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Luckily, forecasters expect the snowpack to grow over the next month as multiple cold storms bring beneficial snow to the region.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Three storms are already setting themselves up to hit the Sierra Nevada with up to 8 inches of snow starting Saturday, said Courtney Carpenter, warning coordination meteorologist with the National Weather Service’s Sacramento office.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12025363\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"max-width: 1600px\">\u003ca href=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/02/20250116_Snow-School_DMB_04857.jpg\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12025363\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/02/20250116_Snow-School_DMB_04857.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1600\" height=\"2000\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/02/20250116_Snow-School_DMB_04857.jpg 1600w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/02/20250116_Snow-School_DMB_04857-800x1000.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/02/20250116_Snow-School_DMB_04857-1020x1275.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/02/20250116_Snow-School_DMB_04857-160x200.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/02/20250116_Snow-School_DMB_04857-1229x1536.jpg 1229w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1600px) 100vw, 1600px\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Andrew Schwartz, director of the University of California Berkeley’s Central Sierra Snow Lab, holds a decades-old print out of snow measurements at the University of California, Berkeley’s Central Sierra Snow Lab, based in Soda Springs in the Sierras near Donner Summit, Jan. 16, 2025. \u003ccite>(David M. 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That’s because operators have to make the hard call to let the excess water go to make room for likely more precipitation with so much of the wet season still ahead.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Jeffrey Mount and Greg Gartrell of the Public Policy Institute of California \u003ca href=\"https://www.ppic.org/blog/how-februarys-atmospheric-rivers-affected-californias-water-supply/\">wrote about this in a recent blog post\u003c/a>, noting most of February’s precipitation fell on the northern part of the state into reservoirs above “their historic averages thanks to two preceding wet years.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Dam operators had no choice but to let the water go to make space for possible future floods,” they wrote. “And they let go a lot of water.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[aside postID=science_1995954 hero='https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2025/02/20250116_Snow-School_DMB_01450-1020x680.jpg']\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>From Feb. 1 to Feb. 18, Shasta Lake and Lake Oroville operators released more than 2 million acre-feet of water — enough to supply 6 million homes for a year, Mount and Gartrell noted.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Long-term trends, partly due to human-caused climate change, indicate that the coming decades will bring increasing rain-on-snow events that hurt the snowpack. 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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>From Feb. 1 to Feb. 18, Shasta Lake and Lake Oroville operators released more than 2 million acre-feet of water — enough to supply 6 million homes for a year, Mount and Gartrell noted.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Long-term trends, partly due to human-caused climate change, indicate that the coming decades will bring increasing rain-on-snow events that hurt the snowpack. Heggli said the Sierra could reach a “low- to no-snow future within the next 35 to 60 years.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>This year, the real worry is that winter or early spring heat waves could melt the snowpack prematurely, as they did in recent years, Schwartz said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“If we get into April and we’re 10 degrees above average or 15 degrees above average, then we’re going to melt out really quick,” he said. “Then the worry turns to impacts on the ecosystem and fire danger.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Noah Molotch, a hydrologist at the Institute of Arctic and Alpine Research and NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory, said he’s waiting to see what happens over the next month as he and his team prepare snow accumulation data using a mix of satellite imagery, radar, climate modeling and on-the-ground observations.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“When I look at the complete picture for this particular winter, the story is that it is relatively dry, but it is not catastrophically dry,” he said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Molotoch said the average snowpack and relatively full reservoirs at this point are a good sign for this year’s water supply. Still, he recognizes that hot weather or warm rain could drastically alter the April 1 snowpack amount.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“If we don’t get a lot more snowfall between now and April 1, the April 1 percent of average could be much lower,” he said. “We might end up at like 50% of average.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003c/div>\u003c/p>",
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A group opposing the Great Highway’s closure officially launched a recall against Engardio this month. \u003ccite>(Juliana Yamada/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>In preparation for \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12012206/12012206\">opening the park\u003c/a> that Proposition K supporters envision, city staff prioritized previously planned improvements to Sunset Boulevard — another key commuter road that spans the west side.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“With the Prop. K results, the city made sure [those improvements] got done before Prop. K was implemented,” said Lucas Lux, one of the organizers of the Yes on Prop. K campaign. “This is just a case of coordinating city actions well so that Sunset Boulevard was nice and smooth before folks needed to start using that for their north-south commute.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The Department of Public Works has repaved 44 blocks of the road, and Muni’s 29–Sunset bus route will now stop after passing through intersections instead of before, alleviating a build-up of cars waiting to turn right off the road.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Moving the stops after the intersection, Lux said, will speed up north and south travel while having a minimal impact on those turning right onto Sunset.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[aside postID=news_12027864 hero='https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/02/DSC_1576_qed-1.jpg']\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“It’s a north-south thoroughfare, so that is the priority traffic, but I would keep in mind, if … you’re turning right onto Sunset Boulevard, you have a signal there, so you can turn into the second lane if you needed to,” he told KQED. “I don’t think that that will create much of an issue for those folks because there’s not a significant amount of traffic turning onto Sunset Boulevard during those signals.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>New bus stop benches are being installed, and intersections’ drainage systems have been improved.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The $7.5 million project was already part of the city’s budget for infrastructure improvements, Lux said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The city is also putting traffic signals at key intersections in the Outer Sunset.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Stop signs at 41st Avenue and Lincoln Boulevard have been replaced by a light, and another is set to go live at Sloat and Skyline boulevards on Wednesday. Caltrans installed a traffic signal at the intersection of the Great Highway and Skyline — which previously had no signal control — to improve traffic flow and safety, according to the city’s press release.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“We are responding to these changes by taking action now, including installing new traffic signals to prepare the streets well ahead of the shift to a new park,” San Francisco Municipal Transportation Agency streets director Viktoriya Wise said in a statement. “Our priority is to keep people moving safely and efficiently as these changes take effect, whether they are walking, biking, or driving.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12026544\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003ca href=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/02/250210-SurferSewage-05-BL.jpg\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-12026544 size-full\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/02/250210-SurferSewage-05-BL.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/02/250210-SurferSewage-05-BL.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/02/250210-SurferSewage-05-BL-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/02/250210-SurferSewage-05-BL-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/02/250210-SurferSewage-05-BL-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/02/250210-SurferSewage-05-BL-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/02/250210-SurferSewage-05-BL-1920x1280.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">A surfer walks in the water at Ocean Beach in San Francisco on Feb. 10, 2025. \u003ccite>(Beth LaBerge/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Lux said the next steps for Ocean Beach Park supporters is to get started on delivering a permanent park.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“This is a bit of a cart and a horse challenge where people don’t fund things that aren’t created or that there’s no voter mandate for, so now that there is a voter mandate for Proposition K, there’s actually been a few sources of funding rolling in already,” he told KQED.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The project has a $1 million park planning grant from the California State Coastal Conservancy, which was awarded to the Rec and Park Department, as well as a regional Metropolitan Transportation Commission award for more traffic updates. Private donors are also working with the city to install temporary art.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Lux said he wasn’t able to provide a total budget estimate for the park renovations but that it would depend on the planning period.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“The city is making the west side infrastructure ready for a park,” Lux said. “They’ve done that work, and what’s to come is now the really fun part, which is transitioning this special part of our coast to a park space that San Franciscans can enjoy on a daily basis.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n",
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"content": "\u003cp>State lawmakers are rolling out legislation to curb energy prices in California, \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12020600/californians-pay-hefty-fee-electricity-rates-likely-keep-increasing\">hoping to ease the pain of residents who are paying the second-highest\u003c/a> electricity rates in the nation.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Some of the new proposals take aim at the state’s investor-owned utilities, such as PG&E and Southern California Edison, by seeking to blunt rate increases.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>However, state regulators and industry analysts \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/forum/2010101905607/california-puc-considers-new-fixed-charge-for-electricity\">said lawmakers might have to make tough choices\u003c/a> to reduce costs for consumers — such as ending energy-saving subsidies for some residents and paying for more utility costs out of the state budget.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Democratic leaders in the Legislature made lowering utility bills a \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12016294/california-democrats-prepare-for-trump-vow-renewed-focus-affordability\">top priority following the November election\u003c/a> when broad frustrations with prices fueled Republican gains. But \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12023129/how-climate-change-complicating-california-democrats-affordability-agenda\">that task has been complicated by climate change\u003c/a>: Increases in electricity rates have been driven in large part by utility spending to prevent increasingly intense wildfires and also by the state’s push to decarbonize its energy sector.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Affordability is really one of the biggest issues for Californians right now and utility bills — we constantly hear complaints about how they just seem to continue to rise,” Assemblymember Jacqui Irwin (D–Thousand Oaks) said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12021876\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12021876\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/SCELawsuitAP.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/SCELawsuitAP.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/SCELawsuitAP-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/SCELawsuitAP-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/SCELawsuitAP-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/SCELawsuitAP-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/SCELawsuitAP-1920x1280.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Southern California Edison workers service a utility pole in the aftermath of the Eaton Fire on Jan. 12, 2025, in Altadena, California. \u003ccite>(Ethan Swope/AP Photo)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Assembly Bill 745, written by Irwin, would give the California Public Utilities Commission greater oversight over proposals by utility companies to upgrade transmission lines.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“We think it’s very important that the PUC looks at every one of these projects and [asks] ‘Is the cost appropriate?’” Irwin said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>At an informational hearing of the Senate Energy, Utilities and Communications Committee on Wednesday, CPUC President Alice Reynolds said the effects of a warming planet have made their way onto power bills — most notably with utilities passing along the cost of preventing their equipment from sparking wildfires.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>As a result, Reynolds said, “What we’re asking for here is the ratepayers to pay for climate change impacts.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Sen. Aisha Wahab (D–Hayward) grilled Reynolds and faulted the CPUC for allowing multiple utility price increases in the last year. A \u003ca href=\"https://lao.ca.gov/reports/2025/4950/Residential-Electricity-Rates-010725.pdf\">report by the Legislative Analyst’s Office (PDF)\u003c/a> last month found that average residential electricity rates rose 47% between 2019 and 2023 — far outpacing inflation.[aside postID=news_12027864 hero='https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/02/DSC_1576_qed-1-1020x676.jpg']Wahab introduced Senate Bill 332, which would cap utility rate hikes at the Consumer Price Index, a measure of the cost-of-living increase.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Ratepayers are not a bank,” Wahab said. “I’m deeply disappointed in the fact that ratepayers are being treated like an endless bucket of money because they are not.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Assembly Bill 286, from Republican Leader James Gallagher (R–East Nicolaus), would place a mandate on the CPUC to lower electricity rates by at least 30%.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Carla Peterman, PG&E’s executive vice president of corporate affairs, told lawmakers that the price increases are simply a result of the utility fulfilling demands from the Legislature to reduce wildfire risk, such as by spending $1.8 billion a year on trimming trees near power lines.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>And Reynolds suggested that efforts to limit rate increases could run into legal hurdles because utilities are allowed to make a profit on their infrastructure investments.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11833753\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 1920px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-11833753\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2020/08/PGE-Subcontractors-Inspect.jpg\" alt=\"PG&E subcontractors assess vegetation at risk for catching fire near Paradise, Calif. on Nov. 13, 2018, five days after a PG&E transmission line sparked the Camp Fire, the deadliest and most destructive wildfire in modern California history. The blaze leveled the town of Paradise and killed 85 people.\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1280\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2020/08/PGE-Subcontractors-Inspect.jpg 1920w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2020/08/PGE-Subcontractors-Inspect-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2020/08/PGE-Subcontractors-Inspect-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2020/08/PGE-Subcontractors-Inspect-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2020/08/PGE-Subcontractors-Inspect-1536x1024.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1920px) 100vw, 1920px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">PG&E subcontractors assess vegetation at risk for catching fire near Paradise, California, on Nov. 13, 2018, five days after a PG&E transmission line sparked the Camp Fire, the deadliest and most destructive wildfire in modern California history. The blaze leveled the town of Paradise and killed 85 people. \u003ccite>(Anne Wernikoff/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>“We are governed by the case law that requires us to allow [utilities] to have a reasonable rate of return to attract investment in the system,” Reynolds said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>At the Senate hearing, a panel that included analysts along with advocates for ratepayers, solar panel companies and large commercial energy users pointed lawmakers toward tougher tradeoffs.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Those included limiting subsidies for residents with solar panels, especially \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11935425/california-votes-to-lower-incentives-for-rooftop-solar-panels-to-evenly-spread-overall-energy-costs\">longtime solar customers who receive credits from utility companies\u003c/a> for the excess energy they don’t use.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Changes to solar benefits have drawn opposition in the past from lawmakers representing suburban neighborhoods where solar adoption is more widespread. Solar advocates at the hearing argued that it would be unfair for the state to punish homeowners who are helping decarbonize the electricity grid after encouraging them to take on costly solar installation.[aside postID=news_12026172 hero='https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/MossLandingFire1-1020x680.jpg']But the grid costs that solar users save on are being passed along to customers without solar panels — an annual cost shift of $8.5 billion, said Linda Serizawa, director of the state’s Public Advocates Office.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Rooftop solar is beneficial and it is key to advancing our energy and climate goals,” Serizawa said. “However, because of the way the incentives are designed … [they] are being funded by households without solar.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Other panelists at the hearing urged lawmakers to use existing state revenue to pay down the cost of electricity bills. The state currently raises billions of dollars every year through its cap-and-trade system, \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11573588/california-lawmakers-approve-plan-to-extend-cap-and-trade-system\">which charges industries for the ability\u003c/a> to pollute.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Some of that revenue is returned to utility ratepayers, but far more is spent on building a high-speed rail system and funding affordable housing. And the utility rebate, known as the California Climate Credit, is sent to every customer, regardless of income.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“We have been funding our clean energy goals and our decarbonization transition basically by making electricity more expensive,” said Mohit Chhabra, senior analyst for the Natural Resources Defense Council. “It would be better to use levies on polluting fuels, like revenue from cap-and-trade, to fund the clean energy transition.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>While the cap-and-trade system is not set to expire until 2030, legislators could reauthorize the program this year and debate any changes in how to spend program revenue.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The energy-related bills announced by lawmakers ahead of Friday’s bill-introduction deadline will need to clear the Assembly or Senate — wherever they originated — by June 6.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n",
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"content": "\u003cp>The land at multiple spots along California’s iconic coastline is sinking at startling rates, compounding the flooding risks posed by future \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12018004/how-three-coastal-cities-are-tackling-sea-level-rise\">sea level rise\u003c/a> from Humboldt Bay to San Diego, according to a \u003ca href=\"https://www.jpl.nasa.gov/news/nasa-led-study-pinpoints-areas-sinking-rising-along-california-coast/\">new study\u003c/a> led by scientists at NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The speed of the land sinking, or subsidence, helps show that \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/science/1973624/maps-see-which-bay-area-locations-are-at-risk-from-rising-seas\">regional estimates\u003c/a> “largely underestimate” sea level rise in parts of the San Francisco Bay Area and Los Angeles. That adds a new layer of complication for cities along the 800-plus miles of coastline preparing for \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12018103/king-tides-foreshadow-far-wetter-future-sf-shoreline\">a far wetter future\u003c/a>, while some are already dealing with flooding from climate-fueled storms and king tides.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Using satellite imagery, the scientists found that land along San Francisco Bay in San Rafael, Corte Madera, Foster City and Alameda’s Bay Farm Island is subsiding more than 0.4 inches a year. When considering the subsidence rate, local sea levels could rise by more than double the regional estimate by 2050.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Areas might be affected by the rising water much sooner than we anticipate, and that brings by itself increased flooding and tidal inundation,” said Marin Govorcin, the study’s lead author and a NASA remote sensing scientist in Southern California. “All of this can affect people on a daily basis.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Since the 1880s, the Pacific Ocean has risen by about 8 inches along the West Coast. 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The city’s Canal neighborhood — home to many low-income Latinx families — is one of the areas at the highest risk of sea level rise in Marin County.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“It’s got a lot of people living in it who are very sensitive to disruption,” she said. “It seems like something that the whole region should start looking at. How can we protect San Rafael, and can we develop strategies that we can use in other parts of the Bay Area as well?”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[aside postID=news_12016813 hero='https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/12/170111_KingTide_bhs14-1020x680.jpg']\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The researchers also discovered land sinking around Point Reyes and the Russian River Valley but at lower rates.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>One caveat to the study is that the researchers don’t model future subsidence, said Rylan Gervase, director of legislative and external affairs for the Bay Conservation and Development Commission, which released the area’s \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12016813/bay-area-now-has-first-ever-regional-sea-level-rise-plan\">first regional sea level rise plan\u003c/a> in December.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“We’re going to see a wide range of impacts; everything from highways along the bay shore to San Francisco Airport is going to be impacted,” he said. “The study does give us a good picture of what subsidences occurred in the past up until the present, but that doesn’t necessarily mean that the rate of subsidence is going to be constant.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The commission’s regional plan advises cities and counties to consider subsidence when developing state-mandated sea level rise adaptation plans.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Dana Brechwald, the commission’s assistant planning director for climate adaptation, said staff had built the study’s methodology into their planning efforts and added that the continued data would only strengthen local plans. 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And so are its consequences for the sensitive ecosystem.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Ivano Aiello, professor and chair at Moss Landing Marine Labs, has found \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12024233/monterey-county-battery-fire-linked-surge-heavy-metals-nature-reserves-soil\">nanoparticles of manganese, cobalt and nickel\u003c/a> in the soil of Elkhorn Slough, in some locations at levels 1,000 times greater than before the fire.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12026963\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2500px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12026963\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/02/250212-ELKHORNSLOUGH-BL-KQED-DIPTYCH-2-KQED.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2500\" height=\"833\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/02/250212-ELKHORNSLOUGH-BL-KQED-DIPTYCH-2-KQED.jpg 2500w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/02/250212-ELKHORNSLOUGH-BL-KQED-DIPTYCH-2-KQED-800x267.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/02/250212-ELKHORNSLOUGH-BL-KQED-DIPTYCH-2-KQED-1020x340.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/02/250212-ELKHORNSLOUGH-BL-KQED-DIPTYCH-2-KQED-160x53.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/02/250212-ELKHORNSLOUGH-BL-KQED-DIPTYCH-2-KQED-1536x512.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/02/250212-ELKHORNSLOUGH-BL-KQED-DIPTYCH-2-KQED-2048x682.jpg 2048w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/02/250212-ELKHORNSLOUGH-BL-KQED-DIPTYCH-2-KQED-1920x640.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2500px) 100vw, 2500px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Charlie Endris (left), a Geographic Information Systems (GIS) spatial analyst, and Ivano Aiello (right), a professor and department chair at Moss Landing Marine Laboratories, test the soil for metal levels in Elkhorn Slough near the Moss Landing Power Plant in Moss Landing on Feb. 12, 2025. \u003ccite>(Beth LaBerge/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>“They weren’t there [before],” said Aiello, who has been monitoring the soil at the slough for over a decade. “It’s that simple. I’ve never measured those metals in such high concentrations.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Aiello is now working with a team of scientists to check whether the heavy metals, found in the lithium-ion batteries that burned, are moving through the tidal ecosystem.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Some of it might actually move through the soil as the water percolates,” he said, “and potentially enter the food web.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[aside postID=news_12024233 hero='https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/ElkhornSlough-1020x765.jpg']\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The animals in Elkhorn Slough have so far shown no changes in behavior or numbers. But scientists are monitoring to see whether the metals, for example, could make their way into those fat innkeeper worms, which feed at the bottom of the slough. And from there, into the otters.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Professor Dustin Mulvaney of San José State University, who researches the environmental impacts of batteries, pointed out that the heavy metals might also affect the local Amah Mutsun tribe, who have \u003ca href=\"https://caseagrant.ucsd.edu/news/wild-olympia-baby-oysters-are-back-elkhorn-slough\">restored oysters\u003c/a> to Elkhorn Slough.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“One concern I would have is for the Amah Mutsun,” Mulvaney said, “if they’re going to be eating those Olympia oysters at some point.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>A group of Moss Landing residents is \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12026172/lawsuit-blames-pge-vistra-for-toxic-fire-at-monterey-battery-storage-facility\">suing\u003c/a> three energy companies — Vistra Corp., which runs the facility, PG&E, which draws power from it, and LG Energy Solution, which installed the batteries — saying they experienced dizziness, skin irritation and other health symptoms after the fire. They say the Texas-based Vistra should have taken better safety precautions in the energy storage facility, which is somewhat of an outlier in that it was built inside an old gas power plant and the type of battery it used is becoming less common.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Vistra declined a request for an interview but said in a \u003ca href=\"https://www.mosslandingresponse.com/?utm_medium=search&utm_source=google&utm_campaign=mosslanding&utm_content=search%20&gad_source=1&gclid=CjwKCAiAtYy9BhBcEiwANWQQL7QN5Xht5x6Rl79llduONWebZAg9H-Nwvkle_J_hBsvDBCzJkf1IpRoCAosQAvD_BwE\">statement\u003c/a> that it’s monitoring the air and that no hazardous levels have been detected.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12026949\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12026949\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/02/250212-ELKHORNSLOUGH-16-BL-KQED.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/02/250212-ELKHORNSLOUGH-16-BL-KQED.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/02/250212-ELKHORNSLOUGH-16-BL-KQED-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/02/250212-ELKHORNSLOUGH-16-BL-KQED-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/02/250212-ELKHORNSLOUGH-16-BL-KQED-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/02/250212-ELKHORNSLOUGH-16-BL-KQED-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/02/250212-ELKHORNSLOUGH-16-BL-KQED-1920x1280.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">The Moss Landing Power Plant, the site of a battery fire on Jan. 16, in Moss Landing on Feb. 12, 2025. The power plant is a natural gas-fired power station with a large battery storage facility. \u003ccite>(Beth LaBerge/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>The California Public Utilities Commission is investigating the cause of the fire and has issued new \u003ca href=\"https://www.cpuc.ca.gov/news-and-updates/all-news/cpuc-issues-proposal-to-enhance-safety-of-battery-energy-storage-facilities\">proposed safety standards\u003c/a> for battery storage facilities.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Batteries and fires have been a known issue,” Mulvaney said. “Our regulation and our ability to think through the impacts of new technology are sometimes a little bit behind the technology itself.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Aiello and other scientists are continuing to collect and analyze samples from Elkhorn Slough and release \u003ca href=\"https://www.readymontereycounty.org/emergency/2025-moss-landing-vistra-power-plant-fire\">data\u003c/a> as it becomes available.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>”We need to learn as much as possible,” Aiello said. “It’s an opportunity for society to learn more about whether this type of technology is the way we want to go.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n",
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It runs under the cities of Berkeley, Oakland and Hayward before connecting to the longer Calaveras fault.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Hayward’s slip-strike fault hasn’t been hit with a strong earthquake since the 1860s, according to USGS, but do these smaller shakes mean the \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/science/1949019/its-about-time-how-to-get-ready-for-the-next-emergency\">Big One\u003c/a> is happening soon?\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11953682\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"max-width: 1024px\">\u003ca href=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/06/GettyImages-1408947194.jpg\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-11953682\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/06/GettyImages-1408947194.jpg\" alt=\"A panoramic view of the North Bay shoreline near Rodeo. In the foreground are oil refinery terminals. Behind them are houses and hills.\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/06/GettyImages-1408947194.jpg 1024w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/06/GettyImages-1408947194-800x534.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/06/GettyImages-1408947194-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/06/GettyImages-1408947194-160x107.jpg 160w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Phillips 66’s refinery in Rodeo, along the San Pablo Bay. The Feb. 13 quakes’ epicenters surrounded the Hayward fault, which spans from San Pablo Bay in the north to Fremont in the south. \u003ccite>(Carlos Avila Gonzalez/The San Francisco Chronicle via Getty Images)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>According to Peggy Hellweg with UC Berkeley’s Seismology Lab, who spoke to \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/science/1936949/do-little-quakes-mean-the-big-one-is-close-at-hand\">KQED in 2019\u003c/a>, it’s not so easy to know.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>She said at the time that small quakes happen along the Hayward fault all the time, as they did in January of that year.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In the past 20 to 30 years, those worrisome, but fairly harmless, shakes had never led to a “big one.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The longer the fault goes without a significant quake, though, the more pressure it builds up, Hellweg said. And the widespread myth that small earthquakes release some of this tension isn’t true.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[aside postID=science_1936949 hero='https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2019/12/05-1020x574.jpg']\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The average interval between major seismic events on the Hayward fault is about 140 years, plus or minus 50. \u003ca href=\"https://pubs.usgs.gov/fs/2016/3020/fs20163020.pdf\">USGS researchers\u003c/a> say there’s about a 33% chance a magnitude 7 quake could take place on the fault in the next three decades, and there’s a slightly lower but still significant chance that two other faults that run through the Bay Area, the Paicines and San Andreas, could see some action.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>One concern on the East Bay fault specifically is that it is made of a combination of locked and creeping lines. While the creeping ones move, normally causing some slight shaking, locked faults don’t. Instead, shaking on those could be foreshocks of a larger quake to come, UC Berkeley seismologist Roland Burgmann previously told KQED.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Whenever a quake — big or small — occurs, it’s a good time to check on earthquake kits and make sure to have the MyShake app downloaded.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The app, created by Berkeley’s Seismology Lab, \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11999982/recent-california-earthquakes-had-a-few-seconds-warning-in-the-big-one-that-could-save-lives\">gave Californians a few seconds’ notice\u003c/a> before significant earthquakes last year and could make a real difference when a big one hits.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The farther from the epicenter, the longer the warning time you can usually get from the app, which sends out a notification instructing people to do what they’ve been taught since kindergarten but could forget in a panic: duck, cover and hold on.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“We’ve seen that for many earthquakes, particularly on the West Coast, in California, the people that are injured are injured by things falling on them because they’re trying to get to safety,” said Angie Lux, a project scientist for the Berkeley Seismology Lab’s earthquake early warning program. “It’s really hard to move during an earthquake.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n",
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But flood advisories are in effect for most of the Bay Area through 5:30 p.m.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“We’ve heard numerous reports of flooding from the East Bay, Santa Cruz Mountains and the North Bay,” said Rachel Kennedy, a meteorologist with the weather service’s Bay Area office. “There have been several landslides, but from here on out, we should see rain rates decrease.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>As many as 10,000 PG&E customers \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/science/1950931/map-pge-power-outages\">are without power\u003c/a>, with the majority in the South Bay. One man was killed in an early morning crash west of Santa Cruz, but it was not immediately certain whether the rain was a factor.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Dylan Flynn, a meteorologist with the weather service’s Bay Area office, said the worst of the storm was expected before 10 a.m., though the \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12025860/trump-orders-and-atmospheric-rivers-how-prepared-are-californias-levees\">atmospheric river\u003c/a> will bring moderate to heavy rainfall and wind gusts over 50 mph across the Bay Area through Friday morning.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>https://twitter.com/nwsbayarea/status/1890074097117536551?s=46&t=8L9OHVE58oUXKjH2wCBDtA\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Between 1 and 3 inches of rain have fallen over the region so far. By the time the storm passes, the North Bay could receive up to 4 inches of rain, the Bay Area up to 3 inches and the Santa Cruz Mountains up to 6 inches.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“It’s pumping tropical moisture through the atmosphere directly at us; It’s like a fire hose,” Flynn said. “In terms of rainfall rates, this is about as heavy as it gets for us for atmospheric rivers. The only good news is that principal impacts only lasted about 12 hours.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Arrival flights are experiencing delays at San Francisco International Airport by more than an hour because of winds, according to FlightAware. The website reports departures are delayed by nearly an hour and a half. Inbound flights are delayed at the origin by more than two hours due to the wind.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The storm has knocked over trees from Marin to Santa Cruz, including a large tree blocking Skyline Boulevard at Brandy Rock Way in Oakland’s Ridgemont neighborhood, according to an X post by the Oakland Fire Department.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>https://twitter.com/OaklandFireLive/status/1890140306768871698\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Multiple roads are closed across Sonoma County and on major highways across the region near Oakland, San Mateo, Sunnyvale, Redwood City, Hercules, Vallejo, South San Francisco, San Carlos, Emeryville and Castro Valley, according to the Metropolitan Transportation Commission.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Highways are sort of the canary in the coal mine of where we start to see flooding in the typical places and how flooding is likely to become more widespread from there,” Kennedy said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Evacuation orders have been lifted across Santa Cruz County. Evacuation orders covered Felton Grove residents living near the San Lorenzo River, as well as residents near Watsonville because of rising water levels in two local creeks: Corralitos and Salsipuedes.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Santa Cruz County posted a video on Facebook showing the Corralitos Creek overflowing with brown, muddy water.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>https://twitter.com/CHPscrz/status/1890091906086105334\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In Soquel, Main Street above Bates Creek was closed due to a tree down with fallen wires, and a landslide and flooding shut down San Jose Road. Some roads were also closed in Watsonville and Interlaken, according to the county.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Israel Murillo, public information officer for the California Highway Patrol office in Santa Cruz, said that as the atmospheric river pounds the region, all available officers are working and gearing up for anything else the storm brings.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“We had a vehicle that got stuck in the middle of the roadway because that individual chose to drive across flooded roads,” he said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>He also said a man was killed around 4:20 a.m. on State Route 1 and Scaroni Road when he was hit by a truck. Murillo said he can’t at this point attribute the death to the rain, but it happened during the storm.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The National Weather Service is paying close attention to any notable rise in streams and major rivers, with the Russian River at Guerneville and the San Lorenzo River having the highest chances of going into flood stage. “San Lorenzo is of particular concern given the rain so far and how flashy that basin is. The river gauge is already reporting a sharp rise,” meteorologists wrote in the weather service’s morning forecast discussion.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Stanford climate scientist Noah Diffenbaugh said this atmospheric river mirrors a more significant trend.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[aside postID=science_1996145 hero='https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2025/02/250210-SurferSewage-05-BL-1020x680.jpg']\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“There’s a trend towards the atmospheric river storms that make landfall getting warmer,” he said. “They’ll tend to produce more rainfall than snow, which creates runoff right away.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>All that water is spilling into roadways, which is causing traffic issues, especially in the North Bay, said Sgt. 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Heavy rainfall may also continue to cause landslides.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“While the rain and wind grabs everybody’s attention, the most deadly weather we have here in the Bay Area is high surf and people getting swept out to sea,” Flynn said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Flynn said scattered showers will pick up Thursday afternoon with a chance of thunderstorms, but the rain will be spottier than what happened overnight.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“By Friday afternoon, the sun will make a triumphant return, and the rain will stop,” he said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Meteorologists expect a weaker storm to move through the region Sunday, with light rain focused on the North Bay. 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As more centers are built, local residents and environmentalists are concerned about how they disrupt local communities and pose significant health and environmental risks.\u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cb>Links\u003c/b>\u003c/p>\n\u003cul>\n\u003cli style=\"list-style-type: none\">\n\u003cul>\n\u003cli>\u003ca href=\"https://capitalandmain.com/as-california-ai-data-centers-grow-so-does-dirty-energy\">\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">As California AI Data Centers Grow, So Does Dirty Energy\u003c/span>\u003c/a>\n\u003cp style=\"text-align: left\">\n\u003c/p>\u003cp>\u003c!-- iframe plugin v.4.3 wordpress.org/plugins/iframe/ -->\u003cbr>\n\u003ciframe loading=\"lazy\" frameborder=\"0\" height=\"200\" scrolling=\"no\" src=\"https://playlist.megaphone.fm?e=KQINC8815208190&light=true\" width=\"100%\" class=\"iframe-class\">\u003c/iframe>\n\u003c/p>\u003c/li>\n\u003c/ul>\n\u003c/li>\n\u003c/ul>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Cecilia Lei \u003c/strong>[00:01:36] Aaron, you spent some time looking into how data centers are impacting the communities that live nearby, and you visited the construction site of one in San Jose. 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And so Betsy and a lot of other researchers looking at the ethics of this kind of technology have been raising concerns and questions about the build out of ever larger data centers.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Betsy Popken \u003c/strong>[00:04:29] It increases the amount of water that’s used, the amount of waste that’s produced, it increases the load of pollutants that go out.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Aaron Cantu \u003c/strong>[00:04:41] So right now these data centers are primarily drawing their electricity from California’s grid. In the event that the grid goes down or for whatever reason electricity isn’t available from the grid, these centers rely on diesel generators on site to produce that electricity and to ensure that there’s no interruption in Internet service at these data centers.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Betsy Popken \u003c/strong>[00:05:11] I do think that independent research should continue to be funded on the environmental harms of AI data centers.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Cecilia Lei \u003c/strong>[00:05:20] We know diesel is a fossil fuel and that’s like a dirty word in California. They’re notoriously bad for the environment and we know this is a state that’s committed to green energy. So why diesel?\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Aaron Cantu \u003c/strong>[00:05:34] The argument for diesel is that it is a stable form of energy that can enable these servers to continue to run in the event of a power outage. There’s a lobbying group called the Silicon Valley Leadership Group, and they have supported efforts to basically make it easier for data center builders to erect these large centers with limited public input. And they’ve responded to concerns about diesel backup generators, essentially by saying that it’s an overblown concern. These generators only run very rarely in a given year. And so the concern that they’re going to be emitting greenhouse gasses or going to be polluting nearby communities is not legitimate because these are just meant to be emergency sources of power.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Cecilia Lei \u003c/strong>[00:06:36] So like you mentioned, the data centers primarily use electricity from the state’s power grid. But even if it’s used sparingly, why do critics say relying on diesel as a backup power supply is harmful?\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Aaron Cantu \u003c/strong>[00:06:50] So first of all, diesel is a fossil fuel. 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Mimi told me that she believes her neighborhood in southern San Jose was targeted because residents don’t have the same resources to fight back against companies that want to build large data centers. And they don’t have the same kind of political clout with local authorities that wealthier communities have.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Mimi Patterson \u003c/strong>[00:08:14] We were fighting a five billion dollar company called Equinix. I mean, who was going to fight that? We’re not Los Gatos, we’re not Saratoga, we’re not Los Altos. You’re going to ask yourself, why don’t you build in those neighborhoods? Because you have people who have deep dollars who can fight you. We don’t.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Aaron Cantu \u003c/strong>[00:08:32] Even when they spoke with others who lived in their neighborhood, people just had no idea that this data center could pose any kinds of risks. 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They also use much more water because they need that water to cool the servers so that they continue to function properly.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Betsy Popken \u003c/strong>[00:04:01] I think people should be more aware that data centers lead to environmental harms that impact the rights of people.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Aaron Cantu \u003c/strong>[00:04:09] So Betsy Popken, she’s the executive director of the Human Rights Center at the UC Berkeley School of Law. And so Betsy and a lot of other researchers looking at the ethics of this kind of technology have been raising concerns and questions about the build out of ever larger data centers.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Betsy Popken \u003c/strong>[00:04:29] It increases the amount of water that’s used, the amount of waste that’s produced, it increases the load of pollutants that go out.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Aaron Cantu \u003c/strong>[00:04:41] So right now these data centers are primarily drawing their electricity from California’s grid. In the event that the grid goes down or for whatever reason electricity isn’t available from the grid, these centers rely on diesel generators on site to produce that electricity and to ensure that there’s no interruption in Internet service at these data centers.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Betsy Popken \u003c/strong>[00:05:11] I do think that independent research should continue to be funded on the environmental harms of AI data centers.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Cecilia Lei \u003c/strong>[00:05:20] We know diesel is a fossil fuel and that’s like a dirty word in California. They’re notoriously bad for the environment and we know this is a state that’s committed to green energy. So why diesel?\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Aaron Cantu \u003c/strong>[00:05:34] The argument for diesel is that it is a stable form of energy that can enable these servers to continue to run in the event of a power outage. There’s a lobbying group called the Silicon Valley Leadership Group, and they have supported efforts to basically make it easier for data center builders to erect these large centers with limited public input. And they’ve responded to concerns about diesel backup generators, essentially by saying that it’s an overblown concern. These generators only run very rarely in a given year. And so the concern that they’re going to be emitting greenhouse gasses or going to be polluting nearby communities is not legitimate because these are just meant to be emergency sources of power.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Cecilia Lei \u003c/strong>[00:06:36] So like you mentioned, the data centers primarily use electricity from the state’s power grid. But even if it’s used sparingly, why do critics say relying on diesel as a backup power supply is harmful?\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Aaron Cantu \u003c/strong>[00:06:50] So first of all, diesel is a fossil fuel. Burning diesel, even if it’s just for a few hours a year, can result in greenhouse gas emissions that contribute to climate change. Diesel is a carcinogen. It is known to exacerbate respiratory and other illnesses in people. And in fact, a paper published in December by researchers at UC Riverside looked at diesel generators for data centers in Virginia. They found that the increase in permits could be tied to an increase of asthma symptoms, 14,000 additional cases of asthma symptoms and 300 million dollars in additional health costs.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Cecilia Lei \u003c/strong>[00:07:37] And as we talked about, people who live near these data centers are dealing with a lot of disruption and health risks. How are residents like Mimi in San Jose, who we heard from earlier, how are they pushing back?\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Aaron Cantu \u003c/strong>[00:07:49] I think there isn’t much pushback right now. Mimi told me that she believes her neighborhood in southern San Jose was targeted because residents don’t have the same resources to fight back against companies that want to build large data centers. And they don’t have the same kind of political clout with local authorities that wealthier communities have.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Mimi Patterson \u003c/strong>[00:08:14] We were fighting a five billion dollar company called Equinix. I mean, who was going to fight that? We’re not Los Gatos, we’re not Saratoga, we’re not Los Altos. You’re going to ask yourself, why don’t you build in those neighborhoods? Because you have people who have deep dollars who can fight you. We don’t.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Aaron Cantu \u003c/strong>[00:08:32] Even when they spoke with others who lived in their neighborhood, people just had no idea that this data center could pose any kinds of risks. You know, some of their neighbors even thought that because the data centers would be constructed down the street, that they would have better internet access. And that’s just not how it works. So I think you’re probably going to see an increase in that gap between sort of a public lack of awareness and policymakers and lawmakers who are really driving this push for data centers to be built more quickly and larger.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Cecilia Lei \u003c/strong>[00:09:10] And this brings into question regulation. I wonder who’s ultimately responsible for regulating data centers as they continue to be built and expand. And what are they doing?\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Aaron Cantu \u003c/strong>[00:09:25] Basically, anything that’s over 50 megawatts in the state is supposed to be under the purview of the California Energy Commission. But there’s actually an exception to that rule. If a facility such as a data center uses between 50 and 100 megawatts, it actually can be exempted from that oversight process from the state. And then those approvals fall to the city and the county. So there’s not as much regulation as you might think there would be because California has this sort of loophole. And so companies have essentially constructed these facilities to operate on up to 99 megawatts. And so they’re just under that limit. And so you have a pretty lax environment right now that’s also kind of behind the curve of the the build out that’s happening right now.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Cecilia Lei \u003c/strong>[00:10:20] Well, it seems like these days everybody’s talking about AI. It’s clearly here to stay, whether we like it or not. But from what we’re discussing, there’s clearly this steep environmental cost. And it really does point to this tension between California’s innovation technology and also the state’s environmental leadership. So how do you see this playing out as we move forward?\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Aaron Cantu \u003c/strong>[00:10:46] I think that a first step and a logical step would be a requirement for the state to disclose the amount of electricity and energy that these facilities use in a given year. The California Energy Commission does collect that information, but the law currently prevents it from being made public. So I think that’s probably one step is to make that information public. And then I think residents who live near these facilities could be more informed. But otherwise, I think, you know, there’s a lot of pressure, political pressure, to get these facilities built and built quickly. And so I think it’s going to take some advocacy, you know, by residents, by people concerned with greenhouse gas emissions and by lawmakers to ensure that the public has some insight into what’s happening.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Cecilia Lei \u003c/strong>[00:11:42] Well, Aaron, this is such important reporting. Thank you so much for talking about it with me.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003c/div>",
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Ranchers also look at modeling to decide when livestock should be roaming outdoors.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“We grow a lot of wine grapes in the North Bay,” Naja-Riese told KQED. “Thinking through irrigation patterns and understanding how to prepare for things like when to water crops, let’s say, in the summer if there are forecasts of really intense heat that’s coming. You want to be able to plan for these types of activities, and you need reliable data to make that happen.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Swain said that there are some private weather providers that give more agriculture-specific information, but that data comes from the weather service — as do commercial weather services and GPS apps found on Apple and Google devices.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Where do you think the information in the Weather app comes from? It comes from NOAA,” Lofgren said.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>Privatizing comes with costs\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>If the NWS — which costs individual taxpayers around $3 a year — were to be privatized, it would be expensive and likely time-consuming.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Noah Diffenbaugh, a senior fellow at Stanford’s Doerr School of Sustainability, said a look at the budget of the federal programs gives a good idea of what it would take for a private company to run a comprehensive weather service. In 2023, the NWS had a budget of about \u003ca href=\"https://www.noaa.gov/sites/default/files/2023-05/NOAA_Blue_Book_2024.pdf\">$1.3 billion\u003c/a>, while NOAA’s as a whole was \u003ca href=\"https://research.noaa.gov/external-affairs/budget/#:~:text=CONSOLIDATED%20APPROPRIATIONS%20ACT%20OF%202023&text=On%20December%2029%2C%202022%2C%20President,of%20%246.35B%20for%20NOAA.\">$6.3 billion\u003c/a>. That doesn’t include the investments needed to set up the infrastructure the federal government has built over the years.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Our satellite observing systems that have now been in place for more than 40 years — that for a long time has really been dependent on government investments in satellite development,” Diffenbaugh said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“While there certainly we can leverage knowledge that’s been developed, the reality is that the operational capabilities in terms of the real-time forecasts, the real-time warnings, the real-time response, you know, that’s all that’s all needed going forward,” he told KQED.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Creating new infrastructure would also take time. 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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Elon Musk and his DOGE hackers are ransacking their way through the federal government, unlawfully gaining unfettered access to Americans’ private information and gutting programs people depend on,” Lofgren said in a joint statement with North Bay Rep. Jared Huffman. Both are ranking members of House environmental committees. “Now they have reached NOAA where they’re wreaking havoc on the scientific and regulatory systems that protect American families’ safety and jobs.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12026305\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003ca href=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/02/AP110824023292-scaled-e1738975599366.jpg\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12026305\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/02/AP110824023292-scaled-e1738975599366.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1134\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">A storm surge specialist studies a computer at the National Hurricane Center in Miami, Wednesday, Aug. 24, 2011. The agency is a division of the United States’ NOAA and National Weather Service. (AP Photo/J Pat Carter)\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>The action at NOAA’s headquarters re-upped fears over a plan to significantly dismantle the department and get rid of the National Weather Service in \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11998288/what-is-project-2025-donald-trump-heritage-foundation-director-steps-down\">Project 2025\u003c/a>, the 900-page conservative policy document aiming to reshape the federal government that was published ahead of last year’s election. Trump has tried to distance himself from the plan, but in his first few weeks in office, he’s already implemented some of its initiatives, and Russell Vought, considered one of its architects, was confirmed Thursday as his director of the Office of Management and Budget.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Project 2025 calls for eliminating many of NOAA’s functions and outsourcing others to states and the private sector. The document suggested that the agency drives climate change alarm and said its related research should be disbanded, calling it “harmful to future U.S. prosperity.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Environmental experts and Democratic elected officials worry that its dismantling is what could be harmful.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Privatizing this, basically eliminating it, would put Americans in danger,” Lofgren told KQED. “The Republicans are saying that climate change doesn’t exist, which is ridiculous, but the weather service tells us who’s in harm’s way. Ripping the rug out from under the program would prevent Americans from getting lifesaving information.”\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>‘Matters of life and death’\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>Since the beginning of the year, the NWS has issued red flag warnings and fire weather planning forecasts that helped prepare Southern California ahead of — and during — the devastating Palisades and Eaton fires. It tracked flooding in Sonoma County, \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12025777/north-bay-rivers-flood-after-storm-little-time-prepare-next-round-rain\">prompting evacuations\u003c/a> of low-lying areas that were underwater when the Russian River rose during recent storms.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>UCLA climate scientist Daniel Swain criticized the idea of cutting NOAA funding even before these events in one of his \u003ca href=\"https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C3GRgeNJoNo&t=3642s\">YouTube office hours\u003c/a> last October.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003c/div>",
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That’s just this year.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Seth Olyer, the president of Oakland’s firefighter union, said the department uses NOAA data to adjust staffing for red flag days and high wind events and ahead of storms that down trees and power lines and prompt evacuations.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“The day of the \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12010151/oakland-fire-spreads-to-nearby-homes-amid-dry-windy-conditions\">Keller Fire\u003c/a>, we had upstaffed the amount of fire engines that were on the street from Oakland, and they were up in the hills patrolling because of the high wind event,” he said. “We have more people, more boots on the ground, to deal with the situation to keep small incidents small.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“These are frequently matters of life and death,” he continued.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Air traffic controllers and the agriculture industry also rely on the weather data.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I actually think it could impact farming as we know it,” said Andy Naja-Riese, the executive director of the Agricultural Institute of Marin.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>He said farmers use weather modeling to make decisions every day — ensuring that they don’t plant crops before intense rains that would wash away seeds, staffing agricultural workers for harvest during heat waves, and preparing frost-prone crops for freezes. Ranchers also look at modeling to decide when livestock should be roaming outdoors.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“We grow a lot of wine grapes in the North Bay,” Naja-Riese told KQED. “Thinking through irrigation patterns and understanding how to prepare for things like when to water crops, let’s say, in the summer if there are forecasts of really intense heat that’s coming. You want to be able to plan for these types of activities, and you need reliable data to make that happen.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Swain said that there are some private weather providers that give more agriculture-specific information, but that data comes from the weather service — as do commercial weather services and GPS apps found on Apple and Google devices.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Where do you think the information in the Weather app comes from? It comes from NOAA,” Lofgren said.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>Privatizing comes with costs\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>If the NWS — which costs individual taxpayers around $3 a year — were to be privatized, it would be expensive and likely time-consuming.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Noah Diffenbaugh, a senior fellow at Stanford’s Doerr School of Sustainability, said a look at the budget of the federal programs gives a good idea of what it would take for a private company to run a comprehensive weather service. In 2023, the NWS had a budget of about \u003ca href=\"https://www.noaa.gov/sites/default/files/2023-05/NOAA_Blue_Book_2024.pdf\">$1.3 billion\u003c/a>, while NOAA’s as a whole was \u003ca href=\"https://research.noaa.gov/external-affairs/budget/#:~:text=CONSOLIDATED%20APPROPRIATIONS%20ACT%20OF%202023&text=On%20December%2029%2C%202022%2C%20President,of%20%246.35B%20for%20NOAA.\">$6.3 billion\u003c/a>. That doesn’t include the investments needed to set up the infrastructure the federal government has built over the years.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Our satellite observing systems that have now been in place for more than 40 years — that for a long time has really been dependent on government investments in satellite development,” Diffenbaugh said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“While there certainly we can leverage knowledge that’s been developed, the reality is that the operational capabilities in terms of the real-time forecasts, the real-time warnings, the real-time response, you know, that’s all that’s all needed going forward,” he told KQED.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Creating new infrastructure would also take time. Climate scientist Swain said any gap in data would be dangerous.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“People would die in extreme weather events who would not have otherwise, [and the] economy would suffer,” Swain wrote on \u003ca href=\"https://www.threads.net/@weather.west/post/DFtVQyps3t3?xmt=AQGzzWC4j7dk1cXCWeMnGpolnmXGkN-enhUWztpcCOW-JA\">Threads \u003c/a>on Wednesday. “Even a temporary or partial interruption in NOAA/NWS 24/7 lifesaving services — which are often used in an hour-by-hour (even minute-by-minute) context — would have this effect.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Lofgren said that if Trump does move to dismantle the agency, which he doesn’t have the authority to do, it would take bipartisan support to stop him in Congress.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Republicans control every level of government — the White House, the Senate, the House,” she told KQED. “We don’t have the capacity to put a bill on the floor.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“But we are fighting back. 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It criticizes the battery types used, the indoor storage of some units and an allegedly faulty and inadequate heat-suppression system.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The fire erupted inside a facility building on the afternoon of Jan. 16, forcing the evacuation of about 1,500 people, according to the lawsuit.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Because battery fires are difficult and dangerous to extinguish, emergency responders often let them burn out, a strategy officials followed in this case.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The fire burned and flared well into the next day, ultimately destroying 80% of the building and its batteries, according to local officials.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The lawsuit alleges the facility relied on lithium nickel manganese cobalt oxide batteries, prone to overheating more than newer alternatives, and overcrowded them inside the building.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12022877\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003ca href=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/MossLandingGetty.jpg\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-12022877 size-full\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/MossLandingGetty.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/MossLandingGetty.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/MossLandingGetty-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/MossLandingGetty-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/MossLandingGetty-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/MossLandingGetty-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/MossLandingGetty-1920x1280.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">A view of flames at Moss Landing Power Plant located on Pacific Coast Highway in Monterey Bay, California, on Jan. 16, 2025. \u003ccite>(Tayfun Coskun/Anadolu via Getty Images)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>In a process known as thermal runaway, a faulty battery cell can overheat, releasing flammable gases that can ignite upon contact with oxygen and rapidly spread fire to nearby batteries.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“They used these lithium-ion batteries to store electricity knowing that they were using the more dangerous type of battery and they put the batteries indoors, which you should never do,” said Knut Johnson, an attorney representing the residents. “Fewer than 1% of all large electronic storage facilities have batteries indoors because it is very dangerous.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Other experts echoed that concern in the days after the fire.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“It’s relatively uncommon to have lithium-ion batteries in a giant building like that. 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