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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003cp>One of the key fisheries on the West Coast is coming back after years of decline. That’s prompting a sustainable seafood group \u003ca href=\"http://blog.seafoodwatch.org/post/96452842179/consumers-now-have-many-more-sustainable-seafood\">change their consumer ratings\u003c/a> for almost two dozen fish species from “avoid” to “good” or “best” choices.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The species are all considered groundfish, fish that show up on restaurant menus as rock cod, pacific snapper, black cod and sole. \u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In 2000, the fishery was declared a federal disaster because catches were so low. The fishery has experienced dramatic changes since then, including stringent new fishing rules under a “catch share” program and the closure of fishing grounds in favor of \u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/2013/02/28/california-ocean-reserves-show-promising-results-for-marine-life/\">marine protected areas\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“There’s been a lot of effort over the last decade and a half to improve management and make sure the problem species were put onto recovery plans,” says Santi Roberts of the Monterey Bay Aquarium’s \u003ca href=\"http://www.seafoodwatch.org/\">Seafood Watch\u003c/a> program. “There’s been an increase in those species, which is a really positive thing.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>As a result, the Seafood Watch \u003ca href=\"http://blog.seafoodwatch.org/post/96452842179/consumers-now-have-many-more-sustainable-seafood\">ratings for 21 fish\u003c/a> are going from “avoid” to “good alternative” or “best choice.” In all, 84 percent of the fish caught in the commercial groundfish fishery have those ratings.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003c/div>",
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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“It’s probably the single greatest number of species that have moved up,” Roberts says.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Under a catch share fishing system, each fisherman is given a quota for each species he or she fishes for. On-board observers count every fish that’s caught in order to reduce the amount of by-catch, fish that are accidentally caught and thrown overboard. Fishermen will be responsible for paying for the full cost for the observers by 2015.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The \u003ca href=\"http://www.npr.org/2010/12/23/132240253/west-coast-fishery-moves-to-market-based-system#commentBlock\">system was controversial\u003c/a> when it was implemented in 2011.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>According to \u003ca href=\"http://www.nmfs.noaa.gov/stories/2012/07/07_19_12catch_shares.html\">results from NOAA\u003c/a>, by-catch is down and revenue is up under the system. While it could take decades for many rockfish species to bounce back, some, like bocaccio, are expected to recover in half the amount of time that was originally forecast.\u003c/p>\n\n\u003c/div>\u003c/p>",
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"content": "\u003cp>By \u003ca href=\"http://www.berkeleyside.com/author/natalie/\">Natalie Orenstein\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"http://www.berkeleyside.com/2014/09/02/epa-settlement-calls-for-repairs-to-east-bays-faulty-sewage-lines-berkeley-to-pay-133500-civil-penalty/\">Berkeleyside \u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_146573\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 640px\">\u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2014/09/Smoke-testing-1.jpg\">\u003cimg class=\"wp-image-146573 size-medium\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2014/09/Smoke-testing-1-640x487.jpg\" alt=\"Smoke-testing-1\" width=\"640\" height=\"487\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Berkeley tested the state of its sewer system in 2011 by smoke-testing some of the lines. (Lance Knobel/Berkeleyside)\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp style=\"color: #444444\">The recent settlement of a lawsuit between the Environmental Protection Agency and several cities, including Berkeley, will lead to major repairs of the East Bay’s deteriorating sewage system — and less wastewater discharge into the bay.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp style=\"color: #444444\">The federal government had sued Berkeley, Oakland and the East Bay Municipal Utility District (EBMUD), among others, to stop sewage overflows that released hundreds of millions of gallons of raw or partially untreated sewage water in the bay. The spillage could be particularly acute during heavy rains, as stormwater enters the East Bay sewage system through flaws in the aging pipes.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In 2009, the EPA issued a complaint against the East Bay Municipal Utility District and the cities in its jurisdiction for violating the Clean Water Act. The parties settled in July with a c\u003ca href=\"http://www.justice.gov/enrd/ConsentDecrees/East_Bay_Consent_Decree.PDF\">onsent decree\u003c/a> that requires a series of repairs and replacements over the next 21 years. The goal is to entirely eliminate wastewater discharge by 2035.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>For Berkeley, that means paying a civil penalty of $133,500, cleaning 51 miles of sewer mains per year, inspecting 15 miles per year and rehabbing 4 miles per year.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>According to city spokesman Matthai Chakko, over 80 percent of the \u003cspan style=\"color: #000000\">rehabbing of sewer mains and associated lower laterals in Berkeley has already been completed. He also said that the city cleaned 64.1 miles of sewer lines in 2013, and that Berkeley was achieving the annual 15 miles per year inspection \u003c/span>goal. Last year, the city inspected 17.4 miles, he said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The East Bay’s entire sewer infrastructure is 1,500 miles long and the estimated total cost of repair is $1.5 billion.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Homeowners are responsible for nearly half of that cost.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>When private property owners sell or renovate their properties, they are required to inspect and upgrade the sewer laterals that connect the property to the city’s sewer mains. The settlement’s wide timeframe of 21 years was chosen in part because many homes will be sold by 2035, said EPA spokeswoman Suzanne Skadowski.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Personally, each homeowner is on the hook,” said EBMUD spokeswoman Andrea Pook. “The city’s part is to upgrade its sewer lines. Then it’s EBMUD’s role to oversee the private sewer lateral program, and work on the miles of large pipeline that we own and improve those.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp style=\"color: #444444\">Berkeley is unusual in that predating the settlement, the city already had its own \u003ca href=\"http://www.ci.berkeley.ca.us/psl/\">ordinance requiring private property owners to upgrade their sewer laterals, \u003c/a>said City Attorney Zach Cowan, who negotiated the agreement.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp style=\"color: #444444\">“After further discussions and hearing other people’s experiences with their ordinances, we thought it could use some tweaks and refinements,” Cowan said. “There were some changes we made just because the EPA wanted language in there, and some changes we made to accommodate people buying houses.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The City Council will vote on the \u003ca href=\"http://www.ci.berkeley.ca.us/Clerk/City_Council/2014/09_Sep/Documents/2014-09-09_Item_62_EPA_Litigation.aspx\">first reading of an amendmen\u003c/a>t to the Private Sewer Lateral Ordinance on \u003ca href=\"http://www.ci.berkeley.ca.us/Clerk/City_Council/2014/09_Sep/City_Council__09-09-2014_-_Regular_Meeting_Agenda.aspx\">Sept. 9\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>As for the cost of cleaning and repairing the city-owned infrastructure, “that’s what sewage rates are for,” Cowan said. The city of Berkeley is conducting a sewer rate study that is likely to result in increased rates, he said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The flaws in the East Bay’s sewage system, which was built in the late 1950s, are common throughout the country.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Aging infrastructure is a big problem everywhere,” said Skadowski. “The EPA has done similar agreements with other utilities over the last decade or so. It takes time and momentum to get the utilities and communities to put money toward making those repairs.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Between 1990 and 1996, EBMUD built three wet-weather facilities to alleviate the pressure on the main sewage treatment plants when wastewater reached capacity during storms. 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"content": "\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_21251\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 640px\">\u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/science/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2014/09/Fault_CottageWy_4872.jpg\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-21251\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/science/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2014/09/Fault_CottageWy_4872.jpg\" alt=\"Seismologist David Schwartz examines a crack in suburban Napa that he says shows a few centimeters of side-slip -- a clue to faulting below. (Craig Miller/KQED)\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Geologist David Schwartz examines a crack in suburban Napa that he says shows a few centimeters of side-slip — a clue to faulting far below the surface. (Craig Miller/KQED)\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>At least one good thing will come of the recent \u003ca title=\"Q - NewsFix - SNQ\" href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/2014/08/24/quake-rolls-through-bay-area/\">South Napa Earthquake\u003c/a> that shook the wine country on August 24: It will lead to much better maps of active faulting in that area. The bad news: There is likely far more shake potential in the Napa Valley than was previously attributed to the faulting there.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I think it’s hard to walk away from this and think otherwise,” says geologist David Schwartz of the U.S. Geological Survey in Menlo Park.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The 6.0 quake has provided an instant laboratory for geologists and seismologists, whose prior knowledge of the \u003ca title=\"USGS - PDF - W. Napa Fault Zone\" href=\"http://earthquake.usgs.gov/research/external/reports/05HQAG0002.pdf\">West Napa Fault Zone\u003c/a> was sketchy at best. One thing that’s already emerged is that the fault that triggered the 6.0 temblor is longer than they realized. “The earthquake has helped to identify some pieces of it that are clearly active,” says Schwartz. That’s important because prior to the shaking, all scientists knew of many area faults was that they had been active sometime within the last 130,000 years.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The map below shows what teams from USGS, the California Geological Survey, UC Davis and others had plotted as of August 26, just two days after the quake. Schwartz says the map is preliminary but provides a “pretty good approximation” of the likely final map. The colored lines are previously mapped faults, red indicating the “youngest” or most recently active.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_21264\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 1064px\">\u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/science/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2014/09/WNFZPrelim_1408261.jpeg\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-21264\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/science/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2014/09/WNFZPrelim_1408261.jpeg\" alt=\"Red dots indicate where scientists had located surface fractures that trace underlying faults, as of August 26. (USGS)\" width=\"1064\" height=\"1099\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Red dots indicate where scientists had located surface fractures that trace underlying faults, as of August 26. (USGS)\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Schwartz was among a battalion of scientists who have been combing the Napa Valley, looking for evidence of “lateral slip.” These are essentially cracks where the two sides of the fracture moved in opposite directions. They’re visual clues to the exact location of \u003ca title=\"Exploratorium - fault types\" href=\"http://www.exploratorium.edu/faultline/basics/faults.html\">“strike-slip” faults\u003c/a> miles below the surface. The most extreme examples found so far in the wake of the South Napa Quake show about 18 (updated) inches of lateral offset. Scientists have to weed out the many instances of buckled pavement, broken sidewalks and the like, which were simply due to the shaking.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Two things stand out. First, the quake caused a surprising amount of ruptures at the Earth’s surface. “To me it was really surprising how well defined and long this was for a magnitude-6,” says Schwartz, “which is really kind of at the threshold of the magnitude at which we actually see surface ruptures.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>And second, there’s more going on under the west side of Napa Valley than anyone realized. Preliminary mapping of side-slip at the surface reveals a fault in the Brown’s Valley Section of the West Napa Fault Zone that extends well beyond what was known. 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Fresno’s poetry scene has produced a national poet laureate and several National Book Award winners. And the San Joaquin Valley has a special backyard: the central Sierra, with three national parks --Yosemite, Sequoia and Kings Canyon -- full of glittering alpine lakes and pristine wilderness.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>It’s a part of California where many young families can still afford to by a house. Where there’s rarely a long commute and where the produce at farmers markets is phenomenal. Where people are friendly and actually strike up a conversations on the street.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Sure, I can’t see foreign movies at the local multiplex like I did when I lived in the Bay Area, but I can work with a group of dedicated volunteers to put on a monthly screening at the historic theater down the street. My kids might not have access to world-class museums, but they’ll grow up with kids from all walks of life and are learning compassion, empathy and the value of diversity. 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The quake was the strongest to strike the Bay Area since the 6.9 Loma Prieta quake of Oct. 17, 1989.\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>\u003cstrong>A series of aftershocks\u003c/strong> shook the earthquake zone early Tuesday, the strongest a 3.9 shake felt at 5:33 a.m. Tuesday. The U.S. Geological Survey revised its estimate Monday of the chances for a strong, damaging aftershock in the next seven days. Sunday, the agency put that chance at 54 percent. Monday, that figure was revised to 25 percent.\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>\u003cstrong>The U.S. Geological Survey\u003c/strong> link to seismic details on the quake: \u003ca href=\"http://earthquake.usgs.gov/earthquakes/eventpage/nc72282711#summary\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Napa-North Bay Earthquake\u003c/a>\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>\u003cstrong>Napa’s Queen of the Valley Hospital \u003c/strong>reports treating 209 people between the time the earthquake struck at 3:20 a.m. and 11 p.m. Sunday. The hospital says a total of 17 people were admitted, most in fair to serious condition. One person remains in critical condition. Vallejo reported 49 injuries, with two people hospitalized.\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>\u003cstrong>Napa and Vallejo\u003c/strong> are still assessing damage to structures. On Tuesday, Napa announced it has red-tagged 113 buildings as unsafe to enter because of extensive damage; another 500 have been yellow-tagged as unfit for occupancy until repairs are made. Vallejo officials red-tagged 10 buildings and yellow-tagged about 40 others.\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>\u003cstrong>The Napa Fire Department \u003c/strong> reported Monday it responded to 50 fires after the quake, including one in a mobile home park that destroyed four units and damaged several others. Fire officials said an initial lack of water due to water main breaks led to some of the destruction.\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>\u003cstrong>Napa’s water system\u003c/strong> is still under repair. There were 83 water line breaks, and 59 have been repaired.\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>\u003cstrong>Napa Valley Unified School District\u003c/strong> campuses resumed classes on Wednesday Aug. 27, with the exception of Stonebridge School.\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>\u003cstrong>PG&E has all\u003c/strong> but completed the job of restoring power to the tens of thousands of customers who were in the dark immediately after the temblor. Monday morning, the utility reported \u003ca href=\"http://www.pge.com/en/myhome/alerts/morealerts.page?WT.ac=ContactUs_Alerts_Earthquake\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">fewer than 100 customers\u003c/a> without power.\u003c/li>\n\u003c/ul>\n\u003c/aside>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Update, 11 a.m. Wednesday:\u003c/strong> City officials now estimate that the earthquake caused $300 million in damage to homes and commercial properties. The city has waived all inspection and permit fees for people who have suffered earthquake damage. About 800 people have called for an inspection, and there are 60 building inspectors.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Update, 3 p.m. Tuesday:\u003c/strong> Napa officials say the list of badly damaged buildings in the city has grown dramatically as inspectors continue the long, slow process of assessing structures in the wake of Sunday’s earthquake.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The city said at a Tuesday afternoon press conference that it expects to have red-tagged 120 structures by the end of the day. That means they’re unsafe to enter pending further assessment or repairs. Another 500 have been yellow-tagged, meaning that while premises may be entered, they’re unfit for occupancy. (Here’s \u003ca href=\"http://bit.ly/1lsdLpf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">the city’s map of red-tagged properties\u003c/a>.)\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>KQED’s Mina Kim asked City Manager Mike Parness how many of the tagged buildings are residences. Parness said he was unsure about that number and was also unable to say how many residents might have been displaced because their homes are at least temporarily uninhabitable.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The city says it has a backlog of 800 calls for inspections. Officials are triaging the most serious situations and say that inspectors are responding within a day or two of calls. Less serious damage could take a week to two weeks to inspect.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Update, 8:20 a.m. Tuesday:\u003c/strong> Scores of small aftershocks have followed the Sunday morning temblor, including an attention-getting cluster of quakes early Tuesday. The U.S. Geological Survey reports the strongest of those was a 3.9-magnitude shake at 5:33 a.m. centered just south of Napa. That was followed by shocks of 2.7, 1.9, 2.8 and 3.0 over the next 72 minutes. We haven’t heard any reports of damage following the series of small quakes.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In Vallejo, demolition crews took down a portion of an unstable bell tower at the First Baptist Church. The tower was deemed dangerous after an inspection Monday and surrounding streets, including Sonoma Boulevard (Highway 29) were closed until the hazard was removed.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Update, 5:15 p.m. Monday:\u003c/strong> Continuing fallout from Sunday’s South Napa Earthquake: Officials in Vallejo have closed a two-block stretch of one of the city’s principal streets because of concerns that a church bell tower could collapse, and Napa’s school district announced that schools will remain closed Tuesday and possibly beyond.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>KQED’s Craig Miller reports that Vallejo’s First Baptist Church, at the corner of Carolina Street and Sonoma Boulevard, has been red-tagged. Among the church’s structural concerns: that the bell tower has been weakened to the point where it might collapse. This fear has prompted officials to close Sonoma Boulevard, which is also Highway 29, for two blocks on either side of the church. The closure also affects Lincoln Elementary School, immediately across the street from First Baptist.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Dave Kleinschmidt, Vallejo’s public works director, said the city hoped to partially demolish the tower late Monday or Tuesday morning and that Sonoma Boulevard will remain closed until that job is done. First Baptist is one of 10 buildings in the city that have been red-tagged, or declared unsafe for occupation, at least for the time being. Another 34 buildings have been yellow-tagged, deemed safe to enter but not to stay in.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Napa officials \u003ca href=\"http://www.cityofnapa.org/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=1835:red-tagged-structures-list-as-of-245pm-aug-25&catid=1:latest\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">updated the number of buildings red-tagged there\u003c/a> to 64. Among the buildings shut down is the city’s historic courthouse building, and county officials announced today that the building will be closed indefinitely as it undergoes structural analysis.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Several other major public buildings, including the Napa County Administration Building, were closed Monday.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The \u003ca href=\"http://www.nvusd.k12.ca.us/cms/page_view?d=x&piid=&vpid=1286954361698\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Napa Valley Unified School District announced\u003c/a> schools across the city will remain closed Tuesday as staff cleans up after the quake. The district will make a decision Tuesday about whether the closure will be extended.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Update, 10:55 a.m. Monday:\u003c/strong> KQED reporter Mina Kim says that hardhats and orange vests are the order of the day in downtown Napa as the city begins the process of recovering from Sunday morning’s 6.0 earthquake.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“There’s a lot of activity downtown,” Kim says. “All the street closures in the area are still in effect. Damaged buildings still have police tape around them. There are more bricks in the street today because crews are taking down damaged facades and they’re starting to clear them.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>David Gadlin, manager of the Lucero Olive Oil store in downtown Napa, started work at 5:30 a.m. Monday to finish cleaning up so the business could open on schedule at 10 a.m.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The Lucero store was widely pictured as one of the businesses damaged in the quake, with olive oil and balsamic vinegar flowing and seeping under the store’s front entrance. Today there’s a pile of kitty litter near the front door, used to soak up Sunday’s oozing mess.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“It took a lot of paper towels, rags and cat litter to pick up the oil,” Gadlin says. “And now we’re making sure we get rid of all the cat litter and all the stickiness, and I’m sure we’ll be finding it in strange places for weeks to come.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Gadlin says about 500 bottles of olive oil and balsamic vinegar were smashed when thrown from shelves during the quake. He estimates the retail value of the lost inventory at about $10,000.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“It could be a lot worse,” he says. “Nobody got hurt. It happened in the middle of the night, and we got lucky.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Among the bigger postquake disruptions in Napa today:\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The Napa Valley Unified School District, with schools in Napa and Yountville, has shut down for the day so staff can clean up classrooms. The county administration building, its interior a shambles after the quake, is also closed.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Officials in Vallejo are also assessing buildings along a Tennessee Street commercial strip and on Mare Island, where \u003ca href=\"http://www.timesheraldonline.com/breaking_news/ci_26399058/captains-row-chimneys-kod-by-quake\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">several historic buildings were closed \u003c/a>for postquake inspections. Officials estimated Monday that structures in the city sustained about $5 million in damage.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[contextly_sidebar id=”or0HqTKDYdS53huDi2AUft9LEgOslbzv”]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>9:35 p.m. Sunday: \u003c/strong>\u003ca href=\"http://www.cityofnapa.org/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Napa officials are advising residents\u003c/a> who lost water service completely for any period of time after today’s earthquake to use bottled water, boil their water before drinking or get water from the station set up by the city on Pearl Street one block west of Main or at the Las Flores Center on Linda Vista Avenue. Officials say water is safe for bathing and other household uses.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>5:30 p.m.:\u003c/strong> 7,600 residents in Napa County are still without power, while full power has been restored to Sonoma County. Napa City Manager Mike Parness said that PG&E informed him that full power would be restored to Napa residents 1 p.m. Monday at the latest.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>According to Napa Community Development Director Rick Tooker, 33 buildings have been red-tagged, or deemed unsafe, while an unknown number of buildings have been yellow-tagged (“owners should be going in only to clean the premises.”) The 33 buildings deemed unsafe are a combination of older unreinforced masonry and newer constructions, some of which have had recent retrofit work done, according to Tooker.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Napa Public Works Director Jacques Larochelle said that 60 properties in the city are currently without water, but that all repairs to restore water to the properties (a mix of commercial and residential) are expected to be completed by Wednesday or Thursday of this week.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>4:50 p.m.:\u003c/strong> Walt Mickens, CEO of Napa’s Queen of the Valley Hospital, just reported that the facility has treated 172 people since the quake struck at 3:20 a.m. and that patients continue to arrive with quake-related injuries.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Of those 172 people, 159 were treated and released with injuries such as lacerations and bruises; 13 patients were admitted, including seven with what he called “orthopedic conditions” — broken bones — five with respiratory or cardiac conditions, and one person whose condition was not related to the quake.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>3:55 p.m:\u003c/strong> According to California Governor’s Office of Emergency Services Director Mark Ghilarducci, 90-100 homes in total have been red-tagged at this point.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Briefing the media after assessing damage to the region, Ghilarducci said O.E.S. has received reports that shaking was felt as far north as Ukiah and as far south as Salinas. “While the damage was bad, it’s not as bad as it could’ve been.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>According to California State Geologist John Parrish, there have been roughly 50 to 60 aftershocks since Sunday morning’s quake, the strongest being 3.6. While geologists don’t expect another large earthquake, aftershocks are expected to continue with decreasing magnitude and importance for several weeks.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“This is a reminder that we live in earthquake country. None of us are immune to this,” Parrish said, while urging residents in and around Napa to replenish earthquake supply kits and be cautious about what structures you enter.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Parrish also explained that the geology around the epicenter, consisting predominantly of soft muds, helped reduce the scope and scale of the damage by reducing shaking at ground level.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>2:45 p.m.:\u003c/strong> Residents of Vallejo were also hit hard by this morning’s earthquake. Congressman Mike Thompson told KQED that 41 buildings had been red-tagged, deemed unfit for habitation. There have also been 16 water main breaks. The Mare Island Maritime Museum and old officers’ mansions have all sustained damage and lost their chimneys. The U.S. Forest Service building also had a major water main break.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“They’ve had a considerable damage. Especially down in the Tenneessee Street area and over on Mare Island,” said Thompson.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>1:53 p.m.:\u003c/strong> About 16 buildings in Napa City have been red-tagged, said city officials. Historic buildings have also sustained damage. Four mobile homes were destroyed after a fire at the Napa Valley Mobile Home Park in north Napa. Two other fires in residential areas were extinguished by Napa fire crews.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>More than 100 people have called about natural gas leaks, said Napa Fire Chief Mike Randolph. If you smell gas, \u003ca href=\"http://www.pge.com/en/myhome/outages/gas/index.page\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">call PG&E at 1-800-PGE-5000\u003c/a>. If you have shut off your gas service, do not turn it back on.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>About 17,000 PG&E customers are still without power, most of them in the city of Napa. When the earthquake hit, about 70,000 homes lost power in Napa, Sonoma and Vallejo.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>All public schools in the city of Napa and the Justin Siena Catholic High School are closed on Monday. Napa Valley Unified District teachers still need to report. Sonoma State University will be open.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Officials report that several Napa County services will be unavailable on Monday, according to county officials. Damage to the county building at 900 Coombs St. is too extensive to open to the public.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Neither assessor, recorder-county clerk nor Election services will be available to the public tomorrow, according to John Tuteur, county clerk.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“We are working with the Board of Supervisors, Information Technology and Public Works to restore services at an alternate location as quickly as possible,” Tuteur said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>12:30 p.m.:\u003c/strong> About 120 patients have been treated for earthquake-related injuries, said Queen of the Valley President Walt Mickens. Fewer than 10 were admitted, and three are still in critical condition.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“The majority of injuries are non-life threatening: lacerations, cuts, abrasions, bumps and bruises. One patient has multiple fractures. One heart attack. A handful are being admitted to the hospital. Most are treated and released,” Mickens said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>However, Mickens warned residents to be careful, saying that many of the new injuries stem from cleanup efforts.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>About 60 water lines are currently down, said Director of Public Works Jacques LaRochelle at a city press conference.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>How big was the earthquake? Although the shaking lasted a long time, its intensity was much lower than the Loma Prieta Earthquake.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_145755\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 640px\">\u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2014/08/Eeathquake-map-Aug-24th.jpeg\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-145755\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2014/08/Eeathquake-map-Aug-24th.jpeg\" alt=\"(David Pierce/KQED)\" width=\"640\" height=\"528\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">(David Pierce/KQED)\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>10:25 a.m.:\u003c/strong> A one-line message from the California Highway Patrol gives the all-clear for motorists headed to major sporting events today: “CHP – GOLDEN GATE: EARTHQUAKE UPDATE: All bridges/roads in CHP jurisdiction safe for travel. Access to Sonoma Raceway/Levi Stadium open.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Here’s a link to the CHP’s detailed summary of post-quake road conditions in the region: \u003ca href=\"http://local.nixle.com/alert/5255570/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Earthquake Update (via Nixle)\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Thanks to KQED’s Sarah Baughn for the heads-up on that.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>10:15 a.m.: \u003c/strong>A clarification on the earthquake magnitude: The U.S. Geological Survey is, as of this very moment, calling \u003ca href=\"http://earthquake.usgs.gov/earthquakes/eventpage/nc72282711#summary\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">the South Napa Earthquake a 6.0-magnitude event.\u003c/a> A couple hours ago, the USGS had moved the magnitude up to a 6.1 shake. Before that, it was rated at 6.0. And immediately after it happened, it was rated a 5.9. This obviously makes it hard to choose a number to put in a blog post, but we’re going to go with what’s current from the USGS. So back to 6.0 we go until the agency recalculates again. (We understand from listening to USGS scientist David Oppenheimer earlier this morning that there were some “rounding” issues in rating this quake.) And: We apologize for any discrepancies in the numbers we’ve displayed to this point.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>9:45 a.m.: \u003c/strong>The transit impact of the South Napa earthquake, as reported by Bay City News:\u003c/p>\n\u003cblockquote>\u003cp>Amtrak’s Capitol Corridor train service has been temporarily suspended this morning between Sacramento and San Jose while crews inspect the tracks for damage following the earthquake early this morning near American Canyon.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>ACE special train service between Stockton and San Jose for this afternoon’s San Francisco 49ers football game at Levi’s Stadium in Santa Clara has also been canceled because of safety concerns following the quake.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Caltrain officials said they expect to run service to the football game but said there are delays this morning because of track and bridge inspections.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>BART had pre-planned delays because of track maintenance on its Pittsburg-Bay Point line but has not reported any other disruptions this morning as a result of the quake.\u003c/p>\u003c/blockquote>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Update, 9:20 a.m.:\u003c/strong> Napa city officials are briefing the media on the impact of the earthquake in the city.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Jack LaRochelle, Napa’s public works director, said the most urgent issue is damage to the city’s water system. He said there are about 30 significant water main breaks, most in the Browns Valley area on the city’s west side. He said the city’s water plants are fine and are tapping a second source of water, from Lake Hennessey, northeast of the city.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>He had no immediate estimate of the number of buildings that have been or will be red-tagged because of earthquake damage.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>City officials said they have gotten about 100 reports of gas leaks from residents and that PG&E crews have been responding.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Update, 9:10 a.m.: \u003c/strong>To summarize:\u003c/p>\n\u003cul>\n\u003cli>A 6.0-magnitude earthquake epicentered at the southern edge of Napa struck at 3:20 a.m. The quake is the strongest to strike the Bay Area since the Loma Prieta quake of Oct. 17, 1989.\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>The U.S. Geological Survey link to seismic details on the quake: \u003ca href=\"http://earthquake.usgs.gov/earthquakes/eventpage/nc72282711#summary\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Napa-North Bay Earthquake\u003c/a>\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>So far, 87 injuries have been reported in Napa. Three people were critically injured.\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>Widespread damage is reported in the city of Napa ranging from burst water mains to the collapse of commercial building facades in downtown Napa to extensive exterior and interior damage of single-story homes in the surrounding area.\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>Several major fires started after the quake, including one in a mobile home park.\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>PG&E reports tens of thousands of homes have been without power in Napa and Sonoma counties and Vallejo in Solano County.\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>The California Highway Patrol and Caltrans are assessing damage to roads in the North Bay. Numerous pictures of buckled roads have appeared on Twitter. A major interchange at the Vallejo end of Highway 37 has been closed because of roadway damage, though Highway 37 remains open.\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>\u003ca href=\"http://www.ncedc.org/recenteqs/QuakeAddons/NC72282711.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Geologists say\u003c/a> the chance of a magnitude 5 aftershock in the next seven days is 54 percent. The chances of a quake larger than the main shock in the next week is 5 to 10 percent. More than a dozen aftershocks followed the Sunday quake, the strongest a 3.6 shake at 5:47 a.m.\u003c/li>\n\u003c/ul>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Update 8:30 a.m.:\u003c/strong> Here’s a quick list of quake impacts from the city of Napa:\u003c/p>\n\u003cul>\n\u003cli>\u003cstrong>INJURIES:\u003c/strong> 87 patients have been treated or are being treated at Queen of the Valley Hospital. There are three critically injured persons, 2 adults and one child.\u003cbr>\nFour mobile homes destroyed and two others damaged by fire on Orchard Avenue in north Napa.\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>\u003cstrong>GAS LINES: \u003c/strong>Crews are responding to reported gas line breaks in a variety of locations.\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>\u003cstrong>WATER MAINS: \u003c/strong>There are approximately 30 water main leaks. Both water treatment plants running, no damage. Some areas have no water due to main breaks and some areas no or low pressure. Water remains safe to drink.\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>City crews are assessing infrastructure damage and damage to homes and other buildings.\u003cbr>\n\u003cstrong>Historic Buildings damaged\u003c/strong>:\u003cbr>\n• Sam Kee Laundry\u003cbr>\n• Goodman Library\u003cbr>\n• Napa County Courthouse\u003cbr>\nAt least two commercial buildings in the downtown area are also severely damaged.\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>\u003cstrong>SHELTERS:\u003c/strong> The Red Cross evacuation center has been set up in the Napa High School gym.\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>Drop boxes for debris will be placed at all public schools.\u003c/li>\n\u003c/ul>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Update: 8:15 a.m.: \u003c/strong> From the Associated Press accounts of the quake:\u003c/p>\n\u003cblockquote>\u003cp>California Gov. Jerry Brown said in a statement this morning the impact of the earthquake is being felt throughout the region.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“My Office of Emergency Services has been on full activation since early this morning and is working close with state and local emergency managers, first responders and transportation officials to respond to impacts to residents and critical infrastructure,” he said. “These safety officials are doing all they can to help residents and those living in affected areas should follow their guidance and instruction.”\u003c/p>\u003c/blockquote>\n\u003cp>And again from AP, a Napa emergency responder:\u003c/p>\n\u003cblockquote>\u003cp>“There’s collapses, fires,” said Napa Fire Capt. Doug Bridewell, standing in front of large pieces of masonry that broke loose from a turn of the century office building where a fire had just been extinguished. “That’s the worst shaking I’ve ever been in.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Bridewell, who said he had to climb over fallen furniture in his own home to check on his family before reporting to duty, said he was starting to see more reports of injuries.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The shaking emptied cabinets in homes and store shelves, set off car alarms and had residents of neighboring Sonoma County running out of their houses and talking about damage inside their homes. Officials say widespread power outages have been reported in the area.\u003c/p>\u003c/blockquote>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Update, 7:50 a.m.:\u003c/strong> Again, by way of KCBS: Queen of the Valley Hospital is reporting having treated 87 people injured in this morning’s earthquake. Three of those injuries are reportedly critical — a child hit by falling masonry and two adults with undescribed injuries. The rest of the injuries have been minor, including lacerations caused by flying glass.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Update, 6:10 a.m.:\u003c/strong> By way of an interview on KCBS: David Oppenheimer of U.S. Geological Survey is saying that this morning’s earthquake occurred on the West Napa Fault, and the agency has named the event the South Napa Earthquake.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Meantime, reports of damage continue to come in from downtown Napa. In the area that suffered the most severe damage, building facades have collapsed and chunks of buildings continue to fall in the streets.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The San Francisco Chronicle reports: “Napa Fire Capt. Steve Becker said there were “numerous” injuries reported across Napa, but details were not immediately available.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Update, 6 a.m.:\u003c/strong> \u003ca href=\"http://www.pressdemocrat.com/news/2575107-181/60-quake-rocks-northern-california\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">An account by way of the Santa Rosa Press-Democrat \u003c/a>of one major fire in Napa:\u003c/p>\n\u003cblockquote>\u003cp>A fire ripped through more than 10 units at Napa Valley Mobile Home Park, off Orchard Avenue. Four homes in the complex were a total loss, with up to eight additional units suffering minor to moderate damage, Napa Fire Capt. Steve Becker. No injuries were reported, but dozens of residents were evacuated to the complex’s clubhouse.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The damage at the mobile home park appeared to be the worst in the Napa area, Becker said. The cause was under investigation, but appeared to be linked to gas line ruptures, he said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Resident Andre Van Derheyden said he and his wife were jolted awake by the quake.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“It blew us out of bed,” he said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>By the time the couple were able to gather their dog and get outside, the mobile home next door was on fire, he said. The resident, a woman, was able to escape, but her home was a total loss.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Thank heaven we are fine, but I feel so bad for my neighbor,” said Van Derheyden.\u003c/p>\u003c/blockquote>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Update, 5:50 a.m.: \u003c/strong>To summarize:\u003c/p>\n\u003cul>\n\u003cli>A 6.0-magnitude earthquake epicentered at the southern edge of Napa struck at 3:20 a.m. The 6.0 quake is the strongest to strike the Bay Area since the Loma Prieta quake of Oct. 17, 1989.\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>The U.S. Geological Survey link to seismic details on the quake: \u003ca href=\"http://earthquake.usgs.gov/earthquakes/eventpage/nc72282711#summary\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Napa-North Bay Earthquake\u003c/a>\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>Injuries have been reported in Napa, but there are no authoritative reports yet as to the number or severity.\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>Damage is reported in the city of Napa ranging from the collapse of commercial building facades in downtown Napa to extensive exterior and interior damage of single-story homes in the surrounding area.\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>Witnesses are reporting two major fires at the northern end of Napa, one possibly in a mobile home park.\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>PG&E reports thousands of homes are without power in Napa and Sonoma counties and Vallejo in Solano County.\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>The California Highway Patrol and Caltrans are assessing damage to roads in the North Bay. Numerous pictures of buckled roads have appeared on Twitter. A major interchange at the Vallejo end of Highway 37 has been closed because of roadway damage, though Highway 37 remains open.\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>\u003ca href=\"http://www.ncedc.org/recenteqs/QuakeAddons/NC72282711.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Geologists say\u003c/a> the chance of a magnitude 5 aftershock in the next seven days is 54 percent. The chances of a quake larger than the main shock in the next week is 5 to 10 percent. Two small aftershocks have been recorded so far: a 2.5-magnitude shake at 5:01 a.m. and a 3.6 shake at 5:47 a.m.\u003c/li>\n\u003c/ul>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Update 5:05 a.m.: \u003c/strong>KQED’s Craig Miller checks in from the Mare Island Bridge on Highway 37:\u003c/p>\n\u003cblockquote>\u003cp>I talked to a guy from Caltrans who says he is the bridge supervisor. He said he wasn’t aware of any bridge closure, though he said there was damage to Sonoma Boulevard [nearby in the city of Vallejo] where pavement had buckled. There are emergency vehicles on the bridge, but I can also see traffic moving across it.\u003c/p>\u003c/blockquote>\n\u003cp>KCBS is carrying a witness account from Rob Downey, a Napa business owner, who reports severe damage to several historic buildings in downtown. He said damage seemed to be concentrated near in a quadrant bounded by Main, Second, Third and Brown streets.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Update 4:55 a.m. \u003c/strong>More details from KQED’s Craig Miller in Vallejo: He’s been at the scene of a single commercial block of Tennessee Street near intersection of Broadway where there’s significant damage:\u003c/p>\n\u003cblockquote>\u003cp>There are at least seven storefronts, including a Chase Bank, with windows blown out. In some cases, glass had blown out into the middle of the street. This was a block with about seven different businesses, including a music story, a bridal store and a jewelry store. You can see that part of the ceiling or roof is coming down in the music store. It’s really kind of bizarre — here’s one block in Vallejo with all this damage, and then when you look across the street everything is fine.\u003c/p>\u003c/blockquote>\n\u003cp>Craig’s on his way to check on the situation at the Mare Island Bridge in Highway 37, which has been reported closed because of possible quake damage.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Update 4:35 a.m.:\u003c/strong> From all the reports we’ve heard over the last hour-plus, it’s apparent that the worst of the damage from this morning’s quake is focused in the city of Napa and surrounding communities.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Unconfirmed reports — unconfirmed — relayed by KCBS say there’s been some road and possible bridge damage on Highway 12 in Napa and Highway 37 in Vallejo.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>KCBS reporter Curtis Kim went on the air with a report that the California Highway Patrol was closing one of the Highway 37 bridges in Vallejo. We’re not sure from the report which bridge it is.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Update, 4:25 a.m.:\u003c/strong> KQED’s Craig Miller is touring the streets of Vallejo and says there are signs of emergency response in the areas he’s seen — damage to some building and sirens.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cem>From KQED’s Scott Shafer: \u003c/em>Cheri Hansen of the Napa County Sheriff’s office says: “Everything’s upside down here. Things have flown out of the cabinets. My computer flew off the desk. We have power because we have a generator.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Update, 4:08 a.m.:\u003c/strong> KQED reporter Mina Kim lives in Napa, near the epicenter of this morning’s earthquake. She said she experienced violent shaking. In her words, “Everything came down” from the walls. “Our refrigerator moved across the kitchen. All the shelves came down.” She said she and her husband turned off their gas and are assessing the damage. She also reported a fire is visible in the distance, though she’s not sure what’s burning.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Todd Smoot, a KCBS editor, came on the air to report a major power outage in large parts of the Sonoma Valley.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>By way of KQED’s Scott Shafer, who just got off the phone with the U.S. Geological Survey, here are a few more details on where and when the quake struck from Frank Baldwin, a USGS geophysicist in Golden, Colorado:\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“It was felt over a wide area. It’s a shallow quake and we haven’t heard any reports of damage, although it has the potential for damage.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>It’s about 6 miles deep and usually when you have a shallow quake it generates more surface waves, which are felt more predominantly throughout the region.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The fault line has not been determined yet, but we’ll be looking at that over the next hours or days by the Northern California seismic network.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Updated 3:45 a.m.:\u003c/strong> The U.S. Geological Survey has recorded an earthquake that rolled through the Bay Area at 3:20 a.m. and 44 seconds.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"http://earthquake.usgs.gov/earthquakes/eventpage/nc72282711#summary\">USGS data shows\u003c/a> the quake was a 6.0 quake that struck between Napa and the community of American Canyon. That’s the approximate location of the Rogers Creek Fault in the North Bay. The USGS reported the depth of the epicenter as 10.8 kilometers, relatively shallow.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>This was an unusually long earthquake compared with most recent shakes in the Bay Area, lasting at least 10 seconds, with many callers to KCBS in the immediate aftermath saying they felt movement for as long as 20 seconds. In Berkeley, where this account is being written, the quake was a continuous side-to-side shaking as opposed to a strong, abrupt shock.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The U.S.G.S. “Did You Feel It” page showed the quake was felt across the Bay Area from Sonoma through Santa Cruz County. So far, we have no reports of damage.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad floatright]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>More coming.\u003c/p>\n\n",
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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_145917\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 640px\">\u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2014/08/IMG_4794.jpg\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-145917\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2014/08/IMG_4794-640x480.jpg\" alt=\"Workers begin process of dismantling the bell tower of Vallejo's First Baptist Church. (Craig Miller/KQED)\" width=\"640\" height=\"480\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Workers begin process of dismantling the bell tower of Vallejo’s First Baptist Church. (Craig Miller/KQED)\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003caside class=\"alignright\">\n\u003ch3>South Napa Quake: The Facts\u003c/h3>\n\u003cul>\n\u003cli>\u003cstrong>A 6.0-magnitude earthquake\u003c/strong> with an epicenter at the southern edge of Napa struck at 3:20 a.m on Sunday, Aug. 24, 2014. The quake was the strongest to strike the Bay Area since the 6.9 Loma Prieta quake of Oct. 17, 1989.\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>\u003cstrong>A series of aftershocks\u003c/strong> shook the earthquake zone early Tuesday, the strongest a 3.9 shake felt at 5:33 a.m. Tuesday. The U.S. Geological Survey revised its estimate Monday of the chances for a strong, damaging aftershock in the next seven days. Sunday, the agency put that chance at 54 percent. Monday, that figure was revised to 25 percent.\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>\u003cstrong>The U.S. Geological Survey\u003c/strong> link to seismic details on the quake: \u003ca href=\"http://earthquake.usgs.gov/earthquakes/eventpage/nc72282711#summary\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Napa-North Bay Earthquake\u003c/a>\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>\u003cstrong>Napa’s Queen of the Valley Hospital \u003c/strong>reports treating 209 people between the time the earthquake struck at 3:20 a.m. and 11 p.m. Sunday. The hospital says a total of 17 people were admitted, most in fair to serious condition. One person remains in critical condition. Vallejo reported 49 injuries, with two people hospitalized.\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>\u003cstrong>Napa and Vallejo\u003c/strong> are still assessing damage to structures. On Tuesday, Napa announced it has red-tagged 113 buildings as unsafe to enter because of extensive damage; another 500 have been yellow-tagged as unfit for occupancy until repairs are made. Vallejo officials red-tagged 10 buildings and yellow-tagged about 40 others.\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>\u003cstrong>The Napa Fire Department \u003c/strong> reported Monday it responded to 50 fires after the quake, including one in a mobile home park that destroyed four units and damaged several others. Fire officials said an initial lack of water due to water main breaks led to some of the destruction.\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>\u003cstrong>Napa’s water system\u003c/strong> is still under repair. There were 83 water line breaks, and 59 have been repaired.\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>\u003cstrong>Napa Valley Unified School District\u003c/strong> campuses resumed classes on Wednesday Aug. 27, with the exception of Stonebridge School.\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>\u003cstrong>PG&E has all\u003c/strong> but completed the job of restoring power to the tens of thousands of customers who were in the dark immediately after the temblor. Monday morning, the utility reported \u003ca href=\"http://www.pge.com/en/myhome/alerts/morealerts.page?WT.ac=ContactUs_Alerts_Earthquake\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">fewer than 100 customers\u003c/a> without power.\u003c/li>\n\u003c/ul>\n\u003c/aside>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Update, 11 a.m. Wednesday:\u003c/strong> City officials now estimate that the earthquake caused $300 million in damage to homes and commercial properties. The city has waived all inspection and permit fees for people who have suffered earthquake damage. About 800 people have called for an inspection, and there are 60 building inspectors.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Update, 3 p.m. Tuesday:\u003c/strong> Napa officials say the list of badly damaged buildings in the city has grown dramatically as inspectors continue the long, slow process of assessing structures in the wake of Sunday’s earthquake.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The city said at a Tuesday afternoon press conference that it expects to have red-tagged 120 structures by the end of the day. That means they’re unsafe to enter pending further assessment or repairs. Another 500 have been yellow-tagged, meaning that while premises may be entered, they’re unfit for occupancy. (Here’s \u003ca href=\"http://bit.ly/1lsdLpf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">the city’s map of red-tagged properties\u003c/a>.)\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>KQED’s Mina Kim asked City Manager Mike Parness how many of the tagged buildings are residences. Parness said he was unsure about that number and was also unable to say how many residents might have been displaced because their homes are at least temporarily uninhabitable.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The city says it has a backlog of 800 calls for inspections. Officials are triaging the most serious situations and say that inspectors are responding within a day or two of calls. Less serious damage could take a week to two weeks to inspect.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003c/div>",
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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Update, 8:20 a.m. Tuesday:\u003c/strong> Scores of small aftershocks have followed the Sunday morning temblor, including an attention-getting cluster of quakes early Tuesday. The U.S. Geological Survey reports the strongest of those was a 3.9-magnitude shake at 5:33 a.m. centered just south of Napa. That was followed by shocks of 2.7, 1.9, 2.8 and 3.0 over the next 72 minutes. We haven’t heard any reports of damage following the series of small quakes.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In Vallejo, demolition crews took down a portion of an unstable bell tower at the First Baptist Church. The tower was deemed dangerous after an inspection Monday and surrounding streets, including Sonoma Boulevard (Highway 29) were closed until the hazard was removed.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Update, 5:15 p.m. Monday:\u003c/strong> Continuing fallout from Sunday’s South Napa Earthquake: Officials in Vallejo have closed a two-block stretch of one of the city’s principal streets because of concerns that a church bell tower could collapse, and Napa’s school district announced that schools will remain closed Tuesday and possibly beyond.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>KQED’s Craig Miller reports that Vallejo’s First Baptist Church, at the corner of Carolina Street and Sonoma Boulevard, has been red-tagged. Among the church’s structural concerns: that the bell tower has been weakened to the point where it might collapse. This fear has prompted officials to close Sonoma Boulevard, which is also Highway 29, for two blocks on either side of the church. The closure also affects Lincoln Elementary School, immediately across the street from First Baptist.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Dave Kleinschmidt, Vallejo’s public works director, said the city hoped to partially demolish the tower late Monday or Tuesday morning and that Sonoma Boulevard will remain closed until that job is done. First Baptist is one of 10 buildings in the city that have been red-tagged, or declared unsafe for occupation, at least for the time being. Another 34 buildings have been yellow-tagged, deemed safe to enter but not to stay in.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Napa officials \u003ca href=\"http://www.cityofnapa.org/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=1835:red-tagged-structures-list-as-of-245pm-aug-25&catid=1:latest\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">updated the number of buildings red-tagged there\u003c/a> to 64. Among the buildings shut down is the city’s historic courthouse building, and county officials announced today that the building will be closed indefinitely as it undergoes structural analysis.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Several other major public buildings, including the Napa County Administration Building, were closed Monday.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The \u003ca href=\"http://www.nvusd.k12.ca.us/cms/page_view?d=x&piid=&vpid=1286954361698\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Napa Valley Unified School District announced\u003c/a> schools across the city will remain closed Tuesday as staff cleans up after the quake. The district will make a decision Tuesday about whether the closure will be extended.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Update, 10:55 a.m. Monday:\u003c/strong> KQED reporter Mina Kim says that hardhats and orange vests are the order of the day in downtown Napa as the city begins the process of recovering from Sunday morning’s 6.0 earthquake.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“There’s a lot of activity downtown,” Kim says. “All the street closures in the area are still in effect. Damaged buildings still have police tape around them. There are more bricks in the street today because crews are taking down damaged facades and they’re starting to clear them.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>David Gadlin, manager of the Lucero Olive Oil store in downtown Napa, started work at 5:30 a.m. Monday to finish cleaning up so the business could open on schedule at 10 a.m.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The Lucero store was widely pictured as one of the businesses damaged in the quake, with olive oil and balsamic vinegar flowing and seeping under the store’s front entrance. Today there’s a pile of kitty litter near the front door, used to soak up Sunday’s oozing mess.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“It took a lot of paper towels, rags and cat litter to pick up the oil,” Gadlin says. “And now we’re making sure we get rid of all the cat litter and all the stickiness, and I’m sure we’ll be finding it in strange places for weeks to come.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Gadlin says about 500 bottles of olive oil and balsamic vinegar were smashed when thrown from shelves during the quake. He estimates the retail value of the lost inventory at about $10,000.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“It could be a lot worse,” he says. “Nobody got hurt. It happened in the middle of the night, and we got lucky.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Among the bigger postquake disruptions in Napa today:\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The Napa Valley Unified School District, with schools in Napa and Yountville, has shut down for the day so staff can clean up classrooms. The county administration building, its interior a shambles after the quake, is also closed.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Officials in Vallejo are also assessing buildings along a Tennessee Street commercial strip and on Mare Island, where \u003ca href=\"http://www.timesheraldonline.com/breaking_news/ci_26399058/captains-row-chimneys-kod-by-quake\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">several historic buildings were closed \u003c/a>for postquake inspections. Officials estimated Monday that structures in the city sustained about $5 million in damage.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>9:35 p.m. Sunday: \u003c/strong>\u003ca href=\"http://www.cityofnapa.org/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Napa officials are advising residents\u003c/a> who lost water service completely for any period of time after today’s earthquake to use bottled water, boil their water before drinking or get water from the station set up by the city on Pearl Street one block west of Main or at the Las Flores Center on Linda Vista Avenue. Officials say water is safe for bathing and other household uses.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>5:30 p.m.:\u003c/strong> 7,600 residents in Napa County are still without power, while full power has been restored to Sonoma County. Napa City Manager Mike Parness said that PG&E informed him that full power would be restored to Napa residents 1 p.m. Monday at the latest.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>According to Napa Community Development Director Rick Tooker, 33 buildings have been red-tagged, or deemed unsafe, while an unknown number of buildings have been yellow-tagged (“owners should be going in only to clean the premises.”) The 33 buildings deemed unsafe are a combination of older unreinforced masonry and newer constructions, some of which have had recent retrofit work done, according to Tooker.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Napa Public Works Director Jacques Larochelle said that 60 properties in the city are currently without water, but that all repairs to restore water to the properties (a mix of commercial and residential) are expected to be completed by Wednesday or Thursday of this week.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>4:50 p.m.:\u003c/strong> Walt Mickens, CEO of Napa’s Queen of the Valley Hospital, just reported that the facility has treated 172 people since the quake struck at 3:20 a.m. and that patients continue to arrive with quake-related injuries.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Of those 172 people, 159 were treated and released with injuries such as lacerations and bruises; 13 patients were admitted, including seven with what he called “orthopedic conditions” — broken bones — five with respiratory or cardiac conditions, and one person whose condition was not related to the quake.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>3:55 p.m:\u003c/strong> According to California Governor’s Office of Emergency Services Director Mark Ghilarducci, 90-100 homes in total have been red-tagged at this point.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Briefing the media after assessing damage to the region, Ghilarducci said O.E.S. has received reports that shaking was felt as far north as Ukiah and as far south as Salinas. “While the damage was bad, it’s not as bad as it could’ve been.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>According to California State Geologist John Parrish, there have been roughly 50 to 60 aftershocks since Sunday morning’s quake, the strongest being 3.6. While geologists don’t expect another large earthquake, aftershocks are expected to continue with decreasing magnitude and importance for several weeks.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“This is a reminder that we live in earthquake country. None of us are immune to this,” Parrish said, while urging residents in and around Napa to replenish earthquake supply kits and be cautious about what structures you enter.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Parrish also explained that the geology around the epicenter, consisting predominantly of soft muds, helped reduce the scope and scale of the damage by reducing shaking at ground level.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>2:45 p.m.:\u003c/strong> Residents of Vallejo were also hit hard by this morning’s earthquake. Congressman Mike Thompson told KQED that 41 buildings had been red-tagged, deemed unfit for habitation. There have also been 16 water main breaks. The Mare Island Maritime Museum and old officers’ mansions have all sustained damage and lost their chimneys. The U.S. Forest Service building also had a major water main break.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“They’ve had a considerable damage. Especially down in the Tenneessee Street area and over on Mare Island,” said Thompson.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>1:53 p.m.:\u003c/strong> About 16 buildings in Napa City have been red-tagged, said city officials. Historic buildings have also sustained damage. Four mobile homes were destroyed after a fire at the Napa Valley Mobile Home Park in north Napa. Two other fires in residential areas were extinguished by Napa fire crews.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>More than 100 people have called about natural gas leaks, said Napa Fire Chief Mike Randolph. If you smell gas, \u003ca href=\"http://www.pge.com/en/myhome/outages/gas/index.page\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">call PG&E at 1-800-PGE-5000\u003c/a>. If you have shut off your gas service, do not turn it back on.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>About 17,000 PG&E customers are still without power, most of them in the city of Napa. When the earthquake hit, about 70,000 homes lost power in Napa, Sonoma and Vallejo.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>All public schools in the city of Napa and the Justin Siena Catholic High School are closed on Monday. Napa Valley Unified District teachers still need to report. Sonoma State University will be open.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Officials report that several Napa County services will be unavailable on Monday, according to county officials. Damage to the county building at 900 Coombs St. is too extensive to open to the public.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Neither assessor, recorder-county clerk nor Election services will be available to the public tomorrow, according to John Tuteur, county clerk.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“We are working with the Board of Supervisors, Information Technology and Public Works to restore services at an alternate location as quickly as possible,” Tuteur said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>12:30 p.m.:\u003c/strong> About 120 patients have been treated for earthquake-related injuries, said Queen of the Valley President Walt Mickens. Fewer than 10 were admitted, and three are still in critical condition.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“The majority of injuries are non-life threatening: lacerations, cuts, abrasions, bumps and bruises. One patient has multiple fractures. One heart attack. A handful are being admitted to the hospital. Most are treated and released,” Mickens said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>However, Mickens warned residents to be careful, saying that many of the new injuries stem from cleanup efforts.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>About 60 water lines are currently down, said Director of Public Works Jacques LaRochelle at a city press conference.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>How big was the earthquake? 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Access to Sonoma Raceway/Levi Stadium open.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Here’s a link to the CHP’s detailed summary of post-quake road conditions in the region: \u003ca href=\"http://local.nixle.com/alert/5255570/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Earthquake Update (via Nixle)\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Thanks to KQED’s Sarah Baughn for the heads-up on that.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>10:15 a.m.: \u003c/strong>A clarification on the earthquake magnitude: The U.S. Geological Survey is, as of this very moment, calling \u003ca href=\"http://earthquake.usgs.gov/earthquakes/eventpage/nc72282711#summary\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">the South Napa Earthquake a 6.0-magnitude event.\u003c/a> A couple hours ago, the USGS had moved the magnitude up to a 6.1 shake. Before that, it was rated at 6.0. And immediately after it happened, it was rated a 5.9. This obviously makes it hard to choose a number to put in a blog post, but we’re going to go with what’s current from the USGS. So back to 6.0 we go until the agency recalculates again. (We understand from listening to USGS scientist David Oppenheimer earlier this morning that there were some “rounding” issues in rating this quake.) And: We apologize for any discrepancies in the numbers we’ve displayed to this point.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>9:45 a.m.: \u003c/strong>The transit impact of the South Napa earthquake, as reported by Bay City News:\u003c/p>\n\u003cblockquote>\u003cp>Amtrak’s Capitol Corridor train service has been temporarily suspended this morning between Sacramento and San Jose while crews inspect the tracks for damage following the earthquake early this morning near American Canyon.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>ACE special train service between Stockton and San Jose for this afternoon’s San Francisco 49ers football game at Levi’s Stadium in Santa Clara has also been canceled because of safety concerns following the quake.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Caltrain officials said they expect to run service to the football game but said there are delays this morning because of track and bridge inspections.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>BART had pre-planned delays because of track maintenance on its Pittsburg-Bay Point line but has not reported any other disruptions this morning as a result of the quake.\u003c/p>\u003c/blockquote>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Update, 9:20 a.m.:\u003c/strong> Napa city officials are briefing the media on the impact of the earthquake in the city.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Jack LaRochelle, Napa’s public works director, said the most urgent issue is damage to the city’s water system. He said there are about 30 significant water main breaks, most in the Browns Valley area on the city’s west side. He said the city’s water plants are fine and are tapping a second source of water, from Lake Hennessey, northeast of the city.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>He had no immediate estimate of the number of buildings that have been or will be red-tagged because of earthquake damage.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>City officials said they have gotten about 100 reports of gas leaks from residents and that PG&E crews have been responding.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Update, 9:10 a.m.: \u003c/strong>To summarize:\u003c/p>\n\u003cul>\n\u003cli>A 6.0-magnitude earthquake epicentered at the southern edge of Napa struck at 3:20 a.m. The quake is the strongest to strike the Bay Area since the Loma Prieta quake of Oct. 17, 1989.\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>The U.S. Geological Survey link to seismic details on the quake: \u003ca href=\"http://earthquake.usgs.gov/earthquakes/eventpage/nc72282711#summary\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Napa-North Bay Earthquake\u003c/a>\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>So far, 87 injuries have been reported in Napa. Three people were critically injured.\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>Widespread damage is reported in the city of Napa ranging from burst water mains to the collapse of commercial building facades in downtown Napa to extensive exterior and interior damage of single-story homes in the surrounding area.\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>Several major fires started after the quake, including one in a mobile home park.\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>PG&E reports tens of thousands of homes have been without power in Napa and Sonoma counties and Vallejo in Solano County.\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>The California Highway Patrol and Caltrans are assessing damage to roads in the North Bay. Numerous pictures of buckled roads have appeared on Twitter. A major interchange at the Vallejo end of Highway 37 has been closed because of roadway damage, though Highway 37 remains open.\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>\u003ca href=\"http://www.ncedc.org/recenteqs/QuakeAddons/NC72282711.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Geologists say\u003c/a> the chance of a magnitude 5 aftershock in the next seven days is 54 percent. The chances of a quake larger than the main shock in the next week is 5 to 10 percent. More than a dozen aftershocks followed the Sunday quake, the strongest a 3.6 shake at 5:47 a.m.\u003c/li>\n\u003c/ul>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Update 8:30 a.m.:\u003c/strong> Here’s a quick list of quake impacts from the city of Napa:\u003c/p>\n\u003cul>\n\u003cli>\u003cstrong>INJURIES:\u003c/strong> 87 patients have been treated or are being treated at Queen of the Valley Hospital. There are three critically injured persons, 2 adults and one child.\u003cbr>\nFour mobile homes destroyed and two others damaged by fire on Orchard Avenue in north Napa.\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>\u003cstrong>GAS LINES: \u003c/strong>Crews are responding to reported gas line breaks in a variety of locations.\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>\u003cstrong>WATER MAINS: \u003c/strong>There are approximately 30 water main leaks. Both water treatment plants running, no damage. Some areas have no water due to main breaks and some areas no or low pressure. Water remains safe to drink.\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>City crews are assessing infrastructure damage and damage to homes and other buildings.\u003cbr>\n\u003cstrong>Historic Buildings damaged\u003c/strong>:\u003cbr>\n• Sam Kee Laundry\u003cbr>\n• Goodman Library\u003cbr>\n• Napa County Courthouse\u003cbr>\nAt least two commercial buildings in the downtown area are also severely damaged.\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>\u003cstrong>SHELTERS:\u003c/strong> The Red Cross evacuation center has been set up in the Napa High School gym.\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>Drop boxes for debris will be placed at all public schools.\u003c/li>\n\u003c/ul>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Update: 8:15 a.m.: \u003c/strong> From the Associated Press accounts of the quake:\u003c/p>\n\u003cblockquote>\u003cp>California Gov. Jerry Brown said in a statement this morning the impact of the earthquake is being felt throughout the region.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“My Office of Emergency Services has been on full activation since early this morning and is working close with state and local emergency managers, first responders and transportation officials to respond to impacts to residents and critical infrastructure,” he said. “These safety officials are doing all they can to help residents and those living in affected areas should follow their guidance and instruction.”\u003c/p>\u003c/blockquote>\n\u003cp>And again from AP, a Napa emergency responder:\u003c/p>\n\u003cblockquote>\u003cp>“There’s collapses, fires,” said Napa Fire Capt. Doug Bridewell, standing in front of large pieces of masonry that broke loose from a turn of the century office building where a fire had just been extinguished. “That’s the worst shaking I’ve ever been in.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Bridewell, who said he had to climb over fallen furniture in his own home to check on his family before reporting to duty, said he was starting to see more reports of injuries.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The shaking emptied cabinets in homes and store shelves, set off car alarms and had residents of neighboring Sonoma County running out of their houses and talking about damage inside their homes. Officials say widespread power outages have been reported in the area.\u003c/p>\u003c/blockquote>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Update, 7:50 a.m.:\u003c/strong> Again, by way of KCBS: Queen of the Valley Hospital is reporting having treated 87 people injured in this morning’s earthquake. Three of those injuries are reportedly critical — a child hit by falling masonry and two adults with undescribed injuries. The rest of the injuries have been minor, including lacerations caused by flying glass.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Update, 6:10 a.m.:\u003c/strong> By way of an interview on KCBS: David Oppenheimer of U.S. Geological Survey is saying that this morning’s earthquake occurred on the West Napa Fault, and the agency has named the event the South Napa Earthquake.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Meantime, reports of damage continue to come in from downtown Napa. In the area that suffered the most severe damage, building facades have collapsed and chunks of buildings continue to fall in the streets.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The San Francisco Chronicle reports: “Napa Fire Capt. Steve Becker said there were “numerous” injuries reported across Napa, but details were not immediately available.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Update, 6 a.m.:\u003c/strong> \u003ca href=\"http://www.pressdemocrat.com/news/2575107-181/60-quake-rocks-northern-california\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">An account by way of the Santa Rosa Press-Democrat \u003c/a>of one major fire in Napa:\u003c/p>\n\u003cblockquote>\u003cp>A fire ripped through more than 10 units at Napa Valley Mobile Home Park, off Orchard Avenue. Four homes in the complex were a total loss, with up to eight additional units suffering minor to moderate damage, Napa Fire Capt. Steve Becker. No injuries were reported, but dozens of residents were evacuated to the complex’s clubhouse.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The damage at the mobile home park appeared to be the worst in the Napa area, Becker said. The cause was under investigation, but appeared to be linked to gas line ruptures, he said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Resident Andre Van Derheyden said he and his wife were jolted awake by the quake.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“It blew us out of bed,” he said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>By the time the couple were able to gather their dog and get outside, the mobile home next door was on fire, he said. The resident, a woman, was able to escape, but her home was a total loss.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Thank heaven we are fine, but I feel so bad for my neighbor,” said Van Derheyden.\u003c/p>\u003c/blockquote>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Update, 5:50 a.m.: \u003c/strong>To summarize:\u003c/p>\n\u003cul>\n\u003cli>A 6.0-magnitude earthquake epicentered at the southern edge of Napa struck at 3:20 a.m. The 6.0 quake is the strongest to strike the Bay Area since the Loma Prieta quake of Oct. 17, 1989.\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>The U.S. Geological Survey link to seismic details on the quake: \u003ca href=\"http://earthquake.usgs.gov/earthquakes/eventpage/nc72282711#summary\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Napa-North Bay Earthquake\u003c/a>\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>Injuries have been reported in Napa, but there are no authoritative reports yet as to the number or severity.\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>Damage is reported in the city of Napa ranging from the collapse of commercial building facades in downtown Napa to extensive exterior and interior damage of single-story homes in the surrounding area.\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>Witnesses are reporting two major fires at the northern end of Napa, one possibly in a mobile home park.\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>PG&E reports thousands of homes are without power in Napa and Sonoma counties and Vallejo in Solano County.\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>The California Highway Patrol and Caltrans are assessing damage to roads in the North Bay. Numerous pictures of buckled roads have appeared on Twitter. A major interchange at the Vallejo end of Highway 37 has been closed because of roadway damage, though Highway 37 remains open.\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>\u003ca href=\"http://www.ncedc.org/recenteqs/QuakeAddons/NC72282711.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Geologists say\u003c/a> the chance of a magnitude 5 aftershock in the next seven days is 54 percent. The chances of a quake larger than the main shock in the next week is 5 to 10 percent. Two small aftershocks have been recorded so far: a 2.5-magnitude shake at 5:01 a.m. and a 3.6 shake at 5:47 a.m.\u003c/li>\n\u003c/ul>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Update 5:05 a.m.: \u003c/strong>KQED’s Craig Miller checks in from the Mare Island Bridge on Highway 37:\u003c/p>\n\u003cblockquote>\u003cp>I talked to a guy from Caltrans who says he is the bridge supervisor. He said he wasn’t aware of any bridge closure, though he said there was damage to Sonoma Boulevard [nearby in the city of Vallejo] where pavement had buckled. There are emergency vehicles on the bridge, but I can also see traffic moving across it.\u003c/p>\u003c/blockquote>\n\u003cp>KCBS is carrying a witness account from Rob Downey, a Napa business owner, who reports severe damage to several historic buildings in downtown. He said damage seemed to be concentrated near in a quadrant bounded by Main, Second, Third and Brown streets.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Update 4:55 a.m. \u003c/strong>More details from KQED’s Craig Miller in Vallejo: He’s been at the scene of a single commercial block of Tennessee Street near intersection of Broadway where there’s significant damage:\u003c/p>\n\u003cblockquote>\u003cp>There are at least seven storefronts, including a Chase Bank, with windows blown out. In some cases, glass had blown out into the middle of the street. This was a block with about seven different businesses, including a music story, a bridal store and a jewelry store. You can see that part of the ceiling or roof is coming down in the music store. It’s really kind of bizarre — here’s one block in Vallejo with all this damage, and then when you look across the street everything is fine.\u003c/p>\u003c/blockquote>\n\u003cp>Craig’s on his way to check on the situation at the Mare Island Bridge in Highway 37, which has been reported closed because of possible quake damage.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Update 4:35 a.m.:\u003c/strong> From all the reports we’ve heard over the last hour-plus, it’s apparent that the worst of the damage from this morning’s quake is focused in the city of Napa and surrounding communities.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Unconfirmed reports — unconfirmed — relayed by KCBS say there’s been some road and possible bridge damage on Highway 12 in Napa and Highway 37 in Vallejo.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>KCBS reporter Curtis Kim went on the air with a report that the California Highway Patrol was closing one of the Highway 37 bridges in Vallejo. We’re not sure from the report which bridge it is.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Update, 4:25 a.m.:\u003c/strong> KQED’s Craig Miller is touring the streets of Vallejo and says there are signs of emergency response in the areas he’s seen — damage to some building and sirens.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cem>From KQED’s Scott Shafer: \u003c/em>Cheri Hansen of the Napa County Sheriff’s office says: “Everything’s upside down here. Things have flown out of the cabinets. My computer flew off the desk. We have power because we have a generator.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Update, 4:08 a.m.:\u003c/strong> KQED reporter Mina Kim lives in Napa, near the epicenter of this morning’s earthquake. She said she experienced violent shaking. In her words, “Everything came down” from the walls. “Our refrigerator moved across the kitchen. All the shelves came down.” She said she and her husband turned off their gas and are assessing the damage. She also reported a fire is visible in the distance, though she’s not sure what’s burning.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Todd Smoot, a KCBS editor, came on the air to report a major power outage in large parts of the Sonoma Valley.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>By way of KQED’s Scott Shafer, who just got off the phone with the U.S. Geological Survey, here are a few more details on where and when the quake struck from Frank Baldwin, a USGS geophysicist in Golden, Colorado:\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“It was felt over a wide area. It’s a shallow quake and we haven’t heard any reports of damage, although it has the potential for damage.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>It’s about 6 miles deep and usually when you have a shallow quake it generates more surface waves, which are felt more predominantly throughout the region.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The fault line has not been determined yet, but we’ll be looking at that over the next hours or days by the Northern California seismic network.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Updated 3:45 a.m.:\u003c/strong> The U.S. Geological Survey has recorded an earthquake that rolled through the Bay Area at 3:20 a.m. and 44 seconds.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"http://earthquake.usgs.gov/earthquakes/eventpage/nc72282711#summary\">USGS data shows\u003c/a> the quake was a 6.0 quake that struck between Napa and the community of American Canyon. That’s the approximate location of the Rogers Creek Fault in the North Bay. The USGS reported the depth of the epicenter as 10.8 kilometers, relatively shallow.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>This was an unusually long earthquake compared with most recent shakes in the Bay Area, lasting at least 10 seconds, with many callers to KCBS in the immediate aftermath saying they felt movement for as long as 20 seconds. In Berkeley, where this account is being written, the quake was a continuous side-to-side shaking as opposed to a strong, abrupt shock.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The U.S.G.S. “Did You Feel It” page showed the quake was felt across the Bay Area from Sonoma through Santa Cruz County. So far, we have no reports of damage.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003c/div>",
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"content": "\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_20853\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\" style=\"max-width: 640px\">\u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/science/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2014/08/logging5-1024x612.jpg\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-20853\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/science/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2014/08/logging5-1024x612.jpg\" alt=\"Burned trees from Sierra Pacific Industries' private land wait at the company's saw mill. (Lauren Sommer/KQED)\" width=\"640\" height=\"383\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Burned trees from Sierra Pacific Industries’ private land wait at the company’s saw mill. (Lauren Sommer/KQED)\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Last year’s record-breaking Rim Fire left thousands of acres of dead trees around Yosemite National Park. What to do about those trees has sparked a fierce debate.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Later this week, the U.S. Forest Service will release plans to allow logging companies to harvest some of the dead trees. Some environmental groups say it would destroy important wildlife habitat.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>On several thousand acres, the decision has already been made. Sierra Pacific Industries, the second largest lumber company in the country, had crews harvesting trees on the company’s private land within weeks of the Rim Fire.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“You can see here from some of these logs, if you look beyond the bark, inside the wood looks pretty good,” says Mark Luster of Sierra Pacific Industries, pointing to stacks of hundreds of burned logs at the company’s saw mill in Sonora, California.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>About 90 percent of the wood is still usable and will become everything from two-by-fours to number two pencils.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Sierra Pacific Industries is hoping to move onto logging Forest Service land next. Opening it up would provide an economic boost to the region, Luster says.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“It makes sense to create jobs here in California, get our wood here and create jobs for Californians,” he says.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>California’s timber industry has shrunk dramatically over the decades, while the market for wood has not.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Currently California imports about 80 percent of wood that consumers use,” Luster says. “It comes from other states and countries.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_20857\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\" style=\"max-width: 640px\">\u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/science/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2014/08/DSC01451-1280-1024x576.jpg\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-20857\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/science/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2014/08/DSC01451-1280-1024x576.jpg\" alt=\"Trees killed in the Rim Fire will likely stay standing for only a decade or so. (Lauren Sommer/KQED)\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Trees killed in the Rim Fire will likely stay standing for only a decade or so. (Lauren Sommer/KQED)\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>The Forest Service has other motivations for the plan.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“If all the standing dead is left, it’s that intensity of that next fire that comes through,” says Maria Benech, who is working on the Forest Service’s plans for salvage logging, as it’s known.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Benech is walking through part of the Stanislaus National Forest that saw some of the worst of the Rim Fire. She says most of the dead trees will only stand for a decade or so.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Picture all those logs lying on top of each other, jack-strawed with that vegetation coming back through,” she says.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Once they’re on the ground, there’s a risk of making the next fire more intense, damaging the soil and slowing forest recovery.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>To deal with the fuel load, the Forest Service has made a preliminary proposal to open up about 44,000 acres for logging companies; that’s about a third of agency’s burned land.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Not all the trees will be taken. Benech points to several trees with orange paint on their bark. “Those are leave trees, so those are the trees that will stay,” she says.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Impacts On Wildlife\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Some animals like dead trees. Wildlife like black-backed woodpeckers moves in to eat insects, and California spotted owls hunt in the bare forest. So the Forest Service is requiring that four to six dead trees be left on each acre.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c!-- iframe plugin v.4.3 wordpress.org/plugins/iframe/ -->\u003cbr>\n\u003ciframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"http://projects1.kqed.org/imageslider/loggingslider.html\" width=\"640\" height=\"860\" frameborder=\"no\" scrolling=\"no\" class=\"iframe-class\">\u003c/iframe>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>That number isn’t enough for some environmental groups.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Humans, when they look at a burned forest, they think it’s devastation,” says Justin Augustine, an attorney with the Center for Biological Diversity, a non-profit group. “But just the opposite happens out there in the forest.” His group doesn’t want to see the forest touched.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“The more severe a fire is, the better that area is going to be for black-backed woodpeckers,” he says. “And right now there’s a significant deficit of that kind of habitat.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The Forest Service says it’s trying to balance both sides. Some areas won’t be logged, but others will. Other environmental groups are aiming for some kind of middle-ground resolution.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[contextly_sidebar id=”IcBukGmFw50R5V8sb3m8Yd6R9vf3kHXc”]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“It’s frustrating to see that the Rim Fire is the battleground between the environmentalists and those who want logging,” says John Buckley, director of the Central Sierra Environmental Resource Center.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Buckley says the Rim Fire was so massive that both sides can get what they want.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“You can create a mosaic of un-salvaged areas where there’s lots of dead trees and salvaged areas where most of the dead trees have been removed,” he says.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>It’s possible that many areas won’t be logged no matter what the Forest Service proposes. Logging companies only have about a year to do the work, because beetles are already damaging the dead trees, making them less valuable.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“The local timber industry only has so much mill capacity,” Buckley says. “There are only so many logging trucks and pieces of equipment. And the time frame is so short.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>An Opportunity For Forestry Researchers\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_20863\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\" style=\"max-width: 640px\">\u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/science/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2014/08/DSC01488-1024x576.jpg\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-20863\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/science/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2014/08/DSC01488-1024x576.jpg\" alt=\"Sierra Pacific Industries began clearing its private land within weeks after the Rim Fire burned through. \" width=\"640\" height=\"360\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Sierra Pacific Industries began clearing its private land within weeks after the Rim Fire burned through. (Lauren Sommer/KQED)\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>For many scientists, the size of the Rim Fire also provides an opportunity to study the effects of salvage logging.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“It’s surprising that, although salvage logging has been controversial, there’s not all that much scientific research in places where we’ve had frequent fire,” says Malcolm North, a scientist with the Forest Service.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>More studies on the ecological benefits of dead trees have been done in the Pacific Northwest, where fire is less frequent. Less is known about Sierra Nevada forests.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>North says further study could help answer questions about how many dead trees should be left on a landscape. Four to six per acre may not be enough.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“It’s probably a little bit on the low end,” he says. “Whether it’s sufficient to provide habitat for species, particularly like the black-backed woodpeckers, we just don’t have the answer to that yet.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>What scientists do know, he says, is that the area will burn again and dead trees will provide more fuel. “It may burn up all the trees that are regrowing.” Downed trees could also make it difficult for larger wildlife like deer to migrate through the area.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>North and other ecologists are setting up study plots in the Rim Fire burn area and are hoping learn more about wildlife responds to both logged and unlogged areas.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad floatright]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The Forest Service will release final plans about how much logging will be opened up after the Rim Fire by the end of this week.\u003c/p>\n\n",
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Opening it up would provide an economic boost to the region, Luster says.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“It makes sense to create jobs here in California, get our wood here and create jobs for Californians,” he says.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>California’s timber industry has shrunk dramatically over the decades, while the market for wood has not.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Currently California imports about 80 percent of wood that consumers use,” Luster says. “It comes from other states and countries.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_20857\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\" style=\"max-width: 640px\">\u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/science/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2014/08/DSC01451-1280-1024x576.jpg\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-20857\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/science/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2014/08/DSC01451-1280-1024x576.jpg\" alt=\"Trees killed in the Rim Fire will likely stay standing for only a decade or so. 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"content": "\u003caside class=\"aligncenter\">[vimeo 104048048 w=640 h=360]\u003c/aside>\n\u003cp>As we all know by now, California is in a serious state of drought. Some parts of the state are getting hit harder than others. The Central Valley is one of them.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>We wanted to show what this long dry year has meant for one of the country’s richest farming areas. So, producer Suzie Racho and I headed down Highway 99 to meet up with \u003cem>\u003ca href=\"http://www.californiareport.org\" target=\"_blank\">The California Report’s\u003c/a>\u003c/em> Central Valley bureau chief, Sasha Khokha, who’s based in Fresno.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Our first stop was a cattle auction in the Tulare County town of Visalia. Agriculture is king here. Tulare County just passed Fresno as the top farm county in the nation. There are more cows than people in this county. Dairy alone is a $2 billion industry. But add in citrus, almonds, walnuts, pistachios and cotton, and the total is nearly $8 billion.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_145450\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\" style=\"max-width: 369px\">\u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2014/08/almonds-small.jpg\">\u003cimg class=\"wp-image-145450\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2014/08/almonds-small.jpg\" alt=\"Dominic Pitigliano walks in an almond orchard during harvest season. (Jeremy Raff/KQED)\" width=\"369\" height=\"208\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Dominic Pitigliano walks in an almond orchard during harvest season. (Jeremy Raff/KQED)\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Almonds are particularly lucrative and Dominic Pitigliano is one of the larger growers in Tulare County. We met him in an almond orchard in Woodville. As we spoke, a large harvesting machine moved along the rows, gripping each trunk one a time and shaking it until the almonds rained down. You could easily think there was an earthquake.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Pitigliano is 33 years old — that’s young for a Central Valley farmer. He owns about 1,000 acres of almonds.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“It’s been a hard year with the drought and no water allocation,” he tells us. “We’ve had a lot of diseases in the trees because of the lack of water.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>To keep these trees alive, growers like Pitigliano are drilling down for water -- in some cases hundreds of feet below the surface. It’s like putting a huge straw in the ground.\u003c/p>\n\u003caside class=\"pullquote alignleft\">'I mean, we can live without a TV, we can live without cellphones, but we can’t live without water.'\u003ccite>—Gladys Colunga\u003c/cite>\u003c/aside>\n\u003cp>“It’s not a race to the bottom because everybody doesn’t wanna see the valley dry up,\" Pitligano says. “Then again you don’t want to lose everything you’ve put your heart and soul into your whole life just disappear because you sat on your hands.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>While Pitigliano and other \u003ca href=\"http://blogs.kqed.org/science/2014/07/15/californias-drought-is-hurting-farmers-more-than-food-consumers/\" target=\"_blank\">farmers are worried sick about the drought\u003c/a>, we saw lots of orchards with acres of newly planted small trees. Pitliagno told us young almond and citrus trees use less water.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“So people have a wide range of tree ages,” he says. “They rip out high-using trees and plant young trees.” As for his own orchards, Pitliagno says, “I’m hedging my bets that in three years it’s going to be back to normal and I’ll be able to grow my crops again.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Farmers here are \u003ca href=\"http://blogs.kqed.org/science/2014/06/02/drought-drives-drilling-frenzy-for-groundwater-in-california/\" target=\"_blank\">drilling lots of new wells\u003c/a> to keep the farms going during the drought. All that groundwater pumping is affecting everyone -- on the farm or off.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Gladys Colunga lives in the Tulare County farmworker town of Monson. It’s surrounded by orchards and vineyards.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_145488\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\" style=\"max-width: 380px\">\u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2014/08/field-reporting.jpg\">\u003cimg class=\" wp-image-145488\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2014/08/field-reporting.jpg\" alt=\"Sasha Khokha (left) and Scott Shafer (right) interview Dominic Pitigliano (center) at an almond orchard in Tulare County. (Suzie Racho/KQED)\" width=\"380\" height=\"214\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Sasha Khokha (left) and Scott Shafer (right) interview Dominic Pitigliano (center) at an almond orchard in Tulare County. (Suzie Racho/KQED)\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>“My husband came home one day from work, he took a perfectly good shower, and then I went to use the restroom. And when I flushed the toilet, nothing but dirt came out,” she recalls.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Her husband works the fields and his hours were cut this summer because of the drought, so the family has less money. On top of that, their well went dry.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The Colungas have six kids.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>That’s a lot of laundry to do with no water. So they’re hauling water from neighbors and friends in barrels in the back of their pickup, and then scooping it into buckets to wash dishes.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>They’re also trying to save enough water to run the swamp cooler that provides relief from the triple-digit heat.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“What’s upsetting is that just down the road there are orchards behind us drowning in water,” Colunga says.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I understand that they need to get their crops as well, but then we’re a family, we have children and we need that water. I mean, we can live without a TV, we can live without cellphones, but we can’t live without water. We have the right to have that basic thing. It’s water.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_145451\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\" style=\"max-width: 325px\">\u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2014/08/gladys-small.jpg\">\u003cimg class=\"size-full wp-image-145451\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2014/08/gladys-small.jpg\" alt=\"Gladys Colunga gathers water from buckets outside of her home in Monson.(Jeremy Raff/KQED)\" width=\"325\" height=\"183\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Gladys Colunga gathers water from buckets outside her home in Monson.(Jeremy Raff/KQED)\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Sasha and I told Tulare County Supervisor Allen Ishida about the conversation we had with Gladys Colunga. We asked what he would say to people like her who can’t afford to drill their own wells, even though they own their property.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“The county does not have funds to help her,” Ishida says. “It’s the individual’s responsibility to take charge of the situation they’re in.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>His point: The government can’t use public funds to help private well owners. So families like Gladys Colunga’s are pretty much out of luck.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The long-term solution for communities like Monson may be to hook into a nearby town’s water system. But meanwhile, groundwater levels are dropping -- fast. Tulare County is issuing a record number of permits for people who want to drill wells, and Ishida says he knows that’s having an impact on the drinking water wells for nearby residents.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“At this point in time, it’s a property right that you have,” Ishida notes. “You can drill a well and take the water that you need without any regulations by us or the state of California.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Ishida is also a citrus farmer. We met him in one of his neighbor’s orange groves that had been abandoned due to the drought. It looked like a forest of thousands of brown dead trees with shriveled-up oranges.\u003c/p>\n\u003caside class=\"left long\">\n\u003ch3>More from the Central Valley:\u003c/h3>\n\u003cul>\n\u003cli>\u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/2014/08/21/at-89-worlds-oldest-square-dance-caller-keeps-the-central-valley-dancing/\" target=\"_blank\">World’s Oldest Square Dance Caller Keeps Central Valley Dancing [Video]\u003c/a>\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>\u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/2014/08/22/communal-project-in-fresno-dakota-eco-garden\">Communal Project in Fresno Has Found a Different Way to Treat the Homeless [Video]\u003c/a>\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>\u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/2014/08/27/a-reporter-in-the-san-joaquin-valley-finds-fertile-ground-for-storytelling/\">A Reporter in the San Joaquin Valley Finds Fertile Ground for Storytelling\u003c/a>\u003c/li>\n\u003c/ul>\n\u003c/aside>\n\u003cp>“I just hope someone doesn’t start a fire in here,” Ishida says. “I mean, all it takes is a match, and 40 acres are going to go up in flames.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Ishida’s neighbors aren’t doing well because they have no groundwater. But his own orchards are OK. He bought river water from water contractors — at 10 times the normal price.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Water is like liquid gold in the Central Valley these days. And Ishida says he’s not sure he can afford that again next year. Still, he’s hopeful. “You need to be optimistic, no matter what business you’re in.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>It’s not just folks living here who have a lot at stake.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“People need to remember, this is not just the San Joaquin Valley,” Ishida warns. “This is happening throughout the state of California. We could have 100,000 wells or more go out by October throughout the state. I mean it’s everywhere.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_145453\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\" style=\"max-width: 396px\">\u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2014/08/mike-clark.jpg\">\u003cimg class=\" wp-image-145453\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2014/08/mike-clark.jpg\" alt=\"Mike Clark, President of the Poplar Community Services District, in front of Poplar well. (Annabelle Beecher/KQED)\" width=\"396\" height=\"223\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Mike Clark, president of the Poplar Community Services District, in front of Poplar's main well. (Annabelle Beecher/KQED)\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>That’s exactly what worries people like Mike Clark. He runs the water system for the town of Poplar, which has a population of 2,500.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“It’s not going to do any good if all these towns dry up and we don’t have any water,” Clark says. “(Then) you’ve got nobody to work the fields, because they don’t live here anymore. So it’s kind of a double-edged blade.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The average income in Poplar is about $13,000 per individual, he says. “I got residents that live in Poplar, if I raise the water rate by $5, they gotta go one day without eating.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The town’s main well is straining to pull enough water this summer. Sometimes they’ve had to turn on \u003ca href=\"http://www.californiareport.org/archive/R201005140850/a\" target=\"_blank\">a backup well contaminated with nitrates\u003c/a>. Residents are being warned that the water’s not safe to drink or cook with — especially for babies and pregnant women.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>To Mike Clark and others in towns like Poplar, it can seem like farmers are using as much water as they want.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_145491\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\" style=\"max-width: 283px\">\u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2014/08/sasha.jpg\">\u003cimg class=\" wp-image-145491\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2014/08/sasha.jpg\" alt=\"Allen Ishida is a third-generation citrus farmer and is a Tulare County Supervisor. He shows Scott Shafer and Sasha Khokha his neighbor's farm in Lindsay, which has let 40 acres of oranges go. (Suzie Racho/KQED)\" width=\"283\" height=\"339\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Allen Ishida is a third-generation citrus farmer and a Tulare County supervisor. He shows Scott Shafer and Sasha Khokha his neighbor's farm in Lindsay, which has let 40 acres of oranges go. (Suzie Racho/KQED)\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>“They can waste water all they want and nobody’s sayin’ nothin’,” Clark says.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The drought is starting to pit neighbor against neighbor — those with water and those without it. But the idea that farmers get too much of the water doesn’t sit well with growers here, including Dominic Pitigliano. He says critics aren’t seeing the whole picture.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Did they grow the dinner they had last night?,” he asks. “They probably haven’t. Most people, they go to the store, buy everything they need for dinner that night, so they’re happy. So it’s hard for them to look at us bad when they’re taking advantage of everything we’ve given them.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The drought is top of mind here — you hear it on talk radio, in cafes and restaurants. But one thing we heard repeatedly during our road trip is that the Central Valley is about much more than farmers on tractors.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad floatright]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>To begin to grasp the complexity of life here, you have to do what we did. Get off the highway and meet some folks!\u003c/p>\n\n",
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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003c/aside>\n\u003cp>As we all know by now, California is in a serious state of drought. Some parts of the state are getting hit harder than others. The Central Valley is one of them.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>We wanted to show what this long dry year has meant for one of the country’s richest farming areas. So, producer Suzie Racho and I headed down Highway 99 to meet up with \u003cem>\u003ca href=\"http://www.californiareport.org\" target=\"_blank\">The California Report’s\u003c/a>\u003c/em> Central Valley bureau chief, Sasha Khokha, who’s based in Fresno.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Our first stop was a cattle auction in the Tulare County town of Visalia. Agriculture is king here. Tulare County just passed Fresno as the top farm county in the nation. There are more cows than people in this county. Dairy alone is a $2 billion industry. But add in citrus, almonds, walnuts, pistachios and cotton, and the total is nearly $8 billion.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_145450\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\" style=\"max-width: 369px\">\u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2014/08/almonds-small.jpg\">\u003cimg class=\"wp-image-145450\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2014/08/almonds-small.jpg\" alt=\"Dominic Pitigliano walks in an almond orchard during harvest season. (Jeremy Raff/KQED)\" width=\"369\" height=\"208\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Dominic Pitigliano walks in an almond orchard during harvest season. (Jeremy Raff/KQED)\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Almonds are particularly lucrative and Dominic Pitigliano is one of the larger growers in Tulare County. We met him in an almond orchard in Woodville. As we spoke, a large harvesting machine moved along the rows, gripping each trunk one a time and shaking it until the almonds rained down. You could easily think there was an earthquake.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Pitigliano is 33 years old — that’s young for a Central Valley farmer. He owns about 1,000 acres of almonds.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003c/div>",
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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“It’s been a hard year with the drought and no water allocation,” he tells us. “We’ve had a lot of diseases in the trees because of the lack of water.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>To keep these trees alive, growers like Pitigliano are drilling down for water -- in some cases hundreds of feet below the surface. It’s like putting a huge straw in the ground.\u003c/p>\n\u003caside class=\"pullquote alignleft\">'I mean, we can live without a TV, we can live without cellphones, but we can’t live without water.'\u003ccite>—Gladys Colunga\u003c/cite>\u003c/aside>\n\u003cp>“It’s not a race to the bottom because everybody doesn’t wanna see the valley dry up,\" Pitligano says. “Then again you don’t want to lose everything you’ve put your heart and soul into your whole life just disappear because you sat on your hands.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>While Pitigliano and other \u003ca href=\"http://blogs.kqed.org/science/2014/07/15/californias-drought-is-hurting-farmers-more-than-food-consumers/\" target=\"_blank\">farmers are worried sick about the drought\u003c/a>, we saw lots of orchards with acres of newly planted small trees. Pitliagno told us young almond and citrus trees use less water.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“So people have a wide range of tree ages,” he says. “They rip out high-using trees and plant young trees.” As for his own orchards, Pitliagno says, “I’m hedging my bets that in three years it’s going to be back to normal and I’ll be able to grow my crops again.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Farmers here are \u003ca href=\"http://blogs.kqed.org/science/2014/06/02/drought-drives-drilling-frenzy-for-groundwater-in-california/\" target=\"_blank\">drilling lots of new wells\u003c/a> to keep the farms going during the drought. All that groundwater pumping is affecting everyone -- on the farm or off.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Gladys Colunga lives in the Tulare County farmworker town of Monson. It’s surrounded by orchards and vineyards.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_145488\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\" style=\"max-width: 380px\">\u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2014/08/field-reporting.jpg\">\u003cimg class=\" wp-image-145488\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2014/08/field-reporting.jpg\" alt=\"Sasha Khokha (left) and Scott Shafer (right) interview Dominic Pitigliano (center) at an almond orchard in Tulare County. (Suzie Racho/KQED)\" width=\"380\" height=\"214\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Sasha Khokha (left) and Scott Shafer (right) interview Dominic Pitigliano (center) at an almond orchard in Tulare County. (Suzie Racho/KQED)\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>“My husband came home one day from work, he took a perfectly good shower, and then I went to use the restroom. And when I flushed the toilet, nothing but dirt came out,” she recalls.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Her husband works the fields and his hours were cut this summer because of the drought, so the family has less money. On top of that, their well went dry.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The Colungas have six kids.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>That’s a lot of laundry to do with no water. So they’re hauling water from neighbors and friends in barrels in the back of their pickup, and then scooping it into buckets to wash dishes.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>They’re also trying to save enough water to run the swamp cooler that provides relief from the triple-digit heat.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“What’s upsetting is that just down the road there are orchards behind us drowning in water,” Colunga says.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I understand that they need to get their crops as well, but then we’re a family, we have children and we need that water. I mean, we can live without a TV, we can live without cellphones, but we can’t live without water. We have the right to have that basic thing. It’s water.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_145451\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\" style=\"max-width: 325px\">\u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2014/08/gladys-small.jpg\">\u003cimg class=\"size-full wp-image-145451\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2014/08/gladys-small.jpg\" alt=\"Gladys Colunga gathers water from buckets outside of her home in Monson.(Jeremy Raff/KQED)\" width=\"325\" height=\"183\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Gladys Colunga gathers water from buckets outside her home in Monson.(Jeremy Raff/KQED)\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Sasha and I told Tulare County Supervisor Allen Ishida about the conversation we had with Gladys Colunga. We asked what he would say to people like her who can’t afford to drill their own wells, even though they own their property.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“The county does not have funds to help her,” Ishida says. “It’s the individual’s responsibility to take charge of the situation they’re in.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>His point: The government can’t use public funds to help private well owners. So families like Gladys Colunga’s are pretty much out of luck.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The long-term solution for communities like Monson may be to hook into a nearby town’s water system. But meanwhile, groundwater levels are dropping -- fast. Tulare County is issuing a record number of permits for people who want to drill wells, and Ishida says he knows that’s having an impact on the drinking water wells for nearby residents.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“At this point in time, it’s a property right that you have,” Ishida notes. “You can drill a well and take the water that you need without any regulations by us or the state of California.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Ishida is also a citrus farmer. We met him in one of his neighbor’s orange groves that had been abandoned due to the drought. 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I mean it’s everywhere.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_145453\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\" style=\"max-width: 396px\">\u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2014/08/mike-clark.jpg\">\u003cimg class=\" wp-image-145453\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2014/08/mike-clark.jpg\" alt=\"Mike Clark, President of the Poplar Community Services District, in front of Poplar well. (Annabelle Beecher/KQED)\" width=\"396\" height=\"223\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Mike Clark, president of the Poplar Community Services District, in front of Poplar's main well. (Annabelle Beecher/KQED)\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>That’s exactly what worries people like Mike Clark. 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