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Here, Sasha Khokha, our Central Valley bureau chief, reflects on covering a vast and vastly complex region that few people slow down to see. \u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 4.6875em;float: left;line-height: 0.733em;padding: 0.05em 0.1em 0 0;font-family: times, serif, georgia\">I\u003c/span> have a friend from Berkeley who calls the San Joaquin Valley \"The Great Nothing,\" and I think that's the way most Californians see the place where I live and work. There's little to see here, the thinking goes, except endless farmland fading into a hot, stinky haze. Coming over the Tehachapis from L.A. or the Altamont Pass from the Bay Area, most of those whizzing past on I-5 or Highway 99 view the valley as something to endure on their way to somewhere else.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Sure, there's a grain of truth to that caricature. It is hot in the valley (except when it's cold and foggy in the winter). The valley is farm country (some of the most productive in the world). The air is bad (some of the worst in the nation). But, like every simplistic picture, the image most people have of the valley misses just about all of its character and complexity.\u003c/p>\n\u003caside class=\"pullquote alignleft\">The challenges of translating the 'other California' to audiences across the Golden State.\u003c/aside>\n\u003cp>When \u003cem>The California Report\u003c/em> opened a Central Valley Bureau in Fresno more than a dozen years ago, it was because KQED recognized how important this region was becoming to the entire state. It's home to some of the fastest-growing cities in California. It's at the center of many key policy debates, from immigration to poverty and hunger, to water and high-speed rail. It's a place where farming has created great wealth, while workers in the fields may not know how they'll pay tomorrow's grocery bill or next month's rent. And it’s a place where a reporter can’t just parachute in. You have to call this place home to really understand its complexities — which is what I’ve done for the last decade.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The valley’s towns are sometimes no more than a few homes clustered around a crossroads. People here are often excluded from policy debates in Washington, in Sacramento or even in their own communities. I've talked to farmers who worry about surviving the drought, and community members worried about pesticide exposure. I’ve talked with parents worried because their teenage children play sports on days when air quality is at emergency levels and women farmworkers who pay a chilling price to get and keep their jobs, risking sexual assault in the fields.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>My job is to translate this “other California” to audiences across the Golden State. To try and get listeners brushing their teeth in San Francisco, or stuck in traffic in San Diego, to care about people like Gladys Colunga -- a farmworker mom with six kids \u003ca href=\"http://vimeo.com/104048048\" target=\"_blank\">whose well has gone dry in the drought.\u003c/a> When she flushed the toilet one day, dirt came up. She can’t do dishes or laundry or afford a new well, which costs tens of thousands of dollars.\u003c/p>\n\u003caside class=\"left long\">\n\u003ch3>More from the Central Valley:\u003c/h3>\n\u003cul>\n\u003cli>\u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/2014/08/22/california-central-valley-drought-water-wells/\">California’s Central Valley: ‘More Than Just Farmers on Tractors’ [Video]\u003c/a>\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>\u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/2014/08/22/communal-project-in-fresno-dakota-eco-garden\">Communal Project in Fresno Has Found a Different Way to Treat the Homeless [Video]\u003c/a>\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>\u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/2014/08/21/at-89-worlds-oldest-square-dance-caller-keeps-the-central-valley-dancing/\" target=\"_blank\">World’s Oldest Square Dance Caller Keeps Central Valley Dancing [Video]\u003c/a>\u003c/li>\n\u003c/ul>\n\u003c/aside>\n\u003cp>“We’re like the lost little community out here,” she told me. “They’re not treating us like we’re part of California.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But the valley is rich in many other ways.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Nearly 90 languages are spoken in Fresno, a place where you can find African-Americans, Latinos and Armenians all enjoying noodles at a local Lao restaurant. Fresno’s poetry scene has produced a national poet laureate and several National Book Award winners. And the San Joaquin Valley has a special backyard: the central Sierra, with three national parks --Yosemite, Sequoia and Kings Canyon -- full of glittering alpine lakes and pristine wilderness.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>It’s a part of California where many young families can still afford to by a house. Where there’s rarely a long commute and where the produce at farmers markets is phenomenal. Where people are friendly and actually strike up a conversations on the street.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Sure, I can’t see foreign movies at the local multiplex like I did when I lived in the Bay Area, but I can work with a group of dedicated volunteers to put on a monthly screening at the historic theater down the street. My kids might not have access to world-class museums, but they’ll grow up with kids from all walks of life and are learning compassion, empathy and the value of diversity. And they can make it to Yosemite in an hour.\u003c/p>\n\n",
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"content": "\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_145917\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 640px\">\u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2014/08/IMG_4794.jpg\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-145917\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2014/08/IMG_4794-640x480.jpg\" alt=\"Workers begin process of dismantling the bell tower of Vallejo's First Baptist Church. (Craig Miller/KQED)\" width=\"640\" height=\"480\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Workers begin process of dismantling the bell tower of Vallejo’s First Baptist Church. (Craig Miller/KQED)\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003caside class=\"alignright\">\n\u003ch3>South Napa Quake: The Facts\u003c/h3>\n\u003cul>\n\u003cli>\u003cstrong>A 6.0-magnitude earthquake\u003c/strong> with an epicenter at the southern edge of Napa struck at 3:20 a.m on Sunday, Aug. 24, 2014. The quake was the strongest to strike the Bay Area since the 6.9 Loma Prieta quake of Oct. 17, 1989.\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>\u003cstrong>A series of aftershocks\u003c/strong> shook the earthquake zone early Tuesday, the strongest a 3.9 shake felt at 5:33 a.m. Tuesday. The U.S. Geological Survey revised its estimate Monday of the chances for a strong, damaging aftershock in the next seven days. Sunday, the agency put that chance at 54 percent. Monday, that figure was revised to 25 percent.\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>\u003cstrong>The U.S. Geological Survey\u003c/strong> link to seismic details on the quake: \u003ca href=\"http://earthquake.usgs.gov/earthquakes/eventpage/nc72282711#summary\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Napa-North Bay Earthquake\u003c/a>\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>\u003cstrong>Napa’s Queen of the Valley Hospital \u003c/strong>reports treating 209 people between the time the earthquake struck at 3:20 a.m. and 11 p.m. Sunday. The hospital says a total of 17 people were admitted, most in fair to serious condition. One person remains in critical condition. Vallejo reported 49 injuries, with two people hospitalized.\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>\u003cstrong>Napa and Vallejo\u003c/strong> are still assessing damage to structures. On Tuesday, Napa announced it has red-tagged 113 buildings as unsafe to enter because of extensive damage; another 500 have been yellow-tagged as unfit for occupancy until repairs are made. Vallejo officials red-tagged 10 buildings and yellow-tagged about 40 others.\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>\u003cstrong>The Napa Fire Department \u003c/strong> reported Monday it responded to 50 fires after the quake, including one in a mobile home park that destroyed four units and damaged several others. Fire officials said an initial lack of water due to water main breaks led to some of the destruction.\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>\u003cstrong>Napa’s water system\u003c/strong> is still under repair. There were 83 water line breaks, and 59 have been repaired.\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>\u003cstrong>Napa Valley Unified School District\u003c/strong> campuses resumed classes on Wednesday Aug. 27, with the exception of Stonebridge School.\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>\u003cstrong>PG&E has all\u003c/strong> but completed the job of restoring power to the tens of thousands of customers who were in the dark immediately after the temblor. Monday morning, the utility reported \u003ca href=\"http://www.pge.com/en/myhome/alerts/morealerts.page?WT.ac=ContactUs_Alerts_Earthquake\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">fewer than 100 customers\u003c/a> without power.\u003c/li>\n\u003c/ul>\n\u003c/aside>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Update, 11 a.m. Wednesday:\u003c/strong> City officials now estimate that the earthquake caused $300 million in damage to homes and commercial properties. The city has waived all inspection and permit fees for people who have suffered earthquake damage. About 800 people have called for an inspection, and there are 60 building inspectors.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Update, 3 p.m. Tuesday:\u003c/strong> Napa officials say the list of badly damaged buildings in the city has grown dramatically as inspectors continue the long, slow process of assessing structures in the wake of Sunday’s earthquake.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The city said at a Tuesday afternoon press conference that it expects to have red-tagged 120 structures by the end of the day. That means they’re unsafe to enter pending further assessment or repairs. Another 500 have been yellow-tagged, meaning that while premises may be entered, they’re unfit for occupancy. (Here’s \u003ca href=\"http://bit.ly/1lsdLpf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">the city’s map of red-tagged properties\u003c/a>.)\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>KQED’s Mina Kim asked City Manager Mike Parness how many of the tagged buildings are residences. Parness said he was unsure about that number and was also unable to say how many residents might have been displaced because their homes are at least temporarily uninhabitable.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The city says it has a backlog of 800 calls for inspections. Officials are triaging the most serious situations and say that inspectors are responding within a day or two of calls. Less serious damage could take a week to two weeks to inspect.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Update, 8:20 a.m. Tuesday:\u003c/strong> Scores of small aftershocks have followed the Sunday morning temblor, including an attention-getting cluster of quakes early Tuesday. The U.S. Geological Survey reports the strongest of those was a 3.9-magnitude shake at 5:33 a.m. centered just south of Napa. That was followed by shocks of 2.7, 1.9, 2.8 and 3.0 over the next 72 minutes. We haven’t heard any reports of damage following the series of small quakes.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In Vallejo, demolition crews took down a portion of an unstable bell tower at the First Baptist Church. The tower was deemed dangerous after an inspection Monday and surrounding streets, including Sonoma Boulevard (Highway 29) were closed until the hazard was removed.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Update, 5:15 p.m. Monday:\u003c/strong> Continuing fallout from Sunday’s South Napa Earthquake: Officials in Vallejo have closed a two-block stretch of one of the city’s principal streets because of concerns that a church bell tower could collapse, and Napa’s school district announced that schools will remain closed Tuesday and possibly beyond.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>KQED’s Craig Miller reports that Vallejo’s First Baptist Church, at the corner of Carolina Street and Sonoma Boulevard, has been red-tagged. Among the church’s structural concerns: that the bell tower has been weakened to the point where it might collapse. This fear has prompted officials to close Sonoma Boulevard, which is also Highway 29, for two blocks on either side of the church. The closure also affects Lincoln Elementary School, immediately across the street from First Baptist.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Dave Kleinschmidt, Vallejo’s public works director, said the city hoped to partially demolish the tower late Monday or Tuesday morning and that Sonoma Boulevard will remain closed until that job is done. First Baptist is one of 10 buildings in the city that have been red-tagged, or declared unsafe for occupation, at least for the time being. Another 34 buildings have been yellow-tagged, deemed safe to enter but not to stay in.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Napa officials \u003ca href=\"http://www.cityofnapa.org/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=1835:red-tagged-structures-list-as-of-245pm-aug-25&catid=1:latest\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">updated the number of buildings red-tagged there\u003c/a> to 64. Among the buildings shut down is the city’s historic courthouse building, and county officials announced today that the building will be closed indefinitely as it undergoes structural analysis.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Several other major public buildings, including the Napa County Administration Building, were closed Monday.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The \u003ca href=\"http://www.nvusd.k12.ca.us/cms/page_view?d=x&piid=&vpid=1286954361698\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Napa Valley Unified School District announced\u003c/a> schools across the city will remain closed Tuesday as staff cleans up after the quake. The district will make a decision Tuesday about whether the closure will be extended.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Update, 10:55 a.m. Monday:\u003c/strong> KQED reporter Mina Kim says that hardhats and orange vests are the order of the day in downtown Napa as the city begins the process of recovering from Sunday morning’s 6.0 earthquake.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“There’s a lot of activity downtown,” Kim says. “All the street closures in the area are still in effect. Damaged buildings still have police tape around them. There are more bricks in the street today because crews are taking down damaged facades and they’re starting to clear them.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>David Gadlin, manager of the Lucero Olive Oil store in downtown Napa, started work at 5:30 a.m. Monday to finish cleaning up so the business could open on schedule at 10 a.m.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The Lucero store was widely pictured as one of the businesses damaged in the quake, with olive oil and balsamic vinegar flowing and seeping under the store’s front entrance. Today there’s a pile of kitty litter near the front door, used to soak up Sunday’s oozing mess.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“It took a lot of paper towels, rags and cat litter to pick up the oil,” Gadlin says. “And now we’re making sure we get rid of all the cat litter and all the stickiness, and I’m sure we’ll be finding it in strange places for weeks to come.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Gadlin says about 500 bottles of olive oil and balsamic vinegar were smashed when thrown from shelves during the quake. He estimates the retail value of the lost inventory at about $10,000.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“It could be a lot worse,” he says. “Nobody got hurt. It happened in the middle of the night, and we got lucky.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Among the bigger postquake disruptions in Napa today:\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The Napa Valley Unified School District, with schools in Napa and Yountville, has shut down for the day so staff can clean up classrooms. The county administration building, its interior a shambles after the quake, is also closed.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Officials in Vallejo are also assessing buildings along a Tennessee Street commercial strip and on Mare Island, where \u003ca href=\"http://www.timesheraldonline.com/breaking_news/ci_26399058/captains-row-chimneys-kod-by-quake\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">several historic buildings were closed \u003c/a>for postquake inspections. Officials estimated Monday that structures in the city sustained about $5 million in damage.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[contextly_sidebar id=”or0HqTKDYdS53huDi2AUft9LEgOslbzv”]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>9:35 p.m. Sunday: \u003c/strong>\u003ca href=\"http://www.cityofnapa.org/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Napa officials are advising residents\u003c/a> who lost water service completely for any period of time after today’s earthquake to use bottled water, boil their water before drinking or get water from the station set up by the city on Pearl Street one block west of Main or at the Las Flores Center on Linda Vista Avenue. Officials say water is safe for bathing and other household uses.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>5:30 p.m.:\u003c/strong> 7,600 residents in Napa County are still without power, while full power has been restored to Sonoma County. Napa City Manager Mike Parness said that PG&E informed him that full power would be restored to Napa residents 1 p.m. Monday at the latest.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>According to Napa Community Development Director Rick Tooker, 33 buildings have been red-tagged, or deemed unsafe, while an unknown number of buildings have been yellow-tagged (“owners should be going in only to clean the premises.”) The 33 buildings deemed unsafe are a combination of older unreinforced masonry and newer constructions, some of which have had recent retrofit work done, according to Tooker.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Napa Public Works Director Jacques Larochelle said that 60 properties in the city are currently without water, but that all repairs to restore water to the properties (a mix of commercial and residential) are expected to be completed by Wednesday or Thursday of this week.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>4:50 p.m.:\u003c/strong> Walt Mickens, CEO of Napa’s Queen of the Valley Hospital, just reported that the facility has treated 172 people since the quake struck at 3:20 a.m. and that patients continue to arrive with quake-related injuries.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Of those 172 people, 159 were treated and released with injuries such as lacerations and bruises; 13 patients were admitted, including seven with what he called “orthopedic conditions” — broken bones — five with respiratory or cardiac conditions, and one person whose condition was not related to the quake.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>3:55 p.m:\u003c/strong> According to California Governor’s Office of Emergency Services Director Mark Ghilarducci, 90-100 homes in total have been red-tagged at this point.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Briefing the media after assessing damage to the region, Ghilarducci said O.E.S. has received reports that shaking was felt as far north as Ukiah and as far south as Salinas. “While the damage was bad, it’s not as bad as it could’ve been.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>According to California State Geologist John Parrish, there have been roughly 50 to 60 aftershocks since Sunday morning’s quake, the strongest being 3.6. While geologists don’t expect another large earthquake, aftershocks are expected to continue with decreasing magnitude and importance for several weeks.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“This is a reminder that we live in earthquake country. None of us are immune to this,” Parrish said, while urging residents in and around Napa to replenish earthquake supply kits and be cautious about what structures you enter.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Parrish also explained that the geology around the epicenter, consisting predominantly of soft muds, helped reduce the scope and scale of the damage by reducing shaking at ground level.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>2:45 p.m.:\u003c/strong> Residents of Vallejo were also hit hard by this morning’s earthquake. Congressman Mike Thompson told KQED that 41 buildings had been red-tagged, deemed unfit for habitation. There have also been 16 water main breaks. The Mare Island Maritime Museum and old officers’ mansions have all sustained damage and lost their chimneys. The U.S. Forest Service building also had a major water main break.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“They’ve had a considerable damage. Especially down in the Tenneessee Street area and over on Mare Island,” said Thompson.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>1:53 p.m.:\u003c/strong> About 16 buildings in Napa City have been red-tagged, said city officials. Historic buildings have also sustained damage. Four mobile homes were destroyed after a fire at the Napa Valley Mobile Home Park in north Napa. Two other fires in residential areas were extinguished by Napa fire crews.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>More than 100 people have called about natural gas leaks, said Napa Fire Chief Mike Randolph. If you smell gas, \u003ca href=\"http://www.pge.com/en/myhome/outages/gas/index.page\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">call PG&E at 1-800-PGE-5000\u003c/a>. If you have shut off your gas service, do not turn it back on.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>About 17,000 PG&E customers are still without power, most of them in the city of Napa. When the earthquake hit, about 70,000 homes lost power in Napa, Sonoma and Vallejo.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>All public schools in the city of Napa and the Justin Siena Catholic High School are closed on Monday. Napa Valley Unified District teachers still need to report. Sonoma State University will be open.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Officials report that several Napa County services will be unavailable on Monday, according to county officials. Damage to the county building at 900 Coombs St. is too extensive to open to the public.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Neither assessor, recorder-county clerk nor Election services will be available to the public tomorrow, according to John Tuteur, county clerk.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“We are working with the Board of Supervisors, Information Technology and Public Works to restore services at an alternate location as quickly as possible,” Tuteur said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>12:30 p.m.:\u003c/strong> About 120 patients have been treated for earthquake-related injuries, said Queen of the Valley President Walt Mickens. Fewer than 10 were admitted, and three are still in critical condition.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“The majority of injuries are non-life threatening: lacerations, cuts, abrasions, bumps and bruises. One patient has multiple fractures. One heart attack. A handful are being admitted to the hospital. Most are treated and released,” Mickens said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>However, Mickens warned residents to be careful, saying that many of the new injuries stem from cleanup efforts.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>About 60 water lines are currently down, said Director of Public Works Jacques LaRochelle at a city press conference.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>How big was the earthquake? Although the shaking lasted a long time, its intensity was much lower than the Loma Prieta Earthquake.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_145755\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 640px\">\u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2014/08/Eeathquake-map-Aug-24th.jpeg\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-145755\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2014/08/Eeathquake-map-Aug-24th.jpeg\" alt=\"(David Pierce/KQED)\" width=\"640\" height=\"528\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">(David Pierce/KQED)\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>10:25 a.m.:\u003c/strong> A one-line message from the California Highway Patrol gives the all-clear for motorists headed to major sporting events today: “CHP – GOLDEN GATE: EARTHQUAKE UPDATE: All bridges/roads in CHP jurisdiction safe for travel. Access to Sonoma Raceway/Levi Stadium open.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Here’s a link to the CHP’s detailed summary of post-quake road conditions in the region: \u003ca href=\"http://local.nixle.com/alert/5255570/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Earthquake Update (via Nixle)\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Thanks to KQED’s Sarah Baughn for the heads-up on that.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>10:15 a.m.: \u003c/strong>A clarification on the earthquake magnitude: The U.S. Geological Survey is, as of this very moment, calling \u003ca href=\"http://earthquake.usgs.gov/earthquakes/eventpage/nc72282711#summary\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">the South Napa Earthquake a 6.0-magnitude event.\u003c/a> A couple hours ago, the USGS had moved the magnitude up to a 6.1 shake. Before that, it was rated at 6.0. And immediately after it happened, it was rated a 5.9. This obviously makes it hard to choose a number to put in a blog post, but we’re going to go with what’s current from the USGS. So back to 6.0 we go until the agency recalculates again. (We understand from listening to USGS scientist David Oppenheimer earlier this morning that there were some “rounding” issues in rating this quake.) And: We apologize for any discrepancies in the numbers we’ve displayed to this point.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>9:45 a.m.: \u003c/strong>The transit impact of the South Napa earthquake, as reported by Bay City News:\u003c/p>\n\u003cblockquote>\u003cp>Amtrak’s Capitol Corridor train service has been temporarily suspended this morning between Sacramento and San Jose while crews inspect the tracks for damage following the earthquake early this morning near American Canyon.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>ACE special train service between Stockton and San Jose for this afternoon’s San Francisco 49ers football game at Levi’s Stadium in Santa Clara has also been canceled because of safety concerns following the quake.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Caltrain officials said they expect to run service to the football game but said there are delays this morning because of track and bridge inspections.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>BART had pre-planned delays because of track maintenance on its Pittsburg-Bay Point line but has not reported any other disruptions this morning as a result of the quake.\u003c/p>\u003c/blockquote>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Update, 9:20 a.m.:\u003c/strong> Napa city officials are briefing the media on the impact of the earthquake in the city.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Jack LaRochelle, Napa’s public works director, said the most urgent issue is damage to the city’s water system. He said there are about 30 significant water main breaks, most in the Browns Valley area on the city’s west side. He said the city’s water plants are fine and are tapping a second source of water, from Lake Hennessey, northeast of the city.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>He had no immediate estimate of the number of buildings that have been or will be red-tagged because of earthquake damage.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>City officials said they have gotten about 100 reports of gas leaks from residents and that PG&E crews have been responding.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Update, 9:10 a.m.: \u003c/strong>To summarize:\u003c/p>\n\u003cul>\n\u003cli>A 6.0-magnitude earthquake epicentered at the southern edge of Napa struck at 3:20 a.m. The quake is the strongest to strike the Bay Area since the Loma Prieta quake of Oct. 17, 1989.\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>The U.S. Geological Survey link to seismic details on the quake: \u003ca href=\"http://earthquake.usgs.gov/earthquakes/eventpage/nc72282711#summary\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Napa-North Bay Earthquake\u003c/a>\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>So far, 87 injuries have been reported in Napa. Three people were critically injured.\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>Widespread damage is reported in the city of Napa ranging from burst water mains to the collapse of commercial building facades in downtown Napa to extensive exterior and interior damage of single-story homes in the surrounding area.\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>Several major fires started after the quake, including one in a mobile home park.\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>PG&E reports tens of thousands of homes have been without power in Napa and Sonoma counties and Vallejo in Solano County.\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>The California Highway Patrol and Caltrans are assessing damage to roads in the North Bay. Numerous pictures of buckled roads have appeared on Twitter. A major interchange at the Vallejo end of Highway 37 has been closed because of roadway damage, though Highway 37 remains open.\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>\u003ca href=\"http://www.ncedc.org/recenteqs/QuakeAddons/NC72282711.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Geologists say\u003c/a> the chance of a magnitude 5 aftershock in the next seven days is 54 percent. The chances of a quake larger than the main shock in the next week is 5 to 10 percent. More than a dozen aftershocks followed the Sunday quake, the strongest a 3.6 shake at 5:47 a.m.\u003c/li>\n\u003c/ul>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Update 8:30 a.m.:\u003c/strong> Here’s a quick list of quake impacts from the city of Napa:\u003c/p>\n\u003cul>\n\u003cli>\u003cstrong>INJURIES:\u003c/strong> 87 patients have been treated or are being treated at Queen of the Valley Hospital. There are three critically injured persons, 2 adults and one child.\u003cbr>\nFour mobile homes destroyed and two others damaged by fire on Orchard Avenue in north Napa.\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>\u003cstrong>GAS LINES: \u003c/strong>Crews are responding to reported gas line breaks in a variety of locations.\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>\u003cstrong>WATER MAINS: \u003c/strong>There are approximately 30 water main leaks. Both water treatment plants running, no damage. Some areas have no water due to main breaks and some areas no or low pressure. Water remains safe to drink.\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>City crews are assessing infrastructure damage and damage to homes and other buildings.\u003cbr>\n\u003cstrong>Historic Buildings damaged\u003c/strong>:\u003cbr>\n• Sam Kee Laundry\u003cbr>\n• Goodman Library\u003cbr>\n• Napa County Courthouse\u003cbr>\nAt least two commercial buildings in the downtown area are also severely damaged.\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>\u003cstrong>SHELTERS:\u003c/strong> The Red Cross evacuation center has been set up in the Napa High School gym.\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>Drop boxes for debris will be placed at all public schools.\u003c/li>\n\u003c/ul>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Update: 8:15 a.m.: \u003c/strong> From the Associated Press accounts of the quake:\u003c/p>\n\u003cblockquote>\u003cp>California Gov. Jerry Brown said in a statement this morning the impact of the earthquake is being felt throughout the region.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“My Office of Emergency Services has been on full activation since early this morning and is working close with state and local emergency managers, first responders and transportation officials to respond to impacts to residents and critical infrastructure,” he said. “These safety officials are doing all they can to help residents and those living in affected areas should follow their guidance and instruction.”\u003c/p>\u003c/blockquote>\n\u003cp>And again from AP, a Napa emergency responder:\u003c/p>\n\u003cblockquote>\u003cp>“There’s collapses, fires,” said Napa Fire Capt. Doug Bridewell, standing in front of large pieces of masonry that broke loose from a turn of the century office building where a fire had just been extinguished. “That’s the worst shaking I’ve ever been in.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Bridewell, who said he had to climb over fallen furniture in his own home to check on his family before reporting to duty, said he was starting to see more reports of injuries.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The shaking emptied cabinets in homes and store shelves, set off car alarms and had residents of neighboring Sonoma County running out of their houses and talking about damage inside their homes. Officials say widespread power outages have been reported in the area.\u003c/p>\u003c/blockquote>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Update, 7:50 a.m.:\u003c/strong> Again, by way of KCBS: Queen of the Valley Hospital is reporting having treated 87 people injured in this morning’s earthquake. Three of those injuries are reportedly critical — a child hit by falling masonry and two adults with undescribed injuries. The rest of the injuries have been minor, including lacerations caused by flying glass.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Update, 6:10 a.m.:\u003c/strong> By way of an interview on KCBS: David Oppenheimer of U.S. Geological Survey is saying that this morning’s earthquake occurred on the West Napa Fault, and the agency has named the event the South Napa Earthquake.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Meantime, reports of damage continue to come in from downtown Napa. In the area that suffered the most severe damage, building facades have collapsed and chunks of buildings continue to fall in the streets.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The San Francisco Chronicle reports: “Napa Fire Capt. Steve Becker said there were “numerous” injuries reported across Napa, but details were not immediately available.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Update, 6 a.m.:\u003c/strong> \u003ca href=\"http://www.pressdemocrat.com/news/2575107-181/60-quake-rocks-northern-california\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">An account by way of the Santa Rosa Press-Democrat \u003c/a>of one major fire in Napa:\u003c/p>\n\u003cblockquote>\u003cp>A fire ripped through more than 10 units at Napa Valley Mobile Home Park, off Orchard Avenue. Four homes in the complex were a total loss, with up to eight additional units suffering minor to moderate damage, Napa Fire Capt. Steve Becker. No injuries were reported, but dozens of residents were evacuated to the complex’s clubhouse.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The damage at the mobile home park appeared to be the worst in the Napa area, Becker said. The cause was under investigation, but appeared to be linked to gas line ruptures, he said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Resident Andre Van Derheyden said he and his wife were jolted awake by the quake.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“It blew us out of bed,” he said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>By the time the couple were able to gather their dog and get outside, the mobile home next door was on fire, he said. The resident, a woman, was able to escape, but her home was a total loss.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Thank heaven we are fine, but I feel so bad for my neighbor,” said Van Derheyden.\u003c/p>\u003c/blockquote>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Update, 5:50 a.m.: \u003c/strong>To summarize:\u003c/p>\n\u003cul>\n\u003cli>A 6.0-magnitude earthquake epicentered at the southern edge of Napa struck at 3:20 a.m. The 6.0 quake is the strongest to strike the Bay Area since the Loma Prieta quake of Oct. 17, 1989.\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>The U.S. Geological Survey link to seismic details on the quake: \u003ca href=\"http://earthquake.usgs.gov/earthquakes/eventpage/nc72282711#summary\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Napa-North Bay Earthquake\u003c/a>\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>Injuries have been reported in Napa, but there are no authoritative reports yet as to the number or severity.\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>Damage is reported in the city of Napa ranging from the collapse of commercial building facades in downtown Napa to extensive exterior and interior damage of single-story homes in the surrounding area.\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>Witnesses are reporting two major fires at the northern end of Napa, one possibly in a mobile home park.\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>PG&E reports thousands of homes are without power in Napa and Sonoma counties and Vallejo in Solano County.\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>The California Highway Patrol and Caltrans are assessing damage to roads in the North Bay. Numerous pictures of buckled roads have appeared on Twitter. A major interchange at the Vallejo end of Highway 37 has been closed because of roadway damage, though Highway 37 remains open.\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>\u003ca href=\"http://www.ncedc.org/recenteqs/QuakeAddons/NC72282711.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Geologists say\u003c/a> the chance of a magnitude 5 aftershock in the next seven days is 54 percent. The chances of a quake larger than the main shock in the next week is 5 to 10 percent. Two small aftershocks have been recorded so far: a 2.5-magnitude shake at 5:01 a.m. and a 3.6 shake at 5:47 a.m.\u003c/li>\n\u003c/ul>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Update 5:05 a.m.: \u003c/strong>KQED’s Craig Miller checks in from the Mare Island Bridge on Highway 37:\u003c/p>\n\u003cblockquote>\u003cp>I talked to a guy from Caltrans who says he is the bridge supervisor. He said he wasn’t aware of any bridge closure, though he said there was damage to Sonoma Boulevard [nearby in the city of Vallejo] where pavement had buckled. There are emergency vehicles on the bridge, but I can also see traffic moving across it.\u003c/p>\u003c/blockquote>\n\u003cp>KCBS is carrying a witness account from Rob Downey, a Napa business owner, who reports severe damage to several historic buildings in downtown. He said damage seemed to be concentrated near in a quadrant bounded by Main, Second, Third and Brown streets.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Update 4:55 a.m. \u003c/strong>More details from KQED’s Craig Miller in Vallejo: He’s been at the scene of a single commercial block of Tennessee Street near intersection of Broadway where there’s significant damage:\u003c/p>\n\u003cblockquote>\u003cp>There are at least seven storefronts, including a Chase Bank, with windows blown out. In some cases, glass had blown out into the middle of the street. This was a block with about seven different businesses, including a music story, a bridal store and a jewelry store. You can see that part of the ceiling or roof is coming down in the music store. It’s really kind of bizarre — here’s one block in Vallejo with all this damage, and then when you look across the street everything is fine.\u003c/p>\u003c/blockquote>\n\u003cp>Craig’s on his way to check on the situation at the Mare Island Bridge in Highway 37, which has been reported closed because of possible quake damage.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Update 4:35 a.m.:\u003c/strong> From all the reports we’ve heard over the last hour-plus, it’s apparent that the worst of the damage from this morning’s quake is focused in the city of Napa and surrounding communities.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Unconfirmed reports — unconfirmed — relayed by KCBS say there’s been some road and possible bridge damage on Highway 12 in Napa and Highway 37 in Vallejo.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>KCBS reporter Curtis Kim went on the air with a report that the California Highway Patrol was closing one of the Highway 37 bridges in Vallejo. We’re not sure from the report which bridge it is.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Update, 4:25 a.m.:\u003c/strong> KQED’s Craig Miller is touring the streets of Vallejo and says there are signs of emergency response in the areas he’s seen — damage to some building and sirens.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cem>From KQED’s Scott Shafer: \u003c/em>Cheri Hansen of the Napa County Sheriff’s office says: “Everything’s upside down here. Things have flown out of the cabinets. My computer flew off the desk. We have power because we have a generator.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Update, 4:08 a.m.:\u003c/strong> KQED reporter Mina Kim lives in Napa, near the epicenter of this morning’s earthquake. She said she experienced violent shaking. In her words, “Everything came down” from the walls. “Our refrigerator moved across the kitchen. All the shelves came down.” She said she and her husband turned off their gas and are assessing the damage. She also reported a fire is visible in the distance, though she’s not sure what’s burning.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Todd Smoot, a KCBS editor, came on the air to report a major power outage in large parts of the Sonoma Valley.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>By way of KQED’s Scott Shafer, who just got off the phone with the U.S. Geological Survey, here are a few more details on where and when the quake struck from Frank Baldwin, a USGS geophysicist in Golden, Colorado:\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“It was felt over a wide area. It’s a shallow quake and we haven’t heard any reports of damage, although it has the potential for damage.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>It’s about 6 miles deep and usually when you have a shallow quake it generates more surface waves, which are felt more predominantly throughout the region.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The fault line has not been determined yet, but we’ll be looking at that over the next hours or days by the Northern California seismic network.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Updated 3:45 a.m.:\u003c/strong> The U.S. Geological Survey has recorded an earthquake that rolled through the Bay Area at 3:20 a.m. and 44 seconds.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"http://earthquake.usgs.gov/earthquakes/eventpage/nc72282711#summary\">USGS data shows\u003c/a> the quake was a 6.0 quake that struck between Napa and the community of American Canyon. That’s the approximate location of the Rogers Creek Fault in the North Bay. The USGS reported the depth of the epicenter as 10.8 kilometers, relatively shallow.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>This was an unusually long earthquake compared with most recent shakes in the Bay Area, lasting at least 10 seconds, with many callers to KCBS in the immediate aftermath saying they felt movement for as long as 20 seconds. In Berkeley, where this account is being written, the quake was a continuous side-to-side shaking as opposed to a strong, abrupt shock.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The U.S.G.S. “Did You Feel It” page showed the quake was felt across the Bay Area from Sonoma through Santa Cruz County. So far, we have no reports of damage.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad floatright]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>More coming.\u003c/p>\n\n",
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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_145917\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 640px\">\u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2014/08/IMG_4794.jpg\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-145917\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2014/08/IMG_4794-640x480.jpg\" alt=\"Workers begin process of dismantling the bell tower of Vallejo's First Baptist Church. (Craig Miller/KQED)\" width=\"640\" height=\"480\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Workers begin process of dismantling the bell tower of Vallejo’s First Baptist Church. (Craig Miller/KQED)\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003caside class=\"alignright\">\n\u003ch3>South Napa Quake: The Facts\u003c/h3>\n\u003cul>\n\u003cli>\u003cstrong>A 6.0-magnitude earthquake\u003c/strong> with an epicenter at the southern edge of Napa struck at 3:20 a.m on Sunday, Aug. 24, 2014. The quake was the strongest to strike the Bay Area since the 6.9 Loma Prieta quake of Oct. 17, 1989.\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>\u003cstrong>A series of aftershocks\u003c/strong> shook the earthquake zone early Tuesday, the strongest a 3.9 shake felt at 5:33 a.m. Tuesday. The U.S. Geological Survey revised its estimate Monday of the chances for a strong, damaging aftershock in the next seven days. Sunday, the agency put that chance at 54 percent. Monday, that figure was revised to 25 percent.\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>\u003cstrong>The U.S. Geological Survey\u003c/strong> link to seismic details on the quake: \u003ca href=\"http://earthquake.usgs.gov/earthquakes/eventpage/nc72282711#summary\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Napa-North Bay Earthquake\u003c/a>\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>\u003cstrong>Napa’s Queen of the Valley Hospital \u003c/strong>reports treating 209 people between the time the earthquake struck at 3:20 a.m. and 11 p.m. Sunday. The hospital says a total of 17 people were admitted, most in fair to serious condition. One person remains in critical condition. Vallejo reported 49 injuries, with two people hospitalized.\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>\u003cstrong>Napa and Vallejo\u003c/strong> are still assessing damage to structures. On Tuesday, Napa announced it has red-tagged 113 buildings as unsafe to enter because of extensive damage; another 500 have been yellow-tagged as unfit for occupancy until repairs are made. Vallejo officials red-tagged 10 buildings and yellow-tagged about 40 others.\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>\u003cstrong>The Napa Fire Department \u003c/strong> reported Monday it responded to 50 fires after the quake, including one in a mobile home park that destroyed four units and damaged several others. Fire officials said an initial lack of water due to water main breaks led to some of the destruction.\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>\u003cstrong>Napa’s water system\u003c/strong> is still under repair. There were 83 water line breaks, and 59 have been repaired.\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>\u003cstrong>Napa Valley Unified School District\u003c/strong> campuses resumed classes on Wednesday Aug. 27, with the exception of Stonebridge School.\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>\u003cstrong>PG&E has all\u003c/strong> but completed the job of restoring power to the tens of thousands of customers who were in the dark immediately after the temblor. Monday morning, the utility reported \u003ca href=\"http://www.pge.com/en/myhome/alerts/morealerts.page?WT.ac=ContactUs_Alerts_Earthquake\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">fewer than 100 customers\u003c/a> without power.\u003c/li>\n\u003c/ul>\n\u003c/aside>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Update, 11 a.m. Wednesday:\u003c/strong> City officials now estimate that the earthquake caused $300 million in damage to homes and commercial properties. The city has waived all inspection and permit fees for people who have suffered earthquake damage. About 800 people have called for an inspection, and there are 60 building inspectors.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Update, 3 p.m. Tuesday:\u003c/strong> Napa officials say the list of badly damaged buildings in the city has grown dramatically as inspectors continue the long, slow process of assessing structures in the wake of Sunday’s earthquake.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The city said at a Tuesday afternoon press conference that it expects to have red-tagged 120 structures by the end of the day. That means they’re unsafe to enter pending further assessment or repairs. Another 500 have been yellow-tagged, meaning that while premises may be entered, they’re unfit for occupancy. (Here’s \u003ca href=\"http://bit.ly/1lsdLpf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">the city’s map of red-tagged properties\u003c/a>.)\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>KQED’s Mina Kim asked City Manager Mike Parness how many of the tagged buildings are residences. Parness said he was unsure about that number and was also unable to say how many residents might have been displaced because their homes are at least temporarily uninhabitable.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The city says it has a backlog of 800 calls for inspections. Officials are triaging the most serious situations and say that inspectors are responding within a day or two of calls. Less serious damage could take a week to two weeks to inspect.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003c/div>",
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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Update, 8:20 a.m. Tuesday:\u003c/strong> Scores of small aftershocks have followed the Sunday morning temblor, including an attention-getting cluster of quakes early Tuesday. The U.S. Geological Survey reports the strongest of those was a 3.9-magnitude shake at 5:33 a.m. centered just south of Napa. That was followed by shocks of 2.7, 1.9, 2.8 and 3.0 over the next 72 minutes. We haven’t heard any reports of damage following the series of small quakes.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In Vallejo, demolition crews took down a portion of an unstable bell tower at the First Baptist Church. The tower was deemed dangerous after an inspection Monday and surrounding streets, including Sonoma Boulevard (Highway 29) were closed until the hazard was removed.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Update, 5:15 p.m. Monday:\u003c/strong> Continuing fallout from Sunday’s South Napa Earthquake: Officials in Vallejo have closed a two-block stretch of one of the city’s principal streets because of concerns that a church bell tower could collapse, and Napa’s school district announced that schools will remain closed Tuesday and possibly beyond.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>KQED’s Craig Miller reports that Vallejo’s First Baptist Church, at the corner of Carolina Street and Sonoma Boulevard, has been red-tagged. Among the church’s structural concerns: that the bell tower has been weakened to the point where it might collapse. This fear has prompted officials to close Sonoma Boulevard, which is also Highway 29, for two blocks on either side of the church. The closure also affects Lincoln Elementary School, immediately across the street from First Baptist.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Dave Kleinschmidt, Vallejo’s public works director, said the city hoped to partially demolish the tower late Monday or Tuesday morning and that Sonoma Boulevard will remain closed until that job is done. First Baptist is one of 10 buildings in the city that have been red-tagged, or declared unsafe for occupation, at least for the time being. Another 34 buildings have been yellow-tagged, deemed safe to enter but not to stay in.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Napa officials \u003ca href=\"http://www.cityofnapa.org/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=1835:red-tagged-structures-list-as-of-245pm-aug-25&catid=1:latest\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">updated the number of buildings red-tagged there\u003c/a> to 64. Among the buildings shut down is the city’s historic courthouse building, and county officials announced today that the building will be closed indefinitely as it undergoes structural analysis.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Several other major public buildings, including the Napa County Administration Building, were closed Monday.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The \u003ca href=\"http://www.nvusd.k12.ca.us/cms/page_view?d=x&piid=&vpid=1286954361698\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Napa Valley Unified School District announced\u003c/a> schools across the city will remain closed Tuesday as staff cleans up after the quake. The district will make a decision Tuesday about whether the closure will be extended.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Update, 10:55 a.m. Monday:\u003c/strong> KQED reporter Mina Kim says that hardhats and orange vests are the order of the day in downtown Napa as the city begins the process of recovering from Sunday morning’s 6.0 earthquake.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“There’s a lot of activity downtown,” Kim says. “All the street closures in the area are still in effect. Damaged buildings still have police tape around them. There are more bricks in the street today because crews are taking down damaged facades and they’re starting to clear them.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>David Gadlin, manager of the Lucero Olive Oil store in downtown Napa, started work at 5:30 a.m. Monday to finish cleaning up so the business could open on schedule at 10 a.m.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The Lucero store was widely pictured as one of the businesses damaged in the quake, with olive oil and balsamic vinegar flowing and seeping under the store’s front entrance. Today there’s a pile of kitty litter near the front door, used to soak up Sunday’s oozing mess.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“It took a lot of paper towels, rags and cat litter to pick up the oil,” Gadlin says. “And now we’re making sure we get rid of all the cat litter and all the stickiness, and I’m sure we’ll be finding it in strange places for weeks to come.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Gadlin says about 500 bottles of olive oil and balsamic vinegar were smashed when thrown from shelves during the quake. He estimates the retail value of the lost inventory at about $10,000.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“It could be a lot worse,” he says. “Nobody got hurt. It happened in the middle of the night, and we got lucky.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Among the bigger postquake disruptions in Napa today:\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The Napa Valley Unified School District, with schools in Napa and Yountville, has shut down for the day so staff can clean up classrooms. The county administration building, its interior a shambles after the quake, is also closed.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Officials in Vallejo are also assessing buildings along a Tennessee Street commercial strip and on Mare Island, where \u003ca href=\"http://www.timesheraldonline.com/breaking_news/ci_26399058/captains-row-chimneys-kod-by-quake\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">several historic buildings were closed \u003c/a>for postquake inspections. Officials estimated Monday that structures in the city sustained about $5 million in damage.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>9:35 p.m. Sunday: \u003c/strong>\u003ca href=\"http://www.cityofnapa.org/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Napa officials are advising residents\u003c/a> who lost water service completely for any period of time after today’s earthquake to use bottled water, boil their water before drinking or get water from the station set up by the city on Pearl Street one block west of Main or at the Las Flores Center on Linda Vista Avenue. Officials say water is safe for bathing and other household uses.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>5:30 p.m.:\u003c/strong> 7,600 residents in Napa County are still without power, while full power has been restored to Sonoma County. Napa City Manager Mike Parness said that PG&E informed him that full power would be restored to Napa residents 1 p.m. Monday at the latest.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>According to Napa Community Development Director Rick Tooker, 33 buildings have been red-tagged, or deemed unsafe, while an unknown number of buildings have been yellow-tagged (“owners should be going in only to clean the premises.”) The 33 buildings deemed unsafe are a combination of older unreinforced masonry and newer constructions, some of which have had recent retrofit work done, according to Tooker.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Napa Public Works Director Jacques Larochelle said that 60 properties in the city are currently without water, but that all repairs to restore water to the properties (a mix of commercial and residential) are expected to be completed by Wednesday or Thursday of this week.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>4:50 p.m.:\u003c/strong> Walt Mickens, CEO of Napa’s Queen of the Valley Hospital, just reported that the facility has treated 172 people since the quake struck at 3:20 a.m. and that patients continue to arrive with quake-related injuries.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Of those 172 people, 159 were treated and released with injuries such as lacerations and bruises; 13 patients were admitted, including seven with what he called “orthopedic conditions” — broken bones — five with respiratory or cardiac conditions, and one person whose condition was not related to the quake.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>3:55 p.m:\u003c/strong> According to California Governor’s Office of Emergency Services Director Mark Ghilarducci, 90-100 homes in total have been red-tagged at this point.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Briefing the media after assessing damage to the region, Ghilarducci said O.E.S. has received reports that shaking was felt as far north as Ukiah and as far south as Salinas. “While the damage was bad, it’s not as bad as it could’ve been.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>According to California State Geologist John Parrish, there have been roughly 50 to 60 aftershocks since Sunday morning’s quake, the strongest being 3.6. While geologists don’t expect another large earthquake, aftershocks are expected to continue with decreasing magnitude and importance for several weeks.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“This is a reminder that we live in earthquake country. None of us are immune to this,” Parrish said, while urging residents in and around Napa to replenish earthquake supply kits and be cautious about what structures you enter.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Parrish also explained that the geology around the epicenter, consisting predominantly of soft muds, helped reduce the scope and scale of the damage by reducing shaking at ground level.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>2:45 p.m.:\u003c/strong> Residents of Vallejo were also hit hard by this morning’s earthquake. Congressman Mike Thompson told KQED that 41 buildings had been red-tagged, deemed unfit for habitation. There have also been 16 water main breaks. The Mare Island Maritime Museum and old officers’ mansions have all sustained damage and lost their chimneys. The U.S. Forest Service building also had a major water main break.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“They’ve had a considerable damage. Especially down in the Tenneessee Street area and over on Mare Island,” said Thompson.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>1:53 p.m.:\u003c/strong> About 16 buildings in Napa City have been red-tagged, said city officials. Historic buildings have also sustained damage. Four mobile homes were destroyed after a fire at the Napa Valley Mobile Home Park in north Napa. Two other fires in residential areas were extinguished by Napa fire crews.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>More than 100 people have called about natural gas leaks, said Napa Fire Chief Mike Randolph. If you smell gas, \u003ca href=\"http://www.pge.com/en/myhome/outages/gas/index.page\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">call PG&E at 1-800-PGE-5000\u003c/a>. If you have shut off your gas service, do not turn it back on.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>About 17,000 PG&E customers are still without power, most of them in the city of Napa. When the earthquake hit, about 70,000 homes lost power in Napa, Sonoma and Vallejo.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>All public schools in the city of Napa and the Justin Siena Catholic High School are closed on Monday. Napa Valley Unified District teachers still need to report. Sonoma State University will be open.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Officials report that several Napa County services will be unavailable on Monday, according to county officials. Damage to the county building at 900 Coombs St. is too extensive to open to the public.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Neither assessor, recorder-county clerk nor Election services will be available to the public tomorrow, according to John Tuteur, county clerk.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“We are working with the Board of Supervisors, Information Technology and Public Works to restore services at an alternate location as quickly as possible,” Tuteur said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>12:30 p.m.:\u003c/strong> About 120 patients have been treated for earthquake-related injuries, said Queen of the Valley President Walt Mickens. Fewer than 10 were admitted, and three are still in critical condition.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“The majority of injuries are non-life threatening: lacerations, cuts, abrasions, bumps and bruises. One patient has multiple fractures. One heart attack. A handful are being admitted to the hospital. Most are treated and released,” Mickens said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>However, Mickens warned residents to be careful, saying that many of the new injuries stem from cleanup efforts.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>About 60 water lines are currently down, said Director of Public Works Jacques LaRochelle at a city press conference.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>How big was the earthquake? Although the shaking lasted a long time, its intensity was much lower than the Loma Prieta Earthquake.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_145755\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 640px\">\u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2014/08/Eeathquake-map-Aug-24th.jpeg\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-145755\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2014/08/Eeathquake-map-Aug-24th.jpeg\" alt=\"(David Pierce/KQED)\" width=\"640\" height=\"528\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">(David Pierce/KQED)\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>10:25 a.m.:\u003c/strong> A one-line message from the California Highway Patrol gives the all-clear for motorists headed to major sporting events today: “CHP – GOLDEN GATE: EARTHQUAKE UPDATE: All bridges/roads in CHP jurisdiction safe for travel. Access to Sonoma Raceway/Levi Stadium open.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Here’s a link to the CHP’s detailed summary of post-quake road conditions in the region: \u003ca href=\"http://local.nixle.com/alert/5255570/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Earthquake Update (via Nixle)\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Thanks to KQED’s Sarah Baughn for the heads-up on that.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>10:15 a.m.: \u003c/strong>A clarification on the earthquake magnitude: The U.S. Geological Survey is, as of this very moment, calling \u003ca href=\"http://earthquake.usgs.gov/earthquakes/eventpage/nc72282711#summary\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">the South Napa Earthquake a 6.0-magnitude event.\u003c/a> A couple hours ago, the USGS had moved the magnitude up to a 6.1 shake. Before that, it was rated at 6.0. And immediately after it happened, it was rated a 5.9. This obviously makes it hard to choose a number to put in a blog post, but we’re going to go with what’s current from the USGS. So back to 6.0 we go until the agency recalculates again. (We understand from listening to USGS scientist David Oppenheimer earlier this morning that there were some “rounding” issues in rating this quake.) And: We apologize for any discrepancies in the numbers we’ve displayed to this point.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>9:45 a.m.: \u003c/strong>The transit impact of the South Napa earthquake, as reported by Bay City News:\u003c/p>\n\u003cblockquote>\u003cp>Amtrak’s Capitol Corridor train service has been temporarily suspended this morning between Sacramento and San Jose while crews inspect the tracks for damage following the earthquake early this morning near American Canyon.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>ACE special train service between Stockton and San Jose for this afternoon’s San Francisco 49ers football game at Levi’s Stadium in Santa Clara has also been canceled because of safety concerns following the quake.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Caltrain officials said they expect to run service to the football game but said there are delays this morning because of track and bridge inspections.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>BART had pre-planned delays because of track maintenance on its Pittsburg-Bay Point line but has not reported any other disruptions this morning as a result of the quake.\u003c/p>\u003c/blockquote>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Update, 9:20 a.m.:\u003c/strong> Napa city officials are briefing the media on the impact of the earthquake in the city.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Jack LaRochelle, Napa’s public works director, said the most urgent issue is damage to the city’s water system. He said there are about 30 significant water main breaks, most in the Browns Valley area on the city’s west side. He said the city’s water plants are fine and are tapping a second source of water, from Lake Hennessey, northeast of the city.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>He had no immediate estimate of the number of buildings that have been or will be red-tagged because of earthquake damage.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>City officials said they have gotten about 100 reports of gas leaks from residents and that PG&E crews have been responding.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Update, 9:10 a.m.: \u003c/strong>To summarize:\u003c/p>\n\u003cul>\n\u003cli>A 6.0-magnitude earthquake epicentered at the southern edge of Napa struck at 3:20 a.m. The quake is the strongest to strike the Bay Area since the Loma Prieta quake of Oct. 17, 1989.\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>The U.S. Geological Survey link to seismic details on the quake: \u003ca href=\"http://earthquake.usgs.gov/earthquakes/eventpage/nc72282711#summary\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Napa-North Bay Earthquake\u003c/a>\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>So far, 87 injuries have been reported in Napa. Three people were critically injured.\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>Widespread damage is reported in the city of Napa ranging from burst water mains to the collapse of commercial building facades in downtown Napa to extensive exterior and interior damage of single-story homes in the surrounding area.\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>Several major fires started after the quake, including one in a mobile home park.\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>PG&E reports tens of thousands of homes have been without power in Napa and Sonoma counties and Vallejo in Solano County.\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>The California Highway Patrol and Caltrans are assessing damage to roads in the North Bay. Numerous pictures of buckled roads have appeared on Twitter. A major interchange at the Vallejo end of Highway 37 has been closed because of roadway damage, though Highway 37 remains open.\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>\u003ca href=\"http://www.ncedc.org/recenteqs/QuakeAddons/NC72282711.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Geologists say\u003c/a> the chance of a magnitude 5 aftershock in the next seven days is 54 percent. The chances of a quake larger than the main shock in the next week is 5 to 10 percent. More than a dozen aftershocks followed the Sunday quake, the strongest a 3.6 shake at 5:47 a.m.\u003c/li>\n\u003c/ul>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Update 8:30 a.m.:\u003c/strong> Here’s a quick list of quake impacts from the city of Napa:\u003c/p>\n\u003cul>\n\u003cli>\u003cstrong>INJURIES:\u003c/strong> 87 patients have been treated or are being treated at Queen of the Valley Hospital. There are three critically injured persons, 2 adults and one child.\u003cbr>\nFour mobile homes destroyed and two others damaged by fire on Orchard Avenue in north Napa.\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>\u003cstrong>GAS LINES: \u003c/strong>Crews are responding to reported gas line breaks in a variety of locations.\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>\u003cstrong>WATER MAINS: \u003c/strong>There are approximately 30 water main leaks. Both water treatment plants running, no damage. Some areas have no water due to main breaks and some areas no or low pressure. Water remains safe to drink.\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>City crews are assessing infrastructure damage and damage to homes and other buildings.\u003cbr>\n\u003cstrong>Historic Buildings damaged\u003c/strong>:\u003cbr>\n• Sam Kee Laundry\u003cbr>\n• Goodman Library\u003cbr>\n• Napa County Courthouse\u003cbr>\nAt least two commercial buildings in the downtown area are also severely damaged.\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>\u003cstrong>SHELTERS:\u003c/strong> The Red Cross evacuation center has been set up in the Napa High School gym.\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>Drop boxes for debris will be placed at all public schools.\u003c/li>\n\u003c/ul>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Update: 8:15 a.m.: \u003c/strong> From the Associated Press accounts of the quake:\u003c/p>\n\u003cblockquote>\u003cp>California Gov. Jerry Brown said in a statement this morning the impact of the earthquake is being felt throughout the region.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“My Office of Emergency Services has been on full activation since early this morning and is working close with state and local emergency managers, first responders and transportation officials to respond to impacts to residents and critical infrastructure,” he said. “These safety officials are doing all they can to help residents and those living in affected areas should follow their guidance and instruction.”\u003c/p>\u003c/blockquote>\n\u003cp>And again from AP, a Napa emergency responder:\u003c/p>\n\u003cblockquote>\u003cp>“There’s collapses, fires,” said Napa Fire Capt. Doug Bridewell, standing in front of large pieces of masonry that broke loose from a turn of the century office building where a fire had just been extinguished. “That’s the worst shaking I’ve ever been in.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Bridewell, who said he had to climb over fallen furniture in his own home to check on his family before reporting to duty, said he was starting to see more reports of injuries.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The shaking emptied cabinets in homes and store shelves, set off car alarms and had residents of neighboring Sonoma County running out of their houses and talking about damage inside their homes. Officials say widespread power outages have been reported in the area.\u003c/p>\u003c/blockquote>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Update, 7:50 a.m.:\u003c/strong> Again, by way of KCBS: Queen of the Valley Hospital is reporting having treated 87 people injured in this morning’s earthquake. Three of those injuries are reportedly critical — a child hit by falling masonry and two adults with undescribed injuries. The rest of the injuries have been minor, including lacerations caused by flying glass.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Update, 6:10 a.m.:\u003c/strong> By way of an interview on KCBS: David Oppenheimer of U.S. Geological Survey is saying that this morning’s earthquake occurred on the West Napa Fault, and the agency has named the event the South Napa Earthquake.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Meantime, reports of damage continue to come in from downtown Napa. In the area that suffered the most severe damage, building facades have collapsed and chunks of buildings continue to fall in the streets.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The San Francisco Chronicle reports: “Napa Fire Capt. 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The cause was under investigation, but appeared to be linked to gas line ruptures, he said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Resident Andre Van Derheyden said he and his wife were jolted awake by the quake.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“It blew us out of bed,” he said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>By the time the couple were able to gather their dog and get outside, the mobile home next door was on fire, he said. The resident, a woman, was able to escape, but her home was a total loss.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Thank heaven we are fine, but I feel so bad for my neighbor,” said Van Derheyden.\u003c/p>\u003c/blockquote>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Update, 5:50 a.m.: \u003c/strong>To summarize:\u003c/p>\n\u003cul>\n\u003cli>A 6.0-magnitude earthquake epicentered at the southern edge of Napa struck at 3:20 a.m. The 6.0 quake is the strongest to strike the Bay Area since the Loma Prieta quake of Oct. 17, 1989.\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>The U.S. Geological Survey link to seismic details on the quake: \u003ca href=\"http://earthquake.usgs.gov/earthquakes/eventpage/nc72282711#summary\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Napa-North Bay Earthquake\u003c/a>\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>Injuries have been reported in Napa, but there are no authoritative reports yet as to the number or severity.\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>Damage is reported in the city of Napa ranging from the collapse of commercial building facades in downtown Napa to extensive exterior and interior damage of single-story homes in the surrounding area.\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>Witnesses are reporting two major fires at the northern end of Napa, one possibly in a mobile home park.\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>PG&E reports thousands of homes are without power in Napa and Sonoma counties and Vallejo in Solano County.\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>The California Highway Patrol and Caltrans are assessing damage to roads in the North Bay. Numerous pictures of buckled roads have appeared on Twitter. A major interchange at the Vallejo end of Highway 37 has been closed because of roadway damage, though Highway 37 remains open.\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>\u003ca href=\"http://www.ncedc.org/recenteqs/QuakeAddons/NC72282711.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Geologists say\u003c/a> the chance of a magnitude 5 aftershock in the next seven days is 54 percent. The chances of a quake larger than the main shock in the next week is 5 to 10 percent. Two small aftershocks have been recorded so far: a 2.5-magnitude shake at 5:01 a.m. and a 3.6 shake at 5:47 a.m.\u003c/li>\n\u003c/ul>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Update 5:05 a.m.: \u003c/strong>KQED’s Craig Miller checks in from the Mare Island Bridge on Highway 37:\u003c/p>\n\u003cblockquote>\u003cp>I talked to a guy from Caltrans who says he is the bridge supervisor. He said he wasn’t aware of any bridge closure, though he said there was damage to Sonoma Boulevard [nearby in the city of Vallejo] where pavement had buckled. There are emergency vehicles on the bridge, but I can also see traffic moving across it.\u003c/p>\u003c/blockquote>\n\u003cp>KCBS is carrying a witness account from Rob Downey, a Napa business owner, who reports severe damage to several historic buildings in downtown. He said damage seemed to be concentrated near in a quadrant bounded by Main, Second, Third and Brown streets.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Update 4:55 a.m. \u003c/strong>More details from KQED’s Craig Miller in Vallejo: He’s been at the scene of a single commercial block of Tennessee Street near intersection of Broadway where there’s significant damage:\u003c/p>\n\u003cblockquote>\u003cp>There are at least seven storefronts, including a Chase Bank, with windows blown out. In some cases, glass had blown out into the middle of the street. This was a block with about seven different businesses, including a music story, a bridal store and a jewelry store. You can see that part of the ceiling or roof is coming down in the music store. It’s really kind of bizarre — here’s one block in Vallejo with all this damage, and then when you look across the street everything is fine.\u003c/p>\u003c/blockquote>\n\u003cp>Craig’s on his way to check on the situation at the Mare Island Bridge in Highway 37, which has been reported closed because of possible quake damage.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Update 4:35 a.m.:\u003c/strong> From all the reports we’ve heard over the last hour-plus, it’s apparent that the worst of the damage from this morning’s quake is focused in the city of Napa and surrounding communities.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Unconfirmed reports — unconfirmed — relayed by KCBS say there’s been some road and possible bridge damage on Highway 12 in Napa and Highway 37 in Vallejo.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>KCBS reporter Curtis Kim went on the air with a report that the California Highway Patrol was closing one of the Highway 37 bridges in Vallejo. We’re not sure from the report which bridge it is.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Update, 4:25 a.m.:\u003c/strong> KQED’s Craig Miller is touring the streets of Vallejo and says there are signs of emergency response in the areas he’s seen — damage to some building and sirens.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cem>From KQED’s Scott Shafer: \u003c/em>Cheri Hansen of the Napa County Sheriff’s office says: “Everything’s upside down here. Things have flown out of the cabinets. My computer flew off the desk. We have power because we have a generator.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Update, 4:08 a.m.:\u003c/strong> KQED reporter Mina Kim lives in Napa, near the epicenter of this morning’s earthquake. She said she experienced violent shaking. In her words, “Everything came down” from the walls. “Our refrigerator moved across the kitchen. All the shelves came down.” She said she and her husband turned off their gas and are assessing the damage. 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It’s a shallow quake and we haven’t heard any reports of damage, although it has the potential for damage.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>It’s about 6 miles deep and usually when you have a shallow quake it generates more surface waves, which are felt more predominantly throughout the region.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The fault line has not been determined yet, but we’ll be looking at that over the next hours or days by the Northern California seismic network.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Updated 3:45 a.m.:\u003c/strong> The U.S. Geological Survey has recorded an earthquake that rolled through the Bay Area at 3:20 a.m. and 44 seconds.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"http://earthquake.usgs.gov/earthquakes/eventpage/nc72282711#summary\">USGS data shows\u003c/a> the quake was a 6.0 quake that struck between Napa and the community of American Canyon. That’s the approximate location of the Rogers Creek Fault in the North Bay. The USGS reported the depth of the epicenter as 10.8 kilometers, relatively shallow.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>This was an unusually long earthquake compared with most recent shakes in the Bay Area, lasting at least 10 seconds, with many callers to KCBS in the immediate aftermath saying they felt movement for as long as 20 seconds. In Berkeley, where this account is being written, the quake was a continuous side-to-side shaking as opposed to a strong, abrupt shock.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The U.S.G.S. “Did You Feel It” page showed the quake was felt across the Bay Area from Sonoma through Santa Cruz County. So far, we have no reports of damage.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003c/div>",
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"content": "\u003cp>\u003cstrong>By Aaron Mendelson\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_145901\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 640px\">\u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2014/08/fremontfuture.jpg\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-145901\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2014/08/fremontfuture-640x397.jpg\" alt=\"Artist's rendering of proposed Capitol Avenue development in Fremont's downtown district. \" width=\"640\" height=\"397\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Artist’s rendering of proposed Capitol Avenue development in Fremont’s downtown district.\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 4.6875em;float: left;line-height: 0.733em;padding: 0.05em 0.1em 0 0;font-family: times, serif, georgia\">F\u003c/span>remont, the Bay Area’s fourth-most-populous city, has long been overshadowed by bigger neighbors. But the city hopes to make a name for itself by taking advantage of a strong economy, its location within Silicon Valley and access to transit. That effort starts with building a real downtown for Fremont — from scratch.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ciframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"100%\" height=\"20\" scrolling=\"no\" frameborder=\"no\" src=\"https://w.soundcloud.com/player/?url=https%3A//api.soundcloud.com/tracks/164929325&color=ff5500&inverse=false&auto_play=false&show_user=true\">\u003c/iframe>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Fremont was born when \u003ca href=\"https://www.fremont.gov/149/History\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">five different communities merged in 1956\u003c/a> for fear of being annexed by Hayward. Those five areas — Centerville, Irvington, Mission San Jose, Niles and Warm Springs — had their own centers, but the new city of Fremont never had a real heart.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>As Mayor Bill Harrison puts it, “Being born and raised in Fremont, I know that since its incorporation in 1956, Fremont didn’t have a downtown.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Fremont, now a city of 220,000, has a central area that looks classically suburban, with lots of cars, wide streets and generous amounts of parking.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>At a groundbreaking for \u003ca href=\"https://www.fremont.gov/DocumentCenter/View/20564\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">the city’s downtown initiative\u003c/a> in July, food trucks and live music were on hand to give residents a taste of the more urban feel that Fremont seeks.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I’ve been waiting forever for a downtown,” said Sally Morgan, a resident of 27 years who attended the event. “I just would love to live near a downtown. I mean, that’s part of the community, right?”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Morgan says she misses the central business district in Los Altos, where she grew up.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>During a speech at the groundbreaking, the mayor gave thanks to the woman he called the city’s “downtown czar,” Deputy City Manager Jessica von Borck.\u003c/p>\n\u003caside class=\"pullquote alignleft\">‘I’ve been waiting forever for a downtown. … I mean, that’s part of the community, right?’\u003ccite>— Sally Morgan,\u003cbr>\nlongtime Fremont resident\u003c/cite>\u003c/aside>\n\u003cp>“Yes, we’re suburbia right now,” von Borck says. “And it looks very much that way, but it’s riddled with opportunity because it is underdeveloped.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Von Borck says there will be denser development here, and eventually a new city hall. The entire downtown effort could cost $250 million from a mix of public and private sources. The funding for the first step being celebrated at the groundbreaking comes from a $5.8 million \u003ca href=\"http://www.onebayarea.org/funding-and-grants.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">One Bay Area Grant \u003c/a>awarded to the city in 2013. The project will extend Capitol Avenue, connecting employment and retail centers and developing, Mayor Harrison promises, a real Main Street feel.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>As things stand today, von Borck says, “a lot of our community needs to go outside of Fremont in order to seek out restaurant options or entertainment options.” She hopes a busier, pedestrian- and transit-friendly downtown will convince residents to stick around instead of heading to Palo Alto or Livermore.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Egon Terplan, the regional planning director with \u003ca href=\"http://www.spur.org/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">SPUR, the San Francisco-based urban planning organization\u003c/a>, says the lack of a downtown in Fremont is due in part to the fact much of the area was rural and agricultural. In fact, his grandmother grew up on a farm near the city’s planned downtown.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Terplan says that a city creating a downtown needs to focus on how buildings relate to walkways and streets.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“How close are they to the sidewalk?” Terplan says, reciting a list of key questions. “Is there a big setback with a parking lot behind it? Or is there a generous sidewalk that you can walk by? Does the ground floor of the building have active uses that are inviting, that make people want to be a pedestrian?”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Those are small things, but if you do them right, you can see the difference from space. In an event room at SPUR, Terplan gestures to a satellite map of the Bay Area.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“You see a couple places where there’s a grid pattern, there’s a set of taller buildings surrounded by often a leafier residential neighborhood. And so the downtown pops in that context,” he says.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Terplan points to downtowns like San Jose, Palo Alto and San Mateo. On the satellite map, Fremont doesn’t pop.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“It doesn’t jump out as much a traditional downtown,” Terplan says, the kind that was built before World War II.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Terplan says it will help if Fremont plans around transit. The current downtown is about half a mile from the city’s existing BART station. BART falls just outside downtown, \u003ca href=\"http://www.fremont.gov/DocumentCenter/View/18050\">as depicted on city planning documents.\u003cbr>\n\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Next year, Fremont’s second BART station is expected to open. To be known as the South Fremont/Warm Springs stop, it will be the first step in BART’s march into Silicon Valley.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“One of the reasons that’s a game-changer for Fremont is that it transforms it from being the end of the line of a system, to being in the middle of the line,” says Terplan. He adds that his grandmother used to be able take the Southern Pacific from Fremont to San Jose. BART will make that trip possible again when the BART Silicon Valley line opens in 2018.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The station in the Warm Springs area is 6 miles south of downtown, and the city has big plans for the area. If downtown Fremont is about amenities and a civic heart for people in Fremont, then Warm Springs is about luring business currently outside Fremont.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>As Jessica von Borck puts it, “The Warm Springs innovation district is more outward-facing, and finding a place for Fremont within Silicon Valley itself.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The city has a slick website called \u003ca href=\"http://www.thinksiliconvalley.com\">Think Silicon Valley\u003c/a>, touting its benefits to tech companies. The city is already home to Tesla Motors and \u003ca href=\"http://www.mercurynews.com/ci_21734967/study-fremont-is-nations-top-city-startup-tech\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">a host of tech firms\u003c/a>, and it wants more.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“We are a sleeping dragon,” von Borck says, laughing. “We have a lot of opportunities that are really unknown to a lot of companies.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Fremont hopes that development around Warm Springs, already the city’s largest employment center, \u003ca href=\"http://fremont.gov/DocumentCenter/View/18691\">will add 12,000 jobs\u003c/a> over the next quarter-century. If all the planning comes together, the sleeping dragon could be about to wake up.\u003c/p>\n\n",
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I mean, that’s part of the community, right?”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Morgan says she misses the central business district in Los Altos, where she grew up.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>During a speech at the groundbreaking, the mayor gave thanks to the woman he called the city’s “downtown czar,” Deputy City Manager Jessica von Borck.\u003c/p>\n\u003caside class=\"pullquote alignleft\">‘I’ve been waiting forever for a downtown. … I mean, that’s part of the community, right?’\u003ccite>— Sally Morgan,\u003cbr>\nlongtime Fremont resident\u003c/cite>\u003c/aside>\n\u003cp>“Yes, we’re suburbia right now,” von Borck says. “And it looks very much that way, but it’s riddled with opportunity because it is underdeveloped.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Von Borck says there will be denser development here, and eventually a new city hall. The entire downtown effort could cost $250 million from a mix of public and private sources. The funding for the first step being celebrated at the groundbreaking comes from a $5.8 million \u003ca href=\"http://www.onebayarea.org/funding-and-grants.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">One Bay Area Grant \u003c/a>awarded to the city in 2013. The project will extend Capitol Avenue, connecting employment and retail centers and developing, Mayor Harrison promises, a real Main Street feel.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>As things stand today, von Borck says, “a lot of our community needs to go outside of Fremont in order to seek out restaurant options or entertainment options.” She hopes a busier, pedestrian- and transit-friendly downtown will convince residents to stick around instead of heading to Palo Alto or Livermore.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Egon Terplan, the regional planning director with \u003ca href=\"http://www.spur.org/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">SPUR, the San Francisco-based urban planning organization\u003c/a>, says the lack of a downtown in Fremont is due in part to the fact much of the area was rural and agricultural. In fact, his grandmother grew up on a farm near the city’s planned downtown.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Terplan says that a city creating a downtown needs to focus on how buildings relate to walkways and streets.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“How close are they to the sidewalk?” Terplan says, reciting a list of key questions. “Is there a big setback with a parking lot behind it? Or is there a generous sidewalk that you can walk by? Does the ground floor of the building have active uses that are inviting, that make people want to be a pedestrian?”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Those are small things, but if you do them right, you can see the difference from space. In an event room at SPUR, Terplan gestures to a satellite map of the Bay Area.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“You see a couple places where there’s a grid pattern, there’s a set of taller buildings surrounded by often a leafier residential neighborhood. And so the downtown pops in that context,” he says.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Terplan points to downtowns like San Jose, Palo Alto and San Mateo. On the satellite map, Fremont doesn’t pop.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“It doesn’t jump out as much a traditional downtown,” Terplan says, the kind that was built before World War II.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Terplan says it will help if Fremont plans around transit. The current downtown is about half a mile from the city’s existing BART station. BART falls just outside downtown, \u003ca href=\"http://www.fremont.gov/DocumentCenter/View/18050\">as depicted on city planning documents.\u003cbr>\n\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Next year, Fremont’s second BART station is expected to open. To be known as the South Fremont/Warm Springs stop, it will be the first step in BART’s march into Silicon Valley.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“One of the reasons that’s a game-changer for Fremont is that it transforms it from being the end of the line of a system, to being in the middle of the line,” says Terplan. He adds that his grandmother used to be able take the Southern Pacific from Fremont to San Jose. BART will make that trip possible again when the BART Silicon Valley line opens in 2018.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The station in the Warm Springs area is 6 miles south of downtown, and the city has big plans for the area. If downtown Fremont is about amenities and a civic heart for people in Fremont, then Warm Springs is about luring business currently outside Fremont.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>As Jessica von Borck puts it, “The Warm Springs innovation district is more outward-facing, and finding a place for Fremont within Silicon Valley itself.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The city has a slick website called \u003ca href=\"http://www.thinksiliconvalley.com\">Think Silicon Valley\u003c/a>, touting its benefits to tech companies. 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"content": "\u003caside class=\"aligncenter\">[vimeo 104034738 w=640 h=360]\u003c/aside>\n\u003cp>Nancy Holmes grabs an olive from a bowl on the kitchen counter. “I think these oughta be test-driven before they go in the pasta,” she says with a laugh.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>It’s dinnertime at Dakota EcoGarden in Fresno. The folks gathered here to cook and share a meal aren’t related — but they’re all connected by homelessness. Some are advocates like Dixie Salazar, a local poet and painter. Others, like Brittani Fanciullo and Holmes, are survivors of life on the streets.\u003c/p>\n\u003caside class=\"pullquote alignleft\">'I was gonna be basically living out of my truck and you know, fortunately, this situation came up.'\u003c/aside>\n\u003cp>\"All right, pass me everything!” Fanciullo says enthusiastically, looking at a table full of summery dishes.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Everything all at once?” someone asks.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>These days, Fanciullo, 30, spends plenty of time in this kitchen. She does a lot of cooking.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“They [my housemates] always drag me into cooking, and tons of cleaning, and I always do what I can out in the yard,” she says.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Fanciullo says she does her part because she gets to live at Dakota EcoGarden for free. She moved in nine months ago, sober after years of drug use.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Dakota EcoGarden is a communal project for the homeless spearheaded by retired schoolteacher Nancy Waidtlow. She wanted to create a safe space for people to live.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“And I’m sure being over 70 years old and not having that much to lose is part of it,” says Waidtlow with her characteristic dry humor.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>So, she took her savings and some inheritance money and bought and refurbished a $64,000 house with a yard roomy enough for nine tents on pallets and an organic garden.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_145381\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 640px\">\u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2014/08/tents.jpg\">\u003cimg class=\"size-full wp-image-145381\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2014/08/tents.jpg\" alt=\"There are around ten residents living at Fresno's Dakota Eco Garden. (Adam Grossberg/KQED)\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">There are about 10 residents living at Fresno's Dakota EcoGarden. (Adam Grossberg/KQED)\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Plenty of people questioned Nancy Waidtlow’s sanity, some of them asking her, “What the hell was I thinking?” Her response? “I mean fools rush in where angels fear to tread!”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But Waidtlow says she believes in the golden rule and couldn’t stand watching the homeless encampments in downtown Fresno get bulldozed. She also likes to get things done, so she corralled a few fellow activists and they emboldened themselves with little outside guidance but plenty of chutzpah.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Fresno has been in the national spotlight for its controversial policies regarding the homeless. In 2008, the city lost a $2.35 million class-action lawsuit for destroying personal property when it bulldozed several encampments.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Last year, 62-year-old Nancy Holmes lived in an encampment for eight months after losing her job as a security guard. A nearby canal provided a decent bathing spot. “I’d take a jug of water and set it in the sun and wash my hair,’ she says.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But then the city bulldozed the camp , along with other encampments downtown.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“It was the worst thing I think I’d ever experienced out there,” she says. “Because that was my home.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_145388\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\" style=\"max-width: 378px\">\u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2014/08/couch-group_small.jpg\">\u003cimg class=\" wp-image-145388\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2014/08/couch-group_small.jpg\" alt=\"Nancy Holmes (left) and other residents spend time in the living room of the Dakota Eco Garden. (Adam Grossberg/KQED)\" width=\"378\" height=\"213\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Nancy Holmes (left) and other residents spend time in the living room at Dakota EcoGarden. (Adam Grossberg/KQED)\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Holmes moved to Dakota EcoGarden nine months ago and is the official go-to person. “It’s given me a new life, coming here,” she says.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Waidtlow says some lessons were learned the hard way — like the time a homeless woman wrecked the car she was living in and desperately needed a place to stay.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“It was a real emergency,” says Waidtlow, who allowed the person to stay. “But, you know, she did abandon us and her cat and all her drug paraphernalia.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Waidtlow learned her lesson. “So we have an intake procedure now, and that includes drug testing,” she says.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Applicants have to test clean for 90 days. And there are other criteria: no severe mental illness and no violence. There’s no limit to how long residents can stay, but they’re expected to do their share of household chores. Although there is the occasional conflict, so far things seem to be running pretty smoothly, with everyone lending some expertise.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>One resident installed solar panels so the tents could have electricity. Others tend the garden, like 58-year-old Frank, who asked not to use his real name. Frank ran his own business until he had some debilitating health problems. While he looks for a new job, he’s also putting his agriculture degree to work.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I mean, I’ve seen some little infestation here and there, of course. Aphids got to the squash, too,” he says pointing to a row of vegetables in the organic garden. “So that’s what’s going on, but see, you can see the tomatoes are really doing well.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>He says he’s thankful for the opportunity to live here. “I was gonna be basically living out of my truck and you know, fortunately, this situation came up and it’s worked out great. I mean you could say it’s a symbiotic relationship -- no pun intended!”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Not far from the garden is another green project, the EcoShelter. It’s essentially an off-the-grid tiny house designed by renowned local architect Art Dyson and built by retired professor Jerry Bill.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_145375\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 640px\">\u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2014/08/tent-panel.jpg\">\u003cimg class=\"wp-image-145375 size-full\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2014/08/tent-panel.jpg\" alt=\"The Dakota Eco Garden in Fresno features solar panels that power fans and LED lights. (Adam Grossberg/KQED)\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">The Dakota EcoGarden in Fresno features solar panels that power fans and LED lights. (Adam Grossberg/KQED)\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>“It’s solar-heated, solar-cooled and a small place made to feel big,” says Bill, who has assisted in many projects around the house. “And Art’s whole idea is that it’s got to be a dignified dwelling — makes a person feel proud to live in it.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Like 46-year-old Gerardo Castillo, who gets to live in it because he’s been here the longest, one year.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I get my own little backyard,” Castillo says, pointing to an area between the fence and the shelter. “I wouldn’t mind having a dog, you know.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>And that would be all right. Dakota EcoGarden allows pets.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Right now the project relies solely on free labor, donations and the income generated from renting two of the rooms in the house. 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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“They [my housemates] always drag me into cooking, and tons of cleaning, and I always do what I can out in the yard,” she says.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Fanciullo says she does her part because she gets to live at Dakota EcoGarden for free. She moved in nine months ago, sober after years of drug use.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Dakota EcoGarden is a communal project for the homeless spearheaded by retired schoolteacher Nancy Waidtlow. She wanted to create a safe space for people to live.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“And I’m sure being over 70 years old and not having that much to lose is part of it,” says Waidtlow with her characteristic dry humor.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>So, she took her savings and some inheritance money and bought and refurbished a $64,000 house with a yard roomy enough for nine tents on pallets and an organic garden.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_145381\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 640px\">\u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2014/08/tents.jpg\">\u003cimg class=\"size-full wp-image-145381\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2014/08/tents.jpg\" alt=\"There are around ten residents living at Fresno's Dakota Eco Garden. (Adam Grossberg/KQED)\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">There are about 10 residents living at Fresno's Dakota EcoGarden. 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A nearby canal provided a decent bathing spot. “I’d take a jug of water and set it in the sun and wash my hair,’ she says.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But then the city bulldozed the camp , along with other encampments downtown.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“It was the worst thing I think I’d ever experienced out there,” she says. “Because that was my home.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_145388\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\" style=\"max-width: 378px\">\u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2014/08/couch-group_small.jpg\">\u003cimg class=\" wp-image-145388\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2014/08/couch-group_small.jpg\" alt=\"Nancy Holmes (left) and other residents spend time in the living room of the Dakota Eco Garden. (Adam Grossberg/KQED)\" width=\"378\" height=\"213\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Nancy Holmes (left) and other residents spend time in the living room at Dakota EcoGarden. 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"content": "\u003cp>\u003cstrong>By Berkeleyside Editors\u003c/strong>\u003cbr>\n\u003ca href=\"http://www.berkeleyside.com/2014/07/31/west-berkeleys-pacific-steel-sold-to-equity-firm/\" target=\"_blank\">\u003cstrong>Berkeleyside\u003c/strong>\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_143569\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 640px\">\u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2014/08/Pacific-Steel-Casting-Plant-by-Michael-Layefsky-720x460.jpg\">\u003cimg class=\"size-medium wp-image-143569\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2014/08/Pacific-Steel-Casting-Plant-by-Michael-Layefsky-720x460-640x408.jpg\" alt=\"Pacific Steel Casting Plant. 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A Pacific Steel spokeswoman told Berkeleyside on Thursday that there had been no other offers.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Pacific Steel attorney Julie Rome-Banks said in court papers that the company employs 410 people, Dow Jones reported. The company was up for auction earlier this month in U.S. Bankruptcy Court in Oakland.\u003c/p>\n\u003caside class=\"pullquote alignleft\">'As far as we know, they intend to stay in Berkeley and continue operation.\"\u003ccite>-- Elisabeth Jewel,\u003cbr>\nPacific Steel spokeswoman\u003c/cite>\u003c/aside>\n\u003cp>Pacific Steel makes carbon, low-alloy and stainless steel castings for U.S. and international customers, largely for heavy-duty trucks and construction equipment. It has been run by the Genger family for four generations and opened in 1934.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Pacific Steel spokeswoman Elisabeth Jewel told Berkeleyside that, as far as she knows, Speyside plans to keep Pacific Steel open.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“As far as we know, they intend to stay in Berkeley and continue operation,” she said Thursday. No significant changes, related to staffing or otherwise, have been announced\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The transfer of ownership is expected to take place in the next few months, she added. The deal had been in the works for a number of months, and no other offers had been expected — or were received — during the court proceeding.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Speyside could not be reached for comment Thursday. The company is based in New York City and also owns an \u003ca href=\"http://speysideequity.com/#investment\" target=\"_blank\">aluminum foundry\u003c/a>, Stahl Specialty Co., in Missouri.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Pacific Steel, which started out in the 1930s as a military supplier, has faced one blow after another in recent years.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>First, the company \u003ca href=\"http://www.berkeleyside.com/2011/12/19/200-undocumented-pacific-steel-workers-lose-their-jobs/\" target=\"_blank\">lost a third of its workforce in 2011\u003c/a> after a U.S. Immigration and Customs enforcement audit. Workers’ compensation insurance costs then skyrocketed after a flood of claims came in from departing workers.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Then, in January, the company settled a \u003ca href=\"http://www.berkeleyside.com/2011/12/27/pacific-steel-accused-of-labor-violations-in-lawsuit/\" target=\"_blank\">lawsuit about the timing of worker lunch breaks\u003c/a> for around $5.4 million, which is owed to about 1,300 current and former employees. According to the bankruptcy filing, the company “was not in a financial position to immediately fund the settlement.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Jewel said in March that business continued to be good, despite the challenges, but said the settlement had put a definite strain on the company and its prospects.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“It was a cavalcade of unfortunate circumstances,” she said Thursday. “All those factors happening within a fairly short period of time just strained the company to the point of breaking.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>She added: “This company has been in the Genger family for 75 years. It’s a bittersweet moment, I’m sure, for this family that stuck it out for many years.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Read \u003ca href=\"http://www.berkeleyside.com/tag/pacific-steel-casting/\" target=\"_blank\">past Berkeleyside coverage\u003c/a> regarding Pacific Steel.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cem>KQED News Associate Berkeleyside is an independently owned news website based in Berkeley, Calif. \u003ca href=\"http://berkeleyside.us2.list-manage.com/subscribe?u=4851428a10883a05193b1dd6c&id=aad4b5ee64\" target=\"_blank\">Click here\u003c/a> if you would you like to receive the latest Berkeley news in your inbox once a day for free with Berkeleyside’s Daily Briefing email.\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\n",
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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Pacific Steel spokeswoman Elisabeth Jewel told Berkeleyside that, as far as she knows, Speyside plans to keep Pacific Steel open.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“As far as we know, they intend to stay in Berkeley and continue operation,” she said Thursday. No significant changes, related to staffing or otherwise, have been announced\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The transfer of ownership is expected to take place in the next few months, she added. The deal had been in the works for a number of months, and no other offers had been expected — or were received — during the court proceeding.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Speyside could not be reached for comment Thursday. The company is based in New York City and also owns an \u003ca href=\"http://speysideequity.com/#investment\" target=\"_blank\">aluminum foundry\u003c/a>, Stahl Specialty Co., in Missouri.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Pacific Steel, which started out in the 1930s as a military supplier, has faced one blow after another in recent years.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>First, the company \u003ca href=\"http://www.berkeleyside.com/2011/12/19/200-undocumented-pacific-steel-workers-lose-their-jobs/\" target=\"_blank\">lost a third of its workforce in 2011\u003c/a> after a U.S. Immigration and Customs enforcement audit. Workers’ compensation insurance costs then skyrocketed after a flood of claims came in from departing workers.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Then, in January, the company settled a \u003ca href=\"http://www.berkeleyside.com/2011/12/27/pacific-steel-accused-of-labor-violations-in-lawsuit/\" target=\"_blank\">lawsuit about the timing of worker lunch breaks\u003c/a> for around $5.4 million, which is owed to about 1,300 current and former employees. According to the bankruptcy filing, the company “was not in a financial position to immediately fund the settlement.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Jewel said in March that business continued to be good, despite the challenges, but said the settlement had put a definite strain on the company and its prospects.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“It was a cavalcade of unfortunate circumstances,” she said Thursday. “All those factors happening within a fairly short period of time just strained the company to the point of breaking.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>She added: “This company has been in the Genger family for 75 years. It’s a bittersweet moment, I’m sure, for this family that stuck it out for many years.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Read \u003ca href=\"http://www.berkeleyside.com/tag/pacific-steel-casting/\" target=\"_blank\">past Berkeleyside coverage\u003c/a> regarding Pacific Steel.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cem>KQED News Associate Berkeleyside is an independently owned news website based in Berkeley, Calif. \u003ca href=\"http://berkeleyside.us2.list-manage.com/subscribe?u=4851428a10883a05193b1dd6c&id=aad4b5ee64\" target=\"_blank\">Click here\u003c/a> if you would you like to receive the latest Berkeley news in your inbox once a day for free with Berkeleyside’s Daily Briefing email.\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\n\u003c/div>\u003c/p>",
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"content": "\u003cp>Gov. Jerry Brown's proposal to build two massive 35-mile-long tunnels under the Sacramento-San Joaquin River Delta would cost about $25 billion. Now some California water districts are thinking about raising property taxes to pay their share of the project, aimed at moving water more easily from Northern California to cities and farms in the south.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Under Proposition 13, which was passed in 1978, property tax increases require a two-thirds vote of approval. But Paul Rogers, managing editor of KQED Science and environmental reporter for the San Jose Mercury News, has learned that some water agencies contend they are not bound to a public vote.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Major water districts claim that since the bond act to create the State Water Project — the massive system of dams and canals that moves water from north to south — predated the passing of Prop. 13, they can raise property taxes without public approval. 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We still argue over Prop. 13 today, and polls show that it's actually quite popular. People don't want to overturn it. What's going to be interesting here is to see whether there will be push-back from taxpayer organizations like the \u003ca href=\"http://www.hjta.org/\" target=\"_blank\">Howard Jarvis Taxpayers Association\u003c/a>, which is not happy about this, or even environmental groups who don't like the tunnels because they think it's going to hurt the Delta by taking too much water out. So you're having these very weird coalitions starting to be built. Anti-tax groups on the right, environmental groups on the left saying, 'Hey, hey, we don't think you should use this property tax mechanism.' \"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Water agencies are expected to pay for $17 billion of the $25 billion tab either through property taxes or higher water rates. 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The city touts broadband connections to the loop as 2,000 times faster than typical Internet hookups.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The loop, called \u003ca href=\"http://litsanleandro.com/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Lit San Leandro\u003c/a>, grew out of a 2011 meeting when Pat Kennedy, who founded the San Leandro-based software firm \u003ca href=\"http://www.osisoft.com/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">OSIsoft\u003c/a>, \u003cspan style=\"color: #000000\">approached the city and offered to \u003c/span>put\u003cspan style=\"color: #000000\"> $3 million of his own money toward ultrafast broadband. \u003c/span>The city has contributed its own resources, and received a US Ignite grant to expand the loop in 2013. Broadband kept OSIsoft and its more than 320 employees in San Leandro, which both parties wanted. Kennedy figured his contribution was a way to give back to his city.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"http://litsanleandro.com/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">[contextly_sidebar id=”YqOCLvbClRgenP1yUjWpv2IXnV7svZzb”]\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I’ve actually been a 35, 40-year resident of San Leandro,” Kennedy says. “And it became clear that these industrial cities — that are really not going to be (the first) on the list, of course, for the broadband, the fiber — we’re really going to suffer as a result.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Today, about 140 businesses connect to that fiber. They range from tech startups sharing rooms to solar and video companies.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Many of the businesses were already based in San Leandro. But Kennedy, as well as the city, hope that broadband draws new companies. “If your ideas revolve at all around manufacturing,” Kennedy says, “then San Leandro is a good place to look.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>He pitches the East Bay suburb as centrally located and accessible, with two BART stations and Interstate 580 and 880 running through it.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>And San Leandro has something that’s at a premium in the Bay Area: space. When many of San Leandro’s factories shut down in the ’70s and ’80s, they left behind underused space. Places like \u003ca href=\"http://www.westgatesanleandro.com/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">West Gate\u003c/a>, a former Dodge auto plant that’s now a shopping mall.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cspan style=\"color: #4d4d4d\">Now, where cars were once built, the second story of the former plant houses more than 100 offices that can be connected to the fiber loop. This part of the building is known as The Gate\u003c/span>.\u003c/p>\n\u003caside class=\"pullquote alignleft\">‘If your ideas revolve at all around manufacturing, then San Leandro is a good place to look.’\u003ccite>— Pat Kennedy,\u003cbr>\nCreator of Lit San Leandro\u003c/cite>\u003c/aside>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"http://www.typeamachines.com/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Type A Machines\u003c/a> moved into The Gate in January. The San Francisco-based company designs its 3-D printers in the city but builds them in San Leandro. Company officials say they were enticed by the broadband connection and the opportunity to grow in The Gate, and the company began renting three offices.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“As we expand, we’ll actually add additional lines in this space,” says Type A founder Andrew Rutter as he stands on the company’s production floor. “And so the idea is that we’ll be able to expand and fill this and really turn it into a really high-volume production space.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>If all goes well, Type A could more than double its workforce in San Leandro, to around 60. And they’ll be looking for more space. “It’s really hard to find a space where you can expand that rapidly and by such a big margin,” says Rutter. “Because most places, they just don’t have the additional space lying around.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>San Leandro has that space. At one time, there were more than 20,000 manufacturing jobs here. In 2013, only about 6,800 of those jobs remained. Industrial-zoned land makes up nearly a quarter of the city, much of that space now used for storage, which doesn’t provide much employment. \u003ca href=\"http://www.sanleandro2035.org/wp-content/uploads/2014/05/2013-10-02_NextGenerationWorkplacDistrict_Complete-Report.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">A 2013 report\u003c/a> calls these areas “neither memorable nor particularly pleasant to get around.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>On the other hand, \u003ca href=\"http://www.sanleandro.org/civicax/filebank/blobdload.aspx?blobid=13963\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">a presentation by City Manager Chris Zapata\u003c/a> calls broadband “a laser cheetah with explosive power accelerating economic growth.” San Leandro’s new chief innovation officer, Deborah Acosta, frames the issue another way: “how do we reenergize this industrial space to actually become alive again?”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Acosta tries to convince businesses like Type A to set up shop here. She’s probably the only city employee with bright red streaks running through in her hair, and she says that touch puts people on notice.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“When they see my red hair, they’re going, ‘Holy smokes, something’s different here. I think I need to pay attention,’” Acosta says.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>She notes that San Leandro’s economic development plan has included language about becoming a tech hub since the late ’90s. But that dream “sat there as words on the page until Lit San Leandro came along. Suddenly they realized, ‘Wait a minute, we don’t have to talk about this anymore. We’re actually there, we’re actually part of it. I mean, we have to do something with it now. But we can’t complain that we don’t have the infrastructure,’” Acosta says.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>And that infrastructure, San Leandro hopes, can bring back jobs and reorient the city’s economy. 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Places like \u003ca href=\"http://www.westgatesanleandro.com/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">West Gate\u003c/a>, a former Dodge auto plant that’s now a shopping mall.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cspan style=\"color: #4d4d4d\">Now, where cars were once built, the second story of the former plant houses more than 100 offices that can be connected to the fiber loop. This part of the building is known as The Gate\u003c/span>.\u003c/p>\n\u003caside class=\"pullquote alignleft\">‘If your ideas revolve at all around manufacturing, then San Leandro is a good place to look.’\u003ccite>— Pat Kennedy,\u003cbr>\nCreator of Lit San Leandro\u003c/cite>\u003c/aside>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"http://www.typeamachines.com/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Type A Machines\u003c/a> moved into The Gate in January. The San Francisco-based company designs its 3-D printers in the city but builds them in San Leandro. 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