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"content": "\u003cp>\u003c!-- Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/ -->\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cem>This story was originally published by \u003ca href=\"https://calmatters.org/\">CalMatters\u003c/a>. \u003ca href=\"https://calmatters.org/subscribe-to-calmatters/\">Sign up\u003c/a> for their newsletters.\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"http://kqed.org/news/tag/california\">California\u003c/a> reduced its official homeless count in 2025 after years of increases. Now, preliminary data for 2026 shows many places in the state are continuing to make progress.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Counties up and down the state are reporting that their homeless populations dropped this year, citing early results of the point-in-time count conducted in January. Some of the drops were significant. San Joaquin County cut its total unhoused population by nearly a third compared to 2024 and nearly halved the number of people sleeping on the street without shelter. Others were more modest, such as \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12083310/fewer-people-are-sleeping-on-san-francisco-streets-but-family-homelessness-is-up\">San Francisco’s 4% drop\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Of the 28 counties or continuums of care (which group smaller counties together into single counts) that released 2026 data, more than half reported a decline in homelessness. Eight others did not conduct a point-in-time count this year, while seven had not publicly released their results.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Officials in counties where the homeless count dropped credit their progress to creating more shelter beds and low-income housing, which they say was made possible by new state funds released over the past several years.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>At the same time, some activists are questioning whether the numbers really are as rosy as they seem. Cities have ramped up enforcement against unhoused people in recent years – clearing encampments and citing people for illegal camping more frequently – which causes people to scatter and become harder to count. Just because someone is missing from an official count doesn’t mean they moved off the street and into housing.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Even in counties celebrating wins this year, officials wonder whether they can maintain those gains in the face of recent \u003ca href=\"https://calmatters.org/health/2026/08/medi-cal-the-cut-healthcare-threatened/\">federal cuts to Medi-Cal\u003c/a> and social services.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“We’ve made progress,” said Jonathan Russell, director of Alameda County Health Housing and Homelessness Services, which reported \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12084262/homelessness-is-down-in-alameda-county-can-it-maintain-that-progress\">a 13% drop in homelessness compared to 2024\u003c/a>. “And there are real threats, real peril.”\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>What the 2026 point-in-time counts show\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>The federal government requires every county to conduct a point-in-time census of its homeless population at least every other year, though some do it every year. Typically, volunteers join city, county and nonprofit staffers on a single night in January to tally every unhoused person they see. The results are generally considered an undercount, as it’s easy to overlook people tucked away behind bushes or hunkered down in parked cars. But despite the count’s flaws, it’s the only standardized way the state (and the rest of the country) has to measure fluctuations in its homeless populations.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>There were 181,934 homeless Californians counted last year – a \u003ca href=\"https://calmatters.org/housing/homelessness/2026/05/point-in-time-homelessness-report/\">nearly 3% drop\u003c/a> from 2024. The U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development, which compiles the data from each county, won’t release the official statewide or nationwide 2026 count for many months. But most counties that did a 2026 count have published the preliminary results on their own.\u003c/p>\n\u003cdiv id=\"datawrapper-vis-6oAWh\" style=\"min-height: 931px\">\u003cimg decoding=\"async\" src=\"https://datawrapper.dwcdn.net/6oAWh/full.png\" alt=\"A bar chart showing the change in total homeless counts, expressed as a percent change, between either 2024 or 2025 and 2026. The largest decline was in Fresno and Madera counties, with a 34% drop. The largest increase was in Amador, Calveras, Mariposa and Tuolumne which saw a more than doubling —130%.\">\u003c/div>\n\u003cp>In some counties, the results were disappointing. Los Angeles County, after two years of declines, reported a 1% increase in homelessness this year. Homelessness increased 13% throughout Sacramento County from 2024, though it was down within the city of Sacramento.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/tag/contra-costa-county\">Contra Costa County\u003c/a>, after a significant decrease between 2024 and 2025, saw homelessness creep up 7% this year.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In addition, there were several reminders this year that the point-in-time counts are not perfect. \u003ca href=\"https://www.latimes.com/california/story/2026-08-11/accounting-glitch-caused-nearly-half-of-l-a-s-increase-in-homeless-count\">The Los Angeles Times\u003c/a> uncovered an accounting glitch that inflated the city’s homeless count by more than 600 people.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11678220\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 1920px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-11678220 size-full\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/06/RS23880_20170126_CC_county_homeless_count_215-e1530300027897.jpg\" alt=\"The homeless camp of Jarrett Keesling and Kelli Lengele, whom are among the hundreds of homeless the Contra Costa Health Services (CCHS) interacted with as it conducts its annual count of homeless county residents Thursday, Jan. 26, 2017.\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1280\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">A homeless encampment near an overpass in Contra Costa County, on Jan. 26, 2017. The county recorded an almost 7% increase in homelessness this year since 2025. \u003ccite>(Eric Kayne/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>In Central California, Fresno and Madera counties, which combined reported a 34% drop in homelessness compared to last year, appeared to have the largest reduction in the state. But the counties \u003ca href=\"https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5cc7bc02e8ba44aa938ccd4f/t/6a234bea54fe294ede543e7c/1780698092853/2026+PIT+Preliminary+Summary.pdf\">changed\u003c/a> the way they counted this year, potentially skewing the numbers. Instead of tallying everyone who was visible on the street as they did in 2025, this year, volunteers counted only people who confirmed they are homeless and agreed to participate in a survey. That change makes this year’s count difficult to compare to 2025 data, \u003ca href=\"https://www.fresnobee.com/article316062827.html\">officials admitted\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Some counties touted wins in moving people off the street and into shelters – a feat that’s considered progress even though those people are still considered homeless. In Alameda County, the percentage of unhoused people living in shelters \u003ca href=\"https://weblink.alamedacountyca.gov/ACHHS/DocView.aspx?id=2336&dbid=0&repo=ACH-DocumentLibrary&cr=1\">increased\u003c/a> from 21% in 2019 to 37% this year.[aside postID=news_12084262 hero='https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/05/GettyImages-1247572601-scaled-e1760372488675.jpg']Alameda County reached another significant milestone last year: for the first time since the county began tracking in 2021, slightly more people left homelessness and moved into housing than became newly homeless.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Russell credits a major influx of state homelessness dollars that appeared in the county’s coffers about four years ago, including investments in \u003ca href=\"https://calmatters.org/housing/2026/05/newsom-homekey-records/\">Homekey\u003c/a> (the state program that helps cities and counties buy hotels to turn into homeless housing) and the state’s Homeless Housing, Assistance and Prevention fund. The state also awarded additional housing funds for homeless Californians with mental illness and substance use disorder in 2023 and 2024.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>San Joaquin County, which boasted one of the biggest drops in overall homelessness and unsheltered homelessness in California, added more than 100 shelter beds and more than 1,000 permanent housing units between 2024 and 2026. That allowed the county to increase the number of people living in permanent housing by 86%.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“There just wasn’t money available 10 years ago like there is now,” said Dawn McLeish, deputy director of the county’s human services department. “It just took a couple years for those investments to get all the way off the ground.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cdiv id=\"datawrapper-vis-7JDyb\" style=\"min-height: 826px\">\u003cimg decoding=\"async\" src=\"https://datawrapper.dwcdn.net/7JDyb/full.png\" alt=\"A bar chart showing the change in total homeless counts, expressed as a percent change, between either 2024 or 2025 and 2026. The largest decline was in Fresno and Madera counties, with a 34% drop. The largest increase was in Amador, Calveras, Mariposa and Tuolumne which saw a more than doubling —130%.\">\u003c/div>\n\u003cp>Niki Jones, executive director of the Sacramento Regional Coalition to End Homelessness, views downward-trending numbers across the state with suspicion.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“They can call it progress if they want to,” she said. “I call baloney.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>After the U.S. Supreme Court in 2024 \u003ca href=\"https://calmatters.org/housing/2024/06/california-homeless-camps-grants-pass-ruling/\">gave cities more leeway\u003c/a> to crack down on homeless encampments, cities have \u003ca href=\"https://calmatters.org/housing/homelessness/2024/09/camping-ban-ordinances/\">passed new ordinances\u003c/a> banning camps, police are giving out \u003ca href=\"https://calmatters.org/housing/homelessness/2025/06/homelessness-enforcement-data/\">more citations\u003c/a> for camping-related offenses and activists are reporting more frequent encampment clearings. When people are forced to disperse from their camps, they become more difficult to spot during point-in-time counts.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“It’s a lot harder to find one person with a blanket somewhere than it is to see a camp,” Jones said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>A \u003ca href=\"https://www.rand.org/pubs/research_reports/RRA4903-1.html\">recent study\u003c/a> looking at the Skid Row, Hollywood and Venice neighborhoods in Los Angeles found the overall level of unsheltered homelessness didn’t change between December 2024 and January 2026. But the number of people living in tents dropped 23%, while the number of people “sleeping rough” (without a tent, tarp or other shelter) increased 20%, according to data from the nonprofit research organization RAND.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12077679\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 1200px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12077679\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/03/050422-SAN-JOSE-HOMELESS-SJM-DS-CM.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1200\" height=\"800\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/03/050422-SAN-JOSE-HOMELESS-SJM-DS-CM.jpg 1200w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/03/050422-SAN-JOSE-HOMELESS-SJM-DS-CM-160x107.jpg 160w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1200px) 100vw, 1200px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">A man walks at the homeless encampment located along Coleman Avenue between West Hedding Street and Asbury Street in San Jose on June 22, 2021. \u003ccite>(Dai Sugano/Bay Area News Group)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>That shift away from camps could pose a challenge in getting people into housing, as Los Angeles Mayor Karen Bass’ main intervention – the Inside Safe program – specifically targets people living in tent encampments and moves them into hotels. In addition, rough sleepers generally have a harder time holding onto their personal documents and phones, making it harder for them to navigate the process of getting into housing, according to the study.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Increased enforcement could lead to people going uncounted, but it’s hard to tell how much that is really affecting point-in-time count results, said Roxanne Wilson, homeless services director for Monterey County. She does know that she’s seeing more people in her community move into housing.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Monterey County saw a 15% decrease in overall homelessness compared to 2024, while the number of people living outdoors dropped by nearly a quarter. Wilson attributes that largely to state funds. Monterey County won three state Encampment Resolution Grants that helped it move more than 150 people out of encampments along the Pajaro River levee, in Soledad and in King City. The money went toward opening a new shelter for the Pajaro River residents in Santa Cruz County, tiny homes in Soledad and hotel rooms in King City, Wilson said. People moved from the camps into those temporary accommodations, where they could then focus on securing permanent housing.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Wilson called that a “huge accomplishment.” But state homelessness funding comes in the form of one-time grants, meaning counties never know for sure how much money they’ll get next year – or if they’ll get anything at all. That makes it hard to plan ahead and invest in long-term strategies.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“The reality is that it’s going to be hard to hold this line,” Wilson said, “if we don’t start having more stable funding sources.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cem>An earlier version of this story reflected an incorrect number of new shelter beds in San Joaquin County. 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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003cp>\u003c!-- Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/ -->\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cem>This story was originally published by \u003ca href=\"https://calmatters.org/\">CalMatters\u003c/a>. \u003ca href=\"https://calmatters.org/subscribe-to-calmatters/\">Sign up\u003c/a> for their newsletters.\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"http://kqed.org/news/tag/california\">California\u003c/a> reduced its official homeless count in 2025 after years of increases. Now, preliminary data for 2026 shows many places in the state are continuing to make progress.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Counties up and down the state are reporting that their homeless populations dropped this year, citing early results of the point-in-time count conducted in January. Some of the drops were significant. San Joaquin County cut its total unhoused population by nearly a third compared to 2024 and nearly halved the number of people sleeping on the street without shelter. Others were more modest, such as \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12083310/fewer-people-are-sleeping-on-san-francisco-streets-but-family-homelessness-is-up\">San Francisco’s 4% drop\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Of the 28 counties or continuums of care (which group smaller counties together into single counts) that released 2026 data, more than half reported a decline in homelessness. Eight others did not conduct a point-in-time count this year, while seven had not publicly released their results.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003c/div>",
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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Officials in counties where the homeless count dropped credit their progress to creating more shelter beds and low-income housing, which they say was made possible by new state funds released over the past several years.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>At the same time, some activists are questioning whether the numbers really are as rosy as they seem. Cities have ramped up enforcement against unhoused people in recent years – clearing encampments and citing people for illegal camping more frequently – which causes people to scatter and become harder to count. Just because someone is missing from an official count doesn’t mean they moved off the street and into housing.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Even in counties celebrating wins this year, officials wonder whether they can maintain those gains in the face of recent \u003ca href=\"https://calmatters.org/health/2026/08/medi-cal-the-cut-healthcare-threatened/\">federal cuts to Medi-Cal\u003c/a> and social services.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“We’ve made progress,” said Jonathan Russell, director of Alameda County Health Housing and Homelessness Services, which reported \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12084262/homelessness-is-down-in-alameda-county-can-it-maintain-that-progress\">a 13% drop in homelessness compared to 2024\u003c/a>. “And there are real threats, real peril.”\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>What the 2026 point-in-time counts show\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>The federal government requires every county to conduct a point-in-time census of its homeless population at least every other year, though some do it every year. Typically, volunteers join city, county and nonprofit staffers on a single night in January to tally every unhoused person they see. The results are generally considered an undercount, as it’s easy to overlook people tucked away behind bushes or hunkered down in parked cars. But despite the count’s flaws, it’s the only standardized way the state (and the rest of the country) has to measure fluctuations in its homeless populations.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>There were 181,934 homeless Californians counted last year – a \u003ca href=\"https://calmatters.org/housing/homelessness/2026/05/point-in-time-homelessness-report/\">nearly 3% drop\u003c/a> from 2024. The U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development, which compiles the data from each county, won’t release the official statewide or nationwide 2026 count for many months. But most counties that did a 2026 count have published the preliminary results on their own.\u003c/p>\n\u003cdiv id=\"datawrapper-vis-6oAWh\" style=\"min-height: 931px\">\u003cimg decoding=\"async\" src=\"https://datawrapper.dwcdn.net/6oAWh/full.png\" alt=\"A bar chart showing the change in total homeless counts, expressed as a percent change, between either 2024 or 2025 and 2026. The largest decline was in Fresno and Madera counties, with a 34% drop. The largest increase was in Amador, Calveras, Mariposa and Tuolumne which saw a more than doubling —130%.\">\u003c/div>\n\u003cp>In some counties, the results were disappointing. Los Angeles County, after two years of declines, reported a 1% increase in homelessness this year. Homelessness increased 13% throughout Sacramento County from 2024, though it was down within the city of Sacramento.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/tag/contra-costa-county\">Contra Costa County\u003c/a>, after a significant decrease between 2024 and 2025, saw homelessness creep up 7% this year.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In addition, there were several reminders this year that the point-in-time counts are not perfect. \u003ca href=\"https://www.latimes.com/california/story/2026-08-11/accounting-glitch-caused-nearly-half-of-l-a-s-increase-in-homeless-count\">The Los Angeles Times\u003c/a> uncovered an accounting glitch that inflated the city’s homeless count by more than 600 people.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11678220\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 1920px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-11678220 size-full\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/06/RS23880_20170126_CC_county_homeless_count_215-e1530300027897.jpg\" alt=\"The homeless camp of Jarrett Keesling and Kelli Lengele, whom are among the hundreds of homeless the Contra Costa Health Services (CCHS) interacted with as it conducts its annual count of homeless county residents Thursday, Jan. 26, 2017.\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1280\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">A homeless encampment near an overpass in Contra Costa County, on Jan. 26, 2017. The county recorded an almost 7% increase in homelessness this year since 2025. \u003ccite>(Eric Kayne/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>In Central California, Fresno and Madera counties, which combined reported a 34% drop in homelessness compared to last year, appeared to have the largest reduction in the state. But the counties \u003ca href=\"https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5cc7bc02e8ba44aa938ccd4f/t/6a234bea54fe294ede543e7c/1780698092853/2026+PIT+Preliminary+Summary.pdf\">changed\u003c/a> the way they counted this year, potentially skewing the numbers. Instead of tallying everyone who was visible on the street as they did in 2025, this year, volunteers counted only people who confirmed they are homeless and agreed to participate in a survey. That change makes this year’s count difficult to compare to 2025 data, \u003ca href=\"https://www.fresnobee.com/article316062827.html\">officials admitted\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Some counties touted wins in moving people off the street and into shelters – a feat that’s considered progress even though those people are still considered homeless. In Alameda County, the percentage of unhoused people living in shelters \u003ca href=\"https://weblink.alamedacountyca.gov/ACHHS/DocView.aspx?id=2336&dbid=0&repo=ACH-DocumentLibrary&cr=1\">increased\u003c/a> from 21% in 2019 to 37% this year.\u003c/p>\u003c/div>",
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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>Alameda County reached another significant milestone last year: for the first time since the county began tracking in 2021, slightly more people left homelessness and moved into housing than became newly homeless.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Russell credits a major influx of state homelessness dollars that appeared in the county’s coffers about four years ago, including investments in \u003ca href=\"https://calmatters.org/housing/2026/05/newsom-homekey-records/\">Homekey\u003c/a> (the state program that helps cities and counties buy hotels to turn into homeless housing) and the state’s Homeless Housing, Assistance and Prevention fund. The state also awarded additional housing funds for homeless Californians with mental illness and substance use disorder in 2023 and 2024.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>San Joaquin County, which boasted one of the biggest drops in overall homelessness and unsheltered homelessness in California, added more than 100 shelter beds and more than 1,000 permanent housing units between 2024 and 2026. That allowed the county to increase the number of people living in permanent housing by 86%.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“There just wasn’t money available 10 years ago like there is now,” said Dawn McLeish, deputy director of the county’s human services department. “It just took a couple years for those investments to get all the way off the ground.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cdiv id=\"datawrapper-vis-7JDyb\" style=\"min-height: 826px\">\u003cimg decoding=\"async\" src=\"https://datawrapper.dwcdn.net/7JDyb/full.png\" alt=\"A bar chart showing the change in total homeless counts, expressed as a percent change, between either 2024 or 2025 and 2026. The largest decline was in Fresno and Madera counties, with a 34% drop. The largest increase was in Amador, Calveras, Mariposa and Tuolumne which saw a more than doubling —130%.\">\u003c/div>\n\u003cp>Niki Jones, executive director of the Sacramento Regional Coalition to End Homelessness, views downward-trending numbers across the state with suspicion.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“They can call it progress if they want to,” she said. “I call baloney.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>After the U.S. Supreme Court in 2024 \u003ca href=\"https://calmatters.org/housing/2024/06/california-homeless-camps-grants-pass-ruling/\">gave cities more leeway\u003c/a> to crack down on homeless encampments, cities have \u003ca href=\"https://calmatters.org/housing/homelessness/2024/09/camping-ban-ordinances/\">passed new ordinances\u003c/a> banning camps, police are giving out \u003ca href=\"https://calmatters.org/housing/homelessness/2025/06/homelessness-enforcement-data/\">more citations\u003c/a> for camping-related offenses and activists are reporting more frequent encampment clearings. When people are forced to disperse from their camps, they become more difficult to spot during point-in-time counts.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“It’s a lot harder to find one person with a blanket somewhere than it is to see a camp,” Jones said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>A \u003ca href=\"https://www.rand.org/pubs/research_reports/RRA4903-1.html\">recent study\u003c/a> looking at the Skid Row, Hollywood and Venice neighborhoods in Los Angeles found the overall level of unsheltered homelessness didn’t change between December 2024 and January 2026. But the number of people living in tents dropped 23%, while the number of people “sleeping rough” (without a tent, tarp or other shelter) increased 20%, according to data from the nonprofit research organization RAND.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12077679\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 1200px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12077679\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/03/050422-SAN-JOSE-HOMELESS-SJM-DS-CM.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1200\" height=\"800\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/03/050422-SAN-JOSE-HOMELESS-SJM-DS-CM.jpg 1200w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/03/050422-SAN-JOSE-HOMELESS-SJM-DS-CM-160x107.jpg 160w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1200px) 100vw, 1200px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">A man walks at the homeless encampment located along Coleman Avenue between West Hedding Street and Asbury Street in San Jose on June 22, 2021. \u003ccite>(Dai Sugano/Bay Area News Group)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>That shift away from camps could pose a challenge in getting people into housing, as Los Angeles Mayor Karen Bass’ main intervention – the Inside Safe program – specifically targets people living in tent encampments and moves them into hotels. In addition, rough sleepers generally have a harder time holding onto their personal documents and phones, making it harder for them to navigate the process of getting into housing, according to the study.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Increased enforcement could lead to people going uncounted, but it’s hard to tell how much that is really affecting point-in-time count results, said Roxanne Wilson, homeless services director for Monterey County. She does know that she’s seeing more people in her community move into housing.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Monterey County saw a 15% decrease in overall homelessness compared to 2024, while the number of people living outdoors dropped by nearly a quarter. Wilson attributes that largely to state funds. Monterey County won three state Encampment Resolution Grants that helped it move more than 150 people out of encampments along the Pajaro River levee, in Soledad and in King City. The money went toward opening a new shelter for the Pajaro River residents in Santa Cruz County, tiny homes in Soledad and hotel rooms in King City, Wilson said. People moved from the camps into those temporary accommodations, where they could then focus on securing permanent housing.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Wilson called that a “huge accomplishment.” But state homelessness funding comes in the form of one-time grants, meaning counties never know for sure how much money they’ll get next year – or if they’ll get anything at all. That makes it hard to plan ahead and invest in long-term strategies.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“The reality is that it’s going to be hard to hold this line,” Wilson said, “if we don’t start having more stable funding sources.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cem>An earlier version of this story reflected an incorrect number of new shelter beds in San Joaquin County. 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"content": "\u003cp>Santa Cruz has terminated its contract with Flock Safety, the automated license plate reader operator, over data privacy concerns.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The Santa Cruz City Council voted 6-1 on Tuesday to terminate the city’s contract with Flock, citing reports that the city’s data has been accessed by out-of-state agencies, \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12066989/california-cities-double-down-on-license-plate-readers-as-federal-surveillance-grows?utm_source=chatgpt.com\">at a time\u003c/a> when the Trump administration is pursuing an increasingly aggressive immigration enforcement agenda.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“For us, the threat to our civil liberties was greater than any benefit we could get from the flawed product,” said Mayor Fred Keeley, who voted against the Flock contract in 2024.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“We’re not interested, as they continue to develop their product, to be an experiment for a system which appears to have enormously big holes in it that they discover every day and try to patch to fix,” he said, adding he doesn’t fault the Santa Cruz Police Department.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c!-- iframe plugin v.4.3 wordpress.org/plugins/iframe/ -->\u003cbr>\n\u003ciframe loading=\"lazy\" frameborder=\"0\" height=\"200\" scrolling=\"no\" src=\"https://playlist.megaphone.fm?e=KQINC5003726529\" width=\"100%\" class=\"iframe-class\">\u003c/iframe>\u003cbr>\n \u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Last November, Santa Cruz police\u003ca href=\"https://www.santacruzsentinel.com/2025/11/18/santa-cruz-pauses-participation-in-flocks-statewide-sharing-portal/\"> Chief Bernie Escalante confirmed\u003c/a> the city’s Flock data had been accessed by out-of-state agencies, prompting city officials to \u003ca href=\"https://lookout.co/city-of-santa-cruz-pauses-statewide-license-plate-data-sharing-citing-flock-safetys-violation-of-california-law/story\">temporarily limit\u003c/a> outside agencies’ access to the city’s license plate reader data and to review its agreement with Flock.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“California for 10 years has prohibited the sharing of license plate data out of state. Ten years!” said Peter Gelblum, chair of the ACLU’s Santa Cruz County Chapter, told KQED.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12066350\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 1760px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12066350\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/12/flock-camera-6936dca8e38fe.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1760\" height=\"1084\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/12/flock-camera-6936dca8e38fe.jpg 1760w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/12/flock-camera-6936dca8e38fe-160x99.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/12/flock-camera-6936dca8e38fe-1536x946.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1760px) 100vw, 1760px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">A Flock camera at Fashion Valley Mall cast in silhouette on Oct. 27, 2025. \u003ccite>(Scott Rodd/KPBS)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>According to Gelblum and other civil liberties advocates, Santa Cruz is the first city in California to end its Flock contract. He credited the Trump administration’s immigration policies for dialing up the sense of urgency in the sanctuary city, as well as data compiled by the recently formed grassroots group \u003ca href=\"https://www.gettheflockout.org\">Get the Flock Out\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>They laid out a case that included the finding that, between June and October 2025, state agencies\u003ca href=\"https://lookout.co/anti-flock-group-finds-that-state-agencies-accessed-scpd-camera-data-thousands-of-times-on-feds-behalf-since-mid-2024/story\"> accessed Santa Cruz camera data roughly 4,000 times\u003c/a> on behalf of federal law enforcement, including U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement, or ICE, in violation of California’s SB 34.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Under SB 34, California law enforcement agencies are required to adopt detailed usage and privacy policies governing license plate reader data, restrict access to authorized purposes, and regularly audit searches to prevent misuse.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“And yet, the typical standard Flock contract, which the agencies in Santa Cruz County all signed, enables nationwide sharing, and nationwide sharing was going on the entire time,” Gelblum said.[aside postID=news_12066989 hero='https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/12/251210-License-Plate-Readers-01-KQED.jpg']A Flock spokesman told KQED the company has always been willing to comply with requests from law enforcement agencies to shut down outside access to data, to ensure compliance with state and local laws.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Trevor Chandler, director of public affairs for Flock, said the company is committed to honoring the values of every community, so that their civil liberty concerns “don’t have to come at the expense of community safety. All of those tools to customize sharing … can be customized at any moment, for any reason, by any city.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Though precise tallies differ, civil liberties advocates say roughly 30 municipalities nationwide have recently canceled their contracts with Flock. But Chandler said Flock doesn’t feel threatened by the increased scrutiny.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“We saw Oakland put their program on pause, then \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12066989/california-cities-double-down-on-license-plate-readers-as-federal-surveillance-grows\">went on to reauthorize it\u003c/a>. We saw San Diego put their program on pause, customized safety features, then reauthorized it. So if the conversation with Santa Cruz comes back, we’re happy to have that conversation,” Chandler said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Santa Cruz first signed its contract with Flock in 2024, and it was scheduled to expire on March 27. 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The Pasadena-based immigration lawyer lived through the chaos from the first Trump term. She remembers \u003ca class=\"Link\" href=\"https://www.npr.org/2022/08/11/1116917364/how-the-trump-white-house-misled-the-world-about-its-family-separation-policy\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">\u003cu>family separation\u003c/u>\u003c/a>, the \u003ca class=\"Link\" href=\"https://www.aclu-wa.org/timeline-muslim-ban/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">\u003cu>Muslim travel ban\u003c/u>\u003c/a> and \u003ca class=\"Link\" href=\"https://www.nytimes.com/2019/09/26/us/politics/trump-refugees.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">\u003cu>attacks on refugee and asylum programs\u003c/u>\u003c/a>. Yet, Tolchin and other lawyers and advocates were still surprised at the speed and sophistication of the current administration’s mass deportation campaign.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“It’s really much worse than I even contemplated it would be at the beginning of the year,” she said. The Trump administration has \u003ca class=\"Link\" href=\"https://www.kpbs.org/news/border-immigration/2025/04/16/international-students-in-san-diego-caught-up-in-mass-revocation-of-student-visas\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">\u003cu>stripped international students of their visas\u003c/u>\u003c/a>, deported people to \u003ca class=\"Link\" href=\"https://www.hrw.org/report/2025/11/12/you-have-arrived-in-hell/torture-and-other-abuses-against-venezuelans-in-el\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">\u003cu>one of the most dangerous prisons\u003c/u>\u003c/a> in the world, and launched \u003ca class=\"Link\" href=\"https://www.npr.org/2025/09/08/nx-s1-5534338/ice-chicago-boston-immigration-raids\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">\u003cu>violent immigration sweeps in American cities\u003c/u>\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Besides the public-facing tactics, the administration has also made a series of quiet legal maneuvers that have made it much more difficult for immigrants to fight deportation cases. These efforts include: Funneling people into fast-track deportation programs, making it harder for immigrants to hire lawyers and making it almost impossible for detainees to get out on bond.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But after being knocked on their heels in the early months of Trump’s new term, lawyers nationwide are now banding together and developing their own legal strategies. “We need warriors, we need people to help us in this fight,” Tolchin said. Chief among them are writ of habeas corpus petitions — federal lawsuits that challenge illegal and indefinite detentions. Collectively, they have filed more than 4,000 habeas petitions as last-ditch efforts to get their clients released from immigration detention centers.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Filing a habeas petition is unfamiliar for many attorneys. To help bridge the knowledge gap, immigration lawyers are turning to informal networks for help. Some organizations, like the American Immigration Lawyers Association, have even hosted formal workshops where lawyers can network and get a crash-course in filing habeas petitions.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>\u003ca href=\"https://www.kazu.org/kazu-news/2025-11-21/central-coast-counties-want-to-regulate-battery-energy-storage-why-is-it-taking-so-long\">\u003cstrong>Why Regulating Battery Energy Storage Is Taking So Long On The Central Coast\u003c/strong>\u003c/a>\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>Santa Cruz County took a small step last week toward developing a policy to regulate battery energy storage systems (BESS).\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>At almost the same time, Monterey County supervisors were having a similar conversation. “We just can’t have somebody come in here while we don’t have an ordinance,” said District 2 Supervisor Glenn Church, during a Nov. 18 meeting. “We gotta develop an ordinance.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The heart of the issue for both counties is the idea of local control. Currently, companies can apply with the state for permits to build and run a BESS. They don’t have to go through the county. But, if counties have ordinances governing BESS facilities, a company can instead choose to go the local route. That could mean more community support.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Here’s the challenge—the state’s climate goals demand a lot more renewable energy storage, fast. Local government is often slow. In Santa Cruz County, they were deciding whether to start a year-long process to develop an ordinance. Even that was delayed. In Monterey County, they were weighing whether to enact a temporary moratorium on new BESS facilities. That didn’t happen either.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>\u003cstrong>Congressional Hearing Examines Effects Of Immigration Enforcement In Southern California\u003c/strong>\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>Los Angeles Mayor Karen Bass and Rep. 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"content": "\u003cp>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">In August 2020, a dry lightning storm kicked off an unprecedented siege of wildfires. These firestorms lasted for months, destroyed 9,000 structures and killed 31 people. Millions of residents throughout the region breathed in toxic smoke as the sky turned orange and the pandemic raged on.\u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">As we mark five years since the sky turned orange, we’re bringing you stories from people who lived through the 2020 fires, in their own words.\u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cem>\u003ci>Some members of the KQED podcast team are represented by The Screen Actors Guild, American Federation of Television and Radio Artists. San Francisco Northern California Local.\u003c/i>\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Links:\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cul>\n\u003cli>\u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/science/1998245/the-summer-that-changed-california-forever\">The Summer That Changed California Forever\u003c/a>\u003c/li>\n\u003c/ul>\n\u003cp>\u003c!-- iframe plugin v.4.3 wordpress.org/plugins/iframe/ -->\u003cbr>\n\u003ciframe loading=\"lazy\" frameborder=\"0\" height=\"200\" scrolling=\"no\" src=\"https://playlist.megaphone.fm?e=KQINC1752199076&light=true\" width=\"100%\" class=\"iframe-class\">\u003c/iframe>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cem>This is a computer-generated transcript. While our team has reviewed it, there may be errors.\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Alan Montecillo \u003c/strong>[00:00:00] I’m Alan Montesilio, in for Erika Cruz Guevara, and welcome to The Bay. Local news to keep you rooted. Five years ago, a dry lightning storm raged through northern California. After weeks of extreme heat, made worse by climate change, had dried out grass, brush, and trees.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>George Morris III \u003c/strong>[00:00:23] We had a dry lightning event that was epic in proportion, so about 15,000 lightning strikes over a three-day period.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Alan Montecillo \u003c/strong>[00:00:31] The winds kicked up, and before long, there was fire and smoke.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Brian Watt \u003c/strong>[00:00:37] Live from KQED News, I’m Brian Watt. A fast-burning complex of fires in the North Bay has forced thousands of people from their\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Tara Siler \u003c/strong>[00:00:45] Lightning-caused fires burning in Santa Cruz and San Mateo counties have triggered widespread evacuations.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Erin DeMerritt \u003c/strong>[00:00:50] The areas most heavily impacted by smoke are South San Francisco, Pacifica, San Mateio, Redwood City.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Julia McEvoy \u003c/strong>[00:00:58] If you were here, you’d be choking on the smoke right now, Brian. It’s very, very sick and the sun rose blood red just a few minutes ago. People are just waking up and trying to find their way to some sort of normality here right now.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Alan Montecillo \u003c/strong>[00:01:10] Now, if you were living here in 2020, you remember how it felt. The smell of smoke in the air for weeks on end. That apocalyptic orange sky. And oh yeah, the pandemic was only in its fifth month.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>George Morris III \u003c/strong>[00:01:25] For 2020, we recognized that as it was going on at this year in the middle of a historic event. It is the most consequential fire season of my career. I’ve been working for 29 years.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Alan Montecillo \u003c/strong>[00:01:42] In the end, these fires killed 31 people and destroyed approximately 9,000 structures. Overall, 4.2 million acres across California burned during the firestorms of 2020, the most in the recorded history of the state. So today on the show, as we mark five years since that orange sky day, we’re bringing you stories from the people who lived through the 2020 fires in their own words. Stay with us.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Nate Ericson \u003c/strong>[00:02:12] My name is Nate Erickson. I lived in the Bay Area, lived in South Bay up until 2016. Moved up to Sonoma County, lived in Santa Rosa and Petaluma. And then in 2020, I got a new territory. I was in sales in Livermore. I moved to Livermore March 1st, and then March 17th, everything shut down. So my birthday was August 14th. And I decided to go camping by myself up in Humboldt. So I put my phone away, had the best time that I could possibly have in the Redwoods, a very peaceful, amazing time. I was really enjoying myself.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Nate Ericson \u003c/strong>[00:02:55] But then Sunday came around, I pulled out my phone just to check my route, and that’s when I learned about the fires. I saw my stepmom posting that she was, she and my dad were being evacuated. All the alarm bells in my head went off. And so realized that there was a fire in Mendocino between me and home. And so just trying to figure out all of the details necessary to get home. So I just got on 101 South and started going. As I started to get close to Mendocin, I did start to see just this massive plume of smoke. As I kept getting closer to it, it was just such a surreal experience. And I think I also remember being on 101 and just seeing on the hill to my right, just seeing fire at the crest of that hill right there. And after the previous couple years of the previous fires, that was probably the closest that I had come to actually being face-to-face with the fire. I really just remember this seeing that plume of smoke and just not wanting to keep going. I mean, it’s kind of that fight or flight situation where I don’t want to go towards this anymore, but it’s between me and home. Also just thinking about my parents, my dad and my stepmom, just thinking what’s happening to them. They live still in the Santa Cruz mountains. I came to find out later the fire came within a half mile of their house. My parents got into a hotel, they told me to stay away. They were taking the COVID precautions very serious. They told me they were safe.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Nate Ericson \u003c/strong>[00:04:42] When I got home, I think that just became a time of doom scrolling and making phone calls. Finding out not just my dad and my stepmom, what’s going on with them, but just other friends with their shelter in place that was happening. I didn’t really have a lot of other options. That was kind of a. Helpless feeling too, because you have your friends that are potentially in danger, and during normal times, you would drive to them and try to support. But at that point, I didn’t really know what to do. Uh, it was very smoky, uh, in Livermore. That I think that was more of a hit to my psyche than just the fire itself. Just because after the previous couple of years of living through similar situations of just breathing in smoke for a couple of weeks, it’s just, it became to be a lot. The week of the orange skies, that was very surreal. Uh, I remember that day very specifically. I was sitting in. Parking lot and that was the day of my review with my bosses. I was so frustrated and just really upset and just like, are we really doing this right now? Does this, we still have to jump through these corporate hoops and fill out, check these boxes and the sky looks like the apocalypse or Mars or something and we’re talking about KPIs.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Nate Ericson \u003c/strong>[00:06:09] What led to the point of me wanting to move to Wisconsin, I don’t know if it was an exact moment where like a switch flipped, but it was a very quick decision. After the previous years of living through the fires and breathing in smoke and also just the cost of living, I had enough money to purchase a home, but never in the Bay Area. It’s that uncertainty, right? I didn’t know if this was gonna be an annual thing now. It was three years in a row, and then that was kind of the climax of that story, right? I definitely think about that time quite a bit. It’s definitely still like unresolved, unprocessed trauma. Moving here now with the Canada wildfires, pushing smoke into the Midwest. And I was back going to the hardware store to buy N95 masks again. That first time I was just. So upset and we had it again this year so it’s always like a constant annual reminder of just how I felt.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>George Morris III \u003c/strong>[00:07:26] When I look back at that time and 4.2 million acres burned, it is the most consequential fire season of my career. I’ve been working for 29 years. My name is George Morris III, and I am the Northern Region Chief for CAL FIRE. My area of responsibility is from Monterey County up to the Oregon border.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>George Morris III \u003c/strong>[00:07:47] So leading into August 15th, which is when the lightning started, we had a heat dome laid over California for a significant amount of time, and some record temperatures were hitting. We were in the 110 degree range for weeks coming out of that It was a tropical storm, Fausto started to break up and this monsoonal moisture came up the Sierras. And everything came down to in those early moments, allocation of resources and trying to figure out, okay, we have finite resources, namely our incident management teams. Where do we deploy them? Where do commit them? We were on a continuous deployment of resources essentially through that time. And every time you thought you were gonna, you’re gonna get ahead, The original lightning-caused fires gave way to other mega-fires like the glass fire in Napa County and Sonoma County that just continued to stress the system over that period. In my career, every 10 years or so, there’s a lightning siege.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>George Morris III \u003c/strong>[00:08:55] You can look at 1999, 2008, and then 2020. But in the era of the megafire, that propagation of large and damaging fire has just been really pronounced. And for 2020, we recognized that as it was going on at this we’re in the middle of a historic event. Just dealing with the fires on the landscape was a challenge in and of itself, but they were also doing an incredible amount of damage to property. In the example of the North Complex, killing civilians as it moved into Berry Creek, they were significant complex events. It’s funny when I think back on it now, just how hard we were going and for how long. I’m happy that we could limit the damage to 4.2 million acres, given how difficult that operational reality was. So fast forward to today, you know, we learned a lot through that process too. Our technological capability has increased since 2020. We are, our predictive modeling is, is better. It’s at the, it’s at the fingertips of the firefighter now. So the next one we get, the public will be better informed to make good decisions and hopefully loss of life can be We’re in the era of the mega fire and we’re likely to see large and damaging fires in California for a variety of reasons. Climate change is one of those reasons. Encroachment into the wildland-urban interface. Most fires are caused by human activity. It was kind of a recipe there that are making fires larger and more damaging. In my early career, you could go on a 30,000 acre fire and you think I’ll never see anything like that again. But that is a naive thought as a young firefighter because the reality is it’s California, it’s a Mediterranean climate. It has always had a recipe for fire, and fire has always been part of its landscape. But there’s 40 million people on that landscape.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Danielle Venton \u003c/strong>[00:11:14] Tell me, tell me who you are.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Alana Samuels \u003c/strong>[00:11:18] Alana Semuels. Right now I’m in New York City, but I live in the Hudson Valley in New york state. Um, so yeah, so I was living in San Francisco. I should start off by saying San Francisco is like my favorite place in the whole world. I love just walking around and seeing all the beautiful views. I remember I saw the went to went to ocean beach to see the sunset and the colors are really vivid and I kind of thought, Oh, that’s unusual. That usually happens when there’s a fire.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Alana Samuels \u003c/strong>[00:11:46] And over the next couple of days, um, you know, there were, I think there were a couple of fires going on at the time. And the air quality got worse and worse. I was pregnant at the time, so I stopped taking walks outside, the air was really hazy, we didn’t have air conditioning, and it was just really unpleasant. We couldn’t open our windows. We lived in a west-facing apartment, so it got a lot of heat. And I don’t know if I would say sun, because the sun was kind of blocked by the haze and the bad air. But just kind of everything I loved about San Francisco was suddenly gone. My husband and I just kept having this debate of should we open the windows? He didn’t want to because he thought the air quality was too bad. I was just like, we’re suffocating in here. It feels like we’re in some box. And the air got a little cooler at night. So one night I got so desperate, I was so hot that I went outside to sleep on our deck chairs and get some relief, at least get a little breeze or a little cool air. And I remember waking up with just kind of a fine layer of grit on the chairs and on me. And just feeling filthy and going back inside and wanting to hide it from my husband that I’d been outside because he was so worried about the air quality. I think I was about eight months pregnant at the time. And I remember calling UCSF, which is where I was getting care and expecting them to be like, oh, you’re fine, don’t worry about it. And they were like, well, if you’re not breathing properly, then your baby’s not getting the oxygen or just the baby isn’t getting what it needs. And that’s when we decided to rent a hotel room to at least get some air conditioning to feel like I could breathe deeply. It just felt like there was no relief. There was nowhere you could go to get relief and to feel clean and to feel like you’re breathing clean air. And even, you know, I think even in LA it was happening. So it just felt like the world was burning. It wasn’t just San Francisco.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Alana Samuels \u003c/strong>[00:14:02] We rented Airbnb in South San Francisco, this was probably the worst day. And we woke up and it was like eight and it’s like the sun hadn’t come up. And I was like, did all the clocks fail? Or did what happened? We drove back to our house and it was just like people had their lights on. It was still dark out and it was that day that everything turned orange and for whatever reason, I guess it was the haze and the smoke, the sun just didn’t really come up and you took pictures and everything looked orange and that was when we were really like, this is not sustainable. I don’t know if we can continue to live like this. We had been talking about moving to the East Coast because both of our families are on the East coast, but San Francisco is my favorite place on the planet. And, you know, it’s just a place that kind of makes my chest relax and I just love it. And I think after that summer and after those days, we just felt like we couldn’t go through it again unless we had a lot of money. You know, you can probably install some sort of air purifying air conditioning system. To your house if you own your house, which we couldn’t afford to do. And it just felt like we couldn’t do that summer after summer after Summer. This place is ahead of the rest of the country in terms of what it’s gonna have to deal with, with the water as well. And we just thought it’s just too much of a sacrifice to make, which I’m really sad about. I wish that wasn’t the case because I love San Francisco and I’m jealous of people who are able to live there.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Leigh-Anne Lehrman \u003c/strong>[00:16:05] I saw the lightning that night and I knew immediately that it was a high fire risk and then I couldn’t reach them because the power went out right away. I am Leigh-Anne Lehrman, and I am a CZU fire survivor, as are my kids. So I had actually just been diagnosed with an aggressive form of breast cancer. So I was up, I was actually not staying there that August. I was staying up in Woodside with my fiance. My older daughter was in between her freshman and sophomore year. Of college at Berkeley and her younger sister was only 15 and they were holding out in the fort in Bonny Doon. It’s a rural area, really tight community. We had lived there since 2001 so we were very embedded in the community. The girls obviously grew up there. They were born there in the house that we had. I had just had a double mastectomy like a week before, and we woke up in the middle of the night to lightning strikes all over the place. It was beautiful but also terrifying.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Leigh-Anne Lehrman \u003c/strong>[00:17:36] Over the course of the next two days, the winds were very strong, it was blowing it right in their direction, and it was spreading by embers from hilltop to hilltop, so it’s spread very, very fast and. It was not looking good for Bonnie Doon. I started really panicking, and then I couldn’t reach them at all. And there was a long night when I was trying to get a hold of them and tell them to get out. I didn’t know if they were there or not now because all the cell phones weren’t working. Finally at six in the morning, I caught a hold a friend of mine who had evacuated down to Davenport, which is where all our neighbors were gathering. And she drove back up there, and they were packing the car when she got there. By that time we knew it was not looking good. And then, you know, there was nothing to be done. We, they were, the girls were safe. They were staying with friends, with all of our pets. And the day that the house burned, I went to a physical therapy appointment and. Uh, somehow in the middle of it, because of a trimfist, as to, you know, what was going on. And I think my house is burning right now as we speak. And she was just, she was like, what are you doing here? So there’s absolutely nothing I can do about it. We did have one of my daughters, my older daughter’s friends who was college age, actually snuck past the barricade lines the day before the house burned and to get her cat out of their house. And she happened to call me.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad floatright]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Leigh-Anne Lehrman \u003c/strong>[00:19:24] I was at work and I happened to pick up the phone and she said, I’m going up to Monique. Is there anything you want me to grab from your house? And I said to her, you know, please don’t go up there. Does not say should that be going up. Up there was a reason why the roads are closed but she was like I’m going so tell me now you want me to go by your house drive me right by it so I said if you all if you do I told her where that this box of family photos were like like all we had left because my father’s house burnt down in 2017 at Santa Rosa I had one bin left of all the old family photos going back a couple generations. 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A fast-burning complex of fires in the North Bay has forced thousands of people from their\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Tara Siler \u003c/strong>[00:00:45] Lightning-caused fires burning in Santa Cruz and San Mateo counties have triggered widespread evacuations.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Erin DeMerritt \u003c/strong>[00:00:50] The areas most heavily impacted by smoke are South San Francisco, Pacifica, San Mateio, Redwood City.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Julia McEvoy \u003c/strong>[00:00:58] If you were here, you’d be choking on the smoke right now, Brian. It’s very, very sick and the sun rose blood red just a few minutes ago. People are just waking up and trying to find their way to some sort of normality here right now.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Alan Montecillo \u003c/strong>[00:01:10] Now, if you were living here in 2020, you remember how it felt. The smell of smoke in the air for weeks on end. That apocalyptic orange sky. And oh yeah, the pandemic was only in its fifth month.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>George Morris III \u003c/strong>[00:01:25] For 2020, we recognized that as it was going on at this year in the middle of a historic event. It is the most consequential fire season of my career. I’ve been working for 29 years.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Alan Montecillo \u003c/strong>[00:01:42] In the end, these fires killed 31 people and destroyed approximately 9,000 structures. Overall, 4.2 million acres across California burned during the firestorms of 2020, the most in the recorded history of the state. So today on the show, as we mark five years since that orange sky day, we’re bringing you stories from the people who lived through the 2020 fires in their own words. Stay with us.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Nate Ericson \u003c/strong>[00:02:12] My name is Nate Erickson. I lived in the Bay Area, lived in South Bay up until 2016. Moved up to Sonoma County, lived in Santa Rosa and Petaluma. And then in 2020, I got a new territory. I was in sales in Livermore. I moved to Livermore March 1st, and then March 17th, everything shut down. So my birthday was August 14th. And I decided to go camping by myself up in Humboldt. So I put my phone away, had the best time that I could possibly have in the Redwoods, a very peaceful, amazing time. I was really enjoying myself.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Nate Ericson \u003c/strong>[00:02:55] But then Sunday came around, I pulled out my phone just to check my route, and that’s when I learned about the fires. I saw my stepmom posting that she was, she and my dad were being evacuated. All the alarm bells in my head went off. And so realized that there was a fire in Mendocino between me and home. And so just trying to figure out all of the details necessary to get home. So I just got on 101 South and started going. As I started to get close to Mendocin, I did start to see just this massive plume of smoke. As I kept getting closer to it, it was just such a surreal experience. And I think I also remember being on 101 and just seeing on the hill to my right, just seeing fire at the crest of that hill right there. And after the previous couple years of the previous fires, that was probably the closest that I had come to actually being face-to-face with the fire. I really just remember this seeing that plume of smoke and just not wanting to keep going. I mean, it’s kind of that fight or flight situation where I don’t want to go towards this anymore, but it’s between me and home. Also just thinking about my parents, my dad and my stepmom, just thinking what’s happening to them. They live still in the Santa Cruz mountains. I came to find out later the fire came within a half mile of their house. My parents got into a hotel, they told me to stay away. They were taking the COVID precautions very serious. They told me they were safe.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Nate Ericson \u003c/strong>[00:04:42] When I got home, I think that just became a time of doom scrolling and making phone calls. Finding out not just my dad and my stepmom, what’s going on with them, but just other friends with their shelter in place that was happening. I didn’t really have a lot of other options. That was kind of a. Helpless feeling too, because you have your friends that are potentially in danger, and during normal times, you would drive to them and try to support. But at that point, I didn’t really know what to do. Uh, it was very smoky, uh, in Livermore. That I think that was more of a hit to my psyche than just the fire itself. Just because after the previous couple of years of living through similar situations of just breathing in smoke for a couple of weeks, it’s just, it became to be a lot. The week of the orange skies, that was very surreal. Uh, I remember that day very specifically. I was sitting in. Parking lot and that was the day of my review with my bosses. I was so frustrated and just really upset and just like, are we really doing this right now? Does this, we still have to jump through these corporate hoops and fill out, check these boxes and the sky looks like the apocalypse or Mars or something and we’re talking about KPIs.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Nate Ericson \u003c/strong>[00:06:09] What led to the point of me wanting to move to Wisconsin, I don’t know if it was an exact moment where like a switch flipped, but it was a very quick decision. After the previous years of living through the fires and breathing in smoke and also just the cost of living, I had enough money to purchase a home, but never in the Bay Area. It’s that uncertainty, right? I didn’t know if this was gonna be an annual thing now. It was three years in a row, and then that was kind of the climax of that story, right? I definitely think about that time quite a bit. It’s definitely still like unresolved, unprocessed trauma. Moving here now with the Canada wildfires, pushing smoke into the Midwest. And I was back going to the hardware store to buy N95 masks again. That first time I was just. So upset and we had it again this year so it’s always like a constant annual reminder of just how I felt.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>George Morris III \u003c/strong>[00:07:26] When I look back at that time and 4.2 million acres burned, it is the most consequential fire season of my career. I’ve been working for 29 years. My name is George Morris III, and I am the Northern Region Chief for CAL FIRE. My area of responsibility is from Monterey County up to the Oregon border.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>George Morris III \u003c/strong>[00:07:47] So leading into August 15th, which is when the lightning started, we had a heat dome laid over California for a significant amount of time, and some record temperatures were hitting. We were in the 110 degree range for weeks coming out of that It was a tropical storm, Fausto started to break up and this monsoonal moisture came up the Sierras. And everything came down to in those early moments, allocation of resources and trying to figure out, okay, we have finite resources, namely our incident management teams. Where do we deploy them? Where do commit them? We were on a continuous deployment of resources essentially through that time. And every time you thought you were gonna, you’re gonna get ahead, The original lightning-caused fires gave way to other mega-fires like the glass fire in Napa County and Sonoma County that just continued to stress the system over that period. In my career, every 10 years or so, there’s a lightning siege.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>George Morris III \u003c/strong>[00:08:55] You can look at 1999, 2008, and then 2020. But in the era of the megafire, that propagation of large and damaging fire has just been really pronounced. And for 2020, we recognized that as it was going on at this we’re in the middle of a historic event. Just dealing with the fires on the landscape was a challenge in and of itself, but they were also doing an incredible amount of damage to property. In the example of the North Complex, killing civilians as it moved into Berry Creek, they were significant complex events. It’s funny when I think back on it now, just how hard we were going and for how long. I’m happy that we could limit the damage to 4.2 million acres, given how difficult that operational reality was. So fast forward to today, you know, we learned a lot through that process too. Our technological capability has increased since 2020. We are, our predictive modeling is, is better. It’s at the, it’s at the fingertips of the firefighter now. So the next one we get, the public will be better informed to make good decisions and hopefully loss of life can be We’re in the era of the mega fire and we’re likely to see large and damaging fires in California for a variety of reasons. Climate change is one of those reasons. Encroachment into the wildland-urban interface. Most fires are caused by human activity. It was kind of a recipe there that are making fires larger and more damaging. In my early career, you could go on a 30,000 acre fire and you think I’ll never see anything like that again. But that is a naive thought as a young firefighter because the reality is it’s California, it’s a Mediterranean climate. It has always had a recipe for fire, and fire has always been part of its landscape. But there’s 40 million people on that landscape.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Danielle Venton \u003c/strong>[00:11:14] Tell me, tell me who you are.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Alana Samuels \u003c/strong>[00:11:18] Alana Semuels. Right now I’m in New York City, but I live in the Hudson Valley in New york state. Um, so yeah, so I was living in San Francisco. I should start off by saying San Francisco is like my favorite place in the whole world. I love just walking around and seeing all the beautiful views. I remember I saw the went to went to ocean beach to see the sunset and the colors are really vivid and I kind of thought, Oh, that’s unusual. That usually happens when there’s a fire.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Alana Samuels \u003c/strong>[00:11:46] And over the next couple of days, um, you know, there were, I think there were a couple of fires going on at the time. And the air quality got worse and worse. I was pregnant at the time, so I stopped taking walks outside, the air was really hazy, we didn’t have air conditioning, and it was just really unpleasant. We couldn’t open our windows. We lived in a west-facing apartment, so it got a lot of heat. 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"content": "\u003cp>It’s a damp, foggy Saturday morning in the Bay Area, and you’ve got a hankering to \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/mindshift/50949/suffering-from-nature-deficit-disorder-try-forest-bathing\">immerse yourself in the redwoods\u003c/a> at Muir Woods National Monument.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>And then … you realize that reservations for Muir Woods parking spots are all sold out, as frequently happens.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>What now?\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>We’ve compiled a list of next-best options to Muir Woods for Bay Area residents seeking respite in the towering redwood forests that make California stand out.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>They may be all around us here in the Bay Area, but redwoods \u003cem>are \u003c/em>remarkable, said Dave Hall, field operations manager at \u003ca href=\"https://www.parks.ca.gov/?page_id=450\">Armstrong Redwoods State Natural Reserve\u003c/a> in Sonoma County. They \u003ca href=\"https://www.savetheredwoods.org/redwoods/\">only grow in a few areas in the world,\u003c/a> including the coast of California, and people come to Armstrong “ from all over the world specifically to see the redwoods,” Hall said.[aside postID='news_12049568,news_12049138,news_12048728' label='More Outdoor Guides']\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Read on for our top suggestions for getting lost in the state’s most iconic forests, without the hassle of crowds and reservations. And if you want to save money on entry to these state parks,\u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11910495/how-to-get-free-entry-to-california-state-parks-with-your-library-card\"> try renting out a parks pass at your local library. \u003c/a>(And if you’re still looking for other cold-weather hiking options, check out \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12049568/best-bay-area-hikes-for-cold-gloomy-weather\">this list of hikes best done in the gloom.\u003c/a>)\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Jump straight to:\u003c/p>\n\u003cul>\n\u003cli>\u003cstrong>\u003ca href=\"#HenryCowellRedwoodsStatePark\">Henry Cowell Redwoods State Park\u003c/a>\u003c/strong>\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>\u003cstrong>\u003ca href=\"#PortolaRedwoodsStatePark\">Portola Redwoods State Park\u003c/a>\u003c/strong>\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>\u003cstrong>\u003ca href=\"#ArmstrongRedwoodsStateNaturalReserve\">Armstrong Redwoods State Natural Reserve\u003c/a>\u003c/strong>\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>\u003cstrong>\u003ca href=\"#SamuelPTaylorStatePark\">Samuel P. Taylor State Park\u003c/a>\u003c/strong>\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>\u003cstrong>\u003ca href=\"#ShuttletoMuirWoods\">Shuttle to Muir Woods\u003c/a>\u003c/strong>\u003c/li>\n\u003c/ul>\n\u003ch2>To go inside a tree, head to \u003ca id=\"HenryCowellRedwoodsStatePark\">\u003c/a>Henry Cowell Redwoods State Park in the Santa Cruz Mountains\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>With 15 miles of trails and no reservations required, \u003ca href=\"https://www.parks.ca.gov/?page_id=546\">Henry Cowell Redwoods State Park\u003c/a> in the Santa Cruz Mountains has 40 acres of ancient redwoods to explore.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In just around a mile-long loop from your car and back, the main \u003ca href=\"https://www.alltrails.com/trail/us/california/redwood-grove-loop-trail--2\">Redwood Grove Loop Trail\u003c/a> takes you through the oldest part of the forest, whose towering trees were \u003ca href=\"https://www.redwoodhikes.com/Cowell/Cowell.html\">spared from logging all the way back in the 1800s. \u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12050831\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12050831\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/08/HenryCowellRedwoodsGetty.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1334\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/08/HenryCowellRedwoodsGetty.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/08/HenryCowellRedwoodsGetty-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/08/HenryCowellRedwoodsGetty-1536x1025.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Henry Cowell Redwoods State Park. \u003ccite>(zrfphoto/Getty Images)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>“It’s big giant tree after big giant tree,” Park Aide Ted Lodge said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>From the trail, you can even reach the famous \u003ca href=\"https://www.hmdb.org/m.asp?m=196340\">Fremont Tree\u003c/a>, whose open trunk is big enough to fit you (and five other friends) inside. Legend has it that when exploring the area before the Civil War, Union Army Major General \u003ca href=\"https://www.battlefields.org/learn/biographies/john-c-fr%C3%A9mont\">John Frémont\u003c/a> slept in this tree — but Lodge said that part’s probably just a legend.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The loop trail is flat, and it never gets too hot, Lodge said, but if you are feeling toasty, you can always jump in the San Lorenzo River.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>If you’re looking for a longer trek, the dog and bike-friendly \u003ca href=\"https://www.alltrails.com/trail/us/california/pipeline-road-trail\">Pipeline Road Trail\u003c/a>, runs past the redwood grove and parallels the river for several miles. Or, take the \u003ca href=\"https://modernhiker.com/hike/henry-cowell-observation-deck-loop/\">5-mile loop hike\u003c/a> to the redwoods observation deck, so you can view the canopy from above.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cem>Cost: \u003c/em>There is a $10 fee to park your car at the state park. Dogs are allowed on many trails, but not on \u003ca href=\"https://www.alltrails.com/trail/us/california/redwood-grove-loop-trail--2\">the old-growth loop trail.\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>For secluded camping, try \u003ca id=\"PortolaRedwoodsStatePark\">\u003c/a>Portola Redwoods in San Mateo County\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>So hidden in the Santa Cruz Mountains, it’s hard to believe that \u003ca href=\"https://www.parks.ca.gov/?page_id=539\">Portola Redwoods State Park\u003c/a> is just over a dozen miles from the heart of Silicon Valley.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>With its dense canopy, large campsites and a number of trails, waterfalls and creeks to explore, this park is perfect for a quick overnight camping getaway within the Bay Area.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12050832\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-12050832 size-full\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/08/PortolaRedwoodsGetty.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/08/PortolaRedwoodsGetty.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/08/PortolaRedwoodsGetty-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/08/PortolaRedwoodsGetty-1536x1024.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Portola Redwoods State Park in San Mateo County, California. \u003ccite>(yhelfman/iStock via Getty Imaes)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Thick huckleberry bushes produce fruit in late summer and banana slugs are plentiful on the forest floor — plus, you can explore several easy and moderate hikes straight from your campsite.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>While this park is secluded, it can get popular, \u003ca href=\"https://reservecalifornia.com/Web/#!park/695\">so make a reservation for overnight camping\u003c/a> or try to snag one of its walk-in sites. Or, come for the day, and adventure through the park’s \u003ca href=\"https://www.parks.ca.gov/?page_id=28557\">18 miles of trails\u003c/a>, including the \u003ca href=\"https://www.alltrails.com/trail/us/california/iverson-trail-to-tiptoe-falls\">Iverson Trail to Tiptoe Falls\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cem>Cost: \u003c/em>There is a $10 fee to park your car at the state park. Dogs are allowed only in campsites, picnic areas and on paved roads.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>Bask in the heat in Wine Country’s Hendy Woods State Park\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>At 200-acre \u003ca href=\"https://www.parks.ca.gov/?page_id=438\">Hendy Woods State Park\u003c/a> in Mendocino County, Bay Area visitors are frequent, especially in the peak summer months when school is out, Senior Park Aide Laurie Cooper said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“It’s close enough [to the Bay Area] where it feels like you \u003cem>went \u003c/em>somewhere, but you’re not spending your whole day driving,” Cooper said. But as soon as fall rolls around, “you can walk for an hour and not see anybody.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12050834\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12050834\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/08/HendyWoodsGetty.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/08/HendyWoodsGetty.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/08/HendyWoodsGetty-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/08/HendyWoodsGetty-1536x1024.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">The Discovery Trail takes you into the heart of the redwoods at the Hendy Woods State Park, 8 miles northwest of Boonville, on Oct. 10, 2010. A trip up to Anderson Valley is just two hours from San Francisco, yet this 25-mile valley has become an internationally known appellation. \u003ccite>(Lianne Milton/Getty Images)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>The park’s main attractions are its two untouched redwood groves — \u003ca href=\"https://www.alltrails.com/trail/us/california/big-hendy-long-loop\">Big Hendy\u003c/a> and \u003ca href=\"https://www.alltrails.com/trail/us/california/little-hendy-grove\">Little Hendy\u003c/a> — and its \u003ca href=\"https://www.alltrails.com/trail/us/california/hendy-woods-discovery-trail\">Discovery Trail\u003c/a>, a fully wheelchair-accessible way to take in the thousand-year-old trees. And don’t miss the \u003ca href=\"https://www.redwoodhikes.com/Hendy/LittleHendy.html\">Hermit Hut Trail\u003c/a>, which leads hikers to an area of the forest where \u003ca href=\"https://www.sfgate.com/northcoast/article/hendy-woods-hermit-mendocino-redwoods-20354002.php\">Russian immigrant Petro Zailenko lived alone \u003c/a>deep in the woods and away from civilization for almost two decades in the 1960s and 70s.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Less cold than other redwood forests, Hendy Woods is ideal for \u003ca href=\"https://www.hendywoods.org/day-use-hendy-woods\">picnicking on the banks of the Navarro River or swimming under the Greenwood Road bridge.\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“We’re very lucky,” Cooper said. “We’re just far enough inland where there are certain days where you smell the ocean, but the fog burns off quickly here.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cem>Cost: \u003c/em>It’s $8 to access the park for the day. Dogs are allowed in the park but cannot go on trails.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>\u003ca id=\"ArmstrongRedwoodsStateNaturalReserve\">\u003c/a>To hug a tree, go to Armstrong Redwoods State Natural Reserve in Sonoma County\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>Beloved by locals and visitors alike, \u003ca href=\"https://www.parks.ca.gov/?page_id=450\">Armstrong Redwoods State Natural Reserve,\u003c/a> just north of Guerneville and the Russian River, has something for everyone, Hall said, including an entire area dedicated to hugging an old-growth redwood. \u003ca href=\"https://www.youtube.com/shorts/e2JBZfY2-y0\">A ramp and wooden decking lead visitors up next to the “hugging tree,”\u003c/a> where you can take a moment and give this iconic species a big embrace.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12050855\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"max-width: 1920px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12050855\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/08/Armstrong-Redwoods-2.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1280\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/08/Armstrong-Redwoods-2.png 1920w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/08/Armstrong-Redwoods-2-160x107.png 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/08/Armstrong-Redwoods-2-1536x1024.png 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1920px) 100vw, 1920px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Armstrong Redwoods State Natural Reserve \u003ccite>(Comstock via Getty)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>The main trails through the old-growth grove are flat and accessible to wheelchairs and strollers, and where you can check out the park’s tallest tree, Parson Jones. You’ll also find its oldest tree, a 1,400-year-old Colonel Armstrong, and the “Icicle tree,” which is dripping with large knots called burls.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>And if you’re looking for a full day of hiking, there are also more strenuous trails that take you up and over the ridge to the backside of the park and into other state parks.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>While the reserve can get busy between 10 a.m. and 2 p.m. on weekends and holidays, Hall said it tends to be quiet outside of those peak times.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>As for what first-time visitors to the park should know: “Don’t be in a hurry,” Hall said. “Come and enjoy the walk.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cem>Cost: \u003c/em>Pay $10 to park or get in for free on foot or via bike. Dogs are allowed in the park but cannot go on trails and must stay on paved roads only.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>For idyllic biking, roll over to \u003ca id=\"SamuelPTaylorStatePark\">\u003c/a>Samuel P. Taylor State Park in Marin\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>If zooming through tall trees is on your to-do list, try bringing a bike (or renting in \u003ca href=\"https://mountainbikesf.com/\">nearby Fairfax\u003c/a>) and taking a scenic ride through \u003ca href=\"https://www.parks.ca.gov/?page_id=469\">Samuel P. Taylor State Park\u003c/a> in Marin County.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>For a relaxed and flat ride, head to \u003ca href=\"https://www.nps.gov/thingstodo/walk-the-cross-marin-trail.htm\">the Cross Marin Trail,\u003c/a> which follows the old North Pacific Coast Railroad for 5 miles along Lagunitas Creek. Three of these miles are through the park, where you can take in the full biodiversity of the redwood forest located just outside of Point Reyes.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12050836\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12050836\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/08/SamuelPTaylorRedwoodsGetty.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/08/SamuelPTaylorRedwoodsGetty.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/08/SamuelPTaylorRedwoodsGetty-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/08/SamuelPTaylorRedwoodsGetty-1536x1024.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">The morning sun shines through tall redwood trees that nearly hide a campsite from view in Samuel P. Taylor State Park in California. \u003ccite>(Brent Durand/Getty Images)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>If hiking is more your speed, head to the short \u003ca href=\"https://www.alltrails.com/trail/us/california/barnabe-peak-loop-via-barnabee-road-and-cross-marin-trail\">Pioneer Tree Trail\u003c/a> loop, whose 2.5-mile route showcases the park’s small but mighty old-growth forest. Or, \u003ca href=\"https://www.redwoodhikes.com/Taylor/Barnabe.html\">check out the steep 6-mile loop trek to the top of Barnabe Peak\u003c/a> for sweeping views of nearby peaks and the rolling hills and small towns of the Marin valley below.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cem>Cost: \u003c/em>It costs $8 to park in the lot. Dogs are allowed only in picnic areas and on the Cross Marin Trail.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>Still dead set on Muir Woods? \u003ca id=\"ShuttletoMuirWoods\">\u003c/a>Try the shuttle\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>If none of these strike your fancy, and you’re still hoping to head to Muir Woods, \u003ca href=\"https://gomuirwoods.com/muir/shuttleInfo\">try taking the shuttle instead\u003c/a>. The tickets don’t sell out nearly as quickly as the parking ones do (although they do still sell out), and there are options on both weekends and weekdays.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>On weekends and holidays, the shuttle goes to and from the \u003ca href=\"http://goldengate.org/ferry/route-schedule/larkspur-san-francisco/\">Larkspur Landing Ferry Terminal\u003c/a>, so you can park there for free or take the ferry to another destination. Shuttles run from 8 a.m. to 6:45 p.m.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11741058\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2048px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-11741058\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2019/04/RS36596_GettyImages-177068764.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2048\" height=\"1372\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2019/04/RS36596_GettyImages-177068764.jpg 2048w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2019/04/RS36596_GettyImages-177068764-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2019/04/RS36596_GettyImages-177068764-800x536.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2019/04/RS36596_GettyImages-177068764-1020x683.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2019/04/RS36596_GettyImages-177068764-1200x804.jpg 1200w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2019/04/RS36596_GettyImages-177068764-1920x1286.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2048px) 100vw, 2048px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Majestic coastal redwoods in Muir Woods National Monument. \u003ccite>(Justin Sullivan/Getty Images)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Weekday shuttles go to and from the \u003ca href=\"https://www.goldengate.org/ferry/route-schedule/sausalito-san-francisco/\">Sausalito Ferry Terminal\u003c/a>, where paid parking is available, from 8:30 a.m. to 5:15 p.m.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In addition to the shuttle tickets, which cost $3.75 each way, you’ll have to purchase your $15 entrance ticket to the park unless you have an annual national parks pass.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Be sure to book your shuttle in both directions, and remember: There is no cell phone service in the park, so be sure to download your tickets ahead of time.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad floatright]\u003c/p>\n",
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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Read on for our top suggestions for getting lost in the state’s most iconic forests, without the hassle of crowds and reservations. And if you want to save money on entry to these state parks,\u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11910495/how-to-get-free-entry-to-california-state-parks-with-your-library-card\"> try renting out a parks pass at your local library. \u003c/a>(And if you’re still looking for other cold-weather hiking options, check out \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12049568/best-bay-area-hikes-for-cold-gloomy-weather\">this list of hikes best done in the gloom.\u003c/a>)\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Jump straight to:\u003c/p>\n\u003cul>\n\u003cli>\u003cstrong>\u003ca href=\"#HenryCowellRedwoodsStatePark\">Henry Cowell Redwoods State Park\u003c/a>\u003c/strong>\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>\u003cstrong>\u003ca href=\"#PortolaRedwoodsStatePark\">Portola Redwoods State Park\u003c/a>\u003c/strong>\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>\u003cstrong>\u003ca href=\"#ArmstrongRedwoodsStateNaturalReserve\">Armstrong Redwoods State Natural Reserve\u003c/a>\u003c/strong>\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>\u003cstrong>\u003ca href=\"#SamuelPTaylorStatePark\">Samuel P. Taylor State Park\u003c/a>\u003c/strong>\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>\u003cstrong>\u003ca href=\"#ShuttletoMuirWoods\">Shuttle to Muir Woods\u003c/a>\u003c/strong>\u003c/li>\n\u003c/ul>\n\u003ch2>To go inside a tree, head to \u003ca id=\"HenryCowellRedwoodsStatePark\">\u003c/a>Henry Cowell Redwoods State Park in the Santa Cruz Mountains\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>With 15 miles of trails and no reservations required, \u003ca href=\"https://www.parks.ca.gov/?page_id=546\">Henry Cowell Redwoods State Park\u003c/a> in the Santa Cruz Mountains has 40 acres of ancient redwoods to explore.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In just around a mile-long loop from your car and back, the main \u003ca href=\"https://www.alltrails.com/trail/us/california/redwood-grove-loop-trail--2\">Redwood Grove Loop Trail\u003c/a> takes you through the oldest part of the forest, whose towering trees were \u003ca href=\"https://www.redwoodhikes.com/Cowell/Cowell.html\">spared from logging all the way back in the 1800s. \u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12050831\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12050831\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/08/HenryCowellRedwoodsGetty.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1334\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/08/HenryCowellRedwoodsGetty.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/08/HenryCowellRedwoodsGetty-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/08/HenryCowellRedwoodsGetty-1536x1025.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Henry Cowell Redwoods State Park. \u003ccite>(zrfphoto/Getty Images)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>“It’s big giant tree after big giant tree,” Park Aide Ted Lodge said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>From the trail, you can even reach the famous \u003ca href=\"https://www.hmdb.org/m.asp?m=196340\">Fremont Tree\u003c/a>, whose open trunk is big enough to fit you (and five other friends) inside. Legend has it that when exploring the area before the Civil War, Union Army Major General \u003ca href=\"https://www.battlefields.org/learn/biographies/john-c-fr%C3%A9mont\">John Frémont\u003c/a> slept in this tree — but Lodge said that part’s probably just a legend.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The loop trail is flat, and it never gets too hot, Lodge said, but if you are feeling toasty, you can always jump in the San Lorenzo River.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>If you’re looking for a longer trek, the dog and bike-friendly \u003ca href=\"https://www.alltrails.com/trail/us/california/pipeline-road-trail\">Pipeline Road Trail\u003c/a>, runs past the redwood grove and parallels the river for several miles. Or, take the \u003ca href=\"https://modernhiker.com/hike/henry-cowell-observation-deck-loop/\">5-mile loop hike\u003c/a> to the redwoods observation deck, so you can view the canopy from above.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cem>Cost: \u003c/em>There is a $10 fee to park your car at the state park. Dogs are allowed on many trails, but not on \u003ca href=\"https://www.alltrails.com/trail/us/california/redwood-grove-loop-trail--2\">the old-growth loop trail.\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>For secluded camping, try \u003ca id=\"PortolaRedwoodsStatePark\">\u003c/a>Portola Redwoods in San Mateo County\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>So hidden in the Santa Cruz Mountains, it’s hard to believe that \u003ca href=\"https://www.parks.ca.gov/?page_id=539\">Portola Redwoods State Park\u003c/a> is just over a dozen miles from the heart of Silicon Valley.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>With its dense canopy, large campsites and a number of trails, waterfalls and creeks to explore, this park is perfect for a quick overnight camping getaway within the Bay Area.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12050832\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-12050832 size-full\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/08/PortolaRedwoodsGetty.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/08/PortolaRedwoodsGetty.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/08/PortolaRedwoodsGetty-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/08/PortolaRedwoodsGetty-1536x1024.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Portola Redwoods State Park in San Mateo County, California. \u003ccite>(yhelfman/iStock via Getty Imaes)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Thick huckleberry bushes produce fruit in late summer and banana slugs are plentiful on the forest floor — plus, you can explore several easy and moderate hikes straight from your campsite.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>While this park is secluded, it can get popular, \u003ca href=\"https://reservecalifornia.com/Web/#!park/695\">so make a reservation for overnight camping\u003c/a> or try to snag one of its walk-in sites. Or, come for the day, and adventure through the park’s \u003ca href=\"https://www.parks.ca.gov/?page_id=28557\">18 miles of trails\u003c/a>, including the \u003ca href=\"https://www.alltrails.com/trail/us/california/iverson-trail-to-tiptoe-falls\">Iverson Trail to Tiptoe Falls\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cem>Cost: \u003c/em>There is a $10 fee to park your car at the state park. Dogs are allowed only in campsites, picnic areas and on paved roads.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>Bask in the heat in Wine Country’s Hendy Woods State Park\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>At 200-acre \u003ca href=\"https://www.parks.ca.gov/?page_id=438\">Hendy Woods State Park\u003c/a> in Mendocino County, Bay Area visitors are frequent, especially in the peak summer months when school is out, Senior Park Aide Laurie Cooper said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“It’s close enough [to the Bay Area] where it feels like you \u003cem>went \u003c/em>somewhere, but you’re not spending your whole day driving,” Cooper said. But as soon as fall rolls around, “you can walk for an hour and not see anybody.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12050834\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12050834\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/08/HendyWoodsGetty.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/08/HendyWoodsGetty.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/08/HendyWoodsGetty-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/08/HendyWoodsGetty-1536x1024.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">The Discovery Trail takes you into the heart of the redwoods at the Hendy Woods State Park, 8 miles northwest of Boonville, on Oct. 10, 2010. A trip up to Anderson Valley is just two hours from San Francisco, yet this 25-mile valley has become an internationally known appellation. \u003ccite>(Lianne Milton/Getty Images)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>The park’s main attractions are its two untouched redwood groves — \u003ca href=\"https://www.alltrails.com/trail/us/california/big-hendy-long-loop\">Big Hendy\u003c/a> and \u003ca href=\"https://www.alltrails.com/trail/us/california/little-hendy-grove\">Little Hendy\u003c/a> — and its \u003ca href=\"https://www.alltrails.com/trail/us/california/hendy-woods-discovery-trail\">Discovery Trail\u003c/a>, a fully wheelchair-accessible way to take in the thousand-year-old trees. And don’t miss the \u003ca href=\"https://www.redwoodhikes.com/Hendy/LittleHendy.html\">Hermit Hut Trail\u003c/a>, which leads hikers to an area of the forest where \u003ca href=\"https://www.sfgate.com/northcoast/article/hendy-woods-hermit-mendocino-redwoods-20354002.php\">Russian immigrant Petro Zailenko lived alone \u003c/a>deep in the woods and away from civilization for almost two decades in the 1960s and 70s.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Less cold than other redwood forests, Hendy Woods is ideal for \u003ca href=\"https://www.hendywoods.org/day-use-hendy-woods\">picnicking on the banks of the Navarro River or swimming under the Greenwood Road bridge.\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“We’re very lucky,” Cooper said. “We’re just far enough inland where there are certain days where you smell the ocean, but the fog burns off quickly here.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cem>Cost: \u003c/em>It’s $8 to access the park for the day. Dogs are allowed in the park but cannot go on trails.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>\u003ca id=\"ArmstrongRedwoodsStateNaturalReserve\">\u003c/a>To hug a tree, go to Armstrong Redwoods State Natural Reserve in Sonoma County\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>Beloved by locals and visitors alike, \u003ca href=\"https://www.parks.ca.gov/?page_id=450\">Armstrong Redwoods State Natural Reserve,\u003c/a> just north of Guerneville and the Russian River, has something for everyone, Hall said, including an entire area dedicated to hugging an old-growth redwood. \u003ca href=\"https://www.youtube.com/shorts/e2JBZfY2-y0\">A ramp and wooden decking lead visitors up next to the “hugging tree,”\u003c/a> where you can take a moment and give this iconic species a big embrace.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12050855\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"max-width: 1920px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12050855\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/08/Armstrong-Redwoods-2.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1280\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/08/Armstrong-Redwoods-2.png 1920w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/08/Armstrong-Redwoods-2-160x107.png 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/08/Armstrong-Redwoods-2-1536x1024.png 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1920px) 100vw, 1920px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Armstrong Redwoods State Natural Reserve \u003ccite>(Comstock via Getty)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>The main trails through the old-growth grove are flat and accessible to wheelchairs and strollers, and where you can check out the park’s tallest tree, Parson Jones. You’ll also find its oldest tree, a 1,400-year-old Colonel Armstrong, and the “Icicle tree,” which is dripping with large knots called burls.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>And if you’re looking for a full day of hiking, there are also more strenuous trails that take you up and over the ridge to the backside of the park and into other state parks.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>While the reserve can get busy between 10 a.m. and 2 p.m. on weekends and holidays, Hall said it tends to be quiet outside of those peak times.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>As for what first-time visitors to the park should know: “Don’t be in a hurry,” Hall said. “Come and enjoy the walk.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cem>Cost: \u003c/em>Pay $10 to park or get in for free on foot or via bike. Dogs are allowed in the park but cannot go on trails and must stay on paved roads only.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>For idyllic biking, roll over to \u003ca id=\"SamuelPTaylorStatePark\">\u003c/a>Samuel P. Taylor State Park in Marin\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>If zooming through tall trees is on your to-do list, try bringing a bike (or renting in \u003ca href=\"https://mountainbikesf.com/\">nearby Fairfax\u003c/a>) and taking a scenic ride through \u003ca href=\"https://www.parks.ca.gov/?page_id=469\">Samuel P. Taylor State Park\u003c/a> in Marin County.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>For a relaxed and flat ride, head to \u003ca href=\"https://www.nps.gov/thingstodo/walk-the-cross-marin-trail.htm\">the Cross Marin Trail,\u003c/a> which follows the old North Pacific Coast Railroad for 5 miles along Lagunitas Creek. Three of these miles are through the park, where you can take in the full biodiversity of the redwood forest located just outside of Point Reyes.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12050836\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12050836\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/08/SamuelPTaylorRedwoodsGetty.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/08/SamuelPTaylorRedwoodsGetty.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/08/SamuelPTaylorRedwoodsGetty-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/08/SamuelPTaylorRedwoodsGetty-1536x1024.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">The morning sun shines through tall redwood trees that nearly hide a campsite from view in Samuel P. Taylor State Park in California. \u003ccite>(Brent Durand/Getty Images)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>If hiking is more your speed, head to the short \u003ca href=\"https://www.alltrails.com/trail/us/california/barnabe-peak-loop-via-barnabee-road-and-cross-marin-trail\">Pioneer Tree Trail\u003c/a> loop, whose 2.5-mile route showcases the park’s small but mighty old-growth forest. Or, \u003ca href=\"https://www.redwoodhikes.com/Taylor/Barnabe.html\">check out the steep 6-mile loop trek to the top of Barnabe Peak\u003c/a> for sweeping views of nearby peaks and the rolling hills and small towns of the Marin valley below.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cem>Cost: \u003c/em>It costs $8 to park in the lot. Dogs are allowed only in picnic areas and on the Cross Marin Trail.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>Still dead set on Muir Woods? \u003ca id=\"ShuttletoMuirWoods\">\u003c/a>Try the shuttle\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>If none of these strike your fancy, and you’re still hoping to head to Muir Woods, \u003ca href=\"https://gomuirwoods.com/muir/shuttleInfo\">try taking the shuttle instead\u003c/a>. The tickets don’t sell out nearly as quickly as the parking ones do (although they do still sell out), and there are options on both weekends and weekdays.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>On weekends and holidays, the shuttle goes to and from the \u003ca href=\"http://goldengate.org/ferry/route-schedule/larkspur-san-francisco/\">Larkspur Landing Ferry Terminal\u003c/a>, so you can park there for free or take the ferry to another destination. Shuttles run from 8 a.m. to 6:45 p.m.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11741058\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2048px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-11741058\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2019/04/RS36596_GettyImages-177068764.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2048\" height=\"1372\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2019/04/RS36596_GettyImages-177068764.jpg 2048w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2019/04/RS36596_GettyImages-177068764-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2019/04/RS36596_GettyImages-177068764-800x536.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2019/04/RS36596_GettyImages-177068764-1020x683.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2019/04/RS36596_GettyImages-177068764-1200x804.jpg 1200w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2019/04/RS36596_GettyImages-177068764-1920x1286.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2048px) 100vw, 2048px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Majestic coastal redwoods in Muir Woods National Monument. \u003ccite>(Justin Sullivan/Getty Images)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Weekday shuttles go to and from the \u003ca href=\"https://www.goldengate.org/ferry/route-schedule/sausalito-san-francisco/\">Sausalito Ferry Terminal\u003c/a>, where paid parking is available, from 8:30 a.m. to 5:15 p.m.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In addition to the shuttle tickets, which cost $3.75 each way, you’ll have to purchase your $15 entrance ticket to the park unless you have an annual national parks pass.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Be sure to book your shuttle in both directions, and remember: There is no cell phone service in the park, so be sure to download your tickets ahead of time.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003c/div>",
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"content": "\u003cp>The \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/tag/santa-cruz\">Santa Cruz\u003c/a> wharf is set to reopen on Saturday, nearly two weeks after a 150-foot portion \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12019684/santa-cruz-wharf-partially-collapses-as-pacific-storm-pounds-californias-coast\">collapsed into the water\u003c/a> amid a surge of strong waves.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Santa Cruz officials had previously suggested that the wharf \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12020079/santa-cruz-wharf-likely-to-be-closed-for-weeks-after-partial-collapse\">could be closed for weeks\u003c/a> or longer as they worked to figure out whether it was structurally safe. Several pieces of heavy machinery that fell into the water also posed a potential risk to the pier.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Namely, there was a large crane, and there was a skid steer… We wanted to identify those to make sure that those didn’t become hazards in running into the wharf through future storms,” said Tony Elliot, director of Santa Cruz Parks and Recreation, which oversees the wharf.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But after completing a sonar and engineering assessment, city officials said they found that the wharf was safe and that the machinery was not close enough to pose a risk.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The U.S. Coast Guard said in a statement that it also reviewed the findings, agreeing with the city’s assessment.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“The crane was located approximately 160 feet southeast of the collapsed face of the Wharf, which is a safe distance away,” said Marine Safety Specialist Response Francis Schiano. “The crane is stuck at this time and not moving around.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The city plans to hold a reopening ceremony at the wharf on Saturday morning. The end of the wharf closest to the collapse will be closed to foot traffic, though that portion was already closed off prior to the collapse as crews worked to repair damage caused by last winter’s storms.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In the weeks ahead, crews will work to recover the sunken machinery, Elliot said. The city will also work on a broader effort to clean up the debris from the collapse, including many large structural columns called pilings.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“We lost somewhere around 300 pilings in the wharf collapse, and we know that that debris has spread throughout Santa Cruz County and perhaps beyond,” Elliot said. “We’re working very closely again with the U.S. Coast Guard, with California State Parks, Santa Cruz County, a number of stakeholders to remove that debris and get the region cleaned up from this disaster.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12019693\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 1016px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12019693\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/12/SantaCruzWharf-1020x929-1.jpg\" alt=\"A broken pier floating in the water, with big waves.\" width=\"1016\" height=\"650\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/12/SantaCruzWharf-1020x929-1.jpg 1016w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/12/SantaCruzWharf-1020x929-1-800x512.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/12/SantaCruzWharf-1020x929-1-160x102.jpg 160w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1016px) 100vw, 1016px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">A portion of the Santa Cruz wharf collapsed in the early afternoon on Monday, Dec. 23, 2024, as heavy surf from Pacific storms pounded California’s coast. \u003ccite>(Santa Cruz Fire Department/Instagram)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Elliot also cautioned beachgoers to look out for the debris at nearby beaches and exercise caution. After the collapse, debris washed up on beaches as far as 10 miles south of the wharf.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Some beaches and some areas remained closed and hazardous. So, on behalf of the city and the partners that we’re working with to clean up debris, we just encourage the community to stay safe. Don’t climb on the debris,” Elliot said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Still left unanswered is whether the city plans to \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12019798/repair-work-left-santa-cruz-wharf-vulnerable-to-collapse-a-rebuild-is-uncertain\">rebuild the section that collapsed\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The wharf is more than a century old, and city officials have publicly questioned how long it can withstand years of being battered by large waves, especially if climate change means those stronger ocean swells \u003ca href=\"https://news.ucsc.edu/2019/01/wave-power.html\">become more frequent\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[aside postID=news_12019798 hero='https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/12/GettyImages-2190738186-1020x680.jpg']\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>At a press conference days after the collapse, Santa Cruz Mayor Fred Keeley said rebuilding may not be the best move.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“What we experienced in the last couple of days — this is what we need to plan for. 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"title": "Bay Area Scrambles to Clean Up as Yet Another Storm System Hits the Region",
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"content": "\u003cp>\u003cem>This story will no longer be updated. \u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u003cstrong>Update, 6:15 p.m. Wednesday:\u003c/strong> The body of a 43-year-old Ukiah woman was \u003c/span>\u003ca href=\"https://www.facebook.com/sonoma.sheriff/posts/pfbid0EUopLZweo6aLz38eLT2PHomYTgq7NnUUfyTRp9WwGHKJ5rjtCLbcHXpwnYuwxynKl\">\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\">recovered from a submerged vehicle in Forestville today\u003c/span>\u003c/a>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, according to the Sonoma County Sheriff’s Office. \u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Dispatch reported receiving a 911 call from a driver that her car was stuck in floodwaters in the 6000 block of Trenton-Healdsburg Road, Forestville. The caller reported there was water in the car before the line was disconnected. Dispatch immediately tried to call back several times with no response.\u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Deputies from the Sheriff’s Office, fire personnel from Sonoma County Fire District and the California Highway Patrol\u003c/span>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> arrived Tuesday but couldn’t locate the vehicle, calling off the search at sunset when it became too dangerous to continue. The search resumed Wednesday when they found the vehicle submerged in 8\u003c/span>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\">–\u003c/span>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\">10 feet of flood water approximately 100 yards off the road.\u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The woman was identified as Daphne Fontino by the Sonoma County Coroner’s Office, according to a \u003c/span>\u003ca href=\"https://www.facebook.com/sonoma.sheriff/posts/pfbid0EUopLZweo6aLz38eLT2PHomYTgq7NnUUfyTRp9WwGHKJ5rjtCLbcHXpwnYuwxynKl\">\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\">news release\u003c/span>\u003c/a>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> from the Sonoma County Sheriff’s Office. This brings the \u003c/span>\u003ca href=\"https://www.latimes.com/california/story/2023-01-10/tracking-the-deaths-from-californias-winter-storms\">\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\">total number of confirmed deaths\u003c/span>\u003c/a>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> as a result of storm events since Dec. 30 to 19, \u003c/span>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\">the \u003c/span>\u003ci>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Los Angeles Times\u003c/span>\u003c/i>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> is reporting.\u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cblockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n\u003cp lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">This morning we found a in a submerged car in the 6000 block of Trenton-Healdsburg Road, Forestville, with one occupant who had died. The occupant is Daphne Fontino, 43, Ukiah. Our deepest condolences to her family and friends. Details on our Facebook page. \u003ca href=\"https://t.co/BO7qmJdvnG\">pic.twitter.com/BO7qmJdvnG\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>— Sonoma Sheriff (@sonomasheriff) \u003ca href=\"https://twitter.com/sonomasheriff/status/1613241647357390848?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">January 11, 2023\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\u003c/blockquote>\n\u003cp>\u003cscript async src=\"https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\">\u003c/script>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\">In Hollister last night, a swift water rescue team made up of personnel from the Oakland Fire Department and members of seven other local agencies \u003c/span>\u003ca href=\"https://www.oaklandca.gov/news/2023/swift-water-rescue-team-saves-two-adults-from-submerged-vehicle-in-hollister-ca-on-tuesday\">\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\">rescued two men after their truck was overwhelmed\u003c/span>\u003c/a>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> by fast-moving floodwaters in the vicinity of \u003c/span>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\">595 Hospital Road, according to the City of Oakland.\u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The vehicle became stuck and was subsequently submerged in high water as the two passengers found themselves trapped on top of the vehicle. The rescue team used multiple ladders and other technical rescue tools to reach them and help them to safety. The men declined medical treatment but did not appear to be suffering from any injuries.\u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\">“The technical skill and communication involved in the rescue was phenomenal, and I hope this incident is a reminder for everyone about the dangers of attempting to drive through powerful and unpredictable storm water,” said Oakland Fire Chief Reginald Freeman. \u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Meanwhile, Pacific Gas and Electric said power outages continued to affect more than 15,956 customers in the Bay Area as of 4 p.m. Wednesday, 13,059 of whom are in the South Bay, with \u003c/span>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\">1,304 PG&E customers without power in the North Bay, 1,457 on the Peninsula, 131 in the East Bay, and five without power in San Francisco.\u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cb>Update, 4:45 p.m. Wednesday: \u003c/b>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The PBF refinery in Martinez has released more than 11 million gallons of refinery-processed wastewater and storm water into the Carquinez Strait during the successive storms that have slammed the region over the last two weeks, according to the latest estimates from Bay Area water regulators.\u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\">That’s close to double the estimate from last Friday — the same day local residents complained of an odor coming from the facility, which has had a number of significant spills in recent years.\u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Eileen White, executive officer of the San Francisco Bay Regional Water Quality Control Board, said the discharge volume is now up to 11.2 million gallons for the Martinez refinery, but emphasized that “everything is still estimated.”\u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\">White also confirmed that Chevron’s Richmond refinery is releasing wastewater into the bay as well, but it’s still unclear how much.\u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\">“It sounds like it’s ongoing, so we won’t have a spill volume until later,” she said. “Everyone’s still in the response mode, with three more atmospheric rivers forecasted for the next week.”\u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The spills are among \u003c/span>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\">a number of local instances\u003c/span>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> in which the recent torrential rains have overwhelmed infrastructure like storm drains, sewer lines and treatment plants, forcing significant amounts of wastewater into local waterways.\u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cb>Update, 1:40 p.m. Wednesday: \u003c/b>Another day, another storm. Wednesday delivered more heavy rain to much of the Bay Area, a day after the region was hit with an extremely rare cocktail of hail, thunder and lightning.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Yesterday’s storm system, part of the recent unrelenting series of atmospheric river events blasting California, has now moved well inland and is currently bringing mountain snows across the Intermountain West and into much of the central Rockies.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But now, \u003ca href=\"https://origin.wpc.ncep.noaa.gov/discussions/hpcdiscussions.php?disc=pmdspd\">“an enormous cyclone rotating well off the West Coast” is responsible for this latest round\u003c/a> of heavy precipitation and gusty winds in Northern California, according to the National Weather Service. The North Bay is forecast to get the worst of today’s storm, with the potential for 2–3 inches of rain through the day, along with up to another 2 inches on Thursday.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>About 2–3 inches of rain are expected to fall in the East Bay Wednesday, along with 1–2 inches in Santa Cruz County and up to 1.5 inches in the South Bay, in San Francisco and down the Peninsula.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Aside from the North Bay, Thursday should bring a brief respite (relatively speaking) to the rest of the Bay Area, with just 0.1–0.5 inches expected, before \u003ci>another\u003c/i> storm front moves through the region Friday through Sunday. That storm is expected to drop 1–2 inches in San Francisco and on the Peninsula, 1.5–3 inches in Santa Cruz County, and 1–2 inches in the South Bay.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Meanwhile, in the North Bay, up to 4 inches are expected over the weekend, spurring new concerns of the Russian River flooding. The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Association/NWS California Nevada River Forecast Center had \u003ca href=\"https://www.cnrfc.noaa.gov/graphicalRVF.php?id=GUEC1\">predicted the Russian River would experience a double-crested flood\u003c/a>, but that prediction has been revised and the Russian River \u003ca href=\"https://www.cnrfc.noaa.gov/graphicalRVF.php?id=GUEC1\">is not expected to reach flood levels\u003c/a> again in the coming days. As of Wednesday, the Sonoma Sheriff’s Office lifted the evacuation warning for all residents living near the Russian River floodway and its tributaries just south of Healdsburg to Jenner.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"https://www.scoe.org/cs/blank/print/htdocs/storm-update.html\">Full school closures in four school districts of Sonoma County\u003c/a> remain in place Wednesday “due to storm related impacts,” according to the Sonoma County Office of Education. The affected school districts are Fort Ross Elementary, Horicon, Kashia and Montgomery Elementary, with no virtual or in-person classes. The school districts have been closed since last week, with Horicon since Jan. 4 and the others since Jan. 5. The announcement included the caveat that officials at school districts make decisions independent of the county office.\u003c/p>\n\u003cblockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n\u003cp lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">As \u003ca href=\"https://twitter.com/hashtag/GOESEast?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#GOESEast\u003c/a> monitors the U.S. today, a storm system associated with recent atmospheric river activity has moved well inland, bringing rain and mountain snow across the Intermountain West and into much of the central Rockies. \u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Latest: \u003ca href=\"https://t.co/wJGBXDcNu2\">https://t.co/wJGBXDcNu2\u003c/a> \u003ca href=\"https://t.co/BBXfXHUw66\">pic.twitter.com/BBXfXHUw66\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>— NOAA Satellites (@NOAASatellites) \u003ca href=\"https://twitter.com/NOAASatellites/status/1613238902093156353?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">January 11, 2023\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\u003c/blockquote>\n\u003cp>\u003cscript async src=\"https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\">\u003c/script>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Update, 5:30 p.m. Tuesday:\u003c/strong> A rare display of hail, thunder and lightning hit parts of the Bay Area on Tuesday, the latest wrinkle in a series of dramatic winter storms that have slammed the region with heavy rain and high winds.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Pea-sized hail fell in numerous cities in the area, including in Berkeley, but no damage was reported as a result.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>https://twitter.com/KathyLee510/status/1612861403068772353?s=20&t=-p1ji8JblKAJGa8jz3ClGg\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>A flood watch was in effect for much of the Bay Area through Tuesday afternoon as swollen rivers, creeks and streams threatened to overflow their banks, according to the National Weather Service.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Several areas of Monterey and Santa Cruz counties remained under evacuation orders or warnings as of Tuesday afternoon. Monterey County residents are encouraged to check whether they are in an area under evacuation order by \u003ca href=\"https://bit.ly/3Za0Xc0\">typing in their address here\u003c/a>. Santa Cruz County residents can do the same \u003ca href=\"https://aware.zonehaven.com/search\">via the Zonehaven platform\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Meanwhile, communities along the Russian River breathed a collective sigh of relief when evacuation warnings were lifted late Tuesday morning after officials determined that the river had crested at 31.7 feet earlier in the morning, just shy of the 32-foot flood stage.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Update, 4 p.m. Tuesday:\u003c/strong> Gov. Gavin Newsom on Tuesday afternoon surveyed flood-damaged small businesses in Capitola Village, a community near Santa Cruz that has been particularly hard-hit by relentless storm surges.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“We’re soaked. This place is soaked,” he said, warning that additional storms in the coming days, even if less severe, will pack a mighty punch. “And now just more modest precipitation could have equal or greater impact in terms of the conditions on the ground.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Newsom said an emergency declaration by President Biden now includes 31 California counties and means that “direct assistance will be forthcoming when conditions are right and we’ve assessed the damage.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“We’re not walking away,” he said, pledging to help small businesses recover. “Obviously, they’re going to have to assess their own insurance liabilities and it all will be determinative in terms of where we land. But we’ll do our best.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>https://twitter.com/rachaelmyrow/status/1612943504619237376\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Newsom said he wanted to be careful to not “overpromise” and leave people “wanting and angry.” But, he added, “obviously the state, its intention, as is the federal government, is to help in the short run and the long run to be there for these businesses.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Update, 2:45 p.m. Tuesday: \u003c/strong>BART is reporting major delays at the Richmond station in the Berryessa, Richmond and Millbrae directions. There is a major power outage.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Update, 2:30 p.m. Tuesday: \u003c/strong>As thunderstorms rolled across the Bay Area, lightning struck some of San Francisco’s landmarks, including Sutro Tower and the Transamerica Pyramid.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>https://twitter.com/hairessy/status/1612914815848308737?s=20&t=jJZMneLyAGl-C_PIeNG-Tg\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>https://twitter.com/BettyKPIX/status/1612943337493004288\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Update, 2:15 p.m. Tuesday: \u003c/strong>Around 40 people in some 29 RVs sought refuge at the Forestville Youth Park in Sonoma County’s Forestville, after being forced to evacuate nearby RV parks.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Darby, a Maribel resident who declined to give his last name, has been stationed at the park since Friday.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>He, along with around 28 other RVs, totaling some 40 people, moved their RVs to the park after flooding at the Mirabel RV Park and Guerneville’s River Bend RV Park sent people searching for higher ground.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“It’s been actually pretty crazy,” Darby said. “We’re not home. We don’t have electricity. We don’t have sewer.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Although evacuation orders lifted Tuesday, a power outage at the Mirabel RV Park means residents aren’t expected to return until Friday, said Tim Miller, executive director at West County Community Services, which has been helping provide some prepared meals, portable toilets and handwashing stations for the storm refugees.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11937695\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2560px\">\u003ca href=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2023/01/69499143389__D36A8A0C-D653-4D4C-9860-56B164042D27-scaled.jpg\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-11937695 size-full\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2023/01/69499143389__D36A8A0C-D653-4D4C-9860-56B164042D27-scaled.jpg\" alt=\"A line of RVs and cars along a rainy road, apparently during a sunny break in the storm, under tall, leafless trees and alongside a green athletic field.\" width=\"2560\" height=\"1920\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/01/69499143389__D36A8A0C-D653-4D4C-9860-56B164042D27-scaled.jpg 2560w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/01/69499143389__D36A8A0C-D653-4D4C-9860-56B164042D27-800x600.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/01/69499143389__D36A8A0C-D653-4D4C-9860-56B164042D27-1020x765.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/01/69499143389__D36A8A0C-D653-4D4C-9860-56B164042D27-160x120.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/01/69499143389__D36A8A0C-D653-4D4C-9860-56B164042D27-1536x1152.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/01/69499143389__D36A8A0C-D653-4D4C-9860-56B164042D27-2048x1536.jpg 2048w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/01/69499143389__D36A8A0C-D653-4D4C-9860-56B164042D27-1920x1440.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 2560px) 100vw, 2560px\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">About 29 RVs sought refuge at the Forestville Youth Park in Forestville after storms pummeled the Bay Area and prompted evacuation orders for two nearby RV parks along the Russian River, Monday, Jan. 9, 2023. \u003ccite>(Danielle Venton/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>On Tuesday, Miller said county workers also emptied refuse tanks for the RV dwellers.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Which is terrific,” he said, “because people have been here for a while.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In 20 years of working for the Red Cross and West County Community Services, Miller said he’s seen more intense flooding at the Russian River, but nothing quite so long-lasting.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“It’s just gone on for a really long time,” he said. “People living in RVs are pretty self-sufficient, but it’s expensive to live away from home.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Without access to plumbing or power, the bills for potable water and food that can be eaten without refrigeration add up, Miller said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“For people who are low-income, whether you’re homeless or in an RV, when you lose power or are displaced, the cost of living goes up,” he said. “And, that’s really taxing emotionally and financially.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Update, 12:15 p.m. Tuesday:\u003c/strong> The National Weather Service is reporting that \u003ca href=\"https://twitter.com/NWSSacramento/status/1612872985437962240/photo/1\">thunderstorms will be possible Tuesday across Northern California\u003c/a>. And, a flash flood warning was issued for parts of San Francisco, Daly City and South San Francisco.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The most likely time frame for the thunderstorms was estimated to be from 12 p.m. to 8 p.m. Potential impacts could include lightning, small hail, heavy rain, strong wing gusts and possible funnel clouds or even brief tornados.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Update, 12:10 p.m. Tuesday: \u003c/strong>The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration posted a time-lapse video to Twitter Tuesday showing the massive atmospheric river that’s been battering the West Coast.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The time-lapse spans from Jan. 6 through Jan. 10.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>https://twitter.com/NOAASatellites/status/1612883133652926465\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Update, 12 p.m. Tuesday: \u003c/strong>The Sonoma County Sheriff’s Office lifted an evacuation warning late Tuesday morning that had been in place since Jan. 4 for the Russian River.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The order affected thousands of people in low-lying areas between Healdsburg and Jenner.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Early Tuesday morning, around 3 a.m., the river crested fractions of an inch below flood stage and is now expected go down.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Some roads are still closed, however, owing to flooded creeks and downed trees. The Sonoma County Board of Supervisors is planning to adopt an emergency declaration today, opening up a pathway for state and federal aid.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11937692\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003ca href=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2023/01/9087DD7B-BAED-4FD6-86F7-DAB5EA222B31.jpg\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-11937692\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2023/01/9087DD7B-BAED-4FD6-86F7-DAB5EA222B31-800x533.jpg\" alt=\"rain pours off an overpass on a stormy gray day in San Francisco\" width=\"800\" height=\"533\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/01/9087DD7B-BAED-4FD6-86F7-DAB5EA222B31-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/01/9087DD7B-BAED-4FD6-86F7-DAB5EA222B31-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/01/9087DD7B-BAED-4FD6-86F7-DAB5EA222B31-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/01/9087DD7B-BAED-4FD6-86F7-DAB5EA222B31-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/01/9087DD7B-BAED-4FD6-86F7-DAB5EA222B31.jpg 1620w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Rain pours off of the Central Freeway overpass near Folsom and 13th Streets in San Francisco on Jan. 10, 2023. \u003ccite>(Beth LaBerge/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Update, 11:45 a.m. Tuesday:\u003c/strong> The \u003ca href=\"https://www.sfchronicle.com/weather/article/California-storm-rain-update-17706756.php\">San Francisco Chronicle\u003c/a> reported Tuesday that millions of gallons of stormwater mixed with raw sewage has made its way into creeks, the San Francisco Bay, and city streets as recent rains overwhelm sewers and treatment plants.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Eileen White, executive officer of the San Francisco Bay Regional Water Quality Control Board told the Chronicle there were 90 reports of unauthorized wastewater or raw sewage discharges around the Bay Area between Dec. 30 and Jan. 3, totaling 14 million gallons.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Another 8 million gallons of unauthorized discharges were reported during the storm on Jan. 4 and Jan. 5.\u003c/p>\n\u003cdiv id=\"paywall\" class=\"content-wrapper\">\n\u003cp>“Don’t jump in puddles,” White told the Chronicle. “Especially in San Francisco — you want to be careful that there [could be] sewage in that.”\u003c/p>\n\u003c/div>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Update, 11:35 a.m. Tuesday: \u003c/strong>As of 11 a.m., at least 75,808 Pacific Gas and Electric households in the Bay Area were without power — down from the more than 93,700 customers without power earlier in the morning.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Residents in the South Bay were bearing the brunt of the outages, with 46,636 customers without power, followed by the Peninsula with 15,520 homes in the dark.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In the North Bay, 6,198 homes were without power; in San Francisco, the number was 3,909; and in the East Bay, 3,545 households were experiencing outages.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Update, 11:30 a.m. Tuesday: \u003c/strong>Officials in Santa Clara County say the recent storms have significantly affected county-maintained roads, causing closures due to mudslides, flooding and downed trees.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Crews are working to reopen the roads, including:\u003c/p>\n\u003cul>\n\u003cli>New Avenue from Leavesley to Buenavista due to wires on road\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>Mt. Charlie due to tree down with power lines\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>Idylwild due to tree down with power lines\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>Gist Road due to tree down with power lines\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>Bear Creek Road due to two slip outs\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>Castro Valley Road from Santa Teresa to Highway 101 due to flooding\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>Frazer Lake at Highway 152 to the San Benito County line due to flooding\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>Uvas Road from Watsonville Road to the Uvas Reservoir boat ramp\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>Bolsa Road from Highway 25 to Bloomfield due to flooding\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>Bloomfield Road from 152 to Frazer Lake due to flooding\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>Black Road from Thompson to Skyline due to mudslide\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>Santa Teresa Blvd. from Highland to California due to flooding\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>Calaveras Road from Felter Road to Alameda County line\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>Mines Road from Del Puerto Road to Alameda County line due to two washouts\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>Sierra Road from Skyview Drive to Felter Road due to slide/storm debris\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>Mesa Road from Santa Teresa to Highway101 due to flooding\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>Mt. Madonna Road (dirt section) from 1.75 miles east of Redwood Retreat Road to Summit Road in Gilroy\u003c/li>\n\u003c/ul>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"https://protect-us.mimecast.com/s/PecpCZ6W5NuoDJXJtzk8_B?domain=sccgov.us5.list-manage.com\">More emergency road closure information is available at www.sccgov.org/roadclosures.\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Update, 11:15 a.m. Tuesday: \u003c/strong>The death tally from the recent storms has now risen to 15 as of 8 a.m., said Brian Ferguson, spokesperson for the California Office of Emergency Services.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The state began tracking weather-related deaths since the Dec. 30 storm, with one additional death reported overnight.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>There is no estimate yet for the total cost of storm-related damage, he said, but “because of the scope of the damage, we do estimate that it will be substantial.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11937648\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003ca href=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2023/01/GettyImages-1455546837-scaled.jpg\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-11937648\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2023/01/GettyImages-1455546837-800x536.jpg\" alt=\"firefighters work to remove a tree from the road after a storm\" width=\"800\" height=\"536\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/01/GettyImages-1455546837-800x536.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/01/GettyImages-1455546837-1020x683.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/01/GettyImages-1455546837-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/01/GettyImages-1455546837-1536x1028.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/01/GettyImages-1455546837-2048x1371.jpg 2048w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/01/GettyImages-1455546837-1920x1286.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">San Francisco firefighters remove a large tree branch that fell onto a parked car due to high winds from the early Tuesday morning storm, Jan. 10, 2022. The San Francisco Bay Area and much of California continues to get drenched by powerful atmospheric river events that have brought high winds and flooding rains, toppling trees, flooding roads and cutting power to tens of thousands. \u003ccite>(Justin Sullivan/Getty Images)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Update, 11 a.m. Tuesday:\u003c/strong> Mary Ellen Carroll, executive director of San Francisco’s Department of Emergency Management said in a tweet Tuesday that \u003ca href=\"https://twitter.com/SFDEM_MEC/status/1612864285629382656\">overnight wind and rain in the city caused 40 trees to fall or have damage\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“More rain, wind, high surf and possibly thunder and lighting on deck for today,” she said. “Be careful out there.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Crews were out Tuesday clearing the debris. Residents can text their ZIP code to AlertSF at 888-777 for road closures and areas to avoid.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>https://twitter.com/SFFDPIO/status/1612881982865956866\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Update, 10:45 a.m. Tuesday: \u003c/strong>The San Francisco Department of Parks and Recreation reported Tuesday that several parks were closed due to the storms.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The TPC Harding, Fleming, Golden Gate Park, Lincoln Park and Sharp Park golf courses were closed, along with the Japanese Tea Garden, the San Francisco Botanical Garden, SOMA West Skate Park, Grattan Playground, Peixotto Playground, Stern Grove, Pine Lake, the Great Highway and all grass fields.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Update, 10:30 a.m. Tuesday: \u003c/strong>The CHP is reporting a number of road closures as a result of the wet weather battering the Bay Area Tuesday. Public transit also is affected.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In Alameda County, State Route 84 between Niles Canyon and Pleasanton Sunol roads in Fremont is blocked due to flooding and a landslide.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In San Francisco, the Great Highway south of Sloat Boulevard is closed due to storm-related erosion.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Further south, in San Mateo County, State Route 35 north of La Honda Road is blocked in both directions, due to downed wires.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>And in Santa Clara County, the connector ramp to southbound State Route 87 on southbound Interstate 280 in San José is closed, as is the right lane in the area.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In Santa Cruz County, State Route 9 east of Graham Hill Road is blocked in both directions due to downed wires.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>https://twitter.com/Caltrain/status/1612864447483367424\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In addition, BART is running trains at slower speeds due to the wet weather. The agency is asking passengers to add 20 minutes to their planned travel times to factor in the delays.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Amtrak’s Capitol Corridors trains are also delayed, and as of 9:30 a.m., the Valley Transportation Authority reported the Green Line light rail continues to be replaced by buses between Diridon and Fruitdale stations, due to a power outage.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>For more information on road closures and transit delays, visit \u003ca href=\"http://511.org/alerts/critical\">511.org/alerts/critical\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Update, 9 a.m. Tuesday: \u003c/strong>At least 93,742 Bay Area households were without power Tuesday morning, according to PG&E.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Residents in the South Bay were bearing the brunt of the outages, with 52,911 homes without power, followed by the Peninsula, with 19,053.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>There were 8,221 people without power in the East Bay; 7,414 in the dark in the North Bay; and 6,143 households without power in San Francisco.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Update, 8:30 a.m. Tuesday: \u003c/strong>A flood warning for the Russian River near Guerneville has been downgraded to an advisory, according to the National Weather Service’s Brooke Bingaman.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“It’s still in ‘monitor’ stage,” Bingaman said. “That’s near flood stage, but not quite. So, folks near Guerneville and along the Russian River should still be vigilant.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>With another bout of rain expected Wednesday, Bingaman said the forecast could change.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11937592\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003ca href=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2023/01/GettyImages-1455327013-scaled.jpg\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-11937592\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2023/01/GettyImages-1455327013-800x533.jpg\" alt=\"a person is seen from the back looking at a tree floating down a river in a storm\" width=\"800\" height=\"533\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/01/GettyImages-1455327013-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/01/GettyImages-1455327013-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/01/GettyImages-1455327013-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/01/GettyImages-1455327013-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/01/GettyImages-1455327013-2048x1365.jpg 2048w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/01/GettyImages-1455327013-1920x1280.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">A resident looks at a boat that is caught in a tree in the Russian River on Jan. 9, 2023 in Rio Nido, California. \u003ccite>(Justin Sullivan/Getty Images)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Update, 7:30 a.m. Tuesday:\u003c/strong> A series of punishing storms continued to dump rain Tuesday across the Bay Area, with winds of up to 70 mph and a flood watch in effect until the afternoon.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>More than 189,000 PG&E customers are without power this morning, as the storm brought \u003ca href=\"https://www.pgecurrents.com/articles/3629-pg-e-crews-full-force-restoring-power-amid-historic-storm-conditions-northern-central-california\">more than 100 cloud-to-ground lightning strikes as of 5:30 a.m.\u003c/a>, company officials said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The thunderstorm began offshore around the southern portion of Marin County through the Big Sur coastline, said Brooke Bingaman, a meteorologist with the National Weather Service San Francisco Bay Area.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>As the storm moved inland, San Francisco and Santa Cruz bore the brunt of it, she said, with the thunder rousing many from their sleep. But, it’s not the last of the storms for this week.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The Bay Area can expect intermittent showers later today, along with the chance of thunderstorms later in the morning and into the afternoon. More rain is expected Wednesday morning and in the early afternoon, followed by another storm over the weekend, Bingaman said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>With the ground already saturated and more rain flowing into rivers and creeks, she said the effects of the storm will continue to be felt for days or even weeks after the rain stops.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“The weather has definitely been unrelenting recently, and I know that it feels like we’re in a boxing ring and it’s just round after round,” Bingaman said. “We appreciate the fact that people are still paying attention to the advice [the National Weather Service is] giving and they’re listening to local officials, and we just ask that people continue doing that until we definitely get back into a dry spell.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>At least 14 people have died as a result of the storm — more than the past two years of wildfires combined — officials from the governor’s office said Monday.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Our message to Californians is simple: be hyper-vigilant,” Governor Gavin Newsom said in a statement. “There are still several days of severe winter weather ahead, and we need all Californians to be alert and heed the advice of emergency officials.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>On Tuesday, Newsom planned to unveil his budget for the upcoming fiscal year, which begins in July. The proposal includes\u003ca href=\"https://protect-us.mimecast.com/s/4cKACOYZQzi208O8Hk0qMM?domain=mclist.us7.list-manage.com\"> $202 million\u003c/a> in new investments for long-term flood prevention.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Update, 7 a.m. Tuesday: \u003c/strong>The Monterey County Sheriff’s Office issued an immediate evacuation order for residents in the low-lying areas of the Salinas River early Tuesday morning, after flooding south of San Lucas in the county’s southeastern corner.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Residents are being told to evacuate the following areas located south of San Lucas on the east side of U.S. Highway 101: Zone G-028A, south of Lockwood San Lucas Road, and north and west of Cattleman Road.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Update, 9 p.m. Monday:\u003c/strong> Lynda Hopkins described the past week as a marathon marked with an occasional sprint.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The Sonoma County supervisor, whose district encompasses the coast and the Russian River towns of Guerneville and Forestville, said she’s been busy keeping up with water levels that sometimes rise fast and recede just as quickly in between rounds of storm.[aside postID=news_11937103 hero='https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2023/01/RS61892_008_KQED_WoodStreetFlooding_01052023-qut-1020x680.jpg']“This has been a grind: a series of atmospheric rivers really devastating the electrical grid as well as our roads and infrastructure in western Sonoma County,” Hopkins told KQED.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Residents have been closely watching the river as it comes close to flood level.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Hopkins said county authorities prioritized evacuating residents who live in trailers and low-lying areas. The trailer parks provide affordable housing for people who make up the area’s workforce, but some of those residents don’t have trucks to move their trailers to higher ground, she said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The county also opened community support centers to help residents who lost power recharge their electronic devices and to give out care packages that include a battery pack. She also heard from many small-business owners who were hampered by power outages and workers who had to evacuate.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I’m expecting the economic ramifications of the flood to be substantial,” she said. “Even if the river doesn’t rise as high as we originally feared it would, we are looking at many millions, possibly tens of millions of dollars of infrastructure damage from this storm series, and we have had major catastrophic road failures.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cblockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n\u003cp lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">1/9/23 9:52AM: Moscow Rd near Monte Rio \u003ca href=\"https://t.co/2yPYwse9Bo\">pic.twitter.com/2yPYwse9Bo\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>— Sonoma Sheriff (@sonomasheriff) \u003ca href=\"https://twitter.com/sonomasheriff/status/1612523317168336898?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">January 9, 2023\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\u003c/blockquote>\n\u003cp>\u003cscript async src=\"https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\">\u003c/script>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Update, 7:30 p.m. Monday:\u003c/strong> Evacuation orders have been lifted in many parts of Santa Cruz County as water levels near rivers and creeks begin to recede.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Authorities on Monday morning ordered residents who live near the rain-swollen San Lorenzo River and four other creeks to leave. Major flooding in the mountain community of Felton led firefighters to go by jetski and inflatable rescue boat to reach stranded residents. In one street intersection, the water reached as high as the bottom of a stop sign.\u003c/p>\n\u003cblockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n\u003cp lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">FELTON GROVE FLOODING | Water rescue checking on Felton Grove residents (Credit: Rachel Oliveira)\u003cbr>The latest: \u003ca href=\"https://t.co/z8iHvTVtFN\">https://t.co/z8iHvTVtFN\u003c/a> \u003ca href=\"https://t.co/H38wYnHIvx\">pic.twitter.com/H38wYnHIvx\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>— KSBW Action News 8 (@ksbw) \u003ca href=\"https://twitter.com/ksbw/status/1612507596069511168?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">January 9, 2023\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\u003c/blockquote>\n\u003cp>\u003cscript async src=\"https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\">\u003c/script>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In Watsonville, residents in areas at risk of flooding were evacuated Monday morning as water seeped into homes. Orders remained in place for areas near the Pajaro River as authorities continued to monitor the levees that\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>hold the water back. A breach in the levees in 1995 caused widespread damage to homes and farms.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“There was a knock at the door and as we’re leaving … the water was already underneath [the] car so we have to make it out fast,” Dan Morales, 74, told KQED at an evacuation center set up at the Santa Cruz County Fairgrounds in Watsonville.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“That’s the only reason we’re here because [were it not] for the sheriff, we would have still been at home.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>UC Santa Cruz announced classes will be held online on Tuesday because of rapidly changing impacts of the storm. \u003ca href=\"https://news.ucsc.edu/2023/01/storm-impacts.html\">Student dorms were without power for most of Monday and power lines were in the roadway in parts of the campus\u003c/a>, according to the university’s website.\u003c/p>\n\u003cblockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n\u003cp lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Evacuation orders have been lifted in many parts of the County. Some zones remain in an evacuation warning. Check your zone at \u003ca href=\"https://t.co/s5GvnC3vMN\">https://t.co/s5GvnC3vMN\u003c/a>. \u003ca href=\"https://t.co/6DhEL1vIYc\">pic.twitter.com/6DhEL1vIYc\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>— Santa Cruz County (@sccounty) \u003ca href=\"https://twitter.com/sccounty/status/1612637845017223170?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">January 10, 2023\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\u003c/blockquote>\n\u003cp>\u003cscript async src=\"https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\">\u003c/script>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Update, 6 p.m. Monday:\u003c/strong> The latest atmospheric river is causing flooding and widespread evacuations in many parts of California, and a second wave tonight is expected to bring isolated but intense thunderstorms.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The unstable atmosphere could pack in strong winds, hail and a small chance of tornadoes, said Sean Miller, a meteorologist with the National Weather Service’s Bay Area office.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Not everybody is going to see it, but … for the folks that do see it, these thunderstorms can produce heavier rain rates,” Miller said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>And with the region already soaked from a series of atmospheric rivers that began on New Year’s Eve, Miller said, these thunderstorms could cause more flooding.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11937527\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-11937527 size-medium\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2023/01/GettyImages-1246117469-800x533.jpg\" alt=\"A mangled, twisted asphalt mountain road with yellow tape strung across it.\" width=\"800\" height=\"533\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/01/GettyImages-1246117469-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/01/GettyImages-1246117469-1020x679.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/01/GettyImages-1246117469-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/01/GettyImages-1246117469.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">A view of road damage after storms and heavy rain in the Santa Cruz Mountains above Silicon Valley in Scotts Valley, on Jan. 9, 2023. \u003ccite>(Neal Waters/Anadolu Agency via Getty Images)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>The weather service issued a flood watch for a large portion of Northern and Central California, with 6 to 12 inches of rain expected through Wednesday in the already saturated Sacramento-area foothills.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Miller said the storms are anticipated to hit the Bay Area from 1 a.m. to 3 a.m., 5 a.m. to 7 a.m. and later Tuesday morning. He urged morning commuters to drive with caution or avoid getting in their cars if they can.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“We could have more issues with localized flooding in places that didn’t already receive it,” he said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In Gilroy, traffic on both sides of U.S. 101 came to a standstill Monday afternoon when flooding overtook the roadway and there was no way for vehicles to turn around.\u003c/p>\n\u003cblockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n\u003cp lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Highway 101 has turned into a moving river this afternoon. Do not drive into these flood waters, putting yourself and everyone around you at risk. \u003ca href=\"https://twitter.com/hashtag/TurnAroundDontDrown?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#TurnAroundDontDrown\u003c/a> \u003ca href=\"https://twitter.com/hashtag/CAwx?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#CAwx\u003c/a> \u003ca href=\"https://twitter.com/hashtag/CAflood?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#CAflood\u003c/a> \u003ca href=\"https://t.co/Vtn5EkcskG\">pic.twitter.com/Vtn5EkcskG\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>— NWS Bay Area (@NWSBayArea) \u003ca href=\"https://twitter.com/NWSBayArea/status/1612579355322101761?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">January 9, 2023\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\u003c/blockquote>\n\u003cp>\u003cscript async src=\"https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\">\u003c/script>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In this scenario, California Highway Patrol Officer Custodio Lopez advised motorists to pull over if it’s safe to do so and call 911 to report the flood. Make sure your now-stationary car is visible to others so you don’t get hit, he said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>A 5-year-old boy was swept away Monday morning after the truck he was riding in became stranded in floodwaters near Paso Robles in Central California. Bystanders were able to pull the boy’s mother out of the truck, but he was carried out of the vehicle and swept downstream, officials with the Cal Fire/San Luis Obispo County Fire Department said. There was no evacuation order in the area at the time.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Firefighters searched for the boy for more than five hours, but called off the search Monday afternoon because the current and rising water levels of the Salinas River were too dangerous for divers.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>On the Central Coast, continuous rain, overflowing creeks and flooded roadways led the Santa Barbara County sheriff to evacuate nearly 10,000 people. The coastal community of Montecito was evacuated on the fifth anniversary of a mudslide that killed 23 people and destroyed more than 100 homes.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>President Joe Biden issued an emergency declaration Monday to support storm response and relief efforts in more than a dozen counties, including Sacramento, Los Angeles and Santa Cruz.\u003c/p>\n\u003cblockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n\u003cp lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Head on a swivel! Damaged infrastructure, flooded roads, downed trees and power lines, and more! There are many hazards right now, with more wind on the way tonight. Please stay home and stay safe! \u003ca href=\"https://twitter.com/hashtag/CaWx?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#CaWx\u003c/a> \u003ca href=\"https://twitter.com/hashtag/California?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#California\u003c/a> \u003ca href=\"https://t.co/d0Z6JCTobn\">pic.twitter.com/d0Z6JCTobn\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>— CAL FIRE CZU (@CALFIRECZU) \u003ca href=\"https://twitter.com/CALFIRECZU/status/1612591005815177216?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">January 9, 2023\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\u003c/blockquote>\n\u003cp>\u003cscript async src=\"https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\">\u003c/script>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The California Governor’s Office of Emergency Services reported Monday that at least 14 people have died as a result of violent weather during the past 11 days.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>More than 91,000 homes and businesses were without power as of 5 p.m. Monday, \u003ca href=\"https://poweroutage.us/area/state/california\">according to PowerOutage.us\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>PG&E said it brought in crews from out of state and Canada to cope with widespread damage to its power grid. The company is also providing power via portable electric generators to roughly 6,000 customers in Humboldt and Mendocino counties and bracing for the next round of storms, which could result in more outages.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“These storms have caused widespread power outages. Trees weakened by the drought in saturated soil have come down. Flooding and mudslides have affected many areas,” Pacific Gas and Electric COO Adam Wright said during a media briefing Monday.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“This has created a double whammy, if you will: a loss of power from downed wires and poles, and restricted access to make assessments and repairs.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Daniel Swain, a climate scientist at the University of California, Los Angeles, expects a break in the rain after Jan. 18.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“That is my best guess right now, which is good because it will give the rivers in Northern California, and now in Central California, a chance to come down,” he said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Update, 3:45 p.m. Monday:\u003c/strong> The Bay Area is experiencing a brief respite in stormy conditions late Monday, after 8 inches of rain fell over 12 hours. But the pause will be brief with more heavy rain and winds expected to bring several more inches early Tuesday “\u003ca href=\"https://origin.wpc.ncep.noaa.gov/discussions/hpcdiscussions.php?disc=pmdspd\">as a parade of strong wet Pacific systems pushes more heavy precipitation across California\u003c/a>,” according to the National Weather Service.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Some northbound lanes of U.S. 101, a key coastal route, were closed, along with several other highways and local roads.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In Santa Cruz County, evacuation orders for up to 32,000 residents remained in place near rain-swollen rivers and creeks, said Melodye Serino, deputy county administrative officer. The San Lorenzo River was declared at flood stage, and drone footage showed numerous homes sitting in muddy brown water, the top halves of autos peeking out.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11937497\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-11937497\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2023/01/GettyImages-1246115084-800x483.jpg\" alt=\"Flooded houses with people walking through it.\" width=\"800\" height=\"483\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/01/GettyImages-1246115084-800x483.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/01/GettyImages-1246115084-1020x616.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/01/GettyImages-1246115084-160x97.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/01/GettyImages-1246115084.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">People walk along a flooded road near the San Lorenzo River in Felton, on Jan. 9, 2023. \u003ccite>(Josh Edelson/AFP via Getty Images)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>A large, muddy slide blocked both lanes of southbound Highway 17, a key but windy route into Santa Cruz from the San Francisco Bay Area. Vehicles were turned back at the summit as crews arrived to clean up. In Northern California, California Highway Patrol shared video of large boulders skidding down hillsides to block state roads.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>More than 35,000 customers remained without power in Sacramento, down from more than 350,000 a day earlier after gusts of 60 mph knocked majestic trees into power lines, according to the Sacramento Municipal Utility District.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Update, 1 p.m. Monday: \u003c/strong>Some Bay Area cities are opening or expanding shelters as storms create unsafe conditions for the unhoused community.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In Oakland, the nonprofit \u003ca href=\"https://omnicommons.org/\">Omni Commons\u003c/a> has opened a 24-hour volunteer-run emergency shelter at 4799 Shattuck Ave. until noon Wednesday for people experiencing homelessness.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>https://twitter.com/TheWaterAway/status/1611776064824709122\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Omni Commons is currently prioritizing families, women and people who identify as LGBTQ+.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Volunteer Geraldo Amador says the space can accommodate 30 to 40 people on a first-come, first-served basis beginning at 8 a.m. every day. While intakes stop at 11 p.m., individuals can stay at the shelter overnight. Hot meals, sanitary products, COVID-19 tests, masks, bathrooms and beds with clean sheets are being provided.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“A lot of people we’ve talked to just need a place to not be in the rain,” said Amador. “They love that we were able to provide it to them free of charge and not have a lot of expectations in terms of if they can stay in the space for specific amounts of time.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In Contra Costa County, Contra Costa Health Services (CCH) and community organizations are \u003ca href=\"https://cchealth.org/press-releases/2023/0108-Contra-Costa-Agencies-Expanding-Capacity-at-Homeless-Shelters-This-Week-as-Another-Big-Storm-Approaches.php\">expanding capacity at shelters in the county\u003c/a> for unsheltered individuals and families, as well as increasing outreach to deliver supplies to those who remain outdoors.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Anyone needing assistance with shelter placement should contact the Contra Costa Crisis Center by calling 211.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>CCH has also temporarily expanded hours and staffing for the CORE unhoused-outreach program to help facilitate shelter placements and deliver supplies such as tarps, blankets, sleeping bag, gloves and beanies to unsheltered people who remain outdoors.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Outreach teams are in need of — in order of importance — sleeping bags, gloves and beanies, tarps and blankets. Donations can be dropped off at 2400 Bisso Lane, Suite D in Concord.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11937103/warming-shelters-flood-bomb-cyclone-storm-bay-area\">For more on where to find shelter throughout the nine-county Bay Area, go to our resource page.\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Update, 12 p.m. Monday: \u003c/strong>The entire Bay Area is under a flood watch due to a series of major storms, with areas of greatest concern along the coast and in the North Bay, according to the National Weather Service.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>At about 6:45 p.m. Saturday, the NWS issued a flood watch through Tuesday for the entire Bay Area and Central Coast, urging residents to prepare for widespread flooding, mudslides and the rapid rise of creeks and rivers.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Sonoma County along the Russian River from Jenner to Guerneville, and parts of Monterey County along the Carmel River, were elevated to flood warnings — the highest flood alert in the Weather Service’s three-tiered system.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>All of Santa Cruz County is under a flash flood warning until further notice. \u003ca href=\"https://aware.zonehaven.com/zones/US-CA-XCZ-CTL-E010?z=12.857381202840443&latlon=37.0075651410922%2C-121.940576729805\">An evacuation map for Santa Cruz County is here.\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11937475\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-11937475\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2023/01/GettyImages-1246115453-800x455.jpg\" alt=\"A bird's eye view of houses with flood waters flowing between them.\" width=\"800\" height=\"455\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/01/GettyImages-1246115453-800x455.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/01/GettyImages-1246115453-1020x580.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/01/GettyImages-1246115453-160x91.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/01/GettyImages-1246115453.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">An aerial view of flooded homes in Felton, Santa Cruz County, on Jan. 9, 2023. \u003ccite>(Josh Edelson/AFP via Getty Images)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>A flood advisory was issued for most of the East Bay, South Bay, San Francisco and the Peninsula at about 10 a.m. Monday, and is expected to last until 4 p.m.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“A lot of our rivers and streams today are really at some of their limits,” said NWS meteorologist Brayden Murdock.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The risk of flooding is likely to be highest tonight for the region’s most affected areas as heavy rains continue and runoff from higher elevations filter down to already swollen waterways and saturated soils, Murdock said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The current storm has already had a widespread impact across the Bay Area, with flooded roadways, downed trees and power lines creating hazardous driving conditions and leaving more than 14,000 PG&E customers without power.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>As of 11:30 a.m., there were 7,823 without power in the North Bay, 3,763 on the Peninsula, 1,791 in the East Bay, 605 in the South Bay and 94 in San Francisco, according to Pacific Gas and Electric.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The storm has led to dozens of school closures in Santa Cruz County, the North Bay and San Joaquin County. Evacuation warnings and orders have been issued for parts of Monterey, Santa Cruz and Sonoma counties, as well as parts of Vacaville in Solano County.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The wet weather is expected to continue for at least the next week or so, with the largest amount of rainfall in the North Bay, Murdock said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“The wet time is going to continue and our long-term outlook still shows wet conditions,” he said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Daniel Swain, a climate scientist at the University of California, Los Angeles, expects a break in the rain after Jan. 18.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“That is my best guess right now, which is good because it will give the rivers in Northern California, and now in Central California, a chance to come down,” he said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Original story, 9 a.m. Monday: \u003c/strong>Californians grappled with flooding and mudslides Monday as the latest in a series of powerful storms walloped the state, shuttering schools, toppling trees and leaving tens of thousands without power.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Evacuation orders were issued in Santa Cruz County for residents living near rapidly rising rivers and creeks. The San Lorenzo River was declared at flood stage, and video on social media showed the rushing river overflowing its banks, and inundating a nearby neighborhood with muddy water. Officials warned mudslides and flooding were blocking roads and urged residents to stay home.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>https://twitter.com/abc7newsbayarea/status/1612502376753303552\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In Monterey County, evacuation orders were issued for low-lying areas of the Carmel River.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>https://twitter.com/TessKenny12/status/1612512010696069121\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Elsewhere in Northern California, several school districts were closed due to the storms, including many campuses in Sonoma County. \u003ca href=\"https://www.scoe.org/pub/htdocs/storm-update.html\">Click here for a full list of Sonoma County districts and schools closed as of 11 a.m. Monday.\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In the Bay Area, Sunday night’s storm saw gusts of up to 70 mph and caused outages that left around 16,000 Bay Area residents without power, according to PG&E. In Sacramento, more than 36,000 customers remained without power Monday morning, down from more than 350,000 a day earlier after \u003ca href=\"https://www.smud.org/en/Customer-Support/Outage-Status\">gusts of 60 mph knocked trees into power lines\u003c/a>, according to the Sacramento Municipal Utility District.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[aside postID=\"news_11937204,news_11937216,news_11936674\" label=\"Related Posts\"]The National Weather Service warned of a “relentless parade of atmospheric rivers” — storms that are long plumes of moisture stretching out into the Pacific and are capable of dropping staggering amounts of rain and snow. The rain and snow expected over the next couple of days come after California has already been walloped by storms that last week knocked out power to thousands, flooded streets and battered the coastline with high surf.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>President Joe Biden issued an emergency declaration Monday for California to support storm response and relief efforts in more than a dozen counties including Sacramento, Santa Cruz and Los Angeles.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Gov. Gavin Newsom said 12 people died as a result of violent weather during the past 10 days, and he warned that this week’s storms could be even more dangerous. He urged people to stay home.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The first of the newest, heavier storms prompted the weather service to issue a flood watch for a large swath of Northern and Central California, with 6 to 12 inches of rain expected through Wednesday in the already saturated Sacramento-area foothills.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In Aptos, the coastal community in Santa Cruz County, crews put down sandbags ahead of high tide. The area flooded last week, leaving sand piles and debris in the streets.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11937478\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-11937478\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2023/01/GettyImages-1246115180-800x509.jpg\" alt=\"A flooded city neighborhood with a man riding by on a road bike.\" width=\"800\" height=\"509\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/01/GettyImages-1246115180-800x509.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/01/GettyImages-1246115180-1020x648.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/01/GettyImages-1246115180-160x102.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/01/GettyImages-1246115180.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">A man rides his bicycle on a flooded roadway in Aptos, Santa Cruz County, on Jan. 9, 2023. \u003ccite>(Josh Edelson/AFP via Getty Images)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>In the Los Angeles area, stormy conditions were expected to return Monday, with the potential for up to 8 inches in foothill areas. High surf was expected through Tuesday, with large waves on west-facing beaches.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Since Dec. 26, San Francisco received more than 10 inches of rain, while Mammoth Mountain, a popular ski area in the Eastern Sierra, got nearly 10 feet of snow, the National Weather Service reported.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The storms won’t be enough to officially end California’s ongoing drought — but they have helped.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>State Climatologist Michael Anderson said at a news briefing late Saturday that officials were closely monitoring Monday’s incoming storm and another behind it and were keeping an eye on three other systems farther out in the Pacific.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Daniel Swain, a climate scientist at the University of California, Los Angeles, said Californians can expect to see a break in the rain after Jan. 18.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“That is my best guess right now, which is good because it will give the rivers in Northern California, and now in Central California, a chance to come down,” he said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cem>This story includes reporting from The Associated Press, Bay City News and KQED’s Ted Goldberg, Danielle Venton, Emily Hung and Rachael Myrow.\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad floatright]\u003c/p>\n",
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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003cp>\u003cem>This story will no longer be updated. \u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u003cstrong>Update, 6:15 p.m. Wednesday:\u003c/strong> The body of a 43-year-old Ukiah woman was \u003c/span>\u003ca href=\"https://www.facebook.com/sonoma.sheriff/posts/pfbid0EUopLZweo6aLz38eLT2PHomYTgq7NnUUfyTRp9WwGHKJ5rjtCLbcHXpwnYuwxynKl\">\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\">recovered from a submerged vehicle in Forestville today\u003c/span>\u003c/a>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, according to the Sonoma County Sheriff’s Office. \u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Dispatch reported receiving a 911 call from a driver that her car was stuck in floodwaters in the 6000 block of Trenton-Healdsburg Road, Forestville. The caller reported there was water in the car before the line was disconnected. Dispatch immediately tried to call back several times with no response.\u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Deputies from the Sheriff’s Office, fire personnel from Sonoma County Fire District and the California Highway Patrol\u003c/span>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> arrived Tuesday but couldn’t locate the vehicle, calling off the search at sunset when it became too dangerous to continue. The search resumed Wednesday when they found the vehicle submerged in 8\u003c/span>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\">–\u003c/span>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\">10 feet of flood water approximately 100 yards off the road.\u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The woman was identified as Daphne Fontino by the Sonoma County Coroner’s Office, according to a \u003c/span>\u003ca href=\"https://www.facebook.com/sonoma.sheriff/posts/pfbid0EUopLZweo6aLz38eLT2PHomYTgq7NnUUfyTRp9WwGHKJ5rjtCLbcHXpwnYuwxynKl\">\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\">news release\u003c/span>\u003c/a>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> from the Sonoma County Sheriff’s Office. This brings the \u003c/span>\u003ca href=\"https://www.latimes.com/california/story/2023-01-10/tracking-the-deaths-from-californias-winter-storms\">\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\">total number of confirmed deaths\u003c/span>\u003c/a>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> as a result of storm events since Dec. 30 to 19, \u003c/span>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\">the \u003c/span>\u003ci>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Los Angeles Times\u003c/span>\u003c/i>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> is reporting.\u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cblockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n\u003cp lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">This morning we found a in a submerged car in the 6000 block of Trenton-Healdsburg Road, Forestville, with one occupant who had died. The occupant is Daphne Fontino, 43, Ukiah. Our deepest condolences to her family and friends. Details on our Facebook page. \u003ca href=\"https://t.co/BO7qmJdvnG\">pic.twitter.com/BO7qmJdvnG\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>— Sonoma Sheriff (@sonomasheriff) \u003ca href=\"https://twitter.com/sonomasheriff/status/1613241647357390848?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">January 11, 2023\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\u003c/blockquote>\n\u003cp>\u003cscript async src=\"https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\">\u003c/script>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\">In Hollister last night, a swift water rescue team made up of personnel from the Oakland Fire Department and members of seven other local agencies \u003c/span>\u003ca href=\"https://www.oaklandca.gov/news/2023/swift-water-rescue-team-saves-two-adults-from-submerged-vehicle-in-hollister-ca-on-tuesday\">\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\">rescued two men after their truck was overwhelmed\u003c/span>\u003c/a>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> by fast-moving floodwaters in the vicinity of \u003c/span>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\">595 Hospital Road, according to the City of Oakland.\u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The vehicle became stuck and was subsequently submerged in high water as the two passengers found themselves trapped on top of the vehicle. The rescue team used multiple ladders and other technical rescue tools to reach them and help them to safety. The men declined medical treatment but did not appear to be suffering from any injuries.\u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\">“The technical skill and communication involved in the rescue was phenomenal, and I hope this incident is a reminder for everyone about the dangers of attempting to drive through powerful and unpredictable storm water,” said Oakland Fire Chief Reginald Freeman. \u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Meanwhile, Pacific Gas and Electric said power outages continued to affect more than 15,956 customers in the Bay Area as of 4 p.m. Wednesday, 13,059 of whom are in the South Bay, with \u003c/span>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\">1,304 PG&E customers without power in the North Bay, 1,457 on the Peninsula, 131 in the East Bay, and five without power in San Francisco.\u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cb>Update, 4:45 p.m. Wednesday: \u003c/b>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The PBF refinery in Martinez has released more than 11 million gallons of refinery-processed wastewater and storm water into the Carquinez Strait during the successive storms that have slammed the region over the last two weeks, according to the latest estimates from Bay Area water regulators.\u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\">That’s close to double the estimate from last Friday — the same day local residents complained of an odor coming from the facility, which has had a number of significant spills in recent years.\u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Eileen White, executive officer of the San Francisco Bay Regional Water Quality Control Board, said the discharge volume is now up to 11.2 million gallons for the Martinez refinery, but emphasized that “everything is still estimated.”\u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\">White also confirmed that Chevron’s Richmond refinery is releasing wastewater into the bay as well, but it’s still unclear how much.\u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\">“It sounds like it’s ongoing, so we won’t have a spill volume until later,” she said. “Everyone’s still in the response mode, with three more atmospheric rivers forecasted for the next week.”\u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The spills are among \u003c/span>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\">a number of local instances\u003c/span>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> in which the recent torrential rains have overwhelmed infrastructure like storm drains, sewer lines and treatment plants, forcing significant amounts of wastewater into local waterways.\u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cb>Update, 1:40 p.m. Wednesday: \u003c/b>Another day, another storm. Wednesday delivered more heavy rain to much of the Bay Area, a day after the region was hit with an extremely rare cocktail of hail, thunder and lightning.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Yesterday’s storm system, part of the recent unrelenting series of atmospheric river events blasting California, has now moved well inland and is currently bringing mountain snows across the Intermountain West and into much of the central Rockies.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But now, \u003ca href=\"https://origin.wpc.ncep.noaa.gov/discussions/hpcdiscussions.php?disc=pmdspd\">“an enormous cyclone rotating well off the West Coast” is responsible for this latest round\u003c/a> of heavy precipitation and gusty winds in Northern California, according to the National Weather Service. The North Bay is forecast to get the worst of today’s storm, with the potential for 2–3 inches of rain through the day, along with up to another 2 inches on Thursday.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>About 2–3 inches of rain are expected to fall in the East Bay Wednesday, along with 1–2 inches in Santa Cruz County and up to 1.5 inches in the South Bay, in San Francisco and down the Peninsula.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Aside from the North Bay, Thursday should bring a brief respite (relatively speaking) to the rest of the Bay Area, with just 0.1–0.5 inches expected, before \u003ci>another\u003c/i> storm front moves through the region Friday through Sunday. That storm is expected to drop 1–2 inches in San Francisco and on the Peninsula, 1.5–3 inches in Santa Cruz County, and 1–2 inches in the South Bay.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Meanwhile, in the North Bay, up to 4 inches are expected over the weekend, spurring new concerns of the Russian River flooding. The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Association/NWS California Nevada River Forecast Center had \u003ca href=\"https://www.cnrfc.noaa.gov/graphicalRVF.php?id=GUEC1\">predicted the Russian River would experience a double-crested flood\u003c/a>, but that prediction has been revised and the Russian River \u003ca href=\"https://www.cnrfc.noaa.gov/graphicalRVF.php?id=GUEC1\">is not expected to reach flood levels\u003c/a> again in the coming days. As of Wednesday, the Sonoma Sheriff’s Office lifted the evacuation warning for all residents living near the Russian River floodway and its tributaries just south of Healdsburg to Jenner.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"https://www.scoe.org/cs/blank/print/htdocs/storm-update.html\">Full school closures in four school districts of Sonoma County\u003c/a> remain in place Wednesday “due to storm related impacts,” according to the Sonoma County Office of Education. The affected school districts are Fort Ross Elementary, Horicon, Kashia and Montgomery Elementary, with no virtual or in-person classes. The school districts have been closed since last week, with Horicon since Jan. 4 and the others since Jan. 5. The announcement included the caveat that officials at school districts make decisions independent of the county office.\u003c/p>\n\u003cblockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n\u003cp lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">As \u003ca href=\"https://twitter.com/hashtag/GOESEast?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#GOESEast\u003c/a> monitors the U.S. today, a storm system associated with recent atmospheric river activity has moved well inland, bringing rain and mountain snow across the Intermountain West and into much of the central Rockies. \u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Latest: \u003ca href=\"https://t.co/wJGBXDcNu2\">https://t.co/wJGBXDcNu2\u003c/a> \u003ca href=\"https://t.co/BBXfXHUw66\">pic.twitter.com/BBXfXHUw66\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>— NOAA Satellites (@NOAASatellites) \u003ca href=\"https://twitter.com/NOAASatellites/status/1613238902093156353?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">January 11, 2023\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\u003c/blockquote>\n\u003cp>\u003cscript async src=\"https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\">\u003c/script>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Update, 5:30 p.m. Tuesday:\u003c/strong> A rare display of hail, thunder and lightning hit parts of the Bay Area on Tuesday, the latest wrinkle in a series of dramatic winter storms that have slammed the region with heavy rain and high winds.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Pea-sized hail fell in numerous cities in the area, including in Berkeley, but no damage was reported as a result.\u003c/p>\u003c/p>\u003c/div>",
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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\n\u003cp>A flood watch was in effect for much of the Bay Area through Tuesday afternoon as swollen rivers, creeks and streams threatened to overflow their banks, according to the National Weather Service.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Several areas of Monterey and Santa Cruz counties remained under evacuation orders or warnings as of Tuesday afternoon. Monterey County residents are encouraged to check whether they are in an area under evacuation order by \u003ca href=\"https://bit.ly/3Za0Xc0\">typing in their address here\u003c/a>. Santa Cruz County residents can do the same \u003ca href=\"https://aware.zonehaven.com/search\">via the Zonehaven platform\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Meanwhile, communities along the Russian River breathed a collective sigh of relief when evacuation warnings were lifted late Tuesday morning after officials determined that the river had crested at 31.7 feet earlier in the morning, just shy of the 32-foot flood stage.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Update, 4 p.m. Tuesday:\u003c/strong> Gov. Gavin Newsom on Tuesday afternoon surveyed flood-damaged small businesses in Capitola Village, a community near Santa Cruz that has been particularly hard-hit by relentless storm surges.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“We’re soaked. This place is soaked,” he said, warning that additional storms in the coming days, even if less severe, will pack a mighty punch. “And now just more modest precipitation could have equal or greater impact in terms of the conditions on the ground.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Newsom said an emergency declaration by President Biden now includes 31 California counties and means that “direct assistance will be forthcoming when conditions are right and we’ve assessed the damage.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“We’re not walking away,” he said, pledging to help small businesses recover. “Obviously, they’re going to have to assess their own insurance liabilities and it all will be determinative in terms of where we land. But we’ll do our best.”\u003c/p>\u003c/p>\u003c/div>",
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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Update, 2:15 p.m. Tuesday: \u003c/strong>Around 40 people in some 29 RVs sought refuge at the Forestville Youth Park in Sonoma County’s Forestville, after being forced to evacuate nearby RV parks.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Darby, a Maribel resident who declined to give his last name, has been stationed at the park since Friday.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>He, along with around 28 other RVs, totaling some 40 people, moved their RVs to the park after flooding at the Mirabel RV Park and Guerneville’s River Bend RV Park sent people searching for higher ground.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“It’s been actually pretty crazy,” Darby said. “We’re not home. We don’t have electricity. We don’t have sewer.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Although evacuation orders lifted Tuesday, a power outage at the Mirabel RV Park means residents aren’t expected to return until Friday, said Tim Miller, executive director at West County Community Services, which has been helping provide some prepared meals, portable toilets and handwashing stations for the storm refugees.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11937695\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2560px\">\u003ca href=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2023/01/69499143389__D36A8A0C-D653-4D4C-9860-56B164042D27-scaled.jpg\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-11937695 size-full\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2023/01/69499143389__D36A8A0C-D653-4D4C-9860-56B164042D27-scaled.jpg\" alt=\"A line of RVs and cars along a rainy road, apparently during a sunny break in the storm, under tall, leafless trees and alongside a green athletic field.\" width=\"2560\" height=\"1920\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/01/69499143389__D36A8A0C-D653-4D4C-9860-56B164042D27-scaled.jpg 2560w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/01/69499143389__D36A8A0C-D653-4D4C-9860-56B164042D27-800x600.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/01/69499143389__D36A8A0C-D653-4D4C-9860-56B164042D27-1020x765.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/01/69499143389__D36A8A0C-D653-4D4C-9860-56B164042D27-160x120.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/01/69499143389__D36A8A0C-D653-4D4C-9860-56B164042D27-1536x1152.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/01/69499143389__D36A8A0C-D653-4D4C-9860-56B164042D27-2048x1536.jpg 2048w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/01/69499143389__D36A8A0C-D653-4D4C-9860-56B164042D27-1920x1440.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 2560px) 100vw, 2560px\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">About 29 RVs sought refuge at the Forestville Youth Park in Forestville after storms pummeled the Bay Area and prompted evacuation orders for two nearby RV parks along the Russian River, Monday, Jan. 9, 2023. \u003ccite>(Danielle Venton/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>On Tuesday, Miller said county workers also emptied refuse tanks for the RV dwellers.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Which is terrific,” he said, “because people have been here for a while.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In 20 years of working for the Red Cross and West County Community Services, Miller said he’s seen more intense flooding at the Russian River, but nothing quite so long-lasting.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“It’s just gone on for a really long time,” he said. “People living in RVs are pretty self-sufficient, but it’s expensive to live away from home.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Without access to plumbing or power, the bills for potable water and food that can be eaten without refrigeration add up, Miller said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“For people who are low-income, whether you’re homeless or in an RV, when you lose power or are displaced, the cost of living goes up,” he said. “And, that’s really taxing emotionally and financially.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Update, 12:15 p.m. Tuesday:\u003c/strong> The National Weather Service is reporting that \u003ca href=\"https://twitter.com/NWSSacramento/status/1612872985437962240/photo/1\">thunderstorms will be possible Tuesday across Northern California\u003c/a>. And, a flash flood warning was issued for parts of San Francisco, Daly City and South San Francisco.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The most likely time frame for the thunderstorms was estimated to be from 12 p.m. to 8 p.m. Potential impacts could include lightning, small hail, heavy rain, strong wing gusts and possible funnel clouds or even brief tornados.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Update, 12:10 p.m. Tuesday: \u003c/strong>The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration posted a time-lapse video to Twitter Tuesday showing the massive atmospheric river that’s been battering the West Coast.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The time-lapse spans from Jan. 6 through Jan. 10.\u003c/p>\u003c/p>\u003c/div>",
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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Update, 12 p.m. Tuesday: \u003c/strong>The Sonoma County Sheriff’s Office lifted an evacuation warning late Tuesday morning that had been in place since Jan. 4 for the Russian River.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The order affected thousands of people in low-lying areas between Healdsburg and Jenner.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Early Tuesday morning, around 3 a.m., the river crested fractions of an inch below flood stage and is now expected go down.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Some roads are still closed, however, owing to flooded creeks and downed trees. The Sonoma County Board of Supervisors is planning to adopt an emergency declaration today, opening up a pathway for state and federal aid.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11937692\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003ca href=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2023/01/9087DD7B-BAED-4FD6-86F7-DAB5EA222B31.jpg\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-11937692\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2023/01/9087DD7B-BAED-4FD6-86F7-DAB5EA222B31-800x533.jpg\" alt=\"rain pours off an overpass on a stormy gray day in San Francisco\" width=\"800\" height=\"533\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/01/9087DD7B-BAED-4FD6-86F7-DAB5EA222B31-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/01/9087DD7B-BAED-4FD6-86F7-DAB5EA222B31-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/01/9087DD7B-BAED-4FD6-86F7-DAB5EA222B31-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/01/9087DD7B-BAED-4FD6-86F7-DAB5EA222B31-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/01/9087DD7B-BAED-4FD6-86F7-DAB5EA222B31.jpg 1620w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Rain pours off of the Central Freeway overpass near Folsom and 13th Streets in San Francisco on Jan. 10, 2023. \u003ccite>(Beth LaBerge/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Update, 11:45 a.m. Tuesday:\u003c/strong> The \u003ca href=\"https://www.sfchronicle.com/weather/article/California-storm-rain-update-17706756.php\">San Francisco Chronicle\u003c/a> reported Tuesday that millions of gallons of stormwater mixed with raw sewage has made its way into creeks, the San Francisco Bay, and city streets as recent rains overwhelm sewers and treatment plants.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Eileen White, executive officer of the San Francisco Bay Regional Water Quality Control Board told the Chronicle there were 90 reports of unauthorized wastewater or raw sewage discharges around the Bay Area between Dec. 30 and Jan. 3, totaling 14 million gallons.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Another 8 million gallons of unauthorized discharges were reported during the storm on Jan. 4 and Jan. 5.\u003c/p>\n\u003cdiv id=\"paywall\" class=\"content-wrapper\">\n\u003cp>“Don’t jump in puddles,” White told the Chronicle. “Especially in San Francisco — you want to be careful that there [could be] sewage in that.”\u003c/p>\n\u003c/div>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Update, 11:35 a.m. Tuesday: \u003c/strong>As of 11 a.m., at least 75,808 Pacific Gas and Electric households in the Bay Area were without power — down from the more than 93,700 customers without power earlier in the morning.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Residents in the South Bay were bearing the brunt of the outages, with 46,636 customers without power, followed by the Peninsula with 15,520 homes in the dark.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In the North Bay, 6,198 homes were without power; in San Francisco, the number was 3,909; and in the East Bay, 3,545 households were experiencing outages.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Update, 11:30 a.m. Tuesday: \u003c/strong>Officials in Santa Clara County say the recent storms have significantly affected county-maintained roads, causing closures due to mudslides, flooding and downed trees.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Crews are working to reopen the roads, including:\u003c/p>\n\u003cul>\n\u003cli>New Avenue from Leavesley to Buenavista due to wires on road\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>Mt. Charlie due to tree down with power lines\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>Idylwild due to tree down with power lines\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>Gist Road due to tree down with power lines\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>Bear Creek Road due to two slip outs\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>Castro Valley Road from Santa Teresa to Highway 101 due to flooding\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>Frazer Lake at Highway 152 to the San Benito County line due to flooding\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>Uvas Road from Watsonville Road to the Uvas Reservoir boat ramp\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>Bolsa Road from Highway 25 to Bloomfield due to flooding\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>Bloomfield Road from 152 to Frazer Lake due to flooding\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>Black Road from Thompson to Skyline due to mudslide\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>Santa Teresa Blvd. from Highland to California due to flooding\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>Calaveras Road from Felter Road to Alameda County line\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>Mines Road from Del Puerto Road to Alameda County line due to two washouts\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>Sierra Road from Skyview Drive to Felter Road due to slide/storm debris\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>Mesa Road from Santa Teresa to Highway101 due to flooding\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>Mt. Madonna Road (dirt section) from 1.75 miles east of Redwood Retreat Road to Summit Road in Gilroy\u003c/li>\n\u003c/ul>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"https://protect-us.mimecast.com/s/PecpCZ6W5NuoDJXJtzk8_B?domain=sccgov.us5.list-manage.com\">More emergency road closure information is available at www.sccgov.org/roadclosures.\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Update, 11:15 a.m. Tuesday: \u003c/strong>The death tally from the recent storms has now risen to 15 as of 8 a.m., said Brian Ferguson, spokesperson for the California Office of Emergency Services.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The state began tracking weather-related deaths since the Dec. 30 storm, with one additional death reported overnight.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>There is no estimate yet for the total cost of storm-related damage, he said, but “because of the scope of the damage, we do estimate that it will be substantial.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11937648\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003ca href=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2023/01/GettyImages-1455546837-scaled.jpg\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-11937648\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2023/01/GettyImages-1455546837-800x536.jpg\" alt=\"firefighters work to remove a tree from the road after a storm\" width=\"800\" height=\"536\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/01/GettyImages-1455546837-800x536.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/01/GettyImages-1455546837-1020x683.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/01/GettyImages-1455546837-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/01/GettyImages-1455546837-1536x1028.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/01/GettyImages-1455546837-2048x1371.jpg 2048w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/01/GettyImages-1455546837-1920x1286.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">San Francisco firefighters remove a large tree branch that fell onto a parked car due to high winds from the early Tuesday morning storm, Jan. 10, 2022. The San Francisco Bay Area and much of California continues to get drenched by powerful atmospheric river events that have brought high winds and flooding rains, toppling trees, flooding roads and cutting power to tens of thousands. \u003ccite>(Justin Sullivan/Getty Images)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Update, 11 a.m. Tuesday:\u003c/strong> Mary Ellen Carroll, executive director of San Francisco’s Department of Emergency Management said in a tweet Tuesday that \u003ca href=\"https://twitter.com/SFDEM_MEC/status/1612864285629382656\">overnight wind and rain in the city caused 40 trees to fall or have damage\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“More rain, wind, high surf and possibly thunder and lighting on deck for today,” she said. “Be careful out there.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Crews were out Tuesday clearing the debris. Residents can text their ZIP code to AlertSF at 888-777 for road closures and areas to avoid.\u003c/p>\u003c/p>\u003c/div>",
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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\n\u003cp>In addition, BART is running trains at slower speeds due to the wet weather. The agency is asking passengers to add 20 minutes to their planned travel times to factor in the delays.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Amtrak’s Capitol Corridors trains are also delayed, and as of 9:30 a.m., the Valley Transportation Authority reported the Green Line light rail continues to be replaced by buses between Diridon and Fruitdale stations, due to a power outage.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>For more information on road closures and transit delays, visit \u003ca href=\"http://511.org/alerts/critical\">511.org/alerts/critical\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Update, 9 a.m. Tuesday: \u003c/strong>At least 93,742 Bay Area households were without power Tuesday morning, according to PG&E.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Residents in the South Bay were bearing the brunt of the outages, with 52,911 homes without power, followed by the Peninsula, with 19,053.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>There were 8,221 people without power in the East Bay; 7,414 in the dark in the North Bay; and 6,143 households without power in San Francisco.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Update, 8:30 a.m. Tuesday: \u003c/strong>A flood warning for the Russian River near Guerneville has been downgraded to an advisory, according to the National Weather Service’s Brooke Bingaman.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“It’s still in ‘monitor’ stage,” Bingaman said. “That’s near flood stage, but not quite. So, folks near Guerneville and along the Russian River should still be vigilant.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>With another bout of rain expected Wednesday, Bingaman said the forecast could change.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11937592\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003ca href=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2023/01/GettyImages-1455327013-scaled.jpg\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-11937592\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2023/01/GettyImages-1455327013-800x533.jpg\" alt=\"a person is seen from the back looking at a tree floating down a river in a storm\" width=\"800\" height=\"533\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/01/GettyImages-1455327013-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/01/GettyImages-1455327013-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/01/GettyImages-1455327013-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/01/GettyImages-1455327013-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/01/GettyImages-1455327013-2048x1365.jpg 2048w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/01/GettyImages-1455327013-1920x1280.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">A resident looks at a boat that is caught in a tree in the Russian River on Jan. 9, 2023 in Rio Nido, California. \u003ccite>(Justin Sullivan/Getty Images)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Update, 7:30 a.m. Tuesday:\u003c/strong> A series of punishing storms continued to dump rain Tuesday across the Bay Area, with winds of up to 70 mph and a flood watch in effect until the afternoon.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>More than 189,000 PG&E customers are without power this morning, as the storm brought \u003ca href=\"https://www.pgecurrents.com/articles/3629-pg-e-crews-full-force-restoring-power-amid-historic-storm-conditions-northern-central-california\">more than 100 cloud-to-ground lightning strikes as of 5:30 a.m.\u003c/a>, company officials said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The thunderstorm began offshore around the southern portion of Marin County through the Big Sur coastline, said Brooke Bingaman, a meteorologist with the National Weather Service San Francisco Bay Area.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>As the storm moved inland, San Francisco and Santa Cruz bore the brunt of it, she said, with the thunder rousing many from their sleep. But, it’s not the last of the storms for this week.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The Bay Area can expect intermittent showers later today, along with the chance of thunderstorms later in the morning and into the afternoon. More rain is expected Wednesday morning and in the early afternoon, followed by another storm over the weekend, Bingaman said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>With the ground already saturated and more rain flowing into rivers and creeks, she said the effects of the storm will continue to be felt for days or even weeks after the rain stops.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“The weather has definitely been unrelenting recently, and I know that it feels like we’re in a boxing ring and it’s just round after round,” Bingaman said. “We appreciate the fact that people are still paying attention to the advice [the National Weather Service is] giving and they’re listening to local officials, and we just ask that people continue doing that until we definitely get back into a dry spell.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>At least 14 people have died as a result of the storm — more than the past two years of wildfires combined — officials from the governor’s office said Monday.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Our message to Californians is simple: be hyper-vigilant,” Governor Gavin Newsom said in a statement. “There are still several days of severe winter weather ahead, and we need all Californians to be alert and heed the advice of emergency officials.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>On Tuesday, Newsom planned to unveil his budget for the upcoming fiscal year, which begins in July. The proposal includes\u003ca href=\"https://protect-us.mimecast.com/s/4cKACOYZQzi208O8Hk0qMM?domain=mclist.us7.list-manage.com\"> $202 million\u003c/a> in new investments for long-term flood prevention.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Update, 7 a.m. Tuesday: \u003c/strong>The Monterey County Sheriff’s Office issued an immediate evacuation order for residents in the low-lying areas of the Salinas River early Tuesday morning, after flooding south of San Lucas in the county’s southeastern corner.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Residents are being told to evacuate the following areas located south of San Lucas on the east side of U.S. Highway 101: Zone G-028A, south of Lockwood San Lucas Road, and north and west of Cattleman Road.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Update, 9 p.m. Monday:\u003c/strong> Lynda Hopkins described the past week as a marathon marked with an occasional sprint.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The Sonoma County supervisor, whose district encompasses the coast and the Russian River towns of Guerneville and Forestville, said she’s been busy keeping up with water levels that sometimes rise fast and recede just as quickly in between rounds of storm.\u003c/p>\u003c/div>",
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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>“This has been a grind: a series of atmospheric rivers really devastating the electrical grid as well as our roads and infrastructure in western Sonoma County,” Hopkins told KQED.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Residents have been closely watching the river as it comes close to flood level.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Hopkins said county authorities prioritized evacuating residents who live in trailers and low-lying areas. The trailer parks provide affordable housing for people who make up the area’s workforce, but some of those residents don’t have trucks to move their trailers to higher ground, she said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The county also opened community support centers to help residents who lost power recharge their electronic devices and to give out care packages that include a battery pack. She also heard from many small-business owners who were hampered by power outages and workers who had to evacuate.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I’m expecting the economic ramifications of the flood to be substantial,” she said. “Even if the river doesn’t rise as high as we originally feared it would, we are looking at many millions, possibly tens of millions of dollars of infrastructure damage from this storm series, and we have had major catastrophic road failures.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cblockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n\u003cp lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">1/9/23 9:52AM: Moscow Rd near Monte Rio \u003ca href=\"https://t.co/2yPYwse9Bo\">pic.twitter.com/2yPYwse9Bo\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>— Sonoma Sheriff (@sonomasheriff) \u003ca href=\"https://twitter.com/sonomasheriff/status/1612523317168336898?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">January 9, 2023\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\u003c/blockquote>\n\u003cp>\u003cscript async src=\"https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\">\u003c/script>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Update, 7:30 p.m. Monday:\u003c/strong> Evacuation orders have been lifted in many parts of Santa Cruz County as water levels near rivers and creeks begin to recede.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Authorities on Monday morning ordered residents who live near the rain-swollen San Lorenzo River and four other creeks to leave. Major flooding in the mountain community of Felton led firefighters to go by jetski and inflatable rescue boat to reach stranded residents. In one street intersection, the water reached as high as the bottom of a stop sign.\u003c/p>\n\u003cblockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n\u003cp lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">FELTON GROVE FLOODING | Water rescue checking on Felton Grove residents (Credit: Rachel Oliveira)\u003cbr>The latest: \u003ca href=\"https://t.co/z8iHvTVtFN\">https://t.co/z8iHvTVtFN\u003c/a> \u003ca href=\"https://t.co/H38wYnHIvx\">pic.twitter.com/H38wYnHIvx\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>— KSBW Action News 8 (@ksbw) \u003ca href=\"https://twitter.com/ksbw/status/1612507596069511168?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">January 9, 2023\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\u003c/blockquote>\n\u003cp>\u003cscript async src=\"https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\">\u003c/script>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In Watsonville, residents in areas at risk of flooding were evacuated Monday morning as water seeped into homes. Orders remained in place for areas near the Pajaro River as authorities continued to monitor the levees that\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>hold the water back. A breach in the levees in 1995 caused widespread damage to homes and farms.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“There was a knock at the door and as we’re leaving … the water was already underneath [the] car so we have to make it out fast,” Dan Morales, 74, told KQED at an evacuation center set up at the Santa Cruz County Fairgrounds in Watsonville.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“That’s the only reason we’re here because [were it not] for the sheriff, we would have still been at home.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>UC Santa Cruz announced classes will be held online on Tuesday because of rapidly changing impacts of the storm. \u003ca href=\"https://news.ucsc.edu/2023/01/storm-impacts.html\">Student dorms were without power for most of Monday and power lines were in the roadway in parts of the campus\u003c/a>, according to the university’s website.\u003c/p>\n\u003cblockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n\u003cp lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Evacuation orders have been lifted in many parts of the County. Some zones remain in an evacuation warning. Check your zone at \u003ca href=\"https://t.co/s5GvnC3vMN\">https://t.co/s5GvnC3vMN\u003c/a>. \u003ca href=\"https://t.co/6DhEL1vIYc\">pic.twitter.com/6DhEL1vIYc\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>— Santa Cruz County (@sccounty) \u003ca href=\"https://twitter.com/sccounty/status/1612637845017223170?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">January 10, 2023\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\u003c/blockquote>\n\u003cp>\u003cscript async src=\"https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\">\u003c/script>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Update, 6 p.m. Monday:\u003c/strong> The latest atmospheric river is causing flooding and widespread evacuations in many parts of California, and a second wave tonight is expected to bring isolated but intense thunderstorms.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The unstable atmosphere could pack in strong winds, hail and a small chance of tornadoes, said Sean Miller, a meteorologist with the National Weather Service’s Bay Area office.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Not everybody is going to see it, but … for the folks that do see it, these thunderstorms can produce heavier rain rates,” Miller said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>And with the region already soaked from a series of atmospheric rivers that began on New Year’s Eve, Miller said, these thunderstorms could cause more flooding.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11937527\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-11937527 size-medium\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2023/01/GettyImages-1246117469-800x533.jpg\" alt=\"A mangled, twisted asphalt mountain road with yellow tape strung across it.\" width=\"800\" height=\"533\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/01/GettyImages-1246117469-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/01/GettyImages-1246117469-1020x679.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/01/GettyImages-1246117469-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/01/GettyImages-1246117469.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">A view of road damage after storms and heavy rain in the Santa Cruz Mountains above Silicon Valley in Scotts Valley, on Jan. 9, 2023. \u003ccite>(Neal Waters/Anadolu Agency via Getty Images)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>The weather service issued a flood watch for a large portion of Northern and Central California, with 6 to 12 inches of rain expected through Wednesday in the already saturated Sacramento-area foothills.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Miller said the storms are anticipated to hit the Bay Area from 1 a.m. to 3 a.m., 5 a.m. to 7 a.m. and later Tuesday morning. He urged morning commuters to drive with caution or avoid getting in their cars if they can.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“We could have more issues with localized flooding in places that didn’t already receive it,” he said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In Gilroy, traffic on both sides of U.S. 101 came to a standstill Monday afternoon when flooding overtook the roadway and there was no way for vehicles to turn around.\u003c/p>\n\u003cblockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n\u003cp lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Highway 101 has turned into a moving river this afternoon. Do not drive into these flood waters, putting yourself and everyone around you at risk. \u003ca href=\"https://twitter.com/hashtag/TurnAroundDontDrown?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#TurnAroundDontDrown\u003c/a> \u003ca href=\"https://twitter.com/hashtag/CAwx?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#CAwx\u003c/a> \u003ca href=\"https://twitter.com/hashtag/CAflood?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#CAflood\u003c/a> \u003ca href=\"https://t.co/Vtn5EkcskG\">pic.twitter.com/Vtn5EkcskG\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>— NWS Bay Area (@NWSBayArea) \u003ca href=\"https://twitter.com/NWSBayArea/status/1612579355322101761?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">January 9, 2023\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\u003c/blockquote>\n\u003cp>\u003cscript async src=\"https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\">\u003c/script>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In this scenario, California Highway Patrol Officer Custodio Lopez advised motorists to pull over if it’s safe to do so and call 911 to report the flood. Make sure your now-stationary car is visible to others so you don’t get hit, he said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>A 5-year-old boy was swept away Monday morning after the truck he was riding in became stranded in floodwaters near Paso Robles in Central California. Bystanders were able to pull the boy’s mother out of the truck, but he was carried out of the vehicle and swept downstream, officials with the Cal Fire/San Luis Obispo County Fire Department said. There was no evacuation order in the area at the time.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Firefighters searched for the boy for more than five hours, but called off the search Monday afternoon because the current and rising water levels of the Salinas River were too dangerous for divers.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>On the Central Coast, continuous rain, overflowing creeks and flooded roadways led the Santa Barbara County sheriff to evacuate nearly 10,000 people. The coastal community of Montecito was evacuated on the fifth anniversary of a mudslide that killed 23 people and destroyed more than 100 homes.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>President Joe Biden issued an emergency declaration Monday to support storm response and relief efforts in more than a dozen counties, including Sacramento, Los Angeles and Santa Cruz.\u003c/p>\n\u003cblockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n\u003cp lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Head on a swivel! Damaged infrastructure, flooded roads, downed trees and power lines, and more! There are many hazards right now, with more wind on the way tonight. Please stay home and stay safe! \u003ca href=\"https://twitter.com/hashtag/CaWx?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#CaWx\u003c/a> \u003ca href=\"https://twitter.com/hashtag/California?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#California\u003c/a> \u003ca href=\"https://t.co/d0Z6JCTobn\">pic.twitter.com/d0Z6JCTobn\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>— CAL FIRE CZU (@CALFIRECZU) \u003ca href=\"https://twitter.com/CALFIRECZU/status/1612591005815177216?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">January 9, 2023\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\u003c/blockquote>\n\u003cp>\u003cscript async src=\"https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\">\u003c/script>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The California Governor’s Office of Emergency Services reported Monday that at least 14 people have died as a result of violent weather during the past 11 days.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>More than 91,000 homes and businesses were without power as of 5 p.m. Monday, \u003ca href=\"https://poweroutage.us/area/state/california\">according to PowerOutage.us\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>PG&E said it brought in crews from out of state and Canada to cope with widespread damage to its power grid. The company is also providing power via portable electric generators to roughly 6,000 customers in Humboldt and Mendocino counties and bracing for the next round of storms, which could result in more outages.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“These storms have caused widespread power outages. Trees weakened by the drought in saturated soil have come down. Flooding and mudslides have affected many areas,” Pacific Gas and Electric COO Adam Wright said during a media briefing Monday.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“This has created a double whammy, if you will: a loss of power from downed wires and poles, and restricted access to make assessments and repairs.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Daniel Swain, a climate scientist at the University of California, Los Angeles, expects a break in the rain after Jan. 18.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“That is my best guess right now, which is good because it will give the rivers in Northern California, and now in Central California, a chance to come down,” he said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Update, 3:45 p.m. Monday:\u003c/strong> The Bay Area is experiencing a brief respite in stormy conditions late Monday, after 8 inches of rain fell over 12 hours. But the pause will be brief with more heavy rain and winds expected to bring several more inches early Tuesday “\u003ca href=\"https://origin.wpc.ncep.noaa.gov/discussions/hpcdiscussions.php?disc=pmdspd\">as a parade of strong wet Pacific systems pushes more heavy precipitation across California\u003c/a>,” according to the National Weather Service.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Some northbound lanes of U.S. 101, a key coastal route, were closed, along with several other highways and local roads.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In Santa Cruz County, evacuation orders for up to 32,000 residents remained in place near rain-swollen rivers and creeks, said Melodye Serino, deputy county administrative officer. The San Lorenzo River was declared at flood stage, and drone footage showed numerous homes sitting in muddy brown water, the top halves of autos peeking out.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11937497\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-11937497\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2023/01/GettyImages-1246115084-800x483.jpg\" alt=\"Flooded houses with people walking through it.\" width=\"800\" height=\"483\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/01/GettyImages-1246115084-800x483.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/01/GettyImages-1246115084-1020x616.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/01/GettyImages-1246115084-160x97.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/01/GettyImages-1246115084.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">People walk along a flooded road near the San Lorenzo River in Felton, on Jan. 9, 2023. \u003ccite>(Josh Edelson/AFP via Getty Images)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>A large, muddy slide blocked both lanes of southbound Highway 17, a key but windy route into Santa Cruz from the San Francisco Bay Area. Vehicles were turned back at the summit as crews arrived to clean up. In Northern California, California Highway Patrol shared video of large boulders skidding down hillsides to block state roads.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>More than 35,000 customers remained without power in Sacramento, down from more than 350,000 a day earlier after gusts of 60 mph knocked majestic trees into power lines, according to the Sacramento Municipal Utility District.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Update, 1 p.m. Monday: \u003c/strong>Some Bay Area cities are opening or expanding shelters as storms create unsafe conditions for the unhoused community.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In Oakland, the nonprofit \u003ca href=\"https://omnicommons.org/\">Omni Commons\u003c/a> has opened a 24-hour volunteer-run emergency shelter at 4799 Shattuck Ave. until noon Wednesday for people experiencing homelessness.\u003c/p>\u003c/p>\u003c/div>",
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Hot meals, sanitary products, COVID-19 tests, masks, bathrooms and beds with clean sheets are being provided.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“A lot of people we’ve talked to just need a place to not be in the rain,” said Amador. “They love that we were able to provide it to them free of charge and not have a lot of expectations in terms of if they can stay in the space for specific amounts of time.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In Contra Costa County, Contra Costa Health Services (CCH) and community organizations are \u003ca href=\"https://cchealth.org/press-releases/2023/0108-Contra-Costa-Agencies-Expanding-Capacity-at-Homeless-Shelters-This-Week-as-Another-Big-Storm-Approaches.php\">expanding capacity at shelters in the county\u003c/a> for unsheltered individuals and families, as well as increasing outreach to deliver supplies to those who remain outdoors.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Anyone needing assistance with shelter placement should contact the Contra Costa Crisis Center by calling 211.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>CCH has also temporarily expanded hours and staffing for the CORE unhoused-outreach program to help facilitate shelter placements and deliver supplies such as tarps, blankets, sleeping bag, gloves and beanies to unsheltered people who remain outdoors.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Outreach teams are in need of — in order of importance — sleeping bags, gloves and beanies, tarps and blankets. Donations can be dropped off at 2400 Bisso Lane, Suite D in Concord.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11937103/warming-shelters-flood-bomb-cyclone-storm-bay-area\">For more on where to find shelter throughout the nine-county Bay Area, go to our resource page.\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Update, 12 p.m. Monday: \u003c/strong>The entire Bay Area is under a flood watch due to a series of major storms, with areas of greatest concern along the coast and in the North Bay, according to the National Weather Service.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>At about 6:45 p.m. Saturday, the NWS issued a flood watch through Tuesday for the entire Bay Area and Central Coast, urging residents to prepare for widespread flooding, mudslides and the rapid rise of creeks and rivers.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Sonoma County along the Russian River from Jenner to Guerneville, and parts of Monterey County along the Carmel River, were elevated to flood warnings — the highest flood alert in the Weather Service’s three-tiered system.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>All of Santa Cruz County is under a flash flood warning until further notice. \u003ca href=\"https://aware.zonehaven.com/zones/US-CA-XCZ-CTL-E010?z=12.857381202840443&latlon=37.0075651410922%2C-121.940576729805\">An evacuation map for Santa Cruz County is here.\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11937475\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-11937475\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2023/01/GettyImages-1246115453-800x455.jpg\" alt=\"A bird's eye view of houses with flood waters flowing between them.\" width=\"800\" height=\"455\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/01/GettyImages-1246115453-800x455.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/01/GettyImages-1246115453-1020x580.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/01/GettyImages-1246115453-160x91.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/01/GettyImages-1246115453.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">An aerial view of flooded homes in Felton, Santa Cruz County, on Jan. 9, 2023. \u003ccite>(Josh Edelson/AFP via Getty Images)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>A flood advisory was issued for most of the East Bay, South Bay, San Francisco and the Peninsula at about 10 a.m. Monday, and is expected to last until 4 p.m.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“A lot of our rivers and streams today are really at some of their limits,” said NWS meteorologist Brayden Murdock.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The risk of flooding is likely to be highest tonight for the region’s most affected areas as heavy rains continue and runoff from higher elevations filter down to already swollen waterways and saturated soils, Murdock said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The current storm has already had a widespread impact across the Bay Area, with flooded roadways, downed trees and power lines creating hazardous driving conditions and leaving more than 14,000 PG&E customers without power.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>As of 11:30 a.m., there were 7,823 without power in the North Bay, 3,763 on the Peninsula, 1,791 in the East Bay, 605 in the South Bay and 94 in San Francisco, according to Pacific Gas and Electric.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The storm has led to dozens of school closures in Santa Cruz County, the North Bay and San Joaquin County. Evacuation warnings and orders have been issued for parts of Monterey, Santa Cruz and Sonoma counties, as well as parts of Vacaville in Solano County.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The wet weather is expected to continue for at least the next week or so, with the largest amount of rainfall in the North Bay, Murdock said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“The wet time is going to continue and our long-term outlook still shows wet conditions,” he said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Daniel Swain, a climate scientist at the University of California, Los Angeles, expects a break in the rain after Jan. 18.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“That is my best guess right now, which is good because it will give the rivers in Northern California, and now in Central California, a chance to come down,” he said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Original story, 9 a.m. Monday: \u003c/strong>Californians grappled with flooding and mudslides Monday as the latest in a series of powerful storms walloped the state, shuttering schools, toppling trees and leaving tens of thousands without power.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Evacuation orders were issued in Santa Cruz County for residents living near rapidly rising rivers and creeks. The San Lorenzo River was declared at flood stage, and video on social media showed the rushing river overflowing its banks, and inundating a nearby neighborhood with muddy water. Officials warned mudslides and flooding were blocking roads and urged residents to stay home.\u003c/p>\u003c/p>\u003c/div>",
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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>The National Weather Service warned of a “relentless parade of atmospheric rivers” — storms that are long plumes of moisture stretching out into the Pacific and are capable of dropping staggering amounts of rain and snow. The rain and snow expected over the next couple of days come after California has already been walloped by storms that last week knocked out power to thousands, flooded streets and battered the coastline with high surf.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>President Joe Biden issued an emergency declaration Monday for California to support storm response and relief efforts in more than a dozen counties including Sacramento, Santa Cruz and Los Angeles.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Gov. Gavin Newsom said 12 people died as a result of violent weather during the past 10 days, and he warned that this week’s storms could be even more dangerous. He urged people to stay home.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The first of the newest, heavier storms prompted the weather service to issue a flood watch for a large swath of Northern and Central California, with 6 to 12 inches of rain expected through Wednesday in the already saturated Sacramento-area foothills.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In Aptos, the coastal community in Santa Cruz County, crews put down sandbags ahead of high tide. The area flooded last week, leaving sand piles and debris in the streets.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11937478\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-11937478\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2023/01/GettyImages-1246115180-800x509.jpg\" alt=\"A flooded city neighborhood with a man riding by on a road bike.\" width=\"800\" height=\"509\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/01/GettyImages-1246115180-800x509.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/01/GettyImages-1246115180-1020x648.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/01/GettyImages-1246115180-160x102.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/01/GettyImages-1246115180.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">A man rides his bicycle on a flooded roadway in Aptos, Santa Cruz County, on Jan. 9, 2023. \u003ccite>(Josh Edelson/AFP via Getty Images)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>In the Los Angeles area, stormy conditions were expected to return Monday, with the potential for up to 8 inches in foothill areas. High surf was expected through Tuesday, with large waves on west-facing beaches.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Since Dec. 26, San Francisco received more than 10 inches of rain, while Mammoth Mountain, a popular ski area in the Eastern Sierra, got nearly 10 feet of snow, the National Weather Service reported.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The storms won’t be enough to officially end California’s ongoing drought — but they have helped.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>State Climatologist Michael Anderson said at a news briefing late Saturday that officials were closely monitoring Monday’s incoming storm and another behind it and were keeping an eye on three other systems farther out in the Pacific.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Daniel Swain, a climate scientist at the University of California, Los Angeles, said Californians can expect to see a break in the rain after Jan. 18.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“That is my best guess right now, which is good because it will give the rivers in Northern California, and now in Central California, a chance to come down,” he said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cem>This story includes reporting from The Associated Press, Bay City News and KQED’s Ted Goldberg, Danielle Venton, Emily Hung and Rachael Myrow.\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003c/div>",
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