window.__IS_SSR__=true
window.__INITIAL_STATE__={
"attachmentsReducer": {
"audio_0": {
"type": "attachments",
"id": "audio_0",
"imgSizes": {
"kqedFullSize": {
"file": "https://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/themes/KQED-unified/img/audio_bgs/background0.jpg"
}
}
},
"audio_1": {
"type": "attachments",
"id": "audio_1",
"imgSizes": {
"kqedFullSize": {
"file": "https://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/themes/KQED-unified/img/audio_bgs/background1.jpg"
}
}
},
"audio_2": {
"type": "attachments",
"id": "audio_2",
"imgSizes": {
"kqedFullSize": {
"file": "https://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/themes/KQED-unified/img/audio_bgs/background2.jpg"
}
}
},
"audio_3": {
"type": "attachments",
"id": "audio_3",
"imgSizes": {
"kqedFullSize": {
"file": "https://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/themes/KQED-unified/img/audio_bgs/background3.jpg"
}
}
},
"audio_4": {
"type": "attachments",
"id": "audio_4",
"imgSizes": {
"kqedFullSize": {
"file": "https://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/themes/KQED-unified/img/audio_bgs/background4.jpg"
}
}
},
"placeholder": {
"type": "attachments",
"id": "placeholder",
"imgSizes": {
"thumbnail": {
"file": "https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/12/KQED-Default-Image-816638274-2000x1333-1-160x107.jpg",
"width": 160,
"height": 107,
"mimeType": "image/jpeg"
},
"medium": {
"file": "https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/12/KQED-Default-Image-816638274-2000x1333-1-800x533.jpg",
"width": 800,
"height": 533,
"mimeType": "image/jpeg"
},
"medium_large": {
"file": "https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/12/KQED-Default-Image-816638274-2000x1333-1-768x512.jpg",
"width": 768,
"height": 512,
"mimeType": "image/jpeg"
},
"large": {
"file": "https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/12/KQED-Default-Image-816638274-2000x1333-1-1020x680.jpg",
"width": 1020,
"height": 680,
"mimeType": "image/jpeg"
},
"1536x1536": {
"file": "https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/12/KQED-Default-Image-816638274-2000x1333-1-1536x1024.jpg",
"width": 1536,
"height": 1024,
"mimeType": "image/jpeg"
},
"fd-lrg": {
"file": "https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/12/KQED-Default-Image-816638274-2000x1333-1-1536x1024.jpg",
"width": 1536,
"height": 1024,
"mimeType": "image/jpeg"
},
"fd-med": {
"file": "https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/12/KQED-Default-Image-816638274-2000x1333-1-1020x680.jpg",
"width": 1020,
"height": 680,
"mimeType": "image/jpeg"
},
"fd-sm": {
"file": "https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/12/KQED-Default-Image-816638274-2000x1333-1-800x533.jpg",
"width": 800,
"height": 533,
"mimeType": "image/jpeg"
},
"post-thumbnail": {
"file": "https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/12/KQED-Default-Image-816638274-2000x1333-1-672x372.jpg",
"width": 672,
"height": 372,
"mimeType": "image/jpeg"
},
"twentyfourteen-full-width": {
"file": "https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/12/KQED-Default-Image-816638274-2000x1333-1-1038x576.jpg",
"width": 1038,
"height": 576,
"mimeType": "image/jpeg"
},
"xxsmall": {
"file": "https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/12/KQED-Default-Image-816638274-2000x1333-1-160x107.jpg",
"width": 160,
"height": 107,
"mimeType": "image/jpeg"
},
"xsmall": {
"file": "https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/12/KQED-Default-Image-816638274-2000x1333-1-672x372.jpg",
"width": 672,
"height": 372,
"mimeType": "image/jpeg"
},
"small": {
"file": "https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/12/KQED-Default-Image-816638274-2000x1333-1-672x372.jpg",
"width": 672,
"height": 372,
"mimeType": "image/jpeg"
},
"xlarge": {
"file": "https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/12/KQED-Default-Image-816638274-2000x1333-1-1020x680.jpg",
"width": 1020,
"height": 680,
"mimeType": "image/jpeg"
},
"full-width": {
"file": "https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/12/KQED-Default-Image-816638274-2000x1333-1-1920x1280.jpg",
"width": 1920,
"height": 1280,
"mimeType": "image/jpeg"
},
"guest-author-32": {
"file": "https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/01/KQED-Default-Image-816638274-1333x1333-1-160x160.jpg",
"width": 32,
"height": 32,
"mimeType": "image/jpeg"
},
"guest-author-50": {
"file": "https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/01/KQED-Default-Image-816638274-1333x1333-1-160x160.jpg",
"width": 50,
"height": 50,
"mimeType": "image/jpeg"
},
"guest-author-64": {
"file": "https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/01/KQED-Default-Image-816638274-1333x1333-1-160x160.jpg",
"width": 64,
"height": 64,
"mimeType": "image/jpeg"
},
"guest-author-96": {
"file": "https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/01/KQED-Default-Image-816638274-1333x1333-1-160x160.jpg",
"width": 96,
"height": 96,
"mimeType": "image/jpeg"
},
"guest-author-128": {
"file": "https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/01/KQED-Default-Image-816638274-1333x1333-1-160x160.jpg",
"width": 128,
"height": 128,
"mimeType": "image/jpeg"
},
"detail": {
"file": "https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/01/KQED-Default-Image-816638274-1333x1333-1-160x160.jpg",
"width": 160,
"height": 160,
"mimeType": "image/jpeg"
},
"kqedFullSize": {
"file": "https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/12/KQED-Default-Image-816638274-2000x1333-1.jpg",
"width": 2000,
"height": 1333
}
}
},
"news_11697689": {
"type": "attachments",
"id": "news_11697689",
"meta": {
"index": "attachments_1716263798",
"site": "news",
"id": "11697689",
"found": true
},
"parent": 11697682,
"imgSizes": {
"small": {
"file": "https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/10/PGELineDown-520x347.jpg",
"width": 520,
"mimeType": "image/jpeg",
"height": 347
},
"twentyfourteen-full-width": {
"file": "https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/10/PGELineDown-1038x576.jpg",
"width": 1038,
"mimeType": "image/jpeg",
"height": 576
},
"thumbnail": {
"file": "https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/10/PGELineDown-160x107.jpg",
"width": 160,
"mimeType": "image/jpeg",
"height": 107
},
"fd-sm": {
"file": "https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/10/PGELineDown-960x640.jpg",
"width": 960,
"mimeType": "image/jpeg",
"height": 640
},
"post-thumbnail": {
"file": "https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/10/PGELineDown-672x372.jpg",
"width": 672,
"mimeType": "image/jpeg",
"height": 372
},
"xsmall": {
"file": "https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/10/PGELineDown-375x250.jpg",
"width": 375,
"mimeType": "image/jpeg",
"height": 250
},
"kqedFullSize": {
"file": "https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/10/PGELineDown.jpg",
"width": 1920,
"height": 1280
},
"large": {
"file": "https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/10/PGELineDown-1020x680.jpg",
"width": 1020,
"mimeType": "image/jpeg",
"height": 680
},
"xlarge": {
"file": "https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/10/PGELineDown-1180x787.jpg",
"width": 1180,
"mimeType": "image/jpeg",
"height": 787
},
"complete_open_graph": {
"file": "https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/10/PGELineDown-1200x800.jpg",
"width": 1200,
"mimeType": "image/jpeg",
"height": 800
},
"guest-author-50": {
"file": "https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/10/PGELineDown-50x50.jpg",
"width": 50,
"mimeType": "image/jpeg",
"height": 50
},
"guest-author-96": {
"file": "https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/10/PGELineDown-96x96.jpg",
"width": 96,
"mimeType": "image/jpeg",
"height": 96
},
"medium": {
"file": "https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/10/PGELineDown-800x533.jpg",
"width": 800,
"mimeType": "image/jpeg",
"height": 533
},
"guest-author-64": {
"file": "https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/10/PGELineDown-64x64.jpg",
"width": 64,
"mimeType": "image/jpeg",
"height": 64
},
"guest-author-32": {
"file": "https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/10/PGELineDown-32x32.jpg",
"width": 32,
"mimeType": "image/jpeg",
"height": 32
},
"fd-lrg": {
"file": "https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/10/PGELineDown-1920x1280.jpg",
"width": 1920,
"mimeType": "image/jpeg",
"height": 1280
},
"fd-med": {
"file": "https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/10/PGELineDown-1180x787.jpg",
"width": 1180,
"mimeType": "image/jpeg",
"height": 787
},
"full-width": {
"file": "https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/10/PGELineDown-1920x1280.jpg",
"width": 1920,
"mimeType": "image/jpeg",
"height": 1280
},
"detail": {
"file": "https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/10/PGELineDown-150x150.jpg",
"width": 150,
"mimeType": "image/jpeg",
"height": 150
},
"guest-author-128": {
"file": "https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/10/PGELineDown-128x128.jpg",
"width": 128,
"mimeType": "image/jpeg",
"height": 128
},
"xxsmall": {
"file": "https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/10/PGELineDown-240x160.jpg",
"width": 240,
"mimeType": "image/jpeg",
"height": 160
}
},
"publishDate": 1539114704,
"modified": 1548361444,
"caption": "A downed power line and the remains of a home and a car are seen in the Larkfield-Wikiup neighborhood following the Tubbs Fire in Santa Rosa. ",
"description": "A downed power line and the remains of a home and a car are seen in the Larkfield-Wikiup neighborhood following the Tubbs Fire on Oct. 13, 2017 in Santa Rosa. Investigators have still not determined the cause of the Tubbs Fire, which was the most destructive in state history.",
"title": "PGELineDown",
"credit": "Elijah Nouvelage/Getty Images",
"status": "inherit",
"isLoading": false,
"fetchFailed": false
},
"news_11572756": {
"type": "attachments",
"id": "news_11572756",
"meta": {
"index": "attachments_1716263798",
"site": "news",
"id": "11572756",
"found": true
},
"parent": 0,
"imgSizes": {
"small": {
"file": "https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/07/tcr_archive_background-520x195.jpg",
"width": 520,
"mimeType": "image/jpeg",
"height": 195
},
"twentyfourteen-full-width": {
"file": "https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/07/tcr_archive_background-1038x450.jpg",
"width": 1038,
"mimeType": "image/jpeg",
"height": 450
},
"thumbnail": {
"file": "https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/07/tcr_archive_background-160x60.jpg",
"width": 160,
"mimeType": "image/jpeg",
"height": 60
},
"fd-sm": {
"file": "https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/07/tcr_archive_background-960x360.jpg",
"width": 960,
"mimeType": "image/jpeg",
"height": 360
},
"post-thumbnail": {
"file": "https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/07/tcr_archive_background-672x372.jpg",
"width": 672,
"mimeType": "image/jpeg",
"height": 372
},
"xsmall": {
"file": "https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/07/tcr_archive_background-375x141.jpg",
"width": 375,
"mimeType": "image/jpeg",
"height": 141
},
"kqedFullSize": {
"file": "https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/07/tcr_archive_background.jpg",
"width": 1200,
"height": 450
},
"large": {
"file": "https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/07/tcr_archive_background-1020x383.jpg",
"width": 1020,
"mimeType": "image/jpeg",
"height": 383
},
"xlarge": {
"file": "https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/07/tcr_archive_background-1180x443.jpg",
"width": 1180,
"mimeType": "image/jpeg",
"height": 443
},
"guest-author-50": {
"file": "https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/07/tcr_archive_background-50x50.jpg",
"width": 50,
"mimeType": "image/jpeg",
"height": 50
},
"guest-author-96": {
"file": "https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/07/tcr_archive_background-96x96.jpg",
"width": 96,
"mimeType": "image/jpeg",
"height": 96
},
"medium": {
"file": "https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/07/tcr_archive_background-800x300.jpg",
"width": 800,
"mimeType": "image/jpeg",
"height": 300
},
"guest-author-64": {
"file": "https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/07/tcr_archive_background-64x64.jpg",
"width": 64,
"mimeType": "image/jpeg",
"height": 64
},
"guest-author-32": {
"file": "https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/07/tcr_archive_background-32x32.jpg",
"width": 32,
"mimeType": "image/jpeg",
"height": 32
},
"fd-med": {
"file": "https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/07/tcr_archive_background-1180x443.jpg",
"width": 1180,
"mimeType": "image/jpeg",
"height": 443
},
"detail": {
"file": "https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/07/tcr_archive_background-150x150.jpg",
"width": 150,
"mimeType": "image/jpeg",
"height": 150
},
"guest-author-128": {
"file": "https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/07/tcr_archive_background-128x128.jpg",
"width": 128,
"mimeType": "image/jpeg",
"height": 128
},
"xxsmall": {
"file": "https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/07/tcr_archive_background-240x90.jpg",
"width": 240,
"mimeType": "image/jpeg",
"height": 90
}
},
"publishDate": 1500316142,
"modified": 1500316142,
"caption": null,
"description": null,
"title": "tcr_archive_background",
"credit": null,
"status": "inherit",
"isLoading": false,
"fetchFailed": false
},
"news_11720333": {
"type": "attachments",
"id": "news_11720333",
"meta": {
"index": "attachments_1716263798",
"site": "news",
"id": "11720333",
"found": true
},
"parent": 11720244,
"imgSizes": {
"twentyfourteen-full-width": {
"file": "https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2019/01/iStock-951149418-1038x576.jpg",
"width": 1038,
"mimeType": "image/jpeg",
"height": 576
},
"thumbnail": {
"file": "https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2019/01/iStock-951149418-160x107.jpg",
"width": 160,
"mimeType": "image/jpeg",
"height": 107
},
"post-thumbnail": {
"file": "https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2019/01/iStock-951149418-672x372.jpg",
"width": 672,
"mimeType": "image/jpeg",
"height": 372
},
"kqedFullSize": {
"file": "https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2019/01/iStock-951149418-e1548284279566.jpg",
"width": 1920,
"height": 1280
},
"large": {
"file": "https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2019/01/iStock-951149418-1020x680.jpg",
"width": 1020,
"mimeType": "image/jpeg",
"height": 680
},
"complete_open_graph": {
"file": "https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2019/01/iStock-951149418-1200x800.jpg",
"width": 1200,
"mimeType": "image/jpeg",
"height": 800
},
"guest-author-50": {
"file": "https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2019/01/iStock-951149418-50x50.jpg",
"width": 50,
"mimeType": "image/jpeg",
"height": 50
},
"guest-author-96": {
"file": "https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2019/01/iStock-951149418-96x96.jpg",
"width": 96,
"mimeType": "image/jpeg",
"height": 96
},
"medium": {
"file": "https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2019/01/iStock-951149418-800x533.jpg",
"width": 800,
"mimeType": "image/jpeg",
"height": 533
},
"guest-author-64": {
"file": "https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2019/01/iStock-951149418-64x64.jpg",
"width": 64,
"mimeType": "image/jpeg",
"height": 64
},
"guest-author-32": {
"file": "https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2019/01/iStock-951149418-32x32.jpg",
"width": 32,
"mimeType": "image/jpeg",
"height": 32
},
"full-width": {
"file": "https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2019/01/iStock-951149418-1920x1280.jpg",
"width": 1920,
"mimeType": "image/jpeg",
"height": 1280
},
"detail": {
"file": "https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2019/01/iStock-951149418-150x150.jpg",
"width": 150,
"mimeType": "image/jpeg",
"height": 150
},
"guest-author-128": {
"file": "https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2019/01/iStock-951149418-128x128.jpg",
"width": 128,
"mimeType": "image/jpeg",
"height": 128
}
},
"publishDate": 1548284240,
"modified": 1569813514,
"caption": null,
"description": null,
"title": "young man hand holding Paper cup of take away drinking coffee hot on cafe coffee shop.",
"credit": "Getty Images",
"status": "inherit",
"isLoading": false,
"fetchFailed": false
},
"news_11716009": {
"type": "attachments",
"id": "news_11716009",
"meta": {
"index": "attachments_1716263798",
"site": "news",
"id": "11716009",
"found": true
},
"parent": 11716007,
"imgSizes": {
"twentyfourteen-full-width": {
"file": "https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2019/01/ap_18337858678274-1-_wide-b3661194cac55bc29a698691365a275445ad4201-1-e1546644392947-1038x576.jpg",
"width": 1038,
"mimeType": "image/jpeg",
"height": 576
},
"thumbnail": {
"file": "https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2019/01/ap_18337858678274-1-_wide-b3661194cac55bc29a698691365a275445ad4201-1-e1546644392947-160x90.jpg",
"width": 160,
"mimeType": "image/jpeg",
"height": 90
},
"post-thumbnail": {
"file": "https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2019/01/ap_18337858678274-1-_wide-b3661194cac55bc29a698691365a275445ad4201-1-e1546644392947-672x372.jpg",
"width": 672,
"mimeType": "image/jpeg",
"height": 372
},
"kqedFullSize": {
"file": "https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2019/01/ap_18337858678274-1-_wide-b3661194cac55bc29a698691365a275445ad4201-1-e1546644392947.jpg",
"width": 1920,
"height": 1079
},
"large": {
"file": "https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2019/01/ap_18337858678274-1-_wide-b3661194cac55bc29a698691365a275445ad4201-1-e1546644392947-1020x573.jpg",
"width": 1020,
"mimeType": "image/jpeg",
"height": 573
},
"complete_open_graph": {
"file": "https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2019/01/ap_18337858678274-1-_wide-b3661194cac55bc29a698691365a275445ad4201-1-e1546644392947-1200x674.jpg",
"width": 1200,
"mimeType": "image/jpeg",
"height": 674
},
"guest-author-50": {
"file": "https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2019/01/ap_18337858678274-1-_wide-b3661194cac55bc29a698691365a275445ad4201-1-e1546644392947-50x50.jpg",
"width": 50,
"mimeType": "image/jpeg",
"height": 50
},
"guest-author-96": {
"file": "https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2019/01/ap_18337858678274-1-_wide-b3661194cac55bc29a698691365a275445ad4201-1-e1546644392947-96x96.jpg",
"width": 96,
"mimeType": "image/jpeg",
"height": 96
},
"medium": {
"file": "https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2019/01/ap_18337858678274-1-_wide-b3661194cac55bc29a698691365a275445ad4201-1-e1546644392947-800x450.jpg",
"width": 800,
"mimeType": "image/jpeg",
"height": 450
},
"guest-author-64": {
"file": "https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2019/01/ap_18337858678274-1-_wide-b3661194cac55bc29a698691365a275445ad4201-1-e1546644392947-64x64.jpg",
"width": 64,
"mimeType": "image/jpeg",
"height": 64
},
"guest-author-32": {
"file": "https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2019/01/ap_18337858678274-1-_wide-b3661194cac55bc29a698691365a275445ad4201-1-e1546644392947-32x32.jpg",
"width": 32,
"mimeType": "image/jpeg",
"height": 32
},
"full-width": {
"file": "https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2019/01/ap_18337858678274-1-_wide-b3661194cac55bc29a698691365a275445ad4201-1-e1546644392947-1920x1079.jpg",
"width": 1920,
"mimeType": "image/jpeg",
"height": 1079
},
"detail": {
"file": "https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2019/01/ap_18337858678274-1-_wide-b3661194cac55bc29a698691365a275445ad4201-1-e1546644392947-150x150.jpg",
"width": 150,
"mimeType": "image/jpeg",
"height": 150
},
"guest-author-128": {
"file": "https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2019/01/ap_18337858678274-1-_wide-b3661194cac55bc29a698691365a275445ad4201-1-e1546644392947-128x128.jpg",
"width": 128,
"mimeType": "image/jpeg",
"height": 128
}
},
"publishDate": 1546640023,
"modified": 1568388994,
"caption": "The remains of a mobile home park in Paradise burned by the November 2018 Camp Fire. ",
"description": "Homes leveled by the November Camp Fire line the Ridgewood Mobile Home Park retirement community in Paradise, Calif. The state's largest utility, PG",
"title": "Homes leveled by the November Camp Fire line the Ridgewood Mobile Home Park retirement community in Paradise, Calif. The state's largest utility, PG&E, may face billions in liability costs if found responsible for igniting the fire.",
"credit": "Noah Berger/AP",
"status": "inherit",
"isLoading": false,
"fetchFailed": false
},
"news_11719945": {
"type": "attachments",
"id": "news_11719945",
"meta": {
"index": "attachments_1716263798",
"site": "news",
"id": "11719945",
"found": true
},
"parent": 11719917,
"imgSizes": {
"twentyfourteen-full-width": {
"file": "https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2019/01/e7ee4f62-rs11522_452938222-e1548184779248-1038x576.jpg",
"width": 1038,
"mimeType": "image/jpeg",
"height": 576
},
"thumbnail": {
"file": "https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2019/01/e7ee4f62-rs11522_452938222-e1548184779248-160x111.jpg",
"width": 160,
"mimeType": "image/jpeg",
"height": 111
},
"post-thumbnail": {
"file": "https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2019/01/e7ee4f62-rs11522_452938222-e1548184779248-672x372.jpg",
"width": 672,
"mimeType": "image/jpeg",
"height": 372
},
"kqedFullSize": {
"file": "https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2019/01/e7ee4f62-rs11522_452938222-e1548184779248.jpg",
"width": 1920,
"height": 1331
},
"large": {
"file": "https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2019/01/e7ee4f62-rs11522_452938222-e1548184779248-1020x707.jpg",
"width": 1020,
"mimeType": "image/jpeg",
"height": 707
},
"complete_open_graph": {
"file": "https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2019/01/e7ee4f62-rs11522_452938222-e1548184779248-1200x832.jpg",
"width": 1200,
"mimeType": "image/jpeg",
"height": 832
},
"guest-author-50": {
"file": "https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2019/01/e7ee4f62-rs11522_452938222-e1548184779248-50x50.jpg",
"width": 50,
"mimeType": "image/jpeg",
"height": 50
},
"guest-author-96": {
"file": "https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2019/01/e7ee4f62-rs11522_452938222-e1548184779248-96x96.jpg",
"width": 96,
"mimeType": "image/jpeg",
"height": 96
},
"medium": {
"file": "https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2019/01/e7ee4f62-rs11522_452938222-e1548184779248-800x555.jpg",
"width": 800,
"mimeType": "image/jpeg",
"height": 555
},
"guest-author-64": {
"file": "https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2019/01/e7ee4f62-rs11522_452938222-e1548184779248-64x64.jpg",
"width": 64,
"mimeType": "image/jpeg",
"height": 64
},
"guest-author-32": {
"file": "https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2019/01/e7ee4f62-rs11522_452938222-e1548184779248-32x32.jpg",
"width": 32,
"mimeType": "image/jpeg",
"height": 32
},
"full-width": {
"file": "https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2019/01/e7ee4f62-rs11522_452938222-e1548184779248-1920x1331.jpg",
"width": 1920,
"mimeType": "image/jpeg",
"height": 1331
},
"detail": {
"file": "https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2019/01/e7ee4f62-rs11522_452938222-e1548184779248-150x150.jpg",
"width": 150,
"mimeType": "image/jpeg",
"height": 150
},
"guest-author-128": {
"file": "https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2019/01/e7ee4f62-rs11522_452938222-e1548184779248-128x128.jpg",
"width": 128,
"mimeType": "image/jpeg",
"height": 128
}
},
"publishDate": 1548180157,
"modified": 1548780934,
"caption": "PG&E followed through on Tuesday, Jan. 29, 2019, on its promise to file for bankruptcy protection. ",
"description": null,
"title": "PG&E",
"credit": "Justin Sullivan/Getty Images",
"status": "inherit",
"isLoading": false,
"fetchFailed": false
},
"news_11719717": {
"type": "attachments",
"id": "news_11719717",
"meta": {
"index": "attachments_1716263798",
"site": "news",
"id": "11719717",
"found": true
},
"parent": 11719715,
"imgSizes": {
"twentyfourteen-full-width": {
"file": "https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2019/01/7dd17863-seal_wide-399c96c3b3434a70411d76d2fe447d282f01b7cb-e1548013264869-1038x576.png",
"width": 1038,
"mimeType": "image/png",
"height": 576
},
"thumbnail": {
"file": "https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2019/01/7dd17863-seal_wide-399c96c3b3434a70411d76d2fe447d282f01b7cb-e1548013264869-160x90.png",
"width": 160,
"mimeType": "image/png",
"height": 90
},
"post-thumbnail": {
"file": "https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2019/01/7dd17863-seal_wide-399c96c3b3434a70411d76d2fe447d282f01b7cb-e1548013264869-672x372.png",
"width": 672,
"mimeType": "image/png",
"height": 372
},
"kqedFullSize": {
"file": "https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2019/01/7dd17863-seal_wide-399c96c3b3434a70411d76d2fe447d282f01b7cb-e1548013264869.png",
"width": 1920,
"height": 1079
},
"large": {
"file": "https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2019/01/7dd17863-seal_wide-399c96c3b3434a70411d76d2fe447d282f01b7cb-e1548013264869-1020x573.png",
"width": 1020,
"mimeType": "image/png",
"height": 573
},
"complete_open_graph": {
"file": "https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2019/01/7dd17863-seal_wide-399c96c3b3434a70411d76d2fe447d282f01b7cb-e1548013264869-1200x674.png",
"width": 1200,
"mimeType": "image/png",
"height": 674
},
"guest-author-50": {
"file": "https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2019/01/7dd17863-seal_wide-399c96c3b3434a70411d76d2fe447d282f01b7cb-e1548013264869-50x50.png",
"width": 50,
"mimeType": "image/png",
"height": 50
},
"guest-author-96": {
"file": "https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2019/01/7dd17863-seal_wide-399c96c3b3434a70411d76d2fe447d282f01b7cb-e1548013264869-96x96.png",
"width": 96,
"mimeType": "image/png",
"height": 96
},
"medium": {
"file": "https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2019/01/7dd17863-seal_wide-399c96c3b3434a70411d76d2fe447d282f01b7cb-e1548013264869-800x450.png",
"width": 800,
"mimeType": "image/png",
"height": 450
},
"guest-author-64": {
"file": "https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2019/01/7dd17863-seal_wide-399c96c3b3434a70411d76d2fe447d282f01b7cb-e1548013264869-64x64.png",
"width": 64,
"mimeType": "image/png",
"height": 64
},
"guest-author-32": {
"file": "https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2019/01/7dd17863-seal_wide-399c96c3b3434a70411d76d2fe447d282f01b7cb-e1548013264869-32x32.png",
"width": 32,
"mimeType": "image/png",
"height": 32
},
"full-width": {
"file": "https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2019/01/7dd17863-seal_wide-399c96c3b3434a70411d76d2fe447d282f01b7cb-e1548013264869-1920x1079.png",
"width": 1920,
"mimeType": "image/png",
"height": 1079
},
"detail": {
"file": "https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2019/01/7dd17863-seal_wide-399c96c3b3434a70411d76d2fe447d282f01b7cb-e1548013264869-150x150.png",
"width": 150,
"mimeType": "image/png",
"height": 150
},
"guest-author-128": {
"file": "https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2019/01/7dd17863-seal_wide-399c96c3b3434a70411d76d2fe447d282f01b7cb-e1548013264869-128x128.png",
"width": 128,
"mimeType": "image/png",
"height": 128
}
},
"publishDate": 1548012863,
"modified": 1548013329,
"caption": "A curious harbor seal checks out diver Mike Weber as he and other divers pick up golf balls in the waters off the coast of Northern California. His daughter wrote a paper about all the golf balls found in the ocean from nearby golf courses.",
"description": "A curious harbor seal checks out diver Mike Weber as he and other divers pick up golf balls in the waters off the coast of Northern California. His daughter wrote a paper about all the golf balls found in the ocean from nearby golf courses.",
"title": "A curious harbor seal checks out diver Mike Weber as he and other divers pick up golf balls in the waters off the coast of Northern California. His daughter wrote a paper about all the golf balls found in the ocean from nearby golf courses.",
"credit": "Courtesy of Alex Weber",
"status": "inherit",
"isLoading": false,
"fetchFailed": false
},
"news_11719713": {
"type": "attachments",
"id": "news_11719713",
"meta": {
"index": "attachments_1716263798",
"site": "news",
"id": "11719713",
"found": true
},
"parent": 11719436,
"imgSizes": {
"twentyfourteen-full-width": {
"file": "https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2019/01/1ab5a406-gettyimages-1077071324-e1548012767206-1038x576.jpg",
"width": 1038,
"mimeType": "image/jpeg",
"height": 576
},
"thumbnail": {
"file": "https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2019/01/1ab5a406-gettyimages-1077071324-e1548012767206-160x107.jpg",
"width": 160,
"mimeType": "image/jpeg",
"height": 107
},
"post-thumbnail": {
"file": "https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2019/01/1ab5a406-gettyimages-1077071324-e1548012767206-672x372.jpg",
"width": 672,
"mimeType": "image/jpeg",
"height": 372
},
"kqedFullSize": {
"file": "https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2019/01/1ab5a406-gettyimages-1077071324-e1548012767206.jpg",
"width": 1920,
"height": 1280
},
"large": {
"file": "https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2019/01/1ab5a406-gettyimages-1077071324-e1548012767206-1020x680.jpg",
"width": 1020,
"mimeType": "image/jpeg",
"height": 680
},
"complete_open_graph": {
"file": "https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2019/01/1ab5a406-gettyimages-1077071324-e1548012767206-1200x800.jpg",
"width": 1200,
"mimeType": "image/jpeg",
"height": 800
},
"guest-author-50": {
"file": "https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2019/01/1ab5a406-gettyimages-1077071324-e1548012767206-50x50.jpg",
"width": 50,
"mimeType": "image/jpeg",
"height": 50
},
"guest-author-96": {
"file": "https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2019/01/1ab5a406-gettyimages-1077071324-e1548012767206-96x96.jpg",
"width": 96,
"mimeType": "image/jpeg",
"height": 96
},
"medium": {
"file": "https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2019/01/1ab5a406-gettyimages-1077071324-e1548012767206-800x533.jpg",
"width": 800,
"mimeType": "image/jpeg",
"height": 533
},
"guest-author-64": {
"file": "https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2019/01/1ab5a406-gettyimages-1077071324-e1548012767206-64x64.jpg",
"width": 64,
"mimeType": "image/jpeg",
"height": 64
},
"guest-author-32": {
"file": "https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2019/01/1ab5a406-gettyimages-1077071324-e1548012767206-32x32.jpg",
"width": 32,
"mimeType": "image/jpeg",
"height": 32
},
"full-width": {
"file": "https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2019/01/1ab5a406-gettyimages-1077071324-e1548012767206-1920x1280.jpg",
"width": 1920,
"mimeType": "image/jpeg",
"height": 1280
},
"detail": {
"file": "https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2019/01/1ab5a406-gettyimages-1077071324-e1548012767206-150x150.jpg",
"width": 150,
"mimeType": "image/jpeg",
"height": 150
},
"guest-author-128": {
"file": "https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2019/01/1ab5a406-gettyimages-1077071324-e1548012767206-128x128.jpg",
"width": 128,
"mimeType": "image/jpeg",
"height": 128
}
},
"publishDate": 1548012713,
"modified": 1548015243,
"caption": "Barricades block a closed campground at Joshua Tree National Park on January 4, 2019. Campgrounds and some roads have been closed at the park due to safety concerns as the park is drastically understaffed during the partial government shutdown.",
"description": "Barricades block a closed campground at Joshua Tree National Park on January 4, 2019 in Joshua Tree National Park, California. Campgrounds and some roads have been closed at the park due to safety concerns as the park is drastically understaffed during the partial government shutdown.",
"title": "National Parks Threatened As Government Shutdown Continues",
"credit": " Mario Tama/Getty Images",
"status": "inherit",
"isLoading": false,
"fetchFailed": false
},
"news_11719755": {
"type": "attachments",
"id": "news_11719755",
"meta": {
"index": "attachments_1716263798",
"site": "news",
"id": "11719755",
"found": true
},
"parent": 11719092,
"imgSizes": {
"twentyfourteen-full-width": {
"file": "https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2019/01/476dbdd3-rs34330_camp-fire-aerials_1204-14-qut-1038x576.jpg",
"width": 1038,
"mimeType": "image/jpeg",
"height": 576
},
"thumbnail": {
"file": "https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2019/01/476dbdd3-rs34330_camp-fire-aerials_1204-14-qut-160x107.jpg",
"width": 160,
"mimeType": "image/jpeg",
"height": 107
},
"post-thumbnail": {
"file": "https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2019/01/476dbdd3-rs34330_camp-fire-aerials_1204-14-qut-672x372.jpg",
"width": 672,
"mimeType": "image/jpeg",
"height": 372
},
"kqedFullSize": {
"file": "https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2019/01/476dbdd3-rs34330_camp-fire-aerials_1204-14-qut.jpg",
"width": 1920,
"height": 1280
},
"large": {
"file": "https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2019/01/476dbdd3-rs34330_camp-fire-aerials_1204-14-qut-1020x680.jpg",
"width": 1020,
"mimeType": "image/jpeg",
"height": 680
},
"complete_open_graph": {
"file": "https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2019/01/476dbdd3-rs34330_camp-fire-aerials_1204-14-qut-1200x800.jpg",
"width": 1200,
"mimeType": "image/jpeg",
"height": 800
},
"guest-author-50": {
"file": "https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2019/01/476dbdd3-rs34330_camp-fire-aerials_1204-14-qut-50x50.jpg",
"width": 50,
"mimeType": "image/jpeg",
"height": 50
},
"guest-author-96": {
"file": "https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2019/01/476dbdd3-rs34330_camp-fire-aerials_1204-14-qut-96x96.jpg",
"width": 96,
"mimeType": "image/jpeg",
"height": 96
},
"medium": {
"file": "https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2019/01/476dbdd3-rs34330_camp-fire-aerials_1204-14-qut-800x533.jpg",
"width": 800,
"mimeType": "image/jpeg",
"height": 533
},
"guest-author-64": {
"file": "https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2019/01/476dbdd3-rs34330_camp-fire-aerials_1204-14-qut-64x64.jpg",
"width": 64,
"mimeType": "image/jpeg",
"height": 64
},
"guest-author-32": {
"file": "https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2019/01/476dbdd3-rs34330_camp-fire-aerials_1204-14-qut-32x32.jpg",
"width": 32,
"mimeType": "image/jpeg",
"height": 32
},
"full-width": {
"file": "https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2019/01/476dbdd3-rs34330_camp-fire-aerials_1204-14-qut-1920x1280.jpg",
"width": 1920,
"mimeType": "image/jpeg",
"height": 1280
},
"detail": {
"file": "https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2019/01/476dbdd3-rs34330_camp-fire-aerials_1204-14-qut-150x150.jpg",
"width": 150,
"mimeType": "image/jpeg",
"height": 150
},
"guest-author-128": {
"file": "https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2019/01/476dbdd3-rs34330_camp-fire-aerials_1204-14-qut-128x128.jpg",
"width": 128,
"mimeType": "image/jpeg",
"height": 128
}
},
"publishDate": 1548028501,
"modified": 1548028560,
"caption": "An aerial view of Paradise nearly a month after the Camp Fire decimated the town.",
"description": "An aerial view of Paradise nearly a month after the Camp Fire decimated the town.",
"title": "RS34330_Camp Fire aerials_1204-14-qut",
"credit": "Adam Grossberg/KQED",
"status": "inherit",
"isLoading": false,
"fetchFailed": false
},
"news_11718927": {
"type": "attachments",
"id": "news_11718927",
"meta": {
"index": "attachments_1716263798",
"site": "news",
"id": "11718927",
"found": true
},
"parent": 11718100,
"imgSizes": {
"twentyfourteen-full-width": {
"file": "https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2019/01/RS34651_IMG_0531-qut-1038x576.jpg",
"width": 1038,
"mimeType": "image/jpeg",
"height": 576
},
"thumbnail": {
"file": "https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2019/01/RS34651_IMG_0531-qut-160x120.jpg",
"width": 160,
"mimeType": "image/jpeg",
"height": 120
},
"post-thumbnail": {
"file": "https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2019/01/RS34651_IMG_0531-qut-672x372.jpg",
"width": 672,
"mimeType": "image/jpeg",
"height": 372
},
"kqedFullSize": {
"file": "https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2019/01/RS34651_IMG_0531-qut.jpg",
"width": 1920,
"height": 1440
},
"large": {
"file": "https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2019/01/RS34651_IMG_0531-qut-1020x765.jpg",
"width": 1020,
"mimeType": "image/jpeg",
"height": 765
},
"complete_open_graph": {
"file": "https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2019/01/RS34651_IMG_0531-qut-1200x900.jpg",
"width": 1200,
"mimeType": "image/jpeg",
"height": 900
},
"guest-author-50": {
"file": "https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2019/01/RS34651_IMG_0531-qut-50x50.jpg",
"width": 50,
"mimeType": "image/jpeg",
"height": 50
},
"guest-author-96": {
"file": "https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2019/01/RS34651_IMG_0531-qut-96x96.jpg",
"width": 96,
"mimeType": "image/jpeg",
"height": 96
},
"medium": {
"file": "https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2019/01/RS34651_IMG_0531-qut-800x600.jpg",
"width": 800,
"mimeType": "image/jpeg",
"height": 600
},
"guest-author-64": {
"file": "https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2019/01/RS34651_IMG_0531-qut-64x64.jpg",
"width": 64,
"mimeType": "image/jpeg",
"height": 64
},
"guest-author-32": {
"file": "https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2019/01/RS34651_IMG_0531-qut-32x32.jpg",
"width": 32,
"mimeType": "image/jpeg",
"height": 32
},
"full-width": {
"file": "https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2019/01/RS34651_IMG_0531-qut-1920x1440.jpg",
"width": 1920,
"mimeType": "image/jpeg",
"height": 1440
},
"detail": {
"file": "https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2019/01/RS34651_IMG_0531-qut-150x150.jpg",
"width": 150,
"mimeType": "image/jpeg",
"height": 150
},
"guest-author-128": {
"file": "https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2019/01/RS34651_IMG_0531-qut-128x128.jpg",
"width": 128,
"mimeType": "image/jpeg",
"height": 128
}
},
"publishDate": 1547748297,
"modified": 1547862154,
"caption": "Cows and calves in the pasture. Prather Ranch tracks every field each animal has lived in, what it has eaten and if it has ever been sick.",
"description": "Cows and calves in the pasture. Prather Ranch tracks every field each animal has lived in, what it has eaten and if it's ever been sick.",
"title": "RS34651_IMG_0531-qut",
"credit": "Lisa Morehouse/KQED",
"status": "inherit",
"isLoading": false,
"fetchFailed": false
},
"news_11631267": {
"type": "attachments",
"id": "news_11631267",
"meta": {
"index": "attachments_1716263798",
"site": "news",
"id": "11631267",
"found": true
},
"parent": 0,
"imgSizes": {
"small": {
"file": "https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/11/TCRMag_iTunes_3000x3000-520x520.jpg",
"width": 520,
"mimeType": "image/jpeg",
"height": 520
},
"twentyfourteen-full-width": {
"file": "https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/11/TCRMag_iTunes_3000x3000-1038x576.jpg",
"width": 1038,
"mimeType": "image/jpeg",
"height": 576
},
"thumbnail": {
"file": "https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/11/TCRMag_iTunes_3000x3000-160x160.jpg",
"width": 160,
"mimeType": "image/jpeg",
"height": 160
},
"fd-sm": {
"file": "https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/11/TCRMag_iTunes_3000x3000-960x960.jpg",
"width": 960,
"mimeType": "image/jpeg",
"height": 960
},
"post-thumbnail": {
"file": "https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/11/TCRMag_iTunes_3000x3000-672x372.jpg",
"width": 672,
"mimeType": "image/jpeg",
"height": 372
},
"xsmall": {
"file": "https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/11/TCRMag_iTunes_3000x3000-375x375.jpg",
"width": 375,
"mimeType": "image/jpeg",
"height": 375
},
"kqedFullSize": {
"file": "https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/11/TCRMag_iTunes_3000x3000-e1511383661821.jpg",
"width": 1920,
"height": 1920
},
"large": {
"file": "https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/11/TCRMag_iTunes_3000x3000-1020x1020.jpg",
"width": 1020,
"mimeType": "image/jpeg",
"height": 1020
},
"xlarge": {
"file": "https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/11/TCRMag_iTunes_3000x3000-1180x1180.jpg",
"width": 1180,
"mimeType": "image/jpeg",
"height": 1180
},
"guest-author-50": {
"file": "https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/11/TCRMag_iTunes_3000x3000-50x50.jpg",
"width": 50,
"mimeType": "image/jpeg",
"height": 50
},
"guest-author-96": {
"file": "https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/11/TCRMag_iTunes_3000x3000-96x96.jpg",
"width": 96,
"mimeType": "image/jpeg",
"height": 96
},
"medium": {
"file": "https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/11/TCRMag_iTunes_3000x3000-800x800.jpg",
"width": 800,
"mimeType": "image/jpeg",
"height": 800
},
"guest-author-64": {
"file": "https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/11/TCRMag_iTunes_3000x3000-64x64.jpg",
"width": 64,
"mimeType": "image/jpeg",
"height": 64
},
"guest-author-32": {
"file": "https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/11/TCRMag_iTunes_3000x3000-32x32.jpg",
"width": 32,
"mimeType": "image/jpeg",
"height": 32
},
"fd-lrg": {
"file": "https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/11/TCRMag_iTunes_3000x3000-1920x1920.jpg",
"width": 1920,
"mimeType": "image/jpeg",
"height": 1920
},
"fd-med": {
"file": "https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/11/TCRMag_iTunes_3000x3000-1180x1180.jpg",
"width": 1180,
"mimeType": "image/jpeg",
"height": 1180
},
"full-width": {
"file": "https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/11/TCRMag_iTunes_3000x3000-1920x1920.jpg",
"width": 1920,
"mimeType": "image/jpeg",
"height": 1920
},
"detail": {
"file": "https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/11/TCRMag_iTunes_3000x3000-150x150.jpg",
"width": 150,
"mimeType": "image/jpeg",
"height": 150
},
"guest-author-128": {
"file": "https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/11/TCRMag_iTunes_3000x3000-128x128.jpg",
"width": 128,
"mimeType": "image/jpeg",
"height": 128
},
"xxsmall": {
"file": "https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/11/TCRMag_iTunes_3000x3000-240x240.jpg",
"width": 240,
"mimeType": "image/jpeg",
"height": 240
}
},
"publishDate": 1510798019,
"modified": 1510965669,
"caption": null,
"description": null,
"title": "TCRMag_iTunes_3000x3000",
"credit": null,
"status": "inherit",
"isLoading": false,
"fetchFailed": false
},
"news_11719070": {
"type": "attachments",
"id": "news_11719070",
"meta": {
"index": "attachments_1716263798",
"site": "news",
"id": "11719070",
"found": true
},
"parent": 11719066,
"imgSizes": {
"twentyfourteen-full-width": {
"file": "https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2019/01/GettyImages-145949283-e1547777908495-1038x576.jpg",
"width": 1038,
"mimeType": "image/jpeg",
"height": 576
},
"thumbnail": {
"file": "https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2019/01/GettyImages-145949283-e1547777908495-160x105.jpg",
"width": 160,
"mimeType": "image/jpeg",
"height": 105
},
"post-thumbnail": {
"file": "https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2019/01/GettyImages-145949283-e1547777908495-672x372.jpg",
"width": 672,
"mimeType": "image/jpeg",
"height": 372
},
"kqedFullSize": {
"file": "https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2019/01/GettyImages-145949283-e1547777908495.jpg",
"width": 1920,
"height": 1264
},
"large": {
"file": "https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2019/01/GettyImages-145949283-e1547777908495-1020x672.jpg",
"width": 1020,
"mimeType": "image/jpeg",
"height": 672
},
"complete_open_graph": {
"file": "https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2019/01/GettyImages-145949283-e1547777908495-1200x790.jpg",
"width": 1200,
"mimeType": "image/jpeg",
"height": 790
},
"guest-author-50": {
"file": "https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2019/01/GettyImages-145949283-e1547777908495-50x50.jpg",
"width": 50,
"mimeType": "image/jpeg",
"height": 50
},
"guest-author-96": {
"file": "https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2019/01/GettyImages-145949283-e1547777908495-96x96.jpg",
"width": 96,
"mimeType": "image/jpeg",
"height": 96
},
"medium": {
"file": "https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2019/01/GettyImages-145949283-e1547777908495-800x527.jpg",
"width": 800,
"mimeType": "image/jpeg",
"height": 527
},
"guest-author-64": {
"file": "https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2019/01/GettyImages-145949283-e1547777908495-64x64.jpg",
"width": 64,
"mimeType": "image/jpeg",
"height": 64
},
"guest-author-32": {
"file": "https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2019/01/GettyImages-145949283-e1547777908495-32x32.jpg",
"width": 32,
"mimeType": "image/jpeg",
"height": 32
},
"full-width": {
"file": "https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2019/01/GettyImages-145949283-e1547777908495-1920x1264.jpg",
"width": 1920,
"mimeType": "image/jpeg",
"height": 1264
},
"detail": {
"file": "https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2019/01/GettyImages-145949283-e1547777908495-150x150.jpg",
"width": 150,
"mimeType": "image/jpeg",
"height": 150
},
"guest-author-128": {
"file": "https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2019/01/GettyImages-145949283-e1547777908495-128x128.jpg",
"width": 128,
"mimeType": "image/jpeg",
"height": 128
}
},
"publishDate": 1547769539,
"modified": 1547777897,
"caption": "Cars lie smashed by the collapsed Interstate 5 connector few hours after Northridge earthquake, on January 17, 1994, in Sylmar, California.",
"description": "Cars lie smashed by the collapsed Interstate 5 connector few hours after Northridge earthquake, on January 17, 1994, in Sylmar, California.",
"title": "USA-EARTHQUAKE-DAMAGES",
"credit": "Jonathan Nourak/AFP/Getty Images",
"status": "inherit",
"isLoading": false,
"fetchFailed": false
}
},
"audioPlayerReducer": {
"postId": "stream_live",
"isPaused": true,
"isPlaying": false,
"pfsActive": false,
"pledgeModalIsOpen": true,
"playerDrawerIsOpen": false,
"liveAudioPlayStartedAt": 0,
"liveAudioPlayContext": ""
},
"authorsReducer": {
"byline_news_11719715": {
"type": "authors",
"id": "byline_news_11719715",
"meta": {
"override": true
},
"slug": "byline_news_11719715",
"name": "\u003ca href=\"https://www.npr.org/people/2100689/christopher-joyce\">Christopher Joyce\u003c/a>\u003c/br>NPR",
"isLoading": false
},
"byline_news_11719092": {
"type": "authors",
"id": "byline_news_11719092",
"meta": {
"override": true
},
"slug": "byline_news_11719092",
"name": "\u003ca href=\"https://twitter.com/tessacotsirilos\">Teresa Cotsirilos\u003c/a>\u003c/br>KALW",
"isLoading": false
},
"byline_news_11719066": {
"type": "authors",
"id": "byline_news_11719066",
"meta": {
"override": true
},
"slug": "byline_news_11719066",
"name": "Jacob Margolis\u003cbr>NPR",
"isLoading": false
},
"dclyde": {
"type": "authors",
"id": "104",
"meta": {
"index": "authors_1716337520",
"id": "104",
"found": true
},
"name": "Don Clyde",
"firstName": "Don",
"lastName": "Clyde",
"slug": "dclyde",
"email": "dclyde@kqed.org",
"display_author_email": false,
"staff_mastheads": [],
"title": "KQED Contributor",
"bio": "Don Clyde is an online producer, reporter and copy editor for KQED News. Before venturing into journalism, he worked as a medical device engineer and scientist for nearly a decade after earning a degree in physics from UC Berkeley. He loves travel, reading, living in Oakland, and most importantly, a good walk. Email him at dclyde@kqed.org or follow him @clydedon.",
"avatar": "https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/decd3e640c3eedbd0a574275aebb2d19?s=600&d=blank&r=g",
"twitter": "clydedon",
"facebook": null,
"instagram": null,
"linkedin": null,
"sites": [
{
"site": "artschool",
"roles": [
"editor"
]
},
{
"site": "news",
"roles": [
"administrator"
]
},
{
"site": "futureofyou",
"roles": [
"editor"
]
},
{
"site": "about",
"roles": [
"editor"
]
},
{
"site": "mindshift",
"roles": [
"contributor"
]
},
{
"site": "bayareabites",
"roles": [
"contributor"
]
},
{
"site": "lowdown",
"roles": [
"editor"
]
},
{
"site": "stateofhealth",
"roles": [
"administrator"
]
},
{
"site": "spark",
"roles": [
"administrator"
]
},
{
"site": "trulyca",
"roles": [
"administrator"
]
},
{
"site": "imagemakers",
"roles": [
"administrator"
]
},
{
"site": "science",
"roles": []
},
{
"site": "education",
"roles": [
"editor"
]
},
{
"site": "quest",
"roles": [
"subscriber"
]
},
{
"site": "checkplease",
"roles": [
"subscriber"
]
},
{
"site": "forum",
"roles": [
"editor"
]
},
{
"site": "perspectives",
"roles": [
"editor"
]
}
],
"headData": {
"title": "Don Clyde | KQED",
"description": "KQED Contributor",
"ogImgSrc": "https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/decd3e640c3eedbd0a574275aebb2d19?s=600&d=blank&r=g",
"twImgSrc": "https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/decd3e640c3eedbd0a574275aebb2d19?s=600&d=blank&r=g"
},
"isLoading": false,
"link": "/author/dclyde"
},
"danbrekke": {
"type": "authors",
"id": "222",
"meta": {
"index": "authors_1716337520",
"id": "222",
"found": true
},
"name": "Dan Brekke",
"firstName": "Dan",
"lastName": "Brekke",
"slug": "danbrekke",
"email": "dbrekke@kqed.org",
"display_author_email": true,
"staff_mastheads": [
"news",
"science"
],
"title": "KQED Editor and Reporter",
"bio": "Dan Brekke is a reporter and editor for KQED News, responsible for coverage of topics ranging from California water issues to the Bay Area's transportation challenges. In a newsroom career that began in Chicago in 1972, Dan has worked for \u003cem>The San Francisco Examiner,\u003c/em> Wired and TechTV and has been published in The New York Times, The New York Times Magazine, Business 2.0, Salon and elsewhere.\r\n\r\nSince joining KQED in 2007, Dan has reported, edited and produced both radio and online features and breaking news pieces. He has shared as both editor and reporter in four Society of Professional Journalists Norcal Excellence in Journalism awards and one Edward R. Murrow regional award. He was chosen for a spring 2017 residency at the Mesa Refuge to advance his research on California salmon.\r\n\r\nEmail Dan at: \u003ca href=\"mailto:dbrekke@kqed.org\">dbrekke@kqed.org\u003c/a>\r\n\r\n\u003cstrong>Twitter:\u003c/strong> \u003ca href=\"https://twitter.com/danbrekke\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">twitter.com/danbrekke\u003c/a>\r\n\u003cstrong>Facebook:\u003c/strong> \u003ca href=\"https://www.facebook.com/danbrekke\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">www.facebook.com/danbrekke\u003c/a>\r\n\u003cstrong>LinkedIn:\u003c/strong> \u003ca href=\"https://www.linkedin.com/in/danbrekke\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">www.linkedin.com/in/danbrekke\u003c/a>",
"avatar": "https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/8f1f0d2a978fb3b23426c922c7e2af558fa36905b49c4ce76a97dc3c72d27226?s=600&d=mm&r=g",
"twitter": "danbrekke",
"bluesky": null,
"facebook": null,
"instagram": "https://www.instagram.com/dan.brekke/",
"linkedin": "https://www.linkedin.com/in/danbrekke/",
"sites": [
{
"site": "news",
"roles": [
"administrator",
"create_posts"
]
},
{
"site": "stateofhealth",
"roles": [
"editor"
]
},
{
"site": "science",
"roles": [
"editor"
]
},
{
"site": "quest",
"roles": [
"contributor"
]
},
{
"site": "food",
"roles": [
"contributor"
]
},
{
"site": "forum",
"roles": [
"contributor"
]
},
{
"site": "elections",
"roles": [
"editor"
]
},
{
"site": "liveblog",
"roles": [
"editor"
]
}
],
"headData": {
"title": "Dan Brekke | KQED",
"description": "KQED Editor and Reporter",
"ogImgSrc": "https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/8f1f0d2a978fb3b23426c922c7e2af558fa36905b49c4ce76a97dc3c72d27226?s=600&d=mm&r=g",
"twImgSrc": "https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/8f1f0d2a978fb3b23426c922c7e2af558fa36905b49c4ce76a97dc3c72d27226?s=600&d=mm&r=g"
},
"isLoading": false,
"link": "/author/danbrekke"
},
"kqed": {
"type": "authors",
"id": "236",
"meta": {
"index": "authors_1716337520",
"id": "236",
"found": true
},
"name": "KQED News Staff",
"firstName": "KQED News Staff",
"lastName": null,
"slug": "kqed",
"email": "faq@kqed.org",
"display_author_email": false,
"staff_mastheads": [],
"title": null,
"bio": null,
"avatar": "https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/ef0e801a68c4c54afa9180db14084167?s=600&d=blank&r=g",
"twitter": null,
"facebook": null,
"instagram": null,
"linkedin": null,
"sites": [
{
"site": "arts",
"roles": [
"contributor"
]
},
{
"site": "news",
"roles": [
"editor"
]
},
{
"site": "futureofyou",
"roles": [
"author"
]
}
],
"headData": {
"title": "KQED News Staff | KQED",
"description": null,
"ogImgSrc": "https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/ef0e801a68c4c54afa9180db14084167?s=600&d=blank&r=g",
"twImgSrc": "https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/ef0e801a68c4c54afa9180db14084167?s=600&d=blank&r=g"
},
"isLoading": false,
"link": "/author/kqed"
},
"pollystryker": {
"type": "authors",
"id": "250",
"meta": {
"index": "authors_1716337520",
"id": "250",
"found": true
},
"name": "Polly Stryker",
"firstName": "Polly",
"lastName": "Stryker",
"slug": "pollystryker",
"email": "pstryker@kqed.org",
"display_author_email": false,
"staff_mastheads": [
"science"
],
"title": "Editor",
"bio": "Polly Stryker is a former editor for KQED's Science desk. She and reporter/host Rachael Myrow produced the KQED podcast, \u003ca href=\"http://www.npr.org/podcasts/448072249/love-in-the-digital-age\">Love in the Digital Age\u003c/a>.\r\n\r\nPolly has worked for a variety of news and public affairs programs, including most recently as editor of \u003cem>The California Report\u003c/em>. She also edited \u003ca href=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/programs/the-california-report\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">\u003cem>The California Report'\u003c/em>s\u003c/a> \u003ca href=\"http://www.californiareport.org/healthdialogues/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">“Health Dialogues.”\u003c/a> Before that, she was a producer on \u003cem>\u003ca href=\"http://www.scpr.org/programs/airtalk/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">AirTalk\u003c/a>\u003c/em> with Larry Mantle on \u003ca href=\"http://www.scpr.org/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">KPCC\u003c/a> radio, and \u003cem>\u003ca href=\"http://www.kpbs.org/news/midday-edition/\">These Days\u003c/a>\u003c/em> on KPBS. Polly’s work has won awards from the Radio and Television News Directors Association of Northern California, the Society of Professional Journalists (Southern California and Northern California chapters), the Radio and Television News Association. She's also won a Taste Award.\r\n\r\nShe considers herself to be a citizen of the world, having grown up in Cairo before coming to the United States. Polly speaks Arabic and can say, \"I’d like a martini, please\" in Swahili.",
"avatar": "https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/5012854a99868cb15a517a876d88f736?s=600&d=blank&r=g",
"twitter": null,
"facebook": null,
"instagram": null,
"linkedin": null,
"sites": [
{
"site": "",
"roles": [
"editor"
]
},
{
"site": "arts",
"roles": [
"administrator"
]
},
{
"site": "news",
"roles": [
"subscriber"
]
},
{
"site": "stateofhealth",
"roles": [
"author"
]
},
{
"site": "science",
"roles": [
"editor"
]
},
{
"site": "forum",
"roles": [
"editor"
]
}
],
"headData": {
"title": "Polly Stryker | KQED",
"description": "Editor",
"ogImgSrc": "https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/5012854a99868cb15a517a876d88f736?s=600&d=blank&r=g",
"twImgSrc": "https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/5012854a99868cb15a517a876d88f736?s=600&d=blank&r=g"
},
"isLoading": false,
"link": "/author/pollystryker"
},
"tgoldberg": {
"type": "authors",
"id": "258",
"meta": {
"index": "authors_1716337520",
"id": "258",
"found": true
},
"name": "Ted Goldberg",
"firstName": "Ted",
"lastName": "Goldberg",
"slug": "tgoldberg",
"email": "tgoldberg@kqed.org",
"display_author_email": true,
"staff_mastheads": [
"news"
],
"title": "KQED Managing Editor, News and Newscasts",
"bio": "Ted Goldberg is Managing Editor of News and Newscasts at KQED. His main reporting beat is the Bay Area's oil refining industry.\r\n\r\nPrior to joining KQED in 2014, Ted worked at CBS News and WCBS AM in New York and Bay City News and KCBS Radio in San Francisco. He graduated from Oberlin College in Ohio in 1998.",
"avatar": "https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/30ce2e4fe89135e104f89be2394d16225b9d36c121b5b3cb7651ce642978b96f?s=600&d=blank&r=g",
"twitter": "TedrickG",
"bluesky": null,
"facebook": null,
"instagram": null,
"linkedin": null,
"sites": [
{
"site": "news",
"roles": [
"editor"
]
},
{
"site": "science",
"roles": [
"editor"
]
}
],
"headData": {
"title": "Ted Goldberg | KQED",
"description": "KQED Managing Editor, News and Newscasts",
"ogImgSrc": "https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/30ce2e4fe89135e104f89be2394d16225b9d36c121b5b3cb7651ce642978b96f?s=600&d=blank&r=g",
"twImgSrc": "https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/30ce2e4fe89135e104f89be2394d16225b9d36c121b5b3cb7651ce642978b96f?s=600&d=blank&r=g"
},
"isLoading": false,
"link": "/author/tgoldberg"
},
"matthewgreen": {
"type": "authors",
"id": "1263",
"meta": {
"index": "authors_1716337520",
"id": "1263",
"found": true
},
"name": "Matthew Green",
"firstName": "Matthew",
"lastName": "Green",
"slug": "matthewgreen",
"email": "mgreen@kqed.org",
"display_author_email": false,
"staff_mastheads": [],
"title": "KQED Editor/Reporter",
"bio": "Matthew Green is a digital media producer for KQED News. He previously produced \u003ca href=\"http://www.kqed.org/lowdown\">The Lowdown\u003c/a>, KQED’s multimedia news education blog. Matthew's written for numerous Bay Area publications, including the Oakland Tribune and San Francisco Chronicle. He also taught journalism classes at Fremont High School in East Oakland.\r\n\r\nEmail: mgreen@kqed.org; Twitter: @MGreenKQED",
"avatar": "https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/3bf498d1267ca02c8494f33d8cfc575e?s=600&d=blank&r=g",
"twitter": "MGreenKQED",
"facebook": null,
"instagram": null,
"linkedin": null,
"sites": [
{
"site": "news",
"roles": []
},
{
"site": "lowdown",
"roles": []
},
{
"site": "science",
"roles": []
},
{
"site": "education",
"roles": []
},
{
"site": "quest",
"roles": []
},
{
"site": "liveblog",
"roles": []
}
],
"headData": {
"title": "Matthew Green | KQED",
"description": "KQED Editor/Reporter",
"ogImgSrc": "https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/3bf498d1267ca02c8494f33d8cfc575e?s=600&d=blank&r=g",
"twImgSrc": "https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/3bf498d1267ca02c8494f33d8cfc575e?s=600&d=blank&r=g"
},
"isLoading": false,
"link": "/author/matthewgreen"
},
"peterjonshuler": {
"type": "authors",
"id": "1329",
"meta": {
"index": "authors_1716337520",
"id": "1329",
"found": true
},
"name": "Peter Jon Shuler",
"firstName": "Peter Jon",
"lastName": "Shuler",
"slug": "peterjonshuler",
"email": "pshuler@kqed.org",
"display_author_email": false,
"staff_mastheads": [],
"title": null,
"bio": "Peter is a general assignment reporter covering Northern California news for KQED’s daily radio newscasts. He reports on a wide range of stories from current court cases to San Jose city hall.\r\n\r\nSince joining KQED in 1990, Peter has covered everything from the beginnings of the World Wide Web to the dot-com bust, from preserving Silicon Valley's open space to the preservation of historic Valley landmarks.\r\n\r\nPeter caught the radio bug at WAUS-FM while still a student at Andrews University in his home town of Berrien Springs, MI. He did local news and hosted a classical music program. Since then, he has pursued a variety of assignments, including production work at WBAI in New York and broadcasting to the English language community of Geneva, Switzerland via Radio 74. Email: \u003ca href=\"mailto:pshuler@kqed.org\">pshuler@kqed.org\u003c/a>",
"avatar": "https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/4bcbeaf7cf49fec98284db283a33a47b?s=600&d=blank&r=g",
"twitter": null,
"facebook": null,
"instagram": null,
"linkedin": null,
"sites": [
{
"site": "news",
"roles": [
"contributor"
]
}
],
"headData": {
"title": "Peter Jon Shuler | KQED",
"description": null,
"ogImgSrc": "https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/4bcbeaf7cf49fec98284db283a33a47b?s=600&d=blank&r=g",
"twImgSrc": "https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/4bcbeaf7cf49fec98284db283a33a47b?s=600&d=blank&r=g"
},
"isLoading": false,
"link": "/author/peterjonshuler"
},
"shossaini": {
"type": "authors",
"id": "3214",
"meta": {
"index": "authors_1716337520",
"id": "3214",
"found": true
},
"name": "Sara Hossaini",
"firstName": "Sara",
"lastName": "Hossaini",
"slug": "shossaini",
"email": "shossaini@kqed.org",
"display_author_email": true,
"staff_mastheads": [
"news"
],
"title": "KQED Reporter",
"bio": "Sara Hossaini came to general assignment reporting at KQED in 2013 after two winters reporting at Wyoming Public Radio. She holds a bachelor's degree in broadcast journalism from the University of Nebraska-Lincoln. Her radio romance began after a bitter breakup with documentary film (Ok, maybe it's still complicated). Her first simultaneous jobs in San Francisco were as Associate Producer on a PBS film series through the Center for Asian American Media and as a butler. She likes to trot, plot and make things with her hands.",
"avatar": "https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/060e9f56b9554e17942e89f413242774?s=600&d=blank&r=g",
"twitter": "mshossaini",
"facebook": null,
"instagram": null,
"linkedin": null,
"sites": [
{
"site": "news",
"roles": [
"author"
]
},
{
"site": "stateofhealth",
"roles": [
"author"
]
}
],
"headData": {
"title": "Sara Hossaini | KQED",
"description": "KQED Reporter",
"ogImgSrc": "https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/060e9f56b9554e17942e89f413242774?s=600&d=blank&r=g",
"twImgSrc": "https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/060e9f56b9554e17942e89f413242774?s=600&d=blank&r=g"
},
"isLoading": false,
"link": "/author/shossaini"
},
"lmorehouse": {
"type": "authors",
"id": "3229",
"meta": {
"index": "authors_1716337520",
"id": "3229",
"found": true
},
"name": "Lisa Morehouse",
"firstName": "Lisa",
"lastName": "Morehouse",
"slug": "lmorehouse",
"email": "morehouse.lisa@gmail.com",
"display_author_email": false,
"staff_mastheads": [],
"title": "KQED Contributor",
"bio": "Lisa Morehouse is an award-winning public radio and print journalist, who has filed for National Public Radio, American Public Media, KQED Public Radio, Edutopia, and McSweeney’s. Her reporting has taken her from Samoan traveling circuses to Mississippi Delta classrooms to the homes of Lao refugees in rural Iowa. In addition to reporting, she teaches radio production to at-risk youth in the Bay Area. Her series \u003ca href=\"http://afterthegoldrushradio.com/\">After the Gold Rush\u003c/a> featured the changing industries, populations and identities of rural towns throughout California. She’s now producing \u003ca href=\"http://www.californiafoodways.com/\">California Foodways\u003c/a>, a series exploring the intersections of food, culture, economics, history and labor. Follow along on the \u003ca href=\"https://www.facebook.com/californiafoodways?ref=hl\">Facebook page\u003c/a> or on Twitter @cafoodways.",
"avatar": "https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/dae74b002a6e256f39abb19d6f5acaea?s=600&d=blank&r=g",
"twitter": null,
"facebook": null,
"instagram": null,
"linkedin": null,
"sites": [
{
"site": "",
"roles": [
"editor"
]
},
{
"site": "news",
"roles": [
"author"
]
}
],
"headData": {
"title": "Lisa Morehouse | KQED",
"description": "KQED Contributor",
"ogImgSrc": "https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/dae74b002a6e256f39abb19d6f5acaea?s=600&d=blank&r=g",
"twImgSrc": "https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/dae74b002a6e256f39abb19d6f5acaea?s=600&d=blank&r=g"
},
"isLoading": false,
"link": "/author/lmorehouse"
},
"mlagos": {
"type": "authors",
"id": "3239",
"meta": {
"index": "authors_1716337520",
"id": "3239",
"found": true
},
"name": "Marisa Lagos",
"firstName": "Marisa",
"lastName": "Lagos",
"slug": "mlagos",
"email": "mlagos@kqed.org",
"display_author_email": false,
"staff_mastheads": [
"news"
],
"title": "KQED Contributor",
"bio": "Marisa Lagos is a correspondent for KQED’s California Politics and Government Desk and co-hosts the award-winning show and podcast, Political Breakdown. At KQED, Lagos also conducts reporting, analysis and investigations into state, local and national politics for radio, TV, online and onstage. In 2022, she and co-host, Scott Shafer, moderated the only gubernatorial debate in California. In 2020, the \u003ci>Washington Post\u003c/i> named her one of the top political journalists in California; she was nominated for a Peabody and won several other awards for her work investigating the 2017 California wildfires. She has worked at the \u003ci>San Francisco Chronicle\u003c/i>, \u003ci>San Francisco Examiner\u003c/i> and \u003ci>Los Angeles Times\u003c/i>. A UC Santa Barbara graduate, she lives in San Francisco with her two sons and husband.",
"avatar": "https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/a261a0d3696fc066871ef96b85b5e7d2?s=600&d=blank&r=g",
"twitter": "@mlagos",
"facebook": null,
"instagram": null,
"linkedin": null,
"sites": [
{
"site": "arts",
"roles": [
"author"
]
},
{
"site": "news",
"roles": [
"editor"
]
},
{
"site": "science",
"roles": [
"editor"
]
},
{
"site": "forum",
"roles": [
"author"
]
},
{
"site": "liveblog",
"roles": [
"author"
]
}
],
"headData": {
"title": "Marisa Lagos | KQED",
"description": "KQED Contributor",
"ogImgSrc": "https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/a261a0d3696fc066871ef96b85b5e7d2?s=600&d=blank&r=g",
"twImgSrc": "https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/a261a0d3696fc066871ef96b85b5e7d2?s=600&d=blank&r=g"
},
"isLoading": false,
"link": "/author/mlagos"
},
"ljamali": {
"type": "authors",
"id": "11552",
"meta": {
"index": "authors_1716337520",
"id": "11552",
"found": true
},
"name": "Lily Jamali",
"firstName": "Lily",
"lastName": "Jamali",
"slug": "ljamali",
"email": "ljamali@kqed.org",
"display_author_email": false,
"staff_mastheads": [],
"title": "KQED Contributor",
"bio": "Lily was the former co-host of the daily morning show, The California Report.",
"avatar": "https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/dbf7b30d159e697731046a10d25a9e29?s=600&d=blank&r=g",
"twitter": "lilyjamali",
"facebook": null,
"instagram": null,
"linkedin": null,
"sites": [
{
"site": "news",
"roles": [
"create_posts",
"subscriber"
]
},
{
"site": "forum",
"roles": [
"editor"
]
}
],
"headData": {
"title": "Lily Jamali | KQED",
"description": "KQED Contributor",
"ogImgSrc": "https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/dbf7b30d159e697731046a10d25a9e29?s=600&d=blank&r=g",
"twImgSrc": "https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/dbf7b30d159e697731046a10d25a9e29?s=600&d=blank&r=g"
},
"isLoading": false,
"link": "/author/ljamali"
}
},
"pagesReducer": {
"news_category_environment": {
"type": "terms",
"id": "news_19906",
"meta": {
"index": "terms_1716263798",
"site": "news",
"id": "19906",
"score": 12.139681
},
"featImg": null,
"name": "Environment",
"description": null,
"taxonomy": "category",
"headData": {
"twImgId": null,
"twTitle": null,
"ogTitle": null,
"ogImgId": null,
"twDescription": null,
"description": null,
"title": "Environment Archives | KQED News",
"ogDescription": null
},
"ttid": 19923,
"slug": "environment",
"isLoading": false,
"title": "Environment",
"pageMeta": {
"site": "news",
"WpPageTemplate": "page-topic-editorial",
"currentPage": 118
},
"blocks": [
{
"blockName": "kqed/post-list",
"attrs": {
"layout": "cardArticle2",
"query": "posts/news?category=environment",
"seeMore": false,
"paginated": true,
"page": 118
}
},
{
"blockName": "kqed/ad"
}
]
}
},
"pfsSessionReducer": {},
"postsReducer": {
"stream_live": {
"type": "live",
"id": "stream_live",
"audioUrl": "https://streams.kqed.org/kqedradio",
"title": "Live Stream",
"excerpt": "Live Stream information currently unavailable.",
"link": "/radio",
"featImg": "",
"label": {
"name": "KQED Live",
"link": "/"
}
},
"stream_kqedNewscast": {
"type": "posts",
"id": "stream_kqedNewscast",
"audioUrl": "https://www.kqed.org/.stream/anon/radio/RDnews/newscast.mp3?_=1",
"title": "KQED Newscast",
"featImg": "",
"label": {
"name": "88.5 FM",
"link": "/"
}
},
"news_11720738": {
"type": "posts",
"id": "news_11720738",
"meta": {
"index": "posts_1716263798",
"site": "news",
"id": "11720738",
"score": null,
"sort": [
1548380756000
]
},
"parent": 0,
"labelTerm": {
"site": "news",
"term": 72
},
"blocks": [],
"publishDate": 1548380756,
"format": "audio",
"disqusTitle": "Cal Fire: PG&E Power Lines Did Not Start Fire That Destroyed Parts of Santa Rosa",
"title": "Cal Fire: PG&E Power Lines Did Not Start Fire That Destroyed Parts of Santa Rosa",
"headTitle": "The California Report | KQED News",
"content": "\u003cp>\u003cem>Updated 5:45 p.m. Thursday \u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>After a 15-month investigation into the deadliest of the 2017 Northern California wildfires, Cal Fire on Thursday announced that PG&E equipment was not responsible for starting the Tubbs Fire — the catastrophic blaze that swept over the hills from just outside Calistoga into Santa Rosa.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The fire killed 22 people, destroyed more than 5,000 homes and was responsible for as much as $10 billion in insured property losses.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The Cal Fire investigation found that \"a private electrical system adjacent to a residential structure\" caused the fire. The agency said that it had not found any violations of state law connected to the fire.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>PG&E, which has disputed suggestions that its power lines sparked the fire, is facing hundreds of lawsuits related to the Tubbs Fire.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In a federal court filing last month, the company argued that privately maintained power lines at a home at 1128 Bennett Lane, near Highway 128 outside Calistoga — the point where the Tubbs Fire began just before 10 p.m. on Oct. 8, 2017 — sparked the deadly blaze.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>PG&E's filing \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11715439/pge-says-unlicensed-electrical-work-may-have-sparked-tubbs-fire-disaster\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">said that a caretaker on the property\u003c/a> had undertaken a series of unpermitted, unlicensed repairs on the lines and that there was evidence that equipment was involved in the start of the fire.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Cal Fire's \u003ca href=\"http://calfire.ca.gov/fire_protection/downloads/FireReports/17LNU010045_tubbs_le80_Redacted.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">80-page investigative report\u003c/a> says it found no evidence that PG&E equipment ignited the blaze,\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The agency's investigator on the case, John Martinez, said determining the precise cause of the fire was difficult because the blaze consumed so much of the evidence.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Martinez noted the presence of a privately owned power pole that may have been involved in the ignition. Martinez said the property's caretaker had described the pole as \"woodpeckered so damn bad\" that he intended to replace it.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The investigator noted that the pole was nearly completely consumed in the fire, suggesting that it may have snapped and fallen onto the residence.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I eliminated all other causes for the Tubbs Fire,\" Martinez wrote in his conclusion, \"with the exception of an electrical-caused fire originating from an unknown event affecting privately owned conductor (power lines) or equipment.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Cal Fire had previously determined that PG&E equipment was responsible for 18 of the more than 170 wildfires that swept Northern California in October 2017. The fire agency said it had found evidence that the utility may have violated state law in 11 of those incidents and referred cases to local prosecutors.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Frank Pitre, one of the attorneys involved in the Tubbs Fire litigation, said Thursday he was unconvinced by the Cal Fire findings on the blaze's origin.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“We have evidence that suggests that the origin of the fire is not the place that’s identified by Cal Fire,” he said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>That evidence involves a pair of fuses that blew on a PG&E power pole along the road adjacent to 1128 Bennett Lane. The fuses, which melt and expel hot metal when they detect a fault on a power line, may have dropped hot metal into roadside vegetation that PG&E has acknowledged it failed to clear as required by state law.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Last year, plaintiffs' investigators found evidence of metal in the area where the fuses blew.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Pitre added that he believes PG&E should have proactively turned off the power the night of the North Bay fires -- a precautionary step it didn't start taking until last fall's fire season.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“If PG&E had implemented a de-energization policy and been proactive, we never would have had the Tubbs Fire,\" Pitre said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Patrick McCallum, who lost his home in the Tubbs Fire and has been lobbying on behalf of fire victims in the state Capitol for the past year, agreed that the Cal Fire report isn't the last word in the fight between the utility and fire victims.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"My first thought was, 'Oh my God, what is this going to do for the victims [whose] ... ability to restore their lives and rebuild were dependent on this,' \" he said. \"Then my rational side came in -- and it's not over.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>McCallum noted that many of the people in Sonoma County were underinsured, because of the high property costs, and so are depending on being able to sue PG&E to make up the difference. He said Tubbs Fire victims should contact their lawyers and keep fighting.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>As recently as Nov. 5, in \u003ca href=\"https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/75488/000100498018000015/pge-093018x10q.htm#s3DC8A6F7961A529692A36201BF7CAE60\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">a quarterly filing\u003c/a> with the Securities and Exchange Commission, PG&E said the company had concluded it was \"probable\" it would incur losses due to claims arising from some of the October 2017 blazes -- including the Redwood Fire in Mendocino County, which killed nine people, and Nuns Fire in Sonoma County, which killed three. \u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Commenting on several other wildfires, including the Tubbs Fire, PG&E said in the same document it had \"not concluded that a loss arising from those fires is probable\" -- a judgment the company said could change as new facts emerged. \u003c/p>\n\u003caside class=\"alignright\">\n\u003ch3>\u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/tag/pge\">PG&E Bankruptcy: How We Got Here\u003c/a>\u003c/h3>\n\u003cfigure>\u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/tag/pge\">\u003cimg src=\"https://u.s.kqed.net/2019/01/14/PGEWorkersLift.jpg\" alt=\"\">\u003c/a>\u003c/figure>\n\u003c/aside>\n\u003cp>Nevertheless, the utility earlier this month \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11718176/what-does-pges-bankruptcy-mean-for-you\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">announced\u003c/a> it plans to file for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection because it faces at least $30 billion in potential liabilities.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Those possible liabilities stem from other fires that started in October 2017 and from last November's Camp Fire in Butte County, which killed 86 people and destroyed nearly 14,000 homes in and around the community of Paradise.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In a statement after Cal Fire's announcement on the Tubbs Fire, PG&E emphasized the legal and financial hurdles ahead.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"Regardless of today’s announcement, PG&E still faces extensive litigation, significant potential liabilities and a deteriorating financial situation,” the company said. \"Resolving the legal liabilities and financial challenges stemming from the 2017 and 2018 wildfires will be enormously complex and will require us to address multiple stakeholder interests, including thousands of wildfire victims and others who have already made claims and likely thousands of others we expect to make claims.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>PG&E's declared intention to seek bankruptcy protection has \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11719917/pge-says-bankruptcy-could-take-3-years-as-shareholders-fight-filing\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">drawn criticism\u003c/a> from investors who say the company remains solvent and is failing in its duty to shareholders.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“The news from Cal Fire that PG&E did not cause the devastating 2017 Tubbs Fire is yet another example of why the company shouldn't be rushing to file for bankruptcy, which would be totally unnecessary and bad for all stakeholders,” said a spokesperson for BlueMountain Capital Management, an investor critical of the bankruptcy plan.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Victims like McCallum are also skeptical that PG&E actually needs to file for Chapter 11 protections.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The very strength of the lawsuits against PG&E helps the company argue for bankruptcy, said Stanford law professor Robert Rabin.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"A strong case can be made out that faulty maintenance and faulty attention to vegetation surrounding the power lines was negligent, perhaps grossly negligent, on the part of PG&E,\" he said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But if a bankruptcy judge consolidates some of the hundreds of lawsuits against PG&E, fire victims could see smaller settlements. That's why Rabin expects to see fire plaintiffs, their lawyers and shareholders continue to fight the possible bankruptcy.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"They would like to see their clients reimbursed for as close to complete recovery of the loss that they suffered as they could,\" he said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But California Gov. Gavin Newsom said only PG&E leadership can answer the question of whether bankruptcy protection is necessary.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"They will make that determination. The state of California cannot make that determination for them. They have the right to make that determination and we will respond accordingly,\" he said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"https://finance.yahoo.com/quote/PCG?p=PCG&.tsrc=fin-srch\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">PG&E shares,\u003c/a> which have been battered since the company disclosed its equipment might have been involved in igniting the Camp Fire last Nov. 8, were up 75 percent in the hours after Cal Fire released its Tubbs Fire report.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Newsom said he remains in constant contact with PG&E leaders, and remains focused on supporting wildfire victims and ratepayers. But if the company's finances get handed over to a bankruptcy court next week, it's unclear how much power Newsom -- or any other state leaders -- will be able to exert.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cem>KQED's Marisa Lagos, Lily Jamali, Lisa Pickoff-White and Ted Goldberg contributed to this report. \u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad floatright]\u003c/p>\n",
"disqusIdentifier": "11720738 https://ww2.kqed.org/news/?p=11720738",
"disqusUrl": "https://ww2.kqed.org/news/2019/01/24/cal-fire-pge-not-at-fault-in-fire-that-destroyed-parts-of-santa-rosa/",
"stats": {
"hasVideo": false,
"hasChartOrMap": false,
"hasAudio": false,
"hasPolis": false,
"wordCount": 1419,
"hasGoogleForm": false,
"hasGallery": false,
"hasHearkenModule": false,
"iframeSrcs": [],
"paragraphCount": 42
},
"modified": 1548439262,
"excerpt": "Investigators find that improperly maintained power lines on private property likely sparked the Tubbs Fire, which killed 22 people and destroyed more than 5,000 homes in Sonoma County. ",
"headData": {
"twImgId": "",
"twTitle": "",
"ogTitle": "",
"ogImgId": "",
"twDescription": "",
"description": "Investigators find that improperly maintained power lines on private property likely sparked the Tubbs Fire, which killed 22 people and destroyed more than 5,000 homes in Sonoma County. ",
"title": "Cal Fire: PG&E Power Lines Did Not Start Fire That Destroyed Parts of Santa Rosa | KQED",
"ogDescription": "",
"schema": {
"@context": "https://schema.org",
"@type": "NewsArticle",
"headline": "Cal Fire: PG&E Power Lines Did Not Start Fire That Destroyed Parts of Santa Rosa",
"datePublished": "2019-01-24T17:45:56-08:00",
"dateModified": "2019-01-25T10:01:02-08:00",
"image": "https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/02/KQED-OG-Image@1x.png",
"isAccessibleForFree": "True",
"publisher": {
"@type": "NewsMediaOrganization",
"@id": "https://www.kqed.org/#organization",
"name": "KQED",
"logo": "https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/02/KQED-OG-Image@1x.png",
"url": "https://www.kqed.org",
"sameAs": [
"https://www.facebook.com/KQED",
"https://twitter.com/KQED",
"https://www.instagram.com/kqed/",
"https://www.tiktok.com/@kqedofficial",
"https://www.linkedin.com/company/kqed",
"https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCeC0IOo7i1P_61zVUWbJ4nw"
]
}
}
},
"guestAuthors": [],
"slug": "cal-fire-pge-not-at-fault-in-fire-that-destroyed-parts-of-santa-rosa",
"status": "publish",
"audioUrl": "https://www.kqed.org/.stream/anon/radio/tcr/2019/01/PGENoFaultLagosJamali2way190125.mp3",
"audioTrackLength": 173,
"path": "/news/11720738/cal-fire-pge-not-at-fault-in-fire-that-destroyed-parts-of-santa-rosa",
"audioDuration": 176000,
"parsedContent": [
{
"type": "contentString",
"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003cp>\u003cem>Updated 5:45 p.m. Thursday \u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>After a 15-month investigation into the deadliest of the 2017 Northern California wildfires, Cal Fire on Thursday announced that PG&E equipment was not responsible for starting the Tubbs Fire — the catastrophic blaze that swept over the hills from just outside Calistoga into Santa Rosa.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The fire killed 22 people, destroyed more than 5,000 homes and was responsible for as much as $10 billion in insured property losses.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The Cal Fire investigation found that \"a private electrical system adjacent to a residential structure\" caused the fire. The agency said that it had not found any violations of state law connected to the fire.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>PG&E, which has disputed suggestions that its power lines sparked the fire, is facing hundreds of lawsuits related to the Tubbs Fire.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In a federal court filing last month, the company argued that privately maintained power lines at a home at 1128 Bennett Lane, near Highway 128 outside Calistoga — the point where the Tubbs Fire began just before 10 p.m. on Oct. 8, 2017 — sparked the deadly blaze.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>PG&E's filing \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11715439/pge-says-unlicensed-electrical-work-may-have-sparked-tubbs-fire-disaster\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">said that a caretaker on the property\u003c/a> had undertaken a series of unpermitted, unlicensed repairs on the lines and that there was evidence that equipment was involved in the start of the fire.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Cal Fire's \u003ca href=\"http://calfire.ca.gov/fire_protection/downloads/FireReports/17LNU010045_tubbs_le80_Redacted.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">80-page investigative report\u003c/a> says it found no evidence that PG&E equipment ignited the blaze,\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The agency's investigator on the case, John Martinez, said determining the precise cause of the fire was difficult because the blaze consumed so much of the evidence.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Martinez noted the presence of a privately owned power pole that may have been involved in the ignition. Martinez said the property's caretaker had described the pole as \"woodpeckered so damn bad\" that he intended to replace it.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The investigator noted that the pole was nearly completely consumed in the fire, suggesting that it may have snapped and fallen onto the residence.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I eliminated all other causes for the Tubbs Fire,\" Martinez wrote in his conclusion, \"with the exception of an electrical-caused fire originating from an unknown event affecting privately owned conductor (power lines) or equipment.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Cal Fire had previously determined that PG&E equipment was responsible for 18 of the more than 170 wildfires that swept Northern California in October 2017. The fire agency said it had found evidence that the utility may have violated state law in 11 of those incidents and referred cases to local prosecutors.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Frank Pitre, one of the attorneys involved in the Tubbs Fire litigation, said Thursday he was unconvinced by the Cal Fire findings on the blaze's origin.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“We have evidence that suggests that the origin of the fire is not the place that’s identified by Cal Fire,” he said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>That evidence involves a pair of fuses that blew on a PG&E power pole along the road adjacent to 1128 Bennett Lane. The fuses, which melt and expel hot metal when they detect a fault on a power line, may have dropped hot metal into roadside vegetation that PG&E has acknowledged it failed to clear as required by state law.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Last year, plaintiffs' investigators found evidence of metal in the area where the fuses blew.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Pitre added that he believes PG&E should have proactively turned off the power the night of the North Bay fires -- a precautionary step it didn't start taking until last fall's fire season.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“If PG&E had implemented a de-energization policy and been proactive, we never would have had the Tubbs Fire,\" Pitre said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Patrick McCallum, who lost his home in the Tubbs Fire and has been lobbying on behalf of fire victims in the state Capitol for the past year, agreed that the Cal Fire report isn't the last word in the fight between the utility and fire victims.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"My first thought was, 'Oh my God, what is this going to do for the victims [whose] ... ability to restore their lives and rebuild were dependent on this,' \" he said. \"Then my rational side came in -- and it's not over.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>McCallum noted that many of the people in Sonoma County were underinsured, because of the high property costs, and so are depending on being able to sue PG&E to make up the difference. He said Tubbs Fire victims should contact their lawyers and keep fighting.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>As recently as Nov. 5, in \u003ca href=\"https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/75488/000100498018000015/pge-093018x10q.htm#s3DC8A6F7961A529692A36201BF7CAE60\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">a quarterly filing\u003c/a> with the Securities and Exchange Commission, PG&E said the company had concluded it was \"probable\" it would incur losses due to claims arising from some of the October 2017 blazes -- including the Redwood Fire in Mendocino County, which killed nine people, and Nuns Fire in Sonoma County, which killed three. \u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Commenting on several other wildfires, including the Tubbs Fire, PG&E said in the same document it had \"not concluded that a loss arising from those fires is probable\" -- a judgment the company said could change as new facts emerged. \u003c/p>\n\u003caside class=\"alignright\">\n\u003ch3>\u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/tag/pge\">PG&E Bankruptcy: How We Got Here\u003c/a>\u003c/h3>\n\u003cfigure>\u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/tag/pge\">\u003cimg src=\"https://u.s.kqed.net/2019/01/14/PGEWorkersLift.jpg\" alt=\"\">\u003c/a>\u003c/figure>\n\u003c/aside>\n\u003cp>Nevertheless, the utility earlier this month \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11718176/what-does-pges-bankruptcy-mean-for-you\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">announced\u003c/a> it plans to file for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection because it faces at least $30 billion in potential liabilities.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Those possible liabilities stem from other fires that started in October 2017 and from last November's Camp Fire in Butte County, which killed 86 people and destroyed nearly 14,000 homes in and around the community of Paradise.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In a statement after Cal Fire's announcement on the Tubbs Fire, PG&E emphasized the legal and financial hurdles ahead.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"Regardless of today’s announcement, PG&E still faces extensive litigation, significant potential liabilities and a deteriorating financial situation,” the company said. \"Resolving the legal liabilities and financial challenges stemming from the 2017 and 2018 wildfires will be enormously complex and will require us to address multiple stakeholder interests, including thousands of wildfire victims and others who have already made claims and likely thousands of others we expect to make claims.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>PG&E's declared intention to seek bankruptcy protection has \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11719917/pge-says-bankruptcy-could-take-3-years-as-shareholders-fight-filing\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">drawn criticism\u003c/a> from investors who say the company remains solvent and is failing in its duty to shareholders.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“The news from Cal Fire that PG&E did not cause the devastating 2017 Tubbs Fire is yet another example of why the company shouldn't be rushing to file for bankruptcy, which would be totally unnecessary and bad for all stakeholders,” said a spokesperson for BlueMountain Capital Management, an investor critical of the bankruptcy plan.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Victims like McCallum are also skeptical that PG&E actually needs to file for Chapter 11 protections.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The very strength of the lawsuits against PG&E helps the company argue for bankruptcy, said Stanford law professor Robert Rabin.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"A strong case can be made out that faulty maintenance and faulty attention to vegetation surrounding the power lines was negligent, perhaps grossly negligent, on the part of PG&E,\" he said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But if a bankruptcy judge consolidates some of the hundreds of lawsuits against PG&E, fire victims could see smaller settlements. That's why Rabin expects to see fire plaintiffs, their lawyers and shareholders continue to fight the possible bankruptcy.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"They would like to see their clients reimbursed for as close to complete recovery of the loss that they suffered as they could,\" he said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But California Gov. Gavin Newsom said only PG&E leadership can answer the question of whether bankruptcy protection is necessary.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"They will make that determination. The state of California cannot make that determination for them. They have the right to make that determination and we will respond accordingly,\" he said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"https://finance.yahoo.com/quote/PCG?p=PCG&.tsrc=fin-srch\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">PG&E shares,\u003c/a> which have been battered since the company disclosed its equipment might have been involved in igniting the Camp Fire last Nov. 8, were up 75 percent in the hours after Cal Fire released its Tubbs Fire report.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Newsom said he remains in constant contact with PG&E leaders, and remains focused on supporting wildfire victims and ratepayers. But if the company's finances get handed over to a bankruptcy court next week, it's unclear how much power Newsom -- or any other state leaders -- will be able to exert.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cem>KQED's Marisa Lagos, Lily Jamali, Lisa Pickoff-White and Ted Goldberg contributed to this report. \u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003c/div>",
"attributes": {
"named": {},
"numeric": []
}
},
{
"type": "component",
"content": "",
"name": "ad",
"attributes": {
"named": {
"label": "fullwidth"
},
"numeric": [
"fullwidth"
]
}
},
{
"type": "contentString",
"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003c/div>",
"attributes": {
"named": {},
"numeric": []
}
},
{
"type": "component",
"content": "",
"name": "ad",
"attributes": {
"named": {
"label": "floatright"
},
"numeric": [
"floatright"
]
}
},
{
"type": "contentString",
"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003c/div>\u003c/p>",
"attributes": {
"named": {},
"numeric": []
}
}
],
"link": "/news/11720738/cal-fire-pge-not-at-fault-in-fire-that-destroyed-parts-of-santa-rosa",
"authors": [
"222"
],
"programs": [
"news_72"
],
"categories": [
"news_19906",
"news_8"
],
"tags": [
"news_6383",
"news_19542",
"news_140",
"news_474",
"news_17041",
"news_21760",
"news_4463"
],
"featImg": "news_11697689",
"label": "news_72"
},
"news_11720652": {
"type": "posts",
"id": "news_11720652",
"meta": {
"index": "posts_1716263798",
"site": "news",
"id": "11720652",
"score": null,
"sort": [
1548339999000
]
},
"parent": 0,
"labelTerm": {},
"blocks": [],
"publishDate": 1548339999,
"format": "audio",
"disqusTitle": "A View of the Shutdown from Both Sides of the Aisle",
"title": "A View of the Shutdown from Both Sides of the Aisle",
"headTitle": "KQED News",
"content": "\u003ch2>A View of The Shutdown from Both Sides of the Aisle\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>As the shutdown enters its 34th day we thought we'd check in with two members of California's Congressional delegation to hear their thoughts about where we are and where we're going. Republican Tom McClintock represents California's 4th Congressional District, which includes part of Lake Tahoe in the North to Kings Canyon National Park to the South. Democrat Adam Schiff represents California's 28th Congressional District, which includes Burbank, West Hollywood and Pasadena.\u003cbr>\n\u003cem>Guests: Tom McClintock and Adam Schiff\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>Oakland Teachers Consider Strike\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>The Los Angeles teachers strike over, but now teachers in Oakland are looking down state for inspiration as they vote next week on whether to authorize a walkout of their own.\u003cbr>\n\u003cem>Reporter: Vanessa Rancano\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>\u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11720239/federal-prosecutors-urge-judge-to-back-off-on-tough-new-measures-against-pge\">Federal Prosecutors Urge Judge to Back Off on Tough New Measures Against PG&E\u003c/a>\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>Both PG&E and federal prosecutors are urging a federal judge to reconsider requirements imposed to ensure the utility's electrical facilities are wildfire safe.\u003cbr>\n\u003cem>Reporter: Dan Brekke\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>How will Climate Change Affect Big Business?\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>Big corporate firms, including some of California's biggest companies, say they're seriously concerned with how climate change could affect their day-to-day business.\u003cbr>\n\u003cem>Guest: Christopher Flavelle\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n",
"disqusIdentifier": "11720652 https://ww2.kqed.org/news/?p=11720652",
"disqusUrl": "https://ww2.kqed.org/news/2019/01/24/a-view-of-the-shutdown-from-both-sides-of-the-aisle/",
"stats": {
"hasVideo": false,
"hasChartOrMap": false,
"hasAudio": false,
"hasPolis": false,
"wordCount": 213,
"hasGoogleForm": false,
"hasGallery": false,
"hasHearkenModule": false,
"iframeSrcs": [],
"paragraphCount": 6
},
"modified": 1548357632,
"excerpt": null,
"headData": {
"twImgId": "",
"twTitle": "",
"ogTitle": "",
"ogImgId": "",
"twDescription": "",
"description": "A View of The Shutdown from Both Sides of the Aisle As the shutdown enters its 34th day we thought we'd check in with two members of California's Congressional delegation to hear their thoughts about where we are and where we're going. Republican Tom McClintock represents California's 4th Congressional District, which includes part of Lake",
"title": "A View of the Shutdown from Both Sides of the Aisle | KQED",
"ogDescription": "",
"schema": {
"@context": "https://schema.org",
"@type": "NewsArticle",
"headline": "A View of the Shutdown from Both Sides of the Aisle",
"datePublished": "2019-01-24T06:26:39-08:00",
"dateModified": "2019-01-24T11:20:32-08:00",
"image": "https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/02/KQED-OG-Image@1x.png",
"isAccessibleForFree": "True",
"publisher": {
"@type": "NewsMediaOrganization",
"@id": "https://www.kqed.org/#organization",
"name": "KQED",
"logo": "https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/02/KQED-OG-Image@1x.png",
"url": "https://www.kqed.org",
"sameAs": [
"https://www.facebook.com/KQED",
"https://twitter.com/KQED",
"https://www.instagram.com/kqed/",
"https://www.tiktok.com/@kqedofficial",
"https://www.linkedin.com/company/kqed",
"https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCeC0IOo7i1P_61zVUWbJ4nw"
]
}
}
},
"guestAuthors": [],
"slug": "a-view-of-the-shutdown-from-both-sides-of-the-aisle",
"status": "publish",
"sourceUrl": "https://www.kqed.org/news/tag/tcrarchive/",
"audioUrl": "https://www.kqed.org/.stream/anon/radio/tcr/2019/01/Podcast2.mp3",
"audioTrackLength": 595,
"source": "Morning Report",
"path": "/news/11720652/a-view-of-the-shutdown-from-both-sides-of-the-aisle",
"audioDuration": 913000,
"parsedContent": [
{
"type": "contentString",
"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003ch2>A View of The Shutdown from Both Sides of the Aisle\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>As the shutdown enters its 34th day we thought we'd check in with two members of California's Congressional delegation to hear their thoughts about where we are and where we're going. Republican Tom McClintock represents California's 4th Congressional District, which includes part of Lake Tahoe in the North to Kings Canyon National Park to the South. Democrat Adam Schiff represents California's 28th Congressional District, which includes Burbank, West Hollywood and Pasadena.\u003cbr>\n\u003cem>Guests: Tom McClintock and Adam Schiff\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>Oakland Teachers Consider Strike\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>The Los Angeles teachers strike over, but now teachers in Oakland are looking down state for inspiration as they vote next week on whether to authorize a walkout of their own.\u003cbr>\n\u003cem>Reporter: Vanessa Rancano\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>\u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11720239/federal-prosecutors-urge-judge-to-back-off-on-tough-new-measures-against-pge\">Federal Prosecutors Urge Judge to Back Off on Tough New Measures Against PG&E\u003c/a>\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>Both PG&E and federal prosecutors are urging a federal judge to reconsider requirements imposed to ensure the utility's electrical facilities are wildfire safe.\u003cbr>\n\u003cem>Reporter: Dan Brekke\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>How will Climate Change Affect Big Business?\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>Big corporate firms, including some of California's biggest companies, say they're seriously concerned with how climate change could affect their day-to-day business.\u003cbr>\n\u003cem>Guest: Christopher Flavelle\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003c/div>",
"attributes": {
"named": {},
"numeric": []
}
},
{
"type": "component",
"content": "",
"name": "ad",
"attributes": {
"named": {
"label": "fullwidth"
},
"numeric": [
"fullwidth"
]
}
},
{
"type": "contentString",
"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003c/div>\u003c/p>",
"attributes": {
"named": {},
"numeric": []
}
}
],
"link": "/news/11720652/a-view-of-the-shutdown-from-both-sides-of-the-aisle",
"authors": [
"236"
],
"categories": [
"news_1758",
"news_18540",
"news_19906",
"news_13"
],
"tags": [
"news_21998",
"news_21268"
],
"featImg": "news_11572756",
"label": "source_news_11720652"
},
"news_11720244": {
"type": "posts",
"id": "news_11720244",
"meta": {
"index": "posts_1716263798",
"site": "news",
"id": "11720244",
"score": null,
"sort": [
1548291684000
]
},
"parent": 0,
"labelTerm": {
"site": "news",
"term": 72
},
"blocks": [],
"publishDate": 1548291684,
"format": "standard",
"disqusTitle": "Berkeley Approves Restrictions on Disposable Foodware at Eateries",
"title": "Berkeley Approves Restrictions on Disposable Foodware at Eateries",
"headTitle": "The California Report | KQED News",
"content": "\u003cp>\u003cem>Updated Thursday Jan. 24, 10 a.m.\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The Berkeley City Council unanimously approved an ordinance Tuesday night that will require restaurants and cafes to use to-go foodware that's compostable beginning next year — and by mid-2020 to provide only reusable dishes and utensils for patrons dining in.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The ordinance will also require customers to pay a 25-cent fee, starting Jan. 1, 2020, for disposable cups, a fee that can be bypassed if customers bring in their own.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Sophie Hahn, the Berkeley City Council member behind what's being called the most ambitious legislation in the country aimed at reducing throwaway food containers and utensils, called the ordinance both environmentally and fiscally sound.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"There's a lot of costs that go into creating, consuming and then dealing with the waste associated with single-use disposable foodware — that is throwaway foodware — and their cost is not just to our environment but also to our cities and municipalities,\" Hahn said. \"We spend a lot of money dealing with this littering garbage, and it's time for us to turn that around, both for the environment, for our cities and for our citizens.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Hahn said other local governments have shown an interest in replicating the legislation.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"Even during the time that we were developing this policy, we were already getting calls from people in other cities ... from Sierra Clubs ... and now that it's passed, I expect that we'll be getting a lot more,\" Hahn said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Government officials in San Mateo County, Richmond and Piedmont have reached out to Berkeley Mayor Jesse Arreguín’s office, expressing interest in pursuing similar laws, according to Karina Ioffee, a spokeswoman for Arreguín.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Stuart Baker, executive director of the Telegraph Business Improvement District, said in a written statement he appreciated that business interest concerns were incorporated into the ordinance in the year it was developed. Baker said the district would work to make the initiative successful.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But one concern was the timing of the passage of the legislation, which comes after an October increase in the Berkeley minimum wage to $15 per hour.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Coming right on the heels of a big minimum wage increase, it is a challenge for many merchants to deal with an expense that may also force them to raise prices,” Baker said. “Telegraph [Avenue] caters to cost-conscious students, a group often most sensitive to price increases — when food is less expensive to begin with, the increase seem bigger as a percentage of the cost.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The ordinance calls for city officials to help local businesses abide by the new rules.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Supporters say the ordinance is backed by a coalition of more than 1,400 local, national and international organizations participating in the global Break Free From Plastic Movement, including UpStream, The Story of Stuff Project, the Global Alliance for Incinerator Alternatives, the Plastic Pollution Coalition and the Surfrider Foundation.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>CALPIRG Students, an advocacy group at the University of California, said it worked to get the ordinance passed.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"We are proud that the City of Berkeley continues to lead the way in waste reduction policy and look forward to continuing to push the envelope on this important issue,\" says Nicole Haynes, the campaign coordinator for CALPIRG's Plastic Free campaign, in a statement. \"Nothing we use for five minutes should pollute our oceans for hundreds of years.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cem>Bay City News contributed to this post.\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\n",
"disqusIdentifier": "11720244 https://ww2.kqed.org/news/?p=11720244",
"disqusUrl": "https://ww2.kqed.org/news/2019/01/23/berkeley-approves-restrictions-on-disposable-foodware-at-eateries/",
"stats": {
"hasVideo": false,
"hasChartOrMap": false,
"hasAudio": false,
"hasPolis": false,
"wordCount": 578,
"hasGoogleForm": false,
"hasGallery": false,
"hasHearkenModule": false,
"iframeSrcs": [],
"paragraphCount": 18
},
"modified": 1548356340,
"excerpt": "The ordinance will also require customers to pay a 25-cent fee for disposable cups, a fee that can be bypassed if customers bring in their own.",
"headData": {
"twImgId": "",
"twTitle": "",
"ogTitle": "",
"ogImgId": "",
"twDescription": "",
"description": "The ordinance will also require customers to pay a 25-cent fee for disposable cups, a fee that can be bypassed if customers bring in their own.",
"title": "Berkeley Approves Restrictions on Disposable Foodware at Eateries | KQED",
"ogDescription": "",
"schema": {
"@context": "https://schema.org",
"@type": "NewsArticle",
"headline": "Berkeley Approves Restrictions on Disposable Foodware at Eateries",
"datePublished": "2019-01-23T17:01:24-08:00",
"dateModified": "2019-01-24T10:59:00-08:00",
"image": "https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/02/KQED-OG-Image@1x.png",
"isAccessibleForFree": "True",
"publisher": {
"@type": "NewsMediaOrganization",
"@id": "https://www.kqed.org/#organization",
"name": "KQED",
"logo": "https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/02/KQED-OG-Image@1x.png",
"url": "https://www.kqed.org",
"sameAs": [
"https://www.facebook.com/KQED",
"https://twitter.com/KQED",
"https://www.instagram.com/kqed/",
"https://www.tiktok.com/@kqedofficial",
"https://www.linkedin.com/company/kqed",
"https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCeC0IOo7i1P_61zVUWbJ4nw"
]
}
}
},
"guestAuthors": [],
"slug": "berkeley-approves-restrictions-on-disposable-foodware-at-eateries",
"status": "publish",
"path": "/news/11720244/berkeley-approves-restrictions-on-disposable-foodware-at-eateries",
"audioTrackLength": null,
"parsedContent": [
{
"type": "contentString",
"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003cp>\u003cem>Updated Thursday Jan. 24, 10 a.m.\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The Berkeley City Council unanimously approved an ordinance Tuesday night that will require restaurants and cafes to use to-go foodware that's compostable beginning next year — and by mid-2020 to provide only reusable dishes and utensils for patrons dining in.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The ordinance will also require customers to pay a 25-cent fee, starting Jan. 1, 2020, for disposable cups, a fee that can be bypassed if customers bring in their own.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Sophie Hahn, the Berkeley City Council member behind what's being called the most ambitious legislation in the country aimed at reducing throwaway food containers and utensils, called the ordinance both environmentally and fiscally sound.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"There's a lot of costs that go into creating, consuming and then dealing with the waste associated with single-use disposable foodware — that is throwaway foodware — and their cost is not just to our environment but also to our cities and municipalities,\" Hahn said. \"We spend a lot of money dealing with this littering garbage, and it's time for us to turn that around, both for the environment, for our cities and for our citizens.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003c/div>",
"attributes": {
"named": {},
"numeric": []
}
},
{
"type": "component",
"content": "",
"name": "ad",
"attributes": {
"named": {
"label": "fullwidth"
},
"numeric": [
"fullwidth"
]
}
},
{
"type": "contentString",
"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Hahn said other local governments have shown an interest in replicating the legislation.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"Even during the time that we were developing this policy, we were already getting calls from people in other cities ... from Sierra Clubs ... and now that it's passed, I expect that we'll be getting a lot more,\" Hahn said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Government officials in San Mateo County, Richmond and Piedmont have reached out to Berkeley Mayor Jesse Arreguín’s office, expressing interest in pursuing similar laws, according to Karina Ioffee, a spokeswoman for Arreguín.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Stuart Baker, executive director of the Telegraph Business Improvement District, said in a written statement he appreciated that business interest concerns were incorporated into the ordinance in the year it was developed. Baker said the district would work to make the initiative successful.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But one concern was the timing of the passage of the legislation, which comes after an October increase in the Berkeley minimum wage to $15 per hour.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Coming right on the heels of a big minimum wage increase, it is a challenge for many merchants to deal with an expense that may also force them to raise prices,” Baker said. “Telegraph [Avenue] caters to cost-conscious students, a group often most sensitive to price increases — when food is less expensive to begin with, the increase seem bigger as a percentage of the cost.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The ordinance calls for city officials to help local businesses abide by the new rules.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Supporters say the ordinance is backed by a coalition of more than 1,400 local, national and international organizations participating in the global Break Free From Plastic Movement, including UpStream, The Story of Stuff Project, the Global Alliance for Incinerator Alternatives, the Plastic Pollution Coalition and the Surfrider Foundation.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>CALPIRG Students, an advocacy group at the University of California, said it worked to get the ordinance passed.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"We are proud that the City of Berkeley continues to lead the way in waste reduction policy and look forward to continuing to push the envelope on this important issue,\" says Nicole Haynes, the campaign coordinator for CALPIRG's Plastic Free campaign, in a statement. \"Nothing we use for five minutes should pollute our oceans for hundreds of years.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cem>Bay City News contributed to this post.\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\n\u003c/div>\u003c/p>",
"attributes": {
"named": {},
"numeric": []
}
}
],
"link": "/news/11720244/berkeley-approves-restrictions-on-disposable-foodware-at-eateries",
"authors": [
"258",
"104"
],
"programs": [
"news_72"
],
"categories": [
"news_19906",
"news_24114",
"news_8",
"news_356"
],
"tags": [
"news_129",
"news_19542"
],
"featImg": "news_11720333",
"label": "news_72"
},
"news_11717685": {
"type": "posts",
"id": "news_11717685",
"meta": {
"index": "posts_1716263798",
"site": "news",
"id": "11717685",
"score": null,
"sort": [
1548208844000
]
},
"guestAuthors": [],
"slug": "firm-involved-in-sf-shipyard-controversy-awarded-huge-state-contract-for-campfire-cleanup",
"title": "SF Activists to Newsom: Ditch Camp Fire Cleanup Deal with Controversial Firm",
"publishDate": 1548208844,
"format": "standard",
"headTitle": "SF Activists to Newsom: Ditch Camp Fire Cleanup Deal with Controversial Firm | KQED",
"labelTerm": {
"term": 72,
"site": "news"
},
"content": "\u003cp>\u003cem>This article was originally published Jan. 11 and updated Jan. 22.\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>A small group of Bayview-Hunters Point residents and local activists gathered outside the California State Building in San Francisco Monday, urging Gov. Gavin Newsom to dump a large Camp Fire cleanup contract recently awarded to a company accused of widespread fraud.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In early January, a state disaster agency selected Tetra Tech, Inc. for a contract valued at about $250 million to remove debris from the massive area in Butte County destroyed by the November blaze.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The decision, though, is being challenged by a range of community activists and local elected officials, who have raised serious concerns about the company’s integrity.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Tetra Tetra EC, a subsidiary of the larger firm, faces accusations that it falsified soil testing data at the former Hunters Point Naval Shipyard, where it was hired by the Navy more than 15 years ago — and paid upwards of $280 million — to remove radioactive material.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Two former cleanup employees working for the subsidiary \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11717685/firm-involved-in-sf-shipyard-controversy-awarded-huge-state-contract-for-campfire-cleanup\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">were sentenced to prison\u003c/a> last year after admitting to fabricating soil testing results at the site.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>And last week, the U.S. Justice Department filed suit against the subsidiary, accusing its top managers of ordering employees to commit widespread fraud during the shipyard cleanup effort.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Tetra Tech’s fraud was initiated and directed by Tetra Tech’s corporate managers,” the Justice Department said \u003ca href=\"https://www.documentcloud.org/documents/5684913-28-Main.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">in federal court documents filed last week.\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“The people in Butte County need to know that Tetra Tech defrauded Hunters Point,” said Charles Bonner, an attorney who filed a class-action lawsuit against the company on behalf of Hunters Point residents in May and helped lead the rally on Monday. “They’ve defrauded other communities. And they will definitely defraud the people in Butte County … They make money by taking the money and not doing the cleanup job.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Hunters Point residents involved in the suit claim to have suffered major health impacts as a result of the company’s fraudulent reporting.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11661883\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003ca href=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/04/ShipyardLarge.jpg\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-11661883 size-medium\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/04/ShipyardLarge-800x515.jpg\" alt=\"An aerial view of the Hunters Point Naval Shipyard.\" width=\"800\" height=\"515\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/04/ShipyardLarge-800x515.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/04/ShipyardLarge-160x103.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/04/ShipyardLarge-1020x657.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/04/ShipyardLarge-1200x773.jpg 1200w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/04/ShipyardLarge-1180x760.jpg 1180w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/04/ShipyardLarge-960x618.jpg 960w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/04/ShipyardLarge-240x155.jpg 240w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/04/ShipyardLarge-375x242.jpg 375w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/04/ShipyardLarge-520x335.jpg 520w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/04/ShipyardLarge.jpg 1863w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">An aerial view of the Hunters Point Naval Shipyard. \u003ccite>(Molly Samuel/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>For its part, Tetra Tech, Inc., the parent company, has repeatedly denied wrongdoing at the former shipyard, arguing that any deception was committed by a few “rogue” employees employed by its subsidiary.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"https://www2.calrecycle.ca.gov/Contracts/Advertisement/1944\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">CalRecyle\u003c/a>, the state agency in charge of wildfire cleanup that selected the firm for the Camp Fire contract, said in a statement that it had determined the firm was both “responsive and responsible while offering CalRecycle the lowest project price.” Tetra Tech, Inc. (the parent company) was awarded the job after a competitive public bidding process.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Gov. Newsom’s office hasn’t officially responded to concerns about the Tetra Tech contract, but a spokesman noted the contract was awarded under the previous administration and that, regardless, the governor does not have the unilateral authority to cancel state contracts. He also noted that only two firms submitted bids for the contract, given the dearth of companies that take on this degree of cleanup work.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>November’s Camp Fire, the most destructive wildfire ever recorded in California, killed 85 people and destroyed nearly 14,000 homes in and around the foothill town of Paradise.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Cleanup of the 240-square-mile area charred by the fire will be a massive undertaking, involving the removal of millions of tons of debris and potentially toxic material, in what is expected to ultimately cost upwards of $3 billion.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>As the \u003ca href=\"https://www.sfchronicle.com/green/article/Suspect-shipyard-contractor-gets-huge-state-13521866.php\">San Francisco Chronicle recently reported\u003c/a>, CalRecycle has leaned heavily on Tetra Tech, the parent company, in the past year for help with other fire cleanups. Its crews have been sent to remove debris following the Carr Fire in Shasta County \u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">(a $14.4 million contract) \u003c/span>and the Mendocino Complex Fire ($1.5 million).\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The current $250 million job, though, is the largest single award for wildfire cleanup CalRecycle has doled out.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>San Francisco Supervisor Shamann Walton, who represents the Bayview-Hunters Point neighborhood, called the decision to hire Tetra Tech shocking.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“It’s a little bit troublesome that an entity that definitely was caught being fraudulent has another opportunity to be rewarded with a contract and to continue to oversee and do some of the testing in other areas in our state,” he said . “I can tell you that I will do everything in my power to make sure Tetra Tech never has an opportunity to work here in San Francisco.”\u003c/p>\n\n",
"blocks": [],
"excerpt": "Bayview community leaders and activists are demanding the state drop its contract with Tetra Tech, a firm charged with falsifying testing data at San Francisco's former Naval shipyard. ",
"status": "publish",
"parent": 0,
"modified": 1722640513,
"stats": {
"hasAudio": false,
"hasVideo": false,
"hasChartOrMap": false,
"iframeSrcs": [],
"hasGoogleForm": false,
"hasGallery": false,
"hasHearkenModule": false,
"hasPolis": false,
"paragraphCount": 21,
"wordCount": 768
},
"headData": {
"title": "SF Activists to Newsom: Ditch Camp Fire Cleanup Deal with Controversial Firm | KQED",
"description": "Bayview community leaders and activists are demanding the state drop its contract with Tetra Tech, a firm charged with falsifying testing data at San Francisco's former Naval shipyard. ",
"ogTitle": "",
"ogDescription": "",
"ogImgId": "",
"twTitle": "",
"twDescription": "",
"twImgId": "",
"schema": {
"@context": "https://schema.org",
"@type": "NewsArticle",
"headline": "SF Activists to Newsom: Ditch Camp Fire Cleanup Deal with Controversial Firm",
"datePublished": "2019-01-22T18:00:44-08:00",
"dateModified": "2024-08-02T16:15:13-07:00",
"image": "https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/02/KQED-OG-Image@1x.png",
"isAccessibleForFree": "True",
"publisher": {
"@type": "NewsMediaOrganization",
"@id": "https://www.kqed.org/#organization",
"name": "KQED",
"logo": "https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/02/KQED-OG-Image@1x.png",
"url": "https://www.kqed.org",
"sameAs": [
"https://www.facebook.com/KQED",
"https://twitter.com/KQED",
"https://www.instagram.com/kqed/",
"https://www.tiktok.com/@kqedofficial",
"https://www.linkedin.com/company/kqed",
"https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCeC0IOo7i1P_61zVUWbJ4nw"
]
}
}
},
"sticky": false,
"path": "/news/11717685/firm-involved-in-sf-shipyard-controversy-awarded-huge-state-contract-for-campfire-cleanup",
"audioTrackLength": null,
"parsedContent": [
{
"type": "contentString",
"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003cp>\u003cem>This article was originally published Jan. 11 and updated Jan. 22.\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>A small group of Bayview-Hunters Point residents and local activists gathered outside the California State Building in San Francisco Monday, urging Gov. Gavin Newsom to dump a large Camp Fire cleanup contract recently awarded to a company accused of widespread fraud.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In early January, a state disaster agency selected Tetra Tech, Inc. for a contract valued at about $250 million to remove debris from the massive area in Butte County destroyed by the November blaze.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The decision, though, is being challenged by a range of community activists and local elected officials, who have raised serious concerns about the company’s integrity.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Tetra Tetra EC, a subsidiary of the larger firm, faces accusations that it falsified soil testing data at the former Hunters Point Naval Shipyard, where it was hired by the Navy more than 15 years ago — and paid upwards of $280 million — to remove radioactive material.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003c/div>",
"attributes": {
"named": {},
"numeric": []
}
},
{
"type": "component",
"content": "",
"name": "ad",
"attributes": {
"named": {
"label": "fullwidth"
},
"numeric": [
"fullwidth"
]
}
},
{
"type": "contentString",
"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Two former cleanup employees working for the subsidiary \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11717685/firm-involved-in-sf-shipyard-controversy-awarded-huge-state-contract-for-campfire-cleanup\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">were sentenced to prison\u003c/a> last year after admitting to fabricating soil testing results at the site.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>And last week, the U.S. Justice Department filed suit against the subsidiary, accusing its top managers of ordering employees to commit widespread fraud during the shipyard cleanup effort.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Tetra Tech’s fraud was initiated and directed by Tetra Tech’s corporate managers,” the Justice Department said \u003ca href=\"https://www.documentcloud.org/documents/5684913-28-Main.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">in federal court documents filed last week.\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“The people in Butte County need to know that Tetra Tech defrauded Hunters Point,” said Charles Bonner, an attorney who filed a class-action lawsuit against the company on behalf of Hunters Point residents in May and helped lead the rally on Monday. “They’ve defrauded other communities. And they will definitely defraud the people in Butte County … They make money by taking the money and not doing the cleanup job.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Hunters Point residents involved in the suit claim to have suffered major health impacts as a result of the company’s fraudulent reporting.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11661883\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003ca href=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/04/ShipyardLarge.jpg\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-11661883 size-medium\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/04/ShipyardLarge-800x515.jpg\" alt=\"An aerial view of the Hunters Point Naval Shipyard.\" width=\"800\" height=\"515\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/04/ShipyardLarge-800x515.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/04/ShipyardLarge-160x103.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/04/ShipyardLarge-1020x657.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/04/ShipyardLarge-1200x773.jpg 1200w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/04/ShipyardLarge-1180x760.jpg 1180w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/04/ShipyardLarge-960x618.jpg 960w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/04/ShipyardLarge-240x155.jpg 240w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/04/ShipyardLarge-375x242.jpg 375w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/04/ShipyardLarge-520x335.jpg 520w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/04/ShipyardLarge.jpg 1863w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">An aerial view of the Hunters Point Naval Shipyard. \u003ccite>(Molly Samuel/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>For its part, Tetra Tech, Inc., the parent company, has repeatedly denied wrongdoing at the former shipyard, arguing that any deception was committed by a few “rogue” employees employed by its subsidiary.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"https://www2.calrecycle.ca.gov/Contracts/Advertisement/1944\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">CalRecyle\u003c/a>, the state agency in charge of wildfire cleanup that selected the firm for the Camp Fire contract, said in a statement that it had determined the firm was both “responsive and responsible while offering CalRecycle the lowest project price.” Tetra Tech, Inc. (the parent company) was awarded the job after a competitive public bidding process.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Gov. Newsom’s office hasn’t officially responded to concerns about the Tetra Tech contract, but a spokesman noted the contract was awarded under the previous administration and that, regardless, the governor does not have the unilateral authority to cancel state contracts. He also noted that only two firms submitted bids for the contract, given the dearth of companies that take on this degree of cleanup work.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>November’s Camp Fire, the most destructive wildfire ever recorded in California, killed 85 people and destroyed nearly 14,000 homes in and around the foothill town of Paradise.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Cleanup of the 240-square-mile area charred by the fire will be a massive undertaking, involving the removal of millions of tons of debris and potentially toxic material, in what is expected to ultimately cost upwards of $3 billion.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>As the \u003ca href=\"https://www.sfchronicle.com/green/article/Suspect-shipyard-contractor-gets-huge-state-13521866.php\">San Francisco Chronicle recently reported\u003c/a>, CalRecycle has leaned heavily on Tetra Tech, the parent company, in the past year for help with other fire cleanups. Its crews have been sent to remove debris following the Carr Fire in Shasta County \u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">(a $14.4 million contract) \u003c/span>and the Mendocino Complex Fire ($1.5 million).\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The current $250 million job, though, is the largest single award for wildfire cleanup CalRecycle has doled out.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>San Francisco Supervisor Shamann Walton, who represents the Bayview-Hunters Point neighborhood, called the decision to hire Tetra Tech shocking.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“It’s a little bit troublesome that an entity that definitely was caught being fraudulent has another opportunity to be rewarded with a contract and to continue to oversee and do some of the testing in other areas in our state,” he said . “I can tell you that I will do everything in my power to make sure Tetra Tech never has an opportunity to work here in San Francisco.”\u003c/p>\n\n\u003c/div>\u003c/p>",
"attributes": {
"named": {},
"numeric": []
}
}
],
"link": "/news/11717685/firm-involved-in-sf-shipyard-controversy-awarded-huge-state-contract-for-campfire-cleanup",
"authors": [
"1263",
"1329",
"3214"
],
"programs": [
"news_72"
],
"categories": [
"news_19906",
"news_8"
],
"tags": [
"news_24483",
"news_20023",
"news_4463"
],
"featImg": "news_11716009",
"label": "news_72"
},
"news_11719917": {
"type": "posts",
"id": "news_11719917",
"meta": {
"index": "posts_1716263798",
"site": "news",
"id": "11719917",
"score": null,
"sort": [
1548198021000
]
},
"parent": 0,
"labelTerm": {
"site": "news",
"term": 72
},
"blocks": [],
"publishDate": 1548198021,
"format": "audio",
"disqusTitle": "PG&E Says Bankruptcy Could Take 3 Years as Shareholders Fight Filing",
"title": "PG&E Says Bankruptcy Could Take 3 Years as Shareholders Fight Filing",
"headTitle": "The California Report | KQED News",
"content": "\u003cp>A week after announcing that \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11717965/pge-announces-plans-for-bankruptcy-protection\">the company will file for bankruptcy protection\u003c/a> at month's end, Pacific Gas and Electric officials \u003ca href=\"https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/75488/000095015719000075/form8-k.htm\">said they have secured financing\u003c/a> to continue safe operations while the Chapter 11 case proceeds.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In a filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission, PG&E wrote that it entered into an agreement with four major banks to provide $5.5 billion in \"debtor-in-possession,\" or DIP loans.\u003c/p>\n\u003caside class=\"alignright\">\n\u003ch3>\u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/tag/pge\">PG&E Bankruptcy: How We Got Here\u003c/a>\u003c/h3>\n\u003cfigure>\u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/tag/pge\">\u003cimg src=\"https://u.s.kqed.net/2019/01/14/PGEWorkersLift.jpg\" alt=\"\">\u003c/a>\u003c/figure>\n\u003c/aside>\n\u003cp>\"PG&E expects that the DIP Facilities will provide it with sufficient liquidity to fund its ongoing operations, including its ability to provide safe service to customers during the Chapter 11 cases,\" the filing states, adding that the company expects the Chapter 11 proceedings to take two years, but that the loans could be extended to a third year.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>It's the latest twist in a bankruptcy case that \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11718176/what-does-pges-bankruptcy-mean-for-you\">could have huge implications\u003c/a> for California ratepayers, fire victims and the state's fight against climate change. PG&E announced on Jan. 14 that it plans to file for Chapter 11 protections around Jan. 29, citing the more than $30 billion in potential liabilities from a series of devastating wildfires that the company is suspected of starting.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The filing will also have huge repercussions for PG&E's shareholders — including New York-based BlueMountain Capital Management.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>While most investors have bailed on PG&E since November's deadly Camp Fire in Butte County, the hedge fund has more than doubled its stake, and says it currently holds about 2 percent of outstanding shares.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>And one of the firm's leaders told KQED that entering Chapter 11 doesn't make sense for PG&E — at least not yet.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"There hasn't been a single judgment issued against the company from the 2017 or 2018 wildfire claims. Many of them are in pretrial orders, which could take a few years,\" said Omar Vaishnavi, a partner at BlueMountain Capital Management, in an exclusive interview with KQED's \u003cem>The California Report\u003c/em>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"Even when a decision happens against the company in the future, the company could appeal that decision, which means that these cases could go on for four or five, even up to 10 years in some cases.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003caside class=\"alignright\">\n\u003ch3>\u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11718123/s-f-considers-buying-some-of-pges-infrastructure-in-wake-of-bankruptcy-plans\">S.F. Considers Buying Some of PG&E’s Infrastructure in Wake of Bankruptcy Plans\u003c/a>\u003c/h3>\n\u003cfigure>\u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11718123/s-f-considers-buying-some-of-pges-infrastructure-in-wake-of-bankruptcy-plans\">\u003cimg src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2019/01/PGETrucksSF-1180x787.jpg\" alt=\"\">\u003c/a>\u003c/figure>\n\u003c/aside>\n\u003cp>In addition to questioning the rush to enter into bankruptcy protection, Vaishnavi takes issue with the utility's estimate that the liability it faces from those fires could exceed $30 billion.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"There's multiple avenues to reduce those liabilities from that $30 billion figure to something much lower than that,\" Vaishnavi said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The options include settling claims to lower the amount it ultimately pays out, as Sempra Energy's San Diego Gas & Electric did following a devastating fire in 2007.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But PG&E's liabilities could still end up being higher than the company is currently worth. While its investigation into the Camp Fire's cause is ongoing, Cal Fire has already ruled that PG&E equipment was involved in at least 18 of the more than 170 fires that swept Northern California in October 2017.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Nonetheless, Vaishnavi argues, PG&E is far more valuable than it's worth on paper.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"PG&E is one of the largest and most attractive utilities in the country,\" he said. \"It starts with where it's located. It's in California, and one of the most important initiatives California has outlined is growth in clean energy. PG&E is very important to ensure that growth plan.\"\u003c/p>\n\n",
"disqusIdentifier": "11719917 https://ww2.kqed.org/news/?p=11719917",
"disqusUrl": "https://ww2.kqed.org/news/2019/01/22/pge-says-bankruptcy-could-take-3-years-as-shareholders-fight-filing/",
"stats": {
"hasVideo": false,
"hasChartOrMap": false,
"hasAudio": false,
"hasPolis": false,
"wordCount": 609,
"hasGoogleForm": false,
"hasGallery": false,
"hasHearkenModule": false,
"iframeSrcs": [],
"paragraphCount": 17
},
"modified": 1548274783,
"excerpt": "In the latest twist in a case that could have huge implications for Californians, PG&E has secured loans to keep operating during a possible bankruptcy. But shareholders argued the bankruptcy is unnecessary.",
"headData": {
"twImgId": "",
"twTitle": "",
"ogTitle": "",
"ogImgId": "",
"twDescription": "",
"description": "In the latest twist in a case that could have huge implications for Californians, PG&E has secured loans to keep operating during a possible bankruptcy. But shareholders argued the bankruptcy is unnecessary.",
"title": "PG&E Says Bankruptcy Could Take 3 Years as Shareholders Fight Filing | KQED",
"ogDescription": "",
"schema": {
"@context": "https://schema.org",
"@type": "NewsArticle",
"headline": "PG&E Says Bankruptcy Could Take 3 Years as Shareholders Fight Filing",
"datePublished": "2019-01-22T15:00:21-08:00",
"dateModified": "2019-01-23T12:19:43-08:00",
"image": "https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/02/KQED-OG-Image@1x.png",
"isAccessibleForFree": "True",
"publisher": {
"@type": "NewsMediaOrganization",
"@id": "https://www.kqed.org/#organization",
"name": "KQED",
"logo": "https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/02/KQED-OG-Image@1x.png",
"url": "https://www.kqed.org",
"sameAs": [
"https://www.facebook.com/KQED",
"https://twitter.com/KQED",
"https://www.instagram.com/kqed/",
"https://www.tiktok.com/@kqedofficial",
"https://www.linkedin.com/company/kqed",
"https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCeC0IOo7i1P_61zVUWbJ4nw"
]
}
}
},
"guestAuthors": [],
"slug": "pge-says-bankruptcy-could-take-3-years-as-shareholders-fight-filing",
"status": "publish",
"audioUrl": "https://www.kqed.org/.stream/anon/radio/tcr/2019/01/JamaliPGE.mp3",
"audioTrackLength": 109,
"path": "/news/11719917/pge-says-bankruptcy-could-take-3-years-as-shareholders-fight-filing",
"audioDuration": 111000,
"parsedContent": [
{
"type": "contentString",
"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003cp>A week after announcing that \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11717965/pge-announces-plans-for-bankruptcy-protection\">the company will file for bankruptcy protection\u003c/a> at month's end, Pacific Gas and Electric officials \u003ca href=\"https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/75488/000095015719000075/form8-k.htm\">said they have secured financing\u003c/a> to continue safe operations while the Chapter 11 case proceeds.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In a filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission, PG&E wrote that it entered into an agreement with four major banks to provide $5.5 billion in \"debtor-in-possession,\" or DIP loans.\u003c/p>\n\u003caside class=\"alignright\">\n\u003ch3>\u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/tag/pge\">PG&E Bankruptcy: How We Got Here\u003c/a>\u003c/h3>\n\u003cfigure>\u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/tag/pge\">\u003cimg src=\"https://u.s.kqed.net/2019/01/14/PGEWorkersLift.jpg\" alt=\"\">\u003c/a>\u003c/figure>\n\u003c/aside>\n\u003cp>\"PG&E expects that the DIP Facilities will provide it with sufficient liquidity to fund its ongoing operations, including its ability to provide safe service to customers during the Chapter 11 cases,\" the filing states, adding that the company expects the Chapter 11 proceedings to take two years, but that the loans could be extended to a third year.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>It's the latest twist in a bankruptcy case that \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11718176/what-does-pges-bankruptcy-mean-for-you\">could have huge implications\u003c/a> for California ratepayers, fire victims and the state's fight against climate change. PG&E announced on Jan. 14 that it plans to file for Chapter 11 protections around Jan. 29, citing the more than $30 billion in potential liabilities from a series of devastating wildfires that the company is suspected of starting.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The filing will also have huge repercussions for PG&E's shareholders — including New York-based BlueMountain Capital Management.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003c/div>",
"attributes": {
"named": {},
"numeric": []
}
},
{
"type": "component",
"content": "",
"name": "ad",
"attributes": {
"named": {
"label": "fullwidth"
},
"numeric": [
"fullwidth"
]
}
},
{
"type": "contentString",
"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>While most investors have bailed on PG&E since November's deadly Camp Fire in Butte County, the hedge fund has more than doubled its stake, and says it currently holds about 2 percent of outstanding shares.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>And one of the firm's leaders told KQED that entering Chapter 11 doesn't make sense for PG&E — at least not yet.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"There hasn't been a single judgment issued against the company from the 2017 or 2018 wildfire claims. Many of them are in pretrial orders, which could take a few years,\" said Omar Vaishnavi, a partner at BlueMountain Capital Management, in an exclusive interview with KQED's \u003cem>The California Report\u003c/em>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"Even when a decision happens against the company in the future, the company could appeal that decision, which means that these cases could go on for four or five, even up to 10 years in some cases.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003caside class=\"alignright\">\n\u003ch3>\u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11718123/s-f-considers-buying-some-of-pges-infrastructure-in-wake-of-bankruptcy-plans\">S.F. Considers Buying Some of PG&E’s Infrastructure in Wake of Bankruptcy Plans\u003c/a>\u003c/h3>\n\u003cfigure>\u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11718123/s-f-considers-buying-some-of-pges-infrastructure-in-wake-of-bankruptcy-plans\">\u003cimg src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2019/01/PGETrucksSF-1180x787.jpg\" alt=\"\">\u003c/a>\u003c/figure>\n\u003c/aside>\n\u003cp>In addition to questioning the rush to enter into bankruptcy protection, Vaishnavi takes issue with the utility's estimate that the liability it faces from those fires could exceed $30 billion.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"There's multiple avenues to reduce those liabilities from that $30 billion figure to something much lower than that,\" Vaishnavi said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The options include settling claims to lower the amount it ultimately pays out, as Sempra Energy's San Diego Gas & Electric did following a devastating fire in 2007.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But PG&E's liabilities could still end up being higher than the company is currently worth. While its investigation into the Camp Fire's cause is ongoing, Cal Fire has already ruled that PG&E equipment was involved in at least 18 of the more than 170 fires that swept Northern California in October 2017.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Nonetheless, Vaishnavi argues, PG&E is far more valuable than it's worth on paper.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"PG&E is one of the largest and most attractive utilities in the country,\" he said. \"It starts with where it's located. It's in California, and one of the most important initiatives California has outlined is growth in clean energy. PG&E is very important to ensure that growth plan.\"\u003c/p>\n\n\u003c/div>\u003c/p>",
"attributes": {
"named": {},
"numeric": []
}
}
],
"link": "/news/11719917/pge-says-bankruptcy-could-take-3-years-as-shareholders-fight-filing",
"authors": [
"11552",
"3239"
],
"programs": [
"news_72"
],
"categories": [
"news_19906",
"news_6188",
"news_8",
"news_13"
],
"tags": [
"news_24483",
"news_19542",
"news_140",
"news_24802",
"news_4463"
],
"featImg": "news_11719945",
"label": "news_72"
},
"news_11719907": {
"type": "posts",
"id": "news_11719907",
"meta": {
"index": "posts_1716263798",
"site": "news",
"id": "11719907",
"score": null,
"sort": [
1548167991000
]
},
"parent": 0,
"labelTerm": {},
"blocks": [],
"publishDate": 1548167991,
"format": "audio",
"disqusTitle": "Why PG&E Shareholders and Ratepayers Now on the Same Team",
"title": "Why PG&E Shareholders and Ratepayers Now on the Same Team",
"headTitle": "KQED News",
"content": "\u003ch2>\u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11719917/pge-says-bankruptcy-could-take-3-years-as-shareholders-fight-filing\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Why PG&E Shareholders and Ratepayers Now on the Same Team\u003c/a>\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>Ever since PG&E threatened to declare bankruptcy, an unusual thing has happened: Groups that are almost always at odds – PG&E shareholders and ratepayers – find themselves on the same side against the utility. You can add fire victims to that unofficial coalition as well. PG&E shares have lost most of their value since November’s Camp Fire in Butte County. But a hedge fund in Manhattan kept on buying. It now has a 2 percent stake and a lot to lose if PG&E enters bankruptcy protection. Now, they’re making a very public case in a letter to PG&E’s board that filing for bankruptcy doesn’t make sense.\u003cbr>\n\u003cem>Guest: Omar Vaishnavi, Partner at BlueMountain Capital Management\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>L.A. Teachers Strike in its Second Week\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>This holiday weekend saw marathon negotiation sessions between the LAUSD and the UTLA and there is still no agreement. The office of Los Angeles Mayor Eric Garcetti says the latest bargaining session lasted 21 hours and ended early this morning. The mayor's office says negotiators plan to reconvene at 9:15 a.m. For picketing teachers the strike means no paycheck, and for many parents, it means a patchwork of childcare.\u003cbr>\n\u003cem>Reporter: Caleigh Wells\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>A Renewed Push for Medication Abortions at UC and CSU Campuses\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>State lawmakers will soon begin debate on whether health clinics at UC and CSU campuses should provide medication abortions. If passed, California would be the first state in the country to require public universities to do so.\u003cbr>\n\u003cem>Reporter: April Dembosky\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n",
"disqusIdentifier": "11719907 https://ww2.kqed.org/news/?p=11719907",
"disqusUrl": "https://ww2.kqed.org/news/2019/01/22/pge-shareholders-and-ratepayers-on-the-same-team/",
"stats": {
"hasVideo": false,
"hasChartOrMap": false,
"hasAudio": false,
"hasPolis": false,
"wordCount": 280,
"hasGoogleForm": false,
"hasGallery": false,
"hasHearkenModule": false,
"iframeSrcs": [],
"paragraphCount": 5
},
"modified": 1548185031,
"excerpt": null,
"headData": {
"twImgId": "",
"twTitle": "",
"ogTitle": "",
"ogImgId": "",
"twDescription": "",
"description": "Why PG&E Shareholders and Ratepayers Now on the Same Team Ever since PG&E threatened to declare bankruptcy, an unusual thing has happened: Groups that are almost always at odds – PG&E shareholders and ratepayers – find themselves on the same side against the utility. You can add fire victims to that unofficial coalition as well.",
"title": "Why PG&E Shareholders and Ratepayers Now on the Same Team | KQED",
"ogDescription": "",
"schema": {
"@context": "https://schema.org",
"@type": "NewsArticle",
"headline": "Why PG&E Shareholders and Ratepayers Now on the Same Team",
"datePublished": "2019-01-22T06:39:51-08:00",
"dateModified": "2019-01-22T11:23:51-08:00",
"image": "https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/02/KQED-OG-Image@1x.png",
"isAccessibleForFree": "True",
"publisher": {
"@type": "NewsMediaOrganization",
"@id": "https://www.kqed.org/#organization",
"name": "KQED",
"logo": "https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/02/KQED-OG-Image@1x.png",
"url": "https://www.kqed.org",
"sameAs": [
"https://www.facebook.com/KQED",
"https://twitter.com/KQED",
"https://www.instagram.com/kqed/",
"https://www.tiktok.com/@kqedofficial",
"https://www.linkedin.com/company/kqed",
"https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCeC0IOo7i1P_61zVUWbJ4nw"
]
}
}
},
"guestAuthors": [],
"slug": "pge-shareholders-and-ratepayers-on-the-same-team",
"status": "publish",
"sourceUrl": "https://www.kqed.org/news/tag/tcrarchive/",
"audioUrl": "https://www.kqed.org/.stream/anon/radio/tcr/2019/01/TCRAM20190122Podcast3.mp3",
"audioTrackLength": 826,
"source": "Morning Report",
"path": "/news/11719907/pge-shareholders-and-ratepayers-on-the-same-team",
"audioDuration": 829000,
"parsedContent": [
{
"type": "contentString",
"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003ch2>\u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11719917/pge-says-bankruptcy-could-take-3-years-as-shareholders-fight-filing\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Why PG&E Shareholders and Ratepayers Now on the Same Team\u003c/a>\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>Ever since PG&E threatened to declare bankruptcy, an unusual thing has happened: Groups that are almost always at odds – PG&E shareholders and ratepayers – find themselves on the same side against the utility. You can add fire victims to that unofficial coalition as well. PG&E shares have lost most of their value since November’s Camp Fire in Butte County. But a hedge fund in Manhattan kept on buying. It now has a 2 percent stake and a lot to lose if PG&E enters bankruptcy protection. Now, they’re making a very public case in a letter to PG&E’s board that filing for bankruptcy doesn’t make sense.\u003cbr>\n\u003cem>Guest: Omar Vaishnavi, Partner at BlueMountain Capital Management\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>L.A. Teachers Strike in its Second Week\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>This holiday weekend saw marathon negotiation sessions between the LAUSD and the UTLA and there is still no agreement. The office of Los Angeles Mayor Eric Garcetti says the latest bargaining session lasted 21 hours and ended early this morning. The mayor's office says negotiators plan to reconvene at 9:15 a.m. For picketing teachers the strike means no paycheck, and for many parents, it means a patchwork of childcare.\u003cbr>\n\u003cem>Reporter: Caleigh Wells\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>A Renewed Push for Medication Abortions at UC and CSU Campuses\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>State lawmakers will soon begin debate on whether health clinics at UC and CSU campuses should provide medication abortions. If passed, California would be the first state in the country to require public universities to do so.\u003cbr>\n\u003cem>Reporter: April Dembosky\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003c/div>",
"attributes": {
"named": {},
"numeric": []
}
},
{
"type": "component",
"content": "",
"name": "ad",
"attributes": {
"named": {
"label": "fullwidth"
},
"numeric": [
"fullwidth"
]
}
},
{
"type": "contentString",
"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003c/div>\u003c/p>",
"attributes": {
"named": {},
"numeric": []
}
}
],
"link": "/news/11719907/pge-shareholders-and-ratepayers-on-the-same-team",
"authors": [
"236"
],
"categories": [
"news_1758",
"news_18540",
"news_19906"
],
"tags": [
"news_21998",
"news_21268"
],
"featImg": "news_11572756",
"label": "source_news_11719907"
},
"news_11719715": {
"type": "posts",
"id": "news_11719715",
"meta": {
"index": "posts_1716263798",
"site": "news",
"id": "11719715",
"score": null,
"sort": [
1548058071000
]
},
"guestAuthors": [],
"slug": "teenage-diver-finds-tons-of-golf-balls-rotting-off-california",
"title": "Teenage Diver Finds Tons of Golf Balls Rotting Off California",
"publishDate": 1548058071,
"format": "standard",
"headTitle": "Teenage Diver Finds Tons of Golf Balls Rotting Off California | KQED",
"labelTerm": {},
"content": "\u003cp>A diver in California has stumbled on an unexpected source of plastic waste in the ocean: golf balls. \u003c/p>\n\u003cp>As the balls degrade, they can emit toxic chemicals. And there appear to be lots of them in certain places underwater — right next to coastal golf courses. \u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Two years ago, a 16-year old diver named Alex Weber was swimming off Pebble Beach along the Pacific near Carmel, Calif. \u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“My dad raised me underwater,” says Weber, and she means it. She’s a free diver: no scuba tanks; she just holds her breath. She was diving in a small cove and looked down and saw something weird. “You couldn’t see the sand,” she recalls, still sounding incredulous. “It was completely white.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>White with golf balls. “You looked down and you’re like, ‘What are you doing here?’ ”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>There were thousands of them. “It felt like a shot to the heart,” she says.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>She was offended. Right then, she decided to haul them up. Thus began a Sisyphean task that went on for months: She and her father would haul hundreds of pounds of them up, and then of course more golfers would hit more into the ocean.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>She took what she and her father collected back home. “I had all of these golf balls in the garage,” she says. “And they stank.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Then she heard about a Stanford University scientist, \u003ca href=\"https://matthewsavocaecology.weebly.com/\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Matt Savoca\u003c/a>, who studied plastic waste in the ocean. She emailed him, and he came to look at her collection.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Fifty thousand golf balls, just sitting in the garage,” she says. \u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Savoca was impressed. Weber recalls that he turned to her and said, ” ‘You should write a paper about this,’ and I was like, ‘Matt, I’m 16 years old. I don’t know how to write a scientific paper!’ ”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>He said he would help, which meant diving with her. Not easy. “The oceans off California are actually quite cold, so you suit up in a pretty thick wetsuit,” he says. “It’s incredibly physically demanding.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>They took kayaks out to ferry the golf balls back. “Once you recover many, many golf balls, you put them on the kayak,” he explains. Adds Weber: “We’ll have the kayaks so filled with plastic that we’ll end up just having to tow the kayaks — we’ll have to swim (them) to shore.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>There are sharks in the water there, but Savoca says that wasn’t the real threat. “When we were out there,” he says, “We’d hear, ‘plink, plink,’ and we’d look up on the hill and there’d be golf balls flying in off the course right into the ocean where we were doing collections.” \u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Despite the aerial barrage, they kept at it, says Weber. “Whenever we had good conditions, we were able to pull out between, like, 500 to 5,000 golf balls,” she says. \u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Over two years, they found more than 50,000 golf balls. The source: five golf courses. Two along the coastline, and three up the Carmel River — those golf balls rolled underwater down the river to the ocean.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In the journal \u003cem>Marine Pollution Bulletin,\u003c/em> the team notes that golf balls are coated with a thin polyurethane shell that degrades over time. They also contain zinc compounds that are toxic. Savoca points out that the surf and currents act like a rock grinder and break down the golf balls. \u003c/p>\n\u003cp>While chemicals from 50,000 or so golf balls will have only a small effect on the ocean, Savoca says they do degrade into \u003ca href=\"https://www.npr.org/sections/thesalt/2018/08/20/636845604/beer-drinking-water-and-fish-tiny-plastic-is-everywhere\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">microplastic pieces\u003c/a> that marine animals could eat. The team also notes that there are lots of coastal golf courses around the world, so this may go beyond California. \u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Alex Weber, now 18 and a published author in a scientific journal, plans to apply to university to study marine science. In the meantime, she is still collecting, and keeping up her\u003ca href=\"https://www.theplasticpick-up.org\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\"> website\u003c/a>. She says it is too bad the golf balls sink. If they floated, people would be shocked and outraged. “If a person could see what we see underwater,” she says, “it would not be acceptable.”\u003c/p>\n\n",
"blocks": [],
"excerpt": "Alex Weber discovered more than 50,000 balls in the ocean near coastal California golf courses. When golf balls degrade, as these were doing, they release plastic particles and toxic chemicals. ",
"status": "publish",
"parent": 0,
"modified": 1740011859,
"stats": {
"hasAudio": false,
"hasVideo": false,
"hasChartOrMap": false,
"iframeSrcs": [],
"hasGoogleForm": false,
"hasGallery": false,
"hasHearkenModule": false,
"hasPolis": false,
"paragraphCount": 21,
"wordCount": 746
},
"headData": {
"title": "Teenage Diver Finds Tons of Golf Balls Rotting Off California | KQED",
"description": "Alex Weber discovered more than 50,000 balls in the ocean near coastal California golf courses. When golf balls degrade, as these were doing, they release plastic particles and toxic chemicals. ",
"ogTitle": "",
"ogDescription": "",
"ogImgId": "",
"twTitle": "",
"twDescription": "",
"twImgId": "",
"schema": {
"@context": "https://schema.org",
"@type": "NewsArticle",
"headline": "Teenage Diver Finds Tons of Golf Balls Rotting Off California",
"datePublished": "2019-01-21T00:07:51-08:00",
"dateModified": "2025-02-19T16:37:39-08:00",
"image": "https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/02/KQED-OG-Image@1x.png",
"isAccessibleForFree": "True",
"publisher": {
"@type": "NewsMediaOrganization",
"@id": "https://www.kqed.org/#organization",
"name": "KQED",
"logo": "https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/02/KQED-OG-Image@1x.png",
"url": "https://www.kqed.org",
"sameAs": [
"https://www.facebook.com/KQED",
"https://twitter.com/KQED",
"https://www.instagram.com/kqed/",
"https://www.tiktok.com/@kqedofficial",
"https://www.linkedin.com/company/kqed",
"https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCeC0IOo7i1P_61zVUWbJ4nw"
]
}
}
},
"source": "NPR",
"sourceUrl": "https://www.npr.org/",
"sticky": false,
"nprByline": "\u003ca href=\"https://www.npr.org/people/2100689/christopher-joyce\">Christopher Joyce\u003c/a>\u003c/br>NPR",
"nprStoryId": "686257550",
"nprApiLink": "http://api.npr.org/query?id=686257550&apiKey=MDAxOTAwOTE4MDEyMTkxMDAzNjczZDljZA004",
"nprHtmlLink": "https://www.npr.org/2019/01/17/686257550/teenage-diver-finds-tons-of-golf-balls-rotting-off-california?ft=nprml&f=686257550",
"nprRetrievedStory": "1",
"nprPubDate": "Fri, 18 Jan 2019 12:10:00 -0500",
"nprStoryDate": "Thu, 17 Jan 2019 16:37:00 -0500",
"nprLastModifiedDate": "Fri, 18 Jan 2019 12:10:22 -0500",
"nprAudio": "https://ondemand.npr.org/anon.npr-mp3/npr/atc/2019/01/20190117_atc_teenage_diver_finds_tons_of_golf_balls_rotting_off_california.mp3?orgId=1&topicId=1025&d=151&p=2&story=686257550&ft=nprml&f=686257550",
"nprAudioM3u": "http://api.npr.org/m3u/1686330362-4b8e5e.m3u?orgId=1&topicId=1025&d=151&p=2&story=686257550&ft=nprml&f=686257550",
"audioTrackLength": 151,
"path": "/news/11719715/teenage-diver-finds-tons-of-golf-balls-rotting-off-california",
"audioUrl": "https://ondemand.npr.org/anon.npr-mp3/npr/atc/2019/01/20190117_atc_teenage_diver_finds_tons_of_golf_balls_rotting_off_california.mp3?orgId=1&topicId=1025&d=151&p=2&story=686257550&ft=nprml&f=686257550",
"parsedContent": [
{
"type": "contentString",
"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003cp>A diver in California has stumbled on an unexpected source of plastic waste in the ocean: golf balls. \u003c/p>\n\u003cp>As the balls degrade, they can emit toxic chemicals. And there appear to be lots of them in certain places underwater — right next to coastal golf courses. \u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Two years ago, a 16-year old diver named Alex Weber was swimming off Pebble Beach along the Pacific near Carmel, Calif. \u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“My dad raised me underwater,” says Weber, and she means it. She’s a free diver: no scuba tanks; she just holds her breath. She was diving in a small cove and looked down and saw something weird. “You couldn’t see the sand,” she recalls, still sounding incredulous. “It was completely white.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>White with golf balls. “You looked down and you’re like, ‘What are you doing here?’ ”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003c/div>",
"attributes": {
"named": {},
"numeric": []
}
},
{
"type": "component",
"content": "",
"name": "ad",
"attributes": {
"named": {
"label": "fullwidth"
},
"numeric": [
"fullwidth"
]
}
},
{
"type": "contentString",
"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>There were thousands of them. “It felt like a shot to the heart,” she says.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>She was offended. Right then, she decided to haul them up. Thus began a Sisyphean task that went on for months: She and her father would haul hundreds of pounds of them up, and then of course more golfers would hit more into the ocean.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>She took what she and her father collected back home. “I had all of these golf balls in the garage,” she says. “And they stank.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Then she heard about a Stanford University scientist, \u003ca href=\"https://matthewsavocaecology.weebly.com/\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Matt Savoca\u003c/a>, who studied plastic waste in the ocean. She emailed him, and he came to look at her collection.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Fifty thousand golf balls, just sitting in the garage,” she says. \u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Savoca was impressed. Weber recalls that he turned to her and said, ” ‘You should write a paper about this,’ and I was like, ‘Matt, I’m 16 years old. I don’t know how to write a scientific paper!’ ”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>He said he would help, which meant diving with her. Not easy. “The oceans off California are actually quite cold, so you suit up in a pretty thick wetsuit,” he says. “It’s incredibly physically demanding.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>They took kayaks out to ferry the golf balls back. “Once you recover many, many golf balls, you put them on the kayak,” he explains. Adds Weber: “We’ll have the kayaks so filled with plastic that we’ll end up just having to tow the kayaks — we’ll have to swim (them) to shore.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>There are sharks in the water there, but Savoca says that wasn’t the real threat. “When we were out there,” he says, “We’d hear, ‘plink, plink,’ and we’d look up on the hill and there’d be golf balls flying in off the course right into the ocean where we were doing collections.” \u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Despite the aerial barrage, they kept at it, says Weber. “Whenever we had good conditions, we were able to pull out between, like, 500 to 5,000 golf balls,” she says. \u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Over two years, they found more than 50,000 golf balls. The source: five golf courses. Two along the coastline, and three up the Carmel River — those golf balls rolled underwater down the river to the ocean.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In the journal \u003cem>Marine Pollution Bulletin,\u003c/em> the team notes that golf balls are coated with a thin polyurethane shell that degrades over time. They also contain zinc compounds that are toxic. Savoca points out that the surf and currents act like a rock grinder and break down the golf balls. \u003c/p>\n\u003cp>While chemicals from 50,000 or so golf balls will have only a small effect on the ocean, Savoca says they do degrade into \u003ca href=\"https://www.npr.org/sections/thesalt/2018/08/20/636845604/beer-drinking-water-and-fish-tiny-plastic-is-everywhere\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">microplastic pieces\u003c/a> that marine animals could eat. The team also notes that there are lots of coastal golf courses around the world, so this may go beyond California. \u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Alex Weber, now 18 and a published author in a scientific journal, plans to apply to university to study marine science. In the meantime, she is still collecting, and keeping up her\u003ca href=\"https://www.theplasticpick-up.org\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\"> website\u003c/a>. She says it is too bad the golf balls sink. If they floated, people would be shocked and outraged. “If a person could see what we see underwater,” she says, “it would not be acceptable.”\u003c/p>\n\n\u003c/div>\u003c/p>",
"attributes": {
"named": {},
"numeric": []
}
}
],
"link": "/news/11719715/teenage-diver-finds-tons-of-golf-balls-rotting-off-california",
"authors": [
"byline_news_11719715"
],
"programs": [
"news_72"
],
"categories": [
"news_19906",
"news_8",
"news_33520",
"news_356",
"news_10"
],
"tags": [
"news_31711",
"news_22531",
"news_25428",
"news_5891"
],
"featImg": "news_11719717",
"label": "source_news_11719715"
},
"news_11719436": {
"type": "posts",
"id": "news_11719436",
"meta": {
"index": "posts_1716263798",
"site": "news",
"id": "11719436",
"score": null,
"sort": [
1548036002000
]
},
"guestAuthors": [],
"slug": "vandals-visit-joshua-tree-national-park-during-the-shutdown",
"title": "Vandals Visit Joshua Tree National Park During the Shutdown",
"publishDate": 1548036002,
"format": "image",
"headTitle": "Vandals Visit Joshua Tree National Park During the Shutdown | KQED",
"labelTerm": {
"term": 72,
"site": "news"
},
"content": "\u003cp>There’s a reason \u003ca href=\"https://www.nps.gov/jotr/index.htm\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Joshua Tree National Park\u003c/a> captivated \u003ca href=\"https://www.newyorker.com/culture/cultural-comment/u2-plays-the-joshua-tree-outside-its-america\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">U2\u003c/a>. The desert expanse is emblematic of the vast American West, the open road, the convergence of the Mojave and Colorado deserts. Visitors travel from around the globe to see the famous Joshua trees and to revel in the big sky vibe of the place.\u003c/p>\n\u003caside class=\"alignright\">\n\u003ch3>\u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11715467/national-parks-dealing-with-vandals-human-waste-in-shutdown\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">National Parks Dealing With Vandals, Human Waste in Shutdown\u003c/a>\u003c/h3>\n\u003cfigure>\u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11715467/national-parks-dealing-with-vandals-human-waste-in-shutdown\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">\u003cimg decoding=\"async\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/12/GettyImages-178312467-1180x787.jpg\" alt=\"\">\u003c/a>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Most visitors to Joshua Tree National Park were being respectful of the desert wilderness and park facilities, but some have seized on the shortage of park staffers to off-road illegally and otherwise damage the park, a park statement said. \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11715467/national-parks-dealing-with-vandals-human-waste-in-shutdown\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"> Read more\u003c/a> about how the shutdown has impacted other parks.\u003cbr>\n\u003c/p>\u003c/aside>\n\u003cp>The park has remained open to visitors during the government shutdown that began on \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11714399/what-will-be-open-and-closed-during-the-government-shutdown\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Dec. 21\u003c/a>. There is a skeleton crew of law enforcement rangers operating in the park, but on two recent trips into the park, this reporter saw almost no park employees – just visitors camping, rock climbing and driving around without the National Park Service maps they would typically get at the visitor center.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>John Lauretig is executive director of \u003ca href=\"http://www.friendsofjosh.org/\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Friends of Joshua Tree\u003c/a>, a local advocacy group for climbers and stewards of the park. He worked as a ranger with the National Park Service for over ten years, five of them in Joshua Tree National Park. Friends of Joshua Tree rallied to help clean the park’s toilets and pick up trash in the early days of the shutdown. During the holiday period, Lauretig said there were around 200,000 visitors to the park and that the overwhelming majority of them behaved.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But, recent tweets of downed Joshua Trees have caused outrage on social media, with people accusing off-roaders of making their own paths and vandals of cutting down the iconic trees. “I shake my head every time I think about it,” Lauretig told The California Report host John Sepulvado.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Lauretig came across some people trying to move a downed Joshua tree in the park recently. He thinks they were trying to take a photograph with it. He pulled over and explained to them that snakes and scorpions like to live in the base of the trees and that they should be careful.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>https://twitter.com/ajplus/status/1083809771604582400 \u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Reports of the destruction of Joshua Tree National Park are greatly exaggerated, but there was significant damage to the park,” Lauretig said. “Some of the damage was done by people driving off-road, whether it was four-wheel drive, all-terrain vehicle or dirt bikes. They drove around locked gates that said ‘road closed’ or chose to make their own road and leave the roadway and drive across the desert.” \u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Lauretig said there are places out in the desert for off-roading, but the national park is not one of them. Driving across the fragile ecosystem harms native and endangered plants and will leave road scars that will be there for decades, he said. \u003c/p>\n\n",
"blocks": [],
"excerpt": "“I shake my head every time I think about it,” John Lauretig, executive director of Friends of Joshua Tree, on hearing about people vandalizing the iconic trees. ",
"status": "publish",
"parent": 0,
"modified": 1721148699,
"stats": {
"hasAudio": false,
"hasVideo": false,
"hasChartOrMap": false,
"iframeSrcs": [],
"hasGoogleForm": false,
"hasGallery": false,
"hasHearkenModule": false,
"hasPolis": false,
"paragraphCount": 10,
"wordCount": 503
},
"headData": {
"title": "Vandals Visit Joshua Tree National Park During the Shutdown | KQED",
"description": "“I shake my head every time I think about it,” John Lauretig, executive director of Friends of Joshua Tree, on hearing about people vandalizing the iconic trees. ",
"ogTitle": "",
"ogDescription": "",
"ogImgId": "",
"twTitle": "",
"twDescription": "",
"twImgId": "",
"schema": {
"@context": "https://schema.org",
"@type": "NewsArticle",
"headline": "Vandals Visit Joshua Tree National Park During the Shutdown",
"datePublished": "2019-01-20T18:00:02-08:00",
"dateModified": "2024-07-16T09:51:39-07:00",
"image": "https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/02/KQED-OG-Image@1x.png",
"isAccessibleForFree": "True",
"publisher": {
"@type": "NewsMediaOrganization",
"@id": "https://www.kqed.org/#organization",
"name": "KQED",
"logo": "https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/02/KQED-OG-Image@1x.png",
"url": "https://www.kqed.org",
"sameAs": [
"https://www.facebook.com/KQED",
"https://twitter.com/KQED",
"https://www.instagram.com/kqed/",
"https://www.tiktok.com/@kqedofficial",
"https://www.linkedin.com/company/kqed",
"https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCeC0IOo7i1P_61zVUWbJ4nw"
]
}
}
},
"sticky": false,
"path": "/news/11719436/vandals-visit-joshua-tree-national-park-during-the-shutdown",
"audioTrackLength": null,
"parsedContent": [
{
"type": "contentString",
"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003cp>There’s a reason \u003ca href=\"https://www.nps.gov/jotr/index.htm\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Joshua Tree National Park\u003c/a> captivated \u003ca href=\"https://www.newyorker.com/culture/cultural-comment/u2-plays-the-joshua-tree-outside-its-america\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">U2\u003c/a>. The desert expanse is emblematic of the vast American West, the open road, the convergence of the Mojave and Colorado deserts. Visitors travel from around the globe to see the famous Joshua trees and to revel in the big sky vibe of the place.\u003c/p>\n\u003caside class=\"alignright\">\n\u003ch3>\u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11715467/national-parks-dealing-with-vandals-human-waste-in-shutdown\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">National Parks Dealing With Vandals, Human Waste in Shutdown\u003c/a>\u003c/h3>\n\u003cfigure>\u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11715467/national-parks-dealing-with-vandals-human-waste-in-shutdown\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">\u003cimg decoding=\"async\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/12/GettyImages-178312467-1180x787.jpg\" alt=\"\">\u003c/a>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Most visitors to Joshua Tree National Park were being respectful of the desert wilderness and park facilities, but some have seized on the shortage of park staffers to off-road illegally and otherwise damage the park, a park statement said. \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11715467/national-parks-dealing-with-vandals-human-waste-in-shutdown\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"> Read more\u003c/a> about how the shutdown has impacted other parks.\u003cbr>\n\u003c/p>\u003c/aside>\n\u003cp>The park has remained open to visitors during the government shutdown that began on \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11714399/what-will-be-open-and-closed-during-the-government-shutdown\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Dec. 21\u003c/a>. There is a skeleton crew of law enforcement rangers operating in the park, but on two recent trips into the park, this reporter saw almost no park employees – just visitors camping, rock climbing and driving around without the National Park Service maps they would typically get at the visitor center.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>John Lauretig is executive director of \u003ca href=\"http://www.friendsofjosh.org/\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Friends of Joshua Tree\u003c/a>, a local advocacy group for climbers and stewards of the park. He worked as a ranger with the National Park Service for over ten years, five of them in Joshua Tree National Park. Friends of Joshua Tree rallied to help clean the park’s toilets and pick up trash in the early days of the shutdown. During the holiday period, Lauretig said there were around 200,000 visitors to the park and that the overwhelming majority of them behaved.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But, recent tweets of downed Joshua Trees have caused outrage on social media, with people accusing off-roaders of making their own paths and vandals of cutting down the iconic trees. “I shake my head every time I think about it,” Lauretig told The California Report host John Sepulvado.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Lauretig came across some people trying to move a downed Joshua tree in the park recently. He thinks they were trying to take a photograph with it. He pulled over and explained to them that snakes and scorpions like to live in the base of the trees and that they should be careful.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003c/div>",
"attributes": {
"named": {},
"numeric": []
}
},
{
"type": "component",
"content": "",
"name": "ad",
"attributes": {
"named": {
"label": "fullwidth"
},
"numeric": [
"fullwidth"
]
}
},
{
"type": "contentString",
"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003c/p>\u003c/div>",
"attributes": {
"named": {},
"numeric": []
}
},
{
"type": "component",
"content": "",
"name": "singleTwitterStatus",
"attributes": {
"named": {
"id": "1083809771604582400"
},
"numeric": []
}
},
{
"type": "contentString",
"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp> \u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Reports of the destruction of Joshua Tree National Park are greatly exaggerated, but there was significant damage to the park,” Lauretig said. “Some of the damage was done by people driving off-road, whether it was four-wheel drive, all-terrain vehicle or dirt bikes. They drove around locked gates that said ‘road closed’ or chose to make their own road and leave the roadway and drive across the desert.” \u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Lauretig said there are places out in the desert for off-roading, but the national park is not one of them. Driving across the fragile ecosystem harms native and endangered plants and will leave road scars that will be there for decades, he said. \u003c/p>\n\n\u003c/div>\u003c/p>",
"attributes": {
"named": {},
"numeric": []
}
}
],
"link": "/news/11719436/vandals-visit-joshua-tree-national-park-during-the-shutdown",
"authors": [
"250"
],
"programs": [
"news_72"
],
"categories": [
"news_19906",
"news_8"
],
"tags": [
"news_24796",
"news_1204",
"news_21370"
],
"featImg": "news_11719713",
"label": "news_72"
},
"news_11719092": {
"type": "posts",
"id": "news_11719092",
"meta": {
"index": "posts_1716263798",
"site": "news",
"id": "11719092",
"score": null,
"sort": [
1548028631000
]
},
"guestAuthors": [],
"slug": "add-benzene-in-the-water-to-the-list-of-post-wildfire-concerns-in-paradise",
"title": "Add Benzene in the Water to the List of Post-Wildfire Concerns in Paradise",
"publishDate": 1548028631,
"format": "image",
"headTitle": "Add Benzene in the Water to the List of Post-Wildfire Concerns in Paradise | KQED",
"labelTerm": {
"term": 72,
"site": "news"
},
"content": "\u003cp>Officials in Paradise are trying to understand how much of the city’s water supply has been contaminated with a carcinogenic chemical as a result of last November’s deadly Camp Fire.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The Paradise Irrigation District announced earlier this month that tests had come back positive for benzene — a flammable chemical used in the production of gasoline and plastic — but the extent of the contamination is still unclear.\u003c/p>\n\u003caside class=\"alignright\">\n\u003ch3>\u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11716135/paradise-wants-to-help-people-move-back-but-is-it-safe\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Paradise Wants to Help People Move Back, But Is It Safe?\u003c/a>\u003c/h3>\n\u003cfigure>\u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11716135/paradise-wants-to-help-people-move-back-but-is-it-safe\">\u003cimg decoding=\"async\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2019/01/RS33962_Image-from-iOS-5-qut-1.jpg\" alt=\"\">\u003c/a>\u003c/figure>\n\u003c/aside>\n\u003cp>Samples collected at some residential water meters didn’t contain any benzene. Other samples did, and one revealed benzene levels about 15 times the state limit for drinking water. According to the Center for Disease Control and Prevention, \u003ca href=\"https://emergency.cdc.gov/agent/benzene/basics/facts.asp\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">long-term exposure\u003c/a> to benzene can cause anemia or cancer.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The November fire burned down close to 14,000 homes and effectively melted some of the plastic piping in Paradise’s water system, releasing benzene into the water supply, according to Reese Crenshaw, an engineer with the state Division of Drinking Water.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>According to Crenshaw and other state officials, this is only the second time that they know of that this has happened. The first was in Santa Rosa, where officials discovered benzene contamination after the devastating Tubbs Fire in 2017. \u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Ben Horenstein, Santa Rosa’s former water director, said he’d never considered what a wildfire could do to the plastic in their water system. Then he received a complaint from a resident who told him the water smelled and tasted like petroleum.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I have to believe this has occurred elsewhere, and it was unbeknownst to the water agency or the residents,” Horenstein said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>It took Santa Rosa the better part of last year to identify the extent of their benzene problem and to replace the damaged piping. Horenstein and other local officials initially expected the project to cost around $47 million, but it only ended up costing $5 to $6 million. The contamination of the system was limited, and flushing the pipes proved very effective, he said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Officials in Paradise are still trying to map the extent of the damage to its water system and what it means for people who just want to return home. Mickey Rich, a spokeswoman with the Paradise Immigration District, said the community is working closely with the Division of Drinking Water and other agencies so their case can be a model to others.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“In the end, we’re going to have safe water again,” Rich said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Horenstein said the benzene problems in Santa Rosa led to proactive testing in Paradise and the development of a testing protocol that could help other communities hit by fires in the future.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Running water is being restored in Paradise, but the Paradise Irrigation District has advised residents \u003ca href=\"https://pidwater.com/wqadvisory\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">against drinking, bathing or brushing their teeth\u003c/a> with the tap water until they have more information.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Paradise’s drinking water isn’t the only water the Camp Fire contaminated. Several area streams show elevated levels of aluminum, iron and antimony. The metals may be residue from the homes and cars the Camp Fire burned, which were then washed into local streams by winter rains. \u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Officials are still analyzing the area’s watershed contamination.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cem>KCHO reporter Marc Albert contributed to this story.\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\n",
"blocks": [],
"excerpt": "Officials in Paradise are still trying to map the extent of the damage to its water system and what it means for people who just want to return home.",
"status": "publish",
"parent": 0,
"modified": 1721106489,
"stats": {
"hasAudio": false,
"hasVideo": false,
"hasChartOrMap": false,
"iframeSrcs": [],
"hasGoogleForm": false,
"hasGallery": false,
"hasHearkenModule": false,
"hasPolis": false,
"paragraphCount": 17,
"wordCount": 557
},
"headData": {
"title": "Add Benzene in the Water to the List of Post-Wildfire Concerns in Paradise | KQED",
"description": "Officials in Paradise are still trying to map the extent of the damage to its water system and what it means for people who just want to return home.",
"ogTitle": "",
"ogDescription": "",
"ogImgId": "",
"twTitle": "",
"twDescription": "",
"twImgId": "",
"schema": {
"@context": "https://schema.org",
"@type": "NewsArticle",
"headline": "Add Benzene in the Water to the List of Post-Wildfire Concerns in Paradise",
"datePublished": "2019-01-20T15:57:11-08:00",
"dateModified": "2024-07-15T22:08:09-07:00",
"image": "https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/02/KQED-OG-Image@1x.png",
"isAccessibleForFree": "True",
"publisher": {
"@type": "NewsMediaOrganization",
"@id": "https://www.kqed.org/#organization",
"name": "KQED",
"logo": "https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/02/KQED-OG-Image@1x.png",
"url": "https://www.kqed.org",
"sameAs": [
"https://www.facebook.com/KQED",
"https://twitter.com/KQED",
"https://www.instagram.com/kqed/",
"https://www.tiktok.com/@kqedofficial",
"https://www.linkedin.com/company/kqed",
"https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCeC0IOo7i1P_61zVUWbJ4nw"
]
}
}
},
"sticky": false,
"nprByline": "\u003ca href=\"https://twitter.com/tessacotsirilos\">Teresa Cotsirilos\u003c/a>\u003c/br>KALW",
"audioTrackLength": 171,
"path": "/news/11719092/add-benzene-in-the-water-to-the-list-of-post-wildfire-concerns-in-paradise",
"audioUrl": "https://www.kqed.org/.stream/anon/radio/tcr/2019/01/ParadiseWaterCotsirilistcram190117.mp3",
"audioDuration": 174000,
"parsedContent": [
{
"type": "contentString",
"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003cp>Officials in Paradise are trying to understand how much of the city’s water supply has been contaminated with a carcinogenic chemical as a result of last November’s deadly Camp Fire.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The Paradise Irrigation District announced earlier this month that tests had come back positive for benzene — a flammable chemical used in the production of gasoline and plastic — but the extent of the contamination is still unclear.\u003c/p>\n\u003caside class=\"alignright\">\n\u003ch3>\u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11716135/paradise-wants-to-help-people-move-back-but-is-it-safe\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Paradise Wants to Help People Move Back, But Is It Safe?\u003c/a>\u003c/h3>\n\u003cfigure>\u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11716135/paradise-wants-to-help-people-move-back-but-is-it-safe\">\u003cimg decoding=\"async\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2019/01/RS33962_Image-from-iOS-5-qut-1.jpg\" alt=\"\">\u003c/a>\u003c/figure>\n\u003c/aside>\n\u003cp>Samples collected at some residential water meters didn’t contain any benzene. Other samples did, and one revealed benzene levels about 15 times the state limit for drinking water. According to the Center for Disease Control and Prevention, \u003ca href=\"https://emergency.cdc.gov/agent/benzene/basics/facts.asp\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">long-term exposure\u003c/a> to benzene can cause anemia or cancer.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The November fire burned down close to 14,000 homes and effectively melted some of the plastic piping in Paradise’s water system, releasing benzene into the water supply, according to Reese Crenshaw, an engineer with the state Division of Drinking Water.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>According to Crenshaw and other state officials, this is only the second time that they know of that this has happened. The first was in Santa Rosa, where officials discovered benzene contamination after the devastating Tubbs Fire in 2017. \u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003c/div>",
"attributes": {
"named": {},
"numeric": []
}
},
{
"type": "component",
"content": "",
"name": "ad",
"attributes": {
"named": {
"label": "fullwidth"
},
"numeric": [
"fullwidth"
]
}
},
{
"type": "contentString",
"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Ben Horenstein, Santa Rosa’s former water director, said he’d never considered what a wildfire could do to the plastic in their water system. Then he received a complaint from a resident who told him the water smelled and tasted like petroleum.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I have to believe this has occurred elsewhere, and it was unbeknownst to the water agency or the residents,” Horenstein said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>It took Santa Rosa the better part of last year to identify the extent of their benzene problem and to replace the damaged piping. Horenstein and other local officials initially expected the project to cost around $47 million, but it only ended up costing $5 to $6 million. The contamination of the system was limited, and flushing the pipes proved very effective, he said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Officials in Paradise are still trying to map the extent of the damage to its water system and what it means for people who just want to return home. Mickey Rich, a spokeswoman with the Paradise Immigration District, said the community is working closely with the Division of Drinking Water and other agencies so their case can be a model to others.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“In the end, we’re going to have safe water again,” Rich said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Horenstein said the benzene problems in Santa Rosa led to proactive testing in Paradise and the development of a testing protocol that could help other communities hit by fires in the future.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Running water is being restored in Paradise, but the Paradise Irrigation District has advised residents \u003ca href=\"https://pidwater.com/wqadvisory\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">against drinking, bathing or brushing their teeth\u003c/a> with the tap water until they have more information.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Paradise’s drinking water isn’t the only water the Camp Fire contaminated. Several area streams show elevated levels of aluminum, iron and antimony. The metals may be residue from the homes and cars the Camp Fire burned, which were then washed into local streams by winter rains. \u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Officials are still analyzing the area’s watershed contamination.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cem>KCHO reporter Marc Albert contributed to this story.\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\n\u003c/div>\u003c/p>",
"attributes": {
"named": {},
"numeric": []
}
}
],
"link": "/news/11719092/add-benzene-in-the-water-to-the-list-of-post-wildfire-concerns-in-paradise",
"authors": [
"byline_news_11719092"
],
"programs": [
"news_72"
],
"categories": [
"news_19906",
"news_457",
"news_8"
],
"tags": [
"news_31711",
"news_24483",
"news_22753"
],
"featImg": "news_11719755",
"label": "news_72"
},
"news_11718100": {
"type": "posts",
"id": "news_11718100",
"meta": {
"index": "posts_1716263798",
"site": "news",
"id": "11718100",
"score": null,
"sort": [
1547860837000
]
},
"guestAuthors": [],
"slug": "at-prather-ranch-cows-are-raised-for-fine-steaks-and-biomedical-research",
"title": "The Curious Second Life of a Prather Ranch Cow: Biomedical Research",
"publishDate": 1547860837,
"format": "audio",
"headTitle": "The Curious Second Life of a Prather Ranch Cow: Biomedical Research | KQED",
"labelTerm": {},
"content": "\u003cp>[dropcap]I[/dropcap]n a slaughterhouse in Macdoel, a speck of a town in Siskiyou County, just south of the Oregon border, seven workers step around each other and four cow carcasses on the kill floor, their movements almost a dance.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"http://www.pratherranch.com/\">Prather Ranch\u003c/a> co-owner Mary Rickert explains the process.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Just on the other side of that panel, the animal’s knocked unconscious,” she says. “The throats are slit, they have to be bled out. Then they’re laid on this cradle,” where they’re skinned. Workers remove the animal’s organs and spinal cord, then cut the carcass in half with a saw.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>That’s where Emily Rosecrans, sporting brightly painted nails, takes over. She trims off imperfections from the carcass.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I look for hair, feces, bruises, pretty much anything I wouldn’t want to eat,” she says.\u003c/p>\n\u003caside class=\"pullquote alignright\">‘If we’re gonna take the animal’s life, I believe we have the moral obligation to utilize the animal as much as possible. First, it’s good business; but it’s good morals.’\u003ccite>Jim Rickert, Prather Ranch co-owner\u003c/cite>\u003c/aside>\n\u003cp>After an on-site USDA inspector looks the carcass up and down, Rosecrans says, “I wash it and then I spray with vinegar, which is a \u003ca href=\"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/9713753\">natural antiseptic\u003c/a>, so it stops the growth of any bad bacteria and helps to stop E. coli.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>She then moves the carcass into a cooler.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Mary’s husband, Jim Rickert, works away from the main action.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I’m boning out the cow head,” he explains. “You kind of have to know how an animal is put together so you can take it apart.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>He puts all the meat he says he wouldn’t feed to his grandchildren on one tray — that’ll be sold as pet food — and the really good stuff goes on another tray.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11719407\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-11719407\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2019/01/6ae6a537-pratherjim-800x897.jpg\" alt=\"Jim Rickert removes meat from the cow head. Some will go for pet food, some will go to market.\" width=\"800\" height=\"897\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2019/01/6ae6a537-pratherjim-800x897.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2019/01/6ae6a537-pratherjim-160x179.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2019/01/6ae6a537-pratherjim-1020x1144.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2019/01/6ae6a537-pratherjim-1070x1200.jpg 1070w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2019/01/6ae6a537-pratherjim.jpg 1440w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Jim Rickert removes meat from the cow head. Some will go for pet food, some will go to market. \u003ccite>(Lisa Morehouse/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>“There’s a nice beef cheek right there,” he says. “It goes down to a restaurant in San Francisco, and as I recall they sell a dinner there, a beef cheek dinner, and for $75. I’ve never been able to afford one, but that’s what I hear.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The people in this room work carefully. There are the USDA standards and Jim’s “grandchildren test.”\u003c/p>\n\u003ch3>Beef Is Much More Than ‘What’s for Dinner’\u003c/h3>\n\u003cp>Aside from food sales, Prather Ranch will also sell parts of these animals to companies in the biomedical field. The hides, for example, go to make a purified collagen solution used in cell research. And bones? Some have been made into screws for things like knee surgery.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Cow bones are real popular,” says Jim Rickert. “There’s one company that takes all this stuff for dental work,” grinding bones up for fillings.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Another company is researching ways to replace parts of human bones. They’re using Prather Ranch cow bones, which have been 3D-printed with human cells.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Pretty strange science, but really fascinating,” says Jim Rickert. “And we like doing our part of it. If we’re gonna take the animal’s life, I believe we have the moral obligation to utilize the animal as much as possible. First it’s good business; but it’s good morals.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11718929\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 1920px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-11718929\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2019/01/RS34650_IMG_0533-qut.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1440\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2019/01/RS34650_IMG_0533-qut.jpg 1920w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2019/01/RS34650_IMG_0533-qut-160x120.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2019/01/RS34650_IMG_0533-qut-800x600.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2019/01/RS34650_IMG_0533-qut-1020x765.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2019/01/RS34650_IMG_0533-qut-1200x900.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1920px) 100vw, 1920px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Mary Rickert outside a pasture where Prather Ranch cows eat organic grasses. \u003ccite>(Lisa Morehouse/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Companies come to Prather Ranch for a variety of bovine parts, Mary Rickert says. “We’ve done all the way from pituitary glands to eyeballs to uteri to pericardium.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In some ways, this is nothing new. Indigenous people around the world have used plants and whole animals for medicine as well as food.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Jim Rickert says that in Western medicine, “There’s clear evidence of people using bones from pigs clear back to the 1700s,” though not very successfully.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“You’ve heard of catgut?” he asks, “Well I think that was one of the things that was used at times for suturing.”\u003c/p>\n\u003ch3>A ‘Closed Herd’ and a Beauty Trend\u003c/h3>\n\u003cp>The Rickerts met and fell in love at Cal Poly-San Luis Obispo, and within a decade, they came up to Prather Ranch to manage the operation. They faced a money-losing business, and had to get creative, Jim explains.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I shrunk the herd down to about 250 mother cows. We just didn’t buy replacement females,” he says.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>That created what’s now known as a “closed herd.” All animals in the herd are born within it; no new ones are introduced. That decision changed everything. Because, at the same time, in the early 1990s, two things were happening that, on the surface, seem to have nothing to do with each other.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The first was an animal health scare.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"https://www.centerforfoodsafety.org/issues/1040/mad-cow-disease/timeline-mad-cow-disease-outbreaks\">Mad cow disease\u003c/a> — more formally known as bovine spongiform encephalopathy — “was really developing into a real serious health crisis in the United Kingdom and Europe,” Mary says.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The second? A beauty trend: dermal fillers.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Remember the pillowy lips of actresses in the 1990s? That look came from collagen injections that came from cowhides. Jim says an old friend, an early pioneer in collagen dermal fillers, knew that Prather Ranch had a closed herd, which made it much less susceptible to problems like mad cow disease. He knew he could make a cleaner, safer collagen with their cowhides. So he called them up.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“And I remember going, ‘Really?’ ” Jim says with a laugh.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Puffy lips wasn’t exactly our primary life goal at that point,” Mary adds.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But the Rickerts wanted to keep the ranch going. That collagen company built them the slaughterhouse on-site. Eventually, biomedical companies came knocking for cow parts, too. He won’t talk about the financials, but Jim says there have been years when they’ve made more money selling beef byproducts for medical use than they made selling beef.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11718934\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 1920px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-11718934\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2019/01/RS34646_IMG_0537-qut.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1440\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2019/01/RS34646_IMG_0537-qut.jpg 1920w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2019/01/RS34646_IMG_0537-qut-160x120.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2019/01/RS34646_IMG_0537-qut-800x600.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2019/01/RS34646_IMG_0537-qut-1020x765.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2019/01/RS34646_IMG_0537-qut-1200x900.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1920px) 100vw, 1920px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Employee Craig Holbrook prepares a femur for a medical client. \u003ccite>(Lisa Morehouse/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>The companies that buy from Prather Ranch sign confidentiality agreements, but one executive — whose company turns Prather Ranch cowhides into purified collagen for cell research, cancer research and 3D bio printing — says that a hide from Prather Ranch can cost him thousands of dollars more than those from other sources.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In the processing room, employee Craig Holbrook preps a femur bone for a medical client. He saws the bone, double-bags it in plastic, then sends it through a vacuum sealer. Packages like this are then sent via FedEx to customers across the country.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>One result of meeting all the FDA standards to sell the parts to medical companies? The Rickerts set themselves up to produce really high-quality beef.\u003c/p>\n\u003caside class=\"alignright\">\n\u003ch3>\u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/10791095/sierra-cattlewomen-work-off-ranch-to-help-family-stay-in-the-business\">Sierra Cattlewomen Work Off-Ranch to Help Family Stay in the Business\u003c/a>\u003c/h3>\n\u003cfigure>\u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/10791095/sierra-cattlewomen-work-off-ranch-to-help-family-stay-in-the-business\">\u003cimg decoding=\"async\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2015/12/CattlewomenMain-1038x576.jpg\" alt=\"\">\u003c/a>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/series/california-foodways\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Follow reporter Lisa Morehouse’s full California Foodways series\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003c/aside>\n\u003cp>Mary says they do DNA testing on bulls specifically for genes that increase the likelihood of marbling and tenderness in the beef. It’s a sought-after quality, and pretty expensive.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Mary also says she and her husband share a core belief: that they should handle animals gently until the very last minute.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>At the “knock box,” where cows get knocked out by a stun gun before being moved to the kill floor, she points out a quote by animal behaviorist Temple Grandin, who advocates for humane slaughter of livestock.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>It reads, “I believe that the place an animal dies is a sacred one. The ritual could be something very simple, such as a moment of silence, no words, one pure moment of silence. I can picture it perfectly.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Mary says, “I wanted to put that over our knock box so we always remember that this animal is giving its life not only for food but also to improve the quality of life for people for medical reasons.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>She says she wants everyone at the slaughterhouse to think about that.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cem>This piece was produced in collaboration with the \u003ca href=\"http://thefern.org/\">Food & Environment Reporting Network\u003c/a>, a nonprofit investigative news organization.\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad floatright]\u003c/p>\n",
"blocks": [],
"excerpt": "The California ranch’s co-owner emphasizes using the whole animal. ‘This animal is giving its life not only for food, but also to improve the quality of life for people for medical reasons.'",
"status": "publish",
"parent": 0,
"modified": 1726008685,
"stats": {
"hasAudio": false,
"hasVideo": false,
"hasChartOrMap": false,
"iframeSrcs": [],
"hasGoogleForm": false,
"hasGallery": false,
"hasHearkenModule": false,
"hasPolis": false,
"paragraphCount": 43,
"wordCount": 1430
},
"headData": {
"title": "The Curious Second Life of a Prather Ranch Cow: Biomedical Research | KQED",
"description": "The California ranch’s co-owner emphasizes using the whole animal. ‘This animal is giving its life not only for food, but also to improve the quality of life for people for medical reasons.'",
"ogTitle": "",
"ogDescription": "",
"ogImgId": "",
"twTitle": "",
"twDescription": "",
"twImgId": "",
"schema": {
"@context": "https://schema.org",
"@type": "NewsArticle",
"headline": "The Curious Second Life of a Prather Ranch Cow: Biomedical Research",
"datePublished": "2019-01-18T17:20:37-08:00",
"dateModified": "2024-09-10T15:51:25-07:00",
"image": "https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/02/KQED-OG-Image@1x.png",
"isAccessibleForFree": "True",
"publisher": {
"@type": "NewsMediaOrganization",
"@id": "https://www.kqed.org/#organization",
"name": "KQED",
"logo": "https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/02/KQED-OG-Image@1x.png",
"url": "https://www.kqed.org",
"sameAs": [
"https://www.facebook.com/KQED",
"https://twitter.com/KQED",
"https://www.instagram.com/kqed/",
"https://www.tiktok.com/@kqedofficial",
"https://www.linkedin.com/company/kqed",
"https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCeC0IOo7i1P_61zVUWbJ4nw"
]
}
}
},
"source": "Food",
"sourceUrl": "https://www.kqed.org/food",
"audioUrl": "https://www.kqed.org/.stream/anon/radio/tcrmag/2019/01/MorehousePratherRanch.mp3",
"sticky": false,
"audioTrackLength": 434,
"path": "/news/11718100/at-prather-ranch-cows-are-raised-for-fine-steaks-and-biomedical-research",
"parsedContent": [
{
"type": "contentString",
"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003cp>\u003cspan class=\"utils-parseShortcode-shortcodes-__dropcapShortcode__dropcap\">I\u003c/span>\u003c/p>\u003cp>n a slaughterhouse in Macdoel, a speck of a town in Siskiyou County, just south of the Oregon border, seven workers step around each other and four cow carcasses on the kill floor, their movements almost a dance.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"http://www.pratherranch.com/\">Prather Ranch\u003c/a> co-owner Mary Rickert explains the process.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Just on the other side of that panel, the animal’s knocked unconscious,” she says. “The throats are slit, they have to be bled out. Then they’re laid on this cradle,” where they’re skinned. Workers remove the animal’s organs and spinal cord, then cut the carcass in half with a saw.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>That’s where Emily Rosecrans, sporting brightly painted nails, takes over. She trims off imperfections from the carcass.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I look for hair, feces, bruises, pretty much anything I wouldn’t want to eat,” she says.\u003c/p>\n\u003caside class=\"pullquote alignright\">‘If we’re gonna take the animal’s life, I believe we have the moral obligation to utilize the animal as much as possible. First, it’s good business; but it’s good morals.’\u003ccite>Jim Rickert, Prather Ranch co-owner\u003c/cite>\u003c/aside>\n\u003cp>After an on-site USDA inspector looks the carcass up and down, Rosecrans says, “I wash it and then I spray with vinegar, which is a \u003ca href=\"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/9713753\">natural antiseptic\u003c/a>, so it stops the growth of any bad bacteria and helps to stop E. coli.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>She then moves the carcass into a cooler.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Mary’s husband, Jim Rickert, works away from the main action.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I’m boning out the cow head,” he explains. “You kind of have to know how an animal is put together so you can take it apart.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>He puts all the meat he says he wouldn’t feed to his grandchildren on one tray — that’ll be sold as pet food — and the really good stuff goes on another tray.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11719407\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-11719407\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2019/01/6ae6a537-pratherjim-800x897.jpg\" alt=\"Jim Rickert removes meat from the cow head. Some will go for pet food, some will go to market.\" width=\"800\" height=\"897\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2019/01/6ae6a537-pratherjim-800x897.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2019/01/6ae6a537-pratherjim-160x179.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2019/01/6ae6a537-pratherjim-1020x1144.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2019/01/6ae6a537-pratherjim-1070x1200.jpg 1070w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2019/01/6ae6a537-pratherjim.jpg 1440w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Jim Rickert removes meat from the cow head. Some will go for pet food, some will go to market. \u003ccite>(Lisa Morehouse/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>“There’s a nice beef cheek right there,” he says. “It goes down to a restaurant in San Francisco, and as I recall they sell a dinner there, a beef cheek dinner, and for $75. I’ve never been able to afford one, but that’s what I hear.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The people in this room work carefully. There are the USDA standards and Jim’s “grandchildren test.”\u003c/p>\n\u003ch3>Beef Is Much More Than ‘What’s for Dinner’\u003c/h3>\n\u003cp>Aside from food sales, Prather Ranch will also sell parts of these animals to companies in the biomedical field. The hides, for example, go to make a purified collagen solution used in cell research. And bones? Some have been made into screws for things like knee surgery.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Cow bones are real popular,” says Jim Rickert. “There’s one company that takes all this stuff for dental work,” grinding bones up for fillings.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Another company is researching ways to replace parts of human bones. They’re using Prather Ranch cow bones, which have been 3D-printed with human cells.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Pretty strange science, but really fascinating,” says Jim Rickert. “And we like doing our part of it. If we’re gonna take the animal’s life, I believe we have the moral obligation to utilize the animal as much as possible. First it’s good business; but it’s good morals.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11718929\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 1920px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-11718929\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2019/01/RS34650_IMG_0533-qut.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1440\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2019/01/RS34650_IMG_0533-qut.jpg 1920w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2019/01/RS34650_IMG_0533-qut-160x120.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2019/01/RS34650_IMG_0533-qut-800x600.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2019/01/RS34650_IMG_0533-qut-1020x765.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2019/01/RS34650_IMG_0533-qut-1200x900.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1920px) 100vw, 1920px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Mary Rickert outside a pasture where Prather Ranch cows eat organic grasses. \u003ccite>(Lisa Morehouse/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Companies come to Prather Ranch for a variety of bovine parts, Mary Rickert says. “We’ve done all the way from pituitary glands to eyeballs to uteri to pericardium.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In some ways, this is nothing new. Indigenous people around the world have used plants and whole animals for medicine as well as food.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Jim Rickert says that in Western medicine, “There’s clear evidence of people using bones from pigs clear back to the 1700s,” though not very successfully.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“You’ve heard of catgut?” he asks, “Well I think that was one of the things that was used at times for suturing.”\u003c/p>\n\u003ch3>A ‘Closed Herd’ and a Beauty Trend\u003c/h3>\n\u003cp>The Rickerts met and fell in love at Cal Poly-San Luis Obispo, and within a decade, they came up to Prather Ranch to manage the operation. They faced a money-losing business, and had to get creative, Jim explains.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I shrunk the herd down to about 250 mother cows. We just didn’t buy replacement females,” he says.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>That created what’s now known as a “closed herd.” All animals in the herd are born within it; no new ones are introduced. That decision changed everything. Because, at the same time, in the early 1990s, two things were happening that, on the surface, seem to have nothing to do with each other.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The first was an animal health scare.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"https://www.centerforfoodsafety.org/issues/1040/mad-cow-disease/timeline-mad-cow-disease-outbreaks\">Mad cow disease\u003c/a> — more formally known as bovine spongiform encephalopathy — “was really developing into a real serious health crisis in the United Kingdom and Europe,” Mary says.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The second? A beauty trend: dermal fillers.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003c/div>",
"attributes": {
"named": {},
"numeric": []
}
},
{
"type": "component",
"content": "",
"name": "ad",
"attributes": {
"named": {
"label": "fullwidth"
},
"numeric": [
"fullwidth"
]
}
},
{
"type": "contentString",
"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Remember the pillowy lips of actresses in the 1990s? That look came from collagen injections that came from cowhides. Jim says an old friend, an early pioneer in collagen dermal fillers, knew that Prather Ranch had a closed herd, which made it much less susceptible to problems like mad cow disease. He knew he could make a cleaner, safer collagen with their cowhides. So he called them up.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“And I remember going, ‘Really?’ ” Jim says with a laugh.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Puffy lips wasn’t exactly our primary life goal at that point,” Mary adds.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But the Rickerts wanted to keep the ranch going. That collagen company built them the slaughterhouse on-site. Eventually, biomedical companies came knocking for cow parts, too. He won’t talk about the financials, but Jim says there have been years when they’ve made more money selling beef byproducts for medical use than they made selling beef.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11718934\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 1920px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-11718934\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2019/01/RS34646_IMG_0537-qut.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1440\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2019/01/RS34646_IMG_0537-qut.jpg 1920w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2019/01/RS34646_IMG_0537-qut-160x120.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2019/01/RS34646_IMG_0537-qut-800x600.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2019/01/RS34646_IMG_0537-qut-1020x765.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2019/01/RS34646_IMG_0537-qut-1200x900.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1920px) 100vw, 1920px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Employee Craig Holbrook prepares a femur for a medical client. \u003ccite>(Lisa Morehouse/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>The companies that buy from Prather Ranch sign confidentiality agreements, but one executive — whose company turns Prather Ranch cowhides into purified collagen for cell research, cancer research and 3D bio printing — says that a hide from Prather Ranch can cost him thousands of dollars more than those from other sources.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In the processing room, employee Craig Holbrook preps a femur bone for a medical client. He saws the bone, double-bags it in plastic, then sends it through a vacuum sealer. Packages like this are then sent via FedEx to customers across the country.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>One result of meeting all the FDA standards to sell the parts to medical companies? The Rickerts set themselves up to produce really high-quality beef.\u003c/p>\n\u003caside class=\"alignright\">\n\u003ch3>\u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/10791095/sierra-cattlewomen-work-off-ranch-to-help-family-stay-in-the-business\">Sierra Cattlewomen Work Off-Ranch to Help Family Stay in the Business\u003c/a>\u003c/h3>\n\u003cfigure>\u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/10791095/sierra-cattlewomen-work-off-ranch-to-help-family-stay-in-the-business\">\u003cimg decoding=\"async\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2015/12/CattlewomenMain-1038x576.jpg\" alt=\"\">\u003c/a>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/series/california-foodways\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Follow reporter Lisa Morehouse’s full California Foodways series\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003c/aside>\n\u003cp>Mary says they do DNA testing on bulls specifically for genes that increase the likelihood of marbling and tenderness in the beef. It’s a sought-after quality, and pretty expensive.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Mary also says she and her husband share a core belief: that they should handle animals gently until the very last minute.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>At the “knock box,” where cows get knocked out by a stun gun before being moved to the kill floor, she points out a quote by animal behaviorist Temple Grandin, who advocates for humane slaughter of livestock.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>It reads, “I believe that the place an animal dies is a sacred one. The ritual could be something very simple, such as a moment of silence, no words, one pure moment of silence. I can picture it perfectly.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Mary says, “I wanted to put that over our knock box so we always remember that this animal is giving its life not only for food but also to improve the quality of life for people for medical reasons.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>She says she wants everyone at the slaughterhouse to think about that.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cem>This piece was produced in collaboration with the \u003ca href=\"http://thefern.org/\">Food & Environment Reporting Network\u003c/a>, a nonprofit investigative news organization.\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003c/div>",
"attributes": {
"named": {},
"numeric": []
}
},
{
"type": "component",
"content": "",
"name": "ad",
"attributes": {
"named": {
"label": "floatright"
},
"numeric": [
"floatright"
]
}
},
{
"type": "contentString",
"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003c/div>\u003c/p>",
"attributes": {
"named": {},
"numeric": []
}
}
],
"link": "/news/11718100/at-prather-ranch-cows-are-raised-for-fine-steaks-and-biomedical-research",
"authors": [
"3229"
],
"programs": [
"news_72"
],
"series": [
"news_17045"
],
"categories": [
"news_19906",
"news_24114",
"news_457",
"news_8",
"news_356"
],
"tags": [
"news_18334",
"news_18143",
"news_18543",
"news_4776"
],
"featImg": "news_11718927",
"label": "source_news_11718100"
},
"news_11719467": {
"type": "posts",
"id": "news_11719467",
"meta": {
"index": "posts_1716263798",
"site": "news",
"id": "11719467",
"score": null,
"sort": [
1547860644000
]
},
"parent": 0,
"labelTerm": {},
"blocks": [],
"publishDate": 1547860644,
"format": "audio",
"disqusTitle": "All About the Family Biz",
"title": "All About the Family Biz",
"headTitle": "KQED News",
"content": "\u003ch2>From Tortilla Factory to Jazz Club to Salsa and Chips: The Evolution of Casa Sanchez\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>The Sanchez Family has been in business in San Francisco for nearly 100 years, and they pioneered something you probably have in your fridge right now. A little plastic tub of fresh salsa. Reporter Marisol Medina-Cadena tells us how over the decades, their family biz has had to shape-shift to keep up with changing times.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>The Curious Second Life of a Prather Ranch Cow: Biomedical Research\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>Jim and Mary Rickert came together because of cows. They met and fell in love at Cal Poly. Within a decade, they were managing a ranch just below the Oregon border in Siskiyou County. It was a struggle. For the series California Foodways, Lisa Morehouse found out their lives - and the business - changed when they got an unexpected offer. And they said yes.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>\u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11665886/award-winning-frank-fats-restaurant-serves-up-potstickers-pie-and-political-history\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">Award-Winning Frank Fat's Restaurant Serves up Potstickers, Pie, and Political History\u003c/a>\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>In the kitchen of one of Sacramento's oldest restaurants, huge woks sizzle with fragrant oils and Chinese noodles. Cooks chop fresh vegetables and blocks of white tofu into cubes. And when you turn the corner, banana cream pies are being made. That’s right: banana cream pies. Not a typical Chinese dish. But Frank Fat, who started this restaurant, was not a typical guy. For this installment in our Family Biz series, Bianca Taylor brings us a story about an eatery where its founder is as beloved as its food.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>\u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11694401/san-francisco-made-millions-selling-taxi-medallions-now-drivers-are-paying-the-price\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">San Francisco Made Millions Selling Taxi Medallions. Now Drivers Are Paying the Price\u003c/a>\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>Edward Agababian was a taxi driver in San Francisco, and his job was essential to his family’s survival. When the taxi industry was devastated by Uber and Lyft, his family didn’t just lose their main source of income. As KQED’s Sam Harnett reports, the family was also saddled with a mountain of debt.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>Letter to My California Dreamer: From the ‘Red State Rockies’ to the ‘Riviera of Southern CA’\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>We’ve been asking you to write a letter to one of the first people in your family who came to California with a dream. This week's “Letter to My CA Dreamer” comes from Hollywood. Gregory Hinton writes to his brother Scotty, who left Colorado and found love - and a business partner - in Laguna Beach.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n",
"disqusIdentifier": "11719467 https://ww2.kqed.org/news/?p=11719467",
"disqusUrl": "https://ww2.kqed.org/news/2019/01/18/all-about-the-family-biz/",
"stats": {
"hasVideo": false,
"hasChartOrMap": false,
"hasAudio": false,
"hasPolis": false,
"wordCount": 404,
"hasGoogleForm": false,
"hasGallery": false,
"hasHearkenModule": false,
"iframeSrcs": [],
"paragraphCount": 7
},
"modified": 1594421740,
"excerpt": "The Evolution of Casa Sanchez, Prather Ranch Cows, Frank Fat's Restaurant, Taxi Medallions Take Toll, Letter to My CA Dreamer\r\n",
"headData": {
"twImgId": "",
"twTitle": "",
"ogTitle": "",
"ogImgId": "",
"twDescription": "",
"description": "The Evolution of Casa Sanchez, Prather Ranch Cows, Frank Fat's Restaurant, Taxi Medallions Take Toll, Letter to My CA Dreamer\r\n",
"title": "All About the Family Biz | KQED",
"ogDescription": "",
"schema": {
"@context": "https://schema.org",
"@type": "NewsArticle",
"headline": "All About the Family Biz",
"datePublished": "2019-01-18T17:17:24-08:00",
"dateModified": "2020-07-10T15:55:40-07:00",
"image": "https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/02/KQED-OG-Image@1x.png",
"isAccessibleForFree": "True",
"publisher": {
"@type": "NewsMediaOrganization",
"@id": "https://www.kqed.org/#organization",
"name": "KQED",
"logo": "https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/02/KQED-OG-Image@1x.png",
"url": "https://www.kqed.org",
"sameAs": [
"https://www.facebook.com/KQED",
"https://twitter.com/KQED",
"https://www.instagram.com/kqed/",
"https://www.tiktok.com/@kqedofficial",
"https://www.linkedin.com/company/kqed",
"https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCeC0IOo7i1P_61zVUWbJ4nw"
]
}
}
},
"guestAuthors": [],
"slug": "all-about-the-family-biz",
"status": "publish",
"sourceUrl": "https://www.kqed.org/news/tag/tcrarchive/",
"audioUrl": "https://www.kqed.org/.stream/anon/radio/tcrmag/2019/01/TCRMAG20190118.mp3",
"audioTrackLength": 1732,
"source": "The California Report Magazine",
"path": "/news/11719467/all-about-the-family-biz",
"audioDuration": 1743000,
"parsedContent": [
{
"type": "contentString",
"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003ch2>From Tortilla Factory to Jazz Club to Salsa and Chips: The Evolution of Casa Sanchez\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>The Sanchez Family has been in business in San Francisco for nearly 100 years, and they pioneered something you probably have in your fridge right now. A little plastic tub of fresh salsa. Reporter Marisol Medina-Cadena tells us how over the decades, their family biz has had to shape-shift to keep up with changing times.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>The Curious Second Life of a Prather Ranch Cow: Biomedical Research\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>Jim and Mary Rickert came together because of cows. They met and fell in love at Cal Poly. Within a decade, they were managing a ranch just below the Oregon border in Siskiyou County. It was a struggle. For the series California Foodways, Lisa Morehouse found out their lives - and the business - changed when they got an unexpected offer. And they said yes.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>\u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11665886/award-winning-frank-fats-restaurant-serves-up-potstickers-pie-and-political-history\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">Award-Winning Frank Fat's Restaurant Serves up Potstickers, Pie, and Political History\u003c/a>\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>In the kitchen of one of Sacramento's oldest restaurants, huge woks sizzle with fragrant oils and Chinese noodles. Cooks chop fresh vegetables and blocks of white tofu into cubes. And when you turn the corner, banana cream pies are being made. That’s right: banana cream pies. Not a typical Chinese dish. But Frank Fat, who started this restaurant, was not a typical guy. For this installment in our Family Biz series, Bianca Taylor brings us a story about an eatery where its founder is as beloved as its food.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>\u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11694401/san-francisco-made-millions-selling-taxi-medallions-now-drivers-are-paying-the-price\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">San Francisco Made Millions Selling Taxi Medallions. Now Drivers Are Paying the Price\u003c/a>\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>Edward Agababian was a taxi driver in San Francisco, and his job was essential to his family’s survival. When the taxi industry was devastated by Uber and Lyft, his family didn’t just lose their main source of income. As KQED’s Sam Harnett reports, the family was also saddled with a mountain of debt.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>Letter to My California Dreamer: From the ‘Red State Rockies’ to the ‘Riviera of Southern CA’\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>We’ve been asking you to write a letter to one of the first people in your family who came to California with a dream. This week's “Letter to My CA Dreamer” comes from Hollywood. Gregory Hinton writes to his brother Scotty, who left Colorado and found love - and a business partner - in Laguna Beach.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003c/div>",
"attributes": {
"named": {},
"numeric": []
}
},
{
"type": "component",
"content": "",
"name": "ad",
"attributes": {
"named": {
"label": "fullwidth"
},
"numeric": [
"fullwidth"
]
}
},
{
"type": "contentString",
"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003c/div>\u003c/p>",
"attributes": {
"named": {},
"numeric": []
}
}
],
"link": "/news/11719467/all-about-the-family-biz",
"authors": [
"236"
],
"categories": [
"news_1758",
"news_19906"
],
"tags": [
"news_21268",
"news_22018",
"news_28234"
],
"featImg": "news_11631267",
"label": "source_news_11719467"
},
"news_11719066": {
"type": "posts",
"id": "news_11719066",
"meta": {
"index": "posts_1716263798",
"site": "news",
"id": "11719066",
"score": null,
"sort": [
1547778000000
]
},
"parent": 0,
"labelTerm": {},
"blocks": [],
"publishDate": 1547778000,
"format": "image",
"disqusTitle": "25 Years After the Northridge Earthquake: Is Los Angeles Ready for the Big One?",
"title": "25 Years After the Northridge Earthquake: Is Los Angeles Ready for the Big One?",
"headTitle": "The California Report | KQED News",
"content": "\u003cp>Twenty five years ago — at 4:30 a.m. on Jan. 17, 1994 — the Northridge earthquake shook Angelenos from their beds. For those of us who lived through it, the memories of chaos early in the morning are unforgettable.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"We were just literally startled awake by a freight train driving right through our bedroom,\" said my father, Mark Margolis, who along with my sister, my mother and myself, was sleeping just about seven miles from the epicenter. \"I mean the blinds that were supposed to be hanging vertical were horizontal. So, there was a tremendous amount of movement.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>I was only five, and remember being pulled from my bed into the dark hallway by my parents. Our house was a mess with everything from our shelves and what was inside of our refrigerator being thrown out to the ground.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>After things calmed down, we walked outside. I remember dark silhouettes of my neighbors milling about, trying to figure out what to do, just as dawn began to break and aftershocks rolled through.\u003c/p>\n\u003caside class=\"alignright\">\n\u003ch3>\u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11718873/another-morning-another-wake-up-quake-in-the-east-bay-hills\">Another Morning, Another Wake-Up Quake in the East Bay Hills\u003c/a>\u003c/h3>\n\u003cfigure>\u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11718873/another-morning-another-wake-up-quake-in-the-east-bay-hills\">\u003cimg src=\"https://cartocdn-gusc-a.global.ssl.fastly.net/mgreen/api/v1/map/mgreen@d73c934c@1120027215d6d346a00faa7d7307e8ae:1547770994786/1,2/8/41/99.png\" alt=\"\">\u003c/a>\u003c/figure>\n\u003c/aside>\n\u003cp>When the sun rose, everyone was able to take stock of the damage.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The 6.7 magnitude earthquake destroyed freeways and buildings, cracked streets and left swaths of Los Angeles without power for a period of time.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"I remember driving down one of the main streets and there was like water coming up from the street because there were broken gas lines as well as broken water lines. There was water, but there were also flames coming out of the water,\" said my father. \"Burning water -- how often do you see that?\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The earthquake killed at least 57 people and damages reached $40 billion.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Many Angelenos were displaced for a period of time. Some people were lucky enough to stay with family and friends. Some had to live for days in parks as the structural integrity of their buildings was assessed.\u003cbr>\n[ad fullwidth]\u003cbr>\n\u003cstrong>Prepared for the next one?\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Every time an earthquake hits, we learn new things about just how unprepared we are.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Since the Northridge earthquake, building codes have improved and retrofit programs for hospitals, apartments and freeways have been implemented. The hope is that those improvements leave us safer. But Southern California hasn't had an earthquake strong enough to test the region for its preparedness for some time.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>About 7,000 miles of water pipes are currently being retrofitted by the Los Angeles Department of Water and Power, so that they don't crack in an earthquake. Those pipes rupturing could mean contamination or complete loss of water to homes. Craig Davis, the Water System Resilience Program Manager, said that it will take 120 years to fix the entire system.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>According to seismologists, an earthquake far bigger than Northridge could hit at anytime.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Seismologist Lucile Jones was the lead author of a 2008 report called \"\u003ca href=\"https://pubs.usgs.gov/of/2008/1150/\">The ShakeOut Scenario\u003c/a>\" for the U.S. Geological Survey. In it, researchers described a theoretical but likely earthquake: A 7.8 magnitude temblor on the southern San Andreas fault that would be 44 times stronger than Northridge.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The report estimated that if that earthquake occured, 1,800 people could die, buildings could collapse, an estimated $200 billion in damage could be done and conflagrations could break out.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"Northridge was an event that disrupted the lives of people in the San Fernando Valley extensively ... disrupted our community for a year or two,\" Jones said. \"The big San Andreas earthquake is going to disrupt the lives of everybody in Southern California and it could take us decades to recover what we lose.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Los Angeles Mayor Eric Garcetti has worked with Jones to implement various programs designed to improve the city's \u003ca href=\"http://100resilientcities.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/03/Los-Angeles-Resilience-Strategy-PDF.pdf\">resilience\u003c/a>. \"We're better prepared for the big one than any big city in America,\" he said, \"which is to say, we're woefully unprepared.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Limited water and overwhelmed emergency services after a big quake hits could mean large fires spreading quickly throughout the hills and neighborhoods, according to Jones. Mark Ghilarducci, director of California Governor's Office of Emergency Services, said it could take 48 to 72 hours for outside help to arrive in Southern California. Meaning, 10 million people should expect to be largely on their own for a couple of days after the disaster.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>There is some good news: \"Most of the time under most circumstances ... you're going to see people become the best version, the most altruistic version of themselves, especially in those first couple of minutes and moments after the event,\" said Joe Trainor, who studies disasters and crisis at the University of Delaware.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>That said, to survive a major earthquake, it's important that \u003ca href=\"https://laist.com/2019/01/07/the_big_one_earthquake_surivival_guide_101_how_to.php\">people take steps to prepare\u003c/a>. Stock up on water, food, medicine and make sure that there's some alternate form of shelter in case homes are unlivable. Everyone who lives in an earthquake zone should have some sort of emergency plan in place and coordinate that plan with friends and family.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n",
"disqusIdentifier": "11719066 https://ww2.kqed.org/news/?p=11719066",
"disqusUrl": "https://ww2.kqed.org/news/2019/01/17/25-years-after-the-northridge-earthquake-is-los-angeles-ready-for-the-big-one/",
"stats": {
"hasVideo": false,
"hasChartOrMap": false,
"hasAudio": false,
"hasPolis": false,
"wordCount": 834,
"hasGoogleForm": false,
"hasGallery": false,
"hasHearkenModule": false,
"iframeSrcs": [],
"paragraphCount": 21
},
"modified": 1547778000,
"excerpt": "On Jan. 17, 1994, a 6.7 magnitude quake rocked the suburbs north of Los Angeles, leaving 57 dead and causing more than $43 billion in damage. Officials worry LA isn't ready for the next big quake.",
"headData": {
"twImgId": "",
"twTitle": "",
"ogTitle": "",
"ogImgId": "",
"twDescription": "",
"description": "On Jan. 17, 1994, a 6.7 magnitude quake rocked the suburbs north of Los Angeles, leaving 57 dead and causing more than $43 billion in damage. Officials worry LA isn't ready for the next big quake.",
"title": "25 Years After the Northridge Earthquake: Is Los Angeles Ready for the Big One? | KQED",
"ogDescription": "",
"schema": {
"@context": "https://schema.org",
"@type": "NewsArticle",
"headline": "25 Years After the Northridge Earthquake: Is Los Angeles Ready for the Big One?",
"datePublished": "2019-01-17T18:20:00-08:00",
"dateModified": "2019-01-17T18:20:00-08:00",
"image": "https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/02/KQED-OG-Image@1x.png",
"isAccessibleForFree": "True",
"publisher": {
"@type": "NewsMediaOrganization",
"@id": "https://www.kqed.org/#organization",
"name": "KQED",
"logo": "https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/02/KQED-OG-Image@1x.png",
"url": "https://www.kqed.org",
"sameAs": [
"https://www.facebook.com/KQED",
"https://twitter.com/KQED",
"https://www.instagram.com/kqed/",
"https://www.tiktok.com/@kqedofficial",
"https://www.linkedin.com/company/kqed",
"https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCeC0IOo7i1P_61zVUWbJ4nw"
]
}
}
},
"guestAuthors": [],
"slug": "25-years-after-the-northridge-earthquake-is-los-angeles-ready-for-the-big-one",
"status": "publish",
"nprApiLink": "http://api.npr.org/query?id=686020821&apiKey=MDAxOTAwOTE4MDEyMTkxMDAzNjczZDljZA004",
"nprStoryDate": "Thu, 17 Jan 2019 05:01:00 -0500",
"nprLastModifiedDate": "Thu, 17 Jan 2019 10:07:34 -0500",
"nprHtmlLink": "https://www.npr.org/2019/01/17/686020821/25-years-after-the-northridge-earthquake-is-la-ready-for-the-big-one?ft=nprml&f=686020821",
"nprAudio": "https://ondemand.npr.org/anon.npr-mp3/npr/me/2019/01/20190117_me_25_years_after_the_northridge_earthquake_is_la_ready_for_the_big_one.mp3?orgId=144&topicId=1003&d=248&p=3&story=686020821&ft=nprml&f=686020821",
"nprImageAgency": "AFP/Getty Images",
"source": "NPR",
"nprAudioM3u": "http://api.npr.org/m3u/1686124085-f0c7d4.m3u?orgId=144&topicId=1003&d=248&p=3&story=686020821&ft=nprml&f=686020821",
"nprStoryId": "686020821",
"sourceUrl": "https://www.npr.org/",
"nprByline": "Jacob Margolis\u003cbr>NPR",
"audioTrackLength": 248,
"nprImageCredit": "TIM CLARY",
"nprRetrievedStory": "1",
"nprPubDate": "Thu, 17 Jan 2019 08:36:00 -0500",
"path": "/news/11719066/25-years-after-the-northridge-earthquake-is-los-angeles-ready-for-the-big-one",
"audioUrl": "https://ondemand.npr.org/anon.npr-mp3/npr/me/2019/01/20190117_me_25_years_after_the_northridge_earthquake_is_la_ready_for_the_big_one.mp3?orgId=144&topicId=1003&d=248&p=3&story=686020821&ft=nprml&f=686020821",
"parsedContent": [
{
"type": "contentString",
"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003cp>Twenty five years ago — at 4:30 a.m. on Jan. 17, 1994 — the Northridge earthquake shook Angelenos from their beds. For those of us who lived through it, the memories of chaos early in the morning are unforgettable.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"We were just literally startled awake by a freight train driving right through our bedroom,\" said my father, Mark Margolis, who along with my sister, my mother and myself, was sleeping just about seven miles from the epicenter. \"I mean the blinds that were supposed to be hanging vertical were horizontal. So, there was a tremendous amount of movement.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>I was only five, and remember being pulled from my bed into the dark hallway by my parents. Our house was a mess with everything from our shelves and what was inside of our refrigerator being thrown out to the ground.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>After things calmed down, we walked outside. I remember dark silhouettes of my neighbors milling about, trying to figure out what to do, just as dawn began to break and aftershocks rolled through.\u003c/p>\n\u003caside class=\"alignright\">\n\u003ch3>\u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11718873/another-morning-another-wake-up-quake-in-the-east-bay-hills\">Another Morning, Another Wake-Up Quake in the East Bay Hills\u003c/a>\u003c/h3>\n\u003cfigure>\u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11718873/another-morning-another-wake-up-quake-in-the-east-bay-hills\">\u003cimg src=\"https://cartocdn-gusc-a.global.ssl.fastly.net/mgreen/api/v1/map/mgreen@d73c934c@1120027215d6d346a00faa7d7307e8ae:1547770994786/1,2/8/41/99.png\" alt=\"\">\u003c/a>\u003c/figure>\n\u003c/aside>\n\u003cp>When the sun rose, everyone was able to take stock of the damage.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The 6.7 magnitude earthquake destroyed freeways and buildings, cracked streets and left swaths of Los Angeles without power for a period of time.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"I remember driving down one of the main streets and there was like water coming up from the street because there were broken gas lines as well as broken water lines. There was water, but there were also flames coming out of the water,\" said my father. \"Burning water -- how often do you see that?\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The earthquake killed at least 57 people and damages reached $40 billion.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Many Angelenos were displaced for a period of time. Some people were lucky enough to stay with family and friends. Some had to live for days in parks as the structural integrity of their buildings was assessed.\u003cbr>\n\u003c/p>\u003c/div>",
"attributes": {
"named": {},
"numeric": []
}
},
{
"type": "component",
"content": "",
"name": "ad",
"attributes": {
"named": {
"label": "fullwidth"
},
"numeric": [
"fullwidth"
]
}
},
{
"type": "contentString",
"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003cbr>\n\u003cstrong>Prepared for the next one?\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Every time an earthquake hits, we learn new things about just how unprepared we are.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Since the Northridge earthquake, building codes have improved and retrofit programs for hospitals, apartments and freeways have been implemented. The hope is that those improvements leave us safer. But Southern California hasn't had an earthquake strong enough to test the region for its preparedness for some time.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>About 7,000 miles of water pipes are currently being retrofitted by the Los Angeles Department of Water and Power, so that they don't crack in an earthquake. Those pipes rupturing could mean contamination or complete loss of water to homes. Craig Davis, the Water System Resilience Program Manager, said that it will take 120 years to fix the entire system.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>According to seismologists, an earthquake far bigger than Northridge could hit at anytime.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Seismologist Lucile Jones was the lead author of a 2008 report called \"\u003ca href=\"https://pubs.usgs.gov/of/2008/1150/\">The ShakeOut Scenario\u003c/a>\" for the U.S. Geological Survey. In it, researchers described a theoretical but likely earthquake: A 7.8 magnitude temblor on the southern San Andreas fault that would be 44 times stronger than Northridge.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The report estimated that if that earthquake occured, 1,800 people could die, buildings could collapse, an estimated $200 billion in damage could be done and conflagrations could break out.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"Northridge was an event that disrupted the lives of people in the San Fernando Valley extensively ... disrupted our community for a year or two,\" Jones said. \"The big San Andreas earthquake is going to disrupt the lives of everybody in Southern California and it could take us decades to recover what we lose.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Los Angeles Mayor Eric Garcetti has worked with Jones to implement various programs designed to improve the city's \u003ca href=\"http://100resilientcities.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/03/Los-Angeles-Resilience-Strategy-PDF.pdf\">resilience\u003c/a>. \"We're better prepared for the big one than any big city in America,\" he said, \"which is to say, we're woefully unprepared.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Limited water and overwhelmed emergency services after a big quake hits could mean large fires spreading quickly throughout the hills and neighborhoods, according to Jones. Mark Ghilarducci, director of California Governor's Office of Emergency Services, said it could take 48 to 72 hours for outside help to arrive in Southern California. Meaning, 10 million people should expect to be largely on their own for a couple of days after the disaster.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>There is some good news: \"Most of the time under most circumstances ... you're going to see people become the best version, the most altruistic version of themselves, especially in those first couple of minutes and moments after the event,\" said Joe Trainor, who studies disasters and crisis at the University of Delaware.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>That said, to survive a major earthquake, it's important that \u003ca href=\"https://laist.com/2019/01/07/the_big_one_earthquake_surivival_guide_101_how_to.php\">people take steps to prepare\u003c/a>. Stock up on water, food, medicine and make sure that there's some alternate form of shelter in case homes are unlivable. Everyone who lives in an earthquake zone should have some sort of emergency plan in place and coordinate that plan with friends and family.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003c/div>\u003c/p>",
"attributes": {
"named": {},
"numeric": []
}
}
],
"link": "/news/11719066/25-years-after-the-northridge-earthquake-is-los-angeles-ready-for-the-big-one",
"authors": [
"byline_news_11719066"
],
"programs": [
"news_72"
],
"categories": [
"news_19906",
"news_8",
"news_356"
],
"tags": [
"news_1012",
"news_17826",
"news_4",
"news_5925",
"news_6902"
],
"affiliates": [
"news_253"
],
"featImg": "news_11719070",
"label": "source_news_11719066"
}
},
"podcastsReducer": {
"isFetching": false,
"fetchFailed": false,
"hasFetched": false,
"podcasts": {}
},
"radioProgramsReducer": {
"isFetching": false,
"fetchFailed": false,
"hasFetched": false,
"radioPrograms": {}
},
"radioSearchSegmentsReducer": {},
"programsReducer": {
"all-things-considered": {
"id": "all-things-considered",
"title": "All Things Considered",
"info": "Every weekday, \u003cem>All Things Considered\u003c/em> hosts Robert Siegel, Audie Cornish, Ari Shapiro, and Kelly McEvers present the program's trademark mix of news, interviews, commentaries, reviews, and offbeat features. Michel Martin hosts on the weekends.",
"airtime": "MON-FRI 1pm-2pm, 4:30pm-6:30pm\u003cbr />SAT-SUN 5pm-6pm",
"imageSrc": "https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/All-Things-Considered-Podcast-Tile-360x360-1.jpg",
"officialWebsiteLink": "https://www.npr.org/programs/all-things-considered/",
"meta": {
"site": "news",
"source": "npr"
},
"link": "/radio/program/all-things-considered"
},
"american-suburb-podcast": {
"id": "american-suburb-podcast",
"title": "American Suburb: The Podcast",
"tagline": "The flip side of gentrification, told through one town",
"info": "Gentrification is changing cities across America, forcing people from neighborhoods they have long called home. Call them the displaced. Now those priced out of the Bay Area are looking for a better life in an unlikely place. American Suburb follows this migration to one California town along the Delta, 45 miles from San Francisco. But is this once sleepy suburb ready for them?",
"imageSrc": "https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/American-Suburb-Podcast-Tile-703x703-1.jpg",
"officialWebsiteLink": "/news/series/american-suburb-podcast",
"meta": {
"site": "news",
"source": "kqed",
"order": 19
},
"link": "/news/series/american-suburb-podcast/",
"subscribe": {
"npr": "https://rpb3r.app.goo.gl/RBrW",
"apple": "https://itunes.apple.com/WebObjects/MZStore.woa/wa/viewPodcast?mt=2&id=1287748328",
"tuneIn": "https://tunein.com/radio/American-Suburb-p1086805/",
"rss": "https://ww2.kqed.org/news/series/american-suburb-podcast/feed/podcast",
"google": "https://podcasts.google.com/feed/aHR0cHM6Ly9mZWVkcy5tZWdhcGhvbmUuZm0vS1FJTkMzMDExODgxNjA5"
}
},
"baycurious": {
"id": "baycurious",
"title": "Bay Curious",
"tagline": "Exploring the Bay Area, one question at a time",
"info": "KQED’s new podcast, Bay Curious, gets to the bottom of the mysteries — both profound and peculiar — that give the Bay Area its unique identity. And we’ll do it with your help! You ask the questions. You decide what Bay Curious investigates. And you join us on the journey to find the answers.",
"imageSrc": "https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/Bay-Curious-Podcast-Tile-703x703-1.jpg",
"imageAlt": "KQED Bay Curious",
"officialWebsiteLink": "/news/series/baycurious",
"meta": {
"site": "news",
"source": "kqed",
"order": 3
},
"link": "/podcasts/baycurious",
"subscribe": {
"apple": "https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/bay-curious/id1172473406",
"npr": "https://www.npr.org/podcasts/500557090/bay-curious",
"rss": "https://ww2.kqed.org/news/category/bay-curious-podcast/feed/podcast",
"amazon": "https://music.amazon.com/podcasts/9a90d476-aa04-455d-9a4c-0871ed6216d4/bay-curious",
"stitcher": "https://www.stitcher.com/podcast/kqed/bay-curious",
"spotify": "https://open.spotify.com/show/6O76IdmhixfijmhTZLIJ8k"
}
},
"bbc-world-service": {
"id": "bbc-world-service",
"title": "BBC World Service",
"info": "The day's top stories from BBC News compiled twice daily in the week, once at weekends.",
"airtime": "MON-FRI 9pm-10pm, TUE-FRI 1am-2am",
"imageSrc": "https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/BBC-World-Service-Podcast-Tile-360x360-1.jpg",
"officialWebsiteLink": "https://www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/live:bbc_world_service",
"meta": {
"site": "news",
"source": "BBC World Service"
},
"link": "/radio/program/bbc-world-service",
"subscribe": {
"apple": "https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/global-news-podcast/id135067274?mt=2",
"tuneIn": "https://tunein.com/radio/BBC-World-Service-p455581/",
"rss": "https://podcasts.files.bbci.co.uk/p02nq0gn.rss"
}
},
"californiareport": {
"id": "californiareport",
"title": "The California Report",
"tagline": "California, day by day",
"info": "KQED’s statewide radio news program providing daily coverage of issues, trends and public policy decisions.",
"imageSrc": "https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/The-California-Report-Podcast-Tile-703x703-1.jpg",
"imageAlt": "KQED The California Report",
"officialWebsiteLink": "/californiareport",
"meta": {
"site": "news",
"source": "kqed",
"order": 8
},
"link": "/californiareport",
"subscribe": {
"apple": "https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/kqeds-the-california-report/id79681292",
"amazon": "https://music.amazon.com/podcasts/26099305-72af-4542-9dde-ac1807fe36d5/kqed-s-the-california-report",
"npr": "https://www.npr.org/podcasts/432285393/the-california-report",
"stitcher": "https://www.stitcher.com/podcast/kqedfm-kqeds-the-california-report-podcast-8838",
"rss": "https://ww2.kqed.org/news/tag/tcram/feed/podcast"
}
},
"californiareportmagazine": {
"id": "californiareportmagazine",
"title": "The California Report Magazine",
"tagline": "Your state, your stories",
"info": "Every week, The California Report Magazine takes you on a road trip for the ears: to visit the places and meet the people who make California unique. The in-depth storytelling podcast from the California Report.",
"airtime": "FRI 4:30pm-5pm, 6:30pm-7pm, 11pm-11:30pm",
"imageSrc": "https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/The-California-Report-Magazine-Podcast-Tile-703x703-1.jpg",
"imageAlt": "KQED The California Report Magazine",
"officialWebsiteLink": "/californiareportmagazine",
"meta": {
"site": "news",
"source": "kqed",
"order": 10
},
"link": "/californiareportmagazine",
"subscribe": {
"apple": "https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-california-report-magazine/id1314750545",
"google": "https://podcasts.google.com/feed/aHR0cHM6Ly9mZWVkcy5tZWdhcGhvbmUuZm0vS1FJTkM3NjkwNjk1OTAz",
"npr": "https://www.npr.org/podcasts/564733126/the-california-report-magazine",
"stitcher": "https://www.stitcher.com/podcast/kqed/the-california-report-magazine",
"rss": "https://ww2.kqed.org/news/tag/tcrmag/feed/podcast"
}
},
"city-arts": {
"id": "city-arts",
"title": "City Arts & Lectures",
"info": "A one-hour radio program to hear celebrated writers, artists and thinkers address contemporary ideas and values, often discussing the creative process. Please note: tapes or transcripts are not available",
"imageSrc": "https://ww2.kqed.org/radio/wp-content/uploads/sites/50/2018/05/cityartsandlecture-300x300.jpg",
"officialWebsiteLink": "https://www.cityarts.net/",
"airtime": "SUN 1pm-2pm, TUE 10pm, WED 1am",
"meta": {
"site": "news",
"source": "City Arts & Lectures"
},
"link": "https://www.cityarts.net",
"subscribe": {
"tuneIn": "https://tunein.com/radio/City-Arts-and-Lectures-p692/",
"rss": "https://www.cityarts.net/feed/"
}
},
"closealltabs": {
"id": "closealltabs",
"title": "Close All Tabs",
"tagline": "Your irreverent guide to the trends redefining our world",
"info": "Close All Tabs breaks down how digital culture shapes our world through thoughtful insights and irreverent humor.",
"imageSrc": "https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/02/CAT_2_Tile-scaled.jpg",
"imageAlt": "KQED Close All Tabs",
"officialWebsiteLink": "/podcasts/closealltabs",
"meta": {
"site": "news",
"source": "kqed",
"order": 1
},
"link": "/podcasts/closealltabs",
"subscribe": {
"apple": "https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/close-all-tabs/id214663465",
"rss": "https://feeds.megaphone.fm/KQINC6993880386",
"amazon": "https://music.amazon.com/podcasts/92d9d4ac-67a3-4eed-b10a-fb45d45b1ef2/close-all-tabs",
"spotify": "https://open.spotify.com/show/6LAJFHnGK1pYXYzv6SIol6?si=deb0cae19813417c"
}
},
"code-switch-life-kit": {
"id": "code-switch-life-kit",
"title": "Code Switch / Life Kit",
"info": "\u003cem>Code Switch\u003c/em>, which listeners will hear in the first part of the hour, has fearless and much-needed conversations about race. Hosted by journalists of color, the show tackles the subject of race head-on, exploring how it impacts every part of society — from politics and pop culture to history, sports and more.\u003cbr />\u003cbr />\u003cem>Life Kit\u003c/em>, which will be in the second part of the hour, guides you through spaces and feelings no one prepares you for — from finances to mental health, from workplace microaggressions to imposter syndrome, from relationships to parenting. The show features experts with real world experience and shares their knowledge. Because everyone needs a little help being human.\u003cbr />\u003cbr />\u003ca href=\"https://www.npr.org/podcasts/510312/codeswitch\">\u003cem>Code Switch\u003c/em> offical site and podcast\u003c/a>\u003cbr />\u003ca href=\"https://www.npr.org/lifekit\">\u003cem>Life Kit\u003c/em> offical site and podcast\u003c/a>\u003cbr />",
"airtime": "SUN 9pm-10pm",
"imageSrc": "https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/Code-Switch-Life-Kit-Podcast-Tile-360x360-1.jpg",
"meta": {
"site": "radio",
"source": "npr"
},
"link": "/radio/program/code-switch-life-kit",
"subscribe": {
"apple": "https://podcasts.apple.com/podcast/1112190608?mt=2&at=11l79Y&ct=nprdirectory",
"google": "https://podcasts.google.com/feed/aHR0cHM6Ly93d3cubnByLm9yZy9yc3MvcG9kY2FzdC5waHA_aWQ9NTEwMzEy",
"spotify": "https://open.spotify.com/show/3bExJ9JQpkwNhoHvaIIuyV",
"rss": "https://feeds.npr.org/510312/podcast.xml"
}
},
"commonwealth-club": {
"id": "commonwealth-club",
"title": "Commonwealth Club of California Podcast",
"info": "The Commonwealth Club of California is the nation's oldest and largest public affairs forum. As a non-partisan forum, The Club brings to the public airwaves diverse viewpoints on important topics. The Club's weekly radio broadcast - the oldest in the U.S., dating back to 1924 - is carried across the nation on public radio stations and is now podcasting. Our website archive features audio of our recent programs, as well as selected speeches from our long and distinguished history. This podcast feed is usually updated twice a week and is always un-edited.",
"airtime": "THU 10pm, FRI 1am",
"imageSrc": "https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/Commonwealth-Club-Podcast-Tile-360x360-1.jpg",
"officialWebsiteLink": "https://www.commonwealthclub.org/podcasts",
"meta": {
"site": "news",
"source": "Commonwealth Club of California"
},
"link": "/radio/program/commonwealth-club",
"subscribe": {
"apple": "https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/commonwealth-club-of-california-podcast/id976334034?mt=2",
"google": "https://podcasts.google.com/feed/aHR0cDovL3d3dy5jb21tb253ZWFsdGhjbHViLm9yZy9hdWRpby9wb2RjYXN0L3dlZWtseS54bWw",
"tuneIn": "https://tunein.com/radio/Commonwealth-Club-of-California-p1060/"
}
},
"forum": {
"id": "forum",
"title": "Forum",
"tagline": "The conversation starts here",
"info": "KQED’s live call-in program discussing local, state, national and international issues, as well as in-depth interviews.",
"airtime": "MON-FRI 9am-11am, 10pm-11pm",
"imageSrc": "https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/Forum-Podcast-Tile-703x703-1.jpg",
"imageAlt": "KQED Forum with Mina Kim and Alexis Madrigal",
"officialWebsiteLink": "/forum",
"meta": {
"site": "news",
"source": "kqed",
"order": 9
},
"link": "/forum",
"subscribe": {
"apple": "https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/kqeds-forum/id73329719",
"google": "https://podcasts.google.com/feed/aHR0cHM6Ly9mZWVkcy5tZWdhcGhvbmUuZm0vS1FJTkM5NTU3MzgxNjMz",
"npr": "https://www.npr.org/podcasts/432307980/forum",
"stitcher": "https://www.stitcher.com/podcast/kqedfm-kqeds-forum-podcast",
"rss": "https://feeds.megaphone.fm/KQINC9557381633"
}
},
"freakonomics-radio": {
"id": "freakonomics-radio",
"title": "Freakonomics Radio",
"info": "Freakonomics Radio is a one-hour award-winning podcast and public-radio project hosted by Stephen Dubner, with co-author Steve Levitt as a regular guest. It is produced in partnership with WNYC.",
"imageSrc": "https://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/05/freakonomicsRadio.png",
"officialWebsiteLink": "http://freakonomics.com/",
"airtime": "SUN 1am-2am, SAT 3pm-4pm",
"meta": {
"site": "radio",
"source": "WNYC"
},
"link": "/radio/program/freakonomics-radio",
"subscribe": {
"npr": "https://rpb3r.app.goo.gl/4s8b",
"apple": "https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/freakonomics-radio/id354668519",
"tuneIn": "https://tunein.com/podcasts/WNYC-Podcasts/Freakonomics-Radio-p272293/",
"rss": "https://feeds.feedburner.com/freakonomicsradio"
}
},
"fresh-air": {
"id": "fresh-air",
"title": "Fresh Air",
"info": "Hosted by Terry Gross, \u003cem>Fresh Air from WHYY\u003c/em> is the Peabody Award-winning weekday magazine of contemporary arts and issues. One of public radio's most popular programs, Fresh Air features intimate conversations with today's biggest luminaries.",
"airtime": "MON-FRI 7pm-8pm",
"imageSrc": "https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/Fresh-Air-Podcast-Tile-360x360-1.jpg",
"officialWebsiteLink": "https://www.npr.org/programs/fresh-air/",
"meta": {
"site": "radio",
"source": "npr"
},
"link": "/radio/program/fresh-air",
"subscribe": {
"npr": "https://rpb3r.app.goo.gl/4s8b",
"apple": "https://itunes.apple.com/WebObjects/MZStore.woa/wa/viewPodcast?s=143441&mt=2&id=214089682&at=11l79Y&ct=nprdirectory",
"tuneIn": "https://tunein.com/radio/Fresh-Air-p17/",
"rss": "https://feeds.npr.org/381444908/podcast.xml"
}
},
"here-and-now": {
"id": "here-and-now",
"title": "Here & Now",
"info": "A live production of NPR and WBUR Boston, in collaboration with stations across the country, Here & Now reflects the fluid world of news as it's happening in the middle of the day, with timely, in-depth news, interviews and conversation. Hosted by Robin Young, Jeremy Hobson and Tonya Mosley.",
"airtime": "MON-THU 11am-12pm",
"imageSrc": "https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/Here-And-Now-Podcast-Tile-360x360-1.jpg",
"officialWebsiteLink": "http://www.wbur.org/hereandnow",
"meta": {
"site": "news",
"source": "npr"
},
"link": "/radio/program/here-and-now",
"subsdcribe": {
"apple": "https://itunes.apple.com/WebObjects/MZStore.woa/wa/viewPodcast?mt=2&id=426698661",
"tuneIn": "https://tunein.com/radio/Here--Now-p211/",
"rss": "https://feeds.npr.org/510051/podcast.xml"
}
},
"hidden-brain": {
"id": "hidden-brain",
"title": "Hidden Brain",
"info": "Shankar Vedantam uses science and storytelling to reveal the unconscious patterns that drive human behavior, shape our choices and direct our relationships.",
"imageSrc": "https://ww2.kqed.org/radio/wp-content/uploads/sites/50/2018/05/hiddenbrain.jpg",
"officialWebsiteLink": "https://www.npr.org/series/423302056/hidden-brain",
"airtime": "SUN 7pm-8pm",
"meta": {
"site": "news",
"source": "NPR"
},
"link": "/radio/program/hidden-brain",
"subscribe": {
"apple": "https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/hidden-brain/id1028908750?mt=2",
"tuneIn": "https://tunein.com/podcasts/Science-Podcasts/Hidden-Brain-p787503/",
"rss": "https://feeds.npr.org/510308/podcast.xml"
}
},
"how-i-built-this": {
"id": "how-i-built-this",
"title": "How I Built This with Guy Raz",
"info": "Guy Raz dives into the stories behind some of the world's best known companies. How I Built This weaves a narrative journey about innovators, entrepreneurs and idealists—and the movements they built.",
"imageSrc": "https://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/05/howIBuiltThis.png",
"officialWebsiteLink": "https://www.npr.org/podcasts/510313/how-i-built-this",
"airtime": "SUN 7:30pm-8pm",
"meta": {
"site": "news",
"source": "npr"
},
"link": "/radio/program/how-i-built-this",
"subscribe": {
"npr": "https://rpb3r.app.goo.gl/3zxy",
"apple": "https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/how-i-built-this-with-guy-raz/id1150510297?mt=2",
"tuneIn": "https://tunein.com/podcasts/Arts--Culture-Podcasts/How-I-Built-This-p910896/",
"rss": "https://feeds.npr.org/510313/podcast.xml"
}
},
"hyphenacion": {
"id": "hyphenacion",
"title": "Hyphenación",
"tagline": "Where conversation and cultura meet",
"info": "What kind of no sabo word is Hyphenación? For us, it’s about living within a hyphenation. Like being a third-gen Mexican-American from the Texas border now living that Bay Area Chicano life. Like Xorje! Each week we bring together a couple of hyphenated Latinos to talk all about personal life choices: family, careers, relationships, belonging … everything is on the table. ",
"imageSrc": "https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/03/Hyphenacion_FinalAssets_PodcastTile.png",
"imageAlt": "KQED Hyphenación",
"officialWebsiteLink": "/podcasts/hyphenacion",
"meta": {
"site": "news",
"source": "kqed",
"order": 15
},
"link": "/podcasts/hyphenacion",
"subscribe": {
"apple": "https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/hyphenaci%C3%B3n/id1191591838",
"spotify": "https://open.spotify.com/show/2p3Fifq96nw9BPcmFdIq0o?si=39209f7b25774f38",
"youtube": "https://www.youtube.com/c/kqedarts",
"amazon": "https://music.amazon.com/podcasts/6c3dd23c-93fb-4aab-97ba-1725fa6315f1/hyphenaci%C3%B3n",
"rss": "https://feeds.megaphone.fm/KQINC2275451163"
}
},
"jerrybrown": {
"id": "jerrybrown",
"title": "The Political Mind of Jerry Brown",
"tagline": "Lessons from a lifetime in politics",
"info": "The Political Mind of Jerry Brown brings listeners the wisdom of the former Governor, Mayor, and presidential candidate. Scott Shafer interviewed Brown for more than 40 hours, covering the former governor's life and half-century in the political game – and Brown has some lessons he'd like to share. ",
"imageSrc": "https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/The-Political-Mind-of-Jerry-Brown-Podcast-Tile-703x703-1.jpg",
"imageAlt": "KQED The Political Mind of Jerry Brown",
"officialWebsiteLink": "/podcasts/jerrybrown",
"meta": {
"site": "news",
"source": "kqed",
"order": 18
},
"link": "/podcasts/jerrybrown",
"subscribe": {
"npr": "https://www.npr.org/podcasts/790253322/the-political-mind-of-jerry-brown",
"apple": "https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/id1492194549",
"rss": "https://ww2.kqed.org/news/series/jerrybrown/feed/podcast/",
"tuneIn": "http://tun.in/pjGcK",
"stitcher": "https://www.stitcher.com/podcast/kqed/the-political-mind-of-jerry-brown",
"spotify": "https://open.spotify.com/show/54C1dmuyFyKMFttY6X2j6r?si=K8SgRCoISNK6ZbjpXrX5-w",
"amazon": "https://music.amazon.com/podcasts/44420f75-3b0e-4301-ab3b-16da6b09e543/the-political-mind-of-jerry-brown"
}
},
"latino-usa": {
"id": "latino-usa",
"title": "Latino USA",
"airtime": "MON 1am-2am, SUN 6pm-7pm",
"info": "Latino USA, the radio journal of news and culture, is the only national, English-language radio program produced from a Latino perspective.",
"imageSrc": "https://ww2.kqed.org/radio/wp-content/uploads/sites/50/2018/04/latinoUsa.jpg",
"officialWebsiteLink": "http://latinousa.org/",
"meta": {
"site": "news",
"source": "npr"
},
"link": "/radio/program/latino-usa",
"subscribe": {
"npr": "https://rpb3r.app.goo.gl/xtTd",
"apple": "https://itunes.apple.com/WebObjects/MZStore.woa/wa/viewPodcast?s=143441&mt=2&id=79681317&at=11l79Y&ct=nprdirectory",
"tuneIn": "https://tunein.com/radio/Latino-USA-p621/",
"rss": "https://feeds.npr.org/510016/podcast.xml"
}
},
"marketplace": {
"id": "marketplace",
"title": "Marketplace",
"info": "Our flagship program, helmed by Kai Ryssdal, examines what the day in money delivered, through stories, conversations, newsworthy numbers and more. Updated Monday through Friday at about 3:30 p.m. PT.",
"airtime": "MON-FRI 4pm-4:30pm, MON-WED 6:30pm-7pm",
"imageSrc": "https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/Marketplace-Podcast-Tile-360x360-1.jpg",
"officialWebsiteLink": "https://www.marketplace.org/",
"meta": {
"site": "news",
"source": "American Public Media"
},
"link": "/radio/program/marketplace",
"subscribe": {
"apple": "https://itunes.apple.com/WebObjects/MZStore.woa/wa/viewPodcast?s=143441&mt=2&id=201853034&at=11l79Y&ct=nprdirectory",
"tuneIn": "https://tunein.com/radio/APM-Marketplace-p88/",
"rss": "https://feeds.publicradio.org/public_feeds/marketplace-pm/rss/rss"
}
},
"masters-of-scale": {
"id": "masters-of-scale",
"title": "Masters of Scale",
"info": "Masters of Scale is an original podcast in which LinkedIn co-founder and Greylock Partner Reid Hoffman sets out to describe and prove theories that explain how great entrepreneurs take their companies from zero to a gazillion in ingenious fashion.",
"airtime": "Every other Wednesday June 12 through October 16 at 8pm (repeats Thursdays at 2am)",
"imageSrc": "https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/Masters-of-Scale-Podcast-Tile-360x360-1.jpg",
"officialWebsiteLink": "https://mastersofscale.com/",
"meta": {
"site": "radio",
"source": "WaitWhat"
},
"link": "/radio/program/masters-of-scale",
"subscribe": {
"apple": "http://mastersofscale.app.link/",
"rss": "https://rss.art19.com/masters-of-scale"
}
},
"mindshift": {
"id": "mindshift",
"title": "MindShift",
"tagline": "A podcast about the future of learning and how we raise our kids",
"info": "The MindShift podcast explores the innovations in education that are shaping how kids learn. Hosts Ki Sung and Katrina Schwartz introduce listeners to educators, researchers, parents and students who are developing effective ways to improve how kids learn. We cover topics like how fed-up administrators are developing surprising tactics to deal with classroom disruptions; how listening to podcasts are helping kids develop reading skills; the consequences of overparenting; and why interdisciplinary learning can engage students on all ends of the traditional achievement spectrum. This podcast is part of the MindShift education site, a division of KQED News. KQED is an NPR/PBS member station based in San Francisco. You can also visit the MindShift website for episodes and supplemental blog posts or tweet us \u003ca href=\"https://twitter.com/MindShiftKQED\">@MindShiftKQED\u003c/a> or visit us at \u003ca href=\"/mindshift\">MindShift.KQED.org\u003c/a>",
"imageSrc": "https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/Mindshift-Podcast-Tile-703x703-1.jpg",
"imageAlt": "KQED MindShift: How We Will Learn",
"officialWebsiteLink": "/mindshift/",
"meta": {
"site": "news",
"source": "kqed",
"order": 12
},
"link": "/podcasts/mindshift",
"subscribe": {
"apple": "https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/mindshift-podcast/id1078765985",
"google": "https://podcasts.google.com/feed/aHR0cHM6Ly9mZWVkcy5tZWdhcGhvbmUuZm0vS1FJTkM1NzY0NjAwNDI5",
"npr": "https://www.npr.org/podcasts/464615685/mind-shift-podcast",
"stitcher": "https://www.stitcher.com/podcast/kqed/stories-teachers-share",
"spotify": "https://open.spotify.com/show/0MxSpNYZKNprFLCl7eEtyx"
}
},
"morning-edition": {
"id": "morning-edition",
"title": "Morning Edition",
"info": "\u003cem>Morning Edition\u003c/em> takes listeners around the country and the world with multi-faceted stories and commentaries every weekday. Hosts Steve Inskeep, David Greene and Rachel Martin bring you the latest breaking news and features to prepare you for the day.",
"airtime": "MON-FRI 3am-9am",
"imageSrc": "https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/Morning-Edition-Podcast-Tile-360x360-1.jpg",
"officialWebsiteLink": "https://www.npr.org/programs/morning-edition/",
"meta": {
"site": "news",
"source": "npr"
},
"link": "/radio/program/morning-edition"
},
"onourwatch": {
"id": "onourwatch",
"title": "On Our Watch",
"tagline": "Deeply-reported investigative journalism",
"info": "For decades, the process for how police police themselves has been inconsistent – if not opaque. In some states, like California, these proceedings were completely hidden. After a new police transparency law unsealed scores of internal affairs files, our reporters set out to examine these cases and the shadow world of police discipline. On Our Watch brings listeners into the rooms where officers are questioned and witnesses are interrogated to find out who this system is really protecting. Is it the officers, or the public they've sworn to serve?",
"imageSrc": "https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/On-Our-Watch-Podcast-Tile-703x703-1.jpg",
"imageAlt": "On Our Watch from NPR and KQED",
"officialWebsiteLink": "/podcasts/onourwatch",
"meta": {
"site": "news",
"source": "kqed",
"order": 11
},
"link": "/podcasts/onourwatch",
"subscribe": {
"apple": "https://podcasts.apple.com/podcast/id1567098962",
"google": "https://podcasts.google.com/feed/aHR0cHM6Ly9mZWVkcy5ucHIub3JnLzUxMDM2MC9wb2RjYXN0LnhtbD9zYz1nb29nbGVwb2RjYXN0cw",
"npr": "https://rpb3r.app.goo.gl/onourwatch",
"spotify": "https://open.spotify.com/show/0OLWoyizopu6tY1XiuX70x",
"tuneIn": "https://tunein.com/radio/On-Our-Watch-p1436229/",
"stitcher": "https://www.stitcher.com/show/on-our-watch",
"rss": "https://feeds.npr.org/510360/podcast.xml"
}
},
"on-the-media": {
"id": "on-the-media",
"title": "On The Media",
"info": "Our weekly podcast explores how the media 'sausage' is made, casts an incisive eye on fluctuations in the marketplace of ideas, and examines threats to the freedom of information and expression in America and abroad. For one hour a week, the show tries to lift the veil from the process of \"making media,\" especially news media, because it's through that lens that we see the world and the world sees us",
"airtime": "SUN 2pm-3pm, MON 12am-1am",
"imageSrc": "https://ww2.kqed.org/radio/wp-content/uploads/sites/50/2018/04/onTheMedia.png",
"officialWebsiteLink": "https://www.wnycstudios.org/shows/otm",
"meta": {
"site": "news",
"source": "wnyc"
},
"link": "/radio/program/on-the-media",
"subscribe": {
"apple": "https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/on-the-media/id73330715?mt=2",
"tuneIn": "https://tunein.com/radio/On-the-Media-p69/",
"rss": "http://feeds.wnyc.org/onthemedia"
}
},
"pbs-newshour": {
"id": "pbs-newshour",
"title": "PBS NewsHour",
"info": "Analysis, background reports and updates from the PBS NewsHour putting today's news in context.",
"airtime": "MON-FRI 3pm-4pm",
"imageSrc": "https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/PBS-News-Hour-Podcast-Tile-360x360-1.jpg",
"officialWebsiteLink": "https://www.pbs.org/newshour/",
"meta": {
"site": "news",
"source": "pbs"
},
"link": "/radio/program/pbs-newshour",
"subscribe": {
"apple": "https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/pbs-newshour-full-show/id394432287?mt=2",
"tuneIn": "https://tunein.com/radio/PBS-NewsHour---Full-Show-p425698/",
"rss": "https://www.pbs.org/newshour/feeds/rss/podcasts/show"
}
},
"perspectives": {
"id": "perspectives",
"title": "Perspectives",
"tagline": "KQED's series of daily listener commentaries since 1991",
"info": "KQED's series of daily listener commentaries since 1991.",
"imageSrc": "https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/01/Perspectives_Tile_Final.jpg",
"imageAlt": "KQED Perspectives",
"officialWebsiteLink": "/perspectives/",
"meta": {
"site": "radio",
"source": "kqed",
"order": 14
},
"link": "/perspectives",
"subscribe": {
"apple": "https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/id73801135",
"npr": "https://www.npr.org/podcasts/432309616/perspectives",
"rss": "https://ww2.kqed.org/perspectives/category/perspectives/feed/",
"google": "https://podcasts.google.com/feed/aHR0cHM6Ly93dzIua3FlZC5vcmcvcGVyc3BlY3RpdmVzL2NhdGVnb3J5L3BlcnNwZWN0aXZlcy9mZWVkLw"
}
},
"planet-money": {
"id": "planet-money",
"title": "Planet Money",
"info": "The economy explained. Imagine you could call up a friend and say, Meet me at the bar and tell me what's going on with the economy. Now imagine that's actually a fun evening.",
"airtime": "SUN 3pm-4pm",
"imageSrc": "https://ww2.kqed.org/radio/wp-content/uploads/sites/50/2018/04/planetmoney.jpg",
"officialWebsiteLink": "https://www.npr.org/sections/money/",
"meta": {
"site": "news",
"source": "npr"
},
"link": "/radio/program/planet-money",
"subscribe": {
"npr": "https://rpb3r.app.goo.gl/M4f5",
"apple": "https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/planet-money/id290783428?mt=2",
"tuneIn": "https://tunein.com/podcasts/Business--Economics-Podcasts/Planet-Money-p164680/",
"rss": "https://feeds.npr.org/510289/podcast.xml"
}
},
"politicalbreakdown": {
"id": "politicalbreakdown",
"title": "Political Breakdown",
"tagline": "Politics from a personal perspective",
"info": "Political Breakdown is a new series that explores the political intersection of California and the nation. Each week hosts Scott Shafer and Marisa Lagos are joined with a new special guest to unpack politics -- with personality — and offer an insider’s glimpse at how politics happens.",
"airtime": "THU 6:30pm-7pm",
"imageSrc": "https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/Political-Breakdown-2024-Podcast-Tile-703x703-1.jpg",
"imageAlt": "KQED Political Breakdown",
"officialWebsiteLink": "/podcasts/politicalbreakdown",
"meta": {
"site": "radio",
"source": "kqed",
"order": 5
},
"link": "/podcasts/politicalbreakdown",
"subscribe": {
"apple": "https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/political-breakdown/id1327641087",
"amazon": "https://music.amazon.com/podcasts/e0c2d153-ad36-4c8d-901d-f1da6a724824/political-breakdown",
"npr": "https://www.npr.org/podcasts/572155894/political-breakdown",
"stitcher": "https://www.stitcher.com/podcast/kqed/political-breakdown",
"spotify": "https://open.spotify.com/show/07RVyIjIdk2WDuVehvBMoN",
"rss": "https://ww2.kqed.org/news/tag/political-breakdown/feed/podcast"
}
},
"possible": {
"id": "possible",
"title": "Possible",
"info": "Possible is hosted by entrepreneur Reid Hoffman and writer Aria Finger. Together in Possible, Hoffman and Finger lead enlightening discussions about building a brighter collective future. The show features interviews with visionary guests like Trevor Noah, Sam Altman and Janette Sadik-Khan. Possible paints an optimistic portrait of the world we can create through science, policy, business, art and our shared humanity. It asks: What if everything goes right for once? How can we get there? Each episode also includes a short fiction story generated by advanced AI GPT-4, serving as a thought-provoking springboard to speculate how humanity could leverage technology for good.",
"airtime": "SUN 2pm",
"imageSrc": "https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/Possible-Podcast-Tile-360x360-1.jpg",
"officialWebsiteLink": "https://www.possible.fm/",
"meta": {
"site": "news",
"source": "Possible"
},
"link": "/radio/program/possible",
"subscribe": {
"apple": "https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/possible/id1677184070",
"spotify": "https://open.spotify.com/show/730YpdUSNlMyPQwNnyjp4k"
}
},
"pri-the-world": {
"id": "pri-the-world",
"title": "PRI's The World: Latest Edition",
"info": "Each weekday, host Marco Werman and his team of producers bring you the world's most interesting stories in an hour of radio that reminds us just how small our planet really is.",
"airtime": "MON-FRI 2pm-3pm",
"imageSrc": "https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/The-World-Podcast-Tile-360x360-1.jpg",
"officialWebsiteLink": "https://www.pri.org/programs/the-world",
"meta": {
"site": "news",
"source": "PRI"
},
"link": "/radio/program/pri-the-world",
"subscribe": {
"apple": "https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/pris-the-world-latest-edition/id278196007?mt=2",
"tuneIn": "https://tunein.com/podcasts/News--Politics-Podcasts/PRIs-The-World-p24/",
"rss": "http://feeds.feedburner.com/pri/theworld"
}
},
"radiolab": {
"id": "radiolab",
"title": "Radiolab",
"info": "A two-time Peabody Award-winner, Radiolab is an investigation told through sounds and stories, and centered around one big idea. In the Radiolab world, information sounds like music and science and culture collide. Hosted by Jad Abumrad and Robert Krulwich, the show is designed for listeners who demand skepticism, but appreciate wonder. WNYC Studios is the producer of other leading podcasts including Freakonomics Radio, Death, Sex & Money, On the Media and many more.",
"airtime": "SUN 12am-1am, SAT 2pm-3pm",
"imageSrc": "https://ww2.kqed.org/radio/wp-content/uploads/sites/50/2018/04/radiolab1400.png",
"officialWebsiteLink": "https://www.wnycstudios.org/shows/radiolab/",
"meta": {
"site": "science",
"source": "WNYC"
},
"link": "/radio/program/radiolab",
"subscribe": {
"apple": "https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/radiolab/id152249110?mt=2",
"tuneIn": "https://tunein.com/radio/RadioLab-p68032/",
"rss": "https://feeds.wnyc.org/radiolab"
}
},
"reveal": {
"id": "reveal",
"title": "Reveal",
"info": "Created by The Center for Investigative Reporting and PRX, Reveal is public radios first one-hour weekly radio show and podcast dedicated to investigative reporting. Credible, fact based and without a partisan agenda, Reveal combines the power and artistry of driveway moment storytelling with data-rich reporting on critically important issues. The result is stories that inform and inspire, arming our listeners with information to right injustices, hold the powerful accountable and improve lives.Reveal is hosted by Al Letson and showcases the award-winning work of CIR and newsrooms large and small across the nation. In a radio and podcast market crowded with choices, Reveal focuses on important and often surprising stories that illuminate the world for our listeners.",
"airtime": "SAT 4pm-5pm",
"imageSrc": "https://ww2.kqed.org/radio/wp-content/uploads/sites/50/2018/04/reveal300px.png",
"officialWebsiteLink": "https://www.revealnews.org/episodes/",
"meta": {
"site": "news",
"source": "npr"
},
"link": "/radio/program/reveal",
"subscribe": {
"apple": "https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/reveal/id886009669",
"tuneIn": "https://tunein.com/radio/Reveal-p679597/",
"rss": "http://feeds.revealradio.org/revealpodcast"
}
},
"rightnowish": {
"id": "rightnowish",
"title": "Rightnowish",
"tagline": "Art is where you find it",
"info": "Rightnowish digs into life in the Bay Area right now… ish. Journalist Pendarvis Harshaw takes us to galleries painted on the sides of liquor stores in West Oakland. We'll dance in warehouses in the Bayview, make smoothies with kids in South Berkeley, and listen to classical music in a 1984 Cutlass Supreme in Richmond. Every week, Pen talks to movers and shakers about how the Bay Area shapes what they create, and how they shape the place we call home.",
"imageSrc": "https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/Rightnowish-Podcast-Tile-500x500-1.jpg",
"imageAlt": "KQED Rightnowish with Pendarvis Harshaw",
"officialWebsiteLink": "/podcasts/rightnowish",
"meta": {
"site": "arts",
"source": "kqed",
"order": 16
},
"link": "/podcasts/rightnowish",
"subscribe": {
"npr": "https://www.npr.org/podcasts/721590300/rightnowish",
"rss": "https://ww2.kqed.org/arts/programs/rightnowish/feed/podcast",
"apple": "https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/rightnowish/id1482187648",
"stitcher": "https://www.stitcher.com/podcast/kqed/rightnowish",
"google": "https://podcasts.google.com/feed/aHR0cHM6Ly9mZWVkcy5tZWdhcGhvbmUuZm0vS1FJTkMxMjU5MTY3NDc4",
"spotify": "https://open.spotify.com/show/7kEJuafTzTVan7B78ttz1I"
}
},
"science-friday": {
"id": "science-friday",
"title": "Science Friday",
"info": "Science Friday is a weekly science talk show, broadcast live over public radio stations nationwide. Each week, the show focuses on science topics that are in the news and tries to bring an educated, balanced discussion to bear on the scientific issues at hand. Panels of expert guests join host Ira Flatow, a veteran science journalist, to discuss science and to take questions from listeners during the call-in portion of the program.",
"airtime": "FRI 11am-1pm",
"imageSrc": "https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/Science-Friday-Podcast-Tile-360x360-1.jpg",
"officialWebsiteLink": "https://www.wnycstudios.org/shows/science-friday",
"meta": {
"site": "news",
"source": "npr"
},
"link": "/radio/program/science-friday",
"subscribe": {
"apple": "https://itunes.apple.com/WebObjects/MZStore.woa/wa/viewPodcast?s=143441&mt=2&id=73329284&at=11l79Y&ct=nprdirectory",
"tuneIn": "https://tunein.com/radio/Science-Friday-p394/",
"rss": "http://feeds.wnyc.org/science-friday"
}
},
"snap-judgment": {
"id": "snap-judgment",
"title": "Snap Judgment",
"tagline": "Real stories with killer beats",
"info": "The Snap Judgment radio show and podcast mixes real stories with killer beats to produce cinematic, dramatic radio. Snap's musical brand of storytelling dares listeners to see the world through the eyes of another. This is storytelling... with a BEAT!! Snap first aired on public radio stations nationwide in July 2010. Today, Snap Judgment airs on over 450 public radio stations and is brought to the airwaves by KQED & PRX.",
"airtime": "SAT 1pm-2pm, 9pm-10pm",
"imageSrc": "https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/05/Snap-Judgment-Podcast-Tile-703x703-1.jpg",
"imageAlt": "KQED Snap Judgment",
"officialWebsiteLink": "https://snapjudgment.org",
"meta": {
"site": "arts",
"source": "kqed",
"order": 4
},
"link": "https://snapjudgment.org",
"subscribe": {
"apple": "https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/snap-judgment/id283657561",
"npr": "https://www.npr.org/podcasts/449018144/snap-judgment",
"stitcher": "https://www.pandora.com/podcast/snap-judgment/PC:241?source=stitcher-sunset",
"spotify": "https://open.spotify.com/show/3Cct7ZWmxHNAtLgBTqjC5v",
"rss": "https://snap.feed.snapjudgment.org/"
}
},
"soldout": {
"id": "soldout",
"title": "SOLD OUT: Rethinking Housing in America",
"tagline": "A new future for housing",
"info": "Sold Out: Rethinking Housing in America",
"imageSrc": "https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/Sold-Out-Podcast-Tile-703x703-1.jpg",
"imageAlt": "KQED Sold Out: Rethinking Housing in America",
"officialWebsiteLink": "/podcasts/soldout",
"meta": {
"site": "news",
"source": "kqed",
"order": 13
},
"link": "/podcasts/soldout",
"subscribe": {
"npr": "https://www.npr.org/podcasts/911586047/s-o-l-d-o-u-t-a-new-future-for-housing",
"apple": "https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/introducing-sold-out-rethinking-housing-in-america/id1531354937",
"rss": "https://feeds.megaphone.fm/soldout",
"spotify": "https://open.spotify.com/show/38dTBSk2ISFoPiyYNoKn1X",
"stitcher": "https://www.stitcher.com/podcast/kqed/sold-out-rethinking-housing-in-america",
"tunein": "https://tunein.com/radio/SOLD-OUT-Rethinking-Housing-in-America-p1365871/"
}
},
"spooked": {
"id": "spooked",
"title": "Spooked",
"tagline": "True-life supernatural stories",
"info": "",
"imageSrc": "https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/10/Spooked-Podcast-Tile-703x703-1.jpg",
"imageAlt": "KQED Spooked",
"officialWebsiteLink": "https://spookedpodcast.org/",
"meta": {
"site": "news",
"source": "kqed",
"order": 7
},
"link": "https://spookedpodcast.org/",
"subscribe": {
"apple": "https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/spooked/id1279361017",
"npr": "https://www.npr.org/podcasts/549547848/snap-judgment-presents-spooked",
"spotify": "https://open.spotify.com/show/76571Rfl3m7PLJQZKQIGCT",
"rss": "https://feeds.simplecast.com/TBotaapn"
}
},
"tech-nation": {
"id": "tech-nation",
"title": "Tech Nation Radio Podcast",
"info": "Tech Nation is a weekly public radio program, hosted by Dr. Moira Gunn. Founded in 1993, it has grown from a simple interview show to a multi-faceted production, featuring conversations with noted technology and science leaders, and a weekly science and technology-related commentary.",
"airtime": "FRI 10pm",
"imageSrc": "https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/Tech-Nation-Radio-Podcast-Tile-360x360-1.jpg",
"officialWebsiteLink": "http://technation.podomatic.com/",
"meta": {
"site": "science",
"source": "Tech Nation Media"
},
"link": "/radio/program/tech-nation",
"subscribe": {
"rss": "https://technation.podomatic.com/rss2.xml"
}
},
"ted-radio-hour": {
"id": "ted-radio-hour",
"title": "TED Radio Hour",
"info": "The TED Radio Hour is a journey through fascinating ideas, astonishing inventions, fresh approaches to old problems, and new ways to think and create.",
"airtime": "SUN 3pm-4pm, SAT 10pm-11pm",
"imageSrc": "https://ww2.kqed.org/radio/wp-content/uploads/sites/50/2018/04/tedRadioHour.jpg",
"officialWebsiteLink": "https://www.npr.org/programs/ted-radio-hour/?showDate=2018-06-22",
"meta": {
"site": "news",
"source": "npr"
},
"link": "/radio/program/ted-radio-hour",
"subscribe": {
"npr": "https://rpb3r.app.goo.gl/8vsS",
"apple": "https://itunes.apple.com/WebObjects/MZStore.woa/wa/viewPodcast?s=143441&mt=2&id=523121474&at=11l79Y&ct=nprdirectory",
"tuneIn": "https://tunein.com/radio/TED-Radio-Hour-p418021/",
"rss": "https://feeds.npr.org/510298/podcast.xml"
}
},
"thebay": {
"id": "thebay",
"title": "The Bay",
"tagline": "Local news to keep you rooted",
"info": "Host Devin Katayama walks you through the biggest story of the day with reporters and newsmakers.",
"imageSrc": "https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/The-Bay-Podcast-Tile-703x703-1.jpg",
"imageAlt": "KQED The Bay",
"officialWebsiteLink": "/podcasts/thebay",
"meta": {
"site": "radio",
"source": "kqed",
"order": 2
},
"link": "/podcasts/thebay",
"subscribe": {
"apple": "https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-bay/id1350043452",
"amazon": "https://music.amazon.com/podcasts/d800ea4c-7a2c-42f2-b861-edaf78a5db0b/the-bay",
"npr": "https://www.npr.org/podcasts/586725995/the-bay",
"stitcher": "https://www.stitcher.com/podcast/kqed/the-bay",
"spotify": "https://open.spotify.com/show/4BIKBKIujizLHlIlBNaAqQ",
"rss": "https://feeds.megaphone.fm/KQINC8259786327"
}
},
"thelatest": {
"id": "thelatest",
"title": "The Latest",
"tagline": "Trusted local news in real time",
"info": "",
"imageSrc": "https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/05/The-Latest-2025-Podcast-Tile-703x703-1.jpg",
"imageAlt": "KQED The Latest",
"officialWebsiteLink": "/thelatest",
"meta": {
"site": "news",
"source": "kqed",
"order": 6
},
"link": "/thelatest",
"subscribe": {
"apple": "https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-latest-from-kqed/id1197721799",
"npr": "https://www.npr.org/podcasts/1257949365/the-latest-from-k-q-e-d",
"spotify": "https://open.spotify.com/show/5KIIXMgM9GTi5AepwOYvIZ?si=bd3053fec7244dba",
"rss": "https://feeds.megaphone.fm/KQINC9137121918"
}
},
"theleap": {
"id": "theleap",
"title": "The Leap",
"tagline": "What if you closed your eyes, and jumped?",
"info": "Stories about people making dramatic, risky changes, told by award-winning public radio reporter Judy Campbell.",
"imageSrc": "https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/The-Leap-Podcast-Tile-703x703-1.jpg",
"imageAlt": "KQED The Leap",
"officialWebsiteLink": "/podcasts/theleap",
"meta": {
"site": "news",
"source": "kqed",
"order": 17
},
"link": "/podcasts/theleap",
"subscribe": {
"apple": "https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-leap/id1046668171",
"npr": "https://www.npr.org/podcasts/447248267/the-leap",
"stitcher": "https://www.stitcher.com/podcast/kqed/the-leap",
"spotify": "https://open.spotify.com/show/3sSlVHHzU0ytLwuGs1SD1U",
"rss": "https://ww2.kqed.org/news/programs/the-leap/feed/podcast"
}
},
"the-moth-radio-hour": {
"id": "the-moth-radio-hour",
"title": "The Moth Radio Hour",
"info": "Since its launch in 1997, The Moth has presented thousands of true stories, told live and without notes, to standing-room-only crowds worldwide. Moth storytellers stand alone, under a spotlight, with only a microphone and a roomful of strangers. The storyteller and the audience embark on a high-wire act of shared experience which is both terrifying and exhilarating. Since 2008, The Moth podcast has featured many of our favorite stories told live on Moth stages around the country. For information on all of our programs and live events, visit themoth.org.",
"airtime": "SAT 8pm-9pm and SUN 11am-12pm",
"imageSrc": "https://ww2.kqed.org/radio/wp-content/uploads/sites/50/2018/04/theMoth.jpg",
"officialWebsiteLink": "https://themoth.org/",
"meta": {
"site": "arts",
"source": "prx"
},
"link": "/radio/program/the-moth-radio-hour",
"subscribe": {
"apple": "https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/the-moth-podcast/id275699983?mt=2",
"tuneIn": "https://tunein.com/radio/The-Moth-p273888/",
"rss": "http://feeds.themoth.org/themothpodcast"
}
},
"the-new-yorker-radio-hour": {
"id": "the-new-yorker-radio-hour",
"title": "The New Yorker Radio Hour",
"info": "The New Yorker Radio Hour is a weekly program presented by the magazine's editor, David Remnick, and produced by WNYC Studios and The New Yorker. Each episode features a diverse mix of interviews, profiles, storytelling, and an occasional burst of humor inspired by the magazine, and shaped by its writers, artists, and editors. This isn't a radio version of a magazine, but something all its own, reflecting the rich possibilities of audio storytelling and conversation. Theme music for the show was composed and performed by Merrill Garbus of tUnE-YArDs.",
"airtime": "SAT 10am-11am",
"imageSrc": "https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/The-New-Yorker-Podcast-Tile-360x360-1.jpg",
"officialWebsiteLink": "https://www.wnycstudios.org/shows/tnyradiohour",
"meta": {
"site": "arts",
"source": "WNYC"
},
"link": "/radio/program/the-new-yorker-radio-hour",
"subscribe": {
"apple": "https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/id1050430296",
"tuneIn": "https://tunein.com/podcasts/WNYC-Podcasts/New-Yorker-Radio-Hour-p803804/",
"rss": "https://feeds.feedburner.com/newyorkerradiohour"
}
},
"the-sam-sanders-show": {
"id": "the-sam-sanders-show",
"title": "The Sam Sanders Show",
"info": "One of public radio's most dynamic voices, Sam Sanders helped launch The NPR Politics Podcast and hosted NPR's hit show It's Been A Minute. Now, the award-winning host returns with something brand new, The Sam Sanders Show. Every week, Sam Sanders and friends dig into the culture that shapes our lives: what's driving the biggest trends, how artists really think, and even the memes you can't stop scrolling past. Sam is beloved for his way of unpacking the world and bringing you up close to fresh currents and engaging conversations. The Sam Sanders Show is smart, funny and always a good time.",
"airtime": "FRI 12-1pm AND SAT 11am-12pm",
"imageSrc": "https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/11/The-Sam-Sanders-Show-Podcast-Tile-400x400-1.jpg",
"officialWebsiteLink": "https://www.kcrw.com/shows/the-sam-sanders-show/latest",
"meta": {
"site": "arts",
"source": "KCRW"
},
"link": "https://www.kcrw.com/shows/the-sam-sanders-show/latest",
"subscribe": {
"rss": "https://feed.cdnstream1.com/zjb/feed/download/ac/28/59/ac28594c-e1d0-4231-8728-61865cdc80e8.xml"
}
},
"the-splendid-table": {
"id": "the-splendid-table",
"title": "The Splendid Table",
"info": "\u003cem>The Splendid Table\u003c/em> hosts our nation's conversations about cooking, sustainability and food culture.",
"imageSrc": "https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/The-Splendid-Table-Podcast-Tile-360x360-1.jpg",
"officialWebsiteLink": "https://www.splendidtable.org/",
"airtime": "SUN 10-11 pm",
"meta": {
"site": "radio",
"source": "npr"
},
"link": "/radio/program/the-splendid-table"
},
"this-american-life": {
"id": "this-american-life",
"title": "This American Life",
"info": "This American Life is a weekly public radio show, heard by 2.2 million people on more than 500 stations. Another 2.5 million people download the weekly podcast. It is hosted by Ira Glass, produced in collaboration with Chicago Public Media, delivered to stations by PRX The Public Radio Exchange, and has won all of the major broadcasting awards.",
"airtime": "SAT 12pm-1pm, 7pm-8pm",
"imageSrc": "https://ww2.kqed.org/radio/wp-content/uploads/sites/50/2018/04/thisAmericanLife.png",
"officialWebsiteLink": "https://www.thisamericanlife.org/",
"meta": {
"site": "news",
"source": "wbez"
},
"link": "/radio/program/this-american-life",
"subscribe": {
"apple": "https://itunes.apple.com/WebObjects/MZStore.woa/wa/viewPodcast?s=143441&mt=2&id=201671138&at=11l79Y&ct=nprdirectory",
"rss": "https://www.thisamericanlife.org/podcast/rss.xml"
}
},
"tinydeskradio": {
"id": "tinydeskradio",
"title": "Tiny Desk Radio",
"info": "We're bringing the best of Tiny Desk to the airwaves, only on public radio.",
"airtime": "SUN 8pm and SAT 9pm",
"imageSrc": "https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/04/300x300-For-Member-Station-Logo-Tiny-Desk-Radio-@2x.png",
"officialWebsiteLink": "https://www.npr.org/series/g-s1-52030/tiny-desk-radio",
"meta": {
"site": "news",
"source": "npr"
},
"link": "/radio/program/tinydeskradio",
"subscribe": {
"rss": "https://feeds.npr.org/g-s1-52030/rss.xml"
}
},
"wait-wait-dont-tell-me": {
"id": "wait-wait-dont-tell-me",
"title": "Wait Wait... Don't Tell Me!",
"info": "Peter Sagal and Bill Kurtis host the weekly NPR News quiz show alongside some of the best and brightest news and entertainment personalities.",
"airtime": "SUN 10am-11am, SAT 11am-12pm, SAT 6pm-7pm",
"imageSrc": "https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/Wait-Wait-Podcast-Tile-300x300-1.jpg",
"officialWebsiteLink": "https://www.npr.org/programs/wait-wait-dont-tell-me/",
"meta": {
"site": "news",
"source": "npr"
},
"link": "/radio/program/wait-wait-dont-tell-me",
"subscribe": {
"npr": "https://rpb3r.app.goo.gl/Xogv",
"apple": "https://itunes.apple.com/WebObjects/MZStore.woa/wa/viewPodcast?s=143441&mt=2&id=121493804&at=11l79Y&ct=nprdirectory",
"tuneIn": "https://tunein.com/radio/Wait-Wait-Dont-Tell-Me-p46/",
"rss": "https://feeds.npr.org/344098539/podcast.xml"
}
},
"weekend-edition-saturday": {
"id": "weekend-edition-saturday",
"title": "Weekend Edition Saturday",
"info": "Weekend Edition Saturday wraps up the week's news and offers a mix of analysis and features on a wide range of topics, including arts, sports, entertainment, and human interest stories. The two-hour program is hosted by NPR's Peabody Award-winning Scott Simon.",
"airtime": "SAT 5am-10am",
"imageSrc": "https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/Weekend-Edition-Podcast-Tile-360x360-1.jpg",
"officialWebsiteLink": "https://www.npr.org/programs/weekend-edition-saturday/",
"meta": {
"site": "news",
"source": "npr"
},
"link": "/radio/program/weekend-edition-saturday"
},
"weekend-edition-sunday": {
"id": "weekend-edition-sunday",
"title": "Weekend Edition Sunday",
"info": "Weekend Edition Sunday features interviews with newsmakers, artists, scientists, politicians, musicians, writers, theologians and historians. The program has covered news events from Nelson Mandela's 1990 release from a South African prison to the capture of Saddam Hussein.",
"airtime": "SUN 5am-10am",
"imageSrc": "https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/Weekend-Edition-Podcast-Tile-360x360-1.jpg",
"officialWebsiteLink": "https://www.npr.org/programs/weekend-edition-sunday/",
"meta": {
"site": "news",
"source": "npr"
},
"link": "/radio/program/weekend-edition-sunday"
}
},
"racesReducer": {},
"racesGenElectionReducer": {},
"racesGenElection2026Reducer": {},
"racesGenElection2026PresidentialReducer": {},
"radioSchedulesReducer": {},
"listsReducer": {
"posts/news?category=environment": {
"isFetching": false,
"latestQuery": {
"from": 1404,
"size": 12
},
"vitalsOnly": false,
"totalRequested": 12,
"isLoading": false,
"isLoadingMore": true,
"total": {
"value": 3981,
"relation": "eq"
},
"items": [
"news_11720738",
"news_11720652",
"news_11720244",
"news_11717685",
"news_11719917",
"news_11719907",
"news_11719715",
"news_11719436",
"news_11719092",
"news_11718100",
"news_11719467",
"news_11719066"
],
"complete": true
}
},
"recallGuideReducer": {
"intros": {},
"policy": {},
"candidates": {}
},
"savedArticleReducer": {
"articles": [],
"status": {}
},
"newslettersReducer": {
"isFetching": false,
"fetchFailed": false,
"hasFetched": false,
"newsletters": {},
"isSubscribing": false,
"isUnsubscribing": false,
"subscribedNewsletters": {}
},
"termsReducer": {
"about": {
"name": "About",
"type": "terms",
"id": "about",
"slug": "about",
"link": "/about",
"taxonomy": "site"
},
"arts": {
"name": "Arts & Culture",
"grouping": [
"arts",
"pop",
"trulyca"
],
"description": "KQED Arts provides daily in-depth coverage of the Bay Area's music, art, film, performing arts, literature and arts news, as well as cultural commentary and criticism.",
"type": "terms",
"id": "arts",
"slug": "arts",
"link": "/arts",
"taxonomy": "site"
},
"artschool": {
"name": "Art School",
"parent": "arts",
"type": "terms",
"id": "artschool",
"slug": "artschool",
"link": "/artschool",
"taxonomy": "site"
},
"bayareabites": {
"name": "KQED food",
"grouping": [
"food",
"bayareabites",
"checkplease"
],
"parent": "food",
"type": "terms",
"id": "bayareabites",
"slug": "bayareabites",
"link": "/food",
"taxonomy": "site"
},
"bayareahiphop": {
"name": "Bay Area Hiphop",
"type": "terms",
"id": "bayareahiphop",
"slug": "bayareahiphop",
"link": "/bayareahiphop",
"taxonomy": "site"
},
"campaign21": {
"name": "Campaign 21",
"type": "terms",
"id": "campaign21",
"slug": "campaign21",
"link": "/campaign21",
"taxonomy": "site"
},
"careers": {
"name": "Careers",
"type": "terms",
"id": "careers",
"slug": "careers",
"link": "/careers",
"taxonomy": "site"
},
"checkplease": {
"name": "KQED food",
"grouping": [
"food",
"bayareabites",
"checkplease"
],
"parent": "food",
"type": "terms",
"id": "checkplease",
"slug": "checkplease",
"link": "/food",
"taxonomy": "site"
},
"education": {
"name": "Education",
"grouping": [
"education"
],
"type": "terms",
"id": "education",
"slug": "education",
"link": "/education",
"taxonomy": "site"
},
"elections": {
"name": "Elections",
"type": "terms",
"id": "elections",
"slug": "elections",
"link": "/elections",
"taxonomy": "site"
},
"events": {
"name": "Events",
"type": "terms",
"id": "events",
"slug": "events",
"link": "/events",
"taxonomy": "site"
},
"event": {
"name": "Event",
"alias": "events",
"type": "terms",
"id": "event",
"slug": "event",
"link": "/event",
"taxonomy": "site"
},
"filmschoolshorts": {
"name": "Film School Shorts",
"type": "terms",
"id": "filmschoolshorts",
"slug": "filmschoolshorts",
"link": "/filmschoolshorts",
"taxonomy": "site"
},
"food": {
"name": "KQED food",
"grouping": [
"food",
"bayareabites",
"checkplease"
],
"type": "terms",
"id": "food",
"slug": "food",
"link": "/food",
"taxonomy": "site"
},
"forum": {
"name": "Forum",
"relatedContentQuery": "posts/forum?",
"parent": "news",
"type": "terms",
"id": "forum",
"slug": "forum",
"link": "/forum",
"taxonomy": "site"
},
"futureofyou": {
"name": "Future of You",
"grouping": [
"science",
"futureofyou"
],
"parent": "science",
"type": "terms",
"id": "futureofyou",
"slug": "futureofyou",
"link": "/futureofyou",
"taxonomy": "site"
},
"jpepinheart": {
"name": "KQED food",
"relatedContentQuery": "posts/food,bayareabites,checkplease",
"parent": "food",
"type": "terms",
"id": "jpepinheart",
"slug": "jpepinheart",
"link": "/food",
"taxonomy": "site"
},
"liveblog": {
"name": "Live Blog",
"type": "terms",
"id": "liveblog",
"slug": "liveblog",
"link": "/liveblog",
"taxonomy": "site"
},
"livetv": {
"name": "Live TV",
"parent": "tv",
"type": "terms",
"id": "livetv",
"slug": "livetv",
"link": "/livetv",
"taxonomy": "site"
},
"lowdown": {
"name": "The Lowdown",
"relatedContentQuery": "posts/lowdown?",
"parent": "news",
"type": "terms",
"id": "lowdown",
"slug": "lowdown",
"link": "/lowdown",
"taxonomy": "site"
},
"mindshift": {
"name": "Mindshift",
"parent": "news",
"description": "MindShift explores the future of education by highlighting the innovative – and sometimes counterintuitive – ways educators and parents are helping all children succeed.",
"type": "terms",
"id": "mindshift",
"slug": "mindshift",
"link": "/mindshift",
"taxonomy": "site"
},
"news": {
"name": "News",
"grouping": [
"news",
"forum"
],
"type": "terms",
"id": "news",
"slug": "news",
"link": "/news",
"taxonomy": "site"
},
"newsletters": {
"name": "newsletters",
"type": "terms",
"id": "newsletters",
"slug": "newsletters",
"link": "/newsletters",
"taxonomy": "site"
},
"perspectives": {
"name": "Perspectives",
"parent": "radio",
"type": "terms",
"id": "perspectives",
"slug": "perspectives",
"link": "/perspectives",
"taxonomy": "site"
},
"podcasts": {
"name": "Podcasts",
"type": "terms",
"id": "podcasts",
"slug": "podcasts",
"link": "/podcasts",
"taxonomy": "site"
},
"pop": {
"name": "Pop",
"parent": "arts",
"type": "terms",
"id": "pop",
"slug": "pop",
"link": "/pop",
"taxonomy": "site"
},
"pressroom": {
"name": "Pressroom",
"type": "terms",
"id": "pressroom",
"slug": "pressroom",
"link": "/pressroom",
"taxonomy": "site"
},
"quest": {
"name": "Quest",
"parent": "science",
"type": "terms",
"id": "quest",
"slug": "quest",
"link": "/quest",
"taxonomy": "site"
},
"radio": {
"name": "Radio",
"grouping": [
"forum",
"perspectives"
],
"description": "Listen to KQED Public Radio – home of Forum and The California Report – on 88.5 FM in San Francisco, 89.3 FM in Sacramento, 88.3 FM in Santa Rosa and 88.1 FM in Martinez.",
"type": "terms",
"id": "radio",
"slug": "radio",
"link": "/radio",
"taxonomy": "site"
},
"root": {
"name": "KQED",
"image": "https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/2020/02/KQED-OG-Image@1x.png",
"imageWidth": 1200,
"imageHeight": 630,
"headData": {
"title": "KQED | News, Radio, Podcasts, TV | Public Media for Northern California",
"description": "KQED provides public radio, television, and independent reporting on issues that matter to the Bay Area. We’re the NPR and PBS member station for Northern California."
},
"type": "terms",
"id": "root",
"slug": "root",
"link": "/root",
"taxonomy": "site"
},
"science": {
"name": "Science",
"grouping": [
"science",
"futureofyou"
],
"description": "KQED Science brings you award-winning science and environment coverage from the Bay Area and beyond.",
"type": "terms",
"id": "science",
"slug": "science",
"link": "/science",
"taxonomy": "site"
},
"stateofhealth": {
"name": "State of Health",
"parent": "science",
"type": "terms",
"id": "stateofhealth",
"slug": "stateofhealth",
"link": "/stateofhealth",
"taxonomy": "site"
},
"support": {
"name": "Support",
"type": "terms",
"id": "support",
"slug": "support",
"link": "/support",
"taxonomy": "site"
},
"thedolist": {
"name": "The Do List",
"parent": "arts",
"type": "terms",
"id": "thedolist",
"slug": "thedolist",
"link": "/thedolist",
"taxonomy": "site"
},
"trulyca": {
"name": "Truly CA",
"grouping": [
"arts",
"pop",
"trulyca"
],
"parent": "arts",
"type": "terms",
"id": "trulyca",
"slug": "trulyca",
"link": "/trulyca",
"taxonomy": "site"
},
"tv": {
"name": "TV",
"type": "terms",
"id": "tv",
"slug": "tv",
"link": "/tv",
"taxonomy": "site"
},
"voterguide": {
"name": "Voter Guide",
"parent": "elections",
"alias": "elections",
"type": "terms",
"id": "voterguide",
"slug": "voterguide",
"link": "/voterguide",
"taxonomy": "site"
},
"guiaelectoral": {
"name": "Guia Electoral",
"parent": "elections",
"alias": "elections",
"type": "terms",
"id": "guiaelectoral",
"slug": "guiaelectoral",
"link": "/guiaelectoral",
"taxonomy": "site"
},
"news_category_environment": {
"isLoading": true
},
"news_19906": {
"type": "terms",
"id": "news_19906",
"meta": {
"index": "terms_1716263798",
"site": "news",
"id": "19906",
"found": true
},
"relationships": {},
"featImg": null,
"name": "Environment",
"description": null,
"taxonomy": "category",
"headData": {
"twImgId": null,
"twTitle": null,
"ogTitle": null,
"ogImgId": null,
"twDescription": null,
"description": null,
"title": "Environment Archives | KQED News",
"ogDescription": null
},
"ttid": 19923,
"slug": "environment",
"isLoading": false,
"link": "/news/category/environment"
},
"source_news_11720652": {
"type": "terms",
"id": "source_news_11720652",
"meta": {
"override": true
},
"name": "Morning Report",
"link": "https://www.kqed.org/news/tag/tcrarchive/",
"isLoading": false
},
"source_news_11719907": {
"type": "terms",
"id": "source_news_11719907",
"meta": {
"override": true
},
"name": "Morning Report",
"link": "https://www.kqed.org/news/tag/tcrarchive/",
"isLoading": false
},
"source_news_11719715": {
"type": "terms",
"id": "source_news_11719715",
"meta": {
"override": true
},
"name": "NPR",
"link": "https://www.npr.org/",
"isLoading": false
},
"source_news_11718100": {
"type": "terms",
"id": "source_news_11718100",
"meta": {
"override": true
},
"name": "Food",
"link": "https://www.kqed.org/food",
"isLoading": false
},
"source_news_11719467": {
"type": "terms",
"id": "source_news_11719467",
"meta": {
"override": true
},
"name": "The California Report Magazine",
"link": "https://www.kqed.org/news/tag/tcrarchive/",
"isLoading": false
},
"source_news_11719066": {
"type": "terms",
"id": "source_news_11719066",
"meta": {
"override": true
},
"name": "NPR",
"link": "https://www.npr.org/",
"isLoading": false
},
"news_72": {
"type": "terms",
"id": "news_72",
"meta": {
"index": "terms_1716263798",
"site": "news",
"id": "72",
"found": true
},
"relationships": {},
"featImg": "https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2014/10/TCR-2-Logo-Web-Banners-03.png",
"name": "The California Report",
"description": null,
"taxonomy": "program",
"headData": {
"twImgId": null,
"twTitle": null,
"ogTitle": null,
"ogImgId": null,
"twDescription": null,
"description": null,
"title": "The California Report Archives | KQED News",
"ogDescription": null
},
"ttid": 6969,
"slug": "the-california-report",
"isLoading": false,
"link": "/news/program/the-california-report"
},
"news_8": {
"type": "terms",
"id": "news_8",
"meta": {
"index": "terms_1716263798",
"site": "news",
"id": "8",
"found": true
},
"relationships": {},
"featImg": null,
"name": "News",
"description": null,
"taxonomy": "category",
"headData": {
"twImgId": null,
"twTitle": null,
"ogTitle": null,
"ogImgId": null,
"twDescription": null,
"description": null,
"title": "News Archives | KQED News",
"ogDescription": null
},
"ttid": 8,
"slug": "news",
"isLoading": false,
"link": "/news/category/news"
},
"news_6383": {
"type": "terms",
"id": "news_6383",
"meta": {
"index": "terms_1716263798",
"site": "news",
"id": "6383",
"found": true
},
"relationships": {},
"featImg": null,
"name": "Cal Fire",
"description": null,
"taxonomy": "tag",
"headData": {
"twImgId": null,
"twTitle": null,
"ogTitle": null,
"ogImgId": null,
"twDescription": null,
"description": null,
"title": "Cal Fire Archives | KQED News",
"ogDescription": null
},
"ttid": 6407,
"slug": "cal-fire",
"isLoading": false,
"link": "/news/tag/cal-fire"
},
"news_19542": {
"type": "terms",
"id": "news_19542",
"meta": {
"index": "terms_1716263798",
"site": "news",
"id": "19542",
"found": true
},
"relationships": {},
"featImg": null,
"name": "featured",
"description": null,
"taxonomy": "tag",
"headData": {
"twImgId": null,
"twTitle": null,
"ogTitle": null,
"ogImgId": null,
"twDescription": null,
"description": null,
"title": "featured Archives | KQED News",
"ogDescription": null
},
"ttid": 19559,
"slug": "featured",
"isLoading": false,
"link": "/news/tag/featured"
},
"news_140": {
"type": "terms",
"id": "news_140",
"meta": {
"index": "terms_1716263798",
"site": "news",
"id": "140",
"found": true
},
"relationships": {},
"featImg": null,
"name": "PG&E",
"description": null,
"taxonomy": "tag",
"headData": {
"twImgId": null,
"twTitle": null,
"ogTitle": null,
"ogImgId": null,
"twDescription": null,
"description": null,
"title": "PG&E Archives | KQED News",
"ogDescription": null
},
"ttid": 144,
"slug": "pge",
"isLoading": false,
"link": "/news/tag/pge"
},
"news_474": {
"type": "terms",
"id": "news_474",
"meta": {
"index": "terms_1716263798",
"site": "news",
"id": "474",
"found": true
},
"relationships": {},
"featImg": null,
"name": "Santa Rosa",
"description": null,
"taxonomy": "tag",
"headData": {
"twImgId": null,
"twTitle": null,
"ogTitle": null,
"ogImgId": null,
"twDescription": null,
"description": null,
"title": "Santa Rosa Archives | KQED News",
"ogDescription": null
},
"ttid": 483,
"slug": "santa-rosa",
"isLoading": false,
"link": "/news/tag/santa-rosa"
},
"news_17041": {
"type": "terms",
"id": "news_17041",
"meta": {
"index": "terms_1716263798",
"site": "news",
"id": "17041",
"found": true
},
"relationships": {},
"featImg": null,
"name": "the-california-report-featured",
"description": null,
"taxonomy": "tag",
"headData": {
"twImgId": null,
"twTitle": null,
"ogTitle": null,
"ogImgId": null,
"twDescription": null,
"description": null,
"title": "the-california-report-featured Archives | KQED News",
"ogDescription": null
},
"ttid": 17067,
"slug": "the-california-report-featured",
"isLoading": false,
"link": "/news/tag/the-california-report-featured"
},
"news_21760": {
"type": "terms",
"id": "news_21760",
"meta": {
"index": "terms_1716263798",
"site": "news",
"id": "21760",
"found": true
},
"relationships": {},
"featImg": null,
"name": "Tubbs Fire",
"description": null,
"taxonomy": "tag",
"headData": {
"twImgId": null,
"twTitle": null,
"ogTitle": null,
"ogImgId": null,
"twDescription": null,
"description": null,
"title": "Tubbs Fire Archives | KQED News",
"ogDescription": null
},
"ttid": 21777,
"slug": "tubbs-fire",
"isLoading": false,
"link": "/news/tag/tubbs-fire"
},
"news_4463": {
"type": "terms",
"id": "news_4463",
"meta": {
"index": "terms_1716263798",
"site": "news",
"id": "4463",
"found": true
},
"relationships": {},
"featImg": null,
"name": "wildfires",
"description": null,
"taxonomy": "tag",
"headData": {
"twImgId": null,
"twTitle": null,
"ogTitle": null,
"ogImgId": null,
"twDescription": null,
"description": null,
"title": "wildfires Archives | KQED News",
"ogDescription": null
},
"ttid": 4482,
"slug": "wildfires",
"isLoading": false,
"link": "/news/tag/wildfires"
},
"news_1758": {
"type": "terms",
"id": "news_1758",
"meta": {
"index": "terms_1716263798",
"site": "news",
"id": "1758",
"found": true
},
"relationships": {},
"featImg": null,
"name": "Economy",
"description": null,
"taxonomy": "category",
"headData": {
"twImgId": null,
"twTitle": null,
"ogTitle": null,
"ogImgId": null,
"twDescription": null,
"description": "Full coverage of the economy",
"title": "Economy Archives | KQED News",
"ogDescription": null
},
"ttid": 2648,
"slug": "economy",
"isLoading": false,
"link": "/news/category/economy"
},
"news_18540": {
"type": "terms",
"id": "news_18540",
"meta": {
"index": "terms_1716263798",
"site": "news",
"id": "18540",
"found": true
},
"relationships": {},
"featImg": null,
"name": "Education",
"description": null,
"taxonomy": "category",
"headData": {
"twImgId": null,
"twTitle": null,
"ogTitle": null,
"ogImgId": null,
"twDescription": null,
"description": null,
"title": "Education Archives | KQED News",
"ogDescription": null
},
"ttid": 2595,
"slug": "education",
"isLoading": false,
"link": "/news/category/education"
},
"news_13": {
"type": "terms",
"id": "news_13",
"meta": {
"index": "terms_1716263798",
"site": "news",
"id": "13",
"found": true
},
"relationships": {},
"name": "Politics",
"slug": "politics",
"taxonomy": "category",
"description": null,
"featImg": null,
"headData": {
"title": "Politics | KQED News",
"description": null,
"ogTitle": null,
"ogDescription": null,
"ogImgId": null,
"twTitle": null,
"twDescription": null,
"twImgId": null
},
"ttid": 13,
"isLoading": false,
"link": "/news/category/politics"
},
"news_21998": {
"type": "terms",
"id": "news_21998",
"meta": {
"index": "terms_1716263798",
"site": "news",
"id": "21998",
"found": true
},
"relationships": {},
"featImg": null,
"name": "TCRAM",
"description": null,
"taxonomy": "tag",
"headData": {
"twImgId": null,
"twTitle": null,
"ogTitle": null,
"ogImgId": null,
"twDescription": null,
"description": null,
"title": "TCRAM Archives | KQED News",
"ogDescription": null
},
"ttid": 22015,
"slug": "tcram",
"isLoading": false,
"link": "/news/tag/tcram"
},
"news_21268": {
"type": "terms",
"id": "news_21268",
"meta": {
"index": "terms_1716263798",
"site": "news",
"id": "21268",
"found": true
},
"relationships": {},
"featImg": null,
"name": "tcrarchive",
"description": null,
"taxonomy": "tag",
"headData": {
"twImgId": null,
"twTitle": null,
"ogTitle": null,
"ogImgId": null,
"twDescription": null,
"description": null,
"title": "tcrarchive Archives | KQED News",
"ogDescription": null
},
"ttid": 21285,
"slug": "tcrarchive",
"isLoading": false,
"link": "/news/tag/tcrarchive"
},
"news_24114": {
"type": "terms",
"id": "news_24114",
"meta": {
"index": "terms_1716263798",
"site": "news",
"id": "24114",
"found": true
},
"relationships": {},
"featImg": null,
"name": "Food",
"description": null,
"taxonomy": "category",
"headData": {
"twImgId": null,
"twTitle": null,
"ogTitle": null,
"ogImgId": null,
"twDescription": null,
"description": null,
"title": "Food Archives | KQED News",
"ogDescription": null
},
"ttid": 24131,
"slug": "food",
"isLoading": false,
"link": "/news/category/food"
},
"news_356": {
"type": "terms",
"id": "news_356",
"meta": {
"index": "terms_1716263798",
"site": "news",
"id": "356",
"found": true
},
"relationships": {},
"featImg": null,
"name": "Science",
"description": null,
"taxonomy": "category",
"headData": {
"twImgId": null,
"twTitle": null,
"ogTitle": null,
"ogImgId": null,
"twDescription": null,
"description": null,
"title": "Science Archives | KQED News",
"ogDescription": null
},
"ttid": 364,
"slug": "science",
"isLoading": false,
"link": "/news/category/science"
},
"news_129": {
"type": "terms",
"id": "news_129",
"meta": {
"index": "terms_1716263798",
"site": "news",
"id": "129",
"found": true
},
"relationships": {},
"featImg": null,
"name": "Berkeley",
"description": null,
"taxonomy": "tag",
"headData": {
"twImgId": null,
"twTitle": null,
"ogTitle": null,
"ogImgId": null,
"twDescription": null,
"description": null,
"title": "Berkeley Archives | KQED News",
"ogDescription": null
},
"ttid": 133,
"slug": "berkeley",
"isLoading": false,
"link": "/news/tag/berkeley"
},
"news_24483": {
"type": "terms",
"id": "news_24483",
"meta": {
"index": "terms_1716263798",
"site": "news",
"id": "24483",
"found": true
},
"relationships": {},
"featImg": null,
"name": "Camp Fire",
"description": null,
"taxonomy": "tag",
"headData": {
"twImgId": null,
"twTitle": null,
"ogTitle": null,
"ogImgId": null,
"twDescription": null,
"description": null,
"title": "Camp Fire Archives | KQED News",
"ogDescription": null
},
"ttid": 24500,
"slug": "camp-fire",
"isLoading": false,
"link": "/news/tag/camp-fire"
},
"news_20023": {
"type": "terms",
"id": "news_20023",
"meta": {
"index": "terms_1716263798",
"site": "news",
"id": "20023",
"found": true
},
"relationships": {},
"featImg": null,
"name": "environment",
"description": null,
"taxonomy": "tag",
"headData": {
"twImgId": null,
"twTitle": null,
"ogTitle": null,
"ogImgId": null,
"twDescription": null,
"description": null,
"title": "environment Archives | KQED News",
"ogDescription": null
},
"ttid": 20040,
"slug": "environment",
"isLoading": false,
"link": "/news/tag/environment"
},
"news_6188": {
"type": "terms",
"id": "news_6188",
"meta": {
"index": "terms_1716263798",
"site": "news",
"id": "6188",
"found": true
},
"relationships": {},
"featImg": null,
"name": "Law and Justice",
"description": null,
"taxonomy": "category",
"headData": {
"twImgId": null,
"twTitle": null,
"ogTitle": null,
"ogImgId": null,
"twDescription": null,
"description": null,
"title": "Law and Justice Archives | KQED News",
"ogDescription": null
},
"ttid": 6212,
"slug": "law-and-justice",
"isLoading": false,
"link": "/news/category/law-and-justice"
},
"news_24802": {
"type": "terms",
"id": "news_24802",
"meta": {
"index": "terms_1716263798",
"site": "news",
"id": "24802",
"found": true
},
"relationships": {},
"featImg": null,
"name": "PG&E bankruptcy",
"description": null,
"taxonomy": "tag",
"headData": {
"twImgId": null,
"twTitle": null,
"ogTitle": null,
"ogImgId": null,
"twDescription": null,
"description": null,
"title": "PG&E bankruptcy Archives | KQED News",
"ogDescription": null
},
"ttid": 24819,
"slug": "pge-bankruptcy",
"isLoading": false,
"link": "/news/tag/pge-bankruptcy"
},
"news_33520": {
"type": "terms",
"id": "news_33520",
"meta": {
"index": "terms_1716263798",
"site": "news",
"id": "33520",
"found": true
},
"relationships": {},
"featImg": null,
"name": "Podcast",
"description": null,
"taxonomy": "category",
"headData": {
"twImgId": null,
"twTitle": null,
"ogTitle": null,
"ogImgId": null,
"twDescription": null,
"description": null,
"title": "Podcast Archives | KQED News",
"ogDescription": null
},
"ttid": 33537,
"slug": "podcast",
"isLoading": false,
"link": "/news/category/podcast"
},
"news_10": {
"type": "terms",
"id": "news_10",
"meta": {
"index": "terms_1716263798",
"site": "news",
"id": "10",
"found": true
},
"relationships": {},
"featImg": null,
"name": "Sports",
"description": null,
"taxonomy": "category",
"headData": {
"twImgId": null,
"twTitle": null,
"ogTitle": null,
"ogImgId": null,
"twDescription": null,
"description": null,
"title": "Sports Archives | KQED News",
"ogDescription": null
},
"ttid": 10,
"slug": "sports",
"isLoading": false,
"link": "/news/category/sports"
},
"news_31711": {
"type": "terms",
"id": "news_31711",
"meta": {
"index": "terms_1716263798",
"site": "news",
"id": "31711",
"found": true
},
"relationships": {},
"name": "#water",
"slug": "water",
"taxonomy": "tag",
"description": null,
"featImg": null,
"headData": {
"title": "#water | KQED News",
"description": null,
"ogTitle": null,
"ogDescription": null,
"ogImgId": null,
"twTitle": null,
"twDescription": null,
"twImgId": null
},
"ttid": 31728,
"isLoading": false,
"link": "/news/tag/water"
},
"news_22531": {
"type": "terms",
"id": "news_22531",
"meta": {
"index": "terms_1716263798",
"site": "news",
"id": "22531",
"found": true
},
"relationships": {},
"featImg": null,
"name": "oceans",
"description": null,
"taxonomy": "tag",
"headData": {
"twImgId": null,
"twTitle": null,
"ogTitle": null,
"ogImgId": null,
"twDescription": null,
"description": null,
"title": "oceans Archives | KQED News",
"ogDescription": null
},
"ttid": 22548,
"slug": "oceans",
"isLoading": false,
"link": "/news/tag/oceans"
},
"news_25428": {
"type": "terms",
"id": "news_25428",
"meta": {
"index": "terms_1716263798",
"site": "news",
"id": "25428",
"found": true
},
"relationships": {},
"featImg": null,
"name": "plastic",
"description": null,
"taxonomy": "tag",
"headData": {
"twImgId": null,
"twTitle": null,
"ogTitle": null,
"ogImgId": null,
"twDescription": null,
"description": null,
"title": "plastic Archives | KQED News",
"ogDescription": null
},
"ttid": 25445,
"slug": "plastic",
"isLoading": false,
"link": "/news/tag/plastic"
},
"news_5891": {
"type": "terms",
"id": "news_5891",
"meta": {
"index": "terms_1716263798",
"site": "news",
"id": "5891",
"found": true
},
"relationships": {},
"featImg": null,
"name": "water pollution",
"description": null,
"taxonomy": "tag",
"headData": {
"twImgId": null,
"twTitle": null,
"ogTitle": null,
"ogImgId": null,
"twDescription": null,
"description": null,
"title": "water pollution Archives | KQED News",
"ogDescription": null
},
"ttid": 5915,
"slug": "water-pollution",
"isLoading": false,
"link": "/news/tag/water-pollution"
},
"news_24796": {
"type": "terms",
"id": "news_24796",
"meta": {
"index": "terms_1716263798",
"site": "news",
"id": "24796",
"found": true
},
"relationships": {},
"featImg": null,
"name": "Federal government shutdown",
"description": null,
"taxonomy": "tag",
"headData": {
"twImgId": null,
"twTitle": null,
"ogTitle": null,
"ogImgId": null,
"twDescription": null,
"description": null,
"title": "Federal government shutdown Archives | KQED News",
"ogDescription": null
},
"ttid": 24813,
"slug": "federal-government-shutdown",
"isLoading": false,
"link": "/news/tag/federal-government-shutdown"
},
"news_1204": {
"type": "terms",
"id": "news_1204",
"meta": {
"index": "terms_1716263798",
"site": "news",
"id": "1204",
"found": true
},
"relationships": {},
"featImg": null,
"name": "government shutdown",
"description": null,
"taxonomy": "tag",
"headData": {
"twImgId": null,
"twTitle": null,
"ogTitle": null,
"ogImgId": null,
"twDescription": null,
"description": null,
"title": "government shutdown Archives | KQED News",
"ogDescription": null
},
"ttid": 1216,
"slug": "government-shutdown",
"isLoading": false,
"link": "/news/tag/government-shutdown"
},
"news_21370": {
"type": "terms",
"id": "news_21370",
"meta": {
"index": "terms_1716263798",
"site": "news",
"id": "21370",
"found": true
},
"relationships": {},
"featImg": null,
"name": "Joshua Tree National Park",
"description": null,
"taxonomy": "tag",
"headData": {
"twImgId": null,
"twTitle": null,
"ogTitle": null,
"ogImgId": null,
"twDescription": null,
"description": null,
"title": "Joshua Tree National Park Archives | KQED News",
"ogDescription": null
},
"ttid": 21387,
"slug": "joshua-tree-national-park",
"isLoading": false,
"link": "/news/tag/joshua-tree-national-park"
},
"news_457": {
"type": "terms",
"id": "news_457",
"meta": {
"index": "terms_1716263798",
"site": "news",
"id": "457",
"found": true
},
"relationships": {},
"featImg": null,
"name": "Health",
"description": null,
"taxonomy": "category",
"headData": {
"twImgId": null,
"twTitle": null,
"ogTitle": null,
"ogImgId": null,
"twDescription": null,
"description": null,
"title": "Health Archives | KQED News",
"ogDescription": null
},
"ttid": 16998,
"slug": "health",
"isLoading": false,
"link": "/news/category/health"
},
"news_22753": {
"type": "terms",
"id": "news_22753",
"meta": {
"index": "terms_1716263798",
"site": "news",
"id": "22753",
"found": true
},
"relationships": {},
"featImg": null,
"name": "Paradise",
"description": null,
"taxonomy": "tag",
"headData": {
"twImgId": null,
"twTitle": null,
"ogTitle": null,
"ogImgId": null,
"twDescription": null,
"description": null,
"title": "Paradise Archives | KQED News",
"ogDescription": null
},
"ttid": 22770,
"slug": "paradise",
"isLoading": false,
"link": "/news/tag/paradise"
},
"news_17045": {
"type": "terms",
"id": "news_17045",
"meta": {
"index": "terms_1716263798",
"site": "news",
"id": "17045",
"found": true
},
"relationships": {},
"featImg": null,
"name": "California Foodways",
"description": "\u003ca href=\"http://www.californiafoodways.com/\" target=\"_blank\">California Foodways\u003c/a> is a series by independent producer Lisa Morehouse. She's traveling county by county reporting on people and places at the intersection of food, culture, history and economy.\r\n\r\nFollow the series on \u003ca href=\"https://www.facebook.com/californiafoodways\">Facebook\u003c/a> and Twitter \u003ca href=\"https://twitter.com/cafoodways\">@cafoodways.\r\n\u003c/a>\r\n\u003cem>Funded in part by \u003ca href=\"http://www.calhum.org/\">Cal Humanities\u003c/a>.\u003c/em>",
"taxonomy": "series",
"headData": {
"twImgId": null,
"twTitle": null,
"ogTitle": null,
"ogImgId": null,
"twDescription": null,
"description": "California Foodways is a series by independent producer Lisa Morehouse. She's traveling county by county reporting on people and places at the intersection of food, culture, history and economy. Follow the series on Facebook and Twitter @cafoodways. Funded in part by Cal Humanities.",
"title": "California Foodways Archives | KQED News",
"ogDescription": null
},
"ttid": 17073,
"slug": "california-foodways",
"isLoading": false,
"link": "/news/series/california-foodways"
},
"news_18334": {
"type": "terms",
"id": "news_18334",
"meta": {
"index": "terms_1716263798",
"site": "news",
"id": "18334",
"found": true
},
"relationships": {},
"featImg": null,
"name": "cattle ranchers",
"description": null,
"taxonomy": "tag",
"headData": {
"twImgId": null,
"twTitle": null,
"ogTitle": null,
"ogImgId": null,
"twDescription": null,
"description": null,
"title": "cattle ranchers Archives | KQED News",
"ogDescription": null
},
"ttid": 18368,
"slug": "cattle-ranchers",
"isLoading": false,
"link": "/news/tag/cattle-ranchers"
},
"news_18143": {
"type": "terms",
"id": "news_18143",
"meta": {
"index": "terms_1716263798",
"site": "news",
"id": "18143",
"found": true
},
"relationships": {},
"featImg": null,
"name": "family",
"description": null,
"taxonomy": "tag",
"headData": {
"twImgId": null,
"twTitle": null,
"ogTitle": null,
"ogImgId": null,
"twDescription": null,
"description": null,
"title": "family Archives | KQED News",
"ogDescription": null
},
"ttid": 18177,
"slug": "family",
"isLoading": false,
"link": "/news/tag/family"
},
"news_18543": {
"type": "terms",
"id": "news_18543",
"meta": {
"index": "terms_1716263798",
"site": "news",
"id": "18543",
"found": true
},
"relationships": {},
"featImg": null,
"name": "Health",
"description": null,
"taxonomy": "tag",
"headData": {
"twImgId": null,
"twTitle": null,
"ogTitle": null,
"ogImgId": null,
"twDescription": null,
"description": null,
"title": "Health Archives | KQED News",
"ogDescription": null
},
"ttid": 466,
"slug": "health",
"isLoading": false,
"link": "/news/tag/health"
},
"news_4776": {
"type": "terms",
"id": "news_4776",
"meta": {
"index": "terms_1716263798",
"site": "news",
"id": "4776",
"found": true
},
"relationships": {},
"featImg": null,
"name": "Siskiyou County",
"description": null,
"taxonomy": "tag",
"headData": {
"twImgId": null,
"twTitle": null,
"ogTitle": null,
"ogImgId": null,
"twDescription": null,
"description": null,
"title": "Siskiyou County Archives | KQED News",
"ogDescription": null
},
"ttid": 4795,
"slug": "siskiyou-county",
"isLoading": false,
"link": "/news/tag/siskiyou-county"
},
"news_22018": {
"type": "terms",
"id": "news_22018",
"meta": {
"index": "terms_1716263798",
"site": "news",
"id": "22018",
"found": true
},
"relationships": {},
"featImg": null,
"name": "TCRMag",
"description": null,
"taxonomy": "tag",
"headData": {
"twImgId": null,
"twTitle": null,
"ogTitle": null,
"ogImgId": null,
"twDescription": null,
"description": null,
"title": "TCRMag Archives | KQED News",
"ogDescription": null
},
"ttid": 22035,
"slug": "tcrmag",
"isLoading": false,
"link": "/news/tag/tcrmag"
},
"news_28234": {
"type": "terms",
"id": "news_28234",
"meta": {
"index": "terms_1716263798",
"site": "news",
"id": "28234",
"found": true
},
"relationships": {},
"featImg": null,
"name": "tcrmag3",
"description": null,
"taxonomy": "tag",
"headData": {
"twImgId": null,
"twTitle": null,
"ogTitle": null,
"ogImgId": null,
"twDescription": null,
"description": null,
"title": "tcrmag3 Archives | KQED News",
"ogDescription": null
},
"ttid": 28251,
"slug": "tcrmag3",
"isLoading": false,
"link": "/news/tag/tcrmag3"
},
"news_1012": {
"type": "terms",
"id": "news_1012",
"meta": {
"index": "terms_1716263798",
"site": "news",
"id": "1012",
"found": true
},
"relationships": {},
"featImg": null,
"name": "earthquake",
"description": null,
"taxonomy": "tag",
"headData": {
"twImgId": null,
"twTitle": null,
"ogTitle": null,
"ogImgId": null,
"twDescription": null,
"description": null,
"title": "earthquake Archives | KQED News",
"ogDescription": null
},
"ttid": 1022,
"slug": "earthquake",
"isLoading": false,
"link": "/news/tag/earthquake"
},
"news_17826": {
"type": "terms",
"id": "news_17826",
"meta": {
"index": "terms_1716263798",
"site": "news",
"id": "17826",
"found": true
},
"relationships": {},
"featImg": null,
"name": "earthquakes",
"description": null,
"taxonomy": "tag",
"headData": {
"twImgId": null,
"twTitle": null,
"ogTitle": null,
"ogImgId": null,
"twDescription": null,
"description": null,
"title": "earthquakes Archives | KQED News",
"ogDescription": null
},
"ttid": 17860,
"slug": "earthquakes",
"isLoading": false,
"link": "/news/tag/earthquakes"
},
"news_4": {
"type": "terms",
"id": "news_4",
"meta": {
"index": "terms_1716263798",
"site": "news",
"id": "4",
"found": true
},
"relationships": {},
"featImg": null,
"name": "los angeles",
"description": null,
"taxonomy": "tag",
"headData": {
"twImgId": null,
"twTitle": null,
"ogTitle": null,
"ogImgId": null,
"twDescription": null,
"description": null,
"title": "los angeles Archives | KQED News",
"ogDescription": null
},
"ttid": 4,
"slug": "los-angeles",
"isLoading": false,
"link": "/news/tag/los-angeles"
},
"news_5925": {
"type": "terms",
"id": "news_5925",
"meta": {
"index": "terms_1716263798",
"site": "news",
"id": "5925",
"found": true
},
"relationships": {},
"featImg": null,
"name": "quake",
"description": null,
"taxonomy": "tag",
"headData": {
"twImgId": null,
"twTitle": null,
"ogTitle": null,
"ogImgId": null,
"twDescription": null,
"description": null,
"title": "quake Archives | KQED News",
"ogDescription": null
},
"ttid": 5949,
"slug": "quake",
"isLoading": false,
"link": "/news/tag/quake"
},
"news_6902": {
"type": "terms",
"id": "news_6902",
"meta": {
"index": "terms_1716263798",
"site": "news",
"id": "6902",
"found": true
},
"relationships": {},
"featImg": null,
"name": "San Andreas Fault",
"description": null,
"taxonomy": "tag",
"headData": {
"twImgId": null,
"twTitle": null,
"ogTitle": null,
"ogImgId": null,
"twDescription": null,
"description": null,
"title": "San Andreas Fault Archives | KQED News",
"ogDescription": null
},
"ttid": 6926,
"slug": "san-andreas-fault",
"isLoading": false,
"link": "/news/tag/san-andreas-fault"
},
"news_253": {
"type": "terms",
"id": "news_253",
"meta": {
"index": "terms_1716263798",
"site": "news",
"id": "253",
"found": true
},
"relationships": {},
"featImg": null,
"name": "NPR",
"description": null,
"taxonomy": "affiliate",
"headData": {
"twImgId": null,
"twTitle": null,
"ogTitle": null,
"ogImgId": null,
"twDescription": null,
"description": "KQED is the NPR station for the Bay Area, providing award-winning news, programming, and community engagement.",
"title": "NPR Archives - Get the Latest News and Reports from California | KQED",
"ogDescription": null
},
"ttid": 7083,
"slug": "npr",
"isLoading": false,
"link": "/news/affiliate/npr"
}
},
"userPermissionsReducer": {
"wpLoggedIn": false
},
"eventsReducer": {},
"fssReducer": {},
"tvDailyScheduleReducer": {},
"tvWeeklyScheduleReducer": {},
"tvPrimetimeScheduleReducer": {},
"tvMonthlyScheduleReducer": {},
"userAccountReducer": {
"user": {
"email": null,
"emailStatus": "EMAIL_UNVALIDATED",
"loggedStatus": "LOGGED_OUT",
"loggingChecked": false,
"articles": [],
"firstName": null,
"lastName": null,
"phoneNumber": null,
"fetchingMembership": false,
"membershipError": false,
"memberships": [
{
"id": null,
"startDate": null,
"firstName": null,
"lastName": null,
"familyNumber": null,
"memberNumber": null,
"memberSince": null,
"expirationDate": null,
"pfsEligible": false,
"isSustaining": false,
"membershipLevel": "Prospect",
"membershipStatus": "Non Member",
"lastGiftDate": null,
"renewalDate": null,
"lastDonationAmount": null
}
]
},
"authModal": {
"isOpen": false,
"view": "LANDING_VIEW"
},
"error": null
},
"youthMediaReducer": {},
"checkPleaseReducer": {
"filterData": {
"region": {
"key": "Restaurant Region",
"filters": [
"Any Region"
]
},
"cuisine": {
"key": "Restaurant Cuisine",
"filters": [
"Any Cuisine"
]
}
},
"restaurantDataById": {},
"restaurantIdsSorted": [],
"error": null
},
"userAgentReducer": {
"userAgent": "Mozilla/5.0 AppleWebKit/537.36 (KHTML, like Gecko; compatible; ClaudeBot/1.0; +claudebot@anthropic.com)",
"isBot": true
},
"requestOutcomesReducer": {
"notFound": []
},
"navPromosReducer": {
"isFetching": false,
"fetchFailed": false,
"hasFetched": true,
"promos": {
"news": {
"name": "2026 Voter Guide",
"link": "/voterguide",
"imageURL": "https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/10/Nav-News-Nov2026ElectionCoverage@2x-7bd4aad4.png",
"description": "Get informed in minutes with our Voter Guide for California’s November 3 election."
},
"podcasts-radio": {},
"video-tv": {},
"events": {},
"support": {}
}
}
}