window.__IS_SSR__=true
window.__INITIAL_STATE__={
"attachmentsReducer": {
"audio_0": {
"type": "attachments",
"id": "audio_0",
"imgSizes": {
"kqedFullSize": {
"file": "https://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/themes/KQED-unified/img/audio_bgs/background0.jpg"
}
}
},
"audio_1": {
"type": "attachments",
"id": "audio_1",
"imgSizes": {
"kqedFullSize": {
"file": "https://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/themes/KQED-unified/img/audio_bgs/background1.jpg"
}
}
},
"audio_2": {
"type": "attachments",
"id": "audio_2",
"imgSizes": {
"kqedFullSize": {
"file": "https://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/themes/KQED-unified/img/audio_bgs/background2.jpg"
}
}
},
"audio_3": {
"type": "attachments",
"id": "audio_3",
"imgSizes": {
"kqedFullSize": {
"file": "https://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/themes/KQED-unified/img/audio_bgs/background3.jpg"
}
}
},
"audio_4": {
"type": "attachments",
"id": "audio_4",
"imgSizes": {
"kqedFullSize": {
"file": "https://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/themes/KQED-unified/img/audio_bgs/background4.jpg"
}
}
},
"placeholder": {
"type": "attachments",
"id": "placeholder",
"imgSizes": {
"thumbnail": {
"file": "https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/12/KQED-Default-Image-816638274-2000x1333-1-160x107.jpg",
"width": 160,
"height": 107,
"mimeType": "image/jpeg"
},
"medium": {
"file": "https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/12/KQED-Default-Image-816638274-2000x1333-1-800x533.jpg",
"width": 800,
"height": 533,
"mimeType": "image/jpeg"
},
"medium_large": {
"file": "https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/12/KQED-Default-Image-816638274-2000x1333-1-768x512.jpg",
"width": 768,
"height": 512,
"mimeType": "image/jpeg"
},
"large": {
"file": "https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/12/KQED-Default-Image-816638274-2000x1333-1-1020x680.jpg",
"width": 1020,
"height": 680,
"mimeType": "image/jpeg"
},
"1536x1536": {
"file": "https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/12/KQED-Default-Image-816638274-2000x1333-1-1536x1024.jpg",
"width": 1536,
"height": 1024,
"mimeType": "image/jpeg"
},
"fd-lrg": {
"file": "https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/12/KQED-Default-Image-816638274-2000x1333-1-1536x1024.jpg",
"width": 1536,
"height": 1024,
"mimeType": "image/jpeg"
},
"fd-med": {
"file": "https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/12/KQED-Default-Image-816638274-2000x1333-1-1020x680.jpg",
"width": 1020,
"height": 680,
"mimeType": "image/jpeg"
},
"fd-sm": {
"file": "https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/12/KQED-Default-Image-816638274-2000x1333-1-800x533.jpg",
"width": 800,
"height": 533,
"mimeType": "image/jpeg"
},
"post-thumbnail": {
"file": "https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/12/KQED-Default-Image-816638274-2000x1333-1-672x372.jpg",
"width": 672,
"height": 372,
"mimeType": "image/jpeg"
},
"twentyfourteen-full-width": {
"file": "https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/12/KQED-Default-Image-816638274-2000x1333-1-1038x576.jpg",
"width": 1038,
"height": 576,
"mimeType": "image/jpeg"
},
"xxsmall": {
"file": "https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/12/KQED-Default-Image-816638274-2000x1333-1-160x107.jpg",
"width": 160,
"height": 107,
"mimeType": "image/jpeg"
},
"xsmall": {
"file": "https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/12/KQED-Default-Image-816638274-2000x1333-1-672x372.jpg",
"width": 672,
"height": 372,
"mimeType": "image/jpeg"
},
"small": {
"file": "https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/12/KQED-Default-Image-816638274-2000x1333-1-672x372.jpg",
"width": 672,
"height": 372,
"mimeType": "image/jpeg"
},
"xlarge": {
"file": "https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/12/KQED-Default-Image-816638274-2000x1333-1-1020x680.jpg",
"width": 1020,
"height": 680,
"mimeType": "image/jpeg"
},
"full-width": {
"file": "https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/12/KQED-Default-Image-816638274-2000x1333-1-1920x1280.jpg",
"width": 1920,
"height": 1280,
"mimeType": "image/jpeg"
},
"guest-author-32": {
"file": "https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/01/KQED-Default-Image-816638274-1333x1333-1-160x160.jpg",
"width": 32,
"height": 32,
"mimeType": "image/jpeg"
},
"guest-author-50": {
"file": "https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/01/KQED-Default-Image-816638274-1333x1333-1-160x160.jpg",
"width": 50,
"height": 50,
"mimeType": "image/jpeg"
},
"guest-author-64": {
"file": "https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/01/KQED-Default-Image-816638274-1333x1333-1-160x160.jpg",
"width": 64,
"height": 64,
"mimeType": "image/jpeg"
},
"guest-author-96": {
"file": "https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/01/KQED-Default-Image-816638274-1333x1333-1-160x160.jpg",
"width": 96,
"height": 96,
"mimeType": "image/jpeg"
},
"guest-author-128": {
"file": "https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/01/KQED-Default-Image-816638274-1333x1333-1-160x160.jpg",
"width": 128,
"height": 128,
"mimeType": "image/jpeg"
},
"detail": {
"file": "https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/01/KQED-Default-Image-816638274-1333x1333-1-160x160.jpg",
"width": 160,
"height": 160,
"mimeType": "image/jpeg"
},
"kqedFullSize": {
"file": "https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/12/KQED-Default-Image-816638274-2000x1333-1.jpg",
"width": 2000,
"height": 1333
}
}
},
"science_14920": {
"type": "attachments",
"id": "science_14920",
"meta": {
"index": "attachments_1716263798",
"site": "science",
"id": "14920",
"found": true
},
"parent": 14914,
"imgSizes": {
"kqedFullSize": {
"file": "https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/35/2014/03/177267473.jpg",
"width": 640,
"height": 360
}
},
"publishDate": 1394062553,
"modified": 1394062553,
"caption": "Some plastics leach chemicals that are dangerous to developing fetuses and children. ",
"description": "Some plastics leach chemicals that are dangerous to developing fetuses and children. ",
"title": "plastic",
"credit": null,
"status": "inherit",
"isLoading": false,
"fetchFailed": false
},
"news_128348": {
"type": "attachments",
"id": "news_128348",
"meta": {
"index": "attachments_1716263798",
"site": "news",
"id": "128348",
"found": true
},
"parent": 127354,
"imgSizes": {
"kqedFullSize": {
"file": "https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2014/03/RS9008_IMG_5580-copy-lpr.jpg",
"width": 1536,
"height": 1024
}
},
"publishDate": 1393973964,
"modified": 1393973964,
"caption": "Alameda County Water District employees dig a groundwater monitoring well on the property of First Presbyterian Church in Newark. (Mark Andrew Boyer/KQED)",
"description": null,
"title": "RS9008_IMG_5580 copy-lpr",
"credit": null,
"status": "inherit",
"isLoading": false,
"fetchFailed": false
},
"stateofhealth_17972": {
"type": "attachments",
"id": "stateofhealth_17972",
"meta": {
"index": "attachments_1716263798",
"site": "stateofhealth",
"id": "17972",
"found": true
},
"parent": 17971,
"imgSizes": {
"thumbnail": {
"file": "https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/27/2014/03/Screen-Shot-2014-03-04-at-3.29.21-PM-e1393975849793-400x183.png",
"width": 400,
"mimeType": "image/png",
"height": 183
},
"fd-sm": {
"file": "https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/27/2014/03/Screen-Shot-2014-03-04-at-3.29.21-PM-e1393975849793-320x146.png",
"width": 320,
"mimeType": "image/png",
"height": 146
},
"kqedFullSize": {
"file": "https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/27/2014/03/Screen-Shot-2014-03-04-at-3.29.21-PM-e1393975849793.png",
"width": 639,
"height": 292
},
"guest-author-96": {
"file": "https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/27/2014/03/Screen-Shot-2014-03-04-at-3.29.21-PM-e1393975849793-96x96.png",
"width": 96,
"mimeType": "image/png",
"height": 96
},
"guest-author-64": {
"file": "https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/27/2014/03/Screen-Shot-2014-03-04-at-3.29.21-PM-e1393975849793-64x64.png",
"width": 64,
"mimeType": "image/png",
"height": 64
},
"detail": {
"file": "https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/27/2014/03/Screen-Shot-2014-03-04-at-3.29.21-PM-e1393975849793-75x75.png",
"width": 75,
"mimeType": "image/png",
"height": 75
},
"guest-author-32": {
"file": "https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/27/2014/03/Screen-Shot-2014-03-04-at-3.29.21-PM-e1393975849793-32x32.png",
"width": 32,
"mimeType": "image/png",
"height": 32
},
"guest-author-128": {
"file": "https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/27/2014/03/Screen-Shot-2014-03-04-at-3.29.21-PM-e1393975849793-128x128.png",
"width": 128,
"mimeType": "image/png",
"height": 128
}
},
"publishDate": 1393975838,
"modified": 1393975838,
"caption": "The red dots mark a school or childcare facility where the vaccine opt-out rate is 10 percent or more. ",
"description": null,
"title": "Screen Shot 2014-03-04 at 3.29.21 PM",
"credit": null,
"status": "inherit",
"isLoading": false,
"fetchFailed": false
},
"news_128086": {
"type": "attachments",
"id": "news_128086",
"meta": {
"index": "attachments_1716263798",
"site": "news",
"id": "128086",
"found": true
},
"parent": 128077,
"imgSizes": {
"kqedFullSize": {
"file": "https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2014/02/CIRTreasureIsleCleanup.jpg",
"width": 640,
"height": 360
}
},
"publishDate": 1393624553,
"modified": 1393624553,
"caption": "Radioactive warning signs are posted on the fence surrounding a cleanup site on Treasure Island in 2012. (Michael Short/The Center for Investigative Reporting)",
"description": "Radioactive warning signs are posted on the fence surrounding a cleanup site on Treasure Island in 2012. (Michael Short/The Center for Investigative Reporting)",
"title": "CIRTreasureIsleCleanup",
"credit": null,
"status": "inherit",
"isLoading": false,
"fetchFailed": false
},
"news_128050": {
"type": "attachments",
"id": "news_128050",
"meta": {
"index": "attachments_1716263798",
"site": "news",
"id": "128050",
"found": true
},
"parent": 128046,
"imgSizes": {
"kqedFullSize": {
"file": "https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2014/02/Shungun.jpg",
"width": 1280,
"height": 900
}
},
"publishDate": 1393615990,
"modified": 1393615990,
"caption": null,
"description": null,
"title": "Shungun",
"credit": null,
"status": "inherit",
"isLoading": false,
"fetchFailed": false
},
"news_127921": {
"type": "attachments",
"id": "news_127921",
"meta": {
"index": "attachments_1716263798",
"site": "news",
"id": "127921",
"found": true
},
"parent": 127920,
"imgSizes": {
"kqedFullSize": {
"file": "https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2014/02/RS8993_467012475-lpr.jpg",
"width": 1536,
"height": 1024
}
},
"publishDate": 1393526453,
"modified": 1455056939,
"caption": "California beef cattle. ",
"description": "California beef cattle (David McNew/Getty Images)",
"title": "California beef cattle.",
"credit": "David McNew/Getty Images",
"status": "inherit",
"isLoading": false,
"fetchFailed": false
},
"news_127828": {
"type": "attachments",
"id": "news_127828",
"meta": {
"index": "attachments_1716263798",
"site": "news",
"id": "127828",
"found": true
},
"parent": 127740,
"imgSizes": {
"kqedFullSize": {
"file": "https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2014/02/1643755378_24781bac5c_b.jpg",
"width": 1024,
"height": 768
}
},
"publishDate": 1393455528,
"modified": 1393455528,
"caption": "Condoms (Shawn Latta/Flickr)",
"description": "Condoms (Shawn Latta/Flickr)",
"title": "Condoms",
"credit": null,
"status": "inherit",
"isLoading": false,
"fetchFailed": false
},
"news_127667": {
"type": "attachments",
"id": "news_127667",
"meta": {
"index": "attachments_1716263798",
"site": "news",
"id": "127667",
"found": true
},
"parent": 127656,
"imgSizes": {
"kqedFullSize": {
"file": "https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2014/02/RS8990_Photo1-lpr.jpg",
"width": 1535,
"height": 1024
}
},
"publishDate": 1393373014,
"modified": 1393373014,
"caption": "Teacher Kirstie Mah leading class discussion on dating violence at Oakland's Lighthouse Charter School. (Aaron Mendelson/KQED)",
"description": "Teacher Kirstie Mah leading class discussion on dating violence at Oakland's Lighthouse Charter School. (Aaron Mendelson/KQED)",
"title": "Dating Matters-Kirstie Mah",
"credit": null,
"status": "inherit",
"isLoading": false,
"fetchFailed": false
},
"news_122166": {
"type": "attachments",
"id": "news_122166",
"meta": {
"index": "attachments_1716263798",
"site": "news",
"id": "122166",
"found": true
},
"parent": 122157,
"imgSizes": {
"kqedFullSize": {
"file": "https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2013/12/jahimcmath-e1388533941569.jpg",
"width": 400,
"height": 258
}
},
"publishDate": 1388425625,
"modified": 1388425625,
"caption": "(Photo: Jahi McMath Fund)",
"description": "(Photo: Jahi McMath Fund)",
"title": "jahimcmath",
"credit": null,
"status": "inherit",
"isLoading": false,
"fetchFailed": false
},
"news_126114": {
"type": "attachments",
"id": "news_126114",
"meta": {
"index": "attachments_1716263798",
"site": "news",
"id": "126114",
"found": true
},
"parent": 126106,
"imgSizes": {
"kqedFullSize": {
"file": "https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2014/02/soda.png",
"width": 720,
"height": 448
}
},
"publishDate": 1392237022,
"modified": 1392237022,
"caption": "No Bay Area city has yet been successful in passing a sugar-sweetened beverages tax. Will Berkeley be first? (Vox Efx/Berkeleyside)",
"description": null,
"title": "soda",
"credit": null,
"status": "inherit",
"isLoading": false,
"fetchFailed": false
},
"news_125663": {
"type": "attachments",
"id": "news_125663",
"meta": {
"index": "attachments_1716263798",
"site": "news",
"id": "125663",
"found": true
},
"parent": 125652,
"imgSizes": {
"kqedFullSize": {
"file": "https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2014/02/Buke_kid_red5-e1391814538150.jpg",
"width": 640,
"height": 480
}
},
"publishDate": 1391814498,
"modified": 1391814498,
"caption": "Dr. Nadine Burke Harris.",
"description": null,
"title": "Buke_kid_red[5]",
"credit": null,
"status": "inherit",
"isLoading": false,
"fetchFailed": false
}
},
"audioPlayerReducer": {
"postId": "stream_live",
"isPaused": true,
"isPlaying": false,
"pfsActive": false,
"pledgeModalIsOpen": true,
"playerDrawerIsOpen": false,
"liveAudioPlayStartedAt": 0,
"liveAudioPlayContext": ""
},
"authorsReducer": {
"dmarks": {
"type": "authors",
"id": "182",
"meta": {
"index": "authors_1716337520",
"id": "182",
"found": true
},
"name": "David Marks",
"firstName": "David",
"lastName": "Marks",
"slug": "dmarks",
"email": "dmarks@kqed.org",
"display_author_email": false,
"staff_mastheads": [],
"title": "KQED Editor",
"bio": "David Marks is a senior digital editor for KQED News. \u003c/a>Reach him at dmarks@kqed.org.",
"avatar": "https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/b88bd6227ce6cb96ae33fefaf42b2a29?s=600&d=mm&r=g",
"twitter": "divadskram",
"facebook": null,
"instagram": null,
"linkedin": null,
"sites": [
{
"site": "news",
"roles": []
},
{
"site": "science",
"roles": []
},
{
"site": "perspectives",
"roles": []
},
{
"site": "liveblog",
"roles": []
}
],
"headData": {
"title": "David Marks | KQED",
"description": "KQED Editor",
"ogImgSrc": "https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/b88bd6227ce6cb96ae33fefaf42b2a29?s=600&d=mm&r=g",
"twImgSrc": "https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/b88bd6227ce6cb96ae33fefaf42b2a29?s=600&d=mm&r=g"
},
"isLoading": false,
"link": "/author/dmarks"
},
"californiawatch": {
"type": "authors",
"id": "217",
"meta": {
"index": "authors_1716337520",
"id": "217",
"found": true
},
"name": "The Center for Investigative Reporting",
"firstName": "The Center for Investigative Reporting",
"lastName": null,
"slug": "californiawatch",
"email": "mfarnsworth@cironline.org",
"display_author_email": false,
"staff_mastheads": [],
"title": null,
"bio": null,
"avatar": "https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/3decbd1a641caa0185742db6828cb8e4?s=600&d=blank&r=g",
"twitter": null,
"facebook": null,
"instagram": null,
"linkedin": null,
"sites": [
{
"site": "news",
"roles": [
"contributor"
]
}
],
"headData": {
"title": "The Center for Investigative Reporting | KQED",
"description": null,
"ogImgSrc": "https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/3decbd1a641caa0185742db6828cb8e4?s=600&d=blank&r=g",
"twImgSrc": "https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/3decbd1a641caa0185742db6828cb8e4?s=600&d=blank&r=g"
},
"isLoading": false,
"link": "/author/californiawatch"
},
"chrisrichard": {
"type": "authors",
"id": "219",
"meta": {
"index": "authors_1716337520",
"id": "219",
"found": true
},
"name": "Chris Richard",
"firstName": "Chris",
"lastName": "Richard",
"slug": "chrisrichard",
"email": "chris@chrisrichard.org",
"display_author_email": false,
"staff_mastheads": [],
"title": null,
"bio": null,
"avatar": "https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/0a5aab2628cba861c36f5f2142bf3e9c?s=600&d=blank&r=g",
"twitter": null,
"facebook": null,
"instagram": null,
"linkedin": null,
"sites": [
{
"site": "news",
"roles": [
"author"
]
},
{
"site": "stateofhealth",
"roles": [
"author"
]
}
],
"headData": {
"title": "Chris Richard | KQED",
"description": null,
"ogImgSrc": "https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/0a5aab2628cba861c36f5f2142bf3e9c?s=600&d=blank&r=g",
"twImgSrc": "https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/0a5aab2628cba861c36f5f2142bf3e9c?s=600&d=blank&r=g"
},
"isLoading": false,
"link": "/author/chrisrichard"
},
"danbrekke": {
"type": "authors",
"id": "222",
"meta": {
"index": "authors_1716337520",
"id": "222",
"found": true
},
"name": "Dan Brekke",
"firstName": "Dan",
"lastName": "Brekke",
"slug": "danbrekke",
"email": "dbrekke@kqed.org",
"display_author_email": true,
"staff_mastheads": [
"news",
"science"
],
"title": "KQED Editor and Reporter",
"bio": "Dan Brekke is a reporter and editor for KQED News, responsible for coverage of topics ranging from California water issues to the Bay Area's transportation challenges. In a newsroom career that began in Chicago in 1972, Dan has worked for \u003cem>The San Francisco Examiner,\u003c/em> Wired and TechTV and has been published in The New York Times, The New York Times Magazine, Business 2.0, Salon and elsewhere.\r\n\r\nSince joining KQED in 2007, Dan has reported, edited and produced both radio and online features and breaking news pieces. He has shared as both editor and reporter in four Society of Professional Journalists Norcal Excellence in Journalism awards and one Edward R. Murrow regional award. He was chosen for a spring 2017 residency at the Mesa Refuge to advance his research on California salmon.\r\n\r\nEmail Dan at: \u003ca href=\"mailto:dbrekke@kqed.org\">dbrekke@kqed.org\u003c/a>\r\n\r\n\u003cstrong>Twitter:\u003c/strong> \u003ca href=\"https://twitter.com/danbrekke\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">twitter.com/danbrekke\u003c/a>\r\n\u003cstrong>Facebook:\u003c/strong> \u003ca href=\"https://www.facebook.com/danbrekke\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">www.facebook.com/danbrekke\u003c/a>\r\n\u003cstrong>LinkedIn:\u003c/strong> \u003ca href=\"https://www.linkedin.com/in/danbrekke\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">www.linkedin.com/in/danbrekke\u003c/a>",
"avatar": "https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/c8126230345efca3f7aa89b1a402be45?s=600&d=mm&r=g",
"twitter": "danbrekke",
"facebook": null,
"instagram": "https://www.instagram.com/dan.brekke/",
"linkedin": "https://www.linkedin.com/in/danbrekke/",
"sites": [
{
"site": "news",
"roles": [
"administrator",
"create_posts"
]
},
{
"site": "stateofhealth",
"roles": [
"editor"
]
},
{
"site": "science",
"roles": [
"editor"
]
},
{
"site": "quest",
"roles": [
"contributor"
]
},
{
"site": "food",
"roles": [
"contributor"
]
},
{
"site": "forum",
"roles": [
"contributor"
]
},
{
"site": "liveblog",
"roles": [
"editor"
]
}
],
"headData": {
"title": "Dan Brekke | KQED",
"description": "KQED Editor and Reporter",
"ogImgSrc": "https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/c8126230345efca3f7aa89b1a402be45?s=600&d=mm&r=g",
"twImgSrc": "https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/c8126230345efca3f7aa89b1a402be45?s=600&d=mm&r=g"
},
"isLoading": false,
"link": "/author/danbrekke"
},
"grubenstein": {
"type": "authors",
"id": "228",
"meta": {
"index": "authors_1716337520",
"id": "228",
"found": true
},
"name": "Grace Rubenstein",
"firstName": "Grace",
"lastName": "Rubenstein",
"slug": "grubenstein",
"email": "grubenstein@KQED.org",
"display_author_email": false,
"staff_mastheads": [],
"title": null,
"bio": null,
"avatar": "https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/050f919cc66b38c8f1bc29eff45e3e6c?s=600&d=blank&r=g",
"twitter": null,
"facebook": null,
"instagram": null,
"linkedin": null,
"sites": [
{
"site": "news",
"roles": [
"subscriber"
]
},
{
"site": "stateofhealth",
"roles": [
"author"
]
}
],
"headData": {
"title": "Grace Rubenstein | KQED",
"description": null,
"ogImgSrc": "https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/050f919cc66b38c8f1bc29eff45e3e6c?s=600&d=blank&r=g",
"twImgSrc": "https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/050f919cc66b38c8f1bc29eff45e3e6c?s=600&d=blank&r=g"
},
"isLoading": false,
"link": "/author/grubenstein"
},
"katrinaschwartz": {
"type": "authors",
"id": "234",
"meta": {
"index": "authors_1716337520",
"id": "234",
"found": true
},
"name": "Katrina Schwartz",
"firstName": "Katrina",
"lastName": "Schwartz",
"slug": "katrinaschwartz",
"email": "kschwartz@kqed.org",
"display_author_email": false,
"staff_mastheads": [
"news"
],
"title": "Producer",
"bio": "Katrina Schwartz is a journalist based in San Francisco. She's worked at KPCC public radio in LA and has reported on air and online for KQED since 2010. She covered how teaching and learning is changing for MindShift between 2012 and 2020. She is the co-host of the MindShift podcast and now produces KQED's Bay Curious podcast.",
"avatar": "https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/edb4ee79070447a018538c9aae6eeecf28786515b8a0c30e43b6b7dce5aa44c8?s=600&d=blank&r=g",
"twitter": "kschwart",
"bluesky": null,
"facebook": null,
"instagram": null,
"linkedin": null,
"sites": [
{
"site": "news",
"roles": [
"editor"
]
},
{
"site": "mindshift",
"roles": [
"administrator"
]
},
{
"site": "stateofhealth",
"roles": [
"author"
]
},
{
"site": "science",
"roles": [
"editor"
]
}
],
"headData": {
"title": "Katrina Schwartz | KQED",
"description": "Producer",
"ogImgSrc": "https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/edb4ee79070447a018538c9aae6eeecf28786515b8a0c30e43b6b7dce5aa44c8?s=600&d=blank&r=g",
"twImgSrc": "https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/edb4ee79070447a018538c9aae6eeecf28786515b8a0c30e43b6b7dce5aa44c8?s=600&d=blank&r=g"
},
"isLoading": false,
"link": "/author/katrinaschwartz"
},
"kqed": {
"type": "authors",
"id": "236",
"meta": {
"index": "authors_1716337520",
"id": "236",
"found": true
},
"name": "KQED News Staff",
"firstName": "KQED News Staff",
"lastName": null,
"slug": "kqed",
"email": "faq@kqed.org",
"display_author_email": false,
"staff_mastheads": [],
"title": null,
"bio": null,
"avatar": "https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/ef0e801a68c4c54afa9180db14084167?s=600&d=blank&r=g",
"twitter": null,
"facebook": null,
"instagram": null,
"linkedin": null,
"sites": [
{
"site": "arts",
"roles": [
"contributor"
]
},
{
"site": "news",
"roles": [
"editor"
]
},
{
"site": "futureofyou",
"roles": [
"author"
]
}
],
"headData": {
"title": "KQED News Staff | KQED",
"description": null,
"ogImgSrc": "https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/ef0e801a68c4c54afa9180db14084167?s=600&d=blank&r=g",
"twImgSrc": "https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/ef0e801a68c4c54afa9180db14084167?s=600&d=blank&r=g"
},
"isLoading": false,
"link": "/author/kqed"
},
"kqednewsstaffandwires": {
"type": "authors",
"id": "237",
"meta": {
"index": "authors_1716337520",
"id": "237",
"found": true
},
"name": "KQED News Staff and Wires",
"firstName": "KQED News Staff and Wires",
"lastName": null,
"slug": "kqednewsstaffandwires",
"email": "onlinenewsstaff@kqed.org",
"display_author_email": false,
"staff_mastheads": [],
"title": null,
"bio": null,
"avatar": "https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/72295af8ebbfbd19a4948f5271285664?s=600&d=blank&r=g",
"twitter": null,
"facebook": null,
"instagram": null,
"linkedin": null,
"sites": [
{
"site": "arts",
"roles": [
"contributor"
]
},
{
"site": "news",
"roles": [
"contributor"
]
},
{
"site": "lowdown",
"roles": [
"author"
]
},
{
"site": "stateofhealth",
"roles": [
"contributor"
]
},
{
"site": "food",
"roles": [
"author"
]
}
],
"headData": {
"title": "KQED News Staff and Wires | KQED",
"description": null,
"ogImgSrc": "https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/72295af8ebbfbd19a4948f5271285664?s=600&d=blank&r=g",
"twImgSrc": "https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/72295af8ebbfbd19a4948f5271285664?s=600&d=blank&r=g"
},
"isLoading": false,
"link": "/author/kqednewsstaffandwires"
},
"lisaaliferis": {
"type": "authors",
"id": "240",
"meta": {
"index": "authors_1716337520",
"id": "240",
"found": true
},
"name": "Lisa Aliferis",
"firstName": "Lisa",
"lastName": "Aliferis",
"slug": "lisaaliferis",
"email": "laliferis@kqed.org",
"display_author_email": false,
"staff_mastheads": [],
"title": "KQED Contributor",
"bio": "Lisa Aliferis is the founding editor of KQED's \u003cem>State of Health\u003c/em> blog. Since 2011, she's been writing and editing stories for the site. Before taking up blogging, she toiled for many years (more than we can count) producing health stories for television, including\u003cem> Dateline NBC\u003c/em> and San Francisco's CBS affiliate, KPIX-TV. She also wrote up a \u003ca title=\"http://www.kqed.org/news/health/obamacare/obamacare-guide.jsp\" href=\"http://www.kqed.org/news/health/obamacare/obamacare-guide.jsp\">handy guide to the Affordable Care Act\u003c/a>, especially for Californians. Her work has been honored for many awards. Most recently she was a finalist for \"Best Topical Reporting\" from the Online News Association. You can follow her on Twitter: \u003ca title=\"https://twitter.com/laliferis\" href=\"https://twitter.com/laliferis\">@laliferis\u003c/a>",
"avatar": "https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/86c339d5cdcb0dcd2b6cf5d7c3f5886b?s=600&d=mm&r=g",
"twitter": "laliferis",
"facebook": null,
"instagram": null,
"linkedin": null,
"sites": [
{
"site": "news",
"roles": [
"subscriber"
]
},
{
"site": "futureofyou",
"roles": [
"subscriber"
]
},
{
"site": "stateofhealth",
"roles": [
"subscriber"
]
},
{
"site": "science",
"roles": [
"subscriber"
]
},
{
"site": "food",
"roles": []
}
],
"headData": {
"title": "Lisa Aliferis | KQED",
"description": "KQED Contributor",
"ogImgSrc": "https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/86c339d5cdcb0dcd2b6cf5d7c3f5886b?s=600&d=mm&r=g",
"twImgSrc": "https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/86c339d5cdcb0dcd2b6cf5d7c3f5886b?s=600&d=mm&r=g"
},
"isLoading": false,
"link": "/author/lisaaliferis"
},
"scottshafer": {
"type": "authors",
"id": "255",
"meta": {
"index": "authors_1716337520",
"id": "255",
"found": true
},
"name": "Scott Shafer",
"firstName": "Scott",
"lastName": "Shafer",
"slug": "scottshafer",
"email": "sshafer@kqed.org",
"display_author_email": false,
"staff_mastheads": [
"news"
],
"title": "KQED Contributor",
"bio": "Scott Shafer is a senior editor with the KQED Politics and Government desk. He is co-host of Political Breakdown, the award-winning radio show and podcast with a personal take on the world of politics. Scott came to KQED in 1998 to host the statewide\u003cem> California Report\u003c/em>. Prior to that he had extended stints in politics and government\u003cem>.\u003c/em> He uses that inside experience at KQED in his, reporting, hosting and analysis for the politics desk. Scott collaborated \u003cem>Political Breakdown a\u003c/em>nd on \u003cem>The Political Mind of Jerry Brown, \u003c/em>an eight-part series about the life and extraordinary political career of the former governor. For fun, he plays water polo with the San Francisco Tsunami.",
"avatar": "https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/a62ebae45b79d7aed1a39a0e3bf68104?s=600&d=blank&r=g",
"twitter": "scottshafer",
"bluesky": null,
"facebook": null,
"instagram": null,
"linkedin": null,
"sites": [
{
"site": "news",
"roles": [
"editor"
]
},
{
"site": "stateofhealth",
"roles": [
"author"
]
},
{
"site": "science",
"roles": [
"author"
]
},
{
"site": "forum",
"roles": [
"subscriber"
]
},
{
"site": "liveblog",
"roles": [
"author"
]
}
],
"headData": {
"title": "Scott Shafer | KQED",
"description": "KQED Contributor",
"ogImgSrc": "https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/a62ebae45b79d7aed1a39a0e3bf68104?s=600&d=blank&r=g",
"twImgSrc": "https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/a62ebae45b79d7aed1a39a0e3bf68104?s=600&d=blank&r=g"
},
"isLoading": false,
"link": "/author/scottshafer"
},
"kqedscience": {
"type": "authors",
"id": "6387",
"meta": {
"index": "authors_1716337520",
"id": "6387",
"found": true
},
"name": "KQED Science",
"firstName": "KQED",
"lastName": "Science",
"slug": "kqedscience",
"email": "kqedscience@gmail.com",
"display_author_email": false,
"staff_mastheads": [],
"title": null,
"bio": "KQED Science brings you award-winning science and environment coverage from the Bay Area and beyond by the flagship Northern California PBS and NPR affiliate.",
"avatar": "https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/5a295ff49cf82a8c0f30937d3f788b2f?s=600&d=blank&r=g",
"twitter": null,
"facebook": null,
"instagram": null,
"linkedin": null,
"sites": [
{
"site": "science",
"roles": [
"contributor"
]
},
{
"site": "quest",
"roles": [
"editor"
]
},
{
"site": "food",
"roles": [
"contributor"
]
}
],
"headData": {
"title": "KQED Science | KQED",
"description": null,
"ogImgSrc": "https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/5a295ff49cf82a8c0f30937d3f788b2f?s=600&d=blank&r=g",
"twImgSrc": "https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/5a295ff49cf82a8c0f30937d3f788b2f?s=600&d=blank&r=g"
},
"isLoading": false,
"link": "/author/kqedscience"
}
},
"pagesReducer": {
"news_tag_health": {
"type": "terms",
"id": "news_18543",
"meta": {
"index": "terms_1716263798",
"site": "news",
"id": "18543",
"score": 6.8845096
},
"featImg": null,
"name": "Health",
"description": null,
"taxonomy": "tag",
"headData": {
"twImgId": null,
"twTitle": null,
"ogTitle": null,
"ogImgId": null,
"twDescription": null,
"description": null,
"title": "Health Archives | KQED News",
"ogDescription": null
},
"ttid": 466,
"slug": "health",
"isLoading": false,
"title": "Health",
"pageMeta": {
"site": "news",
"WpPageTemplate": "page-topic-editorial",
"currentPage": 108
},
"blocks": [
{
"blockName": "kqed/post-list",
"attrs": {
"layout": "cardArticle2",
"query": "posts/news?tag=health",
"seeMore": false,
"paginated": true,
"page": 108
}
},
{
"blockName": "kqed/ad"
}
]
}
},
"pfsSessionReducer": {},
"postsReducer": {
"stream_live": {
"type": "live",
"id": "stream_live",
"audioUrl": "https://streams.kqed.org/kqedradio",
"title": "Live Stream",
"excerpt": "Live Stream information currently unavailable.",
"link": "/radio",
"featImg": "",
"label": {
"name": "KQED Live",
"link": "/"
}
},
"stream_kqedNewscast": {
"type": "posts",
"id": "stream_kqedNewscast",
"audioUrl": "https://www.kqed.org/.stream/anon/radio/RDnews/newscast.mp3?_=1",
"title": "KQED Newscast",
"featImg": "",
"label": {
"name": "88.5 FM",
"link": "/"
}
},
"science_14914": {
"type": "posts",
"id": "science_14914",
"meta": {
"index": "posts_1716263798",
"site": "science",
"id": "14914",
"score": null,
"sort": [
1394070206000
]
},
"parent": 0,
"labelTerm": {
"site": "science"
},
"blocks": [],
"publishDate": 1394070206,
"format": "aside",
"title": "Are BPA-Free Plastics Any Safer?",
"headTitle": "Are BPA-Free Plastics Any Safer? | KQED",
"content": "\u003cp>\u003cstrong>By Mina Kim and Molly Samuel\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_14920\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 640px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-14920\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/science/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2014/03/177267473.jpg\" alt=\"Some plastics leach chemicals that are dangerous to developing fetuses and children. \" width=\"640\" height=\"360\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Some plastics leach chemicals that are dangerous to developing fetuses and children.\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Maybe you’ve noticed the words “BPA-free” on the packaging of plastic products like sippy cups and Tupperware. Studies have linked the chemical BPA, or Bisphenol A, to a host of health problems, particularly in pregnant women and their infants. But \u003ca href=\"http://www.ceh.org/wp-content/uploads/2014/03/PlastiPure-Report-on-CEH-Sippy-Cups-Sept-7-2012.pdf\">lab tests\u003c/a> by the Oakland-based advocacy group \u003ca href=\"http://www.ceh.org/\">Center for Environmental Health\u003c/a>, have found that the chemicals used to replace BPA may be just as harmful.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>KQED’s Mina Kim spoke with Mariah Blake, who wrote about the findings on plastics and synthetic estrogens in \u003ca href=\"http://www.motherjones.com/environment/2014/03/tritan-certichem-eastman-bpa-free-plastic-safe\">Mother Jones\u003c/a>:\u003c/p>\n\u003cblockquote>\u003cp>Estrogenic chemicals found in many common products have been linked to a litany of problems in humans and animals. According to one study, the pesticide atrazine can turn male frogs female. DES, which was once prescribed to prevent miscarriages, caused obesity, rare vaginal tumors, infertility, and testicular growths among those exposed in utero. Scientists have tied BPA to ailments including asthma, cancer, infertility, low sperm count, genital deformity, heart disease, liver problems, and ADHD. “Pick a disease, literally pick a disease,” says Frederick vom Saal, a biology professor at the University of Missouri-Columbia who studies BPA.\u003c/p>\u003c/blockquote>\n\u003cp>In 2008, Blake explained, there was a “BPA panic.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“The public suddenly became very aware of the fact that BPA was potentially harmful,” Blake said. “Around that time, many manufacturers began moving away from BPA products.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>U.S. law doesn’t require a chemical be proven safe before it goes on the market; a chemical is presumed safe until proven otherwise. Nonetheless, given the public furor, manufacturers began replacing BPA with other kinds of plastics, including one called Tritan, manufactured by Eastman Chemical.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“This was the plastic to use if you wanted a truly safe product,” Blake said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[contextly_sidebar id=”14a2704dbe6d1c95030f95c4050f81be”]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But recent tests by the Center for Environmental Health show Tritan is not so safe, after all. The Center sent 18 sippy cups to CertiChem Inc., in Austin, Texas, for testing. The lab found detectable estrogenic activity in chemicals leaching from five of the products, including products containing Tritan.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Scientists with CertiChem, Georgetown University and the University of Texas, had already published a National Institutes of Health-funded study in 2011, testing estrogen exposure from a wide range of plastics, including baby bottles and other products advertised as BPA-free. “In some cases,” \u003ca href=\"http://ehp.niehs.nih.gov/1003220/\">the researchers reported\u003c/a>, “BPA-free products released chemicals having more EA [estrogenic activity] than did BPA-containing products.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Eastman sued CertiChem Inc., to prevent it from publicizing the findings.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>On its \u003ca href=\"http://www.eastman.com/Markets/Tritan_Safe/Media_Room/Pages/Fact_Sheet.aspx\">website\u003c/a>, Eastman stands by the safety of Tritan. And the American Chemical Council, a plastics industry group, questions if there is even any danger in BPA.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Many government bodies around the world have evaluated the scientific evidence on BPA and have declared it safe as used in food contact materials,” the American Chemical Council said in a statement released Tuesday. And it called attention to a \u003ca href=\"http://blogs.kqed.org/bayareabites/2014/02/27/maybe-that-bpa-in-your-canned-food-isnt-so-bad-after-all/\">recent FDA study\u003c/a> that found rats weren’t harmed by BPA.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Blake isn’t so sure about that. “I’m actually working on a story about that study now,” she said. “There are a couple of issues that raise questions about its findings.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>She said the FDA used a breed of rat that’s not sensitive to estrogen and that there appeared to have been contamination in the lab that conducted the study. (A \u003ca href=\"http://www.motherjones.com/environment/2014/03/tritan-certichem-eastman-bpa-free-plastic-safe\">note at the top of the Mother Jones article\u003c/a> addresses the study.)\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[contextly_sidebar id=”7178bca5daad45372b4bc4991aae8121″]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>When it comes to BPA and possibly other endocrine-disrupting chemicals, Blake said, there is no known safe dose. “Unlike other kinds of chemicals, it’s not like they’re only harmful when you reach a certain threshold,” she said. “The scientists I’ve spoken to who study this chemical say there is no safe level of exposure. Any level of exposure is potentially harmful, especially for young children and developing fetuses.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But she acknowledged, it’s hard to go plastic-free in our plastic world. “It’s a difficult situation because plastic is so ubiquitous and the available evidence suggests that there is no surefire way to avoid exposure as long as you’re using plastics,” she said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[soundcloud url=”https://api.soundcloud.com/tracks/137968638″ params=”color=ff5500&auto_play=false&hide_related=false&show_artwork=true” width=”100%” height=”166″ iframe=”true” /]\u003c/p>\n\n",
"stats": {
"hasVideo": false,
"hasChartOrMap": false,
"hasAudio": false,
"hasPolis": false,
"wordCount": 786,
"hasGoogleForm": false,
"hasGallery": false,
"hasHearkenModule": false,
"iframeSrcs": [],
"paragraphCount": 22
},
"modified": 1704934072,
"excerpt": "Studies have linked the chemical BPA, found in some plastics, to a host of health problems. Now lab tests have found that the chemicals used to replace BPA may be just as harmful.",
"headData": {
"twImgId": "",
"twTitle": "",
"ogTitle": "",
"ogImgId": "",
"twDescription": "",
"description": "Studies have linked the chemical BPA, found in some plastics, to a host of health problems. Now lab tests have found that the chemicals used to replace BPA may be just as harmful.",
"title": "Are BPA-Free Plastics Any Safer? | KQED",
"ogDescription": "",
"schema": {
"@context": "https://schema.org",
"@type": "Article",
"headline": "Are BPA-Free Plastics Any Safer?",
"datePublished": "2014-03-05T17:43:26-08:00",
"dateModified": "2024-01-10T16:47:52-08:00",
"image": "https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/02/KQED-OG-Image@1x.png"
}
},
"guestAuthors": [],
"slug": "are-bpa-free-plastics-any-safer",
"status": "publish",
"sticky": false,
"path": "/science/14914/are-bpa-free-plastics-any-safer",
"audioTrackLength": null,
"parsedContent": [
{
"type": "contentString",
"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003cp>\u003cstrong>By Mina Kim and Molly Samuel\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_14920\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 640px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-14920\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/science/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2014/03/177267473.jpg\" alt=\"Some plastics leach chemicals that are dangerous to developing fetuses and children. \" width=\"640\" height=\"360\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Some plastics leach chemicals that are dangerous to developing fetuses and children.\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Maybe you’ve noticed the words “BPA-free” on the packaging of plastic products like sippy cups and Tupperware. Studies have linked the chemical BPA, or Bisphenol A, to a host of health problems, particularly in pregnant women and their infants. But \u003ca href=\"http://www.ceh.org/wp-content/uploads/2014/03/PlastiPure-Report-on-CEH-Sippy-Cups-Sept-7-2012.pdf\">lab tests\u003c/a> by the Oakland-based advocacy group \u003ca href=\"http://www.ceh.org/\">Center for Environmental Health\u003c/a>, have found that the chemicals used to replace BPA may be just as harmful.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>KQED’s Mina Kim spoke with Mariah Blake, who wrote about the findings on plastics and synthetic estrogens in \u003ca href=\"http://www.motherjones.com/environment/2014/03/tritan-certichem-eastman-bpa-free-plastic-safe\">Mother Jones\u003c/a>:\u003c/p>\n\u003cblockquote>\u003cp>Estrogenic chemicals found in many common products have been linked to a litany of problems in humans and animals. According to one study, the pesticide atrazine can turn male frogs female. DES, which was once prescribed to prevent miscarriages, caused obesity, rare vaginal tumors, infertility, and testicular growths among those exposed in utero. Scientists have tied BPA to ailments including asthma, cancer, infertility, low sperm count, genital deformity, heart disease, liver problems, and ADHD. “Pick a disease, literally pick a disease,” says Frederick vom Saal, a biology professor at the University of Missouri-Columbia who studies BPA.\u003c/p>\u003c/blockquote>\n\u003cp>In 2008, Blake explained, there was a “BPA panic.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“The public suddenly became very aware of the fact that BPA was potentially harmful,” Blake said. “Around that time, many manufacturers began moving away from BPA products.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003c/div>",
"attributes": {
"named": {},
"numeric": []
}
},
{
"type": "component",
"content": "",
"name": "ad",
"attributes": {
"named": {
"label": "fullwidth"
},
"numeric": [
"fullwidth"
]
}
},
{
"type": "contentString",
"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>U.S. law doesn’t require a chemical be proven safe before it goes on the market; a chemical is presumed safe until proven otherwise. Nonetheless, given the public furor, manufacturers began replacing BPA with other kinds of plastics, including one called Tritan, manufactured by Eastman Chemical.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“This was the plastic to use if you wanted a truly safe product,” Blake said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But recent tests by the Center for Environmental Health show Tritan is not so safe, after all. The Center sent 18 sippy cups to CertiChem Inc., in Austin, Texas, for testing. The lab found detectable estrogenic activity in chemicals leaching from five of the products, including products containing Tritan.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Scientists with CertiChem, Georgetown University and the University of Texas, had already published a National Institutes of Health-funded study in 2011, testing estrogen exposure from a wide range of plastics, including baby bottles and other products advertised as BPA-free. “In some cases,” \u003ca href=\"http://ehp.niehs.nih.gov/1003220/\">the researchers reported\u003c/a>, “BPA-free products released chemicals having more EA [estrogenic activity] than did BPA-containing products.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Eastman sued CertiChem Inc., to prevent it from publicizing the findings.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>On its \u003ca href=\"http://www.eastman.com/Markets/Tritan_Safe/Media_Room/Pages/Fact_Sheet.aspx\">website\u003c/a>, Eastman stands by the safety of Tritan. And the American Chemical Council, a plastics industry group, questions if there is even any danger in BPA.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Many government bodies around the world have evaluated the scientific evidence on BPA and have declared it safe as used in food contact materials,” the American Chemical Council said in a statement released Tuesday. And it called attention to a \u003ca href=\"http://blogs.kqed.org/bayareabites/2014/02/27/maybe-that-bpa-in-your-canned-food-isnt-so-bad-after-all/\">recent FDA study\u003c/a> that found rats weren’t harmed by BPA.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Blake isn’t so sure about that. “I’m actually working on a story about that study now,” she said. “There are a couple of issues that raise questions about its findings.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>She said the FDA used a breed of rat that’s not sensitive to estrogen and that there appeared to have been contamination in the lab that conducted the study. (A \u003ca href=\"http://www.motherjones.com/environment/2014/03/tritan-certichem-eastman-bpa-free-plastic-safe\">note at the top of the Mother Jones article\u003c/a> addresses the study.)\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>When it comes to BPA and possibly other endocrine-disrupting chemicals, Blake said, there is no known safe dose. “Unlike other kinds of chemicals, it’s not like they’re only harmful when you reach a certain threshold,” she said. “The scientists I’ve spoken to who study this chemical say there is no safe level of exposure. Any level of exposure is potentially harmful, especially for young children and developing fetuses.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But she acknowledged, it’s hard to go plastic-free in our plastic world. “It’s a difficult situation because plastic is so ubiquitous and the available evidence suggests that there is no surefire way to avoid exposure as long as you’re using plastics,” she said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003cp>\u003cdiv class='utils-parseShortcode-shortcodes-__shortcodes__shortcodeWrapper'>\n \u003ciframe width='”100%”' height='”166″'\n scrolling='no' frameborder='no'\n src='https://w.soundcloud.com/player/?url=”https://api.soundcloud.com/tracks/137968638″&visual=true&”color=ff5500&auto_play=false&hide_related=false&show_artwork=true”'\n title='”https://api.soundcloud.com/tracks/137968638″'>\n \u003c/iframe>\n \u003c/div>\u003c/p>\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\n\u003c/div>\u003c/p>",
"attributes": {
"named": {},
"numeric": []
}
}
],
"link": "/science/14914/are-bpa-free-plastics-any-safer",
"authors": [
"6387"
],
"categories": [
"science_46",
"science_29",
"science_39",
"science_40"
],
"tags": [
"science_1189",
"science_381"
],
"featImg": "science_14920",
"label": "science"
},
"news_127354": {
"type": "posts",
"id": "news_127354",
"meta": {
"index": "posts_1716263798",
"site": "news",
"id": "127354",
"score": null,
"sort": [
1394112626000
]
},
"guestAuthors": [],
"slug": "california-fuel-leak-cleanup-rules-leave-lingering-spills-to-nature",
"title": "California Fuel Leak Cleanup Rules Leave Lingering Spills to Nature",
"publishDate": 1394112626,
"format": "aside",
"headTitle": "California Fuel Leak Cleanup Rules Leave Lingering Spills to Nature | KQED",
"labelTerm": {
"term": 6944,
"site": "news"
},
"content": "\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_128348\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 640px\">\u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2014/03/RS9008_IMG_5580-copy-lpr.jpg\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-128348\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2014/03/RS9008_IMG_5580-copy-lpr-640x426.jpg\" alt=\"An environmental remediation crew digs a groundwater monitoring well on the property of First Presbyterian Church in Newark. (Mark Andrew Boyer/KQED)\" width=\"640\" height=\"426\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">An environmental remediation crew digs a groundwater monitoring well on the property of First Presbyterian Church in Newark. (Mark Andrew Boyer/KQED)\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 4.6875em;float: left;line-height: 0.733em;padding: 0.05em 0.1em 0 0;font-family: times, serif, georgia\">T\u003c/span>he Mobil gas station at Harbor Boulevard and Gisler Avenue in Costa Mesa is long gone, replaced with an urgent care center. There’s a credit union next door and a restaurant nearby. Palm trees and plants screen slate-and-stucco buildings from nonstop traffic. And kids from a neighborhood middle school laugh and jostle each other on their way home to the tidy houses down the block.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The Orange County Water District sees a threat beneath this suburban neighborhood: a mile-long plume of the now-banned gasoline oxygenate methyl tertiary butyl ether, or MTBE, tainting the soil and groundwater at concentrations up to 77 times the state drinking water standard.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The district traces the pollution to a 1987 leak from buried gas tanks at the Mobil station. It’s fighting ExxonMobil’s bid to end cleanup and monitoring there under California’s \u003ca href=\"http://www.kqed.org/documentcloud/?doc=1021368-low-threat-underground-storage-tank-case-closure\">Low Threat Underground Tank Closure Policy\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[contextly_sidebar id=”8814837b7c874c64e0b4421afbb78cf1″]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“The company’s consultants didn’t even know this plume was there,” said Roy Herndon, the water district’s chief hydrogeologist. “One of the key criteria in the low-risk closure policy is that a plume is stable and decreasing. If a plume hasn’t even been delineated, then how can it be shown to be stable and decreasing?”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In a written statement, ExxonMobil spokesman Todd Spitler noted that the Orange County Health Care Agency continues to monitor the site.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“ExxonMobil’s goal is the same as the community’s — to remediate as quickly and safely as possible,” Spitler wrote.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Herndon suspects the plume of subterranean pollution is heading toward a district drinking-water well.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Every week, we’re getting new notices of sites being proposed for closure under this policy. And the question in my mind is how well investigated these sites have been,” he said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>It’s a question other water suppliers and regulators across the state are asking as well. Some of the most vocal skeptics are in \u003ca href=\"http://www.kqed.org/documentcloud/?doc=1021409-alameda-county-water-district-objections-march\">Alameda\u003c/a> and Santa Clara counties, which rely heavily on groundwater.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Problems in Santa Clara and Alameda counties\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Local regulators once had broad discretion to judge what was appropriate for a site. In principle, though, most of California’s groundwater was to be considered potentially suitable for drinking, and pollution was supposed to be cleaned up.\u003c/p>\n\u003caside class=\"pullquote alignleft\"> The gas station where the leak occurred is about 300 feet from a well in a city park that includes community gardens and an organic farm. \u003c/aside>\n\u003cp>Then, in August 2012, the State Water Resources Control Board started closing cases where there are still additives and petroleum in the ground, but where regulators believe they are stable and far enough from municipal wells that the pollution won’t pose an immediate threat.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>That approach puts a statewide policy ahead of the cherished local authority of city, county and regional water officials.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In August state regulators closed down a site, despite objections from the Santa Clara County Department of Environmental Health, the Santa Clara Valley Water District and \u003ca href=\"http://www.kqed.org/documentcloud/?doc=1030030-san-jose-city-hall-comments-emma-prusch-park-aug\">San Jose City Hall\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The gas station where the leak occurred is about 300 feet from a well in a city park that includes community gardens and an organic farm. Irrigation water comes from city pipelines, but officials have considered switching to the well. The three agencies asked for more studies to measure the contaminant plume. State officials refused.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>That leaves volunteer orchard keeper Nancy Garrison frightened and angry.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I don’t know how bad the contamination is here, to tell you the truth,” Garrison said. “There’s not much information that’s gotten out about it that I have picked up on, and I would like to be more informed.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>So would Tom Berkins, groundwater protection program coordinator at the Alameda County Water District. Berkins said district officials requested an exemption for agencies like theirs, which rely heavily on local aquifers for drinking water supplies. The state board declined, Berkins said, promising to confer with Alameda County on individual closure cases.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Instead, he said, state regulators frequently \u003ca href=\"http://www.kqed.org/documentcloud/?doc=1030032-berkins-awcb-letter\">brush questions aside\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“We submitted a 14-page letter spelling out all the reasons why a case shouldn’t be closed. And the response (came) back, ‘It’s not necessary,’ without responding to the actual detailed comments that we’d submitted,” Berkins said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Kevin Graves, who oversees the state \u003ca href=\"http://www.waterboards.ca.gov/ust/\">Underground Storage Tank Program\u003c/a>, said his agency is trying to solve \u003ca href=\"http://www.kqed.org/documentcloud/?doc=1030038-water-resources-control-board-on-groundwater\">other pressing water contamination problems\u003c/a>, such as widespread nitrate and solvent pollution. And all the objections over these old gas leaks can interfere with that urgent work.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Focusing on the details of one side of a plume being unstable or not, when that is really no likelihood of impacting a well ever, that’s not a good use of our resources and our time,” he said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>A Southern California case shows how policy has changed\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Twenty-five ago, California legislators \u003ca href=\"http://www.kqed.org/documentcloud/?doc=1021212-fundperformanceaudit-2010\">established programs\u003c/a> to clean up leaking underground storage tanks at gas stations and storage locations throughout the state. Some 43,000 leaks have been identified, and all but 6,000 have been resolved. The other contaminated sites have been stabilized and ruled no longer a threat to drinking water.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_128367\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\" style=\"max-width: 384px\">\u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2014/03/BuriedTanks1.jpg\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-128367\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2014/03/BuriedTanks1-640x428.jpg\" alt='Wayne Ziegler, general manager of the environmental remediation company The Reynolds Group, checks \"sparging\" equipment at a cleanup site south of Los Angeles. (Chris Richard/KQED)' width=\"384\" height=\"257\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Wayne Ziegler, general manager of the environmental remediation company The Reynolds Group, checks “sparging” equipment at a cleanup site south of Los Angeles. (Chris Richard/KQED)\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Many of the problems at the remaining sites are persistent and expensive to fix, like the former Sammons & Sons site in Lynwood. There, amid the rusting steel buildings of the defunct warehouse company south of Los Angeles, huge compressors force air deep into the ground. Bubbling back up through the groundwater, the air carries the residues of a decades-old gasoline leak to an air filtration system.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Until recently, remediation work like this was supposed to get the groundwater close to drinking water standards. That’s 1 part per billion for benzene, a known carcinogen, and 13 parts per billion for MTBE, which makes water taste like turpentine at only 5 parts per billion.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Recognizing that this standard of cleanliness is not always attainable,\u003ca href=\"http://www.waterboards.ca.gov/water_issues/programs/land_disposal/resolution_92_49.shtml\"> a long-standing Water Resources Control Board policy\u003c/a> directs that pollution sites be cleaned up either to “background” standards — the water quality in the surrounding area — or the best water quality that is reasonable if background water quality cannot be restored.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The low-threat policy makes an exception for some petroleum leak sites.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Remediation efforts began at the Sammons & Sons site in 2006, and so far the site has cost the state cleanup fund slightly more than $1.1 million. Today, benzene levels in the groundwater are approaching 3,000 ppb and MTBE is close to 1,000, said Dwayne Ziegler, general manager for the site’s current remediation company, the Reynolds Group.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“That’s generally what you’re shooting for, to where you can stop cleaning up and close the site down,” Ziegler said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Five categories\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The policy sets \u003ca href=\"http://www.kqed.org/documentcloud/?doc=1029931-fiveclasses\">five classes\u003c/a> for sites where it might be appropriate to end cleanup and monitoring.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>They range from Class 1, where the contaminant plume must be under 100 feet long, to Class 5, which is determined by a regulator’s judgment that it doesn’t pose a threat to public health or the environment and will clean itself up in “a reasonable time.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The policy makes no mention of tertiary butyl alcohol, or TBA, a byproduct of MTBE decomposition that has caused cancer in animals.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>All these assessment tools rely on the fact that common microorganisms in the dirt consume such pollution in a process called \u003ca href=\"http://www.kqed.org/documentcloud/?doc=1021427-leaking-underground-fuel-tank-guidance-manual\">biodegradation\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“At every underground storage tank site, biodegradation is demonstrating that it is working,” Graves said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“The reason that we don’t see large petroleum plumes, (while) we do see widespread nitrate problems; we see widespread solvent problems, is because biodegradation is pervasive.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Graves said that once a plume of petroleum pollution stops spreading, the microbes take over and it’s doomed. It might take decades. It might even take centuries. But eventually nature will clean itself up. Low-Threat seeks to define the point at which it’s safe to let nature take over.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The policy aims to ease the strain on \u003ca href=\"http://www.waterboards.ca.gov/water_issues/programs/ustcf/\">a state account\u003c/a>, funded by fees on fuel tank owners, that reimburses those owners for cleanup costs.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In 2012, a state performance audit found that remediation efforts sometimes took up to 17 years. In the preceding four years, the fund’s average total cost to complete a cleanup project nearly doubled, hitting $250,000, and costs for active projects had risen to about $400,000 per site, the auditors reported.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Today, John Russell, deputy director in the state water board’s Division of Financial Assistance, predicts that the fund will be about $2 billion short when it expires in January 2016.\u003c/p>\n\u003caside class=\"pullquote alignleft\"> In 2012, a state performance audit found that remediation efforts sometimes took up to 17 years. \u003c/aside>\n\u003cp>Jay McKeeman, of the \u003ca href=\"http://www.cioma.com/\">California Independent Oil Marketers Association\u003c/a>, served on an advisory committee that helped develop Low-Threat to speed things up.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“We need to get those sites that have been sitting around with nothing really going on, except for continuous monitoring out of the program, so that frees up money for sites where new discoveries have occurred, or sites that have been waiting to get into the reimbursement program,” McKeeman said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Russell said the fund may expire without compensating most big companies, which are last in line for reimbursement, for their cleanup work.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In the face of such financial pressures, Russell said it’s only reasonable to make the biggest commitment to the state’s most polluted sites.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Reasonable calculation or gamble?\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Where state officials portray a reasoned response based on proven science and fiscal responsibility, critics see a gamble that puts access to safe drinking water and the public health at risk.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Jim Munch, a former senior engineer with the Sacramento Regional Water Quality Control Board, said he can understand the need for stronger guiding policy. Over the years, authority over cleanup efforts had been divided among scores of local regulatory agencies throughout the state. In some cases, local officials with little training in groundwater remediation insisted on extravagant and impracticable cleanup programs, Munch said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>However, what the state board developed in response was a one-size-fits-all approach that doesn’t give proper consideration to local soil conditions or water use, Munch said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>For example, he said, in some mountainous areas with fractured rock in the ground, predicting the flow of water – and possible spread of contaminants – can be very difficult. In determining whether it’s safe to end cleanup efforts in such cases, it’s essential to rely on experts intimately familiar with the site, Munch said. But he said he sometimes saw state regulators far from the site invoke partial information in their own files to overrule local authorities who wanted to keep sites open.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Herndon, of the Orange County Water District, said a mistaken call on even one site could have broad implications. He is especially concerned by assertions that contamination like that around the Costa Mesa Mobil station won’t penetrate a clay layer between the aquifer where it’s spreading and the deeper aquifer set aside for drinking water.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I’ve seen way too many examples where that’s not the case. Clay layers are laid down by nature, and they’re not always continuous, and they have holes in them,” Herndon said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Barbara Bekins, a research hydrologist with the U.S. Geological Survey, said some deeper aquifers are anaerobic, or lacking in oxygen. In such cases, it may be harder to rely on biodegradation, she said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Property rights\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But attorney Howard Mehler said that whatever the pressure to move cases through the system, Low-Threat undermines long-standing state policies that seek to preserve water quality. He said the policy could set a dangerous precedent for other cleanup programs.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“There’s always been an emphasis on maintaining the original quality of the water,” he said. It’s never been board practice that “every time you have a contaminant that’s difficult to remove, you adjust your baseline higher because it’s too expensive to remove that contaminant.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_128357\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\" style=\"max-width: 384px\">\u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2014/03/BuriedTanks7.jpg\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" wp-image-128357 \" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2014/03/BuriedTanks7-640x428.jpg\" alt=\"Attorney Howard Mehler says a lagging cleanup at this former gas station site has made it impossible for his client to find a suitable tenant. (Chris Richard/KQED)\" width=\"384\" height=\"257\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Attorney Howard Mehler says a lagging cleanup at this former gas station site has made it impossible for his client to find a suitable tenant. (Chris Richard/KQED)\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Mehler’s clients are landowners who once rented a corner lot in Northridge to a gas station, The station is long since closed.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>At the site, he unlocked a gate and walked over to a monitoring well covered by a metal plate in the asphalt, next to a concrete block wall. On the other side of the wall, there’s a house. Mehler said MTBE has tested at 400 parts per billion here.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>He said his clients would love it if the state declared cleanup work completed. They don’t want to be left holding the bag for a partially finished job. “If closure’s granted, they want peace of mind that it will be full and final,” he said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Chevron spokesman Ron Spackman said the spill occurred long before Chevron acquired the station, and his company has been diligent in cleaning up a problem it inherited. The landowner didn’t respond to an interview request.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Other attorneys have written to the state board\u003ca href=\"http://www.kqed.org/documentcloud/?doc=1030023-attorney-on-property-values\"> voicing\u003c/a> similar property rights and liability concerns.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Communication and the final say\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Unlike Mehler’s clients, water agencies that draw on local aquifers for drinking supplies say they have to start planning now for the possibility that climate change may compel them to draw even more heavily on their aquifers.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Russell, the reimbursement fund administrator, acknowledged that there are still divisions within his agency over Low-Threat.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Everyone’s not on the same page,” he said. “There are still a few people who think the low-threat policy was a bad idea.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Barry Marcus, who helped write Low-Threat while serving as the supervising environmental specialist at the Sacramento County Environmental Management Department, suspects some of those questioning the policy from within may have ulterior motives.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“If all of these sites get closed, or the vast majority of them, get closed, they’re going to be out of a job,” he said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Still, Graves said he and his staff try to keep open minds.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“We’re not above being told that we’re wrong. And when it’s pointed out, we say, ‘Wow, you know, we didn’t think of that,’ or ‘You’re right,’ ” he said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad floatright]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>So far, the board has upheld local regulators and refused to close a case five times. Six other cases have been “noticed for closure,” meaning that the board is leaning toward ending cleanup work there but is awaiting further public comment, records show.\u003c/p>\n\n",
"blocks": [],
"excerpt": "Some 6,000 leaking tanks remain unresolved, including in Alameda and Santa Clara counties.",
"status": "publish",
"parent": 0,
"modified": 1726009613,
"stats": {
"hasAudio": false,
"hasVideo": false,
"hasChartOrMap": false,
"iframeSrcs": [],
"hasGoogleForm": false,
"hasGallery": false,
"hasHearkenModule": false,
"hasPolis": false,
"paragraphCount": 73,
"wordCount": 2604
},
"headData": {
"title": "California Fuel Leak Cleanup Rules Leave Lingering Spills to Nature | KQED",
"description": "Some 6,000 leaking tanks remain unresolved, including in Alameda and Santa Clara counties.",
"ogTitle": "",
"ogDescription": "",
"ogImgId": "",
"twTitle": "",
"twDescription": "",
"twImgId": "",
"schema": {
"@context": "https://schema.org",
"@type": "NewsArticle",
"headline": "California Fuel Leak Cleanup Rules Leave Lingering Spills to Nature",
"datePublished": "2014-03-06T05:30:26-08:00",
"dateModified": "2024-09-10T16:06:53-07:00",
"image": "https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/02/KQED-OG-Image@1x.png",
"isAccessibleForFree": "True",
"publisher": {
"@type": "NewsMediaOrganization",
"@id": "https://www.kqed.org/#organization",
"name": "KQED",
"logo": "https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/02/KQED-OG-Image@1x.png",
"url": "https://www.kqed.org",
"sameAs": [
"https://www.facebook.com/KQED",
"https://twitter.com/KQED",
"https://www.instagram.com/kqed/",
"https://www.tiktok.com/@kqedofficial",
"https://www.linkedin.com/company/kqed",
"https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCeC0IOo7i1P_61zVUWbJ4nw"
]
}
}
},
"sticky": false,
"customPermalink": "2014/03/06/california-fuel-tank-cleanup-rules-leave-lingering-spills-to-nature/",
"path": "/news/127354/california-fuel-leak-cleanup-rules-leave-lingering-spills-to-nature",
"audioTrackLength": null,
"parsedContent": [
{
"type": "contentString",
"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_128348\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 640px\">\u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2014/03/RS9008_IMG_5580-copy-lpr.jpg\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-128348\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2014/03/RS9008_IMG_5580-copy-lpr-640x426.jpg\" alt=\"An environmental remediation crew digs a groundwater monitoring well on the property of First Presbyterian Church in Newark. (Mark Andrew Boyer/KQED)\" width=\"640\" height=\"426\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">An environmental remediation crew digs a groundwater monitoring well on the property of First Presbyterian Church in Newark. (Mark Andrew Boyer/KQED)\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 4.6875em;float: left;line-height: 0.733em;padding: 0.05em 0.1em 0 0;font-family: times, serif, georgia\">T\u003c/span>he Mobil gas station at Harbor Boulevard and Gisler Avenue in Costa Mesa is long gone, replaced with an urgent care center. There’s a credit union next door and a restaurant nearby. Palm trees and plants screen slate-and-stucco buildings from nonstop traffic. And kids from a neighborhood middle school laugh and jostle each other on their way home to the tidy houses down the block.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The Orange County Water District sees a threat beneath this suburban neighborhood: a mile-long plume of the now-banned gasoline oxygenate methyl tertiary butyl ether, or MTBE, tainting the soil and groundwater at concentrations up to 77 times the state drinking water standard.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The district traces the pollution to a 1987 leak from buried gas tanks at the Mobil station. It’s fighting ExxonMobil’s bid to end cleanup and monitoring there under California’s \u003ca href=\"http://www.kqed.org/documentcloud/?doc=1021368-low-threat-underground-storage-tank-case-closure\">Low Threat Underground Tank Closure Policy\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“The company’s consultants didn’t even know this plume was there,” said Roy Herndon, the water district’s chief hydrogeologist. “One of the key criteria in the low-risk closure policy is that a plume is stable and decreasing. If a plume hasn’t even been delineated, then how can it be shown to be stable and decreasing?”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003c/div>",
"attributes": {
"named": {},
"numeric": []
}
},
{
"type": "component",
"content": "",
"name": "ad",
"attributes": {
"named": {
"label": "fullwidth"
},
"numeric": [
"fullwidth"
]
}
},
{
"type": "contentString",
"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In a written statement, ExxonMobil spokesman Todd Spitler noted that the Orange County Health Care Agency continues to monitor the site.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“ExxonMobil’s goal is the same as the community’s — to remediate as quickly and safely as possible,” Spitler wrote.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Herndon suspects the plume of subterranean pollution is heading toward a district drinking-water well.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Every week, we’re getting new notices of sites being proposed for closure under this policy. And the question in my mind is how well investigated these sites have been,” he said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>It’s a question other water suppliers and regulators across the state are asking as well. Some of the most vocal skeptics are in \u003ca href=\"http://www.kqed.org/documentcloud/?doc=1021409-alameda-county-water-district-objections-march\">Alameda\u003c/a> and Santa Clara counties, which rely heavily on groundwater.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Problems in Santa Clara and Alameda counties\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Local regulators once had broad discretion to judge what was appropriate for a site. In principle, though, most of California’s groundwater was to be considered potentially suitable for drinking, and pollution was supposed to be cleaned up.\u003c/p>\n\u003caside class=\"pullquote alignleft\"> The gas station where the leak occurred is about 300 feet from a well in a city park that includes community gardens and an organic farm. \u003c/aside>\n\u003cp>Then, in August 2012, the State Water Resources Control Board started closing cases where there are still additives and petroleum in the ground, but where regulators believe they are stable and far enough from municipal wells that the pollution won’t pose an immediate threat.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>That approach puts a statewide policy ahead of the cherished local authority of city, county and regional water officials.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In August state regulators closed down a site, despite objections from the Santa Clara County Department of Environmental Health, the Santa Clara Valley Water District and \u003ca href=\"http://www.kqed.org/documentcloud/?doc=1030030-san-jose-city-hall-comments-emma-prusch-park-aug\">San Jose City Hall\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The gas station where the leak occurred is about 300 feet from a well in a city park that includes community gardens and an organic farm. Irrigation water comes from city pipelines, but officials have considered switching to the well. The three agencies asked for more studies to measure the contaminant plume. State officials refused.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>That leaves volunteer orchard keeper Nancy Garrison frightened and angry.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I don’t know how bad the contamination is here, to tell you the truth,” Garrison said. “There’s not much information that’s gotten out about it that I have picked up on, and I would like to be more informed.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>So would Tom Berkins, groundwater protection program coordinator at the Alameda County Water District. Berkins said district officials requested an exemption for agencies like theirs, which rely heavily on local aquifers for drinking water supplies. The state board declined, Berkins said, promising to confer with Alameda County on individual closure cases.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Instead, he said, state regulators frequently \u003ca href=\"http://www.kqed.org/documentcloud/?doc=1030032-berkins-awcb-letter\">brush questions aside\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“We submitted a 14-page letter spelling out all the reasons why a case shouldn’t be closed. And the response (came) back, ‘It’s not necessary,’ without responding to the actual detailed comments that we’d submitted,” Berkins said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Kevin Graves, who oversees the state \u003ca href=\"http://www.waterboards.ca.gov/ust/\">Underground Storage Tank Program\u003c/a>, said his agency is trying to solve \u003ca href=\"http://www.kqed.org/documentcloud/?doc=1030038-water-resources-control-board-on-groundwater\">other pressing water contamination problems\u003c/a>, such as widespread nitrate and solvent pollution. And all the objections over these old gas leaks can interfere with that urgent work.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Focusing on the details of one side of a plume being unstable or not, when that is really no likelihood of impacting a well ever, that’s not a good use of our resources and our time,” he said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>A Southern California case shows how policy has changed\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Twenty-five ago, California legislators \u003ca href=\"http://www.kqed.org/documentcloud/?doc=1021212-fundperformanceaudit-2010\">established programs\u003c/a> to clean up leaking underground storage tanks at gas stations and storage locations throughout the state. Some 43,000 leaks have been identified, and all but 6,000 have been resolved. The other contaminated sites have been stabilized and ruled no longer a threat to drinking water.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_128367\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\" style=\"max-width: 384px\">\u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2014/03/BuriedTanks1.jpg\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-128367\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2014/03/BuriedTanks1-640x428.jpg\" alt='Wayne Ziegler, general manager of the environmental remediation company The Reynolds Group, checks \"sparging\" equipment at a cleanup site south of Los Angeles. (Chris Richard/KQED)' width=\"384\" height=\"257\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Wayne Ziegler, general manager of the environmental remediation company The Reynolds Group, checks “sparging” equipment at a cleanup site south of Los Angeles. (Chris Richard/KQED)\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Many of the problems at the remaining sites are persistent and expensive to fix, like the former Sammons & Sons site in Lynwood. There, amid the rusting steel buildings of the defunct warehouse company south of Los Angeles, huge compressors force air deep into the ground. Bubbling back up through the groundwater, the air carries the residues of a decades-old gasoline leak to an air filtration system.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Until recently, remediation work like this was supposed to get the groundwater close to drinking water standards. That’s 1 part per billion for benzene, a known carcinogen, and 13 parts per billion for MTBE, which makes water taste like turpentine at only 5 parts per billion.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Recognizing that this standard of cleanliness is not always attainable,\u003ca href=\"http://www.waterboards.ca.gov/water_issues/programs/land_disposal/resolution_92_49.shtml\"> a long-standing Water Resources Control Board policy\u003c/a> directs that pollution sites be cleaned up either to “background” standards — the water quality in the surrounding area — or the best water quality that is reasonable if background water quality cannot be restored.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The low-threat policy makes an exception for some petroleum leak sites.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Remediation efforts began at the Sammons & Sons site in 2006, and so far the site has cost the state cleanup fund slightly more than $1.1 million. Today, benzene levels in the groundwater are approaching 3,000 ppb and MTBE is close to 1,000, said Dwayne Ziegler, general manager for the site’s current remediation company, the Reynolds Group.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“That’s generally what you’re shooting for, to where you can stop cleaning up and close the site down,” Ziegler said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Five categories\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The policy sets \u003ca href=\"http://www.kqed.org/documentcloud/?doc=1029931-fiveclasses\">five classes\u003c/a> for sites where it might be appropriate to end cleanup and monitoring.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>They range from Class 1, where the contaminant plume must be under 100 feet long, to Class 5, which is determined by a regulator’s judgment that it doesn’t pose a threat to public health or the environment and will clean itself up in “a reasonable time.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The policy makes no mention of tertiary butyl alcohol, or TBA, a byproduct of MTBE decomposition that has caused cancer in animals.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>All these assessment tools rely on the fact that common microorganisms in the dirt consume such pollution in a process called \u003ca href=\"http://www.kqed.org/documentcloud/?doc=1021427-leaking-underground-fuel-tank-guidance-manual\">biodegradation\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“At every underground storage tank site, biodegradation is demonstrating that it is working,” Graves said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“The reason that we don’t see large petroleum plumes, (while) we do see widespread nitrate problems; we see widespread solvent problems, is because biodegradation is pervasive.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Graves said that once a plume of petroleum pollution stops spreading, the microbes take over and it’s doomed. It might take decades. It might even take centuries. But eventually nature will clean itself up. Low-Threat seeks to define the point at which it’s safe to let nature take over.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The policy aims to ease the strain on \u003ca href=\"http://www.waterboards.ca.gov/water_issues/programs/ustcf/\">a state account\u003c/a>, funded by fees on fuel tank owners, that reimburses those owners for cleanup costs.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In 2012, a state performance audit found that remediation efforts sometimes took up to 17 years. In the preceding four years, the fund’s average total cost to complete a cleanup project nearly doubled, hitting $250,000, and costs for active projects had risen to about $400,000 per site, the auditors reported.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Today, John Russell, deputy director in the state water board’s Division of Financial Assistance, predicts that the fund will be about $2 billion short when it expires in January 2016.\u003c/p>\n\u003caside class=\"pullquote alignleft\"> In 2012, a state performance audit found that remediation efforts sometimes took up to 17 years. \u003c/aside>\n\u003cp>Jay McKeeman, of the \u003ca href=\"http://www.cioma.com/\">California Independent Oil Marketers Association\u003c/a>, served on an advisory committee that helped develop Low-Threat to speed things up.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“We need to get those sites that have been sitting around with nothing really going on, except for continuous monitoring out of the program, so that frees up money for sites where new discoveries have occurred, or sites that have been waiting to get into the reimbursement program,” McKeeman said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Russell said the fund may expire without compensating most big companies, which are last in line for reimbursement, for their cleanup work.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In the face of such financial pressures, Russell said it’s only reasonable to make the biggest commitment to the state’s most polluted sites.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Reasonable calculation or gamble?\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Where state officials portray a reasoned response based on proven science and fiscal responsibility, critics see a gamble that puts access to safe drinking water and the public health at risk.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Jim Munch, a former senior engineer with the Sacramento Regional Water Quality Control Board, said he can understand the need for stronger guiding policy. Over the years, authority over cleanup efforts had been divided among scores of local regulatory agencies throughout the state. In some cases, local officials with little training in groundwater remediation insisted on extravagant and impracticable cleanup programs, Munch said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>However, what the state board developed in response was a one-size-fits-all approach that doesn’t give proper consideration to local soil conditions or water use, Munch said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>For example, he said, in some mountainous areas with fractured rock in the ground, predicting the flow of water – and possible spread of contaminants – can be very difficult. In determining whether it’s safe to end cleanup efforts in such cases, it’s essential to rely on experts intimately familiar with the site, Munch said. But he said he sometimes saw state regulators far from the site invoke partial information in their own files to overrule local authorities who wanted to keep sites open.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Herndon, of the Orange County Water District, said a mistaken call on even one site could have broad implications. He is especially concerned by assertions that contamination like that around the Costa Mesa Mobil station won’t penetrate a clay layer between the aquifer where it’s spreading and the deeper aquifer set aside for drinking water.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I’ve seen way too many examples where that’s not the case. Clay layers are laid down by nature, and they’re not always continuous, and they have holes in them,” Herndon said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Barbara Bekins, a research hydrologist with the U.S. Geological Survey, said some deeper aquifers are anaerobic, or lacking in oxygen. In such cases, it may be harder to rely on biodegradation, she said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Property rights\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But attorney Howard Mehler said that whatever the pressure to move cases through the system, Low-Threat undermines long-standing state policies that seek to preserve water quality. He said the policy could set a dangerous precedent for other cleanup programs.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“There’s always been an emphasis on maintaining the original quality of the water,” he said. It’s never been board practice that “every time you have a contaminant that’s difficult to remove, you adjust your baseline higher because it’s too expensive to remove that contaminant.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_128357\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\" style=\"max-width: 384px\">\u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2014/03/BuriedTanks7.jpg\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" wp-image-128357 \" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2014/03/BuriedTanks7-640x428.jpg\" alt=\"Attorney Howard Mehler says a lagging cleanup at this former gas station site has made it impossible for his client to find a suitable tenant. (Chris Richard/KQED)\" width=\"384\" height=\"257\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Attorney Howard Mehler says a lagging cleanup at this former gas station site has made it impossible for his client to find a suitable tenant. (Chris Richard/KQED)\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Mehler’s clients are landowners who once rented a corner lot in Northridge to a gas station, The station is long since closed.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>At the site, he unlocked a gate and walked over to a monitoring well covered by a metal plate in the asphalt, next to a concrete block wall. On the other side of the wall, there’s a house. Mehler said MTBE has tested at 400 parts per billion here.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>He said his clients would love it if the state declared cleanup work completed. They don’t want to be left holding the bag for a partially finished job. “If closure’s granted, they want peace of mind that it will be full and final,” he said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Chevron spokesman Ron Spackman said the spill occurred long before Chevron acquired the station, and his company has been diligent in cleaning up a problem it inherited. The landowner didn’t respond to an interview request.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Other attorneys have written to the state board\u003ca href=\"http://www.kqed.org/documentcloud/?doc=1030023-attorney-on-property-values\"> voicing\u003c/a> similar property rights and liability concerns.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Communication and the final say\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Unlike Mehler’s clients, water agencies that draw on local aquifers for drinking supplies say they have to start planning now for the possibility that climate change may compel them to draw even more heavily on their aquifers.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Russell, the reimbursement fund administrator, acknowledged that there are still divisions within his agency over Low-Threat.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Everyone’s not on the same page,” he said. “There are still a few people who think the low-threat policy was a bad idea.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Barry Marcus, who helped write Low-Threat while serving as the supervising environmental specialist at the Sacramento County Environmental Management Department, suspects some of those questioning the policy from within may have ulterior motives.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“If all of these sites get closed, or the vast majority of them, get closed, they’re going to be out of a job,” he said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Still, Graves said he and his staff try to keep open minds.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“We’re not above being told that we’re wrong. And when it’s pointed out, we say, ‘Wow, you know, we didn’t think of that,’ or ‘You’re right,’ ” he said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003c/div>",
"attributes": {
"named": {},
"numeric": []
}
},
{
"type": "component",
"content": "",
"name": "ad",
"attributes": {
"named": {
"label": "floatright"
},
"numeric": [
"floatright"
]
}
},
{
"type": "contentString",
"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>So far, the board has upheld local regulators and refused to close a case five times. Six other cases have been “noticed for closure,” meaning that the board is leaning toward ending cleanup work there but is awaiting further public comment, records show.\u003c/p>\n\n\u003c/div>\u003c/p>",
"attributes": {
"named": {},
"numeric": []
}
}
],
"link": "/news/127354/california-fuel-leak-cleanup-rules-leave-lingering-spills-to-nature",
"authors": [
"219"
],
"programs": [
"news_6944"
],
"categories": [
"news_19906",
"news_457",
"news_356"
],
"tags": [
"news_3273",
"news_5892",
"news_18543",
"news_5891"
],
"featImg": "news_128348",
"label": "news_6944"
},
"stateofhealth_17971": {
"type": "posts",
"id": "stateofhealth_17971",
"meta": {
"index": "posts_1716263798",
"site": "stateofhealth",
"id": "17971",
"score": null,
"sort": [
1393980817000
]
},
"parent": 0,
"labelTerm": {
"site": "stateofhealth"
},
"blocks": [],
"publishDate": 1393980817,
"format": "aside",
"disqusTitle": "Contra Costa County Maps Schools by Vaccination Rates: Find Yours ",
"title": "Contra Costa County Maps Schools by Vaccination Rates: Find Yours ",
"headTitle": "State of Health | KQED News",
"content": "\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_17972\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 640px\">\u003ca href=\"http://cchealth.org/immunization/school-iz-levels.php\" target=\"_blank\">\u003cimg class=\"size-large wp-image-17972 \" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/stateofhealth/wp-content/uploads/sites/27/2014/03/Screen-Shot-2014-03-04-at-3.29.21-PM-640x292.png\" alt=\"The red dots mark a school or childcare facility where the vaccine opt-out rate is 10 percent or more. \" width=\"640\" height=\"292\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">The red dots mark a school or child care facility where the vaccine opt-out rate is above 9.9 percent. The statewide average is 3 percent. (Contra Costa Health Department)\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>In response to the troubling number of children whose parents opt out of vaccines for them, Contra Costa Health Services (CCHS) has published an \u003ca href=\"http://cchealth.org/immunization/school-iz-levels.php\" target=\"_blank\">interactive online map of vaccine rates\u003c/a> for schools and licensed child-care facilities with at least 15 children at each site across the county.\u003c/p>\n\u003caside class=\"pullquote alignleft\">\"There's not much wiggle room. We need about 90 percent of our community to be immune.\"\u003c/aside>\n\u003cp>The screen shot above shows the map. When you visit the site you can click on any of the dots, and a box appears to show you the name of the school, its address and rate of \"personal belief exemptions.\" While state law requires that every child be fully vaccinated to enter kindergarten, parents can opt out by filing a personal belief exemption (PBE), a signed statement that vaccines are against a parent's beliefs.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Paul Leung, immunization program manager for Contra Costa Public Health, said the goal of producing the map was to increases awareness. \"Many community members may not realize this dangerous, disturbing trend of parents choosing to skip vaccines for their children,\" he said. \"It not only puts these kids at greater risk of serious, dangerous diseases like measles and polio,\" but it also puts others at risk, he said, including those who cannot be vaccinated, such as babies, and children or adults too sick to be vaccinated. \u003c!--more-->\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The map color-codes schools by PBE rates -- green is a PBE rate of 2.9 percent of less; yellow is 3-9.9 percent; red is greater than 9.9 percent.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"There's not much wiggle room,\" Leung said. \"We need about 90 percent of our community to be immune. What we've done with our maps is highlight schools where 10 percent or more of their incoming kids have exempted from vaccines, so these schools are more vulnerable to vaccine-preventable outbreaks.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[contextly_sidebar id=\"644a949393a3957ed06ca92570f1ee94\"]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Contra Costa Health Department says the kindergartens at five elementary schools and students at 22 child-care facilities had PBE rates above 9.9 percent. The schools are both public and private. East Bay Waldorf School, a private school in El Sobrante, has the highest PBE rate in the county, 50 percent, CCHD says. In 2008, county health officials briefly closed the school due to a whooping cough outbreak.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The statewide average for personal belief exemptions is 3 percent.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In January, a new state law went into effect, requiring parents seeking a personal belief exemption to first meet with a health care provider to discuss the risks and benefits of vaccines and to learn more about vaccine-preventable illnesses. Washington passed a similar law in 2011, and its personal belief exemption rate has dropped by 40 percent.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Contra Costa's data are for the current school year -- schools are all required to report vaccination rates and PBE rates to the state after school starts in September. The state has not released its data for all counties for this school year as yet, but if you live in one of California's other 57 counties, you can \u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/stateofhealth/2013/09/06/more-california-parents-opting-out-of-vaccines-look-up-your-school-online/\" target=\"_blank\">look up your school's vaccination rates\u003c/a> for 2012-2013.\u003c/p>\n\n",
"disqusIdentifier": "17971 http://blogs.kqed.org/stateofhealth/?p=17971",
"disqusUrl": "https://ww2.kqed.org/stateofhealth/2014/03/04/contra-costa-county-maps-schools-by-vaccination-rates-find-yours/",
"stats": {
"hasVideo": false,
"hasChartOrMap": false,
"hasAudio": false,
"hasPolis": false,
"wordCount": 553,
"hasGoogleForm": false,
"hasGallery": false,
"hasHearkenModule": false,
"iframeSrcs": [],
"paragraphCount": 12
},
"modified": 1394050123,
"excerpt": "27 schools and child-care facilities have opt-out rates above 9.9 percent, a risk for disease outbreaks.",
"headData": {
"twImgId": "",
"twTitle": "",
"ogTitle": "",
"ogImgId": "",
"twDescription": "",
"description": "27 schools and child-care facilities have opt-out rates above 9.9 percent, a risk for disease outbreaks.",
"title": "Contra Costa County Maps Schools by Vaccination Rates: Find Yours | KQED",
"ogDescription": "",
"schema": {
"@context": "https://schema.org",
"@type": "Article",
"headline": "Contra Costa County Maps Schools by Vaccination Rates: Find Yours ",
"datePublished": "2014-03-04T16:53:37-08:00",
"dateModified": "2014-03-05T12:08:43-08:00",
"image": "https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/02/KQED-OG-Image@1x.png"
}
},
"guestAuthors": [],
"slug": "contra-costa-county-maps-schools-by-vaccination-rates-find-yours",
"status": "publish",
"path": "/stateofhealth/17971/contra-costa-county-maps-schools-by-vaccination-rates-find-yours",
"audioTrackLength": null,
"parsedContent": [
{
"type": "contentString",
"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_17972\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 640px\">\u003ca href=\"http://cchealth.org/immunization/school-iz-levels.php\" target=\"_blank\">\u003cimg class=\"size-large wp-image-17972 \" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/stateofhealth/wp-content/uploads/sites/27/2014/03/Screen-Shot-2014-03-04-at-3.29.21-PM-640x292.png\" alt=\"The red dots mark a school or childcare facility where the vaccine opt-out rate is 10 percent or more. \" width=\"640\" height=\"292\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">The red dots mark a school or child care facility where the vaccine opt-out rate is above 9.9 percent. The statewide average is 3 percent. (Contra Costa Health Department)\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>In response to the troubling number of children whose parents opt out of vaccines for them, Contra Costa Health Services (CCHS) has published an \u003ca href=\"http://cchealth.org/immunization/school-iz-levels.php\" target=\"_blank\">interactive online map of vaccine rates\u003c/a> for schools and licensed child-care facilities with at least 15 children at each site across the county.\u003c/p>\n\u003caside class=\"pullquote alignleft\">\"There's not much wiggle room. We need about 90 percent of our community to be immune.\"\u003c/aside>\n\u003cp>The screen shot above shows the map. When you visit the site you can click on any of the dots, and a box appears to show you the name of the school, its address and rate of \"personal belief exemptions.\" While state law requires that every child be fully vaccinated to enter kindergarten, parents can opt out by filing a personal belief exemption (PBE), a signed statement that vaccines are against a parent's beliefs.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Paul Leung, immunization program manager for Contra Costa Public Health, said the goal of producing the map was to increases awareness. \"Many community members may not realize this dangerous, disturbing trend of parents choosing to skip vaccines for their children,\" he said. \"It not only puts these kids at greater risk of serious, dangerous diseases like measles and polio,\" but it also puts others at risk, he said, including those who cannot be vaccinated, such as babies, and children or adults too sick to be vaccinated. \u003c!--more-->\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The map color-codes schools by PBE rates -- green is a PBE rate of 2.9 percent of less; yellow is 3-9.9 percent; red is greater than 9.9 percent.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"There's not much wiggle room,\" Leung said. \"We need about 90 percent of our community to be immune. What we've done with our maps is highlight schools where 10 percent or more of their incoming kids have exempted from vaccines, so these schools are more vulnerable to vaccine-preventable outbreaks.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003c/div>",
"attributes": {
"named": {},
"numeric": []
}
},
{
"type": "component",
"content": "",
"name": "ad",
"attributes": {
"named": {
"label": "fullwidth"
},
"numeric": [
"fullwidth"
]
}
},
{
"type": "contentString",
"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Contra Costa Health Department says the kindergartens at five elementary schools and students at 22 child-care facilities had PBE rates above 9.9 percent. The schools are both public and private. East Bay Waldorf School, a private school in El Sobrante, has the highest PBE rate in the county, 50 percent, CCHD says. In 2008, county health officials briefly closed the school due to a whooping cough outbreak.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The statewide average for personal belief exemptions is 3 percent.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In January, a new state law went into effect, requiring parents seeking a personal belief exemption to first meet with a health care provider to discuss the risks and benefits of vaccines and to learn more about vaccine-preventable illnesses. Washington passed a similar law in 2011, and its personal belief exemption rate has dropped by 40 percent.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Contra Costa's data are for the current school year -- schools are all required to report vaccination rates and PBE rates to the state after school starts in September. The state has not released its data for all counties for this school year as yet, but if you live in one of California's other 57 counties, you can \u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/stateofhealth/2013/09/06/more-california-parents-opting-out-of-vaccines-look-up-your-school-online/\" target=\"_blank\">look up your school's vaccination rates\u003c/a> for 2012-2013.\u003c/p>\n\n\u003c/div>\u003c/p>",
"attributes": {
"named": {},
"numeric": []
}
}
],
"link": "/stateofhealth/17971/contra-costa-county-maps-schools-by-vaccination-rates-find-yours",
"authors": [
"240"
],
"categories": [
"stateofhealth_11"
],
"tags": [
"stateofhealth_618",
"stateofhealth_461",
"stateofhealth_31"
],
"featImg": "stateofhealth_17972",
"label": "stateofhealth"
},
"news_128077": {
"type": "posts",
"id": "news_128077",
"meta": {
"index": "posts_1716263798",
"site": "news",
"id": "128077",
"score": null,
"sort": [
1393627531000
]
},
"guestAuthors": [],
"slug": "treasure-island-cleanup-exposes-navys-mishandling-of-its-nuclear-past",
"title": "Treasure Island Cleanup Exposes Navy’s Mishandling of its Nuclear Past",
"publishDate": 1393627531,
"format": "aside",
"headTitle": "Treasure Island Cleanup Exposes Navy’s Mishandling of its Nuclear Past | KQED",
"labelTerm": {
"term": 6944,
"site": "news"
},
"content": "\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_128086\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 640px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-128086\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2014/02/CIRTreasureIsleCleanup.jpg\" alt=\"Radioactive warning signs are posted on the fence surrounding a cleanup site on Treasure Island in 2012. (Michael Short/The Center for Investigative Reporting)\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Radioactive warning signs are posted on the fence surrounding a cleanup site on Treasure Island in 2012. (Michael Short/The Center for Investigative Reporting)\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>By Matt Smith and Katharine Mieszkowski, The Center for Investigative Reporting\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Halfway across the San Francisco-Oakland Bay Bridge, an abrupt exit leads to Treasure Island, a seven-sided plain with spectacular views that inspire grandiose dreams. The Army Corps of Engineers created the island for the 1939 Golden Gate International Exposition, encircling 400 acres of bay shoals with rock walls, draining them, filling the void with sand and soil, and naming it after the famous adventure novel. Today, the city of San Francisco has set its sights on erecting a second downtown there.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But Treasure Island’s fate in the intervening decades – and a long-secret legacy of radioactive waste left behind – has complicated those plans.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>After the exposition, the island was set to become a civilian airport – until the United States entered World War II. The Navy seized the land for the Treasure Island Naval Station and demolished the expo’s Art Moderne structures, leaving just the terminal and two hangars. In the spaces around them rose a little village of beige one- and two-story sheds.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>For years, the base served its purpose until, in 1993, it landed on a decommission list. The military decamped, dismantling and cleanup began, and a few years later some former Navy housing was turned into city-subsidized rentals. By 2007, the Navy was well into the process of preparing the land for full transfer to civilian control.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>That year, cleanup operations shifted from removing Navy industrial toxics and sludge to identifying any lingering radioactive waste. New World Environmental, a contractor working for the Navy, assigned specialist Robert McLean to conduct a preliminary radiation survey.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>That was how McLean found himself cruising through neighborhoods built near former U.S. Navy training academies, with a Ludlum radiation meter poked out of his truck window. He did not expect to find much; just the year before, a Navy-commissioned historical report had suggested there was little likelihood that significant radioactive waste would be found on the island. And by then hundreds of San Franciscans were living in modest townhouses on Treasure Island and neighboring Yerba Buena Island – with the Navy’s assurances that doing so was perfectly safe.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Then, the sensor needle hopped.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“We picked up readings from inside the truck, without even getting out of the vehicle,” said McLean, speaking publicly about his discovery for the first time. That first detection was not the last.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cem>\u003ca href=\"http://cironline.org/reports/treasure-island-cleanup-exposes-navy%E2%80%99s-mishandling-its-nuclear-past-5986\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Read the full story (CIROnline.org)\u003c/a>\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cem>This story was produced by The Center for Investigative Reporting. It was published with the Bulletin of Atomic Scientists.\u003ca href=\"http://cironline.org/reports/treasure-island-cleanup-exposes-navy%E2%80%99s-mishandling-its-nuclear-past-5986\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">\u003cbr>\n\u003c/a>\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Reporters Matt Smith and Katharine Mieszkowski joined \u003ca href=\"http://www.kqed.org/a/forum/R201402280930\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">KQED’s “Forum\u003c/a>” this morning to discuss their yearlong investigation, which questions whether Treasure Island is safe for current residents and explores the implications for San Francisco’s plans to build thousands of new units there.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ciframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https://w.soundcloud.com/player/?url=https%3A//api.soundcloud.com/tracks/137266023&auto_play=false&hide_related=false&visual=true\" frameborder=\"no\" scrolling=\"no\" width=\"100%\" height=\"300\">\u003c/iframe>\u003c/p>\n\n",
"blocks": [],
"excerpt": "At the former Treasure Island naval base, a discovery of radioactive material has led to the bureaucratic equivalent of warfare.",
"status": "publish",
"parent": 0,
"modified": 1726009620,
"stats": {
"hasAudio": true,
"hasVideo": false,
"hasChartOrMap": false,
"iframeSrcs": [],
"hasGoogleForm": false,
"hasGallery": false,
"hasHearkenModule": false,
"hasPolis": false,
"paragraphCount": 15,
"wordCount": 512
},
"headData": {
"title": "Treasure Island Cleanup Exposes Navy’s Mishandling of its Nuclear Past | KQED",
"description": "At the former Treasure Island naval base, a discovery of radioactive material has led to the bureaucratic equivalent of warfare.",
"ogTitle": "",
"ogDescription": "",
"ogImgId": "",
"twTitle": "",
"twDescription": "",
"twImgId": "",
"schema": {
"@context": "https://schema.org",
"@type": "NewsArticle",
"headline": "Treasure Island Cleanup Exposes Navy’s Mishandling of its Nuclear Past",
"datePublished": "2014-02-28T14:45:31-08:00",
"dateModified": "2024-09-10T16:07:00-07:00",
"image": "https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/02/KQED-OG-Image@1x.png",
"isAccessibleForFree": "True",
"publisher": {
"@type": "NewsMediaOrganization",
"@id": "https://www.kqed.org/#organization",
"name": "KQED",
"logo": "https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/02/KQED-OG-Image@1x.png",
"url": "https://www.kqed.org",
"sameAs": [
"https://www.facebook.com/KQED",
"https://twitter.com/KQED",
"https://www.instagram.com/kqed/",
"https://www.tiktok.com/@kqedofficial",
"https://www.linkedin.com/company/kqed",
"https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCeC0IOo7i1P_61zVUWbJ4nw"
]
}
}
},
"sticky": false,
"customPermalink": "2014/02/28/treasure-island-cleanup-exposes-navy-mishandling-of-its-nuclear-past/",
"path": "/news/128077/treasure-island-cleanup-exposes-navys-mishandling-of-its-nuclear-past",
"audioTrackLength": null,
"parsedContent": [
{
"type": "contentString",
"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_128086\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 640px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-128086\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2014/02/CIRTreasureIsleCleanup.jpg\" alt=\"Radioactive warning signs are posted on the fence surrounding a cleanup site on Treasure Island in 2012. (Michael Short/The Center for Investigative Reporting)\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Radioactive warning signs are posted on the fence surrounding a cleanup site on Treasure Island in 2012. (Michael Short/The Center for Investigative Reporting)\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>By Matt Smith and Katharine Mieszkowski, The Center for Investigative Reporting\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Halfway across the San Francisco-Oakland Bay Bridge, an abrupt exit leads to Treasure Island, a seven-sided plain with spectacular views that inspire grandiose dreams. The Army Corps of Engineers created the island for the 1939 Golden Gate International Exposition, encircling 400 acres of bay shoals with rock walls, draining them, filling the void with sand and soil, and naming it after the famous adventure novel. Today, the city of San Francisco has set its sights on erecting a second downtown there.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But Treasure Island’s fate in the intervening decades – and a long-secret legacy of radioactive waste left behind – has complicated those plans.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>After the exposition, the island was set to become a civilian airport – until the United States entered World War II. The Navy seized the land for the Treasure Island Naval Station and demolished the expo’s Art Moderne structures, leaving just the terminal and two hangars. In the spaces around them rose a little village of beige one- and two-story sheds.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>For years, the base served its purpose until, in 1993, it landed on a decommission list. The military decamped, dismantling and cleanup began, and a few years later some former Navy housing was turned into city-subsidized rentals. By 2007, the Navy was well into the process of preparing the land for full transfer to civilian control.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003c/div>",
"attributes": {
"named": {},
"numeric": []
}
},
{
"type": "component",
"content": "",
"name": "ad",
"attributes": {
"named": {
"label": "fullwidth"
},
"numeric": [
"fullwidth"
]
}
},
{
"type": "contentString",
"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>That year, cleanup operations shifted from removing Navy industrial toxics and sludge to identifying any lingering radioactive waste. New World Environmental, a contractor working for the Navy, assigned specialist Robert McLean to conduct a preliminary radiation survey.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>That was how McLean found himself cruising through neighborhoods built near former U.S. Navy training academies, with a Ludlum radiation meter poked out of his truck window. He did not expect to find much; just the year before, a Navy-commissioned historical report had suggested there was little likelihood that significant radioactive waste would be found on the island. And by then hundreds of San Franciscans were living in modest townhouses on Treasure Island and neighboring Yerba Buena Island – with the Navy’s assurances that doing so was perfectly safe.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Then, the sensor needle hopped.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“We picked up readings from inside the truck, without even getting out of the vehicle,” said McLean, speaking publicly about his discovery for the first time. That first detection was not the last.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cem>\u003ca href=\"http://cironline.org/reports/treasure-island-cleanup-exposes-navy%E2%80%99s-mishandling-its-nuclear-past-5986\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Read the full story (CIROnline.org)\u003c/a>\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cem>This story was produced by The Center for Investigative Reporting. It was published with the Bulletin of Atomic Scientists.\u003ca href=\"http://cironline.org/reports/treasure-island-cleanup-exposes-navy%E2%80%99s-mishandling-its-nuclear-past-5986\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">\u003cbr>\n\u003c/a>\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Reporters Matt Smith and Katharine Mieszkowski joined \u003ca href=\"http://www.kqed.org/a/forum/R201402280930\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">KQED’s “Forum\u003c/a>” this morning to discuss their yearlong investigation, which questions whether Treasure Island is safe for current residents and explores the implications for San Francisco’s plans to build thousands of new units there.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ciframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https://w.soundcloud.com/player/?url=https%3A//api.soundcloud.com/tracks/137266023&auto_play=false&hide_related=false&visual=true\" frameborder=\"no\" scrolling=\"no\" width=\"100%\" height=\"300\">\u003c/iframe>\u003c/p>\n\n\u003c/div>\u003c/p>",
"attributes": {
"named": {},
"numeric": []
}
}
],
"link": "/news/128077/treasure-island-cleanup-exposes-navys-mishandling-of-its-nuclear-past",
"authors": [
"217"
],
"programs": [
"news_6944"
],
"categories": [
"news_19906",
"news_457",
"news_8",
"news_356"
],
"tags": [
"news_18543",
"news_80"
],
"featImg": "news_128086",
"label": "news_6944"
},
"news_128046": {
"type": "posts",
"id": "news_128046",
"meta": {
"index": "posts_1716263798",
"site": "news",
"id": "128046",
"score": null,
"sort": [
1393621018000
]
},
"guestAuthors": [],
"slug": "news-pix-bayview-fire-dalai-lama-visits-and-wastewater-for-cows",
"title": "News Pix: Bayview Fire, Dalai Lama Visits, and Wastewater For Cows?",
"publishDate": 1393621018,
"format": "aside",
"headTitle": "News Pix: Bayview Fire, Dalai Lama Visits, and Wastewater For Cows? | KQED",
"labelTerm": {
"term": 6944,
"site": "news"
},
"content": "\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2014/02/cow-drought.jpg\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-128047\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2014/02/cow-drought-640x450.jpg\" alt=\"US-ENVIRONMENT-WEATHER-DROUGHT-LIVESTOCK\" width=\"640\" height=\"450\">\u003c/a>\u003cbr>\nAssemblyman Marc Levine has introduced legislation, AB2071, to clarify rules regulating the use of treated wastewater for pasture animals. Dairy farmers are expressing concern that treated wastewater could be unsafe for consumers. Levine promised to continue studying the issue as the bill moves through the legislative process. (Frederic J. Brown/Getty Images)\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2014/02/well.jpg\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-128048\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2014/02/well-640x450.jpg\" alt=\"well\" width=\"640\" height=\"450\">\u003c/a>\u003cbr>\nIn Alameda County, employees of a remediation company dig a groundwater monitoring well in Newark to check how far a plume of contaminants has spread from an underground fuel tank. (Mark Andrew Boyer/KQED)\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2014/02/Jerold-fire.jpg\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-128049\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2014/02/Jerold-fire-640x449.jpg\" alt=\"Jerold fire\" width=\"640\" height=\"449\">\u003c/a>\u003cbr>\nA Luxor cab service garage was destroyed in a \u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/2014/02/24/san-francisco-firefighters-battle-three-alarm-bayview-blaze\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">three-alarm fire\u003c/a> on Monday, Feb. 24. A dark plume of smoke was visible across the city, although firefighters contained the blaze, which did not spread to nearby structures. (Paul Lancour/KQED)\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2014/02/Shungun.jpg\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-128050\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2014/02/Shungun-640x450.jpg\" alt=\"Shungun\" width=\"640\" height=\"450\">\u003c/a>\u003cbr>\nThe Dalai Lama’s three-day visit to the Bay Area was disrupted multiple times by Tibetans who practice another strand of Buddhism called Shugden. The Dalai Lama once embraced Shugden, but denounced it in 1975 after deciding it contributed to “sectarian disharmony.” Despite the protesters, about \u003ca href=\"http://www.berkeleyside.com/2014/02/24/amid-protests-the-dali-lama-visits-berkeley/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">3,000 people crammed into the Berkeley Community Theatre \u003c/a>on the Berkeley High campus Sunday, Feb. 23, to hear a talk on “How to Achieve Happiness,” by the Dalai Lama. (Ted Friedman/\u003ca href=\"http://www.berkeleyside.com/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Berkeleyside\u003c/a>)\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2014/02/Fulton-mall.jpg\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-128051\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2014/02/Fulton-mall-640x449.jpg\" alt=\"Fulton mall\" width=\"640\" height=\"449\">\u003c/a>\u003cbr>\nFifty years ago, Fresno built the state’s first outdoor downtown pedestrian mall. It was a pioneering idea at the time, but on Thursday, Feb. 27, the C\u003ca href=\"http://www.californiareport.org/archive/R201402270850/b\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">ity Council decided to allow cars\u003c/a> back into the mall. It was a contentious, standing-room-only meeting, but ultimately council members decided that the forward-looking experiment did not work and that the pedestrian mall was not economically viable. (Courtesy: Downtown Fresno Coalition)\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n",
"blocks": [],
"excerpt": "The news in photos from around the Bay.",
"status": "publish",
"parent": 0,
"modified": 1726009623,
"stats": {
"hasAudio": false,
"hasVideo": false,
"hasChartOrMap": false,
"iframeSrcs": [],
"hasGoogleForm": false,
"hasGallery": false,
"hasHearkenModule": false,
"hasPolis": false,
"paragraphCount": 7,
"wordCount": 287
},
"headData": {
"title": "News Pix: Bayview Fire, Dalai Lama Visits, and Wastewater For Cows? | KQED",
"description": "The news in photos from around the Bay.",
"ogTitle": "",
"ogDescription": "",
"ogImgId": "",
"twTitle": "",
"twDescription": "",
"twImgId": "",
"schema": {
"@context": "https://schema.org",
"@type": "NewsArticle",
"headline": "News Pix: Bayview Fire, Dalai Lama Visits, and Wastewater For Cows?",
"datePublished": "2014-02-28T12:56:58-08:00",
"dateModified": "2024-09-10T16:07:03-07:00",
"image": "https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/02/KQED-OG-Image@1x.png",
"isAccessibleForFree": "True",
"publisher": {
"@type": "NewsMediaOrganization",
"@id": "https://www.kqed.org/#organization",
"name": "KQED",
"logo": "https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/02/KQED-OG-Image@1x.png",
"url": "https://www.kqed.org",
"sameAs": [
"https://www.facebook.com/KQED",
"https://twitter.com/KQED",
"https://www.instagram.com/kqed/",
"https://www.tiktok.com/@kqedofficial",
"https://www.linkedin.com/company/kqed",
"https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCeC0IOo7i1P_61zVUWbJ4nw"
]
}
}
},
"sticky": false,
"customPermalink": "2014/02/28/news-pix-drought-concern-persists-fire-in-the-bayview-and-fulton-mall-allows-cars/",
"path": "/news/128046/news-pix-bayview-fire-dalai-lama-visits-and-wastewater-for-cows",
"audioTrackLength": null,
"parsedContent": [
{
"type": "contentString",
"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2014/02/cow-drought.jpg\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-128047\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2014/02/cow-drought-640x450.jpg\" alt=\"US-ENVIRONMENT-WEATHER-DROUGHT-LIVESTOCK\" width=\"640\" height=\"450\">\u003c/a>\u003cbr>\nAssemblyman Marc Levine has introduced legislation, AB2071, to clarify rules regulating the use of treated wastewater for pasture animals. Dairy farmers are expressing concern that treated wastewater could be unsafe for consumers. Levine promised to continue studying the issue as the bill moves through the legislative process. (Frederic J. Brown/Getty Images)\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2014/02/well.jpg\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-128048\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2014/02/well-640x450.jpg\" alt=\"well\" width=\"640\" height=\"450\">\u003c/a>\u003cbr>\nIn Alameda County, employees of a remediation company dig a groundwater monitoring well in Newark to check how far a plume of contaminants has spread from an underground fuel tank. (Mark Andrew Boyer/KQED)\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2014/02/Jerold-fire.jpg\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-128049\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2014/02/Jerold-fire-640x449.jpg\" alt=\"Jerold fire\" width=\"640\" height=\"449\">\u003c/a>\u003cbr>\nA Luxor cab service garage was destroyed in a \u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/2014/02/24/san-francisco-firefighters-battle-three-alarm-bayview-blaze\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">three-alarm fire\u003c/a> on Monday, Feb. 24. A dark plume of smoke was visible across the city, although firefighters contained the blaze, which did not spread to nearby structures. (Paul Lancour/KQED)\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2014/02/Shungun.jpg\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-128050\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2014/02/Shungun-640x450.jpg\" alt=\"Shungun\" width=\"640\" height=\"450\">\u003c/a>\u003cbr>\nThe Dalai Lama’s three-day visit to the Bay Area was disrupted multiple times by Tibetans who practice another strand of Buddhism called Shugden. The Dalai Lama once embraced Shugden, but denounced it in 1975 after deciding it contributed to “sectarian disharmony.” Despite the protesters, about \u003ca href=\"http://www.berkeleyside.com/2014/02/24/amid-protests-the-dali-lama-visits-berkeley/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">3,000 people crammed into the Berkeley Community Theatre \u003c/a>on the Berkeley High campus Sunday, Feb. 23, to hear a talk on “How to Achieve Happiness,” by the Dalai Lama. (Ted Friedman/\u003ca href=\"http://www.berkeleyside.com/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Berkeleyside\u003c/a>)\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2014/02/Fulton-mall.jpg\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-128051\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2014/02/Fulton-mall-640x449.jpg\" alt=\"Fulton mall\" width=\"640\" height=\"449\">\u003c/a>\u003cbr>\nFifty years ago, Fresno built the state’s first outdoor downtown pedestrian mall. It was a pioneering idea at the time, but on Thursday, Feb. 27, the C\u003ca href=\"http://www.californiareport.org/archive/R201402270850/b\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">ity Council decided to allow cars\u003c/a> back into the mall. It was a contentious, standing-room-only meeting, but ultimately council members decided that the forward-looking experiment did not work and that the pedestrian mall was not economically viable. (Courtesy: Downtown Fresno Coalition)\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003c/div>",
"attributes": {
"named": {},
"numeric": []
}
},
{
"type": "component",
"content": "",
"name": "ad",
"attributes": {
"named": {
"label": "fullwidth"
},
"numeric": [
"fullwidth"
]
}
},
{
"type": "contentString",
"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003c/div>\u003c/p>",
"attributes": {
"named": {},
"numeric": []
}
}
],
"link": "/news/128046/news-pix-bayview-fire-dalai-lama-visits-and-wastewater-for-cows",
"authors": [
"234"
],
"programs": [
"news_6944"
],
"categories": [
"news_19906",
"news_457",
"news_8"
],
"tags": [
"news_212",
"news_18543",
"news_3094",
"news_38",
"news_4981"
],
"featImg": "news_128050",
"label": "news_6944"
},
"news_127920": {
"type": "posts",
"id": "news_127920",
"meta": {
"index": "posts_1716263798",
"site": "news",
"id": "127920",
"score": null,
"sort": [
1393534573000
]
},
"guestAuthors": [],
"slug": "usda-inspector-supervisors-ignored-problems-at-petaluma-slaughterhouse",
"title": "USDA Inspector: Supervisors Ignored Reports of Trouble at Petaluma Slaughterhouse",
"publishDate": 1393534573,
"format": "aside",
"headTitle": "USDA Inspector: Supervisors Ignored Reports of Trouble at Petaluma Slaughterhouse | KQED",
"labelTerm": {
"term": 6944,
"site": "news"
},
"content": "\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_127921\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 640px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-127921 \" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2014/02/RS8993_467012475-lpr-640x426.jpg\" alt=\"California beef cattle\" width=\"640\" height=\"426\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">(David McNew/Getty Images) \u003ccite>(David McNew/Getty Images)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Rancho Feeding Corp., the Petaluma slaughterhouse at the center of a massive beef recall, may have processed animals with cancer of the eye, \u003ca title=\"Slaughterhouse accused of selling meat from cows with cancer\" href=\"http://www.sfgate.com/health/article/Slaughterhouse-accused-of-selling-meat-from-cows-5267836.php\">according to the San Francisco Chronicle\u003c/a>. That’s one development reported Wednesday about the facility, which is \u003ca title=\"Rep. Jared Huffman: Prosecutors Investigating Petaluma Slaughterhouse \" href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/2014/02/24/rep-jared-huffman-prosecutors-investigating-petaluma-slaughterhouse/\">currently under investigation by federal prosecutors and the U.S. Department of Agriculture\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Another development: \u003ca title=\"Union: Federal inspector reported problems at Petaluma slaughterhouse\" href=\"http://www.pressdemocrat.com/article/20140225/articles/140229682\">the Santa Rosa Press Democrat reports\u003c/a> that a USDA inspector tried to flag problems at the plant to her supervisors, only to be ignored.\u003c/p>\n\u003caside class=\"pullquote alignleft\">‘If the inspector saw violations and was thwarted in her ability to do her job … then USDA is culpable.’\u003c/aside>\n\u003cp>On Wednesday, KQED’s Mina Kim talked with Tony Corbo, senior lobbyist for Washington, D.C.-based consumer advocacy group Food and Water Watch. He noted there is an internal whistleblower line for USDA inspectors to call if they feel supervisors are ignoring violations.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“There are avenues for an inspector to contact the Office of Inspector General,” Corbo said. “There is a whistleblower hotline that inspectors can call to report that they’re finding violations and being thwarted in their ability to do their job.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>It is unclear whether or not the USDA inspector in question called the whistleblower line.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Could the USDA be culpable for what happened at Rancho Feeding Corp.?\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“For 9 million pounds of meat to go into commerce without inspection leads me to believe that there was a breakdown in the inspection process,” Corbo said. “If in fact the inspector on the scene saw violations of law and regulations and attempted to deal with them, and she was thwarted in her ability to do her job, then yes. USDA is culpable.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ciframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https://w.soundcloud.com/player/?url=https%3A//api.soundcloud.com/tracks/136956581&color=ff5500&auto_play=false&hide_related=false&show_artwork=true\" frameborder=\"no\" scrolling=\"no\" width=\"100%\" height=\"166\">\u003c/iframe>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>For more on the processing of animals with cancer of the eye, Mina Kim spoke with \u003ca href=\"http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1278469/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Temple Grandin\u003c/a>, a Colorado State University professor who wrote the American Meat Institute’s humane slaughter guidelines.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>She noted that USDA inspectors are required to inspect the cows live in the yard, and that cancer of the eye would be visible on a live cow to an inspector, though the disease can vary in severity from a tiny spot to where it has eaten away part of the cow’s face. USDA officials say Rancho Feeding Corp. circumvented inspectors.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>As for the health consequences of eating meat from a cow that had cancer of the eye?\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“It’s very disgusting, but you’re probably going to be just fine,” Grandin said. “There’s other things I’d be a lot more worried about, like tuberculosis.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The \u003ca title=\"Lawyer for Petaluma slaughterhouse co-owner speaks up\" href=\"http://www.sfgate.com/bayarea/article/Lawyer-for-Petaluma-slaughterhouse-co-owner-5271485.php\">San Francisco Chronicle reports\u003c/a> a lawyer for one of the owners of Rancho Feeding Corp. says the company is cooperating with the ongoing investigation.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>On February 28, KQED reporter Mina Kim discussed the latest on the USDA’s investigation of Rancho Feeding Corp. with Scott Shafer on KQED’s “Newsroom”:\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ciframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"//www.youtube.com/embed/JevsiTHz3-o\" frameborder=\"0\" width=\"640\" height=\"350\">\u003c/iframe>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>On February 18, the Santa Rosa Press Democrat \u003ca href=\"http://www.pressdemocrat.com/article/20140218/articles/140219545#page=0\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">published a partial list\u003c/a> of specific products subject to the Rancho Feeding Corp. recall. Some affected products include:\u003c/p>\n\u003cul>\n\u003cli>El Monterey Beef & Cheese Taquitos – Flour Tortillas, 20 count\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>El Monterey Ranchero Steak Tornados, 4.5 lb (24 count)\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>Hot Pocket Philly Steak & Cheese, 9 oz., UPC4369507107\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>Hot Pocket Croissant Crust Philly Steak & Cheese, 9 oz., UPC 4369505634\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>Hot Pocket Philly Steak & Cheese, 54 oz., UPC 4369507520\u003c/li>\n\u003c/ul>\n\n",
"blocks": [],
"excerpt": "Department of Agriculture worker reportedly tried to flag problems at Rancho Feeding Corp.",
"status": "publish",
"parent": 0,
"modified": 1726009626,
"stats": {
"hasAudio": true,
"hasVideo": true,
"hasChartOrMap": false,
"iframeSrcs": [],
"hasGoogleForm": false,
"hasGallery": false,
"hasHearkenModule": false,
"hasPolis": false,
"paragraphCount": 18,
"wordCount": 589
},
"headData": {
"title": "USDA Inspector: Supervisors Ignored Reports of Trouble at Petaluma Slaughterhouse | KQED",
"description": "Department of Agriculture worker reportedly tried to flag problems at Rancho Feeding Corp.",
"ogTitle": "",
"ogDescription": "",
"ogImgId": "",
"twTitle": "",
"twDescription": "",
"twImgId": "",
"schema": {
"@context": "https://schema.org",
"@type": "NewsArticle",
"headline": "USDA Inspector: Supervisors Ignored Reports of Trouble at Petaluma Slaughterhouse",
"datePublished": "2014-02-27T12:56:13-08:00",
"dateModified": "2024-09-10T16:07:06-07:00",
"image": "https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/02/KQED-OG-Image@1x.png",
"isAccessibleForFree": "True",
"publisher": {
"@type": "NewsMediaOrganization",
"@id": "https://www.kqed.org/#organization",
"name": "KQED",
"logo": "https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/02/KQED-OG-Image@1x.png",
"url": "https://www.kqed.org",
"sameAs": [
"https://www.facebook.com/KQED",
"https://twitter.com/KQED",
"https://www.instagram.com/kqed/",
"https://www.tiktok.com/@kqedofficial",
"https://www.linkedin.com/company/kqed",
"https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCeC0IOo7i1P_61zVUWbJ4nw"
]
}
}
},
"sticky": false,
"customPermalink": "2014/02/27/usda-supervisors-ignored-problems-petaluma-slaughterhouse-beef-recall/",
"path": "/news/127920/usda-inspector-supervisors-ignored-problems-at-petaluma-slaughterhouse",
"audioTrackLength": null,
"parsedContent": [
{
"type": "contentString",
"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_127921\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 640px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-127921 \" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2014/02/RS8993_467012475-lpr-640x426.jpg\" alt=\"California beef cattle\" width=\"640\" height=\"426\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">(David McNew/Getty Images) \u003ccite>(David McNew/Getty Images)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Rancho Feeding Corp., the Petaluma slaughterhouse at the center of a massive beef recall, may have processed animals with cancer of the eye, \u003ca title=\"Slaughterhouse accused of selling meat from cows with cancer\" href=\"http://www.sfgate.com/health/article/Slaughterhouse-accused-of-selling-meat-from-cows-5267836.php\">according to the San Francisco Chronicle\u003c/a>. That’s one development reported Wednesday about the facility, which is \u003ca title=\"Rep. Jared Huffman: Prosecutors Investigating Petaluma Slaughterhouse \" href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/2014/02/24/rep-jared-huffman-prosecutors-investigating-petaluma-slaughterhouse/\">currently under investigation by federal prosecutors and the U.S. Department of Agriculture\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Another development: \u003ca title=\"Union: Federal inspector reported problems at Petaluma slaughterhouse\" href=\"http://www.pressdemocrat.com/article/20140225/articles/140229682\">the Santa Rosa Press Democrat reports\u003c/a> that a USDA inspector tried to flag problems at the plant to her supervisors, only to be ignored.\u003c/p>\n\u003caside class=\"pullquote alignleft\">‘If the inspector saw violations and was thwarted in her ability to do her job … then USDA is culpable.’\u003c/aside>\n\u003cp>On Wednesday, KQED’s Mina Kim talked with Tony Corbo, senior lobbyist for Washington, D.C.-based consumer advocacy group Food and Water Watch. He noted there is an internal whistleblower line for USDA inspectors to call if they feel supervisors are ignoring violations.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“There are avenues for an inspector to contact the Office of Inspector General,” Corbo said. “There is a whistleblower hotline that inspectors can call to report that they’re finding violations and being thwarted in their ability to do their job.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>It is unclear whether or not the USDA inspector in question called the whistleblower line.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003c/div>",
"attributes": {
"named": {},
"numeric": []
}
},
{
"type": "component",
"content": "",
"name": "ad",
"attributes": {
"named": {
"label": "fullwidth"
},
"numeric": [
"fullwidth"
]
}
},
{
"type": "contentString",
"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Could the USDA be culpable for what happened at Rancho Feeding Corp.?\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“For 9 million pounds of meat to go into commerce without inspection leads me to believe that there was a breakdown in the inspection process,” Corbo said. “If in fact the inspector on the scene saw violations of law and regulations and attempted to deal with them, and she was thwarted in her ability to do her job, then yes. USDA is culpable.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ciframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https://w.soundcloud.com/player/?url=https%3A//api.soundcloud.com/tracks/136956581&color=ff5500&auto_play=false&hide_related=false&show_artwork=true\" frameborder=\"no\" scrolling=\"no\" width=\"100%\" height=\"166\">\u003c/iframe>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>For more on the processing of animals with cancer of the eye, Mina Kim spoke with \u003ca href=\"http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1278469/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Temple Grandin\u003c/a>, a Colorado State University professor who wrote the American Meat Institute’s humane slaughter guidelines.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>She noted that USDA inspectors are required to inspect the cows live in the yard, and that cancer of the eye would be visible on a live cow to an inspector, though the disease can vary in severity from a tiny spot to where it has eaten away part of the cow’s face. USDA officials say Rancho Feeding Corp. circumvented inspectors.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>As for the health consequences of eating meat from a cow that had cancer of the eye?\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“It’s very disgusting, but you’re probably going to be just fine,” Grandin said. “There’s other things I’d be a lot more worried about, like tuberculosis.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The \u003ca title=\"Lawyer for Petaluma slaughterhouse co-owner speaks up\" href=\"http://www.sfgate.com/bayarea/article/Lawyer-for-Petaluma-slaughterhouse-co-owner-5271485.php\">San Francisco Chronicle reports\u003c/a> a lawyer for one of the owners of Rancho Feeding Corp. says the company is cooperating with the ongoing investigation.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>On February 28, KQED reporter Mina Kim discussed the latest on the USDA’s investigation of Rancho Feeding Corp. with Scott Shafer on KQED’s “Newsroom”:\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ciframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"//www.youtube.com/embed/JevsiTHz3-o\" frameborder=\"0\" width=\"640\" height=\"350\">\u003c/iframe>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>On February 18, the Santa Rosa Press Democrat \u003ca href=\"http://www.pressdemocrat.com/article/20140218/articles/140219545#page=0\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">published a partial list\u003c/a> of specific products subject to the Rancho Feeding Corp. recall. Some affected products include:\u003c/p>\n\u003cul>\n\u003cli>El Monterey Beef & Cheese Taquitos – Flour Tortillas, 20 count\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>El Monterey Ranchero Steak Tornados, 4.5 lb (24 count)\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>Hot Pocket Philly Steak & Cheese, 9 oz., UPC4369507107\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>Hot Pocket Croissant Crust Philly Steak & Cheese, 9 oz., UPC 4369505634\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>Hot Pocket Philly Steak & Cheese, 54 oz., UPC 4369507520\u003c/li>\n\u003c/ul>\n\n\u003c/div>\u003c/p>",
"attributes": {
"named": {},
"numeric": []
}
}
],
"link": "/news/127920/usda-inspector-supervisors-ignored-problems-at-petaluma-slaughterhouse",
"authors": [
"182"
],
"programs": [
"news_6944"
],
"categories": [
"news_457",
"news_8"
],
"tags": [
"news_333",
"news_18543",
"news_2509",
"news_5821",
"news_3195"
],
"featImg": "news_127921",
"label": "news_6944"
},
"news_127740": {
"type": "posts",
"id": "news_127740",
"meta": {
"index": "posts_1716263798",
"site": "news",
"id": "127740",
"score": null,
"sort": [
1393457658000
]
},
"guestAuthors": [],
"slug": "aclu-clovis-school-district-has-fixed-abstinence-only-sex-ed-curriculum",
"title": "ACLU: Clovis School District Has Fixed 'Abstinence-Only' Sex-Ed Curriculum",
"publishDate": 1393457658,
"format": "aside",
"headTitle": "ACLU: Clovis School District Has Fixed ‘Abstinence-Only’ Sex-Ed Curriculum | KQED",
"labelTerm": {
"term": 6944,
"site": "news"
},
"content": "\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_127828\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"max-width: 640px\">\u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2014/02/1643755378_24781bac5c_b.jpg\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-127828\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2014/02/1643755378_24781bac5c_b-640x480.jpg\" alt=\"Condoms (Shawn Latta/Flickr)\" width=\"640\" height=\"480\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Condoms (Shawn Latta/Flickr)\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>The nation’s leading association of pediatricians, along with two parents, are declaring victory and ending a lawsuit against a Central Valley school district over providing students with adequate sex education.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The American Academy of Pediatrics, the Gay-Straight Alliance Network and two local parents had sued the Clovis schools in August 2012. They charged that “the district’s abstinence-only-until-marriage curriculum violated California law and put teens’ health at risk by teaching students misinformation and denying them instruction on critical topics,” reported the American Civil Liberties Union, which represented the plaintiffs.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Now the plaintiffs are satisfied with what the ACLU called “dramatic improvements” in Clovis, a city of about 100,000 near Fresno. Changes to the sex education curriculum include removing “wrong and biased” materials, adding information about contraception and training teachers, the ACLU stated.\u003c/p>\n\u003caside class=\"pullquote alignleft\">‘The first tip (was) be abstinent, and the second (was) get plenty of rest.’\u003c/aside>\n\u003cp>So they dropped the lawsuit — upon which the school district also claimed victory. Spokesperson Kelly Avants said in a written statement: “The Plaintiffs’ voluntary dismissal of all claims validates Clovis Unified’s sex education curriculum and the routine process through which we review and update curriculum in our schools on an on-going basis.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>California does not require schools to offer sex education. But if schools do, the \u003ca href=\"http://www.cde.ca.gov/ls/he/se/faq.asp\">state education code\u003c/a> requires the course content to include medically accurate information about sexually transmitted diseases and contraception.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Aubrey Smith, one of the parents who sued, is a registered nurse. At the time the lawsuit was filed, she told “\u003ca href=\"http://www.californiareport.org/archive/R201209240850/b\">The California Report\u003c/a>“:\u003c/p>\n\u003cblockquote>\u003cp>“The current textbook for ninth grade has no information on condoms or contraception. It has no accurate information on how STDS are spread. They give tips for preventing the spread of STDs. The first tip is be abstinent, and then the second is get plenty of rest, third is go out as a group, and fourth is respect yourself.”\u003c/p>\u003c/blockquote>\n\u003cp>The ACLU wrote:\u003c/p>\n\u003cblockquote>\u003cp>“When the lawsuit was initiated, the district’s high school curriculum provided no information about how to prevent sexually transmitted infections (STIs) and unintended pregnancy other than abstinence, and it included a video that compared a woman who was not a virgin to a dirty shoe. Today that video and others like it have been removed, and the curriculum includes accurate information about all FDA-approved methods of contraception and STI-prevention. To make instruction more inclusive for all students, information about sexual orientation has also been added.”\u003c/p>\u003c/blockquote>\n\u003cp>The school district maintains that such a video was never actually shown in class and that its curriculum has always complied with state rules:\u003c/p>\n\u003cblockquote>\u003cp>“Clovis Unified’s ninth grade sex education curriculum, while always covering abstinence as required by the Education Code, has also always included instruction on contraception methods as required by the Education Code. The Plaintiffs’ allegation against the District’s curriculum as ‘abstinence only’ was, and continues to be untrue …”\u003c/p>\u003c/blockquote>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Clovis Unified changed its middle school program in 2011 after parents complained that a former preacher was paid $37,000 to teach his Teen Choices curriculum to students each year. Two other districts were told by the state to give up this curriculum, because it gave misleading health information.\u003c/p>\n\n",
"blocks": [],
"excerpt": "Pediatricians and parents who had sued claimed that the district was in violation of state rules.",
"status": "publish",
"parent": 0,
"modified": 1726009629,
"stats": {
"hasAudio": false,
"hasVideo": false,
"hasChartOrMap": false,
"iframeSrcs": [],
"hasGoogleForm": false,
"hasGallery": false,
"hasHearkenModule": false,
"hasPolis": false,
"paragraphCount": 14,
"wordCount": 571
},
"headData": {
"title": "ACLU: Clovis School District Has Fixed 'Abstinence-Only' Sex-Ed Curriculum | KQED",
"description": "Pediatricians and parents who had sued claimed that the district was in violation of state rules.",
"ogTitle": "",
"ogDescription": "",
"ogImgId": "",
"twTitle": "",
"twDescription": "",
"twImgId": "",
"schema": {
"@context": "https://schema.org",
"@type": "NewsArticle",
"headline": "ACLU: Clovis School District Has Fixed 'Abstinence-Only' Sex-Ed Curriculum",
"datePublished": "2014-02-26T15:34:18-08:00",
"dateModified": "2024-09-10T16:07:09-07:00",
"image": "https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/02/KQED-OG-Image@1x.png",
"isAccessibleForFree": "True",
"publisher": {
"@type": "NewsMediaOrganization",
"@id": "https://www.kqed.org/#organization",
"name": "KQED",
"logo": "https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/02/KQED-OG-Image@1x.png",
"url": "https://www.kqed.org",
"sameAs": [
"https://www.facebook.com/KQED",
"https://twitter.com/KQED",
"https://www.instagram.com/kqed/",
"https://www.tiktok.com/@kqedofficial",
"https://www.linkedin.com/company/kqed",
"https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCeC0IOo7i1P_61zVUWbJ4nw"
]
}
}
},
"sticky": false,
"customPermalink": "2014/02/26/127740/aclu-forced-clovis-school-district-fix-sex-education/",
"path": "/news/127740/aclu-clovis-school-district-has-fixed-abstinence-only-sex-ed-curriculum",
"audioTrackLength": null,
"parsedContent": [
{
"type": "contentString",
"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_127828\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"max-width: 640px\">\u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2014/02/1643755378_24781bac5c_b.jpg\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-127828\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2014/02/1643755378_24781bac5c_b-640x480.jpg\" alt=\"Condoms (Shawn Latta/Flickr)\" width=\"640\" height=\"480\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Condoms (Shawn Latta/Flickr)\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>The nation’s leading association of pediatricians, along with two parents, are declaring victory and ending a lawsuit against a Central Valley school district over providing students with adequate sex education.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The American Academy of Pediatrics, the Gay-Straight Alliance Network and two local parents had sued the Clovis schools in August 2012. They charged that “the district’s abstinence-only-until-marriage curriculum violated California law and put teens’ health at risk by teaching students misinformation and denying them instruction on critical topics,” reported the American Civil Liberties Union, which represented the plaintiffs.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Now the plaintiffs are satisfied with what the ACLU called “dramatic improvements” in Clovis, a city of about 100,000 near Fresno. Changes to the sex education curriculum include removing “wrong and biased” materials, adding information about contraception and training teachers, the ACLU stated.\u003c/p>\n\u003caside class=\"pullquote alignleft\">‘The first tip (was) be abstinent, and the second (was) get plenty of rest.’\u003c/aside>\n\u003cp>So they dropped the lawsuit — upon which the school district also claimed victory. Spokesperson Kelly Avants said in a written statement: “The Plaintiffs’ voluntary dismissal of all claims validates Clovis Unified’s sex education curriculum and the routine process through which we review and update curriculum in our schools on an on-going basis.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>California does not require schools to offer sex education. But if schools do, the \u003ca href=\"http://www.cde.ca.gov/ls/he/se/faq.asp\">state education code\u003c/a> requires the course content to include medically accurate information about sexually transmitted diseases and contraception.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003c/div>",
"attributes": {
"named": {},
"numeric": []
}
},
{
"type": "component",
"content": "",
"name": "ad",
"attributes": {
"named": {
"label": "fullwidth"
},
"numeric": [
"fullwidth"
]
}
},
{
"type": "contentString",
"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Aubrey Smith, one of the parents who sued, is a registered nurse. At the time the lawsuit was filed, she told “\u003ca href=\"http://www.californiareport.org/archive/R201209240850/b\">The California Report\u003c/a>“:\u003c/p>\n\u003cblockquote>\u003cp>“The current textbook for ninth grade has no information on condoms or contraception. It has no accurate information on how STDS are spread. They give tips for preventing the spread of STDs. The first tip is be abstinent, and then the second is get plenty of rest, third is go out as a group, and fourth is respect yourself.”\u003c/p>\u003c/blockquote>\n\u003cp>The ACLU wrote:\u003c/p>\n\u003cblockquote>\u003cp>“When the lawsuit was initiated, the district’s high school curriculum provided no information about how to prevent sexually transmitted infections (STIs) and unintended pregnancy other than abstinence, and it included a video that compared a woman who was not a virgin to a dirty shoe. Today that video and others like it have been removed, and the curriculum includes accurate information about all FDA-approved methods of contraception and STI-prevention. To make instruction more inclusive for all students, information about sexual orientation has also been added.”\u003c/p>\u003c/blockquote>\n\u003cp>The school district maintains that such a video was never actually shown in class and that its curriculum has always complied with state rules:\u003c/p>\n\u003cblockquote>\u003cp>“Clovis Unified’s ninth grade sex education curriculum, while always covering abstinence as required by the Education Code, has also always included instruction on contraception methods as required by the Education Code. The Plaintiffs’ allegation against the District’s curriculum as ‘abstinence only’ was, and continues to be untrue …”\u003c/p>\u003c/blockquote>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Clovis Unified changed its middle school program in 2011 after parents complained that a former preacher was paid $37,000 to teach his Teen Choices curriculum to students each year. Two other districts were told by the state to give up this curriculum, because it gave misleading health information.\u003c/p>\n\n\u003c/div>\u003c/p>",
"attributes": {
"named": {},
"numeric": []
}
}
],
"link": "/news/127740/aclu-clovis-school-district-has-fixed-abstinence-only-sex-ed-curriculum",
"authors": [
"228"
],
"programs": [
"news_6944"
],
"categories": [
"news_18540",
"news_457",
"news_8"
],
"tags": [
"news_18543",
"news_5850",
"news_98"
],
"featImg": "news_127828",
"label": "news_6944"
},
"news_127656": {
"type": "posts",
"id": "news_127656",
"meta": {
"index": "posts_1716263798",
"site": "news",
"id": "127656",
"score": null,
"sort": [
1393426840000
]
},
"guestAuthors": [],
"slug": "oakland-program-seeks-to-stop-teen-dating-violence-before-it-starts",
"title": "Oakland Program Seeks to Stop Teen Dating Violence Before It Starts",
"publishDate": 1393426840,
"format": "aside",
"headTitle": "Oakland Program Seeks to Stop Teen Dating Violence Before It Starts | KQED",
"labelTerm": {
"term": 6944,
"site": "news"
},
"content": "\u003cp>\u003cstrong>By Aaron Mendelson\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_127667\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 640px\">\u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2014/02/RS8990_Photo1-lpr.jpg\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-127667\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2014/02/RS8990_Photo1-lpr-640x426.jpg\" alt=\"Teacher Kirstie Mah leading class discussion on dating violence at Oakland's Lighthouse Charter School. (Aaron Mendelson/KQED)\" width=\"640\" height=\"426\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Teacher Kirstie Mah leading class discussion on dating violence at Oakland’s Lighthouse Charter School. (Aaron Mendelson/KQED)\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Educators and health professionals are seeing kids dating earlier than ever — and along with that new reality a need to teach middle-school students about the dangers of dating violence.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The trend has prompted creation of \u003ca href=\"http://www.cdc.gov/violenceprevention/DatingMatters/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Dating Matters, a nationwide pilot program\u003c/a> developed and funded by the federal Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and currently being tested in four cities nationwide, including Oakland.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Dating Matters cycles through Oakland schools, and this month, students at Lighthouse Community Charter School in East Oakland are participating in Dating Matters.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>On a recent school day in the Lighthouse school library, Kirstie Mah teaches a lesson from the Safe Dates curriculum about abusive relationships. The class discusses the behavior of a hypothetical abusive boyfriend.\u003c/p>\n\u003caside class=\"pullquote alignleft\">‘Our middle school students are dating. I know we often think that, ‘Maybe by eighth grade, high school definitely.’ But I would say they’re dating earlier and earlier.’\u003c/aside>\n\u003cp>“He emotionally hurt her. He called her a slut and mean stuff,” one student offers.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Right,” Mah responds. “And why did he do that?”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“’Cause of the way she was dressed,” another student says.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Mah continues the thought: “So he thought she wasn’t dressed appropriately. Do you think he should be able to tell her what to do and what to wear?” A handful of students answer: “No.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Later in class, students split up into small groups, taking turns placing themselves in the shoes of a victim of dating violence. As the day wraps up, they discuss gender expectations. Mah draws a box on the whiteboard, and the class free-associates ideas about women and girls. Mah writes down words like “cooking” and “makeup” in red ink. “Spectacular” and “smell good” also make the list.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Are these expectations fair?” Mah asks. “Where do you think we get these expectations from?”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Students agree that the expectations aren’t fair, and segue into a discussion of where these perceptions come from.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ciframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https://w.soundcloud.com/player/?url=https%3A//api.soundcloud.com/tracks/136776334&color=ff5500&auto_play=false&hide_related=false&show_artwork=true\" frameborder=\"no\" scrolling=\"no\" width=\"100%\" height=\"166\">\u003c/iframe>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The \u003ca href=\"http://www.cdc.gov/violenceprevention/DatingMatters/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Dating Matters\u003c/a> classes cover issues from why abuse happens, to identifying red flags and talking about gender roles. The initiative is funded by the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Oakland is one of four U.S. cities with a grant for the Dating Matters classes, and the only city on the West Coast.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The program is in its third year in Oakland, part of a five-year pilot. The 10 schools participating in Dating Matters implement one of two approaches. Half the schools feature instruction for eighth-grade students—this is the Safe Dates curriculum that Kirstie Mah teaches at Lighthouse. The other five schools feature classes for sixth through eighth-grade students, and also outreach to parents and educators. After five years, the CDC will review the results from both approaches.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Our middle school students are dating,” says Caroline Miller, who manages Dating Matters for the Alameda County Public Health Department. “I know we often think that ‘maybe by eighth grade, high school definitely.’ But I would say they’re dating earlier and earlier.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In the digital age, teens can easily bully and stalk one another. Miller says that classes remind teens that “anything that we put online or that we share, it’s almost like a tattoo. It’s forever.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Miller says that “associated risk factors” — such as drug abuse and bullying — suggest that “teen dating violence may be occurring more” in Oakland than in other cities. Nationally, the CDC estimates that physical, verbal and emotional abuse affect a quarter of adolescents every year.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>February marks National Teen Dating Violence Awareness and Prevention Month, which seeks to bring attention to the issue. President Barack Obama recognized the month in a proclamation, writing that “dating violence can affect anyone.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Dating Matters focuses on dating violence and healthy relationships, but other issues in teens’ lives sometimes surface. Miller says that violence, substance abuse and teen prostitution have come up in classes. “They’ve been really honest about their reality and what they see,” Miller says of students.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Valeria Corona, 13, is an eighth-grade student at Lighthouse Charter School, taking Dating Matters this month. Corona says that the subject of teen dating violence “was new to me, and it surprised me how much that happens and how people don’t stand up for themselves.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Corona says she’s not dating anyone right now, but that some of her classmates are. She’s glad that she and her friends are learning about dating violence. “We’re going to go into high school, and people are going to change,” Corona says.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>If the classes came later, she says, it might be too late.\u003c/p>\n\n",
"blocks": [],
"excerpt": "As kids date earlier, educators and health professionals try to instill lessons about healthy relationships. ",
"status": "publish",
"parent": 0,
"modified": 1726009632,
"stats": {
"hasAudio": true,
"hasVideo": false,
"hasChartOrMap": false,
"iframeSrcs": [],
"hasGoogleForm": false,
"hasGallery": false,
"hasHearkenModule": false,
"hasPolis": false,
"paragraphCount": 25,
"wordCount": 853
},
"headData": {
"title": "Oakland Program Seeks to Stop Teen Dating Violence Before It Starts | KQED",
"description": "As kids date earlier, educators and health professionals try to instill lessons about healthy relationships. ",
"ogTitle": "",
"ogDescription": "",
"ogImgId": "",
"twTitle": "",
"twDescription": "",
"twImgId": "",
"schema": {
"@context": "https://schema.org",
"@type": "NewsArticle",
"headline": "Oakland Program Seeks to Stop Teen Dating Violence Before It Starts",
"datePublished": "2014-02-26T07:00:40-08:00",
"dateModified": "2024-09-10T16:07:12-07:00",
"image": "https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/02/KQED-OG-Image@1x.png",
"isAccessibleForFree": "True",
"publisher": {
"@type": "NewsMediaOrganization",
"@id": "https://www.kqed.org/#organization",
"name": "KQED",
"logo": "https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/02/KQED-OG-Image@1x.png",
"url": "https://www.kqed.org",
"sameAs": [
"https://www.facebook.com/KQED",
"https://twitter.com/KQED",
"https://www.instagram.com/kqed/",
"https://www.tiktok.com/@kqedofficial",
"https://www.linkedin.com/company/kqed",
"https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCeC0IOo7i1P_61zVUWbJ4nw"
]
}
}
},
"sticky": false,
"customPermalink": "2014/02/26/oakland-program-seeks-to-stop-teen-dating-violence-before-it-starts/",
"path": "/news/127656/oakland-program-seeks-to-stop-teen-dating-violence-before-it-starts",
"audioTrackLength": null,
"parsedContent": [
{
"type": "contentString",
"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003cp>\u003cstrong>By Aaron Mendelson\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_127667\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 640px\">\u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2014/02/RS8990_Photo1-lpr.jpg\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-127667\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2014/02/RS8990_Photo1-lpr-640x426.jpg\" alt=\"Teacher Kirstie Mah leading class discussion on dating violence at Oakland's Lighthouse Charter School. (Aaron Mendelson/KQED)\" width=\"640\" height=\"426\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Teacher Kirstie Mah leading class discussion on dating violence at Oakland’s Lighthouse Charter School. (Aaron Mendelson/KQED)\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Educators and health professionals are seeing kids dating earlier than ever — and along with that new reality a need to teach middle-school students about the dangers of dating violence.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The trend has prompted creation of \u003ca href=\"http://www.cdc.gov/violenceprevention/DatingMatters/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Dating Matters, a nationwide pilot program\u003c/a> developed and funded by the federal Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and currently being tested in four cities nationwide, including Oakland.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Dating Matters cycles through Oakland schools, and this month, students at Lighthouse Community Charter School in East Oakland are participating in Dating Matters.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>On a recent school day in the Lighthouse school library, Kirstie Mah teaches a lesson from the Safe Dates curriculum about abusive relationships. The class discusses the behavior of a hypothetical abusive boyfriend.\u003c/p>\n\u003caside class=\"pullquote alignleft\">‘Our middle school students are dating. I know we often think that, ‘Maybe by eighth grade, high school definitely.’ But I would say they’re dating earlier and earlier.’\u003c/aside>\n\u003cp>“He emotionally hurt her. He called her a slut and mean stuff,” one student offers.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003c/div>",
"attributes": {
"named": {},
"numeric": []
}
},
{
"type": "component",
"content": "",
"name": "ad",
"attributes": {
"named": {
"label": "fullwidth"
},
"numeric": [
"fullwidth"
]
}
},
{
"type": "contentString",
"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Right,” Mah responds. “And why did he do that?”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“’Cause of the way she was dressed,” another student says.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Mah continues the thought: “So he thought she wasn’t dressed appropriately. Do you think he should be able to tell her what to do and what to wear?” A handful of students answer: “No.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Later in class, students split up into small groups, taking turns placing themselves in the shoes of a victim of dating violence. As the day wraps up, they discuss gender expectations. Mah draws a box on the whiteboard, and the class free-associates ideas about women and girls. Mah writes down words like “cooking” and “makeup” in red ink. “Spectacular” and “smell good” also make the list.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Are these expectations fair?” Mah asks. “Where do you think we get these expectations from?”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Students agree that the expectations aren’t fair, and segue into a discussion of where these perceptions come from.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ciframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https://w.soundcloud.com/player/?url=https%3A//api.soundcloud.com/tracks/136776334&color=ff5500&auto_play=false&hide_related=false&show_artwork=true\" frameborder=\"no\" scrolling=\"no\" width=\"100%\" height=\"166\">\u003c/iframe>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The \u003ca href=\"http://www.cdc.gov/violenceprevention/DatingMatters/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Dating Matters\u003c/a> classes cover issues from why abuse happens, to identifying red flags and talking about gender roles. The initiative is funded by the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Oakland is one of four U.S. cities with a grant for the Dating Matters classes, and the only city on the West Coast.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The program is in its third year in Oakland, part of a five-year pilot. The 10 schools participating in Dating Matters implement one of two approaches. Half the schools feature instruction for eighth-grade students—this is the Safe Dates curriculum that Kirstie Mah teaches at Lighthouse. The other five schools feature classes for sixth through eighth-grade students, and also outreach to parents and educators. After five years, the CDC will review the results from both approaches.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Our middle school students are dating,” says Caroline Miller, who manages Dating Matters for the Alameda County Public Health Department. “I know we often think that ‘maybe by eighth grade, high school definitely.’ But I would say they’re dating earlier and earlier.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In the digital age, teens can easily bully and stalk one another. Miller says that classes remind teens that “anything that we put online or that we share, it’s almost like a tattoo. It’s forever.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Miller says that “associated risk factors” — such as drug abuse and bullying — suggest that “teen dating violence may be occurring more” in Oakland than in other cities. Nationally, the CDC estimates that physical, verbal and emotional abuse affect a quarter of adolescents every year.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>February marks National Teen Dating Violence Awareness and Prevention Month, which seeks to bring attention to the issue. President Barack Obama recognized the month in a proclamation, writing that “dating violence can affect anyone.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Dating Matters focuses on dating violence and healthy relationships, but other issues in teens’ lives sometimes surface. Miller says that violence, substance abuse and teen prostitution have come up in classes. “They’ve been really honest about their reality and what they see,” Miller says of students.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Valeria Corona, 13, is an eighth-grade student at Lighthouse Charter School, taking Dating Matters this month. Corona says that the subject of teen dating violence “was new to me, and it surprised me how much that happens and how people don’t stand up for themselves.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Corona says she’s not dating anyone right now, but that some of her classmates are. She’s glad that she and her friends are learning about dating violence. “We’re going to go into high school, and people are going to change,” Corona says.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>If the classes came later, she says, it might be too late.\u003c/p>\n\n\u003c/div>\u003c/p>",
"attributes": {
"named": {},
"numeric": []
}
}
],
"link": "/news/127656/oakland-program-seeks-to-stop-teen-dating-violence-before-it-starts",
"authors": [
"236"
],
"programs": [
"news_6944"
],
"categories": [
"news_18540",
"news_457",
"news_8"
],
"tags": [
"news_20013",
"news_18543",
"news_5841",
"news_3202",
"news_98"
],
"featImg": "news_127667",
"label": "news_6944"
},
"news_126985": {
"type": "posts",
"id": "news_126985",
"meta": {
"index": "posts_1716263798",
"site": "news",
"id": "126985",
"score": null,
"sort": [
1392912176000
]
},
"guestAuthors": [],
"slug": "jahi-mcmath-update-teen-doing-much-better-physically-mom-says",
"title": "Jahi McMath Update: Teen Doing 'Much Better Physically,' Mom Says",
"publishDate": 1392912176,
"format": "aside",
"headTitle": "Jahi McMath Update: Teen Doing ‘Much Better Physically,’ Mom Says | KQED",
"labelTerm": {
"term": 6944,
"site": "news"
},
"content": "\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_122166\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\" style=\"max-width: 400px\">\u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2013/12/jahimcmath-e1388533941569.jpg\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-122166\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2013/12/jahimcmath-e1388533941569.jpg\" alt=\"From the Jahi McMath Fund.\" width=\"400\" height=\"258\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">(Photo: Jahi McMath Fund)\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Jahi McMath, the East Bay teenager declared brain dead in December after complications from sleep apnea surgery, is “much better physically” since \u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/2014/01/06/brain-dead-jahi-mcmath-removed-from-childrens-hospital-oakland\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">she was removed to an undisclosed facility\u003c/a> from Children’s Hospital Oakland last month. That’s according to a message apparently written by the girl’s mother, Nailah Winkfield, and posted on Facebook Wednesday.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Winkfield went to court to stop Children’s Hospital officials from removing her daughter from a ventilator after doctors found the girl’s brain had stopped functioning. Since the girl was legally dead, the hospital refused to perform a tracheostomy, to aid her body’s mechanically-assisted respiration, or to install a feeding tube. \u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/2013/12/30/jahi-mcmath-oakland-brain-dead-girl/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">The family won a long enough delay\u003c/a> in Alameda County Superior Court to find an outside facility to receive the girl.\u003c/p>\n\u003caside class=\"pullquote alignleft\">‘Despite what people say about my daughter being dead and how I must be ignorant not to get that, I can tell you that she is much better physically. …’\u003ccite>Nailah Winkfield,\u003cbr>\nJahi McMath’s mother\u003c/cite>\u003c/aside>\n\u003cp>Children’s Hospital doctors and other physicians said, before Jahi was transferred, that \u003ca href=\"http://www.latimes.com/local/lanow/la-me-ln-jahi-mcmath-body-deteriorating-20140108,0,4831276.story\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">her physical condition would inevitably deteriorate \u003c/a>as a result of losing all brain function. An Ohio doctor who challenges brain-death diagnoses visited with the girl and her family at Children’s Hospital and argued in a court filing that Jahi was not “truly dead” because she still retained physical functions like a heartbeat.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But in her note, Winfield says of Jahi’s current condition: “I see changes that give me hope.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Here’s the text of Nailah Winkfield’s message, posted on a Facebook page called \u003ca href=\"https://www.facebook.com/keepJahiMcmathonlifesupport\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Keep Jahi McMath on life support\u003c/a>:\u003c/p>\n\u003cblockquote>\u003cp>It has been over a month since I have spoken about my life with Jahi to anyone outside a very small circle of family and friends. So many people have asked how we are doing and if Jahi is alive. This has and continues to be an unbelievably difficult time for me as a mother and for us as a family. I have withdrawn for reasons of safety and privacy and to focus on my daughter and my role as her mother. However, I have not been alone. I have been surrounded by the love, support and prayers of so many kind people. Despite what people say about my daughter being dead and how I must be ignorant not to get that, I can tell you that she is much better physically since she has left Children’s Hospital and I see changes that give me hope.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>As I prayed today, I felt called to express to people that I am truly grateful for the amount of love and support my daughter Jahi McMath and I have received from people all over the world. We feel your prayer and support. Because of your unselfish generosity I was able to do what I was afraid I would never be able to do, move my daughter from Children’s Hospital Oakland before they removed her from her ventilator and stopped her heart. This was itself a miracle. Please know that all of the support we received has been used towards helping Jahi. If I had it my way, I would say thank you to each and every person in their native language so they could understand how much I appreciate them for all their support and, most importantly, prayers. It is my belief that faith in God, your prayers, and the incredible kindness of good hearted medical professionals, are the main reasons my daughter is alive today. I know people are concerned and I want to make sure you know that Jahi is not suffering, she is surrounded by love. I will never let her suffer.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>On the long hard days when I’m feeling down I think about all the people who are praying for me and Jahi and I feel so much better. I want you to know that I’m praying for you as well.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Thank you to all of the people who view my daughter as the sweet, innocent, 13 year old girl that she is and not a dead body or a corpse, I deeply appreciate that. Thank you to everyone who hasn’t forgot how my daughter got into this situation in the first place. No one should have to go through this.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>I would like to thank all of the people who have reached out to me and shared their stories of their family members. Some have been heartbreaking, some have given me hope. All have helped me feel that I am not the only person who has had this struggle. Some of you have shared how you fought for your loved ones and they got better, some of you have shared your regret with not fighting more and some shared with me the incredibly difficult decisions you made to let go. I have prayed for you as you have for me. Sadly I can say I know how you feel.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>I also want to thank those who felt the need to go public with their opinions about me and my daughter, positive and even negative. It is because of you that my daughter’s experience is so relevant and that people all over the world know who Jahi Mcmath is. What you may not know is that her name, Jahi, means one who is known by many. Hopefully my daughter can change some of the ways brain death is viewed in today’s society. Honestly, I think she already has.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Finally, thank you for all the love, support and prayers you give Jahi every day. I am certain that she knows you are praying for her. I feel the support from your prayer all the time. I don’t think I or Jahi would be here today without you. May God bless all who have shown love and compassion as well as those who have expressed their contempt. All are deserving of God’s grace and love. For those who believe, please, keep praying for Jahi. God can overcome all things and I believe that his will has yet to be fully revealed. I love Jahi and where there is love, there is hope.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Nailah Winkfield , Jahi’s mom\u003c/p>\u003c/blockquote>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\u003cp>[ad floatright]\u003c/p>\n",
"blocks": [],
"excerpt": "Online message says brain-dead Oakland teenager has improved since being moved from hospital. ",
"status": "publish",
"parent": 0,
"modified": 1726009635,
"stats": {
"hasAudio": false,
"hasVideo": false,
"hasChartOrMap": false,
"iframeSrcs": [],
"hasGoogleForm": false,
"hasGallery": false,
"hasHearkenModule": false,
"hasPolis": false,
"paragraphCount": 15,
"wordCount": 1077
},
"headData": {
"title": "Jahi McMath Update: Teen Doing 'Much Better Physically,' Mom Says | KQED",
"description": "Online message says brain-dead Oakland teenager has improved since being moved from hospital. ",
"ogTitle": "",
"ogDescription": "",
"ogImgId": "",
"twTitle": "",
"twDescription": "",
"twImgId": "",
"schema": {
"@context": "https://schema.org",
"@type": "NewsArticle",
"headline": "Jahi McMath Update: Teen Doing 'Much Better Physically,' Mom Says",
"datePublished": "2014-02-20T08:02:56-08:00",
"dateModified": "2024-09-10T16:07:15-07:00",
"image": "https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/02/KQED-OG-Image@1x.png",
"isAccessibleForFree": "True",
"publisher": {
"@type": "NewsMediaOrganization",
"@id": "https://www.kqed.org/#organization",
"name": "KQED",
"logo": "https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/02/KQED-OG-Image@1x.png",
"url": "https://www.kqed.org",
"sameAs": [
"https://www.facebook.com/KQED",
"https://twitter.com/KQED",
"https://www.instagram.com/kqed/",
"https://www.tiktok.com/@kqedofficial",
"https://www.linkedin.com/company/kqed",
"https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCeC0IOo7i1P_61zVUWbJ4nw"
]
}
}
},
"sticky": false,
"customPermalink": "2014/02/19/jahi-mcmath-doing-much-better-physically-mom-says/",
"path": "/news/126985/jahi-mcmath-update-teen-doing-much-better-physically-mom-says",
"audioTrackLength": null,
"parsedContent": [
{
"type": "contentString",
"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_122166\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\" style=\"max-width: 400px\">\u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2013/12/jahimcmath-e1388533941569.jpg\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-122166\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2013/12/jahimcmath-e1388533941569.jpg\" alt=\"From the Jahi McMath Fund.\" width=\"400\" height=\"258\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">(Photo: Jahi McMath Fund)\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Jahi McMath, the East Bay teenager declared brain dead in December after complications from sleep apnea surgery, is “much better physically” since \u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/2014/01/06/brain-dead-jahi-mcmath-removed-from-childrens-hospital-oakland\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">she was removed to an undisclosed facility\u003c/a> from Children’s Hospital Oakland last month. That’s according to a message apparently written by the girl’s mother, Nailah Winkfield, and posted on Facebook Wednesday.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Winkfield went to court to stop Children’s Hospital officials from removing her daughter from a ventilator after doctors found the girl’s brain had stopped functioning. Since the girl was legally dead, the hospital refused to perform a tracheostomy, to aid her body’s mechanically-assisted respiration, or to install a feeding tube. \u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/2013/12/30/jahi-mcmath-oakland-brain-dead-girl/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">The family won a long enough delay\u003c/a> in Alameda County Superior Court to find an outside facility to receive the girl.\u003c/p>\n\u003caside class=\"pullquote alignleft\">‘Despite what people say about my daughter being dead and how I must be ignorant not to get that, I can tell you that she is much better physically. …’\u003ccite>Nailah Winkfield,\u003cbr>\nJahi McMath’s mother\u003c/cite>\u003c/aside>\n\u003cp>Children’s Hospital doctors and other physicians said, before Jahi was transferred, that \u003ca href=\"http://www.latimes.com/local/lanow/la-me-ln-jahi-mcmath-body-deteriorating-20140108,0,4831276.story\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">her physical condition would inevitably deteriorate \u003c/a>as a result of losing all brain function. An Ohio doctor who challenges brain-death diagnoses visited with the girl and her family at Children’s Hospital and argued in a court filing that Jahi was not “truly dead” because she still retained physical functions like a heartbeat.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But in her note, Winfield says of Jahi’s current condition: “I see changes that give me hope.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Here’s the text of Nailah Winkfield’s message, posted on a Facebook page called \u003ca href=\"https://www.facebook.com/keepJahiMcmathonlifesupport\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Keep Jahi McMath on life support\u003c/a>:\u003c/p>\n\u003cblockquote>\u003cp>It has been over a month since I have spoken about my life with Jahi to anyone outside a very small circle of family and friends. So many people have asked how we are doing and if Jahi is alive. This has and continues to be an unbelievably difficult time for me as a mother and for us as a family. I have withdrawn for reasons of safety and privacy and to focus on my daughter and my role as her mother. However, I have not been alone. I have been surrounded by the love, support and prayers of so many kind people. Despite what people say about my daughter being dead and how I must be ignorant not to get that, I can tell you that she is much better physically since she has left Children’s Hospital and I see changes that give me hope.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>As I prayed today, I felt called to express to people that I am truly grateful for the amount of love and support my daughter Jahi McMath and I have received from people all over the world. We feel your prayer and support. Because of your unselfish generosity I was able to do what I was afraid I would never be able to do, move my daughter from Children’s Hospital Oakland before they removed her from her ventilator and stopped her heart. This was itself a miracle. Please know that all of the support we received has been used towards helping Jahi. If I had it my way, I would say thank you to each and every person in their native language so they could understand how much I appreciate them for all their support and, most importantly, prayers. It is my belief that faith in God, your prayers, and the incredible kindness of good hearted medical professionals, are the main reasons my daughter is alive today. I know people are concerned and I want to make sure you know that Jahi is not suffering, she is surrounded by love. I will never let her suffer.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>On the long hard days when I’m feeling down I think about all the people who are praying for me and Jahi and I feel so much better. I want you to know that I’m praying for you as well.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Thank you to all of the people who view my daughter as the sweet, innocent, 13 year old girl that she is and not a dead body or a corpse, I deeply appreciate that. Thank you to everyone who hasn’t forgot how my daughter got into this situation in the first place. No one should have to go through this.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>I would like to thank all of the people who have reached out to me and shared their stories of their family members. Some have been heartbreaking, some have given me hope. All have helped me feel that I am not the only person who has had this struggle. Some of you have shared how you fought for your loved ones and they got better, some of you have shared your regret with not fighting more and some shared with me the incredibly difficult decisions you made to let go. I have prayed for you as you have for me. Sadly I can say I know how you feel.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>I also want to thank those who felt the need to go public with their opinions about me and my daughter, positive and even negative. It is because of you that my daughter’s experience is so relevant and that people all over the world know who Jahi Mcmath is. What you may not know is that her name, Jahi, means one who is known by many. Hopefully my daughter can change some of the ways brain death is viewed in today’s society. Honestly, I think she already has.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Finally, thank you for all the love, support and prayers you give Jahi every day. I am certain that she knows you are praying for her. I feel the support from your prayer all the time. I don’t think I or Jahi would be here today without you. May God bless all who have shown love and compassion as well as those who have expressed their contempt. All are deserving of God’s grace and love. For those who believe, please, keep praying for Jahi. God can overcome all things and I believe that his will has yet to be fully revealed. I love Jahi and where there is love, there is hope.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Nailah Winkfield , Jahi’s mom\u003c/p>\u003c/blockquote>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003c/div>",
"attributes": {
"named": {},
"numeric": []
}
},
{
"type": "component",
"content": "",
"name": "ad",
"attributes": {
"named": {
"label": "fullwidth"
},
"numeric": [
"fullwidth"
]
}
},
{
"type": "contentString",
"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003c/div>",
"attributes": {
"named": {},
"numeric": []
}
},
{
"type": "component",
"content": "",
"name": "ad",
"attributes": {
"named": {
"label": "floatright"
},
"numeric": [
"floatright"
]
}
},
{
"type": "contentString",
"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003c/div>\u003c/p>",
"attributes": {
"named": {},
"numeric": []
}
}
],
"link": "/news/126985/jahi-mcmath-update-teen-doing-much-better-physically-mom-says",
"authors": [
"222"
],
"programs": [
"news_6944"
],
"categories": [
"news_457"
],
"tags": [
"news_18543",
"news_5401",
"news_5402",
"news_5795"
],
"featImg": "news_122166",
"label": "news_6944"
},
"news_125773": {
"type": "posts",
"id": "news_125773",
"meta": {
"index": "posts_1716263798",
"site": "news",
"id": "125773",
"score": null,
"sort": [
1392859800000
]
},
"guestAuthors": [],
"slug": "petaluma-firm-recalls-8-7-million-pounds-of-possibly-tainted-beef",
"title": "Petaluma Firm's Massive Beef Recall Affecting Over 1,000 Establishments",
"publishDate": 1392859800,
"format": "aside",
"headTitle": "Petaluma Firm’s Massive Beef Recall Affecting Over 1,000 Establishments | KQED",
"labelTerm": {
"term": 6944,
"site": "news"
},
"content": "\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_125775\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 640px\">\u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2014/02/150683184.jpg\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-125775\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2014/02/150683184-640x410.jpg\" alt=\"(John Moore/Getty Images)\" width=\"640\" height=\"410\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">(John Moore/Getty Images) \u003ccite>(John Moore/Getty Images)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Update, Feb. 19:\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>A Petaluma company’s recall of nearly 9 million pounds of beef is now affecting more than 1,000 establishments in 29 states and Canada, \u003ca href=\"http://www.pressdemocrat.com/article/20140218/articles/140219587#page=0\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">according to The Press Democrat\u003c/a>. Nestle is voluntarily recalling some of its Hot Pockets because they might contain affected meat from Rancho Feeding Corp. The Press Democrat has \u003ca href=\"http://www.pressdemocrat.com/article/20140218/articles/140219545\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">published a list of products\u003c/a> subject to the beef recall.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The U.S. Department of Agriculture has deemed products made from meat processed at Rancho Feeding Corp. in 2013 unfit for consumption because it processed diseased animals without a full federal inspection. So far, no illnesses have been reported. But the closure of the North Bay region’s only slaughterhouse is having a profound effect on ranchers.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>KQED’s Mina Kim talked on Wednesday with Stephanie Larson, director of the University of California Cooperative Extension for Sonoma County and livestock range management adviser:\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ciframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https://w.soundcloud.com/player/?url=https%3A//api.soundcloud.com/tracks/135747389&color=ff5500&auto_play=false&hide_related=false&show_artwork=true\" frameborder=\"no\" scrolling=\"no\" width=\"100%\" height=\"166\">\u003c/iframe>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Original Post, Feb. 9 from The \u003c/strong>\u003cstrong>Associated Press:\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>A Petaluma company is recalling more than 8.7 million pounds of beef products because it processed diseased and unhealthy animals without a full federal inspection, federal officials said Saturday.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>That’s just over a year’s worth of meat products processed by Rancho Feeding Corp., which has been under scrutiny by the USDA Food Safety and Inspection Service. The agency said that without full inspection, the recalled products are unfit for human consumption. It also said no illness associated with the products has been reported so far.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The products were processed from Jan. 1, 2013, through Jan. 7, 2014, and shipped to distribution centers and retail stores in California, Florida, Illinois and Texas. The food inspection service said in \u003ca href=\"http://www.fsis.usda.gov/wps/portal/fsis/topics/recalls-and-public-health-alerts/recall-case-archive/archive/2014/recall-013-2014-release\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">an announcement Saturday\u003c/a> the following Rancho Feeding products are subject to recall:\u003c/p>\n\u003cul>\n\u003cli>“Beef Carcasses” (wholesale and custom sales only)\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>2 per box “Beef (Market) Heads” (retail only)\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>4-gallons per box “Beef Blood” (wholesale only)\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>20-lb. boxes of “Beef Oxtail”\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>30-lb. boxes of “Beef Cheeks”\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>30-lb. boxes of ” Beef Lips”\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>30-lb. boxes of “Beef Omasum”\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>30-lb. boxes of “Beef Tripas”\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>30-lb. boxes of “Mountain Oysters”\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>30-lb. boxes of “Sweet Breads”\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>30- and 60-lb. boxes of “Beef Liver”\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>30- and 60-lb. boxes of “Beef Tripe”\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>30- and 60-lb. boxes of “Beef Tongue”\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>30- and 60-lb. boxes of “Veal Cuts”\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>40-lb. boxes of “Veal Bones”\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>50-lb. boxes of “Beef Feet”\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>50-lb. boxes of “Beef Hearts”\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>60-lb. boxes of “Veal Trim”\u003c/li>\n\u003c/ul>\n\u003cp>Last month the company recalled more than 40,000 pounds of meat products produced on Jan. 8 that also didn’t undergo a full inspection.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The problems were discovered as part of an ongoing investigation, the FSIS said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>A call to the company went unanswered.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>There have been no reports of illnesses. A Food Safety and Inspection Service spokesman said because some of the products could still be frozen and in storage, a Class I recall was issued because the meat product could cause serious, adverse health consequences.\u003c/p>\n\n",
"blocks": [],
"excerpt": "Federal agency says Rancho Feeding Corp. processed 'diseased, unsound' cattle without full inspections. ",
"status": "publish",
"parent": 0,
"modified": 1726009639,
"stats": {
"hasAudio": true,
"hasVideo": false,
"hasChartOrMap": false,
"iframeSrcs": [],
"hasGoogleForm": false,
"hasGallery": false,
"hasHearkenModule": false,
"hasPolis": false,
"paragraphCount": 15,
"wordCount": 552
},
"headData": {
"title": "Petaluma Firm's Massive Beef Recall Affecting Over 1,000 Establishments | KQED",
"description": "Federal agency says Rancho Feeding Corp. processed 'diseased, unsound' cattle without full inspections. ",
"ogTitle": "",
"ogDescription": "",
"ogImgId": "",
"twTitle": "",
"twDescription": "",
"twImgId": "",
"schema": {
"@context": "https://schema.org",
"@type": "NewsArticle",
"headline": "Petaluma Firm's Massive Beef Recall Affecting Over 1,000 Establishments",
"datePublished": "2014-02-19T17:30:00-08:00",
"dateModified": "2024-09-10T16:07:19-07:00",
"image": "https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/02/KQED-OG-Image@1x.png",
"isAccessibleForFree": "True",
"publisher": {
"@type": "NewsMediaOrganization",
"@id": "https://www.kqed.org/#organization",
"name": "KQED",
"logo": "https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/02/KQED-OG-Image@1x.png",
"url": "https://www.kqed.org",
"sameAs": [
"https://www.facebook.com/KQED",
"https://twitter.com/KQED",
"https://www.instagram.com/kqed/",
"https://www.tiktok.com/@kqedofficial",
"https://www.linkedin.com/company/kqed",
"https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCeC0IOo7i1P_61zVUWbJ4nw"
]
}
}
},
"sticky": false,
"customPermalink": "2014/02/09/petaluma-firm-recalls-possibly-tainted-beef/",
"path": "/news/125773/petaluma-firm-recalls-8-7-million-pounds-of-possibly-tainted-beef",
"audioTrackLength": null,
"parsedContent": [
{
"type": "contentString",
"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_125775\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 640px\">\u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2014/02/150683184.jpg\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-125775\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2014/02/150683184-640x410.jpg\" alt=\"(John Moore/Getty Images)\" width=\"640\" height=\"410\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">(John Moore/Getty Images) \u003ccite>(John Moore/Getty Images)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Update, Feb. 19:\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>A Petaluma company’s recall of nearly 9 million pounds of beef is now affecting more than 1,000 establishments in 29 states and Canada, \u003ca href=\"http://www.pressdemocrat.com/article/20140218/articles/140219587#page=0\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">according to The Press Democrat\u003c/a>. Nestle is voluntarily recalling some of its Hot Pockets because they might contain affected meat from Rancho Feeding Corp. The Press Democrat has \u003ca href=\"http://www.pressdemocrat.com/article/20140218/articles/140219545\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">published a list of products\u003c/a> subject to the beef recall.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The U.S. Department of Agriculture has deemed products made from meat processed at Rancho Feeding Corp. in 2013 unfit for consumption because it processed diseased animals without a full federal inspection. So far, no illnesses have been reported. But the closure of the North Bay region’s only slaughterhouse is having a profound effect on ranchers.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>KQED’s Mina Kim talked on Wednesday with Stephanie Larson, director of the University of California Cooperative Extension for Sonoma County and livestock range management adviser:\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ciframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https://w.soundcloud.com/player/?url=https%3A//api.soundcloud.com/tracks/135747389&color=ff5500&auto_play=false&hide_related=false&show_artwork=true\" frameborder=\"no\" scrolling=\"no\" width=\"100%\" height=\"166\">\u003c/iframe>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003c/div>",
"attributes": {
"named": {},
"numeric": []
}
},
{
"type": "component",
"content": "",
"name": "ad",
"attributes": {
"named": {
"label": "fullwidth"
},
"numeric": [
"fullwidth"
]
}
},
{
"type": "contentString",
"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Original Post, Feb. 9 from The \u003c/strong>\u003cstrong>Associated Press:\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>A Petaluma company is recalling more than 8.7 million pounds of beef products because it processed diseased and unhealthy animals without a full federal inspection, federal officials said Saturday.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>That’s just over a year’s worth of meat products processed by Rancho Feeding Corp., which has been under scrutiny by the USDA Food Safety and Inspection Service. The agency said that without full inspection, the recalled products are unfit for human consumption. It also said no illness associated with the products has been reported so far.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The products were processed from Jan. 1, 2013, through Jan. 7, 2014, and shipped to distribution centers and retail stores in California, Florida, Illinois and Texas. The food inspection service said in \u003ca href=\"http://www.fsis.usda.gov/wps/portal/fsis/topics/recalls-and-public-health-alerts/recall-case-archive/archive/2014/recall-013-2014-release\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">an announcement Saturday\u003c/a> the following Rancho Feeding products are subject to recall:\u003c/p>\n\u003cul>\n\u003cli>“Beef Carcasses” (wholesale and custom sales only)\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>2 per box “Beef (Market) Heads” (retail only)\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>4-gallons per box “Beef Blood” (wholesale only)\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>20-lb. boxes of “Beef Oxtail”\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>30-lb. boxes of “Beef Cheeks”\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>30-lb. boxes of ” Beef Lips”\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>30-lb. boxes of “Beef Omasum”\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>30-lb. boxes of “Beef Tripas”\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>30-lb. boxes of “Mountain Oysters”\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>30-lb. boxes of “Sweet Breads”\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>30- and 60-lb. boxes of “Beef Liver”\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>30- and 60-lb. boxes of “Beef Tripe”\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>30- and 60-lb. boxes of “Beef Tongue”\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>30- and 60-lb. boxes of “Veal Cuts”\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>40-lb. boxes of “Veal Bones”\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>50-lb. boxes of “Beef Feet”\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>50-lb. boxes of “Beef Hearts”\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>60-lb. boxes of “Veal Trim”\u003c/li>\n\u003c/ul>\n\u003cp>Last month the company recalled more than 40,000 pounds of meat products produced on Jan. 8 that also didn’t undergo a full inspection.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The problems were discovered as part of an ongoing investigation, the FSIS said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>A call to the company went unanswered.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>There have been no reports of illnesses. A Food Safety and Inspection Service spokesman said because some of the products could still be frozen and in storage, a Class I recall was issued because the meat product could cause serious, adverse health consequences.\u003c/p>\n\n\u003c/div>\u003c/p>",
"attributes": {
"named": {},
"numeric": []
}
}
],
"link": "/news/125773/petaluma-firm-recalls-8-7-million-pounds-of-possibly-tainted-beef",
"authors": [
"237"
],
"programs": [
"news_6944"
],
"categories": [
"news_457"
],
"tags": [
"news_4092",
"news_18543",
"news_4981"
],
"label": "news_6944"
},
"news_126106": {
"type": "posts",
"id": "news_126106",
"meta": {
"index": "posts_1716263798",
"site": "news",
"id": "126106",
"score": null,
"sort": [
1392242032000
]
},
"guestAuthors": [],
"slug": "berkeley-considers-a-soda-tax-for-november-ballot",
"title": "Berkeley Considers a Soda Tax for November Ballot",
"publishDate": 1392242032,
"format": "aside",
"headTitle": "Berkeley Considers a Soda Tax for November Ballot | KQED",
"labelTerm": {
"term": 6944,
"site": "news"
},
"content": "\u003cp>\u003cstrong>By Lance Knobel\u003cbr>\n\u003ca href=\"http://www.berkeleyside.com/2014/02/12/will-berkeley-be-first-in-nation-to-impose-sugar-tax/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Berkeleyside\u003c/a>\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_126114\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 640px\">\u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2014/02/soda.png\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-126114\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2014/02/soda-640x398.png\" alt=\"No U.S. city has yet been successful in passing a sugar-sweetened beverages tax. Will Berkeley be first? (Vox Efx/Berkeleyside)\" width=\"640\" height=\"398\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">No U.S. city has yet been successful in passing a sugar-sweetened beverage tax. Will Berkeley be first? (Vox Efx/Berkeleyside)\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Berkeley has embarked on a path that could lead it to becoming the first city in the nation to tax sugar-sweetened beverages.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>On Tuesday night the City Council agreed to put a sugar tax on a community poll assessing possible ballot measures for the November 2014 election (the poll will also test opinions on a commercial vacancies tax, a business license tax on rental housing, and a bond and tax measure for parks). A broad coalition of local groups, rallying under the banner of \u003ca href=\"http://berkeleyvsbigsoda.com/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Berkeley vs Big Soda\u003c/a>, turned out a crowd of vocal advocates for a 1 cent-per-ounce tax on sugar-sweetened beverages.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“No city has been able to successfully pass a sugar-sweetened beverages tax. But it will happen here in Berkeley,” said City Councilman Darryl Moore.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Moore, usually measured in his remarks at council meetings, delivered an emotive call to support the tax: “We’re the first community to divest. The first community for same-sex partner benefits. The first community to do curb cuts for our disabled citizens. We’re not going to let Big Soda and Big Sugar tell us that we’re going to continue to pollute our young people. We’re prepared for the battle, we’re prepared for the fight.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Community survey results will be available for the City Council meeting on April 1. Final approval on ballot language is scheduled for the July 1 meeting of the council.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Nearby Richmond had a similar ballot measure in 2012, which was defeated. According to Councilman Laurie Capitelli, tax opponents, led by beverage manufacturers, spent $3.5 million to defeat the Richmond measure. San Francisco also is likely to have a so-called soda tax on the ballot in November.\u003c/p>\n\u003caside class=\"pullquote alignleft\">‘The sugar industry … will throw millions and millions of dollars at this. They will try to divide us by race, they will try to divide us by class. They will accuse Berkeley of being a nanny state.’\u003ccite>Laurie Capitelli,\u003cbr>\nBerkeley City Councilman\u003c/cite>\u003c/aside>\n\u003cp>“It will be a daunting task, because the sugar industry if we proceed with this, will throw millions and millions of dollars at this,” Capitelli said. “They will try to divide us by race, they will try to divide us by class. They will accuse Berkeley of being a nanny state. You can count on a piece of mail in your mailbox every three or four days. It scares the pants off me to think about what they’re going to do when they come after us. They will try to buy people. They will accuse Berkeley and the council of trying to dictate what you can buy. We’re going to get all of that, and we’re going to get it in an avalanche. But we’re letting people poison us and we’re letting them get off scot-free.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“The reason for such a tax is clear,” said Vicki Alexander, co-chair, Berkeley Health Child Coalition. “Forty percent of Berkeley Unified ninth-graders are overweight. An African-American resident is four times more likely than a white resident to have been diagnosed with diabetes. It is unconscionable to stand by and do nothing. Please be for Berkeley and against Big Soda. The health of our children and our families is at stake.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_126117\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\" style=\"max-width: 300px\">\u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2014/02/Big-Soda-council.jpg\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-thumbnail wp-image-126117\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2014/02/Big-Soda-council-300x300.jpg\" alt=\"Proponents of a soda tax were out in force in neon green at Berkeley City Council. (Lance Knobel/Berkeleyside)\" width=\"300\" height=\"300\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Proponents of a soda tax were out in force in neon green at Berkeley City Council. (Lance Knobel/Berkeleyside)\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Alexander explained that the tax would be on distributors of drinks that have added caloric sweeteners, including sodas, sports drinks, energy drinks and sweetened iced teas. It would not apply to diet drinks, alcohol, milk products, infant formula or drinks taken for medical reasons. Small businesses would be exempt.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>According to materials distributed by the Healthy Child Coalition, economists have estimated that a penny-per-ounce tax on sugary drinks would reduce consumption by 10 to 15 percent over a decade. Research by UC San Francisco Professor Kirsten Bibbins-Domingo concluded that over a 10-year span, passage of such a tax nationally would prevent an estimated 95,000 coronary heart events, 8,000 strokes and 26,000 premature deaths, while avoiding more than $17 billion in medical costs.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>‘Berkeley Voters Are Too Smart’\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“The power that’s here is huge,” said Xavier Morales, executive director of the Latino Coalition for a Healthy California. “Berkeley has been a national leader in improving the quality of nutrition in schools. We know that our presence here makes Berkeley a target for Big Soda. But we know that these tactics won’t work here. Berkeley voters are too smart. We have a campaign manager and we are actively fundraising. Together we’re going to win.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Several councilmembers said there is a difficult choice between placing a special tax — the funds of which could go for a specific purpose, such as nutrition programs in schools — or a general tax — where funds go into the city’s general fund — on the ballot. A special tax requires a two-thirds majority vote, while a general tax requires only 50 percent plus one. Alexander said the campaign estimates a 1-cent tax per ounce in Berkeley would produce $1.5 million annually.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Lizzie Velten, state and national policy coordinator for the California Center for Public Health Advocacy, said statewide polling showed two-thirds support for a special tax on sugary drinks. When the tax was posed as a general tax, however, support dropped to one-third.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Councilwoman Susan Wengraf, who said she was diagnosed as pre-diabetic two years ago, urged consideration of a higher tax rate.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“How did you guys come up with 1 cent per ounce, because I want to make sure this deters people from buying sugared drinks,” Wengraf said. “It doesn’t just cost more, but it helps people make the decision not to buy it at all. I don’t want it to just be making people pay more for the poison. I want people to stop buying the poison.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad floatright]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cem>KQED News Associate \u003ca href=\"http://www.berkeleyside.com/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Berkeleyside\u003c/a> is an independently owned news website based in Berkeley, Calif. \u003ca href=\"http://eepurl.com/lh_3b\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Click here\u003c/a> if you would you like to receive the latest Berkeley news in your inbox once a day for free with Berkeleyside’s Daily Briefing email.\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\n",
"blocks": [],
"excerpt": "City will poll residents before going ahead with measure, which is likely to provoke industry backlash.",
"status": "publish",
"parent": 0,
"modified": 1726009642,
"stats": {
"hasAudio": false,
"hasVideo": false,
"hasChartOrMap": false,
"iframeSrcs": [],
"hasGoogleForm": false,
"hasGallery": false,
"hasHearkenModule": false,
"hasPolis": false,
"paragraphCount": 20,
"wordCount": 1110
},
"headData": {
"title": "Berkeley Considers a Soda Tax for November Ballot | KQED",
"description": "City will poll residents before going ahead with measure, which is likely to provoke industry backlash.",
"ogTitle": "",
"ogDescription": "",
"ogImgId": "",
"twTitle": "",
"twDescription": "",
"twImgId": "",
"schema": {
"@context": "https://schema.org",
"@type": "NewsArticle",
"headline": "Berkeley Considers a Soda Tax for November Ballot",
"datePublished": "2014-02-12T13:53:52-08:00",
"dateModified": "2024-09-10T16:07:22-07:00",
"image": "https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/02/KQED-OG-Image@1x.png",
"isAccessibleForFree": "True",
"publisher": {
"@type": "NewsMediaOrganization",
"@id": "https://www.kqed.org/#organization",
"name": "KQED",
"logo": "https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/02/KQED-OG-Image@1x.png",
"url": "https://www.kqed.org",
"sameAs": [
"https://www.facebook.com/KQED",
"https://twitter.com/KQED",
"https://www.instagram.com/kqed/",
"https://www.tiktok.com/@kqedofficial",
"https://www.linkedin.com/company/kqed",
"https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCeC0IOo7i1P_61zVUWbJ4nw"
]
}
}
},
"sticky": false,
"customPermalink": "2014/02/12/berkeley-considers-putting-soda-tax-on-november-ballot/",
"path": "/news/126106/berkeley-considers-a-soda-tax-for-november-ballot",
"audioTrackLength": null,
"parsedContent": [
{
"type": "contentString",
"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003cp>\u003cstrong>By Lance Knobel\u003cbr>\n\u003ca href=\"http://www.berkeleyside.com/2014/02/12/will-berkeley-be-first-in-nation-to-impose-sugar-tax/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Berkeleyside\u003c/a>\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_126114\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 640px\">\u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2014/02/soda.png\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-126114\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2014/02/soda-640x398.png\" alt=\"No U.S. city has yet been successful in passing a sugar-sweetened beverages tax. Will Berkeley be first? (Vox Efx/Berkeleyside)\" width=\"640\" height=\"398\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">No U.S. city has yet been successful in passing a sugar-sweetened beverage tax. Will Berkeley be first? (Vox Efx/Berkeleyside)\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Berkeley has embarked on a path that could lead it to becoming the first city in the nation to tax sugar-sweetened beverages.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>On Tuesday night the City Council agreed to put a sugar tax on a community poll assessing possible ballot measures for the November 2014 election (the poll will also test opinions on a commercial vacancies tax, a business license tax on rental housing, and a bond and tax measure for parks). A broad coalition of local groups, rallying under the banner of \u003ca href=\"http://berkeleyvsbigsoda.com/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Berkeley vs Big Soda\u003c/a>, turned out a crowd of vocal advocates for a 1 cent-per-ounce tax on sugar-sweetened beverages.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“No city has been able to successfully pass a sugar-sweetened beverages tax. But it will happen here in Berkeley,” said City Councilman Darryl Moore.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Moore, usually measured in his remarks at council meetings, delivered an emotive call to support the tax: “We’re the first community to divest. The first community for same-sex partner benefits. The first community to do curb cuts for our disabled citizens. We’re not going to let Big Soda and Big Sugar tell us that we’re going to continue to pollute our young people. We’re prepared for the battle, we’re prepared for the fight.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003c/div>",
"attributes": {
"named": {},
"numeric": []
}
},
{
"type": "component",
"content": "",
"name": "ad",
"attributes": {
"named": {
"label": "fullwidth"
},
"numeric": [
"fullwidth"
]
}
},
{
"type": "contentString",
"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Community survey results will be available for the City Council meeting on April 1. Final approval on ballot language is scheduled for the July 1 meeting of the council.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Nearby Richmond had a similar ballot measure in 2012, which was defeated. According to Councilman Laurie Capitelli, tax opponents, led by beverage manufacturers, spent $3.5 million to defeat the Richmond measure. San Francisco also is likely to have a so-called soda tax on the ballot in November.\u003c/p>\n\u003caside class=\"pullquote alignleft\">‘The sugar industry … will throw millions and millions of dollars at this. They will try to divide us by race, they will try to divide us by class. They will accuse Berkeley of being a nanny state.’\u003ccite>Laurie Capitelli,\u003cbr>\nBerkeley City Councilman\u003c/cite>\u003c/aside>\n\u003cp>“It will be a daunting task, because the sugar industry if we proceed with this, will throw millions and millions of dollars at this,” Capitelli said. “They will try to divide us by race, they will try to divide us by class. They will accuse Berkeley of being a nanny state. You can count on a piece of mail in your mailbox every three or four days. It scares the pants off me to think about what they’re going to do when they come after us. They will try to buy people. They will accuse Berkeley and the council of trying to dictate what you can buy. We’re going to get all of that, and we’re going to get it in an avalanche. But we’re letting people poison us and we’re letting them get off scot-free.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“The reason for such a tax is clear,” said Vicki Alexander, co-chair, Berkeley Health Child Coalition. “Forty percent of Berkeley Unified ninth-graders are overweight. An African-American resident is four times more likely than a white resident to have been diagnosed with diabetes. It is unconscionable to stand by and do nothing. Please be for Berkeley and against Big Soda. The health of our children and our families is at stake.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_126117\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\" style=\"max-width: 300px\">\u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2014/02/Big-Soda-council.jpg\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-thumbnail wp-image-126117\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2014/02/Big-Soda-council-300x300.jpg\" alt=\"Proponents of a soda tax were out in force in neon green at Berkeley City Council. (Lance Knobel/Berkeleyside)\" width=\"300\" height=\"300\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Proponents of a soda tax were out in force in neon green at Berkeley City Council. (Lance Knobel/Berkeleyside)\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Alexander explained that the tax would be on distributors of drinks that have added caloric sweeteners, including sodas, sports drinks, energy drinks and sweetened iced teas. It would not apply to diet drinks, alcohol, milk products, infant formula or drinks taken for medical reasons. Small businesses would be exempt.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>According to materials distributed by the Healthy Child Coalition, economists have estimated that a penny-per-ounce tax on sugary drinks would reduce consumption by 10 to 15 percent over a decade. Research by UC San Francisco Professor Kirsten Bibbins-Domingo concluded that over a 10-year span, passage of such a tax nationally would prevent an estimated 95,000 coronary heart events, 8,000 strokes and 26,000 premature deaths, while avoiding more than $17 billion in medical costs.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>‘Berkeley Voters Are Too Smart’\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“The power that’s here is huge,” said Xavier Morales, executive director of the Latino Coalition for a Healthy California. “Berkeley has been a national leader in improving the quality of nutrition in schools. We know that our presence here makes Berkeley a target for Big Soda. But we know that these tactics won’t work here. Berkeley voters are too smart. We have a campaign manager and we are actively fundraising. Together we’re going to win.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Several councilmembers said there is a difficult choice between placing a special tax — the funds of which could go for a specific purpose, such as nutrition programs in schools — or a general tax — where funds go into the city’s general fund — on the ballot. A special tax requires a two-thirds majority vote, while a general tax requires only 50 percent plus one. Alexander said the campaign estimates a 1-cent tax per ounce in Berkeley would produce $1.5 million annually.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Lizzie Velten, state and national policy coordinator for the California Center for Public Health Advocacy, said statewide polling showed two-thirds support for a special tax on sugary drinks. When the tax was posed as a general tax, however, support dropped to one-third.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Councilwoman Susan Wengraf, who said she was diagnosed as pre-diabetic two years ago, urged consideration of a higher tax rate.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“How did you guys come up with 1 cent per ounce, because I want to make sure this deters people from buying sugared drinks,” Wengraf said. “It doesn’t just cost more, but it helps people make the decision not to buy it at all. I don’t want it to just be making people pay more for the poison. I want people to stop buying the poison.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003c/div>",
"attributes": {
"named": {},
"numeric": []
}
},
{
"type": "component",
"content": "",
"name": "ad",
"attributes": {
"named": {
"label": "floatright"
},
"numeric": [
"floatright"
]
}
},
{
"type": "contentString",
"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cem>KQED News Associate \u003ca href=\"http://www.berkeleyside.com/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Berkeleyside\u003c/a> is an independently owned news website based in Berkeley, Calif. \u003ca href=\"http://eepurl.com/lh_3b\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Click here\u003c/a> if you would you like to receive the latest Berkeley news in your inbox once a day for free with Berkeleyside’s Daily Briefing email.\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\n\u003c/div>\u003c/p>",
"attributes": {
"named": {},
"numeric": []
}
}
],
"link": "/news/126106/berkeley-considers-a-soda-tax-for-november-ballot",
"authors": [
"236"
],
"programs": [
"news_6944"
],
"categories": [
"news_457"
],
"tags": [
"news_129",
"news_18543",
"news_5738",
"news_19960",
"news_3448",
"news_423"
],
"affiliates": [
"news_5078"
],
"featImg": "news_126114",
"label": "news_6944"
},
"news_125652": {
"type": "posts",
"id": "news_125652",
"meta": {
"index": "posts_1716263798",
"site": "news",
"id": "125652",
"score": null,
"sort": [
1392046207000
]
},
"guestAuthors": [],
"slug": "s-f-pediatrician-says-toxic-stress-affects-childrens-health-education",
"title": "S.F. Pediatrician on How 'Toxic Stress' Affects Children's Health, Education",
"publishDate": 1392046207,
"format": "aside",
"headTitle": "S.F. Pediatrician on How ‘Toxic Stress’ Affects Children’s Health, Education | KQED",
"labelTerm": {
"term": 6944,
"site": "news"
},
"content": "\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_125663\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"max-width: 640px\">\u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/2014/02/07/bayview-pediatrician-breaks-new-ground-on-child-health/buke_kid_red5/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-125663\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-125663 \" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2014/02/Buke_kid_red5-640x480.jpg\" alt=\"Dr. Nadine Burke Harris.\" width=\"640\" height=\"480\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Dr. Nadine Burke Harris’ pioneering work is getting a lot of attention these days. (Courtesy of Center for Youth Wellness)\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Poverty sucks.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>By almost any measure, people living in poor neighborhoods, especially children, get the short end of the stick.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>They’re exposed to more gun violence, less open space, more dysfunctional homes and schools, fewer neighborhood services and more undesirable infrastructure (freeways, power plants, water treatment facilities, etc.) than their counterparts in more affluent places.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>That’s why the work of a dynamic inner-city pediatrician named \u003ca href=\"http://nadineburke.com/\">Nadine Burke Harris\u003c/a> is getting so much attention. Since opening a clinic in San Francisco’s Bayview neighborhood a few years ago, Burke Harris has won plenty of praise — and funding that she’s used to open the \u003ca href=\"http://centerforyouthwellness.org/\">Center for Youth Wellness\u003c/a> on Third Street.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Building on research by Kaiser Permanente, Burke Harris is pioneering a study of how chronic exposure to “\u003ca href=\"http://www.cdc.gov/ncipc/pub-res/pdf/childhood_stress.pdf\">toxic stress\u003c/a>” affects people, starting in infancy. Toxic stress among youth is caused by “adverse childhood experiences,” things like having a parent with mental illness, a father behind bars, domestic violence, friends shot or killed by gangs. These situations trigger the “fight or flight” response, according to Burke Harris. With that comes the long-term release of higher levels of stress hormones such as adrenaline and cortisol.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“It affects the brain architecture of younger children, and it can affect not just psychological health, but also the immune system,” says Burke Harris in an interview for “KQED Newsroom.” Toxic stress, she says, can also explain kids acting out in school. That in turn can lead to children being misdiagnosed with things like attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) when in fact it’s their brains reacting — normally — to chronic stress.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ciframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"375\" align=\"right\" style=\"margin-left:20px\" height=\"211\" src=\"//www.youtube.com/embed/eQEFcM5NXRI?rel=0\" frameborder=\"0\">\u003c/iframe>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>This is a big deal and it’s pushing school administrators to rethink policies that lead kids – especially African American students – to be suspended for a vague category of behavior known as “willful disobedience.” \u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Data compiled by EdSource from the 30 largest school districts in California found that nearly half – 48 percent — of student suspensions in California during the 2011-12 school year were for \u003ca href=\"http://edsource.org/today/2013/largest-school-districts-vary-widely-in-use-of-willful-defiance-to-suspend-students/54381#.UvVdC0JdXEk\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">willful defiance.\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Statistics show that kids of color are disproportionately targeted. A \u003ca href=\"http://www.sfgate.com/education/article/S-F-schools-move-away-from-suspensions-5180328.php\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">San Francisco Chronicle article \u003c/a>noted that 58 percent of the San Francisco students suspended for willful disobedience in 2011-12 were African-American, although they account for just 11 percent of district enrollment.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Los Angeles has banned the use of the willful disobedience suspension altogether. And other school districts are following suit. (In a related issue, KQED has reported on how some Bay Area school districts are using mindfulness and meditation to help kids break cycles of self-destructive behaviors). In fact, school suspensions are now falling statewide as policies change and administrators realize they simply don’t work.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cem>Scott Shafer\u003c/em> \u003cem>reported on this story for “KQED Newsroom,” which is a weekly news magazine program on television, radio and online. Watch Fridays at 8 p.m. on KQED Public Television 9, listen on Sundays at 6 p.m. on KQED Public Radio 88.5 FM and watch on demand \u003ca href=\"http://www.kqed.org/tv/programs/newsroom/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">here\u003c/a>.\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp> \u003c/p>\n\n",
"blocks": [],
"excerpt": "At the Center for Youth Wellness on Third Street, Dr. Nadine Burke Harris works with poor children.",
"status": "publish",
"parent": 0,
"modified": 1726009644,
"stats": {
"hasAudio": false,
"hasVideo": true,
"hasChartOrMap": false,
"iframeSrcs": [],
"hasGoogleForm": false,
"hasGallery": false,
"hasHearkenModule": false,
"hasPolis": false,
"paragraphCount": 14,
"wordCount": 551
},
"headData": {
"title": "S.F. Pediatrician on How 'Toxic Stress' Affects Children's Health, Education | KQED",
"description": "At the Center for Youth Wellness on Third Street, Dr. Nadine Burke Harris works with poor children.",
"ogTitle": "",
"ogDescription": "",
"ogImgId": "",
"twTitle": "",
"twDescription": "",
"twImgId": "",
"schema": {
"@context": "https://schema.org",
"@type": "NewsArticle",
"headline": "S.F. Pediatrician on How 'Toxic Stress' Affects Children's Health, Education",
"datePublished": "2014-02-10T07:30:07-08:00",
"dateModified": "2024-09-10T16:07:24-07:00",
"image": "https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/02/KQED-OG-Image@1x.png",
"isAccessibleForFree": "True",
"publisher": {
"@type": "NewsMediaOrganization",
"@id": "https://www.kqed.org/#organization",
"name": "KQED",
"logo": "https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/02/KQED-OG-Image@1x.png",
"url": "https://www.kqed.org",
"sameAs": [
"https://www.facebook.com/KQED",
"https://twitter.com/KQED",
"https://www.instagram.com/kqed/",
"https://www.tiktok.com/@kqedofficial",
"https://www.linkedin.com/company/kqed",
"https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCeC0IOo7i1P_61zVUWbJ4nw"
]
}
}
},
"sticky": false,
"customPermalink": "2014/02/07/bayview-pediatrician-on-how-toxic-stress-harms-kids/",
"path": "/news/125652/s-f-pediatrician-says-toxic-stress-affects-childrens-health-education",
"audioTrackLength": null,
"parsedContent": [
{
"type": "contentString",
"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_125663\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"max-width: 640px\">\u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/2014/02/07/bayview-pediatrician-breaks-new-ground-on-child-health/buke_kid_red5/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-125663\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-125663 \" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2014/02/Buke_kid_red5-640x480.jpg\" alt=\"Dr. Nadine Burke Harris.\" width=\"640\" height=\"480\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Dr. Nadine Burke Harris’ pioneering work is getting a lot of attention these days. (Courtesy of Center for Youth Wellness)\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Poverty sucks.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>By almost any measure, people living in poor neighborhoods, especially children, get the short end of the stick.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>They’re exposed to more gun violence, less open space, more dysfunctional homes and schools, fewer neighborhood services and more undesirable infrastructure (freeways, power plants, water treatment facilities, etc.) than their counterparts in more affluent places.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>That’s why the work of a dynamic inner-city pediatrician named \u003ca href=\"http://nadineburke.com/\">Nadine Burke Harris\u003c/a> is getting so much attention. Since opening a clinic in San Francisco’s Bayview neighborhood a few years ago, Burke Harris has won plenty of praise — and funding that she’s used to open the \u003ca href=\"http://centerforyouthwellness.org/\">Center for Youth Wellness\u003c/a> on Third Street.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Building on research by Kaiser Permanente, Burke Harris is pioneering a study of how chronic exposure to “\u003ca href=\"http://www.cdc.gov/ncipc/pub-res/pdf/childhood_stress.pdf\">toxic stress\u003c/a>” affects people, starting in infancy. Toxic stress among youth is caused by “adverse childhood experiences,” things like having a parent with mental illness, a father behind bars, domestic violence, friends shot or killed by gangs. These situations trigger the “fight or flight” response, according to Burke Harris. With that comes the long-term release of higher levels of stress hormones such as adrenaline and cortisol.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003c/div>",
"attributes": {
"named": {},
"numeric": []
}
},
{
"type": "component",
"content": "",
"name": "ad",
"attributes": {
"named": {
"label": "fullwidth"
},
"numeric": [
"fullwidth"
]
}
},
{
"type": "contentString",
"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“It affects the brain architecture of younger children, and it can affect not just psychological health, but also the immune system,” says Burke Harris in an interview for “KQED Newsroom.” Toxic stress, she says, can also explain kids acting out in school. That in turn can lead to children being misdiagnosed with things like attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) when in fact it’s their brains reacting — normally — to chronic stress.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ciframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"375\" align=\"right\" style=\"margin-left:20px\" height=\"211\" src=\"//www.youtube.com/embed/eQEFcM5NXRI?rel=0\" frameborder=\"0\">\u003c/iframe>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>This is a big deal and it’s pushing school administrators to rethink policies that lead kids – especially African American students – to be suspended for a vague category of behavior known as “willful disobedience.” \u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Data compiled by EdSource from the 30 largest school districts in California found that nearly half – 48 percent — of student suspensions in California during the 2011-12 school year were for \u003ca href=\"http://edsource.org/today/2013/largest-school-districts-vary-widely-in-use-of-willful-defiance-to-suspend-students/54381#.UvVdC0JdXEk\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">willful defiance.\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Statistics show that kids of color are disproportionately targeted. A \u003ca href=\"http://www.sfgate.com/education/article/S-F-schools-move-away-from-suspensions-5180328.php\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">San Francisco Chronicle article \u003c/a>noted that 58 percent of the San Francisco students suspended for willful disobedience in 2011-12 were African-American, although they account for just 11 percent of district enrollment.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Los Angeles has banned the use of the willful disobedience suspension altogether. And other school districts are following suit. (In a related issue, KQED has reported on how some Bay Area school districts are using mindfulness and meditation to help kids break cycles of self-destructive behaviors). In fact, school suspensions are now falling statewide as policies change and administrators realize they simply don’t work.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cem>Scott Shafer\u003c/em> \u003cem>reported on this story for “KQED Newsroom,” which is a weekly news magazine program on television, radio and online. Watch Fridays at 8 p.m. on KQED Public Television 9, listen on Sundays at 6 p.m. on KQED Public Radio 88.5 FM and watch on demand \u003ca href=\"http://www.kqed.org/tv/programs/newsroom/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">here\u003c/a>.\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp> \u003c/p>\n\n\u003c/div>\u003c/p>",
"attributes": {
"named": {},
"numeric": []
}
}
],
"link": "/news/125652/s-f-pediatrician-says-toxic-stress-affects-childrens-health-education",
"authors": [
"255"
],
"programs": [
"news_6944"
],
"categories": [
"news_18540",
"news_19906",
"news_457"
],
"tags": [
"news_5706",
"news_18543",
"news_854",
"news_2162",
"news_38",
"news_5707",
"news_98"
],
"featImg": "news_125663",
"label": "news_6944"
}
},
"podcastsReducer": {
"isFetching": false,
"fetchFailed": false,
"hasFetched": false,
"podcasts": {}
},
"radioProgramsReducer": {
"isFetching": false,
"fetchFailed": false,
"hasFetched": false,
"radioPrograms": {}
},
"programsReducer": {
"all-things-considered": {
"id": "all-things-considered",
"title": "All Things Considered",
"info": "Every weekday, \u003cem>All Things Considered\u003c/em> hosts Robert Siegel, Audie Cornish, Ari Shapiro, and Kelly McEvers present the program's trademark mix of news, interviews, commentaries, reviews, and offbeat features. Michel Martin hosts on the weekends.",
"airtime": "MON-FRI 1pm-2pm, 4:30pm-6:30pm\u003cbr />SAT-SUN 5pm-6pm",
"imageSrc": "https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/All-Things-Considered-Podcast-Tile-360x360-1.jpg",
"officialWebsiteLink": "https://www.npr.org/programs/all-things-considered/",
"meta": {
"site": "news",
"source": "npr"
},
"link": "/radio/program/all-things-considered"
},
"american-suburb-podcast": {
"id": "american-suburb-podcast",
"title": "American Suburb: The Podcast",
"tagline": "The flip side of gentrification, told through one town",
"info": "Gentrification is changing cities across America, forcing people from neighborhoods they have long called home. Call them the displaced. Now those priced out of the Bay Area are looking for a better life in an unlikely place. American Suburb follows this migration to one California town along the Delta, 45 miles from San Francisco. But is this once sleepy suburb ready for them?",
"imageSrc": "https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/American-Suburb-Podcast-Tile-703x703-1.jpg",
"officialWebsiteLink": "/news/series/american-suburb-podcast",
"meta": {
"site": "news",
"source": "kqed",
"order": 19
},
"link": "/news/series/american-suburb-podcast/",
"subscribe": {
"npr": "https://rpb3r.app.goo.gl/RBrW",
"apple": "https://itunes.apple.com/WebObjects/MZStore.woa/wa/viewPodcast?mt=2&id=1287748328",
"tuneIn": "https://tunein.com/radio/American-Suburb-p1086805/",
"rss": "https://ww2.kqed.org/news/series/american-suburb-podcast/feed/podcast",
"google": "https://podcasts.google.com/feed/aHR0cHM6Ly9mZWVkcy5tZWdhcGhvbmUuZm0vS1FJTkMzMDExODgxNjA5"
}
},
"baycurious": {
"id": "baycurious",
"title": "Bay Curious",
"tagline": "Exploring the Bay Area, one question at a time",
"info": "KQED’s new podcast, Bay Curious, gets to the bottom of the mysteries — both profound and peculiar — that give the Bay Area its unique identity. And we’ll do it with your help! You ask the questions. You decide what Bay Curious investigates. And you join us on the journey to find the answers.",
"imageSrc": "https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/Bay-Curious-Podcast-Tile-703x703-1.jpg",
"imageAlt": "KQED Bay Curious",
"officialWebsiteLink": "/news/series/baycurious",
"meta": {
"site": "news",
"source": "kqed",
"order": 3
},
"link": "/podcasts/baycurious",
"subscribe": {
"apple": "https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/bay-curious/id1172473406",
"npr": "https://www.npr.org/podcasts/500557090/bay-curious",
"rss": "https://ww2.kqed.org/news/category/bay-curious-podcast/feed/podcast",
"amazon": "https://music.amazon.com/podcasts/9a90d476-aa04-455d-9a4c-0871ed6216d4/bay-curious",
"stitcher": "https://www.stitcher.com/podcast/kqed/bay-curious",
"spotify": "https://open.spotify.com/show/6O76IdmhixfijmhTZLIJ8k"
}
},
"bbc-world-service": {
"id": "bbc-world-service",
"title": "BBC World Service",
"info": "The day's top stories from BBC News compiled twice daily in the week, once at weekends.",
"airtime": "MON-FRI 9pm-10pm, TUE-FRI 1am-2am",
"imageSrc": "https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/BBC-World-Service-Podcast-Tile-360x360-1.jpg",
"officialWebsiteLink": "https://www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/live:bbc_world_service",
"meta": {
"site": "news",
"source": "BBC World Service"
},
"link": "/radio/program/bbc-world-service",
"subscribe": {
"apple": "https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/global-news-podcast/id135067274?mt=2",
"tuneIn": "https://tunein.com/radio/BBC-World-Service-p455581/",
"rss": "https://podcasts.files.bbci.co.uk/p02nq0gn.rss"
}
},
"californiareport": {
"id": "californiareport",
"title": "The California Report",
"tagline": "California, day by day",
"info": "KQED’s statewide radio news program providing daily coverage of issues, trends and public policy decisions.",
"imageSrc": "https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/The-California-Report-Podcast-Tile-703x703-1.jpg",
"imageAlt": "KQED The California Report",
"officialWebsiteLink": "/californiareport",
"meta": {
"site": "news",
"source": "kqed",
"order": 8
},
"link": "/californiareport",
"subscribe": {
"apple": "https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/kqeds-the-california-report/id79681292",
"amazon": "https://music.amazon.com/podcasts/26099305-72af-4542-9dde-ac1807fe36d5/kqed-s-the-california-report",
"npr": "https://www.npr.org/podcasts/432285393/the-california-report",
"stitcher": "https://www.stitcher.com/podcast/kqedfm-kqeds-the-california-report-podcast-8838",
"rss": "https://ww2.kqed.org/news/tag/tcram/feed/podcast"
}
},
"californiareportmagazine": {
"id": "californiareportmagazine",
"title": "The California Report Magazine",
"tagline": "Your state, your stories",
"info": "Every week, The California Report Magazine takes you on a road trip for the ears: to visit the places and meet the people who make California unique. The in-depth storytelling podcast from the California Report.",
"airtime": "FRI 4:30pm-5pm, 6:30pm-7pm, 11pm-11:30pm",
"imageSrc": "https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/The-California-Report-Magazine-Podcast-Tile-703x703-1.jpg",
"imageAlt": "KQED The California Report Magazine",
"officialWebsiteLink": "/californiareportmagazine",
"meta": {
"site": "news",
"source": "kqed",
"order": 10
},
"link": "/californiareportmagazine",
"subscribe": {
"apple": "https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-california-report-magazine/id1314750545",
"google": "https://podcasts.google.com/feed/aHR0cHM6Ly9mZWVkcy5tZWdhcGhvbmUuZm0vS1FJTkM3NjkwNjk1OTAz",
"npr": "https://www.npr.org/podcasts/564733126/the-california-report-magazine",
"stitcher": "https://www.stitcher.com/podcast/kqed/the-california-report-magazine",
"rss": "https://ww2.kqed.org/news/tag/tcrmag/feed/podcast"
}
},
"city-arts": {
"id": "city-arts",
"title": "City Arts & Lectures",
"info": "A one-hour radio program to hear celebrated writers, artists and thinkers address contemporary ideas and values, often discussing the creative process. Please note: tapes or transcripts are not available",
"imageSrc": "https://ww2.kqed.org/radio/wp-content/uploads/sites/50/2018/05/cityartsandlecture-300x300.jpg",
"officialWebsiteLink": "https://www.cityarts.net/",
"airtime": "SUN 1pm-2pm, TUE 10pm, WED 1am",
"meta": {
"site": "news",
"source": "City Arts & Lectures"
},
"link": "https://www.cityarts.net",
"subscribe": {
"tuneIn": "https://tunein.com/radio/City-Arts-and-Lectures-p692/",
"rss": "https://www.cityarts.net/feed/"
}
},
"closealltabs": {
"id": "closealltabs",
"title": "Close All Tabs",
"tagline": "Your irreverent guide to the trends redefining our world",
"info": "Close All Tabs breaks down how digital culture shapes our world through thoughtful insights and irreverent humor.",
"imageSrc": "https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/02/CAT_2_Tile-scaled.jpg",
"imageAlt": "KQED Close All Tabs",
"officialWebsiteLink": "/podcasts/closealltabs",
"meta": {
"site": "news",
"source": "kqed",
"order": 1
},
"link": "/podcasts/closealltabs",
"subscribe": {
"apple": "https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/close-all-tabs/id214663465",
"rss": "https://feeds.megaphone.fm/KQINC6993880386",
"amazon": "https://music.amazon.com/podcasts/92d9d4ac-67a3-4eed-b10a-fb45d45b1ef2/close-all-tabs",
"spotify": "https://open.spotify.com/show/6LAJFHnGK1pYXYzv6SIol6?si=deb0cae19813417c"
}
},
"code-switch-life-kit": {
"id": "code-switch-life-kit",
"title": "Code Switch / Life Kit",
"info": "\u003cem>Code Switch\u003c/em>, which listeners will hear in the first part of the hour, has fearless and much-needed conversations about race. Hosted by journalists of color, the show tackles the subject of race head-on, exploring how it impacts every part of society — from politics and pop culture to history, sports and more.\u003cbr />\u003cbr />\u003cem>Life Kit\u003c/em>, which will be in the second part of the hour, guides you through spaces and feelings no one prepares you for — from finances to mental health, from workplace microaggressions to imposter syndrome, from relationships to parenting. The show features experts with real world experience and shares their knowledge. Because everyone needs a little help being human.\u003cbr />\u003cbr />\u003ca href=\"https://www.npr.org/podcasts/510312/codeswitch\">\u003cem>Code Switch\u003c/em> offical site and podcast\u003c/a>\u003cbr />\u003ca href=\"https://www.npr.org/lifekit\">\u003cem>Life Kit\u003c/em> offical site and podcast\u003c/a>\u003cbr />",
"airtime": "SUN 9pm-10pm",
"imageSrc": "https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/Code-Switch-Life-Kit-Podcast-Tile-360x360-1.jpg",
"meta": {
"site": "radio",
"source": "npr"
},
"link": "/radio/program/code-switch-life-kit",
"subscribe": {
"apple": "https://podcasts.apple.com/podcast/1112190608?mt=2&at=11l79Y&ct=nprdirectory",
"google": "https://podcasts.google.com/feed/aHR0cHM6Ly93d3cubnByLm9yZy9yc3MvcG9kY2FzdC5waHA_aWQ9NTEwMzEy",
"spotify": "https://open.spotify.com/show/3bExJ9JQpkwNhoHvaIIuyV",
"rss": "https://feeds.npr.org/510312/podcast.xml"
}
},
"commonwealth-club": {
"id": "commonwealth-club",
"title": "Commonwealth Club of California Podcast",
"info": "The Commonwealth Club of California is the nation's oldest and largest public affairs forum. As a non-partisan forum, The Club brings to the public airwaves diverse viewpoints on important topics. The Club's weekly radio broadcast - the oldest in the U.S., dating back to 1924 - is carried across the nation on public radio stations and is now podcasting. Our website archive features audio of our recent programs, as well as selected speeches from our long and distinguished history. This podcast feed is usually updated twice a week and is always un-edited.",
"airtime": "THU 10pm, FRI 1am",
"imageSrc": "https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/Commonwealth-Club-Podcast-Tile-360x360-1.jpg",
"officialWebsiteLink": "https://www.commonwealthclub.org/podcasts",
"meta": {
"site": "news",
"source": "Commonwealth Club of California"
},
"link": "/radio/program/commonwealth-club",
"subscribe": {
"apple": "https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/commonwealth-club-of-california-podcast/id976334034?mt=2",
"google": "https://podcasts.google.com/feed/aHR0cDovL3d3dy5jb21tb253ZWFsdGhjbHViLm9yZy9hdWRpby9wb2RjYXN0L3dlZWtseS54bWw",
"tuneIn": "https://tunein.com/radio/Commonwealth-Club-of-California-p1060/"
}
},
"forum": {
"id": "forum",
"title": "Forum",
"tagline": "The conversation starts here",
"info": "KQED’s live call-in program discussing local, state, national and international issues, as well as in-depth interviews.",
"airtime": "MON-FRI 9am-11am, 10pm-11pm",
"imageSrc": "https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/Forum-Podcast-Tile-703x703-1.jpg",
"imageAlt": "KQED Forum with Mina Kim and Alexis Madrigal",
"officialWebsiteLink": "/forum",
"meta": {
"site": "news",
"source": "kqed",
"order": 9
},
"link": "/forum",
"subscribe": {
"apple": "https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/kqeds-forum/id73329719",
"google": "https://podcasts.google.com/feed/aHR0cHM6Ly9mZWVkcy5tZWdhcGhvbmUuZm0vS1FJTkM5NTU3MzgxNjMz",
"npr": "https://www.npr.org/podcasts/432307980/forum",
"stitcher": "https://www.stitcher.com/podcast/kqedfm-kqeds-forum-podcast",
"rss": "https://feeds.megaphone.fm/KQINC9557381633"
}
},
"freakonomics-radio": {
"id": "freakonomics-radio",
"title": "Freakonomics Radio",
"info": "Freakonomics Radio is a one-hour award-winning podcast and public-radio project hosted by Stephen Dubner, with co-author Steve Levitt as a regular guest. It is produced in partnership with WNYC.",
"imageSrc": "https://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/05/freakonomicsRadio.png",
"officialWebsiteLink": "http://freakonomics.com/",
"airtime": "SUN 1am-2am, SAT 3pm-4pm",
"meta": {
"site": "radio",
"source": "WNYC"
},
"link": "/radio/program/freakonomics-radio",
"subscribe": {
"npr": "https://rpb3r.app.goo.gl/4s8b",
"apple": "https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/freakonomics-radio/id354668519",
"tuneIn": "https://tunein.com/podcasts/WNYC-Podcasts/Freakonomics-Radio-p272293/",
"rss": "https://feeds.feedburner.com/freakonomicsradio"
}
},
"fresh-air": {
"id": "fresh-air",
"title": "Fresh Air",
"info": "Hosted by Terry Gross, \u003cem>Fresh Air from WHYY\u003c/em> is the Peabody Award-winning weekday magazine of contemporary arts and issues. One of public radio's most popular programs, Fresh Air features intimate conversations with today's biggest luminaries.",
"airtime": "MON-FRI 7pm-8pm",
"imageSrc": "https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/Fresh-Air-Podcast-Tile-360x360-1.jpg",
"officialWebsiteLink": "https://www.npr.org/programs/fresh-air/",
"meta": {
"site": "radio",
"source": "npr"
},
"link": "/radio/program/fresh-air",
"subscribe": {
"npr": "https://rpb3r.app.goo.gl/4s8b",
"apple": "https://itunes.apple.com/WebObjects/MZStore.woa/wa/viewPodcast?s=143441&mt=2&id=214089682&at=11l79Y&ct=nprdirectory",
"tuneIn": "https://tunein.com/radio/Fresh-Air-p17/",
"rss": "https://feeds.npr.org/381444908/podcast.xml"
}
},
"here-and-now": {
"id": "here-and-now",
"title": "Here & Now",
"info": "A live production of NPR and WBUR Boston, in collaboration with stations across the country, Here & Now reflects the fluid world of news as it's happening in the middle of the day, with timely, in-depth news, interviews and conversation. Hosted by Robin Young, Jeremy Hobson and Tonya Mosley.",
"airtime": "MON-THU 11am-12pm",
"imageSrc": "https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/Here-And-Now-Podcast-Tile-360x360-1.jpg",
"officialWebsiteLink": "http://www.wbur.org/hereandnow",
"meta": {
"site": "news",
"source": "npr"
},
"link": "/radio/program/here-and-now",
"subsdcribe": {
"apple": "https://itunes.apple.com/WebObjects/MZStore.woa/wa/viewPodcast?mt=2&id=426698661",
"tuneIn": "https://tunein.com/radio/Here--Now-p211/",
"rss": "https://feeds.npr.org/510051/podcast.xml"
}
},
"hidden-brain": {
"id": "hidden-brain",
"title": "Hidden Brain",
"info": "Shankar Vedantam uses science and storytelling to reveal the unconscious patterns that drive human behavior, shape our choices and direct our relationships.",
"imageSrc": "https://ww2.kqed.org/radio/wp-content/uploads/sites/50/2018/05/hiddenbrain.jpg",
"officialWebsiteLink": "https://www.npr.org/series/423302056/hidden-brain",
"airtime": "SUN 7pm-8pm",
"meta": {
"site": "news",
"source": "NPR"
},
"link": "/radio/program/hidden-brain",
"subscribe": {
"apple": "https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/hidden-brain/id1028908750?mt=2",
"tuneIn": "https://tunein.com/podcasts/Science-Podcasts/Hidden-Brain-p787503/",
"rss": "https://feeds.npr.org/510308/podcast.xml"
}
},
"how-i-built-this": {
"id": "how-i-built-this",
"title": "How I Built This with Guy Raz",
"info": "Guy Raz dives into the stories behind some of the world's best known companies. How I Built This weaves a narrative journey about innovators, entrepreneurs and idealists—and the movements they built.",
"imageSrc": "https://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/05/howIBuiltThis.png",
"officialWebsiteLink": "https://www.npr.org/podcasts/510313/how-i-built-this",
"airtime": "SUN 7:30pm-8pm",
"meta": {
"site": "news",
"source": "npr"
},
"link": "/radio/program/how-i-built-this",
"subscribe": {
"npr": "https://rpb3r.app.goo.gl/3zxy",
"apple": "https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/how-i-built-this-with-guy-raz/id1150510297?mt=2",
"tuneIn": "https://tunein.com/podcasts/Arts--Culture-Podcasts/How-I-Built-This-p910896/",
"rss": "https://feeds.npr.org/510313/podcast.xml"
}
},
"hyphenacion": {
"id": "hyphenacion",
"title": "Hyphenación",
"tagline": "Where conversation and cultura meet",
"info": "What kind of no sabo word is Hyphenación? For us, it’s about living within a hyphenation. Like being a third-gen Mexican-American from the Texas border now living that Bay Area Chicano life. Like Xorje! Each week we bring together a couple of hyphenated Latinos to talk all about personal life choices: family, careers, relationships, belonging … everything is on the table. ",
"imageSrc": "https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/03/Hyphenacion_FinalAssets_PodcastTile.png",
"imageAlt": "KQED Hyphenación",
"officialWebsiteLink": "/podcasts/hyphenacion",
"meta": {
"site": "news",
"source": "kqed",
"order": 15
},
"link": "/podcasts/hyphenacion",
"subscribe": {
"apple": "https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/hyphenaci%C3%B3n/id1191591838",
"spotify": "https://open.spotify.com/show/2p3Fifq96nw9BPcmFdIq0o?si=39209f7b25774f38",
"youtube": "https://www.youtube.com/c/kqedarts",
"amazon": "https://music.amazon.com/podcasts/6c3dd23c-93fb-4aab-97ba-1725fa6315f1/hyphenaci%C3%B3n",
"rss": "https://feeds.megaphone.fm/KQINC2275451163"
}
},
"jerrybrown": {
"id": "jerrybrown",
"title": "The Political Mind of Jerry Brown",
"tagline": "Lessons from a lifetime in politics",
"info": "The Political Mind of Jerry Brown brings listeners the wisdom of the former Governor, Mayor, and presidential candidate. Scott Shafer interviewed Brown for more than 40 hours, covering the former governor's life and half-century in the political game – and Brown has some lessons he'd like to share. ",
"imageSrc": "https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/The-Political-Mind-of-Jerry-Brown-Podcast-Tile-703x703-1.jpg",
"imageAlt": "KQED The Political Mind of Jerry Brown",
"officialWebsiteLink": "/podcasts/jerrybrown",
"meta": {
"site": "news",
"source": "kqed",
"order": 18
},
"link": "/podcasts/jerrybrown",
"subscribe": {
"npr": "https://www.npr.org/podcasts/790253322/the-political-mind-of-jerry-brown",
"apple": "https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/id1492194549",
"rss": "https://ww2.kqed.org/news/series/jerrybrown/feed/podcast/",
"tuneIn": "http://tun.in/pjGcK",
"stitcher": "https://www.stitcher.com/podcast/kqed/the-political-mind-of-jerry-brown",
"spotify": "https://open.spotify.com/show/54C1dmuyFyKMFttY6X2j6r?si=K8SgRCoISNK6ZbjpXrX5-w",
"amazon": "https://music.amazon.com/podcasts/44420f75-3b0e-4301-ab3b-16da6b09e543/the-political-mind-of-jerry-brown"
}
},
"latino-usa": {
"id": "latino-usa",
"title": "Latino USA",
"airtime": "MON 1am-2am, SUN 6pm-7pm",
"info": "Latino USA, the radio journal of news and culture, is the only national, English-language radio program produced from a Latino perspective.",
"imageSrc": "https://ww2.kqed.org/radio/wp-content/uploads/sites/50/2018/04/latinoUsa.jpg",
"officialWebsiteLink": "http://latinousa.org/",
"meta": {
"site": "news",
"source": "npr"
},
"link": "/radio/program/latino-usa",
"subscribe": {
"npr": "https://rpb3r.app.goo.gl/xtTd",
"apple": "https://itunes.apple.com/WebObjects/MZStore.woa/wa/viewPodcast?s=143441&mt=2&id=79681317&at=11l79Y&ct=nprdirectory",
"tuneIn": "https://tunein.com/radio/Latino-USA-p621/",
"rss": "https://feeds.npr.org/510016/podcast.xml"
}
},
"marketplace": {
"id": "marketplace",
"title": "Marketplace",
"info": "Our flagship program, helmed by Kai Ryssdal, examines what the day in money delivered, through stories, conversations, newsworthy numbers and more. Updated Monday through Friday at about 3:30 p.m. PT.",
"airtime": "MON-FRI 4pm-4:30pm, MON-WED 6:30pm-7pm",
"imageSrc": "https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/Marketplace-Podcast-Tile-360x360-1.jpg",
"officialWebsiteLink": "https://www.marketplace.org/",
"meta": {
"site": "news",
"source": "American Public Media"
},
"link": "/radio/program/marketplace",
"subscribe": {
"apple": "https://itunes.apple.com/WebObjects/MZStore.woa/wa/viewPodcast?s=143441&mt=2&id=201853034&at=11l79Y&ct=nprdirectory",
"tuneIn": "https://tunein.com/radio/APM-Marketplace-p88/",
"rss": "https://feeds.publicradio.org/public_feeds/marketplace-pm/rss/rss"
}
},
"masters-of-scale": {
"id": "masters-of-scale",
"title": "Masters of Scale",
"info": "Masters of Scale is an original podcast in which LinkedIn co-founder and Greylock Partner Reid Hoffman sets out to describe and prove theories that explain how great entrepreneurs take their companies from zero to a gazillion in ingenious fashion.",
"airtime": "Every other Wednesday June 12 through October 16 at 8pm (repeats Thursdays at 2am)",
"imageSrc": "https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/Masters-of-Scale-Podcast-Tile-360x360-1.jpg",
"officialWebsiteLink": "https://mastersofscale.com/",
"meta": {
"site": "radio",
"source": "WaitWhat"
},
"link": "/radio/program/masters-of-scale",
"subscribe": {
"apple": "http://mastersofscale.app.link/",
"rss": "https://rss.art19.com/masters-of-scale"
}
},
"mindshift": {
"id": "mindshift",
"title": "MindShift",
"tagline": "A podcast about the future of learning and how we raise our kids",
"info": "The MindShift podcast explores the innovations in education that are shaping how kids learn. Hosts Ki Sung and Katrina Schwartz introduce listeners to educators, researchers, parents and students who are developing effective ways to improve how kids learn. We cover topics like how fed-up administrators are developing surprising tactics to deal with classroom disruptions; how listening to podcasts are helping kids develop reading skills; the consequences of overparenting; and why interdisciplinary learning can engage students on all ends of the traditional achievement spectrum. This podcast is part of the MindShift education site, a division of KQED News. KQED is an NPR/PBS member station based in San Francisco. You can also visit the MindShift website for episodes and supplemental blog posts or tweet us \u003ca href=\"https://twitter.com/MindShiftKQED\">@MindShiftKQED\u003c/a> or visit us at \u003ca href=\"/mindshift\">MindShift.KQED.org\u003c/a>",
"imageSrc": "https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/Mindshift-Podcast-Tile-703x703-1.jpg",
"imageAlt": "KQED MindShift: How We Will Learn",
"officialWebsiteLink": "/mindshift/",
"meta": {
"site": "news",
"source": "kqed",
"order": 12
},
"link": "/podcasts/mindshift",
"subscribe": {
"apple": "https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/mindshift-podcast/id1078765985",
"google": "https://podcasts.google.com/feed/aHR0cHM6Ly9mZWVkcy5tZWdhcGhvbmUuZm0vS1FJTkM1NzY0NjAwNDI5",
"npr": "https://www.npr.org/podcasts/464615685/mind-shift-podcast",
"stitcher": "https://www.stitcher.com/podcast/kqed/stories-teachers-share",
"spotify": "https://open.spotify.com/show/0MxSpNYZKNprFLCl7eEtyx"
}
},
"morning-edition": {
"id": "morning-edition",
"title": "Morning Edition",
"info": "\u003cem>Morning Edition\u003c/em> takes listeners around the country and the world with multi-faceted stories and commentaries every weekday. Hosts Steve Inskeep, David Greene and Rachel Martin bring you the latest breaking news and features to prepare you for the day.",
"airtime": "MON-FRI 3am-9am",
"imageSrc": "https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/Morning-Edition-Podcast-Tile-360x360-1.jpg",
"officialWebsiteLink": "https://www.npr.org/programs/morning-edition/",
"meta": {
"site": "news",
"source": "npr"
},
"link": "/radio/program/morning-edition"
},
"onourwatch": {
"id": "onourwatch",
"title": "On Our Watch",
"tagline": "Deeply-reported investigative journalism",
"info": "For decades, the process for how police police themselves has been inconsistent – if not opaque. In some states, like California, these proceedings were completely hidden. After a new police transparency law unsealed scores of internal affairs files, our reporters set out to examine these cases and the shadow world of police discipline. On Our Watch brings listeners into the rooms where officers are questioned and witnesses are interrogated to find out who this system is really protecting. Is it the officers, or the public they've sworn to serve?",
"imageSrc": "https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/On-Our-Watch-Podcast-Tile-703x703-1.jpg",
"imageAlt": "On Our Watch from NPR and KQED",
"officialWebsiteLink": "/podcasts/onourwatch",
"meta": {
"site": "news",
"source": "kqed",
"order": 11
},
"link": "/podcasts/onourwatch",
"subscribe": {
"apple": "https://podcasts.apple.com/podcast/id1567098962",
"google": "https://podcasts.google.com/feed/aHR0cHM6Ly9mZWVkcy5ucHIub3JnLzUxMDM2MC9wb2RjYXN0LnhtbD9zYz1nb29nbGVwb2RjYXN0cw",
"npr": "https://rpb3r.app.goo.gl/onourwatch",
"spotify": "https://open.spotify.com/show/0OLWoyizopu6tY1XiuX70x",
"tuneIn": "https://tunein.com/radio/On-Our-Watch-p1436229/",
"stitcher": "https://www.stitcher.com/show/on-our-watch",
"rss": "https://feeds.npr.org/510360/podcast.xml"
}
},
"on-the-media": {
"id": "on-the-media",
"title": "On The Media",
"info": "Our weekly podcast explores how the media 'sausage' is made, casts an incisive eye on fluctuations in the marketplace of ideas, and examines threats to the freedom of information and expression in America and abroad. For one hour a week, the show tries to lift the veil from the process of \"making media,\" especially news media, because it's through that lens that we see the world and the world sees us",
"airtime": "SUN 2pm-3pm, MON 12am-1am",
"imageSrc": "https://ww2.kqed.org/radio/wp-content/uploads/sites/50/2018/04/onTheMedia.png",
"officialWebsiteLink": "https://www.wnycstudios.org/shows/otm",
"meta": {
"site": "news",
"source": "wnyc"
},
"link": "/radio/program/on-the-media",
"subscribe": {
"apple": "https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/on-the-media/id73330715?mt=2",
"tuneIn": "https://tunein.com/radio/On-the-Media-p69/",
"rss": "http://feeds.wnyc.org/onthemedia"
}
},
"pbs-newshour": {
"id": "pbs-newshour",
"title": "PBS NewsHour",
"info": "Analysis, background reports and updates from the PBS NewsHour putting today's news in context.",
"airtime": "MON-FRI 3pm-4pm",
"imageSrc": "https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/PBS-News-Hour-Podcast-Tile-360x360-1.jpg",
"officialWebsiteLink": "https://www.pbs.org/newshour/",
"meta": {
"site": "news",
"source": "pbs"
},
"link": "/radio/program/pbs-newshour",
"subscribe": {
"apple": "https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/pbs-newshour-full-show/id394432287?mt=2",
"tuneIn": "https://tunein.com/radio/PBS-NewsHour---Full-Show-p425698/",
"rss": "https://www.pbs.org/newshour/feeds/rss/podcasts/show"
}
},
"perspectives": {
"id": "perspectives",
"title": "Perspectives",
"tagline": "KQED's series of daily listener commentaries since 1991",
"info": "KQED's series of daily listener commentaries since 1991.",
"imageSrc": "https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/01/Perspectives_Tile_Final.jpg",
"imageAlt": "KQED Perspectives",
"officialWebsiteLink": "/perspectives/",
"meta": {
"site": "radio",
"source": "kqed",
"order": 14
},
"link": "/perspectives",
"subscribe": {
"apple": "https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/id73801135",
"npr": "https://www.npr.org/podcasts/432309616/perspectives",
"rss": "https://ww2.kqed.org/perspectives/category/perspectives/feed/",
"google": "https://podcasts.google.com/feed/aHR0cHM6Ly93dzIua3FlZC5vcmcvcGVyc3BlY3RpdmVzL2NhdGVnb3J5L3BlcnNwZWN0aXZlcy9mZWVkLw"
}
},
"planet-money": {
"id": "planet-money",
"title": "Planet Money",
"info": "The economy explained. Imagine you could call up a friend and say, Meet me at the bar and tell me what's going on with the economy. Now imagine that's actually a fun evening.",
"airtime": "SUN 3pm-4pm",
"imageSrc": "https://ww2.kqed.org/radio/wp-content/uploads/sites/50/2018/04/planetmoney.jpg",
"officialWebsiteLink": "https://www.npr.org/sections/money/",
"meta": {
"site": "news",
"source": "npr"
},
"link": "/radio/program/planet-money",
"subscribe": {
"npr": "https://rpb3r.app.goo.gl/M4f5",
"apple": "https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/planet-money/id290783428?mt=2",
"tuneIn": "https://tunein.com/podcasts/Business--Economics-Podcasts/Planet-Money-p164680/",
"rss": "https://feeds.npr.org/510289/podcast.xml"
}
},
"politicalbreakdown": {
"id": "politicalbreakdown",
"title": "Political Breakdown",
"tagline": "Politics from a personal perspective",
"info": "Political Breakdown is a new series that explores the political intersection of California and the nation. Each week hosts Scott Shafer and Marisa Lagos are joined with a new special guest to unpack politics -- with personality — and offer an insider’s glimpse at how politics happens.",
"airtime": "THU 6:30pm-7pm",
"imageSrc": "https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/Political-Breakdown-2024-Podcast-Tile-703x703-1.jpg",
"imageAlt": "KQED Political Breakdown",
"officialWebsiteLink": "/podcasts/politicalbreakdown",
"meta": {
"site": "radio",
"source": "kqed",
"order": 5
},
"link": "/podcasts/politicalbreakdown",
"subscribe": {
"apple": "https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/political-breakdown/id1327641087",
"amazon": "https://music.amazon.com/podcasts/e0c2d153-ad36-4c8d-901d-f1da6a724824/political-breakdown",
"npr": "https://www.npr.org/podcasts/572155894/political-breakdown",
"stitcher": "https://www.stitcher.com/podcast/kqed/political-breakdown",
"spotify": "https://open.spotify.com/show/07RVyIjIdk2WDuVehvBMoN",
"rss": "https://ww2.kqed.org/news/tag/political-breakdown/feed/podcast"
}
},
"possible": {
"id": "possible",
"title": "Possible",
"info": "Possible is hosted by entrepreneur Reid Hoffman and writer Aria Finger. Together in Possible, Hoffman and Finger lead enlightening discussions about building a brighter collective future. The show features interviews with visionary guests like Trevor Noah, Sam Altman and Janette Sadik-Khan. Possible paints an optimistic portrait of the world we can create through science, policy, business, art and our shared humanity. It asks: What if everything goes right for once? How can we get there? Each episode also includes a short fiction story generated by advanced AI GPT-4, serving as a thought-provoking springboard to speculate how humanity could leverage technology for good.",
"airtime": "SUN 2pm",
"imageSrc": "https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/Possible-Podcast-Tile-360x360-1.jpg",
"officialWebsiteLink": "https://www.possible.fm/",
"meta": {
"site": "news",
"source": "Possible"
},
"link": "/radio/program/possible",
"subscribe": {
"apple": "https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/possible/id1677184070",
"spotify": "https://open.spotify.com/show/730YpdUSNlMyPQwNnyjp4k"
}
},
"pri-the-world": {
"id": "pri-the-world",
"title": "PRI's The World: Latest Edition",
"info": "Each weekday, host Marco Werman and his team of producers bring you the world's most interesting stories in an hour of radio that reminds us just how small our planet really is.",
"airtime": "MON-FRI 2pm-3pm",
"imageSrc": "https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/The-World-Podcast-Tile-360x360-1.jpg",
"officialWebsiteLink": "https://www.pri.org/programs/the-world",
"meta": {
"site": "news",
"source": "PRI"
},
"link": "/radio/program/pri-the-world",
"subscribe": {
"apple": "https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/pris-the-world-latest-edition/id278196007?mt=2",
"tuneIn": "https://tunein.com/podcasts/News--Politics-Podcasts/PRIs-The-World-p24/",
"rss": "http://feeds.feedburner.com/pri/theworld"
}
},
"radiolab": {
"id": "radiolab",
"title": "Radiolab",
"info": "A two-time Peabody Award-winner, Radiolab is an investigation told through sounds and stories, and centered around one big idea. In the Radiolab world, information sounds like music and science and culture collide. Hosted by Jad Abumrad and Robert Krulwich, the show is designed for listeners who demand skepticism, but appreciate wonder. WNYC Studios is the producer of other leading podcasts including Freakonomics Radio, Death, Sex & Money, On the Media and many more.",
"airtime": "SUN 12am-1am, SAT 2pm-3pm",
"imageSrc": "https://ww2.kqed.org/radio/wp-content/uploads/sites/50/2018/04/radiolab1400.png",
"officialWebsiteLink": "https://www.wnycstudios.org/shows/radiolab/",
"meta": {
"site": "science",
"source": "WNYC"
},
"link": "/radio/program/radiolab",
"subscribe": {
"apple": "https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/radiolab/id152249110?mt=2",
"tuneIn": "https://tunein.com/radio/RadioLab-p68032/",
"rss": "https://feeds.wnyc.org/radiolab"
}
},
"reveal": {
"id": "reveal",
"title": "Reveal",
"info": "Created by The Center for Investigative Reporting and PRX, Reveal is public radios first one-hour weekly radio show and podcast dedicated to investigative reporting. Credible, fact based and without a partisan agenda, Reveal combines the power and artistry of driveway moment storytelling with data-rich reporting on critically important issues. The result is stories that inform and inspire, arming our listeners with information to right injustices, hold the powerful accountable and improve lives.Reveal is hosted by Al Letson and showcases the award-winning work of CIR and newsrooms large and small across the nation. In a radio and podcast market crowded with choices, Reveal focuses on important and often surprising stories that illuminate the world for our listeners.",
"airtime": "SAT 4pm-5pm",
"imageSrc": "https://ww2.kqed.org/radio/wp-content/uploads/sites/50/2018/04/reveal300px.png",
"officialWebsiteLink": "https://www.revealnews.org/episodes/",
"meta": {
"site": "news",
"source": "npr"
},
"link": "/radio/program/reveal",
"subscribe": {
"apple": "https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/reveal/id886009669",
"tuneIn": "https://tunein.com/radio/Reveal-p679597/",
"rss": "http://feeds.revealradio.org/revealpodcast"
}
},
"rightnowish": {
"id": "rightnowish",
"title": "Rightnowish",
"tagline": "Art is where you find it",
"info": "Rightnowish digs into life in the Bay Area right now… ish. Journalist Pendarvis Harshaw takes us to galleries painted on the sides of liquor stores in West Oakland. We'll dance in warehouses in the Bayview, make smoothies with kids in South Berkeley, and listen to classical music in a 1984 Cutlass Supreme in Richmond. Every week, Pen talks to movers and shakers about how the Bay Area shapes what they create, and how they shape the place we call home.",
"imageSrc": "https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/Rightnowish-Podcast-Tile-500x500-1.jpg",
"imageAlt": "KQED Rightnowish with Pendarvis Harshaw",
"officialWebsiteLink": "/podcasts/rightnowish",
"meta": {
"site": "arts",
"source": "kqed",
"order": 16
},
"link": "/podcasts/rightnowish",
"subscribe": {
"npr": "https://www.npr.org/podcasts/721590300/rightnowish",
"rss": "https://ww2.kqed.org/arts/programs/rightnowish/feed/podcast",
"apple": "https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/rightnowish/id1482187648",
"stitcher": "https://www.stitcher.com/podcast/kqed/rightnowish",
"google": "https://podcasts.google.com/feed/aHR0cHM6Ly9mZWVkcy5tZWdhcGhvbmUuZm0vS1FJTkMxMjU5MTY3NDc4",
"spotify": "https://open.spotify.com/show/7kEJuafTzTVan7B78ttz1I"
}
},
"science-friday": {
"id": "science-friday",
"title": "Science Friday",
"info": "Science Friday is a weekly science talk show, broadcast live over public radio stations nationwide. Each week, the show focuses on science topics that are in the news and tries to bring an educated, balanced discussion to bear on the scientific issues at hand. Panels of expert guests join host Ira Flatow, a veteran science journalist, to discuss science and to take questions from listeners during the call-in portion of the program.",
"airtime": "FRI 11am-1pm",
"imageSrc": "https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/Science-Friday-Podcast-Tile-360x360-1.jpg",
"officialWebsiteLink": "https://www.wnycstudios.org/shows/science-friday",
"meta": {
"site": "news",
"source": "npr"
},
"link": "/radio/program/science-friday",
"subscribe": {
"apple": "https://itunes.apple.com/WebObjects/MZStore.woa/wa/viewPodcast?s=143441&mt=2&id=73329284&at=11l79Y&ct=nprdirectory",
"tuneIn": "https://tunein.com/radio/Science-Friday-p394/",
"rss": "http://feeds.wnyc.org/science-friday"
}
},
"snap-judgment": {
"id": "snap-judgment",
"title": "Snap Judgment",
"tagline": "Real stories with killer beats",
"info": "The Snap Judgment radio show and podcast mixes real stories with killer beats to produce cinematic, dramatic radio. Snap's musical brand of storytelling dares listeners to see the world through the eyes of another. This is storytelling... with a BEAT!! Snap first aired on public radio stations nationwide in July 2010. Today, Snap Judgment airs on over 450 public radio stations and is brought to the airwaves by KQED & PRX.",
"airtime": "SAT 1pm-2pm, 9pm-10pm",
"imageSrc": "https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/05/Snap-Judgment-Podcast-Tile-703x703-1.jpg",
"imageAlt": "KQED Snap Judgment",
"officialWebsiteLink": "https://snapjudgment.org",
"meta": {
"site": "arts",
"source": "kqed",
"order": 4
},
"link": "https://snapjudgment.org",
"subscribe": {
"apple": "https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/snap-judgment/id283657561",
"npr": "https://www.npr.org/podcasts/449018144/snap-judgment",
"stitcher": "https://www.pandora.com/podcast/snap-judgment/PC:241?source=stitcher-sunset",
"spotify": "https://open.spotify.com/show/3Cct7ZWmxHNAtLgBTqjC5v",
"rss": "https://snap.feed.snapjudgment.org/"
}
},
"soldout": {
"id": "soldout",
"title": "SOLD OUT: Rethinking Housing in America",
"tagline": "A new future for housing",
"info": "Sold Out: Rethinking Housing in America",
"imageSrc": "https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/Sold-Out-Podcast-Tile-703x703-1.jpg",
"imageAlt": "KQED Sold Out: Rethinking Housing in America",
"officialWebsiteLink": "/podcasts/soldout",
"meta": {
"site": "news",
"source": "kqed",
"order": 13
},
"link": "/podcasts/soldout",
"subscribe": {
"npr": "https://www.npr.org/podcasts/911586047/s-o-l-d-o-u-t-a-new-future-for-housing",
"apple": "https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/introducing-sold-out-rethinking-housing-in-america/id1531354937",
"rss": "https://feeds.megaphone.fm/soldout",
"spotify": "https://open.spotify.com/show/38dTBSk2ISFoPiyYNoKn1X",
"stitcher": "https://www.stitcher.com/podcast/kqed/sold-out-rethinking-housing-in-america",
"tunein": "https://tunein.com/radio/SOLD-OUT-Rethinking-Housing-in-America-p1365871/"
}
},
"spooked": {
"id": "spooked",
"title": "Spooked",
"tagline": "True-life supernatural stories",
"info": "",
"imageSrc": "https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/10/Spooked-Podcast-Tile-703x703-1.jpg",
"imageAlt": "KQED Spooked",
"officialWebsiteLink": "https://spookedpodcast.org/",
"meta": {
"site": "news",
"source": "kqed",
"order": 7
},
"link": "https://spookedpodcast.org/",
"subscribe": {
"apple": "https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/spooked/id1279361017",
"npr": "https://www.npr.org/podcasts/549547848/snap-judgment-presents-spooked",
"spotify": "https://open.spotify.com/show/76571Rfl3m7PLJQZKQIGCT",
"rss": "https://feeds.simplecast.com/TBotaapn"
}
},
"tech-nation": {
"id": "tech-nation",
"title": "Tech Nation Radio Podcast",
"info": "Tech Nation is a weekly public radio program, hosted by Dr. Moira Gunn. Founded in 1993, it has grown from a simple interview show to a multi-faceted production, featuring conversations with noted technology and science leaders, and a weekly science and technology-related commentary.",
"airtime": "FRI 10pm",
"imageSrc": "https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/Tech-Nation-Radio-Podcast-Tile-360x360-1.jpg",
"officialWebsiteLink": "http://technation.podomatic.com/",
"meta": {
"site": "science",
"source": "Tech Nation Media"
},
"link": "/radio/program/tech-nation",
"subscribe": {
"rss": "https://technation.podomatic.com/rss2.xml"
}
},
"ted-radio-hour": {
"id": "ted-radio-hour",
"title": "TED Radio Hour",
"info": "The TED Radio Hour is a journey through fascinating ideas, astonishing inventions, fresh approaches to old problems, and new ways to think and create.",
"airtime": "SUN 3pm-4pm, SAT 10pm-11pm",
"imageSrc": "https://ww2.kqed.org/radio/wp-content/uploads/sites/50/2018/04/tedRadioHour.jpg",
"officialWebsiteLink": "https://www.npr.org/programs/ted-radio-hour/?showDate=2018-06-22",
"meta": {
"site": "news",
"source": "npr"
},
"link": "/radio/program/ted-radio-hour",
"subscribe": {
"npr": "https://rpb3r.app.goo.gl/8vsS",
"apple": "https://itunes.apple.com/WebObjects/MZStore.woa/wa/viewPodcast?s=143441&mt=2&id=523121474&at=11l79Y&ct=nprdirectory",
"tuneIn": "https://tunein.com/radio/TED-Radio-Hour-p418021/",
"rss": "https://feeds.npr.org/510298/podcast.xml"
}
},
"thebay": {
"id": "thebay",
"title": "The Bay",
"tagline": "Local news to keep you rooted",
"info": "Host Devin Katayama walks you through the biggest story of the day with reporters and newsmakers.",
"imageSrc": "https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/The-Bay-Podcast-Tile-703x703-1.jpg",
"imageAlt": "KQED The Bay",
"officialWebsiteLink": "/podcasts/thebay",
"meta": {
"site": "radio",
"source": "kqed",
"order": 2
},
"link": "/podcasts/thebay",
"subscribe": {
"apple": "https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-bay/id1350043452",
"amazon": "https://music.amazon.com/podcasts/d800ea4c-7a2c-42f2-b861-edaf78a5db0b/the-bay",
"npr": "https://www.npr.org/podcasts/586725995/the-bay",
"stitcher": "https://www.stitcher.com/podcast/kqed/the-bay",
"spotify": "https://open.spotify.com/show/4BIKBKIujizLHlIlBNaAqQ",
"rss": "https://feeds.megaphone.fm/KQINC8259786327"
}
},
"thelatest": {
"id": "thelatest",
"title": "The Latest",
"tagline": "Trusted local news in real time",
"info": "",
"imageSrc": "https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/05/The-Latest-2025-Podcast-Tile-703x703-1.jpg",
"imageAlt": "KQED The Latest",
"officialWebsiteLink": "/thelatest",
"meta": {
"site": "news",
"source": "kqed",
"order": 6
},
"link": "/thelatest",
"subscribe": {
"apple": "https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-latest-from-kqed/id1197721799",
"npr": "https://www.npr.org/podcasts/1257949365/the-latest-from-k-q-e-d",
"spotify": "https://open.spotify.com/show/5KIIXMgM9GTi5AepwOYvIZ?si=bd3053fec7244dba",
"rss": "https://feeds.megaphone.fm/KQINC9137121918"
}
},
"theleap": {
"id": "theleap",
"title": "The Leap",
"tagline": "What if you closed your eyes, and jumped?",
"info": "Stories about people making dramatic, risky changes, told by award-winning public radio reporter Judy Campbell.",
"imageSrc": "https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/The-Leap-Podcast-Tile-703x703-1.jpg",
"imageAlt": "KQED The Leap",
"officialWebsiteLink": "/podcasts/theleap",
"meta": {
"site": "news",
"source": "kqed",
"order": 17
},
"link": "/podcasts/theleap",
"subscribe": {
"apple": "https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-leap/id1046668171",
"npr": "https://www.npr.org/podcasts/447248267/the-leap",
"stitcher": "https://www.stitcher.com/podcast/kqed/the-leap",
"spotify": "https://open.spotify.com/show/3sSlVHHzU0ytLwuGs1SD1U",
"rss": "https://ww2.kqed.org/news/programs/the-leap/feed/podcast"
}
},
"the-moth-radio-hour": {
"id": "the-moth-radio-hour",
"title": "The Moth Radio Hour",
"info": "Since its launch in 1997, The Moth has presented thousands of true stories, told live and without notes, to standing-room-only crowds worldwide. Moth storytellers stand alone, under a spotlight, with only a microphone and a roomful of strangers. The storyteller and the audience embark on a high-wire act of shared experience which is both terrifying and exhilarating. Since 2008, The Moth podcast has featured many of our favorite stories told live on Moth stages around the country. For information on all of our programs and live events, visit themoth.org.",
"airtime": "SAT 8pm-9pm and SUN 11am-12pm",
"imageSrc": "https://ww2.kqed.org/radio/wp-content/uploads/sites/50/2018/04/theMoth.jpg",
"officialWebsiteLink": "https://themoth.org/",
"meta": {
"site": "arts",
"source": "prx"
},
"link": "/radio/program/the-moth-radio-hour",
"subscribe": {
"apple": "https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/the-moth-podcast/id275699983?mt=2",
"tuneIn": "https://tunein.com/radio/The-Moth-p273888/",
"rss": "http://feeds.themoth.org/themothpodcast"
}
},
"the-new-yorker-radio-hour": {
"id": "the-new-yorker-radio-hour",
"title": "The New Yorker Radio Hour",
"info": "The New Yorker Radio Hour is a weekly program presented by the magazine's editor, David Remnick, and produced by WNYC Studios and The New Yorker. Each episode features a diverse mix of interviews, profiles, storytelling, and an occasional burst of humor inspired by the magazine, and shaped by its writers, artists, and editors. This isn't a radio version of a magazine, but something all its own, reflecting the rich possibilities of audio storytelling and conversation. Theme music for the show was composed and performed by Merrill Garbus of tUnE-YArDs.",
"airtime": "SAT 10am-11am",
"imageSrc": "https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/The-New-Yorker-Podcast-Tile-360x360-1.jpg",
"officialWebsiteLink": "https://www.wnycstudios.org/shows/tnyradiohour",
"meta": {
"site": "arts",
"source": "WNYC"
},
"link": "/radio/program/the-new-yorker-radio-hour",
"subscribe": {
"apple": "https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/id1050430296",
"tuneIn": "https://tunein.com/podcasts/WNYC-Podcasts/New-Yorker-Radio-Hour-p803804/",
"rss": "https://feeds.feedburner.com/newyorkerradiohour"
}
},
"the-sam-sanders-show": {
"id": "the-sam-sanders-show",
"title": "The Sam Sanders Show",
"info": "One of public radio's most dynamic voices, Sam Sanders helped launch The NPR Politics Podcast and hosted NPR's hit show It's Been A Minute. Now, the award-winning host returns with something brand new, The Sam Sanders Show. Every week, Sam Sanders and friends dig into the culture that shapes our lives: what's driving the biggest trends, how artists really think, and even the memes you can't stop scrolling past. Sam is beloved for his way of unpacking the world and bringing you up close to fresh currents and engaging conversations. The Sam Sanders Show is smart, funny and always a good time.",
"airtime": "FRI 12-1pm AND SAT 11am-12pm",
"imageSrc": "https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/11/The-Sam-Sanders-Show-Podcast-Tile-400x400-1.jpg",
"officialWebsiteLink": "https://www.kcrw.com/shows/the-sam-sanders-show/latest",
"meta": {
"site": "arts",
"source": "KCRW"
},
"link": "https://www.kcrw.com/shows/the-sam-sanders-show/latest",
"subscribe": {
"rss": "https://feed.cdnstream1.com/zjb/feed/download/ac/28/59/ac28594c-e1d0-4231-8728-61865cdc80e8.xml"
}
},
"the-splendid-table": {
"id": "the-splendid-table",
"title": "The Splendid Table",
"info": "\u003cem>The Splendid Table\u003c/em> hosts our nation's conversations about cooking, sustainability and food culture.",
"imageSrc": "https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/The-Splendid-Table-Podcast-Tile-360x360-1.jpg",
"officialWebsiteLink": "https://www.splendidtable.org/",
"airtime": "SUN 10-11 pm",
"meta": {
"site": "radio",
"source": "npr"
},
"link": "/radio/program/the-splendid-table"
},
"this-american-life": {
"id": "this-american-life",
"title": "This American Life",
"info": "This American Life is a weekly public radio show, heard by 2.2 million people on more than 500 stations. Another 2.5 million people download the weekly podcast. It is hosted by Ira Glass, produced in collaboration with Chicago Public Media, delivered to stations by PRX The Public Radio Exchange, and has won all of the major broadcasting awards.",
"airtime": "SAT 12pm-1pm, 7pm-8pm",
"imageSrc": "https://ww2.kqed.org/radio/wp-content/uploads/sites/50/2018/04/thisAmericanLife.png",
"officialWebsiteLink": "https://www.thisamericanlife.org/",
"meta": {
"site": "news",
"source": "wbez"
},
"link": "/radio/program/this-american-life",
"subscribe": {
"apple": "https://itunes.apple.com/WebObjects/MZStore.woa/wa/viewPodcast?s=143441&mt=2&id=201671138&at=11l79Y&ct=nprdirectory",
"rss": "https://www.thisamericanlife.org/podcast/rss.xml"
}
},
"tinydeskradio": {
"id": "tinydeskradio",
"title": "Tiny Desk Radio",
"info": "We're bringing the best of Tiny Desk to the airwaves, only on public radio.",
"airtime": "SUN 8pm and SAT 9pm",
"imageSrc": "https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/04/300x300-For-Member-Station-Logo-Tiny-Desk-Radio-@2x.png",
"officialWebsiteLink": "https://www.npr.org/series/g-s1-52030/tiny-desk-radio",
"meta": {
"site": "news",
"source": "npr"
},
"link": "/radio/program/tinydeskradio",
"subscribe": {
"rss": "https://feeds.npr.org/g-s1-52030/rss.xml"
}
},
"wait-wait-dont-tell-me": {
"id": "wait-wait-dont-tell-me",
"title": "Wait Wait... Don't Tell Me!",
"info": "Peter Sagal and Bill Kurtis host the weekly NPR News quiz show alongside some of the best and brightest news and entertainment personalities.",
"airtime": "SUN 10am-11am, SAT 11am-12pm, SAT 6pm-7pm",
"imageSrc": "https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/Wait-Wait-Podcast-Tile-300x300-1.jpg",
"officialWebsiteLink": "https://www.npr.org/programs/wait-wait-dont-tell-me/",
"meta": {
"site": "news",
"source": "npr"
},
"link": "/radio/program/wait-wait-dont-tell-me",
"subscribe": {
"npr": "https://rpb3r.app.goo.gl/Xogv",
"apple": "https://itunes.apple.com/WebObjects/MZStore.woa/wa/viewPodcast?s=143441&mt=2&id=121493804&at=11l79Y&ct=nprdirectory",
"tuneIn": "https://tunein.com/radio/Wait-Wait-Dont-Tell-Me-p46/",
"rss": "https://feeds.npr.org/344098539/podcast.xml"
}
},
"weekend-edition-saturday": {
"id": "weekend-edition-saturday",
"title": "Weekend Edition Saturday",
"info": "Weekend Edition Saturday wraps up the week's news and offers a mix of analysis and features on a wide range of topics, including arts, sports, entertainment, and human interest stories. The two-hour program is hosted by NPR's Peabody Award-winning Scott Simon.",
"airtime": "SAT 5am-10am",
"imageSrc": "https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/Weekend-Edition-Podcast-Tile-360x360-1.jpg",
"officialWebsiteLink": "https://www.npr.org/programs/weekend-edition-saturday/",
"meta": {
"site": "news",
"source": "npr"
},
"link": "/radio/program/weekend-edition-saturday"
},
"weekend-edition-sunday": {
"id": "weekend-edition-sunday",
"title": "Weekend Edition Sunday",
"info": "Weekend Edition Sunday features interviews with newsmakers, artists, scientists, politicians, musicians, writers, theologians and historians. The program has covered news events from Nelson Mandela's 1990 release from a South African prison to the capture of Saddam Hussein.",
"airtime": "SUN 5am-10am",
"imageSrc": "https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/Weekend-Edition-Podcast-Tile-360x360-1.jpg",
"officialWebsiteLink": "https://www.npr.org/programs/weekend-edition-sunday/",
"meta": {
"site": "news",
"source": "npr"
},
"link": "/radio/program/weekend-edition-sunday"
}
},
"racesReducer": {},
"racesGenElectionReducer": {},
"racesGenElection2026Reducer": {},
"radioSchedulesReducer": {},
"listsReducer": {
"posts/news?tag=health": {
"isFetching": false,
"latestQuery": {
"from": 1284,
"size": 12
},
"vitalsOnly": false,
"totalRequested": 12,
"isLoading": false,
"isLoadingMore": true,
"total": {
"value": 1609,
"relation": "eq"
},
"items": [
"science_14914",
"news_127354",
"stateofhealth_17971",
"news_128077",
"news_128046",
"news_127920",
"news_127740",
"news_127656",
"news_126985",
"news_125773",
"news_126106",
"news_125652"
],
"complete": true
}
},
"recallGuideReducer": {
"intros": {},
"policy": {},
"candidates": {}
},
"savedArticleReducer": {
"articles": [],
"status": {}
},
"newslettersReducer": {
"isFetching": false,
"fetchFailed": false,
"hasFetched": false,
"newsletters": {},
"isSubscribing": false,
"isUnsubscribing": false,
"subscribedNewsletters": {}
},
"termsReducer": {
"about": {
"name": "About",
"type": "terms",
"id": "about",
"slug": "about",
"link": "/about",
"taxonomy": "site"
},
"arts": {
"name": "Arts & Culture",
"grouping": [
"arts",
"pop",
"trulyca"
],
"description": "KQED Arts provides daily in-depth coverage of the Bay Area's music, art, film, performing arts, literature and arts news, as well as cultural commentary and criticism.",
"type": "terms",
"id": "arts",
"slug": "arts",
"link": "/arts",
"taxonomy": "site"
},
"artschool": {
"name": "Art School",
"parent": "arts",
"type": "terms",
"id": "artschool",
"slug": "artschool",
"link": "/artschool",
"taxonomy": "site"
},
"bayareabites": {
"name": "KQED food",
"grouping": [
"food",
"bayareabites",
"checkplease"
],
"parent": "food",
"type": "terms",
"id": "bayareabites",
"slug": "bayareabites",
"link": "/food",
"taxonomy": "site"
},
"bayareahiphop": {
"name": "Bay Area Hiphop",
"type": "terms",
"id": "bayareahiphop",
"slug": "bayareahiphop",
"link": "/bayareahiphop",
"taxonomy": "site"
},
"campaign21": {
"name": "Campaign 21",
"type": "terms",
"id": "campaign21",
"slug": "campaign21",
"link": "/campaign21",
"taxonomy": "site"
},
"careers": {
"name": "Careers",
"type": "terms",
"id": "careers",
"slug": "careers",
"link": "/careers",
"taxonomy": "site"
},
"checkplease": {
"name": "KQED food",
"grouping": [
"food",
"bayareabites",
"checkplease"
],
"parent": "food",
"type": "terms",
"id": "checkplease",
"slug": "checkplease",
"link": "/food",
"taxonomy": "site"
},
"education": {
"name": "Education",
"grouping": [
"education"
],
"type": "terms",
"id": "education",
"slug": "education",
"link": "/education",
"taxonomy": "site"
},
"elections": {
"name": "Elections",
"type": "terms",
"id": "elections",
"slug": "elections",
"link": "/elections",
"taxonomy": "site"
},
"events": {
"name": "Events",
"type": "terms",
"id": "events",
"slug": "events",
"link": "/events",
"taxonomy": "site"
},
"event": {
"name": "Event",
"alias": "events",
"type": "terms",
"id": "event",
"slug": "event",
"link": "/event",
"taxonomy": "site"
},
"filmschoolshorts": {
"name": "Film School Shorts",
"type": "terms",
"id": "filmschoolshorts",
"slug": "filmschoolshorts",
"link": "/filmschoolshorts",
"taxonomy": "site"
},
"food": {
"name": "KQED food",
"grouping": [
"food",
"bayareabites",
"checkplease"
],
"type": "terms",
"id": "food",
"slug": "food",
"link": "/food",
"taxonomy": "site"
},
"forum": {
"name": "Forum",
"relatedContentQuery": "posts/forum?",
"parent": "news",
"type": "terms",
"id": "forum",
"slug": "forum",
"link": "/forum",
"taxonomy": "site"
},
"futureofyou": {
"name": "Future of You",
"grouping": [
"science",
"futureofyou"
],
"parent": "science",
"type": "terms",
"id": "futureofyou",
"slug": "futureofyou",
"link": "/futureofyou",
"taxonomy": "site"
},
"jpepinheart": {
"name": "KQED food",
"relatedContentQuery": "posts/food,bayareabites,checkplease",
"parent": "food",
"type": "terms",
"id": "jpepinheart",
"slug": "jpepinheart",
"link": "/food",
"taxonomy": "site"
},
"liveblog": {
"name": "Live Blog",
"type": "terms",
"id": "liveblog",
"slug": "liveblog",
"link": "/liveblog",
"taxonomy": "site"
},
"livetv": {
"name": "Live TV",
"parent": "tv",
"type": "terms",
"id": "livetv",
"slug": "livetv",
"link": "/livetv",
"taxonomy": "site"
},
"lowdown": {
"name": "The Lowdown",
"relatedContentQuery": "posts/lowdown?",
"parent": "news",
"type": "terms",
"id": "lowdown",
"slug": "lowdown",
"link": "/lowdown",
"taxonomy": "site"
},
"mindshift": {
"name": "Mindshift",
"parent": "news",
"description": "MindShift explores the future of education by highlighting the innovative – and sometimes counterintuitive – ways educators and parents are helping all children succeed.",
"type": "terms",
"id": "mindshift",
"slug": "mindshift",
"link": "/mindshift",
"taxonomy": "site"
},
"news": {
"name": "News",
"grouping": [
"news",
"forum"
],
"type": "terms",
"id": "news",
"slug": "news",
"link": "/news",
"taxonomy": "site"
},
"newsletters": {
"name": "newsletters",
"type": "terms",
"id": "newsletters",
"slug": "newsletters",
"link": "/newsletters",
"taxonomy": "site"
},
"perspectives": {
"name": "Perspectives",
"parent": "radio",
"type": "terms",
"id": "perspectives",
"slug": "perspectives",
"link": "/perspectives",
"taxonomy": "site"
},
"podcasts": {
"name": "Podcasts",
"type": "terms",
"id": "podcasts",
"slug": "podcasts",
"link": "/podcasts",
"taxonomy": "site"
},
"pop": {
"name": "Pop",
"parent": "arts",
"type": "terms",
"id": "pop",
"slug": "pop",
"link": "/pop",
"taxonomy": "site"
},
"pressroom": {
"name": "Pressroom",
"type": "terms",
"id": "pressroom",
"slug": "pressroom",
"link": "/pressroom",
"taxonomy": "site"
},
"quest": {
"name": "Quest",
"parent": "science",
"type": "terms",
"id": "quest",
"slug": "quest",
"link": "/quest",
"taxonomy": "site"
},
"radio": {
"name": "Radio",
"grouping": [
"forum",
"perspectives"
],
"description": "Listen to KQED Public Radio – home of Forum and The California Report – on 88.5 FM in San Francisco, 89.3 FM in Sacramento, 88.3 FM in Santa Rosa and 88.1 FM in Martinez.",
"type": "terms",
"id": "radio",
"slug": "radio",
"link": "/radio",
"taxonomy": "site"
},
"root": {
"name": "KQED",
"image": "https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/2020/02/KQED-OG-Image@1x.png",
"imageWidth": 1200,
"imageHeight": 630,
"headData": {
"title": "KQED | News, Radio, Podcasts, TV | Public Media for Northern California",
"description": "KQED provides public radio, television, and independent reporting on issues that matter to the Bay Area. We’re the NPR and PBS member station for Northern California."
},
"type": "terms",
"id": "root",
"slug": "root",
"link": "/root",
"taxonomy": "site"
},
"science": {
"name": "Science",
"grouping": [
"science",
"futureofyou"
],
"description": "KQED Science brings you award-winning science and environment coverage from the Bay Area and beyond.",
"type": "terms",
"id": "science",
"slug": "science",
"link": "/science",
"taxonomy": "site"
},
"stateofhealth": {
"name": "State of Health",
"parent": "science",
"type": "terms",
"id": "stateofhealth",
"slug": "stateofhealth",
"link": "/stateofhealth",
"taxonomy": "site"
},
"support": {
"name": "Support",
"type": "terms",
"id": "support",
"slug": "support",
"link": "/support",
"taxonomy": "site"
},
"thedolist": {
"name": "The Do List",
"parent": "arts",
"type": "terms",
"id": "thedolist",
"slug": "thedolist",
"link": "/thedolist",
"taxonomy": "site"
},
"trulyca": {
"name": "Truly CA",
"grouping": [
"arts",
"pop",
"trulyca"
],
"parent": "arts",
"type": "terms",
"id": "trulyca",
"slug": "trulyca",
"link": "/trulyca",
"taxonomy": "site"
},
"tv": {
"name": "TV",
"type": "terms",
"id": "tv",
"slug": "tv",
"link": "/tv",
"taxonomy": "site"
},
"voterguide": {
"name": "Voter Guide",
"parent": "elections",
"alias": "elections",
"type": "terms",
"id": "voterguide",
"slug": "voterguide",
"link": "/voterguide",
"taxonomy": "site"
},
"guiaelectoral": {
"name": "Guia Electoral",
"parent": "elections",
"alias": "elections",
"type": "terms",
"id": "guiaelectoral",
"slug": "guiaelectoral",
"link": "/guiaelectoral",
"taxonomy": "site"
},
"news_tag_health": {
"isLoading": true
},
"news_18543": {
"type": "terms",
"id": "news_18543",
"meta": {
"index": "terms_1716263798",
"site": "news",
"id": "18543",
"found": true
},
"relationships": {},
"featImg": null,
"name": "Health",
"description": null,
"taxonomy": "tag",
"headData": {
"twImgId": null,
"twTitle": null,
"ogTitle": null,
"ogImgId": null,
"twDescription": null,
"description": null,
"title": "Health Archives | KQED News",
"ogDescription": null
},
"ttid": 466,
"slug": "health",
"isLoading": false,
"link": "/news/tag/health"
},
"science_46": {
"type": "terms",
"id": "science_46",
"meta": {
"index": "terms_1716263798",
"site": "science",
"id": "46",
"found": true
},
"relationships": {},
"featImg": null,
"name": "Audio",
"description": null,
"taxonomy": "category",
"headData": {
"twImgId": null,
"twTitle": null,
"ogTitle": null,
"ogImgId": null,
"twDescription": null,
"description": null,
"title": "Audio Archives | KQED Science",
"ogDescription": null
},
"ttid": 48,
"slug": "audio",
"isLoading": false,
"link": "/science/category/audio"
},
"science_29": {
"type": "terms",
"id": "science_29",
"meta": {
"index": "terms_1716263798",
"site": "science",
"id": "29",
"found": true
},
"relationships": {},
"featImg": null,
"name": "Chemistry",
"description": null,
"taxonomy": "category",
"headData": {
"twImgId": null,
"twTitle": null,
"ogTitle": null,
"ogImgId": null,
"twDescription": null,
"description": null,
"title": "Chemistry Archives | KQED Science",
"ogDescription": null
},
"ttid": 31,
"slug": "chemistry",
"isLoading": false,
"link": "/science/category/chemistry"
},
"science_39": {
"type": "terms",
"id": "science_39",
"meta": {
"index": "terms_1716263798",
"site": "science",
"id": "39",
"found": true
},
"relationships": {},
"featImg": null,
"name": "Health",
"description": null,
"taxonomy": "category",
"headData": {
"twImgId": null,
"twTitle": null,
"ogTitle": null,
"ogImgId": null,
"twDescription": null,
"description": null,
"title": "Health Archives | KQED Science",
"ogDescription": null
},
"ttid": 41,
"slug": "health",
"isLoading": false,
"link": "/science/category/health"
},
"science_40": {
"type": "terms",
"id": "science_40",
"meta": {
"index": "terms_1716263798",
"site": "science",
"id": "40",
"found": true
},
"relationships": {},
"featImg": null,
"name": "News",
"description": null,
"taxonomy": "category",
"headData": {
"twImgId": null,
"twTitle": null,
"ogTitle": null,
"ogImgId": null,
"twDescription": null,
"description": null,
"title": "News Archives | KQED Science",
"ogDescription": null
},
"ttid": 42,
"slug": "news",
"isLoading": false,
"link": "/science/category/news"
},
"science_1189": {
"type": "terms",
"id": "science_1189",
"meta": {
"index": "terms_1716263798",
"site": "science",
"id": "1189",
"found": true
},
"relationships": {},
"featImg": null,
"name": "plastic",
"description": null,
"taxonomy": "tag",
"headData": {
"twImgId": null,
"twTitle": null,
"ogTitle": null,
"ogImgId": null,
"twDescription": null,
"description": null,
"title": "plastic Archives | KQED Science",
"ogDescription": null
},
"ttid": 1198,
"slug": "plastic",
"isLoading": false,
"link": "/science/tag/plastic"
},
"science_381": {
"type": "terms",
"id": "science_381",
"meta": {
"index": "terms_1716263798",
"site": "science",
"id": "381",
"found": true
},
"relationships": {},
"featImg": null,
"name": "toxics",
"description": null,
"taxonomy": "tag",
"headData": {
"twImgId": null,
"twTitle": null,
"ogTitle": null,
"ogImgId": null,
"twDescription": null,
"description": null,
"title": "toxics Archives | KQED Science",
"ogDescription": null
},
"ttid": 387,
"slug": "toxics",
"isLoading": false,
"link": "/science/tag/toxics"
},
"news_6944": {
"type": "terms",
"id": "news_6944",
"meta": {
"index": "terms_1716263798",
"site": "news",
"id": "6944",
"found": true
},
"relationships": {},
"featImg": "https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2014/10/News-Fix-Logo-Web-Banners-04.png",
"name": "News Fix",
"description": null,
"taxonomy": "program",
"headData": {
"twImgId": null,
"twTitle": null,
"ogTitle": null,
"ogImgId": null,
"twDescription": null,
"description": "The News Fix is a daily news podcast from KQED that breaks down the latest headlines and provides in-depth analysis of the stories that matter to the Bay Area.",
"title": "News Fix - Daily Dose of Bay Area News | KQED",
"ogDescription": null
},
"ttid": 6968,
"slug": "news-fix",
"isLoading": false,
"link": "/news/program/news-fix"
},
"news_19906": {
"type": "terms",
"id": "news_19906",
"meta": {
"index": "terms_1716263798",
"site": "news",
"id": "19906",
"found": true
},
"relationships": {},
"featImg": null,
"name": "Environment",
"description": null,
"taxonomy": "category",
"headData": {
"twImgId": null,
"twTitle": null,
"ogTitle": null,
"ogImgId": null,
"twDescription": null,
"description": null,
"title": "Environment Archives | KQED News",
"ogDescription": null
},
"ttid": 19923,
"slug": "environment",
"isLoading": false,
"link": "/news/category/environment"
},
"news_457": {
"type": "terms",
"id": "news_457",
"meta": {
"index": "terms_1716263798",
"site": "news",
"id": "457",
"found": true
},
"relationships": {},
"featImg": null,
"name": "Health",
"description": null,
"taxonomy": "category",
"headData": {
"twImgId": null,
"twTitle": null,
"ogTitle": null,
"ogImgId": null,
"twDescription": null,
"description": null,
"title": "Health Archives | KQED News",
"ogDescription": null
},
"ttid": 16998,
"slug": "health",
"isLoading": false,
"link": "/news/category/health"
},
"news_356": {
"type": "terms",
"id": "news_356",
"meta": {
"index": "terms_1716263798",
"site": "news",
"id": "356",
"found": true
},
"relationships": {},
"featImg": null,
"name": "Science",
"description": null,
"taxonomy": "category",
"headData": {
"twImgId": null,
"twTitle": null,
"ogTitle": null,
"ogImgId": null,
"twDescription": null,
"description": null,
"title": "Science Archives | KQED News",
"ogDescription": null
},
"ttid": 364,
"slug": "science",
"isLoading": false,
"link": "/news/category/science"
},
"news_3273": {
"type": "terms",
"id": "news_3273",
"meta": {
"index": "terms_1716263798",
"site": "news",
"id": "3273",
"found": true
},
"relationships": {},
"featImg": null,
"name": "gasoline",
"description": null,
"taxonomy": "tag",
"headData": {
"twImgId": null,
"twTitle": null,
"ogTitle": null,
"ogImgId": null,
"twDescription": null,
"description": null,
"title": "gasoline Archives | KQED News",
"ogDescription": null
},
"ttid": 3291,
"slug": "gasoline",
"isLoading": false,
"link": "/news/tag/gasoline"
},
"news_5892": {
"type": "terms",
"id": "news_5892",
"meta": {
"index": "terms_1716263798",
"site": "news",
"id": "5892",
"found": true
},
"relationships": {},
"featImg": null,
"name": "groundwater",
"description": null,
"taxonomy": "tag",
"headData": {
"twImgId": null,
"twTitle": null,
"ogTitle": null,
"ogImgId": null,
"twDescription": null,
"description": null,
"title": "groundwater Archives | KQED News",
"ogDescription": null
},
"ttid": 5916,
"slug": "groundwater",
"isLoading": false,
"link": "/news/tag/groundwater"
},
"news_5891": {
"type": "terms",
"id": "news_5891",
"meta": {
"index": "terms_1716263798",
"site": "news",
"id": "5891",
"found": true
},
"relationships": {},
"featImg": null,
"name": "water pollution",
"description": null,
"taxonomy": "tag",
"headData": {
"twImgId": null,
"twTitle": null,
"ogTitle": null,
"ogImgId": null,
"twDescription": null,
"description": null,
"title": "water pollution Archives | KQED News",
"ogDescription": null
},
"ttid": 5915,
"slug": "water-pollution",
"isLoading": false,
"link": "/news/tag/water-pollution"
},
"stateofhealth_11": {
"type": "terms",
"id": "stateofhealth_11",
"meta": {
"index": "terms_1716263798",
"site": "stateofhealth",
"id": "11",
"found": true
},
"relationships": {},
"featImg": null,
"name": "Community Health",
"description": "\r\n\r\nFrom rural California to urban neighborhoods, where you live affects your health",
"taxonomy": "category",
"headData": {
"twImgId": null,
"twTitle": null,
"ogTitle": null,
"ogImgId": null,
"twDescription": null,
"description": "From rural California to urban neighborhoods, where you live affects your health",
"title": "Community Health Archives | KQED Arts",
"ogDescription": null
},
"ttid": 11,
"slug": "place-matters",
"isLoading": false,
"link": "/stateofhealth/category/place-matters"
},
"stateofhealth_618": {
"type": "terms",
"id": "stateofhealth_618",
"meta": {
"index": "terms_1716263798",
"site": "stateofhealth",
"id": "618",
"found": true
},
"relationships": {},
"featImg": null,
"name": "personal belief exemption",
"description": null,
"taxonomy": "tag",
"headData": {
"twImgId": null,
"twTitle": null,
"ogTitle": null,
"ogImgId": null,
"twDescription": null,
"description": null,
"title": "personal belief exemption Archives | KQED Arts",
"ogDescription": null
},
"ttid": 619,
"slug": "personal-belief-exemption",
"isLoading": false,
"link": "/stateofhealth/tag/personal-belief-exemption"
},
"stateofhealth_461": {
"type": "terms",
"id": "stateofhealth_461",
"meta": {
"index": "terms_1716263798",
"site": "stateofhealth",
"id": "461",
"found": true
},
"relationships": {},
"featImg": null,
"name": "Science",
"description": null,
"taxonomy": "tag",
"headData": {
"twImgId": null,
"twTitle": null,
"ogTitle": null,
"ogImgId": null,
"twDescription": null,
"description": null,
"title": "Science Archives | KQED Arts",
"ogDescription": null
},
"ttid": 462,
"slug": "science",
"isLoading": false,
"link": "/stateofhealth/tag/science"
},
"stateofhealth_31": {
"type": "terms",
"id": "stateofhealth_31",
"meta": {
"index": "terms_1716263798",
"site": "stateofhealth",
"id": "31",
"found": true
},
"relationships": {},
"featImg": null,
"name": "Vaccines",
"description": null,
"taxonomy": "tag",
"headData": {
"twImgId": null,
"twTitle": null,
"ogTitle": null,
"ogImgId": null,
"twDescription": null,
"description": null,
"title": "Vaccines Archives | KQED Arts",
"ogDescription": null
},
"ttid": 31,
"slug": "vaccines",
"isLoading": false,
"link": "/stateofhealth/tag/vaccines"
},
"news_8": {
"type": "terms",
"id": "news_8",
"meta": {
"index": "terms_1716263798",
"site": "news",
"id": "8",
"found": true
},
"relationships": {},
"featImg": null,
"name": "News",
"description": null,
"taxonomy": "category",
"headData": {
"twImgId": null,
"twTitle": null,
"ogTitle": null,
"ogImgId": null,
"twDescription": null,
"description": null,
"title": "News Archives | KQED News",
"ogDescription": null
},
"ttid": 8,
"slug": "news",
"isLoading": false,
"link": "/news/category/news"
},
"news_80": {
"type": "terms",
"id": "news_80",
"meta": {
"index": "terms_1716263798",
"site": "news",
"id": "80",
"found": true
},
"relationships": {},
"featImg": null,
"name": "Military",
"description": null,
"taxonomy": "tag",
"headData": {
"twImgId": null,
"twTitle": null,
"ogTitle": null,
"ogImgId": null,
"twDescription": null,
"description": null,
"title": "Military Archives | KQED News",
"ogDescription": null
},
"ttid": 81,
"slug": "military",
"isLoading": false,
"link": "/news/tag/military"
},
"news_212": {
"type": "terms",
"id": "news_212",
"meta": {
"index": "terms_1716263798",
"site": "news",
"id": "212",
"found": true
},
"relationships": {},
"featImg": null,
"name": "Fire",
"description": null,
"taxonomy": "tag",
"headData": {
"twImgId": null,
"twTitle": null,
"ogTitle": null,
"ogImgId": null,
"twDescription": null,
"description": null,
"title": "Fire Archives | KQED News",
"ogDescription": null
},
"ttid": 220,
"slug": "fire",
"isLoading": false,
"link": "/news/tag/fire"
},
"news_3094": {
"type": "terms",
"id": "news_3094",
"meta": {
"index": "terms_1716263798",
"site": "news",
"id": "3094",
"found": true
},
"relationships": {},
"featImg": null,
"name": "News Pix",
"description": null,
"taxonomy": "tag",
"headData": {
"twImgId": null,
"twTitle": null,
"ogTitle": null,
"ogImgId": null,
"twDescription": null,
"description": null,
"title": "News Pix Archives | KQED News",
"ogDescription": null
},
"ttid": 3112,
"slug": "news-pix",
"isLoading": false,
"link": "/news/tag/news-pix"
},
"news_38": {
"type": "terms",
"id": "news_38",
"meta": {
"index": "terms_1716263798",
"site": "news",
"id": "38",
"found": true
},
"relationships": {},
"featImg": null,
"name": "San Francisco",
"description": null,
"taxonomy": "tag",
"headData": {
"twImgId": null,
"twTitle": null,
"ogTitle": null,
"ogImgId": null,
"twDescription": null,
"description": null,
"title": "San Francisco Archives | KQED News",
"ogDescription": null
},
"ttid": 58,
"slug": "san-francisco",
"isLoading": false,
"link": "/news/tag/san-francisco"
},
"news_4981": {
"type": "terms",
"id": "news_4981",
"meta": {
"index": "terms_1716263798",
"site": "news",
"id": "4981",
"found": true
},
"relationships": {},
"featImg": null,
"name": "Sonoma County",
"description": null,
"taxonomy": "tag",
"headData": {
"twImgId": null,
"twTitle": null,
"ogTitle": null,
"ogImgId": null,
"twDescription": null,
"description": null,
"title": "Sonoma County Archives | KQED News",
"ogDescription": null
},
"ttid": 5000,
"slug": "sonoma-county",
"isLoading": false,
"link": "/news/tag/sonoma-county"
},
"news_333": {
"type": "terms",
"id": "news_333",
"meta": {
"index": "terms_1716263798",
"site": "news",
"id": "333",
"found": true
},
"relationships": {},
"featImg": null,
"name": "Food",
"description": null,
"taxonomy": "tag",
"headData": {
"twImgId": null,
"twTitle": null,
"ogTitle": null,
"ogImgId": null,
"twDescription": null,
"description": null,
"title": "Food Archives | KQED News",
"ogDescription": null
},
"ttid": 341,
"slug": "food",
"isLoading": false,
"link": "/news/tag/food"
},
"news_2509": {
"type": "terms",
"id": "news_2509",
"meta": {
"index": "terms_1716263798",
"site": "news",
"id": "2509",
"found": true
},
"relationships": {},
"featImg": null,
"name": "Petaluma",
"description": null,
"taxonomy": "tag",
"headData": {
"twImgId": null,
"twTitle": null,
"ogTitle": null,
"ogImgId": null,
"twDescription": null,
"description": null,
"title": "Petaluma Archives | KQED News",
"ogDescription": null
},
"ttid": 2524,
"slug": "petaluma",
"isLoading": false,
"link": "/news/tag/petaluma"
},
"news_5821": {
"type": "terms",
"id": "news_5821",
"meta": {
"index": "terms_1716263798",
"site": "news",
"id": "5821",
"found": true
},
"relationships": {},
"featImg": null,
"name": "Rancho Feeding Corp.",
"description": null,
"taxonomy": "tag",
"headData": {
"twImgId": null,
"twTitle": null,
"ogTitle": null,
"ogImgId": null,
"twDescription": null,
"description": null,
"title": "Rancho Feeding Corp. Archives | KQED News",
"ogDescription": null
},
"ttid": 5845,
"slug": "rancho-feeding-corp",
"isLoading": false,
"link": "/news/tag/rancho-feeding-corp"
},
"news_3195": {
"type": "terms",
"id": "news_3195",
"meta": {
"index": "terms_1716263798",
"site": "news",
"id": "3195",
"found": true
},
"relationships": {},
"featImg": null,
"name": "regulation",
"description": null,
"taxonomy": "tag",
"headData": {
"twImgId": null,
"twTitle": null,
"ogTitle": null,
"ogImgId": null,
"twDescription": null,
"description": null,
"title": "regulation Archives | KQED News",
"ogDescription": null
},
"ttid": 3213,
"slug": "regulation",
"isLoading": false,
"link": "/news/tag/regulation"
},
"news_18540": {
"type": "terms",
"id": "news_18540",
"meta": {
"index": "terms_1716263798",
"site": "news",
"id": "18540",
"found": true
},
"relationships": {},
"featImg": null,
"name": "Education",
"description": null,
"taxonomy": "category",
"headData": {
"twImgId": null,
"twTitle": null,
"ogTitle": null,
"ogImgId": null,
"twDescription": null,
"description": null,
"title": "Education Archives | KQED News",
"ogDescription": null
},
"ttid": 2595,
"slug": "education",
"isLoading": false,
"link": "/news/category/education"
},
"news_5850": {
"type": "terms",
"id": "news_5850",
"meta": {
"index": "terms_1716263798",
"site": "news",
"id": "5850",
"found": true
},
"relationships": {},
"featImg": null,
"name": "sex education",
"description": null,
"taxonomy": "tag",
"headData": {
"twImgId": null,
"twTitle": null,
"ogTitle": null,
"ogImgId": null,
"twDescription": null,
"description": null,
"title": "sex education Archives | KQED News",
"ogDescription": null
},
"ttid": 5874,
"slug": "sex-education",
"isLoading": false,
"link": "/news/tag/sex-education"
},
"news_98": {
"type": "terms",
"id": "news_98",
"meta": {
"index": "terms_1716263798",
"site": "news",
"id": "98",
"found": true
},
"relationships": {},
"featImg": null,
"name": "Youth",
"description": null,
"taxonomy": "tag",
"headData": {
"twImgId": null,
"twTitle": null,
"ogTitle": null,
"ogImgId": null,
"twDescription": null,
"description": null,
"title": "Youth Archives | KQED News",
"ogDescription": null
},
"ttid": 101,
"slug": "youth",
"isLoading": false,
"link": "/news/tag/youth"
},
"news_20013": {
"type": "terms",
"id": "news_20013",
"meta": {
"index": "terms_1716263798",
"site": "news",
"id": "20013",
"found": true
},
"relationships": {},
"featImg": null,
"name": "education",
"description": null,
"taxonomy": "tag",
"headData": {
"twImgId": null,
"twTitle": null,
"ogTitle": null,
"ogImgId": null,
"twDescription": null,
"description": null,
"title": "education Archives | KQED News",
"ogDescription": null
},
"ttid": 20030,
"slug": "education",
"isLoading": false,
"link": "/news/tag/education"
},
"news_5841": {
"type": "terms",
"id": "news_5841",
"meta": {
"index": "terms_1716263798",
"site": "news",
"id": "5841",
"found": true
},
"relationships": {},
"featImg": null,
"name": "middle schools",
"description": null,
"taxonomy": "tag",
"headData": {
"twImgId": null,
"twTitle": null,
"ogTitle": null,
"ogImgId": null,
"twDescription": null,
"description": null,
"title": "middle schools Archives | KQED News",
"ogDescription": null
},
"ttid": 5865,
"slug": "middle-schools",
"isLoading": false,
"link": "/news/tag/middle-schools"
},
"news_3202": {
"type": "terms",
"id": "news_3202",
"meta": {
"index": "terms_1716263798",
"site": "news",
"id": "3202",
"found": true
},
"relationships": {},
"featImg": null,
"name": "Oakland schools",
"description": null,
"taxonomy": "tag",
"headData": {
"twImgId": null,
"twTitle": null,
"ogTitle": null,
"ogImgId": null,
"twDescription": null,
"description": null,
"title": "Oakland schools Archives | KQED News",
"ogDescription": null
},
"ttid": 3220,
"slug": "oakland-schools",
"isLoading": false,
"link": "/news/tag/oakland-schools"
},
"news_5401": {
"type": "terms",
"id": "news_5401",
"meta": {
"index": "terms_1716263798",
"site": "news",
"id": "5401",
"found": true
},
"relationships": {},
"featImg": null,
"name": "Jahi McMath",
"description": null,
"taxonomy": "tag",
"headData": {
"twImgId": null,
"twTitle": null,
"ogTitle": null,
"ogImgId": null,
"twDescription": null,
"description": null,
"title": "Jahi McMath Archives | KQED News",
"ogDescription": null
},
"ttid": 5424,
"slug": "jahi-mcmath",
"isLoading": false,
"link": "/news/tag/jahi-mcmath"
},
"news_5402": {
"type": "terms",
"id": "news_5402",
"meta": {
"index": "terms_1716263798",
"site": "news",
"id": "5402",
"found": true
},
"relationships": {},
"featImg": null,
"name": "medical ethics",
"description": null,
"taxonomy": "tag",
"headData": {
"twImgId": null,
"twTitle": null,
"ogTitle": null,
"ogImgId": null,
"twDescription": null,
"description": null,
"title": "medical ethics Archives | KQED News",
"ogDescription": null
},
"ttid": 5425,
"slug": "medical-ethics",
"isLoading": false,
"link": "/news/tag/medical-ethics"
},
"news_5795": {
"type": "terms",
"id": "news_5795",
"meta": {
"index": "terms_1716263798",
"site": "news",
"id": "5795",
"found": true
},
"relationships": {},
"name": "Nailah Winkfield",
"slug": "nailah-winkfield",
"taxonomy": "tag",
"description": null,
"featImg": null,
"headData": {
"title": "Nailah Winkfield | KQED News",
"description": null,
"ogTitle": null,
"ogDescription": null,
"ogImgId": null,
"twTitle": null,
"twDescription": null,
"twImgId": null,
"metaRobotsNoIndex": "noindex"
},
"ttid": 5819,
"isLoading": false,
"link": "/news/tag/nailah-winkfield"
},
"news_4092": {
"type": "terms",
"id": "news_4092",
"meta": {
"index": "terms_1716263798",
"site": "news",
"id": "4092",
"found": true
},
"relationships": {},
"featImg": null,
"name": "agriculture",
"description": null,
"taxonomy": "tag",
"headData": {
"twImgId": null,
"twTitle": null,
"ogTitle": null,
"ogImgId": null,
"twDescription": null,
"description": null,
"title": "agriculture Archives | KQED News",
"ogDescription": null
},
"ttid": 4111,
"slug": "agriculture-2",
"isLoading": false,
"link": "/news/tag/agriculture-2"
},
"news_129": {
"type": "terms",
"id": "news_129",
"meta": {
"index": "terms_1716263798",
"site": "news",
"id": "129",
"found": true
},
"relationships": {},
"featImg": null,
"name": "Berkeley",
"description": null,
"taxonomy": "tag",
"headData": {
"twImgId": null,
"twTitle": null,
"ogTitle": null,
"ogImgId": null,
"twDescription": null,
"description": null,
"title": "Berkeley Archives | KQED News",
"ogDescription": null
},
"ttid": 133,
"slug": "berkeley",
"isLoading": false,
"link": "/news/tag/berkeley"
},
"news_5738": {
"type": "terms",
"id": "news_5738",
"meta": {
"index": "terms_1716263798",
"site": "news",
"id": "5738",
"found": true
},
"relationships": {},
"featImg": null,
"name": "obesity",
"description": null,
"taxonomy": "tag",
"headData": {
"twImgId": null,
"twTitle": null,
"ogTitle": null,
"ogImgId": null,
"twDescription": null,
"description": null,
"title": "obesity Archives | KQED News",
"ogDescription": null
},
"ttid": 5762,
"slug": "obesity",
"isLoading": false,
"link": "/news/tag/obesity"
},
"news_19960": {
"type": "terms",
"id": "news_19960",
"meta": {
"index": "terms_1716263798",
"site": "news",
"id": "19960",
"found": true
},
"relationships": {},
"featImg": null,
"name": "public health",
"description": null,
"taxonomy": "tag",
"headData": {
"twImgId": null,
"twTitle": null,
"ogTitle": null,
"ogImgId": null,
"twDescription": null,
"description": null,
"title": "public health Archives | KQED News",
"ogDescription": null
},
"ttid": 19977,
"slug": "public-health",
"isLoading": false,
"link": "/news/tag/public-health"
},
"news_3448": {
"type": "terms",
"id": "news_3448",
"meta": {
"index": "terms_1716263798",
"site": "news",
"id": "3448",
"found": true
},
"relationships": {},
"featImg": null,
"name": "soda tax",
"description": "Berkeley will became the first city in America to impose a soda tax after the passage of Measure D. A similar measure was defeated in San Francisco. ",
"taxonomy": "tag",
"headData": {
"twImgId": null,
"twTitle": null,
"ogTitle": null,
"ogImgId": null,
"twDescription": null,
"description": "Berkeley will became the first city in America to impose a soda tax after the passage of Measure D. A similar measure was defeated in San Francisco.",
"title": "soda tax Archives | KQED News",
"ogDescription": null
},
"ttid": 3466,
"slug": "soda-tax",
"isLoading": false,
"link": "/news/tag/soda-tax"
},
"news_423": {
"type": "terms",
"id": "news_423",
"meta": {
"index": "terms_1716263798",
"site": "news",
"id": "423",
"found": true
},
"relationships": {},
"featImg": null,
"name": "taxes",
"description": null,
"taxonomy": "tag",
"headData": {
"twImgId": null,
"twTitle": null,
"ogTitle": null,
"ogImgId": null,
"twDescription": null,
"description": null,
"title": "taxes Archives | KQED News",
"ogDescription": null
},
"ttid": 432,
"slug": "taxes",
"isLoading": false,
"link": "/news/tag/taxes"
},
"news_5078": {
"type": "terms",
"id": "news_5078",
"meta": {
"index": "terms_1716263798",
"site": "news",
"id": "5078",
"found": true
},
"relationships": {},
"featImg": null,
"name": "Berkeleyside",
"description": "Berkeleyside is Berkeley, California’s independently owned local news site. We report on the extraordinary diversity of people, issues, events, food and environment in our city on the Bay.",
"taxonomy": "affiliate",
"headData": {
"twImgId": null,
"twTitle": null,
"ogTitle": null,
"ogImgId": null,
"twDescription": null,
"description": "Berkeleyside is Berkeley, California’s independently owned local news site. We report on the extraordinary diversity of people, issues, events, food and environment in our city on the Bay.",
"title": "Berkeleyside Archives | KQED Arts",
"ogDescription": null
},
"ttid": 5099,
"slug": "berkeleyside-2",
"isLoading": false,
"link": "/news/affiliate/berkeleyside-2"
},
"news_5706": {
"type": "terms",
"id": "news_5706",
"meta": {
"index": "terms_1716263798",
"site": "news",
"id": "5706",
"found": true
},
"relationships": {},
"featImg": null,
"name": "Bayview",
"description": null,
"taxonomy": "tag",
"headData": {
"twImgId": null,
"twTitle": null,
"ogTitle": null,
"ogImgId": null,
"twDescription": null,
"description": null,
"title": "Bayview Archives | KQED News",
"ogDescription": null
},
"ttid": 5730,
"slug": "bayview",
"isLoading": false,
"link": "/news/tag/bayview"
},
"news_854": {
"type": "terms",
"id": "news_854",
"meta": {
"index": "terms_1716263798",
"site": "news",
"id": "854",
"found": true
},
"relationships": {},
"featImg": null,
"name": "Poverty Issues",
"description": null,
"taxonomy": "tag",
"headData": {
"twImgId": null,
"twTitle": null,
"ogTitle": null,
"ogImgId": null,
"twDescription": null,
"description": null,
"title": "Poverty Issues Archives | KQED News",
"ogDescription": null
},
"ttid": 864,
"slug": "poverty-issues",
"isLoading": false,
"link": "/news/tag/poverty-issues"
},
"news_2162": {
"type": "terms",
"id": "news_2162",
"meta": {
"index": "terms_1716263798",
"site": "news",
"id": "2162",
"found": true
},
"relationships": {},
"featImg": null,
"name": "Racial Issues",
"description": null,
"taxonomy": "tag",
"headData": {
"twImgId": null,
"twTitle": null,
"ogTitle": null,
"ogImgId": null,
"twDescription": null,
"description": null,
"title": "Racial Issues Archives | KQED News",
"ogDescription": null
},
"ttid": 2177,
"slug": "racial-issues",
"isLoading": false,
"link": "/news/tag/racial-issues"
},
"news_5707": {
"type": "terms",
"id": "news_5707",
"meta": {
"index": "terms_1716263798",
"site": "news",
"id": "5707",
"found": true
},
"relationships": {},
"name": "toxic stress",
"slug": "toxic-stress",
"taxonomy": "tag",
"description": null,
"featImg": null,
"headData": {
"title": "toxic stress | KQED News",
"description": null,
"ogTitle": null,
"ogDescription": null,
"ogImgId": null,
"twTitle": null,
"twDescription": null,
"twImgId": null,
"metaRobotsNoIndex": "noindex"
},
"ttid": 5731,
"isLoading": false,
"link": "/news/tag/toxic-stress"
}
},
"userPermissionsReducer": {
"wpLoggedIn": false
},
"eventsReducer": {},
"fssReducer": {},
"tvDailyScheduleReducer": {},
"tvWeeklyScheduleReducer": {},
"tvPrimetimeScheduleReducer": {},
"tvMonthlyScheduleReducer": {},
"userAccountReducer": {
"user": {
"email": null,
"emailStatus": "EMAIL_UNVALIDATED",
"loggedStatus": "LOGGED_OUT",
"loggingChecked": false,
"articles": [],
"firstName": null,
"lastName": null,
"phoneNumber": null,
"fetchingMembership": false,
"membershipError": false,
"memberships": [
{
"id": null,
"startDate": null,
"firstName": null,
"lastName": null,
"familyNumber": null,
"memberNumber": null,
"memberSince": null,
"expirationDate": null,
"pfsEligible": false,
"isSustaining": false,
"membershipLevel": "Prospect",
"membershipStatus": "Non Member",
"lastGiftDate": null,
"renewalDate": null,
"lastDonationAmount": null
}
]
},
"authModal": {
"isOpen": false,
"view": "LANDING_VIEW"
},
"error": null
},
"youthMediaReducer": {},
"checkPleaseReducer": {
"filterData": {
"region": {
"key": "Restaurant Region",
"filters": [
"Any Region"
]
},
"cuisine": {
"key": "Restaurant Cuisine",
"filters": [
"Any Cuisine"
]
}
},
"restaurantDataById": {},
"restaurantIdsSorted": [],
"error": null
},
"userAgentReducer": {
"userAgent": "Mozilla/5.0 AppleWebKit/537.36 (KHTML, like Gecko; compatible; ClaudeBot/1.0; +claudebot@anthropic.com)",
"isBot": true
}
}
