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He was going to sell the house and told the family they had three months to leave. If they weren’t out in three months, the landlord said he’d call the sheriff.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Jennifer was stunned. “I felt the world go silent in my head. All these thoughts kind of flashed through, like ‘what’re we going to do? Where are we going to go?'”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Two weeks later, the landlord returned with a proposal: If Jennifer’s father fixed up the house for free, the family could live in the garage behind the house.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But this wasn’t a generous offer. Jennifer says the garage was basically uninhabitable.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“The floor was kind of this old concrete. It was like a dark-gray brown color,” Jennifer recalls. “No matter how much you washed it, it wouldn’t go away. I would usually take turns either sleeping on the old mattress that was there, or I slept on the concrete floor that was piled on with a bunch of blankets. Even though there was like many blankets you could still feel the hard floor on your back. Since there was no electricity or no actual windows you didn’t know the time of day. It was so dark that if you would extend your hand out and just stare at it, you couldn’t even see the outline of your hand.”\u003c/p>\n\u003caside class=\"alignright\">\n\u003ch3>\u003ca href=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/education/2018/04/18/youth-takeover-of-kqed-news-starts-april-23/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Youth Takeover of KQED News\u003c/a>\u003c/h3>\n\u003cfigure>\u003ca href=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/education/2018/04/18/youth-takeover-of-kqed-news-starts-april-23/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">\u003cimg decoding=\"async\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/education/wp-content/uploads/sites/38/2018/04/Youth-Takeover-image-2.png\">\u003c/a>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Youth are taking over KQED! From April 23 – 27, KQED programs will feature stories pitched, produced and reported by youth from Bay Area high schools. Participating programs include \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/program/the-california-report\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">The California Report\u003c/a>, \u003ca href=\"https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC4K10PNjqgGLKA3lo5V8KdQ\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Above the Noise\u003c/a>, \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/perspectives\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Perspectives\u003c/a> and \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/program/kqed-newsroom/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">KQED Newsroom\u003c/a>.\u003cbr>\n\u003c/p>\u003c/aside>\n\u003cp>While living in the garage, Jennifer’s grades dropped significantly. She even failed a couple of semesters. She was also ashamed of her living situation, and that was getting to her. She was starting to spiral into depression.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I was scared that people wouldn’t understand or would just like tease me for it. I would stare at people and just see how they would smile and laugh and just like not have like a single care in the world. And I was just like, ‘Why was it me that had to deal with all this?'”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>And then, when it felt like things couldn’t get worse, Jennifer’s mom was hospitalized with septicemia.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Septicemia is a condition where there is an infection somewhere in your body that is not treated,” Jennifer explains. “So that infection starts spreading out and gets even more serious when it gets into your bloodstream.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Her mother going to the hospital hit Jennifer hard.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I thought she wasn’t going to make it. Like all of these ideas just started flashing through my head like, ‘This could be like the last time I see her.'”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>At the same time, her father slowly started to drift away from the family.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“He would stay out long nights, like drinking, trying to cope with the situation,” Jennifer says. “And that just kind of led me into like a deeper depression.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Jennifer and her family endured living in the garage behind their old house for nearly two years. But early in the morning one day, they got a call. Their application to rent a beautiful three-bedroom house was accepted.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>These days, Jennifer’s taking online courses to make up for the classes she failed a few years back. If she passes them, she’ll graduate high school in June. Her mother’s health is much better now, and her father is a big part of their family again. 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You can continue the rest of the meeting without me.\" \u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Butt then gathered up his papers and departed.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"What is this, like the hundredth little tantrum from this guy's thrown?\" she asked as Butt left the room.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The mayor's exit Tuesday came after the council had worked through a significant portion of a long agenda.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The body approved a contract with a consulting firm to search for a city manager to replace \u003ca href=\"https://www.eastbaytimes.com/2018/03/08/richmond-city-manager-bill-lindsay-to-retire/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Bill Lindsay\u003c/a>, a well-liked city official who recently announced his retirement.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But the meeting never got to an issue Butt has expressed concern about for years: the role Contra Costa County's warning system has played in communicating with Richmond residents about emergencies.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>That item, prompted by criticism of the system's alerts during \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11650512\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">January's fire\u003c/a> at the Sims Metal Management yard, will be taken up at the council's next meeting.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Later, the conflict between Beckles and Butt moved online. The councilwoman took a shot at the mayor on Twitter and predicted he would respond with a blast at the Richmond Progressive Alliance, the coalition of which Beckles is a member. \u003c/p>\n\u003cp>https://twitter.com/JovankaBeckles/status/989001257430872064\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>On Wednesday morning, Butt published an \u003ca href=\"http://www.tombutt.com/forum/2018/18-4-25.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">online forum post\u003c/a> criticizing the progressive group -- though without mentioning the dispute at the council meeting. \u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Asked later about his departure from the meeting, Butt told KQED he felt like he was being lectured during the housing presentation.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"Sometimes, I just can't take these RPA people anymore. I needed to get out of there. I don't suffer fools well,\" Butt wrote in an email.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"Jovanka is particularly insufferable. God help us if she wins AD-15,\" he wrote.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Beckles is one of the 12 candidates running for the 15th Assembly District. 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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003cp>Richmond Mayor Tom Butt abruptly walked out of Tuesday's City Council meeting after another member of the council accused him of disrespecting women and women of color.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Butt walked out after a presentation from a panel of community housing advocates on ways to address homelessness and increase affordable housing in the East Bay city. Butt objected at length to suggestions from the panel that the city was not doing enough to attract affordable housing or development in general and that the council should consider adding staff to focus on the issue.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Butt's apparent irritation with the panel prompted Councilwoman Jovanka Beckles to make a motion to end the discussion. Butt called a timeout on the meeting, and when councilmembers returned, he asked for three minutes to \"wrap up\" his observations on the presentation. \u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Beckles denied his request.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"Mayor, I think that you've been incredibly disrespectful to our speakers and our presenters,\" Beckles said. \"And you have insulted them. Particularly, I see you do this behavior all the time with women, particularly women of color.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003c/div>",
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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"One thing the chair has the opportunity to do is to wait until everybody else speaks and then have the last word,\" Butt responded. \"And for you guys to deny me that opportunity is incredibly disrespectful. You can continue the rest of the meeting without me.\" \u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Butt then gathered up his papers and departed.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"What is this, like the hundredth little tantrum from this guy's thrown?\" she asked as Butt left the room.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The mayor's exit Tuesday came after the council had worked through a significant portion of a long agenda.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The body approved a contract with a consulting firm to search for a city manager to replace \u003ca href=\"https://www.eastbaytimes.com/2018/03/08/richmond-city-manager-bill-lindsay-to-retire/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Bill Lindsay\u003c/a>, a well-liked city official who recently announced his retirement.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But the meeting never got to an issue Butt has expressed concern about for years: the role Contra Costa County's warning system has played in communicating with Richmond residents about emergencies.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>That item, prompted by criticism of the system's alerts during \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11650512\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">January's fire\u003c/a> at the Sims Metal Management yard, will be taken up at the council's next meeting.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Later, the conflict between Beckles and Butt moved online. The councilwoman took a shot at the mayor on Twitter and predicted he would respond with a blast at the Richmond Progressive Alliance, the coalition of which Beckles is a member. \u003c/p>\u003c/p>\u003c/div>",
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"content": "\u003cp>A malfunction inside a large boiler at Chevron's Richmond refinery caused a loud booming noise for about 40 minutes late Thursday night, leading to concerns from many of the city's residents.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>After the noise began, the Richmond Police Department fielded scores of calls, and residents searched for information about the refinery problem on social media.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"People are freaking out. You need to find a better way to communicate with the community,\" Richmond Mayor Tom Butt wrote in an email to a Chevron representative.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>An \"upset\" in the refinery's steam system led to increased pressure, prompting a device to release steam into the air, causing the loud noise, according to Randy Sawyer, Contra Costa County's chief environmental health and hazardous materials officer.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The problem, which involved an 800-pound boiler in the facility, started at 11:20 p.m., said Richmond Fire Chief Adrian Sheppard.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Chevron was able to \"stabilize the steam system\" by midnight.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The company issued a \u003ca href=\"https://twitter.com/ChevronRichmond/status/979611823648509953\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Tweet\u003c/a> about the incident overnight.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>https://twitter.com/ChevronRichmond/status/979611823648509953\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"Chevron understands the concerns neighbors felt this evening due to a loud noise from the Richmond Refinery as a result of steam pressure relief. We apologize for how this may have impacted your evening. There is no need to shelter in place,\" the tweet said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Patricia Canessa, a Chevron spokeswoman, reiterated that apology to Butt.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"We posted something on Facebook and Twitter but recognize the concern,\" Canessa wrote in an email to the mayor. \"I would be happy to discuss additional ways to address the community. We sincerely apologize for the inconvenience.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Later Friday morning, the company released more information.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"We want to assure our neighbors that Thursday night's noise did not pose any environmental or health risk to the community. This was not a planned event,\" Chevron said in a statement.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"Steam helps to power equipment and provides efficient heating during the refining process. In very rare instances, steam needs to be released to prevent over-pressuring of a system and this process may cause a loud noise. Our experts will investigate this incident so that we can learn from it and take appropriate action to prevent a similar event from occurring in the future,\" Chevron said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Several Richmond residents said they could smell a gas odor, according to Butt.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The company says it does not believe its facility was the source of that smell, its representatives said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Butt said the noise sounded like a very loud release of gas. He said refinery officials contacted the city's police department to explain the malfunction and emphasized that the release was not dangerous.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"There is no reliable method or system for notifying people about issues like this whether they're harmful or not\" Butt said in an interview Friday morning.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"When people see fire and smoke and hear loud noises and they're coming from Chevron, people freak out,\" Butt said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The refinery malfunction came two months after a large fire at scrap metal yard near the Port of Richmond released toxic smoke into air for some 11 hours.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>That \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11650512\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">blaze\u003c/a> at a Sims Metal Management facility prompted a set of alerts ordering residents to stay indoors and led to complaints from Butt and some city residents that information coming from Contra Costa County's community warning system was too slow and confusing. Sheriff's officials, who run the system, have said it worked as designed.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Thursday night's refinery incident was not as serious and did not prompt any alerts from the community warning system. But Mayor Butt says it's part of a pattern.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"Whether it's Chevron or whether it's Sims Metal or whether it's somebody else, people in the community are not getting information,\" Butt said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"People want to know what's going on. They want to understand it so they can have a level of comfort,\" Butt said. \"They don't want somebody telling them, 'don't worry about it.'\"\u003c/p>\n\n",
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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\n\u003cp>\"Chevron understands the concerns neighbors felt this evening due to a loud noise from the Richmond Refinery as a result of steam pressure relief. We apologize for how this may have impacted your evening. There is no need to shelter in place,\" the tweet said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Patricia Canessa, a Chevron spokeswoman, reiterated that apology to Butt.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"We posted something on Facebook and Twitter but recognize the concern,\" Canessa wrote in an email to the mayor. \"I would be happy to discuss additional ways to address the community. We sincerely apologize for the inconvenience.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Later Friday morning, the company released more information.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"We want to assure our neighbors that Thursday night's noise did not pose any environmental or health risk to the community. This was not a planned event,\" Chevron said in a statement.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"Steam helps to power equipment and provides efficient heating during the refining process. In very rare instances, steam needs to be released to prevent over-pressuring of a system and this process may cause a loud noise. Our experts will investigate this incident so that we can learn from it and take appropriate action to prevent a similar event from occurring in the future,\" Chevron said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Several Richmond residents said they could smell a gas odor, according to Butt.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The company says it does not believe its facility was the source of that smell, its representatives said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Butt said the noise sounded like a very loud release of gas. He said refinery officials contacted the city's police department to explain the malfunction and emphasized that the release was not dangerous.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"There is no reliable method or system for notifying people about issues like this whether they're harmful or not\" Butt said in an interview Friday morning.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"When people see fire and smoke and hear loud noises and they're coming from Chevron, people freak out,\" Butt said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The refinery malfunction came two months after a large fire at scrap metal yard near the Port of Richmond released toxic smoke into air for some 11 hours.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>That \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11650512\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">blaze\u003c/a> at a Sims Metal Management facility prompted a set of alerts ordering residents to stay indoors and led to complaints from Butt and some city residents that information coming from Contra Costa County's community warning system was too slow and confusing. Sheriff's officials, who run the system, have said it worked as designed.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Thursday night's refinery incident was not as serious and did not prompt any alerts from the community warning system. But Mayor Butt says it's part of a pattern.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"Whether it's Chevron or whether it's Sims Metal or whether it's somebody else, people in the community are not getting information,\" Butt said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"People want to know what's going on. They want to understand it so they can have a level of comfort,\" Butt said. \"They don't want somebody telling them, 'don't worry about it.'\"\u003c/p>\n\n\u003c/div>\u003c/p>",
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Sheppard later revealed that fire officials were concerned the sound of the sirens would prompt people to flee their homes when the department wanted them inside because of the smoke.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The fire has prompted Richmond to consider placing Sims under the same regulations the city uses to oversee the Chevron refinery. The City Council voted last week to look into expanding its industrial safety ordinance to cover the facility as the city reviews \u003ca href=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/2018/02/05/richmond-launches-review-of-metal-yard-that-went-up-in-flames/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">whether Sims is complying\u003c/a> with rules governing its work near the Port of Richmond.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>At that council hearing, Sheppard acknowledged weaknesses in the city’s inspection system after revealing that Sims had not been inspected in several years.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Sheppard told the council he believes the last time the facility was inspected was in 2015.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“The honest answer is, it fell through the cracks,” Sheppard said. “Maybe the inspection was done and it wasn’t documented. I can’t tell you definitively whether or not it was inspected. 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