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"content": "\u003cp>\u003cem>This story was originally published by \u003ca href=\"https://calmatters.org/\">CalMatters\u003c/a>. \u003ca href=\"https://calmatters.org/subscribe-to-calmatters/\">Sign up\u003c/a> for their newsletters.\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Briana Fair, a mental health clinician with the \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/tag/san-mateo\">San Mateo\u003c/a> Police Department, received a dozen voicemails from the same distressed caller over a single weekend this month.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>She knew the voice. It was her client, saying that a celebrity has been hacking her phone, that she needed help moving into a different apartment and why was the process taking so long?\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Normally, she won’t call like this unless she’s starting to get towards a crisis,” Fair said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>If Fair keeps her close, it will ensure she is connected with the services she needs and prevent her from calling 911 dispatch, reducing the possibility of a full-blown crisis involving officers or unnecessary hospitalizations.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I fill in the gaps,” said Fair. “It’s just a matter of getting her the right supports.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>It’s working, according to a \u003ca href=\"https://www.nature.com/articles/s41562-025-02339-7\">new study of San Mateo County’s efforts\u003c/a> from Stanford’s John W. Gardner Center for Youth and Their Communities, which found that pairing \u003ca href=\"https://calmatters.org/justice/2022/03/mental-health-crisis-police/\">law enforcement officers with mental health clinicians\u003c/a> reduces the likelihood of costlier and more intrusive interventions.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure>\u003cimg decoding=\"async\" src=\"https://calmatters.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/12/121525-San-Mateo-RideAlong-MO-CM-15-1024x682.jpg\" alt=\"A close-up shows a person with short, tightly curled hair leaning forward and listening intently to another person whose back is in the foreground. Their face is partially lit, with a focused, serious expression, while a blurred laptop screen and desk items appear in the background, suggesting a work or interview setting.\">\u003cfigcaption>Briana Fair assists a client at the client’s apartment in San Mateo, after the client made multiple calls to her over the weekend, on Dec. 15, 2025. Photo by Manuel Orbegozo for CalMatters\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Fair was hired four years ago as part of a program to pilot this approach, also known as a “co-responder model,” across San Mateo County’s four largest cities — Daly City, San Mateo, Redwood City and South San Francisco. The idea was to free up police officers and provide alternatives to incarceration and hospital emergency rooms for people in a \u003ca href=\"https://calmatters.org/tag/mental-health/\">mental health crisis\u003c/a>. Since then, the model has rolled out to police departments in nearly every city in the county.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Researchers behind the Stanford study found the co-responder model decreased involuntary psychiatric holds by approximately 17% and reduced the likelihood of future mental health 911 calls among the four pilot cities. The hold allows a hospital to keep someone for up to 72 hours to determine if they are a danger to themselves or others. Given the reduction of roughly 370 involuntary psychiatric holds over the course of two years, researchers Tom Dee and Jaymes Pyne estimated an annual cost savings of roughly $300,000 to $800,000.[aside postID=news_12066395 hero='https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/12/San-Francisco-General-Hospital-Getty.jpg']“We’ve got to look to alternatives and really understand that police are not the best equipped to handle mental health crisis situations,” said San Mateo County Executive Officer Mike Callagy, who proposed the pilot after seeing cases that resulted in officers using force and in lawsuits.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>During each visit with her client, Fair tries to help her check something off a list of things that have been bothering her. Today, they’re sitting next to one another as they call California’s social services department to ask about in-home care. They’re placed on hold and after five minutes, her client lets out a deep sigh.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I know, it’s a lot,” Fair said. “That’s why I’m here.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>As jazz music plays in the background of the call, Fair picks up a bottle of dry shampoo from the desk, reads the label aloud and asks her how she likes it. She brought the product over during one of their last visits — a bandaid solution that she devised because her client was having trouble bathing herself.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Have you tried it yet?” she asks. “Want me to spray it for you? Brush it first.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Her client takes her hair out of its ponytail, brushes it with her fingers and runs her hands along the part. Fair stands up from her chair, shakes the bottle and mists it over her head.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Does it feel better?” she asks.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Yes, but you sprayed it in my mouth,” her client says, letting out a big laugh. “It feels fresh.”\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>Rising number of mental health calls\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>Stanford’s research adds to a \u003ca href=\"https://psychiatryonline.org/doi/10.1176/appi.ps.20240003\">growing body of evidence\u003c/a> about the positive impact of alternative first response programs, which have proliferated across the country amid calls for police reform in the aftermath of George Floyd’s murder in 2020. Those reforms are so nascent that not much is known about them, Dee said, and his study is one of a handful that provides a credible evaluation.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“This is a common-sense reform with a great deal of promise,” he said. “That being said, it’s not a cut-and-paste kind of reform. There are serious design and implementation details that matter for realizing the promise of these sorts of initiatives.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure>\n\u003cfigure>\u003cimg decoding=\"async\" src=\"https://calmatters.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/12/121525-San-Mateo-RideAlong-MO-CM-03-1024x682.jpg\" alt=\"A motion-blurred street scene shows a uniformed officer moving quickly near an intersection, with another person partially visible nearby. A stop sign and street sign appear in the background alongside residential buildings and trees, conveying a sense of sudden movement and urgency.\">\u003c/figure>\n\u003cfigure>\u003cimg decoding=\"async\" src=\"https://calmatters.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/12/121525-San-Mateo-RideAlong-MO-CM-09-1024x682.jpg\" alt=\"Three people walk together across a residential street, including two uniformed police officers and a third person in plain clothes who gestures while speaking. Parked police vehicles line the curb behind them, and apartment buildings and trees with autumn leaves frame the scene in daylight.\">\u003c/figure>\u003cfigcaption>\u003cstrong>First: \u003c/strong>Briana Fair, San Mateo Police Department’s first-ever mental health clinician, responds to a mental health related 911 call that involved two police officers and resulted in no arrests, in San Mateo, on Dec. 15, 2025. \u003cstrong>Last: \u003c/strong>Police officers Dylan Kayzar, left, Jared Rogge, and mental health clinician Briana Fair chat after responding to a mental health related 911 call in San Mateo, on Dec. 15, 2025. Photos by Manuel Orbegozo for CalMatters\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cfigure>\u003cimg decoding=\"async\" src=\"https://calmatters.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/12/121525-San-Mateo-RideAlong-MO-CM-01-1024x682.jpg\" alt=\"A person sits in the front seat of a car, shown in profile, with short curly hair softly lit by dim light from outside the vehicle. The interior is mostly dark, with the headrest, window frame, and a blurred structure visible beyond the window, creating a quiet, contemplative mood.\">\u003cfigcaption>Briana Fair, San Mateo Police Department’s first-ever mental health clinician, prepares to respond to a mental health-related 911 call in San Mateo on Dec. 15, 2025. Photo by Manuel Orbegozo for CalMatters\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Some of those details include having buy-in from the police, training dispatchers on how to triage calls, and integrating mental health staff.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>San Mateo Police Chief Ed Barberini said it was a “risky proposition” when his agency decided to participate in the pilot program, worrying that his officers would push back. But mental health calls were on the rise, he said, and without clinical expertise, police officers were being put in a difficult position. That sentiment has been shared by law enforcement agencies across the state, some of which have recently \u003ca href=\"https://calmatters.org/health/mental-health/2025/04/mental-health-crisis-california-police-response/\">distanced themselves from mental health calls\u003c/a>.[aside postID=science_1999700 hero='https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2025/12/251211-DEATHCAPMUSHROOMS-10-BL-KQED.jpg']“We recognized that we were triaging problems and just finding short-term solutions,” said Barberini. “I’m pleasantly surprised with how things have turned out.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Prior to the pilot program, San Mateo police officers who responded to mental health 911 calls had to decide whether to send the person to the hospital for a 72-hour involuntary hold, arrest them, or leave them to their own devices. By pairing them with a clinician, the agency has been able to provide safety planning, follow-up calls and connections to community partners for people in mental health crises.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Mariela Ruiz-Angel, director of Alternative Response Initiatives at Georgetown Law’s Center for Innovations in Community Safety, said a co-responder model is fantastic — but it’s just the beginning of what a progressive city looks like.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“This is really about evolving to a level in which we don’t have to send out cops or fire for basic-level need calls,” she said. “The idea was never about taking cops out of the equation altogether. The idea was that we don’t have to center them as the main response of 911. We don’t have to make public safety about cops. Public safety is about the appropriate response.”\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>De-escalating a family feud\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>The pilot program cost approximately $1.5 million over the course of two years, split between the county and the four participating cities. Once it ended, the San Mateo Police Department — an agency consisting of 116 sworn officers — converted Fair’s role to a permanent position as the agency’s first-ever mental health clinician. The city is also using grant money to employ an additional mental health clinician part-time. Every other participating city has also found a way to sustain its program.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>On a Monday morning, Fair responds to emails from police officers who have asked her to follow up with people they interacted with over the weekend. This time of year has been busy, Fair says, because the holidays can be lonely. In the last week alone, she’s had to respond to a variety of crises: evaluating a kid who had an interrupted suicide attempt and responding to a transgender youth who wanted to stab themselves.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>A radio sits next to her desk. She pauses to listen more intently as a dispatcher relays information about a person who thinks they’re being followed by a federal agent. A family member called in to report the episode. A few minutes later, Fair slings her backpack over her arm, sticks the radio in her pocket and quickly winds her way through the hallway to the garage. In the backseat of her county car – a white Toyota Prius – is a bulletproof vest, which she says she rarely uses.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Outside an apartment complex, Fair pulls over and turns on her flashers. The process, also referred to as “staging,” is when she parks two blocks away so police officers, who have already arrived, can vet the scene to make sure it’s safe for her arrival.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure>\u003cimg decoding=\"async\" src=\"https://calmatters.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/12/121525-San-Mateo-RideAlong-MO-CM-31-1024x682.jpg\" alt=\"A person with short, curly hair sits indoors near a window, hands clasped in their lap, with a calm expression. Sunlight falls across part of their face and shoulder, while the rest of the room remains in shadow. Small potted plants sit on a ledge beside them, and shelves with framed items and greenery are visible in the softly lit background.\">\u003cfigcaption>As the San Mateo Police Department’s first mental health clinician, Briana Fair connects people experiencing mental health crises with services to help prevent unnecessary hospitalizations or police involvement in San Mateo, on Dec. 15, 2025. Photo by Manuel Orbegozo for CalMatters\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>A few minutes later, she opens the car door and jogs over in her black Nikes and tan cargo pants. An officer introduces her to the family and from there, Fair’s work unfolds. She moves back and forth between the family and their loved one, who’s sitting across the street on a bench, as she collects information from both parties: Is there a mental health history? What kind of substances have they used before? Are they currently receiving any treatment? Have they been hospitalized before? Did they make any threats? What do you want to see happen today?\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>After 10 minutes, Fair pulls one of the officers aside to let him know that the person doesn’t need to be hospitalized. “Let’s safety plan,” she tells him. It’s what the agency does if they receive a call that doesn’t rise to the level of an involuntary psychiatric hold. 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In the last week alone, she’s had to respond to a variety of crises: evaluating a kid who had an interrupted suicide attempt and responding to a transgender youth who wanted to stab themselves.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>A radio sits next to her desk. She pauses to listen more intently as a dispatcher relays information about a person who thinks they’re being followed by a federal agent. A family member called in to report the episode. A few minutes later, Fair slings her backpack over her arm, sticks the radio in her pocket and quickly winds her way through the hallway to the garage. In the backseat of her county car – a white Toyota Prius – is a bulletproof vest, which she says she rarely uses.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Outside an apartment complex, Fair pulls over and turns on her flashers. The process, also referred to as “staging,” is when she parks two blocks away so police officers, who have already arrived, can vet the scene to make sure it’s safe for her arrival.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure>\u003cimg decoding=\"async\" src=\"https://calmatters.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/12/121525-San-Mateo-RideAlong-MO-CM-31-1024x682.jpg\" alt=\"A person with short, curly hair sits indoors near a window, hands clasped in their lap, with a calm expression. Sunlight falls across part of their face and shoulder, while the rest of the room remains in shadow. Small potted plants sit on a ledge beside them, and shelves with framed items and greenery are visible in the softly lit background.\">\u003cfigcaption>As the San Mateo Police Department’s first mental health clinician, Briana Fair connects people experiencing mental health crises with services to help prevent unnecessary hospitalizations or police involvement in San Mateo, on Dec. 15, 2025. 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"content": "\u003cp>\u003cem>This story was originally published by \u003ca href=\"https://calmatters.org/\">CalMatters\u003c/a>. \u003ca href=\"https://calmatters.org/subscribe-to-calmatters/\">Sign up\u003c/a> for their newsletters.\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/tag/california\">California\u003c/a> officials and researchers across the country are sounding the alarm about the Trump administration’s plans to dismember a global hub for weather, wildfire and climate science: the Colorado-based National Center for Atmospheric Research.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"https://trumpwhitehouse.archives.gov/people/russell-vought/\">Russell Vought\u003c/a>, \u003ca href=\"https://calmatters.org/tag/donald-trump/\">President\u003c/a> \u003ca href=\"https://calmatters.org/tag/donald-trump/\">Donald\u003c/a> \u003ca href=\"https://calmatters.org/tag/donald-trump/\">Trump\u003c/a>’s director of the Office of Management and Budget, \u003ca href=\"https://x.com/russvought/status/2001099488774033692?s=20\">posted Tuesday\u003c/a> on the social media platform X that the National Science Foundation will be “breaking up” the science institution, which he called “one of the largest sources of climate alarmism in the country.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The move comes as Trump clashes with Colorado Governor Jared Polis. But scientists warn that dismantling the \u003ca href=\"https://ncar.ucar.edu/who-we-are\">federally-funded science center\u003c/a> will endanger Americans even beyond the hundreds whose jobs are now at risk in Colorado.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I’m alarmed. I’m worried. I’m upset. And I think we need to connect the dots between attacks on science and what it means to the safety of Americans,” California’s Natural Resources Secretary Wade Crowfoot told CalMatters.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Vought said in his social media post that “any vital activities such as weather research will be moved to another entity or location.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But the research fields aren’t easily disentangled, and experts say weather science can’t withstand the cuts to critical climate research. In California, weather extremes highlight the high stakes as \u003ca href=\"https://calmatters.org/environment/2020/02/california-drought-floods-atmospheric-rivers-reservoir-management-hurricane-hunters/\">an atmospheric river storm\u003c/a> looms and the one-year anniversary of \u003ca href=\"https://calmatters.org/environment/2025/12/water-hydrant-wildfire-misinformation-ucla/\">Los Angeles’ climate-fueled catastrophic wildfires\u003c/a> approaches.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12068279\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 1024px\">\u003ca href=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/12/121725_NCAR_GETTY_CM_01.jpeg\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12068279\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/12/121725_NCAR_GETTY_CM_01.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1024\" height=\"682\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/12/121725_NCAR_GETTY_CM_01.jpeg 1024w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/12/121725_NCAR_GETTY_CM_01-160x107.jpeg 160w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">The National Center for Atmospheric Research in Boulder, Colo. on Dec. 17, 2025. \u003ccite>(Photo by RJ Sangosti, The Denver Post via Getty Images)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>State climatologist Michael Anderson said that the National Center for Atmospheric Research has worked with California agencies in the past on projects to improve precipitation predictions and \u003ca href=\"https://calmatters.org/environment/2022/02/california-water-climate-change-snowpack/\">snowpack modeling\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Losing the science center, he said, “will set the nation back in being able to respond to extreme weather events.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The research institution, often referred to as NCAR, is managed by a nonprofit consortium of 120 colleges and universities. It shares \u003ca href=\"https://ncar.ucar.edu/who-we-are\">tools including aircraft\u003c/a> and supercomputers, as well as expertise and research vital to understanding and predicting wildfire behavior, \u003ca href=\"https://www.nature.com/articles/s41467-025-66292-9_reference.pdf\">smoke exposure\u003c/a>, \u003ca href=\"https://news.ucar.edu/133017/looking-pacific-scientists-improve-forecasts-atmospheric-rivers\">storms\u003c/a>, floods and drought — with implications for public safety, agriculture and more.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Gutting NCAR is putting American lives and property at higher risk of fire, because we’re not going to have the information that we need in order to really understand it and address how fires are increasing in a warming world,” said \u003ca href=\"https://www.colorado.edu/geography/jennifer-balch-0\">Jennifer Balch\u003c/a>, a preeminent fire scientist at the University of Colorado Boulder, whose own work has investigated California and other Western states’ increasingly devastating wildfires.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Balch spoke as \u003ca href=\"https://www.nytimes.com/2025/12/19/weather/denver-winds-fire-colorado.html\">high fire-risk weather in December\u003c/a> forced a power shutoff to her Colorado neighborhood, leaving her family to cook their breakfast on the grill.[aside postID=science_1999616 hero='https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2025/12/251021-I-580-MD-03_qed.jpg']“Undercutting our science community like this is only going to hurt Americans,” Balch said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"https://www.sjsu.edu/people/craig.clements/\">Craig Clements\u003c/a>, chair of the Department of Meteorology and Climate Science at San José State University, said that the next generation of scientists would lose vital training opportunities if the research center were dismantled.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“They get to have hands-on experience with state of the art research, aircraft, facilities and researchers,” he said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Clements said he was in shock that this was even being proposed. “How are they going to do this? Is this really going to happen?” he said. “It’s going to devastate atmospheric science research worldwide — not just California, not just the U.S. It is the leading atmospheric science institution in the world.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Gov. Gavin Newsom’s office called this research “life saving” in a news release Friday.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Unfortunately for the American people, Trump’s Budget Director, Russell Vought — also known as \u003ca href=\"https://mclist.us7.list-manage.com/track/click?u=afffa58af0d1d42fee9a20e55&id=8aed534e76&e=62dcda1138\">“a right-wing absolute zealot”\u003c/a>— is targeting the Center to line the pockets of Big Oil,” the statement said. “Despite what the Trump administration hopes, extreme weather does not take the day off.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Crowfoot told CalMatters that the move is just one more example of the Trump administration attacking the science that keeps Californians safe.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“One that had us scrambling this fall was cuts to the federal funding for the \u003ca href=\"https://data.cnra.ca.gov/dataset/california-nevada-river-forecast-center-cnrfc-hydrologic-river-and-flood-forecast-data-webpage\">California Nevada River Forecast Center\u003c/a>,” Crowfoot said. California’s emergency \u003ca href=\"https://www.gov.ca.gov/2025/10/15/federal-reductions-to-critical-services-threaten-public-safety-as-flood-season-gets-underway-in-california/\">storm and flood efforts\u003c/a> rely on the forecast center to guide decisions such as where to pre-position emergency rescue teams.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Crowfoot said there were such large personnel cuts that the state has been racing to fill the gaps as the rainy season takes hold. Gutting the atmospheric research center, he said, will force a similar scramble as universities and others try to maintain data, tools and expertise in its absence.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Federal data and science and information is critical. What we’re experiencing across the country is this alarming adjustment to the loss of this information — and it’s happening on a weekly basis,” Crowfoot said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp> \u003c/p>\n\u003cp>This article was \u003ca href=\"https://calmatters.org/environment/2025/12/trump-dismantles-ncar-crowfoot-california-impacts/\">originally published on CalMatters\u003c/a> and was republished under the \u003ca href=\"https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/\">Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives\u003c/a> license.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp> \u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n",
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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>“Undercutting our science community like this is only going to hurt Americans,” Balch said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"https://www.sjsu.edu/people/craig.clements/\">Craig Clements\u003c/a>, chair of the Department of Meteorology and Climate Science at San José State University, said that the next generation of scientists would lose vital training opportunities if the research center were dismantled.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“They get to have hands-on experience with state of the art research, aircraft, facilities and researchers,” he said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Clements said he was in shock that this was even being proposed. “How are they going to do this? Is this really going to happen?” he said. “It’s going to devastate atmospheric science research worldwide — not just California, not just the U.S. It is the leading atmospheric science institution in the world.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Gov. Gavin Newsom’s office called this research “life saving” in a news release Friday.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Unfortunately for the American people, Trump’s Budget Director, Russell Vought — also known as \u003ca href=\"https://mclist.us7.list-manage.com/track/click?u=afffa58af0d1d42fee9a20e55&id=8aed534e76&e=62dcda1138\">“a right-wing absolute zealot”\u003c/a>— is targeting the Center to line the pockets of Big Oil,” the statement said. “Despite what the Trump administration hopes, extreme weather does not take the day off.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Crowfoot told CalMatters that the move is just one more example of the Trump administration attacking the science that keeps Californians safe.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“One that had us scrambling this fall was cuts to the federal funding for the \u003ca href=\"https://data.cnra.ca.gov/dataset/california-nevada-river-forecast-center-cnrfc-hydrologic-river-and-flood-forecast-data-webpage\">California Nevada River Forecast Center\u003c/a>,” Crowfoot said. California’s emergency \u003ca href=\"https://www.gov.ca.gov/2025/10/15/federal-reductions-to-critical-services-threaten-public-safety-as-flood-season-gets-underway-in-california/\">storm and flood efforts\u003c/a> rely on the forecast center to guide decisions such as where to pre-position emergency rescue teams.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Crowfoot said there were such large personnel cuts that the state has been racing to fill the gaps as the rainy season takes hold. Gutting the atmospheric research center, he said, will force a similar scramble as universities and others try to maintain data, tools and expertise in its absence.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Federal data and science and information is critical. What we’re experiencing across the country is this alarming adjustment to the loss of this information — and it’s happening on a weekly basis,” Crowfoot said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp> \u003c/p>\n\u003cp>This article was \u003ca href=\"https://calmatters.org/environment/2025/12/trump-dismantles-ncar-crowfoot-california-impacts/\">originally published on CalMatters\u003c/a> and was republished under the \u003ca href=\"https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/\">Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives\u003c/a> license.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp> \u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003c/div>\u003c/p>",
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"content": "\u003cp>\u003cem>This story was originally published by \u003ca href=\"https://calmatters.org/\">CalMatters\u003c/a>. \u003ca href=\"https://calmatters.org/subscribe-to-calmatters/\">Sign up\u003c/a> for their newsletters.\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>By the early afternoon of her 59th birthday, Kelly Frost had a \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/healthnews\">sinking feeling\u003c/a> in the pit of her stomach. She had lunch with girlfriends near her home in Douglas City — a rural community nestled among the ponderosa pines of the \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/tag/shasta-county\">Shasta\u003c/a>–\u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/science/1942299/onetime-enemies-over-logging-are-now-a-community-to-prevent-wildfire\">Trinity National Forest\u003c/a> in Northern California. But she kept thinking about her “Daddy-o,” Jeffrey Butler, her 81-year-old father. He was not returning her calls.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>As she drove home around 4 p.m., she stopped to check in on him. Her dad lived in a two-bedroom cabin just up the road from her place. “I was kind of feeling angry with him because he hadn’t answered all day,” Frost said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>When she opened the door, she glanced at the “Papa chair,” his favorite recliner, the spot where she usually found him. He wasn’t there. That’s when she noticed his feet on the kitchen floor. He was slumped over on his right side, a pool of blood around his head.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Frost’s first thought was that her dad had taken a fall. She blew an air horn that she and her dad kept around in case they ever needed help. A neighbor met her promptly, and it was he who noticed the revolver.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“He said, ‘No, Kel, there’s a gun on the counter,’ and then I realized that he had shot himself,” Frost said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Butler died on Dec. 18, 2024 from a self-inflicted gunshot to the head. His death is part of a dark reality — a public health crisis that often goes overlooked: older adults are increasingly turning to guns to end their lives.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure>\u003cimg decoding=\"async\" src=\"https://calmatters.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/12/120425_Trinity-Guns_SO_38-1024x695.jpg\" alt=\"\">\u003cfigcaption>A motel in Douglas City on Dec. 4, 2025. Photo by Salvador Ochoa for CalMatters\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>In California, 5,825 adults aged 70 or older died by gun suicide between 2009 and 2023, according to mortality data from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention \u003ca href=\"https://datahub.thetrace.org/dataset/gun-suicides-older-americans/\">provided by the Gun Violence Data Hub\u003c/a>. The numbers are especially stark among older white men in rural areas.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In Trinity County – population just over 15,600 – at least eight men 70 or older, including Butler, died from an apparent firearm suicide between 2020 and 2024, incident reports from the Trinity County Sheriff’s office show.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Trinity County isn’t alone. Rural Northern California counties have some of the nation’s highest rates of gun suicides among older adults. Over the course of 15 years, the gun suicide rate of adults 70 and older in Trinity, Tehama, Plumas, Lassen, Glenn, Calaveras, and Amador was 35.6 deaths per 100,000, more than triple the statewide rate.\u003c/p>\n\u003cdiv style=\"min-height:624px\" id=\"datawrapper-vis-lOl3X\">\u003cimg decoding=\"async\" src=\"https://datawrapper.dwcdn.net/lOl3X/full.png\" alt=\"Rural counties have the highest rates of suicide by firearm among seniors (Bar Chart)\">\u003c/div>\n\u003cp>Across the country, adults over 70 have the highest suicide rate of any age group. Experts say these deaths may get little attention because society empathizes with struggling older adults who want to control how their lives end.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I think we sometimes don’t talk about them because I think people sort of brush it off as like, it’s understandable or it’s not preventable, and I think that’s the real piece of the narrative that we need to change,” said Dr. Emmy Betz, an emergency medicine doctor and a firearm injury prevention expert at the University of Colorado School of Medicine.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Behind the deaths are a number of factors, according to research and law enforcement incident reports. These include loneliness and social isolation, depression, financial struggles, illness and pain, and feeling like a burden.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In rural areas, easier access to guns is also a key contributor.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>Unresolved pain\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>For more than a year before his death, Butler had been in pain. It radiated through his abdomen, making the simple act of urinating an ordeal, Frost said. Last year, in February, a CT scan revealed the problem: a crystal blockage in his urethra. He found a urologist in Redding, one county over. Each visit to the specialist required navigating the hour-long descent down Highway 299, scenic but winding. Frost drove him to the appointments.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>A Bay Area native with Oklahoma roots, Butler had retired early to Trinity County, nearly 40 years ago. He had worked for large companies, including Hanes and Hostess, and done well in the stock market. Alongside the Trinity River, renowned for its steelhead trout and salmon, he bought cabins for himself and his daughter.[aside postID=news_12065708 hero='https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/04/250325-ApartmentsonWestside-06-BL_qed-1020x680.jpg']\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>It’s here where Frost’s kids grew up. Butler’s granddaughter Michaela Frost grew up to be a horse lover like her Papa. His grandson Jake Ritter said he could spend hours talking and fishing with his grandfather. His Papa was happiest fishing.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But the last months of his life brought Butler little joy.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In July of 2024, Butler had surgery in Redding to remove the blockage in his urethra. But the pain and discomfort continued through the summer. In September, he was admitted for three days to the emergency room in nearby Weaverville with a severe urinary tract infection. Frost said that during this time she tried to call her dad’s urologist several times to reschedule a follow-up appointment he missed while in the hospital, but she could only reach an answering machine.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Butler’s physician assistant in Weaverville called several times too, but no luck, Frost said. The physician assistant “literally threw her hands in the air and said, ‘I can’t get any response.’” That was one of the few times Frost saw her dad cry. “My dad never cried. He was a cowboy.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>After his death, first responders found an undated note in Butler’s home. It began:\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The pain???????\u003cbr>\n!!!!!!!!!!\u003cbr>\nTo much to stand\u003cbr>\nNo Help\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>By mid-fall, the infections, desperation and heavy antibiotics use were changing her dad’s mental state, Frost said. He wasn’t interested in fishing. Or watching his 49ers. Or spending time with his wild mustang, Spade, or with the guys down at the Tangle Blue Saloon, where he would order a shot of whisky with a coke back.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>His cabin grew darker; he no longer drew his camo-print curtains open. Frost estimates that in the span of about a year, Butler lost almost 100 pounds, transforming him from a stout 230-pound man to a fragile version of himself.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure>\u003cimg decoding=\"async\" src=\"https://calmatters.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/12/120425_Trinity-Guns_SO_03-1024x683.jpg\" alt=\"\">\u003cfigcaption>Kelly Frost and her father’s horse in Douglas City on Dec. 4, 2025. Photo by Salvador Ochoa for CalMatters\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cfigure>\n\u003cfigure>\u003cimg decoding=\"async\" src=\"https://calmatters.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/12/120425_Trinity-Guns_SO_41-1024x682.jpg\" alt=\"\">\u003c/figure>\n\u003cfigure>\u003cimg decoding=\"async\" src=\"https://calmatters.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/12/120425_Trinity-Guns_SO_31-1024x701.jpg\" alt=\"\">\u003c/figure>\u003cfigcaption>\u003cstrong>First:\u003c/strong> Kelly Frost points to a photograph of her dad, Jeffrey Butler. \u003cstrong>Last:\u003c/strong> A collection of Jeffrey Butler photographs on a table at Kelly Frost’s home in Douglas City on Dec. 4, 2025. Photos by Salvador Ochoa for CalMatters\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Older adults are likely to plan suicide more carefully, and their attempts are more likely to be fatal, according to the National Council on Aging. In California, older women are more likely to overdose, while most older men will use guns, according to state public health data.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Pain and health issues are a common thread among older adults who die by gun suicide. State data show that 55% of people 70 and over who died this way had a contributing physical health problem, and 27% had a diagnosed mental health condition.\u003c/p>\n\u003cdiv id=\"datawrapper-vis-KyQjs\" style=\"min-height: 539px\">\u003cimg decoding=\"async\" src=\"https://datawrapper.dwcdn.net/KyQjs/full.png\" alt=\"Many older adults who died by gun suicide had a contributing physical health problem (Range Plot)\">\u003c/div>\n\u003cp>Among the eight older men that died by gun suicide in Trinity County between 2020 and 2024, two struggled with respiratory conditions. One had recently discovered a bladder tumor. One man’s antidepressants were found near his body, and another had reportedly been speaking about suicide for some time but did not meet the requirements for an involuntary psychiatric hold, according to incident reports.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>The rural divide\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>Trinity County holds a deep beauty: the rush of the Trinity River, the rising fog on a chilly morning, the sprawling pines that make the rugged mountain sides their home.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But large supermarkets are a county over, a steep and twisty road away. And so is most of the medical care.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure>\u003cimg decoding=\"async\" src=\"https://calmatters.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/12/120425_Trinity-Guns_SO_05-1024x683.jpg\" alt=\"\">\u003cfigcaption>Clouds sweep the sky in Trinity County on Dec. 4, 2025. Photo by Salvador Ochoa for CalMatters\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>“We have more limited access to essential services and resources compared to the rest of California,” said Cathy Tillman, a health services program manager at Trinity County Health and Human Services. “We have to travel further for all services, which plays a role in the ability for people to get their needs met.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>California’s rural counties have more older residents: about 25% compared to the state average of around 17%, according to the SCAN Foundation, an advocacy and research organization for older adults. By 2040, the 85-and-older population in rural California is \u003ca href=\"https://www.thescanfoundation.org/resource/aging-in-rural-california-policy-brief-series-on-long-term-care-health-and-housing/\">expected to grow 50 times faster\u003c/a> than the working age population. But access to medical and social services for seniors lag significantly when compared to larger, urban regions.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Trinity County has one 25-bed hospital, and a handful of clinics, largely in Weaverville, the county seat. But even reaching Weaverville from other Trinity County communities could take 30 minutes to an hour. For anything more specialized, residents here usually travel an hour to Redding, or two hours for providers in Eureka and Chico. With a small population, Trinity County can’t easily support specialists — like a neurologist or urologist — setting up practice.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Going further for care means people often miss appointments, or delay them, and live longer with pain.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Arina Erwin, deputy director of the county’s health and human services agency, said even some general practitioners who come to Trinity don’t stay long.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Living in a small community and a frontier community can be a challenge on its own,” Erwin said. Doctors and specialists have student loans to repay, making cities where they can earn a significantly higher income seem more attractive. For years, the hospital and clinics in Trinity have \u003ca href=\"https://krcrtv.com/news/local/trinity-hospital-in-decade-long-struggle-to-hire-doctors\">reported trouble replacing retiring doctors\u003c/a>. Even virtual care here can be a challenge, because broadband is spotty, especially in pockets with only a few dozen residents, Erwin said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>People who live in rural areas also foster a cultural barrier — a rural spirit of sorts. Tillman said they tend to be more independent, and used to doing things on their own terms; they may also be less likely to seek help.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Frost said that sounds familiar. She saw first-hand how her proud, self-reliant, sometimes stubborn father lost his independence as the pain took hold.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>Remembering Papa\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>In Frost’s living room – with the sun shining through the large windows on a December afternoon – memories of Butler, called Papa by his grandkids, stirred both laughter and tears.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure>\n\u003cfigure>\u003cimg decoding=\"async\" src=\"https://calmatters.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/12/120425_Trinity-Guns_SO_19-1024x683.jpg\" alt=\"\">\u003c/figure>\n\u003cfigure>\u003cimg decoding=\"async\" src=\"https://calmatters.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/12/120425_Trinity-Guns_SO_06-1024x758.jpg\" alt=\"\">\u003c/figure>\u003cfigcaption>\u003cstrong>First:\u003c/strong> A photograph of Jeffrey Butler is displayed next to holiday items at Kelly Frost’s home. \u003cstrong>Last:\u003c/strong> Jake Ritter takes a moment to remember his grandfather, Jeffrey Butler in Douglas City on Dec. 4, 2025. Photos by Salvador Ochoa for CalMatters\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>As a kid, grandson Jake Ritter would get up before sunrise to go fishing with his Papa — sometimes begrudgingly — but by lunchtime they’d be happily eating their catch. He remembers cruising on Butler’s riding lawnmower and watching old westerns with him.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Ritter and his sister, Michaela, loved listening to his stories, like the time he shot a bobcat as it launched toward him while he was out deer hunting. He had the bobcat stuffed to prove it. Or how, as a teen in San Pablo, Butler chased and tackled a man trying to rob the Lucky store where he worked. The family still has the news clipping.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Michaela is glad her papa got to meet her first-born, Blake, and wishes her three-month-old, Daniella, could have as well.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Butler’s suicide left his family in turmoil and with so many questions. Ritter felt angry at his papa for the way he decided to go. Why do this on his mom’s birthday? Frost often wonders: What were her dad’s last thoughts?\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>After a suicide, families are more likely to experience a complicated grieving process, with feelings of guilt, confusion, shame, anger and trauma, research shows.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In the year since Butler’s death, Frost’s family has largely relied on each other through their grief. Ritter said his anger at his grandfather has subsided; he is now coming to terms with his Papa’s decision.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I’m sad that he didn’t get the help that he needed, and I’m sad that he felt so strongly that this is the road that he chose,” Ritter said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Frost said she gave herself a year to navigate the feelings on her own, but now with the encouragement of friends is considering seeking professional help.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>Warning signs and storing guns\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>In Trinity County, health officials are preparing to launch an injury and suicide prevention program, said Tillman, the county health services program manager. A big component of the county’s strategy will be education to help reduce the stigmas associated with suicide and mental health. Tillman said the plan is to find and train trusted messengers in the small pockets where people live.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Dr. Amy Barnhorst, a psychiatrist and associate director of the \u003ca href=\"https://cvp.ucdavis.edu/\">Centers for Violence Prevention\u003c/a> at UC Davis, said that recognizing a sense of independence and self-reliance common to rural communities is essential to prevention programs. Education around safe gun storage is also key, she added.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“You can’t discount the fact that having access to a firearm, period, all other things being equal, increases the risk that somebody will die by suicide by a factor of more than three,” Barnhorst said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>She helps lead a state-funded curriculum at UC Davis called \u003ca href=\"https://www.bulletpointsproject.org/\">The BulletPoints Project\u003c/a>, which trains health providers on how to identify at-risk patients and speak to them about gun safety.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The project also trains people applying for and renewing concealed carry weapon permits. Under state law, that category of gun owners must complete at least an hour of mental health training.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The course aims to help these gun owners identify a mental health crisis. People who already own guns – like Jeff Butler – never had to take a course like this.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Kelly Frost said she doesn’t know if her dad would have accepted mental health help. It was not something they talked about. His will to live wrestled in the words found in his house, the note she still clings closely to. It ends:\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>What would you do?\u003cbr>\nEnd it???\u003cbr>\nThe pain not life\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Since her dad’s passing, Frost has had many sleepless nights, pondering questions and thoughts. She feels she tried her best to get him care, but wishes access had been easier. What signs did she miss? But mostly: Why hadn’t she taken away the guns?\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure>\u003cimg decoding=\"async\" src=\"https://calmatters.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/12/120425_Trinity-Guns_SO_28-1024x683.jpg\" alt=\"\">\u003cfigcaption>Kelly Frost is reflected in a mirror next to Jeffrey Butler’s fishing poles in Douglas City on Dec. 4, 2025. Photo by Salvador Ochoa for CalMatters\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Growing up around guns, it never crossed her mind that her Daddy-o would one day turn his revolver on himself.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Had I known that he was capable of this, I probably would have worked a little harder to make sure that the guns were not accessible,” Frost said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>This Dec. 18, the one year anniversary of Butler’s death and Frost’s 60th birthday, she had a shot of Canadian whisky from the last bottle she gave him. His guns are now in a safe.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cem>\u003cstrong>If you are having suicidal thoughts, you can get help from the National Suicide Prevention Lifeline by calling 988 or visiting \u003c/strong>\u003c/em>\u003ca href=\"https://suicidepreventionlifeline.org/\">\u003cstrong>\u003cem>https://suicidepreventionlifeline.org\u003c/em>\u003c/strong>\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cem>Data shared by the \u003c/em>\u003ca href=\"https://datahub.thetrace.org/dataset/gun-suicides-older-americans/\">\u003cem>Gun Violence Data Hub\u003c/em>\u003c/a>\u003cem> by The Trace. Data analysis and visualizations by Natasha Uzcátegui-Liggett. Additional reporting by Aaron Mendelson. \u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cem>Supported by the California Health Care Foundation (CHCF), which works to ensure that people have access to the care they need, when they need it, at a price they can afford. 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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Frost’s first thought was that her dad had taken a fall. She blew an air horn that she and her dad kept around in case they ever needed help. A neighbor met her promptly, and it was he who noticed the revolver.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“He said, ‘No, Kel, there’s a gun on the counter,’ and then I realized that he had shot himself,” Frost said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Butler died on Dec. 18, 2024 from a self-inflicted gunshot to the head. His death is part of a dark reality — a public health crisis that often goes overlooked: older adults are increasingly turning to guns to end their lives.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure>\u003cimg decoding=\"async\" src=\"https://calmatters.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/12/120425_Trinity-Guns_SO_38-1024x695.jpg\" alt=\"\">\u003cfigcaption>A motel in Douglas City on Dec. 4, 2025. Photo by Salvador Ochoa for CalMatters\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>In California, 5,825 adults aged 70 or older died by gun suicide between 2009 and 2023, according to mortality data from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention \u003ca href=\"https://datahub.thetrace.org/dataset/gun-suicides-older-americans/\">provided by the Gun Violence Data Hub\u003c/a>. The numbers are especially stark among older white men in rural areas.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In Trinity County – population just over 15,600 – at least eight men 70 or older, including Butler, died from an apparent firearm suicide between 2020 and 2024, incident reports from the Trinity County Sheriff’s office show.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Trinity County isn’t alone. Rural Northern California counties have some of the nation’s highest rates of gun suicides among older adults. Over the course of 15 years, the gun suicide rate of adults 70 and older in Trinity, Tehama, Plumas, Lassen, Glenn, Calaveras, and Amador was 35.6 deaths per 100,000, more than triple the statewide rate.\u003c/p>\n\u003cdiv style=\"min-height:624px\" id=\"datawrapper-vis-lOl3X\">\u003cimg decoding=\"async\" src=\"https://datawrapper.dwcdn.net/lOl3X/full.png\" alt=\"Rural counties have the highest rates of suicide by firearm among seniors (Bar Chart)\">\u003c/div>\n\u003cp>Across the country, adults over 70 have the highest suicide rate of any age group. Experts say these deaths may get little attention because society empathizes with struggling older adults who want to control how their lives end.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I think we sometimes don’t talk about them because I think people sort of brush it off as like, it’s understandable or it’s not preventable, and I think that’s the real piece of the narrative that we need to change,” said Dr. Emmy Betz, an emergency medicine doctor and a firearm injury prevention expert at the University of Colorado School of Medicine.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Behind the deaths are a number of factors, according to research and law enforcement incident reports. These include loneliness and social isolation, depression, financial struggles, illness and pain, and feeling like a burden.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In rural areas, easier access to guns is also a key contributor.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>Unresolved pain\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>For more than a year before his death, Butler had been in pain. It radiated through his abdomen, making the simple act of urinating an ordeal, Frost said. Last year, in February, a CT scan revealed the problem: a crystal blockage in his urethra. He found a urologist in Redding, one county over. Each visit to the specialist required navigating the hour-long descent down Highway 299, scenic but winding. Frost drove him to the appointments.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>A Bay Area native with Oklahoma roots, Butler had retired early to Trinity County, nearly 40 years ago. He had worked for large companies, including Hanes and Hostess, and done well in the stock market. Alongside the Trinity River, renowned for its steelhead trout and salmon, he bought cabins for himself and his daughter.\u003c/p>\u003c/div>",
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The physician assistant “literally threw her hands in the air and said, ‘I can’t get any response.’” That was one of the few times Frost saw her dad cry. “My dad never cried. He was a cowboy.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>After his death, first responders found an undated note in Butler’s home. It began:\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The pain???????\u003cbr>\n!!!!!!!!!!\u003cbr>\nTo much to stand\u003cbr>\nNo Help\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>By mid-fall, the infections, desperation and heavy antibiotics use were changing her dad’s mental state, Frost said. He wasn’t interested in fishing. Or watching his 49ers. Or spending time with his wild mustang, Spade, or with the guys down at the Tangle Blue Saloon, where he would order a shot of whisky with a coke back.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>His cabin grew darker; he no longer drew his camo-print curtains open. Frost estimates that in the span of about a year, Butler lost almost 100 pounds, transforming him from a stout 230-pound man to a fragile version of himself.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure>\u003cimg decoding=\"async\" src=\"https://calmatters.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/12/120425_Trinity-Guns_SO_03-1024x683.jpg\" alt=\"\">\u003cfigcaption>Kelly Frost and her father’s horse in Douglas City on Dec. 4, 2025. Photo by Salvador Ochoa for CalMatters\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cfigure>\n\u003cfigure>\u003cimg decoding=\"async\" src=\"https://calmatters.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/12/120425_Trinity-Guns_SO_41-1024x682.jpg\" alt=\"\">\u003c/figure>\n\u003cfigure>\u003cimg decoding=\"async\" src=\"https://calmatters.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/12/120425_Trinity-Guns_SO_31-1024x701.jpg\" alt=\"\">\u003c/figure>\u003cfigcaption>\u003cstrong>First:\u003c/strong> Kelly Frost points to a photograph of her dad, Jeffrey Butler. \u003cstrong>Last:\u003c/strong> A collection of Jeffrey Butler photographs on a table at Kelly Frost’s home in Douglas City on Dec. 4, 2025. Photos by Salvador Ochoa for CalMatters\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Older adults are likely to plan suicide more carefully, and their attempts are more likely to be fatal, according to the National Council on Aging. In California, older women are more likely to overdose, while most older men will use guns, according to state public health data.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Pain and health issues are a common thread among older adults who die by gun suicide. State data show that 55% of people 70 and over who died this way had a contributing physical health problem, and 27% had a diagnosed mental health condition.\u003c/p>\n\u003cdiv id=\"datawrapper-vis-KyQjs\" style=\"min-height: 539px\">\u003cimg decoding=\"async\" src=\"https://datawrapper.dwcdn.net/KyQjs/full.png\" alt=\"Many older adults who died by gun suicide had a contributing physical health problem (Range Plot)\">\u003c/div>\n\u003cp>Among the eight older men that died by gun suicide in Trinity County between 2020 and 2024, two struggled with respiratory conditions. One had recently discovered a bladder tumor. One man’s antidepressants were found near his body, and another had reportedly been speaking about suicide for some time but did not meet the requirements for an involuntary psychiatric hold, according to incident reports.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>The rural divide\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>Trinity County holds a deep beauty: the rush of the Trinity River, the rising fog on a chilly morning, the sprawling pines that make the rugged mountain sides their home.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But large supermarkets are a county over, a steep and twisty road away. And so is most of the medical care.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure>\u003cimg decoding=\"async\" src=\"https://calmatters.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/12/120425_Trinity-Guns_SO_05-1024x683.jpg\" alt=\"\">\u003cfigcaption>Clouds sweep the sky in Trinity County on Dec. 4, 2025. Photo by Salvador Ochoa for CalMatters\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>“We have more limited access to essential services and resources compared to the rest of California,” said Cathy Tillman, a health services program manager at Trinity County Health and Human Services. “We have to travel further for all services, which plays a role in the ability for people to get their needs met.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>California’s rural counties have more older residents: about 25% compared to the state average of around 17%, according to the SCAN Foundation, an advocacy and research organization for older adults. By 2040, the 85-and-older population in rural California is \u003ca href=\"https://www.thescanfoundation.org/resource/aging-in-rural-california-policy-brief-series-on-long-term-care-health-and-housing/\">expected to grow 50 times faster\u003c/a> than the working age population. But access to medical and social services for seniors lag significantly when compared to larger, urban regions.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Trinity County has one 25-bed hospital, and a handful of clinics, largely in Weaverville, the county seat. But even reaching Weaverville from other Trinity County communities could take 30 minutes to an hour. For anything more specialized, residents here usually travel an hour to Redding, or two hours for providers in Eureka and Chico. With a small population, Trinity County can’t easily support specialists — like a neurologist or urologist — setting up practice.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Going further for care means people often miss appointments, or delay them, and live longer with pain.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Arina Erwin, deputy director of the county’s health and human services agency, said even some general practitioners who come to Trinity don’t stay long.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Living in a small community and a frontier community can be a challenge on its own,” Erwin said. Doctors and specialists have student loans to repay, making cities where they can earn a significantly higher income seem more attractive. For years, the hospital and clinics in Trinity have \u003ca href=\"https://krcrtv.com/news/local/trinity-hospital-in-decade-long-struggle-to-hire-doctors\">reported trouble replacing retiring doctors\u003c/a>. Even virtual care here can be a challenge, because broadband is spotty, especially in pockets with only a few dozen residents, Erwin said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>People who live in rural areas also foster a cultural barrier — a rural spirit of sorts. Tillman said they tend to be more independent, and used to doing things on their own terms; they may also be less likely to seek help.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Frost said that sounds familiar. She saw first-hand how her proud, self-reliant, sometimes stubborn father lost his independence as the pain took hold.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>Remembering Papa\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>In Frost’s living room – with the sun shining through the large windows on a December afternoon – memories of Butler, called Papa by his grandkids, stirred both laughter and tears.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure>\n\u003cfigure>\u003cimg decoding=\"async\" src=\"https://calmatters.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/12/120425_Trinity-Guns_SO_19-1024x683.jpg\" alt=\"\">\u003c/figure>\n\u003cfigure>\u003cimg decoding=\"async\" src=\"https://calmatters.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/12/120425_Trinity-Guns_SO_06-1024x758.jpg\" alt=\"\">\u003c/figure>\u003cfigcaption>\u003cstrong>First:\u003c/strong> A photograph of Jeffrey Butler is displayed next to holiday items at Kelly Frost’s home. \u003cstrong>Last:\u003c/strong> Jake Ritter takes a moment to remember his grandfather, Jeffrey Butler in Douglas City on Dec. 4, 2025. Photos by Salvador Ochoa for CalMatters\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>As a kid, grandson Jake Ritter would get up before sunrise to go fishing with his Papa — sometimes begrudgingly — but by lunchtime they’d be happily eating their catch. He remembers cruising on Butler’s riding lawnmower and watching old westerns with him.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Ritter and his sister, Michaela, loved listening to his stories, like the time he shot a bobcat as it launched toward him while he was out deer hunting. He had the bobcat stuffed to prove it. Or how, as a teen in San Pablo, Butler chased and tackled a man trying to rob the Lucky store where he worked. The family still has the news clipping.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Michaela is glad her papa got to meet her first-born, Blake, and wishes her three-month-old, Daniella, could have as well.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Butler’s suicide left his family in turmoil and with so many questions. Ritter felt angry at his papa for the way he decided to go. Why do this on his mom’s birthday? Frost often wonders: What were her dad’s last thoughts?\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>After a suicide, families are more likely to experience a complicated grieving process, with feelings of guilt, confusion, shame, anger and trauma, research shows.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In the year since Butler’s death, Frost’s family has largely relied on each other through their grief. Ritter said his anger at his grandfather has subsided; he is now coming to terms with his Papa’s decision.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I’m sad that he didn’t get the help that he needed, and I’m sad that he felt so strongly that this is the road that he chose,” Ritter said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Frost said she gave herself a year to navigate the feelings on her own, but now with the encouragement of friends is considering seeking professional help.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>Warning signs and storing guns\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>In Trinity County, health officials are preparing to launch an injury and suicide prevention program, said Tillman, the county health services program manager. A big component of the county’s strategy will be education to help reduce the stigmas associated with suicide and mental health. Tillman said the plan is to find and train trusted messengers in the small pockets where people live.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Dr. Amy Barnhorst, a psychiatrist and associate director of the \u003ca href=\"https://cvp.ucdavis.edu/\">Centers for Violence Prevention\u003c/a> at UC Davis, said that recognizing a sense of independence and self-reliance common to rural communities is essential to prevention programs. Education around safe gun storage is also key, she added.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“You can’t discount the fact that having access to a firearm, period, all other things being equal, increases the risk that somebody will die by suicide by a factor of more than three,” Barnhorst said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>She helps lead a state-funded curriculum at UC Davis called \u003ca href=\"https://www.bulletpointsproject.org/\">The BulletPoints Project\u003c/a>, which trains health providers on how to identify at-risk patients and speak to them about gun safety.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The project also trains people applying for and renewing concealed carry weapon permits. Under state law, that category of gun owners must complete at least an hour of mental health training.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The course aims to help these gun owners identify a mental health crisis. People who already own guns – like Jeff Butler – never had to take a course like this.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Kelly Frost said she doesn’t know if her dad would have accepted mental health help. It was not something they talked about. His will to live wrestled in the words found in his house, the note she still clings closely to. It ends:\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>What would you do?\u003cbr>\nEnd it???\u003cbr>\nThe pain not life\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Since her dad’s passing, Frost has had many sleepless nights, pondering questions and thoughts. She feels she tried her best to get him care, but wishes access had been easier. What signs did she miss? But mostly: Why hadn’t she taken away the guns?\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure>\u003cimg decoding=\"async\" src=\"https://calmatters.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/12/120425_Trinity-Guns_SO_28-1024x683.jpg\" alt=\"\">\u003cfigcaption>Kelly Frost is reflected in a mirror next to Jeffrey Butler’s fishing poles in Douglas City on Dec. 4, 2025. 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That means they can be sued for assault, battery, false imprisonment, false arrest or malicious prosecution, and the law adds a clause that says the minimum penalty for committing those offenses while wearing a mask is $10,000.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Assemblymember Mark Gonzalez, a Los Angeles Democrat who co-authored the law, said it was necessary to rein in \u003ca href=\"https://calmatters.org/investigation/2025/06/taken-la-immigration-raids/\">anonymous federal agents\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“We initially were under the understanding that, oh, they’re only targeting folks who were not citizens,” Gonzalez said, “And then actually over time you learn they don’t give a shit who you are, they’re attacking you no matter what, with no due process.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The Trump administration has sued to block the bill, and more than a century of \u003ca href=\"https://calmatters.org/commentary/2025/09/mask-ban-federal-officers-california/\">federal court precedent\u003c/a> is on its side. \u003ca href=\"https://www.oyez.org/cases/1850-1900/135us1\">An 1890 Supreme Court case\u003c/a> provides that a state cannot prosecute a federal law enforcement officer acting in the course of their duties.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The Trump administration said \u003ca href=\"https://links-1.govdelivery.com/CL0/https:%2F%2Fwww.justice.gov%2Fopa%2Fmedia%2F1418431%2Fdl%3Finline=%26utm_medium=email%26utm_source=govdelivery/1/0100019a93783d3d-9559745b-a3dc-401e-9cc7-fbdee5f65b6a-000000/DgJjMUNPrkbbqE3CaIT2ozxz1kZf0eAnTvS70XOg80Q=431\">in its brief\u003c/a> to the U.S. District Court for the Central District of California that forcing agents to reveal their identities would put the agents at risk.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>During Immigration and Customs Enforcement “actions, individuals can be heard threatening to doxx and find out who officers and their family members are and where they live,” the administration’s lawyers said in the Nov. 17 brief. “There are even public websites that seek and publish personal information about ICE and other federal officers to harass and threaten them and their families.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">[aside postID=news_12064511 hero='https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/11/20251118_SKYLINE_WALKOUT_GH-18-KQED.jpg']Erwin Chemerinsky, dean of the UC Berkeley School of Law, said the issue may not be as cut-and-dried as one or two Supreme Court cases. He pointed to a \u003ca href=\"https://www.nytimes.com/2001/06/06/us/fbi-agent-can-be-charged-in-idaho-siege-court-rules.html\">2001 9th Circuit Court of Appeals decision\u003c/a> that allowed the case of a federal sniper who killed a woman during the 1992 Ruby Ridge, Idaho, standoff to go to trial.\u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“It basically says that a federal officer can be criminally prosecuted for unreasonable actions,” Chemerinsky said. “Federal officers, by virtue of being federal officers, do not get immunity from all state civil and criminal laws.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Brian Marvel, president of an organization that represents California police unions, said the law will make life harder for local cops and county sheriffs’ deputies. The organizations that represent police chiefs, sheriffs, agents in the Attorney General’s office and California Highway Patrol officers opposed the law, too.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I think that the state has put us in a tenuous position with this battle they’re having with the Trump administration,” said Marvel of the Peace Officers Research Association of California. “We don’t want to be in the middle of this fight. 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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>Erwin Chemerinsky, dean of the UC Berkeley School of Law, said the issue may not be as cut-and-dried as one or two Supreme Court cases. He pointed to a \u003ca href=\"https://www.nytimes.com/2001/06/06/us/fbi-agent-can-be-charged-in-idaho-siege-court-rules.html\">2001 9th Circuit Court of Appeals decision\u003c/a> that allowed the case of a federal sniper who killed a woman during the 1992 Ruby Ridge, Idaho, standoff to go to trial.\u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“It basically says that a federal officer can be criminally prosecuted for unreasonable actions,” Chemerinsky said. “Federal officers, by virtue of being federal officers, do not get immunity from all state civil and criminal laws.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Brian Marvel, president of an organization that represents California police unions, said the law will make life harder for local cops and county sheriffs’ deputies. The organizations that represent police chiefs, sheriffs, agents in the Attorney General’s office and California Highway Patrol officers opposed the law, too.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I think that the state has put us in a tenuous position with this battle they’re having with the Trump administration,” said Marvel of the Peace Officers Research Association of California. “We don’t want to be in the middle of this fight. But unfortunately, (with) the desire for higher name recognition and elections in 2026, they decided to create things that are much more political and not geared toward legitimate public safety issues.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Marvel said another drawback of the law is giving “a false sense of hope to the immigrant community in California” that the law will force federal agents to leave the state.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Los Angeles County supervisors have also \u003ca href=\"https://boyleheightsbeat.com/ice-banned-from-wearing-masks-in-unincorporated-l-a-county/\">approved a local mask ban\u003c/a> on law enforcement for unincorporated areas of the county, a measure that will go into effect in mid-January, unless a court decision comes sooner.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Gonzalez noted that masks have played a significant role in recent California history. First,, during the pandemic \u003ca href=\"https://calmatters.org/newsletters/whatmatters/2020/06/gavin-newsom-face-masks-california/\">California temporarily made masks mandatory\u003c/a> in public and at work. Then, a couple of years later, a rush of smash-and-grab robberies were harder to solve because \u003ca href=\"https://abc7.com/post/los-angeles-northridge-smash-and-grab-surveillance-video/13396886/\">the suspects all wore masks\u003c/a>. Now, California finds itself in its third back-and-forth over face coverings.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The law provides exemptions for N-95 or medical-grade masks to prevent infection transmission, and permits undercover operatives to wear a mask.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“This is specifically aimed to federal agents because we gotta combat these kidnappings somehow,” Gonzalez said, “and this was our way in.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cem>This article was \u003ca href=\"https://calmatters.org/justice/2025/12/immigration-mask-ban-new-law/\">originally published on CalMatters\u003c/a> and was republished under the \u003ca href=\"https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/\">Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives\u003c/a> license.\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003c/div>\u003c/p>",
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