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(Sara Bloomberg/KQED)\" width=\"640\" height=\"426\">\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003cp>\u003cdiv class='utils-parseShortcode-shortcodes-__shortcodes__shortcodeWrapper'>\n \u003ciframe width='”100%”' height='”20″'\n scrolling='no' frameborder='no'\n src='https://w.soundcloud.com/player/?url=”https://api.soundcloud.com/tracks/124586714″&visual=true&”color=ff5500&inverse=false&auto_play=false&show_user=true”'\n title='”https://api.soundcloud.com/tracks/124586714″'>\n \u003c/iframe>\n \u003c/div>\u003c/p>\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Michael Smith:\u003c/strong> Michael Smith is 56, has been in San Francisco for 20 years and living on the streets around the Civic Center for four months. He wound up at San Francisco General Hospital during the cold snap: “I had been laying on a blanket for about maybe four or five hours. It was about 3:45 in the morning when I finally just got up and I walked down to Carl’s Jr. Luckily I was able to go inside. It was unbelievable. It was really, it was painful.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2013/12/RS7925_freezing_temps_10dec2013_0002_web.jpg\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-120642\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2013/12/RS7925_freezing_temps_10dec2013_0002_web-640x426.jpg\" alt=\"Fred Kelly Law says he tries to “curl up and try to get as warm as I can.” (Sara Bloomberg)\" width=\"640\" height=\"426\">\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003cp>\u003cdiv class='utils-parseShortcode-shortcodes-__shortcodes__shortcodeWrapper'>\n \u003ciframe width='”100%”' height='”20″'\n scrolling='no' frameborder='no'\n src='https://w.soundcloud.com/player/?url=”https://api.soundcloud.com/tracks/124586715″&visual=true&”color=ff5500&inverse=false&auto_play=false&show_user=true”'\n title='”https://api.soundcloud.com/tracks/124586715″'>\n \u003c/iframe>\n \u003c/div>\u003c/p>\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Fred Kelly Law: \u003c/strong>We caught up with Fred Kelly Law in the Civic Center area. He’s 61 and has been in San Francisco “for years.” His tactic for staying warm on recent cold nights: “Curl up and try to get as warm as I can.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2013/12/RS7934_freezing_temps_10dec2013_0267_web.jpg\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-120647\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2013/12/RS7934_freezing_temps_10dec2013_0267_web-640x426.jpg\" alt=\"Nyla Bonner, 2, enjoys a free meal with her mother Chelan Cassidy at U.N. Plaza in San Francisco. (Sara Bloomberg/KQED)\" width=\"640\" height=\"426\">\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003cp>\u003cdiv class='utils-parseShortcode-shortcodes-__shortcodes__shortcodeWrapper'>\n \u003ciframe width='”100%”' height='”20″'\n scrolling='no' frameborder='no'\n src='https://w.soundcloud.com/player/?url=”https://api.soundcloud.com/tracks/124589678″&visual=true&”color=ff5500&inverse=false&auto_play=false&show_user=true”'\n title='”https://api.soundcloud.com/tracks/124589678″'>\n \u003c/iframe>\n \u003c/div>\u003c/p>\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Chelan Cassidy: \u003c/strong> Chelan Cassidy told us she’s not homeless, but was in a soup line near the Civic Center to get a meal for her and her two-year-old daughter, Nyla. “I feel it’s like one hot meal a day for you know, it helps people sleep at night, and just to give you something warm in your stomach.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2013/12/RS7930_freezing_temps_10dec2013_0142_web.jpg\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-120645\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2013/12/RS7930_freezing_temps_10dec2013_0142_web-640x426.jpg\" alt=\"Denise Lewis now lives in an SRO on 6th St. But frequently, her heater doesn't work: "I have another coat I put on, but it’s still cold." (Sara Bloomberg/KQED)\" width=\"640\" height=\"426\">\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003cp>\u003cdiv class='utils-parseShortcode-shortcodes-__shortcodes__shortcodeWrapper'>\n \u003ciframe width='”100%”' height='”20″'\n scrolling='no' frameborder='no'\n src='https://w.soundcloud.com/player/?url=”https://api.soundcloud.com/tracks/124589794″&visual=true&”color=ff5500&inverse=false&auto_play=false&show_user=true”'\n title='”https://api.soundcloud.com/tracks/124589794″'>\n \u003c/iframe>\n \u003c/div>\u003c/p>\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Denise Lewis: \u003c/strong>Denise Lewis is 57 and stays at the \u003ca href=\"http://sfhomeless.wikia.com/wiki/Bayanihan_House\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Bayanihan House\u003c/a> SRO on 6th Street, just south of Market. She’s lived in San Francisco her whole life. She was homeless for 10 years, went into the hospital and care homes about five years ago. She’s been at Bayanihan about a year and says it’s cold there, too. “I’ve been getting my heater fixed. It comes on it goes off it comes on and goes off, so I turn the stove on. … I have another coat I put on, but it’s still cold.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2013/12/RS7929_freezing_temps_10dec2013_0113_web.jpg\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-120644\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2013/12/RS7929_freezing_temps_10dec2013_0113_web-640x426.jpg\" alt=\"Mauricio Solies lives on the street and faces the freezing temperatures at night: "We need blankets. That's the most important thing. And love." 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You have to do the same thing, respect, respect, don’t fight, and that’s it. Don’t fight with nobody.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2013/12/RS7928_freezing_temps_10dec2013_0095_web.jpg\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-120643\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2013/12/RS7928_freezing_temps_10dec2013_0095_web-640x426.jpg\" alt=\"Charles Thomas works at Saint Boniface Church on Golden Gate Avenue. 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"content": "\u003cp>\u003cstrong>By Emilie Raguso\u003cbr>\n\u003ca href=\"http://www.berkeleyside.com/2013/12/05/berkeley-bans-tobacco-smoking-in-apartments-condos/\">Berkeleyside\u003c/a>\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_120138\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 640px\">\u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2013/12/smoking-ban.jpg\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-120138\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2013/12/smoking-ban.jpg\" alt=\"smoking-ban\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Berkeley residents who live in buildings with more than one unit will not be allowed to smoke inside beginning in May 2014. (Damian Kennedy/Berkeleyside)\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Smoking cigarettes will no longer be allowed inside the units of multi-family housing developments in Berkeley, effective May 2014, after a unanimous vote by the \u003ca href=\"http://www.berkeleyside.com/tag/berkeley-city-council/\">Berkeley City Council\u003c/a> on Tuesday night.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The council decision, once it’s adopted on second reading, would \u003ca href=\"http://www.berkeleyside.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/12/2013-12-03-Item-30-Tobacco-Free-Multi-Unit-Housing.pdf\">prohibit tobacco smoke inside all residential buildings that have more than one unit\u003c/a>, and in all common areas of those buildings as well.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>After considering the issue twice earlier this year, the council voted, on first reading, to approve the \u003ca href=\"http://www.berkeleyside.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/12/2013-12-03-Item-30-Tobacco-Free-Multi-Unit-Housing.pdf\">new ordinance\u003c/a>, which puts forward enforcement guidelines that officials hope will protect the rights of both non-smoking neighbors as well as residents who receive complaints.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Under the ordinance, the city’s Public Health Department will provide smoking cessation classes and education through December 2016. City staff will provide sample language about the ordinance and its enforcement to landlords to help spread the word.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Serena Chen, regional advocacy director in Oakland of the American Lung Association, told the council that, by her count, Berkeley would be the \u003ca href=\"http://www.berkeleyside.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/12/Grid-of-EB-cities10.-by-provision.pdf\">17th city in the nation\u003c/a> to pass an effective smoke-free multi-unit housing ordinance.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“But you will be the first city to enforce it right,” she added.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Beginning in May, new leases for all tenants will include mandatory non-smoking clauses. Existing tenants will be offered a voluntary non-smoking addendum to their leases. (\u003ca href=\"http://www.berkeleyside.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/12/Item-30-Pres.pdf\">Read an overview \u003c/a>presented by city staff to council Tuesday night.)\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>One challenge to the ordinance previously had been how it would be enforced equitably and who would be responsible for enforcement. Staff explained the process to council members Tuesday night.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_120139\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 640px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-120139\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2013/12/graph-640x383.png\" alt=\"Under Berkeley’s new tobacco-free multi-unit housing ordinance, a smoking resident would not receive a citation unless the city receives complaints from multiple residents. (City of Berkeley)\" width=\"640\" height=\"383\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Under Berkeley’s new tobacco-free multi-unit housing ordinance, a smoking resident would not receive a citation unless the city receives complaints from multiple residents. (City of Berkeley)\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Under the new law, upon receipt of the first complaint about a resident smoking indoors — which must be made in writing using a city form — staff would send a notice to alert the resident about the complaint and provide information about the rules.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>If, within six months, the city receives additional complaints from two residents in two separate units about that same smoker, the city could issue a ticket or an infraction.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Smoking is already banned in the city’s commercial zones, and “Berkeley has implemented bans on smoking in public places such as restaurants, bars, grocery stores, and parks,” according to Tuesday night’s staff report.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Council members \u003ca href=\"http://www.berkeleyside.com/tag/jesse-arreguin/\">Jesse Arreguín\u003c/a> and \u003ca href=\"http://www.berkeleyside.com/tag/max-anderson/\">Max Anderson\u003c/a> expressed concern about the use of the infraction as a method of enforcement, because it would send involved parties to court and potentially pose significant problems for residents singled out as smokers, justly or otherwise.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Arreguín asked staff to include language that would require complaints to made under penalty of perjury to raise the bar for honesty in the process.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“One of my concerns was, what’s there to stop someone who just doesn’t like their neighbor from using this to file a complaint,” Arreguín said Wednesday. “We don’t want to create incentives for the ordinance to be abused.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>(Arreguín also clarified Wednesday that \u003ca href=\"http://www.berkeleyside.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/12/Item-28-Rev.pdf\">he is not seeking a city-wide smoking ban\u003c/a> in all Berkeley housing, an idea that was raised in a \u003ca href=\"http://www.sfgate.com/bayarea/article/Berkeley-s-next-smoking-ban-may-hit-home-4984302.php\">San Francisco Chronicle story\u003c/a> in November. Arreguín staffer Anthony Sanchez said Wednesday that the idea had been raised rhetorically to question why the council had limited the scope of the smoking ban to residents of multi-family housing, and whether this signaled an unfair focus on tenants vs. single-family homeowners. Sanchez said the idea had not been an official proposal of any kind, despite what he described as its mischaracterization in the Chronicle.)\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"http://www.berkeleyside.com/tag/zach-cowan/\">City attorney Zach Cowan\u003c/a> and \u003ca href=\"http://www.berkeleyside.com/tag/christine-daniel/\">city manager Christine Daniel\u003c/a> assured council members that, under most circumstances involving code enforcement, the city sticks with citations rather than infractions because they’re much easier for staff to deal with and have a lower standard of proof.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Cowan said an infraction could be pursued when violations are severe or repeated, or when administrative citations are ignored, and said the city should wait to see how the new program works before speculating on problems that could arise.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>From the staff report: “Under current state law, potential penalties, whether pursued as an infraction or an administrative citation, would be in an amount not to exceed one hundred dollars ($100) for a first violation, two hundred dollars ($200) for a second violation within one year, and five hundred dollars ($500) for each additional violation within one year.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Said \u003ca href=\"http://www.berkeleyside.com/tag/mayor-tom-bates/\">Mayor Tom Bates\u003c/a>: “This is not a perfect law, but I’m committed, and council is committed, to monitor it and make sure it’s getting properly implemented.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“We might be able to tinker around the edges down the road” if changes are needed, Bates added. “It’s, like, 95% there.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Berkeley resident Carol Denney told the council during public comment that she is a cancer patient who lives next door to two chain smokers. She said she was glad Bates promised continued attention to the issue and that the city strengthened an earlier version of the ordinance, and was thrilled to see the new law win unanimous support.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I have hope for the first time that my building will be cleared of secondhand smoke,” she said after the meeting. “I’m really hoping for success here.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cem>KQED News Associate \u003ca href=\"http://www.berkeleyside.com/\">Berkeleyside\u003c/a> is an independently owned news website based in Berkeley, Calif. \u003ca href=\"http://eepurl.com/lh_3b\">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",
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(\u003ca href=\"http://www.berkeleyside.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/12/Item-30-Pres.pdf\">Read an overview \u003c/a>presented by city staff to council Tuesday night.)\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>One challenge to the ordinance previously had been how it would be enforced equitably and who would be responsible for enforcement. Staff explained the process to council members Tuesday night.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_120139\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 640px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-120139\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2013/12/graph-640x383.png\" alt=\"Under Berkeley’s new tobacco-free multi-unit housing ordinance, a smoking resident would not receive a citation unless the city receives complaints from multiple residents. (City of Berkeley)\" width=\"640\" height=\"383\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Under Berkeley’s new tobacco-free multi-unit housing ordinance, a smoking resident would not receive a citation unless the city receives complaints from multiple residents. 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"content": "\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_116418\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 640px\">\u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/2013/10/30/foster-farms-salmonella/chicken/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-116418\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-116418\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2013/10/chicken.jpg\" alt=\"The USDA threatened to shutter three Foster Farms chicken processing plants in California after nearly 300 people in 17 states became sick due to an outbreak of salmonella. (Justin Sullivan/Getty Images)\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">The USDA threatened to shutter three Foster Farms chicken processing plants in California after nearly 300 people in 17 states became sick due to an outbreak of salmonella. (Justin Sullivan/Getty Images)\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>By Katharine Mieszkowski\u003cbr>\n\u003c/strong>The Center for Investigative Reporting\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Each month, the U.S. Department of Agriculture publishes a list calling out chicken processing plants across the country that have failed salmonella testing. Notably absent from its \u003ca href=\"http://www.fsis.usda.gov/wps/wcm/connect/c1bc2002-4607-41da-86aa-bef6e58b8a62/Category_3_Broilers.pdf?MOD=AJPERES\">October report\u003c/a>: the three Foster Farms plants in Central California that have\u003cstrong> \u003c/strong>been linked to a virulent outbreak.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Those facilities in Fresno and Livingston easily passed, receiving high marks from federal inspectors for controlling the human pathogen on their young chicken carcasses, according to Daniel Engeljohn, assistant administrator with the USDA’s Food Safety and Inspection Service.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But inspectors don’t routinely test the chicken for salmonella once it’s chopped up into parts, like drumsticks, breasts and thighs, to be packaged and sold. And it’s in that secondary processing that food safety regulators speculate the contamination may have spread.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c!--more-->The outbreak has exposed weaknesses in the country’s food safety system, which is designed to spot salmonella at one stop in the journey from the typical bird’s birth to its perch in the supermarket refrigerator case. And, even as the plants continue operating, neither federal regulators nor Foster Farms officials have publicly pinpointed the cause of the outbreak.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>There are no federal rules for how much salmonella is acceptable in chicken parts. Federal regulators say they’re developing them. But even if those rules had existed already, it is unlikely they would have caught the problem at the Foster Farms plants.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>And if inspectors had raised the alarm before the outbreak of foodborne illness, the best they could have done is pressure the plants to improve their processes. A famous court case involving beef and salmonella found the USDA did not have the authority to close a plant that consistently failed its testing for the human pathogen.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Meanwhile, the \u003ca href=\"http://www.cdc.gov/foodnet/data/trends/tables/2012/table2a-b.html#table-2b\">rate of salmonella infection\u003c/a> in the United States is holding steady with no sign of going down, while Europe has managed to cut its rate dramatically in a five-year period, according to the \u003ca href=\"http://www.efsa.europa.eu/en/topics/topic/salmonella.htm\">European Food Safety Authority\u003c/a>. That’s in part because some European countries test for salmonella at the beginning of the process – when the chickens are being raised for slaughter.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In the current outbreak traced to\u003cstrong> \u003c/strong>the California\u003cstrong> \u003c/strong>Foster Farms plants, \u003ca href=\"http://www.cdc.gov/salmonella/heidelberg-10-13/\">338 people had been reported infected\u003c/a> with seven strains of salmonella Heidelberg as of Oct.\u003cstrong> \u003c/strong>17. Those strains are antibiotic-resistant, which might be contributing to the high rate of hospitalization associated with the outbreak.\u003cstrong> \u003c/strong>It has sickened people in 20 states and Puerto Rico, though most of the cases have occurred in California. For every reported illness from salmonella, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention estimates 29 more cases might remain unreported, putting the likely toll closer to 10,000 infections.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Since January, federal inspectors have documented food safety violations at the three Foster Farms plants, including fecal material on carcasses. But federal food safety officials say those violations are no worse than what you’d see in a typical chicken processing plant.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>And those same plants had such a strong record on salmonella that their young chicken carcasses were tested for it by federal inspectors only about once every two years, Engeljohn said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In the most recent tests, which took place within the year, fewer than 2 percent of the carcasses tested were tainted with the human pathogen. Under federal rules, no more than \u003ca href=\"http://h\">7.5 percent of broilers\u003c/a> tested should show evidence of the bacteria, which underscores that some salmonella is tolerated in chicken meat in the United States.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>At these three Foster Farms facilities, something appears to have gone wrong later in the process.\u003cstrong> \u003c/strong>Exactly what happened is still unclear. If the company knows what happened, it has not disclosed it.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The federal government does not typically inspect chicken for salmonella once it’s been chopped into parts from whole. It did so at these three plants once the outbreak happened, though the rates it discovered were only slightly higher than those found at other plants across the country.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The government estimates 24 percent of all chicken parts have salmonella at plants nationwide. 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"content": "\u003cp>\u003ciframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"//www.youtube.com/embed/aVQ9IolNeQQ\" frameborder=\"0\" width=\"640\" height=\"480\">\u003c/iframe>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp> \u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>By Thuy Vu\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In Marin County, health experts are alarmed at a trend concerning childhood immunizations and the parallel rise of at least one disease that may be related. They’re seeing a steady rise in the number of Marin parents who choose \u003cem>not\u003c/em> to have their children vaccinated, and they now fear the numbers are high enough to threaten the health of the broader community.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>California law requires that before children can enter kindergarten, they must be vaccinated for nine diseases, including chickenpox, measles and \u003ca href=\"http://www.cdc.gov/pertussis/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">pertussis\u003c/a> (better known as whooping cough). But parents can get around the law by filing a \u003ca href=\"http://www.nvic.org/Vaccine-Laws/state-vaccine-requirements/california.aspx\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">personal belief exemption\u003c/a>, a short, signed statement that vaccines are against their personal beliefs.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In Marin, personal belief exemptions have doubled over the past decade to nearly 8 percent, the highest opt-out rate in the Bay Area and one of the highest in the state. Meanwhile, in April and May of this year, county public health officials reported \u003ca href=\"http://www.marincounty.org/main/newsroom/health-and-wellness-notices/2013/pertussis-advisory\">a significant rise in pertussis cases\u003c/a>. (\u003ca href=\"http://blogs.kqed.org/science/2013/07/10/whooping-cough-staging-comeback-in-california/\">Whooping cough cases have been on the rise\u003c/a> in California and across the country; as of the end of June, Marin had reported more cases than almost any other county in the state.)\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>At many schools in the county, vaccination levels are now below what’s needed for \u003ca href=\"http://www.vaccines.gov/basics/protection\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">herd immunity\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Herd immunity is an important concept because we need to have 85 to 95 percent of children in a community vaccinated in order to protect the community,” said Dr. Nelson Branco of \u003ca href=\"http://www.tamalpaispediatrics.com/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Tamalpais Pediatrics\u003c/a>. “When the herd immunity is low, we start to see outbreaks.”\u003c/p>\n\u003caside class=\"pullquote alignleft\">\u003cstrong>More on Vaccinations\u003c/strong>\n\u003cul>\n\u003cli>\u003cstrong>\u003ca href=\"http://blogs.kqed.org/stateofhealth/2013/09/06/more-california-parents-opting-out-of-vaccines-look-up-your-school-online/\">More California Parents Opting Out of Vaccines; Look Up Your School Online\u003c/a>\u003c/strong>\u003c/li>\n\u003c/ul>\n\u003cul>\n\u003cli>\u003cstrong>\u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/2013/08/21/marin-vaccinations/\">Marin Vaccination Opt-Outs Increase, Despite the Science\u003c/a>\u003c/strong>\u003c/li>\n\u003c/ul>\n\u003cul>\n\u003cli>\u003cstrong>\u003ca href=\"http://blogs.kqed.org/stateofhealth/2013/08/23/5-things-you-should-know-about-vaccines/\">5 Things You Should Know About Vaccines\u003c/a>\u003c/strong>\u003c/li>\n\u003c/ul>\n\u003cul>\n\u003cli>\u003cstrong>\u003ca href=\"http://blogs.kqed.org/stateofhealth/2013/09/30/vaccine-refusals-fueled-california-whooping-cough-epidemic-personal-belief-exemption/\">Vaccine Refusals Fueled California Whooping Cough Epidemic\u003c/a>\u003c/strong>\u003c/li>\n\u003c/ul>\n\u003c/aside>\n\u003cp>Dr. Branco finds the opt-out trend so troubling that he decided to take a stand last spring. His office refuses to see patients who don’t get the MMR shot for measles, mumps and rubella by age two.\u003c!--more-->\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Playing with fire\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Measles is dangerous. Infants under one can’t be immunized for measles,” Dr. Branco said. “In the 2008 outbreak in San Diego, there were 11 children who were ill with measles. Four of them were exposed in their doctors’ waiting room. We didn’t want that happening in our waiting room.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Tamalpais Pediatrics has about 8,000 patients. After the new policy was put in place, 20 families left Dr. Branco’s practice. Many of them went to \u003ca href=\"http://www.pediatricalternatives.com/main_page.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Pediatric Alternatives\u003c/a>, which accepts families that don’t want to get all of the standard vaccinations.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“We get a lot of families that come to us that want to vaccinate, but they’re really concerned about the fact that they might have to give five or even six vaccines to their 2-month-old,” said Pediatric Alternatives’ Dr. Sarabenet Sequeira.\u003c/p>\n\u003caside class=\"pullquote alignleft\">We know that the same ingredients that caused the outbreak at the end of last year are present at the beginning of this year.\u003c/aside>\n\u003cp>Dr. Sequeira says she believes most immunizations offer far more benefits than risks.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>This fall, county health officials sent a survey to 3,000 parents of kindergarteners asking about their feelings on vaccines. They’re hoping the results will help them better understand why parents opt out.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>They’re also hoping a new law in January will help reverse the trend by requiring parents to consult with a health care provider before asking for a personal belief exemption.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Even under that law, however, parents can sidestep the consultation by claiming a religious exemption.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Marin County’s Public Health Officer, Dr. Matt Willis, recalls how he came very close to shutting down a school to unvaccinated children toward the end of the last school year after a pertussis outbreak made 100 students ill.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“We know that the same ingredients that caused the outbreak at the end of last year are present at the beginning of this year,” Dr. Willis said. “It’s partly because we have so many parents who are opting out of vaccines” on behalf of their children.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>So far this year, the county has seen 140 cases of whooping cough. The problem extends well beyond Marin, as in 2010, more Californians came down with whooping cough than in any year since 1947. \u003ca href=\"http://blogs.kqed.org/stateofhealth/2013/09/30/vaccine-refusals-fueled-california-whooping-cough-epidemic-personal-belief-exemption/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Ten babies died\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cem>The video above is from the premiere episode of \u003ca href=\"http://www.kqed.org/tv/programs/newsroom/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">\u003cstrong>KQED NEWSROOM\u003c/strong>\u003c/a>, a weekly news magazine program on television, radio and online, featuring \u003cstrong>Thuy Vu\u003c/strong> and \u003cstrong>Scott Shafer\u003c/strong>. Tune in to KQED Public Television 9 on Friday, Oct. 18, at 8 p.m. to watch the entire show. Listen to a rebroadcast at KQED Public Radio 88.5 FM on Sunday, Oct. 20, at 6 p.m.\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\n",
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(\u003ca href=\"http://blogs.kqed.org/science/2013/07/10/whooping-cough-staging-comeback-in-california/\">Whooping cough cases have been on the rise\u003c/a> in California and across the country; as of the end of June, Marin had reported more cases than almost any other county in the state.)\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>At many schools in the county, vaccination levels are now below what’s needed for \u003ca href=\"http://www.vaccines.gov/basics/protection\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">herd immunity\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Herd immunity is an important concept because we need to have 85 to 95 percent of children in a community vaccinated in order to protect the community,” said Dr. Nelson Branco of \u003ca href=\"http://www.tamalpaispediatrics.com/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Tamalpais Pediatrics\u003c/a>. “When the herd immunity is low, we start to see outbreaks.”\u003c/p>\n\u003caside class=\"pullquote alignleft\">\u003cstrong>More on Vaccinations\u003c/strong>\n\u003cul>\n\u003cli>\u003cstrong>\u003ca href=\"http://blogs.kqed.org/stateofhealth/2013/09/06/more-california-parents-opting-out-of-vaccines-look-up-your-school-online/\">More California Parents Opting Out of Vaccines; Look Up Your School Online\u003c/a>\u003c/strong>\u003c/li>\n\u003c/ul>\n\u003cul>\n\u003cli>\u003cstrong>\u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/2013/08/21/marin-vaccinations/\">Marin Vaccination Opt-Outs Increase, Despite the Science\u003c/a>\u003c/strong>\u003c/li>\n\u003c/ul>\n\u003cul>\n\u003cli>\u003cstrong>\u003ca href=\"http://blogs.kqed.org/stateofhealth/2013/08/23/5-things-you-should-know-about-vaccines/\">5 Things You Should Know About Vaccines\u003c/a>\u003c/strong>\u003c/li>\n\u003c/ul>\n\u003cul>\n\u003cli>\u003cstrong>\u003ca href=\"http://blogs.kqed.org/stateofhealth/2013/09/30/vaccine-refusals-fueled-california-whooping-cough-epidemic-personal-belief-exemption/\">Vaccine Refusals Fueled California Whooping Cough Epidemic\u003c/a>\u003c/strong>\u003c/li>\n\u003c/ul>\n\u003c/aside>\n\u003cp>Dr. Branco finds the opt-out trend so troubling that he decided to take a stand last spring. His office refuses to see patients who don’t get the MMR shot for measles, mumps and rubella by age two.\u003c!--more-->\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Playing with fire\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Measles is dangerous. Infants under one can’t be immunized for measles,” Dr. Branco said. “In the 2008 outbreak in San Diego, there were 11 children who were ill with measles. Four of them were exposed in their doctors’ waiting room. We didn’t want that happening in our waiting room.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Tamalpais Pediatrics has about 8,000 patients. After the new policy was put in place, 20 families left Dr. Branco’s practice. Many of them went to \u003ca href=\"http://www.pediatricalternatives.com/main_page.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Pediatric Alternatives\u003c/a>, which accepts families that don’t want to get all of the standard vaccinations.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“We get a lot of families that come to us that want to vaccinate, but they’re really concerned about the fact that they might have to give five or even six vaccines to their 2-month-old,” said Pediatric Alternatives’ Dr. Sarabenet Sequeira.\u003c/p>\n\u003caside class=\"pullquote alignleft\">We know that the same ingredients that caused the outbreak at the end of last year are present at the beginning of this year.\u003c/aside>\n\u003cp>Dr. Sequeira says she believes most immunizations offer far more benefits than risks.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>This fall, county health officials sent a survey to 3,000 parents of kindergarteners asking about their feelings on vaccines. 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Jane Carretero, the daughter of farmworkers in Fresno, recorded her impressions for this food diary, produced in collaboration with the \u003ca href=\"http://www.theknowfresno.org/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">kNOw Youth Media\u003c/a>, a project of \u003ca href=\"http://newamericamedia.org/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">New America Media\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_114376\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 640px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-114376 \" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2013/10/Jane-15.jpg\" alt=\"Jane Carretero has been learning more about nutrition, but finds lifestyle changes hard. (Marci Lopez/The kNOw at New America Media)\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Jane Carretero, 15, has been learning more about nutrition, but finds lifestyle changes hard. 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It’s not healthy for me or the baby.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>I do care about being healthy, but it’s just to a point where if I really want a certain food I’m not going to think about it being healthy or not. I hardly ever eat any real food. I see that I should be healthy, but if I really want something I’m going to eat it.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The things in my fridge right now? We have the milk, tortillas and eggs and the tapatio sauce that you’d find in every Mexican household ‘fridge. We also have a corner in our refrigerator filled with packets from fast food restaurants: ketchup and hot sauce. It’s all from McDonald’s, Jack in the Box, Panda Express and Carl’s Jr.\u003c/p>\n\u003caside class=\"pullquote alignleft\">\n\u003cstrong>The series:\u003c/strong>\n\u003cul>\n\u003cli>\u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/2013/10/07/hunger-in-the-san-joaquin-valley\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">\u003cstrong>Part 1:\u003c/strong> For Many in the Valley of Plenty, Next Meal Is Uncertain\u003c/a>\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>\u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/2013/10/08/114173/hunger-in-the-valley-and-unhealthy-food-donations\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">\u003cstrong>Part 2:\u003c/strong> Food Banks Face Tough Choices on Donations\u003c/a>\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>\u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/2013/10/08/getting-harvest-to-the-hungry/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">\u003cstrong>Part 4:\u003c/strong> Getting the Harvest to the Hungry\u003c/a>\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>\u003cstrong>\u003ca href=\"http://kqed.org/hunger\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Series home page:\u003c/a>\u003c/strong> Hunger in the Valley of Plenty\u003c/li>\n\u003c/ul>\n\u003c/aside>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>\u003cbr>\nSept. 5, 2013\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>My mom is a traditional Mexican mom. 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