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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003cp>Environmental activists partied outside the \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/tag/san-francisco\">San Francisco\u003c/a> Ferry Building on Friday to celebrate the decommission of a Southern California oil rig.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The Center for Biological Diversity called the event a “retirement party” for Platform Esther, a soon-to-be decommissioned oil rig off the coast of Orange County.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Activists donned party hats and performed their own rendition of Kool & the Gang’s \u003cem>Celebration\u003c/em>, renamed \u003cem>Decommission. \u003c/em>They danced with a giant inflatable whale, and tore into a blue-iced cake decorated with a paper cutout of an oil rig.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003c/div>",
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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Inside the Ferry Building, the California State Lands Commission officially finalized the decommission at a hearing.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“This is actually a historic win. This platform is being retired about fifteen years ahead of the official end of its useful life,” said Ilonka Zlatar, an organizer with Oil and Gas Action Network. “We want to thank the State Lands Commission and the agencies that are standing up and helping us to transition into the clean energy economy that we need.”\u003c/p>\u003c/div>",
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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>Platform Esther was first built in 1965 and is located 1.5 miles off the coast of Seal Beach. It was rebuilt in the ’80s after sustaining major damage from a winter storm in 1983. Production officially ceased in August 2025.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>New leases for oil drilling off the coast haven’t been approved since 1984, and past Republican presidents have worked with Democrats in protecting California’s waters from drilling.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But conservation efforts have faced new threats under the current and past Trump administrations, which \u003ca href=\"https://www.sfchronicle.com/california/article/trump-offshore-drilling-21116334.php\">recently revealed a proposal\u003c/a> to dramatically ramp up oil drilling off California’s coast to increase the country’s energy independence.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>That plan will likely meet a barrage of obstacles in the form of local and state environmental regulations, with officials already expressing strong opposition.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But those looming threats weren’t enough to dampen the enthusiasm at Platform Esther’s retirement party.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“It’s really great to see agencies like the State Lands Commission taking bold steps like this to shut down oil operations in state waters,” said Brady Bradshaw, a senior oceans campaigner with the Center. “We’re hoping to see the state continue to fight against proposals like what’s coming with the Trump administration.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003c/div>\u003c/p>",
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"content": "\u003cp>Another year, \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11988380/want-to-go-camping-in-big-sur-this-summer-what-to-know\">another summer of the same closure on Highway 1 near Big Sur\u003c/a>, meaning you \u003cem>still\u003c/em> can’t drive all the way from San Francisco to Los Angeles along this iconic stretch of California coast.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>While Big Sur’s mountainous nature means the area is no stranger to slipouts and landslides that frequently close the highway, \u003ca href=\"https://www.instagram.com/p/DMB-P0Ts6Sf/?igsh=c3AwdHU3cWdxNDlt\">the “Regent’s Slide,” a 6-mile stretch of road just north of Lucia, remains closed indefinitely\u003c/a>, although \u003ca href=\"https://www.ksbw.com/article/highway-1-reopening-brings-big-sur-businesses/65452677\">California officials say there’ll be an update about the timeline in mid-August. \u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But there’s good news: Here in the Bay Area, we’re lucky to be on the north side of the closure, where ample state parks, camping spots and historic places in Big Sur are still accessible via Highway 1.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“On the north side, there’s still tons of stuff to do,” State Parks Monterey District Chief Ranger Mike Dippel said. And despite the closure, the coast north of the Regent’s Slide closure has still been busy, Dippel said, as visitors from the north make their out-and-back trips.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>So if you’re hoping to visit Big Sur this summer and want to work around the Highway 1 closure, read on for how to make the most of a Big Sur road trip from the Bay Area this year.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Jump straight to:\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cul>\n\u003cli>\u003cstrong>\u003ca href=\"#best-hikes-big-sur\">What to see in Big Sur during the Highway 1 closure\u003c/a>\u003c/strong>\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>\u003cstrong>\u003ca href=\"#WherecanIstayinBigSur\">Where to stay north of the closure in Big Sur\u003c/a>\u003c/strong>\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>\u003cstrong>\u003ca href=\"#ProtipsfromtheexpertsforagreatBigSurvisit\">Pro tips from the experts for a great Big Sur visit\u003c/a>\u003c/strong>\u003c/li>\n\u003c/ul>\n\u003ch2>Where \u003cem>can’t \u003c/em>I get to in Big Sur from the Bay Area during the highway closure?\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>When driving south on Highway 1 from the Bay Area, you’ll be able to get as far as the Esalen Institute, but then you’ll have to turn around. \u003ca href=\"https://www.bigsurcalifornia.org/highway-1-conditions/\">The Regent’s Slide closure here extends all the way from Esalen to Lucia Lodge\u003c/a>, meaning that there is \u003cem>no \u003c/em>direct Highway 1 access from the Bay Area to destinations like:[aside postID=news_11988380 hero='https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/05/BigSurCamping-1020x681.jpg']\u003c/p>\n\u003cul>\n\u003cli>\u003ca href=\"https://visitcambriaca.com/\">Cambria\u003c/a>\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>\u003ca href=\"https://www.parks.ca.gov/?page_id=590\">San Simeon\u003c/a> and \u003ca href=\"https://hearstcastle.org/\">Hearst Castle\u003c/a>\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>\u003ca href=\"https://www.parks.ca.gov/?page_id=577\">Limekiln State Park\u003c/a>\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>\u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12044161/bay-area-camping-alternatives-glamping-yurts-cabins-big-sur\">Treebones Resort\u003c/a>\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>\u003ca href=\"https://www.raggedpointinn.com/\">Ragged Point\u003c/a>\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>\u003ca href=\"https://elephantseal.org/live-view/\">The elephant seal lookout at Piedras Blancas\u003c/a>\u003c/li>\n\u003c/ul>\n\u003cp>To get to the above locations directly from the Bay, you’ll have to go the long way around, by taking Highway 101 to Paso Robles, then Highway 46 west to Cambria, picking up Highway 1 north. Adventurous drivers could also consider taking 101 to Pine Canyon, then using Jolon Road and \u003ca href=\"https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sEWfw4MBIsA\">Nacimiento-Fergusson Road\u003c/a> to travel west over the Santa Lucia mountains and rejoin Highway 1 south of Regent’s Slide at Kirk Creek, but be warned that these are winding mountain roads that could become treacherous in adverse weather.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>And if you’re determined to visit these locations south of Regent’s Slide while still experiencing some of that iconic Highway 1 drive south through Big Sur? You can totally do that, but remember that you’ll have to double back at least as far as Monterey to rejoin Highway 101 south, adding many extra hours to your journey.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>\u003ca id=\"WherecanIstayinBigSur\">\u003c/a>Where can I stay in Big Sur north of the highway closure?\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>The most popular place to camp is in the Big Sur Valley, either at \u003ca href=\"https://www.parks.ca.gov/?page_id=570\">Pfeiffer Big Sur State Park\u003c/a>, which tends to get booked out well in advance, or at one of the around a dozen other private campgrounds and cabin stays in the area. In the valley, \u003ca href=\"https://www.bigsurcamp.com/\">Big Sur Campgrounds & Cabins\u003c/a>, \u003ca href=\"https://fernwoodbigsur.com/\">Fernwood Resort & Campground\u003c/a>, \u003ca href=\"https://www.riversidecampground.com/\">Riverside Campgrounds & Cabins\u003c/a> and \u003ca href=\"https://ventanacamping.com/\">Ventana Campground\u003c/a> offer a full range of options for pitching your tent or parking an RV.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Even if you don’t score a campsite within the state park itself, you can still always enter the state parks with a day-use pass if you’re staying nearby. Looking for a reservationless dispersed camping spot or alternatives outside of the valley? \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11988380/want-to-go-camping-in-big-sur-this-summer-what-to-know\">Read more about where to camp in Big Sur\u003c/a>, from Andrew Molera and Julie Pfeiffer Burns state parks to dispersed camping options.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12049148\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 1500px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12049148\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/07/Julia-Pfeiffer-Burns-CA-Parks.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1500\" height=\"1001\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/07/Julia-Pfeiffer-Burns-CA-Parks.jpg 1500w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/07/Julia-Pfeiffer-Burns-CA-Parks-160x107.jpg 160w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1500px) 100vw, 1500px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Julia Pfeiffer Burns State Park. \u003ccite>(Courtesy of Brian Baer via California State Parks 2025 )\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Big Sur Valley “can get very crowded with lots of people, but it’s absolutely beautiful out there,” Dippel said, noting that the weather is typically much sunnier in the valley than directly on the coast. “You can almost guarantee that it’s going to be sunny when you get into Big Sur.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The Big Sur River runs through the valley and offers lots of opportunities for floating, tubing and swimming, particularly at the \u003ca href=\"http://alltrails.com/trail/us/california/big-sur-river-gorge-trail\">Big Sur River Gorge.\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>And don’t worry about finding something to eat, most lodges have their own dining options, plus iconic waterfront restaurants like \u003ca href=\"https://www.nepenthe.com/\">Nepenthe\u003c/a> are open all year round. Just watch for kitchen closing times on the earlier side.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>\u003ca id=\"best-hikes-big-sur\">\u003c/a>What places in Big Sur can I still visit while the highway’s closed?\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>Even with the Highway 1 closure in place at Esalen, there are still a massive number of hiking trails, vista points and iconic landmarks that are accessible from the north. That includes:\u003c/p>\n\u003cul>\n\u003cli>Point Lobos\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>Garrapata State Park\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>Bixby Bridge\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>Point Sur Lightstation\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>Andrew Molera State Park\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>Pfeiffer Big Sur State Park\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>Pfeiffer Beach\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>Hawthorne Gallery\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>Henry Miller Library\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>Julia Pfeiffer Burns State Park\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>McWay Falls.\u003c/li>\n\u003c/ul>\n\u003cp>With \u003cem>so many \u003c/em>iconic spots to stop along Highway 1’s steep, winding two-lane roads, Dippel warned visitors to stay aware at the most popular spots like \u003ca href=\"https://www.visitcalifornia.com/experience/bixby-bridge/\">Bixby Bridge\u003c/a> and \u003ca href=\"https://www.parks.ca.gov/?page_id=571\">Point Lobos\u003c/a>, where traffic and parking can get congested. For a more serene trip, you can consider coming during off times like weekdays or less busy seasons, he advised.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12049150\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 1500px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12049150\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/07/Lobos.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1500\" height=\"1000\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/07/Lobos.jpg 1500w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/07/Lobos-160x107.jpg 160w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1500px) 100vw, 1500px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Point Lobos Nature Reserve. \u003ccite>(Courtesy of Brian Baer via California State Parks 2025 )\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>“When you do come, just make sure you have awareness and are looking out for pedestrian traffic and vehicles suddenly stopping and trying to pull over,” Dippel said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Further down the coast is \u003ca href=\"https://www.alltrails.com/trail/us/california/pfeiffer-beach--4\">Pfeiffer Beach\u003c/a> with its famous rocky archway, which gets packed on popular weekend days, especially at sunset. \u003ca href=\"https://www.alltrails.com/trail/us/california/overlook-trail-to-mcway-falls-and-saddle-rock\">The overlook of McWay Falls\u003c/a> in \u003ca href=\"https://www.parks.ca.gov/?page_id=578\">Julia Pfeiffer Burns State Park\u003c/a> is also a particularly crowded spot, although be warned that the \u003ca href=\"https://www.parks.ca.gov/?page_id=29888\">trail down to the falls \u003c/a>is currently closed. Dippel also recommended checking out \u003ca href=\"https://www.alltrails.com/trail/us/california/partington-cove-trail\">Partington Cove\u003c/a>, a short hike from the highway into a redwood valley, through a tunnel and to an overlook of the cove.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>Are there any spots in Big Sur where I can avoid crowds?\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>While nowhere on the coast is truly immune to peak season weekend crowds, Dippel suggested checking out \u003ca href=\"https://www.parks.ca.gov/?page_id=579\">Garrapata State Park\u003c/a> and \u003ca href=\"https://www.parks.ca.gov/?page_id=582\">Andrew Molera State Park\u003c/a> for some more space to spread out.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Andrew Molera is just the iconic coastal California state park that encompasses everything: from the beach to the redwoods, to beautiful trails for beginners to advanced trails that want to go up a really big vertical incline or travel distance,” Dippel said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>He recommends doing part or all of the\u003ca href=\"https://www.alltrails.com/trail/us/california/creamery-meadow-bluffs-panorama-and-ridge-trail-loop\"> 8-mile bluff loop trail\u003c/a> or for a more relaxed hike, check out \u003ca href=\"https://www.alltrails.com/trail/us/california/walk-to-andrew-molera-beach\">Molera Beach\u003c/a> at the mouth of the Big Sur River.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>What else can I do in Big Sur aside from sightseeing and hiking?\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>In addition to the vistas, camping and hiking, there are also a few stops along the way to give you more insight into the area’s culture and history.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Tours of the historic \u003ca href=\"https://www.parks.ca.gov/?page_id=565\">Point Sur State Historic Park\u003c/a> lighthouse, run by volunteer docents, take you from Highway 1 over private ranch land to the iconic light station out on a rock formation overlooking the ocean.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11701342\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 1920px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-11701342\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/10/RS33425_84AD42F7-6D7C-4746-919E-8EE605106069-qut.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1440\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/10/RS33425_84AD42F7-6D7C-4746-919E-8EE605106069-qut.jpg 1920w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/10/RS33425_84AD42F7-6D7C-4746-919E-8EE605106069-qut-160x120.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/10/RS33425_84AD42F7-6D7C-4746-919E-8EE605106069-qut-800x600.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/10/RS33425_84AD42F7-6D7C-4746-919E-8EE605106069-qut-1020x765.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/10/RS33425_84AD42F7-6D7C-4746-919E-8EE605106069-qut-1200x900.jpg 1200w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/10/RS33425_84AD42F7-6D7C-4746-919E-8EE605106069-qut-1180x885.jpg 1180w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/10/RS33425_84AD42F7-6D7C-4746-919E-8EE605106069-qut-960x720.jpg 960w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/10/RS33425_84AD42F7-6D7C-4746-919E-8EE605106069-qut-240x180.jpg 240w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/10/RS33425_84AD42F7-6D7C-4746-919E-8EE605106069-qut-375x281.jpg 375w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/10/RS33425_84AD42F7-6D7C-4746-919E-8EE605106069-qut-520x390.jpg 520w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1920px) 100vw, 1920px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">The Pt. Sur Lighthouse has been operating since 1889. It’s one of California’s oldest and most remote light stations. \u003ccite>(Sasha Khokha/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>This lighthouse, built in 1889, “was a pretty remote station back before Highway 1 was put in,” said Carol O’Neil, volunteer historian at Point Sur, and it’s easy to imagine this isolation when you visit.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In three hours, you’ll learn about the history of the light station, plus tour the barn, blacksmith shop, keepers’ quarters and the lighthouse itself. Volunteer docents also lead another tour of the \u003ca href=\"http://www.pointsur.org/documents/nav_fac.pdf\">adjacent “top secret” Cold War-era naval facility\u003c/a> on Saturdays at 10:30 a.m. There are no reservations; all tours are first-come, first-served, so come around 30 minutes early to secure a spot, O’Neil said. They also offer moonlight tours of the light station during full moons in the summer.[aside postID=news_12048728 hero='https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/07/IMG_7302-2000x1500.jpg']Another can’t-miss spot along the coast is the \u003ca href=\"https://www.henrymiller.org/\">Henry Miller Library\u003c/a>, “where nothing happens,” joked Magnus Toren, the library’s director since 1993. Honoring the American writer, who lived in Big Sur from 1944 to 1963, the library houses works by Miller and his contemporaries.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In the spirit of Miller, the collection of books is curated to highlight local cultural and natural history and to maximize expression — without shying away from controversy, Toren said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“We bring in books that irritate people all across the board,” Toren said. “Books and words can cause a lot of emotion, which I think is an important thing to maybe put into people’s faces sometimes.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>And while the library is a place to relax and enjoy sitting in the grass, on the deck or browsing books, it’s also \u003ca href=\"https://www.eventbrite.com/o/henry-miller-memorial-library-440462807\">the unassuming site of many iconic musical artists\u003c/a> who have performed there, including Patti Smith, Fleet Foxes, Arcade Fire, Red Hot Chili Peppers and The Shins. But Toren said their real priority is to be a space for local performers up and down the coast.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“It’s still a very unassuming, in some ways, place that welcomes people of all stripes,” Toren said.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>\u003ca id=\"ProtipsfromtheexpertsforagreatBigSurvisit\">\u003c/a>Pro tips from the experts for a great Big Sur visit\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>Most of all, when visiting Big Sur, always have a backup plan in case of crowded parking lots or unexpected traffic, Dippel said. To avoid the worst of the crowds, he advised that you consider spacing out your key stops across your arrival and return journeys.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The majority of the drive will not have good cell service, so make sure you have a way to navigate in a signal-dead zone, for example, by \u003ca href=\"https://blog.google/products/maps/google-maps-offline/\">downloading Offline Maps from Google Maps\u003c/a>. If you’re visiting the region with friends in multiple cars, make sure you know where you’ll meet up without being able to call or text.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11988415\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 1920px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-11988415\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/05/BigSurCamping.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1282\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/05/BigSurCamping.jpg 1920w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/05/BigSurCamping-800x534.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/05/BigSurCamping-1020x681.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/05/BigSurCamping-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/05/BigSurCamping-1536x1026.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1920px) 100vw, 1920px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Planning a quick Big Sur camping getaway? Stick to the northern options closer to the Bay Area. Choose from public and private campgrounds or dispersed wilderness camping. \u003ccite>(Cavan Images/Getty Images)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>There are few gas stations in the Big Sur area, and for diesel trucks and cars, the last place to fill up is in Carmel, Dippel stressed.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Dippel also advises that visitors bring and drink more water than they think they might need, as the Big Sur coast tends to be much warmer than more northern coastal areas. 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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003cp>Another year, \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11988380/want-to-go-camping-in-big-sur-this-summer-what-to-know\">another summer of the same closure on Highway 1 near Big Sur\u003c/a>, meaning you \u003cem>still\u003c/em> can’t drive all the way from San Francisco to Los Angeles along this iconic stretch of California coast.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>While Big Sur’s mountainous nature means the area is no stranger to slipouts and landslides that frequently close the highway, \u003ca href=\"https://www.instagram.com/p/DMB-P0Ts6Sf/?igsh=c3AwdHU3cWdxNDlt\">the “Regent’s Slide,” a 6-mile stretch of road just north of Lucia, remains closed indefinitely\u003c/a>, although \u003ca href=\"https://www.ksbw.com/article/highway-1-reopening-brings-big-sur-businesses/65452677\">California officials say there’ll be an update about the timeline in mid-August. \u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But there’s good news: Here in the Bay Area, we’re lucky to be on the north side of the closure, where ample state parks, camping spots and historic places in Big Sur are still accessible via Highway 1.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003c/div>",
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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“On the north side, there’s still tons of stuff to do,” State Parks Monterey District Chief Ranger Mike Dippel said. And despite the closure, the coast north of the Regent’s Slide closure has still been busy, Dippel said, as visitors from the north make their out-and-back trips.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>So if you’re hoping to visit Big Sur this summer and want to work around the Highway 1 closure, read on for how to make the most of a Big Sur road trip from the Bay Area this year.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Jump straight to:\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cul>\n\u003cli>\u003cstrong>\u003ca href=\"#best-hikes-big-sur\">What to see in Big Sur during the Highway 1 closure\u003c/a>\u003c/strong>\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>\u003cstrong>\u003ca href=\"#WherecanIstayinBigSur\">Where to stay north of the closure in Big Sur\u003c/a>\u003c/strong>\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>\u003cstrong>\u003ca href=\"#ProtipsfromtheexpertsforagreatBigSurvisit\">Pro tips from the experts for a great Big Sur visit\u003c/a>\u003c/strong>\u003c/li>\n\u003c/ul>\n\u003ch2>Where \u003cem>can’t \u003c/em>I get to in Big Sur from the Bay Area during the highway closure?\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>When driving south on Highway 1 from the Bay Area, you’ll be able to get as far as the Esalen Institute, but then you’ll have to turn around. \u003ca href=\"https://www.bigsurcalifornia.org/highway-1-conditions/\">The Regent’s Slide closure here extends all the way from Esalen to Lucia Lodge\u003c/a>, meaning that there is \u003cem>no \u003c/em>direct Highway 1 access from the Bay Area to destinations like:\u003c/p>\u003c/div>",
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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cul>\n\u003cli>\u003ca href=\"https://visitcambriaca.com/\">Cambria\u003c/a>\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>\u003ca href=\"https://www.parks.ca.gov/?page_id=590\">San Simeon\u003c/a> and \u003ca href=\"https://hearstcastle.org/\">Hearst Castle\u003c/a>\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>\u003ca href=\"https://www.parks.ca.gov/?page_id=577\">Limekiln State Park\u003c/a>\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>\u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12044161/bay-area-camping-alternatives-glamping-yurts-cabins-big-sur\">Treebones Resort\u003c/a>\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>\u003ca href=\"https://www.raggedpointinn.com/\">Ragged Point\u003c/a>\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>\u003ca href=\"https://elephantseal.org/live-view/\">The elephant seal lookout at Piedras Blancas\u003c/a>\u003c/li>\n\u003c/ul>\n\u003cp>To get to the above locations directly from the Bay, you’ll have to go the long way around, by taking Highway 101 to Paso Robles, then Highway 46 west to Cambria, picking up Highway 1 north. Adventurous drivers could also consider taking 101 to Pine Canyon, then using Jolon Road and \u003ca href=\"https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sEWfw4MBIsA\">Nacimiento-Fergusson Road\u003c/a> to travel west over the Santa Lucia mountains and rejoin Highway 1 south of Regent’s Slide at Kirk Creek, but be warned that these are winding mountain roads that could become treacherous in adverse weather.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>And if you’re determined to visit these locations south of Regent’s Slide while still experiencing some of that iconic Highway 1 drive south through Big Sur? You can totally do that, but remember that you’ll have to double back at least as far as Monterey to rejoin Highway 101 south, adding many extra hours to your journey.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>\u003ca id=\"WherecanIstayinBigSur\">\u003c/a>Where can I stay in Big Sur north of the highway closure?\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>The most popular place to camp is in the Big Sur Valley, either at \u003ca href=\"https://www.parks.ca.gov/?page_id=570\">Pfeiffer Big Sur State Park\u003c/a>, which tends to get booked out well in advance, or at one of the around a dozen other private campgrounds and cabin stays in the area. In the valley, \u003ca href=\"https://www.bigsurcamp.com/\">Big Sur Campgrounds & Cabins\u003c/a>, \u003ca href=\"https://fernwoodbigsur.com/\">Fernwood Resort & Campground\u003c/a>, \u003ca href=\"https://www.riversidecampground.com/\">Riverside Campgrounds & Cabins\u003c/a> and \u003ca href=\"https://ventanacamping.com/\">Ventana Campground\u003c/a> offer a full range of options for pitching your tent or parking an RV.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Even if you don’t score a campsite within the state park itself, you can still always enter the state parks with a day-use pass if you’re staying nearby. Looking for a reservationless dispersed camping spot or alternatives outside of the valley? \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11988380/want-to-go-camping-in-big-sur-this-summer-what-to-know\">Read more about where to camp in Big Sur\u003c/a>, from Andrew Molera and Julie Pfeiffer Burns state parks to dispersed camping options.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12049148\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 1500px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12049148\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/07/Julia-Pfeiffer-Burns-CA-Parks.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1500\" height=\"1001\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/07/Julia-Pfeiffer-Burns-CA-Parks.jpg 1500w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/07/Julia-Pfeiffer-Burns-CA-Parks-160x107.jpg 160w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1500px) 100vw, 1500px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Julia Pfeiffer Burns State Park. \u003ccite>(Courtesy of Brian Baer via California State Parks 2025 )\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Big Sur Valley “can get very crowded with lots of people, but it’s absolutely beautiful out there,” Dippel said, noting that the weather is typically much sunnier in the valley than directly on the coast. “You can almost guarantee that it’s going to be sunny when you get into Big Sur.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The Big Sur River runs through the valley and offers lots of opportunities for floating, tubing and swimming, particularly at the \u003ca href=\"http://alltrails.com/trail/us/california/big-sur-river-gorge-trail\">Big Sur River Gorge.\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>And don’t worry about finding something to eat, most lodges have their own dining options, plus iconic waterfront restaurants like \u003ca href=\"https://www.nepenthe.com/\">Nepenthe\u003c/a> are open all year round. Just watch for kitchen closing times on the earlier side.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>\u003ca id=\"best-hikes-big-sur\">\u003c/a>What places in Big Sur can I still visit while the highway’s closed?\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>Even with the Highway 1 closure in place at Esalen, there are still a massive number of hiking trails, vista points and iconic landmarks that are accessible from the north. That includes:\u003c/p>\n\u003cul>\n\u003cli>Point Lobos\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>Garrapata State Park\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>Bixby Bridge\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>Point Sur Lightstation\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>Andrew Molera State Park\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>Pfeiffer Big Sur State Park\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>Pfeiffer Beach\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>Hawthorne Gallery\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>Henry Miller Library\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>Julia Pfeiffer Burns State Park\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>McWay Falls.\u003c/li>\n\u003c/ul>\n\u003cp>With \u003cem>so many \u003c/em>iconic spots to stop along Highway 1’s steep, winding two-lane roads, Dippel warned visitors to stay aware at the most popular spots like \u003ca href=\"https://www.visitcalifornia.com/experience/bixby-bridge/\">Bixby Bridge\u003c/a> and \u003ca href=\"https://www.parks.ca.gov/?page_id=571\">Point Lobos\u003c/a>, where traffic and parking can get congested. For a more serene trip, you can consider coming during off times like weekdays or less busy seasons, he advised.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12049150\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 1500px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12049150\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/07/Lobos.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1500\" height=\"1000\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/07/Lobos.jpg 1500w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/07/Lobos-160x107.jpg 160w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1500px) 100vw, 1500px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Point Lobos Nature Reserve. \u003ccite>(Courtesy of Brian Baer via California State Parks 2025 )\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>“When you do come, just make sure you have awareness and are looking out for pedestrian traffic and vehicles suddenly stopping and trying to pull over,” Dippel said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Further down the coast is \u003ca href=\"https://www.alltrails.com/trail/us/california/pfeiffer-beach--4\">Pfeiffer Beach\u003c/a> with its famous rocky archway, which gets packed on popular weekend days, especially at sunset. \u003ca href=\"https://www.alltrails.com/trail/us/california/overlook-trail-to-mcway-falls-and-saddle-rock\">The overlook of McWay Falls\u003c/a> in \u003ca href=\"https://www.parks.ca.gov/?page_id=578\">Julia Pfeiffer Burns State Park\u003c/a> is also a particularly crowded spot, although be warned that the \u003ca href=\"https://www.parks.ca.gov/?page_id=29888\">trail down to the falls \u003c/a>is currently closed. Dippel also recommended checking out \u003ca href=\"https://www.alltrails.com/trail/us/california/partington-cove-trail\">Partington Cove\u003c/a>, a short hike from the highway into a redwood valley, through a tunnel and to an overlook of the cove.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>Are there any spots in Big Sur where I can avoid crowds?\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>While nowhere on the coast is truly immune to peak season weekend crowds, Dippel suggested checking out \u003ca href=\"https://www.parks.ca.gov/?page_id=579\">Garrapata State Park\u003c/a> and \u003ca href=\"https://www.parks.ca.gov/?page_id=582\">Andrew Molera State Park\u003c/a> for some more space to spread out.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Andrew Molera is just the iconic coastal California state park that encompasses everything: from the beach to the redwoods, to beautiful trails for beginners to advanced trails that want to go up a really big vertical incline or travel distance,” Dippel said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>He recommends doing part or all of the\u003ca href=\"https://www.alltrails.com/trail/us/california/creamery-meadow-bluffs-panorama-and-ridge-trail-loop\"> 8-mile bluff loop trail\u003c/a> or for a more relaxed hike, check out \u003ca href=\"https://www.alltrails.com/trail/us/california/walk-to-andrew-molera-beach\">Molera Beach\u003c/a> at the mouth of the Big Sur River.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>What else can I do in Big Sur aside from sightseeing and hiking?\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>In addition to the vistas, camping and hiking, there are also a few stops along the way to give you more insight into the area’s culture and history.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Tours of the historic \u003ca href=\"https://www.parks.ca.gov/?page_id=565\">Point Sur State Historic Park\u003c/a> lighthouse, run by volunteer docents, take you from Highway 1 over private ranch land to the iconic light station out on a rock formation overlooking the ocean.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11701342\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 1920px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-11701342\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/10/RS33425_84AD42F7-6D7C-4746-919E-8EE605106069-qut.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1440\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/10/RS33425_84AD42F7-6D7C-4746-919E-8EE605106069-qut.jpg 1920w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/10/RS33425_84AD42F7-6D7C-4746-919E-8EE605106069-qut-160x120.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/10/RS33425_84AD42F7-6D7C-4746-919E-8EE605106069-qut-800x600.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/10/RS33425_84AD42F7-6D7C-4746-919E-8EE605106069-qut-1020x765.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/10/RS33425_84AD42F7-6D7C-4746-919E-8EE605106069-qut-1200x900.jpg 1200w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/10/RS33425_84AD42F7-6D7C-4746-919E-8EE605106069-qut-1180x885.jpg 1180w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/10/RS33425_84AD42F7-6D7C-4746-919E-8EE605106069-qut-960x720.jpg 960w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/10/RS33425_84AD42F7-6D7C-4746-919E-8EE605106069-qut-240x180.jpg 240w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/10/RS33425_84AD42F7-6D7C-4746-919E-8EE605106069-qut-375x281.jpg 375w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/10/RS33425_84AD42F7-6D7C-4746-919E-8EE605106069-qut-520x390.jpg 520w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1920px) 100vw, 1920px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">The Pt. 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They also offer moonlight tours of the light station during full moons in the summer.\u003c/p>\u003c/div>",
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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>Another can’t-miss spot along the coast is the \u003ca href=\"https://www.henrymiller.org/\">Henry Miller Library\u003c/a>, “where nothing happens,” joked Magnus Toren, the library’s director since 1993. Honoring the American writer, who lived in Big Sur from 1944 to 1963, the library houses works by Miller and his contemporaries.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In the spirit of Miller, the collection of books is curated to highlight local cultural and natural history and to maximize expression — without shying away from controversy, Toren said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“We bring in books that irritate people all across the board,” Toren said. “Books and words can cause a lot of emotion, which I think is an important thing to maybe put into people’s faces sometimes.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>And while the library is a place to relax and enjoy sitting in the grass, on the deck or browsing books, it’s also \u003ca href=\"https://www.eventbrite.com/o/henry-miller-memorial-library-440462807\">the unassuming site of many iconic musical artists\u003c/a> who have performed there, including Patti Smith, Fleet Foxes, Arcade Fire, Red Hot Chili Peppers and The Shins. But Toren said their real priority is to be a space for local performers up and down the coast.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“It’s still a very unassuming, in some ways, place that welcomes people of all stripes,” Toren said.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>\u003ca id=\"ProtipsfromtheexpertsforagreatBigSurvisit\">\u003c/a>Pro tips from the experts for a great Big Sur visit\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>Most of all, when visiting Big Sur, always have a backup plan in case of crowded parking lots or unexpected traffic, Dippel said. To avoid the worst of the crowds, he advised that you consider spacing out your key stops across your arrival and return journeys.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The majority of the drive will not have good cell service, so make sure you have a way to navigate in a signal-dead zone, for example, by \u003ca href=\"https://blog.google/products/maps/google-maps-offline/\">downloading Offline Maps from Google Maps\u003c/a>. If you’re visiting the region with friends in multiple cars, make sure you know where you’ll meet up without being able to call or text.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11988415\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 1920px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-11988415\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/05/BigSurCamping.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1282\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/05/BigSurCamping.jpg 1920w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/05/BigSurCamping-800x534.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/05/BigSurCamping-1020x681.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/05/BigSurCamping-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/05/BigSurCamping-1536x1026.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1920px) 100vw, 1920px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Planning a quick Big Sur camping getaway? Stick to the northern options closer to the Bay Area. Choose from public and private campgrounds or dispersed wilderness camping. \u003ccite>(Cavan Images/Getty Images)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>There are few gas stations in the Big Sur area, and for diesel trucks and cars, the last place to fill up is in Carmel, Dippel stressed.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Dippel also advises that visitors bring and drink more water than they think they might need, as the Big Sur coast tends to be much warmer than more northern coastal areas. 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"content": "\u003cp>Bottom line: \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/tag/ocean-beach\">Ocean Beach\u003c/a> don’t play.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Ahead of a sunny Memorial Day weekend, the San Francisco Fire Department is urging anyone headed to the city’s beachfront to, in no uncertain terms, stay the hell out of the water.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Ocean Beach is its own animal. And we want to just have people aware of it,” said Mariano Elias, a Fire Department spokesperson. “Because people have died. … That is the reality.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Unless you’re a very strong swimmer or surfer familiar with the water at this beach and have reviewed the most recent tide charts, the general recommendation is “don’t go into the water,” he said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"https://files.constantcontact.com/5e99cb80601/6958c4fd-a1c9-47bc-a470-d6c6ca6f880e.pdf\">The warning\u003c/a>, issued in partnership with local offices of the National Park Service and National Weather Service, which help manage and monitor the shoreline, follows a series of recent instances of people getting swept away by the beach’s notoriously strong rip currents.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12033006\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12033006\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/03/250325-APARTMENTSONWESTSIDE-10-BL-KQED.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/03/250325-APARTMENTSONWESTSIDE-10-BL-KQED.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/03/250325-APARTMENTSONWESTSIDE-10-BL-KQED-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/03/250325-APARTMENTSONWESTSIDE-10-BL-KQED-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/03/250325-APARTMENTSONWESTSIDE-10-BL-KQED-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/03/250325-APARTMENTSONWESTSIDE-10-BL-KQED-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/03/250325-APARTMENTSONWESTSIDE-10-BL-KQED-1920x1280.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">A view of the Sunset District and Ocean Beach in San Francisco on March 25, 2025. \u003ccite>(Beth LaBerge/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>In one fatal incident this month, a man who tried to retrieve his dog from the water at Ocean Beach near Lawton Street got caught in the current and lost consciousness. Two bystanders pulled him out of the water, attempted CPR and called 911. Fire Department rescuers were unable to revive him, and he was pronounced dead, Elias said, noting that the dog made it out of the water on its own.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The department has not yet released information on the man’s identity, he added.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Two days later, on a warm, sunny Saturday afternoon, members of the department’s surf rescue team responded to another incident, near Fort Funston, where a young man from Modesto went swimming and got similarly pulled out by the current, Elias said. The man’s younger brother jumped in to try to help him but got caught as well, and he ended up fighting the current for about 20 minutes before making it back to shore, completely fatigued, with his unconscious brother in tow, onlookers reported.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-12041149\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/05/Rip_Currents_Sign4-20top-Copy-e1747867324142.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"350\" height=\"236\">\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“This has happened before, I’ve seen it in my career, where a family comes to the beach to enjoy the water and the warm weather,” said Elias, whose department fields an average of about 45 Ocean Beach-related rescue calls each year. “It’s warm, so they want to get in the water and swim.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>A fire rescue crew was able to revive both brothers after transporting them to the parking lot on the cliff above the beach and performing life-saving measures.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Elias, who was part of that day’s rescue operation, noted that when members of a surf rescue crew respond to an incident like this, it takes their entire fire station offline for the duration of the rescue.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“It does take quite a few individuals to do an operation like this,” he said. “Someone in the water would take out that whole station out of play for another 911 call.”\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>What is a rip current?\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>A rip current, sometimes referred to (incorrectly) as a rip tide, is defined as a localized current that flows toward the ocean “perpendicular or at an acute angle to the shoreline,” according to \u003ca href=\"https://oceanservice.noaa.gov/education/tutorial_currents/03coastal3.html#:~:text=When%20waves%20travel%20from%20deep,the%20force%20of%20the%20current.\">the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration\u003c/a>. It commonly forms close to shore around low spots or breaks in sandbars, as well as near structures like jetties and piers.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>A rip current can look like a strip of darker water forming a gap in the waves breaking around it, and it is much easier to spot from higher ground, according to the \u003ca href=\"https://www.weather.gov/safety/ripcurrent-science\">National Weather Service\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>https://youtu.be/RJ4hcaJ91TY?si=9uRQlApyBIdy53ki\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“A person caught in a rip can be swept away from shore very quickly,” according to NOAA’s site, which notes that the currents don’t actually pull you under and emphasizes the importance of not panicking if caught in one.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The best way to escape a rip current is by swimming parallel to the shore instead of toward it, since most rip currents are less than 80 feet wide. A swimmer can also let the current carry them out to sea until the force weakens, because rip currents stay close to shore and usually dissipate just beyond the line of breaking waves, NOAA’s site said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The 3.5-mile expanse of Ocean Beach lining San Francisco’s western perimeter is widely considered \u003ca href=\"https://www.sfgate.com/news/article/Why-S-F-s-Ocean-Beach-is-Deadly-Several-3002654.php\">among the most dangerous stretches of urban shoreline\u003c/a> in the country, the force of its rips fueled by billions of gallons of water that slosh in and out of the Golden Gate during each tidal shift, creating unusual lateral currents. Additionally, the beach faces prevailing westerly swells and winds, and its coarse-grained sand creates a steep gradient, all of which helps strengthen the force of rips.[aside postID=news_12036078 hero='https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/04/20250412_SunsetDunesGrandOpening_GC-15_qed-1020x680.jpg']Although warning signs are posted at the entrances to the beach, there are no lifeguards, and the water can often appear deceptively calm, veiling the forces beneath its surface. Even shallow areas can be dangerous, with instances of people being swept out in just 3 feet of water.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Ocean Beach is NOT a swimming beach, and the public should NOT enter the water,” the fire department’s joint press release states. The ocean, it said, is “insidiously dangerous in the summer months, luring people in during times of heat and seemingly benign conditions only to be swept into cold, turbulent waters.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>This statement encourages people who want to swim to go to nearby Stinson Beach, across the bridge in Marin, where Golden Gate National Recreation Area staffs on-duty lifeguards seven days a week from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. between Memorial Day and Labor Day.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The statement goes on to note that the Pacific coastline attracts visitors from around the world for “its rugged beauty,” imploring visitors to “live to share your wonderful stories and photos.”\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>Tips to stay safe in a rip current\u003c/h2>\n\u003col>\n\u003cli>Stay calm — rip currents don’t pull you under.\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>If caught in a rip current, do not fight it.\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>Swim parallel to shore, and then once out of the current, back towards shore.\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>If you can’t escape, float or tread water to conserve energy until you are rescued.\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>If you need help, wave your hands high in the air and call for help.\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>Keep pets on a leash and do not swim after them if they get swept into the sea. 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Two bystanders pulled him out of the water, attempted CPR and called 911. Fire Department rescuers were unable to revive him, and he was pronounced dead, Elias said, noting that the dog made it out of the water on its own.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The department has not yet released information on the man’s identity, he added.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Two days later, on a warm, sunny Saturday afternoon, members of the department’s surf rescue team responded to another incident, near Fort Funston, where a young man from Modesto went swimming and got similarly pulled out by the current, Elias said. The man’s younger brother jumped in to try to help him but got caught as well, and he ended up fighting the current for about 20 minutes before making it back to shore, completely fatigued, with his unconscious brother in tow, onlookers reported.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-12041149\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/05/Rip_Currents_Sign4-20top-Copy-e1747867324142.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"350\" height=\"236\">\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“This has happened before, I’ve seen it in my career, where a family comes to the beach to enjoy the water and the warm weather,” said Elias, whose department fields an average of about 45 Ocean Beach-related rescue calls each year. “It’s warm, so they want to get in the water and swim.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>A fire rescue crew was able to revive both brothers after transporting them to the parking lot on the cliff above the beach and performing life-saving measures.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Elias, who was part of that day’s rescue operation, noted that when members of a surf rescue crew respond to an incident like this, it takes their entire fire station offline for the duration of the rescue.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“It does take quite a few individuals to do an operation like this,” he said. “Someone in the water would take out that whole station out of play for another 911 call.”\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>What is a rip current?\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>A rip current, sometimes referred to (incorrectly) as a rip tide, is defined as a localized current that flows toward the ocean “perpendicular or at an acute angle to the shoreline,” according to \u003ca href=\"https://oceanservice.noaa.gov/education/tutorial_currents/03coastal3.html#:~:text=When%20waves%20travel%20from%20deep,the%20force%20of%20the%20current.\">the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration\u003c/a>. 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The park service also said it would revise its general management plan to rezone about 16,000 acres of the seashore to disallow most agricultural operations and add \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11936802/cattle-ranching-is-at-the-center-of-a-battle-brewing-in-point-reyes\">protections for the tule elk\u003c/a> population there.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>According to the letter sent Thursday to the Nature Conservancy and other environmental organizations who were party to the deal, Congress members are concerned about the “lack of transparency” and potential “environmental and legal consequences” of the deal, as well as the environmental nonprofit’s part in it.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The terms of the deal have been kept mostly private, and ranchers had to sign non-disclosure agreements related to the settlement and their compensation, according to the letter.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Congress members are now alleging that the NDAs have “muzzled” lessies who agreed to the deal and that many aren’t happy with its terms.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11936879\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 1920px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-11936879\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/01/DSC5237-scaled-e1672877098790.jpg\" alt=\"Four male elk walk down a grassy hillside\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1280\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Once abundant in Point Reyes, Tule elk were nearly hunted to extinction. In the 1970s, the Parks Service designated the northern tip of Point Reyes as an elk preserve. \u003ccite>(Amanda Font/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>“The committee understands that not only are some parties uncomfortable with the settlement agreement, but also that [Nature Conservancy] donors and environmental advocates have expressed displeasure with the settlement,” the letter reads.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The Nature Conservancy said in a statement that it “was not part of the Point Reyes litigation, but was asked by all of the litigating parties, including the ranchers, to join their mediation as an honest broker and help find a compromise to end the long-standing conflict.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“As an organization, we have a long history of partnering with ranchers, farmers and communities who work closest to the land to help conserve the lands and waters that sustain us all,” the statement reads. “We have long considered farmers and ranchers some of our greatest conservation allies.”[aside postID=news_12029675 hero='https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/03/NimanRanchGetty-1020x680.jpg']The settlement came after three environmental groups — Resource Renewal Institute, the Center for Biological Diversity and the Western Watersheds Project — sued the park service in 2022, faulting it for part of the ecological damage done by ranchers.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But the deal spurred anger and anxiety within the \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/tag/marin-county\">West Marin\u003c/a> community, where ranching had been an economic backbone for generations. One rancher who agreed to the buyout told KQED at the time that even though he ultimately took the settlement, he and other ranchers “felt so much in a corner that [they] didn’t know what else to do.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Nicolette Hahn Niman and her husband, William, who own Niman Ranch, refused the deal and \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12029675/niman-ranch-challenges-point-reyes-seashore-settlement-in-lawsuit-over-ranching\">filed a lawsuit\u003c/a> against the park service in March, saying that the move to bar ranching would cause environmental damage and failed to account for Congress’ goal to preserve the “ranching and agricultural heritage” of the seashore.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>A second lawsuit filed against the park service, Nature Conservancy and Department of Interior alleges that they conspired to pay off the ranchers. West Marin attorney Andrew Giacomini filed the suit on behalf of local workers \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12002972/west-marin-worker-housing-often-substandard-and-faulty-new-report-finds\">who live in housing on the ranches\u003c/a> — one of few affordable options in the area — and are now poised to be evicted in the coming year.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The members of Congress are requesting wide-ranging communication records between the Nature Conservancy, the environmental groups that brought the 2022 suit, the National Park Service, and the ranchers who are party to the settlement.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12035708\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12035708\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/04/20240426_DeptofLaborAnnouncement-11_qed.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/04/20240426_DeptofLaborAnnouncement-11_qed.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/04/20240426_DeptofLaborAnnouncement-11_qed-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/04/20240426_DeptofLaborAnnouncement-11_qed-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/04/20240426_DeptofLaborAnnouncement-11_qed-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/04/20240426_DeptofLaborAnnouncement-11_qed-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/04/20240426_DeptofLaborAnnouncement-11_qed-1920x1280.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">U.S. Congressman Jared Huffman speaks during a press conference in Santa Rosa on April 26, 2024. \u003ccite>(Gina Castro/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>They also seem to be reviewing the Nature Conservancy’s new role helping manage the seashore under the park service’s revision to the General Management Plan this year, which they believe could be a conflict of interest because of the nonprofit’s part in the land deal.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Huffman, whose district includes West Marin, said he didn’t have any advance knowledge that the probe was being launched and that the representatives investigating never asked for information regarding the settlement before now.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“There’s nothing to hide here,” he said. “I would have gladly brought them to Point Reyes, had them sit down and talk to the ranchers. There’s nothing controversial or scandalous in any of this, it’s just a painful and difficult business decision that these ranching families have made.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>He said that the probe has the possibility to reverse the historic deal unless the ranchers who agreed to it back it up.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Ranching families who “have largely been silent for the last few months … [are] going to need to explain that they want this deal and that people should knock it off and stop politicizing it,” Huffman said. “If they do that, then we can probably still move forward, but if they’ve changed their minds, then we’re probably in a new place.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n",
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"content": "\u003cp>A rarely spotted juvenile minke whale that stranded itself on a mudflat in the San Francisco Bay near Emeryville was euthanized on Tuesday, marking the fourth whale death in the area in less than two weeks.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Our teams have made the difficult decision to humanely euthanize this animal to relieve its suffering,” said Giancarlo Rulli, a spokesperson with the Marine Mammal Center in Sausalito. He noted that the whale had beached itself on several different occasions in recent days and was found almost completely out of the water, suffering from severe sunburns and struggling to breathe.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“If we can relieve an animal of its suffering, from an animal welfare point of view, we take that with incredible sincerity,” he said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The 20-foot-long whale — only the fifth documented minke whale sighting in the bay since 2009 — was seen stranded on Monday afternoon. The incoming tide helped it move to deeper waters on Tuesday morning, but it got stuck in the mud again, within 20 feet from shore, later in the day.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Alameda County firefighters laid down wooden planks in the mud to reach the animal but were unable to rescue it.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Rulli said the center planned to conduct a necropsy — or animal autopsy — to try to determine why the animal was “showcasing these symptoms and behavioral patterns that are just very abnormal for a live, fully healthy functioning whale.” Results will take several weeks, he said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12035247\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12035247\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/04/WhaleDeath.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1500\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/04/WhaleDeath.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/04/WhaleDeath-800x600.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/04/WhaleDeath-1020x765.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/04/WhaleDeath-160x120.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/04/WhaleDeath-1536x1152.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/04/WhaleDeath-1920x1440.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Scientists prepare to humanely euthanize a stranded juvenile minke whale in Emeryville after efforts to save it proved unsuccessful. \u003ccite>(Courtesy of Sean Hathorn)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>It’s been a rough couple of weeks for whales in the Bay Area.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Three dead gray whales were discovered in different locations in and around the bay last week, including an emaciated “subadult” female seen near Alcatraz on April 1 and another floating east of Angel Island State Park the following day. A third was spotted on Friday, off San Francisco’s Fort Point Rock Beach, in the shadow of the Golden Gate Bridge.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>It’s unclear what killed the gray whales, Rulli said, noting that two were found in relatively good shape. The third, however, had six fractured vertebrae, suggesting it had been struck by a vessel, he said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“To have four dead whales in a week and a half is very high,” Rulli said, noting that the center hasn’t responded to a high-mortality event like this since April 2021, when \u003ca href=\"https://www.washingtonpost.com/science/2021/04/11/whales-sf-bay-beaches/\">four gray whales were found dead\u003c/a> in the Bay Area in the span of eight days. “It’s extremely difficult.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But he cautioned against drawing correlations between the gray whale and minke whale fatalities.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[aside postID=news_12002077 hero='https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/08/WhaleSightings2-1020x680.jpg']\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“These are two very different species,” he said. “The going theory is that … the factors involved are suspected to be quite different.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Whereas sightings of minke whales are exceedingly rare in the Bay Area, gray whales have, in recent years, become an increasingly common presence between late February and May, using the calm waters of the bay as a resting stop during their vast annual northern migration.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Some ferry services and commercial vessels have even adjusted their routes to avoid hitting the whales, Rulli said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Another minke whale was \u003ca href=\"https://www.latimes.com/california/story/2025-04-06/minke-whale-trapped-long-beach-harbor-dies-officials-say\">found dead on Sunday\u003c/a> in Long Beach Harbor in Southern California, where an algal bloom is producing a surge in domoic acid. 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But commissioners ultimately landed on Sunset Dunes at the nomination of president Kat Anderson, who said the name contained two of the three main themes identified by city staff.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“[That name] does a great job of honoring the neighborhood and hitting the two primary benefits of the area: the fact that you can enjoy the dunes and the sunset,” said public commenter Ben Davis, who leads the arts nonprofit Illuminate.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In order to land at those five choices to recommend to the commission, city staffers narrowed the field from over 4,000 submissions over the course of several stages since the beginning of March, outlined in a \u003ca href=\"https://sfrecpark.org/DocumentCenter/View/25804/Item-2-Great-Highway-Naming-Proposal---Staff-Report-040925\">staff report filed Wednesday\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12032870\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12032870\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/03/240214-CoastalCommission-38-BL_qed.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/03/240214-CoastalCommission-38-BL_qed.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/03/240214-CoastalCommission-38-BL_qed-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/03/240214-CoastalCommission-38-BL_qed-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/03/240214-CoastalCommission-38-BL_qed-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/03/240214-CoastalCommission-38-BL_qed-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/03/240214-CoastalCommission-38-BL_qed-1920x1280.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Houses line the Great Highway near Ocean Beach in San Francisco’s Sunset District neighborhood on Feb. 14, 2024. \u003ccite>(Beth LaBerge/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Many residents used the submission process to air their grievances against District 4 Supervisor Joel Engardio, whose support for Proposition K to permanently close the section of the Great Highway to vehicles put him at odds with many people in his district. Among them were names like “Engardio’s Folly” and “Traitor Joel’s,” \u003ca href=\"https://missionlocal.org/2025/04/sf-great-highway-ocean-beach-park/\">\u003cem>Mission Local\u003c/em> reported\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Over 3,000 submissions remained even after weeding out unsavory ones that took aim at Engardio or those that could cause confusion with existing parks like Land’s End or Ocean Beach. Staffers identified top themes such as dunes, sunset and esplanade.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The top 15 contenders were then selected for a trial by survey. Thousands of residents voted on their favorites from the shortlist and graded them on a rubric based on historical significance, natural and geographical importance, community relevance, placemaking impact, and appropriateness and clarity.[aside postID=news_12032868 hero='https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/03/240214-CoastalCommission-33-BL_qed-1-1020x680.jpg']“As the space enters its next chapter, it’s great that San Franciscans got to have a say in the park’s name,” said Heidi Moseson, vice president of the nonprofit Friends of Ocean Beach Park.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Not all residents are as excited about the park’s grand opening. Although voters passed Proposition K by a narrow margin in November, a majority of westside residents voted in opposition, with many opponents calling the road a necessary throughway for neighborhoods like the Sunset District.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Commissioner Larry Mazzola, a lifelong resident of the city’s westside, said Proposition K should never have gone to a citywide vote. During the meeting, he jokingly suggested the name Reopen the Great Highway Park.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I go into this vote today not feeling excited or proud. Instead, I feel pressured to name something I never wanted in the first place,” he said. “And a supermajority of the westside feels the same way I do.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Since the section of the highway \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12031300/this-stretch-san-franciscos-great-highway-now-permanently-closed-cars\">closed\u003c/a> on March 14, the park has been \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12032868/sf-park-repeatedly-vandalized-after-great-highway-closed-cars\">vandalized multiple times\u003c/a> with graffiti — and, like the name suggestions, many of the tags called out Engardio specifically.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The anger toward the supervisor by his own constituents boiled over into \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12017070/sf-supervisor-faces-a-recall-campaign-over-great-highway-closure\">a recall campaign\u003c/a> launched against him shortly after the November election. Others also unsuccessfully \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12030751/days-before-san-franciscos-great-highway-closure-opponents-aim-block-it\">filed a lawsuit\u003c/a> to block the highway closure.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Despite legal and cultural backlash to the project, the park is expected to have a grand opening Saturday under its new name. City staff compared the undertaking to the removal of the Embarcadero Freeway more than 30 years ago.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“In 10, 20 years, everybody will be like, ‘I’m glad that that commission did that, I’m glad that that vote did that, I’m glad that that happened,’” said Commissioner Sonya Clark-Herrera.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n",
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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>“As the space enters its next chapter, it’s great that San Franciscans got to have a say in the park’s name,” said Heidi Moseson, vice president of the nonprofit Friends of Ocean Beach Park.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Not all residents are as excited about the park’s grand opening. Although voters passed Proposition K by a narrow margin in November, a majority of westside residents voted in opposition, with many opponents calling the road a necessary throughway for neighborhoods like the Sunset District.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Commissioner Larry Mazzola, a lifelong resident of the city’s westside, said Proposition K should never have gone to a citywide vote. During the meeting, he jokingly suggested the name Reopen the Great Highway Park.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I go into this vote today not feeling excited or proud. Instead, I feel pressured to name something I never wanted in the first place,” he said. “And a supermajority of the westside feels the same way I do.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Since the section of the highway \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12031300/this-stretch-san-franciscos-great-highway-now-permanently-closed-cars\">closed\u003c/a> on March 14, the park has been \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12032868/sf-park-repeatedly-vandalized-after-great-highway-closed-cars\">vandalized multiple times\u003c/a> with graffiti — and, like the name suggestions, many of the tags called out Engardio specifically.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The anger toward the supervisor by his own constituents boiled over into \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12017070/sf-supervisor-faces-a-recall-campaign-over-great-highway-closure\">a recall campaign\u003c/a> launched against him shortly after the November election. Others also unsuccessfully \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12030751/days-before-san-franciscos-great-highway-closure-opponents-aim-block-it\">filed a lawsuit\u003c/a> to block the highway closure.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Despite legal and cultural backlash to the project, the park is expected to have a grand opening Saturday under its new name. City staff compared the undertaking to the removal of the Embarcadero Freeway more than 30 years ago.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“In 10, 20 years, everybody will be like, ‘I’m glad that that commission did that, I’m glad that that vote did that, I’m glad that that happened,’” said Commissioner Sonya Clark-Herrera.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003c/div>\u003c/p>",
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"content": "\u003cp>Many in California’s science community are reeling after last week’s \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/forum/2010101909033/trump-purge-hits-bay-area-federal-workers\">mass firings\u003c/a> within the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration upended workers’ lives and raised dire concerns for the climate agency’s work going forward.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>At least seven people, including \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12029178/trumps-mass-layoffs-noaa-cut-into-bay-area-weather-service\">National Weather Service employees\u003c/a> and staff at the National Marine Fisheries Service, or NOAA Fisheries, lost their jobs along the Central Coast.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Their stories are similar and heart-wrenching. The early-career federal workers are planning marriages, recently signed mortgages and were saving to buy their first homes. But last Thursday, they got an email saying they were “not fit for continued employment because your ability, knowledge, and/or skills do not fit the agency’s current needs” — many of them before their supervisors even knew.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>With a 5 p.m. Eastern deadline before they were locked out of their emails and accounts, they scrambled, downloading health information, salary details, performance reports and hard copies of their termination letters.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Three employees were fired from NOAA Fisheries’ Monterey office, including a communications specialist and two scientists, according to the researchers. Another fisheries communication expert lost his job in Santa Cruz.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I’m heartbroken,” said Heather Welch, a research biologist at NOAA Fisheries employed to work on the NOAA Climate, Ecosystems and Fisheries Initiative. “That was definitely the job I hoped to retire in.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Welch and her boyfriend bought a house a few months after she started her job in April. Now, she must figure out her next steps and hopes a remote job will fill the financial void.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12029803\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 1632px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12029803\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/03/E8590326-10CD-4544-8AC6-588BF362FDD5.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1632\" height=\"1224\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/03/E8590326-10CD-4544-8AC6-588BF362FDD5.jpg 1632w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/03/E8590326-10CD-4544-8AC6-588BF362FDD5-800x600.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/03/E8590326-10CD-4544-8AC6-588BF362FDD5-1020x765.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/03/E8590326-10CD-4544-8AC6-588BF362FDD5-160x120.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/03/E8590326-10CD-4544-8AC6-588BF362FDD5-1536x1152.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1632px) 100vw, 1632px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">NOAA’s R/V Fulmar on Oct. 15, 2015. California’s science community is reeling after last week’s mass firings at the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, which upended lives and cast a shadow over the agency’s critical climate work. \u003ccite>(Craig Miller/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>“All of a sudden, I’m a lot less mobile,” said Welch, who modeled the migration paths of species like endangered loggerhead turtles and whales with advanced tracking networks. “I can’t move to a different state and take a different job. It’s a tough time to have bought a house, both in terms of mobility and then financially.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>She told KQED that two others she works with also lost their jobs — communications specialist Matthew Koller and a physical scientist who could not be reached for comment.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“It feels like a breakup of a family, and so it was really sad to walk out that door,” Welch said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[aside postID=news_12029178 hero='https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/02/NOAAGetty-1020x680.jpg']\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Welch said their work flowed into each other. The physical scientist developed forecasts and ocean models for changing ocean temperatures. Welch applied that data, relating it to animals, and turned it into tools for fisheries managers. Koller summarized the work and presented it to the general public.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Koller was fired after only four months of service. It took him about a year to land the job.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I was terminated from my position at the exact same time that the training wheels were coming off,” said the 36-year-old, who recently moved to Monterey after graduate school and a fellowship. “It’s very unfortunate to have a career in the federal service cut short after putting in so much time to get this opportunity.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Like the three workers who were \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12029178/trumps-mass-layoffs-noaa-cut-into-bay-area-weather-service\">fired from the National Weather Service’s Bay Area office\u003c/a> last week — a meteorologist, an administrative support assistant and a facilities technician — the other four NOAA staffers who lost their jobs were probationary employees.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Some of them are worried that the cuts are just the beginning of Trump’s attack on climate science, fearing that the decision could have larger ramifications for the California coastline and endangered species.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12029854\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-12029854\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/03/Matthew-Koller-scaled-e1741205337982-800x1067.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"800\" height=\"1067\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/03/Matthew-Koller-scaled-e1741205337982-800x1067.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/03/Matthew-Koller-scaled-e1741205337982-1020x1360.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/03/Matthew-Koller-scaled-e1741205337982-160x213.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/03/Matthew-Koller-scaled-e1741205337982-1152x1536.jpg 1152w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/03/Matthew-Koller-scaled-e1741205337982-1536x2048.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/03/Matthew-Koller-scaled-e1741205337982.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Matthew Koller. \u003ccite>(Courtesy of Matthew Koller)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Since most of the workers who lost their jobs had them for short periods of time, Koller feels like the Trump administration is trying to stamp out the next generation of climate science leadership.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“The future leaders of NOAA were just cut,” he said. “The people that will eventually become senior scientists and project leads and help set the agency’s policy. It’s just very dispiriting.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Koller also believes the layoffs cut into NOAA’s mission of trying to understand and predict changes in climate, weather, oceans and coast — as well as communicating its findings to the public.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“It really hamstrings NOAA’s ability to fulfill that mission,” he said. “We should be investing in those programs and not terminating them because the welfare of all Americans and Californians depend on understanding our environment — and NOAA helps provide that clarity.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In addition to losing his job, Koller is getting married and is concerned that his firing might muddle his August nuptial plans.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Ironically, earlier in the week, I had just put down a deposit for our wedding venue,” he said. “We put down the deposit on Wednesday, and I was unfortunately terminated on Thursday. How do we pay for a wedding without a job?”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The local losses are part of the Trump administration’s latest mass culling of the federal workforce, which has resulted in hundreds of firings within NOAA, one of the world’s preeminent climate research institutions. This effort is overseen by the \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/mindshift/65248/former-trump-commissioner-blasts-doge-education-data-cuts\">Department of Government Efficiency\u003c/a>, or DOGE, the newly formed entity led by billionaire Tesla CEO Elon Musk.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Rep. 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Oetting was fishing with family off the coast of Vancouver Island in B.C., where stock is healthy and sustains fishing. \u003ccite>(Courtesy of Jerimiah Oetting)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>After stints in public media and federal agencies like the National Park Service, Jerimiah Oetting landed a full-time gig with NOAA in Santa Cruz about six months ago. He wrote about science and fish populations, like salmon and steelhead, for the Southwest Fisheries Science Center, which he said is mandated to increase and keep species of salmon from going extinct.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>He said he was the only person cut from his building.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I believe in public service, and I think being able to support myself as a public servant and do work that I really care about and love was a dream come true,” he said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Oetting is frustrated that the email he received said he doesn’t have the “skills, abilities, and knowledge” for the job “when clearly I possess those things.” He’s also worried about whether he and his wife can remain in Santa Cruz because the area is one of the most expensive rental markets in the country. 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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Three employees were fired from NOAA Fisheries’ Monterey office, including a communications specialist and two scientists, according to the researchers. Another fisheries communication expert lost his job in Santa Cruz.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I’m heartbroken,” said Heather Welch, a research biologist at NOAA Fisheries employed to work on the NOAA Climate, Ecosystems and Fisheries Initiative. “That was definitely the job I hoped to retire in.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Welch and her boyfriend bought a house a few months after she started her job in April. Now, she must figure out her next steps and hopes a remote job will fill the financial void.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12029803\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 1632px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12029803\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/03/E8590326-10CD-4544-8AC6-588BF362FDD5.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1632\" height=\"1224\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/03/E8590326-10CD-4544-8AC6-588BF362FDD5.jpg 1632w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/03/E8590326-10CD-4544-8AC6-588BF362FDD5-800x600.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/03/E8590326-10CD-4544-8AC6-588BF362FDD5-1020x765.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/03/E8590326-10CD-4544-8AC6-588BF362FDD5-160x120.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/03/E8590326-10CD-4544-8AC6-588BF362FDD5-1536x1152.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1632px) 100vw, 1632px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">NOAA’s R/V Fulmar on Oct. 15, 2015. California’s science community is reeling after last week’s mass firings at the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, which upended lives and cast a shadow over the agency’s critical climate work. \u003ccite>(Craig Miller/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>“All of a sudden, I’m a lot less mobile,” said Welch, who modeled the migration paths of species like endangered loggerhead turtles and whales with advanced tracking networks. “I can’t move to a different state and take a different job. It’s a tough time to have bought a house, both in terms of mobility and then financially.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>She told KQED that two others she works with also lost their jobs — communications specialist Matthew Koller and a physical scientist who could not be reached for comment.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“It feels like a breakup of a family, and so it was really sad to walk out that door,” Welch said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003c/div>",
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It took him about a year to land the job.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I was terminated from my position at the exact same time that the training wheels were coming off,” said the 36-year-old, who recently moved to Monterey after graduate school and a fellowship. “It’s very unfortunate to have a career in the federal service cut short after putting in so much time to get this opportunity.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Like the three workers who were \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12029178/trumps-mass-layoffs-noaa-cut-into-bay-area-weather-service\">fired from the National Weather Service’s Bay Area office\u003c/a> last week — a meteorologist, an administrative support assistant and a facilities technician — the other four NOAA staffers who lost their jobs were probationary employees.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Some of them are worried that the cuts are just the beginning of Trump’s attack on climate science, fearing that the decision could have larger ramifications for the California coastline and endangered species.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12029854\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-12029854\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/03/Matthew-Koller-scaled-e1741205337982-800x1067.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"800\" height=\"1067\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/03/Matthew-Koller-scaled-e1741205337982-800x1067.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/03/Matthew-Koller-scaled-e1741205337982-1020x1360.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/03/Matthew-Koller-scaled-e1741205337982-160x213.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/03/Matthew-Koller-scaled-e1741205337982-1152x1536.jpg 1152w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/03/Matthew-Koller-scaled-e1741205337982-1536x2048.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/03/Matthew-Koller-scaled-e1741205337982.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Matthew Koller. \u003ccite>(Courtesy of Matthew Koller)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Since most of the workers who lost their jobs had them for short periods of time, Koller feels like the Trump administration is trying to stamp out the next generation of climate science leadership.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“The future leaders of NOAA were just cut,” he said. “The people that will eventually become senior scientists and project leads and help set the agency’s policy. It’s just very dispiriting.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Koller also believes the layoffs cut into NOAA’s mission of trying to understand and predict changes in climate, weather, oceans and coast — as well as communicating its findings to the public.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“It really hamstrings NOAA’s ability to fulfill that mission,” he said. “We should be investing in those programs and not terminating them because the welfare of all Americans and Californians depend on understanding our environment — and NOAA helps provide that clarity.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In addition to losing his job, Koller is getting married and is concerned that his firing might muddle his August nuptial plans.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Ironically, earlier in the week, I had just put down a deposit for our wedding venue,” he said. “We put down the deposit on Wednesday, and I was unfortunately terminated on Thursday. How do we pay for a wedding without a job?”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The local losses are part of the Trump administration’s latest mass culling of the federal workforce, which has resulted in hundreds of firings within NOAA, one of the world’s preeminent climate research institutions. This effort is overseen by the \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/mindshift/65248/former-trump-commissioner-blasts-doge-education-data-cuts\">Department of Government Efficiency\u003c/a>, or DOGE, the newly formed entity led by billionaire Tesla CEO Elon Musk.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Rep. Jared Huffman, a Democrat representing communities from the Golden Gate Bridge to the Oregon border, has criticized the firings as a betrayal of the American people.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“If we were looking for a point at which this crazy DOGE exercise really backfired into people’s lives, I think you’ve found it with NOAA,” he said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>About 40 miles north of Monterey in Santa Cruz, another NOAA Fisheries science communications specialist is now on the hunt for a new job.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12029853\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 1125px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12029853\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/03/Jerimiah-Oetting.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1125\" height=\"842\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/03/Jerimiah-Oetting.jpg 1125w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/03/Jerimiah-Oetting-800x599.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/03/Jerimiah-Oetting-1020x763.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/03/Jerimiah-Oetting-160x120.jpg 160w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1125px) 100vw, 1125px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Jerimiah Oetting holding a Chinook salmon in August 2024, about a week before starting his job with NOAA. Oetting was fishing with family off the coast of Vancouver Island in B.C., where stock is healthy and sustains fishing. \u003ccite>(Courtesy of Jerimiah Oetting)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>After stints in public media and federal agencies like the National Park Service, Jerimiah Oetting landed a full-time gig with NOAA in Santa Cruz about six months ago. He wrote about science and fish populations, like salmon and steelhead, for the Southwest Fisheries Science Center, which he said is mandated to increase and keep species of salmon from going extinct.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>He said he was the only person cut from his building.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I believe in public service, and I think being able to support myself as a public servant and do work that I really care about and love was a dream come true,” he said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Oetting is frustrated that the email he received said he doesn’t have the “skills, abilities, and knowledge” for the job “when clearly I possess those things.” He’s also worried about whether he and his wife can remain in Santa Cruz because the area is one of the most expensive rental markets in the country. His wife is a doctoral student and now the unit’s sole breadwinner.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“We’ve saved as much as we can, and that was hopefully eventually going to be a down payment on a house,” he said. “It’s turned into an emergency fund that honestly won’t last us very long.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>He’s also concerned that his colleagues still at NOAA could be on the chopping block if the Trump administration goes after climate-related programs and makes more cuts to its workforce.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Now that there’s closure, I’m just focused on the future and righteously angry about what happened,” he said, “but I’m also trying to figure out a way to get involved in any way I can to stop this from happening more.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003c/div>",
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The trickle-down effects could mean communities are left at a higher fire risk of wildfire while public lands are neglected and ill-managed.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“When we manage large fires, about half the positions are actually suppression,” said Dan Munsey, San Bernardino County’s fire chief, referring to firefighters who directly engage with the fires.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12029490\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12029490\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/03/CaliforniaPublicLandGetty2.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1335\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/03/CaliforniaPublicLandGetty2.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/03/CaliforniaPublicLandGetty2-800x534.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/03/CaliforniaPublicLandGetty2-1020x681.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/03/CaliforniaPublicLandGetty2-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/03/CaliforniaPublicLandGetty2-1536x1025.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/03/CaliforniaPublicLandGetty2-1920x1282.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">People demonstrate against federal employee layoffs at Yosemite National Park on March 1, 2025. \u003ccite>(Laure Andrillon/AFP via Getty)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>The other half, he said, are support positions — fire modelers, map makers, logistics. Many positions have been cut.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“When you reduce positions in the Forest Service and other federal agencies, it’ll very likely have a direct impact,” Munsey said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Wildland firefighters are concerned about travel restrictions announced last week that could mean delays if a serious fire erupted and a call was issued for aid. The emailed guidance, reviewed by KQED, stipulated that even travel related to national security, public safety and immigration enforcement had to be approved by the Department of the Interior.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c!-- iframe plugin v.4.3 wordpress.org/plugins/iframe/ -->\u003cbr>\n\u003ciframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https://kqedsf.maps.arcgis.com/apps/instant/media/index.html?appid=76a7a35148c4486bb2069a5ead8d421f\" width=\"1200\" height=\"750\" frameborder=\"0\" style=\"border:0\" scrolling=\"yes\" class=\"iframe-class\">\u003c/iframe>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp style=\"font-size: 14px\">\u003ci>Map by Matthew Green/KQED\u003c/i>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Riva Duncan, a longtime Forest Service employee who is now spokesperson for the nonprofit advocacy group Grassroots Wildland Firefighters, expressed doubt that agency heads would allow firefighter travel to be delayed but said the confusion was understandable and that direction from the federal government was not clear.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Some wildfire safety projects around the state have been put on hold. Sometimes, the projects, which already take so long that the community the project was meant to protect, \u003ca href=\"https://www.capradio.org/articles/2022/08/16/stalled-us-forest-service-project-could-have-protected-california-town-from-caldor-fire-destruction/\">get burned before it gets completed\u003c/a>, as did the town of Grizzly Flats in the 2021 Caldor Fire.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11929377\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 1920px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-11929377\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2022/10/RS51299_067_Meyers_CaldorFire_08312021-qut.jpg\" alt=\"A smoke-filled view of woods with a fire truck on one side of the road.\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1280\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2022/10/RS51299_067_Meyers_CaldorFire_08312021-qut.jpg 1920w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2022/10/RS51299_067_Meyers_CaldorFire_08312021-qut-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2022/10/RS51299_067_Meyers_CaldorFire_08312021-qut-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2022/10/RS51299_067_Meyers_CaldorFire_08312021-qut-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2022/10/RS51299_067_Meyers_CaldorFire_08312021-qut-1536x1024.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1920px) 100vw, 1920px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">A Cal Fire truck drives on a smoke-filled Highway 50 between Pollock Pines and Strawberry on Tuesday, Aug. 31, 2021, as the Caldor Fire burns nearby. \u003ccite>(Beth LaBerge/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Contractors working on a plan to prepare communities for wildfire in Shasta County, as well as a project assessing wildfire hazards in the wildland-urban interface in Plumas County, have been told to stop work until USDA Community Wildfire Defense grants are unfrozen.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Ben Vizzachero, who was fired from his job as a Los Padres National Forest biologist, was contributing work to wildfire protection plans for Ohai, Santa Barbara, Montecito and Monterey. He’s handed the work to a colleague, who already has a full plate.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Agencies such as the National Weather Service also assist in fire response. An annual training for incident meteorologists, who interpret how forecasted weather conditions will impact fire and responding crews, was canceled last week with short notice.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“[W]e have no choice but to cancel,” said the email from a director at the NWS, which KQED reviewed, owing to travel and spending restrictions and short staffing. “[We] understand and appreciate that many [incident meteorologists] were still willing to make it work, but we cannot ask them to do that given the risks and impacts to their home offices.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Some wildfire prevention work is proceeding. Last week, a public-private partnership in the works for months that will bring 400 miles of fire breaks to the area between Oregon and California was announced. It’s funded by the American Relief Act, which passed in December. And several planned prescribed burns have gone forward. KQED spoke to one firefighter from the site of a pile burn in Yosemite.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11955379\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-11955379\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/07/RS66691_230627-HousingNevadaCoWildfire-12-BL-KQED.jpg\" alt=\"Three people in fire fighter's clothing walk through a recently burned patch of forest.\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/07/RS66691_230627-HousingNevadaCoWildfire-12-BL-KQED.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/07/RS66691_230627-HousingNevadaCoWildfire-12-BL-KQED-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/07/RS66691_230627-HousingNevadaCoWildfire-12-BL-KQED-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/07/RS66691_230627-HousingNevadaCoWildfire-12-BL-KQED-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/07/RS66691_230627-HousingNevadaCoWildfire-12-BL-KQED-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/07/RS66691_230627-HousingNevadaCoWildfire-12-BL-KQED-1920x1280.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">U.S. Forest Service firefighters walk through a prescribed burn area along the San Juan Ridge near Nevada City, California, on June 27, 2023, days after the fire to ensure the fire is completely out. The area is heavily forested and borders the Yuba River near historic towns that date to the 1849 California Gold Rush. \u003ccite>(Beth LaBerge/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>In a letter dated Feb. 26, Congressional representatives from California and Oregon wrote to Department of Agriculture Secretary Brooke Rollins and \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/tag/donald-trump\">President Donald Trump\u003c/a> expressing concern over the firings and funding freezes, noting the “loss of skilled employees, many of whom possess specialized training in modern wildfire prevention techniques, will have lasting effects on the U.S. Forest Service’s ability to respond to the growing threat of wildfires.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“It is particularly concerning that many of those laid off were probationary employees who were actively involved in these critical projects,” the letter said. “Their departure, along with the broader staff reductions, leaves the agency dangerously understaffed as we head into another fire season.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The ranks among federal firefighters were thin, even before the recent layoffs. Munsey \u003ca href=\"https://sbcsentinel.com/2024/03/munsey-asks-congress-for-federal-aid-to-fund-firefighting-efforts-in-desert-mountain-areas/\">testified before Congress\u003c/a> in 2024 that he does not feel the Forest Service has been a good public safety partner. Over 80% of land within county boundaries is federally owned, but his department responds to a majority of calls that occur.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“That represents 8,550 calls last year,” Munsey told KQED. “This is taking away from our local government and subsidizing the federal system.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Last year, he decided not to sign the annual local mutual aid agreement with the Forest Service. He said he will continue to respond to emergency calls.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11053456\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 1920px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-11053456\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2016/08/RS20762_160816_ClaytonFire_bhs19.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1280\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2016/08/RS20762_160816_ClaytonFire_bhs19.jpg 1920w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2016/08/RS20762_160816_ClaytonFire_bhs19-400x267.jpg 400w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2016/08/RS20762_160816_ClaytonFire_bhs19-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2016/08/RS20762_160816_ClaytonFire_bhs19-1180x787.jpg 1180w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2016/08/RS20762_160816_ClaytonFire_bhs19-960x640.jpg 960w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1920px) 100vw, 1920px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Forest Service crews work to cut down hazard trees in Lower Lake, California, on Aug. 16, 2016, following the Clayton fire. \u003ccite>(Brittany Hosea-Small/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>“[When we sign], we’re saying we’re going to send you resources to support you on your land and, theoretically, they’re supposed to send us resources to support us on our land. But it’s been very imbalanced,” Munsey said. “Local government has given resources to the federal government at a much higher scale. That costs our local citizens over $14 million of local tax funds to mitigate these emergencies on federal land.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Last year, 13 of the 25 Forest Service fire stations in the county were not staffed, he said. The Forest Service has lost almost \u003ca href=\"https://www.propublica.org/article/wildfires-forest-service-firefighters-preparedness-level-five\">half its permanent employees\u003c/a> since 2020.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“The message to [the federal government] is, ‘We’re not going to sign a reciprocal agreement until you staff all your fire stations,’” Munsey said. “When you staff your fire stations, then I’ll sign it.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>He’s worried fire response this season will be significantly impacted if some of the lost positions don’t return.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Now, it’s really unbalanced because you won’t staff your positions that are required to keep our community safe,” Munsey said, adding that some representatives have told him they think the positions will return. “I’m hopeful this is just a reset, but it’s really hard to tell where it’s going.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12027921\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12027921\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/02/230815-BlueForestInitiative-24-BL_qed.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/02/230815-BlueForestInitiative-24-BL_qed.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/02/230815-BlueForestInitiative-24-BL_qed-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/02/230815-BlueForestInitiative-24-BL_qed-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/02/230815-BlueForestInitiative-24-BL_qed-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/02/230815-BlueForestInitiative-24-BL_qed-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/02/230815-BlueForestInitiative-24-BL_qed-1920x1280.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">A view of New Bullards Bar Reservoir in the Tahoe National Forest near Camptonville, California, on Aug. 15, 2023. \u003ccite>(Beth LaBerge/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>For years, federal wildland firefighters have called for improved pay and working conditions. The Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act, passed in 2021, boosted pay for wildland firefighters by about $20,000 a year, a bump that is still in effect. However, the raise will sunset on March 14 unless Congress extends it. Representatives have also introduced a flurry of legislation designed to fix forests and federal firefighter pay.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>One proposed bill with bipartisan support is the creation of a \u003ca href=\"https://www.congress.gov/bill/119th-congress/senate-bill/441?q=%7B%22search%22%3A%22sheehy%22%7D&s=7&r=2\">single federal wildfire service\u003c/a>. This could be good, said Duncan of Grassroots Wildland Firefighters. But the bill doesn’t have a lot of substance. One thing it does specify is that the director of the service would be a political appointee.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“We strongly oppose that,” Duncan said. “We don’t think that those kinds of positions should be a political appointee. They should be an experienced fire manager coming from in the ranks, who is being put in the job for their skills and experience, not for their political party.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[aside postID=news_12028548 hero='https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/02/ButteCountyFireGetty-1020x663.jpg']\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>However, Duncan thinks the time is right for a discussion about how things should be done differently. Land management agencies, she points out, are now nearly overwhelmed with fire.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“It’s become such a huge part of their budgets,” she said. “It was never supposed to be that way. And I believe other resource areas have suffered because of that.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Amanda Monthei, a former hotshot wildland firefighter who is a writer and host of the \u003ca href=\"https://lifewithfirepodcast.com/\">Life with Fire\u003c/a> podcast, has mixed feelings about the proposal.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“My first instinct is that this is a great idea. Then my secondary instinct is, like, what are they trying to pull?” she said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Monthei wondered if the creation of a new agency was an excuse to corral money for firefighters, who are always politically popular, and then cut money for managing trees, wildlife and water.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“There’s been talk for a long time about either turning over federal lands to states, and there are some states pushing for that because they feel like they can do it better,” Duncan said. “And then there’s also discussion about privatization. Not going to state agencies but to the highest bidder.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The author of the chapter about the Department of the Interior in \u003ca href=\"https://static.project2025.org/2025_MandateForLeadership_CHAPTER-16.pdf\">Project 2025\u003c/a>, a document outlining a far-right vision for remaking the federal government, was William Perry Pendley. He was never confirmed but served as acting director of the Bureau of Land Management during Trump’s first administration. In past statements, he argued that the federal government \u003ca href=\"https://www.washingtonpost.com/climate-environment/trumps-pick-for-managing-federal-lands-doesnt-believe-the-government-should-have-any/2019/07/31/0bc1118c-b2cf-11e9-8949-5f36ff92706e_story.html\">shouldn’t even own land,\u003c/a> and instead, the resources on public land should be available to companies to extract for profit. Trump distanced himself from Project 2025 during the campaign but now is executing a lot of what the document outlined.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“There are some people worried that this firing of all these employees in the land management agencies is the first step to then cripple the agencies so they can go, ‘See? They can’t do it. We told you,’” Duncan said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Hunters, anglers and conservation groups oppose public land privatization.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Last week, Randy Moore, the former Forest Service chief and an employee of the agency for 45 years, announced his resignation. The following day, Tom Shultz was announced as the new chief. At the Idaho Forest Group, Shultz was vice president of resources and government affairs, where he led timber procurement, and he previously served as director of the Idaho Department of Public Lands.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>On March 1, Trump signed an \u003ca href=\"https://www.whitehouse.gov/presidential-actions/2025/03/immediate-expansion-of-american-timber-production/\">executive order\u003c/a> calling for the “immediate expansion of American timber production.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad floatright]\u003c/p>\n",
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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>And yet policy on federal public lands is currently in chaos. \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12029178/trumps-mass-layoffs-noaa-cut-into-bay-area-weather-service\">Firings\u003c/a>, \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12026447/judge-blocks-trump-plan-cut-research-funding-after-california-other-states-sue\">funding freezes\u003c/a>, emails that demand employees list five things they accomplished during the week and high-profile resignations have caused \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12027914/wide-us-forest-service-layoffs-leave-safety-projects-delayed-fire-crews-depleted\">upheaval and bewilderment \u003c/a>for the people entrusted to care for public lands.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Current and former federal and state employees told KQED they were concerned about delayed fire safety projects, canceled training for fire responders, slow response times to fires, and depleted ranks of firefighters and firefighting support staff. The trickle-down effects could mean communities are left at a higher fire risk of wildfire while public lands are neglected and ill-managed.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“When we manage large fires, about half the positions are actually suppression,” said Dan Munsey, San Bernardino County’s fire chief, referring to firefighters who directly engage with the fires.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12029490\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12029490\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/03/CaliforniaPublicLandGetty2.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1335\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/03/CaliforniaPublicLandGetty2.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/03/CaliforniaPublicLandGetty2-800x534.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/03/CaliforniaPublicLandGetty2-1020x681.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/03/CaliforniaPublicLandGetty2-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/03/CaliforniaPublicLandGetty2-1536x1025.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/03/CaliforniaPublicLandGetty2-1920x1282.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">People demonstrate against federal employee layoffs at Yosemite National Park on March 1, 2025. \u003ccite>(Laure Andrillon/AFP via Getty)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>The other half, he said, are support positions — fire modelers, map makers, logistics. Many positions have been cut.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“When you reduce positions in the Forest Service and other federal agencies, it’ll very likely have a direct impact,” Munsey said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Wildland firefighters are concerned about travel restrictions announced last week that could mean delays if a serious fire erupted and a call was issued for aid. The emailed guidance, reviewed by KQED, stipulated that even travel related to national security, public safety and immigration enforcement had to be approved by the Department of the Interior.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c!-- iframe plugin v.4.3 wordpress.org/plugins/iframe/ -->\u003cbr>\n\u003ciframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https://kqedsf.maps.arcgis.com/apps/instant/media/index.html?appid=76a7a35148c4486bb2069a5ead8d421f\" width=\"1200\" height=\"750\" frameborder=\"0\" style=\"border:0\" scrolling=\"yes\" class=\"iframe-class\">\u003c/iframe>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp style=\"font-size: 14px\">\u003ci>Map by Matthew Green/KQED\u003c/i>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Riva Duncan, a longtime Forest Service employee who is now spokesperson for the nonprofit advocacy group Grassroots Wildland Firefighters, expressed doubt that agency heads would allow firefighter travel to be delayed but said the confusion was understandable and that direction from the federal government was not clear.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Some wildfire safety projects around the state have been put on hold. Sometimes, the projects, which already take so long that the community the project was meant to protect, \u003ca href=\"https://www.capradio.org/articles/2022/08/16/stalled-us-forest-service-project-could-have-protected-california-town-from-caldor-fire-destruction/\">get burned before it gets completed\u003c/a>, as did the town of Grizzly Flats in the 2021 Caldor Fire.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11929377\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 1920px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-11929377\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2022/10/RS51299_067_Meyers_CaldorFire_08312021-qut.jpg\" alt=\"A smoke-filled view of woods with a fire truck on one side of the road.\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1280\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2022/10/RS51299_067_Meyers_CaldorFire_08312021-qut.jpg 1920w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2022/10/RS51299_067_Meyers_CaldorFire_08312021-qut-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2022/10/RS51299_067_Meyers_CaldorFire_08312021-qut-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2022/10/RS51299_067_Meyers_CaldorFire_08312021-qut-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2022/10/RS51299_067_Meyers_CaldorFire_08312021-qut-1536x1024.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1920px) 100vw, 1920px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">A Cal Fire truck drives on a smoke-filled Highway 50 between Pollock Pines and Strawberry on Tuesday, Aug. 31, 2021, as the Caldor Fire burns nearby. \u003ccite>(Beth LaBerge/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Contractors working on a plan to prepare communities for wildfire in Shasta County, as well as a project assessing wildfire hazards in the wildland-urban interface in Plumas County, have been told to stop work until USDA Community Wildfire Defense grants are unfrozen.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Ben Vizzachero, who was fired from his job as a Los Padres National Forest biologist, was contributing work to wildfire protection plans for Ohai, Santa Barbara, Montecito and Monterey. He’s handed the work to a colleague, who already has a full plate.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Agencies such as the National Weather Service also assist in fire response. An annual training for incident meteorologists, who interpret how forecasted weather conditions will impact fire and responding crews, was canceled last week with short notice.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“[W]e have no choice but to cancel,” said the email from a director at the NWS, which KQED reviewed, owing to travel and spending restrictions and short staffing. “[We] understand and appreciate that many [incident meteorologists] were still willing to make it work, but we cannot ask them to do that given the risks and impacts to their home offices.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Some wildfire prevention work is proceeding. Last week, a public-private partnership in the works for months that will bring 400 miles of fire breaks to the area between Oregon and California was announced. It’s funded by the American Relief Act, which passed in December. And several planned prescribed burns have gone forward. KQED spoke to one firefighter from the site of a pile burn in Yosemite.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11955379\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-11955379\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/07/RS66691_230627-HousingNevadaCoWildfire-12-BL-KQED.jpg\" alt=\"Three people in fire fighter's clothing walk through a recently burned patch of forest.\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/07/RS66691_230627-HousingNevadaCoWildfire-12-BL-KQED.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/07/RS66691_230627-HousingNevadaCoWildfire-12-BL-KQED-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/07/RS66691_230627-HousingNevadaCoWildfire-12-BL-KQED-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/07/RS66691_230627-HousingNevadaCoWildfire-12-BL-KQED-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/07/RS66691_230627-HousingNevadaCoWildfire-12-BL-KQED-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/07/RS66691_230627-HousingNevadaCoWildfire-12-BL-KQED-1920x1280.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">U.S. Forest Service firefighters walk through a prescribed burn area along the San Juan Ridge near Nevada City, California, on June 27, 2023, days after the fire to ensure the fire is completely out. The area is heavily forested and borders the Yuba River near historic towns that date to the 1849 California Gold Rush. \u003ccite>(Beth LaBerge/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>In a letter dated Feb. 26, Congressional representatives from California and Oregon wrote to Department of Agriculture Secretary Brooke Rollins and \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/tag/donald-trump\">President Donald Trump\u003c/a> expressing concern over the firings and funding freezes, noting the “loss of skilled employees, many of whom possess specialized training in modern wildfire prevention techniques, will have lasting effects on the U.S. Forest Service’s ability to respond to the growing threat of wildfires.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“It is particularly concerning that many of those laid off were probationary employees who were actively involved in these critical projects,” the letter said. “Their departure, along with the broader staff reductions, leaves the agency dangerously understaffed as we head into another fire season.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The ranks among federal firefighters were thin, even before the recent layoffs. Munsey \u003ca href=\"https://sbcsentinel.com/2024/03/munsey-asks-congress-for-federal-aid-to-fund-firefighting-efforts-in-desert-mountain-areas/\">testified before Congress\u003c/a> in 2024 that he does not feel the Forest Service has been a good public safety partner. Over 80% of land within county boundaries is federally owned, but his department responds to a majority of calls that occur.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“That represents 8,550 calls last year,” Munsey told KQED. “This is taking away from our local government and subsidizing the federal system.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Last year, he decided not to sign the annual local mutual aid agreement with the Forest Service. He said he will continue to respond to emergency calls.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11053456\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 1920px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-11053456\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2016/08/RS20762_160816_ClaytonFire_bhs19.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1280\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2016/08/RS20762_160816_ClaytonFire_bhs19.jpg 1920w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2016/08/RS20762_160816_ClaytonFire_bhs19-400x267.jpg 400w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2016/08/RS20762_160816_ClaytonFire_bhs19-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2016/08/RS20762_160816_ClaytonFire_bhs19-1180x787.jpg 1180w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2016/08/RS20762_160816_ClaytonFire_bhs19-960x640.jpg 960w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1920px) 100vw, 1920px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Forest Service crews work to cut down hazard trees in Lower Lake, California, on Aug. 16, 2016, following the Clayton fire. \u003ccite>(Brittany Hosea-Small/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>“[When we sign], we’re saying we’re going to send you resources to support you on your land and, theoretically, they’re supposed to send us resources to support us on our land. But it’s been very imbalanced,” Munsey said. “Local government has given resources to the federal government at a much higher scale. That costs our local citizens over $14 million of local tax funds to mitigate these emergencies on federal land.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Last year, 13 of the 25 Forest Service fire stations in the county were not staffed, he said. The Forest Service has lost almost \u003ca href=\"https://www.propublica.org/article/wildfires-forest-service-firefighters-preparedness-level-five\">half its permanent employees\u003c/a> since 2020.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“The message to [the federal government] is, ‘We’re not going to sign a reciprocal agreement until you staff all your fire stations,’” Munsey said. “When you staff your fire stations, then I’ll sign it.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>He’s worried fire response this season will be significantly impacted if some of the lost positions don’t return.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Now, it’s really unbalanced because you won’t staff your positions that are required to keep our community safe,” Munsey said, adding that some representatives have told him they think the positions will return. “I’m hopeful this is just a reset, but it’s really hard to tell where it’s going.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12027921\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12027921\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/02/230815-BlueForestInitiative-24-BL_qed.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/02/230815-BlueForestInitiative-24-BL_qed.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/02/230815-BlueForestInitiative-24-BL_qed-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/02/230815-BlueForestInitiative-24-BL_qed-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/02/230815-BlueForestInitiative-24-BL_qed-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/02/230815-BlueForestInitiative-24-BL_qed-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/02/230815-BlueForestInitiative-24-BL_qed-1920x1280.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">A view of New Bullards Bar Reservoir in the Tahoe National Forest near Camptonville, California, on Aug. 15, 2023. \u003ccite>(Beth LaBerge/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>For years, federal wildland firefighters have called for improved pay and working conditions. The Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act, passed in 2021, boosted pay for wildland firefighters by about $20,000 a year, a bump that is still in effect. However, the raise will sunset on March 14 unless Congress extends it. Representatives have also introduced a flurry of legislation designed to fix forests and federal firefighter pay.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>One proposed bill with bipartisan support is the creation of a \u003ca href=\"https://www.congress.gov/bill/119th-congress/senate-bill/441?q=%7B%22search%22%3A%22sheehy%22%7D&s=7&r=2\">single federal wildfire service\u003c/a>. This could be good, said Duncan of Grassroots Wildland Firefighters. But the bill doesn’t have a lot of substance. One thing it does specify is that the director of the service would be a political appointee.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“We strongly oppose that,” Duncan said. “We don’t think that those kinds of positions should be a political appointee. They should be an experienced fire manager coming from in the ranks, who is being put in the job for their skills and experience, not for their political party.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003c/div>",
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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>However, Duncan thinks the time is right for a discussion about how things should be done differently. Land management agencies, she points out, are now nearly overwhelmed with fire.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“It’s become such a huge part of their budgets,” she said. “It was never supposed to be that way. And I believe other resource areas have suffered because of that.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Amanda Monthei, a former hotshot wildland firefighter who is a writer and host of the \u003ca href=\"https://lifewithfirepodcast.com/\">Life with Fire\u003c/a> podcast, has mixed feelings about the proposal.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“My first instinct is that this is a great idea. Then my secondary instinct is, like, what are they trying to pull?” she said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Monthei wondered if the creation of a new agency was an excuse to corral money for firefighters, who are always politically popular, and then cut money for managing trees, wildlife and water.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“There’s been talk for a long time about either turning over federal lands to states, and there are some states pushing for that because they feel like they can do it better,” Duncan said. “And then there’s also discussion about privatization. Not going to state agencies but to the highest bidder.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The author of the chapter about the Department of the Interior in \u003ca href=\"https://static.project2025.org/2025_MandateForLeadership_CHAPTER-16.pdf\">Project 2025\u003c/a>, a document outlining a far-right vision for remaking the federal government, was William Perry Pendley. He was never confirmed but served as acting director of the Bureau of Land Management during Trump’s first administration. In past statements, he argued that the federal government \u003ca href=\"https://www.washingtonpost.com/climate-environment/trumps-pick-for-managing-federal-lands-doesnt-believe-the-government-should-have-any/2019/07/31/0bc1118c-b2cf-11e9-8949-5f36ff92706e_story.html\">shouldn’t even own land,\u003c/a> and instead, the resources on public land should be available to companies to extract for profit. Trump distanced himself from Project 2025 during the campaign but now is executing a lot of what the document outlined.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“There are some people worried that this firing of all these employees in the land management agencies is the first step to then cripple the agencies so they can go, ‘See? They can’t do it. We told you,’” Duncan said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Hunters, anglers and conservation groups oppose public land privatization.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Last week, Randy Moore, the former Forest Service chief and an employee of the agency for 45 years, announced his resignation. The following day, Tom Shultz was announced as the new chief. At the Idaho Forest Group, Shultz was vice president of resources and government affairs, where he led timber procurement, and he previously served as director of the Idaho Department of Public Lands.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>On March 1, Trump signed an \u003ca href=\"https://www.whitehouse.gov/presidential-actions/2025/03/immediate-expansion-of-american-timber-production/\">executive order\u003c/a> calling for the “immediate expansion of American timber production.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003c/div>",
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"content": "\u003cp>The land at multiple spots along California’s iconic coastline is sinking at startling rates, compounding the flooding risks posed by future \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12018004/how-three-coastal-cities-are-tackling-sea-level-rise\">sea level rise\u003c/a> from Humboldt Bay to San Diego, according to a \u003ca href=\"https://www.jpl.nasa.gov/news/nasa-led-study-pinpoints-areas-sinking-rising-along-california-coast/\">new study\u003c/a> led by scientists at NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The speed of the land sinking, or subsidence, helps show that \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/science/1973624/maps-see-which-bay-area-locations-are-at-risk-from-rising-seas\">regional estimates\u003c/a> “largely underestimate” sea level rise in parts of the San Francisco Bay Area and Los Angeles. That adds a new layer of complication for cities along the 800-plus miles of coastline preparing for \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12018103/king-tides-foreshadow-far-wetter-future-sf-shoreline\">a far wetter future\u003c/a>, while some are already dealing with flooding from climate-fueled storms and king tides.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Using satellite imagery, the scientists found that land along San Francisco Bay in San Rafael, Corte Madera, Foster City and Alameda’s Bay Farm Island is subsiding more than 0.4 inches a year. When considering the subsidence rate, local sea levels could rise by more than double the regional estimate by 2050.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Areas might be affected by the rising water much sooner than we anticipate, and that brings by itself increased flooding and tidal inundation,” said Marin Govorcin, the study’s lead author and a NASA remote sensing scientist in Southern California. “All of this can affect people on a daily basis.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Since the 1880s, the Pacific Ocean has risen by about 8 inches along the West Coast. However, state scientists predict that in the worst-case scenario, the bay will rise more than a foot by 2050 and more than 6 feet by the end of the century.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12027543\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 1999px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12027543\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/02/BayFarmShoreline_002_qed.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1999\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/02/BayFarmShoreline_002_qed.jpg 1999w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/02/BayFarmShoreline_002_qed-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/02/BayFarmShoreline_002_qed-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/02/BayFarmShoreline_002_qed-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/02/BayFarmShoreline_002_qed-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/02/BayFarmShoreline_002_qed-1920x1280.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1999px) 100vw, 1999px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">A parent and child riding a bicycle were among the many families enjoying the shoreline views along Bay Farm Island’s Shoreline Trail in Alameda, California, on Aug. 16, 2021. \u003ccite>(Joyce Tsai/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>The new study shows how vertical land movement can be unpredictable in its scope and pace due to human-caused factors, like groundwater pumping, and natural ones, like tectonic activity. The researchers analyzed satellite observations from 2015 to 2023 to capture land movement by inch, suggesting that their estimates of vertical land motion plus sea level rise are more accurate than current models, which are based on tide gauge measurements.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Govorcin blames human activity for some of the subsidence. In the Bay Area, he said areas where cities \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11799297/large-parts-of-the-bay-area-are-built-on-fill-why-and-where\">reclaimed parts of the bay\u003c/a> are especially vulnerable to sinking land and, in turn, future sea level rise.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“In many parts of the world, like the reclaimed ground beneath San Francisco, the land is moving down faster than the sea itself is going up,” Govorcin said.[aside postID=news_12018103 hero='https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/12/241213-PortFlood-24-1020x679.jpg']Not all of coastal California is sinking. 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