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Court settlement requires schools to prove it\u003c/strong> \u003cem>(KQED State of Health)\u003c/em>:\u003cbr>\n\u003cblockquote>\u003cp>As schools tout the importance of exercise in an era of childhood obesity, a California parent and his lawyer have agreed to a settlement with dozens of districts across California that will force elementary schools to prove they are providing at least the minimum amount of physical education required by state law. \u003ca href=\"http://blogs.kqed.org/stateofhealth/2015/02/03/phys-ed-is-required-districts-must-make-it-happen-says-settlement/\" target=\"_blank\">Full story\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\u003c/blockquote>\n\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>\u003cstrong>Harper Lee promises a new novel -- or does she?\u003c/strong> \u003cem>(Daily Beast)\u003c/em>:\u003cbr>\n\u003cblockquote>\u003cp>In most of the stories written about Lee in the last five years—that is, ever since she suffered a stroke and moved into an assisted-living facility in her hometown of Monroeville, Alabama—she has been described as nearly blind and nearly deaf, and her only quotes have been delivered secondhand through family and friends. 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The second was in the northern part of San Francisco, as well as Marin County and the southwestern part of Sonoma County, with a 6.6 percent rate of vaccine refusal. \u003ca href=\"http://www.mercurynews.com/health/ci_27350529/kaiser-study-clusters-unvaccinated-children-bay-area\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Full story\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\u003c/blockquote>\n\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>\u003cstrong>Bay Bridge’s history of trouble: How a landmark became a debacle\u003c/strong> \u003cem>(San Francisco Chronicle)\u003c/em>:\u003cbr>\n\u003cblockquote>\u003cp>Sometime in the next few weeks, the lead contractor for the Bay Bridge’s new eastern span will finally declare that the most complex public works project in California history is done — and state and local authorities will be solely responsible for a landmark beset by problems that trace back more than 16 years, to the day a handful of experts picked a design that bordered on the experimental. \u003ca href=\"http://www.sfgate.com/bayarea/article/Bay-Bridge-s-troubles-How-a-landmark-became-a-6021955.php\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Full story\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\u003c/blockquote>\n\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>\u003cstrong>Facebook report: Users have $227 billion global economic impact\u003c/strong> \u003cem>(Venture Beat)\u003c/em>:\u003cbr>\n\u003cblockquote>\u003cp>If you thought Facebook was just one giant time-suck vortex where your life disappears while sharing cat videos and finding quizzes to discover which character on “Friends” you most resemble, then here’s some good news: The company says you are actually doing your part to boost the world’s economy. \u003ca href=\"http://venturebeat.com/2015/01/20/facebook-report-says-its-1-35-billion-users-have-227-billion-global-economic-impact/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Full story\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\u003c/blockquote>\n\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>\u003cstrong>Santa Clara County gearing up for annual homeless census\u003c/strong> \u003cem>(San Jose Mercury News)\u003c/em>:\u003cbr>\n\u003cblockquote>\u003cp>When Francisca Garcia canvasses Santa Clara County later this month to help gauge the size of the local homeless population, she will know exactly where to look for young people living on the streets. Not long ago, she was one of them. \u003ca href=\"http://www.mercurynews.com/bay-area-news/ci_27356130/santa-clara-county-gearing-up-count-that-will\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Full story\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\u003c/blockquote>\n\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>\u003cstrong>One face of the Great Recession — and of a recovery that’s leaving many behind\u003c/strong> \u003cem>(NPR)\u003c/em>:\u003cbr>\n\u003cblockquote>\u003cp>Ed Neufeldt, 68, was laid off from his job in the RV industry in Elkhart County, Indiana, when the economy crashed. His story was so emblematic of hard times in Middle America that he was chosen to introduce President Obama at a rally. Now, he’s employed again, working three jobs 50 hours a week — and making less than he did when he was on unemployment. \u003ca href=\"http://www.kqed.org/news/story/2015/01/20/154343/working_3_jobs_in_a_time_of_recovery?source=npr&category=economy\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Full story\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\u003c/blockquote>\n\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>\u003cstrong>Trying to get a look inside Uber’s ‘black box’\u003c/strong> \u003cem>(Valleywag)\u003c/em>:\u003cbr>\n\u003cblockquote>\u003cp>We’re fascinated by Uber. It’s a hugely successful service that’s reshaping urban transportation. But it’s also kind of a black box. With your help — a quick survey to gather your Uber rating and some anonymous demographic data — we want to take a look inside. \u003ca href=\"http://valleywag.gawker.com/whats-your-uber-score-find-out-and-help-us-see-how-ub-1679896144\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Full story\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\u003c/blockquote>\n\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>\u003cstrong>Children of the drought\u003c/strong> \u003cem>(New America Media)\u003c/em>:\u003cbr>\n\u003cblockquote>\u003cp>While Californians have continued to more or less live their lives—washing their cars, taking showers, running through their sprinklers on a hot summer day—it is the land itself that, at least visually, has borne the brunt of the drought. While water continues to flow for most of us, the land, as these photographs testify, is hurting. \u003ca href=\"http://newamericamedia.org/2015/01/children-of-the-drought-new-generation-looks-at-california.php\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Full story\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\u003c/blockquote>\n\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>\u003cstrong>Model killed by train during video shoot on tracks \u003c/strong> \u003cem>(Associated Press)\u003c/em>:\u003cbr>\n\u003cblockquote>\u003cp>Friends of a fitness model and actor who was hit by a train and killed while making a video said Monday that he was a bold and fearless person who just made a rare mistake. “It was just a freaky moment where something got out of control,” said Warren Coulter, who had been friends for 15 years with 37-year-old George Gregory Plitt Jr., who went by “Greg.” Plitt, among the more recognizable faces and physiques in the fitness industry, was shooting a video for his website with two crew members when the Metrolink commuter train hit him Saturday afternoon in Burbank, authorities and friends said. \u003ca href=\"http://bigstory.ap.org/article/f1747c8e65c14d0ca2fe0ac8f182dd8e/fitness-model-was-filming-when-killed-train-california\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Full story\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\u003c/blockquote>\n\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>\u003cstrong>SpaceX releases video of rocket crash-landing on barge\u003c/strong> \u003cstrong>(Associated Press)\u003c/strong>:\u003cbr>\n\u003cblockquote>\u003cp>SpaceX has released dramatic footage of its booster rocket trying to land on a floating ocean barge after a launch — an unprecedented attempt that ended in a fiery explosion. The video released Friday shows the 14-story rocket hitting the football field-sized barge at an angle, lighting up the night sky off the Florida coast. \u003ca href=\"http://bigstory.ap.org/article/46e09fea037e49889b74fc3f58f83ba0/spacex-releases-video-rocket-crash-landing-ocean-barge\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Full story\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\u003c/blockquote>\n\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>\u003cstrong>The Museum of Broken Relationships is coming to San Francisco\u003c/strong> \u003cem>(SF Weekly)\u003c/em>:\u003cbr>\n\u003cblockquote>\u003cp>Maybe it’s a sweatshirt or a book or coffee mug — no matter what the inanimate object is, you’ve just been unable to get rid of it because it carries the weight of a broken relationship. 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The second was in the northern part of San Francisco, as well as Marin County and the southwestern part of Sonoma County, with a 6.6 percent rate of vaccine refusal. \u003ca href=\"http://www.mercurynews.com/health/ci_27350529/kaiser-study-clusters-unvaccinated-children-bay-area\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Full story\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\u003c/blockquote>\n\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>\u003cstrong>Bay Bridge’s history of trouble: How a landmark became a debacle\u003c/strong> \u003cem>(San Francisco Chronicle)\u003c/em>:\u003cbr>\n\u003cblockquote>\u003cp>Sometime in the next few weeks, the lead contractor for the Bay Bridge’s new eastern span will finally declare that the most complex public works project in California history is done — and state and local authorities will be solely responsible for a landmark beset by problems that trace back more than 16 years, to the day a handful of experts picked a design that bordered on the experimental. \u003ca href=\"http://www.sfgate.com/bayarea/article/Bay-Bridge-s-troubles-How-a-landmark-became-a-6021955.php\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Full story\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\u003c/blockquote>\n\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>\u003cstrong>Facebook report: Users have $227 billion global economic impact\u003c/strong> \u003cem>(Venture Beat)\u003c/em>:\u003cbr>\n\u003cblockquote>\u003cp>If you thought Facebook was just one giant time-suck vortex where your life disappears while sharing cat videos and finding quizzes to discover which character on “Friends” you most resemble, then here’s some good news: The company says you are actually doing your part to boost the world’s economy. \u003ca href=\"http://venturebeat.com/2015/01/20/facebook-report-says-its-1-35-billion-users-have-227-billion-global-economic-impact/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Full story\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\u003c/blockquote>\n\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>\u003cstrong>Santa Clara County gearing up for annual homeless census\u003c/strong> \u003cem>(San Jose Mercury News)\u003c/em>:\u003cbr>\n\u003cblockquote>\u003cp>When Francisca Garcia canvasses Santa Clara County later this month to help gauge the size of the local homeless population, she will know exactly where to look for young people living on the streets. Not long ago, she was one of them. \u003ca href=\"http://www.mercurynews.com/bay-area-news/ci_27356130/santa-clara-county-gearing-up-count-that-will\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Full story\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\u003c/blockquote>\n\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>\u003cstrong>One face of the Great Recession — and of a recovery that’s leaving many behind\u003c/strong> \u003cem>(NPR)\u003c/em>:\u003cbr>\n\u003cblockquote>\u003cp>Ed Neufeldt, 68, was laid off from his job in the RV industry in Elkhart County, Indiana, when the economy crashed. His story was so emblematic of hard times in Middle America that he was chosen to introduce President Obama at a rally. Now, he’s employed again, working three jobs 50 hours a week — and making less than he did when he was on unemployment. \u003ca href=\"http://www.kqed.org/news/story/2015/01/20/154343/working_3_jobs_in_a_time_of_recovery?source=npr&category=economy\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Full story\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\u003c/blockquote>\n\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>\u003cstrong>Trying to get a look inside Uber’s ‘black box’\u003c/strong> \u003cem>(Valleywag)\u003c/em>:\u003cbr>\n\u003cblockquote>\u003cp>We’re fascinated by Uber. It’s a hugely successful service that’s reshaping urban transportation. But it’s also kind of a black box. With your help — a quick survey to gather your Uber rating and some anonymous demographic data — we want to take a look inside. \u003ca href=\"http://valleywag.gawker.com/whats-your-uber-score-find-out-and-help-us-see-how-ub-1679896144\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Full story\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\u003c/blockquote>\n\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>\u003cstrong>Children of the drought\u003c/strong> \u003cem>(New America Media)\u003c/em>:\u003cbr>\n\u003cblockquote>\u003cp>While Californians have continued to more or less live their lives—washing their cars, taking showers, running through their sprinklers on a hot summer day—it is the land itself that, at least visually, has borne the brunt of the drought. 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"content": "\u003cp>The Metropolitan Transportation Commission confirmed Friday morning what many of you knew — getting on the Bay Bridge is pretty damn hard.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The average speed from U.S. 101 to Treasure Island at the peak of the evening commute was just 4 mph in 2013, according to a new MTC report.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"The most notable is Interstate 80 going to the Bay Bridge. There's only so much space on that road. It's not going to get any bigger, so it's incumbent upon us to use the capacity to the best that we can,\" said MTC spokesman Randy Rentschler.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Overall, people in the Bay Area are spending more time in traffic than they were in 2010. MTC defines a \"congested delay\" as time spent in traffic moving at speeds of 35 mph or less. The average commuter spent 2.6 minutes in congestion in 2014, a 37 percent increase over the 1.9 minutes in congestion in 2010. This marks the Bay Area’s highest level of congested delay on a per-commuter basis in at least 15 years.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Increased traffic is also a sign of the Bay's booming economy and rising housing prices.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"You can certainly see that on Interstate 580 westbound in the morning. That roadway is No. 6 on the Bay Area's congested list and a lot of those people don't even live in Alameda County. They live in, let's say, San Joaquin or Tracy and places farther afield,\" Rentschler said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The afternoon and evening are the worst times to commute throughout the Bay Area. Three of the 10 most congested commutes were in the evening.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"People are coming home in a narrower period of time on the way home, and so it makes that P.M. commute out of San Francisco the No. 1 most congested place in the Bay Area,\" Rentschler said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The last time the MTC conduced a comprehensive study of transit delays was in 2009.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>The 10 Most Congested Corridors\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003col>\n\u003cli>\u003cstrong>80 East:\u003c/strong> US-101 to east of Treasure Island Tunnel on the Bay Bridge from 1:25 to 8:30 P.M.\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>\u003cstrong>880 South:\u003c/strong> I-238 to Dixon Landing Road from 6:35 to 10:35 A.M.\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>\u003cstrong>101 South:\u003c/strong> Fair Oaks Avenue to 13th Street/Oakland Road from 2:45 to 8:05 P.M.\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>\u003cstrong>80 West:\u003c/strong> West of CA-4 to Powell Street from 6:35 to 10:20 A.M.\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>\u003cstrong>680 North:\u003c/strong> Bollinger Canyon Road to Treat Boulevard from 3:30 to 7 P.M.\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>\u003cstrong>580 West:\u003c/strong> San Joaquin County line to Fallon Road from 5:15 to 9:20 A.M.\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>\u003cstrong>680 North:\u003c/strong> CA-262/Mission Boulevard to CA-84/Calaveras Road from 3 to 7:55 P.M.\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>\u003cstrong>80 East:\u003c/strong> West Grand Avenue to Gilman Street from 3:15 to 7:25 P.M.\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>\u003cstrong>24 East:\u003c/strong> 27th Street to Wilder Road from 3:25 to 7:15 P.M.\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>\u003cstrong>101 North:\u003c/strong> Woodside Road to Hillsdale Boulevard from 3:20 to 7:50 P.M.\u003c/li>\n\u003c/ol>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"http://files.mtc.ca.gov/pdf/congestion/top_50_congested_2013.pdf\">View the full list\u003c/a> (pdf)\u003c/p>\n\n",
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"content": "\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2014/12/RS13679_JV0A0614-qut1.jpg\">\u003cimg class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-10392131\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2014/12/RS13679_JV0A0614-qut1.jpg\" alt=\"RS13679_JV0A0614-qut\" width=\"1440\" height=\"960\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2014/12/RS13679_JV0A0614-qut1.jpg 1440w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2014/12/RS13679_JV0A0614-qut1-400x266.jpg 400w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2014/12/RS13679_JV0A0614-qut1-800x533.jpg 800w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1440px) 100vw, 1440px\">\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Thousands of people \u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/2014/12/13/thousands-in-oakland-berkeley-and-san-francisco-join-millions-march\" target=\"_blank\">filled the streets of San Francisco and Oakland\u003c/a> on Saturday, Dec. 13, 2014, to protest police brutality and the deaths of unarmed black men at the hands of white police officers. The Bay Area protest were part of the \"Millions March\" coordinated action in cities around the country. (Jeremy Raff/KQED)\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2014/12/RS13472_IMG_0755-qut.jpg\">\u003cimg class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-10392135\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2014/12/RS13472_IMG_0755-qut.jpg\" alt=\"RS13472_IMG_0755-qut\" width=\"1440\" height=\"1080\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2014/12/RS13472_IMG_0755-qut.jpg 1440w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2014/12/RS13472_IMG_0755-qut-400x300.jpg 400w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2014/12/RS13472_IMG_0755-qut-800x600.jpg 800w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1440px) 100vw, 1440px\">\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Black Lives Matter protests got rowdy several times, with \u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/2014/12/06/michael-brown-eric-garner-protesters-block-i-880-in-oakland\" target=\"_blank\">protesters taking over freeways\u003c/a> and police working to keep them away. Here a woman waves a sign, in reference to Eric Garner's death in New York, moments before being shoved off a dividing wall on Interstate 880 in Oakland on Dec. 5. (Alex Emslie/KQED)\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2014/12/RS13360_459889820-qut1.jpg\">\u003cimg class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-10392136\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2014/12/RS13360_459889820-qut1.jpg\" alt=\"RS13360_459889820-qut\" width=\"1440\" height=\"984\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2014/12/RS13360_459889820-qut1.jpg 1440w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2014/12/RS13360_459889820-qut1-400x273.jpg 400w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2014/12/RS13360_459889820-qut1-800x546.jpg 800w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1440px) 100vw, 1440px\">\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Rain \u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/2014/12/09/our-next-storm-very-windy-and-very-wet\" target=\"_blank\">pounded the Bay Area several times in December\u003c/a>, causing severe flooding in parts of Marin and Sonoma counties. The moisture was welcome, but experts say \u003ca href=\"http://blogs.kqed.org/science/2014/11/18/this-weeks-rain-unlikely-to-dent-drought/\" target=\"_blank\">California still desperately needs more rain\u003c/a> to make up for three years of drought. (Justin Sullivan/Getty Images)\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2014/12/China-basin-fire2.jpg\">\u003cimg class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-10392137\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2014/12/China-basin-fire2.jpg\" alt=\"China basin fire2\" width=\"1440\" height=\"910\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2014/12/China-basin-fire2.jpg 1440w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2014/12/China-basin-fire2-400x252.jpg 400w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2014/12/China-basin-fire2-800x505.jpg 800w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1440px) 100vw, 1440px\">\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>A massive blaze damaged several buildings in \u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/2014/03/11/4-alarm-fire-san-francisco/\" target=\"_blank\">Mission Bay in March\u003c/a>. Fire inspectors reported the blaze was started by unattended sparks from \"hot work\" on a building under construction. One of the companies working as a subcontractor on the building was \u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/san-francisco-fire-department-issues-citation-in-massive-mission-bay-blaze\" target=\"_blank\">fined for failing to follow fire safety regulations.\u003c/a> The blaze prompted the San Francisco Fire Department to announce it will be taking a more \u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/2014/10/16/san-francisco-steps-up-construction-fire-safety-enforcement-wins-key-case\" target=\"_blank\">proactive stance toward citations\u003c/a> in the future to prevent negligence. (Mark Andrew Boyer/KQED)\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2014/12/RS12817_458073306-qut.jpg\">\u003cimg class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-10392139\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2014/12/RS12817_458073306-qut.jpg\" alt=\"RS12817_458073306-qut\" width=\"1440\" height=\"960\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2014/12/RS12817_458073306-qut.jpg 1440w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2014/12/RS12817_458073306-qut-400x266.jpg 400w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2014/12/RS12817_458073306-qut-800x533.jpg 800w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1440px) 100vw, 1440px\">\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The San Francisco Giants\u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/2014/10/29/world-series-game-seven-live-update\" target=\"_blank\"> won the World Series\u003c/a> in a seven-game series against the Kansas City Royals this year. This was the third time in five years the baseball team took home the trophy. Here, Buster Posey #28 and Madison Bumgarner #40 celebrate after defeating the Kansas City Royals by a score of 3-2 at Kauffman Stadium on Oct. 29, 2014, in Kansas City, Missouri. (Elsa/Getty Images)\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2014/12/RS12841_20141029_giants_celebration_jt_001-qut.jpg\">\u003cimg class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-10392140\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2014/12/RS12841_20141029_giants_celebration_jt_001-qut.jpg\" alt=\"RS12841_20141029_giants_celebration_jt_001-qut\" width=\"1440\" height=\"960\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2014/12/RS12841_20141029_giants_celebration_jt_001-qut.jpg 1440w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2014/12/RS12841_20141029_giants_celebration_jt_001-qut-400x266.jpg 400w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2014/12/RS12841_20141029_giants_celebration_jt_001-qut-800x533.jpg 800w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1440px) 100vw, 1440px\">\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The Giants win prompted fans to celebrate in the streets. While most of the revelry was peaceful and in good fun, police reported some people got out of hand, \u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/2014/10/30/the-giants-win-and-then-the-trouble-starts\" target=\"_blank\">lighting fires in the streets and throwing beer bottles\u003c/a> that injured several officers. (James Tensuan/KQED)\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2014/12/RS13247_20141124_tuitionhike_jt_0111-qut.jpg\">\u003cimg class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-10392141\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2014/12/RS13247_20141124_tuitionhike_jt_0111-qut.jpg\" alt=\"RS13247_20141124_tuitionhike_jt_011[1]-qut\" width=\"1440\" height=\"960\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2014/12/RS13247_20141124_tuitionhike_jt_0111-qut.jpg 1440w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2014/12/RS13247_20141124_tuitionhike_jt_0111-qut-400x266.jpg 400w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2014/12/RS13247_20141124_tuitionhike_jt_0111-qut-800x533.jpg 800w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1440px) 100vw, 1440px\">\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Several hundred \u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/2014/11/24/uc-berkeley-students-stage-walkout-to-protest-tuition-hike\" target=\"_blank\">UC Berkeley students staged a walkout\u003c/a> and march on Monday, Nov. 24, 2014, to protest a series of tuition increases approved by the University of California Board of Regents. The \u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/2012/07/18/csu-and-uc-tuition-hikes-over-time\" target=\"_blank\">average UC student now leaves school\u003c/a> $20,500 in debt and the average CSU student is $18,460 in debt, according to analyses conducted by both systems. (James Tensuan/KQED)\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2014/12/drakes-bay.jpg\">\u003cimg class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-10392143\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2014/12/drakes-bay.jpg\" alt=\"Oyster Fisherman Battles National Park Service Over Harvest Rights\" width=\"1439\" height=\"910\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2014/12/drakes-bay.jpg 1439w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2014/12/drakes-bay-400x252.jpg 400w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2014/12/drakes-bay-800x505.jpg 800w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1439px) 100vw, 1439px\">\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>After a long legal battle, retail operations at \u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/2014/08/05/video-last-day-at-drakes-bay-oyster-companys-retail-business\" target=\"_blank\">Drakes Bay Oyster Co. came to an end this summer\u003c/a>. The federal government allowed the company to continue wholesale operations, mainly selling oysters to local restaurants for a few more months, but customers can no longer visit the now-closed Oyster Shack in order to purchase, grill and shuck oysters on the beach of Drakes Estero. (Justin Sullivan/Getty Images)\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2014/12/napa-quake.jpg\">\u003cimg class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-10392145\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2014/12/napa-quake.jpg\" alt=\"US-EARTHQUAKE\" width=\"1440\" height=\"910\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2014/12/napa-quake.jpg 1440w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2014/12/napa-quake-400x252.jpg 400w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2014/12/napa-quake-800x505.jpg 800w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1440px) 100vw, 1440px\">\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>A 6.0 \u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/2014/08/24/quake-rolls-through-bay-area/\" target=\"_blank\">earthquake rolled through the Bay Area\u003c/a> at 3:20 a.m. on Sunday, Aug. 24, 2014, lasting 44 seconds. The \u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/2014/08/24/south-napa-earthquake-photos/\" target=\"_blank\">quake caused extensive damage in Napa\u003c/a> and reminded all Bay Area residents about the importance of earthquake preparedness. (Josh Edelson/Getty Images)\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2014/12/lake-oroville-drought2.jpg\">\u003cimg class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-10392147\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2014/12/lake-oroville-drought2.jpg\" alt=\"lake oroville drought2\" width=\"1440\" height=\"910\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2014/12/lake-oroville-drought2.jpg 1440w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2014/12/lake-oroville-drought2-400x252.jpg 400w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2014/12/lake-oroville-drought2-800x505.jpg 800w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1440px) 100vw, 1440px\">\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Lake Oroville, the largest reservoir in the State Water Project, is pictured on Jan. 18, 2014, the day it hit its lowest point during the current drought. Despite recent rains, experts say \u003ca href=\"http://blogs.kqed.org/science/series/california-drought-watch/\" target=\"_blank\">the state is not out of the drought\u003c/a> and residents should continue to practice water conservation. (Dan Brekke/KQED)\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2014/12/wine-drought.jpg\">\u003cimg class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-10392130\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2014/12/wine-drought.jpg\" alt=\"wine drought\" width=\"1440\" height=\"909\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2014/12/wine-drought.jpg 1440w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2014/12/wine-drought-400x252.jpg 400w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2014/12/wine-drought-800x505.jpg 800w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1440px) 100vw, 1440px\">\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Northern California vintners \u003ca href=\"http://blogs.kqed.org/science/2014/01/28/california-winemakers-brace-for-drought-impacts/\" target=\"_blank\">braced themselves for the impacts of prolonged drought\u003c/a>. Napa growers aggressively pruned back vines, which will concentrate precious water and nutrients on a smaller number of grape clusters. But fewer grapes mean lower profits. (Craig Miller/KQED)\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2014/12/RS13379_20141204_jungle_jt_014-qut.jpg\">\u003cimg class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-10392148\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2014/12/RS13379_20141204_jungle_jt_014-qut.jpg\" alt=\"RS13379_20141204_jungle_jt_014-qut\" width=\"1440\" height=\"960\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2014/12/RS13379_20141204_jungle_jt_014-qut.jpg 1440w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2014/12/RS13379_20141204_jungle_jt_014-qut-400x266.jpg 400w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2014/12/RS13379_20141204_jungle_jt_014-qut-800x533.jpg 800w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1440px) 100vw, 1440px\">\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>City crews \u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/2014/12/04/homeless-evicted-from-the-jungle-in-san-jose\" target=\"_blank\">dismantled San Jose's massive homeless encampment known as \"The Jungle\" \u003c/a>on Dec. 4, 2014. The city says the camp must be cleared because of increased violence, wet weather and unsanitary conditions that are polluting nearby Coyote Creek. (James Tensuan/KQED)\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2014/12/RS13340_20141203_jungle_jt_002-qut.jpg\">\u003cimg class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-10392149\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2014/12/RS13340_20141203_jungle_jt_002-qut.jpg\" alt=\"RS13340_20141203_jungle_jt_002-qut\" width=\"1440\" height=\"960\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2014/12/RS13340_20141203_jungle_jt_002-qut.jpg 1440w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2014/12/RS13340_20141203_jungle_jt_002-qut-400x266.jpg 400w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2014/12/RS13340_20141203_jungle_jt_002-qut-800x533.jpg 800w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1440px) 100vw, 1440px\">\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Thought to be the largest homeless encampment in the United States, the 75-acre camp was home to about 300 people. Most \"Jungle\" residents lived in tents, shacks and tree houses amid piles of trash. People \u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/2014/12/04/homeless-evicted-from-the-jungle-in-san-jose\" target=\"_blank\">packed up their belongings and moved out\u003c/a> amid a rare bout of rain. (James Tensuan/KQED)\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2014/12/bay-bridge-concerns.jpg\">\u003cimg class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-10392151\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2014/12/bay-bridge-concerns.jpg\" alt=\"Construction Continues On Bay Bridge Ahead Of Opening Of Eastern Span\" width=\"1440\" height=\"909\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2014/12/bay-bridge-concerns.jpg 1440w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2014/12/bay-bridge-concerns-400x252.jpg 400w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2014/12/bay-bridge-concerns-800x505.jpg 800w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1440px) 100vw, 1440px\">\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Concerns about the \u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/2014/10/01/some-good-news-and-some-bad-news-about-bay-bridge-rods\" target=\"_blank\">construction and stability of the Bay Bridge's east span\u003c/a> have some commuters worried. Questions remain around the massive steel bolts holding the bridge together and whether Caltrans kept \u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/2014/08/01/bay-bridge-report-caltrans-worked-to-keep-construction-flaws-quiet\" target=\"_blank\">concerns about the bridge secret\u003c/a>. (Justin Sullivan/Getty Images)\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2014/12/airbnb.jpg\">\u003cimg class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-10392152\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2014/12/airbnb.jpg\" alt=\"airbnb\" width=\"1440\" height=\"910\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2014/12/airbnb.jpg 1440w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2014/12/airbnb-400x252.jpg 400w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2014/12/airbnb-800x505.jpg 800w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1440px) 100vw, 1440px\">\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The city of San Francisco legalized home rental services like Airbnb this year. The issue has \u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/2014/4/30/airbnb-supporters-rally-at-city-hall/\" target=\"_blank\">polarized citizens\u003c/a> concerned about housing affordability and individuals' ability to stay in the city. Regulation of these home-sharing services may make it to the state Legislature this year. (Mark Andrew Boyer/KQED)\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2014/12/California-Chrome.jpg\">\u003cimg class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-10392153\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2014/12/California-Chrome.jpg\" alt=\"Belmont Stakes 2014 - Previews\" width=\"1439\" height=\"910\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2014/12/California-Chrome.jpg 1439w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2014/12/California-Chrome-400x252.jpg 400w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2014/12/California-Chrome-800x505.jpg 800w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1439px) 100vw, 1439px\">\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Californians had big hopes that the horse named \u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/tag/california-chrome\" target=\"_blank\">California Chrome\u003c/a> could win the Triple Crown this year. He did win the Kentucky Derby and the Preakness Stakes, but fell short with fourth place in the final Belmont Stakes competition. (Al Bello/Getty Images)\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2014/12/smoke-jumper.jpg\">\u003cimg class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-10392156\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2014/12/smoke-jumper.jpg\" alt=\"smoke jumper\" width=\"1438\" height=\"910\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2014/12/smoke-jumper.jpg 1438w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2014/12/smoke-jumper-400x253.jpg 400w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2014/12/smoke-jumper-800x506.jpg 800w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1438px) 100vw, 1438px\">\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Very dry conditions made this a tough year for wildfires in California. Fires started by lightning often erupted in very remote, mountainous parts of the state, far from any roads. Sometimes the only way to get fire crews to them was to have them \u003ca href=\"http://blogs.kqed.org/science/2014/08/01/californias-smokejumpers-fight-the-hardest-to-reach-wildfires/\" target=\"_blank\">jump out of planes\u003c/a>. (Adam Grossberg/KQED)\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2014/12/CCSF-skirmish.jpg\">\u003cimg class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-10392157\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2014/12/CCSF-skirmish.jpg\" alt=\"CCSF skirmish\" width=\"1440\" height=\"910\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2014/12/CCSF-skirmish.jpg 1440w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2014/12/CCSF-skirmish-400x252.jpg 400w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2014/12/CCSF-skirmish-800x505.jpg 800w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1440px) 100vw, 1440px\">\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>City College of San Francisco student Otto Pippenger was detained by San Francisco police officers outside an administration building. \u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/2014/03/13/ccsf-protest-violent\" target=\"_blank\">Students and teachers protested decisions\u003c/a> by Special Trustee Robert Agrella on Thursday, March 13, 2014. The accrediting commission revoked the school's accreditation, but the action is \u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/2014/09/11/city-attorney-accreditation-commission-get-day-in-court-over-ccsf\" target=\"_blank\">currently being appealed in court\u003c/a>. The judge is expected to issue his verdict in January 2015. (Alex Emslie/KQED)\u003c/p>\n\n",
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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Rain \u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/2014/12/09/our-next-storm-very-windy-and-very-wet\" target=\"_blank\">pounded the Bay Area several times in December\u003c/a>, causing severe flooding in parts of Marin and Sonoma counties. The moisture was welcome, but experts say \u003ca href=\"http://blogs.kqed.org/science/2014/11/18/this-weeks-rain-unlikely-to-dent-drought/\" target=\"_blank\">California still desperately needs more rain\u003c/a> to make up for three years of drought. (Justin Sullivan/Getty Images)\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2014/12/China-basin-fire2.jpg\">\u003cimg class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-10392137\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2014/12/China-basin-fire2.jpg\" alt=\"China basin fire2\" width=\"1440\" height=\"910\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2014/12/China-basin-fire2.jpg 1440w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2014/12/China-basin-fire2-400x252.jpg 400w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2014/12/China-basin-fire2-800x505.jpg 800w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1440px) 100vw, 1440px\">\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>A massive blaze damaged several buildings in \u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/2014/03/11/4-alarm-fire-san-francisco/\" target=\"_blank\">Mission Bay in March\u003c/a>. Fire inspectors reported the blaze was started by unattended sparks from \"hot work\" on a building under construction. One of the companies working as a subcontractor on the building was \u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/san-francisco-fire-department-issues-citation-in-massive-mission-bay-blaze\" target=\"_blank\">fined for failing to follow fire safety regulations.\u003c/a> The blaze prompted the San Francisco Fire Department to announce it will be taking a more \u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/2014/10/16/san-francisco-steps-up-construction-fire-safety-enforcement-wins-key-case\" target=\"_blank\">proactive stance toward citations\u003c/a> in the future to prevent negligence. (Mark Andrew Boyer/KQED)\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2014/12/RS12817_458073306-qut.jpg\">\u003cimg class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-10392139\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2014/12/RS12817_458073306-qut.jpg\" alt=\"RS12817_458073306-qut\" width=\"1440\" height=\"960\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2014/12/RS12817_458073306-qut.jpg 1440w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2014/12/RS12817_458073306-qut-400x266.jpg 400w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2014/12/RS12817_458073306-qut-800x533.jpg 800w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1440px) 100vw, 1440px\">\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The San Francisco Giants\u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/2014/10/29/world-series-game-seven-live-update\" target=\"_blank\"> won the World Series\u003c/a> in a seven-game series against the Kansas City Royals this year. This was the third time in five years the baseball team took home the trophy. Here, Buster Posey #28 and Madison Bumgarner #40 celebrate after defeating the Kansas City Royals by a score of 3-2 at Kauffman Stadium on Oct. 29, 2014, in Kansas City, Missouri. (Elsa/Getty Images)\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2014/12/RS12841_20141029_giants_celebration_jt_001-qut.jpg\">\u003cimg class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-10392140\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2014/12/RS12841_20141029_giants_celebration_jt_001-qut.jpg\" alt=\"RS12841_20141029_giants_celebration_jt_001-qut\" width=\"1440\" height=\"960\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2014/12/RS12841_20141029_giants_celebration_jt_001-qut.jpg 1440w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2014/12/RS12841_20141029_giants_celebration_jt_001-qut-400x266.jpg 400w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2014/12/RS12841_20141029_giants_celebration_jt_001-qut-800x533.jpg 800w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1440px) 100vw, 1440px\">\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The Giants win prompted fans to celebrate in the streets. While most of the revelry was peaceful and in good fun, police reported some people got out of hand, \u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/2014/10/30/the-giants-win-and-then-the-trouble-starts\" target=\"_blank\">lighting fires in the streets and throwing beer bottles\u003c/a> that injured several officers. (James Tensuan/KQED)\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2014/12/RS13247_20141124_tuitionhike_jt_0111-qut.jpg\">\u003cimg class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-10392141\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2014/12/RS13247_20141124_tuitionhike_jt_0111-qut.jpg\" alt=\"RS13247_20141124_tuitionhike_jt_011[1]-qut\" width=\"1440\" height=\"960\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2014/12/RS13247_20141124_tuitionhike_jt_0111-qut.jpg 1440w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2014/12/RS13247_20141124_tuitionhike_jt_0111-qut-400x266.jpg 400w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2014/12/RS13247_20141124_tuitionhike_jt_0111-qut-800x533.jpg 800w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1440px) 100vw, 1440px\">\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Several hundred \u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/2014/11/24/uc-berkeley-students-stage-walkout-to-protest-tuition-hike\" target=\"_blank\">UC Berkeley students staged a walkout\u003c/a> and march on Monday, Nov. 24, 2014, to protest a series of tuition increases approved by the University of California Board of Regents. The \u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/2012/07/18/csu-and-uc-tuition-hikes-over-time\" target=\"_blank\">average UC student now leaves school\u003c/a> $20,500 in debt and the average CSU student is $18,460 in debt, according to analyses conducted by both systems. (James Tensuan/KQED)\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2014/12/drakes-bay.jpg\">\u003cimg class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-10392143\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2014/12/drakes-bay.jpg\" alt=\"Oyster Fisherman Battles National Park Service Over Harvest Rights\" width=\"1439\" height=\"910\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2014/12/drakes-bay.jpg 1439w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2014/12/drakes-bay-400x252.jpg 400w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2014/12/drakes-bay-800x505.jpg 800w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1439px) 100vw, 1439px\">\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>After a long legal battle, retail operations at \u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/2014/08/05/video-last-day-at-drakes-bay-oyster-companys-retail-business\" target=\"_blank\">Drakes Bay Oyster Co. came to an end this summer\u003c/a>. The federal government allowed the company to continue wholesale operations, mainly selling oysters to local restaurants for a few more months, but customers can no longer visit the now-closed Oyster Shack in order to purchase, grill and shuck oysters on the beach of Drakes Estero. (Justin Sullivan/Getty Images)\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2014/12/napa-quake.jpg\">\u003cimg class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-10392145\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2014/12/napa-quake.jpg\" alt=\"US-EARTHQUAKE\" width=\"1440\" height=\"910\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2014/12/napa-quake.jpg 1440w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2014/12/napa-quake-400x252.jpg 400w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2014/12/napa-quake-800x505.jpg 800w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1440px) 100vw, 1440px\">\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>A 6.0 \u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/2014/08/24/quake-rolls-through-bay-area/\" target=\"_blank\">earthquake rolled through the Bay Area\u003c/a> at 3:20 a.m. on Sunday, Aug. 24, 2014, lasting 44 seconds. The \u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/2014/08/24/south-napa-earthquake-photos/\" target=\"_blank\">quake caused extensive damage in Napa\u003c/a> and reminded all Bay Area residents about the importance of earthquake preparedness. (Josh Edelson/Getty Images)\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2014/12/lake-oroville-drought2.jpg\">\u003cimg class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-10392147\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2014/12/lake-oroville-drought2.jpg\" alt=\"lake oroville drought2\" width=\"1440\" height=\"910\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2014/12/lake-oroville-drought2.jpg 1440w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2014/12/lake-oroville-drought2-400x252.jpg 400w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2014/12/lake-oroville-drought2-800x505.jpg 800w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1440px) 100vw, 1440px\">\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Lake Oroville, the largest reservoir in the State Water Project, is pictured on Jan. 18, 2014, the day it hit its lowest point during the current drought. Despite recent rains, experts say \u003ca href=\"http://blogs.kqed.org/science/series/california-drought-watch/\" target=\"_blank\">the state is not out of the drought\u003c/a> and residents should continue to practice water conservation. (Dan Brekke/KQED)\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2014/12/wine-drought.jpg\">\u003cimg class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-10392130\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2014/12/wine-drought.jpg\" alt=\"wine drought\" width=\"1440\" height=\"909\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2014/12/wine-drought.jpg 1440w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2014/12/wine-drought-400x252.jpg 400w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2014/12/wine-drought-800x505.jpg 800w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1440px) 100vw, 1440px\">\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Northern California vintners \u003ca href=\"http://blogs.kqed.org/science/2014/01/28/california-winemakers-brace-for-drought-impacts/\" target=\"_blank\">braced themselves for the impacts of prolonged drought\u003c/a>. Napa growers aggressively pruned back vines, which will concentrate precious water and nutrients on a smaller number of grape clusters. But fewer grapes mean lower profits. (Craig Miller/KQED)\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2014/12/RS13379_20141204_jungle_jt_014-qut.jpg\">\u003cimg class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-10392148\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2014/12/RS13379_20141204_jungle_jt_014-qut.jpg\" alt=\"RS13379_20141204_jungle_jt_014-qut\" width=\"1440\" height=\"960\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2014/12/RS13379_20141204_jungle_jt_014-qut.jpg 1440w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2014/12/RS13379_20141204_jungle_jt_014-qut-400x266.jpg 400w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2014/12/RS13379_20141204_jungle_jt_014-qut-800x533.jpg 800w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1440px) 100vw, 1440px\">\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>City crews \u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/2014/12/04/homeless-evicted-from-the-jungle-in-san-jose\" target=\"_blank\">dismantled San Jose's massive homeless encampment known as \"The Jungle\" \u003c/a>on Dec. 4, 2014. The city says the camp must be cleared because of increased violence, wet weather and unsanitary conditions that are polluting nearby Coyote Creek. (James Tensuan/KQED)\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2014/12/RS13340_20141203_jungle_jt_002-qut.jpg\">\u003cimg class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-10392149\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2014/12/RS13340_20141203_jungle_jt_002-qut.jpg\" alt=\"RS13340_20141203_jungle_jt_002-qut\" width=\"1440\" height=\"960\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2014/12/RS13340_20141203_jungle_jt_002-qut.jpg 1440w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2014/12/RS13340_20141203_jungle_jt_002-qut-400x266.jpg 400w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2014/12/RS13340_20141203_jungle_jt_002-qut-800x533.jpg 800w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1440px) 100vw, 1440px\">\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Thought to be the largest homeless encampment in the United States, the 75-acre camp was home to about 300 people. Most \"Jungle\" residents lived in tents, shacks and tree houses amid piles of trash. People \u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/2014/12/04/homeless-evicted-from-the-jungle-in-san-jose\" target=\"_blank\">packed up their belongings and moved out\u003c/a> amid a rare bout of rain. (James Tensuan/KQED)\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2014/12/bay-bridge-concerns.jpg\">\u003cimg class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-10392151\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2014/12/bay-bridge-concerns.jpg\" alt=\"Construction Continues On Bay Bridge Ahead Of Opening Of Eastern Span\" width=\"1440\" height=\"909\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2014/12/bay-bridge-concerns.jpg 1440w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2014/12/bay-bridge-concerns-400x252.jpg 400w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2014/12/bay-bridge-concerns-800x505.jpg 800w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1440px) 100vw, 1440px\">\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Concerns about the \u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/2014/10/01/some-good-news-and-some-bad-news-about-bay-bridge-rods\" target=\"_blank\">construction and stability of the Bay Bridge's east span\u003c/a> have some commuters worried. Questions remain around the massive steel bolts holding the bridge together and whether Caltrans kept \u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/2014/08/01/bay-bridge-report-caltrans-worked-to-keep-construction-flaws-quiet\" target=\"_blank\">concerns about the bridge secret\u003c/a>. (Justin Sullivan/Getty Images)\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2014/12/airbnb.jpg\">\u003cimg class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-10392152\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2014/12/airbnb.jpg\" alt=\"airbnb\" width=\"1440\" height=\"910\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2014/12/airbnb.jpg 1440w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2014/12/airbnb-400x252.jpg 400w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2014/12/airbnb-800x505.jpg 800w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1440px) 100vw, 1440px\">\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The city of San Francisco legalized home rental services like Airbnb this year. The issue has \u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/2014/4/30/airbnb-supporters-rally-at-city-hall/\" target=\"_blank\">polarized citizens\u003c/a> concerned about housing affordability and individuals' ability to stay in the city. Regulation of these home-sharing services may make it to the state Legislature this year. (Mark Andrew Boyer/KQED)\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2014/12/California-Chrome.jpg\">\u003cimg class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-10392153\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2014/12/California-Chrome.jpg\" alt=\"Belmont Stakes 2014 - Previews\" width=\"1439\" height=\"910\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2014/12/California-Chrome.jpg 1439w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2014/12/California-Chrome-400x252.jpg 400w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2014/12/California-Chrome-800x505.jpg 800w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1439px) 100vw, 1439px\">\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Californians had big hopes that the horse named \u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/tag/california-chrome\" target=\"_blank\">California Chrome\u003c/a> could win the Triple Crown this year. He did win the Kentucky Derby and the Preakness Stakes, but fell short with fourth place in the final Belmont Stakes competition. (Al Bello/Getty Images)\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2014/12/smoke-jumper.jpg\">\u003cimg class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-10392156\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2014/12/smoke-jumper.jpg\" alt=\"smoke jumper\" width=\"1438\" height=\"910\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2014/12/smoke-jumper.jpg 1438w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2014/12/smoke-jumper-400x253.jpg 400w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2014/12/smoke-jumper-800x506.jpg 800w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1438px) 100vw, 1438px\">\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Very dry conditions made this a tough year for wildfires in California. Fires started by lightning often erupted in very remote, mountainous parts of the state, far from any roads. Sometimes the only way to get fire crews to them was to have them \u003ca href=\"http://blogs.kqed.org/science/2014/08/01/californias-smokejumpers-fight-the-hardest-to-reach-wildfires/\" target=\"_blank\">jump out of planes\u003c/a>. (Adam Grossberg/KQED)\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2014/12/CCSF-skirmish.jpg\">\u003cimg class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-10392157\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2014/12/CCSF-skirmish.jpg\" alt=\"CCSF skirmish\" width=\"1440\" height=\"910\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2014/12/CCSF-skirmish.jpg 1440w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2014/12/CCSF-skirmish-400x252.jpg 400w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2014/12/CCSF-skirmish-800x505.jpg 800w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1440px) 100vw, 1440px\">\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>City College of San Francisco student Otto Pippenger was detained by San Francisco police officers outside an administration building. \u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/2014/03/13/ccsf-protest-violent\" target=\"_blank\">Students and teachers protested decisions\u003c/a> by Special Trustee Robert Agrella on Thursday, March 13, 2014. The accrediting commission revoked the school's accreditation, but the action is \u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/2014/09/11/city-attorney-accreditation-commission-get-day-in-court-over-ccsf\" target=\"_blank\">currently being appealed in court\u003c/a>. The judge is expected to issue his verdict in January 2015. (Alex Emslie/KQED)\u003c/p>\n\n\u003c/div>\u003c/p>",
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"content": "\u003cul>\n\u003cli>\u003cstrong>New York officers' killer adrift and ill, had a plan\u003c/strong> \u003cem>(New York Times)\u003c/em>:\u003cbr>\n\u003cblockquote>\u003cp>Ismaaiyl Brinsley, who had drifted between friends and family members for most of his short life, alienating most of them and failing at almost anything that he tried, decided to come home on Saturday. He boarded a bus in Baltimore, arrived in Midtown Manhattan just before 11 a.m., and then disappeared onto the N train at the Times Square subway stop. He was bound for Brooklyn, where he had been born 28 years before, carrying the silver Taurus 9-millimeter pistol he had used earlier to shoot his ex-girlfriend. \u003ca href=\"http://www.nytimes.com/2014/12/22/nyregion/new-york-police-officers-killer-was-adrift-ill-and-vengeful.html\" target=\"_blank\">Full story\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\u003c/blockquote>\n\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>\u003cstrong>No one is stoking an anti-police movement\u003c/strong> \u003cem>(Slate)\u003c/em>:\u003cbr>\n\u003cblockquote>\u003cp>The ambush killings of two New York police officers come at a terrible time for New York City. Between the killing of Eric Garner in Staten Island and the shooting of Akai Gurley in Brooklyn, many residents are wary of the police. And their protests against police brutality have fueled a counter-movement from cops and their supporters, who see criticism as hostile and “anti-police,” and who have scorned officials who sympathize with the protesters. \u003ca href=\"http://www.slate.com/articles/news_and_politics/politics/2014/12/ismaaiyl_brinsley_murdered_two_police_officers_in_brooklyn_police_departments.html\" target=\"_blank\">Full story\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\u003c/blockquote>\n\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>\u003cstrong>Harris: No need for independent prosecutors in officer-involved killings\u003c/strong> \u003cem>(San Francisco Chronicle)\u003c/em>:\u003cbr>\n\u003cblockquote>\u003cp>State Attorney General Kamala Harris says she disagrees with those who say local district attorneys have an inherent conflict of interest when they investigate the police officers with whom they must work every day. ... “I don’t think it would be good public policy to take the discretion from elected district attorneys,” Harris said in an interview. “I don’t think there’s an inherent conflict. ... 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Earlier this month, he become one of the first 30 residents to move into 250 Kearny — a single-room occupancy property on the edge of San Francisco’s Financial District that has been newly renovated to house 130 homeless veterans. \u003ca href=\"http://blogs.kqed.org/stateofhealth/2014/12/22/video-san-francisco-homeless-veterans-get-permanent-place-to-live-250-kearney/\" target=\"_blank\">Full story\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\u003c/blockquote>\n\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>\u003cstrong>Posada pilgrimage reunites family, friends at the border\u003c/strong> \u003cem>(KQED's The California Report)\u003c/em>:\u003cbr>\n\u003cblockquote>\u003cp>There is a political subtext to the border posada. 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He was bound for Brooklyn, where he had been born 28 years before, carrying the silver Taurus 9-millimeter pistol he had used earlier to shoot his ex-girlfriend. \u003ca href=\"http://www.nytimes.com/2014/12/22/nyregion/new-york-police-officers-killer-was-adrift-ill-and-vengeful.html\" target=\"_blank\">Full story\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\u003c/blockquote>\n\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>\u003cstrong>No one is stoking an anti-police movement\u003c/strong> \u003cem>(Slate)\u003c/em>:\u003cbr>\n\u003cblockquote>\u003cp>The ambush killings of two New York police officers come at a terrible time for New York City. Between the killing of Eric Garner in Staten Island and the shooting of Akai Gurley in Brooklyn, many residents are wary of the police. 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Where there are abuses, we have designed the system to address them.” \u003ca href=\"http://www.sfgate.com/news/article/Kamala-Harris-sees-safeguards-in-D-A-s-5972586.php\" target=\"_blank\">Full story\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\u003c/blockquote>\n\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>\u003cstrong>Another strange chapter in Bay Bridge construction saga\u003c/strong> \u003cem>(Sacramento Bee)\u003c/em>:\u003cbr>\n\u003cblockquote>\u003cp>The same Chinese firm responsible for cracked welds in the bridge also built a giant wind farm at the same time and in the same factory, working under one of the same prime contractors – Texas-based Fluor Corp. The wind farm towers also were plagued by cracked welds and generally shoddy work. Officials on each project knew about the others’ welding debacle. That’s where the stories diverge: The wind farm owners forced Fluor to pay for repairs; while California officials paid hundreds of millions of dollars extra to Fluor and the Chinese firm in an effort to overcome delays caused by the contractors’ welding blunders. \u003ca href=\"http://www.sacbee.com/news/investigations/bay-bridge/article4748610.html\" target=\"_blank\">Full story\u003c/a> (subscription may be required).\u003c/p>\u003c/blockquote>\n\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>\u003cstrong>Storms bring forth prehistoric treasures\u003c/strong> \u003cem>(San Francisco Chronicle)\u003c/em>:\u003cbr>\n\u003cblockquote>\u003cp>In the wake of December’s storms, treasure hunters and scientists have found fossils on beaches and in sandstone cliffs in the Bay Area and elsewhere along the Pacific Coast that date back anywhere from 5,000 to 10 million years. \u003ca href=\"http://www.sfgate.com/outdoors/article/Storms-bring-forth-prehistoric-treasures-5970293.php\" target=\"_blank\">Full story\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\u003c/blockquote>\n\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>\u003cstrong>Storms bring falls back to life in Yosemite\u003c/strong> \u003cem>(Los Angeles Times)\u003c/em>:\u003cbr>\n\u003cblockquote>\u003cp>The water dropped, a pure white ribbon fluttering down-down-down a towering granite. In other winters it was a sight to behold, but to be expected. This year, the return of Yosemite's waterfalls was more. Because they had disappeared. \u003ca href=\"http://www.latimes.com/local/california/la-me-yosemite-waterfalls-20141222-story.html\" target=\"_blank\">Full story\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\u003c/blockquote>\n\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>\u003cstrong>A place homeless vets can call home \u003c/strong> \u003cem>(KQED's State of Health)\u003c/em>:\u003cbr>\n\u003cblockquote>\u003cp>At 58 years old, Clarence Cook finally has a place of his own to call home. Living on the streets of San Francisco since 1997, the Army veteran has been in and out of jail for over 30 years, while battling a heroin addiction. Today, Cook has been clean for six months. 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"content": "\u003cp>The Bay Area Toll Authority has voted to embark on a $10 million study that will tackle the engineering and financial challenges of building a path across the western span of the Bay Bridge, which would some day allow people to bike and walk across the entire span from Oakland to San Francisco.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"It allows us to enter into this contract to move this idea from concept to a proposal,\" said John Goodwin, a spokesman for the Metropolitan Transportation Commission.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The idea has been talked about for more than 15 years but has picked up substantial momentum since the opening last year of a popular \u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/2013/09/04/how-to-get-to-the-new-bay-bridge-bike-path/\">biking and walking path on the bridge's new eastern span\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>A\u003ca href=\"http://sf.streetsblog.org/2011/12/14/engineers-unveil-designs-for-bikeped-path-on-bay-bridge-west-span/\"> 2011 study\u003c/a> found that building a 2-mile cantilevered path on both sides of the bridge from Yerba Buena Island to San Francisco would cost somewhere between $400 million and $500 million, which transportation officials say isn't realistic.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The study by \u003ca href=\"http://www.arup.com/\">Arup\u003c/a> will propose several designs that Goodwin said would be less expensive ideas \"than have been explored on a rudimentary level in the past.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Bike advocates applauded the move as a big step.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"[It] shows that the Bay Area Toll Authority is going to find a way to make it happen,\" said Dave Campbell, policy director for \u003ca href=\"https://bikeeastbay.org/\">Bike East Bay\u003c/a>. \"Oftentimes either the cost is too much or the engineering challenge is too great, and the facility doesn't get built because it’s not a priority. But this is a priority.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The engineering challenges aren't just on the bridge itself, said Goodwin, but on\u003ca href=\"http://www.mtc.ca.gov/planning/bay_bridge/west_span_bike_ped/Presentation_12-13-11.pdf\"> designing the touchdowns\u003c/a> on Yerba Buena Island and San Francisco.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Campbell said the MTC brought together some respected bridge designers earlier this year, and the consensus was that a path doesn't need to be built on both sides of the bridge to keep it balanced, which would shave off the costs.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The new study is expected to take about a year, but Goodwin stresses a path could still be a decade way. Also, the funding hasn't been identified.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Still, bike advocates remained optimistic.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\" 'It’s going to happen in our lifetimes' is my mantra here,\" said Campbell. \"We built a path from Oakland to the island. It makes no sense to have a bike path halfway to San Francisco. Everybody realizes that.\"\u003c/p>\n\n",
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"content": "\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_107955\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 640px\">\u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2013/08/Bay-bridge-640.jpg\">\u003cimg class=\"size-full wp-image-107955\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2013/08/Bay-bridge-640.jpg\" alt=\"Bay Bridge's new eastern span, left, with older span, right. (Andrew Stelzer/KQED)\" width=\"640\" height=\"480\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Bay Bridge's new eastern span, left, with older span, right. (Andrew Stelzer/KQED)\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Ready for the latest plot twists in the long-running Bay Bridge Eastern Span Steel-Rod Saga? Here they are:\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Twist 1:\u003c/strong> Potentially bad news: Bridge officials and engineers on Tuesday reported new details of recently disclosed problems with the massive bolts that anchor the eastern span's tower. As the \u003ca href=\"http://www.sfgate.com/bayarea/article/Corrosion-feared-as-water-leaks-into-Bay-5781911.php\" target=\"_blank\">San Francisco Chronicle's Jaxon Van Derbeken reported last week\u003c/a>, engineers have discovered that virtually all of the 420-some 26-foot-long rods at the base of the tower have been sitting in water. That's a problem because steel rods under high tension and immersed in water might be prone to corrosion and even failure. Speaking as non-engineers but regular bridge users, we're guessing you don't want your 525-foot suspension tower anchored by steel that might snap.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[contextly_sidebar id=\"K2yGJdYKYyUWzrp2XDGEo6AIxo5Got9G\"]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Twist 2:\u003c/strong> Good news: the Metropolitan Transportation Commission's \u003ca href=\"http://files.mtc.ca.gov/pdf/TBPOC_Packet_30Sep14.pdf\" target=\"_blank\">Toll Bridge Program Oversight Committee\u003c/a> also reported Tuesday that inspection and testing of about 2,000 other major rods and bolts on the bridge shows they're in good shape. The condition of the rods became a concern in March 2013 when a batch of them installed in a seismic stability structure snapped after being tightened.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>We'll get to that, but first, let's return to that first plot twist -- about the big rods at the tower base. Bridge officials say that the 424 rods, which vary from 3 to 4 inches in diameter, have been exposed to water that either infiltrated from the bay somehow or came from rain. The source is under investigation.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Why were they exposed? Because, in many cases, protective grouting was incomplete or missing. Here's how \u003ca href=\"http://www.sfgate.com/bayarea/article/Nearly-all-Bay-Bridge-tower-rods-sitting-in-water-5792535.php\" target=\"_blank\">the Chronicle describes the situation\u003c/a>:\u003c/p>\n\u003cblockquote>\u003cp>Caltrans resident engineer Bill Casey said crews had found water on 95 percent of the rods at the base of the tower, in most cases “1 or 2 inches” deep in pockets between grout that surrounds the rods in their sleeves and caulk caps intended to keep the sleeves dry.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>However, 17 rods were not properly filled with grout, including one that had only a foot of the protective material in the 15-foot sleeve, Casey said. Those rods were stewing in several gallons of water. ...\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>... The rods were installed by Kiewit Construction, which had the fabrication contract for the 525-foot-tall tower foundation. They were put in place before the structure was added beginning in 2010.\u003c/p>\u003c/blockquote>\n\u003cp>Brian Maroney, the chief Caltrans engineer on the project, said the caulking may have failed when the rods at the tower base were tightened.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In their presentations Tuesday, engineers said steps are being taken to make sure the rods at the tower base are properly protected to prevent further corrosion. And they said that they don't believe the rods at the tower base are subject to snapping the way those in the seismic structure did last year. That's because even though both sets of rods apparently experienced long-term exposure to water, the tower rods are not under the same high tension that led the seismic rods to become brittle and break.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>And that leads us back to Twist 2 in our story.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Maroney presented \u003ca href=\"http://baybridgeinfo.org/sites/default/files/pdf/SFOBB-SAS%20Evaluation%20of%20the%20A354BD%20Rods%20Final%20Report.pdf\">a 187-page report\u003c/a> on an intensive testing and inspection program for all the 2,000-plus rods and bolts on the bridge that are made of the same kind of steel that failed in the eastern span's seismic structure. The verdict: The rest of the rods in the bridge appear to be in good shape and show no evidence of the kind of embrittlement that led the seismic steel to snap.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"To me one of the overwhelming lessons of this whole episode is that we should have been doing some sort of testing before we put these rods on the bridge, not after we installed them. We've been playing catch-up ever since,\" said Steve Heminger, executive director of the Metropolitan Transportation Commission and head of the toll bridge oversight panel.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Heminger has remained steadfastly upbeat as one problem after another has emerged in the new span's construction. The issues include the project's massive cost overruns -- it has cost about $6.5 billion, several times the original price tag -- questions about the quality of concrete used in bridge foundation, the discovery of water invading steel tendons that support the bridge's skyway structure, the discovery of water in structural supports in the suspension span, questions about the soundness of welding on sections of the bridge deck and allegations that Caltrans has mismanaged the project.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Tuesday, it sounded like Heminger's had enough bad news. \"I am a problem-solver,\" the Chron quotes him as saying about the new disclosures about the tower rods. \"This is another problem — I certainly wish we would stop finding problems to solve.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Sen. Mark DeSaulnier, D-Concord, is chairman of the state Senate Transportation and Housing Committee, which has been investigating the Bay Bridge construction problems. He said Tuesday that although he believes the new span is safe, he's concerned about what the future holds.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"How safe, and how much is it going to cost us to keep it safe, I think is a whole different discussion,\" he said. \"And it's my belief that unfortunately for people who commute over that bridge, people who pay the toll, they're going to be reading about these kinds of things for years to come.\"\u003c/p>\n\n",
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"content": "\u003cp>\u003cstrong>By \u003ca href=\"https://twitter.com/JWilliamsAP\" target=\"_blank\">Juliet Williams\u003c/a>\u003cbr>\nAssociated Press\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_126963\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 640px\">\u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2014/02/baybridge-640ab.jpg\">\u003cimg class=\"size-full wp-image-126963\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2014/02/baybridge-640ab.jpg\" alt=\"The new eastern span of the Bay Bridge shortly before it opened last September. (Justin Sullivan/Getty Images)\" width=\"640\" height=\"433\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">The new eastern span of the Bay Bridge shortly before it opened last September. (Justin Sullivan/Getty Images) \u003ccite>( Justin Sullivan/Getty Images)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>SACRAMENTO -- Senior officials who oversaw construction of the $6.5 billion eastern span of the San Francisco-Oakland Bay Bridge repeatedly and deliberately brushed off criticism about construction problems and sought to keep information secret as part of an \"institutionalized, if not malicious, lack of transparency in the project,\" a state Senate investigative report released Thursday found.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The 64-page report, commissioned by the Senate Committee on Transportation and Housing in the wake of numerous media reports about construction flaws, cost overruns and delays, found a pattern of mismanagement among Caltrans officials and systemic failures in the way problems were reported and tracked.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>However, none of the dozens of people interviewed has said the bridge is unsafe, the report said. (Report embedded below: \"\u003ca href=\"#baybridgereport\">San Francisco-Oakland Bay Bridge: Basic Reforms for the Future\u003c/a>.\")\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"Even the most aggrieved critics involved in the construction say they have confidence in the integrity of the structure,\" the report said, though many believe \"the officially estimated 150-year lifespan is exaggerated.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"It is the finding of this investigation that those involved in overseeing the project have attempted to keep many serious allegations quiet, rather than dealing with them in an open, businesslike manner,\" the report said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Most of the serious criticisms of the project were revealed by the news media rather than by government agencies.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Caltrans Director Malcolm Dougherty called the report flawed and said it failed to incorporate many of the corrections his agency pointed out after a draft was discussed at a hearing in January. (Embedded below: \u003ca href=\"#caltransresponse\">Official Caltrans response to Bay Bridge report\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"This report rehashes issues that have been investigated, reviewed and in many cases resolved,\" Dougherty said in a written statement. \"Any concerns about welds, anchor rods, tendons, leaks, and foundation testing have been investigated, in many cases by outside experts, and resolved.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The report came the same day a separate review by an independent panel of engineers found the engineering and design work met safety standards.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Dougherty acknowledged that the process was too secretive, partly because the legislation that created the toll bridge oversight committee for the bridge exempted it from California's open meetings law.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In retrospect, that was a mistake, Dougherty said in an interview.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The new state Senate report says there was an unspoken directive not to document problems in writing. Dougherty said that while he was not present for many of the verbal conversations referenced in the report, in his 24 years at the agency, \"I have never run into this non-documentation.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"I would hope that I'd be able to say that it's not the culture of the agency,\" he said, adding that officials have specific requirements about daily reports and how to document them. \"There should not be any direction not to document any issues.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The report also affirms reporting by the Sacramento Bee that Caltrans knowingly accepted potentially hazardous work by a Chinese firm that welded most of the new roadway and tower.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Numerous inspectors, both private contractors and Caltrans employees, said they raised red flags about cracked welds on deck panels. A mandatory state audit found the Shanghai company was inexperienced and its employees were not well trained.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>One contractor assigned to inspect the panels said he was admonished by senior Caltrans officials for being \"too rigorous.\" His firm's contract was not renewed when it expired in 2008. The report concluded it was one of numerous instances in which people and companies were punished for pointing out problems.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The report, which will be discussed at a hearing next Tuesday of the Transportation and Housing Committee, also found:\u003c/p>\n\u003cul>\n\u003cli>Objections that would further delay the project were rejected.\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>The state has spent $13 million on a database system designed to track bridge welding and address an outdated record-keeping system, but the system is still not available after seven years.\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>Some engineers were told to send critical emails without a subject line so they would be harder to retrieve in a public records request.\u003c/li>\n\u003c/ul>\n\u003cp>\u003ca id=\"baybridgereport\">\u003c/a>\u003ciframe id=\"doc_91788\" class=\"scribd_iframe_embed\" src=\"//www.scribd.com/embeds/235623599/content?start_page=1&view_mode=scroll&show_recommendations=false\" width=\"100%\" height=\"600\" frameborder=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\">\u003c/iframe>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca id=\"caltransresponse\">\u003c/a>\u003ciframe id=\"doc_33703\" class=\"scribd_iframe_embed\" src=\"//www.scribd.com/embeds/235625117/content?start_page=1&view_mode=scroll&show_recommendations=false\" width=\"100%\" height=\"600\" frameborder=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\">\u003c/iframe>\u003c/p>\n\n",
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