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Arnold Schwarzenegger was the first in recent decades to deploy California National Guard troops as firefighters, dispatching them on July 4, 2008, after lightning storms sparked hundreds of fires, Guard Lt. Col. Jonathan Shiroma said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>While many of the troops are being reassigned from the border this time, the Guard also is asking other service members if they want to participate, Shiroma said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The training is similar for firefighting and fire protection. Mohler said the troops also will receive some training in forest management, “so they’re not just out there cutting brush” but understand why they’re doing what they’re doing.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>For instance, firefighting crews generally cut fire lines down to mineral earth during active wildfires, while fuels-management crews often do less intensive thinning of trees and chaparral to slow advancing flames.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Such preventive treatment often involves creating fuel breaks, which can range from stripping away all woody vegetation on wide strips of land to thinning larger trees and removing shorter trees, brush and debris to discourage fires from climbing into treetops and jumping from tree to tree.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">[aside tag='north-bay-fires' label='Coverage of the North Bay fires']\u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Critics say the work damages forests and can be useless against wind-driven fires, like the one that jumped a river to rain embers on the Sierra Nevada foothills community of Paradise last year, killing 85 people in and around the Northern California city of 27,000 people.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Cal Fire is taking the Trump approach, logging the forest and weakening critical environmental protections, and that’s the exact opposite of what we need to be doing,” said Shaye Wolf, a scientist at the Center for Biological Diversity.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Wolf said a better approach is to make homes more fire-resistant while pruning vegetation immediately surrounding the structures.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In March, Cal Fire listed 35 fuel-reduction projects it wants to start immediately, covering more than 140 square miles — double the acreage in previous years. But state officials estimate 23,438 square miles of forestland need thinning or other restoration.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“It’s not a problem that’s going to get fixed overnight,” Mohler said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Such thinning operations are getting more attention in recent years, with the U.S. Forest Service estimating last month that 18 million trees died in California over the last year.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[pullquote size='small' align='right' citation='Mike Mohler, of California Department of Forestry and Fire Protection']‘They will be boots on the ground doing fuels projects alongside Cal Fire crews.’[/pullquote]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The agency estimated that more than 147 million trees have died across nearly 15,625 square miles during a drought that began in 2010, while about 1.5 million dead trees have been cut down.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Moreover, investigations have often blamed recent wildfires on utilities not doing a good enough job of clearing vegetation around power lines and equipment. Democratic state Sen. Bill Dodd of Napa has proposed legislation that would require Cal Fire to tell utilities which trees and brush to remove and then inspect the work.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Aside from Guard troops, Cal Fire also is creating 10 civilian fuels management crews this year. The 10-member crews could help with initial fire suppression if need be but will primarily reduce fuels, Mohler said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“It’s going to be a pretty amazing sight to see as these crews get out there on the ground,” he said. “There’s hundreds of, unfortunately, Paradises cross the state, (so) the public needs to understand this.”\u003c/p>\n\n",
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"content": "\u003cp>In the Sierra Nevada foothills of Butte County, the town of Paradise was almost completely destroyed by last fall's \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/tag/camp-fire\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Camp Fire\u003c/a>. But sprinkled across the ruins, there are now a few signs of life as homeowners and contractors begin the rebuilding process.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[pullquote size=\"small\" align=”right” citation=\"David Anderson, Paradise property owner and builder\"]'I'm looking beyond the first year... I just see this being one of the more modern communities in our state.'[/pullquote]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Jim and Colleen Corner's place looks like a post-apocalyptic homestead. The neighborhood's been depopulated. Block after block of ruins. Torched vehicles. Hulking pines, many dead, have yet to topple.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>At the apex of a semi-circular driveway, translucent, linebacker-sized plastic tanks hold precious drinking water. 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I called PG&E and asked for a temporary power pole, they said, 'Well, we're going to take applications,' I said, \"OK, I'm applying!' \"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Now they have a power pole, and the trash service and mail service have returned. \"[We're just] waiting on the paper boy,\" Colleen laughed.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Though they make it sound easy, the Corners are at a bit of an advantage. Jim is in a related trade — he's an estimator for an abatement company and knows a thing or two about swinging a hammer. They've remodeled their home four or five times over the decades.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The two nevertheless find mirth in their personal saga. Jim is entering his 70s with two prosthetic knees, and explains that they were in escrow on a one-story home elsewhere, mainly to ditch the stairs in their two-story home, but ended up backing out.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"And then the fire happened, so, we will build a single story,\" he laughed. \"Watch what you ask for, right?\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11734236\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg class=\"size-medium wp-image-11734236\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2019/03/house-picture_wide-28817a226c3e7c55c37a2c5210cfc7df65b89357-800x450.jpg\" alt=\"Jim and Colleen Corner show a photo of their two-story house that used to sit on their lot.\" width=\"800\" height=\"450\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Jim and Colleen Corner show a photo of their two-story house that used to sit on their lot. \u003ccite>(Marc Albert/North State Public Radio)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>About 3½ miles away, David Anderson is surrounded by planks of freshly hewn Douglas fir. A property owner and builder with Anderson Brothers Corp., he and his crew were finishing up framing a home that they got permitted back in January.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Like the Corners, Anderson is a believer. He knows the town will come back. The devastation won't last forever. And the stigma associated with the deadliest wildfire in state history won't scare off buyers forever, Anderson said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"I mean for the next year, yes, that's going to be an issue, with all the burnt trees and burnt structures and the debris. But I'm looking beyond the first year. ... I just see this being one of the more modern communities in our state.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>As a self-financed small builder, Anderson said his company has been building on the ridge since the early 1980s. He said he expects some changes to the town, with a larger proportion of younger families. He said fiber optic cable is being installed, making the town viable for telecommuters.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Primarily though, he said development restrictions in the valley will drive housing demand in Paradise.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"Chico does not have enough physical space to support enough people that work in Chico, and so Paradise is needed as a bedroom community. Paradise is all set up, it has the infrastructure, everything is here, just have to rebuild it.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11734241\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg class=\"size-medium wp-image-11734241\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2019/03/paradise-home-219d28d621df3972459d90c6f31f4572ce92e200-s1600-c85-800x600.jpg\" alt=\"Jim and Colleen Corner standing on the lot where their two-story house burned down in November's Camp Fire. 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They are already starting to rebuild. \u003ccite>(Marc Albert/North State Public Radio)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Jim Corner also senses big changes coming to Paradise. He thinks the town will re-emerge, but with fewer people. The funky and cheap dwellings of the past were lost, and building codes preclude their re-creation.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"There was a lot of 100-year-old shacks,\" he said. \"There was no building department here until 25 years ago. So, there were basically, literally chicken shacks turned into houses. There was mobile homes from 1960, little single-wides sitting around and lots of debris in the yards and I think that type of, this is going to turn into more of a suburbia.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>He said the loss of so much older housing — much of it paid off — leaves little doubt that purchase prices and rents will be higher than in the past, possibly beyond the reach of many.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c!-- iframe plugin v.4.3 wordpress.org/plugins/iframe/ -->\u003cbr>\n\u003ciframe src=\"https://www.npr.org/player/embed/704124239/705021510\" width=\"100%\" height=\"290\" frameborder=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" title=\"NPR embedded audio player\" class=\"iframe-class\">\u003c/iframe>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"You know, rents here were $800 a month for a two- or three- bedroom house, right? That's gone. There'll be no more of that, so you're going to have more homeowners, less renters ... way less,\" he said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Aside from themselves and their granddaughter, there are few other signs of life at the Corners' homestead. Nevertheless, the couple is hugely optimistic. Corner said the loss of his forested canopy will enable the couple to install solar panels and plant fruit trees.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Outside the window of their RV, an ornamental plum that somehow survived has burst into bloom, and its flowers are all the more cherished. Asked about scheduling the construction, Colleen says they're planning a housewarming party on her birthday, this fall.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Copyright 2019 North State Public Radio. 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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Colleen interjected, \"When we could first come back up the hill, he was already started on plans. I called PG&E and asked for a temporary power pole, they said, 'Well, we're going to take applications,' I said, \"OK, I'm applying!' \"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Now they have a power pole, and the trash service and mail service have returned. \"[We're just] waiting on the paper boy,\" Colleen laughed.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Though they make it sound easy, the Corners are at a bit of an advantage. Jim is in a related trade — he's an estimator for an abatement company and knows a thing or two about swinging a hammer. They've remodeled their home four or five times over the decades.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The two nevertheless find mirth in their personal saga. Jim is entering his 70s with two prosthetic knees, and explains that they were in escrow on a one-story home elsewhere, mainly to ditch the stairs in their two-story home, but ended up backing out.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"And then the fire happened, so, we will build a single story,\" he laughed. \"Watch what you ask for, right?\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11734236\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg class=\"size-medium wp-image-11734236\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2019/03/house-picture_wide-28817a226c3e7c55c37a2c5210cfc7df65b89357-800x450.jpg\" alt=\"Jim and Colleen Corner show a photo of their two-story house that used to sit on their lot.\" width=\"800\" height=\"450\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Jim and Colleen Corner show a photo of their two-story house that used to sit on their lot. \u003ccite>(Marc Albert/North State Public Radio)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>About 3½ miles away, David Anderson is surrounded by planks of freshly hewn Douglas fir. A property owner and builder with Anderson Brothers Corp., he and his crew were finishing up framing a home that they got permitted back in January.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Like the Corners, Anderson is a believer. He knows the town will come back. The devastation won't last forever. And the stigma associated with the deadliest wildfire in state history won't scare off buyers forever, Anderson said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"I mean for the next year, yes, that's going to be an issue, with all the burnt trees and burnt structures and the debris. But I'm looking beyond the first year. ... I just see this being one of the more modern communities in our state.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003c/div>",
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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>As a self-financed small builder, Anderson said his company has been building on the ridge since the early 1980s. He said he expects some changes to the town, with a larger proportion of younger families. He said fiber optic cable is being installed, making the town viable for telecommuters.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Primarily though, he said development restrictions in the valley will drive housing demand in Paradise.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"Chico does not have enough physical space to support enough people that work in Chico, and so Paradise is needed as a bedroom community. Paradise is all set up, it has the infrastructure, everything is here, just have to rebuild it.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11734241\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg class=\"size-medium wp-image-11734241\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2019/03/paradise-home-219d28d621df3972459d90c6f31f4572ce92e200-s1600-c85-800x600.jpg\" alt=\"Jim and Colleen Corner standing on the lot where their two-story house burned down in November's Camp Fire. They are already starting to re-build.\" width=\"800\" height=\"600\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2019/03/paradise-home-219d28d621df3972459d90c6f31f4572ce92e200-s1600-c85-800x600.jpg 800w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2019/03/paradise-home-219d28d621df3972459d90c6f31f4572ce92e200-s1600-c85-160x120.jpg 160w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2019/03/paradise-home-219d28d621df3972459d90c6f31f4572ce92e200-s1600-c85-1020x764.jpg 1020w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2019/03/paradise-home-219d28d621df3972459d90c6f31f4572ce92e200-s1600-c85-1200x899.jpg 1200w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2019/03/paradise-home-219d28d621df3972459d90c6f31f4572ce92e200-s1600-c85-1376x1032.jpg 1376w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2019/03/paradise-home-219d28d621df3972459d90c6f31f4572ce92e200-s1600-c85-1044x783.jpg 1044w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2019/03/paradise-home-219d28d621df3972459d90c6f31f4572ce92e200-s1600-c85-632x474.jpg 632w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2019/03/paradise-home-219d28d621df3972459d90c6f31f4572ce92e200-s1600-c85-536x402.jpg 536w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2019/03/paradise-home-219d28d621df3972459d90c6f31f4572ce92e200-s1600-c85.jpg 1600w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Jim and Colleen Corner standing on the lot where their two-story house burned down in November's Camp Fire. They are already starting to rebuild. \u003ccite>(Marc Albert/North State Public Radio)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Jim Corner also senses big changes coming to Paradise. He thinks the town will re-emerge, but with fewer people. The funky and cheap dwellings of the past were lost, and building codes preclude their re-creation.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"There was a lot of 100-year-old shacks,\" he said. \"There was no building department here until 25 years ago. So, there were basically, literally chicken shacks turned into houses. There was mobile homes from 1960, little single-wides sitting around and lots of debris in the yards and I think that type of, this is going to turn into more of a suburbia.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>He said the loss of so much older housing — much of it paid off — leaves little doubt that purchase prices and rents will be higher than in the past, possibly beyond the reach of many.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c!-- iframe plugin v.4.3 wordpress.org/plugins/iframe/ -->\u003cbr>\n\u003ciframe src=\"https://www.npr.org/player/embed/704124239/705021510\" width=\"100%\" height=\"290\" frameborder=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" title=\"NPR embedded audio player\" class=\"iframe-class\">\u003c/iframe>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"You know, rents here were $800 a month for a two- or three- bedroom house, right? That's gone. 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"content": "\u003cp>\u003cem>Updated 7:15 a.m. Wednesday, March 20\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Federal emergency relief officials have provided new details on their decision to reject California's request to reimburse the state for work to rebuild and reinforce the badly damaged spillways at Oroville Dam.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The Federal Emergency Management Agency \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11731545/federal-disaster-agency-rejects-306-million-request-for-oroville-spillway-reimbursement\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">announced earlier this month\u003c/a> that it would not reimburse the state for $306 million in construction on the spillways, which failed in February 2017 and prompted mandatory evacuation orders for 188,000 people living downstream of the nation's tallest dam.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In a brief statement March 8, \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11731545/federal-disaster-agency-rejects-306-million-request-for-oroville-spillway-reimbursement\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">a FEMA spokesperson said\u003c/a> the agency was refusing to reimburse the California Department of Water Resources (DWR) for work on the upper portion of the dam's main concrete spillway.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The agency said the decision was based on earlier engineering reviews that found \"a variety of problems existed at the dam\" before the sequence of events that led to the spillway crisis.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In \u003ca href=\"https://assets.documentcloud.org/documents/5775171/FEMA-Public-Assistance-Determination-Memo-March.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">a follow-up memo\u003c/a> sent last week to the California Governor's Office of Emergency Services, FEMA said reimbursement had been denied for two separate phases of the spillway recovery work: rebuilding the upper 1,500 feet of the main concrete spillway and extensive reinforcement of the adjacent hillside that serves as the dam's emergency spillway.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>FEMA said that a wide range of pre-existing problems contributed to the deterioration of both the upper and lower sections of the massive concrete spillway. The agency argues that federal law, regulations and policy restrict payments only to work needed to fix damage stemming from a declared disaster.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Federal emergency officials argued that while the nearly total disintegration of the lower half of the chute can be attributed to events in February 2017 -- events covered by a presidential disaster declaration -- that's not the case for the upper part of the spillway, which suffered no visible damage during the incident.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>FEMA's memo noted that an independent forensic team \u003ca href=\"https://damsafety.org/sites/default/files/files/Independent%20Forensic%20Team%20Report%20Final%2001-05-18.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">found\u003c/a> last year that poor design, construction and maintenance of the spillway made its failure \"inevitable.\" The agency said those long-term factors explain damage to the upper spillway -- and make that part of the structure ineligible for disaster funding.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>FEMA can pay 75 percent or more of qualifying expenses for disaster recovery efforts, and has reimbursed the state for $333.4 million of its costs to date — including $128.4 million granted last year for the initial emergency response to the disaster and $205 million announced recently to pay for replacing the lower portion of the spillway.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"FEMA does not dispute that DWR’s decision to replace the upper chute was reasonable and prudent, the memo said. “It is FEMA’s position, however, that the reasons for doing so are unrelated to the disaster.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The Department of Water Resources, which had submitted $113.2 million in costs for the upper spillway reconstruction, said Tuesday it will appeal the FEMA's decision.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"FEMA’s determination memo points to technicalities and the need for additional information to support why something is eligible,\" said DWR spokeswoman Erin Mellon in an email. \"As we’ve said before, DWR believes all reconstruction work is eligible for reimbursement and we’ll be providing additional information to FEMA during the appeals process.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The federal agency also rejected a request for $193 million in costs related to work on the emergency spillway -- an unlined hillside covered with brush and trees adjacent to the main spillway. It was the rapid erosion of that slope -- and the potential threat to a quarter-mile-long concrete weir adjoining the main spillway -- that raised fears of a catastrophic release of water from Lake Oroville and prompted orders for communities downstream to evacuate.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In the wake of the crisis -- the first time the emergency spillway hillside had been used in Oroville Dam's 49-year history -- the upper portion of the emergency spillway hillside was reinforced with a variety of structures. Those include a \"cutoff wall\" made of massive concrete piles that reach as deep as 65 feet below ground level, as well as a buttress and splash pad designed to protect the emergency spillway and dissipate the energy of any future overflows.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In its memo, FEMA said the work is not eligible for reimbursement because the original hillside was not maintained and because the recent improvements to the emergency spillway are actually new, permanent structures.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cem>Updated to add Department of Water Resources' response to FEMA's memo.\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\n",
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"content": "\u003cp>\u003cem>\u003cstrong>Update, April 24, 2023:\u003c/strong> Found this story and looking for more up-to-date recommendations on where to spot a “super bloom” of wildflowers in the Bay Area? \u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cem>Read our latest guides:\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cul>\n\u003cli>\u003cem>\u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/science/1981882/where-to-see-wildflowers-near-you-in-the-bay-area-plus-the-science-behind-the-super-bloom\">Where to See Wildflowers Near You in the Bay Area (Plus, the Science Behind the ‘Super Bloom’)\u003c/a>\u003c/em>\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>\u003cem>\u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/science/1982256/best-bay-area-hikes-for-spring-where-to-see-waterfalls-wildflowers-and-mushrooms-after-all-that-rain\">Best Bay Area Hikes for Spring: Where to See Waterfalls, Wildflowers and Mushrooms After All That Rain\u003c/a>\u003c/em>\u003c/li>\n\u003c/ul>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Original story:\u003c/strong> Traffic jams. Trampled flowers. “\u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/science/1939331/super-bloom-selfie-quest-overwhelms-lake-elsinore-as-100000-descend-on-poppypalooza\">Disneyland size crowds\u003c/a>.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The recent wildflower “super blooms” in Southern California — and the legions of selfie-hungry Instagrammers they’ve attracted — have \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/science/1939331/super-bloom-selfie-quest-overwhelms-lake-elsinore-as-100000-descend-on-poppypalooza\">caused the kind of stir\u003c/a> not usually associated with botanical events.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11733290\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 1920px\">\u003cimg decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-full wp-image-11733290\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2019/03/03152019_superbloom_singlep-qut.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1178\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2019/03/03152019_superbloom_singlep-qut.jpg 1920w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2019/03/03152019_superbloom_singlep-qut-160x98.jpg 160w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2019/03/03152019_superbloom_singlep-qut-800x491.jpg 800w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2019/03/03152019_superbloom_singlep-qut-1020x626.jpg 1020w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2019/03/03152019_superbloom_singlep-qut-1200x736.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1920px) 100vw, 1920px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">A super bloom of wild poppies blankets the hills of Walker Canyon on March 12, 2019, near Lake Elsinore, California. \u003ccite>(Mario Tama/Getty Images)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Yes, the term “super bloom” \u003cem>is\u003c/em> most commonly used to refer to the spectacular explosions of \u003ca href=\"https://www.cnps.org/\">native wildflowers\u003c/a> that spring up in desert areas like the Mojave Desert. But according to \u003ca href=\"https://modernhiker.com/\">Modern Hiker\u003c/a>, \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11732758/photos-wildflowers-and-butterfly-populations-super-bloom-in-unison\">the phrase is actually a recent invention\u003c/a>, made up in the last few years to mean “a bunch of flowers.” So why not thumb your nose at our SoCal cousins \u003cem>and\u003c/em> their traffic jams by visiting one of these colorfully floral Bay Area spots below — to catch a sort-of-super bloom of your own?\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Bear in mind that according to \u003ca href=\"https://www.visitcalifornia.com/attraction/californias-spring-2019-wildflower-forecast\">Visit California’s 2019 Super Bloom guide\u003c/a>, the Bay Area’s peak wildflower season is a little later than Southern California’s (late April to mid-June). So, several of these spots below won’t actually be blooming yet, and when they do, the saturation can really vary from year to year.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>What’s more, a lot of the Bay Area’s blooming hillsides — as shown in the photos submitted by readers below — are actually due to invasive species like wild mustard, \u003cem>not\u003c/em> native wildflowers. Vibrant (and Instagrammable) riots of color they may be, but the proliferation of these flowering plants is actually one of the reasons the Bay doesn’t \u003cem>get\u003c/em> true “super blooms” of native wildflowers.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Lastly, remember: If you’re visiting these spots to capture their beauty for social media prestige, stick to marked trails to take your shots, and definitely \u003cem>don’t\u003c/em> pick any flowers. (As well as damaging the landscape, you could also get a ticket.)\u003c/p>\n\u003ch3>\u003ca href=\"https://www.nps.gov/pore/index.htm\">North Bay: Point Reyes National Seashore\u003c/a>\u003c/h3>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11733934\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"max-width: 1080px\">\u003cimg decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-full wp-image-11733934\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2019/03/RS36024_Pt-Reyes-qut.jpg\" alt=\"A colorful floral carpet spotted on the Chimney Rock Trail in Pt Reyes \" width=\"1080\" height=\"810\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2019/03/RS36024_Pt-Reyes-qut.jpg 1080w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2019/03/RS36024_Pt-Reyes-qut-160x120.jpg 160w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2019/03/RS36024_Pt-Reyes-qut-800x600.jpg 800w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2019/03/RS36024_Pt-Reyes-qut-1020x765.jpg 1020w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2019/03/RS36024_Pt-Reyes-qut-1044x783.jpg 1044w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2019/03/RS36024_Pt-Reyes-qut-632x474.jpg 632w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2019/03/RS36024_Pt-Reyes-qut-536x402.jpg 536w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1080px) 100vw, 1080px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">A colorful floral carpet spotted on the Chimney Rock Trail in Pt Reyes \u003ccite>(christy_nana on Instagram)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>As if you needed more excuses to visit \u003ca href=\"https://www.nps.gov/pore/index.htm\">Point Reyes National Seashore\u003c/a>, in springtime several of its trails are exploding with color. \u003ca href=\"https://www.nps.gov/pore/planyourvisit/chimney_rock.htm#onthisPage-7\">The 1.75-mile Chimney Rock trail\u003c/a> boasts poppies, owl’s clover, tidy tips, checkerbloom, paintbrush, Douglas iris and footsteps-of-spring, plus incredible oceans views. A short drive away, a visit to \u003ca href=\"https://modernhiker.com/hike/abbotts-lagoon/\">Abotts Lagoon\u003c/a> (at the right time of year) also offers a seasonal blanket of golden poppies.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch3>\u003ca href=\"https://www.ebparks.org/activities/hiking/bobcoomber/wildflowers.htm\">East Bay: Berkeley Hills\u003c/a>\u003c/h3>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11733943\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"max-width: 1092px\">\u003cimg decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-full wp-image-11733943\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2019/03/RS36029_Berkeley-Hills-1-qut.jpg\" alt=\"Rosemary and French Broom -- both invasive species -- in the Berkeley Hills\" width=\"1092\" height=\"820\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2019/03/RS36029_Berkeley-Hills-1-qut.jpg 1092w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2019/03/RS36029_Berkeley-Hills-1-qut-160x120.jpg 160w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2019/03/RS36029_Berkeley-Hills-1-qut-800x601.jpg 800w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2019/03/RS36029_Berkeley-Hills-1-qut-1020x766.jpg 1020w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2019/03/RS36029_Berkeley-Hills-1-qut-1044x783.jpg 1044w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2019/03/RS36029_Berkeley-Hills-1-qut-632x474.jpg 632w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2019/03/RS36029_Berkeley-Hills-1-qut-536x402.jpg 536w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1092px) 100vw, 1092px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Rosemary and French Broom — both invasive species — in the Berkeley Hills \u003ccite>(Liam O'Donoghue via Twitter)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Yes, the East Bay is a veritable goldmine of springtime blooms. But on a clear day the Berkeley Hills also present the added bonus of stunning vistas across the Bay, as well as those wildflower carpets. Check out the \u003ca href=\"https://www.ebparks.org/activities/hiking/bobcoomber/wildflowers.htm\">East Bay Regional Park District’s handy guide\u003c/a> to favored spots for inspiration.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch3>\u003ca href=\"https://sfrecpark.org/destination/mt-davidson-park/\">San Francisco: Mount Davidson Park\u003c/a>\u003c/h3>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11734231\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"max-width: 1920px\">\u003cimg decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-full wp-image-11734231\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2019/03/RS36031_Image-from-iOS-14-qut.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1440\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2019/03/RS36031_Image-from-iOS-14-qut.jpg 1920w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2019/03/RS36031_Image-from-iOS-14-qut-160x120.jpg 160w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2019/03/RS36031_Image-from-iOS-14-qut-800x600.jpg 800w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2019/03/RS36031_Image-from-iOS-14-qut-1020x765.jpg 1020w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2019/03/RS36031_Image-from-iOS-14-qut-1200x900.jpg 1200w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2019/03/RS36031_Image-from-iOS-14-qut-1832x1374.jpg 1832w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2019/03/RS36031_Image-from-iOS-14-qut-1376x1032.jpg 1376w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2019/03/RS36031_Image-from-iOS-14-qut-1044x783.jpg 1044w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2019/03/RS36031_Image-from-iOS-14-qut-632x474.jpg 632w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2019/03/RS36031_Image-from-iOS-14-qut-536x402.jpg 536w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1920px) 100vw, 1920px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Wildflowers atop Mount Davidson, San Francisco \u003ccite>(@TheRealWBTC via Twitter)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>At 938 feet, \u003ca href=\"https://sfrecpark.org/destination/mt-davidson-park/\">Mount Davidson\u003c/a> is the highest point in San Francisco. Most Bay Area residents know it best for the iconic 103-foot concrete cross at its summit, but in springtime the grassland on its east side plays home to a range of native wildflowers blooms, including California poppy, blue-eyed grass, hog fennel, checkerbloom and mule’s ears.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch3>\u003ca href=\"https://www.openspace.org/preserves/russian-ridge\">South Bay: Russian Ridge Preserve, Santa Cruz Mountains\u003c/a>\u003c/h3>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11733933\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 1920px\">\u003cimg decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-full wp-image-11733933\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2019/03/RS36023_1920px-Russian_Ridge-Wildflowers-qut.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1153\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2019/03/RS36023_1920px-Russian_Ridge-Wildflowers-qut.jpg 1920w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2019/03/RS36023_1920px-Russian_Ridge-Wildflowers-qut-160x96.jpg 160w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2019/03/RS36023_1920px-Russian_Ridge-Wildflowers-qut-800x480.jpg 800w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2019/03/RS36023_1920px-Russian_Ridge-Wildflowers-qut-1020x613.jpg 1020w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2019/03/RS36023_1920px-Russian_Ridge-Wildflowers-qut-1200x721.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1920px) 100vw, 1920px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">A flowering meadow in Russian Ridge Open Space Preserve \u003ccite>(Steve Jurvetson / Wikimedia Commons)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>As the air turns warmer, much of \u003ca href=\"https://www.openspace.org/preserves/russian-ridge\">this 3000+ acre preserve\u003c/a> on the Peninsula becomes a riot of color, thanks to its native wildflowers: from poppies and lupine to gumweed, mules ear and brodiaea. And if you go a little too early for the flowers, at least you’ll be rewarded with amazing coastal views. (If \u003ca href=\"https://twitter.com/KarlTheFog\">Karl the Fog\u003c/a> doesn’t decide to accompany you.)\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Did we miss any beautiful blooming spots in the Bay Area? Tweet \u003ca href=\"https://twitter.com/kqednews\">@kqednews\u003c/a> — we’d love to feature your shots.\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\n",
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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003cp>\u003cem>\u003cstrong>Update, April 24, 2023:\u003c/strong> Found this story and looking for more up-to-date recommendations on where to spot a “super bloom” of wildflowers in the Bay Area? \u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cem>Read our latest guides:\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cul>\n\u003cli>\u003cem>\u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/science/1981882/where-to-see-wildflowers-near-you-in-the-bay-area-plus-the-science-behind-the-super-bloom\">Where to See Wildflowers Near You in the Bay Area (Plus, the Science Behind the ‘Super Bloom’)\u003c/a>\u003c/em>\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>\u003cem>\u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/science/1982256/best-bay-area-hikes-for-spring-where-to-see-waterfalls-wildflowers-and-mushrooms-after-all-that-rain\">Best Bay Area Hikes for Spring: Where to See Waterfalls, Wildflowers and Mushrooms After All That Rain\u003c/a>\u003c/em>\u003c/li>\n\u003c/ul>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Original story:\u003c/strong> Traffic jams. Trampled flowers. “\u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/science/1939331/super-bloom-selfie-quest-overwhelms-lake-elsinore-as-100000-descend-on-poppypalooza\">Disneyland size crowds\u003c/a>.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The recent wildflower “super blooms” in Southern California — and the legions of selfie-hungry Instagrammers they’ve attracted — have \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/science/1939331/super-bloom-selfie-quest-overwhelms-lake-elsinore-as-100000-descend-on-poppypalooza\">caused the kind of stir\u003c/a> not usually associated with botanical events.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11733290\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 1920px\">\u003cimg decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-full wp-image-11733290\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2019/03/03152019_superbloom_singlep-qut.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1178\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2019/03/03152019_superbloom_singlep-qut.jpg 1920w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2019/03/03152019_superbloom_singlep-qut-160x98.jpg 160w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2019/03/03152019_superbloom_singlep-qut-800x491.jpg 800w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2019/03/03152019_superbloom_singlep-qut-1020x626.jpg 1020w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2019/03/03152019_superbloom_singlep-qut-1200x736.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1920px) 100vw, 1920px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">A super bloom of wild poppies blankets the hills of Walker Canyon on March 12, 2019, near Lake Elsinore, California. \u003ccite>(Mario Tama/Getty Images)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Yes, the term “super bloom” \u003cem>is\u003c/em> most commonly used to refer to the spectacular explosions of \u003ca href=\"https://www.cnps.org/\">native wildflowers\u003c/a> that spring up in desert areas like the Mojave Desert. But according to \u003ca href=\"https://modernhiker.com/\">Modern Hiker\u003c/a>, \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11732758/photos-wildflowers-and-butterfly-populations-super-bloom-in-unison\">the phrase is actually a recent invention\u003c/a>, made up in the last few years to mean “a bunch of flowers.” So why not thumb your nose at our SoCal cousins \u003cem>and\u003c/em> their traffic jams by visiting one of these colorfully floral Bay Area spots below — to catch a sort-of-super bloom of your own?\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003c/div>",
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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Bear in mind that according to \u003ca href=\"https://www.visitcalifornia.com/attraction/californias-spring-2019-wildflower-forecast\">Visit California’s 2019 Super Bloom guide\u003c/a>, the Bay Area’s peak wildflower season is a little later than Southern California’s (late April to mid-June). So, several of these spots below won’t actually be blooming yet, and when they do, the saturation can really vary from year to year.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>What’s more, a lot of the Bay Area’s blooming hillsides — as shown in the photos submitted by readers below — are actually due to invasive species like wild mustard, \u003cem>not\u003c/em> native wildflowers. Vibrant (and Instagrammable) riots of color they may be, but the proliferation of these flowering plants is actually one of the reasons the Bay doesn’t \u003cem>get\u003c/em> true “super blooms” of native wildflowers.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Lastly, remember: If you’re visiting these spots to capture their beauty for social media prestige, stick to marked trails to take your shots, and definitely \u003cem>don’t\u003c/em> pick any flowers. (As well as damaging the landscape, you could also get a ticket.)\u003c/p>\n\u003ch3>\u003ca href=\"https://www.nps.gov/pore/index.htm\">North Bay: Point Reyes National Seashore\u003c/a>\u003c/h3>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11733934\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"max-width: 1080px\">\u003cimg decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-full wp-image-11733934\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2019/03/RS36024_Pt-Reyes-qut.jpg\" alt=\"A colorful floral carpet spotted on the Chimney Rock Trail in Pt Reyes \" width=\"1080\" height=\"810\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2019/03/RS36024_Pt-Reyes-qut.jpg 1080w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2019/03/RS36024_Pt-Reyes-qut-160x120.jpg 160w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2019/03/RS36024_Pt-Reyes-qut-800x600.jpg 800w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2019/03/RS36024_Pt-Reyes-qut-1020x765.jpg 1020w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2019/03/RS36024_Pt-Reyes-qut-1044x783.jpg 1044w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2019/03/RS36024_Pt-Reyes-qut-632x474.jpg 632w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2019/03/RS36024_Pt-Reyes-qut-536x402.jpg 536w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1080px) 100vw, 1080px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">A colorful floral carpet spotted on the Chimney Rock Trail in Pt Reyes \u003ccite>(christy_nana on Instagram)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>As if you needed more excuses to visit \u003ca href=\"https://www.nps.gov/pore/index.htm\">Point Reyes National Seashore\u003c/a>, in springtime several of its trails are exploding with color. \u003ca href=\"https://www.nps.gov/pore/planyourvisit/chimney_rock.htm#onthisPage-7\">The 1.75-mile Chimney Rock trail\u003c/a> boasts poppies, owl’s clover, tidy tips, checkerbloom, paintbrush, Douglas iris and footsteps-of-spring, plus incredible oceans views. A short drive away, a visit to \u003ca href=\"https://modernhiker.com/hike/abbotts-lagoon/\">Abotts Lagoon\u003c/a> (at the right time of year) also offers a seasonal blanket of golden poppies.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch3>\u003ca href=\"https://www.ebparks.org/activities/hiking/bobcoomber/wildflowers.htm\">East Bay: Berkeley Hills\u003c/a>\u003c/h3>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11733943\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"max-width: 1092px\">\u003cimg decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-full wp-image-11733943\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2019/03/RS36029_Berkeley-Hills-1-qut.jpg\" alt=\"Rosemary and French Broom -- both invasive species -- in the Berkeley Hills\" width=\"1092\" height=\"820\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2019/03/RS36029_Berkeley-Hills-1-qut.jpg 1092w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2019/03/RS36029_Berkeley-Hills-1-qut-160x120.jpg 160w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2019/03/RS36029_Berkeley-Hills-1-qut-800x601.jpg 800w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2019/03/RS36029_Berkeley-Hills-1-qut-1020x766.jpg 1020w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2019/03/RS36029_Berkeley-Hills-1-qut-1044x783.jpg 1044w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2019/03/RS36029_Berkeley-Hills-1-qut-632x474.jpg 632w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2019/03/RS36029_Berkeley-Hills-1-qut-536x402.jpg 536w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1092px) 100vw, 1092px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Rosemary and French Broom — both invasive species — in the Berkeley Hills \u003ccite>(Liam O'Donoghue via Twitter)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Yes, the East Bay is a veritable goldmine of springtime blooms. But on a clear day the Berkeley Hills also present the added bonus of stunning vistas across the Bay, as well as those wildflower carpets. 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"content": "\u003cp>The number of flaring incidents in 2018 at Chevron's Richmond refinery was at its highest level in 12 years, according to \u003ca href=\"http://www.baaqmd.gov/~/media/files/board-of-directors/2019/ssc_presentations_031819-pdf.pdf?la=en\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">data\u003c/a> the Bay Area Air Quality Management District released Monday at a board of directors committee meeting.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The refinery experienced nine flaring events last year, more than any other refinery in the Bay Area. That's the highest number of such incidents since 2006, when the Chevron refinery experienced 21 flaring events.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The Tesoro refinery in Pacheco experienced five flaring incidents last year, Valero's Benicia refinery conducted four, Shell in Martinez had three and Phillips 66 in Rodeo had two, according to the air district.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The jump, which started in the last eight months, is connected to the start up of a new hydrogen plant that recently began operating at the facility, according to John Gioia, who represents the area of the refinery on the Contra Costa County Board of Supervisors and sits on the air district's board of directors.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"All the sudden we saw this spike,\" Gioia said in an interview. \"There are some issues related to the new hydrogen plant and how it is integrated with the existing refinery.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Gioia said it will probably take several months for Chevron to make fixes at the plant to reduce future flaring operations.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"For those of us who live in Richmond, we may continue to see some additional flaring while these issues are resolved,\" he said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Air regulators and oil industry officials emphasize that flares are used as safety devices to reduce pressure inside refineries by burning off gases during facility malfunctions as well as start up and shutdown operations.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[aside postID=\"news_11730997\" label=\"Chevron Refinery Flaring Incidents\"]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Chevron's hydrogen plant is part of the refinery's modernization project, \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/science/20001/richmond-approves-contentious-chevron-project\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">approved by the Richmond City Council in 2014\u003c/a>, that is aimed at helping the facility refine higher-sulfur crude oil.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Braden Reddall, a company spokesman, said late Monday that the refinery was flaring \"due to startup activities at a processing unit.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"The flaring does not pose any environmental or health risk to the community,\" Reddall said in an email. \u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"We want to assure our neighbors that flares are highly regulated safety devices, designed to relieve pressure during the refining processes and help keep our equipment and plants operating safety,\" he said, adding that the refinery continues to supply its customers.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But Reddall did not answer questions about the connection between the hydrogen plant and the refinery's recent uptick in flaring incidents as well as what kind of fixes the company is putting in place.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Gioia said the refinery began using the hydrogen unit last fall.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In the first three months of 2019, there have been five malfunctions at Chevron, the most recent one on Sunday afternoon, according to Randy Sawyer, Contra Costa County's chief environmental health and hazardous materials officer.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>That incident sent black smoke into the air and lasted two-and-a-half hours, Sawyer said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>It came 11 days after the refinery suffered an outage that caused several processing units at the facility to shut down, prompting the facility to send gas through its flares.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The refinery also \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11730997/chevron-refinery-suffers-third-power-outage-in-two-months-with-another-round-of-flaring\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">suffered outages\u003c/a> on Feb. 2 and Jan. 17 and conducted a separate flaring operation on Feb. 24.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The air district is investigating most of those incidents, according to agency spokeswoman Kristine Roselius.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"We don't think this is an acceptable situation,\" said Jack Broadbent, chief executive officer of the air district, during Monday's meeting before the district's Stationary Source Committee.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Gioia said a significant portion of the gas coming from the refinery's flares during the recent incidents has been pure hydrogen, which does not present the same health risk as other gases like sulfur dioxide and benzene, which tend to get released during other flaring operations.\u003c/p>\n\n",
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