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But last November, the Trump administration’s National Telecommunications and Information Administration (NTIA) added a new provision, Condition 50, which stipulates that accepting the money requires states to agree not to enforce any state law or rule that “directly or indirectly” regulates broadband service or imposes net neutrality, open access or “utility-style” rules.\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Newsom faces a Monday deadline to decide whether California will accept its share of the funds. 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But last November, the Trump administration’s National Telecommunications and Information Administration (NTIA) added a new provision, Condition 50, which stipulates that accepting the money requires states to agree not to enforce any state law or rule that “directly or indirectly” regulates broadband service or imposes net neutrality, open access or “utility-style” rules.\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Newsom faces a Monday deadline to decide whether California will accept its share of the funds. Critics say a signature from the governor could leave California unable to enforce a host of broadband consumer protections, including a ban on slowing firefighters’ data during emergencies.\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cfigure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/10/261023-PROP50VICTORYLAP-33-BL-KQED-7273678d.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-12106175\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/10/261023-PROP50VICTORYLAP-33-BL-KQED-7273678d.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/10/261023-PROP50VICTORYLAP-33-BL-KQED-7273678d-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/10/261023-PROP50VICTORYLAP-33-BL-KQED-7273678d-1536x1024.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\" />\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Gov. Gavin Newsom speaks at a rally alongside California Democratic Party members, labor leaders and advocates in San Francisco on Oct. 23, 2026. Newsom has until Monday to decide if the state will accept its share of Broadband Equity, Access, and Deployment Program funding. (Beth LaBerge/KQED)\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\n\n\n\u003cp class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">“We don’t have any protections at the federal level anymore,” said Stanford Law professor Barbara van Schewick, who focuses \u003cstrong>\u003c/strong>on internet, communications and antitrust law. “Neither Congress nor the Federal Communications Commission are prepared to do anything to change that. And at the same time, the concentration among internet service providers has increased rapidly.”\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">van Schewick is one of eight law professors who signed an \u003ca href=\"https://storage.ghost.io/c/d5/17/d517bf5e-0944-433c-a10e-1dfe572602c5/content/files/2026/10/Law-Professor-Letter-to-Governor-Newsom-and-President-Reynolds-BEAD-funding-Condition-50.pdf\">open letter\u003c/a> urging Newsom not to sign the Notice of Award for California’s $1.42 billion BEAD grant while Condition 50 remains attached. According to \u003ca href=\"https://www.ntia.gov/funding-programs/internet-all/broadband-equity-access-and-deployment-bead-program/progress-dashboard\">NTIA’s dashboard\u003c/a>, California is the last holdout.\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Turning down the award could delay new internet service for about 270,000 homes and businesses, many in rural areas. But critics of Condition 50 like van Schewick want the state to sue before the deadline instead, arguing the federal government lacked authority to impose such restrictions on the funding. \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">In the letter, the professors argued that accepting the funds would put the award at risk every time California tried to enforce its broadband protections. The state currently has rules in place that mandate phone and internet companies keep 72 hours of backup power at their equipment in high fire-threat areas, so people can still call 911, get emergency alerts, and look up evacuation information when the power goes out. \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">“Even if California won every fight, each could take years to resolve,” the professors wrote. “Violations would harm Californians in the meantime, and some harms, such as those from throttling firefighters during a wildfire, cannot be undone. More likely, enforcers would back off, and providers would stop complying. At worst, courts would hold these protections unenforceable against some or most of California’s major ISPs until about 2040.”\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\u003cp class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The most dramatic example they cite: a 2019 state law passed to address situations like the one in 2018, when Verizon \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11688157/verizon-throttled-firefighters-internet-access-at-outset-of-mendocino-blaze\">restricted data speeds to\u003c/a> Santa Clara County firefighters during the Mendocino Complex Fire and restored full service only after the department paid for a more expensive plan. As KQED previously reported, the data “throttling,” \u003ca href=\"https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2018/08/verizon-throttled-fire-departments-unlimited-data-during-calif-wildfire/\">first reported\u003c/a> by the technology news site \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11688570/firefighters-get-throttled-by-verizon-during-mendocino-fire\">Ars Technica\u003c/a>, forced Santa Clara County Fire Department firefighters to negotiate with Verizon for higher internet speeds while the unit’s command vehicle was serving as a communications hub for incident commanders. \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Verizon later blamed the issue on a “mistake” in communicating with the fire department and said full-speed access should have been restored because the agency was responding to an emergency. 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Cars and buses sloshed through the water and kayakers took to the new waterways.\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">At the tides’ peak on Thursday around 2 p.m., workers from El Tucan Tacos and Beer, a Mexican restaurant on the edge of a small harbor in San Rafael, raced to move their cars as a river of water separated the restaurant from the street.\u003c/p>\n\n\n\u003cdiv class=\"wp-block-image\">\n\u003cfigure class=\"aligncenter size-full\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"2560\" height=\"1829\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/10/GettyImages-2301814093-96c4f076-scaled.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-12107300\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/10/GettyImages-2301814093-96c4f076-scaled.jpg 2560w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/10/GettyImages-2301814093-96c4f076-2000x1429.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/10/GettyImages-2301814093-96c4f076-160x114.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/10/GettyImages-2301814093-96c4f076-1536x1097.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/10/GettyImages-2301814093-96c4f076-2048x1463.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2560px) 100vw, 2560px\" />\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Floodwaters covered roads in Marin County as residents kayaking on the bike trail during high tide between Sausalito and Mill Valley in California, United States on October 27, 2026. 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Agencies blocked roads until water receded, and water surged out of utility holes and rippled onto front yards, said Kate Hagemann, a climate adaptation and resilience planner with San Rafael.\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">“We are trying to focus on preparedness, since these are not the highest tides of the year,” Hagemann said. “We have a large part of San Rafael that is lower than the bay.”\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003ch2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">A preview of what’s to come\u003c/h2>\n\n\n\n\u003cp class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Hagemann said Thursday’s flooding could be the worst this week, and she expects several dozen days of flooding over the next few months. \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">“We may have high tide flooding like this maybe 20 or 30 times this winter, and so we don’t necessarily have staff capacity to be out directing traffic every time this happens,” Hagemann said. \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\u003cp class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">She sees the flooding as a window into a future where sea levels keep rising because of human-caused climate change. \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">“Unfortunately, what we are seeing this week will be every day in the future,” Hagemann said. “Fortunately, this isn’t forever. It’s just for this season. But in the background, these are the water levels that we would expect every day in the next 20 to 40 years.”\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The city is also slowly working on a long-term fix, but it could cost around $2 billion. 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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\n\u003cp class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The edges of the \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/tag/san-francisco-bay\">San Francisco Bay\u003c/a> are flooding this week. Kayakers cruised water-filled streets along \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/science/1999871/after-king-tides-swamp-marin-san-rafael-weighs-billion-dollar-defenses-against-the-bay\">Marin County\u003c/a>‘s bayside. Waves splashed over Pier 14 in \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12106584/san-francisco-embarcadero-floods-as-tides-peak-2-feet-above-normal\">San Francisco’\u003c/a>s Embarcadero. A river of water surrounded a Mexican restaurant in San Rafael. And it’s just the beginning.\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">“We have not seen the worst coastal flooding this year that we’re likely to see later,” Daniel Swain, a climate scientist with UC Agriculture and Natural Resources, said. “This is probably, unfortunately for those who are dealing with it, just a preview of what is to come.”\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The National Weather Service extended a moderate coastal flood advisory through Sunday for nearly 2 feet of flooding in low-lying spots throughout the Bay Area and Central Coast. \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Several factors are driving the extra-high water, including the influence of the full moon earlier this week and warming water caused by \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12105518/this-years-powerful-el-nino-may-preview-californias-climate-future\">El Niño\u003c/a> expanding and pushing sea levels up.\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cfigure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\">\u003cdiv class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\u003c/p>\u003cp>\u003cspan class='utils-parseShortcode-shortcodes-__youtubeShortcode__embedYoutube'>\n \u003cspan class='utils-parseShortcode-shortcodes-__youtubeShortcode__embedYoutubeInside'>\n \u003ciframe\n loading='lazy'\n class='utils-parseShortcode-shortcodes-__youtubeShortcode__youtubePlayer'\n type='text/html'\n src='//www.youtube.com/embed/c8apd4lcP9w'\n title='//www.youtube.com/embed/c8apd4lcP9w'\n allowfullscreen='true'\n style='border:0;'>\u003c/iframe>\n \u003c/span>\n \u003c/span>\u003c/p>\u003cp>\u003c/div>\u003c/figure>\n\n\n\n\u003cp class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">“We have that thermal expansion of the water from the El Niño, and that anomaly has been helping keep the water a bit higher than initially forecast,” Rachel Kennedy, a meteorologist with the National Weather Service’s Bay Area office, said. \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The flooding is happening on sunny days, without storms to exacerbate impacts, and when the region isn’t experiencing the year’s highest tides. \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">“In Northern California, we’re pretty much running as high as we ever have been, including record-breaking October tides,” Swain said.\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">This winter’s king tides fall around Thanksgiving and Christmas. Swain said there’s a “very high likelihood of widespread and potentially serious coastal flooding” during those windows.\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003ch2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Parts of Marin County underwater\u003c/h2>\n\n\n\n\u003cp class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Kennedy called Marin County a flooding “hotspot.” \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">“It is starting to reach some people’s homes,” she said. “So, it’s more moderate than minor since people’s lives are being impacted.”\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">On Thursday afternoon, floodwaters blocked entrances to Highway 101 in north Sausalito. Cars and buses sloshed through the water and kayakers took to the new waterways.\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">At the tides’ peak on Thursday around 2 p.m., workers from El Tucan Tacos and Beer, a Mexican restaurant on the edge of a small harbor in San Rafael, raced to move their cars as a river of water separated the restaurant from the street.\u003c/p>\n\n\n\u003cdiv class=\"wp-block-image\">\n\u003cfigure class=\"aligncenter size-full\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"2560\" height=\"1829\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/10/GettyImages-2301814093-96c4f076-scaled.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-12107300\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/10/GettyImages-2301814093-96c4f076-scaled.jpg 2560w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/10/GettyImages-2301814093-96c4f076-2000x1429.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/10/GettyImages-2301814093-96c4f076-160x114.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/10/GettyImages-2301814093-96c4f076-1536x1097.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/10/GettyImages-2301814093-96c4f076-2048x1463.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2560px) 100vw, 2560px\" />\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Floodwaters covered roads in Marin County as residents kayaking on the bike trail during high tide between Sausalito and Mill Valley in California, United States on October 27, 2026. 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Agencies blocked roads until water receded, and water surged out of utility holes and rippled onto front yards, said Kate Hagemann, a climate adaptation and resilience planner with San Rafael.\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">“We are trying to focus on preparedness, since these are not the highest tides of the year,” Hagemann said. “We have a large part of San Rafael that is lower than the bay.”\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003ch2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">A preview of what’s to come\u003c/h2>\n\n\n\n\u003cp class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Hagemann said Thursday’s flooding could be the worst this week, and she expects several dozen days of flooding over the next few months. \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">“We may have high tide flooding like this maybe 20 or 30 times this winter, and so we don’t necessarily have staff capacity to be out directing traffic every time this happens,” Hagemann said. \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\u003cp class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">She sees the flooding as a window into a future where sea levels keep rising because of human-caused climate change. \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">“Unfortunately, what we are seeing this week will be every day in the future,” Hagemann said. “Fortunately, this isn’t forever. 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The National Weather Service’s Climate Prediction Center said there’s an 83% chance of a record-breaking El Niño through the end of the year. A \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12105518/this-years-powerful-el-nino-may-preview-californias-climate-future\">report from UC Davis released\u003c/a> this week also said low-lying areas throughout the Bay Area, including the runways at San Francisco International Airport and the Oakland airport, Highway 37 and the eastern approach of the Bay Bridge, are extremely vulnerable to floods and failure this winter. \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">“Getting these resources ahead of severe weather will help our city protect facilities and respond quickly when impacts do occur,” Lurie said at a press conference. “We are preparing to keep essential services running during storms.”\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cfigure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1999\" height=\"1333\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/12/251223-Storm-10-BL_qed.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-12068379\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/12/251223-Storm-10-BL_qed.jpg 1999w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/12/251223-Storm-10-BL_qed-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/12/251223-Storm-10-BL_qed-1536x1024.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1999px) 100vw, 1999px\" />\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">People walk along Mission Street in San Francisco on Dec. 23, 2025, as a storm system moves through the Bay Area. (Beth LaBerge/KQED)\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\n\n\n\u003cp class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The declaration simplifies contract awards for more than half a dozen departments, including Public Works, the Public Utilities Commission and the Port of San Francisco. \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The city’s Department of Emergency Management has already been leading efforts to coordinate preparations. It’s asking other departments to prepare for possible staffing disruptions and to identify possible service gaps. \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Emergency Management has also teamed up with the Department of Technology to create additional map features on the \u003ca href=\"https://www.sf.gov/severe-storms\">city’s website\u003c/a>, which show where evacuation and other supply sites are located. \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\u003cp class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">This month, Public Works completed sewer and water upgrades across around 1.4 million miles of sewer pipes, which are expected to reduce flood risk, according to the city. \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">SFMTA is adding more maintenance and protective equipment to prepare. In the event of severe weather, the agency will adjust service and, when necessary, replace rail and trolley service with buses. \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Mary Ellen Carroll, executive director of Emergency Management, said the declaration prevents “procedural roadblocks” from getting in the way of preparations.\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">“We also want to remind everyone that preparedness is a partnership, and we are asking residents to do their part to get ready for a wet winter,” Carroll said in a statement. \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Other cities — and the state of California — are making their own preparations and have asked the same of residents in areas that could be impacted by El Niño. Gov. Gavin Newsom declared a state of emergency in September in response to the event, and the Santa Clara Valley Water District \u003ca href=\"https://www.valleywater.org/emergencydeclaration2026\">announced\u003c/a> its own days ago. \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The city of San José, which faced its own mass flooding event in 2017, said this month it was also making preparations for large amounts of rain and potential flooding. \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">San Francisco said that residents can start their own preparations by staying up to date with National Weather Service forecasts, signing up for AlertSF, looking into flood insurance and protecting belongings using sandbags or elevating items in garages and basements.\u003c/p>\n\u003c/div>\u003c/p>",
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"content": "\n\u003cp class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Flooded highways. Inundated airport runways. Water-filled neighborhoods. Beaches washed away. All of these impacts, and more, could take place this winter as \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12104145/californias-el-nino-winter-could-be-profoundly-unsubtle-scientists-warn\">El Niño\u003c/a> continues to unfold.\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Several new reports this week suggest that \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12097546/el-nino-could-bring-a-wet-wild-winter-how-can-you-and-your-home-be-ready\">El Niño’s effects\u003c/a> this winter — flooding from \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/science/2002352/what-is-a-kelvin-wave-how-el-nino-can-raise-west-coast-sea-levels\">temporarily high seas\u003c/a> and potential storms — foreshadow a future shaped by human-caused climate change. \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">“This is really a preview of the near future,” said Fraser Shilling, director of the Road Ecology Center at UC Davis. “We can think of it as training wheels. This is what’s coming down the road, and we really need to figure out how to deal with it.”\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Shilling published a \u003ca href=\"https://www.ucdavis.edu/index%2Ephp/climate/news/where-el-nino-may-impact-california-coastal-areas-winter\">special report\u003c/a> highlighting the areas of the state he’s most worried about during El Niño conditions. His concerns span the California coast — Southern California cities already battered by waves, San Luis Obispo, parts of the Bay Area, Stinson Beach and Humboldt Bay. \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cfigure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1325\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/04/NationalWeatherServiceGetty.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-12037679\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/04/NationalWeatherServiceGetty.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/04/NationalWeatherServiceGetty-800x530.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/04/NationalWeatherServiceGetty-1020x676.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/04/NationalWeatherServiceGetty-160x106.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/04/NationalWeatherServiceGetty-1536x1018.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/04/NationalWeatherServiceGetty-1920x1272.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\" />\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">An automated National Weather Service weather station collects data on a bluff overlooking the Pacific Ocean in Montara, California, on April 5, 2016. (Paul Chinn/The San Francisco Chronicle via Getty Images)\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\n\n\n\u003cp class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">“They are places that have flooded during extreme events before,” Shilling said. “It is possible that we’ll see tipping points, and these systems will just change. If a town or neighborhood has been flooded before, maybe people will just leave and not come back.”\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Shilling said the recent flooding in Southern California offers a glimpse into what the rest of coastal California could experience this winter, especially along vulnerable highways and other low-lying infrastructure. \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Beyond areas likely to flood, his report shows places with a lower chance that could become high risk if they fill with ocean water, rain, or both. Examples include major highways near waterways, like Highway 37 near Novato Creek, and airports with runways built on fill near San Francisco Bay.\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">“Let’s be optimistic and say that there’s a low probability that [airports] are going to flood,” Shilling said. “But if they flood, that’s a high impact even if it’s temporary.”\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\u003cp class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Some of the highest-risk areas in California are places like \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/science/1999871/after-king-tides-swamp-marin-san-rafael-weighs-billion-dollar-defenses-against-the-bay\">San Rafael\u003c/a> in Marin County, where homes and businesses are built right up to the shore and sit below sea level.\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">“It costs millions or billions to fix these things before they break, but it costs even more if you wait till after,” Shilling said. “Once they do flood, and you have to do emergency repairs and emergency restoration and all those things, then your costs skyrocket.”\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">At the same time, California released its \u003ca href=\"https://www.ucdavis.edu/climate/blog/californias-fifth-climate-change-assessment-offers-warnings-states-future\">Fifth Climate Change Assessment\u003c/a> this week, warning that in the coming decades the state could experience longer summers, more wildfire smoke exposure, a shrinking snowpack and a shorter, more intense rainy season. \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">“Things climate-wise are intensifying in many instances and getting worse,” said Ruth Langridge, the report’s coordinating lead author and researcher at UC Santa Cruz. “We’re going to be seeing more unprecedented heat waves. The projections show that droughts will intensify and storms will intensify.”\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The report comes at a time when “science is under attack” by the Trump administration, Langridge said. \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Moves include revoking the state’s \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/science/1998169/californias-clean-air-under-siege-regulators-say-and-the-state-should-fight-back\">Clean Air Act vehicle waivers\u003c/a>, pressing for new \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/science/1999366/california-leaders-blast-trumps-idiotic-plan-to-kickstart-offshore-oil-drilling\">offshore oil leases\u003c/a> and trying to limit the \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12089085/trump-administration-takes-aim-at-california-coastal-protections\">California Coastal Commission’s authority\u003c/a>, among other actions. The administration also \u003ca href=\"https://www.npr.org/2025/04/29/nx-s1-5380816/climate-assessment-authors-released\">cut funding\u003c/a> for the National Climate Assessment in 2025. \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cfigure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"2400\" height=\"1600\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/01/2023_01_12_KJ_0147_Storms_Road_Closed.jpg\" alt=\"A "road closed" sign is reflected in floodwater in California's Central Valley.\" class=\"wp-image-11938230\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/01/2023_01_12_KJ_0147_Storms_Road_Closed.jpg 2400w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/01/2023_01_12_KJ_0147_Storms_Road_Closed-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/01/2023_01_12_KJ_0147_Storms_Road_Closed-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/01/2023_01_12_KJ_0147_Storms_Road_Closed-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/01/2023_01_12_KJ_0147_Storms_Road_Closed-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/01/2023_01_12_KJ_0147_Storms_Road_Closed-2048x1365.jpg 2048w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/01/2023_01_12_KJ_0147_Storms_Road_Closed-1920x1280.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2400px) 100vw, 2400px\" />\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">A road is closed by flooding near the Colusa County town of Williams in the Sacramento Valley. The area was one of many across California to experience high water during the series of storms that began rolling into the state Dec. 26, 2022. (Kenneth James/California Department of Water Resources)\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\n\n\n\u003cp class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">“Eyes will be turned on to what California is seeing in our assessment,” Langridge said. “We want to be sure that a factual story is getting out, and sometimes you’re not hearing that on the federal level.”\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">One of the report’s major findings is that California’s \u003ca href=\"https://climateassessment.ca.gov/2791/\">Central Coast\u003c/a>, roughly from the Bay Area to Santa Barbara, is likely headed toward a future where climate extremes are even more the norm: hotter days, more intense droughts and stronger storms. \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The assessment finds that weather patterns are intensifying, especially around heat, with typical hot months getting even warmer and the rainy season getting shorter, with more intense bursts in January and February. By the end of the century, the region’s rainiest day could be up to 30% wetter.\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">“The amount of precipitation might not change, but it’s going to come in great big deluges,” Langridge said.\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">UC Santa Cruz researchers created a tool, \u003ca href=\"https://cosmos-adapts.coastalresilience.ucsc.edu/\">CoSMoS Adapts\u003c/a>, that helps coastal communities visualize future flooding and erosion risks. \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">It may also help cities understand how nature-based solutions, like offshore reefs or restoring dunes, could save money and protect property and infrastructure.\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cfigure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/10/KelvinWavesGetty-8a3fc0db.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-12103547\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/10/KelvinWavesGetty-8a3fc0db.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/10/KelvinWavesGetty-8a3fc0db-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/10/KelvinWavesGetty-8a3fc0db-1536x1024.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\" />\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Reed Freidinger walks with his dog along a flooded Sausalito/Mill Valley bike path during the King Tide in Mill Valley, California, on Jan. 3, 2022. (Josh Edelson/AFP via Getty Images)\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\n\n\n\u003cp class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">“Strictly about coastal flooding and erosion, after the 2050s, things start to become much more difficult to manage with the kind of tools that we’ve been thinking about at a whole variety of levels,” said Michael Beck, professor and director of the Center for Coastal Climate Resilience at UC Santa Cruz.\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The pilot analyzes risk in Santa Cruz, Half Moon Bay and Ventura. On LinkedIn, Beck posted a \u003ca href=\"https://lnkd.in/p/gaCVJK9M\">visualization\u003c/a> of what flooding in Santa Cruz could look like this winter from large waves, king tides, \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/science/2002352/what-is-a-kelvin-wave-how-el-nino-can-raise-west-coast-sea-levels\">Kelvin waves\u003c/a>, thermal expansion and storm surge. \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The work could soon include Los Angeles and Orange counties. 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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\n\u003cp class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Flooded highways. Inundated airport runways. Water-filled neighborhoods. Beaches washed away. All of these impacts, and more, could take place this winter as \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12104145/californias-el-nino-winter-could-be-profoundly-unsubtle-scientists-warn\">El Niño\u003c/a> continues to unfold.\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Several new reports this week suggest that \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12097546/el-nino-could-bring-a-wet-wild-winter-how-can-you-and-your-home-be-ready\">El Niño’s effects\u003c/a> this winter — flooding from \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/science/2002352/what-is-a-kelvin-wave-how-el-nino-can-raise-west-coast-sea-levels\">temporarily high seas\u003c/a> and potential storms — foreshadow a future shaped by human-caused climate change. \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">“This is really a preview of the near future,” said Fraser Shilling, director of the Road Ecology Center at UC Davis. “We can think of it as training wheels. This is what’s coming down the road, and we really need to figure out how to deal with it.”\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Shilling published a \u003ca href=\"https://www.ucdavis.edu/index%2Ephp/climate/news/where-el-nino-may-impact-california-coastal-areas-winter\">special report\u003c/a> highlighting the areas of the state he’s most worried about during El Niño conditions. His concerns span the California coast — Southern California cities already battered by waves, San Luis Obispo, parts of the Bay Area, Stinson Beach and Humboldt Bay. \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cfigure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1325\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/04/NationalWeatherServiceGetty.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-12037679\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/04/NationalWeatherServiceGetty.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/04/NationalWeatherServiceGetty-800x530.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/04/NationalWeatherServiceGetty-1020x676.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/04/NationalWeatherServiceGetty-160x106.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/04/NationalWeatherServiceGetty-1536x1018.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/04/NationalWeatherServiceGetty-1920x1272.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\" />\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">An automated National Weather Service weather station collects data on a bluff overlooking the Pacific Ocean in Montara, California, on April 5, 2016. (Paul Chinn/The San Francisco Chronicle via Getty Images)\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\n\n\n\u003cp class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">“They are places that have flooded during extreme events before,” Shilling said. “It is possible that we’ll see tipping points, and these systems will just change. If a town or neighborhood has been flooded before, maybe people will just leave and not come back.”\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Shilling said the recent flooding in Southern California offers a glimpse into what the rest of coastal California could experience this winter, especially along vulnerable highways and other low-lying infrastructure. \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Beyond areas likely to flood, his report shows places with a lower chance that could become high risk if they fill with ocean water, rain, or both. Examples include major highways near waterways, like Highway 37 near Novato Creek, and airports with runways built on fill near San Francisco Bay.\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">“Let’s be optimistic and say that there’s a low probability that [airports] are going to flood,” Shilling said. “But if they flood, that’s a high impact even if it’s temporary.”\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\u003cp class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Some of the highest-risk areas in California are places like \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/science/1999871/after-king-tides-swamp-marin-san-rafael-weighs-billion-dollar-defenses-against-the-bay\">San Rafael\u003c/a> in Marin County, where homes and businesses are built right up to the shore and sit below sea level.\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">“It costs millions or billions to fix these things before they break, but it costs even more if you wait till after,” Shilling said. “Once they do flood, and you have to do emergency repairs and emergency restoration and all those things, then your costs skyrocket.”\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">At the same time, California released its \u003ca href=\"https://www.ucdavis.edu/climate/blog/californias-fifth-climate-change-assessment-offers-warnings-states-future\">Fifth Climate Change Assessment\u003c/a> this week, warning that in the coming decades the state could experience longer summers, more wildfire smoke exposure, a shrinking snowpack and a shorter, more intense rainy season. \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">“Things climate-wise are intensifying in many instances and getting worse,” said Ruth Langridge, the report’s coordinating lead author and researcher at UC Santa Cruz. “We’re going to be seeing more unprecedented heat waves. The projections show that droughts will intensify and storms will intensify.”\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The report comes at a time when “science is under attack” by the Trump administration, Langridge said. \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Moves include revoking the state’s \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/science/1998169/californias-clean-air-under-siege-regulators-say-and-the-state-should-fight-back\">Clean Air Act vehicle waivers\u003c/a>, pressing for new \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/science/1999366/california-leaders-blast-trumps-idiotic-plan-to-kickstart-offshore-oil-drilling\">offshore oil leases\u003c/a> and trying to limit the \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12089085/trump-administration-takes-aim-at-california-coastal-protections\">California Coastal Commission’s authority\u003c/a>, among other actions. The administration also \u003ca href=\"https://www.npr.org/2025/04/29/nx-s1-5380816/climate-assessment-authors-released\">cut funding\u003c/a> for the National Climate Assessment in 2025. \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cfigure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"2400\" height=\"1600\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/01/2023_01_12_KJ_0147_Storms_Road_Closed.jpg\" alt=\"A "road closed" sign is reflected in floodwater in California's Central Valley.\" class=\"wp-image-11938230\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/01/2023_01_12_KJ_0147_Storms_Road_Closed.jpg 2400w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/01/2023_01_12_KJ_0147_Storms_Road_Closed-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/01/2023_01_12_KJ_0147_Storms_Road_Closed-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/01/2023_01_12_KJ_0147_Storms_Road_Closed-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/01/2023_01_12_KJ_0147_Storms_Road_Closed-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/01/2023_01_12_KJ_0147_Storms_Road_Closed-2048x1365.jpg 2048w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/01/2023_01_12_KJ_0147_Storms_Road_Closed-1920x1280.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2400px) 100vw, 2400px\" />\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">A road is closed by flooding near the Colusa County town of Williams in the Sacramento Valley. The area was one of many across California to experience high water during the series of storms that began rolling into the state Dec. 26, 2022. (Kenneth James/California Department of Water Resources)\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\n\n\n\u003cp class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">“Eyes will be turned on to what California is seeing in our assessment,” Langridge said. “We want to be sure that a factual story is getting out, and sometimes you’re not hearing that on the federal level.”\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">One of the report’s major findings is that California’s \u003ca href=\"https://climateassessment.ca.gov/2791/\">Central Coast\u003c/a>, roughly from the Bay Area to Santa Barbara, is likely headed toward a future where climate extremes are even more the norm: hotter days, more intense droughts and stronger storms. \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The assessment finds that weather patterns are intensifying, especially around heat, with typical hot months getting even warmer and the rainy season getting shorter, with more intense bursts in January and February. By the end of the century, the region’s rainiest day could be up to 30% wetter.\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">“The amount of precipitation might not change, but it’s going to come in great big deluges,” Langridge said.\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">UC Santa Cruz researchers created a tool, \u003ca href=\"https://cosmos-adapts.coastalresilience.ucsc.edu/\">CoSMoS Adapts\u003c/a>, that helps coastal communities visualize future flooding and erosion risks. \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">It may also help cities understand how nature-based solutions, like offshore reefs or restoring dunes, could save money and protect property and infrastructure.\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cfigure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/10/KelvinWavesGetty-8a3fc0db.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-12103547\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/10/KelvinWavesGetty-8a3fc0db.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/10/KelvinWavesGetty-8a3fc0db-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/10/KelvinWavesGetty-8a3fc0db-1536x1024.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\" />\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Reed Freidinger walks with his dog along a flooded Sausalito/Mill Valley bike path during the King Tide in Mill Valley, California, on Jan. 3, 2022. (Josh Edelson/AFP via Getty Images)\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\n\n\n\u003cp class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">“Strictly about coastal flooding and erosion, after the 2050s, things start to become much more difficult to manage with the kind of tools that we’ve been thinking about at a whole variety of levels,” said Michael Beck, professor and director of the Center for Coastal Climate Resilience at UC Santa Cruz.\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The pilot analyzes risk in Santa Cruz, Half Moon Bay and Ventura. On LinkedIn, Beck posted a \u003ca href=\"https://lnkd.in/p/gaCVJK9M\">visualization\u003c/a> of what flooding in Santa Cruz could look like this winter from large waves, king tides, \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/science/2002352/what-is-a-kelvin-wave-how-el-nino-can-raise-west-coast-sea-levels\">Kelvin waves\u003c/a>, thermal expansion and storm surge. \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The work could soon include Los Angeles and Orange counties. Beck said he would like to expand to other parts of the region, like the Bay Area. \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">He said the already-thrashing waves along the coast, nearly a foot of temporary sea level rise (and more to come) and potential back-to-back storms this winter connected to El Niño will likely become California’s more frequent future reality. \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">“The kinds of things that we both have seen with this El Niño down south and that we are anticipating those seasons might become more regular by the 2050s,” Beck said. “El Niño for us is that reminder that these risks are real, they’re here, they’re now, and they are growing.”\u003c/p>\n\u003c/div>\u003c/p>",
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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/tag/san-jose\">San José\u003c/a> is ramping up preparations for what forecasters warn could be a “very strong” El Niño, in an effort to avoid another major flood — like the one that prompted mass evacuations almost a decade ago. \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>The city has increased communication with the Santa Clara Valley Water District since learning what Mayor Matt Mahan called “hard lessons” after the \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12027875/san-jose-floodwalls-should-shield-neighborhoods-against-20-year-flood\">2017 Coyote Creek flood\u003c/a> — which displaced thousands and prompted the city to grade itself an ‘F’ in emergency preparedness.\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>City staff is monitoring dozens of historical flooding sites, with the Transportation Department holding a storm coordination meeting to review emergency response procedures — upgraded public safety measures thanks to the passage of the 2018 bond measure. \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cfigure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1999\" height=\"1333\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/07/250725-SJPOWER-JG-8_qed.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-12049894\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/07/250725-SJPOWER-JG-8_qed.jpg 1999w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/07/250725-SJPOWER-JG-8_qed-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/07/250725-SJPOWER-JG-8_qed-1536x1024.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1999px) 100vw, 1999px\" />\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">San José Mayor Matt Mahan speaks during a July 25, 2025, press conference in North San José. \u003cbr> (Joseph Geha/KQED)\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>All of that information could come in handy — El Niño-driven flooding, mudslides, power outages and more have been predicted, as the natural climate pattern \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12104145/californias-el-nino-winter-could-be-profoundly-unsubtle-scientists-warn\">continues to strengthen\u003c/a> with impacts across the California coast. \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>“We feel we’re prepared,” Mahan told KQED on Thursday. “We keep getting better — we’re investing more in infrastructure, technology, our coordination with Valley Water and continuing to educate our community to make sure individuals are prepared and paying attention and in a position to be resilient as we have extreme weather.” \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>The Climate Protection Center, an arm of the National Weather Service, \u003ca href=\"https://www.cpc.ncep.noaa.gov/products/analysis_monitoring/enso_advisory/ensodisc.html\">said\u003c/a> earlier this month that El Niño has continued to intensify, and chances “remain high” that it could be stronger than any the world has seen since 1950. 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The parties settled. \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>Efforts for El Niño, he said, do include a focus on locations where flooding has happened historically, though citywide prevention is also a priority. \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cfigure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/10/230906-BERRYESSA-BART-URBAN-VILLAGE-MD-08_qed-74773039.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-12104542\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/10/230906-BERRYESSA-BART-URBAN-VILLAGE-MD-08_qed-74773039.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/10/230906-BERRYESSA-BART-URBAN-VILLAGE-MD-08_qed-74773039-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/10/230906-BERRYESSA-BART-URBAN-VILLAGE-MD-08_qed-74773039-1536x1024.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\" />\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Coyote Creek as seen from Berryessa Rd. in San José on Sept. 6, 2023. 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