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A spokesperson for Lee, who opened her campaign headquarters in downtown Oakland on Saturday, said she planned to donate the most recent contributions from David Duong to Meals on Wheels.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Barbara Lee has zero tolerance for any pay to play or special interest influence, has denounced these disturbing allegations, and has never been involved in any City vendor selection or contract issuance — and she fully supports strengthening City ethics practices,” Bilen Mesfin, a spokesperson for Lee’s mayoral campaign, told KQED Feb. 6. “As her final congressional term has reached its natural conclusion, her previous congressional accounts are now closed.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12026401\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-12026401 size-full\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/02/20250208_Barbara-Lee_DMB_00494.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/02/20250208_Barbara-Lee_DMB_00494.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/02/20250208_Barbara-Lee_DMB_00494-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/02/20250208_Barbara-Lee_DMB_00494-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/02/20250208_Barbara-Lee_DMB_00494-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/02/20250208_Barbara-Lee_DMB_00494-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/02/20250208_Barbara-Lee_DMB_00494-1920x1280.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Former Repr. Barbara Lee speaks to the crowd as Councilmember Janani Ramachandran, right, addresses the room at the grand opening of her campaign headquarters on Broadway in downtown Oakland, California, on Saturday, Feb. 8, 2025. \u003ccite>(David M. Barreda/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Over the past two decades, the Duongs have been prolific donors to political campaigns and elected officials at the local, state and federal levels. Some politicians have returned those donations as an FBI investigation involving the Duongs has come into focus.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Federal campaign finance data show that since 1998, David Duong, Andy Duong and other members of the Duong family have contributed at least $66,250 to Lee. Most recently, David Duong contributed $5,000 to Lee’s unsuccessful run for Senate.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“As for the $5000 donated to her senate campaign in 2023, Barbara Lee is donating that to Meals on Wheels,” Mesfin said in a follow-up email on Feb. 7, hours before Lee’s campaign launch in downtown Oakland.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In a room full of supporters at her new campaign headquarters on Saturday, Lee spoke of regaining public trust.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“We’ve got to make sure that all of the issues around ethics and transparency, the gaps are closed in this city. Because we have to restore trust and confidence with our residents,” Lee said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11991432\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-11991432\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/06/GETTYIMAGES-2158502017-KQED.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1334\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/06/GETTYIMAGES-2158502017-KQED.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/06/GETTYIMAGES-2158502017-KQED-800x534.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/06/GETTYIMAGES-2158502017-KQED-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/06/GETTYIMAGES-2158502017-KQED-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/06/GETTYIMAGES-2158502017-KQED-1536x1025.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/06/GETTYIMAGES-2158502017-KQED-1920x1281.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">U.S. postal inspectors check documents at a home tied to David Duong, one of the multiple properties searched by law enforcement that included residences to members of a politically connected family who run the citys contracted recycling company, California Waste Solutions, in Oakland on June 20, 2024. \u003ccite>(Ray Chavez/MediaNews Group/The Mercury News via Getty Images)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Campaign finance records released so far do not show Lee has received donations from the Duongs during her run for mayor, and the past donations themselves are not an indication of wrongdoing.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I would say that the Duongs are long-standing donors to Lee, often giving at the maximum allowed,” said Brendan Glavin, director of insights at OpenSecrets, which tracks money in politics.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Glavin reviewed campaign finance data for Barbara Lee’s political campaigns since 1998 at KQED’s request.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Federal election finance documents show that Lee’s congressional campaign committee was \u003ca href=\"https://docquery.fec.gov/pdf/389/202411050300227389/202411050300227389.pdf\">terminated as of November\u003c/a>. However, a committee for Lee’s Senate run, which remains open, had $48,791.98 cash on hand and $91,035.13 in debts as of Dec. 31, according to the most recent data available.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Federal prosecutors allege that David and Andy Duong financed negative political mailers targeting Thao’s opponents in the 2022 mayoral election and that following the election, the Duongs and a person identified as “co-conspirator 1” paid $95,000 to Jones for a no-show job. The unnamed co-conspirator appears to be local businessman and political operative Mario Juarez.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12022840\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12022840\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/20250117_Thao-Recall_BL_00009.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1334\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/20250117_Thao-Recall_BL_00009.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/20250117_Thao-Recall_BL_00009-800x534.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/20250117_Thao-Recall_BL_00009-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/20250117_Thao-Recall_BL_00009-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/20250117_Thao-Recall_BL_00009-1536x1025.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/20250117_Thao-Recall_BL_00009-1920x1281.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Andre Jones, longtime partner of former Oakland Mayor Sheng Thao, leaves the Ronald V. Dellums Federal Building and U.S. Courthouse in Oakland, Friday, Jan. 17, 2025. \u003ccite>(Beth LaBerge/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>In exchange, Thao allegedly promised to extend the Duongs’ recycling company’s contract with the city, give the Duongs and the co-conspirator influence over city appointments and use public money to purchase housing units from another company owned by the Duongs and the co-conspirator, according to the indictment.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In a \u003ca href=\"https://x.com/lorenmtaylor/status/1887565988570513462\">post on social media platform X on Thursday\u003c/a>, former Oakland City Councilmember Loren Taylor, one of Lee’s opponents in the mayor’s race, said the scandal had caused the public to lose trust in Oakland city government and pressed Lee to return the donations.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I’m calling on all East Bay officials — including my opponent in the upcoming special election, Former Congresswoman Barbara Lee — who have received money from the Duong family to donate those funds to charity,” Taylor said. “We must demonstrate to residents that we have learned from these events and that the public can trust us to lead Oakland during the difficult time that lies ahead.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>According to campaign finance records, the Duongs have donated to politicians at almost every level of government for years.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>State campaign finance data show members of the family have contributed often to big-name Democrats like Rob and Mia Bonta, Jerry Brown and Kamala Harris, while David Duong has donated to both Democrats and Republicans at the federal level, including $250,000 to a committee called Trump Victory in 2020.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12026374\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12026374\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/02/20250208_Barbara-Lee_DMB_00434.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/02/20250208_Barbara-Lee_DMB_00434.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/02/20250208_Barbara-Lee_DMB_00434-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/02/20250208_Barbara-Lee_DMB_00434-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/02/20250208_Barbara-Lee_DMB_00434-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/02/20250208_Barbara-Lee_DMB_00434-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/02/20250208_Barbara-Lee_DMB_00434-1920x1280.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Former Rep. Barbara Lee, center right, receives a welcome hug from Oakland District 4 Councilmember Janani Ramachandran at the grand opening of the Barbara Lee Campaign Headquarters on Broadway in downtown Oakland, California, on Saturday, Feb. 8, 2025. \u003ccite>(David M. Barreda/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>In 2021, California’s Fair Political Practices Commission produced a report in support of a finding of probable cause alleging that Andy Duong, between at least 2016 and 2018, \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11991426/oakland-fbi-raids-also-targeted-this-powerful-family-heres-what-we-know\">orchestrated an elaborate campaign contribution laundering scheme\u003c/a> for the benefit of California Waste Solutions.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The report describes how Duong allegedly sought out people to write campaign contribution checks and then reimbursed them with cash to bypass campaign donation limits while CWS had ongoing business with Oakland.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>According to the report, Duong allegedly provided committees and candidates with checks at campaign fundraisers.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“While Duong and CWS concealed the true source of the contributions, Duong ensured the targeted candidates were aware of his commitment to raise money for their campaign by attending candidate fundraisers, bringing individuals to campaign fundraisers, and at times hosting campaign fundraisers,” the report reads.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The case is still open and under investigation, a spokesperson for FPPC said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12026396\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12026396\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/02/20250208_Barbara-Lee_DMB_00076.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/02/20250208_Barbara-Lee_DMB_00076.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/02/20250208_Barbara-Lee_DMB_00076-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/02/20250208_Barbara-Lee_DMB_00076-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/02/20250208_Barbara-Lee_DMB_00076-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/02/20250208_Barbara-Lee_DMB_00076-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/02/20250208_Barbara-Lee_DMB_00076-1920x1280.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Campaign door hangers are on display at the grand opening of the headquarters for the Barbara Lee campaign headquarters on Broadway in downtown Oakland, California, on Saturday, Feb. 8, 2025. \u003ccite>(David M. Barreda/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>It was opened as a joint investigation with the Oakland Public Ethics Commission, which the FBI credited at a January press conference for the initial information that led to the agency’s multiyear investigation of Thao, Jones and the Duongs.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Last year, after the FBI raided Thao’s home and three addresses associated with the Duongs and their business, several elected officials returned donations they received from the Duongs, including California Attorney General Rob Bonta.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Bonta returned $155,100 “out of an abundance of caution,” according to then-spokesperson Nathan Click.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>South Bay Congressman Ro Khanna donated $5,800 in contributions from the Duongs to Second Harvest of Silicon Valley, Silicon Valley Youth Climate Action, Maitri and Community Seva, a spokesperson for the congressman said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[aside postID=news_12022900 hero='https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/20250117_Thao-Recall_BL_00001-1020x681.jpg']\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>A spokesperson for then-Senate candidate Adam Schiff’s campaign \u003ca href=\"https://sanjosespotlight.com/silicon-valley-san-jose-politicians-give-back-donations-following-fbi-raids-david-duong-california-waste-solutions/\">told the \u003cem>San José Spotlight\u003c/em>\u003c/a> last year that “following public news reports, the campaign will be giving $26,000 — the total contributions received from Mr. Duong and his family — to a local nonprofit helping address housing and homelessness.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>KQED’s review of campaign finance records at the city, state and federal level did not uncover documentation of other candidates in the current Oakland mayors’ race receiving donations from the Duongs in the past.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I would say that almost anyone else in local politics who wants to reassure their constituents that they are clean and above board should consider doing the same thing,” said Dan Schnur, professor of political communication at USC and UC Berkeley and the former chair of California’s Fair Political Practices Commission. “It sounds like the Lee campaign decided that avoiding unnecessary bad publicity is more valuable than the $5,000. That is a wise decision.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Numerous photos posted to Andy Duong’s Instagram account show him posing with major Democratic politicians at the state and federal level, including Hillary Clinton, Rob Bonta, Harris and Gov. Gavin Newsom.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Both Taylor and Lee also appear in photos posted to the account. In a \u003ca href=\"https://www.instagram.com/p/BsXKPmcAvGN/?img_index=3\">Jan. 7, 2019 post\u003c/a>, Thao, Taylor and former Oakland City Councilmember Nikki Fortunato Bas, now an Alameda County supervisor, appear in selfies with Andy Duong.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“That was when the three of us — Nikki Bas, myself and Sheng Thao — were inaugurated. That was when we were first sworn into office as new council members,” Taylor said. “So there was a lot of photos being taken with a lot of people that I didn’t know.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Taylor said that after Bonta returned donations from the Duongs, his staff reviewed their campaign financial records.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“As far as I know, I have never received any financial contributions from the Duong family,” Taylor said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>A spokesperson for Lee’s campaign did not respond to questions about the extent and nature of her relationship with members of the Duong family.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In a \u003ca href=\"https://www.instagram.com/p/BVvmt3Zgf3f/?hl=en\">June 24, 2017\u003c/a> photo, Andy Duong appears next to Lee at her home.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Six days later, campaign finance records show, he contributed $2,700 to Lee’s reelection campaign.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad floatright]\u003c/p>\n",
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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Lee, who is running to be mayor of Oakland in an April 15 special election, served in Congress for more than 25 years before retiring and announcing her candidacy last month. A spokesperson for Lee, who opened her campaign headquarters in downtown Oakland on Saturday, said she planned to donate the most recent contributions from David Duong to Meals on Wheels.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Barbara Lee has zero tolerance for any pay to play or special interest influence, has denounced these disturbing allegations, and has never been involved in any City vendor selection or contract issuance — and she fully supports strengthening City ethics practices,” Bilen Mesfin, a spokesperson for Lee’s mayoral campaign, told KQED Feb. 6. “As her final congressional term has reached its natural conclusion, her previous congressional accounts are now closed.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12026401\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-12026401 size-full\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/02/20250208_Barbara-Lee_DMB_00494.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/02/20250208_Barbara-Lee_DMB_00494.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/02/20250208_Barbara-Lee_DMB_00494-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/02/20250208_Barbara-Lee_DMB_00494-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/02/20250208_Barbara-Lee_DMB_00494-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/02/20250208_Barbara-Lee_DMB_00494-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/02/20250208_Barbara-Lee_DMB_00494-1920x1280.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Former Repr. Barbara Lee speaks to the crowd as Councilmember Janani Ramachandran, right, addresses the room at the grand opening of her campaign headquarters on Broadway in downtown Oakland, California, on Saturday, Feb. 8, 2025. \u003ccite>(David M. Barreda/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Over the past two decades, the Duongs have been prolific donors to political campaigns and elected officials at the local, state and federal levels. Some politicians have returned those donations as an FBI investigation involving the Duongs has come into focus.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Federal campaign finance data show that since 1998, David Duong, Andy Duong and other members of the Duong family have contributed at least $66,250 to Lee. Most recently, David Duong contributed $5,000 to Lee’s unsuccessful run for Senate.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“As for the $5000 donated to her senate campaign in 2023, Barbara Lee is donating that to Meals on Wheels,” Mesfin said in a follow-up email on Feb. 7, hours before Lee’s campaign launch in downtown Oakland.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In a room full of supporters at her new campaign headquarters on Saturday, Lee spoke of regaining public trust.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“We’ve got to make sure that all of the issues around ethics and transparency, the gaps are closed in this city. Because we have to restore trust and confidence with our residents,” Lee said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11991432\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-11991432\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/06/GETTYIMAGES-2158502017-KQED.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1334\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/06/GETTYIMAGES-2158502017-KQED.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/06/GETTYIMAGES-2158502017-KQED-800x534.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/06/GETTYIMAGES-2158502017-KQED-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/06/GETTYIMAGES-2158502017-KQED-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/06/GETTYIMAGES-2158502017-KQED-1536x1025.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/06/GETTYIMAGES-2158502017-KQED-1920x1281.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">U.S. postal inspectors check documents at a home tied to David Duong, one of the multiple properties searched by law enforcement that included residences to members of a politically connected family who run the citys contracted recycling company, California Waste Solutions, in Oakland on June 20, 2024. \u003ccite>(Ray Chavez/MediaNews Group/The Mercury News via Getty Images)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Campaign finance records released so far do not show Lee has received donations from the Duongs during her run for mayor, and the past donations themselves are not an indication of wrongdoing.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I would say that the Duongs are long-standing donors to Lee, often giving at the maximum allowed,” said Brendan Glavin, director of insights at OpenSecrets, which tracks money in politics.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Glavin reviewed campaign finance data for Barbara Lee’s political campaigns since 1998 at KQED’s request.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Federal election finance documents show that Lee’s congressional campaign committee was \u003ca href=\"https://docquery.fec.gov/pdf/389/202411050300227389/202411050300227389.pdf\">terminated as of November\u003c/a>. However, a committee for Lee’s Senate run, which remains open, had $48,791.98 cash on hand and $91,035.13 in debts as of Dec. 31, according to the most recent data available.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Federal prosecutors allege that David and Andy Duong financed negative political mailers targeting Thao’s opponents in the 2022 mayoral election and that following the election, the Duongs and a person identified as “co-conspirator 1” paid $95,000 to Jones for a no-show job. The unnamed co-conspirator appears to be local businessman and political operative Mario Juarez.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12022840\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12022840\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/20250117_Thao-Recall_BL_00009.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1334\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/20250117_Thao-Recall_BL_00009.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/20250117_Thao-Recall_BL_00009-800x534.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/20250117_Thao-Recall_BL_00009-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/20250117_Thao-Recall_BL_00009-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/20250117_Thao-Recall_BL_00009-1536x1025.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/20250117_Thao-Recall_BL_00009-1920x1281.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Andre Jones, longtime partner of former Oakland Mayor Sheng Thao, leaves the Ronald V. Dellums Federal Building and U.S. Courthouse in Oakland, Friday, Jan. 17, 2025. \u003ccite>(Beth LaBerge/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>In exchange, Thao allegedly promised to extend the Duongs’ recycling company’s contract with the city, give the Duongs and the co-conspirator influence over city appointments and use public money to purchase housing units from another company owned by the Duongs and the co-conspirator, according to the indictment.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In a \u003ca href=\"https://x.com/lorenmtaylor/status/1887565988570513462\">post on social media platform X on Thursday\u003c/a>, former Oakland City Councilmember Loren Taylor, one of Lee’s opponents in the mayor’s race, said the scandal had caused the public to lose trust in Oakland city government and pressed Lee to return the donations.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I’m calling on all East Bay officials — including my opponent in the upcoming special election, Former Congresswoman Barbara Lee — who have received money from the Duong family to donate those funds to charity,” Taylor said. “We must demonstrate to residents that we have learned from these events and that the public can trust us to lead Oakland during the difficult time that lies ahead.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>According to campaign finance records, the Duongs have donated to politicians at almost every level of government for years.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>State campaign finance data show members of the family have contributed often to big-name Democrats like Rob and Mia Bonta, Jerry Brown and Kamala Harris, while David Duong has donated to both Democrats and Republicans at the federal level, including $250,000 to a committee called Trump Victory in 2020.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12026374\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12026374\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/02/20250208_Barbara-Lee_DMB_00434.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/02/20250208_Barbara-Lee_DMB_00434.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/02/20250208_Barbara-Lee_DMB_00434-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/02/20250208_Barbara-Lee_DMB_00434-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/02/20250208_Barbara-Lee_DMB_00434-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/02/20250208_Barbara-Lee_DMB_00434-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/02/20250208_Barbara-Lee_DMB_00434-1920x1280.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Former Rep. Barbara Lee, center right, receives a welcome hug from Oakland District 4 Councilmember Janani Ramachandran at the grand opening of the Barbara Lee Campaign Headquarters on Broadway in downtown Oakland, California, on Saturday, Feb. 8, 2025. \u003ccite>(David M. Barreda/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>In 2021, California’s Fair Political Practices Commission produced a report in support of a finding of probable cause alleging that Andy Duong, between at least 2016 and 2018, \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11991426/oakland-fbi-raids-also-targeted-this-powerful-family-heres-what-we-know\">orchestrated an elaborate campaign contribution laundering scheme\u003c/a> for the benefit of California Waste Solutions.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The report describes how Duong allegedly sought out people to write campaign contribution checks and then reimbursed them with cash to bypass campaign donation limits while CWS had ongoing business with Oakland.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>According to the report, Duong allegedly provided committees and candidates with checks at campaign fundraisers.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“While Duong and CWS concealed the true source of the contributions, Duong ensured the targeted candidates were aware of his commitment to raise money for their campaign by attending candidate fundraisers, bringing individuals to campaign fundraisers, and at times hosting campaign fundraisers,” the report reads.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The case is still open and under investigation, a spokesperson for FPPC said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12026396\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12026396\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/02/20250208_Barbara-Lee_DMB_00076.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/02/20250208_Barbara-Lee_DMB_00076.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/02/20250208_Barbara-Lee_DMB_00076-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/02/20250208_Barbara-Lee_DMB_00076-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/02/20250208_Barbara-Lee_DMB_00076-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/02/20250208_Barbara-Lee_DMB_00076-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/02/20250208_Barbara-Lee_DMB_00076-1920x1280.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Campaign door hangers are on display at the grand opening of the headquarters for the Barbara Lee campaign headquarters on Broadway in downtown Oakland, California, on Saturday, Feb. 8, 2025. \u003ccite>(David M. Barreda/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>It was opened as a joint investigation with the Oakland Public Ethics Commission, which the FBI credited at a January press conference for the initial information that led to the agency’s multiyear investigation of Thao, Jones and the Duongs.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Last year, after the FBI raided Thao’s home and three addresses associated with the Duongs and their business, several elected officials returned donations they received from the Duongs, including California Attorney General Rob Bonta.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Bonta returned $155,100 “out of an abundance of caution,” according to then-spokesperson Nathan Click.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>South Bay Congressman Ro Khanna donated $5,800 in contributions from the Duongs to Second Harvest of Silicon Valley, Silicon Valley Youth Climate Action, Maitri and Community Seva, a spokesperson for the congressman said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003c/div>",
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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>A spokesperson for then-Senate candidate Adam Schiff’s campaign \u003ca href=\"https://sanjosespotlight.com/silicon-valley-san-jose-politicians-give-back-donations-following-fbi-raids-david-duong-california-waste-solutions/\">told the \u003cem>San José Spotlight\u003c/em>\u003c/a> last year that “following public news reports, the campaign will be giving $26,000 — the total contributions received from Mr. Duong and his family — to a local nonprofit helping address housing and homelessness.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>KQED’s review of campaign finance records at the city, state and federal level did not uncover documentation of other candidates in the current Oakland mayors’ race receiving donations from the Duongs in the past.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I would say that almost anyone else in local politics who wants to reassure their constituents that they are clean and above board should consider doing the same thing,” said Dan Schnur, professor of political communication at USC and UC Berkeley and the former chair of California’s Fair Political Practices Commission. “It sounds like the Lee campaign decided that avoiding unnecessary bad publicity is more valuable than the $5,000. That is a wise decision.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Numerous photos posted to Andy Duong’s Instagram account show him posing with major Democratic politicians at the state and federal level, including Hillary Clinton, Rob Bonta, Harris and Gov. Gavin Newsom.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Both Taylor and Lee also appear in photos posted to the account. In a \u003ca href=\"https://www.instagram.com/p/BsXKPmcAvGN/?img_index=3\">Jan. 7, 2019 post\u003c/a>, Thao, Taylor and former Oakland City Councilmember Nikki Fortunato Bas, now an Alameda County supervisor, appear in selfies with Andy Duong.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“That was when the three of us — Nikki Bas, myself and Sheng Thao — were inaugurated. That was when we were first sworn into office as new council members,” Taylor said. “So there was a lot of photos being taken with a lot of people that I didn’t know.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Taylor said that after Bonta returned donations from the Duongs, his staff reviewed their campaign financial records.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“As far as I know, I have never received any financial contributions from the Duong family,” Taylor said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>A spokesperson for Lee’s campaign did not respond to questions about the extent and nature of her relationship with members of the Duong family.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In a \u003ca href=\"https://www.instagram.com/p/BVvmt3Zgf3f/?hl=en\">June 24, 2017\u003c/a> photo, Andy Duong appears next to Lee at her home.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Six days later, campaign finance records show, he contributed $2,700 to Lee’s reelection campaign.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003c/div>",
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"content": "\u003cp>Two storm-related deaths were reported in Sonoma County in the last 24 hours \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12025777/north-bay-rivers-flood-after-storm-little-time-prepare-next-round-rain\">as rivers swelled\u003c/a> and another round of rain moved in, authorities said Thursday morning.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Around 4:40 p.m. Wednesday, deputies and firefighters responded to a report of a person dead in a culvert on the 7700 block of Franz Valley Road in Santa Rosa, the Sonoma County Sheriff’s Office \u003ca href=\"https://www.facebook.com/sonomasheriff/posts/pfbid0351U5AezHNj91ZMQU55zmPQBHKN4Jjp1Tk7w41iqeG73JZ6YooS51FS3mW7G9mCcal\">said in a social media post\u003c/a>. Fire personnel from the Northern Sonoma County Fire District removed his body.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Around 7 a.m. Thursday, deputies working with firefighters and the California National Guard recovered another body from the 5800 block of Hall Road in Santa Rosa.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Neither man’s identity was released pending notification of family.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The deaths were reported as another round of showers began to soak the Bay Area on Thursday, raising the risk of further flooding and landslides, particularly in the North Bay, where all schools in the Guerneville School District remained closed, and some homes in Santa Rosa and nearby areas were evacuated Wednesday.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>After the Russian River and a few central Sonoma County creeks reached moderate flood levels on Wednesday morning, the Russian River at Guerneville had receded to the lower end of the minor flood zone when the rain began around 7 a.m. Thursday, according to the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11723283\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 1920px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-11723283\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2019/02/GettyImages-631415386-e1549313950719.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1280\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Cars drive on a flooded road in Guerneville in January 2017. The Russian River town is just downstream from Venado, a site in the northern Sonoma County hills that is one of the rainiest locations in California. On Tuesday, at least one school in Guerneville closed because of the storm, and Sonoma County alerted residents in multiple RV parks along the Russian River and creeks that flow into the waterway that flooding may occur. \u003ccite>(Justin Sullivan/Getty Images)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Water levels are expected to continue to decrease throughout the day since the North Bay — which was hit hardest by the previous two storms — is expected to get just about an inch of rain while the East Bay and San Francisco pick up about a half-inch.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The storm won’t rival those \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12025572/storm-stalls-over-bay-area-raising-risk-flooding-potential-tornado-warning\">earlier in the week\u003c/a>, but it could bring another inch or a few of rainfall and gusty winds up to 55 miles per hour as it sweeps over Northern California throughout the day.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[aside postID=news_12025777 hero='https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/02/250204-RainStorm-01-BL-1020x680.jpg']\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/tag/national-weather-service\">National Weather Service\u003c/a> is forecasting consistent precipitation throughout the day, trailing off late Thursday night. While showers should be moderate, meteorologist Roger Gass said there’s a slight thunderstorm risk in the afternoon.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I would say there’s anywhere from 10%–15% [chance], so not very significant, but I wouldn’t rule out a rumble of thunder here and there,” he told KQED.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The South Bay could see the highest rainfall totals from Thursday’s storm.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“The biggest winners are going to be in the Santa Cruz Mountains and the Santa Lucia range, where we could see up to about 4 to 4 ½ inches,” Gass said. “In the Santa Cruz mountains, anywhere from 2 to 3 [inches].”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Winds could reach up to 50 mph at lower elevations, picking up in the afternoon and evening, and stronger gusts could hit higher elevation areas.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The weekend forecast looks clear, and there’s a 90%–100% chance of fresh snow in the Sierra for the ski-bound.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Next week, the National Weather Service expects a return of rain and unsettled conditions, which could last through most of the work week.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n",
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So when I was brought into work here, it was an incredible honor,” KTVU reporter Amber Lee said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>After serving in the Army, Richmond started his career at KTVU as a part-time clerk and typist in 1968, eventually becoming one of the nation’s first Black anchors of a major market TV newscast in 1976 — a position he would hold until he retired in 2008.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“To the Black community, he was hope; they could turn on the TV, and there was someone who identified with us,” retired KTVU photographer Bill Moore said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Richmond’s steady news delivery was one of his trademarks.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12025872\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-12025872\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/02/dennis-richmond-3-1-800x526.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"800\" height=\"526\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/02/dennis-richmond-3-1-800x526.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/02/dennis-richmond-3-1-160x105.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/02/dennis-richmond-3-1.jpg 871w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Legendary KTVU anchor Dennis Richmond, the face of Bay Area journalism for four decades, remained synonymous with Channel 2 long after his retirement. \u003ccite>(Courtesy of KTVU)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>“ I initially searched for an anchor voice, and I quickly decided that the best direction was just to be me,” Richmond said in a 2008 interview with KQED. “ When I started, that was during an era where everyone was doing ‘happy talks,’ and I thought it was the goofiest thing in the world. I’m just telling you what’s going on. My opinion is not involved. You won’t see me raising an eyebrow or making any kind of ‘tsk tsk’ noise or anything.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Richmond was the face and voice many Bay Area residents turned to during the region’s most pressing times, including the assassination of San Francisco Mayor George Moscone and Supervisor Harvey Milk in 1978, the Jonestown Massacre that followed later that year, and the Oakland Hills firestorm of 1991.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Former colleagues praised his commitment to the highest standards of journalism.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“He was a tough bird, man,” said CNN anchor Sara Sidner, who worked with Richmond at KTVU earlier in her career. “ He was a stickler for really sticking with the facts and telling the best story that you possibly could with emotion, with honesty, with integrity. He made me a better journalist.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>After San Francisco Supervisor Dan White shot and killed Moscone and Milk, Richmond pulled no punches when interviewing White’s attorney.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12025873\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-12025873\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/02/dennis-richmond-10-800x556.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"800\" height=\"556\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/02/dennis-richmond-10-800x556.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/02/dennis-richmond-10-160x111.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/02/dennis-richmond-10.jpg 870w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Dennis Richmond, a steadfast presence at KTVU for four decades, was known for his no-nonsense approach and commitment to journalistic integrity. \u003ccite>(Courtesy of KTVU)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>“Other supervisors and perhaps other City Hall personnel do carry firearms presently and have carried them in the past,” White’s attorney, Doug Schmidt, said in defense of his client.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Do you know if the other people who carry weapons also carry 10 extra rounds in their pockets?” \u003ca href=\"https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QB78JMdPK_c&t=138s\">Richmond quipped back without hesitation. \u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Richmond said retiring from KTVU was one of the most difficult decisions he ever made. 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Sonoma County Supervisor Lynda Hopkins said the trailer parks and some apartments on both sides of the river around the unincorporated community can flood when the river hits 32 to 34 feet and was caught somewhat off guard by the evacuation order.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11723283\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 1920px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-11723283\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2019/02/GettyImages-631415386-e1549313950719.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1280\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Cars drive on a flooded road in Guerneville in January 2017. The Russian River town is just downstream from Venado, a site in the northern Sonoma County hills that is one of the rainiest locations in California. 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Green Valley Creek at Martinelli Road and Colgan Creek near Sebastopol are both expected to follow a similar receding trend as the Russian River, but the risk remains high at Mark West Creek near Mirabel Heights, which is projected to crest above major flood levels. It had reached 65 feet as of 7:45 a.m., according to NWS observations.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In Napa, flood risk downtown at the Napa River was downgraded Wednesday morning after an earlier forecast projected major flooding risk. It hovered around 23.5 feet.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The flood gates on McKinstry Street near downtown’s Oxbow Market were closed by the Napa County Flood District and the city on Tuesday.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>County spokesperson Linda Weinreich said that street teams were assessing mudslides that began overnight near Moore Creek Park in St. Helena and on Redwood Road near Oak Knoll and were trying to clear downed trees while there’s a break in the rain.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Since the forecast “shows that the rains are returning tomorrow — things, of course, could change — but it’s a good time to get sandbags,” she said. “And we want people also to sign up for emergency notifications.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The return of rain on Thursday could bring downtown 1.5 inches more rainfall to Sonoma and Napa counties, according to Oudit. Gusty winds could knock down more trees and power lines, and more showers could exacerbate current road flooding and ponding near buildings.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“The challenge is that there’s not enough time to actually do anything,” Hopkins said. “I think that we’re all going to be waiting on pins and needles to see if that damage spreads.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Resources for Sonoma County evacuees and people who experienced flooding will be available at the West County Services Center, known to locals as the Bank of America building in downtown Guerneville, in the coming days.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>After the storm clears later this week, Hopkins said the county will look at how to better prepare for future storms. Her office has been working on safety and evacuation procedures with parks, trying to secure contracts with towing companies ahead of time, and looking for ways to give people longer warning windows.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The Forestville Youth Park, where many evacuees fled Tuesday, quickly reached capacity, so the county also opened its Guerneville park-and-ride for trailers. 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Instead, board members told them cuts would be a mistake that would harm riders in the short term, undermine the city’s effort to revitalize downtown and make it tougher to persuade voters to support planned ballot measures next year that would raise taxes to support transit.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Transit planners presented three scenarios for service reductions this summer that would trim the fiscal 2025–26 deficit by $15 million.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The options included suspending some of Muni’s lower ridership routes, reducing the frequency and operating hours of bus and train lines, or a hybrid scenario of line suspensions and frequency reductions coupled with increased service on the lines used most by transit-dependent riders.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Director Steve Heminger said that even though the proposals had been presented as choices, “the choices are ‘cut transit service, cut transit service and cut transit service.’ I think we need a couple of options that don’t involve cutting transit service.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12014596\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12014596\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/11/MUNISF.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1391\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/11/MUNISF.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/11/MUNISF-800x556.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/11/MUNISF-1020x709.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/11/MUNISF-160x111.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/11/MUNISF-1536x1068.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/11/MUNISF-1920x1335.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Passengers board a San Francisco MUNI bus on March 7, 2007. \u003ccite>(Justin Sullivan/Getty Images)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Heminger said the SFMTA should consider dipping into its $140 million reserve fund for the $15 million the agency would otherwise save through service cuts.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>He also suggested the SFMTA look at other parts of the agency, which regulates parking and street-safety projects, among other activities, to find the other $35 million it needs to balance its budget next year.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The SFMTA has said its budget trouble is partly due to a continuing decline in parking revenue. The agency has already considered raising hourly parking rates, extending meter hours and charging more for residential parking permits — politically unpopular moves that have \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/liveblog/bay-area-transportation-news#s-f-just-ditched-a-plan-for-longer-parking-meter-hours-or-did-it\">drawn opposition\u003c/a> from members of the Board of Supervisors.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[aside postID=news_12024819 hero='https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/015_KQED_16thStreetStationOakland_02162022_qed-1-1020x680.jpg']\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But Heminger said transit service cuts could be politically costly, too, as Muni joins with other Bay Area transit operators and officials to craft at least one ballot measure next year that would raise taxes to help pay for transit operating expenses and improve service regionwide.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“We’re going to need partners at the ballot box in the not-too-distant future,” Heminger said. “That’s for Muni as well as Caltrain and BART and everybody and their brother. … I would be very leery of reducing service in the face of that and perhaps provoking a reaction from the public that is not going to help us pass those measures.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Julie Kirschbaum, the SFMTA’s interim executive director, promised to come back to the board with alternatives to the Muni service cuts. She said that with future annual deficits \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12014573/sf-muni-dire-need-funding-without-cuts-could-be-devastating\">forecast to soar above $300 million\u003c/a>, virtually every aspect of the agency’s budget is already under scrutiny.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“We’re looking at every contract, we’re looking at all of our positions, we are looking at any capital projects that could potentially be deferred or redefined to bring you choices,” Kirschbaum said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>An initiative to collect more bus and train revenue by stepping up fare inspections has been successful and enabled Muni to meet this year’s budget targets, Kirschbaum said. 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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The options included suspending some of Muni’s lower ridership routes, reducing the frequency and operating hours of bus and train lines, or a hybrid scenario of line suspensions and frequency reductions coupled with increased service on the lines used most by transit-dependent riders.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Director Steve Heminger said that even though the proposals had been presented as choices, “the choices are ‘cut transit service, cut transit service and cut transit service.’ I think we need a couple of options that don’t involve cutting transit service.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12014596\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12014596\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/11/MUNISF.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1391\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/11/MUNISF.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/11/MUNISF-800x556.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/11/MUNISF-1020x709.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/11/MUNISF-160x111.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/11/MUNISF-1536x1068.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/11/MUNISF-1920x1335.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Passengers board a San Francisco MUNI bus on March 7, 2007. \u003ccite>(Justin Sullivan/Getty Images)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Heminger said the SFMTA should consider dipping into its $140 million reserve fund for the $15 million the agency would otherwise save through service cuts.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>He also suggested the SFMTA look at other parts of the agency, which regulates parking and street-safety projects, among other activities, to find the other $35 million it needs to balance its budget next year.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The SFMTA has said its budget trouble is partly due to a continuing decline in parking revenue. The agency has already considered raising hourly parking rates, extending meter hours and charging more for residential parking permits — politically unpopular moves that have \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/liveblog/bay-area-transportation-news#s-f-just-ditched-a-plan-for-longer-parking-meter-hours-or-did-it\">drawn opposition\u003c/a> from members of the Board of Supervisors.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003c/div>",
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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But Heminger said transit service cuts could be politically costly, too, as Muni joins with other Bay Area transit operators and officials to craft at least one ballot measure next year that would raise taxes to help pay for transit operating expenses and improve service regionwide.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“We’re going to need partners at the ballot box in the not-too-distant future,” Heminger said. “That’s for Muni as well as Caltrain and BART and everybody and their brother. … I would be very leery of reducing service in the face of that and perhaps provoking a reaction from the public that is not going to help us pass those measures.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Julie Kirschbaum, the SFMTA’s interim executive director, promised to come back to the board with alternatives to the Muni service cuts. She said that with future annual deficits \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12014573/sf-muni-dire-need-funding-without-cuts-could-be-devastating\">forecast to soar above $300 million\u003c/a>, virtually every aspect of the agency’s budget is already under scrutiny.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“We’re looking at every contract, we’re looking at all of our positions, we are looking at any capital projects that could potentially be deferred or redefined to bring you choices,” Kirschbaum said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>An initiative to collect more bus and train revenue by stepping up fare inspections has been successful and enabled Muni to meet this year’s budget targets, Kirschbaum said. She added that the SFMTA is bringing on 28 new parking control officers, already included in the current budget, and considering a range of new pricing and enforcement strategies to increase revenue.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“So we’re stretching everything to try to meet this challenge,” Kirschbaum said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The SFMTA board will get its next look at budget proposals on Feb. 18. The transportation agency hopes to settle on a plan for budget reductions by the end of next month.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003c/div>\u003c/p>",
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"content": "\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Update, 4:20 p.m. Tuesday: \u003c/strong>A second \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/tag/atmospheric-river\">atmospheric river\u003c/a> is drenching the already-soaked Bay Area, compounding last weekend’s heavy rainfall. Relief is expected by tonight.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“We are going to see the Bay Area really clear out just after sunset, and it will be out of our region by around midnight,” said Brayden Murdock, a meteorologist at the weather service’s Bay Area office.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>San Francisco and San Mateo counties are under a \u003ca href=\"https://forecast.weather.gov/showsigwx.php?warnzone=CAZ006&warncounty=CAC075&firewxzone=CAZ006&local_place1=San%20Francisco%20CA&product1=Flood+Advisory&lat=37.775&lon=-122.418\">flood advisory\u003c/a> until 5:15 p.m. for minor flooding in low-lying areas.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Over the past 24 hours, up to 2 inches of rain has fallen on the San Francisco region, and up to 1.5 inches are expected this afternoon. The weather service expects flooding in San Francisco, Daly City, San Mateo, Redwood City, Palo Alto, South San Francisco, San Bruno, Pacifica, Menlo Park, Foster City, Burlingame, San Carlos, East Palo Alto, Belmont, Millbrae, Half Moon Bay, Hillsborough, Atherton, Woodside and Highlands-Baywood Park.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Several roads in Marin County are closed due to flooding or landslides, including Shoreline Highway from Keyes Creek to Tomales, Levee Road from Shoreline Highway to Bear Valley Road, Platform Bridge-Sir Francis Drake Boulevard to Point Reyes and Petaluma Road, Shoreline Highway from Point Reyes to Olema Road.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In the past four days, Mount Tamalpais has soaked up over 16 inches of rain. Occidental saw nearly 15 inches, Santa Rosa as much as 6.5 inches and San Francisco and Oakland recorded about 3 inches, while San José received less than half an inch so far.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>https://twitter.com/NWSBayArea/status/1886901056518676856\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Mount Tam has been kind of our big winner so far,” Murdock said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>A third system will sweep through the region on Thursday, but Murdock said it won’t bring rainfall as intense as previous storms.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Out of what we’ve seen so far, this is going to be the lesser of these three surges in terms of rainfall,” Murdock said. “On Thursday, rain is not looking to be as heavy as what we’re currently seeing.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Thursday’s storm will be colder, but flooding remains a concern after days of heavy rain. Coastal mountains could see .25 to 1 inch of rainfall before drier weather returns this weekend.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“It’s going to cool down, and we might see a little bit of snow up in the mountains, but it’s going to be a lot of rain on top of already saturated soils,” said Brian Garcia, warning coordination meteorologist with weather service’s Bay Area office.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Update, 2:49 p.m.:\u003c/strong> Tuesday’s heaviest rain is hitting Sonoma and Marin counties as the Bay Area’s second atmospheric river in a week intensifies with thunderstorms, and extreme precipitation is expected to cause flooding across the North Bay.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>A \u003ca href=\"https://forecast.weather.gov/showsigwx.php?warnzone=CAZ506&warncounty=CAC097&firewxzone=CAZ506&local_place1=Sonoma%20CA&product1=Flood+Advisory&lat=38.2919&lon=-122.457\">flood advisory is in effect until 4:45 p.m.\u003c/a> due to excessive rainfall in parts of Sonoma and Marin counties, according to the National Weather Service.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The agency predicts rapid river and stream rises will cause minor flooding in the region, partly due to a “\u003ca href=\"https://forecast.weather.gov/wwamap/wwatxtget.php?cwa=MTR&wwa=severe%20thunderstorm%20warning\">line of thunderstorms\u003c/a> from 7 miles south of Dillon Beach to 34 miles southwest of Point Reyes Station, including Tomales Bay and Stinson Beach,” forecasters wrote in a severe weather statement that was extended to 3 p.m.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The Sonoma County Sheriff’s Office said \u003ca href=\"https://www.facebook.com/sonomasheriff/posts/pfbid028iwS3GhaoKeCVaFyBA9zRAWMbFGnsPfZ7sguU5gDUezNRLr1Q3LMe95W7zKsFMsJl\">authorities responded to a mudslide\u003c/a> in Forestville that carried an unoccupied home into the Russian River around 12:30 p.m. Deputies and firefighters evacuated homes in the area.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Forecasters note that up to 5 inches of rain have already fallen over the past day, and the atmospheric river will drop up to 1.5 more inches of precipitation, resulting in flooding at Point Reyes Station, San Geronimo, Tomales, Dillon Beach, Stinson Beach, Muir Beach, Tamalpais-Homestead Valley, Inverness, Lagunitas-Forest Knolls, Woodacre and Bolinas. Residents can expect water on roadways and overflowing drainages.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>https://twitter.com/NWSBayArea/status/1886901642957885911\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Meteorologists expect wind gusts of up to 70 mph will create “considerable tree damage” as well as damage to “homes, roofs and outbuildings.” Other places impacted include San Rafael, Novato, Mill Valley, San Anselmo, Larkspur, Corte Madera, Tiburon, Fairfax, Sausalito, San Geronimo, Lucas, Valley-Marinwood, Stinson Beach, Kentfield, Strawberry, Ross and Belvedere.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Anyone outdoors should move to shelter inside a well-built structure and stay away from windows,” forecasters wrote. “Torrential rainfall is also occurring with these storms and may lead to flash flooding. Do not drive your vehicle through flooded roadways.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Update, 12:31 p.m.:\u003c/strong> The National Weather Service issued \u003ca href=\"https://alerts.weather.gov/id/urn:oid:2.49.0.1.840.0.faeab45e8c181b1b234a7cd515e1624d9d1b50cc.001.1\">a flood advisory due to excessive rainfall\u003c/a> in southeast Marin County until 4 p.m. Tuesday.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Overflowing poor drainage areas have already caused minor flooding in the advisory area. Between 2 and 6 inches of rain have fallen,” forecasters wrote in the advisory.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>As a result, the agency expects minor flooding in low-lying and poor drainage areas, as well as water over roadways. Bolinas Road is \u003ca href=\"https://publicworks.marincounty.gov/\">closed\u003c/a> from Azalea Hill to Highway 1 in West Marin due to debris on the roadway. Platform Bridge Road is closed to Sir Francis Drake Boulevard in West Marin due to localized flooding.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Parts of Marin County have received up to 5 inches of rain over the last 24 hours, and forecasters are still expecting a few inches more in the next three to six hours, said Brian Garcia, warning coordination meteorologist with the weather service’s Bay Area office.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The weather service wrote locations that “will experience flooding” include San Rafael to Novato, Mill Valley, San Anselmo, Larkspur, Corte Madera, Tiburon, Fairfax, Sausalito, Kentfield, Lucas Valley-Marinwood, Strawberry, Tamalpais-Homestead, Tamalpais-Homestead Valley, Ross, Belvedere and Santa Venetia.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Garcia said wind and rain will reach their peak in the North Bay on Tuesday afternoon and “then drag down south across the Bay Area.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“The highest impacts are along the coast and the coastal ranges down across the Bay Area, probably through commute time,” he said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11893623\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 1920px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-11893623\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2021/10/GettyImages-1348762271-scaled-e1635193290513.jpg\" alt='The \"Road Closed\" sign floats on a sea of brown water. A man holding a plastic bag wades through ankle-deep water beyond it.' width=\"1920\" height=\"1278\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">A “road closed” sign floats on a flooded street in San Rafael, California, on Oct. 24, 2021. \u003ccite>(Justin Sullivan/Getty Images)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Original story, 10:15 a.m.: \u003c/strong>Tuesday morning’s \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12025352/atmospheric-rivers-deliver-strong-bay-area-rain-sierra-snow\">atmospheric river\u003c/a> storm has stalled over the Bay Area and could be stronger than was initially forecast, prompting flood advisories and bringing a chance of thunderstorms, strong winds and potentially a tornado warning.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The storm was previously expected only to cause minor flooding. Now, flood-inducing rain is forecast to affect the entire region for the rest of Tuesday, with the North Bay receiving the most. Waterways, including the Russian River, are expected to reach flood stage, according to the \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/tag/national-weather-service\">National Weather Service\u003c/a>. A flood watch remains for the entire Bay Area through Wednesday at 4 a.m., and a wind advisory is in effect for much of the region.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“It’s kind of quasistalling wobbling between Mendocino and Marin,” said Brian Garcia, warning coordination meteorologist for the weather service’s Bay Area office, of the storm. “Stay informed today, especially if you are driving. It’s going to be dangerous.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The potential for a “landfalling waterspout or weak tornado can not be ruled out,” according to the weather service’s morning memo.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“It’s definitely a non-zero chance that we could get a spin up in the North Bay and down through the peninsula,” Garcia said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Garcia said San Francisco could also experience severe thunderstorm warnings, potential flash flood warnings and an “outsized” chance of a small tornado warning.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11970045\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 1920px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-11970045\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/12/022_KQED_StormSanFrancisco_01102023-qut.jpg\" alt=\"Two people stand in deep water working with long tools in an urban setting.\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1280\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/12/022_KQED_StormSanFrancisco_01102023-qut.jpg 1920w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/12/022_KQED_StormSanFrancisco_01102023-qut-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/12/022_KQED_StormSanFrancisco_01102023-qut-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/12/022_KQED_StormSanFrancisco_01102023-qut-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/12/022_KQED_StormSanFrancisco_01102023-qut-1536x1024.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1920px) 100vw, 1920px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Two Mission District residents work to open a clogged drain on Mission and 21st streets in San Francisco on Jan. 10, 2023. \u003ccite>(Beth LaBerge/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>“This is one of those times where the people in the city really need to pay attention to what’s going on outside before venturing out because they could be putting themselves in harm’s way,” he said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Jan Null, a certified consulting meteorologist at Golden Gate Weather Services, said the stormy weather somewhat mirrors November’s record-breaking storm, “where Interstate 80 seems to be a real sharp dividing line with the heavier activity.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“It’s in those areas, especially the coastal mountains, where we could see some isolated thunderstorms,” he added.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[aside postID=news_12025352 hero='https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/11/241122-StormHitsBayArea-06-BL-1020x680.jpg']\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Null said the storm has brought 60 mph winds to places like Mount Tamalpais and could bring equally strong winds again on Tuesday.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“We’re seeing one of those surges of energy now, and we’re going to see another one later on this afternoon with a bit of a lull sort of in the midday period,” he said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>San Francisco could see a little over 3 inches of rain, and parts of the North Bay have already received double-digit totals, Null said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Green Valley Creek at Martinelli Road in Sonoma County has reached a moderate flood stage, and a flood warning is in effect for central Sonoma County. The Russian River at Guerneville and the Napa River at St. Helena could reach a minor flood stage either late Tuesday or early Wednesday. The weather service issued a flood warning for the Russian River for late Tuesday evening until further notice.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>At least \u003ca href=\"https://www.guernevilleschool.org/\">one school in Guerneville\u003c/a> is closed because of the storm, and Sonoma County has alerted residents in multiple RV parks along the Russian River and creeks that flow into the waterway that flooding may occur, said Sam Wallis, deputy director of emergency management for Sonoma County.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11723283\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 1920px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-11723283\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2019/02/GettyImages-631415386-e1549313950719.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1280\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Cars drive on a flooded road in Guerneville in January 2017. The Russian River town is just downstream from Venado, a site in the northern Sonoma County hills that is one of the rainiest locations in California. On Tuesday, at least one school in Guerneville closed because of the storm, and Sonoma County has alerted residents in multiple RV parks along the Russian River and creeks that flow into the waterway that flooding may occur. \u003ccite>(Justin Sullivan/Getty Images)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>“We’re in the process of alerting them and letting them know that they’ve got an issue and should move to higher ground,” Wallis said. “Because we’ve had a relatively wet winter, we are beginning to see downed trees and some landslides.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Wallis said portions of at least two roads in Sonoma County — Cavedale Road and Porter Creek Road — are \u003ca href=\"https://roadclosures-sonomacounty.hub.arcgis.com/\">closed due to flooding and minor landslides\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>After the November storm that \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12016676/intense-california-storm-caused-2-6-million-damage-sonoma-county\">wreaked havoc on Sonoma County\u003c/a>, killing at least two people, Wallis said the county is paying close attention to how the two atmospheric rivers develop this week.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“One of the things we learned in November is that the situation can change drastically and quickly,” he said. “We are watching this very carefully. We’ve already seen a change, but it’s not in the same category as the November floods.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Meteorologists expect Tuesday’s storm to lose momentum overnight before a short reprieve on Wednesday. On Thursday, another atmospheric storm, although smaller, will pummel the region.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Anything that falls on Thursday is just going to be pure runoff,” Garcia said. “So we could go into flood much easier.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad floatright]\u003c/p>\n",
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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\n\u003cp>“Mount Tam has been kind of our big winner so far,” Murdock said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>A third system will sweep through the region on Thursday, but Murdock said it won’t bring rainfall as intense as previous storms.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Out of what we’ve seen so far, this is going to be the lesser of these three surges in terms of rainfall,” Murdock said. “On Thursday, rain is not looking to be as heavy as what we’re currently seeing.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Thursday’s storm will be colder, but flooding remains a concern after days of heavy rain. Coastal mountains could see .25 to 1 inch of rainfall before drier weather returns this weekend.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“It’s going to cool down, and we might see a little bit of snow up in the mountains, but it’s going to be a lot of rain on top of already saturated soils,” said Brian Garcia, warning coordination meteorologist with weather service’s Bay Area office.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Update, 2:49 p.m.:\u003c/strong> Tuesday’s heaviest rain is hitting Sonoma and Marin counties as the Bay Area’s second atmospheric river in a week intensifies with thunderstorms, and extreme precipitation is expected to cause flooding across the North Bay.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>A \u003ca href=\"https://forecast.weather.gov/showsigwx.php?warnzone=CAZ506&warncounty=CAC097&firewxzone=CAZ506&local_place1=Sonoma%20CA&product1=Flood+Advisory&lat=38.2919&lon=-122.457\">flood advisory is in effect until 4:45 p.m.\u003c/a> due to excessive rainfall in parts of Sonoma and Marin counties, according to the National Weather Service.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The agency predicts rapid river and stream rises will cause minor flooding in the region, partly due to a “\u003ca href=\"https://forecast.weather.gov/wwamap/wwatxtget.php?cwa=MTR&wwa=severe%20thunderstorm%20warning\">line of thunderstorms\u003c/a> from 7 miles south of Dillon Beach to 34 miles southwest of Point Reyes Station, including Tomales Bay and Stinson Beach,” forecasters wrote in a severe weather statement that was extended to 3 p.m.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The Sonoma County Sheriff’s Office said \u003ca href=\"https://www.facebook.com/sonomasheriff/posts/pfbid028iwS3GhaoKeCVaFyBA9zRAWMbFGnsPfZ7sguU5gDUezNRLr1Q3LMe95W7zKsFMsJl\">authorities responded to a mudslide\u003c/a> in Forestville that carried an unoccupied home into the Russian River around 12:30 p.m. Deputies and firefighters evacuated homes in the area.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Forecasters note that up to 5 inches of rain have already fallen over the past day, and the atmospheric river will drop up to 1.5 more inches of precipitation, resulting in flooding at Point Reyes Station, San Geronimo, Tomales, Dillon Beach, Stinson Beach, Muir Beach, Tamalpais-Homestead Valley, Inverness, Lagunitas-Forest Knolls, Woodacre and Bolinas. Residents can expect water on roadways and overflowing drainages.\u003c/p>\u003c/p>\u003c/div>",
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Do not drive your vehicle through flooded roadways.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Update, 12:31 p.m.:\u003c/strong> The National Weather Service issued \u003ca href=\"https://alerts.weather.gov/id/urn:oid:2.49.0.1.840.0.faeab45e8c181b1b234a7cd515e1624d9d1b50cc.001.1\">a flood advisory due to excessive rainfall\u003c/a> in southeast Marin County until 4 p.m. Tuesday.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Overflowing poor drainage areas have already caused minor flooding in the advisory area. Between 2 and 6 inches of rain have fallen,” forecasters wrote in the advisory.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>As a result, the agency expects minor flooding in low-lying and poor drainage areas, as well as water over roadways. Bolinas Road is \u003ca href=\"https://publicworks.marincounty.gov/\">closed\u003c/a> from Azalea Hill to Highway 1 in West Marin due to debris on the roadway. Platform Bridge Road is closed to Sir Francis Drake Boulevard in West Marin due to localized flooding.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Parts of Marin County have received up to 5 inches of rain over the last 24 hours, and forecasters are still expecting a few inches more in the next three to six hours, said Brian Garcia, warning coordination meteorologist with the weather service’s Bay Area office.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The weather service wrote locations that “will experience flooding” include San Rafael to Novato, Mill Valley, San Anselmo, Larkspur, Corte Madera, Tiburon, Fairfax, Sausalito, Kentfield, Lucas Valley-Marinwood, Strawberry, Tamalpais-Homestead, Tamalpais-Homestead Valley, Ross, Belvedere and Santa Venetia.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Garcia said wind and rain will reach their peak in the North Bay on Tuesday afternoon and “then drag down south across the Bay Area.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“The highest impacts are along the coast and the coastal ranges down across the Bay Area, probably through commute time,” he said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11893623\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 1920px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-11893623\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2021/10/GettyImages-1348762271-scaled-e1635193290513.jpg\" alt='The \"Road Closed\" sign floats on a sea of brown water. 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It’s going to be dangerous.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The potential for a “landfalling waterspout or weak tornado can not be ruled out,” according to the weather service’s morning memo.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“It’s definitely a non-zero chance that we could get a spin up in the North Bay and down through the peninsula,” Garcia said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Garcia said San Francisco could also experience severe thunderstorm warnings, potential flash flood warnings and an “outsized” chance of a small tornado warning.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11970045\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 1920px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-11970045\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/12/022_KQED_StormSanFrancisco_01102023-qut.jpg\" alt=\"Two people stand in deep water working with long tools in an urban setting.\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1280\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/12/022_KQED_StormSanFrancisco_01102023-qut.jpg 1920w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/12/022_KQED_StormSanFrancisco_01102023-qut-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/12/022_KQED_StormSanFrancisco_01102023-qut-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/12/022_KQED_StormSanFrancisco_01102023-qut-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/12/022_KQED_StormSanFrancisco_01102023-qut-1536x1024.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1920px) 100vw, 1920px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Two Mission District residents work to open a clogged drain on Mission and 21st streets in San Francisco on Jan. 10, 2023. \u003ccite>(Beth LaBerge/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>“This is one of those times where the people in the city really need to pay attention to what’s going on outside before venturing out because they could be putting themselves in harm’s way,” he said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Jan Null, a certified consulting meteorologist at Golden Gate Weather Services, said the stormy weather somewhat mirrors November’s record-breaking storm, “where Interstate 80 seems to be a real sharp dividing line with the heavier activity.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“It’s in those areas, especially the coastal mountains, where we could see some isolated thunderstorms,” he added.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003c/div>",
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"content": "\u003cp>Across the Bay Area, immigrant rights advocates and allies participated in a national day of action on Monday, refusing to work or attend school in solidarity amid \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12024325/sf-leaders-reaffirm-sanctuary-city-status-amid-trumps-immigration-crackdown\">President Trump’s crackdown\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Organizers also called on the public to abstain from shopping and for businesses to close their doors to mark what was called A Day Without Immigrants. Ronald Cruz, an attorney at the civil rights group By Any Means Necessary, or BAMN, said he hoped the demonstrations would show the economic benefits that immigrants and undocumented workers bring to the United States.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“We are going to resist Trump’s deportations and defend our friends, coworkers, families, neighbors and classmates,” Cruz told KQED.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>At Oakland’s Fruitvale BART station, around 100 people gathered Monday morning with signs that read “Immigrants Built This Country” and “No One is Illegal” and marched through the streets. Organizers encouraged residents to intervene on behalf of immigrant or undocumented neighbors if they saw Immigration and Customs Enforcement in their communities.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“We want to encourage people to build community defense guards,” said Jose Lagos, a community organizer with BAMN. “There’s a high chance we can stop those deportations if we’re prepared to act collectively.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12025470\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12025470\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/02/250203-DayWithoutAnImmigrant-03-BL.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/02/250203-DayWithoutAnImmigrant-03-BL.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/02/250203-DayWithoutAnImmigrant-03-BL-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/02/250203-DayWithoutAnImmigrant-03-BL-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/02/250203-DayWithoutAnImmigrant-03-BL-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/02/250203-DayWithoutAnImmigrant-03-BL-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/02/250203-DayWithoutAnImmigrant-03-BL-1920x1280.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Jovanna Diaz (right) and her niece, Lluvia, 15, march during a rally for immigrants’ rights in the Fruitvale district of Oakland on Monday, Feb. 3, 2025. \u003ccite>(Beth LaBerge/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>The national day of action is traditionally held in May but was moved forward this year in light of the Trump administration’s threats of mass deportations. Since the start of his second term, Trump has signed several executive orders on immigration, several of which have received backlash from community organizers and officials in sanctuary cities such as San Francisco and Oakland.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Many Bay Area residents and leaders are concerned about what Trump’s aggressive stance could mean for undocumented people in the region. There were reports of \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12024442/ice-agents-tried-to-enter-downtown-sf-office-buildings-janitors-union-says\">immigration enforcement raids in San Francisco\u003c/a> and San Jose last week, and nonprofit groups working in immigrant communities are concerned about the fear and anxiety being caused by Trump’s threats and directives.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I want to use my voice to help empower those who are afraid,” said Rubi Cortes, whose parents immigrated from Mexico. “Trump is creating divisions and hatred, and that’s not a good leader.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12025466\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12025466\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/02/250203-DayWithoutAnImmigrant-01-BL.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/02/250203-DayWithoutAnImmigrant-01-BL.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/02/250203-DayWithoutAnImmigrant-01-BL-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/02/250203-DayWithoutAnImmigrant-01-BL-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/02/250203-DayWithoutAnImmigrant-01-BL-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/02/250203-DayWithoutAnImmigrant-01-BL-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/02/250203-DayWithoutAnImmigrant-01-BL-1920x1280.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Demonstrators gather at Fruitvale Plaza in Oakland on Monday, Feb. 3, 2025, to rally for immigrants’ rights. \u003ccite>(Beth LaBerge/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>BAMN attorney Cruz said policies like the \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12024776/laken-riley-act-raises-alarms-from-bay-area-civil-rights-attorneys\">Laken Riley Act\u003c/a>, a law signed by Trump that directs federal immigration officers to detain undocumented persons who have been accused but not convicted of certain crimes, criminalize immigrant communities and encourage racist rhetoric.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>He added that communities need to band together to protect their most vulnerable.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[aside postID=news_12024325 hero='https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/250128-SFImmigration-30-BL-1020x680.jpg']\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Over 300 high school students from throughout Sonoma County also participated in Monday’s day of action. The county has a significant Latinx population, and several students and their families are undocumented, said Isabel Lopez, executive director of the nonprofit Raizes Collective.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Their hope is for the administration of all school districts to declare their schools sanctuaries and to stand up against ICE raids,” Lopez said. “By uniting and showing the Sonoma County leadership that we do have power in numbers, they will be able to push not just for sanctuary districts and schools but to implement a sanctuary law countywide.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Across California, other groups have also organized against Trump’s directives. Hundreds of students at UC Berkeley \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12024593/uc-berkeley-students-march-for-undocumented-classmates-say-school-isnt-doing-enough\">marched through the university’s campus\u003c/a> last week in an act of solidarity with their undocumented classmates. 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"content": "\u003cp>\u003cem>Updated 1:25 p.m. Monday\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>After days of wet weather, two more \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12025049/bay-area-flood-watch-as-atmospheric-rivers-bring-heavy-rain-and-rising-river-levels\">atmospheric rivers\u003c/a> are forecast to drop heavy rain on Northern California this week, increasing flood potential in the Bay Area starting Monday and blanketing the Sierra Nevada with several feet of snow.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Meteorologists expect the first storm to deliver two rounds of rain starting Monday afternoon and potentially stalling over the Bay Area on Tuesday morning. The \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/tag/national-weather-service\">National Weather Service\u003c/a> has issued a flood watch from 4 p.m. Monday to 4 a.m. Wednesday and a flood advisory is also in effect until 8:45 p.m. Monday for the area west of Santa Rosa.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>There’s a 15% chance that excessive rainfall could cause flash flooding in the North Bay and a 5% chance for the rest of the Bay Area.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Now that the soils are saturated from this weekend’s rain event, we will probably get some flooding on roadway systems,” said Ryan Walbrun, a meteorologist with the weather service’s Bay Area office.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The storm could bring gusts up to 50 mph at higher elevations and along the coast, especially around Marin and the San Francisco peninsula. The weather service’s morning memo suggests the winds will “be more isolated in nature” and “short-lived.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12016881\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12016881\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/12/20241205-Tsunami-JY-001.jpg\" alt=\"People look out over the ocean.\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1332\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/12/20241205-Tsunami-JY-001.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/12/20241205-Tsunami-JY-001-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/12/20241205-Tsunami-JY-001-1020x679.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/12/20241205-Tsunami-JY-001-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/12/20241205-Tsunami-JY-001-1536x1023.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/12/20241205-Tsunami-JY-001-1920x1279.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">People watch for a tsunami at Ocean Beach in San Francisco on Thursday, Dec. 5, 2024. \u003ccite>(Juliana Yamada/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>“It looks like the winds are going to be strongest in [locations like] Ocean Beach in San Francisco along the Great Highway all the way down south through Santa Cruz and Monterey,” Walbrun said. “Those places would be most prone to power outages.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The next atmospheric river is expected to bring a weaker storm by Thursday and Friday before drier conditions return this weekend.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Forecasters said the North Bay could receive as much as 6 inches of rain by the end of the week, and the rest of the Bay Area could expect up to 4 inches. The highest elevations in Sonoma County and Santa Cruz mountain areas could see up to 10 inches of rain in locations like Venado north of Guerneville.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[aside postID=news_12023983 hero='https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/250120-YouthClimateProtest-09-BL_qed-1020x680.jpg']\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“The biggest risk right now would probably be in the North Bay in places that are typically pretty flood-prone,” Walbrun said. “The atmospheric river will spend more time over the North Bay, but the system is not nearly as wet or strong as the November event,” which caused record-breaking flooding in parts of Sonoma County.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Will Powers, fire inspector for the city of Santa Rosa, said the city is prepared with sandbags for residents in low-lying areas, but the larger concern is downed trees.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“With the soil saturation that we’ve had, the big worry is with the wind coming in and downed trees,” Powers said. “As of right now, we’re not worried about major flooding, but more nuisance flooding and stuff like that.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Anyone who lives in a flood-prone area should prepare to take action in case flooding occurs, Walbrun said. The weather service is monitoring several waterways that could reach flood thresholds this week: the Russian River, the Napa River, the San Lorenzo River, the Laguna de Santa Rosa, and Mark West Creek.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Right now, they aren’t forecast to go into flood stages because I don’t think the rain rates are there,” Walbrun said.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>‘A one-two punch of winter weather’\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>Forecasters say the cold systems will also bring rain and moderate to heavy snow across the Sierra Nevada.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“We’re expecting a one-two punch of winter weather,” said Matthew Chyba, a meteorologist with the weather service’s Reno office. “If you’re \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11937204/lake-tahoe-weather-forecast-road-conditions-snow-chains\">traveling to the Tahoe area\u003c/a>, Wednesday might be your best bet, or wait until the weekend.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12018143\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12018143\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/12/SouthLakeTahoeHeavenlySkiGetty.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/12/SouthLakeTahoeHeavenlySkiGetty.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/12/SouthLakeTahoeHeavenlySkiGetty-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/12/SouthLakeTahoeHeavenlySkiGetty-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/12/SouthLakeTahoeHeavenlySkiGetty-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/12/SouthLakeTahoeHeavenlySkiGetty-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/12/SouthLakeTahoeHeavenlySkiGetty-1920x1280.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">A view of Heavenly gondola of Heavenly ski resort in South Lake Tahoe, California, on Jan. 14, 2024. \u003ccite>(Tayfun Coskun/Anadolu via Getty Images)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>The highest peaks in the Sierra Nevada could see up to 5 feet of snow by the end of the week. The National Weather Service has issued winter storm warnings for the Sierra Nevada from Shasta County to Tahoe. The warnings vary slightly, but most start Monday at 10 a.m. and last through Wednesday at 10 p.m.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“We are expecting near whiteout conditions, and we are highly discouraging travel during the time of the warning,” said Sara Purdue, a meteorologist at the weather service’s Sacramento office.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>After around a month without snow, ski resorts like Palisades Tahoe are ecstatic about the back-to-back storms. Maddy Condon, senior communications specialist at Palisades Tahoe, said nearly 4 feet of snow could fall on the resort west of Lake Tahoe.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“It was a bit like Groundhog Day here in January,” Condon said. “It’s a playground out there. So when fresh snow comes, all the features and everything you can usually ride changes, creating a different experience every time. That’s why it’s always so fun to have dynamic weather come in.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Forecasters expect a drying-out period this weekend but said there are signals that the second half of February could return to wet weather.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Towards the end of the month, we could get more storms, which is what we expect in February, especially \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12024774/bay-areas-dry-january-ending-with-pair-atmospheric-river-storms\">after a very dry January\u003c/a>,” Walbrun said. “We’re at the point where we want to get a little bit of rain here, too.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n",
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The deadline to opt in is Feb. 6.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Nobody is taking the bait,” said a Department of Labor employee during a lunch break. “I enjoy being able to protect workers, and I’m not going to — for a few months of paid work — give up a job that I love.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The U.S. Office of Personnel Management \u003ca href=\"https://www.opm.gov/fork\">email\u003c/a>, sent to roughly 2 million civil servants starting Tuesday, warned most federal agencies are likely to be downsized, including through workforce cuts. The missive promised those who replied with the word “Resign” would keep all pay and benefits through Sept. 30, 2025, or an earlier resignation date they choose.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>A longtime EPA employee said the ominous message was suspicious and upsetting to her and co-workers.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“This is not a typical buyout. 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But the program’s language varies in different documents, and it remains unclear whether staffers would continue to work, be assigned to other jobs, or keep getting a paycheck, said Bethany Dreyfus, president of AFGE Local 1236, which represents EPA employees based in San Francisco and Las Vegas.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Employees at EPA and at other federal agencies, they’re in these jobs because they’re committed to serving the American people and the mission of their agencies,” said Dreyfus, adding that EPA workers are engaged in vital tasks such as helping to clean up hazardous materials from the Los Angeles fires and training first responders on how to react to potential radiation emergencies.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“This idea that they would just take a deferred retirement, whatever that might mean, is distressing and a bit offensive to what they’ve committed their careers to,” she added.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>An employee at the Department of the Interior in the Bay Area worried about the greater impact on critical government functions for the public if the administration massively slashes the workforce. 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The vote cleared the final obstacle for the MTA to move forward with the Mid-Valencia Curbside Protected Bikeway Project, a reversal planned since last summer.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>VAMANOS, a collective of Valencia Street merchants, \u003ca href=\"https://sfgov.legistar.com/View.ashx?M=F&ID=13615680&GUID=BB1C3C7B-11DE-4C1B-8CF7-B3448DD3D8F3\">appealed the project’s approval\u003c/a>, arguing that the San Francisco Planning Department wrongly granted it a statutory exemption under the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA). 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In \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11962992/cyclists-and-businesses-reflect-on-2-months-with-the-valencia-street-bikeway\">August 2023\u003c/a>, the SFMTA began a one-year pilot of a center-running bike lane on Valencia between 15th and 23rd streets, designed to improve traffic safety, business access and the local economy.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[aside postID=news_12021178 hero='https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/20231128-Muni-013-JY_qed-1020x680.jpg']\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The project faced strong opposition from some cyclists and local businesses, who claimed the design was unsafe, confusing, and discouraged customers. 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