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"content": "\u003cp>Early in 2011, Bill Allayaud was so fed up with what he saw as dereliction of duty by California’s oil and gas regulator that he began to catalog grievances: unregulated fracking, allowing companies to inject oilfield wastewater into clean water aquifers, little or no oversight into critical practices affecting public health and safety.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“They were essentially lap dogs for the oil industry,” said Allayaud, a lobbyist with the Environmental Working Group.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>He attached the ever-expanding list to his office wall. With the way things had been running at the Division of Oil, Gas and Geothermal Resources, Allayaud had little confidence the list would ever grow smaller or come down.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“This was a backwater agency in charge of multibillion-dollar corporations,” he said. “It was a wink and a nod, that’s the way it went for decade after decade.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>California’s oil and gas regulator, known as DOGGR, has endured years of scolding from the Legislature for a lack of accountability, from environmentalists for allowing an industry to run roughshod over a state regulator and from the federal Environmental Protection Agency for failing to enforce clean water laws.\u003c/p>\n\u003caside class=\"alignright\">\n\u003ch3>Read More About California's Oil Regulator\u003c/h3>\n\u003cp> \u003c/p>\n\u003cul>\n\u003cli>\u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/science/1914130/how-much-drinking-water-has-california-lost-to-oil-industry-waste-no-one-knows\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">How Much Drinking Water Has California Lost to Oil Industry Waste? No One Knows\u003c/a>\u003c/li>\n\u003c/ul>\n\u003c/aside>\n\u003cp>But the state’s oil watchdog is undertaking a comprehensive reform, officials say, that will radically change the agency’s culture and modernize a department with one foot in the last century.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“We are a dramatically different organization than we were three years ago,” said David Bunn, director of the state Department of Conservation, which oversees the oil and gas agency. “We’ve made dramatic changes. There’s still a lot to do.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Agency officials will make that case in coming weeks as they appear before a budget committee in the California Legislature, requesting more money and more people to complete the transformation.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Their requests will likely face some skepticism.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“It’s a chicken and egg thing,” said Sen. Hannah-Beth Jackson, a Democrat from Santa Barbara. “We don’t want to give them money unless they are going to produce; they say they can’t produce unless we give them more money. The truth lies in between.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Few would dispute that the agency has been in crisis. Created more than 100 years ago, the Division of Oil, Gas and Geothermal Resources regulates energy extraction on state lands and in state waters. It has a staff of about 275 and a \u003ca href=\"http://www.lao.ca.gov/reports/2018/3747/2018-19-resources-analysis-021418.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">proposed budget \u003c/a>of about $85 million.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>For decades, though, the agency served more to assist energy companies than regulate them. That emphasis has proven difficult to shake.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>A litany of embarrassing lapses and mistakes in recent years brought a harsh spotlight to the agency’s inner workings. Oil companies were dumping oilfield waste fluids into thousands of unlined pits in the Central Valley and injecting that same waste into federally-protected drinking water aquifers.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The \u003ca href=\"http://psbweb.co.kern.ca.us/UtilityPages/Planning/EIRS/mckittrick_landfill/Vol5/CA%20DOC%20DOGGR%20Well%2020%20--Report%20re%20Chevron%20Fatality%206-21-11%20(5-4-2012).pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">death of a worker\u003c/a> at a Chevron facility near Bakersfield in 2011 drew attention to a dangerous well stimulation technique known as underground injection. Steve Bohlen, a former state oil and gas supervisor, admitted the agency did not have up-to-date guidelines to adequately oversee \u003ca href=\"http://www.latimes.com/local/california/la-me-oil-steam-20151129-story.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">underground injections\u003c/a>. He said his agency asked an oil industry group—the Conservation Committee of California Oil and Gas Producers—to write the outlines of the regulations. The group didn’t produce a document.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“One of the big frustrations I’ve had with DOGGR is they have been more a shill for the industries they are supposed to be regulating than a real enforcer of the industries,” Jackson said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“For many years, DOGGR has seen its mission to accommodate oil development. They’ve finally started to pivot.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>State Sen. Bob Wieckowski, the Fremont Democrat who chairs the subcommittee that will hear the upcoming funding proposals, agreed that the oil agency went through “dark days,” but he said he’s hopeful that meaningful change has arrived.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“If ever there was an agency or department that needs to be more transparent, this is it,” he said. “I’d like to improve the trust that the community and the Legislature has with the department. We’ve got twin aims: transparency and accountability.”\u003c/p>\n\u003caside class=\"alignright\">\n\u003ch3>Read More About California's Oil Regulator\u003c/h3>\n\u003cp> \u003c/p>\n\u003cul>\n\u003cli>\u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11577734/as-state-clears-troubled-gas-field-to-reopen-governor-calls-for-it-to-close\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">As State Clears Troubled Gas Field to Reopen, Governor Calls for It to Close\u003c/a>\u003c/li>\n\u003c/ul>\n\u003c/aside>\n\u003cp>The department has been a frequent supplicant before the budget committee, offering \u003cem>mea culpas \u003c/em>along with requests for more funding to implement reforms called for by the Legislature.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>After fitful attempts at reform, the agency is well into its \u003ca href=\"http://www.conservation.ca.gov/dog/Documents/renewal-plan2017-lrg.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">renewal plan\u003c/a>—a comprehensive, and expensive, blueprint to overhaul the state’s oil and gas regulator.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In the last five years, the oil agency has received nearly $25 million in ongoing funding, above and beyond its enacted budget, and tens of millions more in one-time outlays to kick start projects, ranging from developing a statewide database of oil and gas operations to hiring a new generation of field inspectors.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>On top of that, the Legislature has approved an additional 150 permanent positions in the last five years, according to information the non-partisan Legislative Analyst Office provided to legislators, effectively doubling the agency’s employee base.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>One of the biggest lifts has been converting an agency that, until recently, operated almost entirely on paper. The IT bill for installing a modern data management system and converting handwritten well records that date back to the 19\u003csup>th\u003c/sup> century: nearly $70 million.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Bunn said one of the budget requests will be to hire 21 additional inspectors. He said the current workload is untenable, with one inspector per 2,800 wells.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>It’s a critical point. The agency is lagging in performing inspections required by state law. An \u003ca href=\"http://www.lao.ca.gov/reports/2018/3747/2018-19-resources-analysis-021418.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">LAO analysis\u003c/a> found that in California’s three busiest oil-producing districts, state inspectors failed to oversee nearly a third of required operations last year.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Bunn acknowledged oversight failings, saying the problems went beyond missing inspections: “We were sending people out to do inspections who were not qualified,” he said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Bunn said the agency has instituted an extensive training program and aggressively seeks employees with higher academic qualifications.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In recent years, he said, top-flight engineers and others with sophisticated training shunned the agency, which was viewed as not placing a high value on science.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“We’ve dramatically reformed our practices in the field,” he said. Now, “good people attract good people.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The agency’s former aversion to science has led to partnerships with the state’s national research labs.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>One project with Stanford University tackles one of the most fundamental and significant problems in oilfields: What causes so-called “surface expressions” when steam, oil or drilling fluids bubble up or erupt to the surface, creating anything from fissures to oil-filled caverns.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“We never did that kind of thing before,” Bunn said. “We didn’t have the capacity, the time or the people to do it.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In the past, the state relied on the oil industry to take the lead on crafting regulations, deferring to its technical expertise.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“We’ve played a constructive, collaborative role in these many years,” said Bob Poole, a lobbyist with the Western States Petroleum Association. “We’ve helped them find the best ways to address the legal mandates to implement regulations.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>That collaboration sometimes veered into potential conflict.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>That, too, has changed, officials say. 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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003cp>Early in 2011, Bill Allayaud was so fed up with what he saw as dereliction of duty by California’s oil and gas regulator that he began to catalog grievances: unregulated fracking, allowing companies to inject oilfield wastewater into clean water aquifers, little or no oversight into critical practices affecting public health and safety.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“They were essentially lap dogs for the oil industry,” said Allayaud, a lobbyist with the Environmental Working Group.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>He attached the ever-expanding list to his office wall. With the way things had been running at the Division of Oil, Gas and Geothermal Resources, Allayaud had little confidence the list would ever grow smaller or come down.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“This was a backwater agency in charge of multibillion-dollar corporations,” he said. “It was a wink and a nod, that’s the way it went for decade after decade.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>California’s oil and gas regulator, known as DOGGR, has endured years of scolding from the Legislature for a lack of accountability, from environmentalists for allowing an industry to run roughshod over a state regulator and from the federal Environmental Protection Agency for failing to enforce clean water laws.\u003c/p>\n\u003caside class=\"alignright\">\n\u003ch3>Read More About California's Oil Regulator\u003c/h3>\n\u003cp> \u003c/p>\n\u003cul>\n\u003cli>\u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/science/1914130/how-much-drinking-water-has-california-lost-to-oil-industry-waste-no-one-knows\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">How Much Drinking Water Has California Lost to Oil Industry Waste? No One Knows\u003c/a>\u003c/li>\n\u003c/ul>\n\u003c/aside>\n\u003cp>But the state’s oil watchdog is undertaking a comprehensive reform, officials say, that will radically change the agency’s culture and modernize a department with one foot in the last century.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003c/div>",
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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“We are a dramatically different organization than we were three years ago,” said David Bunn, director of the state Department of Conservation, which oversees the oil and gas agency. “We’ve made dramatic changes. There’s still a lot to do.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Agency officials will make that case in coming weeks as they appear before a budget committee in the California Legislature, requesting more money and more people to complete the transformation.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Their requests will likely face some skepticism.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“It’s a chicken and egg thing,” said Sen. Hannah-Beth Jackson, a Democrat from Santa Barbara. “We don’t want to give them money unless they are going to produce; they say they can’t produce unless we give them more money. The truth lies in between.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Few would dispute that the agency has been in crisis. Created more than 100 years ago, the Division of Oil, Gas and Geothermal Resources regulates energy extraction on state lands and in state waters. It has a staff of about 275 and a \u003ca href=\"http://www.lao.ca.gov/reports/2018/3747/2018-19-resources-analysis-021418.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">proposed budget \u003c/a>of about $85 million.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>For decades, though, the agency served more to assist energy companies than regulate them. That emphasis has proven difficult to shake.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>A litany of embarrassing lapses and mistakes in recent years brought a harsh spotlight to the agency’s inner workings. Oil companies were dumping oilfield waste fluids into thousands of unlined pits in the Central Valley and injecting that same waste into federally-protected drinking water aquifers.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The \u003ca href=\"http://psbweb.co.kern.ca.us/UtilityPages/Planning/EIRS/mckittrick_landfill/Vol5/CA%20DOC%20DOGGR%20Well%2020%20--Report%20re%20Chevron%20Fatality%206-21-11%20(5-4-2012).pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">death of a worker\u003c/a> at a Chevron facility near Bakersfield in 2011 drew attention to a dangerous well stimulation technique known as underground injection. Steve Bohlen, a former state oil and gas supervisor, admitted the agency did not have up-to-date guidelines to adequately oversee \u003ca href=\"http://www.latimes.com/local/california/la-me-oil-steam-20151129-story.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">underground injections\u003c/a>. He said his agency asked an oil industry group—the Conservation Committee of California Oil and Gas Producers—to write the outlines of the regulations. The group didn’t produce a document.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“One of the big frustrations I’ve had with DOGGR is they have been more a shill for the industries they are supposed to be regulating than a real enforcer of the industries,” Jackson said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“For many years, DOGGR has seen its mission to accommodate oil development. They’ve finally started to pivot.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>State Sen. Bob Wieckowski, the Fremont Democrat who chairs the subcommittee that will hear the upcoming funding proposals, agreed that the oil agency went through “dark days,” but he said he’s hopeful that meaningful change has arrived.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“If ever there was an agency or department that needs to be more transparent, this is it,” he said. “I’d like to improve the trust that the community and the Legislature has with the department. We’ve got twin aims: transparency and accountability.”\u003c/p>\n\u003caside class=\"alignright\">\n\u003ch3>Read More About California's Oil Regulator\u003c/h3>\n\u003cp> \u003c/p>\n\u003cul>\n\u003cli>\u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11577734/as-state-clears-troubled-gas-field-to-reopen-governor-calls-for-it-to-close\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">As State Clears Troubled Gas Field to Reopen, Governor Calls for It to Close\u003c/a>\u003c/li>\n\u003c/ul>\n\u003c/aside>\n\u003cp>The department has been a frequent supplicant before the budget committee, offering \u003cem>mea culpas \u003c/em>along with requests for more funding to implement reforms called for by the Legislature.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>After fitful attempts at reform, the agency is well into its \u003ca href=\"http://www.conservation.ca.gov/dog/Documents/renewal-plan2017-lrg.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">renewal plan\u003c/a>—a comprehensive, and expensive, blueprint to overhaul the state’s oil and gas regulator.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In the last five years, the oil agency has received nearly $25 million in ongoing funding, above and beyond its enacted budget, and tens of millions more in one-time outlays to kick start projects, ranging from developing a statewide database of oil and gas operations to hiring a new generation of field inspectors.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>On top of that, the Legislature has approved an additional 150 permanent positions in the last five years, according to information the non-partisan Legislative Analyst Office provided to legislators, effectively doubling the agency’s employee base.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>One of the biggest lifts has been converting an agency that, until recently, operated almost entirely on paper. The IT bill for installing a modern data management system and converting handwritten well records that date back to the 19\u003csup>th\u003c/sup> century: nearly $70 million.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Bunn said one of the budget requests will be to hire 21 additional inspectors. He said the current workload is untenable, with one inspector per 2,800 wells.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>It’s a critical point. The agency is lagging in performing inspections required by state law. An \u003ca href=\"http://www.lao.ca.gov/reports/2018/3747/2018-19-resources-analysis-021418.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">LAO analysis\u003c/a> found that in California’s three busiest oil-producing districts, state inspectors failed to oversee nearly a third of required operations last year.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Bunn acknowledged oversight failings, saying the problems went beyond missing inspections: “We were sending people out to do inspections who were not qualified,” he said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Bunn said the agency has instituted an extensive training program and aggressively seeks employees with higher academic qualifications.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In recent years, he said, top-flight engineers and others with sophisticated training shunned the agency, which was viewed as not placing a high value on science.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“We’ve dramatically reformed our practices in the field,” he said. Now, “good people attract good people.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The agency’s former aversion to science has led to partnerships with the state’s national research labs.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>One project with Stanford University tackles one of the most fundamental and significant problems in oilfields: What causes so-called “surface expressions” when steam, oil or drilling fluids bubble up or erupt to the surface, creating anything from fissures to oil-filled caverns.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“We never did that kind of thing before,” Bunn said. “We didn’t have the capacity, the time or the people to do it.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In the past, the state relied on the oil industry to take the lead on crafting regulations, deferring to its technical expertise.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“We’ve played a constructive, collaborative role in these many years,” said Bob Poole, a lobbyist with the Western States Petroleum Association. “We’ve helped them find the best ways to address the legal mandates to implement regulations.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>That collaboration sometimes veered into potential conflict.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>That, too, has changed, officials say. The agency said the draft regulations for underground injections were formulated by agency staff, in consultation with independent scientists. And it noted that it hopes to beef up enforcement staff.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The energy industry has its own complaints, mostly to do with what it views as the state’s snail’s-pace in signing off on permits and other paperwork requiring decision-making.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The addition of the state water board into oil and gas oversight has added a layer of bureaucracy that the industry says is causing the system to creak to a halt.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“DOGGR and the water board need to ensure that they review permit applications in a timely manner,” said Rock Zierman, chief executive officer of the California Independent Petroleum Association, in a statement.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Bunn said the agency is getting to all of the issues, ticking them off a long list.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>As for Allayaud’s list?\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“They are so antiquated, they are still playing catch up,” he said. “But I keep putting checkmarks next to things.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003c/div>",
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"content": "\u003cp>Agricultural industry groups opposed to legislation that would have increased fines for violating California's pesticide regulations contributed more than $340,000 to members of the Assembly in the two years before the body rejected the measure in late January.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The bill was \u003ca href=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/2017/12/27/after-pesticide-incidents-sicken-farmworkers-advocates-push-to-make-penalties-stronger/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">championed by farmworker advocates\u003c/a> after a series of chemical drift incidents sickened more than 150 agricultural employees on the Central Coast and Central Valley last year.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billTextClient.xhtml?bill_id=201720180AB1419\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">AB 1419\u003c/a> would have given the California Department of Pesticide Regulation (DPR) the authority to issue $25,000 fines for serious violations of regulation -- for instance, those that make workers ill. Currently, county agricultural commissioners can levy up to $5,000.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>DPR sponsored the legislation, which was authored by Assemblyman Bill Quirk, D-Hayward, chair of the Assembly's Environmental Safety and Toxic Materials Committee.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The \u003ca href=\"https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billVotesClient.xhtml?bill_id=201720180AB1419\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">bill sailed through two committees\u003c/a> in January with wide support. No members of the toxic materials panel voted against the bill. The Assembly Appropriations Committee later approved the measure in a 12-4 vote.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But AB 1419 \u003ca href=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/2018/01/30/state-assembly-rejects-bill-to-increase-pesticide-fines/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">failed to get the 41 votes needed\u003c/a> for passage on the Assembly floor: 35 members voted for the legislation and 26 voted against it. Sixteen members -- all Democrats, including several representing rural districts -- declined to vote on the measure.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Ag Money in the Assembly\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Assembly members who voted no on the bill received, on average, about $4,000 more from four farm and chemical industry groups that took positions opposing the legislation than those who backed the measure. That's according to an analysis of campaign finance data from the California Secretary of State's Office by \u003ca href=\"https://maplight.org/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">MapLight\u003c/a>, an organization that studies the influence of money in politics.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Between January 2015 and December 2017, the California Farm Bureau Federation, Western Growers Association, Agricultural Council of California and the Western Plant Health Association gave on average $6,298 to members of the Assembly who voted against the pesticide bill, MapLight found.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The 35 members who voted for the measure received an average of $2,313 from the four groups, MapLight's analysis says. That included 13 members who got an average of $6,034 from the groups and 22 members who got no contributions at all from them.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Members of the Assembly who declined to vote either way on the bill received an average of $6,090.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"It's rarely so stark that you can see dollars spent roughly correlating into votes,\" said Jessica Levinson, a professor at Loyola Law School who specializes in campaign finance.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"We have very clear dollar amounts that we can roughly link to votes,\" said Levinson, who is also president of the Los Angeles Ethics Commission. \"Money makes a big difference, and the agricultural industry spent money in a very effective way.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>One of two Democrats who voted no on the bill, Elk Grove Assemblyman Jim Cooper, received $22,100 in donations from agricultural industry groups that took a position on the bill, more than any other member of the Assembly.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>An aide to Cooper did not respond to a request for comment.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Assemblywoman Catharine Baker, R-San Ramon, who also voted no, was No. 2 in donations from those who opposed the bill, with $21,700.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"Campaign contributions have no influence ... on how I vote,\" Baker said Friday in an emailed statement through a spokeswoman. She added that \"arbitrarily\" raising potential fines from $5,000 to $25,000 \"is not the answer.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Levinson says legislators bristle at the issue of campaign donations and their potential ties to how they may vote.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"Lawmakers don't like it when the curtain is peeled back, and we look at hard data and we look at money being spent and we look at votes and we draw our own conclusions,\" Levinson said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Critics: Too Much Ag Industry Influence in Sacramento\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Farmworker advocates say the data show how difficult it is to get reforms in agricultural practices through the Legislature.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"Pesticide corporations and their allies wield significant influence in the state Capitol,\" said Paul Towers, organizing director of Pesticide Action Network North America.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>He says the campaign donations show that the industry exerts too much power over legislators, particularly in rural and agricultural regions of the state.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"We need to peel back that influence,\" Towers said. \"The current farming system doesn't serve the most vulnerable communities and needs to be fixed.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"Californians do care about what's in their food, how it's grown and who it affects,\" Towers said. \"What ends up on our food down the chain, we all have a stake in that. Our legislators need to vote with that in mind.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Industry Opposition\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The California Farm Bureau Federation \u003ca href=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/2018/01/22/ag-industry-fights-pesticide-penalties-and-state-efforts-to-increase-future-fines/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">opposed the bill\u003c/a>, its representatives have said, because the state's current policies already give county agricultural commissioners and the California Department of Pesticide Regulation enough authority to enforce pesticide safety rules.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"It's not terribly surprising that we or other agricultural organizations might contribute to candidates that share our priorities and philosophy, or that those candidates, once elected, might continue to follow those priorities or that philosophy,\" federation spokesman Dave Kranz said in an email.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"Environmental and labor organizations make substantial contributions to candidates, and it's safe to say that a number of environmental and labor bills have passed the Legislature with the support of elected officials backed by those interests,\" Kranz said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Representatives for the three other industry associations that opposed higher fines for pesticide violations did not respond to requests for comment.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Groups that officially registered support for the failed pesticide bill gave a total of $700, to two members of the Assembly, in the two years before it was rejected, according to MapLight. Neither member cast votes on the bill.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The Environmental Working Group, Pesticide Action Network, Breast Cancer Prevention Partners and California Rural Legal Assistance were officially on record supporting the legislation. Only California Rural Legal Assistance made campaign donations.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Bill's Author: 'We Just Ran Out of Time'\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Quirk said he does not think the agricultural industry has too much influence over the Legislature.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"It's my belief that members make decisions based upon what they think is right, and that's what I think the members did,\" Quirk said in an interview.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Quirk says he was caught off guard by the timing of the vote. It came as the deadline for voting on the bill approached, and Quirk says he thought he had one more day to rally support.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"I did not have a speech prepared. 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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But AB 1419 \u003ca href=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/2018/01/30/state-assembly-rejects-bill-to-increase-pesticide-fines/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">failed to get the 41 votes needed\u003c/a> for passage on the Assembly floor: 35 members voted for the legislation and 26 voted against it. Sixteen members -- all Democrats, including several representing rural districts -- declined to vote on the measure.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Ag Money in the Assembly\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Assembly members who voted no on the bill received, on average, about $4,000 more from four farm and chemical industry groups that took positions opposing the legislation than those who backed the measure. That's according to an analysis of campaign finance data from the California Secretary of State's Office by \u003ca href=\"https://maplight.org/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">MapLight\u003c/a>, an organization that studies the influence of money in politics.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Between January 2015 and December 2017, the California Farm Bureau Federation, Western Growers Association, Agricultural Council of California and the Western Plant Health Association gave on average $6,298 to members of the Assembly who voted against the pesticide bill, MapLight found.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The 35 members who voted for the measure received an average of $2,313 from the four groups, MapLight's analysis says. That included 13 members who got an average of $6,034 from the groups and 22 members who got no contributions at all from them.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Members of the Assembly who declined to vote either way on the bill received an average of $6,090.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"It's rarely so stark that you can see dollars spent roughly correlating into votes,\" said Jessica Levinson, a professor at Loyola Law School who specializes in campaign finance.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"We have very clear dollar amounts that we can roughly link to votes,\" said Levinson, who is also president of the Los Angeles Ethics Commission. \"Money makes a big difference, and the agricultural industry spent money in a very effective way.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>One of two Democrats who voted no on the bill, Elk Grove Assemblyman Jim Cooper, received $22,100 in donations from agricultural industry groups that took a position on the bill, more than any other member of the Assembly.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>An aide to Cooper did not respond to a request for comment.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Assemblywoman Catharine Baker, R-San Ramon, who also voted no, was No. 2 in donations from those who opposed the bill, with $21,700.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"Campaign contributions have no influence ... on how I vote,\" Baker said Friday in an emailed statement through a spokeswoman. 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Our legislators need to vote with that in mind.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Industry Opposition\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The California Farm Bureau Federation \u003ca href=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/2018/01/22/ag-industry-fights-pesticide-penalties-and-state-efforts-to-increase-future-fines/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">opposed the bill\u003c/a>, its representatives have said, because the state's current policies already give county agricultural commissioners and the California Department of Pesticide Regulation enough authority to enforce pesticide safety rules.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"It's not terribly surprising that we or other agricultural organizations might contribute to candidates that share our priorities and philosophy, or that those candidates, once elected, might continue to follow those priorities or that philosophy,\" federation spokesman Dave Kranz said in an email.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"Environmental and labor organizations make substantial contributions to candidates, and it's safe to say that a number of environmental and labor bills have passed the Legislature with the support of elected officials backed by those interests,\" Kranz said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Representatives for the three other industry associations that opposed higher fines for pesticide violations did not respond to requests for comment.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Groups that officially registered support for the failed pesticide bill gave a total of $700, to two members of the Assembly, in the two years before it was rejected, according to MapLight. Neither member cast votes on the bill.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The Environmental Working Group, Pesticide Action Network, Breast Cancer Prevention Partners and California Rural Legal Assistance were officially on record supporting the legislation. Only California Rural Legal Assistance made campaign donations.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Bill's Author: 'We Just Ran Out of Time'\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Quirk said he does not think the agricultural industry has too much influence over the Legislature.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"It's my belief that members make decisions based upon what they think is right, and that's what I think the members did,\" Quirk said in an interview.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Quirk says he was caught off guard by the timing of the vote. It came as the deadline for voting on the bill approached, and Quirk says he thought he had one more day to rally support.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"I did not have a speech prepared. 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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003cp>\u003cem>Updated 4:06 p.m. Saturday\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Heather Turping was snowboarding with her boyfriend when she heard someone scream \"Avalanche!\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Then Turping, 39, saw \"a cloud of snow coming down.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The avalanche that hit Friday at the Squaw Valley Ski Resort caught five people — one day after a snowboarder died there during a blizzard as a winter storm rolled through California.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp> \u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003c/div>",
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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The storm that steamrollered through the Sierra Nevada continues to threaten more rain and snow through Saturday afternoon in Southern California, a few hundred miles away.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Just this morning, another avalanche prompted the closure of Mammoth Mountain ski resort, south of Yosemite National Park.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The Mono County Sheriff's department says three people were partially buried but unhurt.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp> \u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The National Weather Service said mountains in Ventura and Los Angeles counties could see up to a foot of new snow at higher elevations.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Other areas could see some showers before an eastward-moving low-pressure trough moved on but forecasters said it wouldn't be enough to cause major flooding.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>That was a relief to residents of the coastal foothill town of Montecito, northwest of Los Angeles. The Santa Barbara County town was ravaged by mudslide in January that killed 21 people and inundated hundreds of homes.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Evacuation orders affecting up to 30,000 people on the south Santa Barbara County coast were issued Wednesday but lifted Friday after the worst of the rain passed without significant damage.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"We have come through this with minimal impact,\" said Rob Lewin, director of the county Office of Emergency management.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11653676\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 1920px\">\u003cimg class=\"size-full wp-image-11653676\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/03/RS29731_IMG_4638-qut.jpg\" alt=\"Jin Joo shovels his driveway near Lake Tahoe after a blizzard dumped 3 feet (1 meter) of snow in the Sierra Nevadas.\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1440\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/03/RS29731_IMG_4638-qut.jpg 1920w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/03/RS29731_IMG_4638-qut-160x120.jpg 160w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/03/RS29731_IMG_4638-qut-800x600.jpg 800w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/03/RS29731_IMG_4638-qut-1020x765.jpg 1020w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/03/RS29731_IMG_4638-qut-1180x885.jpg 1180w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/03/RS29731_IMG_4638-qut-960x720.jpg 960w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/03/RS29731_IMG_4638-qut-240x180.jpg 240w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/03/RS29731_IMG_4638-qut-375x281.jpg 375w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/03/RS29731_IMG_4638-qut-520x390.jpg 520w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1920px) 100vw, 1920px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Jin Joo shovels his driveway near Lake Tahoe after a blizzard on Friday dumped 3 feet (1 meter) of snow in the Sierra Nevada. \u003ccite>(Leslie McClurg/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>The Sierra Nevada avalanche Friday afternoon injured two people, one seriously. Three others escaped without being hurt.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Heather Turping saw the massive avalanche passed only a foot in front of her.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>A woman screamed that her husband was missing and someone spotted a snowboard poking out of the snow.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"That's what saved his life,\" Turping said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"I took my gloves off and I helped dig him out,\" she said. \"When he got uncovered, a ski patroller said, 'You were under for six minutes.'\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The man wasn't seriously hurt and was able to snowboard back down the mountain, she said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The skiers and snowboarders were within areas open to skiing at the time and the guests had been warned of the potential danger, Squaw Valley spokeswoman Liesl Hepburn said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The resort used explosives and other tools to knock down snow to prevent avalanches throughout the day but the snowfall was heavy, she said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"We had assessed the area to be safe to open to the public and unfortunately an avalanche did occur after that assessment was made,\" Hepburn said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The avalanche occurred hours after the body of a missing snowboarder was found at the same resort.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Wenyu Zhang, 42, vanished Thursday as the region was hit by a blizzard packing winds gusting to nearly 150 mph (241 kph) over the ridge tops. It dumped 3 feet (1 meter) of snow in the mountains.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>A blizzard warning expired Friday but whiteout conditions were still possible around Lake Tahoe, where a winter storm warning remained in effect until 10 a.m. this morning, the National Weather Service said.\u003c/p>\n\n\u003c/div>\u003c/p>",
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"content": "\u003cp>\u003cem>\u003ca href=\"http://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/the-california-report-magazine/id1314750545?mt=2\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Listen to this and more in-depth storytelling by subscribing to The California Report Magazine podcast.\u003c/a>\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[dropcap]T[/dropcap]here’s a new book out about California that’s selling faster than Berkeley’s Heyday Books can print it. It’s called “\u003ca href=\"https://heydaybooks.com/book/the-california-field-atlas/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">The California Field Atlas\u003c/a>,” and it’s a thick book of maps. Not road maps, but hand-drawn watercolor renderings of wild California, with descriptions and reflections on its mountains, rivers, and creatures. It’s a kind of love letter.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I was lost in a swoon for California,” says author \u003ca href=\"https://coyoteandthunder.com/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Obi Kaufmann\u003c/a>. He’s an Oakland-based artist who’s walked thousands of miles of trail, from the \u003ca href=\"https://www.blm.gov/programs/national-conservation-lands/california/carrizo-plain-national-monument\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Carrizo Plain\u003c/a> to the \u003ca href=\"https://www.fs.usda.gov/recarea/srnf/recarea/?recid=11476\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Siskiyou Wilderness.\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But one of his favorite spots is the mountain where he spent his childhood: \u003ca href=\"https://www.parks.ca.gov/?page_id=517\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Mount Diablo State Park\u003c/a>, on the edge of the Contra Costa County suburbs.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11653149\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-11653149 size-medium\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/03/RS29719_Mount-Diablo-qut-800x1115.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"800\" height=\"1115\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/03/RS29719_Mount-Diablo-qut-800x1115.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/03/RS29719_Mount-Diablo-qut-160x223.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/03/RS29719_Mount-Diablo-qut-1020x1422.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/03/RS29719_Mount-Diablo-qut-1180x1645.jpg 1180w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/03/RS29719_Mount-Diablo-qut-960x1338.jpg 960w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/03/RS29719_Mount-Diablo-qut-240x335.jpg 240w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/03/RS29719_Mount-Diablo-qut-375x523.jpg 375w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/03/RS29719_Mount-Diablo-qut-520x725.jpg 520w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/03/RS29719_Mount-Diablo-qut.jpg 1492w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Mount Diablo is depicted in one of the paintings in Obi Kaufmann’s new atlas of wild California, published by Heyday Books. Kaufmann grew up exploring Mount Diablo, close to his childhood home in Danville. \u003ccite>(Courtesy of Obi Kaufmann)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>“It’s a little gem of biodiversity, a little jewel of wilderness right here among all the sprawling humanity that surrounds it,” says Kaufmann as we begin our hike along a creek at the base of the mountain.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Mount Diablo, he tells me, rises at the point where the Central Valley meets the San Francisco Bay Area. Because of wind patterns, it captures seeds blowing from all over the state. So you’ll find plants here that are usually found only on the Central Coast or way up by the Oregon border.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>As we set off on the hike, Kaufmann warns me of the “fearsome four” we might encounter: scorpions, mountain lions, rattlesnakes and tarantulas. But he’s not personally afraid of them.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I mean, I’ve taken so many naps unwittingly next to tarantulas,” he says. “They climb on me. I don’t know if they’re looking for dryness, or warmth, or just love.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>One creature that does scare him: wild pigs.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp> “If you see one, look for a tree, and climb it, ’cuz they have a bad attitude,” he warns. “They’ll bite. They’ll charge. They’ll hurt you.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In fact, one of the maps in this book shows all the California locales wild pigs roam — 56 of the state’s 58 counties. The book’s other stylized maps include one showing the fir trees of California, one depicting wildfire hotspots, and yet another locating the state’s dozens of wildflower gardens. \u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11653148\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003ca href=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/03/RS29723_Wildflowers-Gardens-of-California-qut.jpg\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/03/RS29723_Wildflowers-Gardens-of-California-qut-800x925.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"800\" height=\"925\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-11653148\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/03/RS29723_Wildflowers-Gardens-of-California-qut-800x925.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/03/RS29723_Wildflowers-Gardens-of-California-qut-160x185.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/03/RS29723_Wildflowers-Gardens-of-California-qut-1020x1179.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/03/RS29723_Wildflowers-Gardens-of-California-qut-1180x1364.jpg 1180w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/03/RS29723_Wildflowers-Gardens-of-California-qut-960x1110.jpg 960w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/03/RS29723_Wildflowers-Gardens-of-California-qut-240x277.jpg 240w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/03/RS29723_Wildflowers-Gardens-of-California-qut-375x434.jpg 375w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/03/RS29723_Wildflowers-Gardens-of-California-qut-520x601.jpg 520w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/03/RS29723_Wildflowers-Gardens-of-California-qut.jpg 1391w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">A map showing what Obi Kaufmann calls California’s ‘oak gardens.’ \u003ccite>(Courtesy of Obi Kaufmann)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>“I’m less and less interested as I go in years as a naturalist and as a painter in one specific thing, in one specific species,” says Kaufmann. “I spent the last several decades trying to figure out the names for all the flowers, the names of the trees and shrubs, rocks and birds. Now I’m much more interested in the way it fits together in these larger systems.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>His watercolor maps depict the familiar California outline, filled in in unexpected ways. A California without roads. A map just of California’s rocks. Another of its rivers.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11653150\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-11653150\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/03/RS29720_OBI_024-qut-800x534.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"800\" height=\"534\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/03/RS29720_OBI_024-qut-800x534.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/03/RS29720_OBI_024-qut-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/03/RS29720_OBI_024-qut-1020x681.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/03/RS29720_OBI_024-qut.jpg 1920w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/03/RS29720_OBI_024-qut-1180x788.jpg 1180w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/03/RS29720_OBI_024-qut-960x641.jpg 960w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/03/RS29720_OBI_024-qut-240x160.jpg 240w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/03/RS29720_OBI_024-qut-375x250.jpg 375w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/03/RS29720_OBI_024-qut-520x347.jpg 520w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Obi Kaufmann fills his field atlas with watercolor paintings of California’s natural features, flora, and fauna. \u003ccite>(Paul Collins)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>[dropcap]K[/dropcap]aufmann began making maps as a child during outings on Mount Diablo. He sketched out the tiny trails traveled by coyotes. He gave many of the trees he encountered individual names — taken from the names of the angels in Milton’s epic poem “\u003ca href=\"http://www.paradiselost.org/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Paradise Lost\u003c/a>.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I think it was some sort of basic childhood reaction to lots of time,” reflects Kaufmann. “Loneliness, even, in the pre-Internet era. I’d come up here to enjoy the quiet and the birds and the coyotes. I thought that was more rock n’roll than anything going on in the city. I thought nature was where my voice was.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Kaufmann moved to L.A. from the town of Danville, in the shadow of Mount Diablo, when he was 5 years old. His father, \u003ca href=\"https://aas.org/obituaries/william-j-kaufmann-iii-1942-1994\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">William J. Kaufmann III\u003c/a>, was a world-renowned astronomer who headed the \u003ca href=\"http://griffithobservatory.org/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Griffith Observatory\u003c/a> and passed away suddenly in 1994, at the age of 51.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“He gave me my biggest perspective,” says Obi Kaufmann. “So even though I’m 20 years from the death of my father, I’m grateful to be afforded his opportunity to continue that conversation with the greatest scale of things. You know, that for me is California. For him it was the universe.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Kaufmann’s wearing a big straw hat and has a scraggly beard like \u003ca href=\"https://vault.sierraclub.org/john_muir_exhibit/life/muir_biography.aspx\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">John Muir.\u003c/a> But, he says, guys like Muir weren’t really his big influences when he fell in love with nature as a teen in the late 1980s. It was more like “Lord of the Rings” and Metallica. Obi was a geek, a loner, a city kid who prefers sleeping out under the stars.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“A lot of people say, ‘Oh, you’re living the John Muir lifestyle, eating berries and sleeping in trees,’” laughs Kaufmann. “It’s like, yeah, I do that, but I also live in an apartment in downtown Oakland.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>He likes his hipster coffee. He worked as a tattoo artist and designed graphics for a \u003ca href=\"https://juniperridge.com/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">natural fragrance company\u003c/a> before turning his attention to writing the book.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11653165\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-11653165\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/03/RS29721_obi-002-qut-800x800.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"800\" height=\"800\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/03/RS29721_obi-002-qut-800x800.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/03/RS29721_obi-002-qut-160x160.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/03/RS29721_obi-002-qut-960x960.jpg 960w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/03/RS29721_obi-002-qut-240x240.jpg 240w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/03/RS29721_obi-002-qut-375x375.jpg 375w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/03/RS29721_obi-002-qut-520x520.jpg 520w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/03/RS29721_obi-002-qut-32x32.jpg 32w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/03/RS29721_obi-002-qut-50x50.jpg 50w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/03/RS29721_obi-002-qut-64x64.jpg 64w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/03/RS29721_obi-002-qut-96x96.jpg 96w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/03/RS29721_obi-002-qut-128x128.jpg 128w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/03/RS29721_obi-002-qut-150x150.jpg 150w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/03/RS29721_obi-002-qut.jpg 975w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Obi Kaufmann has also worked as a tattoo artist and a graphic designer. \u003ccite>(Paul Collins)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>[dropcap]A[/dropcap]s we climb the mountain, Kaufmann talks about how observing things at a walking pace is more interesting than what you can see driving. He likes how trails follow the natural topography.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Some contour, some feature of the topography that you can read,” he explains. “Looking from here, from the buckeyes and the blue oaks, coastal sage brush, up into the valley oaks and the gray pines. I think that kind of narrative, that really subtle story, only unfolds at a walking pace.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11653152\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-11653152\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/03/RS29722_Douglas-Iris-qut-800x1205.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"800\" height=\"1205\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/03/RS29722_Douglas-Iris-qut-800x1205.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/03/RS29722_Douglas-Iris-qut-160x241.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/03/RS29722_Douglas-Iris-qut-1020x1537.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/03/RS29722_Douglas-Iris-qut-1180x1778.jpg 1180w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/03/RS29722_Douglas-Iris-qut-960x1446.jpg 960w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/03/RS29722_Douglas-Iris-qut-240x362.jpg 240w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/03/RS29722_Douglas-Iris-qut-375x565.jpg 375w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/03/RS29722_Douglas-Iris-qut-520x783.jpg 520w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/03/RS29722_Douglas-Iris-qut.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Douglas iris. \u003ccite>(Courtesy of Obi Kaufmann)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Kaufmann says his book, with its layers of watercolor wash, is trying to spell out that kind of narrative in a visual form.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“It’s geographic literacy,” he says. “We have to know what there is to conserve in order to conserve it.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>I ask him about the most unexpected thing encountered during his years of walking California. He tells me about an usually quiet moment in the \u003ca href=\"http://www.hikelospadres.com/san-rafael-wilderness.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">San Rafael Wilderness\u003c/a> area of Los Padres National Forest when he spotted something bright red and freshly killed in a stream bed.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“It looked like someone had taken the fur off this baby bear, and removed it like a jacket, in one fell swoop,” he recalls. “There’s only one animal that does that: the mountain lion. That’s why the forest was quiet. The one thing about every single encounter I’ve ever had with a mountain lion is that she is control. You are not control, which is a very humbling experience for a human.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11653155\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-11653155\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/03/RS29724_Mountain-Lion-qut-800x662.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"800\" height=\"662\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/03/RS29724_Mountain-Lion-qut-800x662.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/03/RS29724_Mountain-Lion-qut-160x132.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/03/RS29724_Mountain-Lion-qut-1020x844.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/03/RS29724_Mountain-Lion-qut.jpg 1920w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/03/RS29724_Mountain-Lion-qut-1180x977.jpg 1180w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/03/RS29724_Mountain-Lion-qut-960x795.jpg 960w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/03/RS29724_Mountain-Lion-qut-240x199.jpg 240w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/03/RS29724_Mountain-Lion-qut-375x310.jpg 375w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/03/RS29724_Mountain-Lion-qut-520x430.jpg 520w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Mountain lion. \u003ccite>(Courtesy of Obi Kaufmann)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>“I think the process of writing this book and remembering that experience infuses the whole thing with a different sense of what it means to be in a natural participant in a wild system,” he said. “To let go of this facile need to own it and control it, because you can’t.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But Kaufmann insists his field guide is not an environmental treatise.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“People are getting so entrenched in their beliefs. I think it’s time to throw away all of what it is to be left, what it is to be right,” he says. “All that old language needs to go away. I don’t even like the word ‘environmentalist.’ I’m trying to figure out some other word, like ‘restorationist.’ Let’s keep what we have here. Let’s restore these habitats.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[dropcap]B[/dropcap]y the time we reach the summit of Mount Diablo and take in the breathtaking panorama stretching from the Sierra Nevada to the Farallon Islands, I am starting to see things from Kaufmann’s point of view. The watercolor view of California.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11653156\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-11653156\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/03/California-Condor-800x1041.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"800\" height=\"1041\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/03/California-Condor-800x1041.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/03/California-Condor-160x208.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/03/California-Condor-1020x1327.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/03/California-Condor-1920x2498.jpg 1920w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/03/California-Condor-1180x1535.jpg 1180w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/03/California-Condor-960x1249.jpg 960w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/03/California-Condor-240x312.jpg 240w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/03/California-Condor-375x488.jpg 375w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/03/California-Condor-520x677.jpg 520w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">California condor. \u003ccite>(Courtesy of Obi Kaufmann)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>“We’re up here in the crow’s nest of California,” says Kaufmann, pointing to the 400-mile-long granite spine of the Sierra Nevada. “It’s sort of breathtaking up here. It’s sort of like mind-breakingly beautiful. I always find when I get up here California makes sense. You can kind of see the whole thing.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>It’s true. On a clear day, you can see across to the Farallones, down to the Tehachapi Mountains, even all the way to Mount Shasta.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Obi Kaufmann’s field atlas renders the state more beautiful by filtering out the urban stuff, so you only see its wildness.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad floatright]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>It’s a 500-page book, maybe a little heavy to take with you on a hike. It’s not practical as a trail map, and it won’t point the way home. But it does open your eyes to a new way of seeing California.\u003c/p>\n\n",
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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003cp>\u003cem>\u003ca href=\"http://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/the-california-report-magazine/id1314750545?mt=2\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Listen to this and more in-depth storytelling by subscribing to The California Report Magazine podcast.\u003c/a>\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003cp>\u003cspan class=\"utils-parseShortcode-shortcodes-__dropcapShortcode__dropcap\">T\u003c/span>\u003c/p>\u003cp>here’s a new book out about California that’s selling faster than Berkeley’s Heyday Books can print it. It’s called “\u003ca href=\"https://heydaybooks.com/book/the-california-field-atlas/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">The California Field Atlas\u003c/a>,” and it’s a thick book of maps. Not road maps, but hand-drawn watercolor renderings of wild California, with descriptions and reflections on its mountains, rivers, and creatures. It’s a kind of love letter.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I was lost in a swoon for California,” says author \u003ca href=\"https://coyoteandthunder.com/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Obi Kaufmann\u003c/a>. He’s an Oakland-based artist who’s walked thousands of miles of trail, from the \u003ca href=\"https://www.blm.gov/programs/national-conservation-lands/california/carrizo-plain-national-monument\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Carrizo Plain\u003c/a> to the \u003ca href=\"https://www.fs.usda.gov/recarea/srnf/recarea/?recid=11476\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Siskiyou Wilderness.\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But one of his favorite spots is the mountain where he spent his childhood: \u003ca href=\"https://www.parks.ca.gov/?page_id=517\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Mount Diablo State Park\u003c/a>, on the edge of the Contra Costa County suburbs.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11653149\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-11653149 size-medium\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/03/RS29719_Mount-Diablo-qut-800x1115.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"800\" height=\"1115\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/03/RS29719_Mount-Diablo-qut-800x1115.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/03/RS29719_Mount-Diablo-qut-160x223.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/03/RS29719_Mount-Diablo-qut-1020x1422.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/03/RS29719_Mount-Diablo-qut-1180x1645.jpg 1180w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/03/RS29719_Mount-Diablo-qut-960x1338.jpg 960w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/03/RS29719_Mount-Diablo-qut-240x335.jpg 240w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/03/RS29719_Mount-Diablo-qut-375x523.jpg 375w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/03/RS29719_Mount-Diablo-qut-520x725.jpg 520w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/03/RS29719_Mount-Diablo-qut.jpg 1492w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Mount Diablo is depicted in one of the paintings in Obi Kaufmann’s new atlas of wild California, published by Heyday Books. Kaufmann grew up exploring Mount Diablo, close to his childhood home in Danville. \u003ccite>(Courtesy of Obi Kaufmann)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>“It’s a little gem of biodiversity, a little jewel of wilderness right here among all the sprawling humanity that surrounds it,” says Kaufmann as we begin our hike along a creek at the base of the mountain.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003c/div>",
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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Mount Diablo, he tells me, rises at the point where the Central Valley meets the San Francisco Bay Area. Because of wind patterns, it captures seeds blowing from all over the state. So you’ll find plants here that are usually found only on the Central Coast or way up by the Oregon border.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>As we set off on the hike, Kaufmann warns me of the “fearsome four” we might encounter: scorpions, mountain lions, rattlesnakes and tarantulas. But he’s not personally afraid of them.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I mean, I’ve taken so many naps unwittingly next to tarantulas,” he says. “They climb on me. I don’t know if they’re looking for dryness, or warmth, or just love.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>One creature that does scare him: wild pigs.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp> “If you see one, look for a tree, and climb it, ’cuz they have a bad attitude,” he warns. “They’ll bite. They’ll charge. They’ll hurt you.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In fact, one of the maps in this book shows all the California locales wild pigs roam — 56 of the state’s 58 counties. The book’s other stylized maps include one showing the fir trees of California, one depicting wildfire hotspots, and yet another locating the state’s dozens of wildflower gardens. \u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11653148\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003ca href=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/03/RS29723_Wildflowers-Gardens-of-California-qut.jpg\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/03/RS29723_Wildflowers-Gardens-of-California-qut-800x925.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"800\" height=\"925\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-11653148\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/03/RS29723_Wildflowers-Gardens-of-California-qut-800x925.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/03/RS29723_Wildflowers-Gardens-of-California-qut-160x185.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/03/RS29723_Wildflowers-Gardens-of-California-qut-1020x1179.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/03/RS29723_Wildflowers-Gardens-of-California-qut-1180x1364.jpg 1180w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/03/RS29723_Wildflowers-Gardens-of-California-qut-960x1110.jpg 960w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/03/RS29723_Wildflowers-Gardens-of-California-qut-240x277.jpg 240w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/03/RS29723_Wildflowers-Gardens-of-California-qut-375x434.jpg 375w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/03/RS29723_Wildflowers-Gardens-of-California-qut-520x601.jpg 520w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/03/RS29723_Wildflowers-Gardens-of-California-qut.jpg 1391w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">A map showing what Obi Kaufmann calls California’s ‘oak gardens.’ \u003ccite>(Courtesy of Obi Kaufmann)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>“I’m less and less interested as I go in years as a naturalist and as a painter in one specific thing, in one specific species,” says Kaufmann. “I spent the last several decades trying to figure out the names for all the flowers, the names of the trees and shrubs, rocks and birds. Now I’m much more interested in the way it fits together in these larger systems.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>His watercolor maps depict the familiar California outline, filled in in unexpected ways. A California without roads. A map just of California’s rocks. Another of its rivers.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11653150\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-11653150\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/03/RS29720_OBI_024-qut-800x534.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"800\" height=\"534\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/03/RS29720_OBI_024-qut-800x534.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/03/RS29720_OBI_024-qut-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/03/RS29720_OBI_024-qut-1020x681.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/03/RS29720_OBI_024-qut.jpg 1920w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/03/RS29720_OBI_024-qut-1180x788.jpg 1180w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/03/RS29720_OBI_024-qut-960x641.jpg 960w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/03/RS29720_OBI_024-qut-240x160.jpg 240w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/03/RS29720_OBI_024-qut-375x250.jpg 375w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/03/RS29720_OBI_024-qut-520x347.jpg 520w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Obi Kaufmann fills his field atlas with watercolor paintings of California’s natural features, flora, and fauna. \u003ccite>(Paul Collins)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003cp>\u003cspan class=\"utils-parseShortcode-shortcodes-__dropcapShortcode__dropcap\">K\u003c/span>\u003c/p>\u003cp>aufmann began making maps as a child during outings on Mount Diablo. He sketched out the tiny trails traveled by coyotes. He gave many of the trees he encountered individual names — taken from the names of the angels in Milton’s epic poem “\u003ca href=\"http://www.paradiselost.org/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Paradise Lost\u003c/a>.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I think it was some sort of basic childhood reaction to lots of time,” reflects Kaufmann. “Loneliness, even, in the pre-Internet era. I’d come up here to enjoy the quiet and the birds and the coyotes. I thought that was more rock n’roll than anything going on in the city. I thought nature was where my voice was.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Kaufmann moved to L.A. from the town of Danville, in the shadow of Mount Diablo, when he was 5 years old. His father, \u003ca href=\"https://aas.org/obituaries/william-j-kaufmann-iii-1942-1994\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">William J. Kaufmann III\u003c/a>, was a world-renowned astronomer who headed the \u003ca href=\"http://griffithobservatory.org/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Griffith Observatory\u003c/a> and passed away suddenly in 1994, at the age of 51.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“He gave me my biggest perspective,” says Obi Kaufmann. “So even though I’m 20 years from the death of my father, I’m grateful to be afforded his opportunity to continue that conversation with the greatest scale of things. You know, that for me is California. For him it was the universe.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Kaufmann’s wearing a big straw hat and has a scraggly beard like \u003ca href=\"https://vault.sierraclub.org/john_muir_exhibit/life/muir_biography.aspx\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">John Muir.\u003c/a> But, he says, guys like Muir weren’t really his big influences when he fell in love with nature as a teen in the late 1980s. It was more like “Lord of the Rings” and Metallica. Obi was a geek, a loner, a city kid who prefers sleeping out under the stars.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“A lot of people say, ‘Oh, you’re living the John Muir lifestyle, eating berries and sleeping in trees,’” laughs Kaufmann. “It’s like, yeah, I do that, but I also live in an apartment in downtown Oakland.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>He likes his hipster coffee. 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He likes how trails follow the natural topography.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Some contour, some feature of the topography that you can read,” he explains. “Looking from here, from the buckeyes and the blue oaks, coastal sage brush, up into the valley oaks and the gray pines. 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He tells me about an usually quiet moment in the \u003ca href=\"http://www.hikelospadres.com/san-rafael-wilderness.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">San Rafael Wilderness\u003c/a> area of Los Padres National Forest when he spotted something bright red and freshly killed in a stream bed.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“It looked like someone had taken the fur off this baby bear, and removed it like a jacket, in one fell swoop,” he recalls. “There’s only one animal that does that: the mountain lion. That’s why the forest was quiet. The one thing about every single encounter I’ve ever had with a mountain lion is that she is control. You are not control, which is a very humbling experience for a human.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11653155\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-11653155\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/03/RS29724_Mountain-Lion-qut-800x662.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"800\" height=\"662\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/03/RS29724_Mountain-Lion-qut-800x662.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/03/RS29724_Mountain-Lion-qut-160x132.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/03/RS29724_Mountain-Lion-qut-1020x844.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/03/RS29724_Mountain-Lion-qut.jpg 1920w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/03/RS29724_Mountain-Lion-qut-1180x977.jpg 1180w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/03/RS29724_Mountain-Lion-qut-960x795.jpg 960w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/03/RS29724_Mountain-Lion-qut-240x199.jpg 240w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/03/RS29724_Mountain-Lion-qut-375x310.jpg 375w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/03/RS29724_Mountain-Lion-qut-520x430.jpg 520w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Mountain lion. \u003ccite>(Courtesy of Obi Kaufmann)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>“I think the process of writing this book and remembering that experience infuses the whole thing with a different sense of what it means to be in a natural participant in a wild system,” he said. “To let go of this facile need to own it and control it, because you can’t.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But Kaufmann insists his field guide is not an environmental treatise.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“People are getting so entrenched in their beliefs. I think it’s time to throw away all of what it is to be left, what it is to be right,” he says. “All that old language needs to go away. I don’t even like the word ‘environmentalist.’ I’m trying to figure out some other word, like ‘restorationist.’ Let’s keep what we have here. Let’s restore these habitats.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003cp>\u003cspan class=\"utils-parseShortcode-shortcodes-__dropcapShortcode__dropcap\">B\u003c/span>\u003c/p>\u003cp>y the time we reach the summit of Mount Diablo and take in the breathtaking panorama stretching from the Sierra Nevada to the Farallon Islands, I am starting to see things from Kaufmann’s point of view. The watercolor view of California.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11653156\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-11653156\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/03/California-Condor-800x1041.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"800\" height=\"1041\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/03/California-Condor-800x1041.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/03/California-Condor-160x208.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/03/California-Condor-1020x1327.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/03/California-Condor-1920x2498.jpg 1920w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/03/California-Condor-1180x1535.jpg 1180w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/03/California-Condor-960x1249.jpg 960w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/03/California-Condor-240x312.jpg 240w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/03/California-Condor-375x488.jpg 375w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/03/California-Condor-520x677.jpg 520w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">California condor. \u003ccite>(Courtesy of Obi Kaufmann)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>“We’re up here in the crow’s nest of California,” says Kaufmann, pointing to the 400-mile-long granite spine of the Sierra Nevada. “It’s sort of breathtaking up here. It’s sort of like mind-breakingly beautiful. I always find when I get up here California makes sense. You can kind of see the whole thing.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>It’s true. On a clear day, you can see across to the Farallones, down to the Tehachapi Mountains, even all the way to Mount Shasta.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Obi Kaufmann’s field atlas renders the state more beautiful by filtering out the urban stuff, so you only see its wildness.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003c/div>",
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"content": "\u003cp>\u003cstrong>1. What's different about this storm?\u003c/strong> Unlike most of the storms we've seen this winter, which have been either warm and wet or cold but dry, this is a cold weather system that will pull in a decent amount of moisture from the Pacific and dump lots of snow -- 5 feet or more at the highest elevations -- throughout California's mountains from late Wednesday through late Saturday. As much as a foot may fall in the northern Sierra foothills, and snow may even accumulate at the northern end of the Sacramento Valley. High winds will create blizzard conditions. The National Weather Service office in Sacramento says \"travel over the mountains is highly discouraged\" during the tempest.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>2. When will it hit?\u003c/strong> Rain will begin sweeping over the Bay Area early Wednesday evening, with rain reaching the South Bay by midnight. Models suggest snow will begin falling in the northern and central Sierra by midafternoon.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>3. Where will it hit? \u003c/strong>Virtually all of California except the state's southeastern corner is in for some rain or snow between Wednesday and Saturday.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>https://twitter.com/SFmeteorologist/status/968539326576406528\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>4. How much rain?\u003c/strong> Most of the Bay Area is forecast to get between 1 and 2 inches of rain by Saturday afternoon. The usual suspects -- the higher elevations in Sonoma and Marin counties and the Santa Cruz Mountains -- could get 3 to 4 inches of rain during that period.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>5. How much snow?\u003c/strong> Up to 4 feet in the Siskiyous, Trinity Alps and other ranges of far Northern California; up to 4 feet at Mount Lassen and in the higher elevations of the northern Sierra; from 5 to 7 feet in the highest reaches of the central Sierra, including all the main highway passes, with between 1 and 3 feet at the 6,000-foot elevation, including Lake Tahoe; and as much as 3 feet in the southern Sierra.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>https://twitter.com/NWSSacramento/status/968476085619953664\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>6. Wind?\u003c/strong> The forecast calls for 15 to 30 mph winds on Wednesday night and early Thursday in most Bay Area locales, gusting to 40 mph on the coast and 50 mph over higher terrain. Gusts over Sierra Nevada ridges could top 100 mph.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>7. Will all that snow help build up our meager snowpack?\u003c/strong> Yes. But bear in mind that going into this week, the statewide mountain snowpack was near its lowest level ever -- less than 20 percent of the average snow-water equivalent for late February. The cold, relatively dry storm that dropped more than a foot of snow on some locations earlier this week improved things a little, moving \u003ca href=\"http://cdec.water.ca.gov/cgi-progs/snow/DLYSWEQ\">the snow-water equivalent\u003c/a> up to 23 percent of average. If the incoming storm is as wet as expected, dropping the equivalent of 5 to 6 inches of water over the Sierra crest, the snowpack could be between 40 and 50 percent by the beginning of next week.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>8. Travel impacts?\u003c/strong> We'll see enough rain around the Bay Area to create the usual problems with ponding and standing water on roadways. The standard advice is to slow down -- but we're not holding our breath that most of us will actually do that. Traveling in the mountains will be another matter. Winter storm warnings are in place for virtually all mountain areas in the northern two-thirds of the state. The National Weather Service office in Sacramento puts it succinctly: \u003cem>\u003cstrong>\"Travel over the mountains is highly discouraged, as conditions will be extremely hazardous.\"\u003c/strong>\u003c/em> That advisory holds for the duration of the warning period, which in many locations will last through Saturday night.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>https://twitter.com/NWSSacramento/status/968883126196932609\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>9. What about the impact in Southern California?\u003c/strong> The storm could bring parts of the Los Angeles area more than an inch of rain. The biggest concern is in the area near Santa Barbara and Montecito, where extremely heavy rain on Jan. 9 over the region burned in the Thomas Fire unleashed a debris flow that killed 21 people. \u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The current forecast anticipates heavy rain over vulnerable parts of multiple burn areas, prompting Santa Barbara County officials to \u003ca href=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/2018/03/01/mudslide-fears-prompt-mandatory-evacuations-for-montecito-other-burn-areas/\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">issue mandatory evacuation orders\u003c/a> for residents near the Thomas, Sherpa and Whittier fire burn areas. Officials said residents should evacuate by 6:00 p.m. Thursday.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>https://twitter.com/NWSLosAngeles/status/968818168734076931\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>10. What's next?\u003c/strong> After the main burst of snow and rain Wednesday and Thursday, showers are forecast through Saturday in lower elevations, including the Bay Area. In the mountains, a second wave of snow is forecast Friday night. Dry, cold weather is forecast after the rain departs. Forecast models suggest we'll see more rain as early as next Tuesday.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Further reading: \u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cul>\n\u003cli>\u003cstrong>San Jose Mercury News:\u003c/strong> \u003ca href=\"https://www.mercurynews.com/2018/02/27/largest-storm-of-the-year-to-bring-up-to-seven-feet-of-snow-to-sierra-nevada/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">'Largest storm of the year' to bring up to 7 feet of snow to Sierra Nevada\u003c/a>\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>\u003cstrong>San Francisco Chronicle\u003c/strong> \u003ca href=\"https://www.sfgate.com/weather/article/Sierra-weather-snow-biggest-storm-year-2018-12713904.php\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Storm taking aim at Sierra could be one of fiercest in years\u003c/a>\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>\u003cstrong>Tahoe Daily Snow\u003c/strong>: \u003ca href=\"http://opensnow.com/dailysnow/tahoe/post/10710\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Here we go ... \u003c/a>\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>\u003cstrong>California Weather Blog:\u003c/strong> \u003ca href=\"http://weatherwest.com/archives/6119\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Much-needed Sierra Nevada snowfall on the way! 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