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Anyone who comes into the gallery can take as many strips as they need.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>On the shelf are also safe snorting and injection kits, and other products meant to help people who use drugs do so in the safest way possible.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Having this available at the gallery was nonnegotiable, said Nada, who uses “they/them” pronouns.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Some places don’t want to stock these things because they think that is promoting drug use in their establishment,” they explained.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But Nada acknowledges that drug use is a part of many people’s lives, and has seen how lack of access to clean supplies or information can make the experience much more dangerous.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11890996\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 1920px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-11890996\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2021/10/Image-from-iOS-10-scaled.jpg\" alt=\"A person stands leaning their shoulder against the plate-glass storefront of an art gallery, ankles crossed.\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1440\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2021/10/Image-from-iOS-10-scaled.jpg 2560w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2021/10/Image-from-iOS-10-800x600.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2021/10/Image-from-iOS-10-1020x765.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2021/10/Image-from-iOS-10-160x120.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2021/10/Image-from-iOS-10-1536x1152.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2021/10/Image-from-iOS-10-2048x1536.jpg 2048w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2021/10/Image-from-iOS-10-1920x1440.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1920px) 100vw, 1920px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Niko Nada stands outside Crisis Club Gallery in Oakland. 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The spike in availability is particularly pronounced in Northern California, where local \u003ca href=\"https://www.npr.org/2021/09/27/1040899776/dea-public-safety-alert-fake-prescription-drugs-fentanyl\">Drug Enforcement Administration agents already have seized roughly 163 pounds of fentanyl\u003c/a> in pill and powder form so far this year — a 155% increase over last year, the agency said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The Bay Area, in particular, has been hit hard by the drug. In Alameda County, fentanyl overdoses jumped from 14 to 62 in just two years. Santa Clara County saw the region’s biggest fentanyl overdose rate increase, from just 11 cases in 2018 to 72 in 2020.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[aside postID=\"news_11874651\" hero=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2021/05/RS48996_006_MountainView_RobinDosskey_05122021-qut.jpg\"]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>And in San Francisco, 396 overdoses from the drug were reported in 2020, a sixfold increase over those reported two years earlier. According to the county’s medical examiner, just over two-thirds of the city’s total overdose deaths this year have involved fentanyl.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Fentanyl testing strips are easy to use and effective, explained Dr. Hannah Snyder, an assistant professor at UCSF and director of the California Bridge program, which focuses on providing health care for people who use drugs.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>When people want to use fentanyl testing strips, she said, “they can take a tiny amount out of whatever their drug is. Maybe it’s the edge off of a pill or residue.” That residue can then be mixed with a small amount of water and dipped in the testing strip. After a few minutes of drying, if two lines appear, that signifies a negative result. Just one line, however, means there is likely some trace of fentanyl in the other drug.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“It’s not a perfect test,” Snyder said, “but that’s really important so a person can say, ‘This is a drug that I think is too high-risk for me to take,’ or ‘This is a drug that I want to take with other people around me to make sure I’m safe.'”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Testing also allows people to make the decisions that can help reduce harm, she added.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Hospitals, health clinics and emergency departments are making these supplies available, too. But according to Nada, venues like galleries and bars can play a big role in increasing the rate of testing.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“[Business owners] have the resources to have a space that can be an influence,” said Nada, whose gallery receives testing supplies through a network of friends.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“In places like bars or clubs where drugs are around, whether we are acknowledging [it] or not, [we can be] the nudge in someone’s mental shoulder to be like, ‘Hey, take care of this.'”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[pullquote align=\"right\" size=\"medium\" citation=\"Alison Heller, co-founder of FentCheck\"]‘We’re trying to normalize. If you’re going to do drugs, test them first so you can have some informed consent before you ingest.’[/pullquote]Along with helping to run the gallery, Nada works a few days a week at Telegraph Beer Garden in Oakland, which also offers fentanyl testing strips. The bar receives the strips from FentCheck, an organization run by volunteers that supplies them to around 30 establishments in San Francisco and the East Bay.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“We’re trying to normalize. If you’re going to do drugs, test them first so you can have some informed consent before you ingest, and then you can make a plan,” said \u003ca href=\"https://oaklandside.org/2021/07/06/fentanyl-test-fentcheck-will-make-drug-use-safer/\">Alison Heller\u003c/a>, an Oakland resident who launched the project last year after months of extensive community outreach.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Heller said people who occasionally use party drugs like ecstasy or ketamine “don’t think this applies to them. Fentanyl feels to them very much like a heroin issue or cocaine issue.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But those occasional users are especially vulnerable to unknowingly consuming fentanyl, she said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>And although fentanyl testing strips are usually available at harm-reduction clinics, not everybody knows about those sites, or feels comfortable going to them, Heller added. Providing them at clubs, bars and other nighttime venues, she said, is a way of offering them “where the community goes, and destigmatizing the process.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Heller said she hopes making test strips easily accessible in social venues will have as much of a positive impact as did offering condoms in bars during the AIDS crisis in the 1980s.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“[Condoms do] not incentivize having sex in the bar bathroom, nor do fentanyl tests incentivize drug use in the venue,” she said.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch3>\u003cb>Available resources\u003c/b>\u003c/h3>\n\u003cp>\u003ca id=\"help\">\u003c/a>\u003cstrong>Where can you find testing strips in the Bay Area?\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cem>The following is a list of some of the establishments that offer fentanyl testing strips through FentCheck. The complete list \u003ca href=\"https://fentcheck.org/get-strips\">is available on the FentCheck website\u003c/a>:\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cul>\n\u003cli>\u003cstrong>Beauty Bar\u003c/strong>: 2299 Mission Street, San Francisco\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>\u003cstrong>The Sycamore\u003c/strong>: 2140 Mission Street, San Francisco\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>\u003cstrong>Royal Cuckoo Market\u003c/strong>: 3368 19th Street, San Francisco\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>\u003cstrong>Bender’s Bar & Grill\u003c/strong>: 806 South Van Ness Avenue, San Francisco\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>\u003cstrong>Crisis Club Gallery\u003c/strong>: 5887 San Pablo Avenue, Oakland\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>\u003cstrong>Telegraph Beer Garden\u003c/strong>: 2318 Telegraph Avenue, Oakland\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>\u003cstrong>Ghost Town\u003c/strong>: 1960 Adeline Street, Oakland\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>\u003cstrong>King Kog Bicycle Shop\u003c/strong>: 327 17th Street, Oakland\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>\u003cstrong>Oakland Glow Studio\u003c/strong>: 4454 Piedmont Avenue, Unit A, Oakland\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>\u003cstrong>The Avenue\u003c/strong>: 4822 Telegraph Avenue, Oakland\u003c/li>\n\u003c/ul>\n\u003cp>\u003ca id=\"prevention\">\u003c/a>\u003cstrong>What can be done to prevent an overdose from turning fatal?\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"https://www.facebook.com/SCCOverdosePrevention/\">Fatal opioid overdoses can be prevented\u003c/a> with a drug called \u003ca href=\"https://www.drugabuse.gov/publications/drugfacts/naloxone\">naloxone\u003c/a> (also known by the brand name Narcan), which temporarily attaches to opioid receptors and reverses and blocks the effects of other opioids. According to the \u003ca href=\"https://www.nih.gov/\">National Institutes of Health\u003c/a>, naloxone very rarely causes any serious side effects.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>A number of Bay Area counties, including San Francisco and Santa Clara, provide \u003ca href=\"https://bhsd.sccgov.org/information-resources/opioid-overdose-prevention-project/rescue-and-training\">free naloxone/Narcan kits and training for how to use them\u003c/a> and for how \u003ca href=\"https://harmreduction.org/our-work/action/dope-project-san-francisco/\">to recognize signs of an overdose\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"https://nabp.pharmacy/news/news-releases/california-pharmacists-may-now-dispense-naloxone-without-prescription/\">Pharmacists in California also are permitted to provide naloxone\u003c/a> without a doctor’s prescription.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Additionally, medication-assisted treatment for opioid addiction is widely available. Emergency doctors can prescribe FDA-approved drugs that treat opioid dependence and can arrange for patients to follow up at outpatient centers.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>What are common signs of an overdose?\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Someone may be overdosing if they’re acting groggy and lethargic or are barely able to stand, and if slow breathing grows irregular or even stops altogether. Very constricted pupils in someone’s eyes — known as “pinpoint pupils” — that don’t expand when exposed to light also are a common sign of an overdose.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad floatright]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cem>This post includes reporting from Mohar Chatterjee and KQED’s Julie Small.\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\n",
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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Having this available at the gallery was nonnegotiable, said Nada, who uses “they/them” pronouns.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Some places don’t want to stock these things because they think that is promoting drug use in their establishment,” they explained.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But Nada acknowledges that drug use is a part of many people’s lives, and has seen how lack of access to clean supplies or information can make the experience much more dangerous.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11890996\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 1920px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-11890996\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2021/10/Image-from-iOS-10-scaled.jpg\" alt=\"A person stands leaning their shoulder against the plate-glass storefront of an art gallery, ankles crossed.\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1440\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2021/10/Image-from-iOS-10-scaled.jpg 2560w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2021/10/Image-from-iOS-10-800x600.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2021/10/Image-from-iOS-10-1020x765.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2021/10/Image-from-iOS-10-160x120.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2021/10/Image-from-iOS-10-1536x1152.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2021/10/Image-from-iOS-10-2048x1536.jpg 2048w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2021/10/Image-from-iOS-10-1920x1440.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1920px) 100vw, 1920px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Niko Nada stands outside Crisis Club Gallery in Oakland. Nada believes in a harm-reduction approach to help those who use drugs stay as safe as possible. \u003ccite>(Annelise Finney/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>The highly addictive synthetic opioid fentanyl is about 50 to 100 times more potent than morphine. It is often mixed with other drugs, like ketamine, ecstasy, cocaine and heroin to increase potency.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Nada also knows there is now much more fentanyl circulating throughout the Bay Area and the country than there used to be, resulting in an exponential spike in overdoses in recent years.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>NPR recently \u003ca href=\"https://www.npr.org/2021/07/05/1013203805/party-drugs-are-being-increasingly-laced-with-fentanyl\">reported a rise in the use of drugs that are mixed with fentanyl\u003c/a>, with users often consuming it unknowingly, creating a serious health risk. The spike in availability is particularly pronounced in Northern California, where local \u003ca href=\"https://www.npr.org/2021/09/27/1040899776/dea-public-safety-alert-fake-prescription-drugs-fentanyl\">Drug Enforcement Administration agents already have seized roughly 163 pounds of fentanyl\u003c/a> in pill and powder form so far this year — a 155% increase over last year, the agency said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The Bay Area, in particular, has been hit hard by the drug. In Alameda County, fentanyl overdoses jumped from 14 to 62 in just two years. Santa Clara County saw the region’s biggest fentanyl overdose rate increase, from just 11 cases in 2018 to 72 in 2020.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003c/div>",
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Fentanyl feels to them very much like a heroin issue or cocaine issue.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But those occasional users are especially vulnerable to unknowingly consuming fentanyl, she said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>And although fentanyl testing strips are usually available at harm-reduction clinics, not everybody knows about those sites, or feels comfortable going to them, Heller added. 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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>Other cities, specifically in the Pacific Northwest, have issued apologies in decades past. California, too, apologized in 2009 to Chinese workers and Congress has apologized for the Chinese Exclusion Act, which was approved in 1882 and made Chinese residents the targets of the nation’s first law limiting immigration based on race or nationality\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The city \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11877801/san-jose-had-5-chinatowns-why-did-they-vanish\">had five Chinatowns, but the largest one was built in 1872\u003c/a>. But in 1877, The San José Mercury News featured front page testimony from city leaders including the fire and police chiefs, the street commissioner and the mayor with one message: Chinatown must go.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“It was of their opinion that the general condition of the locality in a sanitary point of view could not be worse and in an aesthetic or moral sense, it was revolting,” the testimony read.\u003cbr>\n\u003c/p>\u003c/div>",
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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003cbr>\nThen-Mayor Charles Breyfogle and the city council voted unanimously to get rid of the Second Market Street Chinatown. But before any official action was taken, the Chinatown was burned down. That made it the third Chinatown in San José that residents burned down.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>According to Tuesday’s resolution, hundreds of homes and businesses were destroyed and around 1,400 people were displaced.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“An apology for grievous injustices cannot erase the past, but admission of the historic wrongdoings committed can aid us in solving the critical problems of racial discrimination facing America today,” the resolution reads.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Chinese immigrants started coming to California in large numbers during the Gold Rush in the mid-1800s. They worked in mines, built the transcontinental railroad, toiled in farms and helped develop the abalone and shrimp industries. By 1870, there were about 63,000 Chinese people in the United States, 77% of them residing in California, according to the resolution.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Chinese immigrants faced racism and were forced out of towns. They were denied the right to own property, marry white people and attend public schools. They also were subjected to violence and intimidation and denied equal protection by the courts.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In San José, an Episcopal church where Chinese immigrants attended Sunday school was burned to the ground, Chinese laundries were condemned based on being housed in wooden buildings and the first state convention of the Anti-Chinese League was held in 1886, according to the resolution.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003c/div>",
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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>Connie Young Yu, a historian and author of “Chinatown, San Jose, USA,” said her grandfather was a teenage refugee from the 1887 fire. Her father was born in the last existing Chinatown built in San José. The community was established in a new location with the help of German immigrant John Heinlen, despite threats to his life. But that Chinatown, known as Heninlenville, disappeared after the Chinese population dwindled.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Yu said the official apology gives her an “enormous sense of reconciliation and a sense of peace.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“This is beyond an apology. It is taking responsibility, which is a beautiful thing to me,” Yu added.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003c/div>",
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"content": "\u003cp>When Krisi Riccardi was a girl, her father used to take her on leisurely Sunday drives from their home in South San Francisco. They’d cruise down Highway 1, enjoying the beautiful scenery until they hit Pacifica, where something odd always caught young Krisi’s attention.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“We would look at this castle but we never knew what it was,” Krisi said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[baycuriouspodcastinfo]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>That’s right, a castle — in the laid-back beach town of Pacifica. It’s made of stone and has four turrets. It looks like something out of a British novel.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“And as I got older we would walk up to this castle and walk around it. I’ve never been inside, but I looked over the wall. I’m now 68 and I always wondered what the history was of this castle,” Krisi said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>She isn’t the only one curious about this castle. Her question won a Bay Curious voting round and over the years lots of inquisitive neighbors have wanted a glimpse inside this strange structure. Indeed, for many years it was shrouded in mystery — some even claim it’s haunted.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch3>A fire proof fortress\u003c/h3>\n\u003cp>The castle was built in 1908 by Henry Harrison McCloskey, a lawyer based in San Francisco. After the 1906 earthquake and fire, McCloskey was terrified by what he’d experienced, and wanted to move his family somewhere safe.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>There was a new railway going in to carry passengers from San Francisco down the coast to what was then known as Salada Beach, now Pacifica. McCloskey saw it as a chance to not only move his family out of San Francisco, but also get in on the ground floor of the hottest new beachside community.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“He wanted something that was solid as a rock that was never going to burn or come tumbling down,” said Bridget Oates, a historian and \u003ca href=\"https://www.amazon.com/Castle-Images-America-Bridget-Oates/dp/0738574864\">author of a book about the castle’s history\u003c/a>. When Oates moved to Pacifica she was as curious about the castle as Krisi. She started knocking on doors, asking to see people’s old photographs, and pieced together a timeline for the castle’s inhabitants. Her hard work earned her the nickname “Intrepid Castle Woman” from some locals.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11889530\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 1920px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-11889530\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2021/09/Pacifica-castle-BridgetOates-armour.jpg\" alt=\"A woman stands next to a large suit of armor in a room full of dark wood.\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1080\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2021/09/Pacifica-castle-BridgetOates-armour.jpg 1920w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2021/09/Pacifica-castle-BridgetOates-armour-800x450.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2021/09/Pacifica-castle-BridgetOates-armour-1020x574.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2021/09/Pacifica-castle-BridgetOates-armour-160x90.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2021/09/Pacifica-castle-BridgetOates-armour-1536x864.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1920px) 100vw, 1920px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Historian and author Bridget Oates stands next to a suit of armor that looks heavy, but is actually a stage prop. \u003ccite>(Katrina Schwartz/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>McCloskey spent $100,000 — a lot of money back then — on the best building materials and craftsmanship to ensure his new home could withstand earthquakes. There were only six other buildings in town at the time. His son, Paul McCloskey would take the train to Lowell High School in San Francisco. That train was plagued with problems, often unable to run due to the sand blowing up on the tracks, and Paul would sometimes have to take a horse and buggy home from school.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Henry McCloskey died in 1914 and his wife, Emily, found it difficult to pay the mortgage on the house alone. She soon sold it to a doctor, Galen R. Hickok, who said the castle would make the perfect place for his patients to convalesce by the sea. Local newspaper archives indicate the following years were mysterious ones. Hickok didn’t live at the castle, preferring to commute from his home in Berkeley. But there were many comings and goings at the castle nonetheless.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mN5vaWkcbCI&list=PLY7y-JfMLDd9YVO-tJsDg8iElmb94IgJO&index=8\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“They found out later [Hickok] was not a certified medical doctor,” Oates said, “which is very scandalous because when he moved in, the sheriff noticed car lights going up and down that horrible hill. They sent out some people to investigate and that’s when they discovered the abortion clinic that he was giving here. And he was subsequently arrested.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Abortions were illegal then. Women often trusted their lives to untrained people claiming they could help. When police arrested Hickok at his home in Berkeley, it caused a big stir in the press. There were rumors, later disproved, that Hickok had buried the bodies of dead women on the castle’s grounds. During this period, local people warned their kids to stay away from the castle, Oates said. It was a place to be feared.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch3>Prohibition brings more illicit activity\u003c/h3>\n\u003cp>The next occupant of the castle was an industrialist from Montana named M.L Hewitt who bought the property just when Prohibition became the law of the land. Pacifica, with its foggy weather, was a rum runner’s paradise. Oates said a local man recently found tunnels leading from his house down to the beach that date back to this time. No such tunnels have been found at the castle, but Hewitt definitely stored liquor in the basement, and may have signaled smugglers from the castle walls using a flashing light.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11889505\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 1920px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-11889505\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2021/09/Pacifica-castle-view.jpg\" alt=\"A lion statue in the foreground with view of Pacific ocean behind.\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1280\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2021/09/Pacifica-castle-view.jpg 1920w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2021/09/Pacifica-castle-view-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2021/09/Pacifica-castle-view-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2021/09/Pacifica-castle-view-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2021/09/Pacifica-castle-view-1536x1024.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1920px) 100vw, 1920px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">The view from the castle’s balcony is expansive. This is where Hewitt most likely stood when signaling to smugglers off shore. \u003ccite>(Katrina Schwartz/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>He also took advantage of the lonely location to start a speakeasy. He called it Chateau Lafayette and it was a hit with elite San Franciscans looking to drink and party.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“This big old redwood door has been replaced many times,” Oates said. “And that is because Hewitt would bar it and the cops would scale the wall, bring battering rams and sledgehammers and break the door down because they knew that he was giving parties here. They would come in, confiscate the liquor, and all the San Francisco elite was here dressed to the nines. They would go running out into the night.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The raids didn’t seem to bother Hewitt because the party raged at Chateau Lafayette until Hewitt died in 1924. Ironically, at that point the castle passed to Galen Hickok’s son, who also claimed to be a doctor. And, like his father, he was also arrested for performing illegal abortions at the castle. Both father and son went to San Quentin State Prison.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch3>A period of relative calm\u003c/h3>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11889502\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 1920px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-11889502\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2021/09/pacifica-castle-coastguard.jpg\" alt=\"A small room with two chairs, spyglass and desk.\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1440\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2021/09/pacifica-castle-coastguard.jpg 1920w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2021/09/pacifica-castle-coastguard-800x600.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2021/09/pacifica-castle-coastguard-1020x765.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2021/09/pacifica-castle-coastguard-160x120.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2021/09/pacifica-castle-coastguard-1536x1152.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1920px) 100vw, 1920px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Jeanette Cool has worked with an interior designer to theme the four turret rooms on the Castle’s roof after moments in its history. This room uses Mazza’s collection, along with curated items to give the impression of a Coast Guard soldier’s lonely perch. \u003ccite>(Katrina Schwartz/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>The castle changed hands several times after these dramatic events, and had calm owners who didn’t raise a stir. The next big moment came during World War II when the Coast Guard rented the castle to house 17 enlisted men and their patrol dogs.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Each man had a dog and they had to patrol the length of town on the beach looking for enemy saboteurs,” Oates said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The most experienced soldiers — known as old salts — got to stay in the four turret rooms at each corner of the castle. To get to the rooms, they had to climb a steep set of stairs to the roof and cross a windy expanse before entering the roughly 8-by-8 rooms. Still, privacy was a luxury most of the men didn’t get.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch3>The post war years\u003c/h3>\n\u003cp>After the war, several families lived in the castle, including Joe O’Brien, whose parents were both artists. Oates met Joe while working on her book. He had fond memories of the castle as a magical place to be a precocious boy. While we stood in a hallway, she told me this story:\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Joe O’Brien was very curious and left to his own devices because his siblings were older,” Oates said. “And so he got a stick and he ran around the castle poking, looking for secret compartments.” In the hallway where we stood, Joe poked up at a ceiling panel, which opened and then latched. It was a secret compartment. “And so he got a chair and he climbed up in there,” Oates said. He found what looked like empty poison bottles and some wanted posters displaying the faces of various women.*\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Joe O’Brien also had some spooky stories from living in the house.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>One night after he turned off the light and got into bed, the light flipped back on. He got up and turned it off again, but as soon as he was back in bed it switched back on. Joe was sure either his brother or nephew were playing a trick on him, so he opened his bedroom door to tell him off. But both his brother and nephew were in their own rooms, oblivious to what was happening. Joe thought it was strange, but once more he switched the light off and got back in bed. Once again the light turned on.**\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Then he’s scared,” Oates said. “And he’s like, ‘it scared the heck out of me. It felt like a ghost.'”\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11889524\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\" style=\"max-width: 320px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-11889524\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2021/09/pacifica-castle-mazza-160x213.jpg\" alt=\"A framed black and white photograph of a young man sits on a mantel.\" width=\"320\" height=\"427\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2021/09/pacifica-castle-mazza-160x213.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2021/09/pacifica-castle-mazza-800x1067.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2021/09/pacifica-castle-mazza-1020x1360.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2021/09/pacifica-castle-mazza-1152x1536.jpg 1152w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2021/09/pacifica-castle-mazza-1536x2048.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2021/09/pacifica-castle-mazza.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 320px) 100vw, 320px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">A photo of young Sam Mazza sits in the living room of the castle. \u003ccite>(Katrina Schwartz/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Oates has had her own spooky experiences in the house: Floating white orbs in dark rooms, mysterious knocks when no one is there. She’s convinced the house is haunted in a friendly way. Ghost hunters have even visited to test the house. Let’s just say, they weren’t disappointed.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch3>Sam Mazza buys the castle for parties\u003c/h3>\n\u003cp>Sam Mazza, an Italian immigrant, commercial painter, real estate magnate and art collector bought the castle in 1959 for $29,000. He was a social person and thought the castle would be a fun place to host parties.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“His story was, ‘one day I went down to Pacifica with my girlfriend. We had a few gin fizzes and I signed on the dotted line,'” laughed Jeanette Cool, the executive director of \u003ca href=\"https://www.sammazzafoundation.org/\">the Sam Mazza Foundation\u003c/a> and a close personal friend to Mazza in his later years. She said Mazza liked to throw lavish parties for the Pacifica police and fire departments, as well as beauty queens.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>It was during Mazza’s lifetime that much of the history about the castle began to come to light. He met local people who remembered being afraid of the castle; he would often welcome them in for a tour. Pete McCloskey, the U.S. Congressman who represented San Mateo county for 15 years and co-authored the Endangered Species Act, was a frequent visitor.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Funny enough, Pete McCloskey did not know his grandfather built the castle until he was campaigning in Pacifica in 1967. His father, Paul McCloskey, pointed up at the castle and told his son he’d grown up there. When Sam Mazza found out about the connection, he offered to host McCloskey’s victory party at the castle. They remained friends afterwards.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11889504\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 1920px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-11889504\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2021/09/Pacifica-castle-Jeanette-Cool.jpg\" alt=\"A woman sits in a chair with the light coming in from the windo illuminating half her face.\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1280\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2021/09/Pacifica-castle-Jeanette-Cool.jpg 1920w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2021/09/Pacifica-castle-Jeanette-Cool-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2021/09/Pacifica-castle-Jeanette-Cool-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2021/09/Pacifica-castle-Jeanette-Cool-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2021/09/Pacifica-castle-Jeanette-Cool-1536x1024.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1920px) 100vw, 1920px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Jeanette Cool is the Executive Director of the Sam Mazza Foundation. She was a close personal friend of Sam Mazza’s and has worked to redesign the castle to display his art collection. \u003ccite>(Katrina Schwartz/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>When Mazza died in 2002 at the age of 96 he left all his real estate holdings, including the castle, and his art to his foundation. Cool has been working with an interior designer named Scott Cunningham to refurbish the castle using Mazza’s art collection. The result is a sumptuous villa with pieces that blur the line between art and artifice.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“There’s definitely some eclecticism going on here,” Cool said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Known by friends as the “White Elephant Collector,” Mazza had unique taste. He spent his career decorating the interiors of California movie palaces, painting the gold leafing on many of the beautiful old theaters from the 1930s and 40s. He loved artists and Hollywood. His art collection is a mix of heavy, ornate antique furniture, and kitschy stage props from the movies.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Walking around, it’s hard to tell what’s real and what’s a flimsy prop. There’s a suit of armor that looks like it should weigh a thousand pounds, but is actually light as a feather. And in what Cool calls the “Guns and Religion Room” there’s a glass case with old pistols. One of them was a real Nazi revolver, the others are stage props.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11889503\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 1920px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-11889503\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2021/09/Pacifica-castle-harmonium.jpg\" alt=\"An ornately decorated room with a harmonium, a pump organ, dominating.\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1280\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2021/09/Pacifica-castle-harmonium.jpg 1920w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2021/09/Pacifica-castle-harmonium-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2021/09/Pacifica-castle-harmonium-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2021/09/Pacifica-castle-harmonium-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2021/09/Pacifica-castle-harmonium-1536x1024.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1920px) 100vw, 1920px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Sam Mazza wanted to buy this harmonium, a type of pump organ, but the woman selling it told him it went with the house. So, he bought the house, kept the harmonium and resold the house. \u003ccite>(Katrina Schwartz/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>“He liked what he liked,” Cool said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The result is nothing if not unique.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The Sam Mazza Castle, as it’s now known, will be closed through the end of the year due to COVID-19. Check \u003ca href=\"https://www.sammazzafoundation.org/\">the foundation’s website for up to date information on reopening in 2022.\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cem>*Joe O’Brien reached out to correct a few details of his time living in the castle. This article has been updated to reflect the fact that he did not find a gun in the secret hallway compartment.\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cem>**It was O’Brien’s brother and nephew, not his cousin, who may have been playing a trick on him at night.\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad floatright]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[baycuriousquestion]\u003c/p>\n\n",
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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003cp>When Krisi Riccardi was a girl, her father used to take her on leisurely Sunday drives from their home in South San Francisco. They’d cruise down Highway 1, enjoying the beautiful scenery until they hit Pacifica, where something odd always caught young Krisi’s attention.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“We would look at this castle but we never knew what it was,” Krisi said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003cp>\u003caside class=\"alignleft utils-parseShortcode-shortcodes-__bayCuriousPodcastShortcode__bayCurious\">\u003cimg src=https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/02/bayCuriousLogo.png alt=\"Bay Curious Podcast\" loading=\"lazy\" />\n \u003ca href=\"/news/series/baycurious\">Bay Curious\u003c/a> is a podcast that answers your questions about the Bay Area.\n Subscribe on \u003ca href=\"https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/bay-curious/id1172473406\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Apple Podcasts\u003c/a>,\n \u003ca href=\"http://www.npr.org/podcasts/500557090/bay-curious\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">NPR One\u003c/a> or your favorite podcast platform.\u003c/aside>\u003c/p>\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>That’s right, a castle — in the laid-back beach town of Pacifica. It’s made of stone and has four turrets. It looks like something out of a British novel.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“And as I got older we would walk up to this castle and walk around it. I’ve never been inside, but I looked over the wall. I’m now 68 and I always wondered what the history was of this castle,” Krisi said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003c/div>",
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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>She isn’t the only one curious about this castle. Her question won a Bay Curious voting round and over the years lots of inquisitive neighbors have wanted a glimpse inside this strange structure. Indeed, for many years it was shrouded in mystery — some even claim it’s haunted.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch3>A fire proof fortress\u003c/h3>\n\u003cp>The castle was built in 1908 by Henry Harrison McCloskey, a lawyer based in San Francisco. After the 1906 earthquake and fire, McCloskey was terrified by what he’d experienced, and wanted to move his family somewhere safe.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>There was a new railway going in to carry passengers from San Francisco down the coast to what was then known as Salada Beach, now Pacifica. McCloskey saw it as a chance to not only move his family out of San Francisco, but also get in on the ground floor of the hottest new beachside community.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“He wanted something that was solid as a rock that was never going to burn or come tumbling down,” said Bridget Oates, a historian and \u003ca href=\"https://www.amazon.com/Castle-Images-America-Bridget-Oates/dp/0738574864\">author of a book about the castle’s history\u003c/a>. When Oates moved to Pacifica she was as curious about the castle as Krisi. She started knocking on doors, asking to see people’s old photographs, and pieced together a timeline for the castle’s inhabitants. Her hard work earned her the nickname “Intrepid Castle Woman” from some locals.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11889530\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 1920px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-11889530\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2021/09/Pacifica-castle-BridgetOates-armour.jpg\" alt=\"A woman stands next to a large suit of armor in a room full of dark wood.\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1080\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2021/09/Pacifica-castle-BridgetOates-armour.jpg 1920w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2021/09/Pacifica-castle-BridgetOates-armour-800x450.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2021/09/Pacifica-castle-BridgetOates-armour-1020x574.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2021/09/Pacifica-castle-BridgetOates-armour-160x90.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2021/09/Pacifica-castle-BridgetOates-armour-1536x864.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1920px) 100vw, 1920px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Historian and author Bridget Oates stands next to a suit of armor that looks heavy, but is actually a stage prop. \u003ccite>(Katrina Schwartz/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>McCloskey spent $100,000 — a lot of money back then — on the best building materials and craftsmanship to ensure his new home could withstand earthquakes. There were only six other buildings in town at the time. His son, Paul McCloskey would take the train to Lowell High School in San Francisco. That train was plagued with problems, often unable to run due to the sand blowing up on the tracks, and Paul would sometimes have to take a horse and buggy home from school.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Henry McCloskey died in 1914 and his wife, Emily, found it difficult to pay the mortgage on the house alone. She soon sold it to a doctor, Galen R. Hickok, who said the castle would make the perfect place for his patients to convalesce by the sea. Local newspaper archives indicate the following years were mysterious ones. Hickok didn’t live at the castle, preferring to commute from his home in Berkeley. But there were many comings and goings at the castle nonetheless.\u003c/p>\u003c/p>\u003cp>\u003cspan class='utils-parseShortcode-shortcodes-__youtubeShortcode__embedYoutube'>\n \u003cspan class='utils-parseShortcode-shortcodes-__youtubeShortcode__embedYoutubeInside'>\n \u003ciframe\n loading='lazy'\n class='utils-parseShortcode-shortcodes-__youtubeShortcode__youtubePlayer'\n type='text/html'\n src='//www.youtube.com/embed/mN5vaWkcbCI'\n title='//www.youtube.com/embed/mN5vaWkcbCI'\n allowfullscreen='true'\n style='border:0;'>\u003c/iframe>\n \u003c/span>\n \u003c/span>\u003c/p>\u003cp>\u003cp>“They found out later [Hickok] was not a certified medical doctor,” Oates said, “which is very scandalous because when he moved in, the sheriff noticed car lights going up and down that horrible hill. They sent out some people to investigate and that’s when they discovered the abortion clinic that he was giving here. And he was subsequently arrested.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Abortions were illegal then. Women often trusted their lives to untrained people claiming they could help. When police arrested Hickok at his home in Berkeley, it caused a big stir in the press. There were rumors, later disproved, that Hickok had buried the bodies of dead women on the castle’s grounds. During this period, local people warned their kids to stay away from the castle, Oates said. It was a place to be feared.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch3>Prohibition brings more illicit activity\u003c/h3>\n\u003cp>The next occupant of the castle was an industrialist from Montana named M.L Hewitt who bought the property just when Prohibition became the law of the land. Pacifica, with its foggy weather, was a rum runner’s paradise. Oates said a local man recently found tunnels leading from his house down to the beach that date back to this time. No such tunnels have been found at the castle, but Hewitt definitely stored liquor in the basement, and may have signaled smugglers from the castle walls using a flashing light.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11889505\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 1920px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-11889505\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2021/09/Pacifica-castle-view.jpg\" alt=\"A lion statue in the foreground with view of Pacific ocean behind.\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1280\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2021/09/Pacifica-castle-view.jpg 1920w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2021/09/Pacifica-castle-view-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2021/09/Pacifica-castle-view-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2021/09/Pacifica-castle-view-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2021/09/Pacifica-castle-view-1536x1024.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1920px) 100vw, 1920px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">The view from the castle’s balcony is expansive. This is where Hewitt most likely stood when signaling to smugglers off shore. \u003ccite>(Katrina Schwartz/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>He also took advantage of the lonely location to start a speakeasy. He called it Chateau Lafayette and it was a hit with elite San Franciscans looking to drink and party.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“This big old redwood door has been replaced many times,” Oates said. “And that is because Hewitt would bar it and the cops would scale the wall, bring battering rams and sledgehammers and break the door down because they knew that he was giving parties here. They would come in, confiscate the liquor, and all the San Francisco elite was here dressed to the nines. They would go running out into the night.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The raids didn’t seem to bother Hewitt because the party raged at Chateau Lafayette until Hewitt died in 1924. Ironically, at that point the castle passed to Galen Hickok’s son, who also claimed to be a doctor. And, like his father, he was also arrested for performing illegal abortions at the castle. Both father and son went to San Quentin State Prison.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch3>A period of relative calm\u003c/h3>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11889502\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 1920px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-11889502\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2021/09/pacifica-castle-coastguard.jpg\" alt=\"A small room with two chairs, spyglass and desk.\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1440\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2021/09/pacifica-castle-coastguard.jpg 1920w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2021/09/pacifica-castle-coastguard-800x600.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2021/09/pacifica-castle-coastguard-1020x765.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2021/09/pacifica-castle-coastguard-160x120.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2021/09/pacifica-castle-coastguard-1536x1152.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1920px) 100vw, 1920px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Jeanette Cool has worked with an interior designer to theme the four turret rooms on the Castle’s roof after moments in its history. This room uses Mazza’s collection, along with curated items to give the impression of a Coast Guard soldier’s lonely perch. \u003ccite>(Katrina Schwartz/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>The castle changed hands several times after these dramatic events, and had calm owners who didn’t raise a stir. The next big moment came during World War II when the Coast Guard rented the castle to house 17 enlisted men and their patrol dogs.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Each man had a dog and they had to patrol the length of town on the beach looking for enemy saboteurs,” Oates said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The most experienced soldiers — known as old salts — got to stay in the four turret rooms at each corner of the castle. To get to the rooms, they had to climb a steep set of stairs to the roof and cross a windy expanse before entering the roughly 8-by-8 rooms. Still, privacy was a luxury most of the men didn’t get.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch3>The post war years\u003c/h3>\n\u003cp>After the war, several families lived in the castle, including Joe O’Brien, whose parents were both artists. Oates met Joe while working on her book. He had fond memories of the castle as a magical place to be a precocious boy. While we stood in a hallway, she told me this story:\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Joe O’Brien was very curious and left to his own devices because his siblings were older,” Oates said. “And so he got a stick and he ran around the castle poking, looking for secret compartments.” In the hallway where we stood, Joe poked up at a ceiling panel, which opened and then latched. It was a secret compartment. “And so he got a chair and he climbed up in there,” Oates said. He found what looked like empty poison bottles and some wanted posters displaying the faces of various women.*\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Joe O’Brien also had some spooky stories from living in the house.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>One night after he turned off the light and got into bed, the light flipped back on. He got up and turned it off again, but as soon as he was back in bed it switched back on. Joe was sure either his brother or nephew were playing a trick on him, so he opened his bedroom door to tell him off. But both his brother and nephew were in their own rooms, oblivious to what was happening. Joe thought it was strange, but once more he switched the light off and got back in bed. Once again the light turned on.**\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Then he’s scared,” Oates said. “And he’s like, ‘it scared the heck out of me. It felt like a ghost.'”\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11889524\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\" style=\"max-width: 320px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-11889524\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2021/09/pacifica-castle-mazza-160x213.jpg\" alt=\"A framed black and white photograph of a young man sits on a mantel.\" width=\"320\" height=\"427\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2021/09/pacifica-castle-mazza-160x213.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2021/09/pacifica-castle-mazza-800x1067.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2021/09/pacifica-castle-mazza-1020x1360.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2021/09/pacifica-castle-mazza-1152x1536.jpg 1152w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2021/09/pacifica-castle-mazza-1536x2048.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2021/09/pacifica-castle-mazza.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 320px) 100vw, 320px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">A photo of young Sam Mazza sits in the living room of the castle. \u003ccite>(Katrina Schwartz/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Oates has had her own spooky experiences in the house: Floating white orbs in dark rooms, mysterious knocks when no one is there. She’s convinced the house is haunted in a friendly way. Ghost hunters have even visited to test the house. Let’s just say, they weren’t disappointed.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch3>Sam Mazza buys the castle for parties\u003c/h3>\n\u003cp>Sam Mazza, an Italian immigrant, commercial painter, real estate magnate and art collector bought the castle in 1959 for $29,000. He was a social person and thought the castle would be a fun place to host parties.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“His story was, ‘one day I went down to Pacifica with my girlfriend. We had a few gin fizzes and I signed on the dotted line,'” laughed Jeanette Cool, the executive director of \u003ca href=\"https://www.sammazzafoundation.org/\">the Sam Mazza Foundation\u003c/a> and a close personal friend to Mazza in his later years. She said Mazza liked to throw lavish parties for the Pacifica police and fire departments, as well as beauty queens.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>It was during Mazza’s lifetime that much of the history about the castle began to come to light. He met local people who remembered being afraid of the castle; he would often welcome them in for a tour. Pete McCloskey, the U.S. Congressman who represented San Mateo county for 15 years and co-authored the Endangered Species Act, was a frequent visitor.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Funny enough, Pete McCloskey did not know his grandfather built the castle until he was campaigning in Pacifica in 1967. His father, Paul McCloskey, pointed up at the castle and told his son he’d grown up there. When Sam Mazza found out about the connection, he offered to host McCloskey’s victory party at the castle. They remained friends afterwards.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11889504\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 1920px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-11889504\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2021/09/Pacifica-castle-Jeanette-Cool.jpg\" alt=\"A woman sits in a chair with the light coming in from the windo illuminating half her face.\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1280\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2021/09/Pacifica-castle-Jeanette-Cool.jpg 1920w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2021/09/Pacifica-castle-Jeanette-Cool-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2021/09/Pacifica-castle-Jeanette-Cool-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2021/09/Pacifica-castle-Jeanette-Cool-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2021/09/Pacifica-castle-Jeanette-Cool-1536x1024.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1920px) 100vw, 1920px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Jeanette Cool is the Executive Director of the Sam Mazza Foundation. She was a close personal friend of Sam Mazza’s and has worked to redesign the castle to display his art collection. \u003ccite>(Katrina Schwartz/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>When Mazza died in 2002 at the age of 96 he left all his real estate holdings, including the castle, and his art to his foundation. Cool has been working with an interior designer named Scott Cunningham to refurbish the castle using Mazza’s art collection. The result is a sumptuous villa with pieces that blur the line between art and artifice.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“There’s definitely some eclecticism going on here,” Cool said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Known by friends as the “White Elephant Collector,” Mazza had unique taste. He spent his career decorating the interiors of California movie palaces, painting the gold leafing on many of the beautiful old theaters from the 1930s and 40s. He loved artists and Hollywood. His art collection is a mix of heavy, ornate antique furniture, and kitschy stage props from the movies.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Walking around, it’s hard to tell what’s real and what’s a flimsy prop. There’s a suit of armor that looks like it should weigh a thousand pounds, but is actually light as a feather. And in what Cool calls the “Guns and Religion Room” there’s a glass case with old pistols. One of them was a real Nazi revolver, the others are stage props.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11889503\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 1920px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-11889503\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2021/09/Pacifica-castle-harmonium.jpg\" alt=\"An ornately decorated room with a harmonium, a pump organ, dominating.\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1280\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2021/09/Pacifica-castle-harmonium.jpg 1920w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2021/09/Pacifica-castle-harmonium-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2021/09/Pacifica-castle-harmonium-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2021/09/Pacifica-castle-harmonium-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2021/09/Pacifica-castle-harmonium-1536x1024.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1920px) 100vw, 1920px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Sam Mazza wanted to buy this harmonium, a type of pump organ, but the woman selling it told him it went with the house. 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"content": "\u003cp>The drive west across the Richmond-San Rafael Bridge offers majestic views of San Francisco’s skyline, the Bay Bridge, and the turquoise water of San Francisco Bay. Looming in the distance is Mount Tamalpais and beautiful Marin County, known for its tony real estate and great hiking. Off to the left as the bridge touches down in Marin, right on the water, is San Quentin State Prison, California’s only death row for men.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Terese O’Malley has long wondered how this famous prison came to be located in Marin County, and whether state officials have ever considered moving it.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch3>California’s first prison\u003c/h3>\n\u003cp>San Quentin was built more than 160 years ago, just four years after California became a state. It’s the oldest prison in California.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[baycuriouspodcastinfo]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>When miners and other fortune seekers began flooding into San Francisco during the Gold Rush, crime spiked. Soon the jail in San Francisco was overflowing, so the authorities began locking people up on prison ships.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“San Quentin began as a private prison,” said Lieutenant Samuel Robinson, communications officer at San Quentin Prison. “It was a prison ship docked at Angel Island.” The ship was called The Waban.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The state Legislature approved the purchase of 20 acres at what was then called Punta de Quentin — meaning Quentin Point — in 1852. \u003ca href=\"https://teachinprison.berkeley.edu/our-work/general-resources-2/\">The site was named for a Coast Miwok chief and warrior named Quentin\u003c/a>. The “San” came from Americans’ erroneous perception that it was a Spanish name and that all Spanish names started with “San.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The state paid $10,000 — about $320,000 in today’s dollars — for the land that would become San Quentin State Prison. That might seem like a steal, but back then the area was isolated. There were no bridges and overland travel was arduous. Punta de Quentin was remote.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“None of this was here,” Robinson said. “It was just hills and marshland. It was land that really no one wanted.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The Waban docked near Punta de Quentin, and the inmates continued to live on board for another two years while they built the prison. They dug rocks from a quarry up the road and built the original cell block — now administrative buildings.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11888762\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 1920px\">\u003cimg decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"wp-image-11888762 size-full\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2021/09/SanQuentinFascade.jpg\" alt=\"The white turret-like facade and guard toward of the prison, beyond the parking lot.\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1280\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2021/09/SanQuentinFascade.jpg 1920w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2021/09/SanQuentinFascade-800x533.jpg 800w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2021/09/SanQuentinFascade-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2021/09/SanQuentinFascade-160x107.jpg 160w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2021/09/SanQuentinFascade-1536x1024.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1920px) 100vw, 1920px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">The castle-like facade of San Quentin State Prison was added in the 1890s. \u003ccite>(Justin Sullivan/Getty Images)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>“Inmates on the boat were marched off the boat every day to the hills here around San Quentin, where they literally made big rocks into little rocks and they built, essentially, what has become the facade of our facility,” Robinson said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Since that time the prison has grown and changed. The first prisoners living on the Waban numbered between 50 and 60. Now, San Quentin houses nearly 4,000 prisoners. The prison has changed in many other ways as well, starting with its status as a privately owned facility. That meant its owner could lease the inmates’ labor out to the highest bidder, \u003ca href=\"https://www.foundsf.org/index.php?title=San_Quentin_Prison:_The_Origins_of_the_California_%22Corrections%22_System\">which quickly led to corruption and abuse\u003c/a>. After numerous complaints, the state took over San Quentin in 1855.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>All of the state’s executions take place at San Quentin. The first was back in 1893. Since then, the state has executed more than 400 people here, the last one in 2006. In 2019, Governor Gavin Newsom issued a moratorium on the death penalty. Still, more than 700 men are housed on death row at San Quentin now — awaiting an uncertain future.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JsSw0tjBEeM\u003c/p>\n\u003ch3>Inside the prison\u003c/h3>\n\u003cp>Entering the prison is a process. Visitors pass by a guardhouse to enter the outer layer of the complex, where the administrative buildings and staff housing are located. There was once even a school here for staff children. To get to where the inmates live, visitors pass through the prison’s original gate, a portico built wide and tall enough to fit a horse and buggy, to enter the “Plaza.” On the right is a chapel, to the left the cell blocks. Straight ahead is the hospital.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The oldest building in the complex is the dungeon, now used for storage. But the remnants of this 1850s building are thought to be the oldest public work still standing. Its history speaks of a brutal past.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11888766\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 628px\">\u003cimg decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"wp-image-11888766 size-full\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2021/09/SanQuentin-constructing-spanish-blocks.jpg\" alt=\"Black-and-white photo of a dirt patch with buildings and a hill behind.\" width=\"628\" height=\"377\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2021/09/SanQuentin-constructing-spanish-blocks.jpg 628w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2021/09/SanQuentin-constructing-spanish-blocks-160x96.jpg 160w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 628px) 100vw, 628px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Construction of the Old Spanish Blocks. \u003ccite>(Courtesy San Quentin State Prison)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>“Each one of these wells had big solid black doors in front of it,” Robinson explained. “So no matter what perspective you were in, you’re securely locked away in the dark. The reason why there is no bed in there, because we’d lock a minimum of one up to six guys in a well together.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The prisoners slept on the floor. They were given three buckets, one with water and two that were empty. The dungeon hasn’t been used since 1943 when the warden at the time, Clinton Duffy, had the huge metal doors melted down so the dungeon could never be used again.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The dungeon is a reminder of California’s barbarous history and is one of the oldest remaining buildings in the state.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Marin wasn’t really here before San Quentin,” Robinson said. “So really history in California — we’re standing on site right here at San Quentin. This is history.”\u003c/p>\n\u003ch3>Why is San Quentin still located in Marin?\u003c/h3>\n\u003cp>It’s pretty easy to understand how San Quentin came to be in Marin: The land was cheap, there was a deep-water port for the prison ship to dock while they built the main building, there was a quarry up the road and there was bedrock for the foundation. What’s less clear is why the state never moved the prison. It sits on valuable land and operates in an expensive region. Couldn’t the state save money by moving it somewhere cheaper and selling the land?\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11888764\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 720px\">\u003cimg decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"wp-image-11888764 size-full\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2021/09/SanQuentin-guard-tower.jpg\" alt=\"Four black-and-white aerial photos show the parking lot, the facade, outbuildings and the bay.\" width=\"720\" height=\"576\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2021/09/SanQuentin-guard-tower.jpg 720w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2021/09/SanQuentin-guard-tower-160x128.jpg 160w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 720px) 100vw, 720px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Four photos in a grid show different perspectives from guard tower No. 1 at San Quentin State Prison. \u003ccite>(Courtesy San Quentin State Prison)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>It’s not so simple. The state considered a prison expansion back in 2002. Joe Nation, Marin’s state Assemblymember at the time, had some ideas for how San Quentin could be used differently.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I just thought there were other opportunities for it,” Nation said. “Part of it was the deep-water ferry port that I thought would make a lot of sense.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>A deep-water ferry port would allow the Larkspur ferry to avoid the shallow no wake zones it currently travels through. And, Nation thought the county could connect it to the SMART train, or maybe build some much needed housing.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I thought if you made it a transit hub, if you made it so that people could actually live there, work there, or commute on the ferry to the East Bay or to San Francisco, that made a lot of sense,” Nation said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But no one else in the state Legislature had much enthusiasm for his ideas and there was significant local pushback. People living nearby didn’t want the noise and congestion such a project would bring. Plus, the prison is a good neighbor. It’s tucked away, with few comings and goings. Many Marin County residents don’t think much about it.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Also, because San Quentin is located in the Bay Area, its inmates have access to more programs and services than many other prisons. And, the prison employs people in good jobs. If it moved, those jobs would leave, too.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>It’s hard to change the status quo, and the prison isn’t likely to move anytime soon.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Meanwhile, there’s a whole world going on behind walls few Bay Area residents pass through.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[emailsignup newslettername=\"baycurious\" align=\"right\"]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“There are people who have hope in a new day and a new future,” Robinson said. “[They have hope] that laws may change to benefit them, that they’ve worked to become better people themselves. And so it’s just not this place where people are sitting in the corners conniving to do bad things all the time. I think you see humanity within the walls, all aspects of it, good and bad.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Recently, San Quentin has been the site of one of the deadliest outbreaks of the coronavirus in the state’s prison system. Over 2,200 people were infected — two-thirds of the prison — and 29 people died. \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11865491/after-a-year-of-covid-19-outbreaks-california-prisons-reckon-with-mistakes\">The long-term effects of the outbreak are still being felt.\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In April, our colleagues on the podcast \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11871338/the-lasting-impact-of-covid-19-in-san-quentin-state-prison\">The Bay interviewed a man currently incarcerated at San Quentin\u003c/a> to learn more about what it was like to live through the last year on the inside. It’s an important perspective to hear alongside this history of the prison.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>For more information about\u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11875968/court-hearing-examines-whether-san-quentins-deadly-covid-19-outbreak-could-have-been-prevented\"> the COVID-19 outbreak at San Quentin and its aftermath\u003c/a>, follow the ongoing reporting from our KQED News colleagues.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad floatright]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[baycuriousquestion]\u003c/p>\n\n",
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Punta de Quentin was remote.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“None of this was here,” Robinson said. “It was just hills and marshland. It was land that really no one wanted.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The Waban docked near Punta de Quentin, and the inmates continued to live on board for another two years while they built the prison. 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The first prisoners living on the Waban numbered between 50 and 60. Now, San Quentin houses nearly 4,000 prisoners. The prison has changed in many other ways as well, starting with its status as a privately owned facility. That meant its owner could lease the inmates’ labor out to the highest bidder, \u003ca href=\"https://www.foundsf.org/index.php?title=San_Quentin_Prison:_The_Origins_of_the_California_%22Corrections%22_System\">which quickly led to corruption and abuse\u003c/a>. After numerous complaints, the state took over San Quentin in 1855.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>All of the state’s executions take place at San Quentin. The first was back in 1893. Since then, the state has executed more than 400 people here, the last one in 2006. In 2019, Governor Gavin Newsom issued a moratorium on the death penalty. Still, more than 700 men are housed on death row at San Quentin now — awaiting an uncertain future.\u003c/p>\u003c/p>\u003cp>\u003cspan class='utils-parseShortcode-shortcodes-__youtubeShortcode__embedYoutube'>\n \u003cspan class='utils-parseShortcode-shortcodes-__youtubeShortcode__embedYoutubeInside'>\n \u003ciframe\n loading='lazy'\n class='utils-parseShortcode-shortcodes-__youtubeShortcode__youtubePlayer'\n type='text/html'\n src='//www.youtube.com/embed/JsSw0tjBEeM'\n title='//www.youtube.com/embed/JsSw0tjBEeM'\n allowfullscreen='true'\n style='border:0;'>\u003c/iframe>\n \u003c/span>\n \u003c/span>\u003c/p>\u003cp>\u003ch3>Inside the prison\u003c/h3>\n\u003cp>Entering the prison is a process. Visitors pass by a guardhouse to enter the outer layer of the complex, where the administrative buildings and staff housing are located. There was once even a school here for staff children. To get to where the inmates live, visitors pass through the prison’s original gate, a portico built wide and tall enough to fit a horse and buggy, to enter the “Plaza.” On the right is a chapel, to the left the cell blocks. Straight ahead is the hospital.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The oldest building in the complex is the dungeon, now used for storage. But the remnants of this 1850s building are thought to be the oldest public work still standing. 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The state considered a prison expansion back in 2002. Joe Nation, Marin’s state Assemblymember at the time, had some ideas for how San Quentin could be used differently.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I just thought there were other opportunities for it,” Nation said. “Part of it was the deep-water ferry port that I thought would make a lot of sense.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>A deep-water ferry port would allow the Larkspur ferry to avoid the shallow no wake zones it currently travels through. And, Nation thought the county could connect it to the SMART train, or maybe build some much needed housing.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I thought if you made it a transit hub, if you made it so that people could actually live there, work there, or commute on the ferry to the East Bay or to San Francisco, that made a lot of sense,” Nation said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But no one else in the state Legislature had much enthusiasm for his ideas and there was significant local pushback. 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JFCS said in a recent \u003ca href=\"https://jfcs-eastbay.org/urgent-afghan-evacuation/\">update\u003c/a> that it expects September to be about the same. The organization has received an outpouring of community support for Afghan refugees in the form of volunteers, with 2,800 people in the Bay Area signing up to support resettlement efforts, from greeting families at the airport to connecting families to needed services – everything that goes into creating a new life in a new place.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[pullquote size=\"medium\" align=\"right\" citation=\"Mohammad, SIV holder now living in Concord\"]‘We should not forget Afghanistan and those who work shoulder to shoulder for democracy, for human rights.’[/pullquote]Mohammad, whose name KQED has changed due to fears of violence against his family still in Afghanistan, is now based in Concord with his wife, a former teacher, and their three kids. Prior to coming to the U.S., he worked as a technical advisor for an international organization doing development work in Afghanistan.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“We worked a lot to build our country,” he told KQED. “We struggled to develop it.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But in the last year, Mohammad said the security situation was very bad. His organization was attacked and he was stopped several times and asked who he worked for. While he says he might have been able to continue working, Mohammad wanted to provide a better life for his kids.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I decided to immigrate here. We are now happy that at least my kids will have a bright future,” he said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>He’s been working as a paralegal for a Fremont-based law firm assisting with immigrant asylum cases. He wanted to volunteer his services for other organizations that might need his help, but since his commute is 1.5 hours each way, he doesn’t have time.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Mohammad said he never would’ve imagined what has happened in Afghanistan. “A lot of people are left behind, and they need to have humanitarian aid,” he said – even “before the Taliban took over, the country was in a humanitarian crisis.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“We should not forget Afghanistan and those who work shoulder to shoulder for democracy, for human rights,” Mohammad added.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>For some Afghan refugees who arrived in California and the Bay Area prior to 2021, the adjustment was difficult, but not extremely unmanageable. For those arriving now – some with only the clothes they were wearing when they left – the trauma of waiting at the Kabul airport for hours amid a crumbling country and seeing violence take place in front of their children’s eyes makes the transition more challenging.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11888021\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 1920px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-11888021\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2021/09/RS51403_018_Fremont_MaiwandMarket_08272021-qut.jpg\" alt=\"two men wearing masks talk in Afghan market in Fremont\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1280\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2021/09/RS51403_018_Fremont_MaiwandMarket_08272021-qut.jpg 1920w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2021/09/RS51403_018_Fremont_MaiwandMarket_08272021-qut-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2021/09/RS51403_018_Fremont_MaiwandMarket_08272021-qut-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2021/09/RS51403_018_Fremont_MaiwandMarket_08272021-qut-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2021/09/RS51403_018_Fremont_MaiwandMarket_08272021-qut-1536x1024.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1920px) 100vw, 1920px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">‘I sit here sometimes, and I look at my daughter and I’m like, man, how lucky are we to be here? And then I look at all those people, all the kids bleeding, crying … Like as a parent, you have no choice but to feel their pain, you know?’ said Kais (left) in Fremont, on Aug. 27, 2021, a day after a bomb blast killed over 100 people in Kabul. Kais runs Maiwand Market, a staple for many in the Afghan community. \u003ccite>(Beth LaBerge/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"https://www.reftrans.org/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Refugee & Immigrant Transitions\u003c/a>, an Oakland-based nonprofit, is “preparing for the arrival of hundreds of vulnerable Afghans as part of an emergency evacuation effort,” according to a \u003ca href=\"https://www.reftrans.org/publications-and-media/2021/8/19/stand-with-the-people-of-afghanistan#statement-from-rit-board-chair-malikyar-sills-\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">statement from RIT Board Chair Malaak Malikyar Sills\u003c/a>, who fled Afghanistan at age 5.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>While RIT normally focuses on what they call “post-resettlement” — everything after the first few months – they’re expecting to ramp up efforts to be able to welcome additional newcomers and support other Bay Area resettlement organizations. RIT will offer resettlement support in collaboration with the International Rescue Committee and JFCS. They’ll work to help families access necessary health services and public benefits, providing assistance with registering for school as well as post-resettlement support in the form of \u003ca href=\"https://www.reftrans.org/education\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">education\u003c/a> and family engagement through field trips and support groups.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Some evacuees qualified for a visa under the \u003ca href=\"https://travel.state.gov/content/travel/en/us-visas/immigrate/special-immg-visa-afghans-employed-us-gov.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">special immigrant visa\u003c/a> category — established in 2008 initially for Iraqi and Afghan translators and interpreters, but expanded in 2014 to include those employed on behalf of the U.S. government in Afghanistan. Others are arriving in the early stages of the visa application or via the \u003ca href=\"https://www.uscis.gov/humanitarian/humanitarian-or-significant-public-benefit-parole-for-individuals-outside-the-united-states\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">humanitarian parole program\u003c/a>, which means they may need legal assistance in addition to support for basic needs since humanitarian parolees are \u003ca href=\"https://refugees.org/uscri-snapshot-humanitarian-parole-for-afghan-evacuees/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">ineligible for food assistance services like the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program, or SNAP\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[aside postID=news_11885170 hero=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2021/08/RS51188_GettyImages-1336534302-qut-1020x681.jpg\"]In \u003ca href=\"https://www.dhs.gov/news/2021/09/03/secretary-mayorkas-delivers-remarks-operation-allies-welcome\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">a Sept. 3 address\u003c/a>, Department of Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro N. Mayorkas said Afghan evacuees include “U.S. citizens, lawful permanent residents, special immigrant visa holders, individuals who have assisted the United States in Afghanistan, and all other vulnerable Afghans, such as journalists and vulnerable women and girls.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Mayorkas said in the past few weeks that roughly 120,000 people have been evacuated from Kabul. “We have a moral imperative to protect them, to support those who have supported this nation,” he said.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch3>A sense of home\u003c/h3>\n\u003cp>For some Afghan families who may be used to a multigenerational family structure in which parents, kids and grandparents often live together, community is at the heart of a sense of home.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Also at the center of home is food. And for newly arrived Afghans, some East Bay cities offer both a sense of extended support within the already established Afghan community as well as access to Afghan food staples – like the homemade bread and halal meat from Fremont’s Maiwand Market.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Esmatullah Asadullah and his family, including his parents and three sisters, came to the Bay Area last year after first being placed in Louisville, Kentucky, with the help of the \u003ca href=\"https://www.rescue.org/topic/refugees-america\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">International Rescue Committee\u003c/a>. “There were only 50 [Afghan] families,” he said. Asadullah, 20, said the IRC helped their family for around three to four months. They decided to move to San Jose to be among a larger Afghan community in 2020.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11888019\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 1920px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-11888019\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2021/09/RS51392_006_Fremont_MaiwandMarket_08272021-qut.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1280\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2021/09/RS51392_006_Fremont_MaiwandMarket_08272021-qut.jpg 1920w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2021/09/RS51392_006_Fremont_MaiwandMarket_08272021-qut-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2021/09/RS51392_006_Fremont_MaiwandMarket_08272021-qut-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2021/09/RS51392_006_Fremont_MaiwandMarket_08272021-qut-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2021/09/RS51392_006_Fremont_MaiwandMarket_08272021-qut-1536x1024.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1920px) 100vw, 1920px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Esmatullah Asadullah’s father buys Afghan bread made at Maiwand Market in Fremont on Aug. 27, 2021. \u003ccite>(Beth LaBerge/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>“One of my mom’s friends lives here, and she really liked it,” Asadullah said. He’s now working for Tesla and going to school in San Jose. Watching what’s happening in Afghanistan from afar, he said, is difficult: “Like as an Afghan … it’s hard — it’s like all [of] Afghanistan is like my family.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>For others who are arriving more recently, the challenges are more complex.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch3>Housing costs ‘a constant challenge and shock’\u003c/h3>\n\u003cp>JFCS says housing is the biggest challenge in their resettlement efforts, since many property managers are reluctant to rent to new arrivals without a standard rental history or credit score.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“The high cost of housing is a constant challenge and shock for incoming refugees,” said Holly Taines White, director of development and community engagement at JFCS. “Finding an affordable, safe, appropriate place to live — especially one that is somewhat nearby family and friends – is one of the things JFCS assists with the most.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>She shared one example of how challenging the search can be for someone who has recently arrived: A family found a relatively affordable apartment for $2,500 per month in Walnut Creek — but the property manager required they show income of five times the monthly rent.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“That is not something that a newly arrived family can do,” White said. “In cases like this, we provide a lot of advocacy, trying to help property managers understand the situations that our clients are in.” They’re also matching families with community members who are willing to serve as co-signers on the lease.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[aside postID=news_11885908 hero='https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2021/08/Demonstrators-Marching-East-on-Thorton-Ave-copy-1020x574.jpg']Christopher Cambises, \u003ca href=\"https://www.sanjoseca.gov/your-government/departments-offices/office-of-the-city-manager/racial-equity/immigrant-affairs/afghanistan-refugee-resources\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">immigrant affairs manager at the Office of Racial Equity\u003c/a> for the city of San Jose, helps ensure refugees and immigrants are welcomed and able to connect to services in the city.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Right now a major need is housing, and everyone recognizes that housing is a challenge in Silicon Valley, in California as a whole,” he said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Beyond housing, there’s a need for everything else that comes with starting a new life in a new country — getting kids into schools, getting connected to mental health resources, and basic furniture and household goods.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Cambises, himself an immigrant from the United Kingdom, said there’s a shared sense of belonging amid displacement. “This is a city that has an extremely long history of welcoming refugees from around the world and fostering that sense of community belonging for new arrivals,” he said. “We’re tied together by a shared sense of displacement, relocation and resettlement.”\u003c/p>\n\u003ch3>From California to Afghanistan, and back\u003c/h3>\n\u003cp>“When I think about refugee resettlement, I think about housing,” said Shawn VanDiver, founder of the \u003ca href=\"https://www.trumanproject.org/index.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Truman National Security Project\u003c/a> San Diego chapter.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“We have a major housing crisis here,” VanDiver said. “But also California is a welcoming place.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>VanDiver, a 12-year Navy veteran, said he wants to make sure Afghans, specifically those who served the U.S., are welcomed. One of the people he worked with on civic engagement projects is a former Afghan interpreter named Lucky.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Lucky, a nickname given to him because he survived two improvised explosive device blasts (he prefers this name, for fear of what the Taliban might do to his family still in Afghanistan), received his SIV in 2016 after working as an interpreter for the U.S. for nearly 10 years. He now has a green card. Lucky had been living in San Diego for the past several years, but went back to Afghanistan in May to see his aging mother and to help her with care. While visiting his mother in the hospital, his brother told him the Taliban were attempting to take their village. Around Aug. 13, he went to help. Without enough people or ammunition to support the village, he said they had to surrender.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I was stuck there,” Lucky said. He ended up pretending to be a truck driver to make his way back to Kabul, and then spent 12 hours at the airport, waiting for a flight with his wife and their 4-year-old and 7-month-old children.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In part, with the assistance of \u003ca href=\"https://afghanevac.org/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Afghan Evac\u003c/a>, a San Diego-based initiative started by veterans, Lucky arrived back in the U.S. at the end of August.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“My kids, they just can’t sleep,” he said. “They have nightmares. … My daughter, she’s not letting me go. She’s still scared, she thinks she’s still in Afghanistan, and there’s going to be bombing.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Lucky told KQED he was planning to move to Texas to be closer to family and because the cost of living is high in California.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch3>\u003cstrong>Bay Area organizations assisting with refugee services\u003c/strong>\u003c/h3>\n\u003cul>\n\u003cli>\u003ca href=\"https://jfcs-eastbay.org/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Jewish Family & Community Services, East Bay\u003c/a>\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>\u003ca href=\"https://www.reftrans.org/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Refugee & Immigrant Transitions\u003c/a>\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>\u003ca href=\"https://www.rescue.org/topic/refugees-america\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">International Rescue Committee\u003c/a>\u003c/li>\n\u003c/ul>\n\u003cp>[ad floatright]\u003c/p>\n",
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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>He’s been working as a paralegal for a Fremont-based law firm assisting with immigrant asylum cases. He wanted to volunteer his services for other organizations that might need his help, but since his commute is 1.5 hours each way, he doesn’t have time.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Mohammad said he never would’ve imagined what has happened in Afghanistan. “A lot of people are left behind, and they need to have humanitarian aid,” he said – even “before the Taliban took over, the country was in a humanitarian crisis.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“We should not forget Afghanistan and those who work shoulder to shoulder for democracy, for human rights,” Mohammad added.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>For some Afghan refugees who arrived in California and the Bay Area prior to 2021, the adjustment was difficult, but not extremely unmanageable. For those arriving now – some with only the clothes they were wearing when they left – the trauma of waiting at the Kabul airport for hours amid a crumbling country and seeing violence take place in front of their children’s eyes makes the transition more challenging.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11888021\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 1920px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-11888021\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2021/09/RS51403_018_Fremont_MaiwandMarket_08272021-qut.jpg\" alt=\"two men wearing masks talk in Afghan market in Fremont\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1280\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2021/09/RS51403_018_Fremont_MaiwandMarket_08272021-qut.jpg 1920w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2021/09/RS51403_018_Fremont_MaiwandMarket_08272021-qut-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2021/09/RS51403_018_Fremont_MaiwandMarket_08272021-qut-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2021/09/RS51403_018_Fremont_MaiwandMarket_08272021-qut-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2021/09/RS51403_018_Fremont_MaiwandMarket_08272021-qut-1536x1024.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1920px) 100vw, 1920px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">‘I sit here sometimes, and I look at my daughter and I’m like, man, how lucky are we to be here? And then I look at all those people, all the kids bleeding, crying … Like as a parent, you have no choice but to feel their pain, you know?’ said Kais (left) in Fremont, on Aug. 27, 2021, a day after a bomb blast killed over 100 people in Kabul. Kais runs Maiwand Market, a staple for many in the Afghan community. \u003ccite>(Beth LaBerge/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"https://www.reftrans.org/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Refugee & Immigrant Transitions\u003c/a>, an Oakland-based nonprofit, is “preparing for the arrival of hundreds of vulnerable Afghans as part of an emergency evacuation effort,” according to a \u003ca href=\"https://www.reftrans.org/publications-and-media/2021/8/19/stand-with-the-people-of-afghanistan#statement-from-rit-board-chair-malikyar-sills-\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">statement from RIT Board Chair Malaak Malikyar Sills\u003c/a>, who fled Afghanistan at age 5.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>While RIT normally focuses on what they call “post-resettlement” — everything after the first few months – they’re expecting to ramp up efforts to be able to welcome additional newcomers and support other Bay Area resettlement organizations. RIT will offer resettlement support in collaboration with the International Rescue Committee and JFCS. They’ll work to help families access necessary health services and public benefits, providing assistance with registering for school as well as post-resettlement support in the form of \u003ca href=\"https://www.reftrans.org/education\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">education\u003c/a> and family engagement through field trips and support groups.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Some evacuees qualified for a visa under the \u003ca href=\"https://travel.state.gov/content/travel/en/us-visas/immigrate/special-immg-visa-afghans-employed-us-gov.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">special immigrant visa\u003c/a> category — established in 2008 initially for Iraqi and Afghan translators and interpreters, but expanded in 2014 to include those employed on behalf of the U.S. government in Afghanistan. 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The rule is set to take effect in five years.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11878624/a-pivotal-moment-for-regulating-the-bay-areas-oil-industry\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">In the lead-up to the July vote\u003c/a>, both companies slammed the rule and threatened legal action.[pullquote align=\"right\" size=\"medium\" citation=\"Andres Soto, Richmond community activist\"]'Chevron and PBF would rather spend endless dollars on their army of lawyers rather than implement a hard-won victory by frontline polluted communities to improve their health.'[/pullquote]Chevron says the air district overstated the public health benefits of the new rule and underestimated the costs of implementing it at the company's Richmond refinery. 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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\"Chevron and PBF would rather spend endless dollars on their army of lawyers rather than implement a hard-won victory by frontline polluted communities to improve their health,\" he said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Dr. Amanda Millstein, a Richmond pediatrician and co-founder of Climate Health Now, a group of California health professionals pushing to transition away from fossil fuels, took aim at Chevron, the oil giant that runs the refinery in her city.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"Chevron's shameless and predictable delay is coming at the expense of my patients' and their families' lives,\" Millstein said. \"It is outrageous for the oil industry to sue a government entity for acting in the public's interest while fulfilling its charter.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Hollin Kretzmann, an attorney with the Center for Biological Diversity's Climate Law Institute, said the lawsuits fly in the face of research that shows fossil fuel pollution causes thousands of premature deaths in California every year.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"It's contemptible for Chevron to pay its pricey lawyers to sue rather than just install pollution-control equipment that many refineries already have in place,\" Kretzmann said. \"Given this is a matter of life and death for frontline communities, Chevron's penny-pinching is completely immoral.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Jed Holtzman, a former policy analyst with 350 Bay Area, which pushed for the rule, said local advocates fought hard to get the district to put the life-saving rule in place.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"Bay Area communities should be outraged that Big Oil is trying to subvert democratic government action to protect our health,\" he said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The change is not expected to affect the Bay Area's three other refineries. Valero's Benicia plant already has a wet-gas scrubber; Phillips 66 in Rodeo does not have a fluid catalytic cracking unit; and Marathon in Martinez has been idled for months.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Both Phillips 66 and Marathon also plan to convert their local facilities into renewable diesel plants in the coming years.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003c/div>\u003c/p>",
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"content": "\u003cp>\u003cem>\u003ca href=\"https://open.spotify.com/playlist/2QoyW8Jt9q3Tq11l8ws3wc?si=3d913de8a11c45a8&nd=1\">Listen to all six episodes of our State of Drought series on Spotify.\u003c/a>\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Despite a growing population, urban Californians are using far less water than in decades past. That’s in some measure thanks to straightforward changes people have made at home — like installing new toilets. The humble tool uses more water than any other, but over the years, \u003ca href=\"https://elemental.green/all-you-need-to-know-about-low-flow-toilets/\">toilets have dropped from using as many as 8 gallons per flush to as little as 0.8 gallons per flush\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[baycuriouspodcastinfo]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But water conservation at home extends far beyond a low-flow toilet. Some upgrades require nothing more than switching out a showerhead or \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11874287/12-simple-ways-to-conserve-water-at-home-during-a-california-drought\">keeping water cold in the fridge\u003c/a> — others involve a little more legwork. Water conservationists point to three big ways that homeowners can cut back.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch3>Using water twice\u003c/h3>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11887108\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 1920px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-11887108 size-full\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2021/08/greywater-system.jpg\" alt=\"A woman holds a hose connected through a utility sink on the back of her house to water her lawn\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1080\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2021/08/greywater-system.jpg 1920w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2021/08/greywater-system-800x450.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2021/08/greywater-system-1020x574.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2021/08/greywater-system-160x90.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2021/08/greywater-system-1536x864.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1920px) 100vw, 1920px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Amelia Terkel uses shower water on her trees through a homemade gray water system. \u003ccite>(Courtesy Amir Terkel)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Normally, the leftover water from a load of laundry, a bath or a shower runs down the drain and into the sewer system. But it doesn’t have to. In California, that water — the official name for it is gray water, or sometimes “greywater” — is perfect for watering most gardens. On average, \u003ca href=\"https://greywateraction.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/12/GW_Study_revised1.pdf\">a gray water system can save a household over 14,000 gallons of water a year\u003c/a>, by simply redirecting that lightly used water into a yard.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Gray water can offer you this source to [water] your fruit trees or berries or plants that need more irrigation water without using fresh water from the tap,” says Laura Allen of Greywater Action, an advocacy group in California.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The most common type of gray water system is a “laundry to landscape” setup, where the water from a load of laundry flows down a set of pipes into a yard or garden. Depending on specifics like the location of the washing machine in a home, \u003ca href=\"https://www.urbanfarmerstore.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/05/6_Graywater-L2L_RGW3-Graywater-Design-Manual-SFPUC.pdf\">homeowners can install a gray water system on their own\u003c/a>. The most straightforward projects don’t require a permit and can cost just a few hundred dollars. \u003ca href=\"https://greywateraction.org/greywater-system-examples/\">Other types of systems are more involved\u003c/a> and require permits and professional installation.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But the most cost-efficient way to start using gray water immediately? Put a bucket in the shower while you’re waiting for the water to heat up. Then, use it to flush the toilet or water plants. Gray water should never be stored for more than 24 hours, and laundry-to-landscape systems do require a switch to eco-friendly detergent.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch3>Upgrade equipment\u003c/h3>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11887105\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 1920px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-11887105 size-full\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2021/08/leaky-faucet.jpg\" alt=\"A leaky faucet\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1080\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2021/08/leaky-faucet.jpg 1920w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2021/08/leaky-faucet-800x450.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2021/08/leaky-faucet-1020x574.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2021/08/leaky-faucet-160x90.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2021/08/leaky-faucet-1536x864.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1920px) 100vw, 1920px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Household leaks waste more water than many people know. For example, a toilet leak can waste about a gallon of water per hour. \u003ccite>(iStock/banusevim)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Toilets aren’t the only fixtures that have evolved in the past several decades. \u003ca href=\"https://www.circleofblue.org/2016/water-management/infrastructure/study-efficient-fixtures-cut-u-s-indoor-water-use/\">One analysis found that residential water use nationwide dropped by 22% between 1999 and 2016\u003c/a> — and that’s by and large because appliances have gotten more water-efficient.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>So has outdoor irrigation. But we don’t always jump to make fixes and upgrades that can save money — and water in the long run — says Justin Burks of Valley Water in Santa Clara County.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“A new smartphone comes out [and] a lot of us will go out and get that new version,” Burks says. “But many of us live with the same irrigation equipment from 20 or 40 years ago.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"https://www.epa.gov/sites/default/files/2020-05/documents/ws-products-irrigation-outdoor-wbic-mini-report.pdf\">Newer irrigation systems come with smart controllers\u003c/a> that respond to the weather and measure moisture content in the soil, so the landscape only gets watered when it really needs it. Drip irrigation and high-efficiency sprinklers can also have a significant impact.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Other small fixes to cut back on water use: \u003ca href=\"https://www.lowes.com/n/how-to/test-toilet-for-leaks\">check your toilet for leaks (a simple dye test kit does the trick)\u003c/a>. An estimated \u003ca href=\"https://www.kirklandwa.gov/Government/Departments/Public-Works-Department/Water/Why-was-my-water-bill-high\">20% of all toilets leak\u003c/a>, and in some cases, a leak can waste a gallon of water every hour. \u003ca href=\"https://www.denverwater.org/tap/big-benefits-cleaning-and-updating-faucet-aerators\">Another quick fix is to install a faucet aerator\u003c/a>, which limits the flow of water.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch3>Turf’s up\u003c/h3>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11887109\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 1920px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-11887109 size-full\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2021/08/lawn-watering.jpg\" alt=\"Row of sprinklers watering a lawn\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1080\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2021/08/lawn-watering.jpg 1920w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2021/08/lawn-watering-800x450.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2021/08/lawn-watering-1020x574.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2021/08/lawn-watering-160x90.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2021/08/lawn-watering-1536x864.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1920px) 100vw, 1920px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Californians living in more urban environments use a lot of water on lawns. Outdoor watering accounts for half of all urban water use, so it’s an easy place to save. Some people are planting drought-tolerant gardens instead. \u003ccite>(Marcutti/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>About \u003ca href=\"https://www.ppic.org/publication/water-use-in-california/\">half of all the water used in urban California goes to one place: landscaping\u003c/a>. Oftentimes, that means watering a wide, flat, lawn that requires consistent, and heavy, water use. Switching out the lawn for a garden featuring California native plants can save significant amounts of water, and bring a host of other benefits.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>A nine-year study conducted by the city of Santa Monica found that \u003ca href=\"https://www.smgov.net/uploadedFiles/Departments/OSE/Categories/Landscape/garden-garden-2013.pdf\">a California native plant garden not only used 83% less water than one with a lawn and shrubs, but also created far less waste and required less maintenance\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Wildlife and insects thrive in gardens with California native plants, too, says Julie Saare-Edmonds, an environmental scientist with the California Department of Water Resources. She says she’s seen a growing interest in native plant gardens — especially in drought years.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The best native plants vary significantly depending on location. The California Native Plant Society maintains a vast database, called \u003ca href=\"https://calscape.org/\">Calscape\u003c/a>, of regionally appropriate native plants. Gardners can decide whether they want to see plants that attract butterflies, plants with extremely low water needs, as well as low-maintenance options. And the \u003ca href=\"https://water.ca.gov/water-basics/conservation-tips/plant-and-landscape-guide\">California Department of Water Resources has a comprehensive guide\u003c/a> for how to make the transition.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>And if you want to go further, each Bay Area county has a \u003ca href=\"http://mg.ucanr.edu/index.cfm\">master gardener program\u003c/a>. Seasoned gardeners are available to answer questions about designing native plant and drought-friendly gardens. Many also have demonstration gardens where newcomers can learn about their options, and find some inspiration.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[baycuriousbug]\u003c/p>\n\u003ch3>How to pay for it\u003c/h3>\n\u003cp>Many water agencies in the Bay Area will help you cover the costs of using less water at home. Most often, this comes in the form of a rebate for projects like gray water installation, a smart flow meter, or a switch to a drought-friendly garden.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Renters can take advantage of some of these programs, too, by switching in a free, water-efficient showerhead (that you can swap out when you leave) or tipping your landlord off to how they can replace an old toilet at no cost.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>We’re highlighting a few programs offered by local water agencies, but check your provider for even more deals and specifics.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The \u003ca href=\"https://www.ebmud.com/water/conservation-and-rebates/rebates/\">\u003cstrong>East Bay Municipal Utility District\u003c/strong> offers rebates for flow meters\u003c/a> that collect data on how much water you use, and where in your home. The agency has also doubled its rebate for converting yards into drought-friendly gardens.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"https://www.ccwater.com/157/Rebates-and-Coupons\">\u003cstrong>Contra Costa County\u003c/strong> offers rebates\u003c/a> up to $1,000 for homeowners to ditch the front lawn.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"https://www.marinwater.org/rebates\">In \u003cstrong>Marin County\u003c/strong>, the water district has rebates\u003c/a> for rainwater storage systems and free mulching services — another way to have a drought-friendly yard.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"https://www.acwd.org/134/Conservation-at-Home\">Free water conservation kits are available in \u003cstrong>Alameda County\u003c/strong>\u003c/a>, as are \u003ca href=\"https://www.acwd.org/145/Rebates\">numerous rebates\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"https://www.valleywater.org/saving-water/rebates-surveys\">Valley Water in \u003cstrong>Santa Clara County\u003c/strong> offers rebates\u003c/a> up to $400 for installing gray water systems.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"https://sfpuc.org/sites/default/files/learning/conservation/2021-0723-SFPUCs%20DROUGHT%20RESOURCE%20GUIDE_v2.pdf\">\u003cstrong>San Francisco\u003c/strong>‘s Public Utilities Commission has a range of options\u003c/a> — including free toilet replacement.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"https://www.pressdemocrat.com/article/news/sonoma-county-cities-offer-freebies-and-rebates-to-help-you-save-water/\">Many cities in \u003cstrong>Sonoma County\u003c/strong> have their own programs\u003c/a>, which include rebates for turf removal and free fixtures like showerheads and faucets.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"https://www.cityofsanmateo.org/2714/Water-Conservation\">Options in \u003cstrong>San Mateo County\u003c/strong> include rebates for rain barrels.\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"https://www.cityofnapa.org/595/Residential-Programs\">\u003cstrong>Napa County\u003c/strong> will evaluate your water use at home for free\u003c/a> and help you strategize how to cut back on water use.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"https://www.scwa2.com/water-efficiency/rebates-programs/residential-rebates/\">\u003cstrong>Solano County\u003c/strong> offers rebates\u003c/a> to upgrade to a high-efficiency washing machine and switch to smart irrigation controllers.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad floatright]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[baycuriousquestion]\u003c/p>\n\n",
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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Gray water can offer you this source to [water] your fruit trees or berries or plants that need more irrigation water without using fresh water from the tap,” says Laura Allen of Greywater Action, an advocacy group in California.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The most common type of gray water system is a “laundry to landscape” setup, where the water from a load of laundry flows down a set of pipes into a yard or garden. Depending on specifics like the location of the washing machine in a home, \u003ca href=\"https://www.urbanfarmerstore.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/05/6_Graywater-L2L_RGW3-Graywater-Design-Manual-SFPUC.pdf\">homeowners can install a gray water system on their own\u003c/a>. The most straightforward projects don’t require a permit and can cost just a few hundred dollars. \u003ca href=\"https://greywateraction.org/greywater-system-examples/\">Other types of systems are more involved\u003c/a> and require permits and professional installation.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But the most cost-efficient way to start using gray water immediately? Put a bucket in the shower while you’re waiting for the water to heat up. Then, use it to flush the toilet or water plants. Gray water should never be stored for more than 24 hours, and laundry-to-landscape systems do require a switch to eco-friendly detergent.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch3>Upgrade equipment\u003c/h3>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11887105\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 1920px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-11887105 size-full\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2021/08/leaky-faucet.jpg\" alt=\"A leaky faucet\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1080\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2021/08/leaky-faucet.jpg 1920w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2021/08/leaky-faucet-800x450.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2021/08/leaky-faucet-1020x574.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2021/08/leaky-faucet-160x90.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2021/08/leaky-faucet-1536x864.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1920px) 100vw, 1920px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Household leaks waste more water than many people know. For example, a toilet leak can waste about a gallon of water per hour. \u003ccite>(iStock/banusevim)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Toilets aren’t the only fixtures that have evolved in the past several decades. \u003ca href=\"https://www.circleofblue.org/2016/water-management/infrastructure/study-efficient-fixtures-cut-u-s-indoor-water-use/\">One analysis found that residential water use nationwide dropped by 22% between 1999 and 2016\u003c/a> — and that’s by and large because appliances have gotten more water-efficient.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>So has outdoor irrigation. But we don’t always jump to make fixes and upgrades that can save money — and water in the long run — says Justin Burks of Valley Water in Santa Clara County.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“A new smartphone comes out [and] a lot of us will go out and get that new version,” Burks says. “But many of us live with the same irrigation equipment from 20 or 40 years ago.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"https://www.epa.gov/sites/default/files/2020-05/documents/ws-products-irrigation-outdoor-wbic-mini-report.pdf\">Newer irrigation systems come with smart controllers\u003c/a> that respond to the weather and measure moisture content in the soil, so the landscape only gets watered when it really needs it. Drip irrigation and high-efficiency sprinklers can also have a significant impact.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Other small fixes to cut back on water use: \u003ca href=\"https://www.lowes.com/n/how-to/test-toilet-for-leaks\">check your toilet for leaks (a simple dye test kit does the trick)\u003c/a>. An estimated \u003ca href=\"https://www.kirklandwa.gov/Government/Departments/Public-Works-Department/Water/Why-was-my-water-bill-high\">20% of all toilets leak\u003c/a>, and in some cases, a leak can waste a gallon of water every hour. \u003ca href=\"https://www.denverwater.org/tap/big-benefits-cleaning-and-updating-faucet-aerators\">Another quick fix is to install a faucet aerator\u003c/a>, which limits the flow of water.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch3>Turf’s up\u003c/h3>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11887109\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 1920px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-11887109 size-full\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2021/08/lawn-watering.jpg\" alt=\"Row of sprinklers watering a lawn\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1080\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2021/08/lawn-watering.jpg 1920w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2021/08/lawn-watering-800x450.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2021/08/lawn-watering-1020x574.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2021/08/lawn-watering-160x90.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2021/08/lawn-watering-1536x864.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1920px) 100vw, 1920px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Californians living in more urban environments use a lot of water on lawns. Outdoor watering accounts for half of all urban water use, so it’s an easy place to save. Some people are planting drought-tolerant gardens instead. \u003ccite>(Marcutti/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>About \u003ca href=\"https://www.ppic.org/publication/water-use-in-california/\">half of all the water used in urban California goes to one place: landscaping\u003c/a>. Oftentimes, that means watering a wide, flat, lawn that requires consistent, and heavy, water use. Switching out the lawn for a garden featuring California native plants can save significant amounts of water, and bring a host of other benefits.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>A nine-year study conducted by the city of Santa Monica found that \u003ca href=\"https://www.smgov.net/uploadedFiles/Departments/OSE/Categories/Landscape/garden-garden-2013.pdf\">a California native plant garden not only used 83% less water than one with a lawn and shrubs, but also created far less waste and required less maintenance\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Wildlife and insects thrive in gardens with California native plants, too, says Julie Saare-Edmonds, an environmental scientist with the California Department of Water Resources. She says she’s seen a growing interest in native plant gardens — especially in drought years.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The best native plants vary significantly depending on location. The California Native Plant Society maintains a vast database, called \u003ca href=\"https://calscape.org/\">Calscape\u003c/a>, of regionally appropriate native plants. Gardners can decide whether they want to see plants that attract butterflies, plants with extremely low water needs, as well as low-maintenance options. And the \u003ca href=\"https://water.ca.gov/water-basics/conservation-tips/plant-and-landscape-guide\">California Department of Water Resources has a comprehensive guide\u003c/a> for how to make the transition.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>And if you want to go further, each Bay Area county has a \u003ca href=\"http://mg.ucanr.edu/index.cfm\">master gardener program\u003c/a>. Seasoned gardeners are available to answer questions about designing native plant and drought-friendly gardens. Many also have demonstration gardens where newcomers can learn about their options, and find some inspiration.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003cp>\u003caside class=\"alignleft utils-parseShortcode-shortcodes-__bayCuriousPodcastShortcode__bayCurious\">\u003cimg src=https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/02/bayCuriousLogo.png alt=\"Bay Curious Podcast\" loading=\"lazy\" />\n What do you wonder about the Bay Area, its culture or people that you want KQED to investigate?\n \u003ca href=\"/news/series/baycurious\">Ask Bay Curious.\u003c/a>\u003c/aside>\u003c/p>\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003ch3>How to pay for it\u003c/h3>\n\u003cp>Many water agencies in the Bay Area will help you cover the costs of using less water at home. Most often, this comes in the form of a rebate for projects like gray water installation, a smart flow meter, or a switch to a drought-friendly garden.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Renters can take advantage of some of these programs, too, by switching in a free, water-efficient showerhead (that you can swap out when you leave) or tipping your landlord off to how they can replace an old toilet at no cost.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>We’re highlighting a few programs offered by local water agencies, but check your provider for even more deals and specifics.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The \u003ca href=\"https://www.ebmud.com/water/conservation-and-rebates/rebates/\">\u003cstrong>East Bay Municipal Utility District\u003c/strong> offers rebates for flow meters\u003c/a> that collect data on how much water you use, and where in your home. The agency has also doubled its rebate for converting yards into drought-friendly gardens.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"https://www.ccwater.com/157/Rebates-and-Coupons\">\u003cstrong>Contra Costa County\u003c/strong> offers rebates\u003c/a> up to $1,000 for homeowners to ditch the front lawn.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"https://www.marinwater.org/rebates\">In \u003cstrong>Marin County\u003c/strong>, the water district has rebates\u003c/a> for rainwater storage systems and free mulching services — another way to have a drought-friendly yard.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"https://www.acwd.org/134/Conservation-at-Home\">Free water conservation kits are available in \u003cstrong>Alameda County\u003c/strong>\u003c/a>, as are \u003ca href=\"https://www.acwd.org/145/Rebates\">numerous rebates\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"https://www.valleywater.org/saving-water/rebates-surveys\">Valley Water in \u003cstrong>Santa Clara County\u003c/strong> offers rebates\u003c/a> up to $400 for installing gray water systems.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"https://sfpuc.org/sites/default/files/learning/conservation/2021-0723-SFPUCs%20DROUGHT%20RESOURCE%20GUIDE_v2.pdf\">\u003cstrong>San Francisco\u003c/strong>‘s Public Utilities Commission has a range of options\u003c/a> — including free toilet replacement.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"https://www.pressdemocrat.com/article/news/sonoma-county-cities-offer-freebies-and-rebates-to-help-you-save-water/\">Many cities in \u003cstrong>Sonoma County\u003c/strong> have their own programs\u003c/a>, which include rebates for turf removal and free fixtures like showerheads and faucets.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"https://www.cityofsanmateo.org/2714/Water-Conservation\">Options in \u003cstrong>San Mateo County\u003c/strong> include rebates for rain barrels.\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"https://www.cityofnapa.org/595/Residential-Programs\">\u003cstrong>Napa County\u003c/strong> will evaluate your water use at home for free\u003c/a> and help you strategize how to cut back on water use.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"https://www.scwa2.com/water-efficiency/rebates-programs/residential-rebates/\">\u003cstrong>Solano County\u003c/strong> offers rebates\u003c/a> to upgrade to a high-efficiency washing machine and switch to smart irrigation controllers.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003c/div>",
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"content": "\u003cp>San Francisco joined more than 40 cities and 17 countries around the globe on Saturday in a day of protest for Afghan lives. Beginning at 2 p.m. at United Nations Plaza, more than 200 marchers took to Market Street chanting “from Kabul to Kandahar, our freedom is not too far.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“We have come here today to protest against the killing of Afghans,” said Yasmine Ebrat, president of the \u003ca href=\"https://www.facebook.com/berkeleyASA/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Afghan Student Association\u003c/a> at UC Berkeley and one of the rally’s co-organizers. Ebrat said the rally was intended to pressure the international community to protect the rights of all Afghans, and to pressure the U.S. to end quota limits for fleeing refugees and open up its borders to Afghans more broadly.[pullquote size=\"medium\" align=\"right\" citation=\"Alia Rasoully, founder, Wise Afghanistan\"]‘At the end of the day, the innocent Afghans not even involved in this war are the ones that are the victims.’[/pullquote]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The worldwide rallies are an effort to make civilian voices heard in the wake of a \u003ca href=\"https://www.npr.org/2021/08/27/1031649747/kabul-airport-explosions-afghanistan-dead-evacuations\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">deadly bombing at the Kabul airport\u003c/a> Thursday, and amid the United States’ struggle to evacuate U.S. citizens and Afghan people seeking refuge. Evacuations are still ongoing, but the remaining contingent of U.S. forces at the airport \u003ca href=\"https://apnews.com/article/business-afghanistan-islamic-state-group-2f53babc274f912fa2c3a2a611aed07c\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">now numbers fewer than 4,000\u003c/a>, according to The Associated Press.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The military began its final withdrawal ahead of President Joe Biden’s deadline for ending the evacuation on Tuesday. Since mid-August, the U.S. has evacuated roughly 110,000 people, \u003ca href=\"https://www.rev.com/blog/transcripts/pentagon-officials-hank-taylor-john-kirby-press-briefing-transcript-august-27-afghanistan-update\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">according to the Pentagon\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In San Francisco Saturday, Ebrat said seeing the worldwide protest commence in European cities earlier in the day has “been a beam of hope.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Ebrat was born and raised in Fremont, and said the plight of Afghans “is something that’s really near and dear to my heart because my parents are refugees.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11886756\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"max-width: 1920px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-11886756 size-full\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2021/08/Finney_AfghanistanProtest.jpg\" alt=\"Crowds hold up signs and Afghan flags as SFPD officers walk alongside\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1440\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2021/08/Finney_AfghanistanProtest.jpg 1920w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2021/08/Finney_AfghanistanProtest-800x600.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2021/08/Finney_AfghanistanProtest-1020x765.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2021/08/Finney_AfghanistanProtest-160x120.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2021/08/Finney_AfghanistanProtest-1536x1152.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1920px) 100vw, 1920px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">A solidarity protest marches down Market Street in San Francisco Saturday, Aug. 28, 2021. \u003ccite>(Annelise Finney/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Others, like Shabnam Hasani, 22, traveled from San José to show support. “I’m Afghan myself, and I’m out here to support my people,” she said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“It’s hard to continue to have hope,” she added. “I’m very proud of us for coming together as Afghans and for standing up for what we believe in.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Saturday’s protest was hosted by the United Afghan Association, a joint project of human rights activists in over 30 countries, including Bay Area students. [aside postID=news_11885170,news_11885908]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Oakland-based Alia Rasoully has been involved with previous protests in the Bay Area to raise awareness of the situation in Afghanistan. The organization she founded, \u003ca href=\"https://wiseafghanistan.org/about/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Wise Afghanistan\u003c/a>, has helped women and girls in Afghanistan since 2013. Rasoully said it’s important to focus on the almost 39 million people who still remain in Afghanistan and don’t have the privilege to evacuate.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“We need to really focus on the women and girls that are left there and make sure that they continue to have the opportunities that they’ve been struggling for, for the last twenty years,” she said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“At the end of the day, the innocent Afghans not even involved in this war — are the ones that are the victims,” Rasoully said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>For those new to Afghanistan’s history, she advises looking at it from a humanitarian perspective. “Look at what Afghans are going through right now. \u003ca href=\"https://www.gettyimages.com/detail/news-photo/taliban-fighter-stands-guard-at-the-site-of-the-august-26-news-photo/1234889373?adppopup=true\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">You see a pool of blood.\u003c/a> You see thousands of people that are trying to escape,” she said. “There are people that are handing their children over to military officers. … That’s how scared they are.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>And that situation may become more violent. On Saturday, President Biden warned that another attack on the Kabul airport was “\u003ca href=\"https://www.whitehouse.gov/briefing-room/statements-releases/2021/08/28/statement-by-president-joe-biden-on-the-evacuation-mission-in-kabul/\">highly likely.\u003c/a>”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>https://twitter.com/KQEDnews/status/1431276649744502788\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>After being briefed on a U.S. drone mission in eastern Afghanistan that the Pentagon said killed two members of the Islamic State on Saturday, Biden pledged more attacks on \u003ca href=\"https://www.nytimes.com/2021/08/25/us/politics/isis-terrorism-afghanistan-taliban.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">ISIS-K\u003c/a>, the group responsible for the Kabul airport bombing.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In San Francisco, more than 200 marchers convened at U.N. Plaza to focus on peace.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The event began with organizers playing the song “Sarzamine Man,” or “My Homeland,” followed by several speakers, including Mary Steiner, president of the United Nations Association San Francisco Chapter; Nahid Aria, Dari translator and Afghan community outreach coordinator at the Alameda County District Attorney’s Office; and Shahid Buttar, a lawyer and candidate for California’s 12th Congressional district.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11886761\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"max-width: 1920px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-11886761 size-full\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2021/08/Finney_AfghanistanProtest2-1.jpg\" alt=\"A crowd marching with a long black, red, and green Afghan flag across them, amid protest signs and other Afghan flags\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1440\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2021/08/Finney_AfghanistanProtest2-1.jpg 1920w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2021/08/Finney_AfghanistanProtest2-1-800x600.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2021/08/Finney_AfghanistanProtest2-1-1020x765.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2021/08/Finney_AfghanistanProtest2-1-160x120.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2021/08/Finney_AfghanistanProtest2-1-1536x1152.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1920px) 100vw, 1920px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">A solidarity protest marches down Market Street in San Francisco Saturday, Aug. 28, 2021. \u003ccite>(Annelise Finney/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Aziza Popal, who attended the rally, said she fled Afghanistan many years before because she was not able to practice Islam under the then-rule of the Soviet Union. On Saturday, she came to protest on behalf of voiceless people in her former home. “I’m here to raise my voice on behalf of all men and women. We are very upset with what is going on in Afghanistan right now,” she said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Marena Habibi, a rally organizer, said the thousands of refugees coming to the Bay Area now may not receive food assistance, cash aid or housing, and \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11885170/how-you-can-support-the-afghan-community-in-the-bay-area-and-beyond\">pushed for protesters to demand more support from their representatives in government\u003c/a>. Afghans arriving in the U.S. may qualify for services, and \u003ca href=\"https://www.syracuse.com/poverty/2016/03/refugees_immigrants_asylees_parolees_difference.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">refugees, asylees, migrants\u003c/a> and parolees all are entitled to different programs and services.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“President Biden, you have not ended the war, you’ve caused global chaos and we are now seeing the consequences,” she said. “These Afghans have been betrayed by the world, and now they need help.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Protest organizers said war waged by the United States has disintegrated Afghan society. “Afghan citizens are left with no choice but to flee their homes or stay and risk death at the hands of these forces,” organizers wrote in a statement.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In remarks to the crowd, organizer Nagar Nawabi called on the U.S. to promote social equity among genders and among marginalized groups and to establish a committee to investigate the actions of the U.S., Pakistan and others in Afghanistan over the last two decades.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“We are not asking for much, but we are asking for human rights. But clearly, that’s too much to ask when you’re an Afghan,” she said.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch3>Resources\u003c/h3>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>\u003ca href=\"https://www.padilla.senate.gov/afghanistan-evacuation-resources/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">From State Senator Alex Padilla’s office\u003c/a>\u003c/strong>: If you or your immediate family need assistance evacuating or immigrating from Afghanistan, \u003ca href=\"https://www.padilla.senate.gov/afghan-evacuation-form/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">please complete this form\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>For any questions about how to complete the above form, please email: afg-evac@padilla.senate.gov\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"https://lee.house.gov/afghanistan-assistance\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">\u003cstrong>From Rep. 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"content": "\u003cp>After almost two weeks of being mostly stuck at home because of smoke-filled skies, South Lake Tahoe Mayor Pro Tem Devin Middlebrook is a little tired of doomscrolling to keep track of the Caldor Fire, which continues to creep toward the Tahoe Basin from the other side of Echo Summit along Highway 50.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I’ve been refreshing the Twitter feed way too often,” he admitted. “It’s just not a fun time to be in Tahoe when you go to the beach and you can’t see 10 feet out into the lake.”[pullquote align=\"right\" size=\"medium\" citation=\"Susie Kocher, Tahoe region fire advisor\"]‘I’m feeling less faith that our actions have a lot of outcomes. I hope this adds to our sense of urgency — this terrible fire season on top of the last terrible fire season, on top of two almost as terrible fire seasons before.’[/pullquote]But the reality of wildfires worsening because of droughts, \u003ca href=\"https://www.capradio.org/articles/2020/09/03/wildfires-in-california-will-continue-to-get-worse-climate-change-experts-explore-why/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">climate change\u003c/a> and a century of \u003ca href=\"https://www.capradio.org/articles/2020/09/03/wildfires-in-california-will-continue-to-get-worse-climate-change-experts-explore-why/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">aggressive fire suppression that has led to excess fuel\u003c/a> is something Middlebrook is well aware of.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“We’re seeing climate really compounding what would normally be devastating fires and really turning them into those megafires — especially one that started 25, 30 miles away from Tahoe wouldn’t have been a threat to the region,” he said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Under Middlebrook’s lead, the city last October adopted its first \u003ca href=\"https://www.cityofslt.us/1126/Sustainability\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Climate Action Plan\u003c/a>, with the goal of transitioning to 100% renewable energy by 2032.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“We’ve already seen the impacts of climate change through fires, less snow, more rain, increased water temperature and algae growing in the lake,” he said. “It’s something that we really do need to address through reducing the emissions that we’re creating locally, but also [by] being prepared for potential impacts like wildfire.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11886632\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-11886632 size-medium\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2021/08/E9xLrvkVgAggchM-800x450.jpeg\" alt=\"Two fire trucks, a pickup and 3 firefighters in front of a pine ridge in flames and smoke-clogged air\" width=\"800\" height=\"450\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2021/08/E9xLrvkVgAggchM-800x450.jpeg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2021/08/E9xLrvkVgAggchM-1020x574.jpeg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2021/08/E9xLrvkVgAggchM-160x90.jpeg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2021/08/E9xLrvkVgAggchM-1536x864.jpeg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2021/08/E9xLrvkVgAggchM.jpeg 1600w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Winds and extremely dry conditions on Friday fueled the spread of the Caldor fire to the northeast, with flames continuing to move closer to the mountains ringing the Lake Tahoe Basin. Flying embers caused spot fires to continue igniting as the fire moved north and east along the Highway 50 corridor near Twin Bridges. \u003ccite>(Courtesy Cal Fire via Twitter)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>The \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11886590/despite-containment-gains-caldor-fire-continues-march-toward-tahoe-basin\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Caldor Fire\u003c/a>, burning roughly 14 miles southwest of South Lake Tahoe, prompted \u003ca href=\"https://news.caloes.ca.gov/widespread-evacuations-in-effect-for-caldor-fire-in-el-dorado-county/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">evacuation\u003c/a> \u003ca href=\"https://news.caloes.ca.gov/widespread-evacuations-in-effect-for-caldor-fire-in-el-dorado-county/\">warnings\u003c/a> near the Tahoe Basin on Thursday, from the intersection of Highways 50 and 89 west to Echo Summit and south to the Amador/El Dorado county line. As of Friday afternoon, warnings had not yet been issued for South Lake Tahoe and neighboring Meyers, although the stretch of Highway 50 from Pollack Pines to Meyers remained completely shut down.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Fire crews are paying close attention to the eastward movement toward Lake Tahoe, where there is a much denser concentration of homes and businesses.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The blaze, which started on Aug. 14 near the Sierra foothills town of Grizzly Flats, had grown to nearly 144,000 acres as of Friday morning, and was just 12% contained. The fire grew overnight Thursday because of relatively low humidity, said National Weather Service meteorologist Jim Dudley.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“It’s very, very, very dry out there today,” Dudley said Friday. “There’s smoke everywhere. … It’s going to take a while for the inversions to break off with this amount of smoke.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The fire is being fueled by erratic winds, especially in deep mountain drainages like the Highway 50 corridor, and some observers fear the wind will pick up embers and carry them into areas not burning, expanding the reach of the flames.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Those embers are what worry \u003ca href=\"https://ucanr.edu/?facultyid=2869\">Susie\u003c/a> \u003ca href=\"https://ucanr.edu/?facultyid=2869\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Kocher\u003c/a>, a Tahoe region fire adviser with UC Agriculture and Natural Resources. She says homes can easily burn if hit by embers if they don’t have covered vents or if they’re surrounded by dry brush.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[aside label=\"related coverage\" tag=\"california-wildfires\"]“If there are huge gaps and the embers just flow right in, how does a fire engine out front of a house actually help?” she said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In addition to observing the Caldor Fire for her job, Kocher is preparing to evacuate; she lives in Meyers at the bottom of Echo Pass. The community of Christmas Valley, where evacuation warnings are now in place, is just next door.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I think if it gets over the summit, it could move fairly quickly,” she said. “It’s all about the weather.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>For the better part of the past two weeks, she and her family have been making tough decisions about what to take with them if evacuation orders do come. In the meantime, she is taking every precaution for her home, including covering vents, raking any excess needles around her house and clearing out sheds. She also packed up family heirlooms, like her wedding dress and her mother’s silverware.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“It occurred to me a year or so ago that if my house burned down, that’s what I would miss,” she said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Kocher has for years\u003ca href=\"https://www.capradio.org/news/tahoeland/2019/09/19/playing-with-fire/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"> analyzed the fire readiness of neighborhoods\u003c/a> in places like South Lake Tahoe. But with the rapid pace of climate change, and the number of fires in the region that have already burned this year, she wonders if any community is actually fire ready. She thought some of the homes in hard-hit communities like Greenville — which was leveled by the Dixie Fire — or Grizzly Flats would have survived. But they didn’t.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I’m feeling less faith that our actions have a lot of outcomes,” she said. “I hope this adds to our sense of urgency — this terrible fire season on top of the last terrible fire season, on top of two almost as terrible fire seasons before.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>She says climate change is only part of why forests are burning so much more frequently; the rest is due largely to inadequate forest management and not better utilizing tools like prescribed burns and forest thinning.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“If this fire season and last fire season teaches us anything, it’s that we need to get on this forest management issue over the winter and spring,” she said. “We need to do 10 times as much this winter as we’ve been doing.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11886691\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-11886691 size-medium\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2021/08/Corey-rich-2-1-800x600.jpg\" alt=\"Rocks in the foreground of Lake Tahoe, with the horizon ending in complete haze in all directions\" width=\"800\" height=\"600\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2021/08/Corey-rich-2-1-800x600.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2021/08/Corey-rich-2-1-1020x765.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2021/08/Corey-rich-2-1-160x120.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2021/08/Corey-rich-2-1-1536x1152.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2021/08/Corey-rich-2-1-1920x1440.jpg 1920w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2021/08/Corey-rich-2-1.jpg 2016w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">As the Caldor Fire continues to burn, the air quality this week remained at hazardous levels in the Tahoe Basin. \u003ccite>(Courtesy of Corey Rich)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>For Pam and Gene Matteucci, this idea of taking care of the forest hits close to home. They’ve lived in South Lake Tahoe for decades. On Friday, their car was packed with their most prized belongings.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“We’ve taken things off the wall, mostly flammable things,” Gene said. “We’ve got ladders on the back porch. So if the firemen come by, they can climb up to our back porch and then on the roof.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>This isn’t the first time a fire has come close to their home. In 2007, the Angora Fire burned right up to their backyard. But now they’ve had two weeks to prepare. Last time, they had just about an hour.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“We heard the great big popping of the propane tanks, saw the tree tops crowning and all the dark smoke,” he said, recalling that blaze. “It was really scary. So we don’t want to go through that again.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>For now, they’re sticking around until evacuation orders come.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But many others in the Tahoe Basin aren’t waiting.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Photographer \u003ca href=\"https://twitter.com/coreyrich\">Corey\u003c/a> \u003ca href=\"https://twitter.com/coreyrich\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Rich\u003c/a> moved up to South Lake Tahoe two decades ago, from Sacramento. When the smoke here turned the air toxic last week, he and his family fled to Colorado, where they’re now staying with friends.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I’ve known for 20 years that I’m living in a forest and one of the threats when you live in the forest is a forest fire,” said Rich, who plans to fly back to his home in California this weekend to pack up his mountain bikes and other personal belongings.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I have to believe in my heart that even if a wildfire sweeps through South Lake … I’m still going to love that place,” he said. “I’m realistic that our town might change quite a bit in the next week or two.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad floatright]\u003c/p>\n",
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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>But the reality of wildfires worsening because of droughts, \u003ca href=\"https://www.capradio.org/articles/2020/09/03/wildfires-in-california-will-continue-to-get-worse-climate-change-experts-explore-why/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">climate change\u003c/a> and a century of \u003ca href=\"https://www.capradio.org/articles/2020/09/03/wildfires-in-california-will-continue-to-get-worse-climate-change-experts-explore-why/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">aggressive fire suppression that has led to excess fuel\u003c/a> is something Middlebrook is well aware of.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“We’re seeing climate really compounding what would normally be devastating fires and really turning them into those megafires — especially one that started 25, 30 miles away from Tahoe wouldn’t have been a threat to the region,” he said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Under Middlebrook’s lead, the city last October adopted its first \u003ca href=\"https://www.cityofslt.us/1126/Sustainability\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Climate Action Plan\u003c/a>, with the goal of transitioning to 100% renewable energy by 2032.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“We’ve already seen the impacts of climate change through fires, less snow, more rain, increased water temperature and algae growing in the lake,” he said. “It’s something that we really do need to address through reducing the emissions that we’re creating locally, but also [by] being prepared for potential impacts like wildfire.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11886632\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-11886632 size-medium\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2021/08/E9xLrvkVgAggchM-800x450.jpeg\" alt=\"Two fire trucks, a pickup and 3 firefighters in front of a pine ridge in flames and smoke-clogged air\" width=\"800\" height=\"450\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2021/08/E9xLrvkVgAggchM-800x450.jpeg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2021/08/E9xLrvkVgAggchM-1020x574.jpeg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2021/08/E9xLrvkVgAggchM-160x90.jpeg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2021/08/E9xLrvkVgAggchM-1536x864.jpeg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2021/08/E9xLrvkVgAggchM.jpeg 1600w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Winds and extremely dry conditions on Friday fueled the spread of the Caldor fire to the northeast, with flames continuing to move closer to the mountains ringing the Lake Tahoe Basin. Flying embers caused spot fires to continue igniting as the fire moved north and east along the Highway 50 corridor near Twin Bridges. \u003ccite>(Courtesy Cal Fire via Twitter)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>The \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11886590/despite-containment-gains-caldor-fire-continues-march-toward-tahoe-basin\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Caldor Fire\u003c/a>, burning roughly 14 miles southwest of South Lake Tahoe, prompted \u003ca href=\"https://news.caloes.ca.gov/widespread-evacuations-in-effect-for-caldor-fire-in-el-dorado-county/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">evacuation\u003c/a> \u003ca href=\"https://news.caloes.ca.gov/widespread-evacuations-in-effect-for-caldor-fire-in-el-dorado-county/\">warnings\u003c/a> near the Tahoe Basin on Thursday, from the intersection of Highways 50 and 89 west to Echo Summit and south to the Amador/El Dorado county line. As of Friday afternoon, warnings had not yet been issued for South Lake Tahoe and neighboring Meyers, although the stretch of Highway 50 from Pollack Pines to Meyers remained completely shut down.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Fire crews are paying close attention to the eastward movement toward Lake Tahoe, where there is a much denser concentration of homes and businesses.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The blaze, which started on Aug. 14 near the Sierra foothills town of Grizzly Flats, had grown to nearly 144,000 acres as of Friday morning, and was just 12% contained. 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