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Here, Sasha Khokha, our Central Valley bureau chief, reflects on covering a vast and vastly complex region that few people slow down to see. \u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 4.6875em;float: left;line-height: 0.733em;padding: 0.05em 0.1em 0 0;font-family: times, serif, georgia\">I\u003c/span> have a friend from Berkeley who calls the San Joaquin Valley \"The Great Nothing,\" and I think that's the way most Californians see the place where I live and work. There's little to see here, the thinking goes, except endless farmland fading into a hot, stinky haze. Coming over the Tehachapis from L.A. or the Altamont Pass from the Bay Area, most of those whizzing past on I-5 or Highway 99 view the valley as something to endure on their way to somewhere else.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Sure, there's a grain of truth to that caricature. It is hot in the valley (except when it's cold and foggy in the winter). The valley is farm country (some of the most productive in the world). The air is bad (some of the worst in the nation). But, like every simplistic picture, the image most people have of the valley misses just about all of its character and complexity.\u003c/p>\n\u003caside class=\"pullquote alignleft\">The challenges of translating the 'other California' to audiences across the Golden State.\u003c/aside>\n\u003cp>When \u003cem>The California Report\u003c/em> opened a Central Valley Bureau in Fresno more than a dozen years ago, it was because KQED recognized how important this region was becoming to the entire state. It's home to some of the fastest-growing cities in California. It's at the center of many key policy debates, from immigration to poverty and hunger, to water and high-speed rail. It's a place where farming has created great wealth, while workers in the fields may not know how they'll pay tomorrow's grocery bill or next month's rent. And it’s a place where a reporter can’t just parachute in. You have to call this place home to really understand its complexities — which is what I’ve done for the last decade.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The valley’s towns are sometimes no more than a few homes clustered around a crossroads. People here are often excluded from policy debates in Washington, in Sacramento or even in their own communities. I've talked to farmers who worry about surviving the drought, and community members worried about pesticide exposure. I’ve talked with parents worried because their teenage children play sports on days when air quality is at emergency levels and women farmworkers who pay a chilling price to get and keep their jobs, risking sexual assault in the fields.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>My job is to translate this “other California” to audiences across the Golden State. To try and get listeners brushing their teeth in San Francisco, or stuck in traffic in San Diego, to care about people like Gladys Colunga -- a farmworker mom with six kids \u003ca href=\"http://vimeo.com/104048048\" target=\"_blank\">whose well has gone dry in the drought.\u003c/a> When she flushed the toilet one day, dirt came up. She can’t do dishes or laundry or afford a new well, which costs tens of thousands of dollars.\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/2014/08/22/california-central-valley-drought-water-wells/\">California’s Central Valley: ‘More Than Just Farmers on Tractors’ [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/2014/08/21/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\u003c/ul>\n\u003c/aside>\n\u003cp>“We’re like the lost little community out here,” she told me. “They’re not treating us like we’re part of California.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But the valley is rich in many other ways.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Nearly 90 languages are spoken in Fresno, a place where you can find African-Americans, Latinos and Armenians all enjoying noodles at a local Lao restaurant. 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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"content": "\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>[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? 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. 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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. 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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. 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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. 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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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"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/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. 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"content": "\u003cp>http://www.kqed.org/.stream/anon/radio/science/2014/08/20140825science.mp3\u003cbr>\n\u003cbr>\nThe \u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/2014/08/24/quake-rolls-through-bay-area/\">6.0-magnitude earthquake\u003c/a> that shook Napa and surrounding communities on Sunday was the largest to hit the Bay Area in 25 years. More than 100 people were treated for injuries at Queen of the Valley Hospital, streets buckled and wine bottles flew from store shelves. \u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_20983\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 640px\">\u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/science/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2014/08/454081604-640x431-e1408937362954.jpg\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/science/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2014/08/454081604-640x431-e1408937362954.jpg\" alt=\"A passerby stops to take a picture of damage to the Napa post office. (Justin Sullivan/Getty Images)\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" class=\"size-full wp-image-20983\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">A passerby stops to take a picture of damage to the Napa post office. (Justin Sullivan/Getty Images)\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>The USGS has issued an advisory that another strong temblor could happen in the area of the South Napa Earthquake in the next few days, but the chances of that are diminishing quickly. Meanwhile, scientists are still trying to find out more about the fault where Sunday’s earthquake occurred. They are focusing on the small West Napa Fault. \u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>KQED Senior Science Editor spoke with Brad Aagaard, geophysicist with USGS based in Menlo Park. He explained what experts know so far.\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Brad Aagaard: The West Napa Fault is a fault that is mapped primarily directly west of the city of Napa, along the edge of the foothills. And as you go further south into the region of the magnitude 6.0 earthquake of Sunday morning, it’s expected at the surface to become much less. We don’t yet know whether this earthquake occurred on the West Napa Fault or just in its vicinity on a smaller structure.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Andrea Kissack: So you’re not even sure you know what fault line this is on yet?\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>That’s correct.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Do you know what other faults it could be connected to yet, or do you need to know what fault line it is first?\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>There is the Franklin Fault which is mapped in this vicinity, but this also could be on an un-mapped fault that is a smaller structure that is yet to be recognized.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Are there other dormant, little-known faults in the area and does this quake change the way you’re looking at these less known faults?\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Throughout the San Francisco Bay Area we are in the middle of the San Andreas Fault system. So even the Hayward Rogers Creek Fault on the east side of the bay is really considered part of the San Andreas Fault System, and there are a lot of smaller structures that link these faults together. \u003c/p>\n\u003cp>We can make magnitude-6.0 earthquakes on any of these smaller structures but we would not expect a magnitude-7.0 earthquake on these smaller structures. We would expect those on our primary faults such as the San Andreas Fault and the Hayward Rogers Creek Fault.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>What kind of quake was this? Can you tell me more about the mechanics of it?\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Throughout the Bay Area most of our faults are strike-slip faults, where one side of the fault moves laterally relative to the other side, and this is a result of our plate boundary here along the San Andreas Fault System with the Pacific plate moving to the North relative to the North American plate. With that plate motion being accommodated with one plate sliding past another that’s why most faults are accommodating that lateral motion. [contextly_sidebar id=”LdoY9ftd3tEmjEqctgGGaaV35p3SP5aC”]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Sunday’s magnitude-6.0 earthquake accommodated this side swept motion and even the alignment of the fault is very consistent with the orientation of the plate boundary.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>The USGS characterized this as a violent shaking quake but reports from near the epicenter really varied. Some people in American Canyon described only a moderate shaking. Why would there be such disparities?\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The level of shaking is really controlled by the local ground conditions and precisely where you are relative to where the earthquake is. Locations closer to sediments — central parts of the river valleys — where the material is softer, so it tends to amplify the shaking. If you’re out in the hills, especially if you’re on hard bedrock, you tend to have more rigid material underneath you so that’s going to cause a different, lower amplitude of shaking. Also in this particular earthquake, because it was a strike-slip the energy tends to be focused along the fault. So if you’re even just a few miles perpendicular to the fault you can have very different shaking than you are if you’re aligned with the fault.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_20995\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 625px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/science/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2014/08/quakecomparison.jpg\" alt=\"(David Pierce/KQED)\" width=\"625\" height=\"528\" class=\"size-full wp-image-20995\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">(David Pierce/KQED)\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>This is the largest quake to hit the Bay Area in 25 years, how much stronger was the Loma Prieta quake and what were the similarities and differences between these two?\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>So the Loma Prieta earthquake was a magnitude-6.9 event and even though it occurred down in the Santa Cruz mountains, closer to Santa Cruz, it did cause damage in San Francisco and Oakland and it was the Oakland area where most of the loss of life was so that sort of gives you the difference in scale between a magnitude 6.9, which releases 30 times more energy than a magnitude-6.0 earthquake. We’re seeing most of the damage of this magnitude-6.0 earthquake concentrated within about 10 kilometers or six miles of where the earthquake occurred, and this is sort of consistent with a smaller size event compared to the size event of the Loma Prieta size.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>There is an early warning system being piloted in California. How did it measure up in this quake?\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The \u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/science/2014/08/24/uc-berkeley-early-warning-system-predicted-south-napa-earthquake/\">early warning system worked\u003c/a> in this case. The prototype would have provided ten seconds of warning in the San Francisco area and that few seconds of warning is very important for people to be able to take action such as do drop, cover and hold on before the strong shaking hits them. If you’re closer to the earthquake you have less warning and so it’s a reminder that people need to be prepared to immediately take action, do a drop cover and hold on when they feel an earthquake.\u003c/p>\n\n",
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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003cp>http://www.kqed.org/.stream/anon/radio/science/2014/08/20140825science.mp3\u003cbr>\n\u003cbr>\nThe \u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/2014/08/24/quake-rolls-through-bay-area/\">6.0-magnitude earthquake\u003c/a> that shook Napa and surrounding communities on Sunday was the largest to hit the Bay Area in 25 years. More than 100 people were treated for injuries at Queen of the Valley Hospital, streets buckled and wine bottles flew from store shelves. \u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_20983\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 640px\">\u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/science/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2014/08/454081604-640x431-e1408937362954.jpg\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/science/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2014/08/454081604-640x431-e1408937362954.jpg\" alt=\"A passerby stops to take a picture of damage to the Napa post office. (Justin Sullivan/Getty Images)\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" class=\"size-full wp-image-20983\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">A passerby stops to take a picture of damage to the Napa post office. (Justin Sullivan/Getty Images)\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>The USGS has issued an advisory that another strong temblor could happen in the area of the South Napa Earthquake in the next few days, but the chances of that are diminishing quickly. Meanwhile, scientists are still trying to find out more about the fault where Sunday’s earthquake occurred. They are focusing on the small West Napa Fault. \u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>KQED Senior Science Editor spoke with Brad Aagaard, geophysicist with USGS based in Menlo Park. He explained what experts know so far.\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Brad Aagaard: The West Napa Fault is a fault that is mapped primarily directly west of the city of Napa, along the edge of the foothills. And as you go further south into the region of the magnitude 6.0 earthquake of Sunday morning, it’s expected at the surface to become much less. We don’t yet know whether this earthquake occurred on the West Napa Fault or just in its vicinity on a smaller structure.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Andrea Kissack: So you’re not even sure you know what fault line this is on yet?\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003c/div>",
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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>That’s correct.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Do you know what other faults it could be connected to yet, or do you need to know what fault line it is first?\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>There is the Franklin Fault which is mapped in this vicinity, but this also could be on an un-mapped fault that is a smaller structure that is yet to be recognized.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Are there other dormant, little-known faults in the area and does this quake change the way you’re looking at these less known faults?\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Throughout the San Francisco Bay Area we are in the middle of the San Andreas Fault system. So even the Hayward Rogers Creek Fault on the east side of the bay is really considered part of the San Andreas Fault System, and there are a lot of smaller structures that link these faults together. \u003c/p>\n\u003cp>We can make magnitude-6.0 earthquakes on any of these smaller structures but we would not expect a magnitude-7.0 earthquake on these smaller structures. We would expect those on our primary faults such as the San Andreas Fault and the Hayward Rogers Creek Fault.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>What kind of quake was this? Can you tell me more about the mechanics of it?\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Throughout the Bay Area most of our faults are strike-slip faults, where one side of the fault moves laterally relative to the other side, and this is a result of our plate boundary here along the San Andreas Fault System with the Pacific plate moving to the North relative to the North American plate. With that plate motion being accommodated with one plate sliding past another that’s why most faults are accommodating that lateral motion. \u003c/p>\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Sunday’s magnitude-6.0 earthquake accommodated this side swept motion and even the alignment of the fault is very consistent with the orientation of the plate boundary.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>The USGS characterized this as a violent shaking quake but reports from near the epicenter really varied. Some people in American Canyon described only a moderate shaking. Why would there be such disparities?\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The level of shaking is really controlled by the local ground conditions and precisely where you are relative to where the earthquake is. Locations closer to sediments — central parts of the river valleys — where the material is softer, so it tends to amplify the shaking. If you’re out in the hills, especially if you’re on hard bedrock, you tend to have more rigid material underneath you so that’s going to cause a different, lower amplitude of shaking. Also in this particular earthquake, because it was a strike-slip the energy tends to be focused along the fault. So if you’re even just a few miles perpendicular to the fault you can have very different shaking than you are if you’re aligned with the fault.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_20995\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 625px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/science/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2014/08/quakecomparison.jpg\" alt=\"(David Pierce/KQED)\" width=\"625\" height=\"528\" class=\"size-full wp-image-20995\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">(David Pierce/KQED)\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>This is the largest quake to hit the Bay Area in 25 years, how much stronger was the Loma Prieta quake and what were the similarities and differences between these two?\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>So the Loma Prieta earthquake was a magnitude-6.9 event and even though it occurred down in the Santa Cruz mountains, closer to Santa Cruz, it did cause damage in San Francisco and Oakland and it was the Oakland area where most of the loss of life was so that sort of gives you the difference in scale between a magnitude 6.9, which releases 30 times more energy than a magnitude-6.0 earthquake. 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If you’re closer to the earthquake you have less warning and so it’s a reminder that people need to be prepared to immediately take action, do a drop cover and hold on when they feel an earthquake.\u003c/p>\n\n\u003c/div>\u003c/p>",
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"content": "\u003cp>\u003cstrong>By Bobby Magill\u003cbr>\n\u003ca href=\"http://www.climatecentral.org/news/epic-drought-in-west-is-moving-mountains-17924\">Climate Central\u003c/a>\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Climate change is driving the Greenland Ice Sheet to melt, which \u003ca href=\"http://www.climatecentral.org/news/new-greenland-ice-melt-fuels-sea-level-rise-concerns-17187\">is contributing\u003c/a> to \u003ca href=\"http://sealevel.climatecentral.org\">sea level rise\u003c/a>. But imagine that the same amount of water melting from Greenland each year is being lost in California and the rest of the West because of the \u003ca href=\"http://www.climatecentral.org/news/ongoing-coverage-of-historic-drought-in-us\">epic drought\u003c/a> there.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>What happens? The land in the West begins to rise.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_20778\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 850px\">\u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/science/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2014/08/RS4110_aqueduct20120131-scr.jpg\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/science/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2014/08/RS4110_aqueduct20120131-scr.jpg\" alt=\"With less water weighing California down, parts of the land are rising, says a new study. (David McNew/Getty Images)\" width=\"850\" height=\"567\" class=\"size-full wp-image-20778\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">With less water weighing California down, parts of the land are rising, says a new study. (David McNew/Getty Images)\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>In fact, some parts of California’s mountains have been uplifted as much as 15 millimeters (about 0.6 inches) in the past 18 months because the massive amount of water lost in the drought is no longer weighing down the land, causing it to rise a bit like an uncoiled spring, a \u003ca href=\"https://scripps.ucsd.edu/news/severe-drought-causing-western-us-rise?hash=1c60e2ada1b6a93c03fb0e26e6f83dd4\">new study\u003c/a> shows.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>For the first time, scientists are now able to measure how much surface and groundwater is lost during droughts by measuring how much the land rises as it dries. Those are the conclusions of the new study published Aug. 21 in the journal Science by researchers at the Scripps Institution of Oceanography at the the University of California, San Diego.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The drought that is devastating California and much of the West has dried the region so much that 240 gigatons worth of surface and groundwater have been lost, roughly the equivalent to a 3.9-inch layer of water over the entire West, or the annual loss of mass from the Greenland Ice Sheet, according to the study.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>While some of California’s mountains have risen by about 0.6 inches since early 2013, the West overall has risen by an average of about 0.157 inches.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Groundwater is a load on the Earth’s crust,” said Klaus Jacob, a seismologist at Columbia University’s Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory in Palisades, N.Y., who is unaffiliated with the study. “A load compresses the crust elastically, hence it subsides. When you take that load away (by the drought) the crust decompresses and the surface rises. From the amount of rising, one can estimate the amount of the water deficit.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The drought-related uplifting was discovered when researchers were analyzing data from GPS stations within the National Science Foundation’s \u003ca href=\"http://pbo.unavco.org\">Plate Boundary Observatory\u003c/a>. One researcher noticed that all of the GPS stations moved upward since 2003, coinciding with the timing of the current drought.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But most of the movement occurred since last year as the West’s drought has become more and more extreme, said Duncan Agnew, a professor at the Institute of Geophysics and Planetary Physics at the Scripps Institution of Oceanography at UC-San Diego, and a study co-author.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“The implications of this have yet to play out,” Agnew said. “What we’ve shown is that there is a measurement technique we can use to get a total water loss — water loss in places where we have no direct measurements.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>He said such uplifting likely occurs in every drought, but it has never been observed before because scientists did not have the tools to detect the uplifting until now.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[contextly_sidebar id=”uGC1QJcQHnqwBdUMz5Xv82QK3pkdj5VE”]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“That’s why this study is interesting,” Agnew said. “We can use this set of tools, which were installed for a different purpose in order to monitor water changes.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>He said the uplifting likely has no significant effect on earthquake potential in California and elsewhere even though loss of ground and surface water has added stress to major faults in the region.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“The total amount of stress that’s been added in the last 18 months from drought is the same amount of stress that’s added every week because of plate techtonics,” he said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Jacob said the study shows that the changes in the elevation of the landscape and the stress on faults are so small the effect will be extremely minor.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But, Jacob said, the significance of the study is that it shows a new way for scientists to estimate total water loss during times of drought, which would be more difficult to estimate without being able to detect how much the land is being uplifted in dry years.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"http://www.climatecentral.org/\">Climate Central\u003c/a> \u003cem>is an independent organization that researches and reports on climate change.\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\n",
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The blaze has destroyed eight structures.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The Madera County Sheriff's Office reported that evacuation orders have been lifted for some areas and that Highway 41, the southern route into Yosemite National Park and a major commercial thoroughfare for the Oakhurst area, has been reopened.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>To the south, the acreage estimate has not changed on the \u003ca href=\"http://inciweb.nwcg.gov/incident/4086/\" target=\"_blank\">Way Fire\u003c/a> burning near Lake Isabella. The blaze covered about 3,200 acres as of early Tuesday. As many as a dozen structures have been reported burned.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>There's no estimate of containment on the Way Fire yet. The several hundred firefighters who were first to respond were assigned mostly to protect homes as the fire burned toward the community of Wofford Heights.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Update, Tuesday 7:35 a.m.:\u003c/strong> Madera County officials and Cal Fire say the status of the Junction Fire, burning on the outskirts of Oakhurst, remains largely unchanged this morning. Still 1,200 acres burned. Still no containment. Eight structures destroyed and hundreds of others threatened. Highway 41, the southern route into Yosemite National Park, remains closed.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Further south, meantime, in the Kern County foothills northeast of Bakersfield, the \u003ca href=\"http://inciweb.nwcg.gov/incident/4086/\" target=\"_blank\">Way Fire\u003c/a> near the community of Wofford Heights has burned 3,000 acres and an undetermined number of homes.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The fire began as a small brush fire early Monday afternoon but quickly blew up into a major blaze. There was no estimate of containment early Tuesday.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Original post (11 p.m. Monday):\u003c/strong> A fast-moving wildfire at the southern gateway to Yosemite National Park is threatening hundreds of homes near the town of Oakhurst and briefly sparked fears of a massive propane blast Monday afternoon.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The Madera County Sheriff's Office reported Monday evening that the Junction Fire, centered near the intersection of Highways 41 and 49 outside Oakhurst, has burned 1,200 acres with no containment. About 500 homes are immediately threatened, officials say, and about 1,500 residences have been ordered evacuated. Shelters have been set up in the community of Coarsegold, south of Oakhurst. The cause of the fire, which started early Monday afternoon, is undetermined.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The blaze forced the closure of Highway 41 into the national park. The main alternate for travelers from the south and west is Highway 140 by way of Merced and Mariposa.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The fire comes nearly exactly a year after the outbreak of the catastrophic Rim Fire west of Yosemite, a blaze that burned 257,000 acres, and three weeks after the El Portal and Dark Hole fires, which burned a total of about 5,000 acres, forced evacuations on the park's western border.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Madera County sheriff's officials say the Junction Fire had burned eight structures. At one point, the blaze threatened a propane supplier. \u003ca href=\"http://www.mercedsunstar.com/2014/08/18/3801470/brushfire-breaks-out-near-oakhurst.html\" target=\"_blank\">According to the Merced Sun-Star\u003c/a>:\u003c/p>\n\u003cblockquote>\u003cp>The fire briefly threatened a pair of massive propane tanks at Suburban Propane along Highway 41 when the company's building was ignited by a spot fire. Fire crews ordered most people to move back a quarter-mile from the business, and firefighters were ready to abandon the fight if flames got too close to the tanks themselves.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"The tanks are going to do what they are going to do and it's going to be bad,\" one fire official was heard saying on a radio.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In the end, the tanks were spared. Other structures were not so lucky.\u003c/p>\u003c/blockquote>\n\u003cp>The Sun-Star also offers some fire history for Oakhurst, a tourist center about 30 miles south of Yosemite Valley via Highway 41.\u003c/p>\n\u003cblockquote>\u003cp>Wildfires have been a worry for Oakhurst residents since 1961, when the Harlow fire, stoked by winds, roared across more than 42,000 acres around the town in a little over two days. It has long been regarded as one of the fastest-moving fires on record.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Only a wind change spared the town, which had far fewer residents and homes than it has today.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Rhonda Salisbury, Yosemite Sierra Visitors Bureau marketing director, said Oakhurst hasn't seen a fire that significant in more than 50 years.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"We're all ready to get out our hoses,\" she said. \"We love this town and community and these firefighters have had such a hard time in the last couple years. We want to do what we can to help, but there's not a lot of water and it's hot and dry.\"\u003c/p>\u003c/blockquote>\n\u003cp>[ad floatright]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>During the day Monday, a DC-10 jumbo jet, retrofitted to serve as an aerial tanker, dropped fire retardant on the blaze. About 500 firefighters were on the lines as of late Monday night.\u003c/p>\n\n",
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Those include the \u003ca href=\"http://inciweb.nwcg.gov/incident/4037/\" target=\"_blank\">Eiler\u003c/a> and \u003ca href=\"http://inciweb.nwcg.gov/incident/4022/\" target=\"_blank\">Bald\u003c/a> fires, which burned a total of about 72,000 acres between Mount Lassen and the town of Burney.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Update, Tuesday 5:45 p.m.: \u003c/strong>Cal Fire has revised the estimate on the size of the \u003ca href=\"http://cdfdata.fire.ca.gov/incidents/incidents_details_info?incident_id=1037\" target=\"_blank\">Junction Fire\u003c/a> just outside Oakhurst from 1,200 acres to 612 acres. It credits \"more accurate mapping\" of the fire for the revision and says the fire is about 30 percent contained. The blaze has destroyed eight structures.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The Madera County Sheriff's Office reported that evacuation orders have been lifted for some areas and that Highway 41, the southern route into Yosemite National Park and a major commercial thoroughfare for the Oakhurst area, has been reopened.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>To the south, the acreage estimate has not changed on the \u003ca href=\"http://inciweb.nwcg.gov/incident/4086/\" target=\"_blank\">Way Fire\u003c/a> burning near Lake Isabella. The blaze covered about 3,200 acres as of early Tuesday. As many as a dozen structures have been reported burned.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>There's no estimate of containment on the Way Fire yet. The several hundred firefighters who were first to respond were assigned mostly to protect homes as the fire burned toward the community of Wofford Heights.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Update, Tuesday 7:35 a.m.:\u003c/strong> Madera County officials and Cal Fire say the status of the Junction Fire, burning on the outskirts of Oakhurst, remains largely unchanged this morning. Still 1,200 acres burned. Still no containment. Eight structures destroyed and hundreds of others threatened. Highway 41, the southern route into Yosemite National Park, remains closed.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Further south, meantime, in the Kern County foothills northeast of Bakersfield, the \u003ca href=\"http://inciweb.nwcg.gov/incident/4086/\" target=\"_blank\">Way Fire\u003c/a> near the community of Wofford Heights has burned 3,000 acres and an undetermined number of homes.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The fire began as a small brush fire early Monday afternoon but quickly blew up into a major blaze. There was no estimate of containment early Tuesday.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Original post (11 p.m. Monday):\u003c/strong> A fast-moving wildfire at the southern gateway to Yosemite National Park is threatening hundreds of homes near the town of Oakhurst and briefly sparked fears of a massive propane blast Monday afternoon.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The Madera County Sheriff's Office reported Monday evening that the Junction Fire, centered near the intersection of Highways 41 and 49 outside Oakhurst, has burned 1,200 acres with no containment. About 500 homes are immediately threatened, officials say, and about 1,500 residences have been ordered evacuated. Shelters have been set up in the community of Coarsegold, south of Oakhurst. The cause of the fire, which started early Monday afternoon, is undetermined.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The blaze forced the closure of Highway 41 into the national park. The main alternate for travelers from the south and west is Highway 140 by way of Merced and Mariposa.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The fire comes nearly exactly a year after the outbreak of the catastrophic Rim Fire west of Yosemite, a blaze that burned 257,000 acres, and three weeks after the El Portal and Dark Hole fires, which burned a total of about 5,000 acres, forced evacuations on the park's western border.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Madera County sheriff's officials say the Junction Fire had burned eight structures. At one point, the blaze threatened a propane supplier. \u003ca href=\"http://www.mercedsunstar.com/2014/08/18/3801470/brushfire-breaks-out-near-oakhurst.html\" target=\"_blank\">According to the Merced Sun-Star\u003c/a>:\u003c/p>\n\u003cblockquote>\u003cp>The fire briefly threatened a pair of massive propane tanks at Suburban Propane along Highway 41 when the company's building was ignited by a spot fire. Fire crews ordered most people to move back a quarter-mile from the business, and firefighters were ready to abandon the fight if flames got too close to the tanks themselves.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"The tanks are going to do what they are going to do and it's going to be bad,\" one fire official was heard saying on a radio.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In the end, the tanks were spared. Other structures were not so lucky.\u003c/p>\u003c/blockquote>\n\u003cp>The Sun-Star also offers some fire history for Oakhurst, a tourist center about 30 miles south of Yosemite Valley via Highway 41.\u003c/p>\n\u003cblockquote>\u003cp>Wildfires have been a worry for Oakhurst residents since 1961, when the Harlow fire, stoked by winds, roared across more than 42,000 acres around the town in a little over two days. 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