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While the small rodent remains unaware, the predator goes in for the kill, pouncing quickly, pinning the animal to the ground before brutally decapitating it and starting to feast.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>It’s all light work for this unlikely predator: the California ground squirrel.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I could barely believe my eyes,” said Sonja Wild, a postdoctoral research fellow at UC Davis. “Once we started looking, we saw it everywhere.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>For the first time, researchers at UC Davis and the University of Wisconsin-Eau Claire captured squirrels in Contra Costa County hunting and killing voles, small rodents related to hamsters that typically weigh less than two ounces.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hvul3dkzDrk\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Wild worked on the study with lead author Jennifer Smith, an associate professor of biology at UW-Eau Claire.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But it was undergraduates on their team that first discovered the behavior, Smith said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I was very excited to hear about it and also a little bit taken aback about how these cute squirrels that we’ve been studying for over a decade were engaging in this carnivorous behavior,” Smith said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Researchers — affectionately dubbed “Team Squirrel” — have been observing the creatures in \u003ca href=\"https://www.ebparks.org/parks/briones\">Briones Regional Park\u003c/a> for 12 years as part of the \u003ca href=\"https://www.jenniferelainesmith.com/research.html\">Long-term Behavioral Ecology of California Ground Squirrels Project\u003c/a>, which Wild and Smith co-lead.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12018934\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2560px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12018934\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/12/Tia-Ravara-UW-EauClaire-and-Ryann-Su-UC-Davis-watch-squirrel-c-Sonja-Wild-UC-Davis-scaled.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2560\" height=\"1707\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/12/Tia-Ravara-UW-EauClaire-and-Ryann-Su-UC-Davis-watch-squirrel-c-Sonja-Wild-UC-Davis-scaled.jpg 2560w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/12/Tia-Ravara-UW-EauClaire-and-Ryann-Su-UC-Davis-watch-squirrel-c-Sonja-Wild-UC-Davis-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/12/Tia-Ravara-UW-EauClaire-and-Ryann-Su-UC-Davis-watch-squirrel-c-Sonja-Wild-UC-Davis-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/12/Tia-Ravara-UW-EauClaire-and-Ryann-Su-UC-Davis-watch-squirrel-c-Sonja-Wild-UC-Davis-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/12/Tia-Ravara-UW-EauClaire-and-Ryann-Su-UC-Davis-watch-squirrel-c-Sonja-Wild-UC-Davis-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/12/Tia-Ravara-UW-EauClaire-and-Ryann-Su-UC-Davis-watch-squirrel-c-Sonja-Wild-UC-Davis-2048x1365.jpg 2048w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/12/Tia-Ravara-UW-EauClaire-and-Ryann-Su-UC-Davis-watch-squirrel-c-Sonja-Wild-UC-Davis-1920x1280.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2560px) 100vw, 2560px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Tia Ravara (left), a University of Wisconsin-Eau Claire student researcher, and Ryann Su of UC Davis, are approached by a squirrel at Briones Regional Park. \u003ccite>(Sonja Wild/UC Davis)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>This summer was the first time they observed widespread carnivorous behavior among the ground squirrel population.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“It really helps to have the study subjects habituated to us,” Smith said. “There are humans in the park all of the time, but the squirrels respond differently to members of Team Squirrel. We walk differently. We are very, very cautious. We observe at a distance.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Their findings turn the common understanding of squirrel foraging behavior on its head. Previously, the consensus was that ground squirrels primarily ate seeds and other vegetation — only occasionally scavenging for lizards, birds, eggs and bugs.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[aside tag='animals' label='More Animal News']\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“We’ve known for a long time that they are omnivores, and they can eat meat, and they can scavenge all of these things,” Smith said. “But the missing link was: do these squirrels actively target and pursue prey in their natural habitat?”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>A peak in the carnivorous behavior coincided with an explosion of the vole population in the park at the beginning of July, suggesting that it may have been in response to the prey being more available than usual, the authors wrote in the \u003ca href=\"https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s10164-024-00832-6#Sec11\">study published in the Journal of Ethology\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Besides hunting and killing voles, researchers also observed the squirrels competing over their prey.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Squirrels are also social mammals, so researchers are interested in further understanding how the hunting behavior became so widespread throughout the population.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Smith said another potential area of future research is the impact of hunting voles on the survival of ground squirrels.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Researchers expect the vole population to crash next summer due to population cycles, so Smith said it will be interesting to see how the squirrels respond and pivot their eating habits.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“They’re incredibly behaviorally flexible,” Smith said, “and my guess is they’ll just take advantage of whatever foods are around.”\u003c/p>\n\n",
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She was denied visits with her family; her phone and commissary access were cut off; she was barred from speaking with her lawyer.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>She was also forced to return to the medical office and interact with the officer who she said had assaulted her to receive necessary care or medications. She said the final words he spoke to her, the day before she was scheduled for early release, were: “he knew where I lived, and he would be up to have a drink with me at some point.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“My release was canceled the next morning,” Baker said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>More than 100 women have come forward with experiences like Baker’s since a 2021 \u003cem>Associated Press\u003c/em> investigation revealed that the facility, dubbed the “rape club” by workers and women imprisoned there, had a long history of enabling sexual abuse.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“This is an affirmation that sexual abuse of female prisoners will not be tolerated in this society,” attorney Jessica Pride, who represents plaintiffs in the case, said of this week’s settlement. “The Bureau of Prisons and the Department of Justice now have 116 million reasons why they will make sure that prisoners will not be sexually abused under their watch.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In a statement, the Bureau of Prisons said it condemns all sexually abusive behavior and “takes seriously its duty to protect the individuals in [its] custody.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The bureau “remains committed to rooting out criminal behavior and holding accountable those who violate their oath of office,” the statement continues.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The global settlement was divided among the women based on in-depth interviews with two former judges, who listened to their accounts of abuse and reviewed their treatment records. Individuals received $500,000 to $1.6 million each, Pride said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The settlement is the latest legal victory for women who were incarcerated at FCI Dublin, which the Bureau of Prisons said this month \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12017117/east-bay-federal-prison-plagued-sex-abuse-scandal-close-permanently\">will close permanently\u003c/a> after it was abruptly cleared out and shuttered in April. 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More than 20 others who have been accused of sexual misconduct and retaliation, including the medical officer Baker said assaulted her, are being investigated, according to Pride.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“It just was top-down, from the warden, the chaplain, safety officers, recycling officers. It just was a pervasive culture,” Baker said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Many women did not come forward for fear of retaliation. Those who did were often sent to the solitary housing unit or lost privileges, like those taken from Baker. Without adequate mental health care, they struggled to recover from the trauma of their assault.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Officers carry keys all the time. 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She said the final words he spoke to her, the day before she was scheduled for early release, were: “he knew where I lived, and he would be up to have a drink with me at some point.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“My release was canceled the next morning,” Baker said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>More than 100 women have come forward with experiences like Baker’s since a 2021 \u003cem>Associated Press\u003c/em> investigation revealed that the facility, dubbed the “rape club” by workers and women imprisoned there, had a long history of enabling sexual abuse.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“This is an affirmation that sexual abuse of female prisoners will not be tolerated in this society,” attorney Jessica Pride, who represents plaintiffs in the case, said of this week’s settlement. “The Bureau of Prisons and the Department of Justice now have 116 million reasons why they will make sure that prisoners will not be sexually abused under their watch.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In a statement, the Bureau of Prisons said it condemns all sexually abusive behavior and “takes seriously its duty to protect the individuals in [its] custody.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The bureau “remains committed to rooting out criminal behavior and holding accountable those who violate their oath of office,” the statement continues.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The global settlement was divided among the women based on in-depth interviews with two former judges, who listened to their accounts of abuse and reviewed their treatment records. 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However, students trying to use the new form faced \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11988925/applying-for-student-aid-was-supposed-to-be-easier-this-year-it-wasnt\">delays, glitches and other technical problems\u003c/a> that stopped many from being able to complete their application.\u003c/p>\n\u003cul>\n\u003cli>\u003cstrong>Jump straight to: \u003ca href=\"#fafsa-deadlines-2025\">FAFSA deadlines to keep track of in 2025\u003c/a>\u003c/strong>\u003c/li>\n\u003c/ul>\n\u003ch2>After serious snags, new hopes for a new FAFSA\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>The problems with last year’s FAFSA especially impacted \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11979367/fafsa-2024-the-big-error-affecting-mixed-status-families-and-what-to-do-if-youre-an-affected-student\">mixed-status individuals\u003c/a> and \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11987754/californias-class-of-2024-lags-in-student-aid-applications-data-shows\">created a major workload for school counselors\u003c/a> across the state. And with those \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11987754/californias-class-of-2024-lags-in-student-aid-applications-data-shows\">technical issues\u003c/a> persisting — and a \u003ca href=\"https://www.npr.org/2023/06/30/1185226895/heres-what-happened-when-affirmative-action-ended-at-california-public-colleges#:~:text=And%20as%20the%20nation's%20highest,and%20private%20universities%20and%20colleges.\">national ban of affirmative action\u003c/a> unfolding in the background — \u003ca href=\"https://www.ncan.org/news/685038/Freshman-Enrollment-Down-5-Following-FAFSA-Completion-Declines.htm\">fall semester enrollment declined by 5%\u003c/a> after a similar decline in FAFSA completion rates, according to data from the National College Attainment Network (NCAN), a nonprofit that aims to increase postsecondary degree access.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>However, the 2024-2025 cycle could be the year that the simplified FAFSA form proves to be a more efficient process for students — something that Daisy Gonzales, executive director of \u003ca href=\"https://www.csac.ca.gov/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">the California Student Aid Commission\u003c/a>, is optimistic about.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Many of the FAFSA challenges from last year “have been fixed,” Gonzales said. “As students and families are completing that application, they should have a more seamless experience. There was a lot of testing nationally — and here in California — to make sure that in the beta phases, students could complete the application.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>These \u003ca href=\"https://www.ncan.org/news/686253/Restoring-Trust-in-the-FAFSA-Helping-the-Class-of-2025-Rebound.htm\">fixes include\u003c/a>: FAFSA no longer requiring an identity verification process for those without a Social Security number; keeping a dossier of students who started an application for easier tracking by counselors; and increased call center staffing.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Another big improvement, Gonzales said, is that the \u003ca href=\"https://studentaid.gov/h/apply-for-aid/fafsa\">FAFSA this year opened on Dec. 1\u003c/a>, as opposed to Dec. 30 last year (although still later than the pre-2024 \u003ca href=\"https://www.nerdwallet.com/article/loans/student-loans/fafsa-deadline\">October opening date\u003c/a>.)\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Read on to learn more about what students and families should expect from this year’s FAFSA form — and the key FAFSA deadlines to know.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>What if I am unsure about going to college this year?\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>Gonzales said that the biggest misconception people can make about the FAFSA is believing that they don’t qualify — whether that’s because their family is \u003ca href=\"https://www.csac.ca.gov/middle-class-scholarship\">middle class\u003c/a>, they’re thinking about joining the military or they’re going on a gap year.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Even if you’re uncertain about going to college at all, Gonzales said you should apply for FAFSA anyway. That way, you’ll have it completed in case they change your mind about your plans, and you’ll be sure you haven’t missed any deadlines.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“It’s never a bad idea to apply,” she said. And because “the aid here in California is very generous, very diverse,” many students — especially first-year college students — will qualify for some form of aid like grants, scholarships, subsidized loans or work-study. Among \u003ca href=\"https://www.csac.ca.gov/financial-aid-programs\">those programs\u003c/a> is the Cal Grant — the \u003ca href=\"https://www.csac.ca.gov/cal-grants\">state-specific aid program\u003c/a> that California students can apply for through the FAFSA.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Other programs include:\u003c/p>\n\u003cul>\n\u003cli>The Cal-HBCU program, which provides aid for California students transferring from California Community Colleges to a partnering Historically Black College.\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>A grant for foster youth under 26 that funds five years of schooling\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>Aid for undocumented students who also participate in community service\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>Grants for students who are also parents\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>Students planning to enter the teaching profession.\u003c/li>\n\u003c/ul>\n\u003ch3>What tax documents do I need to complete the FAFSA??\u003c/h3>\n\u003cp>First, a quick breakdown of tax vocabulary:\u003c/p>\n\u003cul>\n\u003cli>A \u003cstrong>W-2 form\u003c/strong> is a tax document that an employer gives workers once a year, which shows how much the employer paid the worker that year.\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>A \u003cstrong>1040 form\u003c/strong> is a tax document, also known as a tax return, that a worker completes themselves, usually with the help of a tax expert. This document is sent to the IRS each year to confirm how much that worker got paid and how much they owe the government in taxes.\u003c/li>\n\u003c/ul>\n\u003cp>Most people in the U.S. receive a W-2 form and then complete a 1040 form themselves. FAFSA will ask parents to share information from last year’s documents. If the parents do not have this information, it could be for one of these reasons:\u003c/p>\n\u003cul>\n\u003cli>The parent is a gig worker, such as driving for Uber or doing deliveries for GrubHub, they most likely did not get a W-2 form. Instead, the company they work for gave them a 1099 form. Ask for “their 1099” instead.\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>The parents did not work last year and received unemployment benefits instead; they most likely did not get a W-2 form. In this case, the state government will have sent them a 1099-G form, which lists how much they received from unemployment benefits.\u003c/li>\n\u003c/ul>\n\u003cp>If a student’s parent has a W-2 form but does not have last year’s 1040 form, this probably means they haven’t filed their taxes yet. Colleges will still want to see their taxes, and applicants should ask their parents about scheduling an appointment with a tax preparer to catch up on this.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Many community organizations offer free tax filing services year-round. In the Bay Area, \u003ca href=\"https://uwba.org/freetaxhelp/\">United Way can connect people to online and in-person tax help\u003c/a> — and parents could potentially qualify to get cash back from the government when they file, based on their income and the size of the family.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>If your family still needs to file their taxes, keep the schools you’re applying to updated about this.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch3>What if I don’t have the documents I need to complete FAFSA?\u003c/h3>\n\u003cp>In some cases, parents may be working at a job where they just won’t receive a W-2 or 1099 at all. Perhaps they work as a housecleaner, a nanny, a landscaper, a farmworker or another job where they haven’t signed a formal paper contract and are getting paid in cash. In these cases, Rosanna Ferro, chief of education at Oakland-based nonprofit College Track, told KQED earlier in 2024 that students can ask their parents, “How have you gotten paid in the past year or two?”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Ferro, whose organization works to help first-generation and low-income high school students from across the country graduate college, said that the point of this question is twofold: How often do their parents get paid, and how much do they get paid? The piece of information you need is what’s called “proof of income,” which can help you calculate how much your parents got paid per year.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>For example, your father cleans houses and charges $100 per house. Based on the information he shares, you estimate that he can usually clean 10 houses a week. That approximates that he’s earning roughly $4,000 a month. Multiply that by 12 months, and you get an estimated $48,000 per year.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>FAFSA applicants may have to get crafty to help their parents organize this information, Ferro said. “Whether it’s creating an Excel sheet, a Google folder or scanning something — taking a picture, a receipt or anything that shows income in any kind of way and storing it in a way that’s going to be accessible to you,” she said. This digital record can be especially helpful if the student applies for the FAFSA again next year.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>While you’re doing this, you should remember to contact a financial aid officer from any of the schools you’re applying to, who can advise your family on how to best input this information into FAFSA. Schools may ask applicants to share additional documents, like a letter from an employer or potentially file a 1040 form with the data you’ve gathered.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003ch3>I’m from a mixed-status family. What should I know?\u003c/h3>\n\u003cp>Glitches \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11957693/applying-for-fafsa-in-2023-will-be-different-what-to-know-including-deadlines#undocumented\">prevented students of mixed-status backgrounds\u003c/a> — that is, when a student has a Social Security Number but one of their parents does not — from finishing the FAFSA last year. But those errors \u003ca href=\"https://www.ncan.org/news/686253/Restoring-Trust-in-the-FAFSA-Helping-the-Class-of-2025-Rebound.htm\">have now been resolved\u003c/a>, according to the National College Attainment Network. Meaning undocumented parents can make an FSA ID and fill out the parent’s portion of the form without needing to input a Social Security number.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Undocumented parents should also prepare to manually enter \u003ca href=\"https://www.csac.ca.gov/cadaa-msf\">last year’s tax information\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>However, the National College Attainment Network \u003ca href=\"https://www.ncan.org/news/686253/Restoring-Trust-in-the-FAFSA-Helping-the-Class-of-2025-Rebound.htm\">emphasized in a PSA\u003c/a> that counselors and financial aid officers will need to restore trust with these communities since “mixed-status families were one of, if not the most, negatively impacted populations by the FAFSA rollout last year.”\u003c/p>\n\u003ch3>Do immigration officials have access to the personal information I share on FAFSA?\u003c/h3>\n\u003cp>The National College Attainment Network \u003ca href=\"https://www.ncan.org/news/687899/NCAN-Shares-FAFSA-Guidance-for-Mixed-Status-Families.htm\">acknowledged\u003c/a> the incoming Trump administration’s \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12017970/trump-has-promised-mass-deportations-can-california-fight-back\">hostile attitude towards undocumented immigrants\u003c/a>, recognizing that this could make students from mixed-status families hesitant to complete FAFSA — despite the 1965 Higher Education Act explicitly prohibiting the \u003ca href=\"https://studentaid.gov/notices/privacy\">use of this type of student data\u003c/a> for any purpose other than determining federal financial assistance.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“At this time NCAN cannot assure mixed-status students and families that data submitted to the US Department of Education, as part of the FAFSA process, will continue to be protected,” NCAN’s guidance reads. “We believe mixed-status families should make a considered decision about whether to submit identifying information to the federal government in an FSA ID or FAFSA.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The organization said that it “understands the grave ramifications of this guidance and deeply regrets that we feel it is necessary to issue it,” calling it “dreadful” that students and their families “have been put in a position of potentially choosing between their safety and the pursuit of postsecondary education.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>This issue is especially pertinent in California, where 20% of residents under 18 are either undocumented or living with undocumented family members. KQED has a guide on \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11968584/fafsa-application-money-family-discussions\">how to navigate difficult conversations\u003c/a> around the financial aid application with family members.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The \u003ca href=\"https://dream.csac.ca.gov/landing\">California Dream Act Application\u003c/a> — the state-specific financial aid application for students without a permanent immigration status — is also open to students from mixed-status families, if they need access to aid, \u003ca href=\"https://laist.com/news/education/mixed-status-fafsa-cadaa-financial-aid-undocumented-trump-administration\">without applying to FAFSA\u003c/a>. These funds would be limited to schools only in California.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In addition to undocumented students, who are barred entirely from completing the federal aid application, Gonzales said that these students are “still in \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12016037/california-is-a-sanctuary-state-how-much-protection-will-that-give-immigrants-from-trumps-deportation-plans\">the state that believes that higher education is for everyone\u003c/a>.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>She said it’s “very important” for students to complete their application for California Dream Act financial aid “and that they know that the California Student Aid Commission never \u003ca href=\"https://www.csac.ca.gov/cadaa-information-safety\">shares their data with the federal government\u003c/a>.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>If you complete the California Dream Act application, you can receive state aid to pay for your college education — regardless of your immigration status.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch3>\u003ca id=\"fafsa-deadlines-2025\">\u003c/a>What are the FAFSA deadlines to know for 2025?\u003c/h3>\n\u003cp>What deadlines you should keep track of largely depends on what type of college or university you are hoping to enroll in.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>For students hoping to go to a four-year institution, the priority deadline for the FAFSA is March 3, and \u003ca href=\"https://edsource.org/2025/california-extends-state-financial-aid-deadline-until-april-2/727398\">the state priority deadline has now been extended to April 2, 2025\u003c/a>. But it’s “never a bad idea to just submit that application sooner rather than later — or to at least get it started,” Gonzales said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The financial aid deadline for students going to community college is on Sept. 2, 2025.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>For students hoping to go to a private institution, they should consider filling out the CSS Profile in addition to the FAFSA, which is \u003ca href=\"https://cssprofile.collegeboard.org/frequently-asked-questions\">a separate aid application\u003c/a>. The CSS Profile’s deadline is dependent on \u003ca href=\"https://cssprofile.collegeboard.org/getting-started\">the student’s private school priority deadline\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch3>Where can I find help to complete FAFSA?\u003c/h3>\n\u003cp>Along with the 2024 FAFSA form glitches, Gonzales said that many schools are still catching up after the disruption of the COVID-19 pandemic, which also led to \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/mindshift/58693/college-enrollment-plummeted-during-the-pandemic-this-fall-its-even-worse\">a drop in higher education enrollment\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“We are coming out of a global pandemic. It’s something that we have never gone through as a community, as a state and as a country and in the world,” she said. “A lot of students and families have had to make very difficult decisions as they think about their future.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“But 2025–26 is that year where we want all students to consider coming back to higher education.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>For students and family members who still have questions, FAFSA resources state-wide and nationally include:\u003c/p>\n\u003cul>\n\u003cli>\u003ca href=\"https://www.ncan.org/news/687244/NCANs-2025-26-FAFSA-Page-A-How-To-Guide.htm\">The National College Attainment Network’s 2025–26 FAFSA Page: A How-To Guide\u003c/a>\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>\u003ca href=\"https://studentaid.gov/apply-for-aid/fafsa/filling-out/help\">FAFSA’s official FAQ\u003c/a> (with \u003ca href=\"https://studentaid.gov/help-center/contact\">the help center’s contact information\u003c/a>)\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>\u003ca href=\"https://www.csac.ca.gov/sites/default/files/file-attachments/spanish_paper_better_cadaa_2024-2025.pdf\">Solicitud Dream Act de California\u003c/a>\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>\u003ca href=\"https://www.csac.ca.gov/students\">California Student Aid Commission\u003c/a>\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>\u003ca href=\"https://www.csac.ca.gov/cash-college\">CSAC’s Cash for College\u003c/a>\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>\u003ca href=\"https://www.casfaa.org/\">California Association of Student Financial Aid Administrators\u003c/a>.\u003c/li>\n\u003c/ul>\n\u003cp>[ad floatright]\u003c/p>\n",
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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003cp>\u003cem>Updated March 12, 2025\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>It’s FAFSA — the \u003ca href=\"https://studentaid.gov/h/apply-for-aid/fafsa\">Free Application for Federal Student Aid\u003c/a> — season again. And for some applicants, the memories of last year’s troubled rollout may still be fresh.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>During the 2023–24 FAFSA cycle, the federal government \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11957693/applying-for-fafsa-in-2023-will-be-different-what-to-know-including-deadlines\">launched a new version\u003c/a> of the financial aid application in hopes of making the traditionally lengthy process more streamlined. However, students trying to use the new form faced \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11988925/applying-for-student-aid-was-supposed-to-be-easier-this-year-it-wasnt\">delays, glitches and other technical problems\u003c/a> that stopped many from being able to complete their application.\u003c/p>\n\u003cul>\n\u003cli>\u003cstrong>Jump straight to: \u003ca href=\"#fafsa-deadlines-2025\">FAFSA deadlines to keep track of in 2025\u003c/a>\u003c/strong>\u003c/li>\n\u003c/ul>\n\u003ch2>After serious snags, new hopes for a new FAFSA\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>The problems with last year’s FAFSA especially impacted \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11979367/fafsa-2024-the-big-error-affecting-mixed-status-families-and-what-to-do-if-youre-an-affected-student\">mixed-status individuals\u003c/a> and \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11987754/californias-class-of-2024-lags-in-student-aid-applications-data-shows\">created a major workload for school counselors\u003c/a> across the state. And with those \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11987754/californias-class-of-2024-lags-in-student-aid-applications-data-shows\">technical issues\u003c/a> persisting — and a \u003ca href=\"https://www.npr.org/2023/06/30/1185226895/heres-what-happened-when-affirmative-action-ended-at-california-public-colleges#:~:text=And%20as%20the%20nation's%20highest,and%20private%20universities%20and%20colleges.\">national ban of affirmative action\u003c/a> unfolding in the background — \u003ca href=\"https://www.ncan.org/news/685038/Freshman-Enrollment-Down-5-Following-FAFSA-Completion-Declines.htm\">fall semester enrollment declined by 5%\u003c/a> after a similar decline in FAFSA completion rates, according to data from the National College Attainment Network (NCAN), a nonprofit that aims to increase postsecondary degree access.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>However, the 2024-2025 cycle could be the year that the simplified FAFSA form proves to be a more efficient process for students — something that Daisy Gonzales, executive director of \u003ca href=\"https://www.csac.ca.gov/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">the California Student Aid Commission\u003c/a>, is optimistic about.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Many of the FAFSA challenges from last year “have been fixed,” Gonzales said. “As students and families are completing that application, they should have a more seamless experience. There was a lot of testing nationally — and here in California — to make sure that in the beta phases, students could complete the application.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>These \u003ca href=\"https://www.ncan.org/news/686253/Restoring-Trust-in-the-FAFSA-Helping-the-Class-of-2025-Rebound.htm\">fixes include\u003c/a>: FAFSA no longer requiring an identity verification process for those without a Social Security number; keeping a dossier of students who started an application for easier tracking by counselors; and increased call center staffing.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Another big improvement, Gonzales said, is that the \u003ca href=\"https://studentaid.gov/h/apply-for-aid/fafsa\">FAFSA this year opened on Dec. 1\u003c/a>, as opposed to Dec. 30 last year (although still later than the pre-2024 \u003ca href=\"https://www.nerdwallet.com/article/loans/student-loans/fafsa-deadline\">October opening date\u003c/a>.)\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Read on to learn more about what students and families should expect from this year’s FAFSA form — and the key FAFSA deadlines to know.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>What if I am unsure about going to college this year?\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>Gonzales said that the biggest misconception people can make about the FAFSA is believing that they don’t qualify — whether that’s because their family is \u003ca href=\"https://www.csac.ca.gov/middle-class-scholarship\">middle class\u003c/a>, they’re thinking about joining the military or they’re going on a gap year.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Even if you’re uncertain about going to college at all, Gonzales said you should apply for FAFSA anyway. That way, you’ll have it completed in case they change your mind about your plans, and you’ll be sure you haven’t missed any deadlines.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“It’s never a bad idea to apply,” she said. And because “the aid here in California is very generous, very diverse,” many students — especially first-year college students — will qualify for some form of aid like grants, scholarships, subsidized loans or work-study. Among \u003ca href=\"https://www.csac.ca.gov/financial-aid-programs\">those programs\u003c/a> is the Cal Grant — the \u003ca href=\"https://www.csac.ca.gov/cal-grants\">state-specific aid program\u003c/a> that California students can apply for through the FAFSA.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Other programs include:\u003c/p>\n\u003cul>\n\u003cli>The Cal-HBCU program, which provides aid for California students transferring from California Community Colleges to a partnering Historically Black College.\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>A grant for foster youth under 26 that funds five years of schooling\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>Aid for undocumented students who also participate in community service\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>Grants for students who are also parents\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>Students planning to enter the teaching profession.\u003c/li>\n\u003c/ul>\n\u003ch3>What tax documents do I need to complete the FAFSA??\u003c/h3>\n\u003cp>First, a quick breakdown of tax vocabulary:\u003c/p>\n\u003cul>\n\u003cli>A \u003cstrong>W-2 form\u003c/strong> is a tax document that an employer gives workers once a year, which shows how much the employer paid the worker that year.\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>A \u003cstrong>1040 form\u003c/strong> is a tax document, also known as a tax return, that a worker completes themselves, usually with the help of a tax expert. This document is sent to the IRS each year to confirm how much that worker got paid and how much they owe the government in taxes.\u003c/li>\n\u003c/ul>\n\u003cp>Most people in the U.S. receive a W-2 form and then complete a 1040 form themselves. FAFSA will ask parents to share information from last year’s documents. If the parents do not have this information, it could be for one of these reasons:\u003c/p>\n\u003cul>\n\u003cli>The parent is a gig worker, such as driving for Uber or doing deliveries for GrubHub, they most likely did not get a W-2 form. Instead, the company they work for gave them a 1099 form. Ask for “their 1099” instead.\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>The parents did not work last year and received unemployment benefits instead; they most likely did not get a W-2 form. In this case, the state government will have sent them a 1099-G form, which lists how much they received from unemployment benefits.\u003c/li>\n\u003c/ul>\n\u003cp>If a student’s parent has a W-2 form but does not have last year’s 1040 form, this probably means they haven’t filed their taxes yet. Colleges will still want to see their taxes, and applicants should ask their parents about scheduling an appointment with a tax preparer to catch up on this.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Many community organizations offer free tax filing services year-round. In the Bay Area, \u003ca href=\"https://uwba.org/freetaxhelp/\">United Way can connect people to online and in-person tax help\u003c/a> — and parents could potentially qualify to get cash back from the government when they file, based on their income and the size of the family.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>If your family still needs to file their taxes, keep the schools you’re applying to updated about this.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch3>What if I don’t have the documents I need to complete FAFSA?\u003c/h3>\n\u003cp>In some cases, parents may be working at a job where they just won’t receive a W-2 or 1099 at all. Perhaps they work as a housecleaner, a nanny, a landscaper, a farmworker or another job where they haven’t signed a formal paper contract and are getting paid in cash. In these cases, Rosanna Ferro, chief of education at Oakland-based nonprofit College Track, told KQED earlier in 2024 that students can ask their parents, “How have you gotten paid in the past year or two?”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Ferro, whose organization works to help first-generation and low-income high school students from across the country graduate college, said that the point of this question is twofold: How often do their parents get paid, and how much do they get paid? The piece of information you need is what’s called “proof of income,” which can help you calculate how much your parents got paid per year.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>For example, your father cleans houses and charges $100 per house. Based on the information he shares, you estimate that he can usually clean 10 houses a week. That approximates that he’s earning roughly $4,000 a month. 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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003ch3>I’m from a mixed-status family. What should I know?\u003c/h3>\n\u003cp>Glitches \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11957693/applying-for-fafsa-in-2023-will-be-different-what-to-know-including-deadlines#undocumented\">prevented students of mixed-status backgrounds\u003c/a> — that is, when a student has a Social Security Number but one of their parents does not — from finishing the FAFSA last year. But those errors \u003ca href=\"https://www.ncan.org/news/686253/Restoring-Trust-in-the-FAFSA-Helping-the-Class-of-2025-Rebound.htm\">have now been resolved\u003c/a>, according to the National College Attainment Network. Meaning undocumented parents can make an FSA ID and fill out the parent’s portion of the form without needing to input a Social Security number.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Undocumented parents should also prepare to manually enter \u003ca href=\"https://www.csac.ca.gov/cadaa-msf\">last year’s tax information\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>However, the National College Attainment Network \u003ca href=\"https://www.ncan.org/news/686253/Restoring-Trust-in-the-FAFSA-Helping-the-Class-of-2025-Rebound.htm\">emphasized in a PSA\u003c/a> that counselors and financial aid officers will need to restore trust with these communities since “mixed-status families were one of, if not the most, negatively impacted populations by the FAFSA rollout last year.”\u003c/p>\n\u003ch3>Do immigration officials have access to the personal information I share on FAFSA?\u003c/h3>\n\u003cp>The National College Attainment Network \u003ca href=\"https://www.ncan.org/news/687899/NCAN-Shares-FAFSA-Guidance-for-Mixed-Status-Families.htm\">acknowledged\u003c/a> the incoming Trump administration’s \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12017970/trump-has-promised-mass-deportations-can-california-fight-back\">hostile attitude towards undocumented immigrants\u003c/a>, recognizing that this could make students from mixed-status families hesitant to complete FAFSA — despite the 1965 Higher Education Act explicitly prohibiting the \u003ca href=\"https://studentaid.gov/notices/privacy\">use of this type of student data\u003c/a> for any purpose other than determining federal financial assistance.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“At this time NCAN cannot assure mixed-status students and families that data submitted to the US Department of Education, as part of the FAFSA process, will continue to be protected,” NCAN’s guidance reads. “We believe mixed-status families should make a considered decision about whether to submit identifying information to the federal government in an FSA ID or FAFSA.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The organization said that it “understands the grave ramifications of this guidance and deeply regrets that we feel it is necessary to issue it,” calling it “dreadful” that students and their families “have been put in a position of potentially choosing between their safety and the pursuit of postsecondary education.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>This issue is especially pertinent in California, where 20% of residents under 18 are either undocumented or living with undocumented family members. KQED has a guide on \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11968584/fafsa-application-money-family-discussions\">how to navigate difficult conversations\u003c/a> around the financial aid application with family members.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The \u003ca href=\"https://dream.csac.ca.gov/landing\">California Dream Act Application\u003c/a> — the state-specific financial aid application for students without a permanent immigration status — is also open to students from mixed-status families, if they need access to aid, \u003ca href=\"https://laist.com/news/education/mixed-status-fafsa-cadaa-financial-aid-undocumented-trump-administration\">without applying to FAFSA\u003c/a>. These funds would be limited to schools only in California.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In addition to undocumented students, who are barred entirely from completing the federal aid application, Gonzales said that these students are “still in \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12016037/california-is-a-sanctuary-state-how-much-protection-will-that-give-immigrants-from-trumps-deportation-plans\">the state that believes that higher education is for everyone\u003c/a>.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>She said it’s “very important” for students to complete their application for California Dream Act financial aid “and that they know that the California Student Aid Commission never \u003ca href=\"https://www.csac.ca.gov/cadaa-information-safety\">shares their data with the federal government\u003c/a>.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>If you complete the California Dream Act application, you can receive state aid to pay for your college education — regardless of your immigration status.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch3>\u003ca id=\"fafsa-deadlines-2025\">\u003c/a>What are the FAFSA deadlines to know for 2025?\u003c/h3>\n\u003cp>What deadlines you should keep track of largely depends on what type of college or university you are hoping to enroll in.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>For students hoping to go to a four-year institution, the priority deadline for the FAFSA is March 3, and \u003ca href=\"https://edsource.org/2025/california-extends-state-financial-aid-deadline-until-april-2/727398\">the state priority deadline has now been extended to April 2, 2025\u003c/a>. But it’s “never a bad idea to just submit that application sooner rather than later — or to at least get it started,” Gonzales said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The financial aid deadline for students going to community college is on Sept. 2, 2025.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>For students hoping to go to a private institution, they should consider filling out the CSS Profile in addition to the FAFSA, which is \u003ca href=\"https://cssprofile.collegeboard.org/frequently-asked-questions\">a separate aid application\u003c/a>. The CSS Profile’s deadline is dependent on \u003ca href=\"https://cssprofile.collegeboard.org/getting-started\">the student’s private school priority deadline\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch3>Where can I find help to complete FAFSA?\u003c/h3>\n\u003cp>Along with the 2024 FAFSA form glitches, Gonzales said that many schools are still catching up after the disruption of the COVID-19 pandemic, which also led to \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/mindshift/58693/college-enrollment-plummeted-during-the-pandemic-this-fall-its-even-worse\">a drop in higher education enrollment\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“We are coming out of a global pandemic. It’s something that we have never gone through as a community, as a state and as a country and in the world,” she said. “A lot of students and families have had to make very difficult decisions as they think about their future.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“But 2025–26 is that year where we want all students to consider coming back to higher education.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>For students and family members who still have questions, FAFSA resources state-wide and nationally include:\u003c/p>\n\u003cul>\n\u003cli>\u003ca href=\"https://www.ncan.org/news/687244/NCANs-2025-26-FAFSA-Page-A-How-To-Guide.htm\">The National College Attainment Network’s 2025–26 FAFSA Page: A How-To Guide\u003c/a>\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>\u003ca href=\"https://studentaid.gov/apply-for-aid/fafsa/filling-out/help\">FAFSA’s official FAQ\u003c/a> (with \u003ca href=\"https://studentaid.gov/help-center/contact\">the help center’s contact information\u003c/a>)\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>\u003ca href=\"https://www.csac.ca.gov/sites/default/files/file-attachments/spanish_paper_better_cadaa_2024-2025.pdf\">Solicitud Dream Act de California\u003c/a>\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>\u003ca href=\"https://www.csac.ca.gov/students\">California Student Aid Commission\u003c/a>\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>\u003ca href=\"https://www.csac.ca.gov/cash-college\">CSAC’s Cash for College\u003c/a>\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>\u003ca href=\"https://www.casfaa.org/\">California Association of Student Financial Aid Administrators\u003c/a>.\u003c/li>\n\u003c/ul>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003c/div>",
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"content": "\u003cp>At this point in the season, James Tsukuda begins his days in the persimmon grove, harvesting the bounty of bright orange-red fruits, dangling like ornaments from dozens of trees that have already shed their leaves.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>He climbs a thin, wooden orchard ladder to reach for the Fuyu persimmons among the branches. The ladder is “older than me,” he said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>That’s no surprise. A lot of the tools and equipment on this land are old because it’s been continuously farmed by Japanese American families for nearly 120 years, persisting through world wars, racist land laws and forced incarcerations.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The crisp fall mornings at the Tsukuda Fruit Stand in North San José start slowly and mostly quietly, save for the trucks rumbling by along nearby Montague Expressway.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But the farm itself will soon be paved over.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>This persimmon harvest, coming to a close in just about a week, marks what will likely be the last farm work to ever take place on this land, as a developer plans to build nearly 1,500 apartments and townhomes here, along with a public park.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Another Japanese American family with a rich farming history in the South Bay, the Sakauyes, has decided to sell the 22-acre plot their family has owned since 1907, and on which the Tsukudas have operated their stand for the last four decades.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>While plans for development have long loomed over the property, an air of finality and resignation has settled over the land in the last several months after the \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12000118/san-jose-council-oks-development-of-historic-japanese-american-farm-for-housing\">San José City Council approved the housing plans in August\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Hanover Company, the Houston-based developer, expects to begin work in February.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12018179\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003ca href=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/12/20241211_Tsukuda-Farm-Close_DMB_1432.jpg\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-12018179 size-full\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/12/20241211_Tsukuda-Farm-Close_DMB_1432.jpg\" alt=\"Many persimmons in the back of a van\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1332\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/12/20241211_Tsukuda-Farm-Close_DMB_1432.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/12/20241211_Tsukuda-Farm-Close_DMB_1432-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/12/20241211_Tsukuda-Farm-Close_DMB_1432-1020x679.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/12/20241211_Tsukuda-Farm-Close_DMB_1432-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/12/20241211_Tsukuda-Farm-Close_DMB_1432-1536x1023.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/12/20241211_Tsukuda-Farm-Close_DMB_1432-1920x1279.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">John Tsukuda carries an electric fruit scale to the stand before opening up for business in San José, CA, Wednesday, Dec. 11, 2024. The boxes of persimmons were harvested from the orchard this season. \u003ccite>(David M. Barreda/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003ch2>Saying goodbye to more than a farm\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>“Now that we’re finally at the end, it’s kind of sad,” James Tsukuda said while standing at the base of a persimmon tree last week. “A lot of our long-time customers are heartbroken,” he said. “They’re still hoping for a chance that the sale won’t go through. It’s been tough for a lot of them.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Over the past several weeks, customers, new and old, have been stopping by to buy the daily haul of persimmons piled high in white crates at the stand.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Several people purchased more than 20 pounds, a testament to the quality and their desire to hold onto a little bit more of what they’ll soon no longer have.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Wenyu Li, an engineer who lives in Milpitas and used to live in North San José, has been frequenting the stand for nearly 20 years and came by on a recent Wednesday.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I wish we could’ve done something to save it,” Li said. “It always held a special place in my heart. It’s really sad to know they will be gone.”[aside postID=news_11999500]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Other customers lamented the trope of bucolic settings being continually swapped out for blocks of housing, warehouses and office parks.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Silicon Valley is like a concrete jungle. And finding a farm in the middle of it, finding nice produce in the middle of it, is very comforting,” said Heral Lakhani, of Fremont.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Many customers said they buy their fruits and veggies at the stand because of the quality of the produce, the affordable prices and, most importantly, for the friendly relationships they form with the Tsukuda family.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12018178\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12018178\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/12/20241211_Tsukuda-Farm-Close_DMB_1702.jpg\" alt=\"Two people sit in sun and shade at a farm stand with a white board behind them.\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1332\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/12/20241211_Tsukuda-Farm-Close_DMB_1702.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/12/20241211_Tsukuda-Farm-Close_DMB_1702-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/12/20241211_Tsukuda-Farm-Close_DMB_1702-1020x679.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/12/20241211_Tsukuda-Farm-Close_DMB_1702-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/12/20241211_Tsukuda-Farm-Close_DMB_1702-1536x1023.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/12/20241211_Tsukuda-Farm-Close_DMB_1702-1920x1279.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Inez Lismonde sits with Miyo Tsukuda and her son John Tsukuda at the Tsukuda Fruit Stand in San José on Wednesday, Dec. 11, 2024. \u003ccite>(David M. Barreda/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003ch2>The Tsukuda Family\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>James Tsukuda’s mother, Miyo Tsukuda, has long been one of the smiling faces customers see at the stand.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In recent weeks, she has started asking customers to take photos with her that she prints out and puts in a scrapbook to help her remember everyone.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“My face is starting to get a lot of wrinkles,” she said with a laugh while reviewing some of the photos last week. “I said, ‘My goodness, when did I get old?’”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>She was born in a concentration camp in Arkansas, where her family was sent during World War II. They were among the thousands of Japanese Americans who were incarcerated during the war and lost possessions and property, such as homes and farmland. Her late husband, Eiji Tsukuda, originally farmed a plot of land nearby, growing strawberries and raspberries until a forced eminent domain sale to make way for the Orchard School District pushed them off the land.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>That’s when the family started leasing farmland from the Sakauyes. After he fell ill with cancer, Eiji Tsukuda handed off the farming duties at the current stand to James about 20 years ago.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12018176\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12018176\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/12/20241211_Tsukuda-Farm-Close_DMB_0843.jpg\" alt=\"A person with white hair and glasses, smiles while wearing a maroon top. \" width=\"2000\" height=\"1332\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/12/20241211_Tsukuda-Farm-Close_DMB_0843.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/12/20241211_Tsukuda-Farm-Close_DMB_0843-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/12/20241211_Tsukuda-Farm-Close_DMB_0843-1020x679.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/12/20241211_Tsukuda-Farm-Close_DMB_0843-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/12/20241211_Tsukuda-Farm-Close_DMB_0843-1536x1023.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/12/20241211_Tsukuda-Farm-Close_DMB_0843-1920x1279.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Miyo Tsukuda smiles while talking with a friend at the Tsukuda Fruit Stand in San José on Wednesday, Dec. 11, 2024. \u003ccite>(David M. Barreda/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Miyo Tsukuda said the “most enjoyable” thing for her has been talking with all the customers, and she’ll miss coming to the stand.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“You get up in the morning, every morning, you tell yourself, ‘I have to get ready to go to work.’ I’m not going to have that anymore,” she said. “In a way, maybe it’s a good time to retire. But I’ll miss this place.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>James Tsukuda said while his mom may have been looking forward to retiring just a few years ago, now that the fruit stand is being forced to shut down, she’s reluctant to let go.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“It’s been such a big part of her life for such a long time,” he said. “She’s made a lot of friends here. And so have I.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>James Tsukuda said he’ll probably take his own tools with him when he leaves the farm for the last time but isn’t interested in any other keepsakes.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I don’t know about taking anything to remember the place by. That might actually be depressing,” he said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12018177\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12018177\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/12/20241211_Tsukuda-Farm-Close_DMB_0969.jpg\" alt=\"A person in a brown hat in the background and many ripe persimmons in the foreground.\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1332\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/12/20241211_Tsukuda-Farm-Close_DMB_0969.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/12/20241211_Tsukuda-Farm-Close_DMB_0969-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/12/20241211_Tsukuda-Farm-Close_DMB_0969-1020x679.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/12/20241211_Tsukuda-Farm-Close_DMB_0969-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/12/20241211_Tsukuda-Farm-Close_DMB_0969-1536x1023.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/12/20241211_Tsukuda-Farm-Close_DMB_0969-1920x1279.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">James Tsukuda harvests persimmons in the orchard at the Tsukuda Fruit Stand in San José on Wednesday, Dec. 11, 2024. \u003ccite>(David M. Barreda/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003ch2>Next steps for development\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>In preparation for the development, most everything left on the land will be leveled, including rows of crops, planters, historic barns, buildings and pump houses. However, preservationists have managed to work out a plan with the developer to preserve one house to serve as a link to the past.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The home that once belonged to Eiichi Sakauye — a prominent farmer and civic figure in Santa Clara County for decades — will eventually be relocated 10 miles south to History Park, where it will be restored and used as a showcase to tell his story and the story of Japanese American histories in the South Bay.[aside postID=news_12000118]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Bill Schroh Jr., the head of History San Jose, which operates History Park, said the plan is estimated to cost $1 million, and about $800,000 in donations has been pledged so far from a handful of donors.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>A coalition of organizations and individuals, including the Japanese American Museum of San Jose, the Preservation Action Council of San Jose, Hanover Company, Vice Mayor Rosemary Kamei, Councilmember David Cohen, members of the Sakauye family and History San Jose, collaborated to ensure the house won’t be flattened.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>While Kamei and others pushed during an August council meeting to see the home restored on the site where it currently sits, that didn’t pan out, in part due to the city’s parks department not having enough funding to sustain it there. The developer and Eiichi Sakauye’s daughters also didn’t support preserving the home on the land but were willing to back a plan to have it relocated.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Those involved in the plan to save the home say that even though it will be relocated, its preservation is a big win.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“What we were looking at even a few months ago was this possibility that the entire site would be leveled, the house would be demolished, and nobody would speak up against it,” said Ben Leech, the president of the Preservation Action Council. “So the fact now that the house looks like it’s being saved and moved to History Park, it’s a sea change.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Vanessa Hatakeyama, the director of the Japanese American Museum, said the partnerships and work that went into the plan have yielded more than just the preservation of a historic house.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“It’s really helped strengthen the fabric of San Jose’s historic preservation community. And so that’s something that we’re incredibly proud of,” she said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12018173\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12018173\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/12/20241211_Tsukuda-Farm-Close_DMB_1248.jpg\" alt=\"A person carries boxes as he walks through several trees full of persimmons.\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1332\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/12/20241211_Tsukuda-Farm-Close_DMB_1248.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/12/20241211_Tsukuda-Farm-Close_DMB_1248-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/12/20241211_Tsukuda-Farm-Close_DMB_1248-1020x679.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/12/20241211_Tsukuda-Farm-Close_DMB_1248-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/12/20241211_Tsukuda-Farm-Close_DMB_1248-1536x1023.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/12/20241211_Tsukuda-Farm-Close_DMB_1248-1920x1279.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">James Tsukuda carries plastic boxes through the orchard at the Tsukuda Fruit Stand in San José on Wednesday, Dec. 11, 2024. The farm stand is offering up its last haul of persimmons to customers old and new in the last week of business before the land they farm is developed with apartments and townhomes. \u003ccite>(David M. Barreda/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Hanover plans to temporarily relocate the home onto another portion of the Sakauye farm to allow construction work to begin, and the home could be moved to History Park by the summer of next year, Hatakeyama said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Okkes Gozdas, a resident of the area near the farm, said he comes to the stand almost every day during the summer for fresh produce, and frequents during the fall for persimmons, as well.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>He said he’s happy Eiichi Sakauye’s home will be preserved but feels the community is suffering a big loss with farming on the land coming to an end.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad floatright]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“This is the place. When you come here, you feel different,” Gozdas said. “The sad part is the new generations cannot experience coming here.”\u003c/p>\n\n",
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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>This persimmon harvest, coming to a close in just about a week, marks what will likely be the last farm work to ever take place on this land, as a developer plans to build nearly 1,500 apartments and townhomes here, along with a public park.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Another Japanese American family with a rich farming history in the South Bay, the Sakauyes, has decided to sell the 22-acre plot their family has owned since 1907, and on which the Tsukudas have operated their stand for the last four decades.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>While plans for development have long loomed over the property, an air of finality and resignation has settled over the land in the last several months after the \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12000118/san-jose-council-oks-development-of-historic-japanese-american-farm-for-housing\">San José City Council approved the housing plans in August\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Hanover Company, the Houston-based developer, expects to begin work in February.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12018179\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003ca href=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/12/20241211_Tsukuda-Farm-Close_DMB_1432.jpg\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-12018179 size-full\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/12/20241211_Tsukuda-Farm-Close_DMB_1432.jpg\" alt=\"Many persimmons in the back of a van\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1332\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/12/20241211_Tsukuda-Farm-Close_DMB_1432.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/12/20241211_Tsukuda-Farm-Close_DMB_1432-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/12/20241211_Tsukuda-Farm-Close_DMB_1432-1020x679.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/12/20241211_Tsukuda-Farm-Close_DMB_1432-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/12/20241211_Tsukuda-Farm-Close_DMB_1432-1536x1023.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/12/20241211_Tsukuda-Farm-Close_DMB_1432-1920x1279.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">John Tsukuda carries an electric fruit scale to the stand before opening up for business in San José, CA, Wednesday, Dec. 11, 2024. The boxes of persimmons were harvested from the orchard this season. \u003ccite>(David M. Barreda/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003ch2>Saying goodbye to more than a farm\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>“Now that we’re finally at the end, it’s kind of sad,” James Tsukuda said while standing at the base of a persimmon tree last week. “A lot of our long-time customers are heartbroken,” he said. “They’re still hoping for a chance that the sale won’t go through. It’s been tough for a lot of them.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Over the past several weeks, customers, new and old, have been stopping by to buy the daily haul of persimmons piled high in white crates at the stand.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Several people purchased more than 20 pounds, a testament to the quality and their desire to hold onto a little bit more of what they’ll soon no longer have.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Wenyu Li, an engineer who lives in Milpitas and used to live in North San José, has been frequenting the stand for nearly 20 years and came by on a recent Wednesday.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I wish we could’ve done something to save it,” Li said. “It always held a special place in my heart. It’s really sad to know they will be gone.”\u003c/p>\u003c/div>",
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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Other customers lamented the trope of bucolic settings being continually swapped out for blocks of housing, warehouses and office parks.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Silicon Valley is like a concrete jungle. And finding a farm in the middle of it, finding nice produce in the middle of it, is very comforting,” said Heral Lakhani, of Fremont.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Many customers said they buy their fruits and veggies at the stand because of the quality of the produce, the affordable prices and, most importantly, for the friendly relationships they form with the Tsukuda family.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12018178\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12018178\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/12/20241211_Tsukuda-Farm-Close_DMB_1702.jpg\" alt=\"Two people sit in sun and shade at a farm stand with a white board behind them.\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1332\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/12/20241211_Tsukuda-Farm-Close_DMB_1702.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/12/20241211_Tsukuda-Farm-Close_DMB_1702-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/12/20241211_Tsukuda-Farm-Close_DMB_1702-1020x679.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/12/20241211_Tsukuda-Farm-Close_DMB_1702-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/12/20241211_Tsukuda-Farm-Close_DMB_1702-1536x1023.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/12/20241211_Tsukuda-Farm-Close_DMB_1702-1920x1279.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Inez Lismonde sits with Miyo Tsukuda and her son John Tsukuda at the Tsukuda Fruit Stand in San José on Wednesday, Dec. 11, 2024. \u003ccite>(David M. Barreda/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003ch2>The Tsukuda Family\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>James Tsukuda’s mother, Miyo Tsukuda, has long been one of the smiling faces customers see at the stand.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In recent weeks, she has started asking customers to take photos with her that she prints out and puts in a scrapbook to help her remember everyone.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“My face is starting to get a lot of wrinkles,” she said with a laugh while reviewing some of the photos last week. “I said, ‘My goodness, when did I get old?’”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>She was born in a concentration camp in Arkansas, where her family was sent during World War II. They were among the thousands of Japanese Americans who were incarcerated during the war and lost possessions and property, such as homes and farmland. Her late husband, Eiji Tsukuda, originally farmed a plot of land nearby, growing strawberries and raspberries until a forced eminent domain sale to make way for the Orchard School District pushed them off the land.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>That’s when the family started leasing farmland from the Sakauyes. After he fell ill with cancer, Eiji Tsukuda handed off the farming duties at the current stand to James about 20 years ago.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12018176\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12018176\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/12/20241211_Tsukuda-Farm-Close_DMB_0843.jpg\" alt=\"A person with white hair and glasses, smiles while wearing a maroon top. \" width=\"2000\" height=\"1332\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/12/20241211_Tsukuda-Farm-Close_DMB_0843.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/12/20241211_Tsukuda-Farm-Close_DMB_0843-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/12/20241211_Tsukuda-Farm-Close_DMB_0843-1020x679.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/12/20241211_Tsukuda-Farm-Close_DMB_0843-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/12/20241211_Tsukuda-Farm-Close_DMB_0843-1536x1023.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/12/20241211_Tsukuda-Farm-Close_DMB_0843-1920x1279.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Miyo Tsukuda smiles while talking with a friend at the Tsukuda Fruit Stand in San José on Wednesday, Dec. 11, 2024. \u003ccite>(David M. Barreda/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Miyo Tsukuda said the “most enjoyable” thing for her has been talking with all the customers, and she’ll miss coming to the stand.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“You get up in the morning, every morning, you tell yourself, ‘I have to get ready to go to work.’ I’m not going to have that anymore,” she said. “In a way, maybe it’s a good time to retire. But I’ll miss this place.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>James Tsukuda said while his mom may have been looking forward to retiring just a few years ago, now that the fruit stand is being forced to shut down, she’s reluctant to let go.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“It’s been such a big part of her life for such a long time,” he said. “She’s made a lot of friends here. And so have I.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>James Tsukuda said he’ll probably take his own tools with him when he leaves the farm for the last time but isn’t interested in any other keepsakes.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I don’t know about taking anything to remember the place by. That might actually be depressing,” he said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12018177\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12018177\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/12/20241211_Tsukuda-Farm-Close_DMB_0969.jpg\" alt=\"A person in a brown hat in the background and many ripe persimmons in the foreground.\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1332\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/12/20241211_Tsukuda-Farm-Close_DMB_0969.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/12/20241211_Tsukuda-Farm-Close_DMB_0969-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/12/20241211_Tsukuda-Farm-Close_DMB_0969-1020x679.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/12/20241211_Tsukuda-Farm-Close_DMB_0969-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/12/20241211_Tsukuda-Farm-Close_DMB_0969-1536x1023.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/12/20241211_Tsukuda-Farm-Close_DMB_0969-1920x1279.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">James Tsukuda harvests persimmons in the orchard at the Tsukuda Fruit Stand in San José on Wednesday, Dec. 11, 2024. \u003ccite>(David M. 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About a month later, \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11997352/newsom-orders-state-agencies-to-dismantle-homeless-encampments-across-california\">Gov. Gavin Newsom responded\u003c/a> by directing state agencies to crack down on encampments and urging local governments to do the same.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12005898/fresno-rolls-out-one-of-californias-most-aggressive-camping-bans\">Fresno\u003c/a>, \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12004348/berkeley-moves-to-expand-homeless-encampment-sweeps-in-more-aggressive-approach\">Berkeley\u003c/a> and a host of other cities implemented new rules, making it easier for local governments to clear sidewalk camps. 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"content": "\u003cp>When Mary Ellen Carroll’s phone blared an emergency weather alert just before 6 a.m. Saturday, she paid it little mind. As San Francisco’s top emergency management official, she had known a day earlier that a severe thunderstorm would possibly bring flash flooding.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But as she poured her first cup of coffee and checked in with her staff, she realized San Francisco was dealing with \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12018356/the-tornado-warning-is-over-heres-why-it-was-issued\">something entirely new\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“The fact that it was a tornado [warning] came out of nowhere,” said Carroll, executive director of San Francisco’s Department of Emergency Management. “It took us a second because we didn’t have messaging for tornadoes.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>San Francisco’s first-ever tornado warning lasted less than half an hour before the National Weather Service canceled it. Although straight-line winds of up to 80 mph were recorded around Golden Gate Park and the Mission District, there was no evidence of a tornado — leaving some residents questioning the messaging, especially after a tsunami warning had spurred a scrambled response less than two weeks earlier.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In the small Santa Cruz County mountain town of Scotts Valley, on the other hand, \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12018406/tornado-hits-santa-cruz-county\">a twister touched down\u003c/a> early Saturday afternoon, causing several hundred thousand dollars in damage by flipping several cars and wrenching traffic signals from concrete — yet there was no tornado warning.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12018666\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12018666\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/12/SFTornadoPath.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1334\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/12/SFTornadoPath.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/12/SFTornadoPath-800x534.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/12/SFTornadoPath-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/12/SFTornadoPath-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/12/SFTornadoPath-1536x1025.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/12/SFTornadoPath-1920x1281.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">The path of the storm that prompted the National Weather Service’s tornado warning for San Francisco on Dec. 14, 2024. \u003ccite>(Courtesy of John Monteverdi)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>“People were just out Christmas shopping and getting ready for the holidays,” said Mali LaGoe, city manager for Scotts Valley. “It was originally reported as a six-car pileup because no one could believe it was actually a tornado.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>With two tornadic moments in eight hours, weather experts questioned why the National Weather Service issued a tornado warning for San Francisco but not Scotts Valley. The weather service defended its messaging, stating national guidelines limit when it can trigger phone alerts: A low-level severe thunderstorm like the one forecast for Scotts Valley doesn’t qualify, but a tornado — when the signs are clearly in view — does.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>John Monteverdi, emeritus professor of meteorology at San Francisco State University, thinks the San Francisco warning was justified. Still, for Scotts Valley, he isn’t sure why the weather service “didn’t issue a tornado warning because, to me, this was a stronger rotation than they saw for San Francisco. Tornadoes can occur without warning in severe thunderstorms.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Although a tornado warning is very rare for the region, Monteverdi said tornadoes themselves are “infrequent in California, but not rare” because they are part of the state’s climatology and weather patterns. The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration \u003ca href=\"https://www.spc.noaa.gov/climo/online/sp3/plot.php?lat=37.755&lon=121.466&zoom=280&mode=0&bdate=19510411/1200&edate=20231215/1200&torflag=1&windflag=-1&hailflag=-1&t01=0&t02=5&t03=0&t04=9999&t05=0&t06=9999&t07=0&t08=9999&t09=0&t10=9999&h01=0&h02=9999&w01=0&w02=9999&showt=0&legend=1&showh=0&showw=0\">details more than 100 tornadoes across the state since 1950\u003c/a>, including a smattering of twisters across the Bay Area.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12018668\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12018668\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/12/ScottsValleyTornadoPath.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1066\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/12/ScottsValleyTornadoPath.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/12/ScottsValleyTornadoPath-800x426.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/12/ScottsValleyTornadoPath-1020x544.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/12/ScottsValleyTornadoPath-160x85.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/12/ScottsValleyTornadoPath-1536x819.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/12/ScottsValleyTornadoPath-1920x1023.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">The path of the storm and tornado that took place in Scotts Valley on Dec. 14, 2024. \u003ccite>(Courtesy of John Monteverdi)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Tornadoes are rare in mountainous areas — like Scotts Valley — but less so along the coast and Central Valley, Monteverdi said. But occasionally, when a storm is large enough and warm and cold air masses collide, a spiral of air can move upward and “be a precursor to a Wizard of Oz type of tornado, which happened down in Scotts Valley.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>And tornadoes often stem from severe thunderstorms. While there’s no scientific consensus that human-caused climate change is increasing the frequency of tornadoes, there is evidence that the intensity of thunderstorms is likely accelerating as the climate warms.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“It stands to reason that when the conditions are otherwise favorable, perhaps a greater fraction of thunderstorms could occur in environments favorable for tornadoes,” UCLA climate scientist Daniel Swain said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The National Weather Service plans to run simulations of last weekend’s storm to assess whether warnings should come sooner next time in both cities. Brian Garcia, warning coordination meteorologist for the agency’s Bay Area office, acknowledged that thunderstorms are becoming more intense and noted that, as a result, the frequency of tornadoes might also increase.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12018670\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-12018670\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/12/CaliforniaTornados-800x702.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"800\" height=\"702\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/12/CaliforniaTornados-800x702.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/12/CaliforniaTornados-160x140.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/12/CaliforniaTornados.jpg 950w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">More than 100 tornadoes have made landfall in California since 1950. Each red signature marks a tornado landfall. \u003ccite>(SPC National Severe Weather Database Browser)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>“We can’t wait for perfect data 10 to 40 years down the road,” he said. “We’ve got to start acting now like it is caused by climate change so we can lean forward and hopefully protect more people.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Still, Garcia defended how the agency handled its messaging during the storm. A wireless emergency alert went out for San Francisco but not the Santa Cruz area because the weather service has a national threshold for alerting on severe thunderstorms based on forecast potential destruction, which Garcia said is defined by 80 mph winds and or baseball-sized hail.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The agency issued a severe thunderstorm warning for the Santa Cruz area, which means that media outlets and localities have a choice in how they message the public, but cellphones are not automatically alerted.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Garcia argued that while the word “tornado” sounds scarier, a severe thunderstorm carries just as much destructive power.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Either way you shake it, both a severe thunderstorm and tornado warning tell you to seek shelter in an interior room of your house or the lowest floor of your home,” he said. “To try to have a one-size-fits-all all for everybody is obviously a holy grail. But it’s also not going to happen. We’re not going to be able to speak to everybody in the way that they can take an appropriate response to it.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[aside postID=news_12018475 hero='https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/12/20241216_SFStormCleanup_GC-17-1020x679.jpg']\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>LaGoe in Scotts Valley and Carroll in San Francisco said they felt the weather service operated within reason. However, they said the more significant effect of the storm is that residents now know tornadoes are possible where they live.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“This event was a wake-up call as far as what is possible and how we prepare for the future,” LaGoe said. “This isn’t tornado alley, and I think it’s highly unlikely to happen again. But it’s just something we all need to recognize could happen.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Carroll said there was “very little wiggle room” for any other actions her department could have taken to protect San Franciscans from the storm, which ultimately \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12018475/no-tornado-sf-crews-still-working-clear-hundreds-downed-trees\">downed more than 400 trees\u003c/a> but did not lead to any reported injuries.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The city’s Department of Emergency Management has another option: using sirens to alert the public of a tornado. However, Carroll said the outdoor public warning system, built in the 1950s to warn residents of Cold War threats, was turned off in 2019 due to security vulnerabilities. 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Although straight-line winds of up to 80 mph were recorded around Golden Gate Park and the Mission District, there was no evidence of a tornado — leaving some residents questioning the messaging, especially after a tsunami warning had spurred a scrambled response less than two weeks earlier.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In the small Santa Cruz County mountain town of Scotts Valley, on the other hand, \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12018406/tornado-hits-santa-cruz-county\">a twister touched down\u003c/a> early Saturday afternoon, causing several hundred thousand dollars in damage by flipping several cars and wrenching traffic signals from concrete — yet there was no tornado warning.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12018666\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12018666\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/12/SFTornadoPath.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1334\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/12/SFTornadoPath.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/12/SFTornadoPath-800x534.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/12/SFTornadoPath-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/12/SFTornadoPath-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/12/SFTornadoPath-1536x1025.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/12/SFTornadoPath-1920x1281.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">The path of the storm that prompted the National Weather Service’s tornado warning for San Francisco on Dec. 14, 2024. \u003ccite>(Courtesy of John Monteverdi)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>“People were just out Christmas shopping and getting ready for the holidays,” said Mali LaGoe, city manager for Scotts Valley. “It was originally reported as a six-car pileup because no one could believe it was actually a tornado.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>With two tornadic moments in eight hours, weather experts questioned why the National Weather Service issued a tornado warning for San Francisco but not Scotts Valley. The weather service defended its messaging, stating national guidelines limit when it can trigger phone alerts: A low-level severe thunderstorm like the one forecast for Scotts Valley doesn’t qualify, but a tornado — when the signs are clearly in view — does.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>John Monteverdi, emeritus professor of meteorology at San Francisco State University, thinks the San Francisco warning was justified. Still, for Scotts Valley, he isn’t sure why the weather service “didn’t issue a tornado warning because, to me, this was a stronger rotation than they saw for San Francisco. Tornadoes can occur without warning in severe thunderstorms.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Although a tornado warning is very rare for the region, Monteverdi said tornadoes themselves are “infrequent in California, but not rare” because they are part of the state’s climatology and weather patterns. 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But occasionally, when a storm is large enough and warm and cold air masses collide, a spiral of air can move upward and “be a precursor to a Wizard of Oz type of tornado, which happened down in Scotts Valley.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>And tornadoes often stem from severe thunderstorms. While there’s no scientific consensus that human-caused climate change is increasing the frequency of tornadoes, there is evidence that the intensity of thunderstorms is likely accelerating as the climate warms.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“It stands to reason that when the conditions are otherwise favorable, perhaps a greater fraction of thunderstorms could occur in environments favorable for tornadoes,” UCLA climate scientist Daniel Swain said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The National Weather Service plans to run simulations of last weekend’s storm to assess whether warnings should come sooner next time in both cities. Brian Garcia, warning coordination meteorologist for the agency’s Bay Area office, acknowledged that thunderstorms are becoming more intense and noted that, as a result, the frequency of tornadoes might also increase.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12018670\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-12018670\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/12/CaliforniaTornados-800x702.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"800\" height=\"702\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/12/CaliforniaTornados-800x702.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/12/CaliforniaTornados-160x140.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/12/CaliforniaTornados.jpg 950w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">More than 100 tornadoes have made landfall in California since 1950. Each red signature marks a tornado landfall. \u003ccite>(SPC National Severe Weather Database Browser)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>“We can’t wait for perfect data 10 to 40 years down the road,” he said. “We’ve got to start acting now like it is caused by climate change so we can lean forward and hopefully protect more people.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Still, Garcia defended how the agency handled its messaging during the storm. A wireless emergency alert went out for San Francisco but not the Santa Cruz area because the weather service has a national threshold for alerting on severe thunderstorms based on forecast potential destruction, which Garcia said is defined by 80 mph winds and or baseball-sized hail.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The agency issued a severe thunderstorm warning for the Santa Cruz area, which means that media outlets and localities have a choice in how they message the public, but cellphones are not automatically alerted.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Garcia argued that while the word “tornado” sounds scarier, a severe thunderstorm carries just as much destructive power.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Either way you shake it, both a severe thunderstorm and tornado warning tell you to seek shelter in an interior room of your house or the lowest floor of your home,” he said. “To try to have a one-size-fits-all all for everybody is obviously a holy grail. But it’s also not going to happen. 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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>LaGoe in Scotts Valley and Carroll in San Francisco said they felt the weather service operated within reason. However, they said the more significant effect of the storm is that residents now know tornadoes are possible where they live.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“This event was a wake-up call as far as what is possible and how we prepare for the future,” LaGoe said. “This isn’t tornado alley, and I think it’s highly unlikely to happen again. But it’s just something we all need to recognize could happen.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Carroll said there was “very little wiggle room” for any other actions her department could have taken to protect San Franciscans from the storm, which ultimately \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12018475/no-tornado-sf-crews-still-working-clear-hundreds-downed-trees\">downed more than 400 trees\u003c/a> but did not lead to any reported injuries.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The city’s Department of Emergency Management has another option: using sirens to alert the public of a tornado. However, Carroll said the outdoor public warning system, built in the 1950s to warn residents of Cold War threats, was turned off in 2019 due to security vulnerabilities. The system could be restored, she said, but it could cost more than $20 million.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Phone alerts are a more efficient real-time solution, Carroll said, because “cellphones are like our mini sirens, and they’re much more effective because they have more information than a siren.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Carroll said her department is now prepared with messaging in case of another future tornado warning. But after the recent phone alerts for a tsunami and a tornado didn’t pan out, she worries residents won’t take the messaging seriously and see city contact as “a boy who cried wolf.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003c/div>",
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He said that while the family was hoping for a first-degree murder conviction, their ultimate hope was that “Bob’s kids do not have to see [Momeni] on the streets again.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Momeni’s defense team had argued that it was Lee who pulled the paring knife out on a deserted, downtown street. They asserted that he was enraged after Momeni, a former Emeryville tech consultant, made an off-hand “joke” about his parenting, the \u003cem>San Francisco Chronicle\u003c/em> has \u003ca href=\"https://www.sfchronicle.com/crime/article/nima-momeni-murder-trial-bob-lee-stabbing-19936914.php\">reported\u003c/a>. On the stand, Momeni said he flipped the blade on Lee in self-defense.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12018622\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12018622\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/12/Nima-Momeni-Trial-AP.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/12/Nima-Momeni-Trial-AP.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/12/Nima-Momeni-Trial-AP-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/12/Nima-Momeni-Trial-AP-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/12/Nima-Momeni-Trial-AP-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/12/Nima-Momeni-Trial-AP-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/12/Nima-Momeni-Trial-AP-1920x1280.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Defense attorneys Saam Zangeneh, center left, and Bradford Cohen, center right, speak to reporters after exiting the courtroom at the Hall of Justice for the murder trial of Nima Momeni, on Tuesday, Dec. 3, 2024, in San Francisco. \u003ccite>(Godofredo A. Vásquez/AP Photo)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>According to his autopsy, Lee had cocaine, alcohol and ketamine in his system when he died. The defense argued that his cocaine use could have aided the angry outburst.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The prosecution disputed this story, instead positing that Momeni stabbed Lee three times in an angry rage. According to the \u003cem>Chronicle\u003c/em>, the night before the altercation, they say Lee was with Momeni’s sister, Khazar Momeni, who was his friend and possibly a romantic interest.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>According to prosecutors, Momeni’s sister called him in tears from the apartment of a convicted drug dealer Lee had taken her to. She testified that after Lee left the dealer’s apartment, she was given shots of GHB and abused while unconscious.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[aside postID=news_12017333 hero='https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/12/LuigiMangioneAP1-1020x680.jpg']\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Assistant District Attorneys Dane Reinstedt and Omid Talai told the jury that hours after picking his sister up, Momeni and his sister were socializing with Lee. Momeni allegedly offered Lee a ride home from Millenium Tower, where Khazar and her husband live, and then stabbed him out of rage over the situation.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Genetic testing on the knife showed Lee’s DNA on the blade, while 99% of the DNA on the handle matched Momeni, the \u003cem>Chronicle \u003c/em>reported.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>District Attorney Brooke Jenkins said the trial and its outcome disproved the “doom loop” narrative of danger on the streets of San Francisco that some high-profile critics pushed in the days after Lee’s shocking death.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Elon Musk took to Twitter to make it seem like there was lawlessness in San Francisco,” she said, adding that as her office dug into the case, they found that the situation was very different than first portrayed. “We are a city committed to accountability, we are a city committed to public safety.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The six-man, six-woman jury deliberated over the case for seven days before reaching a verdict late Monday afternoon and returning to court for the announcement Tuesday morning. They unanimously decided Momeni was not guilty of first-degree murder, instead finding him guilty of second-degree murder with the use of a dangerous weapon. The verdict carries a prison sentence of 16 years to life.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Lee’s ex-wife, Krista Lee, and their two children were in the courtroom. She said after the verdict was read that Momeni’s family “has blood on their hands.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Mahnaz Tayarani Babai, Momeni’s mother, did not answer many questions after the announcement, instead asking reporters: “If you were me, how would you [be] do[ing]?”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cem>KQED’s \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/author/shossaini\">Sara Hossaini\u003c/a> contributed to this report.\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n",
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"content": "\u003cp>The Newsom administration is refining a contentious set of proposed rules, \u003ca href=\"https://calmatters.org/environment/water/2023/09/california-delta-bay-plan/\">years in the making\u003c/a>, that would reshape how farms and cities draw water from the Central Valley’s Delta and its rivers. Backed by more than $1 billion in state funds, the rules, if adopted, would require water users to help restore rivers and rebuild depleted Chinook salmon runs.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The administration touts its proposed rules as the starting point of a long-term effort to double Central Valley Chinook populations from historical levels, reaching \u003ca href=\"https://nrm.dfg.ca.gov/FileHandler.ashx?DocumentID=84381\">numbers\u003c/a> not seen in at least 75 years. But environmental groups have almost unanimously rejected it, saying it promises environmental gains that will never materialize and jeopardizes the existence of California’s iconic salmon and other fish.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“There is no way the assets they’ve put on the table, water and habitat combined, are going to achieve the doubling goal — no way, not possible,” said Jon Rosenfield, science director with San Francisco Baykeeper.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Dubbed \u003ca href=\"https://resources.ca.gov/Initiatives/Voluntary-Agreements-Page\">Healthy Rivers and Landscapes\u003c/a> but better known as “\u003ca href=\"https://resources.ca.gov/Newsroom/Page-Content/News-List/Agreement-with-Local-Water-Suppliers-to-Improve-the-Health-of-Rivers-and-Landscapes\">the voluntary agreements,\u003c/a>” the proposal is one of two pathways for state officials as they update a keystone regulatory document called the \u003ca href=\"https://www.waterboards.ca.gov/waterrights/water_issues/programs/bay_delta/\">Bay-Delta Water Quality Control Plan\u003c/a>, which was last overhauled in 1995.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>With the ecosystem of the Bay-Delta in the throes of collapse, the set of rules is critical to determining how much water flows through the Delta for salmon and other species and how much is available for growers and cities in the Central Valley and Southern California.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Once vital to indigenous cultures and the coastal ecosystem, Chinook salmon and other native fish have declined for decades due to dam operations, water diversions, increased water temperatures and marine food web issues. Numbers of spawning adult Chinook have dropped so low that all commercial and recreational salmon fishing has been banned for two years in a row, and \u003ca href=\"https://calmatters.org/environment/water/2024/10/salmon-fishing-california/\">preliminary numbers this year\u003c/a> show no signs of recovery.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>State officials from multiple agencies have lauded the Healthy Rivers program — which would meter out flows for fish while mandating restoration of floodplains and other river features — as their preferred option for updating the plan.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>California’s most influential water districts, serving tens of millions of people and most of the Central Valley’s farmland, have rallied behind the state’s preferred option, which has taken center stage during public workshops since November.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Newsom administration officials have worked on these rules for years during negotiations with the San Joaquin Valley’s \u003ca href=\"https://wwd.ca.gov/\">Westlands Water District\u003c/a>, the nation’s largest agricultural water provider, the giant Metropolitan Water District of Southern California and other water users.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>California Resources Secretary Wade Crowfoot described the proposal as “a new and strengthened approach” that will protect both the environment and the water supply.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Crowfoot told the water board that the proposed rules would do “a good job working to balance all of (Californians’) needs, and ultimately help the environment to recover in ways that’s workable for communities across our state.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Such a balance has long eluded state officials.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“This is progress,” Chuck Bonham, director of the California Department of Fish and Wildlife, said at a November water board workshop. “It’s gone on so long. It’s time.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Back in 2020, Gov. Gavin Newsom \u003ca href=\"https://calmatters.org/commentary/2020/02/gavin-newsom-sacramento-san-joaquin-bay-delta/\">endorsed the “voluntary agreement”\u003c/a> approach. “Today, I am committing to achieving a doubling of California’s salmon population by 2050. These agreements will be foundational to meeting that goal,” he wrote in a CalMatters opinion piece.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Nina Hawk, the Bay-Delta Initiatives group manager with the Metropolitan Water District — which provides water that serves 19 million Southern Californians — said the Newsom proposal would create an equitable pathway to meeting human and environmental water demands.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“It is important that we try to balance what the state board defines as beneficial uses … both for the environment and for farms, in a way that looks at the integrity of the water system and also for the state of California’s natural resources and its economy,” Hawk said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Kevin Padway of the Zone 7 Water Agency, which serves 270,000 East Bay residents, encouraged the water board to adopt the rules, commending them as an “immediately implementable” route to balancing water demands for people and environmental uses.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12018570\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12018570\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/12/02_012023_Drone_Banks_Pumping_Plant_Aqueduct_CM.jpg\" alt=\"A wide drone shot from above an aqueduct with green grass and a water tower.\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/12/02_012023_Drone_Banks_Pumping_Plant_Aqueduct_CM.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/12/02_012023_Drone_Banks_Pumping_Plant_Aqueduct_CM-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/12/02_012023_Drone_Banks_Pumping_Plant_Aqueduct_CM-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/12/02_012023_Drone_Banks_Pumping_Plant_Aqueduct_CM-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/12/02_012023_Drone_Banks_Pumping_Plant_Aqueduct_CM-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/12/02_012023_Drone_Banks_Pumping_Plant_Aqueduct_CM-1920x1280.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">A drone provides a view of water pumped from the Harvey O. Banks Delta Pumping Plant into the California Aqueduct at 9,790 cubic feet per second after January storms. The facility located in Alameda County and lifts water into the California Aqueduct. Jan. 20, 2023. \u003ccite>(Ken James/California Department of Water Resources)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>But environmentalists aren’t sold. Some have even refused to call it by its formal name, saying it’s a euphemism with no bearing on “healthy rivers.” They say the rules would favor water users, allowing cities and farms to draw so much water from the Delta and its tributary rivers that salmon will continue their long decline. They say the proposed rules simply don’t offer fish the water they need, let alone support the state’s salmon rebuilding mandate.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“If you’re diverting more than half of a river’s flow, you are guaranteeing negative population growth” of salmon, said Gary Bobker, Friends of the River’s program director.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The complex flow rules could even allow growers to entirely drain some rivers in critically dry years, according to Barry Nelson, a water policy analyst with the Golden State Salmon Association who spoke at a recent board workshop.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Dewatering rivers during droughts would be completely consistent with the Bay-Delta Plan,” he said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The State Water Resources Control Board is the agency with the authority to approve the rules. A public hearing and vote could come in 2025.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The water board’s other option would require strict minimum flows in rivers. Water users say those rules would have unacceptable impacts on farms, hydropower and communities — including planned housing projects — while environmentalists and tribes laud it as more protective of fish. It would ensure that rivers contain an average of 55% of the total water available in the watershed at a given time — a measure called unimpaired flow.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>While momentum has built behind the state’s Healthy Rivers plan, the state water board could still go either way with their vote. It is even possible that officials adopt both options, with the unimpaired flow pathway reserved as a regulatory backstop, should the Newsom proposal fail, or as concurrent rules applied to waters users who opt out of the voluntary agreements.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch3>Doubling Chinook runs — is it a stream dream?\u003c/h3>\n\u003cp>A longstanding mandate requires fishery and water managers to double the Central Valley’s population of naturally reproducing Chinook salmon from levels observed between 1967 and 1991. This would translate into an average of \u003ca href=\"https://deltacouncil.ca.gov/pdf/delta-plan/2019-11-21-preliminary-draft-datasheet-salmon-doubling.pdf\">990,000 spawning Chinook\u003c/a> each year, almost 10 times recent averages.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>State officials say their Healthy Rivers plan would help to realize this goal. Around year-eight — when the program could be extended — officials hope to be about 25% of the way to the doubling goal, said Louise Conrad, lead scientist with the state Department of Water Resources.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Officials with the National Marine Fisheries Service, in a January letter to the state, said the eight-year timeframe “is concerning, given the dire status of native fish species within the Sacramento River Basin and Delta.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, in comments emailed to the Water Board in January, noted the light water allowances in critically dry years.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“EPA is concerned that the total volume and timing of Delta inflow and outflow provided under the proposed VA (voluntary agreement) alternative relative to baseline is not large enough to adequately restore and protect aquatic ecosystems,” the agency wrote.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12018571\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12018571\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/12/03_121124-Fall-Run-Salmon-XM-DWR-01-CM.jpg\" alt=\"A salmon under water with rocks. \" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/12/03_121124-Fall-Run-Salmon-XM-DWR-01-CM.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/12/03_121124-Fall-Run-Salmon-XM-DWR-01-CM-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/12/03_121124-Fall-Run-Salmon-XM-DWR-01-CM-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/12/03_121124-Fall-Run-Salmon-XM-DWR-01-CM-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/12/03_121124-Fall-Run-Salmon-XM-DWR-01-CM-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/12/03_121124-Fall-Run-Salmon-XM-DWR-01-CM-1920x1280.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Fall-run Chinook salmon migrate and spawn in the Feather River near the California Department of Water Resources infrastructure and the Feather River Fish Hatchery in Oroville, Butte County, on Nov. 15, 2024. \u003ccite>(Xavier Mascareñas/California Department of Water Resources)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>This target of doubling Chinook is nothing new. The almost legendary “doubling goal” has been on the books since the early 1990s, when federal law \u003ca href=\"https://www.usbr.gov/mp/cvpia/docs-reports/meetings/2013/cvpia-pub-mtg-progress-revisioning-1-17-13.pdf\">set the deadline for 2002 (PDF)\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Now the state’s proposed rules would punt it to 2050 — what salmon advocates say is much too far away for a species already on the brink and a vanishing fishing industry.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Salmon runs could potentially be extinct by then with the flow assets they’re putting forward,” said Ashley Overhouse, Defenders of Wildlife’s water policy advisor.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Representatives of California tribes, who historically relied on Chinook as a dietary mainstay, say they were excluded from planning discussions.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“The only people that have been at the table talking about the voluntary agreements are water agencies, water contractors, irrigation districts, and private companies,” said Gary Mulcahy, government liaison for the Winnemem Wintu Tribe. “They (state officials) have excluded tribes, disadvantaged communities, environmental justice communities for nine years.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But the flow rules environmentalists and tribes prefer would cut deep into urban and agricultural water supplies, causing “impacts far and wide” on water exports from the Delta, storage in upstream reservoirs and hydropower production, said Jennifer Pierre, general manager of the State Water Contractors, which represents 27 water agencies that serve 750,000 acres of farmland and 27 million people.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Farmers, she said, would experience substantial permanent economic losses, forcing widespread fallowing of their crops. San Joaquin Valley growers would lose more than a quarter of their water in dry years, and 13% on average for all years, according to the \u003ca href=\"https://www.waterboards.ca.gov/waterrights/water_issues/programs/bay_delta/docs/2023/staff-report/ch06-waterchngs.pdf\">draft rules (PDF)\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Thaddeus Bettner, executive director of the Sacramento River Settlement Contractors — a group of farmers who largely grow rice — said it would force as much as 30% of his district’s 450,000 irrigated acres out of production, with harder impacts on growers with little groundwater to fall back on.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Rice farmer Jon Munger, with 13,000 acres on the east side of the Sacramento Valley, said, in some years, the unimpaired flow approach favored by environmentalists could strip him of virtually all of his water in summer months. His groundwater supply is very limited.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“We wouldn’t have any water to grow rice,” he said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>That option would also squeeze residential water use. The Placer County Water Agency, which serves about a quarter-million residents northeast of Sacramento, would lose almost half its supply, threatening initiatives to accommodate a growing population, said General Manager Andrew Fecko.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>It would cost Southern California a big chunk of its municipal water, too.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“We wouldn’t have sufficient water supply,” said Hawk at the Metropolitan Water District. “It would be a decline at the taps, it would be a decline for businesses.”\u003c/p>\n\u003ch3>Billions of dollars in new salmon habitat\u003c/h3>\n\u003cp>The program proposes restoring \u003ca href=\"https://resources.ca.gov/Initiatives/Voluntary-Agreements-Page\">45,000 acres\u003c/a> of structural habitat, like floodplains, tidal marshes, in-river piles of woody debris and gravel spawning beds over the next eight years.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Thousands of acres are already completed or underway. This, according to Overhouse at Defenders of Wildlife, leaves roughly 30,000 planned acres that would be brand new additions to the ecosystem — which she and others say would mute the promised benefits of the program.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>All of this will cost money, and to date \u003ca href=\"https://resources.ca.gov/-/media/CNRA-Website/Files/Initiatives/Voluntary-Watershed-Agreements/Draft_FundingPlanDescription.pdf\">$2.4 billion in public funds (PDF)\u003c/a> have been secured to support the flow measures and the habitat restoration. Another $500 million may be needed.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The state’s proposed rules would allocate to the Sacramento River system between 100,000 and 700,000 acre-feet of water per year, depending on how much precipitation has fallen. But environmentalists say this isn’t nearly enough. They also worry that regulatory loopholes would allow future water projects — such as the \u003ca href=\"https://calmatters.org/environment/2023/02/california-sites-reservoir/\">Sites Reservoir\u003c/a>, for which Newsom advocated at a public appearance last week — to divert water that would be protected if the state adopted unimpaired flow rules.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“It is not an accident that they haven’t solved this problem,” Nelson, with the Salmon Association, said. “The VAs (voluntary agreements) and the Delta tunnel and Sites are a package.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Some conservationists are optimistic about the state’s proposal.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Rene Henery, California science director with Trout Unlimited, thinks more habitat and water — especially in dry years — will be needed to protect salmon. But he also thinks the rules could succeed, as long as it’s just the first step of many in a flexible and collaborative restoration process — something he and a team of colleagues are trying to initiate with a state-funded project called \u003ca href=\"https://csamp.baydeltalive.com/recovery/reorienting-to-recovery\">Reorienting to Recovery\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>UC Davis fish biologist Carson Jeffres, who has studied floodplain restoration projects, also said the salmon doubling objective is achievable through the Newsom proposal as long as state officials “have the courage to be nimble and adjust and adapt if it looks like things aren’t going as planned.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Tribal water rights advocate Regina Chichizola, executive director of Save California Salmon, rejected the Newsom administration’s notion that the state balances competing needs and demands.[aside tag=\"water, salmon\" label=\"More Related Stories\"]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“We’ve compromised so much that we’re facing an extinction crisis, that tribes don’t have fish for ceremonies,” she told the board in an emotional public comment last week.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Of course I want to make sure that all of the cities have access to water, but in the end agriculture is going to have to use less water,” she said. “The job of the water board is not to make everyone happy, it’s to protect beneficial uses and clean water, and if the salmon go extinct on your watch, that’s something that you’re going to have to tell your grandkids about.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad floatright]\u003c/p>\n",
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But environmental groups have almost unanimously rejected it, saying it promises environmental gains that will never materialize and jeopardizes the existence of California’s iconic salmon and other fish.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“There is no way the assets they’ve put on the table, water and habitat combined, are going to achieve the doubling goal — no way, not possible,” said Jon Rosenfield, science director with San Francisco Baykeeper.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Dubbed \u003ca href=\"https://resources.ca.gov/Initiatives/Voluntary-Agreements-Page\">Healthy Rivers and Landscapes\u003c/a> but better known as “\u003ca href=\"https://resources.ca.gov/Newsroom/Page-Content/News-List/Agreement-with-Local-Water-Suppliers-to-Improve-the-Health-of-Rivers-and-Landscapes\">the voluntary agreements,\u003c/a>” the proposal is one of two pathways for state officials as they update a keystone regulatory document called the \u003ca href=\"https://www.waterboards.ca.gov/waterrights/water_issues/programs/bay_delta/\">Bay-Delta Water Quality Control Plan\u003c/a>, which was last overhauled in 1995.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>With the ecosystem of the Bay-Delta in the throes of collapse, the set of rules is critical to determining how much water flows through the Delta for salmon and other species and how much is available for growers and cities in the Central Valley and Southern California.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Once vital to indigenous cultures and the coastal ecosystem, Chinook salmon and other native fish have declined for decades due to dam operations, water diversions, increased water temperatures and marine food web issues. Numbers of spawning adult Chinook have dropped so low that all commercial and recreational salmon fishing has been banned for two years in a row, and \u003ca href=\"https://calmatters.org/environment/water/2024/10/salmon-fishing-california/\">preliminary numbers this year\u003c/a> show no signs of recovery.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>State officials from multiple agencies have lauded the Healthy Rivers program — which would meter out flows for fish while mandating restoration of floodplains and other river features — as their preferred option for updating the plan.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>California’s most influential water districts, serving tens of millions of people and most of the Central Valley’s farmland, have rallied behind the state’s preferred option, which has taken center stage during public workshops since November.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Newsom administration officials have worked on these rules for years during negotiations with the San Joaquin Valley’s \u003ca href=\"https://wwd.ca.gov/\">Westlands Water District\u003c/a>, the nation’s largest agricultural water provider, the giant Metropolitan Water District of Southern California and other water users.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>California Resources Secretary Wade Crowfoot described the proposal as “a new and strengthened approach” that will protect both the environment and the water supply.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Crowfoot told the water board that the proposed rules would do “a good job working to balance all of (Californians’) needs, and ultimately help the environment to recover in ways that’s workable for communities across our state.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Such a balance has long eluded state officials.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“This is progress,” Chuck Bonham, director of the California Department of Fish and Wildlife, said at a November water board workshop. “It’s gone on so long. It’s time.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Back in 2020, Gov. Gavin Newsom \u003ca href=\"https://calmatters.org/commentary/2020/02/gavin-newsom-sacramento-san-joaquin-bay-delta/\">endorsed the “voluntary agreement”\u003c/a> approach. “Today, I am committing to achieving a doubling of California’s salmon population by 2050. These agreements will be foundational to meeting that goal,” he wrote in a CalMatters opinion piece.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Nina Hawk, the Bay-Delta Initiatives group manager with the Metropolitan Water District — which provides water that serves 19 million Southern Californians — said the Newsom proposal would create an equitable pathway to meeting human and environmental water demands.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“It is important that we try to balance what the state board defines as beneficial uses … both for the environment and for farms, in a way that looks at the integrity of the water system and also for the state of California’s natural resources and its economy,” Hawk said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Kevin Padway of the Zone 7 Water Agency, which serves 270,000 East Bay residents, encouraged the water board to adopt the rules, commending them as an “immediately implementable” route to balancing water demands for people and environmental uses.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12018570\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12018570\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/12/02_012023_Drone_Banks_Pumping_Plant_Aqueduct_CM.jpg\" alt=\"A wide drone shot from above an aqueduct with green grass and a water tower.\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/12/02_012023_Drone_Banks_Pumping_Plant_Aqueduct_CM.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/12/02_012023_Drone_Banks_Pumping_Plant_Aqueduct_CM-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/12/02_012023_Drone_Banks_Pumping_Plant_Aqueduct_CM-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/12/02_012023_Drone_Banks_Pumping_Plant_Aqueduct_CM-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/12/02_012023_Drone_Banks_Pumping_Plant_Aqueduct_CM-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/12/02_012023_Drone_Banks_Pumping_Plant_Aqueduct_CM-1920x1280.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">A drone provides a view of water pumped from the Harvey O. Banks Delta Pumping Plant into the California Aqueduct at 9,790 cubic feet per second after January storms. The facility located in Alameda County and lifts water into the California Aqueduct. Jan. 20, 2023. \u003ccite>(Ken James/California Department of Water Resources)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>But environmentalists aren’t sold. Some have even refused to call it by its formal name, saying it’s a euphemism with no bearing on “healthy rivers.” They say the rules would favor water users, allowing cities and farms to draw so much water from the Delta and its tributary rivers that salmon will continue their long decline. They say the proposed rules simply don’t offer fish the water they need, let alone support the state’s salmon rebuilding mandate.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“If you’re diverting more than half of a river’s flow, you are guaranteeing negative population growth” of salmon, said Gary Bobker, Friends of the River’s program director.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The complex flow rules could even allow growers to entirely drain some rivers in critically dry years, according to Barry Nelson, a water policy analyst with the Golden State Salmon Association who spoke at a recent board workshop.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Dewatering rivers during droughts would be completely consistent with the Bay-Delta Plan,” he said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The State Water Resources Control Board is the agency with the authority to approve the rules. A public hearing and vote could come in 2025.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The water board’s other option would require strict minimum flows in rivers. Water users say those rules would have unacceptable impacts on farms, hydropower and communities — including planned housing projects — while environmentalists and tribes laud it as more protective of fish. It would ensure that rivers contain an average of 55% of the total water available in the watershed at a given time — a measure called unimpaired flow.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>While momentum has built behind the state’s Healthy Rivers plan, the state water board could still go either way with their vote. It is even possible that officials adopt both options, with the unimpaired flow pathway reserved as a regulatory backstop, should the Newsom proposal fail, or as concurrent rules applied to waters users who opt out of the voluntary agreements.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch3>Doubling Chinook runs — is it a stream dream?\u003c/h3>\n\u003cp>A longstanding mandate requires fishery and water managers to double the Central Valley’s population of naturally reproducing Chinook salmon from levels observed between 1967 and 1991. This would translate into an average of \u003ca href=\"https://deltacouncil.ca.gov/pdf/delta-plan/2019-11-21-preliminary-draft-datasheet-salmon-doubling.pdf\">990,000 spawning Chinook\u003c/a> each year, almost 10 times recent averages.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>State officials say their Healthy Rivers plan would help to realize this goal. Around year-eight — when the program could be extended — officials hope to be about 25% of the way to the doubling goal, said Louise Conrad, lead scientist with the state Department of Water Resources.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Officials with the National Marine Fisheries Service, in a January letter to the state, said the eight-year timeframe “is concerning, given the dire status of native fish species within the Sacramento River Basin and Delta.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, in comments emailed to the Water Board in January, noted the light water allowances in critically dry years.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“EPA is concerned that the total volume and timing of Delta inflow and outflow provided under the proposed VA (voluntary agreement) alternative relative to baseline is not large enough to adequately restore and protect aquatic ecosystems,” the agency wrote.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12018571\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12018571\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/12/03_121124-Fall-Run-Salmon-XM-DWR-01-CM.jpg\" alt=\"A salmon under water with rocks. \" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/12/03_121124-Fall-Run-Salmon-XM-DWR-01-CM.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/12/03_121124-Fall-Run-Salmon-XM-DWR-01-CM-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/12/03_121124-Fall-Run-Salmon-XM-DWR-01-CM-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/12/03_121124-Fall-Run-Salmon-XM-DWR-01-CM-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/12/03_121124-Fall-Run-Salmon-XM-DWR-01-CM-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/12/03_121124-Fall-Run-Salmon-XM-DWR-01-CM-1920x1280.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Fall-run Chinook salmon migrate and spawn in the Feather River near the California Department of Water Resources infrastructure and the Feather River Fish Hatchery in Oroville, Butte County, on Nov. 15, 2024. \u003ccite>(Xavier Mascareñas/California Department of Water Resources)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>This target of doubling Chinook is nothing new. The almost legendary “doubling goal” has been on the books since the early 1990s, when federal law \u003ca href=\"https://www.usbr.gov/mp/cvpia/docs-reports/meetings/2013/cvpia-pub-mtg-progress-revisioning-1-17-13.pdf\">set the deadline for 2002 (PDF)\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Now the state’s proposed rules would punt it to 2050 — what salmon advocates say is much too far away for a species already on the brink and a vanishing fishing industry.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Salmon runs could potentially be extinct by then with the flow assets they’re putting forward,” said Ashley Overhouse, Defenders of Wildlife’s water policy advisor.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Representatives of California tribes, who historically relied on Chinook as a dietary mainstay, say they were excluded from planning discussions.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“The only people that have been at the table talking about the voluntary agreements are water agencies, water contractors, irrigation districts, and private companies,” said Gary Mulcahy, government liaison for the Winnemem Wintu Tribe. “They (state officials) have excluded tribes, disadvantaged communities, environmental justice communities for nine years.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But the flow rules environmentalists and tribes prefer would cut deep into urban and agricultural water supplies, causing “impacts far and wide” on water exports from the Delta, storage in upstream reservoirs and hydropower production, said Jennifer Pierre, general manager of the State Water Contractors, which represents 27 water agencies that serve 750,000 acres of farmland and 27 million people.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Farmers, she said, would experience substantial permanent economic losses, forcing widespread fallowing of their crops. San Joaquin Valley growers would lose more than a quarter of their water in dry years, and 13% on average for all years, according to the \u003ca href=\"https://www.waterboards.ca.gov/waterrights/water_issues/programs/bay_delta/docs/2023/staff-report/ch06-waterchngs.pdf\">draft rules (PDF)\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Thaddeus Bettner, executive director of the Sacramento River Settlement Contractors — a group of farmers who largely grow rice — said it would force as much as 30% of his district’s 450,000 irrigated acres out of production, with harder impacts on growers with little groundwater to fall back on.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Rice farmer Jon Munger, with 13,000 acres on the east side of the Sacramento Valley, said, in some years, the unimpaired flow approach favored by environmentalists could strip him of virtually all of his water in summer months. His groundwater supply is very limited.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“We wouldn’t have any water to grow rice,” he said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>That option would also squeeze residential water use. The Placer County Water Agency, which serves about a quarter-million residents northeast of Sacramento, would lose almost half its supply, threatening initiatives to accommodate a growing population, said General Manager Andrew Fecko.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>It would cost Southern California a big chunk of its municipal water, too.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“We wouldn’t have sufficient water supply,” said Hawk at the Metropolitan Water District. “It would be a decline at the taps, it would be a decline for businesses.”\u003c/p>\n\u003ch3>Billions of dollars in new salmon habitat\u003c/h3>\n\u003cp>The program proposes restoring \u003ca href=\"https://resources.ca.gov/Initiatives/Voluntary-Agreements-Page\">45,000 acres\u003c/a> of structural habitat, like floodplains, tidal marshes, in-river piles of woody debris and gravel spawning beds over the next eight years.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Thousands of acres are already completed or underway. This, according to Overhouse at Defenders of Wildlife, leaves roughly 30,000 planned acres that would be brand new additions to the ecosystem — which she and others say would mute the promised benefits of the program.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>All of this will cost money, and to date \u003ca href=\"https://resources.ca.gov/-/media/CNRA-Website/Files/Initiatives/Voluntary-Watershed-Agreements/Draft_FundingPlanDescription.pdf\">$2.4 billion in public funds (PDF)\u003c/a> have been secured to support the flow measures and the habitat restoration. Another $500 million may be needed.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The state’s proposed rules would allocate to the Sacramento River system between 100,000 and 700,000 acre-feet of water per year, depending on how much precipitation has fallen. But environmentalists say this isn’t nearly enough. They also worry that regulatory loopholes would allow future water projects — such as the \u003ca href=\"https://calmatters.org/environment/2023/02/california-sites-reservoir/\">Sites Reservoir\u003c/a>, for which Newsom advocated at a public appearance last week — to divert water that would be protected if the state adopted unimpaired flow rules.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“It is not an accident that they haven’t solved this problem,” Nelson, with the Salmon Association, said. “The VAs (voluntary agreements) and the Delta tunnel and Sites are a package.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Some conservationists are optimistic about the state’s proposal.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Rene Henery, California science director with Trout Unlimited, thinks more habitat and water — especially in dry years — will be needed to protect salmon. 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