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/arts/2017/12/13/how-the-gutting-of-net-neutrality-would-impact-bay-area-creatives/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">what might happen to small Bay Area artists\u003c/a> if Internet providers can force companies to pay for faster service?\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“The landscape could change to the point where we may have to pay to get our content out there at the speeds that our audience wants,” says Matt Werner, founder of Thizzler on the Roof, a Bay Area hip-hop media company based in Oakland. “And that would really suck.”\u003c/p>\n\u003ch1>\u003ca href=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/2017/12/15/congresswoman-speier-says-republicans-trying-to-shut-down-russia-probe/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Before you go...\u003c/a>\u003c/h1>\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/VPUJD9HR-Xg'\n title='//www.youtube.com/embed/VPUJD9HR-Xg'\n allowfullscreen='true'\n style='border:0;'>\u003c/iframe>\n \u003c/span>\n \u003c/span>\u003c/p>\u003cp>\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>San Mateo Congresswoman Jackie Speier says the \"rumor on the Hill\" is that President Donald Trump will \u003ca href=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/2017/12/15/congresswoman-speier-says-republicans-trying-to-shut-down-russia-probe/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">fire Special Counsel Robert Mueller\u003c/a> on Dec. 22. The White House denies the claim.\u003c/p>\n\n\u003c/div>\u003c/p>","attributes":{"named":{},"numeric":[]}}],"link":"/news/11637603/weekend-reads-a-salt-ponds-mystery-and-a-sacred-mountain","authors":["11260"],"programs":["news_6944","news_72"],"categories":["news_8"],"tags":["news_22121"],"featImg":"news_11637695","label":"news_72"},"news_11636132":{"type":"posts","id":"news_11636132","meta":{"index":"posts_1591205157","site":"news","id":"11636132","score":null,"sort":[1512925249000]},"guestAuthors":[],"slug":"your-weekend-reads-tofu-the-yeti-and-will-smith","title":"Your Weekend Reads: Tofu, the Yeti and Will Smith","publishDate":1512925249,"format":"standard","headTitle":"The California Report | KQED News","labelTerm":{"term":72,"site":"news"},"content":"\u003cp>We know it can be hard to keep up with everything that’s going on in the world, the country and your community. So here are five stories from the past week that you may have missed but really shouldn’t.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>\u003ca href=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/2017/12/04/autopsy-doctors-sheriff-overrode-death-findings-to-protect-law-enforcement/\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">1. Will Smith did what?!\u003c/a>\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2017/12/coroner_1920.jpg\">\u003cimg src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2017/12/coroner_1920-800x428.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"800\" height=\"428\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-11634823\">\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Well, not Will Smith. But the forensic pathologist, Dr. Bennet Omalu, that Will Smith played in the 2015 movie \"\u003ca href=\"http://www.concussion-movie.com/\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Concussion\u003c/a>\" about brain injuries in the NFL now works for San Joaquin County. \u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Or, he did until he \u003ca href=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/2017/12/04/autopsy-doctors-sheriff-overrode-death-findings-to-protect-law-enforcement/\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">resigned on Tuesday\u003c/a> because of what he says was interference from Sheriff-Coroner Steve Moore in death investigations to protect law enforcement officers, as detailed in our most popular story this week.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Among Omalu's allegations against Moore:\u003c/p>\n\u003cul>\n\u003cli>Moore told Omalu and his colleague Dr. Susan Parson to change findings from “homicide” to “accident” when people died from law officers using Tasers, chokeholds or other types of force.\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>Moore withheld information to mislead them from ruling cases homicides.\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>Moore ordered technicians to cut hands off unidentified bodies — against medical ethics.\u003c/li>\n\u003c/ul>\n\u003cp>Moore said he never tried to influence forensic investigations.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>\u003ca href=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/2017/12/09/san-jose-tofu-company-a-japantown-institution-closing-after-71-years/\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">2. Ta ta, tofu!\u003c/a>\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11636022\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003ca href=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2017/12/RS28447_Photo-Dec-07-3-31-23-PM-2-qut.jpg\">\u003cimg src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2017/12/RS28447_Photo-Dec-07-3-31-23-PM-2-qut-800x450.jpg\" alt=\"Chester and Amy Nozaki of the San Jose Tofu Company are feeling ready to retire.\" width=\"800\" height=\"450\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-11636022\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/12/RS28447_Photo-Dec-07-3-31-23-PM-2-qut-800x450.jpg 800w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/12/RS28447_Photo-Dec-07-3-31-23-PM-2-qut-160x90.jpg 160w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/12/RS28447_Photo-Dec-07-3-31-23-PM-2-qut-1020x574.jpg 1020w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/12/RS28447_Photo-Dec-07-3-31-23-PM-2-qut.jpg 1920w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/12/RS28447_Photo-Dec-07-3-31-23-PM-2-qut-1180x664.jpg 1180w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/12/RS28447_Photo-Dec-07-3-31-23-PM-2-qut-960x540.jpg 960w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/12/RS28447_Photo-Dec-07-3-31-23-PM-2-qut-240x135.jpg 240w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/12/RS28447_Photo-Dec-07-3-31-23-PM-2-qut-375x211.jpg 375w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/12/RS28447_Photo-Dec-07-3-31-23-PM-2-qut-520x293.jpg 520w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Chester and Amy Nozaki of the San Jose Tofu Company are feeling ready to retire. \u003ccite>(Rachael Myrow/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Anyone who says tofu doesn't taste good doesn't know the San Jose Tofu Company. It's been a Japantown tradition in San Jose for 71 years run by three generations of the Nozaki family. But at the end of the month, Chester Nozaki and his wife Amy will \u003ca href=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/2017/12/09/san-jose-tofu-company-a-japantown-institution-closing-after-71-years/\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">shut their doors\u003c/a> for the last time.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“It’s so sad to say goodbye, but nothing lasts forever,\" Amy says.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>\u003ca href=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/2017/12/06/i-dont-feel-safe-at-work-your-metoo-stories/\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">3. #MeToo\u003c/a>\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11635462\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003ca href=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2017/12/RS28357_free_metoo_blue_small_gradient-qut.jpg\">\u003cimg src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2017/12/RS28357_free_metoo_blue_small_gradient-qut-800x450.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"800\" height=\"450\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-11635462\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/12/RS28357_free_metoo_blue_small_gradient-qut-800x450.jpg 800w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/12/RS28357_free_metoo_blue_small_gradient-qut-160x90.jpg 160w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/12/RS28357_free_metoo_blue_small_gradient-qut-1020x574.jpg 1020w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/12/RS28357_free_metoo_blue_small_gradient-qut.jpg 1920w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/12/RS28357_free_metoo_blue_small_gradient-qut-1180x664.jpg 1180w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/12/RS28357_free_metoo_blue_small_gradient-qut-960x540.jpg 960w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/12/RS28357_free_metoo_blue_small_gradient-qut-240x135.jpg 240w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/12/RS28357_free_metoo_blue_small_gradient-qut-375x211.jpg 375w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/12/RS28357_free_metoo_blue_small_gradient-qut-520x293.jpg 520w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Jane, legal/compliance, manager/supervisor, 55, San Francisco \u003ccite>(Miranda Leitsinger/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Stories of sexual harassment and assault have dominated headlines for weeks, and last month, we launched a survey asking for your stories. We received nearly 100 responses, and many of them have been collected \u003ca href=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/2017/12/06/i-dont-feel-safe-at-work-your-metoo-stories/\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">here\u003c/a>. \u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The stories are disturbing and powerful. They show how widespread this issue is in our communities and the devastating impact it can have on people's lives.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>\u003ca href=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/2017/12/06/tollbooth-worker-killed-in-bay-bridge-crash-remembered-as-kind-generous/\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">4. 'She always smiled.'\u003c/a>\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11635414\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003ca href=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2017/12/RS28347_IMG_1202-qut.jpg\">\u003cimg src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2017/12/RS28347_IMG_1202-qut-800x533.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"800\" height=\"533\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-11635414\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/12/RS28347_IMG_1202-qut-800x533.jpg 800w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/12/RS28347_IMG_1202-qut-160x107.jpg 160w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/12/RS28347_IMG_1202-qut-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/12/RS28347_IMG_1202-qut.jpg 1920w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/12/RS28347_IMG_1202-qut-1180x787.jpg 1180w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/12/RS28347_IMG_1202-qut-960x640.jpg 960w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/12/RS28347_IMG_1202-qut-240x160.jpg 240w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/12/RS28347_IMG_1202-qut-375x250.jpg 375w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/12/RS28347_IMG_1202-qut-520x347.jpg 520w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Vehicles approach the Bay Bridge Toll Plaza in Oakland on Dec. 5 2017. Days before, a truck crashed into toll booth number 14 and killed worker Si Si Han. \u003ccite>(Farida Jhabvala Romero/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Si Si Han was killed last Saturday when a box truck crashed into her tollbooth on the Bay Bridge. She was 46. \u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“She always smiled,” said Ryan Saw, 40, Han’s husband. The two met in their native Myanmar when they were teenagers. “She put family first, you know? She was always there for her daughter, for her mom, for me.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>5\u003ca href=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/futureofyou/2017/12/08/scientists-looked-at-dna-that-was-supposed-to-come-from-a-yeti-and-heres-what-they-found/\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">. Not yet, Yeti\u003c/a>\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2017/12/yeti_120817_final.jpg\">\u003cimg src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2017/12/yeti_120817_final-800x800.jpg\" alt=\"Yeti by Mark Fiore\" width=\"800\" height=\"800\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-11635904\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/12/yeti_120817_final-800x800.jpg 800w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/12/yeti_120817_final-160x160.jpg 160w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/12/yeti_120817_final-1020x1020.jpg 1020w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/12/yeti_120817_final.jpg 1920w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/12/yeti_120817_final-1180x1180.jpg 1180w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/12/yeti_120817_final-960x960.jpg 960w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/12/yeti_120817_final-240x240.jpg 240w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/12/yeti_120817_final-375x375.jpg 375w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/12/yeti_120817_final-520x520.jpg 520w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/12/yeti_120817_final-32x32.jpg 32w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/12/yeti_120817_final-50x50.jpg 50w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/12/yeti_120817_final-64x64.jpg 64w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/12/yeti_120817_final-96x96.jpg 96w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/12/yeti_120817_final-128x128.jpg 128w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/12/yeti_120817_final-150x150.jpg 150w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>If anyone was still holding out hope that the Yeti -- also known as the Abominable Snowman -- actually exists, the \u003ca href=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/futureofyou/2017/12/08/scientists-looked-at-dna-that-was-supposed-to-come-from-a-yeti-and-heres-what-they-found/\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">science isn't on your side\u003c/a>. Scientists have matched hair, skin, bones and teeth supposedly taken from Yeti sightings to known animals, mostly bears.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch1>\u003ca href=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/lowdown/2017/12/06/profiling-a-brief-history-of-being-identified/\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Before you go...\u003c/a>\u003c/h1>\n\u003cp>Facial recognition software: friend or foe? Our friends at \u003ca href=\"https://www.youtube.com/abovethenoise?sub_confirmation=1\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Above the Noise\u003c/a> break it down.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f5qgOqNQ7zY\u003c/p>\n\n","blocks":[],"excerpt":"Here are five stories from the past week that you may have missed but really shouldn’t.","status":"publish","parent":0,"modified":1512936143,"stats":{"hasAudio":false,"hasVideo":true,"hasChartOrMap":false,"iframeSrcs":[],"hasGoogleForm":false,"hasGallery":false,"hasHearkenModule":false,"hasPolis":false,"paragraphCount":22,"wordCount":535},"headData":{"title":"Your Weekend Reads: Tofu, the Yeti and Will Smith | KQED","description":"Here are five stories from the past week that you may have missed but really shouldn’t.","ogTitle":"","ogDescription":"","ogImgId":"","twTitle":"","twDescription":"","twImgId":"","schema":{"@context":"http://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","headline":"Your Weekend Reads: Tofu, the Yeti and Will Smith","datePublished":"2017-12-10T17:00:49.000Z","dateModified":"2017-12-10T20:02:23.000Z","image":"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/02/KQED-OG-Image@1x.png","isAccessibleForFree":"Y","publisher":{"@type":"NewsMediaOrganization","@id":"https://www.kqed.org/#organization","name":"KQED","url":"https://www.kqed.org","logo":"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/02/KQED-OG-Image@1x.png"}}},"disqusIdentifier":"11636132 https://ww2.kqed.org/news/?p=11636132","disqusUrl":"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/2017/12/10/your-weekend-reads-tofu-the-yeti-and-will-smith/","disqusTitle":"Your Weekend Reads: Tofu, the Yeti and Will Smith","path":"/news/11636132/your-weekend-reads-tofu-the-yeti-and-will-smith","audioTrackLength":null,"parsedContent":[{"type":"contentString","content":"\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003cp>We know it can be hard to keep up with everything that’s going on in the world, the country and your community. So here are five stories from the past week that you may have missed but really shouldn’t.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>\u003ca href=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/2017/12/04/autopsy-doctors-sheriff-overrode-death-findings-to-protect-law-enforcement/\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">1. Will Smith did what?!\u003c/a>\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2017/12/coroner_1920.jpg\">\u003cimg src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2017/12/coroner_1920-800x428.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"800\" height=\"428\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-11634823\">\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Well, not Will Smith. But the forensic pathologist, Dr. Bennet Omalu, that Will Smith played in the 2015 movie \"\u003ca href=\"http://www.concussion-movie.com/\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Concussion\u003c/a>\" about brain injuries in the NFL now works for San Joaquin County. \u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Or, he did until he \u003ca href=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/2017/12/04/autopsy-doctors-sheriff-overrode-death-findings-to-protect-law-enforcement/\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">resigned on Tuesday\u003c/a> because of what he says was interference from Sheriff-Coroner Steve Moore in death investigations to protect law enforcement officers, as detailed in our most popular story this week.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003c/div>","attributes":{"named":{},"numeric":[]}},{"type":"component","content":"","name":"ad","attributes":{"named":{"label":"fullwidth"},"numeric":["fullwidth"]}},{"type":"contentString","content":"\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Among Omalu's allegations against Moore:\u003c/p>\n\u003cul>\n\u003cli>Moore told Omalu and his colleague Dr. Susan Parson to change findings from “homicide” to “accident” when people died from law officers using Tasers, chokeholds or other types of force.\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>Moore withheld information to mislead them from ruling cases homicides.\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>Moore ordered technicians to cut hands off unidentified bodies — against medical ethics.\u003c/li>\n\u003c/ul>\n\u003cp>Moore said he never tried to influence forensic investigations.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>\u003ca href=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/2017/12/09/san-jose-tofu-company-a-japantown-institution-closing-after-71-years/\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">2. Ta ta, tofu!\u003c/a>\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11636022\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003ca href=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2017/12/RS28447_Photo-Dec-07-3-31-23-PM-2-qut.jpg\">\u003cimg src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2017/12/RS28447_Photo-Dec-07-3-31-23-PM-2-qut-800x450.jpg\" alt=\"Chester and Amy Nozaki of the San Jose Tofu Company are feeling ready to retire.\" width=\"800\" height=\"450\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-11636022\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/12/RS28447_Photo-Dec-07-3-31-23-PM-2-qut-800x450.jpg 800w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/12/RS28447_Photo-Dec-07-3-31-23-PM-2-qut-160x90.jpg 160w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/12/RS28447_Photo-Dec-07-3-31-23-PM-2-qut-1020x574.jpg 1020w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/12/RS28447_Photo-Dec-07-3-31-23-PM-2-qut.jpg 1920w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/12/RS28447_Photo-Dec-07-3-31-23-PM-2-qut-1180x664.jpg 1180w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/12/RS28447_Photo-Dec-07-3-31-23-PM-2-qut-960x540.jpg 960w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/12/RS28447_Photo-Dec-07-3-31-23-PM-2-qut-240x135.jpg 240w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/12/RS28447_Photo-Dec-07-3-31-23-PM-2-qut-375x211.jpg 375w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/12/RS28447_Photo-Dec-07-3-31-23-PM-2-qut-520x293.jpg 520w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Chester and Amy Nozaki of the San Jose Tofu Company are feeling ready to retire. \u003ccite>(Rachael Myrow/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Anyone who says tofu doesn't taste good doesn't know the San Jose Tofu Company. It's been a Japantown tradition in San Jose for 71 years run by three generations of the Nozaki family. But at the end of the month, Chester Nozaki and his wife Amy will \u003ca href=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/2017/12/09/san-jose-tofu-company-a-japantown-institution-closing-after-71-years/\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">shut their doors\u003c/a> for the last time.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“It’s so sad to say goodbye, but nothing lasts forever,\" Amy says.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>\u003ca href=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/2017/12/06/i-dont-feel-safe-at-work-your-metoo-stories/\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">3. #MeToo\u003c/a>\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11635462\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003ca href=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2017/12/RS28357_free_metoo_blue_small_gradient-qut.jpg\">\u003cimg src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2017/12/RS28357_free_metoo_blue_small_gradient-qut-800x450.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"800\" height=\"450\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-11635462\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/12/RS28357_free_metoo_blue_small_gradient-qut-800x450.jpg 800w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/12/RS28357_free_metoo_blue_small_gradient-qut-160x90.jpg 160w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/12/RS28357_free_metoo_blue_small_gradient-qut-1020x574.jpg 1020w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/12/RS28357_free_metoo_blue_small_gradient-qut.jpg 1920w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/12/RS28357_free_metoo_blue_small_gradient-qut-1180x664.jpg 1180w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/12/RS28357_free_metoo_blue_small_gradient-qut-960x540.jpg 960w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/12/RS28357_free_metoo_blue_small_gradient-qut-240x135.jpg 240w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/12/RS28357_free_metoo_blue_small_gradient-qut-375x211.jpg 375w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/12/RS28357_free_metoo_blue_small_gradient-qut-520x293.jpg 520w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Jane, legal/compliance, manager/supervisor, 55, San Francisco \u003ccite>(Miranda Leitsinger/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Stories of sexual harassment and assault have dominated headlines for weeks, and last month, we launched a survey asking for your stories. We received nearly 100 responses, and many of them have been collected \u003ca href=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/2017/12/06/i-dont-feel-safe-at-work-your-metoo-stories/\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">here\u003c/a>. \u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The stories are disturbing and powerful. They show how widespread this issue is in our communities and the devastating impact it can have on people's lives.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>\u003ca href=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/2017/12/06/tollbooth-worker-killed-in-bay-bridge-crash-remembered-as-kind-generous/\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">4. 'She always smiled.'\u003c/a>\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11635414\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003ca href=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2017/12/RS28347_IMG_1202-qut.jpg\">\u003cimg src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2017/12/RS28347_IMG_1202-qut-800x533.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"800\" height=\"533\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-11635414\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/12/RS28347_IMG_1202-qut-800x533.jpg 800w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/12/RS28347_IMG_1202-qut-160x107.jpg 160w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/12/RS28347_IMG_1202-qut-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/12/RS28347_IMG_1202-qut.jpg 1920w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/12/RS28347_IMG_1202-qut-1180x787.jpg 1180w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/12/RS28347_IMG_1202-qut-960x640.jpg 960w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/12/RS28347_IMG_1202-qut-240x160.jpg 240w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/12/RS28347_IMG_1202-qut-375x250.jpg 375w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/12/RS28347_IMG_1202-qut-520x347.jpg 520w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Vehicles approach the Bay Bridge Toll Plaza in Oakland on Dec. 5 2017. Days before, a truck crashed into toll booth number 14 and killed worker Si Si Han. \u003ccite>(Farida Jhabvala Romero/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Si Si Han was killed last Saturday when a box truck crashed into her tollbooth on the Bay Bridge. She was 46. \u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“She always smiled,” said Ryan Saw, 40, Han’s husband. The two met in their native Myanmar when they were teenagers. “She put family first, you know? She was always there for her daughter, for her mom, for me.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>5\u003ca href=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/futureofyou/2017/12/08/scientists-looked-at-dna-that-was-supposed-to-come-from-a-yeti-and-heres-what-they-found/\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">. Not yet, Yeti\u003c/a>\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2017/12/yeti_120817_final.jpg\">\u003cimg src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2017/12/yeti_120817_final-800x800.jpg\" alt=\"Yeti by Mark Fiore\" width=\"800\" height=\"800\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-11635904\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/12/yeti_120817_final-800x800.jpg 800w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/12/yeti_120817_final-160x160.jpg 160w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/12/yeti_120817_final-1020x1020.jpg 1020w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/12/yeti_120817_final.jpg 1920w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/12/yeti_120817_final-1180x1180.jpg 1180w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/12/yeti_120817_final-960x960.jpg 960w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/12/yeti_120817_final-240x240.jpg 240w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/12/yeti_120817_final-375x375.jpg 375w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/12/yeti_120817_final-520x520.jpg 520w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/12/yeti_120817_final-32x32.jpg 32w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/12/yeti_120817_final-50x50.jpg 50w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/12/yeti_120817_final-64x64.jpg 64w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/12/yeti_120817_final-96x96.jpg 96w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/12/yeti_120817_final-128x128.jpg 128w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/12/yeti_120817_final-150x150.jpg 150w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>If anyone was still holding out hope that the Yeti -- also known as the Abominable Snowman -- actually exists, the \u003ca href=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/futureofyou/2017/12/08/scientists-looked-at-dna-that-was-supposed-to-come-from-a-yeti-and-heres-what-they-found/\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">science isn't on your side\u003c/a>. Scientists have matched hair, skin, bones and teeth supposedly taken from Yeti sightings to known animals, mostly bears.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch1>\u003ca href=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/lowdown/2017/12/06/profiling-a-brief-history-of-being-identified/\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Before you go...\u003c/a>\u003c/h1>\n\u003cp>Facial recognition software: friend or foe? Our friends at \u003ca href=\"https://www.youtube.com/abovethenoise?sub_confirmation=1\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Above the Noise\u003c/a> break it down.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003c/p>\u003cp>\u003cspan class='utils-parseShortcode-shortcodes-__youtubeShortcode__embedYoutube'>\n \u003cspan class='utils-parseShortcode-shortcodes-__youtubeShortcode__embedYoutubeInside'>\n \u003ciframe\n loading='lazy'\n class='utils-parseShortcode-shortcodes-__youtubeShortcode__youtubePlayer'\n type='text/html'\n src='//www.youtube.com/embed/f5qgOqNQ7zY'\n title='//www.youtube.com/embed/f5qgOqNQ7zY'\n allowfullscreen='true'\n style='border:0;'>\u003c/iframe>\n \u003c/span>\n \u003c/span>\u003c/p>\u003cp>\n\u003c/div>\u003c/p>","attributes":{"named":{},"numeric":[]}}],"link":"/news/11636132/your-weekend-reads-tofu-the-yeti-and-will-smith","authors":["11260"],"programs":["news_6944","news_72"],"categories":["news_6188","news_8","news_356"],"tags":["news_19542","news_22121"],"featImg":"news_11636024","label":"news_72"},"news_11634497":{"type":"posts","id":"news_11634497","meta":{"index":"posts_1591205157","site":"news","id":"11634497","score":null,"sort":[1512324034000]},"guestAuthors":[],"slug":"your-weekend-reads-oroville-dam-shark-attacks-and-bumpass-hell","title":"Your Weekend Reads: Oroville Dam, Shark Attacks and Bumpass Hell","publishDate":1512324034,"format":"standard","headTitle":"The California Report | KQED News","labelTerm":{"term":72,"site":"news"},"content":"\u003cp>We know it can be hard to keep up with everything that’s going on in the world, the country and your community. So here are five stories from the past week that you may have missed but really shouldn’t.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>\u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/2017/11/27/feds-ask-state-to-explain-cracks-in-new-concrete-on-oroville-spillway/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">1. How did those cracks get there? Didn't you just build this thing?\u003c/a>\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11633512\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003ca href=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2017/11/KJ_oroville_1926_10_19_17-e1511829691789.jpg\">\u003cimg class=\"size-medium wp-image-11633512\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2017/11/KJ_oroville_1926_10_19_17-800x591.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"800\" height=\"591\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">The California Department of Water Resources says extensive steel reinforcement and other measures intended to make Oroville Dam's rebuilt spillway stronger have resulted in cracking of the spillway concrete. DWR says the small cracks should not affect the spillway's integrity. \u003ccite>(Ken James/ California Department of Water Resources)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>The most popular story on our site this week chronicled the latest chapter in the effort to rebuild the Oroville Dam spillway, which failed last February and led to mass evacuations. Federal regulators asked state water officials to explain \u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/2017/11/27/feds-ask-state-to-explain-cracks-in-new-concrete-on-oroville-spillway/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">small cracks\u003c/a> that were found in some of the spillway's newly built concrete slabs.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>A spokeswoman for the state Department of Water Resources said the cracks were the result of efforts to make the spillway stronger and were to be expected in concrete slabs of that size. But Robert Bea, a veteran analyst of structure failures, isn't quite convinced:\u003c/p>\n\u003cblockquote>\u003cp>“Cracking in high-strength reinforced concrete structures is never ‘to be expected,’ ” Bea said in an email. Even small cracks could increase stresses in the concrete when it is under “service loading” — for instance, when large volumes of water hurtle down the structure at speeds approaching 90 mph.\u003c/p>\u003c/blockquote>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>\u003ca href=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/2017/11/30/steinle-trial-verdict/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">2. Beyond politics: understanding why the jury got to 'not guilty'\u003c/a>\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11629419\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003ca href=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2017/11/RS27583_alt_648.jpg\">\u003cimg class=\"size-medium wp-image-11629419\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2017/11/RS27583_alt_648-800x543.jpg\" alt=\"Jose Ines Garcia Zarate, who is also known as Juan Francisco Lopez Sanchez, enters court for an arraignment on July 7, 2015 in San Francisco.\" width=\"800\" height=\"543\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/11/RS27583_alt_648-800x543.jpg 800w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/11/RS27583_alt_648-160x109.jpg 160w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/11/RS27583_alt_648-1020x692.jpg 1020w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/11/RS27583_alt_648.jpg 1920w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/11/RS27583_alt_648-1180x800.jpg 1180w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/11/RS27583_alt_648-960x651.jpg 960w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/11/RS27583_alt_648-240x163.jpg 240w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/11/RS27583_alt_648-375x254.jpg 375w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/11/RS27583_alt_648-520x353.jpg 520w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Defendant Jose Ines Garcia Zarate, who is also known as Juan Francisco Lopez Sanchez, enters court for an arraignment on July 7, 2015, in San Francisco. \u003ccite>(Michael Macor-Pool/Getty Images)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>A San Francisco jury has acquitted Jose Ines Garcia Zarate on murder and manslaughter charges in the 2015 death of Kathryn Steinle. Many people around the country -- including President Donald Trump and Attorney General Jeff Sessions -- have put a spotlight on the defendant's undocumented status and San Francisco's status as a so-called sanctuary city. But there was a lot \u003ca href=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/2017/11/30/steinle-trial-verdict/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">more to this case\u003c/a>:\u003c/p>\n\u003cul>\n\u003cli>The bullet that killed Steinle ricocheted off the ground before traveling 78 feet and hitting Stenile, suggesting an \u003ca href=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/2017/11/08/steinle-trial-defense-expert-says-facts-of-shooting-suggest-accidental-discharge/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">accidental discharge\u003c/a>.\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>The prosecution was unable to present a motive for why Garcia Zarate would intentionally kill Steinle.\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>The gun used in the killing was \u003ca href=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/2017/07/07/court-filing-ids-fed-whose-stolen-gun-was-used-in-kate-steinle-killing/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">stolen from the car\u003c/a> of a U.S. Bureau of Land Management ranger four days earlier. The ranger was \u003ca href=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/2017/10/20/federal-agency-promoted-ranger-just-months-after-his-gun-was-stolen-and-used-in-steinle-killing/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">later promoted\u003c/a>.\u003c/li>\n\u003c/ul>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>\u003ca href=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/2017/11/29/risk-of-shark-attacks-in-california-has-plummeted-researchers-say/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">3. Sharks don't find you \u003cem>that\u003c/em> tasty ... seals are yummier!\u003c/a>\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11633959\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003ca href=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2017/11/iStock-503516024-e1512002719505.jpg\">\u003cimg class=\"size-medium wp-image-11633959\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2017/11/iStock-503516024-800x415.jpg\" alt=\"White Shark breaching in an attack.\" width=\"800\" height=\"415\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">White Shark breaching in an attack. \u003ccite>(USO/iStockphoto)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Good news! The risk of being attacked by a shark on the California coast has \u003ca href=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/2017/11/29/risk-of-shark-attacks-in-california-has-plummeted-researchers-say/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">dropped by more than 91 percent\u003c/a> since 1950, according to Stanford researchers. Their best guess for the change is the resurgence of seals, sea lions and elephant seals, which provide sharks an attractive menu far from the California coastline.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>\u003ca href=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/2017/11/28/october-fires-44th-victim-a-creative-globetrotting-engineer-with-the-kindest-heart/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">4. Northern California fires claim 44th Victim\u003c/a>\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11633811\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\" style=\"max-width: 576px\">\u003ca href=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2017/11/michelazarian.jpg\">\u003cimg class=\"size-full wp-image-11633811\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2017/11/michelazarian.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"576\" height=\"669\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/11/michelazarian.jpg 576w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/11/michelazarian-160x186.jpg 160w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/11/michelazarian-240x279.jpg 240w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/11/michelazarian-375x436.jpg 375w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/11/michelazarian-520x604.jpg 520w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 576px) 100vw, 576px\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Michel Azarian, photographed during a recent trip. Azarian lived outside Santa Rosa and died Nov. 26 as the result of burns suffered during the Tubbs Fire in October. \u003ccite>(Courtesy of Khachik Papanyan)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Michel Azarian, 41, died last Sunday at UC Davis Medical Center from extensive burns he suffered when the Tubbs Fire trapped him outside his home on the outskirts of Santa Rosa. He is \u003ca href=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/2017/11/28/october-fires-44th-victim-a-creative-globetrotting-engineer-with-the-kindest-heart/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">the 44th person\u003c/a> to have died as a result of the October wildfires that devastated huge swaths of the North Bay and other Northern California communities.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“For those of you who had the pleasure of knowing Michel, he had the kindest heart and an incredible lust for life,” wrote Mihran Aroian, parish counsel chairman for the Armenian Church of Austin, in an announcement of Azarian’s death. “He was also an active globetrotter and a brilliant photographer. He had a robust appreciation both for the quiet beauty in nature along with fun adventures and laughter with friends.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>\u003ca href=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/2017/12/01/going-to-bumpass-hell-better-watch-your-step/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">5. Caution: Ground is hot\u003c/a>\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11633666\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 640px\">\u003ca href=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2017/11/RS28182_HydroTherm-Warning-Sign-Bumpass-Hell_NPS-Photo-qut.jpg\">\u003cimg class=\"size-full wp-image-11633666\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2017/11/RS28182_HydroTherm-Warning-Sign-Bumpass-Hell_NPS-Photo-qut.jpg\" alt=\"A sign on the boardwalk at Bumpass Hell warns visitors to stay on the path.\" width=\"640\" height=\"480\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/11/RS28182_HydroTherm-Warning-Sign-Bumpass-Hell_NPS-Photo-qut.jpg 640w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/11/RS28182_HydroTherm-Warning-Sign-Bumpass-Hell_NPS-Photo-qut-160x120.jpg 160w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/11/RS28182_HydroTherm-Warning-Sign-Bumpass-Hell_NPS-Photo-qut-240x180.jpg 240w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/11/RS28182_HydroTherm-Warning-Sign-Bumpass-Hell_NPS-Photo-qut-375x281.jpg 375w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/11/RS28182_HydroTherm-Warning-Sign-Bumpass-Hell_NPS-Photo-qut-520x390.jpg 520w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">A sign on the boardwalk at Bumpass Hell warns visitors to stay on the path. \u003ccite>(Karen Haner)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>In 1865, Kendall Bumpass was leading a tour around the hot pools in what we know today as Lassen Volcanic National Park.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Kendall was warning everyone to be careful of where they put their feet and stepped because he knew how crumbly the ground could be,” says Karen Haner, the chief of interpretation and education at Lassen. “Unfortunately, he took a misstep, and his leg plunged into the boiling, acidic water. It burned him very severely.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>And so, \u003ca href=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/2017/12/01/going-to-bumpass-hell-better-watch-your-step/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Bumpass Hell\u003c/a> was born.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch1>\u003ca href=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/arts/programs/oakland-warehouse-memorial/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Before you go...\u003c/a>\u003c/h1>\n\u003cp>This weekend marks \u003ca href=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/arts/programs/oakland-warehouse-memorial/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">one year\u003c/a> since the Ghost Ship fire that killed 36 Bay Area artists at an Oakland warehouse.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xPTMdO_15MQ\u003c/p>\n\n","blocks":[],"excerpt":"Here are five stories from the past week that you may have missed but really shouldn’t.","status":"publish","parent":0,"modified":1512328818,"stats":{"hasAudio":false,"hasVideo":true,"hasChartOrMap":false,"iframeSrcs":[],"hasGoogleForm":false,"hasGallery":false,"hasHearkenModule":false,"hasPolis":false,"paragraphCount":19,"wordCount":821},"headData":{"title":"Your Weekend Reads: Oroville Dam, Shark Attacks and Bumpass Hell | KQED","description":"Here are five stories from the past week that you may have missed but really shouldn’t.","ogTitle":"","ogDescription":"","ogImgId":"","twTitle":"","twDescription":"","twImgId":"","schema":{"@context":"http://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","headline":"Your Weekend Reads: Oroville Dam, Shark Attacks and Bumpass Hell","datePublished":"2017-12-03T18:00:34.000Z","dateModified":"2017-12-03T19:20:18.000Z","image":"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/02/KQED-OG-Image@1x.png","isAccessibleForFree":"Y","publisher":{"@type":"NewsMediaOrganization","@id":"https://www.kqed.org/#organization","name":"KQED","url":"https://www.kqed.org","logo":"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/02/KQED-OG-Image@1x.png"}}},"disqusIdentifier":"11634497 https://ww2.kqed.org/news/?p=11634497","disqusUrl":"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/2017/12/03/your-weekend-reads-oroville-dam-shark-attacks-and-bumpass-hell/","disqusTitle":"Your Weekend Reads: Oroville Dam, Shark Attacks and Bumpass Hell","path":"/news/11634497/your-weekend-reads-oroville-dam-shark-attacks-and-bumpass-hell","audioTrackLength":null,"parsedContent":[{"type":"contentString","content":"\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003cp>We know it can be hard to keep up with everything that’s going on in the world, the country and your community. So here are five stories from the past week that you may have missed but really shouldn’t.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>\u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/2017/11/27/feds-ask-state-to-explain-cracks-in-new-concrete-on-oroville-spillway/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">1. How did those cracks get there? Didn't you just build this thing?\u003c/a>\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11633512\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003ca href=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2017/11/KJ_oroville_1926_10_19_17-e1511829691789.jpg\">\u003cimg class=\"size-medium wp-image-11633512\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2017/11/KJ_oroville_1926_10_19_17-800x591.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"800\" height=\"591\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">The California Department of Water Resources says extensive steel reinforcement and other measures intended to make Oroville Dam's rebuilt spillway stronger have resulted in cracking of the spillway concrete. DWR says the small cracks should not affect the spillway's integrity. \u003ccite>(Ken James/ California Department of Water Resources)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>The most popular story on our site this week chronicled the latest chapter in the effort to rebuild the Oroville Dam spillway, which failed last February and led to mass evacuations. Federal regulators asked state water officials to explain \u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/2017/11/27/feds-ask-state-to-explain-cracks-in-new-concrete-on-oroville-spillway/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">small cracks\u003c/a> that were found in some of the spillway's newly built concrete slabs.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>A spokeswoman for the state Department of Water Resources said the cracks were the result of efforts to make the spillway stronger and were to be expected in concrete slabs of that size. But Robert Bea, a veteran analyst of structure failures, isn't quite convinced:\u003c/p>\n\u003cblockquote>\u003cp>“Cracking in high-strength reinforced concrete structures is never ‘to be expected,’ ” Bea said in an email. Even small cracks could increase stresses in the concrete when it is under “service loading” — for instance, when large volumes of water hurtle down the structure at speeds approaching 90 mph.\u003c/p>\u003c/blockquote>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>\u003ca href=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/2017/11/30/steinle-trial-verdict/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">2. Beyond politics: understanding why the jury got to 'not guilty'\u003c/a>\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11629419\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003ca href=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2017/11/RS27583_alt_648.jpg\">\u003cimg class=\"size-medium wp-image-11629419\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2017/11/RS27583_alt_648-800x543.jpg\" alt=\"Jose Ines Garcia Zarate, who is also known as Juan Francisco Lopez Sanchez, enters court for an arraignment on July 7, 2015 in San Francisco.\" width=\"800\" height=\"543\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/11/RS27583_alt_648-800x543.jpg 800w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/11/RS27583_alt_648-160x109.jpg 160w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/11/RS27583_alt_648-1020x692.jpg 1020w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/11/RS27583_alt_648.jpg 1920w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/11/RS27583_alt_648-1180x800.jpg 1180w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/11/RS27583_alt_648-960x651.jpg 960w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/11/RS27583_alt_648-240x163.jpg 240w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/11/RS27583_alt_648-375x254.jpg 375w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/11/RS27583_alt_648-520x353.jpg 520w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Defendant Jose Ines Garcia Zarate, who is also known as Juan Francisco Lopez Sanchez, enters court for an arraignment on July 7, 2015, in San Francisco. \u003ccite>(Michael Macor-Pool/Getty Images)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>A San Francisco jury has acquitted Jose Ines Garcia Zarate on murder and manslaughter charges in the 2015 death of Kathryn Steinle. Many people around the country -- including President Donald Trump and Attorney General Jeff Sessions -- have put a spotlight on the defendant's undocumented status and San Francisco's status as a so-called sanctuary city. But there was a lot \u003ca href=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/2017/11/30/steinle-trial-verdict/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">more to this case\u003c/a>:\u003c/p>\n\u003cul>\n\u003cli>The bullet that killed Steinle ricocheted off the ground before traveling 78 feet and hitting Stenile, suggesting an \u003ca href=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/2017/11/08/steinle-trial-defense-expert-says-facts-of-shooting-suggest-accidental-discharge/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">accidental discharge\u003c/a>.\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>The prosecution was unable to present a motive for why Garcia Zarate would intentionally kill Steinle.\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>The gun used in the killing was \u003ca href=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/2017/07/07/court-filing-ids-fed-whose-stolen-gun-was-used-in-kate-steinle-killing/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">stolen from the car\u003c/a> of a U.S. Bureau of Land Management ranger four days earlier. The ranger was \u003ca href=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/2017/10/20/federal-agency-promoted-ranger-just-months-after-his-gun-was-stolen-and-used-in-steinle-killing/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">later promoted\u003c/a>.\u003c/li>\n\u003c/ul>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>\u003ca href=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/2017/11/29/risk-of-shark-attacks-in-california-has-plummeted-researchers-say/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">3. Sharks don't find you \u003cem>that\u003c/em> tasty ... seals are yummier!\u003c/a>\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11633959\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003ca href=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2017/11/iStock-503516024-e1512002719505.jpg\">\u003cimg class=\"size-medium wp-image-11633959\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2017/11/iStock-503516024-800x415.jpg\" alt=\"White Shark breaching in an attack.\" width=\"800\" height=\"415\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">White Shark breaching in an attack. \u003ccite>(USO/iStockphoto)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Good news! The risk of being attacked by a shark on the California coast has \u003ca href=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/2017/11/29/risk-of-shark-attacks-in-california-has-plummeted-researchers-say/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">dropped by more than 91 percent\u003c/a> since 1950, according to Stanford researchers. Their best guess for the change is the resurgence of seals, sea lions and elephant seals, which provide sharks an attractive menu far from the California coastline.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003c/div>","attributes":{"named":{},"numeric":[]}},{"type":"component","content":"","name":"ad","attributes":{"named":{"label":"fullwidth"},"numeric":["fullwidth"]}},{"type":"contentString","content":"\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>\u003ca href=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/2017/11/28/october-fires-44th-victim-a-creative-globetrotting-engineer-with-the-kindest-heart/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">4. Northern California fires claim 44th Victim\u003c/a>\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11633811\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\" style=\"max-width: 576px\">\u003ca href=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2017/11/michelazarian.jpg\">\u003cimg class=\"size-full wp-image-11633811\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2017/11/michelazarian.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"576\" height=\"669\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/11/michelazarian.jpg 576w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/11/michelazarian-160x186.jpg 160w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/11/michelazarian-240x279.jpg 240w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/11/michelazarian-375x436.jpg 375w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/11/michelazarian-520x604.jpg 520w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 576px) 100vw, 576px\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Michel Azarian, photographed during a recent trip. Azarian lived outside Santa Rosa and died Nov. 26 as the result of burns suffered during the Tubbs Fire in October. \u003ccite>(Courtesy of Khachik Papanyan)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Michel Azarian, 41, died last Sunday at UC Davis Medical Center from extensive burns he suffered when the Tubbs Fire trapped him outside his home on the outskirts of Santa Rosa. He is \u003ca href=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/2017/11/28/october-fires-44th-victim-a-creative-globetrotting-engineer-with-the-kindest-heart/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">the 44th person\u003c/a> to have died as a result of the October wildfires that devastated huge swaths of the North Bay and other Northern California communities.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“For those of you who had the pleasure of knowing Michel, he had the kindest heart and an incredible lust for life,” wrote Mihran Aroian, parish counsel chairman for the Armenian Church of Austin, in an announcement of Azarian’s death. “He was also an active globetrotter and a brilliant photographer. He had a robust appreciation both for the quiet beauty in nature along with fun adventures and laughter with friends.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>\u003ca href=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/2017/12/01/going-to-bumpass-hell-better-watch-your-step/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">5. Caution: Ground is hot\u003c/a>\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11633666\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 640px\">\u003ca href=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2017/11/RS28182_HydroTherm-Warning-Sign-Bumpass-Hell_NPS-Photo-qut.jpg\">\u003cimg class=\"size-full wp-image-11633666\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2017/11/RS28182_HydroTherm-Warning-Sign-Bumpass-Hell_NPS-Photo-qut.jpg\" alt=\"A sign on the boardwalk at Bumpass Hell warns visitors to stay on the path.\" width=\"640\" height=\"480\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/11/RS28182_HydroTherm-Warning-Sign-Bumpass-Hell_NPS-Photo-qut.jpg 640w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/11/RS28182_HydroTherm-Warning-Sign-Bumpass-Hell_NPS-Photo-qut-160x120.jpg 160w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/11/RS28182_HydroTherm-Warning-Sign-Bumpass-Hell_NPS-Photo-qut-240x180.jpg 240w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/11/RS28182_HydroTherm-Warning-Sign-Bumpass-Hell_NPS-Photo-qut-375x281.jpg 375w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/11/RS28182_HydroTherm-Warning-Sign-Bumpass-Hell_NPS-Photo-qut-520x390.jpg 520w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">A sign on the boardwalk at Bumpass Hell warns visitors to stay on the path. \u003ccite>(Karen Haner)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>In 1865, Kendall Bumpass was leading a tour around the hot pools in what we know today as Lassen Volcanic National Park.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Kendall was warning everyone to be careful of where they put their feet and stepped because he knew how crumbly the ground could be,” says Karen Haner, the chief of interpretation and education at Lassen. “Unfortunately, he took a misstep, and his leg plunged into the boiling, acidic water. 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