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"content": "\u003cp>When Mary Ellen Carroll’s phone blared an emergency weather alert just before 6 a.m. Saturday, she paid it little mind. As San Francisco’s top emergency management official, she had known a day earlier that a severe thunderstorm would possibly bring flash flooding.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But as she poured her first cup of coffee and checked in with her staff, she realized San Francisco was dealing with \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12018356/the-tornado-warning-is-over-heres-why-it-was-issued\">something entirely new\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“The fact that it was a tornado [warning] came out of nowhere,” said Carroll, executive director of San Francisco’s Department of Emergency Management. “It took us a second because we didn’t have messaging for tornadoes.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>San Francisco’s first-ever tornado warning lasted less than half an hour before the National Weather Service canceled it. Although straight-line winds of up to 80 mph were recorded around Golden Gate Park and the Mission District, there was no evidence of a tornado — leaving some residents questioning the messaging, especially after a tsunami warning had spurred a scrambled response less than two weeks earlier.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In the small Santa Cruz County mountain town of Scotts Valley, on the other hand, \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12018406/tornado-hits-santa-cruz-county\">a twister touched down\u003c/a> early Saturday afternoon, causing several hundred thousand dollars in damage by flipping several cars and wrenching traffic signals from concrete — yet there was no tornado warning.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12018666\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12018666\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/12/SFTornadoPath.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1334\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/12/SFTornadoPath.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/12/SFTornadoPath-800x534.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/12/SFTornadoPath-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/12/SFTornadoPath-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/12/SFTornadoPath-1536x1025.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/12/SFTornadoPath-1920x1281.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">The path of the storm that prompted the National Weather Service’s tornado warning for San Francisco on Dec. 14, 2024. \u003ccite>(Courtesy of John Monteverdi)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>“People were just out Christmas shopping and getting ready for the holidays,” said Mali LaGoe, city manager for Scotts Valley. “It was originally reported as a six-car pileup because no one could believe it was actually a tornado.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>With two tornadic moments in eight hours, weather experts questioned why the National Weather Service issued a tornado warning for San Francisco but not Scotts Valley. The weather service defended its messaging, stating national guidelines limit when it can trigger phone alerts: A low-level severe thunderstorm like the one forecast for Scotts Valley doesn’t qualify, but a tornado — when the signs are clearly in view — does.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>John Monteverdi, emeritus professor of meteorology at San Francisco State University, thinks the San Francisco warning was justified. Still, for Scotts Valley, he isn’t sure why the weather service “didn’t issue a tornado warning because, to me, this was a stronger rotation than they saw for San Francisco. Tornadoes can occur without warning in severe thunderstorms.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Although a tornado warning is very rare for the region, Monteverdi said tornadoes themselves are “infrequent in California, but not rare” because they are part of the state’s climatology and weather patterns. The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration \u003ca href=\"https://www.spc.noaa.gov/climo/online/sp3/plot.php?lat=37.755&lon=121.466&zoom=280&mode=0&bdate=19510411/1200&edate=20231215/1200&torflag=1&windflag=-1&hailflag=-1&t01=0&t02=5&t03=0&t04=9999&t05=0&t06=9999&t07=0&t08=9999&t09=0&t10=9999&h01=0&h02=9999&w01=0&w02=9999&showt=0&legend=1&showh=0&showw=0\">details more than 100 tornadoes across the state since 1950\u003c/a>, including a smattering of twisters across the Bay Area.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12018668\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12018668\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/12/ScottsValleyTornadoPath.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1066\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/12/ScottsValleyTornadoPath.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/12/ScottsValleyTornadoPath-800x426.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/12/ScottsValleyTornadoPath-1020x544.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/12/ScottsValleyTornadoPath-160x85.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/12/ScottsValleyTornadoPath-1536x819.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/12/ScottsValleyTornadoPath-1920x1023.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">The path of the storm and tornado that took place in Scotts Valley on Dec. 14, 2024. \u003ccite>(Courtesy of John Monteverdi)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Tornadoes are rare in mountainous areas — like Scotts Valley — but less so along the coast and Central Valley, Monteverdi said. But occasionally, when a storm is large enough and warm and cold air masses collide, a spiral of air can move upward and “be a precursor to a Wizard of Oz type of tornado, which happened down in Scotts Valley.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>And tornadoes often stem from severe thunderstorms. While there’s no scientific consensus that human-caused climate change is increasing the frequency of tornadoes, there is evidence that the intensity of thunderstorms is likely accelerating as the climate warms.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“It stands to reason that when the conditions are otherwise favorable, perhaps a greater fraction of thunderstorms could occur in environments favorable for tornadoes,” UCLA climate scientist Daniel Swain said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The National Weather Service plans to run simulations of last weekend’s storm to assess whether warnings should come sooner next time in both cities. Brian Garcia, warning coordination meteorologist for the agency’s Bay Area office, acknowledged that thunderstorms are becoming more intense and noted that, as a result, the frequency of tornadoes might also increase.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12018670\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-12018670\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/12/CaliforniaTornados-800x702.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"800\" height=\"702\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/12/CaliforniaTornados-800x702.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/12/CaliforniaTornados-160x140.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/12/CaliforniaTornados.jpg 950w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">More than 100 tornadoes have made landfall in California since 1950. Each red signature marks a tornado landfall. \u003ccite>(SPC National Severe Weather Database Browser)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>“We can’t wait for perfect data 10 to 40 years down the road,” he said. “We’ve got to start acting now like it is caused by climate change so we can lean forward and hopefully protect more people.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Still, Garcia defended how the agency handled its messaging during the storm. A wireless emergency alert went out for San Francisco but not the Santa Cruz area because the weather service has a national threshold for alerting on severe thunderstorms based on forecast potential destruction, which Garcia said is defined by 80 mph winds and or baseball-sized hail.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The agency issued a severe thunderstorm warning for the Santa Cruz area, which means that media outlets and localities have a choice in how they message the public, but cellphones are not automatically alerted.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Garcia argued that while the word “tornado” sounds scarier, a severe thunderstorm carries just as much destructive power.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Either way you shake it, both a severe thunderstorm and tornado warning tell you to seek shelter in an interior room of your house or the lowest floor of your home,” he said. “To try to have a one-size-fits-all all for everybody is obviously a holy grail. But it’s also not going to happen. We’re not going to be able to speak to everybody in the way that they can take an appropriate response to it.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[aside postID=news_12018475 hero='https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/12/20241216_SFStormCleanup_GC-17-1020x679.jpg']\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>LaGoe in Scotts Valley and Carroll in San Francisco said they felt the weather service operated within reason. However, they said the more significant effect of the storm is that residents now know tornadoes are possible where they live.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“This event was a wake-up call as far as what is possible and how we prepare for the future,” LaGoe said. “This isn’t tornado alley, and I think it’s highly unlikely to happen again. But it’s just something we all need to recognize could happen.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Carroll said there was “very little wiggle room” for any other actions her department could have taken to protect San Franciscans from the storm, which ultimately \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12018475/no-tornado-sf-crews-still-working-clear-hundreds-downed-trees\">downed more than 400 trees\u003c/a> but did not lead to any reported injuries.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The city’s Department of Emergency Management has another option: using sirens to alert the public of a tornado. However, Carroll said the outdoor public warning system, built in the 1950s to warn residents of Cold War threats, was turned off in 2019 due to security vulnerabilities. The system could be restored, she said, but it could cost more than $20 million.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Phone alerts are a more efficient real-time solution, Carroll said, because “cellphones are like our mini sirens, and they’re much more effective because they have more information than a siren.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Carroll said her department is now prepared with messaging in case of another future tornado warning. But after the recent phone alerts for a tsunami and a tornado didn’t pan out, she worries residents won’t take the messaging seriously and see city contact as “a boy who cried wolf.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad floatright]\u003c/p>\n",
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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003cp>When Mary Ellen Carroll’s phone blared an emergency weather alert just before 6 a.m. Saturday, she paid it little mind. As San Francisco’s top emergency management official, she had known a day earlier that a severe thunderstorm would possibly bring flash flooding.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But as she poured her first cup of coffee and checked in with her staff, she realized San Francisco was dealing with \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12018356/the-tornado-warning-is-over-heres-why-it-was-issued\">something entirely new\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“The fact that it was a tornado [warning] came out of nowhere,” said Carroll, executive director of San Francisco’s Department of Emergency Management. “It took us a second because we didn’t have messaging for tornadoes.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003c/div>",
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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>San Francisco’s first-ever tornado warning lasted less than half an hour before the National Weather Service canceled it. Although straight-line winds of up to 80 mph were recorded around Golden Gate Park and the Mission District, there was no evidence of a tornado — leaving some residents questioning the messaging, especially after a tsunami warning had spurred a scrambled response less than two weeks earlier.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In the small Santa Cruz County mountain town of Scotts Valley, on the other hand, \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12018406/tornado-hits-santa-cruz-county\">a twister touched down\u003c/a> early Saturday afternoon, causing several hundred thousand dollars in damage by flipping several cars and wrenching traffic signals from concrete — yet there was no tornado warning.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12018666\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12018666\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/12/SFTornadoPath.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1334\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/12/SFTornadoPath.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/12/SFTornadoPath-800x534.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/12/SFTornadoPath-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/12/SFTornadoPath-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/12/SFTornadoPath-1536x1025.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/12/SFTornadoPath-1920x1281.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">The path of the storm that prompted the National Weather Service’s tornado warning for San Francisco on Dec. 14, 2024. \u003ccite>(Courtesy of John Monteverdi)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>“People were just out Christmas shopping and getting ready for the holidays,” said Mali LaGoe, city manager for Scotts Valley. “It was originally reported as a six-car pileup because no one could believe it was actually a tornado.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>With two tornadic moments in eight hours, weather experts questioned why the National Weather Service issued a tornado warning for San Francisco but not Scotts Valley. The weather service defended its messaging, stating national guidelines limit when it can trigger phone alerts: A low-level severe thunderstorm like the one forecast for Scotts Valley doesn’t qualify, but a tornado — when the signs are clearly in view — does.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>John Monteverdi, emeritus professor of meteorology at San Francisco State University, thinks the San Francisco warning was justified. Still, for Scotts Valley, he isn’t sure why the weather service “didn’t issue a tornado warning because, to me, this was a stronger rotation than they saw for San Francisco. Tornadoes can occur without warning in severe thunderstorms.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Although a tornado warning is very rare for the region, Monteverdi said tornadoes themselves are “infrequent in California, but not rare” because they are part of the state’s climatology and weather patterns. The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration \u003ca href=\"https://www.spc.noaa.gov/climo/online/sp3/plot.php?lat=37.755&lon=121.466&zoom=280&mode=0&bdate=19510411/1200&edate=20231215/1200&torflag=1&windflag=-1&hailflag=-1&t01=0&t02=5&t03=0&t04=9999&t05=0&t06=9999&t07=0&t08=9999&t09=0&t10=9999&h01=0&h02=9999&w01=0&w02=9999&showt=0&legend=1&showh=0&showw=0\">details more than 100 tornadoes across the state since 1950\u003c/a>, including a smattering of twisters across the Bay Area.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12018668\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12018668\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/12/ScottsValleyTornadoPath.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1066\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/12/ScottsValleyTornadoPath.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/12/ScottsValleyTornadoPath-800x426.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/12/ScottsValleyTornadoPath-1020x544.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/12/ScottsValleyTornadoPath-160x85.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/12/ScottsValleyTornadoPath-1536x819.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/12/ScottsValleyTornadoPath-1920x1023.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">The path of the storm and tornado that took place in Scotts Valley on Dec. 14, 2024. \u003ccite>(Courtesy of John Monteverdi)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Tornadoes are rare in mountainous areas — like Scotts Valley — but less so along the coast and Central Valley, Monteverdi said. But occasionally, when a storm is large enough and warm and cold air masses collide, a spiral of air can move upward and “be a precursor to a Wizard of Oz type of tornado, which happened down in Scotts Valley.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>And tornadoes often stem from severe thunderstorms. While there’s no scientific consensus that human-caused climate change is increasing the frequency of tornadoes, there is evidence that the intensity of thunderstorms is likely accelerating as the climate warms.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“It stands to reason that when the conditions are otherwise favorable, perhaps a greater fraction of thunderstorms could occur in environments favorable for tornadoes,” UCLA climate scientist Daniel Swain said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The National Weather Service plans to run simulations of last weekend’s storm to assess whether warnings should come sooner next time in both cities. Brian Garcia, warning coordination meteorologist for the agency’s Bay Area office, acknowledged that thunderstorms are becoming more intense and noted that, as a result, the frequency of tornadoes might also increase.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12018670\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-12018670\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/12/CaliforniaTornados-800x702.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"800\" height=\"702\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/12/CaliforniaTornados-800x702.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/12/CaliforniaTornados-160x140.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/12/CaliforniaTornados.jpg 950w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">More than 100 tornadoes have made landfall in California since 1950. Each red signature marks a tornado landfall. \u003ccite>(SPC National Severe Weather Database Browser)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>“We can’t wait for perfect data 10 to 40 years down the road,” he said. “We’ve got to start acting now like it is caused by climate change so we can lean forward and hopefully protect more people.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Still, Garcia defended how the agency handled its messaging during the storm. 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The Department of Public Works is fielding more than 350 reports of fallen and damaged trees on city streets, and the Recreation and Parks Department estimates that up to 100 more were downed throughout its parks.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Golden Gate Park and the Mission District were hit particularly hard, according to department spokespeople.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“About 50 to 100 trees fell across the whole park system, and about half of those at least were in the west end of Golden Gate Park,” said Tamara Aparton, the parks department’s communications director. “It was a really violent storm in the west end, and it knocked down a lot of really big trees.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>There was some damage to the outer paddock of the park’s \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11495697/whats-with-the-bison-in-golden-gate-park\">beloved bison pasture\u003c/a>, but Aparton said the inner paddock remained intact, and all of the bison were safe.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In the Richmond District, water seeped into the gym at George Washington High School after a rooftop skylight was damaged, according to San Francisco school district spokesperson Laura Dudnick. 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Fallen street trees broke windows, wrecked cars and landed on some buildings, and the Department of Public Works is also handling damaged fencing and pavement, spokesperson Rachel Gordon said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Utility infrastructure was also damaged in the storm, which had 100,000 customers without power at its peak, according to PG&E. The company did not yet have a tally of the damage on Monday.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>No injuries have been reported to either the public works or parks department.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[aside postID=news_12018025 hero='https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/12/20241205_Tsunami-Warning_DMB_0666-1020x679.jpg']\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In addition to many downed trees in the Mission, an entire cluster near San Jose Avenue between Noe Valley and Bernal Heights came down at once, causing a road closure on Saturday.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“The big culprit really is wind and then saturated ground,” she said. “If the ground is really wet, there’s not a lot for the roots to grip onto, so they’re more vulnerable to damage, and [that’s] when large limbs come down.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>While the total number of downed trees in this storm wasn’t unusually high, city officials said their cleanup would take at least a few more days.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“We have no magic wand to make the fallen trees and the branches disappear,” Gordon told KQED. “There are real people who are going out to pick them up and move them away.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>She said crews had been out before dawn and late into the night clearing trees. 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Schools and businesses, including some outside the danger zone, emptied.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But just as all these steps were completed, the National Tsunami Warning Center — which had forecast a tsunami of at least 3 feet — canceled the alert when it became apparent there was no threat anywhere along the coast.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Now, Berkeley officials are defending the aggressiveness of their response to the Dec. 5 alert while saying they’d like to see \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12017058/how-confusion-over-californias-tsunami-warning-shows-limits-us-forecasting\">improvements in how tsunami warnings are handled\u003c/a> in the future.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12016878\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-12016878 size-full\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/12/20241205_Tsunami-Warning_DMB_0542.jpg\" alt=\"People look out over a railing into an open space.\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1332\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/12/20241205_Tsunami-Warning_DMB_0542.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/12/20241205_Tsunami-Warning_DMB_0542-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/12/20241205_Tsunami-Warning_DMB_0542-1020x679.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/12/20241205_Tsunami-Warning_DMB_0542-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/12/20241205_Tsunami-Warning_DMB_0542-1536x1023.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/12/20241205_Tsunami-Warning_DMB_0542-1920x1279.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">People watch for signs of a tsunami from an overlook point at Brickyard Cove in Berkeley on Thursday, Dec. 5, 2024. \u003ccite>(David M. Barreda/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>The city recognizes that the evacuation order raised concerns about “over-alerting and crying wolf,” Sarah Lana, Berkeley’s emergency manager, said in an interview last week. “I know that some people are concerned that the tsunami didn’t come, and we recognize that it’s a very significant impact to people, to their families, to their businesses, to do a big evacuation.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>It’s a question that has taken on renewed importance for emergency response officials after San Franciscans were jolted awake by \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12018356/the-tornado-warning-is-over-heres-why-it-was-issued\">a tornado warning\u003c/a> on Saturday morning — the Bay Area’s second wireless emergency alert in as many weeks. That warning again left many wondering how they were supposed to respond to such an unfamiliar alert for the area.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Regardless of the final determination of what kind of storm it was, residents were understandably anxious to receive an alert about something we don’t associate with our region,” the San Francisco Department of Emergency Management \u003ca href=\"https://x.com/SF_emergency/status/1868087841802338321/photo/1\">said in a statement\u003c/a>. “Heightening the concern is the fact that this is the second WEA in the past two weeks for hazards with low probability like tornados and tsunamis.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[aside postID=news_12018468 hero='https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/11/241122-StormHitsBayArea-04-BL-1020x680.jpg']\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Lana said several factors came together to prompt Berkeley’s tsunami evacuation order, including that the National Tsunami Warning Center had issued its highest level of alert and that the state’s inundation map showed a serious threat to West Berkeley. The location of the earthquake, about 225 miles northwest of the Golden Gate, was also crucial.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“This earthquake was so close, relatively speaking, to the Bay Area that the processes for measuring and confirming this tsunami were just not fast enough for us to be able to wait on taking action,” Lana said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Places such as San Francisco, San Mateo County, Alameda County and the city of Fremont warned residents to head for higher ground after the tsunami warning but did not roll out widespread evacuation orders like Berkeley.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Lana said it’s important for emergency officials to be able to act even “with not all the information they need.” That means trusting guidance from federal and state sources about potential threats.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“They’ve been working very hard on providing guidance that we can implement quickly when the time comes. And that’s what we opted to do,” she said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In the aftermath, Lana said she’s talked to federal officials about the need for \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12016934/qa-imperfect-science-behind-tsunami-warnings\">more precise warnings\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I have expressed those concerns to our partners at the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration,” she said. “I think this is a place where we just need to be able to support our government scientists and making the changes that we all want to make and they also want to make.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Lana said the city will continue to lean toward the side of caution to keep residents safe.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“It’s important that if we have the potential for people to be in danger and that we have that information, that we act quickly,” Lana said. “And hopefully, it’s for just a warning that doesn’t materialize. But, you know, one of these days, it’s not going to be a warning. 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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Thankfully, no one was injured during the whole ordeal. “When I saw the bear coming at me, all I could think was, ‘Today is not the day—you’re not catching me,” Lakshana told \u003ca href=\"https://www.snowboarder.com/news/bear-collides-snowboarder-lake-tahoe\">Snowboarder magazine\u003c/a>. “I’ve seen bears near the slopes before, but never one running right in the middle like this.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In a statement, a representative for Heavenly noted that wildlife sightings are possible because the resort is on national forest land, but it said such “interactions between our guests and bears are infrequent, as these animals usually move along quickly.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c!-- iframe plugin v.4.3 wordpress.org/plugins/iframe/ -->\u003cbr>\n\u003ciframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https://www.instagram.com/reel/DDWMsuAxbin/embed\" width=\"500\" height=\"800\" scrolling=\"yes\" class=\"iframe-class\" frameborder=\"0\">\u003c/iframe>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Winter bear sightings at Heavenly — and throughout the region — are common, with similar videos recorded \u003ca href=\"https://www.abc10.com/article/life/animals/black-bear-ski-resort/103-f7abe2f8-91c3-4a15-b8de-8760e4fe20d1\">just a year ago\u003c/a> and another \u003ca href=\"https://abc7news.com/bear-lake-tahoe-caught-on-camera-slope/14321922/\">earlier this year\u003c/a>. And it’s no mystery as to why that is.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Lake Tahoe is home to one of the densest concentrations of black bears anywhere in the world. “It’s the best black bear habitat in North America,” said Peter Tira, public information officer with the California Department of Fish and Wildlife.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>With more people moving into the area and tourists visiting throughout the year, sightings of black bears and human-bear interactions have also become more common, even in the winter when black bears are assumed to hibernate.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12018143\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12018143\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/12/SouthLakeTahoeHeavenlySkiGetty.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/12/SouthLakeTahoeHeavenlySkiGetty.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/12/SouthLakeTahoeHeavenlySkiGetty-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/12/SouthLakeTahoeHeavenlySkiGetty-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/12/SouthLakeTahoeHeavenlySkiGetty-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/12/SouthLakeTahoeHeavenlySkiGetty-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/12/SouthLakeTahoeHeavenlySkiGetty-1920x1280.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">A view of Heavenly gondola of Heavenly ski resort in South Lake Tahoe, California, on Jan. 14, 2024. \u003ccite>(Tayfun Coskun/Anadolu via Getty Images)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Luckily for Lake Tahoe’s black bears, the warmer winter climate and an abundance of food from the human population have made it so that they don’t \u003cem>really\u003c/em> hibernate.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Hibernation is nature’s response to a lack of food resources,” Tira said. “In places with warmer climates like California and other places, bears will kind of come in and out of hibernation,” he added, saying that some black bears in Lake Tahoe don’t have a biological need to hibernate due to their access to food all year round.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>During the beginning of winter, when food is scarce and seasonal patterns change, black bears have an interrupted hibernation, or torpor, said Catherine Mendez, executive director at Lake Tahoe Wildlife Care. “So it causes them to go seek out food during warmer spells,” she said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003c/div>",
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"content": "\u003cp>Every time \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12017880/bay-area-braces-quadruple-threat-rain-wind-surf-king-tides\">waves from king tides\u003c/a> crash against San Francisco’s hard city edge like they did Friday, officials brace for flooding along the Embarcadero southeast of the Ferry Building. It’s a reminder that as baseline sea levels continue to rise, future floodwaters could inundate a vital part of the city’s transportation infrastructure: commuter rail lines.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The city is working on two solutions to cure its bayside flooding woes. The first is a shorter-term plan to raise the shoreline and \u003ca href=\"https://propellerclubnortherncalifornia.org/wp-content/uploads/WRP017_DCRP_Propeller-Club_D1.pdf\">use deployable temporary infrastructure (PDF)\u003c/a> to block water from getting into the train system. The second would take decades: rebuilding a vulnerable stretch of San Francisco’s seawall and raising structures like the Ferry Building.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Elaine Forbes, executive director of the Port of San Francisco, said king tides have worsened over the past decade. That makes the flood-resiliency work especially urgent.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“We are seeing the impacts of climate change now,” Forbes said. “We have an immediate flood problem that we have to take care of now. We’ve been lucky, but we cannot wait much longer. Time is not on our side.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Today, king tides — caused by a stronger-than-normal gravitational pull when the \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/science/1955598/king-tides-are-here-why-they-happen-and-what-they-teach-us\">sun, moon and Earth align\u003c/a> — mainly cause short-term nuisance flooding. However, they foreshadow a far wetter future for the city on the bay because of sea level rise caused by human-caused climate change.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12018232\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12018232\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/12/241213-PortFlood-38.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1332\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/12/241213-PortFlood-38.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/12/241213-PortFlood-38-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/12/241213-PortFlood-38-1020x679.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/12/241213-PortFlood-38-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/12/241213-PortFlood-38-1536x1023.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/12/241213-PortFlood-38-1920x1279.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Water flows onto the sidewalk during a high king tide at Pier 14 along the Embarcadero in San Francisco on Dec. 13, 2024. \u003ccite>(Beth LaBerge/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>“King tides are a very helpful visual representation of what our shoreline is likely to look like every single day in the not very distant future,” said Annie Kohut Frankel, manager of the California King Tides Project at the California Coastal Commission. “They are a warning more than a problem yet, but hopefully, we will listen to that warning.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>On Friday, that warning came in the form of bay water gushing onto the sidewalk on the Embarcadero, forcing people to walk around the waves. The king tides reached around 7.36 feet in San Francisco, according to the commission, which encourages people to \u003ca href=\"https://www.coastal.ca.gov/kingtides/#:~:text=The%20next%20California%20King%20Tide,December%2013%2D15%2C%202024.&text=Sign%20up%20to%20receive%20email,the%20highest%20tides%20of%20today.\">capture and submit photos of flooding\u003c/a> this weekend. But Forbes noted that seas are projected to rise several feet by the end of the century.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>That means every time a king tide occurs in the not-so-distant future, the impact on the city will be compounded. Plus, Forbes said the flooding could be even worse if tides occur during a flood-inducing atmospheric river or a smaller storm like the one \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12017880/bay-area-braces-quadruple-threat-rain-wind-surf-king-tides\">bearing down on Northern California\u003c/a> this weekend with heavy rain, strong wind and high surf.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12018231\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12018231\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/12/241213-PortFlood-33.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1332\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/12/241213-PortFlood-33.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/12/241213-PortFlood-33-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/12/241213-PortFlood-33-1020x679.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/12/241213-PortFlood-33-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/12/241213-PortFlood-33-1536x1023.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/12/241213-PortFlood-33-1920x1279.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Water flows onto the sidewalk during a high king tide at Pier 14 along the Embarcadero in San Francisco on Dec. 13, 2024. \u003ccite>(Beth LaBerge/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>“A king tide gives us an idea of what is coming in the future,” she said. “Right now, it’s infrequent flooding, but it will become intermittent to frequent flooding over time.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Since the 1880s, the Pacific Ocean has risen by about 8 inches along the West Coast, but state scientists predict more than a foot of bay rise by 2050 and more than 6 feet by the end of the century in the worst-case scenario.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Forbes is particularly worried about the area that floods today. To the naked eye, this area several hundred feet southeast of the Ferry Building looks like a pedestrian path and road next to the bay. But underneath the paved ground is a Muni portal, where trains enter the underground system, including BART.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12018233\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12018233\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/12/241213-PortFlood-82.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1332\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/12/241213-PortFlood-82.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/12/241213-PortFlood-82-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/12/241213-PortFlood-82-1020x679.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/12/241213-PortFlood-82-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/12/241213-PortFlood-82-1536x1023.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/12/241213-PortFlood-82-1920x1279.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">People walk along the Embarcadero during a high king tide in San Francisco on Dec. 13, 2024. \u003ccite>(Beth LaBerge/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>This area is the most at-risk segment of the city’s seawall for future sea level rise. As seas rise and storms intensify, the promenade and railing could fail, and flooding could cause regular road shutdowns and damage the train system.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“The water would overtop and move right in and over into those tracks and down into the system,” Forbes said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>UC Berkeley professor Kristina Hill, a leading sea level rise scientist, said San Francisco’s current seawall is “a joke” because it was built quickly out of rubble, rocks, posts and concrete during the gold rush era.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[aside postID=news_12017880 hero='https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/11/241122-StormHitsBayArea-21-BL-1020x680.jpg']\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“It is kind of an unusually fragile seawall for a city of this size,” she said. “There are even ships that were scuttled in it.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The long-term fix from the port and the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers aims to reinvent 7.5 miles of the bayside shoreline at a cost of more than $13 billion. The draft plan for the \u003ca href=\"https://www.sfport.com/wrp/usace\">San Francisco Waterfront Flood Study\u003c/a>, released last year by the port, includes rebuilding the seawall — which would help stop water from harming the train system — and raising structures. The final report is tentatively set for public release in early 2026.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In the meantime, the\u003ca href=\"https://www.sfport.com/files/2023-04/Embarcadero%20Early%20Projects_Downtown%20Coastal%20Resilience_2023Q1_Update.pdf\"> Downtown Coastal Resilience Project\u003c/a> could potentially raise the shoreline and put in new protective railings and deployable structures to block water at a cost of more than $250 million.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Next year, the port will select a consultant to complete the concept and detailed design. Forbes said construction could start as soon as 2028, and exact renderings of what the solution could look like are yet to be created.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“If we do not tackle it early, we will have serious impacts on our transit systems, and that is not something we can allow,” Forbes said. “It’s critical to get the improvements in soon. We can’t wait for the big dig and allow this intermittent flooding to continue to be a risk to the city.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n",
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Plus, Forbes said the flooding could be even worse if tides occur during a flood-inducing atmospheric river or a smaller storm like the one \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12017880/bay-area-braces-quadruple-threat-rain-wind-surf-king-tides\">bearing down on Northern California\u003c/a> this weekend with heavy rain, strong wind and high surf.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12018231\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12018231\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/12/241213-PortFlood-33.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1332\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/12/241213-PortFlood-33.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/12/241213-PortFlood-33-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/12/241213-PortFlood-33-1020x679.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/12/241213-PortFlood-33-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/12/241213-PortFlood-33-1536x1023.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/12/241213-PortFlood-33-1920x1279.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Water flows onto the sidewalk during a high king tide at Pier 14 along the Embarcadero in San Francisco on Dec. 13, 2024. \u003ccite>(Beth LaBerge/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>“A king tide gives us an idea of what is coming in the future,” she said. “Right now, it’s infrequent flooding, but it will become intermittent to frequent flooding over time.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Since the 1880s, the Pacific Ocean has risen by about 8 inches along the West Coast, but state scientists predict more than a foot of bay rise by 2050 and more than 6 feet by the end of the century in the worst-case scenario.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Forbes is particularly worried about the area that floods today. To the naked eye, this area several hundred feet southeast of the Ferry Building looks like a pedestrian path and road next to the bay. 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As seas rise and storms intensify, the promenade and railing could fail, and flooding could cause regular road shutdowns and damage the train system.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“The water would overtop and move right in and over into those tracks and down into the system,” Forbes said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>UC Berkeley professor Kristina Hill, a leading sea level rise scientist, said San Francisco’s current seawall is “a joke” because it was built quickly out of rubble, rocks, posts and concrete during the gold rush era.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003c/div>",
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They also said California will have to accelerate the pace even further to reach the goal of cutting planet-warming emissions to 40% below 1990 levels by 2030.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The annual \u003ca href=\"https://greeninnovationindex.org/2024-edition/\">report\u003c/a>, published Thursday by nonprofit \u003ca href=\"https://www.next10.org/\">Next 10\u003c/a>, found that total emissions fell by 2.4% from 2021 to 2022, which is the most recent year of data assessed.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“California’s progress in cutting emissions is accelerating,” Next 10 founder F. Noel Perry said. “We’re seeing real-time proof that the state’s climate policies are working.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In recent years, state emissions were at their lowest in 2020, when much of California came to a standstill amid COVID-19 restrictions. 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Starting Friday, according to the weather service’s \u003ca href=\"https://forecast.weather.gov/product.php?format=ci&glossary=1&issuedby=mtr&product=afd&site=mtr&version=1\">online forecast discussion\u003c/a>, “there are going to be poor conditions everywhere, especially on the water or at the beach.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“The storm door is now opening up for us,” said Rick Canepa, a meteorologist with the weather service’s Bay Area office. “We’re still in the early stages of the winter season. 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Three Sonoma County waterways could flood: Laguna de Santa Rosa, the Russian River and Mark West Creek.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“If a thunderstorm or really heavy showers were to develop, that poses a risk for flooding,” Sarment said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>King tides — caused by \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/science/1955598/king-tides-are-here-why-they-happen-and-what-they-teach-us\">a stronger than normal gravitational pull\u003c/a> when the sun, moon and Earth align — could push water up the coast and bayshore with high-tide levels between \u003ca href=\"https://www.coastal.ca.gov/kingtides/participate.html#tidemap\">5 and 12 feet through Monday\u003c/a>. On top of the higher tides, the weather service has issued a high surf advisory from 1 p.m. Thursday through 4 p.m. Saturday with large breaking waves on the order of 18 to 22 feet.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Because the tide overall is going to be higher, those bigger waves will be able to run up the beach farther,” Sarment said. “Overall, it’s not going to be a good weekend to go out and about.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The higher tides increase flooding risk in places like San Francisco’s Embarcadero and the Mill Valley–Sausalito Bike Path in Marin County. The highest tides could reach nearly 12 feet on Saturday north of San José’s bayshore community of Alviso, according to the California King Tides Project.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The California Coastal Commission asks the public \u003ca href=\"https://www.coastal.ca.gov/kingtides/#:~:text=The%20next%20California%20King%20Tide,December%2013%2D15%2C%202024.&text=Sign%20up%20to%20receive%20email,the%20highest%20tides%20of%20today.\">to submit photos of waves and rising groundwater\u003c/a> during this weekend’s king tides. 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