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On top of the New Year’s Eve rainstorms, which saturated the soil, more water is likely to produce mild to moderate flooding, and some flooding on smaller river systems like the Russian River.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>While smaller reservoirs are filling up, there is still plenty of capacity in larger reservoirs at the moment, given California’s prolonged drought. 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If they can’t, they’ll seal whatever progress they have made with plastic and sandbags and hope for the best.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>A powerful “\u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/science/1935067/rivers-in-the-sky-what-you-need-to-know-about-atmospheric-river-storms\">atmospheric river\u003c/a>” storm dumped up to 5 inches of rain in the Sacramento region on Saturday, said Eric Kurth, a meteorologist with the National Weather Service.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Rainfall in downtown San Francisco hit 5.46 inches on New Year’s Eve, making it the second-wettest day on record, behind a November 1994 deluge, the National Weather Service said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[aside postID=science_1935067]Another powerful system is expected Wednesday and Thursday and could bring up to 3.5 inches of rain in the Sacramento Valley and up to 3 feet of snow in the Sierra. 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Unlike most major California rivers, the Cosumnes River is not dammed, meaning there is no basin to collect excess water during major rain events.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“We’re just kind of at nature’s mercy,” said Mark Hite, a member of the board for Reclamation District 800, which oversees the levee system.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Residents on Monday were still drying out from Saturday’s storm, which prompted officials to order the evacuation of the Point Pleasant community near the Cosumnes River in South Sacramento County. That included 1,075 incarcerated people plus staff at the Rio Cosumnes Correctional Center, who evacuated as a precaution though the jail had not flooded. Incarcerated people were taken to nearby jails with no timetable for their return, according to Sacramento County Sheriff’s Office spokesperson Amar Gandhi.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Emergency crews rescued motorists on New Year’s Eve into Sunday morning. On Sunday they found one person dead inside a submerged vehicle near Highway 99, which Dan Quiggle, deputy fire chief for operations for Cosumnes Community Services District Fire Department, told The Sacramento Bee. Highway 99 was closed for much of the day Sunday, but has since reopened in both directions\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>State highway workers spent the holiday weekend clearing traffic-stopping heavy snow from major highways through the Sierra Nevada.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Near Lake Tahoe, dozens of drivers were rescued on New Year’s Eve along Interstate 80 after cars spun out in the snow during the blizzard, the California Department of Transportation said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The rain was welcomed in drought-parched California. 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That will allow emergency service people to get out and fix things, as there have been reports of downed trees, and it just means less work for them if you’re not dragging through a flooded road and need rescuing.”[pullquote align=\"right\" size=\"medium\" citation=\"Ashley Keehn, public information officer, Santa Cruz County Sheriff's Office\"]‘Our deputies are out there risking their lives to try to save other people so they don’t have to risk their lives once those water levels get to that dangerous point.’[/pullquote]The California Highway Patrol closed both lanes of traffic on Highway 101 in South San Francisco \u003ca href=\"https://twitter.com/SFFDPIO/status/1609299772535623680\">midday due to major flooding\u003c/a>. The CHP said it had no prediction of when the highway could be reopened as of Saturday evening.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Jonathan Baxter, a public information officer for the San Francisco Fire Department, said the department was responding to hundreds of emergencies, including flooding and landslides, and asked everyone to stay home if possible.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“We are asking the public to call 311 and not call 911 unless it’s a life-threatening emergency,” said Baxter. “Also, the New Year’s Eve light show will go on today but we are asking the public to not come into the city until after 7 p.m.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The San Francisco Department of Public Works said they had responded to 10 downed trees, some of which hit parked cars, a small mudslide in Glen Park, and roadway flooding at Marina Boulevard, as well as at the intersection of 17th and Folsom Streets. SFDPW public information officer Rachel Gordon added the department had also given away hundreds of sandbags to residents and businesses and that they will continue giving away sandbags at their yard on Marin and Kansas Streets until 5 p.m. Saturday, with every resident and business able to pick up ten free bags.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Gordon says New Years Day will be a good time to prepare for the next storm expected later in the week, with the public able to pick up sandbags during normal giveaway hours from 8 a.m.–2 p.m. Monday to Saturday. Gordon also encourages people to clear leaves and any other debris that might have gathered in or around the storm drains near their homes to prevent additional flooding.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In the Santa Cruz Mountains, \u003ca href=\"https://twitter.com/sccounty/status/1609275102830694401\"> evacuation orders were issued\u003c/a> for about 80 homes in the areas of Paradise Park and Felton. Ashley Keehn, a public information officer with the Santa Cruz County Sheriff’s Office, said that the nearby San Lorenzo River had risen dangerously high.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Our deputies are out there risking their lives to try to save other people so they don’t have to risk their lives once those water levels get to that dangerous point,” said Keehn. “Unless there is a reason to be on the road, please stay home, that’s probably the safest place to be,”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Lieutenant Ray Kelly, a public information officer for the Alameda County Sheriff’s department, said that overflowing local creeks caused road closures in parts of Castro Valley and that water pooling on the 580 and 880 highways contributed to multiple car accidents. He also urged people to stay home.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Flooding was also reported in Marin City where\u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/science/1980525/it-comes-to-race-marin-city-residents-demand-flood-protections\"> residents have been demanding flood protections\u003c/a> and an overhaul of their long-neglected water system, having experienced flooding regularly for decades.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Sausalito has seven or eight ways for water to go out from there, and we only have one way — and that’s into the wetland,” said local resident and climate activist Terrie Harris Greene, who was out placing sandbags and surveying flooding in the neighborhood on New Year’s Eve. “Now, we have been advocating with the county of Marin that, on Donahue Street, we must have a drain system put in there.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The California Governor’s Office of Emergency Services\u003ca href=\"https://news.caloes.ca.gov/cal-oes-prepositions-personnel-and-resources-due-to-winter-weather/\"> announced they were prepositioning flood fighting personnel\u003c/a>, resources and materials to be available if needed. CalOES urged the public “to remain aware of their surrounding conditions … to have an emergency plan in place, emergency preparedness kits at home and vehicles full of fuel … [and to] sign-up for\u003ca href=\"https://calalerts.org/\"> emergency alerts\u003c/a>, listen to local authorities and warnings, and be prepared to evacuate if necessary.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The storm is forecast to pass by this evening, with dry conditions expected tomorrow, but Brooke Bingaman with the National Weather Service says another storm is expected by mid week.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Today’s cold front should be a fairly quick-moving system, which is a plus,” said Bingaman, “However, even though we’re expecting dry conditions [on Sunday], after that we’re going to start getting into a wet pattern. 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When a winter storm makes its way east from the ocean, mountains in the storm’s path are sure to get drenched, while the sheltered places behind them, not so much. The windward side of the Santa Cruz mountains might soak up several inches of rainfall while, further east, San Jose gets just a fraction of that.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“We say San Jose’s in the rain shadow,” Hess says.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Hot city, weird weather?\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Our second question on weather came from Yvine, who asked, “Does the urban heat island have any influence on San Francisco Bay’s weather process?”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Urban heat islands are sprawling cityscapes with lots of asphalt and not much greenery. They get and stay hotter on bright days, because buildings and parking lots tend to hold more heat from the sun than vegetation. 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But Oliphant says you can feel the difference it makes in a place like Golden Gate Park, where some days it might be seven degrees cooler than the surrounding neighborhoods.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>And the effect may be more pronounced in other parts of the Bay Area, like Oakland and the South Bay, says Daniel Swain, a climate scientist with joint affiliations with UCLA, the National Center for Atmospheric Research and The Nature Conservancy of California.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Swain doubts heat islands affect the weather here much, but as someone who models the complex atmosphere, he says even small nudges can have surprising impacts, “so I would never say never.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Wind tunnels and fog tendrils\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>San Francisco’s built environment may also affect the weather, says Swain. He points to how wind is channeled between the growing number of tall buildings downtown.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“You have wind blowing through these man-made canyons and tunnels, and then that causes the air near the surface to mix a lot with the air from above the surface,” he says.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>That mixing has decent potential to influence the weather, at least slightly. As a thick fog creeps from the Financial District toward the Bay, it might just be enough to change which way a few tendrils of fog are headed next.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[baycuriousquestion]\u003c/p>\n\n",
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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"https://bit.ly/3EY8NgW\">\u003cem>Read a transcript of this episode here\u003c/em>\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>It bewilders Bay Area newcomers — at least, the ones who show up wearing sandals and sunglasses and quickly find themselves shopping for a sweatshirt. But as any local will attest, here you can enjoy clear skies and mild temperatures the same day you experience whipping winds and clammy fog, often just a few short miles apart. Microclimates are everywhere.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003cp>\u003caside class=\"alignleft utils-parseShortcode-shortcodes-__bayCuriousPodcastShortcode__bayCurious\">\u003cimg src=https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/02/bayCuriousLogo.png alt=\"Bay Curious Podcast\" loading=\"lazy\" />\n \u003ca href=\"/news/series/baycurious\">Bay Curious\u003c/a> is a podcast that answers your questions about the Bay Area.\n Subscribe on \u003ca href=\"https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/bay-curious/id1172473406\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Apple Podcasts\u003c/a>,\n \u003ca href=\"http://www.npr.org/podcasts/500557090/bay-curious\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">NPR One\u003c/a> or your favorite podcast platform.\u003c/aside>\u003c/p>\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>That got Bay Curious listener Scott wondering: “Bay area microclimates! Why are there so many? Where are they? How do they differ?”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>We’ll get to all of that, as well as another listener question to do with weather, but first let’s define the word microclimate. Casually, it refers to the phenomenon of sometimes vastly different weather in what feels like adjacent zip codes, like how it’s routinely foggy in San Francisco’s Richmond District, while a few miles away the Mission enjoys sunshine.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003c/div>",
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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But this usage of the term “microclimate” isn’t the most scientific, says Andrew Oliphant, who studies micrometeorology as a professor in the department of Geography and Environment at San Francisco State University.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“When we talk about microclimates of the Bay Area, we’re actually a little bit beyond the traditional scales of micro,” Oliphant says. A proper microclimate might range from less than a city block up to about half a mile. So when denizens of the Bay Area bemoan its microclimates, “we’re really talking more neighborhood-to-neighborhood scale.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>And these many variations don’t lend themselves to neat lines on a map. They’re more like fine gradations, making it tough for experts to pinpoint how many microclimates there are in the Bay Area.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>So why so much variation?\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11827885\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 640px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-large wp-image-11827885\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2020/07/2A-DP-Bay-view-1020x653.jpg\" alt=\"View of San Francisco from Cesar Chavez Park in Berkeley.\" width=\"640\" height=\"410\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2020/07/2A-DP-Bay-view-1020x653.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2020/07/2A-DP-Bay-view-800x512.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2020/07/2A-DP-Bay-view-160x102.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2020/07/2A-DP-Bay-view-1536x984.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2020/07/2A-DP-Bay-view-2048x1311.jpg 2048w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2020/07/2A-DP-Bay-view-1920x1229.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Because it’s surrounded on three sides by water, San Francisco tends to enjoy relatively mild temperatures, but that benefit diminishes further inland, leading to disparate microclimates. \u003ccite>(Daniel Potter/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>There are a few reasons for our variable conditions, says Darrel Hess, who is the author of a physical geography textbook, as well as an instructor at City College of San Francisco.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“One is our location next to the water,” he says. San Francisco, with water to its north, east and west, rarely gets much hotter or cooler than the ocean. The further inland you get, the less of that benefit you enjoy.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“As you go over each ridge in the coast ranges, as you move away from the ocean, the weather and climate becomes increasingly continental — in other words, you have less ocean influence,” Hess says. That’s why a city like Livermore, some 20 miles east of the Bay, can get downright hot in summer and chilly in winter.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Terrain is also a factor, as when a summer fog seeps from the ocean toward lower elevations around the Bay Area.\u003c/p>\n\u003cblockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">One of the most beautiful pics of San Francisco I’ve ever seen, taken tonight by Renata Miller. \u003ca href=\"https://t.co/P4zIgBcAHx\">pic.twitter.com/P4zIgBcAHx\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>— Steve Silberman (@stevesilberman) \u003ca href=\"https://twitter.com/stevesilberman/status/1158602313470107650?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">August 6, 2019\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\u003c/blockquote>\n\u003cp>“Almost always it comes in first right through the Golden Gate. That’s the only sea-level opening in the coast ranges,” Hess says.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>And the same is true for rain. When a winter storm makes its way east from the ocean, mountains in the storm’s path are sure to get drenched, while the sheltered places behind them, not so much. The windward side of the Santa Cruz mountains might soak up several inches of rainfall while, further east, San Jose gets just a fraction of that.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“We say San Jose’s in the rain shadow,” Hess says.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Hot city, weird weather?\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Our second question on weather came from Yvine, who asked, “Does the urban heat island have any influence on San Francisco Bay’s weather process?”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Urban heat islands are sprawling cityscapes with lots of asphalt and not much greenery. They get and stay hotter on bright days, because buildings and parking lots tend to hold more heat from the sun than vegetation. And they can indeed affect the weather, at least in some places.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>For instance, in Houston, Texas, a thunderstorm might be right on the edge of happening if the air gets just a little hotter. If the only place that’s quite hot enough is an urban heat island, a sudden storm could pop up just in that spot.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But does this happen in the Bay Area?\u003c/p>\u003c/p>\u003cp>\u003cspan class='utils-parseShortcode-shortcodes-__youtubeShortcode__embedYoutube'>\n \u003cspan class='utils-parseShortcode-shortcodes-__youtubeShortcode__embedYoutubeInside'>\n \u003ciframe\n loading='lazy'\n class='utils-parseShortcode-shortcodes-__youtubeShortcode__youtubePlayer'\n type='text/html'\n src='//www.youtube.com/embed/UCblqHZgNKo'\n title='//www.youtube.com/embed/UCblqHZgNKo'\n allowfullscreen='true'\n style='border:0;'>\u003c/iframe>\n \u003c/span>\n \u003c/span>\u003c/p>\u003cp>\u003cp>It turns out, San Francisco isn’t a great example of an urban heat island. Being surrounded on three sides by water limits the requisite sprawl. But Oliphant says you can feel the difference it makes in a place like Golden Gate Park, where some days it might be seven degrees cooler than the surrounding neighborhoods.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>And the effect may be more pronounced in other parts of the Bay Area, like Oakland and the South Bay, says Daniel Swain, a climate scientist with joint affiliations with UCLA, the National Center for Atmospheric Research and The Nature Conservancy of California.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Swain doubts heat islands affect the weather here much, but as someone who models the complex atmosphere, he says even small nudges can have surprising impacts, “so I would never say never.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Wind tunnels and fog tendrils\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>San Francisco’s built environment may also affect the weather, says Swain. 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"content": "\u003cp>A \u003ca href=\"https://edsource.org/2018/gaps-in-california-law-requiring-schools-to-test-for-lead-could-leave-children-at-risk/602756\">2017 state law\u003c/a> led schools across California to have their faucets tested for lead in a program to reduce lead in school drinking water.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>A new bill that proposes to remove lead from schools and state buildings, awaiting Gov. Gavin Newsom’s signature, now faces opposition from school groups.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Public employee unions and organizations representing school districts, school boards and school business officers are pitted against each other on legislation spelling out how to protect students and school adults from lead in water.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Newsom must pick a side: \u003ca href=\"https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billAnalysisClient.xhtml?bill_id=202120220SB1184\">Senate Bill 1144\u003c/a> easily passed through the Legislature.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Authored by Sen. Scott Wiener, D-San Francisco, on behalf of the California State Pipe Trades Council, the bill would require school districts to write a water efficiency and quality report determining lead levels in every building and replace or install filters on every fixture with high levels of lead. Districts could have to replace lead pipes in buildings — if the state dedicates funding to do so.[pullquote size=\"medium\" align=\"right\" citation=\"Dr. Jennifer Lowry, chair, American Academy of Pediatrics' Council on Environmental Health\"]‘We know there is no safe lead level. Schools ought to work to remove that source of lead for these kids.’[/pullquote]Lead is a highly toxic metal that can harm the health and cognitive development of children when ingested or inhaled, even at extremely low levels. An \u003ca href=\"https://edsource.org/topic/tainted-taps-lead-puts-california-students-at-risk\">EdSource series\u003c/a> four years ago revealed the significant risk for lead exposure in many schools that tested for it.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>By default, the bill would adopt the current, outdated standard for unsafe concentration of lead in water. Set more than a decade ago by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, it is 15 parts per billion. \u003ca href=\"https://www.atsdr.cdc.gov/csem/leadtoxicity/safety_standards.html\">The federal Centers for Disease Control and Prevention\u003c/a> and many advocates for children’s health say anything over 5 parts per billion is hazardous for children’s health. \u003ca href=\"https://www.pbs.org/newshour/politics/epa-details-push-to-tighten-rules-for-lead-in-drinking-water\">President Joe Biden’s EPA administrator has said he favors lowering the threshold\u003c/a>, and it could happen by 2024.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The level of lead contamination to require action was not brought up in the negotiations on SB 1144, and children’s health groups were not involved, according to those familiar with the discussions. The author and sponsor of the bill did agree to push back the deadline for compliance, phasing it in over four years, starting in 2027.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But that and other changes narrowing the bill’s scope didn’t placate the opposition, whose Aug. 16 letter said the bill would create an expensive unfunded mandate potentially costing hundreds of millions of dollars and a costly, complicated new program that “failed to identify a persistent problem in schools” it would solve.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The letter doesn’t say so, but several coalition members said the pipe fitters union had a self-interest in backing the bill. Troy Flint, vice president of communications for the school boards association, said the focus of the bill is to create “revenue and employment opportunities for trade unions that will do the work.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Among those signing the opposition letter were the Association of California School Administrators, California Association of School Business Officials, California School Boards Association, Los Angeles Unified and the Riverside County Office of Education.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Supporters of the bill include the California Federation of Teachers, the California Teachers Association, the California Water Association and the State Building and Construction Trades Council.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11926043\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"max-width: 725px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-11926043\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2022/09/GettyImages-173563196.jpg\" alt=\"A small Asian boy with a red shirt drinks from a water fountain.\" width=\"725\" height=\"482\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2022/09/GettyImages-173563196.jpg 725w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2022/09/GettyImages-173563196-160x106.jpg 160w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 725px) 100vw, 725px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">An EdSource analysis of test results for 3,700 schools that had tested for lead as of the summer of 2018 found that 4% — 150 schools — recorded a lead level over 15 parts per billion. The American Academy of Physicians says that any amount of lead is dangerous for children, and that the limit should be no more than 1 ppb. \u003ccite>(Marilyn Nieves/Getty Images)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>To an extent, the bill would pick up where a 2017 state law, \u003ca href=\"https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billTextClient.xhtml?bill_id=201720180AB746\">Assembly Bill 746\u003c/a>, left off. That legislation required local water companies to test lead levels in every school. In cases where levels exceeded 15 parts per billion, districts had to close off fixtures, take mitigation efforts like regular flushing of faucets or replace them. The deadline was July 2019.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But, unlike a few states that require periodic testing, that was only a one-time requirement, and some districts were exempted. In large schools, where only spot-testing was required, some lead-laden outlets may have been missed. In violation of the law, some districts failed to notify parents that their schools had unsafe lead levels.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"https://edsource.org/2018/gaps-in-california-law-requiring-schools-to-test-for-lead-could-leave-children-at-risk/602756\">An EdSource analysis of test results for 3,700 schools\u003c/a> that had tested for lead as of the summer of 2018 found that 4% — 150 schools — recorded a lead level over 15 parts per billion. But at least one outlet in 897 schools tested between 5 and 15 ppb, requiring no action. That’s significant because scientists and physicians have criticized the federal 15 ppb standard as too high.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The maximum allowable concentration of lead in commercially sold bottled water is 5 ppb. The American Academy of Physicians, saying that any amount of lead is dangerous for children, says the limit should be no more than 1 ppb. The 5 ppb standard was brought up in negotiations over AB 746, but the Brown administration raised concerns about higher costs.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>State and districts can choose a lower standard\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>States have the ability to lower the safe level standard, and districts can act on their own. Oakland, Long Beach and Los Angeles are among districts that have adopted the 5 ppb as the target for fixing and replacing outlets in their schools. Berkeley Unified adopted a 1 ppb limit in schools.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“We know there is no safe lead level. Schools ought to work to remove that source of lead for these kids,” Dr. Jennifer Lowry, chair of the American Academy of Pediatrics’ Council on Environmental Health, told EdSource in 2018.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Children Now, which advocates for children on issues of health and education, didn’t take a position on SB 1144 but does support “regulation and guidelines backed by the scientific community and pediatricians, who know that no amount of lead exposure is safe for growing kids,” said Vince Stewart, the organization’s vice president for policy and programs.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Whether the gauge is 5 parts or 15 ppb, there is no reliable estimate of how much work is needed to reach safe levels in districts and charter schools.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The state Legislature appropriated about $17 million to help qualifying districts with testing and fixture replacement in 2018 and 2019. But that was clearly not enough. In placing a $13 billion school construction bond on the March 2020 ballot, legislative leaders and Newsom designated $150 million to test and fix water fountains and fixtures with high lead levels, to be distributed to the lowest-income districts.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Districts requiring more extensive removal efforts, such as replacing a contaminated water line, could seek supplemental funding of up to 10% of the value of a school renovation project, with the state paying 60% of the cost. Ian Padilla, who represents the Coalition for Adequate School Housing, which lobbies for facilities funding, said the group had sought $500 million for lead abatement in the bond.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>Interest wanes with bond’s defeat\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>But in March 2020, voters \u003ca href=\"https://edsource.org/2020/all-but-final-california-voters-reject-15-billion-state-school-bond/625328\">defeated the bond\u003c/a>, which unfortunately for advocates had the bad luck of being designated Proposition 13 on the ballot. Padilla said with Covid, primarily an airborne contagion, soon consuming attention, the priority for facilities spending shifted from lead in water to HVAC systems and air filters.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Newsom proposed committing $1.8 billion in deferred school building maintenance in the 2022-23 budget, but it was cut in final negotiations.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The current bill includes no funding for testing and the work it could require, although \u003ca class=\"external\" href=\"https://www.pbs.org/newshour/politics/epa-details-push-to-tighten-rules-for-lead-in-drinking-water\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">about $15 billion of Biden’s $350 billion infrastructure funding\u003c/a>, passed in December, is dedicated to lead pipe removal in homes and schools.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In a letter supporting SB 1144, Tiffany Mok, legislative representative for the California Federation of Teachers, said schools in California are “especially afflicted” by poor water quality. It “is amounting to a public health crisis, and we cannot sit back while our children consume unsafe water,” she wrote.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>School organizations, however, said they object to the pipe fitter union’s approach to fixing the lead problem. The union didn’t consult with them in drafting the bill and ignored a model that had worked. Under the previous law, the burden of testing was put on water agencies. That took advantage of those agencies’ expertise in identifying potential problems and provided oversight separate from schools.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Overall, I saw the bill as a huge success, but more work is necessary,” said Eric Bakke, a former legislative advocate for the California School Boards Association, who was involved in both the drafting of the previous law and the defeated Proposition 13.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Under the current bill, if lead is found at higher levels at the faucet than coming into a school, districts could be required to search for and remove lead pipes. This could require costly construction work overseen by undefined qualified personnel.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The bill says that invasive techniques would not be required. 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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>Lead is a highly toxic metal that can harm the health and cognitive development of children when ingested or inhaled, even at extremely low levels. An \u003ca href=\"https://edsource.org/topic/tainted-taps-lead-puts-california-students-at-risk\">EdSource series\u003c/a> four years ago revealed the significant risk for lead exposure in many schools that tested for it.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>By default, the bill would adopt the current, outdated standard for unsafe concentration of lead in water. Set more than a decade ago by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, it is 15 parts per billion. \u003ca href=\"https://www.atsdr.cdc.gov/csem/leadtoxicity/safety_standards.html\">The federal Centers for Disease Control and Prevention\u003c/a> and many advocates for children’s health say anything over 5 parts per billion is hazardous for children’s health. \u003ca href=\"https://www.pbs.org/newshour/politics/epa-details-push-to-tighten-rules-for-lead-in-drinking-water\">President Joe Biden’s EPA administrator has said he favors lowering the threshold\u003c/a>, and it could happen by 2024.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The level of lead contamination to require action was not brought up in the negotiations on SB 1144, and children’s health groups were not involved, according to those familiar with the discussions. The author and sponsor of the bill did agree to push back the deadline for compliance, phasing it in over four years, starting in 2027.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But that and other changes narrowing the bill’s scope didn’t placate the opposition, whose Aug. 16 letter said the bill would create an expensive unfunded mandate potentially costing hundreds of millions of dollars and a costly, complicated new program that “failed to identify a persistent problem in schools” it would solve.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The letter doesn’t say so, but several coalition members said the pipe fitters union had a self-interest in backing the bill. Troy Flint, vice president of communications for the school boards association, said the focus of the bill is to create “revenue and employment opportunities for trade unions that will do the work.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Among those signing the opposition letter were the Association of California School Administrators, California Association of School Business Officials, California School Boards Association, Los Angeles Unified and the Riverside County Office of Education.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Supporters of the bill include the California Federation of Teachers, the California Teachers Association, the California Water Association and the State Building and Construction Trades Council.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11926043\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"max-width: 725px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-11926043\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2022/09/GettyImages-173563196.jpg\" alt=\"A small Asian boy with a red shirt drinks from a water fountain.\" width=\"725\" height=\"482\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2022/09/GettyImages-173563196.jpg 725w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2022/09/GettyImages-173563196-160x106.jpg 160w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 725px) 100vw, 725px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">An EdSource analysis of test results for 3,700 schools that had tested for lead as of the summer of 2018 found that 4% — 150 schools — recorded a lead level over 15 parts per billion. The American Academy of Physicians says that any amount of lead is dangerous for children, and that the limit should be no more than 1 ppb. \u003ccite>(Marilyn Nieves/Getty Images)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>To an extent, the bill would pick up where a 2017 state law, \u003ca href=\"https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billTextClient.xhtml?bill_id=201720180AB746\">Assembly Bill 746\u003c/a>, left off. That legislation required local water companies to test lead levels in every school. In cases where levels exceeded 15 parts per billion, districts had to close off fixtures, take mitigation efforts like regular flushing of faucets or replace them. The deadline was July 2019.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But, unlike a few states that require periodic testing, that was only a one-time requirement, and some districts were exempted. In large schools, where only spot-testing was required, some lead-laden outlets may have been missed. In violation of the law, some districts failed to notify parents that their schools had unsafe lead levels.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"https://edsource.org/2018/gaps-in-california-law-requiring-schools-to-test-for-lead-could-leave-children-at-risk/602756\">An EdSource analysis of test results for 3,700 schools\u003c/a> that had tested for lead as of the summer of 2018 found that 4% — 150 schools — recorded a lead level over 15 parts per billion. But at least one outlet in 897 schools tested between 5 and 15 ppb, requiring no action. That’s significant because scientists and physicians have criticized the federal 15 ppb standard as too high.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The maximum allowable concentration of lead in commercially sold bottled water is 5 ppb. The American Academy of Physicians, saying that any amount of lead is dangerous for children, says the limit should be no more than 1 ppb. The 5 ppb standard was brought up in negotiations over AB 746, but the Brown administration raised concerns about higher costs.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>State and districts can choose a lower standard\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>States have the ability to lower the safe level standard, and districts can act on their own. Oakland, Long Beach and Los Angeles are among districts that have adopted the 5 ppb as the target for fixing and replacing outlets in their schools. Berkeley Unified adopted a 1 ppb limit in schools.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“We know there is no safe lead level. Schools ought to work to remove that source of lead for these kids,” Dr. Jennifer Lowry, chair of the American Academy of Pediatrics’ Council on Environmental Health, told EdSource in 2018.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Children Now, which advocates for children on issues of health and education, didn’t take a position on SB 1144 but does support “regulation and guidelines backed by the scientific community and pediatricians, who know that no amount of lead exposure is safe for growing kids,” said Vince Stewart, the organization’s vice president for policy and programs.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Whether the gauge is 5 parts or 15 ppb, there is no reliable estimate of how much work is needed to reach safe levels in districts and charter schools.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The state Legislature appropriated about $17 million to help qualifying districts with testing and fixture replacement in 2018 and 2019. But that was clearly not enough. In placing a $13 billion school construction bond on the March 2020 ballot, legislative leaders and Newsom designated $150 million to test and fix water fountains and fixtures with high lead levels, to be distributed to the lowest-income districts.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Districts requiring more extensive removal efforts, such as replacing a contaminated water line, could seek supplemental funding of up to 10% of the value of a school renovation project, with the state paying 60% of the cost. Ian Padilla, who represents the Coalition for Adequate School Housing, which lobbies for facilities funding, said the group had sought $500 million for lead abatement in the bond.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>Interest wanes with bond’s defeat\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>But in March 2020, voters \u003ca href=\"https://edsource.org/2020/all-but-final-california-voters-reject-15-billion-state-school-bond/625328\">defeated the bond\u003c/a>, which unfortunately for advocates had the bad luck of being designated Proposition 13 on the ballot. Padilla said with Covid, primarily an airborne contagion, soon consuming attention, the priority for facilities spending shifted from lead in water to HVAC systems and air filters.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Newsom proposed committing $1.8 billion in deferred school building maintenance in the 2022-23 budget, but it was cut in final negotiations.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The current bill includes no funding for testing and the work it could require, although \u003ca class=\"external\" href=\"https://www.pbs.org/newshour/politics/epa-details-push-to-tighten-rules-for-lead-in-drinking-water\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">about $15 billion of Biden’s $350 billion infrastructure funding\u003c/a>, passed in December, is dedicated to lead pipe removal in homes and schools.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In a letter supporting SB 1144, Tiffany Mok, legislative representative for the California Federation of Teachers, said schools in California are “especially afflicted” by poor water quality. 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That took advantage of those agencies’ expertise in identifying potential problems and provided oversight separate from schools.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Overall, I saw the bill as a huge success, but more work is necessary,” said Eric Bakke, a former legislative advocate for the California School Boards Association, who was involved in both the drafting of the previous law and the defeated Proposition 13.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Under the current bill, if lead is found at higher levels at the faucet than coming into a school, districts could be required to search for and remove lead pipes. This could require costly construction work overseen by undefined qualified personnel.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The bill says that invasive techniques would not be required. 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It was just 2% contained after scorching nearly 1,280 acres.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>A surge of clouds and showers associated with Hurricane Kay off Mexico’s Baja California peninsula knocked the edge off temperatures in Southern California at times but also were a potential problem for solar generation.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Despite the initial impacts of Kay, forecasters warned that \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11924709/sf-and-coast-included-in-heat-advisory-as-scorching-temperatures-increase-risk-of-blackouts-extreme-fire-danger\">the heat was not yet done\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“The seemingly endless heat wave that has been plaguing California will finally be coming to an end across at least Southern California, but not before two more very hot days and very warm nights,” the Los Angeles-area weather office wrote.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Operators of California’s power grid issued another Flex Alert call for voluntary cuts in use of electricity and expanded the period by two hours, 3 p.m. to 10 p.m.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Wildfire smoke and the cloud cover created uncertainty about solar power production in afternoon hours when temperatures rise toward their peaks, said Elliot Mainzer, president and CEO of the California Independent System Operator.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>There was also uncertainty about wind power at the back end of the period.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>CAISO has issued Flex Alerts since last week and has avoided ordering rolling power outages, although a miscommunication with one Northern California provider led to blackouts.[pullquote align=\"right\" size=\"medium\" citation=\"Elliot Mainzer, president and CEO, CAISO\"]‘We certainly think we’re close to turning the corner, but we still have challenges ahead of us this evening.’[/pullquote]With record demand on power supplies across the West, California snapped its energy use record around 5 p.m. Tuesday with 52,061 megawatts, far above the previous high of 50,270 megawatts set July 24, 2006.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>An emergency appeal for conservation that was sent to Californians’ cellphones was credited with an immediate drop in demand on the electrical grid that evening.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Electrical demand hit 50,184 megawatts on Wednesday, but it ended up being “a relatively quiet operation on the system,” Mainzer told a briefing.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The electrical load forecast for Thursday afternoon and evening was higher, however, and the uncertainty involving the renewable energy sources made the situation a bit more complex, he said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“We certainly think we’re close to turning the corner, but we still have challenges ahead of us this evening,” Mainzer said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Storm and wind conditions associated with the approaching hurricane were likely to create a new set of risks for power shortages in Southern California, he noted.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Hurricane Kay was expected to be downgraded to a tropical storm before it reaches northern Baja California on Friday, the National Weather Service said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Despite losing hurricane strength, Kay was expected to send a surge of moisture into Southern California. 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