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Then there’s a plunging and unusual jet stream, and lots of power lines flapping in those powerful gusts.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Experts say that’s what is turning wildfires into a \u003ca href=\"https://apnews.com/article/california-fires-things-to-know-winds-f93d41dc901e352b63e86ab67ef7790e\">deadly urban conflagration\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>Speed is the killer\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>“Tiny, mighty and fast” fires have blazed through America’s west in the last couple of decades as the world warms, said University of Colorado fire scientist Jennifer Balch. 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If firefighters can get to the flames within 10 minutes or so, it’s spread can be contained, but “15 minutes, it’s too late and it’s gone. The horse has left the barn.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>There’s no sure link between Santa Ana winds — gusts from the east that come down the mountains, gain speed and hit the coast — to human-caused climate change, said Daniel Swain, climate scientist for the California Institute for Water Resources.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But a condition that led to those winds is a big plunge in the temperature of the jet stream — the river of air that moves weather systems across the globe — which helped bring cold air to the eastern two-thirds of the nation, said University of California Merced climate and fire scientist John Abatzoglou. 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"content": "\u003cp>\u003cem>This story was originally published by NPR on Sept. 25, 2024.\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>As climate change contributes to longer wildfire seasons and increases the likelihood of destructive fires, more people in Western states find themselves searching for local wildfire information. But finding accurate, specific and timely information can be challenging, especially in the middle of an emergency.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“The world has now expected twitters and TikToks and push notifications, and the world of technology has passed over this community of first responders and firefighters and emergency managers,” says John Mills, co-founder and CEO of \u003ca href=\"https://app.watchduty.org/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Watch Duty\u003c/a>, an app launched in 2021 that has taken off in popularity as more and more people look to their phones for wildfires information.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“It’s really starting to blow up as the fires explode,” says Mills, whose app saw a \u003ca href=\"https://app.sensortower.com/overview/org.watchduty.app?country=US&tab=category_rankings\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">spike in downloads\u003c/a> in early September while three major fires raged in the mountains surrounding Los Angeles. “The sad part is it means that things are really getting extraordinarily bad when this happens.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[aside postID=news_12020872 hero='https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/GettyImages-2193000280-1020x653.jpg']\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2 class=\"edTag\">A firehose of information\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>During a wildfire, this information can come from many sources: emergency push notifications from county emergency managers, texts and emails from the sheriff’s department, social media posts from local, state, and federal firefighting agencies, and websites like \u003ca href=\"https://inciweb.wildfire.gov/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Inciweb\u003c/a>, which map firelines.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Mills, a Silicon Valley tech guy who lives off-the-grid in the woods of Sonoma County, experienced this jumble of information after a close brush with 2020’s Wallbridge Fire — part of a particularly bad wildfire summer across the West Coast, in which \u003ca href=\"https://www.ucdavis.edu/climate/news/californias-2020-wildfire-season-numbers#:~:text=Key%202020%20wildfire%20statistics&text=The%20fires%20killed%2033%20people,firefighting%20costs%20approaching%20%242.1%20billion.\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">33 people\u003c/a> were killed just in California. Mills realized, “You know, it’s only a matter of time before it comes back for me.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>He realized he could do something about it—by building an app that would integrate all these sources of wildfire information and make it easily accessible on smartphones.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Hey, I live in the woods, I’m gonna die, this has to get launched tomorrow,” Mills remembers thinking during that wildfire. “So we built Watch Duty in 80 days and got it live and had 50,000 users in a week.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The app started relatively small, tracking fires across just three Northern California counties, but in four years, it has grown to include the whole American West, Texas and Oklahoma.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2 class=\"edTag\">New technology, old techniques\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>Watch Duty doesn’t collect or sell user data. The basic version is free to download, and the non-profit that makes it is funded through donations and subscriptions to advanced and pro versions.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The app draws from various official sources of wildfire information.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12020985\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 1600px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12020985\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/npr.brightspotcdn-copy-22.jpg\" alt=\"A smartphone that shows an app with a map and a persons hands operating it inside a house.\" width=\"1600\" height=\"1157\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/npr.brightspotcdn-copy-22.jpg 1600w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/npr.brightspotcdn-copy-22-800x579.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/npr.brightspotcdn-copy-22-1020x738.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/npr.brightspotcdn-copy-22-160x116.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/npr.brightspotcdn-copy-22-1536x1111.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1600px) 100vw, 1600px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Watch Duty organizes information on a map of the US, which is dotted with flame icons representing active wildfires. Click a flame, and details like evacuation zones, fire lines, containment percentage, and acres burned pop up. Choose to track a fire, and you’ll get push notifications for the most urgent updates, like new evacuation orders. \u003ccite>(Mhari Shaw/NPR)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Still, its strength comes from a small army of volunteer contributors and staff reporters with firefighting, emergency dispatch, and journalism experience who watch wilderness camera live streams and listen in on firefighter radio communications in the field.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Michael Silvester is one of these contributors — a staff reporter who started out as a volunteer. He often takes the Watch Duty night shift, posting live updates on active fires from his home across the Pacific, where he got his start as a radio scanner at a young age.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“My dad was a volunteer firefighter here in New Zealand,” he says. “I used that as a way of keeping track of him on calls and stuff.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Silvester says one day, he became curious to see how much he could learn about wildfires in California, an entire hemisphere away, just by listening to live-streamed firefighter radio channels online. It turns out a lot — and his Twitter handle \u003ca href=\"https://x.com/cafirescanner\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">@CAFireScanner\u003c/a> was born.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Someone said I saved their life one day,” Silvester quietly recounts. “They didn’t know a fire was coming over the hill until they saw the message on Twitter.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Now, he performs the same service on Watch Duty, which he says is a better platform to get the right information into the right hands.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“When you follow people like me on Twitter, you kind of have to get everything that I post. Will it be a fire in Southern California? Will it be a fire in Siskiyou County all the way at the other end of the state?” he describes.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“With Watch Duty, you can subscribe by county. It’s targeted information — it’s delivered to you.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“This is a real-time operation, 24 hours a day,” says CEO Mills. “We talk to you through an app; we talk to you through your phones. But really we listen to radios, a 100-year-old technology,” he explains. “That’s really where you find out the most up-to-date, real-time intelligence. Because it actually is the firefighters doing the job in that moment.”\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2 class=\"edTag\">An ‘amazing tool,’ as part of a toolbox\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>“Watch Duty has definitely filled a gap,” says Karen Hancock, Public Information Officer and Community Outreach Specialist for the Sonoma County Fire District, one of the first counties covered by the app when it launched in 2021.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12020986\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 1600px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12020986\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/npr.brightspotcdn-copy-23.jpg\" alt=\"A firefighter talks into a wireless with flames and other firefighters in the background.\" width=\"1600\" height=\"1079\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/npr.brightspotcdn-copy-23.jpg 1600w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/npr.brightspotcdn-copy-23-800x540.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/npr.brightspotcdn-copy-23-1020x688.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/npr.brightspotcdn-copy-23-160x108.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/npr.brightspotcdn-copy-23-1536x1036.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1600px) 100vw, 1600px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Watch Duty gets close-to-real-time information by listening in to the radio communications of firefighters on the front lines. In remote areas where radio signals are weak, Watch Duty has started setting up its own transmission towers to help with firefighting efforts and to give its staff reporters a way of listening for updates. \u003ccite>(J. Emilio Flores/Getty Images)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>“It has been an amazing tool for not only our public but for our firefighters and crews as well,” she says.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Hancock’s community is no stranger to wildfires. In 2017, the fast-moving Tubbs Fire swept through the Coffey Park neighborhood in the middle of the night with no warning, killing 22 people and burning over 5,000 structures. At the time, it was the \u003ca href=\"https://www.npr.org/2018/10/16/656532029/getting-back-what-you-lost-rebuilding-in-a-wildfire-zone\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">most destructive fire\u003c/a> in California history, but it soon became the second-most destructive after the \u003ca href=\"https://www.npr.org/2018/11/13/667315613/californias-camp-fire-becomes-the-deadliest-in-state-history\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Camp Fire\u003c/a> raged through the town of Paradise one year later.[aside label=\"Related Stories\" postID=\"news_12020988,news_12020918,news_12020835\"]“We’ve learned that redundancy is really important,” says Hancock., whose job is to help community members stay prepared with the latest information. “But a lot of times we’re in the field, and we just can’t get it out fast enough because our hands are just so busy in that moment.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>CalFire, the California state wildfire agency, cautions that there are “potential risks associated with sharing inaccurate information inadvertently.” In a statement to NPR, CalFire said that they prefer people \u003ca href=\"https://www.fire.ca.gov/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">visit their website\u003c/a> for information and that platforms like Watch Duty “should not be regarded as official sources of information.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Hancock says she always recommends Watch Duty alongside more traditional information sources like local emergency notifications.”It’s just another tool, another way to get the information out,” she points out.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“There’s not that many of us first responders, and even a smaller handful of us that have the ability to put out those communications, you know, through social media or just those critical alerts that go out,” Hancock explains. “Having another resource that is reaching so many in the community — it’s lifesaving.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad floatright]\u003c/p>\n",
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And electricity rates in the state are growing rapidly, outpacing inflation and increasing faster than in other states.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The trends are likely to continue.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The \u003ca href=\"https://lao.ca.gov/reports/2025/4950/Residential-Electricity-Rates-010725.pdf\">report\u003c/a>, written by the state’s nonpartisan Legislative Analyst’s Office, cited a variety of reasons for the high costs that the majority of Californians pay, but the leading one was the expense of wildfire, both to mitigate future risk as well as address damages from past fires.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The fires burning in Southern California presently could be the \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12020835/southern-california-fires-could-be-most-expensive-us-history\">most expensive in U.S. history\u003c/a>, although it is not clear what started them yet.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The high rates are mostly driven by the state’s largest investor-owned utilities: PG&E, Southern California Edison and San Diego Gas & Electric. Average rates charged by California’s publicly owned utilities are closer to national averages.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“It’s been very striking to Californians how much electricity rates have increased and how high they are in the state,” said lead author Helen Kerstein, a principal fiscal and policy analyst for the LAO. “This report is really intended to provide the basic information to folks in the Legislature, as well as the general public, to help understand what’s going on.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11751033\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 1920px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-11751033 size-full\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2019/05/GettyImages-76412182-e1559198784751.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1280\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">The high rates are mostly driven by the state’s largest investor-owned utilities: PG&E, Southern California Edison and San Diego Gas & Electric. \u003ccite>(Justin Sullivan/Getty Images)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Other costs come from state programs and policies to slash greenhouse gas pollution and what the report referred to as differences in utility operational structures and service territories. Large, investor-owned utilities have goals to make profits for shareholders, for example, whereas publicly owned utilities may have a board that is elected by customers and might, therefore, be more cost-conscious.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Investor-owned utilities also serve larger areas, with poles and wires zig-zagging across dense cities, climbing through suburbs and into forests across the state’s remote foothills and mountain communities. Covering such diverse terrain leads to higher costs overall. Smaller, publicly owned utilities tend to be in more concentrated, urban areas, which have lower fire risks and might be less costly for these reasons.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Some customers pay high prices to offset expenses for others on the same system, including cost-reduction programs for low-income earners and rooftop solar customers, according to the LAO.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Paying huge sums each month for electricity not only hurts the average consumer but squeezes low-income people who live in areas where they may need additional cooling or heating as climate change leads to striking swings in temperatures and worsening heat waves.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[aside postID=news_12017635 hero='https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2021/07/trucks-I880-1020x680.jpg']\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The major costs associated with electricity have impeded state efforts to promote electric cars and appliances to slash greenhouse gas emissions. Historically, high electricity rates encouraged conserving energy, Kerstein said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Now we understand that, yes, conservation is good, but also we need to get folks to electrify and move towards electricity rather than fossil-fuel powered cars and natural gas,” she said. “That means that addressing affordability in electricity is so critical for the state, and thinking about those issues is going to be increasingly important.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>While the report did not recommend ways lawmakers could address electricity costs, it highlighted the trade-offs of various policy solutions, “including balancing the desires to both mitigate and adapt to climate change as well as preserve affordability.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>And lawmakers are already jumping into the ring to tackle the hot-button issue. State Sen. Josh Becker, D-Menlo Park, who was recently appointed chair of the Senate Energy, Utilities and Communications Committee, declared his commitment to affordability in a statement earlier this week. And Bay Area Democrats told the \u003cem>San Jose Mercury News\u003c/em> that they plan to take on \u003ca href=\"https://www.mercurynews.com/2025/01/06/we-get-it-democrats-aim-to-cut-californias-cost-of-living-in-2025/\">electricity bills\u003c/a> this session.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Andrew Campbell, executive director of the Energy Institute at UC Berkeley’s Haas School of Business, said one way to address rising consumer bills is to shift the costs of mitigating wildfires and climate change programs from utility bills to the state budget.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Wildfire risk is not primarily a utility issue, and it relates to forest management and climate change and other things which are state problems, state challenges,” he said. “Some of those costs to address that could be moved from bills onto the state budget.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Similarly, Campbell said that programs assisting low-income households and other environmental programs could be paid for through the state budget, which Gov. 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But if you’ve got loved ones in the L.A. area who have already been impacted by these fires or who you’re worried could be affected soon, we’ve collected these guides below to coping in a wildfire situation that you can send your family and friends in Southern California. You can also use these guides to familiarize yourself with what happens during an active wildfire situation so you can advise your loved ones if they’re in a tough spot right now.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Another thing you can do: Make sure your loved ones are signed up for their county’s emergency alerts right now. Our friends at LAist have a \u003ca href=\"https://laist.com/news/climate-environment/evacuation-orders-warnings-what-they-mean-emergency-wildfire-earthquake\">comprehensive list of emergency alert sign-up links\u003c/a> in their guide to the wildfires raging in Los Angeles County right now. They can also \u003ca href=\"https://www.npr.org/2024/09/25/g-s1-24534/wildfire-app-watch-duty-firefighting\">download the free Watch Duty app\u003c/a> to monitor where fires are burning near them.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Jump straight to:\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cul>\n\u003cli>\u003cstrong>\u003ca href=\"#emergency-bag-la-fires\">What to pack in an emergency bag\u003c/a>\u003c/strong>\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>\u003cstrong>\u003ca href=\"#air-quality-la-fires\">How to protect yourself from toxic wildfire smoke\u003c/a>\u003c/strong>\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>\u003cstrong>\u003ca href=\"#why-does-my-phone-not-work\">Why our phones can stop working during wildfires\u003c/a>\u003c/strong>\u003c/li>\n\u003c/ul>\n\u003ch2>\u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11834901/fire-evacuation-what-actually-happens-and-how-can-you-plan\">GUIDE: How does fire evacuation work — and how can you plan for it?\u003c/a>\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>Having to evacuate your home due to the threat of wildfire is a scary prospect — especially if you’ve never had to do it before. Tens of thousands have already evacuated their homes in L.A. County, but fire can travel in highly unpredictable ways, affecting communities that would never have suspected themselves to be under threat of wildfires or evacuation.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Even if your loved ones in L.A. haven’t yet had to evacuate or think they’re too far away to be affected, it’s really important that they still know the best procedures for safely leaving their home and to be prepared ahead of time to actually do it. According to L.A. County Fire Chief Anthony Marrone, there have already been “a high number of significant injuries to residents who did not evacuate.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Some of the takeaways:\u003c/p>\n\u003cul>\n\u003cli>An evacuation warning comes before an evacuation order and is a warning that you might need to evacuate soon — that’s the time to prep your emergency bags. The evacuation order is mandatory, i.e., “go time.”\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>Cal Fire recommends that you dress to cover your skin to protect against heat and flying embers while evacuation and says 100% cotton is preferable: long pants, a long sleeve shirt, heavy shoes/boots, a cap, a dry bandana for a face cover and goggles or glasses.\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>If you’re anticipating evacuation, put your emergency bag and supplies in your car, if you have one, then back your car into your driveway with all doors and windows closed — and then carry your car keys with you at all times.\u003c/li>\n\u003c/ul>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11834901/fire-evacuation-what-actually-happens-and-how-can-you-plan\">Read the full guide to how to evacuate from a wildfire\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c!-- iframe plugin v.4.3 wordpress.org/plugins/iframe/ -->\u003cbr>\n\u003ciframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https://kqedsf.maps.arcgis.com/apps/instant/basic/index.html?appid=c7285ba9ce524bbba6c689e96d013112\" width=\"1000\" height=\"700\" scrolling=\"yes\" class=\"iframe-class\" frameborder=\"0\">\u003c/iframe>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cem>A map of wildfires currently burning in the Los Angeles area\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>\u003ca id=\"emergency-bag-la-fires\">\u003c/a>\u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11833686/what-to-pack-in-your-emergency-bag-with-covid-19-in-mind\">GUIDE: What to pack in your emergency bag to prepare for a wildfire\u003c/a>\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>A crucial part of being ready to evacuate is having a “go bag” ready. Experts advise keeping such a bag by the front door — or inside a car — so a person can easily grab it and go. If your L.A.-based loved ones do wind up evacuating, they may have to walk to safety and should so choose a bag that’s durable and easy to carry, such as a backpack or duffle bag. 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So it’s crucial for your loved ones in L.A. to protect themselves against smoke right now, even if they’re not super close to the fire areas.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Some of the takeaways:\u003c/p>\n\u003cul>\n\u003cli>N95 or KN95 masks — the kind you may have stocked up on due to COVID-19 — are still the best option for protecting you against smoke\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>The least effective options are cloth masks and one‐strap paper dust masks or surgical masks that hook around your ears — they don’t protect against inhaling fine particles\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>When it’s smoky from fires, run a portable air purifier indoors if you have one, ideally in a “clean air room” you create. 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Service interruptions like these stop people from being able to get in touch with family and friends to confirm their safety and also prevent them from receiving \u003ca href=\"https://laist.com/news/climate-environment/evacuation-orders-warnings-what-they-mean-emergency-wildfire-earthquake\">the very emergency alerts they’re relying on for evacuation updates\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Some of the takeaways:\u003c/p>\n\u003cul>\n\u003cli>In wildfire situations, damaged phone lines will mean calls won’t go through, but texts (which place less demand on cell towers) might\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>Conversely, outages because of power shutoffs mean that smaller cell towers might not get power from the system’s battery backup, meaning cellphone data clogs up and texts can’t get through\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>If neither calls nor texts are working, seek Wi-Fi at places like large stores (think Walmart) or coffee shops, where you’ll be able to pick up the signal outside in the parking lot — or evacuation centers\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>Change your cellphone settings to allow voice calls over Wi-Fi (we have a guide in this link) or make calls using social media apps like Instagram\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>Change your voicemail welcome recording when you get cell or Wi-Fi service, and use it to let anyone who calls know your safety status — even when their calls can’t get through to you.\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>If you spot a payphone, give it a try, as buried landlines are typically more resilient to natural disasters than cell phone towers.\u003c/li>\n\u003c/ul>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11840047/during-a-disaster-your-phone-might-stop-working-how-can-you-communicate\">Read the full guide to how to make your phone work during a wildfire\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad floatright]\u003c/p>\n",
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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003cp>For many of us with family or friends in the Los Angeles area, it’s a scary time right now.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12020765/thousands-flee-los-angeles-area-as-wildfires-burn-out-of-control-destroying-homes\">The major wildfires devastating L.A. County communities\u003c/a> have already claimed at least two lives, destroyed more than a thousand homes and buildings and forced at least 70,000 people to evacuate. As the largest fires — the Palisades, Eaton and Hurst — continue to grow, fanned by strong Santa Ana winds, a fourth fire began on Wednesday morning, and Gov. Gavin Newsom has declared a state of emergency.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>It’s easy to feel helpless when disaster hits the people you care about — especially if you’re far away. But if you’ve got loved ones in the L.A. area who have already been impacted by these fires or who you’re worried could be affected soon, we’ve collected these guides below to coping in a wildfire situation that you can send your family and friends in Southern California. You can also use these guides to familiarize yourself with what happens during an active wildfire situation so you can advise your loved ones if they’re in a tough spot right now.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Another thing you can do: Make sure your loved ones are signed up for their county’s emergency alerts right now. Our friends at LAist have a \u003ca href=\"https://laist.com/news/climate-environment/evacuation-orders-warnings-what-they-mean-emergency-wildfire-earthquake\">comprehensive list of emergency alert sign-up links\u003c/a> in their guide to the wildfires raging in Los Angeles County right now. They can also \u003ca href=\"https://www.npr.org/2024/09/25/g-s1-24534/wildfire-app-watch-duty-firefighting\">download the free Watch Duty app\u003c/a> to monitor where fires are burning near them.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Jump straight to:\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cul>\n\u003cli>\u003cstrong>\u003ca href=\"#emergency-bag-la-fires\">What to pack in an emergency bag\u003c/a>\u003c/strong>\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>\u003cstrong>\u003ca href=\"#air-quality-la-fires\">How to protect yourself from toxic wildfire smoke\u003c/a>\u003c/strong>\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>\u003cstrong>\u003ca href=\"#why-does-my-phone-not-work\">Why our phones can stop working during wildfires\u003c/a>\u003c/strong>\u003c/li>\n\u003c/ul>\n\u003ch2>\u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11834901/fire-evacuation-what-actually-happens-and-how-can-you-plan\">GUIDE: How does fire evacuation work — and how can you plan for it?\u003c/a>\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>Having to evacuate your home due to the threat of wildfire is a scary prospect — especially if you’ve never had to do it before. Tens of thousands have already evacuated their homes in L.A. County, but fire can travel in highly unpredictable ways, affecting communities that would never have suspected themselves to be under threat of wildfires or evacuation.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Even if your loved ones in L.A. haven’t yet had to evacuate or think they’re too far away to be affected, it’s really important that they still know the best procedures for safely leaving their home and to be prepared ahead of time to actually do it. According to L.A. County Fire Chief Anthony Marrone, there have already been “a high number of significant injuries to residents who did not evacuate.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Some of the takeaways:\u003c/p>\n\u003cul>\n\u003cli>An evacuation warning comes before an evacuation order and is a warning that you might need to evacuate soon — that’s the time to prep your emergency bags. The evacuation order is mandatory, i.e., “go time.”\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>Cal Fire recommends that you dress to cover your skin to protect against heat and flying embers while evacuation and says 100% cotton is preferable: long pants, a long sleeve shirt, heavy shoes/boots, a cap, a dry bandana for a face cover and goggles or glasses.\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>If you’re anticipating evacuation, put your emergency bag and supplies in your car, if you have one, then back your car into your driveway with all doors and windows closed — and then carry your car keys with you at all times.\u003c/li>\n\u003c/ul>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11834901/fire-evacuation-what-actually-happens-and-how-can-you-plan\">Read the full guide to how to evacuate from a wildfire\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c!-- iframe plugin v.4.3 wordpress.org/plugins/iframe/ -->\u003cbr>\n\u003ciframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https://kqedsf.maps.arcgis.com/apps/instant/basic/index.html?appid=c7285ba9ce524bbba6c689e96d013112\" width=\"1000\" height=\"700\" scrolling=\"yes\" class=\"iframe-class\" frameborder=\"0\">\u003c/iframe>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cem>A map of wildfires currently burning in the Los Angeles area\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>\u003ca id=\"emergency-bag-la-fires\">\u003c/a>\u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11833686/what-to-pack-in-your-emergency-bag-with-covid-19-in-mind\">GUIDE: What to pack in your emergency bag to prepare for a wildfire\u003c/a>\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>A crucial part of being ready to evacuate is having a “go bag” ready. Experts advise keeping such a bag by the front door — or inside a car — so a person can easily grab it and go. If your L.A.-based loved ones do wind up evacuating, they may have to walk to safety and should so choose a bag that’s durable and easy to carry, such as a backpack or duffle bag. 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"content": "\u003cp>\u003cem>Updated 1:12 p.m. Wednesday\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/tag/daniel-lurie\">San Francisco Mayor-elect Daniel Lurie’s\u003c/a> inauguration on Wednesday marks the start of the nonprofit founder and Levi Strauss heir’s leadership of the city.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Lurie unseated former \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/tag/london-breed\">Mayor London Breed\u003c/a> in November. Campaign contributions \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12017551/is-san-francisco-a-bellwether-for-cryptocurrency-influence-on-local-elections\">soared past $62 million\u003c/a>, topped by Lurie, who raised roughly $16 million — about half of which was self-funded — making his run the most expensive in the city’s history.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>His campaign against so-called City Hall “insiders” caught on with voters from different neighborhoods looking for cleaner streets, more affordable housing and more effective government, particularly in the wake of the pandemic.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Now, he faces the realities of governing a major city and keeping ambitious promises — like speeding up permanent housing and temporary shelter production — while confronting a $900 million deficit.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>Faith leaders bless new mayor\u003c/h2>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12020743\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12020743\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/250107-LurieInterfaithCeremony-20.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/250107-LurieInterfaithCeremony-20.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/250107-LurieInterfaithCeremony-20-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/250107-LurieInterfaithCeremony-20-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/250107-LurieInterfaithCeremony-20-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/250107-LurieInterfaithCeremony-20-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/250107-LurieInterfaithCeremony-20-1920x1280.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Rabbi Brian Lurie, the father of Mayor-elect Daniel Lurie, gives a paternal blessing to his son during an Interfaith Ceremony at Congregation Emanu-El in San Francisco on Jan. 7, 2025, the evening before Lurie’s inauguration. \u003ccite>(Beth LaBerge/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>On the eve of his inauguration, leaders across San Francisco’s religious communities gave a blessing for the city and welcomed the new mayor at Congregation Emanu-El, including an emotional blessing from Lurie’s father, Rabbi Brian Lurie.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Lurie steered clear of any detailed policy plans when speaking to the congregation on Tuesday night, instead focusing on the tough realities ahead and the urgency of cooperation.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“We must transform a political discourse that has us vilifying each other on every issue,” Lurie said. “This is a scary time for many … but we must not let fear drown out hope and courage.”\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>Connecting over breakfast\u003c/h2>\n\u003cfigure 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2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Mayor-elect Daniel Lurie and his family serve food at St. Anthony’s Foundation, a nonprofit providing meals, medical care, clothing, shelter and addiction recovery in San Francisco on Jan. 8, 2025, before his inauguration ceremony. \u003ccite>(Beth LaBerge/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Lurie began Inauguration Day serving breakfast at St. Anthony Foundation in the Tenderloin, where Sedrick Vanisi learned he shares a birthday with the new mayor.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I feel kind of familiar with him now,” Vanisi told KQED. “I never dreamed of shaking his hand and having a meal at St. Anthony’s, one of my favorite places to come and have breakfast.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Vanisi said he was optimistic about Lurie’s plan to crack down on fentanyl and homelessness in the neighborhood so long as he holds to his promise to support people struggling on the streets.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“The clear intent in the process is to make them better,” he said. “It’s not like sweeping off to throw them away or something, but it is a process of removing them in the process to get housing and that’s very good.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[aside postID=news_12020420 hero='https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/250105-LurieInaugurationCleanup-17-1020x680.jpg']\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>After breakfast, Lurie walked through the Tenderloin with San Francisco Police Chief Bill Scott.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“People in the Tenderloin are frustrated,” Lurie told KQED. “People in Bernal Heights are frustrated, so I’m going to commit myself every single day to be tireless in getting people the help that they need, whether it’s into a mental health bed or a drug treatment bed or into a shelter bed.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>It wasn’t Lurie’s first time walking through the Tenderloin, according to Kate Robinson, director of the Tenderloin Community Benefit District. She said he joined her team on multiple morning shifts to ensure kids got to school safely.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Incoming Mayor Lurie was the very first to request to come back and then come back again,” Robinson said. “That set him apart just for me, personally, seeing the level of care and seeing how genuinely interested he was in talking to the residents, talking to our safety stewards.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I’m optimistic.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Scott said the new administration has a lot of ideas and energy, but San Francisco residents will expect the city to move forward.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“When all the ceremony and all that goes away, we still have a job to do, so it’s really important that we stay focused on getting that job done, and that’s where my focus is,” Scott said. “Of course, I’m gonna do the things that the mayor has asked for us to do and do that to the best of my ability.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Darrell Luckett, who’s lived in the Tenderloin for 40 years, stopped Lurie and urged him to follow through on his promises to clean up encampments and drug use.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“He said he’s gonna do it. All we can do is kick back, and you see what he do,” Luckett said after shaking hands with the mayor.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“A lot of people always say they’re gonna do this stuff,” Deonte Dial added.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>Plans shared on a cable car\u003c/h2>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12020814\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12020814\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/240108-LurieInaugurationDay-02.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/240108-LurieInaugurationDay-02.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/240108-LurieInaugurationDay-02-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/240108-LurieInaugurationDay-02-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/240108-LurieInaugurationDay-02-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/240108-LurieInaugurationDay-02-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/240108-LurieInaugurationDay-02-1920x1280.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Mayor-elect Daniel Lurie and his family ride a cable car in San Francisco on Jan. 8, 2025, before his inauguration ceremony. \u003ccite>(Beth LaBerge/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>After the walk, Lurie and his family took a ride on a cable car, which he’s assured San Franciscans would be \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12016411/shutting-down-sfs-cable-cars-trim-budget-no-chance-lurie-says#:~:text=San%20Francisco%20Mayor%2Delect%20Daniel,on%20social%20media%20platform%20X.\">safe from budget cuts\u003c/a> despite the\u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12014573/sf-muni-dire-need-funding-without-cuts-could-be-devastating\"> Muni’s dire financial situation\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Riding down Powell Street to Ghirardelli Square in search of hot chocolate, Lurie rang the iconic cable car bell and fielded questions about his plans to thwart the fentanyl crisis and restructure City Hall.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“We’ve made some progress through the [Drug Market Agency Coordination Center], and I commend SFPD and all the agencies that have started to work together and build on that,” he said. “With the four new [policy chiefs], they’re going to help better coordinate all of these departments.”\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>‘A new day in San Francisco’\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>Hundreds attended Lurie’s inauguration ceremony at Civic Center. The event kicked off with a DJ set, a performance by the San Francisco Symphony and remarks by Nadine Burke Harris, \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11724781/californias-first-surgeon-general-takes-aim-at-toxic-stress\">California’s first surgeon general\u003c/a> who served from 2019–22.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“It’s a new day in San Francisco,” Burke said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12020862\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 1620px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12020862\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/20250108_LurieInaugurationDayQuick_BL_00004.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1620\" height=\"1080\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/20250108_LurieInaugurationDayQuick_BL_00004.jpg 1620w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/20250108_LurieInaugurationDayQuick_BL_00004-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/20250108_LurieInaugurationDayQuick_BL_00004-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/20250108_LurieInaugurationDayQuick_BL_00004-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/20250108_LurieInaugurationDayQuick_BL_00004-1536x1024.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1620px) 100vw, 1620px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Mayor-elect Daniel Lurie takes the oath of office with his family on Inauguration Day at Civic Center in downtown San Francisco, California, on Jan. 8, 2025. \u003ccite>(Beth LaBerge/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>In addition to the members of the San Francisco Board of Supervisors, other guests included Lt. 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He wished him success.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Well, homelessness is one of my concerns that’s near and dear to my heart because, at one time, I struggled with homelessness in San Francisco, and the support and the help that I received from the community was what allowed me to stand up and rebuild my life,” Bishop said. “I’m just hoping that he is able to translate his ideas into a working plan that assists the unhoused population.”[aside postID=news_12020848 hero='https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/20250108_LurieInaugurationDay_GC_00196-1020x680.jpg']With his two children and wife at his side, Lurie took the stage just before noon to take the oath of office.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“You voted for accountability and change, a clear mandate that my administration will work to fulfill every single day,” Lurie said at the beginning of his address. “Lasting change doesn’t happen overnight — it takes time,” Lurie said. “But if we are consistent, if we have vision, if we aren’t afraid to make tough decisions, San Francisco will rise to new heights.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Lurie made several announcements during the speech, including that he does not plan to cut police funding despite the city’s major budget deficit. 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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>After breakfast, Lurie walked through the Tenderloin with San Francisco Police Chief Bill Scott.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“People in the Tenderloin are frustrated,” Lurie told KQED. “People in Bernal Heights are frustrated, so I’m going to commit myself every single day to be tireless in getting people the help that they need, whether it’s into a mental health bed or a drug treatment bed or into a shelter bed.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>It wasn’t Lurie’s first time walking through the Tenderloin, according to Kate Robinson, director of the Tenderloin Community Benefit District. She said he joined her team on multiple morning shifts to ensure kids got to school safely.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Incoming Mayor Lurie was the very first to request to come back and then come back again,” Robinson said. “That set him apart just for me, personally, seeing the level of care and seeing how genuinely interested he was in talking to the residents, talking to our safety stewards.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I’m optimistic.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Scott said the new administration has a lot of ideas and energy, but San Francisco residents will expect the city to move forward.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“When all the ceremony and all that goes away, we still have a job to do, so it’s really important that we stay focused on getting that job done, and that’s where my focus is,” Scott said. “Of course, I’m gonna do the things that the mayor has asked for us to do and do that to the best of my ability.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Darrell Luckett, who’s lived in the Tenderloin for 40 years, stopped Lurie and urged him to follow through on his promises to clean up encampments and drug use.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“He said he’s gonna do it. 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"content": "\u003cp>A remarkably wet kickoff to Northern California’s rainy season has coincided with a desperately dry fall in Southern California — a huge disparity, perhaps \u003ca href=\"https://weatherwest.com/archives/43171\">unprecedented\u003c/a>, between the haves and have-nots of rainfall.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Los Angeles usually gets several inches of rain by now, halfway into the rainy season, but it’s only recorded a fifth of an inch downtown since July, its second driest period in almost \u003ca href=\"https://www.laalmanac.com/weather/we131b.php\">150 years of record-keeping\u003c/a>. The rest of Southern California is just as bone-dry.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>At the same time, much of the northern third of the state has weathered nearly two months of storms, flooding and even tornadoes. Santa Rosa, north of San Francisco, has received more rain than nearly any other city in California — nearly two times its average rainfall to date. At the city’s airport, almost 7 inches fell on Nov. 20 alone, an all-time daily record.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Northern California is always wetter than the semi-arid southern half. But the scale of the north-south gap that has persisted for several months has stunned experts.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“There have been few if any years since 1895 … that have been so much above-normal in the northern part of the state while simultaneously so dry in the south,” Daniel Swain, a UCLA climate scientist, wrote in his blog \u003ca href=\"https://weatherwest.com/\">Weather West\u003c/a>. He added, in an email exchange with CalMatters, that “it is likely that the current north-south disparity is record-breaking in magnitude by at least some metrics.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>This season’s stark imbalance isn’t bad in terms of water supply. That’s because Northern California’s rain and snow feed major reservoirs, which provide much of the water used by Californians. If this occurred in reverse — a wet south and a dry north — most of the water would remain uncaptured, providing little benefit for supplies.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"https://cdec.water.ca.gov/reportapp/javareports?name=swccond.pdf\">Snowfall to date (PDF)\u003c/a> has followed a similar pattern, with relatively heavy snowpack accumulating in the northern Sierra Nevada and substantially below-average levels in the southern Sierra.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c!-- iframe plugin v.4.3 wordpress.org/plugins/iframe/ -->\u003cbr>\n\u003ciframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https://datawrapper.dwcdn.net/W7BDQ/3/\" width=\"800\" height=\"750\" scrolling=\"yes\" class=\"iframe-class\" frameborder=\"0\">\u003c/iframe>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>All of Southern California, between Kern County and the borders with Arizona and Mexico, is experiencing \u003ca href=\"https://www.drought.gov/states/california\">moderate to extreme drought\u003c/a> so far this season. The dryness, along with fierce Santa Ana winds, ignited two major fast-moving wildfires in Los Angeles County on Tuesday.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But while the latest forecasts predict dry weather for at least the next 12 days, water suppliers aren’t panicking. They say thanks to ample precipitation two years in a row, their reservoirs and groundwater basins are brimming with water to supply Southern Californians.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“In terms of water reliability and water supply at this moment in Southern California, things are looking pretty solid,” said Mike McNutt of the Las Virgenes Municipal Water District, which serves 75,000 people in northwest Los Angeles County.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In addition, demand in the district has declined since the 2020 drought year by 23%, McNutt said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Statewide, average per capita water use has declined sharply \u003ca href=\"https://www.ppic.org/publication/water-use-in-california/\">since the 1990s\u003c/a> in spite of a growing population. Last July, state officials approved controversial and costly \u003ca href=\"https://calmatters.org/environment/water/2024/07/california-water-conservation-rules-adopted/\">mandatory conservation rules\u003c/a> that force 405 cities and other urban suppliers serving about 95% of Californians to meet individualized water budgets that decline over time.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Orange County Water District Chief Hydrogeologist Roy Herndon said his agency, which supplies groundwater to the north half of the county, has enough supply to carry its 2.5 million customers through the worst of any potential droughts — multiple years in a row with minimal rainfall. “Three years, no problem. I’d say even five years,” Herndon said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The Metropolitan Water District of Southern California — which serves 19 million people mostly with imported water — also has an abundance, “with a record 3.8 million acre-feet of water in storage,” according to Interim General Manager Deven Upadhyay, who issued a statement last week. That’s enough water to supply 40 million people for a year.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Last year was the \u003ca href=\"https://ca.water.usgs.gov/california-drought/california-drought-runoff.html\">eighth wettest year\u003c/a> statewide in a century, and 2024 was about average. Now, the state’s largest reservoirs are \u003ca href=\"https://calmatters.org/california-drought-monitor/\">well above their average levels \u003c/a>for this time of year. Lake Oroville, the State Water Project’s largest, contained 128% of its average to-date storage as of Jan. 6. Lake Shasta was at 130%. Casitas and Diamond Valley reservoirs, key holding facilities for Southern California’s supply, are both almost full.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Moreover, \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12020122/northern-california-snowpack-much-stronger-start-than-last-year\">snowpack conditions\u003c/a> in the Sierra Nevada are promising.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>As of Monday, the Sierra Nevada contained a \u003ca href=\"https://cdec.water.ca.gov/reportapp/javareports?name=swccond.pdf\">snow water equivalent (PDF)\u003c/a> of 103% of average. The northern end of the mountain range is at 150% — a reassuring status since it’s the source of the bulk of the reservoirs. The southern end, however, now holds just two-thirds of its average for early January.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12020772\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 1568px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12020772\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/010225-Snow-Survey-DWR-CM-copy.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1568\" height=\"1045\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/010225-Snow-Survey-DWR-CM-copy.jpg 1568w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/010225-Snow-Survey-DWR-CM-copy-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/010225-Snow-Survey-DWR-CM-copy-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/010225-Snow-Survey-DWR-CM-copy-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/010225-Snow-Survey-DWR-CM-copy-1536x1024.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1568px) 100vw, 1568px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">At right, California Department of Water Resources staff member Andy Reising conducts the first snow survey of the 2025 season at Phillips Station in the Sierra Nevada., on Jan. 2, 2025. \u003ccite>(Nick Shockey/California Department of Water Resources)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>“Off to a better start this water year than we were last year, but much remains to be seen in terms of how this water year actually ends up,” said David Rizzardo, hydrology section manager of the California Department of Water Resources.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The agency announced in early December that its State Water Project — which serves 750,000 acres of farmland and 27 million people — would be delivering 5% of requested water supplies to local agencies. Later in the month, after November’s atmospheric rivers pummeled Northern California, the department boosted the initial allocation to 15%. The allocation will likely jump again before the rainy season peters out — usually in April or May.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>What’s in store for the next three months?\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>In California climatology, only one prediction is downright easy to make: Summers will be dry across most of the state. But California’s winters are extremely variable, and how the next three months — historically the wettest of most years — will unwind is anyone’s guess.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Michael Anderson, a climatologist with the California Department of Water Resources, said a single large storm could change the outlook for Southern California’s water year. But he also observed that most years that have started out so exceptionally dry have stayed dry.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Of the ten times on record when Southern California’s coastal region had received less than an inch of rain by New Year’s Day, only once did the water year’s precipitation tally come out above normal, he said. Three of those times, precipitation levels reached almost average.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>John Abatzoglou, a climatologist at UC Merced, said an abrupt shift in precipitation patterns into a full-on drought statewide, though not necessarily probable, would not be surprising, either.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“That is certainly the California story — bouts of very wet to bouts of very dry, flipping within a single season, flipping year to year, hoping that it evens out in the end,” he said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Though it’s essentially a tossup how the rest of the year shapes up, there is a caveat: the onset of \u003ca href=\"https://www.cpc.ncep.noaa.gov/products/analysis_monitoring/enso_advisory/ensodisc.shtml\">La Niña\u003c/a>. The counterpart to the more prestigious El Niño, La Niña often features dry conditions in Southern California and wetter conditions farther north.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Alexander Gershunov, a research meteorologist at UC San Diego’s Scripps Institution of Oceanography, said the precipitation patterns seen so far this year, while somewhat consistent with La Niña, are more the “outcome of natural variability.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“La Niña signals typically don’t kick in until January,” he said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>A classic La Niña could draw out current patterns through the remainder of the winter, though Gershunov also leaned toward the possibility that the year would finish up a wet one. Citing 2011, 2017 and 2023, he said, “three of the wettest years this century were La Niña years.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Southern California’s dry conditions primed the region to burn. The largest wildfire, the \u003ca href=\"https://www.fire.ca.gov/incidents/2025/1/7/palisades-fire\">Palisades Fire\u003c/a>, in Los Angeles County’s Pacific Palisades, grew to more than 3,000 acres within hours, forcing evacuation of tens of thousands of residences and destroying homes. The \u003ca href=\"https://www.fire.ca.gov/incidents/2025/1/7/eaton-fire\">Eaton Fire \u003c/a>ignited in Altadena, near the San Gabriel Mountains, on Tuesday night.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>Wetter wets and drier dries\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>Increasingly pronounced weather extremes have been a growing area of interest among scientists and state officials, who frequently cite “weather whiplash” — “wetter wets” and “drier dries” — as one of the most pressing climate-related challenges facing California.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Mid-winter wildfires are just one potential outcome of this climate pattern. Increasingly erratic and unpredictable water cycles are another. California’s intricate system of reservoirs, canals and pumping stations was built to accommodate winter rainfall followed by a steady flow of snowmelt in the summer.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Our reservoir system was predicated on the notion that much of our water would stay frozen in the mountains for months,” said Jeffrey Mount, a senior fellow and water supply expert at the Public Policy Institute of California.[aside label=\"Related Stories\" postID=\"news_12020122,news_11986659,science_1935067\"]But the climate that has historically supported this pattern is changing.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Hots are getting hotter, dries are getting drier, the wets are getting a lot wetter,” said Gov. Gavin Newsom in a recent press briefing. “You have simultaneous droughts and simultaneous rain bombs.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>One trend frequently described is that of warmer and shorter winters, compressed from both ends. This causes more precipitation to fall in a shorter period of time, more of it to fall as rain, and more of the snow that does fall to melt earlier in the season.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Climate models suggest that the state’s snowpack — a resource that on average has provided \u003ca href=\"https://oehha.ca.gov/climate-change/epic-2022/impacts-physical-systems/snow-water-content\">15 million acre-feet of water annually\u003c/a>, or nearly four times the capacity of the state’s largest reservoir — could mostly disappear by the end of the century, when winters may be too warm to support long-lasting snow on all but the highest peaks and ridges in the state.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“The outlooks for California are a warmer future, where we see that snow line … moving up the hill, towards the end of the century, really leaving that seasonal snowpack to the higher elevations,” Anderson, at the Department of Water Resources, said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Mount said the decline of snowpack is happening slowly on average, but with extreme snow drought periods increasingly falling into the bar charts of California history. Notable gaps are seen from 2012 to 2015 and 2020 to 2023 — low-snow periods that could reflect future norms.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“We’re facing a future without snowpack, and we’re not ready for that,” Mount said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>This shifting hydrology has prompted calls from many water supply advocates for more reservoirs and enlargement of existing ones to capture more water at once. The long-delayed proposed \u003ca href=\"https://calmatters.org/environment/2023/02/california-sites-reservoir/\">Sites Reservoir\u003c/a> — one of Newsom’s frequent rallying points — is well into planning stages, and other reservoirs are being enlarged.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Mount said relying on such concrete infrastructure enhancements will eventually prove much too costly. The solution, he says, lies underground.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Our best hope is to aggressively start using groundwater for our main storage for the future,” he said.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>Underground solutions\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>That’s not so easy in agricultural areas. Farms use such great volumes of water that it’s impossible to recharge many groundwater basins faster than growers pump it out, especially in the \u003ca href=\"https://calmatters.org/environment/water/2023/02/california-depleted-groundwater-storms/\">San Joaquin Valley\u003c/a>. Water agencies and state officials are seeking ways to channel floodwaters into gravelly basins where water can rapidly sink in, but logistical and regulatory barriers continue to stifle progress.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Because urban areas use relatively little water compared to farmland, local stormwater capture has made more of a splash. The Los Angeles Department of Water and Power captured more than \u003ca href=\"https://www.ladwpnews.com/record-snowpack-dramatically-improves-water-supply-outlook-for-los-angeles/\">108,000 acre-feet\u003c/a> of local stormwater in 2023 — about 20% of its annual demands — and diverted it into groundwater basins. Last year, the agency captured \u003ca href=\"https://www.ladwpnews.com/the-city-of-los-angeles-captures-5-billion-more-gallons-of-stormwater-in-february-2024-than-february-2023/\">41,000 acre-feet\u003c/a> of stormwater in February alone.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Delon Kwan, the department’s assistant director of water resources, said city plans are afoot to increase stormwater capture to 150,000 acre-feet per year by 2035, in part by using urban parks as infiltration grounds.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Water recycling systems are another way to help drought-proof California communities. In his 2022 \u003ca href=\"https://resources.ca.gov/-/media/CNRA-Website/Files/Initiatives/Water-Resilience/CA-Water-Supply-Strategy.pdf\">water supply strategy (PDF)\u003c/a>, Newsom set a target of 800,000 acre-feet of recycled water by 2030 and 1.8 million acre-feet by 2040. Some cities already reuse wastewater for irrigation or treat it after storing it in aquifers. Now, direct potable reuse — sometimes erroneously called toilet-to-tap — has been \u003ca href=\"https://calmatters.org/environment/2023/12/california-rules-turn-sewage-into-drinking-water/#:~:text=Gavin%20Newsom%20called%20for%20increasing,streams%20and%20the%20deep%20ocean.\">approved \u003c/a>in California.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Mount said Southern California has made great steps toward improving local water supplies, but climate change could limit the region’s potential for self-sufficiency.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“As you see increasing aridity in Southern California, with a climate more and more like the Southwest, you’re going to see increasing reliance on water from other areas,” he said. “If you haven’t got water to recycle, it becomes a real problem. If you haven’t got stormwater to capture, it’s a problem.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad floatright]\u003c/p>\n",
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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Northern California is always wetter than the semi-arid southern half. But the scale of the north-south gap that has persisted for several months has stunned experts.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“There have been few if any years since 1895 … that have been so much above-normal in the northern part of the state while simultaneously so dry in the south,” Daniel Swain, a UCLA climate scientist, wrote in his blog \u003ca href=\"https://weatherwest.com/\">Weather West\u003c/a>. He added, in an email exchange with CalMatters, that “it is likely that the current north-south disparity is record-breaking in magnitude by at least some metrics.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>This season’s stark imbalance isn’t bad in terms of water supply. That’s because Northern California’s rain and snow feed major reservoirs, which provide much of the water used by Californians. If this occurred in reverse — a wet south and a dry north — most of the water would remain uncaptured, providing little benefit for supplies.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"https://cdec.water.ca.gov/reportapp/javareports?name=swccond.pdf\">Snowfall to date (PDF)\u003c/a> has followed a similar pattern, with relatively heavy snowpack accumulating in the northern Sierra Nevada and substantially below-average levels in the southern Sierra.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c!-- iframe plugin v.4.3 wordpress.org/plugins/iframe/ -->\u003cbr>\n\u003ciframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https://datawrapper.dwcdn.net/W7BDQ/3/\" width=\"800\" height=\"750\" scrolling=\"yes\" class=\"iframe-class\" frameborder=\"0\">\u003c/iframe>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>All of Southern California, between Kern County and the borders with Arizona and Mexico, is experiencing \u003ca href=\"https://www.drought.gov/states/california\">moderate to extreme drought\u003c/a> so far this season. The dryness, along with fierce Santa Ana winds, ignited two major fast-moving wildfires in Los Angeles County on Tuesday.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But while the latest forecasts predict dry weather for at least the next 12 days, water suppliers aren’t panicking. They say thanks to ample precipitation two years in a row, their reservoirs and groundwater basins are brimming with water to supply Southern Californians.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“In terms of water reliability and water supply at this moment in Southern California, things are looking pretty solid,” said Mike McNutt of the Las Virgenes Municipal Water District, which serves 75,000 people in northwest Los Angeles County.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In addition, demand in the district has declined since the 2020 drought year by 23%, McNutt said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Statewide, average per capita water use has declined sharply \u003ca href=\"https://www.ppic.org/publication/water-use-in-california/\">since the 1990s\u003c/a> in spite of a growing population. Last July, state officials approved controversial and costly \u003ca href=\"https://calmatters.org/environment/water/2024/07/california-water-conservation-rules-adopted/\">mandatory conservation rules\u003c/a> that force 405 cities and other urban suppliers serving about 95% of Californians to meet individualized water budgets that decline over time.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Orange County Water District Chief Hydrogeologist Roy Herndon said his agency, which supplies groundwater to the north half of the county, has enough supply to carry its 2.5 million customers through the worst of any potential droughts — multiple years in a row with minimal rainfall. “Three years, no problem. I’d say even five years,” Herndon said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The Metropolitan Water District of Southern California — which serves 19 million people mostly with imported water — also has an abundance, “with a record 3.8 million acre-feet of water in storage,” according to Interim General Manager Deven Upadhyay, who issued a statement last week. That’s enough water to supply 40 million people for a year.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Last year was the \u003ca href=\"https://ca.water.usgs.gov/california-drought/california-drought-runoff.html\">eighth wettest year\u003c/a> statewide in a century, and 2024 was about average. Now, the state’s largest reservoirs are \u003ca href=\"https://calmatters.org/california-drought-monitor/\">well above their average levels \u003c/a>for this time of year. Lake Oroville, the State Water Project’s largest, contained 128% of its average to-date storage as of Jan. 6. Lake Shasta was at 130%. Casitas and Diamond Valley reservoirs, key holding facilities for Southern California’s supply, are both almost full.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Moreover, \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12020122/northern-california-snowpack-much-stronger-start-than-last-year\">snowpack conditions\u003c/a> in the Sierra Nevada are promising.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>As of Monday, the Sierra Nevada contained a \u003ca href=\"https://cdec.water.ca.gov/reportapp/javareports?name=swccond.pdf\">snow water equivalent (PDF)\u003c/a> of 103% of average. The northern end of the mountain range is at 150% — a reassuring status since it’s the source of the bulk of the reservoirs. The southern end, however, now holds just two-thirds of its average for early January.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12020772\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 1568px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12020772\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/010225-Snow-Survey-DWR-CM-copy.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1568\" height=\"1045\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/010225-Snow-Survey-DWR-CM-copy.jpg 1568w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/010225-Snow-Survey-DWR-CM-copy-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/010225-Snow-Survey-DWR-CM-copy-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/010225-Snow-Survey-DWR-CM-copy-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/010225-Snow-Survey-DWR-CM-copy-1536x1024.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1568px) 100vw, 1568px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">At right, California Department of Water Resources staff member Andy Reising conducts the first snow survey of the 2025 season at Phillips Station in the Sierra Nevada., on Jan. 2, 2025. \u003ccite>(Nick Shockey/California Department of Water Resources)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>“Off to a better start this water year than we were last year, but much remains to be seen in terms of how this water year actually ends up,” said David Rizzardo, hydrology section manager of the California Department of Water Resources.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The agency announced in early December that its State Water Project — which serves 750,000 acres of farmland and 27 million people — would be delivering 5% of requested water supplies to local agencies. Later in the month, after November’s atmospheric rivers pummeled Northern California, the department boosted the initial allocation to 15%. The allocation will likely jump again before the rainy season peters out — usually in April or May.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>What’s in store for the next three months?\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>In California climatology, only one prediction is downright easy to make: Summers will be dry across most of the state. But California’s winters are extremely variable, and how the next three months — historically the wettest of most years — will unwind is anyone’s guess.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Michael Anderson, a climatologist with the California Department of Water Resources, said a single large storm could change the outlook for Southern California’s water year. But he also observed that most years that have started out so exceptionally dry have stayed dry.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Of the ten times on record when Southern California’s coastal region had received less than an inch of rain by New Year’s Day, only once did the water year’s precipitation tally come out above normal, he said. Three of those times, precipitation levels reached almost average.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>John Abatzoglou, a climatologist at UC Merced, said an abrupt shift in precipitation patterns into a full-on drought statewide, though not necessarily probable, would not be surprising, either.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“That is certainly the California story — bouts of very wet to bouts of very dry, flipping within a single season, flipping year to year, hoping that it evens out in the end,” he said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Though it’s essentially a tossup how the rest of the year shapes up, there is a caveat: the onset of \u003ca href=\"https://www.cpc.ncep.noaa.gov/products/analysis_monitoring/enso_advisory/ensodisc.shtml\">La Niña\u003c/a>. The counterpart to the more prestigious El Niño, La Niña often features dry conditions in Southern California and wetter conditions farther north.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Alexander Gershunov, a research meteorologist at UC San Diego’s Scripps Institution of Oceanography, said the precipitation patterns seen so far this year, while somewhat consistent with La Niña, are more the “outcome of natural variability.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“La Niña signals typically don’t kick in until January,” he said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>A classic La Niña could draw out current patterns through the remainder of the winter, though Gershunov also leaned toward the possibility that the year would finish up a wet one. Citing 2011, 2017 and 2023, he said, “three of the wettest years this century were La Niña years.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Southern California’s dry conditions primed the region to burn. The largest wildfire, the \u003ca href=\"https://www.fire.ca.gov/incidents/2025/1/7/palisades-fire\">Palisades Fire\u003c/a>, in Los Angeles County’s Pacific Palisades, grew to more than 3,000 acres within hours, forcing evacuation of tens of thousands of residences and destroying homes. The \u003ca href=\"https://www.fire.ca.gov/incidents/2025/1/7/eaton-fire\">Eaton Fire \u003c/a>ignited in Altadena, near the San Gabriel Mountains, on Tuesday night.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>Wetter wets and drier dries\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>Increasingly pronounced weather extremes have been a growing area of interest among scientists and state officials, who frequently cite “weather whiplash” — “wetter wets” and “drier dries” — as one of the most pressing climate-related challenges facing California.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Mid-winter wildfires are just one potential outcome of this climate pattern. Increasingly erratic and unpredictable water cycles are another. California’s intricate system of reservoirs, canals and pumping stations was built to accommodate winter rainfall followed by a steady flow of snowmelt in the summer.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Our reservoir system was predicated on the notion that much of our water would stay frozen in the mountains for months,” said Jeffrey Mount, a senior fellow and water supply expert at the Public Policy Institute of California.\u003c/p>\u003c/div>",
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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>But the climate that has historically supported this pattern is changing.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Hots are getting hotter, dries are getting drier, the wets are getting a lot wetter,” said Gov. Gavin Newsom in a recent press briefing. “You have simultaneous droughts and simultaneous rain bombs.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>One trend frequently described is that of warmer and shorter winters, compressed from both ends. This causes more precipitation to fall in a shorter period of time, more of it to fall as rain, and more of the snow that does fall to melt earlier in the season.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Climate models suggest that the state’s snowpack — a resource that on average has provided \u003ca href=\"https://oehha.ca.gov/climate-change/epic-2022/impacts-physical-systems/snow-water-content\">15 million acre-feet of water annually\u003c/a>, or nearly four times the capacity of the state’s largest reservoir — could mostly disappear by the end of the century, when winters may be too warm to support long-lasting snow on all but the highest peaks and ridges in the state.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“The outlooks for California are a warmer future, where we see that snow line … moving up the hill, towards the end of the century, really leaving that seasonal snowpack to the higher elevations,” Anderson, at the Department of Water Resources, said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Mount said the decline of snowpack is happening slowly on average, but with extreme snow drought periods increasingly falling into the bar charts of California history. Notable gaps are seen from 2012 to 2015 and 2020 to 2023 — low-snow periods that could reflect future norms.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“We’re facing a future without snowpack, and we’re not ready for that,” Mount said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>This shifting hydrology has prompted calls from many water supply advocates for more reservoirs and enlargement of existing ones to capture more water at once. The long-delayed proposed \u003ca href=\"https://calmatters.org/environment/2023/02/california-sites-reservoir/\">Sites Reservoir\u003c/a> — one of Newsom’s frequent rallying points — is well into planning stages, and other reservoirs are being enlarged.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Mount said relying on such concrete infrastructure enhancements will eventually prove much too costly. The solution, he says, lies underground.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Our best hope is to aggressively start using groundwater for our main storage for the future,” he said.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>Underground solutions\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>That’s not so easy in agricultural areas. Farms use such great volumes of water that it’s impossible to recharge many groundwater basins faster than growers pump it out, especially in the \u003ca href=\"https://calmatters.org/environment/water/2023/02/california-depleted-groundwater-storms/\">San Joaquin Valley\u003c/a>. Water agencies and state officials are seeking ways to channel floodwaters into gravelly basins where water can rapidly sink in, but logistical and regulatory barriers continue to stifle progress.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Because urban areas use relatively little water compared to farmland, local stormwater capture has made more of a splash. The Los Angeles Department of Water and Power captured more than \u003ca href=\"https://www.ladwpnews.com/record-snowpack-dramatically-improves-water-supply-outlook-for-los-angeles/\">108,000 acre-feet\u003c/a> of local stormwater in 2023 — about 20% of its annual demands — and diverted it into groundwater basins. Last year, the agency captured \u003ca href=\"https://www.ladwpnews.com/the-city-of-los-angeles-captures-5-billion-more-gallons-of-stormwater-in-february-2024-than-february-2023/\">41,000 acre-feet\u003c/a> of stormwater in February alone.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Delon Kwan, the department’s assistant director of water resources, said city plans are afoot to increase stormwater capture to 150,000 acre-feet per year by 2035, in part by using urban parks as infiltration grounds.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Water recycling systems are another way to help drought-proof California communities. In his 2022 \u003ca href=\"https://resources.ca.gov/-/media/CNRA-Website/Files/Initiatives/Water-Resilience/CA-Water-Supply-Strategy.pdf\">water supply strategy (PDF)\u003c/a>, Newsom set a target of 800,000 acre-feet of recycled water by 2030 and 1.8 million acre-feet by 2040. Some cities already reuse wastewater for irrigation or treat it after storing it in aquifers. Now, direct potable reuse — sometimes erroneously called toilet-to-tap — has been \u003ca href=\"https://calmatters.org/environment/2023/12/california-rules-turn-sewage-into-drinking-water/#:~:text=Gavin%20Newsom%20called%20for%20increasing,streams%20and%20the%20deep%20ocean.\">approved \u003c/a>in California.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Mount said Southern California has made great steps toward improving local water supplies, but climate change could limit the region’s potential for self-sufficiency.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“As you see increasing aridity in Southern California, with a climate more and more like the Southwest, you’re going to see increasing reliance on water from other areas,” he said. “If you haven’t got water to recycle, it becomes a real problem. If you haven’t got stormwater to capture, it’s a problem.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003c/div>",
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"content": "\u003cp>\u003cem>Updated 3:15 p.m. Wednesday\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Massive wildfires roaring through \u003ca href=\"https://apnews.com/article/wildfire-southern-california-santa-ana-winds-c48661615061eb631784b666cddfa4ac\">the Los Angeles area\u003c/a> left neighborhoods in ruins Wednesday, threatening landmarks made famous by Hollywood as desperate residents escaped through flames that spread out of control with help from hurricane-force winds.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The \u003ca href=\"https://www.latimes.com/california/live/pacific-palisades-fire-updates-los-angeles\">Los Angeles Times reports\u003c/a> that the death toll from the fires is now up to at least 5 people with 1,100 structures burned as of 3 p.m.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Three major blazes that erupted just a day earlier grew substantially while winds scattered embers far and wide. The fires blanketed the city with a thick cloud of smoke and ash and destroyed homes across the metropolitan area, from the Pacific Coast inland to Pasadena, home of the famed Rose Parade.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>One of the fires was the most destructive in the modern history of the city of LA and reduced grocery stores and banks to rubble, leveling entire blocks.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>With thousands of firefighters already attacking the flames, the Los Angeles Fire Department put out a plea for off-duty and out-of-state firefighters to help. The winds temporarily stopped aircraft from dumping water from above until they were able to resume flights.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>https://x.com/FremontFire/status/1877123067119563057\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Images of the devastation showed luxurious homes that collapsed in a whirlwind of flaming embers. Swimming pools were blackened with soot, and sports cars slumped on melted tires.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“This morning, we woke up to a dark cloud over all of Los Angeles. But it is darkest for those who are most intimately impacted by these fires. It has been an immensely painful 24 hours,” LA County Supervisor Lindsey Horvath said.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>Key updates\u003c/h2>\n\u003cul>\n\u003cli>\u003cstrong>Evacuation orders\u003c/strong> issued for some densely populated areas of \u003cstrong>Santa Monica\u003c/strong>\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>Over \u003cstrong>1.5 million people\u003c/strong> in Southern California are without power\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>Already crowded hospitals now contend with medical emergencies from \u003cstrong>smoke inhalation\u003c/strong>\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>For roughly 15 hours, water systems faced four times more than normal demand, lowering water pressure and causing some fire \u003cstrong>hydrants to run dry\u003c/strong>, according to officials from the Los Angeles Department of Water and Power.\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>County officials urge residents to \u003cstrong>conserve water\u003c/strong> for firefighters\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>The \u003cstrong>LA Metro suspended fares\u003c/strong> on Wednesday after intermittent power outages made it difficult for riders to purchase and load fare cards.\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>The NHL has \u003cstrong>postponed\u003c/strong> the Los Angeles Kings’ home game against the Calgary Flames.\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>The \u003cstrong>Critics Choice Awards\u003c/strong> have been postponed until Jan. 26\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>The voting window for \u003cstrong>Academy Awards\u003c/strong> nominations has been extended\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>The Altadena Golf Course, Will Rogers’ historic home, and the iconic Reel Inn fish market off Pacific Coast Highway have been destroyed.\u003c/li>\n\u003c/ul>\n\u003cp>https://x.com/brittny_mejia/status/1877122891248025683\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ci>Wildfire locations are sourced from \u003ca href=\"https://www.fire.ca.gov/\">Cal Fire\u003c/a> and updated multiple times per day. Perimeters are based on thermal hotspot and fire activity detected by \u003ca href=\"https://www.earthdata.nasa.gov/data/instruments/viirs\">NASA’s VIIRS satellites\u003c/a>. Click on each fire icon for more incident-specific detail.\u003c/i>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c!-- iframe plugin v.4.3 wordpress.org/plugins/iframe/ -->\u003cbr>\n\u003ciframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https://kqedsf.maps.arcgis.com/apps/instant/basic/index.html?appid=c7285ba9ce524bbba6c689e96d013112\" width=\"1200\" height=\"700\" scrolling=\"yes\" class=\"iframe-class\" frameborder=\"0\">\u003c/iframe>\u003cbr>\n\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 14px;\">\u003ci>Map by Matthew Green/KQED\u003c/i>\u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>Like ‘living inside of a fireplace’\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>At least 70,000 people were ordered to evacuate — a number that kept changing because evacuation orders were continually being issued, officials said. The flames marched toward highly populated and affluent neighborhoods, including Calabasas and Santa Monica, home to California’s rich and famous. \u003ca href=\"https://apnews.com/article/wildfires-los-angeles-celebrities-1337e6e1f6d631aa931684ad185310cd\">Hollywood stars\u003c/a>, including Mark Hamill, Mandy Moore and James Woods, were among those forced to flee.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In Palisades Village, the public library, two major grocery stores, a pair of banks and several boutiques were destroyed.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>https://x.com/JonVigliotti/status/1877020919475884110\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“It’s just really weird coming back to somewhere that doesn’t really exist anymore,” said Dylan Vincent, who returned to the neighborhood to retrieve some items and saw that his elementary school had burned down and that whole blocks had been flattened.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The fires have consumed a total of about 42 square miles (108 square kilometers) — nearly the size of the entire city of San Francisco.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Jennie Girardo, a 39-year-old producer and director from Pasadena, said she was alarmed when her neighbor came to check on her.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“When I opened my door, it smelled like I was living inside of a fireplace,” she said. “Then I also started to see the ash. And I’ve never seen that in my life. Like raining ash.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>Fast-moving flames allowed little time to escape\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>Flames moved so quickly that many barely had time to escape. Police sought shelter inside their patrol cars, and residents at a senior living center were pushed in wheelchairs and hospital beds down a street to safety in the foothills northeast of LA.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>One of the fires ripped through the \u003ca href=\"https://apnews.com/article/california-wildfires-pacific-palisades-celebrity-20fbace2f7cd66441942674ffb5c75da\">Pacific Palisades\u003c/a> neighborhood, a hillside area along the coast dotted with celebrity homes and memorialized by the Beach Boys in their 1960s hit “Surfin’ USA.” In the \u003ca href=\"https://apnews.com/article/wildfiresafetyevacuationtipsmap-1b3bdaa19fc990bceacd60cf074eda41\">race to get to safety\u003c/a>, roadways became impassable when scores of people abandoned their vehicles and fled on foot, some toting suitcases.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“People were getting out of the cars with their dogs and babies and bags,” said Kelsey Trainor, who escaped while ash fell all around and fires burned on both sides of the road.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>https://x.com/EthanSwopePhoto/status/1876938628909125720\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Higher temperatures and less rain mean a longer fire season\u003cbr>\nCalifornia’s wildfire season typically begins in June or July and runs through October, according to the \u003ca href=\"https://wfca.com/wildfire-articles/california-fire-season-in-depth-guide/#:~:text=Fires%20are%20possible%20throughout%20the,June)%20and%20runs%20until%20October.\">Western Fire Chiefs Association\u003c/a>, but January wildfires are not unprecedented. There was one in 2022 and 10 in 2021, according to CalFire.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The season is beginning earlier and ending later due to rising temperatures and decreased rainfall tied to climate change, according to recent data. Rains that usually end fire season are often delayed, meaning fires can burn through the winter months, the association said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Dry winds, including \u003ca href=\"https://apnews.com/article/santa-ana-winds-california-0b2c68cdc29a7c354238c6ccc09c830c\">the notorious Santa Anas\u003c/a>, have contributed to warmer-than-average temperatures in Southern California, which has not seen more than 0.1 inches (0.25 centimeters) of rain since early May.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The winds increased to 80 mph (129 kph) Wednesday, according to reports received by the National Weather Service, and could top 100 mph (160 kph) in mountains and foothills.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>Landmarks get scorched and studios suspend production\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>President Joe Biden pledged to sign a federal emergency declaration after arriving at a Santa Monica fire station for a briefing with Gov. Gavin Newsom.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>https://x.com/GavinNewsom/status/1877073980592390387\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Newsom posted on X that California had deployed more than 1,400 firefighting personnel to combat the blazes. He also dispatched National Guard troops to help.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“We are absolutely not out of danger yet,” Los Angeles city Fire Chief Kristin M. Crowley said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The fires burned through Temescal Canyon, a popular hiking area surrounded by dense neighborhoods of multimillion-dollar homes, and also jumped famous Sunset Boulevard, burning parts of the Palisades Charter High School, which has been featured in many Hollywood productions, including the 1976 horror movie “Carrie” and the TV series “Teen Wolf.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Several Hollywood studios suspended production, and Universal Studios closed its theme park between Pasadena and Pacific Palisades. The Getty Villa, a campus devoted to art and culture of ancient Greece and Rome, said its structures and collection were safe.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>As it grew, the fire burning in the Pacific Palisades became the most destructive fire in the modern history of the city of Los Angeles.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>With an estimated 1,000 structures destroyed and the flames still growing Wednesday, it is far more destructive than the Sayre fire in 2008 that destroyed just over 600 structures, according to statistics kept by the Wildfire Alliance, a partnership between the city’s fire department and MySafe:LA. Structures refers to homes and other buildings.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Before that, a 1961 Bel Air fire stood for nearly half a century as the most destructive fire in the city’s history. It burned nearly 500 houses in the tony hillside enclave, including homes of actor Burt Lancaster, Zsa Zsa Gabor and other celebrities.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Residents were urged to limit water usage. Los Angeles Public Works Director Mark Pestrella said the city’s water systems that service homes and businesses were working effectively, but “they are not designed to fight wildfires.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>More than 100 schools were closed due to fire risk. Southern California Edison shut off service to thousands because of safety concerns related to high winds and fire risks. More than 1.5 million customers could face shutoffs depending on weather conditions, the utility said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Several Southern California landmarks were heavily damaged, including the Reel Inn in Malibu, a seafood restaurant. Owner Teddy Leonard and her husband hope to rebuild.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“When you look at the grand scheme of things, as long as your family is well and everyone’s alive, you’re still winning, right?” she said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cem>Seewer reported from Toledo, Ohio. Watson reported from San Diego. 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"content": "\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/tag/daniel-lurie\">Daniel Lurie\u003c/a> will be inaugurated as the 46th mayor of San Francisco on Wednesday.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>A political outsider with deep San Francisco roots, Lurie’s \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12013464/daniel-lurie-clinches-victory-become-sfs-next-mayor-unseating-london-breed\">election in November\u003c/a> punctuated residents’ desire for a City Hall shakeup following the city’s slow pandemic recovery and corruption scandals.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>After unseating incumbent Mayor London Breed, Lurie now faces the real test as he \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12020409/a-lot-can-go-wrong-san-francisco-mayoral-transition-i-would-know\">takes over the mayor’s office\u003c/a> in Room 200. But not without some festivities first.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>After a walk through the Tenderloin and ride on the city’s iconic cable cars, Lurie’s official ceremony begins at Civic Center at 11:30 a.m., followed by an open house at City Hall and later a \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/arts/13969982/sf-edm-star-zhu-to-headline-daniel-luries-free-inauguration-party\">special night market in Chinatown\u003c/a> featuring San Francisco-born electronic music producer Zhu.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Things are moving fast. Here’s a refresher on how we got here.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>San Francisco’s newest ‘City Hall insider’\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>Born and raised in San Francisco, Lurie attended the elite Town School for Boys and University High School before heading to the East Coast for college and later to work for the Robin Hood Foundation. He founded the anti-poverty nonprofit Tipping Point Community, which has given out grants for work in housing, health care and other social services.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Lurie has never worked directly in government or held an elected office. 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Almost half of that came from his own wealth, and his mother, Mimi Haas, donated $1 million.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>That financial boost afforded the political outsider plenty of advertising space in mailers, social media ads and television — even more so than opponents who raked in millions of dollars from wealthy tech donors.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[aside postID=news_12020575 hero='https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/11/241108-LurieVictoryPresser-29-BL_qed-1020x680.jpg']\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Lurie’s wealth tied him to older San Francisco institutions, but he ran a campaign focused on \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12014282/bay-area-voters-embrace-political-outsiders-in-historic-mayoral-shake-ups\">bringing a fresh perspective\u003c/a> to local government that resonated with both frustrated and open-minded voters. He regularly blamed so-called “City Hall insiders” for government inefficiency and problems like homelessness and street safety.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>And while he trailed opponents in early polls, he remained consistently voters’ second choice in a simulated ranked-choice ballot. By November — after a grueling election season that brought out new scandals, including the \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12012419/sf-mayoral-candidate-mark-farrell-pay-largest-ethics-fine-citys-history\">largest campaign ethics violation fine\u003c/a> in the city’s history against opponent Mark Farrell — Lurie was polling highly as both voters’ first and second choice.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“This city is poised for greatness, so let’s all come together,” Lurie told a room full of volunteers in neon vests on Sunday at a neighborhood cleanup in the Mission District. “It’s a new year. It’s a new mayor. New supervisors. Let’s get to work. Let’s roll up our sleeves.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The new mayor’s policy platform, however, doesn’t stray dramatically from his predecessor, a fellow moderate Democrat.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Lurie has vowed to build new emergency shelter beds within his first six months of office and has said he plans to issue a state of emergency around the city’s overdose crisis. He’s also going to have to prove he can move the needle on building the thousands of approved units that are stalled in the city’s development pipeline to meet a state housing mandate.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>A changing City Hall\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>On the campaign trail, Lurie vowed to usher in a renewed focus on accountability and ethics, but a few of his early picks have already raised some eyebrows. That included\u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12014714/san-francisco-mayor-elect-daniel-lurie-taps-openai-founder-transition-team\"> naming OpenAI CEO Sam Altman\u003c/a> to his transition team, a temporary and largely symbolic group of advisers, while the artificial intelligence company is actively lobbying City Hall for tax breaks.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>For his long-term staff, Lurie appears to be trying to strike a balance by holding on to City Hall expertise that he’ll need to rely on while also bringing in some outside experience and perspectives on longstanding issues.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12020509\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12020509\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/250105-LurieInaugurationCleanup-53.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/250105-LurieInaugurationCleanup-53.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/250105-LurieInaugurationCleanup-53-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/250105-LurieInaugurationCleanup-53-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/250105-LurieInaugurationCleanup-53-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/250105-LurieInaugurationCleanup-53-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/250105-LurieInaugurationCleanup-53-1920x1280.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Mayor-elect Daniel Lurie and his wife Becca Prowda pick up trash in the Mission District in San Francisco on Jan. 5, 2025, during a weekend of service before his inauguration. \u003ccite>(Beth LaBerge/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>In one of his first acts as mayor-elect, Lurie announced that he would have \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12017698/lurie-unveils-major-shakeup-san-francisco-mayors-office\">four policy directors\u003c/a> as well as a chief of staff reporting directly to him.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12018617/lurie-taps-ex-twitter-exec-tackle-sfs-housing-shortage-economic-rebound\">Ned Segal\u003c/a>, former Twitter chief financial officer, will be chief of housing and economic development; former SFPD commander \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12020118/lurie-names-sf-first-chief-public-safety-tapping-former-police-commander\">Paul Yep\u003c/a> will oversee public safety policy; Alicia John-Baptiste, former CEO of the urban policy research and advocacy organization SPUR, will take the lead on infrastructure, climate and mobility; and Kunal Modi, a partner at management consultant McKinsey & Co., will direct health, homelessness and family services. Former Giants executive \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12017884/sf-mayor-elect-daniel-lurie-taps-former-giants-executive-lead-staff\">Staci Slaughter\u003c/a> will be Lurie’s chief of staff.[aside postID=news_12020409 hero='https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/11/BreedLurie02-1020x680.jpg'] Unlike some of his opponents, Lurie hasn’t yet promised to fire and replace specific department heads — but he’ll soon have to tap someone to direct the Municipal Transportation Agency after \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12018056/san-francisco-public-transit-boss-jeffrey-tumlin-to-resign\">Jeffrey Tumlin’s resignation\u003c/a>. Lurie also told voters that city department heads would essentially have to re-interview for their jobs, and he said those conversations are ongoing.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>On Thursday, the day after his inauguration, Lurie plans to meet with all of the city’s department heads, he told reporters on Sunday.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I know they’re working hard, and as much as that work is continuing, they also understand that things aren’t working and that they need to be held accountable, and they’re excited about that,” he said. “The focus is on accountability and change.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Several new members of the Board of Supervisors will also be sworn in on Wednesday, including Danny Sauter (District 3), Bilal Mahmood (District 5), Jackie Fielder (District 9) and Chyanne Chen (District 11). The new board leans slightly more to the center after the November election, and Lurie, a moderate Democrat, will have to work with the full cohort to achieve those changes he promised voters in areas like homelessness, overdoses and housing.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Everyone uniformly agrees that what is happening downtown on 6th and Mission and 6th and Market is unacceptable,” Lurie said. “Every supervisor I’ve talked to agrees we need more mental health beds. We need more drug treatment beds. Everyone agrees on that and I agree on that. And that’s going to be my push.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad floatright]\u003c/p>\n",
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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>After a walk through the Tenderloin and ride on the city’s iconic cable cars, Lurie’s official ceremony begins at Civic Center at 11:30 a.m., followed by an open house at City Hall and later a \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/arts/13969982/sf-edm-star-zhu-to-headline-daniel-luries-free-inauguration-party\">special night market in Chinatown\u003c/a> featuring San Francisco-born electronic music producer Zhu.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Things are moving fast. Here’s a refresher on how we got here.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>San Francisco’s newest ‘City Hall insider’\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>Born and raised in San Francisco, Lurie attended the elite Town School for Boys and University High School before heading to the East Coast for college and later to work for the Robin Hood Foundation. He founded the anti-poverty nonprofit Tipping Point Community, which has given out grants for work in housing, health care and other social services.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Lurie has never worked directly in government or held an elected office. He did, however, work with the late Mayor Ed Lee on hosting the 2016 Super Bowl and worked with city agencies through Tipping Point on issues like homelessness.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12020591\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12020591\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/250105-LurieInaugurationCleanup-03_qed.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/250105-LurieInaugurationCleanup-03_qed.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/250105-LurieInaugurationCleanup-03_qed-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/250105-LurieInaugurationCleanup-03_qed-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/250105-LurieInaugurationCleanup-03_qed-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/250105-LurieInaugurationCleanup-03_qed-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/250105-LurieInaugurationCleanup-03_qed-1920x1280.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">San Francisco Mayor-elect Daniel Lurie greets volunteers at Manny’s in San Francisco on Jan. 5, 2025, before a trash pickup in the Mission District, part of a weekend of service before his inauguration on Wednesday. \u003ccite>(Beth LaBerge/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>An heir to the Levi Strauss fortune, Lurie ran the \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12010904/whos-pouring-millions-into-san-franciscos-expensive-mayors-race\">most expensive mayoral campaign\u003c/a> in San Francisco’s history, topping nearly $16 million. Almost half of that came from his own wealth, and his mother, Mimi Haas, donated $1 million.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>That financial boost afforded the political outsider plenty of advertising space in mailers, social media ads and television — even more so than opponents who raked in millions of dollars from wealthy tech donors.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003c/div>",
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By November — after a grueling election season that brought out new scandals, including the \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12012419/sf-mayoral-candidate-mark-farrell-pay-largest-ethics-fine-citys-history\">largest campaign ethics violation fine\u003c/a> in the city’s history against opponent Mark Farrell — Lurie was polling highly as both voters’ first and second choice.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“This city is poised for greatness, so let’s all come together,” Lurie told a room full of volunteers in neon vests on Sunday at a neighborhood cleanup in the Mission District. “It’s a new year. It’s a new mayor. New supervisors. Let’s get to work. Let’s roll up our sleeves.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The new mayor’s policy platform, however, doesn’t stray dramatically from his predecessor, a fellow moderate Democrat.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Lurie has vowed to build new emergency shelter beds within his first six months of office and has said he plans to issue a state of emergency around the city’s overdose crisis. He’s also going to have to prove he can move the needle on building the thousands of approved units that are stalled in the city’s development pipeline to meet a state housing mandate.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>A changing City Hall\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>On the campaign trail, Lurie vowed to usher in a renewed focus on accountability and ethics, but a few of his early picks have already raised some eyebrows. 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It was one of several blazes across the area.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Sections of Interstate 10 and the scenic Pacific Coast Highway were closed to all non-essential traffic to aid in evacuation efforts. But other roads were blocked. Some residents jumped out of their vehicles to get out of danger and waited to be picked up.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Resident Kelsey Trainor said the only road in and out of her neighborhood was completely blocked. Ash fell all around them while fires burned on both sides of the road.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“We looked across and the fire had jumped from one side of the road to the other side of the road,” Trainor said. “People were getting out of the cars with their dogs and babies and bags, they were crying and screaming. The road was just blocked, like full-on blocked for an hour.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>An Associated Press journalist saw a roof and chimney of one home in flames and another residence where the walls were burning. The neighborhood that borders Malibu about 20 miles (32 kilometers) west of downtown LA includes hillside streets of tightly packed homes along winding roads nestled against the Santa Monica Mountains and stretches down to beaches along the Pacific Ocean.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Long-time Palisades resident Will Adams said he was down in town when the fires started and immediately went to pick his two kids up from St. Matthews Parish’s school, which is now in the line of the fire.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>His wife, who was at home, was driving down the main evacuation road for residents in the upper part of the neighborhood when embers flew into her car.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“She vacated her car and left it running,” Adams said. 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In November, Judge Mark Boessenecker agreed with the county, issuing a decision that Napa’s county code “precludes ‘small winery’ public tours and all tastings, by definition.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The county is now seeking an injunction to allow it to enforce the judge’s ruling and requesting more than $8 million from Hoopes in penalties and reimbursement of legal fees — a bill that would effectively shut down the vineyard, founder Spencer Hoopes \u003ca href=\"https://www.sfchronicle.com/food/wine/article/hoopes-vineyard-napa-penalty-20018873.php\">told the \u003cem>San Francisco Chronicle\u003c/em>\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>While tastings and other experiences are common at any number of the wineries lining Highway 29 \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11838178/the-birth-of-wine-country-is-a-story-of-bugs-taxes-and-war\">up and down the Napa Valley\u003c/a>, Spencer Hoopes began planting grapes in front of his home nestled between Napa and Yountville in 1983 and originally made his living selling to other vintners. In the ’90s, though, he decided to create wine under his own name after gaining a reputation for his cabernet sauvignon, according to Hoopes Vineyard’s website.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>His daughter Lindsay took over the winery in 2012, and more than a decade later, it has expanded in its locations and offerings. Originally selling just one bottle of wine on-site, Hoopes now also hosts “experiences” and “timed table visits,” invites guests to an on-site animal sanctuary and features two Airstreams for lounging and drinking at a property bought in 2017.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The county contends that Hoopes’ introduction of what are functionally tastings and tours requires a use permit and said in its lawsuit that the winery failed to seek one.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The previous owners of the vineyard land had purchased a Small Winery Certificate of Exemption in 1984. The short-lived county program, which issued exemptions from 1982 to 1986, still allows certificate holders to make wine on their land without going through an arduous, and expensive, permitting process. Napa’s county code requires larger wineries to apply for use permits in order to host tastings, weddings, tours and other non-agriculture-related activities on land in Napa’s extensive — and \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/forum/2010101870749/forum-on-the-road-land-use-battles-continue-as-napa-county-passes-controversial-tree-water-ordinance\">highly protected\u003c/a> — agricultural preserve.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[aside postID=news_11838178 hero='https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/02/GettyImages-143709552-e1517698014347.jpg']\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>According to Arthur Hartinger, who is representing the county in its lawsuit against Hoopes, the program was designed so that low-impact vineyards could “continue to have a small family farm, grow grapes, produce wine, and sell it in a retail fashion” despite the land’s preservation requirements.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“They just can’t do these other kinds of things that bring more people onto the property and create impacts that have very serious potential consequences,” he continued.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Bringing more people onto the property or expanding its footprint would require a use permit because it could have environmental consequences for the preserve land, such as wastewater impacts, increased water use or traffic in the surrounding area, Hartinger said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>While Hoopes’ exemption allows for two employees and no visitors on-site daily, Lindsay Hoopes testified that the winery welcomes around 60 guests to the grounds per day, along with a number of employees. To qualify for a use permit, it would need to make updates to its wastewater, freshwater and fire protection systems, along with its road and parking. According to the county’s complaint, this could cost the winery between $500,000 and $1 million.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Hoopes, meanwhile, has joined with two other small wineries to allege in a federal lawsuit that some of Napa County’s applicable ordinances are unconstitutionally vague and that the county’s interpretation of these ordinances has changed over the years unfairly.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I have an email [from the county] that says ‘visitor’ means a liquor store owner, but then, two years ago when they sued Hoopes, [the county] said ‘No, visitor means a customer,’” said Joseph Infante, a lawyer representing the wineries in the federal case. “That’s two different things, and so that violates your constitutional right to engage in your business without arbitrary governmental interference.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The suit follows a similar one in Michigan, in which a federal court found that local municipalities’ vague ordinances were out of line with state law. Infante worked on that 2020 case and said similarly that the goal of the Hoopes federal case is to “enjoin enforcement of ordinances that are affecting and violating the constitutional rights of wineries.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The county said in a recent federal court filing that it plans to file a motion to dismiss the case and asked the court to stop litigation from proceeding in the interim. U.S. District Judge Charles Breyer ruled Monday that the case would continue to move forward and required that the county turn over discovery to the plaintiffs’ legal team in the coming weeks, but it’s possible that the county could ask the court to dismiss the case entirely.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The trial is currently set to begin at the end of the month.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>If the county’s ordinances are allowed to stand, and the court grants its injunction next month, it could affect far more than just Hoopes — other similar small wineries could have to change the way they function in Napa Valley.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n",
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