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The company cited the wildfire liabilities, which also included possible damages arising from a series of devastating incidents in October 2017, when it sought Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection earlier this year. \u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Lawyers for one group of wildfire plaintiffs — insurance companies whose policyholders suffered billions of dollars in losses in the Camp Fire — asked U.S. Bankruptcy Court Judge Dennis Montali on Wednesday to issue an order barring Butte County investigators from sending their fire evidence to the \u003ca href=\"https://www.fbi.gov/services/laboratory\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">FBI Laboratory\u003c/a> in Quantico, Virginia.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The plaintiffs’ lawyers said in their filing they had learned only Monday from attorneys for PG&E that the DA’s office had worked with the utility to remove portions of transmission towers near where the fire started, that it planned to ship the transmission tower hardware to Virginia and that the shipment was scheduled for as early as Wednesday. \u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The filing argued that Butte County’s plan, which involved testing that could destroy some of the transmission tower hardware, would deny plaintiffs the opportunity to independently inspect and assess the evidence for future civil cases. \u003c/p>\n\u003cp>After listening to half an hour of arguments from attorneys for the plaintiffs, PG&E and the state attorney general — the last of whom argued that granting the order would unduly interfere with a criminal investigation — Judge Montali said he’d let Butte County proceed with its plan to ship the material to the FBI. \u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Montali said he didn’t believe the testing would materially affect civil plaintiffs’ cases. 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The company cited the wildfire liabilities, which also included possible damages arising from a series of devastating incidents in October 2017, when it sought Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection earlier this year. \u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Lawyers for one group of wildfire plaintiffs — insurance companies whose policyholders suffered billions of dollars in losses in the Camp Fire — asked U.S. Bankruptcy Court Judge Dennis Montali on Wednesday to issue an order barring Butte County investigators from sending their fire evidence to the \u003ca href=\"https://www.fbi.gov/services/laboratory\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">FBI Laboratory\u003c/a> in Quantico, Virginia.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The plaintiffs’ lawyers said in their filing they had learned only Monday from attorneys for PG&E that the DA’s office had worked with the utility to remove portions of transmission towers near where the fire started, that it planned to ship the transmission tower hardware to Virginia and that the shipment was scheduled for as early as Wednesday. \u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The filing argued that Butte County’s plan, which involved testing that could destroy some of the transmission tower hardware, would deny plaintiffs the opportunity to independently inspect and assess the evidence for future civil cases. \u003c/p>\n\u003cp>After listening to half an hour of arguments from attorneys for the plaintiffs, PG&E and the state attorney general — the last of whom argued that granting the order would unduly interfere with a criminal investigation — Judge Montali said he’d let Butte County proceed with its plan to ship the material to the FBI. \u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Montali said he didn’t believe the testing would materially affect civil plaintiffs’ cases. 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"content": "\u003cp>All national parks will be free to enter on Saturday, April 20, including popular destinations like Yosemite, Muir Woods and Joshua Tree.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>To celebrate the start of \u003ca href=\"https://www.nps.gov/subjects/npscelebrates/national-park-week.htm\">National Park Week\u003c/a> 2019, every National Park Service site that usually charges an entrance fee will \u003ca href=\"https://www.nps.gov/planyourvisit/fee-free-parks.htm\">offer free admission to all visitors on Saturday\u003c/a>. This is one of four free National Park Days coming up in 2019 — the \u003ca href=\"https://www.nps.gov/planyourvisit/fee-free-parks.htm\">next ones\u003c/a> take place on Aug. 25, Sept. 28 and Nov. 11.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11740797\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 1920px\">\u003cimg class=\"size-full wp-image-11740797\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2019/04/RS29765__FB-24-of-69-qut.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1280\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2019/04/RS29765__FB-24-of-69-qut.jpg 1920w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2019/04/RS29765__FB-24-of-69-qut-160x107.jpg 160w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2019/04/RS29765__FB-24-of-69-qut-800x533.jpg 800w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2019/04/RS29765__FB-24-of-69-qut-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2019/04/RS29765__FB-24-of-69-qut-1200x800.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1920px) 100vw, 1920px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Joshua Tree National Park \u003ccite>(Ashley Urdang/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Read on for a few of our recommendations \u003ca href=\"https://www.nps.gov/state/ca/index.htm\">in and around the Bay Area\u003c/a>, and remember: Saturday’s entrance fee waiver \u003cem>doesn’t\u003c/em> extend to activities like camping, special tours, boat launches or transportation.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch3>\u003ca href=\"https://www.nps.gov/muwo/index.htm\">Muir Woods\u003c/a>\u003c/h3>\n\u003cp>Usually costs: \u003ca href=\"https://www.nps.gov/muwo/planyourvisit/fees.htm\">$15 per adult\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11740793\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 1920px\">\u003cimg class=\"size-full wp-image-11740793\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2019/04/RS29830_Redwoods_007-qut.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1282\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2019/04/RS29830_Redwoods_007-qut.jpg 1920w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2019/04/RS29830_Redwoods_007-qut-160x107.jpg 160w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2019/04/RS29830_Redwoods_007-qut-800x534.jpg 800w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2019/04/RS29830_Redwoods_007-qut-1020x681.jpg 1020w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2019/04/RS29830_Redwoods_007-qut-1200x801.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1920px) 100vw, 1920px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Redwood trees in Muir Woods \u003ccite>(Lauren Hanussak/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Home to towering ancient coast redwoods, \u003ca href=\"https://www.nps.gov/muwo/index.htm\">Muir Woods\u003c/a> — a short drive north from the Golden Gate Bridge — is still breathtaking, no matter how many times you've visited. The raised accessible boardwalk means this national park is particularly suited to visiting with folks with reduced mobility, wheelchair users and families with kids.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Bear in mind that while Muir Woods' entrance fee is waived on Saturday, you'll still have to pay for your (now mandatory) \u003ca href=\"https://gomuirwoods.com/\">parking reservation or shuttle reservation\u003c/a>. These spots fill up fast, but it looks like there's still availability for Saturday — we'd recommend securing yours now if you're hoping to take advantage of the free National Park Day.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch3>\u003ca href=\"https://www.nps.gov/yose/index.htm\">Yosemite\u003c/a>\u003c/h3>\n\u003cp>Usually costs: \u003ca href=\"https://www.nps.gov/yose/planyourvisit/basicinfo.htm\">$35 per car\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11740785\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 1600px\">\u003cimg class=\"size-full wp-image-11740785\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2019/04/RS1130_IMG_0614.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1600\" height=\"1200\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2019/04/RS1130_IMG_0614.jpg 1600w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2019/04/RS1130_IMG_0614-160x120.jpg 160w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2019/04/RS1130_IMG_0614-800x600.jpg 800w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2019/04/RS1130_IMG_0614-1020x765.jpg 1020w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2019/04/RS1130_IMG_0614-1200x900.jpg 1200w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2019/04/RS1130_IMG_0614-1376x1032.jpg 1376w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2019/04/RS1130_IMG_0614-1044x783.jpg 1044w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2019/04/RS1130_IMG_0614-632x474.jpg 632w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2019/04/RS1130_IMG_0614-536x402.jpg 536w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1600px) 100vw, 1600px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Visitors at Yosemite National Park \u003ccite>(Craig Miller/Climate Watch)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Less than four hours' drive from the Bay Area, \u003ca href=\"https://www.nps.gov/yose/index.htm\">Yosemite National Park\u003c/a> offers iconic rock formations like El Capitan, incredible waterfalls, ancient giant sequoias and a huge expanse of wilderness. If you haven't been before — and a startling number of Bay Area residents \u003cem>have\u003c/em> never visited — Saturday's free National Park Day might be a good opportunity.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But remember, Yosemite is currently experiencing road closures due to snow, so \u003ca href=\"https://www.nps.gov/yose/planyourvisit/conditions.htm\">check conditions\u003c/a> before you go.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch3>\u003ca href=\"https://www.nps.gov/jotr/index.htm\">Joshua Tree\u003c/a>\u003c/h3>\n\u003cp>Usually costs: \u003ca href=\"https://www.nps.gov/jotr/planyourvisit/fees.htm\">$30 per car\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11740788\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 1920px\">\u003cimg class=\"size-full wp-image-11740788\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2019/04/RS29768__FB-67-of-69-qut.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1280\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2019/04/RS29768__FB-67-of-69-qut.jpg 1920w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2019/04/RS29768__FB-67-of-69-qut-160x107.jpg 160w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2019/04/RS29768__FB-67-of-69-qut-800x533.jpg 800w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2019/04/RS29768__FB-67-of-69-qut-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2019/04/RS29768__FB-67-of-69-qut-1200x800.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1920px) 100vw, 1920px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Joshua Tree National Park \u003ccite>(Ashley Urdang/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>KQED could never condone calling in sick to your place of employment on false pretenses — but we \u003cem>would\u003c/em> note that if you start practicing your fake cough now, you'll be all set to take Friday off and drive down to SoCal to enjoy Saturday's free admission at \u003ca href=\"https://www.nps.gov/jotr/index.htm\">Joshua Tree National Park\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>This famously surreal landscape, which is unfortunately still recovering from the \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11719436/vandals-visit-joshua-tree-national-park-during-the-shutdown\">damage wrought by some visitors\u003c/a> during the recent government shutdown in January, brings together the two distinct desert ecosystems of the Mojave and the Colorado, and offers some of the darkest night skies around.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Certain areas of Joshua Tree are currently closed to climbing and bouldering, so \u003ca href=\"https://www.nps.gov/jotr/planyourvisit/conditions.htm\">check conditions\u003c/a> before you go.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cem>(Bringing kids to a free National Park Day? Saturday, April 20, is also the National Park Service's \u003ca href=\"https://www.nps.gov/subjects/npscelebrates/national-junior-ranger-day.htm\">Junior Ranger Day\u003c/a>, offering activities and special programs for kids to earn a Junior Ranger badge. NPS says to just \u003ca href=\"https://www.nps.gov/subjects/npscelebrates/national-junior-ranger-day.htm\">ask a park ranger for details\u003c/a> when you get there.)\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n",
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These spots fill up fast, but it looks like there's still availability for Saturday — we'd recommend securing yours now if you're hoping to take advantage of the free National Park Day.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch3>\u003ca href=\"https://www.nps.gov/yose/index.htm\">Yosemite\u003c/a>\u003c/h3>\n\u003cp>Usually costs: \u003ca href=\"https://www.nps.gov/yose/planyourvisit/basicinfo.htm\">$35 per car\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11740785\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 1600px\">\u003cimg class=\"size-full wp-image-11740785\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2019/04/RS1130_IMG_0614.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1600\" height=\"1200\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2019/04/RS1130_IMG_0614.jpg 1600w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2019/04/RS1130_IMG_0614-160x120.jpg 160w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2019/04/RS1130_IMG_0614-800x600.jpg 800w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2019/04/RS1130_IMG_0614-1020x765.jpg 1020w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2019/04/RS1130_IMG_0614-1200x900.jpg 1200w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2019/04/RS1130_IMG_0614-1376x1032.jpg 1376w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2019/04/RS1130_IMG_0614-1044x783.jpg 1044w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2019/04/RS1130_IMG_0614-632x474.jpg 632w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2019/04/RS1130_IMG_0614-536x402.jpg 536w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1600px) 100vw, 1600px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Visitors at Yosemite National Park \u003ccite>(Craig Miller/Climate Watch)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Less than four hours' drive from the Bay Area, \u003ca href=\"https://www.nps.gov/yose/index.htm\">Yosemite National Park\u003c/a> offers iconic rock formations like El Capitan, incredible waterfalls, ancient giant sequoias and a huge expanse of wilderness. If you haven't been before — and a startling number of Bay Area residents \u003cem>have\u003c/em> never visited — Saturday's free National Park Day might be a good opportunity.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But remember, Yosemite is currently experiencing road closures due to snow, so \u003ca href=\"https://www.nps.gov/yose/planyourvisit/conditions.htm\">check conditions\u003c/a> before you go.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch3>\u003ca href=\"https://www.nps.gov/jotr/index.htm\">Joshua Tree\u003c/a>\u003c/h3>\n\u003cp>Usually costs: \u003ca href=\"https://www.nps.gov/jotr/planyourvisit/fees.htm\">$30 per car\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11740788\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 1920px\">\u003cimg class=\"size-full wp-image-11740788\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2019/04/RS29768__FB-67-of-69-qut.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1280\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2019/04/RS29768__FB-67-of-69-qut.jpg 1920w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2019/04/RS29768__FB-67-of-69-qut-160x107.jpg 160w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2019/04/RS29768__FB-67-of-69-qut-800x533.jpg 800w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2019/04/RS29768__FB-67-of-69-qut-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2019/04/RS29768__FB-67-of-69-qut-1200x800.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1920px) 100vw, 1920px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Joshua Tree National Park \u003ccite>(Ashley Urdang/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>KQED could never condone calling in sick to your place of employment on false pretenses — but we \u003cem>would\u003c/em> note that if you start practicing your fake cough now, you'll be all set to take Friday off and drive down to SoCal to enjoy Saturday's free admission at \u003ca href=\"https://www.nps.gov/jotr/index.htm\">Joshua Tree National Park\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>This famously surreal landscape, which is unfortunately still recovering from the \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11719436/vandals-visit-joshua-tree-national-park-during-the-shutdown\">damage wrought by some visitors\u003c/a> during the recent government shutdown in January, brings together the two distinct desert ecosystems of the Mojave and the Colorado, and offers some of the darkest night skies around.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Certain areas of Joshua Tree are currently closed to climbing and bouldering, so \u003ca href=\"https://www.nps.gov/jotr/planyourvisit/conditions.htm\">check conditions\u003c/a> before you go.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cem>(Bringing kids to a free National Park Day? Saturday, April 20, is also the National Park Service's \u003ca href=\"https://www.nps.gov/subjects/npscelebrates/national-junior-ranger-day.htm\">Junior Ranger Day\u003c/a>, offering activities and special programs for kids to earn a Junior Ranger badge. NPS says to just \u003ca href=\"https://www.nps.gov/subjects/npscelebrates/national-junior-ranger-day.htm\">ask a park ranger for details\u003c/a> when you get there.)\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003c/div>\u003c/p>",
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"content": "\u003cp>PG&E says its incoming CEO will receive an annual base salary of $2.5 million plus stock awards worth at least $3.5 million a year, according to a \u003ca href=\"https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/75488/000095015719000456/form8k.htm\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">filing with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[aside tag='pge' label='More PG&E Coverage From KQED']\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Bill Johnson, former head of the Tennessee Valley Authority, has committed to a three-year contract as PG&E's next CEO and will also receive a one-time $3 million \"transition payment\" on his first day of work, May 1 — a payment the company can take back if Johnson resigns or is terminated within one year of his start date.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>PG&E pegs Johnson's stock compensation at $3.5 million a year based on a target PG&E share price set in late March and early April. Johnson would get part of the stock award each year simply for remaining in the CEO's job.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But 75 percent of the annual equity award would be based on a series of performance goals not described in the SEC filing. The company says that about two-thirds of that portion of the share award will be\"subject to safety-based performance conditions,\" with the remainder tied to meeting financial and customer-service goals.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Failure to meet the safety goals and other targets would result in Johnson getting none of the performance-based stock award. Exceeding the goals could result in him getting 150 percent of his target payout.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Besides the yearly equity award, the company also granted Johnson an option to acquire millions of shares of PG&E stock — again, if the company meets its performance goals on his watch.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"We believe pay should be strongly tied to performance — particularly safety performance — and our compensation programs are designed to reflect this,\" PG&E said in a statement. \"More than half of Mr. Johnson's incentive compensation will be directly tied to safety performance and metrics, which PG&E believes significantly exceeds industry standards. Like other companies, PG&E sets executive compensation to be comparable with similar companies in the industry. In our 2020 general rate case proposal, we are not asking that customers pay for any compensation for any company officer.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>PG&E announced a \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11737721/pgampe-names-new-chief-executive-and-board-in-major-leadership-overhaul\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">major shake-up of its executive staff on April 3\u003c/a>, when it appointed Johnson as CEO and president and named 10 new directors to its 13-member board.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The overhaul came as the company faces intense regulatory, legislative and legal scrutiny over its role in starting a series of catastrophic wildfires.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>PG&E's filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection in January, saying it faced at least $30 billion in \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11721861/pge-files-for-chapter-11-bankruptcy-protection\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">potential wildfire liability costs\u003c/a>. PG&E's former CEO, Geisha Williams, stepped down shortly before the announcement, and was replaced by interim CEO John Simon.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The utility said in February that \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11729842/pge-says-its-equipment-likely-caused-camp-fire-as-investigation-continues\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">it's \"probable\" investigators \u003c/a>\u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11729842/pge-says-its-equipment-likely-caused-camp-fire-as-investigation-continues\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">will rule\u003c/a>\u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11729842/pge-says-its-equipment-likely-caused-camp-fire-as-investigation-continues\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"> that its equipment caused last November's Camp Fire in Butte County. The blaze killed 85 and destroyed more than 14,000 homes in and around the town of Paradise, making it the deadliest and most destructive fire in the state's history. \u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>PG&E faces hundreds of lawsuits arising from that blaze and from fires that swept parts of Northern California in October 2017. The company is also \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11738956/pge-target-of-grand-jury-probe-for-role-in-camp-fire-victims-lawyer-says\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">reported\u003c/a> to be the subject of a criminal probe by a Butte County grand jury.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Johnson is no stranger to controversy. He announced his upcoming retirement from the TVA, a federally operated power agency, in November, about a week after a federal jury found that a TVA contractor, Jacobs Engineering Group, had endangered workers during a toxic coal ash cleanup in Kingston, Tennessee.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>More than 40 workers involved in that cleanup died and hundreds more were sickened. Jurors found that Jacobs is liable for exposing workers to toxic dust in the cleanup.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Johnson was not head of the TVA at the time of the December 2008 spill, but much of the cleanup took place on his watch.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cem>This story contains reporting from The Associated Press.\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\n",
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"content": "\u003cp>Six months after the deadliest and most destructive wildfire in California history, the town of Paradise remains a disaster zone. Only 6 percent of the debris from last November’s Camp Fire has been hauled away. Burned-out skeletons of cars, piles of toxic rubble and blackened old-growth pine trees can still be seen everywhere.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[aside label=\"Related Stories\" tag=\"paradise\"]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Before the wildfire, the population of Paradise was about 26,000. Today, it’s in the hundreds.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The extent of the latest crisis unfolding in Paradise is yet unknown: The deadly fire may also have contaminated up to 173 miles of pipeline in the town’s water system with cancer-causing benzene and other volatile organic compounds, or VOCs. Preliminary results have shown contamination in about a third of the lines tested, though only about 2 percent of the entire system has been sampled.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Still, the water crisis is just the latest setback that has called into question whether the town is ready to reopen.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>And some have had no choice but to move back.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“As soon as the house was cleaned, our insurance company told us that we had to come home,” says Paradise resident Kyla Awalt.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Awalt’s home off Bille Road is the only one still eerily standing in the rubble of what used to be her neighborhood. Her family had planned to move back, eventually. In January, though, they were notified that their “additional living expenses” had run out. But there was still no potable water in town then, nor is there today.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>They considered selling. But how do you put a home on the market if it doesn’t have any water?\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“You can’t,” Awalt says. “That’s part of the inspection process.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>So they bought a huge water tank, out of pocket, for $6,500. It’s sitting beneath the shade of an old walnut tree along the fence line of her property. On the other side of the fence is the rubble of what used to be her neighbor’s home. There are piles of debris and a couple of mangled, burnt lawn mowers waiting to be hauled away.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The Awalts spend $250 to fill the water tank every few weeks. It’s expensive, but it offers peace of mind.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“It’s kind of up to the homeowner,” Awalt says. “It’s on them to figure it out.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Before the Camp Fire, Paradise was known as a bedroom community as well as an affordable haven for retirees. Much of the population tended to skew lower income, and the idea that they’re now being left to fend for themselves is alarming to experts like Andrew Whelton.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“That’s not protecting public health,” says Whelton, a civil engineer who built his career advising the U.S. military on how to restore water infrastructure after disasters. “That’s not what we’re supposed to be doing with a population that has gone under trauma like this; we’re supposed to help them.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Whelton, now at Purdue University, has recently been consulting with the town’s primary water supplier, the Paradise Irrigation District. The utility is trying to pinpoint the source of the contamination, whether it’s from burnt plastic pipes and meters or from the toxic waste from burnt structures that was flushed into the town’s water pipes. Much of the town’s housing stock was older and didn’t have back-flow protection.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“The scale of the recovery effort and the testing that’s needed in my experience here will be unprecedented,” Whelton says.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>It’s likely unprecedented, but it’s also a warning to other cities in high-risk wildfire zones.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The district’s manager, Kevin Phillips, says his staff is overwhelmed.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“There is no playbook for a wildfire that destroys a town and you have a depressurization of a system that creates contamination,” Phillips says.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>There are 10,500 service lines in the district’s system, which was built in the 1950s and already had a reputation of being outdated and haphazardly designed. Phillips says the plan is to prioritize testing in neighborhoods where homes are still standing and to shut down and isolate the contaminated places.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The system will take years to fix. 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But no one knows yet who will pay for that.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Whelton worries that means folks living here will continue to be exposed to yet unknown risks.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11740560\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"max-width: 1600px\">\u003ca href=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2019/04/image-from-ios-1-_wide-82709c7e83ee2caeab6037da94ec88628604786e-s1600-c85.jpg\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-11740560\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2019/04/image-from-ios-1-_wide-82709c7e83ee2caeab6037da94ec88628604786e-s1600-c85.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1600\" height=\"899\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2019/04/image-from-ios-1-_wide-82709c7e83ee2caeab6037da94ec88628604786e-s1600-c85.jpg 1600w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2019/04/image-from-ios-1-_wide-82709c7e83ee2caeab6037da94ec88628604786e-s1600-c85-160x90.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2019/04/image-from-ios-1-_wide-82709c7e83ee2caeab6037da94ec88628604786e-s1600-c85-800x450.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2019/04/image-from-ios-1-_wide-82709c7e83ee2caeab6037da94ec88628604786e-s1600-c85-1020x573.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2019/04/image-from-ios-1-_wide-82709c7e83ee2caeab6037da94ec88628604786e-s1600-c85-1200x674.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1600px) 100vw, 1600px\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Paradise Irrigation District manager Kevin Phillips shows a sample of the town’s water pipes, which were frequently woven between underground root systems that were likely burned during the fire. \u003ccite>(Kirk Siegler/NPR)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>“In a disaster of this scale, that is one of the takeaways here,” he says. “In the absence of any credible authority providing help to a population, they will do what it takes to survive.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>For now, there are strict warnings that people moving back in should not drink or even boil the water, let alone use it for any household activity unless it has been tested. Whelton says some residents are buying water filtration systems that aren’t proven to be safe enough to handle the high VOC readings, or they’re relying on a single-point-in-time test for contaminants.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Pat Zinn, 79, whose home of four decades was spared, got her water tested three months ago. It showed the all clear.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“They did say it could change so I should have it retested, but it’s $100 every time you have it tested, so I guess I’m gambling,” Zinn says.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Zinn is drinking bottled water, but she’s using tap water for most everything else.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Something’s going to get me one of these days anyway,” Zinn says. “So I’m not really that concerned about it.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>She chuckles as she tries to make light of the latest setback in front of her town’s recovery. She’s mostly concerned about Paradise’s survival, which she says hinges on its water crisis being solved.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“That’s the big thing,” she says. “If we don’t have that taken care of the town is going to die.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cdiv class=\"fullattribution\">Copyright 2019 NPR. To see more, visit https://www.npr.org.\u003cimg decoding=\"async\" src=\"https://www.google-analytics.com/__utm.gif?utmac=UA-5828686-4&utmdt=Paradise%2C+Calif.%2C+Water+Is+Contaminated+But+Residents+Are+Moving+Back+Anyway&utme=8(APIKey)9(MDAxOTAwOTE4MDEyMTkxMDAzNjczZDljZA004)\">\u003c/div>\n\u003cp>[ad floatright]\u003c/p>\n",
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Preliminary results have shown contamination in about a third of the lines tested, though only about 2 percent of the entire system has been sampled.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Still, the water crisis is just the latest setback that has called into question whether the town is ready to reopen.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>And some have had no choice but to move back.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“As soon as the house was cleaned, our insurance company told us that we had to come home,” says Paradise resident Kyla Awalt.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Awalt’s home off Bille Road is the only one still eerily standing in the rubble of what used to be her neighborhood. Her family had planned to move back, eventually. In January, though, they were notified that their “additional living expenses” had run out. But there was still no potable water in town then, nor is there today.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>They considered selling. But how do you put a home on the market if it doesn’t have any water?\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“You can’t,” Awalt says. “That’s part of the inspection process.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>So they bought a huge water tank, out of pocket, for $6,500. It’s sitting beneath the shade of an old walnut tree along the fence line of her property. On the other side of the fence is the rubble of what used to be her neighbor’s home. There are piles of debris and a couple of mangled, burnt lawn mowers waiting to be hauled away.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The Awalts spend $250 to fill the water tank every few weeks. It’s expensive, but it offers peace of mind.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“It’s kind of up to the homeowner,” Awalt says. “It’s on them to figure it out.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Before the Camp Fire, Paradise was known as a bedroom community as well as an affordable haven for retirees. 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The testing alone could take more than two years.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“We feel like we are under the microscope of the nation right now, that we are going to be the reason why the town doesn’t rebuild. … If there’s no water, there’s no town,” Phillips says.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But Phillips says they won’t do anything hastily that would jeopardize public health. As more people try to move back, the utility hopes to buy and deliver tanks with potable water — a program that will hopefully begin later this month. But no one knows yet who will pay for that.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Whelton worries that means folks living here will continue to be exposed to yet unknown risks.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11740560\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"max-width: 1600px\">\u003ca href=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2019/04/image-from-ios-1-_wide-82709c7e83ee2caeab6037da94ec88628604786e-s1600-c85.jpg\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-11740560\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2019/04/image-from-ios-1-_wide-82709c7e83ee2caeab6037da94ec88628604786e-s1600-c85.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1600\" height=\"899\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2019/04/image-from-ios-1-_wide-82709c7e83ee2caeab6037da94ec88628604786e-s1600-c85.jpg 1600w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2019/04/image-from-ios-1-_wide-82709c7e83ee2caeab6037da94ec88628604786e-s1600-c85-160x90.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2019/04/image-from-ios-1-_wide-82709c7e83ee2caeab6037da94ec88628604786e-s1600-c85-800x450.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2019/04/image-from-ios-1-_wide-82709c7e83ee2caeab6037da94ec88628604786e-s1600-c85-1020x573.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2019/04/image-from-ios-1-_wide-82709c7e83ee2caeab6037da94ec88628604786e-s1600-c85-1200x674.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1600px) 100vw, 1600px\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Paradise Irrigation District manager Kevin Phillips shows a sample of the town’s water pipes, which were frequently woven between underground root systems that were likely burned during the fire. \u003ccite>(Kirk Siegler/NPR)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>“In a disaster of this scale, that is one of the takeaways here,” he says. “In the absence of any credible authority providing help to a population, they will do what it takes to survive.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>For now, there are strict warnings that people moving back in should not drink or even boil the water, let alone use it for any household activity unless it has been tested. 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"content": "\u003cp>West coast regulators have voted unanimously to ban commercial sardine fishing for the fifth straight year after a recent evaluation of the northern Pacific stock revealed a steep decline.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The ban on commercial sardine catch spans the entire length of the U.S. West Coast. The 2019 season would have opened July 1.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>A \u003ca href=\"https://www.pcouncil.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/04/2018-CPS-SAFE-DRAFT-April-2019.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">new assessment\u003c/a> of northern Pacific sardine stocks by the \u003ca href=\"https://www.westcoast.fisheries.noaa.gov/fisheries/pelagic/pacific_sardine_landings.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration\u003c/a> (NOAA) estimates populations of the small silvery fish have declined more than 98 percent since 2006.\u003c/p>\n\u003caside class=\"pullquote alignright\">‘When sardines collapse, the collapse just pulls the rug out from the entire ecosystem.’\u003ccite>Geoff Shester, Oceana\u003c/cite>\u003c/aside>\n\u003cp>Kerry Griffin of the \u003ca href=\"https://www.pcouncil.org/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Pacific Fishery Management Council\u003c/a>, which voted unanimously on Friday in favor of the closure, said sardines and similar species like anchovy and herring can experience large population booms and busts.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“So when the sardine population is on the decline,” Griffin said, “you want to protect the core spawning population to protect the stock.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The \u003ca href=\"https://www.seafoodsource.com/news/environment-sustainability/draft-assessment-shows-pacific-sardine-is-overfished\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">latest surveys\u003c/a> estimate the abundance of northern Pacific sardines at roughly 28,000 metric tons, well-below the 150,000 metric ton threshold required for commercial fishermen to start dropping nets. In 2006, there were nearly 1.8 million metric tons of sardine swimming off the Pacific U.S., according to NOAA’s estimates.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Griffin said the current decline is “largely environmentally driven.” Changing ocean temperatures, weather extremes like El Niño and predator-prey relationships, he said, have an impact on sardine populations.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11740434\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-11740434\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2019/04/sardine20and20kelp_Anacapa_NOAA-800x532.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"800\" height=\"532\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2019/04/sardine20and20kelp_Anacapa_NOAA-800x532.png 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2019/04/sardine20and20kelp_Anacapa_NOAA-160x106.png 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2019/04/sardine20and20kelp_Anacapa_NOAA.png 900w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Marine scientists say the decline in West Coast sardine populations is driven by environmental factors like changing ocean temperatures. \u003ccite>(National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>“Typically when the conditions are right, these stocks will rebound,” Griffin said. “That’s what we’re waiting for.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Geoff Shester, a marine biologist with the environmental group \u003ca href=\"https://oceana.org/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Oceana\u003c/a>, said sardines play a major role in the ocean off California because so much marine life — Brown Pelicans, dolphins, salmon and shark — rely on them for food.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“These are the engines, or the heartbeat of the ocean, that is really supplying our entire ecosystem with the fuel it needs to be productive,” Shester said. “So when sardines collapse, the collapse just pulls the rug out from the entire ecosystem.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Shester said over-fishing is a threat to the fragile states of Pacific sardines and that keeping the fishery closed could give it a chance to recover.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Sardines have traditionally been one of California’s most important and valuable fisheries,” Shester said. “So this is millions and millions of dollars of lost income.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Not all fishermen agree with the decision to keep the sardine fishery shuttered.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11740429\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-11740429\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2019/04/purse-seiner_Oceana-2-800x600.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"800\" height=\"600\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2019/04/purse-seiner_Oceana-2-800x600.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2019/04/purse-seiner_Oceana-2-160x120.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2019/04/purse-seiner_Oceana-2-1020x765.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2019/04/purse-seiner_Oceana-2-1200x900.jpg 1200w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2019/04/purse-seiner_Oceana-2-1920x1440.jpg 1920w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2019/04/purse-seiner_Oceana-2-1832x1374.jpg 1832w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2019/04/purse-seiner_Oceana-2-1376x1032.jpg 1376w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2019/04/purse-seiner_Oceana-2-1044x783.jpg 1044w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2019/04/purse-seiner_Oceana-2-632x474.jpg 632w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2019/04/purse-seiner_Oceana-2-536x402.jpg 536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2019/04/purse-seiner_Oceana-2.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Fishery closures have hit California’s sardine industry hard in recent years. Pictured: a sardine fishing boat in Monterey Bay. \u003ccite>(Courtesy of Oceana)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Diane Pleschner-Steele, executive director of the \u003ca href=\"https://californiawetfish.org/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">California Wetfish Producers Association\u003c/a>, said NOAA’s sardine survey under-counts the fish, and that the fishermen she hears from are noticing a comeback.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“They are so frustrated because they drive by school after school after school and they can’t fish,” Pleschner-Steele said. “This is their livelihood and they have families and they are losing their jobs.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Pleschner-Steele’s group has been working with the \u003ca href=\"https://www.wildlife.ca.gov/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">California Department of Fish and Wildlife\u003c/a> on different ways to count sardines, including aerial and shallow water surveys that she says may account for fish missed by NOAA’s deep ocean boats.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In the meantime, limited sardine catch for use as live bait will be allowed in Southern California to service the region’s sportfishing industry. Commercial fishermen may keep a small amount of sardines as incidental catch — below 20 percent — when fishing for other types of fish.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“You have to make decisions to protect the stock,” said Griffin. “But also do what you can to protect these small fishing dependent communities.”\u003c/p>\n\n",
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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The \u003ca href=\"https://www.seafoodsource.com/news/environment-sustainability/draft-assessment-shows-pacific-sardine-is-overfished\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">latest surveys\u003c/a> estimate the abundance of northern Pacific sardines at roughly 28,000 metric tons, well-below the 150,000 metric ton threshold required for commercial fishermen to start dropping nets. In 2006, there were nearly 1.8 million metric tons of sardine swimming off the Pacific U.S., according to NOAA’s estimates.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Griffin said the current decline is “largely environmentally driven.” Changing ocean temperatures, weather extremes like El Niño and predator-prey relationships, he said, have an impact on sardine populations.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11740434\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-11740434\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2019/04/sardine20and20kelp_Anacapa_NOAA-800x532.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"800\" height=\"532\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2019/04/sardine20and20kelp_Anacapa_NOAA-800x532.png 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2019/04/sardine20and20kelp_Anacapa_NOAA-160x106.png 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2019/04/sardine20and20kelp_Anacapa_NOAA.png 900w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Marine scientists say the decline in West Coast sardine populations is driven by environmental factors like changing ocean temperatures. \u003ccite>(National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>“Typically when the conditions are right, these stocks will rebound,” Griffin said. “That’s what we’re waiting for.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Geoff Shester, a marine biologist with the environmental group \u003ca href=\"https://oceana.org/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Oceana\u003c/a>, said sardines play a major role in the ocean off California because so much marine life — Brown Pelicans, dolphins, salmon and shark — rely on them for food.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“These are the engines, or the heartbeat of the ocean, that is really supplying our entire ecosystem with the fuel it needs to be productive,” Shester said. “So when sardines collapse, the collapse just pulls the rug out from the entire ecosystem.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Shester said over-fishing is a threat to the fragile states of Pacific sardines and that keeping the fishery closed could give it a chance to recover.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Sardines have traditionally been one of California’s most important and valuable fisheries,” Shester said. “So this is millions and millions of dollars of lost income.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Not all fishermen agree with the decision to keep the sardine fishery shuttered.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11740429\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-11740429\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2019/04/purse-seiner_Oceana-2-800x600.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"800\" height=\"600\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2019/04/purse-seiner_Oceana-2-800x600.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2019/04/purse-seiner_Oceana-2-160x120.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2019/04/purse-seiner_Oceana-2-1020x765.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2019/04/purse-seiner_Oceana-2-1200x900.jpg 1200w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2019/04/purse-seiner_Oceana-2-1920x1440.jpg 1920w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2019/04/purse-seiner_Oceana-2-1832x1374.jpg 1832w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2019/04/purse-seiner_Oceana-2-1376x1032.jpg 1376w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2019/04/purse-seiner_Oceana-2-1044x783.jpg 1044w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2019/04/purse-seiner_Oceana-2-632x474.jpg 632w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2019/04/purse-seiner_Oceana-2-536x402.jpg 536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2019/04/purse-seiner_Oceana-2.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Fishery closures have hit California’s sardine industry hard in recent years. Pictured: a sardine fishing boat in Monterey Bay. \u003ccite>(Courtesy of Oceana)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Diane Pleschner-Steele, executive director of the \u003ca href=\"https://californiawetfish.org/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">California Wetfish Producers Association\u003c/a>, said NOAA’s sardine survey under-counts the fish, and that the fishermen she hears from are noticing a comeback.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“They are so frustrated because they drive by school after school after school and they can’t fish,” Pleschner-Steele said. “This is their livelihood and they have families and they are losing their jobs.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Pleschner-Steele’s group has been working with the \u003ca href=\"https://www.wildlife.ca.gov/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">California Department of Fish and Wildlife\u003c/a> on different ways to count sardines, including aerial and shallow water surveys that she says may account for fish missed by NOAA’s deep ocean boats.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In the meantime, limited sardine catch for use as live bait will be allowed in Southern California to service the region’s sportfishing industry. 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"content": "\u003cp>Massive fish-die offs. Dead birds. A toxic stench.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Bryan Mendez and Olivia Rodriguez are dissatisfied that those sad facts are the only things most Californians ever hear about the Salton Sea, one of the largest inland seas in the world.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“We’ve heard on and on about the birds, the fish, they’re dying. We know that,” says Rodriguez. “How do we transform this narrative, to show there’s also a community of people here?”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3eo-Ef5m6zo\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Rodriguez, 25, and and Mendez, 24, have made a film together about the Salton Sea with the goal of amplifying the voices of local residents, and young people, in conjunction with \u003ca href=\"http://coachellaunincorporated.org/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Coachella Unincorporated\u003c/a>, a local youth journalism outlet.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“We really wanted to highlight the strength of our community, the beauty of our community,” says Rodriguez. “We know the sea is dying, but there’s so much around it that’s alive.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11739110\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-11739110 size-medium\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2019/04/RS36452_abandon-houses-by-the-shores-of-the-Salton-Sea-qut-800x531.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"800\" height=\"531\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2019/04/RS36452_abandon-houses-by-the-shores-of-the-Salton-Sea-qut-800x531.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2019/04/RS36452_abandon-houses-by-the-shores-of-the-Salton-Sea-qut-160x106.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2019/04/RS36452_abandon-houses-by-the-shores-of-the-Salton-Sea-qut.jpg 864w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">An abandoned house by the shores of The Salton Sea. \u003ccite>(Courtesy of Bryan Mendez)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>The Salton Sea was formed in the early 1900s, when engineers dug irrigation canals from the Colorado River into the Coachella Valley. Though the original purpose was to bring a flow of water for the area’s farming, the poorly built canals spilled over, creating the Salton Sea.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In the 1940s and ’50s, the white sand beaches and blue water of the Salton Sea lured more visitors than Yosemite. It was a playground for Hollywood celebrities through the 1960s, including the Rat Pack and the Beach Boys.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h_tOnFhSyXo&t=1s\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But today, the Salton Sea is only an enticing blue from a distance. Up close, it’s murky. Pesticides from nearby farms have poisoned the water. Fresh water from the Colorado River has been diverted elsewhere, to cities and farms. So this huge lake is drying up, exposing more of the white sand beach that, it turns out, isn’t exactly sand.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“If you get real close to it, it’s bones,” says Mendez. “You can imagine how many fishes were here. And there are bird skulls everywhere.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Mendez loves to photograph the weird, crumbling remains of beach shacks, abandoned hotels, and docks where celebrities used to park their yachts.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11737812\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-11737812 size-medium\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2019/04/RS36320_1.-Bryan-and-Olivia-qut-800x533.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"800\" height=\"533\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2019/04/RS36320_1.-Bryan-and-Olivia-qut-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2019/04/RS36320_1.-Bryan-and-Olivia-qut-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2019/04/RS36320_1.-Bryan-and-Olivia-qut-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2019/04/RS36320_1.-Bryan-and-Olivia-qut-1200x800.jpg 1200w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2019/04/RS36320_1.-Bryan-and-Olivia-qut.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Filmmakers Mendez and Rodriguez at The Salton Sea. \u003ccite>(Courtesy of Bryan Mendez)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Mendez and Rodriguez both say that despite the decay, they find beauty here, watching the clouds reflect on the water, looking out at the mountains in the distance.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I always feel at home whenever I’m standing next to the Salton Sea,” says Rodriguez. “I feel this calm, but also, as I look at it, a sense of urgency, like it needs to be taken care of as soon as possible.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Rodriguez worries that strong winds blowing off the sea bring toxic dust from the dried-up seabed to nearby farmworker communities. And she suspects that’s causing health problems.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>She’s not the only one. \u003ca href=\"https://pacinst.org/reports/saltonsea/report.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Studies\u003c/a> have linked the dust storms that blow through the Salton Sea with human health problems. 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She welcomed a dozen of them to a meeting under the carport next to her house, where she set up folding chairs and brought out bottles of water for everyone.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Pozar told the group a story about traveling a long way to try and speak at a meeting of scientists and policymakers \u003ca href=\"http://resources.ca.gov/salton-sea/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">debating a 10-year plan to help the Salton Sea\u003c/a>. She said she never got her turn to tell them about how the dust blows into her house.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“They didn’t respect my voice,” she said. “Those of us who live here by the sea, we should matter just as much as the people who live in places like Los Angeles. We all matter.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Maybe if I had a doctorate, or maybe, I hate to say it, if I had blue eyes and blonde hair, I would have been treated differently,” she added.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Pozar is Purepecha, an indigenous group from Michoacán, Mexico. 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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003cp>Massive fish-die offs. Dead birds. A toxic stench.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Bryan Mendez and Olivia Rodriguez are dissatisfied that those sad facts are the only things most Californians ever hear about the Salton Sea, one of the largest inland seas in the world.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“We’ve heard on and on about the birds, the fish, they’re dying. We know that,” says Rodriguez. “How do we transform this narrative, to show there’s also a community of people here?”\u003c/p>\u003c/p>\u003cp>\u003cspan class='utils-parseShortcode-shortcodes-__youtubeShortcode__embedYoutube'>\n \u003cspan class='utils-parseShortcode-shortcodes-__youtubeShortcode__embedYoutubeInside'>\n \u003ciframe\n loading='lazy'\n class='utils-parseShortcode-shortcodes-__youtubeShortcode__youtubePlayer'\n type='text/html'\n src='//www.youtube.com/embed/3eo-Ef5m6zo'\n title='//www.youtube.com/embed/3eo-Ef5m6zo'\n allowfullscreen='true'\n style='border:0;'>\u003c/iframe>\n \u003c/span>\n \u003c/span>\u003c/p>\u003cp>\u003cp>Rodriguez, 25, and and Mendez, 24, have made a film together about the Salton Sea with the goal of amplifying the voices of local residents, and young people, in conjunction with \u003ca href=\"http://coachellaunincorporated.org/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Coachella Unincorporated\u003c/a>, a local youth journalism outlet.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“We really wanted to highlight the strength of our community, the beauty of our community,” says Rodriguez. “We know the sea is dying, but there’s so much around it that’s alive.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11739110\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-11739110 size-medium\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2019/04/RS36452_abandon-houses-by-the-shores-of-the-Salton-Sea-qut-800x531.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"800\" height=\"531\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2019/04/RS36452_abandon-houses-by-the-shores-of-the-Salton-Sea-qut-800x531.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2019/04/RS36452_abandon-houses-by-the-shores-of-the-Salton-Sea-qut-160x106.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2019/04/RS36452_abandon-houses-by-the-shores-of-the-Salton-Sea-qut.jpg 864w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">An abandoned house by the shores of The Salton Sea. \u003ccite>(Courtesy of Bryan Mendez)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>The Salton Sea was formed in the early 1900s, when engineers dug irrigation canals from the Colorado River into the Coachella Valley. Though the original purpose was to bring a flow of water for the area’s farming, the poorly built canals spilled over, creating the Salton Sea.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In the 1940s and ’50s, the white sand beaches and blue water of the Salton Sea lured more visitors than Yosemite. It was a playground for Hollywood celebrities through the 1960s, including the Rat Pack and the Beach Boys.\u003c/p>\u003c/p>\u003cp>\u003cspan class='utils-parseShortcode-shortcodes-__youtubeShortcode__embedYoutube'>\n \u003cspan class='utils-parseShortcode-shortcodes-__youtubeShortcode__embedYoutubeInside'>\n \u003ciframe\n loading='lazy'\n class='utils-parseShortcode-shortcodes-__youtubeShortcode__youtubePlayer'\n type='text/html'\n src='//www.youtube.com/embed/h_tOnFhSyXo'\n title='//www.youtube.com/embed/h_tOnFhSyXo'\n allowfullscreen='true'\n style='border:0;'>\u003c/iframe>\n \u003c/span>\n \u003c/span>\u003c/p>\u003cp>\u003cp>But today, the Salton Sea is only an enticing blue from a distance. Up close, it’s murky. Pesticides from nearby farms have poisoned the water. Fresh water from the Colorado River has been diverted elsewhere, to cities and farms. So this huge lake is drying up, exposing more of the white sand beach that, it turns out, isn’t exactly sand.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“If you get real close to it, it’s bones,” says Mendez. “You can imagine how many fishes were here. And there are bird skulls everywhere.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Mendez loves to photograph the weird, crumbling remains of beach shacks, abandoned hotels, and docks where celebrities used to park their yachts.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11737812\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-11737812 size-medium\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2019/04/RS36320_1.-Bryan-and-Olivia-qut-800x533.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"800\" height=\"533\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2019/04/RS36320_1.-Bryan-and-Olivia-qut-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2019/04/RS36320_1.-Bryan-and-Olivia-qut-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2019/04/RS36320_1.-Bryan-and-Olivia-qut-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2019/04/RS36320_1.-Bryan-and-Olivia-qut-1200x800.jpg 1200w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2019/04/RS36320_1.-Bryan-and-Olivia-qut.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Filmmakers Mendez and Rodriguez at The Salton Sea. \u003ccite>(Courtesy of Bryan Mendez)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Mendez and Rodriguez both say that despite the decay, they find beauty here, watching the clouds reflect on the water, looking out at the mountains in the distance.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I always feel at home whenever I’m standing next to the Salton Sea,” says Rodriguez. “I feel this calm, but also, as I look at it, a sense of urgency, like it needs to be taken care of as soon as possible.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Rodriguez worries that strong winds blowing off the sea bring toxic dust from the dried-up seabed to nearby farmworker communities. 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Bottles made out of PET plastic, also known as #1 plastic or polyethylene terephthalate, are the most commonly used and widely recycled, with more than \u003ca href=\"https://www.calrecycle.ca.gov/docs/cr/bevcontainer/rates/biannualrpt/janjunerpt.pdf\">70% \u003c/a>of them processed annually.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But even after all those plastic bottles are collected, cleaned and processed, there's no guarantee of a viable market for the recycled plastic. 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The company has \u003ca href=\"https://www.coca-colacompany.com/stories/2017-packaging\">pledged\u003c/a> to make its bottles and cans out of at least 50% recycled materials by 2030.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Meanwhile, Danone, which owns Evian mineral water, has \u003ca href=\"https://www.danone.com/stories/articles-list/evian-transforms-approach-to-plastic.html\">pledged\u003c/a> to make all its plastic bottles from 100% recycled plastic by 2025. And according to Ting, California-based Naked Juice, which is owned by PepsiCo, already uses bottles with 100% recycled content.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Still, at a \u003ca href=\"https://www.assembly.ca.gov/media/assembly-natural-resources-committee-20190408/video\">hearing\u003c/a> before the Natural Resources Committee on Monday, representatives of the bottling and beverage industries expressed concerns with the legislation.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“We want to see recycled content,” said Fredericka McGee, head of California government affairs with the American Beverage Association. 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We need reutilization.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Currently the cost of recycling most bottles is greater than their scrap value, or the value of what the recycled plastic can be sold for, according to Murray of Californians Against Waste. Based on \u003ca href=\"https://www.calrecycle.ca.gov/docs/cr/bevcontainer/bevdistman/resources/2018resinrpt.pdf\">reports filed voluntarily\u003c/a> by bottle manufacturers, he estimates that plastic beverage bottles sold today contain only about 15% recycled content.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>AB 792 would hold those manufacturers more accountable, said Murray. “We need to create processing infrastructure and manufacturing infrastructure to close the loop on plastic packaging.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Even with California’s high rates of recycling, more than 3 billion plastic bottles end up in landfills every year, according to CalRecycle.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“We know who is paying the cost,” said Ting. “The environment is paying the cost. 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