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"content": "\u003cp>Firefighters battling the massive Dixie Fire have also been facing a second enemy: a serial arsonist who went on a spree of setting fires in July and August — and who sought to trap fire crews with his fires, according to agents from the U.S. Forest Service. They allege former college professor Gary Maynard is the culprit, citing their tracking of his movements and other evidence.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"Where Maynard went, fires started. Not just once, but over and over again,\" the government said in a court memorandum arguing for Maynard, who was arrested Saturday, to be denied bail.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>A judge agreed to that request during a brief hearing Wednesday, saying there are no \"conditions or combination of conditions that would provide the necessary level of safety to this community should the defendant be released.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>He added: \"Based on that finding, the defendant will be detained as a risk of non-appearance and a danger to the community.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Maynard's next court appearance is scheduled for Aug. 24, a representative of the U.S. attorney's office in Sacramento told NPR.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>While court documents allege that Maynard is connected to more than a half-dozen dangerous fires in Northern California, he is currently charged with starting only the Ranch Fire. That blaze broke out on Saturday morning in a remote area where, according to court records, Maynard had just camped for the night. It's one of three fires that officials said Maynard set in recent days — all of them close to the Dixie Fire's northeastern footprint.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"He entered the evacuation zone and began setting fires behind the first responders fighting the Dixie fire,\" the U.S. attorney's office in Sacramento said in court papers. It added, \"Maynard's fires were placed in the perfect position to increase the risk of firefighters being trapped between fires.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Maynard's alleged offenses \"show that he is particularly dangerous, even among arsonists,\" the federal prosecutors said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>If it weren't for the surveillance federal agents were conducting on Maynard, the fires would have been much worse and the risk to firefighters would have been greater, the document said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11884691\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 1879px\">\u003cimg class=\"size-full wp-image-11884691\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2021/08/gary-maynard-fires-map_wide-2150410ca6ad7b04afb833cef201f77a6606776d.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1879\" height=\"1059\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2021/08/gary-maynard-fires-map_wide-2150410ca6ad7b04afb833cef201f77a6606776d.jpg 1879w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2021/08/gary-maynard-fires-map_wide-2150410ca6ad7b04afb833cef201f77a6606776d-800x451.jpg 800w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2021/08/gary-maynard-fires-map_wide-2150410ca6ad7b04afb833cef201f77a6606776d-1020x575.jpg 1020w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2021/08/gary-maynard-fires-map_wide-2150410ca6ad7b04afb833cef201f77a6606776d-160x90.jpg 160w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2021/08/gary-maynard-fires-map_wide-2150410ca6ad7b04afb833cef201f77a6606776d-1536x866.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1879px) 100vw, 1879px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">A map submitted with court papers shows the massive Dixie Fire, in red, along with three fires that U.S. Forest Service agents allege Maynard set. No. 1 marks the approximate location of the Moon Fire, which started Aug. 5; No. 2 refers to the Ranch Fire; and No. 3 refers to the Conard Fire. The latter two ignited on Saturday. \u003ccite>(Courtesy U.S. Forest Service)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003ch3>Maynard Identified After His Car Got Stuck Near a Fire\u003c/h3>\n\u003cp>Maynard, 47, is a former professor who has taught at colleges in the Bay Area and in New York, according to online records. Last fall, he taught in the criminology and criminal justice department at \u003ca href=\"https://ccjs.sonoma.edu/news-events/ccjs-welcomes-new-lecturers-fall-2020\">Sonoma State University\u003c/a>, which says in its official bio for Maynard that he has a doctorate in sociology and three master's degrees.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>His teaching and research, the school said, focuses on topics that include the \"sociology of health, deviance and crime\" and environmental sociology. Maynard also has connections to other schools, from Stony Brook University in New York (where he received his doctorate) to Santa Clara University, where he also taught.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>On July 20, Maynard was spotted near the scene of the Cascade Fire, on the western slopes of Mount Shasta. A mountain biker in those remote woods had noticed signs of a fire, called 911 and then worked to limit the fire's spread.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>A Forest Service fire investigator determined the Cascade Fire was likely the result of arson. He also noticed that on a dirt road 150 to 200 yards from the fire, a man was struggling to free his car, a black Kia Soul, after the vehicle's rear had failed to clear a partially buried boulder.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>A witness told investigators that the man, later identified as Maynard, had arrived several hours before the fire started, court records show. The witness said the man had walked off in the direction of where the fire eventually ignited, returning around 10 minutes later. After the man returned, the witness recalled, smoke from the Cascade Fire became visible.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The investigator kept his distance from Maynard, citing the man's \"uncooperative and agitated behavior.\" But he took a picture of his car, and the license plate number led to Maynard. Forest Service agents also measured and recorded data about the tire tread pattern left by Maynard's car — evidence that they say ties him to a string of arson wildfires.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Read the full complaint \u003ca href=\"https://s3.documentcloud.org/documents/21040032/maynard-complaint-usfs.pdf\">here\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch3>Tracking an Arson Suspect\u003c/h3>\n\u003cp>In an affidavit requesting an arrest warrant for Maynard, U.S. Forest Service Special Agent Tyler Bolen said he used a variety of means to learn more about the arson suspect, from internet searches that turned up his ties to colleges to inquiries with the U.S. Department of Agriculture.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The USDA, Bolen says, confirmed that Maynard had an electronic benefits transfer account. Tracing his use of the card at grocery stores, the Forest Service was able to place Maynard close to the time and place where a number of fires were set, according to Bolen's affidavit.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The EBT account showed Maynard made purchases at a Safeway in Fortuna, along California's coast, on July 18, and then, a week later, at a Safeway store in Susanville — some 260 miles inland, just east of the Lassen National Forest across the Sierra from where the Dixie Fire erupted in mid-July, the affidavit said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Since Maynard's car was registered in San José, Bolen also contacted the San José Police Department, which passed along a 2020 warning from a colleague who had reported her concern for Maynard's well-being, citing a severe mental health crisis. Crucially, the police agency shared Maynard's cellphone number, which was later confirmed to be linked to his EBT account, according to the affidavit.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch3>Part of 'An Arson-Setting Spree'\u003c/h3>\n\u003cp>Investigators said they've connected Maynard to a string of fires in Northern California, as early as the Bradley Fire that destroyed over 300 acres on July 11, and possibly as early as the Sweetbriar Fire on July 6. Both of those blazes struck in the Mount Shasta area, northwest of the Lassen National Forest where the Dixie Fire is still raging.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In recent days, authorities said, Maynard set numerous fires in the Lassen area — part of \"an arson-setting spree,\" Bolen said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In late July, Forest Service agents grew so concerned about Maynard's actions that they also asked Verizon Wireless for 15-minute updates on his location, 24 hours a day. Eventually, an agent also installed a tracker on Maynard's car, according to Bolen's affidavit.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Agents used that data to follow along behind Maynard, putting out several fires and gathering evidence that could link him to the blazes. Investigators also obtained warrants requiring Verizon Wireless to preserve evidence from Maynard's cellphone account that could show his movements and activity.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>On Saturday, Lassen County sheriff's deputies arrested Maynard after a California Highway Patrol officer initially pulled him over for driving in an emergency closure area.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch3>Maynard Denies Starting the Fires\u003c/h3>\n\u003cp>After his arrest, Maynard told Forest Service agents he had not started any fires. He was then booked into the Lassen County Jail on a charge of violating a state law that forbids entering a closed emergency area. But later Saturday, a deputy told him that a federal felony arson charge was being added. An angry Maynard insisted that he is innocent.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"I'm going to kill you, f***ing pig! I told those f***ers I didn't start any of those fires!\" he said to the deputy, according to the affidavit filed in the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of California.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Maynard was later transferred to Sacramento County's jail. He had a brief court appearance by video Tuesday, followed by his detention hearing on Wednesday.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In the days before he was taken into custody, Maynard allegedly set the Moon Fire on Aug. 5, as well as the Ranch and Conard fires, which both ignited on Saturday, according to Bolen's affidavit.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad floatright]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Maynard now faces federal charges of setting fire to land that's owned by the U.S. or is under its jurisdiction.\u003c/p>\n\u003cdiv class=\"fullattribution\">Copyright 2021 NPR. 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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>While court documents allege that Maynard is connected to more than a half-dozen dangerous fires in Northern California, he is currently charged with starting only the Ranch Fire. That blaze broke out on Saturday morning in a remote area where, according to court records, Maynard had just camped for the night. It's one of three fires that officials said Maynard set in recent days — all of them close to the Dixie Fire's northeastern footprint.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"He entered the evacuation zone and began setting fires behind the first responders fighting the Dixie fire,\" the U.S. attorney's office in Sacramento said in court papers. It added, \"Maynard's fires were placed in the perfect position to increase the risk of firefighters being trapped between fires.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Maynard's alleged offenses \"show that he is particularly dangerous, even among arsonists,\" the federal prosecutors said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>If it weren't for the surveillance federal agents were conducting on Maynard, the fires would have been much worse and the risk to firefighters would have been greater, the document said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11884691\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 1879px\">\u003cimg class=\"size-full wp-image-11884691\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2021/08/gary-maynard-fires-map_wide-2150410ca6ad7b04afb833cef201f77a6606776d.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1879\" height=\"1059\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2021/08/gary-maynard-fires-map_wide-2150410ca6ad7b04afb833cef201f77a6606776d.jpg 1879w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2021/08/gary-maynard-fires-map_wide-2150410ca6ad7b04afb833cef201f77a6606776d-800x451.jpg 800w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2021/08/gary-maynard-fires-map_wide-2150410ca6ad7b04afb833cef201f77a6606776d-1020x575.jpg 1020w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2021/08/gary-maynard-fires-map_wide-2150410ca6ad7b04afb833cef201f77a6606776d-160x90.jpg 160w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2021/08/gary-maynard-fires-map_wide-2150410ca6ad7b04afb833cef201f77a6606776d-1536x866.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1879px) 100vw, 1879px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">A map submitted with court papers shows the massive Dixie Fire, in red, along with three fires that U.S. Forest Service agents allege Maynard set. No. 1 marks the approximate location of the Moon Fire, which started Aug. 5; No. 2 refers to the Ranch Fire; and No. 3 refers to the Conard Fire. The latter two ignited on Saturday. \u003ccite>(Courtesy U.S. Forest Service)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003ch3>Maynard Identified After His Car Got Stuck Near a Fire\u003c/h3>\n\u003cp>Maynard, 47, is a former professor who has taught at colleges in the Bay Area and in New York, according to online records. Last fall, he taught in the criminology and criminal justice department at \u003ca href=\"https://ccjs.sonoma.edu/news-events/ccjs-welcomes-new-lecturers-fall-2020\">Sonoma State University\u003c/a>, which says in its official bio for Maynard that he has a doctorate in sociology and three master's degrees.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>His teaching and research, the school said, focuses on topics that include the \"sociology of health, deviance and crime\" and environmental sociology. Maynard also has connections to other schools, from Stony Brook University in New York (where he received his doctorate) to Santa Clara University, where he also taught.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>On July 20, Maynard was spotted near the scene of the Cascade Fire, on the western slopes of Mount Shasta. A mountain biker in those remote woods had noticed signs of a fire, called 911 and then worked to limit the fire's spread.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>A Forest Service fire investigator determined the Cascade Fire was likely the result of arson. He also noticed that on a dirt road 150 to 200 yards from the fire, a man was struggling to free his car, a black Kia Soul, after the vehicle's rear had failed to clear a partially buried boulder.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>A witness told investigators that the man, later identified as Maynard, had arrived several hours before the fire started, court records show. The witness said the man had walked off in the direction of where the fire eventually ignited, returning around 10 minutes later. After the man returned, the witness recalled, smoke from the Cascade Fire became visible.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The investigator kept his distance from Maynard, citing the man's \"uncooperative and agitated behavior.\" But he took a picture of his car, and the license plate number led to Maynard. Forest Service agents also measured and recorded data about the tire tread pattern left by Maynard's car — evidence that they say ties him to a string of arson wildfires.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Read the full complaint \u003ca href=\"https://s3.documentcloud.org/documents/21040032/maynard-complaint-usfs.pdf\">here\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch3>Tracking an Arson Suspect\u003c/h3>\n\u003cp>In an affidavit requesting an arrest warrant for Maynard, U.S. Forest Service Special Agent Tyler Bolen said he used a variety of means to learn more about the arson suspect, from internet searches that turned up his ties to colleges to inquiries with the U.S. Department of Agriculture.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The USDA, Bolen says, confirmed that Maynard had an electronic benefits transfer account. 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"content": "\u003cp>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">It's inevitable that when kids mix as they head back to school, germs spread. And in a pandemic year fueled by the delta variant, some of those germs may cause COVID-19. The CDC has advice for keeping your child protected from this highly contagious version of the coronavirus now and this fall: Mask up in schools and other crowded venues, and make sure everyone age 12 and older in the family gets a COVID-19 shot.\u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">But what if your kids are younger than that? What if they develop symptoms or come into contact with someone who tests positive for the coronavirus?\u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">Rules for testing and quarantining vary from place to place, so we asked several public health experts — all parents — about their personal strategies for keeping their kids and families safe these days.\u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003ch3>\u003cb>What Do I Do if My Kid Wakes Up with the Sniffles?\u003c/b>\u003c/h3>\n\u003cp>\u003ci>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">Keep your child at home and consult the pediatrician.\u003c/span>\u003c/i>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">\"This happened to us [recently], for camp,\" says\u003c/span>\u003ca href=\"http://www.mmg.pitt.edu/person/seema-s-lakdawala\"> \u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">Seema Lakdawala\u003c/span>\u003c/a>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">, a virologist who studies flu transmission at the University of Pittsburgh. She has two daughters, ages 5 and 8. \"My [8-year-old] daughter woke up and was sneezing and had a runny nose.\"\u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">She kept her daughter home and then called the pediatrician to talk through her symptoms. The likely culprit was allergies, the doctor told her; the child has known allergies to grass pollen, and it's already hay fever season where she lives. Sure enough, when Lakdawala gave her daughter allergy medication, her symptoms resolved.\u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">The key, says Lakdawala, is that her daughter had no known exposures to COVID-19. \"If we had been on a plane recently, or otherwise traveling, then I would definitely want to get her tested for COVID,\" the parent says.\u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ci>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">Test for the coronavirus when warranted.\u003c/span>\u003c/i>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">Ahead of those sniffles, while everyone's healthy, figure out where your child and others in your home can get\u003c/span>\u003ca href=\"https://www.npr.org/sections/health-shots/2020/05/01/847368012/how-reliable-are-covid-19-tests-depends-which-one-you-mean\"> \u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">PCR-tested\u003c/span>\u003c/a>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\"> for the coronavirus on short notice with quick results. \"Our pediatrician's office, like many pediatric clinics, has walk-in hours for children who are sick,\" says\u003c/span>\u003ca href=\"https://www.bumc.bu.edu/busm/profile/cassandra-pierre/\"> \u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">Dr. Cassandra Pierre\u003c/span>\u003c/a>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">, medical director of public health programs at Boston Medical Center and the parent of 3-year-old twins. \"Those hours are in the morning, which means my child could get tested and, hopefully, get the results in the same day.\"\u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">Keep your child at home until those test results come back, says Pierre.\u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">[ad fullwidth]\u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">Another option is to buy some over-the-counter,\u003c/span>\u003ca href=\"https://www.npr.org/2021/04/22/989934597/as-at-home-coronavirus-tests-hit-pharmacies-what-role-can-they-play-in-the-pande\"> \u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">rapid antigen tests\u003c/span>\u003c/a>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\"> from the pharmacy now and keep them in your medicine cabinet for a time when you might need them, says\u003c/span>\u003ca href=\"https://www.centerforhealthsecurity.org/our-people/gronvall/\"> \u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">Gigi Gronvall\u003c/span>\u003c/a>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">, an immunologist and researcher at the Johns Hopkins Center for Health Security. She has two kids, ages 11 and 14. These swab tests are less sensitive than PCR tests (so they might miss very minor infections). But they're quick, easy to use, and considered to be fairly accurate in people who are actively sick. \"They certainly provide peace of mind, especially if [people are] symptomatic,\" Gronvall says.\u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ci>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">Even if those symptoms turn out to be \"just a cold,\" try not to spread it.\u003c/span>\u003c/i>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">Whatever your child's COVID-19 status, please don't send them back to school if they're still coughing and sneezing, Pierre says.\u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">Her 3-year-old was home sick from day care with a cold the day we spoke with her. \"If my son is still sick tomorrow, still stuffy and having nasal secretions, I wouldn't necessarily put him right back and expose other children to another respiratory virus,\" Pierre says. As difficult as it is to arrange for child care, the pandemic has driven home to her that \"we really rely on the decisions that other people make,\" she says. \"I want to make sure that I'm making good decisions to prevent other children and parents potentially from getting sick.\"\u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">If kids must return to camp or school or day care with mild cold symptoms, they should wear masks consistently, says\u003c/span>\u003ca href=\"https://profiles.ucsf.edu/monica.gandhi\"> \u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">Dr. Monica Gandhi\u003c/span>\u003c/a>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">, an infectious disease doctor at UCSF.\u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">[aside postID=news_11881535]\u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003ch3>\u003cb>What If My Child Tests Positive for the Coronavirus?\u003c/b>\u003c/h3>\n\u003cp>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">\"Don't panic,\" says Pierre. \"The first thing to remember is that children are incredibly resilient.\" Most cases of COVID-19 in\u003c/span>\u003ca href=\"https://www.cdc.gov/coronavirus/2019-ncov/faq.html#Children\"> \u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">children are mild\u003c/span>\u003c/a>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">. Keep a close eye on your child and check in with the pediatrician, particularly if your child has underlying health conditions that may need monitoring.\u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ci>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">Think ahead of time about who will take care of whom — and how — if somebody gets sick.\u003c/span>\u003c/i>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">Households are complicated, so think right now about how you could limit the sick child's contact with others in your home. Consider how you and any other members could best divvy up care. If your situation requires backup, Lakdawala suggests reaching out to fully vaccinated family members, friends or neighbors who may be able to step in and offer help.\u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\"> Lakdawala and her husband have walked through this scenario. They are both fully vaccinated, but their two children are not yet eligible. If one child tests positive for the coronavirus, she says, they will split the household into parent-child pairs in different parts of the house. They might then take turns in the kitchen and minimize the amount of time they're in enclosed spaces with each other.\u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ci>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">Layer protections to reduce the risk of household transmission.\u003c/span>\u003c/i>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">Space is limited for most families in the U.S. Still, there are proven ways to reduce the risks of transmission. The key is to rely on multiple types of protection.\u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">COVID-19 is primarily transmitted\u003c/span>\u003ca href=\"https://www.cdc.gov/coronavirus/2019-ncov/science/science-briefs/sars-cov-2-transmission.html\"> \u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">through the air\u003c/span>\u003c/a>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">, so Pierre notes that \"respiratory hygiene is your No. 1 priority.\"\u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">If indoor space is shared with a sick person, everyone in the house\u003c/span>\u003ca href=\"https://www.npr.org/sections/health-shots/2021/07/17/1017075240/delta-variant-is-spreading-fast-and-new-cases-are-rising-is-time-to-mask-up-agai\"> \u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">should wear masks\u003c/span>\u003c/a>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\"> as much as possible, says Gandhi. This means at all times, except when eating, drinking and sleeping. For the sick person, this reduces the amount of virus they exhale into the air, and for others in the household, it limits the amount of virus they breathe in. If a room is available, an older child who is sick with COVID-19 may be able to isolate there, says Pierre. This limits the presence of the virus to a specific part of the home.\u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">Get fresh air into the house to disperse any clouds of virus that may be lingering in the air, Lakdawala advises: \"Open the windows, turn on the fans, get some air circulating.\"\u003c/span> \u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">Air purifiers, available in \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11884658/free-air-filters-for-lower-income-people-with-asthma-how-bay-area-homes-can-sign-up\">six Bay Area counties\u003c/a> to lower-income residents with asthma,\u003c/span>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\"> could help filter virus out of the air in a closed room, Pierre adds.\u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">Another possible route of transmission is picking up the live virus on your hands and touching your eyes, nose or mouth. So periodically\u003c/span>\u003ca href=\"https://www.cdc.gov/coronavirus/2019-ncov/prevent-getting-sick/disinfecting-your-home.html\"> \u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">clean and disinfect\u003c/span>\u003c/a>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\"> shared surfaces such as the bathroom counter or kitchen table, particularly if a sick person has been coughing or sneezing nearby, Pierre says. After a few days (the CDC recommends\u003c/span>\u003ca href=\"https://www.cdc.gov/coronavirus/2019-ncov/symptoms-testing/testing.html\"> \u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">three to five days\u003c/span>\u003c/a>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\"> after a known exposure), it's a good idea to get the rest of the household tested for the coronavirus.\u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">The best defense, Pierre says, is vaccines. \"We really should be thinking about getting as many people in the household vaccinated as possible to protect themselves, but also to protect the child.\" Vaccinated people can provide care\u003c/span>\u003ca href=\"https://www.cdc.gov/coronavirus/2019-ncov/vaccines/fully-vaccinated-guidance.html#anchor_1617376555813\"> \u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">without needing to quarantine\u003c/span>\u003c/a>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">, so long as they remain healthy, without COVID-19 symptoms.\u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ci>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">Keep your child home until they're no longer contagious.\u003c/span>\u003c/i>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">Though asymptomatic infections can spread disease, too, people with COVID-19 are most likely to spread the infection to others when symptoms first appear. So\u003c/span>\u003ca href=\"https://www.cdc.gov/coronavirus/2019-ncov/if-you-are-sick/quarantine.html?CDC_AA_refVal=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.cdc.gov%2Fcoronavirus%2F2019-ncov%2Fif-you-are-sick%2Fisolation.html\"> \u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">10 days after symptoms first appear\u003c/span>\u003c/a>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">, if those symptoms have resolved without the continued use of fever-reducing medicine, the illness is no longer considered contagious, Gronvall says. Sometimes, children develop symptoms such as loss of taste and smell that can last longer, \"but as far as there being a danger to others, these symptoms don't need to interfere with them going back to school,\" she says.\u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">Again, if child care is an issue, fully vaccinated family members, friends or neighbors may be able to help.\u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11884679\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 1920px\">\u003cimg class=\"size-full wp-image-11884679\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2021/08/RS46334_012_KQED_SanFrancisco_Playgrounds_12102020-qut.jpg\" alt=\"young child on slide wearing a mask\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1280\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2021/08/RS46334_012_KQED_SanFrancisco_Playgrounds_12102020-qut.jpg 1920w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2021/08/RS46334_012_KQED_SanFrancisco_Playgrounds_12102020-qut-800x533.jpg 800w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2021/08/RS46334_012_KQED_SanFrancisco_Playgrounds_12102020-qut-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2021/08/RS46334_012_KQED_SanFrancisco_Playgrounds_12102020-qut-160x107.jpg 160w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2021/08/RS46334_012_KQED_SanFrancisco_Playgrounds_12102020-qut-1536x1024.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1920px) 100vw, 1920px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">A child goes down a concrete slide at Youngblood Coleman Playground in San Francisco. \u003ccite>(Beth LaBerge/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003ch3>\u003cb>What Kind of Mask Should a Child Wear?\u003c/b>\u003c/h3>\n\u003cp>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">Wear any mask that fits well — with no gaps around the mouth, nose or chin — and is comfortable. While adults these days are being encouraged\u003c/span>\u003ca href=\"https://www.npr.org/sections/health-shots/2021/02/03/962197192/5-hacks-to-make-your-face-mask-more-protective\"> \u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">to step up our mask game\u003c/span>\u003c/a>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\"> beyond cloth versions, the advice for children may be a little different. \"The best mask is one that they can wear for long periods of time, even in school,\" Pierre says. \"A cotton mask is the most comfortable, lightweight and breathable.\"\u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">Bonus points if the kids like the design: A child is more likely to wear a mask they find appealing, and to wear it consistently and correctly. \u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">\"My kids have the cutest masks,\" Lakdawala says. \"They have the ones that look like little cat faces and smiley faces or dogs or bears or whatever.\" Gronvall's 11-year-old prefers a mask that is \"silky and has pictures of cats in outer space that have lasers coming out of their eyes,\" so she has ordered several of those masks to send with him to school. \u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">Kids can also DIY existing masks with art supplies.\u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">If you want to add more protection, Gandhi suggests wearing two masks, which creates a tighter mask fit on the face, or adding a filter layer to a child's mask. \"You can buy a cloth mask with a pocket, and\u003c/span>\u003ca href=\"https://www.medrxiv.org/content/10.1101/2020.11.18.20233353v1\"> \u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">use vacuum bag material as a filter\u003c/span>\u003c/a>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">. It's thin and it blocks virus very effectively,\" she says. Still, she agrees that the bottom line with kids is comfort. So if these interventions make them less likely to wear the mask, she says you can skip them.\u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003ch3>\u003cb>Is It OK to Hug Our Kids When They're Sick with COVID-19?\u003c/b>\u003c/h3>\n\u003cp>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">The reassurance of physical contact — hugs and cuddles — can be important, especially for little ones, Lakdawala says. \"I'm not going to deny or deprive my child of that comfort when they're not feeling well.\" And you may feel that way, too. But Pierre says that if the kids are older, \"I would recommend physical distancing.\"\u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"https://www.cidrap.umn.edu/news-perspective/2020/11/covid-19-most-contagious-first-5-days-illness-study-finds\">\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">Studies suggest\u003c/span>\u003c/a>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\"> that a person with COVID-19 is most infectious in the first five days, so Gandhi says she'd aim to limit close contact in that period. \"For the first five days, I'd let them watch TV and I would try to not be as cuddly,\" she says.\u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">\"At night, if a child has a fever and needs comfort, that can be difficult,\" says Pierre. Nobody recommends wearing a protective mask while sleeping, but if you're sharing a bed with a sick child, you might consider facing in the same direction from behind them, or away — so they're not breathing directly into your face — and opening up the windows or using air purifiers to help clear the air.\u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">Lakdawala says wearing masks when someone is sick with COVID-19, and, again, divvying up care responsibilities (including hugs), can help reduce the risk that everyone in the household gets sick.\u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">[aside label='Coronavirus Coverage' tag='coronavirus,vaccines,vaccination']\u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003ch3>\u003cb>What Do I Do if My Child Is Sent Home From School After a COVID-19 Exposure?\u003c/b>\u003c/h3>\n\u003cp>\u003ci>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">If your child is unvaccinated, quarantine your child, wear masks, watch for symptoms and test.\u003c/span>\u003c/i>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">If the school district provides specific instructions for quarantining, follow that guidance, Pierre says. The CDC has a specific definition for \"close contact\" between kids in schools, and\u003c/span>\u003ca href=\"https://www.cdc.gov/coronavirus/2019-ncov/php/contact-tracing/contact-tracing-plan/appendix.html#contact\"> \u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">it is more lenient\u003c/span>\u003c/a>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\"> than in other settings: \"If your child is physically distancing 3 feet from another child who's sick and both of them are wearing masks consistently, we would not actually consider that to be an exposure,\" says Pierre. \"But if that is not what has happened, then the child needs\u003c/span>\u003ca href=\"https://www.cdc.gov/coronavirus/2019-ncov/if-you-are-sick/quarantine.html\"> \u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">to be quarantined\u003c/span>\u003c/a>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">.\"\u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">In the house, take reasonable precautions, says Pierre, \"but it's not necessarily with the rigor of having to go to your room and stay there,\" unless your child develops symptoms or tests positive for the coronavirus. Instead, try to keep some physical distance between the quarantining child and other household members, and have the child and/or those other family members wear a mask, especially those who are the most vulnerable and unvaccinated.\u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">In Lakdawala's home, her two children — both too young to be vaccinated — typically share a room. If one were in quarantine, \"I would separate them in terms of where they would sleep, but I would probably still send the other one to school if it was just an exposure,\" she says.\u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">She would wait a few days and then get the quarantining child tested for the coronavirus with a PCR test. In the interim, she'd\u003c/span>\u003ca href=\"https://www.cdc.gov/coronavirus/2019-ncov/symptoms-testing/symptoms.html\"> \u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">watch for symptoms\u003c/span>\u003c/a>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">. If no symptoms develop or the test comes back negative, it's fine to resume all the usual activities\u003c/span>\u003ca href=\"https://www.cdc.gov/coronavirus/2019-ncov/community/schools-childcare/k-12-guidance.html#contact-tracing\"> \u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">after seven to 14 days\u003c/span>\u003c/a>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">, depending on your school's policy.\u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">And while the child in quarantine is staying home, Lakdawala says, the rest of the household can keep on with essential business — school, work, grocery shopping and the like — with some precautions. The whole family should refrain from playdates or gatherings and wear masks in public, indoor settings.\u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cem>NPR editor and producer \u003c/em>\u003ca href=\"https://www.npr.org/people/468930062/jane-greenhalgh\">\u003cem>Jane Greenhalgh\u003c/em>\u003c/a>\u003cem> and correspondent \u003c/em>\u003ca href=\"https://www.npr.org/people/146944972/rob-stein/\">\u003cem>Rob Stein\u003c/em>\u003c/a>\u003cem> contributed reporting, and KQED's Jenny Pritchett contributed to this story.\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cdiv class=\"fullattribution\">Copyright 2021 NPR. To see more, visit npr.org.\u003cimg src=\"https://www.google-analytics.com/__utm.gif?utmac=UA-5828686-4&utmdt=How+To+Keep+Your+Child+Safe+From+The+Delta+Variant&utme=8(APIKey)9(MDAxOTAwOTE4MDEyMTkxMDAzNjczZDljZA004)\">\u003c/div>\n\u003cp>[ad floatright]\u003c/p>\n",
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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003cp>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">It's inevitable that when kids mix as they head back to school, germs spread. And in a pandemic year fueled by the delta variant, some of those germs may cause COVID-19. The CDC has advice for keeping your child protected from this highly contagious version of the coronavirus now and this fall: Mask up in schools and other crowded venues, and make sure everyone age 12 and older in the family gets a COVID-19 shot.\u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">But what if your kids are younger than that? What if they develop symptoms or come into contact with someone who tests positive for the coronavirus?\u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">Rules for testing and quarantining vary from place to place, so we asked several public health experts — all parents — about their personal strategies for keeping their kids and families safe these days.\u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003ch3>\u003cb>What Do I Do if My Kid Wakes Up with the Sniffles?\u003c/b>\u003c/h3>\n\u003cp>\u003ci>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">Keep your child at home and consult the pediatrician.\u003c/span>\u003c/i>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">\"This happened to us [recently], for camp,\" says\u003c/span>\u003ca href=\"http://www.mmg.pitt.edu/person/seema-s-lakdawala\"> \u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">Seema Lakdawala\u003c/span>\u003c/a>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">, a virologist who studies flu transmission at the University of Pittsburgh. She has two daughters, ages 5 and 8. \"My [8-year-old] daughter woke up and was sneezing and had a runny nose.\"\u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">She kept her daughter home and then called the pediatrician to talk through her symptoms. The likely culprit was allergies, the doctor told her; the child has known allergies to grass pollen, and it's already hay fever season where she lives. Sure enough, when Lakdawala gave her daughter allergy medication, her symptoms resolved.\u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">The key, says Lakdawala, is that her daughter had no known exposures to COVID-19. \"If we had been on a plane recently, or otherwise traveling, then I would definitely want to get her tested for COVID,\" the parent says.\u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ci>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">Test for the coronavirus when warranted.\u003c/span>\u003c/i>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">Ahead of those sniffles, while everyone's healthy, figure out where your child and others in your home can get\u003c/span>\u003ca href=\"https://www.npr.org/sections/health-shots/2020/05/01/847368012/how-reliable-are-covid-19-tests-depends-which-one-you-mean\"> \u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">PCR-tested\u003c/span>\u003c/a>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\"> for the coronavirus on short notice with quick results. \"Our pediatrician's office, like many pediatric clinics, has walk-in hours for children who are sick,\" says\u003c/span>\u003ca href=\"https://www.bumc.bu.edu/busm/profile/cassandra-pierre/\"> \u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">Dr. Cassandra Pierre\u003c/span>\u003c/a>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">, medical director of public health programs at Boston Medical Center and the parent of 3-year-old twins. \"Those hours are in the morning, which means my child could get tested and, hopefully, get the results in the same day.\"\u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">Keep your child at home until those test results come back, says Pierre.\u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">\u003c/p>\u003c/div>",
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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">Another option is to buy some over-the-counter,\u003c/span>\u003ca href=\"https://www.npr.org/2021/04/22/989934597/as-at-home-coronavirus-tests-hit-pharmacies-what-role-can-they-play-in-the-pande\"> \u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">rapid antigen tests\u003c/span>\u003c/a>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\"> from the pharmacy now and keep them in your medicine cabinet for a time when you might need them, says\u003c/span>\u003ca href=\"https://www.centerforhealthsecurity.org/our-people/gronvall/\"> \u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">Gigi Gronvall\u003c/span>\u003c/a>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">, an immunologist and researcher at the Johns Hopkins Center for Health Security. She has two kids, ages 11 and 14. These swab tests are less sensitive than PCR tests (so they might miss very minor infections). But they're quick, easy to use, and considered to be fairly accurate in people who are actively sick. \"They certainly provide peace of mind, especially if [people are] symptomatic,\" Gronvall says.\u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ci>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">Even if those symptoms turn out to be \"just a cold,\" try not to spread it.\u003c/span>\u003c/i>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">Whatever your child's COVID-19 status, please don't send them back to school if they're still coughing and sneezing, Pierre says.\u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">Her 3-year-old was home sick from day care with a cold the day we spoke with her. \"If my son is still sick tomorrow, still stuffy and having nasal secretions, I wouldn't necessarily put him right back and expose other children to another respiratory virus,\" Pierre says. As difficult as it is to arrange for child care, the pandemic has driven home to her that \"we really rely on the decisions that other people make,\" she says. \"I want to make sure that I'm making good decisions to prevent other children and parents potentially from getting sick.\"\u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">If kids must return to camp or school or day care with mild cold symptoms, they should wear masks consistently, says\u003c/span>\u003ca href=\"https://profiles.ucsf.edu/monica.gandhi\"> \u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">Dr. Monica Gandhi\u003c/span>\u003c/a>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">, an infectious disease doctor at UCSF.\u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">\u003c/p>\u003c/div>",
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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003ch3>\u003cb>What If My Child Tests Positive for the Coronavirus?\u003c/b>\u003c/h3>\n\u003cp>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">\"Don't panic,\" says Pierre. \"The first thing to remember is that children are incredibly resilient.\" Most cases of COVID-19 in\u003c/span>\u003ca href=\"https://www.cdc.gov/coronavirus/2019-ncov/faq.html#Children\"> \u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">children are mild\u003c/span>\u003c/a>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">. Keep a close eye on your child and check in with the pediatrician, particularly if your child has underlying health conditions that may need monitoring.\u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ci>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">Think ahead of time about who will take care of whom — and how — if somebody gets sick.\u003c/span>\u003c/i>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">Households are complicated, so think right now about how you could limit the sick child's contact with others in your home. Consider how you and any other members could best divvy up care. If your situation requires backup, Lakdawala suggests reaching out to fully vaccinated family members, friends or neighbors who may be able to step in and offer help.\u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\"> Lakdawala and her husband have walked through this scenario. They are both fully vaccinated, but their two children are not yet eligible. If one child tests positive for the coronavirus, she says, they will split the household into parent-child pairs in different parts of the house. They might then take turns in the kitchen and minimize the amount of time they're in enclosed spaces with each other.\u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ci>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">Layer protections to reduce the risk of household transmission.\u003c/span>\u003c/i>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">Space is limited for most families in the U.S. Still, there are proven ways to reduce the risks of transmission. The key is to rely on multiple types of protection.\u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">COVID-19 is primarily transmitted\u003c/span>\u003ca href=\"https://www.cdc.gov/coronavirus/2019-ncov/science/science-briefs/sars-cov-2-transmission.html\"> \u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">through the air\u003c/span>\u003c/a>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">, so Pierre notes that \"respiratory hygiene is your No. 1 priority.\"\u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">If indoor space is shared with a sick person, everyone in the house\u003c/span>\u003ca href=\"https://www.npr.org/sections/health-shots/2021/07/17/1017075240/delta-variant-is-spreading-fast-and-new-cases-are-rising-is-time-to-mask-up-agai\"> \u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">should wear masks\u003c/span>\u003c/a>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\"> as much as possible, says Gandhi. This means at all times, except when eating, drinking and sleeping. For the sick person, this reduces the amount of virus they exhale into the air, and for others in the household, it limits the amount of virus they breathe in. If a room is available, an older child who is sick with COVID-19 may be able to isolate there, says Pierre. This limits the presence of the virus to a specific part of the home.\u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">Get fresh air into the house to disperse any clouds of virus that may be lingering in the air, Lakdawala advises: \"Open the windows, turn on the fans, get some air circulating.\"\u003c/span> \u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">Air purifiers, available in \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11884658/free-air-filters-for-lower-income-people-with-asthma-how-bay-area-homes-can-sign-up\">six Bay Area counties\u003c/a> to lower-income residents with asthma,\u003c/span>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\"> could help filter virus out of the air in a closed room, Pierre adds.\u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">Another possible route of transmission is picking up the live virus on your hands and touching your eyes, nose or mouth. So periodically\u003c/span>\u003ca href=\"https://www.cdc.gov/coronavirus/2019-ncov/prevent-getting-sick/disinfecting-your-home.html\"> \u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">clean and disinfect\u003c/span>\u003c/a>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\"> shared surfaces such as the bathroom counter or kitchen table, particularly if a sick person has been coughing or sneezing nearby, Pierre says. After a few days (the CDC recommends\u003c/span>\u003ca href=\"https://www.cdc.gov/coronavirus/2019-ncov/symptoms-testing/testing.html\"> \u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">three to five days\u003c/span>\u003c/a>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\"> after a known exposure), it's a good idea to get the rest of the household tested for the coronavirus.\u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">The best defense, Pierre says, is vaccines. \"We really should be thinking about getting as many people in the household vaccinated as possible to protect themselves, but also to protect the child.\" Vaccinated people can provide care\u003c/span>\u003ca href=\"https://www.cdc.gov/coronavirus/2019-ncov/vaccines/fully-vaccinated-guidance.html#anchor_1617376555813\"> \u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">without needing to quarantine\u003c/span>\u003c/a>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">, so long as they remain healthy, without COVID-19 symptoms.\u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ci>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">Keep your child home until they're no longer contagious.\u003c/span>\u003c/i>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">Though asymptomatic infections can spread disease, too, people with COVID-19 are most likely to spread the infection to others when symptoms first appear. So\u003c/span>\u003ca href=\"https://www.cdc.gov/coronavirus/2019-ncov/if-you-are-sick/quarantine.html?CDC_AA_refVal=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.cdc.gov%2Fcoronavirus%2F2019-ncov%2Fif-you-are-sick%2Fisolation.html\"> \u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">10 days after symptoms first appear\u003c/span>\u003c/a>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">, if those symptoms have resolved without the continued use of fever-reducing medicine, the illness is no longer considered contagious, Gronvall says. Sometimes, children develop symptoms such as loss of taste and smell that can last longer, \"but as far as there being a danger to others, these symptoms don't need to interfere with them going back to school,\" she says.\u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">Again, if child care is an issue, fully vaccinated family members, friends or neighbors may be able to help.\u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11884679\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 1920px\">\u003cimg class=\"size-full wp-image-11884679\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2021/08/RS46334_012_KQED_SanFrancisco_Playgrounds_12102020-qut.jpg\" alt=\"young child on slide wearing a mask\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1280\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2021/08/RS46334_012_KQED_SanFrancisco_Playgrounds_12102020-qut.jpg 1920w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2021/08/RS46334_012_KQED_SanFrancisco_Playgrounds_12102020-qut-800x533.jpg 800w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2021/08/RS46334_012_KQED_SanFrancisco_Playgrounds_12102020-qut-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2021/08/RS46334_012_KQED_SanFrancisco_Playgrounds_12102020-qut-160x107.jpg 160w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2021/08/RS46334_012_KQED_SanFrancisco_Playgrounds_12102020-qut-1536x1024.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1920px) 100vw, 1920px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">A child goes down a concrete slide at Youngblood Coleman Playground in San Francisco. \u003ccite>(Beth LaBerge/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003ch3>\u003cb>What Kind of Mask Should a Child Wear?\u003c/b>\u003c/h3>\n\u003cp>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">Wear any mask that fits well — with no gaps around the mouth, nose or chin — and is comfortable. While adults these days are being encouraged\u003c/span>\u003ca href=\"https://www.npr.org/sections/health-shots/2021/02/03/962197192/5-hacks-to-make-your-face-mask-more-protective\"> \u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">to step up our mask game\u003c/span>\u003c/a>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\"> beyond cloth versions, the advice for children may be a little different. \"The best mask is one that they can wear for long periods of time, even in school,\" Pierre says. \"A cotton mask is the most comfortable, lightweight and breathable.\"\u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">Bonus points if the kids like the design: A child is more likely to wear a mask they find appealing, and to wear it consistently and correctly. \u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">\"My kids have the cutest masks,\" Lakdawala says. \"They have the ones that look like little cat faces and smiley faces or dogs or bears or whatever.\" Gronvall's 11-year-old prefers a mask that is \"silky and has pictures of cats in outer space that have lasers coming out of their eyes,\" so she has ordered several of those masks to send with him to school. \u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">Kids can also DIY existing masks with art supplies.\u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">If you want to add more protection, Gandhi suggests wearing two masks, which creates a tighter mask fit on the face, or adding a filter layer to a child's mask. \"You can buy a cloth mask with a pocket, and\u003c/span>\u003ca href=\"https://www.medrxiv.org/content/10.1101/2020.11.18.20233353v1\"> \u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">use vacuum bag material as a filter\u003c/span>\u003c/a>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">. It's thin and it blocks virus very effectively,\" she says. Still, she agrees that the bottom line with kids is comfort. So if these interventions make them less likely to wear the mask, she says you can skip them.\u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003ch3>\u003cb>Is It OK to Hug Our Kids When They're Sick with COVID-19?\u003c/b>\u003c/h3>\n\u003cp>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">The reassurance of physical contact — hugs and cuddles — can be important, especially for little ones, Lakdawala says. \"I'm not going to deny or deprive my child of that comfort when they're not feeling well.\" And you may feel that way, too. But Pierre says that if the kids are older, \"I would recommend physical distancing.\"\u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"https://www.cidrap.umn.edu/news-perspective/2020/11/covid-19-most-contagious-first-5-days-illness-study-finds\">\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">Studies suggest\u003c/span>\u003c/a>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\"> that a person with COVID-19 is most infectious in the first five days, so Gandhi says she'd aim to limit close contact in that period. \"For the first five days, I'd let them watch TV and I would try to not be as cuddly,\" she says.\u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">\"At night, if a child has a fever and needs comfort, that can be difficult,\" says Pierre. Nobody recommends wearing a protective mask while sleeping, but if you're sharing a bed with a sick child, you might consider facing in the same direction from behind them, or away — so they're not breathing directly into your face — and opening up the windows or using air purifiers to help clear the air.\u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">Lakdawala says wearing masks when someone is sick with COVID-19, and, again, divvying up care responsibilities (including hugs), can help reduce the risk that everyone in the household gets sick.\u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">\u003c/p>\u003c/div>",
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"content": "\u003cp>Digital vaccine cards — referred to by some as “vaccine passports” — have been available to Californians since June through the California Department of Public Health. And with \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11881585/with-the-delta-variant-spreading-fast-is-it-time-to-mask-up-again\">the COVID-19 delta variant continuing to spread statewide\u003c/a>, and \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11883397/indoor-mask-mandate-reinstated-in-most-bay-area-counties-regardless-of-vaccination-status\">Bay Area counties recently reinstating a mask mandate indoors\u003c/a>, the likelihood that you might need to provide proof of vaccination to enter certain restaurants, venues and bars is increasing.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Proof of vaccination among staff is also becoming more common among employers. On Wednesday, Gov. Gavin Newsom issued a mandate that \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11884606/newsom-mandates-covid-vaccines-or-regular-tests-for-all-california-teachers\">all California teachers and staff be vaccinated for COVID-19\u003c/a> or be tested weekly — the first such statewide mandate in the nation.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>If you haven’t signed up for your digital vaccine card yet, read on for more details of what CDPH’s digital vaccine verification looks like, why you might want to have one, how to request your digital vaccine record online and what do if you have problems with the system.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Skip straight to:\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cul>\n\u003cli>\u003cstrong>\u003ca href=\"#why\">Why should I get a digital vaccine card?\u003c/a>\u003c/strong>\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>\u003cstrong>\u003ca href=\"#howto\">What does the application process look like?\u003c/a>\u003c/strong>\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>\u003cstrong>\u003ca href=\"#problems\">Whom do I contact if it’s not working?\u003c/a>\u003c/strong>\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>\u003cstrong>\u003ca href=\"#outside\">NEW: What if I got vaccinated outside California?\u003c/a>\u003c/strong>\u003c/li>\n\u003c/ul>\n\u003ch3>What is a digital COVID vaccine record? What does it look like?\u003c/h3>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"https://myvaccinerecord.cdph.ca.gov/\">Your digital COVID vaccine record\u003c/a> refers to the details of your COVID vaccination as stored in the California Immunization Registry (CAIR, which also stores details of \u003cem>all\u003c/em> your vaccinations, not just your COVID shots).\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>What’s being referred to as your “digital COVID vaccine card” is really just a screenshot of that online record — plus a QR code that’s attached to it. It’s an alternative way of verifying your COVID vaccination status if and when venues or businesses request to see it. Previously, you’d only have been able to show the paper copy of your vaccine record (the one you received when you got your shot) or a photo of that paper copy.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"https://myvaccinerecord.cdph.ca.gov/\">The state’s digital COVID vaccine record\u003c/a> works by taking the phone number or email address associated with your COVID vaccine appointment, and then matching those details with the vaccination information stored with CAIR.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The link you’ll receive from the CDPH will either be texted to you or emailed, depending on the contact method you provide. The link opens to a webpage with your COVID vaccination record(s), including which brand of vaccine you received and when you got your shot(s). You can screenshot this page and save it to your computer or phone.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The webpage will contain a QR code, which you can also screenshot and save on your phone. If you’re at a venue that can read SMART Health Cards, you can present a copy of this QR code for them to scan.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch3>\u003ca id=\"why\">\u003c/a>Why should I get a digital vaccine card? Where could I be asked for mine?\u003c/h3>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"https://myvaccinerecord.cdph.ca.gov/\">The sign-up process is fairly simple\u003c/a>, and no separate app download is required. The electronic record of your vaccination may also be easier to read than a photo of your paper vaccine card, which will have been handwritten by a member of the staff at your vaccination appointment.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>This digital record is also a good option if you’ve straight-up misplaced or damaged your paper vaccine card recently. (If that’s you, and you’re seeking a replacement for your CDC card, \u003ca href=\"https://www.sfchronicle.com/health/article/Lost-your-COVID-vaccine-card-Here-s-what-you-16377496.php\">The San Francisco Chronicle has a guide to how to request one\u003c/a>.) Not only can you use the digital version as proof of your vaccination, but you can print it out to replace your paper card.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The state has stressed that \u003ca href=\"https://myvaccinerecord.cdph.ca.gov/faq\">the digital vaccination record is \u003cem>not\u003c/em> a vaccine passport\u003c/a>, and that you are not required to obtain one. The \u003ca href=\"https://myvaccinerecord.cdph.ca.gov/faq\">state’s vaccine card FAQ\u003c/a> also says that California “will not be implementing a mandatory passport system in California.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The California Department of Public Health lists \u003ca href=\"https://www.cdph.ca.gov/Programs/CID/DCDC/Pages/COVID-19/Vaccine-Record-Guidelines-Standards.aspx\">several alternative ways to prove your vaccination status\u003c/a> if required, including your CDC card (the paper copy or a photo of the card on your phone) or documentation of vaccination from a health care provider.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Some venues have the right to ask you to provide proof of vaccination as a condition of entry — and they’re going to do that regardless of whether you call that proof a “passport” or not. These venues might include larger locations like concert halls and sporting stadiums, and smaller venues like gyms and bars.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In July, hundreds of San Francisco bars announced they’d be requiring proof of vaccination upon entry for customers. (\u003ca href=\"https://sf.eater.com/2021/7/26/22594908/restaurants-bars-proof-vaccination-san-francisco-bay-area\">Read the list of these bars and venues requiring proof of vaccination\u003c/a> via SF Eater.)\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Your workplace may also ask you to provide proof of vaccination. Gov. Gavin Newsom has issued a mandate that \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11884606/newsom-mandates-covid-vaccines-or-regular-tests-for-all-california-teachers\">all California teachers and staff be vaccinated for COVID-19\u003c/a> or be tested weekly. In the past two weeks, the state also has issued vaccination or regular testing mandates for state employees and health care workers.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch3>\u003ca id=\"howto\">\u003c/a>Step-by-step: How to get your digital vaccine card\u003c/h3>\n\u003cp>Visit the state’s \u003ca href=\"https://myvaccinerecord.cdph.ca.gov/\">Digital COVID-19 Vaccine Record\u003c/a> portal to start the process of requesting your vaccination record electronically. The request process is all based around this one webpage.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>First, input your name and birthday:\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-11879218\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2021/06/1.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"1067\" height=\"692\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2021/06/1.png 1067w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2021/06/1-800x519.png 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2021/06/1-1020x662.png 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2021/06/1-160x104.png 160w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1067px) 100vw, 1067px\">\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Next, you’ll provide the phone number or email address you gave when you originally made your COVID vaccine appointment:\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-11879219\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2021/06/2.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"1008\" height=\"353\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2021/06/2.png 1008w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2021/06/2-800x280.png 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2021/06/2-160x56.png 160w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1008px) 100vw, 1008px\">\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The last step is creating a PIN number, which you’ll use to get access to your vaccine record when the link is texted or emailed to you:\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-11879220\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2021/06/3.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"1021\" height=\"475\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2021/06/3.png 1021w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2021/06/3-800x372.png 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2021/06/3-160x74.png 160w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1021px) 100vw, 1021px\">\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>If you provide a phone number, the link will be texted to you. If you provide an email address, you’ll get the link via email. Open the link and input the PIN you set earlier. You’ll then see your COVID vaccine record and your QR code. Screenshot and save the image, or print it out for a paper copy of your vaccination.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>This link to your digital vaccine record is available for 24 hours. After that, you’ll have to request your record and a new link again.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch3>What if I used the same phone number or email address to make multiple vaccination appointments for my family?\u003c/h3>\n\u003cp>It’s totally fine. Just enter each vaccination record request separately, with the name of the vaccinated person and whatever phone number or email was used to make their appointment.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch3>\u003ca id=\"outside\">\u003c/a>What if I got vaccinated outside California?\u003c/h3>\n\u003cp>If you got vaccinated in a state other than California, see if that state offers a digital vaccine card equivalent to California’s My Vaccine Record that you can request and present when asked for proof of vaccination in California.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>If they don’t, you can just present a photo of your CDC vaccination card — since that card is provided for every COVID vaccination in the United States, regardless of which state it took place in.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>What if you got vaccinated in a country outside the U.S.? Take a look at the California Department of Public Health’s \u003ca href=\"https://www.cdph.ca.gov/Programs/CID/DCDC/Pages/COVID-19/Vaccine-Record-Guidelines-Standards.aspx\">recommended ways to show your proof of vaccination \u003c/a>to see what you can provide.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>You may also wish to consult the specific information on acceptable proof of vaccination in a particular city or county. For example, \u003ca href=\"https://www.sfdph.org/dph/alerts/coronavirus-faq.asp\">San Francisco’s detailed FAQ on providing proof of vaccination \u003c/a>says that city establishments will accept “similar documentation issued by another foreign governmental jurisdiction” when it comes to vaccines, as long as the name on that documentation can be matched to your photo identification.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"https://www.sfdph.org/dph/alerts/coronavirus-faq.asp\">San Francisco also provides specific advice to people who live in Canada and who got the AstraZeneca vaccine.\u003c/a> It confirms that a Canadian vaccination card \u003cem>will\u003c/em> satisfy the proof of vaccination requirement even though AstraZeneca’s vaccine wasn’t approved by the FDA — as long as you are fully vaccinated.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch3>\u003ca id=\"problems\">\u003c/a>What if I can’t find my vaccine record, or there’s a mistake on it?\u003c/h3>\n\u003cp>If you submit your information to the portal but no link to your vaccination record is returned, the state recommends making sure:\u003c/p>\n\u003cul>\n\u003cli>That you’re entering an email or phone number associated with your vaccine record (i.e., the contact details you originally used to make your vaccination appointment).\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>That you double-check you’ve entered the correct name and birthdate.\u003c/li>\n\u003c/ul>\n\u003cp>If your record still isn’t found, or if the information that’s returned is wrong (for example, the wrong vaccination dates, dose number or dose brand), you can:\u003c/p>\n\u003cul>\n\u003cli>Follow \u003ca href=\"https://www.cdph.ca.gov/Programs/CID/DCDC/Pages/Immunization/COVID-19VaccineRecord.aspx\">CDPH’s troubleshooting tips.\u003c/a>\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>Call (833) 422-4255 (lines open Monday-Friday 8 a.m. to 8 p.m, Saturday-Sunday 8 a.m. to 5 p.m.).\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>Email novelvirus@cdph.ca.gov.\u003c/li>\n\u003c/ul>\n\u003cp>CDPH also has a \u003ca href=\"https://myvaccinerecord.cdph.ca.gov/unmatched\">troubleshooting form\u003c/a> you can complete, but the state says it’ll take two to three weeks to get back to you with their findings and next steps,.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Some people will have made their vaccination appointment over the phone via CPDH’s COVID hotline, precisely because they didn’t have a cellphone number or email address with which to make their appointment. 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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>What’s being referred to as your “digital COVID vaccine card” is really just a screenshot of that online record — plus a QR code that’s attached to it. It’s an alternative way of verifying your COVID vaccination status if and when venues or businesses request to see it. Previously, you’d only have been able to show the paper copy of your vaccine record (the one you received when you got your shot) or a photo of that paper copy.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"https://myvaccinerecord.cdph.ca.gov/\">The state’s digital COVID vaccine record\u003c/a> works by taking the phone number or email address associated with your COVID vaccine appointment, and then matching those details with the vaccination information stored with CAIR.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The link you’ll receive from the CDPH will either be texted to you or emailed, depending on the contact method you provide. The link opens to a webpage with your COVID vaccination record(s), including which brand of vaccine you received and when you got your shot(s). You can screenshot this page and save it to your computer or phone.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The webpage will contain a QR code, which you can also screenshot and save on your phone. If you’re at a venue that can read SMART Health Cards, you can present a copy of this QR code for them to scan.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch3>\u003ca id=\"why\">\u003c/a>Why should I get a digital vaccine card? Where could I be asked for mine?\u003c/h3>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"https://myvaccinerecord.cdph.ca.gov/\">The sign-up process is fairly simple\u003c/a>, and no separate app download is required. The electronic record of your vaccination may also be easier to read than a photo of your paper vaccine card, which will have been handwritten by a member of the staff at your vaccination appointment.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>This digital record is also a good option if you’ve straight-up misplaced or damaged your paper vaccine card recently. (If that’s you, and you’re seeking a replacement for your CDC card, \u003ca href=\"https://www.sfchronicle.com/health/article/Lost-your-COVID-vaccine-card-Here-s-what-you-16377496.php\">The San Francisco Chronicle has a guide to how to request one\u003c/a>.) Not only can you use the digital version as proof of your vaccination, but you can print it out to replace your paper card.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The state has stressed that \u003ca href=\"https://myvaccinerecord.cdph.ca.gov/faq\">the digital vaccination record is \u003cem>not\u003c/em> a vaccine passport\u003c/a>, and that you are not required to obtain one. The \u003ca href=\"https://myvaccinerecord.cdph.ca.gov/faq\">state’s vaccine card FAQ\u003c/a> also says that California “will not be implementing a mandatory passport system in California.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The California Department of Public Health lists \u003ca href=\"https://www.cdph.ca.gov/Programs/CID/DCDC/Pages/COVID-19/Vaccine-Record-Guidelines-Standards.aspx\">several alternative ways to prove your vaccination status\u003c/a> if required, including your CDC card (the paper copy or a photo of the card on your phone) or documentation of vaccination from a health care provider.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Some venues have the right to ask you to provide proof of vaccination as a condition of entry — and they’re going to do that regardless of whether you call that proof a “passport” or not. These venues might include larger locations like concert halls and sporting stadiums, and smaller venues like gyms and bars.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In July, hundreds of San Francisco bars announced they’d be requiring proof of vaccination upon entry for customers. (\u003ca href=\"https://sf.eater.com/2021/7/26/22594908/restaurants-bars-proof-vaccination-san-francisco-bay-area\">Read the list of these bars and venues requiring proof of vaccination\u003c/a> via SF Eater.)\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Your workplace may also ask you to provide proof of vaccination. Gov. Gavin Newsom has issued a mandate that \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11884606/newsom-mandates-covid-vaccines-or-regular-tests-for-all-california-teachers\">all California teachers and staff be vaccinated for COVID-19\u003c/a> or be tested weekly. In the past two weeks, the state also has issued vaccination or regular testing mandates for state employees and health care workers.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch3>\u003ca id=\"howto\">\u003c/a>Step-by-step: How to get your digital vaccine card\u003c/h3>\n\u003cp>Visit the state’s \u003ca href=\"https://myvaccinerecord.cdph.ca.gov/\">Digital COVID-19 Vaccine Record\u003c/a> portal to start the process of requesting your vaccination record electronically. The request process is all based around this one webpage.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>First, input your name and birthday:\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-11879218\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2021/06/1.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"1067\" height=\"692\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2021/06/1.png 1067w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2021/06/1-800x519.png 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2021/06/1-1020x662.png 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2021/06/1-160x104.png 160w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1067px) 100vw, 1067px\">\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Next, you’ll provide the phone number or email address you gave when you originally made your COVID vaccine appointment:\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-11879219\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2021/06/2.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"1008\" height=\"353\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2021/06/2.png 1008w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2021/06/2-800x280.png 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2021/06/2-160x56.png 160w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1008px) 100vw, 1008px\">\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The last step is creating a PIN number, which you’ll use to get access to your vaccine record when the link is texted or emailed to you:\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-11879220\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2021/06/3.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"1021\" height=\"475\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2021/06/3.png 1021w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2021/06/3-800x372.png 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2021/06/3-160x74.png 160w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1021px) 100vw, 1021px\">\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>If you provide a phone number, the link will be texted to you. If you provide an email address, you’ll get the link via email. Open the link and input the PIN you set earlier. You’ll then see your COVID vaccine record and your QR code. Screenshot and save the image, or print it out for a paper copy of your vaccination.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>This link to your digital vaccine record is available for 24 hours. After that, you’ll have to request your record and a new link again.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch3>What if I used the same phone number or email address to make multiple vaccination appointments for my family?\u003c/h3>\n\u003cp>It’s totally fine. Just enter each vaccination record request separately, with the name of the vaccinated person and whatever phone number or email was used to make their appointment.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch3>\u003ca id=\"outside\">\u003c/a>What if I got vaccinated outside California?\u003c/h3>\n\u003cp>If you got vaccinated in a state other than California, see if that state offers a digital vaccine card equivalent to California’s My Vaccine Record that you can request and present when asked for proof of vaccination in California.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>If they don’t, you can just present a photo of your CDC vaccination card — since that card is provided for every COVID vaccination in the United States, regardless of which state it took place in.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>What if you got vaccinated in a country outside the U.S.? Take a look at the California Department of Public Health’s \u003ca href=\"https://www.cdph.ca.gov/Programs/CID/DCDC/Pages/COVID-19/Vaccine-Record-Guidelines-Standards.aspx\">recommended ways to show your proof of vaccination \u003c/a>to see what you can provide.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>You may also wish to consult the specific information on acceptable proof of vaccination in a particular city or county. For example, \u003ca href=\"https://www.sfdph.org/dph/alerts/coronavirus-faq.asp\">San Francisco’s detailed FAQ on providing proof of vaccination \u003c/a>says that city establishments will accept “similar documentation issued by another foreign governmental jurisdiction” when it comes to vaccines, as long as the name on that documentation can be matched to your photo identification.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"https://www.sfdph.org/dph/alerts/coronavirus-faq.asp\">San Francisco also provides specific advice to people who live in Canada and who got the AstraZeneca vaccine.\u003c/a> It confirms that a Canadian vaccination card \u003cem>will\u003c/em> satisfy the proof of vaccination requirement even though AstraZeneca’s vaccine wasn’t approved by the FDA — as long as you are fully vaccinated.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch3>\u003ca id=\"problems\">\u003c/a>What if I can’t find my vaccine record, or there’s a mistake on it?\u003c/h3>\n\u003cp>If you submit your information to the portal but no link to your vaccination record is returned, the state recommends making sure:\u003c/p>\n\u003cul>\n\u003cli>That you’re entering an email or phone number associated with your vaccine record (i.e., the contact details you originally used to make your vaccination appointment).\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>That you double-check you’ve entered the correct name and birthdate.\u003c/li>\n\u003c/ul>\n\u003cp>If your record still isn’t found, or if the information that’s returned is wrong (for example, the wrong vaccination dates, dose number or dose brand), you can:\u003c/p>\n\u003cul>\n\u003cli>Follow \u003ca href=\"https://www.cdph.ca.gov/Programs/CID/DCDC/Pages/Immunization/COVID-19VaccineRecord.aspx\">CDPH’s troubleshooting tips.\u003c/a>\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>Call (833) 422-4255 (lines open Monday-Friday 8 a.m. to 8 p.m, Saturday-Sunday 8 a.m. to 5 p.m.).\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>Email novelvirus@cdph.ca.gov.\u003c/li>\n\u003c/ul>\n\u003cp>CDPH also has a \u003ca href=\"https://myvaccinerecord.cdph.ca.gov/unmatched\">troubleshooting form\u003c/a> you can complete, but the state says it’ll take two to three weeks to get back to you with their findings and next steps,.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Some people will have made their vaccination appointment over the phone via CPDH’s COVID hotline, precisely because they didn’t have a cellphone number or email address with which to make their appointment. If that’s you, we suggest contacting CDPH using the number above.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch3>What if I don’t want to get a digital vaccine card?\u003c/h3>\n\u003cp>That’s OK — nobody’s going to make you get a digital vaccine card. The state says you are not required to obtain a digital COVID-19 vaccine record and that this system is entirely optional.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>It’s also just \u003ca href=\"https://www.cdph.ca.gov/Programs/CID/DCDC/Pages/COVID-19/Vaccine-Record-Guidelines-Standards.aspx\">\u003cem>one\u003c/em> of the ways to show your proof of vaccination\u003c/a>. You can still show your paper card anywhere that’s requesting proof of vaccination, or use another method included on \u003ca href=\"https://www.cdph.ca.gov/Programs/CID/DCDC/Pages/COVID-19/Vaccine-Record-Guidelines-Standards.aspx\">the California Department of Public Health’s list of ways to prove you’re vaccinated\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003c/div>",
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"content": "\u003cp>After \u003ca href=\"https://calmatters.org/education/2021/08/california-vaccines-teachers-mandate/\">months of reluctance\u003c/a>, Gov. Gavin Newsom issued a mandate on Wednesday that all California teachers and staff working on school campuses be vaccinated for COVID-19 or be tested weekly.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>It’s the first such statewide mandate in the nation.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“We think this is the right thing to do, and we think this is a sustainable way to keep schools open,” Newsom said at a Wednesday press conference at Carl B. Munck Elementary School in Oakland.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Newsom said the mandate would apply to staff as well as teachers, including “custodial staff, the bus drivers, folks that are critical to supporting the entire school ecosystem.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Until now, Newsom had stopped short of such a requirement: He spent the past several months voicing confidence in school safety protocols that were based on increased ventilation and masking, while urging all school employees to be vaccinated.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>At the Wednesday press conference, Newsom was flanked by Oakland school officials and representatives, including Democratic Rep. Barbara Lee, who said there was “no substitute” for in-person learning, which vaccines make possible.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Our children, especially children from low-income communities — they cannot afford to take steps backward on their education,” she said. “As one of the greatest artists of all time, Marvin Gaye, reminded us: \u003ca href=\"https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ELNL_vRX4eQ\">Save the children\u003c/a>.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Children under 12 are not yet eligible for the vaccine.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Staffers at schools statewide will have various options to prove they’ve been vaccinated, \u003ca href=\"https://www.cdph.ca.gov/Programs/CID/DCDC/Pages/COVID-19/Order-of-the-State-Public-Health-Officer-Vaccine-Verification-for-Workers-in-Schools.aspx\">according to the state’s health order\u003c/a>: They can present either a COVID-19 vaccination record card, a photocopy of the card, a photo of their vaccination card on a phone (or another electronic device), alternate documentation of vaccination from a health care provider, a digital record with a QR code compatible with a SMART Health Card reader, or documentation of vaccination from other contracted employers.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Staffers who are unvaccinated, even if they don’t have symptoms, must get COVID-19 tests at least once weekly with PCR or antigen testing, according to the California Department of Public Health. Those previously infected with the coronavirus are not exempt from the testing or vaccine requirements.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Additionally, schools will be required to have a plan in place to track which workers are vaccinated and to track the testing. Schools also must report this data to local public health departments.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The state’s health order applies only to K-12 schools, not higher education. Some funding is available to help schools implement the new requirements, including subsidized COVID-19 testing provided by the California Department of Public Health.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>https://twitter.com/CAgovernor/status/1425513813869170694\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Before the announcement, districts across the state formed a patchwork of various vaccination rules for school employees. San José Unified, San Francisco Unified, San Diego Unified and others were already requiring teachers to either be vaccinated or undergo regular testing. Other districts throughout California were requiring neither.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[aside postID=news_11884547]Both the University of California and California State University systems have issued vaccine mandates for students. The UC will also require faculty to be vaccinated.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Megan Bacigalupi, the founder and executive director of OpenSchoolsCA, said this requirement should have come sooner. Her children’s district, Oakland Unified, started its school year on Monday.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I wish this vaccine requirement would have happened earlier in the summer when it could’ve had a bigger impact,” she said. “I’m certainly happy to see [Newsom] do it, but I don’t know why it took this long.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Before the mandate, California teacher vaccines and testing vaccine requirements were negotiated between teachers unions and local school districts. One legal expert \u003ca href=\"https://calmatters.org/education/2021/08/california-vaccines-teachers-mandate/\">told CalMatters\u003c/a> that because the vaccines were not yet fully approved by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration, a unilateral mandate from either the state or local districts could be vulnerable to legal challenges.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>At Sacramento City Unified, district administrators and the teachers union met on Tuesday afternoon to discuss a vaccine or testing requirement for teachers. According to David Fisher, president of the Sacramento City Teachers Association, no formal agreement was reached, but he said the union and the district appeared to be on the same page.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Fisher said that with the delta variant, vaccinations alone aren’t enough. He said SCTA is calling for weekly testing for even vaccinated teachers who could pass the more contagious delta variant to unvaccinated students or staff.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I think there should be an increased emphasis on testing,” he said. “While the science becomes more clear, we think universal testing should be a goal.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>https://twitter.com/CAgovernor/status/1425522323126329346\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In the past two weeks, the state also issued \u003ca href=\"https://www.gov.ca.gov/2021/07/26/california-implements-first-in-the-nation-measures-to-encourage-state-employees-and-health-care-workers-to-get-vaccinated/\">vaccination or regular testing mandates for state employees and health care workers\u003c/a>. On Sunday, Randi Weingarten, president of the American Federation of Teachers, the country’s second largest teachers union, added to this momentum by calling for vaccine requirements for educators.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Dr. Anthony Fauci, director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases and President Biden’s chief medical adviser on COVID-19, said Tuesday morning in an \u003ca href=\"https://www.msnbc.com/morning-joe/watch/dr-fauci-there-s-no-doubt-these-vaccines-will-be-fully-approved-by-fda-118264901984\">interview on MSNBC,\u003c/a> “I’m going to upset some people on this, but I think we should [require teacher vaccinations]. We’ve had 615,000-plus deaths, and we are in a major surge now as we’re going into the fall, into the school season. This is very serious business.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Bacigalupi said she’s hoping Newsom will issue a stronger vaccination mandate once the vaccines are officially approved by the FDA.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I’m assuming that districts and the governor are potentially waiting for the vaccine to be fully authorized,” she said. “Once it’s fully authorized, I don’t understand why it wouldn’t be fully mandated.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n",
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"content": "\u003cp>Natural disasters have names and labels. Hurricane names are selected from a predetermined list. Diseases, at one point often named for where they originated, now follow a \u003ca href=\"https://apps.who.int/iris/bitstream/handle/10665/163636/WHO_HSE_FOS_15.1_eng.pdf\">specific set of naming guidelines\u003c/a>. Wildfires get names, too.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The Dixie Fire, \u003ca href=\"https://www.npr.org/2021/08/09/1026078606/dixie-fire-california-only-21-percent-contained\">California's largest single-origin wildfire in recorded history\u003c/a>, is named for a road near where it started nearly four weeks ago. According to Cal Fire, fires are often named for their geographic location. Nearby landmarks, like roads, lakes, rivers and mountains, can also become the fire's namesake.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"If a fire is called into the 911 center off of Main Street, this fire would be called the Main Fire,\" explains Cal Fire's Assistant Deputy Director Daniel Berlant in an informational video. \"If a caller calls in and says, 'I'm at Monterey Park and there's a fire at the park,' dispatchers would likely name this fire either the Monterey Fire or the Park Fire.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E7B1k77acmE\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Wildfires need to be named quickly in order to start fighting them efficiently, which tends to leave the responsibility of naming the fire to the dispatcher or the first firefighters to arrive on the scene.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"All fires get a name. That allows the firefighters that are responding to them to quickly understand where they're going, and allows those back in our emergency command centers to prioritize our resources and to quickly track them down,\" Berlant explains.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Of course, this kind of pressure can be the cause of some pretty interesting names. In 2015, southeast Idaho's 57th wildfire of the season was named \"Not Creative\" by exhausted firefighters who couldn't come up with a name on the spot, according to firefighter Betsy Haynes, who spoke with \u003ca href=\"https://www.npr.org/2015/08/26/434821450/how-do-wildfires-get-their-names-the-national-park-service-explains\">NPR's Morning Edition\u003c/a> that year.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>And after \u003ca href=\"https://www.nifc.gov/fire-information/nfn\">39,593 wildfires\u003c/a> that have blazed so far this year, some interesting names are bound to happen. Among the \u003ca href=\"https://www.nifc.gov/fire-information/nfn\">108 wildfires burning in the U.S. right now\u003c/a> are the Lava Fire in California, the Tango Fire in Idaho, the Goat and Goose fires in Montana, and the Walrus Fire in Oregon.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But while these names can seem fun, wildfires are anything but. Wildfires \u003ca href=\"https://www.nifc.gov/fire-information/nfn\">now burning\u003c/a> in the U.S. have scorched over 2,411,342 acres, and almost 26,000 wildland firefighters are out fighting them.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cem>Josie Fischels is an intern on NPR's Newsdesk.\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cdiv class=\"fullattribution\">Copyright 2021 NPR. To see more, visit \u003ca href=\"https://www.npr.org/\">npr.org\u003c/a>.\u003cimg src=\"https://www.google-analytics.com/__utm.gif?utmac=UA-5828686-4&utmdt=Dixie%2C+Bootleg%2C+Goose.+How+Wildfires+Get+Their+Name&utme=8(APIKey)9(MDAxOTAwOTE4MDEyMTkxMDAzNjczZDljZA004)\">\u003c/div>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n",
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"content": "\u003cp>\u003cem>Updated at 11 a.m. on Monday, Aug. 9, 2021:\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Thick smoke that held down winds and temperatures cleared Monday from the forestlands of Butte, Plumas and Lassen counties as firefighters battling the second-largest wildfire in state history braced for a return of fire-friendly weather.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The newly clear skies will allow more than two dozen helicopters and two air tankers that have been grounded to fly again and make it safer for ground crews to maneuver.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Winds were not expected to reach the ferocious speeds that helped the Dixie Fire explode in size last week. But they were still a concern for firefighters working in unprecedented conditions to protect thousands of threatened homes.[aside postID=news_11880307]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“The live trees that are out there now have a lower fuel moisture than you would find when you go to a hardware store or a lumberyard and get that piece of lumber that’s kiln dried,” Mark Brunton, operations section chief for Cal Fire, said in an online briefing Sunday morning. “It’s that dry, so it doesn’t take much for any sort of embers, sparks or small flaming front to get that going.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Fueled by strong winds and bone-dry vegetation, the fire incinerated much of Greenville on Wednesday and Thursday, destroying 370 homes and structures and threatening nearly 14,000 buildings in the northern Sierra Nevada.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The Dixie Fire, named for the road where it started nearly four weeks ago, grew to an area of 725 square miles by Sunday morning and was just 21% contained, according to Cal Fire. It had scorched an area more than twice the size of New York City.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>With smoke clearing out on eastern portions of the fire, crews that had been directly attacking the front lines would be forced to retreat and build containment lines farther back, said Dan McKeague, a fire information officer from the U.S. Forest Service. On the plus side, better visibility should allow planes and helicopters to return to the firefight and make it safer for ground crews to maneuver.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“As soon as that air clears, we can fly again,” McKeague said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Gov. Gavin Newsom surveyed the damage in Greenville Saturday, and said in a video posted to Twitter that firefighters were doing \"heroic work,\" but the state has to do more in active forest management and vegetation management.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"At the end of the day though, we also have to acknowledge this, the dries are getting a lot drier, the heat and hot weather is a lot hotter than it's ever been, the extreme weather conditions, the extreme droughts, are leading to extreme conditions and wildfire challenges the likes of which we've never seen in our history,\" Newsom said. \"We need to acknowledge, just straight up. these are climate-induced wildfires.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11884329\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"max-width: 1920px\">\u003cimg class=\"size-full wp-image-11884329\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2021/08/GettyImages-1234580121-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1920\" height=\"2325\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2021/08/GettyImages-1234580121-1.jpg 1920w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2021/08/GettyImages-1234580121-1-800x969.jpg 800w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2021/08/GettyImages-1234580121-1-1020x1235.jpg 1020w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2021/08/GettyImages-1234580121-1-160x194.jpg 160w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2021/08/GettyImages-1234580121-1-1268x1536.jpg 1268w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2021/08/GettyImages-1234580121-1-1691x2048.jpg 1691w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1920px) 100vw, 1920px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">In this before-and-after series from the Dixie Fire, a home burns (top) on July 24, 2021, and the remains are seen two days later in the Indian Falls neighborhood of unincorporated Plumas County. \u003ccite>(Josh Edelson/AFP via Getty Images)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Four firefighters were taken to the hospital Friday after being struck by a fallen branch. More than 20 people were initially reported missing, but by Saturday afternoon authorities had contacted all but four of them.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[pullquote size=\"medium\" align=\"right\" citation=\"Kesia Studebaker, Greenville resident\"]'We knew we didn't get enough rainfall and fires could happen, but we didn't expect a monster like this.’[/pullquote]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Crews have constructed 465 miles of line around the massive blaze, Deputy Incident Commander Chris Waters said. That’s about the distance from the central California city of Chico to Los Angeles. But officials are only confident that about 20% of the line is secure, he said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Every bit of that line needs to be constructed, staffed, mopped up and actually put to bed before we can call this fire fully contained,” Waters said during Saturday evening’s incident briefing.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11884327\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"max-width: 1886px\">\u003cimg class=\"size-full wp-image-11884327\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2021/08/GettyImages-1234578875-1-scaled.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1886\" height=\"2560\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2021/08/GettyImages-1234578875-1-scaled.jpg 1886w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2021/08/GettyImages-1234578875-1-800x1086.jpg 800w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2021/08/GettyImages-1234578875-1-1020x1384.jpg 1020w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2021/08/GettyImages-1234578875-1-160x217.jpg 160w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2021/08/GettyImages-1234578875-1-1132x1536.jpg 1132w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2021/08/GettyImages-1234578875-1-1509x2048.jpg 1509w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1886px) 100vw, 1886px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">This before-and-after series from the Dixie Fire in Greenville shows homeowner Jerry Whipple (top, on the right) speaking to a neighbor about ignoring a mandatory evacuation order in front of his home on July 23, 2021, and after the home burned on August 7, 2021. \u003ccite>(Josh Edelson/AFP via Getty Images)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Erratic winds were predicted again Sunday afternoon. But the weather settled starting Monday.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Damage reports are preliminary because assessment teams can’t get into many areas, officials said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[aside postID=\"news_11883862\" label=\"More Dixie Fire Coverage\"]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The blaze became the largest single (non-complex) fire in California's recorded history, surpassing last year's Creek Fire. It's about half the size of the August Complex, a series of lightning-caused 2020 fires across seven counties that were fought together and that state officials consider California's largest wildfire overall.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The fire’s cause was under investigation. Pacific Gas & Electric Co. has said the blaze may have been sparked when a tree fell on one of its power lines. A federal judge ordered PG&E on Friday to give details by Aug. 16 about the equipment and vegetation where the fire started.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Cooler temperatures and higher humidity slowed the spread of the fire, and temperatures topped 90 degrees Fahrenheit instead of the triple-digit highs recorded earlier last week. 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Scientists have said climate change has made the region much warmer and drier in the past 30 years and will continue to make the weather more extreme and wildfires more frequent and destructive.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>About a two-hour drive south from the Dixie Fire, crews had surrounded nearly half of the River Fire that broke out August 4 near the town of Colfax and destroyed 68 homes and other buildings. Evacuation orders for thousands of people in Nevada and Placer counties were lifted Friday. Three people, including a firefighter, were injured, authorities said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Smoke from the fires blanketed Northern California and western Nevada, causing air quality to deteriorate to very unhealthy and, at times, hazardous levels.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Air quality advisories extended through California's San Joaquin Valley and as far as the San Francisco Bay Area to Denver, Salt Lake City and Las Vegas, where residents were urged to keep their windows and doors shut. 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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Fueled by strong winds and bone-dry vegetation, the fire incinerated much of Greenville on Wednesday and Thursday, destroying 370 homes and structures and threatening nearly 14,000 buildings in the northern Sierra Nevada.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The Dixie Fire, named for the road where it started nearly four weeks ago, grew to an area of 725 square miles by Sunday morning and was just 21% contained, according to Cal Fire. It had scorched an area more than twice the size of New York City.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>With smoke clearing out on eastern portions of the fire, crews that had been directly attacking the front lines would be forced to retreat and build containment lines farther back, said Dan McKeague, a fire information officer from the U.S. Forest Service. On the plus side, better visibility should allow planes and helicopters to return to the firefight and make it safer for ground crews to maneuver.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“As soon as that air clears, we can fly again,” McKeague said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Gov. Gavin Newsom surveyed the damage in Greenville Saturday, and said in a video posted to Twitter that firefighters were doing \"heroic work,\" but the state has to do more in active forest management and vegetation management.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"At the end of the day though, we also have to acknowledge this, the dries are getting a lot drier, the heat and hot weather is a lot hotter than it's ever been, the extreme weather conditions, the extreme droughts, are leading to extreme conditions and wildfire challenges the likes of which we've never seen in our history,\" Newsom said. \"We need to acknowledge, just straight up. these are climate-induced wildfires.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11884329\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"max-width: 1920px\">\u003cimg class=\"size-full wp-image-11884329\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2021/08/GettyImages-1234580121-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1920\" height=\"2325\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2021/08/GettyImages-1234580121-1.jpg 1920w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2021/08/GettyImages-1234580121-1-800x969.jpg 800w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2021/08/GettyImages-1234580121-1-1020x1235.jpg 1020w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2021/08/GettyImages-1234580121-1-160x194.jpg 160w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2021/08/GettyImages-1234580121-1-1268x1536.jpg 1268w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2021/08/GettyImages-1234580121-1-1691x2048.jpg 1691w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1920px) 100vw, 1920px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">In this before-and-after series from the Dixie Fire, a home burns (top) on July 24, 2021, and the remains are seen two days later in the Indian Falls neighborhood of unincorporated Plumas County. \u003ccite>(Josh Edelson/AFP via Getty Images)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Four firefighters were taken to the hospital Friday after being struck by a fallen branch. More than 20 people were initially reported missing, but by Saturday afternoon authorities had contacted all but four of them.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003c/div>",
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Unless the courts intervene or the state temporarily allows non-compliant meat to be sold in the state, California will lose almost all of its pork supply, much of which comes from Iowa, and pork producers will face higher costs to regain a key market.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Animal welfare organizations for years have been pushing for more humane treatment of farm animals but the California rules could be a rare case of consumers clearly paying a price for their beliefs.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>With little time left to build new facilities, inseminate sows and process the offspring by January, it’s hard to see how the pork industry can adequately supply California, which consumes roughly 15% of all pork produced in the country. 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Hog farmers said they haven’t complied because of the cost and because California hasn’t yet issued formal regulations on how the new standards will be administered and enforced.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Barry Goodwin, an economist at North Carolina State University, estimated the extra costs at 15% more per animal for a farm with 1,000 breeding pigs.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>If half the pork supply was suddenly lost in California, bacon prices would jump 60%, meaning a $6 package would rise to about $9.60, according to a study by the Hatamiya Group, a consulting firm hired by opponents of the state proposition.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>At one typical hog farm in Iowa, sows are kept in open-air crates measuring 14-square-feet when they join a herd and then for a week as part of the insemination process before moving to larger, roughly 20-square foot group pens with other hogs. 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The council also is holding out hope that meat already in the supply chain could be sold, potentially delaying shortages.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Josh Balk, who leads farm animal protection efforts at the Humane Society of the United States, said the pork industry should accept the overwhelming view of Californians who want animals treated more humanely.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Why are pork producers constantly trying to overturn laws relating to cruelty to animals?” Balk asked. “It says something about the pork industry when it seems its business operandi is to lose at the ballot when they try to defend the practices and then when animal cruelty laws are passed, to try to overturn them.” [aside tag=\"food, animal-rights\" label=\"More Related Stories\"]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In Iowa, which raises about one-third of the nation’s hogs, farmer Dwight Mogler estimates the changes would cost him $3 million and allow room for 250 pigs in a space that now holds 300.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>To afford the expense, Mogler said, he’d need to earn an extra $20 per pig and so far, processors are offering far less.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“The question to us is, if we do these changes, what is the next change going to be in the rules two years, three years, five years ahead?” Mogler asked.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The California rules also create a challenge for slaughterhouses, which now may send different cuts of a single hog to locations around the nation and to other countries. 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"content": "\u003cp>Gov. Gavin Newsom may be fighting for his political life amid a \u003ca href=\"https://calmatters.org/health/coronavirus/2021/07/california-covid-mask-guidelines/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">fourth wave of COVID\u003c/a>, a \u003ca href=\"https://calmatters.org/environment/2021/05/unprepared-california-drought-2021-lessons-learned/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">drought without modern precedent\u003c/a>, \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/science/1975814/a-punishing-california-fire-season-is-here-fueled-by-historic-drought\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">another horrific fire season\u003c/a>, a \u003ca href=\"https://www.latimes.com/california/story/2021-07-01/california-homicides-jump-31-in-2020-the-most-in-13-years\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">spiking murder rate\u003c/a> and an \u003ca href=\"https://escholarship.org/uc/item/27x9k5qt\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">increasingly credible-seeming\u003c/a> recall.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But at least he has a lot of really rich political allies.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>At last count, the main committee tasked with defending the governor against the \u003ca href=\"https://calmatters.org/gavin-newsom-recall-election/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Sept. 14 recall\u003c/a> has \u003ca href=\"https://calmatters.org/politics/2021/05/gavin-newsom-recall-money/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">raised some $39 million\u003c/a>. Another allied committee and Newsom’s own 2022 campaign account, which state law allows him to draw upon this year, add another $4 million to that war chest.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>That’s more than double all the cash raised by the committees campaigning for his ouster and the \u003ca href=\"https://calmatters.org/explainers/newsom-recall-candidates/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">46 candidates hoping to replace him\u003c/a>, combined.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>It also represents the generosity — or perhaps the strategic expenditure — of a broad coalition of some unlikely allies.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>They include California’s largest teachers union and its most vocal charter school advocates; nurses and the hospitals they sometimes clash with; Realtors, developers, building trades unions and corporate landlords who have \u003ca href=\"https://calmatters.org/multimedia/podcasts/california-state-of-mind-show/2021/07/podcast-a-closer-look-at-the-competing-interests-of-californias-housing-crisis/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">differing views on the housing crisis\u003c/a>; defense contractors at Lockheed Martin; abortion rights advocates; new car dealers; and the financier-turned-liberal-megadonor George Soros. All have found common cause in keeping Newsom in his job.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>A new CalMatters analysis of the donors to the main anti-recall committee found that organized labor threw Newsom the largest financial lifeline — roughly 45% of the total, including $1.8 million from the teachers union and $1.75 million from the prison guards this week.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Companies and individuals hailing from the state’s business community coughed up another 36% of the $39 million. The remainder came from an assortment of ideological interest groups, tribal governments, the California Democratic Party and small-dollar contributors. (\u003ca href=\"https://calmatters.org/politics/2021/05/gavin-newsom-recall-money/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">CalMatters’ recall money tracker now shows\u003c/a> where donations from a wide range of industries are going.)\u003c/p>\n\u003ch3>Newsom’s Financial Defenders\u003c/h3>\n\u003cp>Campaign contributions to committees fighting the recall. Click a bubble to zoom in and see individual contributors, click the arrow to zoom back out.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c!-- iframe plugin v.4.3 wordpress.org/plugins/iframe/ -->\u003cbr>\n\u003ciframe loading=\"lazy\" scrolling=\"no\" frameborder=\"0\" title=\"Interactive or visual content\" sandbox=\"allow-same-origin allow-forms allow-scripts allow-downloads allow-popups allow-popups-to-escape-sandbox allow-top-navigation-by-user-activation\" style=\"width: 100%; height: 1050px;\" src=\"https://flo.uri.sh/visualisation/6812210/embed?auto=1\" height=\"1050\" width=\"100%\" class=\"iframe-class\">\u003c/iframe>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>If political contributions are a vote of confidence, the votes of the well-heeled, powerful and influential are overwhelmingly in the incumbent governor’s camp.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Newsom’s current haul isn’t quite the \u003ca href=\"https://www.latimes.com/projects/la-pol-ca-california-governor-2018-money/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">$58 million\u003c/a> that he raised during the 2018 race. And it’s dwarfed by recent \u003ca href=\"https://calmatters.org/newsletters/whatmatters/2020/10/california-ballot-campaigns-record/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">corporate-backed ballot measure fights\u003c/a> that have hit the 9-digit mark.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But if donations were votes, Newsom would defeat the recall in a landslide. The political reality could be far different: A \u003ca href=\"https://escholarship.org/uc/item/27x9k5qt\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">new UC Berkeley Institute of Governmental Studies poll\u003c/a> found pro- and anti-recall sentiment in a virtual dead heat among likely voters. That could provide Newsom’s allies with fresh incentive to pony up — and his campaign more reason to solicit money for the campaign ahead, especially to increase awareness and enthusiasm among Democrats.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The governor’s campaign seems to be taking the threat seriously. In a TV spot that hit the state’s airwaves Wednesday night, U.S. Sen. Elizabeth Warren of Massachusetts, a progressive icon, implored the electorate to vote no “\u003ca href=\"https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G4vWWUbuUjA\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">to protect California and our democracy\u003c/a>.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Neither a boatload of money nor a crowded roster of well-financed supporters, however, is a sure recipe of electoral success. Last year, a campaign to \u003ca href=\"https://calmatters.org/election-2020-guide/proposition-16-affirmative-action/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">repeal state restrictions on affirmative action\u003c/a> outraised the opposition nearly 17-to-1, while racking up endorsements from every corner of California power and influence. It failed by 14 percentage points.[pullquote size=\"medium\" align=\"right\" citation=\"Dan Schnur, Former Chairperson of California’s Fair Political Practices Commission\"]‘This is a relatively painless way to strengthen your relationship with an incumbent governor.’[/pullquote]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But there’s another, even more important reason for many to give, said Dan Schnur, former chairperson of California’s Fair Political Practices Commission and a past strategist for Republican politicians: “This is a relatively painless way to strengthen your relationship with an incumbent governor.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>California \u003ca href=\"https://www.fppc.ca.gov/content/dam/fppc/NS-Documents/TAD/Campaign%20Documents/StateContributionVolunExpenditureLimites/2021%20Contribution%20Limits%20Chart.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">campaign finance regulations\u003c/a> cap the amount of money that gubernatorial candidates can raise at $32,400 per person — a limit that covers the challengers seeking to replace Newsom. But no such limits apply to committees raising money for a general cause — like the one defending Newsom against the recall. That difference is allowing individuals and groups to write million-dollar checks to help the governor.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c!-- iframe plugin v.4.3 wordpress.org/plugins/iframe/ -->\u003cbr>\n\u003ciframe loading=\"lazy\" scrolling=\"no\" frameborder=\"0\" title=\"Interactive or visual content\" sandbox=\"allow-same-origin allow-forms allow-scripts allow-downloads allow-popups allow-popups-to-escape-sandbox allow-top-navigation-by-user-activation\" style=\"width: 100%; height: 1050px;\" src=\"https://flo.uri.sh/visualisation/6857914/embed\" height=\"1050\" width=\"100%\" class=\"iframe-class\">\u003c/iframe>\u003c/p>\n\u003ch3>Organized Labor to the Rescue\u003c/h3>\n\u003cp>Just as the news of the surprisingly grim Berkeley poll was percolating through the California political universe, two more public employee unions — both political forces in their own right and conspicuously absent from the governor’s campaign finance filings — announced this week that they were opening up their coffers.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>First, the California Correctional Peace Officers Association threw in $1.75 million. Then came the California Teachers Association with $1.8 million.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Though the teachers were the largest funder of Newsom’s 2018 campaign, that relationship got complicated last spring as Newsom and the union sparred first over when teachers \u003ca href=\"https://edsource.org/2021/california-teachers-union-wants-schools-in-purple-counties-to-stay-closed-for-100-days-vaccinations-for-staff/647866\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">would get vaccines\u003c/a>, then \u003ca href=\"https://abc7news.com/school-reopenings-california-schools-when-will-reopen-lausd/10214385/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">how quickly schools should reopen\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But now, Newsom “is facing opponents who are funded by a network that wants to dismantle public education. The choice is stark and clear,” union president E. Toby Boyd said in a statement Wednesday.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Many of the \u003ca href=\"https://calmatters.org/education/2021/07/newsom-recall-candidates-education/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">top Republicans vying to take Newsom’s place\u003c/a> in the governor’s office support bolstering charter schools, allowing families to spend publicly-funded vouchers on private education and making it easier to fire teachers deemed to be underperforming. [pullquote size=\"medium\" align=\"right\" citation=\"E. Toby Boyd, President of the California Teachers Association, which Gave $1.8 Million\"]‘Newsom is facing opponents who are funded by a network that wants to dismantle public education. The choice is stark and clear.’[/pullquote]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The teachers and correctional officers join a financial field fighting the Newsom recall that is crowded with other organized labor groups, including other public employees, construction workers, nurses and other health care workers and food pickers and processors.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Service Employees International Union California, one of the state’s most influential organized labor groups, has kicked in $5.5 million through its various locals. The largest single contribution came from Local 2015, which represents nursing home employees and other long-term care workers.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Local 2015 president April Verrett declined an interview request, but emphasized in a statement that the union’s support is more than just financial: “We plan to mobilize our predominantly Black, brown, and immigrant caregivers, who have been on the front lines of this pandemic, to make their voices heard as we go door to door, over the phone and online encouraging a vote against the recall.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>For many labor groups, supporting Newsom in his time of need is an investment in the future. One of the governor’s \u003ca href=\"https://calmatters.org/health/2021/07/california-health-newsom/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">longstanding health policy goals\u003c/a> is to implement what he has called a “master plan on aging” to beef up the state’s patchwork system of elder care. The idea is still in blueprint form, but the promised overhaul would require a massive increase in state funding for health care and long-term care programs.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>For other unions, supporting Newsom now looks a bit more like a thank you card. Prison guards, for example, \u003ca href=\"https://calmatters.org/politics/post-it/2020/09/california-prison-guards-ad-democratic-legislator/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">aren’t reliable Democratic allies\u003c/a>. But earlier this year, they scored a \u003ca href=\"https://www.sacbee.com/news/politics-government/the-state-worker/article252432088.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">major pay hike\u003c/a> from the governor and lawmakers over the \u003ca href=\"https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4446#unit-6-corrections\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">objections of the state’s Legislative Analyst’s Office\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>And the alternatives to Newsom on the recall ballot? For most labor groups, there are few appealing options: When he was mayor of San Diego, Kevin Faulconer made \u003ca href=\"https://www.cbs8.com/article/news/faulconer-other-officials-back-pension-overhaul-initiative/509-714e8b4c-2182-4f1c-9165-03b1f1cc4a1d\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">overhauling the pension system\u003c/a> for former city employees a top priority. John Cox has \u003ca href=\"https://www.sandiegouniontribune.com/opinion/commentary/sd-john-cox-interview-20180510-htmlstory.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">repeatedly railed\u003c/a> against the political influence of prison guards. And conservative radio show host Larry Elder \u003ca href=\"https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mNXSBTNTyLY\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">opposes the minimum wage\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch3>Familiar Financiers\u003c/h3>\n\u003cp>But unions make up less than a majority of the contributors to the Newsom cause. The rest of the list is full of regular large donors to California political campaigns, including \u003ca href=\"https://calmatters.org/politics/california-election-2020/2020/10/california-lawmakers-big-donors-special-interest-independent-expenditures/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">special interests\u003c/a> and more than a few billionaires.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Netflix CEO Reed Hastings — a notable charter school advocate who \u003ca href=\"https://www.sfchronicle.com/politics/article/Big-money-for-Villaraigosa-could-jolt-California-12833419.php\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">supported Antonio Villaraigosa over Newsom\u003c/a> in the first half of the 2018 campaign — gave the governor’s committee its largest single contribution of $3 million.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Other titans of Silicon Valley have lined up to back Newsom. In a public letter published in March, Laurene Powell Jobs, founder of the Emerson Collective and widow of Apple’s Steve Jobs; prominent Bay Area angel investor Ron Conway; and former Google CEO Eric Schmidt were among executives and venture capitalists to close ranks behind the governor. Since then donors from the tech sector have given nearly $1.4 million.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Another $1 million came from George Marcus, a Bay Area real estate mogul with a history of backing moderate Democrats and opposing rent control measures. More than $500,000 was donated by hedge fund heir Liz Simons, who in recent years has contributed millions to criminal reform justice efforts and progressive prosecutors, including Attorney General Rob Bonta.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>And whatever Newsom’s conservative critics might say about his anti-business policies, there are plenty of proud capitalists on his roster of defenders. That includes typical big spenders such as the California Realtors, dentists and the building industry.[aside tag=\"newsom, recall\" label=\"More Related Stories\"]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Unlike other sectors, which have \u003ca href=\"https://calmatters.org/politics/2021/05/gavin-newsom-recall-money/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">largely consolidated in one camp\u003c/a> or the other, developers are divided. While individual real estate titans including \u003ca href=\"https://www.latimes.com/projects/2020-election-trump-top-california-donors/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">GOP mega donor Geoffrey Palmer\u003c/a> support the recall, the California Building Industry Association, which lobbies in the state Capitol, is backing the governor.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Association President Dan Dunmoyer, who served as cabinet secretary to Arnold Schwarzenegger after he became governor in the 2003 recall, said that on policy, the governor has said \u003ca href=\"https://www.latimes.com/politics/la-pol-ca-new-home-building-goal-governor-candidates-20180306-story.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">many of the right things\u003c/a>. Even if he hasn’t been \u003ca href=\"https://calmatters.org/explainers/newsom-recall-report-card/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">able to deliver on those lofty goals\u003c/a>, Dunmoyer said he wants to give the governor another year to “prove himself” before the next regularly scheduled election in 2022.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>He said his group’s support for Newsom is also partly about timing. When so much is uncertain in California, a little stability might do developers good, he said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Removing a governor, he said, is “just not really logical, especially in the middle of a pandemic, fire, housing, homeless crisis.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cem>CalMatters data reporter Jeremia Kimelman and editorial intern Danise Kuang contributed to this story.\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad floatright]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cem>Editor’s note: The Emerson Collective is a financial supporter of CalMatters. All major donors sign a policy to ensure they have no influence over editorial decisions. Find a full \u003ca href=\"https://calmatters.org/about/supporters/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">list of CalMatters’ major donors here\u003c/a>.\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\n",
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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>They include California’s largest teachers union and its most vocal charter school advocates; nurses and the hospitals they sometimes clash with; Realtors, developers, building trades unions and corporate landlords who have \u003ca href=\"https://calmatters.org/multimedia/podcasts/california-state-of-mind-show/2021/07/podcast-a-closer-look-at-the-competing-interests-of-californias-housing-crisis/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">differing views on the housing crisis\u003c/a>; defense contractors at Lockheed Martin; abortion rights advocates; new car dealers; and the financier-turned-liberal-megadonor George Soros. All have found common cause in keeping Newsom in his job.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>A new CalMatters analysis of the donors to the main anti-recall committee found that organized labor threw Newsom the largest financial lifeline — roughly 45% of the total, including $1.8 million from the teachers union and $1.75 million from the prison guards this week.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Companies and individuals hailing from the state’s business community coughed up another 36% of the $39 million. The remainder came from an assortment of ideological interest groups, tribal governments, the California Democratic Party and small-dollar contributors. (\u003ca href=\"https://calmatters.org/politics/2021/05/gavin-newsom-recall-money/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">CalMatters’ recall money tracker now shows\u003c/a> where donations from a wide range of industries are going.)\u003c/p>\n\u003ch3>Newsom’s Financial Defenders\u003c/h3>\n\u003cp>Campaign contributions to committees fighting the recall. Click a bubble to zoom in and see individual contributors, click the arrow to zoom back out.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c!-- iframe plugin v.4.3 wordpress.org/plugins/iframe/ -->\u003cbr>\n\u003ciframe loading=\"lazy\" scrolling=\"no\" frameborder=\"0\" title=\"Interactive or visual content\" sandbox=\"allow-same-origin allow-forms allow-scripts allow-downloads allow-popups allow-popups-to-escape-sandbox allow-top-navigation-by-user-activation\" style=\"width: 100%; height: 1050px;\" src=\"https://flo.uri.sh/visualisation/6812210/embed?auto=1\" height=\"1050\" width=\"100%\" class=\"iframe-class\">\u003c/iframe>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>If political contributions are a vote of confidence, the votes of the well-heeled, powerful and influential are overwhelmingly in the incumbent governor’s camp.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Newsom’s current haul isn’t quite the \u003ca href=\"https://www.latimes.com/projects/la-pol-ca-california-governor-2018-money/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">$58 million\u003c/a> that he raised during the 2018 race. And it’s dwarfed by recent \u003ca href=\"https://calmatters.org/newsletters/whatmatters/2020/10/california-ballot-campaigns-record/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">corporate-backed ballot measure fights\u003c/a> that have hit the 9-digit mark.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But if donations were votes, Newsom would defeat the recall in a landslide. The political reality could be far different: A \u003ca href=\"https://escholarship.org/uc/item/27x9k5qt\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">new UC Berkeley Institute of Governmental Studies poll\u003c/a> found pro- and anti-recall sentiment in a virtual dead heat among likely voters. That could provide Newsom’s allies with fresh incentive to pony up — and his campaign more reason to solicit money for the campaign ahead, especially to increase awareness and enthusiasm among Democrats.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The governor’s campaign seems to be taking the threat seriously. In a TV spot that hit the state’s airwaves Wednesday night, U.S. Sen. Elizabeth Warren of Massachusetts, a progressive icon, implored the electorate to vote no “\u003ca href=\"https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G4vWWUbuUjA\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">to protect California and our democracy\u003c/a>.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Neither a boatload of money nor a crowded roster of well-financed supporters, however, is a sure recipe of electoral success. Last year, a campaign to \u003ca href=\"https://calmatters.org/election-2020-guide/proposition-16-affirmative-action/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">repeal state restrictions on affirmative action\u003c/a> outraised the opposition nearly 17-to-1, while racking up endorsements from every corner of California power and influence. It failed by 14 percentage points.\u003c/p>\u003c/div>",
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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But there’s another, even more important reason for many to give, said Dan Schnur, former chairperson of California’s Fair Political Practices Commission and a past strategist for Republican politicians: “This is a relatively painless way to strengthen your relationship with an incumbent governor.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>California \u003ca href=\"https://www.fppc.ca.gov/content/dam/fppc/NS-Documents/TAD/Campaign%20Documents/StateContributionVolunExpenditureLimites/2021%20Contribution%20Limits%20Chart.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">campaign finance regulations\u003c/a> cap the amount of money that gubernatorial candidates can raise at $32,400 per person — a limit that covers the challengers seeking to replace Newsom. But no such limits apply to committees raising money for a general cause — like the one defending Newsom against the recall. That difference is allowing individuals and groups to write million-dollar checks to help the governor.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c!-- iframe plugin v.4.3 wordpress.org/plugins/iframe/ -->\u003cbr>\n\u003ciframe loading=\"lazy\" scrolling=\"no\" frameborder=\"0\" title=\"Interactive or visual content\" sandbox=\"allow-same-origin allow-forms allow-scripts allow-downloads allow-popups allow-popups-to-escape-sandbox allow-top-navigation-by-user-activation\" style=\"width: 100%; height: 1050px;\" src=\"https://flo.uri.sh/visualisation/6857914/embed\" height=\"1050\" width=\"100%\" class=\"iframe-class\">\u003c/iframe>\u003c/p>\n\u003ch3>Organized Labor to the Rescue\u003c/h3>\n\u003cp>Just as the news of the surprisingly grim Berkeley poll was percolating through the California political universe, two more public employee unions — both political forces in their own right and conspicuously absent from the governor’s campaign finance filings — announced this week that they were opening up their coffers.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>First, the California Correctional Peace Officers Association threw in $1.75 million. Then came the California Teachers Association with $1.8 million.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Though the teachers were the largest funder of Newsom’s 2018 campaign, that relationship got complicated last spring as Newsom and the union sparred first over when teachers \u003ca href=\"https://edsource.org/2021/california-teachers-union-wants-schools-in-purple-counties-to-stay-closed-for-100-days-vaccinations-for-staff/647866\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">would get vaccines\u003c/a>, then \u003ca href=\"https://abc7news.com/school-reopenings-california-schools-when-will-reopen-lausd/10214385/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">how quickly schools should reopen\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But now, Newsom “is facing opponents who are funded by a network that wants to dismantle public education. The choice is stark and clear,” union president E. Toby Boyd said in a statement Wednesday.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Many of the \u003ca href=\"https://calmatters.org/education/2021/07/newsom-recall-candidates-education/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">top Republicans vying to take Newsom’s place\u003c/a> in the governor’s office support bolstering charter schools, allowing families to spend publicly-funded vouchers on private education and making it easier to fire teachers deemed to be underperforming. \u003c/p>\u003c/div>",
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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The teachers and correctional officers join a financial field fighting the Newsom recall that is crowded with other organized labor groups, including other public employees, construction workers, nurses and other health care workers and food pickers and processors.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Service Employees International Union California, one of the state’s most influential organized labor groups, has kicked in $5.5 million through its various locals. The largest single contribution came from Local 2015, which represents nursing home employees and other long-term care workers.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Local 2015 president April Verrett declined an interview request, but emphasized in a statement that the union’s support is more than just financial: “We plan to mobilize our predominantly Black, brown, and immigrant caregivers, who have been on the front lines of this pandemic, to make their voices heard as we go door to door, over the phone and online encouraging a vote against the recall.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>For many labor groups, supporting Newsom in his time of need is an investment in the future. One of the governor’s \u003ca href=\"https://calmatters.org/health/2021/07/california-health-newsom/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">longstanding health policy goals\u003c/a> is to implement what he has called a “master plan on aging” to beef up the state’s patchwork system of elder care. The idea is still in blueprint form, but the promised overhaul would require a massive increase in state funding for health care and long-term care programs.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>For other unions, supporting Newsom now looks a bit more like a thank you card. Prison guards, for example, \u003ca href=\"https://calmatters.org/politics/post-it/2020/09/california-prison-guards-ad-democratic-legislator/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">aren’t reliable Democratic allies\u003c/a>. But earlier this year, they scored a \u003ca href=\"https://www.sacbee.com/news/politics-government/the-state-worker/article252432088.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">major pay hike\u003c/a> from the governor and lawmakers over the \u003ca href=\"https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4446#unit-6-corrections\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">objections of the state’s Legislative Analyst’s Office\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>And the alternatives to Newsom on the recall ballot? For most labor groups, there are few appealing options: When he was mayor of San Diego, Kevin Faulconer made \u003ca href=\"https://www.cbs8.com/article/news/faulconer-other-officials-back-pension-overhaul-initiative/509-714e8b4c-2182-4f1c-9165-03b1f1cc4a1d\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">overhauling the pension system\u003c/a> for former city employees a top priority. John Cox has \u003ca href=\"https://www.sandiegouniontribune.com/opinion/commentary/sd-john-cox-interview-20180510-htmlstory.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">repeatedly railed\u003c/a> against the political influence of prison guards. And conservative radio show host Larry Elder \u003ca href=\"https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mNXSBTNTyLY\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">opposes the minimum wage\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch3>Familiar Financiers\u003c/h3>\n\u003cp>But unions make up less than a majority of the contributors to the Newsom cause. The rest of the list is full of regular large donors to California political campaigns, including \u003ca href=\"https://calmatters.org/politics/california-election-2020/2020/10/california-lawmakers-big-donors-special-interest-independent-expenditures/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">special interests\u003c/a> and more than a few billionaires.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Netflix CEO Reed Hastings — a notable charter school advocate who \u003ca href=\"https://www.sfchronicle.com/politics/article/Big-money-for-Villaraigosa-could-jolt-California-12833419.php\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">supported Antonio Villaraigosa over Newsom\u003c/a> in the first half of the 2018 campaign — gave the governor’s committee its largest single contribution of $3 million.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Other titans of Silicon Valley have lined up to back Newsom. In a public letter published in March, Laurene Powell Jobs, founder of the Emerson Collective and widow of Apple’s Steve Jobs; prominent Bay Area angel investor Ron Conway; and former Google CEO Eric Schmidt were among executives and venture capitalists to close ranks behind the governor. Since then donors from the tech sector have given nearly $1.4 million.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Another $1 million came from George Marcus, a Bay Area real estate mogul with a history of backing moderate Democrats and opposing rent control measures. More than $500,000 was donated by hedge fund heir Liz Simons, who in recent years has contributed millions to criminal reform justice efforts and progressive prosecutors, including Attorney General Rob Bonta.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>And whatever Newsom’s conservative critics might say about his anti-business policies, there are plenty of proud capitalists on his roster of defenders. That includes typical big spenders such as the California Realtors, dentists and the building industry.\u003c/p>\u003c/div>",
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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Unlike other sectors, which have \u003ca href=\"https://calmatters.org/politics/2021/05/gavin-newsom-recall-money/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">largely consolidated in one camp\u003c/a> or the other, developers are divided. While individual real estate titans including \u003ca href=\"https://www.latimes.com/projects/2020-election-trump-top-california-donors/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">GOP mega donor Geoffrey Palmer\u003c/a> support the recall, the California Building Industry Association, which lobbies in the state Capitol, is backing the governor.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Association President Dan Dunmoyer, who served as cabinet secretary to Arnold Schwarzenegger after he became governor in the 2003 recall, said that on policy, the governor has said \u003ca href=\"https://www.latimes.com/politics/la-pol-ca-new-home-building-goal-governor-candidates-20180306-story.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">many of the right things\u003c/a>. Even if he hasn’t been \u003ca href=\"https://calmatters.org/explainers/newsom-recall-report-card/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">able to deliver on those lofty goals\u003c/a>, Dunmoyer said he wants to give the governor another year to “prove himself” before the next regularly scheduled election in 2022.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>He said his group’s support for Newsom is also partly about timing. When so much is uncertain in California, a little stability might do developers good, he said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Removing a governor, he said, is “just not really logical, especially in the middle of a pandemic, fire, housing, homeless crisis.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cem>CalMatters data reporter Jeremia Kimelman and editorial intern Danise Kuang contributed to this story.\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003c/div>",
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"content": "\u003cp>On a Wednesday afternoon in April 2018, Gardena police officers got a “triple beeper” over their radios — three high-pitched squawks signaling an emergency. As many as 20 shots reportedly had been fired near a local park.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“That kind of gets you a little adrenaline squirt going,” Gardena Police Officer Michael Robbins would later tell investigators.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In minutes, a 25-year-old Black man, Kenneth Ross Jr., was dead — shot twice and killed by Officer Robbins as he ran past Rowley Park. Police said a gun was found in the dead man’s shorts pocket, and Robbins would later be cleared by local authorities of any wrongdoing.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But the case was far from over.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>What happened on April 11, 2018 — which led to immediate cries for police accountability and demonstrations — is now a centerpiece of a bill that is arguably California’s biggest criminal justice proposal this legislative session.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The bill would allow California to decertify police officers for misconduct — effectively stripping them of a license to work in law enforcement and kicking them out of the profession. California is one of only four states in the country without such power. As a result, a number of high-profile cases have been reported over the years where an officer involved in a questionable shooting was allowed to remain on the streets, only to kill again. Officers also have been fired for wrongdoing in one department, then quietly moved on to another agency.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“California is able to revoke the certification or license of bad doctors, bad lawyers, even bad barbers and cosmetologists — you can even recall an elected official — but is unable to decertify police officers who have broken the law and violated public trust,” state Sen. Steven Bradford said at a committee hearing earlier this year. Bradford, a Gardena Democrat who chairs the public safety committee and lives near where the shooting took place, introduced the bill along with state Senate President Pro Tem Toni Atkins.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In the Gardena shooting, local law enforcement — as it typically does in such cases — investigated the shooting. The \u003ca href=\"https://da.lacounty.gov/sites/default/files/pdf/JSID-OIS-05-2019-Ross.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">district attorney’s office cleared Robbins\u003c/a> of wrongdoing because it said the officer believed the man running away from him was armed and might reasonably have feared for his life\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But criminal justice reform advocates say for too long police accountability has been solely in the hands of local agencies — police policing themselves. They question if the man Robbins shot in the back was truly a threat running away and point out it was the officer’s fourth shooting, suggesting he was too quick to use deadly force. [pullquote size=\"medium\" align=\"right\" citation=\"State Sen. Steven Bradford\"]‘This nation has cried out — especially in Black and brown communities — for change. [/pullquote]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Bradford’s bill is the latest effort to break through the wall of legal protections built up over the years that critics say shield California law enforcement officers from accountability. CalMatters was only able to obtain internal police reports and videos regarding the Gardena shooting because a 2018 law for the first time \u003ca href=\"https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201720180SB1421\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">opened certain law enforcement records\u003c/a>, including files pertaining to use of deadly force and some misconduct. Another law that \u003ca href=\"https://oag.ca.gov/news/press-releases/attorney-general-bonta-california-department-justice-will-investigate-and-review\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">went into effect\u003c/a> this year requires the \u003ca href=\"https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201920200AB1506\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">state attorneys general’s office to handle investigations\u003c/a> regarding police killings of unarmed civilians.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“This nation has cried out — especially in Black and brown communities — for change,” Bradford told CalMatters, ticking off a list of high-profile police killings and use-of-force incidents from Stephon Clark in Sacramento to Oscar Grant in Oakland to Rodney King in Los Angeles. “It’s definitely overdue.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But there’s still work to be done, he added.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“It’s one thing to pass legislation. 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A nine-member advisory board would consider the evidence and recommend whether to strip an officer of certification. The majority of that board would be civilians without policing experience, including four members who would be experts on “police accountability” and two who either personally suffered from an officer’s use of force or lost a loved one to such an incident. The commission would have final say on decertification, but language in the bill suggests they’d be expected to adopt the advisory board’s recommendations when reasonably supported by evidence.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>As for what constitutes wrongdoing that could cost an officer their career, it’s unclear. The bill includes categories such as sexual assault and dishonesty but would leave it to the commission to develop a full definition of “serious misconduct” that also includes broader areas such as “abuse of power” and “physical abuse.” [aside tag=\"police, violence\" label=\"More Related Stories\"]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“We all want to see a fair and transparent decertification system put in place that permanently removes officers for serious misconduct, but even with recent amendments (the bill) fails to create a balanced and even process,” said Abdul Pridgen, president of the California Police Chiefs Association, in an email to CalMatters. “However, we remain committed to continuing our work with the Governor’s office, legislative leaders, and Senator Bradford to address our remaining concerns and establish a decertification process we can all have faith in.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Among the sticking points for the association is the makeup of the advisory board, the degree to which that board’s recommendations are binding and what will happen if a local department exonerates an officer but the state commission finds wrongdoing.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>A \u003ca href=\"https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billHistoryClient.xhtml?bill_id=201920200SB731\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">decertification bill\u003c/a> failed \u003ca href=\"https://calmatters.org/justice/2020/09/california-lawmakers-failed-to-enact-police-reform/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">last session\u003c/a>. The current bill made it out of the Senate but not without changes. The initial version had made it easier for civilians to sue officers for misconduct, but that language is largely gone.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>More recent amendments reduce the role of the advisory board. Bradford’s spokesperson said those changes were made after working with the governor’s office and key lawmakers. The original bill gave the advisory board the power to direct the commission to investigate certain officers. The new version, however, simply says the board can recommend investigations. It also drops a licensing fee on officers. [pullquote size=\"medium\" align=\"right\" citation=\"Sheila Bates, Black Lives Matter Los Angeles\"]‘They’re trying to duck accountability time and time again.’[/pullquote]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"https://www.sacbee.com/news/politics-government/capitol-alert/article252815333.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Police unions have been donating\u003c/a> to some Democratic lawmakers who could play a role in forcing further changes — news that prompted a sharp tweet from Sen. Bradford accusing opponents of trying to “kill solid policy.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“If you can’t win on the merit of your argument, you resort to paying off legislators?? SHAMEFUL, BUT NOT SURPRISING!!,” he tweeted.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Advocates said they’re concerned powerful police associations will further weaken the bill.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“They’re trying to duck accountability time and time again,” said Sheila Bates, a member of the Black Lives Matter Los Angeles policy team and part of the coalition co-sponsoring the bill. “Had (Gardena Police Officer) Michael Robbins been held accountable the first, second or third time when he shot somebody, then Kenneth Ross Jr. might still be alive.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Records from the shooting investigation show that as Officer Robbins got near the scene he saw other officers arriving and Ross, who matched the suspect’s description, running away. Robbins parked, grabbed his assault rifle and shouted for Ross to stop.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“You’re going to get shot,” Robbins yelled.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Video from his body-worn camera shows what happened next.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Standing behind the engine block of his squad car for cover, the barrel of Robbins’ rifle tracks Ross’ movement. Just after Ross crosses in front of Robbins’ position, maybe 100 feet away, the officer gives the trigger two quick taps. (“I gave him … a double tap that was just amazing, training just kicked in,” he told investigators later.) Ross falls to the ground dead.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>It was the fourth time Robbins shot at someone in his nearly 30-year career, although his first shooting since the early 2000s, he later said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The Gardena Police Department, which is currently facing a lawsuit over the shooting, declined an interview request. Attorneys representing the officer also did not comment for this story.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>As for Robbins, the pending decertification bill likely wouldn’t affect him. He retired from the Gardena Police Department in July 2020 with the rank of sergeant, records show. But if future officers are kicked out of the profession, it will be because of a bill named after the man he killed.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad floatright]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Next month, lawmakers will be taking up the Kenneth Ross Jr. Police Decertification Act of 2021.\u003c/p>\n\n",
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