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Then in July, it’s like a light switch flipped,” said Chris Campo, a Pacifica resident and admin in the Pacifica Whalespotting group. 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The whale, upside down and lying on its back beneath the water, reveals its underside during this impressive tail slap. \u003ccite>(Courtesy David Chamberlin.)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Through the years, the group has been sleepy — mostly just a spot for locals to post their best photos and share tips when fan-favorite whales are putting on an especially good show. But this year, it’s taken off.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Now, instead of the group just being kind of this small ‘Pacifica local folks who are interested in whales’ group, it’s become more of a Bay Area and even beyond Bay Area group. … Our group now contains people from Sacramento and areas that are far beyond,” he said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>At the beginning of the summer, there were about 4,000 people in Pacifica Whalespotting, said David Chamberlin, another group admin. As of Wednesday, it boasts more than 24,700 members.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>And the beaches have been busy too.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Previous to this year, when I would go to one of what I consider the standard viewing locations, I would often be the only photographer out there, or sometimes there would be two or three more,” Chamberlin said. Recently, though, “the pier was lined with photographers all up and down each side. I don’t want to give an exact number, but there must have been at least 30 to 40 people out there.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Photographers, families with binoculars and fishers have congregated on the pier. Some are following an alert of a sighting in the Whalespotting group; others come in hopes of being the first to see a humpback and getting to do the honors of pointing it out.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12002271\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12002271\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/08/WhaleSightings1.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/08/WhaleSightings1.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/08/WhaleSightings1-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/08/WhaleSightings1-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/08/WhaleSightings1-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/08/WhaleSightings1-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/08/WhaleSightings1-1920x1280.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Pinky (left), a local celebrity in the whale-spotting community, lunges out of the ocean alongside a companion near the Pacifica Pier. The two whales have become a familiar sight, often seen traveling and breaching together in the waters off Pacifica. \u003ccite>(Courtesy David Chamberlin.)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Chamberlin said there’s a lot of excitement along the pier when a whale shows up, especially one of their local “celebrities,” including two whales known to the group as Pinky and Fast Willy.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“When one of those two show up, especially because they’re known and named, it’s, ‘Oh, it’s Pinky! Everybody, Pinky is here,’” Chamberlin said. “We saw Fast Willy, and it was just half jogging one direction, stopping, taking photos, and then half jogging again to try and get to another spot because he moves around a lot. Everybody’s excite,d and there’s a great sense of community and participation.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The reason this year’s season has been so exciting, both longtime whale watchers and scientists say, is because more whales are gathering close to the shore. But why they’re doing this, and what it could mean in the long term, is still somewhat of a mystery.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>Why are whales so close to the shore?\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>The leading theory for why more whales are showing off along the coast is that their food source is abundant in shallow waters this year.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Local populations of anchovies, one of the humpbacks’ major food sources, have seen a boom in the last few years, according to Will Oestreich, a researcher at the Monterey Bay Aquarium Research Institute.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[aside postID=news_11953794 hero='https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2023/06/230622-ORCAS-KILLER-WHALES-GETTY-FG-KQED-1020x680.jpg']\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Now they’re showing up more in the shallows — driven in large part by rising ocean temperatures, said Elliott Hazen, a research ecologist with the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“When there’s less cold water, this upwell, nutrient-rich [water] — I call it the ‘oasis’ to a lot of the global warming we have going on in the Pacific — compresses towards the shore, [and] you tend to see more life, more activity in that same close-to-shore habitat,” he said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Experts also say that more whales are congregating in the area as the region’s population starts to recover from the devastating effects of whaling. One of the last whaling stations in the U.S., located in Richmond, shut down in the 1970s. For animals with longer life cycles, it can take decades to see population recovery.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Specifically, the population of humpback whales, which remain endangered in some parts of the world, appears to be increasing. These baleen whales have always traveled through the Bay Area, heading south to breeding grounds off mainland Mexico and Baja California in the winter.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>While this is fun for whale watchers, it can pose safety risks to whales and raises questions about how their populations are shifting.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>Are experts worried?\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>There are risks.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Scientists are watching for potential issues such as an increased risk of ship strikes, entanglement and competition for food, but it seems like the Bay Area has been a “really good success story for conservation,” said Ari Friedlaender, a professor in the ocean sciences department at UC Santa Cruz.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Hazen added that with recovering populations, there will inevitably be more chances for human-wildlife interactions since there are just more whales.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12002270\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12002270\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/08/WhaleSightings4.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/08/WhaleSightings4.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/08/WhaleSightings4-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/08/WhaleSightings4-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/08/WhaleSightings4-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/08/WhaleSightings4-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/08/WhaleSightings4-1920x1280.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Fast Willy, Pacifica’s other local “celebrity” whale, lunges through the early morning light during a stunning feeding display. \u003ccite>(Courtesy David Chamberlin.)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>If they congregate in shipping lanes in and out of the Port of San Francisco, whales are at a higher risk of ship strike, which is a leading cause of human-related death. NOAA has developed technology to detect when there is high whale activity in shipping lanes and issue requests for ships to slow down. There’s no binding rule that requires them to slow down, but many do, Hazen said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“We haven’t seen a huge uptick in ship strikes on the West Coast. But it’s very difficult because ship strikes most often go undetected because it happened,” Hazen told KQED. He noted that increased ship strikes occurred along the East Coast when the North Atlantic right whale population shifted.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The Bay Area’s Dungeness crab fishery also has to work dynamically depending on whale movement since the whales can also get entangled in fishing nets. In 2024, the commercial Dungeness crab season ended early to protect whale populations, \u003ca href=\"https://wildlife.ca.gov/News/Archive/cdfw-closes-commercial-dungeness-crab-fishery-and-restricts-recreational-crab-traps-in-the-central-management-area-limits-commercial-fishing-to-inside-30-f#gsc.tab=0\">according to the Department of Fish and Wildlife\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The other thing scientists are keeping an eye on is just how much food the whales have as populations recover. But humpbacks aren’t called the “farmers of the ocean” for no reason.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“They are feeding on prey deep down in the ocean, some species, and then they come up into the photic zone where there’s light, and they poop,” Hazen said. This “fertilizes the ocean and then can actually support these prey populations through increased chlorophyll and then increased forage fish like anchovies or krill.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Whale watching season seems to be slowing down, Chamberlin and Campo said, but there are still a few popping up along the coast of Pacifica, and experts expect that in future years, they’ll probably continue coming close to shore.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>For those who do choose to grab a pair of binoculars and search for a humpback, Campo urges visitors to be respectful of the town.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“If you come to Pacifica, drop some cash in our restaurants, be respectful of the beach, don’t leave trash,” he said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad floatright]\u003c/p>\n",
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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>They come in search of a whale frenzy not far from shore, intrigued by citizen scientists and semi-professional photographers posting about their sightings on Facebook.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The whales, on the other hand, seem to be driven by a more familiar motivation: food.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>A social media-fueled, whale-watching craze\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>Groups like \u003ca href=\"https://www.facebook.com/groups/352947586172817\">Pacifica Whalespotting\u003c/a> started to blow up in early July as what one resident called “oodles and oodles of whales” began to appear off the Bay Area’s beaches, closer to the coast than veteran watchers are used to.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I was thinking in June, this is shaping up to just be the worst whale summer in my time here. Then in July, it’s like a light switch flipped,” said Chris Campo, a Pacifica resident and admin in the Pacifica Whalespotting group. He and some other serious whale watchers, including the group’s founder, Robin Brun, have been posting updates in the Whalespotting group since 2021.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12002269\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12002269\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/08/WhaleSightings3.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/08/WhaleSightings3.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/08/WhaleSightings3-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/08/WhaleSightings3-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/08/WhaleSightings3-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/08/WhaleSightings3-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/08/WhaleSightings3-1920x1280.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">A playful lobtailing session captures a unique moment as a cormorant is perfectly framed by the whale’s fluke. The whale, upside down and lying on its back beneath the water, reveals its underside during this impressive tail slap. \u003ccite>(Courtesy David Chamberlin.)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Through the years, the group has been sleepy — mostly just a spot for locals to post their best photos and share tips when fan-favorite whales are putting on an especially good show. But this year, it’s taken off.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Now, instead of the group just being kind of this small ‘Pacifica local folks who are interested in whales’ group, it’s become more of a Bay Area and even beyond Bay Area group. … Our group now contains people from Sacramento and areas that are far beyond,” he said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>At the beginning of the summer, there were about 4,000 people in Pacifica Whalespotting, said David Chamberlin, another group admin. As of Wednesday, it boasts more than 24,700 members.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>And the beaches have been busy too.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Previous to this year, when I would go to one of what I consider the standard viewing locations, I would often be the only photographer out there, or sometimes there would be two or three more,” Chamberlin said. Recently, though, “the pier was lined with photographers all up and down each side. I don’t want to give an exact number, but there must have been at least 30 to 40 people out there.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Photographers, families with binoculars and fishers have congregated on the pier. Some are following an alert of a sighting in the Whalespotting group; others come in hopes of being the first to see a humpback and getting to do the honors of pointing it out.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12002271\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12002271\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/08/WhaleSightings1.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/08/WhaleSightings1.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/08/WhaleSightings1-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/08/WhaleSightings1-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/08/WhaleSightings1-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/08/WhaleSightings1-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/08/WhaleSightings1-1920x1280.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Pinky (left), a local celebrity in the whale-spotting community, lunges out of the ocean alongside a companion near the Pacifica Pier. The two whales have become a familiar sight, often seen traveling and breaching together in the waters off Pacifica. \u003ccite>(Courtesy David Chamberlin.)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Chamberlin said there’s a lot of excitement along the pier when a whale shows up, especially one of their local “celebrities,” including two whales known to the group as Pinky and Fast Willy.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“When one of those two show up, especially because they’re known and named, it’s, ‘Oh, it’s Pinky! Everybody, Pinky is here,’” Chamberlin said. “We saw Fast Willy, and it was just half jogging one direction, stopping, taking photos, and then half jogging again to try and get to another spot because he moves around a lot. Everybody’s excite,d and there’s a great sense of community and participation.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The reason this year’s season has been so exciting, both longtime whale watchers and scientists say, is because more whales are gathering close to the shore. 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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Now they’re showing up more in the shallows — driven in large part by rising ocean temperatures, said Elliott Hazen, a research ecologist with the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“When there’s less cold water, this upwell, nutrient-rich [water] — I call it the ‘oasis’ to a lot of the global warming we have going on in the Pacific — compresses towards the shore, [and] you tend to see more life, more activity in that same close-to-shore habitat,” he said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Experts also say that more whales are congregating in the area as the region’s population starts to recover from the devastating effects of whaling. One of the last whaling stations in the U.S., located in Richmond, shut down in the 1970s. For animals with longer life cycles, it can take decades to see population recovery.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Specifically, the population of humpback whales, which remain endangered in some parts of the world, appears to be increasing. These baleen whales have always traveled through the Bay Area, heading south to breeding grounds off mainland Mexico and Baja California in the winter.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>While this is fun for whale watchers, it can pose safety risks to whales and raises questions about how their populations are shifting.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>Are experts worried?\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>There are risks.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Scientists are watching for potential issues such as an increased risk of ship strikes, entanglement and competition for food, but it seems like the Bay Area has been a “really good success story for conservation,” said Ari Friedlaender, a professor in the ocean sciences department at UC Santa Cruz.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Hazen added that with recovering populations, there will inevitably be more chances for human-wildlife interactions since there are just more whales.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12002270\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12002270\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/08/WhaleSightings4.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/08/WhaleSightings4.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/08/WhaleSightings4-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/08/WhaleSightings4-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/08/WhaleSightings4-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/08/WhaleSightings4-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/08/WhaleSightings4-1920x1280.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Fast Willy, Pacifica’s other local “celebrity” whale, lunges through the early morning light during a stunning feeding display. \u003ccite>(Courtesy David Chamberlin.)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>If they congregate in shipping lanes in and out of the Port of San Francisco, whales are at a higher risk of ship strike, which is a leading cause of human-related death. NOAA has developed technology to detect when there is high whale activity in shipping lanes and issue requests for ships to slow down. There’s no binding rule that requires them to slow down, but many do, Hazen said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“We haven’t seen a huge uptick in ship strikes on the West Coast. But it’s very difficult because ship strikes most often go undetected because it happened,” Hazen told KQED. He noted that increased ship strikes occurred along the East Coast when the North Atlantic right whale population shifted.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The Bay Area’s Dungeness crab fishery also has to work dynamically depending on whale movement since the whales can also get entangled in fishing nets. 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The administrators will have to be keeping track of tides, the king tides and the size of storms coming through and be ready to to have a high water day.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Ezra David Romero: \u003c/strong>He sees this as an imminent threat to schools, to businesses, to highways all around the Bay Area, because as seas rise. Right, it’s going to affect everything around that lap of the bay. For example, at Mill Valley, they want to raise the school five feet above the 100 year storm level where it can be put in flood really bad. But he is saying like the school can raise it. But what about everything around it, like the roads, the community?\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Kevin Befus: \u003c/strong>I think the cost will be astronomical no matter what. A lot of this happens so slowly that I think that’s why people don’t necessarily think of that right away. It’s not on the front of their mind until it’s their house. It’s their car. It’s their school.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Ericka Cruz Guevarra: \u003c/strong>Coming up, the plan to rebuild Mill Valley Middle School. Stay with us.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Ericka Cruz Guevarra: \u003c/strong>I want to come back, Ezra, to where we started in this story. Mill Valley. You already described the threat of sea level rise being imminent for parents and the students at that school. So what exactly is being done to address that?\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Ezra David Romero: \u003c/strong>Yeah, well, the community in Mill Valley voted on a bond measure called Measure G back in 2022, and it was for like $194 million to modernize and beautify schools in Mill Valley. So the school district decided they wanted to use a portion of that money. $130 million would go to rebuilding Mill Valley Middle School.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Sharon Nakatani: \u003c/strong>It’s very, very expensive, too. So we are taking it very seriously. We are a medical share.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Ezra David Romero: \u003c/strong>I met up with Sharon Nakatania. She’s the board president for the Mill Valley School District.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Sharon Nakatani: \u003c/strong>And this is our, you know, it’s a really large library, actually, for a middle school.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Ezra David Romero: \u003c/strong>We are we toured the campus and, you know, she showed me the area that floods. We thought we had like the cool library they have. And she talked about their plans.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Sharon Nakatani: \u003c/strong>Now we have deemed the school is has reached its age and it will be demolished and rebuilt in the same spot.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Ezra David Romero: \u003c/strong>What they want to do is they want to raise that school about five feet above the 100 year storm. That’s basically like a historic big storm, you know, that could flood the area. So they believe that they’re raising the school out of the risk from future sea level rise.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Sharon Nakatani: \u003c/strong>I think there’s a plan to for what we can demolish from this building. We will use this film to to raise the site.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Ezra David Romero: \u003c/strong>Sharon told me that, like, you know, there are other sites, but there’s like an existing school there. So they’d have to like, figure out what to do with this elementary school. And then there could be uproar from parents about like, you’re moving our kids. And so they felt like this site is still the best site even with future sea level rise because point blank, they just didn’t feel like they had the land and or the money to like go buy some new land and also have the money to rebuild this school.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Sharon Nakatani: \u003c/strong>To do a new middle school in Mill Valley. Again, 10 to 12 acres. So there’s no available flat land. That’s 10 to 12 acres. There might be hills that are really accessible. But when you look at the larger picture of Mill Valley, this school is really right in the middle, which is why.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Ezra David Romero: \u003c/strong>So when I asked her about, you know, what about the road that that currently floods or, you know, the community around it. Her answer was like, it’s not in the school’s purview.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Sharon Nakatani: \u003c/strong>The sea level rise is everyone’s issue, frankly, and it’s up to us to do what we can for our school and our students. And it’s also up to the city to do what we can for the residents and for the county Marin to do and say to California, etc., etc..\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Ericka Cruz Guevarra: \u003c/strong>But I know it’s very contentious among parents. Right. What do you what do they say about the decision to build on this same spot? And what are the parents you spoke with want to see instead?\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Ezra David Romero: \u003c/strong>Yeah, the parents I spoke to, you know, Juliet and Miranda, they were quite angry that this school district still wants to build on this site.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Miranda O’Connell: \u003c/strong>These are long lived assets that we built. So why are we building something that we know in 20 years will be vulnerable, will be have standing water surrounding it? Why aren’t we thinking about places that don’t have that risk?\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Ezra David Romero: \u003c/strong>So a few months ago when I interviewed Miranda, you know, she had an eighth grader at the school and she was just quite tired of seeing the flooding happening. Right. She was living through it multiple times a year. And so she was really worried about the future. Right. She has another sixth grader coming into the campus this year.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Miranda O’Connell: \u003c/strong>So I have one that’s leaving and then I have one that’s starting this coming school year for the three year period and another one starting in two years for an additional three year period. Yeah, you’re.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Ezra David Romero: \u003c/strong>Going to deal with this for a while.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Miranda O’Connell: \u003c/strong>For the next six years. Yeah.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Ezra David Romero: \u003c/strong>She was worried about like the kids having to be at the school as they rebuild this site and into the future as as. CS Right. So she had like concerns about right now and into the future. And when I interviewed Juliet Harte the same day, you know, she has a sixth grader coming into the school. Her concern was really about sea level rise.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Miranda O’Connell: \u003c/strong>I look at this site and think sea level rise because that’s what I do. But it’s not surprising to me that people haven’t thought of that. What’s surprising to me is that now that they know they’re still moving forward.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Ezra David Romero: \u003c/strong>Professionally, she’s actually like an oceanographer, so she knows how much sea level rise is going to impact the school. She knows how many feet and by what year and what time. So she was just really worried about the future because, you know, when you think about climate change all day and what’s it going to do to the Bay Area, then your kids go to a school right next to the bay. I mean, I think those two things coincide.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Ericka Cruz Guevarra: \u003c/strong>Right? And her her sixth grader who’s starting there this year is going to have a couple more years at that school. So, I mean, it sounds like these parents basically want the district to find somewhere else to rebuild.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Ezra David Romero: \u003c/strong>Yeah, they want the school district or build the school somewhere else. But the school district, when I talked to Sharon Nakatani, she basically said it’s a done deal. Like this is where we’re rebuilding the school. We’ve look, we’ve exhausted all of our other options. We’ve been in many meetings about this, but I think the last thing that’s might determine what happens there is in this environmental review.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Ezra David Romero: \u003c/strong>So, you know, every building project, you know, in in the state has to go through environmental review when you know, when it’s in the process and that they look at everything from like sea level rise to flooding to storms to what’s a site like? 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That are built to last 50 years, what should be done in order to really address and and adapt to. The threat of sea level rise.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Ezra David Romero: \u003c/strong>A lot of my reporting, we look at like an individual cases like this in Mill Valley. But really solutions for sea level rise are regional, right? Or citywide, Right. Like in San Francisco, we’re thinking about a whole waterfront sea level rise plan for seven and a half miles of the of the bay. And then there’s other plans for other areas, Right?\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Ezra David Romero: \u003c/strong>It’s like this huge thing. So something for Mill Valley or another part of the bay. They need to think about this regionally. Well, when it comes to schools, they can do whatever is in their purview, like how much money they have and they can raise the school. But, you know, not all schools have that luxury, right?\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Ezra David Romero: \u003c/strong>It costs a lot of money to build a school or in this case, they’re going to spend $130 million to rebuild this school, which is a lot of money. Right. For especially for community that doesn’t have that kind of funds or maybe isn’t in an affluent area where they can pass a bond measure to do that. And Kevin Befus from the University of Arkansas talked about that.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Kevin Befus: \u003c/strong>It ends up being for those who can afford to protect themselves well, and those who can’t, you know, end up with the extra water.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Ezra David Romero: \u003c/strong>I mean, I think what our reporting does right, we’re like we lay out what schools are at risk. Right? We found these 52 schools. There’s of each has a varying level of risk. But when you think of a school, they’re really like a community center, right. 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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-content post-body\">\u003ch2 id=\"episode-transcript\">Episode Transcript\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>\u003ci>This is a computer-generated transcript. While our team has reviewed it, there may be errors.\u003c/i>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Ericka Cruz Guevarra: \u003c/strong> I’m Ericka Cruz Guevarra and welcome to the Bay. Local news to keep you rooted. A new analysis from KQED and Climate Central found that more than 50 public schools around the Bay Area are already at risk of sea level rise thanks to human caused climate change. And that includes a middle school in Marin County, where rising water is already at the school’s doorstep.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Miranda O’Connell: \u003c/strong>When we drive here or the kids ride their bikes on the bike path here, it is pretty often flooded.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Ericka Cruz Guevarra: \u003c/strong>The high tide line in the San Francisco Bay has risen by eight inches over the last century, and much of the bay shoreline has more flooding in its future. Today we go to one school in Mill Valley that’s already feeling the impact of sea level rise.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Ezra David Romero: \u003c/strong>I went to Mill Valley in Marin County. It’s this town at the end of Richardson Bay. You know, there’s San Francisco Bay and then there’s Richardson Bay. And this is the very end of it.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Ericka Cruz Guevarra: \u003c/strong>Ezra David Romero is a climate reporter for KQED.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Ezra David Romero: \u003c/strong>It’s a more affluent community, just like Marin County is. And it’s a beautiful place. It’s like kind of this like little mountain valley next to the bay. It’s quite cute. And they have a cute downtown.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Ericka Cruz Guevarra: \u003c/strong>And I know you went to a public school there. Can you tell me what what school you went to exactly, And what did it look like when you arrived?\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Ezra David Romero: \u003c/strong>Yeah, I went to Mill Valley Middle School. It’s this school literally, like ten, 15, 20ft away from the bay itself. It’s quite beautiful, right? There’s Mt. Tam in the distance. There’s the bay right there. There’s a cute little park in front of the school. It kind of looks just like a regular school to me, right? But just in this serene location right next to the bay.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Miranda O’Connell: \u003c/strong>Is it? And I think. Yeah. Miranda, Pleasure for having.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Ezra David Romero: \u003c/strong>Me. I met up with Juliette Hart and Miranda O’Connell. They both have sixth graders going to the school and both had kids who left the school recently.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Miranda O’Connell: \u003c/strong>So this is in addition to kind of the bike path and the safe routes to school, the community center.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Ezra David Romero: \u003c/strong>We met up at the school because they are quite concerned about this school district wanting to rebuild that school right in the same place.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Ericka Cruz Guevarra: \u003c/strong>You went to this school because of your sort of broader reporting on sea level rise. But what exactly is happening at Mill Valley Middle School when it comes to sea level rise and how is it affecting people there? Now, what did Miranda and Juliet tell you about that?\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Ezra David Romero: \u003c/strong>Well, this is a place that floods, you know, when we have high tides or extremely high tides because it’s so close to the bay. So basically, the school has a creek that runs on one side. There’s a little marsh, and then there’s like some human made channels. So when there’s a high tide, that water comes up and like floods the road that the one road in and out of campus.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Miranda O’Connell: \u003c/strong>Yeah. So the main drop off area is in one of the spots that routinely gets flooded.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Ezra David Romero: \u003c/strong>Miranda showed me the outside of Mill Valley Middle School where it floods. There’s basically one road in and out of campus that ends kind of in this cul de sac. She basically said that, like this area floods multiple times a year.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Miranda O’Connell: \u003c/strong>And so it just causes a huge safety mass because there’s you can’t drop off the kids there. And so they end up kind of jumping out at random spots on a very busy road.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Ezra David Romero: \u003c/strong>You know, it creates this like traffic chaos and a quite difficult way to just start your day when you just want to drop off your kids and get to work. And so they’re worried that the school, because the school wants to rebuild there, that they’re just going to put kids in danger in the future and then they’re not actually fixing the problem. There’s been this long debate over whether the school should be rebuilt.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Ericka Cruz Guevarra: \u003c/strong>So, I mean, it sounds like the threat of sea level rise is very present for parents and families at Mill Valley Middle. 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Karlyn Tilley, a spokesperson for Jefferson County Sheriff’s Office, said the investigation is ongoing and they are using a dog specially trained to sniff out sources and causes of fires. Tilley said just because they suspect the fire was human-caused doesn’t mean it was intentional. Firefighters were making good progress on the fire despite the steep, rocky terrain and blistering heat, and no houses had been burned, officials said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[aside label=\"Related Stories\" postID=\"news_11997808,forum_2010101906496,news_11997515\"]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The cause and origin of a fatal blaze west of the town of Lyons was being probed by the federal Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms, with specially trained fire investigators from the agency helping local authorities, agency spokesperson Crystal McCoy said. 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"content": "\u003cp>\u003cem>Updated 5:15 p.m. Monday\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Ronnie Dean Stout II, the person officials allege started the \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/tag/park-fire\">Park Fire\u003c/a> by pushing a flaming car off a cliff, appeared in a Butte County Superior Court in Oroville today. He was charged with arson.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Stout, who lives with his mother in Chico according to officials, did not enter a plea. His next hearing is Thursday.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Stout, 42, is potentially facing 25 years to life under California’s three-strike law, according to Butte County District Attorney Mike Ramsey, who spoke to reporters following the hearing.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Stout told investigators that the car caught on fire accidentally and that he fled the area because he was frightened. He denied that he pushed it into the ravine, Ramsey said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Stout was arrested at 1:30 a.m. on July 25, several hours after the fire started. Ramsey said that at the time of his arrest, Stout’s blood alcohol level was over the legal limit. Witnesses at the scene told investigators that Stout was driving erratically and behaving as if he was extremely intoxicated, according to Ramsey.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Why would he do this? What’s the reasoning? At this time, we don’t know,” Ramsey said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Witnesses also told investigators that they heard the sound of metal scraping on rock as if a car was stuck and the driver was revving the engine, which could have caused a spark.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11997504\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-11997504\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/07/240726-ParkFire-09-BL.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/07/240726-ParkFire-09-BL.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/07/240726-ParkFire-09-BL-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/07/240726-ParkFire-09-BL-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/07/240726-ParkFire-09-BL-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/07/240726-ParkFire-09-BL-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/07/240726-ParkFire-09-BL-1920x1280.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">The Park Fire burns along Route 32 northeast of Chico on July 26, 2024. \u003ccite>(Beth LaBerge/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>“The indication is he didn’t purposely light the car on fire because he was trying to get out of being stuck on the edge of a berm,” Ramsey said. “Being stuck on that edge of that berm, he was revving the engine. We have another witness who saw dirt and smoke coming up, then followed immediately by smoke. Then fire. There’s an extraordinary amount of dry grass.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Stout, who is on probation for driving under the influence of alcohol, has a history of arrests dating back to 1995, according to public records. Two of the most serious cases are felony convictions, including one in 2001 in Butte County for lewd and lascivious acts with a child under 14.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>He was convicted of robbery with great bodily injury in 2002 in Kern County and sentenced to 20 years in prison. He was released in October 2018.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>KQED could not reach Stout’s attorney for comment.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>After continuing its explosive growth over the weekend, the \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11997697/gov-newsom-declares-state-of-emergency-as-park-fire-swiftly-grows\">Park Fire\u003c/a> has burned more than 368,000 acres across four Northern California counties.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The fire, which began on Wednesday in Chico’s Upper Bidwell Park, has forced evacuation orders in Butte, Tehama, Plumas and Shasta counties. More than 4,800 personnel from around the country are battling the blaze, which is 12% contained.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“This is the largest fire in California right now, so we have a lot of resources assigned to it,” Cal Fire forestry assistant Jahaira Zaragoza said Monday morning. The Park Fire is the largest active blaze in the U.S. and the sixth largest in California history.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>As of Monday morning, 109 structures had been destroyed and five had been damaged; the numbers were revised down over the weekend as damage assessment crews made their way through the path of the fire. An additional 4,200 structures remain threatened.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The blaze continued to spread overnight before fire activity seemed to ease in the early hours of the morning as humidity increased, but officials expected weather conditions to cause it to pick back up throughout the day.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11997638\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-11997638\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/07/240726-PARKFIRE-70-BL-KQED.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/07/240726-PARKFIRE-70-BL-KQED.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/07/240726-PARKFIRE-70-BL-KQED-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/07/240726-PARKFIRE-70-BL-KQED-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/07/240726-PARKFIRE-70-BL-KQED-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/07/240726-PARKFIRE-70-BL-KQED-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/07/240726-PARKFIRE-70-BL-KQED-1920x1280.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Fire retardant from an airdrop covers a truck on Cohasset Road outside of Chico on July 26, 2024. \u003ccite>(Beth LaBerge/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>The fire is expected to continue to spread substantially despite an aggressive approach by firefighters, according to UCLA climate scientist Daniel Swain.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I think what we’re realizing is that even with probably the most well-resourced wildland firefighting agency in the world in California, Cal Fire, it’s still beyond technology to address a fire at that scope,” Swain said in a \u003ca href=\"https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-wwqBlbhFHo\">webcast\u003c/a> on Saturday afternoon.[aside postID=news_11997515 hero='https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/07/240726-ParkFire-25-BL-1020x680.jpg']He said the fire is likely to reach 500,000 acres, and it seems possible it could expand to a million.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The Park Fire’s movement has been rapid since it began Wednesday afternoon, spreading initially through Tehama and Butte counties. In its first four days, it spread at a rate of about \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11997697/gov-newsom-declares-state-of-emergency-as-park-fire-swiftly-grows\">5,000 acres an hour\u003c/a>, Cal Fire Incident Commander Billy See said during a press briefing on Saturday.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>On Saturday, Gov. Gavin Newsom said the state had secured additional federal assistance while visiting the site of the fire. Texas Gov. Greg Abbott also declared Sunday that he would send more than 100 fire and emergency management personnel to aid California engines assigned to the blaze.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Weather conditions could continue to challenge firefighters this week.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Southwest winds are expected today, along with low fuel moistures and fire receptive fuels, which will be a factor in increased fire activity throughout the day,” according to Cal Fire’s most recent \u003ca href=\"https://www.fire.ca.gov/incidents/2024/7/24/park-fire/updates/7d876e05-3d9d-444f-8272-2d26512b7f10\">incident update\u003c/a> on Monday morning.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Zaragoza said that the terrain in the area also makes fighting the fire challenging.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“We have a lot of lava rock in here, so it’s making it really difficult to access,” she said. Within Lassen National Forest, near where the fire spread over the weekend, there is a lot of this lava rock, according to Zaragoza.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Throughout the first half of the week, similar humidity and heat conditions are expected. A warming trend is expected to begin Wednesday through the weekend, bringing temperatures in the 90s and 100s to the area of the fire, according to National Weather Service meteorologist Bakari Anderson. Drier conditions are also expected later this week, which can increase the risk of fire spread, he said.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>Evacuation shelter and animal shelter info\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Evacuation zones maps:\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cul>\n\u003cli>\u003ca href=\"https://buttecountygis.maps.arcgis.com/apps/webappviewer/index.html?id=9c92e0a2d2e0415fa5248d70cd644a82\">Butte County Evacuation Map\u003c/a>\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>\u003ca href=\"https://protect.genasys.com/zones/US-CA-XPU-PLU-040?fbclid=IwY2xjawERKD9leHRuA2FlbQIxMAABHVOY18IUFvCLHb00ylw42l1KA9r9KBLo847tajviM8iVHI8-aKapBmDrgw_aem_yQYVboomDnMWOD5d60mUFA\">Plumas County Evacuation Map\u003c/a>\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>\u003ca href=\"https://protect.genasys.com/search?fbclid=IwY2xjawERIfRleHRuA2FlbQIxMAABHfLOXneoeOpyh94HNz_aoVIeBzFFgzF0e20gHiiDKDLzj0g-sFnpQXM-NA_aem_8gX05W1zjyaV0urvjt7aoQ\">Shasta County Evacuation Map\u003c/a>\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>\u003ca href=\"https://protect.genasys.com/fullscreenMap?z=9.392912515882836&latlon=39.980082819440895%2C-121.75831542150576\">Tehama County Evacuation Map\u003c/a>\u003c/li>\n\u003c/ul>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Shelters in Butte, Tehama and Shasta Counties:\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cul>\n\u003cli>Shasta County: Bella Vista Elementary School Evacuation Shelter, \u003ca href=\"https://maps.app.goo.gl/2RktuM8iP3niC7mV7\">22661 Old Alturas Road, Bella Vista, CA 96008.\u003c/a>\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>Butte County Fairgrounds Evacuation Shelter, \u003ca href=\"https://www.google.com/maps/place/Butte+County+Fairgrounds/@39.3659668,-121.6874252,17z/data=!4m14!1m7!3m6!1s0x80834d851e6a3589:0x4d6c011c77e05127!2sButte+County+Fairgrounds!8m2!3d39.3659668!4d-121.6848503!16s%2Fm%2F0l4rcz0!3m5!1s0x80834d851e6a3589:0x4d6c011c77e05127!8m2!3d39.3659668!4d-121.6848503!16s%2Fm%2F0l4rcz0?entry=ttu\">199 E. Hazel St., Gridley, Butte County.\u003c/a>\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>Butte County: Neighborhood Church Evacuation Shelter, \u003ca href=\"https://maps.app.goo.gl/dte2uHYHQrP77GG27\">2801 Notre Dame Blvd. Chico, CA 95928\u003c/a>\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>Tehama County: Red Cross Los Molinos Vet’s Hall Evacuation Shelter, \u003ca href=\"https://maps.app.goo.gl/Xt3hqqbh9USvaQsa6\">7980 Sherwood Blvd., Los Molinos, CA 96055.\u003c/a>\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>Tehama County Evacuation Resource Center, St. Peter’s Episcopal Church, \u003ca href=\"https://maps.app.goo.gl/sw5R9CBdTWYCFZ5t5\">510 Jefferson St., Red Bluff, CA 96080.\u003c/a> Saturday: 9 a.m.–6 p.m. and Sunday: 11 a.m.–6 p.m.\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>Butte County: North Valley Animal Disaster Group Small Animal Shelter, \u003ca href=\"https://maps.app.goo.gl/8myuBQFm7x21Tja86\">2279 Del Oro Ave., Oroville, CA 95965,\u003c/a> 8 a.m.–9 p.m. No waterfowl or chickens are accepted. 530-895-0000\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>Tehama County Small Animal Shelter, \u003ca href=\"https://maps.app.goo.gl/RNxQfsmuA9BFubZw9\">22005 Gilmore Ranch Road, Red Bluff, CA 96080, 8 a.m.–5 p.m.\u003c/a>\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>Butte County: Camelot Equestrian Park Large Animal Shelter, \u003ca href=\"https://maps.app.goo.gl/Qgh9cgyqTRTfhgdH9\">1985 Clark Road, Oroville, CA 95966.\u003c/a>\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>Tehama County: Ridgeway Park Large Animal Shelter, \u003ca href=\"https://maps.app.goo.gl/oLnQnD4m122CBBu47\">19725 Ridge Road, Red Bluff, CA 96080,\u003c/a> 7 a.m.–9 p.m. Self Service: Provide your own setup and feed. 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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Stout was arrested at 1:30 a.m. on July 25, several hours after the fire started. Ramsey said that at the time of his arrest, Stout’s blood alcohol level was over the legal limit. Witnesses at the scene told investigators that Stout was driving erratically and behaving as if he was extremely intoxicated, according to Ramsey.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Why would he do this? What’s the reasoning? At this time, we don’t know,” Ramsey said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Witnesses also told investigators that they heard the sound of metal scraping on rock as if a car was stuck and the driver was revving the engine, which could have caused a spark.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11997504\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-11997504\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/07/240726-ParkFire-09-BL.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/07/240726-ParkFire-09-BL.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/07/240726-ParkFire-09-BL-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/07/240726-ParkFire-09-BL-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/07/240726-ParkFire-09-BL-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/07/240726-ParkFire-09-BL-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/07/240726-ParkFire-09-BL-1920x1280.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">The Park Fire burns along Route 32 northeast of Chico on July 26, 2024. \u003ccite>(Beth LaBerge/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>“The indication is he didn’t purposely light the car on fire because he was trying to get out of being stuck on the edge of a berm,” Ramsey said. “Being stuck on that edge of that berm, he was revving the engine. We have another witness who saw dirt and smoke coming up, then followed immediately by smoke. Then fire. There’s an extraordinary amount of dry grass.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Stout, who is on probation for driving under the influence of alcohol, has a history of arrests dating back to 1995, according to public records. Two of the most serious cases are felony convictions, including one in 2001 in Butte County for lewd and lascivious acts with a child under 14.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>He was convicted of robbery with great bodily injury in 2002 in Kern County and sentenced to 20 years in prison. He was released in October 2018.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>KQED could not reach Stout’s attorney for comment.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>After continuing its explosive growth over the weekend, the \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11997697/gov-newsom-declares-state-of-emergency-as-park-fire-swiftly-grows\">Park Fire\u003c/a> has burned more than 368,000 acres across four Northern California counties.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The fire, which began on Wednesday in Chico’s Upper Bidwell Park, has forced evacuation orders in Butte, Tehama, Plumas and Shasta counties. More than 4,800 personnel from around the country are battling the blaze, which is 12% contained.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“This is the largest fire in California right now, so we have a lot of resources assigned to it,” Cal Fire forestry assistant Jahaira Zaragoza said Monday morning. The Park Fire is the largest active blaze in the U.S. and the sixth largest in California history.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>As of Monday morning, 109 structures had been destroyed and five had been damaged; the numbers were revised down over the weekend as damage assessment crews made their way through the path of the fire. An additional 4,200 structures remain threatened.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The blaze continued to spread overnight before fire activity seemed to ease in the early hours of the morning as humidity increased, but officials expected weather conditions to cause it to pick back up throughout the day.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11997638\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-11997638\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/07/240726-PARKFIRE-70-BL-KQED.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/07/240726-PARKFIRE-70-BL-KQED.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/07/240726-PARKFIRE-70-BL-KQED-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/07/240726-PARKFIRE-70-BL-KQED-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/07/240726-PARKFIRE-70-BL-KQED-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/07/240726-PARKFIRE-70-BL-KQED-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/07/240726-PARKFIRE-70-BL-KQED-1920x1280.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Fire retardant from an airdrop covers a truck on Cohasset Road outside of Chico on July 26, 2024. \u003ccite>(Beth LaBerge/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>The fire is expected to continue to spread substantially despite an aggressive approach by firefighters, according to UCLA climate scientist Daniel Swain.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I think what we’re realizing is that even with probably the most well-resourced wildland firefighting agency in the world in California, Cal Fire, it’s still beyond technology to address a fire at that scope,” Swain said in a \u003ca href=\"https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-wwqBlbhFHo\">webcast\u003c/a> on Saturday afternoon.\u003c/p>\u003c/div>",
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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>He said the fire is likely to reach 500,000 acres, and it seems possible it could expand to a million.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The Park Fire’s movement has been rapid since it began Wednesday afternoon, spreading initially through Tehama and Butte counties. In its first four days, it spread at a rate of about \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11997697/gov-newsom-declares-state-of-emergency-as-park-fire-swiftly-grows\">5,000 acres an hour\u003c/a>, Cal Fire Incident Commander Billy See said during a press briefing on Saturday.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>On Saturday, Gov. Gavin Newsom said the state had secured additional federal assistance while visiting the site of the fire. Texas Gov. Greg Abbott also declared Sunday that he would send more than 100 fire and emergency management personnel to aid California engines assigned to the blaze.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Weather conditions could continue to challenge firefighters this week.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Southwest winds are expected today, along with low fuel moistures and fire receptive fuels, which will be a factor in increased fire activity throughout the day,” according to Cal Fire’s most recent \u003ca href=\"https://www.fire.ca.gov/incidents/2024/7/24/park-fire/updates/7d876e05-3d9d-444f-8272-2d26512b7f10\">incident update\u003c/a> on Monday morning.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Zaragoza said that the terrain in the area also makes fighting the fire challenging.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“We have a lot of lava rock in here, so it’s making it really difficult to access,” she said. Within Lassen National Forest, near where the fire spread over the weekend, there is a lot of this lava rock, according to Zaragoza.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Throughout the first half of the week, similar humidity and heat conditions are expected. A warming trend is expected to begin Wednesday through the weekend, bringing temperatures in the 90s and 100s to the area of the fire, according to National Weather Service meteorologist Bakari Anderson. Drier conditions are also expected later this week, which can increase the risk of fire spread, he said.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>Evacuation shelter and animal shelter info\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Evacuation zones maps:\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cul>\n\u003cli>\u003ca href=\"https://buttecountygis.maps.arcgis.com/apps/webappviewer/index.html?id=9c92e0a2d2e0415fa5248d70cd644a82\">Butte County Evacuation Map\u003c/a>\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>\u003ca href=\"https://protect.genasys.com/zones/US-CA-XPU-PLU-040?fbclid=IwY2xjawERKD9leHRuA2FlbQIxMAABHVOY18IUFvCLHb00ylw42l1KA9r9KBLo847tajviM8iVHI8-aKapBmDrgw_aem_yQYVboomDnMWOD5d60mUFA\">Plumas County Evacuation Map\u003c/a>\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>\u003ca href=\"https://protect.genasys.com/search?fbclid=IwY2xjawERIfRleHRuA2FlbQIxMAABHfLOXneoeOpyh94HNz_aoVIeBzFFgzF0e20gHiiDKDLzj0g-sFnpQXM-NA_aem_8gX05W1zjyaV0urvjt7aoQ\">Shasta County Evacuation Map\u003c/a>\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>\u003ca href=\"https://protect.genasys.com/fullscreenMap?z=9.392912515882836&latlon=39.980082819440895%2C-121.75831542150576\">Tehama County Evacuation Map\u003c/a>\u003c/li>\n\u003c/ul>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Shelters in Butte, Tehama and Shasta Counties:\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cul>\n\u003cli>Shasta County: Bella Vista Elementary School Evacuation Shelter, \u003ca href=\"https://maps.app.goo.gl/2RktuM8iP3niC7mV7\">22661 Old Alturas Road, Bella Vista, CA 96008.\u003c/a>\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>Butte County Fairgrounds Evacuation Shelter, \u003ca href=\"https://www.google.com/maps/place/Butte+County+Fairgrounds/@39.3659668,-121.6874252,17z/data=!4m14!1m7!3m6!1s0x80834d851e6a3589:0x4d6c011c77e05127!2sButte+County+Fairgrounds!8m2!3d39.3659668!4d-121.6848503!16s%2Fm%2F0l4rcz0!3m5!1s0x80834d851e6a3589:0x4d6c011c77e05127!8m2!3d39.3659668!4d-121.6848503!16s%2Fm%2F0l4rcz0?entry=ttu\">199 E. Hazel St., Gridley, Butte County.\u003c/a>\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>Butte County: Neighborhood Church Evacuation Shelter, \u003ca href=\"https://maps.app.goo.gl/dte2uHYHQrP77GG27\">2801 Notre Dame Blvd. Chico, CA 95928\u003c/a>\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>Tehama County: Red Cross Los Molinos Vet’s Hall Evacuation Shelter, \u003ca href=\"https://maps.app.goo.gl/Xt3hqqbh9USvaQsa6\">7980 Sherwood Blvd., Los Molinos, CA 96055.\u003c/a>\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>Tehama County Evacuation Resource Center, St. Peter’s Episcopal Church, \u003ca href=\"https://maps.app.goo.gl/sw5R9CBdTWYCFZ5t5\">510 Jefferson St., Red Bluff, CA 96080.\u003c/a> Saturday: 9 a.m.–6 p.m. and Sunday: 11 a.m.–6 p.m.\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>Butte County: North Valley Animal Disaster Group Small Animal Shelter, \u003ca href=\"https://maps.app.goo.gl/8myuBQFm7x21Tja86\">2279 Del Oro Ave., Oroville, CA 95965,\u003c/a> 8 a.m.–9 p.m. No waterfowl or chickens are accepted. 530-895-0000\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>Tehama County Small Animal Shelter, \u003ca href=\"https://maps.app.goo.gl/RNxQfsmuA9BFubZw9\">22005 Gilmore Ranch Road, Red Bluff, CA 96080, 8 a.m.–5 p.m.\u003c/a>\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>Butte County: Camelot Equestrian Park Large Animal Shelter, \u003ca href=\"https://maps.app.goo.gl/Qgh9cgyqTRTfhgdH9\">1985 Clark Road, Oroville, CA 95966.\u003c/a>\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>Tehama County: Ridgeway Park Large Animal Shelter, \u003ca href=\"https://maps.app.goo.gl/oLnQnD4m122CBBu47\">19725 Ridge Road, Red Bluff, CA 96080,\u003c/a> 7 a.m.–9 p.m. Self Service: Provide your own setup and feed. Ridgeway has open space, an arena area, and space for folks to bring panels in to set up locations for livestock.\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>Tehama County: Corning Rodeo Grounds at Estill C. Clark Park Large Animal Shelter, \u003ca href=\"https://maps.app.goo.gl/JbqBV2xYxCZcQhmV8\">103 E. Fig Lane, Corning, CA 96021\u003c/a>. Self Service: Provide your own setup and feed. Power and water will be available. Use the east gate at the road on Fig Lane to access the location; the gate will be shut but not locked.\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>Redding Rodeo Grounds Large Animal Shelter, \u003ca href=\"https://g.co/kgs/ccjMmsX\">715 Auditorium Drive, Redding, CA 96001.\u003c/a>\u003c/li>\n\u003c/ul>\n\u003cp>The Tehama County Sheriff’s Office offers escorts for residents to evacuate or feed and water animals left behind. 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"content": "\u003cp>Environmental groups have been \u003ca href=\"https://www.sierraclub.org/press-releases/2024/07/leading-environmental-and-climate-organizations-endorse-vice-president\">quick to endorse\u003c/a> Vice President Kamala Harris as the Democratic presidential nominee, touting the Biden-Harris administration’s \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11996920/young-voters-seek-more-from-harris-on-climate-action-and-a-cease-fire-in-israel\">climate accomplishments\u003c/a>. Harris herself cast the tie-breaking vote to pass the landmark \u003ca href=\"https://www.whitehouse.gov/cleanenergy/inflation-reduction-act-guidebook/\">Inflation Reduction Act\u003c/a>, which unleashed hundreds of billions of dollars for the transition to clean energy and electric vehicles, among other things.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But before she was vice president, Harris had a mixed record of tackling environmental issues as a California prosecutor — one that appears to have strengthened with time, advocates said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>As San Francisco district attorney in 2005, Harris \u003ca href=\"https://www.sfgate.com/crime/article/SAN-FRANCISCO-D-A-creates-environmental-unit-2666667.php\">created one of the first environmental justice units\u003c/a> of any DA’s office in the country. The goal was to tackle pollution in the city that was disproportionately happening in poorer neighborhoods like Bayview-Hunters Point.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“This is the kind of phenomena that you see around the country, where in low-income communities and communities of color, you see bad actors treating these communities like dumping grounds,” Harris said in \u003ca href=\"https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gMyh3WIHXE4\">an interview with the podcast\u003c/a> “A Matter of Degrees” in 2022. “And so I went after them.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The unit consisted of two staff attorneys and an investigator tasked with prosecuting law-breaking industries and individuals.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“That was really important,” said Bradley Angel, executive director of Greenaction for Health and Environmental Justice based in San Francisco, who led the organization back then, too. “Now, were there as many results as we would have liked to see? No, there wasn’t.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In fact, as district attorney, Harris failed to take on some of the biggest polluters in the city, he said. That includes the U.S. Navy, which is responsible for contaminating the Hunters Point Naval Shipyard. The \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/science/1993505/cleanup-of-san-francisco-superfund-site-has-been-badly-mishandled-lawsuit-alleges\">Superfund site is still contaminated\u003c/a> with heavy metals and radioactive waste, even after the Navy ceased operations in 1994.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“We would have liked to see more aggressive prosecution of those who contaminated the shipyard and more action to ensure that there be a proper cleanup,” he said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>According to a \u003ca href=\"https://www.leefang.com/p/kamala-harris-greenwashed-justice\">recent investigation\u003c/a> by independent reporter Lee Fang, Harris’ environmental justice unit ultimately only filed a handful of lawsuits against relatively small entities.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I think it would be fair to say we feel she could have done more in her role here in San Francisco,” Angel said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>However, as California attorney general, Harris stepped up her efforts to hold polluters accountable. In 2011, \u003ca href=\"https://oag.ca.gov/news/press-releases/attorney-general-kamala-d-harris-announces-settlement-over-diesel-engine-exhaust\">she reached a settlement\u003c/a> with the ports of Los Angeles and Long Beach to reduce diesel engine emissions and to properly warn nearby residents about the high levels of diesel exhaust. In 2016, she helped\u003ca href=\"https://oag.ca.gov/news/press-releases/attorney-general-kamala-d-harris-announces-indictment-plains-all-american\"> bring criminal charges\u003c/a> against a pipeline operator responsible for a massive oil spill in Santa Barbara the year prior. She also \u003ca href=\"https://www.justice.gov/usao-ndca/pr/pge-found-guilty-obstruction-agency-proceeding-and-multiple-violations-natural-gas\">took on PG&E\u003c/a> for its role in the San Bruno pipeline explosion.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“She has a very long record on climate change and environmental justice and has really put protecting communities at the center of a lot of her work,” said Leah Stokes, associate professor at UC Santa Barbara.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Since Harris joined the Biden administration, environmental issues have become an even higher priority for her, Stokes said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In addition to supporting the Inflation Reduction Act and the Green New Deal, she \u003ca href=\"https://apnews.com/article/epa-billions-clean-green-energy-community-grants-8f6c76cb41783a5e838ac4f7f7cce086\">sponsored “green bank” legislation\u003c/a> to provide funding for low-income communities to reduce their carbon footprints. She also worked on legislation to \u003ca href=\"https://www.whitehouse.gov/briefing-room/speeches-remarks/2022/10/26/remarks-by-vice-president-harris-on-investments-in-clean-school-buses/\">transition to electric school buses\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“It’s not just that she cast that deciding vote for those climate laws,” Stokes said. “It’s also that her ideas were really at the heart of the entire package.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>If former President Donald Trump\u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11997168/california-largely-won-its-climate-fight-with-trump-round-2-could-be-tougher\"> is elected to the White House\u003c/a> in November, Stokes said, all that progress will be for naught.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“This is a man who does not believe in climate science. Who appointed people who do not believe in climate science to run the Department of Energy and our Environmental Protection Agency,” she said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Angel, the Greenaction executive director, agreed that a second Trump term would be catastrophic for the environment. But, he said, if Harris is elected, he hopes she does more for the country than she did for the city where she got her start.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“The lesser of two evils is not good enough,” he said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n",
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"content": "\u003cp>California has arguably never had so much climate momentum, enjoying a moment of alignment between its strong environmental goals and federal policy after battling with the Trump administration.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>However, \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11993747/if-trump-wins-climate\">a second term\u003c/a> for former President Donald Trump — a Trump vs. California 2.0 — would almost certainly be a vicious legal rematch between the most populous state in the nation and an administration intent on weakening its regulations and protections.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>California and the Trump administration were constantly fighting in court and in the headlines, with the state participating in almost 100 lawsuits against the U.S. during his presidency, \u003ca href=\"https://attorneysgeneral.org/multistate-lawsuits-vs-the-federal-government/\">according to a tracker\u003c/a> developed by a Marquette University political scientist.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In hindsight, the state’s laws and policies \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/science/1956379/on-the-environment-trump-is-getting-trounced-in-the-courts-at-least-so-far\">emerged relatively unscathed\u003c/a>. However, during a second Trump term, the administration could be more successful in hampering California’s climate and environmental policies.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>For one, Trump staffers are likely to be more focused and competent than they were the first time around. Secondly, the legal landscape has changed as Trump-appointed judges sit on benches everywhere, from the Supreme Court to local districts.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Mary Nichols, former head of the California Air Resources Board, was one of \u003ca href=\"https://www.theatlantic.com/politics/archive/2018/10/trumps-coming-showdown-with-californias-queen-of-green/571051/\">the chief architects\u003c/a> of California’s ultimately successful legal battle against the Trump administration’s efforts to dismantle the state’s strict auto-emissions standards.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The state was helped, Nichols said, by the fact that many Trump appointees “took a long time to figure out how to do as much damage as they wanted to do.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The state often beat them on the grounds that they hadn’t followed correct procedures. But during a second Trump administration, “they’ve already said they’re going to be much more prepared this time around to move very quickly, to start to dismantle everything they can possibly dismantle. So, it will be hard.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>On the other hand, with Vice President Kamala Harris poised as the Democratic standard bearer, the Golden State could see one of its own leading the White House. Raised in the Bay Area before she went on to serve as San Francisco district attorney and California attorney general, Harris has spent much of her career working on environmental and climate issues. A Harris administration could help the state meet its goals and perhaps \u003ca href=\"https://www.latimes.com/environment/story/2024-07-23/environmentalists-ecstatic-over-kamala-harris-candidacy\">give it additional momentum\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>The legal landscape has changed\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>No matter who the next person to enter the White House is, California’s legal chessboard has changed.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“The danger, of course, is the Supreme Court,” Nichols said, “which, in his first term, Trump succeeded in skewing very far to the right and particularly far in the direction of supporting an attack on any type of regulatory activity.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Notably, in June, the \u003ca href=\"https://www.mercurynews.com/2024/06/28/landmark-supreme-court-ruling-in-chevron-case-could-curb-environmental-protections-in-california/\">court overturned\u003c/a> a 1984 Supreme Court decision known as the Chevron doctrine. That long-standing precedent said judges in lower courts should defer to the expertise of federal agencies, like the Environmental Protection Agency, when the laws passed by Congress are vague.[aside postID=news_11993386 hero='https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/07/ThompsonFireOrovilleAP1-1020x680.jpg']That decision fits into a larger pattern, said \u003ca href=\"https://law.ucla.edu/faculty/faculty-profiles/ann-e-carlson\">Ann Carlson\u003c/a>, an environmental law professor at UCLA and former chief counsel and acting administrator of the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration, under the Biden-Harris administration.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“The Supreme Court in the past year and a half or so has taken up four separate environmental cases and has struck down environmental regulations in every one of them, and they’ve done so on different grounds,” Carlson said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The basis of those decisions — what’s known as the major questions doctrine — could be a bigger threat to California’s ability to regulate itself than any individual decision, such as the Chevron doctrine, she said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“The basic idea from the court is that if a regulation transforms the economy in a significant way, and Congress hasn’t directly told the agency to issue that regulation, then the agency lacks the power to do that,” Carlson said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In 2022, the court used this doctrine to \u003ca href=\"https://www.hsph.harvard.edu/news/features/the-supreme-court-curbed-epas-power-to-regulate-carbon-emissions-from-power-plants-what-comes-next/#:~:text=July%2019%2C%202022%20%E2%80%93%20In%20late,sources%20that%20emit%20less%20carbon\">invalidate the Clean Power Plan\u003c/a> (despite it already being scuttled by the Trump administration). It was used to \u003ca href=\"https://nortonrosefulbright.com/en-us/knowledge/publications/81586721/us-supreme-court-decisions-stay-osha-ets-uphold-cms-vaccine-mandate\">invalidate vaccine mandates\u003c/a> for corporations and businesses under the Occupational Safety and Health Administration. The court also used it to \u003ca href=\"https://www.law.upenn.edu/live/news/15982-questions-remain-on-major-questions-doctrine\">strike down\u003c/a> President Biden’s student loan forgiveness program.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“So this is a doctrine that they’ve been employing a lot to invalidate big regulatory programs issued by the Biden administration,” Carlson said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>A petition for the court to \u003ca href=\"https://www.eenews.net/articles/scotus-bait-legal-battle-over-calif-waiver-begins/\">take up a case challenging\u003c/a> California’s ability to set its own extra-tough vehicle emissions standards is still pending. Under that authority, California has enacted the Advanced Clean Cars Program and will \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/54794/carb-vehicle-emissions-rules\">push automakers to sell\u003c/a> an increasing number of electric vehicles in the state. The state considers this key to meeting not only its climate goals but also its clean air requirements.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Regardless of who is the next president, “there’s big legal threats right now to California’s ability to regulate,” Carlson said. “And then if Trump were to succeed and be elected president, there will be big political threats to California’s authority to regulate.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Nichols, the former head of the California Air Resources Board, worries that the legal threats will make state officials wary of carrying out lawsuits. “Are we so afraid of being taken to court or going to court that we end up, you know, not standing up for things that we should be standing up for?”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>California is likely to continue to face challenges at the Supreme Court, she said, but the state’s prospects will depend on the individual cases.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I’m not convinced that this Supreme Court is just out to screw California or that they really want to, you know, prevent electric cars,” Nichols said. “We’re not automatically screwed. But it doesn’t mean that it’s not going to be harder than it was the last time around.”\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>Whatever happens in November\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>Ignoring the political horse race for a moment, Californians would do well to consider the fact that climate change is real, being felt by residents of the state every day and that burning fossil fuel is the primary driver of global heating.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“We are on the edge of existential crisis,” Carlson said. “We cannot afford to wait any longer to attack the problem as vigorously as possible.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad floatright]\u003c/p>\n",
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