Lina was a Senior Engagement Platforms Manager for KQED News, producing engagement strategies on social media at @KQEDNews, via KQED's daily newsletter as well as texting campaigns with KQED readers and listeners. She also co-produces for KQED's bilingual news hub KQED en Español.
Lina previously worked for KQED Arts — supporting audience engagement efforts on the weekly Rightnowishpodcast, Webby-winning video series If Cities Could Dance, and daily Arts & Culture reporting. She won a National 2019 Edward R. Murrow Award for Excellence in Social Media for KQED's series The Hustle.
Before KQED, Lina worked as a graphic designer and digital storytelling facilitator at the Native American Health Center.
She's mom to a senior Chihuahua (plus one black cat) and lives in West Sonoma County on a small farmstead.
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"content": "\u003cp>Skip to:\u003c/p>\n\u003cul>\n\u003cli>\u003ca href=\"#symptoms\">What are the symptoms of a breakthrough infection of COVID?\u003c/a>\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>\u003ca href=\"#todo\">What steps should I follow if I test positive?\u003c/a>\u003c/li>\n\u003c/ul>\n\u003cp>We used to think of breakthrough cases of COVID in vaccinated people as being relatively rare. But the rise of the omicron variant has shown that’s no longer the case.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>We know \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11899272/omicron-evades-pfizer-and-moderna-vaccines-new-studies-suggest-but-boosters-help\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"> booster shots help raise your protection against omicron\u003c/a>, as public health officials urge everyone eligible for one to get one. We also know that being vaccinated still gives you greater protection against severe hospitalization and death.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Still, when a breakthrough case happens, it can be easy to feel surprise and shock. Just ask three of our own KQED hosts:\u003c/p>\n\u003cul>\n\u003cli>\u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/author/ogpenn\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Pendarvis Harshaw\u003c/a>, KQED Arts and Culture columnist and host of the\u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/podcasts/rightnowish\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"> podcast Rightnowish\u003c/a>\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>\u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/author/amadrigal\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Alexis Madrigal\u003c/a>, cohost of \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/forum\">KQED Forum\u003c/a>\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>\u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/author/mlagos\">Marisa Lagos\u003c/a>, California politics and government correspondent and cohost of the\u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/podcasts/politicalbreakdown\"> Political Breakdown\u003c/a> podcast\u003c/li>\n\u003c/ul>\n\u003cp>All three have experienced their own breakthrough COVID cases in the last months, and there’s a lot they wish they’d known. If you’ve been wondering how a positive COVID test right now might affect your daily life, keep reading to learn about their experiences — from the symptoms and logistical stresses to the importance of self-care, and what they wish they could have planned for beforehand.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch3>\u003ca id=\"symptoms\">\u003c/a>What are the common symptoms of a breakthrough COVID case?\u003c/h3>\n\u003cp>For Pendarvis Harshaw, the first sign of his COVID case in summer 2021 was losing his smell. “I got a bit of a cough and the first thing I remember was trying to spray some cologne and then smell it,” he says. “That’s when I was like, ‘Wait, I can’t smell my cologne.'”\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11901698\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"max-width: 1020px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-11901698\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2022/01/OGPenn_LaraKaur_1920x1080-1020x574-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1020\" height=\"574\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2022/01/OGPenn_LaraKaur_1920x1080-1020x574-1.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2022/01/OGPenn_LaraKaur_1920x1080-1020x574-1-800x450.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2022/01/OGPenn_LaraKaur_1920x1080-1020x574-1-160x90.jpg 160w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1020px) 100vw, 1020px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">KQED podcast host Pendarvis Harshaw \u003ccite>(Lara Kaur/Community Portrait Pop-Up)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>In Marisa Lagos’s home, all of her family contracted the omicron variant over the holidays. For her, it showed up as what she calls “flu-like symptoms.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I was in bed for a few days, just really fatigued. But nothing serious — nowhere even approaching, needing to go to the hospital,” she says.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>While most people with a breakthrough COVID case experience mild symptoms, you still should acknowledge that you’re sick and it won’t feel great. And people experience symptoms differently.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/science/1976780/what-i-learned-from-my-mild-breakthrough-case-of-covid\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Dr. Bob Wachter, chair of UCSF’s Department of Medicine, told NPR \u003c/a>that the terminology “mild” is really a catchall. It can go from being “a day of feeling crummy to being completely laid up in bed for a week, all of your bones hurt and your brain isn’t working well.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Common COVID-19 symptoms, according to the CDC, include\u003c/strong>:\u003c/p>\n\u003cul>\n\u003cli>Fever or chills\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>Cough\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>Shortness of breath or difficulty breathing\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>Fatigue\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>Muscle or body aches\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>Headache\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>New loss of taste or smell\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>Sore throat\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>Congestion or runny nose\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>Nausea or vomiting\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>Diarrhea\u003c/li>\n\u003c/ul>\n\u003cp>After a COVID home test and a drive-through rapid PCR test both came back positive, the realization sank in for Harshaw.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I think I had one day where I was just, like, straight on the ground … laid out in a fetal position,” he says.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>As far as symptoms, he remembers a “little bit of the sniffles, a little bit of sneezing, definitely chills, body aches — you name it. … Energy depleted, feeling like gravity is tenfold.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Alexis Madrigal says his early symptoms started with a “little tickle in the back of the throat” and a stuffy nose. “It wasn’t really until the test came back positive that I was like, ‘Oh, no.'”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Don’t necessarily expect a COVID infection to register in your body like you assume it might, says Madrigal, who notes there was “nothing super distinctive” about his sickness at that early stage of testing.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I did lose my sense of smell, but it was much later,” he says.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11901702\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"max-width: 1920px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-11901702\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2022/01/RS53013_unnamed-1-qut.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1440\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2022/01/RS53013_unnamed-1-qut.jpg 1920w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2022/01/RS53013_unnamed-1-qut-800x600.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2022/01/RS53013_unnamed-1-qut-1020x765.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2022/01/RS53013_unnamed-1-qut-160x120.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2022/01/RS53013_unnamed-1-qut-1536x1152.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1920px) 100vw, 1920px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">KQED host Alexis Madrigal \u003ccite>(Courtesy Alexis Madrigal)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003ch3>When should you get a COVID test?\u003c/h3>\n\u003cp>If you have a fever or a cough or feel any \u003ca href=\"https://www.cdc.gov/coronavirus/2019-ncov/symptoms-testing/symptoms.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">symptoms outlined by the CDC\u003c/a>, you could have COVID-19 and should get tested. If you’ve come in close contact with someone who tested positive for the virus, get tested.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>All of this advice comes with the \u003cem>big\u003c/em> caveat: We know that finding a test fast, whether it’s an onsite PCR test or an at-home test like a BinaxNOW kit, can be tricky — and, in the case of at-home tests, expensive. And you might have to be prepared to \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11898455/where-to-find-a-covid-test-near-you-in-the-bay-area\">explore multiple options for getting a COVID test\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I have to acknowledge that we are in a position of privilege,” says Lagos, since she and her family “had access to a lot of at-home tests that we had bought prior to this scare ahead of seeing people for Christmas.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>\u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11898455/where-to-find-a-covid-test-near-you-in-the-bay-area\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Looking for a COVID test near you in the Bay Area? Read our guide to finding one.\u003c/a>\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>I’m fully vaccinated. When should I take a COVID test? \u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Do you have symptoms? If so, try to \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11898455/where-to-find-a-covid-test-near-you-in-the-bay-area\">find a test immediately\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The CDC recommends that if you’ve come into close contact with someone with COVID-19, fully vaccinated people should be tested five to seven days after your last exposure — i.e., when you came into contact with someone who has a confirmed case of COVID-19.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>There is already \u003ca href=\"https://www.nbcchicago.com/news/coronavirus/how-long-are-you-contagious-with-omicron-covid-infection-heres-what-health-experts-say/2727655/\">evidence that the omicron variant may have a shorter incubation period than previous forms of COVID\u003c/a>. But if you choose to test earlier than five days from an exposure, don’t take an early negative result as definitive proof you \u003cem>don’t\u003c/em> have COVID. Keep testing, to be sure you’re not infectious and inadvertently spreading COVID to others.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Lagos’s story highlights the importance of repeat testing — and not accepting an early at-home negative result as a sign someone has no COVID risk.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“We had actually asked everybody to take those rapid tests [over the holidays], just to be safe,” she says. “And so we had tested ourselves and our kids. I did have one kid who had some minor cold symptoms and we tested him repeatedly. And he didn’t come up positive until after Christmas, after we had seen people.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11901699\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"max-width: 1000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-11901699\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2022/01/Marisa-Lagos-lead.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1000\" height=\"667\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2022/01/Marisa-Lagos-lead.jpeg 1000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2022/01/Marisa-Lagos-lead-800x534.jpeg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2022/01/Marisa-Lagos-lead-160x107.jpeg 160w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">KQED host Marisa Lagos \u003ccite>(Stephanie Lister/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>I’m not yet vaccinated. When should I take a COVID test? \u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>If you’re not fully vaccinated and are experiencing symptoms of COVID-19, you should get tested immediately. If you’re not fully vaccinated and have been in close contact with someone who tested positive for COVID-19, get tested immediately.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The CDC says you should get tested again five to seven days after your last exposure and immediately if you experience symptoms.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch3>\u003ca id=\"todo\">\u003c/a>What steps should I follow if I test positive for COVID?\u003c/h3>\n\u003cp>If you do test positive for COVID with an at-home test or a PCR test, don’t panic. Find a way to confirm your results with a second test while you plan to isolate yourself from anyone else in your household. \u003ca href=\"https://www.cdc.gov/coronavirus/2019-ncov/if-you-are-sick/steps-when-sick.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">The CDC has a specific checklist you can follow if you get sick. \u003c/a>Read along for key takeaways and advice.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Reporting your positive COVID test\u003cbr>\n\u003c/strong>If you test positive for COVID on a PCR test, someone from the health department may call you as part of their \u003ca href=\"https://www.cdc.gov/coronavirus/2019-ncov/daily-life-coping/contact-tracing.html#you-are-diagnosed\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">contact tracing efforts\u003c/a> to slow the spread of COVID.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>However, if you test positive for COVID using a home antigen test, the California Department of Public Health says \u003ca href=\"https://www.cdph.ca.gov/Programs/CID/DCDC/Pages/COVID-19/Over-The-Counter-Tests-LHJ-Guidance.aspx\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">there are certain steps you should take to report your results\u003c/a> when using an over-the-counter test.\u003c/p>\n\u003cul class=\"p-rich_text_list p-rich_text_list__bullet\" data-stringify-type=\"unordered-list\" data-indent=\"0\" data-border=\"0\">\n\u003cli data-stringify-indent=\"0\" data-stringify-border=\"0\">Use the instructions on your test to self-report your COVID-positive results.\u003c/li>\n\u003cli data-stringify-indent=\"0\" data-stringify-border=\"0\">Some over-the-counter tests may have automatic reporting, while others require you to report your own results through an app on your phone.\u003c/li>\n\u003cli data-stringify-indent=\"0\" data-stringify-border=\"0\">If your test does not provide electronic reporting and you have health care coverage, you can share your results with a health care provider to receive appropriate medical care.\u003c/li>\n\u003c/ul>\n\u003cp>Kaiser says that if you have a positive home antigen test — whether you’re symptomatic or not — you’re considered positive for COVID and \u003cem>don’t\u003c/em> need to confirm with a PCR test, but you should still report your positive COVID-19 home test. If you’re a Kaiser member, you can report your positive test using their \u003ca href=\"https://protect-us.mimecast.com/s/SkkECkRozNIYAX4zS9hOx2?domain=healthy.kaiserpermanente.org\">positive COVID-19 home test e-visit\u003c/a> tool.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>As a journalist, Lagos says she can’t help but be “struck” by what the lack of a consistent system for self-reporting positive home test results means for public COVID case numbers this winter.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“We’re probably undercounting these pretty dramatically at this point,” she says.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Talk to your people\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>If you’ve tested positive for COVID, it’s essential that you let any of your close contacts know that they may have been exposed to the virus. Whether this is through a group text or a phone call, letting anyone you may have come into direct contact with gives others a chance to prepare and get tested themselves.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Madrigal says he began interrogating himself about whom he’d been in contact with — his neighbors, his mother-in-law and his children. “\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">You kind of get in touch with folks, and they immediately want to go get tested,” he said. “That’s people’s very natural reaction.” \u003c/span>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">But when \u003cem>is\u003c/em> the best time for your close contacts to get tested?\u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">The CDC says that someone with COVID-19 can spread the virus starting 48 hours or two days before the person has any symptoms or tests positive. For your fully vaccinated close contacts, it’s best if they take their test five to seven days after their initial exposure of coming into contact with you. For anyone unvaccinated, it’s important that they get tested right away. \u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Madrigal says that going back and tracing everyone he came into contact with, and handling those logistics, were some of the most challenging aspects of getting COVID: “When we say we’re ‘all in it together’ in a positive way … you’re also all in it together in the sense that everyone you’ve exposed is in it with you.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“That was tough,” he admits.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11901097\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"max-width: 2560px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-11901097\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2022/01/GettyImages-1360301966-scaled.jpg\" alt=\"A person wearing scrubs and a face mask and a plastic protector sticks a nose swab into another person's nose.\" width=\"2560\" height=\"1706\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2022/01/GettyImages-1360301966-scaled.jpg 2560w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2022/01/GettyImages-1360301966-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2022/01/GettyImages-1360301966-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2022/01/GettyImages-1360301966-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2022/01/GettyImages-1360301966-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2022/01/GettyImages-1360301966-2048x1365.jpg 2048w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2022/01/GettyImages-1360301966-1920x1280.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 2560px) 100vw, 2560px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Merline Jimene administers a COVID-19 test swab to a person at a testing site located in the international terminal at Los Angeles International Airport amid a surge in omicron variant cases on Dec. 21, 2021. \u003ccite>(Mario Tama/Getty Images)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Isolate from others\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The CDC recommends\u003ca href=\"https://www.cdc.gov/coronavirus/2019-ncov/your-health/quarantine-isolation.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"> isolating yourself from other members of your household\u003c/a> — if possible, within a separate, contained area in your home and away from others — for at least five full days, with Day Zero as the day you first experienced symptoms. \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11900296/cdc-recommends-shorter-covid-isolation-and-quarantine-periods\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">This CDC guidance changed from a previous isolation period of 10 days\u003c/a>, and local public health experts encourage you to weigh the risks of breaking isolation earlier than 10 days.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>It’s essential to only venture out if you need to seek immediate medical care. If you’re experiencing\u003ca href=\"https://www.cdc.gov/coronavirus/2019-ncov/symptoms-testing/symptoms.html\"> any of the CDC’s emergency warning signs\u003c/a> like trouble breathing, pressure in the chest, or pale, gray, or blue-colored skin, seek medical care.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Madrigal says that as soon as his at-home test came back positive, he was on the phone to schedule his PCR test while packing a bag to isolate from his family in a separate apartment. “We were lucky enough to find a neighbor who had a rental [nearby]” where he was able to isolate, he says.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>While Lagos acknowledges she feels “lucky” to have had access to paid time off, during which she and her partner could stay home, “in terms of preventing it from spreading throughout a household, I mean — we have tiny homes in San Francisco,” she notes. “Most of us don’t \u003cem>have\u003c/em> extra bedrooms or bathrooms.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>For that reason, Lagos says that in her personal experience, much of the official advice about isolating with COVID “is not that practical when you’re actually in this situation — particularly with kids involved.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>If finding a separate space to wait out isolation or quarantine outside your home isn’t possible for you, either, try to designate spaces within your home that reduce the possibility of transmission. That might look like sleeping in another room, using a separate bathroom, wearing masks inside at all times or improving ventilation within your home — for example, by opening your windows. The CDC also recommends avoiding sharing all personal household items — towels, dishes, glassware — with the folks you live with.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Think about it this way, recommends Madrigal: Even if you can’t isolate in a completely separate space, “what is the way that I can reduce my exposing the people around me as much as possible?”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Monitor your symptoms\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Remember to keep track of your symptoms — even if it means writing them down. If you ever have any of the following symptoms, or any of the other \u003ca href=\"https://www.cdc.gov/coronavirus/2019-ncov/symptoms-testing/symptoms.html#seek-medical-attention\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">emergency warning signs per the CDC\u003c/a>, call 911 immediately:\u003c/p>\n\u003cul>\n\u003cli>Trouble breathing\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>Persistent pain or pressure in the chest\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>New confusion\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>Inability to wake or stay awake\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>Pale, gray, or blue-colored skin, lips, or nail beds, depending on skin tone\u003c/li>\n\u003c/ul>\n\u003cp class=\"tr-paragraph\" data-pm-slice='2 2 [\"paragraph-wrapper\",{}]'>Madrigal says it’s essential to keep an eye on your body after your COVID diagnosis: “If I didn’t have these kinds of metrics [like resting heart rate], I might just think it was all in my head.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">[pullquote size='medium' align='right' citation=\"Pendarvis Harshaw, KQED columnist and host of podcast Rightnowish\"]‘Any time you go through something traumatic, you go through something significant — you want a support group.’[/pullquote]\u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11901091\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"max-width: 2560px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-11901091\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2022/01/GettyImages-1237588762-scaled.jpg\" alt='Several small boxes are stacked next to each other on a counter, each one has the same design and label, which read, \"COVID-19 Antigen Home Test.\"' width=\"2560\" height=\"1706\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2022/01/GettyImages-1237588762-scaled.jpg 2560w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2022/01/GettyImages-1237588762-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2022/01/GettyImages-1237588762-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2022/01/GettyImages-1237588762-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2022/01/GettyImages-1237588762-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2022/01/GettyImages-1237588762-2048x1365.jpg 2048w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2022/01/GettyImages-1237588762-1920x1280.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 2560px) 100vw, 2560px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Rapid COVID-19 test kits await distribution at Union Station in Los Angeles on Jan. 7, 2022. \u003ccite>(Frederic J. Brown/AFP via Getty Images)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Find a support network\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Harshaw’s own COVID diagnosis came at a time when he and \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/arts/13901531/lawyers-investigate-death-of-steve-zumbi-gaines-zion-i-mc\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">a community of fans were grieving after the death of Steve ‘Zumbi’ Gaines\u003c/a>, the prolific MC of Zion I. Recognizing that his positive result was coming at a particularly tough time, rather than running from that fact, was key for him.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Any time you go through something traumatic, you go through something significant — you want a support group … to survive life, have a support group,” Harshaw says.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Several of Harshaw’s friends also caught COVID in different circumstances around the same time Harshaw himself was isolating. In this way, having loved ones to turn to and talk about their shared experiences in a group chat transformed Harshaw’s isolation time into a source of comfort.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“When it comes to facing something of this magnitude, make sure you have a friend or two that you can talk to,” he advises.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Don’t overlook self-care\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Get plenty of rest, stay hydrated and take over-the-counter medicines like acetaminophen as needed to address any physical discomfort.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>For Harshaw, balancing his own COVID diagnosis and mental health required a careful dance between nourishing his physical and spiritual self-care. “It was the balance of trying to nurture myself,” he says. “Like physical nourishment, and make sure I eat soup and drink juice while \u003cem>also\u003c/em> don’t lose my head.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Once Harshaw had addressed and handled the logistics of child care, he resolved to unplug. For him, this looked like grabbing a book, a puzzle, and an intricate coloring sheet from the library and turning up the jazz.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>He also admits that was the time\u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/arts/13898520/cat-daddy\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"> he finally bonded with his cat\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11900815\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-11900815 size-medium\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2022/01/pexels-cottonbro-3737623-800x533.jpg\" alt=\"A bag of oranges in a white knit bag. \" width=\"800\" height=\"533\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2022/01/pexels-cottonbro-3737623-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2022/01/pexels-cottonbro-3737623-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2022/01/pexels-cottonbro-3737623-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2022/01/pexels-cottonbro-3737623.jpg 1280w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">When it comes to logistics like grocery shopping, reach out to a network of support and find someone who can help. \u003ccite>(Cottonbro/Pexels)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003ch3>How do I handle the logistics of a positive test?\u003c/h3>\n\u003cp>Let’s face it: A positive COVID result requires a near-immediate halt to your typical day-to-day life as you know it.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>When you first get that positive result, you’ll start thinking about all the ways you might be interacting with others, from the care you provide for your family to how you interact with roommates — and, of course, your work and ability to earn money.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Handling child care when you have COVID\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Because Madrigal and his whole family had to isolate, his kids were out of school for a week — and his partner also had to quarantine \u003cem>with\u003c/em> them. “My wife had to have a whole bunch of conversations with her work,” he admits.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But he adds that child care extended beyond their family unit and included others from a wider circle of support — family, neighbors, friends — who helped them out by bringing over toys for their kids to play with. “I\u003cspan data-pm-slice='1 1 [\"paragraph-wrapper\",{},\"paragraph\",{\"id\":\"p13-0\"}]'>t was pretty sweet how people kind of came together in our community around,” says Madrigal.\u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Think about neighbors, friends and extended family members who would be able to step in and support with child care while you’re isolating, or even who might be able to pick essential care items like groceries or medicines, if home delivery isn’t an option.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>For Harshaw, who co-parents his young daughter, coordinating child care with her mother after his positive test was crucial. “I asked if she could take my daughter for a couple more days while I got better,” he says. “Hats off to her. She held it down, and I really appreciate that.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cb>Groceries and accessing food while self-isolating\u003c/b>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>When you’re isolating, it’s essential that you stay home until it’s safe for you to be around others — and the CDC recently changed its isolation guidance to span at least a full five days. That makes grabbing the essential supplies you need to isolate difficult.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>When it came to figuring out what to eat and how to get groceries, Harshaw turned to his networks of support. “I worked with the neighbor to get a couple of things,” he says. “But other than that, I just dug deep into my cabinets.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>He says having his old emergency earthquake go-bag ready from the start of the pandemic was his go-to for feeding himself while he self-isolated — that, and a bag of frozen only-open-in-case-of-emergency lemons.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Find out if your employer can cover your pay while you self-isolate\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Talk to your employer to identify what protections you have in case of a COVID-19-positive diagnosis.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The repercussions of not going to work are not equal for all workers. Many hourly workers are not granted the same protections or benefits that salaried workers are. At the end of 2021, California ended its COVID-19 Supplemental Paid Sick Leave (SPSL), which granted workers 80 extra hours of leave if they tested positive for the coronavirus or had to care for a family member.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>However, exclusion pay is still required for California workers who have to quarantine due to a COVID-19 exposure at your workplace. Through the \u003ca href=\"https://www.dir.ca.gov/dlse/COVID19Resources/FAQ-Exclusion-Pay-ETS.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Emergency Temporary Standards (ETS)\u003c/a>, Cal/OSHA requires employers to maintain an employee’s pay and benefits for any worker who is “excluded” from a workplace while they isolate or quarantine.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>There are limitations to this temporary exclusion pay, however. The ETS does not extend to any COVID exposure that wasn’t work-related. So if you were exposed outside of work, your employer isn’t obligated by the state to pay for lost wages.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>It’s also limited to workers, which means the state is not requiring your employer to maintain your pay or benefits if you’re caring for a family member — including children.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>However, you may be eligible for sick leave or other benefits such as disability insurance, paid family leave, or unemployment insurance benefits. Your own city or county also may offer programs to support people who are losing work because of a COVID diagnosis, such as \u003ca href=\"https://oewd.org/employees-impacted-covid-19\">San Francisco’s Right to Recover \u003c/a>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">Program that provides $1,285 to reimburse “or pay reasonable and necessary personal, family, or living expenses” to any worker who lives in SF and tests positive for COVID,\u003c/span> \u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">and “anticipates \u003c/span>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">experiencing financial hardship during their two-week quarantine or isolation\u003c/span>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">.” This particular program is offered regardless of a person’s immigration or citizenship status. \u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cul>\n\u003cli>\u003cstrong>Skip to: \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11894053/got-covid-19-at-your-job-and-applying-for-workers-comp-in-california-heres-how-it-works\">Got COVID-19 at Your Job and Applying for Workers’ Comp in California? Here’s How It Works\u003c/a>\u003c/strong>\u003c/li>\n\u003c/ul>\n\u003cp>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">[pullquote size='medium' align='right' citation=\"Alexis Madrigal, co-host of KQED's Forum\"]‘The best way I can describe it is: I can feel where my heart is all the time. And not in, like a cute way.’[/pullquote]\u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11899398\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"max-width: 1920px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-11899398\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2021/12/RS52942_GettyImages-1328758598-qut.jpg\" alt=\"A gloved blue hands held by a nurse in a blue robe hold a small white COVID-19 testing vial and swab.\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1291\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2021/12/RS52942_GettyImages-1328758598-qut.jpg 1920w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2021/12/RS52942_GettyImages-1328758598-qut-800x538.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2021/12/RS52942_GettyImages-1328758598-qut-1020x686.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2021/12/RS52942_GettyImages-1328758598-qut-160x108.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2021/12/RS52942_GettyImages-1328758598-qut-1536x1033.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1920px) 100vw, 1920px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">A registered nurse stirs a nasal swab in testing solution after administering a COVID-19 test at Sameday Testing on July 14, 2021, in Los Angeles. \u003ccite>(Mario Tama/Getty Images)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003ch3>What should people who’ve just tested positive know?\u003c/h3>\n\u003cp>As natural as it is, don’t panic thinking you’ve automatically exposed or infected your loved ones in your home, says Madrigal. That’s not “actually how the virus works.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“You actually have some leverage to protect the people around you even after you’ve tested positive and been in the house with them,” he says. Madrigal also says to remember that, with the proper isolation and protection, keeping your loved ones safe from COVID isn’t off the table.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>For him, another big takeaway he wishes he’d known before getting COVID is the importance of preparing a COVID emergency plan \u003cem>before\u003c/em> you test positive — much like you would have for an earthquake or wildfire — to make your life easier while you prepare to isolate or quarantine.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Some things to include in your COVID emergency kit\u003c/strong>:\u003c/p>\n\u003cul>\n\u003cli>Food and liquids to last up to 10 days\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>Extra N95s, KN95s or well-fitting masks\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>Fans or other ventilation\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>Extra testing supplies\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>A designated place to isolate — that could be in a space closed off from roommates, family members or children\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>A phone tree, texting group or go-to list of people who could help you with child care or groceries — it could be a neighbor, friend or family member\u003c/li>\n\u003c/ul>\n\u003cp>Harshaw says that for him, getting COVID offered a lesson in suppressing the ego: “\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">It’s not about self. It’s not about how you’re perceived by the larger community. It is really about the health: the benefit of us as a people being on one accord.” \u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Harshaw also says that isolating and spending a lot of alone time with yourself brings its own challenges — especially if you want to stay glued to the news.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">“It’s hard to be with yourself. There are some pretty ugly thoughts in there,” he says. “So, having a support group, having hobbies and healthy outlets — and a couple of snacks.”\u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad floatright]\u003c/p>\n",
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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003cp>Skip to:\u003c/p>\n\u003cul>\n\u003cli>\u003ca href=\"#symptoms\">What are the symptoms of a breakthrough infection of COVID?\u003c/a>\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>\u003ca href=\"#todo\">What steps should I follow if I test positive?\u003c/a>\u003c/li>\n\u003c/ul>\n\u003cp>We used to think of breakthrough cases of COVID in vaccinated people as being relatively rare. But the rise of the omicron variant has shown that’s no longer the case.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>We know \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11899272/omicron-evades-pfizer-and-moderna-vaccines-new-studies-suggest-but-boosters-help\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"> booster shots help raise your protection against omicron\u003c/a>, as public health officials urge everyone eligible for one to get one. We also know that being vaccinated still gives you greater protection against severe hospitalization and death.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Still, when a breakthrough case happens, it can be easy to feel surprise and shock. Just ask three of our own KQED hosts:\u003c/p>\n\u003cul>\n\u003cli>\u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/author/ogpenn\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Pendarvis Harshaw\u003c/a>, KQED Arts and Culture columnist and host of the\u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/podcasts/rightnowish\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"> podcast Rightnowish\u003c/a>\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>\u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/author/amadrigal\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Alexis Madrigal\u003c/a>, cohost of \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/forum\">KQED Forum\u003c/a>\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>\u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/author/mlagos\">Marisa Lagos\u003c/a>, California politics and government correspondent and cohost of the\u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/podcasts/politicalbreakdown\"> Political Breakdown\u003c/a> podcast\u003c/li>\n\u003c/ul>\n\u003cp>All three have experienced their own breakthrough COVID cases in the last months, and there’s a lot they wish they’d known. If you’ve been wondering how a positive COVID test right now might affect your daily life, keep reading to learn about their experiences — from the symptoms and logistical stresses to the importance of self-care, and what they wish they could have planned for beforehand.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch3>\u003ca id=\"symptoms\">\u003c/a>What are the common symptoms of a breakthrough COVID case?\u003c/h3>\n\u003cp>For Pendarvis Harshaw, the first sign of his COVID case in summer 2021 was losing his smell. “I got a bit of a cough and the first thing I remember was trying to spray some cologne and then smell it,” he says. “That’s when I was like, ‘Wait, I can’t smell my cologne.'”\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11901698\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"max-width: 1020px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-11901698\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2022/01/OGPenn_LaraKaur_1920x1080-1020x574-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1020\" height=\"574\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2022/01/OGPenn_LaraKaur_1920x1080-1020x574-1.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2022/01/OGPenn_LaraKaur_1920x1080-1020x574-1-800x450.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2022/01/OGPenn_LaraKaur_1920x1080-1020x574-1-160x90.jpg 160w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1020px) 100vw, 1020px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">KQED podcast host Pendarvis Harshaw \u003ccite>(Lara Kaur/Community Portrait Pop-Up)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>In Marisa Lagos’s home, all of her family contracted the omicron variant over the holidays. For her, it showed up as what she calls “flu-like symptoms.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I was in bed for a few days, just really fatigued. But nothing serious — nowhere even approaching, needing to go to the hospital,” she says.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>While most people with a breakthrough COVID case experience mild symptoms, you still should acknowledge that you’re sick and it won’t feel great. And people experience symptoms differently.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/science/1976780/what-i-learned-from-my-mild-breakthrough-case-of-covid\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Dr. Bob Wachter, chair of UCSF’s Department of Medicine, told NPR \u003c/a>that the terminology “mild” is really a catchall. It can go from being “a day of feeling crummy to being completely laid up in bed for a week, all of your bones hurt and your brain isn’t working well.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Common COVID-19 symptoms, according to the CDC, include\u003c/strong>:\u003c/p>\n\u003cul>\n\u003cli>Fever or chills\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>Cough\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>Shortness of breath or difficulty breathing\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>Fatigue\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>Muscle or body aches\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>Headache\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>New loss of taste or smell\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>Sore throat\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>Congestion or runny nose\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>Nausea or vomiting\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>Diarrhea\u003c/li>\n\u003c/ul>\n\u003cp>After a COVID home test and a drive-through rapid PCR test both came back positive, the realization sank in for Harshaw.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I think I had one day where I was just, like, straight on the ground … laid out in a fetal position,” he says.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>As far as symptoms, he remembers a “little bit of the sniffles, a little bit of sneezing, definitely chills, body aches — you name it. … Energy depleted, feeling like gravity is tenfold.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Alexis Madrigal says his early symptoms started with a “little tickle in the back of the throat” and a stuffy nose. “It wasn’t really until the test came back positive that I was like, ‘Oh, no.'”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Don’t necessarily expect a COVID infection to register in your body like you assume it might, says Madrigal, who notes there was “nothing super distinctive” about his sickness at that early stage of testing.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I did lose my sense of smell, but it was much later,” he says.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11901702\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"max-width: 1920px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-11901702\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2022/01/RS53013_unnamed-1-qut.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1440\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2022/01/RS53013_unnamed-1-qut.jpg 1920w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2022/01/RS53013_unnamed-1-qut-800x600.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2022/01/RS53013_unnamed-1-qut-1020x765.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2022/01/RS53013_unnamed-1-qut-160x120.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2022/01/RS53013_unnamed-1-qut-1536x1152.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1920px) 100vw, 1920px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">KQED host Alexis Madrigal \u003ccite>(Courtesy Alexis Madrigal)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003ch3>When should you get a COVID test?\u003c/h3>\n\u003cp>If you have a fever or a cough or feel any \u003ca href=\"https://www.cdc.gov/coronavirus/2019-ncov/symptoms-testing/symptoms.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">symptoms outlined by the CDC\u003c/a>, you could have COVID-19 and should get tested. If you’ve come in close contact with someone who tested positive for the virus, get tested.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>All of this advice comes with the \u003cem>big\u003c/em> caveat: We know that finding a test fast, whether it’s an onsite PCR test or an at-home test like a BinaxNOW kit, can be tricky — and, in the case of at-home tests, expensive. And you might have to be prepared to \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11898455/where-to-find-a-covid-test-near-you-in-the-bay-area\">explore multiple options for getting a COVID test\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I have to acknowledge that we are in a position of privilege,” says Lagos, since she and her family “had access to a lot of at-home tests that we had bought prior to this scare ahead of seeing people for Christmas.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>\u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11898455/where-to-find-a-covid-test-near-you-in-the-bay-area\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Looking for a COVID test near you in the Bay Area? Read our guide to finding one.\u003c/a>\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>I’m fully vaccinated. When should I take a COVID test? \u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Do you have symptoms? If so, try to \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11898455/where-to-find-a-covid-test-near-you-in-the-bay-area\">find a test immediately\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The CDC recommends that if you’ve come into close contact with someone with COVID-19, fully vaccinated people should be tested five to seven days after your last exposure — i.e., when you came into contact with someone who has a confirmed case of COVID-19.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>There is already \u003ca href=\"https://www.nbcchicago.com/news/coronavirus/how-long-are-you-contagious-with-omicron-covid-infection-heres-what-health-experts-say/2727655/\">evidence that the omicron variant may have a shorter incubation period than previous forms of COVID\u003c/a>. But if you choose to test earlier than five days from an exposure, don’t take an early negative result as definitive proof you \u003cem>don’t\u003c/em> have COVID. Keep testing, to be sure you’re not infectious and inadvertently spreading COVID to others.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Lagos’s story highlights the importance of repeat testing — and not accepting an early at-home negative result as a sign someone has no COVID risk.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“We had actually asked everybody to take those rapid tests [over the holidays], just to be safe,” she says. “And so we had tested ourselves and our kids. I did have one kid who had some minor cold symptoms and we tested him repeatedly. And he didn’t come up positive until after Christmas, after we had seen people.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11901699\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"max-width: 1000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-11901699\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2022/01/Marisa-Lagos-lead.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1000\" height=\"667\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2022/01/Marisa-Lagos-lead.jpeg 1000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2022/01/Marisa-Lagos-lead-800x534.jpeg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2022/01/Marisa-Lagos-lead-160x107.jpeg 160w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">KQED host Marisa Lagos \u003ccite>(Stephanie Lister/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>I’m not yet vaccinated. When should I take a COVID test? \u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>If you’re not fully vaccinated and are experiencing symptoms of COVID-19, you should get tested immediately. If you’re not fully vaccinated and have been in close contact with someone who tested positive for COVID-19, get tested immediately.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The CDC says you should get tested again five to seven days after your last exposure and immediately if you experience symptoms.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch3>\u003ca id=\"todo\">\u003c/a>What steps should I follow if I test positive for COVID?\u003c/h3>\n\u003cp>If you do test positive for COVID with an at-home test or a PCR test, don’t panic. Find a way to confirm your results with a second test while you plan to isolate yourself from anyone else in your household. \u003ca href=\"https://www.cdc.gov/coronavirus/2019-ncov/if-you-are-sick/steps-when-sick.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">The CDC has a specific checklist you can follow if you get sick. \u003c/a>Read along for key takeaways and advice.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Reporting your positive COVID test\u003cbr>\n\u003c/strong>If you test positive for COVID on a PCR test, someone from the health department may call you as part of their \u003ca href=\"https://www.cdc.gov/coronavirus/2019-ncov/daily-life-coping/contact-tracing.html#you-are-diagnosed\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">contact tracing efforts\u003c/a> to slow the spread of COVID.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>However, if you test positive for COVID using a home antigen test, the California Department of Public Health says \u003ca href=\"https://www.cdph.ca.gov/Programs/CID/DCDC/Pages/COVID-19/Over-The-Counter-Tests-LHJ-Guidance.aspx\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">there are certain steps you should take to report your results\u003c/a> when using an over-the-counter test.\u003c/p>\n\u003cul class=\"p-rich_text_list p-rich_text_list__bullet\" data-stringify-type=\"unordered-list\" data-indent=\"0\" data-border=\"0\">\n\u003cli data-stringify-indent=\"0\" data-stringify-border=\"0\">Use the instructions on your test to self-report your COVID-positive results.\u003c/li>\n\u003cli data-stringify-indent=\"0\" data-stringify-border=\"0\">Some over-the-counter tests may have automatic reporting, while others require you to report your own results through an app on your phone.\u003c/li>\n\u003cli data-stringify-indent=\"0\" data-stringify-border=\"0\">If your test does not provide electronic reporting and you have health care coverage, you can share your results with a health care provider to receive appropriate medical care.\u003c/li>\n\u003c/ul>\n\u003cp>Kaiser says that if you have a positive home antigen test — whether you’re symptomatic or not — you’re considered positive for COVID and \u003cem>don’t\u003c/em> need to confirm with a PCR test, but you should still report your positive COVID-19 home test. If you’re a Kaiser member, you can report your positive test using their \u003ca href=\"https://protect-us.mimecast.com/s/SkkECkRozNIYAX4zS9hOx2?domain=healthy.kaiserpermanente.org\">positive COVID-19 home test e-visit\u003c/a> tool.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>As a journalist, Lagos says she can’t help but be “struck” by what the lack of a consistent system for self-reporting positive home test results means for public COVID case numbers this winter.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“We’re probably undercounting these pretty dramatically at this point,” she says.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Talk to your people\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>If you’ve tested positive for COVID, it’s essential that you let any of your close contacts know that they may have been exposed to the virus. Whether this is through a group text or a phone call, letting anyone you may have come into direct contact with gives others a chance to prepare and get tested themselves.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Madrigal says he began interrogating himself about whom he’d been in contact with — his neighbors, his mother-in-law and his children. “\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">You kind of get in touch with folks, and they immediately want to go get tested,” he said. “That’s people’s very natural reaction.” \u003c/span>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">But when \u003cem>is\u003c/em> the best time for your close contacts to get tested?\u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">The CDC says that someone with COVID-19 can spread the virus starting 48 hours or two days before the person has any symptoms or tests positive. For your fully vaccinated close contacts, it’s best if they take their test five to seven days after their initial exposure of coming into contact with you. For anyone unvaccinated, it’s important that they get tested right away. \u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Madrigal says that going back and tracing everyone he came into contact with, and handling those logistics, were some of the most challenging aspects of getting COVID: “When we say we’re ‘all in it together’ in a positive way … you’re also all in it together in the sense that everyone you’ve exposed is in it with you.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“That was tough,” he admits.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11901097\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"max-width: 2560px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-11901097\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2022/01/GettyImages-1360301966-scaled.jpg\" alt=\"A person wearing scrubs and a face mask and a plastic protector sticks a nose swab into another person's nose.\" width=\"2560\" height=\"1706\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2022/01/GettyImages-1360301966-scaled.jpg 2560w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2022/01/GettyImages-1360301966-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2022/01/GettyImages-1360301966-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2022/01/GettyImages-1360301966-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2022/01/GettyImages-1360301966-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2022/01/GettyImages-1360301966-2048x1365.jpg 2048w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2022/01/GettyImages-1360301966-1920x1280.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 2560px) 100vw, 2560px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Merline Jimene administers a COVID-19 test swab to a person at a testing site located in the international terminal at Los Angeles International Airport amid a surge in omicron variant cases on Dec. 21, 2021. \u003ccite>(Mario Tama/Getty Images)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Isolate from others\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The CDC recommends\u003ca href=\"https://www.cdc.gov/coronavirus/2019-ncov/your-health/quarantine-isolation.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"> isolating yourself from other members of your household\u003c/a> — if possible, within a separate, contained area in your home and away from others — for at least five full days, with Day Zero as the day you first experienced symptoms. \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11900296/cdc-recommends-shorter-covid-isolation-and-quarantine-periods\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">This CDC guidance changed from a previous isolation period of 10 days\u003c/a>, and local public health experts encourage you to weigh the risks of breaking isolation earlier than 10 days.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>It’s essential to only venture out if you need to seek immediate medical care. If you’re experiencing\u003ca href=\"https://www.cdc.gov/coronavirus/2019-ncov/symptoms-testing/symptoms.html\"> any of the CDC’s emergency warning signs\u003c/a> like trouble breathing, pressure in the chest, or pale, gray, or blue-colored skin, seek medical care.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Madrigal says that as soon as his at-home test came back positive, he was on the phone to schedule his PCR test while packing a bag to isolate from his family in a separate apartment. “We were lucky enough to find a neighbor who had a rental [nearby]” where he was able to isolate, he says.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>While Lagos acknowledges she feels “lucky” to have had access to paid time off, during which she and her partner could stay home, “in terms of preventing it from spreading throughout a household, I mean — we have tiny homes in San Francisco,” she notes. “Most of us don’t \u003cem>have\u003c/em> extra bedrooms or bathrooms.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>For that reason, Lagos says that in her personal experience, much of the official advice about isolating with COVID “is not that practical when you’re actually in this situation — particularly with kids involved.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>If finding a separate space to wait out isolation or quarantine outside your home isn’t possible for you, either, try to designate spaces within your home that reduce the possibility of transmission. That might look like sleeping in another room, using a separate bathroom, wearing masks inside at all times or improving ventilation within your home — for example, by opening your windows. The CDC also recommends avoiding sharing all personal household items — towels, dishes, glassware — with the folks you live with.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Think about it this way, recommends Madrigal: Even if you can’t isolate in a completely separate space, “what is the way that I can reduce my exposing the people around me as much as possible?”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Monitor your symptoms\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Remember to keep track of your symptoms — even if it means writing them down. If you ever have any of the following symptoms, or any of the other \u003ca href=\"https://www.cdc.gov/coronavirus/2019-ncov/symptoms-testing/symptoms.html#seek-medical-attention\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">emergency warning signs per the CDC\u003c/a>, call 911 immediately:\u003c/p>\n\u003cul>\n\u003cli>Trouble breathing\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>Persistent pain or pressure in the chest\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>New confusion\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>Inability to wake or stay awake\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>Pale, gray, or blue-colored skin, lips, or nail beds, depending on skin tone\u003c/li>\n\u003c/ul>\n\u003cp class=\"tr-paragraph\" data-pm-slice='2 2 [\"paragraph-wrapper\",{}]'>Madrigal says it’s essential to keep an eye on your body after your COVID diagnosis: “If I didn’t have these kinds of metrics [like resting heart rate], I might just think it was all in my head.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">\u003c/p>\u003c/div>",
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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11901091\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"max-width: 2560px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-11901091\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2022/01/GettyImages-1237588762-scaled.jpg\" alt='Several small boxes are stacked next to each other on a counter, each one has the same design and label, which read, \"COVID-19 Antigen Home Test.\"' width=\"2560\" height=\"1706\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2022/01/GettyImages-1237588762-scaled.jpg 2560w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2022/01/GettyImages-1237588762-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2022/01/GettyImages-1237588762-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2022/01/GettyImages-1237588762-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2022/01/GettyImages-1237588762-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2022/01/GettyImages-1237588762-2048x1365.jpg 2048w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2022/01/GettyImages-1237588762-1920x1280.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 2560px) 100vw, 2560px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Rapid COVID-19 test kits await distribution at Union Station in Los Angeles on Jan. 7, 2022. \u003ccite>(Frederic J. Brown/AFP via Getty Images)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Find a support network\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Harshaw’s own COVID diagnosis came at a time when he and \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/arts/13901531/lawyers-investigate-death-of-steve-zumbi-gaines-zion-i-mc\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">a community of fans were grieving after the death of Steve ‘Zumbi’ Gaines\u003c/a>, the prolific MC of Zion I. Recognizing that his positive result was coming at a particularly tough time, rather than running from that fact, was key for him.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Any time you go through something traumatic, you go through something significant — you want a support group … to survive life, have a support group,” Harshaw says.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Several of Harshaw’s friends also caught COVID in different circumstances around the same time Harshaw himself was isolating. In this way, having loved ones to turn to and talk about their shared experiences in a group chat transformed Harshaw’s isolation time into a source of comfort.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“When it comes to facing something of this magnitude, make sure you have a friend or two that you can talk to,” he advises.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Don’t overlook self-care\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Get plenty of rest, stay hydrated and take over-the-counter medicines like acetaminophen as needed to address any physical discomfort.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>For Harshaw, balancing his own COVID diagnosis and mental health required a careful dance between nourishing his physical and spiritual self-care. “It was the balance of trying to nurture myself,” he says. “Like physical nourishment, and make sure I eat soup and drink juice while \u003cem>also\u003c/em> don’t lose my head.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Once Harshaw had addressed and handled the logistics of child care, he resolved to unplug. For him, this looked like grabbing a book, a puzzle, and an intricate coloring sheet from the library and turning up the jazz.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>He also admits that was the time\u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/arts/13898520/cat-daddy\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"> he finally bonded with his cat\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11900815\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-11900815 size-medium\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2022/01/pexels-cottonbro-3737623-800x533.jpg\" alt=\"A bag of oranges in a white knit bag. \" width=\"800\" height=\"533\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2022/01/pexels-cottonbro-3737623-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2022/01/pexels-cottonbro-3737623-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2022/01/pexels-cottonbro-3737623-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2022/01/pexels-cottonbro-3737623.jpg 1280w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">When it comes to logistics like grocery shopping, reach out to a network of support and find someone who can help. \u003ccite>(Cottonbro/Pexels)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003ch3>How do I handle the logistics of a positive test?\u003c/h3>\n\u003cp>Let’s face it: A positive COVID result requires a near-immediate halt to your typical day-to-day life as you know it.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>When you first get that positive result, you’ll start thinking about all the ways you might be interacting with others, from the care you provide for your family to how you interact with roommates — and, of course, your work and ability to earn money.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Handling child care when you have COVID\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Because Madrigal and his whole family had to isolate, his kids were out of school for a week — and his partner also had to quarantine \u003cem>with\u003c/em> them. “My wife had to have a whole bunch of conversations with her work,” he admits.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But he adds that child care extended beyond their family unit and included others from a wider circle of support — family, neighbors, friends — who helped them out by bringing over toys for their kids to play with. “I\u003cspan data-pm-slice='1 1 [\"paragraph-wrapper\",{},\"paragraph\",{\"id\":\"p13-0\"}]'>t was pretty sweet how people kind of came together in our community around,” says Madrigal.\u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Think about neighbors, friends and extended family members who would be able to step in and support with child care while you’re isolating, or even who might be able to pick essential care items like groceries or medicines, if home delivery isn’t an option.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>For Harshaw, who co-parents his young daughter, coordinating child care with her mother after his positive test was crucial. “I asked if she could take my daughter for a couple more days while I got better,” he says. “Hats off to her. She held it down, and I really appreciate that.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cb>Groceries and accessing food while self-isolating\u003c/b>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>When you’re isolating, it’s essential that you stay home until it’s safe for you to be around others — and the CDC recently changed its isolation guidance to span at least a full five days. That makes grabbing the essential supplies you need to isolate difficult.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>When it came to figuring out what to eat and how to get groceries, Harshaw turned to his networks of support. “I worked with the neighbor to get a couple of things,” he says. “But other than that, I just dug deep into my cabinets.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>He says having his old emergency earthquake go-bag ready from the start of the pandemic was his go-to for feeding himself while he self-isolated — that, and a bag of frozen only-open-in-case-of-emergency lemons.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Find out if your employer can cover your pay while you self-isolate\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Talk to your employer to identify what protections you have in case of a COVID-19-positive diagnosis.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The repercussions of not going to work are not equal for all workers. Many hourly workers are not granted the same protections or benefits that salaried workers are. 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It took hours before conditions allowed PG&E workers to get close enough to jump-start emergency generators and resupply pressure to water hydrants — a frantic scramble that underscored the neighborhood's precarious infrastructure.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch3>Rethinking everything about firefighting\u003c/h3>\n\u003cp>In the aftermath of the blaze, Oakland's fire officials were forced to rethink everything about firefighting tactics and mitigation. Robert Lipp, now the Oakland Fire Department's assistant chief of technical operations, was a 25-year-old entry-level firefighter at the time.[pullquote size='medium' align='right' citation=\"Sue Piper, Chair of Oakland's Fire Safe Council\"]'Fire knows no jurisdiction. ... I'm at the mercy of the one piece of property that is not up to par.'[/pullquote]He battled the flames as they swept through the overgrown neighborhoods of the Oakland hills, not far from where he lived with his mom. 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"content": "\u003cp>Skip to:\u003c/p>\n\u003cul>\n\u003cli>\u003cstrong>\u003ca href=\"#requirements\">Check your county’s indoor masking requirements.\u003c/a>\u003c/strong>\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>\u003cstrong>\u003ca href=\"#whatnext\">When will indoor masking rules change in the Bay Area?\u003c/a>\u003c/strong>\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>\u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11859829/see-how-many-people-got-the-covid-19-vaccine-in-your-county-so-far\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">\u003cstrong>Check the vaccination rate in your county.\u003c/strong>\u003c/a>\u003c/li>\n\u003c/ul>\n\u003cp>Starting Friday, Oct. 15, people who are fully vaccinated against the coronavirus will be allowed to remove their masks in certain indoor settings \u003ca href=\"https://www.sfchronicle.com/health/article/New-mask-rules-take-effect-Friday-in-S-F-and-16533957.php\">in San Francisco and Marin counties\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Contra Costa County this week also announced plans to \u003ca href=\"https://cchealth.org/press-releases/2021/1014-Contra-Costa-to-Lift-Masking-Requirements-in-Some-Indoor-Settings-on-Nov-1.php\">lift indoor masking requirements in specific settings, starting Nov. 1\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Of course, no one will be \u003cem>required\u003c/em> to remove their masks — it’s up to those who are fully vaccinated to assess their own personal health risks in these settings.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>https://twitter.com/MattHaneySF/status/1449030295269769221\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>As COVID-19 protocols and masking requirements continue evolving, local mandates are always subject to change. And the best way to get updated information about the latest guidelines where you live is by visiting your \u003ca href=\"#requirements\">county's public health website\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[aside postID=news_11891366 hero='https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2021/07/RS50436_009_Emeryville_COVIDMasks_07282021-qut-1020x680.jpeg']\u003c/p>\n\u003ch3>What's different now in San Francisco and Marin?\u003c/h3>\n\u003cp>Starting Oct. 15, San Francisco \u003ca class=\"c-link\" href=\"https://www.sfdph.org/dph/alerts/files/C19-07-Safer-Return-Together-Health-Order.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" data-stringify-link=\"https://sfmayor.org/article/san-francisco-ease-indoor-mask-requirements-certain-indoor-settings-where-stable-groups\" data-sk=\"tooltip_parent\" data-remove-tab-index=\"true\">will ease indoor masking requirements under certain conditions in the following settings\u003c/a>:\u003c/p>\n\u003cul class=\"p-rich_text_list p-rich_text_list__bullet\" data-stringify-type=\"unordered-list\" data-indent=\"0\" data-border=\"false\" data-border-radius-top-cap=\"false\" data-border-radius-bottom-cap=\"false\">\n\u003cli data-stringify-indent=\"0\" data-stringify-border=\"0\">Offices\u003c/li>\n\u003cli data-stringify-indent=\"0\" data-stringify-border=\"0\">Gyms and fitness centers\u003c/li>\n\u003cli data-stringify-indent=\"0\" data-stringify-border=\"0\">Employee commuter vehicles\u003c/li>\n\u003cli data-stringify-indent=\"0\" data-stringify-border=\"0\">Religious gatherings\u003c/li>\n\u003cli data-stringify-indent=\"0\" data-stringify-border=\"0\">Indoor classes, lectures or similar gatherings that meet regularly with fewer than 100 people\u003c/li>\n\u003c/ul>\n\u003cp>The San Francisco Department of Public Health has also \u003ca href=\"https://www.sfdph.org/dph/alerts/files/C19-07-Safer-Return-Together-Health-Order.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">released explicit workplace masking guidance for employers\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Hosts, employers and business owners in San Francisco wishing to lift masking requirements in their establishments must verify that everyone in that space is fully vaccinated (meaning two weeks have gone by since they got a second dose of the Pfizer or Moderna shot, or a first dose of the Johnson & Johnson) and \u003ca href=\"https://sf.gov/information/masks-and-face-coverings-added-protection-coronavirus\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">follow specific COVID-19 safety protocols\u003c/a>, like providing proper ventilation, making sure no recent outbreaks have occurred, and checking that everyone age 12 and over is vaccinated and that there are no medical or religious exemptions.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Similarly, Marin County on Friday also is \u003ca href=\"https://coronavirus.marinhhs.org/order-wearing-face-coverings-workplaces-and-public-settings-exemptions-certain-stable-cohorts-fully\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">easing indoor masking rules in the following settings where there are not more than 100 people\u003c/a>:\u003c/p>\n\u003cul>\n\u003cli>Indoor offices\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>Gyms and fitness centers\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>Employee commuter vehicles\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>Religious gatherings\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>Indoor classes, lectures or similar gatherings that meet regularly\u003c/li>\n\u003c/ul>\n\u003cp>Marin County is also requiring all hosts, employers or organizers wishing to lift masking rules in their establishments to maintain a list of all individuals present and verify that everyone is fully vaccinated and that the setting is not open to the general public.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Both San Francisco and Marin are still requiring indoor masking at bars and restaurants (when patrons are not actively eating or drinking), retail stores and in common areas of public buildings, including bathrooms, elevators and lobbies.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Indoor masking rules have not changed in Alameda, Contra Costa, Napa, San Mateo, Santa Clara and Sonoma counties, which means masks there are still required in all public spaces.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>And in keeping with \u003ca href=\"https://covid19.ca.gov/masks-and-ppe/\">state public health guidelines\u003c/a>, masks are also still required throughout California on all forms of public transit (ferries, buses, taxis, rideshares and planes) and in transportation hubs, as well in health care settings, shelters and cooling centers, and state and local correctional facilities. They are also still mandated in all K-12 schools, day camps, child care centers and other indoor areas where groups of youth are present.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch3>\u003cstrong>\u003ca id=\"whatnext\">\u003c/a>What happens next? \u003c/strong>\u003c/h3>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11891366/bay-area-health-officials-release-plans-for-lifting-indoor-mask-requirements\">Earlier this month\u003c/a>, health officers in Alameda, Contra Costa, Marin, Napa, San Francisco, San Mateo, Santa Clara and Sonoma counties said they would lift masking requirements in select indoor public settings when the following three benchmarks have been reached in their respective regions:\u003c/p>\n\u003cul>\n\u003cli>The jurisdiction has moved into the yellow or \"moderate\" COVID-19 transmission tier — as established by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) — and remained there for at least three straight weeks.\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>COVID-19 hospitalizations are \"low and stable,\" as determined by local health officials.\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>Eighty percent of each jurisdiction's total population is fully vaccinated, \u003cem>or\u003c/em> eight weeks have passed since the federal emergency authorization of the COVID-19 vaccine for children age 5 to 11.\u003c/li>\n\u003c/ul>\n\u003cp>These \u003ca href=\"https://www.solanocounty.com/depts/ph/coronavirus.asp\">guidelines do not pertain to Solano County\u003c/a>, which is the only Bay Area county that did not issue a mask mandate in early August when the delta variant led to a surge in new coronavirus cases.\u003c/p>\n\u003cul>\n\u003cli>\u003cstrong>\u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11859829/see-how-many-people-got-the-covid-19-vaccine-in-your-county-so-far\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">\u003cem>See a map of vaccination rates by county.\u003c/em>\u003c/a>\u003c/strong>\u003c/li>\n\u003c/ul>\n\u003ch3>\u003ca id=\"requirements\">\u003c/a>Check your county's current rules for masks and facial coverings\u003c/h3>\n\u003cp>Check current local masking guidance — as well as COVID relief and other community resources — on your county's public health website.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>If you work in a different county from the one you live in, be sure to check the rules in both counties to see how your workplace might be affected.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"https://covid-19.acgov.org/face-masks\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Alameda County COVID-19 mask guidance\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"https://www.cityofberkeley.info/covid19-masks/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">City of Berkeley COVID-19 \u003c/a>\u003ca href=\"https://covid-19.acgov.org/face-masks\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">mask guidance\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"https://www.coronavirus.cchealth.org/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Contra Costa County COVID-19 \u003c/a>\u003ca href=\"https://covid-19.acgov.org/face-masks\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">mask guidance\u003c/a>\u003ca href=\"https://www.coronavirus.cchealth.org/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"> and FAQ\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"https://coronavirus.marinhhs.org/masks\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Marin County COVID-19 \u003c/a>\u003ca href=\"https://covid-19.acgov.org/face-masks\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">mask guidance\u003c/a>\u003ca href=\"https://coronavirus.marinhhs.org/masks\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"> and FAQ\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"https://www.countyofnapa.org/3224/Face-Covering-FAQs\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Napa County COVID-19 \u003c/a>\u003ca href=\"https://covid-19.acgov.org/face-masks\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">mask guidance\u003c/a>\u003ca href=\"https://www.countyofnapa.org/3224/Face-Covering-FAQs\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"> and FAQ\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"https://sf.gov/information/masks-and-face-coverings-added-protection-coronavirus\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">San Francisco County COVID-19 \u003c/a>\u003ca href=\"https://covid-19.acgov.org/face-masks\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">mask guidance\u003c/a>\u003ca href=\"https://sf.gov/information/masks-and-face-coverings-added-protection-coronavirus\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"> and FAQ\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"https://www.smchealth.org/coronavirus\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">San Mateo County COVID-19 \u003c/a>\u003ca href=\"https://covid-19.acgov.org/face-masks\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">mask guidance\u003c/a>\u003ca href=\"https://www.smchealth.org/coronavirus\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"> and FAQ\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"https://covid19.sccgov.org/learn-what-to-do#howto\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Santa Clara County COVID-19 \u003c/a>\u003ca href=\"https://covid-19.acgov.org/face-masks\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">mask guidance\u003c/a>\u003ca href=\"https://covid19.sccgov.org/learn-what-to-do#howto\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"> and FAQ\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"https://www.solanocounty.com/depts/ph/coronavirus.asp#facecoverings\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Solano County COVID-19 \u003c/a>\u003ca href=\"https://covid-19.acgov.org/face-masks\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">mask guidance\u003c/a>\u003ca href=\"https://www.solanocounty.com/depts/ph/coronavirus.asp#facecoverings\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"> and FAQ\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"https://socoemergency.org/emergency/novel-coronavirus/prevention-hygiene/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Sonoma County COVID-19 \u003c/a>\u003ca 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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003cp>Skip to:\u003c/p>\n\u003cul>\n\u003cli>\u003cstrong>\u003ca href=\"#requirements\">Check your county’s indoor masking requirements.\u003c/a>\u003c/strong>\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>\u003cstrong>\u003ca href=\"#whatnext\">When will indoor masking rules change in the Bay Area?\u003c/a>\u003c/strong>\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>\u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11859829/see-how-many-people-got-the-covid-19-vaccine-in-your-county-so-far\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">\u003cstrong>Check the vaccination rate in your county.\u003c/strong>\u003c/a>\u003c/li>\n\u003c/ul>\n\u003cp>Starting Friday, Oct. 15, people who are fully vaccinated against the coronavirus will be allowed to remove their masks in certain indoor settings \u003ca href=\"https://www.sfchronicle.com/health/article/New-mask-rules-take-effect-Friday-in-S-F-and-16533957.php\">in San Francisco and Marin counties\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Contra Costa County this week also announced plans to \u003ca href=\"https://cchealth.org/press-releases/2021/1014-Contra-Costa-to-Lift-Masking-Requirements-in-Some-Indoor-Settings-on-Nov-1.php\">lift indoor masking requirements in specific settings, starting Nov. 1\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Of course, no one will be \u003cem>required\u003c/em> to remove their masks — it’s up to those who are fully vaccinated to assess their own personal health risks in these settings.\u003c/p>\u003c/p>\u003c/div>",
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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003ch3>What's different now in San Francisco and Marin?\u003c/h3>\n\u003cp>Starting Oct. 15, San Francisco \u003ca class=\"c-link\" href=\"https://www.sfdph.org/dph/alerts/files/C19-07-Safer-Return-Together-Health-Order.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" data-stringify-link=\"https://sfmayor.org/article/san-francisco-ease-indoor-mask-requirements-certain-indoor-settings-where-stable-groups\" data-sk=\"tooltip_parent\" data-remove-tab-index=\"true\">will ease indoor masking requirements under certain conditions in the following settings\u003c/a>:\u003c/p>\n\u003cul class=\"p-rich_text_list p-rich_text_list__bullet\" data-stringify-type=\"unordered-list\" data-indent=\"0\" data-border=\"false\" data-border-radius-top-cap=\"false\" data-border-radius-bottom-cap=\"false\">\n\u003cli data-stringify-indent=\"0\" data-stringify-border=\"0\">Offices\u003c/li>\n\u003cli data-stringify-indent=\"0\" data-stringify-border=\"0\">Gyms and fitness centers\u003c/li>\n\u003cli data-stringify-indent=\"0\" data-stringify-border=\"0\">Employee commuter vehicles\u003c/li>\n\u003cli data-stringify-indent=\"0\" data-stringify-border=\"0\">Religious gatherings\u003c/li>\n\u003cli data-stringify-indent=\"0\" data-stringify-border=\"0\">Indoor classes, lectures or similar gatherings that meet regularly with fewer than 100 people\u003c/li>\n\u003c/ul>\n\u003cp>The San Francisco Department of Public Health has also \u003ca href=\"https://www.sfdph.org/dph/alerts/files/C19-07-Safer-Return-Together-Health-Order.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">released explicit workplace masking guidance for employers\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Hosts, employers and business owners in San Francisco wishing to lift masking requirements in their establishments must verify that everyone in that space is fully vaccinated (meaning two weeks have gone by since they got a second dose of the Pfizer or Moderna shot, or a first dose of the Johnson & Johnson) and \u003ca href=\"https://sf.gov/information/masks-and-face-coverings-added-protection-coronavirus\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">follow specific COVID-19 safety protocols\u003c/a>, like providing proper ventilation, making sure no recent outbreaks have occurred, and checking that everyone age 12 and over is vaccinated and that there are no medical or religious exemptions.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Similarly, Marin County on Friday also is \u003ca href=\"https://coronavirus.marinhhs.org/order-wearing-face-coverings-workplaces-and-public-settings-exemptions-certain-stable-cohorts-fully\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">easing indoor masking rules in the following settings where there are not more than 100 people\u003c/a>:\u003c/p>\n\u003cul>\n\u003cli>Indoor offices\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>Gyms and fitness centers\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>Employee commuter vehicles\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>Religious gatherings\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>Indoor classes, lectures or similar gatherings that meet regularly\u003c/li>\n\u003c/ul>\n\u003cp>Marin County is also requiring all hosts, employers or organizers wishing to lift masking rules in their establishments to maintain a list of all individuals present and verify that everyone is fully vaccinated and that the setting is not open to the general public.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Both San Francisco and Marin are still requiring indoor masking at bars and restaurants (when patrons are not actively eating or drinking), retail stores and in common areas of public buildings, including bathrooms, elevators and lobbies.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Indoor masking rules have not changed in Alameda, Contra Costa, Napa, San Mateo, Santa Clara and Sonoma counties, which means masks there are still required in all public spaces.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>And in keeping with \u003ca href=\"https://covid19.ca.gov/masks-and-ppe/\">state public health guidelines\u003c/a>, masks are also still required throughout California on all forms of public transit (ferries, buses, taxis, rideshares and planes) and in transportation hubs, as well in health care settings, shelters and cooling centers, and state and local correctional facilities. They are also still mandated in all K-12 schools, day camps, child care centers and other indoor areas where groups of youth are present.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch3>\u003cstrong>\u003ca id=\"whatnext\">\u003c/a>What happens next? \u003c/strong>\u003c/h3>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11891366/bay-area-health-officials-release-plans-for-lifting-indoor-mask-requirements\">Earlier this month\u003c/a>, health officers in Alameda, Contra Costa, Marin, Napa, San Francisco, San Mateo, Santa Clara and Sonoma counties said they would lift masking requirements in select indoor public settings when the following three benchmarks have been reached in their respective regions:\u003c/p>\n\u003cul>\n\u003cli>The jurisdiction has moved into the yellow or \"moderate\" COVID-19 transmission tier — as established by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) — and remained there for at least three straight weeks.\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>COVID-19 hospitalizations are \"low and stable,\" as determined by local health officials.\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>Eighty percent of each jurisdiction's total population is fully vaccinated, \u003cem>or\u003c/em> eight weeks have passed since the federal emergency authorization of the COVID-19 vaccine for children age 5 to 11.\u003c/li>\n\u003c/ul>\n\u003cp>These \u003ca href=\"https://www.solanocounty.com/depts/ph/coronavirus.asp\">guidelines do not pertain to Solano County\u003c/a>, which is the only Bay Area county that did not issue a mask mandate in early August when the delta variant led to a surge in new coronavirus cases.\u003c/p>\n\u003cul>\n\u003cli>\u003cstrong>\u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11859829/see-how-many-people-got-the-covid-19-vaccine-in-your-county-so-far\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">\u003cem>See a map of vaccination rates by county.\u003c/em>\u003c/a>\u003c/strong>\u003c/li>\n\u003c/ul>\n\u003ch3>\u003ca id=\"requirements\">\u003c/a>Check your county's current rules for masks and facial 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"content": "\u003cp>Recipients of the \u003ca href=\"https://www.cdss.ca.gov/inforesources/calfresh\">CalFresh\u003c/a> food program will see a significant jump in payments starting Friday — just as some of California’s major coronavirus-related benefit programs end.\u003c/p>\n\u003cul>\n\u003cli>\u003cstrong>Jump to: \u003c/strong>\u003ca href=\"#apply\">\u003cstrong>How to apply for CalFresh benefits\u003c/strong>\u003c/a>\u003c/li>\n\u003c/ul>\n\u003cp>CalFresh benefits will go up permanently by about 22% over pre-pandemic levels, the first major increase in nearly 50 years.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>That amounts to \u003ca href=\"https://news.sccgov.org/news-release/calfresh-benefits-increase-first-time-nearly-50-years\">roughly $155 more per month for a family of four with the maximum benefit\u003c/a> — or about $53 more than the benefits offered through temporary pandemic relief, according to a statement from Santa Clara County.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>CalFresh is the state’s version of the federal Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program, or SNAP, which provides food benefits — also known as food stamps — to lower-income families.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In July 2021, more than \u003ca href=\"https://public.tableau.com/app/profile/california.department.of.social.services/viz/CFdashboard-PUBLIC/Home\">2.4 million households, or 4.3 million people, used CalFresh\u003c/a>, the largest food assistance program in the state.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In Santa Clara County alone, more than 62,000 households received CalFresh benefits in July, an increase of more than 20% over pre-pandemic levels, the county reported.[aside postID='news_11888843,news_11889738,science_1976551' label='Find Out About Other Support Programs']“These are members of our community who, before the pandemic, already faced more obstacles than everyone else,” Angela Shing, director of employment and benefits services for the Santa Clara County Social Services Agency, said in a press release.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Children and people 65 and older make up more than half of those receiving assistance in the county, the statement said, noting that groups hardest hit by the pandemic, including Latino, Black, and Vietnamese community members, were also overrepresented in enrollment, according to the statement.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“The more resources we have to make life more equitable for all residents, the more resilient we are as a community,” Shing said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>CalFresh benefits are distributed on electronic benefit transfer cards, which can be used at grocery stores and farmers markets. Beneficiaries can also purchase groceries online for home delivery through major retailers like Amazon, Walmart, and participating grocery chains.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The increase in CalFresh benefits comes just months after the state announced it would \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11881642/california-launches-the-largest-free-school-lunch-program-in-the-country\">offer all 6.2 million public school students the option to eat school breakfasts and lunches for free this year\u003c/a>, regardless of household income.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The Public Policy Institute of California reported Friday that \u003ca href=\"https://www.ppic.org/blog/expansions-to-food-assistance-could-reduce-child-poverty/\">the two expanded benefits together “could lower poverty among school-aged children [in California]\u003c/a> by 1.3 percentage points relative to a pre-pandemic baseline, lifting 90,000 children out of poverty.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>According to the U.S. Department of Agriculture, more than 42 million people rely on SNAP to feed their families. The \u003ca href=\"https://www.fns.usda.gov/cnpp/usda-food-plans-cost-food-reports\">USDA recently reevaluated how it sets SNAP benefits\u003c/a>, increasing allotted payments by over 20% for the first time since the program started in in 1975 — resulting in the Oct. 1 increase.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>That increase starts as other food benefits end, including a temporary 15% boost in SNAP payments that started in January 2021, and expired Thursday. It also comes a month after federal pandemic unemployment assistance dried up, and just a day after \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11889738/covid-rent-relief-what-renters-and-landlords-need-to-know-as-californias-eviction-moratorium-ends\">California’s eviction moratorium\u003c/a> and extended sick leave rules expired.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch3>\u003ca id=\"apply\">\u003c/a>How to get the CalFresh benefits increase\u003c/h3>\n\u003cp>If you’re already a \u003ca href=\"http://calfresh.dss.ca.gov/food/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">CalFresh\u003c/a> recipient, you should already see an increase in your monthly benefits starting Oct. 1. If you’re experiencing problems or have questions about your current CalFresh benefits, the state recommends that you \u003ca href=\"https://www.cdss.ca.gov/Benefits-Services/Cash-Assistance/CalWORKS/County-Offices\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">contact your county’s social services agency\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>New CalFresh applicants can \u003ca href=\"https://www.getcalfresh.org/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">start their application online in English, Spanish or Chinese\u003c/a> using the state’s official site, or by calling (877) 847-3663. You can also apply in person at your county’s designated CalFresh Office.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-11891175\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2021/10/CalFreshApplicationWebsite-1020x679.png\" alt=\"Screenshot of the states' application website for CalFresh benefits.\" width=\"640\" height=\"426\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2021/10/CalFreshApplicationWebsite-1020x679.png 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2021/10/CalFreshApplicationWebsite-800x533.png 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2021/10/CalFreshApplicationWebsite-160x107.png 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2021/10/CalFreshApplicationWebsite.png 1281w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\">\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>New CalFresh applicants must:\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cul>\n\u003cli>Be 18 years or older to apply for themselves or for their household\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>Meet \u003ca href=\"https://www.cdss.ca.gov/inforesources/cdss-programs/calfresh/eligibility-and-issuance-requirements#income\">federal low-income eligibility rules\u003c/a>\u003c/li>\n\u003c/ul>\n\u003cp>Remember, public charge rules\u003ca href=\"https://www.cdss.ca.gov/calfreshoutreach/res/4.%20ImmigrationandPublicCharge.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"> do not apply to programs like CalFresh, WIC (California Special Supplemental Nutrition Program for Women, Infants, and Children) and free or reduced-cost lunch programs\u003c/a>, and any immigration information will remain private. 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Beneficiaries can also purchase groceries online for home delivery through major retailers like Amazon, Walmart, and participating grocery chains.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The increase in CalFresh benefits comes just months after the state announced it would \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11881642/california-launches-the-largest-free-school-lunch-program-in-the-country\">offer all 6.2 million public school students the option to eat school breakfasts and lunches for free this year\u003c/a>, regardless of household income.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The Public Policy Institute of California reported Friday that \u003ca href=\"https://www.ppic.org/blog/expansions-to-food-assistance-could-reduce-child-poverty/\">the two expanded benefits together “could lower poverty among school-aged children [in California]\u003c/a> by 1.3 percentage points relative to a pre-pandemic baseline, lifting 90,000 children out of poverty.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>According to the U.S. Department of Agriculture, more than 42 million people rely on SNAP to feed their families. 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It also comes a month after federal pandemic unemployment assistance dried up, and just a day after \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11889738/covid-rent-relief-what-renters-and-landlords-need-to-know-as-californias-eviction-moratorium-ends\">California’s eviction moratorium\u003c/a> and extended sick leave rules expired.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch3>\u003ca id=\"apply\">\u003c/a>How to get the CalFresh benefits increase\u003c/h3>\n\u003cp>If you’re already a \u003ca href=\"http://calfresh.dss.ca.gov/food/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">CalFresh\u003c/a> recipient, you should already see an increase in your monthly benefits starting Oct. 1. 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You can also apply in person at your county’s designated CalFresh Office.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-11891175\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2021/10/CalFreshApplicationWebsite-1020x679.png\" alt=\"Screenshot of the states' application website for CalFresh benefits.\" width=\"640\" height=\"426\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2021/10/CalFreshApplicationWebsite-1020x679.png 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2021/10/CalFreshApplicationWebsite-800x533.png 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2021/10/CalFreshApplicationWebsite-160x107.png 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2021/10/CalFreshApplicationWebsite.png 1281w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\">\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>New CalFresh applicants must:\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cul>\n\u003cli>Be 18 years or older to apply for themselves or for their household\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>Meet \u003ca href=\"https://www.cdss.ca.gov/inforesources/cdss-programs/calfresh/eligibility-and-issuance-requirements#income\">federal low-income eligibility rules\u003c/a>\u003c/li>\n\u003c/ul>\n\u003cp>Remember, public charge rules\u003ca href=\"https://www.cdss.ca.gov/calfreshoutreach/res/4.%20ImmigrationandPublicCharge.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"> do not apply to programs like CalFresh, WIC (California Special Supplemental Nutrition Program for Women, Infants, and Children) and free or reduced-cost lunch programs\u003c/a>, and any immigration information will remain private. 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"content": "\u003cp>Tomorrow (Tuesday) is the \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/recall\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">last day to vote in California’s recall election\u003c/a>, and heading into the final stretch, campaigns on both sides are trying hard to sway Latinos, who make up a sizable chunk of the electorate.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Latinos represent 35% of California’s adult population, but account for only 21% of those most likely to vote — nearly 60% of whom are registered Democrats — according to the \u003ca href=\"https://www.ppic.org/wp-content/uploads/JTF_RaceandVotingJTF.pdf\">Public Policy Institute of California\u003c/a>. California’s Latino voters have also helped hand Democrats a complete lock on the Legislature.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“No politician can take Latino votes and our community for granted,” Olga Miranda, president of SEIU Local 87, said at a recent phone- banking event to persuade voters to reject the recall of Gov. Gavin Newsom.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[aside postID='news_11884716,news_11885191' hero='https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2021/08/Newsom-Picture.jpg']\u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11843511/more-important-than-ever-the-race-to-boost-californias-latino-vote\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">In addition to phone banks, rallies and grassroots-level organizing\u003c/a>, both sides of the recall contest have in recent weeks pumped the airwaves — and social media platforms — with Spanish-language television and radio ads to garner crucial Latino votes.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"https://socialinnovation.usc.edu/staff/manuel-pastor/#:~:text=Manuel%20Pastor%20is%20a%20Distinguished,D.\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Manuel Pastor\u003c/a>, director of the Equity Research Institute at the University of Southern California, said this recall election shows how campaign messaging to Latino voters has evolved from the days when candidates would just say a few words in Spanish.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I think you’re starting to see some level of sophistication, which is not so much around what kind of Spanish you speak as it is around what kind of issues you address and whether or not they actually hit people where they live,” he said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Hector Barajas, a Republican political consultant working on the effort to remove Newsom, said people of color, and Latinos in particular, have borne the brunt of the pandemic, both financially and physically. The pro-recall campaign leans into that frustration, betting that families who’ve been pushed to the margins will vote to remove Newsom.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>For example, a \u003ca href=\"https://rescuecalifornia.org/rescue-california-launches-statewide-spanish-language-radio-ad-to-recall-gavin-newsom/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Spanish-language radio ad from the conservative group Rescue California\u003c/a> directly blames Newsom for the hardship that many working families in the state have experienced, emphasizing the high cost of living and the negative impact that online learning has had on children.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Meanwhile, opponents of the recall — who are labeling the effort a “\u003ca href=\"https://stoptherepublicanrecall.com/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Republican power grab\u003c/a>” — have tried to cast a light on the anti-immigrant stances of some key players behind the campaign, in a defensive effort to scare and mobilize Spanish-speaking Latino voters.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But are either of these strategies actually effective in engaging the Latino electorate? Earlier this month, KQED sat down with two families — one from the East Bay and one from the Central Valley, representing different political and regional perspectives — to hear their thoughts on how to successfully earn their votes.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>KQED’s María Peña and Lina Blanco facilitated two intimate focus groups with the families to record their responses to nine Spanish-language political ads from both sides of the recall effort, as well as spots from two recall candidates: Kevin Faulconer and Larry Elder.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch3>Turning our mics to families\u003c/h3>\n\u003cp>In our first focus group, we spoke with three members of the Díaz family, representing two generations: Itzel, who considers herself independent or nonpartisan, and her parents María de Jesus and Porfirio, who are both registered Democrats. All three were born in Jalisco, Mexico, and voted in the U.S. for the first time in the 2020 presidential election. They all speak Spanish as their first language and call Oakland home.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11888163\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 1920px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-11888163 size-full\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2021/09/RS51425_017_Oakland_ItzelDiazandFamily_09092021-qut.jpg\" alt=\"A smiling family poses at a dining room table, the parents seated side by side and the adult daughter leaning on her father's shoulder.\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1280\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2021/09/RS51425_017_Oakland_ItzelDiazandFamily_09092021-qut.jpg 1920w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2021/09/RS51425_017_Oakland_ItzelDiazandFamily_09092021-qut-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2021/09/RS51425_017_Oakland_ItzelDiazandFamily_09092021-qut-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2021/09/RS51425_017_Oakland_ItzelDiazandFamily_09092021-qut-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2021/09/RS51425_017_Oakland_ItzelDiazandFamily_09092021-qut-1536x1024.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1920px) 100vw, 1920px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Itzel Diaz and her parents, Maria and Porfirio Diaz, in their Oakland home on Sept. 9, 2021, after dropping off their ballots for California’s gubernatorial recall election. \u003ccite>(Beth LaBerge/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>The second focus group included three members of the Avila family, who also represent two generations: Debbie and her brother Obed, as well as their mother Adela. All three are registered Republicans, self-identify as Mexican American, and speak Spanish fluently. Debbie and Adela live in Modesto and Obed lives in Merced.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11888230\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 640px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-11888230 size-large\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2021/09/DebbieAdelaAvila-1020x574.jpg\" alt=\"Side-by-side photos of an adult daughter and her mother, both smiling.\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2021/09/DebbieAdelaAvila-1020x574.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2021/09/DebbieAdelaAvila-800x450.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2021/09/DebbieAdelaAvila-160x90.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2021/09/DebbieAdelaAvila-1536x864.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2021/09/DebbieAdelaAvila.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Debbie and Adela Avila in Modesto on Sept. 12, 2021. \u003ccite>(Courtesy of the Avila family)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>In both bilingual conversations, we asked participants the same questions:\u003c/p>\n\u003cul>\n\u003cli>“How do each of these ads make you feel?”\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>“What stood out to you while watching them?”\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>“On a scale of 1 to 5, how likely are you to vote YES or NO on the recall after watching each one?”\u003c/li>\n\u003c/ul>\n\u003cp>KQED then opened the floor for participants to suggest strategies politicians should consider implementing in future elections to better reach and engage Latino voters.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch3>A range of reactions\u003c/h3>\n\u003cp>Itzel, the independent voter from Oakland, said she was initially struck by Kevin Faulconer’s fluency in Spanish. She had grown used to seeing political ads where a politician would speak just a phrase of Spanish here or there and consider it enough to win her vote. Yet, she was most taken by how staged she thought the casting seemed, and \u003ca href=\"https://youtu.be/5g-OgDeAGao\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">the general lack of Latino representation on-screen\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I felt it was like a series of checkboxes. It’s the way they think what Hispanics look like. I didn’t see a representation of Afro-Latinos or queer Latinos,” she said of the Faulconer ad. “It’s very obvious who they think are not going to vote for them.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Her father, Porfirio, agreed, saying Faulconer’s ad tailored its message toward well-to-do Latinos. Like Itzel, he believes this reveals how little most politicians and strategists seem to know about California’s incredibly diverse Latino population, and how many political ads seem designed to only reach\u003cb> \u003c/b>a selective few.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>After viewing Spanish-language ads for Elder — \u003ca href=\"https://www.electelder.com/news/larry-elder-campaign-releases-spanish-ads/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">one of the candidate speaking from his office\u003c/a> and another \u003ca href=\"https://www.sacbee.com/opinion/article253950243.html\">voiced by former Democratic state Senate Majority Leader Gloria Romero\u003c/a>, who recently endorsed him — Itzel called them “horrible,” both in content and delivery. She noted that Elder’s accent felt very forced.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch3>‘Lack of imagination’\u003c/h3>\n\u003cp>But what frustrated Itzel most was that both ads emphasized school closures during the pandemic and the negative impact it has had on youth.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“The schools did not close. The classes continued online and the children continued learning,” she said. “They do not mention the effort, the operation and the infrastructure that it took [to get] digital access to a lot of those children that never had it before,” she said.[pullquote size='medium' align='right' citation='Itzel Díaz, independent voter in Oakland']‘I feel offended in that sense that I mean really, they think that with pure fear they are going to convince us? What a lack of imagination.’[/pullquote]But Itzel also said she felt offended by the three anti-recall spots paid for by Gov. Gavin Newsom’s campaign — including one that claimed Republicans backing the recall were the same anti-immigrant politicians who support \u003ca href=\"https://youtu.be/21lxnsuj1Sg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">embedding microchips into immigrants\u003c/a>. Trying to reach Latinos with fear-based messaging, she said, may have worked 20 or 30 years ago, but not today.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“They are ignoring the fact that there are a lot of very well-educated people in the community. That is, people are very well-informed right now,” she said. “I feel offended in that sense that I mean really, they think that with pure fear they are going to convince us? What a lack of imagination.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Instead, she believes the anti-recall effort should have focused more on the legislative victories of recent years. This year alone, California lawmakers \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11879724/so-thankful-california-to-offer-medi-cal-to-235000-undocumented-californians\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">expanded Medi-Cal eligibility \u003c/a>to lower-income adults 50 and older, regardless of immigration status, and provided an \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11862122/how-to-get-your-california-stimulus-check-and-other-tax-credits-youre-entitled-to\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">additional $600 to undocumented taxpayers who earn less than $75,000\u003c/a> and were ineligible for federal stimulus payments.\u003cstrong> \u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Something that disappoints me, frustrates me is that they are focusing 100% on fear [and] on the trauma that people already have,” Itzel said, calling that strategy completely unnecessary. “[Newsom] has done so many things to support the Latino community. I feel he missed an opportunity.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Porfirio agreed with his daughter’s criticism. He wished the campaign would stop spending so much money on resources to produce fear-based ads and instead emphasize specific ways in which Newsom’s administration has supported the Latino community.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“They are very rushed, they look as if they waited too long to prepare for this election,” he said of the Newsom campaign’s ad strategy, which he claims has had no impact on him. “Sadly, it’s the approach they take in every election, right? To scare people with negativity and leave aside the positive contribution. It’s as if they keep betting on that, as if they believe it has more impact.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Meanwhile, Obed Avila, from Merced, a Republican and former Marine, said he wasn’t swayed by an \u003ca href=\"https://youtu.be/j8zSmXltm18\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">anti-recall ad paid for by the California Latino PAC\u003c/a>, linking recall proponents to supporters of Proposition 187, the 1994 ballot measure that targeted the state’s undocumented immigrants.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“A lot of the stuff is a little bit one-sided,” he said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But his sister, Debbie, also a Republican, disagrees. She said the anti-recall ad brought her back to that infamous ballot measure from nearly 30 years ago.[aside postID='news_11857451' hero='https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2021/01/022_KQED_SanFrancisco_PollingPlaces_11032020-1020x680.jpg']“I remember the feeling of being treated like a second-class citizen,” she said, through tears. “I have a lot of pride in my family. Of my dad and the hard labor that he’s done in the field, and even my mom who’s sitting next to me, and the work of ‘mi gente.'”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Even though Debbie personally dislikes Newsom, she plans to vote against the recall because she refuses to align herself with candidates who backed the Trump administration. She said she also supported Newsom’s mandate to shut down the state during the pandemic.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I think that shutting down the state was a difficult decision, but I feel that it needed to be done,” she said. She believes the move helped save lives and curb the spread of COVID-19 in her community, even though she knows many people are still suffering from the pandemic’s economic impact.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>And while Debbie’s no vote on the recall may seem like an unexpected one for a registered Republican, she said she was also swayed by her support for recent Democratic state legislation helping undocumented seniors.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I don’t see a Republican candidate who would have fought for our undocumented seniors [who’ve] worked in the fields their entire lives, and many of them still are working in the fields today,” she said.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch3>‘Yo voto con mi fe’\u003c/h3>\n\u003cp>Adela — Debbie and Obed’s mother — who worked as a farm laborer and a teacher for decades, said her spiritual views are the most important factor when deciding whom to vote for. “Yo voto con mi fe [faith],” she said. “I don’t look at what other people are doing. I vote if they tell me what their plans are and if I agree with their plans, I’ll vote for them. If not, I won’t.”[pullquote size='medium' align='right' citation='Debbie Avila, registered Republican in Modesto']‘I have a lot of pride in my family — of my dad and the hard labor that he’s done in the field, and even my mom who’s sitting next to me, and the work of ‘mi gente.”[/pullquote]Both Adela and Obed said they were frustrated that both Faulconer and Elder shared so little information about themselves or their plans for how to implement change as governor.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“They can make promises, but show me how you’re going to fix it, what your plan is,” Obed said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>As a general contractor, Obed has worked on several affordable housing projects for unhoused communities in the Central Valley, but is frustrated by what he sees as money wasted. “I’ve seen millions and billions of dollars being wasted just for a temporary Band-Aid. I want to see how they’re going to do these solutions to win my vote.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>And though Obed said he likes Larry Elder the most out of all the candidates, \u003ca href=\"https://www.electelder.com/news/larry-elder-campaign-releases-spanish-ads/\">he didn’t find his Spanish ad effective at all\u003c/a>. His sister Debbie agreed.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Instead of 30 seconds and spending, you know, the thousands and probably millions of dollars he’s using to put this on the air on radio ads or TV ads, I wish he would have used that to tell me who [Elder] is as a candidate, and what his plan is for the state,” she said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11888164\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 1920px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-11888164 size-full\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2021/09/RS51410_001_Oakland_ItzelDiazandFamily_09092021-qut.jpg\" alt=\"A man fills out his ballot at a dining room table, with his wife in the background in another room.\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1280\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2021/09/RS51410_001_Oakland_ItzelDiazandFamily_09092021-qut.jpg 1920w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2021/09/RS51410_001_Oakland_ItzelDiazandFamily_09092021-qut-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2021/09/RS51410_001_Oakland_ItzelDiazandFamily_09092021-qut-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2021/09/RS51410_001_Oakland_ItzelDiazandFamily_09092021-qut-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2021/09/RS51410_001_Oakland_ItzelDiazandFamily_09092021-qut-1536x1024.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1920px) 100vw, 1920px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Porfirio Diaz fills out his mail-in ballot for California’s gubernatorial recall election at his home in Oakland on Sept. 9, 2021. \u003ccite>(Beth LaBerge/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003ch3>Missed opportunities and the road ahead\u003c/h3>\n\u003cp>So how should politicians transform their campaign strategies to more meaningfully connect with Latino voters?\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Nearly every participant agreed that while it was encouraging to see candidates attempt to speak Spanish or run ads in Spanish, the ads they watched had no impact on who they would decide to vote for, nor did the messages apply to their everyday lives. Simply seeing ads in Spanish wasn’t enough for them to not feel like an afterthought in a last-minute campaign effort, they said. Instead, they wanted to see the candidates address issues that really affected their day-to-day lives.[aside postID='news_11886210' hero='https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2021/08/RS51191_IMG_3342-qut-1020x765.jpg']The Díaz and Avila families made it clear they are both deeply committed to their community’s well-being. Debbie and Adela, from Modesto, want to see politicians coming to communities in the Central Valley, introducing themselves to residents and learning about their biggest concerns.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>And, both families said, politicians need to continue that relationship-building process with Latino communities year-round — not just at election time.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“They need to invite us to the table, and many times they don’t invite us to the table,” Debbie said. “I would love it if they had an advisory committee that had people from all walks of life. It would be nice to even see undocumented folks and see teenagers. There’s a lot of wisdom to what they have to say.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Porfirio, in Oakland, also stressed that in addition to politicians reaching out to people in his community, Latino voters must also exercise their right to vote and hold legislators accountable for addressing their needs.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“In Mexico … I never missed an election. I always believe that this is one of the most important civil rights. Not only should we demand it, but we should also defend it,” he said. “We have not valued the importance that we have, or we have not believed it. We have not demanded it.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Hear more of our conversation with the Díaz and Avila families on KQED’s \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/podcasts/thebay\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">\u003cem>The Bay\u003c/em>\u003c/a> podcast below.\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c!-- iframe plugin v.4.3 wordpress.org/plugins/iframe/ -->\u003cbr>\n\u003ciframe loading=\"lazy\" frameborder=\"0\" height=\"200\" scrolling=\"no\" src=\"https://playlist.megaphone.fm?e=KQINC7373530706&light=true\" width=\"100%\" class=\"iframe-class\">\u003c/iframe>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad floatright]\u003c/p>\n",
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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003cp>Tomorrow (Tuesday) is the \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/recall\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">last day to vote in California’s recall election\u003c/a>, and heading into the final stretch, campaigns on both sides are trying hard to sway Latinos, who make up a sizable chunk of the electorate.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Latinos represent 35% of California’s adult population, but account for only 21% of those most likely to vote — nearly 60% of whom are registered Democrats — according to the \u003ca href=\"https://www.ppic.org/wp-content/uploads/JTF_RaceandVotingJTF.pdf\">Public Policy Institute of California\u003c/a>. California’s Latino voters have also helped hand Democrats a complete lock on the Legislature.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“No politician can take Latino votes and our community for granted,” Olga Miranda, president of SEIU Local 87, said at a recent phone- banking event to persuade voters to reject the recall of Gov. Gavin Newsom.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003c/div>",
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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11843511/more-important-than-ever-the-race-to-boost-californias-latino-vote\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">In addition to phone banks, rallies and grassroots-level organizing\u003c/a>, both sides of the recall contest have in recent weeks pumped the airwaves — and social media platforms — with Spanish-language television and radio ads to garner crucial Latino votes.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"https://socialinnovation.usc.edu/staff/manuel-pastor/#:~:text=Manuel%20Pastor%20is%20a%20Distinguished,D.\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Manuel Pastor\u003c/a>, director of the Equity Research Institute at the University of Southern California, said this recall election shows how campaign messaging to Latino voters has evolved from the days when candidates would just say a few words in Spanish.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I think you’re starting to see some level of sophistication, which is not so much around what kind of Spanish you speak as it is around what kind of issues you address and whether or not they actually hit people where they live,” he said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Hector Barajas, a Republican political consultant working on the effort to remove Newsom, said people of color, and Latinos in particular, have borne the brunt of the pandemic, both financially and physically. The pro-recall campaign leans into that frustration, betting that families who’ve been pushed to the margins will vote to remove Newsom.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>For example, a \u003ca href=\"https://rescuecalifornia.org/rescue-california-launches-statewide-spanish-language-radio-ad-to-recall-gavin-newsom/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Spanish-language radio ad from the conservative group Rescue California\u003c/a> directly blames Newsom for the hardship that many working families in the state have experienced, emphasizing the high cost of living and the negative impact that online learning has had on children.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Meanwhile, opponents of the recall — who are labeling the effort a “\u003ca href=\"https://stoptherepublicanrecall.com/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Republican power grab\u003c/a>” — have tried to cast a light on the anti-immigrant stances of some key players behind the campaign, in a defensive effort to scare and mobilize Spanish-speaking Latino voters.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But are either of these strategies actually effective in engaging the Latino electorate? Earlier this month, KQED sat down with two families — one from the East Bay and one from the Central Valley, representing different political and regional perspectives — to hear their thoughts on how to successfully earn their votes.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>KQED’s María Peña and Lina Blanco facilitated two intimate focus groups with the families to record their responses to nine Spanish-language political ads from both sides of the recall effort, as well as spots from two recall candidates: Kevin Faulconer and Larry Elder.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch3>Turning our mics to families\u003c/h3>\n\u003cp>In our first focus group, we spoke with three members of the Díaz family, representing two generations: Itzel, who considers herself independent or nonpartisan, and her parents María de Jesus and Porfirio, who are both registered Democrats. All three were born in Jalisco, Mexico, and voted in the U.S. for the first time in the 2020 presidential election. They all speak Spanish as their first language and call Oakland home.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11888163\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 1920px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-11888163 size-full\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2021/09/RS51425_017_Oakland_ItzelDiazandFamily_09092021-qut.jpg\" alt=\"A smiling family poses at a dining room table, the parents seated side by side and the adult daughter leaning on her father's shoulder.\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1280\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2021/09/RS51425_017_Oakland_ItzelDiazandFamily_09092021-qut.jpg 1920w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2021/09/RS51425_017_Oakland_ItzelDiazandFamily_09092021-qut-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2021/09/RS51425_017_Oakland_ItzelDiazandFamily_09092021-qut-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2021/09/RS51425_017_Oakland_ItzelDiazandFamily_09092021-qut-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2021/09/RS51425_017_Oakland_ItzelDiazandFamily_09092021-qut-1536x1024.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1920px) 100vw, 1920px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Itzel Diaz and her parents, Maria and Porfirio Diaz, in their Oakland home on Sept. 9, 2021, after dropping off their ballots for California’s gubernatorial recall election. \u003ccite>(Beth LaBerge/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>The second focus group included three members of the Avila family, who also represent two generations: Debbie and her brother Obed, as well as their mother Adela. All three are registered Republicans, self-identify as Mexican American, and speak Spanish fluently. Debbie and Adela live in Modesto and Obed lives in Merced.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11888230\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 640px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-11888230 size-large\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2021/09/DebbieAdelaAvila-1020x574.jpg\" alt=\"Side-by-side photos of an adult daughter and her mother, both smiling.\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2021/09/DebbieAdelaAvila-1020x574.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2021/09/DebbieAdelaAvila-800x450.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2021/09/DebbieAdelaAvila-160x90.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2021/09/DebbieAdelaAvila-1536x864.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2021/09/DebbieAdelaAvila.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Debbie and Adela Avila in Modesto on Sept. 12, 2021. \u003ccite>(Courtesy of the Avila family)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>In both bilingual conversations, we asked participants the same questions:\u003c/p>\n\u003cul>\n\u003cli>“How do each of these ads make you feel?”\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>“What stood out to you while watching them?”\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>“On a scale of 1 to 5, how likely are you to vote YES or NO on the recall after watching each one?”\u003c/li>\n\u003c/ul>\n\u003cp>KQED then opened the floor for participants to suggest strategies politicians should consider implementing in future elections to better reach and engage Latino voters.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch3>A range of reactions\u003c/h3>\n\u003cp>Itzel, the independent voter from Oakland, said she was initially struck by Kevin Faulconer’s fluency in Spanish. She had grown used to seeing political ads where a politician would speak just a phrase of Spanish here or there and consider it enough to win her vote. Yet, she was most taken by how staged she thought the casting seemed, and \u003ca href=\"https://youtu.be/5g-OgDeAGao\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">the general lack of Latino representation on-screen\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I felt it was like a series of checkboxes. It’s the way they think what Hispanics look like. I didn’t see a representation of Afro-Latinos or queer Latinos,” she said of the Faulconer ad. “It’s very obvious who they think are not going to vote for them.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Her father, Porfirio, agreed, saying Faulconer’s ad tailored its message toward well-to-do Latinos. Like Itzel, he believes this reveals how little most politicians and strategists seem to know about California’s incredibly diverse Latino population, and how many political ads seem designed to only reach\u003cb> \u003c/b>a selective few.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>After viewing Spanish-language ads for Elder — \u003ca href=\"https://www.electelder.com/news/larry-elder-campaign-releases-spanish-ads/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">one of the candidate speaking from his office\u003c/a> and another \u003ca href=\"https://www.sacbee.com/opinion/article253950243.html\">voiced by former Democratic state Senate Majority Leader Gloria Romero\u003c/a>, who recently endorsed him — Itzel called them “horrible,” both in content and delivery. She noted that Elder’s accent felt very forced.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch3>‘Lack of imagination’\u003c/h3>\n\u003cp>But what frustrated Itzel most was that both ads emphasized school closures during the pandemic and the negative impact it has had on youth.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“The schools did not close. The classes continued online and the children continued learning,” she said. “They do not mention the effort, the operation and the infrastructure that it took [to get] digital access to a lot of those children that never had it before,” she said.\u003c/p>\u003c/div>",
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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>But Itzel also said she felt offended by the three anti-recall spots paid for by Gov. Gavin Newsom’s campaign — including one that claimed Republicans backing the recall were the same anti-immigrant politicians who support \u003ca href=\"https://youtu.be/21lxnsuj1Sg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">embedding microchips into immigrants\u003c/a>. Trying to reach Latinos with fear-based messaging, she said, may have worked 20 or 30 years ago, but not today.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“They are ignoring the fact that there are a lot of very well-educated people in the community. That is, people are very well-informed right now,” she said. “I feel offended in that sense that I mean really, they think that with pure fear they are going to convince us? What a lack of imagination.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Instead, she believes the anti-recall effort should have focused more on the legislative victories of recent years. This year alone, California lawmakers \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11879724/so-thankful-california-to-offer-medi-cal-to-235000-undocumented-californians\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">expanded Medi-Cal eligibility \u003c/a>to lower-income adults 50 and older, regardless of immigration status, and provided an \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11862122/how-to-get-your-california-stimulus-check-and-other-tax-credits-youre-entitled-to\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">additional $600 to undocumented taxpayers who earn less than $75,000\u003c/a> and were ineligible for federal stimulus payments.\u003cstrong> \u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Something that disappoints me, frustrates me is that they are focusing 100% on fear [and] on the trauma that people already have,” Itzel said, calling that strategy completely unnecessary. “[Newsom] has done so many things to support the Latino community. I feel he missed an opportunity.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Porfirio agreed with his daughter’s criticism. He wished the campaign would stop spending so much money on resources to produce fear-based ads and instead emphasize specific ways in which Newsom’s administration has supported the Latino community.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“They are very rushed, they look as if they waited too long to prepare for this election,” he said of the Newsom campaign’s ad strategy, which he claims has had no impact on him. “Sadly, it’s the approach they take in every election, right? To scare people with negativity and leave aside the positive contribution. It’s as if they keep betting on that, as if they believe it has more impact.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Meanwhile, Obed Avila, from Merced, a Republican and former Marine, said he wasn’t swayed by an \u003ca href=\"https://youtu.be/j8zSmXltm18\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">anti-recall ad paid for by the California Latino PAC\u003c/a>, linking recall proponents to supporters of Proposition 187, the 1994 ballot measure that targeted the state’s undocumented immigrants.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“A lot of the stuff is a little bit one-sided,” he said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But his sister, Debbie, also a Republican, disagrees. She said the anti-recall ad brought her back to that infamous ballot measure from nearly 30 years ago.\u003c/p>\u003c/div>",
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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>Both Adela and Obed said they were frustrated that both Faulconer and Elder shared so little information about themselves or their plans for how to implement change as governor.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“They can make promises, but show me how you’re going to fix it, what your plan is,” Obed said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>As a general contractor, Obed has worked on several affordable housing projects for unhoused communities in the Central Valley, but is frustrated by what he sees as money wasted. “I’ve seen millions and billions of dollars being wasted just for a temporary Band-Aid. I want to see how they’re going to do these solutions to win my vote.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>And though Obed said he likes Larry Elder the most out of all the candidates, \u003ca href=\"https://www.electelder.com/news/larry-elder-campaign-releases-spanish-ads/\">he didn’t find his Spanish ad effective at all\u003c/a>. His sister Debbie agreed.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Instead of 30 seconds and spending, you know, the thousands and probably millions of dollars he’s using to put this on the air on radio ads or TV ads, I wish he would have used that to tell me who [Elder] is as a candidate, and what his plan is for the state,” she said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11888164\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 1920px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-11888164 size-full\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2021/09/RS51410_001_Oakland_ItzelDiazandFamily_09092021-qut.jpg\" alt=\"A man fills out his ballot at a dining room table, with his wife in the background in another room.\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1280\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2021/09/RS51410_001_Oakland_ItzelDiazandFamily_09092021-qut.jpg 1920w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2021/09/RS51410_001_Oakland_ItzelDiazandFamily_09092021-qut-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2021/09/RS51410_001_Oakland_ItzelDiazandFamily_09092021-qut-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2021/09/RS51410_001_Oakland_ItzelDiazandFamily_09092021-qut-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2021/09/RS51410_001_Oakland_ItzelDiazandFamily_09092021-qut-1536x1024.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1920px) 100vw, 1920px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Porfirio Diaz fills out his mail-in ballot for California’s gubernatorial recall election at his home in Oakland on Sept. 9, 2021. \u003ccite>(Beth LaBerge/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003ch3>Missed opportunities and the road ahead\u003c/h3>\n\u003cp>So how should politicians transform their campaign strategies to more meaningfully connect with Latino voters?\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Nearly every participant agreed that while it was encouraging to see candidates attempt to speak Spanish or run ads in Spanish, the ads they watched had no impact on who they would decide to vote for, nor did the messages apply to their everyday lives. Simply seeing ads in Spanish wasn’t enough for them to not feel like an afterthought in a last-minute campaign effort, they said. Instead, they wanted to see the candidates address issues that really affected their day-to-day lives.\u003c/p>\u003c/div>",
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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>The Díaz and Avila families made it clear they are both deeply committed to their community’s well-being. Debbie and Adela, from Modesto, want to see politicians coming to communities in the Central Valley, introducing themselves to residents and learning about their biggest concerns.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>And, both families said, politicians need to continue that relationship-building process with Latino communities year-round — not just at election time.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“They need to invite us to the table, and many times they don’t invite us to the table,” Debbie said. “I would love it if they had an advisory committee that had people from all walks of life. It would be nice to even see undocumented folks and see teenagers. There’s a lot of wisdom to what they have to say.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Porfirio, in Oakland, also stressed that in addition to politicians reaching out to people in his community, Latino voters must also exercise their right to vote and hold legislators accountable for addressing their needs.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“In Mexico … I never missed an election. I always believe that this is one of the most important civil rights. Not only should we demand it, but we should also defend it,” he said. “We have not valued the importance that we have, or we have not believed it. We have not demanded it.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Hear more of our conversation with the Díaz and Avila families on KQED’s \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/podcasts/thebay\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">\u003cem>The Bay\u003c/em>\u003c/a> podcast below.\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c!-- iframe plugin v.4.3 wordpress.org/plugins/iframe/ -->\u003cbr>\n\u003ciframe loading=\"lazy\" frameborder=\"0\" height=\"200\" scrolling=\"no\" src=\"https://playlist.megaphone.fm?e=KQINC7373530706&light=true\" width=\"100%\" class=\"iframe-class\">\u003c/iframe>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003c/div>",
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"content": "\u003cp>Devastating. Catastrophic. Deadly.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>These words are often used to describe wildfires in our state. As we’ve seen in the last five years, wildfires and the toxic smoke that comes with them have impacted all Californians.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Whether it’s \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11834305/masks-for-smoke-and-covid-19-what-kind-is-best\">grabbing an N95 mask on smoky days\u003c/a>, \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11833686/what-to-pack-in-your-emergency-bag-with-covid-19-in-mind\">preparing an emergency go bag\u003c/a>, or \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11834901/fire-evacuation-what-actually-happens-and-how-can-you-plan\">evacuating your home\u003c/a> as a fire encroaches upon your town, communities across the state are now dealing with more aggressive fire seasons. But if fire — and all that comes in its wake — is an inevitable aspect of life here, how do we live \u003cem>with\u003c/em> it? And could we change our relationship to fire?\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/author/dventon\">KQED Science’s Danielle Venton\u003c/a> has reported on fire and our changing climate for six years. She’s witnessed firsthand how we’ve come to think and talk about the role major fire phenomena have on our lives. Shifting our conversations, and even the metrics for measuring a fire’s impact, could help us craft multipronged solutions. \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11885698/how-to-think-about-fire-in-a-different-way\">She spoke with Devin Katayama of The Bay\u003c/a> to discuss why the dominant fire narrative must change.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c!-- iframe plugin v.4.3 wordpress.org/plugins/iframe/ -->\u003cbr>\n\u003ciframe loading=\"lazy\" frameborder=\"0\" height=\"200\" scrolling=\"no\" src=\"https://playlist.megaphone.fm?e=KQINC3762305706&light=true\" width=\"100%\" class=\"iframe-class\">\u003c/iframe>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cem>\u003ca href=\"https://bit.ly/3AZNKFy\">Read the episode transcript.\u003c/a>\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003ch3>Why are California’s wildfires so destructive now?\u003c/h3>\n\u003cp>[aside label ='Prepare for a Possible Evacuation' tag='prepare-evacuation']In 2021, \u003ca href=\"https://www.facebook.com/CALFIRE/posts/10159468556157390\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">fires \u003c/a>\u003ca href=\"https://www.facebook.com/CALFIRE/posts/10159468556157390\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">already\u003c/a>\u003ca href=\"https://www.facebook.com/CALFIRE/posts/10159468556157390\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"> have burned through more acres than during last year’s record-breaking season\u003c/a> compared to this time last year.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“For the first maybe two or three years, it kind of felt like a fluke,” Venton said. “[Now] it feels inevitable.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>A century of fire suppression, \u003ca href=\"https://www.capradio.org/articles/2020/09/16/the-racist-removal-of-native-americans-in-california-is-often-missing-from-wildfire-discussions-experts-say/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">the forced removal of California’s Indigenous people\u003c/a> from their land, and \u003ca href=\"https://www.summitdaily.com/news/playing-with-fire-how-a-history-of-mining-suppression-and-climate-change-has-fueled-a-new-generation-of-wildfires/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">extractive industries\u003c/a> combined with \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/science/1962273/megadrought-conditions-not-seen-for-400-years-have-returned-to-the-west-scientists-say\">climate change-fueled megadroughts\u003c/a> have produced a uniquely combustible scenario that makes fires in the West more unpredictable than in previous decades.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“We need to do some big rethinking about the state’s relationship with fires,” Venton said. “We might talk about being at war with fire, or we saw big dramatic headlines like ‘The West Is Burning,’ and that really indicates to me that we haven’t gotten over the idea that all fire is bad and that Western forests are not supposed to burn.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>As fires have grown more destructive, engulfing entire towns and \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11873396/i-cant-abandon-this-community-months-after-czu-fires-survivors-struggle-to-rebuild\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">displacing thousands of Californians\u003c/a>, scientists and ecologists are placing renewed attention on \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/science/1973196/the-karuk-used-fire-to-manage-the-forest-for-centuries-now-they-want-to-do-that-again\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">prescribed burns, a centuries-old practice\u003c/a> that Indigenous tribes like the Klamath’s Karuk used for stewarding their land. The practice involves setting controlled fires, or “good fire,” to burn through dry debris in the understory of forests, which, if left dry and unmanaged, becomes the perfect fuel for a blaze.\u003c/p>\n\u003cblockquote class=\"tiktok-embed\" style=\"max-width: 605px;min-width: 325px\" cite=\"https://www.tiktok.com/@kqedofficial/video/6997511512524901638\" data-video-id=\"6997511512524901638\">\n\u003csection>\u003ca title=\"@kqedofficial\" href=\"https://www.tiktok.com/@kqedofficial\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">@kqedofficial\u003c/a>We break down how CA’s fire season got so bad. \u003ca title=\"california\" href=\"https://www.tiktok.com/tag/california\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">##california\u003c/a> \u003ca title=\"californiafire\" href=\"https://www.tiktok.com/tag/californiafire\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">##californiafire\u003c/a> \u003ca title=\"wildfire2021\" href=\"https://www.tiktok.com/tag/wildfire2021\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">##wildfire2021\u003c/a> \u003ca title=\"dixiefire\" href=\"https://www.tiktok.com/tag/dixiefire\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">##dixiefire\u003c/a> \u003ca title=\"climatechange\" href=\"https://www.tiktok.com/tag/climatechange\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">##climatechange\u003c/a> \u003ca title=\"droughtlife\" href=\"https://www.tiktok.com/tag/droughtlife\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">##droughtlife\u003c/a> \u003ca title=\"localnews\" href=\"https://www.tiktok.com/tag/localnews\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">##localnews\u003c/a> \u003ca title=\"firetok\" href=\"https://www.tiktok.com/tag/firetok\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">##firetok\u003c/a>\u003ca title=\"♬ original sound - kqed\" href=\"https://www.tiktok.com/music/original-sound-6997511357541190406\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">♬ original sound – kqed\u003c/a>\u003c/section>\n\u003c/blockquote>\n\u003cp>[tiktok]\u003c/p>\n\u003ch3>How do you measure the impact of fire?\u003c/h3>\n\u003cp>Not all fires are bad. But fire coverage and reporting often frame an incident as a disaster that must be contained, redirected or stopped. Californians are often used to understanding the magnitude of a developing disaster by dividing the incident into digestible pieces, like how many acres it’s burned, or how contained it is.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But Venton says that fire’s impact can’t just be measured by acres and area contained. “If the fire is burning in a healthy way, in a place where it’s doing ecological good, a fire could be 15% contained. And that doesn’t tell you that it’s catastrophic necessarily,” she said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Instead, she argues that we should reassess and reprioritize metrics for measuring a fire’s impact. “How many people are being evacuated? Is it threatening towns?” she said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Is it burning in a way that is out of control and … how many firefighters are involved in the firefight? When did they last have a break?”\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11887361\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"max-width: 1920px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-11887361 size-full\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2021/09/071_CaldorFire_08312021.jpg\" alt=\"Ash remains of a structure and a stone fireplace surrounded by dozens of charred trees.\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1280\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2021/09/071_CaldorFire_08312021.jpg 1920w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2021/09/071_CaldorFire_08312021-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2021/09/071_CaldorFire_08312021-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2021/09/071_CaldorFire_08312021-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2021/09/071_CaldorFire_08312021-1536x1024.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1920px) 100vw, 1920px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">A burned structure off Highway 50 near Phillips, California, on Tuesday, Aug. 31, 2021, after the Caldor Fire spread through the area that Monday evening. Until recently, federal firefighters — also known as “forestry technicians” — were paid about $13 an hour. A new plan under President Biden would increase that amount to $15 an hour. \u003ccite>(Beth LaBerge/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003ch3>Who really fights fires?\u003c/h3>\n\u003cp>Calling people heroes is not productive, Venton said. Instead, she urges us to think about who is doing this work and how they’re compensated.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Until recently, federal firefighters — also known as “forestry technicians” — were paid about $13 an hour. \u003ca href=\"https://www.pbs.org/newshour/politics/watch-live-biden-expected-to-announce-pay-raises-for-federal-firefighters\">A new plan under President Biden would increase that amount to $15 an hour\u003c/a>, but “most of the livable wage comes from overtime, meaning that people rely on it, meaning that they feel like it’s never OK to say no to an assignment,” she said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But that doesn’t include the work of incarcerated firefighters who fight California’s blazes. \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11846622/whats-next-for-incarcerated-firefighters-in-california\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Incarcerated firefighters are paid $2 to $5 per day\u003c/a>, and they get an extra dollar per hour when they’re actively working at a fire.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The work itself is brutal, and many firefighters are working long hours in dangerous situations while disconnected from their families.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I would much rather they be fairly paid and fairly treated professionals,” Venton said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>A second change she recommends is to treat the work of fire prevention with the same attention and value as fighting existing blazes.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“The hero narrative feeds into this thing I see in our culture that I don’t like,” she explained. “We value coming to the rescue more than preventing problems in the first place.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[pullquote size='large' align='right' citation='Danielle Venton, KQED Science Reporter']‘We value coming to the rescue more than preventing problems in the first place.’[/pullquote]\u003c/p>\n\u003ch3>How can you create community-based solutions?\u003c/h3>\n\u003cp>“Fires are a human-caused problem, and that means that humans can be part of the solution,” Venton said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp style=\"text-align: left\">Through her reporting, Venton has met \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/science/1973138/how-a-small-forest-community-saved-itself-from-fire\">neighbors who are taking fire prevention into their own hands\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In the Fresno County town of Shaver Lake, bordered in part by land owned by Southern California Edison, communities spent decades putting in fire breaks and setting prescribed burns.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>While this approach might seem long and fairly unglamorous, \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/science/1973159/how-to-save-a-california-town-from-wildfire-plentyy-of-advance-work-and-agency-cooperation\">their mitigation efforts helped interrupt the spread of the 2020 Creek Fire\u003c/a>, which ultimately saved their town from devastation.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In the end, regarded as heroes were the firefighters, rather than the foresters and land managers who spent a decade building fuel breaks and lighting “good fires” as part of their mitigation strategy.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“People who extinguish flames are called heroes. People who trim brush and light prescribed fires aren’t thought of that way,” Venton said earlier this year.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2021/05/KQEDSCIENCE_CRKFR-1.gif\" alt=\"A gif shows how fuel breaks interrupted fire paths in the 2020 Creek Fire. The area with a previous prescribed burn is also indicated near the origin of the Creek Fire. Text reads: Forest treatments and fuel breaks helped interrupt the spread of the Creek Fire in the Shaver Lake area, Sept. 2020. \" width=\"400\" height=\"709\">\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But Venton also points out that wildfires are a multifaceted and constantly evolving problem. One solution does not fit all. The solutions themselves are constantly evolving as well.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In her reporting, she says attention often falls on where mitigation attempts to prevent catastrophic fires have failed. “Of course, some fires are not going to respond to a firebreak,” she explained. “That doesn’t mean it’s not worth it.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>She points to an analogy of seatbelts.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In the 1950s, cars were incredibly dangerous and accidents could result in serious injury or death. But after iterations of new safety strategies, cars are now manufactured to include seatbelts, “crumple zones,” and airbags. That shift came about after years of experimenting and testing multiple solutions. The same goes for future wildfire prevention, which could involve variations of mitigation strategies.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch3>If not all fires are bad, what about wildfire smoke?\u003c/h3>\n\u003cp>“Wildfire smoke is likely the No. 1 way Californians will feel the effects of fires and really the effects of climate change,” Venton said. “Smoke is really its own natural disaster.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The 2018 Camp Fire in Butte County nearly obliterated the town of Paradise, killing 106 people and displacing thousands. On top of that devastation, researchers estimated that \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/science/1971666/california-wildfires-killed-106-people-two-years-ago-researchers-say-the-smoke-killed-3652\">the smoke of that fire killed an additional 3,600 people\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“That’s 30 times more than a heart attack or respiratory illness,” Venton added.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But Venton says a major solution to mitigating hazardous levels of wildfire smoke would involve dramatically scaling up the amount of controlled and prescribed fire.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“A little bit of smoke we should not worry about,” she explained. “It’s the really heavy, toxic smoke when homes and cars [burn] — and that’s the really bad smoke.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Venton urges us to reconsider the notion that blue skies mean ecological balance.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Bill Tripp, a member of the Karuk Tribe and an advocate for \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/science/1976240/californias-forests-are-at-a-turning-point-why-arent-we-committing-to-good-fire\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">a return to prescribed burns\u003c/a>, told Venton that California’s skies have always been hazy.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“The historical records show that the forest looked like a well-pruned orchard with a constant haze of smoke in the air,” he said. “That haze, constant haze is part of that natural background. And that’s what people don’t understand.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But identifying ways to protect people from the hazardous smoke emitted from megafires is a necessary part of our fire conversation now. Researchers and journalists are just now measuring the full impacts smoke has on communities. For her part, Venton urges that questions like \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/science/1976551/how-to-get-or-make-a-free-low-cost-air-purifier-for-your-home\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">how to access affordable air purifiers\u003c/a> and \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/science/1969271/making-sense-of-purple-air-vs-airnow-and-a-new-map-to-rule-them-all\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">reliable information on air quality\u003c/a> be part of these conversations.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch3>How can we live \u003cem>with\u003c/em> fire?\u003c/h3>\n\u003cp>[aside label ='Preparing An Emergency Bag' tag='emergency-bag']“I want us to have a better relationship with fire in this state so that this state continues to be habitable and a wonderful place to live,” Venton said\u003cstrong>.\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Our ecosystems would be healthier, our lungs would be healthier. Our communities would not have to live in so much fear.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>While she admits California has a long way to go, she believes that a future with a restored relationship with fire is possible. It requires investment and a conversation toward solutions.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“If I can do anything to try to help the conversation towards those\u003cbr>\nsolutions, that’s what I want to do,” she said.\u003c/p>\n\u003chr>\n\u003cp>\u003cem>This episode was edited and mixed by \u003ca href=\"https://twitter.com/realchrisjbeale\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Christopher Beale\u003c/a> and \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/author/amontecillo\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Alan Montecillo\u003c/a> and hosted by \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/author/dkatayama\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Devin Katayama\u003c/a>. \u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cem>Follow \u003c/em>\u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/tag/the-bay\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">\u003cem>The Bay\u003c/em>\u003c/a>\u003cem> to hear more local Bay Area stories like this one. 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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003cp>Devastating. Catastrophic. Deadly.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>These words are often used to describe wildfires in our state. As we’ve seen in the last five years, wildfires and the toxic smoke that comes with them have impacted all Californians.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Whether it’s \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11834305/masks-for-smoke-and-covid-19-what-kind-is-best\">grabbing an N95 mask on smoky days\u003c/a>, \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11833686/what-to-pack-in-your-emergency-bag-with-covid-19-in-mind\">preparing an emergency go bag\u003c/a>, or \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11834901/fire-evacuation-what-actually-happens-and-how-can-you-plan\">evacuating your home\u003c/a> as a fire encroaches upon your town, communities across the state are now dealing with more aggressive fire seasons. But if fire — and all that comes in its wake — is an inevitable aspect of life here, how do we live \u003cem>with\u003c/em> it? And could we change our relationship to fire?\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/author/dventon\">KQED Science’s Danielle Venton\u003c/a> has reported on fire and our changing climate for six years. She’s witnessed firsthand how we’ve come to think and talk about the role major fire phenomena have on our lives. Shifting our conversations, and even the metrics for measuring a fire’s impact, could help us craft multipronged solutions. \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11885698/how-to-think-about-fire-in-a-different-way\">She spoke with Devin Katayama of The Bay\u003c/a> to discuss why the dominant fire narrative must change.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c!-- iframe plugin v.4.3 wordpress.org/plugins/iframe/ -->\u003cbr>\n\u003ciframe loading=\"lazy\" frameborder=\"0\" height=\"200\" scrolling=\"no\" src=\"https://playlist.megaphone.fm?e=KQINC3762305706&light=true\" width=\"100%\" class=\"iframe-class\">\u003c/iframe>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cem>\u003ca href=\"https://bit.ly/3AZNKFy\">Read the episode transcript.\u003c/a>\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003ch3>Why are California’s wildfires so destructive now?\u003c/h3>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003c/div>",
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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>In 2021, \u003ca href=\"https://www.facebook.com/CALFIRE/posts/10159468556157390\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">fires \u003c/a>\u003ca href=\"https://www.facebook.com/CALFIRE/posts/10159468556157390\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">already\u003c/a>\u003ca href=\"https://www.facebook.com/CALFIRE/posts/10159468556157390\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"> have burned through more acres than during last year’s record-breaking season\u003c/a> compared to this time last year.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“For the first maybe two or three years, it kind of felt like a fluke,” Venton said. “[Now] it feels inevitable.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>A century of fire suppression, \u003ca href=\"https://www.capradio.org/articles/2020/09/16/the-racist-removal-of-native-americans-in-california-is-often-missing-from-wildfire-discussions-experts-say/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">the forced removal of California’s Indigenous people\u003c/a> from their land, and \u003ca href=\"https://www.summitdaily.com/news/playing-with-fire-how-a-history-of-mining-suppression-and-climate-change-has-fueled-a-new-generation-of-wildfires/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">extractive industries\u003c/a> combined with \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/science/1962273/megadrought-conditions-not-seen-for-400-years-have-returned-to-the-west-scientists-say\">climate change-fueled megadroughts\u003c/a> have produced a uniquely combustible scenario that makes fires in the West more unpredictable than in previous decades.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“We need to do some big rethinking about the state’s relationship with fires,” Venton said. “We might talk about being at war with fire, or we saw big dramatic headlines like ‘The West Is Burning,’ and that really indicates to me that we haven’t gotten over the idea that all fire is bad and that Western forests are not supposed to burn.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>As fires have grown more destructive, engulfing entire towns and \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11873396/i-cant-abandon-this-community-months-after-czu-fires-survivors-struggle-to-rebuild\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">displacing thousands of Californians\u003c/a>, scientists and ecologists are placing renewed attention on \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/science/1973196/the-karuk-used-fire-to-manage-the-forest-for-centuries-now-they-want-to-do-that-again\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">prescribed burns, a centuries-old practice\u003c/a> that Indigenous tribes like the Klamath’s Karuk used for stewarding their land. The practice involves setting controlled fires, or “good fire,” to burn through dry debris in the understory of forests, which, if left dry and unmanaged, becomes the perfect fuel for a blaze.\u003c/p>\n\u003cblockquote class=\"tiktok-embed\" style=\"max-width: 605px;min-width: 325px\" cite=\"https://www.tiktok.com/@kqedofficial/video/6997511512524901638\" data-video-id=\"6997511512524901638\">\n\u003csection>\u003ca title=\"@kqedofficial\" href=\"https://www.tiktok.com/@kqedofficial\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">@kqedofficial\u003c/a>We break down how CA’s fire season got so bad. \u003ca title=\"california\" href=\"https://www.tiktok.com/tag/california\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">##california\u003c/a> \u003ca title=\"californiafire\" href=\"https://www.tiktok.com/tag/californiafire\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">##californiafire\u003c/a> \u003ca title=\"wildfire2021\" href=\"https://www.tiktok.com/tag/wildfire2021\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">##wildfire2021\u003c/a> \u003ca title=\"dixiefire\" href=\"https://www.tiktok.com/tag/dixiefire\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">##dixiefire\u003c/a> \u003ca title=\"climatechange\" href=\"https://www.tiktok.com/tag/climatechange\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">##climatechange\u003c/a> \u003ca title=\"droughtlife\" href=\"https://www.tiktok.com/tag/droughtlife\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">##droughtlife\u003c/a> \u003ca title=\"localnews\" href=\"https://www.tiktok.com/tag/localnews\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">##localnews\u003c/a> \u003ca title=\"firetok\" href=\"https://www.tiktok.com/tag/firetok\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">##firetok\u003c/a>\u003ca title=\"♬ original sound - kqed\" href=\"https://www.tiktok.com/music/original-sound-6997511357541190406\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">♬ original sound – kqed\u003c/a>\u003c/section>\n\u003c/blockquote>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003c/div>",
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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003ch3>How do you measure the impact of fire?\u003c/h3>\n\u003cp>Not all fires are bad. But fire coverage and reporting often frame an incident as a disaster that must be contained, redirected or stopped. Californians are often used to understanding the magnitude of a developing disaster by dividing the incident into digestible pieces, like how many acres it’s burned, or how contained it is.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But Venton says that fire’s impact can’t just be measured by acres and area contained. “If the fire is burning in a healthy way, in a place where it’s doing ecological good, a fire could be 15% contained. And that doesn’t tell you that it’s catastrophic necessarily,” she said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Instead, she argues that we should reassess and reprioritize metrics for measuring a fire’s impact. “How many people are being evacuated? Is it threatening towns?” she said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Is it burning in a way that is out of control and … how many firefighters are involved in the firefight? When did they last have a break?”\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11887361\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"max-width: 1920px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-11887361 size-full\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2021/09/071_CaldorFire_08312021.jpg\" alt=\"Ash remains of a structure and a stone fireplace surrounded by dozens of charred trees.\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1280\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2021/09/071_CaldorFire_08312021.jpg 1920w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2021/09/071_CaldorFire_08312021-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2021/09/071_CaldorFire_08312021-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2021/09/071_CaldorFire_08312021-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2021/09/071_CaldorFire_08312021-1536x1024.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1920px) 100vw, 1920px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">A burned structure off Highway 50 near Phillips, California, on Tuesday, Aug. 31, 2021, after the Caldor Fire spread through the area that Monday evening. Until recently, federal firefighters — also known as “forestry technicians” — were paid about $13 an hour. A new plan under President Biden would increase that amount to $15 an hour. \u003ccite>(Beth LaBerge/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003ch3>Who really fights fires?\u003c/h3>\n\u003cp>Calling people heroes is not productive, Venton said. Instead, she urges us to think about who is doing this work and how they’re compensated.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Until recently, federal firefighters — also known as “forestry technicians” — were paid about $13 an hour. \u003ca href=\"https://www.pbs.org/newshour/politics/watch-live-biden-expected-to-announce-pay-raises-for-federal-firefighters\">A new plan under President Biden would increase that amount to $15 an hour\u003c/a>, but “most of the livable wage comes from overtime, meaning that people rely on it, meaning that they feel like it’s never OK to say no to an assignment,” she said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But that doesn’t include the work of incarcerated firefighters who fight California’s blazes. \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11846622/whats-next-for-incarcerated-firefighters-in-california\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Incarcerated firefighters are paid $2 to $5 per day\u003c/a>, and they get an extra dollar per hour when they’re actively working at a fire.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The work itself is brutal, and many firefighters are working long hours in dangerous situations while disconnected from their families.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I would much rather they be fairly paid and fairly treated professionals,” Venton said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>A second change she recommends is to treat the work of fire prevention with the same attention and value as fighting existing blazes.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“The hero narrative feeds into this thing I see in our culture that I don’t like,” she explained. “We value coming to the rescue more than preventing problems in the first place.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003c/div>",
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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003ch3>How can you create community-based solutions?\u003c/h3>\n\u003cp>“Fires are a human-caused problem, and that means that humans can be part of the solution,” Venton said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp style=\"text-align: left\">Through her reporting, Venton has met \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/science/1973138/how-a-small-forest-community-saved-itself-from-fire\">neighbors who are taking fire prevention into their own hands\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In the Fresno County town of Shaver Lake, bordered in part by land owned by Southern California Edison, communities spent decades putting in fire breaks and setting prescribed burns.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>While this approach might seem long and fairly unglamorous, \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/science/1973159/how-to-save-a-california-town-from-wildfire-plentyy-of-advance-work-and-agency-cooperation\">their mitigation efforts helped interrupt the spread of the 2020 Creek Fire\u003c/a>, which ultimately saved their town from devastation.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In the end, regarded as heroes were the firefighters, rather than the foresters and land managers who spent a decade building fuel breaks and lighting “good fires” as part of their mitigation strategy.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“People who extinguish flames are called heroes. People who trim brush and light prescribed fires aren’t thought of that way,” Venton said earlier this year.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2021/05/KQEDSCIENCE_CRKFR-1.gif\" alt=\"A gif shows how fuel breaks interrupted fire paths in the 2020 Creek Fire. The area with a previous prescribed burn is also indicated near the origin of the Creek Fire. Text reads: Forest treatments and fuel breaks helped interrupt the spread of the Creek Fire in the Shaver Lake area, Sept. 2020. \" width=\"400\" height=\"709\">\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But Venton also points out that wildfires are a multifaceted and constantly evolving problem. One solution does not fit all. The solutions themselves are constantly evolving as well.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In her reporting, she says attention often falls on where mitigation attempts to prevent catastrophic fires have failed. “Of course, some fires are not going to respond to a firebreak,” she explained. “That doesn’t mean it’s not worth it.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>She points to an analogy of seatbelts.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In the 1950s, cars were incredibly dangerous and accidents could result in serious injury or death. But after iterations of new safety strategies, cars are now manufactured to include seatbelts, “crumple zones,” and airbags. That shift came about after years of experimenting and testing multiple solutions. The same goes for future wildfire prevention, which could involve variations of mitigation strategies.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch3>If not all fires are bad, what about wildfire smoke?\u003c/h3>\n\u003cp>“Wildfire smoke is likely the No. 1 way Californians will feel the effects of fires and really the effects of climate change,” Venton said. “Smoke is really its own natural disaster.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The 2018 Camp Fire in Butte County nearly obliterated the town of Paradise, killing 106 people and displacing thousands. On top of that devastation, researchers estimated that \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/science/1971666/california-wildfires-killed-106-people-two-years-ago-researchers-say-the-smoke-killed-3652\">the smoke of that fire killed an additional 3,600 people\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“That’s 30 times more than a heart attack or respiratory illness,” Venton added.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But Venton says a major solution to mitigating hazardous levels of wildfire smoke would involve dramatically scaling up the amount of controlled and prescribed fire.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“A little bit of smoke we should not worry about,” she explained. “It’s the really heavy, toxic smoke when homes and cars [burn] — and that’s the really bad smoke.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Venton urges us to reconsider the notion that blue skies mean ecological balance.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Bill Tripp, a member of the Karuk Tribe and an advocate for \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/science/1976240/californias-forests-are-at-a-turning-point-why-arent-we-committing-to-good-fire\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">a return to prescribed burns\u003c/a>, told Venton that California’s skies have always been hazy.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“The historical records show that the forest looked like a well-pruned orchard with a constant haze of smoke in the air,” he said. “That haze, constant haze is part of that natural background. And that’s what people don’t understand.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But identifying ways to protect people from the hazardous smoke emitted from megafires is a necessary part of our fire conversation now. Researchers and journalists are just now measuring the full impacts smoke has on communities. For her part, Venton urges that questions like \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/science/1976551/how-to-get-or-make-a-free-low-cost-air-purifier-for-your-home\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">how to access affordable air purifiers\u003c/a> and \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/science/1969271/making-sense-of-purple-air-vs-airnow-and-a-new-map-to-rule-them-all\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">reliable information on air quality\u003c/a> be part of these conversations.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch3>How can we live \u003cem>with\u003c/em> fire?\u003c/h3>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003c/div>",
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They put a custom order out to Honduras to represent her business.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>https://www.instagram.com/p/CH0yb-UBAO9/\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Before arriving in San Francisco, Maria del Carmen got to know three distinct countries with their own culinary traditions: Salvadoreña, Guatemalteca and Mexicana. From the menu of Estrellita’s Snacks, can we get to know a bit about the three countries that the family lived in and traveled through?\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>My mother is from Berlin, from the Departamento de Usulután. Her dream was to immigrate to the U.S., but unfortunately, she faced an obstacle that prevented her from doing so early on. She went first to Guatemala and then, after that, arrived in Mexico. There, she found the love of her life and stayed there for many years. She started another business in Mexico but faced many obstacles for being a Salvadoran immigrant. But just like [she did in the U.S.], she never let obstacles hold her back. 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Since Vinocur publicly posted the lyrics, the phrase “Donald Trump Killed John Prine” has become ubiquitous, and appeared on T-shirts, hoodies and bumper stickers, which may have inspired the San Francisco songsmith to change direction. On his latest album, \u003cem>Hindsight\u003c/em> (“a set of songs about the year that was”), Vinocur opted not to record the song, and instead wrote a new one. “Tell John Prine Hello” is sung from the viewpoint of someone who knows exactly what’ll happen after they die: they’ll ride on up to heaven, and find John Prine, and introduce themselves. Recorded like the rest of the album—on an iPhone—the song has an earthy, grounded feel, even as the ascending melody of the chorus evokes spiritual transport. 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