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There will be a slight chance of thunderstorms, as well as gusty winds and high surf.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>While the coastal range could get up to 4 inches, meteorologists said the East and South Bay could see moderate to heavy rainfall on Wednesday, with gusts of up to 80 mph.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11622415\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 1920px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-11622415\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2017/10/15359812401_c1ee1788cd_o-1-e1532569326843.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1280\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">The Big Sur coastline. \u003ccite>(Ashley Spratt, \u003ca href=\"https://flic.kr/p/ppi46K\">USFWS\u003c/a>, \u003ca href=\"http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/\">CC BY\u003c/a>)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>The early-week system could also cause minor flooding in areas with poor drainage systems, and the Weather Prediction Center forecasts a 5% probability of rainfall exceeding its flash flood guidance.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Murdock said snow could also fall at elevations above 2,500 feet in places like Mount Hamilton in the South Bay and the Big Sur coast.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[aside postID=news_12029178 hero='https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/02/NOAAGetty-1020x680.jpg']\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“There could be some snow on those mountain tops, especially the highest of the high elevations for the areas to the south,” he said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>A second round of rainfall arrives Friday morning as a weak surface cold front extends from southern Oregon through the region. The storm will likely drop just as much rain as the first system.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>By Sunday morning, forecasters expect a third storm to park over the Bay Area. Meteorologists said it is too early to tell how the storm will play out, but they expect multiple rounds of impactful rainfall, especially across the North Bay.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“We’re looking at a pretty wet environment into next week; maybe our first real break will be next Wednesday,” Murdock said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>During the first round of rain, Murdock expects only nuisance flooding. But as back-to-back storms hit, the flood risk may grow into next week, he said, “especially in urban environments — if there’s not enough of a break in between, it’s harder to drain that water out of those areas.”\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>Potential for the snowpack to rebound\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>Forecasters expect the first storm to drop up to 4 feet of snow at the highest peaks of the Sierra starting Wednesday. By Thursday morning, the snow line could drop to 2,000 feet as the system progresses.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>A winter storm watch is in effect for much of the mountain region from 10 p.m. Tuesday through 10 p.m. Thursday.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11955232\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-11955232\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/07/230501-DWR-Snow-Survey-KJ-0107-KQED.jpg\" alt=\"A snow-covered foreground with green pine trees in the background and a small river running between.\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/07/230501-DWR-Snow-Survey-KJ-0107-KQED.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/07/230501-DWR-Snow-Survey-KJ-0107-KQED-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/07/230501-DWR-Snow-Survey-KJ-0107-KQED-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/07/230501-DWR-Snow-Survey-KJ-0107-KQED-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/07/230501-DWR-Snow-Survey-KJ-0107-KQED-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/07/230501-DWR-Snow-Survey-KJ-0107-KQED-1920x1280.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Snow runoff near the California Department of Water Resources snow survey site at Phillips Station in the Sierra Nevada Mountains on May 1, 2023. \u003ccite>(Ken James/California Department of Water Resources)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>“It’s an above-average snow event, but nothing historic for the Sierra,” said Dakari Anderson, a meteorologist with the weather service’s Sacramento office.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Snowfall in the Sierra on Wednesday will be thick, Anderson said, with up to 70% of rates exceeding 2 inches per hour. He also said the heavy snowfall and gusty winds of up to 60 miles per hour may likely create significant visibility issues and whiteout conditions.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Travel impacts are expected Wednesday into Thursday, and people \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11937204/lake-tahoe-weather-forecast-road-conditions-snow-chains\">driving to Lake Tahoe\u003c/a> on Interstate 80 or Highway 50 could experience delays and chain controls.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“We expect snow-covered and slippery roads,” Anderson said. “The snow will be heaviest in the afternoon commute hours.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>https://twitter.com/nwsreno/status/1898838994198450639?s=46&t=8L9OHVE58oUXKjH2wCBDtA\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Altogether, more than a foot of snow could fall in the Tahoe basin and several feet across the Sierra crests, said GiGi Giralte, a meteorologist with the weather service’s Reno office. 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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003cp>Back-to-back storms will bring widespread rainfall, potential snow at high elevations and a slight chance of flash floods across the Bay Area this week.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The storms will also drop a fresh blanket of pearlescent snow across the Sierra Nevada, according to the National Weather Service — giving a boost to \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12029075/california-snowpack-rebounds-amid-a-wobbly-winter-with-more-storms-on-the-way\">the state’s snowpack\u003c/a>, which has been \u003ca href=\"https://cdec.water.ca.gov/snowapp/sweq.action\">hovering around average\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“We’re setting up for a conveyor belt of storm systems,” said Brayden Murdock, a meteorologist with the weather service’s Bay Area office.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003c/div>",
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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In the Bay Area, forecasters expect the heaviest rain on Wednesday into early Thursday — up to an inch in populated areas and 2 inches at higher elevations, like Mount Tamalpais. There will be a slight chance of thunderstorms, as well as gusty winds and high surf.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>While the coastal range could get up to 4 inches, meteorologists said the East and South Bay could see moderate to heavy rainfall on Wednesday, with gusts of up to 80 mph.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11622415\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 1920px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-11622415\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2017/10/15359812401_c1ee1788cd_o-1-e1532569326843.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1280\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">The Big Sur coastline. \u003ccite>(Ashley Spratt, \u003ca href=\"https://flic.kr/p/ppi46K\">USFWS\u003c/a>, \u003ca href=\"http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/\">CC BY\u003c/a>)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>The early-week system could also cause minor flooding in areas with poor drainage systems, and the Weather Prediction Center forecasts a 5% probability of rainfall exceeding its flash flood guidance.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Murdock said snow could also fall at elevations above 2,500 feet in places like Mount Hamilton in the South Bay and the Big Sur coast.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003c/div>",
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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“There could be some snow on those mountain tops, especially the highest of the high elevations for the areas to the south,” he said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>A second round of rainfall arrives Friday morning as a weak surface cold front extends from southern Oregon through the region. The storm will likely drop just as much rain as the first system.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>By Sunday morning, forecasters expect a third storm to park over the Bay Area. Meteorologists said it is too early to tell how the storm will play out, but they expect multiple rounds of impactful rainfall, especially across the North Bay.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“We’re looking at a pretty wet environment into next week; maybe our first real break will be next Wednesday,” Murdock said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>During the first round of rain, Murdock expects only nuisance flooding. But as back-to-back storms hit, the flood risk may grow into next week, he said, “especially in urban environments — if there’s not enough of a break in between, it’s harder to drain that water out of those areas.”\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>Potential for the snowpack to rebound\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>Forecasters expect the first storm to drop up to 4 feet of snow at the highest peaks of the Sierra starting Wednesday. By Thursday morning, the snow line could drop to 2,000 feet as the system progresses.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>A winter storm watch is in effect for much of the mountain region from 10 p.m. Tuesday through 10 p.m. Thursday.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11955232\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-11955232\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/07/230501-DWR-Snow-Survey-KJ-0107-KQED.jpg\" alt=\"A snow-covered foreground with green pine trees in the background and a small river running between.\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/07/230501-DWR-Snow-Survey-KJ-0107-KQED.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/07/230501-DWR-Snow-Survey-KJ-0107-KQED-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/07/230501-DWR-Snow-Survey-KJ-0107-KQED-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/07/230501-DWR-Snow-Survey-KJ-0107-KQED-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/07/230501-DWR-Snow-Survey-KJ-0107-KQED-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/07/230501-DWR-Snow-Survey-KJ-0107-KQED-1920x1280.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Snow runoff near the California Department of Water Resources snow survey site at Phillips Station in the Sierra Nevada Mountains on May 1, 2023. \u003ccite>(Ken James/California Department of Water Resources)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>“It’s an above-average snow event, but nothing historic for the Sierra,” said Dakari Anderson, a meteorologist with the weather service’s Sacramento office.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Snowfall in the Sierra on Wednesday will be thick, Anderson said, with up to 70% of rates exceeding 2 inches per hour. He also said the heavy snowfall and gusty winds of up to 60 miles per hour may likely create significant visibility issues and whiteout conditions.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Travel impacts are expected Wednesday into Thursday, and people \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11937204/lake-tahoe-weather-forecast-road-conditions-snow-chains\">driving to Lake Tahoe\u003c/a> on Interstate 80 or Highway 50 could experience delays and chain controls.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“We expect snow-covered and slippery roads,” Anderson said. “The snow will be heaviest in the afternoon commute hours.”\u003c/p>\u003c/p>\u003c/div>",
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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\n\u003cp>Altogether, more than a foot of snow could fall in the Tahoe basin and several feet across the Sierra crests, said GiGi Giralte, a meteorologist with the weather service’s Reno office. She adds that the storms in the Tahoe area will drop more fluffy, dry snow than storms earlier in the winter.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>At least two additional storms will \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12029075/california-snowpack-rebounds-amid-a-wobbly-winter-with-more-storms-on-the-way\">add to the snowpack\u003c/a> this weekend into next week, with snow in the foothills on Friday. As a result, Giralte said the best time to travel across the Sierra is before Wednesday afternoon or next week.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“We’ve got a lot of weather going on in the Sierra this week,” she said. “We could be seeing snowpack levels get back up to normal for the Sierra with this system.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Courtney Carpenter, warning coordination meteorologist with the weather service’s Sacramento office, said all the snow over the next week is good news for building the snowpack.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“It’s a little bit of a miracle March good news for our Sierra snowpack,” she said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Carpenter said the region is forecast to dry out by mid to late March with near-normal rain and snow conditions.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003c/div>\u003c/p>",
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"content": "\u003cp>The Bay Area’s sunny spring weather last week seems to have been a tease, with rain dotting the current forecast while meteorologists warn that the first half of the month at least looks dreary.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“It looks like we’re gonna be cold and wet,” said Dylan Flynn, a meteorologist at the \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/tag/national-weather-service\">National Weather Service\u003c/a>’s Bay Area office. “Colder than average and wetter than average, at least through the middle of the month.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>After some early morning rain on Monday, the rest of the day should be pretty dry across the Bay Area, with only slight chances of spotty showers in Monterey County. When the rain returns later in the week, it will be unusually focused on Southern California, dropping just about an inch across Northern California counties that bore the brunt of February’s winter weather.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The National Weather Service said there’s about a 50% chance the Bay Area will get light rain on Tuesday before the odds increase throughout Wednesday and into Thursday morning.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Most of the rainfall will occur south of San José, and the Santa Cruz Mountains and Monterey’s Santa Lucia Mountains could get about an inch of rainfall. Throughout the north and east Bay Area and San Francisco, just about a quarter to half an inch could fall.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12015646\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12015646\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/11/241122-StormHitsBayArea-37-BL.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/11/241122-StormHitsBayArea-37-BL.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/11/241122-StormHitsBayArea-37-BL-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/11/241122-StormHitsBayArea-37-BL-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/11/241122-StormHitsBayArea-37-BL-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/11/241122-StormHitsBayArea-37-BL-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/11/241122-StormHitsBayArea-37-BL-1920x1280.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Water spills over the Highway 101 overpass in San Francisco on Nov. 22, 2024, during a storm bringing heavy rain and strong winds to the Bay Area. \u003ccite>(Beth LaBerge/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Monitoring the rainfall in the Santa Cruz Mountains over the next few days could be more difficult than usual after the NWS’s radar on Mount Umunhum, just south of San José, \u003ca href=\"https://x.com/NWSBayArea/status/1895941600813203859\">went down\u003c/a> Saturday. It is one of 160 radars across the state that help meteorologists track rainfall by examining particles in raindrops and snow.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Some of our components wore out, and we needed to order replacements, so as soon as the replacements come in, we’re sending our technicians up to get it repaired,” Flynn said. He said it’s not uncommon for the radars to need maintenance, especially since they are often on mountaintops and spin constantly.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“It’s unfortunate when we don’t have a replacement part on hand, and there’s rain also coming because that’s where we really rely on the radar to see through the clouds and what’s happening in the rain,” Flynn told KQED.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[aside postID=news_12029178 hero='https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/02/NOAAGetty-1020x680.jpg']\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>He said that the replacement part is expected to arrive in the next day or so and that NWS is working to have the radar repaired before the next round of rain begins Wednesday.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Flynn called the series of showers “beneficial rains” that won’t mirror \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12026874/bay-area-heavy-rain-flooding-landslides-thousands-without-power\">February’s deluges\u003c/a> — less than half an inch of rainfall is predicted throughout most of the Bay Area, and the San Mateo and Santa Clara coasts are expected to top out at about one inch.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>These are “amounts that are noticeable, measurable, might not be the most comfortable thing to go and walk your dog in, but it’s not a big flooding concern,” Flynn said. “It more helps fill up the reservoirs, it’s good as we get to the drier months ahead for the state.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Unlike the atmospheric river-fueled storms that have dominated the Bay Area’s winter weather so far, this series will bring more evenly distributed rain throughout the state, with the low-pressure systems hanging in the Central Valley and reaching Southern California. The storms will also be considerably colder since there’s less moisture gathering in the air.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>That means the Sierra Nevada can expect significant snowfall throughout the week after getting 6 to 12 inches around the mountains this past weekend.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I would assume it’ll [be] pretty much on par with what we got over the weekend for each of these [systems],” Flynn said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Friday and Saturday should be dry — though cold and windy — before rain returns Sunday, dropping up to an inch of rain across the Bay Area. Flynn said the National Weather Service is starting to see hints that a larger storm system could be gearing up to hit the region in the middle of next week.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Enjoy the short periods of dry weather,” the NWS’s forecast discussion said Monday.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n",
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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003cp>The Bay Area’s sunny spring weather last week seems to have been a tease, with rain dotting the current forecast while meteorologists warn that the first half of the month at least looks dreary.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“It looks like we’re gonna be cold and wet,” said Dylan Flynn, a meteorologist at the \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/tag/national-weather-service\">National Weather Service\u003c/a>’s Bay Area office. “Colder than average and wetter than average, at least through the middle of the month.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>After some early morning rain on Monday, the rest of the day should be pretty dry across the Bay Area, with only slight chances of spotty showers in Monterey County. When the rain returns later in the week, it will be unusually focused on Southern California, dropping just about an inch across Northern California counties that bore the brunt of February’s winter weather.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003c/div>",
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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The National Weather Service said there’s about a 50% chance the Bay Area will get light rain on Tuesday before the odds increase throughout Wednesday and into Thursday morning.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Most of the rainfall will occur south of San José, and the Santa Cruz Mountains and Monterey’s Santa Lucia Mountains could get about an inch of rainfall. Throughout the north and east Bay Area and San Francisco, just about a quarter to half an inch could fall.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12015646\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12015646\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/11/241122-StormHitsBayArea-37-BL.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/11/241122-StormHitsBayArea-37-BL.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/11/241122-StormHitsBayArea-37-BL-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/11/241122-StormHitsBayArea-37-BL-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/11/241122-StormHitsBayArea-37-BL-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/11/241122-StormHitsBayArea-37-BL-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/11/241122-StormHitsBayArea-37-BL-1920x1280.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Water spills over the Highway 101 overpass in San Francisco on Nov. 22, 2024, during a storm bringing heavy rain and strong winds to the Bay Area. \u003ccite>(Beth LaBerge/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Monitoring the rainfall in the Santa Cruz Mountains over the next few days could be more difficult than usual after the NWS’s radar on Mount Umunhum, just south of San José, \u003ca href=\"https://x.com/NWSBayArea/status/1895941600813203859\">went down\u003c/a> Saturday. It is one of 160 radars across the state that help meteorologists track rainfall by examining particles in raindrops and snow.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Some of our components wore out, and we needed to order replacements, so as soon as the replacements come in, we’re sending our technicians up to get it repaired,” Flynn said. He said it’s not uncommon for the radars to need maintenance, especially since they are often on mountaintops and spin constantly.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“It’s unfortunate when we don’t have a replacement part on hand, and there’s rain also coming because that’s where we really rely on the radar to see through the clouds and what’s happening in the rain,” Flynn told KQED.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003c/div>",
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But flood advisories are in effect for most of the Bay Area through 5:30 p.m.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“We’ve heard numerous reports of flooding from the East Bay, Santa Cruz Mountains and the North Bay,” said Rachel Kennedy, a meteorologist with the weather service’s Bay Area office. “There have been several landslides, but from here on out, we should see rain rates decrease.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>As many as 10,000 PG&E customers \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/science/1950931/map-pge-power-outages\">are without power\u003c/a>, with the majority in the South Bay. One man was killed in an early morning crash west of Santa Cruz, but it was not immediately certain whether the rain was a factor.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Dylan Flynn, a meteorologist with the weather service’s Bay Area office, said the worst of the storm was expected before 10 a.m., though the \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12025860/trump-orders-and-atmospheric-rivers-how-prepared-are-californias-levees\">atmospheric river\u003c/a> will bring moderate to heavy rainfall and wind gusts over 50 mph across the Bay Area through Friday morning.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>https://twitter.com/nwsbayarea/status/1890074097117536551?s=46&t=8L9OHVE58oUXKjH2wCBDtA\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Between 1 and 3 inches of rain have fallen over the region so far. By the time the storm passes, the North Bay could receive up to 4 inches of rain, the Bay Area up to 3 inches and the Santa Cruz Mountains up to 6 inches.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“It’s pumping tropical moisture through the atmosphere directly at us; It’s like a fire hose,” Flynn said. “In terms of rainfall rates, this is about as heavy as it gets for us for atmospheric rivers. The only good news is that principal impacts only lasted about 12 hours.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Arrival flights are experiencing delays at San Francisco International Airport by more than an hour because of winds, according to FlightAware. The website reports departures are delayed by nearly an hour and a half. Inbound flights are delayed at the origin by more than two hours due to the wind.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The storm has knocked over trees from Marin to Santa Cruz, including a large tree blocking Skyline Boulevard at Brandy Rock Way in Oakland’s Ridgemont neighborhood, according to an X post by the Oakland Fire Department.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>https://twitter.com/OaklandFireLive/status/1890140306768871698\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Multiple roads are closed across Sonoma County and on major highways across the region near Oakland, San Mateo, Sunnyvale, Redwood City, Hercules, Vallejo, South San Francisco, San Carlos, Emeryville and Castro Valley, according to the Metropolitan Transportation Commission.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Highways are sort of the canary in the coal mine of where we start to see flooding in the typical places and how flooding is likely to become more widespread from there,” Kennedy said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Evacuation orders have been lifted across Santa Cruz County. Evacuation orders covered Felton Grove residents living near the San Lorenzo River, as well as residents near Watsonville because of rising water levels in two local creeks: Corralitos and Salsipuedes.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Santa Cruz County posted a video on Facebook showing the Corralitos Creek overflowing with brown, muddy water.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>https://twitter.com/CHPscrz/status/1890091906086105334\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In Soquel, Main Street above Bates Creek was closed due to a tree down with fallen wires, and a landslide and flooding shut down San Jose Road. Some roads were also closed in Watsonville and Interlaken, according to the county.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Israel Murillo, public information officer for the California Highway Patrol office in Santa Cruz, said that as the atmospheric river pounds the region, all available officers are working and gearing up for anything else the storm brings.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“We had a vehicle that got stuck in the middle of the roadway because that individual chose to drive across flooded roads,” he said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>He also said a man was killed around 4:20 a.m. on State Route 1 and Scaroni Road when he was hit by a truck. Murillo said he can’t at this point attribute the death to the rain, but it happened during the storm.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The National Weather Service is paying close attention to any notable rise in streams and major rivers, with the Russian River at Guerneville and the San Lorenzo River having the highest chances of going into flood stage. “San Lorenzo is of particular concern given the rain so far and how flashy that basin is. The river gauge is already reporting a sharp rise,” meteorologists wrote in the weather service’s morning forecast discussion.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Stanford climate scientist Noah Diffenbaugh said this atmospheric river mirrors a more significant trend.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[aside postID=science_1996145 hero='https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2025/02/250210-SurferSewage-05-BL-1020x680.jpg']\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“There’s a trend towards the atmospheric river storms that make landfall getting warmer,” he said. “They’ll tend to produce more rainfall than snow, which creates runoff right away.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>All that water is spilling into roadways, which is causing traffic issues, especially in the North Bay, said Sgt. 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Heavy rainfall may also continue to cause landslides.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“While the rain and wind grabs everybody’s attention, the most deadly weather we have here in the Bay Area is high surf and people getting swept out to sea,” Flynn said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Flynn said scattered showers will pick up Thursday afternoon with a chance of thunderstorms, but the rain will be spottier than what happened overnight.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“By Friday afternoon, the sun will make a triumphant return, and the rain will stop,” he said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Meteorologists expect a weaker storm to move through the region Sunday, with light rain focused on the North Bay. 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"content": "\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Update, 4:20 p.m. Tuesday: \u003c/strong>A second \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/tag/atmospheric-river\">atmospheric river\u003c/a> is drenching the already-soaked Bay Area, compounding last weekend’s heavy rainfall. Relief is expected by tonight.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“We are going to see the Bay Area really clear out just after sunset, and it will be out of our region by around midnight,” said Brayden Murdock, a meteorologist at the weather service’s Bay Area office.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>San Francisco and San Mateo counties are under a \u003ca href=\"https://forecast.weather.gov/showsigwx.php?warnzone=CAZ006&warncounty=CAC075&firewxzone=CAZ006&local_place1=San%20Francisco%20CA&product1=Flood+Advisory&lat=37.775&lon=-122.418\">flood advisory\u003c/a> until 5:15 p.m. for minor flooding in low-lying areas.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Over the past 24 hours, up to 2 inches of rain has fallen on the San Francisco region, and up to 1.5 inches are expected this afternoon. The weather service expects flooding in San Francisco, Daly City, San Mateo, Redwood City, Palo Alto, South San Francisco, San Bruno, Pacifica, Menlo Park, Foster City, Burlingame, San Carlos, East Palo Alto, Belmont, Millbrae, Half Moon Bay, Hillsborough, Atherton, Woodside and Highlands-Baywood Park.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Several roads in Marin County are closed due to flooding or landslides, including Shoreline Highway from Keyes Creek to Tomales, Levee Road from Shoreline Highway to Bear Valley Road, Platform Bridge-Sir Francis Drake Boulevard to Point Reyes and Petaluma Road, Shoreline Highway from Point Reyes to Olema Road.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In the past four days, Mount Tamalpais has soaked up over 16 inches of rain. Occidental saw nearly 15 inches, Santa Rosa as much as 6.5 inches and San Francisco and Oakland recorded about 3 inches, while San José received less than half an inch so far.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>https://twitter.com/NWSBayArea/status/1886901056518676856\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Mount Tam has been kind of our big winner so far,” Murdock said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>A third system will sweep through the region on Thursday, but Murdock said it won’t bring rainfall as intense as previous storms.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Out of what we’ve seen so far, this is going to be the lesser of these three surges in terms of rainfall,” Murdock said. “On Thursday, rain is not looking to be as heavy as what we’re currently seeing.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Thursday’s storm will be colder, but flooding remains a concern after days of heavy rain. Coastal mountains could see .25 to 1 inch of rainfall before drier weather returns this weekend.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“It’s going to cool down, and we might see a little bit of snow up in the mountains, but it’s going to be a lot of rain on top of already saturated soils,” said Brian Garcia, warning coordination meteorologist with weather service’s Bay Area office.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Update, 2:49 p.m.:\u003c/strong> Tuesday’s heaviest rain is hitting Sonoma and Marin counties as the Bay Area’s second atmospheric river in a week intensifies with thunderstorms, and extreme precipitation is expected to cause flooding across the North Bay.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>A \u003ca href=\"https://forecast.weather.gov/showsigwx.php?warnzone=CAZ506&warncounty=CAC097&firewxzone=CAZ506&local_place1=Sonoma%20CA&product1=Flood+Advisory&lat=38.2919&lon=-122.457\">flood advisory is in effect until 4:45 p.m.\u003c/a> due to excessive rainfall in parts of Sonoma and Marin counties, according to the National Weather Service.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The agency predicts rapid river and stream rises will cause minor flooding in the region, partly due to a “\u003ca href=\"https://forecast.weather.gov/wwamap/wwatxtget.php?cwa=MTR&wwa=severe%20thunderstorm%20warning\">line of thunderstorms\u003c/a> from 7 miles south of Dillon Beach to 34 miles southwest of Point Reyes Station, including Tomales Bay and Stinson Beach,” forecasters wrote in a severe weather statement that was extended to 3 p.m.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The Sonoma County Sheriff’s Office said \u003ca href=\"https://www.facebook.com/sonomasheriff/posts/pfbid028iwS3GhaoKeCVaFyBA9zRAWMbFGnsPfZ7sguU5gDUezNRLr1Q3LMe95W7zKsFMsJl\">authorities responded to a mudslide\u003c/a> in Forestville that carried an unoccupied home into the Russian River around 12:30 p.m. Deputies and firefighters evacuated homes in the area.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Forecasters note that up to 5 inches of rain have already fallen over the past day, and the atmospheric river will drop up to 1.5 more inches of precipitation, resulting in flooding at Point Reyes Station, San Geronimo, Tomales, Dillon Beach, Stinson Beach, Muir Beach, Tamalpais-Homestead Valley, Inverness, Lagunitas-Forest Knolls, Woodacre and Bolinas. Residents can expect water on roadways and overflowing drainages.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>https://twitter.com/NWSBayArea/status/1886901642957885911\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Meteorologists expect wind gusts of up to 70 mph will create “considerable tree damage” as well as damage to “homes, roofs and outbuildings.” Other places impacted include San Rafael, Novato, Mill Valley, San Anselmo, Larkspur, Corte Madera, Tiburon, Fairfax, Sausalito, San Geronimo, Lucas, Valley-Marinwood, Stinson Beach, Kentfield, Strawberry, Ross and Belvedere.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Anyone outdoors should move to shelter inside a well-built structure and stay away from windows,” forecasters wrote. “Torrential rainfall is also occurring with these storms and may lead to flash flooding. Do not drive your vehicle through flooded roadways.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Update, 12:31 p.m.:\u003c/strong> The National Weather Service issued \u003ca href=\"https://alerts.weather.gov/id/urn:oid:2.49.0.1.840.0.faeab45e8c181b1b234a7cd515e1624d9d1b50cc.001.1\">a flood advisory due to excessive rainfall\u003c/a> in southeast Marin County until 4 p.m. Tuesday.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Overflowing poor drainage areas have already caused minor flooding in the advisory area. Between 2 and 6 inches of rain have fallen,” forecasters wrote in the advisory.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>As a result, the agency expects minor flooding in low-lying and poor drainage areas, as well as water over roadways. Bolinas Road is \u003ca href=\"https://publicworks.marincounty.gov/\">closed\u003c/a> from Azalea Hill to Highway 1 in West Marin due to debris on the roadway. Platform Bridge Road is closed to Sir Francis Drake Boulevard in West Marin due to localized flooding.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Parts of Marin County have received up to 5 inches of rain over the last 24 hours, and forecasters are still expecting a few inches more in the next three to six hours, said Brian Garcia, warning coordination meteorologist with the weather service’s Bay Area office.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The weather service wrote locations that “will experience flooding” include San Rafael to Novato, Mill Valley, San Anselmo, Larkspur, Corte Madera, Tiburon, Fairfax, Sausalito, Kentfield, Lucas Valley-Marinwood, Strawberry, Tamalpais-Homestead, Tamalpais-Homestead Valley, Ross, Belvedere and Santa Venetia.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Garcia said wind and rain will reach their peak in the North Bay on Tuesday afternoon and “then drag down south across the Bay Area.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“The highest impacts are along the coast and the coastal ranges down across the Bay Area, probably through commute time,” he said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11893623\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 1920px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-11893623\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2021/10/GettyImages-1348762271-scaled-e1635193290513.jpg\" alt='The \"Road Closed\" sign floats on a sea of brown water. A man holding a plastic bag wades through ankle-deep water beyond it.' width=\"1920\" height=\"1278\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">A “road closed” sign floats on a flooded street in San Rafael, California, on Oct. 24, 2021. \u003ccite>(Justin Sullivan/Getty Images)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Original story, 10:15 a.m.: \u003c/strong>Tuesday morning’s \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12025352/atmospheric-rivers-deliver-strong-bay-area-rain-sierra-snow\">atmospheric river\u003c/a> storm has stalled over the Bay Area and could be stronger than was initially forecast, prompting flood advisories and bringing a chance of thunderstorms, strong winds and potentially a tornado warning.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The storm was previously expected only to cause minor flooding. Now, flood-inducing rain is forecast to affect the entire region for the rest of Tuesday, with the North Bay receiving the most. Waterways, including the Russian River, are expected to reach flood stage, according to the \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/tag/national-weather-service\">National Weather Service\u003c/a>. A flood watch remains for the entire Bay Area through Wednesday at 4 a.m., and a wind advisory is in effect for much of the region.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“It’s kind of quasistalling wobbling between Mendocino and Marin,” said Brian Garcia, warning coordination meteorologist for the weather service’s Bay Area office, of the storm. “Stay informed today, especially if you are driving. It’s going to be dangerous.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The potential for a “landfalling waterspout or weak tornado can not be ruled out,” according to the weather service’s morning memo.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“It’s definitely a non-zero chance that we could get a spin up in the North Bay and down through the peninsula,” Garcia said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Garcia said San Francisco could also experience severe thunderstorm warnings, potential flash flood warnings and an “outsized” chance of a small tornado warning.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11970045\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 1920px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-11970045\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/12/022_KQED_StormSanFrancisco_01102023-qut.jpg\" alt=\"Two people stand in deep water working with long tools in an urban setting.\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1280\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/12/022_KQED_StormSanFrancisco_01102023-qut.jpg 1920w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/12/022_KQED_StormSanFrancisco_01102023-qut-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/12/022_KQED_StormSanFrancisco_01102023-qut-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/12/022_KQED_StormSanFrancisco_01102023-qut-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/12/022_KQED_StormSanFrancisco_01102023-qut-1536x1024.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1920px) 100vw, 1920px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Two Mission District residents work to open a clogged drain on Mission and 21st streets in San Francisco on Jan. 10, 2023. \u003ccite>(Beth LaBerge/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>“This is one of those times where the people in the city really need to pay attention to what’s going on outside before venturing out because they could be putting themselves in harm’s way,” he said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Jan Null, a certified consulting meteorologist at Golden Gate Weather Services, said the stormy weather somewhat mirrors November’s record-breaking storm, “where Interstate 80 seems to be a real sharp dividing line with the heavier activity.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“It’s in those areas, especially the coastal mountains, where we could see some isolated thunderstorms,” he added.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[aside postID=news_12025352 hero='https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/11/241122-StormHitsBayArea-06-BL-1020x680.jpg']\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Null said the storm has brought 60 mph winds to places like Mount Tamalpais and could bring equally strong winds again on Tuesday.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“We’re seeing one of those surges of energy now, and we’re going to see another one later on this afternoon with a bit of a lull sort of in the midday period,” he said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>San Francisco could see a little over 3 inches of rain, and parts of the North Bay have already received double-digit totals, Null said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Green Valley Creek at Martinelli Road in Sonoma County has reached a moderate flood stage, and a flood warning is in effect for central Sonoma County. The Russian River at Guerneville and the Napa River at St. Helena could reach a minor flood stage either late Tuesday or early Wednesday. The weather service issued a flood warning for the Russian River for late Tuesday evening until further notice.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>At least \u003ca href=\"https://www.guernevilleschool.org/\">one school in Guerneville\u003c/a> is closed because of the storm, and Sonoma County has alerted residents in multiple RV parks along the Russian River and creeks that flow into the waterway that flooding may occur, said Sam Wallis, deputy director of emergency management for Sonoma County.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11723283\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 1920px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-11723283\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2019/02/GettyImages-631415386-e1549313950719.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1280\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Cars drive on a flooded road in Guerneville in January 2017. The Russian River town is just downstream from Venado, a site in the northern Sonoma County hills that is one of the rainiest locations in California. On Tuesday, at least one school in Guerneville closed because of the storm, and Sonoma County has alerted residents in multiple RV parks along the Russian River and creeks that flow into the waterway that flooding may occur. \u003ccite>(Justin Sullivan/Getty Images)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>“We’re in the process of alerting them and letting them know that they’ve got an issue and should move to higher ground,” Wallis said. “Because we’ve had a relatively wet winter, we are beginning to see downed trees and some landslides.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Wallis said portions of at least two roads in Sonoma County — Cavedale Road and Porter Creek Road — are \u003ca href=\"https://roadclosures-sonomacounty.hub.arcgis.com/\">closed due to flooding and minor landslides\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>After the November storm that \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12016676/intense-california-storm-caused-2-6-million-damage-sonoma-county\">wreaked havoc on Sonoma County\u003c/a>, killing at least two people, Wallis said the county is paying close attention to how the two atmospheric rivers develop this week.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“One of the things we learned in November is that the situation can change drastically and quickly,” he said. “We are watching this very carefully. We’ve already seen a change, but it’s not in the same category as the November floods.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Meteorologists expect Tuesday’s storm to lose momentum overnight before a short reprieve on Wednesday. On Thursday, another atmospheric storm, although smaller, will pummel the region.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Anything that falls on Thursday is just going to be pure runoff,” Garcia said. “So we could go into flood much easier.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad floatright]\u003c/p>\n",
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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Update, 4:20 p.m. Tuesday: \u003c/strong>A second \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/tag/atmospheric-river\">atmospheric river\u003c/a> is drenching the already-soaked Bay Area, compounding last weekend’s heavy rainfall. Relief is expected by tonight.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“We are going to see the Bay Area really clear out just after sunset, and it will be out of our region by around midnight,” said Brayden Murdock, a meteorologist at the weather service’s Bay Area office.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>San Francisco and San Mateo counties are under a \u003ca href=\"https://forecast.weather.gov/showsigwx.php?warnzone=CAZ006&warncounty=CAC075&firewxzone=CAZ006&local_place1=San%20Francisco%20CA&product1=Flood+Advisory&lat=37.775&lon=-122.418\">flood advisory\u003c/a> until 5:15 p.m. for minor flooding in low-lying areas.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003c/div>",
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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Over the past 24 hours, up to 2 inches of rain has fallen on the San Francisco region, and up to 1.5 inches are expected this afternoon. The weather service expects flooding in San Francisco, Daly City, San Mateo, Redwood City, Palo Alto, South San Francisco, San Bruno, Pacifica, Menlo Park, Foster City, Burlingame, San Carlos, East Palo Alto, Belmont, Millbrae, Half Moon Bay, Hillsborough, Atherton, Woodside and Highlands-Baywood Park.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Several roads in Marin County are closed due to flooding or landslides, including Shoreline Highway from Keyes Creek to Tomales, Levee Road from Shoreline Highway to Bear Valley Road, Platform Bridge-Sir Francis Drake Boulevard to Point Reyes and Petaluma Road, Shoreline Highway from Point Reyes to Olema Road.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In the past four days, Mount Tamalpais has soaked up over 16 inches of rain. Occidental saw nearly 15 inches, Santa Rosa as much as 6.5 inches and San Francisco and Oakland recorded about 3 inches, while San José received less than half an inch so far.\u003c/p>\u003c/p>\u003c/div>",
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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\n\u003cp>“Mount Tam has been kind of our big winner so far,” Murdock said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>A third system will sweep through the region on Thursday, but Murdock said it won’t bring rainfall as intense as previous storms.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Out of what we’ve seen so far, this is going to be the lesser of these three surges in terms of rainfall,” Murdock said. “On Thursday, rain is not looking to be as heavy as what we’re currently seeing.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Thursday’s storm will be colder, but flooding remains a concern after days of heavy rain. Coastal mountains could see .25 to 1 inch of rainfall before drier weather returns this weekend.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“It’s going to cool down, and we might see a little bit of snow up in the mountains, but it’s going to be a lot of rain on top of already saturated soils,” said Brian Garcia, warning coordination meteorologist with weather service’s Bay Area office.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Update, 2:49 p.m.:\u003c/strong> Tuesday’s heaviest rain is hitting Sonoma and Marin counties as the Bay Area’s second atmospheric river in a week intensifies with thunderstorms, and extreme precipitation is expected to cause flooding across the North Bay.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>A \u003ca href=\"https://forecast.weather.gov/showsigwx.php?warnzone=CAZ506&warncounty=CAC097&firewxzone=CAZ506&local_place1=Sonoma%20CA&product1=Flood+Advisory&lat=38.2919&lon=-122.457\">flood advisory is in effect until 4:45 p.m.\u003c/a> due to excessive rainfall in parts of Sonoma and Marin counties, according to the National Weather Service.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The agency predicts rapid river and stream rises will cause minor flooding in the region, partly due to a “\u003ca href=\"https://forecast.weather.gov/wwamap/wwatxtget.php?cwa=MTR&wwa=severe%20thunderstorm%20warning\">line of thunderstorms\u003c/a> from 7 miles south of Dillon Beach to 34 miles southwest of Point Reyes Station, including Tomales Bay and Stinson Beach,” forecasters wrote in a severe weather statement that was extended to 3 p.m.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The Sonoma County Sheriff’s Office said \u003ca href=\"https://www.facebook.com/sonomasheriff/posts/pfbid028iwS3GhaoKeCVaFyBA9zRAWMbFGnsPfZ7sguU5gDUezNRLr1Q3LMe95W7zKsFMsJl\">authorities responded to a mudslide\u003c/a> in Forestville that carried an unoccupied home into the Russian River around 12:30 p.m. Deputies and firefighters evacuated homes in the area.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Forecasters note that up to 5 inches of rain have already fallen over the past day, and the atmospheric river will drop up to 1.5 more inches of precipitation, resulting in flooding at Point Reyes Station, San Geronimo, Tomales, Dillon Beach, Stinson Beach, Muir Beach, Tamalpais-Homestead Valley, Inverness, Lagunitas-Forest Knolls, Woodacre and Bolinas. Residents can expect water on roadways and overflowing drainages.\u003c/p>\u003c/p>\u003c/div>",
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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\n\u003cp>Meteorologists expect wind gusts of up to 70 mph will create “considerable tree damage” as well as damage to “homes, roofs and outbuildings.” Other places impacted include San Rafael, Novato, Mill Valley, San Anselmo, Larkspur, Corte Madera, Tiburon, Fairfax, Sausalito, San Geronimo, Lucas, Valley-Marinwood, Stinson Beach, Kentfield, Strawberry, Ross and Belvedere.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Anyone outdoors should move to shelter inside a well-built structure and stay away from windows,” forecasters wrote. “Torrential rainfall is also occurring with these storms and may lead to flash flooding. Do not drive your vehicle through flooded roadways.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Update, 12:31 p.m.:\u003c/strong> The National Weather Service issued \u003ca href=\"https://alerts.weather.gov/id/urn:oid:2.49.0.1.840.0.faeab45e8c181b1b234a7cd515e1624d9d1b50cc.001.1\">a flood advisory due to excessive rainfall\u003c/a> in southeast Marin County until 4 p.m. Tuesday.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Overflowing poor drainage areas have already caused minor flooding in the advisory area. Between 2 and 6 inches of rain have fallen,” forecasters wrote in the advisory.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>As a result, the agency expects minor flooding in low-lying and poor drainage areas, as well as water over roadways. Bolinas Road is \u003ca href=\"https://publicworks.marincounty.gov/\">closed\u003c/a> from Azalea Hill to Highway 1 in West Marin due to debris on the roadway. Platform Bridge Road is closed to Sir Francis Drake Boulevard in West Marin due to localized flooding.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Parts of Marin County have received up to 5 inches of rain over the last 24 hours, and forecasters are still expecting a few inches more in the next three to six hours, said Brian Garcia, warning coordination meteorologist with the weather service’s Bay Area office.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The weather service wrote locations that “will experience flooding” include San Rafael to Novato, Mill Valley, San Anselmo, Larkspur, Corte Madera, Tiburon, Fairfax, Sausalito, Kentfield, Lucas Valley-Marinwood, Strawberry, Tamalpais-Homestead, Tamalpais-Homestead Valley, Ross, Belvedere and Santa Venetia.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Garcia said wind and rain will reach their peak in the North Bay on Tuesday afternoon and “then drag down south across the Bay Area.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“The highest impacts are along the coast and the coastal ranges down across the Bay Area, probably through commute time,” he said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11893623\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 1920px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-11893623\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2021/10/GettyImages-1348762271-scaled-e1635193290513.jpg\" alt='The \"Road Closed\" sign floats on a sea of brown water. A man holding a plastic bag wades through ankle-deep water beyond it.' width=\"1920\" height=\"1278\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">A “road closed” sign floats on a flooded street in San Rafael, California, on Oct. 24, 2021. \u003ccite>(Justin Sullivan/Getty Images)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Original story, 10:15 a.m.: \u003c/strong>Tuesday morning’s \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12025352/atmospheric-rivers-deliver-strong-bay-area-rain-sierra-snow\">atmospheric river\u003c/a> storm has stalled over the Bay Area and could be stronger than was initially forecast, prompting flood advisories and bringing a chance of thunderstorms, strong winds and potentially a tornado warning.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The storm was previously expected only to cause minor flooding. Now, flood-inducing rain is forecast to affect the entire region for the rest of Tuesday, with the North Bay receiving the most. Waterways, including the Russian River, are expected to reach flood stage, according to the \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/tag/national-weather-service\">National Weather Service\u003c/a>. A flood watch remains for the entire Bay Area through Wednesday at 4 a.m., and a wind advisory is in effect for much of the region.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“It’s kind of quasistalling wobbling between Mendocino and Marin,” said Brian Garcia, warning coordination meteorologist for the weather service’s Bay Area office, of the storm. “Stay informed today, especially if you are driving. It’s going to be dangerous.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The potential for a “landfalling waterspout or weak tornado can not be ruled out,” according to the weather service’s morning memo.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“It’s definitely a non-zero chance that we could get a spin up in the North Bay and down through the peninsula,” Garcia said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Garcia said San Francisco could also experience severe thunderstorm warnings, potential flash flood warnings and an “outsized” chance of a small tornado warning.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11970045\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 1920px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-11970045\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/12/022_KQED_StormSanFrancisco_01102023-qut.jpg\" alt=\"Two people stand in deep water working with long tools in an urban setting.\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1280\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/12/022_KQED_StormSanFrancisco_01102023-qut.jpg 1920w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/12/022_KQED_StormSanFrancisco_01102023-qut-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/12/022_KQED_StormSanFrancisco_01102023-qut-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/12/022_KQED_StormSanFrancisco_01102023-qut-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/12/022_KQED_StormSanFrancisco_01102023-qut-1536x1024.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1920px) 100vw, 1920px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Two Mission District residents work to open a clogged drain on Mission and 21st streets in San Francisco on Jan. 10, 2023. \u003ccite>(Beth LaBerge/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>“This is one of those times where the people in the city really need to pay attention to what’s going on outside before venturing out because they could be putting themselves in harm’s way,” he said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Jan Null, a certified consulting meteorologist at Golden Gate Weather Services, said the stormy weather somewhat mirrors November’s record-breaking storm, “where Interstate 80 seems to be a real sharp dividing line with the heavier activity.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“It’s in those areas, especially the coastal mountains, where we could see some isolated thunderstorms,” he added.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003c/div>",
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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Null said the storm has brought 60 mph winds to places like Mount Tamalpais and could bring equally strong winds again on Tuesday.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“We’re seeing one of those surges of energy now, and we’re going to see another one later on this afternoon with a bit of a lull sort of in the midday period,” he said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>San Francisco could see a little over 3 inches of rain, and parts of the North Bay have already received double-digit totals, Null said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Green Valley Creek at Martinelli Road in Sonoma County has reached a moderate flood stage, and a flood warning is in effect for central Sonoma County. The Russian River at Guerneville and the Napa River at St. Helena could reach a minor flood stage either late Tuesday or early Wednesday. The weather service issued a flood warning for the Russian River for late Tuesday evening until further notice.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>At least \u003ca href=\"https://www.guernevilleschool.org/\">one school in Guerneville\u003c/a> is closed because of the storm, and Sonoma County has alerted residents in multiple RV parks along the Russian River and creeks that flow into the waterway that flooding may occur, said Sam Wallis, deputy director of emergency management for Sonoma County.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11723283\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 1920px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-11723283\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2019/02/GettyImages-631415386-e1549313950719.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1280\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Cars drive on a flooded road in Guerneville in January 2017. The Russian River town is just downstream from Venado, a site in the northern Sonoma County hills that is one of the rainiest locations in California. On Tuesday, at least one school in Guerneville closed because of the storm, and Sonoma County has alerted residents in multiple RV parks along the Russian River and creeks that flow into the waterway that flooding may occur. \u003ccite>(Justin Sullivan/Getty Images)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>“We’re in the process of alerting them and letting them know that they’ve got an issue and should move to higher ground,” Wallis said. “Because we’ve had a relatively wet winter, we are beginning to see downed trees and some landslides.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Wallis said portions of at least two roads in Sonoma County — Cavedale Road and Porter Creek Road — are \u003ca href=\"https://roadclosures-sonomacounty.hub.arcgis.com/\">closed due to flooding and minor landslides\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>After the November storm that \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12016676/intense-california-storm-caused-2-6-million-damage-sonoma-county\">wreaked havoc on Sonoma County\u003c/a>, killing at least two people, Wallis said the county is paying close attention to how the two atmospheric rivers develop this week.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“One of the things we learned in November is that the situation can change drastically and quickly,” he said. “We are watching this very carefully. We’ve already seen a change, but it’s not in the same category as the November floods.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Meteorologists expect Tuesday’s storm to lose momentum overnight before a short reprieve on Wednesday. On Thursday, another atmospheric storm, although smaller, will pummel the region.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Anything that falls on Thursday is just going to be pure runoff,” Garcia said. “So we could go into flood much easier.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003c/div>",
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"content": "\u003cp>\u003cem>Updated 1:25 p.m. Monday\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>After days of wet weather, two more \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12025049/bay-area-flood-watch-as-atmospheric-rivers-bring-heavy-rain-and-rising-river-levels\">atmospheric rivers\u003c/a> are forecast to drop heavy rain on Northern California this week, increasing flood potential in the Bay Area starting Monday and blanketing the Sierra Nevada with several feet of snow.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Meteorologists expect the first storm to deliver two rounds of rain starting Monday afternoon and potentially stalling over the Bay Area on Tuesday morning. The \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/tag/national-weather-service\">National Weather Service\u003c/a> has issued a flood watch from 4 p.m. Monday to 4 a.m. Wednesday and a flood advisory is also in effect until 8:45 p.m. Monday for the area west of Santa Rosa.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>There’s a 15% chance that excessive rainfall could cause flash flooding in the North Bay and a 5% chance for the rest of the Bay Area.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Now that the soils are saturated from this weekend’s rain event, we will probably get some flooding on roadway systems,” said Ryan Walbrun, a meteorologist with the weather service’s Bay Area office.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The storm could bring gusts up to 50 mph at higher elevations and along the coast, especially around Marin and the San Francisco peninsula. The weather service’s morning memo suggests the winds will “be more isolated in nature” and “short-lived.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12016881\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12016881\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/12/20241205-Tsunami-JY-001.jpg\" alt=\"People look out over the ocean.\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1332\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/12/20241205-Tsunami-JY-001.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/12/20241205-Tsunami-JY-001-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/12/20241205-Tsunami-JY-001-1020x679.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/12/20241205-Tsunami-JY-001-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/12/20241205-Tsunami-JY-001-1536x1023.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/12/20241205-Tsunami-JY-001-1920x1279.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">People watch for a tsunami at Ocean Beach in San Francisco on Thursday, Dec. 5, 2024. \u003ccite>(Juliana Yamada/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>“It looks like the winds are going to be strongest in [locations like] Ocean Beach in San Francisco along the Great Highway all the way down south through Santa Cruz and Monterey,” Walbrun said. “Those places would be most prone to power outages.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The next atmospheric river is expected to bring a weaker storm by Thursday and Friday before drier conditions return this weekend.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Forecasters said the North Bay could receive as much as 6 inches of rain by the end of the week, and the rest of the Bay Area could expect up to 4 inches. The highest elevations in Sonoma County and Santa Cruz mountain areas could see up to 10 inches of rain in locations like Venado north of Guerneville.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[aside postID=news_12023983 hero='https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/250120-YouthClimateProtest-09-BL_qed-1020x680.jpg']\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“The biggest risk right now would probably be in the North Bay in places that are typically pretty flood-prone,” Walbrun said. “The atmospheric river will spend more time over the North Bay, but the system is not nearly as wet or strong as the November event,” which caused record-breaking flooding in parts of Sonoma County.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Will Powers, fire inspector for the city of Santa Rosa, said the city is prepared with sandbags for residents in low-lying areas, but the larger concern is downed trees.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“With the soil saturation that we’ve had, the big worry is with the wind coming in and downed trees,” Powers said. “As of right now, we’re not worried about major flooding, but more nuisance flooding and stuff like that.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Anyone who lives in a flood-prone area should prepare to take action in case flooding occurs, Walbrun said. The weather service is monitoring several waterways that could reach flood thresholds this week: the Russian River, the Napa River, the San Lorenzo River, the Laguna de Santa Rosa, and Mark West Creek.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Right now, they aren’t forecast to go into flood stages because I don’t think the rain rates are there,” Walbrun said.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>‘A one-two punch of winter weather’\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>Forecasters say the cold systems will also bring rain and moderate to heavy snow across the Sierra Nevada.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“We’re expecting a one-two punch of winter weather,” said Matthew Chyba, a meteorologist with the weather service’s Reno office. “If you’re \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11937204/lake-tahoe-weather-forecast-road-conditions-snow-chains\">traveling to the Tahoe area\u003c/a>, Wednesday might be your best bet, or wait until the weekend.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12018143\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12018143\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/12/SouthLakeTahoeHeavenlySkiGetty.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/12/SouthLakeTahoeHeavenlySkiGetty.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/12/SouthLakeTahoeHeavenlySkiGetty-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/12/SouthLakeTahoeHeavenlySkiGetty-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/12/SouthLakeTahoeHeavenlySkiGetty-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/12/SouthLakeTahoeHeavenlySkiGetty-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/12/SouthLakeTahoeHeavenlySkiGetty-1920x1280.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">A view of Heavenly gondola of Heavenly ski resort in South Lake Tahoe, California, on Jan. 14, 2024. \u003ccite>(Tayfun Coskun/Anadolu via Getty Images)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>The highest peaks in the Sierra Nevada could see up to 5 feet of snow by the end of the week. The National Weather Service has issued winter storm warnings for the Sierra Nevada from Shasta County to Tahoe. The warnings vary slightly, but most start Monday at 10 a.m. and last through Wednesday at 10 p.m.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“We are expecting near whiteout conditions, and we are highly discouraging travel during the time of the warning,” said Sara Purdue, a meteorologist at the weather service’s Sacramento office.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>After around a month without snow, ski resorts like Palisades Tahoe are ecstatic about the back-to-back storms. Maddy Condon, senior communications specialist at Palisades Tahoe, said nearly 4 feet of snow could fall on the resort west of Lake Tahoe.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“It was a bit like Groundhog Day here in January,” Condon said. “It’s a playground out there. So when fresh snow comes, all the features and everything you can usually ride changes, creating a different experience every time. That’s why it’s always so fun to have dynamic weather come in.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Forecasters expect a drying-out period this weekend but said there are signals that the second half of February could return to wet weather.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Towards the end of the month, we could get more storms, which is what we expect in February, especially \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12024774/bay-areas-dry-january-ending-with-pair-atmospheric-river-storms\">after a very dry January\u003c/a>,” Walbrun said. “We’re at the point where we want to get a little bit of rain here, too.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n",
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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“The biggest risk right now would probably be in the North Bay in places that are typically pretty flood-prone,” Walbrun said. “The atmospheric river will spend more time over the North Bay, but the system is not nearly as wet or strong as the November event,” which caused record-breaking flooding in parts of Sonoma County.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Will Powers, fire inspector for the city of Santa Rosa, said the city is prepared with sandbags for residents in low-lying areas, but the larger concern is downed trees.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“With the soil saturation that we’ve had, the big worry is with the wind coming in and downed trees,” Powers said. “As of right now, we’re not worried about major flooding, but more nuisance flooding and stuff like that.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Anyone who lives in a flood-prone area should prepare to take action in case flooding occurs, Walbrun said. The weather service is monitoring several waterways that could reach flood thresholds this week: the Russian River, the Napa River, the San Lorenzo River, the Laguna de Santa Rosa, and Mark West Creek.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Right now, they aren’t forecast to go into flood stages because I don’t think the rain rates are there,” Walbrun said.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>‘A one-two punch of winter weather’\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>Forecasters say the cold systems will also bring rain and moderate to heavy snow across the Sierra Nevada.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“We’re expecting a one-two punch of winter weather,” said Matthew Chyba, a meteorologist with the weather service’s Reno office. “If you’re \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11937204/lake-tahoe-weather-forecast-road-conditions-snow-chains\">traveling to the Tahoe area\u003c/a>, Wednesday might be your best bet, or wait until the weekend.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12018143\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12018143\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/12/SouthLakeTahoeHeavenlySkiGetty.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/12/SouthLakeTahoeHeavenlySkiGetty.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/12/SouthLakeTahoeHeavenlySkiGetty-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/12/SouthLakeTahoeHeavenlySkiGetty-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/12/SouthLakeTahoeHeavenlySkiGetty-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/12/SouthLakeTahoeHeavenlySkiGetty-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/12/SouthLakeTahoeHeavenlySkiGetty-1920x1280.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">A view of Heavenly gondola of Heavenly ski resort in South Lake Tahoe, California, on Jan. 14, 2024. \u003ccite>(Tayfun Coskun/Anadolu via Getty Images)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>The highest peaks in the Sierra Nevada could see up to 5 feet of snow by the end of the week. The National Weather Service has issued winter storm warnings for the Sierra Nevada from Shasta County to Tahoe. The warnings vary slightly, but most start Monday at 10 a.m. and last through Wednesday at 10 p.m.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“We are expecting near whiteout conditions, and we are highly discouraging travel during the time of the warning,” said Sara Purdue, a meteorologist at the weather service’s Sacramento office.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>After around a month without snow, ski resorts like Palisades Tahoe are ecstatic about the back-to-back storms. Maddy Condon, senior communications specialist at Palisades Tahoe, said nearly 4 feet of snow could fall on the resort west of Lake Tahoe.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“It was a bit like Groundhog Day here in January,” Condon said. “It’s a playground out there. So when fresh snow comes, all the features and everything you can usually ride changes, creating a different experience every time. That’s why it’s always so fun to have dynamic weather come in.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Forecasters expect a drying-out period this weekend but said there are signals that the second half of February could return to wet weather.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Towards the end of the month, we could get more storms, which is what we expect in February, especially \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12024774/bay-areas-dry-january-ending-with-pair-atmospheric-river-storms\">after a very dry January\u003c/a>,” Walbrun said. “We’re at the point where we want to get a little bit of rain here, too.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003c/div>\u003c/p>",
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"content": "\u003cp>The Bay Area’s dry spell is coming to an end as soon as Thursday night, with \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12024274/bay-area-weather-rain-likely-to-return-friday-along-with-sierra-snow\">days of wet weather\u003c/a> expected through the weekend and into next week.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>According to the \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/tag/national-weather-service\">National Weather Service\u003c/a>, two atmospheric river-fueled storms are set to pass through the region over the next six days, first bringing moderate to heavy rain to the North Bay and San Francisco areas by Friday morning, then extending farther south into Santa Cruz and Monterey next week.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“We’re just seeing an overall pattern change from the persistent ridging over the West Coast that kept us dry for so long,” said Joe Merchant, a weather service meteorologist. “We’re seeing a shift in that pattern back to a much more unsettled pattern across our area. As a result, we’re seeing storms, instead of being steered around our area to the north, they’re able to move inland farther south across our area.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The first of the disturbances is set to hit the Bay Area on Thursday night or early Friday morning, coming from the Pacific Northwest. The North Bay, San Francisco and East Bay will be hit by spurts of moderate to heavy rainfall through the weekend, totaling about 4 to 6 inches in the north and between 2 and 3 elsewhere. San José could see 1 to 3 inches as well.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>After a short reprieve late in the weekend, a second atmospheric river bringing more rain to the whole Bay Area will hit Monday through at least mid-week.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12018588\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-12018588 size-full\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/12/20241216_SFStormCleanup_GC-42.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/12/20241216_SFStormCleanup_GC-42.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/12/20241216_SFStormCleanup_GC-42-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/12/20241216_SFStormCleanup_GC-42-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/12/20241216_SFStormCleanup_GC-42-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/12/20241216_SFStormCleanup_GC-42-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/12/20241216_SFStormCleanup_GC-42-1920x1280.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Dean Levy and his 1-year-old son, Owen, look at fallen Eucalyptus trees caused by last weekend’s storm, which brought heavy rain and wind, in the Outer Richmond neighborhood of Golden Gate Park, in San Francisco on Dec. 16, 2024. \u003ccite>(Gina Castro/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Sunday will be less rainy, Merchant said, though there could still be spotty showers before heavy rain resumes with the workweek. So far, high winds don’t appear to be a concern throughout the storms, but as the days go on, he said the risk of local flooding will increase.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“The first round may not bring enough moderate to heavy rain for flooding concerns, but once we start piling up day after day of half-inch rain over a six-hour time period, flooding is going to ultimately be a concern,” Merchant said. “By the end of the week and into the beginning of next week, we’re not sure exactly where that will occur yet, but especially in the North Bay, we are expecting to see some issues with swollen rivers and streams.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>https://twitter.com/NWSBayArea/status/1885015839214391390\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The timing of rainfall in the Bay Area this weekend is still coming into focus, Merchant said, adding that people should check local forecasts for updates in the next few days, especially in flood-prone areas.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>It isn’t clear whether the wet week will usher in a rainy February, but he said the weather pattern in the Bay Area is certainly shifting that direction.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[aside postID=news_12023983 hero='https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/250120-YouthClimateProtest-09-BL_qed-1020x680.jpg']\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“We’re pretty confident that our entire region, through the [end of the] extended forecast, is going to get some meaningful rainfall,” he told KQED. “Right now, we’re still not exactly sure on the timing of when those periods of moderate to heavy rain will occur.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The series of storms is good news for skiers and snowboarders, as snowfall totals in the Sierra could hit double digits by Wednesday.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The National Weather Service is predicting up to a 70% chance of more than 4 inches of snow in Donner Pass before Saturday night, and at the top peaks of the Tahoe-area mountains, there is at least an 80% chance of 12 to 24 inches of snow during the second storm early next week.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Southern California could also see some much-needed rain during the second atmospheric river as it continues to recover from the deadly Palisades and Eaton fires.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n",
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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The first of the disturbances is set to hit the Bay Area on Thursday night or early Friday morning, coming from the Pacific Northwest. The North Bay, San Francisco and East Bay will be hit by spurts of moderate to heavy rainfall through the weekend, totaling about 4 to 6 inches in the north and between 2 and 3 elsewhere. San José could see 1 to 3 inches as well.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>After a short reprieve late in the weekend, a second atmospheric river bringing more rain to the whole Bay Area will hit Monday through at least mid-week.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12018588\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-12018588 size-full\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/12/20241216_SFStormCleanup_GC-42.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/12/20241216_SFStormCleanup_GC-42.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/12/20241216_SFStormCleanup_GC-42-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/12/20241216_SFStormCleanup_GC-42-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/12/20241216_SFStormCleanup_GC-42-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/12/20241216_SFStormCleanup_GC-42-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/12/20241216_SFStormCleanup_GC-42-1920x1280.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Dean Levy and his 1-year-old son, Owen, look at fallen Eucalyptus trees caused by last weekend’s storm, which brought heavy rain and wind, in the Outer Richmond neighborhood of Golden Gate Park, in San Francisco on Dec. 16, 2024. \u003ccite>(Gina Castro/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Sunday will be less rainy, Merchant said, though there could still be spotty showers before heavy rain resumes with the workweek. So far, high winds don’t appear to be a concern throughout the storms, but as the days go on, he said the risk of local flooding will increase.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“The first round may not bring enough moderate to heavy rain for flooding concerns, but once we start piling up day after day of half-inch rain over a six-hour time period, flooding is going to ultimately be a concern,” Merchant said. “By the end of the week and into the beginning of next week, we’re not sure exactly where that will occur yet, but especially in the North Bay, we are expecting to see some issues with swollen rivers and streams.”\u003c/p>\u003c/p>\u003c/div>",
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"content": "\u003cp>For Bay Area residents who resolved to have a dry January: mission accomplished.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>With no rain expected until at least Friday — the last day of the month — this January will go down as one of the driest on record in much of the region.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Take downtown San Francisco, which has gotten less than .2 inches of rain since the start of the year, an iota of the city’s 4.5-inch January average.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Usually, we see probably half our water year within the January month,” said Brayden Murdock, a meteorologist at the National Weather Service’s Bay Area office. “So the fact that it’s that low is typically not great.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But at least a bit of moisture is likely on the way, just in time for the weekend.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The persistent high-pressure ridge, which has parked itself over the West Coast, blocking storms for most of the month — and recalling the \u003ca href=\"https://weatherwest.com/archives/1021\">‘ridiculously resilient ridge’\u003c/a> of 2013 — is expected to finally break down later this week, opening the door to wetter weather.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>A low-pressure system spinning southward down the West Coast from Canada is expected to form a weak \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> which could bring a moderate amount of rain to the Bay Area beginning Friday morning and continuing through the weekend, and possibly into Monday, Murdock said. So far, the North Bay is more likely to see heavier precipitation.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[aside postID=science_1935067]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“The highest coastal mountains in northern Sonoma County will probably get close to 2.5 inches. And then as you go further south, much less,” he said, with about 1.25 inches expected to fall in Santa Rosa, half to three-quarters of an inch in San Francisco and the East Bay, and less than a quarter of an inch in San José.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>After a bit of a pause, another system is likely to bring more rain to the area next Wednesday, he said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“So it’s not going to make up the deficit that we saw, with as dry as January has been,” he said. “But at least this puts us in a step forward to seeing some of that rain come back into the forecast.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>As gray skies return to the region in the coming days, “it’s going to feel like winter again,” Murdock said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The subtropical moisture the upcoming system will likely tap is also expected to lift this week’s frigid nighttime temperatures that have led to ongoing \u003ca href=\"https://forecast.weather.gov/wwamap/wwatxtget.php?cwa=MTR&wwa=freeze%20warning\">frost advisories and freeze watches\u003c/a> and could bring some fresh snow to parts of the northern Sierra, \u003ca href=\"https://opensnow.com/dailysnow/tahoe/post/38413\">including the Tahoe region\u003c/a> for the first time in weeks.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Such a dry start to the year, in what is often the wettest month, may come as a shock after the last two Januaries, when massive atmospheric rivers drenched the Bay Area, dumping nearly \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11937216/calm-before-the-next-storms-a-reeling-california-braces-for-back-to-back-atmospheric-rivers\">8.9 inches in 2023\u003c/a> and 6.6 in 2024, Murdock said. But the lack of rain is certainly not unprecedented.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Back in 2015, we actually \u003ca href=\"https://ggweather.com/sf/monthly.html\">didn’t receive any rain\u003c/a> in San Francisco. And then in 2014, we had .06 [inches],” he said. “So this isn’t the driest of the dry, but it’s still fairly dry, especially compared to the more recent years.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>That said, Murdock added, the longer-term forecast shows stronger chances of rain into February.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“It’ll be hard to kind of make up for that deficit, but it’s still a possibility.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Despite the abnormally dry January, most of California’s major reservoirs still remain at above-average levels for this time of year after recovering significantly over the last two winters, \u003ca href=\"https://cdec.water.ca.gov/resapp/RescondMain\">according to data from the California Department of Water Resources (DWR)\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But maintaining that supply through the year is contingent on significantly more rain and snowfall this winter, state officials say.\u003c/p>\n\n",
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Mayor Karen Bass referred to the elimination of some vacant positions as a “reset” and said she didn’t believe it affected the Fire Department’s response this week, and L.A. Councilmember Bob Blumenfield’s office noted that a union contract passed in November belatedly boosted the budget, going to wage increases.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>However, as recently as December, Los Angeles Fire Chief Kristin Crowley warned in a memo to the board of fire commissioners that the cuts would “limit the Department’s capacity to prepare for, train for, and respond to large-scale emergencies, including wildfires.” The reductions included $7 million for overtime training hours, she said, and funding for 61 civilian positions.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In Oakland, where many are familiar with the devastation that fire can wreak in densely populated hills, severe budget cuts forced \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12020393/2-oakland-fire-stations-close-amid-budget-crisis-more-could-follow\">the closure of two fire stations\u003c/a> this week, in addition to one already closed for repairs. Four more could shutter next month.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12020360\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12020360\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/20250105_OakFireClose_DMB_00097.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/20250105_OakFireClose_DMB_00097.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/20250105_OakFireClose_DMB_00097-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/20250105_OakFireClose_DMB_00097-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/20250105_OakFireClose_DMB_00097-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/20250105_OakFireClose_DMB_00097-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/20250105_OakFireClose_DMB_00097-1920x1280.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Oakland Fire Department Station 28 on Jan. 5, 2025, is one of two stations scheduled to close until June. \u003ccite>(David M. Barreda/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Fire officials in the city say the cuts would decimate Oakland’s ability to protect itself from future blazes.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Closing four more firehouses would be the end of fire protection as we know it in Oakland,” said Councilmember Zac Unger, who worked as a city firefighter until retiring from the role 10 days ago to take his council seat. “There is no way to close seven firehouses and not have devastating impacts on both the citizens and on firefighter safety.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Unger, along with Councilmember Rebecca Kaplan, said the City Council was working to restore fire services. Councilmember Janani Ramachandran, whose district includes one of the shuttered fire stations, said officials hoped to keep the closures “as brief as possible.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[aside postID=news_12021125 hero='https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/10/IMG_7960-1020x764.jpg']\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Still, the final decision isn’t the council’s to make. When it approved then-Mayor Sheng Thao’s budget in July, the council gave budget administrator Bradley Johnson permission to select from a menu of cuts under \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12018688/oakland-broad-cuts-public-safety-city-agencies-amid-massive-deficit\">a contingency plan triggered in December\u003c/a> by the stalled sale of Oakland’s stake in the Coliseum. Johnson moved forward with $5.5 million in fire cuts. The second phase, expected to save $7 million more, could begin in February, and station closures could last the remainder of the fiscal year, which ends in June.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The stations shuttered Monday are two of the closest to the hills, where many residents are still terrified by memories of the \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11893199/the-oakland-hills-fire-transformed-firefighting-along-a-citys-edge-in-california\">1991 Oakland Hills firestorm\u003c/a>. The Tunnel Fire, as it was officially known, was one of the \u003ca href=\"https://www.ebparks.org/about-us/stories/oakland-hills-firestorm-forward\">most destructive\u003c/a> in California’s history. After a small fire broke out on private land, 70 mph winds caused flames to rip through the hills, burning houses and cars. More than 4,500 firefighters from across Northern California responded to the fire, which destroyed nearly 3,500 homes and killed 25 people.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Seth Olyer, president of the Oakland firefighters union, had a dire message this week for residents around shuttered Fire Stations 25 and 28, near Joaquin Miller Park and the Lake Chabot golf course.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Chabot Park, Sequoia, Noland Park, Joaquin Miller, Oakmoor, Skyline, Grass Valley, Woodminster, Lincoln Highlands and Crestmont — hear this clearly: if you live in any of those neighborhoods, be aware that you’ll be waiting a very long time for help,” Olyer said Monday on the steps of City Hall.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“You will not quickly have firefighter paramedics to help you or your family, and what could have been a small blaze or a small fire near your house will become a conflagration, leaving tragedy in its wake,” he continued.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Olyer said that if all of the cuts go through, closing nearly 30% of the city’s 28 stations, firefighters wouldn’t be able to respond to a fire like October’s \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12010151/oakland-fire-spreads-to-nearby-homes-amid-dry-windy-conditions\">Keller Fire\u003c/a> as effectively as they did.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12020359\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12020359\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/20250105_OakFireClose_DMB_00091.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/20250105_OakFireClose_DMB_00091.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/20250105_OakFireClose_DMB_00091-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/20250105_OakFireClose_DMB_00091-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/20250105_OakFireClose_DMB_00091-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/20250105_OakFireClose_DMB_00091-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/20250105_OakFireClose_DMB_00091-1920x1280.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Oakland Fire Department Station 28 on Jan. 5, 2025, located on Grass Valley Road in the East Oakland Hills. In 2023, Fire Station 28 responded to 405 calls. \u003ccite>(David M. Barreda/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>“Engines 25 and 28 were amongst the first engines on scene on the Keller Fire,” he told KQED. “The boots on the ground right away made the difference between houses on Campus Drive becoming foundations only, kind of like all this stuff happening down in L.A. The sooner you get resources there, the better the outcome is across the board.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Some of the calls that engines from Station 28 answer are almost to the end of the county. If farther stations have to respond to emergencies in its zone, response times could climb, Olyer said — from the usual four minutes up to 15 in some cases.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Fire crews also have expertise in the topography in their districts, an important factor when navigating the windy, narrow roads of the Oakland Hills. Some of the stations closest to the Oakland Hills also have slightly shorter fire trucks to move through the neighborhood more easily.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Now you have an engine that’s made for driving around on International Boulevard or Telegraph or something trying to wind its way up these hill areas,” Olyer said. “It’s very difficult to maneuver just on a good day, even the smaller engines.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n",
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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003cp>Weeks before the devastating fires \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12021203/widespread-scope-southern-california-fires-shown-satellite-images\">ravaging Los Angeles\u003c/a>, the city’s fire chief warned that funding cuts would hurt the department’s wildfire response. It’s a message that echoes in Oakland, where the Fire Department is facing massive budget reductions — and some city leaders are hoping the disaster in L.A. will be a wake-up call.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>After the Palisades and Eaton fires erupted Tuesday, overwhelming firefighters and \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12020808/as-la-fires-rage-harrowing-evacuations-play-out-on-traffic-choked-roads\">burning thousands of homes\u003c/a>, reports of fire budget cuts flooded online discourse.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In July, Los Angeles cut $17.6 million from the Fire Department, according to records from the city controller’s office. Mayor Karen Bass referred to the elimination of some vacant positions as a “reset” and said she didn’t believe it affected the Fire Department’s response this week, and L.A. Councilmember Bob Blumenfield’s office noted that a union contract passed in November belatedly boosted the budget, going to wage increases.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003c/div>",
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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>However, as recently as December, Los Angeles Fire Chief Kristin Crowley warned in a memo to the board of fire commissioners that the cuts would “limit the Department’s capacity to prepare for, train for, and respond to large-scale emergencies, including wildfires.” The reductions included $7 million for overtime training hours, she said, and funding for 61 civilian positions.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In Oakland, where many are familiar with the devastation that fire can wreak in densely populated hills, severe budget cuts forced \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12020393/2-oakland-fire-stations-close-amid-budget-crisis-more-could-follow\">the closure of two fire stations\u003c/a> this week, in addition to one already closed for repairs. Four more could shutter next month.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12020360\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12020360\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/20250105_OakFireClose_DMB_00097.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/20250105_OakFireClose_DMB_00097.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/20250105_OakFireClose_DMB_00097-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/20250105_OakFireClose_DMB_00097-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/20250105_OakFireClose_DMB_00097-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/20250105_OakFireClose_DMB_00097-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/20250105_OakFireClose_DMB_00097-1920x1280.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Oakland Fire Department Station 28 on Jan. 5, 2025, is one of two stations scheduled to close until June. \u003ccite>(David M. Barreda/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Fire officials in the city say the cuts would decimate Oakland’s ability to protect itself from future blazes.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Closing four more firehouses would be the end of fire protection as we know it in Oakland,” said Councilmember Zac Unger, who worked as a city firefighter until retiring from the role 10 days ago to take his council seat. “There is no way to close seven firehouses and not have devastating impacts on both the citizens and on firefighter safety.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Unger, along with Councilmember Rebecca Kaplan, said the City Council was working to restore fire services. Councilmember Janani Ramachandran, whose district includes one of the shuttered fire stations, said officials hoped to keep the closures “as brief as possible.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003c/div>",
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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Still, the final decision isn’t the council’s to make. When it approved then-Mayor Sheng Thao’s budget in July, the council gave budget administrator Bradley Johnson permission to select from a menu of cuts under \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12018688/oakland-broad-cuts-public-safety-city-agencies-amid-massive-deficit\">a contingency plan triggered in December\u003c/a> by the stalled sale of Oakland’s stake in the Coliseum. Johnson moved forward with $5.5 million in fire cuts. The second phase, expected to save $7 million more, could begin in February, and station closures could last the remainder of the fiscal year, which ends in June.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The stations shuttered Monday are two of the closest to the hills, where many residents are still terrified by memories of the \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11893199/the-oakland-hills-fire-transformed-firefighting-along-a-citys-edge-in-california\">1991 Oakland Hills firestorm\u003c/a>. The Tunnel Fire, as it was officially known, was one of the \u003ca href=\"https://www.ebparks.org/about-us/stories/oakland-hills-firestorm-forward\">most destructive\u003c/a> in California’s history. After a small fire broke out on private land, 70 mph winds caused flames to rip through the hills, burning houses and cars. More than 4,500 firefighters from across Northern California responded to the fire, which destroyed nearly 3,500 homes and killed 25 people.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Seth Olyer, president of the Oakland firefighters union, had a dire message this week for residents around shuttered Fire Stations 25 and 28, near Joaquin Miller Park and the Lake Chabot golf course.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Chabot Park, Sequoia, Noland Park, Joaquin Miller, Oakmoor, Skyline, Grass Valley, Woodminster, Lincoln Highlands and Crestmont — hear this clearly: if you live in any of those neighborhoods, be aware that you’ll be waiting a very long time for help,” Olyer said Monday on the steps of City Hall.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“You will not quickly have firefighter paramedics to help you or your family, and what could have been a small blaze or a small fire near your house will become a conflagration, leaving tragedy in its wake,” he continued.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Olyer said that if all of the cuts go through, closing nearly 30% of the city’s 28 stations, firefighters wouldn’t be able to respond to a fire like October’s \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12010151/oakland-fire-spreads-to-nearby-homes-amid-dry-windy-conditions\">Keller Fire\u003c/a> as effectively as they did.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12020359\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12020359\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/20250105_OakFireClose_DMB_00091.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/20250105_OakFireClose_DMB_00091.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/20250105_OakFireClose_DMB_00091-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/20250105_OakFireClose_DMB_00091-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/20250105_OakFireClose_DMB_00091-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/20250105_OakFireClose_DMB_00091-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/20250105_OakFireClose_DMB_00091-1920x1280.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Oakland Fire Department Station 28 on Jan. 5, 2025, located on Grass Valley Road in the East Oakland Hills. 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"content": "\u003cp>Prescribed fire is \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/science/1985230/stanford-researchers-publish-first-paper-to-quantify-how-much-protection-we-get-from-beneficial-fires\">one of the best tools\u003c/a> California has to prevent forest fires from exploding out of control. While the use of controlled burns to reduce vegetation and wildfire risk has increased in recent years, experts say much more needs to be done across California.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In October, KQED reported on the U.S. Forest Service’s \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/science/1994972/forest-service-halts-prescribed-burns-california-worth-risk\">decision to halt prescribed burns in California\u003c/a>, a directive officials said was meant to preserve staff and equipment to fight wildfires. The pause occurred during the crucial fall window for controlled burns, raising concerns that it could increase long-term fire risks.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The story has been circulating on the internet this week.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The fires in Los Angeles have been politicized online as people search for politicians and policies to blame — and for evidence to reinforce personal beliefs.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Even if the U.S. Forest Service had continued to allow burning, it would not have prevented this week’s devastation from deadly fires that have destroyed thousands of homes. The \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12021203/widespread-scope-southern-california-fires-shown-satellite-images\">fires we’re seeing\u003c/a> are primarily spreading through urban neighborhoods, with the possible exception of the Eaton Fire, which is burning, in part, on federal forest lands.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Given the wind, weather and location of the fires, it’s unlikely a controlled burn would have stopped the disaster. The houses and surrounding vegetation are fuels in communities that were not designed for fire resilience when they were planned decades ago.[aside postID=science_1965575 hero='https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/04/102523-Paradise-Rebuild-AP-CM-02-copy.jpg']\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“There’s vegetation all around homes and trees overlapping, and [residents] love the beauty and the look of that,” said Michael Gollner, a researcher and fire expert at UC Berkeley. “But when a fire comes through, it has a clear path to just keep propagating through the community.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>So what would have helped? Living in communities \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/science/1965575/and-now-fire-season-heres-how-to-prepare\">prepared for fire\u003c/a>. How to prepare isn’t a mystery. It just takes \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11887158/in-california-restoring-our-relationship-with-fire-is-possible\">convincing residents\u003c/a> to get their communities involved.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I hope that emerging from this [disaster] can be a much more serious conversation around fuels and community design,” said Michael Wara, a climate and energy expert at Stanford University.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>California and the federal government have poured a lot of money into fire resilience, but there is room for much more, Wara said. For example, the state has taken steps to ramp up prescribed fire, but there have not been many burns next to communities.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>There has been more investment in fuels management crews, but less investment in enforcing tough, defensible space codes, like having a five-foot buffer of non-combustible material around a house, what experts call “Zone 0.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>When an area rebuilds after a fire, \u003ca href=\"https://www.hcd.ca.gov/building-standards/state-housing-law/wildland-urban-interface/docs/2010-part-2-cbc-ch7a.pdf\">adopting stringent requirements \u003c/a>— such as using fire-resistant materials and requiring 30 feet between buildings — helps neighborhoods prepare for the next fire.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>What’s needed is community support for fire resilience. Some communities oppose vegetation removal or defensible space inspections or prescribed fire near homes. Some areas that have rebuilt chose to waive certain requirements, including parts of Santa Rosa that burned in 2017.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12021207\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12021207\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/240109-CAWindStorm-030.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/240109-CAWindStorm-030.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/240109-CAWindStorm-030-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/240109-CAWindStorm-030-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/240109-CAWindStorm-030-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/240109-CAWindStorm-030-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/240109-CAWindStorm-030-1920x1280.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Altadena resident Herb Wilson and his wife, Loyda Wilson, survey their home that was destroyed in the Eaton Fire northeast of Los Angeles on Thursday, Jan. 9, 2025. The couple was on vacation in Hawaii when the fire broke out, so they were not able to retrieve any belongings. \u003ccite>(Beth LaBerge/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>While adopting new fire safety codes can be expensive and inconvenient, according to Gollner, he hopes the impacted Los Angeles communities will embrace them “so that if there’s a future fire in this area, we no longer would see such a destructive event.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“If we’re going to have available, affordable insurance in California — not just now, but in 10 years as climate change gets worse — we need to do that stuff now,” Wara said, adding that there is only so much politicians can do.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I don’t blame the politicians for that at all. It is about the people in communities,” he continued. “It is about community consensus and community solidarity, people taking responsibility for doing the work and for helping their neighbors to do the work.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Fires that ignited in the San Bernardino National Forest last year were successfully fought, in part, because of prescribed burns by the U.S. Forest Service. The Line Fire threatened the Angelus Oaks community in early September 2024, but it slowed, and firefighters were able to \u003ca href=\"https://www.fs.usda.gov/about-agency/features/flame-without-fuel\">control and redirect\u003c/a> it when it entered a burn scar from the previous June.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“They saved that community using prescribed fire,” Wara said. “We need more of that. And the real barrier there is not the money, it’s not the agency, it’s the community acceptance.”[aside postID=news_11887158 hero='https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/07/RS66829_230626-HousingNevadaCoWildfire-53-BL-KQED.jpg']\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In the Los Angeles area, Malibu fires have become notorious. The despair and folly of continually rebuilding what continually gets burned is captured in \u003ca href=\"https://www.jstor.org/stable/3984830\">\u003cem>The Case for Letting Malibu Burn\u003c/em>\u003c/a>, the provocative 1995 essay by Mike Davis, former writer and professor at UC Riverside.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“This has occurred across this state at different times throughout history and will keep happening if we’re not prepared for it,” Gollner said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Stringent codes guiding construction and landscaping can prevent the vast majority of ignition spread and give firefighters a much better chance of saving communities.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“If we prevent 95% of the ignitions — it doesn’t have to be perfect — then firefighters will do a great job catching the few [ignitions] that slip through,” Gollner said. “But we have to help them. When there’s hundreds or thousands of structures igniting, they cannot handle it.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n",
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"content": "\u003cp>As devastating fires continue to burn in \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/tag/los-angeles-county\">Los Angeles County\u003c/a>, state lawmakers have moved quickly to secure federal aid — help that some fear could be delayed or cut off in a future disaster under the Trump administration.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The Palisades and Eaton fires, which began Tuesday and spread rapidly during strong winds, have destroyed thousands of homes and forced over 100,000 residents to evacuate.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>President Joe Biden approved a major disaster declaration on Wednesday after several California representatives and Gov. Gavin Newsom urged the president to swiftly respond to the crisis.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“It didn’t take more than a text message to get [Fire Management Assistance Grants] approved, which means we’re reimbursed for the vast majority of these costs. No politics, no hand wringing, no kissing of the feet,” Newsom said during a press conference on Tuesday. “Emergency proclamations are being drafted as we speak, and I just want to thank the president because that’s something I don’t take for granted.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>On Thursday, Biden pledged that the \u003ca href=\"https://www.latimes.com/california/story/2025-01-09/biden-to-address-the-nation-about-la-fires\">federal government\u003c/a> would cover 100% of the costs associated with the wildfires. He also noted that all possible resources are being sent to California to help with firefighting and rescue efforts.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12021339\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-12021339 size-full\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/CAWildfiresJoeBidenAP.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/CAWildfiresJoeBidenAP.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/CAWildfiresJoeBidenAP-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/CAWildfiresJoeBidenAP-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/CAWildfiresJoeBidenAP-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/CAWildfiresJoeBidenAP-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/CAWildfiresJoeBidenAP-1920x1280.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">President Joe Biden delivers remarks regarding the ongoing wildfires impacting Southern California alongside Gov. Gavin Newsom at Santa Monica Fire Department Station 5 in Santa Monica, California, on Wednesday, Jan. 8, 2025. \u003ccite>(Stephanie Scarbrough/AP Photo)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Rep. Zoe Lofgren (D–San José), who signed the letter to Biden, said his quick response “will accelerate the assistance that is so desperately needed.” But she also acknowledged that Biden only has a few more days left in office. Once his term ends this month, it will be President-elect Donald Trump who is in charge of approving emergency aid distribution on the federal level.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>During his first term as president and throughout his most recent campaign, Trump frequently \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12014403/can-trump-really-withhold-fire-relief-from-california-hes-tried-it-before\">threatened\u003c/a> to limit and even cut the amount of financial aid going to California for disaster recovery, decisions that would be well within his authority as president.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>When a natural disaster occurs, states can seek federal assistance through the \u003ca href=\"https://www.fema.gov/pdf/emergency/nrf/nrf-stafford.pdf\">Stafford Disaster Relief and Emergency Assistance Act\u003c/a>, a law that designed the process by which states can request financial aid in times of emergency.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>First, state officials proclaim a state of emergency. Then, the governor can look to the Federal Emergency Management Agency for a disaster declaration.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Upon determining that a declaration is warranted, FEMA’s recommendation is brought to the Secretary of Homeland Security, who then brings it to the president for final approval.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12021323\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12021323\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/240109-CAWindStorm-056.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/240109-CAWindStorm-056.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/240109-CAWindStorm-056-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/240109-CAWindStorm-056-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/240109-CAWindStorm-056-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/240109-CAWindStorm-056-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/240109-CAWindStorm-056-1920x1280.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">The remains of a house in Altadena, California, after the Eaton Fire swept through the area northeast of Los Angeles, California, on Thursday, Jan. 9, 2025. \u003ccite>(Beth LaBerge/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Federal aid can help with cash assistance for people who have been evacuated or lost their homes, as well as expedite the process of debris removal and other assistive measures.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>After the catastrophic \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/tag/camp-fire\">Camp Fire\u003c/a> in 2018 and the major wildfires in 2020, Trump resisted providing aid before eventually capitulating. When eastern Washington also experienced a massive wildfire in 2020, Trump refused to approve any federal assistance, allegedly due to his conflicts with Washington Gov. 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