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"content": "\u003cp>America's oldest National Park Service ranger is back on the job in Richmond after recovering from a violent robbery at her home last month.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Friends and colleagues on Tuesday welcomed \u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/forum/2015/06/10/americas-oldest-park-ranger-brings-history-to-life-at-richmonds-rosie-the-riveter-park/\" target=\"_blank\">Betty Soskin, 94,\u003c/a> back to her post as a guide at the \u003ca href=\"https://www.nps.gov/rori/index.htm\" target=\"_blank\">Rosie the Riveter World War II Home Front National Historical Park\u003c/a>, where she has worked for the past 10 years.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Donning her wide-brimmed ranger hat and green jacket, Soskin said she was overwhelmed by the welcome back and is looking forward to getting back into her routine at the park's museum.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“This is where support is, this is where friendship is, and this is where a meaningful life occurs. This is the place I wanted to be,\" she said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>A little more than two weeks ago, Soskin was the victim of a late-night break-in at her home in Richmond's Hilltop neighborhood.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>A man broke into her condo near midnight on June 27, punched Soskin in the face several times and dragged her out of her bedroom. Soskin was able to break free and crawl into her bathroom and lock the door.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The intruder made off with Soskin’s cellphone, tablet and laptop computer -- as well as a commemorative coin given to her last December by President Obama during the White House tree-lighting ceremony.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Obama immediately announced he would replace the coin stolen in the robbery, and Soskin's friends and co-workers have set up a fund to replace other stolen items.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Soskin says that while the bruises on her face have healed, she's still coping with the trauma of the attack.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I was never afraid of people before -- I used to ask drug dealers on my block to register voters!\" Soskin said. \"I used to feel invincible. That's changed now.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Still, she says she has no intention of retiring.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I’m planning on going straight from the park to the cemetery,” she said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Richmond police Lt. Felix Tan says no suspect has been identified.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“This is a repulsive, heinous crime,\" he said. \"We’re taught in society to respect our elders, not to victimize them. We’re working very hard to find this person.\"\u003c/p>\n\n",
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"content": "\u003cp>Within less than a year, as many as 50,000 marijuana growers in California could be required to obtain state permits for the irrigation water they consume. It is an unprecedented step aimed at preventing harm to the environment and other water users resulting from the rapid growth of marijuana cultivation in the state.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cspan class=\"s1\">“Most of them are operating below the radar,” said Cris Carrigan, chief of enforcement at the State Water Resources Control Board. “As a result, we’ve gotten ourselves into an acute problem with streamflow and pollution associated with these activities.”\u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cspan class=\"s1\">This new ability to regulate water for marijuana growing is a result of \u003ca href=\"http://www.leginfo.ca.gov/pub/15-16/bill/sen/sb_0801-0850/sb_837_bill_20160627_chaptered.htm\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">\u003cspan class=\"s2\">SB 837\u003c/span>\u003c/a>, a state law signed by Gov. Jerry Brown on June 27. It’s a budget trailer bill, which specifies numerous operating details of the \u003ca title=\"Link: http://www.canorml.org/news/A_SUMMARY_OF_THE_MEDICAL_MARIJUANA_REGULATION_AND_SAFETY_ACT\" href=\"http://www.canorml.org/news/A_SUMMARY_OF_THE_MEDICAL_MARIJUANA_REGULATION_AND_SAFETY_ACT\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">\u003cspan class=\"s2\">Medical Marijuana Regulation and Safety Act\u003c/span>\u003c/a>, signed into law on Ocober 9, 2015. This law establishes a comprehensive system to regulate cannabis growing in California, for the first time.\u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cspan class=\"s1\">It’s a huge new water management effort that has never been attempted in the United States, not even among states that are already regulating marijuana cultivation.\u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cspan class=\"s1\">Perhaps most remarkable of all, marijuana grower groups support the regulations.\u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cspan class=\"s1\">“This community is ready to be part of the mainstream,” said Hezekiah Allen, executive director of the \u003ca href=\"http://www.calgrowersassociation.org/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">\u003cspan class=\"s2\">California Growers Association\u003c/span>\u003c/a>, a group that represents cannabis cultivators and helped draft the new legislation last year. “What we are trying to do is move people into the regulated class. Lots absolutely want that legitimacy.”\u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cspan class=\"s1\">The ongoing California drought brought new attention to the environmental damages caused by \u003ca href=\"https://www.newsdeeply.com/water/articles/2015/07/24/massive-marijuana-busts-hint-at-big-water-problems\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">\u003cspan class=\"s2\">unregulated marijuana growing\u003c/span>\u003c/a>. And while the amount of water it consumes is still the subject of some uncertainty and debate, there is little question that it has\u003ca href=\"http://www.csmonitor.com/Environment/2015/0806/How-marijuana-is-making-California-drought-worse\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">\u003cspan class=\"s2\">compromised aquatic habitat\u003c/span>\u003c/a> in many locations and reduced water access for some property owners with legitimate water rights.\u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cspan class=\"s1\">But Carrigan says the rules do not necessarily target marijuana growers. Instead, they’re meant for small agricultural irrigators growing any sort of crop. The intent, however, is to get control of unregulated marijuana irrigation, which has dried up some streams, starved endangered fish of water and contributed to water quality problems caused by erosion, pesticides and herbicides.\u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cspan class=\"s1\">“It’s a really significant breakthrough,” said Jay Ziegler, director of external affairs and policy for \u003ca href=\"http://www.conserveca.org/our-stories/all/2-blog/211-marijuana-farming-and-california-drought\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">\u003cspan class=\"s2\">The Nature Conservancy\u003c/span>\u003c/a> in California, which worked with CalTrout and Trout Unlimited to help shape the rule package. “I don’t think it’s lost on anybody that this is our largest value agricultural crop. So we’re long overdue to acknowledge what are becoming increasingly overwhelming impacts of marijuana on the landscape.”\u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cspan class=\"s1\">The regulations are a statewide followup to \u003ca href=\"http://www.latimes.com/business/la-fi-marijuana-cultivation-water-20151002-story.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">\u003cspan class=\"s2\">pilot programs\u003c/span>\u003c/a> that began last year in the water board’s North Coast and Central Valley regulatory regions.\u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cspan class=\"s1\">The new program starts by directing the State Water Resources Control Board and Department of Fish and Wildlife to set up a task force to assess environmental damages from marijuana growing. This task force is also empowered to collect fees and penalties from growers to pay for programs to correct the damage.\u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cspan class=\"s1\">Fish and Wildlife will also assess streamflow needs to sustain the environment in watersheds where marijuana is cultivated. This level of baseline flow must then be sustained at all times, and will be used to guide the issuance of water diversion permits to growers.\u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cspan class=\"s1\">Some growers will be able to successfully prove that they have “riparian” water rights, meaning a right to divert water from a creek that flows on or adjacent to their land. But they will not be allowed to cut into the baseline flow that sustains wildlife.\u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cspan class=\"s1\">One problem with marijuana growing is that the crop often needs water when it is least abundant: in the summer. Thus, historically, many have taken water from streams when it is most needed to sustain sensitive fish and other species that are struggling to survive long, hot summer months.\u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cspan class=\"s1\">So under the new regulations, even if a grower has a verified riparian water right, they will not be allowed to divert water whenever they want. Instead, they will be directed to build water storage, such as ponds or tanks, and collect what they need for a full year when streams are flush in the winter.\u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cspan class=\"s1\">For example, a relatively large grower might need 30 acre-feet (37,000 cubic meters) of water annually for his crop – enough to sustain 60 average California households for a year. Under the new rules, the water board – guided by the streamflow baseline – will likely require them to build storage for 15 acre-feet, and only draw water from that storage during the summer months.\u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cspan class=\"s1\">“It’s a very unique condition specifically aimed at this industry, as a new entrant, in exercising what may be historic water rights,” Ziegler said. “What’s really unique about this is, the (water) board and DFW have the leverage of a permit that the growers need and want to separate themselves and demonstrate they are good-faith producers and stewards of the environment out there. In effect, this process applies that leverage.”\u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cspan class=\"s1\">The new rules require a grower to obtain a growing permit from a new Bureau of Medical Marijuana Regulation. And they can’t get that permit unless they first certify where their water is coming from.\u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cspan class=\"s1\">The state Department of Finance is authorized to provide a $10 million loan to get the regulatory program started. This money, among other things, will allow the water board and Fish and Wildlife to hire about two dozen new employees to launch the program, conduct inspections and oversee the new permits.\u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cspan class=\"s1\">The seed money will be paid back from licensing fees paid by marijuana growers. These fees will also become the source of funds to sustain the program into the future.\u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The water permitting process could be adopted by the water board within a year as an emergency regulation. The legislation gives the board the power to do so without the usual lengthy analysis required under the California Environmental Quality Act. But the board hasn’t yet decided, Carrigan said, whether to take that route.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cspan class=\"s1\">It’s possible there won’t be enough water for all growers in a particular region. Some may have to try their luck with drilling a well, buying water in tanker trucks or some other means.\u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cspan class=\"s1\">“Once we set the flow requirements for fish safety in the streams,” Carrigan said, “we may very well be issuing curtailment notices to riparians in those streams in the drier months. And if you don’t have a permit for storage, your straw is going to be cut off.”\u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cspan class=\"s1\">This isn’t all there is to the regulatory program. A range of other state agencies will be involved in overseeing water quality, pesticide use, licensing, fee collection – even certifying regional marijuana “appellations.\u003c/span>”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cspan class=\"s1\">The rules don’t apply to individual patients growing medical marijuana for their own use on 100 square feet (10 sq meters) or less; or to caregivers growing for five patients or less on no more than 500 square feet.\u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cspan class=\"s1\">All parties agree there may be as many as 50,000 growers who could be subject to licensing under the program. A subset of these – perhaps half – will be required to prove their water rights and possibly install water storage systems.\u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cspan class=\"s1\">It’s a massive regulatory effort. For example, in the entire state of California the water board currently regulates about 40,000 water rights that have come into the system over a century. So the new program could add to that by more than half in just a year or two.\u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cspan class=\"s1\">Carrigan said there’s nothing else like it in the U.S., even in Washington and Colorado, where marijuana has been a government-sanctioned crop for several years.\u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cspan class=\"s1\">“What we’re hoping for is more clean water for fish at the right time,” he said. “To me, it’s amazing we have this whole underground economy and industry that’s been unregulated. And now, all of a sudden, there’s this paradigm shift.”\u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cspan class=\"s1\">Allen said most marijuana growers require only a very small amount of water compared to traditional farming operations. But he acknowledged a lot of cannabis growing does take place in sensitive watersheds, and that there have been “acute” impacts on endangered species, like coastal coho salmon.\u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cspan class=\"s1\">“That is something we need to take very seriously as an industry,” he said. “But it’s not true to say we’re a major factor in the statewide water shortage. I’m pretty sure the rest of the world is going to be surprised just how careful this community is with water, and how many conservation-minded agricultural practices are being used.”\u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad floatright]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cem>This article originally appeared on\u003c/em>\u003cem> \u003cem>\u003ca href=\"https://mail.kqed.org/owa/redir.aspx?C=9e4bb0e1a7d74f24ba4684ef2533053d&URL=https%3a%2f%2fwww.newsdeeply.com%2fwater\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Water Deeply\u003c/a>, and you can find \u003c/em>\u003cem>it \u003ca href=\"https://mail.kqed.org/owa/redir.aspx?C=9e4bb0e1a7d74f24ba4684ef2533053d&URL=https%3a%2f%2fwww.newsdeeply.com%2fwater%2farticles%2f2016%2f07%2f07%2fnine-experts-to-watch-on-california-water-policy\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">here\u003c/a>.\u003c/em> \u003cem>For important news about the California drought, you can\u003c/em> \u003cem>\u003ca href=\"https://mail.kqed.org/owa/redir.aspx?C=9e4bb0e1a7d74f24ba4684ef2533053d&URL=http%3a%2f%2fwaterdeeply.us5.list-manage.com%2fsubscribe%3fu%3d8b78e9a34ff7443ec1e8c62c6%26id%3d2947becb78\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">sign up\u003c/a>\u003c/em> \u003cem>to the Water Deeply email list.\u003c/em>\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\n",
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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cspan class=\"s1\">“This community is ready to be part of the mainstream,” said Hezekiah Allen, executive director of the \u003ca href=\"http://www.calgrowersassociation.org/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">\u003cspan class=\"s2\">California Growers Association\u003c/span>\u003c/a>, a group that represents cannabis cultivators and helped draft the new legislation last year. “What we are trying to do is move people into the regulated class. Lots absolutely want that legitimacy.”\u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cspan class=\"s1\">The ongoing California drought brought new attention to the environmental damages caused by \u003ca href=\"https://www.newsdeeply.com/water/articles/2015/07/24/massive-marijuana-busts-hint-at-big-water-problems\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">\u003cspan class=\"s2\">unregulated marijuana growing\u003c/span>\u003c/a>. And while the amount of water it consumes is still the subject of some uncertainty and debate, there is little question that it has\u003ca href=\"http://www.csmonitor.com/Environment/2015/0806/How-marijuana-is-making-California-drought-worse\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">\u003cspan class=\"s2\">compromised aquatic habitat\u003c/span>\u003c/a> in many locations and reduced water access for some property owners with legitimate water rights.\u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cspan class=\"s1\">But Carrigan says the rules do not necessarily target marijuana growers. Instead, they’re meant for small agricultural irrigators growing any sort of crop. The intent, however, is to get control of unregulated marijuana irrigation, which has dried up some streams, starved endangered fish of water and contributed to water quality problems caused by erosion, pesticides and herbicides.\u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cspan class=\"s1\">“It’s a really significant breakthrough,” said Jay Ziegler, director of external affairs and policy for \u003ca href=\"http://www.conserveca.org/our-stories/all/2-blog/211-marijuana-farming-and-california-drought\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">\u003cspan class=\"s2\">The Nature Conservancy\u003c/span>\u003c/a> in California, which worked with CalTrout and Trout Unlimited to help shape the rule package. “I don’t think it’s lost on anybody that this is our largest value agricultural crop. So we’re long overdue to acknowledge what are becoming increasingly overwhelming impacts of marijuana on the landscape.”\u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cspan class=\"s1\">The regulations are a statewide followup to \u003ca href=\"http://www.latimes.com/business/la-fi-marijuana-cultivation-water-20151002-story.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">\u003cspan class=\"s2\">pilot programs\u003c/span>\u003c/a> that began last year in the water board’s North Coast and Central Valley regulatory regions.\u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cspan class=\"s1\">The new program starts by directing the State Water Resources Control Board and Department of Fish and Wildlife to set up a task force to assess environmental damages from marijuana growing. This task force is also empowered to collect fees and penalties from growers to pay for programs to correct the damage.\u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cspan class=\"s1\">Fish and Wildlife will also assess streamflow needs to sustain the environment in watersheds where marijuana is cultivated. This level of baseline flow must then be sustained at all times, and will be used to guide the issuance of water diversion permits to growers.\u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cspan class=\"s1\">Some growers will be able to successfully prove that they have “riparian” water rights, meaning a right to divert water from a creek that flows on or adjacent to their land. But they will not be allowed to cut into the baseline flow that sustains wildlife.\u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cspan class=\"s1\">One problem with marijuana growing is that the crop often needs water when it is least abundant: in the summer. 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Under the new rules, the water board – guided by the streamflow baseline – will likely require them to build storage for 15 acre-feet, and only draw water from that storage during the summer months.\u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cspan class=\"s1\">“It’s a very unique condition specifically aimed at this industry, as a new entrant, in exercising what may be historic water rights,” Ziegler said. “What’s really unique about this is, the (water) board and DFW have the leverage of a permit that the growers need and want to separate themselves and demonstrate they are good-faith producers and stewards of the environment out there. In effect, this process applies that leverage.”\u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cspan class=\"s1\">The new rules require a grower to obtain a growing permit from a new Bureau of Medical Marijuana Regulation. And they can’t get that permit unless they first certify where their water is coming from.\u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cspan class=\"s1\">The state Department of Finance is authorized to provide a $10 million loan to get the regulatory program started. This money, among other things, will allow the water board and Fish and Wildlife to hire about two dozen new employees to launch the program, conduct inspections and oversee the new permits.\u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cspan class=\"s1\">The seed money will be paid back from licensing fees paid by marijuana growers. These fees will also become the source of funds to sustain the program into the future.\u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The water permitting process could be adopted by the water board within a year as an emergency regulation. The legislation gives the board the power to do so without the usual lengthy analysis required under the California Environmental Quality Act. But the board hasn’t yet decided, Carrigan said, whether to take that route.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cspan class=\"s1\">It’s possible there won’t be enough water for all growers in a particular region. Some may have to try their luck with drilling a well, buying water in tanker trucks or some other means.\u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cspan class=\"s1\">“Once we set the flow requirements for fish safety in the streams,” Carrigan said, “we may very well be issuing curtailment notices to riparians in those streams in the drier months. And if you don’t have a permit for storage, your straw is going to be cut off.”\u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cspan class=\"s1\">This isn’t all there is to the regulatory program. A range of other state agencies will be involved in overseeing water quality, pesticide use, licensing, fee collection – even certifying regional marijuana “appellations.\u003c/span>”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cspan class=\"s1\">The rules don’t apply to individual patients growing medical marijuana for their own use on 100 square feet (10 sq meters) or less; or to caregivers growing for five patients or less on no more than 500 square feet.\u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cspan class=\"s1\">All parties agree there may be as many as 50,000 growers who could be subject to licensing under the program. A subset of these – perhaps half – will be required to prove their water rights and possibly install water storage systems.\u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cspan class=\"s1\">It’s a massive regulatory effort. For example, in the entire state of California the water board currently regulates about 40,000 water rights that have come into the system over a century. So the new program could add to that by more than half in just a year or two.\u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cspan class=\"s1\">Carrigan said there’s nothing else like it in the U.S., even in Washington and Colorado, where marijuana has been a government-sanctioned crop for several years.\u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cspan class=\"s1\">“What we’re hoping for is more clean water for fish at the right time,” he said. “To me, it’s amazing we have this whole underground economy and industry that’s been unregulated. And now, all of a sudden, there’s this paradigm shift.”\u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cspan class=\"s1\">Allen said most marijuana growers require only a very small amount of water compared to traditional farming operations. 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"content": "\u003cp>When you think of California wine, you probably think Napa, Sonoma or maybe Paso Robles, but the state’s first major wine hub was in Los Angeles back in the 1800s.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>A lot has changed since then, but one vine from that era is still producing grapes, and local winemakers are eager to work with that fruit.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Not surprisingly, the vine is on Olvera Street -- the backbone of L.A.'s oldest neighborhood. And it's right out in the open, but most shoppers and tourists are too busy checking out the swirl of stalls selling brightly colored blankets, guitars, masks and T-shirts to notice.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"That’s actually not an uncommon experience,\" said Michael Holland. \"They're not necessarily looking up.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[soundcloud url=\"https://api.soundcloud.com/tracks/272822714\" params=\"color=ff5500&auto_play=false&hide_related=false&show_comments=true&show_user=true&show_reposts=false\" width=\"100%\" height=\"166\" iframe=\"true\" /]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The vine is part of a massive arbor shading a section of the famed walkway.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>By day, Holland is L.A.’s official archivist, cataloguing the city's historic records, old photos, even sheet music praising the wonders of Los Angeles.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>By night, he’s an amateur winemaker. So when he saw grapes growing on this historic site, he knew he had to harvest them.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"Just from the heritage perspective ... this is a highly unique opportunity, and I'd be a fool not to take advantage of it,\" Holland said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The Olvera Street vine stretches from the market to the Avila Adobe, the city’s oldest standing residence. Holland said the vine was probably planted around the same time that house was built, in 1818.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11014150\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg class=\"size-medium wp-image-11014150\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2016/07/OlveraStVine-800x531.jpg\" alt=\"Winemakers Michael Holland and Wes Hagen working with the Olvera Street vine.\" width=\"800\" height=\"531\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2016/07/OlveraStVine-800x531.jpg 800w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2016/07/OlveraStVine-400x266.jpg 400w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2016/07/OlveraStVine.jpg 1920w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2016/07/OlveraStVine-1180x784.jpg 1180w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2016/07/OlveraStVine-960x638.jpg 960w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Winemakers Michael Holland and Wes Hagen working with the Olvera Street vine. \u003ccite>(Sanden Totten/KPCC)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>He enlisted fellow DIY winemakers to help prune and tend to the overgrown plant. He also got advice from Wes Hagen, the consulting winemaker for J. Wilkes Wines in Santa Maria.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"The vine wants to grow up, absorb sunlight, produce sugar and attract birds,\" Hagen said. \"We want to get to the fruit \u003cem>before\u003c/em> the birds, and get the sugar that would have attracted them and turn it into delicious, delicious alcohol.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>To help the vine produce those grapes, Hagen and Holland have been climbing onto a roof above the back patio of the Avila Adobe, where they cut off dead branches and help healthy ones take hold.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Hagen said the heart of the vine hasn't been getting enough sun to produce the compounds that make for sweeter grapes. Instead, they can have too much of something called pyrazine.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"Fruit that’s grown in shade tastes like green bell peppers ... it's the exact same compound,\" he noted.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Last year, Michael Holland harvested as many of these grapes as he could to make some wine. He also took some leave clippings and sent them to UC Davis to have their DNA analyzed.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>It turns out this scraggly old vine is a direct genetic match to one known as \"Vina Madre.\" It's a plant first grown at the San Gabriel Mission, founded in 1771.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11014199\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg class=\"size-medium wp-image-11014199\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2016/07/GrapesGrow-800x600.jpg\" alt=\"Grapes growing from the vine at Avila Adobe.\" width=\"800\" height=\"600\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2016/07/GrapesGrow-800x600.jpg 800w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2016/07/GrapesGrow-400x300.jpg 400w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2016/07/GrapesGrow.jpg 1920w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2016/07/GrapesGrow-1180x885.jpg 1180w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2016/07/GrapesGrow-960x720.jpg 960w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Grapes growing from the vine at Avila Adobe. \u003ccite>(Sanden Totten/KPCC)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Jerry Dangl, manager of the plant identification lab at UC Davis, says it’s a very important and interesting vine.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"Scientifically, it’s a first-generation hybrid between \u003cem>Vitis vinefera\u003c/em>, the European wine grape, and \u003cem>Vitis girdiana\u003c/em>, the wild desert grape in Southern California,\" he explained.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>That means this plant is a cross between the grapes brought over by early European settlers and hearty local plants. Dangl says that unique blend likely helped it survive all the pests and disease that eventually wiped out most of L.A.’s wine industry in the late 1800s.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The Olvera Street plant was probably a clipping from that Vina Madre vine at the mission, which means it could be older than the state of California itself.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>However, Vina Madre is not a vine associated with winemaking. In fact, the Olvera Street plant was most likely put there for shade -- a function it still provides today.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Dangl knows of one other location where this grape grows, and it is also used in an arborlike setting, not a vineyard. If there \u003cem>were\u003c/em> evidence it was used for making alcohol, that could be an important moment in the history of California wines.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"I would be very interested in finding Vina Madre in what looks like a production situation,\" Dangl said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>That hasn’t stopped city archivist Holland from trying to make wine with these grapes.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>He used a recipe borrowed from a friend at Gypsy Canyon Winery. It was reputedly written in 1891, making it somewhat contemporary with the vine itself. The result is a fortified dessert wine called an angelica.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"This is what the padres would have made,\" Holland said. \"This is what they would have served at Mass.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Holland opened a bottle and served some to Rachel Macalisang, lead sommelier at a Beverly Hills foodie haven, The Bazaar by José Andrés.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"It’s a very pretty color. It’s lighter than I thought it would be,\" Macalisang said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11014204\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg class=\"size-medium wp-image-11014204\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2016/07/WineGlass-800x579.jpg\" alt=\"Rachel Macalisang, lead sommelier at the Beverly Hills foodie-haven The Bazaar by José Andrés, tries a wine made from the Olvera Street grapes.\" width=\"800\" height=\"579\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2016/07/WineGlass-800x579.jpg 800w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2016/07/WineGlass-400x289.jpg 400w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2016/07/WineGlass.jpg 1920w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2016/07/WineGlass-1180x854.jpg 1180w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2016/07/WineGlass-960x695.jpg 960w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Rachel Macalisang, lead sommelier at the Beverly Hills foodie-haven The Bazaar by José Andrés, tries a wine made from the Olvera Street grapes. \u003ccite>(Sanden Totten/KPCC)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>She is one of the first people to try the new wine. Macalisang said older vines often produce more complex flavors than younger plants and that can enhance a wine.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Is that the case with Holland's angelica? Macalisang takes a sip -- and smiles. She says it's full of fruity flavors like candied apple, cherry, fig and raspberry jam, but it's not cloyingly sweet like some dessert wines.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"It finishes a little drier than I thought it would,\" she adds between sips.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Macalisang thinks if people back in the 1800s did use these grapes for wine, it could have been a decent one.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>We may never know if that happened, but at least now, these grapes are something worth toasting to.\u003c/p>\n\n",
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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003cp>When you think of California wine, you probably think Napa, Sonoma or maybe Paso Robles, but the state’s first major wine hub was in Los Angeles back in the 1800s.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>A lot has changed since then, but one vine from that era is still producing grapes, and local winemakers are eager to work with that fruit.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Not surprisingly, the vine is on Olvera Street -- the backbone of L.A.'s oldest neighborhood. And it's right out in the open, but most shoppers and tourists are too busy checking out the swirl of stalls selling brightly colored blankets, guitars, masks and T-shirts to notice.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"That’s actually not an uncommon experience,\" said Michael Holland. \"They're not necessarily looking up.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003cp>\u003cdiv class='utils-parseShortcode-shortcodes-__shortcodes__shortcodeWrapper'>\n \u003ciframe width='100%' height='166'\n scrolling='no' frameborder='no'\n src='https://w.soundcloud.com/player/?url=https://api.soundcloud.com/tracks/272822714&visual=true&color=ff5500&auto_play=false&hide_related=false&show_comments=true&show_user=true&show_reposts=false'\n title='https://api.soundcloud.com/tracks/272822714'>\n \u003c/iframe>\n \u003c/div>\u003c/p>\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The vine is part of a massive arbor shading a section of the famed walkway.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003c/div>",
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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>By day, Holland is L.A.’s official archivist, cataloguing the city's historic records, old photos, even sheet music praising the wonders of Los Angeles.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>By night, he’s an amateur winemaker. So when he saw grapes growing on this historic site, he knew he had to harvest them.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"Just from the heritage perspective ... this is a highly unique opportunity, and I'd be a fool not to take advantage of it,\" Holland said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The Olvera Street vine stretches from the market to the Avila Adobe, the city’s oldest standing residence. Holland said the vine was probably planted around the same time that house was built, in 1818.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11014150\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg class=\"size-medium wp-image-11014150\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2016/07/OlveraStVine-800x531.jpg\" alt=\"Winemakers Michael Holland and Wes Hagen working with the Olvera Street vine.\" width=\"800\" height=\"531\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2016/07/OlveraStVine-800x531.jpg 800w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2016/07/OlveraStVine-400x266.jpg 400w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2016/07/OlveraStVine.jpg 1920w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2016/07/OlveraStVine-1180x784.jpg 1180w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2016/07/OlveraStVine-960x638.jpg 960w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Winemakers Michael Holland and Wes Hagen working with the Olvera Street vine. \u003ccite>(Sanden Totten/KPCC)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>He enlisted fellow DIY winemakers to help prune and tend to the overgrown plant. He also got advice from Wes Hagen, the consulting winemaker for J. Wilkes Wines in Santa Maria.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"The vine wants to grow up, absorb sunlight, produce sugar and attract birds,\" Hagen said. \"We want to get to the fruit \u003cem>before\u003c/em> the birds, and get the sugar that would have attracted them and turn it into delicious, delicious alcohol.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>To help the vine produce those grapes, Hagen and Holland have been climbing onto a roof above the back patio of the Avila Adobe, where they cut off dead branches and help healthy ones take hold.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Hagen said the heart of the vine hasn't been getting enough sun to produce the compounds that make for sweeter grapes. Instead, they can have too much of something called pyrazine.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"Fruit that’s grown in shade tastes like green bell peppers ... it's the exact same compound,\" he noted.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Last year, Michael Holland harvested as many of these grapes as he could to make some wine. He also took some leave clippings and sent them to UC Davis to have their DNA analyzed.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>It turns out this scraggly old vine is a direct genetic match to one known as \"Vina Madre.\" It's a plant first grown at the San Gabriel Mission, founded in 1771.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11014199\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg class=\"size-medium wp-image-11014199\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2016/07/GrapesGrow-800x600.jpg\" alt=\"Grapes growing from the vine at Avila Adobe.\" width=\"800\" height=\"600\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2016/07/GrapesGrow-800x600.jpg 800w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2016/07/GrapesGrow-400x300.jpg 400w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2016/07/GrapesGrow.jpg 1920w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2016/07/GrapesGrow-1180x885.jpg 1180w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2016/07/GrapesGrow-960x720.jpg 960w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Grapes growing from the vine at Avila Adobe. \u003ccite>(Sanden Totten/KPCC)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Jerry Dangl, manager of the plant identification lab at UC Davis, says it’s a very important and interesting vine.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"Scientifically, it’s a first-generation hybrid between \u003cem>Vitis vinefera\u003c/em>, the European wine grape, and \u003cem>Vitis girdiana\u003c/em>, the wild desert grape in Southern California,\" he explained.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>That means this plant is a cross between the grapes brought over by early European settlers and hearty local plants. Dangl says that unique blend likely helped it survive all the pests and disease that eventually wiped out most of L.A.’s wine industry in the late 1800s.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The Olvera Street plant was probably a clipping from that Vina Madre vine at the mission, which means it could be older than the state of California itself.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>However, Vina Madre is not a vine associated with winemaking. In fact, the Olvera Street plant was most likely put there for shade -- a function it still provides today.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Dangl knows of one other location where this grape grows, and it is also used in an arborlike setting, not a vineyard. If there \u003cem>were\u003c/em> evidence it was used for making alcohol, that could be an important moment in the history of California wines.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"I would be very interested in finding Vina Madre in what looks like a production situation,\" Dangl said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>That hasn’t stopped city archivist Holland from trying to make wine with these grapes.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>He used a recipe borrowed from a friend at Gypsy Canyon Winery. It was reputedly written in 1891, making it somewhat contemporary with the vine itself. The result is a fortified dessert wine called an angelica.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"This is what the padres would have made,\" Holland said. \"This is what they would have served at Mass.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Holland opened a bottle and served some to Rachel Macalisang, lead sommelier at a Beverly Hills foodie haven, The Bazaar by José Andrés.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"It’s a very pretty color. 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It was May, and legislators were debating whether to request an audit of the California Air Resources Board.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Frustrated that the agency was not more forthcoming about aspects of the cap-and-trade program it runs, Jones fixed his gaze on the embattled regulator assigned to parry lawmakers’ questions.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“My experience is: The longer we give CARB to respond, the more unresponsive they become,” said the legislator, a Republican from Santee.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>His comment touched off a scathing bipartisan scolding over a lack of transparency surrounding cap and trade, the state’s signature climate-change policy, which is intended to help rewind greenhouse gas emissions to 1990 levels within the next four years.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[EmissionsGuage]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In Sacramento and elsewhere, fundamental questions about the program’s effectiveness are unanswered, and criticism has been growing over how billions of dollars from auctions of emissions “credits” are doled out. Many of the complaints echo an admonition familiar to schoolchildren: Show your work. Provide the public with a way to track the state’s performance.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Is cap and trade, which essentially levies fees on major polluters, a success? How do we know? Which companies still exceed allowed emissions? Which don’t? The air board has consistently said California would reach its emissions targets; how much is cap and trade contributing?\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>These and other issues persist as the program is assailed from legal, political and financial quarters:\u003c/p>\n\u003cul>\n\u003cli>A lawsuit by the California Chamber of Commerce asserts that the price major polluters pay for excessive emissions is an illegal tax. Should the suit prevail, the aspect of the 2006 law that authorized cap and trade could be voided. New legislation would need approval by two-thirds of state lawmakers. That would mean some Republican support — a big ask.\u003c/li>\n\u003c/ul>\n\u003cul>\n\u003cli>Jerry Brown’s scooping up of auction proceeds to help fund the state’s controversial high-speed rail project has given cap and trade’s opponents a fulcrum for complaint, and the Legislature has yet to decide whether to extend the law past its 2020 expiration date. That’s not a sure bet.\u003c/li>\n\u003c/ul>\n\u003cul>\n\u003cli>The uncertainty surrounding the future of cap and trade has resounded in the market where emissions credits are bought and sold. Since 2015, each quarterly auction had produced at least $500 million \u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/2016/05/26/demand-plummets-for-california-cap-and-trade-pollution-credits\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">until the one held in May\u003c/a>, which yielded only $10 million. A June reserve auction was canceled after no bidders registered.\u003c/li>\n\u003c/ul>\n\u003cp>Michael Gibbs, an assistant executive officer at the air board, insisted that cap and trade is working.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“We can see from the evidence that we are making progress, and moving toward our goals,” Gibbs said in an interview. “We’re getting there.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The agency forecast two years ago that cap and trade would account for about a third of total emissions reductions four years from now. But it’s too soon to say how much improvement so far is attributable to cap and trade.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“We have a very short data trail on cap and trade at this point, so there is no way to credit specific programs as yet,” agency spokesman Dave Clegern said by email.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The program, which began in earnest in 2013 after years of analysis and planning, is only one piece of California’s strategy for fighting climate change. 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Those operating above their limits must find ways to function more cleanly or buy allowances from less-polluting businesses that sell credits at auction.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The success of the auctions created a deep trough of money — $4 billion so far — that by law must be used to fund projects that lower greenhouse gas emissions, including projects in disadvantaged communities.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[CapTradeProceeds]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The governor’s rail project has been awarded $850 million from the fund, drawing fire from critics who see only a tenuous connection between the multibillion-dollar long-term project and overall emissions reduction. And officials have struggled to rationalize other expenditures – forestry and agriculture initiatives and other transportation projects, for example, especially when costs are weighed against the emissions they cut.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The nonpartisan Legislative Analyst’s Office, which advises lawmakers on financial matters, says that all the projects funded so far will, over their lifetimes, remove a total of about 14 million metric tons of emissions from California’s atmosphere.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The state’s annual greenhouse gas \u003ca href=\"http://www.arb.ca.gov/cc/inventory/data/data.htm\">emissions in 2014\u003c/a>, the latest year for which figures are available, were estimated at 441 million metric tons, continuing a downward trend. If the trend holds, California is likely to meet its goal for 2020: 431 million metric tons. 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Although some of the projects funded by auction proceeds are excellent deals, some cost more than 10 times that sum to achieve the same result, according to the report.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The cap-and-trade system was developed with industry at the table.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Companies subject to a cap must submit annual pollution reports, and officials say that overall the state’s emissions are declining by about 3 percent a year — a remarkable accomplishment in a growing economy, the air board notes.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But there is no mechanism for the public to see whether California companies are reducing their emissions by innovating in the way the law intended or are simply writing checks to continue emitting excess carbon dioxide.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Nor can the public know which companies participate in the auctions, or what the bids are. Those details are kept secret, the regulators say, to prevent illegal price fixing. And officials won’t divulge the location where the online trading is managed.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[TopEmitters]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Some business interests are at pains to say they support cap and trade, even as they complain about the cost of compliance and object to some planned changes.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>For example, to ease the transition for companies that must reduce their emissions, the air board grants free allowances, which some companies may sell at auction, keeping the money. But regulators plan to begin reducing the free credits next year, saying most firms have successfully integrated the cost of compliance into their business plans.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Dorothy Rothrock, president of the California Manufacturers & Technology Association, disagreed, saying companies still rely on those subsidies, which help level the playing field.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“California is making manufacturing inhospitable for any number of reasons,” she said, adding that firms here compete against companies elsewhere that are not subject to the same strict rules.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But the helping hand to industry will continue to take a bite out of potential auction proceeds, according to air board projections examined by the state Department of Finance.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Which companies receive the free credits, and how many? That’s secret.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“It’s certainly a challenging time for California climate policy,” said Craig Ebert, president of Climate Action Reserve, a private company that helps businesses with compliance issues. “The tea leaves are murky.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[contextly_sidebar id=”iPJxxI9CkXMYlz1JESyPBHhla58C72bk”]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Indeed, even the state’s emissions-reduction goals have been called into question. The Legislature’s attorneys concluded that \u003ca href=\"http://district16.cssrc.us/sites/default/files/160422_LegCounselOpinion_GGRF.pdf\">Brown overreached\u003c/a> last year when he ordered the air board to ramp them up after 2020.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But the governor and the air board are resolute. The agency maintains that it has existing authority to operate the cap-and-trade system beyond 2020 and is drafting rules for doing so, to be delivered later in the summer.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Gibbs acknowledges that uncertainty “inevitably has some impact” on the cap-and-trade program, citing the poor showing in the May auction.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Understanding what is going to happen post-2020 is fundamental,” Gibbs said. “As those issues get resolved, the uncertainty will be resolved.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Advocates argue that cap and trade is the most effective method of cutting emissions and complements California’s myriad other climate policies.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“First and foremost, cap and trade is about reducing emissions, capping them, and ensuring that we don’t exceed the amount of emissions we’ve committed to as a state,” said Erica Morehouse, an attorney for the Environmental Defense Fund, a national group.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Can the state meet its target without cap and trade?\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“It’s still sort of to be determined,” said Ross Brown of the Legislative Analyst’s Office.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Even though we are a few years in,” he said, “I don’t know at this point if I could say it’s successful. 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The air board has consistently said California would reach its emissions targets; how much is cap and trade contributing?\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>These and other issues persist as the program is assailed from legal, political and financial quarters:\u003c/p>\n\u003cul>\n\u003cli>A lawsuit by the California Chamber of Commerce asserts that the price major polluters pay for excessive emissions is an illegal tax. Should the suit prevail, the aspect of the 2006 law that authorized cap and trade could be voided. New legislation would need approval by two-thirds of state lawmakers. That would mean some Republican support — a big ask.\u003c/li>\n\u003c/ul>\n\u003cul>\n\u003cli>Jerry Brown’s scooping up of auction proceeds to help fund the state’s controversial high-speed rail project has given cap and trade’s opponents a fulcrum for complaint, and the Legislature has yet to decide whether to extend the law past its 2020 expiration date. That’s not a sure bet.\u003c/li>\n\u003c/ul>\n\u003cul>\n\u003cli>The uncertainty surrounding the future of cap and trade has resounded in the market where emissions credits are bought and sold. Since 2015, each quarterly auction had produced at least $500 million \u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/2016/05/26/demand-plummets-for-california-cap-and-trade-pollution-credits\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">until the one held in May\u003c/a>, which yielded only $10 million. A June reserve auction was canceled after no bidders registered.\u003c/li>\n\u003c/ul>\n\u003cp>Michael Gibbs, an assistant executive officer at the air board, insisted that cap and trade is working.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“We can see from the evidence that we are making progress, and moving toward our goals,” Gibbs said in an interview. “We’re getting there.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The agency forecast two years ago that cap and trade would account for about a third of total emissions reductions four years from now. But it’s too soon to say how much improvement so far is attributable to cap and trade.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“We have a very short data trail on cap and trade at this point, so there is no way to credit specific programs as yet,” agency spokesman Dave Clegern said by email.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The program, which began in earnest in 2013 after years of analysis and planning, is only one piece of California’s strategy for fighting climate change. But as the cornerstone of that effort, it is too important to lose, officials say.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Cap and trade, authorized by the \u003ca href=\"http://www.arb.ca.gov/cc/ab32/ab32.htm\">landmark legislation\u003c/a> signed by then-Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger, was conceived to motivate firms to reduce their carbon footprints by innovating — upgrading to more energy-efficient equipment and technology.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The state sets an annual limit, or cap, on the cumulative emissions of a wide range of businesses. Those operating above their limits must find ways to function more cleanly or buy allowances from less-polluting businesses that sell credits at auction.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The success of the auctions created a deep trough of money — $4 billion so far — that by law must be used to fund projects that lower greenhouse gas emissions, including projects in disadvantaged communities.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[CapTradeProceeds]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The governor’s rail project has been awarded $850 million from the fund, drawing fire from critics who see only a tenuous connection between the multibillion-dollar long-term project and overall emissions reduction. And officials have struggled to rationalize other expenditures – forestry and agriculture initiatives and other transportation projects, for example, especially when costs are weighed against the emissions they cut.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The nonpartisan Legislative Analyst’s Office, which advises lawmakers on financial matters, says that all the projects funded so far will, over their lifetimes, remove a total of about 14 million metric tons of emissions from California’s atmosphere.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The state’s annual greenhouse gas \u003ca href=\"http://www.arb.ca.gov/cc/inventory/data/data.htm\">emissions in 2014\u003c/a>, the latest year for which figures are available, were estimated at 441 million metric tons, continuing a downward trend. If the trend holds, California is likely to meet its goal for 2020: 431 million metric tons. The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency estimates that an average American home annually releases about 12 metric tons of carbon dioxide — a greenhouse gas.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The analyst’s finding, detailed in a \u003ca href=\"http://www.lao.ca.gov/Publications/Detail/3446\">report to the Legislature\u003c/a> in April, excluded the high-speed train, which will not be operational for a decade or more. Once it does begin ferrying passengers up and down the state, according to state estimates, it will reduce state carbon emissions by 44 million tons over 50 years — less than 1 million tons a year.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The analyst also found that not all projects are cost-efficient. For example, the usual price in the auctions of reducing one metric ton of emissions is $12.73. Although some of the projects funded by auction proceeds are excellent deals, some cost more than 10 times that sum to achieve the same result, according to the report.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The cap-and-trade system was developed with industry at the table.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Companies subject to a cap must submit annual pollution reports, and officials say that overall the state’s emissions are declining by about 3 percent a year — a remarkable accomplishment in a growing economy, the air board notes.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But there is no mechanism for the public to see whether California companies are reducing their emissions by innovating in the way the law intended or are simply writing checks to continue emitting excess carbon dioxide.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Nor can the public know which companies participate in the auctions, or what the bids are. Those details are kept secret, the regulators say, to prevent illegal price fixing. 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But regulators plan to begin reducing the free credits next year, saying most firms have successfully integrated the cost of compliance into their business plans.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Dorothy Rothrock, president of the California Manufacturers & Technology Association, disagreed, saying companies still rely on those subsidies, which help level the playing field.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“California is making manufacturing inhospitable for any number of reasons,” she said, adding that firms here compete against companies elsewhere that are not subject to the same strict rules.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But the helping hand to industry will continue to take a bite out of potential auction proceeds, according to air board projections examined by the state Department of Finance.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Which companies receive the free credits, and how many? 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At one point, some in the audience briefly halted public comment with a chant of \"let us work!\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>From the \u003ca href=\"http://www.eastbaytimes.com/breaking-news/ci_30064002/happening-now-oakland-council-considering-ban-coal\" target=\"_blank\">East Bay Times account\u003c/a> of the meeting:\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"Poor outcomes of health occur when there is a lack of jobs, increased crime, poorer education, low income and lack of transportation,\" said Dr. H. Geoffrey Watson, \"We're dying more than anyone else.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Watson runs a \u003ca href=\"http://drwatsonwellness.com/index.html\" target=\"_blank\">community health clinic in northwest Oakland\u003c/a>. His position was echoed by some faith leaders in the city, \u003ca href=\"http://www.sfgate.com/bayarea/article/Hundreds-pack-Oakland-City-Hall-for-coal-ban-vote-8328358.php\" target=\"_blank\">as reported\u003c/a> by the San Francisco Chronicle:\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“If a person doesn’t have a job, it’s going to affect their health — they can’t get the right kind of medical (care) they need for their families,” said Pastor Kevin Barnes of Abyssinian Missionary Baptist Church.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But ministers, physicians and labor representatives also turned out to support the ban. In fact, the city-commissioned report released last week suggested that future coal workers from West Oakland, a community that has suffered severe health impacts from its proximity to sources of pollution like freeways, rail lines and the city's busy port, would be at particularly high risk.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Susan Stephenson, executive director of California Interfaith Power and Light, a group organized to address climate change, told the council that its 40 or so congregations in the city \"are united in opposition to bringing coal into Oakland for export.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Derrick Muhammad, from International Longshore and Warehouse Union Local 10, called the proposal to ship coal from West Oakland \"the equivalent of leading us into Jonestown, making us drink Kool-Aid laced with cyanide, brothers. It might sound good. It might look good. But it's a trick.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Terminal Logistics Solutions, the firm in charge of building the new bulk cargo facility, has promised state-of-the-art systems, including covered rail cars, enclosed conveyors and sealed domes, that would prevent the release of coal dust into the surrounding community.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Skeptics have pointed out that some of those proposed measures -- covered coal cars -- do not yet exist. Others have said there's simply no way of mitigating the dangers posed by coal shipment.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"Coal dust and coal itself have hazards that cannot be eliminated, because of the particles, because of the explosions and because of the fire,\" Amy Kyle, a research scientist at UC Berkeley's School of Public Health, told Monday night's meeting. \"Secondly, the operations at this facility will generate dust in a lot of locations, and there doesn’t seem to be any demonstrated way that all of this can be contained.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The council also heard a warning from Gregory McConnell, an Oakland attorney and lobbyist representing the new terminal, that the city could expect legal action if it passed the coal ban.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“This is not going to end tonight,” he said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Council members were unswayed. Again, from the East Bay Times:\u003c/p>\n\u003cblockquote>\u003cp>Councilmember Noel Gallo said it was incumbent upon the council to protect residents' health and Councilmember Abel Guillen called the tradeoff between jobs and the environment a \"false choice.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"It's not just about making a dollar,\" Gallo said. \"It's also about social responsibility.\"\u003c/p>\u003c/blockquote>\n\u003cp>All seven council members present at the meeting voted for the ban. East Oakland Councilwoman Desley Brooks was absent.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cem>KQED's Sandhya Dirks contributed to this post. \u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\n",
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"content": "\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Updated, 9 a.m. Monday:\u003c/strong> Fire agency managers say crews have made substantial progress in containing the \u003ca href=\"http://inciweb.nwcg.gov/incident/photographs/4806/\" target=\"_blank\">Erskine Fire\u003c/a>, which raced through mountains communities northeast of Bakersfield late last week.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>As of Monday morning, the fire was reported to have burned 45,388 acres -- 71 square miles, or nearly the area of Oakland -- and is now 40 percent contained. Current \u003ca href=\"http://ftp.nifc.gov/incident_specific_data/calif_s/2016_Incidents/CA-CND-001415_Erskine/GIS/Products/20160627/OPS_Arch_E_land_20160627_day_Erskine_CACND1415.pdf\" target=\"_blank\">briefing maps\u003c/a> show that crews have managed to complete containment lines on most of the fire's northern and eastern flanks.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The fire destroyed about 150 homes in and near the community of Lake Isabella in the first 48 hours after it broke out last Wednesday; about 75 homes have been damaged.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Earlier post, 6:15 p.m. Friday:\u003c/strong>\u003cbr>\nFire agencies are rushing ground crews and aircraft to confront a rapidly expanding wildfire that killed two people and destroyed at least 80 homes after it broke out Thursday afternoon near the Kern County community of Lake Isabella.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Officials from the federal Bureau of Land Management, U.S. Forest Service and Kern County said during a briefing at 6 p.m. Friday that the \u003ca href=\"http://inciweb.nwcg.gov/incident/4806/\">Erskine Fire\u003c/a> has consumed 30,000 acres -- 47 square miles -- in the mountains northeast of Bakersfield. The blaze is 5 percent contained.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Officials said that the unidentified victims appeared to be overcome by smoke as they tried to escape the blaze, which reportedly raced across 11 miles of terrain in the 13 hours after it broke out about 4 p.m. Thursday. Authorities withheld the exact location where the pair died.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Answering a question from reporters during the Friday evening briefing, Kern County Sheriff Donny Youngblood said he is concerned the fire may have claimed other victims surprised by the blaze's rapid spread.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>David Klippel, 78, a retired police officer, told The Associated Press he didn't see much of a threat after receiving an automated call advising him to leave. That changed dramatically within an hour Thursday afternoon.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"I've never been so close to a fast-moving, ferocious fire. It was unbelievable,\" said Klippel, who later learned his house had caught fire. \"I almost didn't have time to get out.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Officials say about 1,500 homes are threatened by the fire and about 2,000 people have been forced from their residences.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Some 800 firefighters are on the scene, with hundreds more on the way. Seven helicopters and half a dozen fixed-wing air tankers will fight the fire Friday, including a jumbo jet from a private fleet frequently deployed to fight the most dangerous wildfires.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The blaze began amid ideal fire conditions: 90-degree heat, single-digit humidity and winds that reached 35 mph whipped the fire through a steep landscape that got little relief from last winter's sparse El Niño rains.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"The forces of nature collided with a spark,\" Kern County Fire Chief Brian Marshall told the AP.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>A \u003ca href=\"http://forecast.weather.gov/showsigwx.php?warnzone=CAZ095&warncounty=CAC029&firewxzone=CAZ295&local_place1=4%20Miles%20S%20Lake%20Isabella%20CA&product1=Red+Flag+Warning&lat=35.5642&lon=-118.4716#.V21LDZMrKb8\" target=\"_blank\">red-flag warning\u003c/a> for dangerous fire weather continues through Friday.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The \u003ca href=\"http://www.latimes.com/local/lanow/la-me-ln-kern-fire-homes-destroyed-20160624-snap-story.html\" target=\"_blank\">Los Angeles Times quotes\u003c/a> Kern County Fire Capt. Tyler Townsend describing the blaze as “extremely dangerous, extremely volatile.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I've never been in a wildland fire where I've seen so many homes burn,” Townsend told the Times. “It's one of the most devastating I've ever seen.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cem>Here's the latest Associated Press write-up on the fire:\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>LAKE ISABELLA, Kern County— A deadly wildfire that roared through dry brush and trees in the mountains of central California gave residents little time to flee as flames burned dozens of homes to the ground, propane tanks exploded, and smoke obscured the path to safety.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Two bodies were found Friday near Lake Isabella, a popular recreation area east of Bakersfield that was ravaged by wind-whipped flames, said Phil Neufeld, a spokesman for the Kern County Fire Department.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>At least 80 houses were destroyed in the southern Sierra Nevada as the fire burned out of control across 29 square miles, leveling neighborhoods and forcing thousands of people to flee from fast-moving flames.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>David Klippel, 78, a retired police officer, said he didn't see much of a threat after receiving an automated call advising him to leave. That changed dramatically within an hour Thursday afternoon.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"I've never been so close to a fast-moving, ferocious fire. It was unbelievable,\" said Klippel, who later learned his house had caught fire. \"I almost didn't have time to get out.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Neighborhoods of mobile homes were charred to their foundations. Gusty winds pushed the flames and smoke farther into drought-starved terrain.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"The forces of nature collided with a spark,\" Kern County Fire Chief Brian Marshall said. \"The mountainous terrain, five years of drought and wind gusts of over 20 mph all drove a fire over 11 miles in 13 hours.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Scorching heat and tinder-dry conditions across the West have contributed to massive wildfires in the past week that have destroyed properties and sent residents to seek shelter and hope for the best.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Laura Rogers was one of those who thought she'd never see her home or her brother's home again. Instead, she was lucky to find both standing in a neighborhood of mobile homes that was devastated.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"I was sure this place was gone last night,\" Rogers said through tears as she gestured at the destruction around her. \"I mean look at this, I can't believe it. It's like a scary movie.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The downspout of her brother's home was melted on the ground, but the structure was intact.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Dozens of other homes were gone, left in piles of charred sheet metal and cinderblock foundations. Scorched tricycles, air conditioners and TV dishes littered the landscape. Burned-out cars sat on tireless rims and leafless trees poked from barren, blackened dirt.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The California blaze erupted quickly, putting some 1,500 homes in jeopardy. Three firefighters suffered from smoke inhalation.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Crews faced a \"firefight of epic proportions\" as they tried to protect neighborhoods, Marshall said. Officials said they expect to find many more homes destroyed as the smoke clears and they do a more thorough check of smoldering neighborhoods.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Gov. Jerry Brown declared a state of emergency, freeing up money and resources to fight the fire and cleanup its aftermath. It also temporarily suspends some state regulations and waives fees as a way to ease the return of evacuees and those who have lost homes.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Dramatic video from Thursday night showed homes fully engulfed and others already gone as propane tanks flared up and popped. Flames glowing in the steep, rocky hillsides were reflected on the lake.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Residents described a frantic flight from communities surrounding the lake, a dammed section of the Kern River that is a destination for boating, fishing, rafting, hiking and camping.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Cachet Kirby, 22, of Mount Mesa and her neighbors grabbed clothes, blankets and their dogs and fled through thick smoke as flames charged down the slopes.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"It was to the point you couldn't see, you couldn't breathe,\" she said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>She and others, exhausted Friday morning after little sleep in shelters and cars, were desperate for information about their homes.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"We could have gotten lucky and the wind shifted, or our house could be burned down,\" Kirby said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Cellphone service was cut off in many areas, contributing to the anxieties.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Very low humidity and gusty winds of up to 55 mph could worsen the blaze that broke out amid high temperatures and climbed over at least three ridges into hillside neighborhoods.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad floatright]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"I've never been in a wildland fire where I've seen so many homes burn,\" Kern County fire Capt. 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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Officials said that the unidentified victims appeared to be overcome by smoke as they tried to escape the blaze, which reportedly raced across 11 miles of terrain in the 13 hours after it broke out about 4 p.m. Thursday. Authorities withheld the exact location where the pair died.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Answering a question from reporters during the Friday evening briefing, Kern County Sheriff Donny Youngblood said he is concerned the fire may have claimed other victims surprised by the blaze's rapid spread.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>David Klippel, 78, a retired police officer, told The Associated Press he didn't see much of a threat after receiving an automated call advising him to leave. That changed dramatically within an hour Thursday afternoon.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"I've never been so close to a fast-moving, ferocious fire. It was unbelievable,\" said Klippel, who later learned his house had caught fire. \"I almost didn't have time to get out.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Officials say about 1,500 homes are threatened by the fire and about 2,000 people have been forced from their residences.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Some 800 firefighters are on the scene, with hundreds more on the way. Seven helicopters and half a dozen fixed-wing air tankers will fight the fire Friday, including a jumbo jet from a private fleet frequently deployed to fight the most dangerous wildfires.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The blaze began amid ideal fire conditions: 90-degree heat, single-digit humidity and winds that reached 35 mph whipped the fire through a steep landscape that got little relief from last winter's sparse El Niño rains.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"The forces of nature collided with a spark,\" Kern County Fire Chief Brian Marshall told the AP.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>A \u003ca href=\"http://forecast.weather.gov/showsigwx.php?warnzone=CAZ095&warncounty=CAC029&firewxzone=CAZ295&local_place1=4%20Miles%20S%20Lake%20Isabella%20CA&product1=Red+Flag+Warning&lat=35.5642&lon=-118.4716#.V21LDZMrKb8\" target=\"_blank\">red-flag warning\u003c/a> for dangerous fire weather continues through Friday.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The \u003ca href=\"http://www.latimes.com/local/lanow/la-me-ln-kern-fire-homes-destroyed-20160624-snap-story.html\" target=\"_blank\">Los Angeles Times quotes\u003c/a> Kern County Fire Capt. Tyler Townsend describing the blaze as “extremely dangerous, extremely volatile.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I've never been in a wildland fire where I've seen so many homes burn,” Townsend told the Times. “It's one of the most devastating I've ever seen.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cem>Here's the latest Associated Press write-up on the fire:\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>LAKE ISABELLA, Kern County— A deadly wildfire that roared through dry brush and trees in the mountains of central California gave residents little time to flee as flames burned dozens of homes to the ground, propane tanks exploded, and smoke obscured the path to safety.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Two bodies were found Friday near Lake Isabella, a popular recreation area east of Bakersfield that was ravaged by wind-whipped flames, said Phil Neufeld, a spokesman for the Kern County Fire Department.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>At least 80 houses were destroyed in the southern Sierra Nevada as the fire burned out of control across 29 square miles, leveling neighborhoods and forcing thousands of people to flee from fast-moving flames.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>David Klippel, 78, a retired police officer, said he didn't see much of a threat after receiving an automated call advising him to leave. That changed dramatically within an hour Thursday afternoon.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"I've never been so close to a fast-moving, ferocious fire. It was unbelievable,\" said Klippel, who later learned his house had caught fire. \"I almost didn't have time to get out.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Neighborhoods of mobile homes were charred to their foundations. Gusty winds pushed the flames and smoke farther into drought-starved terrain.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"The forces of nature collided with a spark,\" Kern County Fire Chief Brian Marshall said. \"The mountainous terrain, five years of drought and wind gusts of over 20 mph all drove a fire over 11 miles in 13 hours.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Scorching heat and tinder-dry conditions across the West have contributed to massive wildfires in the past week that have destroyed properties and sent residents to seek shelter and hope for the best.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Laura Rogers was one of those who thought she'd never see her home or her brother's home again. Instead, she was lucky to find both standing in a neighborhood of mobile homes that was devastated.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"I was sure this place was gone last night,\" Rogers said through tears as she gestured at the destruction around her. \"I mean look at this, I can't believe it. It's like a scary movie.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The downspout of her brother's home was melted on the ground, but the structure was intact.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Dozens of other homes were gone, left in piles of charred sheet metal and cinderblock foundations. Scorched tricycles, air conditioners and TV dishes littered the landscape. Burned-out cars sat on tireless rims and leafless trees poked from barren, blackened dirt.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The California blaze erupted quickly, putting some 1,500 homes in jeopardy. Three firefighters suffered from smoke inhalation.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Crews faced a \"firefight of epic proportions\" as they tried to protect neighborhoods, Marshall said. 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Among the measures outlined in \u003ca href=\"http://www2.oaklandnet.com/w/OAK054936\" target=\"_blank\">a September 2015 report\u003c/a> commissioned by Tagami's firm are covered rail cars, underground transfer compartments and enclosed conveyor systems for moving coal from trains to ships. \u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The developer's assessment, performed by consultant HDR Engineering, concluded that with such measures in place, the amount of coal dust emitted as part of the port's operation would be \"negligible\" and would not pose any risk to public health or the environment. \u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But the ESA analysis flatly disagrees with HDR's conclusion because the proposed steps to limit coal dust either haven't been tried before or haven't been shown to be effective.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>ESA's report also notes that coal dust could pose a threat to coal port workers and people working at or traveling through the Bay Bridge toll plaza, which is adjacent to the facility. \u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The planned $260 million complex, known formally as the \u003ca href=\"http://obotjv.com/\" target=\"_blank\">Oakland Bulk and Oversized Terminal\u003c/a>, would be equipped to ship a total of 9 million metric tons of loose, non-containerized cargo every year. The company developing the facility, Oakland-based Terminal Logistics Solutions, says about half of that cargo total could be coal. \u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The project became the subject of \u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/2015/07/06/oakland-mayor-port-developer-in-dispute-over-plan-to-ship-coal\" target=\"_blank\">a dispute\u003c/a> last year between Mayor Libby Schaaf and Tagami, whose California Capital and Investment Group is the principal backer. Schaaf accused Tagami, who in 2013 had vowed no coal would be shipped through the new facility, of going back on his word and defying the \"public’s decree that we will not have coal shipped through our city.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Tagami and Terminal Logistics chief Jerry Bridges now say the only way the project pencils out financially is through the facility's ability to handle any legal cargo, including coal. The state of Utah, acting on behalf of four coal-producing counties that want to get their product to overseas markets, is \u003ca href=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/2016/03/22/author-of-utah-bill-to-help-advance-coal-through-oakland-dismisses-air-quality-concerns\" target=\"_blank\">set to invest\u003c/a> $53 million in the project.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Tagami has also suggested that Oakland officials are powerless to stop coal shipments through the terminal because its contract with developers does not specifically forbid handling fossil fuels. \u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The ESA report released Friday is just the latest analysis to find that coal shipments through the bulk cargo facility would degrade air quality in the area and pose a significant health threat. \u003c/p>\n\u003cp>On Thursday, City Councilman Dan Kalb released \u003ca href=\"http://oakland.legistar.com/gateway.aspx?M=F&ID=818d7d32-63fb-4cea-8851-d86ce52e5e33.pdf\" target=\"_blank\">a study\u003c/a> that concluded the movement of coal through the West Oakland terminal \"is likely to have serious and ongoing health effects and safety risks for residents, workers and others who live, work, and/or visit portions of Oakland and adjacent communities.\"\t\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Kalb, one of the sponsors of the ordinance to block coal shipments, commissioned the study by Zoë Chafe, a researcher at UC Berkeley's Energy and Resources Group.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Earlier this month, a panel of researchers working in collaboration with community health advocacy group Human Impact Partners came to \u003ca href=\"http://www.humanimpact.org/wp-content/uploads/Assessment_Health_Safety_Coal_Oakland.pdf\" target=\"_blank\">a similar conclusion\u003c/a>. \u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Opponents of coal shipments, including the San Francisco Bay Area chapter of the Sierra Club, also object to the longer-term impact of encouraging continued use of fossil fuels. \u003c/p>\n\u003cp>April Thomas of the Sierra Club's Beyond Coal campaign said earlier this month that “California’s climate legacy is on the line here. 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