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Many roads in Guerneville, Monte Rio, Rio Nido, and Hacienda will be flooded.\u003c/p>\u003c/blockquote>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Update, 9:30 p.m.: \u003c/strong>Downpours throughout the Bay Area prompted a series of flash flood warnings and ongoing worries about flooding along the Russian River.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>During the day, flood warnings or flash flood warnings were in force through Wednesday morning for dozens of communities in every Bay Area county as prolonged heavy rain fell on terrain already saturated by storms last week and over the weekend.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The National Weather Service issued flash flood warnings as creeks rose rapidly in parts of Sonoma, Marin, Napa, Alameda, Santa Clara and Santa Cruz counties. Early Tuesday evening, flood sirens warned residents in flood-prone areas of the Marin communities of Fairfax, San Anselmo and Ross to move to higher ground as local creeks reached capacity.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>As the main body of Tuesday's storm passed to the east Tuesday evening -- yes, it really looks like the pounding is over for the time being -- Sonoma County still appears to have suffered the most severe impacts of the deluge.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The county lists \u003ca href=\"http://roadconditions.sonoma-county.org/\" target=\"_blank\">45 road closures\u003c/a> due to flooding, slides and downed trees or power lines. Large swaths of agricultural land are under water. 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Occasionally heavy precipitation is expected to continue late into the evening before breaking up into scattered showers Wednesday.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The major concern in the region is flooding, and much of the attention is focused in the North Bay, especially the lower Russian River in Sonoma County. During the course of the day, the National Weather Service issued flood and flash flood warnings for large swaths of the county, including areas near Healdsburg, Geyserville, Sebastopol, Santa Rosa, Petaluma and the town of Sonoma. On the other end of the Bay Area, the service issued a flash flood warning for parts of Los Gatos as Lexington Reservoir reached capacity and sent water into Los Gatos Creek.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In western Sonoma County, the Russian River crested at 3 feet above flood stage in Guerneville on Monday, flooding hundreds of homes and businesses in the resort town and nearby communities. 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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>During the day, flood warnings or flash flood warnings were in force through Wednesday morning for dozens of communities in every Bay Area county as prolonged heavy rain fell on terrain already saturated by storms last week and over the weekend.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The National Weather Service issued flash flood warnings as creeks rose rapidly in parts of Sonoma, Marin, Napa, Alameda, Santa Clara and Santa Cruz counties. Early Tuesday evening, flood sirens warned residents in flood-prone areas of the Marin communities of Fairfax, San Anselmo and Ross to move to higher ground as local creeks reached capacity.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>As the main body of Tuesday's storm passed to the east Tuesday evening -- yes, it really looks like the pounding is over for the time being -- Sonoma County still appears to have suffered the most severe impacts of the deluge.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The county lists \u003ca href=\"http://roadconditions.sonoma-county.org/\" target=\"_blank\">45 road closures\u003c/a> due to flooding, slides and downed trees or power lines. Large swaths of agricultural land are under water. County officials say that at least 550 homes and businesses near the Russian River near Guerneville have been flooded -- a number expected to grow by at least 100 as the river reaches a crest forecast to be 6 feet over flood stage on Wednesday evening.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Scattered showers are expected overnight into Wednesday, followed by a weaker storm Thursday that could still drop another 1 to 2 inches at the Bay Area's wettest locations.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Some precipitation highlights for the 24 hours ending at 9 p.m. Tuesday:\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Venado (Sonoma County): \u003c/strong>6.40 inches\u003cbr>\n\u003cstrong>Kentfield (Marin County):\u003c/strong> 6.11\u003cbr>\n\u003cstrong>Boulder Creek (Santa Cruz Mountains):\u003c/strong> 5.24 inches\u003cbr>\n\u003cstrong>St. Mary's College (Moraga):\u003c/strong> 5.02 inches\u003cbr>\n\u003cstrong>Vollmer Peak (Berkeley Hills):\u003c/strong> 3.30 inches\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Urban totals include:\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Santa Rosa:\u003c/strong> 2.92 inches\u003cbr>\n\u003cstrong>San Rafael:\u003c/strong> 3.86 inches\u003cbr>\n\u003cstrong>Richmond:\u003c/strong> 1.96 inches\u003cbr>\n\u003cstrong>Downtown San Francisco:\u003c/strong> 1.21 inches\u003cbr>\n\u003cstrong>Oakland International Airport:\u003c/strong> 1.53 inches\u003cbr>\n\u003cstrong>San Jose International Airport:\u003c/strong> .60 inches\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Original post:\u003c/strong> Another day, another relentless rainy torrent.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Our third major storm of 2017, fueled once more by subtropical moisture, has dumped heavy rain across most of the Bay Area. Occasionally heavy precipitation is expected to continue late into the evening before breaking up into scattered showers Wednesday.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The major concern in the region is flooding, and much of the attention is focused in the North Bay, especially the lower Russian River in Sonoma County. During the course of the day, the National Weather Service issued flood and flash flood warnings for large swaths of the county, including areas near Healdsburg, Geyserville, Sebastopol, Santa Rosa, Petaluma and the town of Sonoma. On the other end of the Bay Area, the service issued a flash flood warning for parts of Los Gatos as Lexington Reservoir reached capacity and sent water into Los Gatos Creek.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In western Sonoma County, the Russian River crested at 3 feet above flood stage in Guerneville on Monday, flooding hundreds of homes and businesses in the resort town and nearby communities. After the river receded to just above flood stage today, the \u003ca href=\"http://www.cnrfc.noaa.gov/graphicalRVF.php?id=GUEC1\" target=\"_blank\">California-Nevada River Forecast Center says\u003c/a> the Russian is expected to rise to about 6½ over flood stage by Wednesday evening, inundating even more property.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11263564\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 750px\">\u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2017/01/guernevillegraph.png\">\u003cimg class=\"size-full wp-image-11263564\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2017/01/guernevillegraph.png\" alt=\"California-Nevada Forecast center forecast for Russian River at Guerneville.\" width=\"750\" height=\"750\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/01/guernevillegraph.png 750w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/01/guernevillegraph-160x160.png 160w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/01/guernevillegraph-240x240.png 240w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/01/guernevillegraph-375x375.png 375w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/01/guernevillegraph-520x520.png 520w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/01/guernevillegraph-32x32.png 32w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/01/guernevillegraph-50x50.png 50w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/01/guernevillegraph-64x64.png 64w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/01/guernevillegraph-96x96.png 96w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/01/guernevillegraph-128x128.png 128w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/01/guernevillegraph-150x150.png 150w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 750px) 100vw, 750px\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">California-Nevada Forecast center forecast for Russian River at Guerneville. \u003ccite>(CNRFC)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>After a brief break from the major weekend storm, heavy rain resumed across the watershed late Monday and continued without respite Tuesday.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Among locations widely watched for gauging the intensity of rainfall that will wind up as runoff cascading into the Russian River are Venado, in the hills west of Healdsburg, and Cazadero, in the hills north of the river near the community of Duncans Mills.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>An official California \u003ca href=\"http://cdec.water.ca.gov/cgi-progs/queryF?s=VEN\">Department of Water Resources gauge\u003c/a> at Venado recorded 2.56 inches of rain in the 12 hours ending at noon. A \u003ca href=\"https://www.wunderground.com/personal-weather-station/dashboard?ID=KCACAZAD12#history\" target=\"_blank\">private Cazadero weather station\u003c/a> reported 3.34 inches of rain during the same period.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>For the month so far, Venado has recorded about 24 inches of rain for a total of 69.48 inches since Oct. 1, the start of California's official water year.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Unofficially -- meaning from our own reading of Department of Water Resources and National Weather Service numbers -- that ranks Venado as No. 3 on the list of rainiest places in the state so far this water year. No. 1 appears to be Four Trees, a place in the mountains of Plumas County, which had gotten 73.52 inches as of midnight Monday; No. 2 is the Mattole River hamlet of Honeydew, in western Humboldt County, with 70.24\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003c/div>",
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"content": "\u003cp>FORESTVILLE -- Emergency crews in rescue boats and helicopters rushed to take advantage of a one-day break between storms Monday to rescue stranded people and assess damage after the heaviest rain in a decade overwhelmed parts of California and Nevada.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Wine country in Sonoma County was among the hardest hit areas, with up to 13 inches of rain since Friday. Rolling hills and vineyards along the scenic route known as River Road were submerged Monday with just the tips of vines visible in completely flooded fields.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The Russian River in Sonoma rose to its highest level since 2006, spilling over its banks and forcing the closure of schools and roads.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[contextly_sidebar id=\"Plf4u0idgn84jfA7HcXCvqHntbHfMRJ2\"]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The weekend storm dumped more than a foot of water on parts of Northern California, forcing hundreds of people to evacuate and leaving thousands without power. The system raised rivers over their banks and toppled trees, among them the fabled giant sequoia dubbed \"Pioneer Cabin\" that had a drive-through tunnel carved into its base more than a century ago.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Another strong storm was bearing down on the region and expected to hit Tuesday.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Such gaps between storms are \"what saves us from the big water,\" Fire Chief Max Ming said in the Russian River town of Forestville, where rescuers launched rafts and used a helicopter to search for people cut off by rising water. \"People hunker down and wait for it to get past.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The back-to-back storms that hit California and Nevada since last week are part of an \"atmospheric river\" weather system that draws precipitation from the Pacific Ocean as far west as Hawaii. That kind of system, also known as the \"pineapple express,\" poses catastrophic risks for areas hit by the heaviest rain.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>https://twitter.com/SFist/status/818579531317452800\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"It's been about 10 years since we've experienced this kind of rainfall,\" said Steve Anderson, a National Weather Service forecaster. \"We're getting a little bit of a break today, but we have another storm system arriving tomorrow that's not quite as potent but could still cause problems.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Avalanche concerns kept some California ski areas closed for a second day Monday in the Sierra Nevada. Forecasters said more snow and rain was on the way.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The Russian River is prone to flooding, but this year's flood has been particularly worrisome because it threatened to topple trees weakened by six years of drought.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>A flood warning for the Russian River was in effect, along with a high wind watch planned for Tuesday afternoon and evening, Anderson said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>https://twitter.com/tabanks360/status/818570760952356864\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Jeff Watts, an artist, spent an anxious night listening for the sound of falling trees on his property in Forestville. On Monday, he found his drive to work blocked by a car that had slammed into a tree toppled across the road. Emergency crews worked to remove the vehicle.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"I couldn't get past the tree, so I turned around and I'm doing this,\" said Watts, who had pulled over to photograph oak trees and their reflections in the floodwater.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Sacramento River levels swelled so much that state officials planned to open a weir located upstream from Sacramento's Tower Bridge for the first time in more than a decade. The weir is a barrier of 48 gates that must be opened manually to protect the city of Sacramento from floodwaters.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Yosemite National Park will reopen the valley floor to day visitors Tuesday after it was closed through the weekend and Monday because of a storm-swollen river, park spokesman Scott Gediman said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Over the weekend, trees crashed against cars and homes and blocked roads in the Bay Area. Stranded motorists had to be rescued from cars stuck on flooded roads. The city itself got just over 2 inches of rain.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>A giant tree fell across a highway in Hillsborough to the south of San Francisco, injuring a driver who could not stop in time and drove into the tree. And a woman was killed Saturday by a falling tree while she took a walk on a golf course.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>To the south near Los Angeles, commuters were warned of possible mudslides in hilly areas.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Emergency workers in Nevada voluntarily evacuated about 1,300 people from 400 homes in a Reno neighborhood as the Truckee River overflowed and drainage ditches backed up.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Winter storm warnings were in effect in the Sierra Nevada until Thursday, with the potential for blizzard and white-out conditions, said Scott McGuire, a forecaster for the National Weather Service based in Reno.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"People need to avoid traveling if at all possible,\" McGuire said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Four to 8 feet of snow are forecast through Thursday above 7,000 feet, and the Lake Tahoe area could get between 2 to 5 feet of snow, he said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Schools were canceled Monday in Reno and Sparks, and Gov. 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"content": "\u003cp>Five years removed from one of the most sweeping criminal justice reforms ever implemented in the state, California’s 58 counties are still coming to grips with the effects of the plan known as Public Safety Realignment.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Realignment aimed to satisfy a U.S. Supreme Court order to reduce the state prison population by some 30,000 inmates by transferring responsibility to counties for felons sentenced for non-serious, nonviolent or non-sex offenses.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Today, at least 40 California counties have either completed or are planning jail construction projects.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[soundcloud url=”https://api.soundcloud.com/tracks/285422764″ params=”color=ff5500&auto_play=false&hide_related=false&show_comments=true&show_user=true&show_reposts=false” width=”100%” height=”166″ iframe=”true” /]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>It’s been about a $2.5 billion windfall for jail construction in California. And that’s just counting state grants, not what counties are spending in matching funds.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I find it alarming,” San Francisco Deputy Public Defender Jennifer Johnson said. “Of course counties are going to try to get the money. 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Some of the projects have shifted recently, to improve conditions for inmates with psychiatric issues.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“You have projects like in Alameda [County], where they are refurbishing a wing of one of the facilities into a mental health space,” PPIC researcher Brandon Martin said. “Ventura [County] is building a new building that will be mental health specific. So is Butte County. Sonoma’s doing the same thing. Humboldt is doing the same thing. There is definitely a big shift.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>There’s also a big fight over it, with some treatment providers and advocates arguing that the state is prioritizing in-custody psychiatric services over a community-based approach.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Where they’re putting their money is all in jails,” said Lizzie Buchen, a spokeswoman for the advocacy group Californians United for a Responsible Budget. “When it comes down to it, they say they don’t have any money left for mental health treatment in the communities, because they have what they call state-of-the-art mental health jails, and then nothing left for mental health in the community.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>It’s a dichotomy that’s playing out in two Bay Area communities taking very different approaches.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cem>Continued below.\u003c/em>\u003cbr>\n[realignmentMap]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Improving Conditions in Sonoma County Jail\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Sonoma County Assistant Sheriff Randall Walker said that when the community’s main jail opened in the early 1990s, there were only about a dozen inmates who needed treatment for a mental illness. Today the jail holds 440 inmates receiving some kind of psychiatric care, with 198 in special housing for people with more acute mental health issues.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“They may be able to fit,” he said “but you can’t do the proper programming because you can’t get people out [of their cells].”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The county is building a $44 million behavioral health unit scheduled to open in 2019 — with $40 million in state grant funding. It will house up to 72 inmates and include enhanced space for them to get out of their cells and attend programs, like education or therapy.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Socialization’s a big part of it,” Walker said. “That’s what the new facility is going to give us. It’s going to be the perfect space to do programming, socialization, all the things that are important to treatment.”\u003cbr>\n[contextly_sidebar id=”iPoRDJFuCCTkuYmgMzg9rKXILWkC9ksf”]\u003cbr>\nRachael McDavid heads Sonoma’s chapter of the National Alliance on Mental Illness.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I see the jails doing what they can,” she said. “They’re trying to be considerate of mental health challenges that people are going through, which many times can contribute to them ending up in jail.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>McDavid said while that effort is admirable, communities need to do more to help people connect with organizations and entities that specialize in psychiatric care — so they don’t end up in jail.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“They have an episode, they have a crisis, because their mental health needs were not getting met,” McDavid said, “and so they get into bad situations. They make bad choices.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>A Different Direction in San Francisco\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Jails are just not treatment facilities,” said San Francisco-based clinical social worker Kathleen Lacey, who specializes in treating patients with severe mental illness and violent criminal histories. “No matter how nice you make it, it’s still run by the Sheriff’s Department, not by mental health professionals.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>That debate in San Francisco culminated in December, when a group of people opposed to San Francisco’s plans to build a replacement jail similar to Sonoma’s Behavioral Health Center shouted down a Board of Supervisors committee meeting on funding the project. Sheriff’s deputies and firefighters removed three protesters after cutting through the chains that they’d attached to seats in the board’s chambers.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The city scrapped its plans and relinquished an $80 million grant from the state.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“San Francisco took a big bold move in saying, ‘No, we’re not going to build a new jail,’ ” Lacey said. “It’s unfortunate that that money is only being offered to build jails; it’s not being offered to build treatment facilities, and that’s where we constantly come down the line. There is a lot of money to incarcerate people, and the money for the treatment just doesn’t show up.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Lacey is part of a group that’s pushing an alternative to jail construction. Along with public defender Jennifer Johnson, she co-authored a paper outlining a “Behavioral Health Justice Center” that would be a place for jails to release inmates who need psychiatric care.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“We have this window of opportunity where there’s oddly bipartisan support for criminal justice and mental health reform,” Johnson said. “I feel this sense of urgency where we have to do something right or we’re going to be stuck with another 40 years of failed policy.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>San Francisco is still deciding how to replace one of the city’s aging jails, a decision expected later this year.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Sonoma County is breaking ground on its jail’s new behavioral health unit soon, and expects it to open by 2019.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad floatright]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cem>This story is part of our California Counts collaboration with four California public media organizations to cover the 2016 election. 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"content": "\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Update: 12:45 p.m. Wednesday:\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The growing and destructive Loma Fire continued moving toward remote California homes in the Santa Cruz Mountains on Wednesday as it scorched its way through bone-dry brush and trees.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The fire, burning in steep mountain terrain south of San Francisco, grew overnight to over 2,200 acres and is only 10 percent contained, according to Cal Fire. It gutted one home and threatened 300 buildings, though it was not clear how many were homes or smaller structures.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Authorities ordered residents of several canyons and other rugged areas to evacuate.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Cooler temperatures and calmer winds were expected to help more than 1,000 firefighters battling the flames, said Capt. 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Anthony Lopez returned Tuesday to check on his home, which was still under an evacuation order, and was overjoyed to find dozens of his marijuana plants intact and his 1972 Buick Skylark uncharred.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Norman Noble, 75, left the mountain home where he's lived for a quarter-century as flames approached and fire trucks rolled in.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"I evacuated ... because I didn't want to get in anyone's way,\" he told the San Jose Mercury News, adding that he had no idea when he might be able to go back.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The fire started Monday during a heat wave that brought low humidity and temperatures in the upper 90s to much of California. The heat began easing, but fire risk remained extreme.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11107879\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg class=\"size-medium wp-image-11107879\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2016/09/WeedPlantsLoma-800x534.jpg\" alt=\"Anthony Lopez removes what's left of his marijuana crop as the Loma Fire approaches his neighborhood in the Santa Cruz Mountains on September 27, 2016.\" width=\"800\" height=\"534\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2016/09/WeedPlantsLoma-800x534.jpg 800w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2016/09/WeedPlantsLoma-400x267.jpg 400w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2016/09/WeedPlantsLoma.jpg 1920w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2016/09/WeedPlantsLoma-1180x788.jpg 1180w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2016/09/WeedPlantsLoma-960x641.jpg 960w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Anthony Lopez removes what's left of his marijuana crop as the Loma Fire approaches his neighborhood in the Santa Cruz Mountains on September 27, 2016. \u003ccite>(JOSH EDELSON/AFP/Getty Images)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Update: 11:42 a.m. Tuesday:\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The Loma Fire has now spread over 2,000 acres, and more than 500 fire personnel are now fighting it.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The blaze has so far destroyed one home and charred more than 1.5 square miles of dry brush and timber, \u003ca href=\"http://www.fire.ca.gov/current_incidents\">according to Cal Fire\u003c/a>. The fire is only 5 percent contained.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"The fire right now is very active,\" said Cal Fire Battalion Chief Jonathon Cox. \"There's a lot of dry fuel up there and heat that, combined, are pushing this fire in directions at a rapid rate of spread or critical, as what we refer to it as.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Evacuation centers have been set up at Soquel High School, the Jewish Community Center of Silicon Valley in Los Gatos and Morgan Hill Presbyterian Church.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11106570\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg class=\"wp-image-11106570 size-medium\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2016/09/BurnedCarLoma-800x514.jpg\" alt=\"A burned out Porsche sits near a home partially burned by the Loma Fire in the Santa Cruz Mountains on September 27, 2016.\" width=\"800\" height=\"514\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2016/09/BurnedCarLoma-800x514.jpg 800w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2016/09/BurnedCarLoma-400x257.jpg 400w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2016/09/BurnedCarLoma.jpg 1920w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2016/09/BurnedCarLoma-1180x758.jpg 1180w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2016/09/BurnedCarLoma-960x617.jpg 960w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">A burned-out Porsche sits near a home partially burned by the Loma Fire in the Santa Cruz Mountains on Sept. 27, 2016. \u003ccite>(JOSH EDELSON/AFP/Getty Images))\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Original Post:\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>CLOVERDALE -- A fast-moving wildfire prompted the evacuations of 300 homes in the Santa Cruz Mountains, while fire crews continued to battle a blaze burning close to a massive geothermal power-producing facility in Sonoma County, officials said Monday.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The Loma Fire started Monday on the southern edge of Santa Clara County and quickly spread to 500 acres, threatening radio and television antennas, said Cal Fire spokeswoman Stephanie Stuehler.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>https://twitter.com/bethwillon/status/780845866084999168\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Meanwhile, a second blaze known as the Sawmill Fire erupted amid hot, dry conditions and gusty winds in Sonoma County north of San Francisco and forced the temporary evacuation of one of its 14 geothermal plants.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Brett Kerr, a spokesman for Calpine, which operates The Geysers geothermal complex, said evacuated employees were allowed to return to the plant, which started operating later Monday.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>All employees were safe and accounted for and the flow of electricity from the facility was not disrupted, he said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>https://twitter.com/kentphotos/status/780233282537402368\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"Our remaining plants at the Geysers continue to operate normally and our team is constantly assessing the situation and will take all steps necessary to ensure the safety of employees and the preservation of our facilities,\" Kerr said in an email.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Cal Fire said the blaze near the small city of Cloverdale has charred about 1,500 acres, or more than 2 square miles of timber and dry brush.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Cal Fire spokesman Daniel Berlant said Monday that the fire also burned on plant property, but he did not know how close to the infrastructure.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The Geysers are located in the Mayacamas Mountains and are naturally occurring steam field reservoirs below the earth's surface. They are harnessed by Calpine to make renewable energy for homes and businesses across Northern California, according to the company web site.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The site says The Geysers, spreading 45 square miles along the Sonoma and Lake County border, is the largest complex of geothermal power plants in the world. Calpine owns and operates the 14 power plants at The Geysers, providing power for the equivalent of 725,000 homes, according to the site.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The Geysers supplies electricity to California's Sonoma, Lake and Mendocino counties, plus a portion of the power needs for Marin and Napa counties.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>About 90 residents from 36 homes near the fire were under evacuation orders or advisories Monday.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The cause of the fire was under investigation as firefighters battling the blaze Monday in steep terrain braced for another day of temperatures in the high 90s with strong winds. The fire is 55 percent contained, according to Cal Fire.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cem>Beth Willon contributed to this report \u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\n",
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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"The cooling trend is very good news, but there's still a big threat,\" he said Wednesday. \"Today, we're really going on the offensive in fighting this fire.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[http_redir]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c!-- iframe plugin v.4.3 wordpress.org/plugins/iframe/ -->\u003cbr>\n\u003ciframe width=\"100%\" height=\"450\" scrolling=\"no\" frameborder=\"no\" src=\"http://firetracker.scpr.org/loma-fire-santa-clara-2016/embed/\" class=\"iframe-class\">\u003c/iframe>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The fire burned in an area dotted with large-scale marijuana growing operations. Anthony Lopez returned Tuesday to check on his home, which was still under an evacuation order, and was overjoyed to find dozens of his marijuana plants intact and his 1972 Buick Skylark uncharred.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Norman Noble, 75, left the mountain home where he's lived for a quarter-century as flames approached and fire trucks rolled in.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"I evacuated ... because I didn't want to get in anyone's way,\" he told the San Jose Mercury News, adding that he had no idea when he might be able to go back.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The fire started Monday during a heat wave that brought low humidity and temperatures in the upper 90s to much of California. The heat began easing, but fire risk remained extreme.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11107879\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg class=\"size-medium wp-image-11107879\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2016/09/WeedPlantsLoma-800x534.jpg\" alt=\"Anthony Lopez removes what's left of his marijuana crop as the Loma Fire approaches his neighborhood in the Santa Cruz Mountains on September 27, 2016.\" width=\"800\" height=\"534\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2016/09/WeedPlantsLoma-800x534.jpg 800w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2016/09/WeedPlantsLoma-400x267.jpg 400w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2016/09/WeedPlantsLoma.jpg 1920w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2016/09/WeedPlantsLoma-1180x788.jpg 1180w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2016/09/WeedPlantsLoma-960x641.jpg 960w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Anthony Lopez removes what's left of his marijuana crop as the Loma Fire approaches his neighborhood in the Santa Cruz Mountains on September 27, 2016. \u003ccite>(JOSH EDELSON/AFP/Getty Images)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Update: 11:42 a.m. Tuesday:\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The Loma Fire has now spread over 2,000 acres, and more than 500 fire personnel are now fighting it.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The blaze has so far destroyed one home and charred more than 1.5 square miles of dry brush and timber, \u003ca href=\"http://www.fire.ca.gov/current_incidents\">according to Cal Fire\u003c/a>. The fire is only 5 percent contained.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"The fire right now is very active,\" said Cal Fire Battalion Chief Jonathon Cox. \"There's a lot of dry fuel up there and heat that, combined, are pushing this fire in directions at a rapid rate of spread or critical, as what we refer to it as.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Evacuation centers have been set up at Soquel High School, the Jewish Community Center of Silicon Valley in Los Gatos and Morgan Hill Presbyterian Church.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11106570\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg class=\"wp-image-11106570 size-medium\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2016/09/BurnedCarLoma-800x514.jpg\" alt=\"A burned out Porsche sits near a home partially burned by the Loma Fire in the Santa Cruz Mountains on September 27, 2016.\" width=\"800\" height=\"514\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2016/09/BurnedCarLoma-800x514.jpg 800w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2016/09/BurnedCarLoma-400x257.jpg 400w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2016/09/BurnedCarLoma.jpg 1920w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2016/09/BurnedCarLoma-1180x758.jpg 1180w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2016/09/BurnedCarLoma-960x617.jpg 960w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">A burned-out Porsche sits near a home partially burned by the Loma Fire in the Santa Cruz Mountains on Sept. 27, 2016. \u003ccite>(JOSH EDELSON/AFP/Getty Images))\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Original Post:\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>CLOVERDALE -- A fast-moving wildfire prompted the evacuations of 300 homes in the Santa Cruz Mountains, while fire crews continued to battle a blaze burning close to a massive geothermal power-producing facility in Sonoma County, officials said Monday.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The Loma Fire started Monday on the southern edge of Santa Clara County and quickly spread to 500 acres, threatening radio and television antennas, said Cal Fire spokeswoman Stephanie Stuehler.\u003c/p>\u003c/p>\u003c/div>",
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"content": "\u003cp>Andy Lopez's death hit many Sonoma County residents and law enforcement officers hard. The 13-year-old was shot seven times by a sheriff's deputy who believed the toy gun the boy was carrying was a real AK-47. Lopez died at the scene, a tragic death by the field where he played regularly with siblings.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The Oct. 22, 2013 shooting \u003ca href=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/2013/10/29/andy-lopez/\">sparked protests, marches, vigils\u003c/a> and dozens of meetings in the weeks and months that followed, with many asking \u003cem>how\u003c/em> the county would respond.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Some residents demanded changes to policing tactics of largely Latino neighborhoods just outside the city of Santa Rosa. They wanted \u003ca href=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/forum/2015/12/11/santa-rosa-community-continues-to-call-for-police-reforms-after-shooting-of-andy-lopez/\">greater accountability\u003c/a> and oversight of law enforcement. But then, the fight turned to something broader.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Nearly three years after Lopez was shot, residents in his community say his death has empowered them to change a historical lack of investment by the county government in their neighborhood and other working-class unincorporated areas.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"Since the Andy Lopez incident, the community has come together as one voice. It kind of woke us up,\" said 70-year-old Esther Lemus, who lives down the street from where Lopez died.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[soundcloud url=\"https://api.soundcloud.com/tracks/283068902\" params=\"auto_play=false&hide_related=false&show_comments=true&show_user=true&show_reposts=false&visual=true\" width=\"100%\" height=\"166\" iframe=\"true\" /]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"When a community is behind you and is a team, your voice is heard but if you are only one person I don’t think you are going to be heard,\" Lemus said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>She recently saw the county public works department install lights on her street. Over the 46 years she had lived there, she said it was \"pitch black\" after sunset and very dangerous for pedestrians. The new street lights are part of several actions taken in response to a county survey of local residents' needs.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11090778\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 1920px\">\u003cimg class=\"size-full wp-image-11090778\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2016/09/RS21135_IMG_0323-qut.jpg\" alt=\"Esther Lemus and Melonie Willis at Lemus' home in the Moorland neighborhood on July 29, 2016. Willis and Lemus pushed for more street lights and invited the Sheriff's Department to paint a community mural. \" width=\"1920\" height=\"1280\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2016/09/RS21135_IMG_0323-qut.jpg 1920w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2016/09/RS21135_IMG_0323-qut-400x267.jpg 400w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2016/09/RS21135_IMG_0323-qut-800x533.jpg 800w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2016/09/RS21135_IMG_0323-qut-1180x787.jpg 1180w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2016/09/RS21135_IMG_0323-qut-960x640.jpg 960w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1920px) 100vw, 1920px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Esther Lemus and Melonie Willis at Lemus' home in the Moorland neighborhood on July 29, 2016. Willis and Lemus pushed for more street lights and invited the Sheriff's Department to paint a community mural. \u003ccite>(Farida Jhabvala Romero/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Sonoma County also created \u003ca href=\"http://sonomacounty.ca.gov/IOLERO/\" target=\"_blank\">an office\u003c/a> to review the sheriff's internal investigations of \u003ca href=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/2016/08/18/santa-rosa-residents-wonder-why-promote-deputy-who-shot-13-year-old/\">civilian complaints against officers\u003c/a>. Its first director, attorney Jerry Threet, began auditing those investigations earlier this year, and said he is hopeful it will increase transparency and public trust in law enforcement, particularly among Latinos.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>County To Build Andy's Unity Park\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Other changes, like a memorial park for Lopez on the field where he died, are still in the works. The county plans to begin construction of the 4-acre, multimillion-dollar \u003ca href=\"http://parks.sonomacounty.ca.gov/About_Us/Project_Details/Moorland_Neighborhood_Park.aspx\" target=\"_blank\">project\u003c/a> by the end of the year. The design for the park's facilities, including a tot playground, skate park and community garden, incorporated input from dozens of youth and residents, like Ana Maria Salgado.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"Andy deserves a place where he is recognized here,\" said Salgado in Spanish. \"Andy's Unity Park represents the hope that if we unite, there can be positive changes for our children and grandchildren.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Currently, residents of Lopez's neighborhood have to travel about 2 miles to reach the closest park facilities. So local kids often play in the field where Lopez was shot. Neighbors have donated plastic slides and other toys, which are spread out on the lot. A white makeshift memorial for Lopez, built by relatives and friends with wooden boards and a tent, still holds photos of a smiling Lopez, teddy bears and flowers.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>The 'Forgotten Side'\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Salgado, a stay-at-home mother of three, said Andy's Unity Park, once built, will have a big impact on the quality of life of hundreds of children and youth in the area, which she and neighbors call \"the forgotten side.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"It's the forgotten side because there are so many things and services lacking that are plentiful on the other side,\" said Salgado, 48, referring to whiter and wealthier city neighborhoods across the freeway. \"Our youth don't have those same opportunities.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>As elsewhere in the nation, significant educational, health and economic \u003ca href=\"http://www.measureofamerica.org/sonoma/\" target=\"_blank\">gaps persist\u003c/a> between Latinos and other better-off residents of Sonoma County. The Roseland area, next to Lopez's neighborhood, ranks near the bottom for life expectancy and well-being, compared to 50 other county census tracts in a 2014 county \u003ca href=\"http://ssrc-static.s3.amazonaws.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/08/05141006/English_Complete_POSC.pdf\" target=\"_blank\">report\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>For most of her life, Salgado had never been politically active. By her own accounts, she was timid and focused her energies mostly on her family. But she said Lopez's death moved her to become more vocal, putting in hours of volunteer work advocating for Andy's Unity Park and other changes. The shy stay-at-home mom has become a community activist.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"This park has the heart of the community of Moorland and a lot of people that supported us. Here's their effort,\" Salgado said. \"It fills me with pride that children were able to contribute their voice and vote for this park project.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The county estimates the project will cost about $3.5 million, but that figure might change after construction bids are received, said Scott Wilkinson, a planner with the Sonoma Regional Parks Department.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Sheriffs, Neighbors Help Paint Mural\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Blocks down from the park's proposed site on Moorland Avenue, local children also participated in the painting of a new mural, with a design that was voted on by neighbors.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The wall had been covered with graffiti on and off for years. The Sheriff's Office, tasked with cleaning up gang graffiti, would paint over it, but it'd come back in a matter of days, said Melonie Willis.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>So she and Esther Lemus tried something different: painting a mural with residents and the Sheriff's Office. Three sheriff's employees responded to their invitation, in uniform. One of them brought his kid, too, Willis said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11090779\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 1920px\">\u003cimg class=\"wp-image-11090779 size-full\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2016/09/RS21132_IMG_0306-qut.jpg\" alt=\"Melonie Willis at the mural she helped paint with Sheriff's employees and neighbors on Moorland Avenue, on July 29, 2016. \" width=\"1920\" height=\"1280\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2016/09/RS21132_IMG_0306-qut.jpg 1920w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2016/09/RS21132_IMG_0306-qut-400x267.jpg 400w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2016/09/RS21132_IMG_0306-qut-800x533.jpg 800w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2016/09/RS21132_IMG_0306-qut-1180x787.jpg 1180w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2016/09/RS21132_IMG_0306-qut-960x640.jpg 960w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1920px) 100vw, 1920px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Melonie Willis at the mural she helped paint with neighbors and sheriff's employees on Moorland Avenue, on July 29, 2016. 'Getting to know them as people even though they were in uniform was really wonderful,' said Willis of the two-day project with the Sheriff's Office. \u003ccite>(Farida Jhabvala Romero/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Painting the mural out there on the street, alongside officers and children, was a very positive experience, said Willis. It's a good step in thawing the distrust and fear some residents still feel toward the Sheriff's Department, she said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"Neither side are monsters and we need to interact with each other,\" said Willis, who wants more community policing to address crime in her neighborhood. \"One sheriff was saying, 'I'm having fun.' I hope some of the kids that were out there heard that, too, and got to see that side -- that OK, they are approachable, I can talk to them.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The mural shows doves of peace flying around a big tree. The words \"peace,\" \"community\" and \"respect\" were also painted.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"We had 3-year-olds out here. It was really great,\" said Willis, who plans to involve neighbors and the Sheriff's Office again to paint more murals in the neighborhood.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The Sonoma County Board of Supervisors has approved about $2.6 million to fund that project and other recommendations from a \u003ca href=\"http://sonomacounty.ca.gov/Community-and-Local-Law-Enforcement-Task-Force/\" target=\"_blank\">task force\u003c/a> created to improve police-community relations and community healing in the aftermath of Lopez's death, said Efren Carrillo, chair of the board.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Those include Andy's Unity Park, the creation of the Independent Office of Law Enforcement Review and Outreach, and opening up staff positions at the Sheriff's Office to beef up training and internal investigations.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad floatright]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"It was the community that was galvanized that demanded us to address societal issues. But they made recommendations, too, that we were able to support,\" Carrillo said. \"That work doesn't stop, the discussion and the dialogue has to continue.\"\u003c/p>\n\n",
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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003cp>Andy Lopez's death hit many Sonoma County residents and law enforcement officers hard. The 13-year-old was shot seven times by a sheriff's deputy who believed the toy gun the boy was carrying was a real AK-47. Lopez died at the scene, a tragic death by the field where he played regularly with siblings.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The Oct. 22, 2013 shooting \u003ca href=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/2013/10/29/andy-lopez/\">sparked protests, marches, vigils\u003c/a> and dozens of meetings in the weeks and months that followed, with many asking \u003cem>how\u003c/em> the county would respond.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Some residents demanded changes to policing tactics of largely Latino neighborhoods just outside the city of Santa Rosa. They wanted \u003ca href=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/forum/2015/12/11/santa-rosa-community-continues-to-call-for-police-reforms-after-shooting-of-andy-lopez/\">greater accountability\u003c/a> and oversight of law enforcement. But then, the fight turned to something broader.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Nearly three years after Lopez was shot, residents in his community say his death has empowered them to change a historical lack of investment by the county government in their neighborhood and other working-class unincorporated areas.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"Since the Andy Lopez incident, the community has come together as one voice. It kind of woke us up,\" said 70-year-old Esther Lemus, who lives down the street from where Lopez died.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003c/div>",
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The new street lights are part of several actions taken in response to a county survey of local residents' needs.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11090778\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 1920px\">\u003cimg class=\"size-full wp-image-11090778\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2016/09/RS21135_IMG_0323-qut.jpg\" alt=\"Esther Lemus and Melonie Willis at Lemus' home in the Moorland neighborhood on July 29, 2016. Willis and Lemus pushed for more street lights and invited the Sheriff's Department to paint a community mural. \" width=\"1920\" height=\"1280\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2016/09/RS21135_IMG_0323-qut.jpg 1920w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2016/09/RS21135_IMG_0323-qut-400x267.jpg 400w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2016/09/RS21135_IMG_0323-qut-800x533.jpg 800w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2016/09/RS21135_IMG_0323-qut-1180x787.jpg 1180w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2016/09/RS21135_IMG_0323-qut-960x640.jpg 960w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1920px) 100vw, 1920px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Esther Lemus and Melonie Willis at Lemus' home in the Moorland neighborhood on July 29, 2016. Willis and Lemus pushed for more street lights and invited the Sheriff's Department to paint a community mural. \u003ccite>(Farida Jhabvala Romero/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Sonoma County also created \u003ca href=\"http://sonomacounty.ca.gov/IOLERO/\" target=\"_blank\">an office\u003c/a> to review the sheriff's internal investigations of \u003ca href=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/2016/08/18/santa-rosa-residents-wonder-why-promote-deputy-who-shot-13-year-old/\">civilian complaints against officers\u003c/a>. Its first director, attorney Jerry Threet, began auditing those investigations earlier this year, and said he is hopeful it will increase transparency and public trust in law enforcement, particularly among Latinos.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>County To Build Andy's Unity Park\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Other changes, like a memorial park for Lopez on the field where he died, are still in the works. The county plans to begin construction of the 4-acre, multimillion-dollar \u003ca href=\"http://parks.sonomacounty.ca.gov/About_Us/Project_Details/Moorland_Neighborhood_Park.aspx\" target=\"_blank\">project\u003c/a> by the end of the year. The design for the park's facilities, including a tot playground, skate park and community garden, incorporated input from dozens of youth and residents, like Ana Maria Salgado.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"Andy deserves a place where he is recognized here,\" said Salgado in Spanish. \"Andy's Unity Park represents the hope that if we unite, there can be positive changes for our children and grandchildren.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Currently, residents of Lopez's neighborhood have to travel about 2 miles to reach the closest park facilities. So local kids often play in the field where Lopez was shot. Neighbors have donated plastic slides and other toys, which are spread out on the lot. A white makeshift memorial for Lopez, built by relatives and friends with wooden boards and a tent, still holds photos of a smiling Lopez, teddy bears and flowers.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>The 'Forgotten Side'\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Salgado, a stay-at-home mother of three, said Andy's Unity Park, once built, will have a big impact on the quality of life of hundreds of children and youth in the area, which she and neighbors call \"the forgotten side.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"It's the forgotten side because there are so many things and services lacking that are plentiful on the other side,\" said Salgado, 48, referring to whiter and wealthier city neighborhoods across the freeway. \"Our youth don't have those same opportunities.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>As elsewhere in the nation, significant educational, health and economic \u003ca href=\"http://www.measureofamerica.org/sonoma/\" target=\"_blank\">gaps persist\u003c/a> between Latinos and other better-off residents of Sonoma County. The Roseland area, next to Lopez's neighborhood, ranks near the bottom for life expectancy and well-being, compared to 50 other county census tracts in a 2014 county \u003ca href=\"http://ssrc-static.s3.amazonaws.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/08/05141006/English_Complete_POSC.pdf\" target=\"_blank\">report\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>For most of her life, Salgado had never been politically active. By her own accounts, she was timid and focused her energies mostly on her family. But she said Lopez's death moved her to become more vocal, putting in hours of volunteer work advocating for Andy's Unity Park and other changes. The shy stay-at-home mom has become a community activist.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"This park has the heart of the community of Moorland and a lot of people that supported us. Here's their effort,\" Salgado said. \"It fills me with pride that children were able to contribute their voice and vote for this park project.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The county estimates the project will cost about $3.5 million, but that figure might change after construction bids are received, said Scott Wilkinson, a planner with the Sonoma Regional Parks Department.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Sheriffs, Neighbors Help Paint Mural\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Blocks down from the park's proposed site on Moorland Avenue, local children also participated in the painting of a new mural, with a design that was voted on by neighbors.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The wall had been covered with graffiti on and off for years. The Sheriff's Office, tasked with cleaning up gang graffiti, would paint over it, but it'd come back in a matter of days, said Melonie Willis.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>So she and Esther Lemus tried something different: painting a mural with residents and the Sheriff's Office. Three sheriff's employees responded to their invitation, in uniform. One of them brought his kid, too, Willis said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11090779\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 1920px\">\u003cimg class=\"wp-image-11090779 size-full\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2016/09/RS21132_IMG_0306-qut.jpg\" alt=\"Melonie Willis at the mural she helped paint with Sheriff's employees and neighbors on Moorland Avenue, on July 29, 2016. \" width=\"1920\" height=\"1280\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2016/09/RS21132_IMG_0306-qut.jpg 1920w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2016/09/RS21132_IMG_0306-qut-400x267.jpg 400w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2016/09/RS21132_IMG_0306-qut-800x533.jpg 800w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2016/09/RS21132_IMG_0306-qut-1180x787.jpg 1180w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2016/09/RS21132_IMG_0306-qut-960x640.jpg 960w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1920px) 100vw, 1920px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Melonie Willis at the mural she helped paint with neighbors and sheriff's employees on Moorland Avenue, on July 29, 2016. 'Getting to know them as people even though they were in uniform was really wonderful,' said Willis of the two-day project with the Sheriff's Office. \u003ccite>(Farida Jhabvala Romero/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Painting the mural out there on the street, alongside officers and children, was a very positive experience, said Willis. It's a good step in thawing the distrust and fear some residents still feel toward the Sheriff's Department, she said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"Neither side are monsters and we need to interact with each other,\" said Willis, who wants more community policing to address crime in her neighborhood. \"One sheriff was saying, 'I'm having fun.' I hope some of the kids that were out there heard that, too, and got to see that side -- that OK, they are approachable, I can talk to them.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The mural shows doves of peace flying around a big tree. The words \"peace,\" \"community\" and \"respect\" were also painted.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"We had 3-year-olds out here. It was really great,\" said Willis, who plans to involve neighbors and the Sheriff's Office again to paint more murals in the neighborhood.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The Sonoma County Board of Supervisors has approved about $2.6 million to fund that project and other recommendations from a \u003ca href=\"http://sonomacounty.ca.gov/Community-and-Local-Law-Enforcement-Task-Force/\" target=\"_blank\">task force\u003c/a> created to improve police-community relations and community healing in the aftermath of Lopez's death, said Efren Carrillo, chair of the board.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Those include Andy's Unity Park, the creation of the Independent Office of Law Enforcement Review and Outreach, and opening up staff positions at the Sheriff's Office to beef up training and internal investigations.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003c/div>",
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"content": "\u003cp>A group of U.S. Army veterans and other supporters of Sonoma County Sheriff's Sgt. Erick Gelhaus have launched a campaign defending the reputation of the recently promoted deputy, who was cleared of criminal and civil rights violations by local and \u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/2015/07/03/doj-clears-sheriffs-deputy-in-andy-lopez-death/\" target=\"_blank\">federal\u003c/a> investigations of his fatal shooting of 13-year-old Andy Lopez in October 2013.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The shooting on the outskirts of Santa Rosa sparked large protests and galvanized Latinos and other residents who believe Lopez's death was unjustified. Gelhaus' colleagues in the Sheriff's Department and other supporters say the case still haunts the officer, who has endured scrutiny, criticism and resentment since Lopez's death.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"For people to continue beating Erick up and call him vile things on the basis of a worst-case-scenario decision is just completely unfair,\" said Robert Parry, Gelhaus' former platoon leader in Baghdad in 2005 and spokesman for the campaign \"Stand With Erick.\" It's a project of Parry's Cop PRotect, which offers reputation protection for law enforcement officers against a \"growing anti-cop industry,\" according to the firm's \u003ca href=\"https://www.copprotect.com/reputation-protection\" target=\"_blank\">website\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Parry hopes to raise $15,000 through an \u003ca href=\"http://www.standwitherick.org/\" target=\"_blank\">online campaign\u003c/a> to \"help educate the public about Erick and the truth about his incident.\" He had collected $650 in donations as of Sept. 1.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The campaign comes amid backlash over Sheriff Steve Freitas' decision to \u003ca href=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/2016/08/04/sonoma-county-sheriff-promotes-deputy-who-shot-andy-lopez/\" target=\"_blank\">promote Gelhaus to sergeant\u003c/a> in May and increasing scrutiny of law enforcement agencies nationwide, sparked by videos of police-involved shootings of unarmed people.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>After KQED first reported Gelhaus' promotion last month, dozens of protesters \u003ca href=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/2016/08/18/santa-rosa-residents-wonder-why-promote-deputy-who-shot-13-year-old/\" target=\"_blank\">renewed calls\u003c/a> for him to be put on a desk job, transferred or fired.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Gelhaus' promotion is final, according to the sheriff's office. Freitas believes the officer is \"clearly deserving\" of the promotion to supervisor, given his 26 years in law enforcement and awards for service, such as the office's medal of valor for pulling a suspect from a burning car, said Sgt. Spencer Crum.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In his new role, Gelhaus supervises eight to 10 deputies on a given shift.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In 2014, members of a county task force to improve police-community relations after Lopez's death urged Freitas to \u003ca href=\"http://sonomacounty.ca.gov/Community-and-Local-Law-Enforcement-Task-Force/Interim-Recommendation-October-2014/\" target=\"_blank\">consider removing\u003c/a> Gelhaus from street patrol due to public concerns.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Freitas responded that there were no legal reasons to keep Gelhaus from patrol duty as he was cleared of any criminal wrongdoing by the Sonoma County district attorney, and an internal investigation had also determined the officer did not violate any sheriff's office policies.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"The Sheriff's Office and I have received literally hundreds of calls, letters of support, and personal interactions with the public that expressed support for Deputy Gelhaus' return to patrol duty,\" Freitas' \u003ca href=\"http://sonomacounty.ca.gov/_templates_portal/NewsDetail.aspx?id=2147499758\" target=\"_blank\">written response\u003c/a> says. \"This includes neighborhoods throughout the entire County. As Sheriff I am elected by the County as a whole and must balance needs for all citizens.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Gelhaus Cleared After Investigation\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>To Parry, Lopez's death on the afternoon of Oct. 22, 2013, \"was a terrible thing.\" But he said other officers would have reacted in a similar way, given the circumstances.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>According to the county district attorney's \u003ca href=\"http://da.sonoma-county.org/documents/OIS_Report_Lopez.pdf\" target=\"_blank\">report\u003c/a>, the whole incident -- from the time Gelhaus spotted Lopez and called for backup to reports of shots being fired -- lasted about 19 seconds. As Lopez was walking away from sheriff's deputies, Gelhaus, an experienced firearms instructor, believed that the teen's replica gun was real and called out to Lopez to drop the gun.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Both officers told investigators that Lopez still held the perceived weapon as he began to turn around, and \"the barrel, which had been pointed down, began to ascend,\" according to the report. That's when Gelhaus began to fire. He shot Lopez seven times, and the teen died at the scene.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The district attorney's report concludes that no charges against Gelhaus were warranted because, given his training and experience, the officer believed he was faced with a \"'do or die dilemma.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"You can bring a rifle from down to shooting in less than a second,\" said Parry. \"So when does Erick Gelhaus get to make a decision on whether he’s going to live and die? Does he have to listen to the first round go by his head, hope it doesn’t hit him square in the forehead? When does he get to defend himself from somebody raising a rifle at him?\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Critics Question Promotion, Efficacy of Investigations\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Susan Lamont, from the Justice Coalition for Andy Lopez, said her group also presented the sheriff with a petition with over 2,500 signatures calling for Gelhaus to be removed from patrol. She is not surprised that fellow veterans support Gelhaus.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"They act as though killing 'just one person' makes it all OK -- certainly a leniency they don't grant to others\" outside of law enforcement, said Lamont. \"They say no complaints have been sustained against him. But complaints are almost never sustained against officers, no matter what they do.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Others say the officer pulled his weapon hastily in his encounter with Lopez, and that it wasn't the first time. Santa Rosa resident Jeffrey Westbrook alleges that during a 2013 traffic stop, Gelhaus pointed a gun at him and a passenger in his car without reasonable cause.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"I felt very victimized, disrespected,\" said Westbrook, who had been driving to work at an IT company. \"The man from the minute he pulled us over had no dialogue with us, didn't explain why we're pulled over. He was just in haste to pull his weapon out.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Westbrook filed a complaint with the Sheriff’s Office and disputed the ticket Gelhaus gave him — for an allegedly unsafe lane change.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>While a Sonoma County Superior Court judge threw the ticket out, the sheriff’s internal affairs unit found Westbrook's complaint unfounded. Westbrook said he has little confidence the investigation was unbiased.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"It's just sheriffs investigating sheriffs,\" he said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In California, law enforcement agencies\u003ca href=\"https://oag.ca.gov/government/about\" target=\"_blank\"> are required\u003c/a> to have a procedure to investigate citizens' complaints. But the state has some of the most restrictive laws in the U.S., which prevent the public from accessing a law enforcement officers' personnel records, according to an \u003ca href=\"http://www.wnyc.org/story/police-misconduct-records/\" target=\"_blank\">investigation by WNYC Public Radio\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Recent bills seeking to open up police misconduct records in some of the most egregious cases have failed, including \u003ca href=\"https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201520160SB1286\" target=\"_blank\">SB 1286\u003c/a> by state Sen. Mark Leno (D-San Francisco), which died in committee in May.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>That leaves people who seek greater accountability and transparency for their law enforcement agencies \"nibbling at the edges,\" said Lamont.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"We certainly need legal changes because law enforcement here in California have been working for decades to protect law enforcement from any oversight by citizens or even the rest of the government and to keep their records secret,\" she said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>New Office Reviews Investigations of Complaints\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In an effort to increase public trust, the county hired a civilian auditor to review the sheriff's investigations of the public's complaints against officers. It was set up as a direct result of nearly two years of community meetings after Lopez's death.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Members of the public can now submit their complaints at the more neutral \u003ca href=\"http://sonomacounty.ca.gov/IOLERO/\" target=\"_blank\">Independent Office of Law Enforcement Review and Outreach\u003c/a> instead of at the sheriff's department, said Jerry Threet, who began working as the office's first director in April.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Threet said he will be able to watch investigations as they unfold, and have access to body-cam videos, recordings of interviews with witnesses and documents to determine whether his office agrees with the findings or not.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Threet can’t require the sheriff to discipline deputies, and lacks the power to conduct a separate investigation of alleged officer misconduct. 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Spencer Crum.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In his new role, Gelhaus supervises eight to 10 deputies on a given shift.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In 2014, members of a county task force to improve police-community relations after Lopez's death urged Freitas to \u003ca href=\"http://sonomacounty.ca.gov/Community-and-Local-Law-Enforcement-Task-Force/Interim-Recommendation-October-2014/\" target=\"_blank\">consider removing\u003c/a> Gelhaus from street patrol due to public concerns.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Freitas responded that there were no legal reasons to keep Gelhaus from patrol duty as he was cleared of any criminal wrongdoing by the Sonoma County district attorney, and an internal investigation had also determined the officer did not violate any sheriff's office policies.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"The Sheriff's Office and I have received literally hundreds of calls, letters of support, and personal interactions with the public that expressed support for Deputy Gelhaus' return to patrol duty,\" Freitas' \u003ca href=\"http://sonomacounty.ca.gov/_templates_portal/NewsDetail.aspx?id=2147499758\" target=\"_blank\">written response\u003c/a> says. \"This includes neighborhoods throughout the entire County. As Sheriff I am elected by the County as a whole and must balance needs for all citizens.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Gelhaus Cleared After Investigation\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>To Parry, Lopez's death on the afternoon of Oct. 22, 2013, \"was a terrible thing.\" But he said other officers would have reacted in a similar way, given the circumstances.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>According to the county district attorney's \u003ca href=\"http://da.sonoma-county.org/documents/OIS_Report_Lopez.pdf\" target=\"_blank\">report\u003c/a>, the whole incident -- from the time Gelhaus spotted Lopez and called for backup to reports of shots being fired -- lasted about 19 seconds. As Lopez was walking away from sheriff's deputies, Gelhaus, an experienced firearms instructor, believed that the teen's replica gun was real and called out to Lopez to drop the gun.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Both officers told investigators that Lopez still held the perceived weapon as he began to turn around, and \"the barrel, which had been pointed down, began to ascend,\" according to the report. That's when Gelhaus began to fire. He shot Lopez seven times, and the teen died at the scene.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The district attorney's report concludes that no charges against Gelhaus were warranted because, given his training and experience, the officer believed he was faced with a \"'do or die dilemma.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"You can bring a rifle from down to shooting in less than a second,\" said Parry. \"So when does Erick Gelhaus get to make a decision on whether he’s going to live and die? Does he have to listen to the first round go by his head, hope it doesn’t hit him square in the forehead? When does he get to defend himself from somebody raising a rifle at him?\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Critics Question Promotion, Efficacy of Investigations\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Susan Lamont, from the Justice Coalition for Andy Lopez, said her group also presented the sheriff with a petition with over 2,500 signatures calling for Gelhaus to be removed from patrol. She is not surprised that fellow veterans support Gelhaus.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"They act as though killing 'just one person' makes it all OK -- certainly a leniency they don't grant to others\" outside of law enforcement, said Lamont. \"They say no complaints have been sustained against him. But complaints are almost never sustained against officers, no matter what they do.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Others say the officer pulled his weapon hastily in his encounter with Lopez, and that it wasn't the first time. Santa Rosa resident Jeffrey Westbrook alleges that during a 2013 traffic stop, Gelhaus pointed a gun at him and a passenger in his car without reasonable cause.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"I felt very victimized, disrespected,\" said Westbrook, who had been driving to work at an IT company. \"The man from the minute he pulled us over had no dialogue with us, didn't explain why we're pulled over. He was just in haste to pull his weapon out.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Westbrook filed a complaint with the Sheriff’s Office and disputed the ticket Gelhaus gave him — for an allegedly unsafe lane change.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>While a Sonoma County Superior Court judge threw the ticket out, the sheriff’s internal affairs unit found Westbrook's complaint unfounded. Westbrook said he has little confidence the investigation was unbiased.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"It's just sheriffs investigating sheriffs,\" he said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In California, law enforcement agencies\u003ca href=\"https://oag.ca.gov/government/about\" target=\"_blank\"> are required\u003c/a> to have a procedure to investigate citizens' complaints. But the state has some of the most restrictive laws in the U.S., which prevent the public from accessing a law enforcement officers' personnel records, according to an \u003ca href=\"http://www.wnyc.org/story/police-misconduct-records/\" target=\"_blank\">investigation by WNYC Public Radio\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Recent bills seeking to open up police misconduct records in some of the most egregious cases have failed, including \u003ca href=\"https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201520160SB1286\" target=\"_blank\">SB 1286\u003c/a> by state Sen. 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"content": "\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Updated at 2:45 p.m. Wednesday, July 20:\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Members of at least six fire agencies are battling flames at a dairy farm west of Petaluma that is burning an estimated 400 tons of alfalfa hay and is expected to take several days to put out.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The fire at Moreda Valley Dairy on Chileno Valley Road in the Wilmar area near the Sonoma-Marin County border started around 2 a.m., fire officials said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"It's quite a large fire and it's not something that goes out really easy,\" said Mike Mickelson, chief of the Wilmar Fire Department. \"We're expecting it to put smoke out for quite a while.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The fire is technically contained but firefighters are expected to work to extinguish it for the next two to three days, said Brentt Blaser, a Sonoma County Fire and Emergency Services spokesman.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The smoke from the fire stretched from the Petaluma Valley to the northern edge of Novato, Mickelson said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11025775\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg class=\"size-medium wp-image-11025775\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2016/07/Screen-Shot-2016-07-20-at-9.50.18-AM-800x479.png\" alt=\"The location of the fire at Moreda Valley Dairy.\" width=\"800\" height=\"479\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2016/07/Screen-Shot-2016-07-20-at-9.50.18-AM-800x479.png 800w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2016/07/Screen-Shot-2016-07-20-at-9.50.18-AM-400x240.png 400w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2016/07/Screen-Shot-2016-07-20-at-9.50.18-AM-1180x707.png 1180w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2016/07/Screen-Shot-2016-07-20-at-9.50.18-AM-960x575.png 960w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2016/07/Screen-Shot-2016-07-20-at-9.50.18-AM.png 1634w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">The location of the fire at Moreda Valley Dairy. \u003ccite>(Via Google Maps)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Winds from the west are expected to increase from 10 to 20 mph in that area this afternoon and could send smoke eastward, said National Weather Service forecaster Steve Anderson.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Concerns over the smoke have prompted the Wilmar Fire Department to advise people not to call 911 unless they see active fire or have another emergency, according to \u003ca href=\"http://wilmarfire.com/\" target=\"_blank\">a message posted on the agency's website\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Local air district officials are looking into the blaze. The Bay Area Air Quality Management District sent an inspector to the area, according to agency spokeswoman Lisa Fasano.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The district advised residents who live and work near the fire to close their windows and doors and set their air-conditioning units on \"recirculate\" to prevent smoke from being drawn into their homes and businesses.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>People with respiratory conditions who feel impacted by the smoke should move to an area that is upwind or outside the smoke path until the smoke dissipates and the fire is out, Fasano said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The fire, which is under investigation, did not injure anyone.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Along with the Wilmar Fire Department, firefighters with the Sonoma County, Marin County, Rancho Adobe and Lakeville fire departments, as well as Cal Fire, are on scene.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Moreda Valley Dairy is a large operation. Hundreds of cows at the facility were not near the hay storage facility that caught fire, Mickelson said. A company representative did not immediately return a call for comment.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"One of the concerns is that it's right next to rolling hills, and if an ember gets on that we'll have a vegetation fire,\" Mickelson said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cem>This report was updated to include comments by a Bay Area Air Quality Management District representative.\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\n",
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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The smoke from the fire stretched from the Petaluma Valley to the northern edge of Novato, Mickelson said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11025775\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg class=\"size-medium wp-image-11025775\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2016/07/Screen-Shot-2016-07-20-at-9.50.18-AM-800x479.png\" alt=\"The location of the fire at Moreda Valley Dairy.\" width=\"800\" height=\"479\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2016/07/Screen-Shot-2016-07-20-at-9.50.18-AM-800x479.png 800w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2016/07/Screen-Shot-2016-07-20-at-9.50.18-AM-400x240.png 400w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2016/07/Screen-Shot-2016-07-20-at-9.50.18-AM-1180x707.png 1180w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2016/07/Screen-Shot-2016-07-20-at-9.50.18-AM-960x575.png 960w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2016/07/Screen-Shot-2016-07-20-at-9.50.18-AM.png 1634w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">The location of the fire at Moreda Valley Dairy. \u003ccite>(Via Google Maps)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Winds from the west are expected to increase from 10 to 20 mph in that area this afternoon and could send smoke eastward, said National Weather Service forecaster Steve Anderson.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Concerns over the smoke have prompted the Wilmar Fire Department to advise people not to call 911 unless they see active fire or have another emergency, according to \u003ca href=\"http://wilmarfire.com/\" target=\"_blank\">a message posted on the agency's website\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Local air district officials are looking into the blaze. The Bay Area Air Quality Management District sent an inspector to the area, according to agency spokeswoman Lisa Fasano.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The district advised residents who live and work near the fire to close their windows and doors and set their air-conditioning units on \"recirculate\" to prevent smoke from being drawn into their homes and businesses.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>People with respiratory conditions who feel impacted by the smoke should move to an area that is upwind or outside the smoke path until the smoke dissipates and the fire is out, Fasano said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The fire, which is under investigation, did not injure anyone.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Along with the Wilmar Fire Department, firefighters with the Sonoma County, Marin County, Rancho Adobe and Lakeville fire departments, as well as Cal Fire, are on scene.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Moreda Valley Dairy is a large operation. Hundreds of cows at the facility were not near the hay storage facility that caught fire, Mickelson said. A company representative did not immediately return a call for comment.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"One of the concerns is that it's right next to rolling hills, and if an ember gets on that we'll have a vegetation fire,\" Mickelson said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cem>This report was updated to include comments by a Bay Area Air Quality Management District representative.\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\n\u003c/div>\u003c/p>",
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"content": "\u003cp>\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 4.6875em;float: left;line-height: 0.733em;padding: 0.05em 0.1em 0 0;font-family: times, serif, georgia\">L\u003c/span>ast August, Anne Hadreas toured Sonoma County's main jail in Santa Rosa to check on the treatment of inmates there.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Hadreas is an attorney for \u003ca href=\"http://www.disabilityrightsca.org/\" target=\"_blank\">Disability Rights California\u003c/a>, an agency that monitors conditions for mentally ill and disabled people in jails, state hospitals and other facilities. She's visited lots of those facilities, but what she saw in Sonoma County still came as a shock.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>When Hadreas and several other attorneys got to what the jail calls its mental health module, they were confronted by highly delusional inmates screaming and crawling on the floor.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"Some of the inmates were so disoriented and/or psychotic they were unable to converse with us,\" says the DRC team's report on the visit, made available to KQED in advance of its release Monday.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“We were really struck by the fact that people were incredibly acute in their need,\" Hadreas recalled in a recent interview. “Higher than we’ve seen in units that are licensed designated hospital units. Something was wrong here.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Hadreas said the case of one woman in particular stood out.\u003c/p>\n\u003caside class=\"pullquote alignright\">'She flashed her breasts, was unable to respond appropriately to questions, yelled and cried, pounded on the door and screamed with a hoarse voice.' \u003ccite>Disability Rights California report\u003c/cite>\u003c/aside>\n\u003cp>Medical records showed the woman came to the jail with a long history of being hospitalized for bipolar affective disorder, “often for weeks or months.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In the summer of 2015, the DRC report says, the woman was confined to the jail's mental health module several times after being arrested on a series of misdemeanor charges: disturbing the peace, trespassing and “peeking” -- that last one being a peeping-tom offense.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Despite her history and the fact she was in distress, the DRC report says, at one point the woman went an entire week without being seen by mental health staff. During one stay, the woman \"tore up her cell and flooded it,\" the report says. Jail staff then turned off the water in her cell. After that, the DRC report says, the woman was found \"'bailing urine out of her toilet' with her bare hands and drinking out of the toilet.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>It was obvious, the report says, that the woman \"should have been transferred to a facility that could better meet her needs.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[soundcloud url=\"https://api.soundcloud.com/tracks/264551299\" params=\"color=ff5500&auto_play=false&hide_related=false&show_comments=true&show_user=true&show_reposts=false\" width=\"100%\" height=\"166\" iframe=\"true\" /]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The \u003ca href=\"http://www.disabilityrightsca.org/Documents/DRCReportAndSonomaCountyResponse20160516.pdf\" target=\"_blank\">DRC's report\u003c/a> says the woman's treatment, or lack of treatment, was part of a pattern of inadequate mental health care in Sonoma County's main jail -- a facility where nearly 40 percent of inmates locked up last year were reported to be mentally ill.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The DRC team also found that clinical staff administered involuntary injections of powerful, long-acting psychiatric drugs to inmates in routine violation of the strict requirements of state law. And the report says that many inmates in the main jail are held in what amounts to isolation, a situation that both complicates treatment for mentally ill people and makes their medical condition demonstrably worse.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c!--RESPONSE-->\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In a formal response, as part of the report, Sonoma County officials challenged the suggestion that the unidentified woman mentioned in the report should have been treated at another facility.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"A review of this inmate's chart shows that while at times she was mentally unstable, she was treated and cared for appropriately at the jail,\" the response says.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The county says it has already taken steps to correct procedures regarding involuntary injections and that long-acting drugs are no longer being used to treat inmates on short-term holds. County officials also say many of the problems the DRC report identifies will be solved by the construction of a new $48 million mental health facility at the jail.\u003c!--END RESPONSE-->\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_10953989\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 1920px\">\u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2016/05/RS19459_IMG_1600-qut.jpg\">\u003cimg class=\"size-full wp-image-10953989\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2016/05/RS19459_IMG_1600-qut.jpg\" alt=\"Restraint chairs in Sonoma County main jail's mental health module.\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1280\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2016/05/RS19459_IMG_1600-qut.jpg 1920w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2016/05/RS19459_IMG_1600-qut-400x267.jpg 400w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2016/05/RS19459_IMG_1600-qut-800x533.jpg 800w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2016/05/RS19459_IMG_1600-qut-1180x787.jpg 1180w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2016/05/RS19459_IMG_1600-qut-960x640.jpg 960w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1920px) 100vw, 1920px\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Restraint chairs in Sonoma County main jail's mental health module. \u003ccite>(Lisa Pickoff-White/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 4.6875em;float: left;line-height: 0.733em;padding: 0.05em 0.1em 0 0;font-family: times, serif, georgia\">T\u003c/span>he conditions the DRC report found in Sonoma County's main jail are a reflection of what mental health experts say is a disturbing reality nationwide: After decades spent \"deinstitutionalizing\" the mentally ill -- removing them from settings like state hospitals in favor of community mental health facilities that have rarely been adequately funded -- correctional facilities are now de facto treatment centers for those suffering from acute psychiatric disorders.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>A \u003ca href=\"http://www.tacreports.org/storage/documents/2010-jail-study.pdf\" target=\"_blank\">2010 study\u003c/a> found that in California, nearly four times as many mentally ill people were in jails and prisons than in hospitals.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The report, produced by the National Sheriffs' Association and Treatment Advocacy Center, said that \"in historical perspective, we have returned to the early 19th century, when mentally ill persons filled our jails and prisons.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Experts say conditions like those in Sonoma County show jails are simply the wrong place to treat the mentally ill.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“The sheriff is receiving most of the people on the street with serious mental illness,” said Terry A. Kupers, an East Bay psychiatrist and expert witness on the treatment of people with mental illness in jails and prisons. “The jail was not designed for treating people with mental illness. The person is in jail because they’ve been charged with a crime, and then the sheriff is stuck providing mental health services. Rarely are there adequate funds to do that.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 4.6875em;float: left;line-height: 0.733em;padding: 0.05em 0.1em 0 0;font-family: times, serif, georgia\">S\u003c/span>onoma County correctional and behavioral health staff agree that it’s challenging to meet the needs of such a large and acutely mentally ill population.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>One of the toughest problems, they say, is getting people the treatment and medications they need. People with mental illness frequently do not want to admit that they are ill, said sheriff's Lt. Mike Toby, who supervises the main jail’s three mental health units.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[contextly_sidebar id=\"OZD3f5mfPM4INIMq7qLoPXG4UG77NYzr\"]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But jails are allowed to medicate inmates against their will only if the jails follow a strict set of procedures outlined in state law. The process includes first detaining an inmate on an involuntary 72-hour psychiatric hold, commonly known as a 5150, then getting a court's sign-off on a petition finding that the inmate is too incapacitated to grant informed consent for medication.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The DRC report says that the Sonoma County jail's process violated the legal requirements before administering involuntary injections. The practices were \"illegal and must be stopped immediately,\" the report said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In the case of the woman who was found drinking from her toilet, mental health staff at the jail involuntarily injected her seven times during a 10-week period with several strong antipsychotic drugs used to treat bipolar disorder, schizophrenia and other conditions. The effects of some of the medications can last for four to six weeks.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_10953998\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\" style=\"max-width: 1920px\">\u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2016/05/RS19470_IMG_1636-qut.jpg\">\u003cimg class=\"size-full wp-image-10953998\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2016/05/RS19470_IMG_1636-qut.jpg\" alt=\"Anne Hadreas an attorney with Disability Rights California works in her office in Oakland, California.\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1280\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2016/05/RS19470_IMG_1636-qut.jpg 1920w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2016/05/RS19470_IMG_1636-qut-400x267.jpg 400w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2016/05/RS19470_IMG_1636-qut-800x533.jpg 800w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2016/05/RS19470_IMG_1636-qut-1180x787.jpg 1180w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2016/05/RS19470_IMG_1636-qut-960x640.jpg 960w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1920px) 100vw, 1920px\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Anne Hadreas, an attorney with Disability Rights California, works in her office in Oakland, California. \u003ccite>(Lisa Pickoff-White/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>But the DRC investigation found jail staff failed to seek a 5150 hold first, as required by law. And the DRC's Anne Hadreas says that by using such long-acting drugs, the jail denied the woman essential legal rights.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Normally, we have a right to refuse, and any person, even someone who’s been found to lack capacity, has a right to go to court,” Hadreas says. “But what happens if I go to court and I appeal that and I've already had a shot? I can't remove that medication from my body. So for another month I'm still being medicated.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c!--RESPONSE--> In its response to the DRC report -- and in a revised policy dated May 10 -- the Sonoma County Sheriff's Office says it has changed its policies to ensure that mentally disturbed inmates are placed on 5150 holds before steps are taken to administer drugs involuntarily.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The sheriff's office and county Behavioral Health Division \"are committed to administering medications in the most appropriate and safe manner possible,\" the response said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c!--END RESPONSE-->\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2016/05/Involuntary_Holds_in_Fiscal_Year_2013-14_California_Average_Sonoma_chartbuilder.png\">\u003cimg class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-10953933\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2016/05/Involuntary_Holds_in_Fiscal_Year_2013-14_California_Average_Sonoma_chartbuilder.png\" alt=\"Involuntary_Holds_in_Fiscal_Year_2013-14_California_Average_Sonoma_chartbuilder\" width=\"1280\" height=\"720\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2016/05/Involuntary_Holds_in_Fiscal_Year_2013-14_California_Average_Sonoma_chartbuilder.png 1280w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2016/05/Involuntary_Holds_in_Fiscal_Year_2013-14_California_Average_Sonoma_chartbuilder-400x225.png 400w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2016/05/Involuntary_Holds_in_Fiscal_Year_2013-14_California_Average_Sonoma_chartbuilder-800x450.png 800w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2016/05/Involuntary_Holds_in_Fiscal_Year_2013-14_California_Average_Sonoma_chartbuilder-1180x664.png 1180w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2016/05/Involuntary_Holds_in_Fiscal_Year_2013-14_California_Average_Sonoma_chartbuilder-960x540.png 960w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1280px) 100vw, 1280px\">\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 4.6875em;float: left;line-height: 0.733em;padding: 0.05em 0.1em 0 0;font-family: times, serif, georgia\">L\u003c/span>awyers, advocates, correctional officers, inmates and their families often use the same phrase to describe the situation of mentally ill inmates in jails like Sonoma's: “Warehoused.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Kupers, the East Bay psychiatrist, says that medication alone will not help mentally ill people become well. That lack of treatment and frequent isolation leads mentally ill inmates to act out even more, he said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The bipolar woman who flooded her cell and drank from the toilet was being involuntarily medicated, but still behaved erratically. Her impairment was so severe that a court later appointed a conservator to make care decisions for her.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“In truth, the unacceptable behaviors are essentially a protest against terrible conditions,” Kupers said. “But that's not how the staff see them. So they see them as an uncooperative inmate or prisoner. And they give them more medication and then we get the sedative effect, the zombie effect.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Beyond drugs, what sort of treatment do mentally ill inmates get in the Sonoma County main jail?\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Psychiatrists see about 20 inmates a day, according to Sonoma County Mental Health Program Manager Jo Benwell, who works in the main jail. But even the most acute patients receive visits from a psychiatrist only about two to three times a week, she said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The conditions for therapy in the jail's mental health module are far from ideal, according to the DRC report, with inmates often required to speak to mental health staff through small slots in cell doors.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Benwell says staff focus on providing immediate support instead of focusing on deeper-seated psychological issues.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“You know, they don’t necessarily look at that issue with their parent 20 years ago,” she said. “We really need to help them, support them, with the legal process, which is very anxiety-producing.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 4.6875em;float: left;line-height: 0.733em;padding: 0.05em 0.1em 0 0;font-family: times, serif, georgia\">T\u003c/span>he Disability Rights California report also highlights the isolation of inmates in single cells in the Sonoma jail. While the facility meets the minimum state standard for outdoor recreation time -- at least three hours a week -- the report notes that some inmates reported being released from their cells for just 30 to 45 minutes a day.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The report calls that practice \"extreme isolation\" that can be especially harmful to mentally ill inmates.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The document briefly describes one man with bipolar disorder who was booked into Sonoma County main jail’s mental health module after violating parole. He was moved into a “step-down” unit, one designated for inmates who are not acutely mentally ill but not ready to be reintegrated into the general population. Inmates are still isolated in single cells in the unit.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The man repeatedly told mental health staff that the isolation was worsening his condition. In one request he wrote: “This is really not good for my mind. ... I’m overwhelmed by this, which is causing me to not sleep, to feel agitated, powerless, depressed and confused. Please help me?”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Mental health staff told him that he was “doing well” and with “continued good behavior” he might eventually be placed in the general population, where he would have more access to outside areas and human interaction. But, the DRC's Hadreas says, his condition only deteriorated in isolation.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The DRC's report notes the jail is trying to increase the amount of time inmates spend outside their cells. For instance, the jail has added low partitions to a day room in the main jail so that higher- and lower-security inmates can be released at the same time without mixing together.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“We’ve spent probably close to $2 million in facility modifications so that we can improve the socialization of that particular population,” said Assistant Sheriff Randall Walker.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Hadreas lauded the sheriff's department's \"creative approach\" to modifying existing jail modules to help more inmates have access to time and space outside of their cells.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>DRC also praised the jail's placement of \u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">accessible\u003c/span> cells throughout the facility, which keeps people with physical disabilities from being segregated.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The report commended the group therapy and anger management programs offered in the step-down units as well.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_10953997\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 1920px\">\u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2016/05/RS19464_IMG_1610-qut.jpg\">\u003cimg class=\"wp-image-10953997 size-full\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2016/05/RS19464_IMG_1610-qut.jpg\" alt=\"Lt. Mike Toby supervises Sonoma County Main Jail’s three mental health units. He's standing in a unit being renovated to give inmates more outside of cell time.\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1280\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2016/05/RS19464_IMG_1610-qut.jpg 1920w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2016/05/RS19464_IMG_1610-qut-400x267.jpg 400w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2016/05/RS19464_IMG_1610-qut-800x533.jpg 800w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2016/05/RS19464_IMG_1610-qut-1180x787.jpg 1180w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2016/05/RS19464_IMG_1610-qut-960x640.jpg 960w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1920px) 100vw, 1920px\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Lt. Mike Toby supervises the Sonoma County main jail’s three mental health units. He's standing in a unit being renovated to give inmates more outside-of-cell time. \u003ccite>(Lisa Pickoff-White/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 4.6875em;float: left;line-height: 0.733em;padding: 0.05em 0.1em 0 0;font-family: times, serif, georgia\">D\u003c/span>uring a tour of Sonoma County's main jail earlier in May, Walker said that the inmate population -- which averaged 998 a day in 2015 -- included about 400 mentally ill inmates. He said 58 people were housed in the jail's mental health module and another 163 people were in the step-down units, with the rest spread throughout the general population.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>He says the number of mentally ill inmates has soared over the past 25 years.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“When we opened in 1991 there were 13, and that 13 encompassed the more acute and the less acute,” Walker said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The jail's spending on psychotropic medication testifies to the change. During the last five years, the amount spent on such drugs increased by 322 percent, according to state data -- the largest increase for any county in the state.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2016/05/Annual_Spending_on_Psychotropic_Medications_in_Sonoma_County_Spending_chartbuilder.png\">\u003cimg class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-10953935\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2016/05/Annual_Spending_on_Psychotropic_Medications_in_Sonoma_County_Spending_chartbuilder.png\" alt=\"Annual_Spending_on_Psychotropic_Medications_in_Sonoma_County_Spending_chartbuilder\" width=\"1280\" height=\"720\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2016/05/Annual_Spending_on_Psychotropic_Medications_in_Sonoma_County_Spending_chartbuilder.png 1280w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2016/05/Annual_Spending_on_Psychotropic_Medications_in_Sonoma_County_Spending_chartbuilder-400x225.png 400w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2016/05/Annual_Spending_on_Psychotropic_Medications_in_Sonoma_County_Spending_chartbuilder-800x450.png 800w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2016/05/Annual_Spending_on_Psychotropic_Medications_in_Sonoma_County_Spending_chartbuilder-1180x664.png 1180w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2016/05/Annual_Spending_on_Psychotropic_Medications_in_Sonoma_County_Spending_chartbuilder-960x540.png 960w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1280px) 100vw, 1280px\">\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Walker said those numbers show that the county is doing a good job.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Sonoma County is very good in diagnosing mental illness and addressing needs for the mentally ill,” he said. “So you have more people coming into custody, taking medication. And I think it’s a cultural shift here, where the stigma that may follow someone in some of the more rural counties isn’t as strong in Sonoma County.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Benwell agreed that the increase was due to a growing population, and a population more used to taking medications.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“That might just be an antidepressant, or, you know, Benadryl, or something for anxiety,” she said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 4.6875em;float: left;line-height: 0.733em;padding: 0.05em 0.1em 0 0;font-family: times, serif, georgia\">C\u003c/span>alifornia law requires jail officials to transfer mentally ill inmates to outside facilities for treatment when necessary. Such treatment, inside jail and out, is mandated to restore an inmate's mental capacity so they can answer to the charges against them.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But records show that, even in dire cases such as the mentally incapacitated bipolar inmate who drank from her cell toilet last summer, Sonoma County rarely transfers inmates. According to state data, Sonoma County reported just one inmate per year getting inpatient care in outside facilities from 2010 to 2015.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Sonoma County jail's correctional and mental health staff say they'd prefer mentally ill inmates receive treatment outside of jail, but argue that a broken system leaves them with few options.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>One major problem, the county said in its response to the DRC report, is that it can find no outside psychiatric hospitals or facilities willing to treat its inmates.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Randall Walker, the assistant sheriff, says other treatment options are tough to find. He says it's very hard for someone who hasn’t been charged with a felony to get into a state hospital for treatment, and even if a state facility accepts an inmate, a transfer can take three to four months.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“If [we] can’t house a person safely, then we try to find those other options,” Walker said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Sonoma County Mental Health Services Director Mike Kennedy said that the county is doing the best it can with the resources allotted to it.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"What we're stuck with is having to do the most humane treatment that we can in settings that aren't set up to do it,\" he said. \"Most psychiatric hospitals won't accept jail inmates. So, right there, that option, we don't have it.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_10954003\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\" style=\"max-width: 1920px\">\u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2016/05/RS19467_IMG_1620-qut.jpg\">\u003cimg class=\"wp-image-10954003 size-full\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2016/05/RS19467_IMG_1620-qut.jpg\" alt=\"Sonoma County Assistant Sheriff Randall Walker in his office at Main Jail.\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1280\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2016/05/RS19467_IMG_1620-qut.jpg 1920w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2016/05/RS19467_IMG_1620-qut-400x267.jpg 400w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2016/05/RS19467_IMG_1620-qut-800x533.jpg 800w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2016/05/RS19467_IMG_1620-qut-1180x787.jpg 1180w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2016/05/RS19467_IMG_1620-qut-960x640.jpg 960w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1920px) 100vw, 1920px\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Sonoma County Assistant Sheriff Randall Walker in his office at the main jail. \u003ccite>(Lisa Pickoff-White/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>As a Sonoma County public defender, Karen Silver represented mentally ill defendants for decades. She says that except for inmates sent to state hospitals, she has never seen someone leave the Sonoma County jail for outside treatment.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I’ve never seen a person charged with a serious crime ever be diverted to the mental health system for the temporary purpose of getting them back to competency,” she said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>People charged with misdemeanor offenses have an even harder time getting treatment, Silver said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I’ve actually told people, families, that have kids in the system that are just charged with misdemeanors that you need to go to the prosecutor and say that you felt your life was threatened, that you need to verbally make this into a felony so that the person gets sent to the state hospital and gets treatment. Because they can always come back here and we can reduce it to a misdemeanor,” she said. “There was no doubt that the state hospital treatment was better than what the jail was able to do.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Sheriff's Lt. Toby, who supervises the main jail’s three mental health units, said that many people charged or found guilty of misdemeanors are trapped in a kind of limbo. They are too mentally ill to stand trial and don’t improve enough to make it to trial.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But Sonoma County says things will get better.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In November, Sonoma County received a $40 million grant from the state to build a new wing of the jail for mentally ill inmates. The current facility is not overcrowded, but officials said that 72 new beds in the facility will provide a better place to treat mentally ill inmates and those with substance abuse problems.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Our biggest challenge is just space to program, so that we’re not trying to talk to people through doors and things like that,” Assistant Sheriff Walker said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Most of the new unit will be used for treatment to restore inmates' competency to stand trial.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But experts on the mental health of inmates say that's not the way to go.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The DRC's Hadreas compares building new mental health treatment facilities in jails to building more on-ramps to highways: The ramps lead to more traffic on the roads, and the jail facilities lead to more mentally ill people becoming incarcerated.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Psychiatrist Kupers says money spent on new jail facilities would be more effectively used for programs outside the jail, such as mental health courts, diversion, therapy and even vocational programs.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Without that additional assistance, you're setting people up to fail and fail. And I would say ending up in jail is a failure of the system,” Hadreas said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Kennedy also sees a systemwide problem. He says part of the blame lies with hospitals for closing down psychiatric treatment centers.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"I don't think for cancer you would refuse this,\" Kennedy said. \"It's a huge problem that needs to be dealt with on a state and federal level.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Hadreas agrees, saying state officials and agencies -- from Gov. Jerry Brown to the Board of State and Community Corrections, which oversees county lockups -- must find more effective ways to address mental health challenges in the jails.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“It’s something that certainly the BSCC, the governor, the Department of Mental Health can look at from a higher understanding and say, ‘What’s going on here? Can we rework this money in a way that’s actually helpful for people?’ ”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Read the report:\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[scribd id=312796345 key=key-82NPse3T6uqW4SkTGA5g mode=scroll]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad floatright]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cem>This article was produced as a project for the California Data Fellowship, a program of the \u003ca href=\"http://www.centerforhealthjournalism.org/\" target=\"_blank\">Center for Health Journalism\u003c/a> at the \u003ca href=\"http://annenberg.usc.edu/\" target=\"_blank\">USC Annenberg School for Communication and Journalism\u003c/a>.\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\n",
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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Hadreas said the case of one woman in particular stood out.\u003c/p>\n\u003caside class=\"pullquote alignright\">'She flashed her breasts, was unable to respond appropriately to questions, yelled and cried, pounded on the door and screamed with a hoarse voice.' \u003ccite>Disability Rights California report\u003c/cite>\u003c/aside>\n\u003cp>Medical records showed the woman came to the jail with a long history of being hospitalized for bipolar affective disorder, “often for weeks or months.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In the summer of 2015, the DRC report says, the woman was confined to the jail's mental health module several times after being arrested on a series of misdemeanor charges: disturbing the peace, trespassing and “peeking” -- that last one being a peeping-tom offense.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Despite her history and the fact she was in distress, the DRC report says, at one point the woman went an entire week without being seen by mental health staff. During one stay, the woman \"tore up her cell and flooded it,\" the report says. Jail staff then turned off the water in her cell. After that, the DRC report says, the woman was found \"'bailing urine out of her toilet' with her bare hands and drinking out of the toilet.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>It was obvious, the report says, that the woman \"should have been transferred to a facility that could better meet her needs.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003cp>\u003cdiv class='utils-parseShortcode-shortcodes-__shortcodes__shortcodeWrapper'>\n \u003ciframe width='100%' height='166'\n scrolling='no' frameborder='no'\n src='https://w.soundcloud.com/player/?url=https://api.soundcloud.com/tracks/264551299&visual=true&color=ff5500&auto_play=false&hide_related=false&show_comments=true&show_user=true&show_reposts=false'\n title='https://api.soundcloud.com/tracks/264551299'>\n \u003c/iframe>\n \u003c/div>\u003c/p>\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The \u003ca href=\"http://www.disabilityrightsca.org/Documents/DRCReportAndSonomaCountyResponse20160516.pdf\" target=\"_blank\">DRC's report\u003c/a> says the woman's treatment, or lack of treatment, was part of a pattern of inadequate mental health care in Sonoma County's main jail -- a facility where nearly 40 percent of inmates locked up last year were reported to be mentally ill.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The DRC team also found that clinical staff administered involuntary injections of powerful, long-acting psychiatric drugs to inmates in routine violation of the strict requirements of state law. And the report says that many inmates in the main jail are held in what amounts to isolation, a situation that both complicates treatment for mentally ill people and makes their medical condition demonstrably worse.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c!--RESPONSE-->\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In a formal response, as part of the report, Sonoma County officials challenged the suggestion that the unidentified woman mentioned in the report should have been treated at another facility.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"A review of this inmate's chart shows that while at times she was mentally unstable, she was treated and cared for appropriately at the jail,\" the response says.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The county says it has already taken steps to correct procedures regarding involuntary injections and that long-acting drugs are no longer being used to treat inmates on short-term holds. County officials also say many of the problems the DRC report identifies will be solved by the construction of a new $48 million mental health facility at the jail.\u003c!--END RESPONSE-->\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_10953989\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 1920px\">\u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2016/05/RS19459_IMG_1600-qut.jpg\">\u003cimg class=\"size-full wp-image-10953989\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2016/05/RS19459_IMG_1600-qut.jpg\" alt=\"Restraint chairs in Sonoma County main jail's mental health module.\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1280\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2016/05/RS19459_IMG_1600-qut.jpg 1920w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2016/05/RS19459_IMG_1600-qut-400x267.jpg 400w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2016/05/RS19459_IMG_1600-qut-800x533.jpg 800w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2016/05/RS19459_IMG_1600-qut-1180x787.jpg 1180w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2016/05/RS19459_IMG_1600-qut-960x640.jpg 960w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1920px) 100vw, 1920px\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Restraint chairs in Sonoma County main jail's mental health module. \u003ccite>(Lisa Pickoff-White/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 4.6875em;float: left;line-height: 0.733em;padding: 0.05em 0.1em 0 0;font-family: times, serif, georgia\">T\u003c/span>he conditions the DRC report found in Sonoma County's main jail are a reflection of what mental health experts say is a disturbing reality nationwide: After decades spent \"deinstitutionalizing\" the mentally ill -- removing them from settings like state hospitals in favor of community mental health facilities that have rarely been adequately funded -- correctional facilities are now de facto treatment centers for those suffering from acute psychiatric disorders.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>A \u003ca href=\"http://www.tacreports.org/storage/documents/2010-jail-study.pdf\" target=\"_blank\">2010 study\u003c/a> found that in California, nearly four times as many mentally ill people were in jails and prisons than in hospitals.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The report, produced by the National Sheriffs' Association and Treatment Advocacy Center, said that \"in historical perspective, we have returned to the early 19th century, when mentally ill persons filled our jails and prisons.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Experts say conditions like those in Sonoma County show jails are simply the wrong place to treat the mentally ill.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“The sheriff is receiving most of the people on the street with serious mental illness,” said Terry A. Kupers, an East Bay psychiatrist and expert witness on the treatment of people with mental illness in jails and prisons. “The jail was not designed for treating people with mental illness. The person is in jail because they’ve been charged with a crime, and then the sheriff is stuck providing mental health services. Rarely are there adequate funds to do that.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 4.6875em;float: left;line-height: 0.733em;padding: 0.05em 0.1em 0 0;font-family: times, serif, georgia\">S\u003c/span>onoma County correctional and behavioral health staff agree that it’s challenging to meet the needs of such a large and acutely mentally ill population.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>One of the toughest problems, they say, is getting people the treatment and medications they need. People with mental illness frequently do not want to admit that they are ill, said sheriff's Lt. Mike Toby, who supervises the main jail’s three mental health units.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But jails are allowed to medicate inmates against their will only if the jails follow a strict set of procedures outlined in state law. The process includes first detaining an inmate on an involuntary 72-hour psychiatric hold, commonly known as a 5150, then getting a court's sign-off on a petition finding that the inmate is too incapacitated to grant informed consent for medication.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The DRC report says that the Sonoma County jail's process violated the legal requirements before administering involuntary injections. The practices were \"illegal and must be stopped immediately,\" the report said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In the case of the woman who was found drinking from her toilet, mental health staff at the jail involuntarily injected her seven times during a 10-week period with several strong antipsychotic drugs used to treat bipolar disorder, schizophrenia and other conditions. The effects of some of the medications can last for four to six weeks.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_10953998\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\" style=\"max-width: 1920px\">\u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2016/05/RS19470_IMG_1636-qut.jpg\">\u003cimg class=\"size-full wp-image-10953998\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2016/05/RS19470_IMG_1636-qut.jpg\" alt=\"Anne Hadreas an attorney with Disability Rights California works in her office in Oakland, California.\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1280\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2016/05/RS19470_IMG_1636-qut.jpg 1920w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2016/05/RS19470_IMG_1636-qut-400x267.jpg 400w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2016/05/RS19470_IMG_1636-qut-800x533.jpg 800w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2016/05/RS19470_IMG_1636-qut-1180x787.jpg 1180w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2016/05/RS19470_IMG_1636-qut-960x640.jpg 960w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1920px) 100vw, 1920px\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Anne Hadreas, an attorney with Disability Rights California, works in her office in Oakland, California. \u003ccite>(Lisa Pickoff-White/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>But the DRC investigation found jail staff failed to seek a 5150 hold first, as required by law. And the DRC's Anne Hadreas says that by using such long-acting drugs, the jail denied the woman essential legal rights.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Normally, we have a right to refuse, and any person, even someone who’s been found to lack capacity, has a right to go to court,” Hadreas says. “But what happens if I go to court and I appeal that and I've already had a shot? I can't remove that medication from my body. So for another month I'm still being medicated.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c!--RESPONSE--> In its response to the DRC report -- and in a revised policy dated May 10 -- the Sonoma County Sheriff's Office says it has changed its policies to ensure that mentally disturbed inmates are placed on 5150 holds before steps are taken to administer drugs involuntarily.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The sheriff's office and county Behavioral Health Division \"are committed to administering medications in the most appropriate and safe manner possible,\" the response said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c!--END RESPONSE-->\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2016/05/Involuntary_Holds_in_Fiscal_Year_2013-14_California_Average_Sonoma_chartbuilder.png\">\u003cimg class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-10953933\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2016/05/Involuntary_Holds_in_Fiscal_Year_2013-14_California_Average_Sonoma_chartbuilder.png\" alt=\"Involuntary_Holds_in_Fiscal_Year_2013-14_California_Average_Sonoma_chartbuilder\" width=\"1280\" height=\"720\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2016/05/Involuntary_Holds_in_Fiscal_Year_2013-14_California_Average_Sonoma_chartbuilder.png 1280w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2016/05/Involuntary_Holds_in_Fiscal_Year_2013-14_California_Average_Sonoma_chartbuilder-400x225.png 400w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2016/05/Involuntary_Holds_in_Fiscal_Year_2013-14_California_Average_Sonoma_chartbuilder-800x450.png 800w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2016/05/Involuntary_Holds_in_Fiscal_Year_2013-14_California_Average_Sonoma_chartbuilder-1180x664.png 1180w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2016/05/Involuntary_Holds_in_Fiscal_Year_2013-14_California_Average_Sonoma_chartbuilder-960x540.png 960w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1280px) 100vw, 1280px\">\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 4.6875em;float: left;line-height: 0.733em;padding: 0.05em 0.1em 0 0;font-family: times, serif, georgia\">L\u003c/span>awyers, advocates, correctional officers, inmates and their families often use the same phrase to describe the situation of mentally ill inmates in jails like Sonoma's: “Warehoused.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Kupers, the East Bay psychiatrist, says that medication alone will not help mentally ill people become well. That lack of treatment and frequent isolation leads mentally ill inmates to act out even more, he said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The bipolar woman who flooded her cell and drank from the toilet was being involuntarily medicated, but still behaved erratically. Her impairment was so severe that a court later appointed a conservator to make care decisions for her.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“In truth, the unacceptable behaviors are essentially a protest against terrible conditions,” Kupers said. “But that's not how the staff see them. So they see them as an uncooperative inmate or prisoner. And they give them more medication and then we get the sedative effect, the zombie effect.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Beyond drugs, what sort of treatment do mentally ill inmates get in the Sonoma County main jail?\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Psychiatrists see about 20 inmates a day, according to Sonoma County Mental Health Program Manager Jo Benwell, who works in the main jail. But even the most acute patients receive visits from a psychiatrist only about two to three times a week, she said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The conditions for therapy in the jail's mental health module are far from ideal, according to the DRC report, with inmates often required to speak to mental health staff through small slots in cell doors.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Benwell says staff focus on providing immediate support instead of focusing on deeper-seated psychological issues.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“You know, they don’t necessarily look at that issue with their parent 20 years ago,” she said. “We really need to help them, support them, with the legal process, which is very anxiety-producing.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 4.6875em;float: left;line-height: 0.733em;padding: 0.05em 0.1em 0 0;font-family: times, serif, georgia\">T\u003c/span>he Disability Rights California report also highlights the isolation of inmates in single cells in the Sonoma jail. While the facility meets the minimum state standard for outdoor recreation time -- at least three hours a week -- the report notes that some inmates reported being released from their cells for just 30 to 45 minutes a day.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The report calls that practice \"extreme isolation\" that can be especially harmful to mentally ill inmates.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The document briefly describes one man with bipolar disorder who was booked into Sonoma County main jail’s mental health module after violating parole. He was moved into a “step-down” unit, one designated for inmates who are not acutely mentally ill but not ready to be reintegrated into the general population. Inmates are still isolated in single cells in the unit.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The man repeatedly told mental health staff that the isolation was worsening his condition. In one request he wrote: “This is really not good for my mind. ... I’m overwhelmed by this, which is causing me to not sleep, to feel agitated, powerless, depressed and confused. Please help me?”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Mental health staff told him that he was “doing well” and with “continued good behavior” he might eventually be placed in the general population, where he would have more access to outside areas and human interaction. But, the DRC's Hadreas says, his condition only deteriorated in isolation.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The DRC's report notes the jail is trying to increase the amount of time inmates spend outside their cells. For instance, the jail has added low partitions to a day room in the main jail so that higher- and lower-security inmates can be released at the same time without mixing together.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“We’ve spent probably close to $2 million in facility modifications so that we can improve the socialization of that particular population,” said Assistant Sheriff Randall Walker.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Hadreas lauded the sheriff's department's \"creative approach\" to modifying existing jail modules to help more inmates have access to time and space outside of their cells.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>DRC also praised the jail's placement of \u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">accessible\u003c/span> cells throughout the facility, which keeps people with physical disabilities from being segregated.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The report commended the group therapy and anger management programs offered in the step-down units as well.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_10953997\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 1920px\">\u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2016/05/RS19464_IMG_1610-qut.jpg\">\u003cimg class=\"wp-image-10953997 size-full\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2016/05/RS19464_IMG_1610-qut.jpg\" alt=\"Lt. Mike Toby supervises Sonoma County Main Jail’s three mental health units. He's standing in a unit being renovated to give inmates more outside of cell time.\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1280\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2016/05/RS19464_IMG_1610-qut.jpg 1920w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2016/05/RS19464_IMG_1610-qut-400x267.jpg 400w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2016/05/RS19464_IMG_1610-qut-800x533.jpg 800w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2016/05/RS19464_IMG_1610-qut-1180x787.jpg 1180w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2016/05/RS19464_IMG_1610-qut-960x640.jpg 960w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1920px) 100vw, 1920px\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Lt. Mike Toby supervises the Sonoma County main jail’s three mental health units. He's standing in a unit being renovated to give inmates more outside-of-cell time. \u003ccite>(Lisa Pickoff-White/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 4.6875em;float: left;line-height: 0.733em;padding: 0.05em 0.1em 0 0;font-family: times, serif, georgia\">D\u003c/span>uring a tour of Sonoma County's main jail earlier in May, Walker said that the inmate population -- which averaged 998 a day in 2015 -- included about 400 mentally ill inmates. He said 58 people were housed in the jail's mental health module and another 163 people were in the step-down units, with the rest spread throughout the general population.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>He says the number of mentally ill inmates has soared over the past 25 years.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“When we opened in 1991 there were 13, and that 13 encompassed the more acute and the less acute,” Walker said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The jail's spending on psychotropic medication testifies to the change. During the last five years, the amount spent on such drugs increased by 322 percent, according to state data -- the largest increase for any county in the state.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2016/05/Annual_Spending_on_Psychotropic_Medications_in_Sonoma_County_Spending_chartbuilder.png\">\u003cimg class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-10953935\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2016/05/Annual_Spending_on_Psychotropic_Medications_in_Sonoma_County_Spending_chartbuilder.png\" alt=\"Annual_Spending_on_Psychotropic_Medications_in_Sonoma_County_Spending_chartbuilder\" width=\"1280\" height=\"720\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2016/05/Annual_Spending_on_Psychotropic_Medications_in_Sonoma_County_Spending_chartbuilder.png 1280w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2016/05/Annual_Spending_on_Psychotropic_Medications_in_Sonoma_County_Spending_chartbuilder-400x225.png 400w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2016/05/Annual_Spending_on_Psychotropic_Medications_in_Sonoma_County_Spending_chartbuilder-800x450.png 800w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2016/05/Annual_Spending_on_Psychotropic_Medications_in_Sonoma_County_Spending_chartbuilder-1180x664.png 1180w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2016/05/Annual_Spending_on_Psychotropic_Medications_in_Sonoma_County_Spending_chartbuilder-960x540.png 960w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1280px) 100vw, 1280px\">\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Walker said those numbers show that the county is doing a good job.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Sonoma County is very good in diagnosing mental illness and addressing needs for the mentally ill,” he said. “So you have more people coming into custody, taking medication. And I think it’s a cultural shift here, where the stigma that may follow someone in some of the more rural counties isn’t as strong in Sonoma County.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Benwell agreed that the increase was due to a growing population, and a population more used to taking medications.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“That might just be an antidepressant, or, you know, Benadryl, or something for anxiety,” she said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 4.6875em;float: left;line-height: 0.733em;padding: 0.05em 0.1em 0 0;font-family: times, serif, georgia\">C\u003c/span>alifornia law requires jail officials to transfer mentally ill inmates to outside facilities for treatment when necessary. Such treatment, inside jail and out, is mandated to restore an inmate's mental capacity so they can answer to the charges against them.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But records show that, even in dire cases such as the mentally incapacitated bipolar inmate who drank from her cell toilet last summer, Sonoma County rarely transfers inmates. According to state data, Sonoma County reported just one inmate per year getting inpatient care in outside facilities from 2010 to 2015.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Sonoma County jail's correctional and mental health staff say they'd prefer mentally ill inmates receive treatment outside of jail, but argue that a broken system leaves them with few options.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>One major problem, the county said in its response to the DRC report, is that it can find no outside psychiatric hospitals or facilities willing to treat its inmates.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Randall Walker, the assistant sheriff, says other treatment options are tough to find. He says it's very hard for someone who hasn’t been charged with a felony to get into a state hospital for treatment, and even if a state facility accepts an inmate, a transfer can take three to four months.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“If [we] can’t house a person safely, then we try to find those other options,” Walker said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Sonoma County Mental Health Services Director Mike Kennedy said that the county is doing the best it can with the resources allotted to it.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"What we're stuck with is having to do the most humane treatment that we can in settings that aren't set up to do it,\" he said. \"Most psychiatric hospitals won't accept jail inmates. So, right there, that option, we don't have it.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_10954003\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\" style=\"max-width: 1920px\">\u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2016/05/RS19467_IMG_1620-qut.jpg\">\u003cimg class=\"wp-image-10954003 size-full\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2016/05/RS19467_IMG_1620-qut.jpg\" alt=\"Sonoma County Assistant Sheriff Randall Walker in his office at Main Jail.\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1280\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2016/05/RS19467_IMG_1620-qut.jpg 1920w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2016/05/RS19467_IMG_1620-qut-400x267.jpg 400w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2016/05/RS19467_IMG_1620-qut-800x533.jpg 800w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2016/05/RS19467_IMG_1620-qut-1180x787.jpg 1180w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2016/05/RS19467_IMG_1620-qut-960x640.jpg 960w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1920px) 100vw, 1920px\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Sonoma County Assistant Sheriff Randall Walker in his office at the main jail. \u003ccite>(Lisa Pickoff-White/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>As a Sonoma County public defender, Karen Silver represented mentally ill defendants for decades. She says that except for inmates sent to state hospitals, she has never seen someone leave the Sonoma County jail for outside treatment.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I’ve never seen a person charged with a serious crime ever be diverted to the mental health system for the temporary purpose of getting them back to competency,” she said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>People charged with misdemeanor offenses have an even harder time getting treatment, Silver said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I’ve actually told people, families, that have kids in the system that are just charged with misdemeanors that you need to go to the prosecutor and say that you felt your life was threatened, that you need to verbally make this into a felony so that the person gets sent to the state hospital and gets treatment. Because they can always come back here and we can reduce it to a misdemeanor,” she said. “There was no doubt that the state hospital treatment was better than what the jail was able to do.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Sheriff's Lt. Toby, who supervises the main jail’s three mental health units, said that many people charged or found guilty of misdemeanors are trapped in a kind of limbo. They are too mentally ill to stand trial and don’t improve enough to make it to trial.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But Sonoma County says things will get better.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In November, Sonoma County received a $40 million grant from the state to build a new wing of the jail for mentally ill inmates. The current facility is not overcrowded, but officials said that 72 new beds in the facility will provide a better place to treat mentally ill inmates and those with substance abuse problems.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Our biggest challenge is just space to program, so that we’re not trying to talk to people through doors and things like that,” Assistant Sheriff Walker said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Most of the new unit will be used for treatment to restore inmates' competency to stand trial.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But experts on the mental health of inmates say that's not the way to go.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The DRC's Hadreas compares building new mental health treatment facilities in jails to building more on-ramps to highways: The ramps lead to more traffic on the roads, and the jail facilities lead to more mentally ill people becoming incarcerated.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Psychiatrist Kupers says money spent on new jail facilities would be more effectively used for programs outside the jail, such as mental health courts, diversion, therapy and even vocational programs.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Without that additional assistance, you're setting people up to fail and fail. And I would say ending up in jail is a failure of the system,” Hadreas said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Kennedy also sees a systemwide problem. He says part of the blame lies with hospitals for closing down psychiatric treatment centers.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"I don't think for cancer you would refuse this,\" Kennedy said. \"It's a huge problem that needs to be dealt with on a state and federal level.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Hadreas agrees, saying state officials and agencies -- from Gov. Jerry Brown to the Board of State and Community Corrections, which oversees county lockups -- must find more effective ways to address mental health challenges in the jails.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“It’s something that certainly the BSCC, the governor, the Department of Mental Health can look at from a higher understanding and say, ‘What’s going on here? 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The current vaccine has fewer side effects.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Holbrook says she also thinks clinicians in her county are doing a good job of recognizing and diagnosing cases. “I can’t prove that relative to the other counties, but I honestly feel that that’s contributing to our (higher) rate,” she said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Marin County Public Health Officer Matthew Willis says not all communities will have the same incidence of pertussis because of different factors and vulnerabilities, both known and unknown. 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