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There will be a slight chance of thunderstorms, as well as gusty winds and high surf.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>While the coastal range could get up to 4 inches, meteorologists said the East and South Bay could see moderate to heavy rainfall on Wednesday, with gusts of up to 80 mph.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11622415\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 1920px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-11622415\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2017/10/15359812401_c1ee1788cd_o-1-e1532569326843.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1280\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">The Big Sur coastline. \u003ccite>(Ashley Spratt, \u003ca href=\"https://flic.kr/p/ppi46K\">USFWS\u003c/a>, \u003ca href=\"http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/\">CC BY\u003c/a>)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>The early-week system could also cause minor flooding in areas with poor drainage systems, and the Weather Prediction Center forecasts a 5% probability of rainfall exceeding its flash flood guidance.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Murdock said snow could also fall at elevations above 2,500 feet in places like Mount Hamilton in the South Bay and the Big Sur coast.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[aside postID=news_12029178 hero='https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/02/NOAAGetty-1020x680.jpg']\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“There could be some snow on those mountain tops, especially the highest of the high elevations for the areas to the south,” he said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>A second round of rainfall arrives Friday morning as a weak surface cold front extends from southern Oregon through the region. The storm will likely drop just as much rain as the first system.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>By Sunday morning, forecasters expect a third storm to park over the Bay Area. Meteorologists said it is too early to tell how the storm will play out, but they expect multiple rounds of impactful rainfall, especially across the North Bay.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“We’re looking at a pretty wet environment into next week; maybe our first real break will be next Wednesday,” Murdock said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>During the first round of rain, Murdock expects only nuisance flooding. But as back-to-back storms hit, the flood risk may grow into next week, he said, “especially in urban environments — if there’s not enough of a break in between, it’s harder to drain that water out of those areas.”\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>Potential for the snowpack to rebound\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>Forecasters expect the first storm to drop up to 4 feet of snow at the highest peaks of the Sierra starting Wednesday. By Thursday morning, the snow line could drop to 2,000 feet as the system progresses.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>A winter storm watch is in effect for much of the mountain region from 10 p.m. Tuesday through 10 p.m. Thursday.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11955232\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-11955232\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/07/230501-DWR-Snow-Survey-KJ-0107-KQED.jpg\" alt=\"A snow-covered foreground with green pine trees in the background and a small river running between.\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/07/230501-DWR-Snow-Survey-KJ-0107-KQED.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/07/230501-DWR-Snow-Survey-KJ-0107-KQED-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/07/230501-DWR-Snow-Survey-KJ-0107-KQED-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/07/230501-DWR-Snow-Survey-KJ-0107-KQED-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/07/230501-DWR-Snow-Survey-KJ-0107-KQED-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/07/230501-DWR-Snow-Survey-KJ-0107-KQED-1920x1280.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Snow runoff near the California Department of Water Resources snow survey site at Phillips Station in the Sierra Nevada Mountains on May 1, 2023. \u003ccite>(Ken James/California Department of Water Resources)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>“It’s an above-average snow event, but nothing historic for the Sierra,” said Dakari Anderson, a meteorologist with the weather service’s Sacramento office.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Snowfall in the Sierra on Wednesday will be thick, Anderson said, with up to 70% of rates exceeding 2 inches per hour. He also said the heavy snowfall and gusty winds of up to 60 miles per hour may likely create significant visibility issues and whiteout conditions.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Travel impacts are expected Wednesday into Thursday, and people \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11937204/lake-tahoe-weather-forecast-road-conditions-snow-chains\">driving to Lake Tahoe\u003c/a> on Interstate 80 or Highway 50 could experience delays and chain controls.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“We expect snow-covered and slippery roads,” Anderson said. “The snow will be heaviest in the afternoon commute hours.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>https://twitter.com/nwsreno/status/1898838994198450639?s=46&t=8L9OHVE58oUXKjH2wCBDtA\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Altogether, more than a foot of snow could fall in the Tahoe basin and several feet across the Sierra crests, said GiGi Giralte, a meteorologist with the weather service’s Reno office. 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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003cp>Back-to-back storms will bring widespread rainfall, potential snow at high elevations and a slight chance of flash floods across the Bay Area this week.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The storms will also drop a fresh blanket of pearlescent snow across the Sierra Nevada, according to the National Weather Service — giving a boost to \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12029075/california-snowpack-rebounds-amid-a-wobbly-winter-with-more-storms-on-the-way\">the state’s snowpack\u003c/a>, which has been \u003ca href=\"https://cdec.water.ca.gov/snowapp/sweq.action\">hovering around average\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“We’re setting up for a conveyor belt of storm systems,” said Brayden Murdock, a meteorologist with the weather service’s Bay Area office.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003c/div>",
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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In the Bay Area, forecasters expect the heaviest rain on Wednesday into early Thursday — up to an inch in populated areas and 2 inches at higher elevations, like Mount Tamalpais. There will be a slight chance of thunderstorms, as well as gusty winds and high surf.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>While the coastal range could get up to 4 inches, meteorologists said the East and South Bay could see moderate to heavy rainfall on Wednesday, with gusts of up to 80 mph.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11622415\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 1920px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-11622415\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2017/10/15359812401_c1ee1788cd_o-1-e1532569326843.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1280\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">The Big Sur coastline. \u003ccite>(Ashley Spratt, \u003ca href=\"https://flic.kr/p/ppi46K\">USFWS\u003c/a>, \u003ca href=\"http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/\">CC BY\u003c/a>)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>The early-week system could also cause minor flooding in areas with poor drainage systems, and the Weather Prediction Center forecasts a 5% probability of rainfall exceeding its flash flood guidance.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Murdock said snow could also fall at elevations above 2,500 feet in places like Mount Hamilton in the South Bay and the Big Sur coast.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003c/div>",
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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“There could be some snow on those mountain tops, especially the highest of the high elevations for the areas to the south,” he said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>A second round of rainfall arrives Friday morning as a weak surface cold front extends from southern Oregon through the region. The storm will likely drop just as much rain as the first system.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>By Sunday morning, forecasters expect a third storm to park over the Bay Area. Meteorologists said it is too early to tell how the storm will play out, but they expect multiple rounds of impactful rainfall, especially across the North Bay.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“We’re looking at a pretty wet environment into next week; maybe our first real break will be next Wednesday,” Murdock said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>During the first round of rain, Murdock expects only nuisance flooding. But as back-to-back storms hit, the flood risk may grow into next week, he said, “especially in urban environments — if there’s not enough of a break in between, it’s harder to drain that water out of those areas.”\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>Potential for the snowpack to rebound\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>Forecasters expect the first storm to drop up to 4 feet of snow at the highest peaks of the Sierra starting Wednesday. By Thursday morning, the snow line could drop to 2,000 feet as the system progresses.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>A winter storm watch is in effect for much of the mountain region from 10 p.m. Tuesday through 10 p.m. Thursday.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11955232\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-11955232\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/07/230501-DWR-Snow-Survey-KJ-0107-KQED.jpg\" alt=\"A snow-covered foreground with green pine trees in the background and a small river running between.\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/07/230501-DWR-Snow-Survey-KJ-0107-KQED.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/07/230501-DWR-Snow-Survey-KJ-0107-KQED-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/07/230501-DWR-Snow-Survey-KJ-0107-KQED-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/07/230501-DWR-Snow-Survey-KJ-0107-KQED-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/07/230501-DWR-Snow-Survey-KJ-0107-KQED-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/07/230501-DWR-Snow-Survey-KJ-0107-KQED-1920x1280.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Snow runoff near the California Department of Water Resources snow survey site at Phillips Station in the Sierra Nevada Mountains on May 1, 2023. \u003ccite>(Ken James/California Department of Water Resources)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>“It’s an above-average snow event, but nothing historic for the Sierra,” said Dakari Anderson, a meteorologist with the weather service’s Sacramento office.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Snowfall in the Sierra on Wednesday will be thick, Anderson said, with up to 70% of rates exceeding 2 inches per hour. He also said the heavy snowfall and gusty winds of up to 60 miles per hour may likely create significant visibility issues and whiteout conditions.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Travel impacts are expected Wednesday into Thursday, and people \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11937204/lake-tahoe-weather-forecast-road-conditions-snow-chains\">driving to Lake Tahoe\u003c/a> on Interstate 80 or Highway 50 could experience delays and chain controls.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“We expect snow-covered and slippery roads,” Anderson said. “The snow will be heaviest in the afternoon commute hours.”\u003c/p>\u003c/p>\u003c/div>",
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"content": "\u003cp>\u003cstrong>\u003cem>Listen to this episode on \u003c/em>\u003ca href=\"https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/sold-out-rethinking-housing-in-america/id1531354937\">\u003cem>Apple Podcasts\u003c/em>\u003c/a>\u003cem>, \u003c/em>\u003ca href=\"https://open.spotify.com/show/38dTBSk2ISFoPiyYNoKn1X\">\u003cem>Spotify\u003c/em>\u003c/a>\u003cem>, or wherever you get your podcasts. This is the second in a special series, check out the first installment \u003c/em>\u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12026682/how-we-rebuild-la-recovers-from-wildfire\">\u003cem>here\u003c/em>\u003c/a>\u003cem>, and second installment \u003c/em>\u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12027578/how-we-rebuild-what-comes-after-the-la-fires\">\u003cem>here\u003c/em>\u003c/a>\u003cem>. \u003c/em>\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Cathy Crowley and her husband Paul Amlin’s Santa Rosa home wouldn’t stand out to passersby. The light blue house is a single story, with just one bedroom.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But inside, it has some pretty remarkable features: It’s all-electric, producing zero planet-warming gases. There’s a heat pump and electric coil backup, 20 solar panels on the roof, a backup battery, an induction stove and an electric washer and dryer.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12028915\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12028915\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/02/250225-Rebuilding-Electric-MD-07.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/02/250225-Rebuilding-Electric-MD-07.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/02/250225-Rebuilding-Electric-MD-07-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/02/250225-Rebuilding-Electric-MD-07-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/02/250225-Rebuilding-Electric-MD-07-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/02/250225-Rebuilding-Electric-MD-07-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/02/250225-Rebuilding-Electric-MD-07-1920x1280.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Cathy Crowley in her and Paul Amlin’s home in Santa Rosa on Feb. 25, 2025. \u003ccite>(Martin do Nascimento/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12029715\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2500px\">\u003ca href=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/03/Copy-of-KQED-side-by-side-downpage-image-4.jpg\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12029715\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/03/Copy-of-KQED-side-by-side-downpage-image-4.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2500\" height=\"833\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/03/Copy-of-KQED-side-by-side-downpage-image-4.jpg 2500w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/03/Copy-of-KQED-side-by-side-downpage-image-4-800x267.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/03/Copy-of-KQED-side-by-side-downpage-image-4-1020x340.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/03/Copy-of-KQED-side-by-side-downpage-image-4-160x53.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/03/Copy-of-KQED-side-by-side-downpage-image-4-1536x512.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/03/Copy-of-KQED-side-by-side-downpage-image-4-2048x682.jpg 2048w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/03/Copy-of-KQED-side-by-side-downpage-image-4-1920x640.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2500px) 100vw, 2500px\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Left: Cathy Crowley and Paul Amlin’s home in Santa Rosa on Feb. 25, 2025. Right: Paul Amlin in their kitchen. \u003ccite>(Martin do Nascimento/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>The reason their home is so state-of-the-art is that their old house burned down in the 2017 Tubbs Fire. When it came time to rebuild, they had to make a lot of choices, among them: gas or electric?\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“In the end, we’re really happy we made the choice we made,” Crowley said, with Amlin adding, “I think everything about the house being all electric worked out.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>This choice of how to rebuild is one that survivors of this year’s fires in Los Angeles will soon be making. Going electric is one of the best ways for homeowners to reduce the kinds of emissions that increase global warming. But it comes with challenges.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12028914\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003ca href=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/02/250225-Rebuilding-Electric-MD-03.jpg\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12028914\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/02/250225-Rebuilding-Electric-MD-03.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/02/250225-Rebuilding-Electric-MD-03.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/02/250225-Rebuilding-Electric-MD-03-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/02/250225-Rebuilding-Electric-MD-03-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/02/250225-Rebuilding-Electric-MD-03-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/02/250225-Rebuilding-Electric-MD-03-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/02/250225-Rebuilding-Electric-MD-03-1920x1280.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">A Firewise USA sign in front of Cathy Crowley and Paul Amlin’s home in Santa Rosa on Feb. 25, 2025. \u003ccite>(Martin do Nascimento/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Climate reporter Laura Klivans joins host Erin Baldassari for the third installment of a special series from KQED’s podcast, \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/podcasts/soldout\">SOLD OUT: Rethinking Housing in America\u003c/a>. Klivans details experiments in both Santa Rosa and Oakland, where residents made the choice to ditch gas appliances.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>\u003cstrong>Building back electric\u003c/strong>\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>When it came time to rebuild, Crowley and Amlin’s power provider, Sonoma Clean Power, \u003ca href=\"https://sonomacleanpower.org/news/advanced-energy-rebuild-program\">offered them incentives\u003c/a> to switch from gas to electric in keeping with state environmental goals to build more electric-ready homes. Going electric allows the couple to rely on solar energy, as well as California’s power grid, which gets more than half of its electricity from nuclear, hydropower and renewables. But it’s also more cost-efficient to use a single electric system since replacing a natural gas infrastructure can cost millions per mile.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12028918\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003ca href=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/02/250225-Rebuilding-Electric-MD-10.jpg\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12028918\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/02/250225-Rebuilding-Electric-MD-10.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/02/250225-Rebuilding-Electric-MD-10.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/02/250225-Rebuilding-Electric-MD-10-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/02/250225-Rebuilding-Electric-MD-10-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/02/250225-Rebuilding-Electric-MD-10-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/02/250225-Rebuilding-Electric-MD-10-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/02/250225-Rebuilding-Electric-MD-10-1920x1280.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Cathy Crowley and Paul Amlin in their home in Santa Rosa on Feb. 25, 2025. \u003ccite>(Martin do Nascimento/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003ch2>\u003cstrong>EcoBlock part 2: Electric boogaloo\u003c/strong>\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>Going electric is easier when the buildings are constructed from scratch. 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The light blue house is a single story, with just one bedroom.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But inside, it has some pretty remarkable features: It’s all-electric, producing zero planet-warming gases. There’s a heat pump and electric coil backup, 20 solar panels on the roof, a backup battery, an induction stove and an electric washer and dryer.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12028915\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12028915\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/02/250225-Rebuilding-Electric-MD-07.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/02/250225-Rebuilding-Electric-MD-07.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/02/250225-Rebuilding-Electric-MD-07-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/02/250225-Rebuilding-Electric-MD-07-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/02/250225-Rebuilding-Electric-MD-07-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/02/250225-Rebuilding-Electric-MD-07-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/02/250225-Rebuilding-Electric-MD-07-1920x1280.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Cathy Crowley in her and Paul Amlin’s home in Santa Rosa on Feb. 25, 2025. \u003ccite>(Martin do Nascimento/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12029715\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2500px\">\u003ca href=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/03/Copy-of-KQED-side-by-side-downpage-image-4.jpg\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12029715\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/03/Copy-of-KQED-side-by-side-downpage-image-4.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2500\" height=\"833\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/03/Copy-of-KQED-side-by-side-downpage-image-4.jpg 2500w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/03/Copy-of-KQED-side-by-side-downpage-image-4-800x267.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/03/Copy-of-KQED-side-by-side-downpage-image-4-1020x340.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/03/Copy-of-KQED-side-by-side-downpage-image-4-160x53.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/03/Copy-of-KQED-side-by-side-downpage-image-4-1536x512.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/03/Copy-of-KQED-side-by-side-downpage-image-4-2048x682.jpg 2048w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/03/Copy-of-KQED-side-by-side-downpage-image-4-1920x640.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2500px) 100vw, 2500px\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Left: Cathy Crowley and Paul Amlin’s home in Santa Rosa on Feb. 25, 2025. Right: Paul Amlin in their kitchen. \u003ccite>(Martin do Nascimento/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>The reason their home is so state-of-the-art is that their old house burned down in the 2017 Tubbs Fire. When it came time to rebuild, they had to make a lot of choices, among them: gas or electric?\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“In the end, we’re really happy we made the choice we made,” Crowley said, with Amlin adding, “I think everything about the house being all electric worked out.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>This choice of how to rebuild is one that survivors of this year’s fires in Los Angeles will soon be making. Going electric is one of the best ways for homeowners to reduce the kinds of emissions that increase global warming. But it comes with challenges.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12028914\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003ca href=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/02/250225-Rebuilding-Electric-MD-03.jpg\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12028914\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/02/250225-Rebuilding-Electric-MD-03.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/02/250225-Rebuilding-Electric-MD-03.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/02/250225-Rebuilding-Electric-MD-03-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/02/250225-Rebuilding-Electric-MD-03-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/02/250225-Rebuilding-Electric-MD-03-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/02/250225-Rebuilding-Electric-MD-03-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/02/250225-Rebuilding-Electric-MD-03-1920x1280.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">A Firewise USA sign in front of Cathy Crowley and Paul Amlin’s home in Santa Rosa on Feb. 25, 2025. \u003ccite>(Martin do Nascimento/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Climate reporter Laura Klivans joins host Erin Baldassari for the third installment of a special series from KQED’s podcast, \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/podcasts/soldout\">SOLD OUT: Rethinking Housing in America\u003c/a>. Klivans details experiments in both Santa Rosa and Oakland, where residents made the choice to ditch gas appliances.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>\u003cstrong>Building back electric\u003c/strong>\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>When it came time to rebuild, Crowley and Amlin’s power provider, Sonoma Clean Power, \u003ca href=\"https://sonomacleanpower.org/news/advanced-energy-rebuild-program\">offered them incentives\u003c/a> to switch from gas to electric in keeping with state environmental goals to build more electric-ready homes. Going electric allows the couple to rely on solar energy, as well as California’s power grid, which gets more than half of its electricity from nuclear, hydropower and renewables. But it’s also more cost-efficient to use a single electric system since replacing a natural gas infrastructure can cost millions per mile.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12028918\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003ca href=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/02/250225-Rebuilding-Electric-MD-10.jpg\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12028918\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/02/250225-Rebuilding-Electric-MD-10.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/02/250225-Rebuilding-Electric-MD-10.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/02/250225-Rebuilding-Electric-MD-10-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/02/250225-Rebuilding-Electric-MD-10-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/02/250225-Rebuilding-Electric-MD-10-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/02/250225-Rebuilding-Electric-MD-10-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/02/250225-Rebuilding-Electric-MD-10-1920x1280.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Cathy Crowley and Paul Amlin in their home in Santa Rosa on Feb. 25, 2025. \u003ccite>(Martin do Nascimento/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003ch2>\u003cstrong>EcoBlock part 2: Electric boogaloo\u003c/strong>\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>Going electric is easier when the buildings are constructed from scratch. 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"content": "\u003cp>\u003cem>Updated 2:58 p.m. Tuesday\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The U.S. Supreme Court on Tuesday morning sided with San Francisco and its unusual alliance of oil companies and business groups in a \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12009496/san-francisco-challenges-epa-in-supreme-court-over-water-pollution-standards\">case it brought against the federal Environmental Protection Agency\u003c/a> over the city’s raw sewage.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Environmentalists have raised concerns that the court’s conservative majority could use the case to roll back clean water protections on a national scale. The city, meanwhile, argued it was only seeking clarity on permit limitations and believed it was being held responsible for more than its share of water pollution.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>San Francisco filed its lawsuit challenging the EPA’s discharge regulations as too vague after the federal agency and the California State Water Resources Control Board lodged a civil complaint in federal court against the city in May. The agencies’ complaint alleged\u003ca href=\"https://www.epa.gov/ca/city-and-county-san-francisco-complaint\"> numerous Clean Water Act violations\u003c/a> over the last decade as the city \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/science/1996145/sf-dumps-millions-of-gallons-of-sewage-during-big-storms-surfers-say-that-needs-to-stop\">repeatedly spilled raw sewage\u003c/a> onto streets and beaches during big storms.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>San Francisco faced the prospect of spending billions to \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/science/1993067/amid-long-and-costly-legal-battles-sf-urged-to-update-wastewater-system-fix-sewage-discharges\">upgrade its infrastructure\u003c/a> to get into compliance with the Clean Water Act, a project it said was too expensive.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In its 5–4 opinion, the Supreme Court’s conservative majority said that the EPA does not have the authority to require these kinds of sewage system upgrades and that the city is only responsible for what it discharges — not the water quality’s “end result.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“The agency has adequate tools to obtain needed information from permittees without resorting to end-result requirements,” the opinion said. “Its reliance on the Combined Sewer Overflow Policy is misplaced as that policy authorizes narrative limitations but not end-result requirements.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12000414\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12000414\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/08/240815-CITYATTORNEYDEEPFAKES-11-BL-KQED.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/08/240815-CITYATTORNEYDEEPFAKES-11-BL-KQED.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/08/240815-CITYATTORNEYDEEPFAKES-11-BL-KQED-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/08/240815-CITYATTORNEYDEEPFAKES-11-BL-KQED-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/08/240815-CITYATTORNEYDEEPFAKES-11-BL-KQED-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/08/240815-CITYATTORNEYDEEPFAKES-11-BL-KQED-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/08/240815-CITYATTORNEYDEEPFAKES-11-BL-KQED-1920x1280.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">City Attorney David Chiu speaks during a press conference at City Hall in San Francisco on Aug. 15, 2024. \u003ccite>(Beth LaBerge/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>In a joint statement, City Attorney David Chiu and San Francisco Public Utilities Commission General Manager Dennis Herrera said they were pleased with the court’s narrow decision.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“This ruling makes clear that permitholders like San Francisco are responsible for what they discharge, and the EPA has the tools at its disposal to ensure water quality,” they said. “But it’s not lawful to punish permitholders for things outside of their control, such as the end-result water quality of a shared body of water, where many other factors affect water quality.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The EPA said in an email that it is “reviewing the decision.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>San Francisco’s legal case was “very well designed to play on the sympathies of a very conservative Supreme Court,” said Dave Owen, a professor at UC Law San Francisco, who added that he was not surprised by the court’s decision.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But at the end of the day, Owen said, San Francisco’s sewer still overflows, and the city is required under the Clean Water Act to address those problems. The city runs stormwater and sewage through the same pipes, which are prone to overflows during heavy storms.\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>San Francisco discharges an average of nearly 2 billion gallons of combined stormwater and raw sewage each year into Mission Creek and other points around the shoreline.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“None of that changes,” he said. “The city’s obligations and its costs really aren’t going to shift very much.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>He added that the city might have shot itself in the foot because the EPA could be forced to enforce more restrictive regulations.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“It’s very possible that San Francisco comes out of this litigation in the long run with more burdensome and less effective permit terms that cost just as much, if not significantly more, to deal with,” he said. “It’s not in the interest of a city that is surrounded by water to undermine the Clean Water Act.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Environmental advocates had accused the city of trying to dismantle the Clean Water Act and encouraged San Francisco to drop its lawsuit. They argued it would stain the city’s reputation as a protector of the public and environment and affect federal regulators’ ability to implement the Clean Water Act.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Sanjay Narayan, chief appellate counsel of the Sierra Club’s Environmental Law Program, said in a statement that the court’s decision “ignores the basic reality of how water bodies and water pollution works.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12026542\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12026542\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/02/250206-SurferSewage-32-BL.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/02/250206-SurferSewage-32-BL.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/02/250206-SurferSewage-32-BL-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/02/250206-SurferSewage-32-BL-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/02/250206-SurferSewage-32-BL-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/02/250206-SurferSewage-32-BL-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/02/250206-SurferSewage-32-BL-1920x1280.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">An overflow pipe near the Oceanside Water Pollution Control Plant, also known as the Oceanside Treatment Plant, at Ocean Beach in San Francisco on Feb. 10, 2025. Erosion is damaging the overflow pipes along Ocean Beach. \u003ccite>(Beth LaBerge/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>“The result is likely to be a new system where the public is regularly subjected to unsafe water quality,” Narayan said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Deborah Sivas, a professor of environmental law at Stanford Law School, reviewed the court’s opinion and said she doesn’t think it “is one bit helpful for solving the problem.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Sivas believes the decision could ultimately have far-reaching consequences for cities with combined sewer systems across the country — and potentially those without. It could ultimately also affect agricultural runoff permits, she said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“All those permits, in my mind, are now in jeopardy because they all have that backstop in there,” she said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[aside postID=news_12029795 hero='https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/03/NOAA2.jpg']\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>She questioned San Francisco’s motive behind the lawsuit, saying the court’s decision could actually lead to a worse situation for the city.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I think it’s going to be a big challenge for everyone to figure this out,” she said. “The real issue here is that it’s so expensive for San Francisco to rebuild its system.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Eric Buescher, managing attorney for SF Baykeeper, said he is still evaluating the court’s decision but thinks it could either lead to “more polluted waters” or result in narrow, restrictive limits on how San Francisco can clean up its pollution issues.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I don’t think that’s good for the regulated industry at the end of the day to have those more heavy-handed restrictions imposed,” he said. “I’m skeptical that’s going to work.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>SF Baykeeper is a local environmental group and is part of the EPA and California water board’s lawsuit against San Francisco over the discharges.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Sean Bothwell, executive director of the California Coastkeeper Alliance, said in a statement that regulators must follow up with specific, enforceable permit terms to ensure water quality standards are met. For decades, he said, water dischargers like San Francisco have had the “freedom to decide how to meet water quality standards, and now the Supreme Court has put an end to that practice.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“The regulated community should reap what they sowed,” he said. “You cannot beg regulators for flexibility to avoid enforcement and then ask the Supreme Court to strike down vague permit standards. It is time California hold polluters to specific water quality standards.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad floatright]\u003c/p>\n",
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When the rain returns later in the week, it will be unusually focused on Southern California, dropping just about an inch across Northern California counties that bore the brunt of February’s winter weather.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The National Weather Service said there’s about a 50% chance the Bay Area will get light rain on Tuesday before the odds increase throughout Wednesday and into Thursday morning.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Most of the rainfall will occur south of San José, and the Santa Cruz Mountains and Monterey’s Santa Lucia Mountains could get about an inch of rainfall. Throughout the north and east Bay Area and San Francisco, just about a quarter to half an inch could fall.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12015646\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12015646\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/11/241122-StormHitsBayArea-37-BL.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/11/241122-StormHitsBayArea-37-BL.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/11/241122-StormHitsBayArea-37-BL-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/11/241122-StormHitsBayArea-37-BL-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/11/241122-StormHitsBayArea-37-BL-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/11/241122-StormHitsBayArea-37-BL-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/11/241122-StormHitsBayArea-37-BL-1920x1280.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Water spills over the Highway 101 overpass in San Francisco on Nov. 22, 2024, during a storm bringing heavy rain and strong winds to the Bay Area. \u003ccite>(Beth LaBerge/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Monitoring the rainfall in the Santa Cruz Mountains over the next few days could be more difficult than usual after the NWS’s radar on Mount Umunhum, just south of San José, \u003ca href=\"https://x.com/NWSBayArea/status/1895941600813203859\">went down\u003c/a> Saturday. It is one of 160 radars across the state that help meteorologists track rainfall by examining particles in raindrops and snow.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Some of our components wore out, and we needed to order replacements, so as soon as the replacements come in, we’re sending our technicians up to get it repaired,” Flynn said. He said it’s not uncommon for the radars to need maintenance, especially since they are often on mountaintops and spin constantly.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“It’s unfortunate when we don’t have a replacement part on hand, and there’s rain also coming because that’s where we really rely on the radar to see through the clouds and what’s happening in the rain,” Flynn told KQED.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[aside postID=news_12029178 hero='https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/02/NOAAGetty-1020x680.jpg']\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>He said that the replacement part is expected to arrive in the next day or so and that NWS is working to have the radar repaired before the next round of rain begins Wednesday.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Flynn called the series of showers “beneficial rains” that won’t mirror \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12026874/bay-area-heavy-rain-flooding-landslides-thousands-without-power\">February’s deluges\u003c/a> — less than half an inch of rainfall is predicted throughout most of the Bay Area, and the San Mateo and Santa Clara coasts are expected to top out at about one inch.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>These are “amounts that are noticeable, measurable, might not be the most comfortable thing to go and walk your dog in, but it’s not a big flooding concern,” Flynn said. “It more helps fill up the reservoirs, it’s good as we get to the drier months ahead for the state.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Unlike the atmospheric river-fueled storms that have dominated the Bay Area’s winter weather so far, this series will bring more evenly distributed rain throughout the state, with the low-pressure systems hanging in the Central Valley and reaching Southern California. 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The three employees were relatively new to their jobs and received emails notifying them of their termination before their supervisors were aware.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>They were given until 5 p.m. Thursday before being locked out of their emails and accounts, according to Dalton Behringer, the Bay Area office’s union steward for the National Weather Service Employees Organization.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Across the country, around 800 probationary employees at NOAA were reportedly fired. The agency, which employs around 12,000 people, includes federal meteorologists who provide daily forecasts, issue \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12022118/particularly-dangerous-situation-red-flag-warning-and-other-wildfire-terms-explained\">red flag warnings\u003c/a> for high fire danger, alert residents to \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12026803/one-of-the-years-strongest-storms-is-about-to-hit-the-bay-area\">critical storm and weather threats\u003c/a>, and collect data on water, climate and river levels.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“This is very clearly not what you want to do if you want to remove the fat,” said Daniel Swain, a climate scientist with the University of California Agriculture and Natural Resources and UCLA. “This is what you would do if you want to purposefully kneecap a well-functioning public agency. It’s really impossible at this point to see it as anything other than that.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Swain said the cuts would exacerbate staffing shortages and strain the weather service’s ability to provide critical information to the public.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[aside postID=news_12029016 hero='https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/11/005_KQED_StanfordGradUnion_05302023_qed-1020x680.jpg']\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“It may mean that meteorologists are put in a really difficult position, where they’re trying their best, and they’re still not able to keep up,” he said. “They may still miss things. And that, first of all, will be a personally terrible feeling for those meteorologists who might miss a severe weather event, a tornado on the radar screen, or a flash flood warning.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The Bay Area NWS office, which serves more than 8 million residents across 11 counties in the San Francisco and Monterey Bay regions, was already down one meteorologist, Behringer said. It will now operate with a staff of 22, with 20% of the remaining employees eligible for retirement.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Behringer, a meteorologist for the Bay Area office, spoke to KQED after hours in his union capacity.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The work of the fired employees “is going to get spread to those of us who are already overworked, and we’re understaffed,” he said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Weather service offices from Eureka to Los Angeles may also have lost staff, Behringer said, but he could not confirm it.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11647575\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 1920px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-11647575\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/02/DK_Snow_Survey_8309_02_01_2018-e1517527035156.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1280\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Warning Coordination Meteorologists with the National Weather Service and the General Forecaster National Weather Service help California’s chief of the Cooperative Snow Surveys Program with the second snow survey of the 2018 snow season at Phillips Station in the Sierra Nevada. \u003ccite>(Dale Kolke/California Department of Water Resources)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>The full impact of the layoffs will not be known for weeks. Behringer said weather service products such as those offered to schools and in multiple languages could disappear, and community engagement might be scaled back.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Some offices could be asked to expand their forecast areas to fill in gaps. The additional workload and loss of expertise could slow the dissemination of critical weather data.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“A big part of our work is aligned with emergency management so that we can work eye to eye with them,” Behringer said. “With reduced staffing levels, that hinders our ability to not only do outreach but also limits our ability to get in the field.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“If suddenly our office has to start covering areas we’re not as familiar with weather-wise, we could definitely see a degradation in our service,” he said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The layoff emails stated that the employees were “not fit for continued employment because your ability, knowledge and/or skills do not fit the agency’s current needs,” Behringer said.[aside postID=news_12028300 hero='https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/02/PresidioSFGetty-1020x693.jpg']The cuts come after Howard Lutnick was sworn in as secretary of the Commerce Department, which oversees NOAA, last week.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Rep. Jared Huffman, a Democrat who represents communities from the Golden Gate Bridge to the Oregon border, called the firings a “betrayal of the American people, and it will not stand.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“If we were looking for a point at which this crazy DOGE exercise really backfired into people’s lives, I think you’ve found it with NOAA and with many of these cuts,” said Huffman, the ranking member of the House Natural Resources Committee.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>He took aim at the Department of Government Efficiency, the newly formed entity behind the Trump administration’s \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12029015/us-judge-in-san-francisco-will-hear-union-request-to-halt-trump-mass-firings\">slashing of the federal workforce\u003c/a>, which is overseen by billionaire Tesla CEO Elon Musk.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“The tech bros at DOGE just have no concept of any of this,” said Huffman. “These layoffs will absolutely translate into direct impacts to people’s lives, to our economy, and to our way of life.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>He is particularly worried about how the loss of a meteorologist could affect local forecasting, especially during fire season.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“We’re going to head into fire season, for example, without the data and the science that we need to be safe,” he said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Rep. 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"content": "\u003cp>Months after San Franciscans voted to turn part of the \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/tag/great-highway\">Great Highway\u003c/a> into oceanfront recreational space, Ocean Beach Park is on track to debut this spring, organizers and city officials said Friday.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>With the road permanently closed to vehicles, the city has already made traffic improvements meant to speed up alternate travel north and south from Lake Merced to Golden Gate Park and make the infrastructure around the Great Highway more pedestrian-friendly, according to Proposition K organizers and the San Francisco Recreation and Parks Department.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“These improvements lay the groundwork for the transformation of the Great Highway into an oceanfront park, creating a new recreational space while keeping the area navigable for all,” a city spokesperson said in a statement.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In November, San Francisco voters \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/science/1995182/proposition-k-victory-closing-part-of-the-great-highway-sparks-debate-and-delight\">approved repurposing the Great Highway\u003c/a>, a longtime commuter corridor for the city’s west side that became a beloved outdoor recreation space for the whole city during the COVID-19 pandemic when it was temporarily closed to vehicle traffic. For the last few years, that closure was limited to weekends, welcoming walkers, rollerbladers and bicyclists to cruise along Ocean Beach.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The measure to permanently make the Great Highway for pedestrians only from Lincoln Way to Sloat Boulevard seven days a week drew opposition from many west side residents who said traffic would be worse between Ingleside, the Sunset and the Richmond. This month, a group officially launched \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12016404/divide-over-sfs-great-highway-closure-sparks-recall-push-against-supervisor\">its recall campaign\u003c/a> against Supervisor Joel Engardio over his support for the measure.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12016406\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"max-width: 1999px\">\u003ca href=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/12/20230915-SunsetNightMarket-13-JY_qed.jpg\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12016406\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/12/20230915-SunsetNightMarket-13-JY_qed.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1999\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/12/20230915-SunsetNightMarket-13-JY_qed.jpg 1999w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/12/20230915-SunsetNightMarket-13-JY_qed-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/12/20230915-SunsetNightMarket-13-JY_qed-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/12/20230915-SunsetNightMarket-13-JY_qed-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/12/20230915-SunsetNightMarket-13-JY_qed-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/12/20230915-SunsetNightMarket-13-JY_qed-1920x1280.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1999px) 100vw, 1999px\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Supervisor Joel Engardio speaks on stage at the Sunset Night Market on Irving Street in San Francisco on Sept. 15, 2023. 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. However, state scientists predict that in the worst-case scenario, the bay will rise more than a foot by 2050 and more than 6 feet by the end of the century.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12027543\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 1999px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12027543\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/02/BayFarmShoreline_002_qed.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1999\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/02/BayFarmShoreline_002_qed.jpg 1999w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/02/BayFarmShoreline_002_qed-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/02/BayFarmShoreline_002_qed-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/02/BayFarmShoreline_002_qed-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/02/BayFarmShoreline_002_qed-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/02/BayFarmShoreline_002_qed-1920x1280.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1999px) 100vw, 1999px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">A parent and child riding a bicycle were among the many families enjoying the shoreline views along Bay Farm Island’s Shoreline Trail in Alameda, California, on Aug. 16, 2021. \u003ccite>(Joyce Tsai/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>The new study shows how vertical land movement can be unpredictable in its scope and pace due to human-caused factors, like groundwater pumping, and natural ones, like tectonic activity. The researchers analyzed satellite observations from 2015 to 2023 to capture land movement by inch, suggesting that their estimates of vertical land motion plus sea level rise are more accurate than current models, which are based on tide gauge measurements.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Govorcin blames human activity for some of the subsidence. In the Bay Area, he said areas where cities \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11799297/large-parts-of-the-bay-area-are-built-on-fill-why-and-where\">reclaimed parts of the bay\u003c/a> are especially vulnerable to sinking land and, in turn, future sea level rise.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“In many parts of the world, like the reclaimed ground beneath San Francisco, the land is moving down faster than the sea itself is going up,” Govorcin said.[aside postID=news_12018103 hero='https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/12/241213-PortFlood-24-1020x679.jpg']Not all of coastal California is sinking. For example, the researchers found areas including Santa Barbara and Long Beach are rising due to human activity, such as recharging groundwater basins and injecting fluid into the ground near oil and gas wells.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“We anticipate this land movement could lead to potential structural instability in our critical infrastructure,” Govorcin said. “We can see all of that from a satellite, and we can use that to inform the local authorities.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>According to the study, infrastructure such as San Francisco International Airport could see nearly a foot of sea level rise by 2050.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“What this says is that our situation in relation to flooding is worse than we thought,” said Kristina Hill, a UC Berkeley professor and a leading sea level rise scientist who was not involved in the study. “The region’s economy depends on the airports, so we’ll need to continue to focus on how to adapt those airports to these new conditions.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Of all the subsidence hot spots the researchers highlighted, Hill was most worried about the North Bay city of San Rafael, where she visited during \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12014611/king-tide-back-bay-area-heres-what-you-can-expect\">a king tide\u003c/a> in December and saw bay water rushing down the streets.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12027545\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12027545\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/02/240822-FosterCityFile-10-BL_qed.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/02/240822-FosterCityFile-10-BL_qed.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/02/240822-FosterCityFile-10-BL_qed-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/02/240822-FosterCityFile-10-BL_qed-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/02/240822-FosterCityFile-10-BL_qed-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/02/240822-FosterCityFile-10-BL_qed-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/02/240822-FosterCityFile-10-BL_qed-1920x1280.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Houses line the Foster City Lagoon in Foster City on Aug. 22, 2024. \u003ccite>(Beth LaBerge/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>“It’s a game of inches there, and to talk about a third of a meter or more of sea level rise, that indicates to me that San Rafael is going to be the first to need very serious interventions in the region,” she said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Hill said Bay Area sea level rise planners should “develop San Rafael as a test case for how cities are going to adapt” because it is ground zero for rising tides in the region. 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. But she noted that cities and counties most affected by subsidence will likely need to take greater measures to plan for even more sea level rise than originally expected — which could include larger levees or infrastructure projects and solutions for inland flooding.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“This will increase the level of protection required because it amplifies the flooding,” she said. “It may change where flooding comes from or the extent of the flooding depending on where subsidence occurs.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad floatright]\u003c/p>\n",
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"content": "\u003cp>A fluffy otter pup floats alone on the surface of Elkhorn Slough, waiting for its mother to return from a dive. It squeals in agitation, then quiets as she surfaces, holding a fat innkeeper worm in each paw.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The worms “basically just look like a giant hotdog,” said Isabella Rose, a naturalist with the Elkhorn Slough Safari boat tour operator. “And the otters really like to eat them.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The southern sea otter is one of 16 threatened and endangered species that make their home in the slough, a protected wetland in the center of the Monterey Bay coast. It’s right next to the site where, last month, a 100-foot \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12022725/massive-fire-monterey-county-battery-plant-spews-toxic-smoke-forces-evacuations\">plume of fire\u003c/a> destroyed one of the biggest battery storage sites in the world.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The cause of the fire at the Vistra Energy Storage Facility is still unknown. 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. 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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. 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