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Uncovering the Real Story Behind the 'East Bay Mystery Walls' | KQED
or more than a century, people in the Bay Area — and especially the East Bay — have puzzled over the existence of stone walls scattered on ridges from near San Jose north through the Berkeley Hills.
Sometimes the walls are built in long straight lines. Sometimes they form angles. Occasionally you’ll find rectangular or circular constructions.
Who built these things? How long ago? And why?
Maybe voyagers from a lost continent built them. Or visitors from outer space. Or a vanished tribe of “superior” Native Americans.
People have suggested these walls could have been meant for defense. Or as navigational aids for extraterrestrials.
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We started getting “mystery walls” questions almost as soon as Bay Curious opened for business, including one from Eric Haven. He’s an artist — he writes and draws graphic novels — and he’s been a producer on “MythBusters” as well as the reboot, “Mythbusters Jr.” So he’s someone who wants to get to the bottom of things.
His query was pretty straightforward: “Who built the East Bay mystery walls? They appear to be ancient, many hundreds or even thousands of years old.”
Eric came to the Bay Area in 1989. As we hiked up a steep, rocky trail in the Berkeley Hills to visit a wall segment there, he told me that’s when he first heard about a nearby “mystery wall.”
“And the way it was relayed to me was very much like urban myth or urban legend,” he said. “There are certain signifiers of that conversation — you know, the vagueness of it — and yet certain things are very specific. ‘No one knows who built it. No one knows why they built it.’ ”
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hat “no one knows” refrain is a constant in the story of the walls from the beginning.
It’s hard to say precisely when locals might have started gossiping about the walls — or if they ever did — but the oldest published mention of the “mystery” appears to be March 8, 1896, in the Sunday San Francisco Chronicle.
“Half a mile east of Grizzly Peak stand the remnants of stone walls which have long baffled the researches and curiosity of antiquarians,” the unbylined story said. “By whom they were erected, when and why is an unsolved mystery.”
The same little essay goes on to drop a theory or two: that perhaps the walls were the work of what it called “a long forgotten race,” or maybe the Aztecs of Mexico, who might have used the walls for defense.
For structures that have excited such feverish speculation for so long, most of them look pretty modest. The section Eric Haven and I tramped up to is actually kind of nondescript: about 100 feet long and just 2 or 3 feet high. The rocks used for construction — local limestone — are stacked or piled, not mortared or cut to fit. Most of the stones are small enough that one person could place them easily; some would have required a crew to put in place. Most are covered with lichens.
As we soaked in the atmosphere of the place — a spot with a sweeping view, but one we promised the property owners we wouldn’t disclose — Eric shared a friend’s idea about the origins of the walls. It’s a variation on the notion that Native Americans built these walls for a mystical purpose.
“His theory was that there was an earthquake here, and it opened up fissures in the ground,” Eric said. “And he thought these were purely ceremonial. They were here to appease whatever gods they thought were angered, or spirits, and this was a way to mark those fissures and to show those spirits they’d do whatever it takes so the earthquake doesn’t happen again.”
Before we headed back down the trail from the wall, we observed that the wall runs parallel to a modern barbed-wire fence that pretty clearly marks a property boundary. So this wall, perhaps, was built as part of a property line.
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ooking for an answer meant going through old newspaper stories, tracking down amateur sleuths’ accounts of the walls, searching old maps for evidence of the structures and finding out whether real live archaeologists had ever studied the walls.
There have been many newspaper pieces over the years, starting with the Chronicle’s in 1896. Most have repeated the original article’s conclusion that the walls are an impenetrable enigma.
For instance, in August 1904, the Chronicle ran another story on the walls, this time, as a big spread in the Sunday paper. It featured a dramatic illustration of stereotype savage fighting with spear and bow and arrow and hurling big rocks.
It was written by a guy named Harold French — a hiker, writer and clerk at San Francisco’s U.S. Mint. The prose sounds a lot like that in the 1896 piece.
“Did a colony from lost Atlantis once populate the Berkeley hills?” the story asked. “Are the ancient rock walls which crown the Contra Costa ridges remnants of a Toltec or a pre-Toltec civilization? Are these remarkable walls really relics of the Stone Age?”
A few weeks later, the Chronicle was back with another dramatic Sunday spread, announcing an amazing find unearthed by a University of California chemistry professor named Henry Coffinberry Myers.
The headline declared that “stone age relics discovered in the Berkeley Hills … seem to change the accepted history of the Western world.”
The objects Myers said he’d uncovered during forays into the hills included a “five-faced stone image,” stone axes and pieces of pottery. Myers said that mineral deposits on the carved stone image proved it was 1,000 to 10,000 years old.
Myers and other experts the Chronicle contacted said the artifacts and the walls in the hills were evidence that early hill dwellers — perhaps giants who had gained immense strength by lifting big rocks — had migrated from China.
Myers’ find was almost certainly a hoax. The Chronicle doesn’t appear to have said another word about the professor and his world-shattering discoveries. Myers left Berkeley shortly afterward to manage a sugar refinery in Hawaii. He eventually donated his artifacts — telling a different story about where they’d come from — to a Bible college in Spokane, Washington.
In 1908, the Berkeley Hills walls were back in the news. “Professor” Joseph Voyle, president of the Berkeley Society for Psychical Research, identified some of the walls as remains of a prehistoric civilization. He was led to the site by a kind of divining rod, and newspapers delighted in telling the tale of Voyle leading a group on an expedition into the wilds.
(Voyle also claimed to have discovered a radium mine beneath San Francisco and reported he had invented an earthquake detector and figured out how to make non-intoxicating alcohol. He died an indigent in Alameda County’s public hospital in 1915, having succumbed to what one paper called “an infirmity of which he had long been a sufferer.”)
W
hile Myers and Voyle departed the scene, Harold French showed up again and again in print over the years promoting the legend of the walls.
I say “legend” advisedly. In published writings through the early 1920s, French never failed to describe the walls as “prehistoric” or “ancient.” But beyond the walls’ mere presence, the only evidence he ever cited was the testimony of unnamed old-timers who, he said, had told him that the walls had been a puzzle to both Native Americans and early settlers alike.
It’s not clear if trained archaeologists ever seriously studied the walls at the time French was writing. At one point, French reported he had spoken to a “certain teacher of anthropology” at the University of California about the walls’ origins. The anthropologist reportedly responded:
“From time to time my students have come and told me about these walls … but I never took them seriously enough to climb way up there in that ‘Beanstalk Land’ to see them. I suppose they are either old sheep corrals or ranch boundaries.”
Eventually, though, amateur researchers started trying to decipher the walls.
One was Seth Simpson, who spent years documenting the presence of the walls and puzzling over their origins. His conclusion, summarized in a 1972 number of Pursuit, the Journal of the Society for the Investigation of the Unexplained, is classic.
Simpson said there was a possibility some of the walls had been erected by local tribes to trap and kill game. But for the rest, he said, “All I can suggest is that they were built by unknown persons, in an unknown year, for an unknown purpose … and very possibly they will remain a puzzle for the indefinite future.”
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ther wall fanatics were exploring the hills, too. Robert Fisher, a physician from Fremont, and a friend from Berkeley, Russell Swanson, took a lively interest in the walls, especially those in the hills near the south end of the bay.
Fisher and Swanson were inclined to see massive rock formations on the ridges and highlands as the work of unknown ancients they called “the Earliers.” The meaning of the walls, massive standing stones and outcroppings, was baffling. Fisher suggested some of the stone work could have served as navigational aids for extraterrestrials.
At least one real live archaeologist joined Fisher to tour one area of the hills — Monument Peak, above Milpitas in Santa Clara County’s Ed Levin Park. It’s a dramatic site, with wonderful stretches of walls snaking along ridges about 2,000 feet above the bay.
In an answer to an email query relayed through the Society for California Archaeology, Breck Parkman, a now-retired state parks archeologist, said that in the late 1980s a friend prevailed upon him to visit Monument Peak with Fisher.
Fisher “wanted me to come and authenticate what he was finding,” Parkman said in an email. “… I said, show me the best you have. He did.”
Parkman said the area featured “lots and lots of stone walls” he believed dated to sometime in the 1800s. Most were built, he felt, in the later years of the century, perhaps by Chinese workers, perhaps by Basque sheep herders.
But he found a handful of structures — possible hunting blinds and prayer circles — he thought could have been Native American in origin.
“It was these features that convinced me that among the many late 19th century rock features in the East Bay Hills, we might find a few older features of importance,” Parkman wrote. “It would be worth checking out, but I don’t know who’d be interested in taking a systematic look at this.”
One reason that professionals may have stayed away from the walls, Parkman added, is “not wanting to be associated with the fringe element” responsible for the many wild wall hypotheses over the years.
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nother archaeologist, Jeff Fentress, went up into the Berkeley Hills with me to look at the same section of wall I visited with our question asker, Eric Haven.
Fentress, now retired from his position as a professor of archaeology at San Francisco State University, was raised nearby and said he’d been hearing stories about the walls since his boyhood.
“When I was growing up in Berkeley here, we were told the Lemurians built the walls, and the Lemurians were the inhabitants of the lost continent of Mu,” Fentress said.
Mu is said to have existed out in the Pacific Ocean somewhere. And Fentress said stories like that are still coming up. The History Channel asked him whether a Chinese admiral might have erected the rock walls, and British TV interviewed him about whether the West African adventurers might have put up the walls during a visit 30,000 years ago.
Fentress said the problem with all of those theories — Lemurians, Chinese, West Africans and extraterrestrials — is that there’s simply no evidence any of those real or imagined groups ever landed here.
“So I think you have to look at the walls in the context of who was actually here in the Bay Area,” he said.
Native American tribes have populated the Bay Area for about 10,000 years, according to the latest estimates. They were here long before the arrival of Spanish and Mexican colonists and the Gold Rush-era invasion of Americans.
But Fentress said “there is no indication that Native American people built rock walls that extended for hundreds or thousands of feet. There are no accounts of them building massive wall structures or corrals or any of the other sort of rock features we see in the East Bay here.”
Fentress and other archaeologists who have studied and recorded the walls agree that there is an explanation, though.
The rock walls were the work of us — the people who pushed the native tribes off the land.
Fentress said some wall building may have begun in the Mission period, and walls like the ones in the hills followed. Some were likely built to mark property lines. Many others were put up as part of ranching and farming operations, such as those that were known to have existed both in the Berkeley Hills and the Monument Peak area.
He also points to the many European immigrant groups known to have ranched and farmed in the hills.
“Did these people make rock walls in their countries?” Fentress asks. “Look at them all — Portugal, Spain, Ireland, Germany, Switzerland and so on. Of course they made rock walls.”
Fentress and others also point out there was no shortage of labor — provided either willingly or unwillingly. Chinese crews, paid as little as a penny a linear foot, were hired to build ranch walls in Mariposa and Tehama counties, for instance. And many Native Americans, displaced from their lands and denied basic civil rights, were forced into indentured servitude to provide labor.
But Fentress concedes his explanations for the walls are speculative and said you’d want to search for more evidence to back up what he and other researchers have observed and been told in the field.
“The main thing to do would be to systematically record and map all the walls,” he said. Once the walls were mapped, researchers could compare their locations to older maps showing historic property lines and other features.
He also said it could be useful to dig along the base of walls to study their construction and to look for artifacts. It would also help to study the rocks used in the structures to confirm what most people assume — that they come from the same area as the walls themselves.
Dating techniques could be useful, too. One experimental study that used the growth of lichens as a dating technique estimated that the surviving wall segment in the Berkeley Hills may have been built between 1850 and 1880.
Fentress said you’d want to do a more systematic study — a hundred lichen sites, say — to really come to a firm conclusion.
Historical records — written accounts — could be important, too. But those are in short supply.
“And really the reason is that, you know, we’re looking at — you could call it the archaeology of the common people, the archeology of the working class,” he said. “Back in 1850, if Mr. McGillicuddy cleared his fields and he built a wall between his property and Mr. Sousa next door, no one’s going to write a newspaper article about that. It’s not going to get in the history books. So all we have is the remains of these people showing their hard work and their ingenuity.”
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o, at the end of all this, there is still some mystery left in the walls and more work to be done to come to definitive answers. Eric Haven, who prompted our own investigation, said he’s OK with that.
“People love a mystery,” he said. “And since this is an unsolved mystery, it’s naturally evocative and compelling. I still think about it — a lot. And part of me somewhat hopes that we never find the answers, so that the Berkeley walls can always be a mystery.”
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Rank and File for a Democratic Union, a group of UAW 4811 members at UCLA, released a \u003ca href=\"https://x.com/uclarnf/status/1792648027120803938\">statement on Monday\u003c/a> urging the union to be “serious about causing ‘maximum disruption and chaos’” by calling a strike at their campus, which has the largest student population in the UC system.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Our actions must not be delayed, tempered, or symbolic. We affirm our strike readiness by taking action NOW,” the group said in a statement on X, formerly Twitter.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The University of California Students for Justice in Palestine also urged the union to “immediately call a strike at all University of California Campuses” in a \u003ca href=\"https://x.com/NationalSJP/status/1792670620494315630\">social media post\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“UAW 4811 leadership must support the demands of their rank-and-file workers and the broader grassroots movement for liberation,” the group said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>However, questions remain about wider support for the strike among the union representing UC academic workers. Although 79% of voting members supported authorizing a strike, voter turnout was low. Only about 19,780 of UAW 4811’s approximately 48,000 members cast ballots, compared with more than 36,000 academic workers \u003ca href=\"https://www.fairucnow.org/2022/11/02/press-release-nov-2-2022/\">participating\u003c/a> in the union’s 2022 strike authorization vote \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11935671/university-of-california-workers-reach-deal-to-end-monthlong-strike\">during its collective bargaining process\u003c/a> with the university system.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The University of California has also filed an unfair labor practice suit against the union, calling the strike illegal.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“UAW’s decision to strike over nonlabor issues violates the no-strike clause of their contracts with UC and sets a dangerous and far-reaching precedent that social, political and cultural issues — no matter how valid — that are not labor-related can support a labor strike,” Melissa Matella, associate vice president of systemwide labor relations, said in a statement on May 16.[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>UAW 4811 alleges that union members’ rights were violated by university leadership’s response to pro-Palestinian protest encampments, pointing to UCLA — where police did not intervene when \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11984762/ucs-campus-safety-plan-under-fire-as-violence-breaks-out-at-ucla-protest\">counter-protesters attacked overnight\u003c/a>, then violently broke up the encampment the following day, arresting more than 200 people — and to campus crackdowns at UC Irvine, where 47 protesters were arrested last week, and UC San Diego, where 64 people were arrested in early May.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“These are workplace issues in the sense that the University of California is bringing in police, allowing other people in the community to beat and mace workers in their place of work,” Fournier said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“If they’re making threats about suspending or terminating workers without using the process that’s outlined in our contract, if they’re unilaterally locking workers out of their place of work on some of these campuses, all of these things are violations of our working conditions and the agreements we have with the university.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“People are very fired up about this,” Fournier told KQED. “We’re prepared to stay out and do this for the long haul, as long as it takes for the UC to resolve these unfair labor practices.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Scott Hernandez-Jason, UC Santa Cruz’s assistant vice chancellor of communications and marketing, said in a statement on Monday that the campus’ goal throughout the strike will be to “minimize the disruptive impact, especially given the many educational and research challenges that have affected students and researchers in recent years.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>He added that multiple campus entrances were obstructed on Monday. The university transitioned to remote instruction \u003ca href=\"https://news.ucsc.edu/2024/05/slug-safe-instructional-update.html\">at least through Wednesday\u003c/a>. Many UC campuses, including Santa Cruz, have about a month left until the current academic term wraps up in mid-June.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Fournier told KQED that workers at Santa Cruz are prepared to picket at the campus’ two entrances daily from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. and continue a complete work stoppage until their demands are met.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“We’re ready to keep going for the long haul,” Fournier said. “We can imagine that if this does keep going, and the UC continues to be intransigent, more and more campuses are going to be out there with us.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n","blocks":[],"excerpt":"About 1,500 unionized graduate students, researchers and others at UC Santa Cruz are striking over universities’ handling of pro-Palestinian protests. 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The university transitioned to remote instruction \u003ca href=\"https://news.ucsc.edu/2024/05/slug-safe-instructional-update.html\">at least through Wednesday\u003c/a>. Many UC campuses, including Santa Cruz, have about a month left until the current academic term wraps up in mid-June.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Fournier told KQED that workers at Santa Cruz are prepared to picket at the campus’ two entrances daily from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. and continue a complete work stoppage until their demands are met.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“We’re ready to keep going for the long haul,” Fournier said. “We can imagine that if this does keep going, and the UC continues to be intransigent, more and more campuses are going to be out there with us.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003c/div>\u003c/p>","attributes":{"named":{},"numeric":[]}}],"link":"/news/11987173/uc-academic-workers-strike-is-limited-to-santa-cruz-so-far-heres-why","authors":["byline_news_11987173"],"categories":["news_31795","news_18540","news_28250","news_8"],"tags":["news_34008","news_20013","news_33647","news_34090","news_25682","news_4606"],"featImg":"news_11987186","label":"news"},"news_11987176":{"type":"posts","id":"news_11987176","meta":{"index":"posts_1716263798","site":"news","id":"11987176","found":true},"guestAuthors":[],"slug":"heres-why-kqed-is-latest-public-media-outlet-to-face-layoffs","title":"Here’s Why KQED Is Latest Public Media Outlet to Face Layoffs","publishDate":1716329479,"format":"standard","headTitle":"Here’s Why KQED Is Latest Public Media Outlet to Face Layoffs | KQED","labelTerm":{"site":"news"},"content":"\u003cp>\u003cem>Updated 5:15 p.m. Tuesday\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>This week, KQED is expected to announce it will lay off as many as 25 employees as part of its \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11832855/kqed-announces-layoffs-blames-coronavirus-pandemic-for-budget-shortfall\">second round of staff cuts\u003c/a> within four years.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The layoffs follow voluntary departure offers that at least nine employees accepted and will be coupled with yet-to-be-announced reductions in discretionary spending and services, according to KQED President and CEO Michael Isip.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Simply put, the cuts are the result of rapidly rising costs, especially in the area of salaries and benefits, at the same time that revenue from individuals, corporate sponsors and other sources has declined.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“It’s painful,” he said. “The people of KQED are what make this organization so special. And when you lose colleagues, it not only impacts your day-to-day work, but it impacts overall morale.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>KQED says it currently employs 387 people, including 15 on limited-term contracts. Counting temporary workers and interns, the total is 525.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Underlying the decision to shrink its workforce are factors unique to KQED and some common to public media outlets across the country. KQED’s layoff announcement follows similar news from \u003ca href=\"https://www.wbez.org/stories/chicago-public-media-lays-off-14-staffers/451b3f28-338c-45bc-98c2-742a7106ecf2\">WBEZ in Chicago\u003c/a>, \u003ca href=\"https://current.org/2024/03/american-public-media-restructures-apm-studios-eliminates-positions/\">American Public Media\u003c/a>, \u003ca href=\"https://www.wbur.org/news/2024/04/24/wbur-cuts-buyouts-layoffs-jobs-boston-media\">WBUR\u003c/a> in Boston, \u003ca href=\"https://www.latimes.com/entertainment-arts/business/story/2024-05-09/laist-layoffs-buyouts-scpr\">KPCC\u003c/a> and \u003ca href=\"https://www.latimes.com/entertainment-arts/story/2024-01-10/kcrw-greater-la-podcast-ending-steve-chiotakis-buyouts-staffing\">KCRW\u003c/a> in Southern California and \u003ca href=\"https://www.cpr.org/2024/03/11/colorado-public-radios-ceo-explains-why-the-company-is-laying-off-15-people/\">Colorado Public Radio\u003c/a>, among \u003ca href=\"https://www.washingtonpost.com/style/media/2024/02/23/wamu-layoffs-dcist-shutdown/\">others\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The cuts stem, in part, from a bet about future revenue that KQED made in 2013, when it launched its \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/campaign21/463/c21-new-horizons\">Campaign 21\u003c/a> — a $140 million initiative that raised funds for a \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/pressroom/11576/kqed-plan-for-opening\">$94 million renovation\u003c/a> of its San Francisco headquarters and for a $45 million investment in digital production, distribution and local news and education services.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Isip said the company has no debt associated with the renovation and that the building’s $1.5 million annual maintenance cost “is not a significant driver” of costs.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Much of the increase in expenses, Isip said, came from KQED adding 54 new positions funded by the campaign into its operating budget. That was done with the expectation that as content expanded, revenues would grow to cover the added spending.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>KQED financial reports show that in the company’s 2014 fiscal year, revenue and expenses were virtually identical, each at about $67 million. Revenues rose by about 35% between 2014 and fiscal year 2023, the most recent year for which publicly accessible data is available. But expenses grew even faster during that period, jumping 50%. (KQED’s fiscal year runs from October 1 through September 30.)\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“The idea at the time was: Grow service. Transform digital. It will grow our audience, and it will grow financial support,” Isip said. “Our revenue has been positive. … But that’s just not matching the expenses.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c!-- iframe plugin v.4.3 wordpress.org/plugins/iframe/ -->\u003cbr>\n\u003ciframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"KQED's Revenues and Expenses\" aria-label=\"Interactive line chart\" id=\"datawrapper-chart-nlJEv\" src=\"https://datawrapper.dwcdn.net/nlJEv/2/\" scrolling=\"no\" frameborder=\"0\" style=\"width: 0; min-width: 100% !important; border: none;\" height=\"488\" data-external=\"1\" width=\"100%\" class=\"iframe-class\">\u003c/iframe>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The company ended the past two fiscal years with deficits: nearly $3 million in 2022 and $10.5 million in 2023. Isip said KQED is anticipating a third year of deficits in 2024. This year’s initial budget forecasted the shortfall at around $6 million, but a review at midyear showed the gap had grown by another $2 million. Isip said that forced the company to pivot to permanent staff reductions.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Unless we were to do something, the deficit would continue to grow,” he said. “We’ve been able to tap our reserves to fill the gap and give us a little bit of time, and that’s just not a sustainable approach.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>At least one member of the National Association of Broadcast Employees and Technicians-Communications Workers of America (NABET-CWA) Local 51 Chapter accepted the buyout, chapter President Carrie Biggs-Adams said. As of last week, the union was negotiating on behalf of a second member, she said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The other union representing KQED employees, the Screen Actors Guild-American Federation of Television and Radio Artists (SAG-AFTRA), declined to comment for this story, citing “the ongoing, sensitive nature of the conversations.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Biggs-Adams blasted KQED’s leadership for recent programming decisions, including the elimination last year of the station’s only television news show, \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11953890/kqed-newsroom-finale-saying-goodbye\">KQED Newsroom\u003c/a>. She characterized the move as short-sighted because, she said, television news is one area that has remained profitable for other stations.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“KQED doesn’t know who they are,” Biggs-Adams said. “They really have lost, to my mind, their mission.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Isip defended the decision, saying viewership for the show had dropped to around 15,000 viewers a week.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Honestly, nobody feels as bad about it as I do,” about cutting the show, he said, noting that he came to KQED as the executive producer of \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/pressroom/category/thisweekinnortherncalifornia\">This Week in Northern California\u003c/a>, the television news show that predated KQED Newsroom. “But the reality is … we need to make some choices. And when we make choices, we look to the audience and see where they’re going for their news and information. And more and more of them are shifting to digital platforms.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Local news outlets across the country are facing similar choices, said UC Berkeley School of Journalism Dean Geeta Anand. The news industry has been in flux for the past 40 years — first as a response to the emergence of the Internet and, more recently, as social media and artificial intelligence have entered the fray.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>With changes in technology, so, too, have come “changes in how people consume journalism, changes in how the journalism industry gets its revenue, and also changes in how people are able to find and access journalism,” she said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“You have to take risks and make your best bets on things,” Anand said. “Hindsight is 20/20, so maybe some decisions [KQED] made didn’t turn out to be the right ones, but we’re all just figuring out how to chart a course.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>National Public Radio, of which KQED is a member station, has seen its weekly listenership decline from 60 million in 2020 to 42 million in 2024 — a roughly 30% drop, \u003ca href=\"https://www.nytimes.com/2024/04/24/business/media/npr-uri-berliner-diversity.html\">according to internal NPR data reported by the \u003cem>New York Times\u003c/em>\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp class=\"p1\">KQED saw a similar reduction in weekly listeners, which fell from more than 734,000 in June 2021 to just over 546,000 last month — a 26% decline, according to Nielsen Audio,\u003cstrong> \u003c/strong>which tracks broadcast and streaming listenership. The station’s market share was 7.1% last month, a decrease from the 8.7% share held in June 2021 but an increase from last May, when the share dropped to 4.5%.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Some of the changes in listening habits can be traced to the pandemic, said Mike Janssen, digital editor at Current, a trade publication that covers public broadcasting. When more people began working from home, fewer people commuted in their cars, where they typically listened to the radio.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Our routines changed, and a decline started in radio listening — not just for public radio but radio overall — that has not bounced back,” Janssen said. “There’s been a bit of a return, but it isn’t back to pre-2020 levels. And public radio is taking a brunt of this pretty badly, as well.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11832855/kqed-announces-layoffs-blames-coronavirus-pandemic-for-budget-shortfall\">KQED laid off 20 employees in 2020\u003c/a>, a roughly 5.5% reduction in staff, amid a steep decline in corporate sponsorship.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In fiscal year 2021, KQED received a federal Paycheck Protection Program loan of $8.2 million and saw revenues rebound as more listeners began tuning in for coverage of the presidential election, KQED spokesperson Peter Cavagnaro said. Fundraising revenue benefited from higher donations, and KQED ended the year with a $22 million budget surplus.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“We had nearly $60 million in contributions that year,” Cavagnaro said, “a number we have not since matched.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>KQED membership peaked that same year at just over 250,000 before falling to 233,000 last year.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c!-- iframe plugin v.4.3 wordpress.org/plugins/iframe/ -->\u003cbr>\n\u003ciframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"KQED Membership\" aria-label=\"Stacked Bars\" id=\"datawrapper-chart-n5AEY\" src=\"https://datawrapper.dwcdn.net/n5AEY/2/\" scrolling=\"no\" frameborder=\"0\" style=\"width: 0; min-width: 100% !important; border: none;\" height=\"401\" data-external=\"1\" width=\"100%\" class=\"iframe-class\">\u003c/iframe>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Historically, public radio stations have relied on their on-air pledge drives to fund operations. As listership declines, Janssen said, “Then what’s going to replace that?”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Everyone knows that they need to work harder to monetize digital platforms, but that’s a big lift,” Janssen said. “There aren’t easy answers about how to do that.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>A \u003ca href=\"https://www.pewresearch.org/journalism/2024/05/07/americans-changing-relationship-with-local-news/\">Pew Research Center survey\u003c/a> released earlier this month found that people’s consumption of local news has shifted online, with 48% of respondents reporting they accessed their local news online or through social media, up from 37% in 2018. Roughly 9% said they got their local news from a radio station, a number that was virtually unchanged from 2018.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>As consumption habits change, public radio stations are struggling to keep up, said Tim Eby, who was the general manager of St. Louis Public Radio until 2020 and \u003ca href=\"https://timjeby.substack.com/p/three-things-on-a-public-radio-major?utm_source=profile&utm_medium=reader2\">continues to write\u003c/a> about trends in public media.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Part of the problem, he said, is a tension between trying to reach new audiences while still maintaining public radio’s core listenership.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“That’s one of the big challenges public radio is facing right now,” Eby said. “It is really creating some tension in terms of both the best way to reach audiences as well as the best way to operate from an efficiency standpoint.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[aside label='Related Coverage' tag='layoffs']Isip said KQED is devoting increased resources to its digital efforts, including expanding the company’s product team, which is responsible for developing its website, apps and other digital services. But, he acknowledged that, like other public radio stations, KQED is still struggling to find ways to monetize its digital content or convert digital readers and social media viewers into paying members.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>According to the Pew Research Center’s 2024 survey, just 15% of consumers said they paid for a local news outlet subscription in the past year.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Everyone’s just trying to figure out what the monetization approach will be, and we’re just in it right now,” Isip said. “We’re sort of in this transition from a declining but still profitable broadcast model to this emerging digital environment where we don’t really know what the potential is for financial support.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cem>Story updated to include current number of KQED employees. \u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad floatright]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cem>This story was reported and written by KQED senior editor Erin Baldassari and edited by KQED’s Dan Brekke, who contributed additional reporting. Under KQED’s standard practices for reporting on itself, no member of KQED management or its news executives reviewed this story before it was posted publicly.\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\n","blocks":[],"excerpt":"The station faces steeply rising payroll costs while sponsorships, contributions and other revenue sources are lagging.","status":"publish","parent":0,"modified":1716425057,"stats":{"hasAudio":false,"hasVideo":false,"hasChartOrMap":true,"iframeSrcs":["https://datawrapper.dwcdn.net/nlJEv/2/","https://datawrapper.dwcdn.net/n5AEY/2/"],"hasGoogleForm":false,"hasGallery":false,"hasHearkenModule":false,"hasPolis":false,"paragraphCount":45,"wordCount":1787},"headData":{"title":"Here’s Why KQED Is Latest Public Media Outlet to Face Layoffs | KQED","description":"The station faces steeply rising payroll costs while sponsorships, contributions and other revenue sources are lagging.","ogTitle":"","ogDescription":"","ogImgId":"","twTitle":"","twDescription":"","twImgId":"","schema":{"@context":"http://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","headline":"Here’s Why KQED Is Latest Public Media Outlet to Face Layoffs","datePublished":"2024-05-21T15:11:19-07:00","dateModified":"2024-05-22T17:44:17-07:00","image":"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/02/KQED-OG-Image@1x.png","isAccessibleForFree":"True","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"}}},"sticky":false,"nprStoryId":"kqed-11987176","excludeFromSiteSearch":"Include","articleAge":"0","path":"/news/11987176/heres-why-kqed-is-latest-public-media-outlet-to-face-layoffs","audioTrackLength":null,"parsedContent":[{"type":"contentString","content":"\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003cp>\u003cem>Updated 5:15 p.m. Tuesday\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>This week, KQED is expected to announce it will lay off as many as 25 employees as part of its \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11832855/kqed-announces-layoffs-blames-coronavirus-pandemic-for-budget-shortfall\">second round of staff cuts\u003c/a> within four years.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The layoffs follow voluntary departure offers that at least nine employees accepted and will be coupled with yet-to-be-announced reductions in discretionary spending and services, according to KQED President and CEO Michael Isip.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Simply put, the cuts are the result of rapidly rising costs, especially in the area of salaries and benefits, at the same time that revenue from individuals, corporate sponsors and other sources has declined.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“It’s painful,” he said. “The people of KQED are what make this organization so special. And when you lose colleagues, it not only impacts your day-to-day work, but it impacts overall morale.”\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>KQED says it currently employs 387 people, including 15 on limited-term contracts. Counting temporary workers and interns, the total is 525.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Underlying the decision to shrink its workforce are factors unique to KQED and some common to public media outlets across the country. KQED’s layoff announcement follows similar news from \u003ca href=\"https://www.wbez.org/stories/chicago-public-media-lays-off-14-staffers/451b3f28-338c-45bc-98c2-742a7106ecf2\">WBEZ in Chicago\u003c/a>, \u003ca href=\"https://current.org/2024/03/american-public-media-restructures-apm-studios-eliminates-positions/\">American Public Media\u003c/a>, \u003ca href=\"https://www.wbur.org/news/2024/04/24/wbur-cuts-buyouts-layoffs-jobs-boston-media\">WBUR\u003c/a> in Boston, \u003ca href=\"https://www.latimes.com/entertainment-arts/business/story/2024-05-09/laist-layoffs-buyouts-scpr\">KPCC\u003c/a> and \u003ca href=\"https://www.latimes.com/entertainment-arts/story/2024-01-10/kcrw-greater-la-podcast-ending-steve-chiotakis-buyouts-staffing\">KCRW\u003c/a> in Southern California and \u003ca href=\"https://www.cpr.org/2024/03/11/colorado-public-radios-ceo-explains-why-the-company-is-laying-off-15-people/\">Colorado Public Radio\u003c/a>, among \u003ca href=\"https://www.washingtonpost.com/style/media/2024/02/23/wamu-layoffs-dcist-shutdown/\">others\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The cuts stem, in part, from a bet about future revenue that KQED made in 2013, when it launched its \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/campaign21/463/c21-new-horizons\">Campaign 21\u003c/a> — a $140 million initiative that raised funds for a \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/pressroom/11576/kqed-plan-for-opening\">$94 million renovation\u003c/a> of its San Francisco headquarters and for a $45 million investment in digital production, distribution and local news and education services.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Isip said the company has no debt associated with the renovation and that the building’s $1.5 million annual maintenance cost “is not a significant driver” of costs.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Much of the increase in expenses, Isip said, came from KQED adding 54 new positions funded by the campaign into its operating budget. That was done with the expectation that as content expanded, revenues would grow to cover the added spending.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>KQED financial reports show that in the company’s 2014 fiscal year, revenue and expenses were virtually identical, each at about $67 million. Revenues rose by about 35% between 2014 and fiscal year 2023, the most recent year for which publicly accessible data is available. But expenses grew even faster during that period, jumping 50%. (KQED’s fiscal year runs from October 1 through September 30.)\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“The idea at the time was: Grow service. Transform digital. It will grow our audience, and it will grow financial support,” Isip said. “Our revenue has been positive. … But that’s just not matching the expenses.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c!-- iframe plugin v.4.3 wordpress.org/plugins/iframe/ -->\u003cbr>\n\u003ciframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"KQED's Revenues and Expenses\" aria-label=\"Interactive line chart\" id=\"datawrapper-chart-nlJEv\" src=\"https://datawrapper.dwcdn.net/nlJEv/2/\" scrolling=\"no\" frameborder=\"0\" style=\"width: 0; min-width: 100% !important; border: none;\" height=\"488\" data-external=\"1\" width=\"100%\" class=\"iframe-class\">\u003c/iframe>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The company ended the past two fiscal years with deficits: nearly $3 million in 2022 and $10.5 million in 2023. Isip said KQED is anticipating a third year of deficits in 2024. This year’s initial budget forecasted the shortfall at around $6 million, but a review at midyear showed the gap had grown by another $2 million. Isip said that forced the company to pivot to permanent staff reductions.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Unless we were to do something, the deficit would continue to grow,” he said. “We’ve been able to tap our reserves to fill the gap and give us a little bit of time, and that’s just not a sustainable approach.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>At least one member of the National Association of Broadcast Employees and Technicians-Communications Workers of America (NABET-CWA) Local 51 Chapter accepted the buyout, chapter President Carrie Biggs-Adams said. As of last week, the union was negotiating on behalf of a second member, she said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The other union representing KQED employees, the Screen Actors Guild-American Federation of Television and Radio Artists (SAG-AFTRA), declined to comment for this story, citing “the ongoing, sensitive nature of the conversations.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Biggs-Adams blasted KQED’s leadership for recent programming decisions, including the elimination last year of the station’s only television news show, \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11953890/kqed-newsroom-finale-saying-goodbye\">KQED Newsroom\u003c/a>. She characterized the move as short-sighted because, she said, television news is one area that has remained profitable for other stations.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“KQED doesn’t know who they are,” Biggs-Adams said. “They really have lost, to my mind, their mission.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Isip defended the decision, saying viewership for the show had dropped to around 15,000 viewers a week.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Honestly, nobody feels as bad about it as I do,” about cutting the show, he said, noting that he came to KQED as the executive producer of \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/pressroom/category/thisweekinnortherncalifornia\">This Week in Northern California\u003c/a>, the television news show that predated KQED Newsroom. “But the reality is … we need to make some choices. And when we make choices, we look to the audience and see where they’re going for their news and information. And more and more of them are shifting to digital platforms.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Local news outlets across the country are facing similar choices, said UC Berkeley School of Journalism Dean Geeta Anand. The news industry has been in flux for the past 40 years — first as a response to the emergence of the Internet and, more recently, as social media and artificial intelligence have entered the fray.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>With changes in technology, so, too, have come “changes in how people consume journalism, changes in how the journalism industry gets its revenue, and also changes in how people are able to find and access journalism,” she said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“You have to take risks and make your best bets on things,” Anand said. “Hindsight is 20/20, so maybe some decisions [KQED] made didn’t turn out to be the right ones, but we’re all just figuring out how to chart a course.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>National Public Radio, of which KQED is a member station, has seen its weekly listenership decline from 60 million in 2020 to 42 million in 2024 — a roughly 30% drop, \u003ca href=\"https://www.nytimes.com/2024/04/24/business/media/npr-uri-berliner-diversity.html\">according to internal NPR data reported by the \u003cem>New York Times\u003c/em>\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp class=\"p1\">KQED saw a similar reduction in weekly listeners, which fell from more than 734,000 in June 2021 to just over 546,000 last month — a 26% decline, according to Nielsen Audio,\u003cstrong> \u003c/strong>which tracks broadcast and streaming listenership. The station’s market share was 7.1% last month, a decrease from the 8.7% share held in June 2021 but an increase from last May, when the share dropped to 4.5%.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Some of the changes in listening habits can be traced to the pandemic, said Mike Janssen, digital editor at Current, a trade publication that covers public broadcasting. When more people began working from home, fewer people commuted in their cars, where they typically listened to the radio.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Our routines changed, and a decline started in radio listening — not just for public radio but radio overall — that has not bounced back,” Janssen said. “There’s been a bit of a return, but it isn’t back to pre-2020 levels. And public radio is taking a brunt of this pretty badly, as well.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11832855/kqed-announces-layoffs-blames-coronavirus-pandemic-for-budget-shortfall\">KQED laid off 20 employees in 2020\u003c/a>, a roughly 5.5% reduction in staff, amid a steep decline in corporate sponsorship.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In fiscal year 2021, KQED received a federal Paycheck Protection Program loan of $8.2 million and saw revenues rebound as more listeners began tuning in for coverage of the presidential election, KQED spokesperson Peter Cavagnaro said. Fundraising revenue benefited from higher donations, and KQED ended the year with a $22 million budget surplus.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“We had nearly $60 million in contributions that year,” Cavagnaro said, “a number we have not since matched.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>KQED membership peaked that same year at just over 250,000 before falling to 233,000 last year.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c!-- iframe plugin v.4.3 wordpress.org/plugins/iframe/ -->\u003cbr>\n\u003ciframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"KQED Membership\" aria-label=\"Stacked Bars\" id=\"datawrapper-chart-n5AEY\" src=\"https://datawrapper.dwcdn.net/n5AEY/2/\" scrolling=\"no\" frameborder=\"0\" style=\"width: 0; min-width: 100% !important; border: none;\" height=\"401\" data-external=\"1\" width=\"100%\" class=\"iframe-class\">\u003c/iframe>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Historically, public radio stations have relied on their on-air pledge drives to fund operations. As listership declines, Janssen said, “Then what’s going to replace that?”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Everyone knows that they need to work harder to monetize digital platforms, but that’s a big lift,” Janssen said. “There aren’t easy answers about how to do that.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>A \u003ca href=\"https://www.pewresearch.org/journalism/2024/05/07/americans-changing-relationship-with-local-news/\">Pew Research Center survey\u003c/a> released earlier this month found that people’s consumption of local news has shifted online, with 48% of respondents reporting they accessed their local news online or through social media, up from 37% in 2018. Roughly 9% said they got their local news from a radio station, a number that was virtually unchanged from 2018.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>As consumption habits change, public radio stations are struggling to keep up, said Tim Eby, who was the general manager of St. Louis Public Radio until 2020 and \u003ca href=\"https://timjeby.substack.com/p/three-things-on-a-public-radio-major?utm_source=profile&utm_medium=reader2\">continues to write\u003c/a> about trends in public media.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Part of the problem, he said, is a tension between trying to reach new audiences while still maintaining public radio’s core listenership.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“That’s one of the big challenges public radio is facing right now,” Eby said. “It is really creating some tension in terms of both the best way to reach audiences as well as the best way to operate from an efficiency standpoint.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003c/div>","attributes":{"named":{},"numeric":[]}},{"type":"component","content":"","name":"aside","attributes":{"named":{"label":"Related Coverage ","tag":"layoffs"},"numeric":[]}},{"type":"contentString","content":"\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>Isip said KQED is devoting increased resources to its digital efforts, including expanding the company’s product team, which is responsible for developing its website, apps and other digital services. But, he acknowledged that, like other public radio stations, KQED is still struggling to find ways to monetize its digital content or convert digital readers and social media viewers into paying members.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>According to the Pew Research Center’s 2024 survey, just 15% of consumers said they paid for a local news outlet subscription in the past year.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Everyone’s just trying to figure out what the monetization approach will be, and we’re just in it right now,” Isip said. “We’re sort of in this transition from a declining but still profitable broadcast model to this emerging digital environment where we don’t really know what the potential is for financial support.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cem>Story updated to include current number of KQED employees. \u003c/em>\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>\n\u003cp>\u003cem>This story was reported and written by KQED senior editor Erin Baldassari and edited by KQED’s Dan Brekke, who contributed additional reporting. Under KQED’s standard practices for reporting on itself, no member of KQED management or its news executives reviewed this story before it was posted publicly.\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\n\u003c/div>\u003c/p>","attributes":{"named":{},"numeric":[]}}],"link":"/news/11987176/heres-why-kqed-is-latest-public-media-outlet-to-face-layoffs","authors":["11652"],"categories":["news_28250","news_8"],"tags":["news_27626","news_9","news_19904","news_352","news_205","news_1401"],"featImg":"news_11987200","label":"news"},"news_11987205":{"type":"posts","id":"news_11987205","meta":{"index":"posts_1716263798","site":"news","id":"11987205","found":true},"guestAuthors":[],"slug":"fire-burns-home-of-sf-dog-walker-targeted-by-racist-threats","title":"Fire Burns Home of SF Dog Walker Targeted by Racist Threats","publishDate":1716333402,"format":"standard","headTitle":"Fire Burns Home of SF Dog Walker Targeted by Racist Threats | KQED","labelTerm":{"site":"news"},"content":"\u003cp>A fire Tuesday morning gutted the home of a San Francisco dog walker who has \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11985347/san-francisco-police-urged-to-take-alarming-racist-threats-seriously\">faced racist threats\u003c/a> over the past few weeks, according to fire officials and Supervisor Dean Preston.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Crews rescued two people from the upper floors of the Alamo Square home and took them to local hospitals, \u003ca href=\"https://x.com/SFFDPIO/status/1793004755805188548\">according to the San Francisco Fire Department\u003c/a>. They were the 82- and 79-year-old parents of Terry Williams, \u003cem>\u003ca href=\"https://missionlocal.org/2024/05/fire-chars-home-of-black-dog-walker-earlier-targeted-by-racist-threats/\">Mission Local\u003c/a>\u003c/em> reported.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The fire erupted around 11:30 a.m. on the two upper stories of the three-story home, located on Grove Street between Fillmore and Steiner streets, SFFD said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Today, a horrific fire burned the Williams family home on Grove Street. This comes after weeks of racial terror and threats directed at this family,” Preston, who represents District 5, was on the scene following the fire, told KQED. “The cause of the fire is under investigation.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>On two separate occasions over the past month, Williams has received packages at his front door containing racist slurs, death threats and a doll painted in blackface, \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11985347/san-francisco-police-urged-to-take-alarming-racist-threats-seriously\">according to previous KQED reporting\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“They said they’re going to exterminate me, eradicate me, that I don’t belong in this neighborhood,” Williams, 49, had told KQED. The essence of the message, he said, was, “It’s not a Black neighborhood no more — get out of here, you don’t belong here.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>San Francisco police were investigating both incidents as potential hate crimes, but no arrests have been made.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Williams was not available for comment on Tuesday afternoon, but neighbors have set up \u003ca href=\"https://www.gofundme.com/f/support-terrys-family-rebuild-after-fire\">a GoFundMe campaign\u003c/a> to support the family.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The fire is now contained, but it displaced seven adults and three dogs, according to SFFD. Preston said his office is working with the mayor’s office to find temporary housing and ensure continued support for the family.\u003c/p>\n\n","blocks":[],"excerpt":"The San Francisco Fire Department is investigating a blaze at the Alamo Square home of Terry Williams, who had received two packages in recent weeks with racist slurs, death threats and dolls in blackface.","status":"publish","parent":0,"modified":1716334539,"stats":{"hasAudio":false,"hasVideo":false,"hasChartOrMap":false,"iframeSrcs":[],"hasGoogleForm":false,"hasGallery":false,"hasHearkenModule":false,"hasPolis":false,"paragraphCount":11,"wordCount":320},"headData":{"title":"Fire Burns Home of SF Dog Walker Targeted by Racist Threats | KQED","description":"The San Francisco Fire Department is investigating a blaze at the Alamo Square home of Terry Williams, who had received two packages in recent weeks with racist slurs, death threats and dolls in blackface.","ogTitle":"","ogDescription":"","ogImgId":"","twTitle":"","twDescription":"","twImgId":"","schema":{"@context":"http://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","headline":"Fire Burns Home of SF Dog Walker Targeted by Racist Threats","datePublished":"2024-05-21T16:16:42-07:00","dateModified":"2024-05-21T16:35:39-07:00","image":"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/02/KQED-OG-Image@1x.png","isAccessibleForFree":"True","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"}}},"sticky":false,"nprByline":"\u003ca href=\"https://twitter.com/katie_debe?lang=en\">Katie DeBenedetti\u003c/a>","nprStoryId":"kqed-11987205","excludeFromSiteSearch":"Include","showOnAuthorArchivePages":"No","articleAge":"0","path":"/news/11987205/fire-burns-home-of-sf-dog-walker-targeted-by-racist-threats","audioTrackLength":null,"parsedContent":[{"type":"contentString","content":"\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003cp>A fire Tuesday morning gutted the home of a San Francisco dog walker who has \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11985347/san-francisco-police-urged-to-take-alarming-racist-threats-seriously\">faced racist threats\u003c/a> over the past few weeks, according to fire officials and Supervisor Dean Preston.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Crews rescued two people from the upper floors of the Alamo Square home and took them to local hospitals, \u003ca href=\"https://x.com/SFFDPIO/status/1793004755805188548\">according to the San Francisco Fire Department\u003c/a>. They were the 82- and 79-year-old parents of Terry Williams, \u003cem>\u003ca href=\"https://missionlocal.org/2024/05/fire-chars-home-of-black-dog-walker-earlier-targeted-by-racist-threats/\">Mission Local\u003c/a>\u003c/em> reported.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The fire erupted around 11:30 a.m. on the two upper stories of the three-story home, located on Grove Street between Fillmore and Steiner streets, SFFD said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Today, a horrific fire burned the Williams family home on Grove Street. This comes after weeks of racial terror and threats directed at this family,” Preston, who represents District 5, was on the scene following the fire, told KQED. “The cause of the fire is under investigation.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>On two separate occasions over the past month, Williams has received packages at his front door containing racist slurs, death threats and a doll painted in blackface, \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11985347/san-francisco-police-urged-to-take-alarming-racist-threats-seriously\">according to previous KQED reporting\u003c/a>.\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>“They said they’re going to exterminate me, eradicate me, that I don’t belong in this neighborhood,” Williams, 49, had told KQED. The essence of the message, he said, was, “It’s not a Black neighborhood no more — get out of here, you don’t belong here.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>San Francisco police were investigating both incidents as potential hate crimes, but no arrests have been made.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Williams was not available for comment on Tuesday afternoon, but neighbors have set up \u003ca href=\"https://www.gofundme.com/f/support-terrys-family-rebuild-after-fire\">a GoFundMe campaign\u003c/a> to support the family.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The fire is now contained, but it displaced seven adults and three dogs, according to SFFD. Preston said his office is working with the mayor’s office to find temporary housing and ensure continued support for the family.\u003c/p>\n\n\u003c/div>\u003c/p>","attributes":{"named":{},"numeric":[]}}],"link":"/news/11987205/fire-burns-home-of-sf-dog-walker-targeted-by-racist-threats","authors":["byline_news_11987205"],"categories":["news_8"],"featImg":"news_11987211","label":"news"},"news_11987138":{"type":"posts","id":"news_11987138","meta":{"index":"posts_1716263798","site":"news","id":"11987138","found":true},"guestAuthors":[],"slug":"california-forever-hands-out-500k-to-solano-nonprofits-ahead-of-november-election","title":"California Forever Hands Out $500K to Solano Nonprofits Ahead of November Election","publishDate":1716318992,"format":"standard","headTitle":"California Forever Hands Out $500K to Solano Nonprofits Ahead of November Election | KQED","labelTerm":{"site":"news"},"content":"\u003cp>As California Forever continues its campaign to build a new city in Solano County, the billionaire-backed company announced on Tuesday that it had paid $500,000 in grants to 45 nonprofits working within the county.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The awardees include Dixon Family Services, the Food Bank of Contra Costa and Solano, Journey Downtown Theater and the Boys & Girls Empowerment Group in Vallejo. A representative from California Forever said the money has already been distributed, though they did not disclose how much each organization received.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Before announcing the grant program in December, company representatives “listened to what the community wanted and needed,” said Michael Fortney, who was part of California Forever’s citizens advisory committee last year and later became the company’s director of partnerships.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“And the team heard over and over, ‘We need nonprofit money,’” he said. “And a lot of people came back and said, ‘We don’t want [the money] to be tied to the ballot initiative. You need to prove to us that you’re willing to come in and be a good partner and a good stakeholder in the community.’”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Although the grants announced Tuesday are only the first round of community funding, according to California Forever, all future money is tied to the November ballot initiative that would clear the way for the new city. That includes $500 million in what the company is calling “community benefits commitments” that would go toward housing, education, parks and family farms, and $200 million that would go toward investing in and renovating homes, offices and shops in downtown Benicia, Dixon, Fairfield, Rio Vista, Suisun City, Vacaville and Vallejo.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>This initial round of funding comes with no strings attached, Fortney said, and some of the organizations have not publicly expressed their support for the ballot initiative yet. Others offered their thanks to the company.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“There are so few direct services available for unhoused transitional-aged youth in Vallejo,” said Adjoa McDonald, the founder of the youth services organization Vallejo Project. “[California Forever]’s resources will ensure that a handful of the many vulnerable youth in our community have the skills and mentors needed to establish gainful employment.”[aside tag=\"california-forever\" label=\"More Related Stories\"]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Last week, \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11986569/california-forever-says-12-start-ups-will-open-workplaces-in-its-new-city\">California Forever announced a partnership with 12 companies\u003c/a> that promised to open factories, farms and offices in the new town if approved. Representatives also announced plans to build one of the largest solar farms in the state, using local labor to construct and operate it.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>While many of the companies are based in California, some are start-ups, and some skeptics of the plan wonder whether those companies will still be able to fulfill their promise after a decade, when the town will potentially be built and ready to move in.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In the coming weeks, company representatives have said California Forever will announce another round of employer partnerships and more details about its promises of increased recreation and entertainment opportunities.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n","blocks":[],"excerpt":"The billionaire-backed company is handing out thousands of dollars in funding to 45 Solano County nonprofits. California Forever says the money comes with 'no strings attached.'\r\n","status":"publish","parent":0,"modified":1716318992,"stats":{"hasAudio":false,"hasVideo":false,"hasChartOrMap":false,"iframeSrcs":[],"hasGoogleForm":false,"hasGallery":false,"hasHearkenModule":false,"hasPolis":false,"paragraphCount":12,"wordCount":512},"headData":{"title":"California Forever Hands Out $500K to Solano Nonprofits Ahead of November Election | KQED","description":"The billionaire-backed company is handing out thousands of dollars in funding to 45 Solano County nonprofits. 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A representative from California Forever said the money has already been distributed, though they did not disclose how much each organization received.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Before announcing the grant program in December, company representatives “listened to what the community wanted and needed,” said Michael Fortney, who was part of California Forever’s citizens advisory committee last year and later became the company’s director of partnerships.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“And the team heard over and over, ‘We need nonprofit money,’” he said. “And a lot of people came back and said, ‘We don’t want [the money] to be tied to the ballot initiative. You need to prove to us that you’re willing to come in and be a good partner and a good stakeholder in the community.’”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Although the grants announced Tuesday are only the first round of community funding, according to California Forever, all future money is tied to the November ballot initiative that would clear the way for the new city. That includes $500 million in what the company is calling “community benefits commitments” that would go toward housing, education, parks and family farms, and $200 million that would go toward investing in and renovating homes, offices and shops in downtown Benicia, Dixon, Fairfield, Rio Vista, Suisun City, Vacaville and Vallejo.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>This initial round of funding comes with no strings attached, Fortney said, and some of the organizations have not publicly expressed their support for the ballot initiative yet. Others offered their thanks to the company.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“There are so few direct services available for unhoused transitional-aged youth in Vallejo,” said Adjoa McDonald, the founder of the youth services organization Vallejo Project. “[California Forever]’s resources will ensure that a handful of the many vulnerable youth in our community have the skills and mentors needed to establish gainful employment.”\u003c/p>\u003c/div>","attributes":{"named":{},"numeric":[]}},{"type":"component","content":"","name":"aside","attributes":{"named":{"tag":"california-forever","label":"More Related Stories "},"numeric":[]}},{"type":"contentString","content":"\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Last week, \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11986569/california-forever-says-12-start-ups-will-open-workplaces-in-its-new-city\">California Forever announced a partnership with 12 companies\u003c/a> that promised to open factories, farms and offices in the new town if approved. Representatives also announced plans to build one of the largest solar farms in the state, using local labor to construct and operate it.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>While many of the companies are based in California, some are start-ups, and some skeptics of the plan wonder whether those companies will still be able to fulfill their promise after a decade, when the town will potentially be built and ready to move in.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In the coming weeks, company representatives have said California Forever will announce another round of employer partnerships and more details about its promises of increased recreation and entertainment opportunities.\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>\u003c/p>\n\u003c/div>\u003c/p>","attributes":{"named":{},"numeric":[]}}],"link":"/news/11987138/california-forever-hands-out-500k-to-solano-nonprofits-ahead-of-november-election","authors":["11672"],"categories":["news_31795","news_1758","news_6266","news_8"],"tags":["news_34061","news_33689","news_34062","news_27626","news_1775","news_27208","news_353","news_34060","news_23938"],"featImg":"news_11987149","label":"news"},"news_11987214":{"type":"posts","id":"news_11987214","meta":{"index":"posts_1716263798","site":"news","id":"11987214","found":true},"guestAuthors":[],"slug":"carnaval-san-francisco-2024-parade-route-bands-parking","title":"Carnaval San Francisco 2024: From the Parade Route to Parking, Here's What to Know","publishDate":1716375604,"format":"standard","headTitle":"Carnaval San Francisco 2024: From the Parade Route to Parking, Here’s What to Know | KQED","labelTerm":{"site":"news"},"content":"\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"https://carnavalsanfrancisco.org/\">Carnaval San Francisco\u003c/a> is when the city’s Mission District fills up with the colors and sounds of hundreds of artists — and tens of thousands of families celebrating the region’s Latin American and Caribbean culture. And this year, Carnaval will take place on Saturday, May 25 and Sunday, May 26.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Consisting of a two-day day festival, musical performances all over the neighborhood, and the Grand Parade on Sunday that features over 60 different contingents, Carnaval is one of San Francisco’s most emblematic celebrations. And on top of that, it’s all completely free to attend and enjoy.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cb>Jump straight to:\u003c/b>\u003c/p>\n\u003cul>\n\u003cli>\u003cstrong>\u003ca href=\"#whattimecarnavalsf\">What time does Carnaval San Francisco start this weekend?\u003c/a>\u003c/strong>\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>\u003cstrong>\u003ca href=\"#wheretoseecarnavalsfparade\">MAP: Where can I watch the Carnaval San Francisco parade?\u003c/a>\u003c/strong>\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>\u003cstrong>\u003ca href=\"#bandscarnavalsf\">Who’s playing at Carnaval San Francisco this year?\u003c/a>\u003c/strong>\u003c/li>\n\u003c/ul>\n\u003cp>If you’ve never been to Carnaval San Francisco before, picture Mission Street not with its usual traffic of Muni buses and commuters — but instead brimming with beautifully decorated floats accompanied by thousands of dancers and live musicians.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>And that’s just a glimpse of what’s happening on Sunday. As someone who’s been to Carnaval every year since the age of 10, I can tell you that you never run out of things to do during this special weekend. And with all that fun in mind, keep reading for all the information you need to make the most of Carnaval.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>What’s so special about Carnaval San Francisco 2024?\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>First held at Precita Park in 1979, Carnaval was organized by artists and organizers who wanted to pay homage to the historic Carnaval celebrations that take place all over Latin America and the Caribbean — and, at the same time, provide a platform for local musicians and dancers to come together and pass on traditions. This community celebration has now grown to include twenty blocks of the Mission District, making it one of the biggest celebrations of its kind on the West Coast.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>And what makes this city’s Carnaval distinct from other Carnaval celebrations you may see in Rio de Janeiro or Barranquilla is that it reflects not just one national culture but also celebrates the incredible diversity of California’s Latin American and Caribbean diasporas.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11987250\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"max-width: 1024px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-11987250\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/05/Carnaval_2023_Day_02_Photos_Daniel_Beck_LowRes_374_qut.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/05/Carnaval_2023_Day_02_Photos_Daniel_Beck_LowRes_374_qut.jpg 1024w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/05/Carnaval_2023_Day_02_Photos_Daniel_Beck_LowRes_374_qut-800x534.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/05/Carnaval_2023_Day_02_Photos_Daniel_Beck_LowRes_374_qut-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/05/Carnaval_2023_Day_02_Photos_Daniel_Beck_LowRes_374_qut-160x107.jpg 160w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Members of the Sambaxé comparsa sound their drums through Mission Street during the Grand Parade of Carnaval San Francisco on May 28, 2023. \u003ccite>(Courtesy of Daniel Beck)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>“That’s what we do at Carnaval — we bring different worlds together under one roof,” Carnaval Executive Director Rodrigo Durán said. For pretty much his whole life, Durán has been involved in Carnaval one way or another (even as a toddler, he was already one of the dancers in the Grand Parade). But this year, he said, there’s something special.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“There’s a movement among Carnaval members and the community to put our Indigenous heritage in the forefront, to highlight and celebrate it,” he said. That’s why organizers chose ‘Honor Indigenous Roots’ as this year’s theme.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Rigoberta Menchú, a 1992 Nobel Peace Prize laureate, will lead Sunday’s Grand Parade. She has dedicated her life to advocating for the rights of Indigenous people in her home country of Guatemala and the rest of Latin America.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>\u003ca id=\"whattimecarnavalsf\">\u003c/a>When and where is Carnaval San Francisco?\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>Carnaval has two main components: the festival and the Grand Parade.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The festival happens on Saturday and Sunday, with gates opening at 9 a.m. and performances starting at 11 a.m. on both days. (\u003ca href=\"#wheretoseecarnavalsfparade\">Jump to information about the Grand Parade.\u003c/a>)\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11987245\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"max-width: 1920px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-11987245\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/05/2024_Festival_Map_v2-2048x1583-1.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1484\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/05/2024_Festival_Map_v2-2048x1583-1.png 1920w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/05/2024_Festival_Map_v2-2048x1583-1-800x618.png 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/05/2024_Festival_Map_v2-2048x1583-1-1020x788.png 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/05/2024_Festival_Map_v2-2048x1583-1-160x124.png 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/05/2024_Festival_Map_v2-2048x1583-1-1536x1187.png 1536w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1920px) 100vw, 1920px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">A map of the Carnaval San Francisco festival on Saturday, May 25 and Sunday, May 26 \u003ccite>(Carnaval San Francisco)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>The festival will take place on Harrison Street, from 16th to 24th street. Hundreds of artisans and food vendors fill up this space, with DJs jamming out at block parties on 18th, 19th, 20th and 22nd streets.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Five stages will be set up throughout the festival, featuring performances from headliners Noel Torres, Pirulo y la Tribu, Franco and Banda Blanca, along with dozens of local musicians and dance groups.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>\u003ca id=\"wheretoseecarnavalsfparade\">\u003c/a>When does the Carnaval Grand Parade start, and what’s the route?\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>The Grand Parade, which features dozens of floats and hundreds of dancers moving through the entire neighborhood, takes place on Sunday and starts at 9:30 a.m.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>As for the Carnaval parade route, the parade starts at Bryant and 24th, then moves through 24th Street, takes a right on Mission Street, stays on that street all the way to 15th Street, and wraps up at Harrison and 15th Street.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>And yes — the dancers and musicians in the parade perform nonstop the whole way, which is a particularly impressive feat when you consider that some of the most elaborate outfits can weigh up to 40 pounds.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>On top of that, there’s a contest element – as contingents, or comparsas, compete against each other in multiple categories. Judges will rank each comparsa on originality, choreography and production design.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-11987246\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/05/CSF24_Parade_Map.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"1920\" height=\"2677\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/05/CSF24_Parade_Map.png 1920w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/05/CSF24_Parade_Map-800x1115.png 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/05/CSF24_Parade_Map-1020x1422.png 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/05/CSF24_Parade_Map-160x223.png 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/05/CSF24_Parade_Map-1102x1536.png 1102w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/05/CSF24_Parade_Map-1469x2048.png 1469w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1920px) 100vw, 1920px\">\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>A map of the Carnaval San Francisco Grand Parade route on Sunday, May 26.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>A few things to look for at the Carnaval San Francisco Grand Parade\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>Several award-winning comparsas are back again this year:\u003c/p>\n\u003cul>\n\u003cli>Fogo Na Roupa, a Brazilian dance and percussion ensemble that practices in San Francisco but whose members hail from all over the Bay Area;\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>Karibbean Vibrationz, a group that travels all over California celebrating Afro-Caribbean culture;\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>Flavaz of D’ Caribbean, known for having some of the most colorful costumes, accompanied by a hot pink bus, and loudly repping the music of Trinidad and Tobago.\u003c/li>\n\u003c/ul>\n\u003cp>This year’s Carnaval King and Queen are Yeison Andrés Jiménez and Mónica Mendoza, two Bay Area dancers who have participated in multiple international contests and won their crowns earlier this year \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/event/3963\">in a competition held at KQED’s headquarters\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11987247\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"max-width: 1920px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-11987247\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/05/20220529_110814_qut.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1442\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/05/20220529_110814_qut.jpg 1920w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/05/20220529_110814_qut-800x601.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/05/20220529_110814_qut-1020x766.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/05/20220529_110814_qut-160x120.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/05/20220529_110814_qut-1536x1154.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1920px) 100vw, 1920px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">This year’s theme for Carnaval San Francisco is ‘Honor Indigenous Roots.’ Dance groups from all over California representing different Indigenous cultures of the Americas dance in the Grand Parade. Traditional Oaxacan dancers move through Mission Street on Sunday, May 29, 2022. \u003ccite>(Carlos Cabrera-Lomelí )\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Several contingents are making their Carnaval debut this year as well, including Negritud Yanga USA, a collective that celebrates the Afro-Mexican culture of the city of Yanga in the coastal state of Veracruz. In the early 17th century, formerly enslaved Africans founded Yanga — one of the first settlements of its kind in the Americas.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“The Carnaval parade is the gem, the heartbeat of our celebration,” Durán said. “Art is what pushes our culture forward, what gives us strength and happiness.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"https://carnavalsanfrancisco.org/parade/\">See the full list of participating comparsas at Carnaval San Francisco.\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>Is the Carnaval San Francisco Grand Parade free?\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>Yes! And you don’t need to register beforehand. Just show up anywhere along the parade route and enjoy the show.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>However, if you want to have a unique vantage point, \u003ca href=\"https://givebutter.com/2024CSFGrandstandsTix\">you can purchase special Grand Stand seats\u003c/a> for the Carnaval parade. These are elevated bleachers along Mission Street between 22nd and 23rd streets. What makes these spots unique is that they’re next to the judges’ tables, where each contingent will pause and perform for an extra amount of time.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>If you plan to show up and find a spot, that works too. If you watch the parade from 24th Street, you’ll be much closer to the performers, but you’ll perhaps be a bit more cramped with foot traffic. If you’re on Mission Street, you’ll definitely have a lot more room to move around (speaking from experience.)\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>And if you can’t make it exactly at the 9:30 a.m. parade start time, don’t worry. The parade goes on for multiple hours and ends at 2:30 p.m. And if you can’t make it in person at all, \u003ca href=\"https://www.youtube.com/@cbssf\">KPIX will be streaming the parade online\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11987242\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"max-width: 1920px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-11987242\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/05/20230527_162416_qut.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1281\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/05/20230527_162416_qut.jpg 1920w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/05/20230527_162416_qut-800x534.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/05/20230527_162416_qut-1020x681.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/05/20230527_162416_qut-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/05/20230527_162416_qut-1536x1025.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1920px) 100vw, 1920px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">For more than four decades, many Bay Area families have set aside Memorial Day weekend to spend it in San Francisco’s Mission District to make the most of Carnaval celebrations. A family waits for a performance to begin on Harrison and 17th Street on May 27, 2023. \u003ccite>(Carlos Cabrera-Lomelí )\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003ch2>\u003ca id=\"bandscarnavalsf\">\u003c/a>Who’s playing this year at Carnaval San Francisco?\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>Over 50 musicians, DJs and dance groups will perform throughout the weekend across the five stages located on Harrison Street. \u003ca href=\"https://carnavalsanfrancisco.org/festival/\">See the full list of performers at Carnaval San Francisco.\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>This year’s headliners are:\u003c/p>\n\u003cul>\n\u003cli>Noel Torres: Known for songs like “El Comando del Diablo” and “Me Interesas,” this regional mexicano artist has performed all over Mexico and the United States. If you’re into corridos, Noel is the right guy for you.\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>Pirulo y la Tribu: Coming all the way from Puerto Rico to play at Carnaval San Francisco, Pirulo will keep you dancing all day to a fusion of tropical and old-school reggaetón.\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>Franco: If you’re with your tías and want to have them singing along to some baladas románticas, take them to Franco — and soon you’ll too be singing along to “Toda la Vida.”\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>Banda Blanca: Perhaps best known for “Sopa de Caracol,” Banda Blanca has helped bring punta, a genre of dance and music originally created by the Garífuna people, to a global audience.\u003c/li>\n\u003c/ul>\n\u003cp>And for the first time, the festival will have a “Colores de Amor” stage, celebrating the role of LGBTQ+ artists in the Latino community with performances by drag performers like Dulce De Leche and Per Sia.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11987249\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"max-width: 1024px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-11987249\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/05/Carnaval_2023_Day_02_Photos_Daniel_Beck_LowRes_401_qut.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/05/Carnaval_2023_Day_02_Photos_Daniel_Beck_LowRes_401_qut.jpg 1024w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/05/Carnaval_2023_Day_02_Photos_Daniel_Beck_LowRes_401_qut-800x534.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/05/Carnaval_2023_Day_02_Photos_Daniel_Beck_LowRes_401_qut-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/05/Carnaval_2023_Day_02_Photos_Daniel_Beck_LowRes_401_qut-160x107.jpg 160w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">A skater performs a trick at the festival’s skate jam on May 27, 2023. For the second year in a row, Carnaval San Francisco will have a designated space where people of all ages can skateboard. \u003ccite>(Courtesy of Daniel Beck)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003ch2>Is Carnaval San Francisco family-friendly?\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>Yes! For many Bay Area residents, going to Carnaval with the kids, teens and grandparents is a tradition.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In the festival space, organizers have set up a kid-friendly zone at Harrison and 18th street where families can paint, dance and play drums. There’s also an area set up for skateboarding on 23rd and Treat, next to a health and wellness pavilion that offers testing both for COVID-19 and blood pressure.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Consuming alcohol is allowed in the festival, but only in specific enclosed areas requiring visitors to provide identification for access. Entrance to the festival is free, and security staff will be present at each entrance to check bags.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>How do I get to Carnaval San Francisco? What about parking?\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>If you’re planning to drive into the Mission during Carnaval weekend, it’s not going to be easy.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11987243\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"max-width: 1920px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-11987243\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/05/20220528_140210_qut.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1442\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/05/20220528_140210_qut.jpg 1920w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/05/20220528_140210_qut-800x601.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/05/20220528_140210_qut-1020x766.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/05/20220528_140210_qut-160x120.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/05/20220528_140210_qut-1536x1154.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1920px) 100vw, 1920px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">As part of the celebrations, Harrison Street fills up for a two-day festival where vendors, artisans and performers fill up the space between 16th and 24th Street. Thousands of residents pass through the festival space on Saturday, May 28, 2022. \u003ccite>(Carlos Cabrera-Lomelí )\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>The areas surrounding Harrison Street, from 16th to 24th street, will be closed off to cars the whole weekend, which means a lot of the neighborhood’s parking spots will be off-limits. Even residents will have to move their cars to make way for the festival, so there’ll be a lot of competition for the few remaining spots left.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>On Sunday, all cars parked along the Grand Parade route will have to move, including Mission Street from 24th Street to 15th Street, chunks of 24th and 15th street as well, and sections of Bryant Street.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>If at all possible, consider taking public transport: BART will continue operating with a weekday schedule at both 16th and 24th Mission stations. On Saturday, you can ride the 22, 33, 55 and 48 bus routes, which will pass by the festival entrances, and the 9, 12, 14, 14R and 49 bus lines can drop you off a few blocks away.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>However, keep in mind that on Sunday, bus lines that pass through the parade route (14, 14R, 22, 33, 55, 48 and 49) will be rerouted for most of the day. If you want to avoid congestion caused by all the changes to Muni service, your best bet would be to take BART to either the 16th or 24th Mission stations.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ci>Note: KQED is one of the sponsors of the Carnaval San Francisco Grand Parade.\u003c/i>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad floatright]\u003c/p>\n","blocks":[],"excerpt":"San Francisco Carnaval 2024 is happening this Memorial Day weekend. Here's everything to know, from the Grand Parade route to how to get there (and why parking in the Mission District will be tricky).","status":"publish","parent":0,"modified":1716402380,"stats":{"hasAudio":false,"hasVideo":false,"hasChartOrMap":false,"iframeSrcs":[],"hasGoogleForm":false,"hasGallery":false,"hasHearkenModule":false,"hasPolis":false,"paragraphCount":43,"wordCount":2136},"headData":{"title":"Carnaval San Francisco 2024: From the Parade Route to Parking, Here's What to Know | KQED","description":"San Francisco Carnaval 2024 is happening this Memorial Day weekend. 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And this year, Carnaval will take place on Saturday, May 25 and Sunday, May 26.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Consisting of a two-day day festival, musical performances all over the neighborhood, and the Grand Parade on Sunday that features over 60 different contingents, Carnaval is one of San Francisco’s most emblematic celebrations. And on top of that, it’s all completely free to attend and enjoy.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cb>Jump straight to:\u003c/b>\u003c/p>\n\u003cul>\n\u003cli>\u003cstrong>\u003ca href=\"#whattimecarnavalsf\">What time does Carnaval San Francisco start this weekend?\u003c/a>\u003c/strong>\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>\u003cstrong>\u003ca href=\"#wheretoseecarnavalsfparade\">MAP: Where can I watch the Carnaval San Francisco parade?\u003c/a>\u003c/strong>\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>\u003cstrong>\u003ca href=\"#bandscarnavalsf\">Who’s playing at Carnaval San Francisco this year?\u003c/a>\u003c/strong>\u003c/li>\n\u003c/ul>\n\u003cp>If you’ve never been to Carnaval San Francisco before, picture Mission Street not with its usual traffic of Muni buses and commuters — but instead brimming with beautifully decorated floats accompanied by thousands of dancers and live musicians.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>And that’s just a glimpse of what’s happening on Sunday. As someone who’s been to Carnaval every year since the age of 10, I can tell you that you never run out of things to do during this special weekend. And with all that fun in mind, keep reading for all the information you need to make the most of Carnaval.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>What’s so special about Carnaval San Francisco 2024?\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>First held at Precita Park in 1979, Carnaval was organized by artists and organizers who wanted to pay homage to the historic Carnaval celebrations that take place all over Latin America and the Caribbean — and, at the same time, provide a platform for local musicians and dancers to come together and pass on traditions. This community celebration has now grown to include twenty blocks of the Mission District, making it one of the biggest celebrations of its kind on the West Coast.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>And what makes this city’s Carnaval distinct from other Carnaval celebrations you may see in Rio de Janeiro or Barranquilla is that it reflects not just one national culture but also celebrates the incredible diversity of California’s Latin American and Caribbean diasporas.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11987250\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"max-width: 1024px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-11987250\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/05/Carnaval_2023_Day_02_Photos_Daniel_Beck_LowRes_374_qut.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/05/Carnaval_2023_Day_02_Photos_Daniel_Beck_LowRes_374_qut.jpg 1024w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/05/Carnaval_2023_Day_02_Photos_Daniel_Beck_LowRes_374_qut-800x534.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/05/Carnaval_2023_Day_02_Photos_Daniel_Beck_LowRes_374_qut-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/05/Carnaval_2023_Day_02_Photos_Daniel_Beck_LowRes_374_qut-160x107.jpg 160w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Members of the Sambaxé comparsa sound their drums through Mission Street during the Grand Parade of Carnaval San Francisco on May 28, 2023. \u003ccite>(Courtesy of Daniel Beck)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>“That’s what we do at Carnaval — we bring different worlds together under one roof,” Carnaval Executive Director Rodrigo Durán said. For pretty much his whole life, Durán has been involved in Carnaval one way or another (even as a toddler, he was already one of the dancers in the Grand Parade). But this year, he said, there’s something special.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“There’s a movement among Carnaval members and the community to put our Indigenous heritage in the forefront, to highlight and celebrate it,” he said. That’s why organizers chose ‘Honor Indigenous Roots’ as this year’s theme.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Rigoberta Menchú, a 1992 Nobel Peace Prize laureate, will lead Sunday’s Grand Parade. She has dedicated her life to advocating for the rights of Indigenous people in her home country of Guatemala and the rest of Latin America.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>\u003ca id=\"whattimecarnavalsf\">\u003c/a>When and where is Carnaval San Francisco?\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>Carnaval has two main components: the festival and the Grand Parade.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The festival happens on Saturday and Sunday, with gates opening at 9 a.m. and performances starting at 11 a.m. on both days. (\u003ca href=\"#wheretoseecarnavalsfparade\">Jump to information about the Grand Parade.\u003c/a>)\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11987245\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"max-width: 1920px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-11987245\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/05/2024_Festival_Map_v2-2048x1583-1.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1484\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/05/2024_Festival_Map_v2-2048x1583-1.png 1920w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/05/2024_Festival_Map_v2-2048x1583-1-800x618.png 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/05/2024_Festival_Map_v2-2048x1583-1-1020x788.png 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/05/2024_Festival_Map_v2-2048x1583-1-160x124.png 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/05/2024_Festival_Map_v2-2048x1583-1-1536x1187.png 1536w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1920px) 100vw, 1920px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">A map of the Carnaval San Francisco festival on Saturday, May 25 and Sunday, May 26 \u003ccite>(Carnaval San Francisco)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>The festival will take place on Harrison Street, from 16th to 24th street. Hundreds of artisans and food vendors fill up this space, with DJs jamming out at block parties on 18th, 19th, 20th and 22nd streets.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Five stages will be set up throughout the festival, featuring performances from headliners Noel Torres, Pirulo y la Tribu, Franco and Banda Blanca, along with dozens of local musicians and dance groups.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>\u003ca id=\"wheretoseecarnavalsfparade\">\u003c/a>When does the Carnaval Grand Parade start, and what’s the route?\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>The Grand Parade, which features dozens of floats and hundreds of dancers moving through the entire neighborhood, takes place on Sunday and starts at 9:30 a.m.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>As for the Carnaval parade route, the parade starts at Bryant and 24th, then moves through 24th Street, takes a right on Mission Street, stays on that street all the way to 15th Street, and wraps up at Harrison and 15th Street.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>And yes — the dancers and musicians in the parade perform nonstop the whole way, which is a particularly impressive feat when you consider that some of the most elaborate outfits can weigh up to 40 pounds.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>On top of that, there’s a contest element – as contingents, or comparsas, compete against each other in multiple categories. Judges will rank each comparsa on originality, choreography and production design.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-11987246\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/05/CSF24_Parade_Map.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"1920\" height=\"2677\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/05/CSF24_Parade_Map.png 1920w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/05/CSF24_Parade_Map-800x1115.png 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/05/CSF24_Parade_Map-1020x1422.png 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/05/CSF24_Parade_Map-160x223.png 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/05/CSF24_Parade_Map-1102x1536.png 1102w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/05/CSF24_Parade_Map-1469x2048.png 1469w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1920px) 100vw, 1920px\">\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>A map of the Carnaval San Francisco Grand Parade route on Sunday, May 26.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>A few things to look for at the Carnaval San Francisco Grand Parade\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>Several award-winning comparsas are back again this year:\u003c/p>\n\u003cul>\n\u003cli>Fogo Na Roupa, a Brazilian dance and percussion ensemble that practices in San Francisco but whose members hail from all over the Bay Area;\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>Karibbean Vibrationz, a group that travels all over California celebrating Afro-Caribbean culture;\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>Flavaz of D’ Caribbean, known for having some of the most colorful costumes, accompanied by a hot pink bus, and loudly repping the music of Trinidad and Tobago.\u003c/li>\n\u003c/ul>\n\u003cp>This year’s Carnaval King and Queen are Yeison Andrés Jiménez and Mónica Mendoza, two Bay Area dancers who have participated in multiple international contests and won their crowns earlier this year \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/event/3963\">in a competition held at KQED’s headquarters\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11987247\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"max-width: 1920px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-11987247\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/05/20220529_110814_qut.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1442\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/05/20220529_110814_qut.jpg 1920w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/05/20220529_110814_qut-800x601.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/05/20220529_110814_qut-1020x766.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/05/20220529_110814_qut-160x120.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/05/20220529_110814_qut-1536x1154.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1920px) 100vw, 1920px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">This year’s theme for Carnaval San Francisco is ‘Honor Indigenous Roots.’ Dance groups from all over California representing different Indigenous cultures of the Americas dance in the Grand Parade. Traditional Oaxacan dancers move through Mission Street on Sunday, May 29, 2022. \u003ccite>(Carlos Cabrera-Lomelí )\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Several contingents are making their Carnaval debut this year as well, including Negritud Yanga USA, a collective that celebrates the Afro-Mexican culture of the city of Yanga in the coastal state of Veracruz. In the early 17th century, formerly enslaved Africans founded Yanga — one of the first settlements of its kind in the Americas.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“The Carnaval parade is the gem, the heartbeat of our celebration,” Durán said. “Art is what pushes our culture forward, what gives us strength and happiness.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"https://carnavalsanfrancisco.org/parade/\">See the full list of participating comparsas at Carnaval San Francisco.\u003c/a>\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\u003ch2>Is the Carnaval San Francisco Grand Parade free?\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>Yes! And you don’t need to register beforehand. Just show up anywhere along the parade route and enjoy the show.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>However, if you want to have a unique vantage point, \u003ca href=\"https://givebutter.com/2024CSFGrandstandsTix\">you can purchase special Grand Stand seats\u003c/a> for the Carnaval parade. These are elevated bleachers along Mission Street between 22nd and 23rd streets. What makes these spots unique is that they’re next to the judges’ tables, where each contingent will pause and perform for an extra amount of time.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>If you plan to show up and find a spot, that works too. If you watch the parade from 24th Street, you’ll be much closer to the performers, but you’ll perhaps be a bit more cramped with foot traffic. If you’re on Mission Street, you’ll definitely have a lot more room to move around (speaking from experience.)\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>And if you can’t make it exactly at the 9:30 a.m. parade start time, don’t worry. The parade goes on for multiple hours and ends at 2:30 p.m. And if you can’t make it in person at all, \u003ca href=\"https://www.youtube.com/@cbssf\">KPIX will be streaming the parade online\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11987242\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"max-width: 1920px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-11987242\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/05/20230527_162416_qut.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1281\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/05/20230527_162416_qut.jpg 1920w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/05/20230527_162416_qut-800x534.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/05/20230527_162416_qut-1020x681.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/05/20230527_162416_qut-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/05/20230527_162416_qut-1536x1025.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1920px) 100vw, 1920px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">For more than four decades, many Bay Area families have set aside Memorial Day weekend to spend it in San Francisco’s Mission District to make the most of Carnaval celebrations. A family waits for a performance to begin on Harrison and 17th Street on May 27, 2023. \u003ccite>(Carlos Cabrera-Lomelí )\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003ch2>\u003ca id=\"bandscarnavalsf\">\u003c/a>Who’s playing this year at Carnaval San Francisco?\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>Over 50 musicians, DJs and dance groups will perform throughout the weekend across the five stages located on Harrison Street. \u003ca href=\"https://carnavalsanfrancisco.org/festival/\">See the full list of performers at Carnaval San Francisco.\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>This year’s headliners are:\u003c/p>\n\u003cul>\n\u003cli>Noel Torres: Known for songs like “El Comando del Diablo” and “Me Interesas,” this regional mexicano artist has performed all over Mexico and the United States. If you’re into corridos, Noel is the right guy for you.\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>Pirulo y la Tribu: Coming all the way from Puerto Rico to play at Carnaval San Francisco, Pirulo will keep you dancing all day to a fusion of tropical and old-school reggaetón.\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>Franco: If you’re with your tías and want to have them singing along to some baladas románticas, take them to Franco — and soon you’ll too be singing along to “Toda la Vida.”\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>Banda Blanca: Perhaps best known for “Sopa de Caracol,” Banda Blanca has helped bring punta, a genre of dance and music originally created by the Garífuna people, to a global audience.\u003c/li>\n\u003c/ul>\n\u003cp>And for the first time, the festival will have a “Colores de Amor” stage, celebrating the role of LGBTQ+ artists in the Latino community with performances by drag performers like Dulce De Leche and Per Sia.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11987249\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"max-width: 1024px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-11987249\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/05/Carnaval_2023_Day_02_Photos_Daniel_Beck_LowRes_401_qut.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/05/Carnaval_2023_Day_02_Photos_Daniel_Beck_LowRes_401_qut.jpg 1024w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/05/Carnaval_2023_Day_02_Photos_Daniel_Beck_LowRes_401_qut-800x534.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/05/Carnaval_2023_Day_02_Photos_Daniel_Beck_LowRes_401_qut-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/05/Carnaval_2023_Day_02_Photos_Daniel_Beck_LowRes_401_qut-160x107.jpg 160w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">A skater performs a trick at the festival’s skate jam on May 27, 2023. For the second year in a row, Carnaval San Francisco will have a designated space where people of all ages can skateboard. \u003ccite>(Courtesy of Daniel Beck)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003ch2>Is Carnaval San Francisco family-friendly?\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>Yes! For many Bay Area residents, going to Carnaval with the kids, teens and grandparents is a tradition.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In the festival space, organizers have set up a kid-friendly zone at Harrison and 18th street where families can paint, dance and play drums. There’s also an area set up for skateboarding on 23rd and Treat, next to a health and wellness pavilion that offers testing both for COVID-19 and blood pressure.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Consuming alcohol is allowed in the festival, but only in specific enclosed areas requiring visitors to provide identification for access. Entrance to the festival is free, and security staff will be present at each entrance to check bags.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>How do I get to Carnaval San Francisco? What about parking?\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>If you’re planning to drive into the Mission during Carnaval weekend, it’s not going to be easy.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11987243\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"max-width: 1920px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-11987243\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/05/20220528_140210_qut.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1442\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/05/20220528_140210_qut.jpg 1920w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/05/20220528_140210_qut-800x601.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/05/20220528_140210_qut-1020x766.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/05/20220528_140210_qut-160x120.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/05/20220528_140210_qut-1536x1154.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1920px) 100vw, 1920px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">As part of the celebrations, Harrison Street fills up for a two-day festival where vendors, artisans and performers fill up the space between 16th and 24th Street. Thousands of residents pass through the festival space on Saturday, May 28, 2022. \u003ccite>(Carlos Cabrera-Lomelí )\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>The areas surrounding Harrison Street, from 16th to 24th street, will be closed off to cars the whole weekend, which means a lot of the neighborhood’s parking spots will be off-limits. Even residents will have to move their cars to make way for the festival, so there’ll be a lot of competition for the few remaining spots left.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>On Sunday, all cars parked along the Grand Parade route will have to move, including Mission Street from 24th Street to 15th Street, chunks of 24th and 15th street as well, and sections of Bryant Street.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>If at all possible, consider taking public transport: BART will continue operating with a weekday schedule at both 16th and 24th Mission stations. On Saturday, you can ride the 22, 33, 55 and 48 bus routes, which will pass by the festival entrances, and the 9, 12, 14, 14R and 49 bus lines can drop you off a few blocks away.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>However, keep in mind that on Sunday, bus lines that pass through the parade route (14, 14R, 22, 33, 55, 48 and 49) will be rerouted for most of the day. If you want to avoid congestion caused by all the changes to Muni service, your best bet would be to take BART to either the 16th or 24th Mission stations.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ci>Note: KQED is one of the sponsors of the Carnaval San Francisco Grand Parade.\u003c/i>\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>\n\u003c/div>\u003c/p>","attributes":{"named":{},"numeric":[]}}],"link":"/news/11987214/carnaval-san-francisco-2024-parade-route-bands-parking","authors":["11708"],"categories":["news_8"],"tags":["news_32707","news_1500","news_27626","news_5270","news_38"],"featImg":"news_11987244","label":"news"},"forum_2010101905815":{"type":"posts","id":"forum_2010101905815","meta":{"index":"posts_1716263798","site":"forum","id":"2010101905815","found":true},"guestAuthors":[],"slug":"all-you-can-eat-yes-the-bay-area-does-have-a-late-night-dining-scene","title":"All You Can Eat: Yes, the Bay Area Does Have a Late Night Dining Scene","publishDate":1716328692,"format":"audio","headTitle":"All You Can Eat: Yes, the Bay Area Does Have a Late Night Dining Scene | KQED","labelTerm":{"site":"forum"},"content":"\u003cp>If you’re looking for a great meal after midnight, you’re unlikely to find a wealth of options in downtown San Francisco. But expand your search to the Bay Area’s suburban communities, and you’ll find a late-night dining scene that’s brimming with hot pot restaurants, noodle shops, taco carts, and 24-hour casino buffets. Nocturnal noms are the subject of a new collaborative series from KQED’s food editor Luke Tsai and illustrator Thien Pham, called “Midnight Diners.” On the next edition of All You Can Eat, we’ll talk about the local restaurants that keep us fed when we’re staying up late and whether the Bay Area deserves its early-to-bed reputation.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n","blocks":[],"excerpt":null,"status":"publish","parent":0,"modified":1716405829,"stats":{"hasAudio":false,"hasVideo":false,"hasChartOrMap":false,"iframeSrcs":[],"hasGoogleForm":false,"hasGallery":false,"hasHearkenModule":false,"hasPolis":false,"paragraphCount":3,"wordCount":132},"headData":{"title":"All You Can Eat: Yes, the Bay Area Does Have a Late Night Dining Scene | KQED","description":"If you’re looking for a great meal after midnight, you’re unlikely to find a wealth of options in downtown San Francisco. But expand your search to the Bay Area’s suburban communities, and you’ll find a late-night dining scene that’s brimming with hot pot restaurants, noodle shops, taco carts, and 24-hour casino buffets. Nocturnal noms are the subject of a new collaborative series from KQED’s food editor Luke Tsai and illustrator Thien Pham, called “Midnight Diners.” On the next edition of All You Can Eat, we’ll talk about the local restaurants that keep us fed when we’re staying up late and","ogTitle":"","ogDescription":"","ogImgId":"","twTitle":"","twDescription":"","twImgId":"","schema":{"@context":"http://schema.org","@type":"Article","headline":"All You Can Eat: Yes, the Bay Area Does Have a Late Night Dining Scene","datePublished":"2024-05-21T14:58:12-07:00","dateModified":"2024-05-22T12:23:49-07:00","image":"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/02/KQED-OG-Image@1x.png"}},"audioUrl":"https://www.podtrac.com/pts/redirect.mp3/pdst.fm/e/chrt.fm/track/G6C7C3/traffic.megaphone.fm/KQINC1329993274.mp3?updated=1716404917","airdate":1716393600,"forumGuests":[{"name":"Luke Tsai","bio":"food editor, KQED Arts & Culture"},{"name":"Thien Pham","bio":"comic artist and author, the graphic novel \"Family Style: Memories of an American from Vietnam\""},{"name":"Jon Pellolio","bio":"owner, Pete's 881 Club"},{"name":"YeeShaan ","bio":"owner, YeeShaans Grubb (YSG) Halal"}],"sticky":false,"excludeFromSiteSearch":"Include","articleAge":"0","path":"/forum/2010101905815/all-you-can-eat-yes-the-bay-area-does-have-a-late-night-dining-scene","audioTrackLength":null,"parsedContent":[{"type":"contentString","content":"\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003cp>If you’re looking for a great meal after midnight, you’re unlikely to find a wealth of options in downtown San Francisco. But expand your search to the Bay Area’s suburban communities, and you’ll find a late-night dining scene that’s brimming with hot pot restaurants, noodle shops, taco carts, and 24-hour casino buffets. Nocturnal noms are the subject of a new collaborative series from KQED’s food editor Luke Tsai and illustrator Thien Pham, called “Midnight Diners.” On the next edition of All You Can Eat, we’ll talk about the local restaurants that keep us fed when we’re staying up late and whether the Bay Area deserves its early-to-bed reputation.\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>\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003c/div>\u003c/p>","attributes":{"named":{},"numeric":[]}}],"link":"/forum/2010101905815/all-you-can-eat-yes-the-bay-area-does-have-a-late-night-dining-scene","authors":["11757"],"categories":["forum_165"],"featImg":"forum_2010101905823","label":"forum"},"news_11986950":{"type":"posts","id":"news_11986950","meta":{"index":"posts_1716263798","site":"news","id":"11986950","found":true},"guestAuthors":[],"slug":"after-58-years-ccsfs-longest-tenured-professor-nears-landmark-achievement","title":"After 58 Years, CCSF Music Chair Closer Than Ever to Realizing Her Dream","publishDate":1716289224,"format":"standard","headTitle":"After 58 Years, CCSF Music Chair Closer Than Ever to Realizing Her Dream | KQED","labelTerm":{},"content":"\u003cp>After 58 years of sharing her passion for music and the arts with City College of San Francisco students, music department chair Madeline Mueller may finally get what she’s always wanted.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>As the college’s longest-tenured employee, Mueller is just as committed to advocating for a much overdue performing arts auditorium as she is to using her vast musical knowledge, sharp eye for detail and willingness to do any job to keep the music department running.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Only then, Mueller said, will she consider retirement.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I could have retired years ago,” Mueller said. “But I made a promise to myself and to the administration that I wouldn’t retire — I used to say until they built the auditorium.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>For Mueller, the issue is simple: City College is an incomplete campus without a proper auditorium to support its performing arts majors, including music and theater.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The college has been discussing the project for years and even came close to breaking ground in 2012. However, after budget cuts and state roadblocks, Mueller said she was left feeling more like Charlie Brown from the \u003cem>Peanuts\u003c/em> comic strips.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“It’s like Lucy and the football,” Mueller said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Lucy is the state, the administration and budget cuts — everything that has stopped the theater from being built. Mueller is Charlie Brown.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>However, with renewed plans for the theater to go to the state for approval, City College seems closer than ever to building the performing arts auditorium of Mueller’s dreams. The project has an architect, design plans and a contractor.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11986926\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-11986926\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/05/240517-CCSFProfileMadelineMueller-28-BL.jpg\" alt=\"What appear to be detailed architectural renderings, including mock-up illustrations of an interior space, are displayed in a glass case\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/05/240517-CCSFProfileMadelineMueller-28-BL.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/05/240517-CCSFProfileMadelineMueller-28-BL-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/05/240517-CCSFProfileMadelineMueller-28-BL-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/05/240517-CCSFProfileMadelineMueller-28-BL-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/05/240517-CCSFProfileMadelineMueller-28-BL-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/05/240517-CCSFProfileMadelineMueller-28-BL-1920x1280.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Plans for a new performing arts center hang in the City College of San Francisco music department on May 17, 2024. \u003ccite>(Beth LaBerge/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>City College is hopeful the state will approve the plans before the end of 2024, and media reports have the auditorium tentatively \u003ca href=\"https://www.theartnewspaper.com/2023/06/21/new-theatre-building-will-house-famous-diego-rivera-mural-in-san-francisco\">scheduled to open in 2027\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“She’s been working for over 40 years to get our performing arts center designed,” said Steven Brown, horticulture department chair, who sits on the facilities committee with Mueller.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But before Mueller started her quest for a major auditorium at City College, she was an aspiring concert pianist, following in Beethoven’s footsteps.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>‘She’s a brilliant pianist’\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>As a girl in Bakersfield, Mueller studied under Ethel McManus Shaver, her link to an illustrious chain of five pianists that stretches back to Beethoven. But like many aspiring performers, Mueller needed a backup plan, and hers was a community college teaching credential.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In 1965, two weeks into its fall semester, City College’s band director departed for a new position at San Francisco State, leaving his old post vacant. The music department suddenly needed a full-time substitute teacher.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11986922\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-11986922\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/05/240517-CCSFProfileMadelineMueller-23-BL.jpg\" alt=\"A detailed close-up photograph of hands playing a piano\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/05/240517-CCSFProfileMadelineMueller-23-BL.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/05/240517-CCSFProfileMadelineMueller-23-BL-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/05/240517-CCSFProfileMadelineMueller-23-BL-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/05/240517-CCSFProfileMadelineMueller-23-BL-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/05/240517-CCSFProfileMadelineMueller-23-BL-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/05/240517-CCSFProfileMadelineMueller-23-BL-1920x1280.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Music department chair Madeline Mueller plays piano at the City College of San Francisco on May 17, 2024. \u003ccite>(Beth LaBerge/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Mueller stepped into her new teaching role that year. She fell in love with the college immediately.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I was enchanted,” she said. “The school had such diversity. And the students were so smart and appreciative.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Even after she began teaching, Mueller continued to perform — and not just at faculty recitals — at concerts throughout the Bay Area.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“She could have gone on to a career as an accompanist,” said Lenny Carlson, a retired City College music professor and jazz musician. “She’s a brilliant pianist.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Carlson often chose Mueller, who’s premiered a lot of modern music as a soloist and as a part of an ensemble, to debut his compositions.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I really enjoy writing music that has humor in it because I know that she will get it, however subtle it is,” Carlson said, who’s an accomplished jazz guitarist and composer.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Many of Mueller’s colleagues agree she has been the primary force in shaping the college’s music department over the decades. Her influence, whether teaching music or championing the department’s auditorium, is significant.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“This department wouldn’t exist without Madeline,” said Lynette Warfield, the former music department secretary. “And if it did, it would be an empty shell.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11986920\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-11986920\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/05/240517-CCSFProfileMadelineMueller-10-BL.jpg\" alt=\"An older woman wearing glasses and a pink coat speaks to a younger student as he plays a grand piano\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/05/240517-CCSFProfileMadelineMueller-10-BL.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/05/240517-CCSFProfileMadelineMueller-10-BL-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/05/240517-CCSFProfileMadelineMueller-10-BL-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/05/240517-CCSFProfileMadelineMueller-10-BL-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/05/240517-CCSFProfileMadelineMueller-10-BL-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/05/240517-CCSFProfileMadelineMueller-10-BL-1920x1280.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Music department chair Madeline Mueller works with piano student Francisco Guijarro at the City College of San Francisco on May 17, 2024. \u003ccite>(Beth LaBerge/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Once, Warfield said she witnessed an intradepartmental argument reach what she described as the point of no return — one person accused the other of having a terrible voice.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“After they talked to Madeline, the two were singing together,” Warfield said. “When Madeline is in the office, there’s harmony.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>For nearly 60 years, Mueller’s advocacy for the performing arts department at City College was witnessed at local gatherings with City College’s Board of Trustees, the Academic Senate and the Facilities Committee. Without fail, Mueller always made it a point to be present, often remaining until she was the sole occupant in the room.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“She’s always been an advocate,” Carlson said. “She was one of the founders of the Academic Senate and the Department Chairs’ Council.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Mueller also serves on the Facilities Committee, which has overseen the planning of the new performing arts theater. Now, the project is the top priority on the Facilities Committee’s latest five-year plan and has a $185 million budget. Plans for the new theater are currently in front of the Division of the State Architect — and the committee hopes to have approval by December 2024.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>‘We’re clawing back’\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>As plans slowly inch forward, City College’s lack of an auditorium to support its performing arts majors continues to be a goal Mueller and other faculty members rally around.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“We’re the only school in the whole system that doesn’t have an auditorium,” Mueller said. “It’s embarrassing.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11986925\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-11986925\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/05/240517-CCSFProfileMadelineMueller-33-BL.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/05/240517-CCSFProfileMadelineMueller-33-BL.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/05/240517-CCSFProfileMadelineMueller-33-BL-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/05/240517-CCSFProfileMadelineMueller-33-BL-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/05/240517-CCSFProfileMadelineMueller-33-BL-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/05/240517-CCSFProfileMadelineMueller-33-BL-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/05/240517-CCSFProfileMadelineMueller-33-BL-1920x1280.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Students walk down steps leading to the planned site for a new performing arts center at the City College of San Francisco on May 17, 2024. \u003ccite>(Beth LaBerge/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>The music department is not alone.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Brown, of the City College horticulture department, recalled a faculty meeting from early in his tenure with such a large number of participants that it couldn’t be hosted at the school’s Diego Rivera Theater.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“We had to rent the Riordan auditorium,” Brown said. “The private Catholic high school across the street has a bigger auditorium than City College, even though City College’s student body is 10 times bigger.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>During her tenure, Mueller said she’s watched CCSF prioritize other department buildings over the proposed performing arts center.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In 2000, Mueller said planning for a new auditorium began in earnest. Yet, after the performing arts and PE departments expressed a need for new facilities in 2001, an internal agreement stipulated that the PE department would prioritize the first portion of the construction.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The Wellness Center, which contains new gym facilities, was completed in 2008.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11986919\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-11986919\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/05/240517-CCSFProfileMadelineMueller-02-BL.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/05/240517-CCSFProfileMadelineMueller-02-BL.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/05/240517-CCSFProfileMadelineMueller-02-BL-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/05/240517-CCSFProfileMadelineMueller-02-BL-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/05/240517-CCSFProfileMadelineMueller-02-BL-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/05/240517-CCSFProfileMadelineMueller-02-BL-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/05/240517-CCSFProfileMadelineMueller-02-BL-1920x1280.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Music department chair Madeline Mueller looks through a 2016 issue of Etc Magazine, which features photos of herself at the City College of San Francisco on May 17, 2024. \u003ccite>(Beth LaBerge/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>In the following years, the college hired an architecture firm, TEF Design, to draw up plans for the new performing arts center, but it was unable to obtain state-matching funds for several years. Instead, City College prioritized the construction of the new Multi-Use Building (MUB).\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The MUB was finished in 2012 and cost $77 million.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Since 2000, when the initial planning for the performing arts center began, San Francisco voters have passed three propositions to fund new CCSF construction. These propositions in 2000, 2005 and 2020, all called Proposition A, authorized nearly $1.3 billion combined in bond funds for City College.[aside postID=news_11966741 hero='https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2023/11/231101-MusicTherapyHMBFarmworkers-24-BL-KQED-1020x680.jpg']Still, Mueller points to the delays her department has endured over the last 20 years as tantamount to ignoring the will of the voters.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Three times the voters of San Francisco have put up major funding for this project,” Mueller said. “They said: Do it.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But City College hindered its progress, Mueller claims.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In 2012, the Accrediting Commission for Community and Junior College (ACCJC) produced a “show-cause” order against CCSF, accusing the college of poor financial management. A show-cause order is a warning that a college is in danger of losing its accreditation unless it changes its practices. City College had to make immediate budget cuts.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In a February 2013 interview with \u003cem>The Guardsman\u003c/em>, interim chancellor Thelma Scott-Skillman announced that she asked the board not to move forward with constructing the new performing arts center.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Then, in September 2013, special trustee Robert Agrella officially announced that the project would not break ground.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“The college has no means to fund this excess cost,” Agrella said in an open letter to the college.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11986923\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-11986923\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/05/240517-CCSFProfileMadelineMueller-24-BL.jpg\" alt=\"An older woman wearing glasses and a pink coat smiles as she leans on a grand piano\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/05/240517-CCSFProfileMadelineMueller-24-BL.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/05/240517-CCSFProfileMadelineMueller-24-BL-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/05/240517-CCSFProfileMadelineMueller-24-BL-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/05/240517-CCSFProfileMadelineMueller-24-BL-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/05/240517-CCSFProfileMadelineMueller-24-BL-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/05/240517-CCSFProfileMadelineMueller-24-BL-1920x1280.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Music department chair Madeline Mueller poses for a portrait at the City College of San Francisco on May 17, 2024. \u003ccite>(Beth LaBerge/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Mueller felt like Charlie Brown once again.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Madeline wasn’t happy about it, but there was nothing she could do,” said Brown, who is also the co-chair of the Facilities Committee.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Adding to the frustration, Folsom Lake College, another California community college campus, received what Carlson deemed as “an exact replica of the design” that was meant for CCSF. Folsom’s performing arts theater was completed in 2011 before Agrella announced that CCSF’s project would be delayed.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“This was personal,” Carlson said. “This was a thumb in Madeline’s eye by administrators at the state level.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The delay had a financial cost, too.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>City College had to forfeit $22 million in matching funds from the state that it had planned to use in the construction of the performing arts theater.[aside postID=news_11966749 hero='https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2023/11/230928-ArleneOwseichik-024-BL-qut-1020x680.jpg']In 2017, the ACCJC reaffirmed City College’s accreditation status, restoring some stability to the struggling school. Mueller, who had spent the last four years fighting against budget cuts in the music department, once again started to think about a new performing arts theater.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“We’re clawing back,” she said. “We’ve got our band back, we’ve got our choir back, and we’re desperately nagging them to get my orchestra back.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>For the first time in years, she’s cautiously optimistic about the future of the performing arts center. In late December, plans for it went before California’s Division of the State Architect, a key part of the approval process.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“It’s the first time we’ve had all our ducks in a row,” Mueller said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Talks to build the new theater were restarted in 2020, according to Mueller, the same year San Francisco voters approved \u003ca href=\"https://www.spur.org/voter-guide/2020-03/sf-prop-a-city-college-facilities-bond#:~:text=What%20the%20Measure%20Would%20Do,major%20renovations%20since%20the%201970s.\">Proposition A, an $845 million bond measure for City College\u003c/a>. In 2021, the City College board approved a new design for the Performing Arts Center. Two years later, the architects for the new building, LMN Architects and TEF Design, were officially announced.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>There was one change to the design: a large glass lobby to hold Diego Rivera’s \u003cem>Pan American Unity\u003c/em> mural, one of City College’s crown jewels.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“That was the component we never thought of,” Mueller said. “It did raise the cost, but it will preserve the iconic mural.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>With so many projects on her plate, it’s hard to imagine Mueller retiring any time soon.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>For most of her career, her promise to bow out once the performing arts center was complete was an empty threat. Now, that time may come, after all.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I’ll play it by ear,” she said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad floatright]\u003c/p>\n","blocks":[],"excerpt":"After nearly six decades of teaching at City College of San Francisco, music department chair Madeline Mueller may finally get what she's always wanted: a performing arts auditorium on campus.","status":"publish","parent":0,"modified":1716309990,"stats":{"hasAudio":false,"hasVideo":false,"hasChartOrMap":false,"iframeSrcs":[],"hasGoogleForm":false,"hasGallery":false,"hasHearkenModule":false,"hasPolis":false,"paragraphCount":61,"wordCount":2050},"headData":{"title":"After 58 Years, CCSF Music Chair Closer Than Ever to Realizing Her Dream | KQED","description":"After nearly six decades of teaching at City College of San Francisco, music department chair Madeline Mueller may finally get what she's always wanted: a performing arts auditorium on campus.","ogTitle":"","ogDescription":"","ogImgId":"","twTitle":"","twDescription":"","twImgId":"","schema":{"@context":"http://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","headline":"After 58 Years, CCSF Music Chair Closer Than Ever to Realizing Her Dream","datePublished":"2024-05-21T04:00:24-07:00","dateModified":"2024-05-21T09:46:30-07:00","image":"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/02/KQED-OG-Image@1x.png","isAccessibleForFree":"True","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"}}},"source":"City College of San Francisco Journalism Department","sourceUrl":"https://www.ccsf.edu/degrees-certificates/journalism","sticky":false,"nprByline":"Jakob Hofso","nprStoryId":"kqed-11986950","excludeFromSiteSearch":"Include","showOnAuthorArchivePages":"No","articleAge":"0","path":"/news/11986950/after-58-years-ccsfs-longest-tenured-professor-nears-landmark-achievement","audioTrackLength":null,"parsedContent":[{"type":"contentString","content":"\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003cp>After 58 years of sharing her passion for music and the arts with City College of San Francisco students, music department chair Madeline Mueller may finally get what she’s always wanted.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>As the college’s longest-tenured employee, Mueller is just as committed to advocating for a much overdue performing arts auditorium as she is to using her vast musical knowledge, sharp eye for detail and willingness to do any job to keep the music department running.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Only then, Mueller said, will she consider retirement.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I could have retired years ago,” Mueller said. “But I made a promise to myself and to the administration that I wouldn’t retire — I used to say until they built the auditorium.”\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 Mueller, the issue is simple: City College is an incomplete campus without a proper auditorium to support its performing arts majors, including music and theater.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The college has been discussing the project for years and even came close to breaking ground in 2012. However, after budget cuts and state roadblocks, Mueller said she was left feeling more like Charlie Brown from the \u003cem>Peanuts\u003c/em> comic strips.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“It’s like Lucy and the football,” Mueller said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Lucy is the state, the administration and budget cuts — everything that has stopped the theater from being built. Mueller is Charlie Brown.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>However, with renewed plans for the theater to go to the state for approval, City College seems closer than ever to building the performing arts auditorium of Mueller’s dreams. The project has an architect, design plans and a contractor.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11986926\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-11986926\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/05/240517-CCSFProfileMadelineMueller-28-BL.jpg\" alt=\"What appear to be detailed architectural renderings, including mock-up illustrations of an interior space, are displayed in a glass case\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/05/240517-CCSFProfileMadelineMueller-28-BL.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/05/240517-CCSFProfileMadelineMueller-28-BL-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/05/240517-CCSFProfileMadelineMueller-28-BL-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/05/240517-CCSFProfileMadelineMueller-28-BL-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/05/240517-CCSFProfileMadelineMueller-28-BL-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/05/240517-CCSFProfileMadelineMueller-28-BL-1920x1280.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Plans for a new performing arts center hang in the City College of San Francisco music department on May 17, 2024. \u003ccite>(Beth LaBerge/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>City College is hopeful the state will approve the plans before the end of 2024, and media reports have the auditorium tentatively \u003ca href=\"https://www.theartnewspaper.com/2023/06/21/new-theatre-building-will-house-famous-diego-rivera-mural-in-san-francisco\">scheduled to open in 2027\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“She’s been working for over 40 years to get our performing arts center designed,” said Steven Brown, horticulture department chair, who sits on the facilities committee with Mueller.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But before Mueller started her quest for a major auditorium at City College, she was an aspiring concert pianist, following in Beethoven’s footsteps.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>‘She’s a brilliant pianist’\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>As a girl in Bakersfield, Mueller studied under Ethel McManus Shaver, her link to an illustrious chain of five pianists that stretches back to Beethoven. But like many aspiring performers, Mueller needed a backup plan, and hers was a community college teaching credential.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In 1965, two weeks into its fall semester, City College’s band director departed for a new position at San Francisco State, leaving his old post vacant. The music department suddenly needed a full-time substitute teacher.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11986922\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-11986922\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/05/240517-CCSFProfileMadelineMueller-23-BL.jpg\" alt=\"A detailed close-up photograph of hands playing a piano\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/05/240517-CCSFProfileMadelineMueller-23-BL.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/05/240517-CCSFProfileMadelineMueller-23-BL-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/05/240517-CCSFProfileMadelineMueller-23-BL-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/05/240517-CCSFProfileMadelineMueller-23-BL-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/05/240517-CCSFProfileMadelineMueller-23-BL-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/05/240517-CCSFProfileMadelineMueller-23-BL-1920x1280.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Music department chair Madeline Mueller plays piano at the City College of San Francisco on May 17, 2024. \u003ccite>(Beth LaBerge/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Mueller stepped into her new teaching role that year. She fell in love with the college immediately.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I was enchanted,” she said. “The school had such diversity. And the students were so smart and appreciative.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Even after she began teaching, Mueller continued to perform — and not just at faculty recitals — at concerts throughout the Bay Area.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“She could have gone on to a career as an accompanist,” said Lenny Carlson, a retired City College music professor and jazz musician. “She’s a brilliant pianist.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Carlson often chose Mueller, who’s premiered a lot of modern music as a soloist and as a part of an ensemble, to debut his compositions.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I really enjoy writing music that has humor in it because I know that she will get it, however subtle it is,” Carlson said, who’s an accomplished jazz guitarist and composer.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Many of Mueller’s colleagues agree she has been the primary force in shaping the college’s music department over the decades. Her influence, whether teaching music or championing the department’s auditorium, is significant.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“This department wouldn’t exist without Madeline,” said Lynette Warfield, the former music department secretary. “And if it did, it would be an empty shell.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11986920\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-11986920\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/05/240517-CCSFProfileMadelineMueller-10-BL.jpg\" alt=\"An older woman wearing glasses and a pink coat speaks to a younger student as he plays a grand piano\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/05/240517-CCSFProfileMadelineMueller-10-BL.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/05/240517-CCSFProfileMadelineMueller-10-BL-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/05/240517-CCSFProfileMadelineMueller-10-BL-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/05/240517-CCSFProfileMadelineMueller-10-BL-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/05/240517-CCSFProfileMadelineMueller-10-BL-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/05/240517-CCSFProfileMadelineMueller-10-BL-1920x1280.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Music department chair Madeline Mueller works with piano student Francisco Guijarro at the City College of San Francisco on May 17, 2024. \u003ccite>(Beth LaBerge/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Once, Warfield said she witnessed an intradepartmental argument reach what she described as the point of no return — one person accused the other of having a terrible voice.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“After they talked to Madeline, the two were singing together,” Warfield said. “When Madeline is in the office, there’s harmony.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>For nearly 60 years, Mueller’s advocacy for the performing arts department at City College was witnessed at local gatherings with City College’s Board of Trustees, the Academic Senate and the Facilities Committee. Without fail, Mueller always made it a point to be present, often remaining until she was the sole occupant in the room.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“She’s always been an advocate,” Carlson said. “She was one of the founders of the Academic Senate and the Department Chairs’ Council.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Mueller also serves on the Facilities Committee, which has overseen the planning of the new performing arts theater. Now, the project is the top priority on the Facilities Committee’s latest five-year plan and has a $185 million budget. Plans for the new theater are currently in front of the Division of the State Architect — and the committee hopes to have approval by December 2024.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>‘We’re clawing back’\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>As plans slowly inch forward, City College’s lack of an auditorium to support its performing arts majors continues to be a goal Mueller and other faculty members rally around.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“We’re the only school in the whole system that doesn’t have an auditorium,” Mueller said. “It’s embarrassing.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11986925\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-11986925\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/05/240517-CCSFProfileMadelineMueller-33-BL.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/05/240517-CCSFProfileMadelineMueller-33-BL.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/05/240517-CCSFProfileMadelineMueller-33-BL-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/05/240517-CCSFProfileMadelineMueller-33-BL-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/05/240517-CCSFProfileMadelineMueller-33-BL-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/05/240517-CCSFProfileMadelineMueller-33-BL-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/05/240517-CCSFProfileMadelineMueller-33-BL-1920x1280.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Students walk down steps leading to the planned site for a new performing arts center at the City College of San Francisco on May 17, 2024. \u003ccite>(Beth LaBerge/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>The music department is not alone.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Brown, of the City College horticulture department, recalled a faculty meeting from early in his tenure with such a large number of participants that it couldn’t be hosted at the school’s Diego Rivera Theater.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“We had to rent the Riordan auditorium,” Brown said. “The private Catholic high school across the street has a bigger auditorium than City College, even though City College’s student body is 10 times bigger.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>During her tenure, Mueller said she’s watched CCSF prioritize other department buildings over the proposed performing arts center.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In 2000, Mueller said planning for a new auditorium began in earnest. Yet, after the performing arts and PE departments expressed a need for new facilities in 2001, an internal agreement stipulated that the PE department would prioritize the first portion of the construction.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The Wellness Center, which contains new gym facilities, was completed in 2008.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11986919\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-11986919\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/05/240517-CCSFProfileMadelineMueller-02-BL.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/05/240517-CCSFProfileMadelineMueller-02-BL.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/05/240517-CCSFProfileMadelineMueller-02-BL-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/05/240517-CCSFProfileMadelineMueller-02-BL-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/05/240517-CCSFProfileMadelineMueller-02-BL-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/05/240517-CCSFProfileMadelineMueller-02-BL-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/05/240517-CCSFProfileMadelineMueller-02-BL-1920x1280.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Music department chair Madeline Mueller looks through a 2016 issue of Etc Magazine, which features photos of herself at the City College of San Francisco on May 17, 2024. \u003ccite>(Beth LaBerge/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>In the following years, the college hired an architecture firm, TEF Design, to draw up plans for the new performing arts center, but it was unable to obtain state-matching funds for several years. Instead, City College prioritized the construction of the new Multi-Use Building (MUB).\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The MUB was finished in 2012 and cost $77 million.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Since 2000, when the initial planning for the performing arts center began, San Francisco voters have passed three propositions to fund new CCSF construction. These propositions in 2000, 2005 and 2020, all called Proposition A, authorized nearly $1.3 billion combined in bond funds for City College.\u003c/p>\u003c/div>","attributes":{"named":{},"numeric":[]}},{"type":"component","content":"","name":"aside","attributes":{"named":{"postid":"news_11966741","hero":"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2023/11/231101-MusicTherapyHMBFarmworkers-24-BL-KQED-1020x680.jpg","label":""},"numeric":[]}},{"type":"contentString","content":"\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>Still, Mueller points to the delays her department has endured over the last 20 years as tantamount to ignoring the will of the voters.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Three times the voters of San Francisco have put up major funding for this project,” Mueller said. “They said: Do it.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But City College hindered its progress, Mueller claims.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In 2012, the Accrediting Commission for Community and Junior College (ACCJC) produced a “show-cause” order against CCSF, accusing the college of poor financial management. A show-cause order is a warning that a college is in danger of losing its accreditation unless it changes its practices. City College had to make immediate budget cuts.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In a February 2013 interview with \u003cem>The Guardsman\u003c/em>, interim chancellor Thelma Scott-Skillman announced that she asked the board not to move forward with constructing the new performing arts center.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Then, in September 2013, special trustee Robert Agrella officially announced that the project would not break ground.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“The college has no means to fund this excess cost,” Agrella said in an open letter to the college.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11986923\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-11986923\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/05/240517-CCSFProfileMadelineMueller-24-BL.jpg\" alt=\"An older woman wearing glasses and a pink coat smiles as she leans on a grand piano\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/05/240517-CCSFProfileMadelineMueller-24-BL.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/05/240517-CCSFProfileMadelineMueller-24-BL-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/05/240517-CCSFProfileMadelineMueller-24-BL-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/05/240517-CCSFProfileMadelineMueller-24-BL-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/05/240517-CCSFProfileMadelineMueller-24-BL-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/05/240517-CCSFProfileMadelineMueller-24-BL-1920x1280.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Music department chair Madeline Mueller poses for a portrait at the City College of San Francisco on May 17, 2024. \u003ccite>(Beth LaBerge/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Mueller felt like Charlie Brown once again.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Madeline wasn’t happy about it, but there was nothing she could do,” said Brown, who is also the co-chair of the Facilities Committee.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Adding to the frustration, Folsom Lake College, another California community college campus, received what Carlson deemed as “an exact replica of the design” that was meant for CCSF. Folsom’s performing arts theater was completed in 2011 before Agrella announced that CCSF’s project would be delayed.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“This was personal,” Carlson said. “This was a thumb in Madeline’s eye by administrators at the state level.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The delay had a financial cost, too.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>City College had to forfeit $22 million in matching funds from the state that it had planned to use in the construction of the performing arts theater.\u003c/p>\u003c/div>","attributes":{"named":{},"numeric":[]}},{"type":"component","content":"","name":"aside","attributes":{"named":{"postid":"news_11966749","hero":"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2023/11/230928-ArleneOwseichik-024-BL-qut-1020x680.jpg","label":""},"numeric":[]}},{"type":"contentString","content":"\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>In 2017, the ACCJC reaffirmed City College’s accreditation status, restoring some stability to the struggling school. Mueller, who had spent the last four years fighting against budget cuts in the music department, once again started to think about a new performing arts theater.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“We’re clawing back,” she said. “We’ve got our band back, we’ve got our choir back, and we’re desperately nagging them to get my orchestra back.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>For the first time in years, she’s cautiously optimistic about the future of the performing arts center. In late December, plans for it went before California’s Division of the State Architect, a key part of the approval process.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“It’s the first time we’ve had all our ducks in a row,” Mueller said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Talks to build the new theater were restarted in 2020, according to Mueller, the same year San Francisco voters approved \u003ca href=\"https://www.spur.org/voter-guide/2020-03/sf-prop-a-city-college-facilities-bond#:~:text=What%20the%20Measure%20Would%20Do,major%20renovations%20since%20the%201970s.\">Proposition A, an $845 million bond measure for City College\u003c/a>. In 2021, the City College board approved a new design for the Performing Arts Center. Two years later, the architects for the new building, LMN Architects and TEF Design, were officially announced.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>There was one change to the design: a large glass lobby to hold Diego Rivera’s \u003cem>Pan American Unity\u003c/em> mural, one of City College’s crown jewels.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“That was the component we never thought of,” Mueller said. “It did raise the cost, but it will preserve the iconic mural.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>With so many projects on her plate, it’s hard to imagine Mueller retiring any time soon.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>For most of her career, her promise to bow out once the performing arts center was complete was an empty threat. Now, that time may come, after all.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I’ll play it by ear,” she said.\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>\n\u003c/div>\u003c/p>","attributes":{"named":{},"numeric":[]}}],"link":"/news/11986950/after-58-years-ccsfs-longest-tenured-professor-nears-landmark-achievement","authors":["byline_news_11986950"],"categories":["news_223","news_18540","news_8"],"tags":["news_19133","news_32662","news_18538","news_20652","news_20013","news_27626","news_1425","news_38"],"featImg":"news_11986924","label":"source_news_11986950"},"forum_2010101905818":{"type":"posts","id":"forum_2010101905818","meta":{"index":"posts_1716263798","site":"forum","id":"2010101905818","found":true},"guestAuthors":[],"slug":"shefali-luthra-on-the-undue-burden-of-post-roe-reproductive-care","title":"Shefali Luthra on the ‘Undue Burden’ of Post-Roe Reproductive Care","publishDate":1716328216,"format":"audio","headTitle":"Shefali Luthra on the ‘Undue Burden’ of Post-Roe Reproductive Care | KQED","labelTerm":{"site":"forum"},"content":"\u003cp>“It’s difficult to think of a public health crisis more inevitable than the impending end of Roe v. 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He’s now written a new book called “Amphibious Soul,” which invites us along on his underwater excursions and shows us how, through techniques like tracking, we can connect with creatures and our wild selves. 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Sometimes they form angles. Occasionally you’ll find rectangular or circular constructions.\u003cbr>\n[baycuriouspodcastinfo]\u003cbr>\nWho built these things? How long ago? And why?\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Maybe voyagers from a lost continent built them. Or visitors from outer space. Or a vanished tribe of “superior” Native Americans.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>People have suggested these walls could have been meant for defense. Or as navigational aids for extraterrestrials.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>We started getting “mystery walls” questions almost as soon as Bay Curious opened for business, including one from Eric Haven. He’s an artist — he writes and draws graphic novels — and he’s been a producer on “MythBusters” as well as the reboot, “Mythbusters Jr.” So he’s someone who wants to get to the bottom of things.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>His query was pretty straightforward: “Who built the East Bay mystery walls? They appear to be ancient, many hundreds or even thousands of years old.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Eric came to the Bay Area in 1989. As we hiked up a steep, rocky trail in the Berkeley Hills to visit a wall segment there, he told me that’s when he first heard about a nearby “mystery wall.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“And the way it was relayed to me was very much like urban myth or urban legend,” he said. “There are certain signifiers of that conversation — you know, the vagueness of it — and yet certain things are very specific. ‘No one knows who built it. No one knows why they built it.’ ”\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11689988\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-11689988\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/08/RS32665_19025042463_9119852fb9_o-qut-800x519.jpg\" alt=\"Segments of stone walls, like these on Monument Peak, in Ed Levin County Park near Milpitas, can be found throughout the hills of the East Bay.\" width=\"800\" height=\"519\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/08/RS32665_19025042463_9119852fb9_o-qut-800x519.jpg 800w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/08/RS32665_19025042463_9119852fb9_o-qut-160x104.jpg 160w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/08/RS32665_19025042463_9119852fb9_o-qut-1020x661.jpg 1020w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/08/RS32665_19025042463_9119852fb9_o-qut-1200x778.jpg 1200w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/08/RS32665_19025042463_9119852fb9_o-qut.jpg 1920w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/08/RS32665_19025042463_9119852fb9_o-qut-1180x765.jpg 1180w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/08/RS32665_19025042463_9119852fb9_o-qut-960x623.jpg 960w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/08/RS32665_19025042463_9119852fb9_o-qut-240x156.jpg 240w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/08/RS32665_19025042463_9119852fb9_o-qut-375x243.jpg 375w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/08/RS32665_19025042463_9119852fb9_o-qut-520x337.jpg 520w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Segments of stone walls, like these on Monument Peak, in Ed Levin County Park near Milpitas, can be found throughout the hills of the East Bay. \u003ccite>(Dan Brekke/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>[dropcap]T[/dropcap]hat “no one knows” refrain is a constant in the story of the walls from the beginning.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>It’s hard to say precisely when locals might have started gossiping about the walls — or if they ever did — but the oldest published mention of the “mystery” appears to be \u003ca href=\"https://flic.kr/p/2aywx85\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">March 8, 1896,\u003c/a> in the Sunday San Francisco Chronicle.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Half a mile east of Grizzly Peak stand the remnants of stone walls which have long baffled the researches and curiosity of antiquarians,” the unbylined story said. “By whom they were erected, when and why is an unsolved mystery.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The same little essay goes on to drop a theory or two: that perhaps the walls were the work of what it called “a long forgotten race,” or maybe the Aztecs of Mexico, who might have used the walls for defense.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>For structures that have excited such feverish speculation for so long, most of them look pretty modest. The section Eric Haven and I tramped up to is actually kind of nondescript: about 100 feet long and just 2 or 3 feet high. The rocks used for construction — local limestone — are stacked or piled, not mortared or cut to fit. Most of the stones are small enough that one person could place them easily; some would have required a crew to put in place. Most are covered with lichens.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>As we soaked in the atmosphere of the place — a spot with a sweeping view, but one we promised the property owners we wouldn’t disclose — Eric shared a friend’s idea about the origins of the walls. It’s a variation on the notion that Native Americans built these walls for a mystical purpose.\u003cbr>\n[baycuriousbug]\u003cbr>\n“His theory was that there was an earthquake here, and it opened up fissures in the ground,” Eric said. “And he thought these were purely ceremonial. They were here to appease whatever gods they thought were angered, or spirits, and this was a way to mark those fissures and to show those spirits they’d do whatever it takes so the earthquake doesn’t happen again.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Before we headed back down the trail from the wall, we observed that the wall runs parallel to a modern barbed-wire fence that pretty clearly marks a property boundary. So this wall, perhaps, was built as part of a property line.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11690201\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"wp-image-11690201 size-medium\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/08/RS32679_19023508794_fb75164909_o-qut-1-800x504.jpg\" alt=\"A portion of walls with the Diablo Range in the background.\" width=\"800\" height=\"504\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/08/RS32679_19023508794_fb75164909_o-qut-1-800x504.jpg 800w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/08/RS32679_19023508794_fb75164909_o-qut-1-160x101.jpg 160w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/08/RS32679_19023508794_fb75164909_o-qut-1-1020x642.jpg 1020w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/08/RS32679_19023508794_fb75164909_o-qut-1-1200x756.jpg 1200w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/08/RS32679_19023508794_fb75164909_o-qut-1.jpg 1920w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/08/RS32679_19023508794_fb75164909_o-qut-1-1180x743.jpg 1180w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/08/RS32679_19023508794_fb75164909_o-qut-1-960x605.jpg 960w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/08/RS32679_19023508794_fb75164909_o-qut-1-240x151.jpg 240w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/08/RS32679_19023508794_fb75164909_o-qut-1-375x236.jpg 375w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/08/RS32679_19023508794_fb75164909_o-qut-1-520x327.jpg 520w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">A portion of walls with the Diablo Range in the background. \u003ccite>(Dan Brekke/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>[dropcap]L[/dropcap]ooking for an answer meant going through old newspaper stories, tracking down amateur sleuths’ accounts of the walls, searching old maps for evidence of the structures and finding out whether real live archaeologists had ever studied the walls.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>There have been many newspaper pieces over the years, starting with the Chronicle’s in 1896. Most have repeated the original article’s conclusion that the walls are an impenetrable enigma.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>For instance, in August 1904, the Chronicle ran another story on the walls, this time, as a big spread in the Sunday paper. It featured a dramatic illustration of stereotype savage fighting with spear and bow and arrow and hurling big rocks.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>It was written by a guy named Harold French — a hiker, writer and clerk at \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11667314/this-s-f-fortress-is-full-of-money-that-will-never-be-spent\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">San Francisco’s U.S. Mint\u003c/a>. The prose sounds a lot like that in the 1896 piece.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Did a colony from lost Atlantis once populate the Berkeley hills?” the story asked. “Are the ancient rock walls which crown the Contra Costa ridges remnants of a Toltec or a pre-Toltec civilization? Are these remarkable walls really relics of the Stone Age?”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>A few weeks later, the Chronicle was back with another dramatic Sunday spread, announcing an amazing find unearthed by a University of California chemistry professor named Henry Coffinberry Myers.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The headline declared that “stone age relics discovered in the Berkeley Hills … seem to change the accepted history of the Western world.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The objects Myers said he’d uncovered during forays into the hills included a “five-faced stone image,” stone axes and pieces of pottery. Myers said that mineral deposits on the carved stone image proved it was 1,000 to 10,000 years old.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Myers and other experts the Chronicle contacted said the artifacts and the walls in the hills were evidence that early hill dwellers — perhaps giants who had gained immense strength by lifting big rocks — had migrated from China.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Myers’ find was almost certainly a hoax. The Chronicle doesn’t appear to have said another word about the professor and his world-shattering discoveries. Myers left Berkeley shortly afterward to manage a sugar refinery in Hawaii. He eventually donated his artifacts — telling \u003ca href=\"http://kaga.wsulibs.wsu.edu/cdm4/item_viewer.php?CISOROOT=%2Fclipping&CISOPTR=10799&DMSCALE=100.00000&DMWIDTH=600&DMHEIGHT=600&DMMODE=viewer&DMFULL=0&DMOLDSCALE=16.35769&DMX=0&DMY=0&DMTEXT=&DMTHUMB=1&REC=1&DMROTATE=0&x=42&y=146\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">a different story\u003c/a> about where they’d come from — to a \u003ca href=\"http://spokanehistorical.org/items/show/536\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Bible college\u003c/a> in Spokane, Washington.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In 1908, the Berkeley Hills walls were back in the news. “Professor” Joseph Voyle, president of the Berkeley Society for Psychical Research, identified some of the walls as \u003ca href=\"http://cdnc.ucr.edu/cgi-bin/cdnc?a=d&d=SFC19080622.2.60.11\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">remains of a prehistoric civilization\u003c/a>. He was led to the site by a kind of divining rod, and newspapers delighted in telling the tale of Voyle leading a group on an expedition into the wilds.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>(Voyle also claimed to have discovered a radium mine beneath San Francisco and reported he had invented an earthquake detector and figured out how to make non-intoxicating alcohol. He died an indigent in Alameda County’s public hospital in 1915, having succumbed to what one paper called “an infirmity of which he had long been a sufferer.”)\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11690204\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-11690204\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/08/RS32677_19597532225_92ce855207_o-qut-800x600.jpg\" alt=\"The stone walls wind through the landscape on Monument Peak.\" width=\"800\" height=\"600\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/08/RS32677_19597532225_92ce855207_o-qut-800x600.jpg 800w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/08/RS32677_19597532225_92ce855207_o-qut-160x120.jpg 160w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/08/RS32677_19597532225_92ce855207_o-qut-1020x765.jpg 1020w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/08/RS32677_19597532225_92ce855207_o-qut-1200x900.jpg 1200w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/08/RS32677_19597532225_92ce855207_o-qut.jpg 1920w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/08/RS32677_19597532225_92ce855207_o-qut-1180x885.jpg 1180w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/08/RS32677_19597532225_92ce855207_o-qut-960x720.jpg 960w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/08/RS32677_19597532225_92ce855207_o-qut-240x180.jpg 240w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/08/RS32677_19597532225_92ce855207_o-qut-375x281.jpg 375w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/08/RS32677_19597532225_92ce855207_o-qut-520x390.jpg 520w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">The stone walls wind through the landscape on Monument Peak. \u003ccite>(Dan Brekke/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>[dropcap]W[/dropcap]hile Myers and Voyle departed the scene, Harold French showed up again and again in print over the years promoting the legend of the walls.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>I say “legend” advisedly. In published writings through the early 1920s, French never failed to describe the walls as “prehistoric” or “ancient.” But beyond the walls’ mere presence, the only evidence he ever cited was the testimony of unnamed old-timers who, he said, had told him that the walls had been a puzzle to both Native Americans and early settlers alike.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>It’s not clear if trained archaeologists ever seriously studied the walls at the time French was writing. At one point, French reported he had spoken to a “certain teacher of anthropology” at the University of California about the walls’ origins. The anthropologist reportedly responded:\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“From time to time my students have come and told me about these walls … but I never took them seriously enough to climb way up there in that ‘Beanstalk Land’ to see them. I suppose they are either old sheep corrals or ranch boundaries.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11689477\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\" style=\"max-width: 640px\">\u003ca href=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/08/Screen-Shot-2018-08-29-at-4.16.31-PM.png\">\u003cimg decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-large wp-image-11689477\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/08/Screen-Shot-2018-08-29-at-4.16.31-PM-1020x1172.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"735\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">An Oakland Tribune feature article on the East Bay Walls by writer and hiker Harold French.\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Eventually, though, amateur researchers started trying to decipher the walls.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>One was Seth Simpson, who spent years documenting the presence of the walls and puzzling over their origins. His conclusion, \u003ca href=\"https://assets.documentcloud.org/documents/4807539/East-Bay-Walls-Simpson-Pursuit.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">summarized\u003c/a> in a 1972 number of Pursuit, the Journal of the Society for the Investigation of the Unexplained, is classic.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Simpson said there was a possibility some of the walls had been erected by local tribes to trap and kill game. But for the rest, he said, “All I can suggest is that they were built by unknown persons, in an unknown year, for an unknown purpose … and very possibly they will remain a puzzle for the indefinite future.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[dropcap]O[/dropcap]ther wall fanatics were exploring the hills, too. Robert Fisher, a physician from Fremont, and a friend from Berkeley, Russell Swanson, took a lively interest in the walls, especially those in the hills near the south end of the bay.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Fisher and Swanson were inclined to see massive rock formations on the ridges and highlands as the work of unknown ancients they called “the Earliers.” The meaning of the walls, massive standing stones and outcroppings, was baffling. Fisher suggested some of the stone work could have served as navigational aids for extraterrestrials.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>At least one real live archaeologist joined Fisher to tour one area of the hills — Monument Peak, above Milpitas in Santa Clara County’s Ed Levin Park. It’s a dramatic site, with wonderful stretches of walls snaking along ridges about 2,000 feet above the bay.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In an answer to an email query relayed through the Society for California Archaeology, Breck Parkman, a now-retired state parks archeologist, said that in the late 1980s a friend prevailed upon him to visit Monument Peak with Fisher.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Fisher “wanted me to come and authenticate what he was finding,” Parkman said in an email. “… I said, show me the best you have. He did.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Parkman said the area featured “lots and lots of stone walls” he believed dated to sometime in the 1800s. Most were built, he felt, in the later years of the century, perhaps by Chinese workers, perhaps by Basque sheep herders.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But he found a handful of structures — possible hunting blinds and prayer circles — he thought could have been Native American in origin.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“It was these features that convinced me that among the many late 19th century rock features in the East Bay Hills, we might find a few older features of importance,” Parkman wrote. “It would be worth checking out, but I don’t know who’d be interested in taking a systematic look at this.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>One reason that professionals may have stayed away from the walls, Parkman added, is “not wanting to be associated with the fringe element” responsible for the many wild wall hypotheses over the years.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11690202\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-11690202\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/08/RS32680_Screen-Shot-2018-09-02-at-12.40.56-PM-qut-800x450.jpg\" alt=\"A portion of the stone walls found throughout the Berkeley Hills.\" width=\"800\" height=\"450\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/08/RS32680_Screen-Shot-2018-09-02-at-12.40.56-PM-qut-800x450.jpg 800w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/08/RS32680_Screen-Shot-2018-09-02-at-12.40.56-PM-qut-160x90.jpg 160w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/08/RS32680_Screen-Shot-2018-09-02-at-12.40.56-PM-qut-1020x574.jpg 1020w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/08/RS32680_Screen-Shot-2018-09-02-at-12.40.56-PM-qut-1200x675.jpg 1200w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/08/RS32680_Screen-Shot-2018-09-02-at-12.40.56-PM-qut.jpg 1920w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/08/RS32680_Screen-Shot-2018-09-02-at-12.40.56-PM-qut-1180x664.jpg 1180w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/08/RS32680_Screen-Shot-2018-09-02-at-12.40.56-PM-qut-960x540.jpg 960w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/08/RS32680_Screen-Shot-2018-09-02-at-12.40.56-PM-qut-240x135.jpg 240w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/08/RS32680_Screen-Shot-2018-09-02-at-12.40.56-PM-qut-375x211.jpg 375w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/08/RS32680_Screen-Shot-2018-09-02-at-12.40.56-PM-qut-520x293.jpg 520w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">A portion of the stone walls found throughout the Berkeley Hills. \u003ccite>(Adam Grossberg/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>[dropcap]A[/dropcap]nother archaeologist, Jeff Fentress, went up into the Berkeley Hills with me to look at the same section of wall I visited with our question asker, Eric Haven.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Fentress, now retired from his position as a professor of archaeology at San Francisco State University, was raised nearby and said he’d been hearing stories about the walls since his boyhood.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“When I was growing up in Berkeley here, we were told the Lemurians built the walls, and the Lemurians were the inhabitants of the lost continent of Mu,” Fentress said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"http://www.crystalinks.com/lemuria.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Mu\u003c/a> is said to have existed out in the Pacific Ocean somewhere. And Fentress said stories like that are still coming up. The History Channel asked him whether a Chinese admiral might have erected the rock walls, and British TV interviewed him about whether the West African adventurers might have put up the walls during a visit 30,000 years ago.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Fentress said the problem with all of those theories — Lemurians, Chinese, West Africans and extraterrestrials — is that there’s simply no evidence any of those real or imagined groups ever landed here.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“So I think you have to look at the walls in the context of who was actually here in the Bay Area,” he said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11690203\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-11690203\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/08/RS32682_Screen-Shot-2018-09-02-at-12.41.59-PM-qut-800x446.jpg\" alt=\"Archaeologist Jeff Fentress says it would take a lot of time and money to definitively determine when the stone walls were built and by whom.\" width=\"800\" height=\"446\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/08/RS32682_Screen-Shot-2018-09-02-at-12.41.59-PM-qut-800x446.jpg 800w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/08/RS32682_Screen-Shot-2018-09-02-at-12.41.59-PM-qut-160x89.jpg 160w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/08/RS32682_Screen-Shot-2018-09-02-at-12.41.59-PM-qut-1020x569.jpg 1020w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/08/RS32682_Screen-Shot-2018-09-02-at-12.41.59-PM-qut-1200x669.jpg 1200w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/08/RS32682_Screen-Shot-2018-09-02-at-12.41.59-PM-qut.jpg 1920w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/08/RS32682_Screen-Shot-2018-09-02-at-12.41.59-PM-qut-1180x658.jpg 1180w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/08/RS32682_Screen-Shot-2018-09-02-at-12.41.59-PM-qut-960x536.jpg 960w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/08/RS32682_Screen-Shot-2018-09-02-at-12.41.59-PM-qut-240x134.jpg 240w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/08/RS32682_Screen-Shot-2018-09-02-at-12.41.59-PM-qut-375x209.jpg 375w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/08/RS32682_Screen-Shot-2018-09-02-at-12.41.59-PM-qut-520x290.jpg 520w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Archaeologist Jeff Fentress says it would take a lot of time and money to definitively determine when the stone walls were built and by whom. \u003ccite>(Adam Grossberg/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Native American tribes have populated the Bay Area for about 10,000 years, according to the latest estimates. They were here long before the arrival of Spanish and Mexican colonists and the Gold Rush-era invasion of Americans.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But Fentress said “there is no indication that Native American people built rock walls that extended for hundreds or thousands of feet. There are no accounts of them building massive wall structures or corrals or any of the other sort of rock features we see in the East Bay here.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Fentress and other archaeologists who have studied and recorded the walls agree that there is an explanation, though.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The rock walls were the work of us — the people who pushed the native tribes off the land.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Fentress said some wall building may have begun in the Mission period, and walls like the ones in the hills followed. Some were likely built to mark property lines. Many others were put up as part of ranching and farming operations, such as those that were known to have existed both in the Berkeley Hills and the Monument Peak area.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>He also points to the many European immigrant groups known to have ranched and farmed in the hills.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Did these people make rock walls in their countries?” Fentress asks. “Look at them all — Portugal, Spain, Ireland, Germany, Switzerland and so on. \u003cem>Of course\u003c/em> they made rock walls.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11689494\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-11689494\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/08/Screen-Shot-2018-08-29-at-10.05.19-PM-800x487.png\" alt=\"Fentress says the most likely answer is that European immigrants built the walls as functional parts of their lives that didn't rise to the level of recording their purpose.\" width=\"800\" height=\"487\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Fentress says the most likely answer is that European immigrants built the walls as functional parts of their lives that didn’t rise to the level of recording their purpose. \u003ccite>(Dan Brekke/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Fentress and others also point out there was no shortage of labor — provided either willingly or unwillingly. Chinese crews, paid as little as a penny a linear foot, were hired to build ranch walls in Mariposa and Tehama counties, for instance. And many Native Americans, displaced from their lands and denied basic civil rights, were forced into indentured servitude to provide labor.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But Fentress concedes his explanations for the walls are speculative and said you’d want to search for more evidence to back up what he and other researchers have observed and been told in the field.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“The main thing to do would be to systematically record and map all the walls,” he said. Once the walls were mapped, researchers could compare their locations to older maps showing historic property lines and other features.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>He also said it could be useful to dig along the base of walls to study their construction and to look for artifacts. It would also help to study the rocks used in the structures to confirm what most people assume — that they come from the same area as the walls themselves.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Dating techniques could be useful, too. \u003ca href=\"https://assets.documentcloud.org/documents/4807533/Proceedings-of-the-Society-for-California.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">One experimental study\u003c/a> that used the growth of lichens as a dating technique estimated that the surviving wall segment in the Berkeley Hills may have been built between 1850 and 1880.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Fentress said you’d want to do a more systematic study — a hundred lichen sites, say — to really come to a firm conclusion.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Historical records — written accounts — could be important, too. But those are in short supply.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“And really the reason is that, you know, we’re looking at — you could call it the archaeology of the common people, the archeology of the working class,” he said. “Back in 1850, if Mr. McGillicuddy cleared his fields and he built a wall between his property and Mr. Sousa next door, no one’s going to write a newspaper article about that. It’s not going to get in the history books. So all we have is the remains of these people showing their hard work and their ingenuity.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11690200\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-11690200\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/08/RS32678_19457917600_a0745537be_o-qut-1-800x533.jpg\" alt=\"Downtown San Jose rises in the distance behind a small collection of stones seen from Monument Peak.\" width=\"800\" height=\"533\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/08/RS32678_19457917600_a0745537be_o-qut-1-800x533.jpg 800w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/08/RS32678_19457917600_a0745537be_o-qut-1-160x107.jpg 160w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/08/RS32678_19457917600_a0745537be_o-qut-1-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/08/RS32678_19457917600_a0745537be_o-qut-1-1200x800.jpg 1200w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/08/RS32678_19457917600_a0745537be_o-qut-1.jpg 1920w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/08/RS32678_19457917600_a0745537be_o-qut-1-1180x787.jpg 1180w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/08/RS32678_19457917600_a0745537be_o-qut-1-960x640.jpg 960w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/08/RS32678_19457917600_a0745537be_o-qut-1-240x160.jpg 240w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/08/RS32678_19457917600_a0745537be_o-qut-1-375x250.jpg 375w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/08/RS32678_19457917600_a0745537be_o-qut-1-520x347.jpg 520w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Downtown San Jose rises in the distance behind a small collection of stones seen from Monument Peak. \u003ccite>(Dan Brekke/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>[dropcap]S[/dropcap]o, at the end of all this, there is still some mystery left in the walls and more work to be done to come to definitive answers. Eric Haven, who prompted our own investigation, said he’s OK with that.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“People love a mystery,” he said. “And since this is an unsolved mystery, it’s naturally evocative and compelling. I still think about it — a lot. And part of me somewhat hopes that we never find the answers, so that the Berkeley walls can always be a mystery.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad floatright]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[baycuriousquestion]\u003c/p>\n\n","stats":{"hasVideo":false,"hasChartOrMap":false,"hasAudio":false,"hasPolis":false,"wordCount":3050,"hasGoogleForm":false,"hasGallery":false,"hasHearkenModule":true,"iframeSrcs":[],"paragraphCount":70},"modified":1700531888,"excerpt":"Extraordinary structures of the ancient past? Or completely mundane piles of rock?","headData":{"twImgId":"","twTitle":"","ogTitle":"","ogImgId":"","twDescription":"","description":"Extraordinary structures of the ancient past? Or completely mundane piles of rock?","title":"Uncovering the Real Story Behind the 'East Bay Mystery Walls' | KQED","ogDescription":"","schema":{"@context":"http://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","headline":"Uncovering the Real Story Behind the 'East Bay Mystery Walls'","datePublished":"2023-01-12T10:00:07-08:00","dateModified":"2023-11-20T17:58:08-08:00","image":"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/08/RS32665_19025042463_9119852fb9_o-qut-1020x661.jpg","isAccessibleForFree":"True","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"},"author":{"@type":"Person","name":"Dan Brekke","jobTitle":"KQED Editor and Reporter","url":"https://www.kqed.org/author/danbrekke"}},"authorsData":[{"type":"authors","id":"222","meta":{"index":"authors_1716337520","id":"222","found":true},"name":"Dan Brekke","firstName":"Dan","lastName":"Brekke","slug":"danbrekke","email":"dbrekke@kqed.org","display_author_email":true,"staff_mastheads":["news","science"],"title":"KQED Editor and Reporter","bio":"Dan Brekke is a reporter and editor for KQED News, responsible for coverage of topics ranging from California water issues to the Bay Area's transportation challenges. 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He was chosen for a spring 2017 residency at the Mesa Refuge to advance his research on California salmon.\r\n\r\nEmail Dan at: \u003ca href=\"mailto:dbrekke@kqed.org\">dbrekke@kqed.org\u003c/a>\r\n\r\n\u003cstrong>Twitter:\u003c/strong> \u003ca href=\"https://twitter.com/danbrekke\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">twitter.com/danbrekke\u003c/a>\r\n\u003cstrong>Facebook:\u003c/strong> \u003ca href=\"https://www.facebook.com/danbrekke\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">www.facebook.com/danbrekke\u003c/a>\r\n\u003cstrong>LinkedIn:\u003c/strong> \u003ca href=\"https://www.linkedin.com/in/danbrekke\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">www.linkedin.com/in/danbrekke\u003c/a>","avatar":"https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/c8126230345efca3f7aa89b1a402be45?s=600&d=mm&r=g","twitter":"danbrekke","facebook":null,"instagram":"https://www.instagram.com/dan.brekke/","linkedin":"https://www.linkedin.com/in/danbrekke/","sites":[{"site":"news","roles":["administrator","create_posts"]},{"site":"stateofhealth","roles":["editor"]},{"site":"science","roles":["editor"]},{"site":"quest","roles":["contributor"]},{"site":"food","roles":["contributor"]},{"site":"forum","roles":["contributor"]},{"site":"liveblog","roles":["editor"]}],"headData":{"title":"Dan Brekke | KQED","description":"KQED Editor and Reporter","ogImgSrc":"https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/c8126230345efca3f7aa89b1a402be45?s=600&d=mm&r=g","twImgSrc":"https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/c8126230345efca3f7aa89b1a402be45?s=600&d=mm&r=g"},"isLoading":false,"link":"/author/danbrekke"}],"imageData":{"ogImageSize":{"file":"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/08/RS32665_19025042463_9119852fb9_o-qut-1020x661.jpg","width":1020,"mimeType":"image/jpeg","height":661},"ogImageWidth":"1020","ogImageHeight":"661","twitterImageUrl":"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/08/RS32665_19025042463_9119852fb9_o-qut-1020x661.jpg","twImageSize":{"file":"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/08/RS32665_19025042463_9119852fb9_o-qut-1020x661.jpg","width":1020,"mimeType":"image/jpeg","height":661},"twitterCard":"summary_large_image"},"tagData":{"tags":["Bay Curious","Dan Brekke","spooky"]}},"guestAuthors":[],"slug":"uncovering-the-real-story-behind-the-mysterious-east-bay-walls","status":"publish","sourceUrl":"https://www.kqed.org/news/series/baycurious","videoEmbed":"https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OMISe8MKVC4&feature=youtu.be","excludeFromSiteSearch":"Include","audioTrackLength":627,"source":"Bay Curious","articleAge":"0","path":"/news/11689504/uncovering-the-real-story-behind-the-mysterious-east-bay-walls","audioUrl":"https://www.kqed.org/.stream/anon/radio/new-bay-curious/2018/08/EastBayWalls.mp3","audioDuration":630000,"parsedContent":[{"type":"contentString","content":"\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003cp>\u003cem>This story was first published on Aug 31, 2018. \u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003cp>\u003cspan class=\"utils-parseShortcode-shortcodes-__dropcapShortcode__dropcap\">F\u003c/span>\u003c/p>\u003cp>or more than a century, people in the Bay Area — and especially the East Bay — have puzzled over the existence of stone walls scattered on ridges from near San Jose north through the Berkeley Hills.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Sometimes the walls are built in long straight lines. Sometimes they form angles. Occasionally you’ll find rectangular or circular constructions.\u003cbr>\n\u003c/p>\u003cp>\u003caside class=\"alignleft utils-parseShortcode-shortcodes-__bayCuriousPodcastShortcode__bayCurious\">\u003cimg src=https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/02/bayCuriousLogo.png alt=\"Bay Curious Podcast\" loading=\"lazy\" />\n \u003ca href=\"/news/series/baycurious\">Bay Curious\u003c/a> is a podcast that answers your questions about the Bay Area.\n Subscribe on \u003ca href=\"https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/bay-curious/id1172473406\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Apple Podcasts\u003c/a>,\n \u003ca href=\"http://www.npr.org/podcasts/500557090/bay-curious\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">NPR One\u003c/a> or your favorite podcast platform.\u003c/aside>\u003c/p>\u003cp>\u003cbr>\nWho built these things? How long ago? And why?\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Maybe voyagers from a lost continent built them. Or visitors from outer space. Or a vanished tribe of “superior” Native Americans.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>People have suggested these walls could have been meant for defense. Or as navigational aids for extraterrestrials.\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>We started getting “mystery walls” questions almost as soon as Bay Curious opened for business, including one from Eric Haven. He’s an artist — he writes and draws graphic novels — and he’s been a producer on “MythBusters” as well as the reboot, “Mythbusters Jr.” So he’s someone who wants to get to the bottom of things.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>His query was pretty straightforward: “Who built the East Bay mystery walls? They appear to be ancient, many hundreds or even thousands of years old.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Eric came to the Bay Area in 1989. As we hiked up a steep, rocky trail in the Berkeley Hills to visit a wall segment there, he told me that’s when he first heard about a nearby “mystery wall.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“And the way it was relayed to me was very much like urban myth or urban legend,” he said. “There are certain signifiers of that conversation — you know, the vagueness of it — and yet certain things are very specific. ‘No one knows who built it. No one knows why they built it.’ ”\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11689988\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-11689988\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/08/RS32665_19025042463_9119852fb9_o-qut-800x519.jpg\" alt=\"Segments of stone walls, like these on Monument Peak, in Ed Levin County Park near Milpitas, can be found throughout the hills of the East Bay.\" width=\"800\" height=\"519\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/08/RS32665_19025042463_9119852fb9_o-qut-800x519.jpg 800w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/08/RS32665_19025042463_9119852fb9_o-qut-160x104.jpg 160w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/08/RS32665_19025042463_9119852fb9_o-qut-1020x661.jpg 1020w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/08/RS32665_19025042463_9119852fb9_o-qut-1200x778.jpg 1200w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/08/RS32665_19025042463_9119852fb9_o-qut.jpg 1920w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/08/RS32665_19025042463_9119852fb9_o-qut-1180x765.jpg 1180w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/08/RS32665_19025042463_9119852fb9_o-qut-960x623.jpg 960w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/08/RS32665_19025042463_9119852fb9_o-qut-240x156.jpg 240w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/08/RS32665_19025042463_9119852fb9_o-qut-375x243.jpg 375w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/08/RS32665_19025042463_9119852fb9_o-qut-520x337.jpg 520w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Segments of stone walls, like these on Monument Peak, in Ed Levin County Park near Milpitas, can be found throughout the hills of the East Bay. \u003ccite>(Dan Brekke/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003cp>\u003cspan class=\"utils-parseShortcode-shortcodes-__dropcapShortcode__dropcap\">T\u003c/span>\u003c/p>\u003cp>hat “no one knows” refrain is a constant in the story of the walls from the beginning.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>It’s hard to say precisely when locals might have started gossiping about the walls — or if they ever did — but the oldest published mention of the “mystery” appears to be \u003ca href=\"https://flic.kr/p/2aywx85\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">March 8, 1896,\u003c/a> in the Sunday San Francisco Chronicle.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Half a mile east of Grizzly Peak stand the remnants of stone walls which have long baffled the researches and curiosity of antiquarians,” the unbylined story said. “By whom they were erected, when and why is an unsolved mystery.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The same little essay goes on to drop a theory or two: that perhaps the walls were the work of what it called “a long forgotten race,” or maybe the Aztecs of Mexico, who might have used the walls for defense.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>For structures that have excited such feverish speculation for so long, most of them look pretty modest. The section Eric Haven and I tramped up to is actually kind of nondescript: about 100 feet long and just 2 or 3 feet high. The rocks used for construction — local limestone — are stacked or piled, not mortared or cut to fit. Most of the stones are small enough that one person could place them easily; some would have required a crew to put in place. Most are covered with lichens.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>As we soaked in the atmosphere of the place — a spot with a sweeping view, but one we promised the property owners we wouldn’t disclose — Eric shared a friend’s idea about the origins of the walls. It’s a variation on the notion that Native Americans built these walls for a mystical purpose.\u003cbr>\n\u003c/p>\u003cp>\u003caside class=\"alignleft utils-parseShortcode-shortcodes-__bayCuriousPodcastShortcode__bayCurious\">\u003cimg src=https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/02/bayCuriousLogo.png alt=\"Bay Curious Podcast\" loading=\"lazy\" />\n What do you wonder about the Bay Area, its culture or people that you want KQED to investigate?\n \u003ca href=\"/news/series/baycurious\">Ask Bay Curious.\u003c/a>\u003c/aside>\u003c/p>\u003cp>\u003cbr>\n“His theory was that there was an earthquake here, and it opened up fissures in the ground,” Eric said. “And he thought these were purely ceremonial. They were here to appease whatever gods they thought were angered, or spirits, and this was a way to mark those fissures and to show those spirits they’d do whatever it takes so the earthquake doesn’t happen again.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Before we headed back down the trail from the wall, we observed that the wall runs parallel to a modern barbed-wire fence that pretty clearly marks a property boundary. So this wall, perhaps, was built as part of a property line.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11690201\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"wp-image-11690201 size-medium\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/08/RS32679_19023508794_fb75164909_o-qut-1-800x504.jpg\" alt=\"A portion of walls with the Diablo Range in the background.\" width=\"800\" height=\"504\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/08/RS32679_19023508794_fb75164909_o-qut-1-800x504.jpg 800w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/08/RS32679_19023508794_fb75164909_o-qut-1-160x101.jpg 160w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/08/RS32679_19023508794_fb75164909_o-qut-1-1020x642.jpg 1020w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/08/RS32679_19023508794_fb75164909_o-qut-1-1200x756.jpg 1200w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/08/RS32679_19023508794_fb75164909_o-qut-1.jpg 1920w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/08/RS32679_19023508794_fb75164909_o-qut-1-1180x743.jpg 1180w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/08/RS32679_19023508794_fb75164909_o-qut-1-960x605.jpg 960w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/08/RS32679_19023508794_fb75164909_o-qut-1-240x151.jpg 240w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/08/RS32679_19023508794_fb75164909_o-qut-1-375x236.jpg 375w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/08/RS32679_19023508794_fb75164909_o-qut-1-520x327.jpg 520w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">A portion of walls with the Diablo Range in the background. \u003ccite>(Dan Brekke/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003cp>\u003cspan class=\"utils-parseShortcode-shortcodes-__dropcapShortcode__dropcap\">L\u003c/span>\u003c/p>\u003cp>ooking for an answer meant going through old newspaper stories, tracking down amateur sleuths’ accounts of the walls, searching old maps for evidence of the structures and finding out whether real live archaeologists had ever studied the walls.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>There have been many newspaper pieces over the years, starting with the Chronicle’s in 1896. Most have repeated the original article’s conclusion that the walls are an impenetrable enigma.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>For instance, in August 1904, the Chronicle ran another story on the walls, this time, as a big spread in the Sunday paper. It featured a dramatic illustration of stereotype savage fighting with spear and bow and arrow and hurling big rocks.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>It was written by a guy named Harold French — a hiker, writer and clerk at \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11667314/this-s-f-fortress-is-full-of-money-that-will-never-be-spent\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">San Francisco’s U.S. Mint\u003c/a>. The prose sounds a lot like that in the 1896 piece.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Did a colony from lost Atlantis once populate the Berkeley hills?” the story asked. “Are the ancient rock walls which crown the Contra Costa ridges remnants of a Toltec or a pre-Toltec civilization? Are these remarkable walls really relics of the Stone Age?”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>A few weeks later, the Chronicle was back with another dramatic Sunday spread, announcing an amazing find unearthed by a University of California chemistry professor named Henry Coffinberry Myers.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The headline declared that “stone age relics discovered in the Berkeley Hills … seem to change the accepted history of the Western world.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The objects Myers said he’d uncovered during forays into the hills included a “five-faced stone image,” stone axes and pieces of pottery. Myers said that mineral deposits on the carved stone image proved it was 1,000 to 10,000 years old.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Myers and other experts the Chronicle contacted said the artifacts and the walls in the hills were evidence that early hill dwellers — perhaps giants who had gained immense strength by lifting big rocks — had migrated from China.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Myers’ find was almost certainly a hoax. The Chronicle doesn’t appear to have said another word about the professor and his world-shattering discoveries. Myers left Berkeley shortly afterward to manage a sugar refinery in Hawaii. He eventually donated his artifacts — telling \u003ca href=\"http://kaga.wsulibs.wsu.edu/cdm4/item_viewer.php?CISOROOT=%2Fclipping&CISOPTR=10799&DMSCALE=100.00000&DMWIDTH=600&DMHEIGHT=600&DMMODE=viewer&DMFULL=0&DMOLDSCALE=16.35769&DMX=0&DMY=0&DMTEXT=&DMTHUMB=1&REC=1&DMROTATE=0&x=42&y=146\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">a different story\u003c/a> about where they’d come from — to a \u003ca href=\"http://spokanehistorical.org/items/show/536\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Bible college\u003c/a> in Spokane, Washington.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In 1908, the Berkeley Hills walls were back in the news. “Professor” Joseph Voyle, president of the Berkeley Society for Psychical Research, identified some of the walls as \u003ca href=\"http://cdnc.ucr.edu/cgi-bin/cdnc?a=d&d=SFC19080622.2.60.11\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">remains of a prehistoric civilization\u003c/a>. He was led to the site by a kind of divining rod, and newspapers delighted in telling the tale of Voyle leading a group on an expedition into the wilds.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>(Voyle also claimed to have discovered a radium mine beneath San Francisco and reported he had invented an earthquake detector and figured out how to make non-intoxicating alcohol. He died an indigent in Alameda County’s public hospital in 1915, having succumbed to what one paper called “an infirmity of which he had long been a sufferer.”)\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11690204\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-11690204\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/08/RS32677_19597532225_92ce855207_o-qut-800x600.jpg\" alt=\"The stone walls wind through the landscape on Monument Peak.\" width=\"800\" height=\"600\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/08/RS32677_19597532225_92ce855207_o-qut-800x600.jpg 800w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/08/RS32677_19597532225_92ce855207_o-qut-160x120.jpg 160w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/08/RS32677_19597532225_92ce855207_o-qut-1020x765.jpg 1020w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/08/RS32677_19597532225_92ce855207_o-qut-1200x900.jpg 1200w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/08/RS32677_19597532225_92ce855207_o-qut.jpg 1920w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/08/RS32677_19597532225_92ce855207_o-qut-1180x885.jpg 1180w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/08/RS32677_19597532225_92ce855207_o-qut-960x720.jpg 960w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/08/RS32677_19597532225_92ce855207_o-qut-240x180.jpg 240w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/08/RS32677_19597532225_92ce855207_o-qut-375x281.jpg 375w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/08/RS32677_19597532225_92ce855207_o-qut-520x390.jpg 520w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">The stone walls wind through the landscape on Monument Peak. \u003ccite>(Dan Brekke/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003cp>\u003cspan class=\"utils-parseShortcode-shortcodes-__dropcapShortcode__dropcap\">W\u003c/span>\u003c/p>\u003cp>hile Myers and Voyle departed the scene, Harold French showed up again and again in print over the years promoting the legend of the walls.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>I say “legend” advisedly. In published writings through the early 1920s, French never failed to describe the walls as “prehistoric” or “ancient.” But beyond the walls’ mere presence, the only evidence he ever cited was the testimony of unnamed old-timers who, he said, had told him that the walls had been a puzzle to both Native Americans and early settlers alike.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>It’s not clear if trained archaeologists ever seriously studied the walls at the time French was writing. At one point, French reported he had spoken to a “certain teacher of anthropology” at the University of California about the walls’ origins. The anthropologist reportedly responded:\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“From time to time my students have come and told me about these walls … but I never took them seriously enough to climb way up there in that ‘Beanstalk Land’ to see them. I suppose they are either old sheep corrals or ranch boundaries.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11689477\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\" style=\"max-width: 640px\">\u003ca href=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/08/Screen-Shot-2018-08-29-at-4.16.31-PM.png\">\u003cimg decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-large wp-image-11689477\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/08/Screen-Shot-2018-08-29-at-4.16.31-PM-1020x1172.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"735\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">An Oakland Tribune feature article on the East Bay Walls by writer and hiker Harold French.\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Eventually, though, amateur researchers started trying to decipher the walls.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>One was Seth Simpson, who spent years documenting the presence of the walls and puzzling over their origins. His conclusion, \u003ca href=\"https://assets.documentcloud.org/documents/4807539/East-Bay-Walls-Simpson-Pursuit.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">summarized\u003c/a> in a 1972 number of Pursuit, the Journal of the Society for the Investigation of the Unexplained, is classic.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Simpson said there was a possibility some of the walls had been erected by local tribes to trap and kill game. But for the rest, he said, “All I can suggest is that they were built by unknown persons, in an unknown year, for an unknown purpose … and very possibly they will remain a puzzle for the indefinite future.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003cp>\u003cspan class=\"utils-parseShortcode-shortcodes-__dropcapShortcode__dropcap\">O\u003c/span>\u003c/p>\u003cp>ther wall fanatics were exploring the hills, too. Robert Fisher, a physician from Fremont, and a friend from Berkeley, Russell Swanson, took a lively interest in the walls, especially those in the hills near the south end of the bay.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Fisher and Swanson were inclined to see massive rock formations on the ridges and highlands as the work of unknown ancients they called “the Earliers.” The meaning of the walls, massive standing stones and outcroppings, was baffling. Fisher suggested some of the stone work could have served as navigational aids for extraterrestrials.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>At least one real live archaeologist joined Fisher to tour one area of the hills — Monument Peak, above Milpitas in Santa Clara County’s Ed Levin Park. It’s a dramatic site, with wonderful stretches of walls snaking along ridges about 2,000 feet above the bay.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In an answer to an email query relayed through the Society for California Archaeology, Breck Parkman, a now-retired state parks archeologist, said that in the late 1980s a friend prevailed upon him to visit Monument Peak with Fisher.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Fisher “wanted me to come and authenticate what he was finding,” Parkman said in an email. “… I said, show me the best you have. He did.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Parkman said the area featured “lots and lots of stone walls” he believed dated to sometime in the 1800s. Most were built, he felt, in the later years of the century, perhaps by Chinese workers, perhaps by Basque sheep herders.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But he found a handful of structures — possible hunting blinds and prayer circles — he thought could have been Native American in origin.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“It was these features that convinced me that among the many late 19th century rock features in the East Bay Hills, we might find a few older features of importance,” Parkman wrote. “It would be worth checking out, but I don’t know who’d be interested in taking a systematic look at this.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>One reason that professionals may have stayed away from the walls, Parkman added, is “not wanting to be associated with the fringe element” responsible for the many wild wall hypotheses over the years.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11690202\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-11690202\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/08/RS32680_Screen-Shot-2018-09-02-at-12.40.56-PM-qut-800x450.jpg\" alt=\"A portion of the stone walls found throughout the Berkeley Hills.\" width=\"800\" height=\"450\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/08/RS32680_Screen-Shot-2018-09-02-at-12.40.56-PM-qut-800x450.jpg 800w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/08/RS32680_Screen-Shot-2018-09-02-at-12.40.56-PM-qut-160x90.jpg 160w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/08/RS32680_Screen-Shot-2018-09-02-at-12.40.56-PM-qut-1020x574.jpg 1020w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/08/RS32680_Screen-Shot-2018-09-02-at-12.40.56-PM-qut-1200x675.jpg 1200w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/08/RS32680_Screen-Shot-2018-09-02-at-12.40.56-PM-qut.jpg 1920w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/08/RS32680_Screen-Shot-2018-09-02-at-12.40.56-PM-qut-1180x664.jpg 1180w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/08/RS32680_Screen-Shot-2018-09-02-at-12.40.56-PM-qut-960x540.jpg 960w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/08/RS32680_Screen-Shot-2018-09-02-at-12.40.56-PM-qut-240x135.jpg 240w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/08/RS32680_Screen-Shot-2018-09-02-at-12.40.56-PM-qut-375x211.jpg 375w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/08/RS32680_Screen-Shot-2018-09-02-at-12.40.56-PM-qut-520x293.jpg 520w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">A portion of the stone walls found throughout the Berkeley Hills. \u003ccite>(Adam Grossberg/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003cp>\u003cspan class=\"utils-parseShortcode-shortcodes-__dropcapShortcode__dropcap\">A\u003c/span>\u003c/p>\u003cp>nother archaeologist, Jeff Fentress, went up into the Berkeley Hills with me to look at the same section of wall I visited with our question asker, Eric Haven.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Fentress, now retired from his position as a professor of archaeology at San Francisco State University, was raised nearby and said he’d been hearing stories about the walls since his boyhood.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“When I was growing up in Berkeley here, we were told the Lemurians built the walls, and the Lemurians were the inhabitants of the lost continent of Mu,” Fentress said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"http://www.crystalinks.com/lemuria.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Mu\u003c/a> is said to have existed out in the Pacific Ocean somewhere. And Fentress said stories like that are still coming up. The History Channel asked him whether a Chinese admiral might have erected the rock walls, and British TV interviewed him about whether the West African adventurers might have put up the walls during a visit 30,000 years ago.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Fentress said the problem with all of those theories — Lemurians, Chinese, West Africans and extraterrestrials — is that there’s simply no evidence any of those real or imagined groups ever landed here.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“So I think you have to look at the walls in the context of who was actually here in the Bay Area,” he said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11690203\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-11690203\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/08/RS32682_Screen-Shot-2018-09-02-at-12.41.59-PM-qut-800x446.jpg\" alt=\"Archaeologist Jeff Fentress says it would take a lot of time and money to definitively determine when the stone walls were built and by whom.\" width=\"800\" height=\"446\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/08/RS32682_Screen-Shot-2018-09-02-at-12.41.59-PM-qut-800x446.jpg 800w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/08/RS32682_Screen-Shot-2018-09-02-at-12.41.59-PM-qut-160x89.jpg 160w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/08/RS32682_Screen-Shot-2018-09-02-at-12.41.59-PM-qut-1020x569.jpg 1020w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/08/RS32682_Screen-Shot-2018-09-02-at-12.41.59-PM-qut-1200x669.jpg 1200w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/08/RS32682_Screen-Shot-2018-09-02-at-12.41.59-PM-qut.jpg 1920w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/08/RS32682_Screen-Shot-2018-09-02-at-12.41.59-PM-qut-1180x658.jpg 1180w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/08/RS32682_Screen-Shot-2018-09-02-at-12.41.59-PM-qut-960x536.jpg 960w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/08/RS32682_Screen-Shot-2018-09-02-at-12.41.59-PM-qut-240x134.jpg 240w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/08/RS32682_Screen-Shot-2018-09-02-at-12.41.59-PM-qut-375x209.jpg 375w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/08/RS32682_Screen-Shot-2018-09-02-at-12.41.59-PM-qut-520x290.jpg 520w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Archaeologist Jeff Fentress says it would take a lot of time and money to definitively determine when the stone walls were built and by whom. \u003ccite>(Adam Grossberg/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Native American tribes have populated the Bay Area for about 10,000 years, according to the latest estimates. They were here long before the arrival of Spanish and Mexican colonists and the Gold Rush-era invasion of Americans.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But Fentress said “there is no indication that Native American people built rock walls that extended for hundreds or thousands of feet. There are no accounts of them building massive wall structures or corrals or any of the other sort of rock features we see in the East Bay here.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Fentress and other archaeologists who have studied and recorded the walls agree that there is an explanation, though.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The rock walls were the work of us — the people who pushed the native tribes off the land.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Fentress said some wall building may have begun in the Mission period, and walls like the ones in the hills followed. Some were likely built to mark property lines. Many others were put up as part of ranching and farming operations, such as those that were known to have existed both in the Berkeley Hills and the Monument Peak area.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>He also points to the many European immigrant groups known to have ranched and farmed in the hills.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Did these people make rock walls in their countries?” Fentress asks. “Look at them all — Portugal, Spain, Ireland, Germany, Switzerland and so on. \u003cem>Of course\u003c/em> they made rock walls.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11689494\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-11689494\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/08/Screen-Shot-2018-08-29-at-10.05.19-PM-800x487.png\" alt=\"Fentress says the most likely answer is that European immigrants built the walls as functional parts of their lives that didn't rise to the level of recording their purpose.\" width=\"800\" height=\"487\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Fentress says the most likely answer is that European immigrants built the walls as functional parts of their lives that didn’t rise to the level of recording their purpose. \u003ccite>(Dan Brekke/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Fentress and others also point out there was no shortage of labor — provided either willingly or unwillingly. Chinese crews, paid as little as a penny a linear foot, were hired to build ranch walls in Mariposa and Tehama counties, for instance. And many Native Americans, displaced from their lands and denied basic civil rights, were forced into indentured servitude to provide labor.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But Fentress concedes his explanations for the walls are speculative and said you’d want to search for more evidence to back up what he and other researchers have observed and been told in the field.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“The main thing to do would be to systematically record and map all the walls,” he said. Once the walls were mapped, researchers could compare their locations to older maps showing historic property lines and other features.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>He also said it could be useful to dig along the base of walls to study their construction and to look for artifacts. It would also help to study the rocks used in the structures to confirm what most people assume — that they come from the same area as the walls themselves.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Dating techniques could be useful, too. \u003ca href=\"https://assets.documentcloud.org/documents/4807533/Proceedings-of-the-Society-for-California.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">One experimental study\u003c/a> that used the growth of lichens as a dating technique estimated that the surviving wall segment in the Berkeley Hills may have been built between 1850 and 1880.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Fentress said you’d want to do a more systematic study — a hundred lichen sites, say — to really come to a firm conclusion.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Historical records — written accounts — could be important, too. But those are in short supply.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“And really the reason is that, you know, we’re looking at — you could call it the archaeology of the common people, the archeology of the working class,” he said. “Back in 1850, if Mr. McGillicuddy cleared his fields and he built a wall between his property and Mr. Sousa next door, no one’s going to write a newspaper article about that. It’s not going to get in the history books. So all we have is the remains of these people showing their hard work and their ingenuity.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11690200\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-11690200\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/08/RS32678_19457917600_a0745537be_o-qut-1-800x533.jpg\" alt=\"Downtown San Jose rises in the distance behind a small collection of stones seen from Monument Peak.\" width=\"800\" height=\"533\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/08/RS32678_19457917600_a0745537be_o-qut-1-800x533.jpg 800w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/08/RS32678_19457917600_a0745537be_o-qut-1-160x107.jpg 160w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/08/RS32678_19457917600_a0745537be_o-qut-1-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/08/RS32678_19457917600_a0745537be_o-qut-1-1200x800.jpg 1200w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/08/RS32678_19457917600_a0745537be_o-qut-1.jpg 1920w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/08/RS32678_19457917600_a0745537be_o-qut-1-1180x787.jpg 1180w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/08/RS32678_19457917600_a0745537be_o-qut-1-960x640.jpg 960w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/08/RS32678_19457917600_a0745537be_o-qut-1-240x160.jpg 240w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/08/RS32678_19457917600_a0745537be_o-qut-1-375x250.jpg 375w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/08/RS32678_19457917600_a0745537be_o-qut-1-520x347.jpg 520w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Downtown San Jose rises in the distance behind a small collection of stones seen from Monument Peak. \u003ccite>(Dan Brekke/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003cp>\u003cspan class=\"utils-parseShortcode-shortcodes-__dropcapShortcode__dropcap\">S\u003c/span>\u003c/p>\u003cp>o, at the end of all this, there is still some mystery left in the walls and more work to be done to come to definitive answers. Eric Haven, who prompted our own investigation, said he’s OK with that.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“People love a mystery,” he said. “And since this is an unsolved mystery, it’s naturally evocative and compelling. I still think about it — a lot. And part of me somewhat hopes that we never find the answers, so that the Berkeley walls can always be a mystery.”\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>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003c/div>","attributes":{"named":{},"numeric":[]}},{"type":"component","content":"","name":"baycuriousquestion","attributes":{"named":{"label":""},"numeric":[]}},{"type":"contentString","content":"\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\n\u003c/div>\u003c/p>","attributes":{"named":{},"numeric":[]}}],"link":"/news/11689504/uncovering-the-real-story-behind-the-mysterious-east-bay-walls","authors":["222"],"programs":["news_33523"],"series":["news_17986"],"categories":["news_8","news_33520"],"tags":["news_18426","news_24620","news_32749"],"featImg":"news_11689988","label":"source_news_11689504","isLoading":false,"hasAllInfo":true}},"programsReducer":{"possible":{"id":"possible","title":"Possible","info":"Possible is hosted by entrepreneur Reid Hoffman and writer Aria Finger. 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